The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 29, 1940, Page 1

) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVil., NO. 8581. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TERRIFIC ATTACK MADE ON LIVERPOOL Greek Forces POGRADETZ FALLS TO ATHENIANS Fascists Declare Advancef Stopped — New Attack Is | Shaping-Women Help | (By Associated Press) First Defense Corps Drill | | | | | | [ | In the Balkan conflict, it has been definitely established the| Gree! e in possession of Pogra | ie Italy's stronghold 30 miles west of Grecian soil within tae| Albanian border, ! An Associated Press corrcspou—‘ dent with the Greek armies sent out first news service dispatch from | the battle area itself, verifying the fall of Pogradetz and writing his| dispatch on a typewriter abandoned by an Italian officer. Amazon Fighters Greek dispatches from the bat-| tlefront told of the exploits of an 1zon company” of Macedonian | (Conunued on Page Twor DR, SAYLOR RESUMES | Take BRITAIN GAINING NEW HOLD Nazis Strive fo Draw Brit-| ish Aftention from | Mediterranean ‘ ROYAL NAVY HAS | DESTROYER FIGHT Crippling Blow Believed} Aimed at Ifaly-Ger- ‘ mans Stirred ‘ (BY ASSOCIATED PRE German anxiety over Italy's buffeting in the war with Greece, lizked with growing British con- trok in the Mediterranean, is re- | flected today in dispatches from | Berlin as German and British destroyers clashed in the Eng- lish Channel. Closely connected reports from belligerent capitals gave this pic- ture. In London, British Admiralty A Cu Over French Ships Point War Peril in West Indies }Nlfil’" RAID American warships are keeping a watchful eye on the French island of Martinique in the West Indies in view of warlike preparations there. Anchored there is the aircraft carrier Bearn (top) from which 110 rican-made dive bombers and pursuit planes are reported to have been transferred ashore. The liner is pictured (below) leaving Fort de France. It is said she took 1,600 marines, whose loyalty to the Vighy government was doubted, to Casablanca, French Morocco. The Martinique government has an- : nounced it will defend the island from attack with all resources at hand. | Center Vital ~ MADEUPON GREATPORT ‘Nazi High Command Re- | ports Scene of Devasta- | tion as Result, Assault IROVAL AR FORCE | SHELLS GERMAN LAND |Important Reich Sections % Hit-Naval Yards and | Invasion Centers | (By Associated Press) | England’s teeming port of Liver- ‘poo]‘ on the English Channel, suf- fered a terrific night assault in | which the German High Command | said hundreds of Nazi bombers set fires that were visible for many, | many miles. German pilots, returning to their bases, assert that the port of Liver- | TUBER_(U[QSIS WORKi Tubereulosis control work in | Southeast Alaska native villages was | resumed last week by Dr. Robert| Saylor Special physician for the Of- fice of Indian Affairs. Dr. Saylor who is assisted by Re- goarch Nurse Miss Irma Parr, will /rangell, Klawock, Craig, Hy- daburg, Metlakatla, Ketchikan, Pet- ersburg, Kake, Angoon, Stika, Hoo- nah and Juneau viit W Drew Pearsos od | Robert S.Alles "kG .QD WASHINGTON—To the hoys on the Democratic side ef the House of Representatives, many of them still nervously mopping their brows over narrow escapes, the hero of the hair-raising campaign was no big-shot party figure. The 'big names got all the pub- licity, but in the House all the praise is for a youngster whose name was scarcely mentioned. But| he left his mark on the battle—as GOP campaign managers will rue- fully attest, | Their nemesis and the Democrats’ | unknown hero was Representative | Lyndon Baines Johnson, a rangy,| 32-year-old, black-haired, handsome | Texan, who has been in Congress| only three years but who has po- litical magic at his finger tips, and away with him that is irresis- tible in action. How Johnson took over the Dem- ocratic congressional campaign, when it looked as if the party was sure to lose the House, and withouti fanfare turned a rout into a cocky’ triumph, is one of the untold epics of the election. [ Three weeks before November 5| you could have cut the g]oomi‘ around ' Democratic congressional | headquarters with a knife. Thei npaign Committee, headed by; presentative Pat Drewry, a| charming and dawdling Virginian, | had collapsed like the minister’s one-hoss shay. Activity had so bogged down that hard:pressed candidates had quit even asking for| help. It was just a waste of time., For the Republicans it looked like a lead-pipe cinch at long last to regain control of the House. They| needed only 48 new -seats, and| strongly supported GOP candidates| were storming the ramparts against frantic Democratic incumbents in more than 100 districts. | ENTER JOHNSON | This was the situation when| Speaker Sam Rayburn and Floor Leader John McCormack went to (Continued on Page Four) Armed with rifles and shotguns, Tacoma’s home deferise corps, planned | by a retired major general and being used as a model for similar ing began. The corps is units threcughout the nation, is shown as dri composed cf business executives and ex-sc rvice men. (lara Hanson, Nenana lce Pool Winner, of Juneau, To Be Married on Dec. 9 HIGHWAY TTLE, Nov. 29.