The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1938, Page 1

P THE VOL. lI., NO 7688 ]UN[:AU ALASKA WLDNESDAYVJANUARY 12 1938 DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIAT LD PR} SS PRICE TEN CENTS BIG PLANE EXPLODES, DOWN ON OCEAN One Alaska Steamer May Load at Tacoma STRIKE BREAK NOW LOOMING, IT'S REPORTED Important Efing Sched- uled in Seattle for | This Evening EVELYN BERG MAY LOAD WITH FREIGHT Vessel to Go to Tacoma— Femmer Receives Further Advices SEATTLE, Jjan. 12. — A break or not a break, may be expected within 24 hours in Alaska shipping. If there i not a break, the dispute may | be prolonged—nobody knows | how long. Meetings are scheduled, it| for tonight between the disputing parties, long- shoremen and employers. It is understood that Joseph| Kennedy, Chairman of the| Maritime Commission, at the request of the Longshore-| mens’ Association, will inter- view both sides, especially the Employers™-Association. The second near break is the announcement of the Al- aska Transportation Company that the Evelyn Berg may load freight for Southeast Al- aska shippers at Tacoma. There is no tie up at Tacoma and freight loaded there will be handled by unions at all Alaska ports, according to in- structions issued by the Seat- tle Union to organizations in| the north. A heavy mail left Vancou-| ver last night aboard the Princess Norah of the Cana- dian Pacific System for all Alaska ports including the westward and interior. Mail will be unloaded at Juneau for the westward and interior and will be carried from Juneau to Cordova, Valdez and Seward | aboard the Coast Guard cut- ter John C. Spencer which has been ordered to Juneau from the Cordova base by the Coast | Cuard headquarters here. 7 is said, ADVICES TO FEMMER D. B. Femmer, Juneau agent for the Alaska Transportation Com- pany, operating the steamer Evelyn Berg. received the following radio- gram from R. V. Miller, agent for the company in Seattle. The radio- gram, dated January 11, (last night) follows: “Although meeting tonight did not definitely settle the trouble, con- census is considerable progress was made and by Wednesday evening will either be settled or develop into a long drawn out fight. “Because of favorable outlook and heavy expense for shippers in hav- ing cargo taken to Tacoma, I feel we had better wait until Wednes- day evening before announcing Ta- coma loading and sailing as expense is not justified if sailing only de- layed one day. Will keep you fully advised and if matter is still un- settled Wednesday evening, plan to load and sail from Tacoma as soon as possible which will be Thursday night or Friday, depending on time taken to assemble cargo.” e “Depression Babies” Lower Enrollment INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 12. — Six hundred. fewer beginners enrolled | need. Is Amenca Saie" (This is the last of three ar- America’s de- ticles analyzing fenses). By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. — The Backlog for United States in Event of War Is Seen in Vast Amount, Natural Resources Comparative Self-Sufficiency » ANO his country possesses nearly United States has a thirdline war Iron Cotton Oil Machinery | | defense which i§' by far the most ] T | tormidable in the world—national 0y e | s Great Britain| 100% | 45% | 5% | 1009, || one-half of the world’s total supply of essential raw materials, raises practically all of the foodstuffs it United States 100% | 100% | 100% requires and boasts a virtually un- lmited manutacturing plant ca- pacity. It has an abundance of such im- Japan 15% 40% 65% portant materials for military re- quirements as iron and steel, lead and copper, oil and cotton. Nickel needed for toughening steel could France 5% 14% | 100% be obtained from friendly Canada,| world’s greatest source of supply.| The United States is tops in num- ltaly None | None 65%, ber of manufacturing plants, in transportation facilities, in number of inventors, technicians and skilled workers. In the event of war the Germany None 12%, 100%, production of fighting planes, of tanks, guns, high explosives and other weapons and munitions could Russia « 98% | 100% be almost unlimited. War Experience Cited War Department plans looking to a swift mobilization of resources at any outbreak of hostilities pro- vide for rapid stepping up of the output of military aircraft. These plans include estimates of the speed with which planes could be built and put into service but the |~ figures as well as other mobiliza- [experts and key men