The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ¥ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1939. VOL. LIV., NO. 8230. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FINLAND TO RESIST DEMAND OF SOVIET) NAZI ORDERS Kermi Roosevelr to Aid Bricish SETTLEMENT NEW ATTACK ON BRITISH Aerial Opeatibns Against North Sea Blockaders Continues SEA CRAFT ALSO T0 BE IN ENGAGEMENT Germans Claim Success Has Crowned Three Days of Assaults BERLIN, Oct. 11.—The Ger- man Air Force was today ordered to continue attacks on British warships blockading the North Sea, Official German quarters call- ed the order one of the most important German announce- ments since the declaration by Hitler which led to the invasion of Poland and the war in that nation that ended in the cap- itulation of Warsaw, Polish Cap- ital City. Aerial cooperation with sea craft in fighting the British North Sea Fleet was launched October 7 the Nazi authol announce, and they claim suc- cess dor the first three days and this has brought out the new order for continued joint sea and air operations. - - SOVIETS, LITHS SIGN UP TREATY Red Army -Gmn Right to Have Garrisons- Liths Get Wilno MOSCOW, Oct. 11.—The soviet Russian Government has signed a treaty with Lithuania by which the Red Army is given the right to gar- rison unspecified places and giving the Liths the ancient capital of Wil- no which the Soviets took in par- titioning Poland. The treaty is for 15 years and pro- vides for mutual aid against aggres- sion. The Soviets will supply the Liths with arms. Mr. and Mrs. K alit; British subject so he may aid the the British ministry of shipping. Germans Stage OnFalse Rumor of Armistice (ANADATO BECOMEBIG ~ AIR SCHOOL British fo Mass Greal Fly- ing Force, Overwhelm- ing Strength, America | OTTAWA, Oct. 11.—Canada today bids fair to become the wartime air capital of the British Empire with a cooperative air training pro- Kermit Roésevelt, son of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, may be the first son of an American president to change his nation- according to a report from London. army during the World war. | | ! | | WATERFRONT CASE NEARS Important Sessions Slated | by Longshoremen, Employers | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 11— | Harry Bridges today said that “cer- | | tain plans are now underway"” for a complete settlement of the water- front dispute which involves the | west coast maritime labor arbitra- | tion policy, but he refused to divulge | details. | | The coastwise xongshoremen's Union Negotiating Committee called | a midnight session last night. | Federal Mediator W. T. Guerts is participating in another meeting ! set for today. | | Directors of the Waterfront Em=~ ployers Association from Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles are also scheduled to confer here on the situation arising from the resignation of Wayne Morse, | Dean of the Oregon University Law | School, as coast arbitrator. | - LARGE BRITISH " FORCES ON LINES WESTERN FRONT Soldiers Movements Are Reported-Sea Attacks | Are Made Known BERLIN, Oct. 11.—The population | — indulged in a brief but false armis- LONDON, Oct. 11.—War Secretary | tice celebration last might when a|Hore Belisha disclosed in the House | multiple of rumors—“end of the war | of Commons today that 158,000 Brit- | —Collapse of the British Govern-|ish soldiers have been dispatched to | ment — Western Powers suing for France during the first five weeks | peace”—started in Berlin. |of the war. The rumors spread from mouth| Winston Churchill declared that to mouth, not only here but through- | Great Britain lost 5,800 tons of out the Reich. Work was interrupted | shipping and British forces have | and friends embraced. | taken 13,000 tons from Germany be- The populace thronged the streets| tween September 24 and October 9. of all large cities and in the vil-| Belisha said that the force now ‘lages. on French soil from Great Britain | The source of the rumors a|is 10,000 more than during the first mystery. | week of the war in 1914. | Newspapers and radios made de-| The detachments recently sent nials and blamed the rumors on alacross the English Channel made | “shameless frivolous trick of the|the voyage and on to the front with- British Ministry out a single casualty. - | This time, said the War Secretary, the troops traveled with 20,000 mo- | tor vehicles, including numerous | - 4 | tanks ranging up to 15 tons in size | | Said Hore Belisha: “We have ful- filled and more than fulfilled, our ermit Roosevelt Roosevelt has become a allies by becoming an official of Roosevelt fought in the British (elebration is B CAN'T KEEP IT SECRET—Outspoken Sen, Robert R. Reynolds, North Carolina Democrat, lost no time in Yetting the world know how he feels about all types of foreign isms. The senator, who recently returned from a tour of Europe, has decorated his office in Washington, D. C., with posters denouncing subversive influences)The walrus head is a trophy from a hunting trip to Alaska. "WARIS HELL,' SAID SHERMAN: "ON THE FEET," SAYS