The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. LV., NO. 8330. PRICE TEN CENTS FINLAND GAINS FRENCH, BRITISH AID Seattle - Juneau Air Service Draws Near S(HEDU[E }Film Players Robbed of Jewc:s AWAITING CAA WORD Three Types of Planes Are Under Consideration | for North Route MULTI-MOTORED SHIPS T0 BE USED Flights Likely fo Be Once or Twice Weekly at Beginning SEATTLE, Feb. 7—Following an- nouncement that a hearing on Pan American Airways' application for a service between Seattle and Juneau will be held in Washington Feb- ruary 26, officials here said it is indicated that an amphibian plane will be used . This will provide for water landings at Ketchikan and | either land or water at Juneau, de- pending upon weather conditions. The Seattle-Juneau service will connect at Juneau with the service = now operated between Juneau and Constance Bennett, Richard Ainley and Anita Louise Fairbanks, thence to Nome. p;h: [-:”b):e:‘ ::::; 0,55 aleed ios Here are Constance Bennett, left, and Anita Louise, film players, o 2 who were held up and robbed of ry in. Chicago, as they were returning from a penefit performance of a-play which was closing its run in that city. With the two at the time of the hold- up by five masked bandits was Richgrd Ainley, young English actor et THREE TYPES OF PLANES SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 7.—| The contemplated Seattle - Juneau air service will give Pan American its first direct West Coast connec-| — tion with Pacific Alaska Airways, its Alaska subsidiary. The Pan American office here said announced, but it was learned three | types of planes are under consid- RISES OVER | (HANGES lS | TRADE PACT One type considered is the Sikor- Talk of Preparing for sky twin-motored amphibian, weigh- ing 12 tons and carrying 14 pas- Worst - U. S. May Get 'Warning’ | posed by Anti-Labor sengers. Another type under con- sideration is the Sikrosky four-mo- tored, 17-ton, 32-passenger ship. Boeing Ship Another ship considered, now und- TOKYO, Feb. 7.—Foreign Min-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — CIO ister Arita told Parliament today | Chieftain John L. Lewis today of- the Japanese Government | fered “documentary proof”’ to the “weighing the advantages and dib-}senate Labor Committee, that all proposals to amend the Wagner Act er construction at Boeing's in Seat- tle, is a four-motored Boeing wheel plane. | Unofficial sources said mail, pas- sengers and express will be carried, if and when the service wins ap- proval of the Civil Aeronautics Authority. It was said weekly or twice-weekly service will probably be initiated at on Amendments Pro- Fin: '2 NATIONS STIRRED BY EXECUTIONS Two Irishmen Go fo Gal- ' lows in England for } Bomb Outrages 'FRENCH FIRING SQUAD | SNUFFS DOCTOR'S LIFE Grab War Booty as Ic; Situation Is Infense withw Thousands of Extra Police on Guard ; (By Associated Press) Three executions, two in England |and one in France, highlighted the ‘problcms of the two nations today as each faced their solution in a wartime manner i Thousands of police reinforce- | ments stood watch throughout Eng- land as two Irishmen, convicted of setting off a bomb that killed five persons in Coventry last August, went to the gallows in Birmingham, | England. ‘ Irish vs. Britishers £ ‘'The pair, James Richards, 29, and Peter Barnes, 32, were members ‘of thé” iflegal Irish Republican Army which wants to drive the British ouf of Ireland’s six northern counties. | The entire island seems reunited {under the Dublin Government and |a wave of terrorism by bombs pre- | ceded the execution of the two men. “ New Outbreaks Feared | | New outbreaks are feared as the ’ ~ o |aftermath of the executions which Death Grips Reds e i i CI0 Lewis Makes Charges. {has embittered the Trish-British re- | lations because of the fruitless ap- | peal for clemency made by the Dub- | lin Government direct to British Prime Minister Chamberlain. | The situation is tense following carrying out of the death sentences and demonstrators paraded with black flags. | Execution in France | A French firing squad at Nancy executed Dr. Karl Roos, Alsatian |autonomy leader, convicted last Oc- tober. The authorities said the ex- ecution had nothing to do with the doctor’s autonomous activities in Al- sace, one of the provinces France re- gained from Germany as the result of the World War but Roos was con- victed for giving Germany informa- Finnish soldiers (top) are shown removing a Russian field gun left behind by fleeing Soviet forces after the battles at Suomussalmi. This gun, and others, were soon turned on the Russians as the Finns turned the invaders back. The lower picture shows a Russian soldier, grimly frozen to death where he fell be- side his stalled army truck on the Suomussalmi front. He is still clutching the field-telephone line he was erecting. He was but one of thousands killed as the Firns routed the irvaders. NOMINATED FOR MINISTERS, TWO FOREIGN LANDS Former Governor Earle of Pennsylvania fo Be Sent to Bulgaria JAPANESE CABINET SHAKEUPS REVERT OVER WAR IN CHINA, By PRESTON GROVER "mier, and the navy in Japan tra- | s iadvantages of abrogating” the Nine tion regarding movements of French | - hE 3 gt I“;;n American officials said an-|Power Treaty of 1922, guaranteeing | were prepared with the aid of at- troops. All attempts of demonstrators| WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—To lm-i;i:)llllz‘-]\td:?mnhfim