The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 30, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. LVIL, NO. 8582. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” FE A 4 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1940. LONDON BOMBED IN ALL NIGHT FALSE PEACE PACT SIGNED, CHINA, JAPAN Tokyo, Nail(i;g Govern- ments End Warfare- Chiang Still Fights (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) At Ner , Capital City of the Japanese sponsored Government in China, the Nanking Government and Japan today signed a peace treaty tc end the forty-two months of war in China. Javanese warplanes soared over- head and Japanese machine gum} on land guarded the peace signing ceremony but peace is still remote since the pact recognizing Presi-| dent Wang Chiang Wei's regime as the National Government of Chira dese not, affect the astivitios | of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek who is still carrying on a terrific against the Japanes® in-/| POSITION OF U. S. WASHINGTON. Nov. 30.—Secre- | tary of State Cordell Hull said the United States ‘of course continues | to recognize” the Chunking Govern- | ment of Gen. Chiang Kai Shek. The Secretary of State referred the reporters at the newsmens’ con- Ch ) kG_Q’?‘Q ‘ and Robert 5. Alles WASHINGTON—President Roose- velt has finally intervened in a hot behind-the-scenes row between his Stete and Treasury Departments over the freezing of German and Italian funds in the United States He has sided with Henry Morgen- | thau in favor of tying up all Axis| moeney now in this country. | The matter has been under con- | fidential consideration for some! time, but it came to a head the other | day when $2000,000 in U, S. cur-| rency was seized in the Italian dip- | lematic pouch en route to Mexico. bviously the cash was for propa-| ganda and subversive activities on| the doorstep of the United States.| The money, although seized, had | to be returned to the Italian Le- gation in Mexico. There was no legal way of preventing its use for propaganda. | * If all Italian and German funds; were frozen in the United States, | then every cent spent by the Italian | and German Embassies and their Censulates would be subject to scru- | tiny by the U. 8. Government. In| other words, the two Axis powers | could not draw from their f\mds[ held here, until they showed their books and told what the money| was being spent for. This is virtu- ally what the French Embassy has to do today. This would help tremendously in curtailing expenditures for sabot- age. Another reason put forward by the Treasury for freezing Axis funds in this country is that U. S. funds| in Germany and Italy already are| frozen, in effect, because of cur-| rency controls which prevent the transfer of money out of those two | countries. | Dutch, Norwegian, Belgian, French | . Danish and Baltic funds here have | been frozen largely for their own| protection. But the Axis powers would consider such action an ig-| EXPLOSION Unres “Just Good Friends” They Sa) e “Just say we're good friends,” said Betty Grable, movie actress, and Victor Mature, new leading man of the films, to queries of possible romance between the two by New Yorkers who see them together frequently. Miss Grable is the former wife of Jackie Coogsn. f ls TAKING BIG Prevailing TOLLMINERS Nazilands Devasfating Blast Enfombs Occupied Nations Threat- Men Two Miles from ened-Gestapo Head | entombed men who are in two miles Mouth of Coal Pit CADIZ, Ohio, Nov. 30.—At least 28 and perhaps 32 miners entombed in the devastating explosion of one of the state’s largest coal pit are given up for dead. About 100 other miners fled safe- ly after the blast late yesterday afternoon. Falling rock and gas hampers the efforts of rescue crews to reach the | and 450 feet down Friends and relatives of the en- | tombed miners are huddled outside | in the snow around the mouth of the mine awaiting news relative to | the progress of the searching crews. CHARGES MADE CADIZ, Ohio, Nov. 30. — John Owens, President of the Ohio Dis- trict of United Mine Workers, charged that “this catastrophe could have been prevented if we had ade- quate inspection and regulation of coal mines.” After the body was found of a| man who had the best chance