The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 15, 1937, Page 1

v given up. Executive Officer Frank THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. L., NO. 7511. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” * JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1937 PRICE TEN CENTS JOHN STEENIS REPORTED LOST, AGATTU ISLAND Coast Guard Called to Aid Game Patrol Vessel Search, Aleutians HOPE HELD THAT MAN MAY BE ONLY FOGBOUND Expert One‘c—)f_Party Mak- ing Wild Life Survey in Islands SEATTLE, June 15.—John Steen- is, one of the biologists abonrd the Alaska Game Commission vessel | Brown Bear, was lost three days ago at Agattu Island, according to word to the Coast Guard service here. The Coast Guard has mnotified the Cutter Cyane which is on the way to Unalaska to aid in the search. The Brown Bear is continuing the search of Agattu Island, far out in the Aleutians, for the missing John| Steenis and hope has not yet been | | Dufresne of the Game Commission said here today. Agattu is a rug-| ged island about the same size as Douglas Island, but the scientist is an experienced outdoor man and it is possible that he may yet cated. Especially heavy fogs are common on the far westward island, and| it is believed possible that Steenis| may have become lost in the fox| and when the fog lifts he may be\ found. When going ashore on! their explorations, members of the\ expedition always carry supplies for a short time, Dufresne explained. The scientific party aboard the| Brown Bear is completing a study of bird and animal life in the Aleu- tians which was started last year.| Steenis is one of the younger mem-| bers of the party and is a mtive of Michigan. A sewer-gas blast in Chicago sent a heavy, and crashing throu, Alfa C. Day, with through the air, up five stories, light in & furniture warehouse. the elevator, Day was killed, the {the International | Association ordered an independent iron manhole cover sailing h an elevator sky- ee others, wu in others unhurt. line ow- the path traveled by the manhole cover. BILBA UNDER STIFF ATTACK BY INVADERS Basque Mililz—men Throw Up Barricades— Snipers Busy HENDAYE, France, June 15— Oapt. John O. Sgilgvoldids in com- 'Gnm Basque militiamen hurriedly mand of the Brown Bear and War-| den Douglas Gray is aboard con- ducting a game patrol. RIVAL LABOR FACTIONS ARE FIGHTING NOW Five Hundred CIOs Stop 50| AFOLs from Entering Electrical Plant AMBRIDGE, - Pa., June 15—Ri- val factions representing the CIO| and AFOL battled at the main gates of the National Electric Products Company early this morning and nearly a score were beaten. About 500 pickets were about the plant and they started to club 50 members of the International Bro- therhood of Electrical Workers who marched to the gates shouting, “We are going to work.” The pickets were members of the | United Electrical Workers, adher- ents of the CIO. Police used tear gas #uns on the| pickets, but the non-strikers failed | at that to get into the plant. ——— TENDER JUNE HERE Arriving here this morning from the Libby, McNeill and Libby sal- mon cannery at Taku Harbor, theI cannery tender June was moored here today at the Upper City Float. Treasury Has Gold Enough to Sink Battleship WASHINGTON, June 15. — The Treasury has almost enough gold to sink a battleship. It is said the gold now in posses- sion of the Treasury Department| weighs 11,888 tons and is worth/ threw up street barricades today in a last stand of defense against the Spanish Insurgents now fight- ing their way into Bilbao. Insurgent rifle bullets fell into the streets. One house near the outskirts of the Basque capital was turned into a machine gun nest and expert smpers were picking off advancing lnsurgems effectively. According to information reach- |ing here the defenders are calmly |facing an onslaught of the invad- ers. Insurgent planes showered Bil- bao with leaflets warning the popu- lace that the Basque trenches would be shattered and demanding immediate surrender. The Basques ignored the demand to surrender. Stock Theft Is to Become WASHINGTON, June 15. — The Senate struck a blow at modern | \cattle rustlers today by passing the‘ McCarran bill. This measure de- clares it to be a Federal crime to steal cattle, hogs, sheep, horses or miles while moving in Interstate Commerce. The House has not yet acted on the bill. NAMES OF TAX DODGERS WILL BE PUBLISHED Joint Congressional Com- [ i | | {Pacific, with 40,000 affiliated mem- .