—Clara Han- cn, Nenana ice pool winner of 1940 and Ray Dowr sen of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Downey, of Boise, Idaho, D) formerly operator of the Signal ed at Anchorage, Alaska, now “in| Ceatile, will wed December 9 at a candlestick ceremcny at 7:30 o'- clock in the evening in Taccma. The ceremony will be performed TO ALASKA by the Rev. Hoff, at the Central| G T Lutheran Church. ighf- The sister of the bride-to-be,| canada May Grant ngh' Margaret Hanson, is coming from 1 Washington, D. C. te be maid of hon- or, and Mr. and Mrs. Magnus Han- , of Juneau, parents, are coming th for the ceremony as is a sis- Thea. Ruth Hanson, of Ta- coma, and a girl friend, Marjorie WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. — The G01anqyick, of Sumner, Wash., will possibility of Canada granting to ., pe i o iendance. the United States, a corrider for a T . 5o through highway to Alaska over The groom’s brother will be best | i man. < and supplies could be 5 4 Z}L:/Ce}:i “ifilnmpan ni]e\rvv}nlnl(\ is men- Lila Murray, co-winner of the ice | tioned in speculation on terms pool, is to give the couple away. | which might be involved should any The newlyweds will honeymoon additional American naval craft be I California and then return to transferred to Great Britain Seattle to reside. There is, however, no confirma- tion of this in official quarters. -, — Leaping Gas Is Explosion (ause; 8 Die TOPPENISH, Wash, Nov. 20. — Leaking gas, set off by some mys- terious spark, is blamed for devas- tation by an explosion and fire which killed seven persons yester- day in a warehouse and business A building here. Daily Mail raised a new war angle An eighth body is sought in the today stating that very probably charred ruins. a British “mystery weapon” is be-| - . ing tried out against the Nazi nigm‘\ raiders, The Mail said London observers note a weird blue white beam light District Ranger ‘W. A, Chipper- flashing in the sky amid antiair-| field of the Forest Service returned craft barrages and the light is also to Juneau on the North Sea from scen across the rays of the regular Sitka. JSelrchughls on the ground. of-Way for Reasons of Emergency-Trade Deal ter MYSTERY WEAPON ACTING London Newspaper Infi- mates New Defense Is Being Tried Out LONDON, Nov. 29—The London CHIPPERFIELD HOME reports indicated Great Britain has launched a broad offensive | to sweep the Mediterranean clear | of Taly's war fleet and strike | direct at Italy — the “Achilles Heel” of the Rome-Berlin Axis. In Berlin, Germany's smash- ing new air attacks on England beginning on Coventry two weeks ago, have aroused neutral speculation that the Nazi aerial blows may be calculated to re- lieve the painful pressure now | being brought to bear on Hitler’s | Axis partner, 1l Duce. | Neutral observers in Berlin ex- pressed the belief the Mediter- | ranean area is coming so thor- | oughly under British command | that it is creating a new prob- lem for the Axis. | Today's destroyer battle in the | English Channel, in which Ger- | man warships boldly challenged an English attack near the Brit- ish shore, may also be aimed at forcing the transfer of ships | from Britain’s Mediterranean ‘ fleet to protect the Island King- i | | \ | dom itself. - - BRIDGES REPORT IS MADE Department_o_f Justice fo. Review 2,500-Page | FBI Document 1 | WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—A con- | fidential report about the length of | two Civil War novels, concerning | the activities of Harry Bridges, has | been laid before the Department of | Justice. { The 2,500-page document, prepar- ed by the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation, is expected to enable the department to determine whether or not deportation proceedings shall be instituted against Bridges, as fre- quently demanded by Congress. CHARLES WATSON, 1 ANCHORAGE, DIES Charles Watson, one of the best loved and widely known old timers of interior Alaska died recently in| Anchorage following a stroke. Wat- son had been for many years a Deputy Marshal in Anchorage and | also had -been connected with the| Anchorage police force, Before com- ing to Anchorage he had lived in| Fairbanks and other Alaskan cities.| He is survived by a widow, Grace Watson, He was a charter member of Anchorage * Lodge No. 1351, BPOE. | Puerto Rico, at San Juan, during a review in Morgenthau’s honor. The | Secretary inspected progress made at Ameriqa’s “Gibraltar of ths Care You May Assume, But You ;‘Checking Defense Expehses REPORTED | Sl I;Nazi and British Vessels | | Have Encounter in | English Channel. | (By Associated Press) | A battle early today hetween Brit- ish and German destroyers in the | English Channel brought conflicting | claims of victory. Berlin reports said German de- stroyers torpedoed two British de- stroyers and sank four other vessels in an attack near the English coast on the Atlantic end of the English | | Channel. | Reliable sources in London said incomplete reports from Channel observers declared the battle was a | “long range encounter” in which | two Royal Navy destroyers engaged !five German craft, and with the | sudden arrival on the scene of other | British naval units, the Nazi vessels laid down a smoke screen, fleeing toward the French coast i Secretary of the Treasury Henry A. Morgenthau (left) is shown with Brig. Gen. Edmund L. Daley, commanding officer of the Department of ribbean” and decided the money was well spent. Cannof Insist, that FDR LAST PLEA Has Been Re-elected Yet, T0 CHIANG MADE NOW By JACK STINNETT follow that with the announce- WASHINGTON, Nov, 20.