The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8292. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 19%9. "~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIANS HALTED, PURGE INSTI ICKES SAYS “Indications of Irregular- ities”” Reported by Secy. Interior WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Secre- tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes said today investigation had dis- closed indications of irregularities in the Bureau of Fisheries, which, if proved, might lead to drastic reor- ganization, Himmler's order is addressed to Ickes declined to name the per-|;,. «gjite Guard” and also “po- sons involved, pending a final re- ... port from the Federal Bureau Of o order stated that ‘every war Investigation and his own repre- ..., jeiting of our best blood | SELIMAVIN and the ancient saying is that Official quarters believed some only he can die peacefully who charges may have been made BY y,0 chigren. This must be trans- members of a sub-committee of the House Committee on Merchant Ma- rine and Fisheries which visited Al- aska last August and September. | PACKERS NOT CONCERNED | SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—Executives of | Alaska salmon packing companies here today expressed little concern | over an investigation of the industry | which Secretary Ickes announced | in Washington, ~I think Ickes is having a pipe dream again,” commented H. B.| Friele, Vice President and General | Manager of the Nakat Packing Cor—‘ poration. Captain Fred Svensson of Libby, | McNeil and Libby, and Victor H. El- fendahl, Vice President of the Alaska Packing Company, said they had never heard of any favoritism. | | NO SECRET HERE Rumors of an impending inves gation of the former policies of the Bureau of Fisheries have been cir- culated here for. the past six months. It was reported in official quarters Uniformed Men of Germany FISHERIES Ordered fo Begef Children INQUIRYON ~ Whether In, Out of Wedlock BERLIN, Dec. 23. — Heinrich Hin ler, head of all the German Police, in orders issued today, urges all Black Uniformed men to beget children in or out of wed- lock, especially during the wartime period Rudolf Hess, Hitler's Deputy in Party affairs, also announced in view of the order, that the Nazi Party stands ready children of sold wedlock. born out of lated into a fact that during this SHIP WITH FIRE IN HOLD, STEAMS SAFELY TO PORT Officers Discount Repor that Sabofage Cause of Blaze CRISTOBAL, Dec. 23.—The Amer- ican cargo and passenger liner Wind Rush arrived here during the night with the crew battling a blaze that broke out in Number 3 hold yester- day afternoon while 150 miles out lat sea. Firemen boarded the vessel and | began removing the deck cargo. The ship is listing slightly to port. Ship officers discounted the re- to sponsor any | war it becomes the exalted task, even outside of wedlock, for Ger- man women and girls of our good blood to become, mot frivolously,| but imbued with the deepest moral | concern, to be mothers of children begotten by soldiers moving to the NAZI SHIPS ORDEREDTO 'GET HOME' for 500 Returning Vessels Allies Will Keep Lookout, VICTORIES FOR FINNS . OVER RUSS One Sovief Force Sur- -rounded Practically Annihiliated HELSINKI, Dec ‘fron'. without knowing whether| PARIS, Dec. 23-—Naval sources —The - Fin- they will return or die for the|said the Al have started on|nish High Command reports fresh Fatherland.” the “closest watch” for about 500|victories on Karelian Isthmus and Hess, writing to an unwed mo[hfl"‘GPrman ships that are reported north of Lake Ladoga. whose fiance died in Poland, said, | to have been ordered to return to ‘During the war, which so often| Germany “by all possible routes” means death for the best men,|from neutral ports pertion was surrounded and virtu- every new life is of extraordinary| The Allies have deciphered theally destroyed | importance to the Nation, nrnr(-“m’dv rs which were sent out re- The most disastrous fight was if young soldiers fall on behalf cently by code. the battle of Aglajarvi, 30 miles of the Fatherland and who for - Pty | from the Russian frontier inj some reason could not marry and which the Soviet forces were either who leave children behind, the (ouN(Il DRAwS killed or routed. tate will take care of this Na- - x sure.” tional tre: UP TERMS FOR BeastifulNew | LEASING DOCK }(ooper Bldg. Filling Up “ - ‘ James Cooper, popular CPA, justly | | filled with pride, today watched| workmen putting the finishing| touches on Juneau’s newest and fin- | est buildings, his Cooper Building, | | at Fourth and Main Streets | ijl"‘” "‘O‘ll“r"t‘:f"""““_" ‘W"'S[m"é’mtmn Company were formulated | | building, has. three apartments and |y "0 Council this week, Mayor | | three office quarters. | Harold Foss, architect, moved into| his Cooper building office today. Mr.