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

JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LIL, NO. 7907. HITLER MOVES TO TAKE SUDETEN REGION United States Intercedes, European Crisis PEAGE APPEAL IS MADE TODAY “Keep the Peace” Is Urged of Germany and Czechoslovakia ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES HITLER AND BENES Dangers offia_r and Their Consequences Told in Message WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 26.— President Roosevelt, speaking in the name of 130,000,000 Americans, to- day appealed to Hitler of Nazi Germany, and President Benes of Czechoslovakia, to keep peace. His message was dispatched dramatically in the early morning hours directly to Hitler and Benes through Secretary of State Cordell Hull and to Premiers Neville Cham- berlain of England and Edouard o Wi g Sl PR TR & & = 1 Alaska’s Huge Ice Knob Is Now Revealed Daladier of France. He asked them “not to break off negotiations looking to peaceful, fair and constructive settlements of the questions at issue.” Perils of War The President told them that in wars and their consequences “in- calculable millions of men, women and children could lose their lives, the economic system of every coun- try involved would be certain to be shattered and their Social structure may well be completely wrecked.” The President and Secretary Huill spent most of Sunday working on a message they felt they could not hold up any longer. Newsmen Summoned Well after midnight, correspond- ents of American and foreign news- papers and news services were call- ed to the State Department and handed copies of the telegram ad- dressed to the European powe Telling them that “the fdbric of peace on the continent of Europe, if not throughout the rest of the world, is in immediate danger,” the President declared, “It is my con- viction that all people under threat of war should pray that peace may be made before, rather than after, war.” He carefully stated that the United States *has no political en- tanglements, and that it “will be caught in no mess of hatred.” “HAILED WITH GRATITUDE” WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Great Britain “hailed with gratitude” President Roosevelt's appeal for world peace, the State Department (GReeceJe o, A spider-web of treaties, pacts, alliances, and gentlemen’s agreements binds Europe today. That's why great events can’t happen in Czecho- slovakia without jolting every nation on the continent. indicates the principal hookups. This map The fascist axis, Rome-Berlin, is paralleled by the democratic front, London-Paris. Russia, through her French alliance, is tied in with the democracies. The Little En- tente was fostered by Franee as a safeguard against Germany, but the fascist nations lately have been trying to undermine the French influence in Rumania and Yugoslavia, Non-aggression pacts between Hungary and the Little Entente signed. Italy. have been agreed upon but not Hungary's best friends just now seem to be Germany and |Region Where “Panhandle’” Joins - Upper Peninsula Was First to Be Discovered and One of Last to Be Explored and Mapped (From the National Geographic Society) | Alaska, for seventy years, has challenged the curiosity and pio- neering spirit of its foster mother- land, the United States. Gold and muskeg, oversize strawberries and partial starvation have fitted into the same picture. A tentative etching of shoreline was the best portrait of “Seward’s Folly” when Secretary of State Seward wheedled the infant Ter- ritory from its Russian guardians in 1867, depositing it on the north- western doorstep of a somewhat reluctant Uncle Sam. The map por- trait was gradually decorated with a widening selvage of known coun- try around the coastline. Today a slightly larger percentage of the total area of Alaska has been sur- veyed and mapped than of the United States. One area oi our largest posses- sion, however, remained blank, al- though explorers and settlers suc- its head in those latitudes. Farther inland towers Mount Logan, 19,850 feet high, the second loftiest moun- |tain of North America The crescents coastline is madc spectacular with a few large bays and a great many mammoth glac- iers against a perpetual backdrop |of white-capped peaks. Formerly landmarks for venturesome marin- ers, its coastal features now enter- tain summer travelers on estab- lished steamship routes: Icy Strai’ and Cross Sound, where the placid Inside Passage empties its traffic into the sea lanes of the Gulf of Alaska; Yakutat Bay, the only spot where man has a firm foothold in this area; Malaspina Glacier, a veritable lake of ice fed by a dozen glaciers, the most extensive outside the polar regions; Icy Bay, which vanishes and reappears to the be- wilderment of navigators; and Ber- ing Glacier, a single ice giant sur- passed in size only by the compos- ite ice mass of its neighbor the Malaspina. SEAPLANEBRASH'FW.