The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 19, 1934, Page 1

4 et e s s e e e A o o A AN THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” NO. 6706. VOL. XLIV., JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FRISCO’S LABOR WALKOUT CALLED OFF MAKING TEST O NORTH DAKOTA SPLIT BETWEEN 2 EXECUTIVES, Wholesale I—m_peachmenls Predicted by Legislature Which Is to Meet BULLETIN BISMARCK, July 19.—Lieut. Gov. Olson took phytical posseszion of the Gov- crnor’s coffice this forenosn without incident. Beginning cf a becom for Mrs. William A. Langer as a substi- tutz candidatc for her hucband iz forccast by pclitical lcaders. BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 10.—~Wholesale impgachment pro- ceedings are threatened and these will throw North Dakota farther into a political chaos as the two claimants for the Governorship bat- tled for control of the State Gov- eament, Lt. Gov. Ole Olson has been lnmcd Acting Governor . by the tates Supreme Court and occupies trategic seat. Legislature May Meet On the other hand, the State Legislature is preparing to meet at the call of the man it recognizes, William A. Langer, convicted of a felony and deposed after the coufl. trial. It is sald thousands of farmers are headed for the Capital City determined to support Langer in whatever action be may demand. Guardsmen maintained duty throughout the night. Impeachments Loom Observers believe the Legislature will vote wholesale impeachments of State officials possibly including the members of the State Supreme the Border Queen lone Marcus, 16-yea Ariz., girl was select Ican Legion to represent the borde! area in the annual Arizona beaut: sontest. (Associated Press Photo) Court who ousted Langer and ord- ered him to deliver to Olson the “office of Governor and all State documents.” Langer continued today to claim to be legal Governor and informed the Legislators to disregard any orders from Olson. Olson had revoked the Langer call for a special session but it appears his mandate has been dis- regarded. GOMMITTEE IS AUGMENTED T0 GREET SAILORS Eight Members Added by Chamber to Perfect En- tertainment Program The augumentation of its enter- tainment committee by the addi- tion of eight assistants to E. M. Goddard, its Chairman, in order to complete plans for the local wel- come to visiting personnel of Navy submarines next week, and Navy and Army planes the following week, was announced today by President C. T. Gardner of the Chamber of Commerce at today's meeting of that organization. The lodges of the city are co- operating finely with the Chamber, Mr. Goddard reported, and Mayor Goldstein said the city authori- ties would decorate the town with bunting and flags if weather con- ditions do mnot make that impos- sible. Must Raise Funds ‘The program will be put on an organized basis, Mr. Goddard said, (Continued on Page Two) Herd of Cattle Being Shipped To Alaska Point TACOMA, Wash., July 19.— MINING LOANS WILL BE MADE BY GOVERNMENT nounced Through RFC —Plans Outlined WASHINGTON, July 19.—A point of paramount interest to the min- ing industry, especially those cor- porations, partnerships and indi- viduals planning to apply for RFC loans—the question of restrictions under the new Federal —set-up— was greatly clarified by Congress- man James Scrugham, of Nevada, during a conference here with Charles H. Segerstrom, Vice-Presi- dent of the Gold Mining Associa- tion of America. Scrogham, whose amendment to the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration Act provides for the grant- ing of loans upon adequate secur- ity, based upon mineral acreage to recognized and established min- ials draft regulations and restric- tions governing mining loans. Advice Accepted As sponsor of the amendment, which was passed by Congress late in May, Congressman Scrugham’s expert advice and interpretation of limitations regarding mining loans as a result of his efforts a liberal policy will be adopted in consider- ing mining loans. “On the basis of the conditions made public by the RFC for grant- ing loans to industry,” Mr. Seger- strom said following his meeting with Scrugham, “it is obvious that these new lending powers of the Federal organization will not be used for the indiscriminate pump- ing out of money. The require- ments are so rigid that it is doubt- ed if a great volume of loans to industrial- projects will be made. ‘‘However,” Segerstrom said, “Con- | gressman Scrugham has been able to collaborate with the RFC of- ficials upon a more liberal set of restrictions, which if adopted, will ease the present strict limitations