The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 18, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV,, NO. 8313. Pl JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIETS RETREAT; FINNS HOT ON CHAME LONDONIS SHAKENBY BIG BLAST Royal GU“pOWder Fadory WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—Legis-| The second biii would require |lation to give priority to bona-fide commercial fishing interests to give | | residents of Alaska for employment in | preference to Alaskans on a grad- Is in Flames - Citi- zens Flee Zone 50 ARE INJURED, J FIVE PERSONS KILLED Door Rippeflom Hinges? in Residence Two | Miles Distant | LONDON, Jan. 18—A series of | rapid-fire explosions in a Norch‘ London war materials plant today killed five persons, injured 50, and damaged houses within a radius of | two miles. | Police said the blasts, which were | in the plant of the Royal Gunpowder ! Factory in Waltham Abbey, were ac- | cidental and involved “no enemy | action.” | Two or three explosions occurred | in quick succession, shattering thou- | sands of windows and caused many ceilings to drop, resulting in minor | casualties due to falling debris. | A great column of flame and| smoke roared upward, leaving a | thick mushroom of smoke over a wire area. Police kept spectators from the plant as fire brigades inside the works fought the flames while wives | and workers waited to learn whati had occurred. | Many civilians fled to air raid| shelters when the explosions were | heard, believing the city was being subjected to a bomb attack. i A woman two miles from the plant | described the blast as a “terrible | boom as though a bomb had drop- ped in the front garden. My fron door was blown right off its hinges.” | - —— HearingOn Marble Up On_Friday Boosters from States, Alsoi Alaska, Will Appear at Session WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—Three Senators and three Representatives will present the case of marble on Friday before the Fine Arts Com- mission, About 70 Senators and Represen- tatives from the marble-producing states and Alaska, with Secretary of War Woodring and Public Build- ings Administration officials seek inclusion of marble in the basic bids for new Government build- ings. ALASKA FISHERIES FOR ALASKANS, IN BILLS BY DELEGATE the fisheries of Alaska is proposed by Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond. One bill would require the Secre- | tary of Interior to insure priority to Alaskans to work on government fishery projects. | ROOSEVELT STRONG AT CONYENTION {Resolution Instructing for PROPOSED | President Infroduced This Morning SECOND CHOICE NOMINEE uated scale annually until all fish- eries employees are native Al\asl(sms,‘| In the Bristol Bay area for 1940, fifty per cent of the employees must be Alaskans and 50 per cent from FAR[EY the outside. In 1941 all fishermen | must be Alaskans. "HELP!" CRIES FINLAND AND SHE'S GETTING IT U. S. raises big relief fund, gives $10,000,000 credit for civilian sup- plies, prepares to sell planes. Many Finnish- Norwegians con- {tribute several Swedes contrib- ute several million dollars, 20,000 L/} skis, Danish nurses, am- bulance unit, and [ clothing to be'sent. Italy sends at least 50 planes. Arrival of Italian volun- teers reported. G Supplies, troops and money are pouring in from both hemispheres to help the Finnish government resist Soviet Russia. This map shows some of the assistance being given. {Democrats Mark Time - Waiting Reports of Three Committees First test of sentiment at the Territorial Democratic Conventien came this morning when a resolu~ tion instructing Alaska Delegates to vote for the nomination of President Roosevelt if he should be a candidate for a third term was sent to the Resolutions Com-= mittee by a vote of 48 to 32. (] ‘The “no” votes were those favor- ing immediate passage of the pro- Roosevelt resolution on the floor. Several who spoke in favor of the amendment which sent the reso- lution to committee said they fa- vored the idea expressed in the resolution but thought it should go through the Resolutions Com- mittee where improvements might be made in its wording. Farley Second Choice | The resolution, introduced by Van H. Fisk of Wrangell, would instruct Alaska Delegates to vote as a unit for Roosevelt should hel be a candidate for the nomination. | If Roosevelt does not choose to be | a nominee, the resolution provides,, Delegates would be instructed to| vote for the nomination of James, A. Farley. if neither is a nominee, and clothing. |, Léarned It in Prison the resolution would instruct Dele- gates to “exercise their best judg- ment in casting their ballots.” | Howard Lyng of Nome, declar-i' ing the resolution expressed the “true sentiment of the Second Division,” moved its immediate adoption. He was seconded by Mike | Hass of Anchorage. | Luther C. Hess of Fairbanks moved for the amendment whlch’ sent the resolution to committee. His motion was seconded by E, L.| Sampson of Ketchikan. | ‘ Committees ! | The Roosevelt resolution and all | ‘others go to a Platform and Reso- | llutions Committee consisting of Secrefary of Commerce, ~ Although a Sick Man, Has Made Record in One Year - e By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Harry Hopkins has finished a year as | John Covich and James V. Dav | of the First Division; E. L. S8amp- | {son and M. E. Monagle of the| | Second Division; Oscar- G. Olson | |and Lew Williams of the Third Di- | vision, and Luther C. Hess and | Fred Sorri of the Fourth Division. | | Other committees were appoint-| jed as follows: | Nominating Committee — J. J. | mer and Howard Lyng of the Sec- | ision; Mike Hass and Harry the early days of the Nevro"d Paion e i Deland of the Third Division, and Deal: Fred Sorri and Mrs. Luther C.Hess | of the Fourth Division. [ BETTHE TRAN. fo88 Reorganization ~Committee (to| [ e ———— Warren K. Billings i Watch repairing he learned in prison now serves Warren K. Billings in good stead for the re- cently freed labor leader, who served 23 years in Folsom, Cal, prison for the 1916 San Francisco | Preparedness Day bombing, has opened up a little watch shop in San Francisco. Billings did all the watch repairing required in the prison. Crash of | | W | | | King Winter utilizes his handiwork on Niagara Falls to transform the U. 8. beauty spot into a Winter Transforms Niagara Falls Into Wonderland | veritable wonderland. The picture shows the first ice of the season. RUSSIANS EVACUATE TRENCHES Hunger, Frost Bites, Con- stant Aftacks Force , Them fo Run 'DEFEAT ACKNOWLEDGED " BY INVADING FORCES ‘Air Warfare Continues Over Section-Soldiers Are Found Frozen {USSIANS EVACUATE Ray WELSINKT Jan. 18. — Har- rassed by h . fros‘bite and constant Finnish patrol attacks, the Soviet forces farthest with- in Finland, along the Salla Highway, have at last ack- knowledged defeat and have started retreating with the Fin- nish forces close at their heels. Heavy fighting which has been in progress at Markjarvi where the Soviets have been hammer- ring the Finnish defenses for a month and one half, today caus- ed sudden abandonment of Rus- SENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH | :nisimmiccass: REPORTE SHIP BUILDING 0 BE RUSHED BY BRITISHERS Long Idle Yards fo Be Op- ened for Speedy Con- struction Program LONDON, Jan. 18.—Great Britain continued today to press the econ- omic and financial offensive against the Reich and coupled with this campaign, the nation prepared for reopening of many long idle ship- building yards to assure construc- tion of ships faster than Germany can sink them. ARTILLERY FIRING IN WEST AREA Rattle of Guns Break Si- lence on Shivering Front ! treating eastward to the Soviet CRITICALLY ILL ™ IN SNOWY SECTOR COPENHAGEN, Jan. 18—Aided by the coldest weather in 25 years, Finnish forces continued today to fight off the Russian invaders in a fashion that has caused a wide Soviet retreat on one front in Eu- rope’s northern conflict. One conflict centers today in the snowy Salla sector Dispatches | reaching Copenhagen report that 40,000 Russians are on the retreat. The Red Army fell back in the face of a stubborn Finnish offens- ive in temperatures ranging as low as 54 degrees below zero. Air Warfare Air warfare went on despite the cold and according to advices reach- |ing here from Moscow, eleven Fin- nish planes have been destroyed. BULLETIN —WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—Late this afternoon it is said Senator Borah is near death. The coma into which he has passed has seldom been broken. President Roosevelt this afternoon telephoned Mrs. Borah expressing his sympathy and hopes for the Senator’s recovery. WASHINGTON, Jan, 18— United States Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho, is reported to have suffered cerebral hem- orrhage as the result of a fall when he slipped on a rug in his apartment last Tuesday morn- Secretary of Commerce during| pHe nas just issued his first an- adopt rules of organization and pro- inz. Finnish advices report a like His condition today is said t0 | number of Russian planes have been be critical. shot down, Miss Cora Rubin, Senator Borah’s secretary for 30 years, said she is authorized by Mrs. Borah to announce that the Sen- ator is in a critical condition. Senator Borah has been con- fined to his bed since the fall and is under the care of Dr. ‘Worth Daniels, his physician. At first it was not believed Senator Borah’s injuries were | at all serious. | -Senator Borah was born June | 29, 1865, and has been a Senator | since his first election in Jan- | | { Official Finnish advices report that 150 Soviet bombs have been dropped but casualties are minor. Two Finnish patrols on the north- ern front tell of seeing at least 100 Russian soldiers frozen to death. MILITARY COMBINE PLANNED Norway, Sweden May Join in Collaboration of uary 15, 1907. - e MANUFACTURERS ~ ARE OPPOSED TO CASH AID, FINNS which he has seen a start made| p.a) report in which he describes | toward his goal of increasing the | cedure for the Democratic Pa.rty‘ | an increase in the national income in Alaska)—Eric Ness and E. L.| ———————— oa'h Is national income. He is troubled now | ¢ ¢4 600,000,000 during the year | | ‘v with faulty health which takesaway |, 5 new total of 810,000.000,000.'5"'“‘750" of the First Division; H.| |the energy he would like t0 USe yi j¢ not quite so high as that In his work. | 'of 1937 nor 1929, but i8 a comfort- At the same time the second|ing increase over 1938. Of course, | . i ; Armed Forces | BERLIN, Jan. 18.—German and e I French artillery fire broke the quiet of a shivering Western Front today, 18.—A according to an official German High Command communique. | German planes scouted the w:an-! Association Fears Financial Assistance Will Lead U. S. to War | | ! (By Associated Press) The Finnish-Russian conflict held Sweden’s attention today in fear that the Scandinavian nations will | R. VanderLeest and Howard Lyng |of the Second Division; Oscar G.