The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 12, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8334. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIETS CLAIM FINN DEFENSE CRUMBLES LAYS BATTLE 10 HANDFUL OF ALASKANS Residents Fear Destruction of Monopoly, Charges Interior Secretary SAYS CHAMBERS OF TERRITORY DIVIDED Opposition Called “Incom- prehensive” — Wide- spread Support WASHINGTON, Feb. 12—Secre- of the Interior Harold L. s said in a statement today opposition to the proposed coloni- zation of Alaska came chiefly “from a handful of Alaska’s 30,000 white population which feels its‘ monopoly is threatened by increas- | ed population.” The Secretary said much of the‘ opposition was “couched in incom—i prehensive phraseology,” adding that | Chambers of Commerce at Juneau, Anchorage, Valdez, Douglas, and! Fairbanks had taken stands against various aspects of the plan and four other Chambers, he continued, | those at Seward, Cordova, Skag-| way and Petersburg, had expressed belief in the feasibility of the| plan and offered every coopera-| “tion tary Ic! Great “Endorsement” Ickes said the proposed coloni: tion “received one of the most| comprehensive endorsements of any major far-reaching national ' development ever proposed in the United States.” | The Secretary cited “carefully | tabulated returns” show approval | of the plan has been given by 845/ percent of a total of 338 news- papers which editorialized on the subject. Seven percent were non-; commital and 85 percent disap-| proved the plan, he said, in part whole. | correspondence, the Secre-, tary added, showed less than half of one percent of 4,135 letters re- ceived up to February 2 were criti- | cal of the plan. NEW THIRD TERM ANGLE GIVEN OUT Farley Says Roosevelt Is Not Candidate, Accord- ing fo N. Y. Paper NEW YORK, Feb. 12. — The york World-Telegram says today that “James A. Farley told Presi- dent Roosevelt he was strongly op- posed to a third term. “In reply Farley received word from the President, what he regards as assurance Roosevelt will not be a candidate. or “Farley has agreed to the use of f his name in the Massachusetts pri- mary but only after deciding to take Roosevelts’ word he has no intention of being a candidate for a third term.” NO COMMENT CHICAGO, Ill., Peb. 12. — When informed of the statement printed in the New York World-Telegram, Farley, who is here today, said he had no comment to make. —re———— Ten Are Killed in Railroad Accident; ROME, Feb. 12—Ten persons are reported to have been killed and 25 injured seriously in a railroad acci- dent near Pisa. | | | 1 i ¢ e Nothing much of the sunny south about this picture, made in St. Aug- ustine, Fla., when the coldest weather in 64 years hit that semi-tropical city. Jackie Swain takes a bit of one. Icicles, seldom seen there, proved a great attraction, and here CAPT. HONEYWELL, DEAN OF AMERICAN BALLOONISTS, IS ARMY BOMBERIS LANDED SAFELY AS MOTOR FIRES Plane Brought Down on Boeing Field-Five Lives Are Endangered SEATTLE, Feb. 12.—Col. Ralph Royce, in command of the Army Boeing bomber which was brought down safely on Boeing field yester- day after one motor caught fire at an altitude of 2,000 feet, is strong in praise of the plane. The bomber, which the army had taken delivery of last Wednesday, was enroute to Hamilton Field, Cal- ifornia. | The lives of five Army fliers on| | board were endangered when No. 1! engine started to disentegrate 30 miles out of Seattle. Major H. A. Halvorsen, pi]ot.} {brought the ship down on Boeing | |Pield just 15 minutes after Ser- | geant William Downing stopped the | faulty engine and extinguished the flames of carbon dioxide with fire extinguishing equipment. RS D RN INO "DISOBEDIENCE" CAMPAIGN PLANNED Nationalist Leader Gandhi Does Not Look for Trouble in India BOMBAY, Feb. 12—The Indian National leader Mohandas Gandhi has given assurance that the dead- lock in negotiations with the Brit- ish government will not result in another campaign of civil disobed- ience. A few years ago the little Indian leader harrassed the British Gov- ernment by leading a widespread but peaceful disobedience campaign against Government orders. Gandhi said that he expected to resume his negotiations with the British Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow ;over his demand that India be guaranteed Dominion status. ... DEAD; HE WON MANY RACES | SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 12.