The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 16, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL LIV., NO. 8209. jUNEAU ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1939. 'ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN €ENTS FIERCE FIGHTING RAGES, WESTERN FRONT SUBMARINE WARSTILL C(ONTINUES Belgian Ship_Hits Mine or Is Blown Up by Ger- man Torpedo BIG TANKER SUNK BY U-BOAT FIRE British Lose 21st Vessel-| Third in Little Over 12 Hours | LONDON, Sept. 16.—Great Britain today officially held Germany to blame for the sinking of a Belgian motorship in the English Channel, either by a mine or a torpedo. Within a few hours after the Min- istry of Information issued the com- munique to that effect, news was received of sinking of British vessel in a little more than twelve hours. The 8800-ton tanker Cheyenne, owned by the Anglo-American Oil Company, a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, was sunk by a German submarine off the southwest coast of Ireland yes- terday. A message received by the owners | of the craft from its captain said | the tanker was set afire by shells. Crews and passengers of all sunk- en vessels are reported to have been rescued. Crewmen of the Cheyenne, which was the 21st vessel the British have | lost in the current conflict, were| picked up by the Norwegian ship Ida Bakke, making its second rescue of the war. Crewmen reported the sub first fired warning shots, and then sank the vessel after the men had taken to the lifeboats. The Belgian vessel was sunk off Shambles Lightship near Wey- mouth. Capt. Alex Van Opstal, the vessel's master, said: J“All I know is there was a terrific explosion and the ship broke in two.” FLAG FUSS IS NARROWING DOWN NOW Yanks Mayfich Pennant Today-Fight Still oninN. L (By Associated Press) The American League’s flag fuss is down to brass tacks now and the | Yanks are ready to use them in nailing down the pennant on the club's staff. The Yanks need only to win from Detroit today or have Boston lose to clinch the colors. Arrangements have already been made for the series to open in the Yankee Stadium on October 4. Cincinnati is now three and one- half games ahead in the National the third | | Secks “Miss A i | [ Pretty? You Bet! She was elec that address will reach her if you merica” Cronm ted by Minnesota to represent her state in the “Miss America” beauty contest at Atlantic City, N. J. Her name is Marion Rudeen and she lives in South Minneapolis— are interested, | Russo-Jap Armisfice Diplomats “Forecast Non-| Aggression Pact Be- tween Nations MOSCOW, Sept. 16.—Armistice in Far East fighting between Russia and Japan is stipulated in an agree- ment reached between the two pow- ers. Diplomatic quarters say the agree- | aggression pact between those tra- ditional enemies. The official Soviet News Agency Tass said an armistice is effective from 3:00 am., today, Pacific Stand- ard Time. The two nations, who have been fighting intermittently for the past four months on the frontier of So- vietized Outer Mongolia and Japan- ese Manchoukuo, will maintain posi- GROVER FINDS WAR IS HELL ONLOTS OF FOLKS IN CAPITAL By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Planes | | ! | circle over Washiugton and nobody | | dashes for protecting doorways GRANDSON OF KAISER IS KILLED Prince Oskérjr., Dies on Polish Front-First Hohenzollern BERLIN, Sept. | kar Jr, of Prussia, grandson of ffll"lnfl Kms Br Wll!wlm and son of S the Kaiser's fifth in Poland during son, was Killed recent attacks, it is learned today. | The first Hohenzollern victim of the German-Polish war was born in Potsdam, July 12, 1915. [ His family received word the young warrior “fell honorably some- whe\r in Poland.” During the attack in which he was killed, it was said the Prince, a Lieutenant, led his company in | the skirmish. The news reached here while the Prince's brother, Prince Bur- chard, member of the Ninth Infan- try regiment, was also somewhere | on the Polish front under his fath- er, Prince Oscar, who commands the regiment with the rank of Colonel. - e e — ARMED STEAMER IN SAFE VOYAGE ACROSS ATLANTIC Aquitania Arrives in New| York with 1,625 Passengers | NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—The Brit- |ish liner Aquitainia, the firs tarmed merchantman of a belligerent na- tion to reach New York since the European war started ,arrived here today with 1,625 passengers, 669 of | them Americans, their nerves rag-| ged after a cautious crossing of the | Atlantic, Many of the passengers expressed s. That | Yesentment over the warning given 16.