The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY nad Y “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIM ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LV., NO. 8325. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FINNS’ DEFENSES STAND AGAINST SOVIETS JAPAN, U.S. RELATIONS DISCUSSED Nippon Fo}éfin Minister Arita Makes Import- ant Declaration EXPRESSES PROFOUND HOPE, NORMAL STATUS Legitimate Ei—ghhts in China Will Not Be Elimin- ated, He Says TOKYO, Feb. 1—Greeted by a dead silence, Foreign Minister Arita summarized Japan’s foreign policy at the opening of the Japanese et today with the deglaration that the Japanese Government has no tention “to eliminate the legiti- mate rights and interests of the United States and other third pow- ers” in China. The speech failed to evoke the slightest reaction and gave no hint of the concrete plans. The Foreign Minister devoted more atfention to the relations of Japan and the United States than any other single International prob- lem and expressed the profound hope that relations between the two na- tions will be restored to a normal status. - Nippon's Navy, Army Ask for Large Amount Millions of Dollars Sought for Seven-Year Build- ing Program TOKYO, Feb. 1—Japan’s Army and Navy today asked Parliament to approve of a new 7-year-arms am costing about $671,000,000. 1e request came after War Min- ister Gen. Hata declared the Jap- anese forcess were ‘“not relaxing watch” along Russia's borders. The requested appropriation will be in addition to the total of one billion, eight hundred and sixty-two millien dollars already approved for the arms program of the army and navy. Changes in Fed.Reserve Bank Board Eccles Nomin_ated fo Four- Year Term-Davis to 14-Year Term WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today nominated Marriner Eccles, present Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Board, for The appointment for that per- iod is made possible by the in- tricate maneuver which Chester Davis brought when he resigned as a board member after serving half of his eight -years on the board. This left a four-year un- expired term which has now been filled by the appointment of Eccles. Davis has been given reappoint- ment for a l4-year term. four more years membership. | j { i Law, 3, Law didn’t tell him that | wife. GRUENING CONFIRMED BY SENATE andenberg Takes Verbal| Swing at “"Carpetbag- ging” in Northland | vV WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan, appealed to the Senate today to end “carpetbag” governing of Alaska just before the Senate confirmed the nomination of Ernest Gruening, former Director of the Division of Territorities and Insular | Possessions, as Governor of Alaska. | Senator Vandenberg said: “I have | no objection to Gruening as a nom- ' inee under the prevailing practice of carpetbagging the Governorship or‘ Alaska, but T wish to assert my belief | that there is now a sufficiently civilized population in Alaska. They ought to be permitted to have one| of their own residents as Governor.” i | B.C. COPPER 1S SHIPPED TO VLADIVOSTOK ‘Five Thousand Tons Are . | | Aboard North Klng {his post in Paris for & consulta-|" Ghamberlain asserted that “it|gress has met and is much dis-|how they recognize it. ~ Boundfor Siberia | ! TACOMA, Wash, Feb. 1. Freighter North King, with 5,000/ tons of copper in her holds, cleared | | from Tacoma today for Vladivostok | iunder special charter to the States | Steamship Company. | ! E. A. Dimmen, shipping clerk| 'of the Tacoma Smelter said the| shipment includes copper mined in British Columbia and brought . here for smelting. H ardening Of Traffic Arteries | i { | | i | | | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. — The | mushroom metropolis of Los Angele: finds itself in a virtual straigh. Child Misses Slain Mo in Aberdeen, Wash., Law blamed labor troubles for the slaying of his Dixieland Hit ther EYES CENTER " ON POLICIES OF 2 NATIONS Japanese Dief Bluntly Told of Relations with Other Nations » 1 [ Involve Government | . | inNew Debate | dhosi (By Associated Press) ‘ Interest shifted today from the battlefields of the world's three wars |in PFinland, China and Western front, to center on Parliaments of { & |two Empires involved, Great Bri- 5 tain and Japan. | | The Japanese heard sweeping . | statements of that nation's policy, hope being expressed that relations | will be reestablished with the Unit- | ed States regarding trade and also| | pronounced ' distrust of Russia. | British Troubles | . At the same time, the British| House of Commons is prepared to| debate the Laborite demands for inclusion of the Economic Minister (in the War Cabinet. | Great Britain's top Governmers representatives and opposition lead- | ers are marshaled to speak on the| Economic Minister's issue ecevering | {all phases of warfare, Laborites declared they have been slighted by the Government. { Japanese Policies - | In Tokyo, Foreign Minister Arita |told the Diet today he hoped the | “treatyless situation” with the Unit- ed States will be ended soon and