— |Harry E. Honeywell, 68, interna- { tionally known American balloon- jist, is dead here. He was a Span- |ish-American war veteran and won the National balloon races in 1912, 1916 and 192. He was an Honorary army captain, | Capt. Honeywell of St. Louls, dean of American balloonists and com-|eq i the World Court provisions! petitor in international races OVer|were unfair to Japan, since the|located just north of the city. Con- |a period of 20 years, traced his| japanese do not adhere to the| |interest in aeronautics to his boy- in Cleveland, where he was born September 19, 1871, He left school at 14 to learn the printing trade in his father's of- fice, but he spent many leisure hours dreaming how he might float | through the sky, free as a cloud. | His early experiments in aero- nautics, principally with models of | “flying machines” rather than bal- loons, were cut short by an attack of lead poisoning which resulted in pneumonia. For the benefit of his health he was sent to the Rocky Mountains, but not content ‘with seeing this much of the world he continued on west to Sa | a musician. Was With Dewey He was with Dewey at the bat- tle of Manila and later achieved another of his ambitions—circling the globe—aboard Dewey’s flagship, the Olympia. At the close of the Spanish-Am- erican War he made his home in St. Louis, taking up the study of aeronautics with a French army officer, Gene Godet. Here in 105, after operating a captive gas bag at the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- tion he made his first ascension in a free balloon. Later he made almost 600 more, covering a total distance he esti- mated would have taken him more than around the world at the equa- tor. Balloon Race Winner Capt. Honeywell won the nation-| al balloon races of 1912, 1916, and 1920, placing second in seven others. In the international race from Stuttgart, Germany, in 1912, his balloon covered 1,260 miles air line, before coming to earth near Mos- cow, Russia, where peasants at first supposed him and his aide to be German spies. Capt. Honeywell seldom took t same aide twice on these excur- sions, preferring to encourage in- terest in aeronautics among as many enthusiasts as possible. He (Continued on Pu:e Seven) Secretary Ickes Blasts Foes of Slatte 50 THIS IS FLORIDA? TRADE PACTS ENTERING IN " MAJORWARS | Russia and_(irmany Ex- tend Agreements Re- garding Commerce 'ITALY AND TURKEY MAKING NEW MOVES Japan, The Netherlands Perfecting Treaty Bene- ficial fo Both Parties (By Associated Press) A new Russian-German trade treaty is today projected into the European scene as a possible potent factor in the continent’s two wars ioi those two nations in conflicts | with different enemies. Authoritative Berlin sources as- 'sert that the Nazi-Communist trade | pact enlarges the economic coopera= tion provided in the first trade agreement reached last August and | calling for an exchange of Russian | war materials for German manu- | factured products. The new treaty describes as syn- [chromzing the needs of the two nations each at war against differ- | ent foes. | Italy-Turkey Pact | It is also stated that Italy nears |a new commercial agreement with | Turkey. In official Turkish quarters in Is- Ltanbul. it is predicted that the new | treaty will enable Italy to displace \Germany in expanding the Turk- ish market. Japan Takes Action | Another treaty arbitration agree- | ment between Japan and The Neth- | erlands has also become uppermost |in international maneuvering. e Tokyo statement from the For- eign Office said ‘“necessary steps” | have been taken with The Nether- lands because former pacts contain- court. ; Officially The Netherlands’ state- | ment says there is nothing signifi- |cant in the new developments. BIGVICTORY IS CLAIMED ~ BY CHINESE n e e | Francisco and joined the Navy as| Asserf 16,000 Japanese caroiina, in 1055, : Killed in 3-Day Count- er Aflking CHUNGKING, Feb. 12.