The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 5, 1939, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” era—— VOL. LIV., NO. 8122. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPAN BLOCKS NEUTRALS LEAVING CHINA HAGUE LAW Dog Guards “Babes tn Woods JUNKEDBY | HIGH COURT Jersey City Can't Inferfere with Meetings of (l0 Men PRICE-FIXING ON MILK WINS, 5-4 Still Subject to * Ratification WASHINGTON, June 5. — The United States Supreme Court ruled today that Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City had violated the con- stitutional right of free assemblage in interfering wtih CIO meetings. The high tribunal held unconsti- tutional a Jersey City ordinance au- thorizing the Director of Public Safety to prohibit public meetings in streets or parke for the purpose of preventing “riots, disturbances, or disorderly conduct.” In a second major decision Jus- tices divided five to four to hold constitutional the Roosevelt Admin- istration’s attempt to stabilize the milk industry by fixing minimum prices equalizing the amount paid producers. Five To Two The Hague decision was five to two, with Justices McReynolds and Butler dissenting. Chief Justice Hughes was absent because of illness but Justice Stone read for him a decision that the pending constiutional amendment to aboilish child labor was still subject to ratification even by States which previously rejected it. The child labor opinion cleared the docket of cases argued and ready for decision. Court In Adjournment ‘The Court then adjourned until| October. i In the Hague case Justices Rob-| erts and Black delivered one opin- | ion Justices Stone and Reed an- other, with Chief Justice Hughes delivering a concurring opinion. Roberts said in his opinion mem- bers of the CIO could “hold meet- ings without permit and without regard to the terms of the void ordinance.” THIRTY-TWO ARE BURNED TO DEATH "IN VILLAGE FIRE Flames Break Out in| Movie Theatre, Then Quick Spread MEXICO CITY, June 5. — With 32 known dead, workers prodded through ashes of nearly 100 houses of the village of Zacatepec, Morelos State, seeking more victims of the fire which started Saturday night in a movie theatre. Forty-two persons were seriously injured and they were brought 90 miles to Mexico City for treatment. Survivors said the fire started in the projection room of the movie theatre when a spectator’s cigar- ette ignited a rtoll of film. The flames destroyed the movie and spread quickly to adjoining houses with disastrous results. Prisoner Freed io Take Police Test NEW YORK, June 5.—Charged | with burglary and grand larc,em" in the theft of seven violins valued at $200, Harry Siegel, 26, asked that his bail be reduced from $2500 to $1,000 so he could get out of Tombs prison. A judge granted the request. Siegel said he wanted to get out to take a civil service examination for a job as city patrolman. — e DIVORCE CASE Suit for divorce was entered in District Court here today by How- ard W. Moebus versus Margaret Moebus on the grounds of deser- tion. b ) | l l FULL PROBE ORDERED IN THETIS DIVE [Chamberlain Gives Defails. of Submarine Disaster Before Commons 99 PERISH UNDER | 130 FEET OF WATER ‘ - ‘Two Compariments of Ship Flooded Through Torpedo Tube | | | | } LONDON, June Prime Minis~ ter Neville Chamberlain told the Doctors Explain Their Latest: Frozen Sleep | | | S ALt i AT A n of hopeless cancer sufferers was demonstrated by Dr. Lawrence i tion as means of relieving pai e ot s and Dr. Temple Fay (right), also of the university, at the conven- House of Commons today a full pub- W. Smith (left) of Temple University, ARMY TAKES NEW STAND, WARREGION Believed fo Be in Refalia- tion fo Action of U. S. Gunboats HANKOW, June 5. — The Japanese Army has blocked ef- forts of neutrals to leave this Japanese occupied city for Shanghai aboard two British Yangtze River steamers. The Japanese army's stand is alleged t obe in retaliation of the recent action; of two American gunboats taking a group of neutrals, including the Soviet Russian Embassy offic- ials, to Shanghai. TROUBLE LOOMING SHANGHALI, June 5. — Japanese Louis. Photo, right, shows the bedside refrigeration method. lic inquiry would be held on the duced to about eighty-nine degrees, causing kidneys, bowels 0 tion of American Medical Association in St. Thetis disaster in which 99 per= The internal body temperature of patient is re dispatches from Northwestern Man- While 300 men combed the north Idaho woods near Coeur d’Alene and three airplanes circled overhead in the search for Bobby Mitchem, 6, and his sister, Patty, 5. they were being