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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Sunday: Cloudy, continued eol4 Monday: Cold, possibly snow. 34TH YEAR, NO. 12-68 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY21, 1940 PRICE TEN CENTS CHURCHILL CALLS NEUTRALS TO JOIN WAR OF ALLIES AGAINST DICTATORS British Attack U.S. Contraband Traffic to Germany Claim Nazis In America Use Mails Wilkes-Barre Cops May Quit Today Refuse Hull's Request to Stop Postal Search CALLED NECESSARY Ask if U. S. Protested Sinking Of Mail by Subs Washington, Jan. 20. (UP) — Great Britain charged that German sympathizers in the United States are carrying forward an organized traffic in contraband with Germany through the medium of the Amer¬ ican mails. The charge was contained in the official British reply to the Amer¬ ican protest against British inter¬ ference with U. S. mails destined for neutral nations. Tho British reply was made public here as U, S,-British controversy increased over the mail issue. The British cited the alleged use of U, S, mails by German sympath¬ izers among reasons for her re- , fusal to cease interference with the transport of American correspond¬ ence. State Department officials indi¬ cated no change in the American attitude toward the question as 9 result of the reply by the British. It was understood that Secretary of State Cordell Hull still regards the British action as a clear violation of the provisions of the Hague Con vention—the grounds on which hi original protest was made to Lon¬ don last December 22. SmugRllng Called •¦Extensive" The BritLsh flatly rejected Hulls interpretation of the Hague Con¬ vention and said plainly that they would go on examining U. S. mail. "It would be difficult," said the British note, "to prevent the use of the letter post for the transmis¬ sion of contraband to Germany, a use which has been made on an ex¬ tensive scale, without submitting such mail to that very examination to which the United States govern¬ ment is taking objection," The note said that last Novem¬ ber 23, information had been com¬ municated to the American em¬ bassy In London "In which clear evidence was given of the exist¬ ence of an organized traffic in contraband on a considerable scale between German sympathizers in the United States and Germany through the mall, "An article in a newspaper pub PRESS RETREATING REDS TO Sees All Victims of COMPLETE SALLA VICTORY Germany and Russia If Democracies Lose Merciless Battle in Far North after Russian Bombers Again Hit Finland By WEBB .DULLER Russian bombers were believed de- Helsiniti. Kinland. .Jan. 20 (UP)— stroyed. Ru-ssian air raids today A merciless pitched battle waa re- resulted in four alarms but no bom- norled developing on the north cen- bardment at Helsinki. Finnish ofTi- tral front tonight after another cials .said it appeared that Soviet series of Russian aerial raids over aerial raiding elsewhere in south southern Kinland and announce- Kinland was comparable to yes ¦J Finns Fighting to Cut Russians from Other Units and Line of Supplies; Visits Battlefield By HIBERT I EXKI EI.L \Vith Finnish Armies, on Salla Front, Jan, 20, (UPl Russian troops defended a strong out-post ^nrt'liat^Aed'Arm^ratrackT'h^d te^da/s a"c;Vity:wh;n-'mo;e" than line at Lake Marka today but Fin- been hur'ed back on the south- 1,000 bombs were dropped on 27 "¦'''i '¦^""P-" ^^ere steadily incre»s- caslern fr'onts different localities. I |"K pressure on their right «»"" tdsiern ironus. imnortnnt develon- '" «" effort to score a cc Intensified fighting despite the J^^ areared^o be on the Salla ' victory on the vital Salla se extreme -'^/PPea-d to m-^^^^ J^^t aU^ough the onTy'mention the,north central front 1'-'^f.'.uP^"!" !.'"!,„!:;'"'"„„''..; of fighting at Lake Marka in to- This was after a week of Shows Confidence as He Claims Half of il'Boat Force Sunk, English Convoys Safe for Ships, But Finds Only Hope of Early Peace In United Action of Free Nations; Tells Them the War Will Spread especially on the north different localities. The most important develop-I'""" eiiort 10 score a complete , ,^ . ^^ ^ ^ ^,„„,„ , ments appeared to be on the Salla ^Mctojy^ mi the vital^ Salla sector of , By DAN CAMPBt.LL , , „ , . , "".""' "'"'" \ , , London, Jan. 20. (lfI')—Win,ston Churchill, finst lord of s 11 f t h s et Trots' I ^^"^^^ -s^ a -t^: «7htin;^"duri?ig^ w,^",'' V^, thn adi.iralt.v, declared in a radio .speech,^oni.ht .that Fin- Salla front where .Sov-iet troops j j^^^j. ^j^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^.^1^ ^^i^^i^ ^^^.^ ^^„,y f„^pp, j^,, ^.^^.j^ 30 miles land had expo.scd the military "incapacit.v" of Soviet Russia ^n"n^fs»^rller,« soffered^'earlier ^ ^'aPtu'-cd yesterday. i from Lake Joutsi to L,-,ke Markn .,11(1 pointedly SUfTSe.sted that European nrutral.S join Up with to offset reverses surrcreo earner I ,j,^^ Finnish troops were de-^ and sought to consolidate th^'r | flip Allips to cuard airainst bcin^ divided hetwepn "thp scribed in military advices as positions in defense of the village! tne Allies 10 Ruata aR.iiiihi orinp oivinea oeiween tlie pressing their advantage In the of Salla, which is now the key opposite though Similar barbarisms of .Nazism and Bol- slievism." this week, P'inns Report Sucopsses Developments reported on three main fronts: l.