The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 23, 1938, Page 1

» THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE *+ VOL. LIL, NO. 7800. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 23, 193. PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PICKET LINES WITHDRAW, ALASKA SHIPS TEDAY TRIGE, | Moo= e SR SHIPPING TIEUP, IS ENDED TODAY No Further Trouble, How- ever Expected as Nego- tiations Progress SEATTLE, May 23.—The 10-day truce by which a tieup of the Port ended today but the Waterfront Employers Association said no fur- ther interruption is seen for water- born transportation. of Seattle was averted on May 13,| BETTER HOUSING' Move Toward Rebuilding the Merchant Marine CAMPAIGNOPENS INJUNEAU TODAY Feature Program Is to Be! Heard Over Station KINY | at 7:30 This Evening It requires approximately a week to consummate a loan and be ready | to build, and if you are planning | modernization of your home or| business building no architects plans are required. | These are just two of the many STEAMERS ARE SAILING WITH NO DISORDERS AFL Claims to Have Won Issue—Same Men as in 1937, Coming North 'HOPES FOR SEASON " BRIGHTEN IN FRISCO One Company Settles Dif- |salient features of the new Better Future sailings are scheduled as usual . Negotiations for a full settlement | of the diferences, which arose over| a jurisdictional dispute involving the | ships of the Shepard Line are under way in Washington, D. C., where Harry Lundeberg, Pacific Coast| Secretary of the Sailors Union of Repris;ll F edrrs pares Rulers in War Raids the Pacific is conferring with of- - D WAGES,HOURS 3 Alfred M. Cohen (right), retiring president of the B'nai B'rith, is shown | | with James Roosevelt (center), son of the President, and Speaker of the I_ E G I s LATIUN James read message of praise from his father, addressed to Mr. Cohen | and to the fraternal organization. 3 | Revised Measure Now Be-| ing Debated—Committee | ficials, House William Bankhead at the banquet tendered Cohen, in New York. | UP IN HOUSE i Loses Out in Fight CHINESE ARE By DEVON FRANCIS AP Aviation Editor Housing Program which is being kicked off here today by the FHA Development Committee through newspaper advertising and a broad- cast to be heard over station KINY from 7:30 to 8 o'clock tonight. Such points as the above will not only be explained during the campaign but | full information can be obtained on | the new assistance for home own- | ers by contacting the Federal Hous- | ing Administration office in the Federal building. On tonight's program starting at | |7:30 over station KINY, James J. |Connors, Chairman of the FHA| Better Housing Committee, will be heard and John E. Pegues, former | head of FHA in the Territory, will| explain the full setup. During the |following evenings, except Satur-, day and Sunday, starting daily at 6:45 p.m. different business men will appear, further explaining the | easy method now provided through | the Better Housing Plan for the | average man to build a new home | | Members of the Maritime Commission and the lowest bidder are pictured in Washington as contracts were signed for the construction of four standard steam propelled, steel cargo vessels, Left to right, seated: L. H. Korndorff, president of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., of Kearney, N. J., and Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the commission. Left to right, standing: A. T. Duffield, assistant secretary of the Shipbuilding Co.; C. W. Bryan, Jr., vice-president of the company, and Ben Geasling, acting general counsel of the commission. CENTRAL EUROP “Goat” of West Point to Be A_ccordvd Customary Honors At Commencement in June CRISIS AVERTED ferences with Eleven 1 Unions Involved SEATTLE, May 23.