The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 13, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRFE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” _ VOL. LVIL, NO. 8593. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, D 4 ECEMBER 13, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES PRICE TEN CENTS - ARMISTICE MAY BE S0 British Forces JITTERBUG EFFORTS ON SURRENDER ' DEFENSE CONDEMNED IN ITALIANS THEIR ARMS New Thousands Are Taken \ Prisoners in Greaf Bat- |- tle of Egyptian Desert 2 ITALIAN GENERALS ARE AMONG CAPTURED Blitzkrieg Drive May Be! Launched, Keeping | Fascists on Run BULLETIN — LONDON, Dec. 13. — The British forces on Egypt's western desert are re- perted by Reuters in a dispatch from Cairo to have captured the entire stock of fuel and food the Italians had for the invasion of Egvpt. (By Associated Press) | New thousands of Italians are re- | ported to have been taken prisoners | by Great Britain's Army of the Nile and the Fascist soldigrs are surrend- ering their arms. i The capture was made in a swirl- ing sandtsorm in western Egypt. The | British communique said 20,000 Ital- jans, previously taken prisoners, as already announced, have been “in- creased by many thousands” as the | result of the five-day battle along the Mediterranean sea coast. Two more Italian Generals are included in the latest capture. This | aises the total number of Italian | Generals held as prisoners of the | British forces at five. | Official advices from the Egyptian | «Conunued on Page s WASHINGTON — Capitol police | have kept the matter under wraps,| but a half stick of dynamite was| found near the entrance of the un- derground Senate garage. The explosive was wrapped in old newspapers and did not appear to have been “planted.’ It might have been accidentally dropped or dis-! carded. But what is worrying po-| lice authorities is why anyone with | dynamite in his possession should be around the Capitol. One result of the incident has been an intensification of the guard not cnly of the Capitol but of the platfcrm over the main steps, from which President Roosevelt will de- liver his third inaugural address on January 20. The stand, nearing completion, now is watched continuously day and night by a special police detail. The night shifts, from 4 p.*m. to 8 a. m., do nothing but patrol the im- meodiate vicinity of ~the platform. Starting this week, the watch will be augumented by a round-the- clock detail of firemen, ready with| hose and other equipment for any emergency. The guard of the Capitol has been stepped up to include a daily inspection of the vast structure from the soaring dome to the sub- terranean basements. Police are under strict orders to report imme- diately suspicious individuals and articles. ELEPHANT HUNTER The publication of a story that House Democratic Floor Leader John McCormack and his wife, *Harriet, former Metropolitan Opera star, once drove several miles to keep a turtle from being run over, has brought them some ribbing from friends. 3 But Mrs. McCormack had:a spap- (Continued on Mh;.- STATEMENT BY LANDON COLD WAVE WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Alfred andon, Republican Presidential nominee in 1936, in a statement issued here, called for more sacrifices from both capital and labor in the defense | Camacho Presidential Smile NATION 5~ HIT WITH Twenty Below in Minne- sota-Californians For- get About Sun Suits y Associated Press) It is winter by the thermometer, if not by the calendar, over a wide‘ area of the nation. | Winter does not make its official | debut for more than a week, but wintry weather prevails over the Great Plains and the upper Mis- sissippi Valley today. Sub-zero temperatures marked the progress of the cold wave across | Montana, the Dakotas and Minne- | sota. A low of 20 degrees below zero is reported from War Road, Minne- sota. The same cold wave swept from | | the Rocky Mountains on to the Pa- | cific Coast, bringing northern and‘ central California the coldest weath- {er in four years. { Boeing Field in Seattle reports 22 degrees above zero. NEWHEAD - FORARMY effort of the United States and for | “tough-minded leadership.” Landon said this action was need- ed in place of the “half-hearted jit- terbug efforts we now are making toward National Defense.” Phonephoto President ana mrs. Manuel Avila Camacho smile their happiness after the general’s inauguration as President of Mexico. In his acceptance address he opened the gates for full business and defense cooperatiop with the United States, |ing to the 1940 census, | from the Army, into Military By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Dec. 13— An- |swering a mail order: Cal.—Accord- and this figure is brand new, there are 157,- 895 Japanese in the Hawailian Is- lands. How many of these are sub- ject to registration for selective service, it is impossible to say now, although I asked estimates Navy, State and Justice Departments, Selective Ser- vice headquarters and the Census Bureau. ! Other departments referred me to this last, but census officials say they do not have the Hawaii figures broken down yet and point out that they probably would not have before the Hawalian draft registration (in the territories and insular possessions it did not take place at the same time as in the | United States) reports are made to selective service. T.D.S., Alhambra, IN 4TH CLASS Due to the peculiar conditions of | naturalization in the islands, it 1s impossible to make any estimate on the number of Japanese who might be called to military train- ing for Uncle Sam. | In 1930, there were 139,631 Japa-| nese in the