The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 29, 1940, Page 8

JAPANPUTS IRON HANDS, CHINA LAND Secret Agreement Be- tween Nanking Regime and Japan Revealed Feb. 29 >d secret agree- e Japanese-dom- regime and Japan The t will give the lat- control of China’s scu:f e, Ajansportation ication utilities. is published in Party newspaper, Daily News the the Central e I aifn Going Sixly Miles Is Derailed Thirteen Passengers Injur- ed Slightly-Resume Travel Later CALLAHAN, Fla, Fb. 29.—Thir- teen passengers were injured slight- Jy when ten coaches of the Atlan- tic Coast Line Railroads “Vaca- tioner” was derailed one mile south of here when a truck of one of the cars of the train gave way. The train was going 60 miles an hour at the time. All passen- gers, including those injured, con- tinued their southward journey on another train one hour later. Air F_Jg (asualties Putat738 British MinisTry Publishes Twentieth Lisi-Two Canadians Die LONDON, Feb. 29. Official figures of the British Royal Air Force losses since the start of the war have been raised to 738 as the Air Ministry issued the twen- tieth casualty list containing 42 names, and including two Cana- fliers - l'oday’s News Today—Empire. BLFéNDED WHISKEY Calvert * pirits. Copyright 1940, Calvert Distillers Corporation, New York City. ot s ! se Your Secret.. And Ours! — Lovely women have their own | FDR GIVEN - FRESH CUT IN BUDGET Pet Locks Plan Goes by Boards-Senate Okehs Finnish Loan Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Funds for starting work on a new set of bemb proof locks in the Panama Canal were withheld today when the House passed and sent to the Senate the $200,000,000 appropria- tion bill to finance non-military functions of the War Department The measure continued, however, the appropriatioj of $810,000 to prepare plans for such locks. Latest cuts in apprepriations have brought total Congressicnal slashes in{ the Presidential ecsti- mates to $290,000,000 this session. The Senate quickly accepted the | Hcuse amendments to the Finnish Loan Bill and sent it to the White House. | Senator Alben W. Barkley, Demo- cratic leader, said three major leg- |islative tasks remain, continuance | |of the reciprocal trade program,| | broadening of the Hatch Act, and | approval of remaining appropria- tions measures. Barkley predicted the session will lend June 1. - - - PLANES FLY OVER ENEMY WARAREAS PARTING OF ROOSEVELTS—pivorce decree is ex- | pected to end the 10-year-old marriage of Mrs. Betsey Cushing | Roosevelt (above), seen in New York with their two children, | and James, eldest son of the President. Mrs. Roosevelt’s father | was the late Dr. Harvey Cushing of Boston, famous brain surgeon. | Children are Kate, 4, and Sara Delano, 7. | | | | | MAJORPAUL Wheeler EDWARDSIS Warns of e ol | -I-R ANSFERRED |Germans Scout Qut French! New Move;‘ Positions-Allies Soar | Officer-in-(l\;geofSignal‘Advocates of Government e T R | Over Naziland Corps Going fo New Control Told fo Study |, German and Alied planes botn| POLITICS IN THE AIR—_When Rep. Joe Martin (R.- Mass.), house minority leader, and Dolly (Mrs. Edward E.) Gann met in Washington, chances are that their chat, above, was poli- Halibuters Go Back fo OldLayups Petersburga);ference De- cides on Time Arrange- ment of Year 1938 PETERSBURG, Feb. 29.—Thae an- nual halibut curtailment ccnfzrence here has decided that fishermen will lay up for thirteen days after their first trip. | carried out scouting operations to- i Afj‘:‘"fl”’d" ”"“’"‘; ’;‘Ll’- " Byal} . | day. ay up ays, and after that, ten York Field Proposal |“erman planes riew aver the 995 8 they dld two sears ago. | Western Front, spotting French po- CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—Senator B.|gjtiong 55 . ’ K. Wheeler of Montana wgrned his| Apjed planes flew over. certain listeners against advocating BOV-| sections of Germany during the ernment contiol without clearly nigh and early today. 4 z ceing where such centralized regu- | German officials claim numerous lation may lead the country. {Allied soldiers have been; taken | Senator Wheeler spoke before the | piconer on the Western Front dur-| | Chicago retail coal merchants and | jno" i ol ! said: “Some of you believe that| WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—Major Paul 8. Edwards, Officer-In- Charge of the Signal Corps, Unit- ed States Army, with his head- quarters at Seattle, has been or- dered transferred to Mitchell Field, New York. TOWNSEND SUCCESSOR the NRA was another brain trust| SEATTLE, Feb, 20.