GROVER By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 | have seen enough of these army |maneuvers in the past day or so to convince us that the next war, just like the.last one, is going. toQ be hell on therfeet. That goes in spite of the motori- zation that supposedly moves the army through the war with greatest of ease, There is still am awful lot of walk- ing in a war, and just plain stand- ing around waiting for somebody else to do something so YOU can do something. Stonewall Jackson or old Gen- eral Forrest (he wasn’t a Manassas general ) would have shuddered until their boot buckles rattled if they could have seen how the Bat- tle of Bull Run would be fought in these modern times. Bull Run is a muddy little rivulet about 30 miles south of Washington where the North and the South first really FDR, JOHNSON GIVENFLAYING BY MISSOURIAN| Clark Ded;rveE President Overstepped Himself in Proclamation WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Senator Bennett Champ Clark, opponent of the Administration’s proposal to re- peal the arms embargo, contended today that President Roosevelt ex- ercised emergency powers actually vested in him only for use when the country is at war or. in imminent danger of war Arguing against the lifting of the ban on arms sales to belligerents, We | the | The treaty is almost identical to gram being announced for Great | the Estonian and Latvian pacts. | Britain, Australia, New Zealand and | Russia, by the pact with the Liths, Canada with intermediate and ad-| is the greatest gainer as the result vanced training of all forces to bef ‘und(-rsumding with Prance to dis- pateh to that country in the event ' {of war, a British expeditionary force Senator Clark also accused Secre- tary of War Louis Johnson with try- ing to “inflame the people as to the safety of our shores.” Senator Clark said the policies of the President himself have not been eassuring, and the stocky Missouri- an pr imed in emphatic tones that careful scrutiny of the Presi- tangled in the war that was expect- ed to end in two weeks but lasted four bloody years. THEY OBEY RULES and GOVERNORIS PAID HONOR " BY FRIENDS Six-Year Term, Prais- ed af Dinner Here Gov. John W. Troy, retiring Sun- day after six years as Governor of Alaska, was honored last night at a testimonial banquet at which his | good works on behalf of the Terri- [tory were saluted by nine speakers |and attested by the attendance of nearly 200 friends, a throng which filled the Baranof Gold Room to capacity. The Governor, speaking briefly at the conclusion of the program, said |the people of Juneau were in his opinion the finest bunch of people ever collected together in one spot. “I told somebody,” said the Gov-| ernor, “that I didn't make any| promises when I became Governor. | But I do make you one now. I am going to stay right here in Juneau |John Troy, Retiring Afier' DEFENSE IS PLANNED BY GOVERNMENT Dictator Stalin Faces First Block in New Bal- fic Policy RESERVISTS BEING CALLED TO COLORS JRussia May—fl;t Press De- | mands to Point of In- ‘ vading Nation BULLETIN — Dictator Stalin today faced the first threat of resistance to his new Baltic pol- icy as Soviet leaders prepared to present their demands to Fin- land. The demands on Finland are the last in the stroke of the Soviet Union to master control of the Baltic coast from Lenin- grad to the East Prussian front- ier. The Finnish Government, it is unofficially reported late today, | is going ahead with defense | plans and more Finnish reserv- ists are being called to the | colors. It is stated, also, unofficially, that the Soviet Union may not press its demands to the point | of a military invasion of Fin- | ish territory. [ (By Associated Press) | Following pacts which Russia has madé with a chaln of Baltic Sea !states by which both military and | economie concessions have been ob- |tained, Finland today feared she is |the next to lose. A Finnish delegation, headed by former Premier Juho Kusti Paasi- |kivi, has reached Moscow for talks which will disclose just what Russia |wants from her former Finnish | Province. Finland'’s apprehension is express- ed in quickened military prepara- | tions and also a blackout practice |which was resorted to last night at | Helsinki, Capital City of Finland. | Civilians Take Warning | Civilians, answering the warning |made late yesterday by Minister of | Interior Kekkonen, to evacuate the leading Finnish ports on the Gulf of Finland, are leaving for the interior, women and children especially, a precautionary measure against un- forseen developments. The Finnish Government, how- On that old battleground, at Plattsburg in New York, the army is conducting maneuvers to test out its new equipment and some of its and work with you anyhow.” Hellenthal Toastmaster Jack Hellenthal was toastmaster for the affair, introducing the of the present war. At present Soviet Russia has virtual protectorates over a chain of Baltic states through pacts granting military and econom- ic concessions. Lithuania is the only Baltic State however, which has profited