The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 30, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8272. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER -3(), 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'FINLAND IS INVADED BY RUSSIA * * » * * * * * * * * * * L * * * * * * » - » - - - 'ATTACK BY TROOPS, WARSHIPS, PLANE DALADIER IS GIVEN POWER FOR DECREES Wins Army Committee of Chamber After Bitter Six-Hour Battle — Premier Daladier won ac e today from the Army ttee of the Chamber of Deputies for his demand of powers to rule Fran by decree during the duration of the present war with Ger- many. In the committee’s third vote, the Premier won by 17 ballots to At first, the committee declin- ed to approve the measure as it was presented to Parliament and it was only after six hours of difficult negotiation during most of which time the Cham- as in recess that Premier dier won a complete vic- PARIS, Nov. ber Daladier’s extension of pow- ers were necessary, he said, “to win the war.” The' Premier told the Legisla- tors: “The time has not yet come to speak publicly of our goals and conditions of peace. We want peace and security, but what is necessary first is to win the war. That is the sole aim towards which we must bend all our energies.” The Premier declared that France's forces are strong enough to break the enemy’s attacks. — > WILLIAMS, LOGAN IN VANCOUVER ON MOTORCYCLE TRIP Travel 2,000 Miles Over Roadless Wilds of Alas- ka and Northern B. C. VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov. 30— Bearded and tanned after a 2,000- miie motorcycle trip through the roadless wilds of Alaska and North- ern British Columbia, “Slim” Wil-! liams and Jom Logan enjoyed real city life last night for the first time in months. The two adventurers arrived here late yesterday at the end of the| first leg of the journey that will| take them eventually to Washing- ton where they will hoost for the British Columbia-Alaska highway. ! The travelers are due in Seattle| temorrow, then they will go to Vie- | toria and call on Premier Pattullo, firm advocate of the International Highway. On the motoreycle trip from Fair- banks, Williams and Logan covered the route which the Vancouver to! Fairbanks road might follow. | SWEDISH SAILINGS TO FINLAND GIVEN CANCELLING ORDER| STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30. — The Swedish government has cancelled all ship sailings to Finnish ports. Ships at ‘sea have been recalled by wireless. Swedish citizens in Finland have been advised to return home and a special steamer has been char- tered to return them to Sweden. Airplane lines also cancelled flights. The phone company reported that all telephonic communication with Helsinki and other Finnisn centers of population has been cut off, | mended in his annual report to S {retary | telephone network to provide relief | | quarters of Surrenders in Two-Gun Slaying | 1 | ) ; New Worries Blond Corinne Maddox leveled down with a gun in each hand and before the eyes of Main Street onlookers mortally wounded Brooks C. Coffman, 40-year-old Dallas, Tex., lawyer, accused of stabbing her last spring. Ignoring the screams of the victim, she calmly pocketed the two guns, walked unhurriedly down the Dallas street and sur- rendered. Coffman died soon after. Miss Maddox is shown after she had surrendered. FULL TERRITORY STATUS FOR ALASKA ADVOCATED IN GOVERNOR'S REPORT Timber volume 5 estimated at 84 billion board fe Water power al plants are show total y resources in S to about WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Gov John W. Troy of Alaska has recom- tes suitable for in- vailable. Sur- round water putheast Alas- 800,000 horse- ! du veys power |ka equal power. Travel to the Territory showed a decrease of about 5,000 passenger: to a total of 68065. Passenger travel on the Alaska Railroad yielded a revenue of $259.452 and freight traf- fic $1,634,393 but operations showed a deficit of $19,831. Interior Harold rerritorial govern- 1 upon Alaska of the Ickes that full, ment be conferr “More than ever I am convinced the people of the Territ prepared to exercise inte and capably those prims of self government which were tained in the organic acts of Territories,” the Governor d Governor Troy asked Interior De- partment aid in coordination of ag-| encies necessary to establish a radio in cases of illness and other emer- | 320 AMERICANS from Washington to Ala: y Aviation Develepment | Further development of aviation in the Territory is also recom- mended. The Governor reported the total value of the Alaskan gold output was $23,170,000 in 1938, an increase of a million dollars over any previous He said the valu the Territory’'s mineral output for the year wi $28,607.000. It was .