The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1941, Page 1

+- T T e et .. o ——————————————— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LVIL, NO. 8642. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS - PRICE TEN CENTS BRITAIN THREATENS BULGARIA, BOMBS Italians Hurled Back by Greeks, 2 Attacks NAZI PORTS ' British Convoy of Merchan_t Ships Arrives Safely in English Port FASCIST ATTACKS FAILURES Heavy Losses Reported In- | flicted in Central Al- bania Sector (By Associated Press) Official advices from Athens state positively that the Greeks have hurl- ed back two ‘“tremendous Fascist counter attacks in the central sector of Albania, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. Unofficial advices say that during the past three days the Italians made armored car assaults but in every case these attacks were fail- | ures and the Fascist forces were forced to beat a hasty retreat. R - l l | WASHINGTON.—In his messagv" to Congress, President Roosvelt laid down this dictum as a fundamental tenet controlling the vast defense expenditures: “No person should be ed to get rich out of this pro- gram.” The following day the “Big Four" | defense chieftains echoed this em- phatically with: “If there are those | who think they can employ this| ecmergency for any personal ad-| vantages, they must dismiss such thoughts™ | These are lofty and patriotic sen- | timents, but certain Army brass- hats don't seem to be aware of them In fact, their unawareness is so prenounced in connection with the acquisition of a huge tract of land in Indiana that Under Secretary. of War Robert Patterson, who gave up a lifetime job as a U. 8. Circuit Court judge to come to Washington, ordered the Inspector General to make an immediate and thorough investigation. Further, a few days later, Patterson ordered that sweep- ing changes be made jn handiing fu- ture land contracts. The Inspector General's quiet probe uncovered some ihterésting information on how certain Army officials have been doing business. Here is the inside story: Last October the Land Division of the War Department decided to deal with Paul L. McCord, leading In- dianapolis realtor and prominent Re- publicagy in acquiring 60,000 acres of land for the Army in Jefferson, Ripley and Jennings Counties for a project to be known as the Jeffer- son Proving Grounds. Besides being one of the largest land deals under the defense program, it is also re- markable in that McCord receives a 6% percent commission. The Army has and is acquiring other large areas in Indiana, but the highest commission paid on them is 5 percent, which is considered | generous, The average private com- mission rate on the sale of farm land in the state is around 3 per- cent. 3 OTHER INSIDERS Working with Paul McCord is Willis Covall, president of the Un- ion Title Company of Indianapolis and head of the Willkie Clubs in In- diang; also a crew of agents roynd- | ing up the options for McCord The Union Title Company is in| on the ground floor of the McCord | set-up. Under the options that Mc-i Cord acquires from land owners,| Covall’s firm does all the abstract-f ing. Ancther feature of the McCord options is the following phraseology: | “Upon exercise of this option by | the Government, . the undersizned! agrees to pay to Paul L. McCord, of Indianapolis, Ind, a commission of six and one-half (6%) percent of the Supports 1776 Bill Mrs. J. Borden Harriman Jiting the example of Norway, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, U. S. Minister to Norway, declared that “Merely a desire for peace will not keep a na- tion out of war” and told the House Foreign -~ Affairs Committee Washington that tie Lease-Lend Bill should be quiclly adopted as the best means of strengthening U. 8. defezses. Leap Nude As Flames Break Quf EightHoméIés_s-Wanderers Die, Others Seared, In- jured Escaning Fire DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 8. — Eight men, mostly homeless wanderers, died and more than a score were seared and injured trying to escape through a roaring wall of flames when trapped on the second floor of the Salvation Army lodging house in the downtown area during the night. Another 25 fought their way to safety, some jumping 35 feet to the ground, most of them nude, as their clothing was being deloused. e IN THE SENATE INTRODUCED—S. J. M. 3, by La- | Boyteaux, urging Congress to pass the lease-lend bill. INTRODUCED—S. B. 5, by Coffey, to appropriate $30,000 for a school at Ninilchik. INTRODUCED—S. B. 5, by Coffey, to appropriate $30,000 for a school at Homer. 