The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 30, 1941, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA IKMPIRI “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \OL. LVIL, NO. 8634, JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941. ~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ARMY AIRFIELD TO BE BUILT AT JUNEAU Hitler Says He Has No Quarrel FUEHRER IN BROADCAST . T0 GERMANS Warns AnyT{Fn-European Power fo Stay Out of Present Conflict WILL TORPEDO SHIPS GOING TO AID BRITISH Declares Nazi Power Thou- | sand Times Greafer than Ever Before BULLETIN — BERLIN, Jan. 30.—In his address to the Ger- man Nation today, Hitler said: “Germany has no quarrel with the American people,” but de- clared that if any “nen-Euro- pean power tries to intervene here, Europe will rise and every ship that comes within reach | of our torpedoes will be tor- | pedoed.” | WARNS OF TROUBLE | BERLIN, Jan, 30.—Adolf Hitler| told the German Nation today that “who ever wants- to- help England will have to realize that whatever ship is going to come in front of our torpedoes will be torpedoed.” Hitler declared that although the| British are now hoping for aid from the United States “when v were forced into this war we| (Continued on Page Eight) WASHINGTON — President Roo-| sevelt’s inauguration is past, but the formal Democratic celebration of the history-making third term victory will not take place until March 29. That is the date that has been fixed for the Jackson Day dinner, the annual affair when all good Democrats come to . the aid of| their party with checks. In the past the dinner usually has been held late in January, but this year, because of the inaugural and a reorganization within the National Committee, it has quietly been de- cided to hold it in March. National Chairman Ed Flynn and his lieutenants hope to make the affair bigger and more profitable than ever before. One plan is to stage dinners in| a lot more cities, Another, sug- gested by Richard Reynolds, new National Treasurer, is to combine the victory celebration with a re- union of all factions; that is, the return to the fold of the various leaders who have broken with the party or the President in the past hectic eight years. Among those Reynolds has in mind are men like Al Smith and one-time Budget Director Lewis Douglas. They now see eye-to-eye with Roosevelt on foreign policy, and Reynolds believes this opens the way for a big party rapproche- ment by expanding the Jackson Day celebration into a unity affair. Whether the bolters and dissent- ers can be won over to the idea remains to be seen. But whether they are or not, it has been ‘de-| cided definitely to call tne celebra- tion the Jackson Day Unity Din- ner, and open arms will be extended to all the mavericks. “NEXT GOVERNOR” Representative - Colgate W. Dar- | was defeated. e DERNAFALLS 10 BRITISH FORCES NOW Third Major— Ifalian Base in Libya Captured by Army of Nile-Bengasi Next CAIRO, Jan. 30. — Derna third major Italiin base of Libya, has fallen into the hands of the British Army of the Nile, according to announcement today by the Middle East British Com- mand. Derna is 175 miles Egyptian frontier. The next objective of the TItal-| The next Italian stronghold to Je sought by the British forces ppears now to be Bengasi, 150 | niles west of Derna. ‘ Justice James Clark McReynolds | Tae fall of Derna follows the (above), outspoken opponent of | British capture of Bardia on Janu-| west of the One Commitiee Complefes Work on Legislation- Debate Monday WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. — The Administration’s British Aid Bill has been approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee after ef- forts to write in a financial limit - The action of the committee now clears the way for the House de- bate on the measure which will probably start Monday. The committee defeated the pro- posal to place a two billion dollar limit on transactions under the bill. Four Amendments | When the committee session broke | up, Chairman Sol Bloom announced | that the bill as reported for House | action contained four major amend- | ments but he declined to disclose NI A | | | the vote by which the committee After being grounded by high gave approval, saying: “You will have to ask the individual members about that.” Other sources said the vote was winds and low fogs for four days,| local pilots took advantage of the! break in today's weather to make| flights to Sitka and way points 17 to 8 for the four amendments. The committee approved of limit and to the Polaris-Taku mine at Tulsequah, B. C. | for operation of the bill, setting the Shell Simmons winged over Ju-| end at June 30, 1943. neau this morning in the Fokker much New Deal legislation, has |ary 5 and Tobruk January 22, two| notified President