The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 26, 1938, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIL, NO. 7882. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FR IDAY, AUGUST 26, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 1938 FISHING SCALE IS DEFINITELY SET Seiner Missing with Six Aboard SEARCH PARTY ISLAND REGION | Fishing Vessel Eidsvold from Waterfall Cannery Missing Three Days SKIFF FROM CRAFT | FOUND ALONG SHORE Belief Expre:‘sed that Some || of Men May Have Made Beach A party from Dall Island cement quarry is searching the island for| the six members of the crew of the missing seiner Eidsvold, believed to be from the Waterfall cannery of | which Egil Buschmann is superin- tendent. The men, according to reports re- ceived by The Empire, if they reached shore safely, could not he lost or out of sight of streams of water. A long skiff has been found on the shore across the Island from the quarry believed to be from the Eids- vold which is now missing for three days. | A seine has also been found, ashore, believed to be from the miss- ing craft. | ‘The cutter Alert is making a| search. of the vicinity for the six ~“men believed to be aboard the Bids- |- vold Last evening, on short wave radio | sets, conversation hetween several boats were heard from 9 o'clock un- til 1 o'clock this morning, indicat- ing the extensive search that was being made for the Eidsvold. It was indicated, in the radio tele- phone conversations, that Mr. Buschmann’s young son, Robert, might have been aboard the ves- | sel. | Other information received indi- cates that search parties are comh- ing the woods and shores of Dall Is- | land above Dixon Entrance for the seiner and crew. One conversation told of how searchers last night found foot- prints of four men from the shore into the woods as if going “over a mountain” to the other side of the island. Crafts were ordered to keep their whistles blowing during the night at stated intervals to notify | the lost men-of rescue parties being | near. ¥ | The Eidsvold is owned jointly by| Robert Buschmann and Frederick | Buschmann, agcording to recordsin | the Juneau . Customs, House. The craft is 41 feet long. 15 feet breadth of beam and 5 feet depth of hold, 22 gross tons and 15 net. tons. INSURGENTS IN TERRIFIC PUSH, EASTERN SPAIN | in One Sector Before Furious Attack MISS CATALINA From a group of nearly 1,000 contestants, Miss Louise La Planche (above), of Los An- geles was proclaimed Queen of Santa Catalina Island and crowned with orchi She also was winner of a m contract. She is five-feet and-one-half inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, has a 34-bust, 25- inch waist, and 35-inch hips.— AP Photo. to be | workers. PLAN TO RAISE POLITICAL FUND IS ILLEGAL ONE No Money to Be Solicited from PWA Workers, Organization Told WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Chair- | man Morris Sheppard, of the Sen-\ ate Campaign Expenditures Com- | mittee, has advised David Lasser, | President of the Workers Alliance, TOKYO IS SENT SHARP NOTE BY SECRETARY HULL “EmphalicA Objection” Is U. S. Reply to Japan- ese Plane Attack [NIPPONS DECLARE ALL WAS MISTAKE ‘Killing of gl;leen in Big Commercial Plane Is Cause of Reprisal WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 26.— The United States Government has expressed to Japan its “emphatic objection” to the attack of a Japa- nese war plane on a commercial air- liner Wednesday that resulted in the reported loss of fourteen lives. Instructions have been sent from Secretary of State Cordell Hull to| Ambassador Grew in Tokyo who has presented the Japanese Government with the terse note. The note said: “My Government wishes to ex- press its emphatic objection to jeo- pardizing in this way the lives of Americans as well as other non- combatant occupants of unarmed ‘civilxan planes engaged in clearly i recognized and established com- | mercial services over regularly ~ | scheduled routes.” The sharp American reprimand | follows . the ineident which oecurred Wednesday when an Ameriean transport plane pilot flying 16 pas- sengers, all Chinese, was forced down and machine gunned near Canton. | The pilot, H. L. Woods, of Kays, [Kansas. reached Maecao unhurt to report that he was forced down and | then attacked. | He wired the officials of the China National Aviation Corpora- | tion, owners of the plane, that he | “landed okey. Japanese machine jgunned us, killing or wounding 12 passengers, the co-pilot and stew- ard. Radio operator Loh, one pas- senger and myself survive. Ship sunk in river.” Japanese Government officials excused the attack by saying: “Our pilots believed the plane was a Chinese bomber.” FOR, FARLEY " INACCORDON ALLPOLITIGS {President Makes Direct | Statement to Newsmen Following Conference ‘ HYDE PARK, N. Y. Aug. 26— | President Roosevelt today said he /not to carry out plans to mise;and Postmaster General James A.