The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 24, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU. ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1939. VOL. LIV., NO. 8163. e — MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RESCUE SURVIVORS WRECKED PANDORA Six Students Killed TWO BODIES RECOVERED FROM SNOW Climbers Trapped in Sud- den Slide 400 Feet from Summit 19 SCAMPER OUT OF SLIDE'S PATH { | ( Disasfer Strikes Hiking | Party from College at Bellingham GI.ACIFR. Washington. Juiy 24 — | Workers dug today in snow on the precipitous face or lofty Mt. Baker, 150 miles north of Seattle, in search for the bodies offour or six teach- ers' college students trapped Satur- day in an avalanche. Bodies of two vicitims have been | recovered. They are Alice James | of Arlington and Julius Dornblutt | of Bellingham, Still missing are Viene Fisher of Coupeville, Maynard Howat of Se- attle, Hope Weitman of Thornton and Beulah Lindberg of Great Falls, Montana. Little Hope Left Members of the searching party who returned to the glacier at the| foot of the mountain last night to rest after an all-day search, had little hope of finding any of the missing members of the party alive | on the “Roman Wall,” a rugged cliff only 400 feet from the summit. ‘ The climbers were preparing to scale the cliff when an avalanche of snow came roaring down upon | them. Hikers scrambled to safety but| when they gathered beyond in a group six were missing out of 25. Guides Escape The guides, Don Cox and Chester | Ullin, escaped. They assisted in Um‘ search. Survivors said the slide was abouL‘ 100 yards wide when it started its plunge but was more than 300 yards wide when it subsided, The majority of those in the party were teachers attending the summer session of Western Washington Col- lege of Education at Bellingham, 60 | miles away. ROOSEVELT, PLAIN TALK Two Demfiatic Party| Leaders in Conference at Hyde Park, N.Y. HYDE PARK, N. Y, July 24— President Roosevelt described today conversations with Postmaster Gen- eral James A. Farley as one of a series of talks the two have been having since 1928. Farley arrived here yesterday afternoon and re-| mained as an overnight guest. Considerable speculation arose as to whether the two were to take| up the third term question following Farley’s recent tour of the West| Coast. President Roosevelt, sitting in an open car under a huge oak tree on| his estate, with Parley propping his foot on the running board, told the newsmen that if he was writing a story he would be afraid he would have to make it very uninteresting. The President said he would not| speculate and would have to stick | to the truth, which was that the two leaders of the Democratic party | were just having another one of their regular talks that they have been having since 1928. Farley Even Silent Farley had originally intended to see the newsmen but he injected only a few remarks of no particular import. The President somewhat silenced (Continued on Page Two) Would Restore W PA Rates Senator James Murray, of Montana (seated), discusses with Senator Louis Schwellenbach, of Washingtos n, Murray’s bill to restore the WPA pay basis. Observers say the White House would receive coldly any move to restore the cuts which caused WPA strikes throughout the nation. But We Need Sunday Riof New Menace To Brifishers Gunboat | Reponed Dis-| paiched to New North China Trouble Spot SHANGHAI, July 24—A British |gunboat has been sent to a new ish property in the seaport town. RECEIVER FOR BUS LINE IS Walter Bacon Sues Cole, Channel Bus Line and Bank A suit for appointment of a re-| ceiver for the Channel Bus Line| was filed in District Court today by Walter H. Bacon, Sybil M. Joyce and the First National Bank of Juneau. Defendants in the suit are Tom Cole, the Channel Bus Line and the B. M. Behrends Bank. The suit alleges the bus concern the former owner. A hearing on the application for appointment of a receiver to con- duct the business and adjust the equities of the various parties will | be held in Court Thursday. 'Frankie Darro fo LOS ANGELES, July 24. — The actor of juvenile film roles, Frankie Darro, has filed notice of his intention to wed actress Oloha Wray. Their marriage is to take place within a few days and will climax +an eight-year-romance. |Nor0,h China trouble spot, Tangku,| to investigate a Sunday riot in which | 700 frenzied coolies damaged Brit-| ASKED IN SUIT is behind in payments to Bm:on.