The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 8, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8279. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIA TO BEGIN BLOCKADE OF FINLAND GERMAN SUB SENT DOWN; RFC PLANES Airmen StoTeWTwo Hits fo. Send Nazi U-Boat fo Bottom BRITISH LOSSES CONTINUE AT SEA Anfi-Aircraft Guns Make, Number of Hifs on | Raiding Planes LONDON, Dec. 8.—British war- planes bombed and destroyed a German submarine today the Air Ministry announced for the day’s outstanding episode in dogged sea and air campaigns. | The sub sank after two direct| hits were scored, the announce-| ment related. | Britain’s sea losses also con- tinued as the 1,000-ton cargo steamer Merel struck a mine off the southeast coast and sank with the rescue of only two of its crew 18 reported. Landing survivors also disclosed | the sinking of 734-ton British | steamer Whintown after a colli- sion with the trawler Leo Lloyds, Shipping Losses Merchant shipping losses of the Allies were listed today for the war as aggregating 86 British ves- | sels totaling 330,000 tons, 10 French | vessels representing 55,000 tons, and | 14,000 tons for the Polish, repre- sented in the sinking of the l\l‘.‘_‘l Pilsudski. Lloyds of London listed the loss‘ of the British merchant vessel Orsa | October 23, as a war victim. No| previous announcement had been| made here of the loss of this 1,-/| of | 400-ton craft. Nazi Aircraft Seen The Air Ministry said German| aircraft were reported off the| east coast during the night. “Royal Air Force aircraft were | sent up to intercept them and one | enemy aircraft which approached | the Thames Estuary was driven| off by anti-aircraft fire,” the Air| Ministry announced. ARTILLERY FIRE First Engagement of Kind Ickes’ Soni_tvo Marry Soon Raymond Ickes | | Miralotta Sauer An assistant United States attorney in Chicago, Raymond Ickes, sen of the United States secreta Miralotta Lucia Sauer, ‘Winnetka, Ill, Dec. 16. daughter of Dr. Miss Sauer is a graduate of Northwestern ry of the interior, will marry Louis Wendlin Sauer of university. Another REPORTED TODAY FINN-RUSS FRONT| Is Raging Within Invaded Land VIIPURI, Finland, Dec. 8. nish and Russian artillery duels are! reported in progress this afternoon —Fin- Body dy of | Prospedor Is Foundin Cabin; MayBe |his record which included organ- |ized labor's opposition for calling| |out the National Guard during| strikes. | Wilderness Kill 8. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. y of the body of Al Bre: , in his cabin on a remote trail about 20 miles beyond Chicka- loon, has aroused fears of an-| other wilderness killing although | details are lacking on how or by whom the body was found. Four persons were slain several months ago in the Cache Creek region and this tragedy has never been satisfactorily cleared up. Deputy Marshal Joe Bell said a party will probably be organized at Palmer to go to the cakin Breese was an oldtime pector. | |ciple of international law. pros- - - LEON TROTZKY TO ICKES GIVES | ment during which he said he did not believe President Roosevelt had British coast. | decided on the former Indiana| Governor to succeed him in the White House in the event he did |not run for a third term him- | tain, the American Government said |of its nationals and is meanwhile | HIS BELIEFS ONPOLITICS Says Liberéis‘o_f Both Par- ties Will Not Sup- port McNutt WASHING'TON, tary of Interior Harold Ickes today said that Roosevelt liberals| in both the Democratic and Re-| publican parties would not support | the ticket headed by Paul V. Me- | Nutt for President in 1940, Secretary Ickes made the state- to reporters the end of | a hectic conference with newsmen | Dec. 8 L. -Secre- self. Secretary Ickes said the liberals are opposed to McNutt because of BRITISH ARE GIVEN AMERICAN NOTE ON BLOCKADING Washington Reserves All! Rights to Claim Dam- ages for U. S. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — The United States is formally reserving all its rights to recover on damages | which it may suffer as a result of Great Britain's blockade of German exports, The blockade DANGER AHEAD?