The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 29, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1939. KES REPLY T0 BRITISH NOTE ' Held Up By U. S. ———— ) PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LIV., NO. 8194. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS e HITLER MAKES REPE 'Sailing of German Liner A CLEARANCE IS REFUSED T0 BREMEN Giant Vessel Defained in New York Harbor by Authorities THOROUGH SEARCH OF SHIP 1S TO BE MADE Contraband, Spies fo Be Grabbed-19 Passengers Are Taken Off NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—The giant Nazi liner Bremen, under orders to return immediately to Germany, is held at the pier here today by com- mand of the United States Treasury Department pending a thorough in- spection. The Government's' action inaug- urated a policy of minute search before issuance of clearance papers to ships of nations directly involved in the BEuropean crisis. Comes as Surprise The detention of the Bremen, under orders, surprised maritime circles, Veteran shipping men said they could not recall any instance where a ship of the size and importance of the Bremen has been delayed by an inspection which is normally re- garded as routine, Asked what type of a search is contemplated, Assistant Port Col- lector Gregory O'Keefe said a spec- ial examination is covered by law ' Accuse Father of Chaining — 3 * Assistant Police Chief Grover Coj s e Her gswell of Deolton, Ill, a Chicago suburb, examines a locked tow chain on Alice Wisowaty, 14, which her father, Peter, 54, admitted putting on her, according to police, “to keep her from staying out late at night.’ cruelty to children. Wisowaty was charged with Why Some (ongressmen Voled in seeking armament, spies as well as contraband merchandise. The Bremen arrived last night and was expectéd to remain only a couple of hours. | | ALL SHIPS SEARCHED | WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — High! Treasury Department officials indi- | cated that Customs officials are! searching all foreign ships for arma- ment which might be used to prey on ocean commerce in event of a European war, ‘ Clearance papers have also been | refused the French liner Normandie. | Advices state that immigration | authorities took 19 passengers off | the Bremen in New York City har-| bor and have detained them at Ellis| Island. | URGED TO WATCH KUHN WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — The| House Committee Investigating Un- | American Activities today requested the New York Police Department to take u rusual precautions to prevent Fritz Kuhn, German-American Bund leader, and other committee witnesses from fleeing from the country. The authorities have especially | been asked to take steps to prevent | Kuhn from leaving on the liner| Bremen, still held at New York. Chairman Dies also wants the| authorities to keep watch on Will- | jam Dudley Pelly, Siiver Shirt chief, publisher of anti-semitic literature publisher aof anti-semitic literature | and dictator of an organization of | more than 5000 members. ‘ Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Aug. 29. — Closing | quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 7, American Can American Power and Light , Anaconda 25, Bethlehem Steel Commonwealth and South- ern 1%, Curtiss Wright 4%, Gen- eral Motors 457, International Har- vester 51, Kennecott 35%, New York Central 13%, Northern Pacif- ic 8%, United States Steel 47%, Pound $4.37%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 137.39, rails 26.76, utilities 25.10, PASTOR CHARGED WITH INSURANCE KILL OF DAUGHTER Is Alleged fo Have Hired| Girl's Boy Friend to Do Murder CAMDEN, N. J.,, Aug. 29. — The Rev. Walter Dworecki, whose preaching earned him the nick- name of “Iron Mike” has been ac- cused by County Prosecutor Sam-| uel Orlando, of hiring his daugh-| ter's suitor, Peter Schewchuk, 21, to kill the girl for her insurance. Both Dworecki and Schewchuk are charged with murder. Wanda Dworecki, 18, comely auburn-hajred girl, was found dead | August 8 in Lover's Lane, here. With a double indemnity insur- ance policy on his daughter, Rev. Dworecki allegedly hLoped to nh-] tween five and six thousand dol-| tain insurance amounting to be- tween five and six thousand dol- e S KING, QUEEN ARE READY 10 ASSIST INMAKING PEACE Leopold, Wilhelmina Offer Services to Involved Nations BRUSSELS, Aug. 20.