The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 15, 1940, Page 1

T HE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LV., NO. 8310. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DISCOVER PLOT AGAINST U. ». Neutral Nations Are War TROOPS ARE MASSED ON 7 BORDERS Million Men Sent fo Front- iers by Belgium and The Netherlands NAZI CONCENTRATION FORCES REPORTED NOW Scandinavién Nations Are Aroused by Fears of Russian Aftack (By Associated Press) wWar shadows fell heavily today across the northern neutral nations, arousing fears that the Scandinav- jan and low countries might be en- gulfed in Europe’s two wars. Belgium and The Netherlands, wedged between Germany and the Allies, massed about 1,000,000 men on their Eastern frontiers as a precaution against any Geman at- tack. It is indicated that the defense measures are inspired by reports that German troop concentrations are taking place opposite their bor- des. High Berlin sources called it “war scare” made in Paris and repeated Germany has no intention of en- larging the conflict to include small neutrals. Scandinavian apprehension grew igns indicated Russia’s Red s ready for a new offensive against Finland and also disclos- ures that the Soviet government has protested and threatened dire re- sults on Norway and Sweden, ac- N . 5 7 HE SAW ‘RED’—_Though (above) of Cambridge, Mass., got Councilman Michael Sullivan council to pass resolution purg- ing “Lenin” and “Leningrad” from city’s reading matter, here’s .. the catch: no provision was made for bill's enforcement. ATTORNEY GENERAL MURPHY, APPOINTEE, SU NOW AGAINS PREME (OURT, T ALL STRIKES NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Attorney DEMOCRATS GATHER FOR CONVENTION Territorial Meeting fo Be Called fo Order af 10 Tomorrow With most of the Delegates al- | ready in town and several more ex- | pected by southbound plane and | northbound steamer tomorrow, the | Territorial Convention of the Dem- ocratic Party will be called to or- der at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing at the Elks Hall here. 1 National Committeeman Jack Hellenthal will wield the gavel at the opening, in the absence of Dr. Aubrey Carter, Chairman of the| Territorial Committee. It is expected the convention wiil be recessed to allow time for the rest of the Delegates to arrive. The steamer Alaska, bringing several from Southeast Alaska points, is due at 1 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. Three Coming by Plane Mr. and Mrs. Luther C. Hess of | Fairbanks, Delegates from the Fourth Division, and Harry Deland of Palmer, Delegate from the Third, | are coming by PAA plane, tenta-| | tively scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon. Election of a new Chairman of | the Territorial Democratic Com- mittee to succeed Dr. Carter will be | |one of the first orders of busi-| Iness. Howard Lyng of Nome, Speaker | |of the House at the last session |of the Legislature, and only Sec-| ond Division Delegate in atten- dance, is a candidate for the po: sition. It is understood Third Di- | vision Democrats are proposing the | candidacy of Jim Campbell of An- chorage, »MFPHUR[S : Singer to Retire ! | Threatene How Red Air Raiders See Helsinki Archipelago GUN, BOMB REVOLT IS UNEARTHED 18 Members of “Christian Front” Arrested, Charg- ed with Conspiracy WRECKING NATION'S INDUSTRY IS SCHEME Overthrow of Governmen? B TS (s their air raid fire. The port of Hango is part of this archipelago and this port is said to be strong- SOVIETS IN CHARGE OF . RAID ALONG 50. FINLAN "LOCKOUT" (SR%: = =i , Bombs Are Dropped on | Score of Cities-Also Railroad Link An . ..al view of the archipelago at the southern tip of Finland, west of Helsinki, where war planes of the Russian army have concentrated most of ( | | | | Declare Alaskan Workers. "Being Fired” from Jobs-No Cause and Assassinations Contemplated NEW YORK, Jan. 15—A ter- oristic gun and bomb plot to ovethrow the United States gov- ernment, assassinate a dozen Congressmen and seize strong- helds of the T'nited States Army, is charged after 18 members of the “Christian Front” were ar- rested and accused of conspir- acy to foment a great revolu- tion, gaining control or wreck- ing the Nation’s vital works of industry. Transportafion in the United States was also marked for de- molition. The alleged plot is announced by . head of the Fed- f Tnvestigation. Re- 2 Aliorney Goneral Prank Mur- annoimcement ! subsequent Accnsations Made Among the 18 arrested are New York National Guardsmen, and one member each from the Naval Ma- rine Reserves. The eighteen are accused of con- spiring to bomb and shoot their way to power and set up a government like Hitler’s dictatorship over Nazi Germany. A small arsenal has been unearth- 4 in New York City, including bombs, ammunition and rifles and th> makings for explosives, many in various stages of completion. | Marked For Death c cusing them of neutrality violations through anti-Soviet press campaigns and permitting organizing of volun- teers and flow of war supplies to Finland. Moscow ‘says that Swedish and Norwegian replies disclaiming un- neutral actions are not entirely sat- isfactroy. B Norway, Sweden Warne Soviet Russia Makes Pr fest on Volunteers, Arms for Finns MOSCOW, Jan. 15.