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

) ENGLAND THE DAILLY “ALL THE NEWS ALAS ALL THE TIME” KA EMPIRE VOL. LVI, NO. 8456. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FISHERIES SUED OVER TRAPSITES Closed for Political Rea- | sons, Says Suit-Hubbs Inquiry Is Cited Sixteen of the 20 Alaska fishtrap | sites closed by 1940 heries regu- lations were closed “because of al- | leged irregularities in the procure- ment of opening of the sites” by for- mer Commissioner Frank T. Bell and not for true conservation pur- poses, it is claimed in a lawsuit filed in District Court here late yesterday. The suit, applying for an in- juncticn against enforcement of the regulations, was filed by J. A. Hel- lenthal, Juneau attorney, on behalf of The Cape Decision Fish Com- pany. a corporation. Named as defendants are Ira Ga- brielson, as Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service; Clarence Olson, Acting Alaska Agent for the Fish and Wildlife Service; and all the agents, employees and representa- tives of the Fish and Wildlife Ser- vice in Alaska. Show Cause Order Judge George F. Alexander today issued a show cause order requiring the defendants to appear in court here at 10 c'clock Saturday morn- ing. If they do not appear, a tem- porary injunction to restrain them from enforcing the regulations will sued, the Judge's order pro- briclson is now somewhere ameng the Aleutian Islands making an investigation of fisheries and fur matters. Olson is on the patrol boat Brang payir4 a series of visits to Southeast Alaska canneries. Legal service was made yesterday upon Miss Bess O'Neill, Principal Clerk of the Bureau of Fisheries here. Two Trapsites Involved The plaintiff brings the suit with reference to the closing of two trap-“ sites operated by the firm in the 1938 and 1939 seasons. The traps are known as M. K. Trap No. 1 and M. K. Trap No. 2, both near Cape Decision on Kuiu Island in Sumner Strait. The trapsites, originally closed in 1930 by then Commissioner of Fisheries Henry O'Malley, were re- | opened by Bell in 1938 under a ver- bal agreement between O'Malley and Ci les A. Burkhardt, President of Alaska Pacific Fisheries, the suit sets forth. The alleged agreement, made at the time of the sites’ clos- ing in 1930, was that the sites were to be reopened as soon as their op- eration should prove profitable, the complaing states. Women Fliers Organize ¥ w York who want to can be released for front line duty in an emergency met in New York with Vice-Commander Millar Bennett (right) of the American Le- gion Ad Post, to form an organization, “Women Flyers of America.” In uniform, left to right, are Jan Uovak, Mary Steele and Mrs. Diane Wyman, all of New York. | i | \ | | | i | I i | | learn to fly for Uncle Sam so men Willkie Talks On (gl_npaign Issue Will Be Between Those Believe in New Deal, Opposed NEW YORK, July 3.—Republican Presidential nominee Wendell L Willkie said this afternoon that he thought party lines will play only a little part in the coming Presi- dential campaign. He said the issue will be between those who believe in the New Deal philosophy and those opposed. Willkie also said that it “does not matter who the Democrats nom- inate we are going to win.” (Continued to Page Two) STIMSON, KNOX NOMINATIONS GIVEN BOOST Senate Commiffees Act| Favorably on Cabinet ; Appoinfments WASHINGTON, July 3.—The Sen- | ate Naval Affairs Committee has ap- | proved by a vote of 9 to 5 the nom- | ination of Col. Frank Knox as Sec- retary of Navy. The vote on Knox came after he| was questioned at length regarding | whether or not he favored sending United States soldiers to fight in Europe. Knox denied this emphati- cally. Henry L. Stimson, nominated for Secretary of War, was yesterday given apprzval by the Senate Mili- tary Affairs Committee. Senator Homer T. Bone of Washington voted against the nomination, - > — Japanese Demands Bejeded Great Brifain iurns Down Proposal for Arms Route, Burma TOKYO, July 3.—Great Britain has refused the Japanese demand for an arms route through British Bur- ma, according to advices received here from London as the result of action taken by R. A. Butler, Un- dersecretary of British Foreign Af- fairs. It is announced here that a brief note explained the situation, the British viewpoint being that trouble worth of defense contracts dur-|tional Convention, regardless PACKARD T0 MAKE MOTORS National Defense Commis- 3 Guard cutter Haida members of sion Announces Prob- | i uncrican Leion and - otner [} local organizations will take part able Defense lmeUp in the parade. A number of floats L he Vill be_entered. % ‘;‘:Al'”']‘lbl‘;';‘egf“- é‘l“):l}:l“?-b« o | Tne u. . Weather Bureau's fore jationa. B! 15€ 6] i asi . |4 & 'S ors, | ounces, that. the BREERoe| Sy L0 BueRaldas 38 dhORSTR Y Company has agreed tentatively to undertake a contract for 9,000 air- craft engines, 3,000 for the United States and 6,000 for Great Britain.