The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 15, 1938, Page 1

‘Japanese K THE VOL. LI, NO. 7741. NAVY PUSHES ALASKA DEFENSE PROGRAM | Stall Again on Alaska Fish | ABSORPTION OF ' AUSTRIA, GREAT DISAGREEMENT 1S ANNOUNCED AT 11TH HOUR Tokyo G(;é:rxment Says International Problem Settlement Delayed NEGOTIATIONS TO OPEN, NEW BASIS In Other Words, Nippons| May Send Research Craft, Bristol Bay TOKYO, March 15.—The Japan- ese Government announces an eleventh hour disagreement with the United States on terms of with- drawal of the Japanese salmon re- search expeditions in Alaskan waters and this has necessarily de- layed settlement of the Internation- al problem. The disagreed point is not disclosed. The announcement further stated negotiations would reopen on a “to- tally new basis.” Jt was previously reported the agreement, was complete between the two nations and only awaited official sanction of the two govern- ments. The Japanese statement, made several weeks ago; the "research three-year with one year to run, would be called off this year and the re- search boats would not be sent to the Alaskan waters. STATEMENT IN SENATE WASHINGTON, March 15— United States Senator Homer T. Bone, told the Senate this afternoon that any treaty arrangement.giving Japan some portion of the salmon run of the North Pacific Ocean would not be agreeable to the people of the Pacific Northwest. Senator Bone said he feared the Japanese would find “some reason to refuse to compose the differences up there.” INSURGENTS ARE NOWON ADVANCE SPANISH FRONT Government Claims Italian Soldiers, German Planes Capture Alcaniz MADRID, March 15—A Govern- ment- communique declares that Italian troops and German air- planes took part in the capture of Alcaniz, eastern Spain, where Insurgents troops advanced to with- in 45 miles of the Mediterranean. Alcaniz fell to the Insurgent of- fensive. ‘The Insurgents are at- temping to split the Government territory and the fall of Alcaniz is part of the campaign. SOVIET SECRET POLICE SNUFF 0UT 18 LIVES I'raitors and Murderers Be lieved Killed in Execu- tion Corridors MOSCOW, March 15.—Guns of the Secret Police early this morning rang out in execution corridors and the bullets are believed to have snuffed out the lives of eighteen condemned traitors and murderers, victims of Russia's latest pyrge trial. The time placed on such execu- tions are always a mystery but if the Soviet practice is followed they are carried out within a few hours after rejection of appeals for mercy. The final plea for clemency was denied last night. program, | \ ‘BRINGER OF HAPPINESS® to Holland’s Princess ¥is o Lok Juliana and husband is month-old baby, Beatrix, whose name means “bringer of peace and happiness.” This is recent photo. ! ' Air Bombers vs. Battleships Argument Again Arises Over New Naval Building Program VIENNA WRITER CHANGES FLAGS ON WAY NORTH Dr. Herbert Tichy Is Now German and Be- lieves It Best Dr. Herbert Tichy, writer and photographer, left Vienna on2 month ago, an Austrian citizen. He left Seattle Saturday morning, still an Austrian. Today he walked down the gangplank in Jumeau from the steamer Yukon, a citizen of Ger- | many—and he likes it. | “It is a good thing for Austria,” | said Dr. Tichy in Gov. John W. Troy's offices this morning where he paid his respects. “From the eco- | nomic side it is very good: Austria | could not get along by herself. She | must join with somebody, Hungary, | Germany, or any other country.” | “And Hitler was the best choice?” he was asked. “Yes, 1 think so—but one cannot tell yet,” Tichy answered. Dr. ‘Herbert Tichy is tall, broad shouldered, fair, has been to far places in the world and has received fame for writings and photographs, but he is not bearded as “Doctor” might imply, though he does wear horn-rimmed glasses. He is but 25 | years old. { Recently in India | He has but recently returned from India where he wrote a book soon to be translated to the English lan- | guage. It is about “The Holiest Mountain in the World,” 22,000 feet high in Tibet where he dressed and spoke as an Indian and witnessed the strange pilgrimages of wor- shippers. “They believe, the Indians,” Dr. By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, March 15. — A vear ago died a man who would nave made for himself a Roman holiday of this Naval building program. The name is William Mitchell, one-time chief of the Army Air Corps. Not a public peep is heard out of the Army these days, however, as the Navy bids for a billion dollar build- ing program—and probably will get it. But the arguments against build- ing naval monsters which were ad- vanced by General Mitchell are whispered about among Army men —particularly in the air corps. The argument that a fast squad- ron of air bombers, on the loose, would drive the whole United States navy into the comparative safety of San Francisco bay still is advanced by the air-fighters. But officials who value their official necks do not stick them out. Mit- chell did not value his official neck, stuck it out, and had it lopped off by a court martial. 