The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 1, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIIL, NO. 7938. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS +RICE [N CENTS 'FOUNDERED CRAFT FOUND OFF IS TEIAN FALLS Ikt Approves Scenic Highway I\ ANGLO-ITALIAN ‘ Los Angeles Unionists Convicted of Conspiring MYSTER—Y WREGIE s T0 INVADERS, AFTER BATTLE Struggle of Three Months| Ends in Capture of Important Town CHINESE TAKING | UP NEW D[‘:Fl:'.NSI':i Lines Are Withdrawn to South for Protection | of Big Air Base [ SHANGHAI, Nov. 1.—The Ch'm-l ese officials admit they have lost Teian, 125 miles southeast of Han- kow, after more than three months of bitter fighting in which both the defenders and invaders have | lost heavily. | The Chinese compare the Teian losses to those incurred in the long battle for Taierschwang, last win- ter., when hundreds were killed on both sides and the town wrecked In that campaign, where the Chi- nese won a smashing victory, they were later driven back to a new defense line. The Chinese forces are now es- tablished south of Teian to protect Nanchang, the Chinese air base. JAPANESE DRIVE SHANGHAI, Nov. 1.—The Jap- anese drive continues from the cap-| tured tri-city area of Hankow-Han-| yang and Wuchang. One column is| reported to have occupied Sanch- | wan, 60 miles west of Hanyang. | SRR P L JAFFA TAKEN OVERTROOPS IN CONTROL British. Forces Make Sud den Move on Arab Rebel Headquarters JAFFA, Palestine, Nov. 1—Brit- ish troops today seized control of this ancient Mediterranean port of a population of 50,000. The troops cleared the port of Arab rebels who have made it their headquarters in the fight against British rule. GOLD DHEDGES KEEP OPERATING IN NOME AREA Many Miners, Prospectors Remain There—Pros- pect During Winter | NOME, Alaska, Nov. 1.—One com- pany is still operating gold dredges in this district on account of the late season. Many miners and prospectors are staying here for the winter and many will search for new claims, bloeking out pay streaks for next summer's operations. - IMMIGRATION MAN HERE UNTIL MONDAY Dewey Knight, U. S. Immigration Inspector at Ketchikan, arrived in Juneau on the last boat from the Westward and will be here prob- ably until the first of next week, | he said today. Those who may | want information relative to im- migration matters affecting their status or requests for citizenship are invited to call at the Clerk of | Court’s office on the fifth floor of the Federal Building. { ] EXECUTIVE BOARD OF | J. W. CLUB LUNCHES| | Mrs. Cecil C. Rulaford’s new resi- dence on Hemlock Way, Evergreen | Heights, was the scene yesterday af- | ternoon of a luncheon and business | session for members of the Execu- tive Board of the Juneau Woman's Club. Those present included Mrs. Thomas Haigh, president; Mrs. Ray G. Day, Mrs. J. F. Worley and Mrs. | Joe Kendler. J | " ACCORD NEARS, COMMONS TOLD Chamberlain Says Lastf Spring’s Agreement to | Become Operative CZECHS AND POLES TO | | DEBATE OVER BORDER| France Attempting to Get Squared Around on Finance Measures (By Associated Press) Prime Minister Neville Chamber- lain today told the House of Com mons he expects to soon put into | operation an Italian-British accord. | This accord is the key point of | Chamberlain’s policy in dealing with | Europe’s dictators. It was signed | April 16, but remained inoperative pending settlement of the Spanish Gov. Lloyd C. Stark, Secretary Harold L. Ickes, Gov. Carl E. Bailey question, the withdrawal of Italian Plans for constructing a 2,000-mile scenic highway and parkway bordering the M I mouth in the gulf of Me> terior Harold L. Ickes at a representatives of center, is shown wi St. five river states. K th Gov. Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri, left, and Gov. ippi river from its source in Lake Itasca to its co were approved by Secretary of the In- Louis meeting with governors and In this photo, Secretary Ickes, Carl E. Bailey of Arkansas. CHAIRMAN DIES FEARS HEARING forces, land, sea and air. The Premier announced he in-| |tended to put the pact into effect | as soon as possible Another troublesome issue in Eur- ope, the Czechoslovakia-Polish bor-| der dispute, will be debated tomor- | .'row in Prague by Czechoslovakia’'s | Federal Cantrol 0f Broadcasting Foreign Minister and the Polish| Foreign Minister. | Meanwhile, the French Govern-| ment seeks to iron out its diff ences over proposed emergency fin- ancial measures. -, WILL SOON END May Be Extended MORE TROUBLE Newspaper Man Gives Sunday Nig}.fl’s Hysterical! Committee Scathing Verbal Condemnation WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — C man Martin Dies, in a radio speec said the House Committee on un- American Activities may have to end its hearings soon because its $25,000 expense fund is running low. Since President Roosevelt and members of his Administration have taken verbal digs recently at the Committee, Dies is none too hope- ful of getting more cash after Con- gress meets. Paul Y. Anderson, Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Star, | by arrangement with the Democra- tic National Committee, followed Dies on the air. Anderson said, “T have seen some slipshod and shock- ingly unfair Congressional investi- gations, but none have approached the Dies committee .hearings in either of these respects.” Further, Anderson said, “Some of the most fantastic yarns ever heard outside of the insane asylum have been gravely accepted by this com- mittee.” SAN FRANCISCO STORE STRIKE COMES T0 END Employers and Unions Rat- ify Agreement Ending 56-Day Walkout | Ratification of the basis for settie- ment by both employers and un-| ions early today, ended the San Francisco 56-day strike against 35 leading retail department stores. The employers approved of the proposed settlement on Sunday. The strking AFL union clerks ratified the agreement at a mass meeting which ended shortly after midnight. Oil Industy IS Improving TULSA, Oklahoma, Nov. 1.—Re- ports of better business are forth- coming from the oil industry. Local production figures for the week ending October 29 were 244,282,000 barrels. This was 2,115 barrels less per day than the previous week, however, Dramatization Cause for Action WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — The prospect of increasing Federal con- irol of broadcasts has been dis- cussed after Sunday night's hob- {goblin to the radio industry, more | terrifying than a Hallowe'en spook. | The presentation of an imaginative story caused widespread terror, It is understood that probably all “thrillers” will be barred from air | channels by all broadcasting com- | panies. INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IS 70 PICK UP Acting WPA Administrator Makes His Prediction from Washington | WASHINGTON, Nov. l—Aubrey Williams, acting WPA Adminis- trator, predicted today that there will be an increase in industrial activity to such a substantial de- gree as to reduce the WPA rolls in all large cities. This increase will take place within the next few months. —— e —— HIGH WAGES, LODMING NO Four Colonists May Be Ejected for Not Join- ing Coop Assn. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 1.— Ross Sheely, Matanuska Colony Manager, said he has retained an attorney to institute ejectment pro- ceedings against four colonists, un- named, who refuse to join the Co- operative Marketing Association at Palmer. It is understood the four farmers are all members of the original con- | tingent going there in 1935 One of | the colonists, said to be the best farmer in the valley, is marketing is own products. ENGLAND IS - THREATENED BY BOMBING Governor, f—{l';eland, Tells Why Chamberlain Sign- ‘ ed Munich Pact I ESSEN, Germany, Nav. 1. — The Governor of the Rhineland Terri- |tory declared in a speech here that Prime Minister Chamberlain, of Great Britain, signed the docu- ments at Munich, not because he | wished to have peace in Europe, | but because of an overwhelming Three months after they were brought to trial, four members of the AFL Teamsters' Union were con- victed by a jury in Los Angeles of criminally conspiring to direct a reign of labor violence in Southern California, Left to right: W. Dall, international organize: WALTERS ON FIRST LAP T0 MOTHER'S BED Guarder for Seward— May Fly to Juneau SEATTLE, Nov. 1.