The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 12, 1938, Page 1

{ | | SAMTOTP.M 'WAGE-HOUR BILL 1 1 i [] i | | | o g ! Voters Urged to Exercise | Delegate Declares Report Delegate Declares Inference Tydings, Candidate for Re- Don Adler Head Men’s | Franchise—Territor- | in Alaska Daily Press of Political Literature nomination as Senator, | Group — Ruth Morgan | ial Legal Holiday | is Untruth Is Misleading | onBlacklist of FDR Women's Organization i | | S a0l sl With the campaigns being wound i D(‘](tpale Dimond today issued the While relgctam to rep!‘_v to what OTHER STATES GO[NG KETCHI!.(AN_ Alaska, Sept. 12.— up tonight, voters of Alaska will | following statement: he termed mucke; politics,” Dele- | New cmcus_ were elected by the go to the polls tomorrow to ex- | Today my' attention was called gate Anthony J. Dimond today ex- | TO POLLS THIS WEEK 40 and 8 at its closing session here firess their preference for Dele- | !to an article appearing in the Al- }Jlaim;d Lhabt mfergn(;e_l;n‘u(;\lab:lur: Seiiuind ;u the end of last week as fol- ate, Iy ial Treasurer, mem- laska Daily Press of Juneau, issue iterature eing istributes abou & x b OWS ic;’s o;r:;\lcugrvl:ate and House and lof Se,ptemsbor 10, purporting to give the city was absolutely unfounded HOl_ Carflpalgn n Georgla‘ Don Adler, Fairbanks, Grand Chef whether they are for or against a |an account of my speech which T in fact and misleading. The politi- ' Will Be Decided by Bal- |de Gare; Anthony E. Karnes, Ju- i unicameral, or one-house, Legisla- |made in the Coliseum Theatre in cal literature quotes one sentence 101 W d CI neau, Grande Chef de Train; Leon- ture. | Juneau on the preceding evening. | from an article in The Empire of s on ednesday ard Hopkins, Anchorage, Grande The polls will be open from 8§ The headline of the article is: | July 2, 1938, in which H. B. Friele, | o el Correspondent; Clyde Morgan, Ket- 4 am. to 7 pm. Any person who is | “Dimond advocates wage reduc- | Vice President and General Mana- ‘BD_' A f““’“‘_"_ TSeR) | chikan, Grande Conducteur; John ' 91 years old or over, a citizen of DELEGATE DIMOND |tion for 44-hour week.” ger of the Nakat Packing Com- The Tydings-Lewis primary in clawson, Cordova, Grande Guard the United States and a resident And the text of the article bears Pany, was quoted as saying: Maryland, edged today into the|ge 1a Porte; Walter Mickens, Cor- of the Territory for at least one bus, the headline. “And while T am talking about limelight which is usually reserved gova, First Grande Cheminot; J. year is entitled to vote. It is not Nothing that I said in the speech | Mr. Dimond, T'd like every one (o for Maine's State election as re- /o Morris, Anchorage, Second | necessary to register to vote in the mentioned, or at any other time, Know what fine work he has been | puted forerunner of the November|Gyande Cheminot; J. B. Hall, Fair- general election tomorrow. warrants the headline or the article. doing in Washington.” ‘bsllo!‘ing‘ 2 : banks, Third Grande Cheminot; W. There will be the usual three vot- |As a report of anything I have| Mr. Friele was talking about the Voting in kg o3 et inaug- |, Johnson, Fourth; Paule Herring, J.. ing places in Juneau. Voters of pre- spoken or even thought on the sub- | Work the Delegate had been doing urated a busy political week which | gorgova, Fifth; Sidney Raynor, cinet No. 1 will vote in the City jest, both headline and article, are on the Japanese fishing mvasxfm‘may go far into drtenmmng_ thc‘Anchorago. Cheminot Nationale; Hall; Precinct No. 2 at 128 Front hhis problem and what Mr. Friele said, [success or failure of President gtanjey J. Nichols, Valdez, Sous Street and No. 3 at 731 E Street. T have never stated directly or | A5 it appeared in The Empire, fol- Roosevelt’s efforts to _dnfnn(, Con- | cheminot Nationale. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond is lindirectly that the 44-hour weck |10WS: |greesmen opposed to his program. | Adler appointed John H. New- winding up his campaign with an ought to or would result in wage ek htthe Hakdety Senator Millard E. Tydings, of yan Juneau, Grande Aumonier; : . angers that | paryland, is one of those on the g 4 i 3 address over KINY from 10:15 to reduction. What T said was just the | will result from foreign fishing | president's blacklist and who is E. M. Goddard, Ketchikan, Grande 10:45 tonight. Mrs. William A. Holz- opposite, namely, that the 44-hour | in Bristol Bay, I am very much [”“‘ ;‘" D a5 .‘: Sne Yo ’*L_"P Commis Voyageur; M. L. Stepp, heimer, Democratic National Com- week law would raise wages and | in favor of Delegate Dimond’s "'i‘}’ Rc'""?“‘ ‘"r' ”‘"‘;’)“"}fl ion | getchikan, head of child welfare mitteewoman, is speaking over the shorten hours. Any other result is | bill in Congress that will effect aga lf-“ lcl)r"”‘;‘"«“ l};’" = :‘V’dl "f committee; Clyde Ellis, Anchorage, same station from 7 to 7:10 p.m., ad- unthinkable. At the same time, the | the prevention of fishing by l'“"":’i‘f-l “’“""“‘ é ?'1 '%"‘v‘ :_‘:‘ M35 head of Americanism program. Ellis | dressing women voters. George B wage-hour bill is designed to pro-| foreigners in waters adjacent :(f"w” as the Soclal Securlty Plo-|was elected delegate to the prom- + Grigsby, Independent candidate for mote employment, and not to close | to the coast of Alaska. His bill | greorgi I settle o similae e When the national conven- ! Delegate, is appearing at the Coli- industrial operations, and there 18| has covered the subject thore |. o Ciwie Wil seftle & simiar gon convenes mext week in Los| b ek sleniiag Gt every reason to believe that the —oughly and provides a solution m;‘-::l-.wcmwzm"\'( b Liaxal I vandidates are winding up personal law will accomplish that result. to a very difficult problem. Al- T R0 SRR SR g B NY Women’s Organization contact campaigns throughout the CAPT. J. V. DAVIS I do not ask for or wish any aid| askans, I believe, should give |.0 Jdaine Dut the Democrgts aré| Tne women's organieation, of the Division. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, from reactionary newspapers, but I him every support possible in :f’f‘? o d“(‘;‘“'“ ‘_L“‘ g"l’“z}ic““ 40 and 8 elected Ruth Morgan, Ket- | i Tomorrow will be a legal TerTi-\ pemgcrat, candidate for reelec- have the right to demand accurate | attempting to secure its passage. H'" i 2". three Republican chikan, Le Chapeau, Departmental; 1 torial holiday and Territorial of- o a¢ tomorrow’s voting and | reporting of my remarks. “And while T am talking about | e Mmembers. i | Josephine Sheldon, Seward, Le Demi | | fices, the City Hall and banks will cany “y "V, Davis, Democratic | The article in the Press to which M. Dimond, T'd like everyone |, Schatorial primaries will be held Ghapeau, Southwestern; Betty Me- | be closed. Courts will not be in| (angigate for the Territorial T have referred with respect to the to know what fine work he has tomonow-in Arv.,ona, Colorado, New | cormick, Juneau, Le Demi Chapeau, | session and some of the Federal of-| gguge from the First Division, |wage-hour act is either the result — been doing in Washington. It | Hampshire, Vermont, Utah and goytheastern; Carol Pongratz, An-treports of a possible stand by Ger- fices will be partially closed. Other | a164 a¢ tomorrow's election, who |of a mistake, or else it is 4 deliber- | was due principally to him that Washington, |chorage, La Secretaire Cassiere; business houses will be OPen a5 yeturned to Juneau today after |ate misstatement of the fact. the State Department became Louisiana will also have a pri- gihel Tonseth, Fairbanks, La Am- usual. : campaigning together through- | OSSN > it interested in the Japanese fish- | WMary but the Democrats there have monjer; Ina McPhee, Fairbanks, Democratic National Committee-| o4 southeast Alaska. | ing situation and its serious- | %iready declared Senator John H.r, surintendante; Theo McKanna, man J. A. Hellenthal Again urged — ness, Overton renominated. Fairbanks, child welfare chairman. qr all voters to go to the polls tomor- | “Just because the Japanese Mlghlgnn, which ‘has no Sena- Delegates named to the coming 3 torship at stake, will decide other THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIL, NO. 7895. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HITLER BACKS DOWN;, WON'T EIGHT-NOW POLLS WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW row. A total of 13,702 votes were cast in the general election of 1936 and officials declare that with growth of population it should go well over 14,000 this year. BIG DEMOCRATI VICTORY SEEN IN FOURTH DIVSION Harry Watson Says Dimond Wil Roll Up Huge Ma- jority in Interior The Fourth Division will go solid- ly Democratic and Delegate An- thony J. Dimond will roll up a huge majority in the Interior. This is the general belief in the Fairbanks region, according to Har- ry G. Watson, Secretary to the Governor, who, with Mrs. Watson, returned from Fairbanks by PAA\ plane Sunday. “There seems to be no question ' about it,” Mr. Watson said. “The Fourth is solidly Democratic and everyone is betting on how big the Democratic majority will be. I talk- | ed to Republicans who said it was just a matter of how large the | Democratic majority would be. Every one said Dimond would get a tremendous vote and all the Democratic Senate and House mem- bers would be elected.” Fairbanks and the region around it is near a boom stage, the Secre- tary reported. Approximately 100 new houses are going up in Fair- banks and there is a great deal of repairing and renovating. He was told in ‘Fairbanks by responsible business leaders that the Federal Housing program was responsible for a large part of the building HAVE CAMPAIGNED TOGETHER HINES' LAWYER ASKS MISTRIAL \Prosecutor Dewey: Rebuk-/ ed Twice Courtroom Posture BULLETIN — NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—The case of New York State vs. James Hines closed teday when Justice Ferdinand Pecora granted Hines' defense ccunsel a mi al on grounds of a “prejidicial” question put to a witness by Prosecutor Thomas Dewey. Judge Pecora’s dramatic an- nouncement after a weekend re- cess tock two hours and nine minutes to deliver, ending the four weeks old peolicy racket case which has been the most sensational graft exposure in New York in many years. NEW YORK, Sept. 12—Chief of the defense counsel, Lloyd Paul Stryker, Saturday demanded a mis- trial in the four weeks old action against James J. Hines, Tammany district leader. Hines is accused of conspiracy in the $20,000,000 a year Dutch Schultz policy racket. Judge Ferdinand Pecora reserved his decision and recessed the court over the weekend. Stryker based his motion on Pro- secutor Thomas Dewey’s reference |to ‘Grand Jury minutes not placed | in evidence. Pecora rebuked Dewey for the re- | ference. He also rebuked Dewey a|man | few minutes earlier because he ad-| brought here by plane on an emer- dressed the court while sprawled in his chair, Frisch Out A N boom. | 1) Mining activity is in full swing ar s ana e on every creek, he said. In addi- tion to the huge Fairbanks Ex- ploraion Company operations, inde-| g1 LOUIS, Sept. 12—Frankie pendent operators are having an m.cn has been released as manager excellent season and one or tWo ¢ {1 St. Louis Cardinals. fairly good strikes have been made. Frisch was once recognized as AR e - P the greatest of second basemen. ———,——— | | BASEBALL TODAY || maNY AUTOS, FAIRBANKS —_—— U Fight hundred and thirty - five | motor vehicles—both pleasure and | |trucks—are listed in the United| States Commissioner’s office in} Fairbanks as having obtained li- censes this year, up to August 1, There was only one game played! 4 in the two major leagues this after- noon, as follows: American League Chicago 13; Detroit 4. NOW ADVANCING IN TWO LINES — Once for | Columns Are Moving tol Gain Possession of ! Important Railway | | SHANC sept. 12—The Jap- anese continue to concentrate on efforts for new overland drives toward the Peiping-Hankow Rail- |road which will give them a direct | approach to Hankow, China’s pro- | visional capital city. | Two columns are moving west- ward about 125 miles apart. One is 40 miles south of the Lunghai |Railway junction and the other is |approaching Sinquang, 100 miles north of Hankow. FIRST ACCIDENT OF DEER SEASON NEAR KETCHIKAN | ‘ Fisherman Hunter Accident- | ally Shot Himself in | Arm—Flown, Aid 1 | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 12— John Peters, 54, Ketchikan fisher- and trap watchman, was gency dusk flight as Peters was ac- | | cidentally shot in the arm by his| own rifle as he started to pack a| deer down the mountain at Skowl| Arm, 30 miles west of here. 1 The accident is the first one of | the present hunting season reported here. Peters and his companions walked | | six miles to a cannery to radio to | Ketchikan for a plane. His condi- tion is not believed to be serious. it T | LIQUOR SALES TO STOP | Strict enforcement of the Fair- !bnnks ordinance requiring beer and | wine dispensaries and alcoholic li-| quor stores to cease sales at 1 a.m. has started in the interior metrop-| olis, . There are 299 slaughtering plants in the United States operated under | | | 7 | DIMOND GIVES HerelsFul | HISPOSITION ON ~ StoryofWhat ~ MARYLAND IS Elcts Officers, LOOMING NOW a7 GERMANY Figle Said ~ TORRID ONE Kefchken Meet ~ CZECH NATION are not salmon fishing in Bris- tol Bay this year, we should not go to sleep on the issue. The agreement is only temporary and it seems important to me that Mr. Dimond’s bill should be passed to assure a perman- ent agreement with the Japa- nese and other foreign fisher- men.” Mr. Friele was in Washington last year during the Congres- sional hearing on the Dimond bill and appeared before the Fisheries committee as a wit- ness for it. | i | V. A. BARTHOLOMAE | GOES OUT ON ALASKA, | W. A. Bartholomae, President of the Batholomae Oil Company, with gold dredging interests near Taylor | !in the Seward Peninsula, arrived | /in Juneau yesterday by PAA plane | |from Fairbanks and took the Al-| aska south early this morning. .- —— ARTHUR OLSON INJURED WHEN CAUGHT BY BELT While working near a belt on the |rock crusher at the Portage Bay vade the Democratic primary in mine, Arthur Olson, a young man was caught in the belt of the big rock crusher, and hurled over the shafting and against the wall be- hind the machine, where he was rescued after the machinery was stopped. His face was cut and hi 1ft arm badly bruised. That he was not instantly killed was a miracle. He was taken to Valdez by C. W. Poy, and is now under care of Dr. E. E. Wise. It will be several weeks before Mr. Olson will be able to work. - e BUILDING IN FAIRBANKS Building operations well in excess of $1,000,000 either have been com- pleted this season or are in progress in Fairbanks. Building improve- ments near the city run into addi- tional thousands of dollars, and mining outlays in areas served b the municipality total in the neigh borhood of $200,000. attained in spite of shortages of | materials early in the summer.| Work was curtailed generally, and | in some instances suspended for brief periods in June and July be- cause of the scant supplies of lumber. -, Federal inspection, titnes, PRIMARY IN Forty and Eight ~ MARTIAL LAW icHANCIiOH OF contests in the primary. Alaskans also go to the polls tomorrow for a general election of Delegate, Territorial Treasurer and each division choosing one Senator and four Representatives to the Territorial Legislature which meets next January. HOT ELECTION INDICATED NOW INWASH. STATE Republicans Urged to Ente Democratic Primary— ‘Keep Out,” Says Boss SEATTLE, Sept. 12. | political observers looked over the | |field today to forecast that at least 50 percent of the State of Wash- |ington’s more than 800,000 voters ;wiu participate dn tomorrow’s “off | year” blanket primary election. r | The threat of Republicans to in- | | heated legislative and county races overshadowed national issues as| voters weighed the pleas of party |leaders and also candidates. Republican State Chairman Tom Oakshott appealed to the Repub- }nnnx to stay in their own primary while the Pro-America Group, Re-| | publican women'’s organization, urg- ’ed Republican Party members of | [the first district to enter the | ‘Democratic battle to unseat Rep- | resentative Warren G. Magnuson. | Senator Homer T. Bone, incum- |bent, and his Democratic rival,| Otto Case, both claim 100 per cent allegiance to President Roosevelt | and his policies. | | Ewing Colvin, H. E. Foster and | |Prank Goodwin are Republican Senatorial candidates. They have | centered their attacks in the cam- |paign on Democratic policies. et oo . BRITISH FLEET OFF SCOTLAND 1 IVER GORDON, Scotland, Sept.