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IRONWOOD DAILY GLOBE VOLUME 21, NUMBER 36. WIRE IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2,1940. 10 PAGES SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS U.S. OBJECTS TO SEIZURE OF MAIL Finns Take Red Army Base matin mm rams Three Machine-Guns, Field Kitchen, 400 Overcoats Are Seized. BOMBERS FORCED DOWN Jan.

capture of a Russian army base and the slashing of an all-day tank-supported Red army attack at two points on the eastern front were reported today by the Finnish army communique. Three Counties Refuse To Take Over Highways Lansing. Jan. 2 Three Michigan counties formally refused today to accept responsibility of maintaining stretches of highway abandoned as parts of the stale trunk line system. The roads thus become "orphans," with both the state and the counties refusing to pay for snow removal and other maintenance work.

The Missaukee county road commission informed the state administrative board it intended to post 185 miles of M-74. "giving reasons for lack of maintenance if necessary." in its notice of refusal to rer- ognize cancellation of the route as a state highway. The Baraga county road commission said it would accept the bur- The Russian base at Aittaioki i den of maintaining 245 miles of me itussian uase at nniajuiu from hand to hand during the day" before the Finns finally took it. the communique said, adding that three machine-guns, a field kitchen and 400 overcoats fell into their hands. Taafct Svppstt Infantry Near Lake Lavajarvi the Russians said to have attacked throughout the day with tanks supporting the infantry only to be repulsed with the loss of a tank destroyed.

Gain northeast of Lake Ladoga and in the Suomussalmi region, fiuone of the week-end triumph over the Russian 163rd division, also were reported. The Russians, the communique said, were being pursued in the direction of Juntusranta, near the Finnish-Russian border. The Finns reported seven Red army planes were shot down during raids yesterday in which the southwestern port of Turku 'Abo) suffered heavily. Large sections lay in smoking ruins today. Unofficial reports said numerous Russian bombers had been forced down in Finnish territory by frigid weather and blizzards.

M-355 only if a relocation of the road were involved. Delta county refused to accept the return of 9.6 miles of M-96 and M-186. Dr. Louis Webber, executive secretary of the Michigan Association of Road Commissioners and Engineers, said Tuscola and counties have similar refusals on the way. Murray D.

Van Wagoner, s.taie highway commissioner, said he considered the cancellatioas were and that "as far as I'm concerned, those are county roads now and the counties will have to maintain them." Webber said several other counties wanted to reject road returns but feared to act lest the highway department take reprisal by can- celling lucrative maintenance contracts. tlllH Cause New Havoc Stricken Area; 1,200 Al ready Drowned. in Well Known Hurley Dentist Stricken at Home Yesterday Morning. Dr. Albert Mark Tocci.

37. well known Hurley dentist, died after a short illness at his home in Gile early yesterday morning. His death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage. The funeral sen-ices will be conducted at 9 o'clock Thursday morning at St. Mary's church in Hurley, 'torrents i thl- Rev Mever officiating A bombardment of Koivisto on the- south coast by the Russian battleship October Revolution "without results worth mentioning" was recorded in the communique.

Turku castle, dating from thc 13th century and housing one of Finland's finest museums, still was In flames. Many objects of were removed while more than 20 planes were raiding. The waterfront district was re- See 2. THE NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG -NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS" Washington BY RAY TUCKER POST MORTEM-The conservative sea dogs in the navy department are smiling more cheerfully as a result of their intensive study of the battle in which three British cruisers crippled the Graf Spec and drove her to her death. For a while they feared lest they might have to regret their earlier conclusion that the pocket battleship was a maritime freak which did not meet this nation's needs.

Inasmuch as a detailed report is unavailable because of the sinking of the German vessel, the admirals' investigation was based only on an analysis of the four ships' movements, the damage suffered, the casualties, etc. What impresses them most is the iailure of the Graf Spee to do more injury to ships of less tonnage, thinner armor and smaller guns. They don't attribute the German's inferiority to lack of training of Hitler's crews or to their- result of the years when the allies stripped the old enemy bare of warships. The Germans' poor gunnery was, in navy experts' opinion, due to vibration resulting from the fact that the Graf Spee was powered by Die- eel engines rather than steam necessity In order to save weight. The eight Diesels apparently ehook the ship so severely that sighting and firing accurately on the run became an impossibility.

