The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1938, Page 1

| | . e et "W — .. o ooy T EIONRGEL B, [rcsiir eeERY e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIL, NO. 7920. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ¢ Fm—e— THOUSANDS KILLED, ORIENTAL BATTLE LEWIS ASKS RESIGNATION OF AFL HEAD CIO Chairman Says He Will Quit If Green Will Do Likewise BULLETIN—HOUSTON, Tex- as, Oct. 11. — President Green said the delegates attending the American Federation of Labor Convention, will “answer” Lewis next Friday. Green seeks re- election as President of the AFL on that day. PROPOSAL BY LEWIS WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—John L. Lewis today offered to resign as Chairman of the CIO if William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, will also re- sign. The proposal is made, Lewis said, to pave the way for peace between the two labor organiza- tions. Lewis told the newsmen the pro- posal has been submitted to the delegates at Houston, Texas, attending the annual convention of the AFL. Lewis said: “The present tion is manifestly not a unilaterial problem but obviously it is a bi- laterial problem. The same sugges- tion applies to Green, whose recent | ferocity seems to know no bounds. In any event it is worth trying and | the re-| then make it possible for maining leaders of the American Federation of Labor and Committee of Industrial Organization to con- clude a peace pact in which the contribution of Green and myself may be of some value.” BIDS OPENED, SURVEY SHIP OF ALEUTIANS Portland, Seatlle Concerns Are Tied for Low Bid on Construction — The now | situa- | EXTRA! EXTRA! 'LINDBERGH IS READ IT, READ! NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Col. James A. Moss, President and General of the United States Flag Asscciation, has ruled that it is all right not to stand dur- | ng the rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem cof the United States, if | ycu are in bed, eating, telephon- | ing, playing cards or taking a bath. e Awatmn’c ts New Altimete | ChamberJain an argument to KEEPING MUM, HITLER’S MARCH EASTWAR sovir okt | S BUSINES S PROPUSITWN Refuses to Comment that He said Russia's Air Force Lacks Strength By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—If you R0 stop at the headlines you'll get the ROTTERDAM, Oct. 11. — Col. jmpression that Adolf Hitler is Charles A. Lindbergh, who has ar-|only this year beginning his push rived here from France in a plane,|t; the east—that 20th century accompanieq by Mrs. Lindbergh, | gream of all German empire build- refuses to make any comment on|eng the Russian charge that he made gyt if you had been checking and spread lies concerning the the figures piled up by the men Soviet Air strength in order to give who keep tabs on the world’s com- British Prime Minister Neville| merce for Uncle Sam, you'd know SUr- | that Hitler began four years ago | render Czechoslovakia to Nazi Ger- |ty dig the foundation for economic Instrument Tells Height of All Obstructions Be- low and Ahead NEW YORK, Oet. 11.—A radio controlled altimeter, translating peaks and gullies into signals on an airplane’s instrument panel, has promised a solution of one of avia- tion’s greatest safety problems. An absolute altimeter, developed United Airlines and Western by the ; ; F‘]vcln( was successfully demon- second Polar Expedition. sufficien and if you want to strated for the first time today . The charge is also made that Col. win back your place in the sun,! land shows the instrument capable of indicating the distance between the plane and any obstructions ris- ing from sea level. The present air Imeters only indicate the |altitude above sea level. The new instrument operates on the transmission of radio micro- waves from the plane to the earth. The waves from the plane to the earth rebound and the time be- tween the transmission and recep- tion is translated into feet on a dial before the pilot, much as the fathometer acts for boats. | In initial tests, the instrument’s sensilivily was shown by fluctua- ons as the ship passed over build- ln{’& bridges and rivers. The alti- meter is so sensitive, needle pressure alti- plane’s s joggles when the plane passes over a rowboat on a wide expanse of water. This marvelous new invention will be available to the aviation industry in