The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 11, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIM nd V3 VOL. LIL, NO. 7869. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1938. [CKES HITS AT ‘RUTHLESS EXPLOITATION ‘Cease Firing’ Order Issued, Jap-Russ Front TRUCE MADE TEMPORARILY, BORDER FIGHT Military Warfare Stopped,; for Time Being, Be- tween Two Nations BOTH SIDES HOLD OCCUPIED POSITIONS Japanese Forces Are Again Deadlocked with Chi- nese, Yangtze River (By Asscciated Press) The “cease firing” order on the embattled Siberian-Manchoukuoan frontier has ended, at least tempor- arily, the danger of large scale Japanese-Russian hostilities. Both sides have agreed to a truce after a peace parley in MOsCOW. It is agreed to cease military war- fare at Changkufeng Hill but both sides will hold positions they occu- pied at midnight, August 10. The Soviet communique said an ‘agreement has not yet been reached concerning the basis for work of the Demarcation Commission. On China Front On the front in China, Japanese forces have thrust westward from Kiukiang toward Hankow, the Chin- ese provisional Capital City. The Chinese however, claim they have killed a large number of the invaders in a counter attack and forced them to withdraw, thus pro- longing the deadlock on the Yangt- ze River's marshy banks. Japanese air raider: heavily bombed educational, religious and industrial centers in the Tri-City area of which Hankow is a part. On Spanish Front Pighting in Spain spread today to three fronts. The Insurgents launched an of- fensive against the rich Alameden mining country in southwestern Spain. The Government forces contend they have widened the breach in the Insurgent lines south of the Bela- guer bridgehead. In Southern Catalonia, the Insur- gents report they are beginning to put pressure on the Gandesa pocket. GERMAN PLANE MAKES FLIGHT, . NO.ATLANTIC 4 -Motored Transport Ar- rives in New York, 24 Hours from Berlin NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Complet- ing the first nonstop flight between Berlin and New York, westward, over the North Atlantic ever at- tempted, the four-motored German . transport plane Brandenberg land- ed at the Floyd Bennett Airfield at 11:53 a.m. today PST. The 19-ton machine normally car- ries 24 passengers but carried only a four-man crew on the 3,942-mile trip from the German capital. The flight was made in exactly 24 hours. Its takeoff unannounced, the Brandenberg was on the way hours before the attempt became known generally and then only when the ship began contacting wireless sta- tions on this side of the Atlantic. However, the progress of the craft was chartered regularly. The Brandenberg averaged 170 miles an hour. At the controls was Capt. Alfred Henke. Members of his crew were Flight Captain Rudolf von Moreau, | Co-Pilot Dierverg, Flight Engineer Fritz Kober. The flight is said to be purely experimental to “show the feasibil- ity of commercial nonstop travel between Germany and this coun- try.” — e Robots with electric eyes arelexisting daily wage his momhly'Unlced Automobile Workers. Goerings With Baby Daugbier TWU CHINESE Marshal Hermann Goering and wife and child Here is an exclusive picture of the baby daughter of Marshal Her- Hitler's right-hand man, together with Rosemarie Clausen in Berlin. The child has been named Edda, after the daughter of Premier Benito Musso- mann Goering of Germany, mother and father, taken by lini of CITIES GIVEN AIR SHELLING American Church,Episcopal | Missions, Universities ‘ Struck by Bombs 'TWENTY-SEVEN WAR | PLANES MAKE RAID ‘ Casualties Reported as Over 500 Persons—Many Buried in Debris HANKOW, Aug. 11.—Japanese air raiders today killed an unde- termined number of Chinese on the | campuses of the American Church, | Episcopal Missions, Boone Univer- | sity and St. Hildas, girls’ school m.! Wuchang. Twenty-seven war planes heavily bombed Hanyand and Wuchang, across the Yangtze River from Han- ! kow. Preliminary estimates place the casualties in the two cities at more | than 500 but it is feared the toll| will result higher when full inves-| tigations are made. | Rescue crews are | wreckage of buildings. | One bomb scored a direct hit on | the Boy Scouts building at Boone i University where many civilians had | | taken refuge. | | | | digging in Italy. BRADLEY TALKS ON WAGE, HOUR BILL AT C. OF C. A. ]. President Says 5-Day Week Being Considered Under New Act While consideration is being given to a five-day week plan at the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany operations here in connection with the new wage and hour biil which becomes effective in October, P. R. Bradley, President of the company, told the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at its weekly luncheon today in Percy’s Cafe, no definite program