The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 15, 1939, Page 2

e e e ettt A 2 BRIDGES MAY FACE CHARGE OF ADU!TERY Portland Po!i(e Officer Brings Up Startling Question on Stand AN FRANCISCO, Cal, Au tery charges should F ed Harry Bridges was made Lo b Police Captain Joht Partland at the depor ing on Bridge Def ste questionin e attorney Ric d ( red police in i tionh, asked Keegan to make ol untary statement Keegan said Detective Panl Mumpower had remindec had paid the expense Sapird, Governn Portland, and in a lor telephone conversation Keegan and Sapiro, the latte or- roborated this He also recalled to n € b ject of our discussion ir on Hotel, in Portla gaid, ‘which I couldn't r defore. It was whethe charges should be preferred apail Bridges for adultery.” Gladstein immediately | his feet and ed v 1ently “What has that got to do with questions 1 am asking you about expenses. Do you want to now penses inct change your testimony that you never paid Sapiro’s expen to Portland?” Keegan replied “Yes” and th subject was dropped momentari - Alaska Native Stricken While In California Edward laP]afie Collapses on Highway-Taken fo Hospita! SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 15 A man, who identific Edward LaPlante, 64, one of th native guides who drove over ti Arctic wastés to the wreckage ¢ the Post-Rogers plane four ago, collapsed on the highway neer | here yesterday and a motorist brought the Aleutian native to hospital where attendants said himsell as ars suffered an attac the after walking fro jo. LaPlante said he left Nome, Al- aska, three months ago to join 4 American delegation to Wa ton to protest the alleged pc ing of Japanese fishermen in Britain Discusses Crisis With Japan Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita (left) of Japan and British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie are _pi_ctured they prepared to sit down at the conference table to discuss the Far East crisis, Craigie was to Arita against continuation of the intense anti-British propa- ganda in North China. ‘Hunling Big : Game Is Just His Daily Job YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Aug. instructed to make a “vigorous protest” suffered an at- n return to Alaska aboard some @xp‘lains Ifs Meaning is known also as Dr. hé’s one of the greatest big game killers of the century. of Buffalo Bill Cody there have been few, if any, in reaching the scene of killed 400 buffalo. killed 375)mercial relations with Japan, an| United State: Bowman doesn’t He is a hunter from ne- not choice, and all his|Japan from taking it for g Yellowstone Na- tional Park, wheré he has been a retaliate for the abuse of Ameri-| ranger Yor 20 years. It is part of |cans in the Far East, and for Ja-| his duty to aid in thinnin'g the park’s big game herds. SHELL SIMMONS MAKE TWO TRIPS TODAY FOR AAT Simmons fléw the today for Alaska nger for Hawk | t | unfriendly act within range of war.| about his | BOLSTERS BRITISH ALIEN FINED FOR ILLEGAL TRAPPING ald Jacobson, Noyes Tsland by Wildlife Agent Gerald Banta and without a license and being in pos- Jacobson was before U S. Commissioner James T. Brown at Craig. ived here last night me Commission vessel , Capt. Douglas Swan- son, after a patrol of the shores’ of Island, Kuiu Island Island. He reported plentiful throughout the district. session of fir States is now supplying 65 percent of the materials nese military forces in China. en the hands of the French, Brit- ish and Russian diplomal supposed to be close to ‘a wiflitary alliance against the which Japan has so definitely Jjoined. Prince of Wales and Admiralty a I enger from Sitka and Mr. and sion in Tokyo negotiating a new Anglo-Japanese formula in China, where both have investments-close Simmons took a fishing party to DUFRESNE DUE. ON BRANT TODAY Frank Dufresne, * of the Alaska Game Commission, is Passengers were S. L. Stewart, ' T. Brown- |/ A | just after the British had suffered {an initial defeat in the negotiations cutive