—wa ish Pres. Ismet Inonu and Army called a prin-| In a formal note to Great Bri-| it is “under necessity requesting L'nac measures adopted by the British Government shall not cause inter- ference with the legitimate trade reserving all its rights and rights | soldiers’ parade as Turkey celebrated 16 years as republic, . (CC AIDS MEDICAL RESEARCH AS VACCINE TESTING GROUND British Merchantmen Convoyed to Safety Passed by the British censors, this picture shows British merchantmen convoy On each ship lookouts scan the waters for signs o possible loss of submarines by sowing the paths of convoys tchdogs of ¢he Dardanelles, Turke Chief Cakmak eyed sharply the | f subs and mines. with mines wherever possible. ed by warships off thy Germany has avoide} BIGBRITISH VESSEL SUNK ON ATLANTIC Ship Goes Down Eight Min- ufes After Hit - 43 Men Missing LONDON, Dec. 8. — Forty-three members of the crew of the Royal Mail Line Navasota, 8,700 tons, are | reported missnig after the vesse) was | torpedoed in the Atlantic, PFirst report said 43 survivors were landed. The big ship sank within eight minutes after hit. eee- POST OFFICE KEEPS OPEN SATURDAY PINCH PLAN MANEUVERED BY SOVIETS Neutral Shifis Given Twen- fy-four Hours fo Get Ouf of Zone FRENCH COMPLETE IND LINE DEFENSES Fascist Il;iy_Comes Ouf with Communique - on Policy BULLETIN— WASHINGTON, Dec, 8.—Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull stated late this af- ternoon the American Govern- ment will hold the Russian gov- ernment responsible for any damages or injuries to Amer- icams or American interests as the result of the announced blockade of Finland. (By Associated Press) Russia increased pressure on Fin« land today by declaring a blockade while her troops were reported ad- vancing from the north, east and south in their invasion. In Europe’s other war, the sali- ent development is the French re- port that a second system of for- tifications on the Western Front has been completed behind the famous Maginot Line, doubling France’s frontier defense works. In Rome, a Fascist Grand Coun- cil meeting was held under Pre- mier Mussolini to weigh Italy’s role anew in the light of developments in Allied-German conflict and Russia’s drive to the west. Italy No Belligerent It was decided at the session that the Fascist-Nazi military alliance remains in ful! force and Italy ad- heres to her status as “no belliger~ ent.” The Council said Italy intends to safeguard her seacoast commerce “in a most explicit manner” as a result of the Allies’ total blockade. It was also said Italy has sharp interest in “everything which may happen in the Danube-Balkan basin.” This last declaration was seen as At the same time, authoritative | . gl reports said five German planes|near the village of Summa, were hit by anti-aircraft fire in an [miles from this southeastern Fin-| engagement over the east coast of | msh outpost and 40 miles inside Fin- |of its nationals wherever they may | be infringed.” an implied warning to Rusia to keep hands off in the Balkans. Blockade of Finland (By PRESTON GROVER) WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. — The| {Window for Christmas COMETO U.S.T0 Scotland yesterday By Hoover fo Head Finn Fund Drive Issues Statement that Newspapers Aid, Peo- ple fo Subscribe LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 8.— Herbert Hoover issued a statement today announcing he has consent- ed to organize a nationwide Fin- nish Relief fund movement and immediately asked the newspapers to * pouse the fund in their lo- cality.” Hoover expressed the hope the people will cooperate with the aid | of the newspapers. Hoover said Finland is not 8| rich country and the ‘“people h:wzq | i i little in reserve for emergercy and the heroic defense of their little nation.” GOING TO William Burns, Territorial as: er with headquarters at the Uni- versity of Alaska, is leaving the in- terior soon for a visit to the States, SLIDE BLOCKING | Dewey Lake, which is subjected to |very heavy fishing. | General | | i The engagement opened the first | real artillery exchange between the | |invaders and defenders on land since the invasion started. | | s WHITE PASS R. R. FINALLY CLEARED A slide which blocked the rails| of the White Pass and Yukon| Rou(e for two days has been | cleared away and service resumed, Oliver T. Edwards of the Forest Service reported today on his re- turn from a Lynn Canal trip. The slide, between Skagway and the summit, made it necessary for passengers arriving on the last Princess hoat to be carried to Whitehorse by airplane. Edwards, with the help of CCC Foreman Milo Clouse, planted 50,- 000 eastern brook trout eggs in RS o l Stock QUOTATIONS it NEW YORK, Dec. 8. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can |112, American Power and Light 4% Anaconda 31'%, Bethlehem fiteel 82%, Commonwealth and! Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 10%, Motors 53%:, International Harvester 60, Kennecott 38':, New York Central 18%, Northern Pa- cific 9%, United States Steel 677%, Pound 3.89%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 147.86, rails 3191, utilities 25.03. Winnie Judd GIVE TESTIMONY Accepts Invitation fo Ap- pear Before Dies Com- mittee in Texas MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8. — Leon Trotzky, exiled former Bolshevik War Minister, today said he has ac- | cepted, as a political duty, an in- | vitation to appear at some Texas city before the Dies Committee in- vestigating un-American activities. Trotzky declared any implication he has been turning over documents |to the committee is pure fabrica- tion, Still Missing — The| ‘Winnie the PHOENIX, Ariz, Dec. 8. hunt for fugitive slayer Ruth Judd concentrated on from Phoenix. Four different per- sons reported seeing a woman re- sembling Mrs. Judd in the vicinity. | The section is occupied by orange} groves and a number of large es- tates, affording many hiding places. | The slayer of two Juneau women friends escaped Sunday night from | the state insane a.sylum 'MRS. RUSSELL (00K ( SAILS, NORTH COAST 2280 | Cook sailed south! North Coast last in Mrs. Russell on the steamer night for a several weeks' stay the States. Mrs. Cook expects to visit rela- tives in Portland and will return after the holidays. |lengthy discussion of | the | iles | €SPECIAllY e of sel n 1 edge of the desert aboub ten miles ).\ "Crove all relief has been sus- | pended. OHIO FALLS SHORT FOR NEEDY AID Roosevelt S:y; State Has Shirked Responsibil- ity for Relief WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Reaf- firming the policy of placing re- | | sponsibility on the state for car- forenoon and applause broke out |ing for the needy and unemployed de- | persons, President Roosevelt clared at a newsmen’s conference today that Ohio has failed to carry out what the Administration con- siders that state’s obligations. The President embarked on a the relief sitaation, particularly in after he had been asked about situation in that state and in the city of Cleve- Cleveland, for many weeks, has been without funds to feed several| thousand of her needy. President Roosevelt said Ohio has |not done half as well per case as| | had Pennsylvania in caring for needy persons who are unable to work, and the most affected per- sons in Cleveland, he said, are in that category. R - McEACHRANS OUT Mrs. N. A. McEacran sailed the steamer North Coast last night for Seattle. Mr. McEacran was also a passenger on the same ves- sel, but he will stop off to call on his trade at Ketchikan and |then continue south. | Ohio, | on| MAYOR MAVERICK IS ACQUITTED OF POLL TAX GRAFT Citizens Cheer Verdict When Refurned in Court Today | | | | SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. Maury Maverick, Mayor, and friend |of President Roosevelt and former | Congressman, has been acquitted by | a jury of entering a poll tax con- | spiracy last January. The jury returned the verdict this en the verdict was announced. -ee GOV. GRUENING PLANS JANUARY TRIP T0 OTTAWA Hopes fo Aflend Joint Ses- sion of Infernational Highway Members | | Ernest Gruening intends to leave. Alaska in January to attend a joint meeting at Ottwa of the United States and Canadian inter- national highway commissioners, ac- | cording to an interview granted at | seattle last week. | The Governor, who is thoroughly “sold” on the highway, expects to retain his place on the commission. Last summer he flew over proposed routes of the Alaska highway. When he reached Seattle recently from