| 5 rental of $3,600 per year, on a|to Laredo, Tex Cooper himself will open his ac-| counting offices in the building next Tuesday, where milk bills may then|jhg down and provide fire insur-! at $300 Per Month -Up to Voters Terms on which the City of Ju- neau will consider leasing the Cityrecord book that has a lot of hidden | Dock to the Northland Transpor- Harry 1. Lucas reported. The Council offers the dock at five-year lease, with the City to maintain the dock from the deck says the enemy and The communique vas defeated yesterday one Just an Old | MARYSVILLE, Mo., Dec. 23.—It | probably doesn’t amount io much in these s of stream-lined infan- try units but Charles Stll, of Ma | ville discovered a line in an old | blisters in it. 1t tells of a record Companies A and B of the 4th Missouri infantry set in 1916 They walked ! from San Vnacio during the days of |the “Mexican incident,” of 45 miles in 15 hour It broke all marching records of be paid instead of at the old office, | ance Other repairs and expenses United States troops. and Sigrid’s Beauty Parjor will prob- | ably be ready for occupancy around | the first of the year. | Coopers are living in their apart- iment in the building now, and Albert some time ago that information on | port, that sabotage is responsible for | yile, S btiraater Rla TS St the Bureau's former administration was being gathered for presentation to a Grand Jury. All summer, Dr. Carl T. Hubbs, | personal representative of Secretary Iskes, investigated the Alaska fish- er Acting Commissioner of Fisheries | Charles Jackson also visited the Territory and conducted a series of | hearings. An independent inquiry was con- ducted at the same time by Lhe} House sub-committee, consisting of | ing in off the ocean at Sitka, fisher- | Chairman Schuyler O. Bland of Vir- ‘man James E. Gay was repor'.ed‘ ginia, James C. Oliver of Maine,; George N. Seger of New Jersey, Am- | brose Kennedy of Maryland, Monrad | C. Wallgren of Washington, Rich- | ard J. Welch of California and| Frank W. Boykin of Alabama. | When an additional Federal Bu-| reau of Investigation agent was as- signed to the Juneau affice there were reports that his special duties had to do with a fisheries investi- gation. Reorganized Under the Administration’s second | reorganization plan, the Bureau of | Fisheries was transferred early this| year from the Department of Com- merce to the Department of Inter- ior. Commissioner of Fisheries Frank T. Bell resigned in January and the post has not been occupied since that time. Lemuel G. Wingard, Alaska Ag-! ent for the Bureau of Fisheries,| resigned shortly after Bell. His du- ties were taken over last summer by Seton H. Thompson, who, however, retained his title of Assistant Chief of the Division of Alaska Fisheries. Recently J. Steele Culberfson was| appointed Acting Alaska Agent. —_———eeo——— Nippon Forces Attempting| to Cut Off Supply | Line SHANGHAI, Dec. 23—The Jap-| anese Army has announced troops are invading southwest China and have smashed their way to the Indo-China border to cut Lhe} Chinese supply line, fertilizer. SITKA VESSEL MISSING NEAR KALINEN BAY "RED" IN SPEECH | Following a series of storms com- missing last night to U. S. Commis- sioner William W. Knight, accord ing to advices received here tod: Gay was last seen in the vicinity of Kalinin Bay, near the Historic City, during heavy weather. The vessel Christine II, Capt. Con- rad Peterson, has left Sitka with three men aboard to search for the missing craft. HEALTH EXAM REGULATIONS BEING DRAWN Health examinations required of {all restaurant employees by a Ter- ritorial act passed by the 1937 Leg- islature are to be given hereafter under a specific regulation being drawn up by Territorial Commis- sioner of Health Dr. W. W. Coun- cil. A uniform fee for the examina- tion will be provided, and it will be required that employers pay this fee. This was decided upon today at a meeting of the Territorial Board of Administration, the first since Gov. Ernest Gruening took office. R o VISITING JUNEAU Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gillespie of Ketchikan, arrived in town today| on the Taku to visit during the holidays with brother Roy Gil- lespie. ———,—-— ENDOWMENT funds for col- leges decreased by three percent during 1938-39. B | the fire and believe it originated in i jeaving but one apartment re- | maining. | A grand opening of the building will be announced later. S e GOEBBELS SOUNDS | BEFORE CHILDREN Speaks of Plufocracies and Capitalists Against ) ', Germany | BERLIN, Dec. 23—Minister of | Propaganda Hermann Goebbels de- | clared today that world plutocra- | cies “have risen to try to strike | down Germany.” Goebbels spoke at a Christmas celebration