The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV., NO. 8168. ot —— | JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ———— NAVAL FORCES OF BRITAIN MOBLIZED Alaska Act is Held Today as Unconstitutional BEL =5 DECISION IS GIVEN BY COURT Workmen's Compensation Legislation Held to Be lllegal RULING GIVEN OUT BY CIRCUIT COURT APPEALS Test Case, FyFStinuIation, on Which Six Others Now Depend SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 29.—The Circuit Court of Ap- peals here Hholds unconstitu- tional the Alaska Workmen's Compensation Act as amended in 1935. The Court stated the Act violated the Territory’s Or- ganic law prohibiting a statute frcm embracing more than one subiect. The litigation involved the Territory of Alaska and the Al- aska Juneau Gold Mining Compsuv and was a test case on which six other actions de- pend. The suit involved the Terri- tory’s appeal from a District Court decision after the Ter- ritory went south to collect $4,000 from the company on the death of Eugene Quacken- bush in a mine accident, under the act which required pay- ment to employees killed in ac- tion plus payment to Alaska for care of aged residents. J. A. Hellenthal represented the Alaska Juneau Gold Min- ing Company and Attorney General J. S. Truitt the Ter- ritory. .- — | THREE PACIFIC COAST AVIATION MEN DIE IN CRASH Seattle, B_mi)ank, Long| Beach Airplaners Are Killed in England LIVERPOOL, England, July 29— Three Pacific Coast technicians were killed yesterday when a plane in- tended for the British Royal Air Force crashed in Cheshire near Liverpool. The men, identified as pilot Frank Anderline, 42, of Seattle; Mechanic Fred Taylor, 35, of Bur- bank, Cal.; and Inspector J. C. Ha- gadorn, of Long Beach, Cal., were employees of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California. They were part of the staff of the Lockheed Liverpool plant which had been assembling planes for the air force. Witnesses said that the plane ap-| peared to have a wing break from it in midair. It exploded in flames as it hit the ground. ‘The plane was a Lockheed Hudson bomber and was aloft on a test| flight. The crippled craft circled crazily to earth like a giant winged bird, scattering wreckage over a two-mile | area. Glacier Highway Club ‘Will Meet at Smith’s The Glacier Highway Improve- ment Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Haro'd Smith on Wednes- day, August 2, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. A dessert-luncheon will be served and a business meeting is sched- uled to follow. All members and their friends along the highway are invited it was announced, Lawyer Links Bridges, Brow der HSH pROBE Aaron Sapiro, nationally known lal or lawyer, threw a bombshell into the Harry Bridges deportation recently, when testifying as a govern- ment witness he quoted U. S. Communist Party leader Earl Browder as saving in 1936: Community Party we have to handle.” Sapiro, proclaimed at the time he on the Pacific Coast. “Bridges is one of the hardest members of the Bridges himself, alleged was running the Communist Party He is pictured at the Angel Island hearing. LOANS TO TENANT FARMERS COOGAN, GRABLE ARE T GO INTO DIVORCE COURTS. Blonde Film Adiress Is o Bring Suit-He Will Not Confest It LOS ANGELES, Cal, ress, Betty Grable, is at an end as Miss Grable prepared to file a di-|i vorce suit. The action is scheduled for Mon- day. The actress said she would charge the one-time juvenile star with mental cruelty.. She said she had a great deal of affection for Coogan but they had not been able to get along. They were twice separated and twice reconciled since their marriage three years ago. In Hollywood, Jackie Coogan in- dicated that he would not contest the suit. He said he was sorry but things were not, as he put it, “amicable” between him and Betty. e, — GAMBLING SHIPS TOLD TO CLOSE UP LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 29— Attorney General Warren had op- erators of several off-shore gam- bling ships served with abatement papers today ordering them to close their establishments or face Fed- eral prosecution. The gambling ships have operat- ed off the coast outside the three- mile limit covered by the Califor- nia law. An act passed by Congress this week makes the operating of such .| places a Federal offense. 