The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 19, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7721. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FERRUf;RY 19, 1938. * MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPANESE, CHINESE IN AERIAL BATTLE RELIEF FUND BILL COMES OUT OKAYED Senate Committee Ap- proves Appropriation —Strikes Amendment o | 7 TO BE ILLEGAL , Old Ordina;-‘Remains in Effect—Protests Enter- ed at Council Session WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. — The Senate Appropriations Committee has reported favorably on the $250,- 000,000 emergency relief appropria: tion bill but stripped of the “alien provision voted by the House. Senator Adams said the amend- ment would have permitted aliens| to share in relief if they have de- clared their intention to become citizens or had “lived honorably” in the United States for 10 years. The Committee struck the amendment at the suggestion of Aubrey Williams, Acting PWA Ad- ministrator. Williams contended the | provision was in conflict with the present section of the Relief Act prohibiting relief to aliens ineligi- ble of citizenship. Several Senators expect an at- tempt to increase the appropriation will be made when the bill comes up on the floor of the Senate on Monday. Closing hours for beer parlors and liquor stores will remain at 1 a. m on week days and 2:30 a. m. on Saturdays and days preceding holi- | : § days, it was decided at a meeting | & Yl . of the City Council last night. The i decision was reached after legal op- inion had been given by City At- torney Frank Foster that the ver- bal vote taken at the last Council meeting * extending the time to 3 a. m. was not within the law. In order to legally change the existing closing ordinance it* would be necessary to introduce a new ordinance and advertise it in the usual manner, the City Attorney pointed out. Councilman Henry Messerschmidt gave oral notice that he would in- troduce such an ordinance at the next meeting providing for the change to 3 a. m. as the Council orally voted two weeks ago. A delegation that filled Council Chamber was on hand to protest the extension of open hours for beer parlors and liquor stores, the W.C.T.U, the Ministerial As- sociation, Alaska Native Brother- hood and one or two others. | The Rev. John A. Glasse, Pastor of the Northern Light Preshyterian Church, speaking for the churches said that he and other church peo- ple opposed the later closing on grounds that it was unfair to other kinds of business and that it was: not a good influence or a progres-' ive action on the part of the com-| munity. He suggested that with the city election near it might be ad-| visable to put the proposition of | closing on the ballot and let the people vote on it. | Pastor H. L. Wood, the Rev. C. C,; Rily Is Cleared Of “Beating Up” ' o - GHANGE IS HELD | DR U MS rolled and bands of school ehildren dressed in blue and orange marched through Holland streets celebrating birth of a girl who may some day suc- ceed Princess Juliana on Dutch throne. The baby weighed 7% pounds at birth. PROPOSES INCREASE WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Senator Homer T. Bone said he will ask the Senate to increase supplementary relief appropriation possibly to $400,000,000. Senator Frederick Hale of Maine said the appropriation should be cut to $150,000.000. e - LOYALISTS ARE SURROUNDED IN TERUEL SECTOR InsurgentsReported in Con- trol—Govt. Troops Ne- gotiating Surrender FOUR RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS ON 2 ICEBREAKERS Men Who Have Been on Arctic Floe for Eight Months, Rescued MOSCOW, Feb. 19. — The four ' Russian scientists, marooned for HENDAYE, French-Spanish Fron- more than eight months on a drift- tier, Feb. 19.