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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Senator Agonizes Over us.
 Defenses Buf Gets His Hair
 Trimmed 10 Eff War Helmet
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, June 4-Capitol barber shop:
 Barber: Good afternoon, Sena- tor. Hear you gentlemen may be around all summer.
 Senator: Poppycock. Cut it short. I may be wearing a helmet before get time for another haircut.
 Representative tfrom adjoining chair) Hello, Senator. Sounds like you don't think much of our pre- paredness program. Or do you?
 Sen: Humph. You know what I think of it, young man. I'm the original one-man armaments bloc. If Congress had listened to Ser nard Baruch for the last two years--or to me, for that matter we wouldn't be in this mess.
 Rep; But things will be all right, now. With an air force of 50,000 planes. full peacetime army, and reserves of men and munitions, we won't have any thing to worry about, will we?
 Sen: Hah Maybe yes, and may be no But first let me ask you som e h ing, MT Representative. Aren't you on that House commit tee that Topped millions off the military appropriations bill last January? Aren't you one of those who told the army they could have only 57 new planes in 1941, and that 37 of those would have to be strictly training planes? And after all that, didn't see you applauding wildly the other day when the President called for that 50,000-plane air force?
 Rep. tweakly): But conditions change. Senator.
 Barber: When I was in the
 Sen: Of course, if any one could have foreseen a few years ago that that beer-hall corporal, and his stomach empty nation were going to blitzkrieg half of Europe, we would have been ready to say enough's enough. But we didn't see that. We just saw the good old Allies standing there in the way and said, "Oh, well, if worst comes to worst, we'll tell old England and France we like them best" and that will fix every thing.
 Rep: But Senator
 Sen: But nothing. Worst has come to worst. And SO we say, Now, we'll arm. Now, we'll put three billion dollars into our war machine. Now, everybody's happy again"
 Rep: Well, you'll admit it's a step.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Large Force
 beStaiioned
 AfAnthorage
Artillery Men, Infantry To Be Sent 10 New Base,
 If Built

WASHINGTON, June 4 The War Department officials today con firmed as likely that 5000 artillery men and infantry will be sent to Anchorage. Alaska, to defend the proposed airbase there.
 The War Department officials and Alaska Delegate. Anthony J. Dimond agreed that troops will go north after construction of the base is under way.
 The construction of the base is. however, still in conference stages
 The bill for the base provides sl2,- 100000 for the airbase and also $6,- 00.000 for military post.
 Delegate Dimond said ground de- fense is necessary because of recent parachute activities"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
CHE.nB0UDG I5 BOMBED
 BY GERMANS
Rhone Valley Under A. fdek-Fires Are Set in
 Several Areas
(BY ASSOCIATED PREss)

Like bolts out of a clear sky, Nazi bomberS made new raids over France today, following bombing attacks last Saturday and Sum- day on the southern part of France and, yesterday. on Paris.
 Today's raids were made on Cherbourg, on the English Chan nel, also second attack on Le HaUe, where incendiary time bombs were dropped yesterday, which ex- ploded during the night, setting many fires. These fires are still burning today and reported spread ing.
 It is believed that many civilians have been killed or wounded at Cherbourg and several fires have been started.
 Other Nazi bombers made an attack on the Rhone Valley, cross- ing the frontier at high altitude despite the anti-aircraft fire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
NAVAL AIR
 FORCE WILL
 BEExpANDED
Ten Thousand Planes Are indicated Now in Con-
 qressiondI Action

WASHINGTON, June 4. The Senate has approved legislation au- thorizing the expansion of the na- val air force to 10000 planes manned by 16,000 pilots and pro- viding for the establishment of 8 defensive ring of naval air bases around the country.
 The measure will now be re- turned to the House to act on changes, chief of which is the amendment putting total of l0,- GOO planes for the Air Force.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
KEEP CONGRESS
 IN SESSION IS
 PLEA OF COP.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-Repub lican members of the House have voted unanimously in favor of resolution calling upon Congress to remain in session throughout the present international emergency
 The resolution was presented to a meeting of House Republicans by COP Leader Joseph Martin.
 Martin said that Congress should remain in session to give adequate consideration of defense plans, tax programs and to avoid the necessity of conferring greater powers upon persons he called government bur- eaucrats," and the White House.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
TAX BOOST CONSIDERED
 BYLEADER5
Congressional Action Indi- Cdtes General Raise
 on Incomes

