The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE! “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV., NO. 8121. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS s oo PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA DEFENSE T BE STRENGTHENED 98 Trapped Aboard Sub, Given Up For Dead HOPE LOST FOR THOSE ON THETIS British Admiralty Issues Statement Late This Afternoon SALVAGE OPERATIONS ARE STILL UNDERWAY Near Disaster Threatened Attempted Raising of U. S. S. Squalus BULLETIN — BIRKENHEAD,, England, June 3. — Those trapped aboard the new Britisih submarine Thetis, now placed at 98 officers and men, staff construction men and navy ex- perts, are now given up for dead by the British Admiralty in an anncuncement made late today. The men are believed to have died from chlorine gas and frem seeping water. Salvage efforts are proceeding. l | Prince Proves Good Sailor 'PROGRAMFOR TAX REVISION ISSUBMITTED National Association of" Manufactures Makes Proposals BULLETIN WASHING- TON, June 3~The New York Board of Trade has acked Con- gress to breaden the inceme tax base and substitute a single tax for all present Federal and corporate income taxes to pro- mete recovery. WASHINGTON, June 3.—The Na- tional Association of Manufacturers The King’ has recommended to the House Ways | and Means Committee an eight point | program on tax revision to “put idle | | men, idle machinery and idle funds to work.” The plan includes a cut of surtax rates, abolish capital gains and loss- ies exempt corporate dividends ! to individuals from normal income tax, abolish undistributed earnings and combined profits and capital stock tax, and intercorporate divi- el s Men See Some Real Drill C{own Prince Olav of Norway, visiting in San Francisco, poses proudly with Clark Sweet, a fellow member of his crew, after sailing the six-metex sloop St. Francis, over a ten and one-half mile course on San Franciscao It is the greatest disaster in Bay %o a hair-bry submarine history. fornia Some Ti To Candidates INQUIRY DEMANDED LONDON, June 3.~—The British newspapers are demanding a most. thorough ‘inquiry into the Thetis disaster and ask why no rescue bell was available and why the Thetis was permitted to make a first test run unattended. The officials of Cammell, Laird, Ltd., builders of the Thetis, issued a statement stating they believed the 98 men aboard the trapped craft BOUNTY LAW IN NEAR DISASTER AT SQUALUS SALVAGING PORTSMOUTH, N. H, June 3.— Three Navy divers escaped unin- ps Are Handed Forth Buzzing for U. S. Presidency dth second place in race against three veteran Cali- skippers,_ WhoHaveBee | By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, June 3. — Re- maining a presidential candidate for |a whole year without getting too dends taxes, and life the ban on | consolidated returns on offsetting previous capital losses against cur- rent profits. MISSING BOY'S FATHER RAISES REWARDTO$500 Dragging of Harbor Gives No Clue fo Fafe of Japanese Lad After two days and three nights of fruitless search, the strange dis- appearance of nine year old Ted Great Britain’s famed band of Coldstream Guards, crack troop from Buckingham Palace, now at the | World’s Fair, meet New York’s celebrated Rockettes, whose precision dancing has won them the title of “West Pointers of the Theater.” The girls are wearing their coronation march costumes. PRESIDENT SIGNSBILL, NEW SHIPS Vessels Will Be Used Mak- ing Extensive Charfer, Survey of Coast DEMANDS ARE MADE BY TWO U. 5. DEPARTMENTS | Japanese Invasion of Fish- ing Grounds Also Caus- ed Hurry-up Plan - WASHINGTON, June 3. — President Roosevelt has signed legislation designed to strength- en National defense for Alaska toward the Orient and provid- ing $1,425,000 for construction of two Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey ships. The ships will expedite char- tering of waters and surveys asked for by both the Navy and Commerce Departments. | | | f Jjured and a fourth Navy diver was lost on the bottom of the ocean for a time yesterday as mishaps and disappointments marred the start | of the second week in salvage oper- atioins on the sunken United States EFFECT MONDAY, Wildlife Agents fo Identify | far out in front or too far behind Tanaka, Japanese boy, caused his is ticklish business, if done