The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 9, 1938, Page 1

| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” S VOL. LII, NO. 7841. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1938. " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NAB ALIEN FISHERMEN IN BRISTOL BAY Foreign Nations EVAGUATION IS URGED BY JAPAN ON ALL POWERS Eighty-Mile Strip Designat- ed as Coming Danger Section CHINESE REPORT MANY VICTORIES Nippon Garrisons in Four Districts Are Reported to Be Isolated SHANGHAL, July 9.—The Japan- ese are rushing 20,000 fresh troops to the Yangtze River sector for a new drive on Hankow and Japan has again warned the United States and Great Britain, as well as other Powers, urging removal of all for- eign vessels and citizens from the | danger zone. The Japanese note stressed “de- sirability for voluntary evacuation,” especially in the 80-mile stretch above Kiukian, 135 miles down- stream from Hankow. The Japanese note is similar to the one of June 11 which was re- jected by all Powers. The Chinese, meanwhile, claimed a victory in several counter attacks against the Japanese along the Yangtze, including a notable tri- umph at Huan Muatung, where ten armed Japanese launches were sunk or seized. The Chinese also claim their air- men have destroyed a large number | of Japanese planes at the Nanking airdrome. The Japanese admit that the gar- risons at Linfen, Kuwo, Yuchen and Wensi, along the Shansi Rail- way have been isolated for four weks by reorganized Chinese forces making it necessary to drop sup- plies from planes. The Japanese claim, however, that the new of- fensive in Shansi Province is ex- pected to relieve the besieged troops. FOREST FIRES ARE RAGING IN NM. STATES Situation in Washington Is “Extremely Critical”— | Fighters Mobilized E SEATTLE, July 9.—More than 100 spot forest fires have been started Soviet War Planes Being Rushed to China; Super-Bombers Included 200 HONGKONG, July 9.—A fleet of | the western border of Mongolia. fully 200 Soviet war The reliable source said scenes of “tremendous activity” prevails at China is reported by reliable sources | ooy oints, indicating the work to be in process of delivery to the is being rushed to aid the Chinese Chinese service against Japan defense of Hankow. Some of the aircraft have already | Included in the aircraft are eleven been flown to Hankow and others 4-engined super-bombers, the lat- are being assembled and tested at|est type, capable of extremely long points in Eastern Turktstan, near|range operations. planes for ALASKA CENSUS ¥ Official Arrives Here from Washington to Confer on Arrangements Taking of the 10-year Alaska cen- sus is expected to start in the Ter- ritory on October 1, next year, 1939, | according to information brought to Juneau today by LeVerne Beales, representative of the Bureau of | Census who arrived here on the steamer Mount McKinley to confer | with Gov. John W. Troy relative to the undertaking. Mr. Beales is from the Washing- ton office of the Bureau and is| combining his Alaska business a recent cross-the-states vacation motor tour he enjoyed with Mrs.| Beales. Mrs. Beales accompanied | him to Juneau and they expect to sail south again the first of the week. “I am here to talk over with the| Governor the arrangements for tak-| ing the census next year,” the of-| FIRST ‘SWING' singer ficial said. “Definite plans of course,| before Britain’s rulers was blond arned, Leave War Zone WORK BEGINS ON BARANOF HOTEL TODAY One Hundred Men Will Be Employed After Exca- vation [s Completed A 16-ton steam shovel went to work today on the site of the Bar- anof Hotel project, clearing old concrete foundations and preparing the way for actual excavation work which will begin Monday morning. V. Quist, foreman in charge of work, and brother of A. W. Quist, contractor for the work, said “the excavation work should take about 10 days before the site is ready for foundations work.” Only a skeleton crew will be needed for excavation work, Quist said, but added: “I'll be using about 100 men after we get started.” The big shovel arrived in Juneau this morning on the Mount Me- Kinley. More equipment will arrive on the steamer Columbia, arriving Tuesday. A. W. Quist is a pas- senger for Juneau on the same boat. V. Quist said the building con- | tract calls for finishing the new structure by January 1, 1939. Total estimated cost of the build- ing will be $350,000 and the Bar- | FOR FUR FARM 'FOR CANADA IS AT PETERSBURG HUGE AIR BASE PROPOSAL NOW b PWA Grant Mz_xde to Assist await the appropriation by Congr(..s, but the tentative program calls for| a census next year as it is 10 years