The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1940, Page 1

AILY ALASKA EMPIR D "AI,L THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e ——— VOL. LVIL, NO. 8603, GERMAN INVASION OF ENGLAND FEARED GREEKS PUSH “TEAST IS NEWARMY MEDIUM BOMBER IS GIVEN TEST NO TRUCE ROCKED; 71 L0OMS ON UP ADRIATIC N Sy AFTER FOES TEMBLOR . _3 b . CHRISTMAS i | Unusual Adtivity at Occu- lalian Refreat North of 5 e A b A ‘ R ! | pied Nazi Ports Indi- Chimara Is Hurried, Wide Area leen Shakmg Disorderly ~Tree Ornaments Fall- | cate Coming Thrust g BROADCAST GIVES 0UT o ol HINT OF MOVEMENTS e Churchill’s Plea fo lfalians Ridiculed by Both Ber- lin and Rome (By Associated Press) British - warplanes battered hard the Nazi “invasion ports” in early morning raids today amid specu- lation that Hitler might be planning a Christmas attempt to invade Eng- land while Berlin served notice of “no truce” on Great Britain over the - hollddy. . Both Berlin and Rome officially ridiculed British Prime Minister Churchill's broadcast appeal to King Emanuel that the Ttalian people turn against Premier Benito Mussolinl M % T (By said BOSTON were ircck dispatehc/ victorious farther today troops north- along the coast beyond the| an port Chimara. Retreating Fascists were said to be striving to form defenses at 1 a Pess, midway between Chi- n five d theast United Stat tions of Canada as far west province of Ontario today Daspite the great area over the shocks were felt, running wi ward hundreds of iniles from the New Eng st sonthwestward into w and Pennsylvania into. Qucbee, no irdicated 1 ab 8:43 and at Christmas tree | and foflet articles to the | ficor in some piaces, caused furni- | {ture to rock slghtly and rattled| { dishies. ¥ | of ich deszribed N with the n retreat was hurried and disorderly rear guard opposing a g Greek > - MANCHESTER STRUCKANEW - Senalor Urges Here are two views of the Army's new m Chief ¢f It lelligence, Ariny Air Corp: as the ship was put through a test flight at the l.lv nn L. described by Col. R. €. Candee, & in Europe” Md. Top of the pursuit planes now figh Martin airplane plant at Baltimor BY BOMBERS : HEAD AND HEAR T_n Patsy were her mother, Sylvia Golden, who writes children's verse, she'd probably do a rhyme about this headless doll. Instead, she turned her over, for repair and use in some needy N. Y. child's Christmas stockinz. U.S.to Try for shows the B-26 In full flight with landing gear retracted. Bofto use position. One Missile Makes Direct Hit on Air Raid Shelter bizg industrial city of ter suffered another tem-| pestucus night bombing last night, with a number of persons killed and wounded A bomb exploded directly on an Many ncw fires were sL§1’Lcd A hospital, two shelters, shops,| enses and commercial buildings | sre reported destroyed or dam- | a this To dress up baked potatoes: Use an apple corer to make four holes in each potato. Stuff with cut link sausages and bake for a Christmas breakfast. e -— MOONSHINE, MAYBE? air raid shelter and others were puried in cellars when houses col- It was the second night attack| cn Manchester. | d Seven bedies were pulled todgy eceus saunds worke cnmeumas| NO Champagne Parties for Eve attempting to reach others C“y's BlggeSf Hos'elry Hitler's Ccmmand said large Ger-| : man plane formations again suc- Lenden, setting several large and| VANCOUVER, B. C. Dec. 24— many small fires | All Christmas and New Year Eve | couver have been cancelled as the INTERU"'ON ! management declared it will fight 'waitera and bus boys seeking a wage increase and union recogni- | dreds of Vancouvcx couples who parties at the year end season. The city’'s biggest notel was | W. J. Mylett. manager, said ‘hoLcl is willing to sign an agree Steamer (ancelled when = with the unior, which he said| | sought the right to control the| Sail with Crew | A union spokesman said £ LS statement was not true. er Tyee of the Alaska Transporta- DRESSED-UP POTATOES tion Company was held at its pier Southeast Alaska this morning was cancelled following a dispute be- Masters Mates and Pilots union| members aboard the Tyee deliv- take the ship out with the prcs.‘ DERITA, N. C.