WASHINGTON, June 4. - Con- gressional tax leaders are reported authoritatively to be considering boost in the pending tax bill to more than one billion dollars.
 One method proposed is by broad ing the income tax base and in- creasing rates on incomes below S6O, ,OOO.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
 ALLIED FORCE
 k GREAT JOB
British Admiralty Tells of Hundreds of Boats En-
 gagged in Work

LONDON, June 4-The British Admiralty discloses tbst an armada of 885 craft has taken part in the embarkation of British, French and Belgian forces from Dunkerque
 The ships and boats engaged in the spectacular naval operation in cluded 139 naval craft and 746 other vessels of all sizes and types.
 The Admiralty reported the loss of 30 naval craft, including six destroy CTS. The other ships were described as auxiliary craft such as trawlers, drifters, mine layers and tugs"
 The Admiraltys communique said 1: British, French and Belgian troops have been brought back safely to the country from Belgium and northern France in numbers, which when the full story is told, will dis may the world
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Navy's Combat Fleet N o W 10
 BeIntreased

WASHINGTON, June 4. The Senate has passed the bill author izing Il percent increase in the Nayy's combat fleet and which also raises the maximum of the Naval Air Force to 4.500 planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
LEY ASSOCIATED pREssl

The German High Command re- ports troops and tanks are enter ing Dunksrque.
 The High Command also claims that 400 Allied planes and many hangars were destroyed in yester- days raid on France. in the Paris sector, and that 79 Allied planes were shot down, with nine of our machines missing
 The High Command also claims that all northern France channel ports are now in German hands and this is admitted by Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
FRANCE NOT TO RETALIATE OVER
 NAzI AIR RAIDS
No Attacks on Open Cities Planned by
 German Bombers

PARIS. June 4.-"No retaliation on German civilian populations is the statement authorized in French circles.
 It is said that the French Gov ernment regards raids on Southern France, staged last Saturday and Sunday, and the raid over Paris yes terday, were not raids on open cities but on military objectives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Earth Shocks
 Ai5an Diego

SAN DECO Cal, June 5. - Earthquake shocks of moderate in- tensity struck the San Diego re- zion this morning, but did no ap- parent damage.
 The hardest tremblor lasted only a few seconds.
 It was felt in the Imperial Val ley where a quake killed nine per- sons May l8.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Prevailing Wage on
 Federal projeeis in
 Hawaii, Also Alaska

WASHINGTON, June 4. The House has completed congressional action on the bill to require pay ment of prevailing rates of wages on Federal public works in Alaska and Hawaii.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
GirIsDie,
 Air Raid,
 In France
Thirty Also Injured when Bombs Are Dropped
 on School

PARIS, June 4. = Eleven young girls were killed at girls school just outside of the city in yes terday's German air raid and 30 girls were injured. This is the re- port received officially from the school officials.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
FLYING PROGRAM TO BE EXPANDED
 AT ONCE BY CAA
Forfy-Five Thousand New Pilots To Be Provided
 By July 1, 1941

WASHINGTON, June 4.-Chair- man Hinckley announces today that the Civil Aeronautics Authority will expand the primary training pro- gram immediately to provide for 45,000 new airplane pilots by July l, 1941. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
M0REFUND5 FOR DEFENSE
 OF NATION
Over Billion Dollars Is Re- quesied by FOR for
 68 Naval Vessels

WASHINGTON, June (. - President Roosevelt has asked Congress for funds to start con- struction of 68 naval vessels. submitting a defense request for S1,277,7 GOO for both Army and Navy.
 The sum includes funds for the start of three aircraft car riers, 13 cruisers, 22 submarines and 30 deStrOyers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
TO SPEED UP
 CONSTRUCTION
 PLANE ENGINES