—Soviet Russia | (TR S S2E ITALIAN PLANE e FELT FALSTOMAKE FLIGHT RECORD, of dire consequences if the two na-| .Comes Down Off Brazilian | tions continue to permit Anti-So- viet press campaigns and also allow ! Coast, About 3,000 Miles Short recruiting of volunteers. The Soviet Government also de- RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan, 15.—The Italian Embassy announces that | mands that the two nations imme- diately stop permitting passage of the Italian airplane, seeking a new world distance record, landed on war materials to aid the Finns. the Brazilian island of Fernando —————————— | Noronha at 7:45 o'clock this morn-/ ing, about 3,000 miles short of the Grand Jury Refurns Truef _ Bi"s Agains, ]’"e goal in Patagonia. The plane left Rome at 11:20 o'~ I d t |clock Saturday afternoon and had n us ry “been in the air 32 hours and 25 — minutes and had covered about VETERAN ALASKAN MINING MAN DEAD IN SEATILE, WASH. J. S. Johnson, Who Came North fo Douglas in '96, Passes Away SEATTLE, Jan. 15. — Jacob S. Johnson, 68, veteran Alaska and Washngton mining man, is dead here. | | Johnson resided here and in Al-| f‘aska for 40 years, going north in 96 and later engaging in gold min- 0- |ing. | i In recent years, Johnson has been | |employed on Dall Island. | Surviving are the widow, three daughters and one son. f | i \ t General Frank Murphy, newest ap-| Most of the First Division Dele- pointee to the Supreme Court of the United States, the man who settled | the automotive industry sitdown strikes in Michigan when he w: Goovernor, today spoke out agains strikes called by unions against the wishes of the employers nad work-| ers. Murphy implied the wish that never again will they be permitted in the United States. | “No one is especially to blame but | Arms in we can work our way out of 1t,"i d. Civilians Mobilized In Eelgium Murphy sai \Movement Is Mofivated by Secret Reports of Nazi Concentfration (By Associated Press) Belgium’s defense precautions, announced today, brought virtually complete mobilization movement of not only the fighting forces but of civilians on the border Provinces facing Germany. | gates are expected to be on hand.| Lyng is the only Second Division| Maritime Federation of the Pa- |man in Juneau for the meenng,[cmc conventioners, meeting yester- Congressan marked for death, as an object lesson to those who voted for repeal of the Arms em- bargo are unidentified. (By Associated Press) Soviet war planes yesterday bombed a score of cities in South- ern Finland. | o | The Thira will be represented by | Deland and by proxies in the pock- | ets of local Delegates. Besides Mr. |and Mrs. Hess, the Fourth Divis- |ion will be represented by. Fred| | Sorri, who flew from Fairbanks | Saturday. Sorri was Sergeant-at- the Senate at the 1939 | | session. Political Gossip Political news from the other | divisions ‘was brought to Juneau | by the assembling Delegates. In the Second Division, Senator | 0. D. Cochran has announced he | will file for reelection. Howard Lyng }will file for the House, he said here | today. W. J. Dowd of Kotzebue is | now a Deputy Marshal and will not |be a candidate for reelection to | the House. In the Third Division, Rep. Ed ‘Cofrey has filed for the Senate | position vacated by James Patter- son, now U. S. Marshal at Val- | dez. Mayor D. C. Brownell of Sew- |ard has filed for the short Senate | term of two years, a vacancy oc- | casioned by the death of Joe Hof- Imann of Seward. Warren Taylor | of Kodiak, former U. S, Attorney, | has announced he will file for one | of the Senate positions. Karl Dra- ger has filed for reelection to the House, Dr. C. A. Pollard, Anchor- | age dentist has also filed for the House. The Belgian Government said se-| cret service reports motivated the steps because of fear that Ger-| many might outflank the Allies Dionne Exhibition day afternoon in Miners' Hall, ex- pressed vigorous and unanimous | opposition to what they charged was “gross discrimination” against CIO unionists and Alaskan resi- dents on the Kodiak and Sitka naval base projects. Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond’s gradual elimination of fish traps bill was voted Maritime sup- port with certain amendments. Discussion of the alleged discrim- ination ngainét the CIO union and Alaska residents on Navy projects brought to light a hitherto unpub- licized strike at Kodiak wharves last fall. Union men said, in attributing to this case the origin of the Mari- time’s fight to gain “fair treat- ment” on the projects, that “AFL | longshoremen organized at Kodiak | last fall and broke the ILWU| picket line at the docks and CIO| workers haven’t had any work, there since the eighth of chber."