The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1934, Page 1

L] ’ * 14 ‘ across THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIV., NO. 6718. DEATH TA * * - * * » * * * * »JUNFAU, ALASKA, THURSPAY, AUGUST 2, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PAUL VON HINDENBURG * * * * * * * £ v i g » * * * * * * ADOLPH HITLER ASSUMES PRESIDENCY ALASKA CRUIS IS REAL EVENT, JOHNSON SAYS Present Expedition Will Long Be Remembered, Admiral Tells Chamber “When our Alaska cruise is over and we are back at our base, we can all look back to it as one of the most interesting and delightful that we have ever made,” Admiral Alfred W. Johnsomy Commander of the Navy Air Aircraft Base Force accompany the unsl expedition now in this port. He ‘and his staff were guests of the Chamber of Commerce at - its weekly noon luncheon at Bailey's Cafe today. Admiral Johnson and his fellow officers were formally welcomed for the Chamber by Charles W. Hawkesworth, member of the Ex- ecutive Board. Briefly he ex- pressed the pleasure it gave Juneau to be host to the expedition, de- claring it “thrills us as Amegicans to see your planes and ships in our Channel.” Happy to Be in Alaska Expressing appreciation for him- self and hi§ command at the wel- ccme given to them, Admiral John- con said: “We are happy to be in Alaska. When plans were made last August, no announcement made during the past few years aroused greater enthusiasm’ among both officers and men than. that which revealed the Alaska trip. Few of us had ever been here. We had heard much of the wonderful scenery, your interesting industries and hospitable people. So, we were all eager to come. “When the cruise is over and we are back at our base, we can all look back to it as one of the most interesting and delightful we have ever made.” He expressed his appreciation of the courtesies shown by everyone from the Governor down. “It is what we expected from you whose hospitality is so famed.” He pre- dicted that such visits by the Navy would be more frequent and said he hoped then Alaskans would not feel it encumhbent on them to be lavish with entertainment, which was bound to be expensive. Finds Us Open-Minded The most impressive thing to him was the open-minded, air- minded, Army and Navy-minded views of Alaska. “I have never seen it stronger anywhere I have been,” he satd. He credited this to Alaska's inti- mate connections with bothbranch- es of the Government's armed forces. “Long before most of us were born Admiral Leslie A. Beards- sley administered Alaska from Sit- ka,” and since his time both the Navy and Army have performed useful functions in the Territory. He concluded by extending a cor- dial invitation to .everyone to visit Navy ships in any port they hap- peiied to be anchored. “I assure you we will try to make you feel at home.” Guests of the Chamber included: Rear Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, Commander of the Aircraft Base Force; Capt. J. H. Hoover, Chief of Staff; Capt. A. C. Read, who was the first man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, piloting the N-C 4 in 1919, now commanding the Wright; Capt. E. R. Wilson, Supply Officer; Commander H. C. Wick, Executive Officer of the Wright; Lieut. Commander J. M. Shoemaker, Patrol Wing Com- mander; Lieut. Commander R. Ir- vine, Commander of Squadron VP- 7; Lieut. Commander H. T. Stanley, Commander of Squadron VP-9; Lieut. L. B. Blodgett, Commander of the Avocet; Lieut. J. Perry, Aide and Flag Secretary; Lieut. (j.g. R. B. Pirie, Aide and Flag Lieu- tenant. —————— HARRY RACE AND BROTHER DR, W. P. RACE, LEAVE ON . 8.S. YUKON FOR KETCHIKAN Harry Race, proprietor of Race's Drug Store here, and his brother, Dr. W. P. Race, of Seattle who has been visiting him, took passage on the steamer Yukon for the for- mer’s home in Ketchikan, Corporal Takes Place of Field Marshal BERLIN, Aug. 2—The Field Marshal is dead. A Corporal takes his place. Hindenburg commanded Ger- many’s armies of seven mil- lion men during the World the new President, was a lance corporal .and led a squad of four including him- self. e, RECEPTION IN HONOR OF NAVY OFFICERS HERE Admiral A. W. Johnson, Other Visiting Officers Be Guests at Function | Admiral A. W. Johnson, mem- bers of his staff and other visiting officers of the United States Navy