The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 26, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1939. VOL. LIV., NO. 8140. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BIG LANDING FIELD MAY BE MADE HERE 2 STRIPPED BY JAPANESE AT TIENTSIN British Woman Forced Io; Disrobe fo Girdle by Seniries HUSBAND (OMPELLED T0 TAKE OFF CLOTHES Prime Minister Chamber-| lain Is "“Hopeful” of Crisis Settlement (By Associated Press) ! British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, speaking today in the | House of Commons after British charges of a new stripping incident | at Tientsin were received, said he had “some reason to hope” that dis- cussions in Tokyo would lead to a settlement of the Far Eastern dis- pute with Japan. Chamberlain said he held out] “hope” and did not want to make any statement which might preju-| dice prospects for a “satisfactory | settlement in the present crisis in| China.” Another Stripping Act The Prime Minister spoke after the Foreign Affairs committee and the British Cabinet discussed the Far Eastern situation which is high- | lighted by the case of a British sub- ject and his wife who said they were forced by Japanese sentries to undress at the entrance of the for- eign area in Tientsin now in the thirteenth day of the blockade by the British and French concessions. D. A. Finlay, a Britisher, was forced to strip naked and his wife was forced to undress down to her girdle before the Japanese sentries who made insulting remarks during | the strip act. i The Japanese spokesman at Tien- | tsin, according to Major Herbert,| said the case will not be investigated because the “principle of such a| case” could not happen, Both Pinlays are employed in the | International Country Club in the| Japanese controlled territory. | B JAPAN TIGHTENS GRIP ON SHIPS; BRITISH NATION Nipponese Erect Wire Bar- ; ? 1 Wants F.D. in ’40 | i Diane Cooper Diane Cooper, of Brooklyn, N. Y., out for a swim shows her choice for the 1940 presidential elections in no uncertain manner. The letters on | her bathing suit say “F.D.R. for Forty.”” She believes every girl favoring Roosevelt for a third term should show her preference in the same attractive manner, Tornado Hifs Kansas Area; 1 Man Killed Twelve Persons Are Injur- ed-Race Track Horses Die in Debris WICHITA, Kansas, June 26.—A tornado which struck in the night land killed one man, injured 12,/ splintered the frame stable at the Stearns’ race track and at least ght horses are dead. ri(ades Abou' Wharves [ei Stalled motor trucks line the on Swatow Walerfront |nienway to the north as rainfal, |already exceeding two inches, con- (By Associated Press) | tinues steadily. Isadore Robideau, of Beaver City, British and Japanese friction de- | Nepraska, a jockey, was killed at veloped in a new area this afternoon’| the race track. S e etk ) ) er) DESERVED FOR MAGNETIC STATION, SITKA cades around the British wharves. | This has created another trouble- some “incident.” | 0ld Agricultural Experi- ment Station Goes fo Geodetic Survey The Japanese naval spokesman at | Shanghai said only one British mer- | chantman weekly will be allowed to enter the harbor of Swatow hence- forth. The port was captured a week ago by the Japanese. A Domei Japanese news agency reports that Japanese naval authori- ties have forcibly prevented two British steamers unloading passeng- ers and freight at Swatow today. An order by President Roosevelt | transferring to the Coast and Geo- | detic Survey land at Sitka which was originally set aside for the BooSTED ToDAY IDepanmenL of Agriculture in 1898 | was received here today. Bv u S SE"ATE The old agricultural experiment " Ju station is to be the site of a mag- —_— netic and seismological observatory. Domesfically Mined Prod- uct Goes Up fo Over HUNTOON LEAVES 14 Cents Ounce GAME (OMMISSION WASHINGTON, June 26. — The Senate this afternoon approved of Fon FORBI va'(i a price of 77 4-10 cents an ounce for domestically mined silver. Bob Huntoon, employed for the The Senate also Wiped out Presi- | past 11 months by the Alaska Game Commission as Deputy Wildlife dent Roosevelt’s authority to de- value the dollar further. The elim- | Agent, today returned to the For- est Service to a Clerk position. His { | rafls 27.27, utilities 28.45. CALIFORNIA | IS SHAKEN BY QUAKES Tremors Occur Late Safur-| | day Night and Early | Sunday PASADENA, Cal, June 26.