The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1941, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA PMPIRh WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1. 1941. P S ) —_— PRESIDENTIAL RACE “”Dramai ic Photegraphs Tell 10, Greal News Stories of 1940 Few issues aroused, more dis [ cussion than the United State F p N trade of 50 .destroyers for defens bases on British Western Hemi- sphere territory. President Roosc- velt made the deal and announced it after it was all over,. “He ] ¥ should have consulted Congress argued many. and the “discu — carried right, . on through By CHARLES HONCE The Secretar ar put his| end of the ye Acaciated Press News Editor g 5 apsute ana| 1+ Rumanian avail E, i‘\vi , o sy Ay Unhapps pania was the »p news story of 1940 n 1€ ity way the Balkan nation was de- my 1 was made in America Y 1o i scribed by many writers. Its tron- ~the presidential campaign, bles of the year made top 2 No other event of the year eX- ... . .. chaped up b Russia grabbed off Bessarabia; cited the American people as did dewufieis R tion | Hungary took b a portion of tory. In the rest of the world, 'tV kA l',’,l Ol Transylvania; Bulgaria got a pie ,”.\. (.“‘fim; v:x“ wxm]m.;)(](;n' Aatuns..oF. BB AR e “Hama ?1" the ple counter. . earthquak Coincidentally, 21 Ameri- evastated; King Carol abdicated 3 . stina earkedi o stand in a hurry; then the passions of an with the nomination ol r that defense. Iron Guardists broke out in mass ell Willkie by the Republi- o Sarrenders executions and the Germans m cans. which was a thunderboit, in and it ended in a roaring climax story of stunning Im- g gyeng from Dunkerque with the reelection of President PaC! W in interest. Described 4 cagq of extraordinary hu 1. FDR WINS first thi Fanklin Delano Roosevelt by many experts as the finest i jterect was this flight of 2. STIMSON draws No. 158 ™ There were two simple reasons the world, the French army melted British fl'O;n C(;l]lll\fll]l‘ll lf“ln'(‘ e N e i - . for the importance of this story: before the German blitzkrieg in A with the bloody sands of Diines To the United States it meant a {eW weeks. And into the discard. at que the final e pingActr lRe third-term President ‘for the first least temporarily, went the his- 30,000 British were L.vll,f,“',l' time in history; to the world, con- torical French phrase, “Liberty. . st the blaetoy o of the Roosevelt poli- Equality, Fraternity Al aRlogl LSl dies regarding the European war, 4 Battle of Britain 9. sia Adds Territory which may settle the destinies of Here is one of the epic stc ft conquered Finland, took most of the world's peoples. of the year. Adolf Hitler sma some choice portions of her ter- For the majority of 1940's great- to the channel ports and then ritory; absorbed the republics of est news stories, one must look across that short stretch of water Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and across the seas where war's pano- he sent his bombers at England.'then took back Bessarahia from ply spread to the fullest in the Fire, death, destruction rained Rumania. An absorbing news .&lm.\ horror of death. destruction and from the skies. Devastation has these moves of the Russian giant suffering. been enormous, but Britons have 19, Fifth Celumn in Norway Here they are as I see them, fought back, bitterly and stub-| Outstanding by any rating, was the ten biggest news stories cf bornly. “There Will Always Bt the exposure of how fifth (L)lumu 1940: an England” they sing, as they gctivities helped Germany cor- 1.—Roosevelt wins Again stumble through the rubble of quer, It was first disclosed in the Probably no Amer 1 political their homes, factories, churches conquest of Norway \sue has been more widely de- and hallowed buildings, R 5 bated thap that of @ third presi- 5. Greece Repulses Italy ldential term. President Roosevelt| High on the list of events that Donls GOODSON (hattered the tradition in his vic- held the attention of the lory over . Wendell L. Willkie, was the Greek repulse of It 2 sy Ol 3 e BRIDE OF & b . 