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THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LI, NO. 7752. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS MARITIMEUNIONMOVES, SALMONDISPUTE Here Is the TVA that Wa . not get aleng got right to President Roosevelt ax gan to make good on his charges. FDR said the chairman would talk right out or be removed at a ceriain hour on a certain d: man Morgan nevertheless said he would not talk and he double dared FDR fo remove him. President did remove him and moved up the other Morgan (o the Chairmanship. ng the result of the hearings, a statement of the apparent trouble and turned all over to Con- f the TVA and project. in w gress, saying it could go ahead and make an investiga.io COL.E.M. HOUSE PASSES AWAY IN NEW YORK President Woodrow Wil- son’s “Man of Mystery” Dies in Eastern Home NEW YORK, March 28. — Col Edward M. House, World War ad- visor of President Woodrow Wilsou is dead after an illness in which he rallied several times and then finally passed away. To the end, Edward Mandell House treasured the memory of his friendship with Woodrow Wilson. The sudden lapsing of the extra- ordinary comradeship of the war- time President and “the little gray man from Texas,” which had car- ried them through national and world crises together, was to Colonel House himself a “tragic mystery.” A letter written by the Colonel to his friend, Professor Charles Seymour of Yale University who had compiled his papers, reveals the steadfastness of his devotion to the man he had served as chief counselor and “super-ambassador.” “There were many doors in the | temples that men of old reared to their gods, to the sun and to the moon,” he wrote. “Behind the in- nermost door dwelt the mysteries. “And now you who have had ac- cess to my most intimate papers ask me to unlock the innermost door, a door to which I have no key. My separation from Woodrow Wilson was, and is, to me a tragic mystery, a mystery that now can never be dispelled, for its explana- tion les buried with him. “Theories I have and theories they must remain. Never during the years we worked together was there an unkind or impatient word written or spoken, and this to me is an abiding consolation. While our friendship was not of long duration it was as close as human friendship can grow to be. To this, his letters and mine bear silent testimony. “Until a shadow fell between us I never had a more considerate friend and my devotion to his memory remains and will remain unchanged.” Man of Mystery To the general public Colonel House was a man of mystery, hold- ing international secrets and wield- ing tremendous power as the coun- selor of President Wilson in the World War days and through the peace negotiations. A native of frontier Texas who as a boy saw shooting affrays in the streets of Houston, he became the intimate of the world's great personages in the momentous period from 1914 to 1919. A familiar but unobstrusive figure in the capitals of the warring nations, he had on his calling list such names as Kaiser Wilhelm, Clemenceau, Lloyd (Continued on Page Three) and three men who have been charged with this great power project. before the public and the TVA abov vice chairman, and David Lilienthal, director, really tock the spotlight in national affairs. twe members of the 'TVA said they could not get along with Chairman Morgan. ith the other two and he made certain charges. —left o right: Well, 1d he called the three TVA of! s before him. Morgan said he weuld not make them at a White House hearing. v & Just recently TVA came right Arthur E. Morgan, chairman; Harcourt A. Morgan, It appears that The iatter said he could the up and up of the whole affai He told Chairman Mor- Then Chair- Well, ihe then put The President There you are. New German War Machine; What It M o e eco e 00 00 REORGANIZ BILL S PASSED BY SENATE TODAY . . . . . 2 ® WASHINGTON, March 28 ® —The Senate has approved . . . . . ° authorization of the bill giving President Roosevelt broad powers to shift Executive De- partments. The vote was 49 to seeecscecccsoe FRANCE TOLD 0 KEEP OUT, - SPANISH WAR Unofficial Note Served by | Government of Italy | —Advance On ROME, March 28—Italy, in ef- fect, told France today to keep |hands off Spain while the Italian | troops go forward in the Insurgent advance towards the Mediterranean | seacoast. Official quarters acknowledged ogoncern over the possibility that | French Premier Leon Blum's Gov- ernment might go to the aid of em- battled Catalonia. The Italian Foreign Office’s of- fictal organ published the statement today that “Italy is following with the greatest attention the campaign