The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1940, Page 1

_—e R pe— ”» THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LV., NO. 8343. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIAN TIDE IS STEMMED AT TAIPALE Grows Serious American Mail Trouble CLIPPERS | SEARCHED | BY FORCE British Bayonets Convince: Pilot to Turn Over Stamped Cargo JUNEAU COMMANDER'S MAIL TAMPERED WITH Believe Coast Guard's Of- cial DocumentsOpen- | ed by Canadians WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—A vir- tual deadlock over ¢ensorship of American mails has developed be- | tween the United States State De- partment and Great Britain and France | One incident after another is helping to complicate the situation. | It was learned last night British Marines with fixed bayouets brought about the first seizure of trans- Atlantic air mail at Bermuda, Jan- uary 18. Armed Force Shown Capt. Charles Lorber, of Balti-| more, commanding the Pan-Amer- | ican Airways plane flying between | the Un States and Lisbon, re- fused to surrender the mail to Brit- ish censors until the show of armed force was made. Authoritative sources attributed the incident to a “conflict of per- scnalities” and added, “You can be certain it won't happen again.” Display of Bayonets The latter statement was appar- | | ently made with reference to the; display of bayonets. Despite a prompt protest by the United States, censorship of the air- mails continued at Bermuda. Last week, 1,970 pounds of Amer- ican mail was taken off one clipper ship. Secretary of State Cordell Hull hinted recently that if the prac- tice did not cease, Bermuda might be passed up as a clipper stop. JUNEAU MAIL OPEN A report has also been received by Ceast Guard headquarters, that the Coast Guard Commander at Ju- neau, Alaska, reported confidential personal and official mail, received Jan. 30, appeared to have been op- ened and resealed, probably by Can- adian steamer censors. .- ANTI - NAZI'S DEPORTATION IS DROPPED Hitler Critic Eric Rix Free to Continue Living inU.S. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Feb. 22.— Anti-German writer, Eric Rix, has won out in his fight to avoid extra- dition to his native country which would almost surely mean death. Attorneys for the German author said they had received notification from the Department of Labor in Washington, D. C., that it had can- celled the deportation warrant against Rix. Rix charged during his deporta- tion hearing in San Francisco that the action against him was inspired by Nazi sources because of his arti- cles criticizing the Hitler regime,| He said that it. would mean sure death if he were returned to Ger-| many. | Immigration Inspector Patrick! Farrelly recommended cancellation | of the warrant and Rix is free to| continue his residence in the United States. e S e — is estimated at 11,195,000 Anzacs Off for Suez Australian and New Zealand warriors march through the streets of Sydney, Australia, before boarding ship, “destination unknown.” The veil of censorship was lifted after arrival to reveal that 30,000 of them traveled 10,000 miles to swell the huge Allied army in the Near East. The Anzacs debarked at Suez, Egypt. | DEMOCRATS OF WESTARE ORGANIZING; CLAIMMADE THEY'RE NOT RECOGNIZED By PRESTON GROVER MISS JUNEAU | | competition British T P e TITLESOUGHT BY 11 GIRLS Selection s fo Be Made at Style Show Here Sat- urday Evening f 11 entrants in the for the title “Miss Juneau” and a trip to Fairbanks were announced today by Chair-| man Charles W. Carter of the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce Com- | mittee which will make the se- lection. “Miss Juneau” is to be named at the Capitol Theater Saturday eve- ning after a style show commenc- ing at 9:30 o'clock. The entrants will appear on the stage in for-| mal gowns and in bathing suits.| Nine judges in the audience will designate the winner. The entrants and the Juneau firms which will outfit them for the style show are as follows: The names Luella Tucker, Halvorsen'’s, Gloria E. White, Jones-Stevens. Betty Wilms, B. M. Behrends Co. Edythe Young, B. M. Behrends Co. e style snow will be directed| BlACK Sea Fleet Pronounc- by Mrs. A. M. Uggen and i ! interviewer will be C. B. Arnold”.hc} ed as Ready fOI’ | Allies Thrust Judges Secret | Names of the nine judges will, MOSCOW, Feb. 22—The fitnes: lol’ Russia’s expanding Black Sea | not be made public, but Carter lH(\e&. to guard the Soviet’s southern | Candidates — Naomi Forrest, Leota ' | Sybil Godfrey, Leota’s | Maxine Jacobs, Devlin's i | Bettye Kemmer, Jones-Stevens | Virginia Lund, Halvorsen's. ‘ Frances Newman, The Vogue, | Shop. | Virginia Powers, Channel Appar-| | £ BAKUWARS | says he can “assure all those in-| terested in this contest that the judges will be men young enough to have good eyesight and old Smoke billows from the blazing British tanker Gretafield, shown just before it sank after being attacked by a German submarine off the northern coast of Scotland. 