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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIL, NO. 7875. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, Al:j(}UST 18, 1938. " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PR ESS PRICE TEN CENTS NEW FOREIGN POLICY QUTLINED BY FDR Two Colonel Johnsons Reach Juneau By Plane SEATTLE, JUNEAU FLIGHT IS MADE DIMOND GIVES ROUSING TALK IN 83 HOURS ATFAIRBANKS Official Inspection Is to Be Made of Proposed Fai- banks Army Base BASE WILL BE BIG IF ARMY BUILDS IT Return Trip Will Be Made Over Route of Inter- national Highway BULLETIN — At 4:15 o'clock this afterncon it was decided the Jehnson party will remain in Juneau over night and get away for Fairbanks at 6 o'clock in the morning. The two Col. Johnsons are going fishing this evening. BULLETIN — At 3:50 o'clock this afternoon it was said that if the plane could be gassed within an hour, the Johnson party would take off for Fair- banks as weather conditions are favorable. There was a question, however, of taking off or re- maining in Juneau over night and hopping for the interior early tomorrow morning. Assistant Secretary of War Col. Louis Johnson, and Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce Col. J. Monroe Johnson, arrived at the PAA air- port this afternoon, the Army Am- phibian plane landing at exactly 2:31 o'clock Juneau time. The plane made a nonstop flight from Seattle under generally per- fect weather conditions. Flying time trom Seattle was 8 hours and 45 minutes. Shortly after arrival weather checks were being made and there was a possibility the plane might take the air again and make the flight to*Fairbanks. The two officials made it clear the present flight was one for survey and inspection. The Fairbanks proposed Army Air Base will be inspected. On the flight south the plane will fly over the proposed International Highway. Fairbanks Base Asked as to whether or not an air base for the Army would be built at Fairbanks, Assistant Secre- tary of War Louis Johnson said: “Congress has recommended a base in Alaska and that is what we are going to make a report on.” The question put to Col. Louis Johnson, as to how big a base such a field at Fairbanks would be, if established, answered, “A big base.” The question as to “how big a base is a big base” was answered, “When the Army builds a base it builds a first class base—big enough to handle any plane.” Queried as to whether or not any other possible Army air base sites would be looked over on the aerial s ' Assistant Secretary of w”‘Aenal Good-Will Cavalcade | tour, Louis Johnson said, “We’ll know better after we've seen the Fair-| banks possibilities.” | Official Trip | Assistant Secretary of Commerce | J. Monroe Johnson, accompanying the Assistant Secretary of War, is making the trip “just as an officia trip of inspection. We’ll stop only briefly in Fairbanks, fly down to Anchorage, and visit Chilkoot Bar- racks at Haines. We States over the route of the pro- posed International Highway.” Col. Louis Johnson said itinerary of the trip is uncertain. The big ten-ton Army plane land- ed just a minute before the Fair- banks to Juneau PAA Electra, Pilot Major Sam Connell bringing the ship in gracefully after one circle of the field. Co-pilot is Lt. Jesse Auton; Navi- gator, Albert F. Hegenberger; Crew Chief, Sergeant William Lipson; Radio Operator, Private J. H. Make- piece. “Hungry” After eight hours and forty-five minutes in the air, the two Colonels were “hungry.” They planned to get away to Fairbanks this after- noon if weather permitted, after paying respects to-Governor John W. Troy and having supper. (Continued on Page Eight) Praises Character, Ability of Members of New Int. Highway Com. WANTS REVISION OF LAWS, ALASKA WEALTH Interior Fire Patrol Is Ad- vocated—DBetter Airport Facilities Are Needed FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 18— Addressing the members and spe- cial guests of the Fairbanks Cham- ber of Commerce, Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond lauded the character and ability of the mem- bers of the newly appointed Alaska International Highway Commis- sion. He said he would lend his full- est cooperation in spurring work on the proposed highway and promised to urge particularly early work on the Alaska end which will link the | highwa tem with this vicinity and Dawson The Delegate said all of the Ter- ritory is now in a higher upward economic spiral which will be great- | 1y accelerated by the highway. | Declaring that the income taxes | paid in various states by large Al- | askan mining, fishing and other companies, having home offices in | those states aggregates millions an- nually, far more than the annual Feder grants to the Territory, Delegate Dimond demanded expert revision so Alaska may obtain a greater