—Henry L. Wal- | ther is aboard the Coast Guard | Hamilton, which is now steaming toward Seward, in his first lap to| race to Chicago to be at the bed-| side of his mother, threatened with | death. Walther was reached at King Cove by amateur radio operators informing him of his mother’s con- dition and requesting him to speed to his Chicago home. The “hams” tried for four nights to locate Wal- ther whose last address was King Cove. It is presumed civil groups will arrange for Walther to fly south,| perhaps to Juneau, where he may be able to catch a steamer for here, thence by air to Chicago. e e Shocking Radio Programs Will Be Eliminated Federal Coramunications| Commission Receivse Assurances Now WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — The Federal Communications Commis- | sion has received assurance from the President of the National As- sociation of Broadcasters that no | such program as the one of the| play taken from a book by H. G.| Wells, will ever be broadcast again. The play entitled, “The War of‘ Dexter L. Lewis, president of the Los Angeles AFL Teamsters’ Union; Harry Dewey Copeland and David J. Belanger, AFL members.—AP Photo. An Arab Gives Up AT MATANUSKA s 1 Boed Cout] m W o msii v Ry British soldiers give an Arab a thorough going-over to see that the picturesque son of Palestine is not.packing a gun under his flowing burnoose. The scene was snapped at one of the military outposts on Jericho road, illustrates the vigilance of the British. 'Peace-Seekers in Labor Field Must Now Work Against Real Deadline In the fellowing article, Prés- ton Grover explains why AFL | | . SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, Nov. 1.—| ALASKA Rl Hl |fear of Germany’s air force and|the Worlds,” included radio an-| |the fact that he knew that Ger-|nouncements that a rocket ship| and CIO leaders are feeling an increasing pressure for peace. It is the first of three articles giving the background of labor’s |English people they would soon i realize that England was no longer | : . |isolated as she has been before ment, dashed madly to their tele- ‘COL Oh]SOH to Make Hlslthe rise of Germany’s air power. |phones in their homes all over the Recommendations to | “Once we started bombing,” said | country. he, “they would realize that their| The first thought was to call Next Congress |isolation is ended for once and |the radio station and get complete ‘\ror all.” |information. When that failed they bl tried someone else. The radio sta- JUNEAUITB TO A'ITENDILmn officials seeing that it was |causing a general tieup took the SCOWSHRMREUNION | program from the air. Then angry gress to continue the increased | protests began to pour in from | wages to railroaders, voted at the| Five Juneau Masons are plan- |listeners who felt they had been last session, provided no wage cuts ning to attend the Scottish mte'chemed, For those listeners who are made to railroad workers in the reunion in Fairbanks on November |were “cheated” this bit of informa- | States., * 7 116. 17, 18 and 19 at which nme‘tion might be of value: “The men | The last Congress sappropriated degrees from the fourth to the 32d |from Mars took sick and died just i;wo,ooo for a 10 percent increase to|will be confered. Going from here |before the curtain came down.” | workers on the Alaska Railroad, and |will be W. P. Scott, Ed Sutton, | R Col. Ohlson said unless new legisla- | Jack Fargher, Howard D. Stabler| Mr, and Mrs. Edgar Johnson and | tion is enacted at the forthcoming|and W. B. Heisel. They expect to family have moved from Circle ‘,Congress, wages must be reduced at|leave from here on the PAA plane Springs to Switch Creek to spend the end of the present fiscal year. |November 15. the winter, country, Sunday night, who had heard only part of the announce- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. | Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Man-‘ ager of the Alaska Railroad, said he will recommend to the next Con-i 1—| {many would get what she wanted. from Mars had landed -carrying/ Tn BE URGED‘ It was stated that if the German |invaders of superior intelligence. | |air force once started bombing the Thousands of people all over the | family dispute. By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — The | peace between CIO and AFL that | the ranks of labor seek is held away | by so many obstacles that observers heré believe only the most punish- ing pressure from the President and from other sources will eliminate them. The most hopeful sign of peace | available is that pressure is already developing upon at least four fronts with such rapidity that even the most callous labor leaders can no longer ignore it. It comes from: 1—President Roosevelt, who urged the American Federation of La- bor convention at Houston to leave open the door to peace be- fore “reactions” set in to injure the workers. | 2—Employers, harassed by “jurisdic- tional” strikes, who have beguns to strike back both openly and through intensified activities of their own business organizations. 