Officer TOURING NORTH 2. Casey and family are pas- sengers on the Aleutian going to the Westward on a tour of Alaska. Casey is head of the National Meérchants’ Delivery Corporation, operating sev- eral thousand trucks. ! has special status in China. Fisheries vessel from the Westward. ferred with Wildlifé Agent and traveled in the Dufresne con- {ish. If it had been, the Am MODES e MOME by Adelaide Kerr Two sithouettes are outstanding in new 1940 fur coati—a fitted profile and a loosé-backed swagger design. Here are versions of both, carried out in Hudson seal. At left is a fitted skir(-length coat belted in leather; at right a “swing” coat, shorter than some of the loose-backed models. ~nml.lcmlla‘. Notice the squared shouldérs and THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 : ' JAPANESE FISHING ROTARY CLUBS | "* “THE WEATHER Unifed Stafes Action Against Japan;Beatfy (Continued trom =Age One) law, is an inoffensive method of repeal. If the State Department had renounced the treaty, that would have implied we were definitely| on the verge of breaking off com- 4. At the same time, to prevent| anted that the United States will not| pan’s pressure against the open door in China. Rather, she might expect an embargo against ship-| ment from the United States uri materials that help Japan carry on her abuse and pressure. Some au- thorities estimate that the United, sential to Japa- 5. As a timely move, to strength- who are s powers, 6. To bolster Great Britamn’s mis- to $1,500,000,000. The action came by recognizing in effect that Japan 7. To keep down any charges of British influence in American foreign policy. The American ab- rogation notice was clearly not served in concert with' the Brit- ¢an isolationists, léd by Senators William E. Borah and Hiram John- son, would have been free to open up anothér blast against playing the British game in the Far East. As it stands, the British were re- sentful toward our lone-handed play, claiming they should have been told what we were planning to do. 8. On the domestic front, to slap on the ‘wrist the senatorial bloc of conservative Democratic isolationist nd Republicans who blocked President Roosevelt's drive to revise the neutrality lJaw and un- tie the President’s hands in ticklish foreign situations. At present the law provides embargoes against shipments of arms and ammunitions to warring nations. The Admini: tration contends this is more likely to get us into war than keep us out. The abrogation nc President’s way of exercis conferred on the President by the constitution, completely independent of the'Senate. BOTH PARTIES SUPPORT IT 9. By taking the initiative against Japan, the Administration also clearly shows it is trying to beat the Republicans to the punch in lw, assuming that anti-Japanese sentiment will be running at full tidé in this country during the pres- idential campaign. The Democratic orators will be able to say that the President hifself acted to penalize Japan in the Far East, but that his action was such as not to invite & useless war. This should solicit popularity among churches with missions in China, too. 10. And finally, the Administra- tion can claim the complete back- ing of both parties, and American political opinion generally—a fac- tor of vast importance to the Jap- | anese. For Mr. Hull's notice to Japan| IN BRISTOL BAY STILL DANGEROUS Friele Urges Establishment of American Rights to Offshore Fishing (Continued om Page One) will be a heavy late run, sufficient- ly large to justify an extension, the cannerymen, in town to consult with Bureau of Fisheries executives, said today In spite of a better than average run at Nushagak, poor fishing at Kvichak and Naknek canneriés left the NAkat Packing Company with a short pack in Bristol Bay, Mr. Friele said Short Seacon Justified Though the pack was further curtailed by the shortening of the on three days, the shortened season was justified, 'Mr. Friele said, because of t the Bristol Bay are: “Any curtailmént on thé