The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 9, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8357. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1940. ’VILMBLR ASSOCIATED PRESS SKA EMPIRE o eea— FIGHTING IS SEVERE, RUSSO-FINN FRONT 4 4 S 4 4 4 S Drive for Peace, North War, Stzrrmg Europe U.S.FLAG REMOVED BY JAPAN Soldiers Tagbown Stars and Stripes Floating | Over Mission DRASTIC THREAT MADE T0 ATTEMPT T0 REPLACE, Incident Bnngs Prolesh Which Causes Japan- esefoInvestigate | SHANGHAI, March 9.—Removal by Japanese troops of an American | Flag over the American - Baptist Mission School on Chusan Island off the coast of Chekiang Province | is reported by British, French and | Catholic missionaries. The missionaries said the Japan-| ese threatened to “cut off the heads” | of any Chinese who might attempt to replace the flag. The Mission school was closed | late in 1938 when the Japanese m—‘ vaded the Chusan Island, took pos- session of the mission, but later| withdrew from the property after a strong American protest. The | American Flag continued, ho“e\(r‘ to fly. | 3 new incident has brought a protest from the United States au- thorities and the Japanese have re-| plied “an investigation” is being| made. - GUFFEY FIGHTS NEW PLANS FOR HATCH MEASURE Says Money Interests Will Control and Ruin Two | Party System WASHINGTON, March 9.—Sen- ator Joseph F. Guffey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, told the Senate today that the measure to extend the Hatch Anti-Politics Law to cover state employees paid partly by Federal funds would be “the most destructive piece of legisla- tion for the two-party system ever written on the books.” Leading off the fifth day of debate on the bill, Guffey said he always believed in the two- party system, but the pending leg- islation will restrict political ac- tivity and make possible “biparti- san control” by money interests. The bill he said, will eliminate the two-bits and $2 party contri- butions and will not prevent influ- ential persons not connected with the Government from making large gifts Fish Packer Magnolials Found, Safe Liftle Craft Is Located Aground-Is Taken in Tow fo Rupert PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, March Fish packer Magnolia, for which were felt for safety as the left Ketchikan nine days fea: craft ago enroute to Seattle and was un- reported, has been towed into port here by the salvage ship Bonilla and drydocked for minor repairs. The Magnolia grounded in Gran- ville Channel, south of Prince Ru- pert. The crew of Six was brought here aboard the Magnolia. ’Fah-banks race early toda KokrinesDogs Lead at Half Way in Derby Fairbanks to Livengood Time Is Good, Says Seppala FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 9.— | First of the dozen dog derbies to comph-lc the 82-mile course between Fairbanks and Livengood, Bergman | | Kokrines and his seven dog team reached Livengood, half way stop| in the Ice Carnival's big two-day| |event, at 4:40:29 o'clock yesterday . afternoon. George Jimmie was next to ar- rive at 4 3¢ p. m. and Amt Skaug at 4:55:39. Time is Fairbanks time Lapsed time, Fairbanks to Liven- good, for the three leading teams follows: Kokrines, eight hours, thir- ty minutes, twenty-nine seconds; Jimmie, eight hours, forty-one minutes, thirty-four conds and Skaug, eight hours, fifty-three min- utes, thirty-nine seconds. Dogs and Leaders Kokrin: is driving seven dogs whose leader is appropriately named Victor. Rita is the leader of George | | Jimmie's twelve dog team. Anton Skaug is driving ten Si- berians owned by Leonhard Seppala. Trixie is the leader of the Seppala team. Kokrines and Jimmie are driving teams of mixed malamutes and chee- chakoes. A — oy Near Tatalinka when Harold PHRITG BY GRoNN Woods passed Skaug's team, the lat- ters dogs became tangled and Woods returned and helped untan- gle them. Later Skaug beat him | to Livengood. | Seppala says the Fairbanks-Liv- engood time for the show teams is very fine. Iokrines and Jimmie are Indians. After a ten-hour rest the Derby contestants started their Livengood- kan’s Hagiwara MORE SHIPS AREDOWNED, SEA WARFARE SOUTH POLAR GALE PREVENTS BYRD IN ESTABLISHING BASE 5" Barkentine Bear Runs Info. High Wind-Is Aided | Vessels-French Sail- ors Drowned LONDON, March 9.—Victims lost (at sea in the present warfare by North Star llengthened today with the an- | nouncement of the sinking of the British steamer Thurston, 3,000 WASHINGTON, March 9.