The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” = = e ___VOL. LIV, NO. 8210. J'UNFAU ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, ‘)3‘)_ * MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS POLAND IS INVADED BY RUSSIA . BRITISH AIRPLANE CARRIER TORPEDOED 22,500 -TON | Look at the z\uo Trophu — GOP ASKED (Wlml Wolldrcssel BriwnsW()urfINVADERS IN S OVIETS IN CRAFT IS SENT | NN #1810 PARLEY e E e STRIKE FAST QUICK MOVE DOWNTODAY p (N DSl- X2 10 WITH FDR & vr & ACTIONNOW OVERBORDER Bri'ggifig{nxsr‘y’u’: Z_kes ‘_ ' o R | S President Invies landon, v ' - Two Towns Along Polish- | Troops March in Along motal ed( ; 3 , ¥ and Knox to White House | ; Rumanian Frontier Al- | 800-Mile Froni-Pene- il o 4 0 ; to Talk on Neutrality ; | ready Captured | frate 45 Miles REPORIS AI.I. ABOARD [ L ) ; . / . A WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—Presi- / ; P GERMA"SATSEMOVI"G un’l[ Ripfim( IS dent Roosevelt today invited former | ARE BELIEVED SAVED N S ' j*:!;‘\ ;h j Kansas Governor Alired M. Landon | [y g T0 SOUTHERN SECTION APPARENTLY GONE and Frank Knox, titular heads of the ‘Republican party to a White U-Boat Involved Is Fought 1 P | ouse pariey on Wednesany noon, | (R - : . L i Baftered POE Fleeing President P&)—S_(_i(ki Flees fo Pacific Standard Time, 0ff by DES"OYETS* . || The three leaders of the nation |k Across Border=In Con- Rumania with Other will meet to consider America’s neu- | Scene Not Given . : Ji8 | el program ol B 5 cenfration Camp Govt. Members Stephen Early, press secrets LONDON, Sept. 18.—The British L 3 dent lmnw\ll'. 5 | Admiralty officially announces ihe b . : ; ent ts on and Knox | i 3 ; : | loss of the aircraft carrier Courage- | ; i oy accepted the : - R ¢ : 4 CERNAUTI, Rumania, Sept. 18— | ous “by enemy submarine action.” ; \ tation without hesitating H § L% Iltrnll(:)\:m\(:\:lllfitlll\ ”'):l“l‘“:lnu'\:"":r;‘: | death blow as the Soviet armies This is the first warship casualty ! 4 1 4 : 4 rly described President Roose- v e I s " | marched across the 800-mile border 2 . relt ver g ac. o % k {land, less than 24 hours ago, now | . ; ] ] ] s “very happy of their ac- J : ) of the present way thaf lias gtticlally 4 | IR ] o } o holds the Polish-Rumanian border | 8nd penetrated Poland to a claimed Rstad o Sain- o] o ceptance.” g been Tepojtad by GHept Britaln. - | 4 ] o et N COGURTRERL ) Tl | - Sy - B | towns of Zaleskzcyki and Sniatyn | distance of 45 miles. ; iy ot 810, 5 and are closing in on Kuty The President of Poland, Moscicki, An undetermined number of sea- 4 men and fliers aboard the 22,500-ton { . 1 Representative Mapes, Republican, g & 4 3 4 ¥ has fled to Rumania, taking craft were saved, the Ministry of / | T of Michigan, and ranking minority : ; 33, Zaaleskaoyki and Kuty are about| bs 10 10, Sugata. (GENE 800 ] ; members of the House Rules and i By ¢ T i . . 40 miles apart and Sniatyn is about . ¢ 5 o S midway between them on a line| €érnment and the archives with him. Some reports said the Poles are Interstate nmerce committees, i Uithwest have been also asked to the meet- y i running sox st. o ing, and their names probably.com< s 3 Audition. to. his. famous, wmbrella, Prime Minister Chamberiain Gerpans. in Drive l::::::;‘lg he ldvm;szoR:s ko) plement had been reduced, therefore plete the list of thase who will at-| e, ther protective device—a gas mask—as he strolls through bk i Rt it ; me::an.fm}“ thy s is somewhat smaller, it i presum- > tend the conference A ” Ie's G & . "T h' al e B ward, are reported to be about 31 B?vl ¢ hord: IR O the advkhioing o A i : . : Praaident