The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 5, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LV., NO. 8353. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS 'VIIPURI BATTLE RAGES; FINNS HOLDING Allies Blockading Ardic COALSHIPS | ARE SEIZED Five Ifalian Vessels Taken in Custody During MAGNUSON DECLARES E ~ ROADPLAN 'Says High‘vgy Will Hit | Prince George, Forf | 1 Hundreds Saved as Floods Sweep California City WX i VWL 1 RUSSIAN MACHINE ~ STALLED ' Bloody Hand - to - Hand | Fights Waged in Blast- . i 5 Today | James, Whitehorse | s : P i . r . DESIROYERS ES(ORI SPOKANE, Wash, March 5. — ed cnys Oulskll'fs James Ford, managing director of | the Spokahe Chamber of Com- | (RAFL (o“'nol BASE ! merce, declared today in a message NIGHI I(E A“A(K from Washington, D. C., that Rep- . | resentative Warren Magnuson had Rome Makes Emphatic |informed him the Tnternational ‘ BEATEN OFF BADLY < | Highway Commission will recom- BB ‘ ProlestB ?:t aI\i'clhon of | | mend.that he highway run noxth Finnish Airmen Bomb Wat- | Magnuson is said to have de- : . iclared the highway would then run - i ! erways '0 |mpede LONDON, March 5—The seizure| A Copenhagen newspaper renorted that Allied warships were blockad- |east of Hazelton to Fort James yoo.0 5t Sttt G g 5 | Movemems DO T e losed. with | ing Murmansk and were strung along the Arctlc Coast 1o close 3 e e ot morthense Yoluntecrs and National Guardsmen rescued more than 500 persons from their homes at Napa, Cal, when | Ot onl for Ttaly was announc- | possible Russo-German gateway through the North Ses blockade. [ e Sukon Tersitory-Alaska the Napa River surged over its banks due to heavy rainfall lasting several days. Depth of the floor wat- 3 B 5 — Blood €4 i e Tiouse of Commons 16day. | Map shows: I——Russas Arcte navy, repoted rads A s b():,;,‘d,;""v and on to Fairbanks. | e:\ can be judged from the submerged autos (above), abandoned by their owners on one of the Napa ‘hafigfiffié hm{: el m%m’, t‘:l‘sp‘:;:llf;\;n;::l\::t cfl::;;fi:b; rt:)n Murmansk blockade. 3—Extended blockade. 4—Regular British North ‘wm“t:j:(:“"‘:m;d;d r;\l:;gc(:':flf“%'} istrects, Ll i : | ruins of Viipuri marked the bit- S \ Sea blockade, 5—Reported “new wave” of U-boats. 6—Where Ger- | prince George leading through Se- ‘ AL (o B blar it Ao sqviethm_ N least lght othir iitallan ‘ooal | MANAIr-ralders BRnk s Dilish paval trawles and set fwih & Nor- | attle, Spokane, the Okanogan Valle V I ers B l D L e 9 I l l W : R' diers aiid Satfgg FOASLMEE boats are known to have sailed fmmt wegian vessel. | and Edmonton, all to be riven equa’; 0 ll ,'/tl/( r& (ltt L 0" ( l (() (lb 00‘ (lt(’r3 "se‘ on ' the' PREUsh EXES SRS, N * Rotterdam during the last 24 hours | — E — — |status as “connecting links” and| stubbornly before the Red hordes. and Royal Air Force and naval craft | {be fully developed. - i Artillery fire and bombing raics have received orders to spot and | 4 R by air continued unabated through seize them. ! | | ilasu night and this morning Rus- BN HoppING ON | : sian forces were vainly trying to MORE SEIZURES REPORTED 3 cut through to the heart of the LONDON, March 5.—Late this | 1 E |city. v afternoon it is announced that five | In the outskirts of the city, Finn Italian ships have been taken to the | soldiers threw up barricades of British Contraband Control base off ! furniture and concrete, meeting per- . Deal, southeastern England. | sistent Russian attacks with heavy P British destroyers escorted the [mnchme gun fire. ships to the base. | | i An8 great pincer movement of The ships are the Absirta, Felce, i — KA . | the Russ soldier machine has so Numidia, Orata and Caterina. 