in industry tion details are a secret. and transportation have been work- Aviation observers, however, cite|ing on a secret, master defense plan the vast American production of|for orderly mobilization of troops, planes during the World War when |materials, industrial plants, capital aviation was in its infancy as in-|and labor. dicating that this country could produce as many planes as it would produce all the coal they need exce) colonial scurces, all have access Germany, which produces about governmental boards to control in- dustries, to coordinate railway, highway and airway services, and the drafting of industrial and tech- nical experts into government ser- vice. A Secret Plan For soldiers this country can. tap a virtually inexhautible reservoir of manpower. When we entered the World War there were 200,000 For the job of harnessing indus- men in the American army, one-|trial power to military and czivil- third of them National Guardsmen.|ian needs, a war resources admin- Nineteen months later the United istration would be created along the States had an army of 4,000,000 men, |lines of the 1917-1913 war indus- some 2,000,000 had been transported|tries board but with broader pow- 2,000 miles across submarine-infest-lers and jurisdiction. ed seas and 1,300,000 had fought in| The President would be empow- France. ered to fix prices of commodities Since military| particularly (uod and fuel “md to the World War (Figures show percentage of its needs each nation produces.) It provides for the setting up of | In addition to the resources shown on the chart, all seven nations pt Italy, which has none. Counting to adequate food supplies except 75 percent of her requirements. (Estimates from Washington sources) commandeer manufacturing plants and other establishments under certain conditions. One of the first moves would be to divert labor and raw materials |from the production of non-essen- tial items to the production of those necessary to defense needs. We are not completely self-suf- ficient in military requirements, ac- cording to the experts. Rubber would be one of our largest im- port needs although we could re- claim a large quantity in civilian use for military purposes. The nation is dependent on out- side sources for manganese, iodine' and tungsten. A coftee famine might irk soldiers as well as civil-| ians. An expanded sugar beet ac- reage, however, would go far in providing the nation with a normal supply of sweets. Statehood for Hawaii Will Be Denwd and Just Why For cuMING Tu U s very soon—and they will be left L] 'iwith little opportunity for official AS AMBASSADOR .= Best sources indicate that Ha- Rene de St. Quentin, Vet- waii will be denied the privilege of statehood. The reason given here eran in Diplomatic, Named to Post By PRESTON GurOVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. — The Japanese are likely to be rebuffed by the United States once more in off-the-record conversations is that there are so many Japanese there. Immediately after the regular Isession last summer a party of {Senators and Representatives left for Hawaii to go once again into the question of island statehood. They took along wives and daugh- ters, and expenses were paid from a $21,000 appropriation by the Ha- | Wailan legislature. As in 1935, during a similar in- quiry, they took voluminous testi- PARIS, Jan. 12.—Count Rene de St. Quentin, 54-year-old bachelor, veteran for 30 years in the French diplomatic service, has been ap- pointed Ambassador to the United States. The Count succeeds Georges Bon- net, recalled last June, to become French Finance mmmer mony and came back with impres- NS T | The island population of 385,000 justifies statehood, since that ca"’t Make Beer | eral smaller states of the union. It builds morale to give self-gov- | The populace is capable of stable self-government under statehood. sions something like these: makes it about as large as sev- Legal i" Gam-gia ernment to a people. | . “ | Japanese Lead Third Attempt Fails—Plan| But—nere is how it stacks up: 'Defealed by House Of Estimated Population 385,000 PLANTAKING DANGER OUT OF STRIKES Premier of France to Hold Important Confer- | ence Tonight PARIS, Jan. 12—Premier Ca- \ mille Chautemps decided late !0- day to hold a conference on a code for special labor peace despite the refusal of employers to participate. The French Cabinet gave the Premier a mandate to take the dan- ger out of strikes. Officials said the Premier v.lll preside himself at the conferences tonight where only the General Confederation of Labor Union and the middle class employees will be represented | TRADE TREATY WITH TURKEY NEXT ACTION WASHINGTON, Jan. 12,——Sv(re- tary of State Cordell Hull announc-| ed today that the United States will ‘Umcamera] Leglslalur? IS \legislature are two of the principal BOLD TAX WILL Some Gotham COME UP BEFORE 6. 