|American Federation of Labor for |even to the direct point of affilia- | | Federal Crime Senate Hits Cattle Rustling —House Has Not Tak- en Action Yet led by the Governor as a member jof the Board of Directors of Texas (FEDERATION OF PACIFIC TAKING VOTE| Question Is to Advise Bolt- ing AFOL and Join- ing Up With CIO PORTLAND, Ore, June 15. {The Martitime Federation of the bers, has joined the parade of the west cloast labor organizations and is holding a rank and file election on the guestion of deserting the the Committee of Industrial Or- ganization. . A resolution passed at the con- vention declared that members of junions “must definitely move to tsupport in every way the possible | policies of the program of the CIO tion.” Previously, the Pacific branch of Lengshoremen’s \referendum of its 20,000 workers and indications are there will be a| bolt from the AFOL. The Northwest Federation of ‘Woodworkers, with 100,000 members are holding a similar election to de- cide whether to bolt the AFOL and join the CIO. _— e F.D. R'S SON MAY RUN FOR TEXAS OFFICE | | | | AUSTIN, Tex., June 15.—Rumors| 'at the Capitol here indicate that! Elliott Roosevelt, second son of the King George and Queen Elizabeth of En, on the royal yacht as they left Portsmouth for the King's first official of the review, which included 180 ships, { height, lights blazing from stem to stern of each vessel, gland, closely followed by the was a magnificent display o little Princess Elizabeth, are shown review of the British fleet. Climax f pyrotechnics, shown above at its \President, may enter one of the| |Texas statewide races next sum- Rewh Rebuilds mer. The reports generally link him with the campaign for Lleu? ‘tenant Governor. Young Roosevelt, whose home is| Fort Worth, already has evinced| la keen interest in Texas politics.| He is a past officer of the state ! organization of Young mocrat: s 'and was an active support,er of Gov. ‘AHGTIG F Ll E R James V. Allred in his successful campaign last year for re-election. Since then he has been appolm- ~ MOSCOW BASE \Besieged in Hume, | EUGENE, Oregon, June 15. —} Dionysius Crispo shot and kxlled‘ himself as officers, who had be- A. & M. College. PR oA S 10 Pllo Fahrig Fhes Nearly 15, 000 Mlles and Near- Alaska MOSCOW, June 15.—Chief Pilot B. Fahrig has returned, com- With Daring Design Also Bold lhplomacv r mittee Starts Hear- ings Tomorrow BRIT. SAILORS RESCUE CONSUL WASHINGTON, June 15. — The policy of disclosing names of alleg- ed tax dodgers has received the ap- proval of Chairman Harrison, Sen- ate Chairman, and Representative sieged hs home at Wendling for nearly five hours, attempted to force entrance by using tear gas bombs. was sought on charges of fatally shooting a Sheriff’s deputy, Rollo| Wicks, who had attempted to ar- The State Police reported Crispo! rest him earlier following a neigh-| | pleting the first winter flight over the entire trans-Arctic route, al-| imust to Alaska. Pilot Fahrig left Moscow Feb- ruary 9 with a crew of five and |three passengers in a huge plane. |They flew neerly 15,000 miles. The object was to test the plane under severe weather conditions, FROM BILBAD Bullets Whistle Around Landing Force Dur- ing Battle Today ST. JEAN DE LUZ, June 15—A | landing party of British sailors to- day rescued British Consul R. C. Stevenson' at Bilbao under a hail of fire. None of the sailors were injured but Spanish Insurgent bul- lets whistled all around them. The sailors landed from a war- ship outside of Bilbao. Pig Tams o White From Fright AUSTIN, Tex., June 15.