The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 9, 1941, Page 1

VOL. LVIL, NO. 8694. jUNEAU ALASKA, WENESDAY APRIL 9, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS GERMAN BLITZ ROLLING ON @ @ PORT OF SALONIKA REPORTED CAPTURED RUSSIAIS WARNED BY BRITISHER Prime Minister Churchill Tells Soviet Union to Watch Germany NEXT DRIVE T0 BE FOR WHEAT LANDS Gravity of Nazi Drive on Greece Is Admitted in War Discussion LONDON, April 9.—Prime Minis- ter Churchill told Great Britain to- day of the grave extent of Germany's s£mashing advance into Greece and also warned Russia that the Nazi drive was heading the Soviet way. In a war report to the House of Commons, Churchill announced thaf Nazi troops entered Salonika at 4 a.m, He said that up to the present time British Imperial troeps were not engaged in the fighting in Gresce and refused to give any indication what would be done with these troops in the “widespread hattle.” The British Prime Minister’ also declared there were increasing signs that Germany will pounge on the wheatlands in Russia’s Ukraine. He also announced that the British have captured the Red Sea port of Mas- saua in Eritrea in the virtual com- pletion of the conquest of ¥talian East Africa. Churchill appealed anew fop thc WASHINGTON—Those who are steering U. S. foreign policy on its present difficult course privately offer four important reasons {0 not anticipating a break in diplo- matic relations with Germany for some time. One is the memory of the Ger- man people regarding Americanen- trance into the last war. For years} Germans have contended that they won the last war—until the United States entered so the psychological effect of Americah entrance now is the last thing Hitler wants. Two is the effect upon American morale. At present, U. 8. draftees can't get enthusiastic abomt. their service, while' industry and labor could be much more patrioticabout production. But once Hitler precipi- tated a declaration of war, senti- ment here would be far different— and he knows it. Three is the large atount oOf German property ip the United, States which would be seized in case of war. Four is the fact that’ Germany is now able to receive a ‘certain amount of goods from the US.A. sent via Russia and Japan, which she could not get in case of war. Therefore, U. S. diplomatic ex- perts are convinced that Hitler will do nothing rash toward the United States until after June or July, by which time he should pretty much know whether he is going to take England or not. Nazi policy after that will be Ike P. Tnylor,chlelmn( Mahoney announced today. |the Alaska Road Commission, is | Juneau-bound - passenger on r.ha |ntqw Yum which left Seattle guided by lnwrven!ni events. Diagramsof 700 PLANES NavyFound RAID TOWN InJapBook OFCOVENTRY Dies Committee Reveals Nazi I.ufiwaffe Sends Hail | Seizure of Volume of | of Bombs on Southeast Data, U. S. Defense English Coast i 1 | WASHINGTON, April 9—The of-| BERLIN, April 9.—Several hun-| fice of the House Committee on Un- dred Nazi planes rained bombs down jAmerican Activities said today Lhatjon England with concentrations at a 1941 edition of a Japanese pub- Portsmouth, Coventry and other cb-| lication diagramming American Nav- | jectives along the South and South- | al vessels, has been seized in Cali- |east coasts early today, according to ITALY ASKS 'WITHDRAWAL |erican Assistant Military Attache in 1 Senator Sheppard, who helped to fornia. | The seizure is said by Chaifman | Martin Dies to disclose “cause for | alarm.” It is reported by the Com- ! miitee that an investigator said the edition has been in the possession of a Japanese in Los Angeles. Data | of this country’s air force and air| bases is also said to have been in the volume printed in Japanese. | — e — DEAN OF (ONGRESS IS DEAD Senator M?ris Sheppard Passes Away Suddenly in-National Capital WASHINGTON, April 9.—Sena- tor Morris Sheppard, of Texas, 65, Dean of Congress in point of serv- ice and sponsor of the National Prohibition Amendment, died sud- denly today, Dr. George Calver, Capitol Phy- sician, said death resulted from a slow hemorrhage of the brain. The Senator suffered an intra-cranial hemorrhage on April 4 after sever- al weeks of overwork. Expressing sincere gorrow at the death of the Senator, President! Roosevelt described him as a “tower of strength” in the work for national--defense. write national prohibition into the constitution, was fired in early youth with a desire to crusade against intoxicants. ¢ The proud holder of the sobri- quet, “father of the eighteenth amendment,” traced this desire io his boyhood days im Wheatyille, a hamlet of the sandy Texas hills where, he said, saloons were so abundant that “every Saturday was & shambles.” It was here on May 28, 1875, that he was born in the then ploneer country of east Texas. Battle Leader As a Representative and later as a Senator, he was destined to lead ‘in° many legislative battles. He was a stalwart(in the fight for woman’s suffrage, and . his was the co- authorship of . maternity and in- fancy legislation that for seven |'years ‘give federal aid to states to cut down the mortality of births. His imposing tenure of office in the House and Senate—well over a quarter of a century long— brought him few personal enemies. His popularity at home was ground- ed deep in service to his constitu- (Continued on Page Five) IKE TAYLOR RETURNING FROM EQUIPMENT TRIP |strikes as “most unfortunate at any Berlin radio broadcasts. The Berlin broadcast said that| 700 planes participated in the raid on Coventry and other British ob- Jectives. —_— - PERKINS SAYS. STRIKES “MOST UNFORTUNATE" Secretary ofia}or Testifies Before Military Com- mitiee on Defense WASHINGTON, April §.