The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1939, Page 2

U. 5. MARINES CLASH WITH JAPANESE:TROUBLELOOMS; REPERCUSSION I FEARED Two Japa- were wound- Marine Oct. 12 policeme TIENTSIN transportation - of thousand immigrants consideration for of the effect upon and bitents and 1ex- indus if the a mere dumping surveys the possibili- opment, stat- an for the of even a few without proper future, or ir ries cost their m 3 ka it stin d a two power Botl The ing ths agrict no opp expansion of the fur dndusts paper elopment a matter future after pr ent sour are 0re rly de- will not stand Mining promising, pros- pment and ) ould wait the investm private for orderly expansion. Settlements Discussed Matanuska and Metlakatla are discussed at some conclusion of the study offers a basis settlement report ceede: Asiatic Japanc 1 serfous mander of the fleet, It the in o - Alaska Reply To Slattery Report Read Juneau Chamber Endorses Statement Qpposing Refugee Plan (Continued frowm Pag: Ouc) - - sm of proposals-for a sys- tem of mineral land leasing, of a They will ar. high gold tax, and of setting aside f the report ishing reservations is contained Oong in the report. officials and| Among visitors ber meeting > consider pleted tion nt of capital The settlements Alaska Ref¢ in the Slattery report of Am.w: refuted by of progress of m the comparative’ Territory has been ence backwardn development are urvey in short period the are Allen Shattuck and Sundborg prir range fon and men, its ress- Gt others who are. inter The Alaska reply to the report is 1ed, con: document besides out Inte ment proposal, gives i being helpfu (!am- Fred . U. & P.Jl>~ John Bisho B. M. Behrends store, and (Nick) Car ska repr e of the Great' North at today’s the 8 sentati Railway. w in pointin Dep: t credit fla WS th mn -e> DIVORCED RENO, Nev.,, Oct. 12—Film Actress Miriam Hopkins has been granted ntested divorce from her Director Litvak. blond d I cru it granted the a closed hearing Miss Hopkins flew to Reno and established a legal residence in Ne- several weeks @ re- mber re- analy port, says the n port, “will disclose the fact that it contains much valuable material and some sound conclusions but it also contains some statements guments and conclusions which are not based upon facts but upon other arguments, conclusions and assumptions born of enthusiasm Alaskans believe, the report states, that develo] nt f the Territory cannot accomplisk by settlement immigrants any considerable numbers in vance of industry. It state that Alaskans ar lecidedly posed to any change in the gration laws which would I the bar: the T D; gration policy of the nation May be ar- d natole ek g lowin b of in ad- al op- immi- ot dowt subject immi- that vada TROLLERS GIVING UP FISHING THIS YEAR, RUN ENDED Only troller wllmg today on the Juneau market was Tom Mittenen with the Big Sam, unloading 170 pounds of fish. Trollers are closing up the season and for the past few days consid- erable numbers of fishermen have been abandoning the banks with fishing considered “through” for the year. Although occasional small schools Fall kings are encountered, the runs are definitely over. R Try an Empire ad. from Misused “What we do fear,” the Chamber statement sets forth, “is that the report as a whole may be taken, in disregard of the author's recom- mendations as to method of de- velopment, as justification of the widespread though erroneous im- pression that Alaska is now ready to support a population of mil- lions if they can only be brought to the Territory, and that, based upon some inaccurate representa- tions and unsound conclusions, Con- gl?SS mlghl be induced to pnondo of big \\!'ollbé/!‘e Sfiuflo Here's a real way to escape winter! Swing south on Southern Pacific’s spectacular Shasta Route to Cali- fornia, to the desert oasis of Palm Sorings or Southern Arizona’s fr-icndl) guest ranches. AN FRANCISCO WORLD'S FAIR Southern Pacific is the main line to sunshine. If you're going East, Southern Pacific offers you a choice of two sunny southern routes through California—Golden State Route via El Paso (Carlsbad Cav- erns National Park) and Sunset Route. thzough New Orleans and the Old South. L0S ANGELES HOLLYWOOD Here are examples of our low jares 10 California: From Seaitle to: One way Round trip SAN FRANCISCO . *14.50 '24.25 LOS ANGELES... 