% Picture, itl( SUNDAY INJURES § SIMMONS BADLY i \ Four Passengers Not Hurt! in Forced Landing | Near Chichagof J | i 'AIR INSPECTOR HOPS | AAT PILOT TO JUNEAU| Ship Believed Total Loss—| Left Wing Smashed— | Floats Washed Out | | t | Sheldon Simmons, Chief Pilot of Alaska Air Transport, is in St. Ann’s | Hospital today suffering from se-§ rious face lacerations he received yesterday afternoon when a Fair- |’ child 71 seaplane crashed just out of Chichagof. | Four passengers in the plane, one | |of them Mrs. W. A. Gallemore, wife | of the Safety Engineer at the Hirst- | Chichagof mine, were uninjured | {but for minor cuts and bruises, | Extent of damage to the plane 'is unknown as yet, but is believed | to consist principally of a shattered left wing and “washed out” floats. | First reports said it was a total loss. Radio advices were not received in Juneau concerning the accident until late yesterday evening and it | was not until this morning that a | plane was able to go to the scene. Flies to Scene I. K. McWilllams, Territorial Aero- nautics Inspector, who flew to Ju- neau from Fairbanks Saturday in his Stinson Reliant, took off this morning with Alaska Air Transport Pilot John Amundsen, flew to Chi- chagof and brought Simmons in, making the return flight in 45 min- | utes. A waiting ambulance took Sim- mons to the hospital where Dr. L. |P. Dawes examined the extent of Simmons’ injuries, believed to con- sist of a broken and severely cut hose as well as other deep facial wounds. As nearly as could be determined this morning, Simmons had just taken off from Chichagof with his four passengers yesterday afternoon to return to Juneau when the crash occurred. the many. system. Following the firs Motor F Inspector McWilliams, who said he has not yet made official in- vestigation of the accident, said it “seemed as though it happened about two miles from Chichagof in Elbow Passage when Simmons| = switched to his second gas tank and the motor failed to pick it up.’ w lain at their momentous conference at Berchtesgaden, Germany. Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany’s foreign minister, and Nevile Henderson, Britain’s envoy to Ger- In a copyrighted ctory by The Associated Press, Hitler was reported to have told Chamberlain | ion to Germany of Czechoslovakia’s Sudeten area; Binding assurances that Czecheslovakia's foreign policy be in harmony with Germany's; (3) After Ger- man absorption of the Sudeten area, which is left of Czecheslovakia should fit into Germany's economic st conference another tock place at Godesburg and peace negotiations were immediately broken off with Hitler making further demands on the Czechs and giving them until October that Germany wanted three things: ceeded in erasing the label all around it. It was a high- land crescent, where the “pan- handle” joins the upper peninsula. Not Far from Alaska’s Capital To the southeast of it, the raw Territory’s capital prospered until Juneau came to be written in large letters across the Alaskan pan- handle. To the east, a railroad from Skagway penetrated inland to Whitehorse in Canada. To the west, a growing population built —————— A ARE :the railroad that, from Cordova |inland, skirted the untouched moun- |tain preserve to reach the town of Kennecott. With a ring of life and 1 | transportation drawing closer around ) it, this icy wilderness still to a ciety Alaska Expedition, under the z leadership of Bradford Washburn, U. S. Nationals Unable to /is now returning to this country Cross B or d er f rom .with aerial photographs, taken this large extent defeated efforts to penerate its secrets. The Harvard A |summer, which will reveal the con- Czechoslovakia announces. A reply from Premeir Chamber- lain, of Great Britain, has been, disclosed by the State Department and further statement is made that in the reply, the Prime Minister said he is making “further and earnest appeal for settlement by negotiations in which His Majesty's Government is ready to lend its good offices.” University-National Geographic So- “Unknown” | Knowledge of the area, however, Passengers told McWilliams the progressed no farther inland than plane was “about 100 feet up” when the eye could see from the coast, the motor lost power and Simmons with a few notable* exceptions, until was forced to try for a landing. the airplane gave wings and speed | Evidently the landing was made {to exploration. The discoveries of near the beach, but either a “stall” |the Harvard University - National |just before landing, or possibly |Geographic Society Alaska Expedi- rough seas, dropped the plane in tion, which circled Mounts Logan on its left wing and the nose, and St. Elias in the air and photo- | throwing Pilot Simmons against graphed previously unseen ridges, |the instrument panel or radiophone explain why. Most of the region is | equipment near his head. sheathed in living ice, from which Though bleeding heavily and se- project the two- and three-mile verely injured, it is understood high peaks of barren rock ridges.