The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA § “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8358. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1940. SOVIETS GAINING IN ATTACKS ON VIIPURI T SR BGOSR Peace Talk In Europe Continues Puzzle )= VARIOUS RUMORS This Lifeboat Unsinkable? Sirict Secre&, Censorship‘ Prevents Truth from Being Known AFINNISH OFFICIALS | REPORTED IN MOSCOW Russian Affacks Arouse’ CELLS, LEAKS CANM ONLY | rope of President Roosevelt, has confernece with | WELLES IS INLONDON ONMISSION American Under Secrefary of State Making 4th Impor!ant Visit LONDON 1 11 Welles, American Under of State and personal envoy to Eu- ar- — Sumner rived here for a British leaders. London is the fourth major stop of Welles Secretary | ‘Guard Rumania’s Oii—and Her Neytrality | Efficient, well-equipped, and possessed of high morale are these Rumanian troops, of which that country | mow has 1,600,000 under arms—virtually general mobilization, Large-scale military preparations were REDFORCES INADVANCE ~ BAYFRONT {Invaders Pounding Away at Seaport in South- west Finland REAR THRUST ON CITY IS BELIEVED PLANNED London Re;)gfis Says Al- Apprehension How_ | : _ i Welles on Saturday wound up his| ~ Apeeded Iollawmg German demand for aviation gasoline which had been banned to the Reich- ' | ; - 7 ; ey ud«msnswtm aris visit and then crossed the e G i . ever. as fo Oufcome | SesncThen wote. | | English Channel. lies Ready fo Help If ' | e | b e w5 Where Red Bombs Destro ' , HERR WEEEL ACTS lixday ta. D with -the) sl Y Peace Plans Fail (By Associated Press) | MAINTAIR STABILITY, : Foreign Mintster, Welles submit- ik P»‘.n’t‘ mlkmg‘.] p"r:xl:!x‘xgtzl i::S‘gg:;: g,"“‘t.“gg'f T_O“‘”'“ [ted & memorandum outlining the S ————— o HELSINKI, March 11, — With "(_Y.f“m“f\’.h 'u e pnauon; | e | principles of free N't)l)ml\l(: (*xvhange: Finland anxious in suspense re- ‘“v’ g I.vnopr.fn. .u:\n g i ‘u} "This lifeboat, invented by William L. Wheeler of Los Angeles, is said upon wlnch_lhv United States for- | garding peace negotiations, the T'hrough secrecy and censorshid. | ¢4 'pe ynginkable. Designs have been made and construction is under | eign policy is based Pinnish High Command announces rumors spread, but peace prospectS| .,y The hoat is all enclosed, making it non-sinkable and none Later during the day, Welles met that the invading Red Army is were today an unknown quantity.| egpsizable. Buoyancy tanks underneath help keep it on an even keel Premier Sikorski and other leaders f i : ontinuing attacks in Viipuri Bay ** This much is certain, four rep- o 3 L of the Polish government, now in P § R i and have “met with ;um:(n\s in a resentatives of Finland, headed by exile. The talk with the Polish| g e ; 3 ; few places.” Premier Ryti, have been in Moscow | leaders came within the scope of | f i ; : f e negotiating but the outcome oilthru‘ the American envoy's mission to ey RUSSIAN STATEMENT mission still hangs in the balance. | seek information from the belliger- | MOSCOW, March 11.—The Rus- Finland says peace talks were ent powers in the European war. Jury, Deliberating Four sian Military Command announces initiated through mediation of e i | i v e v | | | [Pr B that further progress is being made Sueien, i . decion: has ben| pROM'SED I_AND FOR ; Days, Frees Socialite | uiing e Famisn: Maman made on Russia’s de ch | | Py : o are \;.Iumll/;p;".:;“::’!.u“ | | Dr. George Dfiley footholds on the shore of Viipuri Bay, e ing f« ‘o per attacks against the Helsinki ‘ %”"hm“‘ iy ‘w”:. Dafl‘:' a .ul et Gover 3 v roused appr | Socialit 3e0rs! zey B fustiess g | By PRE GROVER e tal of the charge of murdering his xch 11 — Prime ly today tha e Finnis - ¥ o it i o i g ani y ad. ! m ¢ ettt beay, Tnkes, oc s it - Demented Person Runs