The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1939, Page 1

! | ! i ' l ! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 193 Ch MEMBER AS SOCIATED PRESS L TEN CENTS Pi P S VOL. LV., NO. 8295. 'Liner Columbus Destroyed on FLY NORTH " " """ = BOGGEDBY WARPLANES . FINN ARMY Fifty-two New Air Corps Defenders Hold Off Soviels Squadrons Being Or- as War Enters ganized Now Fifth Week | ALASKA WILL GET " FINNISH SKI TROOPS UNNAMED NUMBER DRIVE FOR RAILROAD Both Bombers and Fight- = Kremlin Not Talking as Lit- ers Being Formed to fle Nation Fights | Base in North | SIubbo[nIy \ (By Associated Press) 1 foregro The wintry warfare between Fin-| ——— land and Russia has entered the fifth week with stubborn F‘uml:\‘h‘Hll"'"lr()lls e the Columbus left Vera Cruz, Mex| suip U. 8. 8. Tuscaloos WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — ’Tht*i War Department today ordered the | creation of 52 new Army Air Corps‘ squadrons representing several hun- dred planes. | The new squadrons will reinforce defenses in the Caribbean, the Pa- from resistance still holding up the So- viet invasion Finnish troops in sectors have been reported to be on the of- some cific, and in the continental United States. : ; x 7 2 fensive, evaded in the expansion is the| The scuttled liner Columbus, in flames and issuing clouds cZ smoke, A RO - PR 23rd Base Squadron being organized is pictured in background as a lifeboat filled with crew members struck at Russia’s railway connec- at March Field to go to Alaska. approaches the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa, which took aboard 578 men from |[tion to the far north where the the “murdeerd” Nazi ship. Her master, Captain Wilhelm Daehne, |Murmansk line comes within 45 The 28th composite group, med- | fum planes comprising the 27th| declared in New York that the big vessel had been destroyed “under |miles of the Finnish frontier Bembardment Squadron is being orders,” presumably under direction of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, who | Strike, Then Retreat Unconfirmed reports declared formed at Barksdale Field, Los An-| geles, and also is going to Alaska. A squadron is usually a flexible unit of six to 18 planes, while a few days before ordered the destruction in Montevideo of the pocket battleship Graf Spee. fwhite-clad troops of the defenders, a highly mobile unit, are planning to disrupt communication on the 'line and then retreat quickly. grcup contains two or more squad- rgs - s L ’ fighters have already reached their { railway objective. | " [ spEs " On the Kaarelian Isthmus, Rus- | Km illionaire. Is Dead: oo mmsn oo s e | '] nl' G V ¥ » Staried as Shipping Cler SWEDE IRON CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 28. — : Henry G. Dalton, 77, millionaire, another across a virtually unchang- ed battle line where four weeks of Chairman of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company and head of Soviet battering has failed to get the Red Army past Finland’s Man- the Nation’s largest iron ore ship-! ping firm, died here late yester- nerheim Line defenses. day. Air Raids Russian air raids on Finnish cities Dalton, at one time a shipping clerk, was leader in the spectacu- yesterday raised the civilian death toll to about 150 since the war be- lar fight in 1930 in an attempt to merge the Youngstown firm gan. The Kremlin made public scant information about their northern campaign and announced by “re- connoitering plane trips.” | S W R | (By Assoclated Press) | with Bethlehem Steel. ¢ German sources revealed today| Dalten was as reticent publicly the Nazi people are alarmed at the|as the Dalton-directed mines, ships decrease in imports from Scandi- | and steel mills were clamorous. navian countries as a result of the| “Silent Iron King” Finnish-Soviet war. His fellow Clevelanders termed him PRISONERS OF WAR | | ON GRAF SPEE ARE | Germany, who normally received the “silent iron king.” When he extensive shipments of iron and oth- |received a chamber of commerce er basic supplies from Sweden, now | public service medal in 1938, Dal- REE] [ Five Ship Masters and 55 MBYbe He SNO| find their shipments sharply de-|ton's words of thanks numhered‘ Sfi”ofs Pla(ed Aboafd creased. | 24 | Sweden, facing possibility of Rus-| He rose to business dominance | Brifish Vessel | — i - | S— Scandinavians Shipping fo Finn Army Instead of Germans bers of the scuttled Nazi luxur, HENRY GC. DALTON sian troops on her frontiers, is un-|from a job at 16 checking freight | Dec officially sending supplies, funds|on the Lake Erie city's ore docks.