The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 4, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8585. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL ENTER BOMBED Greeks Battle Their Way to Adriatic Sea SHOCK TROOPS ACTIVE Advance Formafions Re- ported fo Be on Qut- skirts of Porto Edda ITALIAN FORCES ARE ON GENERAL RETREAT len a(ioué R}asisiance is Claimed by Fascist High Command (By Associated Press’ Dispatches from Athens today said Greek shock troops have battled their way to the outskirts of Porto Edda on the Adriatic Sea with | crushing new defeats inflicted on | the retreating Fascist columns along | the mountain front. The Ttalian High Command said: “Renewed attacks by enemy forma- were held in check by tenac- sistance supported by consid- | erable artillery.” CONSPIRACY ON NIRATES IS REVEALED World Wide Chain on Mon- opolization Chargedin | Mass of Indictments | NEW YORK, Dec. 4—A world wide chain of conspiracies to control and menopolize the price of many ni- trates used in the production of mu- niticns is charged by the Federal Grand Jury against 29 corporations including DuPont. A series of six Sherman Anti- Trust Act indictments were today handed up to Federal Judge William Bondy. Named in the indictments, in ad- dition to the 29 corporations are 66 individuals, officers, directors and employees of corporations handling nitrates in which the defendants are allegedly charged with conspir- ing to control nitrates used in ag- riculture, steel mills, gas plants, water works and other industries connected with the Nation’s defense. | Named among others allied are| the Chemical Dye Corporation, Chilean Nitrate Corporation, Sales Corporation, Synthetic Products Corporation, Barrett Company and Solvay Process Company. Banker of Alaska Is Touched Up Pi(kpocketTifis” Wallet of Grant Jackson Containing $600 SEATTLE, Dec. 4. — Grant R. Jackson, resident of the Merchants' and Miners Bank at Nome, Alaska, lost. $600 while visiting Santa Claus| at his Seattle headquarters. Jackson stood in the toy depart- ment of a downtown store watch- ing children enjoying the toys, and| while doing so a pickpocket re-: moved Jackson’s wallet from his pocket. The wallet contained the| currency and some important' papers, Jackson told the police. — e+ - Fishes are the lowest class of vertebrate animals, |ture, came in on the Baranof and PASADENA’S THEME “America in Flow Roses New Year’s Day in Pasadena, is pictured in her role of Liberty for the Rose Parade. flag flying from a silken halyard attached to a floral staff, she holds high a torch of freedom, a tablet orwhich is inscribed the tireme. will be the.theme of the 1941 Tournament of BRITAIN'S LABORMAY | BE CALLED {Compulsory Work Batfal-| ions Taiked of to Repair Bombed Industry U.S.ASKEDTOAID | IN ATLANTIC PATROL | e e \Economic Warfare Boss | Declares Nazis Waist- | ing Oil Reserves LONDON, Dec. 4—The Govern- | ment has raised the prospect it| may be forced to resort to labor | | compulsion to rehabilitate Britain's | industrial centers. | It was also disclosed that “con-| stant attention” is being given to| means of halting mounting ship- | ping es | Reccnstructicn of industrial areas| was today described in the House| |of Commons by Home Secretary With a floral |Sir John Anderson as “most Vi- | tally important and urgent.” | Anderson safd shipping losses Cal. Above, Miss Jetsey Posthuma MARVIN JONES SINGS HIS SWAN SONG, BUT in recent months in lanes from the United States have “not been un- derestimated by the Government.” Appeal Evoked The shipping situation evoked an appeal from Ian Hannah, Conserva- tive, that the United States “help centrol the trade routes of the| York. | Atlantic with her own navy.” ‘( Id w | Hannah also said Britain should o ave | candidly tell the American Govern- ment “We want financial help. I| R'umarnié,k i Germany SignPad Nazi Regimfiromises fo Aid Litite Nation in | Many Ways g BERLIN, Dec. 4—Rumanian ne- gotiators have signed a 10-year Ru- manian economic plan, carried out with Germany’s support. Germany agrees to extend liberal credits over the 10-year period to provide machines and technical aid, to increase the population of the Rumanian farms, drain swamps, general development of Rumanian industries and cooperate in improv- ing Rumanian transportation facil- ities, indluding railways, highways and pipe lines. — . —— STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 4. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5, American Can 87%, Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel | 85%, Commonwealth and Southern #, Curtiss Wright 87, General Mot- ors 45%, International Harvester | 45'%, Kennecott 3414, New York Cen- | tral 13%, Northern Pacific 7%. Unit- ! ed States Steel 677%, Pound $4.04. DOW, JONE SAVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 130.75; | rails, 27.78; utilities, 20.27. - GUNDERSON VISITING. IN JUNEAU FROM WRANGELL; SCOTTISH RITE DEGREES Fred Gunderson, Wrangell salmon man and well known trap operator who spent several weeks here dur- ing the last sesson of the Legisla- will be here for the remainder Of| the week in connection with Scot- ish Rite Masons degree work. |don’t see how this nation can bear | the tremendous burden of carrying | e . | cn this great war if we see it rightly | By. JACK STINNETT {as just as much benefit to America WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. — Rep. g5 to our own Empire.” Marvin Jones, of Amarilo, Tex., No Bartering | sang his swan song in Congress| Thijs statement evoked no Gov-| On Atlantic the other day and the echo was & erpment comment, but another ap- burst of eulogy from the well of| parent reference to American aid the House such as it is rarely aay|was brought out by Clement Attlee, man's pleasure to hear. |Lord of the Privy Seal, with assur-| Iakes Hard S|ap at EaSiern The invisible wall that divides ances the Government “will not| S'a'es_low Tmpera. parties crumbled as member after barter sovereignty of any British M member climbed to his feet and|territory for war supplies from for-| |u|’es Many Se(hons delivered encomiums on the vir-|eign countries.” | it il tues of Marvin Jones and wished| The statement was made in reply (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) him well in his work as judge of to a question concerned with an | Thpym_ ‘wl,/l ase S D annber the United States Court of Claims,|informal discussion of possible trade| =~ o o 0 0 (hd4ay with a part- to which President Roosevelt re- of Western Hemisphere possessions | Sk 1 A b cently appointed him. If 'you| S ihe e don't know Marvin Jones, you|. ! might wonder why all the pane-| | New York State and sub-zero marks | gyries; if you do, you won't. |at many New England state points. | Marvin Jones came to CongrnsJ B R l T I s H 1 cratures in 1917 and spent most of his first i | lief to the middle west after a frigid Rising temp: s brought re- term as a buck private in the | spell that saw records fall on many | tank corps. He still was in the| h)urts of thte midlands. { | Twenty and thirty degrees below | izero readings are reported from | tank corps in 1918 when there oc- |Minnesota and Wisconsin |ing slap at the e Arctic blasts pu | cury to record lows for this date in | ‘Continued an Page Fight) curred a little incident that has been used often since to illustrate his quiet, imperturbable xmtu:’e,‘l | o 6 Rt e He was pe‘elmg potatoes out back | | | of the mess shack when one of| ‘|“SURAN(E the men handed him a telegram.| ‘ Jones read it, stuffed it in his | pocket, and went back to neeing| Under Secrefary, Treasury | ON BRIDGE otatoes, without changing expres- . . | et e P Coming fo United States | “What's the news pal?” asked' s Due Today | S S 0 | WASHXNGTOTDec, ! I T l E N a curious buddy. tary of Treasury Henry Morgen-| “I've just been re-elected to! Congress,” said Jones and reached R | ONLY 12 HIS SENIOR {thau announced that Sir Frederick There are now only 12 men | Phillips, Under Secretary of the Salesman |flSUfed Nafrows 4.—Secre- INNER TARANTO H# This official picture, British sources said, shows the irner harbor at the It it appeared on a follow up reconnaissance flight after a sm two damaged cruisers of the Trento class and one othor sm fuel oil can be seen, together with other Italian warships. RBOR AFTERRAID shing British a h vessel surrounded by large guantities of This picture was radiced from London to New n naval base at Taranto as sources said raid. Bri BRITISH PROOF OF RAID for another potato. among the 435 members of the House of Representatives who were members ‘when Jones first walked across the well to his seat. He British Treasury, is scheduled to arrive in the United States today | and “place the latest available