| ZITTAU, Germany, Jan. | Olson and Mike Hass of the Third | Passenger train and public bus col- |lided at a crossing this afternoon Taken by Murphy Becomes Associate Justice Supreme Courf-Jack- son Sworn in WASHINGTON, Jan. 18—In the presence of President Roosevelt, high government officials and friends, Frank Murphy today took the oath as new Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. At the same time, Robert Jackson was sworn in as Attorney General of the United States and enters the President’s Cabinet. ———— To remove candle wax from washable materials, rub with lard and then turpentine and roll up for two hours or so, then wash them in the usual way. term of office of his President is drawing near an end, and he has only a remote prospect that a succeeding President would seek to continue him as Secretary. Therefore, it is conceivable that Hopkins may be the first of the Cabinet to get ready to shoulder off his job and move into a pri- vate occupation. Nobody in Washington ever would' say that Hopkins was back- ing away from his job under such circumstances. Of all the New Deal colony he is among the top rankers for hard work and long hours. But a sample of his present state of mind popped up a while back at the peak of the European war emergency. “What a hell of a time for me to be sick,” was the gist of his comment. He had been confined to his home much of the time for the past several months and for a year has enjoyed little of the vitriolic ‘good health that made him the joy of headline writers | it would be far too much for him to claim that he or his depart- ment or the government was re- sponsible for it. In his first speech as Secretary of Commerce, he told a Des Moines, Iowa, audience that increasing the national income was the way to bring back prospemy‘ and preserve democracy. | “I have never belonged to the| school of thought which holds that merely dividing up the present national ncome would provide a decent living for all” he said. “A rising national income — just a cold phrase in itself—is an ob- jective worth striving for be- cause to me it means good homes, a decent education and a genuine security for the families of Am- erica.™ PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS GONE? At the time he made the speech, Hopkins was being pushed forward by his friends as a presidential (Continued on Page Three) | Division, and Fred Sorri and Lu- | ther C. Hess of the Fourth Divis- ion. | Recess was taken this morning |to allow the Committees to hold | sessions and report back to the | Convention this afternoon or to- night. The Fisk resolution, first to be presented at the Convention, is as| | follows: Resolution “Under the able and progressive leadership of President FranklinD.| Roosevelt, Alaska has made steady progress since the Democratic ad- ministration took charge of the| Government in 1933. | “In the field of industry and business noteworthy advances have been made. The rights of labor have been extended and capital has been given new opportunity./ Increase in the price of gold has brought about an immense revival in Alaska's second most important industry. Social Security legisla- (Continued on Page Five) and 20 injured. | FIRST HEARING ONREGULATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED SEATTLE, Jan. 18—The Legis- lative Committee of the Puget Sound District of the United Fish- | ermen’s Union of the Pacific an- nounced today that public hear- ings will be held here to discuss regulafions for the 1940 fishing Herring will be discussed the first | day and salmon the second day.| Fishermen, cannerymen, reduction! plant employees, packers, boat own- | |during a snow storm. Twelve per- ern Front as well as the Scottish | |sons are known to have been killed :oast. Otherwise warfare between Ger- many and the Allies is at a mini- mum. Allies fo Mflte Pool Manufacturing Resources to Be Unified-Also for Armaments LONDON, Jan. 18. — British and | | ers and representatives of the Fish- Prench officials have ended a con- eries Bureau have been invited to ference here with an agreement of |attend the hearings held from 10 pooling manufacturing resources of am. to 4 pm. each day in room the Allies, particularly for arma- 404, Bay Building. | ments. {eventfially be engulfed. | WASHINGTON, Jan 18.—The Na- e:;m'm L nn!sd“t:r :;:;?n tional Association of Manufacturers pgliament wl he advocated today are listed as opponents t0 any geandinavian military collaboration. further financial assistance to Fin- ~gg q1ep salg the Aaland Islands, land by the Government of the Unit- oo pinnish controlled, are the ed States. It is feared that financial gargians of the Bothnian Gulf and assistance may involve this nation ¢ ou1q pe fortified in the present in war. The President has proposed wu ganger by Norway and Sweden. a Government loan to Finland but placed the issue before Congress for action. B (] G DIig. benera ] « V. K. IS Palmer Dies as a I | NEW YORK, Jan. 18—Brigadier | General Palmer E. Pierce, 74, re- tired, assistant Chief of Staff of WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — Presi- | the American Expeditionary forces dent Roosevelt today signed the bill in France during the World War authorizing refunding of munlclp‘l“fl-fld at one time President of the corporation public utility bonds in National Collegiate Athletic Asso- Alaska. ciation, is dead at his home hera e