general after the final tests, scheduled to be made soon. It will not only furnish readings WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. of the plane’s height above ob- Coast and Geodetic Survey has re- | giryctions, and determine the na- ceived bids for a ship for surveyyyre of the terrain below, but will of the Aleutian Islands. lalso warn of any high obstacles Officials said the survey may apeqq. open new trade routes to the qpe gevice is free from static Orient and will assist the defense plans for the Aleutian Islands. The Commercial Iron Works of Portland, Oregon, and the Lake Washington Shipyards, of Hough- ton, Wash., are tied for the low bid with $862,000. The survey ship is to be 198 feet long and of steel construction. Officials of the Coast and Geo- | detic Survey said the only charts of the Aleutians are out-dated Rus- sian maps and are not sufficiently reliable to permit of commercial vessels to travel near the Aleutians | on Oriental rouoes PUT SCREWS ON s wrch 1t e PRESTON LOCKE FRENCHMEN France Must Renounce All‘ IPOLYSAG, “Crechoslovakia-Hun- Consulhng En g,neer for Alliance with Russia, Says Italy ROME, Oct. 11.—Informed sourc- es express the belief that Premier Benito Mussolini will demand’ that France renounce any alliance with Russia. This will be an essential part of any French-Italian recon- ciliation plan proposed C. 6. LAFARGE PASSES AWAY Architect Who! Designed St.. James Cathedral, Se- attle, Dies in East NORTH KINGSTON, R. I, Oct. 11.—Christopher Grant LaParge, | 76, eminent American architectand | oldest member of the family which has contributed largely to Ameri- can literature and arts, is dead here. LaFarge designed St. James Ca- thedral in Seattle. interference and in effect gives the pilots a real picture of what is be- neath and how far it is beneath and also what the height of any- |thing ahead is, at any angle, even at times when visibility is zero. Hunganans ans Are Crossing Border ~Into Czech Area Land—Nationals ‘ } Jubilant ‘ganan Border, Oct. 11.—Hungarian| | troops today occupied this Czecho- | slovakia border town, the first ac-| tual transfer of territory in Hun-| gary’s drive to regain part of the land lost to Czechoslovakia after the World War. More than 4,000 residents of this town, 50 miles north of Budapest, sang, danced and kissed the in- coming Hungarian soldiers whom | recent visit to Moscow. many. leadership eastward. Col. Lindbergh is enroute to Ber- These experts have been talking lin to attend the annual session of | gng writing about Hitler's ‘Drang the Lilienthal Society for Aerial Nach Osten” (march to the east) Research. for two years. Of course, they don’t SRR AT use that flowery figure of interna- CHARGES SIGNED tional speech. They simply MOSCOW, Oct. 11.—The charges commercial facts. against Col. Lindbergh, made by Here's what's been happening: Soviet Russia, are signed by Valeri Chkaloff, Georgi Baidukoff and Al-|ler ascended exander Beliankoff, Polar Fliers, to turn German eyes again toward and also by Mikhail Gromoff and | southeastern Europe- they were Sergei Danilin, two members of the|in 1914. Eastward, he said, was self- to power, he began Lindbergh, in London, said he had | you've got to be self-suffigjent, been offered the post of Chief of the Soviet Civil Aviation while on a' A BALKAN DEAL German buyers began to offer ARRIVES BERLIN tries for their raw material and foodstuffs. Trade sprang up. But when it came time to collect BERLIN, Oct. 11.—Col. Lind- bergh arrived here today from 2 Paris, making the flight via Amster~ the bills in Berlin, the Balkan dam. | states discovered they had to spend | Col. Lindbergh is expected to German money in Germany. Then spend two or three weeks looking they learned that Germany would over German aviation plants. He | be only too glad to sign up clearing came here also to attend the mm.