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| . is the largest seizure of prisoners THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8583. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1940. * MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH SEAPORT SET AFIRE BY NAZIS Five SURRENDER LARGE FORCE 1S REPORTED Other Fascist Troops Said fo Be in Rapid Reireat Leaving Suppfies | (By Associated Press) Surrender of 5,000 Italian soldiers, leaving a huge gap in the center of the Balkan, war front is reported in Greek dispatches. It is said that this wholesale sur- render of Mussolini’s Fascist Legions thus far in the Greek-Ttalo war as heretofore only forces of from 500 to 900 have thrown down their arms i and capitulated to the Greek forces, | many times smaller than those sur- | rendering. There is a general retreat of Ital- | ian forces in the central sector on the Balkan front, according to Greek advices. One official Greek dispatch says the surrender of the force of 5,000 Ttalians is a “victory of exceptional | importance as it has destroyed all danger in the sector of our ad- vancing troops.” New gains are reported in the Greek drive toward the port of Edda in Albania and the Greeks are re- ported almost within shooting range | of the important seaport. A Greek dispatch says “seventeen captured Ttalian officers disclosed that Italian troops which fought in the civil war win Spain are taking part in the defense of Elita.” ! An official dispatches from Athens | (Continued on Page Four) —_——— %60 | WASHINGTON—It has been care- fully hushed up inside the State Department, but recently a distin-| guiched group of citizens on the President’s Advisory Committee for Political Refugees almost resigned and blew the lid off the appease- ment group among career diplomats. The incident is important because it indicates that the old State De- partmen appeasemen clique still is functioning right under the nose of | Cordell Hull The President’s refugee commit- | tee is headed by James G. McDon- ald, who handled the refugee prob- lem for the League of Nations, and | includes Archbishop Joseph F. Rum- mel of New Orleans; editor Hamilton Fish Armstrong; George Warren, Pasil Harris, formerly of United States Lines; Prof. Joseph P. Cham- | berlain of Columbia; and Rev. Sam- uel Cavert of the World Alliance for International Friendship. It was appointed shortly after the fall of | France at the suggestion of far- sighted Sumner Welles, who felt that the plight of German, Czech, Jewish and Catholic refugees in France should be handled through a central agency. The committee immediately swung into- action and after carefully in- vestigating a long list of refugees, finally recommended that 651 pro- fessors, churchmen and former gov- ernment officials be admitted to the United States. This was three and cne half month ago. These names also were checked by the Justice Department, which approved them and sent the list to the State Deparment. After that| nothing happened. Three and one| half months passed and only 15 ref- ueees recommended by the Presi-! dent’s committee were admitted to| the United States. ROOSEVELT ISUES VISAS Three and a half months was a long time to delay when many of the refugees were in imminent dan- ——— Thousand Italians Give Up to Greek ~ GREENSFEED (APTURED ITALIANS Captured Italian soldiers( at left) wait their turn—mess kits in hand—to be ladled food by the Greek Army cook at right. This picture was rushed from Athens to Belgrade, telephotoed to Berlin and then radioed to the United States. : }Yugosla\?ia - Joins Axisls HALIBUT "POACHED" ON BANKS, IS CHARGE MADE; SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—Harry Dun-' pounds of halibut was “poached” on the fishing banks in area 2 the past season, Dunlep said that although ence, Says Budapest (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) 0f Gold Are the pounds, actually nearly 53,000,000 pounds petween Hitler reached the market, Minister has Foreign pavkd NO MOI'e Ye I l OW M E'a I } but fleet was increased by 45 boats Berlin-Tokyo axis. | but the size of the Canadian fleet from Porfugal-Some- | was not changea. thing ‘Big’ Expecled e tmisa “siae !mania and Slovakia previously. treaty between | the | discussed informally at the session. NEW YORK, Dec. 2—A sudden| Commissioner L. W. Patmore, of unexplained stoppage in gold ship-| Victoria, asked that fishing ve: FR ZEN ments from Portugal to the United sel owners take copies of the pro-| 4 States during the past week has posed treaty, study it and then | oF SPAIN Io led financial and shipping circles send in recommendations. to the belief something “big” is PUCH SRS ST S brewing abroad. Portugal is the last European ANAR(HY - e — — shipping outlet and has been send- ing approximately $3,000,000 week!ly to the United Sta Financial circles speculated that ment - Means More Hitler might be ready to make another peace offer. | . Financiers, particularly Swi Trade Wl"'l Eflglafld bankers, are awaiting the outcorae| of the present stoppage of gold. In some circles it is said the stoppage might be indicative that Hitler is