—Secre- tary of Labor Frances Perkins ex- pressed her opinion of jurisdictional time, and in defense industry as not Jjustified.” She made the assertion in re- sponse to questions of members of the House Military Committee dur- ing the Committee's investigation of the defense program, Befare she took the stand the Committee decided to summon FBI Chief G. Edgar Hoover and J. B. Matthews, chief investi- gdtor of the Dies Committee, to tes- tify on the extent of subversive ac- tivity in defense industries. WARD REELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF FED. EMPLOYEES Nevmarker Is Vice-Presi- dent, Sebern Secrefary, U.S.ATTACHE Fascist Note Complies with U. S. Demand for Re- moval of Halian WASHINGTON, April 9.—Italy to- day demanded the recall of the Am- Rome in apparent reprisal for the action of the United States in forcing ‘he withdrawal of the Italian Naval| Attache in this country. The State Department announces that the Itallan Government made a request for the withdrawal of Capt. William Bentley. In the same note it complied with the American re-| quest for the witliirawal of Alberto Lais, Italian Naval attache, who is| charged officially with the racent| sabotage of German, Italian and Danish ships, PSRN a Cuffers from Coast Guard Go fo Brifish England fo aflen Vessels Under Lease-Lend Bill It Is Reported WASHINGTON, April 9.—The re- lease of ten Coast Guard cutters to! the British was announced at the White House today as Stephen Early, | presidential secretary, told reporters | that the Coast Guard vessels were not yet delivered to the English, but are being prepared for transfer un- der the terms of the Lease Lend Bill. Early said he preferred not to dis- zlose .the names of.the cutters, but | said that they had been built be- tween 1928 and 1932 and that no commercial ships or naval craft were involved in the deal. Early also said the vessels would | help replenish Britain's vital forces} and would be used in maintaining RUSSIAN SHIPRUNS | HARD e Mmmmummmndhuum ledge-of Cape-Disappointment at the mouth of the AGROUND T T ———— freighter Vazlav Yorovsky. The ship was blown on & Columbia River near Astoria, Ore. The light {right . background) is near Peacock Spit, graveyard of ships. The ship finally broke up in three sections. Al members of the crew were saved ITAlIAN SHIP IS SET AFIRE The l‘lhn liner Fella blazes off the Pacific Coast seaport 'of Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. At the same port the German lrel‘hter Eisenach was also set nfln Crews of both ships were lnurnei. her transAtlantic supply lines. He said he thought that the cutters, al- Geeslin 'Diredor Ray Ward was reelecud Pruldent lnd Roy Sebern Secretary of | National Federation of Federal Em- ployees at a meeting of the J\mesu branch at the Baranof Hotel toda noon. John Newmarker was elected Vice- President and Fred Geeslin to the three-year Director post. New members of ‘the chapter are Lester Roberts, George Kelly, Earl McGinty, Sexie Metcalfe and Ralph Mize of the Office of Indian Affairs, Louise Levine of the Public Roads though armed, had little more than one-pound cannons mounted on them, = Elmechili Is Caplured by Axis Troops Political Career of WillRogersBelieved Near End in Oklahoma By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, April 9.—There list of serious contenders which The are more political phenomena ‘in| pajly -Oklahoman set down for Washington than you can shake a| . ....con As T remember, it was (name was not even included in the! Administration, Tke P. Taylor and| BERLIN, April 9—The German Hawley Sterling of the Alaska Road | Ccmmand this ‘afternoon announced Commission, Arthur Glover and |the German and Italian troops have William Parke of the Forest Service |captured Elmechili, about 50 mi'es and Merle Biggens of the Weather |southwest of Derna, in Libya. Bureau: Ruby Weinman and Rein-| Six Generals and 2,000 soldiers hold Brust of the Office of Indian | Were taken prisoners, the High Com- Affairs are transfers. mand says. THOMPSON ASSIGNED |VIC WILHELM IS 'AS SITKA DEPUTY| CALLED TO ACTIVE Deyity U, . Mardibt s - DUTY WITH NAVY son will go to Sitka to take the place of Deputy Victor Rogs whp resigned recently to work on the Navy air- ‘base contract, Marshal William T. active duty with the Navy. Wilhelm and his wife were widely known here. ————— ENGINEER