The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRI “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8606 JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS A WARFARE AGAIN RESUMED | NDON BOMBED IN FOUR HOUR RAID FURIOUS ASSAULT AT NIGHT British Enfi;iré's Capital Shelled with Disastrous | Results, Is Report MANY PERSONS ARE | BELIEVED KILLED RAF Retali&[e;by Resum- | ing Daylight Bombard- ments, Invasion Poris [ \ \ | | German war planes dropped “many bombs on London” in four furious separate aifficks last night. It is unofficially announced that, ‘many persons are believed to have | been killed in the night raid. Onel chelter was bombed and inmates| believed to have been killed.” The terrific air raid ended the unofficial Christmas truce that had give the British Empire’s capital city three days of rest. | Royal “Air Force bombers again cmashed at German ~ “invasion | poris” on the Nazi occupied coast | where unusual German treop move- | ments have been recently reported } This afterncon, the British Air| Ministry announced that RAF bombers made two more daylight the docks at Lorient. France, occupied by the Ni | | | | WASHINGTON — Defense chiefs | aren’t saying anything about it but privately they are worried about the | aircraft labor situation on the Pa- | cific Coast. ‘ As a result of the recent strike, | Vultee workers are getting a higher wage scale than the Consolidated, | Boeing, Ryan and Douglas. plants. All these companies are loaded to | the gunwales with U, S. defense and | British orders. So any production | stoppage would be a very serious | matter. { When the CIO aircraft’ workers | will make their pay boost demands is not known, but inside word to de- fense authorities is that demands | are scheduled soon. Government of - | ficials are not against a wage in- | crease, but they fear a strike and a repetition of the Vultee shutdown. In an effort to avert this, they are quietly consulting labor leaders on | peace moves in case a dispute should eventuate. “FANNIE THE PERK” In checking over their campaign books, Democratic accountants ran into some interesting facts regarding Miss Frances Perkins and her dila- tory contributions to the Democratic Party. Mis Perkins, as a member of the | | 60 T0 GRAND JURY &~ tration, naturally is a regular at-| Cabinet in a Democratic Adminis- tendant at the Jackson Day Dinner every January. To attend this din- ner in Washington it is necessary | to pay $100, which goes to the Demo- cratic deficit. Since some members of the party cannot raise $100 at one stroke, $25 deposited in cash is suf- ficient to reserve a seat, and they can pay the $75 balance later. This, apparently, is what Miss Perkins has been doing. On the day of the dinner last January, she sent $25 to the Democratic National Com- " (Continued on Page Four) Helo Gls Helped Santa - Anie Mctinnis, New York Tete) phone Company employee, poses with come cf the large asscrtment of dolls that were distributed among more than 3,700 children in New York hospitals, institutions and homes. The company employees annually contribute time and funds for the Christmas project. Social Security Progra Invenfory Urged; New Aid i hepni Inventory time is almost at hand ple of the Territory of Alaska ‘o take an inventory of the social security pro: and to pian for future devel nts, according to Hugh J. Wad: rritorial Dire GREEK SUB IN ATTACK ON CONVOY Three largfit%lian Ships Picked Out and Sent Down in Adriatic BULLETIN — ATHENS, Dec. 28.—The Greek submarine Pa- panicolis, attacked an Italian convoy on the Adriatic, sunk three steamers and returned to its base safely, officials an- nour:ced tonight. Despite the convoy’s protec- tion by Italian destroyers, the submarine got near enough to fire all torpedoes at an effective range. The ships totaled be- tween 25,000 and 30,000 tons. In Janes Fighting Ships, the sub- marine is listed as one of six the Greek have and carries, normally a complement of 39 men. It is arm- ed with six torpedo tubes, and anti- aireraft gun and also a 39 inch gun. - v {BEAUCHAMP WAIVES | | HEARING; CASE T0 | Waiving preliminary hearing, Vin- | cent Beauchamp, erstwhile Office of Indian Affairs Clerk, yesterday | {was bound over to the Grand Jury | under $1,000 bond, which he has furnished to obtain his liberty. Beauchamp is accused in a com- | { plaint- signed by Acting General Superintendent Fred Geeslin of the Office of Indian Affairs of having | embezzled $99.90 in Federal funds. | | ———— . | Americans spend around $80,000- 000 a year on doughnuts. egislature of the Alaska Office of the Social azi forces.|and it might be well for the peo- Security Board In 1940, the Territory of Al received in grants from the S Security Board a total of $310,702.