The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1938, Page 1

r———_—————— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7730. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AIRLINER MISSING; BELIEVED CRASHED Refuse to Restrict U. S. Navy Operations COMMITTEE OF HOUSE THUMBS DOWN PROPOSAL Vote Against Recommen- dation of Representa- tive from Ohio STRONG FORCE WILL BE ON BOTH OCEANS Nonaggressio—nv Policy Will Be Discussed at Ses- sion Tomorrow WASHINGTON, March 2. — The House Naval Committee has refus- ed to restrict the Navy's operations on the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to any definite area, Chairman Carl Vinson announced this after- noon. The committee voted 16 to 6 against the amendment by Repre- sentative Frank C. Kniffen, Demo- crat of Ohio, which would have es- tablished a naval frontier stretch- ing from the Aleutians, Alaska, to Midway Island, to Panama Canal Zone, to the Virgin Islands, thence to Maine. Chairman Vinson also said the 747 committee turned down the pro- | %4 posal to require withdrawal of Am- erican warships from Chinese wat- ers. Chairman Vinson also said the committee will vote tomorrow on the amendment estabishing a non- aggression policy but will provide for a Navy strong enough to pro- tect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts from simultaneous attacks. —o— DEPARTMENT OF NAVY EXPANDING NOW IN ALASKA Certain Parts of Amaknak Island Transferred by Executive Order By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—(Spec- jal Correspondence)—The transfer- ring of certain portions of Amak- nak Island, near Unalaska, to the Navy Department by an Executive Order signed by the President on February 15 affords further evi- dence that the Navy Department program is advancing in a small- scale but scheduled manner. Unlike most Executive Orders which state the anticipated use that will be made of such transfers or reservations, the only reason given in this was that it was for “naval uses.” However, recalling a statement contained in letter written by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Edison to Delegate Di- mond some time ago, that the Navy Department was studying “the possibility of stationing a small number of seaplanes at Un- alaska,” the almost certain con- clusion is that the island will be used for the seaplane base. It was in this letter that the Assistant| Secretary also referred to rehab- | ilitation of buildings at the Na: Radio Station at Sitka for use personnel of patrol planes operat- ing from tenders,” and for which the station is now being Reference was also then made to lating pulpit regulatio “rehabilitation of certain facilities of the old Naval Radio Station, Woody Island, Kodiak, for a sim- jlar purpose.” And shortly there- after the Executive Order was an- nounced reserving a small near Kodiak “for the use of the Navy Department for present and prospective naval uses.” Everything added up, it all bears out the belief that seaplane operations of the Navy will soon be functioning in the area around Unalaska. The strategic importance of aska in the national defense war- rants the establishment of a sep- arate naval district for Alaska, in e (Continued on Page Three) val Martin Nie: «of | leader and famous submarine com- ——— | Tetter, G LY Woeis 77 INDIES Britain’s guardian to her far east lifeline. \ qNBQ-gfimNA { T‘CAEG'(S IN ‘GIBRALTAR OF THE ORIENT’ entire British fleet could be based said authorities attending recent opening of “world’s largest naval dock” at Singapore. Map locates sched, into St. Thomas Church, New York, os. Wheir presence was hailed by Pastor A alone for conduct of war.” DIERS ma g Juring ser vs ars o4 INVADERS ARE NOW PRESSING ON RED ARMY Push Is Started Toward Mountainous Strong- holds, Central China BOMBER PLANES ARE MAKING RAIDS BY AIR Eight Japanese Columns| Nearing 500 Miles -of Lunghai Railway SHANGHAI, March 2. — Eight Japanese columns are almost with- in reach of more than 500 miles of the Lunghai Railway, outlet of the Chinese in the central area and which stretches across the entire section. Japanese troops have renewed the offensive against the vital east and west line after their force: routed the Chinese in Southern Shansi