The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1938, Page 1

| THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LII, NO. 7803. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1938. > ROOSEVELT ASSASSINATION ADYO ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS _+ — CATED SHAKEUP IN JAPAN CABINET; HIROTA OUT MILITARY GROUP Pacific Coust, Alaska, Linked ONE JAPANESE GAINS POWER AS 3 SEATS CHANGE |} Foreign, War, and Finance Ministers Removed from Offices NIPPON DEFEATS GIVEN AS CAUSE Enlarged War Campaign in | China Is Expected to Result TOKYO, May 26. — A drastic shakeup in the Japanese Cabinet| today was marked by the ousting of three high officials. < Those ousted were Koki Hirota, | famed Foreign Minister; General Gen Sugiyama, War Minister, and‘ Okinobu Kaya, Finance Minister. | The upheaval indicated that the military clique of Japan had strengthened its hold on the Gov- ernment. ! Lieutenant Seishiro Itagaki, vet- eran of the China war, is the new War Minister. | Seihin Tkeda has been named Fin- ance Minister. | General Kazushige Ugaki has| been named Foreign Minister. General Sadao Araki, sabre rat- tling former War Minister, has been named Minister of Education. Araki and Ugaki are the two most powerful militarists in Japan. It is generally believed the shake- up means a more vigorous prosecu- | tion of the war in China. | The recent defeat of the Japanese | at Taierchwang is held to be the ma- | jor contributing factor to the re-| organization of the Cabinet. ———e———— Wage, Hour Bill ToConference on Mooted Questinnsg WASHINGTON, May 26. — The/ Senate has sent the Wage and Hour bill to a conference to compose the nearer to Pacific Ceast points with service. ways, holder of a new air contract, to San Francisco by United Air gural trip. differences with the House over the wage differentials. The action in sending the bill to a conference was taken after an agreement was reached under which | two southern Senators, Ellender and Pepper, were named to the commit- tee. BIG WILD LIFE HAVEN SOUGHT SACRAMENTO, Cal, May 26— WASHINGTON, May 26. — The Seeking to establish a huge wild- |Navy Department announced today life refuge near the site of Shasta the entire fleet would be moved Dam, the state has offered to ex- from the Pacific to the Atlantic change a tract of land it owns next year for maneuvers, during within the Death Valley National yhich they would visit New York's Monument for 37,700 acres of fed- |World Fair. eral land. | Leaving Pacific bases early in Carl B. Sturzenacker, chief of the january, the fleet will probably be division of state lands, said if the |on fhe Atlantic side for six months, transaction is completed, approxi-|The visit to New York is scheduled mately 60,000 acres of Sierra 1and |for May, and a confidential Fleet near the dam site would be avail- proplem 20, has been worked out able. The federal tract the state for February. 5“”‘; “;x:rwdn;:; °;'m§hf“°;sj‘- Fleet Problem 20 will be carried men! . t A 4 o e < River and west of'Ghasta National out in the West Indies with man. INATLANTIC Admiral Leahy Says Anti- Red Pact Must Be Considered Forest, he said. George D. Nordenholt,, state di- rector of natural resources, said the area is one of the most suitable in the state for establishment of such a refuge. — . — o+ BASEBALL TODAY | — % * ! + The following are scores of base- ball games played this afternoon as received up to 2 o’clock. | AMERICAN LEAGUE ! Philadelphia 4; Chicago 1. New York 5; Detrait 1. | Boston 8; Cleveland 4. - l euverings in the waters of the Atlantic at least as far south as the Equator. The Navy Department said the announcement was made without explanation, bul called on Admiral Leahy, Chief of Operations, to tes- tify before Congressional commit- tees. Leahy said the anti-Communist alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan, “must be taken into consideration by America’s sea de- fense.” Next summer’s cruisings will be the first U. 8. Navy maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean since 1934. The fleet has been