The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1941, Page 1

TH _“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMP[R ~ LVIL, NO, 8625, JUNEAU, Al ASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, I‘)4I “PRICE TEN CENTS ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH AGAIN TWO DICTATORS PLAN FOR NEW ATTACK DISCUSS AID FOR ITALIANS No Announcement Is Made as fo Where Meeting Is Being Held MEDITERRANEAN WARS SLATED TO INCREASE Axis May Also Take Stand Against United States for Interference By \\‘()( l/\ D PRESS) Adclf Hitler and his serely pressed s partber, Benito Mussolini, met n undisclosed spot amid Fascist cns of a vast new German- Italian offensive brewing against Great Britain in the Mediterranean war theatre. A German communigue said the “a close conference exemplified fighting alliance between the Ger- man and Italian people” with the two leaders in complete sccord. With official details lacking, it is assumed in well informed quarte: that the discussion between Hitler and Il Duce touched upon the fol- lowing subjects: C The Greek and North Afri campaigns and how Hitler can re: Italy’s battered legions. Two—The Battle of Great tain with probable emphasis question of delivering a knockout bl hefere American aid become ef- fective Three—The Axis policy towards the United States as a result of Pre- sident Roosevelt’s program to help Great Britain, In Rome, Fascist editor Virginio Gayda declared: “The Axis in the Mediterranean is assuring that war cue Bri- will continue to develop in the area | with increased forces capable of facing and beating down increased enemy forces.” Swaslika Is Ripped From Staff ‘:AN FRANCIS(A) Cal.,, Jan. 20. ) riot calls were turned in for a call for police last Saturday when youths ripped the Swastika flag from the staff of the German Con- sulate here. Several thousand persons jammed the street outside the building. Mounted police and patrolmen hur- ried to the scene when the crowd started gathering in the forenoon the big swastika was unfurled celebration, Consulate officers over the founding of the as in said, Reich. young men climbed the fire ape and made their way to the tenth floor, aboye the Consu- late. They managed to get hold of the flag, cut and pull it off the staff. TWO ARE ARRESTED SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.—Two young United States Navy seamen have been convicted of malicious mischief in cutting down the Nazi' flag flying over the German Con- sulate last Saturday. ! “This offense is against another nation,” said Municipal Judge Peter Mullins in adjudging the two navy men guilty and remanded them to the custody of the naval authorities after announcing sentence will be imposed next Thursday. The two navy men are Hamld‘ Sturtevant, 22, of Haverhill, Mass., and E. G. Lackey, 23, of Charlotte, N. C. on the ~ For Third lnaugural Ball No Trace [ Missing Bomber Craft Los Since Last Thurs- | day Morning Flying | fo Cahforma | McCHORD FIELD, Wash. Jan.| 20.—National Guard Air Units to-| day joined in the search for the mis- | ing bomber a continual influx | of eye witnesses led the Air Corps| officials to center activitics around | Randle, Wa i Latest reports from the Randle! larea said a hugs Douglas bember wag seen flying low with “only one! propellor spinning” about 11 a.m Jast, Thursday, soon after the bomb- r Jeft here with seven men ard und for Muror Lake, v onto. a S - - TWO HONORED - GUESTS GIVEN | . ENCOURASEMENT Exiled NorWegian Royalty | Given Encouragement | inRoosevelt's Talk | Photo by courtesy of Arnold Constable Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt receives a final fitting in New York for the gown she will wear at the inaugural ball in Washington, following the ceremony in which her husband will take office as President for the third time. The gown is of rose white satin and has a sweeping train and petal sleeves, It is tr|mmcd with secd pearls WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—In his | Inaugural address today, President | { Roosevelt said that the Democratic | { faith “‘spe: te us of other nations |of this Hemisphere and also from | across the sea where there are ena ’:,lnvcd as well as a free people.” | | To two honored guests cn the In- I !augural platform, these words were ! of special import. The two honor- ed guests were Crown Prince Olav | .md Crown Princess Martha, of Nor- | way, exiled from their homeland by 'w the German invasicn. | - FIRST FAMILY ~ ON PLATFORM Republltflfl! TRADITIONAL OPENING DAY SCORNED BY SENATE: LIVELY SESSION IS HELD By Jf\(l( STINNETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. — The opening of Congress, as a dramatic' spectacle, ordinarily is a lop- peroo, a traditionally dull matter in which certain dull traditions are observed without any straining n:u'I AT