3—The shirt-sleeve ranks of labor, which extend little sympathy to the scraps of their distant su- DISCOVERED IN SUNKEN SEINER Fishermen on Emma Sight | Recently Foundered | Craft at Pt. Hugh 'NO SIGN OF LIFE | 'SEEN ALONG SHORE Boat Believed to Be Per- haps 80 Feet Long, Painted White Another fishing boat has become a victim of the sea, according to a mystery story told in Juneau to- day by Capt. Tom Ness of the hali- | buter Emma and fisherman Martin Borlick. Yesterday morning the men sighted the masts of a sunken seine boat off Point Hugh at the south end of Glass Peninsula on Admiral- ty Island, about 45 miles south of Juneau. The men said the boat is “appar- ently about 60 or 80 feet long,” and appears to be white. At half tide the mast top and boom was about four feet out of water, about 200 feet south of the light, close in- shore. 0il Coming Up Borlick said oil was still coming to the surface from the boat, but | no sign of life was seen along the shore. A company flag “'°s at the mast head, Borlick sai s “light in color and has green stripes on it.” It was believed possible the boat had gone over the reef just off the point and had sunk when reaching deeper -water, e Borlick saw the few feet of mast sticking out of the water while he was at he wheel and called Capt. Ness tc tho pilot house. Running in as close a1s they (ured, they were unable to see fic boat clearly in the wa'er helow, (lcy said. The Emma was ieturning from a trip to Prince Rupert with its last load of Lalibut ior the season. | {AINA T2 SCENE | In thc forma oot flled by Capt. | Ne: h the U. 8. Customs, he said | the wmast and boen: of the sunken | vessel wer: painted gray with a | white top on the mast. | The rcport also seid it is believed | the hull could be inspected at low tide. The cutter Haida vas to leave for the scene of the wreck at 1:30 this ‘Bfl,ernwn to investigate. | | COPPER RIVER - R.R.ISSUE TO . BE TAKEN UP Public Hearings on Aband- onment of System Be Conducted by ICC WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. — The Interstate Commerce Commission [will hold hearings “at some point | reasonably convenient to protesting | parties” before passing on the ap- | plication’ of the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad to abandon that rail system between Cordova and Kennecott, Alaska. . | The commission made public sev= eral protests, including a petition signed by the residents of Chitina and a statement from the Cordova Chamber of Commerce that aband- onment will “impose partial isola- perior: tion of the social insecurity” of 4—Fear of crippling legislation, cordova, Chitina, McCarthy and some of which is being urgedifldjuem territory. upon Congress while even more s is being pressed upon state legis-| Robert Woolsey i . . . A major trouble confriting those| Ies all' seeking peace is that a virtual dead- | L] line has been set. If negotiations . . # i {Motion Picture Comedian toward peace have not made pro- gress before November 14, the CIO| Passes Away Aftcl' Long Illness ZERO HOUR APPROACHES will meet at the call of John L.| Lewis, already issued, to form a permanent constitutional organm-‘ tion. When that step is taken, it is| MALIBU BEACH, Cal, Nov. 1.— generally agreed, the difficulties will| Robert Woolsey, 49, motion picture be multiplied ten-fold. | comedian, is dead here after a long Boiled down to the elements, illness. there are two principal sources of| Woolsey teamed with Bert Wheel- conflict among labor's organiza-|er in numerous comedies such as tions which have brought on the|“Rio Rita,” “Cuckoos Half Shot at present break and the continued|Sunrise” “Hold 'em Jail,” and “So (Continued on Page Six) ‘lTth Is Africa.”