The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 23, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - VOL. LIV., NO. 8138. ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS fil‘CE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1939. BUREAU SLATES FISH TRAP HEARINGS OFFICIAL OF NEW ZEALAND IS STRIPPED Japan es;—fiendarmes Take Clothes from British Subject TOKYO AMBASSADOR CALLED IN LONDON NATIVES AND WHITES FLEE BETHEL FLOOD Kuskokwim on Rampage as Breakup Pufs Vil- lage Under Water High water in the Kuskokwim river has flooded several homes at Bethel, making necessary the mov- ing of one house and evacuation of several others, according to word Air Armadas In I_)gglighl Japanese Claim Downing 49 of 150 Mongolian Planes Today TOKYO, June 23.—A heavy air received by the Office of Indian Af-|battle between Japanese and Mon- Russ-Nippon (COLONIZATION OF ALASKA i | | | | l WASHINGTON, June 23.— |ization of Alaska with a trained desirable class of citizens | who are refugees from foreign per- | secution” is proposed by Represen- | tative Andrew J. May, Democrat ‘of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee. The resolution, as introduced by PROPOSED IN RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY REP. MAY fairs here. Flood water incident to the break- | up overran a section of the village| Wednesday, endangering the home of a native woman, a destitute wi- dow, whose home was moved at the | expense of the Office of Indian Af-| fairs. Several white people at the vil-| lage were forced to move, among | them being Mrs. Herron, the field | nurse, The school is in no danger, Su- perintendent Claude M. Hirst was informed. The Office of Indian Affairs Sup- | ply ship Boxer has arrived at Bethel and is standing by in the river ready to assist villagers. EMPLOYMENT GAINS; DROP | IN BENEFITS, Unemployment Compen-| sation Payments Cut | in Half Since March Chamberlain Says No| Moves in Refalivtion Planned “"Yet” TIENTSIN, June 23.—Cecil Davis, | Honorary Agent in Tientsin for the | Government of New Zealand, as-| serted he had been slapped and | forced to unndress by Japanese gen- | darmes who are continuing their searching practice begun ten days| ago in the blockade of the British and French concessions. U. S. Consul Frederick Hinke earlier had made formal represen- | tations which consulate attaches emphasized does not represent for- | mal protest against inconveniences | suffered by the American conces-| sion by the barricades. Honorary Agent Davis, British| subject, was not molested yester-| day when two of his companions were forced "to strip by Japanese gendarmes, but it was said today,| however, he had been forced to| stand naked for fifteen minutes| while at least a dozen foreign wo-| men passed the barrier and walked | through the shed where he was de- tained. Number of benefit checks paid At the British Consulate, it was| unemployed Alaskans by the Un- said no reply had been received to|employment Compensation Com- the series of protests made since mission has been cut in half since the Japanese blockade started. 'iMarch. the decrease being attri- NIPPON ON CARPET buted mainly to resumption of sea- 'somil employment. LONDON, June 23. — Japaneese The firs tthree weeks of June Ambassador Mamouri Shigemitsu | show a decided decrease in the num- was called to the British Foreign | ber of benefit checks written by the Office today for a consuitation with | Commission, Walter P. Sharpe, Di- Foreign Secretary Halifax who ask- } rector, said today. ed Shigemitsu to see him. | Records of the Commission dis- Halifax, Prime Minister Cham- close that more than 4,000 payments berlain told the House of Commons,:.were issued during the month of would “make it very elear” to Shig- March, it is estimated the month emitsu what Great Britain thouvght | of June will show a 50 percent de- about the new incidents in China. |crease from this figure. | | | | | | I | | “stan dominated Outer Mongolia. | |five in the battle high above Kan- ywas totally destroyed. golian forces is reported to have May said colonization will serve & taken place yesterday in the Lnke!