| —— — ———— s MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, = R and volunteers to help Finland. As a director of both Bethlehem | 28—British sailors who were By PRESTON GROVER —— o o Steel Corporation and Youngstown NAVA[ SHIp or | brought here as prisoners of w g IESCAP i N Sheet and Tube Company in 1930, WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. S an |aboard the ill-fated Admiral Graf!,ntidote to all the stories you | Spee are now aboard a British ship | year of Paul V. McNutt's unpopu- ; home bound. larity with Washington pr | Dalton was a leader in the at- &LempL to weld these giant produc-| GERMA“S BADLY |ers. Cyrus S. Eaton, another self-| | The five ship masters and 55 .ops take one look at his selec- o formed Republic Steel Corporation, | 7 {brig of the Graf Spee soon after! ne recent Gridiron banquet. | blocked the merger after a spec-| e |she raced into the harbor here d BOMBING RAIDS tacular court battle, | | to escape from three British cruis- | In Key Positions | HH H ers. ‘While Dalton, a calm, polite man l'one B"'ISh Hler Makes The British sailors are from zhel\ His Report fo Spokesman Says Raiding‘or medium build and height, was |crews of merchant ships which|©0f & special stripe. With a few Admiralty 4 A perhaps best known for his part| [the Graf Spee sank before her|€xceptions they are scmors_among celebra"ng Emp"’e S in the merger dispute, he held key jcareer as a commerce raider was|the press corps, bureau chiefs, or . positions in the industry for maiy | ended. | special writers of long Washing- Anmversary | years, He resigned his Bethlehem | | ton experience with large or spec- | directorship in 1931 but on Febru- ' ONE OF THE FEW white doves|ial following. Among them are ary 6, 1932, became chairman of, LONDON, Dec. 28.—A British pi-|ever seen in Texas was discovered Many who have access to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com- |lot reported today to the Admiralty | this year by a game warden in Gil-| heaven where Democratic prayers pany, the fourth largest indepen- | that he badly damaged a German lespie county. He examined “‘ure answered. dent producer. naval ship on a lone raid yester-|through field glasses at 30 yurd.s“ Office Boy to Partner | day. |and reported it appeared to be a IS ME, OR ISN'T HE? Dalton was only 20 when in 1883 | pure albino with pink eyes. | The whole question hinging he left the docks to become office e boy for Pickands, Mather and Com- the Just now tnat has political im- portance. D SHANGHAI, Dec. 28—Far flung Japanese air raids were executed in | China today as a prelude to heavy new land offensives. | The raids, a Japanese spokesman;. said, “were to commemorate the 2,600th anniversary of the Japanese Empire.” | pany. Ten years later he became a The spokesman said three days of | attacks by air on Lanchow in Kansu | Partner and commanded the Cleve- | Province, capital of Northwest China | 1and firm after Samuel Mather's S e | JAPAN-RUSSIA | 7 | IN AGREEMENT, i were “the largest raids yet staged | death in 1931 $ ! .4 Slarlmg TonAY— in the present Chinese-Japanese Pickands, Mather and Company | war.” | mined, shipped and sold ore and| FRO“T'ER ll“E‘ Lanchow is on the Great Central | coal; manufactured pig iron, hauled —_— “ THE N“. 1 ISM "UNTER Asia Highway by which Russian aid | on commission, handled ore mining % | properties for steel concerns and MOSCOW, Dec. 28—It is offici- managed boats and docks on the|ally announced that the first Great Lakes. It did most of its|phase of the Russian-Japanese ne- - e | business with the two steel giants|gotiations over the Manchoukuo | | Dalton sought to unite. and Soviet-Mongolian Lorders have New Food Ration | I il e i Millions at Stake bleer; brought to a successful con-| Industrial tes tos: il- | clusion. hiaz been, redchingefinite. ‘Morgan M. Beatty, Associated Press Featu Service Writer, is telling the story of Martin Di —the man, his commiitee and what it has ac- complished. Since the question of continuing the committee is one of the big problems the January 3rd Congress must answer, Dies will continue to be important news. Beatty’s first article appears in The Empire today and readers will find this series of three a helpful discussion of a timely subject . . . . and good reading. It is reported that an agreement | | buying operations which culmin- had been reached concerning the LONDON, Dec. 28—Sugar as well|ated in the merger battle. Eaton, disputed frontier line where only as butter and bacon Wfllbel‘a'.il)ned‘dremjng of a mid-western steei|last summer frontier clashes be- when the new war food dlstrlbutmn'emph-e, planned to merge Youngs-| tWeen Russian and Japanese troops goes into effect on January 8 the occurred. A mixed commission will British Food Ministry announces. now regulate the frontier line, (Continued on Page Five) e —— A e 1 Sl s N S 1d is a German sailor about to be taken aboard the U, The Gridiron members are men | e g T e ico, a few days previously. S, wal R—————— » Prize; Columbus Scuttled by Crew F—————————— =1 rictured a few minutes after her crew abandoned shiv, the luxury liner Columbus is shown in flames be- fore she sank, scutiled to prevent captured by the British cruiser Hyperion, which Graphic photo above, taken from the had trailed her si , which brought survivors to Ellis Island, shows the blazing liner about to go down. rship. Scuttled Ship Held, Ellis Island Being transfererd from the U. 8. 