As a raider of merchantmen, the Graf Spee was a "natural" though her total of tonnage destroyed was she was a flop in an actual engagement. So the admirals their big battle Mfe. tentative and con- report which Representative Martin Dies has supplied to hie fellow-investigators of alienism is the most arathing indictment of the administration since the Senate Judiciary sub-Committee's lit- erury burial of the court-packing bill. It Is doubtful if he can obtain additional funds and a fresh (rant of power unless he modifies it. His review of the committee's work is tactual enough, and nobody's anger.

But when he reaches Ibe summing-up stage, Ankara. Jan. i.Ti— Torrential rains caused new havoc in earthquake-stricken Turkey today, swelling flood-waters which were believed already to have caused at least 1500 deaths. Whole villages cf the Brusa re- grion in western Turkey were reported swept up by the and carried into" the Sea of Mar-1 unal wll) St. Mary's ceme- minis 2,000,000 More Troops Expected to Be in Service This Year.

WILL INTENSIFY WAR Major Controversies Pile Up; Opening Is Tomorrow. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK London. Jan. tion by King George VI calling about 2,000,000 more Britons to the Washington. Jan.

Statements by individual lawmakers gave the "trouble ahead" signal today to leaders seeking to avoid major controversies during the election-year congressional session. President Roosevelt, who will at! proclama- dress thc senate and the house shortly after they convene tomor row noon, called Democratic chief tains, including Vice-President Gar ner, to the White House for a series of "preview" conferences on legislative business. The president and his associates have been represented as desiring a brief session that could wind up political con- colors gives the British a potential army of at least 3.500,000 men. It was expected all will be in sen-ice by the end cf the year. The king's proclamation, which I a tnici mat he signed last night after a hnr- before the summer ried return from a holiday at Sand- venttans.

ringham, requires that all male i tu Against this plan, however, was and 27 years tanced the des of lators to obtain action on pet meas- mes and projected vigorous fected only men 20. 21 and 22 i tatUes over defense ap- years total of 1.500.000 men I proprjations and fiscal legislation, under arms or technically mobiliz- Senator Connally member of the finance committee The vast expansion cf mobiliza- raised another important controver- Britons between 19 old register for service. Prefious conscription orders af- mora. Some new quakes were felt in the northeastern region which suffered devastation last week, but because of shattered communication lines it was impossible to determine whether there had been new damage. The most turbulent rivers were the Surlu, Sindshan and Adranos.

which flew northward across a broad coastal plain into the Sea of Marmora. At some points the flooded rivers spread out for 10 miles. Some small riverbank hamlets ed to have been carried away in their entirety. "The rivers are stretching out arms like an octopus, seizing victims." said a Turkish officer who flew over the region. In some cases the rivers seemed to have changed their courses permanntly.

Officials estimated that last week's earthquakes resulted in 45,000 dead, 100,000 injured and 50.000 homeless. At least 25.000 were said to have been made homeless by floods. Seventy bodies have been recov- 1 ered thus far. At Kamalpasha 400 houses were swept away as most of the inhabitants perished. All the pedigreed stallions and bulls cf the famous Haras stables at Karadjabay drowned.

Thousands of cattle, sheep and goats were carried away in the floodwaters of the Smyrna region on the Aegean. BULLETIN New Vetfc. Jan. (Lepke) Buchalter, racketeer, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for violation of the federal narcotics laws. Lepke was convicted December 20 on an indictment charging conspiracy to violate the laws in the operation of what the government called a (10,000,000 international narcotics-smuggling syndicate tery.

Dr. Tocci was born at Gile November 26. 1902, and aftei attending the Gile school went to the Hurley hiirti school from which he was graduated in W20 He attended Marquette university and was graduated from the dental school in 1915. He immediately started his dental practice at Hurley. He was married at Milwaukee February 6, 1929 to Miss Leo Powers of Rhinelander.