WASHINGTON, June 4. The Government has asked the Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Studebaker, Packard and Chrysler corporations to begin or expand the production of air plane engines for the huge air ar mada contemplated under the de- fense program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
ss5,ooO RESCUED

LONDON, June 4.-Prime Min ister Winston Churchill announced in the House of Commons today that a fleet of 1000 Allied ships rescued 335, ,0O0 French and British soldiers in the great cross channel retreat from the bloody Flanders battle.
 Churchill also said that about 30,- 900 of the expeditionary force had been killed, wounded or missing.
 The Prime Minister also said that when he first set the time for the withdrawal of the expeditionary force, a week ago, T feared that it would be my hard lot to announce the greatest military disaster of our long history"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
DUNkERQUE I5 ENTERED
 BY GERMANS
Hundreds of Allied Planes Are Reported De-
 stroyed in Raids

BULLETIN-BERLIN, June 4. The German High Command claims the capture of Dunkerque and with it complete mastery of the entire French and Belgian channel coast as far south as the S0mme River. It Is also claimed that 40,0c0 soldiers have been taken prisoners as well as a vast amount of b0oty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
THE Al LITTLE PIGS

MERCEDES. Tex.-J. c. Lear, farmer, thinks his SOW has given him fair start in the hog busi- ness. In her first three filters she produced Al pigs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04
Time Bombs Cause Fires,
 Night Time
Ineendidry Explosives Are Dropped by Germans
 in Air Raids

PARIS, June 4.-Many time bombs were dropped on Paris and also Le- Havre in air raid yesterday
 These time bombs exploded dur ing the night and resulted in start ing scores of fires
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04

Thomas Mann, the German au- thor, started life as an insurance broker,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-06-04

Continued on Page Five,
Evening star., 1940-12-25
Freeing Of 'Du Quoin' Boys
Nav Heal Miners Riff
BY the Associated Press,


SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Dec. 25-The
five "Du Quoin boys" who served
seven years in prison for the Staying
of 14-year-old girl during Illinois
1888 mine union violence, were given
Christmas pardons by Gov. John
Steele yesterday in a statehouse
ceremony attended by labor leaders.
Gov. Steele referred to them as
victims of circumstances created by
others"
Release of the prisoners ended a
four-year organized labor campaign
to win executive clemency for the
youths convicted of the fatal shoot
ing of Laverne Miller, daughter of
Du Quoin miner. Vernon Miller,
father of the child, was among
those who had joined in the clem-
ency appeal.
AS he handed the pardon orders
to the five-Otis Battaglia, 26; Sam
Ferro, 90; Robert Shingleton, 81;
Barney Rosetto, 36, and Emery AL
bers, 32-Gov. Steele expressed hope
this action would lead to friendlier
relations between the rival Illinois
miners unions, the c. I. o. United
Mine Workers of America and the
A. F. of L. Progressive Mine Work.
ers of America.
The girl was fatally wounded by
shots fired into her fathers home.
The defendants were sympathizers
of the then newly formed Pro-
gressive Mine Workers The girls
father belonged to the United Mine
Workers.
Evening star., 1940-12-25
R. A. F. Gets Grim Presents
Planes to Bottle Germans

Christmas presents to the en-
battled British Royal Air Force will
be grim gifts, in keeping with the
season in Europe. Among them will
be a Lockheed Hudson lombard
ment airplane, the gift of American
aircraft workers, which will be pre-
sented to the r. A. F. today at Mon
treal, Canada, and parachutes for
this fighter.
The Canadian Parker Pen Co..
subsidiary has made a gift of Spit
fire fighter to the r. A. F.
Except for legal complications,
other similar Christmas gifts un-
doubtedly would have gone to the
r. A. F. from United States admir-
ers. The Lockheed Hudson was the
first of such presents to be cleared
for presentation by the legal au-
thorities and probably will be fol-
lowed by others-too late for the
Yule season, however.
Employees of the Wright Aero
nautical Corp. have been seeking
permission to dedicate a Wright air.
craft engine to the r. A. F.. but this
has not yet been cleared legally.
Many such practical" gifts have
been donated to the r. A. F. by the
British colonies in all parts of the
world, number having been pre-
sented by the American colonies, in
cluding an entire fighter squadron
from Trinidad, British West Indies.
The Lockheed bomber, christened
Evening star., 1940-12-25