—The Ameri- can Pederation of Labor withdrew waterfront picket lines from Alaska | bound cannery ships last night. | Charles C. Hughes, AFL represen- | tative, said the “canning companies lare shipping the same men em- ployed in 1937 regardless of union affiliation and that is exactly what we have been fighting for.” | Hughes also charged that the CIO, which won the consent NLRB elec- tion, had been charging exorbitant fees for non-CIO members for work permits. | Eugene V. Dennett, CIO Secre- |tary, said the excess fee charged is not based on facts and he alsc said that Arthur I. Ellsworth, Exe- | cutive Secretary of the Canned Sal- mon Industry, “was interferring in | the dispatch of men.” Ships Sailing The Libby, McNeill and Libby ves- | sel Otsego sailed last night and the When bombing planes roar over Of remodel his old one. | w. INGTON, May 23. — The % s 4 uAS:-l Ml ',heyflz Heta) populous cities in “the next war,’| A feature of tonight's program BE | General W. C. Gorgas is due to sall Vo O, ey Sy will be concert numbers by 'the| Ldurmg today. they probably will spare the rulers Committee's prolonged blockage of iy the revised wage and hour bill, voting 322 to 73 to debate the measure immediately. of nations and even treasures art. It will not be a matter of inter- DEMORALIZED, Boreas Trio—Edythe Riley Rowe, cello; Helen Arlene Parrotf, violin, and Carol Beery Davis, piano. Their EDITOR CONRA By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, May 23. | red tradition has’ been preséfved at | West Point—at least for a year—- A sac- German Troops Reported There were 350 cannery workers trying to get to the ship before the picket line was withdrawn. The po- lice were called to the dock when national courtesy. The “niceties” of selections will include, “Ecstasy,’ " E e it e Bees suc“nw AREA Imodern warfate are dictated by fear by Ganne: “Song Without Words,” MURE SULD THAN s0 in June, when Commencement| Being Withdrawn from o i B S » S - 3 comes, the graduating cadets will » B were jailed on open charges. Severa by Tschaikowsky; “Danse Charac g g S Clechoslovaklan rder | of reprisal. Army men acquainted with what are known loosely as the “rules of war” have discounted in advance! the need for the elaborate precau- tions beii taken for protection of Europe's royal families and cer- tain of the dictators in the event of bombing raids. to force legislation to the floor of the House despite the House Rules | Committee to give it preferential | status. 1 The debate will be limited to four hours. It is said the Southern bloc will attempt to make the measure | more flexible. | The debate might delay final Japanese Field High Com- mand Claims Victory in Railroad Zone By ASSOCIATED PRESS According to dispatches from the teristique,” by Rebikoff; “Humor- esque,” by Dvorak; “Carry Me Back | to Ole Virginny,” by Bland; “Negro Serenade” and “My Lady Chloe,” by Clough-Leighter. NORTH JAPAN EVER ON ALASKA Believes North Country to Be Selected for 1939 cheer to the echo the tail-ender of the class to make up for him in ac- claim what he lacks in scholar- ship. The tradition of cheering loudest for the dullest is virtually as old as the academy. As a result, the army contends, the position of class “goat” almost rivals that of PRAHA, May 23.—Konrad Henlin, der of Czechoslovakia’s autonomy seeking Germanic minority, and | Premier Hodza are to meet tonight |in a preliminary effort to settle the | dispute which brought Europe dan-| }uerously near the brink of war over knives, blackjacks and a pistol, also one rifle were confiscated. The CIO officials said they ex- pected the dispatch of men will go forward rapidly now. In San Francisco According to reports received here from San Francisco, preparation for the Alaska salmon season moved Justice Roberts delivered a 6 to 2 decision sustaining the Federal pire and the man who established | Agent Don Eck, made an unexpect- being the last to receive his di- Ryan, President of the Internation- 5 Japanese headquarters in Central The British mission now in the ; 1 | 2 vote until late tomorrow. China, the high Field Command United States for the ostensible pur- NLA CrUISC top man in distinction and honor. |the weekend. | forward rapidly with the announce- —evo— 7 4 H £ - R It was Representative Terry of| Henlin returned from the Capitol ment that the Alaska Packers Asso- said 10,000 demoralized Chinese pose of buying warplanes wants to o Al (i By -~ 4 | soldiers have surrendered since the insure the safety of munitions .