The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1938, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE VOL. LI, NO. 7749. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, PRICE TEN CENTS MARCH 24, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PACKERS, FISHE JAPS SAY U. S, PLANS ATTACK WITH BIG NAVY Tokyo Spokeman Says Nav- al Bill Part of Plot Against Nippons PARLEY STILL GOING OVER ALASKAN FISH Hirota Hints that Boats Will Not Fish Bering Sea in 1938 TOKYO, March 24.—A Japanese Navy spokesman said he believed the United States Navy's Expansion Bill shows that the United States is considering naval operations against Japan. Speaking at a press conference, the spokesman said: “My view is that if Americans are not thinking of over seas operations they do not need a fleet of that size; or do I be- lieve the object of American ope tions could be other than Japar Reports that the Navy war games would extend to the borders of Jap- anese mandated islands in the Paci- fic drew from a Japanese naval representative the remark: It unbelievable Americans would come so near.” Foreign Minister Koki Hirota in briefly touching upon the Alaskan salmon problem, characterized as ridiculous the assertions that many Japanese fishing boats were really disguised warships. Hirota said Japan and the United ates are still negotiating and that he expected an amicable set- tlement of the Bristol Bay and Ber- ing Sea controversy. He further in- timated that Japanese fishing boats will not travel to Alaskan waters this year Japanese Held After Breaking Governor's Door Man Held for Insanity Ob- servation After Crashing Glass in Federal Bldg. A Japanese, Ishami Yagi, is being held in the Federal jail for observa- tion for insanity following the smashing of the glass in the door leading to the Governor's office shortly after noon today. Yagi told arresting officers when he was arrested a few minutes after the incident that he had gone to the Governor's office during the noon hour to obtain some of the “seven billion dollars” he said the government “owes me.” When he found the door locked, he said he picked up the floor mat and smash- ed the window. With the crash of glass he departed hastily. A short time later Deputy Marshal William Markle arested him on lower Frank- lin Street. Yagi recently came to Juneau from Excursion Inlet and prior to that reports had reached the Mar- shal’s office that he was acting strangely at Lazy Cove near Soap- stone Point. The Japanese was without funds, officers said ,and probably had go to the Governor’s office to seek lief, they believe. FIRE FUMES KILL MINERS Three Men TTapped on 3,-‘ 500-foot Level— | TwoSuccumb | MARYSVILLE, Utah, March 24— Two men died last night from fumes of a fire in the Deer Trail gold mine. Bert Glen, 36, died shortly after he was carried out from the 3500 foot tunnel from the stope in which he and two companions were trapped for several hours. Later, Dale McDonald Dalton, 21, who was also brought up, suc- cumbed. is I RMEN, The course of true love runs anyth ins. Mitzi Mayfair, petite dancer, n ;‘.nfiogx:fl, he?rfm I millions of the New York beverage family. Hoff man gave Mitzi the cl she chose marriage. They are ceremony was Appropriation Bill for Interior Department Passes House; Has Many Items Inc AIR COMMERCE BILLS EFFECT ALASKA FLYING Dimond Explains Pilot’s Pay Provisions in Measures —Asks for Views The Lea bill in the House and the Senate McCarran measure in the are designed for complete tion of air commerce and will apply in all States and Territories Transportation within Territories is called interstate, according to ad- vices to The Empire from Delegate Anthony J. Dimond “The McCarran bill provides that it shall be a condition upon hold- ing certificates to engage in inter- state air transportation that rates, compensation, maximum hours and other working conditions and rela- tions of airpiane pilots holding cer- tificates shall conform to decision No. 83 made by the National Labor Relations Board on May 10, 1934, and the same provision applies to overseas air transportation such as between the State and Alaska,” the Delegate siad. “Decision No. 83 provides for pay- ment to pilots on a graduated scale dependent to some extent upon the hours of flying per month, the length of service and whether flying is by day or night; that 85 hours of flying shall constitute a monthly maximum for air pilots; that rate| of base pay shall be $1,600 per year with an increase of $200 for each year’s service up to a maximum of $3,000; that pilots shall be paid the | base rate plus a graduated hourly rate of four to five dollars for a day’s flying and six to seven and a half dollars for night flying, de- pending upon the speed of the ship; that, in addition, pilots shall be paid rates varying between one and two cents per mile for monthly mil- eages, dependent again upon the distances flown and the speed of ships. “Experience in the States has shown that pilots will average about $650 per month and that sometimes a