'Mother, 2 Children Burned fo Death GLASGOW, Mont., July 29. — A mother and her two small children burned to death when a fire de- stroyed a camp wagon in which they slept. Explosion of a kerosene was the cause of the tragedy. Victims are Mrs. Glenn Brown- ing and her daughter, four-year- old Shirley and 18-months-old Rose Marie, stove July 29— The romance of the kid of silent |} screen days and a blonde film act- | ~ (OMEBACK IN A BIG HURRY By DR. W. W. ALEXANDER Farm Security Administrator | (Pinch-hitting for Preston Grover during his vacation.) WASHINGTON, July 20.—A few weeks ago the Federal Treasury received a check for $164.72 from Wiley J. Lang- ley of Jasper, Ala., been a tenant farmer nearly all of his life. You might think that $16% would cause no great excite- ‘W ashington— but the delivery of this particu- lar check was pretty important to Uncle Sam. It Dr. Alexander the government's effort to help sharecroppers and tenant farmers buy land of their own. Langley was the first tenant in the United States to become a land-owner under the Bankhead- Jones Farm Tenant Act. A little more than a year ago, he borrowed $3,800 to buy farm which he had been operat- ing as a tenant for three years. At that time the 59-year-old far- mer was heavily in debt; his chat- tel property was mortgaged; the house was badly in need of repair. Mrs. Langley, who had raised 12 children, was trying her best to make a comfortable home with and no modern conveniences. Today the Langleys have paid off the first annual installment of $164.72 on their debt to the gov- ernment, and they hope to repay | the rest of the $3.800 in far less | time than the;™0 years allowed them. Their home has been put in good condition, electricity has been installed—and the family is living far better than it ever has before. Instead of planting virtually all of the land to cotton—as most southern tenants do—Langley has embarked on a sound program of diversified farming which will protect his soil from erosion, pro- duce a larger, more dependable income, and provide most of the family’s food supply. Within the last year, for example, he has raised 15 hogs and a beef; 57 gal- lons of molasses, and 60 bushels of potatoes; and his milk cows have . produced 1,500 gallons of milk. By raising a large garden and canning 300 quarts of fruit and vegetables, Mrs. Langley has been able to set a good table. Most im- portant of all, the family’s net (Comlnu—ed on Page Three) who had | ment in official | marked a significant milestone in | the 180-acre cotton | kerosene lamps, an old wood stove. | | " WILLBEGIN |’ AUGUST 6 Roden Calls Conference- Congress to Adjourn Within Week A preliminary meeting of the Al- aska Territorfal Legislature's fish= eries investigation committee will be held with interested parties in Ketchikan, a week from Sunday, it was announced today by Senator Henry Roden, chairman of the com- mittee. Roden said he had received a radiogram this morning from Alas= ka Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, ad= vising that Congress will adjourn about August 5, and the Congres- sional committee appointed to make a joint investigation of Alaska fish- erie swtih the Territorial Legisla- ture’s committee, will come north about a week later. With time short for making prep- arations to conduct the investiga- tions smoothly, Senator Roden said he had advised other members: of the Alaska body, Representatives |James V. Davis, and A. P. Walker, and Harvey J. Smith, of the meet- ing date, Senator Joe Hoffman, re- cently deceased, was the fifth mem- ber of the investigatory committee appointed by the Legislature here this spring. | Roden flew to Pelican Tity today. on business, and expected ‘to con- tact Representative Walker there, both probably to return here by plane on Monday FURlOUGHING 0F WPA WORKERS IS CALLED TO HALT lAdministran—rCo |. Har- ‘ rington Issues Orders | fo States” Agents WASHINGTON, July 29—WPA Administrator Harrington today su: pended the order calling for dismi: sal of persons on WPA roles con- tinuously for 18 months. Col. Harrington advised all State Administrators to cease dismissing | the relief workers pending final de- cision by Congress. The head of the WPA commis- sion in a telegram to State Admin- istrators said: “The Senate yester- day adopted an amendment to the lending bill which if enacted " into law will substitute the provision giving preference fo persons certi- | fied three months or longer and waiting assignments over persons continuously employed over 18 months or longer. The amendment also provides certain exemptions al- lowing considerable administrative discretion. Pending final action on this amendment no further term- inations should be made.” Digging Ouf from Cloudburst Debris NEEDLES, Ariz., July 29.