The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 6, 1939, Page 1

. the throngs on shore and pleasure ‘Midshipmen—;{ill Not Go THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 1 L VOL. LIV., NO. 8097. p—— e JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, FISH DISPUTE British King, Queen Bound For America ROYALTY Now Hitler L aeres Listened THOUSANDS SERIOUS QUESTION BOBS ON ATLANTIC ON U. 5. VISIT Thundering?arewells Are| Given by Warships, | Shore Batteries | | THOUSANDS CHEERAS LINER LEAVES wm\nr\ Ambassador Kennedy and Prime Minister Chamber- | lain Bid Goodbye PORTSMOUTH, England, May 6. —King George VI and Queen Eliza- | beth sailed Americaward today amid | the thundering farewell of warships, | : shore batteries and cheering thou- sang's. The British King and Queen qre' aboard the newly painted shiny Em- | press of Australia, Canadian Pacific liner. substituted for the British cruiser Repulse. The King, wearing the uniform of an Admiral and the Queen in a pale blue Princess matching cos- tume, waved from the upper deck of the liner, answering the cheering of two-hour, 17-minute speech before velt's peace plea. Behind him is presiding. craft. from Berlin to New York. Farewells were given by American Ambassador Kenmedy and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. The baggage consisted of 40 trunks, twenty containing the King’s uniforms and Queen’s wardrobe. | Last minute preparations includ- ed a lackey testing the ship's equip- ment to be sure the King's electric razor would fit the socket. i ‘This is the first time that a Brit- ish King and Queen have ever vis- ited the United States, which is in- cluded in the present itinerary after various stops in the Dominion of Canada NAVY MAKES QUICK MOVE. ONTRAINING NAZIS WANT | PLEBISCITE German Papers Shouhng of Anti-Hitler Terror- ism in Poland ? BERLIN, May 6.—A German pro- posal for a plebiscite in the free city of Danzig to decide whether or not Danzig should return to Germany's flag is believed to have been made. It is regarded as a foregone con- clusion that Danzig, established in the territory taken from Germany after the World War, and whose population is more than ninety per- on Annual Cruise to |cent German, would vote to join EUTODe This Year | Hitler. | Monsignor Cesare Orsenigo, Papali | Nuncio in Germany, visited Hitler | | today and conferred with him, it was WASHINGTON, May 6. — The Navy Department, in another un- - - expected move, obviously connected TenoaRd, with the European crisis, has can- | Officials said the conference had celled the annual midshipmen’s |to do with Catholic matters rather practice cruise to Europe. {than the international situation. Instead 1,400 members of the{ Newspapers in Germany are Naval Academy’s first and third | splurging reports of alleged amcks classes will be given an annual on Germans in Poland, saying Lhat three months’ sea training on this many are having to flee and that‘ side of the Atlantic and possibly a | Hitler had better come to the aid of | trip to the Pacific. the German population which is being terrorized by Polish bands in 4an “unbelievable way. percent Polish could raise any uouble Fluid Bursis Info Flames-| Men Are Spraved, FOUR NEGROES HousesBurned " INVOLVED IN : FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina. | May 6.—The crash of a freight train | G' Rl SlAYI“G‘ and a gasoline tank truck early this | forenoon resulted in the death of S locomotive engineer A. F. Buchanan prnp BLUFF, Ark., May 6. — and an unidentified trucker, and p k. pired Irene Taylor was found | perhaps fatally burned two others. | gin” eqrly last night and a few D e e, ehoUr | nours later Sherif{ Brewster an-| houses were destroyed and others| ., ceq he had jailed four negroes, burned as the lighted gasoline spread | ;1 ¢ whom admitted assaulting around. The gasoline flowed into| o killing the 19-year-old white the sewers and caused nUMerous gy giry “because she had a pretty explosions in the streets, o e POOF, SA POLAND | WARSAW, May 6.—Polish Gov-| ernment officials deny that. there any terrorism in Danzig and state | that it is most peculiar, if the popu- Lmon is 90 percent German, how 10 — et — Chancellor Hitler, suffering frem a cold but nevertheless giving the impression he was enjoying himself, is shown as he replied in a the Reichstag to President Roose- Field Marshal, Hermann,-Goering, Hitler turned down the peace propos#l<and scrapped treaties with Pcland and England. This picture was sent by radio 'WEALTHY T0 LENDTO U.