The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 30, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MPIR ) VAL. LV., NO. 8375. JUNEA U, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1940. - MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS GERMANY TRIES TO BLAME U.5. FOR WAR New Flood Danger Threatens in California WATER I RISING IN WIDE AREA Thousands-érMen Work- ing on Levees-Homes Already lsolated SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 30,‘ —1In the face of a new and possibly greater emergency than existed during the devastatling floods of last month, thousands of men are Jaboring on levees almost wiped wiped out by February's high wa- ter to avoid danger caused by sud- den rising of streams and rivers. The Sacramento River, at Napa, at 10 o'clock this morning, poured out of its banks in three places. By noon the high water had iso- lated hundreds of homes and resi- dents were evacuating others. Conditions similar to Napa are reported early this afternoon as pre- vailing elsewhere. H. M. Rich, United States Army Engineers, is at the Napa flood scene directing emergency operations EXPLOSION OF BIG GUN KILLS MANY Train Load of Wounded Soldiers Rushed from Scene fo Bucharest BUCHAREST, March ‘30. ‘The ex- plosion of one of Rumania's largest size guns, with a resulting heavy toll of life, during war maneuvers, is reported here. The authorities are attempting to suppress the report, but Rumanian newspapers claim a train loaded with ed here from Dadilov where the ex- plosion occurred. NEW REGIME PROCLAIMED FOR CHINESE Japanese Dominated Gov- | ernment Is Now Sef Up at Nanking NANKING, March 30. The All-China-Japanese sponsored re- gime, headed by former Chinese Premier Wang Chang Wei, was aimed here today in brief backed by the Japa- nese 5 The new regime is dedicated to an effort to end the 33 months of war by Japan in China and to es- tablish a new economic relation- ship between the two countries, Japan playing a dominating role in the development of China’s ce- scurces and industry. A train, bringing the offi of the new regime here, was wrecked, but no casualties resulted. With the exception of Japan, no foreign nation sent diplomatic rep- resentatives to the ceremony. WANG DENOUNCED CHUNKING, March 30. — The Chinese Government here scath- ingly denounced Wang in accepting head of the new regime, as high treason., - > SEA FOODS MAN HERE H. M. Parks, of Pioneer Sea Foods, is a Baranof passenger for Cordova, going west to make pre- parations for operating the can- nery there recently purchased from Capt. A. E. Lathrop. sounded soldiers is being rush- | | [ | displeased by England’s conduct | stands firm with Prime Ministe | UNEASY THE HEADS _Target of criti is first lord of the adi cism by Britons of the war with Germany and— most recently—by the Russo-Finnish treaty that may enable Rus- £ia i0 coscentrate on more aid for Nazis, Winston Churchill (left) ‘hamberlain. Churchill alty. r Neville | | Mrs. Lomen - Gels Divorce From Frandis | Claims: She Received No Money from Husband in North 18 Months SEATTLE, March 30.—Mrs. Eilee Lomen, 23, obtained a di B in the Superior Court from Fran- |cis Lomen, of N Alaska, son of Ralph Lomen, Vice-President of | the companies with large reindeer | interests in Alaska. | Mrs. Lomen (estified | husband made $500 n “has not | he left for Ala 18 months ago. | He was supposed (o send me money to come back but it never came.” The court approved the settlement. Mrs, Lomen re ed all interest in the Lomen rein- | deer, lighterage and merchandise | enterprises in Alaska for $200 | The couple married three years ago. her but that thiy Sir John Gilmour | Is Dead British War Cabinef Mem- | ber Passes Away Sud- ‘ denly Tpday LONDON, March 30.