of the French Leftists for interven- tion in Spain.” The organ then goes on to state that “France is warned to keep hands off Spain in the pres- ent situation.” e HOUSE TURNS DOWN ALASKA AR BASE PLAN Rejects Dimond Request on Grounds Army Did Not Recommend WASHINGTON, March 28. — The House today refused to authorize a two million dollar appropriation for an Army air base in Alaska. | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond had proposed the new field during con- sideration of the War Department ‘ supply bill. ‘ Representatives Snyder. Demo- crat of Pennsylvania, and Powers, Republican of New York, majoritv and minority members of the Army Appropriations subcommittee told the House the War Department had not recommended the expenditure for this year. eans, Explained By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, March 28.--Nazi Germany remakes the map of cen- tral Europe under the marching feet of a soldiery now rated the finest in the world. Arms experts here agree the Ger- man army has replaced the French in the last year or two. Many of the military sharps rate Italy's forces second only to the Germans’. The Hitler military machine is listed as tops in three high im- portant respects: 1. The average German soldier has been selected more carefully and is superior physically and men- tally to the average soldier of other European nations. 2. The German soldier is highly trained. 3. The German forces are in general the best armed and equip- ped. Of an available manpower con- siderably larger than that of France, the Germans have picked the cream for army service. Ger- man young men have been trained by highly capable officers from 12 to 14 hours a day compared with about six hours a day in most other armies, more FAMED TECHNICAL TALENTS In the last four years, the Ger- !mans have concentrated on their famed technical talents and thor- oughness in mass production of Irifles, machine guns, medium and heavy artillery, tanks, airplanes and motor transport. Restricted by the Versailles treaty to a force of 105,000 men, Germany by 1934 could not put more than 175,000 first line men into the field. Right now she could muster 550,000 first class soldiers, military experts think. Four years ago Germany had an {organized reserve of about 100,000 back of the 175,000 first-liners. To- day her 550,000 actives are said to be supported by a trained reserve of 2,000,000. Moreover, union with Austria means a substantial increase in Nazi military might. Austria has 50,000 actives well trained and fair- ly adequately armed. These are supplemented by a reserve of 350~ 000 to 400,000 men, almost on a par with the actives. FRENCH FORCES SCATTERED France, informed observers say, has a first-line army of some 700,- 000 and a trained reserve of 5,500,- 000, but many of the actives are stationed in French outposts. Much French equipment — artillery and aircraft—is old compared with the Germans’. Italy has a first line army of 750,000, ranked by several author- ities as a shade superior to the French in training and physical characteristics. Trained Italian re- serve numbers 5,600,000. Russia, with a reputed standing jarmy of 1,000,000 and a reserve of (Continued on Page Seven) -Blft Itlsn’t AnMore GENERAL CRAIG ANNOUNCES BIG DRAFTING PLAN Says Best Assurance of Peace Is Swift Mobilization 300,000 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE READY TO GO Declares W:rfi War Could Have Been Ended Much Sooner WASHINGTON, March | Gen. Malin Craig, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, today de- clared here that big reserve of men and munitions is the best defense against wars that exist and wars that might be “The nation’s hope lor peace,’ said the General, “Depends upon its ability to mobilize its military strength quickly.” Gen. Craig told Rese and Marine offic World would have ended months earl- ruiting plans, that the ier had this country been as well prepared in 1917 as it is now. “Cold, hard, common sense should tell us that if America knows how to mobilize her huge strength, no sane person, monarch or dictator, will ever in bring it crashing down about him. In planning, we are far ahead of any period in our his- tory Gen. Ci announced the re- cruiting program being drafted, is aimed at obtaining 300,000 volun- teers within 30 days, in contrast to the 86,000 men enlisted in the first month of the United States’ en- trance into the World War After the fourth month, the Army will try to have a million and a quarter recruits and the Na 1 half miilion, Gen. Craig said. CHINA IS GIVEN JAPANESE-RUN PUPPET GOVT. New Ruling*B;dy Ascends in Nanking to Re- place Kai-Shek SHANGHAI, March 28.