The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 22, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LII., NO. 7878. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1938, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS z e e ————— PRICE TEN CENTS GUSTAVUS MAY GET MAJOR AIR BASE Alaska Can Support Millions, Reynolds Says Looks Like Another Good Year for Alaskainl 939“(}("_. L, JOHNSON SENATOR SEES = Capital Does Not Prefer Blonds - NO PEACE IS ‘BIG FUTURE FOR TOURIST TRADE Agricultural Acres Capable of Supporting 12 Mil- lion, He Declares SAYS TRANSPORTATION IS GREATEST NEED Lauds Pan American Ex- pansion — Declares Need for Highway Alaska has the agricultural acre- age to support twelve million people and given proper transportation, in- cluding the International Highway, it can be accomplished, according to U. S. Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina, ranking member of the Senate committees on Military Affairs and Territories and Island Possessions. Senator Reynolds arrived here Sunday by PAA plane from Fair- banks after a trip over Alaska which took him as far north as Point Bar- row and over the Westward and In- terior regions and left early this morning with Col. Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, and his party, in the Army plane bound for Seattle where he is scheduled to speak Wednesday night. “What Alaska needs far more than anything else is transporta- tion,” said the Senator last night as he sat in the lobby of the Gas- tineau Hotel commenting on his Al- aska visit. “By that I mean all-kinds of transportation, roads, air lincs, steamship lines. The present serv- ice is inadequate. If you had the International Highway with proper facilities in the Territory of Alas- ka's more than 22 million acres which are adaptable for agricultury in Alaska, there is no reason agriculture cpuldn't support 12 mil- lion people. Agriculture “There is great opportunity up here for agricultural development, and the tourist business. Say, I've never seen anything like it any- where, and I have visited over a good part of* the world, the golden opportunity here is to build up the tourist business. You have every- thing which appeals to the tourist— scenery, mountains, glaciers, hunt- ing, fishing, allf ‘grts of recreation. Never saw anything like it. “The annual tourist business runs into millions. Bradstreet last year placed it at around five billion. ‘Think what it wouid mean to Alaska if two or three hundred thousand of those tourists came up here, each one spending at least $10 a day, many of them a great deal more, and all of them are a good many days in the Territory. Every busi- ness in Alaska would get some of that money. Your business gener- ally would prosper, and they would force a lot more new business houses. Transportation “But you have to get better transportation. The International Highway is going to be a big help. I can see that opening up this coun- try and bringing millions of people in here. But your transportation fa- cilities around over the Territory where I've been are not adequate. The rates in some places are out of sight. Something has to be done about it.” As ranking member of the Ter- ritories committee the Senator said he was going to do everything he could in Congress to bring about the things which he thinks Alaska needs. As ranking member of the Senate’s Military Affairs commit- tee, he expressed himself as vitally interested . in the national defense program of Alaska. The Territory is the least protected part of the United States, he declared, adding that the plans for naval and mili- tary bases in the north must be pushed, and took look into these requirements was one of the rea- sons for his inspection trip to Al-| aska this summer. Defense Program Pointing out that transportation fits into the defense program, Sena- tor Reynolds saw great possibilities in the International Highway as a military route in addition to its primary purpose of furthering com- (Continued on Pn_ce ‘Three) Dorothy Parker .. “Miss Washington” When a young lady was sought to uphold honors for Washington, D C, in the annual contest at At- lantic City to seleet-*Miss Amer- ica”, the palm went to charming Dotothy Parker, 18-year-old high school senior. b i osmmossi iargest Gl acier Mass, OQutside Of Polar Regions, Discovered To Westward by Brad Washburn COMMUNISTS PLAN REVOLT IN AMERICA Also Plan to Paralyze West Coast Shipping Through | ‘ Harry Bridges ‘ 1 | - WASHINGTON, Aug. 22—Dr. J.; B. Matthews told the House Com- mittee todaythat one of the aims