The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 15, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. LIV., NO. 8131. — RETSRAINING ORDER HALTS PICKETING British, Japanese Troops Face Each Other King ;_, Joins W elmmm ol ’arly In Salute to E 12lish Anthem TENSION IS , HIGHTODAY INTIENTSIN Barricades?réded wilh‘ Opposing Soldiers on Each Side STRIPPING IS CHARGED BY BRITISH SUBJECTS Steamers Flying Union | Jacks Reported Also Being Searched BULLETIN—TIENTS June 15—A tense episode of Japan's bleckade of the foreign areas in which British and Japanese troops and tanks faced each oth- ress barricades, ended early tenight and both forces marched away. The opposing troops patrolling the opposite sides of the barri- caded concession boundary, were separated by only a few feet un- til the British suddenly withdrew and the Japanese quickly re- moved their forces. TIENTSIN, June 15.—While Brit- | ish and Japanese iroops faced each other across barriers today, a strong British note has been sent to the Japanese authorities insisting that “immediate steps” be taken to end the stopping and searching of Brit- ish subjects by Japanese soldiers now blockading the British and French doncessions. Edgar Jameison, British Consul General, made the vigorous protest to the Japanese diplomatic author- ities and he aiso charged that Brit- ish shipping on the Hai River, Tien- tsin’s outlet to the sea, is being stopped and searched by the Japan- ese. e also demanded that this ease. ¢ Britons charge that guards have compelled them to strip to the waist and submit to search when crossing the concession boun- daries during the day. British mfam.rymen with fixed bayonets are stationed at one en- trance of the British concession | while the tension increased over the | €risis which was brought on yes- terday when the Japanese turned down flatly the British proposal that 4 commission be appointed t odeter- mine the question whether the Brit- ish should turn over four Chinese charged with the killing of a Jap- anese. AUTO STRIKE ENDED; MEN " ALL GO BACK Homer Marin Claims Per- fect Seftlement with General Motors FLINT, Michigan, June 16.—Peace prevails in the auto plants today fol- lowing a dramatic early morning ap- pearance of the Michigan State Po- lice to disperse a milling mass of men still agitated over the brief but now settled General Motors strike. Followers of Homer Martin in the United Auto Workers Union, AFL, which called the strike, returned to work joining the members of the UAW, CIO affiliate, who refused to recognize the strike call, and never left their jobs. Martin claimed a perfect settle- ment with the General Motors Cor- poration in the matter of a bar- gaining agency. - - WED AT PETERSBURG Loretta Robison and Philip Lund were recently married at Petersburg. The bride's sister, Mrs. Claude Roundtree, was bridesmaid and the groom was attended by his brother, Arne Lund. Japanese “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE mrem— . T m— JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS XTRA Charles Tweed, Yukon South- ern Air Transport pilot, w. killed and his co-pilot mecha Cecil Pickell, was miraculously saved from death this afternoon when the gascline loaded plane they were flying crashed into a dolphin in Gastineau Channel near the Douglas Island shore and burned. The two, who had arrived here last night, were just tak- ing off for Dease Lake on their return flight with a cabin load- ed with 265 gallons of case gasoline, Wi said tae ship was taxiing down the harbor for the takeoff, close to the Douglas shoreline, when it suddenly rved, apparently striking a bar, then crashed head on into a delphin and burst into flames. Pickell owes his life to 13 year old Jerry Cole, son of Cash Cole, who was near the dolphin in his 9 foot outboard craft at the time. Pickell, who never swam a strcke in his life, managed to make the boat, where young Cole hung on to him until the yacht Triton arrived on the scene with a number of other craft. Tweed, it is said, is one of Canada’s well known veteran pilots, with 15 years of exper- ience in all sorts of flying. The Triton, Capt. C. Hayes, sped back