The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 5, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS S ALL 7III‘ TIME” EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 1938, PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LL, NO. 7759. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUF}}DAY, APRIL 5, UNIONS REJECT SALMON WAGE PROPO Seattle-Alaska Air Service I's Taking Form; From Juneauto Fly, Inter SEATTLE, %pril Seattle-Alaska air when 5.—Realization of service moved a step closer R. O Bullwinkel, District Manager of the Pan-American Airways asked the King County Commissioners for a hangar and shop facilities on Boe- ing Field Bullwinkel said his company plans a summer service from Seattle to Alaska and indicated large amphi- bmn planes will be uscd to supple- INSURGENTS IN| SPANISH CIVIL WAR ADVANCING the Catalonia R;[-):)_rted Cut Off from Rest of Govern- ment—Roads Raked HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Bor- der, April 5—~The Spanish Insur- gent Armies il War this Spring, lonia from the r ment of Spain. driving to win the Civ- | have cut Cata- | st of the Govern- | Larger Planes Lor ment the Juneau Nome. Bullwinkel denied that the com- pany planned o North Pacific Clip- per service to the Orient via Alaska at this time. County Commissioner Jack Taylor said the company plans to build large hangars and he has called a conf to see if a WPA project will build the hangars to be author- ized ?OUT OF WINTER" PARTICIPANT service between Fairbanks and present Whitehorse, | | The Insurgents have accomplish-| ed the tirst great objective and have | toward Barcelona, Government’s swept on Spanish Capital A sccond advance ward Valencia mmunications major c der the trol was ent up. Provisional is moving to- Spanish Government con- severed when the Insurg- reached Tortosa, looking dovnn 1 the Mediterranean. the | between the two| 1 cities remaining un-| Machine guns and artillery raked | the rood upon the Mediterranean road from Tortosa rendering s the last highway link be- tween Catalonia and the rest of the Spanish Governmpent, including Madrid and Valencia. NO SUBSIDIES T0 RAILROADS, ASSERTS FDR President, However toSend | Message to Congress on Aid to Systems WASHINGTON, April dent Roosevelt said that 5.—Presi- in the absence of a fixed policy by Con-| the Federal Government gress could not afford to pay Subsidies to railroads. The President told the newsmen at today's press conference that the question of subsidies was one of the important subjects discussed by him yesterday with represen- tatives of the railroads and rail- road employees. The President said he will send a message to Congress on the rail- road problem very soon. Rolling Stock Is Ordered for Austrian Lines. VIENNA, April 5—The German government has ordered $8,000,000 worth of passenger and freight cars for Austrian railroads from car shops in Vienna and Graz. The order was placed as part of the Nazi program to stimulate in- dustry in Austria. Nazi officials pointed out that the car order was not merely “made work” as the Austrian railroads are sadly in need of rolling stock and other equip- ment. BRIT, BOMBER DOWN: 5 DEAD LONDON, April 5. — Five men were killed when a Royal Air Force bomber crashed at Tibthrope, York- | shire, last night in a flight. This is the 32nd crash since January 1 with a loss of 52 lives. | Eileen Brown Owen, one of sixty participants in the “Rout of Winter” dance, which will be held at Saratoga, Cal, in con- ne: n with the Blossom Festi- val. The festival is an annual affair, held when fruit trees in the swrrcunding neighborhood turn the ccuntryside into a dazzling mass of pink and white blossoms. FRENCH PREMIER CGAUSES TROUBLE BY HIS DEMAND Sweeping Powers, by De- cree, Starts Uproar in Chamber of Deputies PARIS, April 5—French Premier | Leon Blum's demand ior sweeping powers to control France’s econo- mic life by a decree threw the| Chamber of Deputies into such an uproar today that its President, Ed- ouard Herriot, was forced to sus- pend the session half an hour after the debate began on the Premier’s financial program. Jean Montigny, Independent De-| puty, charged that the Blum bill, conferring decree powers until July 1, is designed to “start a veritable social and economic revolution and that is the way the German Repub- lic perished t0o0.” The Leftist Deputies. supporting the Blum proposal, arose and ad- vanced on the Rightists shouting “Down with Hitler.” They were stopped by the ushers “Back to the Ghetto.” e e GOLDSTEIN SAILING Charles Goldstein is leaving for Seattle tomorrow on the Princess |Norah on a short business trip. them: JAPAN'S DRIVE AGAIN SLOWED BY DEFENDERS City of Tai;’_ciwang Is Re- ported Abandoned— Sector Is in Ruins BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY IN FIGHT Guerilla Warf:e to Be En- gaged in for Several Dayson Yellow River SHANGHAI, April 5. — Turning stubbornly in their tracks, the Chin- ese, retreating from the ruined city of Taierchwang, again slowed up the Japanese drive toward the Lung- hai Railway Taking advantage of the time relief from Japanese artil- ‘ery and aviation attacks, the Chin- ese dug patchwork defenses along the Gra. Both s ighting The Chinese drove the invaders from Taierchwang and then when aerial attacks took place, retreated from the sector themselves. Both sides lost heavily struggle The Japanese claim ese retreated to the he Yellow River after meeting re- verses in Shansi Province but lhc Chinese replied that th crossed to the north Dg guerilla wa va night victories in the in 50,000 Chin- south side of ank unl in fare for days. R ‘RADIUM POISON VICTIM TO GET LIFE PENSION 'Test Czse Award Made — Fourteen Other Wom- en Are Interested CHICAGO, IIL, April 5.