pa?rrr::uypd YR | nouncement, of schedules and types theterritorial integrity of China. foreys of “reactlonary anti-1abor against the execution have been put derstand the recurring shakeups in 00 UE L Bl WASHINGTON, web. 7—Presl- | of planes to be used will await the The Government spokesman said | corporations. down. Ithe Japanese government, keep ']II ‘[‘L’ 4 Sy A5y n;e r(»lhu € | dent Roosevelt, today nominated for- | outcome of the CAA hearing. the Japanese Government is pre-| The exhibit appeared in a long e o e | these factors in mind: up affect U. S-Japanese relations?, o, Goyernor of Pennsylvania, B2~ i A paring for “anticipated dxf{xculues'§statgmem presented by Phillip Mur- At the beginning of the “incident” It is remotely pOhS‘b e he gov-| George Earle, to be Minister to Bul- arising out of the new economic|ray, CIO Vice-President. in China, Japanese leaders confi-|€rnment shakeup, coming as it does| . " relations with the United States| 1t js charged that Joseph Padway, now that the trade treaty has been|General Counsel of the American |ended by the United States Federation of Labor, prepared the | One official speaker referred to|Federation’s amendments after a “preparations for the worst.” | “series of secret conferences” with Would Warn U. S. | Gilbert Montague of New York, Earl Premier Admiral Yonai, respond-|Reed of Pittsburgh, and Ernest Bal- ing to suggestion he “issue a state-|lard of Chicago, three attorneys de- Crack Irish Mail Vessel ment warning the United States” in|scribed by Lewis as representatives r' es 'n connection with the current friction ' of “many corporations which have | between the two powers in China, been the most flagrant and notor- . . H replied, “We don't want to regard jous violators of national labor.” Shlp Sinks Qlll(k|y But All | the American atiitude witn in feel- B o |ing, but we will reconsider if the i Passengers, Crewmen |united tattes continues its oppres Fl " Ision and interference with Japan.” Is erles Reach Shore i Regarded As Insult } Youshimichi Kuboi, member of| LONDON, Feb. 7. — The crack the Seiyukai, major political party, | Irish mail steamer Minister, 4300 declared the U. S. treaty abroga-| un s re tons, sank quickly today after an tion “should be fegarded as an in- explosion, presumably due to strik- sult.” : ing a mine. | Arita replied that the American [ Passengers and crew reached shore action is “irreproachable legally, but Is(usse safely although two crewmen were | the manner in which the act was| injured. ldone caused dissatisfaction with The captain was knocked off the the Japanese people.” | — bridge by the explosion but was| In reply to a query if the Gov- T . kot 4 b |emment mtended 1o advise e Appropriations Committee The Minister was on the route American government to withdraw of House Ads on Estimates between Liverpool and an Irish port.|its nationals in China, Arita saidj that was a grave question and he is| e e—— | dently predicted the show would pe On the heels of several recent simi- e |lar shakeups, may be the turning |over in six months. Instead it is| | running past the middle of the third | Point toward a shift in the Japanese tyear objective in China. Despite Japan- In those three yi . Japan- | €€ protests to lhe_ contrary, it is ot oincid Iand | taken as a substantial fact that the Ghezzils alr an s {ese has had to work harder ; . inow all are getting less for their Japanese aim in China is the dis- |work than when this conquest of | Placement of foreign interests X os mas erv Another prospect is that the Jap- great Chinese resources started. A half million Japanese have been | anse will employ different methods | killed or wounded. A million more|in China, even if their objective is| | are in the field. In a constant stream | not changed. The domestic dis- | they move from their homes; often content in Japan, together with nothing comes back but the ashes|such pressure as the United States lof the dead may apply during its negotiations | Domestic discontent with the sit- for a new treaty to replace the one | uation has caused Cabinet after we are ending, could easily awaken | Cabinet to fall. Yet each new Cab-|Japan to the need of a change or‘ | inet finds exactly the same old prob- | methods. | | lems that caused the fall of the last. g FAIRBANKS, Aiaska, Feb. 'I—Al-iThey must raise more and more fred J. Ghezzi, retired miner, mer- money to conduct a war in China chant and motor transportation man | And the war looks less and less Succeeds Robert E. Shel- don, Resigned, to Enter Race for Auditor | SOME ‘METHODS’ | The objectional “methods” as out- | long-time resident of Fairbanks, was|like a victory. lined by American observers, in- | notified by the Postal Department| Prices of rice are higher and rice | clude in Washington yesterday of his ap-|is harder to get. In Japan that First: Army authorities in China | pointment as Postmaster at Fair- banks, effective immediately. | Ghezzi succeeds Robert J. Sheldon who tendered his resignation sev- |eral weeks ago. Sheldon filed as | candidate for Territorial Auditor on | Pebruary 1 on the Democratic tick- | et. hurts, act as if Japan were already sover-! eign there, even though they claim THE ARMY RULES they have no plans for a perma-' Nobody in Japan or America is| nent conquest. fooled when the Japanese army| Second: Japan has substituted a leadership claims it is not the mo- | flat currency of her own in China, tive power behind the government.