The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 16, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LV., NO. 8338. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS OVIETS CRUSHING FINNS IN ONE SECTOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION DATE IS SET National Commitfee An- nounces Monday, June | 24, for Gathering PHILADELPHIA CHOSEN AS SITE FOR MEET Chairman Hamilton Issues Statement Touching on Third Term BULLETIN— WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The Republicans will hold the Naticnal Convention in Philadelphia according to_an armouncement by the National Committee late this afternoon. The Demecrats meet in Chicago but the date is not set yet. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The Republican National Com- mittee today set the date of Monday, June 24, as the time for National convention. The selection of the convention city will be announced later. Republican Naticnal Committee “hairman Hamilton spid the Repub- licans welcomed the possibility of President Roosevelt's nomination for a third term which he predicted will result in a Democratic defeat. Chairman Hamilton declared that all signs point te a Republican vic- tory. Hamilton's axed a speech criticising the Deal which he pictured as wag- ; a “defensive retreating fight.” Hamilton also said that if Roose- velt is nominated “we will have a clearcut issue and once and for all have a showdown on the New Deal, Franklin D. Rooosevelt and the third term and we will finish all three.” Hamilton said the Republicans are out of debt and now have avail- able half a dozen men, able, trust- worthy, humanitarian and all well qualified to add to the lusver of the Presidential office. e EXPEDITION FROM ITALY KENB third term references " BUM VOYAGE, MATES! That seems to be the or sister, Shiriey ,2, York with the British West Indies, the children kong, home of their ancestors. on of Louise Chue bewildered and frightened as they arrived in New grandfather, Chek Sang, en route from Jamaica, 's birthnlace, for a visit to Hong- (left), and her Harrison Asks Bond Issue e To Raise Money for Finns; INNS COMINGHERE FOUND DEAD Ascent of M—ofil McKinley to Be Attempted in March or April FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 16— An TItalian expedition will arrive in Alaska in March or April to climb; America’s highest mountain, Mount | McKinley. | This is the announcement made by Frank Been, Superintendent of | Mount McKinley National Park. NEAR HOME One of Seattle Times Sports Writers Either Killed or Had Stroke SEATTLE, Feb. 16—Ken Binns, | By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Sena- tor Pat Harrison of Mississippi nev- |er will be the hero of a Finnish epic but political strategians already ‘cmm him with one of the smooth- | est moves of the new year in toss- ing back to the Administration the hot potato of the Finnish loan. | Harrison’s plan, which he an- |nounced to a press conference on | the eve of a meeting of the Foreign 'Relations committee was simple. Let the government Keep its hands out of the business of making loans (to the Finns. Since the idea for /a loan is a popular one, let a popu- lar loan be floated. Then sympa- | thizers can invest as much as they |please im Finnish bonds. ers and former Sports Editor of the matter of troublesome foreign pol- | Portland Telegram, was found dead |icy. The Ttalian expedition will be! AT lOdBY_ on a service station| Privately members of Congress headed by Pietro Chichlione, noted 'Parking strip only a few blocks have growled a bit at the Adminis- mountain - climber who has scaled ! {fom his Montlake District house- tration for putting the Pinnish loan practically every peak of the Switz- P03t e {baby in their laps during an elec- srland Alps. | ~Although a preliminary examina- tion year. With equal candor, they | tion indicated he was a victim of a |insist the President was glad to be L e . | hit and run driver, the authorities rid of it after having handled it to o said he may have suffered a stroke.