§., Measure Prowdes Com- pulsory Purchasing of Government Bonds WASHINGTON, May 6. — A bill compelling the wealthy to their money to the Government in time of war has received the un- animous ‘approval of the Senate | Military Affairs Committee. The measure provides that upon the outbreak of war involving the United States, a wealth census be conducted and thereafter a citizen worth $10,000 would be required to devote five percent of his wealth to the purchase of 50-year Government | bonds bearing one percent interest. | As the wealth of the individual in-| 5 the percentage also ad- vances until it reaches the figure of 75 percent for all those worth $100,- 1000,000 or more. SPEED PLANE MOTOR ORDER IS AWARDED War Deparfment Confracs ¢ for 800 Engines of Special Make INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, May 6 —1It is revealed here that the War Department has placed an order with the Allison Engineer Division of the General Motors Corporation for 800 V-12 liquid cooled airplare motors of the type Assistant Secre- tary of War Johnson describes as the greatest in the world for high | speed performances. The War Department has been supervising the experiments which developed the engine. e MURPHY COMING NORTH R. E. (Dupont) Murphy is a pas senger for his Juneau headquarls aboard the Yukon. Japanese War Planes Con- tinue fo Shell Chinese Capltal City FOREIGNERS FLEEING FROM HORROR CENTER {Fires Are Bu?ing, Set by | Shells-Invaders Keep * Up Air Raids CHUNGKING, May 6-—Foreign | diplomats today joined in the exodus from this Chinese Capital city aff the | result of air raids made by Japanese | war bombers | It is officially estimated that be- | tween 4,000 and 5,000 persons have | been killed by bombs Half of the city is burning and | scores are being caught in the flames | and burned to death | Officials of the British Consulate | said the bombing is of an indiscrim- | inate nature dosigned to spread ter- ror and not tor military objectives i The Japanese authorities deny this however, according to reports, claim- | ing that bombings will continue un- | til Chungking “ceases to exist as {base for Chinese operations. - - COAL SCARCITY "IN NATION OVER MINERS' STRIKE FOR DANZIG (ASE OF WAR President Warns Both | Sides Sefflement Must i Be Reached Soon WASHINGTON, May 6.—Reports +of coal scarcities increased as about | half a million United Mine Workers | Union members in 26 states c lond | pleted a walkout as CIO President {Raeh Will Suaks driiy John L. Lewis carried out a threat to create a nation-wide stoppage of soft coal production. \ The deadlocked miners and oper- |ators resumed negotiations for a basic wage contract but no settle- ment is sighted. { President Roosevelt took a hand in the deadlock by telling both op- erators and labor an agreement imust be reached prompllv BENES IS UNDER GUARD OF POLICE IN INDIANA (I Former President of (zech- oslovakia Receives Threats FORT WAYNE, Indiana, May 6.— Telephone threats against Dr. Ed- uerd Benes, former President of on a speaking date. Benes said he has received many calls of warning and those who se- cured Benes’ presence have also been warned against permitting him to appear on the lecture platform. The police claim the telephone callers are Nazi sympathizers, as ity has a large German popula- s i ot STANDARD MEN HERE E. R. McCausland, L. Simonson and R. M. Dougl Standard Oil representatives, are in town. Mc- Causland and Simonson are at the Baranof and Douglas is at the Gas- tineau. et — LAUS IN TOWN J. J. Klaus, merchandise broker, returned from a trip to the West- ward on the steamer Baranof last ght. He is at the Baranof Hotel, - BYBOMBERS MANHUNT UNDER WAY FOR YOUNG KILLER OF TWO Murder Charge Hangs Over Robert Burgunder, Jr., College Boy PHOENIX, Ariz, May 6.—An in- tensive manhunt is under way today as law enforcement forc through sveral southern states sought Rob- ert M. Burgunder Jr. 22, college youth and son of a former Seattle prosecutor, charged with the mur- der of two automobile salesmen Yesterday, the bodies of Jack Pet- erson, 35, and Ellis Toury were found in a desolate desert wash by a rancher, after the two had been missing since last Saturday. Burgunder man who lefl agency with Peterson and Koury for a demonstration of the car from | which the two never returned. CLEARING OF SIDEWALKS 1S ORDERED HERE Council Orde rs Enforce-| ment of Ordinance on Obstruction Juneau's City Council last night instructed Chief of Police Dan Ral- ston and Magistrate Grover C. Winn to enforce an ordinance foxblddmg sidewalk obstructions. Under the ordinance, the City will order grocery stores to take their| displays of produce and racks of | outgoing orders off the stores take in their protruding magazine stand: The order to clear the streets is necessitated, City Officials said, by | a steady encroachment on Junea already too narrow sidewalks, that in many parts of the downtown district it is impossible for two per-| sons to pass without stepping into the street. With tourists soon to be throng- ing the