(ourfnld purpose, to furnish a haven Bor area on the frontier between | for the oppressed minorities from Manchoukuo and the Soviet Rus—1abroed: provide adequate man pow- er for defense of the Territory of | Alaska “from foreign aggression;” facilitate development of Alaska's strategic minerals for use “in event of war,” and furnish a market for| surplus production. i ‘The resolution would permit entry | into Alaska of acceptable colonists up to the figure equal to the total of all unused immigration quotas of foreign nations. Congressman May did not esti- mate this total. 'MINE FIRE AT Carmody o MLr, noucr ; S Head FDR's "~ unokr conrol New Branch commisioner Stewart Re- SOIida|6d FEdel’al Underground fire in the workings Loan Agencies has been brought under control and | . ’ turns After Inspecting | Underground Blaze \ . | of the Healy River Coal Corporation |at Suntrana, four miles from Healy, WASHINGTON, June 23 —Presi- | will soon be extinguished entirely, dent Roosevelt today nominated | Terrtiorial Commissioner of Mines John M. Carmody, of New York, B. D. Stewart said today on his re- head of the new Federal Works Ag- | turn from a plane trip to the mine ency, and als onpminated Jesse | In progress for some time, the Jones, of Texas, to be head of the|fire had reached a threatening stage Consolidated Federal Loan Agen- when the Commissioner flew to | | Jesse Jones fo Boss Con- The Japanese claim they doyned | 49 Mongolian planes but lost only surmaiao, north of Lake Bor. ‘YARNELL |S The Japanese claim they engaged | in the battle with 150 Mongol ships. | BA(KED up. | o T FIRE OLD HOME AT B High American Officials Okah Adamant Stand WINDHAM BAY of U. S. Navy Calhoun Saves Only Stamp Collection, Guns il from Cabin on:fi:zflli:f el ;'fi'-flfigly Skl | up the stand of Admiral Harry Yar- Fire yesterday morning destroyed | nell, Commander-in-Chief of the the home of A. B, Calhoun at|United States Asiatic fleet who Windham Bay, The Empire was|sharply rejected the Japanese re- informed by radio telephone last| quest that the destroyer Pillsbury night. The home, one of tite om_ileave the Chinese port of Swatow. est log cabins in Southeast Alaska,| Yarnell yesterday told the Jap- | Cathoun was able to save only his | g0 wherever it is necessary 1o pro- stamp collection and guns. tect Americans at any time and that The prospector, who formerly American Navy vessels will remain lived in Juneau, works on mining, in Chinese waters as long as Amer- claims of A. B. Cunningham. He ican citizens need protection and is a good friend of U. C. Commi | assistance. sioner Felix Gray. | The Japanese captured the port PR TNRREP (G AT of Swatow Wednesday and told | British as well as American warships (Ru |t oclear out. The British adopted (IAl GAME | the same attitude as the American | commander. FoR B ASEB All Yesterday the destroyer Pope joined the Pillsbury and wtih the | British destroyers Scout and Thanet, loop To“IGHTh)uLs four vessels of war in prepara- tion for any untoward action of | Japanese forces. { . — |anese that American vessels would W cles. | Carmody is now head of the Ru- ral Electrification Administration | and Jones is chairman of the Re-| | construction Finance Corporation. | Both appointments are effective | July 1 when the President’s two| TAx B I l l ’C}ovemmem. reorganization orders are effective. The appointments | IS pASSED are subject to the Senate’s confir-| { mation. | | Carmody as Federal Works Admin- | }istrau)r will supervise the following | | consolidated agencies: PWA, WPA, h,U. S. Housing Authority, Bureau of |Public Roads, Public Buildings| |branch of the Treasury and man- aagement of the branch of the Na- Congress in Less 'han Week ;'.ional Park Service. | WASHINGTON, June 23. — The House has concurred in the minor | Senate amendments to the Business tax revision bill and sent the meas- | ure to the White House for the sig- nature of President Roosevelt. | The legislation was rushed through | both houses of Congress in less J than one week. The legislation | es out the undivided profits tax il ‘many business men. denoune-| ed, and fixes a flat 18 percent levy | on corporations, - e Measure Rushed Throug Takes Plunge | From Bridge , Suicides 1 Blaze Draws | | C. Edgerton Warburton, Pmladel~i was killed last night in a 200-foot | bridge. I e | . . \Former Showgirl Wife of| Speda(ular | Philadelphian | e | PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 23. — | The comely former showgirl wife of phia insurance broker and grandson arge (rowd of John Wanamaker, merchant, ‘iplunge from the Westinghouse Flames shooting high in the air| A note found indicated