The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1940, Page 1

LV‘ MewMove | way through frontier entanglements THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8341. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1940. ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE, TEN CENTS FINNS ARE SMASHING RUSSIAN ADVANCES NORWAY IS ACCUSED OF | BAD FAITH Allowing German Ships in; Neutral Waters Breaks Precedence | NATION IS ATTACKED | BY BRITISH PREMIER House of Commons Ap-| proves Bold Action of | British Navymen LONDON, Feb. 20.—Norway is ac- ed today by Prime Minister | mberlain of failing in her duties | ral nation in displaying | e indifference” as to the > German fleet might n’mk(‘i r waters. | me Minister Chamberlain told the members of the House of Com- | mens that the Norway authorities, | three or four times, failed to make proper inspection of the prison ship Altmark from which 209 British | prisoners were rescued by the Brit- destroyer Cossack last Friday. Unusual Precedent The Prime Minister said that Nor- way's views that the Altmark was a German warship and thus not sub- ject to search, would legalize the German fleet to the use of neutral ors thus creating a most unus- precedent that “Great Brtiain under no circumstances ac- ish can cept.” Beld Action Lauded The destroyer Cossack's beld mo: e t the German prison ship Alt- in which the British boarding k 1 seven Germans and set sh prisoners free, was given sciferous approval of the House of Commons. | Laborite Albert Alexander dec- clared the Opposition parties wished 1so to go on recerd in praise of the British Navy's action and also ate approval of the slau-mc‘nt.w1 de by the Prime Minister and| his determined stand. | - - - Plannedby | Two Nations British, French Navies fo Stop “"Acts of War” | by Nazi Fleet PARIS, Feb.. 20. — The French and British Navies will take “all sures” necessary to make sure Norwgian waters will net be m that used for belligerent purposes. An official statement of the French government today says that a stop will have to be put to “acts of war"” carried on by the German Navy in Norwgian waters. The French spokesman says fur- ther that the German Navy is “abusing” the Norwegian neutrality by using the Norwegian waters as a base for operations in the North Sea. R G Nev}’Airplane Carrier Goes On Trial Runs BOSTON, Mass,, Feb. 20—The new $21,000.000 airplane carrier wasp has left for Rockland, Me., for her official trial runs on the United States Navy's trial course. The trials are under the super- vision of a Navy Trial Board and will require several days. If the trials are successful, the Wasp is expected to be accepted and placed in commission early in April. e——— Previous to the general adop- tion of “SOS” as a distress signal at sea the call letters were “CQD.” Senator Hattie is Back Senator Hattie Caraway of Arkansas, only feminine member of the Upper House is welcomed back to Cong gratulations at one and the same time ing committee is Senator “Cotton” Ed Smith (left) of South Carolina, and Rep. John J. Dempsey of New Mexico, Sen. Caraway is 63 years old. DAIL Y AIR M - BETWEEN SEATTLE, JUNEAU ~ MAYSOONBE INAUGURATED MISTAKE IS MADE, TWENTY FRENCHMEY IN PATROL, KILLED Misdirection Rolls Soldiers fo German Oufpost Where Grenaded PARIS, Feb. 20.—Two truck loads of French soldiers wh olost their and crossed into the German lines, cuffered death, it being stated 20 were killed by grenade throwers. The military sources report the loss of the men as the heaviest since mid-October. The death of the French soldiers was first attributed to a German ambush but later reports said an error is blamed The two truckloads of soldiers were enroute to relieve men in ad- vanced positions when by some mis- direction they approached a Ger- man outpost and were showered with grenades. 