The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 13, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA KEMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE Tl.\ll-?" JUNEAU, ALASKA, M()\H)AY, I\U‘ \ll’l { H 1939. MkMBE.R A“SOCU\TED PRtbb Pi l( E TEN CE \ Tb V()l [V., NO. 8258. el PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHAKEN BY QUAKE - * Many Buildings in Seattle are Cracked NaziPlanes EXTR A““”‘“" OF |GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AREA FROM PORTLAND NORTH “Nor éosig'l‘klrsdib WILL FIGHT UNTIL OTHER AwakenParis 70 yANCOUVER B. . ROCKED; one Report tat cowr SIDE HAS CRIED ENOUGH This Mornmg DISTURBANCE SENDS PEOPLE INTERIOR PLANE CRASHES: e Seventh i Rid s [NTQ STREET IN NIGHT CLOTHES PILOT, 2 PASSENGERS ARE BELIEVED TO BE DROWNED Prince Lost Head- Other Arrested Churchill further declared that Great Brit n\(Na\ ¢ is stronger, | A arm Of War S‘an es 1 French Capital flew northward. When the plane failed to ap- LONDON, Nov. 13.—The reported execution of the former German | Crown Prince Frederic Wilhelm by her anti-U boat forces are three times more numerous and the Army and Air Forces are grow- oy kisniiming: st roused this city’s eivil- | this morning and sent| pear on schedule at Dawson search was started by airplane and motorboat. the Nazis is linked in efforts of the Nazi police to solve the attempt- | ing. Churchill concluded by say- |ians early rying to cover for the Wreckage was found by men patrolling the lake by bo: Nov. 13.—Winston st Lord of the Ad- LONDON Churchill, F 13.—An earthquake described by the Univer- sity glon geologists as eapparently the heaviest since their seismograph recordings, rocked large areas of the Pacific Northwest, starting at 11:47 o'clock last night. and business men of Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Vancouver, B, C., and other cities today surveyed the damage done by the shock which lasted approximately one minute. The damage however, is not cxpected to be high, consisting mostly of cracked walls in buildings, broken water mains and power lines. Nov. PARIS, raid sirens ev- | some portions of area wreckage and mail sacks on * Lake Lebarge leads to the be- lief that a Yukon Route Air- ways plane crashed in Lake barge and sunk enroute from here to Dawson. Pilot Jesse Ruce and two pas- sengers, Mike McKallion and D. H. Anderson left here last Thursday. The plane was last from 30 minutes later PANIC IN SEATTLE a near-panic was caused in one theatre when patrons became alarmed at the swaying of a huge chandelier in the center of the ceiling. Some of the patrons rushed to the exits but calmer ones quieted the throng and order was finally restored. Exit was then conducted in an orderly manner. Theatre patrons generally flocked into the streets. One corner section of the National Bank of Washington in Tacoma, weighing about 250 pounds, crashed down from the sixth floor into the alley at the rear of the bank and caused a great commotion. Some damage is reported to have been done to the Capitol Building in Olympia. WIDE AREA SHOCKED The epicenter of the quake was not determined eariy this fore- noon but the shock covered an area from the Portland district north through Longview, Central Grays Harbor cities, Olympia, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham, Victoria and Vancouver, B. C., then into Eastern Washington, The effects of the quake in Seattle shows that the walls of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and other down town buildings are cracked. Several long cracks appear in the Public Safety Building. Other large buildings rocked in the quake but the walls appear to be without cracks. Traffic lights swayed and windows rattled. POLICEMEN MAKE HASTY ESCAPE Policemen fled when plaster fell in their assembly room at headquarters