of | {the American League was war | against Fascism, to cripple Amer-| ican munition industries and bring | |on mutiny in the Army in case of | | war between the United States and | Soviet Russia. | Matthews, lecturer and writer, told | the committee investigating unAm- erican activities that when the| league was organized in 1932, the Communists “fully expected an Am- | | erican-Soviet. war.” | Matthews related how the Com- munists tried to enter every nmjor; | party dispute or purge and are now“ trying to destroy the Democratic | Party as a step toward “Soviet| | America.” Matthews also testified that Com- munist leaders express gratification that they have “several strategic men in impotrant plants in indus- tries where they are in a position for sabotage in vital processes in event the United States becomes in- | volved | Union, and added: “The Commun- |ists are confident that they could | control Harry Bridges and be able ! to paralyze shipping on the West Coast.” |Warrack Gets Contract For Ketchikan Bulkhead| | SEATTLE, Aug. 22—The Treas-| lury Department has awarded an| /818,900 contract to the J. B. War- | rack Company, of Seattle and Ju- | neau,. for building a retaining wall and bulkhead at the Post Office and Customs House in Ketchikan, Al- CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. 22. — Bradford Washburn reports exclu- sively to the Associated Press he has discovered a vast river of ice 235 miles long, the largest glacier mass outside of the Polar ice caps through the heart of St. Elias Range. “We have discovered a glacier, without question, the largest glacier system in the world outside of the Polar regions,” said Washburn. “The National Geographic Soci- ety-Harvard University expedition has completely accomplished its purpose. “With pilot Harold Gillam, we spent six hours Friday flying along the backbone of St. Elias range and proved that Bering, Seward and Malaspina glaciers are connected by a sheet of ice from 5,000 to 7,000 feet high, more than 100 miles long completely hidden behind the coast- al ranges. “Saturday the group discovered the source of Bering glacier on an exploratory flight with Pilot Bob Reeves.” R e GERMAN NAVY 1S ON PARADE BEFORE HORTA Hungarian Regent Treated to Display at Christen- ing by Hitler | | | | KIEL, Germany, Aug. 22.—Adolf in war against the Soviet mitler showed Hungarian Regent Admiral Nicholas Horta the might 1130 vessels, battleships, cruisers and marines and smaller craft, under steam, gave one of the " biggest navy parades Sunday that Ger- many has ever seen since the World War. The occasion for the display was the christening of a new 10,000-ton cruiser in connection with the state visit of Horta. — et — The New Zealand government has tunnel 5% miles through the Rimu- taka Range at a cost of $4,937,500. aska, of Germany's rebuilt Navy as some | destroyer, also torpedo boats, sub-| IN SIGHT FOR EUROPE LAND Franco Bluntly Turns Down | Proposal to Withdraw Foreigners in Spain | ITALY TELLS GENERAL | JUST WHAT EXPECTED [British-Italian Treaty Goes | to Smash—Hitler Plans - | New Denomination i (By Associated Press) The rift in Europe widened to- | day over Insurgent Spain’s rejection | of the plan for withdrawal of for- | eign fighters and Germany's bid | for sway over the Danubian basin. | Insurgent Gen. Francisco Fran- | co’s rejection of two basic points | in the scheme to get foreign fight- ers out of Spain appears to have blocked the operations of the Brit- ish-Italian friendship treaty for an indefinite period. | Franco's rejection, although the scheme is accepted in principle withdrawal, is contained in a lengthy note to the 26 nations rep- resenting on the European non-in- tervention in Spain committee, author of the plan which the Brit- |Ish inspired and was accepted by the Spanish Barcelona Govern- ment. The committee is now confronted with the difficult task of finding another proposal to submit. It is declared that Italy demand- ed Franco reject the withdrawal proposal and continue fighting in Spain. .o — FRENCH CRISIS IS AVERTED BY ~QUICK ACTION Daladier’s Cabinet Disrupt- | ed for Brief Time Over Forty-hour Week PARIS, Aug. 22—France for a short time today was faced with a new internal crisis. Two French Ministers, Ludovic Froshard, Minister of Public Works, and Paud Radaiar, Minister of La- bor, suddenly resigned following Premier Daladier’s announcement | he intended to scrap France's 40- hour week. | The Premier met the threat on the life of his ministry by patching up his Cabinet within two hours, naming Deputy Anatole de Mozie, |his close friend, as Minister of | Public Works and Deputy Charles | Pomaret, Minister of Labor. Both new members of the Cabinet belong to the same party as those who | resigned. Japan Sending . ~ Another Sharp | " Note fo Russia Protests Flying of Soviet| | Planes Across Dis- | puted Border | TOKYO, Aug. 22. — Japan has made another strong protest to Rus- sia against “violation of the spirit of the truce and agreement recently | concluded” on the Siberian-Man-| choukuoan frontier. 