The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” e S o — _VOL. LIV., NO. 8191. JUNE&_, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN GENTS WAR BELIEVED TO BE STARTED BULLETIN—AIl normal communication from Berlin with New York, London, Danzig, Paris, Brussels, night, indicating events of first magnitude in the European situ Press. Itis believed that Hitler is on the verge of acting or already is doing so. itulate to the German demands regarding a free hand in Eastern Europe and possession of the During late this afternoon, the fact that Hitler successively received the British, French, Ialian and Japanese ambassador's indicated he told the mercial communication lines ceased o operate. During the afternoon, a dispatch from Berlin sent by the Associated Pres: once. Several German liners enroute to the United States, with Americans al ation are now underway. This dispaich was sent from Berlin via Early this morning the Nazi regime gave Polan Free City of Danzig and also the Polish Corridor. s announced officially that all German commercial ste board, are helieved fo have furned back on the cfficial orders of the German Government. Copenhagefi and Z Paris by private commu m he would act soo BASEL, Swilzerland—The French fonight cut the pontoon bridges across the Rhine between France and Germany north of this Swiss horder city. CADCA, Slovakia—Fresh veteran regimenis poured into the frontier opposite Poland fonight. Abou LONDON-The formal agreement of mutual assistance between Great Britain and Poland has heen signed at the Foreign stances by which parties come fo each other’s assistance if atacked. Roosevelt Appeals to Hitler, Poland’s President, for Peace LOOKING FOR TROUBLE NOW AT HONGKONG Attack Is Indicated-British Prepare for Land or | Sea Surprises HONGKONG, Aug. 25.—The Brit- | ish authorities today made a formi-} dable show of military prowess in t Crown Colony in preparations for any eventuality in the Far East resulting from the tense European situation. Governor Northcote in a broadcast statement advising all women and | children to leave as soon as possible, indicated a general evacuation order might be necessary. Local authorities believe that land | and sea approaches are capable of | forcing any enemy to pay a heavy price for capture of the British Col- ony. | Poles Massed On N_a_zi linei Gestapo Says Troops Are! in Position fo Make Immediate Atfack BERLIN, Aug. 25.—The official Nazi news agency here has report- ed that the German Intelligence Service has ascertained that six Po-| lish divisions of troops are massed on the frontier. It was also declared that much | Polish cavalry has also been brought | up within striking distance of the German border. The news ageney indicated an of- fensive action is contemplated that couldn’t be considered defensive in APPEAL IS MADE BY ROOSEVELT'S SON T0 COUNTRY, Asks for Harmony Between Business, Administra- fion Right Now FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 25. — Radio commentator Elliott Roose- velt son of President Roosevelt, ap- pealed for harmony between busi- ness and the Administration in face of the European war threats. Roosevelt said he believed his father would die in defense of this y’s present form of Govern- id he had received let- ters assailing his father as anxious to overthrow the present form of | WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—Presi- dent Roosevelt last night addressed appeals for peace to Adolf Hitler and President Moscicki, of Poland, sug- gesting the following three methods for avoiding war: First—by direct negotiations. Second—by submission of their controversy to impartial arbitration Third—agreement to adopt a pro- cedure of conciliation by selection of a conciliator or moderator. The appeal to Hitler and Moscicki was the second of the day, the first having been addressed to King Vic- tor Emmanuel of Italy to take the leadership in withdrawing Europe from the brink of war by formation of proposals for a pacific solution of the present crisis, with the coopera- tion of the United States assured. REJECTION SEEN BERLIN, Aug. 25.