Province. The Japanese are now pressing on toward the mountainous strong- holds of the Chinese Red Army to the west and using bombers in the push, air raiding many sectors. GREAT BRITAIN AM‘RANH BAY | Army Air Base Discussed | by Delegate Before House Com. 1] o 5 South China By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—(Spec- jal Correspondence) — Three bills pertaining to the Territory of Alas- ka were introduced in the Senate on February 16 by Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma. One of these is to authorize the construction of a bulkhead along the waterfront of the town of Nome, | another is to extend the provisions of the Metlakatla Citizenship Act to Charles A. Ryan, and the other | is to authorize the withdrawal ang reservation of small tracts of the] public domain in Alaska for schools | and hospitals for natives of Alaska These are companion bills to measures now pending in the House where they were introduced by Dele- gate Dimond some time ago, and are now sponsored in the Senate by Sen- ator Thomas at the Delegate’s re- quest. N w}mum N \ N Java Sea &DU‘RA & cortp ERABAY/ N \% ALBEE IN EAST Resident of Alaska for several CHURCH LEADER FOUND GUILTY IN NAZI LAND Sentenced to Seven Months —Also Fined Six Hundred Dollars BERLIN, March 2. — The Rev. moller, Protestant Church mander during the World War, has | been convicted of speaking against used. | the leaders of the Reich had vio- ns. The minister was immediately sentenced to seven months impris- onment but time already spent in jail cancelled out the sentence. He must go to jail, however, unless he area Pays a fine of $600. —t——— Ketchikan Man to Wed Seattle Girl SEATTLE, March 2.—A marriage license has been issued to Herbert He declared he killed his employes 24, of Ketchikan, Alaska, | Peter Alibangbang, in a quarrel and Laura Tallman, 18, of Seattle. years, William Albee is in Washing- ton this week. On a honeymoon jaunt in 1930 the Albees made their way afoot, carrying necessary pro- visions and their limited equipment on their backs, from the Hudson Bay Company’s White River Post inJ British Columbia through the wil- derness to Liard and finally to At- lin where they stopped for the win- ter. Following the break-up in 1931 they boated to the Yukon and down that river for 1200 miles, intending to go on to the Bering Sea at that time. However, because of the ar- rival of a son, they stopped for three years at Fairbanks. In 1924 Mr. Al- bhee went to Cape Prince of Wales WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. — The gs g teacher in the service of the House Appropriations Sub-Com- Office of Indian Affairs and a short mittee has tentatively approved of li;:: later Mrs. Albee and Skooker ny J. Di-| Albee followed by plane. At Cape ;l;ld“: E;::iszn‘:m:zu{,ung me‘Pflnce of Wales a daughter made | proposea $25.000 appropriation for her advent into the family. Last investigation into the property and Year they returned to the States | reindeer to be acquired for the na-':’::d;" lnsl evil:;nt thn!t,“:]he}; are ali; | { ore than a e homesicl tives of Alaska. for Alaska, ‘The Albee family is featured in an article entitled “Farthest West” in the Pebruary 12 issue of The Sat- | urday Evening Post. May Double Fund - Tolnvestigate AIasI@_Heindee Amendment by Delegate Dimond Approved by House Subcommittee 1S KILLED ~ OVER WAGES CALL ON DELEGATE Joseph A. Walsh of Nome, and | Arthur Flatt of Fairbanks, called | lon the Delegate February 17. Mr. | KNIGHTSEN, Cal, March 2.— Walsh is a graduate in civil engin- ‘Edwln Hammond, negro asparagus °ering of the University of Alaska, cutter, has surrendered to officers. and a brother of Miss Eileen Walsh T, who has been employed in the WPA | over wages. ) (Continued on Page Three) More Fuel Is Tossed Into Roaring Rearma- ment Furnace LONDON, March 2. — Tossing more fuel into the roaring rearma- ment furnace, Great Britain will spend more than half a billion dollars on its air force in the year beginning April 1. Air estimates totalled $557,510,- | 000, allowing for the purchase of | planes, construction, maintenance, interest on borrowed money, etc. This indication of Great Britain’s feverish rearming came from Vis- count Swinton, Secretary of State for Air, in a memorandum accom- | panying estimates that the number of persons employed in the aircraft | industry had been increased from 30,000 in 1935 to 90,000 at the pres- ent time. This does not include persons engaged in the production of arm- aments and other aircraft equip-| | United States and Jap Cover Three Years, Is Was Left, According to Tokyo. . 