islands; 379 percent of the total population. The pres-| ent number is 37.3 percent of the total population, In 1930, the cen- sus figures showed 60889 Japa- nese 21 years or older who were aliens. Under the selective service law, the men now between 21 and| 36 in the alien group must reg-| ister but are automatically put in Class 4 and would not be called for| training. | RETURN TO JAPAN | persons | sible that Training Put | | Japanese youths both in Hawaii and along our western seaboard | who are returning to Japan. These Japanese believe there is far greater opportunity for educated in their own dominant, expanding . civilization than as members of a minority in a civili-| zation not their own. On the other hand, it is pos-| a great many young men, not wishing to serve in the Japanese army, have, on becom- ing 21, exercised the @ption per- mitted when born under the | American flag, and declared them- selves citizens of the. Uniteq States. | UP TO ARMY % Regardless of these “ifs,” how- ever, it is certain the Army can| have a great number of Japanese young men in selective service training IF it wants them. | That last “if” must be inserted| because in the last analysis it Is‘ up to the Army whether it takes' a man. A selectee could have all| the physical and mental requlre-‘ ments and be without dependents| but if Army officials felt the best| interests of the country would not; be served by training him, he| would have no chance of get-| ting in. | Many Japanese served in the United States Army in the World| War and undoubtedly there will be many in selective service both in the United States and in the Islands before the five-year prn—‘ gram is completed. It is only thef stimated number that now seems | to be stumping the departments| here that usually are so ready and} willing to give out statistical in-| formation. ‘ | | SUCCESS STORY Along the road in search for the| JGHT BY ITALY Italian soldiers pass the reviewing stand in Rome on the double-quick as they give Mussolini a dempnstr_n tion of their speed before leaving for the Greek front. Their ability would seem to have been useful in their speedy retreat from the hard-fighting Greeks. UKE OF WINDSOR MAY ~ BEAMBASSADORTOU.S. FROM BRITISH EMPIRE, . Regulations PROJECTS Roosevelt gram Gets Hard Hitting Boss in Chicago WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — The | War Department announced today |that Lieutenant Colonel Brehon Directly Up fo Army (hiels_< Somervell, who has the reputation of being a hard-hitting administrat- or, has been placed in command of the lagging $1,047,000,000 construc- tion program. | The department said in a state- | ment, that “Brigadier General | | Charles Hartman, who has been in charge of construction, has entered Walted Reed Hospital for observa- | tion and treatment following a long | period of overwork.” | Gen. Marshall said delays in cer- tain construction projects “have no bearing on the assignment of Colonel Somervell.” MOBILIZATION OF 96,000 MEN IS POSTPONED {Unforeseen Delays in Con- | struction of Camp Facil- | ities Given as Cause | WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — Com- | BUIIWinkeI plete mobilization of the final 96,000 National Guardsmen, called up for one year of active service, must be postponed almost two months be- cause of unforeseen delays in the | construction of camp facilities. This | is the announcement made today by | the War Department. { This means that perhaps it will | be late in March before the next | mobilization order is issued. — e, ExecuedOn Friday, 13th CHICAGO, Ill., Dec. 13.—Robert However, what has happened 10| answer to this query, I came upon| Schroeder, 26, died in the electric this 60,000 or to the children who| 5, amusing story about a Japanese|chair this morning, on Friday, the carry probably 12 passengers each. have become 21 since 1930 is im-| who came to this country many| 13th, for the murder of an eight- possible to guess. Many may have| vears ago, -set »up business and | year-old child. gone back to Japan. Persons who have spent years in the islands beu: me that there are’ a great| number of WEL.L-EDUGAHJD] prospered. He .married an: Ameri- | can woman, had a son. When th:| | (Continued on Page Seven) ABEM RN s Lake Superior, 400 miles in length, is the largest body of fresh water in the world. Taking. L lgog g Scheduled Taking Japanese Seledives ing Consrucion Pro To Retur President Dué Tomorrow Aboard Cruiser After 3,000-Mile Trip CHARLESTON, 8. C, Dec. 13.— The cruiser Tuscaloosa, with Pre: ident Roosevelt aboard, is now headed for Charlesten and is ex- pecetd to arrive tomorrow unless there is a last minute change of plans. When the ship comes in tomo: row, the President will end a 3, 000 mile d2fense base cruise. It ic believed he will im- Swiss Cinch - Up Fronfier (By Associated Press) On the diplomatic front, specula- | ticn arose today over the probability that the Duke of Windsor might be- come the new British Ambassador to the United States. ‘Army Given Greater Pow- ers on Borders-Reason | Said fo Be “Urgent” inspectior. The Duke of Windsor left Miami, Florida, at 9 o’clock this morning in a Naval plane for an “undisclosed destination but reported on an im- | portant official business trip” pr sumably to meet President Roose- velt now cruising somewhere on the Caribbean Eea, The Miami Herald today said it has learned that the former British King, who abdicated and married |an American woman, will be given | |an opportunity of accepting or de- clining the appointment of Ambas- sador to succeed Lord Lothian, who | passed on unexpectedly early yester- day in Washington, D. C. Sheffield