—Roose- ment that Henry A. Wallace was! velt isn’t re-elected yet, but you'll| elected Vice-President by the same, E dds Vvote. . o B e o | Then—and not unt ten—wit Chinese National General Roosevelt and Vice-| Exhorted to Lay Down ber 5 that he will be. President V3 be constitution- Arms-Work in Peace | Just how' many times in the| Fresident Wallace | last 150 years this quadrennial joke ally elected to their high offices. ‘ has been aired in the nation’s jou vlz?ix;nh ’I".lh: lf‘]’x‘:: c'hx:m:'}rm;af n':‘:’ nals is anybody's guess. But it's o Whe | 3 ‘i Tuesday in November. The second “,‘fl" L?al;' F’a';k““ B fi"f’“l‘l”y_‘(; will occur on December 15 (the first| SHANGHAI, Nov. 20. — Wang o "“’m.f;e'° °°‘eg for the third| v\ day after the second Wednes-|Ching Wei has sent an open tele-| e Uy ALY o day) when the duly elected elec-| Bram to “Mr. Chiang Kai Shek.” On thay aate, Copgress will as-|yor¢ assemble at their state capi-|€Xhorting the Chinese National Gen- | semble in joint session at 1 Pt ya15 and cast their ballots, make|€ral to quit fighting and join Wang's (Eastern standard time) with Vice-| 4 gjon certificates of their votes,|Japanese sponsored Nanking gov- President John N. Garner in the|,.4 forward one of these certifi-| €nment in peaceful cooperation chair. As President of the Senate,| cyte by registered mail to the|With Japan. Mr. Garner will open the electoral| p . ident of the Senate, | Chiang is not expected to reply certifcates sent in under seal by |to the message, however, which is the various states, hand them over| {described as the “last cxhonalkm"l to the tellers (two members of the pps NOT REQUIRED jas a prelude to signing of a treaty| House and two of the Senate). | The Electoral College system, set'scheduled for tomorrow at Nan-| The tellers will tally them and yp by the (.rm\nlulim... is about King when, accordnig to informed hand the results back to Mr. Gar-|the queerest method of election|ources, Japan will formally rec- ner who then (barring some ca-!ganywhere in the werld. Oddly ©gnize the Chinese regime spon- tastrophe that never has happened|enough, there is no hnpulauon‘""'o“’d in opposition to that of Gen.| befcre when the popular vote that an elector has to vote as di- Chiang Kai Shek. stacked up anything like it d}dl,,ctm by the vote in his state. As Wang Ching Wei will pledge to| November 5) will announce that| s matter of fact, two alumni of TOKyo virtually a complete and, Mr. Roosevelt is re-elected by an | permanent control of military and clectoral vote of 449 to 82. He will A (Continued on Pige Six) ‘x economic affairs. 1 oil tanks and.a scene of devasta- [ | pool “was burning, flaming oil was | | pouring out upon the Ersey River i |as the result of a bomb smashing X ’Lion was noted as the last raiders | ( 0 N F l I ( T | returned to bsaes shortly after day- | | light today.” The British communique, issued this forenocn, admitted damsge was “somewhat more extensive on Liverpool than fire indicated” but | asserted the toll of human life was not heavy. RAF in Action British night bombers were also | busy last night, pounding the Ger- ! mans in widespread raids. Included in the night bombing by the British planes, were the naval yards at Stettin, the synthetic oil plant at Politg, the ports of Cux- haven, Mainz, Kontenz, Eindhoven, Dusseldorf and Mannheim, also the invasion ports of Antwerp, Boulogne and LeHavre. | The German communique seldom | mentions the results of the British !raids but from “underground” sources ccmes reports that the {human toll is large and property dainage exceedingly heavy. Waterfront Hard Hit The furious assault on Liverpool is said to have been centered on the waterfront, bombs striking ware- | houses, docks, grain silos and oil stores. | The attack on Liverpool adds an- other to the lengthening list of Brit- ish ports bombed recently, among | them Bristol, Plymouth and Soutn- | ampton. | Liverpool is Great Britain’s ship- | ping center to the densely popu- |lated and industrial midlands and |a vital artery for seaborne supplies ! to the Island Kingdom. London Raided | Londoness today underwent the 1000th hour of air raid alarm with | German raiders stabbing the city | Sporadically again by daylight. 'DR. WORLEY GAINS PROMOTION IN U, . HEALTH SERVICE Dr J. F. Worley, who was asso- ciated with the Office of Indian Affairs here for many years until his recent transfer to the States, has just been promoted from Senior Surgeon to Medical Director, in the U. S. Public Health Service, Sur- geon General Thomas Parran an- nounced. Dr. Worley is now assigned to the Indian Service with headquar- ters at Minneapolis. SHOPPING [ TILL CHRISTM