streets, the City Fathers judged it wise to clamp down on violators. The penalty for obstruct- ing the sidewalk, under the or- ance, is from $5 to $100. Dump Truck Ordered Councilmen last night accepted a bid of Robert Cowling of the Mc- | Caul Motors to provide a Dodge (dump truck for the Street Depart- ment at a price of $835, less $190 al- lowance for the present truck. Other bids were: Connors Motors, GMC, $700 net; Economy Garage, Dia- mond-T, $1090; Juneau Motol | FPord, $719.50, and Gastineau Moto | International, $706. ! E. R. Sager of the Radio Engin- eering and Manufacturing Company was identified as the! the automobile sales | sidewalks | °|" The Pope, ARE KILLED © UPFOR U. S., IF FRANCE AND ENGLAND GO T0 WAR 1 By PRE ‘ WASHING May 6. — It is Just possible that in event England |and France go to war we cannot bhl]) them a single military air- Iplane because it might be an act of war on our part against their ene- xmm Tt depends on whether ulmw is a war vessel in the same |sense as a seagoing war vessel. i Ironically enough, the rule of law which stands in | the written almost en- |tirely by England—to protect her- self against us, During Civil War da built and outfitted several cruisers for the Confederacy. The most important one, the Alabama, sank |prodigious amounts of Yankee commerce and almost scared our | merchant ships off the high seas. | President Lincoln, Secreta of State Seward and Charles Frances ambassador to Eng- Adams, then land, were pretty angry, but Eng- land sort of laughed up her sleeve | international ; was England GLAND RE s But before long England was giv- ing the thing some deep thought What would happen, the foreign of- |fice thought, if the United States would make a lot of labamas” (them loose in the Atiantic ~next :time England had a war? It looked iCox)llfihc}i on Vpuigv Six) POPE EXPECTED TOMAKE APPEAL, " EUROPEAN CRISIS May Ask for Peaceful Sol- ufion in Message fo ; Eucharistic Meet VATICAN CITY, May 6.—Sources usually familiar with the policy, said the Pope may make a new appeal for peace in Europe when he addresses a message Sun- | day to the Eucharistic Congress now in session in Algiers. it is said, jconcerned over the possibility that armed conflict -will break out soon. He made a previous appeal on Easter | Sunday for a peaceful solution of | Europe’s troubles, but aggression | continued and now there is a new | threat on peace over Danzig. - eee Royalty fo Get One "Your Majesty’ and No More Says U. §. is gravely your Majesty.” “No, your Majesty “Quite right, your Majesty.” “What does your Majesty think?” | an air- | Vatican | | WASHINGTON, May 6. — “Yes, | Johnslown Winner of Big Derby I()UI&VILLL Kr‘nlll(k\ May 6.— Johnstown, of the Willlam Wood- ward stables, won -the sixty-fifth running of the $50,000 added Ken- tucky Derby at Churchill Downs this afternoon. Challedon, owned by W. L. Brann | was second, and Heather Broom, owned by John Hay Hammond, was third. The derby field wa when Challenge was The weather was clear track fast. COUNCIL ADOPTS $99,495 JUNEAU SCHOOL BUDGET Board Re(ommendahons Accepted-Teachers Get Substantial Raise A $99.495 Juneau school budget, providing a raise in teachers' salar- ies to a minimum of $1,800«and an cut to nine atched and the |annual increase of $45 for each | {for Germany or «France and turn! year's service, was adopted last night by the City Council. The Budget, left in the identical form in which it was presented by the School Board, calls for the City to contribute $42,851 to the cost of operating in the 1939-40 school | |year. The rest is to be paid by the Territory. | Last year's budget total was $87,- 1470, which is $12,025 less than that approved for the coming year. The increase is due largely to:the new minimum salary law passed by the ! 1939 Legislature. But the Juneau Board and Council added the pro- |vision for the $46 annual raise for \five years, no such provision being |in enacted. | One of the from $1,680 to $2,25, but the aver- age raise will be about $200. el S e WALTER SHARPE 10 BUILD $7,500 . HOMEONW.11TH Permit Issued — Remodel- ing of McCaul Mofors Is Also Planned Permit to build a $7,500 home at 603 West 11th Street was issued to- day to Walter Sharpe, Director of the Ufemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska. The permit, issued by the City | Building Inspector, lists the H. B. Foss Company as architect and the Mendenhall Construction Company as builder. Another permit today pmndns the Territorial law as finally teachers, under the| new budget, will get a salary raise SHIPWRIGHTS - WILL ACCEPT AGREEMENTS Proposals mfidustry Vo- ed Upon with Ap- proval Given CANNERY WORKERS CONFERRING TODAY New Snag in_Way of Com- plete Settlement Report- | ed Threatening May 6.