13 PRIVATES PROMOTED IN N. G. CUTFIT Anncunced today by Capt. William C. Walther, commanding Company | A of the 297th Infantry of the Alas- ka National Guard, were the names of thirteen privates promoted to the ank of Private, First Class, by Com- vany Order No. 2. Men promoted are: Elmer B. Benedict, Roy E. Butcher, Myron M. Christy, Kenneth Fuller, James H. Hodges, Richard C. Johnson, Allen E. Johnstone, Edwin R. Lawscn, Max in | | critical period” in the nation's his- (AR RAIDED | LAST NIGHT |Royal Air Force Bombers Brave Bad Weather- Tremendous Affack LONDON, Feb. 8—A consicerable force of RAF bombers in a tremend- ous attack pounded German in- | vasion ports of Dunkerque and Os- tend last night and also attacked Calais and Boulogne, the British Air Ministry announced this morn- ing. Defying bad weather, the Royal Air Force, for the second successive | night, hammered Boulogne fo: iree hours, Several large fires were started in supply houses and other dock- side buildings, according to the re- turning fliers. LABOYTEAUX 'URGES AID Food and materials, vital in war wistyre was made from a Sund T0 BRITAIN JAPAN NOW M tonges u o SPREADING ' PROPAGANDA Lease-Lend Bill . Referring to this as the ‘“mos Claims Am;rfan Officials Called fo Sudden Con- tory and commending England’s valiant defense,” Senate Joint Memorial No. 3, introduced in the Territorial Legislature this morn- ing by Senator C. H. (Alabam) La- 2 & Boyteaux of Livengood, urges Con- efen(e "‘ Shanghal gress to pass H. R. 1776, the lease- 1 lend bill, immediately. . i (By Associated Press) | “The United States is now fac-| ing the most critical period in its| The Japanese news agency Domel, | :ntire history as a result of the iR a broadeast, reports that _the 1ssault of totalitarian nations upon | Commander-in-Chief of the United the democracies of Europe and their s"“tef Asiatic Fleet has called a outspoken aims of world domlna-,f\‘:;‘x;:::e “‘;" fhf‘t"gz‘_“ :’s“:‘e’fl_“ tion,” reads the memorial by the iy c"op: "w zthode.:g:;pmen;::” Fourth Division Senator. LI Help England | arising from the French Indo-China | “England,” the measure reads, 2Pd Thailand peace negotiations. | “is desperately battling to preservev; Domei asserts that the in!orma.-.‘ not only her own independence buhjg;’:e:s g"‘:;;'l' ';:"c:;’ ;'s‘er:‘::z;’n:ex;' also to save the remnants of Eu- *° 14 s 2| ropean democracy. . . . The sub_!::‘:;scesf:om ‘Shanghai dlplomnuc‘ ugation of England would inevi-l 4 | i ‘The Domei says Admiral Thomas tably lead to invasion of the Am-| { ericas by the forces of the aggres-:f:ir:t‘iccg;':e’:a";er;’; rc::de{ t:rh:?vl: sor totalitarian states. . . . Compe- z @ tent authorities agree that if Eng- |34 the conference, but he was land is to succeed in her vnllant\shn to the south” and Col. Dewitt defense, she must immediately have Veck, Commander of the U, ‘s Mar- all P“?“”e assxsta_nce 5 She "oy ine Corps garrison at Shanghai, will of munitions, shipping and all kmds;pn’si de of supplies needed in warfare, which /= can be obtained only from the' United States.” NO CONFERENCE | Two other measures were intro-| SHANGHAI, Feb. 8. United | duced during the Senate’s brief ses-‘stat,es naval circles here deny m(-; sion this morning. Both by Senm.or‘pomel and Nichi Nichi reports that Edward Coffey of Anchorage, they a conference has been called of Am- | would appropriate $30,000 for a erican naval officials in the Far! school building at Ninilchik and East. ey | \ a like amount for