The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE | EWS ALL THE TIME” ————————————o=rg VOL. LVIL, NO. 8430. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 1940. M PRICE TEN CENTS PARIS AIR RAIDED BY GERMAN PLANES BIG PLANE ON JUNEAUROUTE | IS WEST BOUND 32 - Passenger -Sikorsky Has Left New York for Seattle (By Associated Press) SEATTLE, June 3. — District Manager Robert O. Bullwinkel said today that the 32-passen- ikorsky plane to open the -Juneau passenger air has left New York City for Seattle, via Miami and San Diege. S. E. Robbins and W. J. Jones, former Alaska pilets on the PAA routes, are flying the giant plane. The date of the opening of the service has not been set yet, R Germans Making Claims Declare 330,000 British,% French Soldiers Cap- fured, Flanders BERLIN, June 3.—The German High Command claims the capture of 330,000 British and French soldiers in_the bloody battle of Flanders and also claims the ca~ ture of the strongly fortified city of Bergues, five miles from Dun-| kerque, - e - Young Duke Killed in Nazi Battle English No]eman Dies Fighting With Father's 0Old Regiment LONDON, June 3-—~The Duke of Northumberland, 27, the ninth to hold the dukedom which was cre- ated in 1766, has been killed in action it is reported today. He died fighting in France with his father’s old regiment, the Gren- adier Guards. The Duke was the largest single owner of coal properties in Eng- land. g Schenck Indided Tax(ase NEW YORK, June 3. — Joseph Schenck, President of the Board and Chairman of the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, has been indicted by a Federal Grand jury on 24 counts for income tax fraud and conspiracy in making false statements. A Joseph Moscowitz, bookkeeper, has been named codefendant. It is charged that Schenck de- frauded ‘the Government of more than $400,000 in taxes in 1935 and 1937. (ana&ians Seeking National Coundil WINNIPEG, June 3.—A resolution urging appointment of a National Advisory Council, with wide powers to develop and to direct war pro- duction, has been sent to Prime Minister MacKenzie King by the canadian Manufacturers’ Associa- tion. FLED POLAND Two-day tramp over mountains into Hungary saved life of Toni Noviska (above), Polish dancer, newly arrived in U. S., where she expects a film career. Ainericans (oming On I \Two Thousand Refugees Are Aboard Liner Sail- ing from Genoa GENOA, June 3.—The American liner Manhattan, of the United States Lines, has left here with 2- 000 American refugees aboard. This is three times the normal capacity and many were unable to obtain pas- sage. MORE BOUND HOME GALWAY, Ireland, June 3. — The American liner President Roosevelt, emblazoned with the Stars and Stripes, headed for New York last night- with 720 American passengers aboard. All passengers are wearing life preservers. Arkansas Is Going Affer Aliens Now State Police Also fo Make Inquiry as fo “Fifth Columnists” LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 8.— A demand that all aliens in Ark- ansas register immediately Wwith state authorities has been made by Gov. Carl E. Bailey. In his proclamation, Gov. Bailey also asked that the State Police inquire immediately into all pos- sible “fifth column maneuvers.” e Defender Rewarded PARIS, June 3.—French Admiral Jean Arial was rewarded lastnight for his direction of French naval forces holding the entrance to ths port of Dunkerque, by promotion to rank of Grand Cross of thé | Legion of Honor. L. H. Mefzgar Dies Sunday, San Francisco General Superintendent of Alaska Juneau Passes Away in Sleep Louis L. Metzgar, General Super- intendent of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, died in San Francisco Sunday morning. Tele- grams received in Juneau yester- day from P. R. Bradley, President of the Alaska-Juneau, brought word of Mr. Metzgar's death. With Mrs. Metzgar, with whom he had been on a six weeks' trip to rived in San Francisco Friday morn- ing, suffering from a cold he had contracted on his journey. Death, arising from complications devel- oped from his cold, came in his sleep. Bern in Kansas Mr. Metzgar was born in Clay Center, Kansas, February 29, 1876 ‘He is survived by his widow, Mrs. }Ellmbe(h Boyle Metzgar, their son, | Frank, who has just completed his [fourth vear at Notre Dame Uni- | versity, two daughters, Mrs. John | Fordon of Seattle and Virginia Metz- gar, who is now Sister Mary Ro- ario, of St. Joseph's, Bellingham; | his mother, Mrs. L. H. Metzgar Sr., |of Fayette, Iowa; Mrs. Margaret Jackson, a sister who lives in Kirk- |land, Wash., and his brother John Metzgar, of Seattle. Edward H Metzar, of Juneau, is a nephew of Mr. Me'zgar, Funeral in Seattle | The body of the deceased leaves San Prancisco by train tonight for Seattle where the funeral will be Wednesday, according to tentative plans. | He was a member of the Knights |of Columbus and of the Juneau lodge of Elks, into which he was |initiated February 7, 1923. | Came North in 1915 | Mr. Metzgar came to Treadwell Alaska, from Nevada in 1915. He had been engaged in mining all his life in various mining camps throughout the west, including Bun- ker Hill and Sullivan in Idaho, Goldfield Consolidated at Goldfield Nevada, and others, He was for a time in charge of the Aurora mine in Nevada. He became Assistant Superin- tendent of all the Treadwell