Washington he conferred with Con-| gressman Warren G. Magnuson, an- other member of the commission. Gov. 8—| health and disease-control methods employed in the CCC camps could easily prove the most valuable con- tribution of this agency On a strictly voluntary basis, two new vaccines have been tried out on CCC enrollees, one for pneumonia and one for typhoid. That does not mean the enrollees were used as human guinea pigs as were the heroic soldiers who helped Dr. Reed |stamp out yellow fever. But as test |cases they have given the medical |world a big field for statistical ob- | servation. The annual report of the War Department on its participation in ©CC work tells part of the story.| { L. Col. Charles G, Souder, in charge or the CCC Medical Service, supple- \mz‘nwl this for us with much back- ground. Pneumonia is not one of the most prevalent diseases but it has an ex-}| | ceptionally high death rate among | its victims, During the past fiscal| year, however, the pneumonia death /rate even in the comparatively | healthy CCC camps was cut to one- | third of the rate for the past five | years, "lOI'(-H ON RURALS | Pneumonia doesn’t play square | with country boys. It hits them lldrd«r and more often than city b The reason is not exactly | xnown b widely suspected. Med- lical men believe that city bo; |because of constant public contac! |develop greater immunity to pneu- | monia than country boys. This is true also for diphtheria | New England’s CCC enrollees, | largely from cities, had a minimum | of pneumonia despite the rigorous| climate. Most pneumonia was among CCC groups in the South. There| a larger portion of both negro and white enrollees are from rural areas. Negroes seem especially susceptible | to the disease, either from an here-| ditary charaeteristic or less resis- tance due to other causes. Evi- dence of the v ne's benefit to them was less certain. But the Coiitinued on P:;xe Four) | stockings | threads of all American foreign s Mailing Not fo Close Until 5P. M. The Juneau Post Office will re- main open tomorrow afternoon un- til 5 o'clock just for special serv- ing purposes to those who want to mail Christmas packages for delivery in the East before the big holiday. The mail for especially, will go south on Yukon Monday and mail on this steamer, according to Postmaster Wile, is the last dispatch which wm assure the gifts being in the or trees at Christmas Eastern delivery time. The Post Office usuwally closes at noon on Saturday but will remain open until 5 o'clock for package mailers. - U. 5. Foreign Policy Okah WithLandon 'Former Governor Stands Squarely Back of Administration WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—Former | Governor Alfred Landon said to- day he is supporting the Admin- | istration’s foreign policy ‘100 per- cent.” Landon ment and said the Stale Depart- President are holding interests | in the world and “they ahouldl know better than anyone else what | steps this Nation should take in| affairs.” the | With referemce to the notifica- tions from Moscow of the Russian blockade of Finland, it is said to be going into effect today, but neutral ships will be given an extra 24 hours to clear out. In a report of yesterday's arms operations in Pinland, Leningrad quarters asserted Russian troops in the northern end of the conflict zone have driven to a maximum depth of 46 miles from the border and at Petsamo, Finland's Arctic port, were 28 miles south of that city. Advances of from five to seven miles are reported by the Russiang in the Kerell:n Isthmus sector. WARNING IS GIVEN BY ITALY Reaffirms MmryAlliance with Germany-Is- sues Threafs ROME, Dec. 8.—Italy has reaf- firmed her military alliance with Germany and her policy of non- intervention in the European wars at the present time, but issued an im- plied warning to Soviet Russia not to intrude into the Balkans. Italy also gave explicit warning to Great Britain and Prance not to interfere unduly with her commerce on the high seas. Mention of the alllance with Ger- many has virtually vanished from the Fascist newspapers since the war began. ‘The statement of policy was is- sued in a communique following a four hour session of the Fascist Grand Councli.