Spirit of Lockheed-Vega employees,
was presented by 1880 employees of
the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. and Its
Vega subsidiary, each Of them do
mating two hours of labor.
This bomber, according to report
received here by the Aeronautical
Chamber of Commerce, took off
from Burbank, Calf, Monday, with
Pilot Jimmie Mattern, of Lock-
heed, at the controls, and is flying
by easy stages across the Southern
transcontinental route 1t was
scheduled to reach Montreal today,
for presentation there to r. A. F.
representatives..
Employees of the Pioneer Para
chute Co. Of Manchester, Conn,
have donated complete parachute
equipment for the Spirit. In pro-
ducing the gift parachutes, as
was the case in constructing the air
plane, factory employees donated
the necessary labor and the factory
the materials. There are five
parachutes, one for each member
Evening star., 1940-12-25

Of the crew, and each includes the
latest safety devices, among them a
new non-fouling pilot parachute.
These parachutes were sent to Bur-
bank and were formally presented
and placed in the bomber Sunday.
The gift of the Spitfire by Cam
adian employees of the Parker Pen
Co. has been announced by Kenneth
Parker, president of the American
parent concern. 1t already has been
formally accepted by Lord Beaver
brook, minister of aircraft produce
ton. The airplane has been built
In England.
Evening star., 1940-12-25

American policy Of good neighbor-
liness may well find inspiration.
France used to send to Argentina
carefully selected objects OF art, its
theatrical companies, its professors
and its men of letters.
Each year the spirit of France
left in Buenos Aires its fecund seed,
and in exchange each year there
passed through Paris some dozens
OF students, and thousands Of
moneyed Argentine tourists: Gull
tured men and beautiful women
whose presence alone was sufficient
to dissipate the primitive image Of
the pampas, which legend persists
in perpetuating.
For Argentina. the eclipse Of
France is great misfortune. The
Argentine does not know how to
navigate through the world without
the light Of Paris, without the guild
ing beacon whose shafts Illuminated
century of our spiritual formation.
Can New York Take Paris Place?
Can New York now take for the
Argentines the place of Paris?
1t may take that place partially,
if it does not commit the same errors
that the French committed with re-
gard to us: Errors based on lack of
information and failure to grasp cer-
tain psychological factors.
These errors were tolerated and
even amused the Argentines, in the
case of France, so far from our CONT
nent; but they hardly would be over
looked so easily in the case of the
United States, the neighbor to the
north, especially in its new role of
the guardian of America.
1t is a good occasion to know each
other better, the Americans of the
North and of the South.
Without the defeat of France,
without the war in Europe. the road
which one may travel now in a
matter of weeks would have re-
quired years to traverse.
The spiritual distances of America
diminish as the routes of Europe
are closed to our hopes.
Cordiality and Distrust.
We recognize the official and pri-
vate efforts which are made here to
do away with some Argentine and
other South American conceptions
regarding the United States.
AS regards ourselves, we follow the
course of these efforts toward CONT
mental rapprochement with a mixed
sentiment of cordiality and distrust.
Facing the possibility of a to-
talitarian threat, more evident each
day, the countries of South America
recognize in general the necessity
Of a defensive cooperation.
But when an effort to organize
Evening star., 1940-12-25

ion seems to give its total approval
to the idea of aiding England more
and more, the results of these efforts
to render assistance respond all too
slowly to the wish that inspired them.
II on this exceptional occasion the
United States does not convince us
with the demonstration of its capac-
lty to incline definitely in favor of
the democracies the balance of
strength IN this war, without neces-
sity for participating in it, this coun-
try would lose the incompatible op-
portunity which 1t now has to occupy
the place which France left vacant
IN the heart of our America.
Evening star., 1940-12-25