—A new Japan inspired puppet govern- ment has been set up at Nanking, the former capital of the Chinese National Regime to replace General Chiang Kai Sheks' administration. The new government is described by its sponsors as the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, The inauguration of the new ruling body was announced by Liang Hung Tze, Chairman Executive of the Yuan, ancient Mongol dynasty set up in the 13th century after the Tartar conquest of Kublai Khan. Lian Hung Tze's post in the gov- ernment is similar to Premier. He | was formerly Secretary General un- der Tuan Chi Jui, provisional chief executive of China in 1924 and 1925 PURGHASING OF MEXICAN SILVER STOPPEDBY U.S. Secretary of Treasury Mor- genthau Issues State- ment Today WASHINGTON, March 28.—Sec- retary of Treasury Morgenthau an- nounced today that the United States will discontinue, until fur- ther notice, purchasing of silver from Mexico. The official statement said: “In view of the decision that the United States Government is to re-examine certain financial and commercial re- lationships with Mexico, the Treas- ury will defer continuation of the monthly silver purchase arrange- ments.” 28, —| DESOLATE CAMP ON ICE FLOE was left without regret by four Russian scientists, who drifted 1,000 miles from North Pole to a point off Greenland before Feb. 19 rescue. Valuable rec- erds compiled by the scientists in the Arctic were brought back to the Soviet Union. it RESCUE PLANES prepare to hop off in search of four Russians who spent nine e This view was made from ice-breaker Taimyr which, with another ing polar conditions. P G e ed through pack ice ten feet deep to rescue the scientists. vessel, the Murman, smash; President Inaugurates New S tyle of National Inquiry; Seems to Go Over in Big Way By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, March 28 The President has inauguratec a new style of national inquiry to operate alongside Senate investigations, but his own personally conducted ques- tioning of TVA directors lacked considerably the drama of a full fledged Senate investigation. It was behind doors, and even though the Presidential corps of stenographers kept a stream of copy pouring from some upper recess of the White House, the play-by-play transcript of pro- ceedings lacked the furious give and take that goes on in a con- gressional committee. In the first place, wren the Presi- dent of the United States tells a witness to answer the question or say nothing—as he did Chairman Arthur Morgan of TVA—the witness just about has to mind. After all, the President is the President of the United States. There are Senators who consider their dignity equal to that of the President but mighty few witnesses share the view and they get up and trade verbal punch es in a way that makes the Presi- dential type of inquiry stack up like —well, like a strictly amateur per- formance. .« . PRESS CONFERENCE But there is nothing which puts the President in such a purring mood as when he has an opportun- ity to spring a new turn. That was the case when he inaugurated the “White House investigation” of torn and tattered TVA. He held a brief press conference before calling in the sparring di- rectors and so assured was his tone that he bubbled like a scotch and soda. It contrasted with the press conferences in weeks pre- ceding, when the President seemed less buoyant. In each press conference there seems to be a reporter or two primed to act as end men to give the President a running start. So it was this day. R | It is intimated that the suspen-' s FEW QUESTIONS sion has been caused by the taking over by Mexico of all foreign oil | company operations, | of the United States. 3 ncluding those _ “Can you say,” said Mr. Bones, “why some Senators who are (Canu;ed’—o;lvl;;ge Two) ATTEMPTS AT SABOTACE OF BRIT. PLANES Air Ministry Reveals Plot to Damage Bombers at Factory LONDON, March 28.—Attempts at sabotage of four high speed bom- bers for the British Government at Fairey Aviation Company's ock- port factory is disclosed today by the British Air Ministry. Electric cables have been found cut, Other previous sabotage attempts have been reported by the same company and special guards were today ordered placed on watch CONVICTS BLAST WAY TO LIBERTY DYNAMITE USED Posses Searching Mountains in Tennessee for Es- caped Prisoners PETROS, Tenn., March 28.