to Femmer's Float where rescued Pickell was help- ed into an ambulance and rush- ed to the hospital, incoherent and apparently suffering from a brcken nose and cother in- juries. As he was helped to the float frcm the Triton, Pickell moan- ed, “Now, Charlie’s gone Charlie’s gome.” Burning oil on the surface of the bay prevented rescue boats from approaching near to the esses scene of the wreck, and at press time, the bedy of Tweed had net been recovered. The plane was built Fairchild, freighting. Tweed had hoped that a r ular run might be built up b tween Juneau and the Interior country, cutting off miles and cests in operating out of here with freight destined for remote Nerthern British Columbia min- ing camps. Dr. W. M. Whitehead is at- tendil Pickell, who is suffer- ing frem a severe case of shock. The ued mechanic does not appear to be burned and was eppatently thrown free from the plane when it struck the dolphin. E 'ys had not been taken at press time to determine the ble extent of internal in- but Pickell’s condition, said, was not critical. Jerry Cole and Wayne (Fib- ber) McGee, the two 13 year old beys who saved Pickell, Tweed was half way out of the plane, being pulled out by the co-pilet, when a can of gasoline exploded in his face and knocked him back into the burning plane. That was the last seen of Tweed, 'he boys were only a short ance from the plane when it crashed. Pickell, who kept mumbling “what happened to Charlie,” was unable to use his legs, but swam around until the boys caught held of him, they said. They held on to him for five minutes until help arrived. He was toc heavy to be pulled into their small nine-foot skiff, they said, as it would have swamped. Pickell “passed out,” the boys said, while they held him above water. a_ specially decigned for SILCOX, CHIEF OF U. S. FOREST SERVICE, HERE Says Recreation Is South- east Alaska’s Biggest | Unused Resource F. A. Silcox, Chief of the U. S. Forest Service, arrived in Juneau| this morning on the launch Foresterd after a week’s cruise through South- east Alaska. Silcox, a tall, bronzed, white-| | haired man, doesn't speak in the‘; vernacular which makes good news- | | paper stories. His talk is of world| trade conditions, the genii of the‘ test tube, European forest resources | and other conditions which will af-| fect Alaska’s forest use. Frankly, he says that the outlook for development of a pulp industry in Southeast Alaska in the near future is not propitious. Rise of the | southern pine pulp industry, emerg- ing developments of “silk” hose made of a coal tar derivative (which cuts off the Japanese market to Amer- jcan pulp products), the influence‘ of world trade barriers all conspire to make the picture dark for Alaska. A brighter outlook for timber use, principally spruce for lumber, is seen | by the Chief. Recreation, however, is Southeast Alaska’s immediate best bet for de- velopment, Silcox said he believed. | Tomorrow the Chief, with R. F.| Hammatt, his assistant, and Re- gional Forester B. Frank Heintzle- | man are leaving for Sitka on the Forester. Probably they will return by plane, spend a week in Juneua and then go to the westward and| Interior. “This Alaska country is as beau- tiful as any I've ever seen in the F. A. SILCOX Chief of U. S. Forest Service * | sTock QuoTATIONS | | stock today is 7%, Anaconda 23'%, 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, Motors 43'%, |ter 57%, Central 14, United States Pacific 45%, Northern Steel 1$4.68 3-16. DOW, JON AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: ralis 27.15, utilities 23.45. FDR Nominales | Stark, Successor To Leahy Admiral Harold Stark has world,” Silcox said. succeeding Admiral Leahy. NEW YORK, June 15.