The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1937, Page 1

= wm—— e - ~ v THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LL, NO. 7653. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS JAPAN RETURNS SEIZED U. 5. LAUNCH * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - * - * * * * » » * - Flags Also Handed Back With Apology “Secret Harbor” on Alaskan Island Now Interesting Navy Department;May Be Fortified Strategic Position Is Only 600 Miles from Northernmost Japanese Isle; 1,500 Miles from Tokyo; 3,000 Miles from Hawaii and 6,000 Miles from Seattle By PRESTON GROVER | Through ail the 14-year life of WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—One of the Washington naval treaty the | the things most insisted upon by the |government abstained from doing Japanese before they would sign the anything for the improvement of 1922 naval limitations treaty was | Kiska harbor, out on the end of the was that the United States should string of Alaskan Islands, but the| agree not to fortify any of the Al-|Navy Department is becoming in-| askan islands. terested. | A couple of years back Japan The reason is: gave notice that it would not longer Kiska is only 600 miles from the | adhere {0 the treaty because it was northernmost Japanese island and | outrageous to compel a first-line only 1,500 miles from Tokyo. That sea-going power, like Japan to sub- was the reason the Japanese did not mit to a 5-5-3 ratio in naval strength want it fortified. when England and the United tSates were the 5-5 ani Japan was the -3. England and the United States A NAVAL PROBLEM agreed to limp along with the treaty The Navy Department insists no-| for awhile, after greatly modifying thing is being done about putting it, but any part of it applying to guns or other defenses in the har- Japan was out, sn that freed this bor but during the past two years rnment to do what it would the Navy has sent a cruiser into with Alaskan Islands. that vicinity to take a party of wea- | If you will glance at your map or ther observers made up from the remember your childhood geogra- Department and from the Weather you will recall the long “fin- Bureau. Only recently the cruiser of a peninsula that extends Portland returned from taking this $oow gov from Alaska out into the north Pa- year's party. |4 cific. And on beyond that finger The tremendous strategic value of | is a string of islands that reaches Kiska in event of war with Japan, several hundred miles further. is evident even to the unwarlike L e eye. Seattle is 6,000 miles from OUR. ‘CLOSED’ HARBORS Tokyo. A naval base at Kiska would Almost on the extreme end of be something else again. that string of islands is a fairly large The Navy can not officially talk one known as Kiska and in it is a about offensive uses of the island, secret harbor. but it points out its defensive value In all its varied possessions, the Kiska is only a short distance north | United States has only five of these Of the “Great Circle” route to the secret harbors, which are known Orient. Any foreign fleet heading to navigators as “closed” harbors. for American shores by the “Circle” The others are at Guantanamo Bay, wWould come within range of the Cuba (retained by treaty); Great bombing planes from Kiska. | Harbor, Culebra, adjacent to the In next year’s naval problem ini Panama Canal, Subic Bay in the the Pacific, Kiska is one of the key Philippines, also retained by agree- points in the “defense line.” The ment, even when the islands be- line extends southward 3,000 miles come independent, and Pear] Har- to Hawaii, then southwestward 2,000 bor, Hawaii. No foreign ship of miles to Samoa. The problem :To any kind may enter a “closed” har- stop the enemy fleet attempting to bor, even in time of extreme emer- Pass this “line” to get at our west gency. coast. Another Bil Aimed Against Japan Fishers CROP CONTROL BILL IS WANTED, BUT WORKABLE {Delegate Dimond Intro- duces New Measure Pro- Agriculture Department Of- MATRIMONIAL SWIM NOW 19, holder of mere than a score of women’s swimming records, recently an- nounced she will marry William | Starr, Daytona Beach, Fla., ad- vertising man. The wedding will Katherine Rawls, take place within “several weeks,” Mrs. William Jennings Bryan Rawls, the star’s mether, | told reporters. Katherine will | continue her swimming career, Mrs. Rawls added. | CHARGES FILED | AGAINST FORD £0, ST. LOUIS National Labor Relations Board Sets Hearing December 16 ST. LOUIS, Mo, Dec. 1.