- 99, bringing the total amount of noney granted to the Territory y the Board to $831,121.55 since he enactment of the Social Se: ty Act. The Department of Public are, in 1940, received $246,908.14 be expended in accordance with \lask: Old-Age Assistance Law mder a plan approved by the So- >ial Security Beard. Under this pro- gram 1500 needy-aged individuals are receiving old-age assistance. Che sum represents an increase of 365,613.24 over the amount re- eived by the Territory in 1939, nd there is an increase of 300 ersons receiving aid from this ogram. The Unemployment Compensation Commission has been granted, dur- ng the year 1940 by the Social ecurity Board from Title III funds, + total of $63,794.85 for use in '-aying the administraticn costs of hat agency. During the past year, nany thousands of dollars were said out by this agency in unem- ployment benefits to persons en- titled thereto under the Alaska Un- employment Compesation Law. There are two programs provided for in the Social Security Act not yet in operation in the Territory of Alaska. They are: Aid to De- pendent Children, and Aid to the Blind. It is the hope of the Social Security Board that the members of the Territorial Legislature at {the fifteenth regular session con- vening in January of 1941 will give | serious thought and study to the | advisability of enacting legislation which will permit the Territory to participate in these two additional programs. According to Mr. Wade, if the g ture does take such action, the Social Security Board would be able to grant additional sums of money to the Territory to assist it in rendering aid to these two un- fortunate groups of Alaska resi- dents. In addition, many State Legis- latures are, according to Mr. Wade, considering extending their unem- ployment insurance benefits to in- dividuals employed . by so-called small employers. Such action is recommended by the Social Security Board, and it is hoped that the ROOSEVELT - WILL TALK ON SUNDAY Will Give Half Hour Radio Address on Important Issues of U. S. WASHING TON, Dec. 28— President Roosevelt has arrang- ed to work further on his radio speech to be given tomorrow night (Sunday) from 6:30 o’clock to 7 o'clock (Pacific Time) and which he considers so import- ant that he called in members of his Cabinet this forenoon to confer with him upon the rough draft. The President indicated he would have an important pro- riouncement to make. The Chief Executive said he will have to beil down into a half hour talk what he would like to say in two hours. Private Secretary Stephen Early predicted the President will make it very clear and spec- ific in his radio talk tomorrow night regarding aid to Great Britain. BARDIA FALL INEVITABLE *bofecih R. Blocmquist of (¥ ker Charles P erican flag, that only two Am were lost when the down off the west African . continued pushing on through th o the Suez Canal and is 5.0.TANKER | GOES DOWN | OFF AFRICA Only Two American Sea- men, Not Twenty-two, 23. Capt. "Be Ready fo Die Rathe than Give Up” Musso- | lini Orders Garrison e can seamen were lost. CAIRO, Dec. 28.—British general wpather the oil tanker was sunk headquarters announced today that ;o o war vessel or by accident is 38,114 prisoners taken in the great .4 o mystery. ¢ cffensive against Bardia had been| No other details ept the brief sottitted _ |1adic from the captain regarding “Ronistasion our forces casualties have been received. sgainst “Wexdia proceeding| e tanker left Aruba, Nether- smeothly while artillery continues|jings island near Venezuela, with to harras the Italian garrison,” the 5000000 gallons of ofl on December announcement, sald. |5 for Freetown, West Africa. Bardia is now in its thirteenth| mpe loss of the Charles Pratt day of siege. Captured Italian sol-|pakes the eighth Pan American diers said that Mussolinl himself | yesse] sunk during the present war. had ordered the garrison to bel “ready to die rather than give up”| end that Marshal Graziani was | ] [] hurriedly strengthening defense at Tobruk fifty miles west. British regard the fall of Bardia | as inevitable. ’ Resources Show England An Associated Press reporter with the British forces reported the Will Run Out of Cash in Early Autumn amount of captured Italian equip- | ment to be greater than originally WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Prelim-~ inary audit of British resources by tan r Pen Ami ccmpany seamen | went coast. of is - believed, but said that much was| of peor quality and that some of | the guns used by Libyan troopsi were fifty years old. e e — DRAFT MATERIAL ARRIVES; BEING After capturing the important base of Sidi |the United States has revealed, ac- | few years ago, for example, he How Britain Smashed Threat to Lifeline 30,000 TROOPS NAVE BEEN CUT OFF 8Y A BRITISH L LIGHTNING THRUST 7O THE REAR OF . GRAZIANIS POSITIONS £ G e desert towards Libya. SCALE OF MILES. I T Barrani, Italian base for the invasion of Egypt, British forces The smashing British victory relievéd the threat said to have cut off 30,000 Italian troops by a blitzkrieg thrust. The British Travel Fast Pirst reports were that 22 Ameri- Powerful units of R.A.F, armored cars, such as these shown speoul through the African desert, worked in close cooperation with infantry, artillery and the Mediterranean fleet in Britain's smashing Egyptian victory over the Italians and the capture of Sidi Barrani. The armored cars are used generally in airport defenses. ((OMMERCE SECRETARY ~ ISQUICKON | By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Dec, 28 —Capital people: Being a Texan and not exactly a young ‘man, he is an A-1 hunter and a crack shot because 40 years ago - there were few men in that country ~worth their, salt who couldn’t get a quail with each | barrel and drop a deer as far as he could draw a head. | But this man has Nimrod’s own | rabbit's-foot in his pocket, too, and hardly ever takes the field but that he makes hu. :ng history. A members of the Alaska Legislamre‘ | will