The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 31, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SKA EMPIRE VOL. LI, NO. 7755. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1938. MLMBLR ASSOCIATLD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HINT AT SETTLEMENT SALMON DISPUTE Air Tragedy Again Strikes in War MASS SEARCH ORDERED FOR LOST BOMBER Six More Navy Fliers Are| Sought at Sea in Second Seaplane Disaster EIGHT SAILORS IN SURF WRECK Three Men fr?ured Serious- | ly When Landing Par- ties Are Swamped HONOLULU, H, I. March 31—/ Sixty-five warships and more man‘ two hundred planes have been ord-| ered out to search for six Navy air- men who vanished during yester- day’s mimic warfare that cost the‘ lives of five other Navy fliers. | The second plane disappeared af-\ ter the five men were Kkilled or| drowned when their bomber crashed‘ into the sea of Waiane. The flying boat now being sought by all available sea craft and air craft of the Navy while war games are postponed, was commanded by | Lieut. Charles Signer. | Members of the crew of the lost| plane are, Aviation Cadet R. J. Rarrobina; Aviation Mechanic Mat- | es P. B. Pancoast and J. A. Bing-| ham; and Radiomen C. T. William- son and C. R. Oulundsen. Officials said the plane was un- doubtedly forced down at sea after| becoming lost while maneuvering in bad weather. Bodi of two of the victims of | yesterday’s crash have been recov- : ered Those who died in that fatal divm were Lieut. L. O. Crane; Aviation| Cadet W. S. Lear, Cadet Pilot B.| E. Windham, Radioman V. A. Luc-| iano; and Machinist Mate G. S. O'Neill Radioman G. N. Nilles and Mach- | inist Mate H. E. Bartz, swam to shore. | Navara, a New York orchestra UNITED STATES T0 BUILD LARGE NAVAL CRAFT Secretary Hull Gives Notice of Plans to Great Bri- tain and France SAILORS IN PERIL HONOLULU, March 31.—Simlu- taniously with the release of infor- WASHINGTON, March 31.—Sec- | retary of State Cordell Hull today MAN, MAID, MUSIC plus some beach at Miami, Fla., equals nbove sun-struck scene in which Ina Ray Hutton, blond female orchestra leader who has appeared in films, and Leon leader, are the principals. He'd been serenading her; she called a half. Investlgalmn - 0f TVA Given Final Anuruval Congressional Action Com- pleted—Up to FRD for Signature WASHINGTON, March Senate has completed congressional action on the TVA investigation by 31.—The, DICTATORSHIP NOT WANTED BY U. S. PRESIDENT Erasmg the Austro-German Border Roosevelt Makes Statement | in Letter to Friend Re- garding Reports |GIVES 3 REASONS FOR DECLINATION At Same Time, Chief Ex-| ecutive Urges Support for Reorganization Bill | WARM SPRINGS, Georgia, March charg-| 31.—President Roosevelt, |ing that organized opponents of the ‘bowmmems reorganization “‘planted bogies under ev- asserted in a letter that he has “no inclination to be Dicta- | tor.” | The letter, addressed to an un- |named friend, urging approval of! the reorganization measure in the present form, the President replied to the charges that the legislation |will make him Dictator asserting |as follows: | “I am opposed to American Dic- | tatorship for three simple reasons: | “I haye no inclination to be Dic- | | tator. “I have none of the qualifications | | which would make me a successful ; Dictator. [ “I have too much historical back- | ground, too much knowledge of the | existing Dictatorships to make me | desire any form of Dictatorship for |a Democ racy like the United States.” AFTERMATH WASHINGTON, March 31.—Re- publican House Leader Snell, when informed of President Roosevelt's letter regarding “dictatorship” and soliciting support for the reorgan- | ization bill, said: “It is purely an effort to get the (front page and to get the minds | of the people off the reorganization bill.” Senator Barkley, Democratic leader, said: “It is a very admirable statement the sincerity of which is pro- | mation that a second plane had been lost at sea, it was learned also that fate had again dogged the Navy in landing maneuvers on a surf pound- ed beach where eight sailors ‘were injured seriously when four boats in a landing party of 1400 men were wrecked on the beach at Lahaina Roads where nine boats capsized in the surf. | formally notified Great Britain and |France of the intention of the United States to ‘build battleships larger than 35,000 tons. Secretary Hull, in his note to the two nations, said the intention of the United States on the building program is because Japan raised the presumption by failure to an- swer the note of the United States of last February relative to build- approving the minor amendments to the resolution made by the House. All that the resolution now needs is the signature of President Roose- velt. conceded by everybody who knows the Pl'ledG‘n'. s CIRCUIT COURT BLOW STRUCK UPHOLDS ALASKA ing navy craft above the Londm\ Naval treaty limit. Secretary Hull did not disclose PLANE CRASHES, THREE KILLED, © =2 BODIES BURNED BOMBS DROPPED Two Men and One Woman BY INSURGENTS Meet Death in Acci- UPUN MATA Ro " dent in Cal . INDIO, Cal.,, March 31.