|the extent of a $10,000,000 loan Stock Qu OTATIONS | The authorities found coffee had | through the Export-Import bank. | | been prepared on the cook stove 0[; Members of Congress are almost |his houseboat and neighbors said 100 per cent sympathetic with the they heard him stirring around |Finnish cause. Harrison is among NEW YORK, Feb. 16. — Closing |about 7 o'clock this morning, short-|them. But he shares the view of quotation of Alaska Juneau mine ly before his body was found sev-|the others that a U. S. loan to Fin- stock today is 6%, American can‘eral blocks away. |land would set a precedent that 115, Anaconda 29%, Bethlehem 3 {would be hard to step around, even | AT Steel 77, Commonwealth and South- | ern 1%, Curtiss Wright 10%, Gen-| eral Motors 53'%, International| Harvester 56%, . Kennecott 36%,| New York Central 16 7/8, Norlhcrn; Pacific 8%, United States Steel 58'%, Pound $3.95. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 148.20, rails 30.86, utilities 24.92. - e — TACOMA FIRM I LOW BIDDER FOR though Finland is in a special po- sition because of having kept up payments on her debts. ! Harrison could not conceal a glint of humor in his eye when he suggested that an issue of Finnish bonds would be first passed upon by the Securities | WRANGELL P. 0. and Exchange Commission. That would be tossing the hot potato right back to the Administration in fine style. The SEC could- n't avoid the obligation of tell- | WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The| | McDonald Building Company, of | Tacoma, Wash., with a low bid of | $123,800, was awarded the contract| for the construction of the new ing purchasers of ihe bonds Justice Thomas Todd of the Post Office and Court House at|yna¢ win or lose, Finland would U. S. Supreme Court and Lucy Wrangell, Alaska. Payne Washington were the first A. P. Mowat, Seattle, bid $134,000 to be married in the White House, |and Robert McCarthy, San Francis- be hard-pressed to make return payments. (Continued on Page Five) on March 11, 1811. co, bid $137,000. JAPANESE Is smoolh Polifical Adion The gov- | | one of the Seattle Times sports writ- | ernment will not be involved in a | FORCEIN ~ NEWROUT Chinese Army Turns Tide of Invasion Back at Both Ends 'DEFENDERS SLAYING THOUSANDS, ATTACK \General Refreat in Prog-| ress—Kai Sheik's Ma- | SHANGHAI, Feb. 16. — On the heels of reports by foreign military | sources that “Japan is at the end of her rope” in China, the defenders today reported they are forcing the |Japanese Army to retreat on the North and South ends of their far- flung campaigns | While foreign military sources ex- pressed belief the Japaanese invas- ion has spent itself far short of its |goal, the Chinese said the Japan- ese forces in Swangsi Province of ‘LSuuth China, was driven back south- ISARDINIA Eyes of Europe are on Belgrade (1) where representatives of the four “B: L BUCH! RED FORCES PRESSING ON NORTHFRONT Balkan Entente Studies Neufrality Plans FRENCH BRITAIN ALLIANCE GERMAN SOVIET ALLIANCE v/ ANIA 1 AREST Black Sea alkan Entente” powers—Rumania, Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia assembled to find a way to keen out of war. Plan for “economic neutrality” faced with Hungary’s striking at ward with the following Chinese Was first discussed. Caught in the middle of the conflict, Rumania was | vanguard only 14 miles north of Transylvania (2), Russia’s marching into Bessarabia (3) and Bulgaria’s cry for vart of Dobruja (4). | Nanning, main Japanese supply base. German pressure on Rumania for oil, industrial and agricultural products was reported. In the North, 1300 miles from P S 3 { Nanning, in Tnner Mognolia, the | Chinese said they had recaptured the town of Wuyuan, forcing the | Japanese to stage a general retreat US.Prepares SWEDEN TURNS toward Paotow, their railhead base for their Suiyart Provimce cam- 0 Lhier war | Japanese have suffered heavy « ‘ casualties and abandoned hundreds | of supply trucks, it is reported, | Nippon Army officials denied both | claims, | 'Says Moscow stating they were simply | wihdrawtng to their respective | bases. | g European Conflict Predict- PETITIONS FOR | FDR NOMINATION | ARE CIRCULATE President’s Name May Go on Ballot in Oregon and Nebraska ed and American-Jap- Japan IS NO' 3 Troubl o imiclic | wese Tole - QOpfimistic MOSCOW, Feb. 16.