12 LOCAL MEN LEAVING TODAY FOR SITKA JO Workmen Hired by Dyer in Interviews Here-110 on Waiting List A dozen Juneau workmen are leaving on the Northland this af- ternoon for Sitka to work on the naval airbase project. They are Kalia Albegoff, Clement W. Chris- toffel, Bill Gogoff, William Honald, Albert Hookstra, John Kelley, Mike Kosoff, Alfred E. Otto, Knute Sol- bick, Ernest Torgerson, Alexandre S. Wesolosky and Unish Zonoff. The men were employed by Rob- ert L. Dyer, Camp Superintendent and Personnel man for the con- tractors, who is also going to Sitka today after spending several days here interviewing job applicants. Dyer interviewed 110 men and will call upon them when they are need- ed. He urges that unemployed work- ers do not go to Sitka in search of German work, as additional men will be! interviewed and employed here when jobs become availiable, Rt i s THE HUMAN HEART does less work when the individual has been standing for a considerable time than when he is at rest. officially | ° RAIDSARE STAGEDON SHIPPING German Wa‘rAp-lbanes Mak- ing Attacks on Eng- lish Coast Today LONDON, Feb. 20—Widespread| f | German warplane attacks on ship- ping off Great Britain's east coast| are reported late this afternoon by | radio ope s i The operators said they have| | heard SOS calls from one ‘vessel| stating the lifeboats have been .put out Other radio reports received late | today e that Nazi bombing/| ! planes are blasting away at steam- | |ers about 30 miles out at sea. | | Attacks on ships are reported off | the coast of Northumberland, Lin- |coln and Suffolk - | . '} | | s, and tendered birthday con- TRADE | he had been ill. On the welcom- AGREEMENTS STAR'I' | AGAIN, FULL SWING {Plea Made for Continua- | AIL SERVICE tion for Another Three | Years After June | WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — T)\L“ political fights over tariff issues are under full swing as the House bezan debate ‘again on a propofal to continue the reciprocal agreements operation. Chairman Dougton of the Ways nd Mans Committee opencd the debate for the Administration and | early inauguration of air mail s asked that the trade agreements e States to Alaska is|act be extended for three additional ding to Alaska Dele- years beyond the expiration date, Secretary 'WASHINGTON tial ‘G pondence) — Ot | vice from | favorable a zate A. J. Dinmond in a state- next June, ment made following conferences| Doughton praised the program as held during the past week at which|of tremendous benefit to both in- plans for the proposed operations dustry and agriculture and declared were severally discussed with offic- that it had contributed greatly to i"'l‘\ of the Civil Aeronautics Au- domestic recovery. | thority, and later with representa- Republican Representative Crow- Itives of Pan American Airways. | ther of New York resumed the bat- Gov. Ernest Gruening and the Dele- | tle started yesterday by saying that gate represented the Territory at both Doughton and Secretary of these meeting |State Hull had reversed their atti- | A hearing has been scheduled for tudes toward flexible tariffs during February 26 by the CAA on the the last ten years. ation of Pan American for the | - > — { MRS. J. ROOSEVELT | cessary ‘“certificate of conven- ience and necessity” for the ser- | vice which would link Seattle with| | Retchikan and Juneau, and there| SEEKING DlvOR(E connect with the existing air mail | | route to Fairbanks. | R i It seems probable that if Pan p. . | ameriean's appiieation for the cer- | Files Counfer Case Against tificate is approved by the CAA in . | Sutietent time. and me amwaye James Charging Cruel- iconslruclmn contracts with the| . factory work out on sghedule, that! 'y a"d DesemOfl the Seattle-Juneau service can be = initiated by the middle of May.i LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 20—/ Present plans call for the use of Mrs. Bethsey Cushing Roosevelt has | four-engined flying boats of the|filed a counter divorce suit against| “Caribbean Clipper” type, which James Roosevelt, charging the Pres- have been service tested for sev-|ident’s oldest son with mental cruel- eral years on the company’'s south- ty and desertion. ern routes. These have accommo-| Mrs, Roosevelt denied the deser- |dations for 36 passengers in addi-tion charges made in a divorce com- {tion to mail and express capacity, plaint filed by James last