The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1939, Page 1

b} “* - "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRL “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7996. . JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA WANTS FISH COMMISSIONER BR" pREMlER‘NorwegmnRoyalt y toTour U.S. j Ap AN S AIR OFF TODAY ON PEACE ACTION Chamberla}n_ Staris South ‘ fo Rome for Conference with Mussolini SEEKING TO GET INSIDE OF THREE-POWER MOVES French Reporis Germany Preparing fo Make At- fack, Mediterranean (By Associated Press) British Premier Neville Chamber- lain left today on another attempt | to smooth Europe’s Authoritarian Powers through face to face talks| with the leaders, this time with Premier Benito Mussolini, of Italy. The apparent sweeping Insurgent offensive in Spain, with accom- panying successes, is reported as a factor and expected to enter into the talks at Rome. British Premier Chamberlain twe-menth transcontinental tour | <‘ Crown Prince Olay and Princess Martha of Nerway, who will make a of the United States next spring. The royal couple is expected to start their visit at Hyde Park, N. Y., FORCE HITS ATCHUNKING Nearly One Hundred War | Planes Bombard China’s Provisional Capital PEACE APPEAL BEING . MADE BY NEW REGIME Chinese ConTin—ue Harrass- | ing Invaders, One Sec- tor—Attack Garrison | SHANGHAI Jan. 10—Japan’s | Air Force has subjected Chunking, |China’s, Provisional Capital, to bombardment, using nearly 100 war planes while the Japanese domin- ated Nanking regime called on the | Chinese people to yield to Japan. A Japanese communique issued |today says the Chinese military | establishments at Chunking, nearly {1,400 miles up the Yangtze, have | |been heavily damaged as war mlanes attacked in relays and meet- ling no Chinese resistance. SENATE READY; ' ORGANIZED FOR . BUSY SESSION | Officers Hired, Committees Appointed, First Bills g Are Received Alaska’s Territorrar Senate got down to actual business today, ap- | pointing committees for the session and hiring officers and permanent help. Also, the first bill and first reso- lution went into the legislative hopper. Senate aides, already occupying their positions when the body con- vened at 11 o'clock this forenoon, | are as follows: Miss M. Bess Millard, of Juneau, Secretary. | ~ Miss Edythe M. Young, of Juneau, Assistant Secretary. Miss Roby L. Hogins, of Juneau, | Enrolling Clerk. ; Miss Belle P. Wasvick, of Peters- yburg. Engrossing Clerk. Miss Charlotte Clauson, of Peters- burg, Watchman. Miss Patricia E. Dooley, of Cor- dova, Doorkeeper. Peter F. Gilmore, of Ketchikan, Messenger. Fred A. Sorri, of Fairbanks, Ser- geant-at-Arms. Oath of office for this permanent ALASKA'S FISHING INDUSTRY SENATE ASKS THREATENED BY NEW TREATY AppOINTMENT IN EFFECT NEXT NOVEMBER 1/NTERRITORY Protest Made fo Regulations Requiring Four lItensed Men Aboard Craff; Resolutions Passed by Alaska| Trollers Association; Further Action Expected from Other Unions as Well as Employers KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 10 —Declaring that Alaskas fish- ing industry is threatened by the International Labor Treaty which was ratified by the Senate last June and becomes effective next November 1, the Alaska Trollers Association has adopted a resolution asking Congress to provide exemption for boats under 200 gross registered ton- nage, as provided in the Treaty. The law, taking effect on Nov- ember 1, required four licensed officers, Captain, Mate, Engin- eer, on all boats. The resolution adopted by the Alaska Trollers Association says in part that the law will “para- lyze and shut down the entire fishing industry of Alaska and work hardships on thousands of Alaskan workers who depend entirely on the fishing industry as a means of lvelihood, and furthermore it is utterly impos- sible to employ four - licensed men. It is expected here that other fishing groups, unions and em- loyers will adopt similar resolu- tions asking Congress for ex- emption. L. A. Spy Gets 2 Yeears in Jail (First Measure in legnsla- ture Implores Aid of President SENATOR WALKER BACKED FOR POST TFisherieR;mmiflee of Senafe fo Approve Resolution A high-geared drive to obtain the appointment of an Alaskan as U, 8, Commissioner of Fisheries was set in motion today in the Territorial |Senate when as its first measure | the body received a Senate concur~ rent resolution “earnestly imploring” | President Roosevelt to appoint a resident of Alaska to the office. Senator Japies H. Patterson, who introduced the resolution and to whose Fisheries Committee it was referred by Senate President Nor- man R. Walker, announced this af- where they will be guests of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Olav is first cousin of Geerge VI of England and son of the recently deceased Queen Maude of Norway, who was sister of King George V would like to learn the 1939 plans| Prince | of the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo triangle. | Reports are growing that Ger-| ternoon that his eommittee had al~ ready met to pas he measure | Meanwhile the first public peace | staff was administered by Senator move by one of the Japanese O, D. Cochran of Nome, Notary 44 oy o many and Italy are making efforts to dominate Spain and her stra- tegic ports on the Mediterranean Sea as outposts. This cast a shadow on the Premier's @departure which was entirely different from when he started for Munich last autumn as well as also to other con- ferences. The British Premier left Lon- don today carrying last minute re- ports Charles Cordin that Germany’s new fleet of “minnow submarines” is being built to hamper French and British shipping in the Mediter- ranean. The British Premier is accom- panied on his present trip by For- | eign Secretary Halifax and a brief stop will be made in Paris for conference with French officials. It is reliably reported that Cham- | berlain will advise Mussolini to patch up his quarrel with France | over the Colonies in Africa. —,,— TWO INSURGENT COLUMNS MAKE NEW OFFENSIVE verging on Tarragona, Major Coastal City HENDAYS, Jan. 10.