terri- torially from the pacts following Russian-German collaboration in dividing Poland. Peace Time Enlistments OnIncrease Eight-SIafeWn th Corps done here. ‘ Each country will conduct its own preliminary schools. Figures for the | number of trainees coming here are | | 1acking, but expansion of facilities | in both eastern and western Canada i envidlons B e [Rubber and Timber Barter rime Minister MacKenzie in . sa?d. "e’rhe ai&*n, in short, is tgr Deal Be'leVEd S'I'Oflg Political Move achieve by cooperative effort, air forces of overwhelming strength.” | | A British planning commission is[ | now enroute here while the repre-} sentatives of the other principals are Minister of 1 d Soviet | coming soon. | Supply and the Sovie | Trade Delegation today concluded | an agreement in London for an ex- | as were he making application at a | change of Russian timber for Brit- | recruiting office in any of the larger | ish rubber and tin on a barter cities. | agreement called a commercial | agreement. However, authoritative sources in the Press Association declared it is Many Applicants | Recruit depots are filled to over-| | flowing with applicants sent in by LONDON, Oct. 11 —The British | |of specified dimensions within a spectiied! tiie* dent’s recent proclamation of a | S R - limited emergency showed that it | contained no limitation ;FREAK FALL [ e HEAT WAV DrevailsN Hits gasy PrevailsNow, - Western Area ‘ Temperatur_e_Ranges from . 851099.7 Degrees foolinWest | Stalemated-"Suicide Fighting Forces Reporfed! the forces in the field, Major Quig- |ley said, and prompt shipment to [the station selected is promised. Current orders are to the effect that the new recruit will not be held expected “to have important political | as well as trade impacts.” | The amounts of timber, rubber | and tin involved was not disclosed, but it is said, however, that they| (By Associated Press) { A freak fall heat wave shattered records in the eastern part of the 1 Squads” Fail (By Associated Press) German, British and French Allies United States yesterday but cool| cmained today in a virtual stale-|angg new generals. From what we saw and from what we were told, both equipment and generals worked well, sut the confounded roads weren't wide enough. Besides that, when the army is conducting a mock war everybody has to obey the rules. That takes all the fun out of a good war. Old General Forrest, the black- smith who dropped his anvil and became one of America's greatest soldiers, once said that the way t» win battles was to “‘get there fust- jest with the mostest men.” One of | these later day generals at the |Manassas maneuvers tried that land almost lost the war. He was supposed to start his march for Bull Run and glory at 7 a.m., but he started instead at 6:50. He got there | fustest with the mostest men but !an umpire sent him back. The “en- emy” had toehave time to finish breakfast. With these modern high-speed a 10 - minute head start of speakers, each of whom was a lead- er in civic or territorial affairs, with | brief remarks which added much to the oceasion George Parks, Governor 1925 to 1933, welcomed John Troy into the ranks of “Former Gover- nors of Alaska.” He said that Gov. Troy had happened, under like circumstances, to have been last night in Ketchikan, Wrangell, Pet- ersburg, Sitka, Skagway, Cordova, Seward, Valdez, Anchorage, Fair- banks, Nome or any other place in the Territory of Alaska, he would have just as many friends attend such a dinner to honor him. Judge James Wickersham, Alaska Delegate to Congress for 14 years, commented -on the “aid and com- fort” furnished by John Troy, | though he was a political opponent of the Delegate, in the long fight for | home rule for Alaska. Judge Wicker- | sham sald he hoped the Organic| | Act, passed largely through the ef- | forts of John Troy, Gov. Alfred P.| from | if | ever, is keeping her exact reaction to the latest Russian maneuvers, mobilizing of naval power on the Baltic and concentrating troops on the frontiers of the Baltic states, |an official secret, but there is no doubt that the little nation is pre- paring for possible trouble, | The Finnish Capital City is being |steadily evacuated by the civilian populace. The test blackout last night was the first since the European war outbreak. Defense Measures Other defense measures have also | been instituted although the govern- ment insisted that no mobilization is planned, but certain moves “under the surface” indicate action. It is understood Russia will make |a demand for the right to fortify | several small islands in the Gulf of }Flnland and a guarantee Aaland |Islands will not be fortified. — - FIRSTLADY Area Up fo Author- weather moving eastward from the|pate on the Western front W'“’“’lnwans grabbing off five miles Swineford and himself, would re-| will be about the same as involved ized Strength PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 11.