| Wed Aloha Wray, ‘We've Got fo Have Warships, Freighters, Too By REAR ADMIRAL EMORY S. LAND, Retired Chairman, United States Maritime Commission (Pinch hitting for Preston Grover during his vacation.) I | WASHINGTON, July 24—in my state of Wyoming a cattleman should not allow himself to be with- out two essential weapons: a gun | umd a horse. | Few persons will question the neet d | of a gun, The gun protects the herd | against predatory animals, | horse, on the other hand, is not mrdnun]y considered a weapon. To | | most of us a horse is a prosaic, icvuyduy beast of burden whose value lies solely in the fact that | be can carry a cowhand around the range and to is a vital of the the gun would| be valueless Without the horse, the cow_ADMlRAL e hand could not get within range {of the mountain lion. In the protection of the United States against potential or actual foreign marauders, the merchant fleet is a prosaic, familiar beast of burden that becomes indispensa- ble. To Bring In Goods The Maritime Commission, at the direction of Congress, is now en- gaged in strengthening the Ameri- can merchant fleet. Defensive measures are not al- ways military. An efficient mer- chant fleet has an even greater de- fensive value in making it possi- ble for this country to sell its goods abroad and to bring in the goods of other nations. The United States needs sugar and rubber, coffee and tin, and other foreign products. Large sec- tions of our country experience prosperity only if their major product can be sold abroad. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936, mission, set up as one of thé prime policies for the commission the fostering of our export and im- port trade. Because it is necessary to have good ships, with good technical equipment, the American people through their government are (Continued on Page Seven) ‘The which created the Maritime Com-! BRITISH IN AGREEMENT WITH JAPAN ‘ s Nippon Hails Move as Complete Diplo- matic Victory 'DENY LOAN IS PLANNED T0 GERMANY FOR PEACE iGreat Furore Creafed-One Resignation Is Due to Come Out (By Associated Press) | Great Britain has recognized | Japan’s “special requirements” in| her war in China but has dis- | avowed any intention to “buy” Eu- | ropean peace through any deal| with Germany. On the Far Eastern issue, Great Britain has agreed to refrain from ‘putting any obstacles in the way of Japan in “safeguarding her own security and maintaining public or- der” in occupied areas of China. British Prime Minister Neville | Chamberlain declares however, that | this does not constitute any change in the British policy in China and asserts that the British-Japanese dispute over Tientsin will be con- | fined to local issues there. | The Prime Minister disavowed opposition to the suggestions that Great Britain has “definitely taken | the side of Japan against China.”| Japan Is Pleased By The Japanese in Tokyo however, hailed the British agreement as virtually granting Japan the long | desired belligerent rights and de- Mlarul the agreement is a “sweep- |ing diplomatic victory for Japan.” Germany Issue | The Prime Ministers statement | !wgardmg Germany, in answer to| | criticism and talks last week be-| tween R. S. Hudson, British Sec ((A)lll,mued on FBRL '.l wu) IS GIVEN National M;Ers Demand Immediate Amending of New Relief Act NEW YORK, July 24—The Unit- ed States Conference of Mayors/ has warned every member of Con- | gress that the Federal Work Re- lief program might collapse unless the new relief act is amended im- mediately. The warning is contained in a special report drawn up by a groap | of national mayors headed by| Mayor LaGuardia of New York. A‘ copy of the report has been mailed to every member of Congress. It stresses the inability of mu- nicipalities to provide for the work- ers who will be cut off from the WPA projects by September 1. The congressmen are informed seek relief from local agencies but | will be found wanting begause the towns already have exhausted all | available funds. Said the report: “What good is it to appropriate funds for work| relief if the conditions around the appropriation are such as actu- ally to prevent providing work? This is not an attempt of munici- palities to dodge responsibilities but | it is. a question of taking care of| the unemployed until such time as| the national economic