The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8331. JUNEAU ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ANNIHILIATION OF FINN FORCES PLANNED REDSHOWL AS PARIS 1S RAIDED Russian - French Relafions Are Strained Follow- ing Seizures PARIS, Feb. 8.—The French Gov- crnment is reliably reported to have rejected a Soviet protest against a pelice raid Monday on the Russian commercial office of Paris, con- ling that diplomatic immunity was not involved. A Russian communique said 100 French plain clothesmen of the po- lice force took part in the raid which extended to the homes of the Rus- sian staff, documents were seized and Soviet citizens searched. French reports said three Rus- sian agents were temporarily de- tained, but later freed Russian Ambassador Surits de- manded the return of the documents ©ized in the raid The raids further embittered Russ- French relations already strained by the Daladier Government's suppres- sion of the French Communist party and giving of aid to Finland. - Three from Wreck Make Habitation Four Men from Varsity Still Missing as Cut- ters Search CLO-OOSE, B. C, Feb. 8.—Three survivors of the wrecked Tacoma seine boat Varsity arrived Wednesday at the Government Telegraph Line Station, 12 miles north, to report| that four companions were missing after the wreck of the 67-foot vcssel last Sunday night. Hubert Ursich, Hubert Ancich nnd Anton Mavier said they have not seen the four since their small boat was also wrecked. Survivors said the missing men: were Joe Cloud, skipper, Peter Pel- jan, cook, Steve Lemcke, engineer, and Vincent Karmelich, crewman. The rescued men reported they ran off their course Sunday night in a heavy fog returning to Tacoma from San Francisco, and struck a! reef six miles south of Panchena | Point, 20 miles north of the West Ceast of Vancouver Island fishing village. The survivors managed to reach the shelter of a cave under a sheer cliff where they remained for nearly' three days soaked to the skin and without food. [ They finally managed to find their | way up a cliff to the trail which led them to a cabin. ¥ The Coast Guard cutters Redwing and Onandaga have been ordered to | proceed to the scene and pick up! the survivors and search for the| missing. TRADE PROGRAM GIVEN APPROVAL | BY HOUSE COM. Continuance Extended for| Another Three Years- GOP Opposition WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — The House Ways and Means Committee, voting along strictly partisan lines today, gave general affiproval to Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull's reci- procal trade program for another three years. Continuance of the trade program was bitterly fought by the minority Republicans. The program will probably be called up week after next but Rep- resentative Patrick J. Boland, of Pennsylvania, predicted the plan will win approval. He polled the House in his capacity as majority whip. CHINESE PLAN AIR RAID ON JAPANESE, IS REPORT TOKYO, Feb. 8.—The Japdn- said ese Navy spokesman toda that there are definite grounds to believe the widespread perts that the Chinese are plan- ning a series of air raids on Japan. The spakhman re- declined to 30 Years 0Id Today e The Boy Scouts of America, 30 y ruary 8-14 as anniversary week. Today there are 1,300,000 boys wear- | ing uniforms like one shown here. saint” ¢! scouting, calls the uniform “a symbol of the highest civiliza- tion of the centuries.” Now If You Were Franklin Roosevelf, Wh Want fo Be ' CONDITION OF 6OV. GENERAL, CANADA, GRAVE Lord Tweedsmuir Suffering| from Concussion of Brain OTTAWA, Feb. 8.—The condition of Lord Tweedsmuir, 64, Governor General of Canada, is causing | anxiety,” according to a bulletin is- sued at noon from Government House. The Governor General suffered a | conctission of the brain last Tuesday when he fell in his dressing room. The bulletin further said that Lord Tweedsmuir's weakness is in- creasing. AL SMITH IS TURNED DOWN BY TAMMANY NEW YORK, Feb. 8—Former Gov- ernor Alfred Smith has been ignored by Tammany Hall in seleécting 22 delegates to attend the Democratic National convention in Chicago. ‘The delegation, which is describ- ed as pro New Deal, is headed by Tammany chieftain Christopher Sullivan. It is believed that Tam- many Hall no longer looks on the party’s 1928 Presidential candidate as a Democrat because of his revolt against Pranklin D.- Roosevelt in 1936. Smith also incurred the ill- feeling of Tammany Hall when he supported his son Alfred Jr. for the City Council against a Tammany candidate. Young Smith won, grave give any further details on the groun they are strictly mili- tary secrets. It is declared however, that anti-arcratt units have been ordered to keep a 24-hour watch and home air fleets are report- ! ed ready for any sudden emer- | gency. | ears old today, will celebrate Feb- Dan Beard, the 89-year-old “patron om Would You Next Presidenf! By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — Ohio/ Democratic leaders, by promising their delegates to President Roose- velt or to the man of his choice, have stepped into the forefront of | a move which might easily glvey FDR. a grip on the convenuon] such as has been held by no reurlng ‘Prmment since the earlier Roose- velt. So tight was Theodore Roosevelt’s | hold that simply by retiring he was |able to give the job to the man he | chose, William Howard Taft. With a strong line of delegation | pledged to him in the manner out- lined for the Ohio