has yet been worked out pending a decision of whether gold mining companies come under the act, “The company is now giving con- | sideration to the new wage and hour bill that is to go into effect soon,” Mr. Bradley said. “It is necessary that we first determine | whether or not the goli mining companies come under the act; a recent decision by a Federal Court /in the State of California seems to indicate that gold mining is not a part of interstate commerce, and would, therefore, not be affected by the act. If the gold mining industry is deemed to come within the act then our consideration of the wage and hour law, insofar as it affects our operations, is first from the company‘s point of view, and sec< ond from the employee's point of view. “It is our desire, of course, to see that the company’'s profits are not adversely affected, and it is also our desire that no action will become necessary that will ad- versely affect the employees’ month- ly earnings. “I might point out that there is a mistaken notion prevailing in certain quarters to the effect that the hour and wage act affects the number of working hours per day, but such is not the case. It is the hours per week that is involved. | Simplest Method 1 “The simplest way to comply with the act is to put all employees on | a five-day week basis, but there are | so many other factors to be con-| sidered that a five-day week plan| is not altogether desirable. | self-evident of course that if a man | reported to have been rescued or | reached It is|age behind the re T. Frankenstein, who was recently nIs Not “Big Shot,” Just Common Flier Going to Reassemble His $900 Plane, Then Ac- cept Co-Pilot’s Job WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Doug- Early morning rain storms which |1as Corrigan, the “wrong way flier,” reached near cloudburst propor- |Said here today that he planned to tions in New York state, also poured | return immediately to New York down on many sections in the City and reassemble his $900 At-| Northeast and Middle Atlantic|lantic ocean spanning plane and| states, endangering shipping along | then prepare for a regular job. the coast and especially on Lake| Corrigan told a group of news- Erie. paper men and government offici- Widespread damage p | @ls that he infended soon to accept caused to crops. a co-pilot’s job with American Air- Twenty-six persons on six bcaLs‘.‘““""' who were reported missing, are now| One officlal said: “I thought you | would be a bigger shot than that.” “No, T guess it will be a long time before I'm a big shot,” smiled Corrigan. Ingham to Spend Three Days Here Doing Repairing The Coast Guard cutter Ingham, inches in Courtland, N. Y. |Commander W. K. Thompson, drop- In Kansas City the mercury ped anchor in Juneau's harbor last | dipped 33 degrees overnight from night at 7 o'clock to spend three RAIN STORMS Corrigan Is | STRIKE MANY AREAS TODAY Regular Downpour Report- ed—Lightning Does Dam- age, Washington, D.C. (By Associated Press) has beer shore safely from the | storm-lashed Lake Erie. Two fishermen have been rescued but a third is missing after a motorboat sank off Sandy Hook. Lightning struck the Union Sta- tion in Washington, D. C., splintered | the flag staff on tlie United States | Treasury Building and started a fire | in the Department of Agriculture| Building. { The storm brought temporary ve- | spite to the 90-degree heat wave! raging in the coast sections, especi- | ally in Washington. The downpour measured 4.21 the season’s high of 103 degrees. |days here “fixing up ship,” while —_————— lenroute to Bellingham from a liason | [ » . cannery cruise to Unalaska. I-I h“‘"n Kllls The Ingham will be at the Am- |erican Legion Convention which s : | begins August 16. | After taking Commissioner of Ma"' P"chmg Hay!flsheries Frank T. Bell's party on \us Alaska tour, the Ingham was e -1 |ordered out on a general cruise as RUPERT, Idaho, Aug. 11.—Mel-|far west as Unalaska, calling at| bourn Chugg, 27, was killed "e“rivarlous fishing centers en route. here late yesterday when struck by | while in Juneau ,the Ingham ! lightning while he was pitching |y give its_boilers the necessary hay. ! 