[_iarrangemems In economics that ing of the Lilienthal Society Aerial means: You scratch my back and Bhibaich T'll scratch yours. Well, a sale with | Col. Lindbergh refused to make 8 String attached was better than any comment on the accusations 1O sale at all, so it was a deal. made by smm fliers in Moscow. Yufl%lfl"“’ Bulgeria, RimAnie; CONFERENCE IS 11 LIVES ARE TAKING RECESS Lerms The Lhrt’k' year period, be- Unity Delegates Meet, Waiting for Others— JuneauMan Chairman Bodies of Two Mothers and Nine Children Found by Searchers KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 11— The Alaska Labor Unity Confer- ence, called by the Maritime Fed- | eration of the Pacific, recessed after organization yesterday, pend-f FORT FRANCE, Ontario, Oct. 11. ing arrival of additional delegates _The bodies of two mothers and | | New War Rule — Shoot F irst and Then Give Notice ' who returned to Seattle aboard the nijne young chillren, all victims of |North Coast. la forest fire which swept a nearby Twenty-seven delegates registered township late yesterday, were here yesterday. Deliberations will | brougm here this morning. cug';icr;u;{;?fi: :::. :’;;i‘:;fxd(has beenj The victims are believed to be- = long to the families of Noah and named chairman ofythe convention. gy’ yzperle, brothers, who settled in the sparsely populated area. The forest fire raged on a 50- | mile front and destroyed thousands | |of acres of fine timber. Constable David Hamilton said |searchers found the charred bodies Is Fu u Nn DEA D of the mothers which were stretch- children, apparently in a vain at- tempt to save them. The Labelle mothers were prob- ably carrying their babies and ran from their homes, the other chil- American M. & S. Co., Believed Killed in Fall dren following them. | VANCOUVER B. C, Oct. 11.—| Thick smoke must have over- |The body of Preston Locke, 50,|come them before they got far, the | consulting engineer for the Amer—}c""smble said. ican Mining and Smelting Com- | e i, pany, has been found at Coal Har- , bor where his yacht Syrene has been anchored since July 6. e 3 ‘ STOCK QUOTATIONS &— they welcomed. y | Approximately 1,000,000 Hungari- | Locke was a riasl;dint of iPa:: I ans are in the territory demanded dena, Cal, and well-known in =} {oke Sl A B0 e | NEW YORK, Oct. 11. — Closing It is believed Locke stumbled use Back in 1934, the year after Hit- FIRE FLAMES ed over the bodies of the smallest | | FARM, EER. %mAL _fi‘lmwt i B IRON POTTERY fimmats MAKING )Mllllfl IONS 9 giens, becoming part of Germany. B rexues GLASS g sHOES higher prices to the Balkan coun-] HERE'S WHAT HITLER IS GET] | dustrial, mineral and farm wealth is in the area Hitler has been granted. Czechosuovakia in 1936 produced more than 5,000,000 metric | tons of grain; 11,000,000 of hard coal; 1,180,000 of steel. timber than it needs, is one of Europe’s richest agricultural countries. Control of it will be a big step forward in Germany’s push to the east. 5n MILES ‘ [ -1 e 4 ] | \ 4 ° N X > | TING Note from Sudeten German re- that much of country’s in- | It has more | ik i > { ‘ginnmg ‘m 1934 and ending in 1936, tells the story. Rumania's trade in- creased by one-third, Hungary's went up by half, Yugoslovia’s dou- | bled. It was about the same with | Turkey, Italy and Greece. | But at the same time, Germany’s | trade with free exchange nations, | | such as the United States, was going ‘down in proportion. Trade with Squeezing Process to Be Put - On Czechoslovakia by Nazis; LGST'H]REST i ToReduce Republicto Vassal‘ —It is reported here that Germany | has launched a campaign of pres- | sure upon this dismembered nation, | aimed at reducing the Republic m; a status of vassal or the Nazi state It is hinted here that Berlin in- PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Oct. 11.’ By PRESTON GROVER) | WASHINGTON, Oci. 11—If a general war engulfs Europe, the im- | portant historical question of its| | exact opening date may never be | answered. Will history say it began with Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia or | Hitler's occupation of the Rhine-| [land in 1936? Franco’s challenge | to Loyalist Spain in that same year? | Hitler's occupation of Austria in 1938? Or some memorable date like | Chamberlain’s visit to Hitler? France and the United States was almost halved. Traffic with Russia, | Poland, and most important of all —with Czechoslovakia—slowed to a mere dribble. Why did Germany course? Because (1) Germany desired above all else to establish her own | economic and political sphere, and | take this dicates she will forego military ad- vance only on condition that Czechoslovakia ends all alliance with both Russia and France, otherwise Nazi troops will march into the Republic and take complete posses- .sion regardless of any pacts what- | soever. had the