—Sir Jchn Gilmore, 63, Minister of British | shipping, died suddenly today as | the resul? of an attack of the heart. | He had been a prominent mem- ber of the Conservative Paarty for 20 years and has held various Cab- inet posts since 1926. Sir John is the first member of the present British War Cabinet to die. Ketchikan ~ Pulls Off Blackout For Fiffeen Minufes City Is in Darkness-Adver- tising Scheme KETCHIKAN, Alaska, March 30. Had there been any European refugees in Ketchikan last night they would have felt at home as the city staged a 15-minute black- out, the first in Alaska. Firemen took advantage of the blackout and “bombarded” the town with star shells advertising the an- nual Firemen's Ball that is the big event here tonight. Business houses cooperated in the “blackcu extinguishing their commercial signs, and residences also shaded their windows. The blackout was lessened some- what by the brilliant morthern| lights which at times appeared as tant searchlights. | foilowed by the luled 1 -lighted boat parading around the chan- throwing illuminated columns and air in advertising the sch nel of water dance. > SLUM CLEARANCE | WORK IN ALASKA; PROPOSAL MADE Measure Authorizes Leg- islature fo Creafe Housing Board WASHINGTON, March 30.—Sen- ator Homer T. Bone, of Washing- tor, has introduced a bill author- izing the Alaska Legislature to cre- ate a Housing Authority to con- duct slum clearance work in the Territory. —————— | There are 29,500,000 motor ve- Jhicles in the United States. SHOTDOWN | N BATILE, WEST AREA Two Messerschmit Fight-| ers Crash in Flames— British Atfack LONDON, March 30.—Two Ger- man Messerschmidt fighting planes | were shot down in flames and a bomber was disabled by British warplanes in action over the wermnan western iront lines. This is according to an official announcement by the British Air Ministry. | — e DARDANELLE GUNS QUIET FOR ALLIES Allied Fleet Given Right fo Sail Info Black Sea to BRITAI By JACK STINNETT 80.—T1% th Con- WaASHING 100 | easier to get by 30. — Au-i44 45 o get March BUCHAREST, March "l,:,':,[“f,f,‘ thoritative diplomatic sources said | g, i today key has agreed to let Franco-British fleets go through 4 the Dardanelies o clamp sn anti|-Eomibn. of Eollge Ohlets, 10 you German blockade on the Black Sea,|COmMit & murder and the murder The report said the decision was |18 dlwo?‘(‘l‘t‘(l. vou have from one resched af & French-BHtih-Turks| Soanpe in. ten fo g fn oy, (des ish military conference at Aleppo |PeRdIng on what city youre i) a a few days ago, getting away with it. Such action runs contrary to the in Washington and Montreaux Convention of 1936 in Congress, you have about one which stipulated the Dardanelles|chance in 25 of getting a il would be closed to the warships|Wwritten into the statue books as of all belligerent nations except|an honest-to-gospel law. when serving under a League of| At a recent s Nations mandate or helping the|there were nearly 18,000 bills n- victim of an aggression under the|troduced. Of these, a few more mutual assistance pact concludcd“hgm 700 got the President’s Jol within the framework of the|Hancock and went into the tutes to help or hinder you and League. me and Joe Doak bill According to the International If you are - THE OBJECTORS Considering that there have been 76 Congress each sitting for couple of years, that may seem like an infernal number of laws, It is. But consider that a t number of these were private bills CANNERY HEAD WEST F. A. Gepner, superintendent for the New England cannery at Cor- dova, is a passenger on the Bar- anof, preparing to open the can- nery in readiness for the coming season. ssion of Congress, | refer N’S ‘SCOOTER® FLEET —Built for speed and markmanship, England’s motol torpedo boats (like these) patrol the British coast. Note the anti-aircraft guns. If You Thought Congress Passes Laws for Fun, You Just Have Done it Wrong AUTHOR'S ~ SEX VIEW IN COURT “;fi.‘i{' Berfrand Russell’s Defense of Adultery Draws Fire of Judge These bills are numberless, and, NEW YORK, March 30—Judicial to cope with them, the house has perysal of some of Bertrand Rus- an Objectors’ committee, composed sell's published views on sex and of three Democrats and three Re- morality has led to a court order cans. One objection from the directing his appointment to the generally is enough to faculty of the City College of New measure worth less than york be revoked it was written on. Supreme Court Justice John E. McGechan, after reading several of he ted British philosopher it res which gave some w vidow & life-time vided Federal aid triet’s river system—or ¥ for individ pension—or to a small d id this and o1 Al little ne or a paper - bilis can be in- troduced only in the last two s of any legislative day. The w ermed the appointmer 1 is that if business is rush-'an “insuit to the people of the City a legislative day may last for of New York." months of