55 . ARGUE NAVY IS CHEAPER One air corps officer, wnose name cahnot be used, says of the pres- ent situation: “We will have to wait for the present generation of admirals and generals to die. Admiral Leahy is the first chief of operations even to admit an air bomb can sink a bat- tleship.” But the argument is not all on one side in private. In public it is all on the side of the battleship. That prevails not only in this coun- try but. in other countries which are trying to keep their military establishments in tip-top shape for the war they say they are not ex- pecting but fear may come. The Navy maintains it actually is cheaper for a nation to depend | for its main striking power on cost- ly battleships than on airplanes. As an example, a Navy Department memorandum draws & comparison between bombardment by battle- | ships and air bombers. A Dbattleship can pour out a HITLER STROKE Nazi Chieftain Talks to Seven Million New Subjects Today 'FRANCE TAKING ~ NEW PRECAUTIONS 'Great Britain Broadens Plan | for Rearmament, Na- tional Conscription BULLETIN—VIENNA, March 15. — After his speech, Hitler flew to Munich and planncd to return later to Berlin where a big celebration is to be staged. VIENNA, March 15~—Germany’s Man of the Hour, Adolf Hitler, in addressing cheering thousands from a balcony over Hero's Square; today told the world that the absorption of Austria, “Ts the greatest achieve- ment. of my life” While Hitler told his 17,000,000 new subjects to accept the re- sponsibilities of the “mast thor- oughly German outpost of German | people,” his lieutenants took over all the functions of the Austrian {government, including the treasury and the foreign relations of = the new government and announced that Jews will no longer be allowed to vote as Austria has become merely a realm in the German district. ’ Take Oath of Allegiance The entire Anstrian country today took the oath of allegiance to Chan- cellor Hitler. Hitler appointed the German General Von Bock as Commander in Chief of all forces within the Aus- trian Territory. The Reich Ministry of Finance issued a statement at Berlin, how- ever; to announce that the custom barrier between Germany and her new province would remain in ef- fect for the present. The Ministry said all Austria would have a cus- toms status similar to that of Ham- burg and other ‘Free Cities’ re- garded as non-German for customs purposes. The final status of Austria will be determined by a referendum to be held on Sunday, April 10. All Ger- manic men and women more than twenty years old will be permitted to vote. The age limit has been low- ered to permit young Nazis to vote Hitler, however, did not wait for returns on the referendum to make his announcement that Germany never will give up Austria. Said Hit- ler in a speech at Vienna “Whatever | the future may have in store, the German Reich as it exists today will never again be disrupted or torn asunder. Arrests Reported The former vice chancellor of was Austria, Prince Starhemberg, (Continued on Page Six) | DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” y '\ , MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1938 Issue Langlie Succeeds Dore as Mayor of & Conservative voi Seattle against V. a conservative plati “clewning in city administratio shows the Mayor elect with famil Langlie and his wife. Change Proposed in Stake RELIEF FUND REACHES BIG SUMINU. S, Over Nineteen Billion Dol- lars Expended from 1933 to 1937, Inc. WASHINGTON, March 15— Stuart A. Rice, Chairman of the Central Statistical Board, told the Senate Unemployment Committee today that the cost of all relief activities in the United States from 1933 to 1937, inclusive, was nine- teen billion three hundred and three million dollars. Rice said the Federal ment spent more than fourtee: billion dollars. and the State and local units the remainder. Govern- Czechoslovakia Prepared for Defense; Far-Flung System of Fortifications Constructed PRAHA, March 15.—Czechoslo- vakia is ready to defend against a sudden attack without waiting for outside help, the Chief of the General Staff said Today. The Republic’s whole defense plan, Gen. Ludwig Jan Krajci explained, is based on realizations that war now begins without declarations and moves with swiftness because of airplanes and motorized troops. The General did not mention Hit- ler’s recent declaration proclaiming | protection of German minorities in | Central Europe, nor the coup in Austria. | Czechoslovakia lies next to Ger- | many and has almost 3,500,000 Ger- mans in her population. Nearly | two-thirds of the Germans are con- | centrated in Bohemia, the north- herself Tichy explained in halting English,:’w“nd a minute from each of its Western section of the country | (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Seven) | which is bounded on three sides by \ Germany. It would be a long effective help could expected from allies, the general said, add- ing that “our’ task is fo hold off the enemy without outside Hhelp durirg the first phase of the fight- ing.” time before r this purpose.” he stated, “a far-flung system of fortifications is being erected along our borders. These should give our possible ene- mies reason. to ponder whether plans of brutal aggression would have any chance of success.” He said industry already was in shape to be put on a war basis on short notice and plans for wartime feeding of the population have been worked out. The leaders steering Czechoslo- vakia through the present critical period are ready to give Germans, Hungarians, Poles and other minor- ities every share in public and eco- nomic life short of autonomy. By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond ASHINGTON, Fen. 28.—(Spec- ial Correspondence)—In a bill in- troduced by Delegate Dimond and now pending before the House Com- tor A, Meyers, Lieutenant Goveracr of Washington. #.5re, who was defeated it the non-partisan primaries by his successor and’| » calling for restoration of the city's credit and good’ reputafion nd @n- end 96 Langlie was supperted by 78,997 voters while Me) left to right ar: Arthur Sheridan Langlie, 7; Langlie (akes office June .6 | attle i s s'drew 48,114. Photo arrie Ellen, 3; Langlie SEAPLANEBASES WILL BE TRIPLED, REPORT STATES Fleet War Games Will In- clude Concentrated Move- ment in North Waters ADDITIONAL LAND IS PUT IN RESERVATION High Command Considers Aleutians Strategic Point in Pacific Defense WASHINGTON, March 15.