The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 14, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8569. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH BATTER ITALIAN BASE AGAIN Russ-Reich Agreement Is Believed Reached o REPORTED - HANDS-OFF PACT MADE W 3 — Hitler and Molofoff Draw Up Six-Point Pro- gram in Berlin TURKEY WILL HAVE T0 MAKE DECISION Soviets to Be Given Own Sphere and Go Sign for Port Grab (By Associated Press) Another gigantic split up of world “spheres of interests” is pictured in reliable quarters in Berlin as the outcome of negotiations between Fuehrer Hitler and Soviet Premier Molotoff With British bombs raining into the heart of Berlin shortly after Hitler and Molotoff concluded their discussions, these quarters give a six-point description of the new Soviet-Reich accord, as follows: AGREEMENT Russia is to have her own “Grossraum” or vast region of domination lying gen- erally between Japan's Far East sphere and Axis- claimed Europe and Africa. Russia’s Grossraum will not be created at the ex- pense of the nations not involved in the European war, there will be no fur- ther slice taken in Finland, or will the Dardanelles be seized from Turkey provid- ing Turkey behaves. UP TO TURKEY Turkey must make up her mind definitely and finally regarding her place in the “(Continued to Page Two) 40 GREAT BOEINGS FOR RA Reports Paisi British Have Been Given Famed U. S. Plane Bomb Sight WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—Forty of America’s great four-motored bombing planes designed for long range flying are expected to be on the way to Great Britain before Christmas in line with President Roosevelt’s new rule of thumb pol- icy for splitting munitions produc- tion with the British. The bomber delivery .gives British half of the Boeing plant's output of 80 Boeing B-17 bombers by late December. Experts said the planes are :o great they could easily be flown across the Atlantic to England, Meanwhile it is persistently re- ported one of the secret bomb sights developed by American mili- tary experts has been released to Great Britain, a sight regarded the most accurate in the world, NORTH SEA 1, FROM SITKA The steamer North Sea whistled in from Sitka, southbound, shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon and is booked to sail south at 10 tonight. Arrivals from Sitka were Mrs, N. Sather, K. Louring, Lee Richmond, Mrs. E. J. Cronin, Mrs. Florence Syverud, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Carter, Irl Thatcher, F. L. Piske, Jack Hunt, Aaron Roberts, J. 8. Jeffrey, H. B. i V.EF.W. Honors Head G-M In recognition of his posure of fifth column sal 4. Edgar Hoover, F. B. L. director, erans of Foreign Wars. Making the presentati S won office is V. F. W. Commander-in-Chief Joseph C. Menendez (right), ~f New Orleans, Delegate Dimond Fighting For Alaska Fisheries as Agginsl Ra Thanksgiving Day Is Set for - November21 President Issues Proclam- ation for All to Ask Blessings on Land WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.--Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, in pre claiming Thursday, November 21, as Thanksgiving day, says: “In the year in which we have seen calamity and sorrow fall upon many peoples elsewhere in the world, may we give thanks for our preservation. “On the same day, in the same hour, let us pray to Almighty God who has given us this good land for our heritage, that we humb] beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor, glad to do Thy will, and bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, pure man- ner “and “save us from violence, discord, and confusion.” e e RESIGNATION OF BULLITT NOT ACCEPTED President Refuses fo Per- mit Ambassador to France to Quit the" WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Wil- liam Bullitt announced today the President has declined to accept his resignation as Ambassador to France. Bullitt issued a statement saying he expressed to the President his desire to resign last August and submitted his resignation in writ- ing on November 7. | The Ambassador said he believed (he would be of more service to. | the country if he was free to write and speak without the restrictions of a public office. “courageous and intelligent leadership in the ex- botage of American ideals and institutions,” lGerm&m in all Greece, tan BOMBS ARE SHOWERED ON BERLIN RAF Forces Go Through Adverse Weather Condi- tions fo Raid Nazi Center (By Associated Press) The British Air Ministry this morning said Royal Air Force bomb- ers, making raids in the face of | “extremely adverse weather,” show- ered explosives on Berlin's Schesich- { er railroad station and the Grune- wald freight yards. | The German communique says 2ir raids on Great Britain during the | night were hampered by bad weath- | ‘er but a few planes got through and dropped bombs on London i The London report says the “all | clear” signal at the end of the night | raids was at a much earlier hour | this morning than usual. . > Nazi France Profesting receives a gold medal from the Vet- ion in Hoover’s Washing- " \ _ ~ German Deal |dS by ji'_)a“esefirst Discord Shakes So- | Called Petain and Hitler Accord WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. In predicting that Japan’s abrogation of the fur seal convention has| opened the doors for more salmon | Garals fishing disputes in the Pacific| ~(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) means raids