The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” A EMPIRE e ——— VOL. LIL, NO. 7868. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1938. " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RUSSIANS REPELLED, BORDER BATTLE oosevelt’s Candidate Renominated, Ohio l Fears SEN. BULKLEY WINNER OVER CEORCE WHITE Hattie Caraway Taking Lead in Race for Sen- ator in Arkansas POPE LOSES OUT IN PRIMARY IN IDAHO Governor Davey Admits Defeat by Sawyer— Cochran Is Victor (By ociated Press) President Roosevelt’s supporters rolled up a smashing senatorial pri- mary victory in Ohio and a triumph is within the grasp in Arkansas but mounting returns in Idaho showed the New Deal Senator is slipping behind the vote for renomination. In Ohio In Ohio, the vate assures the re- nomination of Senator Robert L. Bulkley as the vote from 7,500 pre- cincts reported out of 8,600 precincts give him 428,000 to 176,000 for for- mer Governor George White. Senator Bulkley was praised by President Roosevelt when the lat- ter visited Marietta, Ohio, early last month on his way west. Ohio Republicans, balloting in smaller number than the Demo- crats, have apparently nominated Robert Taft, son of the former Pres- ident, to run against Senator Bulk- ley. Taft at noon had 281,614 vot and Arthur Day 203,000. g In Arkansas In Arkansas, Senator Hattie Car- away, who like Senator Bulkley re- ceived public commendation from President Roosevelt, is slowly pull- ing ahead of her nearest oppon- ent, Representative John L. McClel- lan The count from 1,500 precincts out of 2,000 give Senator Caraway 76,000 votes and Representative McClel- lan 71,000. New Deal in Action Because President Roosevelt showed preference to Senators Car- away and Bulkley, the Administra- tion figures as an issue in their campaig even though their op- ponents were by no means antagon- istic to the White House. In Idaho In Idaho however, the issue was clearly drawn. Senator James P. Pope, up for renomination, is a 100 percent Roosevelt man. Opposed to him in the primary was Represen- tative D. Worth Clark, who ham- mered home throughout his cam- paign that he was not an Adminis- tration “yes man.” The vote from 611 precincts give Clark 38,000 and Pope 35,000. In Nebraska The fourth state primary was in Nebraska but was devoid of a Sen- ate contest. Gov. R. L. Cochran has easily won the Democratic renomin- ation for a third term. A, ). PRESIDENT ON ANNUAL TRIP T0 TERRITORY Bradley Has No Comment| on Effect of Wage and | . Hour Legislation 1 | visit to Alaska, ! P. R. Bradley, of San Francisco, President of the Alaska Juneau | Gold Mining Company arrived in | Juneau last night aboard the Co- lumbia and expects to be here about a month in connection with | business of his company, he said today. | The A. J. head said he could not comment on the effect of the new | wage and hour legislation in the mining operations at this time but that the company was working on | the matter. The new law, which| provides for a 4-hour week, becomes effective in October and will effect the A. J. as well as other mines which are now operating on an eight-hour day basis. | The gold mining industry is in good shape, Mr. Bradley reported, and has been since the price of gold was advanced to $35 per ounce. There has been some recession in the base metal industries, he said, | but in recent weeks before he left |the States those industries also were looking up and the horizon |appeared brighter. | No especially new development is being planned by the A. J., the | official said, in explaining that “we {are carrying on development work all the time” and expect to keep on “mining in about our normal way The Treadwell-Yukon at Mayo in which Mr. Bradley is interested, |but which he emphasized has no connection with the A. J., is mov- ing ahead at a fairly good pace he reported, and expects to send out 10,000 tons this season. He doesn’t expect to visit the Mayo ‘prupm'ty on this trip, planning to spend all his time in Juneau, he said. EXTRA! BOGEAN'S SHOP On his annual To a chorus of cheering thousands, Howard Hughes, world girdling flyer, set his plane down in Los Angeles when he recently returned to the West after his amazing feat of speed ng round the earth. Frank M am of Califo and Mayor Frank Shaw s were on hand to extend the West's greetings to the aire sportsman. As. Hughes rode through downtown Los Angeles business was stopped and throngs of office workers lined the curb to welcome Hughes back home. Photo shows, left to right, Lieutenant Thomas Tharlow, navigator on the trip; Governor Mer- riam, Howard Hughes, Mayor Shaw and Harry Connor, also a navi- gator on the record breaking trip. SENATORGEORGE Bahy Clipper NOW OPPOSED BY Completes First PRES.ROOSEVELT Flight Voyage Chief Executive Comes Out [PAA Amphibian Reaches Flatly for District | Seattle Yesteriay After- Atty. Camp noon from Juneau Governor of Los Ang Texas mill WARM SPRINGS, Georgia, Aug.