as patrols were coming in or going out on the mid- night change. A large plate glass window in an unoccupied store room on Westlake Avenue crashed with a roar that caused a near-panic in that section. One piece of heavy cement facing dropped Mom the front of the Newberry 10-cent store on Second Avenue. Plumbing fixtures are reported to have dropped two inches out of plumb, Seven pictures were knocked from the walls in the office of Joseph Himelhoch, bail bondsman and thoroughbred breeder. THREE DISTINCT RUMBLINGS Residents in many sections report that three distinct and severe shocks were felt in the space of five minutes. Residents on Queen Anne Hill report the ground appeared to rise and fall in a wave-like motion. Occupants of apartment houses rushed out and many would not return to their homes for seversl hours. Luckily no fires broke out but firemen sprang out of bed and manned trucks and engines prepared for any emergency. On the waterfront steamers and small craft at the docks bounced around as if a tidal wave had struck them. At 10 o'clock this forencon no fatalities had been reported but some persons were treated for injuries caused by mnng u.rllclcu. FRENCH GENERAL | SHOCK MOST DIES OF WOUNDS ¢ o o IN 15 YEARS [ First Such Casualty of War ~Held Two Croix de First Action Started 11:47 P. M.-Lasted Until Guer(es 12:08 A. M. PARIS, Nov. 13.—It was revealed In Seattle, heard } as it ! (.0.BENJAMIN PASSES AWAY AT WRANGELL Pioneer Mer?h;mt, Former Member Alaska Legis- lature, Dies Sunday Nov. 13.—| 66, widely died Sun- the Ru are \,’H-/\N(;LLL. A]n.&kd, rles O. Benjamin, ywn pioneer merchant, followirg an attack of SR 12 6.8 SENATOR ASHURST ORDERED TO REST/ PRESCOTT, Arizona, Nov. 13 United States Senator Ashurst is under doctor’s orders to cancel all| engagements and rest completely for the next two months. Physicians said the Senator is muf!m‘mg from a severe case of ex- | haustion, as the result of the long ‘lllnnss of his wife, and her death in W(IShlll({lnn last week - SIX PASSENGERS ABOARD NORAH FOR THIS PORT Pacific steamer Prin-| cheduled to arrive in from the Meherin and Mrs. R.| H Williams, returned on the 'l'llfl)n | today after four and a half davs‘ of hunting cruise marked by stormy | | weather. e women nimrods said storms | | prevented planned deer hunting, | | but. they “got plenty of ducks and | geese.” | | SRS SO Shotgun Slc;yfig, Chicago, Brings "Scarface” Al's Name Info It CHICAGO, 1, Nov. 13. — The name of “Scarface” Al Capone is drawn into the investigation of the shotgun slaying of millionaire sportsman Edward O'Hare O'Hare succeeded Al Capone as ruler of Sportsman’s Track when the one-time gang chief was jailed for income tax avasion. Detectives studied the possibilities that O'Hare may have been slain by gangsters because of his report- ed refusal to step down in favor of Capone when “Scarface Al” is re- leased from California prison or that O'Hare declined to contribute is un- Canadian Norah is at 7 o'clock tonight from | the area extends into some of ki cess impossible on think of it continu- ing as it is. FILM ACTRESS WEDS; IT'S HER FIRST TRY LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 13.— Film actress Kathryn “Sugar” Kane and Horace Boos, Jr., heir to a res- taurant fortune, are honeymooning following their marriage at Los An- geles. Boos said he was 21 and Miss rd Raye, Barrett, to or - . central Mississippi sippi Valley com- | the eastern last week, A3 KILLED AND 60 13. has Premier ordered offi- V. miralty, said last night that Great Britain and France will \ will have had enough of it” and ed assassination of Hitler last week | vy AE el e S olland and in a Munich beer parlor the report of the execution, statin Czechoslovakia and Austria will ing: “We are better prepared to o 1e execution, stating s i dure t malice