The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 30, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIL, NO. 7834. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TH = URSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CLAIM HOLDERS MUST HURRY TO FILE June 30— | | TYPHOON RACING Howard Hughes ‘ AN; P i ; Postpones His ' TOWARD JAPAN; | IN HORROR WAKE ~ World Flight Tokyo Is Virtually Isolated Aviator Is Adjusting Big On A fRain Speedster Before Start- n Account ol Ran R TG T Also Earthquake g S e T | LOS ANGELES, Cal, DOWNPOUR BREAKS ALL Howard Hughes has changed his plans for his announced projected RECORDS lN HlSTORY flight from Burbank to possibly around the world. He states he will not start for three or four ()Vfl' 150,000 HOI]"ICS A\'e days as there are several adjust- 3 ents necessary to his big trans- Flooded—Landslides | 770", Sedtor $ Crumple Houses | - — TOKYO. June 30. — A typhoon ’ L n |S howled toward Japan’s islands to- day in the wake of two days of hor-; ror in which at least 100 persons missing Tokyo is virtually isolated by the| heaviest deluge of rain in Japan's N P recorded history and also by an L earthquake whic disrupted rail AR and wire communications. 2 Gentral weather stations have|Senator Still Ahead by 6,- warned all cities in Southern Japan ! to be prepared for a tropical hur- ricane blowing northward across the China Sea Mosl of the deaths from the rain which have occurred in Tokyo and Yokohama have been caused by landslides which crumpled homes. | The railroad tunnel near Tokyo collapsed and the main line road- bed has been washed away. | Many rivers have burst their banks, imperiling other homes be- | neath their undermined cliffs. More than 150,000 homes in the Tokyo section along the rivers have been* finodéd. The rivers are still 000 Votes in Race for Senate Seat BULLETIN—FARGO, N.D. June 30.—Langer late this af- terncon conceded the nomina- of Nye according to a issued to the As- tion statement sociated Press. FARGO, N.D., June 30.—Although Gerald P. Nye continued to hold high. for the Republican nomination for Senator. Nye at one time was about 15,000 votes ahead of Langer but as returns began to come in from | western precincts the advantage dwindled in 2,144 of the state’s 2,- - eee cAusE FLfluDs 260 precincts which have reported | The count for the 2,144 precincts IN PHILIPPINES 0LD SOLDIERS ENCAMPED NOW AT GETTYSBURG 16,000 Vets to Be Feted at 75th Anniversary of Great Battle Widespread Property Dam- age Reported—Ty- phoon Misses MANILA, June 30. — Torrential| rains which began several days ago, | have flooded many sections of the Philippine Islands from Manila to| the northland and caused three known drownings and also inflicted | widespread property damage. The rains followed in the wake of a typhoon which moved westward from the Pacific and barely missed | the Northern Philippins GETTYSBURG, Pa., June 30.- | More than 15,000 old soldiers are camped together today where many | 'Whittier Finds | |Fishing Fleet Increased— Naval Base and Hospital Bring New Interest Kodiak is showing great progress |and is anticipating even further |growth with the establishment of la naval base there and probably a }ho.\pilal. according to Assistant Col- lector of Customs M. S. Whittier, | who returned here on the Haida | after a several weeks’ visit to the | Westward on customs matters. There has been a big increase in the number of fishing boats in the | Kodiak area and several hundred | now make up the fleet which bases | there, he said. In addition to | marked civilian activity, the Navy | has a crew boring the floor of the | harbor in preparation for extensive | naval construction. Already peti- | tions are being circulated, aimed | toward incorporation. | Need for the proposed hospital | is more urgent than ever, he re- | ported, and residents of the Kodiak | area are looking forward eagerly | to construction as virtually no fa- cilities of that nature are avail- able at the present time. There is new interest in the Kan- atak region, he found, with several| | major oil companies carrying on development work in the district. New Cannery At King Cove he found the Pa- | cific American Fisheries building a | | new six-line model cannery, ac- late returns from scattered precincts | . 