concentrated on the Pacific side since 1932. i% 5 i Nome, Juneau, and Fairbanks, Alaska, were recently brought hours the inauguration of Alaska air mail At Juneau the mail was picked up from Pacific Alaska Air- trans-shipped to Seattle and flown Lines, Lillian Kinkela “Unifed” stewardess, is pictured with “Fly Fly,” toy panda, souvenir of the inau- The service began on the 20th birthday of U. and time consumed was five days, most of which was spent on the water trip dewn the littoral coast of Canada. S. air mail ENTIRE NAVY GREEN LOSES TOMANEUVER MEMBERSHIP IN ~ MINE WORKER International Executive Board Accepts Resigna- tion — Is Censured WASHINGTON, May 26. — The International Executive Board of the United Mine Workers, headed by John L. Lewis, has accepted the resignation of William Green, Presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, from the Mine Workers’ Un- ion, and adopted a resolution that censured Green. It is charged in the resolution that Green “be- trayed” the Mine Workers’ Union and fostered and promoted % rival union among the mine workers. Green resigned last February after 'a membership in the United Mine | Workers for forty years SPEED FLIER MAKES RECORD, COAST FLIGHT SEATTLE, May 26.—Frank Ful- ler of San Prancisco, speed flier, set a new Seattle-San Francisco air record of two hours, 31 minutes and 41 seconds. Francisco Exposition. FISHING BOAT, BRISTOL AREA Nipponese Spokesman De- clares Country Is Re- specting Agreement TOKYO, May 26.—The Japanese Government's spokesman denies that any Japanese cod fishermen are in Bristol Bay from where American fishermen radioed Tuesday that the “sea was covered with Japanese boats and nets.” The fishermen also asked for rifles and ammunition to “resist the Japanese invasion of the American fishing waters. The Japanese Bureau of Fisher- es said only one ship is in Bering Sea and that is taking crabs. The spokesman insisted the Nip- ponese are respecting the agreement to stay away from Alaska, présum- ably referring to the taking of sal- mon, Majafi@l; Is fo Succeed Col.6.E.Kumpe Official Ar;nouneemcnl Is Made by War Dept. on Signal Corps Change WASHINGTON, May 26. — The War Department announces today that Major Paul Edwards will as- sume command of the Signal Corps, United States Army, Alaska Com- munication System next September to succeed Col. George E. Kumpe The Empire exclusively announc- |ed on May 12 that Col. Kumpe would retire on August 31, at his own re- ]I I | | Elwyn Gibben, former American aviator who flew in China in the present Sine-Japanese conflict, re- turned to Seattle, Wash. er bei questioned abeut his ac Neenah Four vities with the Chinese air forces. F: !cmtmg Cannery i Flier Glad to Be Out of Sino - Ja p War ng held by the Japanese W. L. Gibbon, an attor y. Vessel ors, Gulf of ™ ders, Alaska Monday, Report TVA DIRECTOR DENIES CHARGE CORDOVA, Alaska, May 26.—The Alaska Glacier Sea Food Com- pany's floating cannery boat Ne | nah, 550 tons and 125 feet lor | completely equipped with machin- | éry and supplies for the crab sea- son, foundered six miles off Lituya Bay in the Gulf of Alas ast Mon- day. News of the disaster was received here from the towboat Meteor. The Neenah sank within 10 min- quest, after 45 years of service and Ca”s AC(ZUSII“DI]S Regal‘ds utes, according to the report from Major Edwards would be his suc- cessor. Major Edwards passed through Juneau recently on his way |south from Fairbanks where he | went on Signal Corps business, BINDS SEVERED LEG, SAVES LIFE MINNEAPOLIS, May 26—Losing his right leg in an automobile ac- cident, Richard J. Gerber twenty- ‘two, saved his life by quick think- ing. While driving across a bridge Ger- ber’s car went out of confrol and plunged through the railing to the ground. A large pipe which plung- |ed through the car cut off his right leg just above the knee. Pinned in the wreckage, Gerber fashioned a tournaquet from a piece of wire and stopped the bleeding He was conscious when an ambu- lance arrived. The amputated leg was found twenty feet away. A spectator on the bridge fainted when he saw Gerber applying the tourniquet. Berry’s Claims ‘Falsehoods’ WASHINGTON, May 26.