pilot’s monthly pay will exceed $1,000. I am advised that ex- perience indicates an Alaska aver- age pay for pilots of about $450 per month. “If any operator or pilot believes Decision No. 83 is unworkable in Alaska, views should be wired to Senator McCarran or Representa- tive Lea, or both. While the Lea bill does not yet contain the pilots’ wages provision, Decision No. 83, it is understood the same will be offered in hearings on the bill be- fore the committee.” e ——— Sprinkle chopped, candied gin- ger over thin biscuit dough. Then spread the combination with soft butter. Cut into strips a fourth of an inch wide and two inches long. Bake quickly. Serve hot. hoice between a movie career and marriage—and pictured at Pocono, Pa., shortly after thd TAX REVISION PROPOSED WILL AID BUSINESS Flat Rate of 18 Percent on Corporation Incomes Suggested ‘WASHINGTON, Marct 24. — The Senate Finance Committee has eli- minated the undistributed profit in the House Tax revision bil substituted a flat rate of 18 per cent on corporation incomes. ‘ irman Harrison, Democrat o sippi, said the change will pro- duce nearly $100,000,000 more reve- nue and aid business because of tax certainty. - BUSINESS T BE AIDED BY FOR DEMANDS President Instructs Federal | Officials to Prepare Help Program luded for North wssssorox. waren 2:—sec-| ing but smooth, yet in the end Cupid is shown with her bridegroom, Albei performed. & retary of Treasury Morgenthau an-| that President Roo-| sevelt has asked a committee of Federal officials to prepare a pro- | gram for financial aid to business. Secretary Morgenthau, who Chairman of the group. said sug- | gestions for loans to industry will| be considered as a recognized need for expanded financing. Other committeemen are Jes: Jones; Chairman of the RFC; Ron- ald Ransom, of the Federal Bank- ing Reserve, and Willlam O. Doug- las, of the Securities Commission, - e FRESH WATER ON WATERFRONT BEFORE C. OF C. Chamber l;—t; Look Into Problem of Providing Bet- ter Service, Small Boats nounced today By J. "KLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, March 7.—(Spec- ial Correspondence) — The Interior Department appropriation bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, carrying considerable sums for expenditure in -Alaska, passed the House on March 2, and will soon be considered by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. With respect to Alaska, the Budget rec- ommendations were followed throughout, except as to the item for carrying out the so-called Rein- deer Act of 1937. The amount carried in the bill and the amounts appropriated for similar purposes last year are given below in parallel columns: Last Year This Year Education and re- lief of natives of Alaska $690,000 $790,000 Medical relief of natives of Alaska 370,000 Reindeer service 35,500 Reindeer industry United States Geo- logical Su 60,000 60,000 Construction of The problem of supplying fresh schools for na- water to small boats along the wat- tives 119,000 90,000 €rfront came before the Juneau Construction of Chamber of Commerce at its lun- hospitals for na- cheon meeting this noon at Percy's natives 186,000 160,000 Cafe when iv was stated by Pastor Mt. McKinley Na- H. L. Wood that it was difficult for tional Park 20,000 2770 the small boats to get water. About Salaries of Gover- the only place water can be obtained nor and Secre- is at the Union Oil dock, he said tary of Alaska 15,600 15,600 There is water at the Cold Storage Contingent Terri- plant, he explained, but due to the torial expenses 14,810 25,600 tishing boats serviced there it is Legislative expen- an inconvenience to all concerned ses 46,000 to obtain water there. Care of insane 190,600 202,600 Tom Dyer of the Standard Oil Construction and explained that due to the 1,500 feet repair of roads.. 535000 535,000 Which it has to pipe its water, it Maintenance of becomes necessary to shut off the | roads, bridges | water during the cold weather as and trails .. 130,000 160,000 it freezes up. He said, however, that The Alaska Rail- except for the cold weather period | road 200,000 fresh water can be obtained at the Standard Oil dock. President Charles W .Carter ap- pointed John W. Jones of Civic Im- provements committee amd Trevor Davis a committee to look into the matter. Failure of the North Sea fo arrive this forenoon deprived the Chumber of an anticipated feature—fne ap- From the foregoing it will be observed that some progress was | made in obtaining increases in the items of education and relief of the natives of Alaska, as the bill under consideration carries $100,000 more for those purposes than the bill approved last year, and last year's bill carried an increase over the corresponding amount in the Pearance of the University of Wash- bill of the year before. An increase | iN8ton Glee Club which had been of $38,000 was also granted in me‘scheduled to entertain the business appropriation for medical relief of Men at today’s luncheon. natives of Alaska. One new hospital Vot D R 7 is provided for in