The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 20, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7489 ]UNEAU ALASKA THURSDAY MAY 20 1937 * MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICETENCFNTS GOVERNOR TROY CONFIRMED BY SENATE FAIRBANKS IS URGING FLOOD CONTROL PLANS| Citizens Cheered as Flood Waters Fall — New Building Program FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 20.—/ Cheered by reports of subsiding| rivers, citizens renewed pleas for flood control projects and also an- Sued for SIOO 000 o DUKE WINDSOR PLANS T0 “60” FOR KINSFOLK To Fight Critics, Also to Bolster Power of Royal Family PARIS, May 20.—Persons close to the Duke of Windsor report that the former Monarch is determined The Army’s Stratosphere “Mystery Ship” Takes the Air PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENT 1S APPROVED Chief Executive of Terri- tory Will Be Serving Second Term in Office FIRST APPOINTED BY ROOSEVELT IN 1933 |to fight back at his English critics jand at the same time these same |sources said he will do all in his, t J |power to bolster the Royal Family’s | Alaska Development Pro- gram Has Been Advanced nounced a new building progam. The Fairbanks Chamber of Com- merce has adopted a resolution urg- ing Alaska Delegate Anthony J. v l¢ Springs at 5:45 yesterday afternoon ¥ 8'¥ view of the numerous appointments WATER IN 2 Dimond to press action on the Iloodi control program, and also to work for seouring of Federal grants for civil projects. R. E. Sheldon said the water never | reached the site of the proposed Army air base during the flood. } Building Projects Volney Richmond, head of the| Northern Commercial Company, said he will spend $30,000 on build- ing work. A $50,000 hotel is another pro- ject announced. The Tanana has dropped one foot in the past 24 hours. Pilot Joe Hawley, reporting fxom‘ Eagle, says the Yukon is over its| banks there. No word had been recelved up tol this morning regarding flood con- ditions at Fort Yukon. MANLEY HOT SPRINGS FLOODS | The ice broke at Manley Hot| and the entire town is flooded, ac-| cording to word to the U. 8. Weath~ er Bureau here. The ice broke in the Yukon at Tanana at 3 a. m. today. | ! K CAL RIVERS GOING DOWN Steady Drop Is Reported Although New Crest Is Expected i STOCKTON, Cal, May 20. — A steady drop in the heights of two flood swollen rivers, the Stanislaus, and San Joaquin, brought hope to- day of a partial crop salvage in this fertile area. Although a new crest is expected today, caused by melting snow, it is not believed further damage will be done. The crop damage is now estimated at nearly half a million dollars. Thirty two families are homeless, having been driven from residences on the lowlands. GEN, PERSHING | ILL IN LONDON Advised to Rest Prior to! Going to France and Many Appointments LONDON, May 20.—Gen. John J. Pershing, one of the United States representatives to the recent cor- onation ceremonies is indisposed fol- | lowing a strenuous coronation pro- gram, and failed to attend the farewell dinner of the Pilgrims Society last night. Although not seriously ill, Gen.} Pershing was advised to rest in! when he goes to France tomorrow. Hnllywnnd Strike Going to Spread . Independenmlm Studios Are Now Threatened with Walkout HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 20.— Extension of the Studio Crafts strike to 27 independent producers is set for midnight tonight unless a 100 percent union shop is grant- ed, Otherwise the 21-day-old walkout from the major studios remained today at a stalemate. | had alienated the affections of her Laura ‘Strittmatter ’ Beekitig $100,000 from Laura Strittmatter on charges that she | position in the British Government. The Duke is represented as saying |certain quarters are trying to re- duce the influence of his brother |successor but what course of action | {he plans is not announced. Close friends of the Duke said {he and his bride will be met on ’chox* honeymoon by several mem- bers of the British Royal Family. ‘The couple goes to Biarritz in an | automobile immediately following the wedding ceremony and there will be a reunion there. FEARS ARE EXPRESSED 'any effort on his part to carry out husband, Charles H. Cullinan, ‘HOLC auditor, Mrs. Hallie Culli~ nar testified at the Detroit trial that the defendant had held her husband a virtual prisoner and | ‘married him despite her knowl- edge that he was already mar- ried. Refuting this story, Miss Strittmatter claimed that Cullinan had told her he was dlvom ACCIDENTS DO . NOT STOP AIR FLYING IN US. Only ]emporary Let Down' Follows Disasters Like | Hindenburg Crash . ! The cou-| ‘ple will sail for Yugoslavia waters lon a yacht three days later where | they spent a vacation last summer. LONDON, May 20.