effect of outmoding the practice of declaring war. The na- tion taking the offensive found it almost necessary to surprise the enemy. Probably the last great war which was formally declared all along the line before hosmmes‘ began was the Franco - Prussian| war of 1870. Both armies waited for a declaration of war., Even so, the German general staff 'had gone so far as to map out its mobiliza- tions and army movements in ad- | trial empire, almost up against the | heart of the great German indus- | trial system? | intervention following ~explnnaliun two years | before | tions on December 11 in what is in- | terpreted in diplomatic circles as an The historian’s problem arises |vance. Germany won, by and large, (2) she had no gold (foreign ex- change) to spare to buy her way. | The Balkan states especially had | the raw materials that Germany | wanted. They were close to home. They were also having a hard time in the world market because of the | hangover from the 1929 depres-| | sion, | MONKEYING WITH BUSINESS | Therefore it was natural to cut| off industrial America and France, and, more important, trialized Czechoslovakia. What| point was there in trading with Czechs, when they, too, were trymg to establish their own little indus- over-indus- | How did Germany change stream of her commerce? Let the Department of Commerce trade reviewer explain: “State domination of the national | economy has become more distinct. . The economic structure follows | a certain pattern, one government or l‘or(‘lng‘ another, with the line of demarca-| tion between politics and economics | growing fainter all the time. Germfln economy is being radically reshuped in harmony with the new | political structure. . Frequently | . imports of commodities are ob- | tained at an excessive price in ex- change for subsidized exports . . .” The reviewer was writing that ago, world suspected the the the | coming absorption of- Austria, and! the action against nettlesome little Czechoslovakia. ~The expert was showing how Germany was willing to lure Balkan business by offering high prices, and pay her own in- dustries a bonus to sell machinery back within the same trading zone, to accomplish that push to the east. Rumanian oil and wheat, Yugo- slavian prunes and dried fruits (Contlnued on Puge Five) YUGOSLAVIA NOW FAGING '| tory Parade, ! long | o na GHINESE SCORE - GREAT VICTORY UVER JAPANESE of 20,000 | Invaders Reported [ Annihiliated CANTURESE UNITS IN TENSE BATTLE {Gen. ChiangKai Shek Heads Independence Day Vic- lankow SHANGHAI, Oct. 11.—The Chi- | nese are reported to have surround- ed two Japauinese Divisions near Tei- an, 130 miles southeast of Hankow and virtually annihilated both di- visions by hard fighting. The Cantonese units, which out- maneuvered the invaders in three days of intense fighting, killed 20,- 000 Japanese. This report is parti- ally confirmed by the Japanese spokesman here. At Hankow, Gen. Chiang Kai Shek headed an Independence Day Pamde which took on the appear~ ance of victory celebration with the announcement of a second triumph over the Japanese Army in modern - | history. - LOYALISTS IN TENSE DRIVE, INSURGENTS \Withdrawal of Foriegn Fighters Spur Govern- ment Forces On HENDAYE, Oct. 11. — Spanish '|Government dispatches report that Loyalist militiamen are successfully |attacking in three sectors on the |Ebro River Valley front in eastern | Spain. ‘ The withdrawal of international ngmers from the Ebro front began Iyescexday and almost immediately the Government forces increased he intensity of their attacks. Dispatches received from Barce- | e BlG GHIS' &inna said foreign fighters are ar- Little Nation May Be Drawn | Into Czechoslovakia i Maelstrom BELGRADE, Yugoslovia, Oct. 11.| —The Government has dissolved Parliament and called for new elec- attempt to prevent a possible catas- trophe such as has been experienced by Czechoslovakia. Yugoslovia has a great number of minorities, including Croats, who are demanding autonomy for the Northern Dismct FIRST LADY OF LAND 54 TODAY {Usual Roosevelt Celebration |riving there and 1barking for their homes. The withdrawal of the | foreign legions from many sections is expected to be completed by |the end of this week, Barcelona dispatches state. ——————— KING GEORGE MAY COME ON VISITTO U. 8. = Will Prccipitate Minor Financial Crisis If He Does, However WASHINGTON, C«i. 11.