The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 20, 1940, Page 1

TH “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8574. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ANOTHER ENGLISH CITY LAID IN RUINS Joint U. S.-Canadian Defense leaderfi"(o—asl' 500 NAZI BAYONETS NOW USED BY GREEKS Italians Fiercely Defend- ing Key Fortified City of Korifza CORFU AIR RAIDED BY ITALIAN PLANES Woman Gives First Hand | Description of Des- peraie Situation The Greek H)gh (‘omm:md reports that determined bayonet charges and hand-to-hand fighting gained the Greeks new ground in the count- er thrust in Albania around the key | fortified city of Koritza. Yugoslavia dispatches said both sides lost heavily in the fierce fight- ing as the Italians held doggedly to the defense positions which were attacked repeatedly by the Greeks. Corfu Air Raided The Athens radio said this morn- ing that Italian bombers are said to have driven the entire popula- tion of Corfu into the caves. The situation in that exposed, Ionian Sea island, was described to King George of Greece by 28-year-old Alma God- blond English governess, who st arrived from the island: rhc radio in Athens said that in her audience with the King, Miss Godfrey declared that most persons have fled from the eity of Corfu, leaving food to rot in the stores. They are trving to find refuge in rural caves after days of ceaseless ntinned to Page Two) % Robert S.Alles N ff’}: Go_@ WASHINGTON — Rumors that Wendell Wllkie will be offered & Cabinet post or chairmanship of the Defense Commission are just rumors and no more. Roosevelt has © intention of unifying along such Am the 1936 campaign, the Pres- ident and Alf Landon went out of the way to be friendly. The mellow Kansgn called at the White House and he went to the Capital in De- cember for a Gridiron Club dinner, and a year later Roosevelt appoint- ed him a member of the U. S. dele- gation to the Pan-American con- ference in Lima. But with Willkie the situation is entirely different. Roosevelt deeply disliked and dis- truts him—a feeling, incidentally, that is strongly reciprocated by Willkie. Privately, the President believes that the G. O. P. Standard bearer's campaign was motivated chiefly by personal malice and went far out of bounds of legitimate political war- rirrr in deliberate misrepresenta- tion and distortion. On his side, Willkie feels just as hotly regarding Roosevelt. When Rev. John Carruthers, visiting pas- tor of the Convent PFirst Presbyter- jan Church, Washington, suggest- ed making peace Wwith Roosevelt, willkie snapped, “I shouldn’t think of it. You can't trust him. I re- fuse to have anything to do with him in any coalition Cabinet.” NOTE: Even if Willkie would accept a job, Roosevelt has fought shy of creating a Chairman of the Defense Commission. To all such suggestions he has replied that he was boss of the Commision and in- tended to continue that way. MERRY-GO-ROUND The Rooevelt campaign wagon came to rest only after some bitter inside circle carnage. Two of the President’s closest advisers, Harry Hopkins and Tom Corcoran, are at sword’s peints . . . Republicans are wondering whether there isn't some- thing awfully significant about Tom Dewey's majority in up-state New York. It was more than 750,000 in (Continued on Page Four) | | | | KENNEDY URGES DEFENSE HUNGARY Joseph P. Kennedy, 4P Ambassador to England, came to San Fran- cisco by plane for his first visit since last Christmas with his son, John (leit), listened intently as his father told our defenses, there is no question of war being brought here. who is taking a graduate course at Stanford. The son “If we arm and increase I have reporters: seen what 20 miles of water can do.” 'WAR IN EURO HAVOCIN U. PE RAISES 5. MARKETS; SALMON SALES JUMP UP Negro Colonel Col. Chauncy M. Hooper Colonel Chauncy M. Hooper, of New York City, promoted by Gov- ernor Lehman to command of the | 869th Coast Artillery, colored unit | of the National Guard, is the first Negro to rise through the ranks to command a major state military unit. Sharp Earth Shock, Japan TOKYO, Nov. 20.