The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1939, Page 1

90 MEN TRAPPED IN “w THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV., NO. 81 20. roram e ——— JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ( WAGNER ACT | CHANGES ARE BEING URGED Business MTnHoId Vital Conference with Presi- dent Roosevelt WASHINGTON, June 2—Secre- tary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins | said a group of business men last| night urged President Roosevelt to| seek amendments to the Wagner | Labor Act. ‘' The urging was made during dis- cussions of business conditions and problems at the White House last night. A Secretary Hopkins told the news- men that eight business men who dined at the White House last night presented no labor plan but indi- cated possible changes in the word- | ing of the Administration's Wagner | Act. The Act was one of the most important topics discussed with the President, Secretary Hopkins said and added that foreign trade, par-) ticularly with South America, and! taxation, were also discussed | Among the business men in the group were Charles Hook, President of the American Rolling Mill Com- pany; Sidney Winberg, New York Investment banker; John Biggers, Toledo glass manufacturer; W. A. Harriman, Chairman of the Board of the Union Pacific, and E. R. Stet- tinus, Chairman of the Board, Unit- ed States Steel. - Proposal of Union Peace . Is Drawn Up Lane Urgegarong Lines troops despite protest SEARCH STILL CONTINUES FOR MISSING YOUTH Boy’s Father to j Spur Hunt ‘ A Ed Tanaka, father of nine-year- old Ted Tanaka, Japanese lad miss- ing from home since Wednesday af- | terncon, today offered $100 reward for the person giving any infor- | mation leading to locating of the boy. | Chief of Police Dan Ralston is- sued a plea today for public aid in| finding the missing Tanaka young- | Ister and asks especially that any- one who saw the boy or talked to| him at the ball game night before last, or has seen him since, report Between Jurisdic- fional Fields 'to Ralston as soon as possible. | Ralston also asks | After several meetings with various that parents | unions involved in local building question youngsters who attended | trades fricton, George Lane, repre- the ball game. | sentative of the Maritime Federation! Tt was believed possible the lad of the Pacific, today released a might have fallen into Gold Creek| proposal which has been presented while chasing baseballs, and on that | to all unions in the controversy. surmise, searching parties combed | The sum and substance of the pro-'tpe creek and the adjacent tide-| posal, will, if effected, as Lane said f1.¢c byt without success. e DERlhopsd, ) drawadefin‘ibe! Ralston sent out five searchers Hip between CIO and AFL and give ., night in two parties, combing WSS fionlracwrs o publft? i the beaches beneath the docks and Juneau ‘“confidence that jurisdic- the nearby waters by skiff, but they tional disputes will become some-! g 3 thing of the past.” |too found no clues. - { Those in the party were Charles Hope for Settlement i & Going to the core of the solution|Ashby, Roy Barnett, Bill Watson, probability, Lane received the fol- Robert Belio and A. Whatby. lowing wire from Dr. J. P. Steelman, | Glacier Highway residents Director of Conciliation with the!the town of Douglas has also been and Reward of $T(i) Posted by SPRING DAY IN Powers Force Jap Troops Out of Amoy | A gun crew of Japanese artillery is shown in action during an attack on the Chinese island port of Amoy, opposite Formosa. Boasting one of the best harbors in the Pacific, it was recently invaded by Japanese ts by world powers. But when the United States, Great Britain and France landed an equal force of bluejackets and marines and posted seven warships in the harbor, Japan hastily withdrew, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS NOT HRESH PULLLE FROM ALBANIA FACES FRENC Fascists Says—B;ig Occupa- tion Army Is Club Over Greece ROME, June 2—French concern over the maintenance of a large Italian army of occupation in Al- 50 HOT, BUT QUITE NOISY By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, June 2.—A spring day in the House of Representa- | tive | The House clock, wreatneu i gild- ed fruit, twitters electrically toward the noon hour. The House meets at ‘ noon. Committee sessions occupy | the morning. A hundred spectators | are scattered about the 1,000 gallery | seats. Some are nonchalantly read- 1$162,000 JUNEAU - HARBOR PROJECT | ~ PASSES SENATE ‘, Flaod Control Bill Lits Five { ' Appropriations for UB UNDER SEA 'WINGARD LEAVES BUREAU OF FISHERI THOMPSON IS SUCCESSOR - FOUR MEN ESCAPE BY DAVISLUNG System then Mysteriously ES SERVICE; Alaska | SEATTLE, June 2 — Seaton sioner, announcing the dismissal of 3TN |Thompson, of Washington, D. C. | Wingard, said Thompson was en- % WASHINGTON, June 2—A flood [assistant head of the Alaska Di- route to Seattle to take charge of Suspended Causmg confrol bill allocating $305,192,000|vision, Bureau of Fisheries, is en- |the office