—Acting {al Five Los LABOR CHIEFS GET TOGETHER ATCONFERENCE William Green and John L. Lewis, Rival Command- ers, Meet Thursday CHIEFTAINS ARE TO MAKE PEACE MOVES Five Issues to Come Up at Session Aiming at Re- | uniting Forces WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, and John L. Lewis, organizer of the Committee of Industrial Organization, will take charge of tomorrow’s organized la- bor’s peace negotiations. Sitting down together, the two la-| bor leaders will attempt to reunite! the AFL and CIO. The commanders of Labor's war- ring factions have been brought to- gether by Phillip Murray, head of the CIO peage force. He proposed the move at the conference yester- day and as soon as Green was noti- fied, he promptly accepted as did| Lewis later. Five persons, ail transient: derailed steel freight c: | will tend and refuel them and from ence tomorrow and Green will be, accompanied by .George . Harrison, the chairman of the AFL Com-| mittee. “ Informed persons said little has, been accomplished and very little | progress has been made by the large committee during the past five days. ! 4 There are five issues to be taken | g up at the conference as follows: ?One Fleet Leaves Sitka What industries will be adopted, ! the industrial type of organization;| After Two Months— what will be the status of the CIO| er Comi after the union; what ccnsmuunn-‘ AnOIh 5 C e Norlh amendment should be recom-| R . 9 mended at the next AFL conven-|, Soli Alaska, Dec 1-—Navy s, . ,Patrol Squadron VP-17, Commander tion;. what machinery will be cre- 4 . G John Perry, left Sitka at 8:50 o'~ ated to make any lasting peace . sgreement’ elfedtive’ Rt How manv‘duvk this morning for Seattle after delegates the CIO could send to m"e a two months tour and stay at the AFL convention that will rau(y‘mfx‘fsl i:u'h(:::nhirixpv(ied to stop t ‘, t ; squa s expec E any Sespenient. Tapsiied: ;- {overnignt at Kendrick Bay, Cape D I M 0 N D LABELS ‘where they will complete the flight {to Sand Point Thursday, | Patrol Squadron VP-19, Com- !mander Allen, is flying nonstop |from Sand Point to Sitka today. The 7 99 |squadron will be here for duty for |the next two months. ————— Raps Proposal Made to New‘FISHINs Gnun York Representation Be- | y {Chacon, where the U.S.S. Lapwing | ficials Say There Is No Rush Necessary WASHINGION, Dec. 1. — The! officials of the Depariment of Ag- riculture declare they want the crop| control program to be practical and have advised against enacting legis- lation too hurriedly. The Department officials said| there is no undue rush in passing the farm bill just so long as it is finished before the 1938 planting tecting Bristol Bay By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—(Spec- ial Correspondence) — Continuing the attack he opened last spring to prevent foreign nationals from fishing in Bristol Bay, Delegate A. J. Dimond on the opening day of Congress introduced a bill in the House to protect and preserve the season. The main thing, one high|salmon industry of Alaska. |solely on alleged charges filed by |the United Auto Workers, the Na- |tional Labor Relations Board has lissued a complaint charging the \Ford Motor Company with unfair practices in the St. Louis assembly |plant and a hearing is set for De- |cember 16. | The charges filed by the auto |union alleges the “company inter- |ferred, restrained and coerced its; |employees in the exercise of their right for self organization.” ‘ The plant is still operating with nuthor_ity says, is to get a good work-i The proposed legislation is simfl-‘:,m&’; jtoui;o thirds of the workers alite biL lar to that which he introduced| ; 3 — S - during tbe last session, and which | was sponsored by Senatoy Schwel-| lenbach of Washington, in that it| |declares the salmon spawned and| hatched in the waters of Alaska to be the property of the United States | and that they may be taken only; under rules and regulations provid- ed by the Secretary of Commerce.| | Declaration is further made that| jurisdiction of the United States ex- tends over the waters adjacent to| the coast of Alaska for protection | |of the salmon fishery in Bering Sea | westward to the international boun-! | dary between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- | publics. However, the new bill, H. |R. 8344, differs from the one in-| troduced in the first session in that| it is preceded by a preamble in| which is briefly stated several ur-| |gent reasons supporting its enact- ment. { The preamble points out that the | Alaska salmon fishery is an im-| portant part in owr national econ-| omy, furnishing seasonal employ-| ment to more than 25,000 people and | (Continued on Page Three) Smith Is Again Making Attack, Adn@istratinn Declares Nation’s Taxation System Stops Flow of Capital to Industry NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Alfred E. Smith, foe of President Roosevelt and the present Administration, de- clared that the virtual stoppage of the flow of capital into industry is due to the Nation's taxation sys- tem. This was the subject of