The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 19, 1940, Page 1

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8573. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS GREECE CALLING FOR HELP FROM U.S. Loses Life in Early Morning Boat Fire Thousands (heer FDR On Relum fo (apllol ’AID SOUGHT; DART BLAZE | CLAIMSLIFE OF DECKHAND Fire Breaks Out Early This Morning—Ralph Pitcher Dead, Suffocates Fire of unknown origin broke out early this morning aboard the mo- torship Dart and claimed the life of 26-year-old deckhand Ralph‘ | 1 | | | | | WAR INDUSTRIES ARE EXPANDING AT DIZZY SPEED; ECONOMIC VIEW INVISIBLE AID TO BRITAIN PRE-WAR YEAR SEPT. '38 TO SEPT. '39 EXPORTS PLANES $27,630,000 nunun OTHER WAR 'Murray Nof (andidate, Lewis Post Tells CI0 Conventioners He| Has No Aspirations | for Labor Job 5 | ATLANTIC CITY N. J., Nov. 19. —Philip Murray, Pittsburgh labor leader, told the CIO convention delegates today he is not a candi- FIRST WAR YEAR, SEPT. '39 TO SEPT. '40 $ 144,326,000 AN | ' NEW FEARS ARE SHOWN Axis Powers Are Believed Plannmg New Explosion in Southeast Europe lImE NATION NOT T0 \ " MAKE FINNISH MISTAKE ;xi.)\Lv;k xl((-mul& arrived here Irom MATERIALS $ 127,334,000 n"'224’754,°°° |date to succeed John L. Lewis as —i etchikan | President. i H H When firemen were called at| The quiet spoken Vice-President Hitler Said to Be Ffamlfig 5:40 this morning by City Wharf-| inger Jack Kearney, who saw the| Dart ablaze at its Ferry Float moor- ings, from the City Wharf, the ves- | COTTON of the CIO, the only person men- tioned at the convention as a pos- | sible successor to Lewis, said: “I want the convention to know | Europe Which Is fo Be "Closed Corporation’ sel had evidently been burning for| |I don’t have any aspirations. I} some time. [ TOBATCO am not a candidate for President | . (By Associated Press) Firemen Break In of the CIO. That decision was} Greece has appealed to the United Doors were latched from the in-| side and firemen had to break their | way into the house and faced ter- | rific heat and rolling smoke. Heavy streams of water were played into| the vessel and the fire was not| sounded ‘out” until almost an hour and a half later. Dart cook, Tom Hickman, waded into the water and smgke-filled | cabin to the three bunk stateroom just forward of the galley on the port side where he found Pitcher in his bunk. Dr. C. C. Carter was called, but Pitcher had been dead for some WOOD AND PAPER AXIS MAY MISCELLANEOUS] $ 127,879 ,000 $500,250,000 | reached by me.” | Murray’s announcement came in | the midst of a convention consid- | eration of Lewis policies. Murray said he hoped the con- | vention will work in harmony and | adopt the Lewis report of his stew- | ardship in the past year. $ 134,086,000 | He declared he disapproved of | Lewis’s positon in the Premdmtxal] $779,984,000 [P | campaign. Lewis backed Willkie | and Murray backed Roosevelt | Murray added, however, he holds | an “affection bordering on love”| for Lewis, for whom he has worked | for thirty years { ——.—— $ 113,590,000 $38,459,000 By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer States and other “free countries” in her struggle against Italy as evi- dence mounted in Rome and Berlin that the Axis Powers may be plan- ning a new explosion in southeast Europe. The Greek newspapers and ‘Theye Nicoloudis, Foreign Minister, direct- ed the appeal for help, especially to the United States and Great Britain. Nicoloudis declared his “country is fighting a nation six times greater in war materials and the world should not be misled concerning the present Greek successes for Italy may be joined by Germany in the attack on Greece.” time. He had been severely burned | about the face and hands. Dr. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. — The| b e Carter said death resulted from | economic experts who measure the| reece e Finland oF s o | Nicoloudis also said Greece’s pres- “burns and suffocation,” (Continned on Page Seven® PARTNERS Rumania and Bulgaria Re- ported Joining Move- | Fascist quarters in Rome tod2 BRING IN ‘dustry and labor have run head-| | this unseen | into the headlines with more spec- | ers. lmpacl of war on our trade, long into the problem of our in- visible aid to Britain. | Our invisible aid is by far great- help seldom. squeezes | | - SPEEDED IJP tacular planes, tanks and destroy- Invisible aid takes three forms: of normal exports. More than 300,000 persons cheered President Roosevelt on his return to Washington foilowing his victory over Wendell L. Willkie, the Republican candidate, in the Presidential electi . Y., and is shown, arrow, in his automobile en route to the White House. train from Hyde Park, Capitol buildivg is in background. n. The Presdent arrived by The ent situation is the same position that Finland was in but “Greece will not make the same mistake as heroic Finland, in the face of her first successes in the conflict with Russia, one year ago, and failed then to ask for help from abroad.” Great Britain has given a pledge to Greece for all “possible” assist= ance. For “Axis Empire” ~ | Great Britain. Drew Pearsos .. . 1. Sacrifice of trade to war, «d Leopold Visits Hitler e | R ) T | Bpiae in Barg Tl . e P | Aaoat. e o ox- | Slly. Million Dollar Pro- ng Inaropsingly daes. H s SRR (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) i ports of war goods ai the expense gram 'or B”hsh I.eaS' ARMY AIR (oRpS |s |G R E E KS ing, step by step, to array the whole continent in political ties against WASHINGTON—The State De- partment is absolutely opposed to it, but the question of breaking off diplomatic relations with Ger-| may come to a head very said Bulgaria and Rumania will | the Rome-Berlin Axis and Spain| also might enter what the Nazi: Britail Spain’s decision, become known after Spanish For-l join in forthcoming war moves of |need nor want. |can merchant marine was handi- describe :Lsa giant “coalition against capped by competition from na- | tions it is said, will i their ships cheaper than we could| 3. A deluge of gold we neither ed Warports | WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. — The | U. 8. Navy plans to rush construc- | tion, informed sources said, for a| $60,000,000 chain of bases on sites| acquired from Great Britain in the | Even before the war the Ameri that could build and run on American wage standards. Now | READY FOR FLYING IN ALASKA, WINTER TIME | SCORING SUCCESS ‘ Military Offensive In Bucharest, the newspapers car- | ry dispatches from Berlin hailing the occupation of Rumania as the start of a “military offensive” against Greece, Egypt and Africa by Ger- many and Italy which, “amid a new nany ! _f’“i“: eign Minister Suner returns fromour neutrality law and the Brit-| Western Hemisphere. ; ‘ | flurry of diplomatic activity is pre- Reason for the showdown is ir-|Madrid after conversations with ish blockade bar to us the world’s) There are also indications U. S.| e | sumably bringing Bulgaria and Hun- refutable evidence gathered by the |Hitler. richest trade routes between Amer- Naval tenders might move to som By JACK STINNETT Sweep "ahans 0“1 Of way gary within the Axis fold.” 19.—When Hungary Next on List Dies Committee showing the activity Grezce has applied to the United ica and Europe. newly acquired anchorages immed- William L. Montgomery of the|iately to provide temporary base WASHINGTON, Nov. you are shivering in your boots at | Hungary is next on the list for SEVERE GALE —Fortified City of Kor- of German Consults in the Um,,edxstates Government for perm:.s:mni | capitulation to the Axis, the dis- | facilities for American subs and| | the first real cold snap of winter, States. Certain letters seized by the Committee reveal that Nazi Consuls close to Hitler have gone to such amazing lengths in their subversive activities that publica- tion of the letters would lead to a tremendous public outery and de- mand for the recall of the Consuls to Germany. The State Department is opposed to their recall, because this would also mean the recall of American Consuls and diplomats from Ger- many, with the virtual, if not ac- tual, breaking off of diplomatic re- lations. The State Department op- to buy planes and other military| san Francisco Chamber of Com- equipment. fme\ce recently estimated that the seaplanes guarding Atlantic and| a most sympathetic response, he de- | clared in Washington, adding the Greek government has been so noti- Tied. Reports are current in Berlin that King Leopold, a Belgian