—David Lilienthal, Power Director of the Tennesse Valley Authority, today denied he had encouraged the TVA personnel to adopt a “position of deference.” Lilienthal, taking the witne: stand before a congressional inves. tigating committee, declared “Any assertion that we, by word or gtti- tude, encouraged the legal depart- ment or anyone else to pull punches on Major Berry claims, is an out- standing falsehood.” It was charged that Lilienthal was instrumental in making things easy for Senator Berry in his claims| for damages by the power project to the Senator’s marble quarries. BOUT POSTPONED NEW YORK, May 26—The fight between Barney Ross and Henry Armstrong, - scheduled for tonight, has been postponed on account of rain and is now scheduled for to- morrow (Friday) night Anchoragé iVater Shi Ifinvnts Blocked by Alaska Railroad; Building M ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 26.- { The Anchorage Daily Times said | that work on half a million dollars |worth of new construction ceased | Wednesday afternoon when the Al- laskn Raflroad prevented unloading of material from the chartered | freighter Lake Prancis by blocking !the approach to the dock with a |string of railroad cars. George Anderson, manager of the McDonald Construction Company, which has the contract for the new school building and hospital, said The flight was made as a goodwill| More than 50 men will be out of hop in connection with the San|Work. The vessel must lighterage freight aterial Held Up in over the railroad property. | Alaska Railroad representatives | said the steamer officials and light- ering contractor failed to apply for dockage or attempt to pay wharfage charges as provided ir the published railroad tariff. 1t is said the controversy is gen- erally conceded as an attempt of the railroad to discourage water thipments to Anchorage which de- prives the railroad of the freight between here and Seward. Last Tuesday night the City Coun- cil rejected the proposed lease of- | fered by the Alaska Railroad to the | city for the use of the docks. the Meteor. An Indian stowaway scrambled from the hold to the highest avail- able part of the wreckage when the superstructure broke, releas | small boat and he stepped ti and was rescued by the Meteor. e HUNDREBS DIE S INSURGENT BOMBERS RAID 250 Killed in Alicante and | 1,000 Injured, Most- [ ly Women ALICANTE, Spain, May 26—At least 250 have been killed and 1,000 wounded as Insurgent bombs drop- ped on the market place of this city in a sudden raid. The victims, mostly women congregated to buy foodstuffs Rescuers were still digging in the shattered ruins this afternoon for |bodies. Many persons were blown to bits as the Insurgents devoted the day to incessant bombing attacks More than a hundred heavy bom- |bers shuttled back and forth thi morning between their base on Mal- lorca Island and Alicante, dur ing tons upon tons of high explos- ives. Government held coastal cities of Sagunto, Estivella, Gilet, Algimia De Alfare, and Alabat, were also heavily bombed, but casualties were untotal- led, though believed to have been heavy. DIES SUDDENLY JAMESTOWN, Rhode Island, May 26—~Rear Admiral 'Thomas Magru- der, 70, retired, died suddenly to- day as the result of an attack of the heart. He served in the World War as Commander of patrol forces con- lnected with the Atlantic fleet. were secret police He was met by his wife and brother (right), .|Sudeten Germans Clamor- LIFE OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE,US. Startling Statement Made | in House of Represen- tatives Today TEXAN DECLARES HE HAS POSITIVE PROOF |Shocking Information Re- vealed When Debate Starts, Proposed Probe WASHINGTON, resentative May 26.