0. P, SESSION Also Scheduled Topic for Republican Gathering The gold tax and the unicameral issues scheduled to be brought be- fore the Republican Tetritory con- vention which will be held here Saturday in the Union Hall on Fir Street just above the Elks Hall, ac- cording to Territorial Chairman El- ton Engstrom. Plattorms and suggestions for the platform have been received from the various Division Chairman d, and in gestions there appears to be defin- ite opposition to the gold tax, par- ticularly in the Second and Fourth Divisions. Opinion seems to be more tivided on the unicameral proposal but there is some pronounced sen- iment against All four Divisions will be repre- ented at the convention, though is not expected that many dele- zates will come from the other Divisions due to the great distance. Engstrom sald. City are shown in character. The p A meeting of leaders has been to gwell the fund. They got the cand called by Chairman Engstrom for right, they are Mary Ann Travers, M tomorrow night to outline the gen- eral program to be offered the con- vention. " WILKINS quITS IDEA FOR HOPS BY MOONLIGHT Changes Base from Barrow to Aklavik — Flight Plan Announced POINT BARROW, Alaska, Jan. 12, Sir Hubert Wilkins has abandoned his plans for moonlight flights in search for six missing Russian fliers and has shifted his base to Akla- |vik. He expected to make the flight f e 5 INSEPARABLE areJo- in four hours and said he will search i Sak Bl e, oo s from Aklavik to latitude 60, longi- dy of | ture 145, then north to latitude g recent ‘!’::‘:gff“m:x b;';,p{,:, i 86 and along longitude 148. unworried by cares of state. Harold Gillam, waiting at Fair- banks for another flight to Point p Barrow with supplies for Wilkins, has radioed that it is doubtful if he DAHLTOBE | will make it since Sir Hubert has changed his plans. Moonlight over the A-(m be;,ms END OF WAR |Saturday ana should |least four nights. | Juneau Weather Observer Thomp-! | American Avna!or s Release, g 35 M E A R E | Not Until Spanish [ Conflict Over TR A P P E D BY | SALAMANCA, Spain, Jan. 12— son is now at Fairbanks giving Wil- kms weather observations every lhree hom\ The Insurgent spokesman said Har- old E. Dahl, American aviator, shot down while flying for the Spanish government, will probably remain a MINE FU prisoner for the duration of the Civil War. i Dahl was condemned to death, Accident OCCU‘_’SW}"C"C 182 but his wife, now singing in Paris, Lost Their Lives made a personal appeal to Gen.| . Francisco Franco and the latter re-| in 1904 {scinded the death sentence and promised to release the aviator and| PITTSBURGH, Pa., Jan. 12—TWO send him to his wife. Lately, Mrs. men, both overcome frem fumes, pah) made further attempts for his |were brought from the blast torn jjperation, mine of the Harwick Coal Company by rescuers who reported that they i could not reach eight other men be- lieved to be trapped in the wr STOCK QUOTATIONS | age. { | The mine was not in operation! NEW YORK, Jan. 12. — Closing but the company reported 35 men quotation of Alaska Juneau mine were repairing the mine. stock today is 11%, American Can| One hundred and eighty two men |82, American Light and Power 6% |dled in an explosion in the mine Anaconda 35%, Bethlehem Steel 65 Jnnuary in 1904. Only one man in!Commonwealth and Southern 1%, the mine at that time t‘scaped ‘(,nrh\s Wright 5%, General Motors - e |36%, International Harvester 68%, | SPILLS OIL | Kennecott 41%, New York Central Lloyd Jarman, local airplane me- 19':, Southern Pacific 21%, United Society Babies The chairmen of the committee for the Babies Relief Fund in New Yori 1cture was taken at the party giver y for being good little girls. Left tc artha Stephénson, Jean Harrington RED CONGRESS VOTES STALIN HIS WORD LA Russia Is to Build National Defense and Raise Living Standards MOSCOW, Jjan. 12. — The New Red Parliament is opening session in the Kremlin with 1,143 men and women deputies dressed in the red uniforms of the army or the bright holiday garb of Russia’s many na- tionalities, rendering und isputed |loyalty to Stalin, The deputies brought instructions from their various districts at home to