The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 11, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8566. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS THOUSAND KILLED, EARTHQUAKE Italians Fleeing In Disorder From Greeks DEFENDERS PURSUE FOF T0 ALBANIA Greek Radio Jubilantly Reviews Victories of Two Weeks ATHE Nov. 11. — Italian invaders in Greece “lost the bat- tle in all sectors and are re- ing in disorder toward Al- " the Greek radio declared bani: today. The broadcast summarized the series of Greek successes which it said had been won 15 days of bitter warfare ‘despite the superiority of Italian forces.” - .. ANOTHER CHUNK OF TACOMA SPAN FALLS IN SOUND TACOMA, Nov. 11.—A multi-ton section of twisted steel which had been clinging perilously to the east tower of the Narrows Brigde plunged into the Sound today, putting an additicnal sag in the broken ap- proaches and placing greater stress on the towers already bent in last week’s collapse of the main span. No one was injured iu today’s col- lapse, which occurred in the early morning darkness. WASHINGTON — Now that the election is over you will see the Justice Department focus attention on certain graft-ridden cities, chief among them being Detroit. There, a group of high-up politic- ians is sure to be indicted for oper- ating a liquor ring. They will be charged with diverting funds from state liquor stores. Basis of the in- dictments will be sending ‘“hot” money through the U. S. mails, an offense which the Justice Depart- ment prosecuted for the first time with definite success in Louisiana. Since then the Supreme Court has upheld the State Department, so this new means of cleaning up local scandals will be used extensively. Most Republicans will not believe it, but the Justice Department had the indictments all prepared before elections. But since some of the high Republican leaders of Michigan pol- itics are going to be indicted, Jus- tice prosecutors decided to withhold action until after November 5. They didn't want to be accused of play- ing politics. ROOSEVELT’S WEAKNESS Roosevelt's difficult time during the last weeks of his campaign goes back to his chief fault as an execu- tive — reliance on those for whom he has a personal fondness regard- less of their ability. In this case his reliance rested upon the frail frame of Harry Hop- kins, former Secretary of Commerce, and closer than any other man to Franklin Roosevelt. However, Hop- kins, charming and likeable as he is, had two strikes against him to start., His physical condition is unable to withstand any great strain of work. Second. Harry’s bungling of Chicago cenvention strategy was enough to raise the red flag of warning against further political responsibilities. Inside fact was that Hopkins was deluged with suggestions from var- jous Presidential advisers, but was unable to assimilate them or dele- " (Continued on Page Four) NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, FORMER BR DON, Nov. memor- in West- are being a eville Chamberlain amid the bomb strewn wreckage of his dream “Peace in our Time.” He died cn the pockmarked Nazi bomb craters of his family home. died ODIHAM, lle Chamber! 11 - 1, 71, died peace- / at his country home here & urday evening. It was ann last Friday morning by Mr serlain that her husband Ci near he end and death could be expect- 1 any day Chamberlain went to Munick wgreed to the Mu 12 had been censored n vith Hitler. Nauzi leaders there: ind especially after his decl f war on Germany, which was on Sunda ember 3, 1939, referred to him as a “decrepit, spineless um- brella man,” the latter phrase be- cause he always, even when he wen to Munich, carried an umbrella. He was hated by the Germans thoi- sughly, and Hitler many times said “Chamberlain with his h fol- lowers would be annihiliated.” Resigns As Premier In the face of drastic criticism on Democracy fo | ITISHPRIME Live On; Is MINISTER, DIES ATHOME Day's Faith %Roosevelt Predicis Over- | | throw of Tyranfs in | Armistice Talk WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. — Presi- dent Roosevelt voiced faith in an Armistice Day speech that democ- racy would survive and predicted that people under “the iron heels of | the modern dictators or the modern | oligarchy” would rebel. In a speech broadcast from Arling- | ton National Cemetery, the President | said: [ “T for one don't believe the era of | democracy in human affairs can or‘ will be snuffed out in our lifetime.” | D GUNBOAT NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN | ~ ARRIVES IN PORT U.'S.'S. Charleston fo- Be Frequent Visitor Here- | the conduct of the war, Chamberla: as Prime Minister o May 10, this give way tc Churchill. Tl signation took | place on the day Germany began | the drive for “The Battle of Britain.” Chamberlain resigned as,Loid Presi- | finally resigne ntinued on Baven) Flagship for Alaska | SENATOR KEY PITTMAN, | FORMER ALASKA MINER, NOME ATTORNEY, DEAD BULLETIN —WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The uncxpected death of Senator Pitfman, caused by heart attack, gave the post-elec- tion a suddenly somber atmos- phere, but since the Govern- ment must go on, Senator Wal- ter F. George of Georgia, is mentiened as the most likely man to succeed as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee. RENO, Nevada, Nov. 11.