until appointment of a| was approved today by the Senate route o Seattle to take over the |successor to Wingard [ Amazemem | and) returned to the House for ac-|duties of Lemuel G. Wingard, Agent | Jackson wouldn't elaborate fur-| tion, on amendments. lof the Alaska Fisheries Bureau the | 1 | Tentative allocations by the War| Officials here said there is no| Secretary of Commerce mu-ryik‘“S HOSE l“ M“D; ‘Deparum'm- at the timé the measure freason given as to why Wingard is | Hopkins recently ordered an inves- | | was approved by the Houseincluded |leaving (he services of the Fisheries | tigation of the Seattle Alaska office | IAIL EXPOS[D, l.ow "DE | these projects: | Bureau |of the Department | ! Tanana River-Chena Slough, Fa H. J. Christoffers, Superintendent | Bureau of Fisheries public rela- banks, $562,000. Salmon River, $7,000. cn Pribilof Islands, for the Bureau lof Fisheries, has been asked to take also led to dismissal of two minor Juneau Hnl'l_fln‘-r $162,000. lcare of Wingard's work until i gre;m‘k RM;L.&'-()O(:- Thompson’s arrival here, who it is a5 T Farbon, §65,500 stated will probably go north about | e s et mid-June EIGHI M“_HON TWO OTHERS DISMISSED i DOU.AR AIRBASE |Jtkson, acting Fisheries Commis- | be eliminated.” c] | FOR ElRBANKS: The Fighter and the Queen ' Army Asks Appropriafion- Much Federal Work at | Golden Heart City 2 | WASHINGTON, June — Fair- banks likely will be the scene of one of the Government's heaviest construction programs in the fis cal year 1940, The War Department Lodav‘ asked $45,000,000 for airbase con- | strgtion, with it being reliably re- | | ported $8,000,000 would be used for a base in Alaska, with Fairbanks mentioned as the most likely site. The request is now before the| House Appropriations Committee land action is expected some time | next week. | In addition Army Engineers are expected to undertake a half mil- lion dollar flood control project in the Tanana River and Chena Slough ! | ing newspapers. That will stop| 3 | promptly at 12 noon. No paper|near Fairbanks. The .House ap- |reading allowed in the galleries Proved the appropriation and the | | when the House is in session. One member, Representative Powers of New Jersey, sits alone in the center of the chamber, scowling | over a Congressional Record. Some- |Senate Appropriations Committee |recommended the Senate do like- wise. i ince no PWA funds are now available, a Fairbanks civic center bania was reported today by usually | body abuse you in there, Mr. Powers? | pr oject requested has not bheen set reliable political sources. Andrew Francoise Poncet, French Ambassador to Rome, is reported to have raised the question as to wheth- er or not there is continued need for the Italian army in Albania, in a talk Tuesday with Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano. The French envoy's call was fol- lowed by a statement in the F periodical “Gerarchia,” that the troops will prevent Greece from lin- ing up with other powers against Germany and Italy. - — Department of Labor in Washington, | D.C.; “Have taken the matter up' with proper labor officials here. Am! combed without success. Last night, Ralston sent a car to the Boy Scout Camp at Eagle hopeful of an early amicable settle- |River and brought in John Tanaka, ment.” The proposal, which will keep AFL in the building trades, and CIO in the mine, transport workers and longshore ranks, in Juneau, with little danger of overlapping juris- dictions and resultant friction, is as follows: “The Maritime Federation of the Pacific having as it does members of both the A. F. of L. and C. L. O. as affiliates is naturally concerned over any jurisdictional. fight which ulti- mately it conceives to be a threat to the entire organized labor move- ment. “In order, therefore, that the pres- ent jurisdictional dispute in Juneau may be settled on a basis where all workers have the right to enjoy col- lective bargaining and obtain the highest wages and best conditions possible, as a representative of the ‘Washington District Council No. 1 of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific, I offer as a suggestion for the solution of the present situation in Juneau the following: 4 Suggestions Offered “1. That the C. I. O. Allied Trades Union Local 943 of Juneau agree to disband. That they send their char- ter to Washington District Council No. 1 of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific, 86 Seneca Street, Se- attle, who will assume the responsi- bility of returning the charter to C. 1. O. headquarters. “2. That the A. F. of L. Carpen- ters and Joiners Local No. 2247 agree (Continued on Page Four) J folder brother of Ted, who is ques- |tioning all friends of his missing {brother. Another possibility aired today, and which waterfront observers are asked to affirm, if possible, is that the missing boy may have boarded jan outbound fishing boat With fishermen or campers who did not realize the boy should not be along. Again Ralston urged that anyone having any clue at all to the