that the from the Baranof Hotel chimney woman was despondent over her | able to keep up full production with | Fairbanks was mentioned by Stew- | ples it received is up t onormal for Healy two weeks ago. With Harry Kazee, safety man of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, Stew- art laid out a program of fighting the smouldering fire. The burning section has been bulkheaded off from the working section so that the mine has been a crew of 50 men, Stewart said. Flies From Fairbanks Stewart returned to Juneau by PAA plane from Fairbanks yester- day, Kazee remaining at Fairbanks to begin a course of safety instruc- tion for 700 employees of the Unit- ed States Smelting and Refining Company. Notable -construction activity at art, who said that in addition to city street and sewer work, an un- derground tunnel conduit is being built by the Northern Commercial | Company to carry steam, water and sewer pipes. Work is progressing | on Captain A. E. Lathrop's new theatre building and broadcasting station. Mining activity in the Pairbanks district is about on a level with that of last year, the assay office there reporting that the number of sam- this time of year, el SO KING GIVES EXPRESSION RECENTTRIP Asked if the British would put re- taliatory measures into operation at once, Chamberlain said, “I don’t think we have gotten to that stage yet.” UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN IN BARTER PACT Agreeme,nITSigned Be- tween Two Nations for Wartime LONDON, June 23.—An agree- ment for an exchange barter for British rubber and American cot- ton for use in wartime, has been signed by American Ambassador Kennedy for the United States and Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, for the British Government. Duke of Windsor, Eitfel Tower in Joint Celebration PARIS, June 23—The Duke of Windsor and Eiffel Tower celebrat- ed their birthdays together today. The Duke is 45 and the builder of the famous Paris landmark is 50. HEAD HEADS INT. ROTARY CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 23. — Walter Head, 56, Headmaster of Montclair Academy of Montclair, New Jersey, was today elected Pres- ident of International Rotary to suc- ceed George Hager of Chicago. Maximum Paid Some The reason for this decrease, Mr. Sharpe said, is the resumption of seasonal employment within the | Territory and the fact a number | |of individuals have received bene- | fits for 16 weeks, the maximum number under the law. have been a great aid to Alaska | workers who have become unem- ployed during the past slack season,” Sharpe stated. Approximately 16,000 benefit checks have been written by the Commis- sion, representing an outlay of some $220,000 which has been dis- tributed among Alaska workers. TRUCKERS TO PLAY LUMBER TEN TONIGHT Softball Le—fiu e Gefting Started-First Game in Evergreen Bowl The Juneau softball season gets underway tonight at Evergreen Bowl, it is announced. The Truckers are to play Colum- bia Lumber in the tilt, beginning at 6:30 o'clock. Next Monday, the firs tsoftball game of the year will be played in Firemen's Park when Henning’s meet the Federals. R 10 SAIL SOUTH ONPRIN. LOUISE A score of passengers sailed south on the steamer Princess Louise this morning. They were Robert Howell, Mrs. Sam Guyot, Mrs. O. 8. Sullivan, Mrs. J. K. Bissland, John Douglas, Mrs. H. W. Douglas, V. P. Derig, Mrs. V. P. Derig, Miss F. Logan, Mrs. J. Stewart, J. P. Randle, Sister Mary Edwards, Cecil Pickell, D. E. Yorkston, Mrs, A. H. Freisen, D. C. Beyer, Fred Maurer, R. A. Welsh, G. VanEaton. iEIks and Moose Meeting- Paps Have Half Game Lead in League The Moose and the Elks baseball | Park in what may be the deciding game of the first half. The Moose are a half game in the lead, and if they win tonight, it will be hard for the Elks to win. The Elks and the Moose have one postponed game also to play off, and the Moose also have a tie to |play off with Douglas. If the Moose and the Elks split their two games remaining in the first half, and Douglas wins the tie playoff, everything will be tied up again. The Elks can win by taking the | next two games with the Moose. Tonight’s game is scheduled for 6:30, with pitching and catching starters undecided. Rainbow Girls Food Sale Is Tomorrow A large variety of cakes, pies, |rolls, salads, etc, will be found at |Hollmann’s Pharmacy tomorrow when the Order of Rainbow Girls hold