The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 12, 1940, Page 1

. Wseriously “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE \ OL. LVI NO 8463 JUNEAU ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATP D PRh$S PRICE TEN CENTS RITISH KING ESCAPES DEATH, AIR RAID BRITISH CARRIER | DAMAGED Two Dn)strbyéfs Reported | Hit by Shells - Land En- gagements Fought (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) | The Ttaliar | High Command re- ports F st mir successes and a new dtt on the British Mediter- ranean fleet | The High Command claims Ital-| ian planes located and bombed a British Naval Squadron which was in the Ionian sea battle this week and one British Rircralt carrier was set aflame and damaged and two de- stroyers were also damaged. The tement brought quick denial from official British quarters in London which said Italian bomb- ers made eight attacks but only damaged ‘“one of our fighters.” Land Raids British and Italian flying forces and columns of mechanized troops have raided each other's outposts on the heat-baked desert regions of Italian Libya, Egypt, and the 3ritish owned Kenya Colony, Afri-| can rooftop of the kingdom of Em- peror siec who lost his throne in the Italian conquest five years ®arlicr ago, Selassie is likely to play an important part in the fortheoming| major struggle. The Britisk Gov- ernment recognizes Selassie’s gov- | ernment as the “lawful govern- ment” of Ethiopia ‘ Two hundred thousand Ethiopi- ans, it is stated, are ready (o throw their support to the British. - mehm$ | Is in Inferior; | At Fairbanks Chief of U. S. Army Air| Corps, with Staff, Make Long Fight North | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 12.—| The twin engined Army plane with | Major General H. H. Arnold, Chief | of the United States Army Air Corps and party of officers on an inspec- | tion tour of Alaska bases, arrived | at the Fairbanks airport at 4:30 | o'cleck yesterday afternoon (Fair-| banks Time) after an unevcntful] flight via the inland route. | The Army party stopped at Prince | George and Whitehorse enroute | here. The party left Washington, D. C.,| Wednesday morning, remained over | night at Spokane, and left there yesterday morning. Informal dinner was given the members of the party last night by civic leaders. The party will prob- ably proceced to Anchorage in a day or two. HERE NEXT WEEK Major General Arnold and his Army party will arrive in Juneau Saturday, July 20, according to word received locally today. New Zealand Air Service Is Begun Today American \'i pper Takes, 0ff with Mail and 27 talians Bomb 10 BOMBERS WELL KNOWN JUNEAU BOY DIES, FALL (Walter P. S&i, Jr., Suc- cumbs Yesterday to j Head Injuries | Plunging 25 feet from a scaffold | yesterday afternoon while painting a fuel oil storage tank at the Al- aska Juneau mine, Walter P. Scott, | Jr., 22, suffered a full concussion | of the brain and died approximately | four hours later in St. Ann's Hos- pital without regaining conscious- ness. Scott, one of the most popular | young men of the city, was p.unung‘ one of the two Alaska Juneau fuel Visitor in Juneau | oil storage tanks near the power | house on South Franklin Street, with | Paul -Schnee, | Scott’s end of the scaffolding sud- | denly gave way.+ He fell, striking | his head on a small flume-way and was rendered unconscious, Schnes | managed to grasp a rope and hang | on. | Scott was rushed to the hospital immediately, but physicians were | unable tto aid him and he died at | 7:30 c'cl Jast night, four hours land fifteen minutes after the ac- ‘cident. He js survived by his mother and \ ; father, Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Scott, {'of this city, and a younger brother | Rabert, now. in the East with Mr. | land Mrs. John Rustgard, formerly ‘of Juneau. Walter Scott, Sr., fa- | ther of young Scott, is Superintend- | ent of the Alaska Juneau mill. | | Born June 30, 1918, at North Port, Washington, Scott came to Juneau | with his parents seventeen years| ago and attended both the grades | |and high school here. ‘ A Knock Dow ' Popular among his classmates, | | young Scott was an honor student jand was outstanding in all txtm\ | curricular activities. He was a mem- ber of the varsity basketbail unml {in High School and was President 0( the student body in his Senior | year. He attended the Colorado school of Mines on a scholarship for one| yvear and for the past two years | | was a student at the University of | Washington where he was affiliat- |ed with the Alpha Tau Omega hatermlv He was also a member wr the Order of DeMolay in this city and an enthusiastic member of the Juneau Ski Club. The remains are at the Charles Mrs. William Corwith, National P-esident, Am an Legion Auxiliary, arrives on the steamer Alaska for an official visit and will remain here until next Tuesday when she will leave by PAA Electra for Fairbanks. ROOSEVELT NOT GOING Training T0 CHICAGO Is Urged Definite Announcement Is compulsory Servsce Is Im-; Made by President- | mediately Necessary, Dodges 3rd Term 1 Says General WASHINGTON, July 12—Presi-| dent Roosevelt, at a conference v\lth‘ WASHINGTON, July 12. — Gen. newsmen today, said he definitely| George C. Marshall, Chief of 5‘“‘“‘ will not go to Chicazo t cattend the of the Army, today testified before This picture, sent by cable from L Mllllary | WAGE, HOUR SETUP IS TO Demccratic National Convention. "(;:‘nl‘)\‘”‘“;‘;y x‘lll“;‘x; g’;"“n"';‘;"if ":I‘:L W. Carter Mortuary. | But again the President avoided © 8 il rvic o | every q',kmm,,, designed to bring Mediately necessary” to bring the Funeral services have been ar-| s ey s | reqular. Aty and. NeHEREE onaxd |FeDEod Tor, Sunday. sfiemoon. at 34 stand units to full strength. 