An active sports enthusiast. Dr. Tocci until recent years played baseball with the Montreal and Hurley tion does not include troops from the British colonies and dominions, which sent 3.500.000 to France themselves in 1914-18. (It was disclosed in Ottawa yesterday that 16.000 Canadian soldiers, making up the entire first division, were in England). The rate at which new conscripts are to be called will depend on events.

It was expected generally that action on the western front will intensify with the coming of spring. Neutral military observers here believe that possibly as many as 750.000 men will be called before the of this month to strengthen the British army of men the expeditionary sy with a statement that he would re-offer his proposal to require the government to match state grants to the needy aged on the basis of up to a maximum aggregate of $15 a month. The proposal, which Connally argued would prevent discrimination against the less-wealthy states, was approved by the senate last year but was not finally enacted. Connally said he also would ask for a schedule of stiff war-profits taxes if a revenue bill was offereU, and Senator Townsend demanded that the administration's authority to purchase foreign silver be terminated. The first important issue will about 210.0001 00 8 ne Monday, when the vital middle Huttanen Wakefield, be the charge that the ad- is shot through with "communists" who do not believe in the American form of government.

What hi worse, be makes the point that these alleged Soviet sympath- conceal then- true faith by as "Itterahr. Thus, by Im- Hurt in Accident Sunday Night. No highway fatalities were recorded in this area over the New Year's week end and Ironwood completed U39 without contributing to the eight deaths caused by automobiles mishaps on the range during the old year. One mishap in wnich there was an injury was recorded here Sunday night. lucille Huttanen.

15. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 9ohn Huttanen of Wakefield, sustained a gash under her right eye and a brain concussion when two can sideswiped on US-2-near Reno location about 1:30 Sunday night. The Huttanen girl was riding with John A.

Anderson, Bessemer, who was driving east "hen the accident occurred. The other car. which was traveling west, was driven by John Toth Ironwood Sheriff's department officers investigated the accident. The Huttanen girt was taken to Grand View hospital for treatment. Her condition today was reported a "food" for one year.

While at Marquette university, he played with the school's first hockey team and was awarded his letter in the sport. Within the last year or two he turned to other activities, including tkiing, badminton and wood carving. Dr. Tocci was a member of Delta Sigma Delta, a national dental fraternity, and also of the American Dental association. He also belonged to the Hurley council of the Knights of Columbus.

Surviving besides the widow are four children, Richard, Patricia, Jacquelyn, 7. and Mark Albert, 5: five sisters. Margaret. Lillian and Mrs John Erbetta. all of Gile.

Dora of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Carl Smith of Albany. N. and one brother. James.

Gile. STEIE NAMED TO Succeeds John J. Gregory In Third Milwaukee Branch. Madison, Wim Jan. of Roland J.

Steinle. Milwaukee attorney, to succeed the late Judge John J. Gregory in the third Milwaukee branch of circuit court was announced by Governor Hell today. The governor previously had appointed Civil Judge Edmund Gause- of Milwaukee to the post. He accepted, but later reconsidered and declined the appointment.

Steinle is a prominent Republican. He was a candidate for lieutenant governor in 1936. He also served as special counsel in the recent investigation of slot machine operations in Waukesha county. Steinle's appointment is for the term ending next April when the judgeship will be filled at the spring election. Steinle announced he would be a candidate for the in the election.

He expected to take the oath of office some time today and begin serving immediately. Born in Milwaukee, March 21, 1896, Steinle attended public schools and Marmiette University from which he was graduated in 1920. He served as a first lieutenant in the World War. He is married and has three east command which guards the empire's lifeline to the east. Formal call-ups for the various new aft croups will be spaced over some months, with the 23-year- old.s probably first mobilized.