|Simmons either swam or waded to | Abundant_rainfall, which supports shore a short distance away and dense vegetation even farther north |after getting his passengers out, in the Matanuska River valley, here started to walk the beach back to is frozen into huge masses. Chichagof when he was picked up Birthplace of Glaciers |by a passing troller. The expedition led by Mr. Wash- Alaska 'Air Transport officials burn reveals the presence of a late last night wired Don Moller, giant ice field blanketing the area, of the Sitka branch of the Colum- filling great valleys at an altitude bia Lumber Company, to take a of 5,000 to 7,000 feet, gouging open- |boat and doctor to the scene, Mol- ings between the shoulders of lofly“ler replying that the halibut Sophia, peaks and pushing slowly down- Capt. Tibbetts, left Sitka at 11 Charteris aboard. By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—From gleanings here ard there we are able to present something of a picture of what the New Deal strategists ex- pect will result from the so-called purge. Keep in mind there is another side to the picture, but this is THEIR side. Some of the oider heads, who had buttered their bread with politics for many a year, knew before the purge started that defeat was cer- tain in several instances and likely in others. They knew the defeats would be interpreted as setbacks for the administration. What was | to be gained? | Pirst off, as these people see it, |a Democratic Senator listed for the | purge will be a marked man in the tours and intricate topography of w..4 in all directions through pm. for Chichagof with Dr. W. L.|future. That may or may not in- | fluence his voting in the next Con- Puréé Brands May T;ouble ; Marked Men After Primary the hitherto unknown fastnesses of glaciers which grip the region in WASHINGTON, Spe.t 26. — The the Chugach and St. Elias ranges. State Department has received re- ports that the German frontiers by Bering, thereafter acclaimed as along Czechoslovakia have been the discoverer of Alaska. It would closed to . American citizens at- seem the logical place to map first. tempting to leave Czechoslovakia Yet it has been the last large via Germany. {region on the southern coast to Many Americans are reported to yield to exploration. have already been turned back and | Backdrop of White Peaks returned to Prague. This little-known mountain cres- The State Department said the cent, paradoxically enough, con- American Minister at Prague, Wil- tains some of the best known fea- bur Carr, has telephoned, also tele- [tures of Alaska. Mount St. Elias, graphed the American Embassy in so lofty that it is visible from the Berlia urgently requesting arrange- coast, was the landfall of Bering ments whereby American citizens|in 1741, after he had sailed east- may enter Germany to get to sea-/ward from Russia to confirm re- ports. ports that a great continent reared This was the area first sighted | a paralysis by ice. The newly photographed Chug- ach-St. Elias ice blanket spreads its white solitude almost unbroken |from the Miles Glacier, which thrusts an icy tongue the valley of the Alsek ‘River, |npproximat/ely 235 miles eastward.| |1t spills over the rim of the coastal | range and sends ice seaward in |the Hubbard Glacier, which in turn | plops icebergs into Yakutat Bay; in ‘the huge Seward Glacier, largest |tributary of the vast Malaspina; |and in the gigantic Bering Glacier. into the; canyon of the Copper River, to| Marine Airways Pilot Alex Holden | gress. New Deal figures participat- |went out this morning to bring ing in the purge suspect it will. The lin the four passengers that had party loyalty of those “marked” been with Simmons. senators has been Accident Statement | the head of the party. In the hospital this morning, just These marked Senators may con- before going into the operating | sider that blind following of party | room, Simmons told Glenn Goudie, leadership is not party loyalty. Supervising Engineer for the Alas-| They may hold that true party ka' Aeronoutics Commission a loyalty compels them to vote broken story of fhe crash. against administration proposals wShell told me he was about 100| they consider unwise. feet in the air,” Goudie said, “and | | when he switched over to the other| MAY (RISE AS RTYRS' | gas tank, it didn’t take and he start-| Contrary to some New Deal ex- ed down for & landing. About 25 feet | PeCtations, an aura of martyrdom it e ___may attach to them, increasing (Continued on éue Five) (Continued on Page Eight) their independence and benefitting questioned by first picture to reach America by radio from Berlin showing Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamber- | Left to right: 1 C 1 to comply.