—Earth | tremors, recorded from west to cen- tral California and south to Mexico, late Saturday night and early Sun-| day morning, caused near panies. | Damage is reported nominal and there were no deaths or injuries reported. One shock centered approximately 85 miles southeast of San Francisco. Dishes were broken, fireplaces toppled and furniture was over-|: turned at Cienega. Brick wells were cracked at Hol- lister. | A winery wall crumpled at San| | Benito. | Hollister described the shocks as the most violent since 1905. e PRESIDENT OF LA, UNIVERSITY AMONG MSSING Dr. Smith Disappears-Ir- regularities in Ac- counts Reported BATON ROUGE, La. June 26— The police have searched in vain for Dr. James Smith,( President of the Louisiana State University, whose sensational disappearance, followed alleged “financial irregularities.” The straange disappearance has | halted temporarily at least the ele- | vation of Lieut. Gov. Earl Long into | the Governor’s chair, Gov. Richard Leche postponing his scheduled res- ignation, set for today, and ordered Dr. Smith brought immediately be- fore the special grand jury for in- vestigation into the alleged irre- gularities, Gov. Leche said the alleged irregu- larities might total several hundred thousand dollars. | Gov. Leche announced Dr. Smith's | resignation late last night and later Long announced the Governor’s res- igation was being withheld, presum- ably for clarification of the Univer- | sity's situation. Gov. Leche, accord- ing to Long, might, however, resign before six o‘clock tonight. l Stock QUOTATIONS l‘ NEW YORK, June 26.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 93, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 23%, Bethlehem Stee! 54%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5, General Mo- tors 43!, International Harvester 56%, Kennecott 32%, New York Central 13, Northern Pacific 7%, United States Steel 45%, Pound $4.68%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 135.09, GEORGE STINSON DIES, KETCHIKAN Refired Lighthouse Keep- er Passes Away Day After 80th Birthday KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 26.— George Stinson, retired lighthouse keeper died in the hospital yester- day, one day after his 80th birth- day anniversary. Stinson entered the lighthouse Service in 1906, serving in the San Francisco district and later in Southeast Alaska. No relatives of the dead man are known here, ——,o——— ination of the devaluation power first assignment will be to Ketchi- was by a vote of 47 to 31. The silver price has been 6464 |kan to relieve a warehouseman who is taking leave. cents an ounce. On hundred thousand addresses are on the U. 8, Weather Bureau's stirred citizens and| | DOOR SHUT Tatsuo Kawai (upper) Japanese Foreign Office spokesman, and Eugene Dooman (lower), U. 8, Charge d'Affairs at Tokyo are two of the principal figures in Japan’s demands for more pres- tige and power in Asia, with Kawai announcing “the days of foreign concessions in China are numbered” and Dooman acting as a possible mediator at Tokyo in the dispute with England. Japanese troops have blockaded French and British concessions in Tientsin. DOCTOR FASHIONS WOODEN LEG FOR CRIPPLED MOOSE Calf learnin_—glo Walk at Anchorage Farm of Dr. Romig Dr. J. H. Romig of Anchorage to- NEW STRIFE NOW FEARED * INFAR EAST 'Russia and Japan Report- ed Nearing Conflict- Battles Rage (By Associated Press) . Fears of a major conflict between | ‘Russia and Japan is apparent in me quarters by official reports of eavy fighting on the frontier be- jween Outer Mongolia and Man- houkuo. Border warfare has been raging for more than six weeks, according to official reports, and a radio an- nouncement from the seat of the most recent trouble states a crisis is being rapidly reached. Fighting involves men, tanks, air- planes and artillery. PIRIRIES™ 4. e B, GERMANY GIVING GREAT LAUGH T0 BRITISHERS NOW Bold Speeches Are Made| in Berlin Over Inci- denfs in Japan BERLIN, June 26.—German lead- lers are watching the British situa- | llion in Japan with great interest. | | Speeches were made at various | vices dn Berlin. yesterday, the key- note being that if Germany wants anything from Great Britain, now is the time to get it. Propaganda Minister Goebbels boldly said that if Great Britain should now attempt to take any- thing that deos not belong to her or attempts to stop anyone wishing to get something, in the American | phrasology “It will be just too bad.” | | Goebbels cited where the Japan-| ese are stripping British men and| women naked, exposing them to! | ridicule, and the “British can do| nothing but protect.” > 'BROADCASTS FOR ALASKA ARE NOW ON AIR NIGHTLY | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 26.| —Radio programs will be given | nightly from 9 o'clock to midnight, Pacific Coast time, intended par- ticularly for Alaska, Hawaii and | | | when it was rescued from a shelf on mailing list for daily reports. day was granted special permission Philippine reception. by the Alaska Game Commission to| The program will be broadcast keep in captivity a female calf moose | from the General Flectric Interna- probably the only moose in the world tional short wave station on Treas- with a wooden leg. ure Island exposition. % Officials said the programs will The moose, about three weeks old | noiyge those presented on the NBC |network and specia! numbers orig- the bank of the Yentna River last‘ inating at the Exposition station week, owes its life to its rescuers,| WOZBE on a 9530 kilocycles or 31. . to an airplane pilot and to Dr. Ro- A6 meters. mig. Don Harb: h d Max Shella- | pary ety i o e ve.