The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA .EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \OI.‘ XLIII, NO. 6622. JUNE;AU ALASKA WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 1934. ~ PRIGESEN CENTS CLAIMS ALASKA THREATENED BY ORIENTAL NATION NOMINATIONS ARE MADE BY BOTH PARTIES State Primex-l'.y_va Held Yes- terdday in One Mid- dle West State ADMINISTRATION IS GIVEN COMPLIMENT Rainey Wins by. Five to One — Ickes's Candi- date Successful CHICAGO, Ill, April 11.—Lead- ers of organized Democracy whose candidates won nominations in yes- terday's state primary are almost as pleased at the labelled tremen- dous Democratic vote as the tri- bute and compliment to the Ad- ministration, both National and lo- cal, £ scored James er Henry T. Rainey a five to one victory over Kirpy. Ralph Church,( Republican, en- by Secretary of Interior is apparently successful James Simpson, Jr. entative De Priest has b ) by the Republicans First District. Igoe Nominated Michael Igoe has been nominat- ed Congressman-at-Large together with Martin Brennan, incumbent. Igoe has long been a figure in Chicago and State Democracy. Republicans viewed the primary with optimism equalling that of the Democrats. ; With the exception of James Simpson, Jr., Republican incum- bents appeared to have been safe- 1y nominated. C. Mayland Brooks and Milton Jones have been nom- inated. | Among those renominated were Representatives Fred Britten, P.| H. Monyihan, Leo Allen, Everett' Dirksen. ainst R een in the Renominated The Democrats have renominated Edward Kelly, Harry Beam, A. J. Sabath, Thomas O'Brien, Leonard Schnetz, Leo Kocialkowski, Chester Thompson, Leroy Adair, James Meeks, Donald Dobbins, William Arnold, Claude Parsons and Bert Keller. If the figures are not overturned by additional returns they indicate the Democrats polled about twice as many votes as in the last off- year election in 1930. CONTROL BILL | FOR EXCHANES HAS HIT SNAG Efforts Made to. Shelve Measure Until Presi- dent Returns WASHINGTON, Aprilll. — Con- gressional proponents of placing the Federal Trade Commission in charge of Stock Exchanges looked to President Roosevelt for support in retaining this plan. Friends of the proposals are con- sidering holding the Fletcher-Ray- burn Market Control bill in the' Senate* Banking Committee until| the President returns to the White House the latter part of this week. Opponents want a special board to control exchanges. i REQUIREMENTS CHANGED ’ | the’ authorities. jfuund in the belongings of Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, flying companion of her famous husband, is shown as she received the Hubbard medal, highest honor of the Na- tional Geographical society, from Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor. The medal was bestowed upon Mrs. Lindbergh, the first woman to receive it, in recognition of the part she played in the Lindberghs’ 40,000-mile flight e contmen(s last year (Associated Press Photo) EIGHT ARREST MADE TODAY IN BREMERTONCASE Sheriff Bannick, of Seattle, Believes He Has Im- portant | Clue SEATTLE, April 11.—The arrest of Roy Duclaw, of Ren- ton; Mr. and Mrs. John Mu phy, Porter Pettijohn, Ein: Mortensen, Mrs. Beatricc O'Malley, G e or g e Shepherd| and Mrs. Babe Reid, all of; Seattle, whom Sheriff Ban- nick said might have hAl{ “some connection with the; murder of six persons nnm: Bremerton,” is revealed iHuzh S. Johnson, Sheriff Bannick said il| looks “very, very much as though the gang might have some connection with the case.” County officers said they based arrests following th']t' of Pettijohn, close friend of Eugene Chenevert, Bremer- ‘ton vietim. A pistol \vas] !the group of the same type used in the slayings. .‘I)uch\\ also has a bullet wound in each leg, inflicted several days ago, but has re- fused to tell how he was wounded. - — WHITE PASS OFFICIAL AND DAUGHTER ON WAY TO WHITEHORSE, Y. T. J. L. Sansome, agent for the byl Pirate Treasure, Worth Millions, Reported Found PAPEETE, Tahiti, April 1L —Buried pirate treasure, 25 tons of ancient Peruvian gold ignots, worth §45,000,000, is re- podted to have been found on Tauamotu Archipelago patches or coral lying east of this French colony in the South Pacific. GEN, JOHNSON APPRQVES OF WAGNER BILL Recovery Administrator Prepared for Recommen- dations to Roosevelt MIAMI, Flo: April 11 Industrial AcG- ministrator, came here last night to join President Roosevell upon his return here Thursday, with the report of a “very definite business upturn.” The recovery chieftain also said he was prepared to recommend to the President the general approval of the Wagner bill establishing sort of a Supreme Court of Indus- trial Relations. He said he was also ready to recommend to the President that the drastic licens- ing power of NRA be allowed lo lapse at the end of its year exist- ence. “This is a weapon we have never sed,” said Gen. Johnson. “I be- lieve the force of public opinion will enforce the Recovery Act.” - e - Dern and Clark, Jr., to Receive Degrees SALT LAKE CITY, April 11— Honorary doctor of laws degree will be conferred by the Univer- y of Uiah on George H. Dern, United States Secretary of War WASHINGTON, April 11—Six White Pass and Yukon Route infand twice Governor of Utah, and margimal requirements have been stricken from the Stock Market ‘Whitehorse, passed through Ju-| neau on the Princess Norah on his Control Bill by the Senate Bank- way home from Vancouver B. C. ing Committee without a record Mr. Sansome was accompanied by vote. } The committee completely revx:-‘ his daughter. Their visit in Van- couver was saddened by the death J. Reuben Clark Jr., former Unit- ed States Ambassador to Mexico and second counselor presidency of the Latter Day Saints Church. The awards will be made during cofufiencement in the first ed the vital marginal section of'of Mrs. Sansome in Vancouver tenjexericses of the University here the bill. days ago. June 5. ' MRS. 