The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7769. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1938. S e T MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SALMON SEASON STARTS, TENDERS SAIL Chinese Continue T Cut Japanese NEW ATTACKS REPORTED IN MANY AREAS Faltering Lines of Invaders | Are Being Battered by Defenders YISHIEN IS BEING STRAFED BY PLANES Guerillas Harassing Entire Theatre of War, Even Near Shanghai SHANGHAL April 16.—The Chin-| ese forces today opened a vigorous attack on Yihien, Shantung Pro- vince, and battered the faltering Japanese lines. Chinese planes strafed the city and Chiang Xai Shek's Generals declared that the fall of the city is certain. The Chinese have cut the Japan- ese infantry lines. Near Wuyu, Kiangsu Province, the Chinese have ambushed the Japan- ese columns, cutting the lines to pieces. Chinese guerillas are reported con- tinuing to harrass the entire Jap- anese theatre of war, even near this section of Shanghai. PEAGE DOVE & i i £ ANTI-JAPANISM among millions of Chinese is grow- ing, in central Hopei, ! claims boy spies such as these says Gen Yu Cheng-tsao, describing a miniature “Red” China 200 miles behind Japanese lines. General Yu militant young Communists keep Chinese informed about Japanese in Japan-conquered provinces. SOARS AGAIN 's100,000 BLAZE |President and OVEREUROPE SWEEPS WHARF, Wife Planing Rome and London Reach AN F%Nmsgfl Quiet Easter Final Accord in Pact to iet Continent | 7 ey Quies. Conieen Fifty Firemen Overcome by Both to Attend Church ROME, April 16 —Italy and Great | Britain today signed an Eastertide pact to end nearly three years of often dangerous difficulties and Smoke—Two Ships Flame Eaten bring promise of peace to Europe. | The pact was signed by Foreign Minister Ciano and British Am- bassador, the Earl of Perth. Il Duce and Premier Neville Chamberlain have already approved the treaty to end friction which began when England backed sanc- tions applied by the League -of Nations against Italy on November 18, 1935. The principal provisions of the agreement are designed to bring about a speedy recognition of the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, the withdrawal of Italian ‘troops from Spain, and recognition and pratec- tion of each other's rights in the Mediterranean. Hope that this pact will bring peace to Europe is based on the plan to have France reach a sim- ilar accord with Italy, which will then bring Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy into a possible working agreement that will stabil- ize the continent. UMBRELLAS T0 BE IN STYLE ON EASTER SUNDAY That Is Prediction Made by eather Bureau in Washington WASHINGTON, April 16—Um- brellas will be the outstanding East- er style note in three quarters of the United States, the weather bur- eau forecasts today for tomorrow. | Showers are likely in some sections but rain is predicted for the entire Atlantic Seaboard, much of the Middle West and the Pacific Coast. ———,o—— MRS. BEALE JUNEAU BOUND Mrs. C. D. Beale, wife of the Manager of the Capitol Theatre and President of the Retary Club, sailed from Seattle today on the Aleutian for Juneau after a visit in California. | SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.—The | worst waterfront fire in years in the | Bay Region, on Pier 48, last night caused $100,000 damage and called out all available fire fighting equip- {ment in San Francisco. The blaze threatened two moored vessels as racing flames ran out along mooring lines and burning timbers fell on decks until the craft were towed to the safety of mid- harbor. Fifty firemen were treated for smoke suffocation and one is in crit- |ical condition. A dramatic incident occurred dur-, |ing the height of the blaze when forty longshoremen, loading the Cal- mar freighter, Massmar, were trap- ped under the pier when a section of the wharf collapsed in a fren- zied burst of new flames among the old. A tug ploughed through floating debris burning on the surface to take the men from the endangered irreighter while firemen played water on the men and tug to lessen the blistering heat. The freighters which were towed !lo mid harbor were the Massmar jand the Point Caleta. Both vessels suffered burned decks and blistered sides. e — PAF Libel Suit Settled Out of ~ Court, Portland PORTLAND, Ore., April 16.