whenever mining loans are con- sidered.” Maust Be First, according to the Scru- “(Contined on Page Seven) New Federal Set-up Is An-| ing agencies, returned to this city! ten days ago to assist RFC offic-| have been tentatively accepted by! the RFC, and it is reported that, [ TWELVE NAVY | AIRPLANES ON WAYTOALASKA Arrive at San Pablo Bay One Day Late — One Squadron Hops SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 19. —A day behind schedule on the San Diego to Alaska flight, on ac- count of bad weather, twelve Navy v'seaplanes settled in the walers of San Pablo Bay, north of here, late yesterday. The squadron VP-7 is expected {to resume the hop north today | followed tomorrow by the VP-9. | The group of planes will stop at Astoria, Secattle, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, Cordova, Seward, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor on the way north and Prince Ru- pert and Vancouver, British Co- umbia, southbound. If on scheduled time, the fleet should arrive in Juneau, Alaska, on August 1 and depart on August 6 OF FRENCHMEN MATGHESNALIS By JOHN EVANS Y| PARIS, July 19.—France has her ;'own civil “shadow army” trained and drilled, to match the marching | hosts of Nazi Geérmany. Marshal Petain, minister of war, says the French army “fears no !one,” and he praised the country for its ‘‘revival of the military spirit.” War talk, justified or not, has brought comparisons of strength, so Petain recently gave official figures of armed forces. 000 men in the reichswehr and the big masses of men who could be thrown into a conflict in short order. French Forces Scattcred France's army, on paper, is 600,~ 000 men, with two-fifths in the colonies. Germany, Petain said, has 500,- 1000 men in the reichsfehr and the i police, “real shock troops, extraor- dinarily well trained.” France's civil force is of two Isorl,s, huge trained reserves in her annual conscript classes, and thor- ocughly drilled political and patri- lotic bodies, accustomed to arms, numbering 430,000.° These latter organizations are. “Right” Groups Patriotic Youth 80,000 French Solidarity .. 60,000 Action FPrancaise 25,000, Croix de Feu . - 25,000 Miscellaneous 10,000 “Left” Groups | Socialist Youth .. 100,000 Communist “Front” 50,000 In addition there are 80,000 members of sports and athletic so- cieties belonging to the Union of Isociettes for Physical Education. | These societies, all told, have 450,- 000 members, but only 80,000 of them are said to be trained in handling arms. Germany, says Marshal Petain, |can add to her 500,000 army about 600,000 men in a week and “in an extremely short time” have a total of 2,800,000 men in the field. Conscripts Go In Reserve Frpuce gives no figures on her reserves. [Each year an average of about 250,000 men, trained by their one year's military service, are sent back to civil life. They remain in the reserve until they are 49 so that theoretically there may be called to colors 7,000,000 men who have been soldiers. Opinions differ as the number ‘| who would be found physically fit, but military experts agree in gen- eral that France could put in the field quite as many partly trained men as Germany in about the same time. Hitler's 2,800,000 men, they say, might be in better shape for marching, because of the steady drilling they get, but the French- men would have the benefit of their year's military training, War Planes "th Alaska Route Uncle Sam will find out what problems are attached to send- ing air forces frem the States to Eactc:n power, in a mass flight of ingten, D. C, Alaska in event of war with an f ten Army bombers from Wash- tc Fairbanks, Alaska. The flight was last night, according to Associated Press dispatches to The Empire, scheduled to start at midday teday. commissioned mechanics compose Fourteen officers and sixteen non- the personnel of the flight, under Lt. Col. Henry H. Arncld (inset) din the above picture. The rcute was last night changed from that in the above pic- ture and is scheduled to be from Wachington, D. C, to Dayten, to Winnipeg, to Regina, to Edmonton, to Prince George, Whitehorse and Fairbanks. The route may be changed on account of weather conditions. Returning te Fairbanks: thn), a stop enroute at Juncau. Fairbanks, regardless of whether t via Princc George and other cities Dbombers may go to.Seattle with A flight will be made to Juneau, from he planes go to Seattle or return as on the northbound flight. WORLD FLIGHT | 1S DELAYED BY | ENGINE BLAZE Good Will Tour Plane Is| Forced Down at Cleve- land for 3 Days CLEVELAND, O., July 19.