| The PAA baby clipper reached 10.—President Franklin D. Roose- | Seattle yesterday afternoon at 4:46 i | velt today said he hoped Lawrence | . Sl | — GRS Peteral DUt Attomeys aF | S br s FAT a5 3740 Ak Jyneau Atlnia running on a New Deal| time, completing the first round Rubbish Pile Blaze in Rear platform, would be nominated toltrip survey flight from Seattle to| [s Cause — Believed the Senate seat now held by Sen-|Juneau and return via Ketchikan. ; fl!grhewil'fr F. George. 5 | The clipper left Seattle last Sun- StaHEd by Chlldren statement was made at the| .. oming at 8:24 oclock PST| Fire believed siarted in a rubbish d the build- luncheon today in the Warm| i ‘s |and arrived at Ketchikan at 4:04|Pile by children behin prings Foundation Hall. !ing occupied by Garland Boggan at Back to Ohio The President said he would be Ohio returns in the Democratic 8/ad to have Gov. F. D. Rivers of gubernatorial race indicate that Na- G€0rgia and Camp with him, Gov. tional Committeeman Charles Saw- Rivers and his right and Camp on yer might beat Gov. Martin L. Da- his left. vey as much as 20,000 votes. The President sala: “We are very The campaign was complicated much honored by having today as during the closing days by the So- a guest of the Warm Springs Foun- cial Security charges that Gov. dation, Gov. Rivers, who is an old Davey was bringing pelitical pres- | friend of ours, also a gentleman T sure to bear on old age pension hope will be the next Senator from beneficiaries. this State, Lawrence Camp.” Senator George has fought num- POPE CONCEDES DEFEAT erous Administration measures. BOISE,. Idaho, Aug. 10.—Senator Camp is among three opponents, James P. Pope, stalwart New Deal- George, and the others are former er, has conceded defeat and sent a Gov. Talmadge and William Mec- message to Representative John L. Rea of Atlanta. McClellan, saying: “Apparently the primary vote is in your faver. Con- gratulations.” - BASEBALL L2 &3 | TODAY | DAVEY ADMITS DEFEAT - =4 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 10. —| “You apparently have won the Dem- up to 1:30 o'clock: ocratic nomination for Governor. I National League congratulate you.” New York 2; Boston 8. e o anand Chicago 6; Cincinnati 3. TAKES MONEY TO MAKE IT St. Louis 5; Pittsburgh O. Called SIDCUP, England—Sentenced to at end of seventh inning on ac- 18 months for making counterfeit count of rain. coins, John Smith, 28, said to be a| American League successful coiner $24,650 capital is| Boston 3; Philadelphia 5. required to do the job thoroughly. Detroit 7; Chieago 8, |down 281; o'clock. Taking off from Ketchikan at 5:10 o'clock, the clipper landed on wheels at the airport here at 5:57 o'clock Juneau time or 6:57 oclock PST. The clipper left Juneau Monday afternoon at 12:23 o'clock and ar- rived at Ketchikan at 2:08 o'clock | | Juneau -time or 3:08 o'clock PST. | Leaving Ketchikan Tuesday morn- img at 10:47 o'clock, or 9:47 o'clock| Juneau time, the clipper landed at Seattle as above stated. | e | STOCK QUOTATIONS I“ - - \ | NEW YORK, Aug. 10. — Olosing| |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 11%, American Can | 117 Third Street, did an unestimat- ed amount of damage this afternoon shortly before the Empire went to press. The building is owned by B. M Behrends Bank and fully covered by insurance. First floor of the structure is used as Boggan’s shop for his floor finishing business. An | apartment on the second floor is also occupied by Boggan. Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill said actual origin of the fire is unknown, | but it is believed children playing in a pile of paper boxes and waste started the blaze. Both fire trucks were called out and a large crowd gathered to watch | the flames. Alarm was turned in by Royal Sheppard, with insurance offices| next door. Sheppard said he had 1102%, American Light and POWer yeen at the rear of his offices “not |5%, Anaconda 35%, Bethlehem Steel ¢} ee minutes before” and had seen When official figures showed Saw-| The following are scores of base- |58%, Commonwealth and Southern |y, fire but going upstairs, smelled ver had a margin in excess of 16,000 ball games played this afternoon in|1%, Curtiss Wright g 5%, General gmoke, saw the flames and turned | votes, Gov. Davey wired Sawyer: the two major leagues as received /Motors 46%, International Harvest-|in an alarm. ler 59, Kennecott 41%, New York Central 19%, Southern Pacific 19%, | United States Steel 59'%, Safeway | stores 20. DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 140.40, A chemical line was first run to the blaze but later when fire crept upward three lines of water hose were strung. The personal effects of Mr. and Mrs. Boggan in the apartment are| covered by insurance, also, Mrs Boggan said. Hardwood flooring was undamaged, J Japanese Capita s St > ities in case Soviet planes should raid the Island Empire. te scene of fighting. Strict r action was taken and in some cases redoubled in Japan proper. S on Koho. Inhabitants of the air defense measures were ordered being extended through almost all islands, especially around Tokyo. CONSTITUTION Japanese capital, Tokyo. ‘irst Officer to Greet C DAY HOLIDAY | SEPTEMBER 17| ‘ ui | | Governor Issues Proclama-| tion Calling for Pub- llC Obsel’vance For the first time in its history, Alaska will have a holiday on Sep- tember 17, officially designated as Constitution Day, which is now being observed almost universally in the States. Setting aside the date, Gov. John W. Troy today issued the following proclamation: A Proclamation The seventeenth of September, the anniversary of the signing of| the Constitution, has been gener-| ally recognized throughout the United States as Constitution Day. | September seventeenth, nineteen hundred thirty-eight will be the one hundred fifty-first anniversary of the signing of the Cohstitution. I hereby designate September | seventeenth, nineteen hundred thirty-eight as a holiday, to be ob-| served fhroughout Alaska as the one hundred fifty-first anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. | I suggest that that day be commem- orated by patriotic services by the! schools and communities, which should include public reading of the Constitution. I urge that a flag of the United States should be flown on all public buildings and on school buildings where practicable. By observing Constitution Day 2s a holiday, we shall recognize that the Constitution is an enduring in- strument fit for the governing of a far-flung population of more than one hundred and thirty million en-| gaged in diverse and varied pur- suits. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, T have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Territory of Alaska to be affixed. DONE at the City of Juneau this tenth day of August, in the year| of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and of the Indepen- dence of the United States of Am- erica the one hundred and sixty- third. JOHN W. TROY, Governor of Alaska E. W. GRIFFIN, Secretary of Alaska E— TRACTOR-SPEEDER FINED REGINA, Sask.—Earl Robinson had to step hard on the gas but he finally got his tractor up to 28 miles an hour. Then he was ar- rested for speeding and fined $4. ——————— - TO VISIT KETCHIKAN Etta Bringdale and Mary Michael- rails 29.56, down .24; stored in Boggan's shop downstairs . T Sh, drwa 1 | P son left last evening-on the North Sea for a brief visit in Ketchikan. Deputy Collector of Customs W. J. take flier,” as the steamer tucket Lightship. Dor’t Look Now, But Comes a By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. — Life history of a beetle: 1916—Japanese beetle makes U. S debut at Riverton, N. J. year, President Wilson kept us out of war.) 1926—Japaniese beetle sp into nearby edges of Dela Pennsylvania, New York, Mary land. (That year Admiral Byrd flew over the North Pole.) 1936—Japanese beetle makes page one. (It was the vear, also, of the Roosevelt landslide.) 