The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL TUE TIME” ‘”" L\/”" NO. 8620. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, I\\UAR\ 14 : MmmR ASSOCIATED PRESS S QLN CENTY ENGLISH PORT IS FIRE RAIDED JAPAN NOW AROUSED OVER U.S. ACTS HOSTILE | _chtdser f“_} AXIS BLOW Na!mnslawmakr Take Oathof Al eglncelo(onsmu!aon ‘PlYMOUTH MOVE IS RESENTED Premier, in Address, Does, Not Like Support Given | to England, China Premier Prince Konoye asized the hestile attitude of United States toward Japan” »eech today to members of siness and financial ; to Domei, Japan- | | ) “This hostility 'ntly characterized by Am- pport cf England and s made-at the first t.ng of a geries of faur dAay rences of members of the Jap- o Cabinet, Parljament, and lead- financial ‘and business also newsmen and corres- rly indicated that Japan 1 at America’s support of ¥ngland and China, but it is also in- dicated “what can Japan do about 2" B — FAIRBANKSANS 60ING THROUGH md Mrs. Ray; Matthews of nks, came in on the Princess last night after several weeks jioning on the Pacific Coast. thews is a mining engineer rezk in the Circ CGloria Joon wnarging breach »f contract, Tne- otrical Agent.William Lustig has filed a suit for $525,000 against Gloria Jean, 12-year-cld film play- | er, and her parents. Lustig con- tended in his New York action that he was to act as the child's personal representative in return far 10 per cent of her gross earn- t 1 e was receiv- ¢ Robert S.Alles 5 rons cf ; tion, 60 WASHINGTON—A lot has been Nall Fo r(es written sbout Washington lobbies, but scmietimes the most potent lobby is that conducted by beauti- Are Re orled ful women. Just at present a pow- crful cne-lady is being :staged by Mrs. Lionel Atwill, wife of the famons actor and ex-wife of Doug- In B "l a rla Arthur, former U, 8. Chiel ; ] i Mrs. Atwill is promoting the ap- voniment of Henry Fountain Ash- Ma\l Make Springboard Sena Jrnm An ue. s 1 udse on the Court ot Affack on Greece or Tur- Claims, This is a popular cause, ince Ashurst is one of the most | opular men “in the Senate; and key Denlal '[om SOfIa Virs. Atwill in turn is one of the most popular ladies in Washington. However, Mrs. Atwill is bucking the President of the United States, who appeinted Warren Madden, former head of the Labor Relations Board, to the Court of Claims. When his name was sent to the te, the chivalrous Ashurst im- mediateiy asked that his colleagues confirm the appointment, But Sen- ator Vandenberg of Michigan ob- Jected. H A lot of Democrats disagree with /ondenberg most of the time, but time they silently applauded.| octher day, however pnnemj tor Barkley, Administration of the Senate, again asked| of Madden’s appointment, | again Vandenberg objected.! ley pleaded with him, but the; Two PAA Electras are due in frem iator from Michigan remained the Interior this afternoon. The obdurate, A Douglas airliner tcok cff again for Afterward, Barkley remarked to Seattle but ran into bad weathier M:s. Atwill: “Listen, Mickey Mouse, and gnce more was forced to return I thought I saw two bright brown here. eyes up in the Senate gallery, Due inon the Electras are George when Vandenberg objected, and I|Dana, W. Carpenter Jr. B. M. Ja- think I know who is opposing me 'cobs, P. Menden, Mrs. M. Menden, in getting Madden confirmed.” Barbara Menden, Grace Menden, Senator Barkley was only half Floyd Tayler, Evereit Peyton, Mr. Atwill had been ex_}and Mrs. R. Lister, Charles Hyde. right. Mrs, tremely active against Madden, She ror (BY A8 Reperts that units of Hitler's far roving armies already have marched into little Bulgaria and are likely {0 make a springboard attack on Greece or Twfkey, clicited an of- ficial denial from the Sofia Gov- ernment. The denial, in some quarters, is not regarded sincere. T (Continued on Page Four) lbe sunk in 12 days. STRUCK AT WARSH!PS Brifish Fleet in Mediter- ranean Subjected fo | Heavy Attacks ITALY SAYS TEN SHIPS WERE HIT Suffer-Several Bomb- ers Are Shot Down (BY SSOCIATED PRESS) High Command pic- 1t Axis offensive against Britain's Mediterranean fleet, de- clering t have hit ten British men of war s‘nee January 9. It was declared the hits included hip of the 31,000 ton Mal- 8 twu airerafy car Fasciss newspapers Aho claimcd "o third crutor and tw Br'lnh 3% ships “were damaged, sub- | e was . sunks ard 2 d” yer y sunk.” B The authcrized Rome !www)x\pur! With right Bands upraised mems Il Gicrnale d'Italia declared Great| and faithfully discharge the duties Britain js -sending trocp reinforce- cath from the restrum is Speaker Sam Raybura (net visible). ments from England to Gr and | — . which T am about io enter,” ATTACKED BY NALIS Ten Thousand Incendiary Bombs, Also Explosives, Are Showered on Port 'MANY VICTIMS ARE BURIED IN WRECKAGE Casualhes Feared large- RAF Retaliates by Shell- ing Submarine Base (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Nazi fire raiders showered more than 10,000 incendiary bombs and “many tons” of high explosives on Plymouth, England’s big shipping port, leaving uncounted victims still buried’ in the debris when dawn came this morning. .