on commercial fishing,| An open flare of resentment| Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di-|against Germany’s treatment as a mond 1 Is that in 1938 the State conquerer has been voiced by the| Department narrowly headed off|French Government in a formal ser-| fishing boat battles by inducing|ies of protests against expulsion of the Japanese to withdraw when French speaking subjects from the the Coast Guard found them trap- |Province. ping salmon with nets strung from| Official French communidues top to bottom, four miles |eaid Germans had told residents of wide, | P across American fish trails in|LOrraine the action is taken as the Bering Sea. IT'S NO USE ; BURLINGTON, N. C—A Bur-| | result of an alleged accord between Delegate were about to Uhrow| Tl gl b caid “The Govern- | could have Law, but the State) " " oioct marked the first open | the incident, ; ire. ‘bt “pirst fls‘,‘,n_‘R‘p“bl" and Nazi Germany, con- | there and officially questioning Am- and Hitler, ‘ dustry or fight, our men will the House Merchant Marine and|lington attorney argued that | American fishing laws along the guilty of aiding and abetting be-| BB . o, ey quarters after ascertaining his‘ | Dr. | north, — ey THE WINNERS MEET IN WANGFON At Union Station in Washlngl;)n to greet President Roosevelt upon his return to the capital was his suc- cessful running mate, Henry A. Wallace (right), Vice-Pr the cheers of thousands in the station plaza and along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. _ihree Needs for Alaska Siressed by Stefansson In Address at Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 14. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Ar explorer, and Northern operations adviser for Pan American Airways, now making a routine flight in the addressing the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, stressed his estimate of the three most vital defense needs of Alaska as lows: First—Internal development of resources, especially farms and reindeer herds to make the coun- try self-sufficient Second—Submerge political dif- | ference with the Soviet Union and cultivation of a good neighbor pol- icy with Russia Third—Strive for early construc- ‘ : | it tion of an easterly highway fx'(nn"Eva \ near of the heart of the continent, Chicago, across the midlands Canada to the heart of Alaska. Dr. Stefansson advocated selec tive European groups, especially northern, if Americans are not available, for settlement. He urged the necessity of expansion of the Dimond said: "Yuu:B”'“" and Petain’s Vichy Govern- | tishermen e YHEHg,ab dlfdm:';:d C;,(})]?;:, (;:(:‘c‘l,‘mmt issues a most formal denal| S B e |of this allegation.” | 128 purtnient ""‘f“:}‘;id 1'[’;‘&;1";‘ ‘,]:;,d,g discord between the fallen French | agreed to re . . bl B | trasting shurply with recently elab- ing that its nationals had a right| ..., staged “accord” between | erican interference. | Megiigons 2 “If we have to give up this in- fight.” | Delegate Dimond said he will ask Fisheries to report out his bill ex-| his client was guilty of driving | tending the enforcement of the whie drunk a policeman was, entire length of the American con-!cause the officer ailowed the de- tinental shelf. | fendant to drive his car to head-| | condition. The argument was of | SAYS GER A“Y no avail, however, | | | UNINTERESTED, (A L] | | | | ;Nazi Spokesman Says Con- | flict Solely Between Italians, Grecians ODDITIES, By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—When | ATHENS, Nov. l4—A German you are looking back on the Presi- legation spokesman hastens to as-| dential campaign and sifting out | sure the Greek government that the oddities for your memory book, | Germany still regards the war be-|see if you can find things to match tween Italy and Greece an affair these Presidential oddities from an- entirely up to Italy. cient history: The spokesman declared that John Scott Harrison was both Germany had not interceded and father and son of Presidents, the {meant in no case to interfere in father of Benjamin and the son |any way, in what, he said, was of William Henry. . .. Martin Van “the military venture of our ally,"‘Buren was the first of the Presi- The spokesman also denied t.haf.‘denr.s who was not born a British the legation had advised all Ger-| subject. . . . Virginia still is the . mans to leave the country, nnd“'mo',her of Presidents.” Her na- said that there are at the present|tive sons who have risen to the| ;tl.me about 1200 Germans ‘n| highest office are Washington, Jef-| Athens and about 2000 to 3,000 ferson, Madison, Monroe, William ' Henry Harrison, Taylor, 'l')rle\'l MPAIGN, ELECTION I WARONGREECE oyER NOW MATCH THESE | Washington, | ferson, OTHER YEARS and Wilson. Mrs. Victoria Clafin Woohull was nominated for the Presidency in 1872, Al- most one-third of the men who have been elected Chief Execu- tives have been slave-holders Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Johnson and Grant. Willlam Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor are the only Presi- dents who have died in the White House, . . . The elections of Jef- John Quincy Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes all werz de- cided by Congress. . . . Lincoln, the anti-slavery President, was born (Continued on Page Seven) fol- ! reindeer herds for food and service instead of ho: and mules, an emergency such as confronted Fin- land last winter. Dr. Stefapsson said he does not oppose