| a $50,000 political fund, donations - i iy made largely from PWA |Farley were “in complete agree- ment, as usual,” during a political | conference yesterday. b ER Senator Sheppard cited a section | Government Lines Giving|of the criminal code defining “prin- | satoment. i raspo e o ety |cipals” and said it is his personal | belief that Lasser and the Work- ers. Alliance would be violating the | 1 |statement in response to questions |at a press conference this after- | noon. | Farley, according to reports, urg- . |law if funds were solicited from|.q tne President to go personally HENDAYE, ‘Aug.” 26. — Govern-| ment dispatches today' reported thatg' Insurgent troops were attacking in| g force both north and south of Gan-| desa in an effort to bite out they heart of the Ebro River front in the workers. o STOCK QUOTATIONS to Maryland in an effort to defeat |Senator Millard E. Tydings, Ad- ministration opponent, seeking re- * " T 1 nomination, * eastern Spain. ! B | ernment lines were giving slightly| ¢iock today is 10%, American Can| near Corbera where the Insurgents | ggne - American Light and Power| are directing their main attack 51, ‘anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel | "°,;Lht:: gz?:e:?'me e 59, Commonwealth and Southern » A7111, General Motors 49%, Interna- surgents are operating along @ nar- | iona] Harvester 60, Kennecott 41%,| The scheduled Friday flight of row valley of the Canaleta River in|Ney york Central 19%, Safeway|the Pan American Alaska Clipper the direction of Pinell Lebray village | giores 197, Southern Pacific 19%,| was postponed this morning for 24 and control of the road between| ypniteq states Steel 60%, Pound | hours because of delay in prepara- Capdanp. and-Clisvie | 487 9/16: | tions and the plane is to hop off to-| i | | morrow morning. | ROBERT GEYER SOUTH | o JONES AVERAGES | It will be the second flight with| Robert Geyer, son of Mr. and Mis.| qpe following are today’s Dow,|air express and will be the third| A. M. Geyer, left for Tacoma this| yon0q gyerages: industrials 142.94, | flight over the route on experimen-| :‘;""’“fn °‘e‘n$‘_’ fc'l‘:‘ofi“df;’i‘:;& g:‘ down 1.13; rails 2031, down 30; util- | tal trips. s ities 20.12, down .13. —,—— coming wiliae: termy and will stay The Black Prince, created Duke with his gmndmather, Mrs. Ma:y. of Cornwall in 1337, was the first Geyer, in that city. English duke. - Maneuvers i the U. 8. army and navy have been conducted annual- North TOMOTTOW Keltem Expedition Unamerican Activities in U. S. Being Sifted } SEATTLE, Aug. 26.—An addition- }al $700,000 will be added to the pay- | roll of unions in the Alaska canned salmon industry under terms of a decision reached by the Fact Find- ing Board appointed last spring to determine wage adjustments. Harold 8. Choate, Pacific Coast Labor Bureau, representing all un- ions involved, said the award pro- vided increases from 5 to 20 percent | over the minimum wages under | which the men returned to work | with an average increase of 12 per- . | cent, 8 | Union Agent’s Views 1 | wiliam Hecker, Seattle agent of | the Alaska Fishermen's Union said: § | “While we are disappointed that the | increases are not larger, we are | gratified. The award has established the fact that the packers were wrong last spring when they in- sisted upon minimum rates. The Union contended then there was no | justification for such drastic wage {cuts and the award by an impar- | tial Pact PFinding Board proves to Here is the House committee in Washington which is hearing testimony concerning alleged Communist ‘the public our contentions were cor- and Nazi activity inside American berders. Seated: Joe Starpes (Dem.-Ala.), Chairman Martin Dies (Dem.-Tex.), cen- Noah M. Mason (Rep.-TlL); K&chikan Sear-che for ‘Lost® | ALASKA BUUNI] Who Comes from 24-Hour Boy Hiding Place UNITED STATES WARNS MEXICO, LAND SEIZURES Demands Expropriations Cease — Two Alter- natives for Solution WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. — The United States has called upon Mexico to cease further expropriations of American lands without adequate and prompt effective payment. At the same time the Govern- ment laid before the Southern Republic two alternatives for solution of the controversy over seizure of American - owned farm properties. The State Department said it is proposed to make settlement by International arbitration, monthly installment payments. Secretary of State Cordell Hull accused Mexico of propos- ing to replace the rule of just compensation by rule of con- fiscation. HANDLESS BODY | for Alaska tomorrow to undertake } a survey. NEAR SELDOVIA Westward Alaska Author- ities Have Real Mys- tery to Solve ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 26.— A special dispatch to the Times from Seldovia says a handless body of a well-dressed man has been found on the beach near there. The back of the head is crushed. The body is believed to have been of identification. The authorities are making an | investigation. Leaves ow, Headed for Juneau POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 26.