The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 4, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV., NO. 81 73. CONGRESS ADJOURNMENT DUE TODAY JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939. ~ BRITISH MAY SEND FLEET TO FAR EAST Blunt Declaration Is Made Today by Prime Min- | ister Chamberlain LONDON, Aug. 4 — The British Parliament adjourned today for a two months’ vaca- tion, after hearing Prime Min- ister Chamberlain warn Japan tha Great Britain might find it necessary “in certain cir- | cumstances” to send a fleet to | the Far East. The British Prime minister, in one of the bluntest decidra- | tions made in the present | British - Japanese difficulties. He said he hoped no one would think “it abcolutely cut of the question as a result of circum- stances.” The speech was made against the background of news from Italy of Japan's cleser adher- | ences to the Reme-Berlin axis now under discussion by the Japanese Ambassadors with the axis powers Parliament will reassemble October 3 unless an emergency cuts shert the vacation. All ministers were warned to re- main within call as were all members of Parliament. The Prime Minister, in his Par- liament talk, said that the Gov-! ernment was still more than de- sirous of meeting the Japanesc amicable at the conference table. The Prime Minister urged Com- mons and the British people to| understand that the problems of Europe were more pressing to the Government for the moment than those in the Far East. Foreign Office Under Secretary| Butler told the House that the government was keeping in closes possible touch with Poland over | the situation at Danzig. Butler said that the Foreign Office had no official confirmation of report that huge seige guns had been set| to dominate the city. Butler said! however that there was increas- | ing evidence of military nctlvxt)‘ by the Nazis in the Free City. — et BRITISH AGAIN UNDER ATTACK, | TIENTSIN Am} More Violence Breaks Ou | -Instigated by Jap- | anese, Claim TIENTSIN, Aug. 4.—Anti-British violence broke out anew today| when a mob of Chinese attacked | the offices of the British Interna- tional Export Corporation, smashe. furniture and other equipment and threw it into the Hai River. The British assert that the ut- tack was instigated by the Japa- nese. British and Chinese employees of the corporation took refuge on the adjoining property of an Ameri- can conceérn, the Texas Oil Com- pany, which was not cttacked as the U. S. flag was displayed. | | Curiosity Almost Kills "Punky"” ‘ | the compounds of the two Consu- Sooner State’s Beauty Choice 77 4; Bettye Averyt When the nation’s beauties gather at Atlantic City, N. J., in Sep- tember for the annual “Miss America” contest, Bettye Averyt 18, of Tulsa, Okia., wil' carry the colors of her state as “Miss Oklahoma. " Alrouly, Also War Prospenly Stories Beginning fo Arrive AL B S ; By PRESTON GRO\ ER CHUNGKING IS WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — Any- | body wishing to remain cool and col- lected this summer should harden one hand and to war prosperity stories on the other. They have al- RAIDED; BOMBS DROPPED TODAY rcady begun to arrive. A member of the French mission French and German (:on. recently over here to inspect sup- (ply sources said his country intend- sulates Are Repor]ed | ed to buy much steel and brass tub- ' B D d |ing partially shaped for shells and |guns. That way, he said, they could 0 e amage be shipped without conflict with the munitions embargo act. The CHUNGKING, Aug. 4—French giote Department had to correct and German Consulates were dam- aged today as Japanese war planes {nitions could not be shipped Dut raided the city. leven in a semi-manufactured shape. | Demolition bombs During the World War England had a carefully organized propa- ganda department with a home dlvmon an American division, an exploded in l.xlo» shattering windows and splat- | tering ceilings with fragments. Ten Chinese are known to|Asiatic division and all the rest. | have been killed in the Foreign GermMny had a similar organiza- area. |tion, although the Germans had The raiders concentrated atten- | difficulty getting out their stuff as tion upon the suburbs. England controlled the cables. One Japanese raider was shot’ Hugh Wilson, Ambassador to Ger- down by the anti-aircraft guns of |many now biding his time in this the Chinese. ‘country helps sum up the situation A NI WS in his book, “Tke Education of a MAINTAINING HE IS INNOCENT MAN | horrified by stories of the terrible | Germans, who cut off the hands of WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 4. —Bernard Leuch, 55, former St.' lmle Belgian boys and boiled dead Allied soldiers to get the grease,| |Germany was keeping up the mo- rale of its own public with similar swries. Tender German mothers with Gloud Mtun . polldeiat " disd an schoolboy sons at the front were himself to atrocity stories on