4 ‘P” b-kL from Clrhe lNormern Light i ‘ 25| eria ch, The newsmen interpreted the| Gen. Marsnall asked for®enact- mhskyterian. QRGH ment of the Burke-Wadsworth bill| to force registration of all men| M . | between 18 and 65 and for tralnmg‘ ‘[or the Army and Navy t.hose be- I I Army May_S:ys Training | Program Would Cost FIVE SHIPS | Billion Dollars SHOTDOWN; = SENT DOWN R.AF.FIGHTS BY STUKAS " | 1 = British Lose Planes in De- wB‘I’_m#SC Sta'rl I-Fllrebs o AE“Q feflse and Raids A(ross | IS oas- ar ors re training expert, told the Senate| i Reporled Damaged Military Committee today that the Army will have 930,000 men in| English Channel (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) October 1 if Congress enacts thnzA LONDON, July 12—The Air Min- compulsory military training law. istry said today in a communique Twaddle testified this number‘ that “in all, today, ten enemy will increase to 1415000 by April| bombers were destroyed.” of next year. Peril Straits Packnx Company at President’s flat statement to mean that he not only will not be in| | Chicago during the convention but | also he will not go there in event of his draft and nomination to| make an acceptance speech. \Administration Contem- plates No Changes for Defense Program WASHINGTON, July 12. — Presi-| dent Roosevelt asserted at a con-| ference with the newsmen today thnc the Administration will go Rhf‘fld on its present policy of mam- |taining the standards under the| fense program. ter the announcement was by the Navy Department awarding of contracts of the totalling and Atlantic coast defenses. e Cannery Gels cific The German High Command, in| an official communique, tells of | heavy damage inflicted on British and armament harbors sailors aboard a French battleship in a southern port. Wage and Hour setup for the DL-i The President spoke shortly af-| made | $136,748,000, part of the vast pro-| gram to build up the Mation’s Pa-| mndun tv) New York, shows, n (ampalgn 5 in Sight, Whomever the Democrafs Nominafe By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, July 12-- Around this town, the boys have come to one conclusion: This is going to be one of the fightingest campaigns in the history of Am- erican politics. The reason, of course, fis nomination of Wendell L. Willkie. The Peck’s bad boy of Indiana (to dent in the comforter on his crib. Somewhere along the line, he found that there was more money, suceess, fame and enjoy- iment in fighting with something | besides your fists. Now, with words, Iidca.s, personality awd | cannin he has ;hxmsclr into’ that world's champion- |ship which is open only once every | four years and which has been won by only 32 men In 150 years—the contest for the presidency of the United States, The fact that Willkie is the G.O.P. candidate is what makes everyone around here so positive it is going to be a knock-down, | drag-out battle—no matter whom | the Democrats name at Chicago. GATHER 'ROUND, FOLKS | Lets dig a little deeper and Tl tell you why they are so certain about it. In the first place, Willkie is a | talker. His worst enemy (If he has lone who is purely personal, the fellow has failed to come forward | vet . although he has plenty now who are theoretical enemies, even within the Republican party) recognizes that Willkie has an ex- A('(urdlng to the English Laptlnn. Brltlsh Note the French tricoler still (Iylnx. the | _.i HEARINGS RECESSED TO NORTH Rafe Increase Parleys to Pick Up Again in Alas- kan Ports Next Week SEATTLE, July 12.—After hear- ing estimony by eamship officials that labor costs have increased has been scrapping ever since he|greaqly the Maritime Commission could double his fists hard enough| freight rates between a recessed yesterday hearing on here and Ala to reconvene in Ketchikan, and Anchorage. In those cities, Alaska merchants and shippers will be given an op- portunity to protest increases ef- business | focted by the three steamship lines maneuvered | operating over the route in ques- tion, those lines being the Alaska | Steamship Company, the Northland Transportation Company and the Alaska Transportation Company. Melville McKinstry, Operating Su- perintendent of the Alaska Steam- ship Company, told the hearing pre- sided over by Martitime Examiner John Russell, that his company has increased wages 98 per cent since 1934. McKinistry also declared that changes in living quarters of the crews to the same decks as passen- ger salons cost $24,000, that the company’s earning capacity has been cut $129,000 by passenger space be- ing taken over by crews on various ships and that “quickie” strikes have brought on a serious prob- lem. e — CLIPPER CANCELS { | ‘The British Juneau | It was said two British planes | The estimated cost of training|Todd, ordered a piece of machinery to replace a broken cam yesterday | ceptional platform and radio pres- morning. Last night, eight hours|ence. after the order was received in Se-| There’s no need now to analyze were missing in engagements dur- |ing defense 'of