The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LIV., NO. 8148. ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” o m———— JUNEAU, ALASKA, TH URSDAY, JULY 6, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH SEND AIR FORCES TO FRANCE MONGOLIANS CLAIM WIN OVER JAPS Moscow N;w_spapers De- scribe Border Battle as Victory for Russia JAPANESE, MANCHU LOSSES SET AT 800 Battle Waae_d for Four Days on Banks of Khalka River | MOSCOW, July 6. — Newspapers here today report a smashing vic- tory for Soviet Russian Outer Mon- golian forces over Japanese Man- choukucan army units in a battle described as the largest yet fought on the frontier. According to, the Russian account, the battle lasted four days, with tanks, airplanes, artillery and in- fantry in action. It ended only yes- terday when the Japanese were driven back across the Khalka River with heavy losses. Japanese and Manchoukuoan loss- es were estimated at 800 killed and Russian and Mongolian casualties at 100 killed and 200 wounded. ‘The Moscow account asserted that after the Japanese broke through to establish positions on the west bank of the Khalka the Russians and Mongols counter attacked and drove the enemy back across the river, CHUNGKING IS SHELLED FOUR TIMES Populace Swelter in Dug- oufs-Large Fires Re- ported Started CHUNGKING, China, July 6—| The populace of this Chinese Capi- | tal City sweltered in dugouts for two hours today while four suc- cessive waves of Japanese bombers dropped 80 incendiary shells. ‘Three large fires were started. | 1 been killed. Foreign property, Amel Fifty persons are known to havejF D R pl i L] L] ] rican Em- bassy and other embassies and con- | sulates, were not touched, although one large fire blazed half a block I from the section. HUGE CREDIT FUND ASKED BY BRITISH LONDON, July 6.—The Govern- ment introduced a bill in Parlia- ment today to provide a huge fund, probably $488,000,000, to provide credit for Great Britain's allies for arms. FOREIGN SILVER PRICE CUT AGAIN WASHINGTON, July 6. — The Treasury Department today slashed its foreign silver price from 38 to 36% cents an ounce. CANADIAN POWDER MAN GOING INSIDE Morley Shiers, Canadian Indus- tries of Canada, Incorporated, man- ager, is aboard the Prince Robert | it was all over. Bullets End 13-Day hunt for Fugit w\ Four bullets stopped the ki ‘ War in Mongolia? An undeclared war has been raging between Manchukuo-Japanese troops and soldiers from Russian Outer Mongolia in the Lake Bor region of the Far East (indicated by arrow), according to dispatches from Moscow. The announcement said reinforcements were being rushed to fixg spot. The Soviet dispatch claimed 59 Japanese planes were downed against 23 of the Mongolians, while Japan claimed to have felled 124 Soviet planes, BOOKS HIS By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, July 6—Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt have re- duced gift giving to comfortable simplicity. To visiting sovereigns and other notables they present copies of the Roosevelt writings or auto-| graphed photographs, or both. From a diplomatic standpoint it | leaves the State Department at ease, as no sovereign or notable, | ’be he great or small, can feel that/ he was shabbily treated since all the gifts are strictly personal, val- ued chiefly because they were given by the President and his { wife. ‘The President gave King George a set of his public papers bound in blue Morocco engraved with his own insignia and that of the king. Mrs. Roosevelt gave the queen a copy of her book, “This is !my story,” also done in blue Mo- rocco, and they exchanged signed | photographs, mounted in silver | frames. The King's gift to President | Roosevelt was a gold ink well. It | becomes a historic relic and prob- lably will be placed in the “Mu- | seum” on the ground floor of the White House where numerous | AYS SAFE: MAKES REGULAR GIFT jother books, “On Our Way,” and | “Looking Forward.” SPEECHES AS GIFTS To South American countries the President visited in 1936 on his trip to the Inter-American conference irf Buenos Aires he presented copies of the three speeches he delivered on that journey. They were hand- somely printed and bound by the Government printing office, the three speeches appearing in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese. To President Somoza and Mrs. Somoza of Nicaragua the Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt gave au- tographed photographs in silver frames on their recent visit. While the President’s gifts are fairly uniform, the presents he re- ceives range from things of ex- treme beauty and value plain gadgets. The “Museum” in the White House already is crammed with them, all carefully tended and watched over by Wk*g House po- lice. In a case with other selected items is the gold handled dagger given the President by the Sultan of Muscat on his visit here last to just)’ ve Killer Ray Olson, fugitive killer of two Wisconsin special deputy sheriffs, was shot to death while attempting to flee from four possemen near Cable, Wis. and hungry, possemen, their deer rifles piled over Olson's body, are shown. | iller, ending a 13-day hunt. Tired, They said they were glad McNUTT CANDIDATE, HIGH HONOR 'Has Conference with Roosevelt, Then Makes Statement WASHINGTON, July 6. — Paul | McNutt, High Commissioner of the | Philippines, said this afternoon, af- | ter a conference with Presidenf | Roosevelt, that he saw no reason for his friends to stop efforts to | obtain the Democratic Presidential ! nomination for him in 1940. | Asked whether the President and | he discussed the possibility of Roose- | velt heading a ticket for a third | term, McNutt said the newsmen have asked Roosevelt about that. 