Roofevelt ins arianged - AP0 Mhben He's shown with his wife, who also wears her | miles’ from Kuty. e '.:‘r' ‘:: e ,'n‘e British Admiralty nls& said | ’l‘_hree little girls who have what it takes made good in the Atlantic |the conference for the day before Mask slung around her shoulder, in St. James Park. Foreign circles consider it likely | i P len the BLAal airchart SaETIRR bacDle~| City b'rauty contest, and here display their trophies and their charms. | Congress meets in special session o that Soviet Russia divisions will seek edfifll;f;tt’i:t:ldm‘ nndwl;\‘:::g: ;‘emus:::- ot 45 pianes but this was | Patricia Mary Donnelly (center) of Detroit, was named Miss America. |to consider the neutrality issue, in . . M to §weep the entire lengiti of thej 'l Tt ('“rmya::ms,on 1 de!\nu: reduced since August. 1 Bettye Cornelia Avery (right) of Tulsa was runner-up, and Annamae order to get an exchange of views Quesllons Arlse Re ardln (l’::»l;—::::;::na;:‘ r::x;klg()r: g:f:.t:in the . (TRGTY- AN Boland' Whkh The bulletin also said destroyers| Schoonover llefi) of Seattle, placed third. among bipartisan leaders of Con- garis\n’ vhorde;fl, | might force the democracies to de- . " —_— gress in addition to the opinions of heavily attacked” the submarine Tatidari aba Brox T Poles, Battered, Fleeing | clare war on Soviet Russia. > The first announcement of the that torpedoed the Courageous. u B A It is also understood that the con- attered remnants of the Polish | ‘The airplane l:mrler is b_el‘xie_ved_ to Four Dle ln BRESI llTovsK fenenas Saava: 18 90 thin kture ol erman ussla ra e rea'y army fled headlong across the Ru-| | proposed invasion of Poland came have epL A PHE ER Ot | further attempt to bury partisan- ' mania {frontier, barely "”C“P"“Hom front Heclin. Sunkiey awm 1, Vs presumably the Gourageo APT |ship politics during the current — from the advancing Russian troops. | stated that the officlal German news Presumably the Courageous wa:\ ‘ i » 2 i ‘ X President Moscicki, Foreign Min- | agency reported from Moscow that attacked in the sea lanes close to M crisis. By PRESTON GROVER | surplus to ship to Germany on credit. o KETEE T8t B rers of | the Soviet Government had inform- the home waters, either in the North | ane ras EAS]’ERN FR 0 NI’ WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. — Com- | Her non-aggression alliance does mot| /¥ o G 270 Bl MER Lo o Led the Polish Ambassador in Moscow Atlantic or the North Sea. I merce department officials cannot | call for that sort of treatment. Fur-f o oo "o the Polish General | that Soviet troops would cross the M ¢ where Germany can draw heav- ‘llt'l'Llll is n!nnb]ll]uls as \-u-wald Ll]\(;re‘ staff, reached here earlier. Russian-Polish frontier at 4 am. Courageous, British aircraft ca ily on abundant Russia for war ma- | Whether it would be a smart thing 1 Sutrander To Refd How It Started tier, whs one of. & dlass of W0 U'[1] mure Germans and Russia ns terials, for Russia to deprive ber own econ=) .y SIS (oo, well as| According fo DNB, the German sbips of which Glorious s - the M t Sh k H d Resseis given are: Hy-x:‘,‘"")r. \]M"M“% in order to helpf, - areds of Polish soldiers are re-|news agency, the Soviet Govern- other. Thes; tiwo th;:\s 1‘1;? Fljju'nt —— eel, aKe nanas, SENT DOWN 1. Germany hasn't the money to | G€rmany: ported to have surrendered to theiment presented & note saying that as cruisers designe: y sh- H . ay for the i ding Reds. Russia, in her own interest, as well % 7 < 5 pay for them. invading s. 3 . er in ‘1915 with a view to Baltic MOflOplane DI'O pS from Deflne Neuffa| l.me | 2. Russia does not have muchjap TRIFLE More than 200 Polish planes m-e,‘»as the interest of the White Rus- operations; hence, the shallow 250 Feef A"I'Ude— — i urplus to export. en in peace times the above|however, reported to have landed slans and Ukranian minorities in 3. Germany, even in peace|factors steadily choked off trade be-|“somewhere in Rumania.” Poland, was forced to issue orders draft, converted as aircraft car- PARIS, Sept. 18.