The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 22, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1940. VOL. LV., NO. 8316. RUSSIA MAY ATTACK FINLAND OVER eader, Con Earl Browder, Communist L | Helmet Makes Good Milk Pail 104 MISSING | IS FOUND GUILTY IN FAST TIME Immediately Sentenced fo| Four Years, Added Fine of $2,000 FEDERAL JURY ACTS ON PASSPORT CHARGES Motion for Appeal fo Be Made Wednesday- NewBondBeSet | NEW YORK, Jan. 22. — Earl Browder, General Secretary of the' Communist Party in America, and considered the big leader, has been | convicted on both counts of the Federal indictment charging the use of a passport obtained by false statements and has been immed- iately sentenced to two years and alse fined $1,000 on each count. “The verdict of the jury was the only possible one that could have been returned” said Judge Alfred Coxe. ! Defense Attorney Battle moved to a delay, but the Judge said he pre- fexred to dispose of the case at once | and then passed sentence to run | concurrently. 1 Four Years in Prison The sentences means that Brow- der must serve four years. The maximum penalty could have been ten years and fines of $4,000. | Bail at $7500 was continued until Wednesday at which time Browder must appear in court for the pur-! pose of fixing a new bond in con- nection with his appeal. | Browder left the court room smil- ing wryly and said he had “no zomment.” The case went to the jury at| 12:09 o'clock this afternoon and the verdict was returned shortly after.| Argues Own , Case | Browder argued before the Fed- eral Court jury that he must be! acquitted unless a precedent is set up that “citizens may be exiled from their own country.” ! Although he had engaged George “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE A Finnigh soldier in a rest camp behind the front lines gets a helmetful of fresh milk for breskfast in preparation for returning to the war against Mooh Vetoes Lofidon Blackout | Russia. When is a blackout not a blackout? When the moon’s full. The picture was taken in London, looking across Westminster bridge toward the houses of parliament, with Big Ben rearing its majestic head in Gordon Battle, one of New York's _ best known lawyers to defend him, Browder chose to sum up his own case, explaining to the jury, as he| began to talk, he was a correspond- ence school lawyer. Browder contended the prosecu- tion offered by the Government was a “long, complicated and flimsy chain.” ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF LENIN IS 'is a well-fed belief in Washington | boom might be left to carry ‘ m weight. [} | that the thrilling story about Pres-| oW1 weight. Grand Theatre Filled at Memorial - Stalin ! Hull's Boom May Be Tied the sky. Up with Continuation of U.S. Trade Pact Program By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan, 22—There| ident Roosevelt choosing Secretary Hull as his successor was broad- cast as part of a campaign to save the Trade Agreements Act. fre- “inside information.” Once the act is extended, he suspected the Hull its The fact that the President de- voted a husky part of his annual message to the trade agreement program augmented the belief that every administration effort The story blossomed so0 would be put forward to rush the| AS ITALIAN (RAFT BURNS 1Trans-allantic Liner Blows Up-539 Persons Rescued 'SEAPLANES FLY OVER STORMY SEAS, SEARCH ‘Diplomaliciofuf‘icials from Rome Are on Pas- ; senger List GENOA, Italy, Jan. 22—Italian | officials announced today that 104 persons, including 40 passengers, are missing in the burning of the | 11,000-ton Italian motorship Orazio in the Mediterranean off the French coast yesterday. There were 643 passengers and crew members aboard when the liner left Genoa Saturday. A total of 549 are known to have been | rescued at noon today. Officials said the rescued were picked up by a hhlf dozen vessels. Authorities said possibly some others were saved, also, but not yet reported by their rescue . ves- sels. Seaplanes flew over stormy seas all day, looking for survivors. Italian Minister to Panama, Ren- ato Firenza, and several lesser members of the Italian diplomatic service were aboard when the ves- sel sailed for Valparaiso. The Orazio was to have made its first stop at Barcelona today. The fire resulted from an ex- plosion of undetermined origin. FIRE BURNED QUICKLY; LIFE BOATS DESTROYED MARSEILLE, France, Jan. 22.— Fire which burned the Italian liner Oracio spread so quickly that nearly 1all of the lifeboats went up in flames before they could be launched, sur- vivors arriving here disclosed. Despite the speed of the fire and the heavy seas that tossed liferafts high, it is remarkable the loss of life was not greater. Second Officer Giorello said the fire followed an explosion of the engines. DIES GROUP NOT T0 DIE - SAYS HOUSE | Rules Committee Approves Measure to Con- finue Probing WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — The |House Rules Committee, after a brief but stormy hearing and debate, unanimously approved and sent to MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ICE victed Reds Go In For Camouflage Too Taking a tip from the white-clad “Tell; on Goebbels | quently that the Secretary himself Is Cheered extension of the act through Con- |the House, legislation designed to continue the Dies Committee for MOSCOW, Jan. 22.—~The heads of the Soviet Government, officers and troops of the Red Army and working people crowded the Grand Theatre for the memorial services commem- orating the sixteenth anniversary of the Geath of Nikolas Lenin. Occupying a place of honor on the platform was a gigantic picture of Lenin which Tass described as “the genius of proletarian revolu- tion, the founder of the Bolshevist Party and the creator the Soviet State.” Pesiding over the meeting was| Michael Kalinin, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet. With him on the platform were Joseph Stalin, For- eign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molo- toff and Commissar Klementi Voro- shiloff and other high ranking So-| as- th viet leaders. Tass said that the sembled crowd greeted Stalin wi Joud and prolonged cheers. |put out a statement framed to |tame the report without u:v.ually‘ another year. killing it. The Hull boomlet 8reW| yg( would be healthy for the| Administration leaders had pre- |fast enough that for a time it|,qministration in several respects.|viously agreed that the measure |looked as if the Secretary might|ye o1 get the tariff issue out| be called up for passage tomorrow. |be pushing the trade agreements|,r tne way well ahead of the| The Committee rejected pleas of only to boost his candidacy. ! campaign. It is a cockle-burr un-| Representatives Dempsey and No situation couid be more der the saddle of party harmony. Casey of the Dies group that lege | tragic than that in the eyes of Further, it would strengthen the islation be amended to provide cer- | Secretary Hull. He sincerely be- hand of the State Department in|tain restrictions in the procedure lieves that his reciprocal trade negotiating its latest agreement, of investigators. 1x;.greemcm is the sanest influence with Argentina. That is provingl |abroad today, too valuable to a tough one, toughest of all, in Russ |have its life staked altogether some respects. Yet it is the key-| |upon his own candidacy. | stone of the trade arch which the| | Administration hopes to extend over all the Americas. Hull boom was designed to con-| qnings are boiling in California MOSCOW, Jan. 22—An official |tinue in force until Congress has! vo. whether Senator Sheridan|desree designates March 24 for extended the life of the Trade (hensioneer) Downey or ex-Sena- the 1940 election of deputies of Agreements Act, which otherwise! ;0" nroados is to run the show, the Supreme Soviet from the part {will expire June 12. He thought|yroadoo has the inside track at of Poland which Russia took in it might be “needled” from time _____—___.__ipnrtmomng the former Republic to time by further “leakings” of (Continuea on Page Four) with Germany. gress at an early date, | ONE SENATOR SAYS | One senatorial supporter of the trade agreement program said the CALIFORNIA HEADACHE Gitta Alpar Visiting New York, Gitta Alpar, Hungarian actress, gave the “inside story” of the beating her ex-hus- band, Gustav Froelich, gave Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goeb- bels. She said Froelich beat Goeb- bels because of his attentions to Lida Barova, Czech actress, but that the story was released only after six months, as a publicity stunt for Froelich, an actor. MAL GEN. BUNDY, " AFTER BRILLIANT CAREER, IS DEAD |Campaigned from Indian Days to Overseas in World War WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Major General Omar Bundy, 78, retired in 1935, after a brilliant career in the United States Army, extend- ing from the Indian campaigns to the World War, died early Sunday. General Bundy is principally re- membered for his work as Com- mander of the Second Division of the American Expeditionary Force, when he led that unit at Chateau Thierry against the last great Ger- man offensive. Fot ability displayed in this ac- tion, he was promoted to command of the Sixth Army Corps and charged with supervision of the final training of divisions prepara- tory to their being ordered to the front. He subsequently was trans- ferred to the Seventh Corps. Selected to Train In October, 1918, when the needs of war demanded that training of divisions in the United States be supervised by officers familiar with |the actual battle requirements, General Bundy was among the first four major generals selected by General Pershing for that duty. He arrived in this country Novem- (Continued on Page Five) Russians, the Red army has adopted similar camouflaging. white-clad Russians blend with the Arctic background. Japanese”SIeamer Slopped | - By British Warships; Nazi ~ Seamen Are Takeng(fplives Finnish “ghost soldiers,” who have wrought havoe among the invading tod it This picture illustrates how perfectly the Even their dog is in winter dress, SOLEMN STATE FUNERAL TODAY - FORSEN. BORAH jleaders of Governmen Paid Last Homage- w Body fo Boise WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Leaders of the Government which he had served for more than three decades, joined in a solmen State funeral today to the Senate's “great oppor- tunist,” the late Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho. President Franklin D. Roosevelt sat silently in front of the gray steel casket in the well of the Chamber which had echoed year after year with the mighty eloquence of the Idaho statesman. Members of the Supreme Court ol’! the United States, Cabinet and diplomatic corps were seated nearby. Senators and Representatives oc- cupied the remainder of the floor space. Mrs. Roosevelt was seated in the diplomatic gallery. | The seat at Borah's desk, in the rear of the chamber, was left va- cant. A spray of dark red roses rested on the top of the mahogany desk. The simple Episcopal funeral serv- ice was conducted by the Rev. 8. E. | Barney Phillips, Senate Chaplain. | A special train will leave tonight with the remains of Senator Borah for Boise, Idaho. Eight Senators will be aboard the train with Mrs. Borah GULF OF ~ FINLAND ~ FREETING \Shore Is Coated with Ice Which May Afford Infantry Landing ISH AIR FORCES IN SUCCESSFUL RAIDS Soviets I&B&ried Using Bases in Estonia- Fliers Captured (By Associated Press) A new factor in the Finnish- | Russian war is the freshly formed |ice now coating the Gulf of Fin- |land and ciousing speculation over (the possibility of Russian infantry attacks from the Soviet bases of | Estonia. The infantry couid be ta- ]kuu aboard Russian ships and land- ed on the ice preparatory to ate Finland has already barricaded | some sections of the Gulf coast. Suecessful Finn Raids Successful Finnish air raids on | “certain enemy air bases” are re- ported in the Finnish communique. Other sources affirmed the raids of the Finns and further stated that successful attacks have been’ made on the great Soviet naval base at Kronstadt, also at Baltiski, Estonia, The Pinnish air attacks were thrusts in retaliation of Soviet air raids which have inflicted wide- ;humu. and removal of 21 Germall spread damage on more than a 1 merchant seamen. idozen Finnish towns and villages. = FINN TOKYO, Jan. 22—Terming the | incident very disagreeable, Gov- ernment officials said Japan Is | considering a formal protest to | Great Britain against halting of |a Japanese steamship off Yoko- A British warship halted the| Estonia Bases Used Asama Maru with a warning sho” Several Soviet planes have been across the bow. |shot down and in two incidents, the | Passengers aboard the Asama Russian fliers landed safely and Maru indicated the captives will, were captured. From them it is be interned at Hongkong, |learned that the Russians are using | The captives included a captain Estonian bases for part of the aerial | and part of a group of 40 men who attacks on Finland. formerly served on Standard Ofl| tankers in South American waters HUNDREDS KILLED IN who were being sent home at the ATTEMPT TO BEAT DOWN company’s expense because of the | DEFENSE OF FINN TROOPS ke | HELSINKI, Jan. 22—The military The British warship hoisted sig- communique says hundreds of Rus- nals for the Asama Maru to stop Sians are being killed in futile at- but when the Japanese vessel con- tempts to crack the Finnish re- tinued, a shot was fired across Sistance on the Karelian Isthmus. the bow, and a quick stop was _ On the Eastemn fronf, where the then made. Finns are subjected to almost daily ; SR ‘attacks, the invaders are continuing Wics 2 |to use loudspeakers exhorting the i ;‘é‘l)(;%“TJ“'“OfZ‘V:AJ';l;):HNIIwa_‘F'inns to surrender under threat day protested formally to Grem.‘the Cennayse opning, Britain against halting the Japanese liner Asama Maru and seizure of Germans, passengers for home via |Japan and Siberia. | The incident is characterized as a “serious and unfriendly act” by | Vice Foreign Minister Masayuko Tani in an interview with the Brit- ish Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie. The Japanese communique says! [the British Ambassador has been | told by the Foreign Office that Ja-| |pan attaches the “greatest of im- }ponance" to the occurrence. R (Gandhi fo DESTROYER " OF BRITISH SENTDOWN Eighty-one Officers, Men | Lost-Shipping Hit Hard Sunday LONDON, Jan. 22.—Great Brit- |ain has acknowledged another loss of a craft of the British fleet. This is disclosed in the an- inouncement that the destroyer Grenville has been sunk in the ‘Nonh Sea by a mine or torpedo {with the probable loss of 81 offi- cers and men. Army Leaves = Compromise Now Granfed For Indi The Netherlands Extend " ‘ Privileges-U. 5. Min- Famed Sitdowner fo Par- "l fore™een Sonk ister Visits Queen | ley with Brifish Viceroy &, fiiecy 5 mnee: exposions iy | Soon on Independence Sunday was one of the worst THE HAGUE, Jan. 22.—The Neth- Sundays for shipping in weeks. erlands High Command announces ... o.. ;.. 25 _ Mohandas Gandhi indicated today he favored j,o McKenzie, of Chitina, came that a limited number of Army leaves will be granted. All leaves for £ A officers and men were cancelled a 2" honorable compromise w1t§ in on the Estebeth over the week- week ago when The Netherlands and Great Britain over Indian demands|eng from Tenakee where he had Belgian governments took extra- f0r independence. | been ing for some time. He is ordinary defense precautions. | Grfi"‘““ has h*‘”[“;fnhei:‘nd"”'m:,a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. The United States Minister to The conference with Incians - - Netherlands George Gordon, was British Viceroy during the first! More than 100,000 old-fashioned » week in February, He has ordered stereopticon sets, which give a that no labor strikes be called for third dimensional view of pictures, granted an audience today by the Queen. The reason for the Amer- nce Day celebrations onare In use in schools of the United States. FROM TENAKEE jcan Minister's visit to the Royal Independe Palace was not disclosed. January 26.