1 | { |far failed to work. ARROGANT, INSOLENT ROIAR' ANS 'l'o | WASHINGTON, March 5. — Al : Ice Attack Fails ROME, March 5. — Aroused by | | prediction that the census would | o 5 H Attacks across the ice of the bay Great Britain’s newly enforced | show an Alaska population of 170, Bulldmg Trfldes Cou n(|| from the west have failed utterly, blockade against German coal thp-, MEEI TONIGHT' 000 and a recommendation tha with fire from Viipuri entrench- ments to Italy, the government has ] the Territory needed even more Proiest 'O Prose[u- | | ments and strafing machine gun cent a strongly worded protest to! people were made before the House ’ . fire from Finn pursuit planes com- 4 the British Embassy for transmis-| WIVES INVITED Appropriations Committee here by hon of Un[ons pletely demoralizing the Soviet ad- sion to London. | Gov. Ernest Gruening, Delegate "vancc aftempts from that quar- A bitter attack is made through Anthoxf)y J. I’)Dimond, Paul W. Gor-| WASHINGTON, March 5. — All | ter. the Italian newspapers by Farin- H . ¢ _ldon of the Division of Territories ildi i Early this morning, what is be- <N acci, outspoken member of me.Dll\ner SeSSIon a' Per(y S\and Island Possessions, Carl F. :‘;;id,:ngnj;w:x;n ]:;n:; ]:,Bs‘fm‘:f! lieved the last attempt of the Rus- Fascist Grand Council who termed | c f S h d ! d f | Whitham, President of the Nabes-|ous protests against the Depart- | sians to come in across the ice . Great Britain’s move as an act of | afe Scheduled for |.a Mining company, Asa Baldwin,{ment of Justice in prosecution of| met with disaster. insolence and arrogance and the| 7 'CI k | mining man, J. J. Underwood, Se-|jabor unions under the Sherman| f#% | Making a forced march just be- “blockade is the British reaction to, 0 Lloc |attle Chamber of Commerce rep- | Anti-Trust Act. { fore daylight, hoping to gain Fin- our refusal to sell arms to Eng-| | resentative, and Col. O. F. Ohlson,| Fran| A 2 nish defenses before daybreak, Fin- ey | A dioner meeting will be held|General Manager of the Alaska cisel: ';e:fcc::g’t’:n‘;- 3]‘0 Sé’;lif;':;a Working feverishly, volunteers fought to save a levee near Pescadero, Cal, from being washed away by |nish outposts reported the attack T i o by the Juneau Rotary Club this | Railroad. State Building Trades Council, said flood waters u h followed heavy rains and threatened to inundate the coastal town. In other parts of and Finn planes dropped hundreds . | evening in the dining room of Per-| “The greatest immediate need”|the move is inspired by “political Northern California hundreds were driven from their homes and soup kitchens had been set up to feed of flares that threw the Soviet SENT D WN cy's Cafe at 7 o'clock. The eve-|said the Governor, “is to link Al-|motives and not justice.” scores of refugees. ;toroes into brilliant light and left { ning session is taking the place this aska with Seattle and the States| P. J. Sullivan, President of the e Tl e s _ - _________ |the defenders pouring machine gun {week of the regular luncheon. by air.” A Chicago Building Trades Council | . " [tire from complete darkness. | Wi_ves of members will attend thc[ Congressman Surprised said: “This is the doings of nothing JAPANESE IN :Haml'n Garland D ' | Bhlfllhd iy avec “ 1 > | meeting, for which a special pro-' Rep. Jed Johnson,sDemocrat of else but promoting the CIO.” | ean o | Finn % officers gsaid ‘“severa |gram has been arranged. ‘Oklahnma expressed surprise the & R | [ hundred” Russian infantrymen were | S e | ot ot i) v | killed in the night attack. i y linked. Rep.James | | ] n . | | M. Fitzpatrick, Democrat of New | "Ew A(TION | Amerl(a n l I' On the land side of Vilpurl, the | | Al e ers ‘es string of lakes and rivers there i | York, said he thought it strange ea er [ [ have been dynamited from shore | | American enterprise spanned the | and bombed by the Finns' own i ! \:rel&::: but neglected an Alaska S 5 SOUTH (H'NA o' (erebral Hemorrha e planes, crippling Russian supply HH i | g and troop movements. The same Vessel, Frequent Visitor fo SH AKEUP | tme troutie s Alnsk. | fation | 0 1o o romums B et HH patrick said, “Las been that we . 