planes and ships now in Gastineau Channel will be honor guests of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce | this evening at a public reception and dance to be held at the Scot- tish Rite Temple beginning at 10 o'clock. The residents of Juneau and Channel communities are in- vited to attend and meet the vis- itors. Music for the™ occasion’ will“be)’ furnished by the U. S. 8. Wright orchestra which is reported to be one of the finest in the U. 8. Navy and punch will be served by mem- bers of the Rainbow Girls. Every- thing possible to make the affair hospitable and enjoyable is being done by the committee of the | Chamber of Commerce, and it is assured that there will be a large attendance Enlisted Men Dance The Mandarin Ball Room will be the scene of another delightful affair for the visiting enlisted men this evening. These dances have proved most popular both with the Juneau young people and the visit- ors with excellent music, a good floor and an atmosphere of in- formal hospitality provided by the hostesses and chaperones from the Juneau Women's clubs. Tomorrow Evening ‘With the exception of a U. 8. 8. ‘Wright band concert downtown from 5:45 o'clock until 6:15 o'clock and the baseball game, following, tomorrow evening will be given up by the local entertainment com- mittee to the City of Douglas whih is entertaining the visitors with a large reception and dance. The Wright band will go to the Island city and give a cancert there during the evening preceding the dance. Great preparations have been made in Douglas for taking care of the visitors both at the public affair and house parties. A.-J. Mill Visits Popular Visits to the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company mill, made possi- ble through the courtesy of L. H. Metzgar, General Superintendent of the A. J. have proved most in- teresting and popular both with officers and men of tht planes and | ships. Parties have been sent reg- ularly from the Wright to the Alaska Juneau float to be con- ducted through the large reduc- tion plant by courteous employees | who explain the interesting details! of the complicated system to the naval men. ‘With favorable weather to aGd to the pleasure of hiking, a large number of Navy men have taken | hikes in the vicinity of the city, climbed the trails and mountains, (Continued on Page Threé) | 26 PROMINENT MEN INDICTED DETROIT, Aug. 2—The Federal Grand Jury has returned true bills against 28 men, including| some of Detroit’s leading bank CORNERSTONE OF PIONEERS’ HOME IS LAID TODAY ssitior. and Olhier. O ials Participate in Cere- monies at Sitka With fitting ceremony and in the presence of the entire com- munity, including residents who are soon to occupy it, the cornerstone of the new Pioneers' Home was laid at Sitka at 2 p.n. today. Attorney General James S. Truitt, member of ‘the Building Commission, .and Gov. Troy were among the speak- ers, the former making the main address. Including the Territory’s sharc of the cost of the building, the Territory since 1913 has .appro- priated and expended for the bene- {it of its pioneers the sum of $1,- 245265, exclusive of housing charges, Mr. Truitt declargd. The Governor stressed the pride Alas- kans take in the thought given to the case of the “trail blazers” of the Territory. Leave at Noon Members of the Commission left at noon in an Alaska Southern Airways plane and were followed shortly afterward by Gov. Troy and Jacob Baker, Assistant FERA Ad- ministrator, in another ASA plane. All except Mr. Baker are due back here late this afternoon. Mr. JBaker—will continue by planeé to Ketchikan where he will board th} steamer Yukon for Seattle. Land of Today Alaska, declared Mr. Truitt, “is| not a land of tradition, or a land | of tomorrow. It has been vindicat- ed. It is a land of today, a land of unlimited possibilities. “Time, like an ever -rolling stream, bears all its sons away, and a lapse of 40 years sweeps off a whole generation and more. After their 40 years of wandering in the wildernes, when the children of Israel came again to be number- ed on the plains of Moab, Caleb and Joshua alone survived of all that vast army who had escaped out of the House of Egyptian bond- age; and, so, of that Army of Prospectors and Pioneers that came to Alaska, on and prior to the dawn of the