-The Salla sector: Russian troops, pushed back 30 miles to um\ rough country and as atempting point of the conflict, to slice the long Russian commu- j There still was strong patrol nication and supply lines, the head ! action and the Finnish troops were Lake Marka counter attacked in a "' '*"" ^*^ ^^^ column being pressing steadily ag,iinst the Rus- vnin .,i/i^; f^hlo^i^ f,, pf^ ^*""'t 120 miles from the base on .sian right flank, bntli to prevent mZ u fTn*^ ?bree ^iHe» and to. '^o Murmanski-Leningrad rati- the Soviet forces from joining with thrust-s from three sides and to ___j . i.l n j » -^ * ,»- join their lines west of Salla with '°^^- ?'^'h^ ,n1,,1;'''^L"'?fHrf„^"nrr"; other units 50 miles southward in ' 500 Bomber, in AcHon 'Hemnt, ^^,^Lr, » Iw PiLIln the Kuusamo sector. Severe fight- Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 20. I ^L^^J, ' .L« , K'L?Zrv^ ing was reported, with the Finns (UP) A Helsinki dispatch in the ''^'^"^"'.^ "^"d Kem.jaervi, holding the upper hand in an at- newspaper Berlingske Tidendes to- Strategic, Retreat tempt to cut off the Soviet forces night said that about 500 Russian ' T'i« Russians have attempted from their base, I airplanes participated In bombing 2,- Southeastern fronts:—An offi- raids throughout Finland during cical communique said that Rus- the day, 5lan attacks Friday had been re- The dispatch said the greatest It's an old Italian custom that on the feast day of Epiphany, trafli policemen shall receive gifts from motorists. This fellow in Rome pulsed at Taipale, on the Karelian damage was inflicted on Abo, Fin- I.sthmus where four Soviet thrusts nisn port 50 miles west of Hel- cost the Red Army about 40 knied; I sinki, where the raiders dropped ieems to be doing all right, judging by parcels around his traffic island, i ?'^'5_°'l '!'i^''°"'.'^°!!l'^,S^.'l.'!L^'l'' ?P°"'..-™ ''^1?-^^-'l'u.'l "' R".}." several countcr-tliriists but the Fin¬ nish pressure has made it difficult for tiiem to reorganize their de¬ tachments on an effective scale. Wait until news gets up North State street waa not mentioned by Churchill who told Belgium, Holland, the Scandinavians, the Balkans and (It was in the .Salla sector that Switzerland that there was no the Ru.ssians made their deepest chance of a speedv end to the con- penetration—about 75 miles -in an fnpj except through united action. 0 i attempt to cut across mid-Finland ™„,, „, ,.. ..„, _ . . - ; to the Gulf of Bothnia. They were ! '^-"'' "',^»,^'»' Tnu nphi. The sharp-tonjfued Rriti.sh cabinet mini.ster for the first time In official pronouiuements j another were pledged to uphold, brought into the open the question There is the danger, however, of general European action in this that without united action the war war and he based his warning to "ill drag on, he said. What, he the neutral st.iles on the argii- a-iked, if at any time Britain and ment that unless the Allies win France got tired of the struggle they will all become victims not «"<! mafl^ » "shameful peace?" only of Gernianv but of Russia. Then, he declared, the little states This war, he said, will spread, t>iat remained neutral could hope Onlv Italy, which considers itself '"f no fate except to be divided non-belligerent, rather than neutral! "P hy Germany and Russia. „„, „ ,;„„„j u., r'v,,,,,,1,111 ' Churchill s bid and warning to the neutrals was unique In Its frank appeal to the little powers which iiave fought to maintain strict neutrality although caught between the belligerent powers. In Ihe same way, the first lord of the admiralty pointed out to them what : LaGuardia Demands-Gets- End of Coal Men's Strike sto^^'^ho;:^ orKemij;:;?i"v;;d^^«---.,:r^!: .:r.^..:^ !-.--^f"- »^^-^..°' p- Ladoga, where several Russian ad- 20 houses. The number of casual ! vances were hurled back but where ; ties was not Immediately learned, Di.iiiji,tu i>,>,„i, ui ivcuiiiai,.. n,.v. j « . ,-, u fighting continued late this evening. I Other Scandinavian press dis- early this week forced to fnll back mean.sdcfcati.st. On the contrary, tection by the BHtish Navy. .More Bombing Attacks I patches from Finland said Russian from Lake Joutsi to Lake Marka, [[^ f,*''^ 7'"'' the Briti.sh navy wa.s (.,„!„„ jja,, „, jj^j,, gy^s 2.-Air:-The communique said ! planes also bombed the Helsinki t about 30 miles from the RiLssian' ^'^¦•'""K trcmeniinus blows, that j „^,j ^^ Germany's submarines .Finnish fighting craft and antI- airport and the towns of Hango, i border, where they are now en-P'*""'"""-^''' ^o kl front hid grave j^^^^.^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ j^^ ^^.^ ^^^ ^^1^^ aircraft batteries on Friday shot Borgo and Kotka. Details aa to ' >--^ ^ I economic weakness, that half or i down seven more Russian bomb- I the effectiveness of these raids : ing planes and that three other ' were lacking. trenched,) The Russian retreat to Shuts off Heat On Conferees to Give Them an Idea New York, Jan, 20 (UP) -The New York coal drivers strike which had paralyzed deliveries of coal for four days ended in a com¬ promise agreement tonight as the bitterest cold of the winter de¬ scended on the city and frantic householders deluged city depart¬ ments with requests for aid in obtaining fuel. The agreement, which Is Intend¬ ed to remain in force for three years, was reached at a City Hall conference that had been in prog¬ ress for two days. A few minutes before the announcement. Mayor Pittston Gets U. S. Capitol Flag Unfurled three weeks ago over the United States Capitol at Washington, the only