—Towns along the Arizona-California line are digging out from under the de- bris of one of the heaviest cloud- bursts in years. Needles was cut off from power and telephone communication for several hours as a result of the storm. The water washed boulders ranging up to five feet in diameter onto the highways. FRED VAN RAES ON WAY INSIDE Fred Van Raes, former Fairbanks printer, was through on the steam- er Mount McKinley today on his way back to his former stamping ground via Valdez and the Richard- son Highway, to spend three months vacation visiting his father. ¢ For the past 15 years, Van Raes has been foreman of the printing plant of a daily newspaper at Ana- I sitka are still inactive heim, California, WHITE RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE JOIN IN HECKLING BRITISH “Knock Down British!” banners are being flaunted by Concession in the photo above. Sitka Fish Buyers Are Nof Buying Tie-up Continues Since| Wednesday - Sefon Thompson at Scene KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July Buyers of troll caught salmon at according to advices received here from there. The inactivity follows the dis- pute of the Alaska Trollers Asso- ciation versus United Trollers of | the Pacific and independent troll- i ers. The buyers did not attempt to' reopen the dock of the Vita Pro-| ducts Friday. Buying has been at a standstill since Wednesday and the plants affected are the New England Fish | Company, Alaska Fish Products and Vita Products. Trollers of the ATA are picketing the hoists with boats, preventing unloading. A radiogram received here from an agent states that Seton Thomp- son, Alaska Agent of the Bureau| of Fisheries is meeting with the rival trollers in an attempt to mediate the tieup after the ATA demanded the buyers not buy from other trollers. — e Stork Prevents Court Case; Action Dismissed ; 29 still their WOODSTOCK, Ontario, July 29.| —Mrs Jack Losz made a date in a Canadian court and failed to keep| it. She was summoned ten days ago on an unannounced charge. When her name was called today | she ‘failed to answer present. The judge was just on the point of ordering an investigation when an excited policeman ran to the judge’s desk and hurriedly whisper- ed into the court’s ear. ‘The judge announced that he had just been informed that Mrs. Losz was just giving birth to a baby. He added: “Case dismissed!” —— GOES TO HAINES Mrs. L. M. Linehan and two chil- dren, Sarah Jane and Charles, left| on the Yukon for Haines where she | will remain for the balance of the\ summer, Mr. Linehan is at Haines| in the employ of the R. J. Som- mers Construction Company. FORTRESSES GIVENARMY {First of Fle;t_t;fSpe(iaI' Type Delivered Today at Seattle SEATTLE, Julv 29. — The Army Air Corps today took delivery of the | of 22-ton | | four-engined Boeing flying fort- | resses. first of the new fleet The planes are a new type design- |ed or high altitude flying through { motor superchargers. Burgunder InDeath House Cell FLORENCE, Arizona, July 29— Robert Burgunder, Jr., 22-year-old son of the former King County (Se- attle) Prosecutor, entered the pris- on's death house to await execution in the lethal gas chamber for the slaying of two Phoenix automobile salesmen. Young Burgunder carried a col- lege sweater and a few books with him to the death house cell. Another slayed, awaiting execu- tion, warned Burgunder to look out or he would get stuck on the fresh- ly-painted floor. “I am already stuck,” the youth answered dryly. il o A G 'APPLE PACKING PLANTS BURNED EARLY MORNING ‘Two Hundred and Fifty 04 Siomnen! Thousand Dollar Blaze in Hood River HOOD RIVER, Oregon, July 29.— Fire swept two apple packing plants early today with a loss estimated at $250,000, covered by insurance. Sparks set many fires in the tinderlike grass. The blaze was extinguished only after White Salmon sent its equip- ment to assist the local fire de- partment, Japanese soldiers just outside Tientsin’s British They were joined by White Russians who have organized a widespread North China anti-England campaign to drive western powers out of China—and who hops eventually to work with Japanese against the Soviet government, Recent Japanese blockade of Tientsin's foreign set- tlement has resulted in a deadlock of diplomatic negotiations between Japan and Britain. NEWFLYING Brldges | | land police department yesterday |to admit that he planted a spy | Hearing Adjourns Governmem Co mpletes Case-Defense Will Start on Next Wednesday SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 20.