—King Leo- pold, Belgium's King, and Queen Wilhelmina, of The Netherlands, to-| day offered their good offices with | a view of mediating the present European crisis. ‘The Belgian Foreign Office today officially confirmed the availability of the Sovereigns, to act as media- Wrong; Maybe They Ran Across A Toadfish During Dark Nigh By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — One reason congressmen want to go home is to get at some honest Christian fishing. We are not the final authority on what fishing ought and ought not to be, but we do know good fish- ing when we find it. And fishing in the brackish backwaters around Washington doesn’'t qualify. It is nice, in several ways, to be| a member of Congress. From now until next January most members | won’t have anything they absolute- ly MUST do. So they ran spend at least a little time at luxurious unes- | sentials while driving away the con- | flicts, panics and biles of a crusty session. For that we recommend trout fishing with a light rod and flies in a mountain stream. Flat streams won't do. The quiet is too over- whelming. Ocean backwaters won't do. Congressmen fish in backwaters around here. THE THAN WHICH A boat trip on the Chesapeake is a sample of that. The late Senator Joe Robinson of #rkansas used to indulge, but it never took his pres- sure down. You go out in a beat with half a dozen companions. A motor pulls you out into a channel current. You lower lines. They are hand lines. They are not on a light pliable pole. You place a piece of shrimp or maybe a lump of jelly-like crab meat on the hook, sink it with a five- ounce anchor, and wait for bites three to 10 fathoms down. You are likely to catch anything from sea trout to crabs and eels. And have you ever stepped on an eel, at night, in the bottom of a boat? Much of the fishing is after dark or just before sunrise. We hate to think what might happen if a con- gressman, fishing on the bay in an effort to clear his mind before an important vote, hauled up one of those horrid slack-water monstrosi- | ties called a toadfish. At 3 o'clock in the morning, with four stiff drinks and a sodden sand- wich under your ' belt, there is nothing else quite so nasty looking as a toadfish. HAVE MERCY If your congressman dicn't vote right on neutrality or lending- tors, to the governments concerned. (Continued on Page Three) BRIDGES ON STAND AGAIN AT HEARING Denies He Ever Attended Communist Meetings -New Evidence SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 29.| —Harry Bridges returned to the witness stand at his deportation hearing yesterday and again denied that he had ever attended a Com- muanist meeting. It was the third time the western CIO leader has testified since the deportation hearings started eight weeks ago | Bridges denied emphatically that he and the head of the American |} Communist party, Earl Browder,| had ever conferred on any matter One government witness had| linked Bridges with Browder, The names of Hollywood film star Lionel Stander, Fredrick March and Robert Montgomery were brought into the hearing when examiner | James Landis asked Bridges if they were Communists. | Bridges said he didn’t think so. He knew the three film stars and con-| sidered them liberals. A government witness claimed Bridges boasted of attending a Com- munist meeting with the actors. 1 Bridges said that he broke with| the noted labor attorney, Aaron Sa-| piro when Sapiro attempted to sab-| otage the last major maritime strike. | Bridges said Sapiro attempted to get; the smaller unions to sign separate | agreements and leave out the Long-| shoremen’s Union. 1 | The head of the American Legion} Anti - Radical Committee, Harper | Knowles, was recalled for further | | questioning. This time he brought | |an attorney with him. Knowles de- | |nied that his organization used dic- taphone equipment in collecting evi- | dence against the so-called radicals but said that some subcommitteemen | | might have ! [PROPAGANDISTS BEING WATCHED; MAY BE ARRESTS| Chairman Dies Pufs Im-| portant Question Up fo Justice Department WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. — The Dies Committee has asked the aid of the Justice Department in prosecut- ing foreign agents spreading pro- paganda in the United States. Committee Chairman Dies asked Attorney General Murphy to rule on the question of whether propa- ganda agents are law breakers. Dies said that if he received an affirma- tive answer from the Justice De- partment he would seek action against both German-American Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn and Silver Shirt Chieftain William Pelley. Dies said: “It's time we took positive action against these organ- izations.” Committee testimony yesterday was restricted to the examination of Pelley’s record as a Silver Shirt leader and publisher of pamphlets. | Investigators charged that Pelley duped wealthy women out of a for- tune by appealing to their fascina- tion for spiritualism. - Food Hoarders To Go