—The govern- OnEmbargo ment newspaper Izvestia declared ', today that *“American capitalists are preparing for the entry of the United States’ into the European war and for that reason, the paper | said, the work of the Dies Commit- :u\e drives against trade unions and p | communists is being pressed “to [ o boic (Campaign Opposgd by SALEM, Ore., Feb. 16—Petitions, At the same time Komsomolas- U.S. Says Arita to place the name of Franklin D. kaya Pravda, organ of the Com-| Roosevelt on the May primary bal- munist Youth League, asserted that | lot as candidate for President have American and Japanese relauons’ TOKYO, Feb. 16.6—Foreign Min-! been filed with the Oregon Secre- |had entered a grave stage, marked ! jster Arita said today that he dia ! tary of State, by mutual threats. | not believe that the United States | The filing in Oregon differs from The paper said that Washington | will impose an embargo on sales other States in which Mr. Roose-|is taking advantage of Japan's|to Japan, but added, however, that velt’s name has been presented in increasing dependence upon the|“no optimism can be entertained that the Oregon party convention United States as a source of raw|concerning this question.” delegates are pledged to the candi- | materials in order to gain suprem-| Replying to a questioner from date receiving the highest popular|acy of the Pacific. the Japanese House of Representa- vote. TR tives, Arita declared that there was |a deep-rooted opinion in the Unit- ed States in favor of placing an embargo on sales of materials upon paign against China, which Japan relies for her cam- Sale of Maferials for China | ozmmass rermoy | STORM BATTERS GULF OF MEXICO ing petitions for President Roose- | NEW ORLEANS, La. Feb. 16.— man Durgan said. The petitions| are to put Mr. Roosevelt’s name on | DOWNPLEA OF FINLAND FOR AID: NEW | that |or face the necessity of “concluding | peace with Soviet Russia in a man- SNOW STOPS STOCXXCLM, Feb. 16—>Premier Hansson, of Sweden, today declar- ed that the request of Finland to “transport Swedish ‘military groups to Finland” has been declined on the grounds that Sweden’s position in regard to assisting her neighbors is not changed, and Sweden remains neutral. The statement of the Premier was revealed when it was announced in a Finnish communique and pub- lished in the Stockholm newspapers Finnish leaders had informed Sweden that Finland must have help ner that would greatly concern Swe- den.” SRS ALL ACTION WEST FRONT Artillery Ex}Enges Take Place as Soldiers Keep fo Trenches the state’s April 9 primary ballot and were received from National, Committeeman James Quigley. | e There were 30 Senators in the, First Congress of the United | states. velt are being circulated in N braska, Democratic County Chai A terrific storm is battering the Gulf of Mexico coast, starting early this morning and continuing with increased intensity late this after- noon, It is-impossible to approximate the damage which will be large, ac- cording to reports. LONDON, Feb. 16.—Reuters re- port that it is understood twc Danish ships, the 1,000-ton pas senger vessel Sleipner and 1,000~ ton Rhone have been torpedoec on the east coast of England and it is feared they are lost. Six persons are believed to have been saved from the Rhone and TORPEDOES SEND 2 DANISH SHIPS TO BOTTOM; 2 CRAFT, (By Associated Press) FINED FOR Action on the Western front is confined chiefly to artillery ex- changes as heavy snow storms pre- vent both foot and air movements. In some sectors the snow has fal- len to a depth of two feet, accord- ing to reports, which prevents any action of troops and the soldiers are remaining in their trenches. Scouting air flights are prohibiti- tive as visibility is nil. | Despite the snow storm and cold Airplane Corporation | . VIOLATION ON PLANES NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The Cur- tiss Wright | wave which have kept operations to | has been fined $280,000 for violat-|g rinimum, British War Secretary ing the United States Neutrality Stanley visited the British line sec- regulations by shipping airplanes| ... on the Western front. General and parts to Bolivia during the | yicount Gort escorted the War Sec- Chaco war. The fine was assessed NORWEGIANREGISTRY, LOST after a plea of guilty.' The planes were shipped in 1934. 