share of the wealth she pro- duces for Outside interests. | Delegate Dimond also proposed establishment of an interior fire patrol. He said recently he saw fewer than 26 forest fires in vir- gin timber which is depleting game animals and other wild life. Delegate Dimond advocated more and better airport facilities to take care of the Oriental and Occiden- tal 'round-the-world air lines which he predicted will be a reality within five years. The Delegate expressed hope that ‘the new wages and hours bill, of- fective in October, will not be “too embarrassing to highly seasonal placer and other mining operations in remote districts.” The Delegate hailed the coming of the Seattle-Fairbanks air mail and transport service as one of the \Kgrealcst boons to the Northland. | — - DISCOVERY OF - KLONDIKE GOLD IS CELEBRATED | from Fairbanks Goes to Dawson for Event FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 18— An aerial good-will cavalcade flew to Dawson to participate in the 42nd | dike gold discovery. | It was August 17, 1896, that George | Washington Carmack and his lit- gold on Bonanza Creek and since | then one quarter of a billion dollars in igold have been taken from the | region. Among those flying to Dawson was Miss Dorothy Murphy, the Miss Fairbanks of the last ice carnival. She will rule jointly over the Daw- son celebration with Miss Yukon. |constructing a miniature Chicago, | {To Drag Waters {In Arctic for |Missing Plane 18—The members of the Post- Rogers Memorial Expedition, after | dedicating the monument, have | left for Oliktuk to drag the waters at the mouth of the Colville River. 1t was there that natives reported the missing Soviet plane might have crashed. TIES BETWEEN U.S. AND CANADA will be further strengthened by dedication of Thousand Islands International bridge system indicated above. The 834~ mile crossing includes five separate spans and extends from Collins Landing, N. Y., near Watertown, to Ivy Lea, Ontario. It will be dedicated by President Roosevelt. Senator Reynolds, Now Coming! e To Juneau, Making Inspection| Relative to Na Ex-Congressman Igoe Says Demo - Yote Iisismmg Prominent Illinois Man Is in Juneau Enthused Over Alaska James T. Igoe, former Congress- crat) arrived in Juneau yesterday with Mrs. Igoe on a short Alaska tour, bringing two opinions: “Pre dent Roosevelt and the Democrati Party are as strong as ever,” and “Alaska has the most wonderful tourist possibilities in the world.” Mr. Igoea prominent Democrat for a number of years, said: “The middle United States will be strong Democratic in the November elec- tions. “President Roosevelt is still very popular through the Middle West except in small rural centers where there are no Democratic newspapers and where the Republicans have a strong hold on small blocks of votes. Iowa is an example.” Can Win Illinois In Chicago, Igoe said: “We think |we can win the Illinois election and put Scott Lucas in as Senator. We beat the Nash-Kelly combina- tion handily, you know, and with tional Defense | | NOME, Ala: Aug. 18—Return- | ing from a 16-day voyage to Point | Barrow, United States Senator Ro- | bert R. Reynolds, Democrat of | Carolina, arrived at Nome telling many exciting ex- North yesterday periences. Senator Reynolds embarked on a 2-day walrus hunt at Wainright on which he personally killed five ani- mals, As National Commander of the| | Loyal Order of Moose, Senator Rey- | nolds leaves here today for Fair | banks enroute to Juneau and the | | States, expecting to attend the | Moose convention in Pittshurgh the {latter part of this month | | The North Carolina Senator said: no man from Illinois (1927-33, Demo- “I am on a survey of Alaska in the interests of national defense and I can realize the extreme need of| _ WOULD DRAFT ROOSEVELTTO RUN 3RD TERM jSenalor from Wyoming Ex-| | presses His Opinion, | Coming Campaign | CASPER, Wyo. Aug. 18.—United | States Senator Harry H. Schwartz, | Democrat of Wyoming, said he fav- | |ors drafting President Roosevelt for VIEW OF AMERICAN SIDE of Thousand Islands bridge system shows Collins Landing, N. Y., in foreground. This suspension bridge has 800-foot main span, with under-clearance of 150 feet above water; it extends to Wells island. The International Rift, Hill, Constance and Georgina Islands are all utilized to support the various spans. The spans have two-lane roadways and two sidewalks. ALASKA SALMON PACK SHOWING IMPROVEMENT Case Pack Figures Indicate |Gov. Horner backing Lucas, we|a third term “unless we find a man | Total Wlll Reach Close |ought to slide in easily.” | With regards to the victory of | Congressman D. Worth Clark, a | Roosevelt “no yes-man” campaign- |er, over Senator James Pope in the Democratic primaries in Idaho, for- mer Congressman Igoe discounted assertions that this election result| showed Rooseveltian weakness. | who can and will carry on the gen- | eral New Deal program and who can be elected.” to Last Year's Mark The total salmon pack for Alaska leve . | { | this season promises to run close to| | r e | the figure of last season, despite @ falling off in the run in the Soutn- east, according to figures released today by the U. S. Bureau of Fish- If U. S. Could Collect It Could | Make Money If RussiaGoes | to War with Japan Struck Down Buightnin “Idaho is too remote from Wash- ington and from industrial centers,” he said. “They don't have the vast! groups of poor and unemployed | that the East knows and their re-| | eries office here. Through last sm.