4 SR . |rear of the Russian advance forces Pacific Northwest, have been taking out a great deal| . Make landlng North of d R e | 800 has “slowed up” the Russian T Tor d d but not putting anything back.” |n Ar('l( P ' M ( "{‘” YYI?OD' Oal, M"v“'“ o 7 | advance considerably, Finn sources pe 0e | | Gruening testified: “I would like or Uguese acao— Bl Garland, 19, known as the ',; | declare. i to say that one great handicap we Sh | Dean of American Letters” died | 5 Wait Reinforcements LONDON, March 5— The crew| |are experiencing very acutely at e ore She”ed here last night as the result of With the siege of Madrid in mind, of 53 of the Furuness motorship, e this moment is lack of available| ¢: b . et hral hemaprhage. Finn soldiers are putting up ter- Pacific Reliance, which has been | transportation facilities every sum- SII’ Hubel’f WI"(IIIS fo BUIld HONGKONG, March 5.—Japan-| Garland, first as literary chroni- rific battle, stalling for reinforce- 3 a frequent visitor to the Pacmc‘scofland Yard completesfmer. It is now almost impossibie “ ese “warships shelled shoreline posi-| cler of the mid-western prairies ments. Northwest during the past several| P i for passengers to secure accommo- Submersibe for tions 20 miles north of Portugucse |then as biographer, interpreter of Observers say the Russian ad- years, landed in four lifeboats. | robe of British War | astions { Macso throughout the morning and | the American Indian and psychic vance divisions, estimated. 8% "ac¥s Their landing revealed that the Ministry C i Should be on Own PU[DOSE then landed & force in an attempt rescarcher, was accorded the title eral,” will be in an extremely vui- f Pacific Reliance sank from “enemy m's'ry Ontra( S | Rep. Robert F. Rich, Republican | kAT at penetration of South China, just| “dean of " American letters” after nerable position if Finn forces are action” off the’ west coast of | of Pennsylvania, told the Governor | lacross the mouth of the Pearl River | the death of his friend, “william augmented and can in turn coun- . England. LONDON. March 5 With a cen- | D believes the time is approach- EDMONTON, March 5—Sir Hu- from this British Crown Colony. |Dean Howells, A ter-attack and outflank the So- e |sored peesa woedicting a secord cab- |28 when Alaska should expect the|bert Wilkins has revealed plans to e A i | What he called “the middle bor- viets, now removed Irom perma- FIVE IHOUSA“D inet shakeup since the war’s st.art.lFede.ral Government. fmust stop Buld & sUbOADE _here ie us as BAKER COMES IN ‘d':"” was the locale for his most nent basss 4D umable (0 |UINES growing British concern over me{mrmsmng millions and millions of | 2 weather forecasting between the| Sam Baker, traveling man, came |famous work and he depicted the new bases under heavy artillery {Supply Ministry's conduct and its | GOllats snnually for Alaska.” | Alaska coast and the North Pole. |in on the Yukon this morning from | pioneering life of Iowa and the and bombing fire from the de- ARE HOMELBS $64.000,000 weekly purchases was re-| Rich said he believed officials sir Hubert said he would move|Ketchikan and is to be in Juneau | Dakotas in such stark phrases that | fenders. '] flected in the Assembly of War Of- should interest private enterprise the small submersible to the Arcticlfor a few days ,a guest at the Gas- | many hailed him as one of the! Finnish Army sowrces admitted fice secret court which met to ques- | I developing the Territory. Ocean via the Mackenzie River. |tineau Hotel. | first of the realists. But he him-| “losses are heavy,” but indicated H.oon SE("O“S tion an unnamed war office colonel,| Oruening replied: “I am entirely| ™ ST P e ~|self disliked that term. For his Russian losses were proportionately i , The colonel is reported to have in sEFecrent W JO Ao z:a:!s |own description of his _attitude| much greater. f X ommended the discharge of cer- | ing o but | | toward art, he coined the w TR 4 . Thousands of Acres in Cali- |tain persons. 