The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 4 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7762. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRII).-}:Y. APRIL 8, 1938. e ——— MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FISH DISPUTE ANGLE UPTO LABOR B FRESH CHINESE TROOPS BATTER JAP INVADERS General Sun Lia Chung Comes to Fror}t with New Division NIPPONESE PUSHED FROM TAIERCHWANG Virtually All Shantung in Chinese Hands— Jap- anese Retreat SHANGHAI, April 8 — Chinese, rushing f{reshly trained divisions into a sixty mile front across South- ern Shantung Province, today avowed that victory was theirs at battered and shell torn Taier- chwang. Troops under General Sun Lia Chung, known as the 31st Division, were hailed by Chinese soldiers at| the front as heroes for pushing back | the Japanese from the city’s north- east gate. | Chinese sources said the remain-| ing Japanese force was being at- tacked by General Sun's two other columns spread out in a triangle east of the city. Japanese sources said their forces still remained with Taierchwang. ARE STOPPED COLD HANKOW, April 8—Reinforce- ments sent to relieve the Nipponese in Southern Shantung province are said to have been stopped cold by Chinese defenses. The Chinese also reported the cap- ture of several towns along the Tientsin-Pukow Railroad in both the north and south of Shantung Province, which places Chinese under control of virtually all of Southern Shantung. Army critics call the sudden turn of the battle tide the greatest Jap- anese defeat in the eight months of the war. It is said straggling Japanese com- munication and supply lines were severed by wide encircling move- ments of Chinese troops and spora- dic guerilla attacks. Supply lines severed, Japanese forces found themselves outnum- bered in a ring of Chinese troops and faced with a decided lack of ammunition for their machine guns and rifles. Reliable reports indicate the Jap- anese are trying to organize a mass retreat from Shantung Province. R INFLATION BUZL INJECTS LIFE INTO STOCKS Leading Issues Up from One to Four Points—Spend- ing Program Credited NEW YORK, April 8.—The infla- measure in the upper chamber, it} tion bee buzzed a bit louder on the| New York Stock Exchange today and leading issues jumped from one ‘ revision of income tax rates and| to four points, a few shares up as|a revaluation of gold. The measure | much as seven points. The contem- | passed in the Chamber of Deputies |Dardly wait for commencement ex- plated pump priming failed to stim- ulate yesterday's session but more| adherents were gained today indicated a huge spending program is under consideration as a means of | helping to end the present reces- sion. | ‘Today’s transfers were about 850,-‘ 000 shares. Wheat futures on the Chicago Exchange averaged 2 cents up. TODAY’S QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, April 8. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 81, American Light and Power 4. Anaconda 26%, Bethlehem Steel| 45%, Commonwealth and Southern| 1%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General| Motors 30', International Harves- ter 53%, Kennecott 32, New York| Central 12%, Southern Pacific 11%.! United States Steel 43%, Cities Ser- vice 1%, Pound $4.96%, Pennsyl- vania Railroad 16%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The f{following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 109.57, rails 21.71, utilities 17.51. i g ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA means bigger job for German foreign affairs mini seen waving farewell as he and wife leave for Berlin. The former ambassador to England, ven Ribbentrop acted as special deputy for Hitler, negotiating anti-Comintern pact with Italy, Japan. PREMIER BLUM LOSES OUT FOR 1- MAN POWER al for Dictorial Author- ity on Finances PARIS, April 8.—The S voted down Premier Leon Blum’'s bill for dictorial powers over French finances. The vote was cen after a & debate in which supporters of the Socialist Premier challenged the re- mainder of the Senate to cause the downfall of the Blum Government. Outside of the Senate building, steel helmeted Mobile guards, carry- ing carbines, paced back and forth, anticipating Blum’s resignation and that of his Cabinet. Edouard Deladier, Blum's Minist- er of Defense, has prepared a list of members from a new French Cab- inet. DEMONSTRATIONS STAGED PARIS, April 8 — Workers in Paris and in the provinces staged demonstrations last night in favor of Premier Blum and his financial program. The program was rejected yesterday by the finance commit- tee of the French senate. The gov- ernment will face almost certain defeat today by introducing the was said last night. % The bill provides for a capital levy, by a small majority. The labor unions charged infor- as|mally that the French employers dict, the superintendent, further advices from Washington were working to force the Popular the cadets on an alphabetical basis Front government to resign. Meanwhile the French strike situ- ation grew worse. A group of, 8,000 chemical workers agreed to go back to work. However, other walkouts raised the total of strikers in the metal industries to about 50,000. — .