—Rep- Martin Dies, Democrat of Texas, told a startled House to- day that he had information that a member of the German-American Bund, in a speech made at one of the main Nazi Camps in this country, |advocated the assassination of the President of the United States. The Texan did not identify the | member of the GermanAmerican Bund who made the statement and did not amplify the charge but what he did say caused a deep hush to settle over the membership of | the House of Representatives, | - Representative Dies made his state | ment and charge at the start of the |debate on his resolution to author- !1ze an investization by a seven man | House committee as to the extent and character of the objectives of the unAmerican propaganda in the United States Representatives Dies said he was not an alarmist but he has come in- to possession of ‘shocking” informa- | tion supplied to him concerning the extent of the Nazi movement in this i country. . | ing for Protectorate Representative Dies said 32 Nazi 3 Camps in the United States claimed of Hitler a membership of 480,000, He said he } G has seen photographs showing the PRAHA, Czechoslovakia, May 26. members “marching and saluting —The Government today studied the Swastik: new French and British suggestions — g designed to terminate the crisis ar- eten German minority that they be S8 JB Stefen Osusky, Minister to Paris, PA E ved this morning in Praha from the French capital. Foreign Minister Krofta reported he understood both | ¢ Osusky and Jan Masaryk, Minister Former Assistant Postmast- to London, had brought renewed as. er at Falrbanks D.es However, these reports were ac- companied by undiminished emph- asis on the necessity of a conces-| SEATTLE, May 26—Funeral ser- sion to the Sudeten German minor- | vices for David J. Fairburn, 72, re- ity, whom. Hitler said he must pro- tired former assistant postmaster tect from suffering. |at Fairbanks, Alaska, will be held Cal, and the remains were shipped here for interment. Fairburn was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Nenana. He lived | In Fairbanks from 1903 to 1934, when he came south, at Yokohoma and extensively ANGLO-FRENCH AID TO CZECH PEOPLE NEARS recognized as Hitler's “protectorate.” surances of Anglo-French support t 2 S in California e here tonight. He died in Glendale, NEW THREATS LONDON, May 26.—New threats to Europe’s e appeared this af- ternoon on the troubled German- Czechoslovakian border while in the e diplomatic front of the Spanish | g 4 conflict, efforts were being made| | || sTock QuoraTions | — to lessen the danger of that war spreading. | Rebuffed Japan today revamped NEW YORK, May 26. — Closing its Cabinet and put new forces into quotation of Alaska Juneau mine her drive against China. stock today is 9%, American Can Tension between Germany and! 84, American Light and Power 4%, Czechoslovakia increased this after- | Anaconda 21%, Curtiss Wright 4%, noon when the Praha Government|General Motors 27%, International spokesman charged that German Harvester 40%, Kennecott 27'4, New warplanes had been flying as deep York Central 10%, Southern Pacif- 50 miles into Czechoslovakian ic 9%, United States Steel 40%, territory. B Cities Service 8%, Pound $4.94%. The spokesman said one plane had even cruised over the great Skoda munitions works. On anothQer strained diplomatic front, rejection of three out of four items in Great Britain's plans for withdrawing foreign troops in Spain, blocked agreement on that effort to attain peace. | Great Britain also joined in ef-| forts towards appeasement in Cen-| tral Europe by proposing to send G SELL SEATILE slovakian border region in the hopes SEATTLE, .May 26—Halibut ar- that tension there might be lessened. | "1V21s and sales today follow: b R From the western m:a—un- hona 39,000 pounds 7 1- The first definitely established o pound: Geant 40000 potaes o date in Chinese history is 1300 B. C. : and 7 cents; Seabl X 3 when P'an Keng, the King of Shan, and 6 1-8 cem_!.u‘d Fh0% pautan established his capital at Yin, now| p.om the local banks—Dawn 10,~ called Anyang, in Honan province. ooy pounds, 7 1-4 and 6 cents; Ant‘- Anyang is now held by the Japanese ler 15,000 pounds 6 7-8 and 6 ’eents: invading forces. Freya 18,000 pounds 7 and 6 cents. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 108.28, rails 20.35, utilities 17.76. 6 HALIBUTERS Russia’s ! l £