The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LIV., NO. 8175. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JU MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _PRICE TEN CENTS NEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1939. HAIDA RADIO OPERATOR SHOOTS SELF Frelghter Depere Hits Rock, Beacon, In Fo Oriental Muddle Gives Us BEACH SHIP TO PREVENT GOINGDOWN Vessel Bound for Juneau| Meets with Accident Early Sunday CRAFT STRIKES NORTH END | OF WRANGELL NARROWS Capt. Burns Ads Quickly—: Salvage King, Cutter | Cyane Go fo Scene BULLETIN — District Agent Seattle Fete Lures Justice | Americans ‘Denies American Legion| \Outbreaks N Alls wu_l ) Against ‘ | NEGOTIATE, POLES HEAR outbreaks of an tation in North China. The demonstrators paraded the streets of Shischianchwang shouting protests ags the United States’ drnunrullnn of P0||Sh Army Man Gives the trade treaty with dapan. 4 0ermany Veiled Threat The n ary says e Jap- ‘ snest ae s cling e on Corridor Question nese, under threa: — ! demonstrations aga BR"AI" SE"DS ou'l‘ 11 " FULL WARRING POWER D HARPER KNOWLES GIVES TESTIMONY, | BRIDGES' HEARING Hitler's and Mussolini’s| Armed Forces Regard- ‘ ed with Suspicion | (By Associated Press) wopean war machines were | geared for a swifter pace over the ;\\(‘vkl'hd with August maneuver- but the continent’s calm s | Received Support from A Billion-Dollar Headache \AMERICA’S STAKE IN THE ORIENT - R IN JAPAN { - IN CHINA Missions Hospitals TOM CRAIG, DESPONDENT, |Wife, Baby in Next Room Fail fo Hear Shot at Spickett Apfs. |NOTE LEFT: "JUsT C(OULDN'T GO ON" ‘Coroner’s Inquest Held- | Inquiry on Haida Also Planned | { | Thomas Paul Craig, 36, Chiet | | Radio Operator of the Coast Guard |cutter Haida killed himself with e Tu[n“damj't:“elwdn:::m- Emp|0yel's' GI’OIJDS ‘"“‘\ |a bullet from a calibre rifle giam this afternoon stating face remained unruffled ¢ |8 . the freighter Derblay is leav- { | "¥he Danzig-Polish quatrel wa > 2 $74,340,000 U.s. Imvovfsl $171,720,000 | shortly before 8 o'clock this morn- ing Seattle for the scene of the | | SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 7. Har-|the one trouble spot watched most| | ing. Depere beaching and will take [ per Knowles, American Legion an-{closely. Heat of tension here was| o e "’.""'mM“" Mied Cine, 2 all freight aboard and con- | ti-radical leader, today denied at the | SOmewhat eased by Warsaw reports hl;..:(!)n::lm "S"T’fk &"0"‘ of thefr tinue the schedule to the West- | deportation hearing of CIO Leader that Nazi authorities of the Free By The: AP Feature Service did not ov:n }?e;re mcM:;:;fw;':i ward. William 0. Douglas, Justice of the Supreme Court of the U. Harry Bridges, that the American!City have agreed to negotiate the | Legion’s investigation of subverive | Customs dispute, most recent bit ur The United States has denounced, ar-old treaty of commerce and navigation with Japan. January, its 18- That sets the effective next Mrs. Craig did hear a “gurgling sound” in the living room at 7:55 pictured as he arrived recently in Seattle to visit old chums of bis | &bl UTIEL B SIEORE oo (o cause irritation in rela- | b o) The Alaska Steamship Company’s Whitman College days and to participate in Seattle’s Golden Jubilee ployer group. Poland and Danzi | tions between Nipponese. Meanwhile, the e for a possible embargo on shipments of U. S. raw material Japanese blockade threatens U. S. com- o'clock, got up to investigate and found her hushand lying in a pool freighter Depere, Capt. Henry BUrns, potlatch celebration. He is being greeted by Daniel B. Trefethen, | The witness, however, said the| Poland’s principal outiet to the sea.