to| escape, weary rescue crews this af-| ternoon abandoned frantic emergen- cy efforts to reach the blasted cham- | ber. e, PRENGH PLANE GUNNED High Official Killed as Craft | kine, Is Summoned NEW YORK, Nov. 30. — Scandi- | | vian wireless reports picked up here this morning declares that Heinrich Himmler, head of the Ger- | |"Plenty of Jobs in Alaska” | man Gestapo (secret police), has been summoned by staff officers in Germany's various armies of occu- pation to consider the increasing unrest in Norway, France and The Netherlands and to prepare “dras- tic repressive measures” even to ccuting those displaying unrest gns. —-o— Baranof Now Northbound SEATTLE; Nov. 30.—Steamer Ba- ranof sailed for Southeast and Southwest Alaska ports at 9 o'clock cluding 25 steerage. Passengers aboard the Baranof booked for Juneau include the fol- lowing: Mrs. R. K. Baldwin, Claude Ers- Mack McCartney, Blanche May, Mrs. Mary Thompson, W. C. Arnold, F. J. Gunderson, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Shiels, D. Clinton Pres- ton, Miss R. Zeller, Cornelia Peter- son, Roy M. Johnson. — > ' ENGINEER TRUITT LEAVES FOR SITKA James Truitt, Army Engineer and |succesful. son of Attorney General and Mrs. James S. Truitt, arrived by Elec- this morring with 97 passengers in- |18 done there-are plenty of jobs in | that this is not so. | kans rather than to persons coming (OLDS HIT - ARMY CAMP AT MURRAY Over Thousand Soldiers Affected-Many Re- strictions Made CAMP MURRAY, Wash., Nov. 30. —Rigid restrictions on military ac- | tivities of the 4lst Division of the U. S. Army have been ordered to combat an outbreak of colds which affected 1,400 of 12,000 soldiers here. | Major General George ‘White said division theatres and military | schools will be closed, long marches discontinued, night marches post- poned and men confined to quarters during heavy rains. .- SLAIN LEADER GIVEN FUNERAL IN BUCHAREST ‘Iron Guards Carry Golden Casket Through Streets of Rumanian Capital (By Associated Press) The disinterred bones of Cornelius Codreanu, founder of the Rumanian | Iron Guard, who was slain two years ago, were carried in a gold coffin | through the streets of Bucharest | today in a funeral procession omin- | ous in its solemnity. | In the absence of young King | Mibai, who is reported to have fled | the city, further bloody revenges | were feared against men who killed | Condreanu in the regime abdicted by Carol II, Mihai’s father. Hitler and Mussolini both were importantly | represented in the procession. Ru- | manian German troops are reported | massing. i 6OV. GRUENING WARNS JOBLESS STAY IN STATES Rumor Spiked-Prefer- ance for Residents | There is no labor shortage in | Alaska, Gov. Ernest Gruening said | today to correct erroneous repor | being circulated in the States. Res | dent Alaskans will be given prefer | ence for what employment there is, | he added. The Governor's statement fol- lows: “Word has come to me that apple pickers and other workers in the I want to state Resident Alas- kans who have been working in fisheries, placer mining, and other seasonal occupations are every day registering with the Alaska Territor- jal Employment Service, and it is my desire that preference should be and my conviction that preferance will be given to unemployed Alas- Alaska this winter. from the States in search of work, “I cannot urge too strongly that residents of the States do not come to Alaska unless they have money | enough to tide them over while looking for work, and to take them | Yakima and Wenatchee valleys of | | the State of Washington have been | told that when their seasonal work back to their homes if they are un- |an orgy of patriotism. s | MOUNTAIN HA | | e ———— i T —— T ——— o "‘mt Vs S A WORD FOR |T—A large “Dux,” meaning leader, shone from the mountain as Mussolini (front) reviewed Italians stationed near the Yugoslavian border, - FOR ARMY AND NAVY ‘T_radiiional‘ame Brings Out Gold Braid Ga- lore in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 30— There was gold braid galore here today in the giant municipal stad- ium as the Army and Navy met for the 41st time in a football series begun back in 1890, The weather was cloudy this Helen Hayes, Red Cross Worke. 