right,|father today to raise his offer of and a heap of mistakes can be made | $100 reward for information leading to the boy's finding to $500. en- before the 1940 national conve [ ThlE thernig palis. Aafliion- tions. shoremen, who turned out en masse submarine Squalus. | The salvage crew included some of those rescued by a diving bell. The navy men here expresses sympathy for the crew of the sunk- | en British submariine Thetis. - CITY STRIKES Pelts as Being Wolf or Coyote Alaska’s new wolf bounty law, re- quiring certification of claims by | wildlife Agents, goes into effect | Monday, with consequent changes lin the procedure of administration | of the act. J | Just now a candidate ‘with a “Von” as part of his name would be sunk before the start. “Van,” as in Senator Vandenberg, is no hand- cap, however. That is Dutch and they haven’t gone Nazi or Com- munist in Holland. Presidential candidates can still| kiss babies, with moderation. It is | good build up and keeps a man’s face in the papers—but the babies MUST be under 17. Senator Rey-| | i { to aid the police depaytment, drag- ged all the waters of the Upper City Float without success. ‘The missing boy had been report- ed seen at the float at ten o'clock Wednesday night, and it is believed possible he fell into the water. Chief of Police Dan Ralston again urged all who might have a clue to the boy’s whereabouts to contact the police immediately. Meanwhile, searching parties have FOOD SHORTAGE | IS THREATENED, NEW YORK CITY Fifteen Hundred Ware-? housemen Strike for Higher Wages NEW YORK, June 3.—A shortage | of vital foods is feared here as 1,500 | warehousemen struck today seeking a contract with a $56 weekly raise to $40 and also a vacation of two weeks each year, | ‘The strike has paralyzed the move- | ment of meat, butter, eggs, fruits and vegetables through 22 cold stor- age warehouses. The prediction is made that the World’s Fair will feel the shortage first through lack of frigid storage space for the countless restauran and variuos stands. SRS CHIEF JUSTICE Expedition Urged Now? Rear Admiral Byrd Ap-| pears at Hearing of Subcommittee WASHINGTON, June 3.—Rear | Admiral Byrd, conqueror of two | Poles, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee today that a Govern- ment expedition should be sent to HONEYMOONERS OF FAIRBANKS | FLYING SOUTH Married?fis Morning, Board Elecira for Con- finent Tour FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 3. —| Honeymooning on wings from the Golden Heart of Alaska to the San Francisco International Exposition and the New York World Fair, cir-| “impractical in this entire area during emergency and surveys are needed not only for the Navy but also for protection of merchant marine,” the spokes- man for the Navy and Com- merce Departments said. Japanese invasion of Alaskan fishing waters make the sur- veys vital to the Coast Guard which must keep Washington informed of their position. The main survey ship will be 1,500 tons and the auxiliary 250 tons. They are to be completed by 1941, cling the continent,.John Vlahovic and Barbara Woodward were mar- ried here this morning and left for Juneau aboard a PAA Electra. | the Antarctic continent next fall to protect the United States’ rights. Vlahovic is a member of the Fair- banks News-Miner staff and his | | U. S._Navy fo ;“5 Be Increased President Roosevelt asked Con- gress last week to appropriate $340,- | 000 for an expedition under the| direction of Dr. Ernes Gruening,! Director of the Interior Department’s Territorial Division. After the facts in the issue were | plainly stated by Byrd, hte Sub-|c. Woodward of this city. committee approved the President’s ! request. .