The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1939, Page 1

THLE DAILY ALA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE ’ll’lll"’ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECE MBI R 5, I‘)}‘) SKA EMPIRE 'VHMBI ‘R A\SS()(I/\H l) l’Rl,bb PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LV., NO. 8276. NORWAY AND SWEDEN ARE FACING WAR | FRITZ KUHN MUSTGOTO PRISON CELL German - American Bund Leader Sentenced to 2% to Five Years NEW YORK, Dec — Fritz | Kuhn, German-American Bund leader, was today sentenced to| prison for a term of two and one- | half to five years. Kuhn was convicted last week of and la y of the Bund's funds. ntence today was imposed on the count of grand larceny in the James Murray transaction and two | counts of forgery in that connec- tion | Sentence was suspended by Judge Wallace on the transaction in-| volving the alleged payment of | moving expenses for Mrs, Virginia | Camp, the “blonde angel” men-| tioned in Kuhn's love letters. | Murray testified during the trial he never received $500 Kuhn claimed to have paid him for legal services, The other allegedly Judge quest of sentence, e =S e Invasion of Finland Will Be Profested U. S. Willing o Join Pan- Americans in Con- demnation WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Sumner Wells, Acting Secretary of State, announced today that the United States Government has notified cer- tain Latin American nations it will be glad to participate in a joint Pan American condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ffinlnml CANADIAN AR | FORCEIS OPENTO | MANY NATIONALS ... .. day, Anti- have occurred Today thror of the Finnish Le ed, Throngs ha 5 charge concerned $717 given to Mrs. Camp. Wallace denied the re- the defense to suspend Bowl, six-foot level, Henry Jones, RUSSIA NOT AT Cheer Finns Buf Aroused Af Russians Hfalians for Fourth Day Stage Demonstra- tions in Rome or the fourth | demonstrations 5. viet here. hered in front ation and cheer American Citizens as Well as Others May Now Enlist in Service OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 5—United States citizens who make applica- | lines to get to the Embassy. | tion from Canada, and men of Eu- - ropean descent 11ving in Canada but not naturalized, may enlist in SE(REI WEAPON the Royal Canadian Air Force. IS BEING USED, This the announcement made today by the Canadian Departtment of National Defense. Hundreds of such applications ‘Results Seem to Be " Satis- | factory’” Is Offic- ial Report have been received, it is said, many of them from citizens of the United States. The number of applicants! LONDON, Dec. 5—Despite fur- ther shipping losses, authoritative > been prevented by | troops from gathering before the So- viet Embassy. Several *futile at- tempts were made to rush the troop | | | | { however, is not revealed. SHIPPING CLERKS' SpREAD ElSEWHERE sources indicate that Great Bri- u;m new secret weapon, which is “very satisfactory,” is combatting SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Dec. 5.| | German magnell( mines. -—Waterfront Employers refused to- | - day to submit to the question of preferential employment of dock | Go AFTER SPIES clerks as an arbitration move. | CIO leader Bridges said the| striking Ship Clerks Union is now WASHINCTON. Dec. 5—Attor- considering “pulling men in olhn‘r‘ney General Murphy pwedicted to- harbors off cargoes which have|day that the Justice Department's| been diverted from San Francisco.|drive against foreign spies soon will The employers said they would result in indictments. not arbitrate_on the “selection of| Murphy conferred with President supervisors and monthly clerks.” | Roosevelt to discuss the campaign This issue is paramount among| against foreign agents. He said: others which has caused a strike|later that a grand jury will be now in the 25th day. | called in Washington and others Last night the union consented|in various sections of the country, to the proposal of arbitration sub-|to hear evidence assembled by G- mitted by Dr. Louis Bloch, Federal | Men against operatives of foreign Maritime Labor Board member. |powers, | toff | Government ' Treasure Hunters Find Waich The only tangible result—besides an eight-foot hole—of the combined Iabors of a half dozen men searching for treasure at the Hollywood was a rusty watch, of comparative recent origin, director of the the watch which was given to a small boy. found at the hunt, shown holding WAR WITH FINLAND, SOVIET PREMIER SAYS;MEDIATION REJECTED —=Soviet Rus- follow- League MOSCOW, Dec. 5. sia has given evidence of ing Germany out of the | of Nations and has informed the League she will ignore proceed- ings called Saturday and Monday to consider Finland’s protests. Russian Premier Molotoff has | made the following declaration: Soviet Russia is not ir of war with Finland Second—Russia is maintaining peaceful relations with the Teri- Jjocki Government which was es- tablished in Finnish territory last Saturday under protection of the Red troops. Third—The Helsinki Government resigned its powers” and fled from | the Capital City and therefore the petition to the League of Nations was not made by “authorized rep- Fourth—The mutual assistan pact with the Puppet Government “has settled all questions. Rejects Mediation Simultaneously, Premier Molo- rejected mediation overtures the Swedish Minister in in behalf of the Helsinki declaring that Russia that Govern- First, a state made by Moscow Government does not recognize | ment. That New Pact Last Saturday night, the Soviet signed a far-reaching mutual assistance pact with its Puppet Government in Finland This is the pact referred o by Premier Molotoff. The new pact was signed by Premier Molotoff and the Premier of the Soviet instituted so-called People’s Government of the Demo- cratic Finnish Republic The Soviet Government prom- ised the new government that the Soviet Union would extend it every kind of mutual military assistance in case of attack or threat of at- tack by any European power. Further Conclusions Both parties agreed further not| to conclude any agreement or par- ticipate in any coalition against the other party to the treaty. In addition to its mutual assis- tance features, raised by Moscow’s original de- mands on Finland which led to the present conflict. The treaty provided for the snlr of 1,521 square miles of mem territory on the Karelian north of Lenningrad to Rus.su for $2,400,000. The Hangoe Peninsula at would be leased to the Soviet Gov- (Continued on Page Four) the treaty under- | takes to settle all the questions| the | !enlrance of the Gulf of Finland KICK RUSSIA FROMLEAGUE IS PROPOSAL Soviet Unioh’i Refusal fo Discuss Finland Arouses Ire GENEVA, Dec. 5 | Moscow’s refusal to take part in a | meeting of the League of Nations to arbitrate the Finnish problem, because as claimed by Soviet Pre- | mier Molotoff the move is an in- sult because the Helsinki Govern- ment is not recognized as it no longer exists and the inspired Peo- ple’s Government is the governs ment, expressions are general that Russia faces the choice of quitting} the League or being kicked out, Argentina and Ur ay both pro- pose that Russia be ousted from the League of Nations because of invasion of Finiand ! It is indicated that the same sug= géstion - will be made by other South American countries, £ - 10,000-Ton - British Ship Sent Down Freighter Doric Is Sunk by Raider, Pesumably Adm. Scheer 5. Foliowing | LONDON, Dec. ton British freighter bound from Australia to Great Britain, has admittedly been sunk in the South Atlantic Ocean by a raider, presumably Germany’s pock- et battleship Admiral Scheer. The Doric had a crew of 70 and accommodations for six passengers. Fate of crew and passengers are unknown. BLONDE SLAYER GIVES OFFICERS POSITIVE SLIP Winnie Ruth Judd Still at Liberty-Suicide Is Now Feared PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec Police are spurred in their hunt for fu- gitive blonde wyer Winnie Ruth Judd by the fear she may take her own life. Relatives and friends of the 34- year-old convicted trunk slayer told offi 5 that Mrs. Judd has threat- ened suicide rather than return to the Arizona State hospital | In a note left for the Rev. Rob- ert Warren, Mrs. Judd wrote that she might kill herself before giving up a second time to authorities the hospital. Mrs. Judd fled Sunday night in her second successful escape within six weeks. Bloodhounds have failed to fol low up her trail and pursuers admit that Mrs. Judd has given them the | slip. | e BLACKOUTS 10 - BE RELAXED ON ~ LONDON STORES The 10,000~ Doric Star, LONDON, Dec. 5—The govern- | ment announced that the black- | out restrictions will be relaxed to permit shopkeepers to light their windows to stimulate Christmas | business. R INDICTMENTS DETROIT, Dec. Government investigation of the building trades industry brought | Grand Jury anti-trust indictments today against 35 individuals, two |A. F. of L. unions and eight na-| luonal companies, | 5 5. — A Pederasl i | berlain ARTILLERY FIRE Germans Sweep Own Shipping While Allied and neutral shipping con Sea, Nazi mine sweepers are active clearing the v photo above shows a fleet of Nas W raft gun, just in case of “unexpected business.” ity of thei par mine sweepers on p is adjusting an an Former Poli: rs to be blasted by German n own ship lanes i e ] es strewn throughout the North the Baltie, Unusually Gun crew on afterdeck in foreground h Luxury Liner Is Mine Victim Sent to llu bottom by a magnetic mine in the North Sea November 26 was the four-year-old streamlined liner Pilsudski miralty following Germany’s sei brought to an English port. Same day Rawalpindi struck a mine in the same area, re of Poland. Six of her crew w SMART LINED DESTROYERS TO BE CONSTRUCTED FOR (hamberlam | asmoron v oo InTightBoxal Present Time | recent classes of destroyers appears de. to recon by let- to spring from an effort schools of thought their way. those cile two (ting both have | Destroye are slim-hipped boats, of a middie-weight t, that can outrun any warship afloat. They have two major duties or neutralize Prime Minister May Agree ! vt i i fo Secret Session of | v compel i w Parhament disadvantageous low-cut, about the size battle which ¢ to enemy ta a position or they they I They must be fast brought down before come close enough their torpedoes. They must be nimble dodge torpedoes and gunfire must both will be can to 5.