—Prince Os- | |is comforting. But except for that|by American Ambassador Kennedy | a body would think we were at war Just before they sailed that they did Is Signed too. Washington is full of maps. They rank next to WPA art as wall decor- ations. Before the war was six hours old, maps were hanging in the War ‘Dcpartmenl with the inevitable col- ored tacks to show where the oppos- ing forces were. The tacks will strug- | | gle back and forth over the map| | carrying little cardboard labels un- | til the war ends, six months, six years, from now. President Roosevelt held a press conference immediately after the war started. He had been up all night save for an hour or so about midnight. He was serious. The usual kidding with the correspondents at the beginning of a conference was ment foreshadows a possible non- omitted. You can’t kid about a war. He cautioned the press to give the people the facts, without base-f less rumors, Give 'em straight facts, he said. That is best and safest. SEE THE, PISTOLS Lately the guards around the White House have taken to wearing their pistols in white leather holsters |so at their own risk and “may be |attacked.” Gilbert Miller, theatrical produc | | { Blackout of Truth—Europe—Asia—Africa | Words as well as bombs are impor- tant weapons in the second world war, and a net of censorship has been cast over the world. Warring nations exaggerate victories and news reports emanating from their borders. Purpose is two-fold: to brace morale of their nationals and to encourage neutrals to join them. Blacked out areas indicate where censorship has been put into effect. In China (shnrled) news is scarce and in regions conquered by Japan, censored. Russia, Spain and Italy, although not at war maintain a strict watch over outgoing news. DEADLOCK, COAST MARITIME CONTROVERSY ENDS;PARTIES - WILL RESUME NEGOTIATIONS '(ol Lindbergh Wamns U. §. fo Stay Ouf of War WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, — Col Charles A. Lindbergh appealed to the nation last night to stay out of the European war. It was the first time the famous flier ever delivered a radio address to the nation. Lindbergh warned the people of r | America to beware of propaganda said the warning “scared the giz-| from both sides in the war. zard out of us.” He declared that the United States NAZIS CHARGE UNDER HEAVY FIRE OF GUNS ?Go Over Top in Nied River Valley-Then Repuls- ed by French ' MORE DIVISIONS ARE ON ATTACK AT WARSAW Polish Forces Are Making Gains in North But Lose Units in South (By Associated Press) A French statement says the Ger- man infantry “went over the top” in waves under cover of a heavy artil- lery bombardment in the lower Nied River Valley but declared the Ger- | mans were then repulsed after sev- eral hours of teprific fighting. The French also report driving deeper into Germany, especially in the Moselle River Valley where the Germans are retreating and tearing L. Y. SHERMAN PASSES AWAY; AGED EIGHTY 'Favorite Son of lllinois, of "Wilful” Group, Dies in Florida | | | BULLETIN — SAN FRAN- CISCO, Cal, Sept. 16. The West Coasl Waterfront Em- ployers and the CIO Longshore- men have agreed that the pres- ent work contract remain in force on a day by day basis be- yond September 30, the expir- ation of the present contract. Direct negotiations will begin on Tuesday in an effort to draw a new or revised agreement to be placed before the two groups. | | | | DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept.16. —Lawrence Y. Sherman, 80, former United States Senator from Illinois, | is dead here. He was Illinois' favor- |ite son and candidate for the Re- | publican Presidential nomination in 1916. Y Sherman, product of the Illinois | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 16.] prajries, was noted in the days im- | —A deadlock over the question of | megiately following the World War | | retroactive pay has been settled t0 a5 one of the “bitterenders” of the | The liner was in a “blockout” at | faces the challenge to carry on west- | Pave the way for negotiations be- ypjted States Senate who defeated | | ern civilization which otherwise may | tWeen Pacific Coast Waterfront Em- | yagification of the peace treaty of night. FRENCH MACHINE GUNS SEIZED BY FBI AT SEATTLE 25 Guns Found - Stored Long Time Is Belief- Police Won't Talk SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—Twenty-five machine guns valued at $6,000 were seized by FBI Agents and police today. The arms were taken secret- ly to police headquarters through a | | be destroyed in the war. Col. Lindbergh told his radio lmeners that “we must not permit | our sentiment, our pity, or our per- | sonal feelings and sympathy to ob- | scure the issue that will affect our children’s lives. impersonal as a surgeon and his| knife.” Leaning on the speaker’s (stand with both elbows, the aviator as- serted that America must either stay out of war or remain perma- nently in Europe's affairs. Proposed Nomination By President Opposed SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.