$26,- 989,000 the previous year. The Governor reported 60 new corporations were established dur- ing the year. Highway Feasible Governor Troy told Secretary Ickes the proposed International, Highway which would join Alaska and the United States was feasible from an ineering standpoint. Exports“to the United States de- clined to $72139,898 in the year which ended June 30 from $81,906,036 us year. The drop was| caused chiefly by decreases in fish- eries exports and in copper ore. |on the Northland tonight for Ket- Attention was called to the forests! chikan on routine business. He ex- of the Territory which are said to|pects to return about December be capable of producing more than|12. until which time the local office 1,000,000 tons of newsprint annually. [will be closed, * WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — The State Department revealed today that only 320 United States citi- zens are listed as residents of Fin- land. The list was prepared last January The Depart States ent listed 400 Unit- living in Rus- ens cit United States nationals were not !warned to leave either Russia or Finland prior to the outbreak of | hostilities, but it was pointed out that some of them may have re- turned to the United States on the outbreak of the European war last September. - - OVERBY LEAVING FOR KETCHIKAN Wesley C. Overby, Deput or of Internal Revenue, is leaving Collect- | PESIDENT, - HULL HAVE QUICKTALK Sudden lni)asion of Fin- land by Russia Cause SHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Secre- tary of State Hull greeted P Roosevelt at the Railroad s with a fresh group of problems ar from Finnish hostilities, President returned from a vacation in Warm Springs, and im- mediately took up study of the Neu- trality Act in the light of the new | conflict in Europe I The nish declaration of a state of w regarded as the probability that the month-old Neutrality law may be invoked. If fully in the law will prohibit Jnited States ships from trading with either Russia or Finland—al- though Russian ports in the Far East lie far away from the theatre of war Both officials appeared grave at MRS. ROOSEVELT ATTENDING DIES | GROUP HEARINGS (Says She Came Just as Spectator-Not Invited fo Be Witness WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — Mrs.| | Franklin D. Roosevelt dropped in| j unexpectedly today on the Dies com- I mittee “just to listen,” she said, to testimony of American Youth Con- gress officials. | The Lady, | few days ago she was willing to be | !a committee witness, said this time | she had no plans to testify now. | Asked whether or not she would| take the stand if invited to do so Y W ation neu- the who declared a | increasing Political ob: Political observers indicate the will be retired from public life cate he does not NETHERLANDS IS she replied, smiling, she hadn't| |been asked, but had come as a| | spectator. | { No immediate move on the part |of the committee itself was made ito invite her to the witness stand |but Acting Chairman Starnes in ,which the First Lady declined to do.| | — e — | | | ‘NEWSMAN (OME BACK | | FROM COURT SESSION Mr. and Mrs. John Newman re- | turned on the Alaska from Ketchi- |kan. The Newmans took residence 'in the First City while Mr. Newman attended court sessions in his ca-| pacity of Court Reporter. | Netherlands' ASKING BIG;SUM AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30. — The government asked Parliament today to allocate abou | \vited her to sit with the committee, | $52.000,000 to obtaining raw ma- terial for Dutch industry Semi-official sources denied- re- Jorts published by several news- papers that the Dutch government will furnish warship convoys for vessels trading through the Allied blockade of Germany. e BUENOS AIRES.—Argentina naval survey vessels are trying to asc tain the identity of a mysterious ship equipped with planes and reported in these waters. ROOSEVELT WAY VERY FAST; - FIRST LADY, OTHER MEMBERS PROVE WHAT CAN BE HURRIED ———— By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. — Mrs. Roosevelt recently wrote that certain people called on her the other night in St. Louis to take her some place and she needed only 25 minutes to ! get ready. That, to our own recollec- | tion, is a national woman's indoor championship. She was caught absolutely flat- | !footed. She was expected to be| ready when they came, but had for- | |gotten the hour. And in 25 minutes e was ready. nothing to do with the idea. Th insisted that getting ready in minutes wasn't democratic, nor even liberal, but downright revolutiona Besides, one remarked, maybe time doesn't fly so fast in St. Louls and besides the clock is an hour slower there than in the eastern time belt. They believed that should prove something. ROOSEVELTS MOVE RAPIDLY But for Mrs. Roosevelt to get ready in 25 minutes is no surprise to the We showed this item to women| — {we know, but they would have| ervers speculate on the significance of a remark dropped by President Roosevelt as he officiated at the cornerstone laying of the Thomas Jefferson memorial in Washington. shown at the memorial site, said that “I hope by January, 1941, 1 shall be able to come to the final dedication of the memorial itself.” The president, president may have meant that he on that date. If so, it would ind/ plan to run in 1940, FRITZ KUHN, LEADER OF GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND, FOUND GUILTY ON 5 COUNTS NEW YORK, Nov, 30.