—Sources close indicate LONDON, Dec to the British government that Prime Minister Neville will accede to the Libera) Party for demands for & "hey ret session of Parliament next week | power, to talk about war supplies. tubes, The Labor Liberal Party, it is said,| Finally, they must be seaworthy does not believe everything Cham-| under all conditions, for they must berlain has said about war prepara- | accompany the fleet or tions. | independently themselves |less of distance or weather. to flee carry massive fire in guns and torpedo D e an estimated 250 were believed lost when the Nazi mines took a toll of ni A score of Britis o ships in two days. pictured above, one of two transatlantic vessels transferred to command of the British Ad- njured were h transport FirstFiling for April Primary NAVY FROM TWO DESIGNS| Isto Be Made s | as a cat, Each of these requirements runs| contrary to one or more of the | others. !WORI.D WAR EXPERIENCE Old-line officers hafe always em- phasized seaworthiness. They g0 back only to the World War to point out that efforts of bright young officers to put more and more gadgets on the Ford eagle boats brought a naval scandal These, in original design, were sea- worthy. By the time all the sur- plus gadgets were installed they ISREPORTED ON WESTERN FRONT PABR?S, Dec. 5.—Artillery fire en- livened an otherwise dull day on the Western Front but no military de- velopments of any magnitude took place ‘according to an official com- munique issued late this afternoon |by the French High Command (Continued on Page $ix) need | last night Frank S. B&rfies, gell Seeks Sen onG.0.P. The first tiling for primary next April wrrive in the mail kon from Wrangell Henry Benson rece i endi Senator Last high man c gell, that he this time for publican ticket Barne lican loting The ticket ine Novemk Republicans, Jenson, to make and to pick the best among the ranks, - are aboard the of Wran- atorship Ticket the Territorial expected Yu- to ived a radio- to destroy | gram today from Frank S. Barnes, submarines, and 1o i, (he fishing industry at Wran- | bitter attack of the organ against filing, on the Re- election, Mr, n the Repub- ber, 1938, bal- ng his according to filings early timber from Ambassador Wright Dies HAVANA, Cuba States Amba Wright, 62, ve mat and former Mini oslovakia ador pran following ar - NO ACTIVITY De died in a hospital " J career diplo- ster to Czech- here 1 operation. ON WESTERN FRONT BERLIN, Dec. 5. {on the Western Front {Only minor skirmishes ~The conflict is stalemated. are reported United | Butler| 155 1nn and not at Mike's Place, Lanes for Mines HN'_AND'S TROUBLES SPREADING :Conflid in North May Now | Involve Scandinavian Countries 'PEACE CONFERENCE IS CALLED FOR THURSDAY (Russians Preparing for Further Bombing of Defenders (By Associated Press) Embattled Finland's plight undex Russian invasion has stirred her alarmed Scandinavian neighbors te new peace efforts and also prepar< | ations for a possible war. Sweden today called up about 40,000 more men to the colors, bringing her armed forces to 150, 000 Conference Called Norway has invited Foreign Min- isters of Sweden and Denmark for a conference scheduled for Thurs- |day as to ways of possibly bring- ing peace between Russia and Fin- |land. Both nations acocepted the in- vitation, ] Russian Movements | Rejecting participation in the | League of Nations meeting on Fin- land’s appeal for arbitration, Rus- | sia. today reported her troops are | continuing to advance in Finland | both north and south. The official communique says the Russian | forces have penetrated 30 miles on the Karelain Isthmus, and 16 miles below Petsamo, Finland's Arctic | outlet. | Prepare for Bombing Russian bombing preparations are renewed after a lapse of 48 hours because of bad weather. Finland is rushing fortifications on Aaland Island to keep sea com- munications open with Sweden, a | vital route if any aid is to be given Finland by the Scandinavian nations, UNITED STATES UNDER ATTACK RUSSIAN PARTY MOSCOW, Dec. 5. — The Com- munist Party ‘newspaper today | called upon American toilers to defeat war plans of American “Im- | perialism” and declared that the “American Communist Party is | now actively preparing for fulfill- ment of its historical task in the ne international situation.” The call is made in an articld |in the monthly magazine Agitators, The article further states propa-< |ganda and material to Party or- ganizers and lecturers in the Unit- ed States is being liberally fur- nished ‘The entire H. Ross and article is signed by is by far the mosk the here. KING VISITING MEN AT FRONT PARIS, Dec. 5—King George, fol- lowing the World War example of his father, is paying a visit to the forces on the Western Front. He arrived in France yesterday aboard a British destroyer. - WRONG PLAC Roland Hunt, arrested yesterday on a charge of driving while under the influence of liquor, was em- ployed as a bartender at the Doug- United States yet to appear as reported erroneously. lllll| ' ' < | ] | mu Christmas I THING SANTA H/H/V/réd THING IN aoserl I\