The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 27, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIREK “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ™ '{ VOL. LVIL, NO. 8605. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS WAR HITS IN OUTH PACIFIC GREEKS KEEP ADVANCING TERRIFIC BATTLING REPORTED Facists Hurfig—;' Reinforce- ments Against On- coming Grecians ONE HUNDRED MILE FRONT FIGHT IS OK Artillery Duels Claimed- Important Capures Announced (By Associated Press) The Italian High Command is re- perted to have thrown huge rein- forcements into the Albanian con- flict and some sources state that Navzi troops are in these forces. Greek dispatches declare that one of the fiercest battles of the Greek- Tta war is today raging in a heavy snowstorm in the Klisura sec- tor, the gateway to the northern part of Albania. Argentine Star Ofticial dispatches, right from ihe aid heavy fighting is de- in a broand scale both at a itself and also the north. front vel Klist Jing (Continued on Page Seven® Clhe iy g«‘ Robert S.Alles % N\J 60 WASHINGTON — Those reports about Defense Commissioner Sidney Hillman warring with (he War De- partmen ftor giving defense orders to Henry Ford are only part of the inside story. Before he tackled the War Department he did some plain talking to his fellow Defense Com- missioners, Behind the scenes, Hillman has been on the warpath over Ford since the Army, with the approval of Defense Commissioner William Knudsen, awarded Ford a contract for 4,000 airplane engines the day after election — and thereby put Hillman, who knew nothing about the transaction, on the spot. At that time Hillman was in the midst of a bitter CIO fight to oust m, Comebdfk Mona Maris, Argentine movie player, has returned to American films after an absence of several years, last year, where her pictures still to make a . A trip through South America were playing, inspired Miss Maris comeback. 'DODECANESE ISLANDERS Hollywééd’s Choice | | John L. Lewis, who used the grant- | ing of defense orders to Wagner Act violafors as one of his chief arguments against the President. Also embarrassed by the contract were R. J. Thomas, pre United Auto Workers, and other sident of the! union cfficers. who had resisted/ Lewis' line for Roosevelt. Hillman raised the roof about the Ferd order. need for plane engines was pres- si that until new plants were in cperation, the Government was cempelled to get engines anywhere it could. Hillman accepted the ex- planaticn, but warned that the mat- ter was not to be considered as a .nt, Also, he quietly set about rying to affect an agreement be- tween Ford and the Auto Workes Then, last week, he suddenly dis- coversd that again unknown to him, the Army had given Ford another order. This time Hillman did no infcrmal, man-to-man protesting He demanded an official megting of the Defense Commission, and forced a formal, on-the-record showdown. The discussion was very ‘Hlluminat- ing. DIVIDED COMMISSIONERS Knudsen declared that the sec- ond order actually was not a new one, merely an addition to the or- It on Page Pour) pressure and gone down the! He was told that the| {ay Sutton was chosen from tmong 100 of “the most beautiful sirls in the world” as the most icautiful brunette in Hollywood. ) course, we should add that the veautcous Kay was chosen by Para mount exceutives, and that works for that studio. Anywa, is pretty. . Irhvisflrivaries’ 6! Nézi Are Helping Swords she she | the sword with the plowshare, Ger- | mans - are establishing dozens of| model farm villages along the Westwall. A dense population \vmi strengthen the boundary, the Ger- mans reason. | - | tion; ! |as BERLIN, Dec. 27.—To re—enrorce)hem‘s‘,hm,p_ ~ PLAN EXPEDITION, OUST ITALIANS FROM AEGEAN Fall of By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—Buried {in the dispatches from Greece the other day was an item that Dode- canese Islanders residing in Greece were organizing an expedition to expel the Italians from the Aegean. Washington observers who no- ticed it got ready to write another | chapter in one of the most tangled | tales in history—the story of* the | Dodecanese, | These islands (that’s what the | name means) are sometimes re- ferred to as the “The Rose of the | Aegean and her 11 sisters.” The island of roses is Rhodes, largest of the group, whicn | stretches almost like a breakwater {off the southern Aegean coast of | Turkey. | The others are Astypalaia, Caly- | mnos, Carpathos, for which the | Carpathian Sea is named; Casos, Chalki, Cos, the homeland of Hip- | pocrates, the father of medicine; | Nisyros, Patmos, where St. John the Apostle is believed to have written the book of Revelations; | Symi and Telos. There actually is la thirteenth, but it is no more than an islet and generally is con- sidered a part of Leros. PEOPLE ALWAYS GREEK The history of the islands is long and complicated, stretching back into the mists of Greek mythology. The Dorian and Persian invasions; the wars with the Greek city s; the struggles against Rome; : centuries of Turkish domina- the Italian occupation in {1912 al] are there, but the people |always have remained Greek. Al- | though it is no more than a pebble- |flip to the Turkish mainland, the |islanders still refer to their neigh- Ibm's as “the men of over there” if they were folk of another Periodically the inhabitants— fishermen, shepherds, farmers, traders and sailors—have found their islands over-populated - and (Continued on P-n;e Su_v;n) ON ITALIANS BUDGET FOR DEFENSE IS COMING UP President Makes An- nouncement at News- men Conference PLANS MAY CALL FOR 10 BILLION DOLLARS Roosevelt Undecided Re- | garding Delivery of Annual Message WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Presi-| dent Roosevelt expects to get an! over-all budget for total defense | evnenditures for the next fiscal year within a few days. Some authorita- tive sources place the estimate al about ten billion dollars. At the conference today with the | newsmen, President Roosevelt told | the reporters he has not yet seen | the over-all figure for the budget Budget Director Harold Smith was | received at the Whtje House short!v | after-the conference with the news. men and perhaps an estimate of the | National Defense sum was given. President Roosevelt told the news- | men that he had not yet decided whether he will deliver his annuai message to Congress in person but the message will be a statement concerning the state of the nation. The President said he might de- liver the message on January 3, the ! opening day of the new Congress, or it might be on the fourth or fifth Britain 17 in Family Wait Turn Blood for as » members of his family to donate but only 17 were accepted. The scene is a New York hospital A doctor and nurse are in attendance. 52, of New York, donates his fourth pint of blood to Britain as 17 members of his family await their turgs, Jacobs organized 24 ¢ . | On the Road Into Libya - H"‘lER IS PLANNING OFFENSIVE Forty Troob Trains Daily, for Long Period, Move Through Hungary BUDAPEST, Dec. 27.—All pas- - Bardia Is NowNear Capture Only—Awaits 0rder‘ of Commander for Final Assault tween Hungary and Rumania will be suspended on Sunday to continue until January 15, according to most reliable reports. This is interpreted here in con- nection with the drastic curtailment of the Hungarian domestic service to permit nearly 40 German military trains to pass daily through Hun- gary enroute to Rumania. Hitler's action in moving hundreds |of thousands of soldiers and war | equipment to Rumania is taken to mean that he will go to the aid of | Italy in the war on Greece or that | Germany is ready to go to war with | Russia over the Danube Delta or | tlefield at the Libyan frontier with Iu!hn attack earlier this year by British motorized (By Associated Press | units. A British soldier is examining some of the wreckage. The two Here is a scene on a bat | equipment strewn after an | | > British guns and planes today | forces again Qave clashed in this lef:tion as the Brmlh and Jtalians continued the bombardment of an | fight for supremacy in North Africa, estimated 20,000 Italian troops in |—— — - the besieged Libyan port of Bardia. ' even with Turkey for possession of Military sources in Cairo said the : 2 the Dardanelles. fall of the port is near and the a I ornla R final attack is only being held up | v . until the order “to go"” is issued by | | |Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell, British : o Iers | Commander. oas Ine ALASKA JUNEAU TOBRITISH IsPounded (UTSDIVIDEND L To Alask ‘ | : . | 0 Ajaska 10 1214 (EMS-Dutth Warships Are Being Angry Ocean Keeps Pum'i il Completed fo Fight meling Beaches- ya. One Th M : g {Nearly One Thousand Men Is Payable February 1 o, Against Germany Buildings Collapse Aboard Transport for S'O(kholdefs of Jan LONDON, Dec. 27.—A naval of- P | 2 : . ficer of The Netherlands announces | LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. 