American building over which Old Glory may wave continuously night and day, a brilliant new flag has been secured by Congressman J, Har¬ old Flannery for Pittston city's new municipal building. Certified by Capitol Clerk South Trimble and David Lynn, Capitol architect, as having flown over east wing of the Capitol, the "storm" size national em¬ blem was presented to Flannery this week and is being forwarded to Mayor Kenneth J. English, Highly prized and sought by all POPE'S LEHER In Agreement wRh Hungary to Face War Threat Together lislied in" German "in" "thT''Un*i't7d ^- ^- LaGuardiahad issued a vir-, offTcTais ' "at" Washingt''on, flags States which was handed to (the tual ultimatum for .settlement on embassy) at the same time showed I the ground the health of the city that an organization existed in 1 demanded it. United States territory for the pur- ' Compromise Reached po.se of facilitating this traffic." ; Representatives of Local 553 of Contraband Believed .Money the International Brotherhood of The type of purported "contra- 1 Teamsters and Chauffeurs, AFL, band" which the British alleged | «nd the Coal Merchants Associa- was going through the U. S. mails ! tion and the Fuel Merchants Asso- was not specified In' detail hut it [ elation agreed to the settlement, was indicated the British believed ' The membership of the union that German sympathizers might and members of the dealers asso- he transmitting securities, checks!, | ciations will meet tomorrow to money orders or industrial dia- vote on the terms of the agree- 1 monds to the Reich, | ment which follow roughly'he lines The note suggested that such suggested by the mayor. The truck articles could easily be sent in , drivers will receive an increase of U. S. post bags to a neutral coun- 1 75 cents a day -they had asked an try where, in turn, the assets increase from $1.00 to J1.20 an would be forwarded to (Germany, hour. All other provisions of the "Quite apart from transmission present contract will be renewed ' (Continued on Page A-10) 1 (Continued on Page A-10) ' Drunken Cop Kills Wife, Daughter Of Sergeant; Dies in Gun Fight \ which have graced the Capitol are considered a mark of dis¬ tinction for whatever buildings they are sought. For this reason, appropriate ceremonies are being planned for flag-raising dedica¬ tion of the PWA-constructed Pittston City Hall. Unfurling of flags over east and west wings of the Capitol at night also signifies that either the House or Senate is in session. the practice having been in oper¬ ation since the World War, Trim¬ ble informed Flannery, ICE JAMS REPORTED EXPLODING NAZI MINES Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 20. (UP)- The first tangible move In at¬ tempts by Turkey to form a uni¬ fied Balkan bloc including Bul¬ garia and Hungary was seen today in an exchange of messages be- ROOSEVEIJPLEA Unprecedented Answer Accepts Offer to Strive for Peace economic weakness, mm nnu m ,,„,„/.» i„,;iji u ^ , I the Nazi U-boats had been do- fXn 'h^,iL h t i'^ fv \ ^ " I ine nu.ss.an rc.rea. .n Lake ,,troyed and that the British -nn-, f*^^". ^^'' f „^'?,', was^"^^^^ ' Marka was a strategic move rather .-ov svstem made It certain that , ' '"" '^^^'^ °' tne war, Germany than a flight and the Red troops ^^T of'^rvesris^'o^ld get safe?y { ^^^l^ "^ bulfdr.""," '^Z^r'T^^ are now in strong defensive posi- 1 Hirnncrh tn Allied nnrt.< •'and 28 building for a total of 93. tions, but their base for a new "^ ^.V,^ „ ';'^^.^°''he declared " ^^^' ""^'^ "«*" '"'"'^' " ^°"'^ attack is much weaker than it was have things "goL s^'well ftom t'h'e .Trad'TaHe^n !^ct'im'' rfh"^!*?,'".' R week atrn , , , * . , ., , , '* had fallen victims of the Allied a wecK ago. j na^„i ^„^„^ „f ^,,g^v „,,„|e i„ cq,,. ; machine -"'"cu Everything seemed quiet today trast the Germans were divided In 1 Churchill seeking to eneoiir«<r. when I reached a point about ten , their councils and showing "re- no,,7r/l shiLfnt fn Fn^ii!h Tiff?, miles west of Lake Marka, There , .arkable" signs 0^ di.ssohition both Td'Thaf t^r4ances""wet To^"t'o physically and psychologically. The "lihieration" of Warsaw, Prague and because the road was not yet Vienna Is assured, he added, be- cleared of Russian land mines and pause there Is no reason to doubt 1 because Russian patrols were oper- j that the Allies will be victorious, I ating in the woods. But after giving that optimistic I Sees Battle Wrerkage ' picture -which coincided with the The situation on the Salla front remarks earlier by Foreign Minis- now is about the same as it was ter Viscount Halifax at Leeds -the in the first week of the war. be-: first lord of the admiralty went to j ;'^;;/'^^';;';,;'p;;p;\7'-J'-^;;.;;;^;-*^ fore the Russian drive on Kemi- 1 great pains to paint another and | .j^ . ., , . jaervi. - grimmer picture hinting at general 1 On the way to this new front, I conflict in Europe. was no audible artillery flre but I was told that I could go no further one that ships convoyed by the British and French navies would r«ach their destinations at Allied ports. "We must always be expecting some new bad thing from Ger¬ many," Churchill said, "but I will venture to say that it is with grow* ing confidence that we await fur- Washington, Jan, 20 (UP)--Pope!however,'lsa'w many evidences "i ,^".}"*X^" ^'""''J."