'MORGAN'S BANK ost. The two missing ships are he 1,000-ton Bisp, which left a jritish port on January 20 with cargo of cog! for Norway and he 1,100-ton Start. retary on the tour of inspection. .- NAVY'S BILL IS " PASSED WTHOUT The Bisp carried a crew of 16. Wreckage of a ship, identified as of Norwegian registry, has been washed ashore on the Scottish INCORPORATING " pyps FoR GUAM NEW YORK, Feb. 16—The pri-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. — The 12 from the Sleipner. The total|Coast but the name of the ves- vate banking firm of J. P. Morgan number of persons aboard each of | the ships is not known. Reuters also reports that two sel cannot be determined. and Company plans incorporation The sinking of the 1800-ton Ital-|under the state laws. The change ian steamer Giorigia Ohlien, caused is largely technical although the' Norwegian vessels are over due by striking a mine, is also reported 80-year-old establishment will cease House of Representatives today passed the $956,772000 Navy appro- fViIIage of Summa, Cenfer | of 16-Day Fighting, Is Captured 'RUSSIANS PAY HEAVILY AS PRICE OF VICTORY Invaders Suffer Large Loss of Lives-Defenders Keep Resisting BULLETIN—HELSINKI, Feb. 16.—The Finnish Military Com- mand reports that the Rus- sians have penetrated no far- ther in Finland’s Mannerheim Line in positions in the great battle now in progress in the Karelian Isthmus fighting. The communique declares the Russian gains have been bought at a price of great losses. The acknowledgment of Rus- sian gains in the 16-day-old battle is made in the com- munique issued shortly after the Finnish military informant admitted the invading Reds have seized a part of the vil- lage of Summa. Around that village the severest fighting has taken place. REDS PRESSING FINS COPENHAGEN, Feb. 16.—Cease- less pressure of the Red Army's | might today weighed heavily on em- the chatteréd village of Summa, the initial objective of the great Rus- sian offensive. Attention is also focussed on the | seaport town of Viipuri which is be- |ing bombed from the air and re- | ported attacked by land. Mannerheim Line Holds | The Pinnish report says the Man- |nerheim Line in Southeast Finland iremnins unimpaired. From the other side of the con- flict comes a contrasting announce- ment that the Russians have cap- |tured 53 more Finnish “defensive }fonmcatio " making a total of 153 | claimed to have been taken in the drive, now in the sixteenth day. The Russians claim the Finns are retreating to the rear and “ab- andoning arms, war materials and suffering grave losses.” New Soviet Drive The Red Army announcement says the invading forces are driving to- ward Kamara, fonr miles north of Summa, and 15 niles from Viipuri. The Finns continue to minimize the Russian claims and at the same time tell of heavy losses inflicted on the invaders. ‘The plight of the Finns, however, is indicated by yesterday's calling up of the second class of reserves within two davs. WORKMEN GETTING LISTING Navy Base Personnel Man in Juneau Inferview- ing Job Seekers I. G. Anderson, Superintendent for the contractors on the Sitka and Kodiak naval air base projects, arrived in Juneau from Sitka on the North Coast last night with Personnel Superintendent R, I Dyer who today began interview- ing eligible workmen for base work. This afternoon, Dyer set up head- quarters at the Territorial Employ- ment offices. He will be here until Tuesday when he will return to Sitka. Anderson said: “We are seeking to register all eligible men for skilled work on the jobs. We will select the men we want out of this list and give it to Territorial Em- priation bill, but for the second time this year eliminated funds proposed for developing the Pacific Island of and it is presumed they have been to have occurred off the British!to be a private bank, Guam. ployment Director J. T. Flakne. As we need men, we will call for (Continuea on Page Threes