— im poiton victim, Mrs. Catherine scnchue, of Ottawa, today won a iife pension from the Radium Pro- iucts Company. The Illinois Industrial Commis- sion awarded Mrs. Donohue $11 weekly for 315 weeks and $2,5600 for ast hospital and medical treatment The woman claimed that she con- tracted radium poisoning while | painting luminous watch dials in the company’'s former Ottawa plant Mrs. Donohue’s claims are regarded 1s a test case for 14 additional wo- men .Doctors said all 15 women face certain death from the slow acting | poison. Attorneys for the company are xpected to appeal the Industrial Commissions decision to the State { Supreme Court. T0 SPEED UP ON ARMAMENTS LONDON, April 5—The British defense coordinator, Sir Thomas Inskip, reported favorable progress today in the efforts to get the un- ionists and employers in the engin- eering field to cooperate in speed- ing up armament production. Leaders of the engineering un- ‘The rad- work. CCC MEASURE PASSES HOUSE . Appropnatlon of Fifty Mil- 4"4’1“"""“ s lion for Purpose of Maintaining Camps | WASHINGTON, April 5. — The| as the Rightists shouted back at|House has passed and sent to the |joe the | Barcelona Boys Seen Searching Wreckage for Bombing Dead Youths of Ba persons killed when Insurgent ai - NOMINATION OF * BURLEW IS UP IN SENATE TODAY pper Chamhm Also [:x— pected to Consider War Dept. Supply Bill LI'LL".TI — WASHI! , Apr K. Burlew has wen the Senate’s confirmation as Assistant Secretary of In- tericr. Senator Pittman op- pesed the appeintment fer the past three months. WASHINGTON ors assembled on C after a 3-day holiday. The first order of business on the calender of the upper chamber cf Congress was a vote on confirmation of E. K. Bur- lew to be First Assistant Sccretary of the Interior. The Senate was also to begin con- sideration of the $450,000,000 War Department Supply bill, which has be the House, was np«)‘uu ¢ committee yester Both Houses were thi: expected to announce th members who will take $50,000 investigation of the Tennes- see Valley Authority. Vice-President Garner is to appoint five Senators and Speaker Bankhead, five Rep- resentatives, Debate on the Governmen crganization Bill was resume the House after the majority re- jected a move to limit debat APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON, April 5.—Presi- dent Roosevelt named Col. Russell Putnam today as Paymaster of the Marine Corps, with the rank of Brigadier General. Putnam’s name was sent to the Senate for confirmation as a suc- nat- pitol ¥ oday Aprii 5. morning committee R ions were said to be demanding as-| cessor to Brig. Gen. Harold Reis- surances that there would be no|inger. excess war profits before they would | effective May 1, after court martial make any promises concerning re- charges had been brought against laxation of union rules to speed up him. He never The latter »was retired, was tried on the clmrges — e LRLE STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, April 5. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 82 American Light and Power 4% Bethlehem Steel Commonwv:a]m and Southern 1‘1, Curtiss Wright 3 General Motors 29, International Harvester 5615, Kennecott 30':, New York Central 12%, Southern Pacific 11%, United States Steel 43, Cities Serv- Pound $4.96%, Pennsylvania i, |Senatethe $50,000,000. appropriation blll to maintain the CCC at the ‘R.ifll'oad 17% ‘ \present level of 1,500 camps. t ISR ittt JONES AVERAGES Dow, Dow, The following are toda Seventeen wars have been fought| jones averag |since the end of the World War. rails 2145, utilities 17.42. celona are shown pcking through the wreckage part in the| | Japan with the Chinese army. in a search for relatives and friends believed among the more than 800 SENATE, HOUSE NAME MEMBER - TO PROBE TV | Three Demo( rats, Two Re- publicans Selected from Each House ren rained death-dealing explosives Ride on Trolley on the city. Was Death WASHINGTON, April 5 Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead today named three Demo- crats and two Republicans from each house to conduct a congres- ional investigation of the Tenne- Valley Authority and private power companies operating in that area Bankhead named Representatives ade of York, Driver of Ark- on of Texas, Demo- crats, and Jenkins of Ohio and Wol- verton of New Jersey, Republicans. Garner named Donahey of Ohio, Brown of New Hampshire, Schwartz of Wyoming, Democrats, and Mec- Nary of Oregon and Borah of Idaho, | Republicans. Garner said he con- sulted with no one, not even the ap- pointees, belore naming the Sen- ators ee DECLINE TO SERVE SHINGTON, April 5—Senat- ors Borah and McNary later today declined to