week. | {although it is expected that in the| She asks the court to grant her| | Alaska service the passenger ac- custody of their two daughters, Sara {commodations will be reduced in and Kate, and to approve a prop-| ! making adjustments to provide for erty agreement. | jincreased fuel capacity. A crew of The Roosevelts were married in | five is carried. It is probable that 1930. Friends believed that James| | the operations will start with two will drop his suit and will not con- i round-trip schedules per week, and, | test the suit filed by his wife. | |as additional ships are available, | the service may be increased to a |daily round trip during the sum- mer months, tain that the European war will| turn more tourists to Alaska than| | ever before. One of the Canadian loSSES AT SEA | steamship companies operating to Alaska has already taken one ves-| netian e ey oo con-| B0th British, Neufral Ship- sequently, it appears that for the plng wre(ked{'alm | Four Subs Downed | summer months at least a daily air schedule between Seattle and Ju-| LONDON, Feb, 20.—An unofficial viewpoint indicates that Great Ineau would not only be justified, but that the ships of the air, as well | as those operating on the sea lanes, would probably be loaded to capac- Britain admits that last week the Nation suffered the worst losses in British and neutral shipping since the war began but claims ity at all times.” destruction of at least four and ————————— OFF FOR INTERIOR possibly six German submarines during the week. | | Miss S. Bakke arrived from the R south aboard the Northland and William S. Hart, the movie| AS LATE as 1877, the use of steel immediately left Juneau for Fair- banks aboard the PAA electra, lactor, was one of a family of 14|in bridge-building was prohibited lchuqren, in England. — Hitler’s Luxury Yacht Now Nazi Armed Raider trade! & DRITAIN \Warlike Preparafions Are GREAT BRITAIN | Reported in Progress When Trailed Down Aflame and sinking, the 9,521-ton German liner Warussi is shown after she was scuttled off Cape Point, South Africa. Following the new German custom when threatened at sea, the Nazi captain opened his ship’s seacocks, set the ship afire after it was spotted by a British patrol plane. British destroyers in the area rescued the Warussi's crew. Luxurious yacht pictured in above Radiophoto riding at anchor at Kiel is the “Azico G " Adolf Hitler’s private plaything, turned over recently to the German navy by the Fuehrer as a gesture of national econ- omy in time of war. The sleek white vessel is now being used as an armed raider. She recently halted the Finnish freighter Siggy, ordered her i terned at_Stettin, Germany, “for inspection.” Silk Stockings Now Made [SOVIET UNON That Won't Wear Out; Now g We'll Discuss Cotfon Hose MADEBY NAZIS |Newspaper Says Russia Has No Territorial De- TROUBLE IS NOW B o sions onNorwey MOSCOW, Feb. 20—The Soviet newspapers are today accusing the British and French with attempting to involve the Scandinavian na- tions in war, but indignantly deny the German newspaper charges that | Japanese silk industry these days EA it is a wonder the little silk-worms “EAR EAST AREA don't curl up and quit, First the Duponts came along' with Nylon, the new synthetic h-‘ ber for stockings. Then Congresss | " ssia has territorial designs on and the State Department began!fizr;:y " ey &l 1“_"0“’”)“‘ l.sandl b0 “hz BeATs, t:l The Communist newspaper Prav- o rj)rpp::'rx;?mr:m;:eom:‘d“ takes sharp issue with the prarne ! an newspaper Nauchtaus fot ol eIk thiny @ man newepaper NauchisusEmnés | bave a A | which the Pravda alleges says the jlansk ey ‘“"f‘”‘h lhelcourvm.'y, | Soviet Union planning to es- | N’\V]l)tr)fl“‘l.s a humble WOrm 50| yapjish her self in the North At- lantic at Norways' expense. Louise Stanley (a woman— | i P looking, too) and Miss Ruth | —Turkey Watching set Dr. nici (By Associated Press) ‘Warlike preparations are r(-p«xn-‘y ed in the Near East | O'Brien took some samples o | B . Turkey's Supreme War council| {heir new cotton stockings to show | STOCI QU‘DTA’HON. \ is in session, scanning the War| ¢, members