The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 26, 1939, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, SALMON PACK Dies Returns North to Resume Hearing IN SOUTHEAST FAR BEHIND '38 Only Wrangell Comes Up to Last Year's Pack-To- tal 1,534,576 Cases behind arthe 400.000 expected case to be € The deta Bureau of isheries Representative Martin Dies is pictured with his wife and children, arri from Galveston, Tex., enroute to Washington to resume hearings investigating un-American activities, of which he is chairman. Jr., Bob and Jackie 7]uneafifles Made Nobles Last Evening Ceremonia[ Performed at Scottish Rite Temple- Shriners Leave 1,564 king 1,957 34,059 1a 38 king 399,164 yakutat % pink year 43.9 38 1 48,450 ony be a ernmen ject color Pippel succe ays “The n 30v- | fund ther 11,667 1 263,018 total, 304.098 6,040 2224 kir 1.099.132 p 1,534,576 tota ba > - Seven Juneauites last night ¢ 1e hot sands of th afler coc e blue g their sco sands of that desert were made full-fledged No- FARMER PIPPEL ForestFires =cueossi of maranuska Again Start e ronenin e feet in aven, .. ving in New York after a boat trip on the congressional committee The children are (left to right) : Martin, 'DEFIANCE HURLED AT BOTH FRANCE, BRITAIN BY HESS Hitler's ChTe? Deputy in | Vienna Makes Ver- bal Attacks A, Aug. 26. — Chancellor Hitler's chief deputy in the Nazi Party, Rudolf Hess, has hurled de- fiance at France and Britain, de claring that Germany could not be stopped by threats. Hess made his speech before a meeting of the organization for Germans living abroad. The alleged mistreatment of the German minority in Poland was the theme of his speech. Hess blamed the Poles for not ac-| cepting what he described as Hit- JUNEAU WAITS FOR WAR NEWS DURING NIGHT Empire Newsroom, N.B.C.‘ on 24-Hour Schedule as | War Break Expected | (Continued from Page One) virtually its entire communications system cut off from the outside | world—was operating on a full-time | war basis. Credibility was lent to | this belief when it was reported— | later confirmed — that a German bombing plane had been shot down by Polish anti-aircraft batteries in | restricted territory. | Teiephone Calls [ During the afternocon the news- | room of The Empire was deluged | with telephone calls and personal | calls from anxious Juneau men and ’women, eager to hear the latest re- !porL. hoping against fast-failing | hope that, by some eleventh-hour miracle another world debacle | would be averted and that the Four ‘Horsemen of the Apocalypse would not ride again, leaving the familiar trail of waste, famine, and death in their wake. All through the night and into | the long cold hours of this morning | The Empire night editor stayed at 'his desk, answering frantic tele- | phone calls, sifting out and re-writ- | |ing Associated Press dispatches | which hit his desk regularly at ten- | minute intervals. Aboard the Coast | Guard cutter Haida an Empire re- porter on the night staff kept watch | phoning his night editor every few | | minutes as he got reports direct | from London, Paris, Warsaw and Tokyo. | 24-Hour Onerations | The far-flung facilities of Nation- | al Broadcasting Company's network | |all over Europe and the United | | States and Canada were kept open | on a 24-hour operating basis — a| measure unprecedented in the annals | | of radio broadcasting, and it was| i starvation 1939. pire reporter heard an announce- ment direct from London that Hit- ler planned to answer Mr. Roosevelt this morning, but up to this writing if such an answer had been received at Washington it was not released to the press. Hitler Warned This same commentator in Lon- don, Harry Lysell Carr, told his list- eners throughout the United States and the British Empire that great hopes had been pinned on Roose- £i, | velt's message, adding that “no one, | | not even Herr Hitler, can longer dare to flout the authority of the President of the United States.” Meantime other events transpired with such swiftness that even the broadcasters could not keep up with them. And still the telephone con- tinued to ring in The Empire news- rooms and on the Haida the guard- | room watch huddled in the seem- ingly tiny radio shack listening to the reports from New York, from | London and Paris and, ultimately, from Tokyo, where an announcer told his listeners in precise English that the Japanese government was sending a vigorous protest to the German Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, in Berlin, over its action in the recently signed Rus- sian alliance. Roosevelt at Work, Too Of importance during the night was the report that President Roose- velt was working late at his desk in the White House and conferring with Cabinet members on prepara- tions to meet the emergencies the United States would have to face in the event of a Eurouean war. These included the evacuation of Amer- icans from the scene of a European holocaust; provision for penniless Americans abroad, and the prepara- tion of the State Department to take over diplomatic representation by the United States of several gov- ernments of the world at enemy capitals Also, it was reported, sev- eral steps were being taken to safe- guard American neutrality and cushion the nation against the var- ious economic effects of war. During the night, too, officials of the navy department were meeting with officials under Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Acting Navy Secretary Charles Edison announced ’bitmtion of their differences. ! 