The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 21, 1940, Page 2

(ongress May liquidale Liability of U. S. for Massacre, Sioux Indians By .IA(‘K ‘iTIN\FTT couldn't have done better if they had sold life insurance in thc s 91 —Maybe WASHINGTON, June 21.—Maybe days. it's thé spirit of the times but beginning to look as if Congre: finally were going “to Mquidate the liability of the United States 1 don't mean anything about the nationa] debt. That would he gbout as far from the spirit of the >-s . BOXER'S CAPTAIN SAYS SATKO ARK thmés ds you could go. What 1 mean is “liquidate the liability of the United States for massacre of Sioux Indian men, women and children at Wounded Knee (a creek in Scuth Dakota) December 29, 1890." It seems that some time the United States realized it made a pretty bad mistake mas- sacring all those poor Sioux at Capt Wounded Knee and decided to do |15 an something about it. v\‘rmlmlfl be Secretary Ickes (as far as ::::pxl(’ll‘iul, present Administration is v('-mv Indian Affairs cerned, he's (he “Little White Father” of X ns that aic left to u “The mas- sacre can wth as an injury to 1s who were Kkillec 1 as an injury to the ontre ribe.” IS "ABOMINATIO Inspected "§ui(ide" Craft at Ketchikan-Can't Weather Gulf Paul Sn.lknA Ark of Juneau bomination” in which it suicide to venture across of Alaska, back had the freightship Boxer, morning enroute to the Westward. at Ketchikan, | would cause it to lose all headway | | glass windows in its sides would be | The facts of the case are those!|them The Sioux, considerably h'\uner‘ _The about by the white fw it fol- | lowed the Cutter me? hud | coc Nethel. Three passengers fallen on el Y . are aboard, a McKinley National their crop: but 1+ | Park employee and two workmen for thing happcicd 0 L1ose promises | the Tanana hospital of bacon, corn meal, blankets and | g beef from nited States Gov- | ernment, Alag c.me @ medlcineipA“ AMERI(AN man (ethnologists cefer to him as | Boxer left early this afte; Seward to load 107 tons of asort of messiah) who had the idea | that if the Indians would all gefl together for & good okl Ghost | Dance, everything would be MH vight. w:robamy because nothing Pl.w' worked, the Sioux thought they) would try it. And they assembled | some four or five hundred strong | in the gully of Wounded Knee| Creek, just north of the Nebraska | lne, That's where the Seventh| ing the | c‘(}h“fl;fin:w;(‘:lm‘::mold‘i;o“ The| HYDE PARK, Jum’ 21, — Presi- |President Sa ys Economic| Defense fo Accompany Mllnary Adlon STRENGTHENED ¥ |dent Roosevelt assured Col. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JUNE 21 FDR MIGHT HAVEDEAL CAROLFORMING NEW PARTY ON NAZI PATTERN wnH KNOX ‘ Move Seen as German Vic- < Asserfed PreSIdeni Prom- ised He Would Not Run for Third Term PHILADELPHIA, June 21.—Au- thoritative reports persisted today in Republican circles, that Pre: Frank Knox that he would not run for a third term, assertedly making the statement when Knox was first of- fered the position of Secretary of | the Navy. No third term assurances were reported given by the President in May, however, when Knox was be- lieved offered the Navy portfolio the second time, after he had fi | declined it according to | Bush of the Office of Bush inspected the Ark of Juneau | non-political basis, in any kind of sea, while the large | (jsan KNOX SPEAKS CHICAGO, June 21—Col. Frank Knox said today that President which arrived here at 2 o'clock this | Roosevelt had asked him to man- age the United States Navy on a and declared: He said its flat bow | “On that basis, I accepted.” “National defense is not a par- question,” Knox declared, adding, “It is something which | broken in by the first wave to strike | should have the united support of the people, regardless of party. Con- gress, in the past few weeks, has |acted in substantial unanimity on every national defense proposal.’” ASKFDR Seventh Cavalry executed a pin- dent Roosevelt today asserted his cers movement and demanded Proram for Pan American economic | their surre ot a shot was Cooperation involved “economic de- | m‘; meex::;,x :‘,,e up. fense designed to supplement our T ol up " the military defense program.” SR Wty SoesL %0 | In a statement issued at a press| canyon one way. the women and| ... oy after he arrived children in another. Old Chiel BI& |y )\ ingion, the President as- Foot, who was one sick Indian,| ... 