The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LV., NO. 8318. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1940. MLMB[;R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FINNS REPULSE NEW SOVIET ATTACKS ROOSEVELT OPPOSED BY LEWIS NOW Clo Chieflafilys Renom- ination Will Result in Defeat COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 24 — John L. Lewis, CIO Chieftain, de- clared today that should the Dem- ocratic National Convention “be coerced or dragooned” into renom- inating President Roosevelt, “his candidacy will result in ignominous defeat.” The statement was made unex- | pectedly before the delegates of the United Mine Workers of Am- erica convention. Lewis further asserted that it is “unwise at this time" to make any presidential endorsements but suggested the Executive Board be empowered to take the matter up at the proper time. Lewis accused the Democratic Party “with failing to keep peace with labor” and expressed the be- lief Roosevelt probably will not be | & a candidate for renomination. Yesterday, Lewis called Paul V.! McNutt, who is a candidate for the Presidency, a “political adven- turer,” who hopes with the help of a “motley crew of two percent bagmen to buy enough votes to make him President of the United Assertions Lewis asserted that in 1936, or- ganized labor furnished money, speakers, party workers and a mil- lion votes to help return the Demo- cratic party to power. He added: “The political ccali- tion presupposes the post-election good faith between coalescent in- terests of the Democratic party. Its leadership has not reserved its faith in the last three years. Labor has not been given representations in the Cabinet or in administrative or policy-making agencies of the Gov- ernment.” OTHER COMMENTS WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Sena- tor Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- tana declared it will “be extremely difficult” for the Democratic Party to reelect President Roose- velt, if he wins the Party nomina- | tion, for a third term. Wheeler has been mentioned as a possible Democratic nominee. The Senator made the statement after expressing surprise at the blunt assertion of CIO Chieftain Lewis that Roosevelt’s nomination would result in defeat. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, one of those favoring a third term, commented that Lewis' is entirely wrong in his prophecy. “My sources of information indi- Promote Sea Hero U.S.ARMY BOMBER IN - CRASH, HILL | \Four Occupglfi; Are Killed -Two Make Escape by Parachuting | RIVERSIDE, Cal, Jan. 24— | Caught in a blinding snow storm, an | Army bomber struck a hill, killing four occupants. Two of the occu- | pants parachuted to safety. The dead are: | First Lieutenants Raymond Sumi |and Benjamin Holloway. Sergeant Gerald Wilcox Private Leonard Riley. March Field authorities said the l)ombor was returning to the field lfrom the war games. Vice Admiral R. V. Holt Newly promoted from rear admiral to vice admiral in the British navy, Reginald Vesey Holt is a U. S. hero. He received the American Distin- | ANOTHER CRASH guished Service Medal for leading | MONTEREY, Cal, Jan. 24.—The rescue of the crew of the U. 8. gun- {same snow storm in which an Army boat /anay after it was attacked by | pomber crashed, is blamed for the the Japs in China two years 8g0. |qeathe of Paul McMullen, 55, and = P. Deleware Smith, |whose bodies have been found in the wreckage of their private plane near Livermore. They had been 1msssmg smce Sunday Proposes 1 Armoriesin ~ S.E Alaska }Delegate D i mond Infro- | duces Measure Making Appropriation WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has {introduced a bill authorizing an ap- propriation of $250,000 for con- struction of two armories in South- | east Alaska. The measure is known as House Bill No. 8071. ASKS DEMOCRACY ‘y —Reaching U. S. shores, Miss Bhicco Batlivalia (above) of | India’s privileged parsee caste | mlra yr Makes Flight remarked: “India has been asked >, —- to fight for the liberty democracy of other nations bul there's no talk about her ow! CONGRESS HITS BUSINESS - LIKE {Believes Former Little Set- 45, of Oakland, | Sovief Air Raiders Bomb Helsinkiin Honor of Stalin i Here is a smoke-clouded eady in the grip Wi i i 8 In celebration of the 60th birthday of Josef Stalin, Russian air raiders rained bombs on Helsinki, capital of Finland. section of the city just after the air raids. Soviets have launched more recent raids on other Finnish cities and towns, alr of the worst cold wave in 25 years. II(’lSUlkl Hospual Blaaes After Rod Bombm KlNG BOREAS ‘ ' REIGNS OVER ALL AMERICA Terrific Storm Area Gath- ering Off Aflantic Clty Coast . (By Asm‘mtcd Press) Winter scourges most of the na- | tion today, driving temperatures far | below zero in the Middle West and piling up snowdrifts in the South and West, portending more severe | conditions to ccme. i While the new cold wave crept across the Middle West, tempera- tures went to 25 degrees below zero in North Dakota. A storm area of “wide extent and marked intensity” menaced Cape Hatteras in the Atlantic City area. The unusual weather gave South- | ..... i sl “ ern California heavy rain, snow,' This burning hospital, center in Helsinki 'Finland, was set ablaze when Russian warplanes raided the Fin- | thunder and lightning. nish capital on Josef Stalin's 60th birthday. Most of the patients had been evacuated before the air | A highly unusual lunar rainbow arched last night over the battered | My Bt B S — | Pacific coastline 1\ The southern snow blanket is the | | thickest in generations, in some| places extending to southern Geor- }gia westward to Texas, and north-| Tennessee, the Carolinas JAPANESE MUST BE CURBED EMBARGO | tler, RUSSIANS IN BITTER FIGHTING Hurling For?te?Against De- fenders to Rescue Two Lost Divisions REPORTED KILLING AND EATING HORSES * Flank Defeat May Change Entire Winter Cam- paign, Surmissal HELSINKI, Jan. 24.—Fierce Rus- | sian attacks northeast of Lake La- goda in the sector which has been | the scene of bitter Finnish-Russian flghnng for weeks are reported ta have been repulsed by Finland’s battling men. Reports said “very heavy" losses have been inflicted on the invad- ers. Russian attacks attained their greatest strength at Kollaanjoki and Am.okpoki. the Finnish communique 5aid adding that bitter fighting contmued through yesterday with scwn Russian tanks having been destroyed, r Sections On other sections of the war front, | the Finns said the enemy advance across the ice of Lake Muola was beaten back as were further attacks launched by the Soviets on the Ka=- relian Isthmus. Soviet afr raids yesterday killed 21 civilians and injured 21 others !in' the Nurmes area, 40 miles from the central Finnish-Russian fron- the communique charged, re- porting also that two hospitals were included in the bombing attack. The Red Army is trying by weight of numbers to pus sh back the Fin- | nish forces a scue what is left m two Sov et siovs trapped and near starvation near Aittokjoki. The Sovi snared while trying to ou'flank e Mannerheim line. ot s With r ~¢\. “he Russian troops are reporicd (o be Killing and eat- ing horses in an effort to keep alive. Some military observers predict that the heavy flank defeats being suffere<. by the Russians in the Take Lagoda sector may have a v disasterous effect upon the whole Soviet winter campaign. Finns Take To Air The Finns themselves took to the |air today and carried out several |successful scouting and bombing flights. Finnish sources today put the total number of enemy planes downed in fighting since the war be- gan at over 3C0. ———— cate that at the present time there is not a man in sight to take Pres- ident Roosevelt's place in either party.” Alaska Hughway Studiesfo| advanced. Two Bills Introduced Representative Warren A. Mflgn Adding to a number of bills re- nuson, former Alaska Governor lating to Alaska on Delegate Di- Thomas Riggs, present GOVEInor| mong's program, which are pending Ernest Gruening, and Donald Mc- |before ~Congressional ~committees, Donald, Fairbanks engineer, are ”‘"Mr Dimond on January 3 intro- pected to attend. | duced two bills. One of these is “to - provide that fines for failure to The Seventh Day Adventists °"‘1pay license taxes in Alaska shall be serve as the Sabbath the period gisposed of as provided for the dis- from sunset Priday to sunset Sat- urday - (Continued on Page Five) SIR@ AT ON(E, tlement Is Now Safe ‘Members Show No Excife-| ment on Opening Day —Gefs fo Work By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—(Spec- (oMM'SSIo“ lal correspondence) — Little of the ustomary feeling of excitement was ln the air, which usually accom- WIll REPORI | panies the opening sessions of Con- | gress, when the third session of |the Seventy-Sixth Congress con- 'vened on January 3. There was no impelling sense of emergency such as has characterized other open- l‘ing days for some years past, but ithere was definitely an attitude ;of busniess-like anticipation on the | part of members of both House and Be Aired in Otfawa conferen(e |Senate at the opportunity to once |more get to work on the advance- OTTAWA, Jan. 24. — Canadian 5 and American studies as to posslble]rm::t 01! Pl'dll ot depleiadicn, :.;th routes of the Alaska Highway will ::_ST" et b o ec ly been inactive since be C"cmm hm:h:“{;?et;:“:g- |adjournment of the first session on ;:g v.:n i lons me! |August 5, 1939, Every effort may | be expected from Congress to make 'I:‘e C“I‘m“:d ";”"‘ is be“et‘i’ow up the time lost on such measures L‘-J‘ t;e!‘g?vl;y reemy w":'u g"::“:‘;nnn‘durmg the second session when all Iy ~ | Congressional action was limited ican report is said to be similarly| ne:tgrauty matters. o and Sound WASHINGTGON, Jan. 24. — Ad- | miral Richard Byrd, in a radio to the Navy Department, announces he has flown over Little America near the South Pole and found his former settlement, safe and sound. From his plane, Byrd sighted a cluster of half buried radio masts and this indicates the buildings underneath the snow will be found in good condition. Admiral Byrd observed from the air that many changes have oc- curred in the geography of Lit- tle America. The coast line has changed from the breaking ice areas along the previous shore line. Upheavals have also caused new ranges of hills to mark tihe surface of the frozen land BORAH'S BODY DUE TOMORROW IN HOME TOWN Thirty Congressmen Are; Accompanying Senafor’s Remains on Trip BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 25.