6. Announcement was made that Herr Hitler's scheduled speech Sun- day at Tannenburg had been can- celled. 7. At 2:30 o'clock this morning, Juneau time, an announcer from | Broadcasting House, London, sald Prime Minister Chamberlain had is- sued a statement saying that his “patience is exhausted” and that un- less Hitler accedes to arbitration “England is ready to | i ‘Mrs. Alexander Entertains at HomflhisWeek Entertaining at her Jovely Dixor | Street home during the week, Mrs G. F. Alexander was hostess y terday afternoon with luncheon and bridge, given in compliment to wives of the visiting Shriners. | Honors for cards were presented during the afternoon to Mrs Charles Beale, first; Mrs. I. Gold- stein, second; and Mrs. M. E. Mon- | agle, consolation. Each giest of honor was also given a tiny totem pole as a remembrance of Alaska. Guests included: Mesdames A. B. Hayes, I. Goldstein, Minard Mill, Charles Beale, R. H. Williams, Rob- ert Schoettler, R. L. Bernard, John McCormick, J. G. Shepard, Charle: Sabin, M. E. Monagle, Ike P. T: lor, G. F. Freeburger,” Guy Mc- Naughton, Kat herine Gregery, George Foolta, E. L. Barlett, R. C. Sarratt, C. C. Carter, Gertrude Nay- lor, Florine Housel, R. J. Sommers, Robert Bender and Miss Nell Mc- Closkey. Out of town guests were Mesdames William Barbee, L. J. Dowell, A. D. Marshall, C. W. Mary- att and Carl Zapfee. Honoring Edythe-Reily Rowe, emi- nent cellist, Mrs. Alexander enter- tained with luncheon and bridge last Wednesday afternoon at her home. During the afternoon prizes were awarded to Mrs. W. W. Council, | first; Mrs. Rowe, second; and Frank Metcalf, consolation. The honoree was presented with a gift prize by the hostess for the occasion. The guest list included: Mesdames Waino Hendrickson, Trevor Davis, John Newmarker, L. P. Dawes, R. P. Nelson, Jack Hellenthal, J. W. Leiv- ers, Walter Hellan, Elizabeth Biegs, Charles Goldstein, J. J. Connors, Sr., William Kirk, H. I. Lucas, L. H. Metzgar, P, F. Mullen, Frank Met- calf, William Holzheimer, Oscar Olson, R. E. Robertson, C. E. Rice, Elmer A. Friend, W. W. Council, W. Mahoney, Margaret Bowen and Ernest Ehler. ——————— MRS. BLOMGREN HOSTESS TODAY Mrs. G. Blomgren entertained with luncheon this afternoon in the Iris Room of the Baranof Hotel. The informal affair honored Mrs. M. S. Whittier, who will soon leave for a trip to the States; Mrs. J. W. Carpenter, of Hollywood, Cal, and Miss Clara Carpenter, bride- elect of Dr. M. J. Whittier. - eee The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. Anytime You're Hungry Day or Night THE ROYAL CAFE Is the Place to Eat! JUNEAU SPORTS FISHING CLUB ler’s generous offer regarding Dan-| |at midnight that one American J WILLTRY ANEW ByLighfning cnclusion of five days of enter- ainment and official programs Success Story Colonist to Seek Fresh Soils in Hundreds of New Blazes Are Reporfed in Pa- Ne Nobles of the Shrine are Alaska | - cific Coast States George Kodzoff, Olgat J. Anderson Charles M. Tuckett, Elroy E. Nin Walter Pippel, Matanuska farme o made the most surprising suc- Paul F. Schnee, Carl J. Strombe ind Cecil H. Metcalfe 7 Shriners wiv last for early all the to th five Nile Temple accompanied by their been in Juneau since from Seattle, left ay aboard the Yukon this mornnig. These were Charles ate; Frank B, A. D. Marshall J. Dowell t night's ritual, Bill Levin- on, Harry Lucas, J. J. Farg and Homer Nordling a ‘W. Maryatt Lazier, Re- Carl Zapffe colonists who have febated Pal- | 4 aq southbound through with his family steamer Baranof was Pippel who ca -man battle t was suppression ce at Palmer. He ywn markets and he bu fe was told to cooperative selling clined, went to court 1S A re ult sold his share in Matanu back to the Government | But he is not poisoned on the| North, He is coming back | to locate at either PORTLAND Ore com T, of new forest fire: assed B ‘ str mer J 1 today on | lightning points last ni Pacific Coast blaza: ied on a of of the the new were resters h na brought under con At least 500 fire: ton and Or weather the ~ | helped control fires that carlier in the week Meanwhile Portland Fire Depart- ment officials ordered an hourly air patrol of the metropolitan area tc Fair- | prevent further destruction of prop- s or Anchorage | ert; blamed for the loss of five mil- Asked if he would be back injjion dollars worth of property. The the spring, Pippel was quick with |jogses, mostly in large number mills the answer, “Sooner than that.|gccurred in several northwest cities we hope.” | with the Portland area hardest hit Pippel says Alaskan farmers for|pire chief Boatright said both com- the present will have to be con-|mercial and amateur pilots would tent with vegetable produce for|take part in the patrol of the water- cash crops and that dairying, egg|front and industrial districts ng and grain raising will not | - - y The Book ALASKA, Revised and As for Matanuska and the col- Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. Stock QUOTATIONS are reported in NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today's short session is 7, American Can 98%, American Pow- er and Light 4%, Anaconda 25, Bethlehem Steel 58'&, Common- wealth and Southern 1'%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General Moto! 4%, International Harvestr 50%, Ken- necott 35, New York Central 13%%, United States Steel 46%, Pound $4.39. 