lhe: that story by pointing out that mu-‘ told that troops from the wilds of | the gallows in the state prison early this morning for slaying his wife |at Shelton in 1937. Leuch walked to the gallows still The Kitfen | blew up all Canada and Australia refused to| take prisoners. They bayoneted or the Germans they | KETCHIKAN, Aug. 4—Workmen | spent three desperate hours at the Tongass Trading Company store this morning rescuing a Kkitten. The Kkitten, named “Punky,” let feminine curiosity get the best of her and climbed down into the wall partitions through a narrow hole and couldn’t get back out. Workmen broke through the wall and then chiseled a hole through the ceiling to get “Punky.” EDITH SNYDER DIES CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 4. — Edith Snyder, 22, stepdaughter of Ruth Etting, figureed in the shooting af- fray in the singer's Los Angeles home last October 16, died today as the result of a sudden heart attack. | crime. | shire county cricket club now has| maintaining he was innocent of '.hel‘muh:l obteh. ) HAWAII COMPLAINS But we must get on to pleasanter subjects. John Snell, Secretary of | the Hawaii Equal Rights Commis- sion, writes from Honolulu that we | were unfair in referring to Hawaii las an “Island possession” in a re- three brothers on lis roster. When | way. Eh':;cs;fgmis"‘;;k:y,’l’.:yi":; e Arthur Mitchell broke a fmger re-|jt came o e cently, H. Pope, whose brothers, into the Anion voluntarly Alfred and George are consistent SRS BROTHER POPES DERBY, England, Aug. 4—Derby- | Philippines. players, was brought in as a re-) That is all true enough. Hawaii placement, is a piece of the United States his- A e gl N torically, strategically and senti- TO ATLIN | mentally. Milford Caswell, of Atlin, passed | through Juneau on the Prince Ru-1A HALF-CENT COIN? pert yesterday evening, returning| Moreover, we have meant for a to the Interior mining center after several weeks Outside, (Continued on Page Seven) and was not snatched, as were the| JAPANIS ~ PLANNING ALLIANCE Reliably Rt;;;aied Nippon Nation Lining Up with Axis \wvutfll Press) reliably reported prepar- ing to join formally, the “Rome- Berlin Axis” in a tight military al- liance with Germany and Ttaly. The Japanese ambassadors to Rome and Berlin are understood to be at Lake Como, Italy, drafting the agreement. Some such action was forecast yesterday at Tokyo. The union of Germany, Italy and |Japan in a millitary alliance, would | strengthen Japan's position in the Orient and make the position of both Great Britain and France in both Europe and the Orient more complicated. Meanwhile the people of Japan felt intensely the pinch of support=« ing the long and expensive war in Japan is China. The Tokyo government an-| nounced that because of the emer-| gency it is necessary to increase sharply the income tax rates and lower exemptions. Taxes in Japan |are already the highest in the world. | The Danzig Nazi leader, Albert Forester, told a mass meeting m | the Free City that Chancellor Hit-| ler will fix the time for Danmgs return to Germany. He said that the city had been fortified agamsl, |a Polish coup. Conferences leading toward a de- | | fensive alliance of Britain, France and Russia have been suspended, ! temporarily to await the arrival of | the Anglo-French military mission in Moscow. Soviet leaders have in- sisted that the military experts dis- !cuss the moves each nation would tnke in case of war. Before the pact lcan be completed these problems must be thoroughly thrashed out. The Military Mission will leave by ship next week to avoid crossing | | German territory. The possibility | of an accident or loss of important {documents is considered too great !should the military leaders make the trip by air or train. [ SOVIET'S DELEGATION MOSCOW, Aug. 4—Defense Com- missioner Voroshiloff will head the group of Soviet military leaders who |are to carry on staff consultations with the Anglo-French mlllmry ICcnnnum on Page Pnur) R i i, Seiner Sinks; One Man Lost; 6 Are Rescued Off Shore of Prince of Wales Island KETCHIKAN, Alaska, ‘A terse message to the Coast Guard | Headquarters here from Deputy Col- received last night stated the seiner | Berjha sunk some time yesterday, a mile and a half off the shore of the West Coast of the Prince of Wales Island near Craig. Oscar Casperson, of Ketchikan is missing. The Owner of the Bertha, Joe Burdette, of Ketchikan, and five others were taken to Craig by a | passing boat. No further explanation is fur- | nished. The Bertha was top-heavy and turned over a year ago in the sound near Point Robert. None were lost at that time. MORE INFORMATION KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 4— More information concerning the sinking of the seiner Bertha was received this forenoon by the Coast Guard from Deputy Collector of Customs Brown. The Bertha capsized in a heavy surf and is a total loss. The rescue