The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 8, 1940, Page 1

it TH “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE T = ————————1 VOL. LVII., NO 8564. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE __ PRICE TEN CENTS GREEKS REPULSE BIG PUSH OF ITALIANS Hot Politics Presagedfor Nexi 4 Years Growing Tofals in Ballot i Count Show Much Dis- | sension Is Ahead WASHINGTON, Nov. 8—Resur-| gent Revublican strength reflected in steadily growing totals of Tues-| da; votes, presages some stiff po- litical tussles over domestic issues) for months ahead. | As new tabulations swelled Roo-| sevelt's third term vote to greater ])l’npurlmns. they simultaneously | raised Willkie's record on the Re-| pub‘lc'\n ballot list. \ It became increasingly clear !hal‘ on many policies, Democratic ad- ministration in the next four years| will face more determined and en- thusiastic opposition than in the last eight. Wendell Willkie will speak over| national networks Monday at 7: 30\ E pm. to 8 p.m. Pacific time, express- | ing his viewpoint and obligations| to those who supported him in| his campaign. | .o | One Union Wanls Lewis fo Remain DENVER, Colo., Nov. 8. CI10 Mill and Smelter Workers Un- ion asked Lewis today not to go through with his plans to aban-| 0., leadership because President! Roosevelt won a third term. Presi-| dent Reid Robinson of the CIO| unit said his affiliate would back | the movement to keep Lewis at the| helm of the labor group. Rnbinson} termed Lewis a “great labor Ieader.”‘ | | | | | WASHINGTON—Tuesday's elec- | tion will go down in history as one of the most bitter in the past 80 years. Only the campaigns which | reclected Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and Woodrow Wilson in 1916 can compare with it for intense feel-| ing. Passions have flared, tempers| have been close to the surface.| There has also been a more vigor-| ous and sometimes scorching scrut- ‘ iny of the issues and the candidates than in any other recent election. | In fact, some diplomats who have | spent recent years in Europe say| that this election is comparable to| those in France which saw the rise | and fall of the Popular Front gov- ernment. Real test of this election is going to be whether the electorate can forget the partisanship and settle down to a reasonable degree of un- ity. That, in fact, will be the real test of democracy. The next few months are likely to be a period of political Cross- | currents and cross-firing. If the| American people can rise above it, | then democracy will be safe. It will be a severe test. 3 KICKED NEGRO COP On rare occasions in this country, presidential elections have turned on the merest whim of fate. Most freakish year was 1916 when Charles Evans Hughes went to bed thinking himself President of the United States, and woke up to find that because he had walked through a picket line in California, that state| —and the election — had turned against him. This year a freak incident might | conceivably have tipped the balance | in so close a race to Wendell Will-| kie. Such an incident occurred last| week when Steve Early, White House Sceretary in charge of press rela-| tions, tangled with a negro police- | man in New York. Early was trying to get to the| President’s train, and was providing interference through the police lines for Mrs. Morgenthau, Miss LeHand and various members of the White GBI i ¢ N D M LD (Continued on Page Four) Disastrous Fire Hits Ghost Town of McCarthy; Woman Is Victim of Roaring Flames 1940 Draft “Dodger" | CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 8.—Mrs. Ora Jackson, wife of Ben Jackson, postmaster, was burned to death early Wednesday evening in a fire at McCarthy which destroyed the Jackscn home and Post Office, Al- aska Hotel, grocery and several un- occupied frame building. This information was brought here last night by Pilot Al Par- menter who flew there early yes- | terday morning after information was received here from reports sent out from Chitina regarding the fire. Pilot Parmenter said the fire | started about 7 o'clock Wednesday | evening in 15 degrees below zero weather, from the furnace in the | Jackson home which operated under | a forced draft. | Mrs. Jackson was alone in the attend to the furnace with fatal results. Jackson was absent from home at the quickly ing. through Razea by Flames der fighting facilities, not only tel, Michael John Caffie For failing to register under the owned and operated by Mr. Selective Service act, Michael | Mys. Steve Pytel, John Caffie of New Orleans, above, goes to the penitentiary for tally destroyed by the flames, a three-year sentence. Caffie is the first “araft dodger” to be i et SONIER | jailed. A score of the townspeople es-| i cnped injury but Bill Howell, er, who was flown here hospital, sustained a crushed root | caused by falling timbers when h was making a search for Mrs. Jack |son, and William Fields, a pros pector, who suffered burns. Mrs. Jackson is the former Mrs.