| ~Meanwhile Royal Alr Force bomb- |ers . attacked the' German U-boat bese’ al rient and wrought heavy ] . onthe Nawi - beld French coast. . Civiliag ' fire spotters are nfl“- |ed to have saved Plymouth from | “even greater disaster” as the Ger- mbers ul the llt.uw of Representatives ke the cath of allegiance to the Constitution and swear that “I will well' |mans, taking advantage of the bril- as the Scventy-seventh Congress convenes. Administering the |llant moon, swarmed over the city, epreading fires to give the big port {of 20,000 inhabitants one of the worst poundings of the war. Lgypt, sailing in deubl oy pro- The first wave of 30 bombers, ion st ai cf Ttalian | EVEI-]' plEADS FGR ( oo s a it s sald, dropped thousands of in- and German torpeds beats and | cendiary bombs illuminating the city bombers, HITS ADMITTED | LONDON, Jan. 14—The British | Admiralty anncunced today threc| Britith w s were damaged in cseorting a ve/ carrying “imp ant material assistance to through the Mediterranean. The anncuncement said the war- thivs were attacked by German and italian bombers, at least twelve cf wh'sh were shot down. The Admiralty declared an Italiar Iestroyer was sunk in the Sicilian vnel Damaged warships were the air- eraft carrier Ilustri 000 ton's the cruiser Seutbhampton, 9,100 and the destroyer Gallant, 0 Lons e SHIP LOSS OFBRITONS DECREASE ¢ Only Four Merchant Ships Sent Down in One Week-Reasons (By Associated Press) The British Admiralty gave cheer- ful news to Britons today in an- nouncing that only four merchant ships, totalling only 14,687 tons, were sunk during the week ending January 5, one of the lightest weeks - o since -the war began. Authoritative British quarters said the decrease is due to bad weather conditions and also concerted at- tacks on Nazi naval bases by the @nd Speaker Sam Rayburn. Royal Air Force. It is also stated G i T . NEW (ARS BROUGHT convoys.” Whj’;e no statement has ever come lN o“ NORTH (OAST out of Germany, it is known that the RAF in many attacks on Nazi & naval bases, have done tremendous| WO new DeSotas and new damage or caused destruction to cler came in on the North Coast th hundreds of U-boats, torpedo boats |y i for delivery through the smaller war craft. - R “Pogonrotomy,” a word once in aid to the fighting democracies. Cc ig-Davin Mctor Combpany. ing. ‘town cab drivers, | With menthers of both houses gathered in the House Ch gress, President Roosevelt pleaded for nbers for the first joint session of the 77th Con- petion of armaments o Behind the e-President Garner (left), BELLANCA FLOWN - ON COAST FLIGH Pekovich to Hawk Verne Graham, Frederickson PETERSBURG MAN HERE Walter Scott gets the new Chrysler | 1 three trips to, ti [ ATl Ol \&ell 6,000 feet mep canfairly common use, means shav- and the DeSotos are going to down- Simmons took W. Fraser and Sam | possession since 1773, !in a “grotesque light.” . Two surface air rald shelters were e ( l an 'hit by bombs. Two hospitals and a | church were damaged in the first raids. In one of the hospitals a single |patient is reported to have been kill- re ose 'ed when a direct hit struck the |womens’ ward and the ceiling and lwalls were blasted away. Early reports sald casualties are More than 325 Students, |teared to be 1arge but ofticials de- clurcd the toll is “remarkably light" Nearly Half of Enroll- |ccnsidering the intensity o the raa | which .iasted about three hours. men', ”I w"h Hu | Eye witnesses said Plymouth, at dawn uvlav )vns [ “sorry slght - | KETCHIKAN, Alatka, Jan the second week of an extr; \"Hlllfill period because of Influenza al he ‘:m md they may open hie 1‘ en Thursday H han 326 students have been| Mr. and Mrs, James V. Davis and il which io nearly half of the total, family returned on the steamer | North Coast this morning after e |spending the past several weeks va- | cationing in tHe States. TRAVELING MEN ‘The Davises spent their time prin- (cipally in Seattle and Bellingham. Traveling men Robert Wakelin,! The Davises also brought home with Ferh Coleman and OsearHart eame, them a new Chrysler sedan. n on the Nerth Ceast and are at the | - e anof Hotel | Earth is the [lifth largest planet. job N Vlce-PrendenI Is Not Such a Soff Snap as Many Would Make Out enroliment s ,_"‘ ”“‘ STINNETT strangest anomalies our Founding WASHINGTON, Jan, 14.—AN 0D€R pathers passed along—an anomaly letter to Vice President Henty whion has produced more Throttle- Agard Wallace, (with some facts|potyoms than any other item in about his new job which might be oy eonstitution, ol ir est as well, to some of the (yoy remember Throttlebottom et, und Frank | VOlers): of course—the little fellow in “O!f Mr resid : Thee 1 Sing” who wandered around Now don't think I've made &|yphe capital for days, in a daze, be- bener in that salutation, for al-|goes anyone recognigzed hfm as the theugh you are going to be VICe yman who had been elected Vice President to the rest of the coun-| president.) try, up on Capitol Hill in your constitutional post of President of| ppss GAVE HIM A JOB the n u are going to be Tne anomaly happened this way “Mr. Pre The Founding Fathers, puttering Being V.P. and the Senate prexy, around at the Constitutioral cor- you know, is about the only double-| yvention, saw that there would have Britishi ' pointed job in the (;overnmcml et NS £ land thereon hangs one of Lhel (Continued on Page Seven!