tell Stalin: “All his counsel, all his advice, we deem law.” The main question being faced is whether Stalin himself or one of his deputies shall assume open leadership and power as Chairman of the new Soviet presidium group. The Pravda, Communist news- | paper, declared the program which | the New Red Parliament will fol- | low, is building the country’s de- fenses against its enemies wil.hout “capitalist’s agents” within; rlmng the standard of living, and ad- | vancing the national economy to| first rank in the world. S ee— PEIPING REGIME : TAKING CONTROL, CONQUEREDLAN CLIPPER SHIP SAMOAN DROPS OUT OF SIGHT |Column ofimoke Seen Which Believed to Mark Death Trail |SEVEN MEN ABOARD AIRCRAFT AT TIME Last Reporl from Vetetah Flier that Gas Ben Dumped for Landing and crew ol red suddenly. A brief message did nof mention any survivors. The essage received said: “'The Navy's motor launch re covering parts of the wreck- age and identified satisfactor- jly.? | It is now believed that fire |destroyed the" clipper, as ex- cess fuel was released from the trim craft for a safe land- ing. It is believed the gaso- line became ignited and blew the clipper to pieces in midair. | Pan-American officials in San Francisco believe the words “identified satisfactos ily” means the wreckise |that of the clipper. | Afternoon advices also re- port discovery of the wreck- age and that the patrol Avo- cet has dispatched a Jaunch to pick up parts of the wrecked plane. is 15 PAGO PAGO, Tutuila, Am- erican Samoa, Jan. 12.—Hope waned today for the Trans- |Pacific Samoan Clipper, and |erew of seven men, which van- /ished mysteriously yesterday, |a few minutes out of Tutuila | Island. The belief grows that the |21-ton flying boat’s gasoline |caught fire as it was being |dumped into the ocean, and |the ship exploded. ) It is estimated that the Sa- moan Clipper was only out of Pago Pago about three min- utes when dumping of gaso- e took place in preparation for landing. When last heard from the plane reported the time as being 3:27 o’clock, Eastern |Standard time. | Oil slick is reported to have Japanese Dommated Pro- been found on the water, 12 visional Government to Be Recognized SHANGHAI, Jan. 12—The Jap- |anese dominated Provisional Gov- {ernment at Peiping is planning to keep pace with Japan’s North |China Armies by taking over con- trol of Shantung Province, China's sacred Province. This is reported ,'through Japanese channels. Under the plan, the Peiping re- gime will assume collection of taxes | in the Province of a population of | 34,000,000, also take customs ceipts at Tsingtao, the rich port on the Yellow Sea miles off Tutuila Island in the same vicinity a column of smoke was reported siohte vesterday. The feeling here is that the smoke marked the death trail. No further word came from the ship itself after the smoke ‘column was seen and after it | was reportedpreparationswere being made to land. This word |was flashed out by Capt. Ed- ~|ward C. Musick, 48-year-old |veteran trans-oceanic flier, > " : N > Japanese 150,000 in Indianapolis schools last fall R . = n i epresentatives Hawaiign ... - 22,000 than the previous year. School P Chin 28, commissioners attributed the de- cline to the fact that last year is the first in which “depression bab- ies” reached school age. A decline in the birth rate was one of the results of the depression, they said. Filipino . 55,000 Portuguese, wmr.e Amer- icans and other Cau- casians . 80,000 (Continued on Pagé Six) ATLANTA, Ga., Jea. 12. — The third attempt, in as many years to legalize beer in Georgia, was de- feated today by the State House of Representatives, neotiate a reciprocal trade agree- |chanie, driving Jim Davis's automo- States Steel 50%, Cities Service l"'.,| ment with Turkey. Preliminary bile, skidded into the rear of an|Pound $4997%. | steps have already been taken, Sec- 0il truck this morning, loosening a retary Hull announced. |hose coupling on the fuel truck’sy DOW, JO! AVERAGES oo narannd |pump and the corner of Front and| The following are today's Dow, The Jesuits’ order was founded Main Streets reeked with the oillJones averages: industrials 133.22, in 1539, Ithat flowed freely, rails 3221, utilities 21.86, It is also said here that Japan|ywho was on his last flight with |the clipper in the Pan-Am- erican Airways new Honolu- The (Continued on Page Eight) will soon recognize the Peiping re- | gime as the legal China govern- ment. RERCEDaENES L T Only 10 Confederate veterans sur- vive in Florida. lu-New Zealand service.