—A $IX-|{ons and French ship Snai. ty mile gale that at times ap-| pwenty.one French sailors were| proaches 100 miles an hour §Weep-|qrowned today when a patrol boat ing from the South Pole ice Packs| .qpiGeq with a frefghter near Bor- has prevented the Byrd e"l"’d‘“‘)"‘dcaux from establishing an Eastern base| in the Antarctic, Admiral Byrd re-| ported today to the Navy Depart- ment by short wave radio. The barkentine Bear is reported | to have found a suitable anchorage | several days ago, but had been forc- | ed to leave it when the wind veloc-| Trial of Orville (Bil) Chapman ity increased, whipping the polar|of Peterburg on a charge of larceny waters into menacing waves. The |in a dwelling will resume Monda wind was so strong that the barken- | morning at 10 o'clock in District | tine, barely moved against it even|Court. All witnesses have been heard | with her engines at full speed|and the case is now ready for final ahead. argument, With the help of a cable attached | Set for to the supply ship North Star, the‘ the compensation case of Alma Beay_sycceeded in reaching the lee | Nordstrom versus Hans Berg. It is side 3 of an island when the storm to be followed by the trial of Will subaned slightly. It was found this| A C. Dent, Chilkoot Barracks soldier morning that the storm had piled |on a charge of assault and attempt up huge ice bergs at the point| to rape where the Bear had been, making - > - voint compierey moracicar | CHRISTINE HALVORSEN IS RETURNING FROM SPRING BUYING TRIP Byrd said that the party's sea- plane today is being used to take Miss Christine Halvorsen, of I{al»‘ vorsen's women’s apparel shop, is aerial photographs of the Marguer- ite Bay coast line in the hope of aboard the Alaska bound for Ju- neau. finding, a winter base. Miss Halvorsen has been south for ul Ketchikan Schools Io Reopen Monday several weeks on her annualspring buying trip. ! KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 9. > — —The schools of Ketchikan are re-| The average daily school atten-/ opening Monday after closed for|dance in Texas in 1939 was 1,144.- one week because of an influenza|164, a gain of 97,000 compared epidemic. with 1935. | - CHAPMAN (ASE T0 RESUME ON MONDAY trial Monday morning is fish, French Each Lose. UP! UP! FOR THE BALL! ey DETROII GRAFT CHASER PASSES ing Wayne County Dirt Takes Man's Life DETROIT, Mich, March 9. Special Prosecutor William Buck- ingham, investigating graft and gambling for the Grand Jury, a victim of what his physician called | “strain and overwork” during t months of investigation from which sprang sensational charges of of- ficial corrupton, died today after |a stroke. Buckingham was 42 years of age, | the chief figure in gathering of |evidence in a case which rocked Wayne County with indictment after indictment. The prosecutor collapsed at | Dearborn home. Death came at a moment when the case he developed reached an- other climax with the suspension of Prosecutor Duncan McCrea by Governor Dickinson. - - his DUFRESNE GOING T0 WASHINGTON Frank Dufresne, Executive Offi- cer of the Alaska Game Commission, is leaving on the southbound steam- er Yukon tomorrow to spend X weeks in Washington on business. - Dried snakes are sold in Chinese shops of Honolulu as cure for rheumatism. the a toss at the start of last night's thriller in the High School gymnasium, Krauses Behind the centers is Claude Erskine of Krauses. No. on the far right is Elmer Lindstrom, Krauses. Krauses Are Viclors Over Ketchikan in Story-Book Finish; Haida Wins from Bears in Overfime Period AWAY, OVERWORK | Strenuous Job of Uncover- | Centers Mark Jensen of Krause and Cliff Phillips of Ketchikan go up €or the ball in the center circle with Referce George Willey making the ning out in the last seconds. On the far left is Ketchi- 10 is Art Hinkleman, Ketchikan; No. 9 is Phil Elliott, Ketchikan; and It was announced this morning that the High School has with- drawn in favor of the Petersburg aggregation instead of playing them in elimination this after- noon. The High School has played four games in as many days, and if they won this afternoon and played again tonight, six games in five days would be likely to result in damaged health to still growing youths who have turned in a fine brand of basketball but who show the strain of their schedule. Instead of at four o’clock this afternoon, Ketchikan played Sitka at 3 o'clock, the winners to play Petersburg at 7:30 o’clock tonight. Krauses will battle it out with Haida at 8:20 o'clock for the tournament crown. Sitka 39; Army 35. Petersburg 73; Skagway 34. Krause 39; Ketchikan 3 Haida 44; High School 40. Krauses eliminated Ketchikan from the Southeast Alaska’ Basket- ball Tournament pennant grind last night in the last five seconds of play when Elmer Lindstrpm took a pass from L. B Nelson, crashed through the Ketchikan defense, came to a sudden stop and fired a quick two- handed shot from the foul circle to break the tie, the final horn almost blending with the swish of the net- on the hoop. That game and the High School- Haida game sent a large percentage of the fans that jammed the gym- nasium home with voices hoarse. Big Money Game The Ketchikan-Krause game was the big money game of the night with odds about even. All the way into the late portion of the game, (Continued on Page Five) SITUATION IN FINLAND DISCUSSED French Cabinet Considers Matter in Two, One- | Half Hour Session March 9.