INAUGURAL U. 5. Women | A | | Pomp. | WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Seated | re Io |g | Now al wOrk1 The House of Representatives on the Inaugural platform today \ i | meets, answers roll call, elects a with President Roosevelt, was Mls FDRM | Sp_esk_er (Sam Raybum of Texas Rocsevelt, the Nd“f)lls Pirst. Ladv Census Report on Employ- S ment Discloses Some Propose Opposition Legis- Startling Figures. lation to Present Lease | credentials are challenged), ap- eration !axm]v By MORGAN M. BEATTY afld l_end Measufe points a committee of three to' Iy the President that Congi reson gy on g wlle, Greal Bmam S | l ! World War Premier, | AP Feature Service Writer | L passes Away' wales WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Count- ering Wendell L. Willkies renewed endorsement of the salient points of e- WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. A new census report on employment discloses the startling fact that every fourth American woman over 14 years of.age is a wage earner, or wants to be one. The total is nearly 13,000,000, This phenomenon in our labor force is no odd bit of information for a radio quiz. It actually may he changing our way of life, The number of women holding jobs today is equal to the total number of women in the nation in 1870. In those days it was unlady- like to work. But, to survive, 10 percent of the women, or about 1,- 900,000, had to work for wages in 1870. The shifting economic force of women has been slow through the years, until the last decade. In 1930, less than 17 percent of all women were working for a wage (Continued cn Page Five) in blocs of four, appoints a com- ] cloakroom, shake hands around!ing to an official announcement of course, but the custom is to the White House or else the' WAR AID FOR ENGI-AND‘ receive any communication he sires to pass along. The Senate meets, answers roll smlw of two to notify the Pl(‘sl-‘ LONDON, Jan. 20.—Dame Mar- | et |garet Lloyad George, 76, wife of Great, A | Hifuid ’ “ | President Roosevell’s aid to Britain The five committee members Byitain'’ . ¥ inister. 4 Britain’s World War Prime Minister, | ;)1 opposition Senators are lalking of introducing a substitute measure perhaps have a cup of coffee and made this mmnmg ) 4 then go back to their respective| halls to report that the President hangover from pre-telephone duf when the boys had to take to President might not have known ‘ for days but that the gentlemen' Y e [ were up on the Hill fighting a mass' call, swears in the new members | {from the two houses meet in the 5 dead at Criccieth, Wales, accord- has been duly notified. (He hasn't, ‘IEXI OF B'll pRovIDING horse and splash through the mud duel.) One of the most important mea- sures before Congress now is the one | lmnndur*cd in Congress to e!fecl.‘ |President Roosevelt's plan of lend- ing or leasing military equipment | 1,000 BILLS to “Democracies.” The text of the When the 77th Congress con- bill is as follows and provides most (2) Any machinery, facility, tool vened, the House ran off its rou- interesting reading to all: | material, or supply necessary for envelope. tine on schedule, except for the biz. A bill to further promote the de-| the manufacture production, proc- Take Your Choice {parade to the hopper where the fense of the United States, and for | essing, repair, servicing, or opera- Ask Census Bureau officials what members drop their proposed bills. ‘olh(‘r purposes. !tion of any article described in this !the sudden step-up in employed Before the gavel fell, one hour Be it enacted by the Senate and gpsection: women means, and they'll give you and 56 minutes after convening, House of Representatives of the| (3, Any compoment material or answers which indicate that this the boys in the House had poure United States of America in Ton-'part of or equipment for any article ress assembled, that this act may (Oonunued on Page Eight) be cited as “an act to promote the | | defense of the SEC (A) means: 1) Any weapon craft, vessel, or boat; United States.” ION 2. As in thi The term ‘“defense art Then the two houses adjourn. munition, air- (Continued on Page Five) (Conuinued on Page Two) {. . . Benate rejects St . . . Banking system - | Inaugurated as President for Third Term FRANI(lIN DElANO ROOSEVELT | (Chronology Given Present | 1 Roosgvell Administration WILLKIE AND BY THE AP Congress has 300 bills in sevi years of “the Rocsevelt Revolu- tion”—a turbulent, precedent- smashing era of legiclative and administrative activity. 1933 Roosevelt inaugurated; vows war on dept ion. . Banks closed by Presidential Ldltl . . Cong grants FDR dictatorial powe ver money. . . . Congress legalizes 3.2 beer. . . . CCC organized to onrol! Jobless youth. . AAA set up to control crop production TVA power project established. FERA - starts distributing Feder: 11 relief funds . Uncle Sam staifs making loans to home owners, . . Government insures bank deposits NRA gives government control over industry. PWA launched to stimulate business U. s recognizes Russia Prohibition repealed. 