prisoner of war since his surrender last June, has been among those who visited Hitler in the past few days, pre- sumably to discuss the projected “coalition.” — e ee - Acting Secretary of State Sum-|war ner Welles assured the Greeks Of | worth of foreign trade. | More important than shipping| services is the stuff that r;ll)flps bases appeared cleared away today | lcarry. Our biggest sacrifice to| With the Navy's formal announce- | the first year of the war, boosting Caribbean approaches to the vlml\ Panama Canal area. | Way for general start of construc- We Sell War Goods | # | tion and partial occupancy of some is costing us $750,000,000 | ment that “all British authorities | concerned” have agreed upon sites to be leased to this Government. The sites are Bermuda, the Ba> Britain is our willingness to let them buy more war goods and less peace goods, knowing all the :'fl:g: ¢;1k;eyng:‘:;:\; x‘;eeodve:vur Roody hamas, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, 2 iti d N indland. iThe. Biritich aiiaet oulilad /thetr | BT ah-Gulsns anc-Hew il : purchases . of military planes in CUTS DOWN AIR RAIDING Usual Blows Eoresialled—j Mysterious Flashes | iAir Corps who will be fiying planes |report to Air Corps headquarters, | | back to his post in the flicker of give a thought to the “Polar Bear” squadron and the boys of the Army itza Reported Fallen (By ASBOLIATED PRESS) during the frigid months at Uncle Sam’s first Arctic experimental air field at Fairbanks, Alaska. In the Balkan war, Greece claims| sweeping new successes in the coun- | Maj, Dale Gaffney, commander|ter invasion in Albania with Ital-| at Ladd Field, just out of Fair-|ijan troops steadily falling back to | banks, was in town recently to|the Key City, fortified Koritza. | Mussolini’s Fascist columns are| reported fighting fiercely to keep| the road open for the retreat from | the Koritza zone. The Greeks are said to have cap- and already is winging his way the northern lights, Cause of Alarm What the Major had to report: Ladd Field will start the win- ter with 14 officers and 200 men tured great numbers of Italians, | who persist | patches state. DNB, German news agency, says King Boris of Bulgaria | has secretly discussed the situation with Hitler and this was at a mys- tery conference at Berchtesgaden last Sunday. It is also related that either Hit- (conunucd on Plge Six) NEW MOVE they do not want (01 INDI(ATED valuable stores of war ma- [ 4 10,000 blankets, poses this because it believes that H to $144,326, th. But American doplomats in Germany i them up to $144,326,000 wor ul food shipments increased only | tight; terials DIRECT HIT (By Associated Press) A severe storm over Great Brit- 300 men by spring) and with five | (to be increased to 30 officers and including Dies Lashes are useful as observers who can inform Washington as to what is Mightiy from “.’°-°°°'°°° [ Fhexsy Sy ¢ titie: i 4 # 000,000 in the first war year, ain and the English Channel cut|planes (also to be increased in|quantities of grain, 10 field guns, BotRE o Our cotton shipments to the down the customary trading of anrmunxlxm Although adequate ac-|33 anti-tank guns and 15 mortars. N However, some other Administra- tion advisers take an exactly con- trary view. They point out that Hitler - has forced American diplo- mats to leave Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Poland and most of the Nazi-occupied areas, so there are not many U. 8. observers left. Furthermore, they point out that American diplomats are so isolated in Germany that most of the in- formation they get actually comes from American newspapermen in Germany. This informatjon could continue from the press regardless of the presence of American diplo- mats and Consuls. NAZIS IN LATIN IAMERCIA There is a large question mark in the minds of Latin American diplomats regarding the United States policy toward Nazi Fifth Columnists. Nazi agents have been the plague of Latin America, oper- ating almost openly in Uruguay. Ouf Against Agents Headin g fo Five (Cities fo Seize Nazi and Red Group Records CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—Martin Dies today announced he is sending sev- en agents of his congressional com- mittee for investigation of un- “immediately” to seize records of what he described as German- Communist organizations. Dies said agents of half of his staff have been dispatched to De- one in the South. He declined to (Continued on Page Four) identify any cities except Detroit. 