of the Propaganda | Ministry for 200 children removed [rrom the Saar war zone at Memel. | Goebbels said Christmas at war {has found “a determined German | people fighting capitalistic world | leadership.” GOVERNOR T0 BE " SPEAKER TUESDAY " AT ROTARY (LUB Gov. Ernest Gruening will be a {guest of the Juneau Rotary Club at its noon luncheon meeting Tues- day at Percy's Cafe. The Governor will be introduced by Mayor Harry | 1. Lucas and will speak. Dr. W. M. Whitehead will pre- side at the meeting in the ab- sence of President Tom Dyer. R CAA MAN BACK J» M. Beardslee, Civil Aeronautics Authority construction engineer re- |turned on the Taku this morning {from a trip to the Petersburg- | Wrangell district in connection with 1surveys there, would be borne by the company. Piling and capping would be main-! 'lamvd by the Cty. The Northland| |line would have complete charge |of the operation of the wharf. | Latest offer of the Northland, Company is to lease the dock for| $200 per month, with the City w' bear the expense of all mainten- ance, to provide fire insurance and to paint the dock at least every other year. ‘ Any plan for purchase or lease| of the dock would have to be proved by voters at a City election. FORESTER RETURNS | AFTER ROUGH TRIP, The Forest Service launch For- ester returned to port Thursday night after a routine administra- tive trip in the Admiralty Division with Assistant Ranger John Brill- hart and Capt. Oftar Johnson. In the course of what its pas- sengers termed a “rough trip,” the Forester visited Hoonah, Angoon, Elfin Cove, Tenakee, Lisianski and Sitka. Brifish Luxury | Yachis Play Role InPresent War LONDON, December 23 —Luxur‘\'i yachts, trawlers and pleasure| steamers are regularly sweeping a channel along the south coast of England to keep naval and com- mercial harbors free from mines. Hundreds of additional trawlers and other small craft are now be-! ing fitted out with mine-sweeping. apparatus. These craft are manned by fish- ermen who underwent training in mine sweeping during peace time. | ., | UNTIED DOWN | NEVADA, Mo, Dec. 23. — Meet | the man who doesn't believe his wife's place is in the kitchen. He's just been sued for divorce, his \wlre alleging he made her travel | with him on his “freight train | bumming excursions.” -ee NEW YEAR'S EV DINNER DANCE BY SKI CLUB To highlight the holday season f tivities of the Juneau Ski Club, a New Years' Eve dinner dance has Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel and will start at 9:30 o’clock. Noisemakers and favors will be features of the occasion. The event will be for Juneau Ski Club members and their friends. Reservations may bz made at the desk of the Hotel until noon on De- cember 30. ., Deadfflorse Causes Many Aufo Crashes VASSALBORO, Me, Dec. 23. — When Farmer Leo Gilbert’s horse walked on to a highway, here's what happened: An unidentified automobile struck and killed it. A second car crashed into the carcass and was damaged slightly. A third car did but escaped damage. A truck stopped turned its lights on the animal’s body. A pleasure car rammed the truck and was practically ruined. e CLOSE CANDIDATE nearby and Winn, re-elected county clerk re- cently for a third term, maintained his record of just “skimming through.” In his three races, his to- tal majority- was only 106 votes. In 1927 he defeated the incumbent county clerk by two votes. Six years later he won re-election by 70 votes. This year his vote margin of victory was 34. P ST KB R IN THE YEAR 1726, the Chi- nese published an encyclopedia of 5,020 volumes. It contained stand- ard Chinese works from 1100 B.C to 1700 AD, Army Game a distance likewise, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing ' | i | | { v .. Neutralin | Russo-Finnish War — It Lends Finns Money By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Little Finland is at war and under the neutrality act we should hide our ap- | been planned by the social commit- 644 under our wing and not see |tee. The affair will be held in the 40 mych that might start our puls- es beating. But what are we do- | ing? | We are helping the Finns fight !the Russiahs as surely as we are alive. Our actions are masked only by the gossamer thread of prose- dure. As soon as they were attack- ed by the Russians the Finns “rec- | ognized” the existence of a war, al- { though without such ritualistic for- lmality as that of the British and | French in declaring war on Ger- {many for invading Poland. Already our ships are barrea from | going to Finland because of the com- bat zones at the mouth of the North Sea in connection with the other part of the European war, which we formally recognize. But if the neu- trality act is not invoked, credit can go. And it is going $10,000,000 LOAN Jesse Jones as chairman of the