serve on the TVA in- vestigating committee. Borah said it was because the investigation was using the “town meeting method, and McNary ,:ud he was “too busy.” NEW DEAL NOW FOR CANADIAN Minister of Labor An- nounces Broad Prog,ram for Government w Caught squarely by an aerial bemb, this Barcelona trolley bus and all its human cecupants were blasted to bits. Ower 800 died in a series of raids by Generalissimo Francisco Franco's air forces, Japan s A('( usation that Soviet Union Aiding ChinaGiven Quick Rejection by Litvinoff and How OTTAWA, April 5—Minister of Labor government is planning a broad program of national development wh may amount to & Cnnadngn New Deal Rogers said the government's pro- gram has these objetcives: Allevia- tion of unemployment; creation of permanent work for many class of people; the development of a | three hundred million dollar annual tourist trade; an increase in na- tional income; development and at the same time conservation of na- tional resources and the furthering of national unity. The Minister of Labor did not go into detail about the ment’s plans. munitions and planes had been shot down in battle over China. One cap- tured officer was said to be a mem- ber of the Leningrad flying corps. Litvinoff replied that he had not heard of the Leningrad air officer. The Foreign Commisar admitted that Russian planes and munitions had been sold to Chinese as per- mitted by International law. Litvin- off made it clear that Russia in- tends to maintain its right to sell munitions to the recognized gov- ernment of China. ~Forsign Com- rejected the the MOSCOW, April 5 missar Litvinoff h: Japanese protest accusi viets of lending aid to the Chine: He denied that Russian Army of- ficers have been sent to China and reiterated that all sales of muni- tion have been made according to International law. Litvinoff also reminded the Jap- anese Embassador Mamoru Shige- mitsu that Japan claims she is not at war with China but fighting is “merely an incident, more or less accidental.” The denial was issued after the Japanese ambassador served notice that Japan would hold the Soviet government responsible for the ac- tions of Russians fighting against .- KEENANS HERE and Mrs. J. J. Keenan, of Nome, are guests at the Gastineau Hotel, waiting for plane passage with PAA for Fairbanks and Sew- ard Peninsula. Mr. Keenan is a prominent mining operator in the Seward Peninsula area. SOMMERS BACK R. J. Sommers, contractor, Mr. re- aboard the Alaska this morning. Sommers has been Outside in con- nection with business matters for the past month, The Japanese ambassador cited eral specific incidents where he Russian fliers using Russian s ‘ Rogers announces that the | govern- turned to Juneau from the States | Vo= WINNE HOPE FOR EARLY SETTLEMENT IN DISPUTE WANES Seattle, Beliin:;?ham Locals Turn Down Pay Slash Without Secret Ballot SAILORS WILL SUPPORT FISHERMEN, AGENT SAYS Maritime Group May Re- fuse to Handle Salmon Until Agreement SEATTLE, April 5.—Hopes for early settlement of the fisheries dispute waned last night when the Alaska Fish- ermen’s Union rejected with- out a secret ballot the propo- sal to accept a reduction in wages and prices fixed on volume of salmon caught. Louis Mostad, business agent, said the Seattle and Bellingham locals rejected the proposition flatly and refused a secrét ballot. He said the sailors’ union voted to sup- port the fishermen and would rnfuse to handle any ship- ents of salmon until the dlspute is settled He said the sailors hoped to prevent ship- ments of salmon until the con- troversy is settled and planned to prevent marketing of surplus salmon from last vear’s pack. Joseph Cheney, Federal Conciliator, declined to com- ment. SAILINGS OF ALASKA STEAMERS CANCELLED SEATTLE, April 5. — The Alaska Steamship Company announced the cancellation of the Awpril 12 sailing of the steamer Denali and the April 13 sailing of the Mount Mec- Kinley because of lack of bus- iness as the result of the tie- up in the salmon industry. The steamer Aleutian sails on April 16 in place of the steamer Alaska. The Association of Pacific Fisheries officials said gath- ering and circulating statis- tics of unsold and unshipped salmon will be discontinued because of the lack of coop- eration in preparing accurate data. —_——a—a—— 11TH VICTIM OF CANGER SERUM ~ PASSES AWAY Two Other “Patients in Or- | lano, Florida, Report- ed Recovering WASHINGTON, April 5—Death of the eleventh victim of tetanus in- fection, caused by the injection of |a contaminated cancer serum, was announced today by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. One of the fourteen persons to receive injections of the serum, Mrs. T. L. Bates, died after anti-toxin treat- ment failed to help in her fight for life. The food and drug officials an- nounced that only one person in Or- lando, Fla., was still considered se- riously ill. The remaining two are reported recovering. e ee— KEN KELLER NORTH Kenneth Keller, Jr., son of for- mer Commissioner of Education for Alaska, W. K. Keller, passed through Juneau on the Alaska bound for Anchorage, Mr. Keller, Sr. is Superintendent of Schools at Anchorage. Keller Jr. has been attending the University of Washington. 3