10,191-ton tanker were rescued by trawlers; 13 were missing. Picture radioed from London to New York | = | 'CELEBRATED INLOUISIANA [Democratic Nominee Sam - Jones Leads Victory Parade, Rally | NEW ORLEANS, ILa., | The political camp of the Reform Party headed by Sam Houston Jones is celebrating the defeat of the 12- year rule of the machine founded |by the late Huey Long. As last returns trickled in with | | than 1,000 precincts unreported the | 42-year-old attorney's lead over In- cumbent Gov. Earl Long swelled to more than twenty thousand votes. | After a round of congratulations Jones led his polical allies in a | prayer -meeting giving thanks for the overthrow of the machine head- ed by the assassinated Huey Long's brother Earl Long. Jones then was joined by his sup- ipm‘ter, James Noe in a gigantic | victory parade through the streets of New Orleans last night. ning mates for the posts of Lieu- tenant Governor, Attorney General and State Superintendent of Schools. e — Feb, 22— less than 200 of the State’s more| ‘ 4 lONG WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — The| primary peeve of the organization of Democrats of the 10 western states is non-recognition. | They claim the Administration has forgotten them. The rorgoneni | man,* they say, is somewhere out | west between the Colorado-Nebras-| ka frontier and the Pacific Ocean. By forming a western bloc they | hope to open the Democratic Na- tional Convention in Chicago with about 130 delegates. With that in- fluence behind them, they figure| they can get more recognition for the western states than they have heretofore received | Here is a sample of their com- plaint on the non-recognition mat-| ter: Of the 10 members of the cab- | | inet, five are from New York. Not! one of the others is from far enough west. | There isn't a western member | of the Supreme Court. The west has tried to wizard one member into that august body - ever* since | Justices Van Devanter of Wyom- | |ing and Sutherland of Utah re- | tired. No luck. WHEELER IN FAVOR We talked to one of the senior members of the westerners. He| said the west had been sucked on| {to too many Democratic band-| wagons. Western states have sent| delegations to the convention al-| ready pledged to this or that can-l | | l’mey got no recognition. Moreover,‘ jas individual states they could get nothing because no one western | state has enough votes to make al ‘.dem. | California is not included in the | picture. They can't seem to find anybody there who can speak Ior| gate Anthony J. Dimond of Al- gtates with bigger domestic inter- aska today introduced House Bill!ests to protect. 8593 making THE POPULATION of Canadalfishing vessels in Alaska to clear through U. S. Customs. !al] the Democrats. California De- | mocracy, from an organization DIMOND WOULD | standpoint, is in a mess FROM CUSIOMSJ While their complaints of non- jrecognition can be backed up by| Delegate Infroduces Bill oy, o se"veciimer, oro covermg FIShIng ves_ | test most is the trade agreements sels in Alaska | program. The Rocky Mounta.in: |area complains that its interests—| {livestock, farm products, Wool,| HENE | timber, mining — are being sold| WASHINGTON, Felt 22—Dele across the ocean for the benefit of it unnecessary for| Their chief trouble is they l (Continued on Pag;'l;lve) enough to possess mature judg- ment.” “Miss Juneau” will be selected for beauty of face, beauty of figure and charm of personality, the lat- ter consisting of poise, intelligence, (Continued on page Six) WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS READ BEFORE HOUSE 144 -Year-0ld Document Reads Like Current Topics Discussion WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—George Washington's 144-year-old fareweil address was read in the House to- day in traditional observance of the first President’s birthday an- niversary Though over a century old, the document touched on three current topics before the nation today, trade, foreign alliances and the third term. The House set aside its legisla- tive tasks to hear one of its old- Jones carried into office his run- didate. Without any votes to Lrwe'!cst Republicans, Representative Frank Crowther, of New York, read the document. | borders was proclaimed today by Ad- | miral Oktybrysky, commander of the ! fleet, after winter maneuvers. | At the same time, Moscow learned | to test blackouts at Baku, Russia's| greatest oil center, the clearing house for rich oil supplies carried by pipeline from the fields. The test was taken with objec- {tive speculation over the possibility | jof British - French - Turkish u:rus;‘ in the Near East this spring. l ————— (OAKLAND WOMAN'S| BODY IS FOUND IN 'CALIFORNIA HILLS 'Death Linked with Suicide of Man in Gilroy Auto Camp BELMONT, Cal, Feb. 22 The body of an attractive woman found in the hills near Belmont has been identified as that of Mrs. George| Clayton of Oakland, Cal. | The woman was shot through| the head. Her body was positively | identified by her husband, George Clayton. | At the same time Mrs. Clayton’s| death was linked with the suicide of Charles Souza in a Gilroy, Cal.| auto camp. | Police said they found Mrs. Clay- ton's glasses in the auto camp. ght Ameritafi Including Flier Dahl, Are Released, Spanish Prisons :::< s o MADRID, Feb. 22—The United States Embassy anr:ounces that the last eight American citizens heid as Spanish Civil War prisoners, including Harold Dahl, Champaign, I, flier, have been released and will start soon for home. Dahl and two other Americans, Cifizens, e S AR S Twenty-eight members of the crew of the RUMANIA ARMS FORWAR WITH NAZI; GERMANY T0 PROTEST OIL EMBARGOES e | BUCHAREST, Feb. 22.