1 The Japanese Foreign office dis-| closes that Ambassador Shigemitsu, | at Moscow, has protested to Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs Lit- vinoff against Russian airplane | flights across the disputed border. The Foreign office admitted that no progress has been made toward i}ml incident. Both sides are still i holding their ground. sTawep ON His VISIT 10 “Genp _ TONY BAG A ne COMENTION TO " 7) 2% ) = UILOING BOOM MAKES - | 8 hiiveas. v AfPeaRM G N ) RecorD RAINS | AvapE. ALASKA. # JUNeA . T 2 WNEAU. o5 ® * Y s ——a AT R = _ | Rusken ¥l & Y0STMASTE R~ GENERAL FARLEY ¥ TO CONGRESS " ALASKA, . SECRETARY ICKES DENOUNGED EXPLOITATION " Qf . A(ASKA'S -~ o ~ e o 4 ey d ROTARN GETS ; 39 CONVENTION ?02 JUNEAV - TWO SUBWAY TRAINS BUMP; PANIC CAUSED Two Men Killed—Between Thirty and Fifty Pas- sengers Injured, NEW YORK, Aug. 22—Two men were killed, a third is believed dead, and 30 to 50 other persons were injured in a collision between two subway trains on the east side Lexington Avenue line. The two trains were both south- bound and the locals were filled |with hundred of passengers. | A near panic resulted when the lights went out and a short circuit started a fire. The' police said they believed the accident was caused when an un- identified passenger jerked an em- ergency cord when he saw Esther Marza, passenger on the first train, caught in the doors just as the train was pulling out of the 116th Street station. The train stopped and the wom- an was extricated and during this time the second train ran into the first. L] GOVERNMENT FORCES MOVE UP IN SPAI Lines Holding Against In- surgent Attacks on Ebro River Front HENDAYE, Aug. 22. — Govern- ment defense lines are holding firmly in intense fighting against the Insurgent attack on the Ebro River valley front. On other sectors the Insurgents approved construction.of a railway| final settlement of the Chengkufeng admit the Government forces are gaining | not yielding, but are ground, Alaska Clippr ' Spends Weekend At Local Field First Flight with Express Is Successful — Now i on Regular Schedule | Flying the first scheduled PAA air express from Seattle to Juneau, | Capt. John M. Mattis swept down out of a blue sky in Pan American Airways’ S43 amphibian Saturday | afternoon and landed on Auk Bay, 1bringmz fresh flowers and morn- | ing papers from Seattle. | Making the trip without an un- | toward | tea flight was ended here at 4:58 |pm.,, the plane remaining on Auk | Bay at the PAA mooring barge only | long enough to make hull impres- | sions on the ramp and then fly to the airport for unloading, arriving there at 5:47 o’clock. Sanford B. Kauffman, assistant |to the Chief Engineer of PAA. with | offices in New York, was the only | passenger. Mattis was Captain, S. | E. Robbins Pirst Officer, J. D. Don- | nelly, Hugh Gordon and J. C. Smy- ‘scr comprising the rest of the crew. incident, the breakfast-to o Air Express Brought | Seventy-five pounds of air express | were brought in and President of | the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, | Charles Carter, formally accepted | the first package from Capt. Mattis. | Radio hookup was made with | KINY to celebrate the occasion over the ether with Capt. Mattis and First Officer S. E. Robbins on the program with President of the Ju- ! neau Chamber Charles W. Carter, | Mrs. Helen Bender, and Guy Smith, | who all received express in the first shipment. | Initiating weekly flights south from Juneau, the Alaska Clipper took off this morning shortly after 8 o'clock and landed in Ketchikan | at 9:50 o'clock Juneau time, enroute to Seattle. The big craft will carry air ex- press and no passengers until trail flights are completed and authori- zation is given by the Bureau of Air Commerce. North Next Friday Plights will be on Pridays, leav- } (Continued on Page Three) KIDNAPING AT MAN TORTURED Doctor, Cab Driver Face Charges—Former Coast Guard Man Involved BULLETIN — OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 22. — Prosecuting Attorney Troy this afternoon filed new information against Bery, Reddick, James