The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1940, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE 'IIMF” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE \UL . LVL, NO. 8462. JUNhAU ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUlY II ‘)4() H | I I | —yr——— — STOPPED BY ' PLANE AFTER | HOT PURSUIT Accused of_%Iding off| Three Cannery Boats with Rifles GRAND LARCENY IS : (HARGED TO CREW | Alleged Pifélg Seiner Surf Being Towed to Juneau Four alleged fish pirates, young Ketchikaners armed with rifles, were halted by an airplane and placed under arrest early this in Chatham Strait near Ankoon after their boat had been pursued all night by three can- nery tenders. The prisoners, who had seized rifles and axes to hold off board- * ing parties when the cannery boats came upon them as they brailed a trap at Hawk Inlet last night, are charged with grand larceny. They are Robert A. Hullt, James morning A. Simmons, Courtney H. Lyons and J. Francis Mills, all of Ket- chikan, Hullt, Captain of the purse seiner Surf, is 24 years old. The others are from 21 to 23 years of Arrested by Hellan The arrest was made at 7:50 o'- clock this morning by Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter Hellan, who had been summoned to Hawk Inlet by an urgent message from Hans Floe, Superintendent of the P. E. Harris cannery there. with the following cannery ten- about to lose their quarry as the Surf headed for the shallow kookumchuck” rapids at the mouth of Kootznahoo Inlet, where ders the larger boats could not have followed, Pilot Shell Simmons power-dived his Lockheed plane on * the seiner. The plane circled the Surf twice and alighted just ahead of it, where Hellan ordered the crew to shut off the motor and come out on deck. When they were convinced (Continued un Page Two) Find Bombs Near Scene 6GOP Meet . New York Isgl—ice Author- ities Reveal Discovery in Philadelphia NEW YORK, July 11.—Two pow- erful dynamite bombs were found near the Republican Convention Hall in Philadelphia two weeks ago, it was learned today from high po- lice authority after Police Commis- sioner Valentine disclosed that a number of bombs were found dur- ing the convention. . bombs were found nor where they were discovered but other sources said seven or eight bombs were found, some of them in the hall which is frequently used for Com- munist meetings. Valentine made the disclosure of the finding of the bombs in a talk * to his detective force. He asserted that the bomb explosion at the New York World’s Fair, in which two detectives were killed on July 4, was “just the beginning.” The voice of the veteran peace officer choked with emotion as he spoke of the two victims whe' died as the result of the bomb explosion and declared that the departmv:m, McNary and His Family Here is a recent picture of U. S. Senator Charles McNary of Oregon, , Republican vice presidential nominee, ~hild, Chaxlatte, S (Ialms Junean Pay Higher Freight Rale Than Sitka and Skagway SEATTLE, July 11.—Late yester- day afternoon, David Scoll for the United States Commission, conducting hearings here on the raise in steamship rates cou: between Seattle and Alaska ports, | questioned J. D. Nelson, Alaska Steamship Company’s rale expert, | about freight rate increases to Ju- neau being increased more than on freight carried a greater dis- tance, to Skagway and Sitka. Scoll's questioning was brougnt in in several instances that Ju- neau merchants pay a higher freight increase than merchants in other ports. Nelson, in giving his testimony vesterday afterncon, said the Al-| aska Steamship Company expected to increase its annual income by $310,000 when the higher tariff rates were instituted during the spring. Nelson testified the com- pany expected an increased return of $150,000 from passenger fares and $160,000 from the increased freight rates. Continuing his testimony today, Nelson said new settlers moving to Southwestern Alaska are not af- fected by the freight increases of the Alaska Steamship Company. He said the company encourages emi- gration to Alaska by providing a special tariff. The schedule coverq emigrant