—The Finnish situation bulked large among the | problems studied today by the | French cabinet, The Cabinet was in session two and one-half hours but no official {announcement is made regarding the outcome of the discussion. Finance Minister Paul Reynaud went directly from the Cabinet session to confer with Welles, American Under Secretary |of State and President Roosevelt's | tact-finder in Eumpe APPROPRIATIONS COM. APPROVES ' FARM INCREASE fMeasure Now Tofals 922 | Millions-Will Go fo Senate Monday PARIS, WASHINGTON, March 9—Sen- Appropriations Committee ap- proved increases of more than three hundred million dollars on next year's farm funds. As sent to the Senate for action Monday, the Farm Supply Bill totals nine hundred and twenty-two millions. Roosevelf, broadeasting to dinner meetings of farmers last night on the seventhr anniversary of the in- ptions of New Deal Farm Pro- grams, declared that war abroad made it “more than ever important that farmers have a government at Washington looking out for their terests not just by uttering glit- erinz generalities but by specific policies and concrete ac=on. ate Sumner DIPLOMACY SAID T0 BE - INTANGLE ‘Big Question Is Whether | Conflict Confinues or Comes to End 1 'RUSSIA UNDERSTOOD | T0 HAVE MADE OFFER No Armislite— Will Be Per- mifted-Other Na- tions Involved (By Associated Press) The drive for peace between Rus- sia and Finland today threw Europe into a tangle of diplomacy intri- cately snarled with issues of peact or continued war in the north This tangle also involved ramifi- cations of the Allied-German war, In a confused many sided pic- ture many developments stood out, | Sweden has asserted she acted as go-between, and | ) | | to establish contact between Russia ' and Finland on the um‘evealc(l Russian terms for peace. The stage has now shifted fl()m Moscow or possibly Riga for final negotiations, No Armistice Russia is reported to have de- manded that her terms be met with- out a preliminary armistice, claim- ing her war machine is now clicking against Finland Great Britain and France gave in- reasing indications they are con- sidering greater aid to Finland hould peace moves fail Would Aid Finland The controlled French newspa- pers predict that an expeditionary force, if Finland asks for it, could land only on the Russian held Arc- Coast of Finland or move across | neutral Scandinavia soil. Hitler In Plcture Fuehrer Hitler has sent Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop off to Rome | to confer with Premier Benito Mus- I'solini. German offic evaded committing themselves as to Ger- many's role regarding the Russian- Finnish conflict or as to any sig ificance regarding the visit of for- {mer Finnish President Svinhufvu. ’ Blum's Views Former Premier Blum of France has written to his newspaper there is no reason to believe if an expe- ditionary force is decided upon, the Allies will not seek the “express consent of Norway and Sweden” for passage of the force over those two nation’s soil | -e> - | MoreMen SignedUp | By Brifish Three Hundred Thousand Conscripted for Mili- fary Serwce LONDON, March 9.—Great Brit- | ain has registered some 300,000 | new conscripts for military service | according to announcement m».!pl today by the War Ministry | - HAYCOCK SCHOOL BIDS ARE CALLED Bids on the construction of a new| school building at Haycock were| called b\ Territorial Commissioner | Anthony E. Karnes Bids will be opened April 9 R ROBERTA DOOLEY RETURNS FROM SEATTLE VACATION| Miss Roberta Dooley is a pas-| senger on the Alaska northbound| to Juneau after a vacation spent in Seattle. go-between only, | RUSSIANS ADVANCING IN FINLAND Forces Poumg at Viipuri Make Significant Success ADMITTED SOVIETS GAIN SHORE POINTS ‘Encirc|in—g—Movemeni, Threatening Manner- heim Line, Feared (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Severe fighting continues un- abated in the Russian-Finnish war today The Finnish High Command | acknowledges significant suc- cess of the Russian forces pounding at Yiipuri, southenst- ern Finland and seizure of a “vestricted foothold)” of the northwest shore on the bay of Viipuri and also some islands It is pointed out in Helsinkl that ir the shore positions taken, menacing ¥innish de- fenses, the Russians could threaten n complete encircle- ment of Viipuri, and outflank- ing the Munnerheim line. - OVERTURE BY SWEDEN COMES OUT |Nation Will Permit Large Allied Force fo Cross Soil for Finland LONDON. ale formant 3 ed the nrltl'-}h Gove 10 th if ed interven is take n re= sard to Finlar i if a pedi= tionary force is sent the force must be a large one or Sw will make every effort for a short war and forestall transport of Allied troops across its frontiers. On the other hand, the same in- formant said, a considerable force, for instance a full army corps of | around 80,000 men,” would be grate- fully welcomed by the Sewedish na- tion, especially if accompanied by ships and planes. Presumably this is the way Swe- den is taking as initiative in the present negotiations between Russia and Finland. Previously Sweden an- nounced the Nation would permit no foreign troops whatsoever to cross its soil. It is also stated that Great Britain has been informed that a force of 10,000 or 20,000 men would be but a “drop in the bucket.” Hiflerfo Give Talk On Sunday BERLIN, March 9.—Tomor- row is Memorial Day in Ger- many and Fuchrer Hitler will make an address to the nation from the Beclin Armory. (The wdress will he at 3 a.m. Pa- cific Coast time.) AGREEMENT An agreement in Drlnclpia upon 1 seric iated issues between tk Pacific-American Shipowners Association and the Marine En- eers Association is reported. of ne;