The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1941, Page 1

N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8736. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1941. & 4 (4 CAPITAL OF CRETE CAPTURED Invading G;rman Sky Troops Have Seized (anea, Say Nazis ALLIED RESISTANCE SAID TO BE (RUSHED British Are Kported fo Be. Making Efforts fo Re- freat from Battle (By ASSOCIATED PRYSS) H Invading German sky troops aeiz-‘ ed Canea, capital city of Crete, to-| day and smashed the Allied resis-| tance after a nine-day struggle, t,h(‘,‘ Nazi High Command declares, while the German Luftwaffe dive bombers | frustrated a British attempt-to es- c#pe to the sea. | British headquarters acknowledg- | ed that British troops defending Ca- | nea have been “obliged o make fur- | ther withdrawals to.more -fayorable. pesitions in the rear, and severe fighting is continuing.” Another Setback | A series of other swift breaking! developments which paced the Brit- ish setback in Crete included the' capture of Halfaya Pass in Egypt! | (Continued on Page Seven Chhe 4 04 S L4 & & L4 | NALZIS GAIN FOOTHOLD IN CRETE | | | | | Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commens in London that Nazi parachute troops are in possession of the town of Candia and that they had also gained a foothold at Malemi airdrome, south of Canea, and an area west of it. Canea is the capital of Crete and scat of the present Greek govern- ment. Rchert S.Alles . 60’ WASHINGTON—When the Sec retary of State really gets wrought up he lets loose with the most vitrolic tongue-lashing of anyone in the Roosevelt Administration. All the feudal instincts of the Tennessee mountains come to the surface. ' Such a tongue-lashing was ad-) ministered to the French Ambassa- dor the other day when M. Henry- Haye called upon Cordell Hull, fol- lowing the new partnership between Hitler and Vichy. Mr. Hull talked for an hour. He talked slowly—as is his wont—but because he talked so| slowly his words were most effective. The Secretary of State has one slight handicap — & lisp when it; comes to the pronunciation of the letter “r”. Climax of his tirade against the French camp when he told Ambassador Henry-Haye: “Your cooperation with Hitler was | an act of bwingandry (brigandry), and if you continue I fear you will become a nation of bwigands.” { | ) BRITAIN DESERTED FRANCE In judging the Prench, however, it is important to go pack exactly one year, just AFTER the fall of France. At that time, the military com- mander of Dakar, French naval base in West Africa, plus his civilian colleague, sent messages to the Brit- ish Government saying they were 100 per cent against the Vichy Gov- ernment and anxious to fight Germany. But the British Government, very much embroiled with its own red tape, replied that they would get in touch with the French at Dakar later. Then other things happened, and when London woke up it was too late. Simultaneously, Prench command- ers in Syria also declared for the British. General Mittelhouser, des- pite his German name, was 100 per cent pro-British, as was High Com- missioner Puaux. The latter even S i A view of the Suda Bay land area and anchorage on the island of Crete, site of a British naval base, is OF sm‘usms:‘_m CRETE W N shown. Germans attacking Crete dropped 3,000 parachute and glider troops in the Suda Bay region in a single operation, Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons in London. RAF PLANES Torfure BOMB FRENCH COAST TOWN Direct Hit Scored on French- Ship in Africa-Vichy | Is Surprised ‘ | VICHY, May 28.—A British air unit bombed the town of Sfax in French Tunisia early this morning, | according to French reports, but re- | leases said that details were not| immediately available con ce rning | the bombardment of this import-| ant port town on the Mediterran- | ean Coast about 175 miles south of | Turiis. A later announcement said that | eight persons were wounded eboard | the French vessel Rabelais in Sfax | harbor. One British ‘bomb made a direct hit on the vessel, setting it afire. The blaze was quickly put| under ccntrol. French circles said they were hstonished at the attack :nd were unable to give any reason or it. CAPTAIN OF NORTH (OAST AT HOSPITAL A. J. Borkland, of the steamer North Coast, was taken to St. Ann’s Hospital early this morning and is receiving medical treatment. \ - August Eckholm, pilot, took charge Jones averages: industrials 116.16; .metals, . grains. and wool as early listed for the prints and picked Lot the ship. on the “trip to Sitkas . ) | | 124, Northern Pacific 6%, United | Charges Eqming Beriin Spokesman Says, Parachufists lll-Treafed | in Crefe Invasion BERLIN, May 28.