8 |T would like to say that millions| ena'or G“"GY Has I_OIS |Lovard At e HAMLIN GARLAND 8 . . Reports have also come out that | Of dollars are taken out of Alaska | read like fiction, AR PRI, FUR BAN I 5 fornia Are Still Scotland Yard has completed an in- | €very year by the United States ! Famous Works ‘ vestigation of the entire wartime|and we don't have much coming| 0' lu(k B | Gasiandisut i et ontiha pletes i cities, o BesinLeeT B Under Water |ontracting system with three War into Alaska from the Federal Gov- 7 u o S | region which e {mmortalized in| C360, New York and e ik . amo?m:;st;:gm 3:5:""5:& ‘g:cv};:rfud"emmem' : { prink. His moslIBCHR JXAY, 14 . o i Wesh ket VT SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 5— ~ 3 - , for- Wants New Ships 4 . [ Son of the Middle Border,” “Al, AR e 3 More than 5,000 persons are st | €T yor of Deal. | The Governor advocated that the| us errl e h Daughter of the Middle Border” and ard by the confluence of the Black homeless in 16 counties inundated | SFL A Maritime Commission program be ¥ s a e iimakers ofcitho ARladls “Riza; A03 - Mississippi rivers, Beplemes by the floods, thousands of acres RE‘"REMH" BII.I. exxtended s0 it could develop cost- | dets o TiemaRUEEER S0 |14 1060, His father, 3 2 of WASHINGTON, March 5. — The pelllieignllicic o LI Rt L wise shipping o Alaska, saying 5 | The. trilogy recordedtthe effosta of| Maine: was Richard 5. Carand. Qustome. VIR ARnGITocs %I is estimated at $15,000,000, much| |that at present no extra ships are By PRESTON GROVER | two years or more in Pennsylvania |the Garland and McClintock fami- | #54 his mother, of: New England | more siiver fuxes or biack fox furs RS i JUDGES I" MASKA | available. AR e | e D P it | s, foom whIEh B Dberiied | S0 Poouiish, enceetsy, WASTHC i) bs Isposie from Oaads. JoMs State and Federal engineers are | s | “He advocated the construction of|used to be (maybe there is yet) a | path more snares than you could overcome isolation and hardships| belle McClintock ~Garland. They|December 1 or from other countries making thorough inspection Of | la “lodge and cabins at the end|character in the funny papers find in a rabbit run Gnd. 'y driideii it petiey | 1ad trekked westward [ e W il Apes drinking water sources and all ef- pmm BY HouSE of the 90-mile road in Mount Mc-|known as Gloomy Gus. Gus's facc| First, the Pennsylvania state raw prairie into secure homesvgads.} of immigration which ‘T‘ ."he /a0 |1V, M mid ‘Oanads, hies exbanwieq forts are belig made to prevent Kinley Park. | was recalled to us vividly when we Democratic Committee had re-| Garland built up a wiry Physique‘ pecpied m," Upper. MisS\HEM Yal- s fucte: of 0600 fys ' ane R epidemics, e e Begwrdion. continuatce of Salle o L o e | ey Torify Wocking (da i0e deRd' Gt bl Y vih Yenkees shd Decple from | SOUBKs. are RaNs IR SR e ol ells Sria. s uiliross /¢t Hikise e amme And Mt Io bk with Seward as a| Slvanla after ihe double-edged | the Senate. Second, his hope of youth. Intermittently, in his S Lol Bueeh. PR LN drinking water o ab ‘srea of 225|Senate the bill ‘extending vetire-| cioos o Fitzpatsick deciared the| IF ZIREE B0 D08, recently. | stirring up enthusiasm for the party | turity, he returned to the soil. But| g, AR s “Hurry Upt. Yoat, of Michigas Square miles have been condemned |ment privileges to Federal Judges people north of Seward favor the y Guffey's chin seemed to| by having the national convention manual labor and creative literary| ichard Garland enlistest ‘4 thato ool ", R ) " 4 . i 3 00! ame, play or two col : as unfit for use. in Alaska, e e be aragging the fioor. The il feel-|in Philadelphia was blasied LI |effort. did not go hand in hand|Union Army in the third year offi ces West Virginia and Lafas gs which had accumulated for | (Continued on Page Seven) | for him and he wrote his master- | (Continued on pagé 'sxx)m._‘ _\'ette‘.