—Friends of the‘ |Duke of Windsor express fears that, his determination to bolster influ- | ence of the Royal Family will back- | Recently completed for the Army Air Corps, the “mystery” twin- nngmed} monoplane with sealed cabin, is shown being put through its paces at| 44 SPIES SHOT BY SOVIETS IN SIBERIAN CITY fire with the gravest possibility of, |injury to the institution of Mon- archy itself. They said that the suggestion he might lead a fight mgamst the advisers to the King is ‘lanmuc 4 Col, mem Takes It Easy . OnAnniversary Flight from ‘ United States to Paris WEALD, England, May 20.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh studiously |avoided any fuss today in celebrat- By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, May 20.—Figures don’t always lie and they tell a tale of a what-the-hell atttitude on the part of American passengers that indicates the Hindenburg disaster won't suddenly cast a paf over all flying. Various airlines in the United States heaped up a record of dis- aster during the last winter and spring that well might have caused the plane riding public io sit down and think it over a while, but it didn’t. Department of Commerce figures)| show a steady gain in passenger traffic for the first three months' of this year in the face of crackups which knocked off a higher per- centage of the customers and crew than the German dirigible. | UP AND COMING | It is true that in the locality oti each accident there was a tempor- ary let down in the desire to take to the air and get there quickly. ‘While planes in the Rocky Moun- tains and points west were picking off a quota of passengers, traffic along the Pacific Coast went into a slump. Yet they were standing| in line in Miami and New York to fly up and down the Atlantic seaboard in the course of spending| some of the new cash made nvafl-; able by the oncoming boom. H Here's how the record stands to| \date: 1937 46,012 1936 44,061 | 41,330 January passengers. February 58,008 March 74,972 70,926 | The April ngures are not in yet| and the Department of Commerce expects some signs of a '.emporary setback in the Miami-New York| flylhg for April because of the crash March 25 at Clifton, Pa., in which 13 passengers were killed. But the national total was expect-! ed to show a gain, even though the gain might not ‘be so handsome as under happier circumstances. BURIED NEWS Tragic as was the burning of the Hindenburg, it served Germany a good. turn in another direction. The aerial attack on Guernica, historic ing the tenth anniversary of the historic flight from the United States to Paris. Col. Lindbergh puttered about the | T MOSCOW, May 20—~The Soviet Group Largest to Be Ex- ecuted in Several Years —In Japanese Service 'Ccmm\mlque today announced that |44 perscns have been convicted of Ecarrying out espionage and sabot- lage plots “according to orders from | the Japanese Secrett Service” were executed at Svobodny, in the Far East. ! The execution, of the largest group ' Does Nol Ce]eb rate His of oppositionists to be shot in many| years, was carried out May 8, im mediately following trial before th Military Collegium Supreme Cnurt The terse announcement of the exe- cution of the 44 victims, among| whom was one woman, was pub- lished in the newspaper Pacific Star,! at Kabarovik on the Manchukuo- Siberian border, 450 miles north of Vladivostok. —————— garden at his country home which' he calls his long .barn. A steady stream of congratulatory telegrams were received. He order- ed his telephone disconnected foi the day. it,” a friend quoted Lindbergh as saying. — e 18 PUPILS SAFE WHENBUS DRIVER' KILLED IN CRASH School ‘Bus Lepeis. B way with Load of Young Students — Rolls Over CLARKSTON, Wash, May 20— A. L. Fuller, 48, driving a school bus, was killed when eighteen young student passengers miracu- lously escaped serious injury, when the bus left the highway. near here today, and turned over several times. The youngsters, ranging in age from six to twelve years, climbed out of the overturned vehicle through smashed windows. Fuller, who was a garageman and member of the town council here, may have !had an heart attack. BOY SCOUT TROOPS TO VIEW PICTURES, MEETING TONIGHT Church basement and a feature of ithe evening will be the showing of wild life