“fZ”lS;’;d on :?l:]fimur"(‘)r':;‘*o Arkansas who challenged the tra-| City late by plane where presumably ciation differences with eleven un- " | fall of Suchow and the number of dumps and wharves, not of Buck-| for the convention tour OF bA€| dition. To him this system of ad-|he conferred with the German Nazi lons have been settled. Other can- | prisoners mounted rapidly as the ingham Palace. | | National Editorial Association;” was vertising to the world the mental)leaders. He arrived here soon after ners indicate the same terms will Japanese forces relentlessly pursued, 8 { |the statement of W. H. Conrad. shortcomings of the, tail-end man it was reported Germany was with-| be adopted by the whole industry ex- fragments of the routed Chiriese They Didn’t Bomb Kings | Vice-President of that group,. ‘fh“ is barbarous and humiliating. He drawing troops from the Czechoslov- cept the Alaska Salmon Company, Army from the conquered Central The World War taught its les- |flew to Juneau from Fairbanks yes- | put Brig. Gen. Jay L. Benedict, su-|akia border. whose officials sald “it is extremely China railroad zone, sons m indiscriminate bombings. | Pt ‘v.eljday and caught the Alaska south | perintendent of the academy, on| Hopes of averting a serious Cen-|doubtful if we will operate this In adjacent fight areas, as Eeen‘Re!almtmn was swift and Worldeuch Property Damage Re_ this morning. the spot by suggesting that the tral Europe conflict are now consid- year.” Efrom the aif. Japaness Bre: in. full opinion outraged. Conrad was enthusiastic over an |cadets be graduated alphabetically |ered appreciably brighter and peace | ————— 4 Kaiser Wilhelm himself issued | ported But No Casual- ~| Alaska he had never seen or under-'or according to height, except for i . 1 it control of the territory that has been| . o™ 00 T o S e & s 4 tond et the Bt o B ¥ negotiations are really looked for-| iy by ot et the scene of many bloody battles O 190 PG SEEL o | ties Are Listed & it whiet s vask SRS B students. | ward to. | T | I tant De |4 ks i and.mot.| the . Fegidence 0 g George, never rea ; | | Henlin considers himself spokes-| w.0. JpoLmi CISIONS | in recent weeks and tanks and mot- | wegiminster Abbey, St. Paul's Ce- | try this is” Conrad said. “We | Are Handed D by |orized units, also infantry, are in AR e e denitial sections| TOKYO, May 23. — A severe'?ol‘:{n T R I OO el es | THEX, LIRE XNl man for three and one half million| re rian own Dy pursuit of the fleeing soldiers. ‘ofeL(‘:ldon should ns;tebe bombed by | aTthquake, which lasted for ten 0‘; J}e B:ounl,ry n:rlh 0;’ Fairbanks, | The trouble about. dropping the Germans. | T Supreme Courl Fugitives are reported being har- zeppelins, even accidentally |minutes, shook northeast Honshu, but like the rest of us back there §ystem, the gentral now replies Hitler declared hlmsf.'l!. last Saf- _— 5 |assed by both machine gun and rifle Amed"warp,anes had ample op-|Main island of Japan, early today.|; Lover had any \dea there was | in @ letter to Mr. Terry, is that the urday, as protector of his nationals WASHINGTON, May 23. — The/ fire. portunity to drop explosives on| Considerable property damagehas| o n' o variance of c]mm’L(‘ and “goats” like it. “Apparently they in Czwhmlovukla_ and demanded | EGK ILA Supreme Court of the United States | —_——-—-———— the field headquarters of the Ger- been done but no casualties have untey ,do not fegl that the custom of [n'(n‘lh"_‘/ be allowed to join Germany. | today broadened the field of Federal man high command. Sometimes the been reported. b Taterior senting diplomas in order of gradu- B g8 3 taxation by decisions holding that JnINT PAGT Kaiser visited Field Marshal von| Train service has been disrupted PR ation standing is cruel, barbaric . P d R R the Federal Government can im- Hmdenbure in the atter’s quarters, by displacement of the roadbeds. with intentions originally (0 and humiliating . . . In particular. "a as a al |President Ryan Says Elec- pose taxes on athletic contests of The i ] ——————— make the round trip to the West- | each of the two cadets who believe | ion Ordars Mav Ba e intelligence services knew when d the Alaska and spend 8 | th i st tion Urders May » state universities and on salaries | it occurred. So did the Allied high ward on the Alasl emselves most likely to be zm‘ . % of employees of the New York Port| command | |few hours in Anchorage and Mat- | goat of the class of 1938 has ex-| Dlsregarded Authority. | | "“But the head of the imperial em- 'anuska, Conrad, accompanied by |pressed his desire in no uncertain | . !Alaska Steamship Company TouT | terms, if the honor fell to him, of| | NEW YORK, May 23.