The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7911. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS 4-POWER PACT * * * * * * * * * * German Army AVE * * * » * * * * * - - * PRICE TEN CENTS TS EUROPEAN WAR » » » oosesteps Into Czech Area Jacobs Resigns as General Manager, Matanuska Colony; Ross L. Sheely Is Successor 8 3 ROV LEHMAN IS NOMINEE, FOURTH TERM Makes Vigorous Attack on " Dewey at Demo State Convention Today ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 30. — Gov. Herbert H. Lehman today ac- cepted the fourth term nomination for Governor at the Democratic State convention. Gov. Lehman made a vigorous at- tack on the Republican nominee for Governor, District Attorney Thomas Dewey. Gov. Lehman said that he expect- ed. when he appointed Dewey, he would finish his work as rackets prosecutor before seeking office. SUIT FINDS DR, PALMER, Alaska, Sept. 30 B. Jacobs, General Manager of the Matanuska Valley Farm Colony pro- ject, has resigned, effective October 8. Ross L. Sheely, his predescessor, will succeed obs The Colony’s Executive Board of Directors has been informed that the resignation of Jacobs is the re- sult of the Colony’s transfer to the Department of the Interior. Jacobs plans to leave October 15. Sheely has engaged in private farming since he resigned in 1937 Jacobs’ resignation came during the week’s shakeups and general growing pains. The Cooperative As- sociation ruled that farmers must market through the Association and 1 sell individually on pain of losing the dividends paid by the Ccoperation’s operated trading post. Farmers were also told they must buy all their needs through the post and not outside stores. Col. Otto F. Ohlson, who has been placed in charge of the Colony by Siecretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, will soon appoint a Federal Crop Control expert to advise farm- ers which products they may raise most successfully. ) Leo AFL POW-WOW INVITES MANY DEFOE WINNER $1,000,000 Suit by Spear, Promoter, Finds Four | Not Guilty CHICAGO, Sept. 30. — Promoter | Ivan I. Spear was loser in his Fed- | eral Court attempt to collect a million dollars damages for an al-! leged breach of contract to exploit | the Dionne quintuplets. Judge John P. Barnes instructed the jury to find Dr. Allan Roy Defoe, the quints’ doctor, and three | other defendants, innocent of con- | spiracy to break the alleged con- | tract. i Insufficient evidence was Judge Barnes' reason for such direction. —— .. — STRIKERS PACK MASS MEETING | i | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 3()."’ —A crowd of more than ten thou- | sand people last night crowded the | Dreamland Auditorium here to list- | en to a one-sided discussion of the waterfront and store strike. Store owners declined an invita- tion to appear, saying they con- | sidered the time inopportune. —— .- Weiza s STOCK QUOTATIONS P el e NEW YORK, Sept. 30. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 97, American Can 98, American Light and Power 47, An- aconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel 58%,| $ sent BOVT. HEAD Perkins and Family Ab: from 1938 List of Invitations HOUSTON, Te: Sept. 30.—The American Federation of Labor has invited Vice-President John Nance Garner and a half dozen state and national officials to its annual con- vention here next week. Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins and members of the Labor Relations Board are conspicuously absent from the list of invitations. - eee Mussolini Give Tremendous Show of Aflreciatinn Frenzied CrowdGreets Pre- mier on His Return from Munich ROME, Sept. 30.—Premier Benito | Mussolini received one of the great- | est welcomes ever accorded him by his followers when he returned home today from Munich where the four-power accord staved off war in Europe. Commonwealth and Southern 11%,| The Premier appeared on the bal- L2 AR R R s L 4 BASEBALL TODAY Curtiss Wright 5, General Motors|¢ony of Palazzo Venezia and told 473%, International Harvester 597,|the frenzied crowd that he “worked Kennecott 43, New York Central|i? Munich for peace according to 17%, Safeway Stores 17%, Southern | Justice.” Pacific 16%, United States Steel| Observers who have witnessed 59, Bremner bid 1 asked 1%, Pound | €arlier demonstrations when he ap- $4.82. | peared on the same balcony, said the fervor of today's greeting ex-| DOW, JONES AVERAGES | ceeded any of them. The following are today's Dow, | PPy v e Jones averages: industrials 14145, L]3 H H 19.44, up 82. } 2 - Stolen, Mexi | 0ien, mexico L3 The following are scores of games M‘?