'REFERENDUMS ON " WAR REJECTED BY SENATE JUD. COM. {Two Proposals, Although Turned Down, Will Be Sent fo Floor WASHINGTON, July 6. — Two war referendum proposals, spon- sored by twelve United States Senators, have been rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee | but will be sent on to the Senate | for consideration however. The Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 9 to 5, disapproved of the proposed Constitutional ' amend- ment which weuld order a popular vote and decide on a declaration of war in “warfare overseas.” By a second vote of 9 to 6, the Committee disapproved of another proposal which would call for a referendum, then final action by Congress in declaring war. w I SToCK QUOTATION NEW YORK, July 6. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 7%, American Can |95, American Power and Light 4, | DEATH LIST FROM FLOOD IS MOUNTING Fifty Believed Drowned in “Flash” Flood-Silt, Debris Searched BULLETIN — MOREHEAD, July 6.—Forty-three bodies have been reccvered, most of them identified. Sixty persons are teportcd missing in isolated districts. MOREHEAD, Kentucky, July 6.— Searchers poured into the silt and debris, for bodies of the missing in the eastern Kentucky mountain cloudburst and subsequent “flash” flood that broke yesterday morn- ing just before dawn. The flood has brought death to at least 50 persons. Bodies of 25 persons have been recovered. Sheriff Walter K. Deaton esti- | | mates that the property loss in| Breathitt County alone is over $1,- | 000,000. Red Cross and other aid officials | ! fear the death list may reach 100| persons. | BRIDGES TRIAL ' BEGINS MONDAY, i . SAN FRANCISCO Labor Leader Has Woman! { _ for Attorney-Dean fo Be Examiner Baton Rouge when Gov. Richard L As Leche Quit SAN FRANCISCO, July 6—Prep- | arations neared completion Loday‘ for the deportation of Harry Bridg- es, CIO leader and alleged Com- munist alien, at Angel Island in San | Francisco Bay. Carol King, of New York, a woman | attorney, has been in San Francisco | since Sunday mapping out her de-| fense strategy with labor leaders and | San Francisco attorneys. Bridges is charged with being af- filiated with an organization which overthrows government by force, but | the Communist party is not speci- fically named in the papers filed. | Here is the new first family of Louisiana, Ear Long, Lieutenant-Governor, took over the Chief Executive’s chair at New First Family of Louisiana 1 K. Long and his wife. eche resigned because of ill health. 1 Governorship | amendment | would prevent anyone who serves WARNING TO GERMANS 1S GIVEN NOW Five Squadrons Are Dis- patched fo Continent ~Reason Explained LONDON, July 6.~The Brit- ish. Air Ministry announces that five squadrons of British planes have been sent to France to take part in the Bastille Day exercises on July 14. The Ministry did not connect the announcement with the Eu- ropean situation but several quarters have been urging the Government to send air forces to the continent as a warning to the Germans. —————————— ANTI-THIRD TERM PLAN IS QUASHED ‘;Senale Committee Also Rejects Single Six-Year Service Ildea WASHINGTON, July 6, — Amid current political speculation over a third term for President Roose- vell, the Senate iy Commit- tee today voted down a proposal | that would bar any President from | running again. The suggestion was rejected by a vote of ten to two. The proposal was in the form of a Constitutional which, if ratified, as President or Vice President from serving in the same office again. The Committee also divided | seven-seven on a proposal for a single six-year term for future Presidents and Vice Presidents. It was decided by the Committee to send both proposals to the Sen- ate with the record of the com- mittee votes on each. James Landis, Dean of the Har-| vard University School of Law, is enroute here to preside as Special Examiner, | JUST LEAV Richard W. Leche leaves the executive mansion in Baton Rouge, La., with his wife and son, Dickie, after resigning as governor. Earl K. Long, brother of the late Huey Long, sworn jn as chief executive, is personally directing probe of reported widespread graft and corruption at Louisiang LINDBERGH IS | OFF TODAY ON SECRET FLIGHT Leaves Boeing Field, Se- attle, This Morning for Unknown Destination " THEM ALONE | CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 6—The State Game Department has placed a2 maternity problem of deer and antelope squarely before the Wyom- ing public. “Don’t pick up any baby deer or antelope you may find wandering alone,” said the department. “In many cases a mother won't have a thing to do with her fawn after it has been handled by human be- ings. “Besides, the chances are the lit- tle one isn't lost just because he is alone. The mother probably is nearby, in hiding because she scents human beings.” The game department said true deer and antelope orphans were very rare and the mothers have a strong maternal instinct. PICKET LINE AT KETCHIKAN KETCHIKAN, Araska, July 6.