—Joseph P. | e admission tax on intercollegiate football games in the case of the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech. Justice ‘Stone delivered another 6 to 2 decision holding the Federal Government can collect income tax on Port Authority officials of New York. The Authority was formed by the Interstate Company to operate tunnels and bridges between New York and New Jersey. - NOT LIKELY |Nonaggression Agreement Opposed by Senator Key Pittman j WASHINGTON, May 23.—Sena- | tor Key Pittman, Chairman of the | Foreign Relations Committee, to- day said “Japan must remedy the the “Hindenburg line” went un-| touched. | Change of Orders ; On April 13, 1915, the Zeppelin LZ-35 was ready to set out on a raid over supply centers behind| the British lines—Cassel, 8t. Omer | and Hazebrouck. | “Just before departing, the com- mander, Captain Masius, was hand- ed a telegram in code,” wrote the late Capt. Ernst Lehmann, veteran ed trip to Fairbanks. Highlight of the trip was a car breakdown on the road back to | Anchorage from Palmer, where | Conrad visited two colony families | from his home state of Wisconsin. ington and Oregon Are Flagging another car to attempt to make Anchorage in time for the Aboard North Star return train trip, Conrad and Eck TACOMA, Wash, May 23.—TWO .onioved” @ bouncing trip in & ALASKA BOUND Two Hundred from Wash- |hundred Washington and Oregon| e qerless “gilloppe.” CC(": enrollees are on their way %0 o, arrival in Anchorage, an en- their new camp at Mount McKin- ¢y, qiastic Chamber of Commerce ploma.” | “So long as the goat regards his prominence as a privilege and an honor,” General Benedict said, “I feel that the method should not be changed.” But not so Representative Ter- ry. Replying to the General, he said: “I am the last person to wish to destroy a traditional observance; merely the fact that the custom is old gives it an interest and attrac- tion for me. But this custom is Bids for carrying the United States mails for a period of four years from July 1 to June 30, 1942, between Seward and Unalaska, will be received at the office of the second assistant postmaster general in Washington, D.C., until 4:30 p.m., June 7, it was announced today. A bond of $40,000 will be required of the successful bidder. The contract in the Seward-Una- laska route, now held by the Alaska Steamship Company, expires June al Longshoremen’s Union, accuses the National Labor Relations Board with trying to wreck the American Federation of Labor's longshore- men’'s unity by ordering elections wherever ILA agreements expire. Ryan threatened that the ILA will disregard the board’s order. At Dave Rubinoff The Port Authority litigation was‘wmng dune before the United States airship commander, in a book pub- | ki caused when 22 states filed briefs| Will be justified in considering & lished in 1927. “By direct order of |1y Park, in Alaska. |decided for Conrad that he should |completely out of line with modern 30. Owners of safe and suitable in the court asking protection fiomt‘_yolnz nonaggression pact.” the Kaiser the attack on St. Omer| The enrollees reported at the ... the Interior and bustled him systems of education and modern|steamships or motor vessels may | ery Ic a“ . Senator Pittman further said the North Star in Seattle last Saturday|,;oard a northbound train instead psychology that I know it is a bad| submit tenders, the call for bids| “Federal usurpation and burden from Federal taxation.” The admission tax decision held that immunity from Pederal taxa- tion