—Arm- ed posses are today searching the Cumberland Mountains for 15 of 38 convicts who blasted their to freedom from the mine during the night. Twenty three convicts were cap- prison coal tured, surrendering without resis- tance, but the others escaped to the mountain recesses. The convicts made their escape through a soft seam of coal near the surface and then blasted their way out through the rock with dynamite obtained from the mine’s supply way 3 MASS MEETING CALLED TONIGHT BY FEDERATION Operators Invited to Send S[)Caktl' - Ft‘dcl‘a[ Con' ciliator Expresses Hope CONFERENCES HELD ¥ DURING WEEK-END g g gy T - ‘f Suit Filed Against Cannery Union by Group Claim- ing No Jobs Received v A I MM it M i | SEATTLE, March 28, — James Engstrom, President of the Mari- time Federation of the Pacific, said last night that a mass meeting had been called for tonight to discuss the issues in the salmon workers wage controversy which has de- layed the start of the Alaska fish= ing season six weeks. Engstrom said the cannery op- erators has been asked to send a speaker to the meeting. Joseph Cheney of Yakima, spec- ial Federation Conciliator named by Labor Secretary Frances E. Perk- ins, held informal conference with union representatives and operators Saturday and today but did not say what progress had been made. “I am hopeful the dispute will be settled,” he commented. The Maritime Federation was called in the controversy at the in- stance of the Fishermeq's Union 26,000 ASKED ON ALLEGED JOB PROMISE SEATTLE, March 28—Contend- ing that they paid five dollars each for prospective emloyment in Alaska canneries which they failed to re- ceive, 90 Filipino and Negro. works. ers have filed suit here against Can- nery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, Local 12,587, for a total of $26,000, seeking three months wag- es. Each contends he paid Union { fees to April, 1937, after being prom- ised a job. The Union replied in court action, saying that employment was “ex- hausted before the 90 found work.” JAPANTO PAY meieirst: UNITED STATES CROSSON WILL - PANAY CLAIMS GO EAST FOR Ful Indemr:;y_ for Sinking NEW SIKDRSKY | of Gunboat Will Be — f Settled Recently Built Ship May Be ] — = Used on Coast TOKYO, March 28.—The Domei, A ‘Air Route | Japanese News Agency, says it has learned that the Japanese Govern- ment has decided to pay the full Six hours from Juneau to Seat- amount of the indemnity asked by tle! the United States Government for The possibility of a Juneau to the sinking of the gunboat Panay. Seattle air service appears encour- | The United States asked for $2,- agingly near with the announce- | 214,000. ment by Joe Crosson, General Man- | —_— e ager of Pacific Alaska Airways, FOREIGN levER that a plane is now being altered in Miami, Florida, expressly for the Alaskan route. Crosson said he believed he would leave soon for New York to confer with PAA officials by April 15. “Nothing definite has been an- nounced yet,” said Crosson today, Treasury Dept. Makes An- “but we of course hope to see the nouncelnent-~D0meS- air mail contract go through, al- | 3 "J’\ough there is a possibility it will ‘ tic Not Changed will be in New York not.” wA— | Crosson | WASHINGTON, March 28. — The about a month and will bring the Treasury Department announced to- new plane, a Sikorsky amphibian, |day that the price of foreign pro- pack with him when he returns, to duced silver has been reduced from conduct trial flights over the route. 5 to 44 cents an ounce. ‘The Sikorsky ship in question is This is the first price change in one of the big twin motored planes nearly two years. that are used over many routes in The price of domestic mined sil- the south by Pan American Alr- ver is not affected. ys and by Inter-Island Airways B s o R out of Honolulu. B A 4 Though having accommodations f 4 for 16 passengers ordinarily, th STOCK QUOTATIONS | oh awat O % —— i =~ ship which awaits Cresson in Miami now, has been cut down to a 10- Closing Piace plane to compensate for the quotation of Alaska Juneau mine heavier load of gas that will have stock today is 9%, American Can to be carried for the flight from 76%. American Light and Power Juneau to Seattle, Anaconda 26'., Bethlehem Steel Tentative plans are for water 47%, Curtiss Wright 3 General landings at Ketchikan, and perhaps Motors 297, International Harves- Petersburg and Wrangell, and a ter £5%, Kennecott 30%, New York field landing at the Mendenhall Central 11, Southern Pacific 10%, Airport at the Juneau end. No United States Steel 44's, Cities Ser- provisions have been made for serv- vice 1, Pound $4.96. ice to the Westward as yet. —_— If the air mail contract goes NEW YORK, March 28 DOW, JO! AVERAGES through and service is initiated by The following are today’s Dow, PAA, Seattle and Juneau will be Jones averages: industrials 107.25, separated only by the space of time between lunch and supper. i rails 2047, utilities 16.11. i | [ i i i i