'GM_A D AY AID 'NAZ! PLANES MAKE ATTACK TWOREGIONS City from Dusk fo After Dawn 'MIDLANDS ASSAULTED " BY OTHER WARPLANES 2 Both |ncendiaTy, Explosive Bombs Dropped in Tre- medous Charges (By Associated Press) 5 The German Air Force made one of the strongest drives in recent | weeks to bomb London from dusk } last night to after dawn this morn- ing. | It is admitted that over 300 Ger- ‘man warplanes were used in the attack on London alone while hun- |dreds of other warplanes srtuck at the midland’s industrial center. The attack was centered on the British Empire’s Capital City for the first time in 10 days and the Ger- man pilots reported the explosive bombs are believed to have done much damage. Fires in many sec- tions were seen as the incendiary ibombs exploded, scattering fire ibrs.nds in all directions. The British communique admits | heavy bombing but the casualty list | is light as air raiding warnings had | sent the populace to shelters. | Peoperty is mot | but it is said the fire fighters were | handicapped by the barrage of bombs descending from the skies. No report was made early today on casualties or damage in the mid- lands sections. s L S ARMY CARGO Helen Hayes, First Lady of the Stage, is presented with the cap and veil of a Red Cross worker after being made a member of the Philadelphis chapter., Blackwell Newhall, chairman, makes the presentation, SELECTEES BY THOUSANDS ARF APPLYING TO BOARDS ~ FOR IMMEDIATE TRAINING | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — The most embarrassing thing that has | happened to a No. 158 that I know of happened right here in Wash- ington—at at least just across t District line in one of the suburbs. He is 23 years old. His family is prominent in ,the community and | comparatively well off. He was something of a football hero and just about a perfect physical spec- {imen. He always has been quite | a favorite in the neighborhood | When Secretary of War Stimson plucked 158 out of the selective service fish bow! and made him No. 1 selectee in his district and the lad announced that he was proud and ready to go immedi- ately, the neighborhood went inlo The young man was wined and dined, The American Legion post gave a banquet in his honor. So, | passed selective service, had been given induction numbers ahead of his. The chances are Johnny won't be called before next summer, if then—and no amount of pleading or pull can get him ahead of the if ! boys over whom no fuss was made —the boys who enlisted and were found suitable for Classl-A and immediate call. Johnny’s one chance of escap- ing the jibes of his pals while hel waits around to be called is to en- list and get accepted—for three years' service—in the regular Army,‘ At least that’s what the selective | service officials tell me. This enlistment of selectees by, the hundreds of thousands has, by the way, borne out a prediction| along in these columns many weeks ago, namely, that first| year “calls” from the Army will| get very few, if any, selectees who| | have taken 14 since, the Army 22, | land three games were ties.” | | Point cadets and a throng of An- | back who ran 40 yards to score a tie merning with temperature high in the thirties and snow or rain ex- | pected to hold off until tonight. Sharing popular interest with such SHIp I Su“ notables as etary of War Stim- son and Se were six elderly gentlemen, all re- | tired officers who are reliving the November day 50 years ago when they plaved the first game of the traditional contests on the Army's INNEW YORK Also present was Colonel Edwar(l: NO E.X p I an a“o?n WhY Stern While Loading bers. The Navy won that game and | Railroads brought this city fifty| NEW YORK, Nov. 30.—The 6,600 special trains, including 1800 West |ton freighter Yucatan, loading oil and food supplies for U. S. defense napolis midshipmen bases in the West Indies, listed to The Navy was favored over the POrt at an East River pier, last night Army, whose hopes are based on the |and the stern sunk in 35 feet of shoulders of Hank Mazur, 175-pound | Water. The craft was poised there at an against Harvard, the only major | angle of 45 degrees. It stayed afloat game the Army did not lose, and |only because the superstructure also was outstanding against Notre caught on the framework of the Dame and Princeton. | wharf. —_—————— | No immediate explanation was |available except that cargo migh} GRE(IAN have shifted. ADVANCE GETS AWAY The Army Douglas amphibian which had been resting in Auk Bay awaiting favorable flying weather for the past seven days, took off this morning at 10:40 for the south. It was planned either to make a stop at Ketchikan or continue on south to Seattle. .