of Hit- iy thiat 1t eaie o Aedlable Dapian| 18 GISHIRE By & vlolery H QN he Worst malipe o | enth time since the present war be- o ar Y Batacahon ., | BBD. |claimed a dispatch stated the for- T Gk g perinnng iy il Military sources announced Ger- mer Crown Prince and his brother flown over the Parisian but None of the big newspaper bu- the scouters were driven off by anti- reaus have carried any reports on i number of planes involved in It is known that the 50-year-old| | the flight were not mentioned . former heir to the German Tmper- Airline officials said the plane | warplanes were reported on recon- was equipped with skiis. to the Nazi regime, bul doubt is| naissance. expressed that the Nazis have gone ——— oldtimers of Dawson. o ves The search for the three |in high respect and admiration by| | | tthe German people | \ nd weather conditio | Ih u- Sl SEEN | REDU(ED AGAIN KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. LONDON, Nov. 13.—Great Bri- ‘ | ‘ChrM Kolby, local trapper m o tativ'has vesponded to Belgium and| (by wolves at Thorne Lake on Prince pledge that with “most earnest con De|ega“on Is S(heduled fo! nOun(ed Be(ause 0' lof Wales Island, according to asideration” any German propos A 2 E . last night {of achieving Greal Britain's avowed i o ist § ki Toll | Ul'Opefll'I Conflict Searchers said Kolby's knife was|War aim, to halt German aggression, | Moscow Tomghi munisi yecrefary 1ells) : ; 13—The British |belt, which showed he had used it| Great Britain's war aims again et i : JLSINKI, Nov. 13—The Finnist What Would Be(ome Of War ‘Office announced today that| in self defense. | set forth as being a redemption of HELSINK 0 innish e: finnish delegation in Moscow will cause of the confliet in Europe,” Bri- |loaded .375 Magnum revolver was curring fear of German aggre ]F’A;\”nnx m.”m| o ib Mowny, o0 tain will maintain in North China |still in his holster,” searchers said,[s0 88 to enable the peoples of Eu- v. 13. — Y seeking concessions for ct S A el Tl o0 Earl tect property and maintain order. |the mainspring of the gun was bro- and liberties.” sty et knc | g LY. e| “This is the second decrease of the |ken, which it is surmised Kolby| France has also replied saying it a reference s y bt ’ - | was made at 2 o'clock this afternoon Eeart. lOn d-nrvczfi Ihmu-' ll;tzB(/):wn i “efl_‘ Searchers for Kolby's remaining| by reparation of the Injustices | i usly Foreign Minister Erkko Benjamin came to Alaska in 1903| !0 What he called Americas ribe | clothes and skull about 50 feet from |forced and imposed on Austria, » ; ; |in the Soviet demands for territor- tion until 1907 when he came to['ST ‘Dr wea'her 1nr one arm about 15 feet from| Cermany informed The Nether-| ™ ©C n‘“;':f;:om i b not been deal- | shore in three feet of water. |lands Foreign Office Saturday that i 4 business, remaining here since that|INg with the question of how to| | Moscow. time. ‘ef[ect the transition but rather | \w.hm a radius of about 75 feet or|carefully but on numerous occasions | reafenin = e S Alaska Territorial House in 1925|Would be the desirable road. Searchers were unable to find|considered on a basts of restoring and 1927 and member of the Sen-| OPDosition political parties, W“'C“‘ Kolby\ boots or shoes. His cloth- | Poland. gell City Council for many years.