delegation, Pres- | ident Roosevelt also could name his man by the simple act of retiring from the field. As an indication of |the bandwagon drift that may start |toward Rcosevelt, Mayor Kelly of |Chicago has said the President| would get the big Illinois delega- | tion, The question then arises as to what sort of man President Roose- |velt might choose to carry on the |New Deal. Repeatedly F.D.R. has| indicated that in many respects he| was emulating T.R. Doubtless he |has clearly in mind the bitter dis- appointment T.R. had when he dis- covered Taft was neither able nor disposed to complete the framework of the earlier Roosevelt’s national policy. | WHO WOULD IT BE? Except for Secretary of Com-| merce Harry Hopkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt has no official friend so intimate as was Theodore Roosevelt with Taft. Hopkins' weakened phys- ique has virtually eliminated him as a candidate. Who else might be | Roosevelt’s choice, if he did not de- cide to continue on the job himself? Certainly he would choose a man who would do what T.R. thought Taft would do—vigorously carry out the program already laid out or envisioned. There is more than casual evi- dence that President Roosevelt has been looking out for a man with (Continued on Page Five) EXTRA NEAR Allies Have Half Million {and a Russian estimate of 400,000. cemrated in the Nenr East. i '3 Alaska Bills |Are Scheduled EAST SURVEYED, WAR FIELD Men Under Arms if Fight Spreads BULLETIN—ISTANBUL, Feb. 8.—Turkish Marines today occu- pied the German-owned Kupp Shipyards in the Golden Horn of Istanbul and at the same time it was announced the Turkish Government is dismissing Ger- man naval engineers and tech- | nicians who are equipping the Tukish submaines for the Navy at the seized yards. omincus prediction that England and France alike will get ‘the fight” ti Hitler are (1"t to right), Paul Goebbles, propaganda minister, and Jull ture radioed from Berlin to New York. Snow Bank Pul BULLETIN—PARIS, Feb. 8.— Official quarters tonight con- firmed reports that German residents in Turkey, particularly business men, have left during the past few days in large num- bers, | | | | | PARIS, Feb. 8.—Authorized French sources disclosed today that France has 275,000 troops concentrated in the Near East under the command of General Weygand | Sources said this figure compares ! with a German estimate of 150,000, | French statements made it clear | that should war spread to the Near | East, Weygand will be in command of the Allied forces. Weygand arrived in Cairo yester- | day from Syrvia where most of his command is concentrated. It was said he intends to inspect British- Egyptian defenses and asserted the | visit was of no other significance. ! LONDON TALKS LONDON, Feb. 8—Great Britain and France, it has been authorita- tively disclosed, have about a half million troops between them, con- a flight from San, Antonio, Texas. It ran off the runway, one wheel hi around and up-ended it. ALBERTA ROUTE L suGGesTeD FOR New Forces, ALASKAHIGHWAY, | aave Paris = 7 Premier Aberhart Work- ing for Proposal-Tele- gram Received EDMONTON, Feb. 8. — Premier | Aberhart announces receipt of a telegram from the J. J. Sousa Syn- dicate, of Los Angeles, expressing confidence that the United States has not closed the door against the route through Alberta for the United States-Alaska Highway. Premier Aberhart said the author- ities of both Canada and the United States are considering constructing the Highway through British Col- force is not disclosed. umbia but suggestions have been The Polish-Americans are highly made that it be routed through Al- trained mechanics and left shops berta. in the United States originally to help the Allies against Germany. GANGLAND TRAGEDY DETAILED Witness Describes Killing of Wealthy Gambler in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 8— Alice Ingram described for a jury the gangland slaying of wealthy gambler Le Bruneman in 1937. But she could not identify any of the Earl Ohmer heads the Petersburg gunmen. An ex-convict, Pete Pian- Chamber of Commerce. The follow- zzi is charged with the murder. ing are members of the Board: Dr.| Bruneman was killed when five J. O. Rude, Charles Greenaa and men rushed into the cafe where he Dr. E. 1. Baggen. and Miss Ingram were dining. Six- BRITISHERS ARE OFF TO ernment’s Blessings, Ready for Front Mechanics, in Exped- | itionary Forces PARIS, Feb. 8.—An expeditionary force of Polish volunteers, dmong them a party of Polish-Amer S has been dispatched to Finland v,o bolster the Finnish man power. The size of the expeditionary circulated that the first contingent of British Volunteers for service in the Pinnish military service in for Finland some time next week. The volunteers apparently have ernment, whose spokesman said yes- terday that substantial aid is on the way to Finland. ! The Finnish Legation here has arranged for enlistment of “hun- dreds” of volumeers in England SERAAESC L i Hearings on Miss Ingram was wounded in both legs. Another cafe patron, Frank Greuzard, rushed outside in an at- tempt to check the license number of the gunmen’s car and he was killed by a shot from the car as it roaread away. Bruneman was a friend of many Hollywood notables. Miss Ingram told the jury that she was his nurse while he refov- ered from a previous attempt on his life. She said they went to a popu- lar Los Angeles cafe for dinner on the night of October 25, 1937, ac- companied by Miss Ingram’s sister and a friend. The nurse said Brune- man danced with her sister, then returned to his seat. Said she: “The next thing I re- member sparks were shooting over my shoulders. out of his chair, then fell backwards on the floor. My back was turned toward the men who were shooting. Hearings have been scheduled for March 12 before the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries on H. R. 7987, H. R. 7988 and H. R. 8115. All of the bills are seeking fo give residents of Alaska priority of employment in Alaska fisheries. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond radiced The Empire the above information regarding the hear- ings and asked that suitable publicity be given so that all interested will be ready to make presentations at the hearing. e OHMER HEADS C. OF C. tirliner up on Finn Front AIDFINLAND Polish-Americans, Trained First Coniina;nf, with Gov-| LONDON, Feb. 8—Reports are the war against Russia, might leave | the blessings of the British Gov-| | teen buliers plerced his body, and Les started to get] Hitler Predicts Allies to Get “F ight” Asked For Adclf Hitler is shown receiving the Nazi salute as h: arrived at the Sports Palast in Berlin to del hey had asked for. Shown behind ius Schaub, ersonal adjutant. Pic- End This large airliner (Eastern Airlines) came to an “on end” stop while landing at Washington, D. C., after it a snowdrift which spun the ship It had no passengers. The three crew members were uninjured. Volunteers For Finland Liner Sails from New York for Norway Port with Many Aboard NEW YORK, Feh, 8.—The Nor- wegian-American liner Bergensf- |jord has sailed for Norway with 280 passengers including 50 Finnish volunteers for Finnish military duty from the United States and Can- ada. Robert A. Winston, United States | Naval Reserve, is also aboard and it is said he will test American planes being sent to Finland. gensfjord are Prince Eigvard Bern- adotte, second son of the Swedish | Crown Prince, and his wife. - — |City Falhets Balk at Spelling Bee The City Fathers, challenged by the Juneau Fire Department to a accept the verbal spelling bee chal- lenge from the smoke eaters for night. Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill said the Council told him the Fire Department would “have to chal- lenge in writing.” So firemen are hunting fancy legal seals and legal paper. They say the Council will get a written challenge, all right AreLeaving, Other passengers aboard the Ber-| public spelling bee, are ‘“seeking their holes,” firemen declared to- day after Councilmen failed to a public contest over the air last THOUSANDS OF REDS IN BATTLENOW Quarter of Million Fighters Hurled Against Defenders SOVIET NAVY ADMIRAL MAKES DECLARATION Home Tro—o‘p—s Resisting Strongly-Refreat of Russ Reported BULLETIN — MOSCOW, Feb. 8.—The Soviet Union is determ- ined to continue the offensive against Finland until the Fin- nsh forces holding the Manner- heim Line are annihiliated, said Admiral Tributz Collander of the Soviet Navy in the Baltic Sea today. The Communist newspaper Pravda today accuses Great Bri- tain and France of “striving to turn the war tide against the Soviet Union.” BULLETIN—HELSINKI, Feb. 8.—Waves of Soviet attackers on the Karelian Ithmus are report- ed retreating on the Arctic-Salla front toward Markajarvi, close to the Russian frontier. THOUSANDS OF SOVIETS ARE BATTLING FINLANDERS HELSINKI, Feb. 8.—One quarter of a million fighters in the Red Army today threw themselves against the icebound fronts in Fin- land but the offensive, on the sev- enth successive day, has been un- successful and according to Finnish reports, the Russians are falling back in several sectors, whether to prepare for further attacks, or ad- mitting resistance is to fatal, is not known. Finnish advices from the front indicate “some thousands” of Rus- sians were killed one day in one sec= tor on the Karelian Isthmus front. Offensive Falls Shot Fighting continues today but the HUNDREDS ENLIST:HELP LITTLE NATION FIGHT -e 255 . offensive has fallen short although the invaders are using every possible weapon, including dropping of pa- trols by parachutes. Several such Russian patrols drop- ped hy parachutes behind the lines have been captured. Soviet Planes Downed Four more Soviet warplanes have been downed in aerial fighting. The Finnish planes are reported to have been piloted by “foreigners” who are giving the Russians some surprises (Continued on Page Eight) Would Severe Relafions of U. S. with Russia Loans for China, Finland | Boosted - Taft Is Not Candidate WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. — The House has defeated two efforts of Democratic Representative John W. McCormack of Massachusetts to place items on record for severing diplomatic relations with Russia. McCormack’s move came in the form of amendments to the State Department appropriation bill. The amendments would have withheld funds for the United States Em- bassy in Moscow. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted approval of a measure increasing the lending ca- pacity of the Export-Import Bank by 100 million dollars. The measure would make possible 20 milloin dol- lar loans to both China and Fin- land, to be used for non-military purchases. Ohio’s Senator Taft has made it known that he has decided against entering the Illinois Republican pri- mary as a Presidential candidate. This left the Illinois field open to New York’s District Attorney Dewey.