Mines in 1915, and after the Treadwell and Mexican Mines were flooded in 1917, he continued on with the Ready Bullion Mine as its General Superintendent until the death of |John Kichards, Superintendent of the Alaska Juneau Company, in 1922 |Upon the death of Mr. Richards, |Mr. Metzar was made General Su- perintendent of the Alaska Juneau Mining Company in 1922 and con- tinued as - Geeral Superintenglent |until the date of his death. Word of Mr. Metzgar's deatn was received from Mr. Bradley by J. A Williams, Assistant Superintendent, J. A. Hellenthal, General Counsel for the company in Alaska, and by H. L Faulkner. ‘Word- of the death of one of Al- aska’s first citizens spread through (Continued to Page Two) ltaly Keeps On Preparing To Enfer War Military Mobilization Con- tinues-1942 Exposi- tion Called Off ROME, June 3.—The Italian gov- ernment today announced indefi- nite postponement of the 1942 Rome exposition which Premier Musso- lini once referred to as proof that Italy was not planning to go to war. Behind the scenes military mob- ilization proceeded. Pink cards which call up the Re- servists are being delivered in more homes by every mail. the East Coast, Mr. Metzgar ar-' BIG STRIKE AT SEATTLE ENDS TODAY Thousands of Workers Re- turn fo Jobs in Ship- building Yards SEATTLE, June 3.—Thousands of workers today ended a three-day strike at the Federal Shipbuilding Drydock Company which delayed construction of six warships. Four hundred men came back at midnight and 5,000 reported for work on the 6:30 o'clock shift this morning. The men voted 5 to 1 at a mass meeting Sunday to accept the pro- posal made by the company of 2%z cents to 4 cents hour increase in wages pending further negotiations, For Air Base AtAnchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 3.— Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Man- ager of the Alaska Railroad, said 800 artillery soldiers are due here within six weeks in connection with construction of the Anchorage Air Base, He also said 40,000 tons of freight will be shipped here during the summer. LABOR CONCILIATOR IS FAIRBANKS BOUND John O'Connor, stationed in Al- aska as Commissioner of Concilia- tion for the Department of Labor, will arrive Tuesday from Ketchikan and continue to Fairbanks to nego- tiate a labor dispute of several weeks’ standing. ‘The Fairbanks labor disagreement is an inter-union dispute in the building trades. R - BLACKOUT JERUSALEM, June 3.—A com- | plete blackout of all major towns and cities in the Holy Land has been ordered in effect tonight. No explanation is made by the mili- tary authorities. MRS. MERRILL HERE | Arriving here Saturday evening| |on the Coast Guard cutter Haida, | |Mrs. Ralph D. Merrill will visit | with her father, Gordon Wildes. .~ French Capital City Which Is Bombed Today THREE AMERICAN-BUILT - BOMBERS ATTACK, ROUT FORTY GERMAN BOMBERS ~ ATTACKED LONDON, June 3.—Three Ameri- can-built Hudson bombers attacked 40 German bombers and fighting planes Sunday as they were about to pour death on Allied transports at Dunkerque. The Hudson fliers destroyed five Secrefary of Interior German bombers and dispersed the remainder of the Nazi formation in| a 13-minute battle, The Hudsons escaped even a bullet hole This is the official report made| by the British Air Minisiry Fights Passage of Bill On Seizure, Boals, Gear By PATRICIA S. JERNBERG Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, May 25.—(Spec- ial Correspondence)—After the bill, H. R. 5472, to prevent seizure of boats and gear for alleged violation | of fishing laws and regulations | without previous conviction of the operator of the offense involved, had passed the House by unanimous con- | sent it was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce. That com- | mittee received a request from the Department of the Interior that no action be taken on tne bill until the Department had an opportunity to report upon it. It will be remem- bered that two representatives of the Bureau of Fisheries appeared at the hearings on the bill before the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and said per- sonally and unofficially that they had no objections to its enactment, but they had no authority to speak officially for the Department. Ickes Against Bill The report from Secretary of the Interior Ickes has now been receiv- ed by Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, by letter dated May 21, 1940. Secretary Ickes recom- ments against enactment of the bill. The following is quoted from his letter to Senator Bailey: “It appears to be to be highly desirable that any further action on legislation having the effect of H. R. 7542 be deferred until the next session of Congress. Since the regulation of the Al- aska Pisheries was transferred to the jurisdiction of this De- partment on July 1, 1939, I have been studying carefully the questions involved in enforce- ment of the laws and regula- tions governing the commer- cial utilization of these natural resources, The coast and coast- al of the Territory. in which the industry is carried on, cover a vast area and the en- forcement of necessary conser- vation measures is a difficult one, particularly with a mini- mum of personnel and eqlip- ment availgble therefore.. Only a small proportion of the viola- tions can be prosecuted, and