—Formal charges | of torturing German parachutists| in Crete were made today by the military spokesman at a confer- ence with newsmen .The spokesman said the high command will soon make a public announcement re- garding the charges. These charges are the same as previously made by Germany. — NEW YORK, My 28. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stoc ktoday is 4, American Can 79.‘ Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel 69%, | Commonwealth and Southern 5/16, Curtiss Wright 8%, General Motors 37%, International Harvester 49%, Kennecott 35%, New York Central States Steel 52%, Pound $4.03%. . DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, rails 27.65, utilities 16.85. 7 ¥ ) FRENCH AIR FORCE DOWNS RAF BOMBER Clash as Squadrons Meet %r Syria By ASSOCIATED PRESS First open hostilities between for-| mer allies, Prance and England, wcre: reported today in the Middle East| as Prench ‘warplanes .are said to| have attacked several British planes cver Syria where the RAF has been | bombing aisports : which have as-| sertedly. been. used by German hombers enroute to Iraq. French - dispatches < from Beirut Former Allies Have Firs | | ~ SENT DOWN |said the British. and: French air| squadrons clashed when the British| The DNB also said a cruiser inito b et & Ly e e al! upset the Japanese-American | Neirab. An RAF Glenn Martin} bomber was downed and all members | of its three-man crew were killed. ———— ROUND TRIP PASSENGER | | Walter Knight, advertising man—t ager of the Alaska Weekly, is 8| rouhd trip passenger on the steamer | Tyee and was in Juneau for several| hours - this afternoon. Accompany-! ing Knight on the trip are his wife and- daughter, Ardis. —e e —— | ,Babylon was a market place for|the ball team was idle, he was en-'dent J. A. Hartley, accompanied by »u 3,000 B. C. 1 L4 L4 /AXIS NOW " SILENT ON " DR TALK Otfitialdommfiiving Out I Anything but Propa- i gandists Busy ' ITALIAN DECLARES U. 5. FOR AGGRESSION iGerman Broadcast Says “Decisive Rejection” Freedom of Seas (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Both Axis partners were, today, grimly silent officially on President Roosevelt’s speech last night, but )prmngandn sources, which do their { bidding, were allowed to give a hint [that the speech iay be regarded as an invitation to war. | Vigginio. Gayda, Fascist Editor, who often reflects Premier Benito, .‘»‘lrmllnl'fl cwn vi said flatly (it ‘President- Roosevelt. is “prepar- ing: for ‘nggression™ against:Germany -and 19, | | Othér Fascist circles in Rome said |the fireside chat, committing the; ! policy of the United States as one | to resist any German attempt to| !gain control of the seas, virtually, i places the United States at war with |the Axis. ¢ ! By late afterncon, the German | newspapers in Berlin. had not dis- | closed to the public even that Presi- | dent Roosevelt had spoken but the, Dienst aus Duetschland, news com- mentary close to the Foreign Office]| | connectjons, but not for home con-| sumption, said his address was re- ceived ‘with “decisive rejection.” The German radio broadcast, also for exclusive consumption abroad, and heard by the NBC.in New York, | denounced President Rooseveit’s at- titude on.the freedom of the seas, 1 | fmen.mnz “nothing is short of un-|. | limited control by Washington,” on the sea lanes of the world. The German broadcast further declared that “Germany, however, | neither can nor will permit this type |of economic dictatorship on the part of America or any other na- ‘uonfl' L e o e | DESTROYER OF BRITISH & & & U.S.PLEDGES VICTORY FOR DEM | WhatPresident Can Do By Proclamations (By ASSOCIAT With the proclamation of full emergency made President Roosevelt took extraordinary last night, powers. The President, by a mere proclamation, can do |/ the following: Close and commandeer Demand preference for ‘troops and materials of all transportation facilities. Suspend trading in securities on exchanges. Take over power houses, dams and conduits need- ed in production of munitions. Forbid Federal banks to do business except under Treasury regulations. Control transactions of foreign exchange. Refuse clearance to foreign vessels. Remove tariffs for needed articles. Suspend rules of transmission by radio and wire communications. Close certain places to the public under the es- pionage laws. L4 L4 ED PRESS) w radio stations. scle U.S.TAKES STEP CLOSE 10 CONFLICT Influential Japanese German Bombers Also Re- "ported fo Have Dam- ‘aged English Cruiser Berlin A Nt d.?"A BERLIN, My 28.—German bomb- ers sank a British destroyer north- west of Ireland this morning, the German news agency, DNB, an- nounced this aftgrnoon. the same British flotilla was hit by a heavy calibre bomb that ‘“re- duced the navy ship's fighting strength considerably.” BASEBALL STAR CAN DOUBLE UP MOSCOW, Idaho, May 28—Dale Clark, University of Idaho junior, from Bonners Ferry, is a baseball outlielder, and the other day when to win and did. Newspaper Makes Comment - ( TOKYO, May 28—The influen-| tial Japanese newspaper Nichi Nichi today sald President Roose- velt’s message has advanced the United States one step. closer to war, The rise of the Tokyo stock mar-| ket today apparently indicated the belief in some financial quarters| that the speech contained nothlng[ trade relations. |LOS ANGELES . C. | HERE ON JUNE 17 Advices have been reccived here | that 150 members of the Los Angeles | Chamber of Commerce will arrive | on board the steamer Aleutian June | 17 on a good will tour to Alaska. The party will be led by Glenn IEu'.bum, Manager of the Aviation | Department of the Chamber. Presi- his wife and daughter, will fly to 1Junenu to join the party. British Empire zleased One London Newspaper Declares ""America | at Action Station” (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) Throughout the British Empire, the words of President Roosevelt were heard jubilantly. The London Evening Star, in a full page editorial headed “America at Action Station,” said the “Axis partners are great experts at un- declared hostilities but they now have their own weapons turned against them.” The Star pointed out that while a declaration of war is a prerogative i of Congress, the President of the United States as Commander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy “can send ships and men where he choos- es.” Canadian newspapers praised the stand taken by Roosevelt and com- ment received from Australia.late today says an “aroused American Nation, the greatest of Democracies, is ready to resist Nazism." — e SCOTT-WHEAT MARRIED Miss Daisy Scott and Mr. Orville Wheat were married last night at a 7:30 o'clock service. The ceremony was performed at the Salvation OCRACY e et HITLER IS DEFIED BY ROOSEVELT & UNLIMITED EMERGENCY DECLARED | Defenses to—fia Sirength- ened fo Limits of National Power LABOR, CAPITAL TOLD TIEUPS MUST CEASE President Reaffirms Old American Tradition of Freedom of Seas our armed forces to repeal an at- tack. We remssert our abiding faith in the vitality of ewr con- stitutional republic as a per- AllOuf Aid Policy Given Praise, Kick Democrals H);rove of FDR Speech-Opponents Say us. Demfirgcy Ended WASHINGTON, May 28—In a flurry of comment about President Roosevelt’s eagerly awaited fire- side chat last night the Democrals and proponents of all out aid to the Democracies praised the President’s pronouncement of American foreign policy, but the Republicans and non- interventionists were generally crit- ical. Speaker Sam Rayburn termed the speech “yery forceful and very clear,” while Alf Landon countered the comment by “it is the end of democratic government in the Unit- ed States, temporarily a least.” Senator Burton K. Wheeler, foe |of the Administration’s foreign pol- icy described the President’s speech |as a “virtual declaration of war. {The President talks about cold, | hard facts and fear, yet no man in | America has tried more to create fear in the minds of people than the iArmy Hall by Adj. Stanley Jackson. President since 1933."