—Rejection of American President Roosevelt's| peace plea is forecast. Hitler stu-| died the proposal suggesting Po-| land and Germany settle their dif-| ferences through direct negotiations of drbitration or conciliation. IN WARSAW WARSAW, Aug. 25. — Immediate reaction to President Roosevelt’s| peace appeal reveals that the cur-| rent situation is scarcely suscepti- ble of any efforts to mediation SHOTS FIRED 0 POLISH BORDER; AMERICAN CRAFT CANCELS VOYAGE T0 GERMAN PORT Liner President Roosevelt Jammed with Fleeing U. S. Citizens PARIS, Aug. 25. — The United States Steamship Lines announces that the liner President Roosevelt reaching Havre today, has can- celled its trip to Hamburg, Ger- many, and that the liner is to re- turn to New York immediately Coming back on the return trip are as many Americans as can be accommodated, the line announced, and one hundred cots have been placed on the decks to raise the vessel's carrying capacity In addition, it was announced that calls had been sent all over Europe in an attempt to reach re- turn trip ticket holders. RUMANIA MAY SIGN UP PACT WITH HUNGARY INew Nazi Diplomatic Tri-| umph Is Forecast in Middle Europe BUCHAREST, Aug. 25.—Hungary |and Rumania are reported nearly| Isolafionls ~ Indicated | | By Nippons ' Japan Not fo Believe in | Any Nation-Is Go- * ing It Alone | to be returning to isolation in h foreign policy, at least for the pres- |ent, as the result of the German- | Russian non-aggression pact. | Foreign Minister Arita told the {newsmen that the Nippon nation | has revised her policy and from now |on her policy must be based on “in- dependence without counting upon |any other power.” .- Bullefins on LONDON-1t is reported that German troops have entered Po- | lish Silesia, but the official DNB | German agency makes denial. BERNE—The Swiss Federal Council has issued a warning that a call to arms may be is- sued anytime. | GIBRALTAR — Six British TOKYO, Aug. 26.—Japan appearsy s | War Sifuation government and establish a dicta- torship for the United States. cord, it is declared in official cir- 1 GERMA“S DIE{ready to sign a non-aggression a Polish Insurgents Report- ed fo Be Active-Some Trouble at Danzig BERLIN, Aug. 25.—The newspa- | per Nachsausgabe, in a dispatch| from Machrische Ostrau, Germany, reports that Polish Insurgents shot and killed seven Germans and one Czech National at Bielitz, across the Polish border. The Poles, according to the dis- patch, also have rounded up 25 Ger- mans and several Czechs on charges | of subversive activities and loaded | them into trucks when they tried to| flee. opened fire and wounded seven other Germans, | POLISH SOLDIERS DANZIG, Aug. 25— semi-offic- | ial Nazi source says two Polish | soldiers were shot and killed near the border on the Danzig side of the frontier by Danzig border guards. It is also asserted that Polish au- thorities have arrested Nazi District Leader Albert Forster as the Free City’s Chief Executive. OVER*I Mlltlb;l HOMELESS, FLOOD TIENTSIN, Aug. 25—At leasL; one million four hundred thousand persons are homeless today as the result of the flood waters of the Hai River. It is officially stated that over 2,000 homes have been destroyed. SHOT J Icles here today. | Such a pact is seen as a new tri- LION IS SHOT; BREAKS LOOSE ON OCEAN SHIP Venezuela Bound Feline Takes Over Vessel- Coast Guard Aids NEW YORK, Aug. 25. — The steamship Amazon, off Cape May, lion had broken loose aboard the ship from a cargo of wild animals bound for Venezuela. p had no guns aboard and the Coast Guard sent out a boat with two lion trainers from Clyde Beat- ty's circus to meet the Amazon. The two men shot and killed the ram- paging beast. A FOUR FLY OUT FOR TULSEQUAH The only local airplane move- ment today before press time was a flight by Marine Airways pilot Alex Holden to Tulsequah with four passengers aboard. Those flying up wtih Holden were Mrs. H. L. Foulkner, Irene Stewart, Joe Holubetz and Jack Dalzelle. Yesterday evening, Shell Simmons, flying the Alaska Air Transport Lock heed, brough in Ed Schafer from Sitka and Holden brought in J. | McClellan from Tenakee, destroyers have arrived here | and addition forces of battle- ships are expected within 48 hours. ROME— Twoadditionalclasses of Italian reservists have been called to the colors, totaling 500,- 000 men, and bringing mobili- zation to 1,300,000 | LONDON—American Ambas- sador Kennedy has accepted the offer of a house at Headley Park, 15 miles away from the American Embassy, in case of war, AMERICANS JAM The Poles, said the same dispatch, | New Jersey, wirelessed here that a | I.ONDON VESSEI.S BOUND T0 HOME Italian lines_C;nceI Ouf on! - Al Sailings from | Mediterranean LONDON, Aug. 25. — Steamship offices are jammed here by frantic thousands of Americans scrambling to get passage for home. All craft leaving port today had a record number of passengers on board with steamer safety regula- tions temporarily dropped and many hundreds of persons still unable to| leave troubled European shores