The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1939. e e - 2 VOL. LIV., NO. 8130. ARREST IS MADE IN ALASKA FIRE CASE King, President at Capitol JAPAN NOW Capital Gives George, Elizabeth Roy FIRST SHIPS REACH NOME Pilot Jack Jefford, in Air- plane, Guides Vessels Through lce PASSENGERS FEEL FINE ot AFTER 15 DAYS AT SEA ' Resiaurants,—SIores Short of Food-No Hotel Ac- commodations NOME, Alaska, S e P Y June 14.—Pilot | Jack Jefford, flying a fast Lockheed . plane of the Mirow Air Service of . Nome, returned here at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after assisting the steamer Columbia and freighter Sutherland of the Alaska Steamship Company through 25 miles of heavy jce, 90 miles southeast of Nome. Once in open water and free of the ice, the two ships made fast time to Nome, the Columbia, with over 450 passengers aboard, arriving in the lighterage area in front of Nome at 10 o'clock last night and the Suth- erland arriving at 11 o'clock No news has been received here of the freighter El Capitan nor of BLOCKADING BRITISHERS Concession at Tientsin Is Reported as Being Surrounded MAJOR LAWE IS SAID TO BE UNDER ARREST, Nippon Authorities Still Demand Surrender of Four Chinese SHANGHAI, June 14.—The Jap- anese forces today began the block- ade on the British concession at Tientsin after failure of the confer- ence proposal One British officer, Major E. L. Lawe, has been arrested aboard a steamer. " Concession firms have been re- fused communications with the out- side. It is not certain whether the blockade applies to food. The trouble started when the Brit- MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e v ——— | | ish authorities refused to surrender four Chinese accused of killing a Japanese. The British proposed a commis- & al Welcome . RICE TAKEN * "IN CUSTODY, CALIFORNIA Bluff Bay Plant Conflagra- tion Aftermath-U. S, - Marshal Ads Charged with arson in connec- tion with the burning two years ago of the $100,000 fish reduction | plant of the Red Bluff Bay Fisher- {1es, Inc,, on Baranof Island, Harold E. Rice, 27, was arrested yesterday !at Martinez, California, by U..8. Marshal William T. Mahoney. | Rice, said by Assistant U. 8. At= torney George W. Folta Lo be re- |lated by marriage to the President of the Red Bluff company, will be | brought back to Juneau to stand trial on the charge. The young man, who was in |charge of the herring fish, meal and oil plant on August 13, 1037, * when the fire occurred, was in- dicted secretly by the Grand Jury at Ketchikan recently, Folta dis- closed today. FBI On Case His arrest was the result of ex: tensive investigation into the case | by insurance underwriters and sthe | Federal Bureau of Investigation. According to Folta, the Red Bluff | company has collected $45.000 in |insurance on the Red Bluff Bay the Coast Guard Cutter Duane. Fresh water is running low aboard the Columbia and a supply will be taken aboard while here. i The dome of the capitol of ti precedented scene: A British monas States, side by side. It was the fi United States looked down on an un- sion, with a neutral chairman, to decide the issue but the Japanese | rejected this. i rch and the President of the United rst time a British ruler had visited MEDIATION REJECTED i - Preceded by rumbling tanks and flanked by heavily armed secret service men and motorcycle policemen, the automobiles bearing President Roosevelt and King George VI of England, and Mrs. Roosevelt and Queen Elizabeth, are shown as they moved along Constitution Avenue, Washington, D. C., where for two miles, behind steel cables and back of marines and soldiers some 400,000 persons shouted a welcome to the royal property and would have collected more if all claims had been allowed. The fire occurred, Folta said, the day after the company had shipped* Passengers 15 Days at Sea The passengers reported they were in good humor but glad to get ashore after 15 days at sea from Seattle. The Nome harbor and sea is clear of ice and the sun shining made a perfect setting for the tugs and lighters of the Lomen Commercial Company which were all ready for the transfer of the passengers and freight from the Columbia to shore. There is 24 hours of daylight here now. Serenaded by Band At 11 o'clock last night the Nome this nation. as it passed the historic structure. Congress and employees. In for stand at attention. The auto, bearing the King and the President, is shown On capitol steps are members of eground: Sailors from Navy Yard JEWISH REFUGEES ABOARD * GERMAN LINER, BARRED AT TIENTSIN, June 1l4.