- | |bride is on the staff of the Pirst| National Bank of Fairbanks. Mrs. Viahovie, born and reared in Fafrbanks, a graduate of local| schools and the Univetrsity of Al- aska, has never been Outside, She is the daughter of Mrs. Harry Immediately Construction of Two 45,- 000-ton Warships Re- flects Senfiment Vilahovic is a former member of the staff of the Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer and previously with the Sedro-Woolley Courier Times, NEw SNAG AT Passed by the Legislature two|nolds of North Carolina isn't a compeq all surrounding brush areas | 1 8 i YEAR & 0lD months ago, the new bounty law|presidential candidate—unless very‘and the Douglas Boy Scoul | leaves the payment for kifling wolf | recently—but a couple of years back | sompedq beaches in their vicinity, | - - WASHINGTON, June 3. — The HUGHES IS ILL | |and coyote the same as before, $20 but changes the method of claiming the bounty. The claimant must first sign an affidavit stating when and where the wolf or coyote was taken, that no poison or other illegal means was BOAT HARBOR New $10,000 Rock Bulk- head: Needed fo Hold Dredging Spoils Confronted by the problem of whether the City should spend $10,- no bounty has yet been paid on the claim. Acquaintance Must Sign used in securing the pelt and that| 000 for another rock bulkhead near the small boat harbor in order to retain dirt dredged from the basin, the City Council was in a quandary last night, and still is today. Through M. J. Rogers, Civilian Signature of a witness, an adult resident of the Territory who is per- i sonally acquainted with the claim- ant, is also required to a statement | that he believes the statements set | forth in the claim are true. he kissed the late Jean Harlow fm‘; but no trace of the boy has been { publicity purposes. North Carolina | ¢ounqg, BRITISH TOLD T0 STOP TRADE WITH KAI SHEK it during the campaign, but they | didn’t quite toss him out of thei Senate. A candidate can do well for him-| self on a public issue but it ought to have a lasting flayor. | Foreign affairs are risky and the President always has most of the| | aces in that game. Vandenberg, a | Republican entry, and Senator Clark | of Missouri, a Democrat, have gone | 1100 percent isolationist. That is| taking the long chance. { Japanese Demand Cessa- tion of War Mater- Justl Engineer who supervised work at the | Both claimant and witness must harbor, the War Department asked | personally appear before an officer assurance that the City would be qualified to acknowledge oaths and able to take cais of dredging spoils |swear to the affidavits, the officer if the contract is awarded for a suc- | then signing the affidavit and at- tion dredge job, as the City request- | taching his seal. Anybody being pro-English now is likely to make enemies of a| lot of German and Irish stock in this country—to be pro-German is to be considered a Nazi. | YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD ials Shipments SHANGHAI, June 3. — Japanese Naval authorities have served no- tice to all nationalities through a note to the British that “we are ed, instead of a bucket dredge job. | Filling of tideland area enclosed by the new City rock wall at the rear of the harbor will require only about one-third of the material which is to be dredged from the basin, Rogers said. Before award- ing the contract to a suction dredge company the Army Engineers must have assurance, he said, that the City will have a place to put the rest of the dirt. Wherever it is put, a new rock wall will be necessary to retain it. Wall Costly To build a wall to the north of the harbor will cost about $10,000, City Engineer Milton Lagergren said, Officers authorized by the act to | administer oaths on bounty claims are U. S. Commissioners, U. S. Post- masters, Assistant Postmasters and | Notaries Public. Supplies of the new affidavit claim forms have been mailed by Territorial Treasurer Os- car G. Olson to such officers. The Commissioner, Postmaster or | Notary does not detach the ulna and radius bones from the pelt as he did under the old law. The im~ | portant change in the law is con- | tained in the following sections: Certification “It shall be the duty of any per- | son claiming payment of bounty un- der this act to present the affidavit léainflnued on Page Three) (Continued on page Six) 7 Ameri- |unable to tolerate a third powe cag‘estfg:t.tgz Ifiogfgen;‘)gcnme.