| A ran_aground Sunday morning be- e ni “Douglas looks on. In regard to his new position on the | American Legion committee, of| Word of the agreement to nego- | mercial relations with Ghina i tween 6:30 and 7 o'clock at the north | gt L Fe LB T T SEC Chairman said little, except | which he was chairman, exchanged |tiate came after a patriotic dem-| This chart shows what America has o lose If the situation over therey Dr. W. M. Whiklioad was suni- entrance of Wrangell Narrows and| ., -\ 200 oy jnh " | information with industrial and|onstration yesterday in Krakow in|goes from worse to worst. (Not shown among U. 8. investments in China moned, but found Craig dead. WaS subsequently beached a mille] T s husiness groups, He also” admitted! h Marshal Edward Emigly |are hopelessly defaulted bonds of $30,000,000 face value) The Wash-| Craig left a brief note, penciled ;:j”‘ of Petersburg to prevent sink- he once served in a paid position | Rydz, Comiander-in-Chiel of the| ington sources that made these estimates had no figure on' property on.a piece of paper on which he gflm B a6 aid | with the Associated Farmers of Cali- | Polish Army replied to German | owned by American nationals in Japan—presumably because it doesn’t ‘:1:; b;rel ::;lnssmcylumnu of fig- Arant. Surma o JRebiEan. A u omo I es lva Irp a“es | fornia while directing the Legion’s | demands for the return of the Free | amount to much. Figures on exports and imports are for 1936, the last| uyyy. : investigation. City by saying that Danzig is the| . .. . pre-war year. “I tried to go on but T beacon, during a thick fog and a strong aft tide. Knowles was called defense as an adverse by Bridges witness. He life, of Polands “Our conduct lungs™ economic and added that couldn’t seem to do it. I love thzhgealé;gnh"i?u;: Sers‘ac:l ::;:;gne As E"e('lve weapons 0' war was question in an effort to show |regards Danzig will be adjusted RI(HARD l[(“[ you. e Degacn boa p e pue | the move to deport Bridges was the | with relation to the conduct on | uneau ees iR RE B T athol rafis; s Heahentis Hoped result of an alleged conspiracy with | the other side.” ! ho ,‘:"‘ e 4 i eight degrees by the crash but the | gt st onmitl e e lS INDI(IED BY Besides the wid ig leave: light is still burning. | By PRESTON GROVER ¢ speech as “commendably re-| ] L] 2 L;. les. e'hw l:w, Craig leaves rmy i i - r vas n aler L 3 g the army is celebrating the 30th an. New Drlve Britain was keeping al | ] | boy was born here April 6 while Capt. Burns beached the Depere, Cyane Goes to Scene The Coast Guard cutter Cyane| left Ketchikon yesterday afternoon for the scene for an inspection. According to radiograms received from Capt. Burns no one was in- jured in the crash but the freighter is fast on the beach. A dispatch received by The Em- pire from the Ketchikan Chronicle War Horse Dies Sunday Frank Mondell, Who niversary of the adoption of the air- | plane as a military weapon, wlule forgetting that it is only the zsm anniversary of the army's p\xrcha\e of its first automobile. And if comparative statistics | | mean anything, the automobiie and | its monster grandchild, the tank, have become about as effective a| | military weapon as the airplane. | The army purchased its first au- To Blockade China Coast | eye, however, on German and Ital-| |ian military operations while she sent her own land, sea and air| forces out on two months of un-| pxecudenwd peacetime maneuvi London circles displayed particu- |lar interest in German army move- |ments in Pomerania, Silesia, and Moravia, which countries border | Poland, and also watched Iv.alian; war games in Piedmont and Lom™ Former Gov;;or of Louis- iana Posts Bond— Others Named NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 7— Former Governor Richard Leche, who left office just six weeks ago, HereSunday Several Hundred Visit City -As Many Go Aboard Steamship his father was away on a cruise to Seattle. The radio operator had | hardly had a chance to become acquainted with his baby when the Haida left on its annual court cruise which took the entire month of June. Married Nine Years ‘The Craigs had been married nine years. They have lived in Juneau a year and a half, coming says the Depere left Ketchikan Sat- X i ' - | 1914, the year the SHANGHAT, Aug.: T--Purthering bardy, near the French-Swiss fror.