for | America. | Ttalian steamship lines have ag- gravafed the. American evacuation of Europe by postponement indef- initely of all sailings from Medit- erranean ports. , i | U. 5. READY FORWAR ON ~ ALLFRONTS ‘Army Prepared fo Muster | Forces — Needed Action to Be Instanfaneous WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—A series Government orders and procla- mgtions are nearly ready for issu- ance the moment war should come |in Europe so that the United States may be amply protected from shocks of conflict. High officials today prepared | drafts covering the steps to be ta- ken with financial and commodity markets. Airplane communications, etcetera, and all short wave radio transmis- sion would fall under Government control Army officers said mobilization \day orders are in the hands of all |regular United States Army offi- !cers as well as officers of the Na- | tional Guard. President Roosevelt said the ma- chinery of American preparedness | measures are perfected, and it is ‘;only a question of pushing a button 'to put this machinery into opera- tion at the proper time. “The nation’s preparedness is bet- ter than at any time in the coun- try’s history,” Roosevelt declared. CANADAIN READINESS ‘War Threat Even Spreads to Capefown in Dis- fant South Africa OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 25. — All leaves of Canadian military men have been cancelled, it was revealed today. Headquarters staff is working at high speed to be in readiness should Canada become involved in the im- pending European war. Advices have also been received from Cape Town, South Africa, that the British Government has placed guards at strategic points, and all shore leave for crew members of a German liner there have been can- celled. e, Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 25. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can 97%, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 23%, Bethlehem Steel 56, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General Motors 43%, International Harvester 50, Kennecott 35, New York Central , Northern Pa- cific 8, United States Steel 45, Pound $4.45. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 133.73, rails 26.26, utilities 24.50. PURPOSES OF - FISHSTUDY ‘ Congressm;.; rH,gre fo Be Helpful fo. Alaska's Fishing Industry »ssmen making the study of Al fisheries are in the Ter- ritory with the purpose of doing something constructive for the in- dustry and are not here to snoop, to muckrake or to “investigate” in the sense of looking in a critical manner for something that s wrong, Chairman Schuyler O.Bland of the House Committee on Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries said today. Today the Congressmen and members of their party were guests| of Gov. John W, Troy at break- | fast at the Baranof Hotel. Repre- sentative Bland, Representative Richard J. Welch and Alaska Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond spoke in-| formally, explaining the purposes of the study to a group of Jun(\au‘ businessmen and officials who were present. Praise Alaska Officials | Congressmen in their remarks| paid high compliment to Delegate | Dimond and to the Governor. Today the Congressmen visited the Alaska Juneau mine and went to the glacier. Yesterday they went Shoal Point, off Douglas Island, catching five salmon which they ate at once aboard the Bureau of Fisheries vessel Brant. Trollers Questioned Subcommitteemen stopped a small fishing boat to interview| trollers, went ashore to see sal-| mon spawning in a creek and made their first actual study of fisher! problems at first hand. | fishing at Subcommittee was held aboard the | Brant yesterday afternoon. A mo- | tion by Representative Welch, un-| animously adopted, thanked Dr. W. W. Council, A. B. Phillips, Los Ber- | men who accompanied them on the strip-fishing expedition, and all others who had cooperated Wwith | the party. | Strictly Business | Congressmen asked that Juneau people spread the word that they are here on business, not for pleas- ure, and any information which| might be of help to them in thelr | study will be, not only gratefully| received, but eagerly looked for. | The party likes Juneau so well| that it is remaining here until| tomorrow morning, instead of sail-| ing on the Coast Guard cutter Ing-| ham at 2 o'clock this afternoon as| scheduled, They will go from here! directly to Seward. | This evening Congressmen will| be shown wildlife motion pictures | of the Alaska Game Commission aboard the Ingham. Chairman Bland’s statement on| the