—Fire| in one of the engines of the plane which started from Chicago Wed- nesday for a round the world flight a good will tour, forced the ship down here for repairs. The delay | in the flight will be about three days, mechanics said. Lt. Com. W. H. Alexander, of New York, former Chief mstructm-l of the United States Navy Squad-! ron at Pensaloca, Florida, is in| command of the ship. He is ac- companied by Lt. Com. John My- cliffe Isman, of New York; Major W. C. Brooks, of Lincoln, Nebras- ka, ‘as co-pilot; radio man, Capt. Arthur, Finch and flight mechanic, John Fitkalo. ' The route of the flight is across Alaska. —————— WHEELER WILL MEET BOURQUIN NEXT NOVEMBER Senator Erickson in Third Place — Results of Montana Primaries HELENA, Montana, July 19.— Three of the four members of the Montana Congressional delegation won renominations in Tuesday’s primaries. Senator John E. Erickson is run- ning in third place. He is a Democrat, Senator Burton K. Wheeler, also a Democrat, will be opposed by former Judge Bourquin, Republi- can, for the six-year term. Erickson is trailing J. E. Murray, of Butte, and Judge J. F. O'Con- nor., Winner of that race will meet Bcott Leavitt, of Great Falls, a Republican, in the run-off, FLOTILLA OF SUBS ARE ON WAY TO NORTH Fogit ‘Undersea. Bouts Stop at Ketchikan—Two Go to Wrangell SEATTLE, July 19.—Four Navy submarines and the mother ship Holland left to- day for Alaska. They will be met by two more submarines | from Tacoma. Four of the submarines are due at Ketchikan next Sat- urday for the first stop in TEN BOMBERS TAKE TO AIR, ‘ Washington Today—In ‘| Fairbanks Monday WASHINGTON, July 19. — Ten Martin bombers of the Alaska flight | squadron, United States Army Air %Ccrps. hopped off for Dayton, Ohio, | |at midday aska. Major General Benjamin Foulois, |Chief of the Air Corps, wished Lieut. Col. H. H. Arnold, Flight | Commander, good luck, saying: “Let us show the people of | Alaska, while a thousand miles |away from the parent country, only a few days intervene hetween | possible emergency and arrival of a | powerful air defense.” According to present flight plans the schedule calls for the squadron to arrive at Fairbanks next Mon- day. today enroute to Al- REACH DAYTON DAYTON, Ohio, July 19.—~The Army bombers have arrived and took off immediately for Min- neapolis enroute to Alaska. One bhomber had engine trouble and returned to Washington and will join the group at Minneapolis where an overnight stop will prob- ably be made. Commiander of Army Bombers May Be Able to Give Out Broadcast ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 19.— Willlam Wagner, Signal Corps technician, has left for Fairbanks 't,o install broadcasting equipment by means of which the Commander or the Army bombers may be able, through a nation-wide hook-up, to tell the nation of the flight. Later Wagner will go to Nome [to install talking equipment in- tended for use in commercial work. ‘NO DICTATORS' BRIT. CABINET, WARNS MOSLEY By HAROLD P.| BRAMAN LONDON, July 19. — ‘Downing Street has a new sign: “No Dic~ tators Wanted.” The sign, figuratively printed, ALASKA BOUND | Army Fllghl Begins from i She s Mlss Atlanta v Miss Olive Orr, 18, was crowned “Miss Atlanta of 1934” in a beauty, contest at that Georgia city. 8he is shown with the cup—and a check—which went with her victory mr a large field of entrants. (As- i Pos Bhlo) SITUATION AT SEATTLE NOT CLEARED YET Strikers Camp All Night at Pier Forty—Guards Are Vigilant SEATTLE, July 19. Strikers camped all night at Pier No. 40 and the situation this morning was tense. Guards awailed for any acts nt' violence. was a demonstration in Irom ot Police Headquarters when raids were made on Communist's quarters that resulted in many ar- rests. The demonstration was guick- ly broken up when reserves march- ed out with nightsticks ready to drop on heads of those who gob in the way. Among those arrested were James Alaska and two at Wrangell 'was erected by the joint efforts of | Archer connected with the Marine on Saturday with the mother ship. —_——————— PET MEASURES GET NO ACTION FROM CONGRES Evils of Old Practices Are cognized by Pres- ent Leaders By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, July 19. — The manper in which President Roose- velt threw into discard much of the legislation enacted in the rush of the closing hours of the Sev- enty-Third Congress may give im- petus to a Ilong-talked-of reform on Capitol Hill. Congressional leaders recognize the evil in the old practice of Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, and several of his Cab- inet as a result of the increasing prominence