—A sharp earth | shock was felt in Japan last night. The quake was felt from Tokyo to Hokkaido. In northern Iwate and Miyaki | provinces the tremblor was strong enough to stop clocks and sent peo- ple rushing from their homes. The eruption of Mount Asami, thought to have caused the quake, lasted about half an hour. Several violent explosions were heard, and a column of smoke shot upward from the peak. Later volcanic ashes fell over wide areas of Gumms prefec- ture. - AMGOON PIONEER PASSES AT HOME died | Henry Peehan of Angoon November 18 at the Pioneers’ Home, according to word received from Superintendent Eiler Hanson. By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—if you think the in Europe isn't rat- tling the barn door and whistling down the silo of the American farmer and tessing claw-hammers into the cogs of American manu- facturers, guess again. While you are guessing, give a few guesses ture as to just what it all is going to sift down to. aai. To lock at one-tenth of it would be tiresome. up a few figures on the United | mungdom alone, I can give you om2 idea of what is happening. In the fir place, it must be inderstoed that Great Britain is spending gold (which we have mere than enough of already) in this country and devoting all its sterling to the provinces. That's a prime point doesn’t want to spend gold for any- thing she can get for silver and accounts for some of the teeter- totter in the following recdpitula- | tion of pre-war, post-war trade figures. COTTON GAINS, TOBACCO LOSES | For example, in the 12 months | prior to the outbreak of war in 11939, Great Britain bought $23,000,- 000 worth of cotton from the Unit- ed States. In the same’ 12 months after the war started Great Brit- | ain bought $104,000,000 worth of | cotton. Fine, you say? The cotton farmers, the government and I will agree. But— In 12 months prior to the war, Great Britain took $92,000,000 worth | of unprocessed) tobacco off our | hands, but since, in 12 months, has | bought oniy $20,759,000 worth of the weed. | Into the figures of these two | products, the whole story can be | written . . . with minor variations, of course. Cotton is a war neces- sity. Tobacco isn't. Aside from that, | Great Britain made heavy loans to Turkey, Turkey can pay off in to- bacco. Egypt raises tobacco. So why keep buying from the United States and paying out gold for a commodity (no matter what the quality) when the same commod- ity can be purchaser for sterling to one’s own provinces or credils to one’s own debtors. That, however, is just a begin- ning. Lard purchases in this coun- try by Great Britain have declined more than 50 percent from practi- cally $12,000,000. Ham and shoul- ders have dropped from $9,000,000 to $3,000,000. But canned salmon | purchases have climbed from $5,- (Continued on Pau Seven) for the boys over at the Depart-| ments of Commerce and Agricul-| This isn’t any gloomy picture,| but it certainly is confusing. To try to paint the whole of it would take a mural from here toShang-| But by tossing| because England| JOINING GERMANY New Axis”ParrIner Gives Hitler 250-Mile Mili- tary Corridor MORE NATIONS ON | "EXPECTED" LIST. Turkey Pre[;;a;s Public for War-Blackout Regu- lations Ready (By Associated Press: Hungary has joined the Bcrhn-i Rome-Tokyo alliance, giving Hitler‘ |a military corridor stretching 250 miles deeper into Southeast Europe toward Greece, Turkey and the Suez Canal. The protocal was signed in Hit- ler’s presence at Vienna ancd binds Hungary to the original triple alli-| ance signed in Berlin September | 27 pledging Germany, Italy and| Japan to mutual aid against any| new ropean or entrance into either the Eu-| Chinese wars | Aimed at U. S At that time, the pact was said aimed at keeping the United States from open declaration of war on Britain's side against the snow- balling totalitarian bloc. | Informed quarters in Budapest said Spain, Rumania and Bulgaria | may be the next to join the Axul and pressure ‘may fall quickly on| neutral Yugoslavia. Gigantic Operation Authorized Nazi quarters in Ber- lin have already indicated a gantic Axis military operation is| in the wind in an eitempt to * bDL- tle up” the Mediterranean by syn- chronized attacks at the Suez Canal on the east and Britain's Gibraltar on the west In statistical terms, the entry of Hungary in the Axis “new order of Europe” has added 57,000 square miles of territory and a population of about 12,000,000, mostly Magyar in origin. Army experts give Hungary half million men in arms. | With Turkey among the possible | targets of the new Axis campaign |in southeast Europe, the Turkish press frankly warned readers that danger of war is near and the Turkish Government is prepared with blackout regulations. TURKEY GIVING gi- @ ~ WARNING ANKARA, Nov. 20.