—French forces BERLIN, Sept. 18. — The Nazi ¢ ot times, could not make machinery|iween Germany and Russia. Ger-| Wounded privates and non-com- | for the army to cross the border into rier and completed May 5, 1928. H : are reported to have sunk the first d . First cost, 2,199,066 pounds, in- Flamlng Wreck lg»\;fim}a and )tR\{ssl;lll fx‘-llamrrl;ol e e e st | celiveries, Russia’s main need, on | many lately madean effort (o evive | missioned officers crossing the Ru- Poland. jEliokie Nave Wit Be R it by offering Russia a 200,000,000~ manian border are being taken to Then from Moscow came the fol- creased by alterations to nearlys ——— declared against Germany. three million pounds. YAKIMA, Wash., Sept, 18—Four |ish city of Brest l“‘_‘“‘_k ““"'; A General Staff communique says Shrouded in mystery is the ques-|mark credit. Russia agreed to take(a concentration camp near Buchar- lowing dispateh: |the Russian revolutionists an Premier Vyacheslaff Motoloff Length over-all—786% feet; dis- died and two are seriously injured | » Pr o tion whether Russia, for political|it out in machinery and pay back |est. | Germans signed a separate puace the French naval force attacked a tior hethe issia, IS v P Rl 05 N told the Soviet Russtan nation ih & placement with full load, 26,500 in the flaming wreck of a sightsee- submmne and “carried it out with reasons, will do without important — —_— in mdm to create a (Continued on Paae Seven) bmndcaat that the Soviet Govern- tons; complement (including Royal ing monoplane that crashed at an| P prse; ) P ll S, goods herself Air Force personnel of 568 officers altitude of 250 feet into an orchard Cof‘,m?flfd i SEEE’:ZE 5 bucce“ L) R — — i and men) 1216; beam, 81% feet, near the Yakima airport Sunday. “(Continued on Pale Three) across flight deck, 100 feet. The dead are: D, T k The"‘ P Osts L()ndon TR it T e e e e Steel Hel'""'“ed G“ Masked Tommies Ta , 10 BE (REATED. ccpMAN AIR o . VT T & ' : FALLEN POLAND| The 20-year-old Republic of Po- land appears to have received a Information said. The full complement plus the |)ex-, sonnel of the fleet air army ‘is about 1.200 officers and men but the com- | time. bines, 4-shaft, 18-yarrow boilers, as Yakima’'s flying fireman. designed horsepower, - 90,600. Marlan Misener, aged 18. Speed, 30 knots per hour (on Elizabeth Taylor, aged 17. | B : b A 5 ; 8t 4 4 Y | trials she made 3158 knots per Junior McNeill, aged 17. i " i W £ g i s . FOR(E WIll al residents of | 3 reea TN . i | Joint German - Russian hour); guns, sixteen 4.7-inch, four The dead were 3-pounders, 21 smaller guns; air- Yakima. # s Phaths 7, 2 . y P 4 7 craft squadrons, official comple- Airport attaches said the plane’s | P37 i iy ; ; TN LBy ) commumque Issued | ment is 48 aircraft. motor failed. g A g ' - : " - " ! i STRIKE Now s s gl VA e e ; Today in Moscow - ., X i MRS. GLEN HYNER , / 4 2 s % 2 | . e, “BOARD. MOLUMBIA Dr Hubbs . . . » g MOBOOW, Bept. 18,2 G""‘"“yyl imation | vs. Glen Hyner, wife of the ' h ; ¢ ’ ia tods : i i ] » - i ‘ o » % % . and Russia today gave what is in- .