—Rumania | has ordered her already large mili- | tary preparations speeded up after | authoritative report that Germany® is challenging the Government's ban | on the export of aviation gasoline | to the Reich. Dr. Karl Clodius, German eco-| | nomic expert, is expected here Moa- | day for showdown conversations,| and will insist on full delivery of| J Germany's quota of oil products| from Rumania. Meanwhile, the Government or- dered many of 200,000 reservists, | originally called for March 1, to start reporting immediately at con- centration centers, Effective March 1, Rumania will have 1,600,000 men under arms, vir- | tually general mobilization without | being so labelled. - NYE CRITCIAL OF WELLES TRIP THROUGH EUROPE Involves U. S. in Affairs, Says Republican Isolationist NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Republi- {can Senator Gerald Nye of North ea so n or fDakoLa declares that sending Sum- .ner “Welles to Europe involves the 1Uni£e(1 States needlessly in foreign | affairs. To ur Trade, Nye addressed the Young Repub- |lican Clubs of Greater New York. ! Said the isolationist Senator: Canada’s Leader Sir Lyman P. Duft With the death of Lord Tweeds- muir, governor general of Can- ada, Sir Lyman P. Duff, above, chief justice of the supreme court, becomes acting governor until a pew appointment is made by the king. KILLED BY DEFENDERS Plug in Isth—nfis Avenue from Russian Effected by New Victory FINNS LOOK FOR FIERCE BLIZZARD Fighting on West End of Line Reaches Kamara Rail Station Army's hammering of the Manner- heim Line is still being repelled with heavy Russian losses, the Finnish command announced today. Simultaneously with the an- nouncement, a new batch of older men was called up to bolster Fin- nish forces. Finns are placing their faith in a FPFebruary blizzard to help hold back the Soviet military machine. Two thousand Russian soldiers were killed at Taipale in the east- ern sector of fortifications and a plug has been planted in the Isth- mus avenue from Russia to Fin- land. The Finns acknowledge, however, that fighting has reached the Ka- mara rallway station on the west- ern end of the fortifications line The Red Army attack near Kar- mara, communication station 12 miles southwest of Vilpuri, has been repulsed. This is tthe first official infor- mation that the Finns are fighting in the neighborhood of Kamara, but with a blizzard continuing aud raising hopes of the Finns that this may stop the Red Army rush. Orderedfo Fire On All War Planes Swedish Milifary Author- ities Give Command fo Anti-Aircraft Units STOCKHOLM, Feb. 22.—Swedish military authorities today issued new instructions to all anti-aircraft units to fire on an military planes flying over Swedish territory. The order followed the bombing of Pajala by Soviet planes whica brought indignant demands from the Swedish newspapers . A protest has been made ta Moscow and this has been fol- lowed by insistence of compensation and assurances against repetition. Between 30 and 40 bombs were dropped on Pajala by seven Rus- sian planes, Fires were caused and many buildings are reported to have been destroyed. | “It does not fall to Americans to be dispatching missionaries, be they Heavy Travel Indicated for vamed by the wiiie souse or by Wes' coas' and Then | Welles, to stick their nose into for- | eign affairs that are absolutely not f N rfhl d | associated to our affairs ) 0 Norinian | Nye pointed to George Washing- | ton's farewell address as being the best advice for conducting foreign WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — That affairs today Storm Is Reported On Ocean | the transportation systems can - -o e - !look forward to substantial increas- |es in cross-country travel during Ma"ied Agains' Mate’s Advice; Hit Weekend |the coming séason is indicated by . Sues for Divorce way, New York City. | N SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22. numerous inquiries now being re- The decision to continue the| LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 22.—|The United States Weather Bureau 4 Golden Gate International Exposi- Former Actress Leone Houston has|reports that there is a heavy storm C:;Y.u;; lalreldy SL Seville arnd‘m)n at San Francisco this year will obtained a divorce from Actor|midway between Hawai iand Cali- ; s kued to sa wmorx'o\-vu‘orm‘“ord further opportunity to those George Hpu.uton whom she married |fornia and headed toward the Pa- ew York aboard the liner Ex mA!who may wish to visit there as well against his own advice. cific Coast. Dahl is the American whose ¢ 145 the New York World's Fair: The Mrs. Houston admitted that her| The forecast said the storm would tress wife made a personal ple‘z‘speml “grand circular” railroad husband warned her he would not'lose most of its intensity over the to Gen. Prancisco Franco over imake a good husband, but said she ocean and would strike the coast two years ago for his release. decided to take a chance, over the weekend, Gale Is Headed Toward Coast - Expected to ceived at the field office of the! partment of the Interior, 45 Broad- Clarence Blair, of Red Granite,| Wis., and Cohn Saber, of New York (Continued on Fage Five)