in- formation on British finances be- ‘ came with a knowledge of law, ac-| f9re the United States Treasury of- quired at Southwestern University | ficials.” | at Georgetown, Tex.,, the Univer-| Se_creu:ry Morgenthau’s smtementi sity of Texas, and practice in consisted only of the one sentence Amarillo. He came with a knowl-|followed a few minutes later by a edgé of farming acquired through statement of Secretary of Com- years when he worked shoulder to merce Jesse F. Jones, speaking as shoulder with his father . . . a ten- | Federal Loan Administrator, who ant farmer. said the British Government was With this knowledge, a triendy!a “good risk” for loans. 5 disposition, a predilection for re-| It is learned that the mission cf search, and a reputation for being Sir Frederick Phillips is one of one of the most laconic members| the chief causes of a meeting yes- of Congress when not -on his (eet"erdny of nine important Govern- on the floor of the House fighting ment officials. for some measure, Jones ham-| Secretary of Commerce Jones mered his way to the top of the|said he ordinarily favors lending L¥ money on “good risks when they (Continued on Page Eight) need it for proper purposes,” | | ceny Suspension-Never Turn- | ed in Big Premium | k., 2l | SEATTLE; Dec. 4. — Hallett French, 44, prominent Seattle surance man, faced a grand lar- British sources said this picture, officially released and radioed from Lenden to New York, shows an Italian battleship of the 35000-ton charge today, accused of orio class down by the bow at Taranto, after the smashing British selling insurance on the ill-fated air raid on that Italian naval base. Smaller craft, British say, are Narrows suspension bridge and fail- tugs and salvage vessels; dark spots, spreading oil. The picture was ing to report the insurance or the' pade on a reconnaissance flight, premium to his company. s s BTl B - spoclUeis yiohateed DIVORCES GRANTED BIG ELECTRIC PLANT Wi iaeneny. ot 8. 1,508 yramium ces have been granted to, The largest electric plant in on a $150,000 pclicy, but Deputy! R, Beggs from Karl Beggs, Alaska, costing $1,600,000, will be PFrose;c}:;m:LmCQ::I;-:“‘(JR?::M:;12 ence King from Mary A. in operation at Fort Richardson in- Dive and It | King, in the district court session (Anchorage) within a year. The ‘ss.e(tl?wp;ezmmf o ;,;:,Sg"d pomy\::t Ketchikan new plant will produce more than on th ridge for $650,000. | Bl al A ey 7500 watts of electricity. — .o i L Crows are remarkable for their! The average width of the Isth-| Flax grows wild in western intelligence. Jmus of Panama is 70 miles, | Asia, 25 FIERCE FIRES SET BY NAZI PLANES Birmingharrnfl Attacked by German Air Fleet Dur- | ing All-Night Raid LONE WOLF U-BOAT " DOING BIG DAMAGE Shipping Suffers as Brit- ish Merchant Ships Sent Down (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Rome-Berlin Axis has report- ed sharp new blows against Bri= tain's sea power. | German airmen said they bombed Birmingham and set 25 big fires raging in the English industrial | center. * | Mussolini's command said three ‘Bn(ish warships were torpedoed and |also two cruisers by Fascist torpedo plane at Suda Bay on the Greek Island of Crete, and also declared |an Italian sub bagged a destroyer. | The German Command said & lone wolf U-boat sank six British |armed merchantmen, totalling 31,- 000 tons, and long range German | bombers roved out into the Atlantc |for 250 miles northwest of Ireland {to sink a 4900 ton British cargo | vessel. TurnCrefe | Island Info ~ ArmedCamp (British, GrefiSfrengihen | Strategic Point-Block- ade [s Esfablished (By Associated Press) A survey of the strategic eastern Mediterranean island of Crete | shows that the British and Greek forces have turned it into an armed | camp. | It is also reported that Italy's | Dodecanese islands in the forti- | fied chain east of Crete are being blockaded effectively as the result |of the base established at Crete. } | | | A 3 KILLED, ~ BUILDING " COLLAPSE ‘Huge Railroad | Building at | New York World's r Fair Gives Way NEW YORK, Dec. 4—Three per- |sons were killed and five believed | to have been seriously injured in the | collapse of the huge Railroad Ex- | position Building at the World's | Pair grounds. The building was being demolish= (ed. Suddenly the great roof gave |way and the men were trapped | under the debris. SHOPPING DAY TILL CHRISTM