Macaloon and John Doe for first degree kidnaping and assault and the court raised the bonds from $10,000 to $25,000. The step was taken because it is believed harm might result to those concerned if freed. Only Bery and Reddick are held, the other two are sought. OLYMPIA, Wash, Aug. 22. — Prosecuting Attorney Smith Troy said Irving Baker, 37, former Coast {Guard Lieutenant, has identified Dr. K. W. Bery, 54, prominent Olym- pian physician, and James Reddick, 27, cab driver, as two of a gang that kidnaped and tortured him last Friday night. Dr. Bery and Reddick are held under first degree kidnap charges. Two other men are sought. Troy said the kidnaping and tor- turing resulted from Dr. Bery's jealousy over the attentions Baker showed to Mrs. Bery. ——.ee — Man’s Will States Hope She’ll Rewed NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—In his will, | James M. Golding, late Kings Coun- ;glon. recorded his admiration and | affection for his wife, expressing | the hope that she would remarry. “Since she has made such an ideal mate for me,” Golding wrote, “she should continue in that capacity with another man more worthy of her than I have been” OLYMPIA, WASH. ty commander of the American Le- | SEESADVANTAGE STRAWBERRY PT. Extensive Survey of Region Made by Officials on Visit Here | AUXILIARY BASES """ ON COAST FORESEEN Menden hmflats Being | Considered Among Aux- iliary Possibilities Point Gustavus, commonly known as Strawberry Point, on Icy Strait, may become the lo- cation for a major Army air base in Alaska instead of Fair- banks. This was the indication given by Col. Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, who arrived here yesterday from Fairbanks in the Army plane with Col J. Monroe Johnson, Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce, and party | and hopped this morning for | Ketchikan and Seattle. | Col. Johnson said Point Gus - tavus was being given consid- eration as the possible location for the base in preference to | Fairbanks, but added that Fair- banks has many advantages, in- ’ cluding easy approaches and 2 central Alaska location. The Assistant Secretary of War was ' in conference with officials here | | | | | | last night on the general topo- graphy of the country in the region of Point Gustavus, and previously had made extensive survey of the region. The Army official said again tha{ |several auxiliary bases would be | established at various points in the Territory immediately following the | establishment of the major base which already has been authorized /by Congress and he indicated on his previous visit that Mendenhall flats near Juneau was being given consideration in that connection. | Coming here from Fairbanks yes- | terday, the flying party flew over | suggested International Highway | connections with the coast and |some of the proposed route itself on the east side of the mountains. The party left from Fairbanks | yesterday morning to go to Anchor- |age but a leaking gasoline tank |and inclement weather forced them |back to Fairbanks. After minor repairs they came south to Juneau, lsurveying much of the country en |route. They had planned to go on "w Ketchikan yesterday afternoon |from here but after equipment was |overhauled it was so late that Col. | Johnson postponed the flight south 1umu this morning, getting away ‘from the PAA field at 7:05. |ARMY PLANE HOPS [ TO KETCHIAN | LA | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 22— Col. Louis Johnson, Assistant Sec- retary of War, said here today that “Col. J. Monroe Johnson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and I be- lieve we have flown over more of Alaska than any other government- al officials as we have covered ap- proximately 6,000 miles during our brief stay in the Territory.” Commenting on Ketchikan, the Army official said: “I feel aviation means more to Ketchikan than any other part of Alaska as it is the first stopping place for planes from the States.” Assistant Commerce Secretary | Johnson said: “Ketchikan would be the crossroads for the aviation of the Territory as planes flying both inland and sea routes could easily touch Ketchikan.” The party arrived here today from Juneau in an Army amphi- bian enroute to Seattle. They ar- |rived at 9:45 and stayed an hour and a half, visiting various parts of the city. When the Army clipper left here it was to go over Botswick Inlet near here for aerial survey for possibility of establishment of a Army auxiliary field here, the of- | fictals said. | Col. Louis Johnson said the party l (Continued on Page Two) |