B |7 (i, after four days of de- |Commana that-lhe: Allid ‘aca prk e ; 5 el 10p a bl arsdted Jo MiEee Aleakit | S8 beration, freed Dr. Dazey on the|pared to give Finland immediate , cow with peace conditions to be/ a promised land for European refu- Amu(k_sh-angles Other : lbudeter] Arhininzin (e o Toorial|atll 1€ peehe. alfts ety i o e v oo (lainaca | gg@ | | B Lo e e | ive. s Ml dctnd 1 Comimisston | Already several Senators and Rep- |flma|eS 10 Death [ =8l unconscious body to the family gar- [ inswer questions whether the send- tiiveled 1y aHTe todradae: and resentatives have asked for the ok ! age and placing it beneath an au-{ing of B ad French troops S0t ‘(;‘,,,,';“;“)m‘ Ei e ey privilege of introducing it. In| Oregon, March 11—Dr. tomobile exhaust pipe for fumes to|!s contemplated or whether the R e en ousan substance, the bill would permit |y s, Superintendent of the snuff out life. eutrality of Sweden and Norway | organization of colonial develop- |gtate Hospital for the Insane, said The state said the motive of the will be violated. A Swedish telegra g - . A Bwediah. felegraplh agengy dis ;ment companies based on the idea |a patient has strangled threé¢ other alleged crime was the belief their - OLSON GAINING lmmework of the bill. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 11 Fairbanks atch f Helsinki said the “Fm-‘ et | s 'M;:‘;’l; Cm’m‘m‘“;e o '.‘hc Pm_: of the Hudson Bay Company ]and male pateients to deah | mewimlm »\;1,\ not. his, : ur.LDa:izey i : Fast India Company in pre-colon-| mThe vict i teavi il denied this charge on the stand. sh Parliament xe)ortel | he victims are Jac eavy, 21, iy gl particular tract in Alaska to de-|34 of Portland, and Sol Green, 23, “ i : 3 C versary of his wedding to his pres- .. conditions ‘3“:1 no Jotteiial contir-| Gauth China Flghtlng {Talo: and would: be vemitied: 5| ot e Feanticio One of the oldest industrial cities of Finland, Turku, or Abo, pic- ent wife Dorcas Dazey mation 15 avallable. R e Al soe g e | Fic. | tured above, now is reported to be a mass of wreckage following a Ners Duzey was found deed i he! eport, id this state: i bring refugees from Europe in ex-| The slaying occurred in the dor- | 3 Y ’ A TS azey wa ind e n Another report said this state- Near Swafow Sttt 2 o fo s e dor-| terrific merial attack by some 600 Sovict planes. Turku is on the |Qetober, 1935, and a coroner's jury ment was immediately withdrawn [ e fispwal {AEIEA WRd. geoitled by ning bRl “ - Baltic and has been subjected to bombing before. e tima haa that aho it- at Stockholm at the request of the | | Ickes first began plugging to|ly demented men {0E 808 thna hisld thal e QMR Finnish delegation. | have Alaska opened up to Jewish| Dr. Evans declined to disclose ——— — e | ted suicide. Far) R HONG KONG, March 11. — The, refugees a year or so ago. At that|the slayer’'s name but said he | The Dazey case was reopened last Japanese army in South China to-|time they were the only refugees|proudly exhibited scratches on his |fall when a special night policeman < day announced that Chinese forces ayajlaple in mass quantities. Now (arm and a wrinkled pillow case! |nnle o S( ma“ n ere jtold the Di t Attorney’s office |have abandoned 10000 dead after|ine jgea is that Poles, Finns (if |used in the strangling. The slayer| that he saw Dr. Dazey carry his wife | three days of fighting in the area of | they gre overwhelmed), and per-|has been suffering delusions of | " . Z " to the garage. Swdto\\ {haps a few Swedes and Nor-|persecution. _ Beveral witnesse Two Broiher M k I- d ecisive! y smashed,” e They would be restricted to life| | was despondent, and that Dr. Dazey . x pdlay el |, They would be resticted to ife gy i ot v ' time 1o ave| 1 iR Trees, Escape TSR came up on the immigration