—Japanese officials rejected the British media- {tion attempts and incidentally wid- 'ened their demands on the British. While the Japanese gendarmes, aided by Chinese police, blockaded both the British and French Con- cessions, approximately 120,000 per- sons in the two Concessions were immediately cut off from all sup- plies. 4 The Japanese Military takes the position that the refusal of the Brass band boarded a lighter and' went out and welcomed the passen- | gers Restaurants and grocery stores are out of almost all varieties of food and the freight is being dis- tributed today. There are no hotel accommoda- tions for the incoming passengers CUBA, ARE TO FIND HAVEN British to hand over four Chinese for the alleged slaying of a Tient- sin official is cause for the block- |ade. ¥ | Demands Broadened PARIS, June l4—France, ENg-| qne japanese authorities go still land, The Netherlands and Bel-| g ther and insist that surrender- gium have agreed to give Llemporary jng of the four Chinese will not haven to 907 Jewish refugees aboard | completely settle the existing “in- | couple. In the distance is the capitol. ‘J:;afhésé‘Véssels Near Sitka Region May Be Halibuters PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., June 1 —Two or three good sized Japan- ese manned vessels of Canadian registry, are known to be halibuting in area No. 2 off the Alaska coast and these may be the craft report- ed by troliers as in Kalinen Bay. |, wharf at 7 o'clock Friday morn- north of Sitka said to be taking|jng gightseeing trips, both forenoon salmon and making soundings. It is believed here the vessels and airplanes will fly day and night to take the mining people to the mining camps in the outlying sec- tions, MRS. ROOSEVELT 10 COME NORTH IF F. D. R. DOES First Lady mes fo Know Alaska Better, She Tells Miss Lisette Riggs Battling At Flinf 'Rivals Confinue Fighting | for Rights atBargain- ing Agency FLINT, Michigan, June 14.—Rival unionists are still at large over the strike on the General Motors’ plants. The rivals slugged each other this the German Liner St. Louis thus preventing their return to Germany | | after being denied entrance to Cuba because they lacked legal permits. Each refugee is under a $500 bond guaranteeing against becoming a | public charge. | The bonds are provided by the | American Joint Distribution Refu- gee Committee. Most of the refugees expect even- tually to enter the United States | under the immigration quotas. | e, TVALOSES | cident.” The Japanese have advanced five very broad demands which it is said may be the only way out of the present dispute. The demands are as follows: First—The British must discon- tinue protection of anti-Japanese Communistic elentents. Second—The British must cease supporting Chinese currency. Third—The British must cease hoarding goods in Tientsin. Fourth—The British must cease using unregistered radio stations in (Continued on Page Two) By LISETTE RIGGS Washington Correspondent, Daily |rushed in and separated the com- { morning again -before the police | Alaska Empire WASHINGTON, June 7.—(Special Correspondence) — The First Lady, Mrs. Frank D. Roosevelt, wants to know Alaska better. So she told the batants. Several unionists were injured and three were taken to hospitals. Recognition for bargaining rights is the cause of the strike. | Daily Alaska Empire correspondent | at her last press conference, adding that she was glad to have a repre- sentative from the Territory. That Mrs. Roosevelt may have a chance to discover Alaska very soon is likely—although when question- ed, she said laughingly that she ‘Government Seizes’ Baggage of Marlene Deirich in N. Y. C. BIG FIGHT "CZECH LEGION" IS NOW CAUSING OFFICIAL STIR Chief of German Police, Suddenly Reaches | Prague ~ INHOUSE ‘Measure Passed Limiting . Future Operations-May- | be Measure Killed WASHINGTON, June TVA, Tennessee Valley PRAGUE, June 14. Henricn have been forced to the bay be- cause of weather or mechanical trouble. RICKETTS T0 BE TRANSFERRED T0 VIRGINIA CUTTER Commander of Haida Is | Leaving Juneau for Sebago at Norfolk Lieut.