5. 1934 mail contract cancellation tempest CGiold value of ced ? created sbock ex trade Air stirs doliar to reg Recipre inaugurated FHA up bolster home buying Congre tabs $500,000,000 to aid drought suf- fere Railway mediation hoard created . Federal com- munications commission created. Lawrence treaty prograzm waterway treaty. 1935 Holding company tence” enacted. . .. kills NRA. National Youth Administration established National Labor Board created Social Security measure enacted “death sen- Supreme Court from bankers Guffey coal bill| Neutrality | shifting credit Uncle Sam. . . . fixes wages and prices. (Conunued on Plge Elght) k| FORESTER RETURNS remodeled, | L(): INAUGURATE ' PRESIDENT, ~ THIRD TIME i(hief Executive Cheered as | He Swears fo Defend Con_slilution 'SAYS U. 5. PURPOSE IS 10 DEFEND DEMOCRACY Counsels Amsl Risking "Real Peril of Inaction’ at Present Time WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, solemnly taking his | third Presidential oath beneath the | capitol’s sunflecked dome, proclaim- |ed to defense-minded Americans: “Our strong purpose is to proteet and perpetuate the integrity of | democracy.” The speech was made before a shivering crowd estimated at more than 75,000 persons. g ‘The President stood bareheaded beside Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes and placed his hand on the worn old Dutch family bible to pmmls« he would “preserve, pro- tect and defend the Constitution.” . Deafening;Cheer A mighty cheer went up from the | multitude jamming the broad plaza and deafening applause continued when Roosevelt stepped from the | white-pillared pavilion and began his |brief inaugural address, which was, |in effect, a sermorl on the glories of | democracy. y Glol of Democracy ROOSEVELT, The The Presidént sald, in measured tones: “Democracy is not dying. We know it because we have seen it re- | die because it is built on unhamper- |ed initiative of individual men and | women joined together in common and carried through by free expres- | sion of the free majority. We know !structed for unlimited civilization | capable of infinite progress and im- Peril of Inabtion The President counselled at the G ‘“the real perils of Inaction” and Goes fo White House | nterpoisted bafore this phrase, the i<l | tion.” To VIS" Enghnd | His words recalled to the audience WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.~Wendell | at the time of his first inauguration 1. Willkie flew to the National Cap- |when the United States faced the with President Roosevelt at the | Real Democracy White House prior to his leaving | “Most vital to our present and Clipper to get first hand informa- | experience in democracy which suc- tion on war conditions, | cessfully survived a crisis at home, House by Secretary of State Cordell | structures on enduring lines and Hull - p: “Willkie, | (Continued on Plsu Four) the 1940 Republican nominee for | President, said President Roosevelt | WAllA(E lS American defense program Willkie said his conference with extended him every courtesy on his | | From the President, Willkie re- ceived a penned note to an.hi |Prime Minister Winston Churchill, chill.” willkie 15 wiving supiort o the | Henry A, Wa"a(e Inaug- or suggestions, and his visit is ex- | Urafed as Vice-President pected to give a hint to the Re- % publicans in Congress to support the | of Un“ed S'aies Ioday - - | = Ibefore Franklin D. Roosevelt took - | the oath as the country's first third- Forest Service launch For- term President, he sat attentively este ne from Sitka, bringing District |creasing his ruddy face, administer- !Ranger W. A. Chipperfield after a ed the allegiance oath to Henry A. {routine trip in the Admiralty Div-|Wallace as his successor as Vice- | vive and grow. We know it cannot | enterprise, an enterprise undertaken |it, because democracy alone is con- | provement of human life.” Republican 1940 Nominee outset ot his taik against risking ords: “We risk real peril of isola- 'his call for action eight years ago ital City Sunday for a conference banking crisis. Wednesday for England aboard a |our future,” Roosevelt said, “is this Willkie was taken to the White ‘pur away many evil things, built new Following the conference, is trying to keep politics out of the the President and Secretary Hull | forthcoming trip to England. BY GARNER carrying greetings to “Dear Chur- | President’s lease-lend bill, with min- | legislation. | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. — Just remched port yesterday after-|as John Nance Garner, with a smile ifston, | President of the United States.