In three previous call-ups under the conscription laws, about 750.000 men were registered. The last of these groups was expected to be absorbed by the army by the end cf February. The biggest need confronting the imperial general staff now is not manpower but officers to train recruits, many of whom have hi no military experience. house considers a bill to impose federal penalties for the crime of lynching; Although the house was expected to approve the legislation after two or three days' debate, the situation in the senate was different. Pretest Defense Plan Connally.

who led a successful filibuster against a similar measure two years ago. told reporters that "there will be legislation." no anti-lynching TO ASK FOR ONHUENS Committee Will Call on Gov ernment for Stricter Law Enforcement. Washington. Jan. 2 The Dies committee, ccncluding its sec ond year of inquiry into un-American activities, will call on the gov eminent tomorrow for stricter en forcement of alien laws, but again will defer making specific legisla tive recommendations.

Well-informed sources said today that the committee's second an nnal report, which must be flled with the house by midnight tomorrow when the committee expires would contain these two genera proposals. 1. An intensified campaign for prosecution of every known violator of the immigration, naturalization deportation, passport and foreign agents registration laws. 2. Renewed publicity for un- American activities beyond the scope of existing statutes.

These recommendations are. in substance, the high spots of the report which six of the seven committeemen came to Washington today to approve. Persons close to Chairman Dies said that all the members would sign it. Mount Zion Ski Tow Is Received GIVEN TEKM Zmfeh. Jam.

A Moravian baron said to have been on the payrolls of both the British and German intelligence services today was sentenced to six-monthr imprisonment by a court 8witseriand bis espion- (or With him three other men were convicted. The new gasoline powered ski tow, to be installed on the east slops of Mount Zion. arrived in Ironwood yesterday and installation work will begin immediately. Plans and specifications drawn up from the profile of the slope by the manufacturing company came in the mail today and the engine- house and carrying poles will be spotted first The ski tow will be erected to the left of the skiing area. To obtain the concave slope necessary to avoid dragging of the lower rope which poUs the skiers up the bin the ir tt crew win cut down two knolls near the center and bottom of the hiU.

The Me was chosen to get the tow on the skimc area, thus basard to skiers. The tow to being purchased by the city. A few Republicans made it clear they would wage a vigorous fight against the administration's projected record defense appropriations, but Democratic leaders predicted these- would be approved. Battles also are in prospect over general appropriations, for there have been hints that the president is cutting a number of funds in which congressmen were interested. The forthcoming fight over continuance of the administration's reciprocal trade program, which expires next June, easily may become the most bitter of all.

A sizable group of Democrats may join with Republicans to demand it be over- See 2. Baby Is Born on New Year's Day Mr. and Mrs. Prank Bielawski of Montreal are the parents of a son born on New Year's day. The baby was bom at the home.

He weighed seven and one half pounds and will be railed Robert Francis. MRS. mil DIES ITHM1H Ironwood Resident Over 50 Years Succumbs to Illness Monday. Mrs. Andrew Nyman.

Tt, resident of Ironwood for over SO yean, died last night at 10:30 at Grand View hospital. Mrs. Nyman was taken to hospital December 23 and treated for pneumonia. She snowed rapid improvement and was apparently on the road to recovery when complications set tat a few days Mrs. Nyman was born in Sweden.

July iHi, and came to the Jnited states about SS yean age, irst settling in Iron Mountain. She remained in Iron Mountain about three yean and then moved lion wood. She married Andrew Nyman of Ironwood at October IHi and the couple celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary here October ISM. Mrs. Nyman's maiden Marie Nelson.

Besides her husband. Andrew, the ereaefd is suivlved by 001 Asel of Sheyenne, N. daughters. Mrs. A.

H. Sbeyenne. If. Mrs. 8.

H. Rfcfaland Center. Whx. ant Alfreda Nyman of Iiuuawd. High Court Ruling Is Defeat for AFL Gets Proposals Twenty-five proposals of marriage have been received from Canadians by Katherine Haidinger (above), German girl held by Dominion authorities as a spy suspect.

Toronto police revealed. Police say she entered Canada illegally from United States. the mmm BE German Freighter Held at Montevideo Expected To Be Beached. Jan. 2 With Uruguay's miniature navy on guard against any break for freedom by the interned German freighter Tacoma, Uruguayan officials today planned her "ultimate destination'' beaching of the aM-ton vessel.