—M.rs. Fred Mars’ ent crew of sailors aboard. |apple tree is a bit mixed up on The Tyee was cancelled for the right after the first November trip. frost, Then several buds appeared: . STRIKE IN A Government communigue ac- | from bomb-demolished tavern o, believed trapped under heavy beams. cessfully attacked Manchester and at Year End i EE celebrations of the Hotel Van- to the finish a strike called by 48 txon had planned dinners and dancing HAlTS TYEE‘cx)ened less than two years ago. ment with its employees, but not Masters Refuse fo ‘hlnng and dismissal of men. SEATTLE, Dec. 24—The steam- G 2 s today and its scheduled sailing for tween officers and crew, ered an ultimatum, They would not The Sailors’ union stood pat. | the seasons. It put out blossoms Senator Holt Spikes His (areer by Fighfing; Shows the | 'Just Peace’ Tydinas Suggests We Ask | Belligerents fo State Terms 24.—Senator OF BRITAIN HIT TRIPOLI ‘Raid Strikes Ifalian Port in North Africa - Two . Shins Go Down LONDON, Dl-v "4 The Brilish Admiralty announced today British naval planes had attacked the har- bor of Tripoli on the African coast of the Mediterranean I Two Fascist merchant ships were (urpr-dovd Down the Skids WASHINGTON, Dec Millard Tydings, Democrat of Mary- land, suggested today the United States ask Britain and the Axis Powers for a temes of the ccn- ditions under which each wculd gree to end the war Given such a statement, Tydings said, this country could determine for itself whether there appeared any basis for negotiaticns for a “just” peace. If there was, the could work toward added, while if not known what country way and this nation its course accordingly Tydings said it was his opinion 1 just peace would involve restor- By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, - Dec. 24.— This story might be called “How NOT To Become a uccessful Senator or Five Years in the Life of Rush D. Holt.” If ever a youn3 man apparently spiked a brilliart Senaterial career by fighting tocth and mail for his convictions and refusing ever to compromise with those who stood against him. it was Senator Holt, the West Virginia Democrat. Elect- ed in 1934, the bespectacled “baby Senator” came to Washington and had to wait nearly four meonths for his 30th birthday, June 19, 1935, . - before he could, under the Consti- ation of the sovereignty of Norway, tution, take his seat |Denmark, The Netherlands, Bel- If ever a freshman Senator got|8ium and France and Dossiply oo~ a sendooff it was young Hoir, Ation of wholly Polish and Czesho- | slovakian states. From the comparative obscurity 3 & sestUn the WERhUlietoia 1eg-| . Foate. bskibe accompariad, Mo ¢ said, by a measure of actual as well ! sl r eape; ght i islature he leaped overnight 10 .o /hiceq disarmament. become a national figure—a merc)| T e gl S youth ior whom many a Senatorial graybeard predicted great things. | In one of his first press mter- views, the = curly-haired, brown-| r eyed Senator-elect laughingly told a reporter: “You know, I'm a| dangerous man. I'd like to cut Meagre Reports Tell of Blaze Destroying Dufch | Harbor Materials utility rates. Say, do you know; what a conservative is? (I hear they don’t like me.) Well, a con-| | servative is somebody who wor- ships long dead radicals, If they had Thomas Jefferson here today, thcvri deport him. That’s right!” | Behind that ear-to-ear grin and that statement was bare-knuckled Rush Holt, who in the next five years was to cause more Ssmoke on the Senate fioor than any man in recent years, with the excep- | SEWARD, "Alaska, Dec. 24.—Re- ports were received here today that !a fire of unknown proportions swept Almost before he had waimed the Dutch Harbor naval construc- his Senate seat, he was in a row tion project last night. 1 with the party that had clected It is understood a large quantity him and in less than two yeurs,'of “materials” was consumed by the the Senate patronage committee fire. singled him out for punishment| No further details were received by taking his patronage away. ;ns'excem that orders for new work- jmen in various Alaska centers have been temporarily cancelled, United Statcs that end, he it would be stood in the could shape o Speedhoals Stab Brifish Coast Ships ‘German Cdmrh‘and Claims Sinking Two After Brief Skirmish (By /\wn-utul Press) The Nazi High Command an- nounced today German speedboats had raided shipping along Britain's east coast, sinking a 10,000~ “drsplw strong protection” of Britifih destroyers. After a brief skirmish, the Nazis said, the German speedboats returii- ed to their bases unharmed. | .