HERE , R. C. Ingram, congressman at, but there has bee"‘somewhere near midnight that A Victor H. Wilhelm, formerly with | | Moore, Okla. He was an unknown| the Public Survey Office here and | | country school teacher. Along with| at one time Deputy Mineral Sur-| veyor in Alaska, has been called to, none recently S0 strange as the, rise and fall of Will Rogers of, Oklahoma. I happened to be on hand when| this political phenomenon was born, It was in 1932. I was cutting my journalistic wisdom teeth on The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma (bursting with pride at results of the 1930 census) was electing its first congressman-at-large. There were two Will Rogerses. One was from Claremore, Okla. His name was known around the world. It was being written into ballots for the presidency. The other was from something lke 26 others, he fied in the preferential primary race for | congressman-at-large. The state wave Of sarcastic editorials — then dismissed him altogether. -| WASN'T GRANTED A CHANCE" The night of the election,” his !press recognized him briefly in a man onv a tabulating machine said: “Say, this guy Rogers is getting an awful lot of votes.” The boss over- heard the remark and without a moment’s hestitation said: “Get a complete total on Rogers.” | ably knocked more old-time poli- ticlans off their pins than any- state of strange politics. Will Rogers of Moore, whistle stop and filling station village south of the state capital, was out in front. Rogers won the run-off primary in a walk and was elected with an overwhelming majority in al- most every county. The press and opposition candidates accused him of playing on a great name. | Rogers said that had nofhing to do with it. Whatever the force was, it was pptent e to re- elect Will Rogers fof r mnu T Tioumied on page 80 We did—and the result prob-, thing that has happened in that' 0. 5. MAY BUY DANISH CRAFT NOW IN CUSTODY President Indicafes Plans —Axis Ships May Also . Be Taken as Forfeits WASHINGTON, April 9.—Presi- dent Roosevelt announces plans for the purchase of 39 Danish ships currently under protectiVe: custody as the result of recent sabotage charges. i Tt is indicated the United States might acquire by forfeiture the 30 | Axis ships also seized because of sabotage. 'No Brifish Troops In Area Where All - Greeks Capfured LONDON, April B—Aumonuuve sources said there are no British troops stationed in that part of Greece east of the captured port of Sdanlh where the German Com- ‘declared the whole Greek | B85t Wing has been trapped and his surrendercd, NAZIS ENTER (| GREECE IN BIG SLASH Eastern Vfi;& of Greek Army Trapped, Is Said To Have Surrendered POWERFUL BRITISH FORCE IS INACTIVE Mystery Surrounds Reason for Delaying Real Sup- port fo Defenders By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Hitler's blitzkrelg invaders have captured the big port of Salonika after the Greek troops withdrew, says the DNB, official German news agency, » The DNB also claims the Nazi in- vaders trapped the eastern wing of the Greek Army, which has sur- rendered, - The of {1¢1a1 German statement says: “The German Headquarters said the Greeks were trapped on the Struma River and cut off from com- munication with the rest of the Ae- gean Kingdom by a lightning Nazi thrust. The trapped Greeks immed- iately asked terms for surrender.” “Balkan Dunkerque” Stmultaneously, Rome and Berlin radio broadcasts declare, scheduled sailings of British transports in Pir- aeus and Athens have been cancel- led. The radio broadcasts also that Greek military circles considered the order as a precautionary meas- ure for reembarkation of British troops and, according ta Axis broad- casts, presuinably means another “Balkan Dunkerque” for the British. Break Through to Sea Hitler's command, in announcing the fall of Sdlonika, also declares the Xazi troops have broken through to the Aegean Coast to & point about 30 miles nortiTwest of Kvalla. In Yugoslavia, the German cén- mand reports the capture of Nis, key railway town midway between Bel- grade and the fallen city of Skoplje, Toward Albanian Border Other Nazi columns. have kuifed their way across Yugoslavia to within 30 miles of the Albanian frontier. The Yugoslav Command annolinces “enormous losses” have been inflict- ed on the Germans, ’ British Net Active In Greece, the powerful British forces are still waiting to go inte action against the Nazi steamrollet amid considerable mystery as to the resent indctivity of the British. The British military spokesman in Athens, ignoring the German invi- tation to “come out and fight” de- clared that “we have no indication that our troops have yet esuhl.shed (Continued on Page Five) BELGRADE DESTROYED BY DIVERS Strees Filled with Bodies of Dead, Women, Chil- dren, Old Men (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) 1t is officially announced that Bel- grade, Yugoslavia's Capital, has vir- tually been destroyed by Nazi dive ° bombers. An_ unofficial report says the Mdmmfl“flm" 'bodies of dead old e ‘the’ huar arms.”