household goods and be- longings. Nelson also explained that fuel oil delivered to Womans Bay, Ko- diak Island, was carried at a cost of 75 cents a barrel compared to a regular charge of $1 a barrel to Kodiak, seven miles away, because Womans Bay is the site of the Navy base. Nelson also said certain freight rates to Anchorage and neighboring | communities were lower than usual because they were ‘“competitive” rates, established to meet competi- tion offered by tramp freighters via the Alaska trade during the sum- mer months. Labor costs have virtually doubled | since the 1934 maritime strike, Mal- colm McKinstry, Assistant Manager | of the Alaska Steamship Company testified this afternoon. Martime Examiner John Russell, presiding, announced the Commis- sion, attorneys for both sides, and transportation officials will sail for Alaska Saturday to hold further hearings at Ketchikan, Juneau and Anchorage so that merchants, and is out to get the perpetrators of the‘omer shippers will be given an op- plot, convict them and “have them sentenced to their proper punish- ment, electrocution.” | portunity to protest increases. McKinistry said that between 1934 and 1939, his company wages to aurule. Maritime | and his wife and adopted Merchanls | branches of the ships’ personnel, |amounted to a 98 per cent increase, and added that if current demands of longshoremen for increased wa- | ges are granted, it will cost the Alaska Steamship Company $59,000 this season alone. | “Quickie” Strikes ! “Quickie” strikes, which the com- pany usually settles by agreeing to the demands of the strikers, in or-| der to permit vessels to sail are one | of the greatest problems the com- pany has faced in recent years, McKinstry said. Demands of unions for changes |in living quarters aboard the fif- teen vessels operating on the line | cost the company $57,000 since the first of the year, McKinstry declar- l'ed, and added that insistence of sea- | men aboard the Aleutian that crew mess quarlers be transferred to the same deck as the dining salon cost $24,000 McKinstry said he estimated the company lost $129,000 earning ca- pacity since 1934 because passenger space is being taken over by crews on various vessels. CONGRESS SENDS WHITE HOUSE HUGE EXPANSION BILL Grealer Part of $4,000,- 000,000 to Be Used for Defense WASHINGTON, July 11.—A four| billion dollar expansion bill was ‘todflv sent to the White House by Congress, its major portion for de-| fense campaign. The defense Commission announc- | ed that they let $100,000,000 in; contracts in recent days for new; | war planes for the Army and Navy | and other contracts would begin, |to be negotiated with a view of | addmg 25,000 more planes by July,! 1942, | — e LOUISE PATTERSON | CLIPPER PABBENGEE‘ | Louise Patterson, fiancee of Curtis | SUBS TAKE HEAVY TOLL OF BRITISH Germans Declare They Will Starve England to Knees by Blockade (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Germany'’s assault on the British sea lanes, lifelines of the United Kingdom, wrought great destruc- tion of shipping, costing Great Britain 600,000 tons by submarine attacks alone in the past six weeks. The Nazi High Command said this rate of sinking exceeds that of the World War period of un- restricted sub warfare when the U-boats of the Imperial Navy and other action sent down an average of 250,000 tons monthly. The Nazis declared their sea campaign is rapidly becoming a starvation blockade of the British Isles. These claims of the Nazis are reminders of the early months of 1917 when the United Kingdom food supply was sufficient only for three weeks, Defiantly, Minister of Agriculture Hudson told.the House of Com- mons Great Britain would eat re- gardless of subs and bombers, but home production must increase. Nazi bombers ranged. over Eng- land again today and the Govern- ment reported a “few” deaths, while it was’claimed eight raiders were shot down, - SIX SHIPS PICKETED, WESTWARD {Canneries in Kodiak Area Tied Up by Labor Troxbles SEATILE, July 11.