present century, there are still a few remaining — men and women who, on comihg to Alaska, then a country of which there was but little known, burned their bridges behind them, and have since remained in this pro- verbial land of ‘magnficent dis- tamces’ They have weathered the | starms in Arctic and sub-Arctic climes and blazed the trails that we have since followed, and are following. To them we owe a debt of gratitude. “At the first session of the Ter- | ritorial Legislature, holden in the City of Juneau during the months of March and April, 1913, the mem- bers of that body, collectively and individually, felt the need of a Home, where Alaska’s aged pioneers and prospectors, whose day’s work PRESIDENTIAL CRUISER NOW ON COLUMBIA Roosevelt to Reach Port- land Tomorrow Noon— Speak at Bonneville ASTORIA, Oregon., Aug. 2.—The Cruiser Houston, bearing President Roosevelt was three miles west| of the Columbia River lightship at 11:40 o'clock this morning with its convoy cruiser. The big guns at Fort Stevens were to roar the Presidential salute as the cruiser crossed the bar into the river. President Roosevelt is to con- tinue on to Portland for landing at directors or officers during the de- pression years as a result of Mich- igan’s financial debacle of last lmr. noon tomorrow, and depart an hour later for Bonneville Dam. where he will make his first ad- /dress after landing. Is Gprman_ Chief \ EUROPE CALM OVER NEWS OF GREAT EVENTS, Apprehension Is Felt in London—High French Official Speaks Out LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Associat- ed Press, according to special dis- patches, says Italy received the| news of von Hindenburg’s death and the ascension of Hitler to the Presidency calmly. France sent condolences to Ger- many on the death of the Presi- dent. The German situation is regard- ed by French officials as dhnger- ous. ; Vienna continued the campaign against the Nazis and kept an at- tentive ear towards Germany. Sincere grief and considerable apprehension is felt in London. A dispatch from Paris quotes a high French official as saying, “We face Hitler now instead of Ger- many. Von Hindenburg was a| brake on Nazi violence and a touc of conservatism on Hitler's rule. Now Hitler will reign supreme.” SYMPATHY TELEGRAM DOORN ,The Netherlands, Aug. 2—The former Kaiser has sent a telegram of sympathy to Col. Oscar von Hindenburg, referring to his father as the “immortal hero of the battle of Tannenberg.” - SEVEN PRESENT AT STAG' DINNER PARTY Bert McDowell and Raymond Kopstead had five guests at a stag dinner held in their apart- ment at the Jensen Apartments| last evening. Guests were Cyril Steers and Arthur Steers, from Ketchikan, and John Ritter, Gene Ruotsala and Don Barrett. ——e—— Courtesy Copies, The Empire, Given To Navy Visitors Through the courtesy of The Empire Printing Company, 300 copies of The Daily Alaska Em- pire are sent to the visiting ships, U. 8. S. Wright and U. 8. S. Avocet, daily, bringing the news of the world and Juneau, and the advertisements of Ju- neau merchants to the visiting men. Throughout the stay of the cubmarine division this same routine was followed. Many expressions of thanks from officers and men have been received by The Empire for this courtesy. :\ |was officially made, Chan- cellor Hitler assumed the|’ 9 OFFICES ARE | TAKEN OVER BY ' CHIEF OF NALZIS Announcement Made Over ‘Radio that Chancellor ! and President Merged CABINET MEETS IN | A GUARDED SESSION Old Law of 1932 Is Re- voked at Special Session —Anniversary Event BERLIN, Aug. 2. — Adolf Hitler became master of all Germany today upon the death of Paul von burg. s Shortly after word was re- ceived of the President’s death, and the announcement Presidency. Hitler immediately called his Cabinet in a guarded session. The Cabinet immediately adopted Hinden- | “Grand old a decree revoking the law of 1932 undér which the President of the “upreme Court would become in- terim President after the Presi- dent’s' death. Paul Goebell, Propoganda Min- ister, rushed to the microphone and announced to the nation that the two offices of Chancellor and President “have been merged.” Adolf Hitler thus assumed abso- {lute power over the third Reich. | Germany went into mourning for | the dead ‘ident on the twen- llm.h anniversary of it conscription ‘or troops