—Libel proceedings, brought in court here | against the Pacific American Fish- | eries Company by the Albina En- | gine and Machine Works, have been | settied out of court. The machine | company sought $184,000 claimed | due for repairs to the Ttalian mo- | torship Peltre which sank in the | Columbia River and later was | raised and sold to the PAF. and renamed the Clevedon for Alaska service, Services Tomorrow— | EggRollingMonday WASHINGTON, April 16.—Presi- dent Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt plan a quiet devotional observance Easter Sunday, attending the ser- vices at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Mrs. Roosevelt will also attend !the Sunrise Service in Arlington cemetery and will place a cross of lillies on the grave of the Unknown Soldier. Plans are complete for the tra- ditional Easter Monday egg rolling in the White House grounds which 50,000 children and adults are ex- pected to attend. Sara Roosevelt, aged 6, and Kate Roosevelt, aged 2, have invited their small friends for the affair. Start Hearings - Monday on FDR’s Relie_{_ Request House Committee Consider- | ing Incorporating Recov- ery Program in One Bill WASHINGTON, Auril 16. — The |House Appropriations Committee has arranged to start hearings Monday on President Roosevelt's request for a billion two hundred and fifty million dollars in. relief | funds for the seven months period | starting July 1. Congressional leaders had not de- | | cided whether an attempt would be | | made to incorporate the entire re- covery program into one bill. House | | Leader Rayburn said the members | |who discussed the program with | | the President received the impres- | sion no now legislation was neces- sary for the Public Works Admin- istration. B — Mrs. Josephine Soule Wright, Sec- | retary in the Federal Social Secur- ity office here, is @& passenger for | Juneau aboard the Aleutian today | after a month’s vacation leave Oui- side, the three million dollar { Juneau’s Easter Parade INSURGENTS IN SPAIN PUSHINE NORTH ON GOAST Gcn. Fl’flnco-s FOl‘(.(‘.S ClOS- ing in on Important Port on Delta LOYALIST DEFENSE REPORTED STUBBORN Four-fifths o?S;u!hern Gov- ernment Territory Is | Said to Be Cut Off HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish, Bor- der, April 16.—Gen. Franco's troops today pushed relentlessly north along the Mediterranean coast and are closing in on the delta town of San Carlos de la Rapita. rategy forces have crossed the| Ebro River to close in on Tortosa from the east. | These moves are reported to have been made to block the western ap- proach of the stubborn Loyalist defense. CHANGES IN COMMAND MADRID, April 16—Gen. Jose| Miaja has been named Supreme | Commander of Military and Civil! Affairs. Today the Southern four fifths of | Loyalist Spain is cut off from Cata- lonia by the Insurgent march to the Mediterranean Sea. Gen. Miaja will continue resis- tance and he also stated that sev- erance from Catalonia is not fatal to the Loyalists, communication is being maintained by radio and air- planes. e SENATORS OKEH BIG NAVY BILL WITH INGREASE Provision for New Dirigible Is Killed by Naval Committee WASHINGTON, April 16.—The Administration’s big navy bill to- day won the approval of the Senate Naval Committee which increased the measure’s appropriation figure to one billion, one hundred and fifty six million dollars. The money has not been appro- priated as yet, but construction of 46 warships, 950 airplanes and 26 auxiliary vessels is authorized in the measure. Included in the authorization are | three 45,000 ton super-dreadnaughts which are esimated wil clost ninety million dollars apeice. The Senate Committee eliminated item for construction of a dirigible. Size of aircraft carriers was increased from 15,000 to 20,000 tons, No Rain Expected To Dampel Ardor of While most of the United States faces the prediction of observing Easter Sunday with raised umbyel- las, Juneau and Alaska probably will enjoy fair weather, similar to today. “Partly cloudy tonight and Sun- day,” is the forecast of the U. S. ‘Weather Bureau but Meteorologist Howard J. Thompson did not antici- pate any rain with the “partly cloudy,” thus giving Juneau folk an opportunity to strut their stuff in the Easter