|business, probably would meet the| P SR T ey i |same fate as the 13 non-Commun- | yurces said the British and French gell, and a daughter Marjorie now|olution in Russia, said Browder. YUKON BRINGS replies to Beigian and The Nether- S seatiie “They disappeared from the po-| EXI@NSIVE Damage Looms |in line with public utterances in the ot 2t W 4| took up arms against the Govern-| Unless Rain Falls in R w IN F R [London and Paris and caused no one of the 11 o'clock Club of the|ment” he said. | These sources also said that the | The educational system would follow Communist ideologies before | i < R people instead of the capitalists,| ment from the Weather Bureau in-|the Westward here this afternoon| Gangland Browder explained. | dicated that dry weather in the At 2 oclock for a three hour stay RH’UR“ Gooo BAG Jmost of its present leaders and|the point of extensive damage. |from Seward, Cordova, Haines and; =~ s ro e in religious institutions| Fall pastures have been seared, v which were shown in public debate From Seward passengers were as not a social menace to the new | stock in the Middle States. |sam Baker, I%61. Baus, Sydney Late truck and garden crops have | {Banks, R. S. Bragaw, V. Industry, national economy, prop- A. Dauphin, | erty and profits would be taken| Seeding of winter wheat |W. E. Gerwels, R. C. Guerin, C favorable. | Holky, G. Howard, panded rapidly. A. H. Peter- The press, Browder said, “is a|the Middlewest son, Alma Rieppa, Adolph Rieppa Southern States. Vo O Tiikier oS Walr. tames ! port here today that General Raymond | I ] | south. | Pigeaud, Division Commander who of ratafdll “during Sesterober and| Cr Fi Anderics, B. Brown, I.| kot | October. D. Miller, George Martin. | ked for June: re James Dem- | current war and the World War has From Cx —Joe enzie |ers, Winnifred Sipprell, Alvis {died of wounds Oklahoma report slow progress or“ Fr;m ;;l:lcf:“ Ui Nakensl ’ YK ‘u.wh.. wheat because of the : i ommi QL L 13—The s5t0ck | wesley Barrett General of the present war, No de- . \m-,.rkm closed with fractional ad-| te igars \ore Pige.| SEATTLE. Nov. 13.—Last night's Mrs. T. Willis, Child Willis tails were glven 1ere Pig Rain fell in “alv (a"S quake was the sharpest in 15 years ALY trading. There was never any pres- v\vman. were received ity ool 2’5: Sdnl:l D;’(""z‘; Mr"‘ ;’/;‘“" Jack [sure_and never any keen demand| s s g believed by University of Washing- halt of " Kanens ' Wk son, . Kardanoff, rs. F.. M ton geologists to have been center- Closing quotation of Alaska Ju-| pRERI ot |neau mine stock is 7, American TO (OIOIS Seattle, probably in the Grays Har- 1 | bor area. i )u‘m Steel 83'%, Commonwealth and | most severe shock came I0 seconds after quivering of the earth jarred make war “until the other side | i ike that of F 1 and One” iwipepar. ot published | DoetgeaEe Wi e British Empire and the French ler and his Huns than we w I sources and one other newspaper | man reconnaissance planes had had been arrested by the Nazis. | MED'ATION rapper is b | the subject | . Last Priday, “swarms” of Nazi ial throne has long been a problem McKallion and Anderson are s so far as to kil him, as he is held | bodies continues undér adverse Bt el SO . and Belguum Heads BY BRowDER Se(ond De(reflse IS An !*mfl‘ last spring, was torn to p Holland's mediation offer with at | Sharening prty which retuned here | which might atford a real prospect: — Refyrn Home from | missing from his holster on his|Will be discussed LONDON, Nov. Foreign Office announces that the Ame I. f “for reasons of convenience and be-| “At first we wondered why a fully [Europe from the ‘perpetually re- b e x llengthy negotiations by which the |only enough military forces to pro-|but upon examination, it was found | rope to plvwxw their independence 1gthy negol day Communist party, expanded t0day |pritien armed forces in China. must have known. |15 up to Germany to establish peace e B . 