consider similar action. e |cording to authoritative sources,|Went grouse hunting in Scot- i i 'to have disclosed that they willjland. It is customary there, fi c“y cou'nuls |nSfo(fed 'o‘n:n out of cash to pay for pur-|~°°ms. fo hunt from butts, .r AppOIl‘li Regis"afion | chases of arms and munitions here blinds, strung in a line up a hill. n early Autumn.” ‘I'he lowest blind is considered the Om(ia|s | "Next year a study will be made worst and the hunters draw straws |by the United States Treasury ex- for them the first time, then move i s !perts and members of the British up in progression until each has Forms for the Alaska Selective|Treasury, A “balance sheet” will had a shot from every blind. | Service registration on January 22 pe made available by them to study ,:mvte b;;r;h;;cenéedxgy Drnft.h Di-iand will provide answers that Pres-|put got the first grouse, From then i) y E. Karnes, who is jqent Roosevelt and Secretary- almost every % | sortin, | on almost every bird that flushed g out the big gales of printed | Treasurer Henry Morgenthau ex-| g, " § Imatter for forwardin Tuesday’s | |flew straight into the blind he o 8 on TUesday's|pect to be asked when Congres boat to Registration Boards to the gone 8Y€SS | happened to be in and he got them | Westward. °|consders the problem to ald Brit-an. Theyre still talking about that i ain Iy 4 ! In all incorporated cities, the SN, in Scotland jCity Councils have been given the | Of late, this’ man hasn't been task of appointing Registration| Hawaii is 4,665 miles from the hunting much . .. what with na- Boards. have been designated by Karnes. lneamt point in Alaska. This fellow drew the worst blind | Boards for other places Panama Canal and 2,015 from the tional defense, elections and all. _ |But the other day, a friend, Stew- DRAW; HAS RECORD AS BESTHUNTER art MacDonald, Assistant Federal Loan Administrator, finally per- suaded him to take in a wild tur- key shoot in Maryland, just across the West Virginia line. here on, it's McDonald" story: “I knew it I knew it never saw anything like Al afternoon we hunt, working every inch of ground we have time to cover, And what happens? We see two turkeys, both shots for him and him only, and he d them with one shot each just if he had been shooting wild tur- keys every day of his life. Not another person gol a chance to* fire a gun. I never saw anything like it.” He is Jesse Jones, sometimes re- ferred to as Secretary of Com- merce, sometimes as Federal Loan Administrator, but always as one of the best hunters in this neck of the woods. From BUT THIS ONE HATES GUNS | He saw Broadway and Forty- second Street pass from the gold- and-champagne days of Rectors and “Diamond Jim" Brady and Ziegfeld and Anna Held to tawdry cross streets with grind movie houses, fruit juice stands, Minsky burlesques and flea circuses. He ‘LC;:r;anhed on Page Seven) RAIDS MADE ON SHIPPING IS EXTENSIVE Naval Action Takes Place from Norway to Equa- torial Pacific PAN AMERICAN FLAG VESSEL IS ATTACKED Five British Armd Craft Are Torpedoed-Haugesund Is Bombed by RAF (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Naval and aerial action, from the Norwegian coast to the equatorial Pacific, gave way to news today showing a definite turn towards the iea in the present conflict. Fire on P.-A. Vessel | A submarine, of an unidentified raticnality, fired a torpedo, with- out luck at a ship of Pan Ameri- can registry just as the craft was lcaving the harbor at Punta Del- !gnda; Azores, The ship turned back 'and again entered the harbor. Using British Sub The DNB, officlal German news zency, says the former British submarine Secal, 2500 tons, captured in the North Sea last May 5, is now being used by the German navy in the sea warfare. Five Ships Sunk The German High Command an- nounces the sinking of five British armed ships, totaling 37,000 tons. Among the ships torpedoed and sent down is the Weitora. Two sub- marines were engaged in their sinking A Nazi scouting plane is also re- ported to have bombed and appar- ently sank a merchant ship from 8,000 to 10,000 tons capacity, at the mouth cof the Thamas yesterday. Haugesund Bembed The British Admiralty, in a special unique, said dive bombers, of a fleet of the Royal Air Fc attacked German shipping in the harbor of Haugesund, Nor- way, setting one large ship afire and damaging warehouses and jet- ties. Heisted Nazi Flag An o.¥cial dispatch from Mel- bourne said the mystery raider bear- {ing A Japanese name and flying the Japanese flag, which shelled the British mandated island of Nauru yesterday, hoisted the German flag just before opening fire. - Axis Warns U.S. Against British Aid Supplies for Britain by Way of Ireland, Neu- frality Violation ROME, Dec. 28.—Professing to speak officially for Germany ana Italy Fascist editor Virginio Gayda cautioned the Untied States against sending any convoys of supplies to Great Britain by way of Ireland. This “would be an open violation of neutrality and therefore signify ‘nitiative on the part of the Unit~ ed States in the war,” Gayda said. Earlier the newspaper I Popolo di Romo said that President Roo- sevelt was considering such a plan. - F TRUITT RECOVERING Territorial Attorney General James S. Truitt is recovering from an ill- ness which has confined him to his Baranof Hotel apartment since Christmas. He expects to be back at work Monday.