such cooperation is made-when
for example, there Is talk about the
eventual cession to the United States
/ of air and naval bases-the misgiv-
ings Of the countries concerned
come to the fore.
1t is difficult to prevent their see
ing in that project something like
an abdication or surrender of their
sovereignty.
1t is needless to say with what
ability that sentiment is exploited
by those elements interested in pre-
pairing, for some future time, the
way for NaM penetration into our
America.
United States Must Be Discreet.
The fifth column already has the
ground fertilized in several of the
Southern republics.
For that reason it is necessary that
this country proceed with discretion
in the delicate project of continental
defense. at all times making sure of
its ground, of exactly what it desires
and how far it may 60.
The inequality between the mill
tary strength of the United States
and the weakness of the other re-
publics of this continent in that
sphere is so great that any protec-
tive gesture might be easily inter-
preted in our our countries as an as
spiration to continental domination.
But on the other hand, the grow
ing power attained in Europe by the
aggressive powers, and the possibility
that the war may spread to America,
tell us clearly and concretely that the
time has come to regard the soli-
darity of the continent as something
more than an abstract idea.
Hour Of Trial for u. s.
1t is an hour of trial for the United
States; and all it's neighbors Of
America have their eyes fixed here,
in this tremendously anxious mo-
ment of the worlds history. For one
who like myself comes here from
having witnessed in Europe catas-
trophe of tremendous historical sig
nificance, for one who has seen
France pass away in few days
from the rank of. great power to
zero, how inexplicable are those linn
itations, legal technicalities and bar
gainings that figure in the aid which
the United States is giving to Eng
land!
We neighbors to the south have
a high idea of the technical ca
pacity, of the industrial strength,
of the economic resources and Of the
ability to adapt itself to the new
rhythm of things, of this great de-
mocracy which we so much admire.
Thus, it cannot but surprise us to
observe now that while public opin-
Evening star., 1940-12-25
Family Still Grateful
For YuIe Aid in 1920
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 25.-Down
IN the cheerless east bottoms 20
years ago, Frank and Irene Gentry
adopted" a needy family and pro-
vided its nine members with food
and clothing on Christmas Eve.
Since then the seven children
have done well. Each Christmas
Eve for 20 years Miss Gentry has
received a letter of thanks from
the family. Last nights expressed
gratitude for "the happiest Christ
mas OF our lives, a Christmas that
has stayed in our hearts all these
years"
Evening star., 1940-12-25
Engineers BEING Truined

Men thrown out Of employment
by the shortage Of raw materials in
Birmingham, England, are being
trained for engineering work.
Evening star., 1940-12-25

Hare fur skins shipped from Ar
gentina to the United States in the
first eight months of 1910 were val
ued at $294,OOO.
Evening star., 1940-12-25
BY FERNANDO ORTIZ ECHAGUE.

SbS A4SANrAANDo "" IL LSI1fA0
Written for the Associated Press Special
News Service.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-The Offices
of La Nacion on the Champs Elysees
near the Arch of Triumph, which for
a quarter of century were favor
ite rendezvous Of South Americans
IN Paris, are occupied today by the
Germans. They give courses in
French to their officers in the vast
reading room where formerly one
could find files of all the newspapers
Of Latin America.
La Nacion shared the building
with the National Office of Tour
ISM" whose quarters also have been
taken over by the Nazis and con-
verted into an Office for the Min
istry of Communications. The
building is large and has good To-
cation, adjoining Fouquets restau-
rant, one of the favorite gathering
places for the conquerors of Paris
OF the former inhabitants of the
buildings, which was familiar to
tourists of both Americas, there
remain only the porter and his
wife and their dog.
France Was an Example.
Thus ended, with so many other
things, long period of pleasant and
profitable relations between France
and Argentina. characterized by a
great interchange of travellers and
of ideas, in which the budding Pam
Evening star., 1940-12-25
South American Says
Relations With u. ).
Are in Testing Period
Cordially Dependent
On Aid to British and Our
Disereetness Says Writer

The United States is engaged
In an intensive effort to promote
good feeling and cooperation
among the American nations.
Here is a trenchant delineation
OF their attitude as seen by a
distinguished South American
journalist, Senior Fernando Ortiz
Echague, for the last % years
chief European correspondent OF
the newspaper La Nacion OF
Buenos Aires.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-10-31
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