—~ The Harry Bridges' defense forced detective M. C. Bacon, of the Port- and stool pigeon in the Sailors Un- fon of the Pacific. The spy, called a provacateur and a stool pigeon by the defense, was Hal Merchant, an employee of the Standard Oil Company. Examiner James Landis, hearing the deportation proceedings against the Australian born CIO leader per- mitted the questioning over govern- ment objections. The government wound up its case against Bridges yesterday and court was adjourned until Wednesday. Excerpts from various Communist party hooks and other publications will be written into the record upon agreement of attorneys. ‘The government is presenting the literature to show that the party advocates violence and revolution. Bacon said that he had worked | as an undercover agent in the Com-~ | munist party. He said he arsshgned' Merchant to report on any talk of violence in the Sailors Union of the Pacific during the 1934 maritime | strike. Bacon said he selected guards for oil company properties | at Portland and that they were paid by the firms. Under cross examination Bacon was uncertain as to the facts in his earlier -testimony that the Com-| munist party treasury benefitted by a $40,000 San Francisco bank mes- senger robbery. Police say no such | crime is on their books. Bacon was (Continuea on Page PouA:) e Hunch Given 0f Congress WASHINGTON, July .29. — | While Congress continued its catch - as-cateh - can legislative work today, one of the Capitol | wives gave an important clue as | to what may happen soon. Political observers announced | that the wife of the Vice-Pres- ident, M:rs. John N. Garner, was packing her luggage. The luggage packing was ta- ken as a pretty good sign that Congress will soon go back home, ALL FORCES BROUGHTUP, FIGHT PEAK l Preparafiofis—M ade for Tension Months of Aug- ust and September JAPAN SIGNS TRADE PACT WITH GERMANY Claim ‘New Agreement Is Warning for Two Euro- pean Nafions (By Associated Press) Great Britain today began & gradual mobilization of Naval might to bring all military branch- es to a fighting peak for an even- tuality in August or September, which are expcted to be months of tension Japon has formally announced & new trade agreement with Germany which observers believed is timed as a warning to France and Great Britain and coming shortly after the United States abrogated the 1911 Japanese treaty. The new German - Japanese agreement is seen as a warning ta Great Britain and France and any unfriendly action similar to that of the United States might drive Japan closer to the Rome-Berlin axis. Observers in the United States do not fear any Japanese reprisals nor fear any close relations to the Rome-Berlin axis. Why such an opinion, which is general, is given, is not stated and diplomatic circles are also mum on the subject. Japan gives unusual emphasis to the trade agreement which it ia claimed is in only an initial stage Some Japanese officials state the agreement strengthens the front against Communism. British navalists are back froin leaves, which were granted early, to assure August and September forces to be full. These navalists are preparing ships for sea. R S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS IS GIVEN LEAHY Surprise F;sentation Is Made by President at White House WASHINGTON, July 29. — The distinguished service cross has been |awarded to Admiral William Leahy at a White House ceremony. Presentation of the medal by President Roosevelt came as a ¢om= plete surprise to the retired Naval Operations Chief. The Admiral had thought that his summons yester- | day to the White House was to con- sult with the President about 'His |new post as Governor of Puerto Rico. The distinguished service medal was presented to Admiral Leahy for extraordinary qualities of leadership and administrative ability as the highest ranking officer of the Unit- ed States Navy. NEW YORK, July 29. — Closing quotation of American Can at to- day’s short session of the New York Stock Fxchange is 98, American Power and Light 5%, Anaconda 26'4, Bethlehem Steel 63'%, Common- wealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss | Wright 5%, General Motors 48%, International Harvester 54%, Ken- | necott 36%, New York Central 15%, Northern Pacific 10%, United States Steel 52%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 144.29, rails 2943, utilities 26.02,