—Assert- ing that 16,000 Japanese have been | slain by counter-attacking of Chi-| nese forces in Kwangsi Province during the past three days, Chi- | nese military leaders said the tide lof battle on that front has now turned in their favor. Loading Death on British Fighting Plane | e - I the magazines of a Spitfire pursuit ith anti-aircraft artillery, observer t invading bombers. Mechanies load thousands of rounds of machine gun ammunition into plane at an English fighter station. These ships are co-ordinated w corps and balloon barrages as Britain’s defense agains Wég Sflimggggn Lord Tweedsmuir, Brifish FOR mmmnp% King’s Represenlaiive in - Canada Dies, Result of Fall Wark on Fairbanks Projedj Begins Soon - Fund Is | Asked for Anchorage { MONTREAL, Feb. 12. — Lord | Tweedsmuir, 64, Governor General GAME WARDENS 0 | of Canada since 1935, noted author, | ‘ who has held several important | AlASKA ARE GO|“G | posts in the British Empire, died The | | yesterday, within less than one TOHAVESCHOOLING 5. e o s AR | fall in his official residence in Ot- . . . tawa. FII'St SeSSlO" WI" Be Hel | Lord Tweedsmuir is the first rep- in Washingfon Next | resentative of a British King to Canada to die in office since the | ThurSday ’ federacy. formation of the Canadian Con- Lord £ WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 | | war Department announces that| two new Army Air Corps stations | will be located in Alaska, one at| Fairbanks and the other at Anchor- age, if sufficient funds are approp- riated by Congress. | The Fairbanks site, for which ap- | | proximately $4,000,000 has been ap-| propriated to start the project, is Tweedsmuir was brought structi will start within the next ;P:‘cn:g:ths. o | WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. A > Fairl ‘o1q | SChool to train Alaska Game War- | special train and underwent a ‘W,I”t ',fee’;figfi‘“fl,,‘;;,fij“}’:,.‘"‘:x;i‘i‘f‘uem in the latest wrinkles of en-|second operation for removal of | mental operations in cold weather, |forcing the Territory's game laws cranial pressure. He apparently was {employing all types of planes. and mysteries of compiling sta-| relieved and by rallying indicated | ? | tistical regulations as to the life| he might survive Construction Plans |and history of salmon, will be in- Flags throughout the Dominion The construction plans -include augurated here next Thursday,|of Canada are today flying at half | hangar, shops, paved runways, night | February 15. staff as the remains of the man | landing equipment, quarters for 30| On this date several older war- known to millions of persons the }nmcers and 26 non-commissioned | dens will “go back to sehool” in|World over as the writer John Bu- officers and barracks for 300 men,! the Fisheries Bureau. | chan, lay in state, | hospital, central heating plant and | PRSNGSR, 2L The remains ol Lord Tweedsmuir lelectric light and power plant on will be taken from Montreal \a field of about 1,000 acres. ‘IHOMAS E DEWEY Ottawa by special train for final d | " The Fairbanks field will be name: state funeral services on Wednes- Ladd Field in honor of Capt. Arthur| day in the Presbyterian Church. Ladd, native of Texas, killed in an | MAKI“G 'I'Rlp I“ It is said that following the ser- airplane accident at Dale, South| vices, cremation will take place and the ashes will be sent to England, ry R .eport week after he suffered concussion| here from Ottawa last Friday by| to| | | Anchorage Project i The field at Anchorage will be lo- | | cated just south of the city and will | cover about 1400 acres and ultimate- !ly include both ground and air un-| its. Funds totalling $12.734,000 are| requested in the 1941 budget. The Anchorage field will be narhed | in honor of Capt. Hugh Elmendorf, , hative of New York, killed in an air- plane accident at Wright Field, Ohio, ,in 1933, First Chapfer of Infantile Paralysisin Alaska Formed AtPalmer;BallsRaise Fund PALMER, ALASKA, Feb. 12, — |The only Chapter of Infantile Paralysis in Alaska was organized January 31 by Cecilia E. Chapman | who has been working for the past he | three years alone as Chairman of | the President’s Ball. The total income from the