since the 1929 count was taker Our plan is to start taking the aska census about October 1, 1939, The last count gave Alaska a pop- ulation of 59,278. Various estimates, including that based on internal revenue reports, have placed the population now at around 70,000. Mr. Beales, enjoying his first trip north, reported he was inspired by the scenery on the voyage up the coast and said he was only sorry he could not stay longer and see more of jt. ——————— Lining Up for Flood Control Edith Dahl, who is appearing in a London theater while await- ing release of husband, Harold, a prisoner in Spain. Great Britain May Establish | Fields for Five Thou- | sand Planes | in Construction of Ex- | perimental Station A grant of $4,500 has been made {by the Public Works Administration ajacra cog for helping in construction of the d & SPAIN'S TWO YEARS OF BLOODSHED have left still undecided the victors in civil war that began in July, 1936, and threatens persistently the peace of Europe. ‘While the insurgent offensive continues along east coast, women adherents of insurgent commander, General Franco, shared in this flag dedication ceremony and parade of cavalrymen at Gandesa, Spain, 24 Naval Bombers Reach [ Sitka Air Base After 6 Hour Flight from Seattle | SITKA, Alaska, July 9. — Two squadrons of Naval Patrol bombers vasm'day flew from Sand Point, Seattle, to the Navy Air Base here| in the largest mass flight maneu-| vers in Alaska's history. | Syuadrons VP-11 and VP-12, each squadron consisting of 12 bombers, reached the Sitka Air Base yester- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, mak- ing the 780-mile flight in about 6 hours. { Twenty-three other bombers of Squadrons VP-7 and VP-9 will hop ! from Seattle for Kodiak probably on Monday. | The 47 planes will return to Seat- — ] MORE THAN 2 LICENSES ARE - CONFISCATED | Territory to Start Test of | Alaska Law Barring All Aliens | 'TAX COLLECTOR GREEN \MAKES BIG ROUNDUP \Attorney General Leaves | First of Week to Prosecute Cases Between twenty and thirty men held to be alien fishermen have been checked in the Bristol Bay region and a test case of the Territorial law against alien fishermert will be made at once, it was revealed to- day. Attorney General James 8. Truitt is planning to leave for the West- ward Tuesday aboard the Colum- bia to take charge of the prosecu- tion, flying into Bristol Bay from Anchorage. Tax Collector Joe Green of the Treasurer's office, wiio is in the Bristol Bay region, is rcported to have taken up the licenses of the alleged aliens who were said to be actively fishing. The season closes there on July 23. ROOSEVELTIS BOOSTING FOR REAL FRIENDS President Seeks Election of Supporters of Ad- ministration The Attorney General said that the law passed by the 1933 Legis- lature is clear on the point. It reads in part: | “It shall be unlawiu! for any per- s son to engage iu f{ishing in Alaska ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL SPEC- | who is not a citizcii of the United IAL TRAIN, July 9. — President | States, or who has not declared his Roosevelt, anxious to keep his|intention to become such, and all friends in office, today headed for |Ppersons qualified to engage in fish- the Oklahoma political battleground | ing, shall first obtain a license so where he is expected to endorse|to do under the provisions of this Elmer Thomas, loyal Administration | article. supporter, who is engaged in a Democratic Senatorial primary fight | tle, enroute to the San Diego base after two weeks maneuvering on the t. —_———— with Gov. E. W. Marland and Rep- resentative Homer Smith. | Yesterday President Roosevelt |gave verbal approval to candidates “Any one violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guil- ty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con- viction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fitty dollars nor | more than $200 or by imprisonment by lightning in Washington, Idaho| and Oregon. | The situation in Washington is| held “extremely critical.” | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 9.— Five hundred men have been mo- g H Nelson, President of the Pa- bilized in the Wenatchee National|citic Aerial Surveys, has arrived Forest to fight the fires. |here to make aerial maps over a Twenty fires are reported burn-|s.mjle radius of Fairbanks to aid ing in the Mount Baker National|in 5 flood control project for pro- Forest. | tection of Fairbanks. Several serious fires are burning| Nejson will charter a plane for in Klamath County, Oregon. | the purpose. The woods and timber are dry¥| Gongress authorized the control after a heat wave. project, costing $565,000, but made For Fairbanks To Ivestigate .