system gets into gear and the unemployed can be absorbed into private jol The report concluded that the new relief act must be revised if| the present economic system of the United States is to endure. ! volving R. A. Baker, warrant, officer | CONGRESS that the discharged workers will|5 | Southern 1%, 147"7'(v Mt. Baker Avalanche Witnesses Frisked at Harlan Hearing Past the statue of a doughboy, witnesses are shown as they entered the courthouse at Harlan, Ky., as ar- raignment of 245 men and women began following battles between union pickets and National Guards- men in which two were killed and six hurt. _ militiamen, shown on duty. Involves Man InU.S. Navy Washington Protests fo Nippon Manhandling of Warrant Officer HANKOW, July 24. amicable settlement had been reach- ed with regards te the incident in- | attached to the gunboat Guam, and .l group of Japanese soldiers here| | yesterday. } American Naval officers declined | | to elaborate on the reported settle- | | ment, saying only that “no apology | had been tendered by the Japane: Baker was manhandled severely, it is reported, and detained four hours after he had become embroil- d in an argument with a Japanese sentry. The fracas reportedly was a mis- understanding arising out of lan- | guage difficulties when the sentry | sought to have Baker walk on the left side of the street instead of the | right side, as is the custom here. PROTEST LODGED WASHINGTON, July 24. — The Navy announced today a strong pro- test had been lodged with Japanese | officials against the manhandling of Robert Baker, Warrant Officer on the U. 8. gunboat Guam, by Jap- anese soldiers in Hankow yester- day. Lt. Cmdr. Orville Gregory, of the Guam, reported the incident was entirely the fault of the Japanese sentry. ———————— BRI STOoCK QUOTATIOP\S ] i L3 1 NEW YORK, July 24. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7%, American Can 96%, American Power and Light %, Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 63%, Commonwealth and| Curtiss Wright 5%, | Kennecott 37%, General Motors | International Harvester 58%, Kennecott 37%, New York Central 15%, Northern Pacific 9%, United States Steel 53%, Pound $4.68% DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 144.18, rails 20.68, utilities 25.83. —_—— e, MURPHY LEAVES After seeing work initiated on a new wharf at Dupont for his com- pany, Dupont Agent R. E. Murphy sailed for Seattle on a brief busi- ness trip aboard the Aleutian. Japanese Na- val authorities announced today an ' | Chinese Everyone who entered t! (ONGRESSM SOVIET FORCES ARE VICTORIOUS, BORDER FIGHTING Reported Wiped Out- 14 Planes Downed MOSCOW, July 24—A spectacu- lar victory for the Soviet forces over the Japanese on the isolated border of Manchoukuo and Outer Mongolia. | {to have been wipgd out Russian and Mongolian | staged major offensive ment. Fourteen Japanese also shot down e ‘FIGHIING STARTS, SHANGHAI SUBURB SHANGHAI, July 24. — Heavy fighting was reported early this morning between Japanese soldiers and Chinese Guerillag in the Wes ern suburbs of Shanghai. The fighting started with an at- tack by the irregulars on Japanese troops a short distance from the British section of the Internation- al Settlement. The battle is said to be on a more extensive scale than Shanghai has seen. in two years. It followed a series of acts of ter- rorism in and near the city. The belong to the w-callcd “Fourth Route Army.” I ol CLIPPER DAMAGED IN HORTO LANDING HORTA, Azores, July 24. — The reported in an official communique and the troops a planes here today in landing on the ninth flight from Marseille. Capt. ary checkup revealed the damage was extensive and repairs must be made before proceeding. One Japanese Squadron| An entire Japanese squadron is; move- | were | any | Transatlantic Clipper was damaged | scheduled transatlantic homebound | Sullivan said a prelimin-| ONEGIRL, 5 MEN FOUND ALIVE, WELL Coast Guard Cutter Morris Reaches Scene-Takes Six Aboard ARCTIC-BOUND CRAFT DAMAGED; TOTAL LOSS {Vessel Strikes on Line of Rocks-Entire Cargo Reported Lost SEWARD, Alaska, July 24.