Captain Hans Know submitted yesterday to internment of his at expiration of a Uruguayan ultimatum which had confronted Tacoma with a choice of taking to sea in the face of British warships or becoming a prisoner for duration of the European war. (A Berlin dispatch said the German minister to Uruguay protested oday on behalf of the reich against internment of the Tacoma). The port tugboat La Valleja. with 20 naval seamen aboard, laid alongside the Tacoma through the night and a naval officer kept watch aboard to see that the Tacoma's engines remained silent. With him on the ship were the captain and crew of 60.

Radto Is DtwuBtM The Tacoma's radio equipment was dismantled as a further guarantee against a break for the open ta. Foreign Minister Alfredo Guam said the Tacoma would be moved rom her anchorage just inside Uie Montevideo breakwater to a dock within the next two days, pend- ng a decision on what he charac- erized as her "ultimate destination." He did not elaborate on this point nor would the port authority xpand on an earlier otatement hat the merchantman would be beached. Without any show of resistance uch as the self-destruction of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec December 17. the Tawas interned yesterday on the rounds that she acted as an aux- liary for the Graf Spec during an act of war." The freighter had picked up crewmen of the battleship when Supreme lurists Uphold Powers Claimed By NLRB On CIO Certification. Washington, Jan.

supreme court upheld broad powers claimed by the national labor board today by ruling that a federal court of appeals does not have the right to pass on the board's certification of a CIO union as the exclusive collective bargaining agency for all Pacific coast longshoremen. This opinion, a defeat for the American Federation of Labor, sustained a decision by the United States court of appeals for the District of Columbia that it could not MS BRIM IT 1ST STOP Government Note Cites Four Cases Where Mail to Germany Was Censored. INTERFERENCE BARRED Washington, Jan. 2 The United States formally protested to the British government today against Britain's seizure of mail from the United States destined to Germany. This government, a note to Britain said, "cannot admit the right review the board's action in lump- I of the British authorities to inter- one "voting' IODgshoremen tot0 fere with American mails on Ameri- Other CMitrntwm tlsJttU can or otner neutral ships on the The federation had contended nigh seas nor can it admit the right dyna- Captain Hans Landsdorff mited her in the shallow River late estuary rather than accept internment or take his damaged ship to sea to face British cruisers which had driven the Graf Spec Into refuge here.

tpal of Norrie mhuul; eoe Mix. Mm Nystrom of H. and several sod in Sweden; and three fraad- ttMren. The behavior of the freighter. See BOTH.

IS that the longshoremen of each individual employer should be permitted to determine their collective bargaining representative. But while upholding the board's order certifying 1 the CIO longshoremen, the high court's opinion remarked that "the effect of the certification" was that "in the case of some particular employers, their workers who are not organized or represented by the CIO affiliate have been deprived of opportunity to secure bargaining representatives of their own choice." This effect, the opinion noted, was one alleged by the A. P. of L. In two other decisions, the court also upheld the contention of the labor relations board that it had the power to direct elections to determine collective bargaining representation without interference by the federal circuit courts.

One of the decisions sustained a board order placing the name of only one labor organization (a CIO affiliate) on a ballot for a run-off election to determine collective bargaining representation for employes of the Consumers Power company of Jackson. Mich The other sustained a board order directine the complete disestablishment of an independent union of employes of the Talk corporation of Milwaukee. Acted Justice Black delivered the unanimous- opinion holding that the seventh federal circuit court had acted erroneously in modifying the board's order. The opinfon also overruled the circuit court's action in holding that the independent union should be placed on the ballot in an election to determine collective bargaining representation of the employes. The labor board had contended that its action in such circumstances was not subject to review by federal circuit courts.