‘xm,o CIT.Y' Sept. 30—Theft in the two major leagues played this of tht.oncal_ articles valued at $10,- afternoon as received up to 1:3p 000 Was disclosed recently when o'clock from the Assoclated Press: Mexico's National Museum was National League |opened after the week-end holiday. Pittsburgh 4, 1; Cincinnati 2, 7, |Museum officials said the loot in- Chicago 7; St. Louis 7. Game tied, ¢luded the collar of the Guadalupe called at end of ninth, account Order, as well as a scarf pin and| of darkness, iring of the Austrian-born Emperor American League | Maximilien; a locket containing a | St. Louis 5, 3;' Chicago 7, 3. séc’_‘fbullet‘ removed from' the body of ond game tied, called at end of Vifcente Guierrero, one-time Presi-| ninth inning on account of dm‘k-J"e“t who was assassinated, and a ness, number of war medals, l | rito, |trouble was. French Big Guns at the German Border A | | This big gun and hundreds of others were rushed to th showdown over Germany’s demands in Czechoslovakia. But th and France have capitulated to Nazi demands. This picture was taken at Besancon, e Franco-German border as France prepared for a But the guns will remain silent, because England | Mussolini May Withdraw Italians |From Spain Front ROME, Sept. 30.—Diplomats here are led to the belief today that Premier Mussolini, in view of the Munich accord, might soon begin withdrawal of Ital- ian troops in Spain as a further contribution to general appease- ment in ‘Europe. SYROVY TELLS * CTECHS PEACE 1S ONLY HoP Says Superior Force Com- pels Acceptance of 4-Power Pact 'SACRIFICE CHOSEN INSTEAD OF FIGHT 1 | Saddened Paer Pleas for Stronger, More Unit- ed Nation PRAGUE, Sept. 30. — Czechoslo- vakia’s soldier-Premier, General Jan Syrovy, in an appeal broadcast (o the nation, declared “A superior France. force has compelled us to accept” 1-POWER PACT BIVES HITLER HIS DEMANDS |Agreement, However, Pre- vents What Was Expect- ed to Be European War ZECH TERRITORY CEDED TO GERMANY |France, Great Britain, Ger- many, Italy Are Bound Up in New Allance ic | | MUNICH, Sept. 30.—Europe was | pulled back today from the abyss | of war by the four power agreement | charting Czechoslovakia’s fate. | The reprieve came while millions were under arms and civilian popu- {latlons were ready to seek refuge | from bombs and shells that were | feared to be coming. | The agreement by the four povi-| | ers provide for the gradual occupa- | tion by fhe German Army of parts of the Sudeten areas starting to- | morrow, and practically grants all of Hitler's demands. Two Nations Bound | An unimpeachable source said by | the action, England and France ! make them responsible for the OSING ‘FACE' SOVIET VIEWS |[Freedom Given 3 Million, | " Yoke is Placed on 15 Million MOSCOW, Sept. 30.—While peace | in the world is declared paramount, an unofficial statement, comment- ing on the four-power accord, in- timates that both Great Britain and France have lost “face” in in- terceding and meeting all demands | made by Hitler in “granting 50- | called freedom to 3,500,000 Sudeten Germans and putting the yoke on 15,000,000 Czechoslovakians in their own land.” The unofficial statement declares that the next step Hitler will take is for moré land and “aggression is little different from war.” “When will it end,” is the ques- tion asked, “and when is property safe?” { L | TOKYO, Sept. 30. —An official | statement from the Foreign Office| | expresses satisfaction at the four-| power accord signed in Munich. In | |case of a European war, which might have led to a world conflict, the statement is made that Japan would have been forced to remain aloof, as she has troubles of her own in the conquest of China, also | fears Russia and economic troubles are also entangling. | Wasn"t _AII There SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30.—Mr and Mrs. Cl im of El Cer- parked their’ car on Kains Ave., Albany, and went to a movie When they came out it was dark. They found their car, climbed in. Bygum started the engine, pulled down the gear lever, and stepped on the throttle. The car gave a violent lurch for- ward, went through the first move- ment of an aerial nose-dive, and came to a halt with a jolt. Bygum got out to see what the He found somebody had stolen his front wheels, left the front end of the car resting on facks. - eee It costs about $75 a year on the average to keep a pupil in school in the Utiited States. For Peace to Be Made Sunday WASHINGTON, Sept. 30—A call to prayer “for continued peace in the world” has been issued by the ‘White House. How Agreement Was rRieceive(lr 7 In Three Capitals of Europ SLAYER DIES IN BIG CHAIR Killer of Wite and Baby Daughter Is Executed for Double Crime MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana, Sepf. 30.—Henry A. Noelke, 32, of Baoone- ville, died this morning in the electric chair for the slaying of his wife, Hazel, 29. Double murder was committed by Noelke in Evansville in August, 1937, when he shot and killed his wife and then murdered his daughter, 22 months of age. bood Old French 75 Harsr . Taught Army Good Lesson By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.— Back of the army’s plan to teach manu- facturers how to make war ma- terials is the dramatic story of an enlightening experience the coun- ‘try had in the last war while try- 1ing to equip itself with cannon. When the United States entered the war, France, eager for early aid, agreed to disclose the secret of the famous “T: which is considered by artillery experts to be the best light artillery weapon ever invent- ed. It was designed by French ar- tillery officers in 1897 and except for minor changes it is the same gun today—devastatingly fast, ac- curate and dependable. Germany captured hundreds of French 75s during the World war, but never could solve the mystery of their manufacture, The trick is known to only two countries— France and the United States—and to only a dozen trusted persons in each of these countries. SECRET IN THE RECOIL The secret lies in the recuperator | or recoil mechanism. That is the in- | tricate device that absorbs the shock | ) | the fout-power Munich agreement steps necessary to fulfill the agree- to dismemberment of this country. ment and also means that if the “This is the most difficult mo- Czechoslovakians refuse to accept, ment of my life,” declared the fifty- | France cannot go to the aid of the OCCUPATION OF CEDED SECTIONS IS NOW STARTED Military Units Prepared for March When Clock Strikes 12 Midnight | Sk 12) | AGREEMENT PAVES | WAY, NEW PEACE “Premiers of Three Nations, | with Hitler, Are Linked in New Accord BERLIN, Sept. 30.—German mili- tary units are ready, down to the last mess kit and polished boot~ strap, to goosestep into neighporing Czechoslovakian areas which have been ceded by the 4-power accord. Sources close to the War Minis- try disclosed that German cais- sons will roil tomorrow along the southwestern Czech frontier north of Passau Linz. The second district will be occu- ipled Sunday or Moriday. This area | lies along the northern frontier and | inclures eight large Czech cities. NEW PEACE ACCORD MUNICH, Sept. 30.—Premier Ne- ville Chamberlain, of Great Britain, and Adolf Hitler, Nazi Chieftain, added a new Anglo-German declar- ation of peace in the 4-power ac- cord here that gave Germany a part year-old General who led 70,000 Czech troops in an epic march President Roosevelt, in the call, said he hoped the Nation will join | him and his family on Sunday in a iv)l’ayer for peace. the "World War. “However,” said Syrovy, “I've taken this decision to save our lives |and our nation. My duty was to consider everything as a soldier. I had to choose a way to peace and {in such state the nation will be | stronger and more united. “I feel I have chosen the only e right course. The four powers de- imded to ask from us abdication of German Sudeten territor and we BERLIN, Sept. 30. — Millions of had to choose between a useless joyful Germans held their breaths fight and sacrifices.” ‘BY HENLEIN AS REAL DELIVERER 4 Sudeten German Party | Leader Sends Greetings to “My Fuehrer” BAYREUTH, Germany, Sept. 30. —Konrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German Party in Czecho- | slovakia, who fled Czechoslovakia to escape charges of treason, has sent a telegram to Hitler hailing |him as “deliverer” of three and |one half million of Sudeten Ger- mans. GLOOMY CZECHS | PRAGUE, Sept. 30.—The agree- ment in settling the German-Czech | crisis was received by gloomy Na- tionals. At midnight last night there had | been no word on acceptance or re- | jection of the agreement. FASCIST VICTORY ROME, Sept. 30.— Joy reigne here as the news was broadcast of | the agreement to prevent war in Europe by ceding part of Czechoslo- vakia to Germany The Italians cheer the victory as one for Premier Benito Mussolini and Fascist Italy. |mans, tormented and oppressed | for 20 years, I thank you, my Fueh- of the explosion, checks the tube| e i - v | rer, from a deeply moved heart, for or barrel in its backward flight and‘mp frendom (xoi won o us . by quickly shoves it forward again to gr ‘ . | fighting,” wired Henlien. firing position without disturbing 7 RERL, the aim of the gun. iEI’Iti“g u" The old style cannon, when fired, A" F jumped high in the air and rolled Frontier Stopped back a dozen yards. It had to be| rolled forward and sighted agdin| for every shot. All modern artil-| lery now has recoil mechanism,| but none so good as “Mademoiselle | 75.” She can shove out six aimed | shots a minute, or 24 shots from a battery of four guns | The secret in 1917 was in the| hands of a half dozen skilled| | mechanics at the Puteaux arsenal| in Prance who put them together|All fighting has stopped in this |by hand. U. . officials wanted to|Sudetenland frontier region. The put the manufacture on a mass]sudewn Free Corps men prepared produetion basis, The PFrench|! move back across the border from shrugged their shoulders, but prom- | G€rmany, where they had fled to ised to help. In an article in the|their homes, behind the German American Legion monthly, Mnjur:‘“"‘y of occupation. | Robert Ginsburgh, aide to the As-| Johnson, outlines what happened. WARSAW, Sept. 30.