-Commander Noble G. Rick- tts, commanding officer of the U. S. | Coast Guard cutter Haida for the past three years, is to be transferred | to the cutter Sebago at Norfolk, Vir- ginia, according to a message re- | ceived today by the Collector of Cus- | toms here from the Haida, now at Kanakanak in the annual court cruise, The message did not say when the | transfer was to be effective or who| Ricketts’ successor on the Haida, might be. | course of its | | | | | | { No Chariber | Of Commerce Tomorrow Noon There will be no noonday lunch- eon meeting of the Juneau Cham- 4, | ber of Commerce tomorrow as the reception and salmon luncheon to be given the NEA delegation on Fri- | day is taking its place. The committee on arrangements | for the NEA affair are busy with | plans which include a welcome at| and afternoon, visit to the Alaska Juneau and the salmon luncheon. | jout its entire pack for the 1937 | season. The big plant was almost " |entirely destroyed. - Red Bluff* Bay -is on the. emsi BABY lS Smm |shore of Baranof Island, located on |Chatham Strait about half way FROM HIS (RIB- | between Peril Strait and Port Alex- y |ander. BODY Is Fou“D' ‘The United States has a witness, i an employee of the plant, who saw | agpre Rice break the water main leading Ten Weeks' Old Child Dis- 5,2 ot and i saw i laying fires and pouring kerosene Seen Laying Fire | L. Myers announced that the body of | | | appears During Night —Search Is Made CLYDE, Ohio, June 14.—Sheriff H. | | Haldon Fink, ten weeks old, stolen from his crib last night, has been around the plant, according to Folta. “We haven't got him actually striking the match, but we've got just about everything else,” Folta said. 1940 RELIEF MEASURE IS - GIVENHOUSE Over Billio]?)ollars Re-! quested for WPA by President found in a creek on the George Thomsen farm, seven miles west of Clyde. The baby was snatched from a crib | —— while the mother was absent. The STI ll o“ I““ baby was asleep in the crib in a street level room at the home of the | (ouRI HEM to a neighbor and when they re- turned an hour later, the baby was have the infant All-Night Search Hearing on tife picketing injunc- sheriffs who sighted the body, down-|ti0 case was still dragging along grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Oran| | o missing. An alarm was immediately Hean“g on Shlpowner Ap- The finding of the body ended an | lin District Court here late this Baker. The latter left their home | sounded when it was learned, that | . . . plication for Injunc- all-night, search. at 10 o'clock las tnight for a visit| the mother, Mrs. Irvin Fink, did not tion Nearly Over The find was made by two deputy | WASHINGTON, June 14. — The 11940 Relief Appropriation, carrying| a full billion four hundred and seven | million dollars, has been presented and asked for by President Roose-| velt for the WPA, but recommending | substitution for a three man board | for the WPA Adminsitrator. stream, as they stopped on a bridge over the creek. The baby’s mouth was slightly bloody when the body was recovered from the creek. Sheriff Myers has enlisted the aid of the FBI as it appears the case is one of kidnaping. It is the theory the baby was taken afternoon. After all testimony had been en- tered, and the Court had taken a brief recess, the plaintiff s companies’ attorney, A. F. Ziegles, called W. C. Arnold back to the stand in rebuttal. ‘The case appeared to be ngpqy over. 3 The Alaska Steamship Company, Northland Transportation Company, |Alaska ' Transportation Company |and Pacific American Shipowners Association are seeking to obtain a restraining order to prevent 'the from the Baker home, carried to the bridge and thrown into the creek. D 4 HALIBUTERS The appropriation measure went | to the House and was referred im-| mediately to the Appropriation Committee, There are a number of recom- mendations for major changes in the relief setup. The introduction of the appro- didn’t have the remotest idea wheth- er Alaska would be included on the President’s western trip. She said that she was planning to accompany the President, but otherwise making few definite plans for the summer. The visit of the King and Queen of Great Britain put a majestic finis to the official season in the capital. ‘Whether the President and his party will get away by the middle of July as planned depends largely upon the progress of neutrality leg- islation in-Congress. The President’s desire to lift the existing ban on arms shipments to belligerents, as proposed by Secretary of State Hull, is not pleasing to isolationists in the Senate. In fact it may end in a filibuster. The legislation is sched- uled for June 15. e IN FROM KAKE Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Black, form |Doticed there the volume of smoke | Kake, have registeerd at the Bar- anof Hotel for a few days stay. Chief of the German 14—The| Authority, ;H ; |lost a bitter fight when the House Himmler, HEW TORS. Sne. 18- Masiens late yesterday approved a measure Police, has “arrived here making Dietrich, movie actress, sailed on| & {CH 6N T uture opera- the Czechs think the Nazi Govern- her European vacation today 48 min- utes late after the Government ag- ents seized her baggage because of alleged nonpayment of $284,000 in- come taxes for 1936 and 1937. VENIAMINOFF 1S SUBSIDING PERRYVILLE, Alaska June 14.