list, | BRID E l n killed his wife ’.n.v- state charged WIth I.iveS | when they would be prlvllcgn-dw | arn'va S RECALL OF Gov |to apply for full citizenship, like | M » any other immigrant. The last is| - e ,Two Dead I“ iEA;"I’LEv l\g:dmhl 1‘11-—513:‘;:‘* st risi § 1 7 AN [elmar lerlund, rof TS, |still ‘atentative provision - in ('he‘ of Minnehaha. Her home is in| pancaked their plfine into trees in the Cascade Mountains near Sno- i H RIVATELY-RUN —Beauteous raven-locked bl (i B Dal|y Quarrels Over Drink- The development compani b e eyed, olive-skinned Minnie Motsch-| Among other contestants for the qualmie Summit when the wings A A o w'\bly uolefld b[; 1‘xrgelyn;zl;18:;:is:hr’r;‘;l: man, 20-year-old Alaskan' born, | title of “Mi A}u.ska.”'f». ane ras iced up yesterday on a flight to- ing Ends in Shooting [ClI0 Leader Has Plan 10! was chosen tust Saturday night be. | Juncan.” Ssbil Godirey; M whrda ot Spelngs, oot 45 vill son calmly admitted shooting his | in nature, as the Matanuska col-| | ony has demonstrated that makmu held in the state by July 1. The demonstrated that a wide variety| | | ,rorv» a throng of 1,000 spectators Submit fo Employers Bridges came | day other versit; Carolyn Haggstrom " Dorothy Vasabo heir mother. | to be “Miss Alaska” for 1940. . g Clarence, 25, the pilot, suffered During Night Prediction Is Made Move-| s o nap ‘}5;*',‘,’,"???5“”"32’ for P prances shea; “Miss an- Army Fliers Are Victims|oruises, ana Heimar, 2, sustainea 5 2 Miss Motschman who was “Miss Mollie Chamberlain, e Datly quarrels between a father R P"“"“’d these days. A i field of seven representatives from |Scott, failed to reach here as the L b g exk cn; 1 hve.s and son -over: thio. f4ghers dontinual max on JUIY First The Ickes idea is that privately-| SFATTLE, Wash, March 11. — . any Alaskan communitiesafter |plane has been weather bound at to Accident HOL e - WTOORMRE T Ok TS & drinking ended during (he night run communities would not be near- | CIO leader Harry Bridges has in-| " o utinous test review in which Nome since last Wednesday. 0 aterand hiked: stximie SREh: with the son, George, 22, ambulance SACRAMENTO, Cal, March 11 ly so expensive as Matanuska. formed coast employers that mnri»lfl” appeared in &k me Pl o Gt o ieep snow to a house where they driver, accused of shooting his|g SHERANENTO DR MACR 1o T orhere are many tracts avail-|time unions are willing to sign| g (Fo g oL o8 & e SHARON SPRINC Kaansas, | secured medical aid and assistance father to death as he slept. [keuscts. oF (¥le XRcall. movemsnbl o aiong the soulBsssy shahider | 1ong: term contracts to insuve per-| ™"~ . . I | March 11.—Major Devereaux Myers|to travel back to Seattle. & id the|28ainst Gov. Culbert L. Olson pre- £ - arient WatErEYoRt Badre “Miss Alaska” was officiall {and Corporal Maurice Melvin were| “We hit a down draft that cer- Police Captain Hartnett said the| ;. ot a recall election will be|©f Alaska where it is already|™M? 8 peace. | ¢ i r pora oty . to Seattle to dis-|nated al elaborate ceremonies Sun- killed here when their plane crash-|tainly was & honey, but I man- aged to head her up hill before we father, Andrew Steed, 49, unem-|iricaot M5 Sate BV WY 1 TS\ of crops can be grown. cuss his peace plan with local un-| L‘Mlfltu."ndod by all the ‘ DE(REE GOES ed from some uncsplained cause. | ag head ployed accountant. Tatum of Los Angeles, also said| PRESIDENTIAL ion_leaders. ueens. ; The two left Albuquerque yester-|crashed” said Clarence. The son said he has been Sup-|ihat a statewide survey indicated| MUMBO-JUMBO He said that the unions are not| Miss l\flotschm:m was born at Nu- (Ia;v. ———————— porting his father and mother dur-|tnat the voters favor ousting Olson, Deadly Twenties:—A certain Sen-| asking anything at this time but lato, mission town of the lower INTO HFE(T The z}nn\' fliers had headed for ing the past six months. by a margin of at least ten to 1.