Parade ® Weather forecasts from through- out the United States pointed to rain predominating over the States. |JOE JOHNSTON | AWARDED SCARF Joe Johnston of Thomas Hard- ware was awarded the silver fox | |scarf offered by the Junior Guild of Trinity Cathedral. The award was made at the Jones-Stevens shop this afternoon. | ines | | | THEY SHALL NOT PASS into the American sector of Shanghal’s international settlement, say U. S. marines, stopping a Japanese truck driver who, after questioning, turned another way. BUYING WAVE SWEEPS STOCK | MARKET TODAY | Government Bonds Go Up. —Leading Industrials Are Eagerly Sought - i ¥ i i NEW YORK, April 16, — Strong buying tides swept the stock ma WAGE DISPUTE ENDED; FOUR CRAFT LEAVE Ellsworth Says Only Juris- dictional Toubles Still ‘to Be Settled IO UNIONS ASK FOR RECOGNITION Alaska Pacifi?galmon Com- pany Boat Is First to Start North SEATTLE, April 16—Four can- nery tenders left for Alaska yesters | day, signalizing the start of the de« layed salmon season. | Arthur I. Ellsworth, executive sec- lmtar_v of the Canned Salmon Indus- | try, said that the industry felt “the dispute to be virtually settled though we still have the cannery workers’ jurisdictional trouble to iron out.” CIO affiliated cannery . workers claim most of the men in that branch of the industry, and its of- ficials are seeking recognition as the bargaining agency. Bellingham local of the Machin- ists Union ratified the wage agree- MAYORNAMEDTO SUPERVISE ALL Dan Ralston Remains as|ford Moe business agent, announc- Police Chief—FEtta Mae : ? {fused to give the count. Kolasa Is C“y Clerk First tender to leave Seattle is 'owned by the Alaska Pacific Sal- % !mon Company. Later the Amelie, Few 'changes resulted in city ap- Morzhovoi and Trojan, owned by P. pointive offices as the new City E. Harris Company left for False ket of the New York Exchange at . | Council, at its meeting last night, Pass in the Aleutians. the short session today and Gov- ernment bonds took another ad- | filled positions for the ensuing year. vance when Wall Street resumed Mayor Harry I. Lucas was named after the Good Friday holiday Street Commissioner and Magistrate STRIKE CALL Leading industrial shares boomed a salary of $250 per month, thus up $3 or more. having full charge of the city's Buyers bid the highest prices for activities under the modified city the chief industrial shares recorded 5 S manager plan, as he will handle the | [] in the April recovery movement. duties of Assistant City Clerk, sup-| D.A.R. congressin Washing- There was much inflationary psy- ton starting April 18 will vote on | ervising the work of the Clerk’s of-| |Interruptions in Communi- | cology displayed throughout the ses- sion. Mrs. Henry M. Robert, jr. (above), unopposed candidate S Cor president general. She's from | TODAY'S QUOTATIONS Annapolis, Md. NEW YORK, April 16. — Closing quotatibn of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10'i, American Can 89', American Light and Power 4%, Anaconda 31, Bethlehem Steel 51%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5, General Mo- NEw ENTRANG tors 34%, International Harvester 3 PEARL HARBOR Taussig Declares Island Base Vulnerable Under Present Setup HONOLULU, TH., April 16— Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig, Com- mander of the cruisers’ scouting force, recommended in a speech before thé Rotary Club here the con- AI_L LINES uuT | struction .of an additional entrance |to virtually landlocked Pearl Har- | bor. He admitted the cost would be LAST EvENle | colossal but said that eventually it would prove of value in case a fu- | ture enemy block the present single entrance.. He proposed linking Kessi Basin cations ‘Reported from |Wwith the site of the proposed inter- | national seaplane base by canals Many Parts of World | which would cut across an arm of land upon which Hickman Field, BY ASSOCIATED PRESS the Army’s eighteen million dollar Pacific Coast telephone and tele-| airdrome, is located. He said that graph' lines were knocked silly last without a new entrance the position night by an aurora borealis that was is tactically weak. visible as far south as Los Angeles.| — Spokane, Wash, was virtually! ‘wnhmlxst et;lmmunlcauon f()r an l)f;ur LlEUT. MORRISON ON NORTHLAND| Wire disruptions extended far east as Chicago. Electrical disturbances are ported elsewhere throughout northern part of the world. 