{une;ul : agent of the Alaska i o 2 v % 4 ¢ terpreted as a strong hint of inten- n Ima_ fon s leen Heet Steamship Company, is a home- . v ) £ 2 A A tions to create & small Polish buffer WI" Ta(kle wes" ward bound passenger on the Yl o . 4 b b . £ . state whn-n their invading armies | Sonimer” Coliibths W aseiven 7 RN v gt ' finsh. conquering Poland. ‘ ern Front in Juneau tomorrow. Mrs. Hyner ” 5 ” i # * ; - ; v A joint German-Soviet (nmnnmi-‘ has been south for several weeks. 4 % 4 7 que has been issued in which it is| ra | BERLIN, Sept. 18. — Indications declared that the intention of the | jare that the powerful German air Refuses fo Discuss Rumor | - b, o - 4 , 4 o armies is to help the Polish people |47 o9 p¥w - Cannan. 8 J ' ; in 22 . ¥ & o f & E 2 51 m “recon (rucL Londmon.s of '.helr» rce may take a han e fight- [ S1ock Quotations | " He Will Be Fisher- | Ay : L |l reonsimc condulons of el | the Western ront. ; P k. i 7 3 o are This intimation is contained in a H % " 4 i not pnx\n“ uny aims which ies Head ; ; ; £ o, against the interests of Germany |communique lssued by the Supreme NEW YORK, Sept. 18. — Closing d % 5 ' / # 4 |or Soviet Russia; that the mission | Command which said the Air Force quotation of Alaska Juneau mine KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sep > 7 % 0 » % . m wm " of the troops is to bring order and |resards it work in the east as vir- stock today is 67, American Can Dr. Carl Hubbs, who is pr { P . i v . 75 4 i peace in Poland.” tually ended now and is ready for 108':, American Power and Light ing a confidential report on Alasks g 7 7 7 g 4 The joint communique has b(»en the task elsewhere. 514, Anaconda 31%, Bethlehem Steel for Secretary of Interior Harold | & i ? _ # “#” lproadcast from Russian radio sta-| Berlin citizens observe that mem- 83%. Commonwealth and Southern L. Ickes, left for Seattle and the | e 17 W, % 7 G ; tions as the Soviet troops moved | [bers of the Air Force are arriving 17%. Curtiss Wright 6%, General east Sunday morning on the Brown 3 4 2 : E Y . deeper into war weakened Poland. |from the Eastern Front. Motors 51%, International Harvest- Bear, Bureau of Biological Survey 3 G Poland has ordered her Ambassa- | The Supreme Command com- er 66, Kennecott 40%, New York boat. ”% 7 % ? 7 b @ dor Maclau Grzybowski to leave Munique also emphasized complete Central 18%, Northern Pacific 9%, Dr. Hubbs refused to discuss the g 3 > - ik " iy Moscow after a protest against me\fll&wluuon of the Polish forces by United States Steel 70%, Pound rumor he may be the next Com-| & ? p 7 p et 4 4 i : » Soviet march into Polish territory. |the encirclement movement. $3.80. missioner of Fisheries. ’ . 4 g v s : —_————— ux'l‘he sll:;t;g:e at Wnral.lw is left >-oe 2 i % é oy 4 Y . - NG y A3 | unanswer communique mere~ DOW, JONES AVERAGES | FISKE BACK . g e T g ey " i : — i Vs sl CronBbolg ol o' {lv said no Polish negotiation has The following are today's Dow, Traveling man F. L. Fiske came ollowing declaration of war on Germany, Great Britain immediately .|) pa.trul for the conflict at home and abroad. Here is a home scene as enne l.l» Wi:\ll‘l’, son of Mrs.|yet appeared although Warsaw, it is steel-helmeted, gas-masked Tommies gathered it an anti-aircraft listening post in London, protected by a wall of sandbags. In the above back- | Helen Wester, sailed south on the| claimed, has asked for “reception” Jones averages: Industrials 147.78, in from the Westward Sunday and | | ) e i : tward Su A Wl paigraipin, ol oot i steamer Alaska to re-enter the| e s rails 30.81, utiities 24.25. is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. | University of Montana. » (Continued on Page Two)