this bill at m‘RuI_I_EH RINK estimated cost of $145,000, to -be /built at Kanakanak. The remain- | ing $15,000 of the item is to provide | |for a dispensary at Tetlin to cost | uPENING HERE $7.500, and a dispensary at Hyda- | burg to cost the same amount. It is now hoped and expected that funds| Juneau will have a roller skating will be provided for at least one |rink again, it was announced today |new hospital for the natives of | pLouie Dyrdahl, Juneau contractor, |Alaska each year until the hospital |is opening the rink in the AB Hall | requirements are entirely taken | apout April 1, with Jay Williams, care of. Last year's bill carried |now associated with the American funds for the construction of a|Cash Grocery, as Manager-in- hospital at Bethel, as well as funds | charge. for rebuilding the hospital at Bar- | Floor space for the rink will be row which had been destroyed by |75 feet by 50 feet and has in years fire, For construction of native | past been used as a dance floor, schools, the current bill carries| basketball court, and in one or two (Continued on Page Five) other instances a roller skating rink L I ’;fmul Displa War One hundred thousand a in the long-sl vy of Poland’s w persons massed tanks, displayed for Lithuania’ in Pilsudski Square and te, one of the numeros education, saw.—Associated Press Photo. clamored for strong action against European near-war scenes. Above during a military review in War- One Secet of Cacch Strength._ (TEGHS WiLL One of the reasons why Czechoslovakia commands the respect of other European countries and may be expected to make a determined stand against Nazification is the generally fine physical condition of its people, contributing to the efficiency and strength of the mili- tary. This view of an athletic congress at Prague, which will be duplicated at Prague in July at the tenth annual Sokol congress in which 45,000 participate, suggests the place which physical develop- ment and mass maneuvers have in Czechoslovakia., NOT RECEIVE ENGLISH AID Chfllll})('l'lflin R}?flls{‘s PICdge of Assistance to Little Nation LONDON, March 24.—Prime Min- ister Chamberlain today refused Czechoslovakia flal pledge of mili= tary aid in the event of a German aggression. Chamberiain promise d the House of Commons that Gi Britain would use its new armaments, how- ver, to fight in fullfillment of E land’s treaty obligations with France or Belgium should either of those nations be victims of unjustified attack The Prime Minister also said that treaty obl s with Portu- gal, Iraq and where British interests are more important, are making a declaration of foreign pol- ley vital Chamberlain said that no import- ant British interests are at stake in 'niral Europe, but he warned that any German aggression that might in war might also easily force E land into the conflict as well. BELIAKOV BIVES ALASKANPILOTS, Army and Navy War College CITIZENS PRAISE Studying Latest Moves for soiet Representative, Con- Defense; Secrets of Nations ALASKA WORK RELIEF FUND 1S SET FORTH Tentative Pl‘()n;is(‘ of $50,- 000 Is Made by Act- ing WPA Chief By J. —'_Tl Ki Secretary to Delegate .rimond WASHINGTON, March 14.—(Spe- cial Correspondence) Tentative promise of $50,000 for employment in the Territ made on March 10 by Works Progress Administrator Au- brey Williams, when the need for this aid in Alaska was explained to him at a conference attended by Di- rector Ernest Gruening and Paul W. Gordon of the Division of Ter- ritories and Island Possessions, Del- egate Dimond, and Col. O. F. Ohlson While a number of worthy pro- jects which could well be under- taken with these funds to furnish employment were mentioned in the discussion, it was decided best to obtain the recommendations of Gov Troy as being on the ground and intimately acquainted with present needs before determining on defin- Coll (Continued on Page Six) « This is the second of two articles explaining the Army War College and what it does. By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, March 24. — Al- ready the “bright minds” in the Army and Navy are studying the Spanish civil war, the Japan-China “incident” and the Italo-Ethiopian campaign in preparation for the next war—when and if it comes. The studies are going quietly on in the Army and Navy War Col- leges where chosen officers of the two branches of national defense prepare for advancement to the higher grades. Their job is to study the latest methods of war—and they leave virtually nothing out that -may have a hearing. Here is a‘part of the mission of the Army War College in Washington, which will help to explain the purpose also of the Navy college: “To train officers for the con- duct of field operations of the Army and higher eschelons; and to in- struct in those political, economic Y social matters which influence e conduct of war. “To train officers for joir opera- ivm.