}tmde with China of a kind calcu- against entangling alliances, for a‘}aled to assist Chiang Kai Shek Navy second to none and an Army |in his war resistance.” |and air corps strong enough to| The note cited a long list of al- | protect the American fireside. Pro- |leged instances in recent months {tect American interests every- when British ships have gone to | where but assure that not one drop |China carrying war maferials, and of American soldier blood shall be demanded cessation of such trade. spilt on foreign soil. | — e There are contradictions in that, | BANKER STOPS HERE but if a presidential candidate,| can't get around them he isn't| william Bates, Ketchikan banker, clever enough to be President any-| arrived in Juneau yesterday eve- way, ning aboard a Marine Airways plane On domestic affairs, cut the bud-| piloted by Alex Holden. get to the bone, oust the Bureau-| A guest at the Baranof Hotel, crats, but discharge not a single de- | Bates plans to spend a few days T e e R ame [ Juneau on business. (Continued on Page Seven) . INWASHINGTON 'Will Nof Be Able fo Assist| in Welcoming Brit- ish Majesties WASHINGTON, June 3.—Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes of the Supreme Court of the United States, is suffering from a duodenal ulcer but it is officially stated his condi- tion is such that there is no doubt of his ultimate recovery. However, the Court's Press Rel: tions Department makes a public statement that the Chief Justice will not be able to assist in welcoming the British Majesties as he will still | be in bed next week. | | [ [ | GIRL STEALS BABE, WEEPS Tries fo Force Lover fo Marry Her with Stol- en Child Navy's action in ordering two of four ‘warships immediately, thus lopping months off the time ordin- arily required to build them, appears to reflect official concern over Ja=- pan’s mounting Navy. Assistant Secretary of Navy Charles Edison, announcing a $350,« 000,000 order for the warships, ex- pressed the belief that Japan has already shortened the 5-5-3 defunct treaty ratio to 5-4 and then said: BRITISH, FRENCH ALLIANCE ISSUE | IS STILL HOT ONE Japan Throws Bombshell Info International Situation (By Associated Press) Although iternationkl political PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 3.—| |Miss Beatrfce Wood, 18, is being held here without bail after a |hearing at which she wept, that she 'didn’'t mean to steal five-months | “Even with our ten year building program we will not be able to re- store the 5-5-3 ratio in all categories and the total tonnage of Japan and Great Britain has been increasing year by year while the United States old Gerald McCrohan from his per- ambulator. The girl used the baby to pose | him as her own dead child to in- duce Frederick Bauers, 23, to marry her. Bauers, who was released, was issues paled before the efforts to 4 raise the British submarine Thetis, ::‘:.l“ff’en idle on a building pro- signs of strength appeared for the | 2 British-French alliance (0day. | 45000 tons ;w:;;}c':&,“ bt b French officials are not saying L much but it is said that Turkey,| partner of Great Britain in a mutual | assistance pact, might mediate in LAYMAN NAMED AS CHURCH HEAD CLEVELAND, June 3.—A layman, Dr. S8am Higginbottom, 64, has been elected moderator of the Presby- terian Church in the US.A. and its two million members. Dr. Higgenbottom, who makes his home nominally in Cleveland, al- though he has spent most of the |last 36 years as a missionary in India, was chosen by the church’s, |annual assembly, 4 |taken Thursday by police when he iwas found on a park bench wil {the baby. | differences between Russia and | France and Great Britain. A Japanese source also threw a | bombshell into the European situa- Sir Philip Sasson i e Passes Away, London are discussing details of military alliances with Germany and Italy. Great Britain today started reg- : istering 20 - year - olds for military | training service, the first peacetime conscription in England’s history. e eee In a 321 mile race from Appeldern, Holland, to Berlin, a German racing pigeon averaged a speed of 60 miles an hour. D LONDON, June 3.—8ir Philip Sas- son, 50, one of Great Britain’s rich- ‘;est men, and former Undersecretary | of Air, is dead. Sir Philip Sasson’s interests ex- | tended from International trade to art collections, He was once Sec- retary to Marshal Haig LABOR AVAILABLE FOR MINE CLAIM ASSESSMENT WORK Trained men to do annual as- sessment work on mining claims can be supplied by the Territorial Employment Service, Director Jo= seph T. Flakne reminded claim holders today. Notice was received from Wash- . ington recently that no relief from assessment work would be voted this year. The $100 worth of labor on each claim must be performed be- fore July 1. .