—The spec- ial funeral train of the deceased Senator William E. Borah is sched- | uled to arrive here tomorrow morn- ing. Accompanying the body of the most beloved Congressman of the decade are thirty Congressmen. By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Advice, like gold, is where you find it which leads to the conclusion that if the United States went to its leading thinkers on Oriental pol- jcy it would find itself becalmed amid winds blowing in all direc- tions. We sat in on a conference of ! political scientists from leading universities while they discussed what the country ought to know and ought to do about the Japa- nese-Chinese war: Dr. T. A. Bisson of the Foreign Policy Association (endowed study organization( advocated the United States: 1. Keep supply lines open to China; extend to her further loans and credits. 2. Withdraw economic aid to Japan by imposing higher tariffs rigid shipping regulations and an embargo. 2. Establish a free China, with Japanese troops and troops of iother nations withdrawn, ending extra-territoriality as well. 4. Provide economic security for Japan by assuring her concessions | on her trade both in China and in the United States. 5. Provide financial help for ]both Japan and China while they BY PRESSURE; CONDITIONS IN ORIENT ARE DISCUSSED change from a war to a peace economy. THE TOUGH VIEWPOINT Albert E. Hindmarsh of Harvard held that: “In their present desperation, the Japanese will understand only pressure, if not outright force. The military ‘group will control Japan until a combination of defeat and extreme civilian privation combine to unseat them.” With few exceptions all thought Japan was definitely on the march, and that China was only a first stopping point. Moreover, with they believed that Japan would continue to crowd Englapd out of China as long as England was busy in Europe, and that England could do little except stall for time until she had straightened out her af- fairs with Germany. ENGLISH IN THE RUNNING From a former member of the League of Nations secretariat came a warning not to pass England off too lightly. H. Duncan Hall, a loose-collared scholar with an Ox- ford aceent, cautioned the studious assembly that Britain considers the whole Orient, with special re: (Continued on Pnge Three) few exceptions ON WHEAT DECLARED (anada Sio;S—hipmenIs fo Countries Adjacent fo Germany OTTAWA, Jan. 24~The Domin- ion of Canada Government today forbade the export of wheat and other materials to countries adja- cent to Germany, except by license. Presumably this move blocks the shipment of 1,250,000 bushels of wheat bought by Russia and ex- pected to be shipped from British Columbia to Vladivostok aboard ships provided by the States Steam- ship Company of Portland, Oregon. The action was taken by an Order in Council. SHETLANDS AREBOMBED LONDON, Jan. 24—Three Ger- man planes appeared today over the Shetland Islands and reportedly dropped bombs. The raiders were driven off by | British fightnig planes. An air raid warning lasted, however, for [31 minutes. ‘ ward to and Virginia. R por sit_ Priten vy IN ARCTIC| -0%5 Yesse | 2 In North Sea MOSCOW, Jan. 24—Thanks to hothous inhabitants of remote | Soviet Russian Arctic stations will not suffer for vegetables during the winter months. Hothouses in which cucumbers, Destroyer Exmouth ls Sent Down - 175 fo 200 tomatoes, onions and other vege- e tables will be grown have been Men Vldlms built on Wrangel Island, Dickson —— Island, Cape Wellen, Providence| LONDON, Jan. 24—The British Admiralty announces the sinking of the destroyer Exmouth stating that it is “feared there are no survive ors.” The 1475 ton Exmouth carried from 175 to 200 officers and men. The craft is believed to have struck a mine or was torpedoed in the North Sea. The Exmouth was the flotilla leader, Admiralty type, and carried five 4.7 inch guns, various smaller | Bay and other far northern sta- tions. R U.S. CIVIL LIBERTIES ' HEARINGS GO BACK T0 SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 24. —The La Follette Civil Liberties|arms and eight torped otubes. committee announces that it will| The loss of the destroyer is Great reopen San Frapcisco hearings to- Britgin's 23rd naval casualty and morrow. The committee is expect-"h? fifth destroyer which has been led to resume its inquiry into agri- | “downed.” cultural labor conditions. It may| ————— also hear testimony regarding wa-|, GEORGE TO SITKA terfront labor conditions on the| Pacific Coast. Wallis George, manager of the Democratic Senator E. D. Thomas ! Juneau Cold Storage, sailed on of Utah will preside at the San|the Northland for a brief business Prancisco hearings of the commit-|trip to Sitka in connection with tee while Senator La Follette is inthe cold storage there. He will re- Washington. turn on the Northland tomorrow.