4 3 " . AP a " said only last minute modifications and mined in’ the’ Anchorage. sec-| D€ for quick transition o soctal- Ihis coat and knife with the bones |Czechoslovakia and Poland. A el ’ i He said he had ‘Wrangell and entered the mercantile | g oG 4 e e en wors ‘wess. found | the mediation offer wil be examined call of the Finnish delegation from Benjamin was a member of the |of showing the American people \L\ Hitler has stated no peace will be | ate in 1929. He served in the Wran-|he said were usually put out of | ling showed he had literally been| AT s | BERLIN, Nov. 13. — Authorized| Lillie, a son Lloyd, both in Wran- |ist parties which survived the rev- | |1ands offer to mediate the war are Mr. Benjamin was a member offlitical scene one by one as they| . \mprls(‘ here, Juneau EIks. Schools Would Change | Many Sections (Ap"Al C"Y : | replies indicate a “will to war.” WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. — Re-| | it is adjusted to the needs of thefports to the Agriculture Depart-| The steamer “Yukon docked from | fEMl"l"[ “IMRODS Religion would be purged offarm states is rapidly approaching bringing in a long list of passengers | teachings Skagway. forcing extensive feeding of live-| tem would survive. @ C. Bing-| g e {ham, C. D. Dernier, L. over by the Government and ex-| exis T. J. Howard, | The drought P. S. Lydick, E. Olsen, great industry and therefore it is| |Merle Ann Smith, Mrs. F'. J. Smith, | Kansas had less than an inch| Brenner, H. W. Effner, B, Kann, O Stock QU 'OTATIO Passengers abc the steamer |held a Croix de Guerre for both the y ,__] | boo Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and | Mrs. William Kla Barrett, Ronald His is the first deaih of un Allied continued | noy william Klavey, lack of rain | ! vances today after a session of dull i Srandbd. whet the and lower Miss From SSenarentiss. Bert Denyis | |of selsmographic records here and Kardanor[ | for SSadEe. More Men Sroriisiiic- et GellT Morgenihau ed between 50 to 80 miles west of 109, American Power and| Prof. George Goodspeed said the | outhern 1%, ! ROME, Benito Mussolini Curtiss Wright 11%,| 5,000 non-commissioned to a fund being collected as a so- cal “Welcome Home” present for Capone - JEWELL RETURM Hc r W. Jewell, Assistant Exe- cutive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission is returning to Juneau tomorrow from Ketchikan where he appeared as a witness in a court case involving a game violation, Kane gave her age as 19 when they obtained the marriage license. It was the first marriage for the act- ress, the second for Boos. His mar- riage to Bessie Eleanor Hemmings of Honolulu was annulled last Feb- ruary. S e The trend toward steamlining au- tosbegan in 1910, GUARD BARRACKS | KREUZLIN GER, Switzerland, Nov. 13.—The large barracks of Hit- ler's Elite Guards were burned last across the frontier, DESTROYED, BLAZE ARE INJURED IN OPPELN, Germany, Nov. 13 Forty-three persons are known have been killed and 60 injured in a collision of two passenger trains night at Konstanz, Germany, just this afternoon between Langlieben |JOnes averages: and Rosengrad, CRASH OF TRAINS : to| 55'%, Internation- Harvester 62%, Kennecott 39%, ew York Central 20, Northern Pacific 10%, United States Steel |697%, Pound $3.92. | General Motors 1 JONES AVERAGES Dow, | 149.07, | DoOw, The following are today industrials 2557 11.11\ 32.88, utilities | added to the army. [ This is Ttaly's se | sion to the army within seven | | days, i e | The castor plant is used in the | manufacture of lubricants, medi- cine, flypaper, paints, soap, linoleum, printing and sulphonated castor oil, | l | | cers and 18000 volunteer specials | Vacafioning TUCSON, Ariz, Nov. 13.—Treas- ury Secretary Morgenthau's vaca- tioning on a ranch near Tucson. The Cabinet member flew to Ari- |zona to spend ten days resting af- |ter being on strenuous duty in Washington since the war broke out | l.n Europe, the selsmograph needles. This ac- tion was at 11:47 o'clock last night. The disturbance Jasted for 30 to 40 seconds and was followed by lesser tremors until 12:08 o'clock this | morning The quake is laid to slippage of one of the state’s several active fault lines. They do not believe )zm\c after shocks are likely.