—S8ix freight carrfees in the Kodiak, Alaska area, are being picketed as the result of a strike sanction given the Alaska | Fishermens’ Union by the Washing- ten District of the Maritime Fed- eration. employ 2,000 men, e HALIBUTERS IN Two halibut vessels unloaded car- goes today at the Juneau Fish Ex- change, the Saga selling 3,000 pounds at 880 and 6.70, and the Arden selling 12,000 pounds at 880 and 6.75. America's New Political Star [ | 3 STORIES that EXPLAIN WILLKIE TheG. 0. P. Standard Bearer | Shattuck, is aboard the Alaska Clip- per today making a round trip lrom Seattle. Miss Patterson and Mr, Bhatutck are to be married August 4 in Se-| Starts Today in The Empire! Local officials said the canneries | Ml‘MBLR ASSOUAII D }’RFSS PRICE TEN CENTS PLANES, BATTLESHIPS IN FIGHT AT SEA Four Youths Captured As Fish Pirates Flames Eat into Tinder- lh‘\ Northwe: t Fore Forest fire hazard in the Northwest reached a critical point after a rainless month, with flames eating into timberlands at various points. as trees turned into flaming pillars. Presidential Vote Since 1916 . southwest of Portland, Ore., scene on Wolf Creek high The highway was closed to traffic DOLLARS, Thi nufl ’ HOOSEVELT,Punt HOOVER, Rwe. et FLicrosaL\OTES m TIME, IN v ' RACE NOW ‘“w“'fi”b““ oo | Chief of Army Air Corps Tells of Efforts of United States BOOSEVELT, LANDON, Rus. s Wiih another Presidential elee! are busilv Astician last six Presidential elections. studying records in an attempt to determine if they will be of help in making commitments on 1940 election results. The above chart shows how each of the 48 States voted in each of the political party nine out of ten times. SPOKANE, Wash., July V. | jor General Henry H. Arnfid Chlef |of the Army Air Corps, | last night “The United States + coming up in a few months, sta- !s attempting Califernia has voted for the winning to do with dollars what Germany did with time and the result is ke i . |problematical. There is no substi- | By JACK STINNETT | WASHINGTON, July 11.—Notes from the cuff of a shirt worn at| Philadelphia: Say, what is this . . . a Holly- wood world premiere? Gangs of gawkers glut the marquee lane to | G.O.P. national headquarters. Maybee Hoover, Landon, Taft & | Co. don’t have glamour, but they | |sure got what it takes to draw| | the madding throng. | sam Pryor Jr, who is running this whole shebang, being con- | vention committee chairman, right. . . . |ging going on. . . . But it's the | tirst time in my life I ever paid {25 cents for a pitcher of cracked ice. | Remind me to ask Martha Taft |about that little carnation - red | platter of a hat. . . . Did she buy |it to match the carnations or did “Bob” pick red carnations as his ;Iluwer after he saw the hat? People are nuts, . . . The bars |are full by breakfast time. . . Gue: tion institution. . . . If you want to hear a story about stowing away the food, remind me to tell you about that chicken dinner Wen- |dell Willkie tossed for the Negro | delegates, . ., , Young man who grew most in stature during the | convention: Harold E. Stassen, 33- year-old Minnesota Governor. His grin is fetching. . . . His platform |delivery is a perfect example of controlled force. . . . It's a trick lof getting vibrantly tuned up in- side and continuing to appear out- Assoclaled Press erler Gives His Sidelights on That (onvenhon ol 6OP | whoopee Republicans in Philly? There’s not much gig- | *( lady, eye-openers are a conven- | | [tute for time. . It took Germany | six years to build up its balanced | army, | “England has tried building with | dollars and has met with fair suc- | cess, ance was just too busy to build |at all “It remains to be seen what we can do.” The Army Air Corps Chief Is here with members of his staff enroute . |by Army plane to inspect Alaskan air bases and stopped here over- ‘Wnrdly calm. . Very few ges-|njghy after the flight from Bolling Washington, D. C. left here at 6 o'clock and plan to stop at | tures, no shouting. . Say, why|pield, | The party hasn’t somebody written a disser- | | tation on what loud-speaker sys- | this morning | tems and radio have done to pub-|Prince Geg | lic speaking technique? route to Fairbanks That elderly gent with the white - = | mustache, prodding about through | |conanLmn night-life, is Michigan’s GREA'I' BR']’AI“ | Gov. Luren Dickenson, . Remem- | ber, he's the sin-chaser who put| \UIE stamp of wicked Babylon on‘ | New York cafe society. . Wonder what he’ll have to say fll)uut the | Progress Reported in Ne- gotiations with Nazi's Economic Pariner convention cut came | when offered | Unkindest from the fellow who, a Willkie button, said: “Hell, no, I'm a Republican.” . . So were | a lot of those people in that snake | dance that wove through the Belle- them piling in behind that Dewey- |reported here that Great Britain | for-President fife and drum corps. ix.