preparing for a big push on Gibraltar, ~ RUMANIA Hitler RushfiMore Sold- (By Associated Press) e [] . . bk lop, Director of Investigation of, Shipmenfs @ fo moeiee Hlnen Foreign Minister| mission, told the Commission at a k. hearing that more than 1,600,000 O'd Se(ret Confer 'o ed Now‘calch for the entire banks for the| piplomatic sources in Budapest |past summer was about 51,000000 saiq a secret week-end conference and Yugoslavia’y the Dunlop said the American hali- way for Yugoslavia to join the Rome The Axis ,included Hungary, Ru- | Well informed sources in Berlin | United States and Canada, said no further signatories are ex-| | covering the halibut industry, were|pected for the present to the Axis. BE RELEASED Grea' Bf"ain S|gflS Agfee' ‘ feeling more sharply the pinch of MADRID, Dec. 2.—Great Brualnl {and Spain haye signed a financial spaghetti or rice on Tuesdays and ! agreement to free Spanish funds | saturdays and on other days only blocked in London and thus give | Spain funds to increase purchases W o iers fo Scene of Bloody | from Great Britain. A | The pact was signed at noon to- The Canadian National Railways | Revo" H Demonstrations day at a ceremony between Spanish |expect to ship about 2,000,000 Foreign Minister Suner and Sir |Christmas trees to the United | Samuel Hoare, British Ambassador. U.S.CREDIT TOBEGIVEN CHINA GOVT. FDR MakesKfi'noun(emenI ; ~Purposes of Deal Explained WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Presi-| dent Roosevelt announced Saturday| the United States will grant the| Chinese National Government of| { Gen. Chiang Kai Shek a credit of $100,000,000, of which half will be | spent for general purposes and the | remainder “for purposes of mone- | tary protection and management &s | between the American and Chin- ! ese_currencies.” | The White House also made pub- Loan Ad- | | lic a letter from Fed | ministrator Jesse Jones | Metals Reserve Company, a sub- | sidiary of the Reconstruction Fin-| | ance Corporation, is arranging ad- | ditional purchases of strategic ma- | terials for China valued at $60: | 000,000 for stabilization, presumnmyy |to come from the Treasury’s two billion dollar stabilization fund. 1‘ The Chinese Government has been urging support of their cur-| | rency_on the grounds that it will| | be 4 possitle to maintain the Na-! tional Government's army and 2,-| 500,000 men in the field much long- er should exchange rates go much lower APPROVAL GIVEN | WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. — The also House Coinage committees to- | day gave an unanimous vote -of | approval to the transaction by which the United States will advance to the Chinese Chungking Government one hundred million dollars or a total credit of $50,000,000 to come from the Treasury’s stabilization | fund and a like amount from the Export and Import Bank. S e ITALY FEELS GREAT PINCH. OF BLOCKADE NEWTREATYISPROPOSED ReportNow 527 1 iSpaghefii, flo_ur, Rice on Rafion List Today-Res- | faurants Restricted | (By Associated Press) | On the home front, Italy is today | 1 The national dish of spaghetti, as {well as flour and rice, today went lon the rationed list and consumers | | are restricted to four and one-half | pounds of these products monthly. Restaurants are forbidden to serve | the British sea blockade. | at one meal ———.———— | States this year. Hitler’s armies are on the move in | !the Balkan states and dispatches from the Hungarian-Rumanian | frontier said four fresh German di- | visions, approximately 60,000 soldiers, are passing through Hungary en- i route to Rumania to quell the in- Bessarabia creasing anarchy in Rumania. .| Last week, Rumania was the scene A e, 2 Diplomatic | o ‘hloody Green Shirt and Iron cate that a revélution has broken {C;‘u?rd rioting :t’)"d '“(Rii:‘e%’;l“g?: out in Bessarabia which Rumania ;l:egi?r:;n" members g ceded to Soviet Russia and already | f 3 % i ev- there ‘are reports of WHIESDIERd | ouy' coummate at 500000 men, but G yie a?—d——}ng:r..m_;__ | hundreds are believed to have been | killed in the recent disastrous earth- THROUGH | quake. Broken Qut, who enjoy that sport THE EMPIRE. HEINE BERGERS AT SN Mr. and Mrs. Heine Berger passed| When angry citizens of Tomb- through Juneau yesterday on the |stone, Ariz, lynched a Kkiller in ger of being removed from France tc Germany. So the committee (Continued on Page Four) Yukon southbound for the holidays.| 1884, a coroner’s jury returned a Berger is a prominent transporta- | verdict that “he came to his death tion man from Anchorage. jfrom lack of breath.” 