8. Tuscaloosa o tugs in New York harbor are some of the 579 crew mesm- liner Columbus. third largest in the German merchant marine. cruiser is pictured in background with survivors waiting to board the boats which transported them to Ellis Island, where they were to await a hearing to determine their exact status, The They will not be in- i E.D.R."sHeir terned, authorities declared, because they are not from a warship. But This McNuft Pushes Aheadf around McNutt is whether he | really is President Roosevelt's | heir designee. No, no, never! say a thousand left-wingers within the Administration itself. But this | bronzed Indianian of the silver ! locks, the iron jaw and steely eye, }can not be written off the Demo- | cratic slate just because certain | of the Administration faithful say | he should be. { It is hard to put your finger on |any one with glossier prospects | of Rooseveltian favor. In the face (of the known hostility of Post- | master General Farley, of Secre- | tary Ickes, and a number of others who have the President’s ear, the ‘Px'esidenl has conferred outstand- ing favors upon McNutt. He gave him an opportunity to | get a close-up of our No. 1 diplo- | matic problem, the Orient, by ap- pointing him High <Commissioner of the Philippines. Then he hauled | him back home to put him in charge of the Federal Security| administration, which harbors the | social welfare dearest to the Presi- dent’s heart, such as the social| security and old age programs. It is no wonder then that he becomes ‘the target of Secretary Ickes, as volunteer spokesman for those in 100,000 Nippons Killed Heavy Casualfies Report-| ed Among Japanese Forces in China SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.—The Chin- ese Army spokesman today asserted that the Japanese forces have suf- fered 100,000 casualties on all fronts so far this month in their campaigns on the battlefields. Three large Ja also been damage river. The Chinesé spokesman declares that Japanese reports of recent military successes “betray their own fears and anxieties, reflecting their own staggering losses.” MORE LIBELS ARE FILED ON ARAUCA German Vessel, in U. §. Port fo Escape Capture, nese vessels have on the Yangtze the Administration who think Mec-| Nutt would. be a very bottom-| side-up choice for the President | to make. OPENS HEADQUARTERS | ! In all truth, MeNutt is procee ing as if he already had the presi- dential nod, or is determined to get the nomination with or with- out presidential sanction. Months ago his headquarters was in full 77((}0‘.‘.1.&:::10:(‘1 an P_IIC Four) 1 Being Tied Up MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 28—A British libel suit against the already legal- ly entangled German freighter Arauca which fled into port at Port Lauderdale, Fla., last week to escape a British cruiser, Previous suits were filed against the Arauca by American firms which claimed losses due to loss of cargoes since the outbreak of the war., 42,000 KILLED, INJURED IN EARTHQU TURKISH SECTION SHOCKED New Movements Today ‘ Causing Further | Exireme Fears 'THOUSANDS FORCED T0 FLEE TO OPEN PLAINS Temneraiufla—Drops—Many Survivors Freezing f to Death ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 28.— Turkish officials announce that 42,000 persons were killed or in- jured in the region of Erzinean in yesterday's pronounced Ana- tolian earthquake, New tremors shook Anatolia today while blizzard-like winds | increased the suffering of hun- ! dreds of thousands who are homeless and huddling on the open areas, | A heavy storm raged along the Black Seacoast tearing ships lcose from their moorings and battering down seaside homes. BELOW ZERO 1 The temperature in the strick- en area today is 22 degrees below zero and many thousands of survivors of the earthquake who fled to the fields are said to have been frozen to death, | according to sparse reports reaching here. \ The death tol! will mount, according to officials, as sur- vivers not only face dangers of | exposure. but lack of proper medical aitention, scarcity of | foed wnd pure water, | ROOFS CRASH The shocks have toppled mine arets and mosques and roofs crashed, killing scores. Relief, expeditions are battling through blizzards, over debris- | strewn rall lines and roads to take aid to the victims. . Disrupted communications prevents officials from learning how serious the effects of ta- day’s shocks. J 2 NEW SHOCKS BUDAPEST, Dec. 28.—Two new earthquake shocks, estimated about 1200 miles away, were recorded late this afternoon at the Budapest Na- tional Observatory. Simultaneously all telephone com- | munications with Istanbul, Turkey, were suspended by an unexplained |break in the lines. FINNS TAKE WARON ICE OF SUVANTO Also Confinue March To- ward Russia’s Mur- mansk Railway HELSINKI, Dec. 28.—Bitter fight- iing on the arelian Isthmus, espec= {fally on frozen Lake Suvanto is re- ported in a Finnish communique this afternoon. The communique said many Rus- sian dead were left on Suvanto’s (ice after bitter battle since yester- :da_\’ in which the Pinns and Reds met in hand-to-hand combat. Fighting continued today also on Russian soil near Lieska on the East Central Front where Finnish troops continue their push toward the strategic railway to Murmansk sup- plying the northern front. e OFF FOR BETHEL Dr. Leslie A, White and Mrs, White are aboard the Mount Me- | }oil corporation has filed a $114,852| Kinley bound for Bethel where he ‘wnll have charge of the new hospital (Just constructed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They visited rela- tives and friends during their week’s stay here. RIS S & G, THE BLADDERS or sounds of several kinds of fish furnish the material from which isinglass, a icommercial pure gelatin, is made.