^^^ iu« XII warmlv resnonded todav' the severe fiirhting which took I " (liurchill dirt not Pius XII warmly responded today! the severe fighting which took say that It to President Roosevelt's Christmas appeal for enlistment of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish churches in an attempt to check the forces of tween Presj^dent Gen. Ismet Inonu ' aggression and establish peace in the Russian artil place before and during the Red was th . Army retirement toward Salla. | to pom the w.r on the side of le The Finnish lines on the western Allies, he a least «»''''l;^hat wouW bank of Lake Joutsi showed that happen if tlirough a spontaneous and King Boris of Bulgaria, Their telegrams expressed to each other complete identity of views. Informed circles took the viewpoint that the exchange of messages and the recent visit of the Turkish under-secretary for foreign affairs, Nouman Rifaat .Menemencioglii, to Sofia, were (Continued on Page A-3) for many Europe. them The spiritual head of 350,000,000 Catholics In the world, in a lette made public here, accepted M Roosevelt's offer of collaboration in fighting near tho lake, in peace moves "in defense against Russian infantry repeatedly Hitler ,Mi<ised His Chance Churchill's speech followed a broadcast hy Foreign Secretary e'dutv'of'lhe'rest of Europe i Viscount Halifax, who declared that Adolf Hitler had lost his only chance to win the war by failing to strike with all of the Nazi power at the beginning of the conflict. Lord Halifax charged Germany with being an accomplice in tho lery hnd"po"undcd impulse'' such a development should hours. Almo.st come about And_ he referred to V.»..•.» .". ......J ..V.V..... ".- ,.:u;ii(,, nf nr»i<:hnvi«it f»vnan- With being ail acromplife in ttio ,0; every house in the small village of '^^^^^^^^'^^'^^J^f,"'^^^^^^^ Russian attack on Finland; .r Joutsijaerv. had neen hit by shells Mon» he cxpen.se o^ Nazi i said that Hitler hesitated to strike r. of medium calibre. "Lressinn *^ ¦•" ' because "* bully hesitates to hit the had aggression. uv^auoo « bully In this connection, he took the somebody who may hit back;" and aiy nau position that the Allies were fight- declared that Hitler's methods of the chilling breath of aggressive tried to cross on tho ice but had j^^ "against aggression and wrong" : absolute rule would bring about hl« and deadly godless and anti-Chris- been thrown back with heavy losses ^^^^i ^^ eonformity with League of downfall. ., ,_.. TT.:...,;.i. u;..- ..-J -;/i- rj.[,p j^^.^ spccches were part of (Continued on Page A-10) tian tendencies that threaten to dry , by Finnish machine gun and rifle ^I,\\nL'nH'nri'nles whlck at'""f the , (Continued nn Pniro A-5^ lfl— At nno .^n«l «n,.lli nt thn '">*"'•'¦ I > .... ._ (Continued on Page A-3) Paris, Berlin Differ on Raid by French Troops Copenhagen, Denmark. Jan. 20 (UP)—Pack ice jammed Danish waters today and was roported to Paris, Jan. 20. (UP)- French mil- them back to the French lines. be destroying German mines in the itary advices today reported that. Tonight's war communique said: area southeast of Zealand. a French patrol had penetrated "in the West Vosges Sector, the Terrific exnlosions were heard ''eeply into the German Saar front, enemy attempted a sudden attack in^ernVi tently'duHn^ the "ay from ,''-'^^"-"^'^^.'^^f irf^.i^^'"--''; 1 ^^¦'^''^'> '""^'^ completely," that riirpptinn nnd it was bclievcd f""* Ime-and fought its way out ot Ihrnfinos'rre being detonated by'« Nazi Uap with 'slight" losses, the pressure of the ice. fire. At one post .south of the highway which leads to Markajervi and Salla I saw at least ,'iO Russian dead. The Finnish told mc that about 600 others were under the snow in the nearby woods. Visils Deserted Red (amp When the Russians saw they would nol break the Finnish lines ; European states at one time or Big Battle of War Is Won With Victory Claimed over Cooties at Joutsijaervi they attempted to ' ,„«fc,„„ , .,vi »•» move southward to out-flank the I "> JOSKI M 1>. ,>lVl.r.K iOn Dutch Border Major Firth, who was a British Finns. Here, tho Finns said, the; Now York, Jan. 20. (UP) Maj. gunnery officer in the World War Russians showed greater skill in Ivan Firth he used to be a soldier and is now asssociated with the fighting than al any other time himself painted a graceful word Oversees Trading Corporation, said and they believed that the Russians picture today of British Tommies the cootie powder was perfected were using their crack troops for und French I'oilus at their toilettes. """'•- '¦"" "' "^'"""^ >"' ri.nro-. the operation. '""he Finns out after years of research by Georgs Chelsea, Mass., Jan, 20, (UP)-1 "lm going to kill you and then ! ;L'r '""'^ZirV'nf TC'''wT^" ' *I" Berlin, the high command Policeman John Price, a trouble-! the chief," i t"« Pressure 01 tne ice. announced that between the Moselle some duty-shirker for a dozen ' Hannabury switched off the light ' ^"^„ German coast guard ooai j^j^^j. ^^^j ^^^ Palatinate Forest a years, got drunk last midnight and and raced for a revolver in another Patrolling the mined area was re Qg^man scout patrol had captured .''ergeant Herbert J. Hannabury room as Price fired an ineffective Ported to have been caught in tnn ^^ number of enemy soldiers as a reprimanded him. 1 shot at the door which Hannabury ; """ ""'' "thers were said to ne in ^^^^^^^ ^f ^^ engagement with a "I've had enough of your actions.! slammed behind him. I danger. French patrol! I'm going to turn you in to the I Shool» Both Women } South of Jutland, it was reported, freneh (laini Succens chief in the mnrriing," Hannabury IMrs. Hannabury called to her the ice pushed drifting mines to- .J.