—AP Photo. # BLOOD MAY STAIN SNOW of mountains along Czech-German border where Czech sol- diers (above) keep anxious watch, waiting Hitler's next move. This is above Riesengebirge. them in other ways. Senator Clark | of Missouri, for instance, was ex-, amined more closely as a presi- dential prospect after his name was ‘“posted.” Nevertheless, New Deal sources predict that a Demo- crat accused of disloyalty will be a “very uncomfortable” Democrat. | It is within the realm of possi-| bility that the marked Senators| may meet real trouble from Re- publican opposition in November. il R i , Chamberlain in Conference ADDRESS SEEN AS PRELIMINARY TO INVASION Area Must BePlaced Under German Sovereignty, Leader Declares | | |CLAIMS ITALY WILL " JOIN 'WITH GERMANY | s |Britain, Russia Join France | in Triple Front to - Protect Czechs BULLETIN—LONDON, Sept. 26. — The British Government announced today that Great Britain and Russia would join France on a triple front to aid Czechoslovakia in the event of German invasion. A statement to that effect was issued by the foreign office at 12:20 p.m., Pacific standard time, while Hitler was speaking. It is understood the warning of the triple front will be conveyed to Hitler tonight by Sir Horace Wilson, special British emis- sary, ] Chamberlain, Hitler, 2) WORLD CHALLENGED BERLIN, Sept. 26.—Adolf Hitler declared today that “I have decided | we shall place the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia under German sovereignty” and if President Benes “doesn’t want peace we have to take | matters into our own hands.” The German leader spoke to a cheering throng in the sports pal- ace. He had a memorandum in his hand of the demands he had handed |to Premier Chamberlain of Great | Britain at Godesburg last Friday and had been “promised,” and as- | serted it was “nothing but what Benes promised” in the Prague gov- (Continued on Page Seven) ANTI- AIRCRAFT "FORGES CALLED OUT INENGLAND |Air Force Leaves Cancelled | —Observation Corps i Is Summoned | LONDON, Sept. 26.—War Secre~ tary Leslie Hore Belisha has called |out the officers and men of the | Here is the situation they foresee.| The popular name of Roosevelt won't be at the head of the ticket | this November to help along Moreover, in some states the con- trolling vote lies with the Progres- sives, who for the most part have been with the New Deal since 1932 They have followed Roosevelt. Now, New Deal sources point out, | Mr. Roosevelt or some of his lieu- tenants have stamped these Sena- tors as no longer progressives in the Roosevelt sense. ANOTHER I0WA TEST One man with whom we talked cited Towa as a possible example Towa was predominantly a Repub- lican state until 1932. It had a roving progressive vote which had| been GOP so long that it was con- sidered party property. In 1932 it swung heavily to Roosevelt and again in 1936 to such a degree that a veteran Republican Senator, Lou- is J. Dickinson, was defeated. This year Dickinson is opposing Senator Guy Gillette who won the (Continued on Page Five) EXTRA! BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—President Roosevelt has decided to hold a special meeting of the Cabinet tomor- row to consider the crisis in Europe. BULLETIN — BERLIN, Sept. 26, — Arrangements have been made for all women and chil- dren of officers of the British Embassy and Consulate Staffs to leave Berlin by 2 o’clock this afternoon. BULLETIN—PARIS, Sept. 26. —The American Embassy has been advised to tell all Amer- ican citizens in France to re- turn to the United States, if they are able to do so. The Ministry of Public Works issued the request, saying that | anti-aircraft coast defense units | of Britain's territorial army. This reserve force is charged with mann- ‘mg all anti-aiperaft guns and | searchlights of the air defenses. | All regular Royal Air Force men |on leave and the Royal Air Force | observation corps also was called. | Authorities stressed that both | measures were purely precautionary |and did not constitute mobilization. The action came while a trusted | envoy took Hitler's last stand mes- | sage to Great Britain and France | after Chamberlain summoned the Parliament to meet Wednesday. - King George has cancelled his |visit to Glasgow to attend the | launching of the great new liner | Queen Elizabeth, and the Queen | will go to the launching alone to- | morrow. | At the request of the Food De- | fense Plans Committee, produce ex- | changes throughout the country | agreed to hold down prices of ba- con, ham, butter, cheese, lard, cook- i ing fats and margarine to the pres- | ent levels for two weeks. it was “because circumstances” e B o g oo ) called upon all persons who are ready to do so to cvacuate Paris by rail. The American Embassy re- ports that many Americans have already begun the exodus. - - WILLIAMS RETURNING District Engineer M. D. Williams is| sailing from Seward on the Alaska | of the Bureau of Public Roads, | | - it TR (e || BASEBALL TODAY | The following are scores of the |only two games played this after- noon in the two major leagues: National League St. Louis 3; Chicago 6. | American League Boston 3; New York 4. . The deepest place on the ocean this week, returning to his head-| Yet found is off the Island of Min- quarters here after several weeks in| 93030 in the Philippine ' group, the Moose Pass country on road Where a sounding of 35400 has work. been reported.