65, Kennecott 36%, New York Cen- tral 13, Southérn Pacific 12, United States Steel 48%. Cities Service 14 Pennsylvania Railroad 17%, Pound $5.00%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: 121, rails 22, utilities e re- | the Licutenant Donald MeGregor | Morrison, formerly an Ensign aboard the U. 8. Coast Guard cutter Tal- lapoosa, has been assigned to serv- ice aboard the Coast Guard cutter Northland and will visit in Juneau next month, according to word re- ceived by friends here, Lieutenant Morrison will arrive | here about May 20 when the North LIGHTS SEEN HERE Juneau was treated to an elabor- ate display of Northern Lights last night that began early in the even-| ing and lasted until shortly before midnight then began to fade out. land passes through Juneau on its At times the heavens glowed with way to the Bering Sea for seal { moved to adopt one recommendation | give the various department. | ter idea of their financial standing fice and having general supervision of street work. | The full list of other appoint- Wiy ments made last night and salaries Canadian Seamen Walk Oul follow: 1 O Ba .. Chief of Police, Dan Ralston, sal-| ver rgaining ary $205; Asisstant Chief, Roy Hoff-| Agencies man, $180; Patrolmen, Kenneth| Junge and T. A. Jones, $170; City TORONTO, April 16—The strike Clerk, Etta Mae Kolasa, $175; Cny,ca“ of the Canadian Seamen’s Un- Wharfinger, C. H. MacSpadden, j,n was answered this morning by $180; Librarian, Ann Coleman, $150; | 799 men at seven Canadian ports City Attorney, Grover C. Winn, 850; | 55 ynion officials undertook to tie Fire Truck Drivers, Joe HUl and |y, yegsels of seven Canadian Ship- John G. Olson, $160; Graderman, ping Companies operating on the Jack Hegstad, $6 per day; Fire Chief, Great Lakes. V. W Mulvihill, $50; Assistant | gpion officials said they expected Fire Chief, William Neiderhauser, ¢ne nymber of strikers to be tripled $25; Pire Alarm Catetaker, H. M. oyer the weekend and that 150 ves- Porter, $25; Cemetery Caretaker,| cois win be tled up as compared Hans Nielson, $150; Health Officer, wiip the 26 ships at the start today Dr. W. W. Council, $25; Garbage peaders said the strike will con- Caretaker, $30. | tinue until the companies grant the John Reck, President of the First right to choose their own bargaining National Bank, was again named goencies, made by the Auditor, that of having a quarterly audit instead of annually. It was brought out by Mayor Lucas and the Councilmen that such an arrangement would a bet- Wharfinger were laid over until a later meeting. The names of four| candidates were read for the last post—Kinky Bayers, J. L. “Dolly” Gray, Bob Burns and J. C. B.| Hawkes—which pays $135 per month | NAVY PATRUL position " S / Filling the position of City Asses- Mysterlous Fleet Believed to sor does not come up until the first ety Have Speeded Thought The report of Auditor James C. of New Flotilla Cooper was accepted and it was MANILA, P. I, Aril 16.—Organi- zation of an offshore patrol, which under way. Close on the heels of other re- ports of the mysterious maneuver= ings of a phantom fleet of warships in the Davo Guif, the announce- ment was made by Gen. MacArthur Treasurer, a non ried position. L A A The positions of City Engineer, but the Council decided to await the return of Wharfinger MacSpadden is the important feature of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's defense pro- that the Philippines would protect themselves with a little navy of Radio Inspector and Assistant City from the States before filling the gram for the islands, is reported their own. and tend toward keeping the budget within the balance, which the Mayor declared would be his goal. The proposed liquor closing hour ordinance was referred to a com- mittee of Councilmen Feldon, Harri and Beistline for study without dis- cussion. W. D. Gross again appeared before the Council asking, “what are you ed silenge, but the newspaper, Remost has been named chief of | fellows going to do about this vote|ine patrol and ordered to “perfect a fiery red. ipauol, . " (Continued on Page Five) an organisstion. i Manila Tribune, said Major Rafael High officials otherwise maintain-+