Roosevelt that All operations, British sources de- % b Jlare, are under way hoping to| Court, February 1 after 26 years | .. yi0)'c Golonial. Empire: wide | of service. open before German intervention ngs "B a large scale. | British Aid Ay | Measurefo President Signs Legislation . Y for Installing Anfi-Air- caft Guns by Navy lation authorizing an expenditure ' of $300,000,000 to increase the Navy's protection against air at-| tack, has been signed by President Under the terms of the legisla-| tion, the Navy is authorized to in- stall anti-aircraft guns and armor | on 58 combat ships and 103 auxili- ttalian strongholds. | | he will retire from the Supreme iin the Middle East materializes on | Go fo House | WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Legis- Roosevelt. ary craft already in service. Restrictions on FDR ‘The bill, as reported out, requires the President to consult Army and Navy chiefs before disposing pf any war material produced specifically for defense of the United States and also requires the President to report PRE With SHISTHIRD TERM CHEERED BY 75,000 AS HEBEGIN ROOSEVELT > | ! : § Here'’s how the crowd of 75,000 persons who jammed every available inch « space in (he capitel plaza‘in Washington, D. C., for the third term inauguration of President Franklin Delatio Roosevelt appeared from the roof of the capitol. The picture was made as the President (Indicated by arrow) delivercd his inaugural address jjust after taking the oath of oifice. ' T TAKES THIRD TERM OATHOF OFFICE 3 Resignation, ! Says Senator Brownell Memorial in Ter- ritorial Legislature _ Assails Secretary e e O THIRD SIDEN The President is asked in a me- morial introduced in the Territor- ial Senate this morning by Senator | Don Carlos Browncll of Seward, to ept immediately the resignation which Secretary of the Interior Har- jold L .Ickes tendered a few months ago. | Brownell's memorial accuses Ickes lof continually seeking to “nullify (the few remaining democratic pro- | {cesses yet in force in Alaska,” and | mentions particularly his shore lands |and immigration proposals, an al- |teged “Fascist-like control” of Mat- lanuska and the Alaska Railroad and | his attempt two years ago to foist |unpalatable tax measures on the Territory. The memorial urges that if the| | resignation is not accepted, all func- | tions of the Department of Interior |in Alaska should be transferred at jonce to either the Commerce or | Agricultural Department. ! | partmen | Legal Profession Rides DECLARING WiAR Gravy TraininCongress; agamst NAZIS =i = [ | | | | 1 E3 G X2} ‘ Before a crowd of 75,000 persons, President Roosevelt took his third term oath of office from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (left) at the capitol in Washington, C. At the right stands the President's oldest son, James, in a maritie uniform, Holding the bible is Elmore Cropley, clerk of the Supreme Court. 'GERARD FAVORS Accept Ickes UNITED STATES: “Your Memorialist, the ugmn-} Newspapermen Also in It worla war ambassador to s sroe o e den Jr., of Virginia, was chatting with a trim, gray-haired man in (Continued on Page Four) to Congress at least every 90 days transactions under the bill, except he will not have to disclose informa- tion he considers incompatible with the public interest. The bill provides specifically nothing in the legislation grants any power to the President to order naval vessels into a service to eseort cargo ships. ——e——— SENATE PASSES BIG EXPANSION BILL FOR NAVY| WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. — The Senate has passed the 3009.000.000‘ authorization for expanding naval| construction facilities and build- ing 400 new small craft for the Navy. — > — — Six types of wood-gas H buretors are being manufactured in Finland on an industrial- scale. i with four passengers and mail ar- riving from the South on the Prin- cess Norah and bound for Tulse- quah, Five passengers for the coasts were with Alec Holden in the Bel- ' Germany Says If Britain By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. — The legal profession may be no super- highway to fame and fortune, but lanca earlier today, Jim Ward for it still is the best route to Congress Tenakee, Ludy for Sitka, and Fred Wildt| and Charles Hamer for Hirst. Dr. Hodgins and Signe,—and by far. The legal profession accounts for less than one percent of the work- Pilot Holden was expected to|ing male population over 2 years return with four passengers from|old, but for a long time nof, it has| Hirst and Chichagof, ore fly- ing a charter trip 'with Davis to Lemesuriar Island and Port Al- thorp. FIRST MEETING OF TERRITORIAL (HAMBER SATURDA - accounted for from 65 to more than| 70 percent of Congress. I have just been checking over the 77th — the brand new one. Seventy-two percent of the Sen- ate