-} urday the total pack for the Terri-| tory had reached 5,306,875 cases, of | which 4,001,491 cases were packed ¢ in the Westward districts. Last year | || anniversary celebration of the Klon- |action to the Administration is al- /most an opposite.” Money for Exhibit And as for Alaska, Mr. Igoe can- "Il return to the | 1€ band of Indians found the first not understand why the Territory is not putting up monies for ex- hibits at the Golden Gate Exposi- tion. Igoe is chairman of a board |of fifteen members from Chicago, appointed to plan the $200,000 fair | expenditures from Illinois. | Last week Mr. Igoe was in San | Prancisco where PWA workers are built to scale, with lakes, parks and |buildings at a cost of $110,000 to | be completed December 1. “Alaska has the most wonderful | tourist possibilities in the world,” « |Igoe said. “I've traveled over a good | I POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug,‘l""‘ of the world, and Switzerland | alone can compare with it. Advertise “Spend a little money, advertise Alaska, and make it possible through volume passenger traffic for the thousands of Easterners who would! enjoy the trip, to see Alaska in (Continued on Page Five) WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18.— Six girls, ranging in age from ¢ {to 15 years, were struck down by ’lightmng yesterday afternoon dur- 'ing a storm while playing beneath injured critically. B — A SR T NEW YORK, Aug. 18. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can 98%, American Light and Power 5, {Anaconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel |55%, Commonwealth and Southern | 1%, "Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 46%, International Harvest- er 58, Kennecott 39%, New York Central - 17%, Safeway Stores 19, | Southern Pacific 18, United States | Steel 57%, Pound $4.87%. — .- — A. Burman, aged 110, has had six \wives but was never hen-pecked, he claims, and the simple life is the long one. a large tree. None of the girls were | | sTock QuoTaTions | | ** | east through last Saturday with| the total pack for the season was 6,598,393 cases. The pack this sea-| | son is within 1,291,510 cases of this figure at the present time, or ac- cording to last Saturday’s figures. The Southeast pack has shown | some improvement during the past | week, Ketehikan showing gains over the early part of the season, but still behind a year ago. Case pack figures for the South- comparative pack for last season at the same time follow: | Yakutat—Reds, 25,827; kings, 1.- 411; pinks, 3,841; chums, 171; co- hos, 199; total, 31,449; last season, 24,071, Ketchikan—Reds, 39,506; kings, 485; pinks, 307,219; chums, 9839 cohos, 17,181; total, 462,790; last sea- son, 504,192 Wrangell—Reds, 15,624; kings, 65; pinks, 60,163; chums, 31,116; cohos, 12,066; total, 119,034; last season, 1325,319. West Coast—Reds, 13,723; kings, 9,067; pinks, 58,044; chums, 17,92 (Continued on Paflgeisilm By PRI 'ON GROVER WASHINGTON, Aug. 18—If the United States were a money-grab- bing nation (which of course it is not) it could make a big cleaning| out of a prolonged Russo-Japanese war. Nothing could stop us. We could send goods across the Atlantic to Russia, including railroad cars to carry fighting stuff to the Oriental war zone. We could ship to Japan across the Pacific. Japan would not dare send its fleet to the Atlantic and Russia’s fleet could not seri- ously interfere with U, S.-Japa- nese trade in the Pacific. The principal trouble would be that neither side has enough money to pay for the goods for a prolonged war. Of course this country could lend money to both belligerents— and try to collect it afterward. But that's something else. Authoritative observers here don’t look for that sort of outcome. Neither side wants a major con- flict—just now. One source with access to inside channels said the Anglo-French agreement, tending to keep Hitler out of Czechoslovakia in view of France’s pledge of aid ta that little Central European republic, had re- lieved Russia of a major worry about its European end, leaving 1t free to tend to its Asiatic end Freed of this care, so this view goes, Russia took the aggressive in Manchoukuo (formerly Manchu- ria), occupying the important Changkufeng hill, the ownership of which had been in dispute sev- eral years. It is an important little spot, strategically. Inland it over- looks the rail connection from in- terior Manchoukuo to a port newly built by Japan. On the sea side, the hill also overlooks Possiet bay, which Russia has been building up to supplement Vladivostok. l FIGHT FOR PORTS Whoever controls that hill willl have an important strategic point in the Russo-Japanese war which Wénn’u}xued on Page sxxr CHINESE NOW BEING BOMBED YANGTZE RIVER Japanese Fail to Dislodge Defenders Who Stub- bornly Hold Positions SHANGHAI, Aug. 18.