pictures by the Alaska Game Commission officials. Par- ents of the Scouts are invited to at- (Continued on Page Six) tend the session, “1 did it, why should I celebrate Fechner's Salary ' Director ofEC, Now En i Route to Alaska, Gets News in Washington ! WASHINGTON, May 20. {of CCC Director Robert Fechner from $12,000 to $10,000 annually. This was in an amendment to the| bill which would make the CCC permanent. The vote was 44 to 29. Administration leaders predicted the Senate will reverse the House action which voted to give the CCG| only two more years of life. Director Fechner is visiting the Grand Coulee Dam in the state of Washington today enroute to Al- aska. BULLETIN — Washington, May 20—The Senate late this afternoon voted 67 to 2 to make the CCC permanent after re- jecting by 42 to 26 the proposal that its life be extended only two years. The bill now goes back to the House. The Senate also fixed the basic pay of en- rollees at $30 a month. e — \RECLAMATION PROJECTS 0. K. WASHINGTON, May 20. — Thl‘ Jjects during the.next year. The amount includes 3130000(!0 for the Grand Coulee Dam in the State of Washington and 1,500,000 for the Roza project at Yakima, same state. and | Is Given Reduction ° — The| Senate has voted to cut the salary | PASSLS THE Federated Motion Picture Crafts’ Burbank, Cal. The ship, which can accommodate ten persons in its cabit is dengned to make traveling at a six-milé height possible. Pl( KET LINE Andy Devine, film comedian in costume for his role, is shown as he passed through the picket line at his studio in the strike of the unions in Hollywood. The pickets eyed him intently. Police stood by the picket line, but no incidents occurred. A strike of actors was averted by ureeman‘ of the ma- jority of the producers to a “guild shop.” e BRITISH NAVY "~ GIVEN REVIEW King, Queen and thlle | Princess Survey Em- pire’s Fighting Craft | PORTSMOUTH, England, May 20. |—King George today Inspected the might of His Majesty’s Navy of which he is now sovereign. ulxzabem surveyed 140 British war (craft arrayed for a gala review by Royslty FIRE SWEEPS MINE TOWN | Two Bladred Buildings | Destroyed—2,000 1 Are Homeless | MANILA, May 20.—Fire swept "nncontrolled through the gold min- |ing town of Parscale, 125 miles south of here last night and caused death |.o two, injured an undetermined mber, destroyed 200 buildings and ]lut 2,000 homeless. Ruffians are reported cngazed in looting. It was first reported scores had been tramped to death but this is to have A meeting of all Boy Séout troops|House has voted $39,731,600 in the denied by the correspondent of the will be held at 8 o'clogk tonight in|Interior Department’s appropriation Manila Bulletin, daily newspaper the Northern Light Presbyterian|pill for western reclamation pro-| ————— More than 30,000 different Kinds | with Mr. and Mrs. Wickersham here | of rubber articles are in general use, The King, Queen and Princess| NAZI DEMANDS ~ NO “INSULTS” Berlin Govemmen! Gives Instructions to New Ambassador BERLIN, May 20.—A ‘“vigorous and energetic” protest to the United States Government by Dr. Hans Dieckhoff, new German Ambassa- dor to Washington, is disclosed as the Nazi’s latest reaction to the anti-Hitler speech in Chicago by Cardinal Mundelin. The office of the Nazi spokesman said the new Ambassador has been instructed to stand for no “insults” to Chancellor Hitler, as given in the Cardinal’s speech. MRS. WICKERSHAM AND MRS.VOORMAN LEAVING \FOR VISIT IN STATES Going south for a visit with friends in Seattle until the early part of July, when she will return to her home here, Mrs. James Wickersham is to sail from Juneau this evening aboard the southbound motorship Northland. Mrs. Wickersham is to be accom- panied south by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Henry Voorman and Mrs. Voorman’s small son Daniel. Mrs. Voorman and her son are to con- tinue south to Los Angeles to spend the summer with relatives in that city. Mrs. Voorman has been staying since being forced to leave her AIR RAID ON BILBAO AREA IS REPORTED Three Hundred Thousand Basques Are Reported Seeking Refuge wxmoum,mwm- Under His Leadership WASHINGTON, May 20. — The Senate today confirmed the nom- ination of Gov. John W. Troy for reappointment as Governor of Al- aska. The Governor's name was presented to the Senate 10 days ago by President Roosevelt. Governor Troy will be serving his second term as Chief Executive of the Territory under the President’s appointment now approved by the U. S. Senate. He was first