is made up of the sons of Blackstone. Of the 96 Senators, 70 are law only 26 are from other prefessions. You couldn't ex- pect me to do research on all the| 435 members of the House, but I First session of the annual meet-|did enough of that scientific cross- ing of the Territorial Chamber of section Commerce will be held Saturday | | read about that the sampling you to be able to report afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Sen-| House follows almost the same pat- retary Curtis Shattuck announced today. car=!ate Chamber here, Territorial Sec-|tern. Next in line are the newspaper men, God bless 'em—who num-| | ber if one former practicing attorney who now is editor and publisher of a six — or seven you count newspaper. Minnesota's new sepn H. Ball, and huseiis Henry Cabot Lodge J ame right out of the working press and both still write Washington comment for their papers, Arkansas’ Hattie W. Caraway is, of course, the Sen-| ate’s only housewife; Minnesota’s Shipstead, its only dentist, Ver- mont’s Senator Aiken is a nursery- man; Washington's Mon C. Wall- 1 a jeweler and optician (and incidentally . the three-cushion bil- liard champ of Everett, Wash.); Senator Byrd of Virginia s anj apple grower (and newspaper pub-| lis ), and Oregon’s Rufus C.| Holman a paper-box manufactur- er. And so it goes, | S | NO SENATE DOCTORS when the Senate is ssembled, (Continued on Page Seven) § Loses, Mexico Seized WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—James Gerard, World War Ambassador to Berlin, today testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee, that the Nazis will “seize” Mex- ico if Great Britain is defeated in the present conflict. Gerard said he favored a .declara- tion of war against Germany. -, SOLDIERS ARE INJURED WHEN TRAIN DERAILED SANDERSVILLE, Miss., —~About 25 soldiers were Jan, 30. injured was killed in derailing of a train carrying Indiana troops to Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg, Miss, ture of the Territory of Alaska, in| i e M (Continuea on Page Two) U.S. 3 THOUSAND WORKERS T0 C(OME NORTH Skilled Men fo Construct Projects First at An- chorage, Fairbanks SEVEN OTHER LARGE FIELDS T0 BE BUILY Thousands of Tons of Materials fo Be Ship- ped Next 3 Months SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—Capt. B. B. Talley, United States Army En- gineer-in-Charge, today said 3,000 skilled workers will be signed up here and In other Pacific Northwest cities within the next few months for employment on $34,000,000 air base construction jobs at Anchorage and Fairbanks. The workers will be employed for one year and will be under con- tract. The payroll of the two proj- ects will total approximately $57,000 dafly. Seven other. Army. alrfields. are also to be bullt at Big Delta, Bound- ary, Kotzebue, Cordova, Nome, Ruby. and Juneau. They will cost $3,000,- Free transportation to the north will be provided for the workers but families of the men will not be per- mitted to accompany the employees at first. Next month 15,000 tons of mater- fals will be shipped north and 24,- 000 tons will be shipped north in March and 30,000 tons in April. Capt. Talley sald the amount of money to be spent on Alaska air- bases and the work to he done is almost beyond imagination. DAYLIGHT RAID MADE | ON ENGLAND Droves of German Fighter Planes in Atfack on London, Dover LONDON, Jan, 30—Droves of German fighter planes today formed one of the biggest mass attacks on England since last summer when they machine gunned and slasted the huge balloon barrage over Dover, while other fighter planes and bombers hit the outlying dis~ tricts of London, causing several deaths. This marks the heaviest raid for many months, and is the first day- light attack of any size.on English cities for several weeks. (Continuea on Page Two! ALASKA COLONIZATION ~ PLAN COMES UP AGAIN: PROPOSAL BY DICKSTEIN | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Repre- sentative Samuel Dickstein, Chair- |man of the House Immigration | Committee, has introduced a bill |lumping all unused quotas of all countries for the past six vearsl | to make a total available for refu-| | gees from foreign persecution to! | colonize Alaska. | Under the plan, persons seeking |and railroad fireman A. V. Smith| Alaska admittance will be required to satisfy the authorities they have never engaged in subversive aclivi- i““' in their homelands and that they relinquish allegiance to any foreign power. Also, the persons seeking Alasks admittance will be required to con- tinue in productive enterprise and will be pronibited from returning to the United States until toey have been in Alaska for five years, Chairman Dickstein said the legislation is designed to colonize Alaska for National Defenses and As a market for the Nation's surs Plus production,