—The Kellem Expedi- tion has headed toward Nome enroute to Seward, Juneau and Seattle after several weeks here during which time they dedi- cated the Post-Rogers memor- ial. The expeditioners sailed aboard their yacht Pandora, 38- foot cruiser craft. Left to right, standing: J. Parnell Thomas (Rep.-N. J.), ‘rect." WASHINGTON, Aug. 26-—Indian Commissioner John Collier said to- day that Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes had ordered an investiga- (tion looking to the stopping of liquor sales to Alaska natives. He said Assistant Indian Commissioner William Zimmerman Jr., conferred | with Ickes in Seattle and would sail Collier said Ickes on his Alaskan | trip was shocked by the discovery | “that literally everybody up there Members of Board ter, Arthur D. Healey (Dem.-Mass.) | The Pact Findfhg Board consist- ¥ B 50 Francisco, an attorney; Henry P. | Meldikow, of San Francisco, Direc- | eau, and August Buschmann, of | Seattle, representing the canners. | y | Unions Involved creases are awarded are Alaska Fishermen’s Union, Machinists lo- KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 26.— cals 79 and 239, Cannery Workers While 62 men and boys searched and Farm Laborers Union local 7, io Telegraphers Association local hot sun which shot the mercury to ‘d 70 drgrees, Henry Greenas, 18, erept| - Have.Sent Dovg_lLB C. |3 ang Copper Rizes sixt Peings M« it Freighter Coaster Buschmann'y Statement The youngster said he Had been August Buschmann, one of the Mountain without permission of his|8rd Payne, of the Ballard-Ludlow estimated that by the settlement father, Hafis Greenaa. He said i Ferry Line, reported that the Al-|the Unions gained about $600,000 The father of the boy headed one |sank the Canadian steamer Coaster | the payrolls of last year. Post Commander E. M. Goddard or- | The crew of eight men aboard | were paying about $300,000 less at ganized a posse to seek the lad,|the Coaster were picked up by the the start of the season when the | >, tle with them about 2 o'clock this | fect, totalling between $900,000 and IGKES RDERS |morning. The North Coast then |$1,000,000. The unions asked full | v . |ing sailed from Seattle at 9 o'clock | Report Is Final ‘]nst night. | Buschmann said the report of the life ring and empty lifeboat be- {longing to the Coaster and the slx ALARMS | Point-No-Point is about 20 miles | ARE suuNnEn Assislant Indian Commis- The Coaster was a 90-foot motor- ! ship, 140 gross tons and operated Sound ports in the freight service. RIRErow .on Survey She was built in New Westminster OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 26—The |waterfront yard of the Sunset Hill VANCOUVER, B. C. Aug. 26— |fire last night in a six-alarm blaze The crew of the Coaster includes |that threatened four ships and also Chief Engineer H. Allen, Second}me Southern Pacific Railway. Engineer A. Mitchell, winchman, T. | The Coaster was southbound to Tacoma with a cargo of concen- DISPLAYED [] down. ’ $85,000 Placed on Side- walk for Tourists ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 26.— A stout legged table on a sidewalk _|ed of Delancey C. Smith, of San | tor of the Pacific Coast Labor Bu- T in D(ld’s Garage | The unions for which wage in- - SINKS ANOTHER 3,000-foot Deer Mountain under a Nt} CoaST—R.CPOHCd to!c‘mm‘fls e e R, 7o 8 from' his hiding place in his father’s | | lam'Sound Fisherten's Unfon. hiding 24 hours after climbing Deer | SEATTLE, Aug. 26.—Capt. How- members of the Fact Pinding Board, hid to avoid punishment. |aska bound steamship North Coast |instead of the $700,000 compared to search party and American Legion|0ff Point-No-Point, Puget Sound. | Buschmann said the operators | fearing he had been lost or injured. | North Coast and returned to Seat- | payroll reductions were put in ef- |resumed the voyage to Alaska, hav- | restoration of pay or increases. ; PRUBE uF RuM Meanwhile the ferry picked up a — ship’s pilot house was then still northwest of Seattle. sioner Sailing North To- |between British Columbia and Puget UAKLAND FIRE {in 1916. CREW ALL SAVED Lumber Company was destroyed by Capt. A. Borkland, Mate W. Clark, |halted traffic on the main line of PR G R Whallen, deckhand, W. Leitch, cook, | FuRTUNE Is Y. Kuorde, | trates at the time she was sent Gold, Platinum, Valued at attracted crowds of tourists but no |is plying the natives with liquor.” lem. “If the Territorial Legislature | thority to step in,” he said. TAFFA M A R K ET | today that his vacation was ruined | The Commissioner said one possible | doesn’t do something to the situa- | ICKES SAYS VACATION RUINED | TACOMA, Aug. 26. — Secretary : | patlic, 4 by “pulling and hauling all the way | result would be recommendation for Federal control of the liquor prob-| tion, certainly Congress has the au- | Ickes told a luncheon audience here lin the water about three and one- | oM Washington, D C, to mat'Nearly Four Score Wound-]poucemen. although