—The San Francisco Chamber of Com- merce has wired President Roose- We must be as| | ployers and the Longshoremen’s vyersailles because it embraced the | wUmon | covenant of the League of Nations. | Terms of the agreement were not FECRREIRAIOMS X4 | revealed. The negotiations,will begin im- mediately. There is considerable dif- ‘ ference betwen the employers and | the union over terms of the con-| tract | The employers proposed that ex-| isting contracts be extended three months pending the signing of per- manent agreements and any pay in- | crease agreed on would date from | December 1. The union at first suggested that the contracts be continued indefin- | itely and that any pay increase date | from October 1. Later the Long-| shoremen agreed to have the raise! date from October 30, and either side be given the privilege of ending the working agreement on 60 days’ no- up railroad tracks and destroying | brldges. The morning communique from Berlln says “there has been heavy enemy artillery activity in the Saar- bruecken sector but some local en- | emy thrusts have been warded off ;wnh heavy losses to the enemy.” New Moves at Warsaw | In the east, the German forces are | reported to be steadily closing in on the Polish forces and are making an encirclement movement west of WarsaW with new “divisions sent mw the action, The German communique admits the Polish Armies are holding out in an area less than 50 miles in | diameter notwithstanding _vicious assaults made upon the forces, German forces according to the Berlin communique, said they have | swept and shattered units of the | Polish Southern Army before them and added: “Severe fighting continues at the gates of Lwow.” The German communique also | savs the invading forces are con- tinuing their attack on Brest Lit- | ovsk Citadel, 100 miles west of War- saw. * In Budapest, Hungarian diplo- matic and newspaper circles have | received reports that the Polish de- fenders of Warsaw and Lwow have | pushed back the invaders, inflicting | severe losses. Other foreign sources report Pol- ish gains but there is no neutral confirmation of any of the German claims, French reports said heavy German | attacks have been repulsed at Vola, | Warsaw suburb, with the loss of | some heavy artillery, SaysBremen Is Captured By Brifish velt protesting the proposed ap- tice. in plain view. Always before t,heyvbmemem garage. ‘There npparently is no likelihood | pointment of Democratic Congress- | man Wallgren, of Everett, Wash., to | the United States Maritime Com-| Witnesses said one package of | guns contained a New York news- have carried them hidden in their| pockets, the way street cops do. League. Cincinnati has 20 games to go. }German Ambassador at tions held at 1 o'clock yesterday | of a strike to tie up the waber!ronts‘ afternoon, the Tass agency said. 1925, Wit- when the present contracts expire. | Philadelphia edged out the Chi- cago White Sox yesterday on Bob| Johnson’s 22nd homer, scoring all three runs. Washington'’s errors let the Browns win yesterday. Slayers Die For Killings SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal, Sept. 16.—The confessed slayer of a small Los Angeles girl, 58-year-old Charles McLachlan, was executed in the gas chamber of San Quentin Prison here. In a letter to Chief of Police Dan McLachlan admitted killing Jenny | Ralston, read at last night's City Monroe at Los Angeles last year. He | Council meeting, Jones said he was was the seventh man to die in the | leaving the force to accept a better chamber since gas became the legal position which appeared to have a THOMAS JONES RESIGNS FROM POLICE FORCE | Pafrolman Eving Oct. 1 fo Enfer Private Business Patrolman Thomas A. Jones last night submitted his resignation from | the Juneau Police Force, effective | October 1. method of execution in California. At the Washington State Prison at Walla Walla, Paul Buttry was hanged yesterday for the murder of | his friend, Hugh Warren. Warren was killed during a quarrel, very fine future. Commenting on the resignation, Mayor Harry I. Lucas said: “I hate to see him go. Tom is one of the J city.” best officers we've ever had in the} =~ A newsman came out of the con-| ference carrying an old newspaper he had dug out of the files from back in 1918. Half of the yellowed front page was occupied with two words: “War Over.” This capital