Federal loan agencies, has announc- ed that the Export-Import will make $10,000,000 available to Finland. The President has ap- proved it, of course, as no such phe- |nomenal action would be taken un- less he were willing. | It is specifically stated that the money will be used to help rid the {pluses and to make other “civilian” supplies available to Finland. But to Pinland a dollar's worth of foodgiven back to Finland, for civilian|rails 3158, utilities | for civilians is worth almost as much a dollar’'s worth of bullels. Every | doliar we send to feed Finnish ci ilians will release a Finnish dollar to buy munitions. Even more im- portant, the act in itself is as stim- | ulating as a pot of coffee to a chilled | soldier in a snowdrift 4 Moreover, Finland evidently has found supplies of munitions and!came in on the Taku this morn-| fighting equipment closer at hand | Fairly well-substantiated reports in- Bunk‘ :’(hmw Ttalain and English planes are being delivered to Finland. She can get guns from Sweden and mu- nitions for guns she has already | bought there, provided Sweden can | spare them from her own emergen- mobilization, " GETTIN: VPPLIES THROUGH There still remains the difficulty of getting any supplies at all to Finland. The Russian blockade of ! Finland may be fairly effective, but {even the mildest cooperation from | Norway and Sweden would aid in | putting American supplies in the hands of Finnish civilians. Now why all this sentimental at- tachment? Two dozen years ago most Americans probably knew ivaguely that Finns lived some place up toward the North Pole, along with Santa Claus and the Eskimos. |Even the World War brought them only a few notches closer to our {vision. Ther came Paavo Nurmi and the debts. Nurmi ran circles around our American athletes for a couple of years. We learned about | Finland from him. Then all the other faulted on the debts, nations de but not when war was in her lap she made | $234,693 available for the December 115 payment. Of this, | President, will recommend to Con- lgress that this sum, too, should be | purposes The 'whole Finnish debt to the United States was about $9,000,000. | Her credit is good for another $10,- 000,000 at lea TEACHER HOME Impi Aalto, 'now teaching school in Petersbur ling to spend the holiday vacation Lun,h her family in Douglas, Fin- | land. Two times a year she sent| from her meagre resources a ‘sum running to about $250,000. Even $74,000 was| IRVINE, Ky, Dec. 23. — James United States of agricultural sur- principle, the rest interest. And the | former Douglas gir! TUTED REDS ADMIT INVASIONIN - DIFFICULTIES lPeople's Government | Stooges Arrested for Mis- | leading Finnish Strength |GENERAL 1N CHARGE OF ATTACK RETIRED lMos(ow Communique Lik- | ens Mannerheim Line to Nazis' Siegfried STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. . —The newspaper Social Dem~ odraten published today uncon- firmed reports the entire Fin- nish Communist “People’s Gov- ernment” set up in captured territory by Russians had been arrested by Russians because it had misled Stalin concerning Finland’s military strength. ) DIFFICULTIES ADMITTED MOSCOW, Dec. 23.—Soviel Rus- sia admitted today ‘“most serious difficulties” have been encountered in Finland’s natural and artificial fortifications but denied the Fin- | nish invasion was not progressing | according to schedule. | The Kremljn declared the Man- nerheim Line on the Karelian Isth- Imus is equal to Germany's Sieg- fried Line, For the third successive day the | communique failed to report any new important gains, lending credence among foreign observers to Finnish ‘n-purm of important reverses to the | Soviet military machipe. | Among the more sensational re- ports circulating in Moscow was one General Meretskoff, Chief of Staff of the Leningrad Military Dis- trict, who has been in charge of the Finnish campaign, has been retired from his post. | | JOHNSTON BROUGHT 10 FACE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT Percy Johnston, Juneau Carpen= ters’ Union Treasurer who had been charged with embezzlement of Union, funds, has been brought back from Sitka by Deputy Marshal William Markle. John« | ston will have a preliminary hears ing here. Also brought from Sitka wag William Hanlon, to serve out a $100 fine on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Dec. 23. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock oduy's short session is | 6%, Amcrican Can 113, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 30 3/4, Bethlehem Steel 82, Com- monwealth aad Southern 1%, Cur= ss Wright 10%, General Motors 54'%, Kennecott 38%, New York |Central 18%, Northern Pacific 8 3/4, United States Steel 67%, Pound $3.94%, ’ DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 149.85, 24.81. ‘