—Sources close | to the Turkish Government said | Turkey will regard the passage of | German troops through Bulgaria, | which nation may soon join the Axis | powers, as harmful to Turkish ln-\ terests. These sources said Turkey will re- fuse to approve of any such move- | ment even though Germany might guarantee Turkey will be in no way | involved. Moreover, if Bulgaria herself makes any move toward the Medi- terranean, Turkey will consider her- self bound to take stiff measures. The unofficial sources said this | attitude of Turkey provides the reply | to questions of Turkey’s reaction to | the news that Hungary has jomed‘ the Axis pact and implications the Germans will move through south- east Europe. Film Stars’ Mother Dies | | | | riennie Morrison, 52, mother of act- “oom of her apartmet. Detectives | l(or high blood pressure. ! | quest. | unconquered the gains he has won Members of the joint United States-Caradian Defense Commission, Guardia, are pictured as they arrived by plane in San Francisco recently, with army and navy officials in regards to coast military stations. In rear, left to right; headed by New York'’s Mayor La- where they planned to confer Commander F. P. Cherman, Captain Harry W. Hill, General S. D. Embick, J. H. Harrison and Mayor LaGuardia. Bot- tom: Brigadier Kenneth Stuart and Captain L. W. Murray of Canada. DEMAND ON MURRAY T0 BE (10 CHIEF Delegates Urged to Take Definite Stand on Presidency ATLANTIC CITY, N N 20.— Sidney Hillman to ed on the delegates to the CIO wention tc “demand” that Philip Murray take he Presidency of the CIO as s00 as the office as vacated by Joh L. Lewis. Hillman is CIO Vice P and National Defense Commissioner Hillman urged that Murray tale the Presidency to unite the wa rinz factions in the labor mos ment. - ANTHONY EDEN GIVES BRITISH NEW WARNING |Says Isles Must Be Better Defended-Hitler's Act Is Still af Stake LONDON, Nov. 20.— Anlhnny Eden told the House of Commons that | defense of the British Isles will be even more important next year than when invasion threatened last sum- | mer. Eden told the House of Commons: “The danger of invasion is not less. The German armies are still massed behind the channel ports in Fland- ers. Hitler is not likely to forget that the defense of London is the great blot upon his march of con- As long as London stands elsewhere are in great and growing jeopardy.” 30,000 TRAPPED BY JAPANESE IS REPORT IN CHINA SHIHMENS, China, Nov. 20. crdon around an estimated 30,000 Chlnese Communist troops es(ab- NEW YORK, Nov. 20—Mrs. Ad- |lished in the rugged Tahung moun- | tan region, along the borders ot -esses Constance and Joan Bennett | Pei Hopei, Csahar, and Shansi Pro- | similar calls ev was found dead today in the bath-|vinces. The Japanese claim that the Com- Wins Trophy Again Jacqueline Cochran Jacqueline Cochran is shown with the coveted Harmon Trophy award- ed her in New York as the world’s outstanding woman flier. This is the third time the noted American aviatrix has won the trophy award- ed by the International League of Aviators, HOME DEFENSE - NOW WORKING ~ TO SAVE LAND Claims Made that Night, | Bombing Will Soon Di- minish Over Isles LONDON, Nov. 20.—The British Home Defense organization an-, | nounced today that Great Britain soon will put into use a new and effective method of combatting Ger- | man night raiders, | Eventually, one expert said, “night bombing will diminish the same way | that heavy day bombing has de- creased, We are working on several very promising methods, but there is no single remedy for it yet.” ———————— %House Relaxes Over Holiday W’A%HINGTON NOV 20. — The | House today agreed to take things easy over the Thanksgiving week- Japanese army leaders claim that | end. First series quorum calls show- ananese forces are tightening a| ed members disappointed over their cu]lmguv.; refusal to adjourn for the | year Representative Dingell, who forced the calls, stated he would make | v day he is on the f floor. Those answering names nums- bered 272 or 67 fewer than the com~ said she recently had been treated munists are surrounded and will be bined total of yesterday's vote which |forced to fight or surrender, ‘detentcd the adjournment motion. [ENGINEERS ON "RUSH" TRIP; TAKENEMAHA Colonel Dunn Infimates Juneau Field Still Being Discussed Mak sh trip to the Yaku- tat an katla Army landing | fields “for a special purpose,” Col. Richard Park, head of the Northwest | division of the U. S. Engineers, and | Col. Beverly C. Dunn, engineer in charge of Metlakatla and Yakutat WO! visited Juneau briefly yes- terday afternoon, X ineers took time, how- the Mendenhall | a1 he two en ever, to examine Alrport Col. Park parried questions as to what might be done in the way of field development work here by de- claring: “Col. Dunn knows more Col. Dunn declared he knew of | nothing definite in the wind about Juneau airport development, but de- ‘ll.