The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8589. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS LONDON SEA OF FIRE 1y CLAIM ¢ & L4 4 (4 FASCISTS IN Mobilizing RETREAT IN Schedulefo SOUTH AREA. Be Revised i Delay in Calling National Mussolini’s High Com- mand Admils Grushing | F03dsmen Is An- nounced, War Dept. Defeat at Greek Hands | d p i WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — The! War Department is reported to LAST BIG BASE IN ALBANIA CAPTURE "One fo Rome” Is Cry of Grecians of Great Re- joicing of Victories (By Associated Press) ssolini’s High Command ad- | the Fascist Eleventh Army has | sated to a new defense line| north of Argiroscastro, Italy's last | big base in southern Albania. The | base is officially reported by Rome | to have been captured Sunday by | Greek forces. wild rejoicing swept throughout | Greece as the fall of the Key City | spurred the Greek forces to greacer‘; heights. Dispatches from the front said the Greek troops are plunging ahead, striking the road junction town of Tepelini, 15 miles north of Argirocastro. be preparing for a general revision ;or schedules in mobilizing the re- mainder of the National Guard. The intention is to delay the call for approximately 126,000 men who were to don uniforms in Jan- uary. Lag in construction of camps due to bad weather, strikes and other factors is blamed for the de- lay. NEW LIFE ON EGYPT WARFRONT ‘Briish Forces Take 500 Italian Prisoners Near | Sidi Barrani ; CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 9. — British | forces have made contact with the | |Ttalians “on a broad front,” in the | ‘Wextem Egyptian desert, taking 500 | prisoners in an enagement south of ' Mu (Continued on Page Six) ish African Command. This front has long been dor- Imant and the British apparently have been content to prevent the ina.llans from driving further into | Egypt from Sidi Barrani, 75 miles within the western frontier. The action was described as oc- < |curing between British “advance WASHINGTON—The inside story | gjoments of the CIO convention was the dra-| The ‘Ttalians, under Marshal matic duel of wits betwe_en thei(}raziani, drove across the Libyan- greatest showman in organized 1a-|poyntian frontier early in the Ital- bor and the greatest strateg_m. | ian-British conflict and marched Each scored in keeping With his|g1ong the coast to Sidi Barani with character. John' L. Lewis, the mop- |jic0e onposition. haired consumate actor, boomed tri-| “gom there, the Italian forces have umphantly through all the oratori-| .46 jittle important progress in cal skirmishes and press headlines. i}, past three months, Sidney Hillman, the soft-spoken Bl master tactician, won the battle/ BIG MINE of the show. § TAx Bl0(K With thé stage carefully set, Lewis unless assured of a free hand, With | Murray out of the way, the left-| i i | | helm. To this end he had packed the committees with left-wing henchmen and rigged the conven- tion machinery so that he was boss have left the numerical stronger cpposition helpless and barred the election of Phil Murray, who re-|. fused to take the CIO presidency & 4 SUB NEST BLASTED; RAF RAID Port of Bordeaux Heavily Splashed with High Explosive Bombs LONDON, Dee. 9.—British bomber pilots are reported to have smwashed at a nest of German subs on prewl in the Atlantic to attack British ship- ping. It is declared many high ex- plos bombs were dropped near, if not actually upon the submarines at the port of Bor- deaux. The attack was carried out in the face of heavy anti-air- craft fire last night. Biitish pilets said they be- lieved they hit the lock gates m a German held port on France’s southwestern coast and among warehouses, railway sidings, and jetties with gocd effect. The Air Ministry said a great fire was sfarted among the buildings betwecn two Bordeaux ALASKA PLANNING COUNCIL BRINGS MEETING TO END After going over in considerable detail data presented by its staff, the Alaska Planning Council ad- Sidi Barrani, according to the Brit- journed its annual meeting here Saturday. Chairman Ike P. Taylor said the Council's factual studies, after cer- ‘ain revisions suggested by the nembers have been made, will be compiled and turned over in final form to the Governor and the Leg- slature for their information. Council member W. C. Arnold of Ketchikan left on the steamer Bar- anof for Seattle. Other out-of- town members, A. Polet of Nome and Luther C. Hess of Fairbanks, are awaiting plane transportation to the Interior. MEMORIAL FOR DEPARTED ELKS HELD BY LODGE Traditional memorial services for 16 members who died during the past year were held yesterday by Juneau Elks at the lodge hall. The program consisted of a fu- neral march, introduction by Ex- alted Ruler Howard Simmons, vocal slo “I Shall Not Pass Again This solo “I Shall Not Pass Again This Way” by G. B. Schmidt accompan- ing of the names of the departed by the Exalted Ruler and Secretary M. H. Sides; anthem “The Radiant Morn Has Passed Away” by the Northern Light Presbyterian Church | Choir, altar service by lodge offi- cers, eulogy by Past Exalted Ruler R. | E. Robertson; “Auld Lang Syne” by the audience and members, and 4 TERRIFIC NIGHT ATT “| Harding, L4 4 Wrangell Pioneer [H. D. Camfib_ell, Resident| of Stikine River Town Since 90°s, Is Dead | ] WRANGELL, Alaska, Dec. 9. | H. D. Campbell, 79, pioneer of the | gold rush days, died here Satur- day night as the result of pneu- | monia and other complications after | being ill one week. | Campbell came north from Port- ;lflnd. Oregon, in the spring of '98, as a carpenter on the stern wheeler Elwood bound for the Klon- dike via Stikine River, Dease Lake and Mackenzie River. As the route was not feasible, Campbell re- mained here, freighting on the Sti- kine. Wrangell, a tent city, caused Campbell to go into the building industry and most of the early day building -.and many of more modern ones were construct- ed by Campbell. Campbell served under the Coolidge, Hoover and ‘Romevelt administrations as Depu- |ty United States Marshal in the | Wrangell district. He retired from | active business seven years ago. Campbell was born in New Perth, Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1861. He was a member of the first Wrangell School Board and also the early city councils and was al- ways active in fraternal and civic Leonard, Wrangell merchants; three brothers, Ernest and Leonard of | Victoria, and Josiah of New Pertn. Funeral services will be held here | Tuesday. —igge Airmen of - (Canadain | RAF Now LONDON, Dec. 9.—Another con- tingent of Canadian airmen, grad- uates of the Empire Air Training organization has arrived at a Brit- ish port and have been assigned to various RAF units already. PENDLETON T0 GET AIR BASE WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — The War Department announces that Pendleton, Ore, has been se- lected for the site of the new Afr Corps station, the 19th air base, for a group of the 89th Reconnais- sance Squadron and 17th Bombard- ment group. Passes On thetKetchikan today, was a passeng & 4 4 & | 4 g U HALIBUT ET ASKS 13 ‘RULES cmmass;l Inte}rnati;;lgl Fisheries Commission Leaves After Hearing Thirteen recommendations for' amendments to halibut fishery regulations were presented Satur- | day afternoon to the International sheries Commission in its hear-| g here by the Juneau Fish Vessel Owners Association and the Deep Sea Fishermen's Union of the Pa- cific, Seattle branch. Following the hearing, at which J F | | both 1941 regulations and the pro- posed new treaty which would give the Commision greater power to enforce the fishermen's voluntary | curtailment program were dis- | cussed, members of the Commis- sion left on the vessel Brant late Saturday night. | Gov. Ernest Gruening, who with | Charles Jackson, Assistant Direc- tor of .the Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice, was to dedicate the new Pish-| eries Technological Laboratory at on the. Brant. | The vessel will stop at Ketchikan, | Prince Rupert and Vancouver | southbound. { The 13 amendments sought by the local halibut fleet are as follows: 1. That the 1941 season open| not later than April 1. 2. That the 1941 halibut quota |be increased to 54,000,000 pounds, | the increase over 1940 to be divided | equally between the two areas. 3. That the Commision require all fishing vessels regardless of | size to carry a halibut license, and groups thoughout all the years _ 3 | of his residence here, report all landings to the Commis- Survivors are his widow, injS0n 5 | Wrangell, two sons, Ernest and| 4 That the Commission take panties after announcing a protesf such steps as are necessary to lim- it fishing on waters inside the edge of the continental shelf to the vessels of Canada and the Unit- ed States. 5. That the Commission for the information of the fishing fleet publish a monthly statement, giving the area fished and the amount of fish sold by each vessel. 6. That the Commission take steps to improve and equalize the penalty for both Canadian and American, 7.That the Commission take steps to improve the enforcement of iis regulations, as enforcement during the past season, especially on the Canadian side has been a virtual' failure, | 8. That the ratio of halibut caught incidental when scrap fish-| ing be raised to 25 percent of the total cateh, with the understand-| ing that all said halibut has to be| caught by set-line, and that the 25 percent allowance shall not be' recorded against the quota of hali- but. 9. That the permits for reten-| tion and landings of halibut, taken with other fish be valid 60 days after the closure of the last area open to halibut fishing. 10. That the license shall | valid for halibut fishing in more, than one area during any one trip. picture possibilities were covered panties as shown above. | | shall ____ TAKE COGNI BRITISH ‘CAPTURE wald Fails fo Run Block- ade Off Mexico 11. That the Canadian and the TYRE American governments do not give| yo - WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The Navy the Commission more power than nyenayment said today the German they. now: hve, freighter Idarwald is in the posses- Publicity Stunt—but Good! Yes, it was a publicity stunt, that strip picketing of a movie studio in Hollywood by Gerta Rozan, who peeled down to her brassiere and which her part had been eliminated. But it was a good one, and the ‘Miss Rozan had threatened to go all the way—or 80 was the plan—when producers halted the show, promised her a new role. WAR, NAVY DEPARTMENTS STEAMER (German Fr?ighler Idar-! y | their coat lapels and blo s s ‘. s s CK MADE ON CITY NAZI PLANES IN ASSAULT, DUSK, DAWN iFor Twelvefi()_urs Raiders Swarm Over British Capital, Drop Bombs GAS CONTAINERS FLY " INTO AIR IN FLAMES Oil Tanks Set Ablaze-Anfi- . craft Defenses Appear to Have Collapsed “T(By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Hitler's High Command said Ger- man warplanes left a “great glow- ing sea of fire” in London after the heaviest assault since the aerial siege of Great Britain began. There was a 12 hour raid and 700 tons of explosive bombs and hundreds 6f tons of Incendiary hombs were dropped. . The Nazi report says: “In many places great fires were started and gas containers flew into the air in gigantic flames, oil tanks caught fire and smoked heavily.” Defenses Collapse Returning German pilots as they landed at their bases this morning said London's defenses almost col- lapsed as the second massed on- slaught took place. The antiaircraft batteries, after furfous earlier bar- rages, failed to respond and ap- peared lacking ammunition. Other German airmen said hard- ly any shots were fired at them as they flew over London at low alti- tudes. Flames from the burning British Capital City were plainly visible clear across the English Channel on the French Coast, 90 miles away. Property Damage Heavy London admits widespread prope erty damage and asserts that ex- cept for a pre-dawn lull, when fog rolled in, the city was blasted by explosions and flames and bursting P ZAN(E OVER shells lit up the city from dusk | \ f t against a new motion picture in by the photographers—even the ‘Continued cn Page Five) FIFTH COLUMN REPORTS NO RAIDING By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—In spite of the Dies Committee reports and the statements of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Identification, a lot of folk, of-| ficial and unofficial, are taking the “fifth column” with two grains of salt and a sniff.’ Not so with the War and Navy | Departments, | Thousand of civilian employees, | newsmen and non-uniformed offi- cers who daily hang their hats in| the long, low War and Navy build- {ings that stretch for blocks along ;Consmuuon Avenue their pictures taken. " OF LONDON, ENTIRE DAY City Goes Marmless Until Way After Darkness, Usual Atfack Time LONDON, Dec. 9—An alarmless and raidless day in this section stretched into darkness tonight, are having pase the usual time for night raid- Before lon’:: ers approach, and gave the Capital s WHl city another vespite after severe bloom with buttons, showing their hammering last night and shatter- photographs and business identifi- ing a 44-hour 1lull this for the cations. !second time $ince last Priday. | 12. That the proposed regyla- sion of the British cruiser Diomede The fire in the War Department The German air seige lapsed into During the first three days, Lewis! held all the trump cards—plus the spotlight. Although he had prom- ised to resign, he was bent on re- taining a firm grip on the CIO set out to provoke the Hillman-led A T Amalgamated Clothing and Textile World's largesf Molybde- Workers; the core of the opposition, | to bolt the convention. That would nUM Producer Is to Be Sold for Large Claim LEADVILLE, Col, Dec. 9.