for the World War. | A State funeral for von Hin- {denburg will be held Sunday. In General Mourning The Cabinet admonished all Ger- | man people to go into general |mourning. Flags are to fly half |staff from all public buildings and |schools and at half mast on ships. Amusement places and other pub- lic entertainment are closed. Cabinet Decree The Cabinet decree, under which |Hitler assumed the Presidency, says: “The office of Reich Presi- dent is united with that of the Reich Chancellor. In consequence thereof, powers heretofore exercised by the Reich President are trans- {ferred to Der Fuehrer and Vice- Chancellor von Papen. Hitler de- termines who shall be his deputy.” HITLER'S CONDOLENCES BERLIN, Aug. 2—Adolf Hitler “{sent a telegram of condolence to Col. von Hindenburg and recalled the fact that he was one of the last persons to see the late Presi- dent alive yesterday when they shook hands. ABSOLUTE DICTATOR BERLIN, Aug. 2.—Adolf Hitler made himself absolute and unques- tioned dictator by a virtual coup {d'etat, becoming both President and Chancellor and calling for re- ceiving from the Heimwehr, the standing army, oath of allegiance |to him personally. Hindenburg will be buried in Tannenberg, the family having sur- rendered the body to the Govern- ment for services on Tuesday, not Sunday as previously announced, 3 PASSENGERS ABOARD RUPERT FOR THIS PORT Canadian National steamer Prince Rupert is scheduled to arrive in port at 6:30 o'clock this evening |from the south. The steamer has many tourists aboard, also the fol- lowing passengers booked for Ju- neau: Clyde: E. Chase, Mary A. Stubbs, Ethel Miller, M un” Passos President von Hindenburg Rock-Like Bul wark of “U mted Fatherland” Di ies at Neudeck; End Comes at Country Home FORMER WAR LORD DID NOT No Love Lost Between ex- Kaiser and Old Field Marshal, Says Kinsman There has been much gossip about personal friction between von Hindenburg and the ex-Kaiser. A kinsman, Herbert von Hinden- burg, in an article, admitted that there was little love lost between the former War Lord and the people’s idol. The old field marshal spoke his mind in plain language which did not always please the “all highest,” but he never shirked responsibility. An example of this was his dis- patch to President Ebert: “The signing of the Peace Treaty gives me ocasion for declaring that I since August 29, 1916, and also that all proclamations and orders of his Majesty, the Emperor and King, concerning the waging of warfare, | were isued upon my advice and! upon my responsibility. I beg you, therefore, to inform the German people and the Allied governments ! of this declaxauon" NO THOUGHT OF NEW WAR IN HIS MIND ‘When von Hindenburg was elect- ed President of the German Re- public, dire predictions were made that Germany would again prepare to make war. As to the charge of warlike in- ! tentions, he told the newspapermen in a touching, fatherly tone of the horrors he had witnessed during the World War, and how, at the end of an eventful life, there wa: no thought further removed from him than that of sanctioning or preparing for a new war. e MRS. IKE TAYLOR BETLK\'S Mrs. Tke P. Taylor returned on the steamer Yukon from a visit with her mother, Mrs. Fred Lewis, in Fairbanks. to the Interior by airplane, LIKE WILHELM (By A'sm'hlcd Press) Paul von Hindenburg, to (x(‘mansl “Der Alte” or “grand old man,” |was to the rest of the world a | rock-like bulwark of German union land a force for stability when the post-war republic tottered on the | brink of civil war and dismember- ment. Emerging from retirement after | | @ military career that spanned | FIELD MARSHAL OF GERMANY IS CALLED BEYOND Man Who Fought in Every |" Hell of War Dies Quiet- ly in His Castle MIND IS CLEAR UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE END {Lowered Flag Gives News to World—Germany To- day Under Pall of Gloom NEUDECK, Germany, Aug. 2.