136 hours to cool before cleaning and e 5, 6 | general engine overhaul, the cut-| |ter having traveled 10,000 miles BUMBED since it has been overhauled. UNIVERSITY DEAN DETROIT, Mich.,, Aug. 11. — A bomb last night damaged the gar- ON NORTH COAST sidence of Richard T Dean John Lansbury, from the works. five days per week at the|deposed as Vice-President of the University of Oregon, at Eugene, is The |a roundtrip passenger on the steam- now taking the place of human earnings will be much less than at|garage was empty, however. There!er North Coast, making the Vaga- observers in making traffic counts'present, yet still much higher than|are no clues but the motive is be- |bond Voyage to Sand Point and gpq Nathaniel Hawthorne lieved known. on highways. (Continued on Page Two) return, Alaska Flag, Totem Going to New Zealand | While the steamer Princess Charlotte was in port Tuesday night, John E. Astley, Rotary Club member Auckland, was presented with an Alaskan tolem, 14 inches high, surmounted by an Alaska flag. tation was made by Rod Darnell, Acting Fresident of the Juneau Retary, to Astley, both in cen- Attending the presentation ceremony were Acting secretary J. B. Burford and Past Presi- Astiey, coming north, presented the Rev. O. L. Kendall, from The pre ter cf picture. dent Howard D. Stabler, both on sides of picture. Becretary of Juneau Rotary, with a flag of the Auckland Club of Rotary, the Rotary Convention held in Longview, Wash. o Forgotlbn Walsh-H oaiéy Act Aff ects Wfiges ofr s By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—While the wage-hour bill captured a large share of New Deal headlines, an al- most forgotten act aiming at the same purpose has moved quietly into a foremost position among leg- islation for higher wages and short- er hours. The Walsh-Healey act, patch- quilted together late one winter night in an almost windowless capi- tol chamber, took final form about two years ago. Since then it has affected in some degree the wages and hours of an estimated 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 workers. Its mechanics are comparatively simple. Any manufacturer or deal- er wishing to sell goods to the gov- ernment in quantities of $10,000 or more must agree to produce them with employees working a 40-hour week, without child or convict la- bor. Ultimaiely base wage standards also will be included. The government’s purchases are not great in comparison with those of private industry but govern- ment terms have a tendency to im- PRESIDENT IS T0 AID SOUTH; PLAN PROPOSED Reasserts Desire of Admin- istration to Increase Purchasing Power ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 11 Roosevelt reasserted his desire fo raise the purchasing power in the south in an address speaking in the University of Georgia Stadium, where he received the Honorary De- gree of Doctor of Laws, presented by Chancellor Sanford President Roosevelt gave a broad outline of the Administration’s us- serted desire to lift the purchasing power and thereby create wealth for the south. The President spoke under boiling sun and perspired freely. Senator Walter F. George de- clined to comment on President Roosevelt’s statement made yester- day at Warm Springs endorsing Federal District Attorney Lawrence Camp for the Democratic nomina- tion for the Senate. George is seek- ing renomination at the state pri- mary. President a e AR G Henry Wadsworth Longfellow were classmates at Bowdoin college. pose themselves on a whole indus- try. nilly, a foremost patron of the so- because by law it had to buy from the lowest bidder, and sweat-shop operators could underbid more re- putable producers. PRICE PATTERNS The 40-hour-week terms of the act went into effect at once. Wage minimums must be determined from time to time by the Secretary of Labor after arduous hearings. The Department just now is en- gaged in determining a minimum wage to be required of steel com- panies supplying the government's needs. Sample difficulty: United States Steel (Big Steel) in Pittsburgh now pay a minimum of 62% cents an hour for common labor. In Johnstown, a 57% cent minimum. CIO rep- resentatives stepped in to protest that if the Bethlehem rate is fixed Paraguay Votes ~ Approval Treaty ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 11.— A plebiscite held yesterday approv- |ed of the Bolivian-Paraguayan Gran Chaco peace treaty. | - *- | STOCK QUOTATIONS | P s i . NEW YORK, Aug. 11. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11, American Can 98, American Light and Power 5's, Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel 57, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 45, International Harvester 57%, Kennecott 41, New York Central 18%, Southern Pacific 18'%, United States Steel 58%, Safeway Stores| 19%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 139.32, down 108; rails 2857, down .99; utilities 19.83, down A47. RO B SR, PLEADS GUILTY Charged with theft of clothing from O. Colvey, Willlam Barnes pleaded guilty in U. 8, Commission- The government once was, willy-| called sweat-shop operators simply | subsidiaries | Pa, about 70 miles away, Bethle-|plied to a half billion dollars of | hem Steel (one of Little Steel) has|government er's court yesterday and was given a six months suspended jail sen- | that Walsh-Healey terms have gen- | | This presentation was made at | { | | as® the “government minimum” will undermine the wage ment the union has with States Steel. However, Bethlehem