The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 14, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE Nms ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIV., NO. 8233. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1939. BRITISH BATT NAZIS MOVE IS EXPECTED, WEST FRONT Comparative Calm Prevails Which Presages 0f- fensive Soon RUSSIAN-FINNISH | CONFERENCES STOP Soviets Now Concentrating on Turkey on Control | of Two Centers ‘ (By Associated Press) | A calm seems to prevail on the| western front as far as the Ger- man movements dre concerned i French sources said this might presage a strong German offensive soon. | German consultations are under | way with Italy and Russia prelim-| inary to the next step in the six| weeks' war. i Russia has temporarily deferred further Finnish consultations and is concentrating diplomatic t'fforlsl on key, apparently for agreement regarding the Black Sea and Dar- danelles control. Two members of the Swedish Party have been added to Finland’s Cabinet as the nation prepared to| participate in a conference with the Chiefs of State of the Scandinavian Governments at Stockholm on Wed- nesday of next week. Arr;sled, Sabolage (Mh_argesl Former Draftsman for Air- plane Company Held on $10,000 Bond SANTA MONICA, Cal, Oct. 14— A former draftsman at the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant, Edward | McDonough, has been arrested by G-men on charges of selling plans for United States army planes. McDonough, a twenty-seven-year- | old graduate of Carnegie Tech, de- nied the charges. He is held for the Federal Grand Jury on $10,000 bond. Federal authorities refused to dis- cuss the arrest of the draftsman. ]v | | | e " ieenth °: | The last convention action was L Is Unlucky HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Oct. 14.— Friday the thirteenth was not a| Jucky day for film actor George Raft. As a publicity stunt Raft drove to a stable and was photo- graphed hanging up a horseshoe, to show he was taking precautions. On his way back to the studio, Raft's expensive car collided with a bus. The actor was not injured but the automobile will require sev- eral hundred dollars worth of re- pairs, ” Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 6%, American Can 111, American Power and Light 5%, Anaconda 32%, Bethlehem Steel €8 3-4, Commonwealth and South- ern 1%, Curtiss Wright 7%, General | Motors 53 3-4, International Har- vester 65'%, Kennecott 39%, New| York Central 20 3-4, Northern Pa- cific 10%, United States Steel 477%, Pound $3.97%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 150.38, rails 33.53, utilities 23.31. "END OF WAR OR ELSE” Radiophoto above presents an interesting study of Adolf Hitler as he spoke October 6 before the Reichstag in Berlin proposing a European peace settlement on a comprehensive basis to solve old European problems, Hitler threatened a continued war, in which the allies “could mot win,” to gain his demands if the peace offer was refused. This continued war, he added, would bring “unprecedented horror to the world.” Americals “That Way About (anada; Sifuafion As fo War By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 resident’s message to | this country that she did not buy ;with cash and carry away in her {own ships or trains. On May 1 the cash-and-carry section of the Neutrality act died. That left it legal, even after war started, for American ships carry supplies | tions so long as the supplies were {not actually arms or inmiplements }nf war | In his | situation of Canada in our relations | to the new war. ] Under the Neutrality act as it was up to May 1, Canada—at wa | —could have beught nothing from Plan tfo Organize Unor-| ganized Millions of American Workers SAN FRANCISCO, Cal —The CIO Aadjourned the annual convention in a roaring approval|stitute proposed last session: of John L. Lewis and a warning to| To have Congress authorize the American Federation of Labor| the President to designate cer- to “beware” of the CIO’s growing tain “combat zones” on the ocean into which American ships might not travel. message the President .