—The Polish To protect the secret, the French government figures that 70 Poles allowed each of its own mechanics hluvekt‘):er;oktl,fled l;‘l‘:oll.sh-(;uc:‘o; to know only so much, but not all, |5/0v& PRS- SOREG0N. AR - e X hundreds have been injured. The (Continued on Page Seven) frontier incidents continue. pared to Move Back to Homes Behind Army ASCH, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 30. | “In the name of the Sudeten Ger- | Sudeten Free Corps Pre-| | Czechs, in case of attack, and Great | Britain, | trouble. Peace Provisions | Additional provisions include: | One—Evacuation of the Suden- | tenland to be completed by October 10, without damage to existing prop- erty there. Two—An International Commis- |sion, comprising representatives of |the four powers, together with | Czechoslovakia to lay down details | for evacuation. | Three—Plebiscites are to be held | population. Right of Option Four—Right of option ‘is to be granted residents to move into or out of areas ceded to Germany. Five—Polish and Hungarian min- ority questions are to be settled later by a conference. Germany and Italy are also to |give guarantees to Czechoslovakia | against unprovoked aggression. BRIT. PREMIER GREETED WHEN - LANDS.LONDON Chamberlain Expects Larg- er Settlement as Out- come 4-Power Pact | LONDON, Sept. 30.—Prime Min- | ister Neville Chamberiain flew home today from Munich and was greeted by a cheering throng as he stepped from the plane, The mad excited crowd gave him | a trlumphant homecoming. | “Settlement of the German-Czech problem, which is now achieved, is {in my view, only a prelude to a | larger settlement in which all Eu- rope may find peace,” said the Brit- ish Premier. | Later the King and Queen, with | Chamberlain and the latter’s wife, | appeared on the balcony of Buck- | ingham Palace and were excitedly cheered. Py ?Hineémmolloéyflefried: Date Is November 14 NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—Retrial of Tammany District Leader James J. Hines on policy racket conspiracy charges has been set for November 14 in general sessions court by Dis- trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey. pledged only to suppprt* across Siberia toward the end of | France, cannot be drawn into any in other areas, having a German of Czechoslovakia and averted a European war. The representatives of the two nations made a joint | declaration that willed that their | “two peoples will never go to war on one another again.” German 'troops, at the Border, will begin gradual occupation of the Su- detenland at midnight tonight as Premier Chamberlain announced tne government of Ozechoslovakia accepted the Munich accord. An International Commission to supervise cession is to meet in Ber~ lin immediately. Demobilization | Demobilization of Europe’s armies and the British Navy will “come later” after the German oc- cupation, which is expected to be accomplished within the next 10 days. ¥ British Premier Chamberlain ex- pressed the belief that the Munich |accord will open the way “to ap- | peasement in Europe.” He flew back to London immediately after the 4-power pact was signed. -~ Premier Daladier, of France, hi left for Paris by airplane after a declaration of French friendship for Germany. Premier Benito Mussolini en- trained earlier in the day for Rome to be acclaimed by his people as the “Savior of Peace in Europe (Continued on Page Three FRENCH ARMY . WILL BE KEPT FULL STRENGT {Entire Forces Under Arms Until Ceded Areas Relinquished PARIS, Sept. 30.—Despite that hopes for peace are held in the four-power Munich agreement, France will keep 1nost of her re- serves and other forces under arms until the Sudeten territories have been relinquished by Czechoslovakia to Germany. i Official circles confirmed Pre- mier Daladier’s intention to keep the French Army at the highest pitch until complete liquidation of the German-Czech crisis. Premier Daladier will call a meet- ing of his Cabinet for either to- night or tomorrow morning. . ) TRIUMPHAL ENTRY PARIS, Sept. 30.—Premier Dala- dier made a triumphal entry into Paris today and he drove through miles of flower strewn streets to echoing cheers of half a million Parisians.