'LINDBERGH RECEIVES MEDAL jAPAN PLANS FOR CAPTURE OF ALEUTIANS New York Represenlatlve Makes Startling State- ment at Hearing W. X\Hll\( TON, April 11. —Representative William 1. Sirovich, Democrat of New York, told the members of the House Merchant and Marine Committee teday that , plans have been completed by the Japanese for the capture of the Aleutian Islands as the first step in the conquest of territory in case of war ed States. The testimony was given at a hearing on IE‘L’I\IA/V n to |place the Alaska fishiflg {xiustr_\' under the Alas |islature. I Representative Sirovich | said he saw maps while visit- ing Ru had been taken from the Jap- anese Government files by Lll\\l‘ul spies and are now in |the hands of Soviet officials. The New York Representative d the apanese Navy and Army will take (over the islands in the month of| May, any year, in which there are hostilities taking full advantage of the carelessness of the United States Government's permitting the territos to lie helpless and de- fensele “The .mu\s showed how the Jap- anese intended, in case of wa strike right into Alaska from which they would be in a position to stroy the coastal cities of Washing- on, Oregon and California.” 'AFTER GAINING EARLIER IN DAY Fears of Strikes Cause Profit Taking Despite Good Busipess News NEW YORK, April 11.—Stocks were spotty late today after ear- lier firmness. A number of is- sues were fractionally to a point higher at one time but later yield- ed major portions of their gains or transformed them into losses. Rails were hesitant and moteors and metals lagged coincident with (Continued on Page Two) (Bess Farman, the writer of this article describing the Vir- gin Islands and plans to re- habilitate them, accompanied Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt on her recent airplane trip, dur- ing which a survey of island conditions was made.) By BESS FURMAN WASHINGTON, April 11.—Uncle Sam, just out of the prohibition era, has a million dollars to say that Santa Cruz rum can stage a comeback strong enough to rehab-| between Japan and the Unit-! Ka qu-: . | a last summer which| maps “described how the| send planes and submarines to de- | STOCKS DECLINE {5, Pwks Rum to Aul in Virgin Islands’ Comeback |Delegate Calls Alaska Helpless To Defend U.S. In “Next War” { Anthony J. aviaticn base near Fairbanks as | Dimond, Congre a defense measure. He contends t | declares, would be only 1,400 miles away from continental United States. onal Delegate rom Alaska, wants Congres: n army across to establish hat any war danger lic the Pacific and that Alaska would be vulnerable in case of attack. An enemy operating from Alaska, he He hclds, also, that an Alaskan air base would give army pilots valuable training in flying hazardous territory and would The map shows Alaska in relation to the United States proper and | develop cafer aviation equipment. Pacific territory. By H. C. HUNTER | WASHINGTON, April 11.—An- {thony J. Dimond, Congressional Delegate from Alaska, contends the next theatre of war for the Unit- ed States will be “Alaska, the help- less.” In that way he describes Un- cle Sam's northernmost territory in connection with his bill to es- tablish an army air corps train- ing and defense base mnear Fair- | banks, The site would be chosen by military aviation strategists {and the post staffed with a full | complement of officers and men equipped with bombers and obser- vation, pursuit and patrol planes. ! Dimond said he was not an alar- mist and:not fearful of war, but contended that if there were any danger to the United States it lay across the Pacific rather than the Atlantic ocean. Strategic Posiion “In Alaska,” he said, “we have a string of islands (Aleutian) run-| mng wward Asm Thcy contain | Rats Like French Hoard MONTFORT, France, April 11.— ;R&ts ate up the secret hoard of the two sisters, Petit, owners of a | farm here. Of their life savings of about $7,000 in banknotes, hid- den in an old mattress, nothing was left but shreds of paper. jand the President’s projected one, | has turned all eyes and a tourist | ‘nde to a little fringe of the far-| off, half-forgotten islands — St.