5th Columns troit, two cities in the East and| | American activities to four citiesscause they could buy here only on ONEUROPA LONDON, Nov. 19.—The British News Service reports today that the | British Air Force bombers scored | a direct hit amidships on the Eu- ropa, Germany’s. largest ocean liner, | as it was tied up at the dock in the | harbor at Bremen. 50 AMERICANS FROM ORIENT ARRIVEINB. C. British Isles went up abnormally from $23,000,000 to $104,000,000, because Uncle Sam subsidized cot- ton exports. But tobacco pur- chases over here spiralled from| $92,000,000 to $20,000,000. Wood | and paper shipments almost dou- bled from $22,000000 to nearly, $40,000,000. Miscellaneous items jumped up nearly one-third. Reasons were many. Primarily, the British were buying here only such “normal” export items as they had to because the Germans had taken their previous sources away from them, or they were buying sparingly here of every- thing except war materials be- a cash and carry basis. This meant they had to use their gold. Abnormal Trade But whatever their reasons for shooting up chases of one item, VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 19.—About 50 American citizens, mostly Ameri- can oil company employees and their families, have arrived here aboard a trans Pacific liner from China. and damping off another, the net They left the Orient on advice of (Continued on Page Four) the Americay State Deptnment,x blows last night and early today| and German| between the British air raiders. Mysterious Flashes Last night mysterious blinding flashes of light gave Britain “an invasion scare” until weather ex- perts explained it away by describ- ing the phenomena as a freak el trical storm over the Channel area. Nevertheless RAF, long range batteries and ground troops in the Dover area were on the alert for any possibility of a German sea and land attack, rumors of which for some reason have been spread- ing like wildfire. There were two night alarms in London, neither amounting to | anything as far as the city itself was concerned. At the height of the invasion scare last night ru- mors were heard that a hard naval| battle was in progress off the| Britfsh coast of Wales. There were there wasn't time to build han-|the fortified town of Koritza was |gars, and the planes will go| attacked yesterday afternoon and| | through the winter lashed to the captured, but the Greek Command | commodations are up for the men,| Dispatches from Yugoslavia said snow when not in use. makes no immediate claim of cap- Sinee temperatures of 60 de-| NI grees below zero are not uncom-| | mon at Fairbanks, this business of tethering planes in the open presented the Major and his men with one of their first problems. They think they have that solved.| Over the motors of the planes w1ll| be placed great ‘padded (,anvas hoods and under these wil heaters which will kcep the | planes ready for instant use even in severe weather, SKIS FOR BOMBERS Although skis or runners for, LONDON, Nov. 19.—Production of small planes have been in use for|the Krupp Arms works at Essen| ears, Ladd Field for the first time has been cut down 50 percent as{ will try out ski landing gear on|the result of bombing raids of the| | the great four-motored B-17 bomb- | British Air Force, is the assertion | | made today by the British Air | (Continued to Page Two) Ministry. % it (Continued on Pue Seven) Produd Is (ul German -Bil—g—arian Drive on Greece 'May Be Af- fected af'Any Hour’ BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 19. —Diplomatic scurces here as- sert that a German-Bulgarian drive on the Aegean Sea against Salonika, Greece, “may be af- fected any hour.” The Greek speckesman declares his country has taken all nee- essary steps to meet such an attack on Greece’s Macedonian flank. Foreign Military observers ex- press the belief that the Greeks could not hope to defend the narrow panhandle of Macedonia and Thrace along the Aegean unless Turkey cemes to help, but might try to hold Salonika.