\ making progress in an effort to ¥ . Why, it's developing into a | make friends with Russia, Ger- parade. . . . I need a little air.|many’s eceonomic partner. This was told to the House of Commons to- No thanks, |day by Poreign Affairs Undersecre- I WON'T carry a banner, |tary Butler. I just came along for the | — - s 1wt w0 v e 5| ARMY '[RANSPOR]' AT SEATTLE FOR Think I'll string along and s what happens. fun, . . . Being a strict neutral, IH have to march in all other t.m» didates’ parades just to bqu.mq myself. . People are crazy, but | it's fun being crazy. . . . Say, lady, | ARMY Supp“B that banner! A l'll"l’ll (OI-UMNI 4 1 SEATTLE, July 11.—The United Most discussed sandwich man at| States Army transport Liberty has the convention: The fellow who arrived here to load construction give me (cammued on Page Six) | banks. said here | and Whitehorse en-| vue-Stratford lobby shouting “We want Willkie!” | People are .crazy look at! LONDON, Juh H -1t is officially | NEW LIGHT ON BATTLE OF 2 FLEETS iltallans Claim Two British | Warships Are Badly 1 Damaged BRITISH RESPOND, ' GENERAL DEN!ALS {Outcome of Mediterranean | - Struggle Still Moot- ed Question | (By Associated Press} New light on the controversial question of “battleship against | plane” in actual combat, was cast |today with disclosure by General Pricolo, Italian Air Chief, that 300 (Italian planes -were-engaged in the |battle between British and Italian jwar fleets in the Mediterranean | Tuesday night and yesterday. Dispatches from Rome acknowl- |edged a large part of the Italian |air force returned with damaged | planes and wounded crewmen hit by the terrific drumfire of surface Sships and also report that three | Italian planes. were lost, | In contrast, 8ir Andrew Cunning- ham, Commander of the British | Mediterranean fleet, reportad his ships did not suffer a single cas- ualty. An Italian High Command com- }lnunlque, coming belatedly, insisted however, that Italian bombing planes set fire to the 42,000-ton Brit- ish battle cruiser H&&J world’s big- gest warship, and scored two bomb | hits on the deck of the 22,000-ton aircraft carrier Ark Royal as well as two hits on another English bat- tleship. The British Admiralty issued a formal denial of this statement. Italy's use of 300 planes during the two-day battle presumably repre- sented the biggest aerial assault ever hurled against warships. The attack on the Hood and Ark Royal occurred Tuesday, the Italians sald, in waters south of the Baleares | Islands. HANGARS OF UNITED LINE UNDER GUARD LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 11— |Officials of the United Air Lines explain that the placing of guards around the company's hangars is merely a precautionary measure. Officials said that the company has received no threats of sabotage. The guards are on duty at the com- pany’s west coast hangars from mid- night to 6 o'clock in the nwmtng BRACED FOR AIR RAI DS BY GERMANS LONDON, July 11.—Great Britain braced itself today for continued severe air raids following yester- day’s fierce sky battle over the English Channel. More than 100 Nazi planes participated in the day- light raid. The British Air Ministry claims that 14 Nazi planes were sent twisting down into the channel and that 25 others limped to their German bases, out of action, The British officials claim only two RAF planes were lost in the prolonged battle in the clouds. Coastal defenses are today | material for the air base at Pair-|manned to maximum strength pre- pared for further raids.