disavowed any intention of curbing (Continued on Fage Five) WITHSOVIET chamberlain Bullitt Called Home from i ul’larisa—%!aleoDepi. % Dlsappmves ‘ s Silent Any Changes o Sl % Roject Proposal that Econ- state Cordell Eull and Soviet am-| o "'Diclator” Be Ad- | assador umansky in a 5-min- 4 2 { ded to His Cabinef asks his father, Richard Law at his mother was slain. At inquest h a record-breaking nine and of Di a deep drift. Dimond Bill Aimed fo Aid Mining Men WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Al- aska Delegate Anthony J. I mond has introduced a bill au- thorizing the Recoustruction Fi- nance Corporation to make loans up to $20,000 per borrower for the development of ore depos- i WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Troub- FINNISH WA ute conference. | The State Department, Hull and | i the Ambassador all refused to re-| [ONDON, Feb. 1.—Prime Min-| veal the nature of their talk Of|ier Chamberlain today told the! say swhether or not OumAnsky's|goyse of Commons that he rejects visit signified Soviet protest against the gemand of the opposition that American assistance to Finland. |pe jncluge the Economic “Dicta-| Another apparently unrelatedde-|(,.» in his War Cabinet, | velopment bearing on the Buro-| rpe prime Minister gave this pean situation was the announce-|in yeply to the motion of Labor-, ment by Secretary of State Cor-|ije perbert Morrison that such a| dell Hull that Ambassador Bullitt| .hange is subject to a sharp po-' has been summoned home from|yisical controversy. | | By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. — Con- don, : | seems to me that the existence of mayed by one of the biggest ques- The Secretary of State said there|, winister who will be Dictator tions it will have to decide in con- | is no significance attached to Bul-|oyer all economic departments, the | nection with the European war—| Utt’s return, - right honorable members have until the hour when it may have | Oumansky's visit with Hull Was| gescribed, will change the position to decide whether the U. S. goes the first time he has seen the|,s prime Minister and I do not into the war itself. Secretary since his return from ge what the Prime Minister will Russia several months ago When|ypave left to do by this time. This he requested audience. | gentleman will _give his orders| the Allies? AN |to all Departments.” | True enough that question, in| | The Laborites hold the organi- just so many words, has not been| MAJOR BAIILE | zation of the economic phase of put either before the Congress or| |the struggle with Germany lags the country at large. | “ow INDI(AIED |behind the rest of the country’s Instead it has arisen in the| INSOUTH CHINA WILL SEEK MODIFICATION The question: Shall this gov- | ernment open its purse to help sions Aftempting fo Recapture Nanning R | TOKYO, Feb. 1.—A major battle|liance Fishermen and Allied Work- .Twenty-four Chinese Divi- - IN 1940 FISH REGU[A"ONS | SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—Unions affil-‘yumderate control measures will al- iated - with the International Al-|),w ample escapement The hearing here on the 1940 reg- the Sunny South was digging out. It’s Cold Back East When Potomra;;r F reézes A sight not often seen is the Potomac River at Washington, filled with ice. This picture shows the river when the nation’s capital was undergoing its coldest weather in four years, just one spot on the eastern half of the nation shivering in zero temperatures. R PLACES CONGRESS RIGHT DOWN INNOMAN'S LAND NOW o | war it ought to take the respon-“ | to Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Ad-|Green Hackworth said it appeared | private message not published un- | | jacket because of lack of foresight is reported to be shaping up ln!ers have voted to send Alliance {in planning for its great population Kwangsi Province, South China, | Secretary Jurich to Washington to and heavy traffic, sasy William H.| where 24 Chinese divisions are snid‘seek modification in the 1940 reg- Schuehardt, Vice-President of the to have encircled the northeast sec-|ulations in Alaska waters. | 1.—E. G.[city Planning Commission. | tion where the Chinese are attempt-| George Lane, of Bellingham, Bus- Hodgson's three-year old heifer| Criticizing the streets as inakeé- ing to recapture Nanning. iness Agent of the Alaska Fisher- has been working overtime. She quate and the transportation system Nanning is the main Kwangsi mens’ Union, said the 50 percent gave birth to four calves in 1939. as weak, Schueheardt is urging ac- Province city on the rail line con-|reduction rule for Bristol Bay area Her first calves last January were tion to correct past neglect in these necting with French Indo-China|will bring unemployment to 3,000 twins. In December she freshened lines and to prepare for a population important supply and communica-|engaged in the fishing and canning in. And again she bore twins. of four to five million people. jtion link. industries. He argued that more WHEW! CAIRO, Neb., Feb. ulations continued for two days and were attended Ry