5. ITALIANS find rockv rond in Greece. who thoroughly broke tradition armies, which sought to domir himself in his ball-of-fire cam- the small nation. Italy entered e 4, ENGLAND carries on under bombmq. paign for the Republican presi- the war in the last few days of the SHElBY TU(KER rt battle of France. Nothing much dential nomination and his effort to win election happened until near the year's end, ?.7 lw: \dopl\ Conscription ,\tlfli_}.til_lz."ntk Greek. Then zhf- Young couple Married ai THE WEATHER Lutheran Church (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) laS' Evening . §. DEPARTMENT NF COMMERCE, WEATHER BUREAU peacetime conscription 17 million men i Forecast for Junean and vicinity, beginning at 4:30 p.m., Jan. At a New Year's Eve wedding, Occasicnal light snow tonight and Thursday; warm Thursday, | performed at 8:30 o'clock by th~ Bev. coldest tonight about 16 degrees, highest Thursday 28 degrees. John L. Cauble in Resurrection gentle variable winds. Lutheran Church, Miss Doris Good- Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Mostly cloudy with occasional lignt son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. snew tonight- and Thursday except snow or rain south portion Thur: W. Goodson, of Auburn, Washing- day; slightly warmer Thursday; (entle to moderate variable winds, . ton, became the bride of Mr. Shelby % northerly in Lynn | Tucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Canal F. Tucker of this city Forecast of winas along the coast of the Gulf of Alask For her marriage the charming Dixon Entrance to Cape Spencer: Rain or snow, moderate southe bride wore a frock of black velvet erly winds, becoming moderate to fresh Thursday; Cape Spencer to With a corsage of gardenias and ©Oape * Hinchinbrook: snow, moderate to fresh easi o northeast- roses. Mrs. Belle A. Campbell, her erly winds; Cape Hinchinbrook toResurrection Bay: snow, moderate | Only attendant, selected a black en- | § ; : to_fresh northeasterly winds; Resurrection Bay to Kodiak: snow, jSemble for the ceremony and she ; i o 7o i . RUSSIA pays for victory. h easterly to north orl: A . wore a corsage of rose buds. Mr e P ot moderate to fresh easterly Lz[ AOLLDP:-:};T y winds. MEp T L b B 7. ANTONESCU rules Rumania. . : RETREAT from Dunkerque. Time Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity ~ Weather sauple, 4:30 pm. vesterday 30.03 18 61 SE 6 Clear ,,fi”.flf:ffi?ffi"fi.fi: Jfi'q"fflé‘nm"i i JreiLiche 4 fy slcomereie New ) L oar (AMPE"ES ON WAY BEU[ H 4:30 am. today .. 30.14 15 1 NW g Clear | employee . of b e e MRS_ HENNING with Mr. Henning y No STO(KS AH SUND ON pia today i 18 % w 4 Pt. Cldy Shop. Mr. Tucker is well known in Mrs RADIO REPORTS ;1;_!51 Csit:vl'» ll-le ;:ltmde}:i thetduneau AND DAUGHTER ?m\vx' thwn :l\lllll‘.;l ?m\\' Hf‘nlm\p s igh School and for the past several parents in Snohomish, hingtor 35 e s LR e hange Beulah Sund, of the Blue | TODAY vears has been employed at Rice for the past couple of months ‘4 Now Yoar S Max. tempt. | Lowest 4:30am. Precip. #:30an ang Anlers Company. BACK BARANOF D ate 1. tne| . My.and Mrs: Harold:Campen ang New Zear, the New Piock iy . h Sund c \ 8 : T 3 jay folowing a shaggy Cab Company, sailed on the B Station last 24 hours temp temp. 24 hours \\‘41{[,)1"" Following the wedding a reception 4 Stanley Grummett residence in the Harold, Jr., sai ; eanEy &t today. 1ot Barrow -25 -21 =21 Cle; was held at the Bindseil Apart- T Casey-Shattuck addition while the CeRERING AL anding several | & Exai oy S » ~ghe witl 'D,H fex ¥ norning ¢ k Exchange opens agair Sh 11 spend a few Fairbanks -3 -20 -20 i Clear |ments, where the newlyweds plan to Grummetts are vacationing in the f y LG A s 40 4 " e - £ s weeks visiting in Juneau. They norr Anchorage on busines: 3 5 Clear |ye Mrs. Fred Henning and daughter state: s el % ag iness 2 reside. o bs States. returning to their home in Sew PN Clear - - — | Ann Louise returned on the steamer | - - ST Fogey Try a clawned ad in The Empire. lmmnur last night from the south Try a cls\~\l(|0(l ad me‘ Empire. Oil Company. 11)‘*‘1”0 for The E Try a classified becoming southeasterly Thursday except fr Nome Dawson = Anchorage Bethel Clear Drizzle - : % % A Headline Writer's Hi siory ol Twelve Hecic Monlhs Qe Kodiak 33 3 Cloudy Cordova i Cloudy Juneau Clear iR Sitka 2 22 Ovr JUNE: FRENCH ARMY COLLAPSES OCTOBER: BRITISH BOMB NAZI SUPPLY BASES Ketchikan JANUARY: SENATOR BORAH DIES £ Willkie Wins GOP Nomination: Old Guard Flabbergasted. taliah BBy Feypt Stalied. Prince Rupert 3 5 ) 3 ) ¢ 2 3 92 Die in Bartley, W. Va., Mine Explosion. Ita eclares Wa Jalls Tt ab-in-Back. g Prince George 3 o Japanise it x‘e:t EEZ ] iy, Deglars Wear: nl S Oay i °“i“ s ]““ : Ttalian Armies Cross Greek Border; Greek Mobilize. # re res {nox ¢ Stims epublicans, Ne a ot o =, 5P Engxand Sftoisgn, Republicans, Najmed, §0 L U. S. Embargoes Scrap Steel and Aviation Gasoline. Seattle : : Portland E 3 Hore-Belisha Deposed as British War Secretary Russia Takes