|advantageous to herself, but pote The President also nominated Da- vid Gray of Florida to be Minister to Ireland. INT. HIGHWAY | APPROPRIATION WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — The House Appropriations Committee has omitted the Alaska International High Commission completely in the appropriation bills now being dis- cussed. The commission received $6,200 last year to carry on work regarding the highway. A!hlelch_ | Practice Schedule — e inot in a position to answer. | | WASHINGTON, Feb, 7—J. Edgar | REAL PAY DIRT WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — The | Ghezz filed as a candidate but House Appropriations Committee |after receiving notice of his ap- Nevertheless, army authorities o tially harmful to foreign traders | through the motion of keeping the |who never can be certain from one | ership of the Cabinet. General No- army from assuming active leader-|day to the next that it will be worth | j anything. ANAHEIM, Feb. 7.—Connie Mack | RUSSIA IS ABANDONED BY HITLER Northern War Arena Be- comes Battleground for Major European Powers BERLIN DENIES ARMS PACT WITH MOSCOW New Finnish Military Suc- cesses Reported-1500 Red Soldiers Die (By Associated Press) The Finnish-Russian war is up- permost of concern in the Capftal cities of three other warring pow- ers, Germany, France and Great Britain. A movement to send full aid to Finland reached steam roller pro- (portions in Paris as the authorita- tive newspaper LeTemps came out |in favor of an “effective and com- plete” assistance. Premier Daladier’s own Radical Socialist Party urged the French Government to send speedy aid to Finland. British Sends Planes ‘The British are already sending planes to Finland with the under- standing fliers are avallable in Fin- land to pilot them. This statement was made in the House of Commons today by Foreign Under Secretary Butler in response to a question. Germany’s Status In Berlin, authorized sources said Germany has no commitments to extend military or technical aid to Russia in the fight against Finland and there is no German-Russian military pact whatever. This is practically a restatement of the previous German policy that | the Russian-Finnish war does not concern Germany although the Nazi regime expressed an understanding regarding Russia’s position. Fresh Finn Successes Advices from Finland report fresh Finnish successes against the Rus< sians, stating that 1500 Red Army soldiers have been killed during the past few days in the far north. Northeast of Lake Lagoda an entire Russian Battalion has been repulsed and’ 300 Russians were killed. | FINNISH PLANES BUSY Guided by campfires Finnish war planes last night bombed massiva Red Army infantry concentrations before the Mannerheim Line after repelling Soviét tanks and man< power which broke five times in futile assault against a single Fine nish base. Norwegian military observers on the Finnish Arctic Front report that Soviet airplanes have been active behind their own lines. The re- ports said that the Russian planes were dropping bombs and machine- gunning their own troops. The re- port led to the suggestion that Rus- sian troops are refusing to advance after being defeated. Russia has denied similar reports in the past. Meanwhile the morning com- munique from Helsinki said that the Reds had bombed and straffed a Pinnish hospital ship anchored at an unnamed port. The crew of the mercy ship and those patients who were able were said to have fled to shore. Four of the Soviet planes are reported to have followed them and machine-gunned their hiding places. The number of casualties is not reported, & Kilbanels I|_|§lrudor |has increased the allotment of the | pointment as Postmaster, he with- | International Fisheries Commission|drew from the Legislative race and a request on Congress for 100 HOLBROOK, Ariz, Feb. 7—Nav- by $3,000, making a total of $28,000.|took charge of the Postoffice yes- additional agents to augment his|ajo Indians are getting income from| The committee reduced the Inter- | terday. present force of 350. The enlarged an unexpected source. A deposit of national Pacific Salmon Pisheries| Sheldon served as Postmaster force is to be used in a campaign|clay on their reservation, valuable Commission allotment $5,000, which|of Pairbanks for seven years during against espionage and subversive in petroleum refining, is being min-Inow leaves the fund at $35,000 for|which time business greatly expand- activities, ed under a royalty agreement, ) Praser River work. ed. Hoover, head of the FBI, has made| buyuki Abe, retiring Premier, was Third: Exchange is manipulated not on the army active list. And to the advantage of Japanese. in his place was appointed Admiral| Fourth: Japanese trade monopo- Yonai of the navy. lies, or vftual monopolies, are fos- | Washington observers found that |tered as “military necessities.” was significant because the nrmyl—— > S | must operate through a navy Pre- (Continued on Page Three) ) | has planned for Athletics players to CLEVELAND, O, Feb. 7.—Johnny Anaheim, Cal, on Febru-|Kilbane, who brought to Cleveland ary 16. Practice is scheduled to|its only world boxing title and held start Pebruary 20. The early de-|the championship for eleven years, parture was made necessary to getlis instructing ambitious youngsters the pitchers and catchers in shape in the manly art of self defense for the first game, March 3, here, leave for