‘.w of the Army and Navy.” ONE, TOO War College at New- and the War College cooperatively. Of the 5 now at the Army War 88 are from the Army, (Continued on Page Six) NAVY HA 95 off ducting Search for Miss- ing Fliers, Gives Banquet FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 24. | —Michael B, Beliakoy, Soviet rep- |resentative directing the search for the past eight months for the six missing Soviet fliers on the Polar plane, tendered a banque last night to Alaska aviators, United States Signal Corps men and rep- resentatives of the Weather Bur- eau and other officials who had aid- ed him Beliakov said the search will be continued by four large four motor- ed planes based at Rudolph Island. Beliakov leaves Saturday for Ju- neau enroute to Seattle and Wash- ington, D. C. | “11e here with deep gratitude to aviators and the Alaska people for their friendly cooperation and I hope to be the first to land here on an International Airlines plane in the not distant future that will connect America and Russia,” said | Beliakov. 1 Speaking of the missing fliers, | Beliakov said: “They are Soviet Repulic citizens. They must be and | will be found.” e e Pershing’s Son ~ Weds in April NEW YORK, March 24 —Francis Warren Pershing, 28, son of Gen. John J. Pershing, and Miss Muriel Richards. will be married here on April 22 according to an an- nouncement made here. Lo STILL INDEADLOCK Strength to Lithuania UNION LEADER SAYS PACKING WILL RESUME Claims Cannery Operators Trying to Move Stock, Wage Propaganda BULLETIN ATTLE, March 24 —Arthur I. Ellsworth, Secretary of the Canned Sal- men Industry, this afternoon re- leased a letter of the Pacific Am an Fisheries, Ine., of Bellingham, which nolified 250 employees of the cannery at King Cove that operations will not be attempted there this summer and the plant will be torn down in the fall. It had been planned to rebuild with modern equipment, SEATTLE, March 24.—Louis Mos= tad, business agent of the Alaska Fishermen's Union, said today that he is convinced the salmon canner- ies will operate as usual this sea- son despite the packers’ announce- ment that they would close down if employees do not accept a wage re- duction. “I have been here 24 years and it is the same story every spring,” Mos- tad said. “The packers say they can’t afford to operate. This creates an increased demand for what is left of the previous year's pack. When stocks are moved they will begin packing again no matter what the men are demanding. I d'n't be- lieve the industry is justitied in closing down for the season and I don't believe it will think the men are not entitled to even more than they are asking.” An industry spokesman said there was no possibility of any canning operations this season unless agree- ment is reached . “When we granted increases last year we were told we could make up the difference by simply advan- cing prices,” he said. “We did this but we found salmon a competitive item. There was no activity for months in the 1937 pack and it did not start to move until prices had been reduced to below production costs. Obviously, we can't keep on spending more than we take in.” The spokesman said it was too early to predict whether the con- troversy is likely to affect Puget Sound operations Glenn Kinney, business tative of the Machinists’ local 79 which is involved in the dispute along with the fishermen’s union, carpenters and ganne workers locals, assailed the canners con- tention that wages must be cut if the industry is to operate. “Many large employers of labor ave made such statements in the past when attempting to cut wages and where organized labor defeated their efforts the industry went right on operating just the same,” he said. “The President stated there should not be any wage cuts and we intend to take none. Wage cuts will not increase the canned salmon sale but it will further curtail the market for all commodities. This move by the operators can be interpreted as an attempt to break the unions and raise the price of salmon. The un- ions involved in this controversy stand solidly together and will take no reduction. We are not responsible for throwing men out of work. The blame for that must be placed on those who seek to cut wages by a lockout.” represen- NEW STEPS TAKEN SEATTLE, March 24—The CIO Cannery Workers and Farmi Lab- orers Union has petitioned the Na- tional Labor Relations Board for certification as a a bargaining or= ganization for all cannery workers shipped from Seattle to Alaska. Conrad Espe, Secretary said the action is taken to “minimize the Jjurisdictional fight in case a set- tlement between the packers and fisherman is reached.” Espe accuses Arthur I. Ellsworth, Secretary of the Canned Salmon Industry and member of the indus- tries labor committee, with dealing with AFL minorities. Espe further asserted the CIO has a majority membership. | Louis Mostad announced the un- ion has asked the Labor Depart- ment to send a mediator here to aid negotiations. It was announced today by the Alaska Steamship Company that the freighter Oduna, whose sailing has been cancelled, will sail for Alaska April 9, regardless of developments in the dispute between canners and unions, i