- BULLS HOARSE HELENA, Ment., Dec. 24—It Is not quite as serious as if they weré ! giraffes; nevertheless there's an outbreak of sore throats among Montana bulls.. The State Livestock Sanitary Beard. helieves the soreness is caused by too much bellowing. six lv.n)n of the late Huey Long. : Pr HE STARTED SOON (Continued on Page Seven) | Angela Greene h Angela Greene Selected over several of New York's most gorgeous models, been chosen as the 1041 im-for-Health Week” girl. Her face and figure will adorn the official poster which will cover the U. S. next summer. Miss Greene wears the latest in beach attive, above. It is a two- wiece cotton tapa print swim suit ton tanker and a 6,000-ton freizhter | — AIRLINER TO {“Spirit fearl erty he takeoff, with landing gear In OUTLINE OF NEWORDER Declares Five Moral Vic- tories Necessary- Might Not Right VATICAN CIT Y, Dec. 24. — The Pope today told the College of Ca dinals a “new world order’ propc ed by warring nations should based cn five moral vietories These victoriss, he wi: Onz, mistrust for be hmllvl hatred; here .!4- to that pasts oyer nd return ance of 1 the pure neighber- liness of peeples, particularly the ¢ over ff called 15 120,000 and the German alliance. Mussolini’s Government flatly re- Jjected the plea, declaring “Italy will continue the war on all fronts until victory.” Renewed fears of a German in- vasion of England attempt is re- vealed in unusual activity reported by British scouting planes. This stivity is taking place along the azi occupled coast. Fresh warnings of an attempled invasion were voiced in recent days by British Prime Minister Churchill and other British officials. Field Marshal Walter von Brauch- titish also made a radio address in which he said the long range Nazi guns were ready to bombard the English coast. He also addressed his i remarks to the German forces say- ing: “I know you all are just burning with a desire to at least meet the English on their own soil. I can say you are merely waiting for the | Fuehrer to give the command to do 50.” Snow is falling over the Strait of Dover whick can serve as a cloak for an invasion across the channel to England. existence of powerful and weak peo- | ples eculdn’t possibly succeed. Thivd, victory over the idea that might makes right; Four, over cold selfishness, nd Five, over the of cold egotism which, in its might, easily ticns, not only of hong ity of state, but of whilecome disciplined cf citizens as well." The Pontiff spoke in to ristmas greetings Cat eous lib- response from - INVASION PORTS BOMBED AGAIN BY ROYAL FLIERS Other British Airmen in FLY THROUGH Ninth Atfack on Nazi PAA make @ trying Seattle Douglas airliner was kind of record toda for a top flight from to Juneau and returning The big ship left Seattle at 7:15 o'clock this morning and is ex- pected to arrive about 12:30 or 1 o'cleck this atternoon. Mail for routhbound points was to have been taken aboard the airport im- medjately after discharge of to non at lnort.hbound mail Industrial Towns (By Associated Press) Ports where Hitler might be mass- ing a new invasion armada, Royal Air Force bombers last night raided Boulogne, Dunkerque and Ostend while other British airmen ranged tarther afield in Germany to pound Mannheim, the Ludwigshaven area and industrial Rheinland in the ninth attack there in less than two | weeks, | the Fascists Trapped Forces Face Serious Water Shorfage-Post Bom- barded Eight Days (By ASSOCIATED JRESS) In the battle in North Africa, 30,- 000 Ttalians are trapped in the siege | bound desert post of Bardia, in Lib- | ya {1t is reported the besieged forces are facing a serious wafer short- age. | British artillery today bombardet ithe post for the eighth consecutive day SHC TILL PPINC CHRIST