(—Copyright by the Asso- ciated Press, 1934) — Paul ivon Hingenburg, Germany’s | great Field Marshal, died at |9 o’clock this morning. To the man who fought in | his eighty-six years of life | through every Hell of War, | death came quietly in the — | big castle on the hill of his | estate. At the bedside of the German President were four State physi- jcians and his son, Col. Oscar von Hindenburg, two daughters, Frau Irimade von Brockhusen and Frau Marie von Benta. Infirmities of old age and a | prostate gland disorder brought dealh. but all Germany was aston- ished that the strong old heart could stand out against complica- tions for so long. Mind Remains Clear The Field Marshal's mind re- mained clear until just before the end. After suffering for weeks, Hin- denburg died peacefully, without pain. As he entered the last sleep 'more than an ordinary life umo‘nm—c was an expression of great and included two of the great wars |contentment on his rugged face. of history, he undertook the duties |Shortly before he died he lifted of President of the Reich when ne |his hands in prayer and in death &) Changes Mark Terms was responsible for the decisions | and acts of Great Headquarters! Mrs. Taylor went|. was nearing the age of 78, vnud‘ his full term of seven years an then won re-election in April, 1932, for a second term. Greeted first as a forerunner of restoration of the monarchy, he proved a staunch constitutionalist, did his utmost to preserve a par- liamentary government and accept- ed the virtual dictatorship of Adoif | Hitler in 1933 only when the Ger- man people voted for Centraliza- tion of power. His two terms saw the decline |0f the Social Democrats who, led | by Friederich Ebert, first Prcsident,i iset up ‘the republic under the | Weimer constitution; the rise and decline of the Centrists under the late Gustav Stresemann and Hein- rich Bruening, and the beiling up of nationalism from which emerged ithe Nazis of Hitler. They were | years of agitation, of fierce clashes ;between trained fighting units of |the various political parties, of jBovernment by decree, of frequent 1elecnom as Cabinet after Cabinet : fell. | Germany, burdened by World War |reparations, groaning under an in- creasingly load of taxation and then sorely stricken by the world-wide economic ¢ of 1929~ 133, swerved several times toward jchaos, But the iron-willed octo- genarian who held the Presidency, applied the discipline, adaptability and fathe ponsibility that had |made him beloved by the nation tin World War days, and, his con- temporaries testified, did more than any other one individual to hold together the nation of 63,- 000,000, The ¢t th Febr tical. e months beginning ary, 1931, were especially At the start it was pro- wi c posed to make von Hindenburg President for life, but the aged | executive put it aside. Contending | political factions kept the country (in a ferment and at one stage von Hmd('nbmg was ready to resign. A Bruening, Catholic centrist, was | Chancellor and in October the | President demanded that he re- |organize the government on right- |ist lines. Von Hindenburg had his first talk with Hitler at this time i (Couu -ued on Page Twoy they remained folded. Attaches lowered the blue and white Hindenburg flag at the es- tate as the first intimation to the world the “Sturdy Oak” had with- ered. The news placed a pall of silence over Gerrmany. Villagers stood dumb, so great was their sorrow. The President is also survived by ten grandchildren, two great grandchildren. CRITICAL POINT IS REACHED IN GERMAN EVENTS BERLIN, Aug. 2—The death of President Paul von Hindenburg came at a moest critical point in the history of Nazi Germany, close- ly following Hitler's purge of the revolutionary elements and the vio- lently disturbed political situation, then the upheaval in Austria which = |is linked with German Nazis. The big question now confronting Germany is the road the Nazi dictator will take toward a selu- tion of the pressing problems, each extrmely important in themselves. The important issues are those pertaining to finance, religion, army and foreign exchange. Balance Wheel Gone Whatever happens now that the balance wheel, von Hindenburg, has gone, observers agree must necessarily involve consideration of the Left and Right courses. Some observers, believe, however, that the President's death will mean a growing Nazi conserVatism. Political Will Another major question involves the “political will.” Hindenburg is believed to have left it and it is reported that von Papen, accord- ing to the “will” is his successor but von Papen has just been named special envoy to Austria. Chancellor Hitler is expected to. deliver the oration at' the funeral of von Hindenburg.