| William Knudsen, in charge oil the defense production, said the agreement was subject to the ap- proval of the Packard Motor Com- pany Board of Directors. | Henry Ford refused the offer, saying he would work only for the United States. Meanwhile supplementary de- fense production which may run into additional billions of dollars, was talked over at a conference between President Roosevelt and key men of the defense setup, | The Navy has awarded contracts !for construction of three aircraft carriers and two cruisers costing $169,500,000 with the Newport News Shipbuilding Company. There is indication that a sup- plementary program is intended to build up the Army with such equipment as guns, tanks, planes and airplane motors. The Packard transaction is for the Rolls Royce design hitherto made only in Great Britain, i e ARMY, NAVY SIGN ~ CONTRACTS; SUM " OVER ONE BILLION | WASHINGTON, July 3. — The Army and Navy have put their pens to more than $1,000,000,000 BE SPEAKER FOR FOURTH ! patriofic Celebration Is, Planned by Juneau for Tomorrow FOURTH PROGRAM Tonight 6:30—Weather permitting, at Fire- | men's Park—game between Moose and EIks. 8:00—Smoker in A.B. Rink. 10:00 — Legion dance in Ballroom. Elks July 4 8:00 a.m.—Rifle Shoot denhall Range, 9:30 a.m.—Parade. 10:15 a.m—Detail of U. S. Army in close order drill at baseball Park. 10:30 a.m—Fourth of July ad- dress given by Gov. Ernest Gruen- ing at baseball park 11:00 a.m.—At Douglas, baseball game between soldiers and Doug- las. 11:00 a.m.—Children’s baseball park 12:00 .noon—Horseshoe contest, Evergreen Bowl 3:30 p.m.—Baseball game, Fire- men’s Park, between winner of two previous games for prize money. 6:30 p.m.—Championship muck- ing contest, at baseball Park. at Men- sports i pitching 8:00 p.m.—Finn horse at base- ball park. 10:00 p.m.—Legion dance, Elks Ballroom. Notice—Sometime during the af- ternoon tomorrow the Douglas Fire Departments will en- page in a hos ying contest Gov. Ernest Gruening will de- liver tomorrow’s Fourth of July oration at 10:30 o'clock at Fire- men’s Park, immediately following the patriotic parade and a dem- onstration of close order drill, Soldiers from Chilkoot Barracks, officers and men from the Coast but the celebration is going ahead on schedule despite the weather. Juneau was bedecked with flags and bunting on the eve of the NEW YORK, July 3.—Presiden- Fourth. tial nominee Wendell L, Willkie The full program for the Fourth |summoned twelve party leaders | is printed elsewhere in today's Em-|from all sections of the country pire. — e 3RD PARTY LOOMS AS (10 TALKS Lewis Endorses Wheeler Who Says He Will Buck F.7D. R. WASHINGTON, July 3.—While the twelve members of the advisory committee took charge of Wen- dell Willkie’s Republican Presiden- tial campaign today, John L. Lewis’ endorsement of Senator Burton K. Wheeler for President, developed new third party talk. Lewis gave his endorsement in an address at the National Town- send Pension Convention at St. Louis, shortly after Wheeler had fold a reporter his name would be placed before the Democratic Na- of might arise with the United States ing the past month. A recapitula- whether or not President Roose- if such action was taken. J: tion showed this today, velt seeks renomination, Juneau and | | | Wen they are Edward of Chicago; Willkie Readies Offense Puts Dcwey_,—Tafi Agents on Presidential Cam- paign Wagon today to guide his campaign, in- cluding in his draft list, two work- ers for leading opponents for the nomination. Gov. Harold Stassen of Minneso- ta heads the committee, which in- cludes Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor- mick Simms and David Ingalls of Ohio, who respectively aided Thom- as E. Dewey and Senator Robert A. Taft in their races for the nomination. Also on the committee are Rep- resentative Joseph Martin, Gov. Raymond * Baldwin of Connecticut, Gov. Ralph Carr of Colorado, and | Senator John Townsend Jr. of] Delaware. Willkie said he would refuse cor-| | porate contributions and also any | exceeding $5,000 from individuals. .- - Refugee Children From Great Britain Reach Vancouver ARGENTINA VANCOUVER, B. C., July 3. —The first contingent of refu- gee children from Great Britain has arrived here for | the duration of the war. | Officials estimate that there are about 400 children in this | group. THE BROTHER WILLKIES IN A HUDDLE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR AR FORCEPROGRAM IS NOWPLANNED FORU.S. WASHINGTON, July 3. — A vast supplementary defense program, expected to cost up- wards of $5,000,000,000 and de- signed to take long strides in building up of the Nation's air forces toward the 50,000-plane goal, will be submitted to Con- gress next week, The program has been dis- cussed at the White House and it is intended to start mass preduction of planes, tanks and guns. Details have been worked ocut between President Roosevelt and key officials for defense. The Army is expected to get about $1,000,000,000 and the Navy the other $1,000,000,000. WILL PULL WITH U. §. Plan for Closer Work Be- tween Nations of Am- erican Confinents BUENOS AIRES, July 3.