eld AirRaided mediately leave by special train Im'i ‘Washington, Juneau Will Gets 4 Ships fi;s that New Schedule Contemplat- ed for May First PAA will begin four weekly trips from Seattle to. Fairbanks via Ju- neau with the new Lodestar Elec- tras on the first of May, banks today aboard a PAA Electra. Bullwinkel said two trips weekly will be maintained on the present “proving’ schedule until the Lode- stars are available and that pas- senger service will be resumed as soon as possible. The new Lodestars will be “con- siderably faster” than the ordinary transport, Bullwinkel said, and will give Juneau still closer connections with the States. The planes will Also coming in with Bullkinkel was W..8. Burton, District Sales Manager from Fairbanks. Both men are guests at the Bar- anof Hotel and will be here for the next few days orr company business. according | to R. O. Bullwinkel, General Traf- fic Manager who flew in from Fair-| Last Night ‘Nazi Bombers Make Atfack on England's Big Steel Industrial Area (By Associated Press) Nazi airmen are reported smash- at Sheffield, England’s big center, 140 miles north cf Weekly, PAA B steel London. It is officially reported that there | {was a ‘“great” bombing assault | made overnight. | DA | Stock QUOTATIONS ’ NEW YORK, Dec. 13, — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock - today is 5%, American Can 87%, Bethlehem Steel 88%, Com- | monwealth and Southern 13/16, | Curtiss Wright 9, General Motors |50, Kennecott 35%, New York Cen- |ed States Steel 70 3/4, Pound $4.04. | —_— DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 1323 rails 27.85, utilities 20.19. - Almost 30,000 men and women are engaged in in non-Christian countries. International Harvester 55',| tral 14, Northern Pacific 6%, Unit-| missionary work‘ BERNE, Switzerland, Dec. 13.— Restrictions in travel across Switz- crland’s frontiers with Germany, Italy and France, have been tight- ened with a decree, authorizing the {Army High Command to increase | military control of certain frontier posts. | The move is made, it is said, urgent reasons.” | The decree gives no official rea- sons for the new measure, but it is believed inspired by efforts to keep | refugees from crossing secretly into | Switzerland. “for | 400 JEWISH REFUGEES IN 'SHIP WRECK {Two Hundred Perish, In-| { cluding Children; when | Vessel Is Rammed | ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 13. ~Ap- proximately 200 Jewish refugees, | |among nearly 400 bound from Bul- garia to Palestine, were drowned | jwhen their ship broke to pieces in | the high seas near here early this morning. . Seventeen of those drowned were | | children. The disaster occurred in the sea of Marmora, west of Istanbul, when | a motorship, flying the Uruguayan | ;rlag, was rammed by an unknown: bcraft. and broke up near the shore. NORWEGIAN " SHIP SUNK NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Authorita- tive shipping circles said today the 18,000 ton passenger liner Oslo- fjord, Norway's largest and finest ship, has been sunk. It was declared the craft struck a mine and sank two days ago off | Newcastle in the Eritish Isles. | — eee - — |, A service station on wheels, com- plete to free air and water, is used lon a 40,000-acre California farm. Win Battle in Sandstorm Italian Soldiers Show Duce They Can Run {MUSSO”NI MAY SEEK STOP, WAR Greeks Keé;)_l;ressing on- Reinforcements Are Rushed to Froni 'PRISONERS SEE HALT ~ SOON IN CONFLCT | Deciare that Fall of Klisura Pass Will Break Invaders’ Back (By Associated Pres) Official dispatches received this morning from Athens said the Ital- ian High Command is throwing fresh troops into the war against Greece in a vain attempt to halt the onrushing Greek drive against the heights surrcunding Chimara, Adri- | atic Sea port. Italtans who have been taken prisoners make this assertion of new troop concentrations and then they are quoted as saying they “doubt Italy's ability to continue the tfght, especially after the fall of Klisura Pass,” 10 miles northeast of Tepeleni at the southern end of the | 100-mile battlefront, | Late this afternoon authoritative quarters in Rome discredited any possibility of an Ttalian armistice with Greece as reported in European quarters, asserting the Italy will de- fend her lines all winter, come what may to carry out Mussolini’s threat “to break Greece’s back whether it takes two months or twelve.” Growing dissatisfaction at Italian losses is noticeable in many parts of Ttaly and stringent methods are said to be initiated in an effort to suppress public demonstrations. The Italians, as a common peo- ple, do not see nor have they seen, any cause for the war with Greece | except to satisfy Mussolini's own ambition and now it is said he fears disapproval from his ally, Hitler, if he fails to “make good.” HITLER, IL DUCE T0 TALK All lndicalfi Point fo Showdown Between Berlin, Rome NEW YORK, Dec. 13. — Fuehrer Hitler and Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop left Berlin today for an unknown destination. A Columbia Broadeasting System |report from Berlin said that ear- lier dispatches from Berlin to the effect a meeting was imminent be- tween Hitler and Mussolini were denied by authoritative quarters. Hitler reportedly is angered over Mussolini’s reverses and reports were current today that Greece had flatly rejected an offer for media- tion in the Graeco-Roman battle of Albania looking toward an ar- mistice. —_— o —- . More than half a million vis- itors entered Yosemite National Park in the 12 months ending September 22, establishing an all- time attendance record. SHOPPING DAYS CHRISTMAS