—The Spanish Insur- ing ice floe, have been taken in gents announce Teruel is surround- safety to the icebreakers, atthe ed in a new offensive and the Gov- edge of the ice pack off the coast ernment garrison of 2,000 Loyalists of Greenland. is reported negotiating terms of The final rescue of the scientists surrender. came in a terse radio message whic! The losses of the Loyalists, ac- said: : | Charles Waynor cording to Insurgent reports, have “Papanin, Fedoroff, Shirshoff and been very heavy. ho# |Krenkel, with all equipment, re- Y“oung Miner Adm|l§ l:l‘ef daed PSS L moved from ice fioe by icebreakers *‘Went fo Work on Him” | Taimyr and Morman. | AI H “Icebreakers now proceeding to for AHEged Remarks ‘ as a al rua Murmansk.” g 2 | The men have been living in a A jury of six well known Juneau hut dug in the snow, since their first Citizens in City Magistrate's court| Tfl Market cnal L] dwelling occupied, when they were this morning found Crockett Riley, | 9 landed at the North Pole, a portable husky voung Alaska Juneau bull-| . furlined shack, was destroyed by a dozer, not guilty of assault and bat- | u d recent blizzard. tery on the person of Charles Way-! r ers ecelve —_———— nor, Manager of the Alaska Credit . ] Il Go ino_ commerciatl NAZI = MUSSOIiR} Will Go into Commercial Business with Product thlem Sta“ds place of busines Stree > uring whic! ey was arres y from ESka Mme | city police and charged with assault 25 land battery and given his freedom | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 19:— E“ land U“ Ea[ under $50 bail. i Management of the Alaska Rail- | Carrying a neatly colored eye and| other marks of battle on his face,| LONDON, Feb. 19.—Herbert Mor- Waynor appeared in court as the‘ Bureau. road announces receipt of instruc-, rison, former Cabinet leader and city’s witness. He testified that with- outstanding labor leader has urged out saying a word, Riley went into Secretary Eden to resign from the his place last Thursday night and Cabinet in defiance of any “humili- | proceeded to beat him up. Waynor | ating deal” between Prime Minister claimed the attack was all a mys-| Chamberlain and Mussolini. |tery to him, and denied any words | Z Morrison said Secretary Eden had been spoken by Riley before | following ceasing of operations at|would be “a prisoner of reactionary |the assault. City Attorney Frank the Jonesville mine after the €X~- | colleagues” should he be a party Foster had Waynor present a| plosion last October in which 14! sych action. bloody shirt, collar and necktie he| men yere. Killod, The statements were made as the said he was wearing on the night| The operators of the Jonesville capinet met in extraordinary ses- of attack, in an effort to prove evi-| mine said they are ready to resume gjon to face the momentous decision |dence of the assault. | if and when the railtoad signed & of what the British policy will be| Young Riley, on the stand him-| new contract, but will be unable|in the light of developments in Cen- | self, quickly discounted the need for | to operate in competition with the tra] Europe. such evidence. He frankly admitted | Government. Prime problems to be decided upon | that he “had gone to work” on Way- | TR e lin reference to the English attitude nor last Thursday night, remarking A bronze memorial marker has pear directly on the Nazification of that he had dropped around for the been placed at Fort Harrison, Fla., Austria and concessions to Italy in purpose the night before but the| to mark the spot which served as the Mediterranean, time didn't seem to be opportune. The case arose out of an alterca- tion the men had around 6:30 o'- clock Thursday evening in Waynor’s place of business on Front Street tions from Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes to enter the com- mercial coal market with coal from the Eska mine. Officials also said they have been authorized to pur- chase material for the construc- tion of a washing plant at the Eska mine, Operations were started Grocery stores are to observe a holiday on Tuesday, Wash- ington’s Birthday and many other trading centers will do likewise. Housewives are warned to do their ordering Monday for “over the holiday.” P and said: “Waynor, I want to talk to have made about him. | HYDE PARK, Feb. 19.—President, That to young Riley was the last. Drug stores will probably ob- @ |four day rest. He may not return |jjge this, and went to work on him.” artery, fer four days. the A snowfall of 145 inches in seven days buried the Sierras and halted an tomobile travel over U. This picture, taken near Donner Summit, 7,135 feet above sea level, shows a truck highway entirely obscured. Highway Upper right is Donner Lake. Newest Cruiser Joins U. S. Fleet in Maneuvers This new 10,000 cruiser, U.S.S. Vincennes, is shown in Los Angeles harbor as she prepared to sail for man- euvers off the coast of Southern California with the Pacific Fleet. The Vincennes, recently accepted by the Navy, is one of the most powerful ships of its type in the