Britains’ coast. Three British ships failed to re- | airports, plants and also asserted that 4,329- 000 tons of “enemy merchant ship- ping have been sunk of made un- these men will be $1,000,000,000 for | the first year, and $750,000,000 each succeeding year, Twaddle said. UNTIL TOMORROW British Fleet In Mediterranean BRITISH ABOARD FRENCH BATTLESHIP 'NAZIBOMBS ' NEARLY GET BRIT. RULER . Aeria Assaulls Continue Over Wide Section of Islands LONDON, July 12—King George escaped death or injury by just a few minutes during a German lombiny raid yesterday but the time and place is not disclosed. This is according to an official announcement following resumption of air raids, the strongest yet, on basic centers in England. The time and place of the “near death or injury to the King” is kept a secret for “reasons of secur- ity” but it is indicated the King left the scene only a few minutes before German planes appeared and dropped explosive and Incendiary bombs. Alr Ministry claims 22 Nazi planes were shot down in yesterday's aerial battles over the | Southeasterly English coast. | It is also reported that some towns in the reglon suffered heavy damage from the Nazi raiders. | The raiders struck at widely scat- tered towns causing several casual- ties and destruction of many build- ings. “p | At the same time the Royal Air Force kept up its ralds over a wide | sweep of German héld area. British bombers dropped loads of explosives on military objectives in German held France, Belgium and Holland. | Meanwhile, British fighting planes and anti-aircraft guns were ready | for a dawn renewal attack today by the Nazi invaders which is increas- | ing with daily intensity. ANOTHER “RAIDING DAY"” LONDON, July 12. — 8Swift rising spitfires of the British Royal Air Force slashed back today at Ger- man bombers making another day- light raid over England and also Scotland. Eight raiders have been shot down in flames. One German plane was shot down and ifs crew perished as the bullet-seived plane crashed and burst into flames in a Scottish area. It is later revealed today that the raid which nearly “caught” King George, was over a town in Scot- land. TROLLERS' STRIKE IS UPIN AR Deadline l&—a;hed with Demand for Increased. Prices Not Met SITKA, Alaska, July 12 At noon yesterday, the deadline was reached and then passed with the demanded salmon price for trol- lers unmet. There has been no tieup of the fishing fleet as yet. The tieup was ordered by the repre- sentatives of the Alaska Trollers Association and United Trollers of Alaska if the fish buyers did not grant demands of 14, 10 and 8 |cents for salmon instead of the | prevailing prices of 12, 8 and T. A mass meeting of trollers is |scheduled for this morning, follow- |ing which the action of the trollers |is expected to be announced. Tell the Truth Brother or Go To Jail WASHINGTON, July 12. — The Treasury Department has threat- turn also from attacks on German |usable” since the war began. He also disclosed that the wflr’amv the machinery part was plac- | it, but it's a sort of all-American is a well-edu- Passengers SAN FRANCISCO, July 12.—For- ty-two lons of American Clipper, achieved by Boeing Aircraft, left here today on an 8,000-mile jaunt to New Zealand, the inaugural flight of Panair to the Antipodes, The plane carried 27 passengers and a large amount of air mail, airdromes in Holland and military | Nazi fighting Stuka dive bomberS‘DflpartmentL’ “protective mobiliza-|ed in service. objectives in Germany. | sank five ships on the English Chan- | tion plan” calling for an initial ————————— | nel yesterday with a total of 30,000 force of 1,200,000 men, “Could be| was flown north by Clipper yester- MacKINNONS RETURN | tons. used in the theatre of operations day and a few minutes after its ‘The 125 pound piece of equipment i upproach Willkie cated Indiana farmer, and that's what he talks like, He's no spell- | binder and he's no Billy Sunday- Willlam Jennings Bryan. But he Mrs. J. S. MacKinnon and son| The communique also assefrts that|at short notice if need be.” ‘amva.l was flown to Todd by pilot | “Skipper” returned here on Lheibombs started fires at Portsmouth| Testimony indicated this strik- John' Amundsen. | does havr something of all of ‘motorship Northland. |and Burton on the Trent and added |ing force will be composed of an| Installation! was effected in They have been visiting in the |that port facilities at Plymouth and | Army guard with enough conscripts short while, and late yesterday cv-| uaarmlng intimacy. He seems to Pacific Northwest for the past sev- | Lowestoft were hit by aerial explos- trained as reserves to fill out the ening, the big 'cam was working' ives. eral weeks, complement, at its job in the canning line, J |7 (Continued on Page Six) Foggy weather caused cancella- tion today of the Alaska Clipper's scheduled return flight to Seattle until tomorrow morning Mail at the Postoffice will be ac- cepted until seven o'clock tomorrow Meanwhile, two Electras were scheduled to fly north late this afternoon, weather permitting, ened prosecution of dealers alleged- ly misrepresenting price increases due to new defense taxes. The Treasury Department state- ment reminded dealers they are sub- | fect to fines of up to $1,000 or im- prisonment up to one year, or both, if convicted of misrepresenting the portion of prices caused by Federal taxes,