The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 18, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LII, NO. 7796. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1938, e ——— ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - CANNERY WORKERS REJECT WAGE OFFER 3 » C10 CHIEFTAIN TURNED DOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA Lewis Backed Candidate Thomas Kennedy Loses in Primary—Earle Wins DEMOS POLL MORE { VOTES THAN IN 1934 Gifford Pinchot Thwarted in Try at Comeback on Republican Ticket PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 18—/ The Pennsylvania bid for political power by John L. Lewis, CIO chief- tain, faded today as returns from yesterday's primary balloting gave tiic opposing Democratic State Com- mittee slate a sizeable lead. It appar- | ently had turned back with Lewis on the basis of incomplete returns Senator Joseph Guffey, who joined | the CTO chief in supporting Thoma: | Kennedy for the Democratic gub- | ernatorial nomination and Phila- delphia’s Mayor 8. Davis Wilson for the Senate. Gov. George H. Earle, whose split with Guffey shook Pennsylvania's | New Deal organization, walked away | from Wilson Charles Alvin Jones, | Pittsburgh, his running mate, and| built up a heavy lead over Kennedy, | Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers. | In the Republican fight, Gifford| Pinchot was thwarted in a drive for | refurn to the Governorship by Ar- thur H. James. Senator James J. Davis was renominated. | Incomplete returns showed the! Democrats polled more than double ’ the votes cast in the 1934 primar; while Republicans also increased their totals. Representative Stack of Philadel- phia was defeated for renomination. Stack was one of the most vocifer- ous opponents of the administra- tion's reorganization bill. He was the only Pennsylvania Democrat wanting to recommit the wage-hour bil. Representative Boland, Democra- | tic whip in the House and outspoken champion of all administration policies, won renomination. | GREEN SLAPS LEWIS WASHINGTON, May 18. — Wil- liam Green, American Federation of Labor President and bitter rival of John L. Lewis, said today that the Pennsylvania primary proves the| “CIO is a political lability and not a political power. It has become | abundantly clear that no candidate who deals with the CIO can be elected to public office.” Lewis had no immediate comment to make and neither did Postmaster General James A. Farley, who, in| the interest of Democratic harmony, advocated the nomination of Ken- nedy for Governor and Earle for the Senate. o — Robber's Hand Gaught in Door Juvenile Singer PHILADELPHIA, May 18.—Abra- ham Widman slammed the door of his cigar store today on one hand | of a would-be robber and held tight | while the gunman, on the opposite side, splintered the door with six! shots. A policeman captured the gunman. Widman was uninjured. .- MUNTER FLIES HERE WITH TWO Herb Munter arrived in Juneau from Ketchikan today with two pas- Slight concussion but they expected sengers, R. J. Sommers and Wallis he will recover quickly. George. ‘This is the first time Munter has been in Juneau since last fall. RS o582 L Film Comedian Granted Divorce LOS ANGLES, Cal, May 18.—Af- ter more than one month ofstesti- mony, Clyde Cook, film comedian, has been granted a divorce from | Mrs. Alice Cook. { i Bobby Bree}l_(;cls Bad Fall| Bobby Breen, juvenile singer, knocked unconscious when he fell| been ysterday while learning ball games played in the two major leagues this afternoon as received | up to 1:30 o'clock: As Rome and London Signed between Italy and Great Britain New avenues of friendship are opened a et | with the signing of a new pact between these countries at the Chigi Palace in Rome. Count Ciano of Italy, is shown signing as Lord Perth(center), Rritish signer, watches. Italian M an in Strectl ) Loyal to Il Duce, But Cocks Wary Eye, Rome-Berlin Axis By CHARLES H. GUPTILL AP Foreign Seryice Writer a Fascist demonstration at which | he had cheered Mussolini until his ears were. pink, Cesare Romano stopped by a wine shop to cool his | tortured vocal cords and pass on to | his Blackshirt companions the lai- | est political quip. ‘ “Have you heard this one?” he | chortled. “As a result of the Rome- | Berlin axis, Italy has acquired the | ‘passo Romano’ (Italian version of | the German goosestep) and lost llh(’ ‘passo del Brennero' (Italy’s | strategic the Austrian | border).” | Cesare wasn't being subversive. A good and loyal Fascist, he merely l\\'zxs exercising his Latin skepti- cism, at the same time shooting a little arrow at the political accord between Fascism and Nazism. Makes $80 a Month Cesare Romano is a fictitious name. But the person it denotes is typical of the