part of the Bureau of Fisheries that will build up the fish run is welcomed by the industry,” he added. The efforts of the Bureau of Fisheries to build up a year- around fishing industry will re- ceive the full cooperation of can- nerymien, Mr. Friele said, in refer- ence to Bureau experiments toward that end Southeast Run Improves Southeast Alaska has had a slow season, but a marked improvement developed in the run Saturday and Monday and today all canneries in Chatham were running al capa city arfd Ketchik Wes Ceast areas are 0| a 50 percent increase ove last week The late run this year may be ex- plained to the lateness of the tide | favorable to fishing, Mr. Friel» said on Cost High Profitable coperation of the fish- eries industry out of the ques- tion this year, according .to Mr. Friele, due to the high labor cest Wien production costs raise the price of salmon beyond the price the consumer will pay for it, the effect on the industry is lasting All the educational campaigns in the world won't make the consumer pay more for canned salmon than he will for meat or CRd The bill recently signed by Pres- ident Roosevelt allowing the Fed- eral Surplus Commodities Corp tion to purchase surplus fish pro- ducts won't help han indus- try, Mr. Friele said, explaining that it related principally to fresh fish surpluses in the east. fter conferences with Dr. Carl Hubbs and Seton Thompson of the Hupp and Seton Thompson of the Bureau of Fisheries, the cannery- men will leave Juneau tomorrow They are at the Baranol Hotel - o> - BIG PAVING JOB COMPLETED TODAY Paving of Willoughby Avenue was completed today by the L. J. Dowell Company which is moving its equip- ment to the City Dock to pave the dock approach. Later the big paver will be shipped to Seattle. The Willoughby paving will be ready for use in about five days. : s 1) SOLIN E Mrs. Bolick Ends Visit in Juneau Mrs. Bess [:-JITI of Portland Ore., sailed south on the steamer Princess Louise. She has spent the past week here as the guest of Mrs. E. A. Thorgerson at her home on Glacier High Produc mall run m| (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) FOR FAIRBANKS, Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Aug. 15: SITKA plANNED Rain tonight and Wednesday; moderate southeast winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Wednesday; moderate scutheast winds, except fresh over Dixon Entrance and District Governor Coming Clarence Strait. i Forccast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Nexi Momh fo Exfend | Fresh southeast winds tonight and Wednesday from Dixon Entrance § , to Cape Ommaney and moderate to fresh east and northeast winds Alaska Membership | from Cape Ommaney to Cape Hinchinbrook. | d’ the Rotary '“"V*"{ Time Barometer Temo Humidity wina Velocity Weather | LOCAL DATA Plans to exte ment to Sitka and Pairbanks were{ 3.30 pm. yest'y .. 20.93 51 92 S 9 Rain sed at a Presidents’ and Sec-| 3.3 qm, tdday ... 29.95 51 a2 E 6 ™ Ran s’ conference at Olympid,| Noon today 29.92 53 6 SEE 12 Rain Washington, last we Rev. John | g L. Cauble, Juneau delegate, report- RADIO REPORTS ed to the local club at today’s lun- 1 TODAY I3 cheon miée y at Percy” Max. tempt. | Lowest 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am A survey the Sitka sitt Y Station last 24 hours | temp. temp. 24 hdurs Weathar has been mad> by Walter Bacon,| Anchorage 55 | 45 45 10 Fog former Juneau Rotarian, and it is| Barrow 43 36 36 0 Cloudy expected a club may be established| Nome 56 46 46 0 Cloudy there shortly. Bethel 61 | 43 44 0 Clear Cauble reported the Rotary lead-| Fairbanks 67 | a4 08 Cloudy ers at the conference still held a| Dawson 59 [ 6 12 Cloudy warm spot in their hearts for Ju-| Dutch Harbor .. 56 | 47 12 Cloudy | neau, where the District Confer-| Kodiak 55 | 49 0 Cloudy & '(-n('o was held last May, and that| Cordova 52 i 49 .5 Cloudy __; many of them asked fo be remem-; Juneau 53 51 1.08 Rain = bered to new friends here | Sitka 59 | 33 ‘ Dr. H. Cline Fixott of Portland,! Ketchikan 57 | 53 * 14 Cloudy new District Governor, is coming| prince Rupert . 