—T: and one woman were Killed ::;xSpamsh Town Near Barce- here late yesterday when a cabln lona IS A“, Ralded airplane crashed and burned. & "y The three victims, tentatively Early Th[s Mormng BARCELONA, March 31. — Five identified, are James R. Arkell, son | of an Indio rancher; George Rus-| sell, manager of the Indio Airport, | Insurgent airplanes dropped 30 and Alberta Walker, also of Indio. ‘bomhs on nearby Mataro early this TRy morning and destroyed several | houses. 5 Five persons are reported to have been killed and over 20 wounded. the new tonnage limit which is left RS SRR L ST S T | sTock QUOTATIONS | | ___________.__.. NEW YORK, March 31. — Closlng quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | Nu E stock today is 8%, American Can 75%, American Light and Power | 3%, Anaconda 22%, Bethlehem Steel | 41%, Commonwealth and Southern| OTTAWA, March 31.—The Gov- 1, Curtiss Wright 3%, General Mo- | rment has defeated two want of tors 257, International Harvester COnfidence motions in the House of 52%, Kennecott 28%, New York COmmons. : Central 104, Southern Pacific 9%,| A Want of confidence motion United States Stey$39%, Cities Serv- | Moved by opposition leader Ben- ice 1, Pound $4.96 9/16. | nett was defeated 168 to 43. A mn. ‘non of social cerdit leader Black- DOW, JONES AVERAGES ;mare was downed 157 to 53. Ben-| | nett’s motion differed from Black- The following are today’s Dow, more's in that it included a state- Jones averages: industrials 98.95, ment that social credit principals rails 19, utilities 15.14. lwould not serve Canada’s problems. AT FASCISTS INRUMANIA Political Parlles Abolished| by Decree of New Government BUCHAREST, March 31.—All po- litical parties in Rumania were to-| | day abolished by a decree issued by | | the newly reorganized Government under Patriarch Miron Cristea. The decree is considered a knock- out blow at Fascists. NEWSPAPERMAN 1S CHOSEN CHIEF, BROADCASTERS Mark Elhndge to Head Na- | tional Association as President WASHINGTON, March 31. — The; National Association of Broadcasters | have selected Mark Ethridge, of Louisville, to be temporary boss of ' the radio industry until a succes-| sor is selected. Ethridge is a newspaperman and| will be President of the National Association of Broadcasters. { DECISION TODAY Judgment of $30 000 Af- | firmed Against Fairbanks Exploration Company 1 SAN FRANCISCO, March 31. — | The, United States Circuit Court i here has affirmed an Alaska Fed- | eral Court damage suit which re- sulted in the award of $30,000 to Mlke Erceg, of Fairbanks, as guard- ian for George Gartner, former min- er in the Fairbanks area. Both Erceg and the Fairbanks Exploration Company, against which company the judgment had been | entered, appealed to the Circuit Court. Erceg clalmed the judgment should n based on the current $35 an uunce price for gold instead of the old $20.67, but the company ob- jecwd The Circuit Court judgment said the Alaska court had been in error |in permitting introduction of testi- rmony portending to show that Gart- Iner had offered his claim for sale| |at $30,000. The case arose as a result of the | Fairbanks Exploration Company’s | operations on Goldstream Creek, | upriver from Gartner’s claim. ‘Today’s decision relates to placer gold on Gartner’s claim under 10 to 60 feet overburden of frozen gra- | vels, contending that in the Fair- bflnks Exploration Company's sluic- |Ing operations above Gartner’s clnlms waste material had been de- | posited on the Gartner claims, there- ]by decreasing their workability and ‘value. lcan't With the wild enthusiasm of foothall fans tearing out goal posts, German customs men and guards are shown tearing down the poles frontier across which Hitler’s solc fiers marched. and barricades that marked the limits of Germany and Austria along the Scenes like this were enacted all along the boundaries immediately after Hitler announced annexation of Austria as a German province. Heils for the zi Invader Na Smiling sheepishly, a German soldier, one of a crew of an armored car which was rushed to Vienna immediately after the resignation of Chan- cellor Schuschnigg, is shown accepting the adulation of a crowd of Viennese largely compostd of young gul» Statesmun.slup as .Se()n Right In Washington;Many Sub jects Of Interest Are Also Treutml By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, March 31.—Notes on statesmanship Immeasurable Note—Senator Josh Lee, “boy orator” of Okiahoma, says the objections raised against the bill to take the profits out of war are about as thin as soup made from the shadow of a pigeon’s wing that died of starvation. Senator Dennis Chavez New Mexico has introduced a hill, pro- posing construction of a national broadcasting station near San Diego to disseminate friendly propaganda among the Latin American neigh- | bors southward. Chavez-New Mexico San Diego—that Latin combination be surpassed tor toned ears. of Quaking Note — After the 1906 earthquake which messed up San Francisco, the government estab- lished concrete monuments for 300 miles along the San Andreas fault line in California. By measuring how the measurements had twist- ed or slanted each