—United States Senator Key Pittman, veteran Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, died at his home here at 12:35 o'clock Sunday morning. He was reelected to the Senate in last Tuesday’s election. The roads of adventure enticed Key Pittman from his native state, Mississippi, and eventually led him to the United States Senate and a high place in the councils of the Democratic party. They were long and devious roads and not infrequently dangerous. Sometimes he blazed new trails, but he found much pleasure in trav- eling them and rarely did they fail to lead him to bigger opportunities in richer fields. Desire for the hunt carried him to the Northwest in the early nine- ties. The thirst for adventure tugged him away from a good law practice at Seattle, Wash., and put him in the mad rush of gold seekers that streamed to Alaska with the discovery of the precious metal in the Klondike. Leaves Alaska After four years in the Northwest Territory, Senator Pittman returned to the United States to try his luck in the new silver mines at Tonopah, Nev. There his success as a miner and lawyer and his entry into poli- tics combined to influence him to make the place his permanent home. In 1811 he became the Democratic candidate for United States Senator from Nevada against George S. Nix- on. That was before the popular election of Senators. At the sug- gestion of Pittman the two candi- dates went before the people under an agreement that the one receiving the smaller number of votes recom- | mend to the Legislature the election of the other. Pittman lost. A year later - upon the death of Senator From sun-baked Panama to the chill November harbor of Juneau! is quite a jump for Navy men who| came in Saturday evening at 7 o'clock aboard the U.S.8. Charles- ton, flagship and floating head- quarters of Captain R. C. Parker, Commander of the Alaskan Sec-| tor. | The 2,003-ton Charleston, named for Charleston, South Carolina,| was commissioned in July 1936. She has been serving as flagship of| the Special Service Squadron ir the Canal Zone. While his men enjoyed shore| leave, many seeing Alaska for the| first time, Capt. Parker and his| officers were shown the aLLracuum‘ of Juneau by Gov. Ernest Gruen-| ing and other officials. 1 This morning Capt. Parker ;mdi a group of officers were shown| through the Alaska Juneau miill and tonight there is to be a re-| | ception and dance for officers of | | the ship at the Governor's House. Capt. Parker is assisted by Lieu- tenant Commander C. C. Phleger, | Chief of Staff, and Lieutenant N. A, Lidstone, Flag Secretary. The Charleston is commanded by Com- mander M, O. Carlson. Veteran Alaska plot Capt. W. C. | Ansell, a frequent Juneau visitor| | aboard Navy craft, is piloting the Nixon, Pittman in became a|conarleston and was busy here l‘e-1 candidate. Under a similar arrange- | pawing acquaintances with old ment with his cpponent he was elect- | o e | ed and since then has been regu-| Goiher officers attached to the' larly returned to the Senate, | Charleston are as follows: | Asv0 crazas KEY PITTMAN On Many Cemmittees Lieutenant Commander R. M. Senator Pittman was born at| Huebl, U.S.N, Vicksburg, Miss., September 19, 1872,| Ljeutenant R. D. McGlathery, the son of William Buckner Pitt-|ysN, man and Catherine Key Pittman Lieutenant E. F. Ferguson, U.S.N. He was educated by private tutors| pjeutenant, junior grade, H. F. and later studied law at the South- | western Presbyterian University, at| Clarksville, Tenn. where he was| | graduated in 1890. On July 7, 1900,/ he married Mimosa June Gates of Eureka, Cal. | Christ, U.S.N. Lieutenant, junior grade, Musick, U.S.N. Lieutenant, junior grade, P. Bellinger, US.N. Ensign E .D. Sprott Jr., US.N. 5 ¥ w. C. At various times Senator Pittman; jjeytenant Commander R. R. | served on the Naval, Foreign Rela-|pa.omer Medical Corps, U.S.N. |tions, and Interstate Commerce| pieitenant, junior grade, R. L. | Committees as well as the Commit-| Eller, Dental Corps, U.S.N. | tee on Mines. He sponsored much | Lieutenant, junior grade, H. T. | legislation relating to mining and Bierer, Supply Corps, US.N. | reclamation projects. Four times hu‘ Captain G, R. E. Shell, U. S was the Democratic caucus candi«l f:;esi’;“;:’&"de“" pro tempore of| “seiong Lieutenant J. G. Duryea, | In the Democratic National Con-| U”I‘E‘e “g;:;lee&g‘:p’;s R | vention in 1924 he was Secrewrs'imorrow ot Dtk erbo: : |of the Committee on Platform and nava Resolutions and four years later wasl base, probably stopping at Sitka chairman of that committee. {Srome, ! Lawyer at Nome TR B When he went to Alaska in 1897, | HART IN TOWN Senator Pttman worked two years| Traveling man Oscar Hart came jm over the weekend and is a guest (Continued on Page Seven at the Baranof Hotel. Marine Corps. HASTENING T0 Of Southwest - ARMISTICE DAY---1940 RUMANIA'S DEATH TOLL - INCREASING Severest Disturbance Ever Recorded in Little Na- tion’s History WHOLE VILLAGES REPORTED LEVELLED Rich Oil Fields Are Blazing ~Military Operatiors Unpredictable 1918 BULLETIN— MOSCOW, Nov. 11.