‘ Bringing of the Navy base que:,-‘ tion to the floor brought with it} a storm of discussion condemning | contractors of the projects. Labor Breakup Charge It was said “a contractor’s spokes- man announced himself for the| AFL alone—spoke for the Navy! without authority—at Sitka, over 200 Alaskans have been fired with- | out adequate cause, due to AFL agreements—this is employer-in-| spired by canned salmon industry to break up organized labor ip Al- aska for this coming season.” | In passage of resolution con-| | 'Mitsumasa Yonia, Aristo- | The raids centered on the Turju- Helsinki rail link with ship lines that bring supplies from the Scan- | dinavian neighbors. Russia seems determined to cut off the supplies from the Scandi- 5 3l navian countries. | f;;;fgg,fi,‘“‘,,‘;“fi‘_‘;:;"f:;c:'“gg It is unofficially announced that| greatest Wagnerian soprano of |15 persons were killed ,and dozens modern times, says she plans to re- | wounded in the Sunday raids. tire after the current season. She | will be 45 next July. She was one | of the singers at an all-star benefit concert for Finnish war relief, in New York. Admiral, Premier g Japan r) Kirsten Flagstad NEW ATTACK TODAY HELSINKI, Jan. 15—The Russian| | Air Force attacking again today {after unleashing yesterday the worst aerial offensive of the Russian- Pinnish war, resumed bombing raids in South Finland today. | Two air alarms were sounded in | Helsinki shortly after the noon hour | today. No damage is reported in the downtown section, but some bombs are reported to have fallen in the outskirts of the city. - Jumps Track; 0dd Accident, PUEBLO, Col, Jan. 15— Seated calmly at his desk, Jay J. Martin, TOKYO, Jan. 15.—Admiral Mit- Steel company executive, heard a cratic Naval Chieffain, Is Named fo Post On the list for seizure or destruc- tion by the “Christian Front” are bridges, armories, post offices, Fed- eral Reserve banks, railroads and communication lines of all kinds. The plot, Hoover said, is also aimed against Jews generally. Two Leaders Arrested Two principal leaders among those arrested, are John F. Cassidy, leader of the “Christian Front,” ad- dressed by his followers as Fuehrer, and Willlam Gerald Bishop, leader of the Sports Club, which acted as |secret entry behind the “front.” Federal Bureau of Investigation agents used cameras with telescopic lenses to take picture of drills in the handling of arms and in being given instructioons in leadership. One Spot For Bombing Cassidy was always met by his (Continwed on Page Eight) RAID MADE ON SWEDISH ARCTIC ISLE Russian Plan-‘e_i?eported fo sumasa Yonai, aristocratic Naval crash and looked up. Chieftain, became Premier of Japan| A locomotive plowed though the Sunday night after the appoint-|Wall, picked him out of his chair Have Bombed Far CHICAGO, Jan. 15—The Pederal| Grand Jury has indicted 41 persons and corporationos in the tile in- dustry on charges of viclating the antitrust laws. 4,400 miles in the projected flight. The plane went down because fuel was escaping through a lead. At the time only two of the three motors were working. and are now heavily entrenched in positions on the western front. The Netherlands Governmenthas cancelled all military leaves, keep- ing about 400,000 on the Nation’s defense works. Leaves of British Expeditionary forces in France have also been cancelled. —————— High-boiling coal tar products, once wasted, now are a source of coumarone resins, millions of pounds of which are used yearly in print- ing inks, floor tile binders and even chewing gum. Proposal Is Given Flat Turn Down TORONTO, Jan. 15—The Exe- | cutive Committee of the Canadian posal of the New York World's Fair that the organization sponsor the exhbiition of the Dionne Quin- tuplets at the Fair next summer. - ee— Since the turn of the century the average life span of the white boy baby has increased 12 and % years. Red Cross has rejected the pro-| ment of Gen, Shunroku Hata had|and deposited him on the “cow- demning the contractors on the .. ioqy been announced by the catcher” and then crashed through Navy projects, Federationers took o.coaners in special editions. |a partition with him. The worst a Stand against hiring halls only| Aqmiral Yania succeeds Gen. No- he suffered was a fractured ankle. at Seattle, Sitka and Kodiak and p.vuki Abe, who handed in his res-| The engineer, who jumped just asked that hiring be done through |ignation late yesterday with all before the locomotive crashed the all Government employment Of- members of his Cabinet included, Wall said the throttle apparently fices without discrimination, that | MR 780 |stuck and the engine, a narrow medical examinations be given at| gauge “dinky,” jumped the track port of hiring instead of at job {and plunged into the nearby office alone, to obviate needless trip and| | building, where Martin was seated. INDIAN CLERK expense in case of medical reasons| Miss Lucille Brown of Ketchikan, | prry ey, for exclusion from work, and a)so‘tomer)y a student at the Wrangell The term mineral wool is a gen- that Alaskan workers be given same Institute and at a Seattle secretar- eric one covering a variety of simi- rights as to transportation pay-|ial school, arrived today on the lar products differentiated chiefly |Tongass to take a position in the by the raw materials which are their (Continued on Page Seven) tomce of Indian Affairs. ¥ sources, North Point (By Associated Press) Sweden is reported to have pro- tested to Soviet Russia against bombing raids on the Swedish island of Kallack. A Russian plane made incursions Sunday on Kallack, 60 miles from the nearest Finnish territory in the far north. Reports also indicate that Russia is planning a new offensive on the frigid northern war front, a swift blow, and not wait for a spring drive because war material will not last through the winter months.