|ator who won't be identified as that they will insist on the inclu-{Yukon River, 20 years ago. She is Lowry Field in Denver bu‘L radioed > ——— Two hundred petition circulators thinking of such things points out | sion of all rights now enjoyed m | a graduate of the Fairbanks High lfe yesterday afternoon they Wepe |were said to be at work in San ' that statistically 1940 is a bad the contracts. These include the School and she also attended the LONDON, March 11 —Ralioning5 hm.vx‘ng soup and were turning . U S (RUISER Prancisco and about the same num- ' year for a President to be elected. | clcsed shop and union hiring halls| University of Alaska. o cartilh ‘et RS It Y W : » Je ber in Los Angeles. | Since 1840, every President who|for almost all unions. | The 1040 “Miss Alaska” is five O T Nmiting the | "1: ,r;.mc)n-v , four n)x.n: J)ULIJ;;J:'- A recall election would require has been elected in a “twentieth”| The CIO leader said the unions feet 4 inches in height and weighs ot £ AT AT may ‘have “’eckly::l/ndntl;;:n "‘;””‘j) :)"K“Q O:f‘ll_““: IN DRYDOCK 318 thousand If the election is held, signatures of voters. Here they year has died in office candidates are: will be glad to submit all future 120 pounds. | disputes to impartial arbitration She is financially self-dependent to 37 cents worth a day. Children under six years get was at 8:30 o'clock last night. for Governor will appear on thcj‘ 1840—William Henry Harrison. ur the employers will sign contracts | Both parents are dead. She does 19 cents worth of meat a week. - - BERLIN, March 1i—The High PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 1L |game pallot. 1860—President Lincoln (after|based on present working condi- secretarial work and dress design-| myo rectriction, however, does not A 2 Soiimand of Germany's motorized —The 10000-ton cruiser Wichita,| Should Olson be recalled, the! re-election). tions. {ing is her ambition. She has par-, ... o {w”“”' game, liver | farces; - Glen. Wilhelin Guiderat is berthed at the Philadelphia Navy |candidate with the highest number| 1880—James A. Garfield. e | ticipated in many athletic events. ciuo” ang Cooken ients ? rl es lne gives warning that at the “oppor- Yard for what officers said are|of votes would succeed him. The 1900—William McKinley ~(after | RANGER IX IN | was declared winner as “Miss ~ P tune moment,” Nazi tanks and ar- minor repairs. | Governor is charged with various| re-election). | Fairbanks” in a voting contest i mored forces will strike a blow on They said there is no truth in|acts of misconduct in office. | 1920—warren G. Harding. The Forest Service vessel Ranger| Miss. Motschman has never set GLOVER TO KETCHIKAN AMSTERDAM, March 11, — The [the Western frons. the rumor that the Wichita had| Gov. Olson did not appear much| 19402 e IX arrived in port Saturday from foot outside of Alaska. Part of her Arthur Glover, Regional En-!3000 ton Netherland steamer Amor| Gen. Guuert\.“ declared that the developed serious trouble while on|worried about the recall movemert| 1, the same chatty vein me Sitka with Junior Forester R. R. ancestral blood was in earliest his- gineer, went to Ketchikan on the|struck a mire and sunk today. Thir- | German motorized units will crush duty with the Atlantic Squadron as he left for a brief rest Satur-| |Robinson and Assistant District, torical Alaska. She is a distinctive steamer Yukon on Forest Service|ty-three survivors have been land-|the Allies me samie way they did in southern waters, day at a Southern California resort. | (Conuuued on Pfiie Six) Ranger John Brillhart, type of beauty, rivaling the charms business. ed at Flushing, Poland,