appoint- ed by President Roosevelt in 1933 and during his four years in office has been instrumental in further- ing a vast development program for the Territory, In cooperation with Delegate An- thony J. Dimond, the Governor has advanced the Alaska cause to the (point of getting substantial Federal sums for actual building of air- fields, roads, tralls and other aids to transportation in Alaska bolster- ing the sums which the Territory itself is expending to this end. Un- der the Governor's leadership Al- aska has found a warmer reception at Wi than surgent air raiders have sent the fore in its history. Increased in Basque population of 300,000 into|terest in the Territory has been a paniky search for refuge over the/ whole Bilbao front. This is ac cording to radio advices received here from British warships in the, Bay of Biscay. 1t is also claimed, but not verlfled that many ships on the Nervision River, which connects the city with the Bay of Biscay, have been wrecked by bombs. The British Government has warned British ships in the harbor, OVER C10 ISSUE to leave as soon as possible, The Basques, reinforced by the Santander troops, are fighting to recapture Mount Gondramendi, ten miles away from Bilbao which was taken by the Insurgents ye.!urdny with heavy casualties. ed fighting with the Insurgents ad-| vancing on a suburb of the ecity, nine miles southeast of Bilbao. WITHDRAWAL OF COURT PROGRAM Senalorial_Advisers to President Ask Him to Change Policy WASHINGTON, May 20—Presi- dent Roosevelt's closest Senatorial adyisors are urging him to with- draw his court bill or restrict it to two additional Justices for the Su- preme Court. The advisors argue that the bill is no longer needed because of the Supreme Court con- struing the Constitution more broadly, and also because of Asso- ciate Justice Van Devanter’s re- tirement. The President gave no public in- dication he will yield to the request and several Senators predicted he will stand firm until the court de- cides on the constitutionality of Social Security. Senate discussion centered today on the possibility that Senator Jos- eph Robinson, Senate floor leader, may be appointed to the Supreme Court. Senator McNary said every Republican would go on record in case of Robinson’s appointment. LR P g T STRIKE DETROIT, Mich, May 20. — A strike which started early this fore- noon shut down the Plymouth plant. Trouble was quickly settled, how- ever and the men resumed work. in the United Statés, the manu- home in Barcelona, Spain, by theleged activities of company agents facture of which gives direct em-! (ployment to 150,000 workers. outbreak of the¢ Spanish Civil War Jlast year, passing out literature in favor of a company union. An Italian tank column is report-| IS BEING URGED The strike was in protest to al-| !shown by government officials from the President on down through the vamous offices with the result that an Alaska-conscious attitude pre- vAfls thxouchout the nation. STEEL WORKERS CASTING BALLOT Bethlehem Steel Threaten- ed—Light Service Crip- pled in Michigan : (By Associated Press) i Employees of the Jones-Laughlin | Steel Corporation plants in Pitts- ;burgh and Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, wnre casting ballots to determine | whether they desire CIO to repre- |sent them. The election is the larg- |est thus far supervised by the La- bor Relations Board and is open to 27,000 workers. { It is sald the Bethlehem Stesl | corporation is now threatened with a strike. Employees of the Consumers |Power Company at Saginaw, Mich- {igan, have struck and caused sus- pension of the service in Bay City, Flint, S8aginaw and 190 smaller com= munities. TRUCE 18 REACHED SAGINAW, Michigan, May 20. — Normal electric service was restored this afternoon in thirteen counties after striking employees and the Consumers Power Company reached a truce providing immediate nego- tiations of their differences. e ee——— NEW X-RAY MACHINE A new portable X-ray machine, {purchased by the Alaska Tubercu- losis Association, has been received by the Territorial Department of Health for work in connection with the Department’s tuberculosis pro- gram, | Father of Two, After 94th Birthday, Dies who became a father twice after passing his 94th birthday, which fully authenticated a story pub- lished in the Journal of the Medical Association, is dead at the age of 97, His second wife, 29, and their two children, as well as several of the 16 children by his first wife, were at the bedside of the Confederate veteran. mjr'