scope and intention of the study was as follows Chairman’s Statement ! “The purpose of this visit to Al-| aska by a subcommittee of thel Committee on Merchant Magim“ and Fisheries of the House of Rep- resentatives is a part of the Com- " (Continued on page Six) 5| glan Minister of urich, and presumably other foreign countries, was cul off early to- nication facilities arranged by the Associated d, England and France another 24-hour day of grace in which to cap- n. Thereafter all com- amers must remain in German harbors or return lo Germany at 1 250,000 soldiers are already there. Tens of thousands of marching youths are coming up. Office. The agreement consists of eight articles selling forth circum- 'BLAND TELLS ;Mosl Dangerous Rackefeer in United States Surrenders in New York fo NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—The Fed- eral Bureau of Invstigation an- nounces that Louis “Lepke” Bu- chalter, industrial racke has surrendered to J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director. Hoover has been in New York for the past two and one half weeks working on the case. Hoover refused to give details as to the surrender but said no money was paid and no promises of im- munity made. Buchalter, 42, has been the object of a nationwide search with a price of $50,000 placed on his head. He has been a fugitive for two years after running out on a $10,000 bail. District Attorney Dewey called “Lepke” the “most dangerous rack- eteer in America.” Not a great deal the shifty-eyed big shot charged with preying on the fur, bakery, garment, and trucking businesses in the New York area. Two years ago he jumped bail of $10,000 in a racketeering case. Just BELGIANS ORDER GAS MASKS WITH EYES ON BORDER King leopofionfers with| Army Generals—Pa- frols Doubled BRUSSELS, Aug. 25.—The Bel- Defense has or- dered an additional 200,000 gas as well as soldiers. The large order was placed in ad- dition to 600,000 already on hand in Government warehouses. Meanwhile, with all border pa- nard and Keith Wildes, the Juneau trols doubled, King Leopold has|through the gone into conference with Army generals for plans of defense. BLAST SHAKES LONDON CENTER Mysterious Explosion Claims Lives of Five Persons LONDON, A\'u,'—fi -Five persons were killed and a score injured in an explosion today at the Coven- try manufacturing center in north-| west London. Cause of the explosion is emphasized by wreckage of hun- dreds of windows and a number of buses. NOT MISS George Mackie, Petersburg man reported missing in his fishing boat, walked into the U. 8. Marshal’s of- fice here today just to prove he isn't, = as known about | is un-| known, but magnitude of the blast | F. B. 1. Diredor recently 26 FBI agents, 25 New York cops and six agents of the Treasury Department’s narcotics division (he's been linked to a narcotics ring, too) had full-time jobs hunting him. Only twice in the two years have police picked up the trail; both times it was hours cold. Dewey thinks one reason he was 50 slippery is that he had plenty of money, And another is the fact that he was lit- tle known. The spotlight has played on most of the underworld big shots who have been killed or caught, but not on “Lepke"—until just recently. Then a New York business man was murdered. Police said it was because he looked like a former “Lepke” aide. Dewey stated that in the past two years three of Lepke’s former associates have been killed, |and two have vanished. “Lepke” is 42, has a wife and son, 18; is about 5% feet tall; weighs 160, has brown hair and eyes, large, | straight, blunt-ended nose, and big | ears. SEES ARRIVAL OF FRESH NAVY Russian W;r—s-h ips Drop Anchor in Vladivosfok Near Japan i MOSCOW, Aug. 25—An unsus- pected number of Soviet warships The first formal session of the masks for civilians of the kingdom |, .. . ved in Viadivistok to bol- | ster the Pacific Fleet. | A month ago, three freighters, three tugs, four mine layers and |eleven Russian warships passed Panama Canal. Viadivistok is the eastern sea- | port of Siberia, within short strik- |ing distance of Japan and but a ‘ch hours’ steaming from disputed | Sakhalin Island. POLAND MOVING - CAUTIOUSLY AS FRENCH ADVISE Parisians Urge Care that Nazis Get No Excuse for Attack PARIS, Aug. 25.—French officlals today urged Poland to give Ger- many no excuse for charging mal- treatment of Germans in Poland. It is believed here that the Poles | will follow the advice carefully on the grounds that all chance will thus be avoided of giving Germany any pretext for action in border in- cidents,