^^^ French version of the fight- said, husband and Price, hearing her ward the coast where Ihey were .^^^ which took place in bitter cold. Muttering, Price went to a near- voice, rushed into the bedroom and exploded by the increasing pres- ^^^^ ^l^^^j ^y^^•^^ soldiers operating by tavern and bought a drink— shot her three times. Her daughter sure. north of the Biles River had se then several more. Virginia ran in from another room The French war office also was maneuVvered then,, however, and alternately e.xtendcd as m the^^^ Clad in their birthday suits, ir'ms Bellh, American consulting chemist who prepares it according to a reported to have received infor¬ mation : 1, — That Intelllgen«<e' reports showed that two more German divisions (about 15,000 men each I had arrived opposite the Dutch and Belgian frontiers and that German aviation was attempting to determine whether the Allies had shifted troops as a result of turned back the flanking attack. ments of the dance, the Tommies We inspected the camping places and Poilus deftly and with prac- on both sides of the highway ticcd gestures annoint them.selves toward Lake Marka, where it ap- with powder, peared that about two regiments It may sound sissy-ish, but take of Russian troops had been. They it from the major, it's belter than saved all of their equipment by having shots in the arm or sending ready bemg repeated in the current orderly retreat. clothes to the dolousing wagon. There were bomb-proof artillery "and iniii h more < Tectivc." observation posts, machine gun Sounds .Marvelous ' - - For tho powder is not the stuff »' typhus and trench fever causet "very secret formula.' Quite Definitely Cooties were the subject of mor» bad jokes during the World War than any other single phenomenon of the front, and the jokes are al« wnr. "But the cootie matter," P'irth said. Is no joking "This carrier Price who, pistol in hand, thrust death J2 hours later. his way into the kitchen and bel¬ lowed belligerently: i-pppnt r»r>n..t. n,ot XT„.:. _:_u. "Psts and lookouts in thc Russlau I-,.. ..... i-....— .. ,,, ^, ,, lack of military efficiency than tht and At 3:30 a. m., Hannabury answer- and Price fired again - the bullet south of Zealand as a result of ice disposition of the German forces. (In Amsterdam, It waa said that a graveyard where the higher offi- insecticide, "thc first non-poisonous, •d a knock at his door. It was entering her head and bringing pressure. Two crew members tried The tJermans discovered the Dutch authorities had no Infor- Dispatches from Euro¬ pean countries are now subject to censorship. ; . . ,!,„ ;,,„ hilt . 1 I ». •. 1. J » .¦ . 1- ., "" I cers had been buried with military non-irritating, non-staining to reach shore over the ue but patro only after it had gone far mation Indicating an increa.se in honors and their names written in , non-corrosive' louse-killer ever de- were earned away. They Y'^-f'?'' '"'° the enemy lines, the advices German troops opposite their ' pencil or charcoal on small boards, vised, according to Major Firth, and ed up 0 hours later by a D.ui.sh said. An attempt was made to border.) ,'^^ ,^^ ,,,,^^ ^j j,,^ ^^^^,^. q^^ jj ^^^ ^l^^^j^. volunteered in the icebreaker. surround the French troops and a 2.~ That the presence of Ger- such tombstone .said that tho man war on the side of the Allies. The Copenhagen-Naksl<ov ex- severe skirmish developed. mantroops in the southern part buried there had "died while fight- That is to say, this bane of cooties Meanwhile, Hannabury had re- j turned with his revolver and fired I twice, instantly killing Price, When brother officers arrived in _ . . „ answer to Hannabury's emergency press train was blocked by snow The French soldiers were able to of Polish territory occupied" by Ing for the liberation of Finland,' call, they found the sergeant col- ' ... ._...-.... j lapsed beside the body of his dead ' wife. Hysterical, he waa taken to a hospital with his mortally-wound. ed daughter, who failed to rally after an emergency operation. a couple of miles from Nak^ov fight their way out of the trap an.'l i Soviet Russia had-been confirmed. Everything Mined and the 70 passengers were forced slowly retired across no-man's It was said the German troops In the Russian carnp.s I visited to spend thc night aboard after land "to their own lines. were believed to be guarding the 11 found trees where the horses attempts lo remove them by auto- It was uiiilrrstoiid that thc railroad line from Rumania on had gnawed hark for fond and j at London aiul Pari., lo detrrniine mobile failed Snowswecpcrs were French soldiers laptiircd .-several which (icrmany is largely depend-I there were remnants of apparently whether it is all the makers tan rushed to the scene. ' German prisoner* and bought; ent for oil Imports. I tCcntinued on Page A-11) 1 it 1». has been offered to thc British and French governments by the Over¬ sees Trading Corporation and even now is being tested in laboratories combined effects of red tap* and staff blundering." "In short, the cootie Is a louse." In Today's Issue Kditorial C—» t IttHsitled B—11 .Movie. A—1« Politic* „ C—J Story A—20 Sport* B—i Jl-U J i i
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Sunday: Cloudy, continued eol4 Monday: Cold, possibly snow.