—The world’s largest molybdenum mine wingers could have either “drafted” Lewis or elected a complaisant stooge. This was the precarious situation when Hillman rushed to Atlantic city and took personal command of the battle. Thursday afternoon, after a long night of conferring, he took the platform. Hillman didn'i| make a speech. He is not a stump | spieler. He talked, 1 quiet, conversational tones he uses when seated at his desk. There were no fireworks and no histronics, but there was a lot of unanswerable logie, i SAVED' CIO*FROM SPLIT When Hillman- finished, Lewis PP N LS MR g S (Continued on Page Four) | which has paid the Climax Molybde- | num Company stockholders $26,000,- { 000 in dividends in the last six years, goes on the tax’ sale block today to satisfy a delinquent tax claim of $294,000. The mine contains in one big mountain north of Leadvile, 90 per- COMMANDER TOMKEIL OF COAST GUARD 15 HERE ABOARD (EDAR Commander Frank Tomkeil, As- sistant Commandant of the Ket- dismissal by Chaplain A. B. Hayes.| The Committee in charge of the memorial services consisted of J.| Latimer Gray, William Markle and Martin Lavenik. Elks in whose memory the ser- vices were held were Jesse 1. Mar-| |cent of the world’s known supply |shall, Arthur W. Fox, Herbert Mc- of molybdenum, a war essential, as |Lean, George B. Rice, Floyd Betts, a steel hardener alloy metal. B. H. Bertholl, Henry Brie, L. H. chikan District of the Coast Guard, is in Juneau today during the visit in the same| e - NETHERLANDS COUNSUL According to word received by | Collector of Customs James J. Con- nors, the State Department has rec- ognized W. P. Montijn of San Pran- cisco as Consul General of the Netherlands for the Territory of Alaska. J Metzgar, R. W. DeArmond, J. F. Chamberlin, Nels Sorby, John D. Helps, James McCloskey, P. J. Mul- len, Charles W. Hawkesworth and Oliver Drange. ——e———— The Red Cross reports a 65 per- cent increase in students taking first aid courses in the past two of the lighthouse tender Cedar. e R i HESS LEAVES Luther C. Hess, member of the Alaska Planning Council, flew back to his home in Fairbanks yesterday aboard a PAA Electra. ———,eoe—— “Uncle Remus” was the pen name of Joel Chandler Harris, tions be forwarded to the vessel gifar gn unsuccessful attempt to concerned, not later than Jand-| jeo, ary 15, Navy sources said the British 13. That the areas in the con- ejzed the ship after its crew at- vention waters be abandoned. tempted to scuttle their vessel. | Navy officials declined to discuss y er details. RIFI,E (I,UB Io |any further de MEET TOMORROW | rcu e —— TENDER HERE HOUSE Annual meeting of the Juneau!in Juneau this afternpon, moored Rifle and Pistol Club will be held at the Government Wharf, making tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock it‘a routine cruise servicing lights eral business discussed, ltorm of an amphitheater. owners and the unions in all ports| .., the British blockade from Mex- | The lighthouse tender Cedar was| the indoor gallery. All members and other navigational aids. are urged to attend. ———————— Officers will .be elected .and gen-| Naples, Italy, Is built in the Building a few weeks back has total activity following the raids | been officially written off as ac- gunday night and-ending early to- cidental, but it did put heat under day in which German bombers con- the precautionary program. | centrated with might on London, Not only will all employees have swelling the total casualties and de- |to report with their identifying struction of property. | badges in place, but visitors to - - the buildings, whether pleasure |or business bent, will be escorted | by armed guards to the offices on which they are calling. SHOPPING DAY TILL CHRIST UNIFORMS SMACK OF WAR An - alternative, in the case of | the officers in civies, would be to k) | put them back in uniform, an or- | der which the War and Navy De- | partments hesitate to issue because (Continued on Page Five)