- “Miss Alaska” Wants to See Big Apple Dance SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 8.—Grace | Bailey, - “Miss Alaska,” traveling with Mrs. Zelma Friezell, sister of Joe Crosson, arrived here yesterday. “I want to see the Big Apple dance,” said Miss Bailey. “Up in Al- aska we hear a lot about the dance but it has not been adopted yet among our popular dances.” Miss Bailey returns to Los An- geles today and expects to sail for Alaska from Seattle April 13, if a steamer leaves on that date. DEATH RIDES IN WAKE OF SNOW, FLOOD Bank Burst_ing Rivers in South Already Claim 23 Lives TEN PERSONS DIE, ALABAMA TORNADO Fourteen ln;hA\X/hile Blank- et Paralyzes Dust Bowl Area BULLETIN—CHICAGO, April 8.—National Guardsmen in Ala- bama have been ordered mobil- ized for duty in the Prattville and Selma areas, acting on re- P s of record breaking rai in West Alabama, resulting in a sudden rise in small streams where some lowlands are al- ready inundated. The guards- men will remove refugees from . the flocded areas. Fears are also felt for the lives of many small children re- ported marooned in a school bus near Pampa, Texas. Twenty men sent out to make 2 s | have failed to locate the bus, 1‘ g for 24 hours. | CHICAGO, April 8. — Thirteen |deaths in floods in Georgia have Jl)('.“n raised to a death toll of 23 as | storms of rain, hail, sleet and snow, accompanied by high winds lashed a broad section of the nation for the third day in a row. | At least 10 persons perished in ;e . | lan Alabama tornado. D'mn"d seaklng | Elsewhere, communities are har- |assed by sleet, snow, cold, and ris- It gatlie Alaska Service Six foot snow drifts seven Texas school children and scores of motorist but 1 are be- Endeavoring to Get Funds to Improve Boeing Field Hangars ister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, marooned lieved safe in ru homes. | Fourteen inches of snow fell at | Dodge City, Kan,, in the heart of the Dust Bowl In Coffeyville, Kansas, schools are closed as storm and snow made street and road travel perilous. In Chicago, the wind is blowing almost forty miles an hour. Almost six inches of rain has fal- | SEATTLI | gate Anthony fied the Seattle Chamber of Com- | past 24 hours. Thirteen persons were April 8—Alaska Dele- Budget Bureau to include funds in|flood waters swept away the gen- the Defigiency Bill to improve the eral store at Whitestone, - Georgia. hangars at the Boeing Field here to |Four of the bodies have been recov- facilitate the proposed air mail from | ered. Seattle to Alaska. A late report from Midwest weath- County Commissioner Jack Tay-‘er forecasters said maps in weather lor said the Pan-American needs | offices indicated the violent weather larger hangars for their amphibi-| would subside tomorrow, with con- ans which will be used in the Seat-|siderably higher temperatures by tle to Alaska service. \Sunday. S e 'WEST POINT e ?czechnslnvakia GRADUATION | Crisis Looming MAY GHANGE% In _l’grliament Hold Your Breathe, Don’t One Group Walks Out Over | Spoof — Alphabetical Government’s Position | Basis May Prevail l on Defense By PRESTON GROVER ; WASHINGTON, April 8—We can| Gérman group in the Czechoslova- kian Parliament precipitated a crisis |ercises at West Point next June to !ast night by walking from the | see whether Brig. Gen. Jay L. Bene- | chamber after crlpcizing the Gov- will pm‘emmenz for its attitude on the min- | orities question. % i i ' President Bennes and Premier It is terribly, terribly important v . | and only people who spoof at tradi-| Hodza took a firm stand against the | demands of the pro-Nazi subeten }!ion will fail to hold their breati | G ! |until then. We thought the old or-| ermans. The president ISN‘I.HI a | statement of the government’s poli- der was all settled and that no one| 4 s would dare think of alphabeuzmg;c.y' declaring that patriotic citizens the army. But someone has thought | ;T]us!.b_e ready if necessary, ‘m defend of it. Tt is Rep. David D. (for Dick-| teir liberty by force of arms. The | president revealed that the govern- | |son) Terry of Arkansas. { 