21— Ert Dichardson Dut 1R d I that several unfinished Netherlands | AD angry ocean continued teday to] ¥ ecor { warships, brought across the Eng-|’°und portions of the California| gt s /lish Channel when the Germans| C@st line aiming soverest blows “f SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—With nearly SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—The invaded the low countries, are being | the tow ef Recondo Beach 1,000 officers and soldiers aboard, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- completed in British harbors and | ©OP¢ house and a liquor store,|also large quantities of supplies and pany has declared a dividend of will soon go into action. | normally, even at the highest tide,|equipment. the transport St. Mihiel 1214 cents payable February 1 to The naval officer also added um‘ 30 feet away from the water, were has sailed for Alaska, docking at stockholders of record January 7. Royal Dutch Navy is cooperating both undermined this forenoon ‘md;&-wurd Quarterly dividends for 1940 have with the British Navy and will also | POth collapsed. The soldiers are for been 15 cents per share, or 60 cents be swelled by one of the destroyers Estimate of damage already done ardson at Anchorage and for the a year, compared with 80 cents in Great Britain received from the &100¢ the coast runs as high as most part are members of the 1939 and $1.20 in 1938. # | United States in the naval base | $290.000. |Fourth Infantry formerly based at Direciors said increases in costs deal. | - - - Fort George Wright near Spokane, and taxes made it desirable for the The larger part of the Dutch Navy | Census figures show that from Wash company to strength its cash posi- cscaped to England at the time of | 1930 to 1940 only 35 U. S, cities| tion. the invasion and the naval officer | ShoWed population increases of us| ) ———— | sata only three gunboats and {wo |Much as 25 percent when in the The largest pearl found in re- A rtecent nation-wide -crochet- mine layers were lost in action at Preceding decade 202 cities gained| cent cars weighed 120 grains ing contest drew 250,000 entries, that time | that much. jand was sold for $150,000. ) senger and freight train service be- | Fort Rich-| ISLAND OF BRITAIN IS BOMBARDED Sea Raider, kFIying Japan- ese Flag, Makes Attack on Rich Nauru NIPPON COLORS ARE NOW REPORIED FLYING | Official Report of incident Comes from Ausiral- ial Official (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) The war has hit the South Pa- cific. A sea raider, flying the Jap- anese flag, has violently shelled the British mandated Island of Naura, in the South Pacific. ‘The shelling of the island by the sea raider took place at day- break today, according to official advices received from Melbourne. British sources in London have left unexplained the report the Japanese flag has been display- ed already over the island. It is known that a German sea raider has been operating in the South Paolfic during the past several months. Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies, in an official report this morning, said the sea raider, also bearing a Jap- anese name as well as flying the ippon flag, opened fire on the Island of Naura shortly after dawn teday, inflicting consid- erable damage but according to early reports, no casualties re- sulted. Rich in vital war nitrates, the Islar:d of Naura lies south of the Japanese mandated Mar- shall Island, 2,200 miles south- west of Hawaii. The island exports about 1,- 000,000 tons of phosphates an- nually. The island was owned by Ger- many until 1914 when the in- habitants surrendered to the Australian forces during the first World War. As Japan is now a member of the Berlin-Rome Axis, there is a double motive seen in the re- ported shelling and taking pos- session of the island. WARPLANES END TRUCE; ~IN ACTION | | | | British Bombers Pound | Bordeaux-German Craft for London (By Associated Press) Both Royal Air Force and Nazi warplanes returned to action after * a three-day unofficial Christmas truce. British bombers pounded the Ger- man-held invasion port of Bordeaux and a lone Nazi plane was reported near London soon after daybreak this morning but was driven off by anti-aircraft fire. ‘The British Press Asfociation said the German raider was turned back before it could penetrate the Lon- don defenses. >o | seal trade in St | bring teach, skins for the American are sold at public auction . Louis each September. They an average of about $22