—Closing | quotation of Alaska, Juneau mine | American Can be that at one time 91, American Power and Light 4%, Bethlehem Steel Denmark,” !547%, Commonweaith and Southern g solid effort to convince the Am-| General |erican public International Harves- |thing good in the state of Denmark, Kennecott 32, New York and in Sweden, 8, Pound | ernments to spend money for work- industrials 13441, ! ‘WASHINGTON, June 15—Rear| | been | inominated by President Roosevelt fo Yo CRIGE. OF (RETRL Scralions, credit for benefits gained. lish anthe when the Second row: Rear Admira Back row: Mrs. Rooseveit, the Qlll‘(‘n. | | | [ secretary. Under the portico of the Washington, D. C., union station, King George VI joined the welcoming party in salute during the playing of the Eng- one of the first events welcoming the British Monarch @nd Queen Elizabeth to the United States capital. tar Spangled Banner” was played. Left to right: The King, President Roosevell, Brig. Gen. Ross McIntyre, Thomas Qualters, bodyguard; Secret Service men flank them. Aluslmn Volcmm E rupts; Menaces Village e — Only one native family and Mr. aska, all others having fled when Mt. showered red hot ashes over the village, for five miles. The mountaln is shown with its plumt NEW IDEA: WITH 2 BUDGETS 70 WORK ON, ONE MIGHT BE BALANCED: HERE'S ANSWER As a matter of fact this govern- ment already is operating on a double budget system in a limited degree, The present idea is to ex- pand: the system steadily, Wot abruptly. Veniaminof began erupting. | By PRESTON GROVER ! WASHINGTON, June 15.—It may there was “something rotten in the state of but at present there is that there is someé- How It Works This is how the Swedes and Danes do it. They build a low- 4 cost housing project. Maybe |making public improvements with- costs $10,000,000. The rents are to out Lr)‘:,oTll‘g the regular budget pay the operating expenses and |out of balance. . perhaps amortize $8,000,000 of thl“ Its present exponents on this side capital outlay. That $8,000,000 debt of the Atlantic are leading figures > I then goes in the special capital |of the New Deal together with ay,qye1 anq as the payments come |group of ecohomists. One of them i @ S t in it is retired. Bul the regular |Dr. Alvin Hansen of Harvard, oul- oot absorbs the interest charges lined the plan efore the Tempor- | o " "6l 000000 and pays the ary National Economic Committee, A B O e | $2.00000 bl | which Presiden! osevelt asked re- 4 ki pi [cently to find a way to put idle What has happened then? In- aari o work stead of the regular .budget being The system wont let the govern- |required fo absorb the whole sedt-have its cake and. eat it foo.| 0000 BE ouflay a2 well as inter. But it.does let the government take | ¢ 80d junning expense, too. It is a double |budget system which permits gov- (Continued on Page 52‘;;:{) | it | $10,- | it ab-| - and crimson clover are the leading winter legumes in Georgia. | and Mrs. A. D. Johmum, Government teachers, remained at Perryville, Al- The peak on the Alaska Peninsula and spouted flame for 1,500 feet. The smoke billowed upward , of ashes, smoke and flame. VENIAMINOF IS ERUPTING ONCE AGAIN Ashes AreEe—porIed Fall- ing on Fern, 35 Miles Outf at Sea UNALASKA, Alaska, June 15. —A new eruption of volcano Veniaminof has spread- ashes over a wide area of land .and sea. The motorship Fern, off shore about 35 miles from the volcano, radioed at 11:15 o’clock Jast night that the volcano was again in violent activity and flames could be seen hundreds of feet into the air and ashes were falling heavily around the ship. An Associated Press dispatch from Perryville yesterday morn- ing said the volcano was appar- ently subsiding. ', - - e - Austrian winter peas, hairy veteh | Captain Daniel Callaghan, Naval aide, three '(OURT GIVES 'ORDERTODAY TO SEINERS Purse Seiners Union Tem- porarily Enjoined from Picketing 'STEAMSHIPS WIN COURT CASE HERE AIexander Finds Case Nof Under Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act A temporary restraining order, is~ sued officially at 2 o'clock this after- noon by Judge George F. Alexander, orders the Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union, its officers and mem- bers to cease interfering with inter- state commerce by steamship lines. The injunction, applied for by the Pacific American Shipowners Asso- ciation, the Alaska Steamship Com- pany, Northland Transportation Company and Alaska Transporta- The King also saluted M. Watson, President’s secretary. and Steve Early, Presidential tion Company, seeks the removal of SR SDIALT A VST pickets from vessels carrying