| Hsug of Petersburg but all cor- respondence was burned and Jack- son has no addresses of relauves although friends recall she is rrom Oklahoma where several sisters re- KRUPP WORKS BLASTED BY RAF BOMBERS Thousands of Fire Bombs * now remains in McCarthy, once a | prosperous trading center serviug | the fabulous Kennecott copper | and Tons of Explosives Dropped-Fire RageS‘ | mines district, the mines of which| | were shut down in 1938. The town LONDON, Nov. 8. — The great| | has been a trading post for uap- Krupp armament works at Essen pers and prospectors, practically a| wore loft “ome huge sheet of fire” ghost town. The remaining busi-‘ in an overnight attack by British ness establishment is the general LCIUers, wie Alr Ministry announc—‘s!ore operated by Jack O’'Neill. ed today. —o—— It was declared thousands of fire bombs and uncounted tons of ex- plosives were loosed upon the plants. A mixed force of medium nnd heavy bombers made the attack and also pounded workshops, mncthe :May Have Referred fo Egyptian Greeks ~ Sinking of Two British shops and administrative bundmgs . Ships in Atlantic Told fo Register for more than four hours. saved, were destroyed today. (By ASSOCIATED PRESBS) CAIRO, Nov. 8—All Greek resi-| e e o Returning pilots said they could | see the resulting glow from the fires sixty miles away. The Air Ministry said ‘elghteen enemy planes” against four British fighters, two of whose pilots were Hitler's Command reported today dents of Egypt, born between 1910 another blow at British shipping and 1920, were ordered today to amid widening sea raids which have register immediately at Greek con- already caused official uneasiness sulates. It was understood that in England. Greek citizens eligible for military German warships operating in the service would be given transporta-|Atlantic reportedly “completely de- | tion home. stroyed a British convoy on the North Atlantic route,” the Nazi Command said, sinking 86,000 tons of | house at the time preparing din-| ner and it is believed she tried to time and returned to find the trwnsnople battling with the roar- ing flames which were spreading his frame build- Before the fire was brought un- conirol with the meagre fire- the Jackson home, but the Alaska Ho- owned by Mrs, Kate Kennedy of Pertland, Oregon; grocery store and and, several un- occupied frame bullalns” were to a| Ly Pilot Parmenter and taken to the| Only one business e.smbushmenti Greeks Rejed IIaIy 5 Demands, (Iash with II Duce’s leglons Top left, view of Salcnika; right map of clashes Rejecting an unconditional surrender ultimatum by Italy, Greece figh ilization to fight the invader, the British fleet wi eported on its way land, sea and air. troop concemranons cxdel ed hy government. TWENTY-ONE DIE AS TWO | PLANES HIT Brazilian Crash Occurs Be- ' tween Transport Ship ‘ and Advertiser RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 8.—At; | least 21 persons were Killed loday in the collision of a twin-engined | | | transport plane of the Brazilian Iaken up | VASP line and a small adwrtlsmg | craft. xBaTyiozh sh;ps fell :to B:Lnfo:a Reporied U S Canada e crasl occurr as he ) | iransport was weaving Sanos pu- | Ausfralia, Great Britain fo Have Agreement Pauhc \mont airdrome and plunged into the water in full view of Lhousands- |along the waterfront. | The smaller ship | through a bayshore house and Was| gtate Department denied any 50 battered that bodies of its three ,,wledge of a reported agreement {ochupRniascoldn't be FerOgin ‘"‘“bezween the United States, Britain |, A |and Canada for defense coopera- Of the eighteen killed in the tion in the Pacitic. | transport, three were crew and 15| The State Department spokesm.m passengers, including Hernandez C""pombed out that although British| s:s'.anuy refused to discuss details. SI’O(K