34TH YEAR, NO. 12-68 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY21, 1940
PRICE TEN CENTS
CHURCHILL CALLS NEUTRALS TO JOIN WAR OF ALLIES AGAINST DICTATORS
British Attack U.S. Contraband Traffic to Germany
Claim Nazis In America Use Mails
Wilkes-Barre Cops May Quit Today
Refuse Hull's Request to Stop Postal Search
CALLED NECESSARY
Ask if U. S. Protested Sinking Of Mail by Subs
Washington, Jan. 20. (UP) — Great Britain charged that German sympathizers in the United States are carrying forward an organized traffic in contraband with Germany through the medium of the Amer¬ ican mails.
The charge was contained in the official British reply to the Amer¬ ican protest against British inter¬ ference with U. S. mails destined for neutral nations. Tho British reply was made public here as U, S,-British controversy increased over the mail issue.
The British cited the alleged use of U, S, mails by German sympath¬ izers among reasons for her re- , fusal to cease interference with the transport of American correspond¬ ence.
State Department officials indi¬ cated no change in the American attitude toward the question as 9 result of the reply by the British. It was understood that Secretary of State Cordell Hull still regards the British action as a clear violation of the provisions of the Hague Con vention—the grounds on which hi original protest was made to Lon¬ don last December 22. SmugRllng Called •¦Extensive"
The BritLsh flatly rejected Hulls interpretation of the Hague Con¬ vention and said plainly that they would go on examining U. S. mail. "It would be difficult," said the British note, "to prevent the use of the letter post for the transmis¬ sion of contraband to Germany, a use which has been made on an ex¬ tensive scale, without submitting such mail to that very examination to which the United States govern¬ ment is taking objection,"
The note said that last Novem¬ ber 23, information had been com¬ municated to the American em¬ bassy In London "In which clear evidence was given of the exist¬ ence of an organized traffic in contraband on a considerable scale between German sympathizers in the United States and Germany through the mall, "An article in a newspaper pub
PRESS RETREATING REDS TO Sees All Victims of COMPLETE SALLA VICTORY Germany and Russia
If Democracies Lose
Merciless Battle in Far North after Russian Bombers Again Hit Finland
By WEBB .DULLER Russian bombers were believed de-
Helsiniti. Kinland. .Jan. 20 (UP)— stroyed. Ru-ssian air raids today
A merciless pitched battle waa re- resulted in four alarms but no bom-
norled developing on the north cen- bardment at Helsinki. Finnish ofTi-
tral front tonight after another cials .said it appeared that Soviet
series of Russian aerial raids over aerial raiding elsewhere in south
southern Kinland and announce- Kinland was comparable to yes
¦J
Finns Fighting to Cut Russians from Other Units and Line of Supplies; Visits Battlefield
By HIBERT I EXKI EI.L
\Vith Finnish Armies, on Salla Front, Jan, 20, (UPl Russian troops defended a strong out-post
^nrt'liat^Aed'Arm^ratrackT'h^d te^da/s a"c;Vity:wh;n-'mo;e" than line at Lake Marka today but Fin- been hur'ed back on the south- 1,000 bombs were dropped on 27 "¦'''i '¦^""P-" ^^ere steadily incre»s- caslern fr'onts different localities. I |"K pressure on their right «»"" tdsiern ironus. imnortnnt develon- '" «" effort to score a cc Intensified fighting despite the J^^ areared^o be on the Salla ' victory on the vital Salla se extreme -'^/PPea-d to m-^^^^ J^^t aU^ough the onTy'mention the,north central front 1'-'^f.'.uP^"!" !.'"!,„!:;'"'"„„''..; of fighting at Lake Marka in to- This was after a week of
Shows Confidence as He Claims Half of il'Boat Force Sunk, English Convoys Safe for Ships, But Finds Only Hope of Early Peace In United Action of Free Nations; Tells Them the War Will Spread
especially on the north
different localities.