—Major George | 1€ R0 | L Townsend will succeed Major|lllusion. It was not. No brain Edwards 1o chacge of the Alaska truster, no radical, no idealistic lib-| eral conceived the Blue Eagle. It Communication system % 4 was first brought to the Senate! -y ! res 3 4| Major Paul S. Edwards is wen Y the then F““k:d““,"é the Dnit-| known in Alaska having visited ©0 States Chamber of Commerce.” Senator Wheeler further said:| ‘Before you urge Congress to enncl! centralizing legislation you should | ST efully consider the direction m‘cou"(il Mee's Tomorrow which it takes you. Does it tend Signai Corps Stations many times on official business. He has hun- dreds of friends who will regret his transfer from Seattle and Al- aska to the east. i H H Sl MR toward a totalitarian state or does NI h' i Tlme chan e Empire Want Ads Bring Lesults. i:uv.l cnbde t‘zn?;::,e,‘;z d;;noc';l;ly’;fl?;) ; gD. i D g w3 | iscussion Due RIS - FRONTIER | of turning Juneau clocks to Se- S attle time permanently be placec uspENDED‘on the municipal ballot has al-| ready brought forth one formal! protest, Mayor Harry I. Lucas said' today. Bids on construction of floats, a gridiron and mooring facilities in the Juneau small boat harbor will be opened at temorrow nighu's meeting of the City Council, It is expected that the dayligh | |savxng question will be brought up e BANKROBBED INEVENING ‘Sudden Action of German ' Government Causes Anxiety BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 29— Reliable reports received boulght! from Eupen, on the German fron- tier, sald the German authorities: have ordered suspension of usual frontier passes beginning to- morrow.’ No explanation for the sudden suspension is made but anxiety is expressed. CINCINNATI, O. Feb. 29.—Twc The gunmen forced two bank em- | ployees into a vault in order to pre- vent an alarm. The two employes | were working late in an attempt t 1S RETIRING "LEMo folst Chief of Milifary Intelli- gence Is Leaving Office 90 Proof —721/,% Grain Neutral Fire had a good start this after- noon in a frame dwelling on the side hill below the Home Boarding House when firemen arrived and The put the blaze down with a heavy| cret for success . . . . B right clothes for the right mo- ment, and careful attention to their grooming. We have our secret, too. OQur beauty treat- ment that is expertly done. You will like our service. Take a tip from us, and let us help you in beauty work. The ROYAL Beauty Salon . . ANN EARLY SMITH, Owner-Operator ETHEL POWELL, Hair Stylist PHONE 723 WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. — The War Department announces the re- tirement today of the Chief of Mili- | tary Intelligence for the General Staff, Col. Warner McCabe. Col. McCabe -nteéred the army in 1910 after graduating from the University of Virginia. During his career he took part in campaigns in the Philippines and Mexico and fought in France during ™= World War. Fellowing the armistice, Col. spread of water. | Cause of the fire was undem-i mined, but origin was in the rear of the structure adjoining a wood- | shed. Sparks are believed to have| ouched the tinder of dry shingles. Residing in the dwelling were a number of Filipinos, among which the princiral loser was “Ceeil,” pin- setter at the Brunswick whose room |at Ketchikan to the Admiralty Di-| and belongings were destroyed. | The building was owned by the McCabe was in command of the Army_of Occupation -at Coblenz on| . TWwo alarms were sounded at 2:45 |the Rhine. late: Sam Rosenberg. REPUBLICANS WILL MEET A Republican Club will be anized tonight at a meeting of members of that party. The meet-| i is called for 8 o'clock in the ing HARBOR H.OA'I'S Elks Hall and all Republicans are requested to attend. f - — 2 Theatres Tear Gassed LONDONDERRY, Northern Irc- land, Feb. 29.—Audiences at two motion picture theaters were driver into the street last night when tear gas bombs were exploded in the | amusement places. Proprietors of Londonderry mo- n picture houses received warn- iagain. A proposal that the matter | ings recently that agents of the irish Repuhlican Army o bomb their theaters. .