1 - son which staris Better Bowling The hetter you can play a game, the more fun it is. Bowling is no exception, so you series of ten lessons beginning tomorrow in ANDY VARIPAPA, nationally known authority on bowling and-an expert at the game, authors the series. Read the first les- will be interested in a | 1 orrow in The Empire. saying the | | 'dent Roosevelt left Washifgton io-] | Stephen Early said he could not dis- | of |his return earlier.” ( S— Gregfli‘n‘g, General (oglgt : }SWARMSOTM - PLANES IN BIG ATTACK fiSothampI()AnAAir Raided Saturday, Sunday and Sunday Night | | | | " "OCEAN OF FLAMES” IS REPORT OF FLIERS Bombers Fly Low, Machine Gun Those on Rooftops in Murderous Assault | | | | [ | . | (By Associated Press) | Rail communication between Lon- | don and Southampton is interrupted |today as a result of a terrific new |attack on that port Saturday night |and Sunday by Nazi warplanes. Nazi quarters claim that fliers re- | turning to their bases declared that | the big shipping port is “engulfed |in an ocean of flames.” In the smash on Southampton, the British Air Ministry says, about 1200 Nazi warplanes roared across | the channel, striking singly and in small waves. | One of the raiders is said to have | swooped low and sprayed with ma- | chine gun bullets the house tops. The British Press Association de- clares that relays of bombers last }night flew over Southampton, Eng- [land’s third busiest port, and con- | tinued a mission of “frightfulness” until early this morning. TN —~ | The assoclation says the damage is “extensive” and many areas of | the port are in ruins. Hundreds of steel-helmeted soldiers started the | task of demolition of the central If Willkie Is Candidate for L GOPin 1944, He Will Break ~ -iiismss™ Party Precedent of 86 Years Kennedy King George of Greece (left) examines a map with Generalissimo Alexander Papagos of the Greek Army. Scene of this conference was sed. The Greeks captured Koritza, Italian base in Albania. This picture was telephotoed from Belgrade to Berlin and then rad- ioed to New York. By JACK STINNETT pRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Already | Washington is talking about 1944 ugs as if it were just around the cor- osl"o“ | ner. The political prognosticators | |are burning midnight juice and | slinging ink from Page 1 to Clas- sified trying CARIBBEAN &% to guss e e Ambassador fo Great Bri- 1g:r'.)‘:dlnly\ ‘:llx“e} c(i):xjntgm?vea}:ipumman 'am Qu“s_TO HOI’Ida 1 Pol. for Vacation Let's leave that to the know | Progs. Really, they don't much more about it thar ! ¢ an we do.| wASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Joseph Kennedy, American Ambassador w0 Roosevelt Leaves for In- as most of them will admit. Thé shape of things to come will mold . p | Great Britain at London, paid his Republican | g, owell call on the State Depart- spe(tion crUise Of the future of the Defense Faciliies ~ |party @nd tne Democratic party, e A28 i | m today and said: uxi‘ and of Wendell L. Willkie,| w1 o0 out of a job. I am now off but— | 30N IF Mr. Willkie is nominated for Lh;z{g:i'exg;l :xel;et;unced his resigna- the presidency again in 1944, he jon Jast night. He said he has will be upsetting another Repub-| wound up h&s.business with the lican apple-cart (and one that has|giate Department and is leaving at been running smoothly for 86| gnce by airplane for a vacation at years) because he will be the first paim Beach, Florida. aeteated candidate in the history —_——————— the party ever to have been nominated for a second try . Not only that, but if Mr. Will- Ma or (arr kie should even be considered as for the nomi-| serious contender to remain way from the capital until | pation by next convention time, kicking over a prece- WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. — Army {orders include transfer of Major the week beginning December 16 |he will be “unless some emergency demands!dent that has been broken by | Harold H. Carr, of the Army Air | Corps, to Fairbanks, Alaska. only two men in either of the ma- ——e——— jor parties since pre-Civil War| days. Mont Blanc, highest mountain in the Alps, first was ascended in WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Presi- | day by train on a trip expected to take him first to Miami or some other Florida port and from there to the Caribbean Sea on an inspection cruise of defense facilities. Before his departure, Secretary close the sident’s destination but added it “is pretty well known where the President is going.” Early said the President planned a STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 2. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine DEMOCRATIC EXCEPTIONS Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan both were nomin- ated on the Democratic ticket three stock at today's first X times, Bryan, of course, never won melon cutting month is 5%, Amer-|the election, Cleveland did twice| 178 ican Can 87%, Anaconda 27%, Beth-|and although he was a defeated| X Ichem Stecl 86', Commonwealth|candidate when he was nominated “SHOPPINC DAY and Southern Curtiss Wright|in 1892, this was somewhat offset 9%, General Motors 49'4, Interna- by the fact that he had been Presi- tional Harvester 61%, Kennecott|dent for four years BEFORE his| 34%, New York Central 14, North-|defeat. These are the two excep- ern Pacific 6%, United States Steel tions and both were Democrats.| 68%, Pound $4.04 Let’s look to the roster of dereat-} | | | ed Republican eandidates. DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The first candidate of the Re-| The following are today's Dow,| publican party as we know it to-| Jones averages: Industrials 130.93,| rails 28.03, utilities 28.10. | o e e | (Continued on Page Seven) l )