'ye contemplated measures of | was brought out on a hue"cmr‘n(’hlevmg economic unity among the | and laid in the middle. The l"'JPan Afnérican ‘nations. dians started surrendering their " .y.io,jeq as a further safeguard guns. Nobody knows how it hab-|y, Legce in this hemisphere, it pened, but somebody's gun Went|meang protecting our economy and| orf and the slaughter started the economies of other American —— republics from the repercussions of In these days of blitzkriegs und‘[m- disturbing international situa- stukas and 70-ton tanks. I'm not tion* going to dwell on the gruesume\ The President omitted any refer- details. The dead and injured were ence to Canada, although his aides reported around 400, including 30| had previously said the Dominion soldiers, although one commenta- was not to be excluded. tor has been unkind enough to say | - that this was because the arm enveloping movement was so small | AlASKAN GE]‘S they got in the way of their own | bullets. Anyway, it has been defin- | B'G BANK JOB itely established that a pretty big| percentage of the dead and injured| SEATTLE, June 21. — Charles Kirtland, twice Mayor of Wran- were women and children. Ard| what was for some years referred | gell, and prominent in Alaska bank- |ing circles for the past fourteen to as the great “Battle” of Wound- ed Knee now has become known ,*ih Congress and in the onflufla:lyor mdl::rAI!airs, as the|Years, has been elected President “Massacre” of Wounded Knee, ~ |Of the National Bank of Com- i meroe. rul times, conscientious con- y grfg::‘e:] have tried to do some-| Andrew Price, present President, thing about it, but the -movemcm‘ded”ed Kirtland will devote his never gained much headway, Now,|Attentign to. the bank's Alaskon Yor some strange reason (maybe|SUstomers gnd .cooperation with it really is just the spirit of the | Pacific Northwest firms and busi- times) 50 years after, the effort to| eSS interests in Alaska. “liquidate the liability of the United LT e States for e masecre o Sou Mrs. McKenzie Sails Today e House of in the ms to be goim;‘h places. The id Represenin s, 18 Jlot 81,0000 Mrs. J. W. McKenzie, sister of for each Indian kill Mlm'\Mrs Frank Boyle, is returning to Jar amount o ¢ <. wounded on'her home near Victoria, B. C., on the the tables of the Ve'crans bureau.' She has been visiting in the Capi- ‘There's bardly a x who! tal City for the past month. bill reported ! out aof connit a basis of disability determined by Prinecss Charoltte. Te FIVE-DOLLAR STETSON @ is the best hat value in the business! You get the advantage of the correct lines and high style that must go into every Stetson, plus a price tag that,makes allowance for moderate allowances! ) X FRED HENNING “Complete O'mfllh!" T0 HELP BRIDGES |President IsTsked fo Veto Deportation Bill If Congress Passes SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 21. | —The Harry Bridges defense com- mittee has sent President Roosevelt what is believed to be the longest telegram in history, asking him to use his influence against the Allen bill The Allen bill provides for the deportation of Australian born CIO leader Bridges on the grounds he is an undesirable alien. The telegram centained more than 17,000 signa- tures obtained by CIO members alcng the entire Pacific Coast. Each person signing the telegram paid five cents to help defray the cost.. It was estimated that the entire telegram contains more than 40,000 words and took a continuous roll of paper 525 feet long. The telegram to President Roos- evelt pointed out that Bridges was completely vindicated of all charg- es against him at the 1939 Immi- gration Department hearing before Dean Landis of the Harvard Law Echool. The telegram asked the President to veto the bill in case Ccngress passed it. CHARLIE CHASE OF MOVIES, DIES HOLLYWOOD,, Ca., June 21. Charlie Chase, oldtime vaudeville star and one of the original Key- stone Cops in the movies, is dead. tory on Political Bameground BU(‘HAREST me 21.