~ Interior Death Probe Ordered by Fourth Division Marshal—Cir- cumstances Suspicous FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 9.— United States Marshal Joe McDon- ald has ordered a probe into the death of Alphonse McQuestion, na- tive at Mouse Point, near Kokrines. McQuestion was reported to have died from an attack of the heart on June 6. Suspicious circumstances now indicate murder in a drunken brawl with another native. The body of McQuestion may be ex- humed. | || STOCK QUOTATIONS | s 4 NEW YORK, July 9. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at the short session of the Stock Exchange today is 10, Am- erican Can 97, American Light and Power 6%, Anaconda 33%, Bethle- hem Steel 59%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 39, International Harvester 64%, Kennecott 40, New | York Central 18%, Southern Pacific | 16%, United States Steel 57%, Cities Service 9%, Pound $4.93 15/16, Northern Pacific 11%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 136.20, rails 2731, utilities 21.70. SHORT SESSION, STOCK MARKET {Selling Wave Subsidies— i Some Issues Make Sub- stantial Recovery NEW YORK, July 9. — Selling subsided in the stock market today at the short session. | Several issues recovered from 50 | cents to $2 a share but trading |slackened to the smallest volume |since the midsummer bull market started on June 20. S eee Ketchikan City | | Ordinance Cause . Of M_u[q Tmunlq Industrial Union Council to Hold Mass Meeting to | Determine Action i KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 9.—1 |The CIO Industrial Union Council | has called a mass meeting to dg-| termine what action will be taken | {on the new city ordinance regulat-i ing picketing. The ordinance pro-| hibits picketing by more than two | men at plants involved and the pickets must be employees or form- | er of that plant, barring any sym- | ' pathizers or agitators. The union {has placed the mayor and city councilmen on the “we don’t pat- ronize” list., ‘ The CIO seiners are also consid- | ering “economic action” against | canners, refusing more than 5 cents | for pink salmon which is less than | the price demanded by the fisher-| men. 1 TRADING SLACK, |buildings at the new experimental NEW YORK, July 9.—The New fur farm near Petersburg, accord- York Herald-Tribune says today | ing to word received her today by that Great Britain may establish a Delegate Anthony J. Dimond and huge supply training base in Can- also announced in Washington by ada for the Royal Air Force. | Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes. The newspaper further declares, The fur farm was authorized by that Great Britain may spend one |the last Territorial Legislature and billion dollars for bases and will try $20,000 was set aside to put it into and induce American manufactur- |operation. Most of the alnd for the ers to establish airplane factories |buildings has now been cleared and in Canada’ building is under way. The project | The Herald-Tribune is|is to be carried on as part of the possible that to extension work of the University of says it training fields |base 5,000 planes permanently will Alaska and Dr. Jules B. Loftus of the extension department is in charge. be constructed in Canada. PR i~ AR Murder-Suifide | b l BASEBALL TODAY DELEGATE CHATS T0 HOME FOLKS ON WASHINGTON Dimond Outlines Standing| of Major Projects in | Radio Talk Here | Defense of Alaska means defense | of the United States, the whole nation, Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond Heclared in a radio talk over | Senator Robert J. Bulkley, in Ohio, | for not more than thirty days, or and Senator Alben W. Barkley, of | by both such fine and imprison- Kentucky. ment.” Another section of the act, under which it is proposed to prosecute, B c JUBLESS fixes a penalty for giving false in- § SIGNING PACT; ’ formation in getting licenses. This section in part reads: Government Is to Supply Work, Also Transporta- False Statements “The statements in the applica- tion for Men to Homes tions shall by the applicant be veri- fied under oath as true before some officer authorized to administer the oath. The application shall also state whether the applicant is na- tive born or naturalized citizen, and if foreign born whether or not he has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States. It he be a naturalized citizen the ap- plication shall state where and when he became a citizen, and if he has HOLLISTER, Cal, July 9. — A| Filipino, Henry Medina, 35, shot| and killed Mildred Turqueza, 21,| white girl of Seattle, and also| wounded Mary Barton, of Seattle,| then killed himself with a shotgun. | The attack is not explained. | Miss Barton said she was sleep- ing with Miss Turqueza and Me- dina was in another bed in the same room. She was suddenly awakened | as Medina began beating Miss Tur- | queza. The shooting then ralluwed.