guarded by their faithful dog, who stayed with them all night and refused {o leave until a friend of the children’s family arrived. The children are shown with their dog. GADDING PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT WANTS JOB FOR TWO MORE YEARS By PRESTON GROVER GERMAN JEwlSH WASHINGTON, June 5—When REFUGEES BARRED you need to take your mind off the world’s troubles, pick up your daily Over Nine Hundred on | ished. | The Premier, in what he called a full account of the submarine dis- aster as far as the details are known, declared that two forward com- partments of the submarine were flooded through the torpedo tube \when it was found impossible to lclose a watertight door behind the first compartment. He said flooding was restricted to the second compartment. The main ballast tank was emptied but the sub continued to dive and struck bottom in about 120 feet of water off Liverpool bay. The impact destroyed signaling apparatus, making it impossible for the submarine to communicate with surface vessels. A marker buoy was released and Chamberlain said smoke floats were sent up but they were not observed by the escorting tug which was with the Thetis when the tragic dive oc- curred at 3:40 a.m. (Juneau time) Thursday. ‘The Prime Minister disclosed that after the Thetis was located she and other digestive org: | FIGHTS FOES AND HUNGER Siruggle Under Way with Political, Economic Encirclement BERLIN, June 5.—By the word |of Hitler and his Agriculture Min- ister, Germany is engaged in a struggle against both political and economic encirclement, fighting was lost for nearly 16 hours, pre- | 1irst with military rearmament and sumably Saturday when her mark- |Second with efforts toward self- ing buoy was cut away by the|Sufficiency. slipping of a wire around the hulk | Cheered by more than 300,000, | for rescue purposes. He said the|Hitler told a meeting of war vet-| wire slipped the wrong way. erans yesterday that “if the Eng-| - -ee lish encirclement policy remains | what it was in 1914 it must be ob-| served Germany has a defense poli- | 1('V fundamentally altered since that| date.” ans to suspend operations. ¥ ¥ victims were reported materially relieved. NAZI REICH Adjournment Patient goes to slee; OfCongress Is Uncertain Leaders M ake Report fo Roosevelt-July 15 Is Tentative Date WASHINGTON, June 5. — Con- reported today they are unable to forecast defin- itely for President Roosevelt when songress will adjourn as a result of the status of the Congressional cal- endar, The President last week indicat- ed that the adjowrnment of Con- gress would determine would leave on a trip to the Pacific Coast and possibly to Juneau, Al- aska, on June 15, or postpone it un- gressional leaders whether he | choukuo indicate that resumption of | hostilities is imminent on the bosder between that of the Japanese dom- — [inated state and the Soviet Russia | dominated Outer Mongolia. |~ Advices received here said the p for couple days, Many cancer | forces of both sides are reforming CANDIDATE SQVIET NOTE 1) HIGH HONOR S5 GIVEN TO Will Seek Presidential Nomination Next Year, | TWOPOWERS His Friends Report Brifish, French Must Con- Y‘vfxs}fm«,c:o;" ju",]f-?;h-‘mmt sult Toge“lef Before wake of word tha ce-Presiden Reply IS Made John Nance Garner would seek the Democratic Presidential nomination | LONDON, June 5. — Premier | Chamberlain told the House of in 1940, New Dealers took the atti- tude of waiting to see what "he‘commom; today that the latest So- President_does. | viet note, received Sunday, would Roosevelt supporters professed to require consideration before any have no information whether he lzltflwgent ;oulddbg ?‘:ie r:fnr:m’: - . .| the ench an ritish effor will seek a third uflm.\ .nm.i ‘lhey. ar | bring Russia within the mutual & gued that until he discloses his in-| gistance framework. ) tentions, it is futile to talk uboub{ Informed circles said the note has other candidates. | been addressed jointly to Great paper, look for a Manila dateline and you are almost certain to find Liner Are Kept Aboard Ship-Returning something diverting. Currently you will find Presi- dent Manuel Quezon (call it kay- NEW YORK, June 5—The Ger- man liner St. Louis with 907 Jew- ish refugees aboard, is proceeding |zon) suggesting mildly that if hard {pressed he will consent to an back to Hamburg after an aimless cruise in Caribbean Sea |amendment of the constitution so which started of Cuba ordered the St. Louis out of Havana Harbor. The St. Louis was sighted this afternoon by the Coast Guard mov- ing slowly past Fort Lauderdale. PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL HAVANA, June 5—President Bru | issued a qualified permission to the wandering German Jewish refugees aboard the St. Louis to_land in Cuba if they agreed to Pine and stay only temporarily. Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 5. — Closing quotation of American Can stock today is 93'¢, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 24%, hem Steel 584, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 441, Kennecott 212, New York Central 15%, Nor- thern Pacific 87%, United States Steel 49, Pound $4.68%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 137.06, rails 27.99, utilities 23.46. >r——— Parted Since 1894, Man Seeks Divorce NEW BRITAIN, Conn. June5.— Henry L. Hansen thinks it’s about time he got a divorce. Piling suit today, Hansen said he and his wife had been separated since 1894, the year after they were married in Jersey City, N. J. waters | when the President | ve in a | concentration camp on the Isles of | Bethle- | | he can serve eight years instead of | his present limit of six. { “OUnder no circumstances,” he | said, “would I be willing to serve {more than eight years altogether, | counting from the date of my in- auguration.” Washington regards Quezon as one of the most astute diplomats ever to come from the Orient, and practically no diplomat has come from the Orient quite so often. On his last visit here about two years ago, a studious news writer com- puted that it was his thirtieth trip to the United States. Allowing a minimum of seven weeks on the [ Paeific for each round trip, that adds up to 210 weeks or approxi- mately four years spent on the ocean, traveling 600,000 miles. THE LONG WAY HOME In addition to that, Quezon often | goes back to Manila the long way around, by crossing the Atlantic, Europe and the Indian Ocean. He comes in style. His last en- | tourage included 78 major and minor personages, not to mention a few odds and ends of attendants knows how to clip his hair so no gray will show. mately six months away from home, principally seeking to ar- range a sugar agreement more prof- itable for the Philippines. American sugar interests concede that he has done well for the islands in that respect. In the United States his protocol officers always are at a standstill disagreement with the State De- partment over how many guns will be fired in his honor. As the U. S. officials see it, he is midway be- tween a governor who gets 17 guns and a ruling sovereign who gets 21 guns. He gets 19. It is a point of annoyance on both sides. He gets 19 guns here but on a visit to Mex- ico he was given 21 guns. KEEPS UP FRONT In spite of, or because of his flair for show, he has remained number one public figure in the Philippines almost ever since he was able to vote. He is a lawyer, speaks pol- (Continued ti);er;écfii“;ur) such as his private barber who' On that visit he spent approxi- | ——-—to 7.60 and 550 cents a pound. til later in the summer. Speaker Bankhead told the news- men, after Congressional leaders held the weekly conference with the President, that it is “impossible” to foretell when Congress might get through. Speaker Bankhead suggested July 15 as a tentative date for adjourning but this depends chiefly on neu- FORMER JUDGE, CIRCUIT COURT, FOUND GUILTY |Many of Three Thousand b | @ ¢ ASKS pRopER‘I’Y Hitler said he was not impressed : by threats for any side. Agricultural Minister Walter Darre said economic encirclement should be regarded just as serious | Bergdoll Wants Seized Be- longings Refurned- Open Brewery as political encirclement. NEW YORK, June 5.—Professedly | D NGETAXES | eager to do his bit toward relieving 0 CHA | ‘9 HALIBUTERS (; brewery in Philadelphia and start Adminisfration three or their five children, visited plied to the Alien Property curtod- | tration has a “duty” to make any | NEW YORK, June 5—Re-exam- system may be operating against|Deared probable as the result of Hanes endorsed in full Secretary| Manton was convicted Saturday SEATTLE, June 5.