| lThomas, St. Jogn and St. Croix. Forseeing the tourists, Uncle Sam | linked with rum-rehabilitation a tourist hetel project picturesquely placed on a high hill-top over- looking 8t. Thomas harbor; ro- mautically clustered around old “Bluebeard’s Castle,” not built by the pirate, but looking that way. | Prohibition Killed Industry | “The Government in the hotel one of the l'm('sv world for a hostile power to base operations - and we have agreed not to put any fortifications out there. Tt is the strategic position of Alaska, now absolutely defense- less, which makes it imperative that an air base be established there and well manned.” Referring to the millions of dollars spent for military defense in the Hawailan islands, Dimond said: “We have locked one doorway against aggression but have left the other, which would be the main entrance in case of war upon the Pacific, wide open and un- guarded. An enemy operating from Hawaii would be 3,200 miles from continental United States but he would be only 1,400 miles away if he operated from the Alaskan har- bors.” I»uand vmswrn tip of the Aleu- tians, before a fleet starting at the same time from Seattle, Dimond says an air force stationed at Fairbanks would have to fly only 1,200 miles to protect the Terri- tory. Emphasizing hazardous flying conditions in the north, the Dele- gate described the rugged moun- tains, the vast expanses of tundra lands, the freezing cold of Arctic and sub-Arctic winter as ideal conditioners for army fliers. He included in the measure a plan for rotating all pilots to give them experience in the north. Hopes For New Equipment “Forced to combat the elements of our northland,” he said, “I am certain army fliers and designers would develop new equipment that would make their work easier and safer and at the same time rescue | Alaska from the dangers cf becom- Seen As Aid to Fliers Declaring that a fleet starting from the northern tip of Japan could cover the 1,800 miles to Attu ing the battleground of two na- tions if war between the United States and a Pacific power ever came” Alaska s Strategic Posuwn in Proper Plan of National Defense Declares Delegato . A stirring plea for national de- fense which was made by Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond in the House of Representatives on March 5, has been printed in the Con- gressional Record, a copy of which | was recently received in Juneau. The remarks were made in con- nection with the proposed plan of national defense which was re- cently the subject of much thought | by Congress. The Delegate showed | the need of fortifications and air bases in Alaska to insure against invasion by any foreign power in the Pacific, and he pointed out that any such invasion of the United States would more than likely be by Navy or Air Force over the Great Circle Route, ta- ken by steamships traveling from Seattle and San Francisco to the | Orient. Alaska Unprotected Delegate Dimond showed that an ilitate the poverty-strucken Vir- gin Islands. ‘This amazing scheme, together: with Mrs. Roosevelt's recent visit business?” “The Government in| invasion from that source ywould [the rum business?” not only leave Alaska at the mercy : So those who have not ceased of the invaders, but would allow (Continued on Page Three) ‘any foreign belligerent power to gain a foothold in North America within a short run from Conti- nental United States, and that bases for operations could be con- structed by the enemy, from which it might be impossible to oust him. He declared that under any adequate scheme of military de- fense “our air pilots ought to be trained in that sort of flying be- cause Alaska may be the theatre of war in the future.” Continuing, he said, “Some may say, ‘We don’t care what happens to Alaska, let the foe take it. That might be all right for the people in Continental United States, but did you ever consider the position the United States would be in if a strong and hostile power got possession of the Terri- tory of Alaska? Then you would have a potential enemy within a |few miles of Seattle and San Francisco. Danger In West “So far as the United States is concerned, the theatre of discon- (Continued on Page Two) THREE FLIERS MAKE FLIGHTS OVER ICE SEA Marooned Men Are Being Picked Up and Taken to Cape Van Karen WORK PROGRESSING BOTH DAY AND NIGHT Prof. Sehmitz bs Believed Among Those Saved— May Go to Alaska BULLETIN — MOSCOW, April 11.—Other flights to the Arctic ice floes today brought the rescued to 62, including Prof. Schmitz, who will probably be taken to Nome from Cape Van Karen. He was ordered aboard a plane despite protests. He is ill with bronchial ailment but wanted ta be the last one taken out. " Only 21 persons now re- main on the ice flog. OFF EARLY TODAY MOSCOW, ~pril 11.—Thiz- ty-three of the 89 marooned Russians on an Arectic ice floe have been rescued by Rus- sian airmen and early today planes rushed for the rescue of the remaining castaways. The Russian fliers making the rescues are Pilots Kam- ing, Molokov and Slepnoff. Pilot Slepnoff picked up el- even of the marooned Rus- sians last night. Three separate planes are being used by the fliers. Those rescued have been tak- en to Cape Van Karen. There is a probability that Prof. Schmitz, head of the expedition, is among those rescued. This is seen in earlier radio dispatches which sald he has contracted an illness resembling pneumonia. Lat- er advices said he will be flown to Nome or Fairbanks for treat- ment should the iliness prove to be serious. None of the rescued have been identified, nowever RECOVERY TAX SUGGESTION IS NOW OPPOSED Ten Per Cent Additional Levy on Income Tax Re- turns Meets Resentment WASHINGTON, April 11.—Sen- ator Cousen's suggestion for a one year recovery tax has hit against strong opposition. » The Michigan Senator suggest- ed placing an addition of ten per- cent levy on all individual income tax returns but it now appears | there is a distinet change in pros- pects for the enactment of Couz- ens' suggestion. — e — Operatiofi Proves Fatal to Noted English Actor LONDON, April 11.—Sir Gerald Du, Maurier, noted actor, is dead hereallowing an operation for an | internal disorder.