| FUNS for Coast Guard Air Base af Kodiak, Requested low the mouth of the Skwentna river its right front leg broken and dang- ‘WASHINGTON, June 26.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has asked Congress ling by only a thread of flesh. They cut off the leg, carried the whim- to make available half a million dol- lars for construction of a Coast pering moose to their boat in a tarpaulin and fed it birch and willow leaves and milk at Shellabarger's ranch. | Guard air base at Kodiak, Alaska. fresne, Executive Officer of the ns&“fi“&;gfizfl:“flfifig‘rfii; Game Commission, said trampled |, giopion ot 3 maximum cost of $2,- B e wtb e RN, er had disappeared. Security Money | Is Allofed for Alaska been attacked by coyotes. The moth- | s ia] Pilot Bert Ruoff flew the moose to Anchorage, where Dr. Romig vol- WASHINGTON, June 26. — The Social Security Board announces a unteered to fashion a peg leg, fasten it to the knee stump and teach the | grant of $48,674 for Alaska aged from July 1 to September 30. BASEBALL TODAY caring for the moose at his farm There were no games played in the| on the Lake Spenard Highway out National League today and scores of of Anchorage. There the calf is fattening up on from eight to ten games played in the American League are as follows: quarts of milk daily. Boston 3; Washington 0. Coyotes Blamed Wildlife Agent Jack O’Connor, re- porting on the case to Frank Du- when it was being carried and when a sling holding its leg was being ad- justed, but that at other times it stood contentedly. The calf would have died if not picked up by the boatmen, he said, as the river was rising at the time and would soon MRS. MORRIS, NATIO NAL PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY, COMING LD ARRIVE 10 JUNEAN; SHOU Mrs. James Morris, National Pres- ident of the American Legion Aux- liary. will. be & visitor in Juneau this week, according to advices re- ceived by Mrs. Betty McCormick. The National President is due to leave Seattle Wednesday aboard the steamer Mount McKinley which is scheduled to arrive in Juneau on Saturday. The time of the arrival of the steamer will determine just what the local Legionnaries will do to honor their National President, whether it will be a breakfast, luncheon or dinner, and if time permits a sightseeing trip. Leadership of the American Le- gion Auxiliary’s 460,000 women for the year 1938-39 was placed in able and experienced hands by the dele- gates to the Auxiliary’s National Convention in Los Angeles, Califor- nia, when they elected as Na- tional President, Mrs. James Morris, of Bismarck, North Dakota. Active in Auxiliary work sinee the first days of the, organization, Mrs. Mor- ris has made important contribu- tions to the Auxiliary’s growth and suecess. Her work has made her a national figure in the Auxiliary for a number of years. Mrs. Morris was organizing chair- man of the Carrington, North Da- kota Unit, formed in 1920, and its FIRST WEDDING A BELL ISLAND, Alaska, June 26.— This little Mineral Health Resort, 45 miles north of Ketchikan, long credited with aiding cupid with ro- mances, was all aflutter Sunday over the first wedding ceremony, which was planned as a quiet affair but developed into a red letter day for the resort. United States Commissioner R. E. Hardcastle, of Ketchikan, was sent a plea from Helen Kessler, employee of the Springs, and Karl Wollarth, landscape gardener, both of Santa Barbara, California, to make the trip for the wedding ceremony as they were unable to leave. It so happened that the coast guarder Cyane was coming to the springs with the Ketchikan Shrine Band and Chamber of Commerce party to pay respects to Gov. John W. Troy, vacationing at the resort. Commissioner Hardcastle also travelled here on the Cyane and when the bandsmen learned of his mission, they rehearsd a wedding march enroute. When the time came for the wed- ding ceremony in the resorts social hall, the band played. Gov. Troy gave the bride away. The entire settlement’s populace, and the cutter's crew attended the ceremony. O'Connor reported the moose cried Detroit 11; Cleveland 2. have drowned the animal, | SATURDAY President for two years. She is eligible to Auxiliary membership through the war service of her hus- | band, Judge James Morris of the North Dakota Supreme Court. In 1921 she was the first President of her District and a delegate to the convention which organized the De- partment of North Dakota. She served her Unit and Department in various capacities and in 1926 was elected Department Vice Presi- dent. This office was followed by two years as Department Rehabili- tation Chairman, after which she was elected Department President. After leading her State organiza- tion during the year 1929-1930, she