—A sweep- ing German victory in the battle for political influence in Rumania was scored today in an announcement that King Carol was forming a new totalitarian political party on the, ! mother’s | Nazi pattern The new party is to be known as the “Party of the Nation.” .o Smedley Butler Is Dead PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 21.—Gen, Smedley Butler, 59, retited Commander of the Unif, ed States Marine Corps, died in the Naval Hospital here at 5 o'clock this afterncon. He' had been ill several weeks. R Fundslor ' Training Requested WASHINGTON, June 21.—Presi dent Roosevelt has asked Congress| to provide $$22,600000 for the prompt training of skilled and semi- skilled workers needed in industries vital to the National defense pro- gram, - PRO-THIRD TERM LABORITE QUITS NON - PARTISANS WASHINGTON, June 21. El Oliver today announced his resigna- tion as Executive Vice-President of Labor’'s Non-Partisan League, on the grounds he is unable to carty out the policies of John L. Lewis and CIO leaders in opposition to a third term for President Roosevelt. Lewis is President of the league Oliver said he believed the over- whelming opinion of labor ranks is for a third term. iy S NG SN KEITH WILDES ON ALASKA FEDERAL DIRECTORS BOARD Keith G. Wildes, well known Ju-| neau insurance man, has been elected as a director for thé board | of the Alaska Federal Savings xm(l1 Loan Association, Wildes fills the vacancy left by the resignation of Ray Petenmm.‘ who recently moved to Sitka, | - e WASHINGTON, June 21. — The Senate Military Committee has m-‘ dered hearings on the nomination | of Henry Stimson to be Secretary of War. Stimson himself is to bé called' to testify. tice PROBLEM The Intefru; By SARA WINSLOW AP Feature Service Writer Robert was one who actu- piano. He one Twelve-year-old ul those rare children ally like to practice the was so absorbed in practicing afternoon that he didn’t hear repeated calls from the kitchen, Finally, she left her cool ing and came into the living room. “Robert!” she scolded, “I want you to go to the store right this minute.” ‘In just aid Robert, ting the ba traight, and I forget it illy alling you deliberately Wait until your father| he'll hear about thi: eft the piano aid sulkily me minute, mother,” look, I'm just part of this t to try it piece agamn before 1 “Den't b I've been utes and to answer comes home Robert reluctanti “Oh, all right,” h But you're always interrupting when I'm doing something.” Robert an repeated complaint of children Just when they get interested in a book, a game, hobby, they're interrupted to some | errand or chore It isn't fair to drag a ! off to bed when she needs only a minute finish tower It's downright the darkroom camera enthu- insisted mother 10 min- refused you f was echoin often- or.a do little girl more 10 the block castle. interrupt the of the mean to work of slast A child resents or having his upon much His activities are to him." Give him he is going o be ter still, give him in list of his chores for Ahove all, respect his and interests as you would him respect yours hoy disturbed lnlr\ulu(l does. being privacy as an adult very important ample notice 1if interrupted. Bet- advance a the day privacy have The Willful - - HITLER IN CHIEF ROLE OF CAREER Complete Capitulation De- manded-Remarkable Scene Reenacted (Continued from Page One) Next article Type consider the terms handed tothem French officers were provided a tent for their quarters outside the car and telephone facilities were installed to permit them to call their Government The French envoys listened lenty while Keitel read the armis- terms - > - The Daily Alaska Empire has the ‘]m'rwsr, paid circulation of any Al- aska newspaper. R e Try a clamhul nd m Thc Emplm PHME : L A. HACI!INISTS Meets Monday & LOCAL 514 730 P. M. ptml;norunm ASPARAGUS ) pounds 23¢ Golden CORN Bel Monte. 3 No.2tins42¢ BunchCarrots *Per Bunch 5 Home Grocery Ib Corned Beef FRESH CURED —25¢—0b. SPRING LEG O’LAMB 32¢c—1b. SHORTENING 3 ib.pkge.—35¢ | to have 1940. PARENTS phng Typé “You're always murruptmg STRENGTHENED POILUS STORM MAGINCT LINE German Motorized Units in Evacuated Forts Now Under Attack AT THE FRENCH AND SWISS FRONTIER, June 21.