craft was the seiner Arhus skippered by Harry Diamond of Ketchikan. It is understood that the missing man’s parents reside in Snohomish Washington, and brothers Al and Harry are also bleieved to reside in the State of Washington. Craft Bertha Goes Down| Aug. 4— lector of Customs Brown at Craig| MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE STRIKE OF 1,500 MEN ENDS TODAY Agreement_E;athed Early‘ Today Between Gen- | eral Mofors, Men | 4. — The DETROIT, Mich.,, Aug. strike of 7,500 skilled workers em-| i ployed in the twelve plants of the| | General Motors Corporation, was | settled early this morning. | The agreement, which terminates a walkout, was reached by negoti- |ators for the corporation and CIO United Automobile Workers. Bridges Hifs Corporations In Testimony | Takes Rapgg Various| | Other Organizations | as Anti-Labor SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4—The/| West Coast CIO leader Harry Brid- ges, testified during his deportation | | hearing, that the big corporations "sre fighting against the workers, mall business people and farmers.| “Bridges declared that it was not| a war of violence as far as labor| is concerned but a fight to win con- sars, but he found something speal, Do you agree? Gene Ellis, No Mar to Any Landscape Gene Ellis ur photographer was sent out to 1 it came near the earth, nearer than it has been in the last 15 We do! seen atop the Empire State building in New York. DEADLOCK IS BIG MEASURE House and Senate Con- ferees Get Together on Social Security WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — House and Senate conferences broke their deadlock on Social Security Law amendments today and cleared the way for possible adjournment, per- haps within a few hours. The Social Security deadlock broke when Senate conferees yield- ed to the House and abandoned amendments which would have in- creased Federal old age pension contributions to so-called “poor states.” House conferences also compro- mised on minor items in the bill, but the measure remained essea- tially the same under the confer- ence agrement, Social seurity taxes will be set at the present level for the next three years with a result- ing economy of nearly one billion dollars to workers and employers. Indication that Congress mign: stub its toe on the threshold of adjournment came early today when the Senate committee vo‘ed get a picture of the planet Mars closer to earth that carried more The “mar” on the landscape is cessions little by little. Said he, “If the big corporations could get, monopolies they want there would be plenty more people on relief and |the big corporations would d(-ny‘ them aid.” | Bridges insisted that he has al-| ways advised his waterfront union ! workers to refrain from violence. Said he: “I have never allowed | any of my men to carry guns., Dur- | |ing the 1934 strike I publicly warned | my men not to use weapons of any | started | PASTOR NAMED sort. The trouble is always by the employers.” | The CIO leader charged that former California Governor Mer- riam received $30,000 from employ- ers for his campaign fund as a re-| |ward for calling out the Nauonal‘i Guard during the 1934 waterfront | | strike. | Bridges also declared that the National Guard is essentially a| strike breaking organization. He | charged that Chambers' of Com- merce, the American Legion and po- |lice departments of most cities are anti-labor organizations. He said | that the Department of Immigration | which is seeking to deport him has devoted most of its efforts in the | Pacific Northwest during the past twenty years to deportation of la- bor leaders. The labor leader denied that he was influenced by Communism in | his beliefs and policies. Said he: “I had most of my beliefs before the Communist party came into’ ex- istence. I lived a good while down |in Australia. They are pretty pro- gressive down there and a lot of the things the Communist party advocates here is pretty old stuff down there.” The Government seeks to deport | | Bridges on the grounds that he is |2 Communist and that the Com- munist party intends to overthrow the government by force. The Government late today ceas- ed questioning Bridges after he had testified he sought the support of | the Communist party “possibly ten | | times, maybe,” along with other | |groups during the 1934 maritime | strike. Government chief counsel Shoe- maker went over Bridges philosophy once more and gradually led up to|amed Richard Prosser Mellon, be- | :::m;;czfesdlt‘:; heh:he(;:g::‘i;ti\comm heir to one of the most im- The Rev. Maruca, of Seat- fle, to Take Charge of Holy Names Parish SEATTLE, Aug. 4—The Rev. Na~ talis Maruca, S.J., has been ap- pointed pastor of the Holy Names Parish at Ketchikan, Alaska He has been particularly active in the Catholic Union Peoples So- ciety of Seattle, as assistant pastor of St. Joseph’'s Church. He is the founder of the Director