representatives of the Purse Seine Vessel Owners ssoelation and Pacific Coast Fish- ing Vessel Owners’ Associaiton. John Evich, Secretary of the Purse Seiners, said it will be im- possible for boat owners to make a livelihood under the new regula- tions for the Alaska Peninsula area. [P R Siiow, Auto Stalled ooyl F4 Y i s Y by v, ch snowfall in Atlanta, C and deeper snow in other parts Here an Atlanta motorist is trying to get his auto out of a half- In the background is the Lincoln Memorial. FINNISH LOAN ~FROM U. 5. IS ~ NEARING VOTE eign Relations Commi- tee Finds Act Not in Violation 1 | WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. — State| nator George of Georgia made | pepartment authorities quoted the most daring declaration of | mempers of the Senate Foreign Re- the issue. He told the Senafe jations Committee today as holding bluntly that if this country is|that a non-military loan to Finland going to lend money to nations at|would not violate international law. In view of this testimony, Coun- sibility itself and not pass it on|selor Walton Moore, and Solicitor Finland. of congr Yet every word and act onal leaders discloses Sel \prohable the committee will vote His words sounded strangely like for an increase in the capital of | those of William Jennings Bryan |the Export and Import Bank of from when, as Secretary of State dur-‘50 to 100 million dollars. | ing the early months of the World | RS i i S War and prior to U. S. entry, B Ik A til years later, he told President | Wilson that money was “the great- | est contraband of all,” because it controlled all other contraband. | | | | ALLIED PRESSURE? RUSSIAN INVASION FAILURE Red Army Unable fo Crack Lines Established 2 Months Ago AIR RAID REPORTED MADE, RAIL JUNCTION Invading Ski Forces Killed When Attempt Defend- ers’ Famous Tactics . HELSINKI, Feb. 1.—Finland, con- tinuing fighting against the two months’ old Russian invasion, has thus far epulsed the pounding at- tempts of the invaders to crack the Finnsh defenses seriously. Gen. Hugo Oesterman, Army Com= mander under Field Marshal Baron Mannerheim, today . declared that the Finns are holding all defense positions which were decided upon immediately after the invasion started. Gen, Oesterman asserted that the “spirit of our troops remains won- derful.” Soviet Air Raid Finnish reports tell of a Soviet air raid that killed 15 persons and ‘wounded 60 at Roveniemi, rail junc- tion in Finland’s narrow midsection where Russian efforts to cut through have failed. Twenty seven Soviet planes, at- | tacking in waves, took part in the air raid during which 150 bombs were dropped. Ski Maneuvers Fail A report received this afternoon from a war correspondent of a Dan- ish newspaper, says that 300 Soviet- Siberian soldiers were killed when attempting to emulate the ski tactics used by the Finnish defenders. This action took place in the northern zone, it is indicated. According to a radio report, Rus- sia’s communique only says that Russian air and land scouting mark- | ed the most recent activities on the RENEWS HS PEACE PLEA Kallio Saysfi?enders Are Forced fo Kill Inno- cent People HELSINKI, Feb. 1. — President Kallio in an impassioned speech at a solemn final session of the War Diet, today repeated Fin- land's offer to negotiate an “hon- orable peace” with Russia. Howevey, Kallio said Finland wouldn’t bend for the “imperialist aims” of Russia: He said, “We are being forced to destroy people innocent of this war, people we have no reason to hate as a nation. For- this reason we regard this barbarous attack as senseless and we are ready to negotiate an honorable peace.” FRENCH PATROLS PENETRATE DEEP INTO NAZI LINES Germans Claim One Scout- ing Force Desfroyed Bryan cautioned against lending money to the belligerents. In a| [ aie, Liaims | I Speaking of the proposed loan | RI en rop to Finland, Senator George said: | “It is no different, on a sound . [ basis of international law, than if| BERLIN, Feb. 1—Foreign Min- we sent a battleship to Finland.” “If we lift the restrictions in the Neutrality act,” he said, “it is easy to see we have destroyed the y heart of the Neutrality act. The hour approaches when the ister Joachim von Ribbentrop, in an interview today, declared that| neither Germany nor Soviet Rus-| sia has any intention of carrying ‘Lhe war to the Balkans. | Both nations, declared von Rib-| war between Germany and France bentrop, are bending every effort and England becomes more acute |l Spare that section of Europe and the pressure becomes more {TOm the horrors of war And eie) | actively at work to establish af ‘1stable peace in the Balkans. (Continuea on Page Four) on Western Front PARIS, Beb. 1—France's com=- munique today says that four French patrols penetrated the Ger- man lines yesterday, in some places, to a depth of two miles. The patrols brought back valua= ble information of German defenses and movements evidently planned. The communique makes no state- ment regarding the German report that one Prench patrol, number of men not stated, has been wiped out west of Saarlautern,