3 b ‘ He raised the question durlngtmem had agreed on the concessions } Bennes committee consideration of the War, t© Pe offered the minorities | Department appropriation bill by‘declared Czechoslovakia would not !nsking General Benedict about it consent to a change in foreign poli- | vi - 2 ‘ley or to grant territorial autonomy | We will let Mr. Terry explain. lt.o ny: Rilsiority. groupe, | Representative Ezplains | “General, I notice that at the! cadets in the order in which they rank in the class; thap is, No.1 gels| comes out No. 1, does not get the, WASHINGTON, April 8. — The applause that the “goat” gets, who| Department of Labor reported to- — e graduation exercises of the acnd-;Fnun PRlGEs the first diploma and so on down| the line until they come to the last| comes out last, day that retail food prices inéreased “There is a continuing crescemo.]mz month notwithstanding busi- emy they give the diplomas to the man. The head man, the one that| —_— (Continued on Page Six) ness recession. | Trying to Get Out of Nazi Austria Scenes like this were common in the days that followed the annexation of Austria by Hitler’s Nazis. Crowds besieged foreign consulates seeking visas which would enable them to flee to safety before the frontiers were closed. Many got away, but the majority were forced to stay. This Fought for Reorganization J. Dimond has noti- len in Meridian, Mississippi. in the - jupgant after the Senate had passed the Administration’s Government tion Bill, these three Senators who supported the measure merce that he is trying to get the|drowned in a few minutes when ggainst a bitter attack by opponents of the New Deal celcbrate their Senators Sherman Minton, of Indiana; Reo: victory, Left to right, they are: ames ¥, B, South Carolina, ! Nbrmsy Schwellenbach, of Washington. MEXICO NOW BEING MADE Powerful U._:S._arld British Interests Are Backed by Lloyd’s Bank MEXICO CITY, April 8 —The in- ternational oil buyers, Francis Rick- ett and Ben Smith, are reported to be making progress in their deal for purchase of the majority of Mexico's oil production. Rickett and Smith are understood to represent powerful PRAGUE, April 8—The subeten “United States and British interests. These interests were said to be backed by Lloyds Bank of London Meanwhile, the government has ordered the new Mexican oil ort agency to set aside 20 percent of all exports receipts to pay the v enteen United States and British firms for the oil lands seized under the Mexican expropriation order. Hungary Hitting Jews_Hard Blow Parliament Asked to Pass New Law Restricting Employment BUDAPEST, April 8—The Hun- garian Parliament will be asked to- ay to pass @ new law restrictin the number of Jews to be employed in the professions and various in- dustries in Hungary. The government has completed the final draft of a bill barring Jews from all branches of the public ser- vice and limiting the proportion of Jews in business, industry and com- merce to twenty percent of the total, cture was taken at the Polish consulate. GEN. FRANCO'S INSURGENTS ON MARCH TO SEA Deadly Combat Is Surging | Near East Coast—Loyal- ists Are Fighting Hard panish Bor- econd contin- Insurgents ay to within | | | \ | | 8.—~The Gen. Frar > smashed their of Spain’s east cc as the widespread, deadly combat surged along all of the Catalan front It is reported here that the Insur- gents have fought their way to control of the lofty Mount Turmell secction which is less than 18 miles downhiil anean | | der, | sight ast NIGHT BATTLES BARCELONA, April 8 The Loyalists and Insurgents battled furiously last night for the I . control of the g t power plants sponsor of the bill, and Lewis B. | Tremp, where [in}rrvl')n:\l gets much of her electric current. The rebels got possession of Tremp in e late afternoon but the Loyalists | claimed to have recaptured the AMERIGAS ARE i et CONGRATULATED BY SECY. 0. HULL Premier Negrins reorganized Loy- alist army counte attacks on va Western. Hemisphere Citi-| zens Living in Peace ous fronts, One force struck the In- urgents in Western Spain, near the in War Torn World Portuguese border. The government tarted another drive directly north WASHINGTON, April tary of State Cordell Hull of Lerida. The Insurgents blasted the Med- lated the Americas last ni ing in peace in a war 1 world iterranean seaport of Tortosa with artillery and aerial bombs. However, He addressed the governing board of the Pan-American Union in ob- | the Loyalists had mounted cannon on the hills around Tortosa and servance of Pan-American Day | The Secretary cited the peaceful "\ll)ml of the Insurgent attacks. settlement in the lasi few years of Rt might have led to more seriow trouble in Latin America. Hull said —_— such_settiements show ‘what be [ ondon Conference Expect- termed “A will to peace” in Ameri- . ed to Meet Soon on ca t contrasts sharply with the ernational spirit e rts rchii ¥ ::;“ll}::'w\;":r;(: pirit in other par Walhhlp Tonnages 3 LONDON, April 8.