Club. A farewell party will be given tonight to the Rev, Maruca by the Loyolan Club. Mellons Have PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 4— Richard K. Mellon announces that| he and his wife have adopted a two- month-old boy. Mellon is the head of the Mellon ’Lhe late Andrew Mellon. His wife | is the former Constance Prosser Mc- Caulley. The child, who has been PRESIDENT T0 DEFER TRIP T0 PACIFIC COAST WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Presi- dent Roosevelt this afternoon told | the newsmen at the conference that | he intends to defer his trip to the‘ San Prancisco exposition until about | October 1. EUROPEAN TENSION BOTHERING STOCKS NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Stocks sold off fractions to more than points in a rush of selling attribut- ed to tension abroad. Observers said that the statement that it might be necessary to send the British fleet to the Far East was a heavy factor in selling, FOR KETCHIKAN Heir, Adoption | National Bank and is a nephew of | portant financial and induptrial PRI 4 e lonkaling G, families in the United States. He | a8 ‘dlotated s?lely by mem- has the same status as a natural bership of my union,” Bridges said. Bet. . g — o —— two| PERSECUTION OF GERMAN GOVERNMENT BLAMED FOR THREE DEATHS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, 1ll, Aug. 4—"Perse-| | cution by the new German Gov-| | ernment of Czechoslovakia” js| blamed by the coroner’s jury for the plunge of a refugee mother and her two sons to their deaths from the thirteenth floor of theY Congress Hotel on Michigan Ave- nue at midnight last night. The verdict was returned after| }the Jury heard the tragic testimony of the once wealthy husband and father Karel Langer, 50. The jury decided that Mrs. Lan- ger, 43, “committed suicide and murdered her two sons, Jan Misha, |aged four and Karel Tommy, aged | 8ix, while temporarily insane, over persecution by the new German Government of Czechoslovakia.” Talked of Suicide « The husband and father testi- | fied that his wife talked constantly (of taking her life and “taking her babies with her.” Langer said his wife had been despondent since fleeing to the United States four weeks ago. Langer, who was a wealthy man and owned a textile factory worth $1,000,000 in Prague, Czechoslovak- ia, was forced to surrender the fac- |tory after the Nazi invasion. Forced from Native Land He said he was compelled to /leave his native land and find op- ’portunmes for himself and chil- drefl. The family had a visa for Bolivia and obtained a six months’ | visitors' pass to the United States and came to Chicago three weeks |ago. | The bodies of the woman and two children landed simultaneousiy on the sidewalk, narrowly missing pedestrians The woman’s wrists had been slashed with a razor b]ud(‘ BRIIISH PlANE COMING TO U. §. YORK, Aug. 4—Imperial | Airways Atlantic Limited an- nounced today that the flying boat | Caribou would begin a flight to- ( Rl | morrow for Fort Washington with a cargo of air mail for the United States and Canada. The big Brit- ish flying boat will be refueled in X”"' air shortly after the takeoff. a $65,000,000 farm appropriation into the final money bill. The farm aild measures as drafted to the ap- propriations bill was rushed by special messenger to the Govern- ment printers so that it mighu be passed in time for possible adjourn- ment tonight. S, HUGE FARM FUND VOTED INTO BILL | Senate Subcommlflee Re- stores 119 Million Appropriation WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—A $119,~ 000,000 farm fund was restored to the last appropriation bill at ses- sion last night by a Senate Sub- committee in a renewed drive to adjourn Congress by tomorrow night. The action came almost simul- taneously with endorsement by President Roosevelt of Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace's in- sistence money for the Commodity Credit Corporation be restored to the third deficiency bill from which it was slashed by the House. Wallace said the money is es- sential to continuance of the farm loan program which maintains prices of the major farm crops. 6-Men in New Hunt, New York Search for Doctors Report- ed Aiding “King- pin Rackefeer” NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Half a doz- en doctors with underworld connec- tions are being hunted now by Ge Men. They are also searching for a “Kingpin” Racketeer, Louis Buch- alter. The physisians are reported to have treated him several times dur- ing his flight from justice in the past two years. The Federal agency is also questioning the proprietors of a number of private hospitals in and around the metropolitan area and in New England. The racketeer is known to be suffering from a serious kidney ail- ment which requires frequent treat- ment. The G-Men have learned that the elusive racketeer has spent time in each of three hospitals while under assumed names, BROKEN OVER