their goodie sale. In charge of the sale will be Eli- zabeth Tucker, Lillian Olson and Patti Clark. Mrs. John Bissland Is Refurning Home Mrs. J. K. Bissland sailed south on the Canadian Pacific Princess Louise this morning, returning to her home in Connecticut. During the past six months, Mrs. Bissland has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Noble G. Ricketts. e INSURANCE MAN HERE H. M. Gould, of Gould and Gould, insurance company in Seattle, ar- rived in Juneau from a ftrip to Fairbanks yesterday by PAA plane. He is a guest at the Gastineau Ho- tel. nines mix tonight Firemen's “Unemployment benefit paymenuI onig p | 'FRANCE, TURKE SIGN AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID 'Will Help Each Ofher in Case of Aggression * on Mediferranean PARIS, June 23 —France and Tur- | key have signed a mutual assistance agreement to help each other in “case of an act of aggression which might lead to war in the Mediter- ranean.” Dinner Last Evening Honors \Lis_iiors Here Complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Riedel of Dayton, Ohio, who are visiting in this city as house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Da- vis, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Johnson entertained last evening at their apartment in the Francis with a dinner party. Bridge was played during the eve- ning and a guest prize was pre- sented the honoree. Mrs. Guyot Sails On Vacation Trip| | Mrs. Sam Guyet left for the south on the Princess Louise for a visit during the summer months. Accompanying Mrs. Guyet, was Robert Howell, for whom she is guardian, - — HERE FROM FAIRBANKS Dudley Dowell, New York Life Insurance man, who has been in the Interior in his company’s in- terests, flew here from Fairbanks yesterday by PAA plane. He is at the Baranof Hotel. | rails 27.75, utilities 24.10. early this morning drew a big crowd | of spectators who witnessed the fiery but harmless spectacle for a| half an hour. Firemen, called out at 1:15 a. m., let the blaze which had started | in chimney building forms, “peter out,” while an eye was kept on sur- rounding structures for possible blazes from flying sparks. Chimney building forms usually burn out gradually, but a freak of the wind, it is believed, drew gen- uine flame. No damage was done and firemen went back to bed about 2 a. m. 3 HALIBUTERS SELL, SEATTLE SEATTLE, June 23.—Only hali- buters from the local banks sold here today as follows: Myrtle 3,000 pounds, 7% cents straight a pound; Chelan 16,000 pounds 7% and 7%; Curlew 14,000 pounds, 8% and 7% cents. PRICES AT RUPERT At Prince Rupert today 133,000 pounds of halibut were sold at 8 and 5.50 cents a pound. ——————— ———— gy i STOCK QUOTATIONS | s ol el et NEW YORK, June 23.-Closing quotation on Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 94%, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 24, Bethlehem Steel 56%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 44%, International Harvest- er 58, Kennecott 33, New York Cen- tral 14%, Northern Pacific 8%, United States Steel 47%, Pound $4.68%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 13742, — e — CAN MAN HERE John J. Green, Continental Can Company man, flew in from Hoonah yesterday with Marine Airways and is a Gastineau Hotel guest. Human FeeTngs Still Po- tent Force Affecting World Affairs LONDON, June 23.—King George declared that the deepest impres- sion gained on his historic 15,000~ mile trip with Queen Elizabeth to the New World, was that the “strength of human feelings is still the most potent of all forces affect- ing world affairs.” The British Monarch spoke in responding to a toast at the State luncheon today given by the Lord Mayor of London in the ancient Guild Hall. LEGISLATION T0 BE ASKED BY FRD health and also divorce. PREDICT TONY WILL DEFEAT CHAMPION JOE Braddock, Tendler Jum p on Galenfo Bandwagon After Visit to Camp SUMMIT, New Jersey, June 23.— Two former greats of the ring, James J. Braddock and Lew Tend- ler, Philadelphia lightweight, have climbed aboard the Galento band- ‘wagon. Both predict two-ton Tony will defeat Louis next Wednesday night. Braddock said he has been to NO CHANGES UNTIL AFTER 1939 SEASON Bureau of Fisheries fo Take No Part in Cur- rent Dispute SEATON THOMPSON ARRIVES IN JUNEAU Staff for Juneau Office Comes in Today on Vessel Brant Nothing will be done by the Bu- reau of Fisheries toward eliminat- ing fish traps until after hearings on the subject have been held this fall, Seaton Thompson, Assistant Chief of the Alaska Division, said today on his arrival here from ‘Washington. Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins has announced, Thompson said, that hearings on the fish trap question will be held at all principal fishing centers in Alaska after the close of the present sea- son. In reference to demands by the Alaska Salmon Purse Seiners Union that salmon canners eliminate 20 percent of Southeast Alaska traps this year, Thompson said the Bu- reau would take no part in the controversy, the Bureau controlling fish traps only in the interest of conservaation and not “for econo- mic reasons,” Stalemate ‘The fish trap question has caused widespread commotion in the South-~ east Alaska canning industry this year, the union’s demand for 20 'percent elimination blocking nego- tiations on prices and working con- ditions for seiners. Thompson scouted a report from Ketchikan that he had “declined to arbitrate between packers and sein- ers” on the trap elimination ques- tion. As packers declare they will not give up any fish trap locations and as the union apparently is hold- ing firm in its demand for elimina- tion of certain specified traps, there is no room left for arbitration, Mr. Thompson said. Administration of the Bureau of Fisheries passes next month from the Department of Commerce to the Department of the Interior, future policies therefore being some- what in doubt. Remains in Juneau Thompson, a tall young fisheries expert who steps into a vacancy left by resignation of Alaska Chief L. G. Wingard, arrived on the ves- sel Brant this morning’ from Seat- tle. He will be in charge of the Juneau office all summer. Though he has never before been stationed at Juneau, Thompson has made a dozen trips t othe Terri- tory. As Assistant Chief of the Alaska Division since 1931 he has been at Washington the past eight years except for periodic trips to the West Coast and to Alaska. Thompson joined the Bureau in 1926 as a biologist. A single man, he is living at the Baranof Hotel. Office Staff The Juneau office staff which came north on the Brant and which Louis's camp and declares Joe looks o“ Mo"EY ISSUE WASHINGTON, June 23.—Presi- dent Roosevelt sald today he will ask for new legislation to continue his monetary powers if the two year extension bill, now pending in the Senate, is killed by a filibuster. The existing powers to devalue the dollar and operate a stabiliza- tion fund expire on June 30. 24 MINER DIE AS CAGE DROPS JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 23 —Twenty-four miners were killed today' and a score injured Elks Dance On Safurday The usual Saturday night dance, sponsored by the Elks in their ball room, is the big amusement feature for tomorrow night. Dancing will last until 1:30 o'clock Sunday morn- ing. The public is invited. Music will be by Stanley Cox and his jazz band. in a 500-foot fall of an elevator. in “".Pou"D Bov Fon the cage shaft of the Randfontein EDWARD A- “ERRO"S Estates gold mine near here. e A baby boy arrived at St. Ann’s Hospital this morning for Mr. and BASEBAll IODAY Mrs. Edward Herron. The little fel-| The following are scores of games low tipped the scales at 10 pounds|played this afternoon in the two and it is learned from the proud|Major Leagues: called David. Brooklyn 1; Pittsburgh 2. Dr. W. M. Whitehead was at-| Chicago 4; Philadelphia 3. tending physician and reports that| New York 7; Cineinnati 0. was busy moving in today includes Miss Bess O'Neill, Mrs. Georgia Gallagher and Mrs, Mildred Hill, all of whom have served here be- fore, Warden attached to the Juneau office will be Steele Culbertson, now at Kodiak, who will arrive here about July 18, The Brant, Capt. J. R. Crawford, will remain here for patrol duty, s}:xmgh tl’; work of the district wi the idgeon, now Straits. e < BIG ENROLLMENT FOR CCC PLANNED Sixty-four Th_ousand fo Be Listed During Com- ing Month WASHINGTON, June 23.—Robert Fencher, CCC director, said the CCC will enroll 64,000 men in July to fill vacancies. Of the 64,000 to be enrolled, 60,000 ' will be youths between 17 and 23 both mother and son are in the American League father that the new citizen will be National League best of health. l Cleveland 12; Philadelphia 5. years of age and the remaining 4,000 will be war veterans.