—Calvin Hughes, a dairyman, has a pig which he says turned white over- night. The best explanation is that billions of dollars. This weight would lightning struck an object near the |Doughton, Chairman of the House members of the Joint Congressional Committee to make an investigation of income invaders. “Why not let the country know?” asked Harrison. It is understood” that Secreetary of Treasury Morgenthau will be the first witness beforé the Joint Com- mittee which starts hearings tomor- Tow. —p HOOVER HAS T0 HUNT FOR BED SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 15— Herbert Hoover had a hard time finding a bed here last night when he arrived with his son and daughter-in-law. The former Pres- ident was dismayed to find conven- tion delegates had filled every ho- tel room. R. T. Harris, sugar company exe- carry the 32,000 ton battleship West Virginia to a waterline of nine feet and' make the craft ‘unseaworthy. animal—which like its brothers and cutive, yielded his room to Hoover ed white with fright, - club, borhood quarrel. Mumps Give Empire Circulation Man His Moments, And How Swollen necks appear to be the style with Juneau youngsters this week. Light cases of mumps are going through the younger genera- tion with epidemic speed. Among those pawing the air as a wnRK MlNEs result is The Empire's circulutmn‘ manager. “Hey," he implored before noon| WASHINGTON, June 15. — The today, “how many of you guys are House Mines and Mining Com- going to help me deliver the pa- mittee has approved of the Senate pers tonight. That's about the by suspending for the current fis- 'steenth boy that’s called up to say|cal year the annual $100 assessment he has the mumps.” |work requirement on mining claims So if you miss your paper tonight, held by location. It is said the of its late in arriving, just remember | measure will probably pass the disease hits the circulation man, gouse next week. too, but in a different way. Is he| e o tearing his hair? But, please be, LEAVING FOR WE l-“,\m) patient, he’ll work it out, if it takes, prank Swartz and wife are leav- all night. Mothers with confined youngsters where he will be in the field for ,linspect winter settlements in the Arctic and deliver mail and sup- plles 70 SUSPEND ASSESSMENT sisters was coal black—and he turn-'and himself found -shelter in a Will know just how he feels, except|the Bureau of Public Roads during| . — probably more so, |the coming season, |ing aboard the Yukon for S«-ward! Navy (By Associated Press) At 10 a. m. June 21, 1919, the |German high fleet, “interned” on |the waters of Scarpa Flow, south |of the Orkney Islands, plunged un- dcx the waves with battle flags Tlm ships, surrendered at the close of the World War, had been scuttled by their crews to prevent |them from falling into Allied hands. This and the Treaty of Versailles marked the end, seemingly, of Ger- many's seapower, which had threat- |ened Britain's mastery of the seas. A Power Once Again Yet on May 31 this year the bombardment of the Spanish port of | Almeria by five German warships vdmvc home to a started world |that the Third Reich had once more launched itself as a seapower to be reckoned with. How was this possible? By a combination of bold diplomacy and bold technical innovations. The peace treaty doomed any |new German navy to a minor role iby fixing the maximum strength of the German fleet at six small battleships, six cruisers, 12 de- stroyers, 12 torpedo boats and no submarines. Submarines, from 1914 to 1918, had almost turned the tide of warfare in favor of Germany and her allies. Pocket Battleships But Hitler’s rise to power brought with it the scrapping of arms lim- itations imposed upon Germany. |The star of the 1937 world naval race found Germany with 59 war- ships, aggregating 128,382 tons, in- cluding two 35,000-ton battleships, two aircraft carriers, three cruisers, four destroyers, 12 torpedo boats and 14 .submarines, But even before the advent of the Nazis, Germany had sought, and found, a method of circum- venting the restrictions of the peace| treaties as regards naval arma- ment. In 1932 was launched the| first “vest-pocket” battleship, the! “Deutchland,” with 10,000-ton dis- placement and six 1l-inch guns.