five years it was planned to get dhta on when the next slip would occur. Not since 1929 have they been surveyed and "Rep. Tolan of California won House Spanish- | ,approval for an appropriation of $4,- ‘4')0 for a new vey. With this s vey, he said, nment “will | have facts and data that might save | thousands of human lives” But a senate committee, less alarmed, knocked it out. Fewer Cans and Boltles The thousand sizes of cans and bottles on grocers' sheives would be reduced to about ten under a bill which Rep. Harry Wisconsin is defending before tlic House committee on coinage, mea- sures and weights. The idea of a few uniform sizes of cans and bot- tles has been supported by cooper- ative food stores many year Where's John? Note—Rep. Hoff- man, Michigan Republican, was in- vited to talk to a group of hosiery ‘\Ullkl)\ in Reading, Penn. At Bal- | timore a policeman intercepted him with a request to call his Washing- ton office. There was a telegram signed Raymond B, Troutman ad- vising him “internal dissension” had caused the meeting to be cancelled. He returned to Washington only to learn. two days later, that the real Raymond B. Troutr , a hos- iery magazine editor, had not sent (Continued on Page Six) , than $1,000,000 as the result of Sauthoff of! 21 KILLED, 230 INJURED, SERIES OF HIGH WINDS Five States Are chpt by Tornadoes—Property Damage Large BULLE . LOUIS, March 3 'he dead from the tornadoes in five state g 33 according to tabul: 3 o'clock this afternoon. CHICAGO, Ill., March 31 Five states this morning counted 27 killed and 250 injured with damage more a ries of tornadoes and storms, ac- | companied by hail and rain. The tornadoes struck the hardest in Central Illinois where at least 10 have been Kkilled. The other states hit are Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. -- 0IL COMPANIES CHARGED WITH PRICE CONTROL Senator Wllllam E. Borah Makes Statement to Senate Jud. Com. WASHINGTON, March 31.—Sen- ator William E. Borah today charged that four or five of the big oil com- panies control the price of gasoline and oil. The Idaho Senator told the Senate Judiciary Committee that you will find no competition in the price of gasoline and oil during the past four or five years.” BLAST IN COAL MINE KILLS 5; FIVE INJURED Undetermined Explosion Occurs in Workings at Hinton, Alberta HINTON, Alberta, March 31. — Five are dead and five others are recovering from injuries as the re- sult of a blast in a coal mine the cause of which has not been deter- mined Four men were killed outright by the blast which occurred on the 800 foot level and the fifth died strug- gling to reach the surface. The dead are Tony Pusunhnk Martin Sprela, George Blchea, Wil- liam Llecka and Peter Philipino, ames CHENEY IMPLIES PROGRESS MADE (ONAGREEMENT ‘"Everything Looks Like It Will Come Out All Right” Says Federal Conciliator CONFERENCE HALTED TO GET MORE DATA No Indication Is Given on What Basis Adjustment May Be Reached SEATTLE, March 31.—First of- ficial hint of a settlement in the dispute between Alaska salmon can- nery operators and employees was given today when Joseph Cheney, | Conciliator appointed by Secretary of Labor Perkins, said “everything looks like it will come out all right.” | The Conciliator explained that negotiations were temporarily halt- ed and that he was “doing a lot | of wishful thinking and hoping,” | but added, “everything looks like n will come out all right.” The conferences have been halt- ed temporarily to permit the in- dumv to gather further statistical ta on cannery operations, Cheney sald indicating that negotiations | would be resumed shortly. The operators have been holding for a 10 percent wage cut while the | employees have declared they would not accept a slash in wages under last season. Cheney gave no indica- tion of the nature of the adjust- ment which might be reached on this disputed point. -t Coffey Dubious Of Japanese in Fish }greament Representative Labels To- kyo Action as Emply romise’ ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 31. —Territorial Represenfative Edward Coffey, veteran fisherman and for- mer official of the Fishermen's Un- ion, today called Japan’s agreement to cease fishing in Alaskan waters an “empty promise.” He said fisher- men should continue to press for passage of the Dimond bill. “The Japanese said last year they would not grant licenses for Bristol Bay fishing,” he said, “but fished anyway. That is apparently all they have done in the recent agreement. Their promises mean little or nothing. As soon as they get China where they want it, they will be back taking salmon.” GOLD RUSH IS RECALLED;MRS. CURTIS PASSES Sister of Late George Car- mack Dies in Hollis- ter, Cal. HOLLISTER, Cal, March 31. Mrs. Hanna Rosella Curtis, 82, sis- ter of the late George Carmack who made the strike that led to the Al- aska gold rush, is dead after two years of illness. i B S To Celebrate Cenfinement In Iron Lung MIAMI, Fla, March 31.—Fred R. Snite, Jr., smiling after two years in an iron lung, will tonight observe his second anniversary in confinement with a gay charity party featuring a boxing show.