boy's whereabouts phone Central and ask for the Police Department. Edward LaFowlett, Alaska Juneau employee, who knows the youngster, told Chief of Police Ralston this af- [ternoon that he had seen the Tan- jaka lad playing on the docks about ten o'clock Wednesday night, after the ball game. With a minus tide tomorrow morn- ing, Ralston said a systematic plan |of dragging the harbor would be carried out, although a number of craft were dragging today. AR 2SR BASEBALL TODAY The following are scores of games Major Leagues: National League St. Louis 2; New York 8. Cincinnati 4; Boston 0. American League Boston 5; Detroit 8. Washington 5; Chicago 7. New York 17; Cleveland 5. Vesuvius Is Erupfing; Puls OnGreaf Show Clouds of Ashes Spurting Up - Incandescent Lava Flowing NAPLES, June 2—Mount Vesu- vius started erupting violently late today, putting on, the most spec- tacular show in three years. Clouds of ashes spurted from its | Representative Treadway of Mich- igan arrives, walks across the well | in front of the speaker’s desk, and out again. Too early. It is three min- utes to 12, In another minute a half dozen arrive, then a score. The Re- publican side draws them fastest. | That is because of Joe Martin of Massachusetts, the minority leader. He keeps his men on the floor and as a compact bloc they have dealt the Democrats rough blows this session. Representative Tabor, Republi- can of New York, comes in, tall, | belligerent. He will object to some- !thing or other during the day. Bald and stocky Majority Lead- er Rayburn of Texas comes in |from a side door and marches to a special microphone. Says nothing. | Regular poker face. The din is | growing. Always din in the House. l'The loud speaker system is to |drown out the whispering and talk- ng. & | | ANOTHER “OBJECTOR” | On the Democratic side Represen- | tative Cox of Camilla, Georgia, strolls up the aisle gesturing to a | companion. He, too, will register| | an objection. Already this session he | | has initiated the WPA investigation, ‘(lemanded removal of the labor board. He led the House fight | against the Supreme Court bill, and ! against reorganization. Speaker Bankhead pounds with | |a gavel. It is 12 noon. Clerks are in i place around the rostrum. They have a loud speaker, too. Two hun-| |up and no meetings are in progress | |with regard to it, officials said in connection with the Alaska Rc-l sources study. | | | SOVIETS ARE BLUFFING, IS JAPAN'S VIEW WASHINGTON, June 2.—Charles i One of the reasons why the throng of war veterans at dedication of Canada’s war memorial in Ottawa went wild with enthusiasm for King George and Queen Elizabeth was her majesty’s charming smile, in evi- dence here as she shakes the hand of a veteran. Waving away guards and attendants, the royal visitors strolled into the crowd and personally made friends with their subjects. GOVERNOR TROY FLIES T0 BELL ISLAND RESORT | BTy Experts to Attempt to Drill Hole fo Release Im- Imprisoned Victims BULLETON—LONDON, June 2.—~The British Admiralty an- nounces late today that a strong tide has carried the submarine Thetis completely under water and forced tem- porary suspension of attempts to cut a hole in the stern, which was exposed, and also at- tempts to rescue 9 men en- tombed. i The Admiralty also issued a | statement that it is not clear why the use of the Davis es- cape method has been aban- | doned for the men left in the submarine. investigation tions spokesmen said temporary employees of the office ! and they expected two other psrsons | would be asked to “explain some | things.” They declined to name the [two employees who were dismissed but said investigation uncovered | “some inefficiencies which had to | BULLETIN—LONDON, June 2.-— | Thirty-three hours after the proud |new submarine Thetis went down |in the TIrish Sea, the British Ad- [mlmny announced that the hope of |saving the 90 men still trapped in the giant undersea craft is “great- |1y diminishing.” FOUR MEN ESCAPE BIRKENHEAD, England, June 2. —British Admiralty officials ex- pressed the belief this forenoon that |the Davis “lung” escape method has been abandoned to preserve the |air supply for 90 men still trapped laboard the new submarine Thetis | which, in a test dive yesterday, re- mained down. The submarine’s tail water at low tide. Four of the 94 men aboard the Thetis, when the sleek sub dived |into mud- and sand below 135 feet of water in the Irish Sea came to |the surface early today, trapped |with oxygen rescue masks, but (when no more men emerged by | mid-afternoon, several hours after |the last four of the escaped men came to the surface, the Admiralty |officials surmised that the system was suspended. Rescue efforts were speeded up outside of the sub as naval experts hurried preparations to cut holes in the fin-like tail of the Thetis, glinting above the surface, while the nose lay in the mud. It was hoped to cut holes above |the water at low tide and release ithe foul air and permit fresh air to is above Child Born Dead To Wife of Son 0f President BOSTON, Mass, June 2.—Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt revealed today ’Defending “of Outer Mon- Ms. Bender, Harry Wal- golia BordersNot Tak- | son Passengers Also j fo Behm Canal Gov. John W. Troy, with his daughter, Mrs. Robert Bender, and Secretary Harry G. Watson, left Juneau at noon today on the Ma- rine Airways plane of Pilot Alex en Seriously TOKYO, June 2.—The Japanese newspapers describe as a bluff the statement of Soviet Russia’s Foreign Commissar that the borders of Outer | Mongolia will be defended. | The Japanese newspapers inter- pret the speech of the Commissar as| an effort to weaken the Antic Montern pact. Wi G A NATIVES FLEE MOUNTAIN FIRE crater and incandescent lava stream- | now. The played this afternoon in the two ed over the crater’s lips. The eruption is causing no imme- diate concern for safety of those living near. —— . Spring Is Here: Curbs Bloom In Yellow Paint First brush strokes on the annual job of renewing yellow curb lines which mean “no parking” were taken today by Ted Elderman of the City Street Department. Before Elder- I man is through he will have daubed yellow paint on a mile or more of curbing. |dred members sitting Rev. James Shera Montgomery, the chaplain, rises. Like a miracle, there is quiet. He prays into the| | microphone: | | “Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts| by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit that we may perfectly love Thee and worthily magnify Thy Holy Name.” Bam, goes the gavel and a dozen spring forward. “Mr. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speak- | members Speaker, er” ONE-MINUTE “SPEECHES” They have speeches of their own | T (Continued on Page Seven) - ATPERRYVILLE Sole White Residents Wireless They Will Be Alone Tomorrow SEATTLE, June 2.—Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Johnson, sole white residents of volcano-menaced Perryville, wire- lessed today fear-stricken natives threatened to flee afoot if Mount Veniaminoff continued to erupt. “Tomorrow there will be only my- self and wife in the village,” Mr. Johnson said. Coast Guard cutter Morris steam- ed toward Perryville on patrol duty yesterday. |Holden for Bell Island Hot Springs. ‘The Governor will spend several weeks at the Behm Canal resort *|while the Mansion here is torn up | for renovation of plumbing and heating systems. Watson was to return today with Holden and Mrs. Bender plans to return to Juneau early next week. | Regional Forester B. Frank Heint- zleman was @ passenger on the that a child was born dead to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. John Roose- velt, the former Ann Clarke, wife of the youngest son of President be pumped in, and hope eventually \that one hole could be widened so ithe trapped men could be released | through it. Roosevelt. ‘The child arrived prematurely. Mrs. Roosevelt added that her son's wife is in good condition. The arrival of the baby was not ex- pected until next month. R e st THREE JAILED FOR ILLEGAL TRAPPING BEAVER AT CHITINA Arrested last week on charges of | illegal trapping of beaver, Joe Es-} |caldita, Ben Pete and (eorge Pete, |all of Chitina, were sentenced yes- terday to forfeit the skins and their DR. DAVID T0DD DIES; DREAM IS NOT FULFILLED {Astronomer Hoped fo Communicate with Mars During His Lifetime LYNCHBURG, Virginia, June 2.— Dr. David Todd, 84, outstanding as- {plane for Ketchikan, where he will | guns and serve 25 days in jail each, meet F. A. Silcox, Chief of the U. S. according to word received by the tronomer who hoped during his life- time to establish communication | Forest Service and conduct him on la tour of Southeast Alaska forests. DR. CARSWELL ON_ WAY HOME WITH MASTER'S DEGRE Dr. John A. Carswell, Territorial Epidemiologist, who has been at- for the past year to obtain a mas- ter's degree in public health, is a passenger on the North Sea, due here Tuesday. Mrs. Carswell is re- turning with him. tending the University of Toronto | with Mars, died here last night. Dr. Todd's nearest approach to his dream was a series of notable photo- graphs of Mars, 38,000,000 miles away, taken by a camera on the heights of the Andes Mountains. ————me MRS. BLOMGREN, JANE RETURNING TO JUNEAU | Alaska Game Commission from ‘Wlldllle Agent Clarence Rhode, - LOFTUS LEAVING Jules B. Loftus, Director of the Experimental Fur Farm at Peters- | burg, is leaving today on the North- \land to return to Petersburg after ;spendmg a week in Juncau. A Mrs. Birdie Blomgren, accompan- ied by her daughter, Miss Jane Blom- gren, left for Juneau this morning on the steamer North Sea. Mrs. bound for her on the steamer North | Blomgren has spent the winter in Sea which left Seattle this morn-|Seattle where Jane has been at- ing. Mrs. Sowerby spent the winter|tending business college. Mrs. Blom- months in the States and returns‘gren’s son, Gunnar, returned here | here for the summer. several days ago. | | MRS. SOWERBY COMING | Mrs. Isaac Sowerby, well known Juneau woman, is a passenger