—Coast | Guard cutter Morris reported late Saturday afternoon that it had ar- |rived at the scene of the wreck of | the 38-foot diesel powered Pan- dora, sailing north on a projected voyage to New York via the North- he courthouse was searched by the Hankow Fight ALASKA HIGHWAY CERTAIN T0 BE BUILT, IS OPINION OF AN MAGNUSON SEATTLE, July 24. — Congress-| | man Warren G. Magnuson, Chx-m'-I | man of the Alaska International Highway Commission, says he feels | | certain that the Alaska Highway will be built. He sees few obstacles realization of his plans. “After all of these years of empty talk, I feel we are really getting somewhere,” said Congressman (¥ Magnuson | “When I left Washington, dent Roosevelt telephoned and said | he had made an appointment for {me and Dr. Ernest Gruening, Di- | rector, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, to see Secretary of State Cordell Hull, | “The President is vitally inter- sted in the matter and plans to when he comes! 1 | | in Presi- | | e idlscuss it further here this summer “Secretary of State Hull appears | equally enthusiastic and the De- | partment of State gave me carte | blanche authority to proceed. It appears that an expenditure of | from $14,000,000 to $25,000,000 will be necessary. I do not believe there [ will be any difficulty in Congress |over this, if I can work out a | reasonable formula. “After all, it costs more to build a single battle cruiser. Certainly a life line to our most precious pos- session is worth more in case of war than one warship. The bene- fits in time of peace will be as great that the defense phase will be of u-mmlary consideration.” ,ee Dr. Gruening Isin Seaffle SEATTLE, July 24.—-Dr. Ernest Gruening, Director, Division of Ter- ritories and Island Possessions, pre- dicted that Alaska will eventually sustain a population of 10,000,000, Dr. Gruening added the construc- tion of the projected transcontinen- | tal highway will greatly hasted de- velopment of Alaska. Dr. Gruening has arrived here to attend a joint meeting at Victoria, |B. C., of the American and British Columbia International Highway Commissions. - eee —— | GALVIN THROUGH Jerry Galvin, who has been de- | veloping the vast quartz lodes at| Bluff, near Nome, arrived in Ju-| | neau by PAA plane Saturday after-| west Passage, and that one woman 'and five men could be seen safe on the rocky shelf, thrée miles north of Cape 8t. Elias. The Morris had been dispatched to the scene when the lighthouse keeper on Cape St. | Elias reported the Pandor ahad been wrecked. Taken Off Rocks Late Saturday evening, a radiogram from the Morris reported that it had taken aboard the six survivors of the Pandora wreck, all members of the expedition headed by Dr. Homer Flint Kellems, farmer-evangellst of Oklahoma, including his 21-year-old daughter Vivienne. The Morris said the six survivors were in good health although drenched by rain and exposure of 28 hours. High and Dry The heavily laden Pandora lay | high and dry on the beach, washed there by the high tide. The Morris reported the boat struck on a line of rocks after the | pilot lost control at the first im- pact. The bow of the Pandora is dam- aged, the entire port side stove in | with ribs broken along the entire side. The rudder is also broken off. Cargo Lost The Morris stood by for what sal- vage work was possible although the | cutter reported that virtually the entire cargo was lost . The rescued survivors besides Dr. Kellem and his daughter are another evangelist from the Christtian Church, Ceell 1. Brooks, from Okla~ homa City; Ira Jones, engineer from Siloam Springs, Arkansas; A. Y. Ow- ens, photographer from the Okla- homan and Times, and radio oper- ator Lee Clark from Bartelsville, Oklahoma, Setflement InSight in WPA Strike Five-point mgram Sub- mitfed in Minneap- olis Labor Strife ST. PAUL, July 24—Hopes for the settlement of the stormy WPA strike in Minneapolis brightened with the announcement of a five-point peacy plan by Governor Stassen. The Governor appealed to Fed- eral authorities to set aside dismis- sals that have already been made. Striking workers are understood to have agreed to a compromise to be submitted to the strike leaders. The plan provides that dismis- sals must stand but that men wish- ing to return to their jobs shall be reassigned as rapidly as possible. Those returning will sign agree- ments not to engage in any legal activities. Virtually all WPA projects are |closed pending a strike settlement. The strike resulted last week in in which two men lost their lives. Attorney General Murphy or- noon and sailed south on the Aleu- tian on a business trip east dered that a grand jury investiga- tion of the strike situation be halg.