—Members of Union voted last | SEATTLE, | the Shipwrights night to accept the contract propos- |al with the’ Alaska Canned Salmon | Industry and at the same time the meluvers announced they will con- fer during today with representa- tives of the Cannery Workers Union 4m efforts to settle another phase of | the labor dispute which is delaying ‘Almka salmon operations. | Agreements have already been reached with the Alaska PFishermens | Union and Machinists Union and several of these crews have sailed for the north. A new snag in the way of a com- | plete settlement threatened when Conrad Espe, Agent of Local No. 7, Cannery Workers Union, CIO affil- iate, charged that two companies have shipped cannery workers be- ‘l()mzmg to a local affillated with the AFL. Espe said his local will con~ lfer with the industry representatives but would insist on receiving a | counter proposal with sufficient time to study it before entering into negolmllons PERCYG. | CHARLES IS DEAD §Well Known Pioneer Pass- es Away in Hospital af Kefchikan KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 6. — Pcrry G. Charles, 68, former city muncnman and former Grand Pres- ident of the Pioneers of Alaska, died here yesterday in a hospital. He had been in ill health for the past sev- eral years although he continued to conduct his real estate office. | Charles entered the service of the Northern Express Company in 1884 nd established the express busi~ ness on the Yukon River in 1900, later starting a gold train in Fair- {banks, collecting gold dust from mines in the vicinity | He is credited with taking the first shipment of gold over the winter trail from Fairbanks to Val« dez. Charles served as Deputy U. 8, That's the way you talk to the |for $400 worth of work in remodel- Marshal in the Fourth Division from was authorized to check up on xadxmKan and Queen of England if you | ing the McCaul Motor Companv 1908 to 1913. interference in the City, with cor-| | chinery, The Council divided three| to three on accepting Sager’s offer of his services, with Councilmen | | John McCormick, Henry Messer- schmidt and Ralph Beistline oppos- |ing. Mayor Harry I. Lucas broke Lhe tie by voting yes. Budget Work Begins The Finance Committee of the, Council is to meet next week to | formulate a City budget for the coming year. Appropriation of $1200 to pay half | the cost of providing hte services of a visiting nurse was approved. The | fund was requested by the Juneau Health Council. The Territory is | to foot the bill for the rest of the | cost of the office. | It was announced at the meeting that the President has approved a $10,496 WPA street widening and regrading project, though it was not announced just what streets | follow court ‘etiquette, but state de- | Czechoslovakia, led the police to|rections to be made at the expense| partment experts have decided to | guard him closely as he arrived here Of the owners of the offending ma- |dispense with some of the formal- lity during the visit of the royal 'Louplu in June. ‘The accepted way will bc w put “your Majesty” in the fir tence—and then be done wn.h |l would be improved. The Work wil Istart as soon as the money is re |ceived, which will probably be with. in several weeks. City Engineer Milton Lagergren of all property in the eity drawn under his direction, ment. - .- — SOUTH VISIT ENDED Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer, who has | been visiting in Pacific Coast btnu‘s to Juneau aboard the Yukon, was authorized to have a tax map | property at 115 Front Street recent- ly taken over by Robert Cowling I'The garage will be remodeled, the shop moved to the rear and the | present shop converted into a show- | | room " APARTMENTS OF RICH NEW YORK " WOMAN RAIDED Ed Cowling will be builder. NEW YORK, May 6—Customs | im a raid on the penthouse apart- | ment of Mrs. James C. Ayer, widow [of the multimillionaire surgeon p.nmvr and prominent socially. e among the most | Barn fires are Charles and his wife were the first couple to ever be married on a Yukon River boat. The marriage took place in September, 1913, aboard the steamer Yukon, north of | the Arctic Circle. The late Dr. G. | Burke married them. Mrs. Charles | resides in Ketchikan, and a son by |a previous marriage lives in the States g i SANITARIAN BACK FROM WESTWARD | E. F. Clements, Territorial Sani- with the map |Agents hold $26,000 worth of Paris- |tarian, has returned to Juneau from to be used as a record of assess- ian clothes and jewelry confiscated |the Westward where he has been engaged in routine work for the |Department of Health along the |rail belt and at Nome for the past six weeks. — The South’s pig crop increased for several weeks, is returning home | common causes of fire losses on the'from approximately 13.000.000 head | farm in 1929 to 16,000.000 in 1938,