Black said that authority for anticipatory judicial control of election methods" could not be found in the section of the national labor relations act involved. "The proposed election here." he added, "has not even been held and consequently no certification of a proper bargaining: agent has been made by the board. Can't Review Efcctfen "Until that election is held there can be no certification of a bargaining representative. The court has no ripht to review a proposed election and in effect to supervise the nwnner in which it shall thereafter be conducted." Black said the board had "reached the conclusion that full protection of the employes' right freely to choose bargaining representatives required complete disestablishment effecting elimination of the indepen- See 2. Flags of AR CCC Camps Over Nation Dip at Half Mast CCC an over the of nation dipped to half-mast today as Robert director of the civilian ition cot ps, was buried In Arttcsjton cemetery.

CCC boys, dressed the new uniform which Ttcb- Statos army band played a at the (rave, ta the of the for ofa heart Be was O. Secretary Says He Has No Personal Ambitions for Presidency. Washington, Jan. Hull disclaimed today personal ambitions for the presidency. At his press conference, he said he knew nothing of reports that President Roosevelt had chosen him as his successor.

He added immediately that he had made all comments that could be made on this subject, six to 12 months ago. when in writing to various persons, he stated he had no personal purposes, in any sense, of a political nature Hull said he also told those persons that he was not giving anybody permissiou to do or say anything contrary to that attitude. Some of the letters to which he referred, he recalled, have been published. Immediately following the press conference, a stole department official was authorised to say to correspondents that Hun was out of politics and that he did not want politics mixed in with departmental affairs. The official added that when had asked Hull tor to Advocate bis cacdkl- them not to do This spokesman said Una was with Huffs that there should fee of the affaira, of the British government to censor mail on ships which have involun- tariiy entered British ports." May Oiwor Own Mail The state department cited four specific cases of British authorities taking around 1.250 sacks of mall and parcel past from American or neutral The United States note, delivered to the British foreign office by the American embassy in London, stated that with regard to mail to or from Britain "this government readily admits the right of the British government to censor private mails originating in or destined to the United Kingdom, or private mails which normally pass through the United Kingdom for transmission to their final destination." But with regard to other mails the Hague convention was cited recognizing "that postal correspondence of neutrals or belligerents is inviolable on the high seas." The stato departmment contended that "the same rule obtains regarding such correspondence on ships which have been required by British authorities to put into a British port." Call Clear Violation The note then concluded: "The United States government regards as particularly objectionable the practice of taking mails from vessels which ply directly between American and neutral European ports and which through some form of duress are induced to call at designated British control bases.

This is believed to be a clear violation of the immunity provided by the Hague convention. "The United States government feels compelled to make a vigorous protest against the practices outlined above and to express the hope that it will receive early assurances that they are being discontinued." The note was sent from the state department. December 22. The assurances requested have not yet arrived. See Z.

SEEKSiMOF MINE 61 Man Motivated By Jealousy Believed to Have Committed Crime. Philadelphia. Jan. through the affairs of comely Mary Vila, detectives today sought a man motivated by jealousy or degeneracy, or both, as the strangle? of the 23-year-old Argen- tinian. They believed her slayer had perverted sexual tendencies; that, he possessed some surgical skill, and that he possibly had been a companion of the raven-tressed girl.

Police of nearby states were enlisted in the hunt for the perpetrator of the shocking person who entered Miss Vila's room before the Sunday dawn, beat and strangled her and then mutilated her body. Detective Captain James Kelly, terming the case "the first of kind in Philadelphia." said he and his aides were seeking a "Latin with a police record" who might fit into the category of "jealous suitor." That information, he divulged, was gleaned from a man and a woman held in custody after 10 others brought in for questioning were released. "But added, "all the world Is suspect." Kelly said that judging from the condition of Miss Vila's body her tiller evidently a degenerate, but also a "skilled who apparently used a surgical irutra- incut. THE WEATHER UPPKK MICHIGAN: Much cloudiness tonight and Wednesday, with local snows; no decided change in temperature. More or less doudt- tonieht and Wednesday; continued cold.

HIGH and LOW temperatures petted in the last hours at official weaihsi stations: Miami 74,: -M. tTURK: Mawimiun for th? 24 hour period ending at 11 o'clock noon today 10; for the same ntrioa 2..