The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1940, Page 1

[N l! HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SA'I’URI):\Y, FEBRUARY 3, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS _VOL. LV., NO. 8327. FINNS CAPTURE RUSSIAN Depariment Is Watching Alaska Fisheries WALLGREN WARNS OF INVASION Says Treatyless Nippon Re- lations Threaten Bristol Bay NEW REGULATIONS ON SALMON FOUGHT Burlew Replies Alaskansj to Get All Fishing Work Possible WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. — Con- gressman Mon C. Wallgen. State of Washington Democrat, announced today he had suggested to Secretary | of State Cordell Hull any new trade agreements with Japan should con- tain provisions to protect Alaskan fishe; 5 Wallgren said the Japanese fail- ure to abide by treaty agreements caused abrogation of the pact and pointed out the United States is depending on “Japanese good will” | to prevent unregulated fishing by Japanese in Bristol Bay. Loose Agreement Wallgren said he believed such a loose agreement was inadequate to protect the salmon industy, and that Department of Interior regula- (ions for the ensuing year will pre- vent 1500 fshermen and 700 boats | usually part of the Bristol Bay | fleet, from fishing in these waters. The Washington Congressman said the State Department answer- ed, “We are continuing to give con- stant and practical attention to the siiuation of the Alaska fisheries” to insure their protection and petpetu- ation of the ‘important food and economic resources involved.” Burlew's Report It was also said a preliminary re- port had been received from the Department of Interior’s Acting Sec- tary E. K. Burlew, saying in part,! “The Department does not have authority whereby regulations may specify the number of boats to be ! fished, or whether the boats shall | be manned by persons from the States or residents of the Territory, assuming them to be citizens or per- sons owing allegiance to the United States.” Prefers Alaskans | Burlew also wrote: “The Depart- ment feels that residents of Alaska should have the preference in devel- oping the natural resources of the Territory, the same as residents of any State should have priority of consideration. If the persons engag- | ed in the fisheries of the State of Washington wherein they live, and | are supplying all the labor needed, and should have continuance of this occupation threatened by the influx | of large numbers from California, | it is believed a protest would be | made by Washington residents, the | same as Alaska residents are pro- testing the threatened loss of their occupations in Bristol Bay.” 200,000 CHINESE IN PERIL Japanese Army Reports Gigantic Pincer Move- ment Underway HONGKONG, Feb. 3.—The Jap- anese assert that more than 200,000 | Chinese troops are in peril from a gigantic Japanese Army pincer movement in Kwangsi Province. The ground troops are being aided by war planes. Chinese headquarters, however, report the Nipponese are subject to annihiliation in attacks in the drive to severe China’s link with Burma near Nanning. “Dead” Baby Has Birthday Rn'yr.nond Kusiak was “born dead” a year ago, according to medical spinion at the time, but Patrolman William Martin, being just a cop, was ignorant of medical rules and, with the aid of the New York police emergency squad, just went ahead and revived the baby. Here the squad entertains Raymond on his first birthday. Left to right, Raymond Tavlor, Samuel Silberman, Fred Beiner, Joseph Fiala and Martin. _ 21 Briliih " Sub Crews, Prisoners Members of Sunken Ships Reported Rescued- Held by Germans LONDON, Feb. 3.—The British Press Association announces today that it is understood that the entitre a speech here today, said that to stop | crews of the sunken British submar- ines Starfish and Undine are pris- oners of war. The two submarines are reported to have been sent down by Nazi U-boats when an attempt was made to attack Helgoland Bight on Jan- uary 15. Nothing is said about the crew of the submarine Seahorse reported lost on the same occasion. New Airline On Atlanfic Organized | Between The Nether- * lands and U. S. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 3. — Forma- tion of a syndicate to operate trans- Atlantic planes from The Nether- lands to the United States is an- |nounced today by a holding com- pany consisting of the American :Steamship Lines and other partici- | pants, including the Royal Dutch | Airlines and Fokker Aircraft Com- 'WIFE OF FORMER PRESIDENT GIVEN SHAKING IN AUTO OYSTER BAY, N. Y, Feb. 3— | of the late President, was shaken up ibut not seriously injured when the auto in which she was riding skid- ded on the icy pavement of the Long Island Highway. Planes Scheduled fo Fly | Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 77, widow‘ No Siopping " Present War, (onsidered Suspension? Hostilities Would Only Bring "Troubled Truce’ NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Feb. 3. —War Secretary Oliver Stanley in the war now would bring “only a troubled truce,” and would be like halting a football game at half time. The address is taken as a reply to peace advocates generally and to General Hertzog, former Union of South Africa Premier, specifically. Stanley said the war must go on “to victor then peace.” Stanley said the present war is aimed at making the Germans “peaceful and happy members of a peaceful and happy Europe.” Stanley concluded vehemently with the statement that “never again under this or any other leader will this or any other regime in Germany have the power to inflict upon the world, misery and suffering which twice in our life time has been done.” —_——-r——— AMERICAN FLIER " INWORLD WARIIS KILLED, FINLAND SANTA FE, N. M., Feb. 3.—Word of the death of an American World | War flier on the Finnish front has reached relatives in Santa Fe. Mrs. Rodger Creny received a message that her father, William | Wallace, was shot down and killed while flying a Finnish pursuit | plane. The message said that Wallace shot down three Soviet planes be- | fore his ship plummeted to earth. Wallace went to Finland to offer !his services shortly after the Rus- !sian invasion started. - . DEWEY FILES ‘ SPRINGFIELL, Illinois, Feb. 3— Thomas E. Dewey today became the first Presidential candidate to file for the April 9 preferential primary. ‘His name was submitted by his state campaign manager, Leonard Reid. Filings close next Friday in this ‘state, GERMAN BOMBERS DOWNED Two Nazi Aircraft Destroy- ed by British Pur- i suit Planes 'AIR RAIDS RESUMED ; OFF ENGLISH COAST ‘Shipping IsyAgain Attack- | ed Today Over Wide- spread Section LONDON, Feb. 3.—Pursuit planes shot down two and pehaps three German bombers today. | The bombers resumed their wide- | spread raids on shipping off the | British coast. { One of the bombers downed drop- ped near a Yorkshire farmhouse after battling three British pursuit planes. | Another bomber fell off the mouth of the Tyne River. A third bomber is unofficially reported to have crashed into the sea off Northumberland. Nazi U-Boaf Destroyed by " DepthBombs | ;Briiish Trawler in Action | After Submarine | Torpedoes Vessel STAVANGER, Norway. Feb. 3.— Depth bombs of a British trawler destroyed a Nazi U-boat after the submarine torpedoed and sent down the Swedish freighter Pajala on January 18. | The crew of the Pajala was res- !cued by the Danish ship Hroar which has arrived here. The officers of the Pajala confirm the report the U-boat was sent down as oil covered a wide section |of the locality after depth bombs |sent down by the British trawler | exploded. The trawler happened to ibe in the immediate vicinity at the time. | The Hroar also brought to port | survivors of the Danish freighter Vidar which struck a North Sea | mine two days ago. | il S S |GREAT BRITAIN, | JAPAN REACHING AGREEMENT NOW 'Are Attempfing fo Seffle Trouble Over Seizure of German Seamen LONDON, Feb. 3.—There are re- liable reports in London that Great Britain and Japan may settle their of 21 Germans from the Japanese liner Asama Maru. The settlement is said to involve the release of some of the seized Germans, Japan has demanded the return of all the Germans but it is be- lieved that she will be satisfied if a number of them are released to Japanese authorities in Hong- kong where the Germans are now interned. The Germans were seized Janu- ary 21 while enroute home from the United States via Japan and Russia. Great Britain has contended the seizures were justified in that the Germans were potential members of the Nazi military machine. STRONGHOLDS HOT OR COLD--IT'S A MATTER OF GEOGRAPHY DRIVE MADE ' : ‘ g IN AREAS ON ™ LAKELADOGA Soviet Affacks on Karelian Front Also Report- 1 ed Repulsed AR RAID CONDUCTED " AGAIN OVER HELSINKI ‘Incendiary Bombs Said to | Have Been Dropped Once More, Hanko HELSINKI, Feb. 3.—The Finnish High Command reports the capture | of several Russian strongholds north- east of Lake Ladoga and the Fin- nish defenders have also smashed e | D€ Russian attacks on the Kare- |lian PFront with losses to the “en- | |emy.” | The report states hundreds of Soviets have been killed and also that about 100 have been taken pris- | oners in the battles raging around | Lake Ladoga. Russian air attacks kept Helsink- | ians in shelters for an hour today | but little damage was done by bombs | dropped. Observers regard the attacks as intended to unnerve the citizenry. | Incendiary bombs have been drop- | ped at Hanko, which has been bomb- | ed throughout the war. ; The report says it is estimated | that nearly 100 Finn civilians have 'been killed during the past week, throughout the nation, by bombs. HOUSE CUTS FDR'S BILL ' FORFARMER