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8 HARRY BRIDGES HEARING IS IN FINAL STAGES Defense Brings Charges Against Union of Citizens s, Chair- Amer- mit- > belonged to yes charged that organiza- s in labor spying : tempted to pack a meeting of the Marine Firmen's Union The defense read into the record a Immigration Depart- Board in 1938 stating no how that the Australian a Communist or alien could be tion by the les. ged that s obtained report of the ment 1a ev 0 s born Bridges is otherwise undesirable found. The inve board was asked by K Lawyers for Bridge evidence since offered W by improper inducements Knowles was also quest garding his correspondenc Bridges with the elusive Doyle. Copies of the lette introduced. The defense at Doyle, a former Portl torney and special investig the case against Bridge a part of a | to discredit the labor movement. Doyle is in Minnesota where he has so far successfully evaded a summons to testify in the he: Two rebuttal witnesses testified yesterday when Knowle was unable to appeat - RAYMOND HEGSTAD HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY TODAY of Raymond built The fifth birthday Hegstad, son of Jack H d, was celebrated this afternoon with a party at the family residence on Fourth Street. Refreshments were ved during the party hours and each guest was presented a favor for the occasion A ting during the afternoon was Miss Ronnie Osborn _ Guests for the affair included Patsy and Jimmy Connors, Pearl wpeadiove, Lows and Lola Hegstad. | virtually prisoners » | man motorship Port THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939. 8 Japanese on Around-World Air Tour Hope fo Visit 30 Countries in 31 Days P ews vorke ashington 7, Here is plotted the course of the longest globe-girdling flight ever attempted—that of the Japanese goodwill fliers who, taking off from Tokyo at midnight August 25, expect to traverse three oceans and five I 31 days. Their Nakao, and a newspaper man, Takeo Ohara, as goodwill is sponsored by two Japar tinents and cross the equator twice on a 35,000-mile tour of more than 30 countries and territories in new two-motored transport plane carries a crew of five, commanded by 36-year-old Sumitoshi mbassador from the Japanese people. newspapers, the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi and the Osaka Mainich The fight “as the most fitting prelude to the 26th centenary of the founding of the Japanese Empire,” which will be celebrated in 1940, GERMAN SHIP IS HELD AT EVERETT Aug 31.—A ssengers are d the Ger- nd anchored now at this Puget Sound port The Portland was due to proceed to Vancot Wash., and load lum- ber for Germany. Because of the critical international situation the German Consul at Seattle ordered them to re EVER group of 1TT, Wasl American assengers kept on because law prohibits foreign ships from carrying passengers between United States ports LEAVES PORT SUDDENLY RETT, Wash,, Aug. 31. — The German motorship Portland, here by the skipper for five days because of the European crisis, sud- denly left port A veil of the activitie s officers aboard the Presumably Portland, O Passengers were motorship. - R ecy that shrouded of the squad of cus- nd Coast Guardsmen ssel, was not lifted the vessel left for taken off the The Book ALASKA, Revised and Enlarged, Now On Sale: $1.00. ain in American wat- | a Federal maritime | held | B.C.Premier Coming Here British Columbia's Premier, P. T | Pattullo, is due in Juneau this afternoon by plane from Atlin, ac- cording to advices received by The Empire. Premier Pattullo and his paryy have been making an aerial sur- vey of Northern Canada, visiting into Alaska at Fairbanks day be- fore yesterday after flying from Aklavik and Dawson. D | MANY PAYING TAXES NOW, AVOIDING RUS| Taxpayers are' responding early to' tax statements this year, City Clerk Harley J. Turner reported today,'Many are paying their taxes now and avoiding the rush which will occur just ahead of the Sep- tember 15 delinquency date. | nual tax before the 15th are en- titled to a two percent cash dis- | count ! - | Try The Empire classifieds for results. Taxpayers who pay their full an- | 'PROBING GROUP " ENDS INTERIOR " MINE VISITING 31— and FAIRBANKS, A The Congressiona Marine committee, afte visiting the gold fields and Gov- ernment projects in the Fairbanks vicinity, left for Anchorage this morning on a special train. | A hearing will be held in Ancho | age, but no hearings were held h | Chairman Schuyler O. Bland i sued the statement that the com- mittee will be glad to recgive rep- | resentations from Al | needs whatsoever, which repr tations will be incorporated their general report. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, ac- | companying the party on their du- | ties, says he will continue with the: and possibly attend proposed he ings in Seattle, P¢Ttland and San Francisco. Aug Fisheries into .- Try an Empire ad. | Friday Luncheon | \ at the Baranof " BAKED KING SALMON and Drawn Butter | | charming then MRS.HEINZ IN PICKLE PASADENA, Cal, Aug. 31.—Helen Goodloe Heinz, widow of Rust Heinz of the famous American family of pickle manufacturers, announcea through her attorney that she will fight for possession of her late husband’s California property. At the same time James J. Boyle, Mrs. Heinz' 1 Angeles attorney, said a report his client would not receive more tha 5,000 from the from the truth, he declared, Heinz owned lumbering land in Del Nord County, in Northern Califor- nia, valued ay more than $35,000. Word from Pennsylvania, however, was that Rust's interest in the fam- ily trust fund lap: when he died. Concerning ort that on oc- casion Mrs. Heir had been of- fered “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to divorce the pickle heir, Attorney Doyle declined to com- ment. I Mrs. [to a Pasadena hospital after as- sertedly slashing her wrists in an attempt at suicide because, she was quoted as saying, her husband was “running around with other wo- men.” Young Heinz died in Pittsbur a month after his wife’s ted suicidie attempt, as the result of an automobile accident - from the products | cash income American farm sale of in the to $2,466,000,000, a decline of 4 per- cent from the same period of 1938, Heinz last June was taken | SUES STROUD TWIN — | A suit for $50,000 was filed in Los | Angeles against Clarence Stroud, | | one of the Stroud twins of screen | and radio, by Meredith B. Davis | (above), blond actress, who charg- | ed breach of promise and seduc- tion. In addition to the $50,000, Miss Davis asked $1,100 for med- ical care and support of her child CHICAGO, Aug. 31—A wage in- crease rangmg trom five to seven ! and a half cents an hour for 46,000 | hosiery workers in the United States | will go into effect September 18, Elmer Andrews, United States wage and hour administrator, announced. Andrews, in announcing his ac- ceptance of recommendations of the hosiery industry committee for high- er hourly scales, said: “The committee advised a 40 cents an hour rate for 16,000 workers mak- ing full-fashioned 32% cents an how 000 workers making P TR A, hosiery rate for the Livestock shipping [to a repert of the National Live- stock Loss Prevention Board Bump Into An Old F expected to be born in December. ! | | | e | The Book ALASKA, Revised and a day here first five months of 1939 amounted | Enlarged, Now On Sale; $1.00. | | 5 | Empire Want Ads Bring Results. | CALL 723 115-2ND ST. the ROY AL S l BE BEAUTY SALON then you'll YOUR MOST BEAUTIFUL SELF ON THE LONG LABOR DAY HOLIDAY! Get a new wave now so you -and for weeks FALL! ready to serve you here. + PHONE 202 for ROALD COPSTEAD or HAROLD BATES PRICES EFFECTIVE FRIDAY, SATURDAY and Hormel’s Hockless PICNIC No Hocks—The Most Economical Ham on the Market PEPPERONI1 Hormel's Rosa Brand—Ready BABY BEEF POT 1h. 60e¢ to Eat! 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