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VOL. 41. No. 146. ;ME. ALASKA. Wednesday, Dec. 6, 1939. Price per copy 15*
Finns Inf ic ussia
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Gov. Gruening Took Oath At Juneau Yesterday
Germany Unable Replace Subs As They Are Sunk
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CLAD HAM D—Britain’s
welcome for Giuseppe E.-.stianiol
(above), new Kalian ambassador
in London, was manifest when
Viscount Halifax sent a special
car to meet Iilm upon arrival.
Expresses Hope
Russo-Fiimisla Iv ar
Will Soon End
WASHINGTON, Dec. G (,P) —
President Roosevelt : :p~? -jo.; to
President K3llio at FI i ‘ the
earnest hope" that the Russo
Finnish w.: would c" n so
that Finland -may can'.inue her
steady development “untroub'ecl."
The President cabled the Fin
nish leader cn the occasion of the
twenty-second anniversary of
Finland’s independence. He said
“it is my earnest hope that these
Iragic days may not be long giv
ing way to a happier era to per
,mit the Finnish people to contin
ue untroubled the steady devel
opment of their free political and
social institutions which aroused
the admiration of the Amer ean
peoole.”
2,033 Russ. Troops
Captured and 64
Tanks Destroyed
HELSINKI, Dec. 6 (JP) — Her
courage bolstered by official a.n
nouncements of successes against
Ru.- ia, Finland honored her her
ocs on her Independence Day,
while her fighters for freedom
fought back an increasing tide of
Russian invaders.
The government issued a com
munique stating that two thou
sand Russian troops were captur
d since the invasion began last
Thursday and 64 Russian tanks
have be n destroyed. The Finns
3 d they destroyed eight Rus
han tanks and took many prison
e yi ‘erday on the Karelian Is
; ‘hrrvus. The government spokes
man emphasized that the Rus
han losses were “very great com
; pared wbh those of Finland.”
After a heavy snowstorm this
morning ihe skies cleared some
what and the few residents who
have not deserted Helsinki went
: about their tasks with anxious
eyes watching dark ckies.
i. J. Allen of Nome
?oi -:js Marine Corps
At Portland, Ore.
PORTLAND, Dee. 5 (/P)—'Theo
dore J. A len, aged 21, of Nome,
who mushed a deg team to town
after seeing a movie about ma
rines, enlisted here today. Asked
■ bs jr0r the urge he said “Aw
I saw a movie in Nome sabout
some marines and decided that
/as the life for me.” He had been
‘’■•’nno’- since childhood.
Urges Rumania j
Sign Fact Russia
Similar to Dallies
MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (/PI — Ku- j
mania was urged to sign a mu
tua assistance pact immediately
with Russia in an article pub
lished by the “Communist Inter
national," the mouthpiece of the
International Communist organiz
ation. The publication declared
the pact should be similar to the
treaties Russia signed with Lat
via, Estonia end Lithuania thru
which she gained naval an! mili
tary hr; cn the soil of the
three Billie states.
T.ie Coajmintern article de
j dared “the British and French ;
reactionary bourgeois, supported,
by American financial oligarchy
striving to involve the smaller
countries in an imperialist war.
, The political and economic sit-;
■*!*'“* ‘in Rumania makes it vit-*'
ally necessary for the peop'e in
habating Rumania to establish
’ho most friendly relations with
the Soviet Union.”
Seek Method Of
,Usir * War Debt
For Aid of Finns
_
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (/P) —1
President Roosevelt disclosed he
was seeking a method of using
the Finnish war debt payment of
$214,000, due D cember 15 to aid
i the Finnish people.
He said he would suggest it be
held separate until he had time
to consult Congress which must
approve cf the action. The Presi
dent suggested it might be used
to aid wounded refugees,
TRIPLET SISTERS FACE POSSIBLE SEPARATION
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Asserting their parents were unable to care for them because of nine other children, Frank X.