|proposed a substitute for cash- land carry. It was the same sub- the adoption of a resolution to “or- ganize the unorganized miliions ori(‘ANAI)A LEFT OUT? ;s;?:'.x.can workars. on<n. AnAUsER Presumably, such combat zones S it jwould be the waters around Eng- |land, Germany and France. Those OFFICERS. ELECTRD are the active submarine and naval SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 14— | greqs, But would shipping areas John L. Lewis was yesterday Te-iground Canadian ports, either on | el {a noisy scene that resembled a na-| "1t can be readily drawn from | tional political convention. A thirty- | e President’s message that ‘lour minute demonstration started|j,tends to leave the way open to when President Sidney Hallman of | ay0iq imposing such restrictions on |the Amalgamated Clothing Work-|oyy trade with Canada, at least for | ers nominated Lewis with a lauda-‘mr time being. He said that, upon | tory speech. repeal of the arms embargo, “his A band started playing, and dele- | government clearly and definitely gates paraded up and down the|ij)l insist that American citizens aisles. Some delegates pulled “H,:md American ships keep away from their shoes and pounded on the ta-|the immediate perils of the actual | bles. Others produced noise making | zones of conflict.” | gagits, and all shouted. | canada is not an “actual zone After a vote by acclamation re-|of conflict.” No pitched battles on electing Lewis without opposition, canadian soil or in the air above | the convention unanimously (‘]G(‘le(‘l‘(]w dominion are in prospect. The six vice-presidents. Two existing possibility is that Germany will vice-presidents, Hallman and Phil-|send enough submarine raiders to lip Murray, of the Steel Workers, Canadian waters to compel the were reelected. | President to designate at least the’ Others chosen were Roland Tons | Atlaniic route to Canada as a of the United Automobile Workers; | “combat zone.” Emil Rieve, of the United Textile, Even that, however, would leave Workers; Sherman Darymaple of Llw’ran lines open as well as lanes United Rubber Workers and Reid |from U. S. west coast ports to Cana- Robinson of the Mine, Mill anddian ports on the Pacific. Smelter Workers. James Carey, of the United Elec- UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP trical, Radio and Machine Work-| More than once the President has ers, was reelected C I O secretary. |recognized our special relationship The C I O convention passed a|to Canada. It is a relationship un- (Continued on vPaéé Three) (Continuca on Fage Four) 0 to belligerent na—l lected President of the C. I. O. in | yne pacific or Atlantic, be included? | he | L0ST TANKE 'CREW SAVED “ BY AMERICAN Emile Migrhgir Frenchmen Are Picked Up-One Is Reported Dead, NEW YORK, Oct. 15—The Am#} erican freighter Black Hawk to- | day reported the rescue of 39 surs vivors of ‘the French tanker Emilef Miguet, ' destroyed by fire off the[s Irish ‘coast on Thursday One man was reported dead. acd cording to the Black Hawk's CHpy | tain, Raymond Hodge, who wired lessed he is taking the Boston. The steamer radioed yesterday it had found the vessel in flames and no trace | of the crew and assumed all hand$ were ~ lost. 5 Captain Hodge did not explain [the delay in reporting the rescue of the Emile Miguet's crew. 1 The tanker, one of the largest merchantmen lost in the current war, left Corpus Christi, September 17 with 160 barrels of casing head gasoline, presumably | for Havre. K | The President Harding rescued members of the crew of the Brit- ish freighter Heronspool while responding | Miguet's signals of distress. EXPORTS GO "HIGH FIRST * MONTH,WAR | WASHINGTON, Oct. -14—Secre- tary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins | — The said the United States exports dur-| Congress | Ing the first month of the war ag-| [ made clearer than ever the special 8Yegated $283,000,000, the largest| since January, 1938. | The August total of exports was $248,000,000. —_— e - RESCUE VESSEL SEEKS MEN ON NAKNEK LIGHTER {Moforship Martha Leaves | Unalaska—Craft Adrift | . | Since Tuesday | The motor vessel Martha left Un- |alaska at 1 oclock this morning /to go to the rescue of two men | adrift on a lighter blown out of | Naknek Tuesday morning. The Martha was chartered by the | Governor's Office after a check of | available vessels showed that the | Coast Guard, Bureau of Fisheries and Alaska Game Commission had no ships in the vicinity and the whalers of 'the American Pacific | Whaling Company had already left | Akutan for Seattle. The Martha is in constant radio | communication with U. 8. Commis- sioner Jack Martin, A plane last sighted the lighter at noon Wednesday, being unable to locate it later the same day. { party to [ President Harding | Texasy futilely to the Emile|~ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SHIP IS SUNK Nazi Battleship Reported in South Atlantic | " o bty Mlln‘uugh not definitely established, it is believed Rio De Janeiro, the Nazi pocket battleship Admiral Scheer, above, ttacked and sank