The most important develop-I'""" eiiort 10 score a complete , ,^ . ^^ ^ ^ ^,„„,„ ,
ments appeared to be on the Salla ^Mctojy^ mi the vital^ Salla sector of , By DAN CAMPBt.LL
, , „ , . , "".""' "'"'" \ , , London, Jan. 20. (lfI')—Win,ston Churchill, finst lord of
s 11 f t h s et Trots' I ^^"^^^ -s^ a -t^: «7htin;^"duri?ig^ w,^",'' V^, thn adi.iralt.v, declared in a radio .speech,^oni.ht .that Fin- Salla front where .Sov-iet troops j j^^^j. ^j^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^.^1^ ^^i^^i^ ^^^.^ ^^„,y f„^pp, j^,, ^.^^.j^ 30 miles land had expo.scd the military "incapacit.v" of Soviet Russia
^n"n^fs»^rller,« soffered^'earlier ^ ^'aPtu'-cd yesterday. i from Lake Joutsi to L,-,ke Markn .,11(1 pointedly SUfTSe.sted that European nrutral.S join Up with
to offset reverses surrcreo earner I ,j,^^ Finnish troops were de-^ and sought to consolidate th^'r | flip Allips to cuard airainst bcin^ divided hetwepn "thp
scribed in military advices as positions in defense of the village! tne Allies 10 Ruata aR.iiiihi orinp oivinea oeiween tlie pressing their advantage In the of Salla, which is now the key opposite though Similar barbarisms of .Nazism and Bol-
slievism."
this week,
P'inns Report Sucopsses
Developments reported on three main fronts:
l.-The Salla sector: Russian troops, pushed back 30 miles to
um\
rough country and as atempting point of the conflict, to slice the long Russian commu- j There still was strong patrol nication and supply lines, the head ! action and the Finnish troops were Lake Marka counter attacked in a "' '*"" ^*^ ^^^ column being pressing steadily ag,iinst the Rus- vnin .,i/i^; f^hlo^i^ f,, pf^ ^*""'t 120 miles from the base on .sian right flank, bntli to prevent
mZ u fTn*^ ?bree ^iHe» and to. '^o Murmanski-Leningrad rati- the Soviet forces from joining with thrust-s from three sides and to ___j . i.l n j » -^ * ,»-
join their lines west of Salla with '°^^- ?'^'h^ ,n1,,1;'''^L"'?fHrf„^"nrr";
other units 50 miles southward in ' 500 Bomber, in AcHon 'Hemnt, ^^,^Lr, » Iw PiLIln
the Kuusamo sector. Severe fight- Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 20. I ^L^^J, ' .L« , K'L?Zrv^
ing was reported, with the Finns (UP) A Helsinki dispatch in the ''^'^"^"'.^ "^"d Kem.jaervi,
holding the upper hand in an at- newspaper Berlingske Tidendes to- Strategic, Retreat
tempt to cut off the Soviet forces night said that about 500 Russian ' T'i« Russians have attempted
from their base, I airplanes participated In bombing
2,- Southeastern fronts:—An offi- raids throughout Finland during
cical communique said that Rus- the day,
5lan attacks Friday had been re- The dispatch said the greatest
It's an old Italian custom that on the feast day of Epiphany, trafli policemen shall receive gifts from motorists. This fellow in Rome
pulsed at Taipale, on the Karelian damage was inflicted on Abo, Fin- I.sthmus where four Soviet thrusts nisn port 50 miles west of Hel- cost the Red Army about 40 knied; I sinki, where the raiders dropped
ieems to be doing all right, judging by parcels around his traffic island, i ?'^'5_°'l '!'i^''°"'.'^°!!l'^,S^.'l.'!L^'l'' ?P°"'..-™ ''^1?-^^-'l'u.'l "' R".}."
several countcr-tliriists but the Fin¬ nish pressure has made it difficult for tiiem to reorganize their de¬ tachments on an effective scale.
Wait until news gets up North State street
waa not mentioned by Churchill
who told Belgium, Holland, the
Scandinavians, the Balkans and
(It was in the .Salla sector that Switzerland that there was no
the Ru.ssians made their deepest chance of a speedv end to the con-
penetration—about 75 miles -in an fnpj except through united action.
0 i attempt to cut across mid-Finland ™„,, „, ,.. ..„, _ . .
- ; to the Gulf of Bothnia. They were ! '^-"'' "',^»,^'»' Tnu nphi.
The sharp-tonjfued Rriti.sh cabinet mini.ster for the first time In official pronouiuements j another were pledged to uphold, brought into the open the question There is the danger, however, of general European action in this that without united action the war war and he based his warning to "ill drag on, he said. What, he the neutral st.iles on the argii- a-iked, if at any time Britain and ment that unless the Allies win France got tired of the struggle they will all become victims not «"iat remained neutral could hope
Onlv Italy, which considers itself '"f no fate except to be divided non-belligerent, rather than neutral! "P hy Germany and Russia.
„„, „ ,;„„„j u., r'v,,,,,,1,111 ' Churchill s bid and warning to
the neutrals was unique In Its
frank appeal to the little powers which iiave fought to maintain strict neutrality although caught between the belligerent powers. In Ihe same way, the first lord of the admiralty pointed out to them what
: LaGuardia Demands-Gets- End of Coal Men's Strike
sto^^'^ho;:^ orKemij;:;?i"v;;d^^«---.,:r^!: .:r.^..:^ !-.--^f"- »^^-^..°' p-
Ladoga, where several Russian ad- 20 houses. The number of casual ! vances were hurled back but where ; ties was not Immediately learned, Di.iiiji,tu i>,>,„i, ui ivcuiiiai,.. n,.v. j « . ,-, u
fighting continued late this evening. I Other Scandinavian press dis- early this week forced to fnll back mean.sdcfcati.st. On the contrary, tection by the BHtish Navy.