représented North Dakota on the National Executive Committee, Mrs. Morris' service to the Na- tional Organization began as Area Chairman of Rehabilitation in 1930. The following year she was elected National Vice President for the Northwestern Division. For two years, 1932 to 1934, she served as ‘Chairman of the National Poppy Committee. For the past two years she has been Chairman of the Aux- iliary’s National Rehabilitation Committee, and also a member of | 1‘ | | | ARMY SURVEY BEING MADE, JUNEAU AREA Colonel Lee Lands Sunday Evening-Other Am- phibian Today LANDING FIELD MAY GO IN HERE Local Officials Conferred with as fo Channel Dredging Possibilities of an Army air base or auxiliary landing field on the Mendenhall Flats on Gastineau Channel were aired here last night by Col. John C. H. Lee, Division Engineer of the War Department who arrived here at 6 p.m. yesterday on a flight from Seattle via Ketchi- kan in an S-43 twin-engined Army amphibian. Lee said that while in Juneau he would confer with Mayor Harry I. Lucas as to small boat 'harbor dredging plans and the petitioned for Gastineau Channel project which would mean dredging of the chan- nel to permit small boats an access to Juneau’s harbor from the north. Col. Lee said that Col. H. J. Wild, who is making the report on this project, has not yet submitted his findings, and that Lee will make his decision on receipt of Wild's report. Wild's Suggestion With respect to the dredging of the channel, Wild has been quoted as saying that the only logical sys tem of disposal of dredging from such a channel would be to employ them in bullding up an airbase. Col. Louis Johnson, Assistant Sec~ retay of War, who was in Juneau last summer, made the statement that in the event of an air base being bullt at Fairbanks, which project Col. Lee will also investi- gate, a supplementary base or bases, would have to built somewhere along the Fairbanks-Seattle route. This morning, Col. Lee flew to- Sitka to investigate the harbor im- provement project there, and was to return here this afternoon, to be Joined by the second amphibian of the Army Engineers Board party making a circuit of Army projects in Alaska, which spent the night at Ketchikan, Inspection at Ketchikan The two imphibians arrived in Ketchikan yesterday afternoon and flew about the area for a half hour making an aerigl survey before landing. Col. Lee and his plane took off TBELL ISLAND RESORT TAKES PLACE SUNDAY: GOV. J. W. TROY GIVES BRIDE AWAY.SHRINE BAND PLAYS vacationers, ‘ the Legion’s National Rehabilitation Committee, [for Juneau, while the party aboard the second plane spent the day sur- veying for a possible army landing site, taking pictures from the air and hiking in the region north of the First City, This morning the engineers at Ketchikan' made a cruise aboard the cutter Alert to further survey pos- sible landing fleld sites. Aboard the plane which arrived here yesterday eevning with Col Lee, were Major P. M. Connell, crack Mitchell Field pilot who pilote ed the two Colonel Johnsons of the Departments of War and Commerce to Alaska last year; Lt. H. L. Smith, meteorologist; Capt. W. A. Merrick, PHEASANT HATCH AT MATANUSKA o Johnaan piane; Cadet Sonm T Like their brothers and sisters|Jr, son of Col. Lee, who is on fur- at Petersburg, the Mongolian pheas- | lough from West Point Academy ant eggs sent to Matanuska recently | and serving as recorder; Crew Chief have hatched out and the chicks|Sergeant W. Lipscomb, and Private are thriving, the Alaska Game Com- | John W. Fox, Radio Operator. mission was notified today. The party spent the night at the In addition to 508 pheasants, 67| Baranof. Flight Reocrd Chukar partridges also hatched out the same day at the Matanuska | The flight to Ketchikan from experiment station, which will rear | Seattle was made in approximately the chicks in cooperation with the|four hours, and the flight from Game Commission and the Anchor- [ Ketchikan to Juneau in about two age and Palmer Sportsmen’s Club.|hours. The birds probably will be released | At Ketchikan, Col. Lee made an late this sumer. attempt to go to Bell Island for a 9 GRS AN visit with Gov. John W. ‘Troy, who is resting there, but bad weather (TAYLOR RETURNING | "mmist, ™ ™ HOME NEXT SUNDAY gineers’ flight includes survey War Department work, prmwg in ;mr:)r work and flood control Tke P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of | morccrs 8t Ketchikan, Wrangell, the Alaska Road Commission, is re- | v onsel Narrows, Juneau small el ey boat harbor and Gastineau Channel | g to Juneau next Sunday on project, Sitka harbor the steamer Columbia, his office. boat harbar. Seward Moy crLdes | here was notified today. Taylor has s control been in the Anchorage district for several weeks on routine summer | highway business. PARTRIDGE AND work on Lowell Creek, Kodiak hir- bor improvement, Unalaska harbor ol v v o g (Continued on Page Five)