—Earth tremors, the strong- est ever recorded in Moscow, are reported to have damaged some cof the southern Russian cities, particularly Kiev and | Odessa. UNEQUALLED IN HISTORY BULLETIN—BUCHAREST, Nov. 11.—Earthquakes without equal have been written into the his- tery of Rumania and ravaged the Nazi controlled oil wealth of the kingdom yesterday and teday, tied up transport sys- temns and knccked down build | ings, weighing profoundly and | unpredictably the military fu- ture of Southeastern Europe. . At least 1,000 to 2,000 persons are dead or injured. The home- less cannct be counted, as com- munication systems are para- lyzed. The death toll, however. is mounting hourly. | New shocks are prolonging the terror and increased the . | desolation, Lumber King ALASKA | s | poured intc Rumania, for a pur- pese known only to Hitler, be- came in a few quivering seconds, [} dians of what little order is left. | BUCHAREST, Nov. 11.—One of the most destructive earthquakes in s —— | Rumanian history killed and in- . | jured thousands over the weekend, y K"’hy, Who DO('OI’ Of COYdOVfl Mee's;]ovvllsrl whole villages and set rag- Up with Tough Time | cuturd miions o fiee to. the open on Seattle Visit ‘ flelds. Tens of millions of dollars worth SEATTLE, Nov. 11.—-Dr. Edmund of property damage has resulted. Hardly a house in Bucharest is J. Kaufman, 46, physician of Cor- dova, Alaska, slugged and not touched. It is estimated that 300 men, wo- robbed on .Pike Street early Sunday|men and children were trapped i morning and taken to the King|a 10-story apartment house, the |County Hospital in a serious con-|most modern and newest in Bu- dition. |charest. The house was reduced to Dr. Kaufman told the police that|a pile of rubble amid screams of the two men attacked him after he and dying. another man left a tavern and took $300 in his purse and stripped u} half carat diamond ring from his .8 a fnger vlani Liner K Dr. Kaufman told the manage: of | VERNWON Y, R NE - RUSS PREMIER VILLAGES LEVELLED SEE FUEHRER Passes Away "Friendly"-fiif Expected|John Henr to Have Widespread | Gave Funds for Boys and Repercussions | Girls, Dies in Texas (By Associated Press) The forthcoming visit to Berlin of | § Soviet Russian Foreign Minister and | Premier Molotoff was officially an- nounced today in a German radio | broadcast. | Molotoff is reported to be already | on his way to Germany via Danzig, | the first spoils of war which follow ed Russia’s rapproachment with Ger many in August of 1939. The broadcast d Molotoff would arrive soon-for “renewed per- | sonal contact within the framework the apartment in which he was! of friendly relations between the two staying that only a few days ago he | countries.” < | was robbed of 16 ounces of goir dust re are o ’ Newspapers in Germany published and a pair of silver fox furs Le had full-page pictures of the Soviet Pre- mier. ! What effect the earthquake and fires in Rumania might have upon | the balance of power in the Euro- | pean war and upon Russo-German relations was being weighed care- fully in the world’s capitals as the number two man of Russia hastened toward his meeting with the number one man of the Reich. planned to give his sis Mount Vernon ter ir e CARRINGTON THROUGH Glenn Carrington, Seattle and Al- aska hardware man, left for the States on the steamer Aleutian after v;i)liltxld,::;g the summer season in the' (Jyeen Elizabe'h Is Being Outfitted in New York Be Troopship A330CIATED PRESS IOHN HENRY KIRBY. - - TRAVELING MAN - e 3 % 7 i HODETON, Tex . Nov, M-ohn| 1 A. McEschran, taveling. man.| Harbor for Dash financier, is dead at his home here, | Aleutian i HRE ‘T DE(KER He was chairman of the Kirby Lum- | MR SR o | NEW YORK, Ngv. li.—The 8- Company and built up one of the |® ® ® © © © © © o © o o o)000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth 1s G largest lumber businesses in the ® | humming with activity. Firemen spent three-quarters of | Scuthwest . WEATHER REPORT e| A diver has gone down to in- an hour looking for a fire this morn-| After he had accumulated wealth, ® - - ® | spect zl?e bottom and carpenters ng in the Decker Bufiding when a!Jjohn Henry Kirby centered his in-|® mRF:()A§T—Par|_]v cloudy e |are ripping out bulkheads to make resident in the building “smelled | terest in promoting public welfare ® Tuesday with possible light e rooms for bunks. something funny,” but they found and creatinz opportunities for oth-|® Snow or rain. Warmer to- | Food and supplies are Dbeing ne blaze. ers ® night with possible tempera-. e | taken aboard. Later it was discovered an air con- His idea of public service did not . tqre at lowest of 27 degrees; Reports are circulated on the ditionep motor was heating up, pos- i contemplate his own elevation to e highest about 38 Tuesday, o | waterfront that the liner may clear sibly eausing the odor which pro- Ve v Lac .. ’ ® either today or tomorrow and will voked the alarm. (Continued on Page Seven) © e 0 000000 0 0 0 0 bea troop ship. |