The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 26, 1940, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV., NO. 8371. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS U.S.WAR PLANES RELEASED TO ALLIES NO ALLIED SHIPS SUNK PAST WEEK Eight Neuir—a_ls—, Not Under | Convoy, Are Lost in Sea Warfare LONDON, March 26.—The British Admiralty announces that for the | first time since the war started, a week has passed without the loss | of a British or French merchant | ship as the result of the sea war- | fure. | The announcement says that eight | neutral ships, which were not under | | convoy, have been sunk during the | past week Russ Agents SeekingU.S. Secrefs Now Chairman omes Commit- fee Announces Im- mediate Hearing WASHINGTON,- March 26. — Chairman Martin Dies, of the Dies Committee, announced this after- noon That the committee will in- quire immediately into reports that Russia has hundreds of agents in| the United States seeking military and industrial secrets. “We propose to summon withesses | as fast as we can locate them. We| want to ask one impoftant Com-| munist about the subject matter of | radiograms he sent to Moscow re-| cently,” said Dies. | And the Censor Passed This Taking a gentle dig at girls pose with their JAPANESE BOMBINGS REPORTED Flames Burst Oul Over Riv- er Engulfing Junks in Fiery Oil HONG KONG, March M—an- anese are reported to have made a | mass bombing raid near the French | Indo-China frontier today in which they fired gasoline stores, blew up ammunition depots and sank 53 Chinese junks loaded with war sup- plies. The raid centered on Lungchow, important Kwangse Province com- munications center. The gasoline and oil supplies, when struck, spread sheets of fire over the Li River, setting fire to the cargo junks. INTRUDER BOARDED BOAT, BIT OWNER, IS CHARGE HERE Charlie Johnson, native, was ar- rested this morning on a charge of burglary at the complaint of Ralph Jameson, who says John- son entered his dwelling on board “the boat Hazel J at the Upper City Float today and assaulted Jame- son and his wife, Dorothy. Two fingers of Jameson’s hand were badly injured, allegedly through being bitten by the in- truder. e HEADED TO NOME Mildred Maynard, secretary to the Second Division District Judge at Nome, arrived on the Alaska this morning and flew to Fairbanks John Gerwels, former Land Office surveyor, and brother of W. E. Ger- wels, Public Roads survey engineer, arrived in Juneau on the North Sea this morning. OFFICER'S KIDNAPER CAPTURED : Deputy Shenfl Held Pris- | oner with Knife at His Throat LONE PINE, Cal, March 26— | The Sheriff's office reports that James Morgan, accused by Deputy Sheriff S. N. Brink of Mojave with kidnaping him and holding a knife | to his throat before releasing him early today, has been captured Brink tried to question Morgan at 5:30 o'clock this morning as to ' | what Morgan was doing. Morgan suddenly pounced on Brink, overpowered and then dis- armed him. Morgan forced Brink into the officer's auto and drove, away with one hand on the steering | whieel and the other holding a knife at ‘Brink’s throat. PFinally Morgan threw Bink from th ;auto and drove away. Brink| returned to Mojave, gave the alarm | and Morgan was captured when he drove. into Lone Pine. AIR RAID INDICATED NAZI LAND LUXEMBOURG, March 26— Residents of this German bor- der town reported that 20 un- identified planes passed over this section about noon today, flying east. Later, the residents reported they distinctly heard fire from German antiaircraft batteries. —ll FLY WITH PAA K. D. Hauser and O. A. White, construction men of Hauser Con- struction Company, arrived on the: Alaska and flew to Fairbanks to- day with PAA. British press censorshij “censorship costumes.” it seems, passed this. Rooseveli's Name Used On (redentials of Communist; Secret Service Is Io Probe NEWDEATH INVENTED; BOMB TEST Latest Thingr in War Mis- siles Kills Everything in 1,000 Feet BALTIMORE, Md., March 26.— Lester Barlow, 53, inventor heading | the bomb division of the Martin aircraft plant here, today gave a | demonstration of the power in his | new liquid oxygen-carbon bomb which he contends is capable of wiping out every living thing with- in a 1,000-foot radius. B The demonstration was made as | reporters and photographers crouch- | ed behind sandbags and Barlow ! set off, with an electrical detonator, | an eight-ounce charge which made matchwood of two heavy logs. Several pieces were hurled more than 100 feet into the air 2 The demonstration was a preview official tests by the War and departments. e CABINET CHANGES RUMORED Boeing model 307, Seattle-built “S Mount Rainier. It was to be flow, used in U. S.-South altitude flying D of Navy L. 1. N. Phonephoto these London show: The British censor, \Prime Minister Chamber-, lain May Have British ‘GROVER WINN Council of Five CANDIDATE FOR LONDON, March 26.—The British political front today again heard recurrent reports that Prinie Min- ister Neville Chamberlain will revise his government with a five-man | War Cabinet. The Cabinet is now compos(-d ot nlnv Ministers. > DIVIDEND DECLARED, U.S. STEEL NEW YORK, March 26.—The Di- rectors of the United States Steel Corporation today declared a divi- dend of $1 a share on common stock payable on April 26, to holders on record on April 5. This is the first such since December 20, 1937. Disbursement will be mately $8,700,000 . ALASKA MINE PAYS ANOTHER DIVIDEND NOW Willow Creek Property | { | I Veteran MemBer to Seek Reelection on Ballot Here April 2 Wwinn, WASHINGTON, March 26.