—France’s re- organized army of Jura and the Alps was reinforced today by many units which threatened the Maginot Line, reported held by German motorized units, The French were reported not only held the German forces south and east of Lyon but to have driven back advanced Nazi eolumns northwest of Grenoble with heavy Josses - Ball Game lomght If Rain Desisfs A ball game is on the slate for tonight in Firemen's Park—if weath- er doesn't interfere. The schedule for the second half calls for Moose vs. Douglas June 21, but should this game not be played which seems likely, play will begun Sund: first of the with no games postponed and the S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU minimum southerly urday ture; with gentle THE WEATHER (By ‘the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning Cloudy tonight and Saturday witih occasional temperature winds. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: light showers Saturday; moderate light tonight about 47 degrees; Mostly cloudy not much change southerly winds, becoming fresh over sounds and Straits and Lynn Canal. Forecast Spencer; Time 4:30 pm 4:30 am. Noon today of winas and moderate Kodiak except winds becoming yest'y today along to fresh LOCAL DATA Barometer <1amp. Humidity Wind elocity 30.00 3013 30.21 51 8 SE 12 48 98 s 5 50 87 s 10 RADIO REPORTS rain t 4:30 p.m.,, June 21: Saturdg gentle to moderate tonight and Sat- temper moderate to the coast of the Gulf of Alaska: Moderate southerly and sduthwesterly from Dixon Entrance southeasterly from Cape Spencer to strong near Kodiak Saturday to Cape Weather Rain Rain Rain Max. tempt. Station lasi 24 hours Barrow 36 Fairbanks 0 Nome 51 Anchorage 60 Bethel 70 St. Paul 4 Duteh Harbor 48 ‘Wosnesenski Kanatak Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Prince George Seattle Portland San Francisco 54 Lo west temp. TODAY 3:30am. Precip. 3:30am. temp, 2dhours Wenther 3 31 Clear 417 47 Cloudy 39 39 Clear Cloudy Cloudy Pt. Cldy Rain Rain Rain Rain Cloudy Rain Cloudy 50 § 2 Rain 47 34 (o) Imldv 42 47 49 54 WEATHER SVNDP‘“Q Area of high pressure States with a ridge extending into Southeast contitued off the coast of the Pacific Alaska this morning The deep western disturbance ap)ears to be advancing slowly north- ward and was centered about 200 miles south of Dutch Harbor. Moderate to heavy rain fell over most of Southeast Alaska yesterdav and was followed by fog this morning while the weather continuer fair and partly Airwa, Light rain were cloudy over the southern reported in the Interior and moderate to half of the Juneau-Seattle heavy rains in the northern porticn of British Columbia. Jhnl‘dll, June 22—Sunrise 3:5: 3 am,, sunset 10:10 p.m. DUKE, DUCHESS OF WINDSOR IN BARCELONA NOW BARCELONA, June 21.—The Duke of Windsor said his plans for the future are unsettled. He and his American-born Duchess are not at present considering any trip to the United States. NOTICE The Naval Print Plate Award of the Junior American Legion Auxil- iary, shows the following unclaimed numbers: 377, 350, 386 and 257. adv. —.—— — Subseribe to The Daily Alaska Empire—the paper with the largest paid circulation, man: We or s0.” quotation be | beginning from the | second half schedule, | Jonag The Duke said, through his spokes- “I won't know for sure Wi is going on until we get to Madrid. there in a day leave > — Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, June 21, ~ of Alaska Juneau stock today is 4, Anaconda 21, Beth- lehem Steel 76%, and Southern 1%, 1%, DoOw, The JON! averages: here for Commonwealth Curtiss Wright | General Motors 43%, tional Harvester New York Central Pacific 5% Pound $3. 5'7, 45, Kennecott 28, , United States Steel 52% AVERAG: following are today's Dow, Industrials 122.61, Closing niine | Interna- 11%, Nor! Lhel n schedule simply moved up a week. rails 2553, utilities 21.13, ® Today is a day for celebration, because it was June 21, 1900, that Juneau came of age and received its papers of incorporation. Forty years ago this city’s population numbered about 1,500 residents. Today, the population tops the 5,740 mark . .. a growth graphically portraying Juneau’s steady progress and expan- sion in industry, business and civic life. The Alaska Steamship Com- pany, whose direct predecessor com- pany was serving Junean three years before this city’s incorporation, is happy to join with all Alaska in eongratulating Juneau residents upon their city’s “birthday.” ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY