The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1938, Page 5

EC. 28, 1938. £ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, D P AP EDITORS SELEC HONCE PUTS MUNICH FIRST: —INCLUDES MARTIAN SCARE ot et e P e e Top ories of 1938 ct of Munich brin the future. questions for ope but po causes worldwide where gains in November elect igan geins world admiration in sen: flight to Ireland in ‘“‘crate.” but expensively sets ro minutes. 1d-the-world and 17 . xv'z, t rearmament race and horrifies tho ands in death leap from fth Avenue 10—Or Welles’ from Mars Other outstanding events cut Schmeling; Queen anizatior Richard ight world pen t anization plan de eizures; business revives n pact becomes effec British-Can CIO become Marie dies; es to prison; Yanks bill goes into effect Mexico and U. S. clash over as pump priming 1 treaties are 23 school child eated; proce tlights Prose signe Hines mistri trade iian-American head h-Levine-Fried 25 make (die in Utah bus accident; forty-six die in Montana train wre 3 N N N \ { \ \ \ \ \ \ \ s § \ \ { { \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ N \ 5 { using blue chips, { N \ | \ \ \ \ \ N \ \ N ’ \ § \ \ N M \ \ N ' { | \ 5 \ 5 figures—mostly younger men — ap peared on the Republican horizon ¢ | politicians began to assess the elec- | tion results in terms of 1940. HONC News Editor ver so often Associated Press "W YORK e 38°S TOP NEWS S Picture of § Ranked by Renh Among "38's Best By ¥. A. RESCH utive News Photo Editor NEW YORK — Selecting “great” news pictures or “best” news pictur- es is like judging a beauty contest. No two people would give the blue ribbon to the same blond. So many exceptional news pic- tures are taken in the course of any year that it AP nistration “ failure. 4 Most populous ani ri 2 of country suffers from de tat- is not possible to hurrican . sift them down 5 rd ‘Coxton in Ch furthers Japanese objec- to a handful of o copy whiech Jo : stands out head 2 and shoulders above the crowd from every point of view. To do so would be rank injustice to the many photog- raphers whd produce top= votech copy con- sistently under favorable and unfavorable conditions alike F. A. Resca Camera Snaps History 1is in Europe naturall; pro- d many outstanding news pic- in 1938. Not one, but several f them probably will go into history becks. Cameras followed epochal ev- ents as effectively as restrictions would aliow. mactic spy from the sequence ame from the Munich confererce. The picture of Europe’s “big four” side by side probably was the most significant picture, as such, but another and more informal view of them perhaps caught the of ¢ trong men gather around a table| rpe year was not w jts nd remake the map of Europe; el e in N CRid0r pirit of appeasement” more ef~ g vas one of the s« = 1938 was one of the years of re sic train wreck in Monta fectively than anly other. “ica, sports always make pact of Munich was the geadly airplane crashes in Cali (nia and Ohio—but overshado all was the devastating huri by a ney T In A for many outstanding pictures. A core or more of truly remarkable could be selected undoubtedly was that slashed the northeast perts pictures 3 news event of the country’s richest and populat m the production of 1938, in- d tension in a world pre- | territory luding not only pictures made of sered for war, but it posed many | Hur 1e Hits East I e e'.'t‘nr l')ul, plcm‘reseme::i.: run-of-mine sports Vi questions f Complacent | of a tropi . easterners storm moving apparently he: ture solution The Conare cataclysm of the na meved Fight Of The Year One Associated Press picture cap= of Vienna Flor Florida knew t 1815 remade Eu ndle storms. Pr - tur a single exposure the whole rope bange vay. coming ¥ J » the windup of the major tern: oht of the year—Max Sci_\meung N a poleonic| ™ 55 ¢n the floor, the referee waving Joe wars; the treaty | T e ey L ws to his corner as the unoffie- S Vasaailies e | -y 4D ‘\‘;“‘ = b 1 | towel was tossed into the ring carved a conti- iRk i cticr less than a round of fighting nent after thef T yhich resuited in dozens of excellent pletures. the unique stories of 1938 was the spectacle of a young man X Word War vear, Hankow Charles Hence Now 3"_[\“';1“: 3 Japan perched on a Manhattan hotel win- reoriented the affairs of Eurcpe. tered the great South China city of dow ledge while a nation awaited Many statesmen had hand Canton jacent to the vital B his aegl DO Jumped“m:o the Ver and Vie b ish port of Hong Kong, without his death, one of the year's t bou! ies they drew Only four men d Munich and et the war s on er deeper struggle. And the Japanese move into a country that wo were sweepir 1 icing at HAD TH TO GET THIS aftermath picts re of Rhode Island’s hurricane scene, it was necessary xeeptional news picture was taken, Seldom has the task of covering a comprehensive news story in pie- tures been as great or as hazardous physfcal changes they made actu-| Unsettled, likewise, the ex-| .. g by were small enough, but the po- between Japan and th pli BiRehsn a niwa DhGteRTADIEE. 1 b snal camera technique res ulting in perfect focus of the people in the as the job of picturing results of nited States cver the “open door; ¥ ¥ as the damaged to buildings in the background. Use of two flash- the late September storm extend- were tentialities of their revision profound Germany Steps Up For one thi power in continental e and he which' bit tuation on the Siberian- . re the Jap an fought an incor ominet 7 the best steries of always is conflict 1 hat will find a place and those that are and the Korean bord still is for a clear view to the southeas Earl in the year Fuehrer F ler sorbed Austria, a s able 1 event in its in restrospect, $69 and $500.000 the latter cate e redible “wr only a pre- tioned and unpublicized jump of 3.- 150 miles was made in a little over 28 hours at a of $69.60. Corrigan 4 exactly $15 in his jeans when he landed, but he has picked up a e piece of change since—money o 4"““"‘“‘_(’“”“"?"_ has eiveum- | pgqingt the $69 flight of Corri- |.cr?bed Jewish activities, but the | oo, consider the perfectly ordered inflammable situation came to @ |s500,000 dash around the world of head when mobs wrecked Jewish | mgowarq Hughes, millionaire Cali- business houses and synagogues fornjan. Without any particular ! on the heels of the assassination of | fanfare, Hughes and four compan- a German diplomat in Paris by alions circled 15,000 miles of globe in young Jewish refugee. One result: |91 hours and 17 minutes, halving the the United States ambassador to previous Wiley Post record Germany was called home for! With most of the world rearm- “consultation and report.” He stiil| ing the United States entered the is here. armament race—using blue chips In November the system of two-|—and with an eye on all of the party government in the United Americas. At the same time, soli- States received a boost as Republi- darity among the nations of the can candidates made sweeping gains | Dew world was sought at the Pan- in national, state and local govern- American Conference in Lima On the 1938 roster of e stories .which Germany (and to a lesser e from Italy) stemmed events which gave 1938 another of its big —~the treatment of the resulting in frantic outside i fforts to. find new homelands for | que ments fellowing an almost total fail ure of an administration gripped millions _ ough themselves of ephemera aracter, place certainly must be fcund for the jump of John Warde attempt & ts. New “disaster. 5. Recession and efforts cands watched breathlessly in the street. Then late at night, in a flare- New Yorkers heaped belongings in . pta wheat farmer, b cial features at the end of his day's work. sibe this study of a D dir detail the man’s utcmobiles e ‘L])Hlnu‘(l new punh "There Goes Mamma”’ ging out in rem: POINTERS GIVEN ir regre alor a fee THE TOWEL didn't mean anything officialy, corner—ihe « ding of thrill. It winner, in the mountains is nc but must not ¥ wverlooked A second later ot great Forfa chance t in recreatior exposure furmn he trick. was gone, b slact photogruhy, TARRRL i Bl ne b Sehmeling-Louis bout ended with the German challenger on the floor and Joe Louis walking to his the picture but re is no ing from Long Island to Vermont. Symbolizing the hurricane’s after- math as well as the plight of sug- vivors was a picture taken in Rhede Island showing storm victims in front of buildings tossed topsy- turvy by the wind. Many other pic- tures made during and after tha storm were equally effective. Gurs And F. D. R. On the U.8.8. Houston an Asso- ciated Press photographer one day 1ove in his campaign for of 31-year-ld Dousias Co n' of - central - Burope—a/| 'igay’ from. New ¥ark to: D last July took a picture of Presi- capped by the Munic n an antiquated, sin motored, | dent Roosevelt in the shadows of i nine-year-old “crate.” The unsanc- the ship’s big guns. The result was a most impressive view of a na- | tion’s chief executive in unusual gn- | vironment. Taken from any other angle, it might have been much less effective. | Typifying scores of remarkable personality pictures from the grist | of a year was a shot of a North Da- | kota wheat farmer at the close of | his day's toil. With perfect detail, | the result of perfect lighting, the picture exemplified a technique which is bringing constantly im- | proving news photography. Six other piciures of 1938—60 cthers—could be appraised similag- ly, and given top rating by any criterion, Those mentioned merely are typical of the many news pie- tures of 1938 which represented not cnly exceptional workmanship on the part of photographers but which ¥ | told a story in picture form wmz § | maximum effectiveness. It involves no hazard to that with this continuously == |ing news photography, each sue- ceeding year should produce more. for their mittens, =nd change pairs and more noteworthy news pictures each time their hands get cold. -regardless of those uncont “breaks” which so often play steh THESE TEN STORIES from the 17th floor ledge of a Fifth PV b ately - Sunday’s accident occurred |excuse for : - one WERE TOPS IN 1937 Avente hofel andtfe’ strangs dret | BC e 'I'o THOSE WHQ where there were many present. can retain cont for attempting | There will be slalom competition|a big part in determining ma of Orson Welles' broadcast, the : - difficult feats just because some one on the second meadow next Mm.-‘nm.m are possible in vficw 1. Supreme Court fight. Horror Makes Headlines happened | 1t is not for nothir x| else’ do day for experts a beginners, | place, i 2. Labor's spiit. For 11 hours Warde, 26 and un- Werthy a USE SK!S perienced skiers and & =" PRac PGy 3. hino - Japanese and employed. stood precariously on the record ‘ each controlled skiinr It is no 1 fl{j{jf‘ rr NOTICE Spanish wars. fecige, smoking: talking. eating aud necessary. to dash wildly down a i contr MSES L deal 4. Hindenburg Zeppelin repulsing efforts B0k & (Contributed) slope with a speed in excess of one’s 5 LORR L TR LLn auor dexiscs AXR. SEC ppel pulsing at rescue, as thou Y Wi nae ‘”.]L‘y !:uhrrd spe 1”;1:“1'; s “l‘h'h S | 8 b ‘h ;lm' 2 jmust have applications for - new. | exfa BY {0!‘, (Il‘wnws in the Clerk of the office not later than 3 p.m. to check it. lit scene of hysterical horror, hes¢ | McKinley, to spend o A W ck 3 & 3 ; ) - s " - gl & |ber 27, if they are to be @ 6. W i ndsor- Warfieid jumped. : £ jumping with ow landing one's techr ets. T 1 the Twelve additional lications for 3 City marriage. Similarly, the mass hysteria of a Divorze Is u?amed on Sunday g things at slow is no t 3 bt cicigp "’.’,‘{,’;‘.'.\51'3“13‘1;1f5§1 t::;:tufifié :spech.l 7. Texas scheol explosion. the Mars broadeast was gripping o . i atiempting them at higt weather should expect meeting of the|to act on licenses, 8. Amelia Earbart’s last news. Welles, a theatrical producer ' i wapeps wic P ": P .‘“" s B g t ts i ep. th Ci Al had been “l’" ROBERT E. COUGHLIN flight. at 23, flashed on a radio program A skiers in the vicinity has grown to P g withou v er ot two proved I All are or estab- dv. Clerk of 9. Coronation of George that monsters from Mars had land- :em:e‘;'fi""dhs: ‘L‘“"‘O"“‘;‘ de e the point where there is need of at and bold |underpeath. O tiscard | Mshmet o Trhe Bl |TEe oo—oer—- 2 5 stified that her husband used | leasta brief course of instruction t s ts.” T i 5 & Bt The . Dt Hiiatiekd Baria T sbeie . ? hid ed in New . Jersey to wipe oubj " 0 0 palioons end teil aies i thia fothad ot L I Rt R0e e 2 in, but The new licenses become effective| The 1939 United States Trish 10. Ohio and Mississippi civilization. Millions believed the & f - | AR dethod of applying a'same might well have been sald of cannot put on that you as of the first of the year, and are|tato crop is ‘expected to fools T nv]v;::ar-nd goes traction splm!_ to a broken arm or skiing. In a race, the s 3 did not bring wi Wis issued by the District Court smer‘ proximately 310,000,000 b s ee 000000 0o - leg. The possibility -of injury v grip of emotion and will ski with a sec pair of fillers appraval by the Council. ' £0,000.000 Lushels less m.;