—The Navy without waiting for Congress to act on.the billion: dollar nayal expansion program is proceeding with its quiet development of de- fense in Alaska adjacent to the ! Aleutian Islands, an informed per- son in the Navy Department said today. The department has taken steps to triple the number of sea- plane bases on the northern side of its California-Hawaii-Alaska d fense triangle and in recent weecks has added two parcels to the 26 . |reservations of land. it already had set astde along thé “shortest route 'to Asia,” it was stated. ring the fleet's war games | which begah this week = scouting jeruisers, destroys apd;p to Jor stmulated enem: th ‘foggy waters of the far e north. The scouting force may push as far as Kiska at the westernmost tip of the Aleutians. The High - Command considers this a point of RANSOM NOTES Net Fishing in Bristol Bay ARE RECEIVED Ly —_ : LEVINE KIDNAP Two Reports Are Circulat- mittee on Merchant Marine and| ed Today in New Roch- Fisheries, the Delegate proposes to amend existing law regulating the operation of stake nets used for commercial salmon fishing in the Bristol Bay area so as to permit residents of the region to use stake nets who are not now eligible to do so. Present law prohibits commercial salmon fishing with stake or set nets in Bristol Bay and its tributary waters, except by persons who have resided for at least 5 years w a radius of 30 miles of the loc of the stake nets. The bill now under consideration will, if enacted, modify this law to permit such fishing by any American citizen who has resided continuously for 2 years within the watershed area of Bristol Bay, or since June 1, 1937. This amendment is deemed de- sirable because it would extend to many more residents of the vicinity additional means for a livelihood in the industry and still not open the use of stake nets indiscrimin- ately to nonresidents. Favorable report was made on the bill by Assistant Secretary of Com m erce Ernest G. Draper on February 18. METLAKATLA BOAT HARBOR A resolution requesting the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Har- bors to review the reports on Met- iakatla Harbor was considered al the instance of the Delegate and approved recently by the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, and has been transmitted to the War Department. o Following the preliminary exam- ination of the harbor with a view to its improvement, authorized in the general river and harbor act of 1935, the Chief of Engineers on December 10, 1936, made an adverse report on the proposed construction of a breakwater to provide a small- boat harbor with protection from the gales that resulted in the loss of a number of boats at various times in the past. This report gave as the view adopted “that the cost of a protected small-boat harbor on the exposed frontage of the town of Metlakatla would exceed the (Continued on Page Three) J elle, Abduction Case NEW ROCHELLE, March 15 Reports are current in New Rochelle that two more ransom notes had been delivered by kidnapers of 12- vear-old Peter Levine. Reliable news sources said that an attempt had been made to pay the ransom last week with the Larchmont minister as the interme- diary. Police were supposed to have in- tercepted a telephone message di- recting the clergyman to a ransom note at the back of the New Rochelle telephone building. According to the story the note ordered the minister to drive up and down the Mamaroneck road until he saw a car with blinking headlights. The clergyman carried out the instructions, but failed to meet the kidnapers. The other report said that a New Rochelle druggist had received an- other ransom note and had turned it over to police. * - e, NEGRO DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIRTODAY One Hundred and Fiftieth Execution Takes Place in Texas HUNTSVILLE, Texas, March 15. Leroy Kelly, 26, a negro, is the 150th man to die in the electric chair in the penitentiary in this State. He was executed shortly after midnight for the murder of Sheriff F. A. Lloyd, of Lamb County. — e TO ANCHORAGE Harry Seidenverg, Anchorage merchant, is a passenger on the Yukon for Seward, such strategic importance that it | bars all visits by commercial vessels from the area. The recent naval activity in Al- aska and the Aleutians starts from the expiration 15 months ago of the Washington arms treaty which forebade fortification of the islands. Navy Secretary Swanson told Con- gress last year that the “strategic importance of Alaska will soon in- crease to a point where facilities in those waters must be sufficient |to support a limited naval force.” The first step was to dispatch flying boats and tender last -fall to Sitka and next came the trans- __fer from the Interior Department to navy reservation of a portion of Kodiak Island, virtually unnoticed. Similar transfer. was made last month of the small island of Ana- mak near Dutch ‘Harbor. - e Trade Pact With Czechoslovakia is ~ Announced by U.S. | | WASHINGTON, March 15— Pres- {ident Roosevelt has proclaimed a trade treaty with Czechoslovakia, specifically exempting Germany however from the benefits of the | lower tariff to be enjoyed by 87 other | nations. | Germany is barred by reason that | treatment of American Commerce | by the Nazi nation has been dis- | criminatory. CAPONE MUST SERVE 1 MORE ~ YEARIN JAL [Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere in Sentence of Lower Court WASHINGTON, March 15. — The Supreme Court has refused to in- terfere with the decision of the lower court and Al Capone must serve one year in the Cook County Jail in Chicago when released from Al- catraz prison. y Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to serve 11 years, ten in a Federal prison and one in a county prison. { =