world and was built under naval limitation treaties. EMERGENCY AR FIELDS FOR ALASKA Delegate Asks for Appro- priation—Expresses Need for Other Monies By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—(Special Correspondence)—Delegate Dimond recently appeared before a sub- committee of the House Committee on Appropriations requesting an appropriation for the construction of emergency air fields and the installation of air navigation facil- ities in Alaska. Under the law as it now stands there is no authority for making an appropriation for the construction of airports, but there is authority to make appropriations for the building and maintenance of emer- gency fields and for the purchase and installation of air navigation facilities such as lights and radio equipment. The Budget as sent L0 Congress contains no specific item for Alaska. The Chairman of the subcommittee reminded the Dele- gate that Congress did not at- tempt to say where the money ap- propriated should be spent, to which Mr. Dimond replied “there are 435 reasons” why no money would be |spent in Alaska unles it were spec- @000 c0ccccsee a health resort for soldiers. | Morrison accused Chamberlain of| Asked just what happened, Riley| ———-—— . to you. CLOSE ON TUESDAY R“nseve" Takm | Waynor, he said, replied “yes, yes” |and Riley then asked him about “Well, what have I been uying?’” replied. © Roosevelt has arrived at his moth- |siraw, explaining to the jury, “1 serve holiday hours also. ® 'to the White House, however, m:n-‘I . (Continued on Page Eight) e p | being “biased” in favor of Mussolini. said he walked into Waynor’s place ! o4 |alleged remarks Waynor is claimed | - Four-Day Vacation imley said Waynor ¢ jer's Dutchess County estate for 2 just flicked off his glasses, kind of """""""‘lmmxz'rhumy, l | (Continued on Page Three) | huge 35,000-ton battleships. New Mortgage Association IS Now Chartered Is First Orgarllized Under National Housing Act forHome Financing WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Stewart McDonald, Federal Housing Admin- istrator, has signed a charter au- thorizing the creation of the Na- tional Mortgage Association, the first to be organized under the Na- tional Housing Act. The act makes a billion dollars of private funds available for new home financing. Hallahan Handed Relea_sg by Reds CINCINNATI, Feb. 18.—The Cin- cinnati Reds announce the outright release of “Wild Bill” Hallahan, pitcher for the Reds since mid-sea- son of 1936. Hallahan was formerly with the St. Louis Cards, He is 34, and reputedly one of the wealthiest men in baseball. The Reds also an- nounced signing of Outfielder Lee Gamble, who came up from Macon, Ga., last year. e The sea horse swims in a vertical position, head up. Accerding to cobservers, battlecraft of this type can prove more disastrous to an enemy than HEARING ON DIMOND BILL ON FISHING Alien Poaching in Alaskan Industry Comes Up for Consideration By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—(Special Correspondence) —Hearings on leg- islation in the House by Delegate Dimond to prohibit salmon fishing in Alaska waters by Japanese and other foreign nationals commenced February 1 and were continued on through the following day before the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, The Dimond bui unaer consid- eration of the committe would preserve the salmon fishery of Alaska from illicit fishing opera- tions carried on by foreign na- tionals in waters adjacent to the Territory by declaring the salmon spawned and hatched in the wat- ers of Alaska to be the property of the United States, and that all waters east of the international boundary in the Bering Sea less than 100 fathoms which the Presi- dent has declared to constitute a “salmon - fishery law enforcement area” are under the jurisdiction of the United States. It would be un- lawful to take salmon within these " (Continued on Page Three) land Fort Smith. CLOSING HOURS Heavy Snow Bury Sierras; Halts Auto Travel, Ties Up Traffic ] |R Rflfl IS MADE, CENTRAL PART OF CHINA Hankow Attacked by Straf- ing Planes, Accord- ing to Reports MANY AIRCRAFT ARE CRASHED TO EARTH Commander - in-Chief Mats sui Removed—Geneal Hata Is Successor. SHANGHAI, Feb. 19. — Savage fighting continued in Central China today along the Lunghai Railroad. A determined Chinese counter- offensive is making headway along the Hwai River sector north