OUOIATIONS Secretary Hull on several other | occasions has told reporters that ‘no commitments have been made. NEW YORK, Nov. 8. — Closing Nevertheless rumors continue to | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine flourish in diplomatic circles of the | stock today is 6%, American Can' Nation's capital that definite de- | 94, Anaconda 27, Bethlehem Steel, fense plans are under consideration It was believed that Salonika, Greek port often called the “key to the Balkans,” In the map, No. 1—Italian advance into Grece; No. 2—British fleet units to rescue; No. Queer Angle fo Defense | Walchfulness; Invaders of England Glug Gluggers ta, Cuban Minister to Brazil, and | i . and Australian diplomatic represen- 1fi:€ndm§ Chagas, Brazilian scien-| ¢,iivs nave conferred with' Secre- | ‘mry of State Hull they have con-| ; below, Greek soldiers and Premier John Metaxas. While Premier Metaxas ordered general mob- Italy was reported to have attacked Greece by would be the first objective of Italian forces. 3—German troops massed in Rumania; No. 4—Turkish ts to defend her territory. to assist the small nation. COLLAPSED BRIDGE T0 BE REBUILT - moaack smwert Doybladecker Planned for | WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. — The welter of defense activity is not| Defense Purposes Of without its chuckles. For example— g A friend had gone to the airport Pacific Northwest the other night to see his slster-[‘ in-law off. The plane taxied down | . the runway, turned, rushed ba TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 8. — Re up the field and skimmed into the Construction of the Tacor i air. ! My friend had started to leave| | when a hulking fellow stepped | lout of the shadows and stopped | hi m, | ture that collapsed yesterday morn- “Where was -that plane headed | ing but with no loss of life. for?” he asked. ‘ | The friend explained but asked| | why the question. |said: “Oh I don't know One of the best.” | without railroad service. “Do you mean to tell me,” asked, The bridge was constructed by my friend, “that you haven't any- \the Washington State Toll Bridge thing better to do than stand| Authority, partly with RFC loans| ‘arcund here and watch the planes and insurance was carried for the take off and land?” purpose of protecting ‘oll reve- The man said: “I don't see any-|nues. § 7 thing wrong with that.” And drop-‘ | ping into a conversational tone, he| talked for minutes on the beauty| of planes winging into the airport\ — e —— TWO FISHERMEN and” off into the night. Finally h started to leave. ARE DRowNED My friend said: “Well good- night Mr. Knudsen.” And it was, too—William 8. — who may be defense production chief when he's keeping those| rows Bridge so as to provide an even more important link in the defense of the Pacific Northwest is indicated as engineers examined| | the ruins of the $6,400,000 struc- - CRAFT WRECKED The German claim may have re- | shlpplng in a single surprise attack. | | g9t Commonwealth and ‘Southern or have actually been worked out long hours at headquarters in the VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 8— 1%, Curtiss Wright 9%, General Mo-| for .the American Navy's use of lerred to the attack on two Bl‘ifish\ AG"" BOMBE ‘Vessel.s November 5. The 16,000 ton Ragitiki and the| VICHY, Nov 8—The French 4900 ton freighter Cornish City tors | 5434 Central 15%, Northern Pacific 7%, United States Steel 73%, 53, International Harvester Australian and British far-Eastern Kennecott 34 7/8, New York bases and for joint action to be government reported today thatthe town of Libreville, in French equa- torial Africa, was attacked again by British bombing planes. The' | government communique said that | had radioed they were being shelled by a German ship of the same class | as the Graf Spee. No word has been received from | the ships since. — $4.04. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 136, many casualties resulted from thew | attack. Fiftee: ommi French authorities at ubrevule ‘s“m h’:vecfiad :;;’v':;. ;;‘ml:.:‘;:f | appealed to Vichy to send a hos- erican Red Cross itinerant nurses pital ship to the colony. |this fiscal year. Thirteen have been TR ST assisted from the Jane Delano Fund |ing ‘There are more than 56 water-|which was established in memory of |the falls higher than Niagara Falls. that great nurse. are rails 29.67, utilities 21.90. ————— American Red Cross Gray Ladies expanding their service to meet a real need in civilian hospitals, giv- aid in recreational therapy to aged, the tubercular and the children. Pound British or taken in event of an attack on United States Pacific | possessions. —_— - MOLLER HERE Dan Moller, Sitka manager of | Federal Reserve Building, but iS‘Two fishermen apparently drowned just another landing-takeoff kib- today, and five others were saved| ‘i;;el; at the airport when he's re- when a 100-ton seiner was wrecked 8. on a reef near Port Alberni, on WRITERS MUST WRITE? " He came in to fix my typewriter. He may have been 30. He looked husky enough. We talked of selec- Cclumbja Lumber, came in on the|tive service. North Coast for a few days here‘ “Funny thing,” he said. “I did cn business. He is a guest at the my stretch in the Navy—six years! Beranof Hotel. |of it—and then stuck on in the B o | Naval Reserve. KANE RETURNS |up the Reserve the other day, I B. F. Kane, travelng man, came thought I'd better go down to in to town lat night and is again| at the Baranof. (Continued on Page Five) When they called| | Vancouver Island. | The fishing boat was driven onto the reef by the gale that swent the northwest coast. The body of George Stilenovich washed ashore. | Augustine Carr was missing and | presumed drowned. All of the fishermen were from .Vancouver. e | | More than 50 percent of the | asphalt produced is used in high- way construction. VICTORIES (ONTINUING WAR FRONT Invaders Are Thrown Back Along Hundred Miles of Fighting Area SHELL FIRE IS BEING " POURED ON FASCISTS | Artillery Adtion Intense on Both Sides-Yugoslavia Now Threatened (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Greek victories all along the 100- | mile Balkan war front are reported from Athens, the communique stat- ‘mg positively that Italy’s “big push™ in the Northwest has been repulsed |and other Italian columns have | been thrown back in the center and Northeast sectors. The official Greek communique also says that important gains have been scored in the center sector |around Koritza where 30,000 Italian troops are reported trapped and are under shell fire from the Greek | mountain guns. Remnants of the Italian invasion columns in ‘that |area are being encircled. Dispatches have been received 7ln Athens from the nearby Yugoslav border stating fighting in the North- |east is intense with artillery action {on both sides. Mussolini's High Command says “cperations are proceeding on the |“Epirus fnort” The communique cmits all mention of troop gains or | losses. In Istanbul, a semi-official Turk- ish radio said the “Italian failure” in Greece might open the way for Axis action in Yugoslavia and pre- cumably strike at Salonika via Yugo- slavia. Semi-official German advices show ‘almosn digdain at Mussolini’s un- successful attack on Greece and be- little him as a' “conquering leader,” although admitting he is still an Axis partner. Hitler Gives - Another Talk From Munich Savs Germa—ny Will Con- tinue fo Fight Unfil Victory Is End of War MUNICH, Nov. 8 Hitler today told old guard Nazis in Mu- nich that “the fight will be con- | tinued until we end it by our vie- Adolf | Civic officials said they will ask\ tory,” according to a German wire- for a two-deck bridge, the lower| | less broadcast report on his speech. ’ The blEI !;\ufl;: deck providing rail connection be-| g tween Tacoma and Bremerton 551 anniversary of the unsuccess- )l plummeted - WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. — The wondered. It was a good take-off.|most of the Olympic Peninsula 1s| ful Munich Putsch, followed by the Hitler spoke on the eve of the | eventual Nazi rise to dominance |in Germany. In a beer cellar speech, Hitler spoke of war and its meaning to Germany and it was reported he told of “gigantic military feats of | German soldiers.” i The tone of his address, as the | wireless described it, was one of | determination to fight on and not wqult as has been reported during the last three days. King Knights Lord Lothian LONDON, Nov. 8—King George today received the British Ambas- sador to the United States, Lord Lothian, and made him a Knight of the Thistle. The honor was accorded the Am- bassador for distinetion in diplo- matic service. The Thistle is an ancient order of chivalry, to which only the King and 16 Knights be- ’long, ———————— Wire making is one of the most ancient of the metal working crafts.