Over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. U. S. Backs Britain in Re-opening Burma Ri “ 37 Daladier Urges Mechani rees. b ey 3 SRR i San Francisco . § WA o Ry I Clear g echanized Forces JULY: JAPAN GOES TOTALITARIAN U. S. Bolsters Air Fleet in Philippines. Rain was falling this morningover the “western portion of the FEBRUARY: BRITISH RESCUE 326 FROM PRISON SHIP Roosevelt Gets Third-Term Nomination. Nasis Admit War Will Continue Through Winter. e 20 oneh Tot 9 y 8. Urges zéns t cave Far Eas Alnska Peninsula and at scattered points in the Bering Sea and | Sumner Welles Makes “Mystery Trip” of Europe. Petain Heads French To rian Regime. Ui Dias, Cliishns to Leaye Ear faat. . American Republics Approve Hemisphere Defense Plan. Nazis Occupy Rumania to “Guard Oil Wells.” clear to partly cloudy skies prevailed elsewhere over Alaska. Rain FDR's Name in Illinois Primary. Russia Takes Bessa fro Rumania. Ui H NOVEMBER: FDR GETS THIRD TERM or snow had fallen during the previous 24 hours over the ex- treme southern portion of South:ast Alaska and from Kodiak to MARCH: FINNS GIVE IN TO RUSSIA British Smash French Fleet. Tacoma Bridge Collapses. the Aleutian Islands and over tie Bering Sea and over the cen- Seabiscuit Wins Santa Anita Handicap; h 7 , Seabis ap; Tops Money Winners. AUGUST: TROTZKY ASSASSINATED AN frd : ion s vas E al snes ra- . ! ” il 2 British Catc lalian Navy in Taranto Harbor. tures were much colder this morning over the interior of U. S. Income Tax Yield Up 31% Over 1939 Collections. 25 Dié in Worst U, S. Alrline Crash; Lundeen Victim Farthquakes Dmage Rumanian Oil Fields; Kill 1,000. FDR Gets Power to Call National Guard for Training. A votars Bl ifed i Oliet it Poder Bl Hiae Alaska and northward to Barrow, minus 20 degrees having been re- APRIL: GERMAN ARMY INVADES NORWAY SEPTEMEER: U. S. ORDERS TWO- OCEAN NAVY Lewis Resigns CIO Presidency Because Willkie Lost ported at Fairbanks and minus 21 degrees at Barrow this morning : Clear or scattered clouds with goodi visibilities prevailed this morn- U. S Admiral Taussig Sees War with Japan o Congress Extends Hull's Trade Pact Powers. FDR Announces Destroyers-for-Atlantic- -Bases Trade. DECEMBER : GREEKS CONTINUE ROUT OF ITALIANS. Nazis Open Larg 2le Raids on London. 5= ing over the Juneau-Ketchikan airway. Rumania Cedes Territory to Hungary and Bulgaria. where he is agent for the Standard Wallace Attends Mexican Inaugural. Mussolini Orders Shakeup of Fighting Force. Ambassador Kennedy Quits Roosevelt Inspects Caribbean Bases. The Wednesday morning weather chart inlicated a low pres- Churchill Speeds British War Effort. sure area of about 972 millibars, 28.70 inches, was located about 50 de- urees north, 165 degrees W. and a second low center of about 1000 MAY: GERMAN ARMY SMASHES LOWLANDS U. S. Votes First Peacetime Draft; 17.000,000 Affected Japan and Axis Sign Pact; Held Warning to U. S. millibars was centered at about 35 degrees N. 135 degrees W. High | British Fleet, Pleasure Craft Rescue Army from Dunkerque pressure of 1033 millibars was localed in northern Alaska and a | Roosevelt Asks Increased Arms Budget, 50.000 Planes. Marc de Tristan Kidnaped; Rescued by Woodsman. ’ second high center of over 1028 m'llibars was located in western | Chamberlain Quits; Churchill Gets Dictator Power. British, Free French Fail to Seize Dakar 3ritish Take Offensive in Egypt: Italians Captured Wa.-\hm:zmn and a third high center of about 1028 millibars was French, British Armies Trapped.’ Jones Succeeds Hopkins as Commerce Secretary Lord Lothian Dies. centered about 23 degrees N. and 173 degrees W. ¥ . * President Roosevelt Broadcasts on National Defense: Aid to Er Juneau, Jan. 2 éumm‘ 9:46 am. sunset 4:18 pm King Leopold Surrenders Carol Abdicate Tichael Takes Rumanian Thror . You Knew Them Before, Buf in 1940 You Mai I Roles . WINSTON E N y 4 CLARENCE DKY- ALICE J : WILLIAM KNTUD- ILLIAM D. LEA- WENDELL WILL- SSE JONE FRANK KNOX, SENERAL PE- JOHN (0. CITI- CHURCHILL be- A Secreiary of STRA, universtiy HENRY, s SEN, motor maker, 1Y, retired, admiral, KIE, utilities ¢ R.F.C. job was publisher, G.O.P. TAIN, hero of Ver- ZEN) LAWTON of came symbol of sriculture, won Vice head, took charge down stomach” girl became key man in ned Anbassador utive, sought U. S. added Commerce r leader, joined dun, formed new Beston became a British spirit, Presidency. of U. 8. draft. became a bride. defense planning. to Vichy. Presidency. secretaryship. F.D.R. Cabinet. French government. conseript soldier.