—| Maritime Federation of Pacific pick- ets, ranging from 20 to 150 at var- | ious times since Wednesday after- noon, prevented 20 Filipino members | of the Cannery Workers, AFL aux-| iliary, from boarding the cannery tender' Anna Marie for work in the Burnett Inlet cannery, until this| afternoon. | SEATTLE, July 6—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, making a tour of airplane plants for the War De- partment and who arrived here yesterday, left Boeing Field in a speedy Army Pursuit plane at 8:25 o'clock this morning but his destin- ation is kept a secret. Only a very few field attendants watched Lindbergh take off. PSR s Lt LABOR MAN BUYS N. Y. NEWSPAPER NEW YORK, July 6—Controlling interest in the New York Post, an evening newspaper founded by Al- exander Hamilton in 1801, has been FIRST LADY I§ CONDEMNED FOR YOUTH COMMENT American Legion Head Says Young Folks' Con- gress "'Pink”" in Color NEW YORK, July 6.—The Joint | Committee for the Defense of Am- ‘ertcnn Ideals today declared that | Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt “be- trayed the trust placed in her by { the youth of the nation.” The accusation is made in a re- port signed by Committee Chairman Patrick J. O'Sheasas an outgrowth of the schism in the American Youth Congress which closed Tues- day. Stephen ¥. Chadwick, National Commander of the American Le- | gion, was quoted in the Boston Post as saying he was “disturbed” by Mrs. Roosevelt's praise of the Youth { Congress which he said was of a| “pink complexion.” | P ‘Weekends in Jail Flier Makes Escape from (rash_ed Ship Naval Air Station Aviafor Does Acrobafic Stunt fo Save Life SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 6—C. B Thomasson, 27, of the Naval Air Sta- tion here, flying a private airplane, made a miraculous acrobatic escape late yesterday when his plane crashed into utility wires along Bar- nett Avenue, hung in the wires and then burst into flames. Thomasson climbed out of the burning plane and went hand over hand along the wires to the nearest pole, and eclimbed down. BUCKNER GIVEN 2 YEARS, PRISON Co(ktailiand Beauty Lob- byist Must Also Pay Fine of $2,500 year. It is a wicked looking blade| Anaconda 24, Bethlehem Steel 53, with a nasty oriental curve as if! commonwealth and Southern 1% designed to slide under your ribs: ortiss Wright 5%, General Mo- and come out under your left ear. (,rq 431 International Harvester | » 54'%, New York Central 13%, Nor- A A EIEoRe; Japanese 1herD Pacific 7%, United States o ¥ X /16. vase, its deep red glow almost hu:l-‘szeel AD%Poulid 4408 3 ing sub-surface decorations. Be- side it is a desk lamp in the shape of a pump. Pump the handle and . acquired by George Backer, Ameri-| F S' H bb cafi Labor Party member of the New | or "‘gy u ' York City Council, from J. David —— Stern. Stern, who publishes news- | FREMONT, Ohio, July 6.—~When papers in Philadelphia and Camden, | Judge A. V. Baumann heard Cal- N. J., acquired the Post six years|vin Warner complain he could not ago. |afford to pay his estranged wife 18625 weekly allowance, he said: | “T'll help you cut your overhead.|pulation of defaulted Philippine The. French government owns 37 For the next five weeks you can!bonds. He was found guilty in per ‘cent of that nation’s railroad | spend your Saturdays and Sundays seven counts of mail fraud and one mileage. in county jail.” of conspiracy. going into the Yukon on his first Other gifts to the President are col- trip into the Klondike country. | lected. Shiers has been making an an-. The President’s public papers nual trip to Juneau in the interests bound in black Morocco —were of his powder sales, and has mnnyigiven Crown Prince Frederik and friends here. T Crown Princess Ingrid of Denmark ———————— and Crown Prince Olaf and Crown BOARD IN SESSION | Princess Martha of Norway. To The Territorial Board of Admin-|them also went Mrs. Roosevelt’s istration met today at the office of |Pook and the Roosevelt photographs. Secretary of Alaska E. L. Bartlett| Occasionally President Roose- in a routine session, velt gives copies of one of his two NEW YORK, July 6. — Willlam D. Buckner Jr., cocktail and beauty lobbyist, has been sentenced by the Federal Court to two years’ imprisonment and fined $2,500 fol- lowing his conviction for scheming to defraud the public in thg mani- Fourteen Filipinos went through the picket line of 100, with police protection, during this afternoon. Conrad Espe, of Seattle, Interna- tional Vice-President of the CIO Cannery Workers Union, claims the cannery in the action in hiring the APL crew, violates the agreement with the Canned Salmon Industry signed with the CIO for non-resi-| dent workers, | DOW, JONES AVERAGES \ The following are today’s Dow, | Jones averages: industrials 133.58, rails 26,70, utilities 23.60, ————— (Continued on Plfl; Seven)