on the table |half months. There are no marks C2Pital of Alaska—what is the name was $85000 in gold and platinum from the Goodnews Bay mines. ed—Frenzied Rioting | of it—Juneau.” | He explained what he intended as a quiet vacation turned out to be a | tour constantly chaperoned by peo- | ple “who didn’t want anything; they | Just wanted to tell me what a fel- |low I am.” Smith Renamed : To Labor Board HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 26— President Roosevelt has reappointed |Donald Wakefield Smith as a mem- ber of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of five years. All AFL leaders have been expressing opposition to Smith. Follows Incident JAFFA, Palestine, Aug. 26. — | Twenty are dead and 74 are thjured, 10 seriously, as the result of a ter- rific explosion of a bomb in the | crowded Jaffa Market Place. The explosion touched off fren- | who tried to set fire to the Jewish- | Anglo Palestine bank and other buildings. The police and soldiers finally got ‘me situation under control. | - e,— | Edward Whalley and William Goffe, two of the signers of the death warrant of Charles I in 1649, Restoration, }zied rioting by the enraged Arabs‘ The visitors did not know which was the more surprising, the prec- ious metals or lack of armed | guards. | The fortune was first displayed |in four gold pans in the windows |of the Bank of Alaska and later |taken out of doors for a public airing and inspection. | The gold nuggets ranged up to a ten-cent piece size. |Increase Is Shown Relief Work Rolls WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. — The Pederal Work Relief rolls, contain- ing 3,038,000 names, is a new peak ary, 1936, [ —_— I lAlasku Cannery Unions Are - Awarded Wage Increases by Impartial Fact Finding Board Fact Finding Board is final and the Board members are ready Lo disband. Smith and Meldikow are returning to San Francisco within a few days. Smith sald Southeast Alaska will benefit the most, “The Board gave Southeast Alas- ka the differential because there are a great many canneries there on marginal operation that employ a lot of local people and the district is dependent on the canning indus- try almost exclusively,” said Smith. “The income from the canning in- dustry is wanted to help most all permanent residents of Alaska.” Smith said the award will be for- warded to L. N. Sisley, Conciliator of the Department of Labor. New Wages Harold S. Choate, of the Pacific Coast Labor Bureau, illustrated monthly minimum rates and board’s awards as follows: Southeast Alaska—Fishermen and deckhands, minimum, $94, award, $109; engineer on pile driver, $122 and $142; cannery workers, class C, $68 and $80; carpenters, $150 and $162; machinists, inciuding shop, $157.50 and $166. Prince Willlam Sound—Radio op- erator, $135 and $143; cannery work- ers, class A, $63 and $70; carpentérs, $160 and $162; first cook, $127.50 and $143; fishermen and deckhands, $94 ‘and $112; cannery cook, $142 and $169. Cook inlet Cook Iniet — Captain, $130 and $138 with percentage pald on pack from $650 to $6.50 per thousand cases of reds; deckhand, $85 and $95, with incrcase on percentage bt increase on reds: hammer man on pile diiver crew, $120 and $133, with approximately 10 per cent increase in percentagc paid. Southwest Alaska—Cannery work- ers minimums increased from $63.68 and $7351 to $77.05 and $80; machinists and carpenters, same increases as Southeas! Alaska; fish- ermen increases ranged from $5 to $9.50 per month and increase in percentage on pack from five to 20 percent; overtime rates increased to full amount paid in 1937. Bristol Bay — Machinists, only ones involved, to get full 1837 scale. TRAILER TRUCK RUNS AWAY ON GRADE;3 KILLED BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Aug. 26— Thundering out of control down & ridge route grade at a mile a min- ute speed, a big trailer truck killed three men before overturning in a mass of flaming wreckage. The dead at H. E. Foster and James Marshall of Pellows, occu- pants of a light truck hit by the runaway vehicle, and W. A. Miller, of Bakersfield, crossing the road of the truck. . Passengers on the light truck, O, P. Dawson, of Alabama, and Leroy Woofter, escaped injury. FIERGE BATTLE ‘IS REPORTED T0 * BE ON IN CHINA |Defenders and Invaders Re- | | ported Locked in ‘ Terric Fighting | SHANGHAI Aug. 26—Intensy | fighting is raging on the west shore lor Poyang Lake and both Japanese | ands Chinese are suffering heavy | losses but nevertheless the Japanese |are continuing to throw contingent (lner contingent of reinforcements |into the battle against the furious | Chinese opposition. i | The Japancse a:c reportéd com- | bining infaptry, and naval fore- ‘[esln the threa: {o break through | to Nanchang, Chinese air base, the | immediate obirctive in the drive toward Hankow. The Chinese admit heavy losses escaped to Massachusetts at the|compared with 3,036,000 in Febru-|On their side but claim the Japanese =are also losing men, L