—King George of the Britisa Empire may precipitate a minor financial crisis if he visits the American Capital City. Secretary of Treasury Morgen- B from that strange practice . . . shoot | first, and declare war when it suits, if at all. Civil wars within a nation long have started without any declara-| because of advance preparation. THEN CAME THE MAINE In our own Spanish-American war'in 1898 Congress was caught off | ithau said he knew of no Federal | funds which could ke used to wel~ | come the Monarch but Cake Will Only Have 21 Candles On It WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. — Murs. Eleanor Roosevelt is 54 u)dny There will be the usual Roosevelt| | tions, including the Spanish revo-|base by the sinking of the Maine, | {lution, and our own war between|and was forced to content itself the states. with recognizing on August 25 that over a wood block on the Vancou- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Until the turn of the century, a declaration of war was a patriotic thrill. In ancient Rome they gave themselves over to a complete en- a state of war had existed for four| days. In this country, Congress has| to make it legal. The next big conflagration was BRIT AUTHOR - BARRED FROM ~ ENTRYTOU.S. (John St. Loe) Strachey, | writer of Communism, has been barred entry to the United States | by immigration officials. She must | return across the pond on the same steamer she arrived on here, NEW YORK, Oct. 11. — Evelyn| British | |stock today is 10, American Can | 1041, turning to his yacht from an auto- | 104%, American Light and Power 5% Anncondn 38%, Bethlehem mobile ride with friends. Death is >’ x believed to have occured October 6,|Steel 62%, Commonwealth and " |Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, GIRL FLIES IN |General Motors 48%, International Harvester 63%, Kennecott 47%, New York Central 19%, Safeway Stores To BE MARRIED 17%, Southern Pacific 19%, United | States Steel 63, Pound $4.76%. ver Shipyards slipway while re-| Blanche Freeman was an inbound | passenger on the Alaska this morn-| ing and immediately took passage DOW, JONES AVERAGES | with PAA for Tanana Crossing. | At that radio station of PAA,| The following are today’s Dow, Miss Freeman will be married to|Jones averages: Industrials 149.41, H. L. Prickey, new PAA radio op-|down .14; rails 3044, down .09; erator, utilties 21.80, up .10, 1S | joyment of histrionics before the opposing armies fell on each other. the Russo-Japanese war of 1905.| A strategic naval battle had I;een‘ fought and won by Japan’s heroic| Admiral Togo two days before war | was declared. The World War was little differ- ent. True, Austria declared war on Serbia. But the great powers were hiding their strategy and declara-| tions would have given them| away. The German army invaded| Luxemburg two days before a declaration of war against Prance. locked in a war a year old, and| France and Great Britain likewise neither has hinted a declaration of | were moving into battle forma- war ever will be made. (tions before they got tu-ound to| In the past half century, the|formal statements. WAR AFTER DINNER Emissaries of war were given honor. Great public _spectacles {greeted them. Plenty of banqueting, intervened before the héad emis- sary unruffled his toga and politely! declared his host was a pain in| the neck. Then everybody went home to buckle on his sword. | Today - China and Japan are| advent of modern war machinery (Continued on Page Five) family celebration in the WhneI House and there'll be a cake wlth‘ 21 candles on it—this is becnuse| | the Roosevelts never count the vears, regarding birthday, beyond‘ that age. ——————— BENES SEEKING BOTH SALMON AND HALIBUT - SOLD ON MART Four loads of salmon and two trips of halibut sold Monday and /Sunday on the Juneau fish PUsITIuN mart, salmon still bringing 25-14- ] 8 cents and halibut 74 cents and ‘5% cents a pound. LONDON, Oct. 11.—It is an-, The Tillacum brought in 14,000 nounced that former Czechoslo- vakia President Benes has agreed to become a Scottish Nationalist candidate for the Rector of Glas- gow University at the election next month, |pounds of salmon, the Elfin, 2,100, the Diana, 5000, and the Ida II, {600 pounds. The Spencer and the Louhelen brought in 12,000 and 14,000 pounds of halibut, respectively.