as to many of the most flagrant violations there in insufficient evidence procurable by the en- forcement officers to support a prosecution. There is n odispo- sition on the part of this De- partment to prosecute needlessly minor and perhaps unintentiona violations of the law or regula- tions, but unless there is a suf- ficient means of enforcement available to the Department the serious violations which adverse- ly affect necessary conservation of the fisheries cannot be checked waters “There are certain phases of the problem of enforcement which T desire to consider with the Attorney General, as the de- ection and prosecution of viola- tions involve the activities of both Departments. I feel that after such consideration by the two Departments, and after the further experience of this sea- son‘s enforcement in Alaska, the Department will be in a position to recommend definitely to the Congress such changes in the law governing such enforcement as it may find appropriate. I believe that there is noi at pres- ent any urgent need for the pro- posed legislation, inasmuch as there appears to have been no abuse of the right of seizure and forfeiture and T have no reason to anticipate any such abuse. In fact, I am informed that this (Continued on Page Pour) without HOSPITAL VESSELS (Two Brifishfifps Bombed - and Machine Gunned | byNazi Wirplanes | LONDON, June 3.-—Two British | hospital ships, the Worthing and | Paris, have been bombed and ma- |chine gunned, according to an of- | ficial communique. | The bombing and machine gun- 1niug took place off the French coast and resulted in the Paris being abandoned but the Worthing returned to port. R Social Security Payments Being Made in Alaska WASHINGTON, June 3.—The So- |cial Security Board announced to- |day that Alaskans are receiving | monthly benefit checks totaling $263 under the new Social Security sur- | vivors' insurance programs. Seven retired workers are recelv- ing a total of $138 per month. Two |widows with dependent children are receiving $45 and three children $70. | | The payments mentioned in the dispatch from Washington are those made under the amended act as of January 1, this year. whereby sur- vivors of workers who have reached |65 and retired are entitled to ‘mrmthly social security benefits. FLAG SALUTE ISUPHELDBY HIGH COURT Regulations of School Board Sustained in 8 fo 1 Decision v, WASHINGTON, sune 3. — The Supreme Court in an 8 to 1 de-| cision today, held constitutional the regulations requiring school |children to salute the American flag. Asseciate Justice Frankfurter delivered the opinion in the case |sustaining the flag salute require- ment of the Minersville. Pa., School | | | | i | | | i MASS ATTACK OF ONE HOUR MADE TODAY Scores Are Killed and Over Hundred Injured in French Capital U. 5. AMBASSADOR IS NEAR VICTIM, BOMB Between 2507300 Planes Reported in Charge - 1050 Bombs Dropped BULLETIN—PARIS, June 3.— An official announcement to- night says 45 persons were killed and 149 injured in the German air raid. Eight persons were killed in Paris proper and 37 on the out- skirts. The bombs. Four schools in Paris and many public buildings and four suberbs were bombed. It is estimated that from 250 to 300 planes took part, mak- ing the greatest mass bombing ever attempted on any city. raiders dropped 1050 (By Associated Press) Swarms of Nazi warplanes bomb- ed Paris today in an hour long air raid, setting fires, smashing build- ings, killing and wounding an un- disclosed number of persons and dropping & “dud” which did not ex- plode within six feet of United States Ambassador William C. Bul- litt. Streets have been ripped up and are littered with twisted steel, brok- en tiles and stones and great col- umns of smoke rose from the out- - lying districts where the main foroe of the attack has apparently been felt. The crash of bombs were heard all over the Capital City which was aroused from the lethargy of a bright day by air raid alarms. One bomb fell on a particularly important building but censorship bans transmission of its name or location. U. 8. Ambassador Bullitt was hav- ing luncheon in a building near the Embassy when a bomb crashed through the roof but did not ex- plode. The bombing was the first time the Germans have air raided the city since nine months ago. First reports stated that 35 per- sons have been killed and hundreds wounded. An unverified report says one American has been killed. Columns of Smoke Columns of smoke are arising to- ‘Continued an Page Eight) Parisians ~ Very (alm AtBombing Eye Witness Tells of Whines, Crashing and then Explosions BY ROBERT OKIN (Asseciated Press Correspondent) PARIS, June 3.—Three bombs fell within 150 yards of where I was lunching (four words here are cen- sored) in a brilliant sunshine cafe which trembled like an earthquake. The shrill whine of the bombs were plainly audible before the ex- plosives crashed around the cor- ner. One bomb flattened the district Post Office into a mass. Another bomb, probably a small one, took off the corner of an apartment house. A third bomb hit diagonally into a cellar bank leaving the building standing. The strets are littered with glass, mortar and steel girders. Steel girders crumpled like shells. People sat calmly at their tables and one man ordered wine between explosions, iBoard.