1950 34.00 —iu comfartable chair curs and coaches. Southern Pacific 1ders, reservations, additional infor- ite to B. C. TAYLOR, Gen. 4Agt., urth Ave., Seattle, Wash.; or C. G anadisn Gen. Agt., 619 Howe St., Vancouver, B.C, or J. A. ORMANDY, jea. Pass. Agt., 622 Pacific Bldg., Portland. -, PALM SPRINCS ARIZINA ~ GUEST RANCHES THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, OCT. 12, 1939. | - Hemisphere’s STRAIT of AN de FUCA (GUADALUPE IS (MEX) “ALAPAGOS IS D BERMUDA (BR.) Q' BAHAMAS (BR ) 3 BRITISH HONDURAS (@) BRIT/SH-DUTCHFRENCH GUIANA @ FALKLAND /5. (BRY @ 8R/7/5H BOAT SUNKBY RAIDER This is the neutrality wall set up by 21 American republics aimed at protection of inter-American shipping routes. Sinking of a British freighter off the Brazilian coast (marked by cross) sped the action which was modified by exclusion of foreign possessions in the Am- Argentina’s claim to pessession of Falkland mands (5) wme“h are hdl by Gmt Britain; ad ericas (marked by numerals), nlkntwns. JUNEAU MON : BE SET UP HER{‘ Pioneers Plan: Also fo Put, Markers on Graves of City's Founders | . Bronze | markers . for the gmves‘ of Joe duneau and Richard: Harris | and a monument: to mark the spot | where the two landed, when they | discovered what is now the City| of Juneau, are to: be erected by the local Igloo of the Pioneers of | Alaska, ‘Charles W. Carter an- nounced today. | The markers are now on dl'ip'a{‘ in the windows of the Alaska Elec- tric Light and Power Company. The monument will be placed at Eighth-and E Streets, near the Memorial Presbyterian Church. To help defray the cost of erect- ing the monument and markers, the Pioneers will, sponsor an en- tertainment, at: the Coliseum Thea- tre next Wednesday eveping. | FOREST SERVICE - VESSEL IN FROM PATROL OF BEAR Oliver T. Edwards, (ice . Biologist, - returned . on the Forester from a bear patrol of Admiralty Island. Ottar Johnson is captain of the Forester. The patvol is maintained jointly by the Forest Service and the Alaska Game Com- mission. During the trip, Edwards enum- | erated for the Bureau a. number of 1uiden',s a; remote pmms Forest Serv- DON'T WANT T b LET "EM REMAIN | \VA::HINGTON. Oct. 12, — ’I’h() ! State Department was somewhat nettled today to learn that a num- ber of United States citizens, in European war zones are not anxious to return home. The department has emphatically | warned United States nationals who do not have urgent business in Eur- ope to hurry back home. Thousands of ‘United States citi- zens, including many tourists, are still in Europe. The State Department learned to+ day cadia, left Ireland with nearly. 300 passengers. The department was disconcerted —especially in view of efforts to provide passage for all citizens in wap zone: room for - AR! A Secref! MILAN, Italy, Oct. 12—The chief {of the German secret police, Hein- rich Himler, has arrived and the Gestapo chief left at once for mezzo on Lake Como, where he }wm hold a two-day conference | with Ttalian officials. "The purpose lof the visit is kept strictly secret o — 'BOWLERS RENEW ELKS KEGLING bowling resumes at the with three matches Tonight, Elks alleys, scheduled In the first match of the eve- | ning, Physicians and Engineers roll | followed by ) and Fems vs, Editor Mallards elies | Reserves | Presidential Qf Census that the American liner Ar- * Secunty Zone 'WORKERS BEING | REGISTERED FOR - NAVY BASE JOBS Atlantic mond Alaskans Will Gef Preference Officials of the Alaska Territorial | Employment Service have heen sent to Sitka and Kodiak to register | workers for the Navy airbase plu]- ects, on which it is now b(‘lleVl‘d‘ Alaskans are to be given the pre- ference in employment. Francis Hennessy, Senior Inter-/ viewer from the Juneau office, has | been in Sitka a week for the purpose | and to make a general check of the| employment situation. Glenn Rob- | | inson, Manager of the Cordova of- fice, is at Kodiak. The Service, which has the name; of well over 2,000 men in the vicinity now available for work, furnished the contractors with information on prospective employee a month ago the employers stating at the time | that they intended to use Alaskan | labor as far as possible. Seattle Agreements Subsequently, agreements for lab- or were signed by the contractors with Seattle labor unions. Joseph T. Flakne, Director of the Alaska Ter- ritorial Employment . £ervice, . has since received a telegram from Dele- Anthony J..Dimond wheo says| 1as been assured by Commander | Thomas of the 14th Naval; t that “Alaskan air base