Keller, Chief Probation officer of a St. Louis, Mo. juvenile court, asked that these six-months-old
triplets, LaVerne Laura and LaVonne Stillman (left to right) be made wards of the hoard of chil
dren’s fhardians. If Reller’s petition is granted the board may put the children in separate homes I
t
Or. Gruening
fakes Oath As
Governor Alaska
JUNEAU. Dec. 5 </P)_At 7:49
Tuesday’ Ernest Gruening, for
the past five years director of the
Division of Territories and Is
land possession became the gover
n r of Alaska, succeeding Gover |
nor John W. Troy, resigned. Gov.
Troy is retiring on account of ill
health.
The oath of office was adminis!
‘Died by M E Monagle, attorney
f the F rsi Division and Domo
cratio Committee Chairman.
Before the inauguration, which
vook place in the Governor’s of
fice in the Territorial Building,
Governor Troy made a few re-1
marks saying he was glad he was
retiring and turning his office ov |
er to an old friend.
, Gruening, in a brief address
said he knew he was succeeding
one of the most distinguished
and beloved man in Alaska, also
his friend for many years. Gruen
ing said he was giad to be back
in Alaska, which he considers
“the most beautiful and most re
freshing part of the United Stat
es.” He said he did not believe
in making speeches on what he’s
going to do but if he must would
make his actions talk. He as
serted he would work with a pio
neer spirit to make a better and
happier society and that all i
should unite to ultimately bring
statehood to Alaska.
Allies Are Sinking
German Subs j
2 To 4 Weekly
j
LONDON, Dec. 0 (IP) — First
Lord of the Admiralty Winston
Churchill announced in the
House of Commons that five Ger
man subs were sunk by the Brit ■
ish and French navies this week
and that the rate of destruction
has surpassed Germany’s cap
acity to replace her losses.
Churchill said the allied drive
against German subs was destroy
ing from two to four weekly,
which “is a rate superior to what
we believe Germany has the pow
er of replacing.” More than a
thousand British merchant ships ,
have been armed for defense and >
two thousand more will soon be',
added. Germany’s magnetic min
es have accounted for more than (
half the British sea losses within |
the past month Churchill de
clared and added that the mag- ;
netic mines were neither new ,
or mysterious and that prepara- j ]
tion for counter measures had al
ready been far advanced before j
the first magnetic mine was sown ;
in British waters.
He said the British naval loss ;
es for the first three months of! :
the war totalled 50,000 tons and 1
“we have at present much build -
ing in advanced stages—nearly a (
million tons of warships of all 1
classes.” '
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LAD’S FETTERS BLAMED ON DAD
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George Willard Woods, eight-year-old Lynwood, Cal. boy, is shown
wearing chains his father. Grant Woods, 40 is accused of having
used to fetter the hoy for two days, according to complaint obtained
by Homer J. Daniels, officials of the state commission for protection
of children and animals.
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Finns Fortify
Aaland Island j
Is on Vital Route
UNDATED. Doc. 5 (7P> — Em
battled Finland's plight under.
the Russian invasion, stirred her
alarmed Scandinavian neighbors
to new p' -cs efforts and prepara
lions against war.
Sweden called about forty
thousand more men to the colors
bringing her armed torcas to one
hundred fifty thousand men. Nor:
way invited the foreign minsters j
of Sweden and Denmark to a
conference Thursday on ways of
bringing peace between Russia
and Finland. Both accepted this:
invitation but rejected participa
tion in the League meet:."" on
Finland’s appeal for arbit.ation.
Russia reported that her troops
are continuing into Finland in
the north and south. The Rus- j
sian lines are said to have pene-!
trated thirty miles on the Kar
eilin Isthmus, 16 miles below
Petsano Fjord, Finland’s Arctic
outlet. Russian bombing prepara
tions were renewed after a lapse
because of bad weather.
Finland rushed the fortifica
tion of Aaland Island to keep the
sea open for communication with
Sweden. This is on a vital route
if any aid is to be given Finland
by the Scandinavian nations.
NOTICE
The Pioneers of Alaska will
h«I da regular meeting tonight
.i 8 • n nt t Odd Fellows Hall.
F ' t ' o’i of Officers.
" • Fnbpi- Library now
en at City Hall r May cven
•,<rs frem 7 to 7:?0 *p3n.