the most westerly highway | project from the States to Alaska, 'but the eastern route is the only | absolutely safe line beyond the {reach of enemies in case the Am- {erican coastal lines of the Navy re destroyed He said the eastern route will | tap the oil fields of the Mackenzie, | within 300 miles of the Yukon Ba- I sin, which are most invaluable | Alaska a to > o EGYPTIAN ~ PREMIER STRICKEN ‘Hassan Pafilfi)rops Dead| | While Reading King's Speech fo Parliament | | CAIRO, Nov. 4—Egyptian Pre- mier Hassan Pasha collapsed and| died today as he was reading King| Farouk's speech from the throne at the opening session of the Egyp-| tian Parliament. The hody of the Premier was carried from the Chamber and the| reading was continued by the President of the Eenate. | The strangely worded speech was, much the same as the Pashal used in his first statement as new| ident-elect. Riding in an open car they received U. 5. COASTS ARE READY FOR ATTACK Joint Defen—szc'ommission Chairman Gives Warn- ing to Any Enemy SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 14. ——New York's Mayor La Guardia, as spokesman for the joint United States and Canadian Defense Council, which is inspecting the de- fenses of the Pacfic Coast, said here that it will be decidedly un- wholesome for any enemy to at- tempt an invasion of either coast of North America. The commission members ferred at San Francisco with Army and Navy officials. La Guardia said that both coasts of America are well defended, al- though various improvements will be planned. He said that the work of the joint commission, and the inspections of the coasts of both the United States and Canada, will eliminate the necessity for possible hasty planning later. The commissioners left for Seat- tle by plane late yesterday, then will proceed from Seattle to Vic- toria, B. C. > oo - ' JAPAN TO GET MORE CiL FROM DUTCH [SLAND BATAVIA, Nov. 14—An agree- ment under which Japan obtains an increase in her annual oil im- ports from the Netherlands East Indies from 494,000 to 1,800,000 barrels was announced today with U. 8. and British companies act- ing as importing agents. It was announced the agree- ment was concluded between Dutch con- TARANTOIS ~ SHELLED IN | ~ MOONLIGHT Navy Bombers Blast Inner . Defenses of Great Nav- | al Outpost at Night 'SHEETS OF FIRE ARE " SEEM LEAPING SKYWARD Grecians Continue fo Keep | Invaders on Run in Albanian Sections (By Associated Press) i | Another blow has been struck |by the British Navy bombers on Taranto, Italy’s big naval base, following up an attack earlier this week. Adispatch has been received in London from a British battleship off Taranto stating that Royal Navy bombers, attacking last night in the moonlight, blasted Taranto's inner defense and the antiaircraft guns and shore batteries were powerless to stop the raiders. Aerial torpedoes and high ex- plosive bombs crashed against the Fascist naval stronghold and ar- senals and other buildings were | seen to be in flames, Sheets of Fire It is officially stated that sheets of fire leaped from the 35,000-ton Littorio, described as Italy's fastest | warship. The British pilots reported fires burst from other battleships and rtwo were seen to gradually sub- merge and were half under water at last reports. Warships Bombed Bombs were also dropped last night on two warships which were run ashore following the recent air raid, It is reported that at least three of Great Britain’s glant aircraft carriers are operating with the | Mediterranean feet now under com- mand of Rear Admiral Arthur St. | George Lyster. Ironically, Lyster was recognized and decorated by the Italians with the Order of (Continued on Page Eight) Albanians Revolfing, Is Repori Rebellion Is Breaking Ouf Against Abusive Dom- ination of Fascism SOFIA, Nov 14.—Unconfirmed re- | ports received here state that near- ly all villages in the Mirdit region of north Albania and the adjoin- ing region of Dukadj and farther north, the heavily populated vil- lages of Knomana, Serisabalai, Darla, Kremali and Kretin, are in revolt against the abusive domina- tion of the iron heel of Fascism. Much of the population of several of the villages near the Italian bases are moving frontierward and joining with other rebels irf dyna- miting bridges and harassing the battered Italian forces in their re- treat from the Greek frontier. It is reported that a group of the rebels descended upon an Ital- ian encampment and killed 16 and wounded 90 before being driven off by the Italians. Reports from all sections of the head of the Government last June colonial and oil company officials Greek front indicate that many when he said: | and Tadaharu Mukai, Chairman of forces of Albanian rebels are seiz- “Egypt, who is anxious to main-|the huge Mitsui interests as repre- ing this opportunity ‘to oust the tain her integrity and independen-isentauve of Japanese oil Interests, Italians ce, is equally anxious to fulfill all| but Standard Vacuum Oil Com- is from their country and it well known that the former cbligations to her great ally, Great! pany and the Rising Sun Petroleum King Zog of Albania is working . Britain, and will carry out her al- Company of Japan are subsidiaries for the otherthrow of the Italians in Dixie (what 1s now Larue yo., .. ong friendship in letter and|to British and Shell interests who in that sector, and has the backing l spirit.” will act as importers for Japanese. of British officers and forces.