1 | cording to present plans, Mr. Whit- whittled down his margin, Senator » P e | tier said, and is expected to be in | operation for the 1939 season, but some of hvis early lead piled up over not for’ this year. Gov. William Langer in the contest There has been a falling off of the herring pack at Unalaska for | the last two or three years, and | much of the slack in the industry is due to the drop in price, he report- | ed. However, there is considerable | activity in that region in sheep. The Aleutian Livestock Company has | about 12,000 head on Chernofsky |and Unalaska islands, he said, and | the Western Pacific Livestock Com- pany has about 3,000 sheep on Ka- Kodiak Showing STOCK MARKET, Greaflmgfess WAVEE§ TODAY| PRICE UPSURGE, Advance Thrown Into Con- fusion by Profit Taking —Losses Reported NEW YORK, June 30.—Sellers tamed the stock market today, turn- |ing the surging June advance into a confusion of cross currents after existing for the first hour or more. During the confusion more than 11,000,000 shares changed hands. To- tal transactions were about 2,500,000 shares for the day. The early scramble to buy was offset by the urge to translate paper profits into cash. Many leaders bowed to profit taking and fin- ished with losses of a few cents to around $2 a share. —_——4 | sTock QuoTAaTions | - — NEW YORK, June 30. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10'%, American Can ‘96‘:-. American Light and Power | 6%, Anaconda 31, Bethlehem Steel "53%, Curtiss Wright 47, Cohmmon- wealth and Southern 1%, General Motors 36'4, International Harves- ter 64%, Kennecott 34%, New York Central 16, Southern Pacific 1 United States Steel 56%, Cities Se! Pound $4.95'%, Northern 10%. | vice 9%, | Pacific DOW, JO! The following | Jones averages: industrials | rails 26.02, utilities 21.06. S 133.88, ~ UNDER ATTACK {Commander Makes Reply | to Charges Hurled by | Kent Professor | NEW YORK, June 30. — Daniel shega and Unalaska. Last year the|Doherty, National Commander of an average price of 34 cents a pound | Although the lamb loss is not high, the Customs officials was told, the | companies have not yet been able to sell meat on any scale, a prob- !lem they are trying to correct at | this time. The loss among the older sheep is primarily responsible. ‘ On Umnak Island there are about 11,000 reindeer and about 350 on Attu which are entirely for the use of the natives, he found. About 75 of the Aleutian islands are pro- | ducing foxes. “and Aleutians” The folks over in the Aleutians‘ lof them met in battle 75 years ago. The boys of the Blue and Gray |who fought long ago where their henw now stand, laughed and chat- ted together today within sight of |the memorable battlefields of yes- |terday. | Another thousand Confederate |and Union vets are expected some- time today to join the eight-day | reunion. The soldiers will join state and local groups for informal get-to- gethers and then they will be THREE MILLION ASKED, SLANDER Resentment Aroused by Statement All Jews Enemies of U. S. oy NEW YORK, June 30.—A three honored guests at a formal obser-| million dollar slander suit has been| vance on the 75th anniversary of filed against Fritz Kuhn, leader of | the great battle. the German-American Bund, by Emanuel R. Jack. | Jack said he is suing on behalf of himself and “all members of the Jewish faith who may join me as plaintiffs.” Jack quoted Kuhn as saying “all| Jew.:, Orle:::u‘;melxezepsl,::?, “are Em‘-i Housewives are reminded that mies herbird | they must make their purchases — | Friday or Saturday to cover a LOS ANGELES N VICE RIDDEN be placed early, Friday if pos- sible, as stores will close at 6 o’clock Saturday evening as the majority of the employees are planning to enjoy Sunday and | Monday in pleasure ways. Crusaders Want Roosevelt | TR T to Order Federal F F '“ P Investigation | "]m ry' g a" ~ Right Into Fire cago’s red decade, the years of 1920 to 1930. WASHINGTON, June 30. — The A group of crusaders have agreed Treasury Department reports that to this vice condition® and are to foreigners have pulled nearly one urge Roosevelt to authorize a Fed- billion dollars of their capital funds eral investigation of conditions in out of thé United States since the this city. “huslness recession began. 'Housewives Are Urged to Order Early | LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 30—/ Vice conditions in Los Angeles com- pare favorably with"those of Chi- at- are out, facetiously called the officials’ tention to the fact that they | still in Alaska. They pointed | that some of the government re- ’ports they had been receiving al- ways said “Alaska and the Aleutian Islands,” leaving the impression that the Aleutians are outside the Territory. Mr. Whittier had a word of praise for the hospital service being main- tained at Unalaska by the Office of Indian Affairs. For the last year | the hospital has been operating on an average of 12 beds over capacity, | but doing an excellent job, he said, | under the direction of Dr. Leslie iwmm. physician in charge. | The official accompanied the ‘icourc party and while in Bristol | Bay noted the close watch the Coast Guard is keeping on the two Japa- | nese fishing vessels in that area.| | They rarely get out of the sight of a coast gugrder, he said, and so far | the cutters report that they have seen no salmon taken by the Japa- nese. % ‘ At Unalaska, Jack Martin, the U. 8. Commissioner, has been named Deputy Collector of Customs, suc- ceeding Durrell Finch, who is re- signing after 12 years' service, Mr. Whittier said. e Trapped and Killed MADISONVILLE, Ky., June 30— Trapped by two officers hiding in ah attic above the vault, Jess Robards, thirty-one, paroled bank robber, was shot to death while he and .a companion were robbing the Planters Bank of Morton’s Gap. The second robber escaped. Aleutian company produced 96,000 the American pounds of wool for which they got|cribed criticism of the Legion by While Looting Bank | Legion) today des- Prof. William Gellerman, member |of the Kent, Wash, Legion Post, as a “puny product of a small mind.” Gellerman issued a statement several days ago through the Teach- ers College of Columbia, charging the Legion in attempting to domin- |ate the National Educational Asso-| | ciation activities are Fascist mani-| | pulated by a small group serving| special interests, | Doherty declared the Legion was representative of ex-service men of | the country and denied the Legion represented entrenched interests. | In Chicago, Gellerman said he (had wired the Chairman of the NEA convention that he was will- ing to meet Doherty “on any plat- {form in America and debate and | defend the substantiated scientific accuracy in my findings concern- ing the American Legion.” — - WILL BUY FOOD | | Fruits, Vegetables, Etc., to Be Purchased — Mil- lions to Be Used WASHINGTON, June 30.—Offici- als said the Federal Surplus Com- | modities Corporation will use the bulk of the $79,000,000 appropriation to purchase fruits, vegetables, poul- try and dairy products for distri- bution free to reliefers. The officials said this will bene- fit the farmers as well as the indi- gents. ITALY IS TO RECRUIT BIG PLANE FORCE ROME, June 30.—Italy today an- nounced an air force recruiting program, described by airmen, as one of the largest ever launched in aeronautics. +| They are among the finest outdoor are today’s Dow,| FOR RELIEFERS Former Juneau Educator Honored By Natl. Assn. NEW YORK, June 30.—Ever- ett R. Erickson, Professor of Edu- cation at the University of Alaska, has been elected Director of the National Educational Association at the sixty-sixth annual convention held here. Erickson was for a number of years instructor of English and dramatics in the Juneau High School. R COLOR MOVIES ARE FEATURE AT LUNCHEON {Trevor Davis Shows Excel- |similar to the one held here by non- lent Pictures at Cham- ber Meeting Today Excellent natural-color motion pictures presented by Trevor Davis featured the luncheon meeting of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce today noon in Percy’s Cafe. The | films, particularly clear ones, show- | ed the inauguration of the air mail service here, some striking winter | |scenes along the Glacier Highway | land skiing on the Douglas trail. | pictures which have ever been tak- en in this region and won a warm hand from the Chamber guests. | A personal message to the Cham- |ber from a confidential source was read indicating that the Army had allocated no money this year for |the small boat harbor project, but| in view of the arrival of Delegate | | Anthony J. Dimond here on Satur- PTG U S § no further. action until interview- ing the Delegate. The trophy, which the Chamber will present to the team winning the rifle competition during the Fourth of July celebration, has been received and was on display at the meeting today. It is an elaborate silver cup. It will be a perpetual trophy, going from year to year to the winning team but must be in Juneau by the first of July of each year in time for the competition. PREDICTION IS MADE BY FDR. IN TWO TALKS NEW YORK, June 30.—President Roosevelt, gauging the future, pre- dicted that history will say his “long | range budget” has been balanced.| This calculation, the President said, | would be based on the “survival of | values for our population, for our| | Democratie way of living, balanced | against what we paid for them,” in | addition to the usual items of Gov- | ernment income and outgo. Addressing the teachers and dele- | gates to the National Educational Association, the President also spoke of countries where liberties have | been burned, learned people exiled | and dispersing of news, art and lit- erature censored. This he said, has turned back the “clock of civiliza= tion.” He did not mention any coun- try. In his first address of the day, the President at the laying of the cornerstone of the New York World Fair Federal Building, held up the western hemisphere as a good) neighbor policy, a model for the rest | of the world to follow. DE VALERA RE-ELECTED DUBLIN, June 30.—Eamon De- Valera, backed by his newly won majority, today was reelected Prime | Minister of Ireland. The Dail Eir- ean vote was 75 to 45. CRUISERS FOR ALASKA PORTS SEATTLE, June 30—The cruiser Louisville is due at Juneau July 6, the Chester at Cordova July 3 and The Air Ministry said 3,870 avia- tion specialists will be recruited. Salt Lake City at Seward for the Fourth. 1 organization opposed him. CANNERY HANDS (OF ALASKA MAY lHllLIl ELECTION Petition of CIO Filed Yes-| terday—AFL and Pack- ers Are to Be Met | SEATTLE. June 30. — Kenneth| | McClashy, of the Labor Board staff, | said today that the petition asking | for an election to determine the | collective bargaining agency for cannery workers in | | resident | Southeast Alaska was filed yester- | day. i McClashy said the next step is | to get in touch with representatives | of the canned salmon industry and‘ |the AFL to see if plans can be | worked out for holding an election resident workers. | PAENR 7L GRS T “WHIT” RETIRES AFTER 30 YEARS Former Officer -in-Charge of Cable Office Here | Is Leaving Service SEATTLE, June 30.—With high commendations of his commanding | officer and receiving gifts from friends on and in the Signal Corps from Point Barrow to Seattle, Mas- ter Sergeant Howard W. Whitman retired today from the Signal Corps after almost 30 years in the service in Seattle and Alaska. He enlisted in the Army in 1900. ®ELLEKNOWN IN JUNEAU H. W. Whitman is wellknown in Juneau where he was for some years Officer-in-Charge during the cable |days and when the office was at {Main and Front. “Whit,” as he wi known to his hundreds of friend especially in Juneau, was always on the job, He was courteous and well-liked, not only by the public | having business with the Signal {Corps but also by the men under him, as he knew every trick of the service and wof.ed with them. No- | body on the line ever took advan- | tage of his office when he was in charge and many times the writer | personally knows that “Whit” took the key himself and quickly got jig action on what ever was causing any delay or trouble. If anyone questioned his authority he would immediately ask for a “through con- nection with Seattle,” and he al- ways got what he wanted from headquarters. | “Whit” and his family will prob-| ably retire to a little ranch near| Seattle. SEN. VAN NUYS T0 BE 0PPOSED Indiana Man, Running as Independent, Must Fight Two Ways INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 3(7.~; The Republican State Convention has nominated Raymond Willis, An- gola publisher to the United States Senate seat held by Frederick Van Nuys, Democrat. ‘The Democrats will pick an op- ponent on July 12. Van Nuys is running as an inde- pendent because the Democratic HOOVER SAYS BIG HIGHWAY 1S SAFE PLAN VANCOUVER, B. C., June 30.— Herbert Hoover, former President of the United States, arrived here today on a fishing trip and termed as “sheer nonsense” suggetions| that international complications might arise out of the building of the proposed Alaska highway through British Columbia. Said Hoover: “There can be no such thing as international compli- cations between the United States and Canada. Any such suggestion as that is beyond reason.” |cers in the evening. | |of Colors confirmation, Missing Liner Reported Found High in Andes | Plane Wrecked in Forced Landing but Five Aboard, Alive LIMA, Peru, June 30. Reports from the Department of Moqueport said the Lufthansa airliner, miss- ing since Sunday night high up in the* Andes, has been found with all | five occupants alive. The plane was | wrecked in a forced landing. Gralfd[micers From Washington Leave on Denali Fifteen Girls to Exemplify! Ritualistic Work for | Local Rainbow Girls Fifteen officers from the Grand Assembly of the Order of Rainbow Girls will leave Seattle tomorrow on the Denali, arriving in Juneau July 5, for a stay of two days, at| which time school of { | [ | | | instructions | and ritualistic work will be exem- plified before members of the Ju- neau assembly. Accompanying the Grand officers to Juneau is Miss Alcoyne Ander- son from the Fairbanks Assembly, who has been attending the Rain- bow convention, which was held Wash,, last week. Miss Patsy Bowker, Past Worthy Adviser, and delegate to the confer- ence in Juneau, from the Anchor- age Assembly, will arrive in this city July 4 on board the Columbia. Both will return to the Westward | July 9. Upon arriving here next Tuesday the officers will be taken for a drive | to Mendenhall Glacier, after which a tea will be given at the Scomsh’ Rite Temple in their honor. An ini- tiation, to which members of the| Rainbow Girls, Eastern Star, and| Masons are cordially invited, will| be exemplifed by the ivsiting om—‘: in Wenatchee, Following the school of instruc- tions Wednesday morning, a lunch- eon. will be given at the Temple for | all who are present at the morn-| ing meeting. The Grand Cross of| Colors will be conferred upon M. S.| Whittier, Miss Sylvia Berg and Miss | Sybil Godfrey, from the Juneau As- sembly; and Miss Helen Allen,’by request of. the Bremerton Assem- bly, of which she is a Past Worthy Adviser. Following the Grand Cross| which s to be public, a dance, for which in-| vitations are being issued, will be| held in the ballroom of the Temple. The Grand Officers will leave for | the States on the return trip of the | steamer Denali, July 7. — e MARINE AIR MAKES TRIP T0 ISLANDS Alex Holden lifted out of the harbor with the Marine Airways Fairchild this morning to take Sam | Duker to Hawk Inlet and Roy Le- veque to Hoonah. He will go to Sitka and from there will bring in A. E. Pillman, Atlin resident who has been at Goddard Hot Springs. Yesterday afternoon, Lon Cope brought the Marine Airways Bel- lanca in from the milk route with Roy Leveque from Hoonah, and Mrs. Amy Messerschmidt and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Walthers from Baranof. e SALARY VOTED T0 STOCK CZAR NEW YORK, June 30.—William McMartin, 81, Chairman of the| New York Stock Exchange, was to- day chosen as its first salaried Pres- ident. The position is referred to in bro- | kerage circles as the “Wall Street| [ DEADLINE 1S NOON FRIDAY FOR ALASKANS Notice of Exemption from Assessment Work Goes to Recorder OFFICIAL STATEMENT ISSUED, WASHINGTON Prospectors May Take Ad- vantage of Legislation for Current Year WASHINGTON, June 30.— The General Land office today warned the small mine claim holders in the States and Al- aska that they have only until tomorrow noon to file their claims for exempticn of the annual assessment work re- quirément of the Federal Min- ing laws. The bill signed yesterday by President Roosevelt permits of the claim for exemption of work for the current fiscal year. Commissioner Fred Johnson said he has sent instructions to registrars of all local land ‘of- fices to inform prospectors seek- ing relief from assessment work that they must file their no- tices with the recorders in whose office the claims are re- corded. Filing such notice in the General Land offices will ren- der them of no effect, said Johnson, B — THREE NATION AGREE TO LI ON BATTLESHIPS 45,000 Tons to Be Largest —France, Britain, U .S. Decide LONDON, June 30.—An agree- ment, limiting tonnages of battle- ships at 45,000 tons, was announced today in the House of Commons as having been reached by the United States, Great Britain and France. The agreement comes as a sequel | to the decision of the three powers to abagdon the 35,000-ton limit fixed by the London Naval Treaty in 1936. The House of Commons spokes- man indicated the 45,000-ton limit was higher than Great Britain wanted to build up to, but was the lowest figure on which agreement could be reached. The spokesman also announced that Great Britain's two new battle- ships to be built on the 1938 pro- gram will not exceed 40,000 tons, and will carry 16-inch guns. The United States is considered to have been a protagonist for the 45,000-ton ships, but it is belleved in London that Washington will not build vessels that large immedi- ately. Horror Fish Is Found to Be A Wolf The “terrible” fish recently brought to the Juneau Cold Storage, and which created such a hum of comment along the waterfront, has been identified today as the com- paratively common ‘“wolf fish.” Another odd fish at the Cold Storage, with round head and eel- like body, which had been called a “wolf fish,” was identified as a “benny,” of the eel family. Both fish are more common off the Bering Sea shores and West- ward waters, but are not uncom- mon in this vicinity. — e, TO LEAVE ON NORTH SEA Mrs. Tom Hutchings will leave to- morrow on the North Sea for a trip to the States. Mrs. Hutchings ex- pects to spend the summer in the state of Washington. — i WAGGONER FUNERAL Funeral services for Emil Wag- goner, 63-year-old prospector who passed away yesterday in St. Ann's Hospital, will be held tomorrow af- ternoon at 1:30 o'clock in the Charles W. Carter Mortuary Chapel. The interment will be in Evergreen Czar.” Cemetery.