\n‘rl he “under: nds Juneau is on )Lhe Civil Aeronau Board list of about twenty Alaska fields” which are to be constructed in the next ‘vr'ax and said in explanation of his [own tr ip to the airport, that “The | CAB might ask us to do the job.” The cutter Nemaha met the colonels l‘md left with them during the aup- per hour for Yakutat. The engineers will arrive at Yaku- tat tomorrow night, but will not wait for daybreak to inspect the airport, and after a conference with construction engineers, will turn | about for Ketchikan and Metla- katla, going south from there. The “special purpose” of the trip, | many believe, indicates a heavy | movement of flying Army equip- | ment to Alaska in the near future, | such movement to take place as soon | as the intermediate Metlakatla and Yakutat fields can accommodate fly- | ing equipment Kennedy Is Flying East | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 20— | Ambassador Joseph Kennedy is fly- ing east to spend Thanksgiving with his family in Boston. The envoy to Britain visited with | his son, John, who is an advanced student at Stanford University, and later conferred with Publisher Will- iam Randolph Hearst at the Hearst | | ranch in northern California. Kennedy declined to discuss the purpose of his visit with Hearst. | about that.” | te here yesterday afternoon| PLANES ON BIG SMASH 1Birmingham isiFire Black- ened Picture Today- Midlands Attacked 'OVER MILLION POUNDS OF BOMBS DROPPED Flares First_Fa—II, Then In- Incendiary Missles, Then Explosives (By Associated Press) Britons read in their morning newspapers of still another de- vastating smash of German raiders last night. The raiders smashed again at the industrial midlands for nine con- tinuous hours, the assault being aimed principally at Birmingham and 13 other towns. Hitler’'s High Command said 500 Nazi planes stormed the Midland belt, dropping more than 1,000,000 pounds of bombs and conflagrations were seen and explosion heard, both greater and larger than resulting from the raid on Coventry. Birmingham, bearing the bruni of the attack, is the second largesi city of England, with over 1,000,000 inhabitants. Dive and Bomb Nazi raiders, roaring across the English channel from bases in Hol- land, Belgium and France, dived and bombed Birmingham at the rate of one a minute. The British authorities fear the toll of killed and maimed will be high as the raiders first dropped flares, to spot their objetcives, then sprayed incendiary bombs, setting es, which further lighted their way for a hail of explosive bombs. The attack continued over one hour despite the murderous anti- aircraft barrage. Fire Blackened Picture This morning, Birmingham pre- sents a fire blackened picture of ruin | while at nearby Coventry, the bodies of 172 victims of the 300 victims killed in last Thursday’s smashing assault were buried in one common grave. Anti-aircraft guns blasted a zone as Nazi raiders circled head as the bodies were lowered 200-foot trench RAP Spitfires, quickly sum- finally chased the raiders A vool was attacked three times z the night but little damage perty was done and there were NEW SPEED BOMBERS I’ \I‘T"f‘l" \"ll N R ATD man ; planes, which irad Ge *s sizhtseerers, Two) BERLIN IS AIRRAIDED BY BRITISH German Aufin&ities Admit Hospifals, Apariment Houses Are Struck (By Associated Press) British bombers, forced to travel hundreds of miles from their bases, carried loads and made another night attack last night on Berlin. The bombers flying over Berlin at a high altitude to escape the terrific anti-aireraft gun fire, drop- ped both incendiary and explosive bombs on Berlin. The Berlin authorities acknow- ledge that hospitals, clinics and apartment houses were struck and | many roof fires started but these | were extinguished quickly with rela- tive small damage. Every British bomber in the long attack, returned safely to bases, the British Air Ministry claims in the morning communique.