- ary of Navy Knox ets Italian Sub Sunk by Depth Bomb from Athenian Destroyer (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) |did the D.AR. He made speeches {at the high school and the nearby | college he had attended. i He spoke solemnly from the pul- pit of his church. His girl gave a | romantic touch to the hysteria by tra yesterday from the Interior and left during the afternoon on the Coast Guard cutter Cyane for sitka. He will return to Seaitle directly from Sitka. “:"f"" denliszed, no matter what| Greek dispatches from the battle- | DEVOROE CASE & f}; 0:1 E‘; numb?rs L il | front report continues gains in the| guit for divorce has been filed in One draft official told me re-{southern Albania sector with Ital-| pigrict Court by Kenneth L. Wood cently thel be estimales mare than | jan troops attemptng a stand for|gouingt Audrey Wood on grounds of 400,000 selectees (or men desir-|counter-attack being smashed re-|inoombatabilit ing to get into the regular armed | pal . BAGS OF BIRDS BROUGHT INBY nominious affront, and the State| Department fears it might lead to, a break in diplomatic relations. The State Department is not con- cerned so much over such a break Crashes, According fo Vi(@epcri with Germany as with Italy. It VICHY, Nov. 30. — The French - FOUR HUNTERS peatedly. {42 ; believes that sentiment inside Italy | Government disclosed today that A | announcing they were engaged to forces) had enlisted or applied to| n Ath i ] 7 i € 8 hens, the Greek destroyer is becoming more friendly to the|Jean Chiappe, High Commissioner So'd S'“d’ T:“ last duck and goose hunting | pe married » “immediately after their local boards for immediate Aetos is ,»(.;,(,m\d to he sunk yan SHOPPING DAYS™ United States and leanjng away |for Syria and former Prefect of the |party of the season returned to|johnny comes back from train-|induction since selective service Italian submarine with a depth e Hitler, a ohange which U. 8.|Paris Police, was killed when a|Then Stole If, Juneau last night with Oscar Oberg | - Iaonine. o pertilhte A g st I ORET T wwed‘;es TILL CHRISTMAS diplomacy seeks to encourage. French air transport plane crashed 4 Fe on the Hyperien to report a “fine| 13 went on for weeks. | elieves present trends indicateinto a convoy without a hit s, he Treasury pointed|on November 27 after reported fy-| Now Jail ending” of the 1940 season. | sk [this many more will be on the| Although Italians declared al to the increasing number of mu-|ing over Sardinia. D;"‘“’"“, o g anfield. | LosT HIS TURN rolls by the time the Army is counter blow would be delivered the nitions factories where explosions| It is said the crash resulted from AR A R b b e Wi, GORRVER & r. C. C.| pinally the lad made a visit to'ready for them Greek advance “at any time,” sources | steriously occurred, and |machine gunning by a British fight- ichard Stamats, who so! arter made the trip to Rocky Pass, | . A : A e ) i2 3 A have mysl ly , 8l a2 passenger @ shirt and then stole it | getting good bags of geese nnd‘h‘” local board to find out just| One of the principal reasons for'at the front declared a total break | urged the importance of stopping er plane. \back to him, was sentenced w—‘duck.s_ i how soon he would be called—and ! enlistments by selectees draft of- dn Ttalin rnks is just as possible. the expenditure of Axis money for subversive activities. Increasing evi- e e e e (Continued on Page Four) - day by U. S. Commissioner Felix The principality of Monaco has no cultivated land. of petit larceny. All hunters reported hundreds of | Gray to 20 days in jail on a charge |geese on the flats, “more than for many years past.” discovered that 52 selectees in his district had volunteered, bad been classified and under the rules ull (Continued on Page Four) ————— | Arizona flora ranges from l sub-tropical to the sub-alpine. ficials find is that young men just the