57 | 52 44 Cloudy to Juneau before' September 15 to| Edmonton 88 | 56 0 Cldy, Smoky help with extension of Rotary to attle 73 | 59 0 Yoy | other Alaska cities | San Francisco .. 66 | 56 0 Clear Visitors From Afar | Visitots at today’s session includ- WEATHER SYNOPSIS | ed Harry B. Hovey, of Geneva, New The barometric pressure continued below normal this morning York, Past District President, who| throughout Alaska, northwestern Canada, and over the northeastern is in Alaska on a hunting trip; | portion of the North Pacific Ocean, the lowest reported pressure Glover S. Joh sident of | being 20.44 inches over the North Pacific Ocean at latitude 52 de- | the Corpus Christi, Texas club, and| grees and longitude 148 degrees. High barometric préssuré prevailed Mark Jensen of Douglas | over the southern portion of Brit <h Columbia and over the Pacific club project of build-| Northwest States, the crest being 30.13 inches at Nowty Fead. This ing a swimming pool on the Lemon| general pressure distribution has been attended by ,- sitatiin along Creek flats are progressing steadily.| the coastal regions from the Prin:e William Sound on southeast- A plan of the improvement has been | ward to northern British Columbia and by generally fair weather drawn by Lester Troast and Frank | gyer the interior of Alaska and th: Pacific Coast States. ¥ Metcalf has made a survey of the site.. Land for the pool was do- Juneau, August 16.—Sunrise, 4: nated by Jack Burford, CCC labor | —— S house at the pool has been prome.| ON FIRST TRIP WIFE WORRIED AT ised by the Forest Service \ D) ) y the club. Besides being a close- in svimming plce for the summer GET MARRIED COLORADOAN HERE months, the pool will furnish ice- Seid. kating in the winter. Anset, 7:45 pm - Worried by the failure of her hus- SR B o Ma i A aboard the Aleutian today on. her|080d to write since leaving Seattle 5 3 . last March 3 for Alaska, Mrs. Virgil Shower HOnOI'S way to Anchorage, making her firs| gy of Greeley, Colorado, has trip North with a one-w ssage . & ; ! ASSA8C | gsked the U. S. Marshal’s office here Mrs Joe Snow [ because she s to be married, she| g 4ry to locate Kutnar, known in Miss Malone will be wed in An-| AlaSka as Bill A ,_as' Evemng chorage to BIl Strandber, promi- | proynaf Wrote from Seattle last nent oung mining ms o or | March, she said, when he left .o predsit inl, ihrge "Ur"r“:‘ s | take a mining engineer to the Kus- rese charge erations for . = 4 kokwim and Stony River country Honoring Mrs. Joe Snow, Mrs. Olson and Strandberg on the plat-| > o Jack Sct " g o where he owned a mining claim. He ac chmitz and Mrs. Fred Schmitz inum ground that company operates said he would be out the middle of entertained last evening at the in Goodnews Bay. M : B Streets with a shower. shing + years ago where gt 1iVihE ) 1002 to 1927 € Washington four years ago whered ayoopq 1ijing her from 1902 to 1927. Games were played during the Miss Malone was a student nurse g evening with prizes won by the fol- and Strandberg was taking mini N i lowing: Mrs. Lloyd Hildinge¥, Mrs. studies. They will make their home FLY IN FOR VISIT . Mrs. John Whitely, in Anchorage. Mr. and Mr Smith and Miss Dor- S . othy Bertholl W la Malone, of Seattle, is Paul Sorensen ar- rived in Juneau last night by plane wd % ety Seved tor s} T ON ALEU N from Hirst, where Sorenson is Sup- : O ed for the oc- ‘ ; erintendent of the mine. Planning casion and centering the ta vas| Sailing for Seward were 11 pas- to visit briefly here, the two will a stork, offset by bowls of garden | cengers. They were W. S. Klogen- | o o i )mine tamEtow; flowe teger, Ardis Klogenteger, A. B.|,. ia < j oml ”“((z’xp:: .s;;vxjml for |rhn ;.rr;;n- ..Lp r‘lun‘”Jl J (ZimL Margaret Lind-| | Good Old Fashioned | : Mesdames Tom Herritt, say, Bud Branham, B. O'Neil, Bax- Gildo Battello, Lloyd Hildin ter Felch, J. L. 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