fo Jail THE HAGUE, Aug. 29. — The Netherlands’ government announces that prison terms and heavy fines will be imposed on all persons hoarding food during the present emergency. EXTRA! WARSAW, Aug. 29. — Gen- eral mobilization appeared likely in- Poland tonight as the country reaffirmed determina- tion to resist any act of ag- gression. So far only partial mobilization has been in effect, although 1,000,060 men are un- der arms. Tonight the situation is con- sidered alarming. The Pelish Government has received advices that the Ger- man mobilization is completed. Polish anti-aircraft guns late this afternoon forced back a German bomber over Polish territory. Two German Consuls are re- ported to have been arrested in southern Poland. BALBOA.—Orders have been issued that military guards be placed aboard all ships pass- ing through the canal. LONDON.—One hundred policemen closed Downing Street to the public tonight, driving large crowds away from where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain lives. Mounted policemen stood guard at all entrances, taken as a precau- tion to safeguard the Prime Minister. NE YORK.—Tonight the Am- merican Marine Underwriters cancelled all war risk insurance on German and Italian ves- sels, also shipments to and from ¥talian and German ports. PARIS —United States Em- bassy officials estimate they have received more than 2,000 registrations from Americans unable to secure passage home. Americans are jamming the Embassy corridors, frantic to get out of Europe. CANNES.—Thousands of French reservists are assem- bled in makeshift garrisons to- night throughout the territory facing the Italian frontier. Telephone communications have been closed to the interior. ROME. — All Italian women, children, invalids and other persons having no absolute nec- essity, have been told to eva- cuate all big cities as soon as possible as an air raid precau- tion, ROME. — Citizens look to Mussolini, who is said to be keeping in close touch with Hitler, to step in at the last moment in a peace move. NEW YORK.—The Metropoli- tan Police Department is pre- pared for war and orders have been issued assigning guards at power, gas, water and other public utilities. {Russia Has Not Signed Pact on |Nonaggression MOSCOW, Aug. 29. — Russia has cautiously delayed formal ratification of the nonaggres- sion pact with Germany as the nation watches the present European crisis. An official bulletin issued late this afternoon says that Soviet Russia will inmediately strength- en all garrisons on the western frontier because of the possi- bility of a surprise move in case of a European war. R |ANTHONY EDEN AT CONFERENCE LONDON, Aug. 29. — Anthony Eden was in the British Foreign Office today for a talk with For- eign Secretary Hglifax. Prime Minister Chamberlain left Buckingham palace after a 2J- minute audience with King George and went into conference immc- diately with Lord Halifax and For- eign Office experts. TV A Takes Over ki David E. Linenthal (right), Tennessee Valley Authority director is shown here as he handed Wendell L. Winlkie (left), President of Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, a check for $44,728,300 in New York, representing TVA's share of the purchase money for the Tennessee Electric In the center is Edward E. Nelson, Commonwealth secretary. NIPPON FLIERS GIVE OUT EXPERIENCES ON FLIGHT T0 NOME; MEN UNCONSCIOUS NEW CABINET IS " BEING ORGANIZED IN NIPPON LAND ‘Policy of Isolation Will Be Mapped Out-Under- | standing Now Corporation. LLETIN-— The Nippon P encountering a low ceiling, turned back at Ta- nacross this afternoon and later landed at Fairbanks, according to a PAA report, The PAA reported that the Japanese plane circled over Fairbanks at 1:50 o'clock and is scheduled to arrive at White- horse at 3:30 o'clock this af- ternoon, BULLETIN — NOME, Alaska,' | | ’ Aug. 29.—The Japanese airmen, five crew and three passengers, made a smooth takeoff from the Nome airport at 7:21 o'clock (Nome Time) this morning for Whitehorse with favorable weather ahead. The Japanese made plane performed perfectly and made a quick takeoff, using only one half of the 4,800 foot runway. Under the guidding hand of Chief Pilot Nakoa, “Lindy of Japan,” the plane speeded eastward into the increasing light of day. The plane, as it took off, is expected to proceed on the reg- ular published schedule and no stop at Fairbanks or Juneau is planned. From Whitehorse the plane is scheduled to go to Se- attle, Newsman Ohara said, just be- fore leaving: “We hope that on our good will flight we will be tendered as good a reception at other landing places as we have in Nome.” The airmen also said: “We TOKYO, Aug. 20.