does not extend to enterprises | United States needs no pact to keep | this nation from acts of aggression | but Japan’s contempt for violation of treaties “would be no assurance to the United States that further was forbidden and Poperinghe sub- stituted. The reason was soon made | known. | “Headquarters had received word that the Allied leaders were to hold a secret meeting at 8t. Omer and after being selected on a merit basis from the various camps in the areas of the two states. of a southbound train. i oA S 0 (Continued on Page Two) one.” Moreover, said Mr, Terry, if the superintendent asked the prospec- tive goat if he liked the tradition he would be “obligated to insist says ‘ The steamship Starr of the Al-| BATTLE CREEK, Mich., May 23. aska Steamship Company, plying to} —Dave Rubinoff, concert violinist, | Western Alaska out of Seward with | underwent a second emergency op- monthly sailings, now carries the eration today to relieve peritonitis. operated by states for gain. 2 . M k " | : ” . il el ol | violations would be established.” | the Kings of both Belgium and Eng- E X pedltwn to Plllce Marker, that it was ‘swell | mail in this route. The compensation| Dr. Walter F. Martin said the vio- Fish .- - Jand were to be present.” Years ago, he sald, the naval|is about $50,000 a year. | linist is a very sick man. 1shermen | By tacit understanding, museums S R C ’ academy at Annapolis abandoned - e - —————.—— A,ked to | in Brussels, Paris and London never cene of Post' Ogers ras ,, the idea of whooping it up for the - Tell Truth | e [ el o |nd e SRR dlisrmsned DREDGE GULD | BASEBALL TODAY | | | airmen. N 0 f h) A ,l »Q | an e congressman is determined | Ftey | Is BuMBEn BY World indignation when the Ger- ow Out tttmg ’ S ng @Le8 |\ carry on for dear oid West, Point,| y |+ + NEWPORT BEACH, Cal., May 23 __With the opening of the surf and sea fishing season here, the cham-| ber of commerce fishing committee has exacted a promise from anglers not to exaggerate or falsify in tell- ing about their catches. The reason? Well, the chamber itself spins this one: “We have such fine fishing here that there is no need to stretch the truth.” INSURG. PLANE VALENCIA, Spain, May 23.—Ins- urgent air raiders bombed the Brit- ish freighter Penthames and criti- |cally wounded three sailors. | The ship was badly damaged by fire, caused by the exploding bombs. mans raided London and killed ci- vilians with bombs from the air | was instantaneous, whille British | warplanes made immediate reprisals on German cities. Atrocity? It Depends Experts in wartime propaganda uses are inclined to discount, also, LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 23. —| Oklahoma; Dr. Roy E. Curtls, Pas- | tor at Hillsboro, Texas, and Ed Mar- Two ministers and a negro cook arr:" tin. oSkl Billboro. outfitting the boat Pandora and| “mne party will be joined at Seat- are scheduled to leave May 30 for| e by Wilmer 8. Sims, merchant of Point Barrow, Alaska, to place a | Hillsboro. memorial marker at the site of Lhe] The two ministers and Sims are some of the terrifying prophecies of | destruction growing out of practices ‘{ (Continued on Page Two) Post-Rogers crash. financing the expedition. The three here are Dr. Homer PA‘ The dedication ceremony Wwill Kellems, Evangelist of Delaware, |probably be broadcast. ‘GOATS’ GET THERE The army is a bit in doubt as to who makes the best officers. Com- parisons between the accomplish- | ments of the top 10 men of each | class and the bottom 10 men have | been “inconclusive.” Great General Robert E. Lee was Number Two man in his class (Continued on Page Three) i | The folowing are scores of base- GET PLATlNUM ball games played in the National | League - this afternoon: May 23— Notional Teague SACRAMENTO, Cal, . | Platinum has become an important | St. Louis 6; Pittsburgh 1. Chicago 4; Boston 1. by-product of gold dredging in Shasta and Trinity counties, says| e Charles V. Averill, district state gm S & mining engineer. One dredge is| ¢ ¥ League | bringing up an ounce of the metal American for every 20 ounces of gold. All scheduled games rained out..