con- will gladly employ local its with reference who are ed and eligible and to the ex- tent needed Flakne says the Alaska list of eligible workers is steadily ir as- ing as the seasonal industries shut down. It is not necessary, or desirable, Flakne emphasizes, for Juneau 'kers desiring jobs at Sitka to go there. If they are registered with the local office, they will be given full consideration f¢ the work available. Ocean AMERICA TRINTDAD) & TWA DEL Fufisqm- added com- gate Agttionien— | Overhealed Panfs Gll Firemen Out Today Ppnts and | things, caught fire teday while - drying over the Kkit- chen stove at the R. J. Jones residence at Fifth and Kennedy. Firemen found the fire und control by the time they had ar- and damage was limited s&kefl walls apd ‘burned . clothing J B Easter Lily Blooming In October ‘WASHINGTON, Oct, 12.—Pre: A flower that blooms in the fall dent Roosevelt's son James has Te- |ty Ja, is the Easter lily which signed his commission as Lieuten- | gpened its white petals today at ant-Colonel in the Marine COrbs| the home of the Rev. A. P. Kashe- varoff The lily. pring at the spent doors and then doors, decided that nad asked nk of Ca Navy' officials said President’s eldest son to be reduced to the ra: tain, James Roosevell was comunis- sioned a Lieutenant-Colonel in the| ploom again. Marine Corps while acting as. a e OF DIST. ATTY. IS NOW SOUGHT vsoad movie executiv James re quested the .reduc 3 on the Trouble Breaks Qut in New Circle in New grounds that he was ungqualified by; age; and; experience to hold the Orleans after blooming last all’ Easter lili immer out when taken was time of in- shoul it to Bl camuission AR, Hollday, No Stocks s oo ‘Leade.—s of NEW ¥YORK, Oct. 12—The New | claim that they have several thou- Yoxk Stock Exchange was not in|sand signatures on a petition de- SE“W today as@qlumbflls Day is| manding the impeachment of New obfig, BsiR Eofldfl the State | Orleans District Attorney Charles x‘\‘bflt'. " | Byrne. The appeintment Republican i Attorney John Jackson to prose- of Lu‘.o Byrne culminated an explosive ‘v:nc.s of events that started when a grand jury began to read a re- port condemning the District At- torney. Criminal Judge Platt halted the reading of the report and dismissed two jurors. Attorneys for the jurors have an- nounced they will ask the Supreme Court to rev Judge Platt’s de- cision. i CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 12.—Presi- dent Homer Matrin of the American Federation of Lahor Auto Workers Union, leveled a blistering attack today at the CIO and its chief, John L. Lewis. Martin addressed the annual A, F. of L. conyention here. He former- ly headed the CIO auto union, but broke with the Lewis gorup and led his followers into a rival Auto 'orker§ “Union with an A. F. of L. charter SOUIRRELLS 10 6O OUT ABOARD | WEATHERS BOAT i Best of Luck, Ol Man TRINIDAD, Ct mail must go through 2 price! Unless Postmaster Ben Bashoar | does some fast thinking he says it | probably is going to cost him the friendship of all his lady friends cave possibly one—to deliver a single | 1etter. | The letter, postmarked from an Oklahoma city, was addressed “To | the Prettiest Gal in Trinidad, Co-| | 1orado.” ¥ “Par be it from me to make that! | ehoice,” says Beshoar, who is an| |M.D. “I remember when I was af young physician T was asked tol judge a baby contest. | Epworth League S(hedules B e, v \me since.” H D The temperature of the earth in- f creases one degre for every 200f feet below the surface I oldest known fossils in rocks 900 million f g i . Oct. 12— Thel but at what | Al Weathers, with and guide Bob Dupree 7 two Colorado men, father and out for ten days of hunting The Colorado men are F J Squirrell, and his son, D. W rell. The two will hunt the nearby islands, moose and goat in Tracy Arm Today ‘they are up Lemon Creek Valley looking for mountain - e boat are Deutz, ing 50m, f ! ! f Squir bear on Taku, | at The weekly mwung of the Ep- — ~ ! worth League will be held tomorrow | night at 7:30 o'clock in the room of the Methodist Church Progressive games will be in cf of Lester Chac Refreshment, oclal \arge will | ar yes ‘The ‘Commander Assures Di- Minister T: be arranged for by Warner and Lester Chacey, Bauer found old, STRIKE OF DIPLOMATS ~ OF JAPAN | TOKYO, Oct. 12—More than f |ty Japanese diplomats abroad h Icabled their resignations to las a result of a so-called strike of 110 employees of the Foreign Min- that me invol policies r. Adoilal total Informed quarters said entire Japar diplo appeared likely to bec in the protest against the new F M | Nomura. Tokio nations to \.dl pers at 152. res TROUBLE \l,\l{l‘)l’l QuITS TOKIO, Oct Deputy Foreign ned today and the blame for the the Japanese for- has resulted in at ed to take n over the trans- or of part of the Foreign Offices s ien to a newly created Min- Trade. It 1 theatened isis in the cabinet for several - o LAFGLLETIE IS AGAINST REPEAL ARMS EMBARGO Declares United Stafes Should Concentrate on Hemisphere 1INGTON, Oct. 12.