—Gen. Nobuyuki | Abe, Moderate, retired three years | ago, has been called back and has | started on the formsZion of a new Japanese cabinet to replace the Hir- |anuman Cabinet which resigned| | over the weekend due to the sign- ing of the German-Soviet Nonag- gression pact. | | Gen. Abe will strive to work out an isolationist policy. He has called Prince Konoye back and the latter | is expected to remain in the Cabinet as well as the Hpesidency of the | House of Peers, PROPOSES BROAD " ASSOCIATION OF AMATEUR RADIOS {Would Organize Alll ’ Hams. IMO Army Sys- appreciate every effort of the | fem in case of War | American aviation facilities and | Government aids which are so | | vital in our successful spanning | SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—Colonel 0. of the Pacific and Bering Sea.” |s. Albright, of the Ninth Corps! in San| NOME, Alaska, Aug. 20. — The Area Signal Corps office | Francisco today invited membership Japanese aboard the plane Nippon, world good will in the Army Amateur Radio Sys-|O @ projected tem to coordinate activities in the | fli8ht, went out to the field yester- Pacific Northwest of day morning for the takeoff for emergencis | Whitehorse but weather conditions No fees or dues will be required, Were¢ unfavorable and the takeoff Colonel Albright said, with the pur- |90 the flight was postponed until 6 pose of the system to bring to-|9¢lock Tuesday morning. gether in closer relations, owners| FOUOWINg a long sleep Sunday and operators of amateur slallom‘xih‘?;::"il;ii ":’13';; 30"‘;)1: 2(‘21;;; | who are willing to devote one to| - two evenings a week in the perrec-‘;;"l;& J(fll?:n.nil!lcludmg flying at a tion of a communication system 3 eet altitude during the trip ’ ) Two Fliers Unconsclous This system would automatically| wwe hag to climb out of thick begin.fu;xctlonlnz h.‘ case l"’elfi_“d‘“i\m-auwr which forced us above 20,- m;algs‘; commum;an;»y 1o % 000 feet before we could release right also said that in D€ | special oxygen tanks,” said news- possibility of war, such training imapn Takao Ohara. “Two of our crew would be of great value in radio| A net control ) in event (Continued on }uze Three) WAR (LOUDS STILL HANG OVER EUROPE ;Nazi Government Still De- mands Granting of All Requests | CHANCELLOR'S REPLY | IS PLANED TO LONDON , sk |British Deny German Ru- | mors Concessions ‘ Granted BULLETIN — BERLIN, Aug. 29—~Despite indications that Hitler's written reply now being planed to London is a final one, authoritative sources said the note is only a prelim- inary answer and a final one is being drafted and will be de- livered to British Ambassador Henderson tonight. BERLIN, Aug. 29. — Optimism spread today after Hitler’s reply to Great Britain's crisis note was re- ported’ to Tave been dispatched by lair to London after entirely un- | official and unverified reports had been heard that the British are willing to consider giving Germany the City of Danzig and the Polish | Corridor. The airplane, which is believed |to be carrying Hitler's reply, also bore a member of the British For- |eign Office who flew here last |night with Ambassador Sir Neville | Henderson. | Ambassador Henderson delivered the British note to Hitler last night, | the note reported to be such that | negotiations between London and Berlin might continue. | Hope Remains | Optimistic circles laid great stress | upon Premier Chamberlain's asser- tion to the House of Commons that the British Government has hope that if an equitable settlement of differences between Poland and Germany can be reached by free negotiations, it might lead to a wider agreement to which will accrue last- ing benefits for Europe and the world at large. Hitler, now in the open with his (Continued on Page Three) THREE RAIDS BY BOMBERS ONCHUNKING Japan 1rying fo Conquer China Before Russia Steps In CHUNKING, China, Aug. 29.— Japanese war planes bombed the temporary Chinese capital three successive times last night. The rald signalized the opening of Japan's néw drive to conquer China before Russia can bolster Chinese resist~ ance. Japan's intensified offensive in China is a direct consequence of the German-Russian pact. The sud- den shift of Germany from its pro< Japanese policy to a pplicy of friendly relations with Moscow has given Russia a free hand to aid China drive Japan off the Asiatic mainland. AIR BATTLE RUMORED SHANGHAI, Aug. 29.—Unofficial advices received here state that Russian-equipped planes have en= gaged Japanese bombers over Chunking and the Nippon attackers have been routed in an air battle, The Russian-equipped planes, scattered three different groups of Japanese air raiders with disas- trous results, according to the re= ports.