The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 1, 1940, Page 1

> "THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS f VOL. LV., NO. 8350. s20was - o ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIETS CONTINUE HAMMERING VIIPURI British Welles Sails on Peace Mission WEllES |S NAZI PLANES | AGAIN MAKE NEW ATTACKS Trawlers Répc;fed to Have Been Bombed and Ma- chine Gunned Today NORWEGIAN SHIP HIT; TALIAN CRAFT SUNK Pursuiters Rise Suddenly- Force Germans fo Beat Retreat (By Asscciated Press) German warplanes Great Britain's east d made attacks on shipping A report made by the Berlin au- said several large ships sunk and convoys dis- roared off coast today trawlers and ot her th have pe ies been British report said one traw- ler went to the aid of a vessel which sent up on SOS. One Norwegian ship was badly damaged, a report says, and list- ing heavily. The craft managed to reach an east coast port after sending out distress signals. Attack Driven Off The British claim that pursuit planes drove off German planes which bombed and machine gunned fishing boat Courage, Several other trawlers were also attacked before the British pursuit planes arrived and drove the enemy planes away Anti-Aircraft Guns Bark Anti-aircraft guns barked along the Thames estuary as German planes soared overhead at a “mod- erate” altitude. No bombs are re- ported to have been dropped how- ever, “No Ships Hit" Authoritative British sources said convoys and ships were attacked today by German air raiders but “no ships were hit” and the con- voys were not scattered. The same sources admit that several trawlers were caught in a bomb attack and machine gun- ning of German raiders and that a Norwegian steamer of about 1,500 (Continued on page Six) DIVORCE OF ROOSEVELTS ISUPTODAY Defendant Appears in, Court-Denies Charge | of Desertion ‘ lat the Angel W% to Europe and talks with the heads of belligerent countries, Under fecretary of State Sumner Welles is shown with his wife in New York, ireparatory to leaving for Italy aboard the Rex. His mission is officially termed an “observation tour.” FINANCIAL CHANGES ARE - MADEBY FRANCE; DECREES ARE ALSO ISSUED TODAY| 3 Liquorless DaysDecreed French Nafion PARIS, March 1. — Among the| decrees issued today by the French | Government is one including three| days a week of prohibition of alco- holic beverages. | SCUTILED NAZI VESSEL SEAMEN AREHOMEBOUND, irty-five of Colum bus§ Crew Leave San Fran- cisco Infernment | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 1.| —The Italian motorship Fella has| put out to sea carrying 35 members | of the crew of the scuttled German liner Columbus. The others of the| crew members remained interned | Island immigration| Th station. German Vice Consul Otto Danzer | PARIS, March 1. — The French Government today announced reval- uation of the franc, and gold stocks' and borrowing operations from the Bank of France that will add one | billion and a quarter dollars to the| war chest A series of decrees has been is- sued, all intended to aid the French | nation economically in the war with Germany. " INBERLIN | FOR TALK 8 | American Under Secrefary of State Reaches Ger- man Land | {HAS CONFERENCE WITH NAZI FOREIGN MINISTER | ‘Rumored Peace Not Be Dis- | cussed Only Under | i Certain Phases ' BERLIN, March 1. — Sumner | | Welles, American Under Secretary | of State and personal representa- itive of President Roosevelt, has ar-| {rived here. | | Welles had a conference with | Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop | !during the forenoon | Authorized German sources indi- | cated that Germany will not even discuss peace unless Great Britain's tranglehold on the economic life | | of the world” is allowed to be placed | Panama Defenses Uncpvered for F.D.R. B His R before Welles. .- MinersEnd Sitdown of forces. Top right, a sentry with against malaria peril. Note sign Forty-one th, Staging Demonstration, Come | . Up from Depths | WASHINGTON, March 1. — The proposed airline of Pan American PIONEER MINES, B. C., March 1.!connecting Seattle with Juneau, —Forty one. miners who staged a Alaska, is described by Joe Crosson, There is food rationing, curtail-|60-hour sitdown demonstration 3,000| Pioneer Alaska aviator, as an essen- ment on consumption and spending, | feet down in the Pioneer gold mine, tial link in the Territory's trans- and increasing farm production, 7,-'are back today with their families, portation system X 000,000 farmers told to remain where none the worse from their exper-| Crosson said the link will help they are and plant heavily during | ience. | broaden development and encourage the spring | The miners are members of the|more people to make their homes in NOT AFFECT THE U. S. WAHINGTON, March 1. — The/| French Government's revaluation of the franc and other financial op- erations, will not likely affect the United $ This is the consensus of both T sury and State Depart- ment