can- nery supplies to plants on a union “blacklist.” First reports on effect of the order | were being awaited from Waterfall, where the Alaska line freighter Lak~ | ina has been tied up a full week | unable to unload cannery supplies ‘ror the Nakat Packing Corporation because seamen on the ship refused | to handle cargo while an ASPSU | picket line was at the plant. | Temporary Order A WA | Judge Alexander, in granting the | age | temporary restrainer, said he found MId-day Banque' of Sa'- the case did not come under the Norris - LaGuardia anti - injunction mon at Baranof fo |act. as ASPSU Attorney Joe Stearns % . claimed it did. The Judge said he Be H]ghhgh' would set the matter over for furth- " | er hearing before'a permanent order would be issued. BULLE Ny — 2 afternoon The temporary order, however, re- further announcemenfs were |mains in effect until it is super- made regarding tomorrow’s NEA | seded by a permanent order at re- dcings. Through the courtesy |quest of shippers or dissolved on of Superintendent L. H. Metz- |application of the union. gar, 150 conventioners will be | Bond of $2,500 was ordered posted taken through the Alaska Ju- | by the companies to cover any dam- neau mill tomorrow morning |ages wWhich might injure the union and the same number during |in case the order is found to have the afternoon. At the noonday | been issued erroneously. luncheon, at which over 300 will Lengthy Case be present, W. H. Conrad, How- Issuing of the order culminated ard Palmer and F. A. Silcox will | three days of testimony and argu- also make short talks following | ment in District Court. The ship- that of H. L. Faulkner. \pers were represented by Attorneys | A. H. Ziegler, H. L. Faulkner and ,R E. Robertson. Stearns was sole union counsel. The shipping lines claimed they were damaged wrongfully as they were not a party to the dispute be- tween the union and canneries. The union position was that it has not been picketing steamships but has Jjust been picketing canneries. The picketing is the result of un< ion and packers not being able to agree on a new contract covering wages, working conditions and call- ing for elimination of 20 per cent | of fish traps in Southeast Alaska. 'RICE, ACCUSED Cruise ship again, the steamer Aleutian will tie to the Alaska Dock ‘and Storage Company wharf here | tomorrow to bring in over 200 news- | paper men members of the National | Editorial Association and their fam- | ilies for a day of sightseeing and fes- ]tivmes on Gastineau Channel, ] Heading the greeting committee for the eight o'clock in the morning ,amvnl will ‘be Curtis Shattuck and | | Horace Adams, in charge of arrange- ments, | Plans of the convention are to be split into two groups immediately |on arrival, one group to go to the {and the other to take in the Mu- {seum and town. | At noon, all will attend a lunch- |eon of which Alaska salmon will be the piece deresistance in the Gold | Room of the Baranof Hotel. | Attorney H. L. Faulkner will give |a brief welcoming address and of- | IN FIRE, FREED |ficials of the NEA will be heard. 0“ ss'm Bo"D | Other entertainment will be given. { ot i gy mid-day banauet, the| Red Bluff Bay Fish Plant | will go out the highway to Menden- | ed in california | hall, | The ship is scheduled to sail from | here direct to Seward at 7:30 in the| Harold E. Rice, arrested at Mar- evening. | tinez, California, yesterday on a This morning the convention news- | charge of arson in connection with paper folk visited Ketchikan and left | burning of the Red Bluff Bay Fish- there this afternoon to arrive in|eries plant on Baranof Island two Wrangell tonight at 7:30, planning | | years ago, has furnished $5,000 bond |to leave at 10 for Juneau, Xsavlng[nnd gained his release, according to | Petersburg for the suulhbound trip.| word received at the U. S. Marshal’s M 0 | office here. Rice is accused in what Assistant U. 8. Attorney George W. Folta de- scribes as a plot to collect fire in- surance on the plant, of which Rice was in charge, CUSTOMS JOURNEY M. 8. Whittier, Assistant Collector of Customs, left on the Princess Charlotte for Skagway for a routine inspection trip.