—For- eign Minister Jose Maria Cantilo policy of continental solidarity and autonomy of action” at the Inter- American Conference in Havana on IJuly 20. Cantilo said this means Argentina will be a fervent advocate of inter- American cooperation with the United States and other Americas, while maintaing that this col- \ i !laboration must not impede the country’s liberty of action. s LD Women college graduates did 1 ell Willkie, the Republican Party’s nominee for the presidency, is shown here at his Philadelphia | campaign headcuarters in a political huddle with his three brothers who paid him a visit. Left to right Wendell; Robert T., and Fred Willkie, both of Louisville. - OF STRIKE Believe Ne&;fiations Wil Stave Off Midnight Walkout SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—Hopes for a settlement in the threatening strike of the CIO Ship Cooks and Stewards Union, which would tie up all Pacific Coast shipping, including Alaska-bound . boats, showed hopes for settlement at the conference today as Government officials met with representatives of the CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards Union. midnightt last Sunday night but was postponed at the urgent request of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Representatives of both the ship- owners and the union sat in con~ | ference until early this morning with Federal Conciliator Stanley White who was definitely optim- | istie, saying that both parties were approaching the demands of the other. ‘The negotiators have re- |sumed conferences this afternoon. | D e ‘Smoke Hangs Over | Vancouver Island ' As Foresis Ablaze VANCOUVER, B. C, July 3. — | declared today: “I will support thz Dense smoke is hanging over Van- couver Island and the coast line as forest fires raged around Horne | Lake. Acres of forest lands have |already been swept by the blaze |as “fire fighters make efforts to | extinguish them, 'HOWARD JENSON " GIVEN COMMAND | OF BIGGER BOAT } Howard Jensen, formerly Captain IS NEARING The strike will be called at mid- | night tonight unless an agreement or definite basis for settlement has been reached by that time, The strike was originally set for | RAIDED IN DAYLIGHT ‘GOVERNOR TO NAZIS DROP BOMBS OVER WIDE AREA \Big Buildings Are Report- ed fo Have Been Set Afire in London 'SOLDIERS ON BEACH | ARE MACHINE GUNNED | g |King Carol Threatens fo Abdicate - Balkan Situation Quiet | 1 | BULLETIN — LONDON, July ; 3.—Relays of German bombers harassed the United Kingdom ‘ today, especially in the south- | east. | Bombing attacks set big build- | ings afire during this afternoon. Nazi planes also throbbed | over the northeastern part of | the town but no beombs were | dropped immediately. | The British defenders tallied | the twenty-fourth raiding plane | brought down. ’ Wide forays on a big scale | are admitted by the British Air | Ministry. (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | German U-boats and bombing | planes have attacked Great Britain lin a new fury while the official Nazi news agency, DNB, published |alleged Allled “win the war” plans, | which would drag most of Europe {into the conflict, The DNB asserted that docu- | ments captured in France disclosed ‘knn Allled program’ entangling Ru- | mania, Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia and the Scandinavian countries to gain new widespread battlefronts against Germany. | The Nazi High Command said German planes attacked a convoy off the English Channel coastand sank 18,000 tons of British ship- ping. German submarines torpedoed another 39,000 tons of British ship- ! ping. Sky Raiders in Action German sky raiders, displaying new boldness by a daylight sortie |instead of the usual night masked |attacks, bombed the south coast of England today and it is reported {12 persons were killed - and 123 wounded. One German plane swooped low and machine-gunned |soldiers near the beach. Incendiary bombs were {dropped and fires were started. British Royal Alr Force planes |shot down two Nazi bombers off | the east coast of England. " (Continued on Page Elght) 1,600 FLEE FROM PERIL AT HONGKONG Brifish Women and Chil- dren Reach Haven of | Safety af-Manila MANILA, July 3.-—More than 1,- 600 British women and children also not suffer seriously from unem-|of the Alaska Game Commission fleeing from the British Crown | ployment during the depression, nlp,m,] boat Black Bear survey shows. S eee Orange and walnut crops bring Californians an income exceed- ing $100,000,000 annually. at Peters- burg, has been promcted to the cap- |taincy of the Grizzy Bear, with headquarters at Ketchikan. The Grizzly Bear is twice as large a boat as the Black Bear. ;Colony at Honkgonk in a precau- | tionary evacuation because of the |unsettled conditions in the Orient, ‘hnve reached a haven of safety \hem They arrived on the liner ‘Emprm of Japan,