‘ - e |station KINY last night, in which | he outlined the standing of some |of the Alaska projects. In pushing for naval and military bases in the | north, he emphasized, it is not for | just Alaska but is part of a general program for defense of the Pacific, |which cannot be adequate nnless} | protection is given to the vast coast | |line of the Territory. | The Delegate pointed out that| $400,000,000 has been spent in build- | ing up the defense of the Hawaiian |Island. “If this is justified, and I | believe that it is, the nexpenditure | of military and naval preparedness | jin Alaska can be justified,” he said. The following are scores of base- ball games played this afternoon in the major leagues: National League Cincinnati 11; Chicago 0. Boston 7; New York 0. Brooklyn 3; Philadelphia 4. Pittsburgh 8; St. Louis 7. American League New York 11; Boston 6. Philadelphia 4; Washington 7. Chicago 0; Detroit 4. St. Louis 4; Cleveland 5. e ——— \ported to their homes, has been VICTORIA, B. C, July 9. — The British Columbia Government'’s of- fer of temporary relief for jobless single men until they can be trans- accepted by the leaders of the dele- gation of unemployed who de- manded an increase in public works | projects. The men living outside of British Columbia Province will be given transportation to available work. Eight hundred and fifty demon- strators are registering under the terms of the agreement, thus end- ing a two months’ protest on un- declared his intention to become a citizen the application shall state where and when such intention was declared; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to one who is a native descendant of one of the aoniginal tribes of Al- aska and who in the application (Continued on Page Eight) POINT BARROW CARDOZO DIES BULLETIN — PORT CHEST- ER, N. Y, July 9.—Associate Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, of the Supreme Court of the United States, died at 6:40 o’clock tonight at the home of Justice Irving Lehman, of the SAN JOSE, Cal—Fearing there are a lot of postcards for sale that | show Ban Jose as it was a few years| | ago, instead of the metropolis it is | today, the chamber of commerce Is | trying to call them all in. It will | distribute up-to-date postcards in New York Court of Appeals. |their place, { Cardozo has been ill with heart | ——————— trouble since last winter. | Gl [] ey ucape | 0illS Gan't Gook Hs | TUSCALOOSA, Ala—Lewis C Davis, the University of Alabama’s CHICAGO, IIl, July 9. — Post- first candidate for graduation in master General James A. Farley home economics, says of his femin- left today for Sun Valley, Idaho, ine classmates: enroute to the Pacific Northwest| “They just don’t know how @0 and Alaska, | cook.” Civic-Booster Note " Authorization has been given for Army air base in the north, he said, and progress was made on his | bill for a naval base, probably in the Aleutians. ‘ “The naval base has only been delayed,” he stated. “I believe that it will be authorized when Congress | next convenes. Our best authorities are agreed that it is necessary, and should be built to assure adequate defenses on the Pacific.” | Speaking briefly on the Japanese !invasion, the Delegate said that the present agreement which had been! entered into by the State Deparl-: ment and the Japanese government was working out so far, but there was no telling just how long it would be effective, therefore, he‘ was still pressing for passage of his | g ! (Continued on Page Eight) employment that was climaxed two ! weeks ago when the jobless staged; a riot in Vancouver, raising havoc | at the central post office and SUFFERINGHEAT smashing windows down town and | causing damage estimated at $30,- | |Torrid Wave Sweep Section 000. —Mosquitoes Also Re- (1)?12;3:]‘:;0“ ported Swarming POINT BARROW, Alaska, July 9. —A heat wave has hit the farthest north town. A | The wave has brought mosquitoes Bolivia and Paraguay have ini- |14 they are swarming over whites tialed an agreement here 10 |ang natives. submit the 100-year-old quar- | Al residents are sweltering as rel over Gran Chaco to arbitra- |the thermometer reached 67 de~ tion. |grees, the highest on record. B i e 1S | Most of the Eskimos are living The Bastille was built between’m tents and they suffering 1370 and 1383, oviws e Haai a4 | ’ Be Arbitrated BUENOS AIRES, July 9. — S S B