—Japanese gunboats and war planes are bom- barding the stubbornly held Chinese positions on the south bank of the Yangtze River in redoubled efforts to break through to Hankow. The Chinese report strong Japa- nese reinforcements have landed 120 miles down the river from Han- kow. It is expected the arrivial of new troops will revitalize their drive towards the Provisional Capital of Hankows This movement has been in a virtual stalemate since the invaders oceupied Kiukiang on July 25. >, - INSURGENTS IN SPAIN SETBACK BY GOVERNMENT Invaders in Vital Mountain Sector Wilt Under Machine Guns HENDAYE, Spanish - French| Frontier, Aug. 18.—Dispatches re- ceived here announce that Govern- ment Loyalists have thrown back the Insurgent offensive in the vital Pandols mountains which control the Gandesa sector in eastern Spain. ‘The attack against Hill 705 in the | western part of the mountains has Mrs. Tony Se been smashed by Government ma- chine gunners. D Carnation-growing, an important industry, has suffered $25,000 loss from activities of a hitherto un- known beetle this year, in South Africa. PRESIDENT, IN i CANADA, TELLS ABOUT DEFENSE |Says United States Will Never See Dominion In- vaded by Foreigners MONROE DOCTRINE GIVEN EXTENSION Friendship of Two Nations Extolled by Two High Officials Today KINGSTON, Ontario, Aug. 18.— American President Franklin D. Roosevelt said citizens of the Unit- ed States “will not stand idly by” if Canada is cver threatened with for- eign aggression. The American Presicent made the frank foreign policy statement in an address at the Stadium of the Queen’s University. Beside him stood Prime Minister Mackenzie King of Canada. Bond of Friendship In his remark the American ‘Pn‘: it repeatedly emphasized the | strong bond of iriendship that exists between Canada and the United States. President Roosevelt was warmly applauded during and at the con- clusion of his address. American and Canadian flags | waved overhead in the gentle breeze during the address. Several Points The American President made several points in his address by def- initely and convineingly stating: “We are good neighbors and true friends, because we refuse to ac- cept the twists of secret diplomacy | and settle out disputes by consulta- | tion. We discuss our common prob- lems in a spirit of common good.” King Makes Reply | Following serving notice on the world that the “people of the United | States will not stand idly by if do- mination of Canadian soll is threat- ened by any other Empire” than the British, made by President Roosevelt, Prime Minister King re- plied: “I think we speak the minds of | both countries when we say we are ;‘demrmlned to preserve neighborly | relations in the free ways of life | which are the common heritage of | mankind.” Gives Warning § A few hours later at the dedicas tion of the new International Bridge | across the St. Lawrence River, link~ ing Ivy Lea, Ontario, and Colling Landing, N. Y, President Roosevelt warned that unless the United States and Canada join in Congres- sional action a “group of Ameri~ can interests” might gain a mono- poly in developing the St. Lawrence resources. INTERPRETATION IS MADE WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—State Department officials interpreted President Roosevelt’s address at Kingston as extension of the Mon~ roe Doctrine to Canada. Hitherto the famous doctrine has been interpreted as applying solely to Latin-American Republics in a determination to oppose aggression | of any outside power on the western hemisphere. When the Monroe Doctrine was | first enunciated, Canada was merely |8 colony of Great Britain but is | now an independent Dominion. ‘Amundsen Out Today with Plane Johnny Amundsen flew in from |Ketchikan today with the follow- ‘mc passengers from Southeast Al- |aska stops: J. Dischbein, Miss Mar~ | jorie Morris, from Ketchikan; and :mm from Peters~ |burg. After a stopover in Juneau tonight the pasengers will continue |to Sitka by plane tomorrow. Amundsen left in the Fairchild today with Mrs. Jack Rohem and son, Mrs. W. A. Gallamore, for Hirst; and Carl Dosch and W. Wismatt for Chichagof,