Smith’s remarks to those attending the In-| surance Commissioners Convention. | “The present situation in indus- | try is about as inviting as a rou- lette wheel whep $100 might win $10 or nothing,” said Smith. Demo Majnrit;in N.Y. (ity Gouncil NEW YORK, Dec. 1—The Demo- cratic Party is assured of a majority of two in the New York City Coun- cil. The last count of ballots from the last city election has been com- pleted and the Democratic majority is announced. Adimirnn‘fi;fif iiate For cnflgress Set WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — The Steering Committee of House Demo- crats has agreed with the Senate Steering Committee that December 22 is about right for adjournment of the special session of Congress. cause, Bear ‘Slaughter’ | WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Delegate | Anthony J. Dimond said here to-| day that a recent proposal that Admiralty Island in Southeast Al- aska be made into a national park| is “one hundred per cent crazy.” The Delegate said that as far as he could determine department of- ficials were of a similar opinion. The suggestion came, Dimond| said, from an Alaskan who had sug- PRESIDENT IS STILL AT SEA Orders Potomac to Be An- chored Over Night So He Can Troll Again MIAMI, Florida, Dec. 1.—President gested to Representative O'Day ulERoosevelt has found fishing so good New York that something be donelaround the historic Dry Tortugas about the “slaughter” of brown |Islands, near Key West. that he has bear on the island. lordered the Potomac to be anchored The Delegate said the island is|there overnight so he may troll the under the Forest Service of the Ag- surrounding waters again ricultural Department and has| Reports from the Potomac say the rigid game regulations. President is showing satisfactory “Why shut off the island’s dflvrl»‘)mprovemem from his recent tooth pment by turning it into a park?”|infection. = MONOPOLY IS Urges Program, Montana Senator Says Proj- Department of Justice announced - two petitions have been filed in the ects Wl“ Take Up Un' {Southern Federal District Court of employment Slack New York, charging the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Com- panies with violation of the Sher- |man Anti-Trust Act. The petitions are signed by At- torney General Cummings. It is charged that the defendants |are attempting to “monopolize in- |terstate trade in commerce and telegraphic communications” and the court is asked to enjoin the companies, WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—United States Senator James E. Murray Democrat of Montana, urges imme- diate expansion of the Works Pro- gress program, particularly water conservation and flood control pro- Jects. This program, Senator says, will offset increasing lmoyment. Murray unem- Lives in Freight Train Wreck and one of them a woman, were killed when they were pinne and wooden box cars neir Kerman, Calif., 12 miles north of Fresno. arch bar cn the front truck of the head car was blamed. Here is a general view of the wreckage. cio remesnaines ot oo eiee NAVY PATROL | Regional jVANflENBERG IS "NOT CANDIDATE Planning ‘ TakenU P {Coordination in Develop-| ‘ ment of Alaska Com- ing to Head | By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—(Spe- cial Correspondence)—Need for ordinated planning in determining the development and conservation of natural resources was emphasized by the President in his message read at the opening of the second ssion, 75th Congress, on Novem- ber 15, Deprecating the Federal Govern- ment's past sporadic appropriations for hit or miss spending “on a pro- ject here and a project there, de- termined upon without relation to the needs of other localities—with- out relation to possibly more impo; tant needs of the same locality without relation to the national un- (empioyment situation or the Fed- eral budget,” the President recom- 'mended specialized planning ma- \chinery through which the relative |values of local projects should be lappraispd before they come to Washington, first by those with local knowledge, and then by regional conferences. In the President’s plan regional projects will be submitted to Congress only after such analysis (for inclusion in a national devel- ‘opment program. | As stated by the President, “Such \machinery will provide decentrali- zation. It will give local communi- ties and the nation alike new con- fidence in the true worth of such expenditures.” If the Congress follows this sug- gestion of only acting on the recom- mendation of planning boards when ! considering appropriations desired for regional development projects— and it appears likely that, to a large extent at least, Congress will do this —there is every reason to belleve that Alaska is in perfect alignment to harmonize with