the British steamer Clement off miral Qchaar Brazil. Survivors of the Clement reported the attack and sald the ship was the Ad- LINDBERGH ADVOCATES ALL FOREIGN POWERS TO QUIT WESTERN HEMISPHERE NOW WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—~In a radio address, Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh: called last night for main- tenance of the embargo on “offen- sive weapons™ and virtually demand- ed that Great Britain and other European Powers gef out of this “ 1 Hentisphere lest they drag the Unit- | ed States into war. ‘ “We desire the utmost friendship | with the people of Canada. If their }mun(r\' is ever attacked our Navy | will be defending their seas, our | soldiers will fight on their battle- DrearyNight fields and our fliers will die in their 'Princefon Party Huddles in e Oui Fire or I_ight ‘}men of England to American in- dependence? ‘ “Sooner or later we must demand freedom on this continent and its surrounding islanaz from the dic- Survivorsof Wreck Spend Survivors of tne wrecked Pres-| | byterian Mission boat Princeton, | | brought to Juneau last night aboard | ;.. of European Powers |the Game Commission vessel Bear,| «american history clearly indi- told a tale of hardship today that|cates this need. As long as Euro- |revolved around the experience or‘],‘,a" Powers maintain their influ- three men and three little Nmive;‘.,m. on our hemisphere, we will girls huddled on a barren wind-|jjkely find ourselves involved in swept rock for nearly 20 hours injtheir troubles and they will lose no snow and darkness. | opportunity to involve us.” ‘ The Rev. A. D. Swogger, of Met-) | lakatla, in the wheelhouse of the| FLIER COMPLIMENTED | Princeton when the vessel struck,| WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. A |related the story of the wreck to-|signed statement by Senator Key \(Iay and summed up with the state- | pittman commenting on Col. Lind- ‘ment, “Once in a lifetime is enough | hergh's speech said “it encourages |of that.” | the ideology of totalitaiarn govern- | The Rev. Mr. Swogger said the|ments,” adding in part. that “Col. rinceton was moving along at| Lindbergh brought glory to the uising speed of about eight miles | United States through his courage an hour in a “terrible storm,” high and skill in pioneering a successful | wind, heavy seas, and blmding!solo flight across the Atlantic. We | snow falling. | respect and admire the Colonel for | “I had the wheel and was fol- | his accomplishments and high char- |lowing the course,” Rev. Swogger |acter. History has not disclosed |said, “when the light on Little|that the Colonel had the same ex- | Island suddenly appeared through | perience in statesmanship and mili- the snow. I called Capt. John G.|tary affairs he had in flying al- Falconer and he took the wheel. 1 though his address hints at learned We thought we were far enough |expressions and indicates remark- ‘orr, but the light was very deceiv- | able intuition.” ling in the snow and barely dis- ‘m\rnible. We hit the rock pretty hard.? | Br SPEECH IN RECORD WTSSINGTON, Oct. 14. — Many Strike Full On | Senators questioned the practicabil- | striking full on the rock just ity of Col. Lindbergh's arms em- qu! Ralston Island in Lynn Canal,| bargo propositions when Senator e e | Clark of Missouri, asked unanimous | consent to put the speech into the | '.Conv.m;n:d on Page Eight) SEATTLE, Oct. — surveys of Alaskan tional Defense as commercial use is necessary, Ad- miral L. O. Colbert, Director of the Coast and Geodetic survey, told the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. “We have lots to do up there be- fore the job is finished. “In Bering Sea are 750,000 miles of unsurveyed area and south of the Aleutian Islands, an ocean do- 14. — Complete waters for Na- well as future SURVEY OF ALASKAN WATERS MOST NECESSARY, DECLARES DIRECTOR OF COAST, GEODETIC 15 KIL ———— | Senate record. Senator Connally of Texas, asked if he knew who advised and col- laborated in preparing the speech and Senator Clark said that he did | not know. The speech was then sent in with- out opposition. | | | | main the size of the State of W;L\:h»l IN A(TION ington, waits to be chartered. | “Alaska’s commercial develop- ment is just beginning and Alaska’s| VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 14— gateway will be the waterfront for|The toll of the new world war ex- many years to come. tended to Vancouver again when the “That is why it is important to|family of Flying Officer Robert complete the survey of Alaskan Coste received word that he was waters in the