officials pro-| ted that without this wage dif-| | it | agree- | United e ferential to offset certain disadvan- tages, Little Steel can not compete satisfactorily with Big Steel. ; ey | SEEKING EXPANSION Some employers have complained | erated labor unrest within their| plants by requiring higher pay for| workmen operating on government contracts than is paid others work- | ing beside them on commercial jobs. Yet if the manufacturer raises the wages of all, he is handicapped In| bidding on other commercial jobs. | There is almost no limit to the| application of the act, since the government buys everything from shoelaces to battleships. It has ap-| buying already and| the Department is seeking an ex- pansion of its field which will mul- | tiply its effect. JIMMY HAS NOT 60T IT; | POST DENIED Statement as to Wealth of | President’s Son Is Set Right BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 11. — The Evening American, in a copyright-| ed article today - declares that| “James Roosevelt’s total taxable in- come during the past five years has | been $170,000 income. | “The figures are revealed to the Evening American by responsib]e‘ authority in refutation of the Post’s | article ‘Jimmy’s Got It which con- tains an estimate that James Roose- velt’s annual income is $200,000 to $2,000,000. The Evening American asserts that the figure included the Presi-| dent son’s total from all sources| except his $10,000 a year of Federal salary as Secretary aide to the| President. i HELARIES T MISS CARLSON VACATION!NGE Miss Virginia Carlson, nurse at| St. Ann’s Hospital, left on the steamer North Coast today for a visit in Seattle, via Sand Point. Miss Carlson expects to be in the States ' tence by Commissioner Felix Gray. ’ for the next two months. |of the Interior also assailed INTERIOR DEPT, HEAD SEES NEED FOR TOURISTS |Secretary Assails Congress for Not Appropriating Money for Railroad NOT ‘ACROBAT ENOUGH’ |TO RIDE 'GOVT. ROAD Alaska Needs More than “Postcard Shoppers” De- clares Cabinet Officer . ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 11.— Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes told the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce members that he was not “acrobat enough to endure” the jittery ride on the Alaska Railroad and caid it is up to u “nickel-pinch- ing Congress” to vote money for the railroad’s rehabilitation. In a 45-minute talk, the Secretary the “ruthless exploitation” of Alaska. He | said the Territory needed tourists, more substantial shoppers. “It is apparent that Alaska ought to have more tourist trade. It takes too much time now to make a trip. Steps should be taken to reduce the time required,” said the Secretary. Don’t Stop In Alaska “I noticed that many lan postcard | on the steamer returned south with= out stopping at Seward. “Postcard shoppers do not help prosperity, “I can’t say anything against the Alaska Railroad because it is in my Department but I noticed the train went this way and that way and by the middle of the afternoon I wanted to lie down and take a nap. I am not acrobat enough to endure it, “Col. Ohlson has written me con- tinuously, impassioned letters citing the need for rehabilitation. He won't have to write me any more because I know. We will have to get the money from the nickel-pinching Congress. Has Good Idea “I have decided to get all mem- bers of Congress to come to Alaska and ride on the railroad. We will ride them until we shake the money out of them for rehabilitation.” Referring to the reported closing of the Kennecott copper mines, Sec- retary Ickes said: “Haven't we sense enough to safeguard Alaska against ruthless exploitation?” Secretary Ickes and Mrs. Ickes made an inspection of the Matanus- ka Colony and left on a special train for McKinley Park to spend today and tomorrow, arriving at Fairbanks at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Secretary and Mrs. Ickes will spend Sunday motoring in Fair~ banks and vicinity, then proceed south over the Richardson High~ way. He will spend Monday night at Paxton roadhoiise, arriving at Chitina Tuesday noon and entrain for Cordova to hourd the steamer next Wednesday (o Juneau. - UNITED STATES GREAT BRITAIN IN UNIGUE PACT Novel Worklfig Agreement Made Over Two Mid- Pacific Islands WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Great Britain and the United States have settled their dispute over the mid- Pacific Canton and Edenbury islands by means of a novel working agree- ment. The two nations will use the islands jointly in the future as aviation and communication bases. The question of sovereignty will be held in abeyance for the time being, Secretary of State Cordell Hull said. The arrangement is somewhat unusual but should set an example of settlement of other international disputes.