—Halibuters ar- | ommendations, including the re-| | tion for a new trial. IF NECESSARY TO unemployment, Grover Cleveland ASSISI BUSI“ESS | Bergdoll, World War slacker, who T is a military prisoner on Governor's Island, wants to reopen the tamity| nder Secrefary of Treas-| a building project on the property ury Says " ls Du'y o' he owns there. This is the announcement made here by Bergdoll's wife who with & the draft dodger yesterday. HXfafiffl‘gg.efineo?.T— John Cases in 21 Years May Berdgdoll, who returned to this | . Ciidet Sacretary of TTAAMIEY. i country May 25, after a sell-impost'(; |told the House Ways and Means Now Be Rewewed |19-year- exile in Germany, has ap- | Committee today that the Adminis- ian for return of $500,000 worth of | taX changes it might be necessary ination of many of the 3,000 cases property seized by the Government | t0 Stimulate business. which, Marin’ Manton decided in when he fled in 1919. Hanes, a former Wall Street brok- | more than 21 years as United er, said: “Wherever we find the tax | States District Judge, today ap- | necessary incentive and interferring his conviction for selling justice. ‘with business, it is legitimate, it| Reviews have already been asked | seems to me, that it is our duty to | five cases in which Manton act- SEll SEA'I"".E | correct the situation.” ed. 7 | ¢ | of Treasury Morgenthau's tax rec- | Might. He and his convicted co-con- spirator, George M. Spector, are Jia- moval of “tax frritents, such as the | bie to prisen terms of two years and fines of $10,000. Both men are free on bond as | thtey await hearing on their mo- | D | rour riers | { | i | ‘riving and selling here today are |as follows: 2 | undistributed profits tax and capital; From the Western banks—Repub- | stock excess profits taxes.” lic 40,000 pounds, 7' and 7% cents | iR a pound; Seymour 40,000 pound\.‘( A 7% and 7% cents. | From the local banks—Irene J| ’oss ppea" 115,000 pounds, Alma 11,000 pounds. | [ MOOR |Myrtle 7,000 pounds, all for 8 and 2 o 4 cents; Ideal 16,000 pounds, Su-| Du"ng lasl "'gh' perior 13,000 pounds, Flint 16,000 pounds, all for 77% and 6% (wnl.s:‘ Wireless 18,000 pounds, 8% and 6': | Moon gazers during last cents. | night, saw a most unusual phe- | momenon, Across the face of the moon was a most distinct cross, bright in the center and fading to lighter shades at the ends. RUPERT PRICES At Prince Rupert today 231,000 pounds of halibut were sold at 7 SINGAPORE, June 5. — Four Royal Air Force fliers were killed and two others hurt yesterday when a flying boat crashed in taking off for a routine training flight. ) Friends of Vice-President Garner | disclosed Saturday that he has de- cided to let his name go before the convention even if the President should seek renomination. s s Marine Picket Line Prevents (argg!anded Seiners Acfive at Kefchi- kan in Protest to Can- nery Fish Traps KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 5.— The North Sea sailed south this morning unable to discharge cargo |at the Beagle Packing Company | dock because of a marine picket| line by the Alaska Purse Seiners | Union consisting of several boats. The ship docked at the wharf buc‘ the sailors refused to handle the! cargo unless on instructions from Seattle headquarters which had not arrived when the captain decided to continue his voyage south. Southbound cargo, other than can- | nery, was discharged at the public |dock with no interference by the seiners. The Denali loaded cannery cargo, consisting of wire, from the public dock Sunday morning. The seiners are picketing the canneries because Southeast Alaska canneries refuse to agree to elim- inate certain fish traps, said George ‘Weiss, unfon agent. | 1 ROPE TRICK TELEVISED LONDON. — Champion spaghetti- eater of London is Natale Manzi, whose dexterity with the ropy deli- | Britain and France and therefore required consultation between the two Powers before any answer could be drafted. THREE CHANGES IN REGULATIONS, ALASKA FiSHING New Supplementary Ord- ers Affect Herring and Gillnet Fishing Three supplementary regulations promulgated Friday by Acting Sec- retary of Commerce Johnson were announced today by the Bureau of Fisheries. Don Haley, Warden in charge of the Juneau office, said the changes were as follows: Section 14 revoked, removing pro- hibition against gill nets in certain waters of Alaska Peninsula area. Section 1, Herring regulations in Aleutian Islands area amended to prohibit herring fishing from Jan- uary 1 to June 15 and November 1 to December 31, same as last year. Under a new regulation this year the season was to have been closed un- til June 31, but is now opened June 15. 5 Herring regulations in Prince Wil- liam Sound area amended to pro- hibit herring fishnig within one mile of Tatitlek Village. (CC WORKER SUCCUMBS TO ACUTE HEART ATTACK Earl Williams, CCC worker, who had been a patient at St. Ann's Hospital for the past ten days, passed away at 9 o'clock last eve- ning as the result of an acute heart attack. 4 Mr. Williams was 52 years of age cacy was televised for the benefit and amusement of those less dex- terous. and the remains were taken to the Charles W. Carter Mortuary, pend- ing funeral arrangements.