of Pengun. Along other fronts, Chin- ese lines are still holding well, re= ports indicate. Warfare became more intense around Hankow as that city was raided by a large force of Japanese planes. In the ensuing contlict, 11 Japanese planes were shot down, |according to Chinese advices and |only four Chinese ships were lost. Japanese spokesmen said that 30 or 45 Chinese planes engaged in aerial combat had been shot down, but the same Japanese sources re=- fused to reveal their own losses. Capt. Li Kwei Tan, Chinese ace, credited with eight victories, is re- ported Kkilled. e No, 40, main California-Nevada almost completely buried and the THREE RIVERS GENERAL MATSUI REMOVED TOKYO, Feb. 19.—The Japanese War Council, dissatisfied with the ARE FLOODING Inundation of Large Area commander-n-Chiet of the Japan- g Expected to Be Worse ese forces, General Iwane Matsui. 4 Gen. Shunroku Hata is taking than in Year |935 command. in Matsui's stead. Mat- sui's public utterances and lack of LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Feb, 19. discipline are held as the cause for —Army Engineers today said the Japan losing face. tlood in the Arkansas, White and Ouachita Rivers, swollen by weeks Yesterday ‘I'ne mmpire ran a fea- of rain, is potentially worse than ture article on Japan's “Bright Boy,” in 1935. Gen. Iwano Matsui. In that arti- Record crests are now due and it cle, Associated Press writer Relman is expected the flood top of all time Morin chronicled the steady rise of levels will be between Little Rock Matsui to Japanese heights in the military world through coup after Hundreds of lowlanders have ev- coup and victory over victory. Mo- acuated their homes. rin predicted as follows: Four railroads and scores of high-| “His victories have brought only ways are inundated. great problems. RSBG4S “Likewise, because of the curious | mechanism of Japanese politico- militarism, they probably will spell oblivion for him when he returns. The Japanese army does not believe Alleged Bolt of Longshore- in heroes. When a man gets too big, he is shunted to some corner- men Being Probed in San Francisco pocket, or retired. “Unless some new crisis appears on the continent, Japan’s ‘bright boy’ is shining sr the last time.” According to today’s dispatch from Tokyo, that is exactly what has hap- pened to Mr. Matsui. JAPS PARLEY ON ANTI-WAR determine whether the ILA or the ILWU' will be designated the bar-| 1al i i DTk Trial Balloon Speech Float ed on Possd)le U. S.' Japan Pact SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 19. —CIO attorneys today sought to prove that the Longshoremens' bolt from the AFL ranks was authorize by a coastwide referendum. The AFL contends Harry Bridges “kidnaped” the ILA into the CIO ranks by illegal moves, SLAYER OF TWO TOKYO, Feb. 19.—Takio Maki, |Japanese Parliament member, has proposed that a Japanese-American Anti-War Pact be drawn up. Mak- ing the proposal before a giant mass meeting, he was wildly cheered when he made the following statement: LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 19.— “If there is any hestitancy in the Airport Manager Paul Wright was minds of either people as to the regarded today as virtually freed reality of the unwritten bond of by the verdict which found him suf- friendship, let it be manifested most fering from temporary insanity. clearly by a written pact against Wright was tried for the killing war, solemnly contracted by the of his wife and his best friend, governments of the United States John Kimmel. A jury returned a and Japan.” verdict of manslaughter in the casel A reliable source said the specch and later retired to consider|/Was a trial balloon to test Japanese Wright's plea that he was insane public opinion of a Non-Aggression at the time he shot his wife and Pact being considered by the gov- Kimmel. |ernment. After lengthy deliberation, the| jury decided Wright was not him-| HELD IN GIRL CASE self when he pulled the trigger of Eli Howard, native, was arrested the gun that slew his wife and last night by Deputy Marshals, Kimmel. |charged with a statutory offense Wright was taken back to his @gainst a 14-year-old native girl cell. A lunacy commission still must in Juneau last summer. He was formally examine the airport man- arraigned in Commissioner's Court Jagér before he can be released, this morning and is held in jail however, |pending trial, § —————