ball {In 1938 was sent to the Warm | Springs - Foundation and 50 per- | cent of the 1939 receipts were sent [to the foundation and the same | | this year. Chairman Chapman has received a letter of appreciation from President Roosevelt for her faithful service in Alaska in sup- porting the National Foundation. The new chairman of the Pal- | mer Chapter now is Mrs. Lloyd Bell, a colonist, and she has re- ceived instructions that |as E. Dewey, before and after in- WESTERN STATE Makes Prediction on Cam- paign Issue-Is in Port- | land Tonight SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 12—Thom- specting the $126,000,000 Coulee dam, predicted that the major issue in| the next Presidential campaign will not be power and reclamation pro- | jects, but “failure of the New Deal | to provide employment for nine mil- lion people.” | The New York District Attorney | has gone to Portland from here to| deliver the Lincoln Day address to- | night. Befcre be left the wmmgwnI State Republicans were assured that he approved of reclamation develop~| ments. e — Woman fo Wed But Will Not (hange Name } SEATTLE, Feb. 12—A marriage | | possibly aboard a Canadian destroy- | er. s - Nell;erlands Vessel Sent DownbySub Another Neutral Ship Falls Victim to U-Boat in Sea Warfare LONDON, Feb. 12—The war at sea has cost another neutral mer- chantship. The Netherlands steamer Bur- gerdijk, 6800 tons, is reported by her owners to have been torpedoed and sunk last Saturday by a German submarine off Bishop Rock, English Coast. The crew is reported to have been saved by British patrol boats. - o — Moose Peak lighthouse, in the in case| license has been issued to Richard | mouth of the Bay of FPundy, is said o‘f an outbreak of infantile paraly-|S. MacRae, 34, of Cordova, Alaska,|to be the foggiest spot in the coun- sis in the Territory she may use and Genevieve MacRae, 33, of Se-|try. In 1930, there were 1562 hours the funds, attle, | of fog there, a record, MORE FORTS REPORTEDTO HAVE FALLEN Russians Announce Cap- ture of Parts of Man- nerheim Line RED TROOPS ARE NOW USING FLAME THROWERS | Defenders mle All At- facked Positions Re- main Secure B U LLETIN—HELSINKI, Feb. 12—Following the an- nouncement by the Russian Command that 16 Finnish for- tifications have been cap- tured, the Associated Press correspondent, who went to the Mannerheim Line, report- ed there were no breaks in the line as far as he could see. B ULLETI Feb. 1%—The Finnish Com- mand announced tonight that “several enemy divisions have launched artillery, tank and aircraft attacks against the Finnish positions in the Sum- ma sector.” The Finnish report says that it is estimated 15,000 Russians attacking the defenders have failed to get “anywhere.” FIERCE CONFLICT RAGES COPENHAGEN, Feb. 12.—In the Finnish-Russian conflict, the Red Army declares the Finns have been !repulsed on the Karelian Isthmus {front and “16 defensive fortifica- | tions,” eight of them of concrete and iron, have been captured in | continuing the campaign against | the Mannerheim Line. Russians claim the Pinnish defense is crumbling. Apparently these captures are in addition to the 13 Mannerheim forts the Russians claim to have captured last Thursday. The, Finns deny the assertions | made by the Russians and de- clare there is no crack appareni in the defense line and thus far the defenders have held off Rus- sian attacks during the past 11 days. Finnish officers are confident | the offensive will soon end and the ’Ruasians' attack will appear weak- er. The Red Troops are using flame throwers in their assaults in the Summa ' Sector which is now the scene of the brynt attacks. NEW FORCES REACH SUEZ, NEAR EAST Auslralian,_N;w Lealand Troops Augument British Strength LONDON, Feb. 12. — Australian and New Zealand troops have ar- rived at Suez, augmenting the British forces now in the Near East. The two expeditionary forces were greeted at Suez by Dominions Sec- retary Eden. Economic Warfare Infensified LONDON, Feb. 12—The eco- nomic warfare now prevailing among European nhations is inten- sified as Great Britain made plans of sending a corps of super-sales- men around the world to capture the German foreign trade.