| 12.—A sturdy gray line of warships, | ‘three miles long, stretches off the| | coast, marking the biggest concen- War. — Veteran | jors.” The Auxiliary also moved a Los Angeles convention were Mary | Hopkins, Anchorage, who has been named national color bearer at | the convention; Margaret Webb, Seward; E. Mina Walker, Cordova; | Bettie Long, Anchorage, and Alba | |Newman, Juneau. | | It was the first departmental convention of the women’s 40 and | |8 which was organized by Mary A. | Hopkins at Anchofage a year ago. | | The 40 and 8 adopted a reso- | | lution “expressing its thanks to | teachers of the Territory for their | | splendid contribution to American- | lism in Alaska.” Apparently such | laction was taken as a result of | |the Legion Auxiliary previously | adopting resolutions that “teachers| (in the Territory be required to take | |an oath of allegiance to the Con- | stitutiodf of the United States and uphold the laws of the Territory before assuming duties as instruct- resolution to be presented to the Territorial Legislature for consid- eration of enactment of such laws. The concluding sessions were held Saturday night, winding up with a banquet attended by 100 persons. LR35 QMO President’s Son Operated Upon; cund@n Is Fine Chief Executive, First Lady of Land, Patient’s Wife at Bedside ROCHESTER, Minn, Sept. 12— James Roosevelt, the President’s son and private secretary, is in splendid condition, physicians said, after he underwent a Mayo Clinic cer. The President made a special trip to be at the bedside of his son. Mrs. Roosevelt, the First Lady of the Land, and Mrs. James Roosevelt, also came to be here at the time of the operation. —— . — Prince Arthur Dies in London LONDON, Sept. operation Sunday for a gastric ul-| 12—Prince Ar-| sz-:r&amsus has been known and| gation of the British Fleet off|thur of Connaught, 55, grandson| prized as food from earliest Roman | Northern Scotland since the World |of Queen Victoria, is dead after a|terday and about 30 persons were up 1.90; rails 26.65, up. 02; utilities ]Iong illness, a gastric ailment, [If Trouble Brc;ks Out 1n | Sudeten German Areas, | Soldiers to Be Sent Out 'HIGHEST TENSION IS " REACHED IN EPUBLRIC Streets of Prague Thronged with Excited People— Troops in Readiness PRAGUE, Sept. 12—The Czecho- slovakian Government, early today, reached a decision to invoke martial law in sections in the Sudeten Ger- man region if serious disorders de- | velop after Hitler's Nurnberg speech which is to be made tonight. Martial law will be imposed “only in cases of extreme necessity” ac- cording to the decision reached by Premier Hodza and his chief min- isters but in Government offices it | is said order will be maintained at| all costs. | Meanwhile, the little Republic| early today, fearing a bitter threat- | ening speech by Hitler, kept troops | In readiness along the border of Na- zi Germany. | Newspapers reflected the incrn-as-‘ ing tension as the hour of the speech | approached. | ‘The powerful Prague newspaper | Abendseitung declared that ‘“ten- sion is at boiling point and politi- cal excitement has reached unbe-| lievable heights. The address of Hit- ler is awaited with almost unbear-| able tension.” Thousands of Czechs thronged | the streets all day, eagerly stud_ving‘\ | many, also the stand taken by | Great Britain and France to go to war if Hitler invades Czechoslova- kia. BILLAM MAKES FAST AIR TRIP, | ARCTIC RECION Flies from Aklavik to Fair-i banks in Four Hours | and 45 Minutes | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 12.