officials. tates - - YARNELL SAYS NIPPONS WON'T FIGHT AMERICA Decries Domination,China, | by Japanese ldeals of Fire and Sword WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. — Rear LOS ANGELES, Cal, Mar. 1. —|said that all of the men sailing|Admiral Harry Yarnell, retired, for- Mrs. Betsey Cushing Roosevelt to- day testified in coum that James Roosevelt, son of President Roose- velt, asked her in May, 1938, for a divorce and later deserted her in the east on her refusal. In No-| vember she followed him to Cali- fornia and he asked her again for a divorce and that she leave the state. Attorgey for Mrs. Roosevelt an-| nounced that by an out-of-court| settlement she will haye custody of the two children and Roosevelt | will pay her $167 a month to sup- port each and when they reach the age of 12 years he will increase the support amount to $250 @& from them. ¥ month. { b« 7 g i I Mrs. Roosevelt was attired in a navy blue dress, broad hat and .SHOT IN BA(K ! | she wore a full length mink coat.| The case was set over to next| Monday for testimony of her brother. Mrs, Roosevelt denied charges made that she deserted her hus-|sailants who shot from a passing hand, aboard the Feila were past 52 years of age and too old for military ser- | vice. He claimed that he did not know their destination. The Fella | is bound for Marseille, France and | Genoa, Italy, and is scheduled to stop at Lalibertad, San Salvador, before passing through the Panama Canal. It was thought that the| Germans might be put ashore at the Central American port, and be picked up by a Japanese or Russian ship. The Columbus crew has been in-| erned at Angel Island since British | warships halted two Japanese mer- chant vessels and took Germans| HAVANA, March 1.—Dr. Crestes| Ferrara, former Cuban Ambassador to Washing ton, was shot in the back | this afternoon by unidentified as- automobile, mer Commander of the Asiatic Fleet, expressed the opinion today | Alaska. | IO Mine, Mill and Smelter Work- | ers Union. | Frees Police Inspector John Shnrra.s,} |who went down into the mine, per-| |suaded the 41 men to come up fol- lowing a three hour conference. - BRITISH AIR PLAN TO STOP COAL DELIVERY, ~ NAZIS TO ITALY 'British War Ministry Makes | Announcement-Meth- od Is Withheld " OVER BERLIN Third Excursion of Kind Re- porfed by Ministry in One Week LONDON, March 1.—The British Air Ministry announces that a fleet |of Royal Air Force planes scouted that the embargo on exports to | over Berlin last n_igm, the third gD Japan will not cause hostilitics h‘_‘c"‘( night excursion within the| ;oNDON, March 1—The Briish Weass War Ministry announced today that against the United States. “It would be suicidal for Japan to engage with a powerful enemy,” Yarnell wrote Senator Lewis B. Schwellen- bach. The letter further said, “As for our interests in the Far East, the question arises as to whether or not the United States can afford to see domination of that great area by a power inspired by the ideals of fire and sword such as have had full sway in China dur- ing the present war e DAWES GOES HOME Harold F. Dawes, U. S. Commis- sloner at Petersburg, returned to his Petersburg home aboard the North Coast this morning after at- tending court hearings here in which he was a witngss, -~ in another major war| The fleet also reconnoitered over| | ple ¥ Reen completed other German cities. plans have almost been complete SRRl e whereby coal #ipments from Ger- many for Italy will be stopped ENDS TRIP Major Page PresidentialP—a_rly landedl IS ordered Late Today from To A | as k d Cruiser —_— e el PENSACOLA, Fla., March 1—Af-| WASHINGTON, March 1.--Major ter waiting all day outside the har-|Sidney C. Page, of the Finance De- bor for the fog to lift, President partment of the Presidio, San Fran- and his party landed this afternoon cisco, has been transferred to Fair- from the cruiser Tuscaloosa ‘hank.s-, Alaska, Some of 20,000 U. S. army troops inspected by are shown in action. Left, they leap a sea w: T mosquito headnet makes eerie appearance. ¢ Special permission was given your photogra- pher. Lower right, doughboys man a 37 millimeter gun. Jungle growth provides a protective screen. : PIONEER FLIER CROSSON ~ SixtyHours URGES AIRLINE, SEATTLE (Calls Up Providirnwgfl Cannon Insfead Of Butter May Yef Prove | FLEETSOARS = ToBeUndoing of Germany ers. forbidding photographs. 10 JUNEAU, AS ESSENTIAL The veteran Alaskan pilot said men in the Territory with flying ex- perience were competent for the job.: The Civil Aeronautics Authority | has now concluded the hearing re-| garding the establishment of an air | mail, express and passenger service' petween Seattle and Juneau after | receiving additional technical tes- timony concerning the proposed op- erations. By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Mar. 1.