- COLD WEATHER BREAKS; MUCH WARMER TODAY Juneau's cold spell moderated last night, with the minimum re- cording of the Weather Bureau's thermometer being 115 degrees early in the evening. This was one the | bandits last night robbed the Elm- degree warmer than the prevtous‘be a Chicago Cubs regular. Dal- wood Bank and escaped with $5,000 | night. The temperature continued |lessandro has been up before. Thrre to rise today. —————— Susannah Wesleys Plan Adivities A dessert-luncheon preceded yes- Wesley Circle held at the residence DAMAGED BY FI | terday’s meeting of the Susannah[“'i"nmg 2 games and losing five. RE | 7ese> o 4 s session plans were made for a rummage sale April 11. A committee was also selected to arrange for the Metho- dist Men's Dinner on March 6 | Mrs, George Martin heads the com- mittee in charge of the affair. PERSONNEL CHANGED IN FOREST SERVICE, Selmer Holte, Assistant Clerk in he Forest Service, is being trans- ferred from the Southern Division vision office here, it was announced today. Robert Mitchell is being trans- o'clock this afternoon, or- | intended | | ferred from' the: Admiralty office > lw the Regional Office here. tical. Her brother was the late Vice Pres. Charles E. Curtis. SAYS PREVENTION OF CRIME SHOULD START, HIGH CHAIR CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—L. B. Reed, Kansas City's reform paity pu.ce chief, said that crime prevention should begin in the high.chair, not in the electric chair. He told the Chicago Association of Commerce in a speech that a large percentage of crime is committed by youths under 21 DACHC COMST | LOOP OFFERING 6OODRECRUITS Three Sure - Fire Players| Are Going fo Majors | This Season | bRt | By DILLON GRAHAM Sports Editer, AP Feature Service The big leagues learned long ago that Italian boys from California generally are good baseball play- ers. That's why a trio of young Romans from the Pacific Coast League look like suré bets in the majors next summer. Topping the trio is another Di- Maggio, the youngest of the crab- ishing family, named Dominic The others are Dominic Dalles- sandro, a chunky little outfielder and—Julio Bonetti, a right handed pitcher. With famous brother Joe as the American League batting cham- pion for the Yankees and brother Vince an outfield contender with the Cincinnati Reds, Dominic hopes o carve a spot for himself in the Boston Red Sox outfield. Playing with San Francisco, Do- minic was one of the league's lead- ing batters with a .360 average. O'Donl. the Seals’ manager, the third DiMaggio is a bet- wi base ruuaner ana just as good a fielder and thrower as Joe. He doesn't bang out the homers like Guiseppe but he is just as hard to get out. ) oom fcr Rookie Pilot Joe Cronin of the Red Sox | personally scouted Dominic and is 50 convinced of his ability that he | let veteran Joe Vosmik go to make |voom for the rookie, | Dallessandro, who won the Coast | batting championship with .368— | highest figure in five years—may | years ago he was with the Red Sox but bumped into a batting slump. Boston sent him to San | Diego in part payment for Ted | Williams. Dominic is built along the lines of the one-time Cub | great, Hack wilson. The Cubs also got Bonetti. Julio | had a great year with Los Angeles, A control pitcher with a sinker, he |has a good curve and tossed 66 | straight innings without allowing |4 base on balls. He spent part of 11937 and 1938 seasons with St. Louis. i Cubs Get Angels’ Battery The Cubs also have Pitcher Al Epperly and Catcher Bob Collins of Los Angeles. Pitcher Nick ;strxneev\ch of Sacramento gets a chance with the Boston Bees. In- tielder Joe Orengo and Outfielder | Blvin Adams of Sacramento get | further trials with the Cardinals. | Detroit has tags on Pitchers Les- | lie Fleming of Hollywood and Tom Seats, who won 21 for Sacramento. Southpaw twirler Ken Reid of Spo- \Goebbels Sells Film Story Gives Out ~ New Blast | ; R \Warns Neutral Countries fo | Keep Tone of News- e papers Down il MUSENSTER, Germany, Feb. 29 —Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels repeated the German warning that neutral countri must keep the tone of their news- papers neutral as well as the of-| : ficial acts of the governments. | Goebbels declared that Germany cannot accept the theory that there is no difference between military and political neutrality. He re- peated that it is not enough thai governments declared their neu- | trality. He insisted that neutral o governments should control the countiies’ expressions of public opinion, P The Nazi Propaganda Minister declared that to be neutral, peo- | ples outside the war must think | {and act in terms of neutrality. | Goebbels told his listeners thal | the Nazi Party and its organiza- | dons—including the Storm Troopers, | Elite Guards, and the Hitler Youth " | Movement—are playing their full Joange. Benedios part in the war. Just a 15-year-old school girl, —— put Joanne Benedict of Hanford, ) Cal, has done what thousands ¢4 of writers have failed to do—sold e feature-length screen story to !x Hollywood studio for $1,500. I The story is about an Ohio river R M flood orphan. uSSIa’ lakes, as did Herbert) Lee, whil A W. Blodgett was flown roundiriy to Hoonah. Also coming in from ur ey Hoonah' on the return trip was Everett Stewart. 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