and benefit from (such action, | The Alaska Planning Council, set up by the Territorial Legislature during its last regular session, will, of course, have opportunity to take first place in evolving the primary draft of plans for an ordered de- velopment of Alaska resources. And if the President’s suggestion is to be followed, the Alaska plan will then be studied by a regional plan- ning board and coordinated in a regional plan for several of the northwest States. This in turn will be then referred to a national board to be prepared for Congressional action, However, in the meantime, in con- formity with the provisions of House Concurrent Resolution 24, intro- ) (Continued on Puu:-_vsévc-m i ( beneath eight A broken FOR PRESIDENT Michigan Senator Issues| Statement About | Proposals ‘ S PROTEST MADE BRINGS ABOUT QUICK ACTION Nippon Navy Officials Sud- denly Aroused at Re- sentment in America ASSERT STARS AND STRIPES UNSULLIED Italian Craft /;;e Also Sur- rendered as Result of Shanghai Incidents BULLETIN — WASHI TON, Dec. 1. Secretary of State Cordell Hull indicates that the United States Government considers satisfactory the action of the Japanese Naval authori- ties in returning the launch ed from the American Com- y yesterday at Shanghai. SHANGHAL, De¢. 1. — The Japanese Navy has returned to the owners, with apologies, the Americ launch which was seized yesterday by Japanese sailors and which drew a force- ful protest from United States Consul General Clarence Gauss. Apparently distrurbed by the strong reaction in the Uniled States on account of the unwar- ranted seizure of the launch be- longing to the China Foreign 5 nship Company, American firm and agent for the Roose- velt line, the Japanese Navy also returned the two American flags which were flying from the launch at the time of the seiz- ure. The flags were also re- turned, with apologies. The officials of the Japanese Navy denied that the Japanese sailers threw the flags into the KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 1.—| United States Senator Arthur H.| Vandenberg of Michigan, is “not a! candidate” for the Republican Pres-| idential nomination and “should not be put in a false position.” | is the substance of a wire This Senator Vandenberg has sent friends here who are proposing| “Vandenberg for President Clubs.” Senator Vandenberg further said: | “I honestly feel that the Republi-| can campaign should be kept im- personal so as to avoid needless fric- tion while we are rebuilding to vic- tory.” FRANCE SENDS Whangpeo River when they took over the launch and this as- sertion is also confirmed by the United States Consulate offici- als, The flags were merely handed down to an adjoining launch, the Japanese officials said, and this assertion has been sustained by the American of- ficials. Two Italian craft also seized by the Japanese have been re- turned by the Japanese navy, (Continuec: on Page Two) MUSSOLINI 1S GIVING CHINA CRUISERS INTO ORIENTAL ZONE ,,, e "VCE | Willingness to Be Rumors Prevalent Japan Mediator Might Attempt to Seize | e MILAN, Dec. 1-—~In an editorial, French Concession believed written by Benitc Musso~ lini, Premier and Dictator of Italy, and his PARIS, Dec. 1—France has dis- patched to Shanghai, under rush orders, a Division of her most mod- ern cruisers now in the Far East after reports had been received here from Tokyo that Japan might at- tempt to take contrdl of the French Concession at Shanghai Officially, the Navy Ministry said, the ships are “on an endurance cruise,” but the officials left no doubt the cruisers have been ordered | to stand ready if action is needed| in the war zone, - SIMMONS MAKES ‘ EARLY TAKEOFF, Sheldon Simmons got off from| Juneau’s darkened harbor at 6:30 this morning with the Alaska Air| Transport Lockheed to fly to Kake and bring Dr. Aronson of the Bu-| reau of Indian affairs to Juneau. | A short while later, Simmons | hopped for Sitka with Dr. W. W.| for Hirst, Mrs. Ramsey for . Ed Reeves for Chichagof, C. M. Christoffel for Hirst, and Waino | Laakso, also for Hirst. A contained in newspaper El Popolo di'ltalia, it is contended that China can expect no help from other powers acting collectively. The editoriar counselled China therefore to ask Japan to make peace terms. Informed persons see in the sug- gestion that China seek peace as a possible hint of Mussolini’s willing- ness to mediate in the Oriental com- tlict. The éditorial further sald: is the first American participation in an European conference for col- lective action for which participa~ tion the Chicago speech of Presi- dent Roosevelt ignited such flames.” The reference is taken to mean American participation in the Brus- sels conference which aimed at a solution of the Oriental trouble be- tween Japan and China “rg