- oo a4 a3 th % i’ Bty " any more untfl in 1916 it coast, the Japanese naval authori- RUEEL R O 2 Grand Jury along with a Seymour ' Craig was a member of the cutter 5 passed througl ran: cannon Passes Honeht thees trioks to| assist Gien- ties today announce they will close | Weiss, hotel owner and powerful| Question: Did the Canadian Pa-!onondaga’s crew. gell Narrows, by Petersburg on the ’ o lg Batahing chax‘ln‘g .le(ho the port of Haimen, Crekiang Pro-| 2 BRIT'SH SHIPS political figure, on charges of viola- | cific steamship Duchess of Rich-| i morning at 5 o'clock, Mrs. way to Juneau, when she struck. ;‘;Tl 3 Lo s = |'vince, 250 miles south of Shanghai, tion of the Connally “hot oil" act|mond, 20,000 ton Atlantic liner, visit| craiy awakened him. He intended The Depere was scheduled to reach WASHINGTON, aug. T. — Frank LR, tomorrow mrenrxm at 1 o'clock. in a transaction which each alleged- | Juneau yesterday, or did Juneau|iu, yoxe his automobile downtown Juneau at 3 o'clock Sunday after- noon. 79, who as Republi- carried Speaker W. Mondell, The first army airplane was or- dered in 1908 and had to guarantee| SHELLED, BURNED ly received $67,000. Named with Leche and Weiss in visit the Duchess of Richmond? At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, to sell it, but after arising changed his mind and told his wife he was The Depere left Seattle A t 2 oAl floge JeAtde, a cruising range of about 125 miles | . pesleadondiedch e August 2 joe Cannon's House battles, died|® “HT R PEE L s miles an | the indictment, which Attorney|a ship’s officer on the Duchess of| 10 vo 1o down on a settee in and was scheduled to go as far as g ngay For more than three dec-|20C 2 P | General Murphy studied yesterday | Richmond had counted over 500 : teo Kodiak, heavily loaded wi reij A p hour. Probably the expectations for | P the living room of their apart- DOIAK, nearRy with freight.| ;o5 his life was spent in active AR Y adtamaile In: 1914 | SHANGHAIL Aug. 7. — Japanese|in Washington, is Preeman Bur- visitors from Jungau going aboard, o i ol e ‘ , Aug. 7. — Japanese| Ty independent Dallas, | disregardless of necessarily strict| T (Continued on Page Seven) SALVAGE SHIP COMING KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug, 7.— The Canadian salvage boat Salvage | King left Victoria at 4 o'clock yes- | | politics including twelve terms from ‘Wyoming. Throughout his extended political career, Mondell was a conservative. He took pride in the fact that he were no greater. AUTOS ARE FAST Almost overlooked plane-filled days is the tremendous in these air- In Berlin lair raiders destroyed two British Yangtze River steamers Sunday, | British Naval reports said and one Briton was injured. Property of Asi- atic Petroleum Company also was Texas, oil operator, and the East Texas Refining Company. In addition, Weiss is charged in another indictment with evading issuance of passes. During the time the big craft was in Juneau, taxi cabs and busses took out several hundred passeng- Dixie Davis terday afternoon to work on the . 