| It was a swift, floating fortress NUISANBE TAXES ARE CONTINUED ONE YEAR MORE Senate Committee Does Not Approve of House Ac- tion for Two Years WASHINGTON, June 15. —The Senate Finance Committee has rec-| ommended a one year extension of the host of “nuisance taxes” to expire on June 30. A variety of articles are covered in the tax ranging from gasoline,| electric power, shot gun shells and| chewing gum. The House approved a two-year| extension of the excise levies to| $650,000,000 an- | nually but the Senate Committee| bring an estimated voted to end them June 30 next year. BASEBALL EBALLTODAY The following are results of base- ball games played this afternoon in the two major leagues received up to 2 o'clock: National League Boston 4; Chicago 5. Brooklyn 3; Cincinnati 4 New York 5; Pittshurgh American League Chicago 1; Boston 5 St. Louis Philadelphia 1 Cleveland 0; New York 3 -o New Bill to Speed Christmas Buying WASHINGTON, June 15.—The Senate helping hand by approving more s |abundant Christmas stockings for| Capital workers. The the White House a bill to give Congressional employees their De- cember pay checks five days be- | (Continued on Page Seven) -|fore Christmas instead of at the ,ond of the month, due| has loaned Santa Claus a| Senate passed and sent to| AGENT WILL BE SENT T0 ALASKA WATERS SOON Reports on Bristol Bay In- vasion Prompt Official Washington Action EARLY SURVEY MADE BY COAST GUARD Study of _SEation to Be Made at First Hand, Dept. Announces WASHINGTON, June 15. — The State Department announced today that a representative would be sent to the Pacific Coast and Alaskan waters to investigate activities of Japanese fishing boats who are re- ported operating near Bristol Bay, but outside of American territorial waters. The action was taken after Am-~ erican fishing interests in those areas advised Washington that there is an “unusually large number of Japanese fishing vessels” in Alaska waters. Upon receipt of the reports the government ordered a Coast Guard investigation. The State Department said the investigation had established that three Japanese government fisheries vessels, accompanied numerous ating on June 9 of this year in tol Bay. Catching Crabs “The result of reconnaisance in- dicates alien fishing interests are not operating in American terri- |torial waters,” the State Depart- |ment’s statement said. “Operations of the Japanese vessels mentioned |are similar in scope and character to operations of such vessels en- gaged in the previous season. In=- formation indicates the salmon run |is not yet started. The Japanese ves- |sels were engaged in crab catching and not injuring the salmon run.” ‘The Department asserted that in line with plans made weeks ago it would send one of its officers along | with officials of the Bureau of Fish- eries to the Coast and Alaska for the “purpose of studying the situa= tion at first hand.” The agent has not yet been des- ignated but probably will be on his' way in two weeks, it was said. FREEMAN ELATED SEATTLE, June 15.—Miller Free- man, puhlisher of the Pacific Fish« erman, said here today that he was |elated at the action of the State De~ partment and said the action was ;m accordance with a request he made in January in behalf of the Association of Pacific Fisheries and the Alaska Fishermen’s Union. ML AL ROTARY CLUB MEETING HELD Members of the Juneau Rotary Club met in regular session today in Percy’s Cafe, with Oharles Beale, | president-elect, presiding in the ab- |sence of A. B. Phillips, president. |- Guests at the meeting were Mayor {Thomas Judson, George Simpkins, Lu Liston and W. B. McIJ6nald, of Ketchikan. Robert Brown report- ed on his recent trip south, and Mayor Judson spoke briefly. J. B. Burford led in singing with James MLNaughwn at the piano. ——— 'TWO SMALL SALMON | TRIPS HERE TODAY; HALIBUT YESTERDAY No halibut was sold today on the |Juneau Pish Exchange, but the | Fane, Capt. Ole Johansen, brought in 2200 pounds of halibut late yes- |terday afternoon, sold to the Alaska Coast Fisheries at 7 and 5 cents per pound. Two small salmon trips arrived here for the Juneau Cold Storage this morning. The Hazel J.,, Capt. |Ralph Jameson, brought in 400 pounds of kings and the 31-B-969, Capt. Jimmy Young, had 300 pounds. Taking ice here today were the (Hazel J., and the 31-A-938, Capt. |T. W. Peterson,