.More Bombing Attacks I patches from Finland said Russian from Lake Joutsi to Lake Marka, [[^ f,*''^ 7'"'' the Briti.sh navy wa.s (.,„!„„ jja,, „, jj^j,, gy^s
2.-Air:-The communique said ! planes also bombed the Helsinki t about 30 miles from the RiLssian' ^'^¦•'""K trcmeniinus blows, that j „^,j ^^ Germany's submarines .Finnish fighting craft and antI- airport and the towns of Hango, i border, where they are now en-P'*""'"""-^''' ^o kl front hid grave j^^^^.^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ j^^ ^^.^ ^^^ ^^1^^
aircraft batteries on Friday shot Borgo and Kotka. Details aa to ' >--^ ^ I economic weakness, that half or i
down seven more Russian bomb- I the effectiveness of these raids :
ing planes and that three other ' were lacking.
trenched,) The Russian
retreat to
Shuts off Heat On Conferees to Give Them an Idea
New York, Jan, 20 (UP) -The New York coal drivers strike which had paralyzed deliveries of coal for four days ended in a com¬ promise agreement tonight as the bitterest cold of the winter de¬ scended on the city and frantic householders deluged city depart¬ ments with requests for aid in obtaining fuel.
The agreement, which Is Intend¬ ed to remain in force for three years, was reached at a City Hall conference that had been in prog¬ ress for two days. A few minutes before the announcement. Mayor
Pittston Gets
U. S. Capitol Flag
Unfurled three weeks ago over the United States Capitol at Washington, the only American building over which Old Glory may wave continuously night and day, a brilliant new flag has been secured by Congressman J, Har¬ old Flannery for Pittston city's new municipal building.
Certified by Capitol Clerk South Trimble and David Lynn, Capitol architect, as having flown over east wing of the Capitol, the "storm" size national em¬ blem was presented to Flannery this week and is being forwarded to Mayor Kenneth J. English, Highly prized and sought by all
POPE'S LEHER
In Agreement wRh Hungary to Face War Threat Together
lislied in" German "in" "thT''Un*i't7d ^- ^- LaGuardiahad issued a vir-, offTcTais ' "at" Washingt''on, flags
States which was handed to (the tual ultimatum for .settlement on
embassy) at the same time showed I the ground the health of the city
that an organization existed in 1 demanded it.
United States territory for the pur- ' Compromise Reached
po.se of facilitating this traffic." ; Representatives of Local 553 of
Contraband Believed .Money the International Brotherhood of
The type of purported "contra- 1 Teamsters and Chauffeurs, AFL, band" which the British alleged | «nd the Coal Merchants Associa- was going through the U. S. mails ! tion and the Fuel Merchants Asso- was not specified In' detail hut it [ elation agreed to the settlement, was indicated the British believed ' The membership of the union that German sympathizers might and members of the dealers asso- he transmitting securities, checks!, | ciations will meet tomorrow to money orders or industrial dia- vote on the terms of the agree- 1 monds to the Reich, | ment which follow roughly'he lines
The note suggested that such suggested by the mayor. The truck articles could easily be sent in , drivers will receive an increase of U. S. post bags to a neutral coun- 1 75 cents a day -they had asked an try where, in turn, the assets increase from $1.00 to J1.20 an would be forwarded to (Germany, hour. All other provisions of the
"Quite apart from transmission present contract will be renewed ' (Continued on Page A-10) 1 (Continued on Page A-10) '
Drunken Cop Kills Wife, Daughter Of Sergeant; Dies in Gun Fight \
which have graced the Capitol are considered a mark of dis¬ tinction for whatever buildings they are sought. For this reason, appropriate ceremonies are being planned for flag-raising dedica¬ tion of the PWA-constructed Pittston City Hall.
Unfurling of flags over east and west wings of the Capitol at night also signifies that either the House or Senate is in session. the practice having been in oper¬ ation since the World War, Trim¬ ble informed Flannery,
ICE JAMS REPORTED EXPLODING NAZI MINES
Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 20. (UP)- The first tangible move In at¬ tempts by Turkey to form a uni¬ fied Balkan bloc including Bul¬ garia and Hungary was seen today in an exchange of messages be-
ROOSEVEIJPLEA
Unprecedented Answer Accepts Offer to Strive for Peace
economic weakness, mm nnu m ,,„,„/.» i„,;iji u
^ , I the Nazi U-boats had been do- fXn 'h^,iL h t i'^ fv \ ^ " I ine nu.ss.an rc.rea. .n Lake ,,troyed and that the British -nn-, f*^^". ^^'' f „^'?,', was^"^^^^ ' Marka was a strategic move rather .-ov svstem made It certain that , ' '"" '^^^'^ °' tne war, Germany than a flight and the Red troops ^^T of'^rvesris^'o^ld get safe?y { ^^^l^ "^ bulfdr.""," '^Z^r'T^^ are now in strong defensive posi- 1 Hirnncrh tn Allied nnrt.< •'and 28 building for a total of 93.
tions, but their base for a new "^ ^.V,^ „ ';'^^.^°''he declared " ^^^' ""^'^ "«*" '"'"'^' " ^°"'^
attack is much weaker than it was have things "goL s^'well ftom t'h'e .Trad'TaHe^n !^ct'im'' rfh"^!*?,'".' R week atrn , , , * . , ., , , '* had fallen victims of the Allied
a wecK ago. j na^„i ^„^„^ „f ^,,g^v „,,„|e i„ cq,,. ; machine -"'"cu
Everything seemed quiet today trast the Germans were divided In 1 Churchill seeking to eneoiir« |
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