— Eruption - of volcano Veniaminoff appears subsided somewhat accord- |ing to A. D. Johnson, teacher. A | favorable wind has given him a glimpse at the crater and it is |and ashes is diminishing although lights are still needed at midday. tions, and maybe endangering the ment is attaching great importnncz-[ $78,000,000 deal to acquire the Ten- nessee Electric and Power Company. | The House voted to reduce the 1$100,000,000 to $65,000,000 on authori- | zation of the bond issue to finance {the deal and wrote in amendments restricting the territory where the |TVA is to operate and also pro- | bibiting reimbursing states and mu- nicipalities for tax losses due to the absorption of utilities. The measure goes to a conference where it is predicted the Senators will not agree and maybe kill the entire bill. i ->oo HERE FROM PETERSBURG | J. A. Hadland, Petersburg busi- | ness man, arrived in Juneau on the | Northland and is a guest at the Gas- tineau Hotel, to outbreaks. It is reported that an organiza- tion of a new “Czech Legion,” mod- \eled after the famed World War lorganizatlon, has been formed by 118,000 fugitive Czechs in Poland. German officials said that Himm- ler is only on a “short official visit.” Himmler arrived on the same day the Government cancelled the pub- lic funeral of Johann Mueller, Czech policeman, killed last week.” Reports of the organization of the |“Czech Legion” spread when it was revealed that Votja Conect Benes. brother of the former President fled to Poland, possiby to lead the | Legionnaries who are mostly youths hoping to restore the independence of Czechoslovakia. | L 1 Huichinson | SELL, SEATTLE | priation for the WPA signalled the | ’ Loses Game KANSAS CITY, June 14.—Marvin | Breuers’ four hit pitching enabled |the Kansas City Blues to score a 4 to 0 triumph yesterday over To- | ledo’s Freddie Hutchinson, formerly of the Seattle Rainiers. Hutchinson fanned six men, but allowed eight hits. PHILLIES LOSE GAME | In an exhibition game played yes- terday afternoon, the Phillies of the iNational League lost to Armco, of | Indiana, by a score of 9 to 4. - e — TRAVELING MAN HERE H. M. Gustafson, traveling man, is ergistered at the Baranof Hotel and is calling on the trade here for a 1h~w days, Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union from interfering with interstaae SEATTLE, June 14. — Halibuters commerce of its ships. arriving and selling today on the| | opening of a major fight on Federal | relief as administered by the Roose- f ) velt Administration since 1933. To Attack N.Y.A. Action is indicated against the | National Youth Administration and the NYA appropriation' has already | been slashed from $123,000,000, asked | by the President, to $81,000,000. The President recommends $123. 000,000 for the Farm Security Ad ministration In making his recommendation for a change in the Administration, the | President said the responsibility for | handling huge relief outlays, the Jjudgment of three men is needed. >ees — TO SKAGWAY Shirley Keller, of Skagway, daugh- ter of a merchant there, passed through Juneau on the Princess Charlotte returning home after at- tending school in the States. Ships Idle Seattle fish exchange, are as fol- | Vessels have been picketed at lows: From the western bank: Polflrhlvu‘ouu Saul Albakn porie e > western banks Yina 40,000 pounds, selling for 8 and ’l'::;e ;:&?{:{l l:mhhu';mém nts a pound: Brisk 36,000 pounds,,‘c"lo s and 7% cents X Testimony was completed at 3:10 From the local banks—Recovery| . 8,000 pounds, 8% and 7 cents; Lin-|° 100k this afternoon when the | coln 15,000 pounds 8% and 7 centy; |UnIOR coneluded its case. Only wits | Reliance 13,000 pounds of sable, 41; |Nesses called were E. C. Sukow, cents straight. | Treasurer of the ASPSU, and J. In (Tommie) Thompson, Craig Dele- ! RUPERT PRICES |gaie and Chairman of the Strike | At Prince Rupert 56000 pounds Committee for the West Coast of {of halibut were sold today at 7.70|Prince of Wales Island. § {to 8.20 and 5.50 cents a pound. All of the morning session was 1 AP M taken up in arguing on a motion " CAN MAN IN TOWN "by Attorney Joe Stearns, represent- | Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson are i€ the defendant wiion, for dis- guests at the Gastineau. Robinson |Missal of the application for an-in= is accountant for the Continental | can Company. - | (Continued on Page Two) A