—An ex-! planation of Nazi demands that| German farmers plant abundantly | this spring is contained in a study of Nazi food conditions made by | a United States Government econ- omist. His conclusion is feed her workers and soldiers well | until about September 1, then short- | |ages of important food elements,| principally meats, fats, fruits and vegetables, will begin to wear down | morale. | The trouble lies in the fact that just at the time her usual sources | of imported foods are cut off by the blockade, Germany must sup- port demands for larger rations for soldiers and munitions work- | | Germany can | | WORKERS NEED MORE FOOD ; | “While no danger of serious un-! | der-nutrition is likely to develop | during the first year of the war,” says a summary of the report, “the fact still remains that food is not! | being supplied in sufficient quap-' | tity and variety at the present’ time to sustain the kind of work inow demanded of the German peo- | ple | | Neither the population at large nor the armament workers possess | the body reserves needed for con- {tinued strenuous physical activity under an inacequate diet. This conclusion is based on evi- J (Continued on Psge Six) President Roosevelt during visit to the Panama Canal Zone all near Old Panama during training in repelling landing Gloves also protect him Government Issues Orders Today BUCHAREST, March 1 | East Coast Shipping Is Air Raided NEW FORCES ARETHROWN INTO BATTLE Fresh Soldiers Rushed fo Scene fo Replace Those Shot Down DEFENDERS KEEPING UP STRONG LINES |Heavy Actifiy_ Reported- Hundreds of Planes in Aerial Battles HELSINKI, March 1—The Rus- | sian Red Army forces today con- tinued hammering at Viipuri, the southern gateway to Finland Unusually heavy air activity is re- ported in the Pinnish daily com- munique. The report says: “Several hun- dred enemy planes are reported to | have flown over the battle area and T many fierce air battles have result- ed. “Our own forces have bombed two certain Russian air bases and also one traffic junction of enemy trains.” Fresh Soviet Soldiers Information received here is that | constant streams of fresh Russian soldiers are moving Into the battle of Viipuri to replace those shot | by the Finns in fierce fighting south of the city. Evidently the Russian drive is plainly being made for the capture | of Finland’s second largest city re= | | |gardless of what it may cost in men 200,000 and supplies. City Evacuated The city of Viipuri is practically evacuated and almost completely \More Men Go fo Colors- | destroyed by aerial and artillery bombardment and the battle is raging unabated. The Finnish forc- es were holding their lines, accord- ing to an early morning report. The BSoviet forces appear to be |consolidating their positions four = The'mfles from Vilpuri preparing for a Rumanian Government today called final assault against the Finnish up 200,000 citizens as soldiers, in- city. 1,600,000 men. SECOND TRIAL IS ORDERED FORMAN CHARGED, MURDER Jury in First Case Can't Agree After Three Days’ Deliberafion LOS ANGELES, Cal, Mar, 1— Pete Pianezzi s ordered today to stand trial again next Monday for the 1937 murder of wealthy gambler Les Bruneman. The jury that heard evidence at Pianezzi's first trial was discharged last night, after failing in three days of de- liberation to reach a verdict. Pianezzi, a San Francisco ex- convict, is accused of being one of the gunmen who entered a Los Angeles night club and fired 16 bullets into Bruneman’s body. .o - GERMAN PRIZE IS TAKEN INTO AT AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT, Mar. 1—The first German prize to be brought to a Canadian Atlantic port in the present war was moored here today. She is the 4920-ton steamship Poland, formerly the German Dusheldorf, renamed after R. Poland, skipper of the British cruiser Dispatch, which seized her December 15 A crew of Canadians brought the Poland here from Bermuda, Commander John | ‘creasmg the Rumanian Army now to | | | | | | FIVE MORE LIVES LOST, CAL.FLOOD Levee af Meridian Breaks at Midnight-Aufo with Six Persons Engulfed BULLETIN—SAN FRANCIS- CO, Mar. 1.~-The Coast Guard announces that two power surf boats will be launched from It is also announced that. four persons feared drowned were found perched in tree branches where they had been from 2 o'clock until 8:15 o'clock this morning. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 1. —A torrent of water from a broken | dike drowned five persons of one family during the night at Merid- ian, bringing to nine the toll of death in the five day flood now raging in Central and Northern Cglifornia. As the levee gave way at mid- night at Meridian, the residents fled to higher ground but an automo- bile carrying six persons was caught in the swirling torrent. Frank Flearty, the driver of the automobile, was rescued, but his wife, two daughters, son - in - law, and his wife, another daughter of Flearty, were drowned. The Sacramento River has crest- ed 29% feet, a higher record than the previous disastrous flood of many years ago. o]