advance of the com- killed in action ing of the commercial era.” Coste was killed during a raid by Admiral Colbert is in Seattle to British planes on the German air attend the launching of the survey and naval base on the North Sea ship Explorer today ‘n,land of Heligoland. but—have they the right to, 'NATIONAL PARKS - NOW ATTRACTING MANY VISITORS Mount M(K}nle-y and Sitka Monument Goal for Sightseers WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—The Na- | tional Park Service issues a state- |ment that more than 15500000 | sightseers visited the National parks, | battlefields and National .monu- | ments during the past season. The Shenandoah park led with 911,612 visitors. Mount McKinley National Park |in Alaska had 2262 visitors this| past season as compared to 1,487 last | season. ‘The Sitka monument visitors drew 5,000 ———————— Convidts Flogged, Iifharge gation Info San Quen- fin Prison Affair SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. 14.— Gov. C. L. Olson has ordered a public hearing and intensive in- victs at San Quentine prison were brutally flogged last Mareh. The State Prison Board at Los| Angeles voted an investigation of the charges, and invited the Gov- ernor and Warden Smith to a| meeting at San Quentin sometime today. A date for the hearing will be then set. Beating of prisoners or other un- usual punishments are forbidden under California law The supposed floggings with leaded straps and hoses were an outgrowth of the San Quentin {hunger strike demonstration last winter, Convicts rebelled against their | food, which the State Health Board later denounced as unfit for hu- man consumption. ! Gov. Olson said he would de- | mand resignation of the officials | responsible for the floggings if | the charges are found true Warden Smith said he is con- vinced that there was no brutality | and that whatever was done was necessary as an emergency meas- | ure, | = > > FORD STERLING DIES, HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD, cCal, Oct. 14, | Ford Sterling, 55, one of the origin- al players in Mack Sennett's Key- | stone comedies and principal in Gov. Olson Orders Investi-| vestigation of charges that 41 con- | MANY DEAD AS VESSEL TORPEDOED Submarineg;ds Big Navy Craft fo Botfom with Destructive Missile OVER ONE THOUSAND REPORTED ABOARD Casualty List Indicated to Be Large, Admiralty Announces LONDON, Oct. 14—The Brit- ish Admiralty announces that the battleship Royal Oak, with more than 1,000 officers and men aboard, has been sunk, pre- sumably by a submarine tor- pedoeing the $10,000,000 29,000~ ton craft. The Admiralty said the sur- vivors list will be issuzed as soon as possible but no hint is given as to how many have been saved. The Roval Oak was new and in the second line at the Bat- tle of Jutland. The first survivors' list gave only 15 names, including one lieutenant and three lower of- ficers. None of the survivers in this list were injured. Later the Admiralty said about 370 officers and men were saved of the 1,200 complement. The last bulletin issued by the Admiralty early eves listed the Royal &M' mander, Capt. W. G. Benn, as among the survivors. CASH, CARRY, DEMAND OF LABORGROUP A. F. of L. Convention Ad- journs - Olive Branch Still Qut fo CIO CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 14. — The annual convention of the Am- erican Federation of Labor ad- journed here, demanding by reso- lution, that Congress adopt the cash and carry neutrality plan in addi- tion to its traditional stand against war. The convention reaffirmed the Open Door policy toward the CIO, refused to seat the Printers’ Union and continued the plan to boycott Russia. Asks Pardon For_gillings SACRAMENTO, Cal, Oct. 14. — Gov. Culbert L. Olson has asked the California Supreme Court to recommend a pardon for labor prisoner Warren Billings. Billings was €onvicted with Tom Mooney of the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing at San Francisco. Development after the trial in- dicated that most of the evidence against the men was perjured. Olson pardoned Mooney when he took office last January, but was prevented from pardoning Bil- lings because Billings had a previ- ous criminal conviction. The Governor told the High Court that he is convinced Billings ts innocent. ESCAPES BOMBING VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 14— The family of Vancouver mission- ary Geraldine Hartwell has received word that she escaped injury when Japanese planes pombed the United | more than 100 pictures, is dead J here. Church of Canada Hospital at Tzeliutsing, China.