0 neunces the abandonment of the study salmon migrations. “The Foreign Office has decid tween the United States and J says. ining the salmon movements on a | in 1936. MORE ABOUT DISPUTE NEW YORK, March 2. The Far Eastern Survey, fortnightly publication of the Institute of Pa- |cific Relations, said the dispute be- |tween America and Japan over Alaska salmon is basically a con- flict between conservation of nat- (ural resources and advancing tech- nique. The study of the situation is en- titled “Alaska salmon in world politics,” and the publication as- 2 ROME, Mar. 2.—Gabriele d'An-| | nunzio, Italy’s soldier-poet, is dead. He emerged from the World War ias one of the most colorful figures |of that great conflict. His seizure of the city of Fiume | as a protest against its disposition | by the Conference of Versailles was | the most extraordinary exploit of | his picturesque career — a career | which brought him fame as a poet, novelist, dramatist, soldier and pa- | triot. Many Romances This many-sided man also at- tracted world-wide notice because of the many romances in which he was involved. When the war began d’Annunzio became deeply impressed with the vital necessity of Italy participat-| ing in it so as to realize her sover- eignty in the Adriatic. When Ttaly | failed to obtain Fiume in the peace | conference he looked upon his coun- | try’s part in the war as a failure. Commanded Air Force At the time d’Annunzio was com- TOKYO, Mar. 2—The Ministry of Agriculture and Foresiry an- pan be eliminated has agreed to cancel the study pr The Japanese expedition to the waters of Alaska has been exam- The first Japanese ships cruised the Bristol Bay section walers Qg\lgfful E églire of World Waf,; Gabriele D’ Annuncio, Is Deac BIG AIR FORCE 1 Italy; Once Seized Fium Japanese Expedition to Alaska TWA CRAFT IS Waters to Study Salmon Is Now ' Abandoned; Official $ iFm‘eign Office Decides to Remove All Irritation Between ~ REPORTED LOST, SUDDEN STORM atement Vessel Was Flying East from San Francisco with Nine Aboard, REPORT WAS MADE LAST NIGHT an-—Program, that Was to Now Called Off—One Year \ /\Hll()lll!('(’lll(‘lll lSSlI(‘(I fl'()lll | |LAST 1938 expedition to Alaska waters to Accident Believed to Have | Occurred East of Fresno, Cal. ed that all sources of irritation be- and the M ogram,” the official announcement three year b: BULLETIN — FRESNO, Cal, March 2—The search for the missing plane started early this morning beth by air and land but no word was reported to officials here early this after- noon. An earlier report saying the airliner had been found wrecked was later announced as incorrect. FOLLOW JAPANESE | serts, “The Japanese are in a posi- | |tion to capture red salmon of the | | Bristol Bay section as the run of | fish heads toward natural rivers.”| The “study” is written by Mrs.| Kathleen nes, of the American | Council Research Staff, and Prof. FRESNO, Cal., March 2—Trap- Homer E. Gregory, of the Univer-|ped by a sudden storm, a Trans- sity of Washington. The “study”|continental Western Airliner is be- concludes that “Japan has a strong |ljeved to have crashed with nine legal position” but hints that Japan | occupants east of Fresno while will not press that position, due 10 |pound from San Francisco to Al- the international situation. | buquerque, New Mexico. | The plane was last heard from at 9:28 o'clock last night. Those aboard the missing air- {liner are as follows: - o A | TRACY DIR LAM and MARY % DIRLAM, Stanford students en- route home to Mansfield, Ohio. e MR. and MRS. L. B. WALTS, of San Francisco. — | H. N. SALIBUSY, TWA First Of- \ficer, flying as a passenger. | V. KRUSE, of Kansas City. | JOHN GRAVES, of Palo Alto, | Cal,, pilot. | €. W. WALLACE, Tucson, | zona, first officer. MARTHA M. WILSON, of Phil- adelphia, Stewardess. FLOODS ARE PREVAILING, CALIFORNIA Conditions Most Dangerous —Hundreds of Families