of Congress in sup-| clouds along her frontier. : | port of requests for appropr % Russia is said to be coordinating | tions They spend $30,000 a year| NEW YORK, Feb. 20. — Closing in the Department of Agricultuce | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine making cotton stockings attrac- |Stock today is 6':, American Can {ive and think they have some-|115%, Anaconda 30 3/4, Bethiehem Commonwealth and vith the British and French. - |MpoRIED GOODS thing pretty good already, with| Steel 79% ! ; more improvement to come. | Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 10%, * | General Motors 53'%, International NUR! LIKE WHITE COTTONS Harvester 54';, Kennecott 38, New Their idea is to get a cotton| York Central 17, Northern Pacific EAST LANSING, Mich., Feb. 20 Only three players on the Michi-| jooying that will sell at three 84, United States Steel 50%, gan State basketball squad come | p i U G oy are trying to] Pound $394%. from Michigan. get manufacturers to knit them iy Ten of the 13 members hail from | g fachioned,” like silk hosiery, | DOW, JONI AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 148.65, Ar;ula 31.06, utilities 25. five different states. Indiana sup- plies five boys, New York two and Pennsylvania and Ohio one each. instead of just round and round, _‘nrcjanrunucd on Page Seven) SOVIETS REPULSED, LAKE ICE Attacks in Verdun-ILke " Battle Near Viipuri Turned Back INVADERS HOPING T0 BREAK DEFENSIVE LINE Plan to Mak_e—(frash on Fri- day, Birthday of Red Army : HELSINKI, Feb. 20.—A smash- ing Russian attempt to advance across the ice on Lake Suvanto, on the Karelian Isthmus has been re- pulsed by the Finns as have other attacks in the Verdun-like battle be- low Viipuri. The Finnish communique also says there is a “continued clearing up of bases taken by the enemy” | northeast of Lake Ladoga where the Finns reported annihilation of the | Eighteenth Division, and also re- | port is made of the capture of a | few strong points from Russian de- | tachments in the Kuhmo area, about halfway up along the boundary line. The Russians have failed com- pletely to take new positions on the {line between Lake Nuola and the Vuoksi waterway. Heavy fizhting the Taipale River. | Al Finns have been recalled for 'examinaticn who were previously exempted for medical or other rea- sons. Helsinki had two air raid alarms today but no bombs: were dropped continues along SOVIET HOPE FOR CRASH MOSCOW, Feb, 20.--Military au- thorities today d issed wefully the prospects of breaking throngh the Mannerheim line in Finiand by Friday which is the birthday of the Red Army. Reports conflict regarding the Mighting on the Karelian Isthmus front. The Russians announce they have advanced positions and are pene- trating the Mannerheim and are now only six miles from Viipnri, tthe once thriving city of 74,000 popu lation. It is admitted the port is now the gaunt target of the Rus- sians who have doubled their ar- tillery fire and bombing raids. | The Russian communique also reports the isolation of Kiovisto Island Fort, the western anchor of the Mannerheim line off the Kare- lian Isthumus, Gulf of Finland. Swedish Adiviist ~ UrgeWar Resolution _Is—Fresenied fo Premier Requesting Help for Finland STOCKHOLM, Feb. 20—Swedish Activists, advocates of more help to Finland, have presented a reso- lution to Premier Hansson declar- ing the “Pinnish PFront must be held and helped by Swedish as- sistance. With the Swedish newspapers giving unanimous support to the declaration of King Gustaf in rul- ing out direct military aid to Fin- land, the Activists continued ef- forts to encourage as much assis- tance as possible to their war- torn neighbor, The resolution of the Finnish Activists was presented through the so-called “Northern Freedom Con- ference.” The resolution does ot urge di- rect intervention but declaresthat “Finland’s is ours and inter- vention from states outside the North threaten to ke our coun- try a war theafe - - MRS, H. L. WOOD RETURNS Mrs. H, L. Wood returned to her | Juneau home abcard the North- land after visiting at Wrangell and Ketchikan.