a school at el e The House received one measure, a bill by Rep. Allen Shattuck of of amytal, luminol, veronal, bar-| bital, acid diethyl barbutic and| 2 para - amino - benzine, sulfonamide | I er and their derivatives except on' Collection Agencies | H Rep. Frank Gordon’s bill licensing | s Imax collection agencies at $50 for each| domestic agency or branch and $250 | was passed by the Hous. [Results of Attempf to In- “Do pass” recommendations were | . | vade England Will Be on Rep. Leo Rogge's bill providing for bank examinations, Rep. Harvey for an entertainment fund for the| yONDON, Feb. 8—L. S. Amer Alaska Delegate to Congress, Smith gecretary of State for India, told a ing $25,000 for a school at Wasilla pext big move by Hitler is now im- and Rep. Stuart Stangroom’s bill| jminent. | | a convoy of merchant ships at an undisclosed English town. time, come safely into port aboard The erland. ‘ong range reconnaissance ~ “Backing the Lease-Lend Bill INVASWN Dorothy Thompson, writer and commentator, 1s pictured as she ap -A flying boat. The flying boat is armed with multiple gun turrets, fore and aft as well as two other gun positions on top of the fuselage. ~ OF ALASKA 600D JOKE Communists Newspaper in Moscow Declares Story Originated in Bar MOSCOW, Feb. 8.—~The Commun- |ist Party newspaper Pravda says that a “phenomenon known in science as delirium tremens has been spread all over America re- cently by the publication of silly calumny” that Soviet Russia plans to invade Alaska. Pravda says the publication result- ed in criticism both by the American newspapers and politicians, The newspaper then goes on to |say the story originated in a Vera | Cruz, Mexico, bar, where a German “war calendar” was drawn up en- peared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington ta | visaging joint Soviet and Axis action urge pi+ age of the Lease-Lend Bill. She told the Congressmen that all-out aid to Britain constitutes America’s best deferse. ! U.S. A. HAS ONE WHITE ELEPHANT IN ALBANIA: ITIS WORTH 112,000 By JACK STINETT WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—T don't know much about Albania — fl‘w’ people around here do—bui I do know that it has at least one white elephant, because it is owned by, the U.S.A. | This particular white elephant! is the $112,000 American iegation.| | American Minister to Albania is |in North and South America.” The newspaper then says: “In old | Russia, people used to get so drunk | they saw imps, white elephants and | green snakes. In Mexican bars they get so drunk they see Alaska.” The Pravda says the story was sent out February 2 by Robert Con- way, staff correspondent of the New | York Daily News from Mexico City, |saying he had seen a “blue print” of Axis there from a Spanish-Fascist or- ganization, % DAy < i IN THE HOUSE INTRODUCED—H. B, 25, by Shat- tuck by request, to prohibit the sale out. Don't know when he will be back.” The 12-room brick-and-stucco le- gatipn was built during the regime of Minister Cha: C. Hart, ROOMY ROOMS “I remember,” says Hart, “going plans that had reached | At the time of its opening 10 years' out to select the site. It is not ago it was the finest building “D';right in town. After I had com- only in Tirana, the capital,. but| pleted the transfer, the water prob- | the finest in all Albania, not exX-|jem arose, We had to sink a well.! cepting King Zog's palace. By the we went down 86 feet at which time Itdly took over, hOWeVEr|poing the drill, instead of bringing King Zog had started a summer|yp water, brought up chunks of | salace at Durazzo. This was 10 €ost| ‘Nephuchadnezzar brick'—a type of about $300,000. After the King's building stone used by the Egyp- ! hasty departure, the Fascisls €Om- | tians more than 2,000 years ago pleted the palace. It was to be ye finally got water, but King Victor Emmanuel’s Albanian|a hard job,” residence and it is to be pxp(-c!.ed} The fact” that the building has| that in splendor it outdoes the le- only 12 rooms is a little mislead-| gation building. |ing, because