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The Nazi's deputy repeated the German ( ) that Poland had rejected | Hitler’s offer because of the back- | ing of Great Britain and France. The Nazi Cabinet Minister at-| tacked Prime Minister Chamberlain | for casting doubt on the German| charges that their nationals had| been mistreated in Poland. He in-| vited Chamberlain to visit the re-| fugee camps on the German side| of the border to see for himself that the Germans had been victims of | Polish terrorism Hess decalred that Chancellor Hit- | ler had prepared Germany for v\'eryi possibility, including war. | The party deputy declared that Great Britain and France could hurl | millions of men against the German fortifications without being able to penetrate their lines. He added that Hitler also had guaranteed Ger- many against being starved into, submission by a blockade. EARL BROWDERTO | BE CALLED BEFORE DIES COMMITTEE Communist Party Secre- | fary Summoned for | Monday's Hearing WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Chair- ! man Dies of the House unAmerican | Committee, said today that Com- | munist Party Secretary Earl Brow- | der, will be called before the com- mittee next week. The Dies com- | mittee recently has studied the | German American Bund and kin- !dred organizations in an effort to | establish centralized control of pro- Fascist activities in the United States. Dies demanded action against what he called “meddling” by for- eign powers in American politics. ‘The appearance of Browder on the | | witness stand will open a new phase of the inquiry. | Dies expressed belief that the | conference thus possible for The Empire to| | maintain direct contact with Lon- | don and other foreign capitals throughout the night. In the early evening it was an- nounced that London had received | word its Ambassador, Sir Neville Henderson, had left Berlin and was | flying directly to London to report | to Prime Minister Chamberlain on | the results of his conference W"'hl Reichfuehrer Hitler to attempt a reconciliation of the Chancellor’s views at least to a point where he would be willing to sit down at a| table with President | Mosecki of Poland and, possibly, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain | of Great Britain, in an effort to arbitrate the differences surround- ing Germany’s demands for capitu- lation of Danzig to the German Reich. Sir Neville Henderson was re- | ported to be carrying with him a counter proposal from Hitler, the basis of which was not made known, and he arrived in London at 2 o'clock am. today, Juneau time. France Goes Ahead Meanwhile, during the late after- noon and evening, France was push- ing ahead her mobilization and sent repeated warnings to Herr Hitler that the French nation will bring her entire armed forces to bear to| defend Poland against any viola- tion. While the French were admon- ishing the German leader, the Brit- ish navy quietly was drawing closer to Germany’s Baltic Coast ready to lay a blockade against German ship- ping. British planes, navy and mili- tary, were ready to take off from | aircrafe carriers and army bases to | bombard Germany'’s ports and coast- | | al cities. | And all the time, behind the | scenes, ministers were scurrying back and forth across the Continent, reporting to various governmental department heads, and, from Rofe, Il Duce was talking by telephone | | with Herr Hitler in Berlin, con- | | versations the purport of which even now have not been made known. Roosevelt Message \ Early in the evening it was an- | | nounced from Washington that | | President Roosevelt had sent a last desperate message to Chancellor | iHmer warning him of the havoc that would lay waste all of civilized Europe should he remain adamant | Communist Party in the United ‘swtes is dictated from Russia. g Oldest Bank in in his designs upon Danzig. During the evening on the Haida, The Em- cruiser and two destroyers already in European waters would be used to shuttle Americans into commer- cial European ports. Orders were dispatched to the three vessels and evacuation was expected to com- mence today. An estimated 76,200 Americans either living or vaca- tioning in Europe would thus pass through the hands of the State and Navy departments. Recapitulation A recapitulation of events as they transpired and were reported after 10 o'clock p.m. last night in Juneau included: 1. Chancellor Hitler personally ordered the German army, navy and air forces to be ready for instant action today, anticipating the fail- ure of a last feeble British attempt to find a solution to the crisis. 2, New Zealand pledged full sup- port to the mother country in case of war. 3. Evacuation of London con- tinued during the night and all lights were out as a precaution against air-raids. 4. Poland ordered general mob- ilization of her armed forces. 5. President Mosecki approved President Roosevelt’s message to Wi SUPER Give You him and to Herr Hitler urging ar-| FINAL SALMON DERBY Sunday, Aungust 27 OFF SHELTER ISLAND Roundtrip on Wanderer———$1.00 LEAVE AT 8:00 A. M. FROM THE AUK BAY FLOAT LOW TIDE—5:42 P. M. HIGH TIDE—11:56 P. M. Fishing starts at 9:00 am. and ends at 5 p.m. All contestants must have club membership certificates and must pay one dollar entry fees in order to qualify for prizes. FIRST PRIZE SECOND PRIZE THIRD PRIZE FOURTH PRIZE FIFTH PRIZE .. 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