white collar class of Italian “men in the street.” He has a wife and three children whom he supports on a salary of 1,500 lire (about $80) a month. He pays position on ment and employs a house servant for about $6 a month. He likes to go to the movies, which he can do for the equivalent of 12 or 15 cents. He prefers Holly- wood films, which makes him the | despair of the Ttalian movie in- dustry. pite the state visit of Hitler and its accompanying demonstra- tions, Cesare doesn't warm up to Germans, Called out to cheer the German Dictator, he doesn’t hesi- tate to say his heart wasn't in it. French Preferred Cesare Is K“ucked flut prefers the French . "/W(‘P OFFICIAL new portrait of King George VI of England shows him in the uniform of marshal of the Royal Air Force and was made by Bertram Park. the court photographer. T although political relations veen Italy and France are mor the British | critical, but sourcefulness of British and the material strength of the empire. He prefers to see Great Britain a friend of Ttaly. May 18.—| 1In this respect he differs from was the younger Fascists who have persuaded that Great Bri- to skate.| tain is decadent and no.match for Physicians said he suffered a Italy in war Cesare is pretty thoroughly con- vinced that war eventually will come, although not necessgrily with England. He has heard Mus- solini declare too many times that Fascist Italy rejects the possibility of perpetual peace. Cesare doesnt want war and in this too, he repre- | sents the views of most Italians. At the same time, this typical Fascist is pleased with the dramatic | qualities of Italian foreign policy | under Mussolini. He is old enough | to recall the condescension with which other European powers treat- ed Italy immediately after the World Pittsburgh 1; Boston 2. ‘War and he is not without national American League | c mt n —_— Washington 5; Detroit 1. |~ (Continued on Page Three) as somewhat hypo- he respects the re- While Learning Ice Skating HOLLYWOOD, Cal, BASEBALL TODA The following are scores of base- National l;ugue Chicago 4; New York 2. St. Louis 12; Brooklyn 4. about $23 a month for his aparc-| often sour than sweet. He regards| diplomacy | SUCHOW ATTACK BEGINS AS BIG GUNS OPEN UP Japanese Artillery Cuts Path for Troops and Tanks SHANGHAI, May 18.-—Japanese artiilery today blasted a path to-| wards Suchow for the advance of | tanks and infantry in a vicious as-‘ sault on the long fought for rail-| road junction. Japanese dispatches said the city | had been deserted by Gen. Chinng\ Kai Shek’s Central Government | troops, and a crack troop of Japan- ese soldiers is reported to have been | removed from the heart of the tight- ening circle before the invaders cut the Lunghai Railway. i It is reported that about 250,000 | Chinese provincial troops are trap- ped. Many are said to be trying to |escape, and thousands of soldiers |and civilians are sald to have left ;me city by the East gate, pouring| {out through the countryside to avoid the Japanese column closing in on all sides. | - e NEW JERSEY T0 'BE OBJECT OF INVESTIGATION Alleged Lack of Free Speech Provokes Federal WASHINGTON, May 18—Attor- ney General Cummings today said he had ordered a “thorough inves-| tigation” into the general situation in Jersey City, where complaints| charge that free speech has been de- | nied. i | The investigation will be in charge| of Assistant Attorney General Brian | McMahan, Chief of the ‘Criminal| Division. Cummings said an inquiry is be- ing made at the request of many persons who sent complaints to the White House and the Department of Justice. * The Attorney General said neither President Roosevelt nor Postmaster General Farley were among those | suggesting an investigation. | | The investigation will be handled |under the same Federal law which/| permitted the Government to take| action in the investigation of con-! |ditions in Harlan County, Kentucky. | The law prohibits interference with | the exercising of an individual's civil | rights. 2 i .......I....‘ JAPANESE STEAMER .| REPORTED SIGHTEL . BRISTOL BAY AREA o . ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May ‘I 18—Pilot Ken Neese, of the e Star Airlines, said on his re- o/ turn from Naknek, that offi- .‘ cers of the mail steamer Starr reported sighting a Japanese steamer in Bristol Bay. Pilot Neese quoted the Starr's officers as saying the steamer was plainly identified. The Starr is due in Dutch Harbor about next Sunday. ® e 000000000 — 4 l STOCK QUOTATIONS + | NEW YORK, May 18. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can 87'%, American Light and Power 5%, Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel 47'%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5, General Mo- tors 30%, International Harvester 56%, Kennecott 34, New York Cen-| |tral 12%, Southern Pacific 12% United Stales Steel 45%, Cities Ser- vice 10%, Pound $4.97%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 117.02 rails 2254, utilities 19.55. | e e Tax Deficiencies oi:— Will Rogers Upheld WASHINGTON, May 18. — The Board of Tax Appeals today upheld | the tax deficiences of $33,950 against | the 1933 income of the late Will Rogers, ncle Sam ‘Fences’ Backyard in Pacific Ocean UNCLE SAM'S WEST PURCHASE IN HIS . "BACK YARD* smm%po T ca ~@ Honolulu 9HAWAII ’- Pago 1, broken line on the map shows how Uncle Sam is “fencing in” his backyard, beyond Hawaii, just in he has to chase out invaders. Hawaii will be guarded from the west by a half circle of tiny islands, of Which a few in the Palmyra group will be added if the navy can buy them. Wollld be fived up 100, in a proposed bill with extensive construction in Alaska and the Canal Zone. Along @,}, N 2 % Uncle Sam's back porch the “fence,” called a “line of observation” by the navy, planes operating in war time would warn of the approach of any hostile forces. A NEW HIGH for trans-continental plane travel may fol- low scheduled tests for above “stratoliner,” designed to hop from coast to coast in 10 hours, flying about 10 miles up. Sealed cabins would guard against “anoxemia” of upper air. Th;;t liebatei(r)ver H eliurfi Feor Hitler Gets Hot - For Gas That Will Not Burn/ By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, May 18.—Helium is an inert gas that neither burns nor explodes, but it has heated up’ a controversy, nevertheless, between placid Secretary of State Hull and not so placid Secretary Ickes of the Interior Department. The German Embassy is something of a bewil- dered bystander. To begin at the beginning, the United States is the world’s No. 1 helium producer. We almost have a monapoly. The center of the busi- ness is Amarillo, Tex. It comes up {in wells with gas and oil. While it won't lift as much as hydrogen when used in balloons and zeppelins, neither does it ex- plode when bullets are shot. through it or a lightning bolt strikes it, When the German zeppelin Hin- | denburg burned last year as il moved into Lakehurst's naval air fon, its inflammable hydrogen killed 33 persons. In a sympathetic mood, Congress authorized the sale of helium to foreign countries pro- vided it first was determined that the shipment would not become a factor of “military importance.” Of course Germany was the only na- tion wanting much of it for airships and soon completed negotiations with the State Department for about 36 million cubic feet to be delivered in the next two years. Germany set about reconstruct- ing its new giant zeppelin to adapt it to helilum and the Navy gave mplied approval by extending to Germany again the permission to use Lakehurst for a landing field HE DOESN'T LIKE HITLER All this went on without Ickes being taken into consideration. But as Seeretary of the Interior he is in charge of the Bureau of Mines, to which control of helium was as- signed, and he considered it his job [to determine whetlicr helium was of military importance to Germany Ickes in several speeches ha made it plam he dislikes Hitler. He has left no brick unthrown When he found reasons for refus- ing to ship the helium, observ promptly traced the delay to Ick dislike of Der Fuehrer, regardles: of whether that was just to Ickes Publicly, Ickes explained 6,000, 000 cubic feet of helium would fill a zeppelin, so why should Ger- |many tant 36 million? Also he Ipointed to testimony of General ‘Wpsmvcr‘ chief of the Air Cor before a House committee. The General had said the Army learned during the World War that it had been Germany’s intention to send a zeppelin on a raid over New York On that basis, Ickes refused fo let loose a cupful of helium. Count Eckener, the famed zeppelin com- mander, started from Germany to make a personal appeal, but Ickes was unshaken. He said he would be glad to meet him, but could not permit personal considerations to influence his decision. He has asked the Navy and State Department for more information. WHAT—NO BEER? Meantime the German Embass called off its annual bock beer party for the press and others, letting it be known that it did not wish to appear to be using subversive in- fluences. A few thought it looked more like retaliation. Others hinted it was helium retaliation when Ger- many suspended payments on Aus- trian bonds owned in the United States. | The State Department hides its disgruntlement, as best it can after being put in the position of welch- ing on an agreement to permit = ued on Page Six) BIG AIRLINER IS |Rancher Fir;i?Wreck Near Highway, High Sier- ra Country LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 18—A report has come out of the moun- tains that the $80,000 Lockheed airliner which disappeared late Monday with nine persons aboard, has been found a total wreck with all nine persons dead. Walter Peterson, Mint Canyon rancher, said he sighted the charred wreckage of the plane, 20 miles north of Saugus, a half mile off the Mint Canyon Highway. He said he found all persons | aboard the ill-fated ship, “all burned up.” Relating how he looked into the plane, he sdid he could see seven burned bodies piled in a heap in- ide, but could not see the bodies of |the two children known to have been aboard. Peterson said the fog was so thick Monday, when the airliner crashed, | that the burning craft could not have been seen a hundred yards away. Officials estimated it would take several hours to reach the scene and expected much difficulty bringing the bodies out of the rugged Sietra-Nevada area where the crash occurred. CREWS REACH SCENE LOS ANGELES, May 18.—Ambu- lance crews have reached the wreckage of the airliner and five bodies have been taken out, several burned beyond recognition The fact that Pilot Willey was un- aware of the impending disaster is seen in his failure to cut the mo- tor switches. The giant ship cut a blackened path 400 yards through shrubs. and timber. Other bodies have been found outside the plane, according to late advices received here. Lights Out For Boxers SAN LUIS, Cal, May 18. — A southwestern Colorado spring snow- storm “put the lights out” for both fighters in a recent match here. A power failure caused by the storm plunged the ring in darkness in the ninth round of a fight be- tween Dynamite Jackson and Joe Aguilar. Officials consulted notes by match light and awarded Jackson the decision. .- Chief manufacturing industries of Aden are cigarets and salt, in| SEATTLE C10 TURNS DOWN LOWER SCALE {Minimum Wage Proposal ‘ Proves Stumbling Block N\ {MACHINISTS UNION BLOCKS OPERATIONS Overtime Pay Causes Nego- tiations to Be Halted, San Francisco SEATTLE, May 18.—Conrad Espe, Secretary of the CIO, said the lab- or organization has rejected the latest offer of the Canned Salmon Industry. This rejection is on the minimum wage offer, the CIO not being satisfied with it. Another stumbling block is also he insistence, according to Espe, of the packers that they be per- nitted to hire their former employ- ses, especially foremen, contending hey should govern the hiring. Espe said that after CIO mem- sers are taken care of, there is no objection to the industry hiring AFL workers but the CIO union members must first be given jobs. Negotiations are resuming today. OVERTIME PAY UP SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 18.— A new delay loomed for the depart- ure of the salmon fleet for Alaska owing to failure of the Machinists Union and packers coming to an agreement on the overtime scale. The packers offered $1 an hour | tor overtime but the Machinists Un- ). hour mn'ty Hook, Business Agent, said the umion finally offered to com- promise on $1.50 for overtime hour hut the packers rejected the offer and negotiations were immediately broken off. WORKERS ARE TO VOTE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 18.— The CIO Alaska Cannery Workers Union announced this afternoon that the membership will vote to- morrow night on whether to accept wages of 7 percent under the 1937 scale offered by the Alaska Pack- ers Association. The announcement was made by George Woolf, CIO Business Agent. Marine Firemen, Marine Cooks and Stewards are slated to meet to- day with A. K. Tichenor, Vice-Presi- dent of the Alaska Packers Asso- ciation in efforts to break their wage deadlock. V. J. Malone, Sec- retary of the Marine Firemen, dis- closed that the union had repected the 7 percent cut under last year’s scale. Malone said: “We feel that such a cut will prejudice our case when we enter negotiations with all (Continued on Page 6) LONG RANGE PLANES ARE NEEDED NOW Mimic Warfare on East Coast Demonstrates New Requirements NEW YORK, May 18—The Air Force has concluded a five day mock |warfare in which 300 planes were |engaged in repelling “invaders.” | Gen. Prank M. Andrews, Com- {mander, said the mimic war demon- | strated the need of long range planes [to intercept air armadas attacking |the United States far out to sea |to prevent horrible loss of life and bombing of cities. Three Escape | Convicts Caught | COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 18—Three convitts, under death | sentences, who escaped from the prison here yesterday morning, have | been captured without resistance, | The men were three of six sentenced for the killing of Captain of the Prison Guards in a frustrated jail |break last December,