Big Slash Handed Agricul- fure Supply Bill in Passing Today WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Without — a record vote, the House last night approved drastic reductions in Fed- eral farm outlays by passing the THERE WILL BE NO INSULL {muct. GERMANY (5, o s b e Communi f Both Na- GAS & ELECTRIC, IS CLAIM Cmis o propriation to $722,001,084, retaining w Usual Adivities | b A s A 4 While winter’s icy breath swept over large sections of the U d States, causing the ice on the Ohio River | at the Mason-Dixon line and halting all river traffic near Louisville, Ky. (lower picture), there was a forest fire in the Northwest, at Sultan, Wash., and 25,000 feet of logs destroyed in a mid-winter blaze. Loggers are shown at the fire (upper). On the Ohio River ice was backed up for some 30 miles and the river being additionally blocked at the rate of 12 miles daily. most of the Appropriations Commit- tee's cuts despite President Roose- velt’s contentigns they were perfect- ly terrible and would Representa- tive Jones of Texas please restore $225,000,000 for the loan fund to help tenants become farm owners. By PRESTON GROVER this before out of hand, it could get too far controversy soon over the sejzure' The measure now goes to the Sen- WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. — Hun- | (By Associated Press) dreds of thousands of stock and | An official communique issued to- | 8% Which recessed until Tuesday. security holders of the Associated AN UNMADE MISTAKE 'day by the French High Command As passed, the bill's pmvmonstin; Gas and Electric system may be| It is in the upper stories of the says there is nothing of an un- |Clude a half billlon in °"°§’uh"‘:‘° ‘"’ glad of reassurance that they are holding company system where the usual nature to report regarding |benefit payments, forty m ox not faced by another Insull de nor anything approaching it. Officials of tne Securities and Exchange Commission are con- vinced that the recent act of the company in going into bankruptcy will permit a hard-shelled receiver to comb clusters of surplus of- ficials out of the corporate hair and reroute the savings to the security holders. First off, there are about 200 subsidiary operating companies whose affairs are not badly tan- gled. The $400,000,000 of bonds outstanding against these subsidi- aries were described as “insur- ance company asse a term im- plying they are gilt-edged. Mis- management of some of these operating companies has been al- leged. That will be the job of a receiver to straighten out. Re- ports to the SEC indicate some of them have suffered from being “bled” by the top holding compa- nies. But state utility commis- sions have stepped into the pic- ture in many instances to check * | receiver, when appointed, will have his job cut out. He will have to cope with a system which was de- signed by H. C. Hopson, long rec- ognized as one of the smartest op-: erators in the utility field, to se-| cure conirol of the empire for himself Hopson and J. 1. Mange, whose performances have confused and perplexed more than one congres- sional committee, started their system in ‘1922 with assets esti- mated from SEC records to be $7,000,000, of whiech they owned outright only a very small por-, tion. By 1939 they had built As-| sociated Gas and Electric into a| $750,000,000 holding company sys-| tem with operating companies | bound to it all the way from the' Philippines to Maine, If Hopson had been less smart, it is conceivable that his empire would have crumbled under the depression just as did Insull’s.| But a mistake made by Insull was ;C(x;tlxvlned on Pag?"l’hreeb activitie on the Western Front. The German High Command, in the daily communique, says no spec- ial events have taken place on the Western Front CRITICISM OF JAPANESE ARMY CAUSE OF STIR Takao Saifo Demands Withdrawal from China -He Quits Party TOKYO, Feb. 3.—Takao Saito,| who stirred up a political tempest | by criticising the Army policies in | China, has resigned from the pow- | erful political party controlling the Japanese Army. Saito quit the party after leaders demanded they be heard in the Diet in answering his demand that troops rural electrification, forty-seven mil- lion five hundred thousnd for sugar growers’ benefits, Last year, Congress appropriated $1,301,340,315 for farm expenditures. INDICTED MAN PLEADS GUILTY Orvis Finzel, indicted by the Fed- eral Grand Jury here this week, to- day plead guilty in District Court to a charge of assault with intent to commit robbery. Judge George F. Alexander will pass sentence Monday afternoon. CARLSONS ARE ON MOUNT McKINLEY Mr. and Mrs. William O. Carlson are returning to Juneau, passengers aboard the Mount McKinley which left Seattle today. The Carlsons have been on a vacation trip down the East Coast be withdrawn from China, to California.