—Naval experts for the United States, Great Brit- - SR el 4 : ain and France, are expected to be- weeks to decide upon the new limit ASHINGTON, they will fix on the tonnage of bat- dent Roosevelt announced tleships. The three governments scrapped that he would deliver one Fireside Chats on May 2. the 35000 ton limit on battleships, HOSPITAL NOTES fixed in the 1936 London Naval Treaty after Japan refused to say Bob Hamilton, a medical patient, was admitted last night to St. Ann whether or not she was actually | building or going to build capital Hospital Frank Cieorge was admitted today {ships in excess of £t. Ann’s' Hospital for medical Spanish ecre- | ratu- on liv- April 8.-—Presi~ today of his B In Brittany, France, there is a statue of St. Guirec which has had to have its nose replaced several times since it was first erected in the 13th century. It is an old custom for girls who want an early marri- age to prick the nose with a pin; to care - > se Puerto Rico’s tourist traffic in- creased more than 300 per cent for the first two months of 1938 over the corresponding period of last year, . covered the statue even the granite nese it nmow has is rapidly being worn away. 0 Vinaroz on the Medit-| the lmit figure.| and since American girls have dis- | 0ARD RIVAL UNIONS *AGREE TO AUDIT OF MEMBERSHIP gaining Representation Issue to NLRB |CHENEY SAYS MOST |~ ENCOURAGING SIGN {Industry Working on Arbi- tration Proposal—Union [s Willing to Consider SEATTLE, April 8—CIQ and AFL | cannery workers’ unions have signed stipulations to the National Labor | Relations Board for an audit of their membership lists or an clection as a basis to determine which will rep~ | resent the Al a cannery hands in | collective bargaining with the opera~ his is the most encouraging sign so far in settling the contro= | Federal Mediator Joseph { Cheney said. | Previous Cheney said he was | turning the controversy over to a |board of arbitration, adding, “it | seems to be the only way to jar the | tieun loose.” ’ Attorneys of the Canned Salmon Industry are working on an arbitra= tion proposal, it was stated. | Louis Mostad, ess Agent of | the union, said the union had not | requested arbitration but would be willing to consider it, ;Cl() FISHING GROUP | REJECTS WAGE OFFER | sAN FRANCISCO, April 8 — Members of the local CIO Alaska cannery workers union have voted | unanimously to reject the offer of the Red Salmon Canning Company for a wages and working conditions agreement for 1938. The union said the action was taken because the company ‘“refuses to recognize us as the sole collective bargaining agency for their cannery employees.” The company contended for the ame jurisdiction which is claimed I'by an independent and an AFL union in addition to the CIO group and the contention is now before the National Labor Relations Board. The company said it felt it could not act, pending the Board’s de- cision. F.D.R. SIGNS MODIFIED BRISTOL BAY LAW WASHINGTON, April 8—Presi- dent Roosevelt today signed the bill modifying restrictions on salmon fishing in Bristol Bay. Under the new law citizens having resided anywhere in the Bristol Bay water- shed for a period of two years are eligible to carry on stake or set net salmon fishing for commercial pur-. poses. Commissioner Frank T. Bell said he recommended the change after | investigation disclosed about half the state setters had been exciuded under the former law. PURSE SEINE OFFICIAL | PLEDGES SUPPORT | ‘M. M Dunlap, Secretary-Treas= {urer of the Alaska Salmon Purse | (Continued on Page Two) | - | STRIKE OF STREET CAR ~ MEN ENDED Thirty-hour Walkout in De- troit Called Off—Set- tlement Ratified DETROIT, Mich, April 8—The strike that has tied up the Detroit stréet car service for 700,000 De- troiters ended 'at noon when the Unionists ratified a settlement for agreement. The strike lasted 30 hours, ! WORK ON SETTLEMENT DETROIT, April 8.—Strike com=- mittee, representing the street car workers in Detroit announce that they have reached a decision on neg= otiations aimed at ending the walk- out over seniority rights. | Committee Leaders meet this | morning with city officials and the | street railway commissioner. The strike committee spent three . | hours conferring with union mem- |bers on demands that the trams- lporlatian tie up be ended speedily, .