—A marked accelera- tion in army enlistments has been noted all over the army’s eight-state Ninth Corps area, and the cam- paign to bring the army up to its authorized peace time strength, ac- cording to an announcement re- leased at headquarters here. Each month’s enlistments are showing a marked increase over the preceding month as the recruiting efforts get into full swing. The applicant of today has a wide choice of branch and station, it was pointed out by Major Charles C. Quigley, corps area recruiting of- ficer. He may make application for enlistment at the most outlying re- cruiting office and be assured of the same choice ‘of branch and station for a period of longer than seven days at the place of enlistment. For those who select foreign service as- | signments, army transports are sail- | ing on schedule to carry these men | to their overseas station. The quotas for the air corps and | big drawing card, the major said. Heretofore men were usually placed on waiting lists for these services |and sometimes it was many months | before they were called, | e MARRIAGE LICENSE A marriage license has been is- sued by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray to Horace R. Blood and Amy Lou Guerin, both of Juneau. S " PR PRINCE RUPERT PRICES At Prince Rupert today 76,000 pounds of halibut were sold at 10 60 to 11.60 and 7 cents a pound. | anti-aircraft units seem to be the| in normal peacetime trade between the two nations. || Stock QuoTATIO s! i NEW YORK, Oct. 11. — Closing {quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 67, American Can 1113%, American Power and Light 5%, Anaconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel 89, Commonwealt hand Southern 1112, Curtiss Wright 7, General Mot- {ors 54%, International Harvester : 641, Kennecott 39%, New York Cen- tral 21%, Northern Pacific 11%, | United States Steel 75'%, Pound 1$4.03%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones average: rails 33.95, utilities 25.52. | plains promised relief. | A sample of the temperatures yes- terday follows Newark 91, Washington 99.7, Balti- more 92, New Haven 87, Atlantic City 85 degrees. | At the other extreme, Leadville, Colo., had 11 degrees above zero. | PLAY REHEARSAL | BRINGS RIOT CALL LA PLATA, Argentina, Oct. 11 — Police answering a riot call arrived at the door of a house here just as| |a woman’s cry rang out, “You have| |killed your own father!” The of-| ficers broke down the door and| Industrials 151.34,(and a friend were rehearsing for a pound halibut, play. bad weather hampers operations. French dispatches d German “Suicide Squads” were repulsed when they tried feeler operations and the night “passed” quietly.” - eee Fish Gulps Beer Boftle NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—The fish that swallowed a beer bottie made this a red letter day at the Fulton Fish Market. Members of the Fishery Council —dealers of the Middle Atlantic and Eastern area—stared when a cleaner It was a stubby bottle, | Virginia countryside. Also a thou- sand army trucks can jam 50 miles |of Virginia country road until a greased pig couldn’t squeeze through. When that happens the boys go to war as they have from time’s be- ginning. The boys get out and leg =1L across the fields. :(T()NGRESS WAS MISSING What we missed at Manassas was Congress. Congress quit early on the |day of the first battle of Bull Run lin 1861 and followed the Union forces out of town to watch them wrap up the Johnny Rebs. Members perched themselves on convenient hillsides to see such sport as Con- gress is rarely treated to. Hastily and badly organized, both Feds and Confeds were about to take swept into a room where the woman | found the empty bottle in a tweniy- o their heels before the battle was (Continued on Page Five) ) main comes a State. City's Thanks Mayor Harry I. Lucas expressed the appreciation of Juneau to Gov. Troy for his work on the City's be- | half. He read a sheaf of telegrams received from friends of the Gov- ernor who were unable to be in Ju- neau for the banquet but who wished to send in their testimonials any- way. Charles W. Carter, speaking on {behalf of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and the Pioneers of Al- aska, said that unlike many of the Territory's officials in the past, John Troy is an Alaskan and his heart is |in Alaska. “The one bright spot in this resig- nation,” said Carter, “is that even after Gov. Troy goes out of office {Continued cn Page Eight) unchanged until Alaska be- | IS 55 TODA | WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. — Mrs. | Pranklin D. Roosevelt slipped into | daily routine today, paying little at= tention to the fact that it was her 55th birthday. The First Lady has summed up her birthday philosophy with the | observation that a person doesn't ]‘[Pel s0 old if she refuses to get ex- cited about birthdays. The only official celebration at | the White House will take place to- |night at dinner. A cake with the | traditional 21 candles blazing on it |will be carried in and set before |Mrs. Roosevelt, The President, Franklin Jr, and Jimmy are the only members of the immediate family expected to join the First Lady in the birthday cake ceremon- “ials.