of the British Facist movement. MacDonald and the National ‘Government, by this action, focus- d official attention on Sir Os- wald Mosley and his black shirts for the first time. Riots Bring Recognition For many months the govern- ment declined to be drawn into public statements on Mosley and his followers. The policy was not to dignify the movement by offi- cial recognition. A series of incidents, however, changed that policy, and fascists have been jibing at the Cabinet for what is termed “sudden alarm.” Mosley has been having big meetings, some more or less pri- vate, and the communists and oth- er left groups have been making the most of the situation, Clashes have occurred at all pub- lic gatherings of this nature and the fighting has been increasingly bitter. The brawling brought about the government’s official acknowledg- Senators and Representatives at-!ment that a Pacist movement ex- tempting to jam through “pet” bills in the turmoil and confusion} which always accompanies the windup of a session. Thus far, however, they have been able to do little about it. Vice-President Garner attempted to halt the stampede in the Sen- late this year. Declaring it had ‘been his observation that bills were passed toward the end of a session which never should become law, he ists. 1In fact, once the Cabinet leaped into the fascist-Communist ’commversy. it made a good job of it. Tories Lead Attacks No less than eight ministers made speeches denouncing Mosley and his black shirts and some of the stronger language was used by | conservatives. | There have been many political observers who had termed the Mos- (Continued on Page Three) (Continued gn Page Seven) Workers Industrial Union, and a girl, Catherine Carter, believed to be a University of Washington stu- dent. - Mayor Knocked Down, Then Kicked to Death SCOTT CITY, Kansas, July 19.~Mayor C. W. Cleecker, of Scott City, was knocked down and kicked to death yesterday in an altercation with Joe West,, a plumber, over a plumb- ing permit. West has been jailed: Senator Robert F. Wagner, of No one in the parly was he was riding. the Chief of Police. Those riding in the ears ic halt, GENERAI. STRIKE ENDED BY ORDER BIG COMMITTEE All Union Men Out in Sym- pathy with Maritime Workers to Return ARBITRATION MOVE FINALLY WINS OUT Settlemenl of Longshore— men’s Strike Be Next Aim of Mediators BULLETIN—SAN FRAN- CISCO, Cal., July 19. — The General Strike Committee has voted to end the mass walk- out of union labor and ad- vised all unions on the sym- pathy strike to return to work immediately. The committee declared it would accept arbitration for | immediate termination of the walkout declaring it has done everything in its power to avert the catastrophe threat- ening the community, The committee, in calling off the walkout, pledged all resources for a successful | termination of the maritime strike. INVISIBLE FORCE A mighty invisible force tore industry from the shackles of union labor’s mass strike but twisted the weakened bonds that remain- ed officially. Trucks loaded with food rolled through the streets by the hundreds this forenoon as labor seemed to be relax- ing the general strike long before the committee’s action to end it was announced. Butchers, cooks and waiters, also ferry boatmen and others began drifting back to their jobs. It is said the committee began to see its 'power was slipping and at the crucial session voted to terminate the general strike. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson is ‘onuinued on Page Two) ——————— W alkout Costing San Francisco Big Sum Daily SAN 'FRANCISCO, Cal., July 19.—How many million dollars the three days of general strike has cost San Francisco is not officially estimated but a re- liable survey indicated a 65 per cent loss on account of the longshoremen’s strike alone. This one strike is costing the city one million dollars daily. Senator Wagner Has Narrow Escape from Bullets Fired inPortland’s Strike Zone PORTLAND, Oregen, July 19.—Bullets were fired yesterday on the waterfront strike investigation party, which included New York, and E. P. Marsh, Conciliator of the United States Department of Labor. struck but cne bullet lodged close to Marsh's head in the rear of the automobile in which The regular police arrested three special guards of the Municipal Terminal from which the party was leaving. They were questicned and then permitted to resume their duties by The guards arc paid by the employers and they said the cars of the investigation party failed to halt at their command for a check-out after inspecting the docks. uldlheyhendmem