— Pilot Harold Gilliam has returned here from Aklavik in 4 hours and| 45 minutes on a flight of a 450-mile course with a party of traders and| two Canadian Signal Corps Ser-| geants who have been summering| in the Coronation Gulf regions. Gilliam reports that the Hudson’s Bay Comparfy has acquired the Canadian-Alaska Trading Com-| pany and Northern Whaling Com-l pany's boats. Posts and stocks of | the two companies are also included in the deal. POINT BARROW NOW CROWING | Arctic Vilge Has Over| 500 Residents—Must Enlarge School | | POINT BARROW, Alaska, Sept. | 12—This settlement jis having grow- ONLY'DEMANDS' Fails to Answer Question World Awaits on His Intentions CZECHOSLOVAKIA ISSUE UNSETTLED Declares: #is. Nation Only “Standing By"” for Rights of Sudetens (By Associated Press) Chancellor Adolf Hitler to- night demanded that Czecho- slovakia give 3,500,000 Sudeten Germans “their rights” but he did not indicate precisely what his intentions are towards Czechoslovakia. Hitler talked passionately for 78 minutes as the climax to the Tenth Annual Nazi Party Con- gress. Hitler, however, left unan« swered the question the world waited anxiously to hear him discuss — “Will Germany use force to achieve her ambitions for Sudeten Germans?” Hitler made it clear only that Germany is standing by to see that the German minority in Czechoslovakia obtains the “right of self determination.” CHALLENGING REMARK Hitler promised and uncondition- ally in saying: “I assure the democ- | | | | |racies of the world that the fate of Sudetens is not a matter of indifference to us and if these harassed people feel they are with- out their rights and need aid, they will get it from us.” Hitler said challengingly: “The Almighty did not create three and one half million Sudeten Germans to deliver them over to a hated foreign regime. The Almighty did not create seven million Czechs to act as guardian of these Ger- mans.” Peaceful Solution As a last possibility of a peaceful solution of a conflict with Czecho- slovakia, Hitler suggested self-de- termination for Sudetens in the Czech nation without explaining, however, what machinery should be invoked. Hitler's hatred for the Czechs, of whom he spoke in contemptuous terms, centered upon the person- ity of President Benes. “Benes invented a lie. We mob- ilized our troops on May 21,” he charged, - e 1 Sl DANGER ONLY POSTPONED PARIS, Sept. 12—An official of the French Foreign Office, tonight sald the French Government inter- preted Hitler’s address as “postpon- ing the danger for a while.” This spokesman declared it is the French Govenment’s belief, how- ever, that Hitler uttered unmistak- able threats which will be called into force in case negotiations fail. HITLER'S SUNDAY HINT NURNBERG, Sept. 12.—Chancei« lor Adolf Hitler strongly hinted that the union of the Sudeten German region in Czechoslovakia to Greater Germany, alone can satisfy his de- mands. Addressing 100,000 Storm Troop- ers and the Nazi Party Congress on Sunday, Hitler declared that a “new Germany stands before us. We have good fortune and love in it. To other Germans this is still denied, for the time being. Times are such how- ever, that it is necessary to re- member Nazism came into power, ing pains. | Point Barrow now has 587 inhabi- | tants, making it the largest village north of Nome. | The school enrollment is now| | 189 children, necessitating con- | struction of an additional wing wf | the school. Comstruction supplies | were landed here by the North| | Star. | | — ., — | Fast Traing Crash; 30 Persons Injured | SPARTA, Wis., Sept. 12—A west- | bound Northwestern Limited, of the| | Northwestern Railroad, crashed m-‘ | to the rear of the Victory Limited during a heavy fog near here yes- | Injured, several belleved fatally. not alone through a staunch hope, but by a militant struggle.” - = J STOCK QUOTATIONS L NEW YORK, Setp. 12.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can 98, American Light and Power 4%, Anaconda 30%, Bethlehem Steel 158%, Commonwealth and Southern |1%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General | Motors 47%, International Harvest- er 61, Kennecott 40%, New York |Central 18, Safeway Stores 18, Southern Pacific 17%, United States |Steel 59, Pound $4.80%, Bremper ibid 1, asked 2. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 140.19, 18.72, up .13,