Reported Marooned Ari- ment. | mander of an Italian air squadron Viscount Swinton gave assurance;al Venice and the peace conference | of specific achievements in devis- action impelled him to fiery elo- ing new methods of defense against | quence and denunciation of his own air raids, but said they must be:gnvemment. Public disapproval of kept secret. Alaska Railroad's Operation of Coal MineNg!llppnsed Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Takes Action Against Proposed Move ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Mar. 2— The Anchorage Chamber of Com- merce has voted to oppose the Gov- ernment's proposal to operate the Alaska Railroad’s coal mine at Eska for commercial or own use. The Chamber of Commerce said the Government’s entry into the coal business will wipe out the Mata- nuska industry. Action followed the announce- ment that permanent improvements are scheduled at the Alaska Rail- road’s mine at Eska which opened after the closing of the Jonesville mine when 14 miners were Kkilled in an explosion. > — - The territory of Alaska was pur- chased by the United States from Russia in 1867 for $1,720,000. the government’s failure to obtain | Fiume eventually caused the fall of the ministry headed by Premier Or- lando. A new cabinet headed by Premier Nitti was formed and in newspaper articles and speeches, d'Annunzio warned the new government that it .must not return from the Peace Conference without Fiume and Dal- matia. This, he declared, was the dictum of the Malian people. Aroused People In his speeches he aroused the people to demonstrations against the government by referring to the ministry as “infamous vultures, who want to bury all heroism,” and de- claring that Ttaly’s rights were being sold by the Peace Conference for gold. He was criticised in the Italian Chamber of Deputies on the ground that he had attacked Presi- dent Wilson in one of his speeches. World Startled The world was startled by the an- nouncement on September 12, 1919, that d’Annunzio had arrived at Fi- ume at the head of a force of Ital- ian soldiers said to number between 8,000 and 12,000. The men, equipped with machine guns and armored automobiles, occupied the city in violation of government orders. Detachments of soldiers under General Robilant were sent to dis- arm d'Annunzio and his men, but General Robilant’s troops refused (Continued on Page Six) SoCIATED PRESS (UNDERWOOD: AN ABRIELE D'/ANNUNZIC REPUBLICANS MAKE CHARGE OVER MEASURE Declare Proposed Penalty Tax is Only *“Polit- ical Weapon” WASHINGTON, March 2—Re- publican members of the House Ways and Means Committee contend that the Administration has forced into the tax revision bill a “polit- ical weapon” to attack its out- standing foes in the business world. This w eapon, the Republican members of the committee say in a report opposing the bill, is the proposed penalty tax on large in- comes of corporations owned by families or a few individuals. The report terms the proposed bill as vicious and iniquitous. - MISS PAULSON BACK Miss Helvi Paulson, after a vaca- tion of several weeks in the south, returned to Juneau aboard the Mount McKinley and will resume work at Sigrid's Beauty Salon to- MOrrow | BULLETIN —LOS ANGELES, | Cal, March 2.—One person is | known to have been drowned and thousands are marooned as the storm continued this after- loon. 2 | | LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 2.— |One of the most severe storms of |recent years brought dangerous |flood conditions to Southern Cali- fornia homes where residents are marooned. The Red Cross forces worked to |remove the marooned refugees. | The usually Dry River is bank- * | ful today. City and interurban traffic is halted on many routes. Houses are reported in a pre- carious condition in Santa Monica Canyon. More than 100 families have been removed from the Venice district. Haida Officers Chamber Guests Officers of the Coast Guard cut- ter Haida will be guests at the Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon, tomorrow .in Percy's Cafe. F. E. McDernlott, Vice-President, will preside in the absence of C. W. Carter, President, who is in the Interior. ——-e — Twelve of the 34 mineral springs at Vichy, France, belong to the state, L