is already prejudiced on the side of France and England. | You would feel it in the air even if you didn’t hear army men, navy men and even diplomats sounding off. Privately, of course. Some are hoping against hope that Poland's army will be a big surprise, stall the ‘Germans until the rains come to give them a lift against the mechanized enemy. At lunch time people draw sketches on napkins to show where Poland is weakest, or where Britain could land troops. A newsboy at 4 am. parades up and down a court flanked by apart- ment houses shouting a war extra. If you can’t wake 'em up you can't sell ‘em. “Take out of Draper lane,” ant yells from a the blinkety-blink war a sleepy ten- second story " (Continued on Pflge Seven) paper dated April 15, nesses described the weapons as of French make. It is believed they have been stored here for a consid- erable time. on ascertaining the guns were ap-| parently not intended for export. Police gave no details of the seizure. ATHENIA VICTIM IS LAID TO REST HAMILTON, Ont., Sept. 16 —Fun- eral services were held this after- noon for the eight-year-old victim of the Athenia ship disaster, Mar- garet Hayworth. The services were attended by the leading Provincial and city officials Among those present at the rites| were Ontario Premier Mitchell Hep- | burn, Lieutenant-Governor Albert Mattews and Education Minister L. JOnes averages: J. Simpson. la | 1acks the business training and ex- Federal Agents were said to have | Perience necessary to qui dropped out of the case immediately | 81 €xpert on maritime problems. mission. A wire signed by Chamber Presi- ent Dill declared that Wallgren alify him for Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Sept. 16. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today’s short session is 6%, American Can 110%, Ameri- can Power and Light 5%, Anacon- da 33%, Bethlenem Steel 90%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 7%, General Mo- tors 52%, International Harvester 69, Kennecott 42%, New York Cea-| tral 19%, Northern Pacific 10%, United States Steel 767, Pound| $3.84. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, industrials 152.15, rails 3207, utilities 25.01. —————— \CALIFORNIA WILL ' ISSUE BONDS FOR SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 16.—/| |of cCalifornia is prepared to issue | 5,000,000 worth of warrants to meet |its current payroll and relief pay-| ments. There is no assurance lhnt hold- | ers of the warrants will be able to, cash them readily. | fously refused to purchase the issue.| The Federal Government also re-| ,rused to advance money. The impending vote on the $30 a ‘week old-age pension plan is an VALUE 5 MILLIONS The financially embarrassed State | Bankers prev- LAWRENCE Y. SHERMAN~ | A brilliant orator, strong in his convictions and gifted with a flair | ! for caustic epigram, he was one of the most persistent foes of the Woodrow Wilson plan for bringing | the United States into the new world | organization. At one stage he de- | serted his Republican colleagues and voted with the Democrats in order to prevent a compromise on the res- ervations proposed by Senator Lodge | of Massachusetts, and which formed the crux of the fight. Attacked Wilson Sherman, in the long lf-gL\lnMVe‘ struggle, attacked President Wilson personally as an autocrat, said he was “an usurper of authority” and| | called him “the monarch of quit- ters.” He was skilled as a parlimentarian and used his aptness in that field | to help outmaneuver the Wilsonian | forces. Illustrative of this was a filibuster whioh he helped conduct| in March, 1919, in an effort to force ; influencing factor. | Attorney General Warren ruled that the State cannot legally bor- row funds from the Highway De-| partment to meet general and relief expenditures. | —eetn ((,ununued on ane ‘Three) Moscow Gives Clue fo Missing Liner MOSCOW, Sept. 16.—German Ambassador to Russia, Count von Der Schulenberg, today inti- mated that the $20,000,000 liner Bremen, mysteriously unreport- ed since salling from New York City on' August 30, has been cap- tured by the British. The Count said questions con- cerning the German merchant flagship should be referred to Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British Admiralty. The Bremen, since leaving New York, has previously been reported at several ports, interned for the duration of the present war. It was first reported a French destroyer captured the Bremen, then it was said the British sea forces had captured the liner. Several days ago it was unofficially reported the liner was safe in Murmansk, Russia, having dodged the patrol of the Al- lies on the North Atlantic.