4 R freighter Depere, beached a mile W25 one of those who 5;]”‘"3‘“[: speed of movement of the army un- Te"s Germ an Newsmen‘damaged, pavyvncll(;:t (;;;nc:r:is:axi:sf:;ewzis ers and crew members to Menden- i P | resisted insurgency in the Tanks{gder motive power and the boundless The two air raids were made near A "l hall Glacier and around Juneau (Continued on Page Seven) of the Republican party. Irhv\::.s :b‘xesowe of automobile power that Only Rooseve" Knows | Ichang. & g";‘:fi‘:r:g:f'g:{;pi;‘;f‘:f‘&u‘i’;a;:" hlgh\;uys. Of the number going - “an organization man” tha €| the industry has built up in peace The steamers Chia Wo and Kiang ') out, busses took 445 tickets. A few a rrle |foughtthe move to_ strip Speaker | times. . If He Will Run Again Wo were reduced to burnt hulks. | are named in a third indictment |y, ties made plane flights over Taku | Cannon of many of his powers and| The old escort wagon pulled by % The British gunboat Gannet is ffil‘l ):lmbgkfd xCflanH‘"Y’lBK ;DSEUIS:I‘MW and Mendenhall glaciers, violate the income tax laws. 55 One American mules could do 12 miles a day. That was, roughly, a day's march for the opposed the Bull Moose candidacy |of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 when BERLIN, Aug. 7. — Postmaster standing by the hulks, the property of the petroleum company. and Lesage were previoulsy indict- Largest To Dock Here The largest passenger ship to Under Guard |there was admittedly strong senti-|soldier except under forced cir-|General James A. Farley, of the R ed on mail fraud charges. n [] [ |ment for the independent ticket|cumstances. The new 1%-ton truck United States, has arrived here. In | CHARGE 1S MADE The bonds of Lesage and Leche | ever come into Juneau's harbor, the ler s I e *® lin many sections of the West. | that, has displaced the escort wagon |ADSWer to a question by Gernan| SHANGHAI Aug. 7.—British au-|have been fixed at $5,000 cach and Duchess of Richmond docked at the [} Orphan at Seven |can move 150 miles a day m«,llv'”‘l"’"“fi Mr. Farley said: | thorities today charge the Japan-|bond for Weiss $15,000. Government wharf easily, with the| Npw yORK, . T T Mr. Mondell was born in St.|and can stretch the distance to 300 “Only Mr. Roosevelt Kuow with making premeditated at-| All three appeared at the Federal motorships Wanderer and Jazz act-|ime gangland lawyer who helped Louis, Mo, November & 1860, the miles or more under favorable con- |whether Mr. Roosevelt will run | tacks on British interests. Building this afternoon and made|ing as mooring boats, laking Inj.p.ch’ the power of Tammany ane ale day that Lincoln was first elected ditions. Furthermore, the «;lrlu-uawxn and he has not seen fit to| The charge follows the air raids|their bonds but refused to make lu-a\'rv mml)lmg lines from the ship Hall, Dixie Davis, was married yes- | President. ‘An Orphan at the age can keep up with it, hauled in | tell.” |Sunday on Tchang, when two Brit- | any comment on the indictments. | to the dock. terday to former show girl Hope of seven, he went to live with Lhu'hlk" -speed transport trucks, cars,| Farley however predicted a l)(-m~ ish steamers were destroyed mur! - | When the gangplank was put down | Dare. 5 3 | family of a Congregational ,,,mh_rhu‘.srx lorries or armored cars. ocratic victory in the next Presi | crewmen kKilled, five injured and from a door in the ship's side, short-| A police judge performed the Anoihe[ Amen(an Airman [ter by tre name of Upton ai Mo-| And the capacity of the industry |dential election in the United|the Asiatic Petroleum Company | ure oo son Iy after 8 o'clock Sunday morning, |civil ceremony with two detectives nona, Towa. Two years later the|'0 supply trucks and other ymmr States, no matter who is cimm.!m'()'mny damaged. . %G, ninny Timsauites, were thronged |as. witnsssss:. Bhvik s Falkail Makes ES(ape from Uptons moved o & homestoad in|vehicles as a war necessity is al-| date. The vietims were Chincse with the on the pier that passengers had|last week from jail after complete ? northwestern Towa, and on this|Most boundiess. The government is — e —— excaption) of M. J. Denyer. Danadian, | difficulty in getting off, and busses|ig a two-year term for participat- Fire by Chute {farm 100 miles from @ railroad, the [POUIng Moriey i ';llrlf)lrx’:;m{]fi;“ AUIHOR OF BES‘- { o, futpporied {0158 13: ‘grave asses way and taxicabs moved slowly, man-|ing in the policy game racket. He » es to buil eir lion as P res ping bt o |lad lived until he was 17. j 4 e i sy s abpartlak ok o Pu;‘::::“l’lg’:‘:’t v;’finthtd :rr‘(.lel:m s won leniency because he turned MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7 An | American flier was killed and a sec- | During his boyhood, Mr. Mondell [ %5 & Wor netetvt iy received the smattering of an edy- | MOPile industry built ur | tion mostly under its own power, 5 produc- al- SELLER ARRIVES The bombing occurred in two sep- arate atlacks abt Ichang, more than OWENSBORO, Kentucky, Aug. ashore in Jur but two stops 1, after making between the Pan- state’s witness and helped District Attorney Dewey convict the Tam- many leader, James J. Hines onm ond made a successful parachute|Cation a frontier settlement of-fy 0, srnment road-build- 1000 miles up the Yangtze - river | Rrey on, 79, former Ow s % jump today when fire broke out in|fered. He attended country school l’:;’";'_’ogtl’;‘;“‘z‘l’(“:]“,'"l"::: Lr.(:r:(y ulld-| BOSTON, Aug. 7. — The noted|pion ghareyet g b bof:‘ ;p‘:/’:;“:"”{'r’v“’I:'l-'l:_:,“:j‘r"l_'_\‘_;m.d fins (:‘l;dll nzl:lrl n:in-. oa uLsznsxl‘;- racketeering charges. " . i ohibs J 5pa o - u on Jul and anothes B their planes in two separate acci-|for three months each wnlnl.er. RG] e e automohils Br:]mln fu;umrl, Dr. A|(,.);1bldl.r¥‘C:¢)l'1‘|n‘ A strong British protest has been|recently as Federal Alien Prop-|on Samrdu);, 1er 8 41 The disbarred lawyer and Miss dtnts. was fortunate in making his home industry, on a 24-hour basis, prob-| and his family arrived here today joqged with Admiral Oikawa, com-|erty Custodian, died at his home| At Sitka the Duchess inahanga Dare were arrested together at 4 . ©d| Philadelphia early in 1938. They Sherwood Johnston of the United Sugar Company was burned to death in the crash of his private plane near Mazatlan, on Mexico’s west coast. Transport pilot Horatio Thomas escaped by parachute when his ship caught fire near Merida, State of with a man who had an extensive apiy could turn out annually 7,000,- library, and who supplemented the | 909 to 8,000,000 motor vehicles of all | boy’s limited schooling and wide | varieties. In 1929 it put out 5,000,000 | reading with ednucational instruc-|gas a peak. In 1937 it produced ap- tion. lproximately 3,700,000. There would Branches out at 18 | be bottle-necks to delay production | At the age of 18, young MOlldell‘in some spots, particularly among Yucatan, (Continued on Page Five) 1 " (Continuea on Page Four) from Liverpool on a luxury liner | They intend to tour the United | States. Dr. Cronin is the author of the best seller “The Citadel.” - The Brazilian government is in- vestigating the use of castor oil as mander of the Japanese naval forc- es in China waters, who said he is referring the protest to the army authorities because “no navy planes were in the attack.” The Japanese spokesman “We have no information. said: here today as the result of a sudden heart attack. Woodson would have been 80 years old had he lived to August 16. - utilizing Italy is menthane a substitute for foreign lubricating happened it is a regrettable mis- Fifteen hundred omnibuses use the oils, take,” fuel or | If it marsh gas as a gasoline substitute. laround the boy, hoping for clouds J off shore and passengers were light- ered back and forth in ship’s boats and Sitka fishing craft, spending nine hours in port. At Yakutat Friday, four and a half hours were spent ecruising (Continued on Paxr Eigh® will get no honeymoon because Davis is heavily guarded against gangland vengeance and must re- main available to the New York City Federal Grand Jury. The bride is a stunning titian haired beauty who said she would marry Davis when released,