—Friiz Kuhn was convicted last night of grand | larceny and forgery and alleged theft of money from his Ge an- American Bund. Eight and one-half hours after | receiving the case, the jury of twelve business men announced the verdic a conviction on all five counts, whic! was left to the jury’s decision. The maximum penalty for | Bund’s portly Fuehrer can be years in prison. Sentence will be imposed on De- | cember 5. | As foreman of the jury announced ;lho verdict, Kuhn stood erect, :hllnk(‘d his eyes, then sank back | against the court railing. He said nothing. Mrs. Kuhn, who had attended a few of the sesslons during the trial | was not present, neither was the woman Kuhn is alleged to have spent much of his money on D the 30 Vatican Newspaper ROME, Nov. 30—The Vatican City Newspaper said today that Russia’s aggression against Fin- land threatened a spread of Com- munism as well as Finland's inde- pender Said the paper: “The fate of Europe is largely bound up | with that of Finland. — e —— - BLOWNU LONDON, Nov. 30—The 2700- ton British steamer Sheafcrest is | reported to have been sunk by a | mine off the Southeast British coast. Twenty-five survivors have been landed, several of them injured se- verely, Phird Term Hine by - D. K<~ ACT OF AGGRESSION IS STARTED EARLY TODAY ALONG GULF OF FINLAND BY SOVIET UNION FORCES Soldiers March Across Border - Picturesque Port of Helsinki Bombed - Port of Viipuri Shelled, Set in Flames - Little Nation Declares War - Anti-Air- «raft Batferies Are Fighting Back (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) . Russian troops, warships and bombing planes launched an invasion of Finland today. Within a few hours, the Red Army forces had pushed across the Finnish border on the Karelian Isth- north of Leningrad. War planes of Russia twice bombed Helsinki and then set the port of Viipuri in flames. Warships have begun seizing Finnish islands in the Gulf of Finland. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Helsinki said Finland declared war on Russia after the invasion. Finnish anti-aircraft batteries fought back the invading bombing planes which directed their first at- tack upon Finland’s capital upon the Malm Airport on the outskirts of the city. In later attacks, bombs fell in the heart of Helsinki itself, many times declared one of the most beautiful ports and cleanest cities in the world. The city of Viipuri, 65 miles from the Soviet bor- | der, was attacked by warships as well as bombing | planes and sections of the port are in flames. | Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko declared the Russian attack was the “parest aggression imaginable, as the reason for the attack used was the pretext we had in- vaded Russian territory and our troops threatened Len- ingrad. We haven’t done anything of the kind.” The triple attack came less than a day after Rus- | 2 broke off diplomatic relations with Finland and less | than two days after she unilaterally denounced the | Finnish-Russian non-aggression pact. The attack came also, less than two months after Russia made her first territorial demands upon her i little neighbor and Finland refused to yield to Russia as } had Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania before her. A . Flames are reperted this after- ! noon in many sections of Helsinki {and the crackling of the roaring fires are heard in the central sece | RUSSIA HAS | | tion and also suburbs, | Three air raids have been mad¢ D E M A N DS oN | on Helsinki and many civilians have | been killed or wounded. S ven planes roared over the city | | “ this afternoon and dropped at least | one dozen bombs. One of the mis= | siles is reported to have struck near a hospital. Evacuation Ordered The Helsinki authorities, it fis stated, will order evacuation of the city by tomorrow at the latest. From Kronstadt comes the re- port the Russian troops have com- pleted occupation of the island of | Sesmkri in the Gulf of Finland. | eral fires are reported to Ramors Circulafed in Oslo| | Three Naval Bases ‘ Are Wanted OSLO, Norway, Nov. 30.—Rumors | .. L s & | are circulated here today that Rus- | pove - Z‘r:):pe;“‘i:“fm s - sia is demanding three naval bases | gy .. . o on Norway's northern coast. Nor- 2 way's coast on the. Arctic is sep- | | arated from the Russian coast only | by Pinland’s narrow corridor to the | | northern waters, - Finnish Fleet Out The Finnish fleet steamed oub of Helsinki Harbor early today to engage a Russian warship report- ed approaching the Finnish coast. Finland’s naval forces consist of two cruisers—an undisclosed num- ber of small destroyers, five modern submarines and a considerable number of gunboats, minelayers, SUBMARINE ~ ISINTOW ST. AVENGER, Norway, Nov. 30.! —Two British warships, one appar- ently a large cruiser, has arrived at Haygvalstad, near here, towing a damaaged submarine marked TR-53. Residents believe the British ships were in a battle reported off the between warships lcoast yesterday and airplanes,