—Act- ing White House meruerns Secret Service agents have bcs,un hunting for a Communist who | used the name of Franklin | Roosevelt on Communist l’1|(y | Membership credentials which were | found in the possession of James H. Dolsen, of Pittsburgh, Pa., an mdmm.cd Communist, who testified | | yesterday before the Dies Commit- | tee investigating UnAmerican ac- | tivities. Dolsen declined to identify the {owner of the book of credentials | by saying: “I don’t care to state | that, ‘I object on the ground that lit is immaterial. That book be- longs to some other person who wanted to use that name for his own protection. A person can use any name he chooses.” Dolsen said he tried to dissuade the use of the name on the ground | that “Roosevelt never was a mem- ber of the Communist Party and never would be.” The committee decided to insti- tute contempt proceedings against Dolsen not answering various other questions. The Secret Service inquiry mtm the use of the President’s name| was requested by Presidential Sec-| | retary Stephen Early. — - Revoltls on member of the since 1915, at the Grover C. Juneau School Board today filed for reclection | municipal elction April 2. Winn s himself a graduate of Juneau High School, being a mem- | ber of the first class in 1904. In his years on the School Board he has seen the system grow from one of 1200 pupils and eight teachers to the present 23 teachers and more than 900 pupils. Both of the present school buildings were constructed during Winn’s incumbency “The proof of our schools,” Winn said today in filing his declaration of candidacy, “is in what happens to our graduates” No graduate of the Juneau High School has ever failed at any University, and a grow- ing list of Phi Betta Kappas is 4 testimonial to the high quality of local schooling. Excellent Record For the past seven years, Juneau High School graduates have ranked first among all students taking en- irance English examinations at the | University of Washington. The Ju- neau High School is now fully ac- credited to institutions of higher learning. The present. School Board, con- sisting of Winn, R. E. Roertson and ' Walter P. Seott, has avoided all Stockholders fo Receive Five Cenfs a Shafe school fights and all difficulties, | making for a harmonious adminis- SEATTLE, Mnrch 26.—Bringing | tration of the system. the total yield to stpckholders to | Filed against Winn is R. R. Her- | $475,000, the Alaska Pacific Con- | mann. solidated Mining Company, Wwith property in the Willow Creek dis- Put Down; ’ }trict near Matanuska, Alaska, will | pay another five cents a share divi- | dent on March 30 to stockholders | on record March 27. | This is the announcement made today by the company’s board of | directors. dividend approxi- S ‘Mize Visiting Brother Here Bob Mize, well known former {Juneau young man who went to | Fairbanks, graduated from the Uni- |versity of Alaska and \lhcre for the pas tfew years, re- urned on the Alaska today after l\ls first trip to the States in about 15 years. Mize will visit for a few days —————— y ere with old schoolmates and his brother, Ralph Mize, before return- FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 26./ing to Pairbanks where he i5 as- —Gust Rodman, 51, well known sayemfor the PFirst National Bank. Flat miner, is dead here as the ——— - result of an intestinal perforation. RETURN TO WRANGELL He flew here from Flat, accom-| Mr. and Mrs. Pat Cunningham t an emer-| came north on the Alaska from Carabineros Stage Demon- stration in Bolivia- Short Lived LA PAZ, Bolivia, March 26.—The Government has put down a short lived revolt of 2,000 members of a regiment of carabineros who are national police. The Government's spokesman said the revolt was due to discontent | over the recent presidential election, in which Gen. Penarada, former army head, was elected. The revolt's suppression was|panied by his wife, bu bloodless. gency operation was futile, | American service. ssible and comfortable. Labor Unions Are Subjed To Conspiracy Prosecution ~ Under Anll Trust Ad Now SCHOOL BOARD remained | Seattle to their home in Wrangell. trip to Sitka on official business. Stratoclipper in Test Flight ()wr Mount Rainier tratoclipner” is shown in trial flight over Washington State’s 14,440-foot n to Brownsville, Texas, for delivery to the Pan American Airways and Special construction with an “air conditioning system” make high CITIES ARE SNOWBOUND, N.Y.STATE Storm Is W;);ST Since Bliz- zard of 1888-Driffs Piled High ALBANY, New York, March 26.— ‘le‘ upper New York State citles d many smaller communities are lly snowbound today. storm is described as the in some sections, d | \VASHINGTON Manh 26.- Ju~.~j’ | tice Peyton Gordon, of the Federal District Court, has ruled that labor | unio are subject to criminal con- spiracy prosecution under the Sher- | | man anti-trust act The ruling was made in an action in which the American Federation | of Labor Teamsters Union officials | | sought to be excluded from pro: (\mou on an indictment charging amn straint of trade in a jurisdictional | virtua (h',plllr The The complaint charged the union { worst, | tried to induce companies to employ | 1888 bli union members and used cnmmvo‘ State and local measures. highway traffic oul of Syracuse, Government attorneys hailed the | Utica, Rochester and Rome, and ruling as an important victory in | | Malone is almost without vehicular their anti-trust campaign in the | outlets building md“““y Hundreds of automobiles are snow SUED ON QUEER KIDNAP CHARGE The wind in some places has piled ! snow from 8 to 15 feet deep. | Accused of Stealing Affec-| tions of Civil En- gineer’s Wife OVER ELECTRIC, LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 26.