calendar days. The decision Bil the Senate payers’ sult br of the 37 mother who be the Vice- of a campaizn The committee may Bishop Manning when he denounc- t to a sub-committee. There ed Russell as a cognized prop- redrafts, recommen- 8gandist against both religion and re- morality,” and a defender of adult- In the Senate rks, made in a ¢t ght by a Brooklyn ame the spearhead tarted by Ep! Is introduced in referred to one committees by are hes dation port nd th w up on ering majority and minority the committee of the whole, €rV. interminable wait for it to, The Board of Higher Education the calendar (unless Of the City of New York recently committes prescribes | Feaffirmed appointment of Russell by a 11 to 7 vote, and will probably {appeal from the court order. # 1 | | nued on Page Seven) HIGH WIND Power Lines Wrecked and Trees Uproofed- Houses Shaken | SEATTLE, March 30—A sudden wind, reaching an hour, wrecked rooted trees at least one boat was cast adrift. Houses were shak- en and some damage reported Work the Lake Washington bridge-tunnel was power fa and the pontoon bridge itself was severely buffeted, but appare y not damaged. -o President's Wife Is Leaving Seattle Today hfl Sputhland Mrs eduled 4 o'cleck this af- ternoon by plane for Los Angeles to begin a lecture tour. . Mrs. Roosevelt has been here vis iting members of her family since Thursday r power lines, up- and h evelt M 30. Rec SEATTLE, Franklin D to leave her gh - o The eilk industry in China has flourished for 4,000 years. opal | - ATSEATILE a velocity of 62 miles | suspended by the| 'DOCUMENTS' FAKES,SAYS WASHINGTON Take Repofi—v;ith "Three Grains of Salt,” Is Roosevelt Advice HULL, BULLITT DENY NAZIS' IMPLICATION Papers from Poland Said by Germany to Show U.Ss. Codnniving (By Associated Press) A new barrage of words dimmed the sound of gunfire in warring Europe as the Nazi newspapers ac- claimed a ‘“sensational discovery" of alleged Polish documents which it is said proved that American diplomats helped to hasten the “break out of hostilitles last Sep- temter.” The charge drew a swift retort in Washington, challenging the credibility of the papers which the Germans say consist primarily of “confidential reports” in which the Polish envoys in Washington, Paris land London are purported, to have informed their governnf®it of the views of American statesman before i he outbreak of the Polish-German war, | President Roosevelt, who is rep- resented in the reports as “conjur- ling up the war psychosis” to dis- | tract attention of the American pub- |lic from domestic problems, warned the newspapermen, at a conference, that all European propaganda | hould be taken with three grains f salv. No Credence Secretary of State Cordell Hull aid his Department placed “not the slightest credence” in the purported |German documents “seized” from the Polish Government files. Flat Denial William Bullit{, United Stat bassador to Pr e, entere « to ‘the ment attributed to him by th Y ‘asserting this country would “f i the European conflict on (he side of the Allies, Comment Declined | Joseph P. Kennedy, American Am- bassador to Great Britain, quoted by the alleged documents as prom- ising to press upon Great Britain the “necessity” of k‘xelping Poland with arms and cash,” declined ta make any comment. s Am- | | | MORE FINDS ~ COMING UP, CLAIM NAZI 'German Government Infi- mates Further ""Expos- ures” Be Revealed BERLIN, March 30.—The sixteen | documents which the German For- eign Office has published as “finds” lin the archives of the Polish For- eign Offices at Warsaw are only | “cheap wine” compared to costly | vintages yet to come, an authorized |German source asserted today, cit- |ing a Bible story of Jesus and the | conversion of water to wine. The source of this statement ob- served, “American statesmen must- n't get out on a limb and try to put vesterday's publications off with the rema that these are the opinions of only Polish Ambassadors as to what the American policy is. “They should remember at Ca=- naan, the ruler of the feast com- plained the bridegroom was keep- ing the best wine until the end,” the German official said, adding, “That may be what we are doing.” This news source further inti- mated the German Government is in possession of direct communica- tions of U. S. Ambassador to Paris | wWilliam Bullitt.,