the rooms are large.' When' the Durazzo palace Was There s one combination sun-| it was| of certain drugs except on prescrip- on. PASSED-—H. B. 11, by Gordon, li- censing collection agencies at $50 for each agency or branch, and $250 for each agency not maintaining an office in the Territory. - -> PIONEERS INVITE LEGISLATORS 10 SOCIAL MEETING Members of the Legislature have Homer, Next Move Juneau by request, prohibiting sale prescription. for each Outside agency or branch, returned to the House floor today Suoreme Test J. Smith’s bill appropriating $4,000 and McCutcheon’s bill appropriat-|pondon audience last night that the appropriating $10,000 for a school The move is an invasion of Eng- gross sale price as full payment for |M. Lewis, Henry F. Schueman, Joi- eph H. Thomas, Voleri V. Trambitas (Continued on Page Four) and Edward H. Williams, at Couneil. {land and the result hinges on all of | Both House and Senateadjourned the Nazis future movements.” luntil 11 g'clock Monday morning. “It is win or lose,” said Amery, | completed, . however, the legation was out of ecompetition, closed, boarded wp, maybe with a sign on its brass knocker, reading, “The| room and dining salon which is 52 been invited by Pioneers of Alaska, feet about 20 wide, 1t 18100 No. 6 and Auxiliary, to atiend e a social meeting at the Odd Fellows BOMBING WARNING IS GIVEN Bulgarians_Mu—sf Not Per- mit Nazi Forces fo Pass Through Country ITALIANS ON RUN ON AFRICAN FRONI Fascist Refreat Cut Off and Soldiers Surrendering in Large Numbers (By Associated Press) It is reliably reported in Istanbul that Great Britain has warned Bul- garia that passage of German troops through Bulgaria will bring British, bombing of Bulgarian military ob- Jectives. Diplomatic quarters said such a formal note has been delivered to the Bulgarian Foreign Office stating the Royal Air Force will bomb rail- ways and other communication facil- ities if the Nazis penetrate Bulgaria to attack Greece. British -in Oalro an- nounced today that “operations south of Bengasi, last Italian strong- hold in Libya, captured yesterday, are proceeding satisfactorily.” The Cairo report says the Italians are being cut off from retreat and are “surrendering in large numbers.” Yuk;;Ei6w JuneauBound SEATTLE, Feb. 8—Steamer Yu- kon salled for Alaska ports at 9 o'clock this morning with 261 pas- sengers including 568 steerage. Passengers aboard the Yukon booked for Juneau include the fol- lowing: Louis M. Corbley, C. C. Carnegle, Mr. and Mrs. H. C, Redman, Viola Pike, Miss A. Dwyer, Esther Rhind. C. J. Johnson, Mr.and Mrs. R. E. Kaup, Mrs. Ellle Ketcher and two children, Miss June Moon, Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Walthers. Sam Ritter, R. G. Bruce, James V. Cole, Mrs. E. Biggs, P. Capellupo, Archie Shiels, Ethel Loken, Ruby Weinman., Mr.'and Mrs. Floyd Gorman, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woods, D. Jensen, E. Coulthard, Mr. and Mrs. Harold | Smith. THREE CASES - DISPOSED IN COURT TODAY Judge Geosge F. Alexander this {morning during a short session of Federal Court, sentenced Arminta “Sunshine” Osborne, found guilty by a jury of assault with a dan- gerous weapon, to serve three years in a penitentiary. Mrs. A. Arm, alias Mrs. A. Grim- ble, found guilty on an embezzle- ment charge, was given a sentence of eighteen months suspended. Charles Kimball, charged with a violation of the National Motor { Vehicle Act in Tennessee, was or- dered by the Court to be returned to Tennessee to answer the charge. ————————— FBI AGENT RETURNS | Ralph C. Vogel, Special Agent in |charge of the Alaska FBI, returned yesterday after a routine business trip to the Westward. Vogel was gone for three weeks and went to Cordova and Valdez. — e BARROW NURSE SOUTH Miss Valerle Pawlak, nurse at Barrow, flew to Fairbanks by plane, then went by rail to Seward and is enroute south on the steamer Bar-' anof. She was called to Chicago be- (Continued on Page Six) Hall the evening,of February 18. cause of the iliness of her father,