1938—FLASH: Japanese beetle invades Times Square, overruns southeast Washington. Thus quietly, amid the big news of the world, did the bug sneak beetle - facts, and more, can be had by talking to Dr. Ben-| nett A. Porter, who is the Japa- nese beetle expert in the Depart- ment of Agriculture. Dr. Porter has other things to do, but can't get them done. The beetles take so much time. The beetle, only the size of a split pea, is a serious menace. It is ruthless. It destroys the gardens and crops of innocent non-com- batant gardeners with the same oviet Air Raid: . Fitzgerald (left), of New Bedford, Mass., was the first officer to greet Douglas Corrigan, California “mis- Manhattan neared New York. couple of broad Irish grins, as to be expected when two Irishmen meet. Fitzgerald, along with newspapermen, boarded the steamer at Nan- (In that| COUNTERATTACK FAILS TO TAKE DISPUTED HILL Infantry and Tanks Foreed Back—20-Hour Shell- ing Ceases | GUERILLAS MASSING FOR NEW CHINA ARMY Government Forces Gaining Ground in New Span- ish Offensive BULLETIN—LONDON, Aug. 10—1¢ is unofficially reported in diplomatic circles here that the Soviet Commissar of For- eign Affairs and Japanese Am- bassador in Moscow have agreed to suspension of hostilities in the Far East, effective immedi- ately, pending a_peaceful set- tlement of the border dispute which has caused the present fighting. Authorities stated that sixty town were evacuating their homes. ian air force inactive at the im- n Korea, including light control The light control system was Photo shows an aerial view of the (By Associated Press) On the three major war fronts of the battle weary globe today, re- | ports come from the Japanese that they have repulsed the Soviet Rus- sian attack near Changkufeng, while the war in China continued stalemated and the Government forces in Spain made noticeable ad- vances. orrigan A L R N A Sovlet Charge Fails A Japanese army communique sald a charge of Soviet infantry and tanks on the disputed boundary hill 52% miles south of Changku- feng, has been driven back, leav- ing four miles of Siberian border | front comparatively quiet after | twenty hours of Soviet helling. Peace is Planned In 'Tokyo, the Foreign Office | spokesman said Japan is prepared | to concede to Russia equal represen- | tation on a joint commission for de- | marcation of the border. | The concession seemed to be one of marked importance in diploma- | tic efforts to settle the festering | sore of Soviet-Nippon troubles in | the disputed border region. Guerillas Gather At Pootung, in the Sino-Jap war, Chinese guerillas gathered in that | Shanghai suburb and proclaimed | formation of a regular army in an- ticipation of expanding the guerilla ’Campaign. | Many guerilla fighters have fil- | tered into Shanghai’s foreign areas | and are laying plans for a terroris- | tic celebration next Saturday on the | anniversary of the start of Japa- | nese-Chinese fighting in Shanghai. Loyalists Score | In Spain, Government troops drove a deep wedge between two | Insurgent strongholds in Belaguer LA SRR and Lerida in western Catalonia | with a new offensive. H(’r(’ Dispatches from Barcelona said 2 A the Loyalists have crossed the Se- |gre River between the two cities jand a new Government line has been established on the west bank it | of the Segre. e SUB CONTRACTS, BARANOF HOTEL | | quiet way some of their more public- | minded sclentists have suggested that it would improve Japanese-| American relations greatly if the| beetle were called something else All the Department can do is to study how to combat it, and an-| swer frantic appeals from house- wives on how to save their gera-| niums and that fine American Beauty rose Aunt Mamie sent. Dr. Porter, while worried, does not| Announcement is made today of lose his head. He explains that the awarding of sub contracts for such scourges hit a peak and then, the new Baranof Hotel which is under proper control methods, now under construction. taper off to a normal level. | Contracts were let yesterday to Around Riverton, it is tapering the low bidders. Those granted the off. But panic-stricken truck gar-|contracts include the Moline Ele- deners in the rich Maryland, Vir-| vator Company of Moline, Illinois, | ginia, New York, Delaware and |for three elevators; Van S. McKen- Pennsylvania countryside this year|ney of Seattle, for all of the elec- find the pest at its most damaging|trical appliances for $12,000, and peak. |the Rice and Ahlers Co., of Juneau, Telephone calls, telegrams and|the contract for plumbing, heating, letters pour into the Department.|ventilation and air conditioning for | (Continued on Page Two) $65.000, It was a Japanese Bettle smiling unconcern: with which eats the crops of professional far- mers. RED F S EA In all fairness to the Japanese people it should be stated that they are ashamed of their beetle. In a Rice and Ahlers Co., Ju- neau Concern, Award- ed Part of Big Job