—United States Senator Robert W. LaFollette told the Senate this afternoon that repeal of the arms embargo might cripple the American defense pro- gram The Wisconsin Senator, who us- ually supports President Roosevelt's legislation, asserted that a complex of domestic problems are being * legated to the limb of forgotten things,” by what he described as a step t rd partial participation in war. Instead of taking this step, Sen- ator LaFollette argued, the United States should concentrate efforts on building up this hemisphere’s econ- omy which will provide a stimulus sound business recove: - BUILDING COSTS WILL BE PROBED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 12. —Officials of fifteen bay region glass and glazing companies were served with subponaes today as the United State Department of Justice moved to investigate building costs. Special investigators of the de- vartment will present evidence to a Federal Grand Jury regarding as- serted price fixing and monopolistic practice in the building industr; Labor leaders and officials other building industry firms will be summoned. Te- of also Similar probes are under way in a number of other cities. i PLANE CRASH ROME, Oct. 12. — Five persons. Tokio | the | of U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Junau and vicinily, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Oet. 12: Rain tonight and Friday; moderate variable winds, mostly northerly becoming southerly Friday. Minimum temperature tonight. re Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Friday; mod- erate southerly winds over southern portion and moderate . to fresh her winds over the northern portion, except fresh to streng sounds and straits and Lynn Canal. " Forecast of winds along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate to fresh southerly winds. from Dixon Entrance to Sitka and fresh to strong northerly winds from Sitka to Kodiak tonight and Friday. Winds will be changeable along a zone extending in an east and west direction from the central portion of Southeast Al- aska to a low pressure area in the Gulf. LOCAL DATA Temo Humidity wina Velocity 41 90 w 4 40 97 w 4 42 6 NE 1z 2 over Barometer 30.21 30.25 3047 Weather Rain Rain Rain Time pm. yest'y ‘ a.m .today Noon today RADIO REPORTS TODAY 3:30a.m. Precip. 3:3Cam. temp. 24 hours Weather 13 Clear. 30 Cloudy 29 Cloudy 18 Clear 3 Clear 42 Rain 42 Cloudy 30 Clear 40 Rain Lowest temp. 9 30 29 16 2 87 40 29 39 46 50 45 54 63 Max. tempt. last 24 hours | 27 | 31 35 Station Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Seattle Portland u Francisco 51 46 55 63 Rain Fog Clear Ciear w THER SYNOPSIS continued well while above low pr normal this morning over ressure area with a lowest re- and longitude The pressure the interior of ported barometer 162 degrees has been advancing \lu\\l_\' Rain has been general over Southeast Alaska and clear 1 weather prevailed over most sections of the rest of Alaska. While no new snow fell two to five inches of snow was reported on the ground this morn g the railroad belt between Anchorage and Fairbanks. a 6:30 am.; Juneau, Oct. 13.—Sunrise, sunset, 5:02 p.m, Room of the Baranof Hotel with dinner for ten guests. The centerpiéce of pink and yel- low chrysanthemums was offset by cream colored tapers for the char: ing affair. This is the first in a s of par- ti2s to be given by the Coffeys prior Are Dmner Hosts and Mrs. Rober{ M. Coffey en- tertained last evening in the Iris were killed today when a tri-motored Italian plane crashed into a house ne; the flying field at Fordi. The | vietims were three crew members and two residents of the house. - The famous rings of a swarm of millions moons. n are of small Try dn Empire ad. “Come AUl Ye Joyful® _ " io the Publications Hop FRIDAY 9-12 HIGH OCTOBER P. M. 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