| Daniel Hoge, civil engineer, | charges in a $70,000 false imprison- ment suit today against radio film | comedian Bob Burns, Paramount | Studios and others, that he was | abducted from his home in nearby Wilmington, December 29, 1938 and forced to sign a denial that Burns had stolen the affections of his wife, Millie. Hoge also sald he was forced to sign a similar statement releasing the studio from any claim. Burns, informed of the suit, de- clared: “I didn’t have any more to do with his wife than you did.” | He said that a number of years ago he and Mrs. Burns gave Mrs. Hoge money when she appealed to them because her children were hungry. | The District Attorney’s office said the action is without basis. Chief | Investizator John Klein said he has on file Hoge's statement saying his | |alienation affection charges were | | the “bunk and he was sore at Burns about somr ulhex matter.” - - | FOR WESTWARD polige barred battling to keep Study of Municipal Ownership Plan W. T. Stuart, General jof the Ketchikan Public Utilities, is a through passenger from Ket- chikan to Sitka on the North Sea. ficials to make amination of the technical aspects the City of Sitka Wharf and Power furnishes electric for the community economic of sed in view power heen for |the C ulation in Stuart prop increased facilities the made past_ five similar years. in Km:')ukxm ->>o— MARRIED pumlment Mrs. Vera B. Harmon, Supervisor of Social Welfare for the Office of Indian Affairs, leaves today onl the steamer Alaska for a six weeks'| trip to Cordova, Valdez and couk; FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Inlet and Kenai Peninsula points.|—Jack Adams Te! R and Miss Katherine HIRST TO blTKA March Peterson, the University, married here | Claude M. Hirst, General Sup-|graduates of |erintendent of the Office of In-|Alaska, were 'dian Affairs in Alaska, left today |night. on the North Sea for the round| Adams is a C. H. Adams of Reno, Nev, since the | {Ketchikan Expert to Make| Manager He has been invited by Sitka of- a preliminary ex-| and | of acquisition by the Sitka Company, which power and water A .municipal plant at Sitka has of a need in ity which has doubled in pop- studies at | Cordova and Seward before his ap- itorial assayer, | daughter of P. S. Peterson, of the United States Marshal's Staff, both of last son of Mr. and Mrs. ARMY, NAVY AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED {Great Briiaiin_ and France to Get Latest Type of Flying Machines BILLION DOLLARS IN ORDERS EXPECTED Canadian ETeTtion Results Being Watched-Con- fidence ls Issue (By Associated Press) The snail's pace in the European war reached a new low of inactivity. although two developments in the western world, the Canadian Gen- eral election and the release by the United States of war planes to the Alies, prove of great potential im- portance to Europe. Great Britain and France gained virtually unimpeded access to the )latest American planes when the Army and Navy Departments reach- ed an agreement on the export pol- icy, without supplying any secret defense devices wifh the planes. The American authorities hope the step will be a spur to the United States -aircraft industry by bringing perhaps one billion dollars worth of orders. Canadian Election In Canada’'s general election there posed the issue of canfidence in the war program of Premier W. L. Mack- enzie King’s Liberal Government which was dissolved two months ago when his opponents accused him of faflure to prepare Canada ade- quately. The principal opposition to the Mackenzie King's Government Is from Conservative Leader Robert Manion at the head of the National Government group. In the last Parliament the Liber- als controlled 176 seats,K and the | Conservatives 33 seats. The week-end blizzard over Can- ada is expected to affect voting in some of the rural districts where Mackenzie King has gained his strength In the past Blacked-Out British Ship At Cristobal Mauretania—M_ akes Safe Dash from New York— Goes Through Canal CRISTOBAL, March 26. — Ths 35,000-ton British luxury liner Mau- retania anchored in Cristobal Bay last night, following a dash from New York Harbor Presumably the Mauretania will start threading through Panama Canal during today. The grey-painted blacked-out ship arrived without any fanfare. Of- ficials are silent in pegard to her destination although it is reliably said she is headed for Australia as a troopship. | f PASSES THROUGH CANAL CRISTOBAL, March 26.~The lin- er Mauretania, bent on a secret war mission, has passed through the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean. It is believed the ship is enroute to Australia to carry troops to the near east, possibly an army of 15,000 men. The Mauretania, accordmg to ad- vices here, is on Germany's official list to be attacked on sight as an armed raider. Sitka Harbor Improvement Is Sought by Dimond WASHINGTON, March 26.—. aska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has introduced a bill that will order a preliminary survey of Sitka, Alaska, harbor, for removal of rocks ‘and dredging of a channel,