—Insurgent dispatches report that two of Gen. Francisco Franco’s columns are converging on Tarragona, Mediterranean coastal city, 50 miles southwest of Barcelona. One column is moving toward the city from the west and is re- ported to have taken the villages of Bellmunt and Pradell. Another column is driving from the north and advancing against Espluga. WASHINGTON'S MINE OUTPUT BREAKSRECORD WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — The Bureau of Mines reports that Wash- ington State’s mineral output rose to the highest point recorded in history in 1938 with the recovery of about $5,500,000 in gold, silver, cop- per, lead and zinc, This is compared to $2,225,000 during 1937. — o BIG BUSINESS IN FAR WEST IN PAST YEAR SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 10.— Compilations made by the Federal Reserve Bank shows that the Far Wests's business volume amounted to about forty million dollars during 1938, a| | major | of England. of King George VI of England. 180 RESIDE AT PIONEER HOME, SITKA from French Ambassador | | Constant Wam ng List Is Reported by Superin- fendent Hansen | Alaska Pioneers’ | has cared for a capacity load of 18 | men throughout the past two \?er' and has had a waiting list of be-| |tween 20 and 30 men all of that \l.lmfi it is revealed in the biennial unpm', of Eiler Hansen, Superin- | Lmd?nl During the biennium there were 292 persons cared for in the Home. O( these 121 were admitted during ‘the period, 76 died, 32 were dis- | report. Total net expenditures Home in 1937 were $75,153.72 and |last year they were $73,356.90, Daily | ;BVEI'flge cost, for maintenance of resi- | dents of the Home was $1.13 in 1937 and $1.09 in 1938. Standard of service and quality of food at the Home has been increased | during the biennium, ported. Credit to Alaska “The care of the aged is a prob- |lem that is growing in importance |each year throughout the nation,” Hansen states in his report. “It is now being conceded that the wretch- ed and degrading conditions sur- rounding the average poor house in the States should be relegated to the past. Every Alaskan ought to be proud of the fact that this Terri- tory years ago solved the poor house problem by providing housing and operating facilities that made it pos- sible to create a real home for its pioneers. The Pioneers’ Home is liv- img proof that .an institution can be operated for the aged without destroying ‘their independence or curtailing the rights of individual liberty. ' I do not consider in any sens: of the word that the Pioneers’ Home is a charitable institution. It is a means of paying a just debt by providing care and comfort to the men who gave their years of usefulness to the development of Alaska.” combined columbarium and mauso- leum are recommended by Super- intendent Hansen, as it is.impossible to find any new area around Sitka for burial ground. The present | cemetery, he estimates will suffice for a period of but 20 years. More than 150 varieties of native flowers and shrubs now grow as part of the landscaping of the Home, (Continued on Page Seven) s Home at Sitka | | charged and 184 were residents of |® Franco’s Forces Are Con-| the Home December 31, 1938, close | (of the period covered in Hansen's| of the| Hansen re-| Installation of a crematory and a | The couple will be in the United States during the visit | chosen regimes in the occupied ter-| |ritory, appeared from a statement Public. Resolution and Bill \by Wen Tsung Yao, President of | Senate Concurrent Resolution No. Law (hanges Recommend iByMIy Gen. Regulation of 0ufsnde | Unions Suggested ‘ in Report } Enactment by the present LegLs ature of a law “to. loosen the strang=- ng hold of non-resident unions continually threatenting the Ala<ka‘ labor situation and dictating the | terms of employment and conditions | under which labor may be employed | in Alaska” is recommended by At-| | torney General James S. Truitt in| | his biennial report submitted to the| Governor and Legislature. The Attorney General listed 34| suggestions and recommendations | sent to his office for needed leglsla-I ion. “We have tried to make known | and to’discover which laws on our | | statute books are not working well. |and to learn where they should be | amended, so that the resuit intended | by our Legislature might be attain- led,” Attorney General Truitt said. Among recommendations in the Xreport are the following: | Fisheries Recommendations That a larger license fee be re- | | qujred of non-resident fishermen. That only bona fide residents of the Territory be employed in the fishing industry, on a graduated scale, allowing employers 10 per cent of the total number employed to be non-residents, such as foremen, superintendents and technical help. That a new law be enacted pre- scribing a legal definition of a “resi- dent of Alaska” with respect to fishing, in order to prevent fisher- men coming in the Territory early in the spring and leaving when the cannery crews go out in the fall. That a law be enacted prohibit- ing non-residents fishing in Alaska waters; said law to take effect two years after approval by Congress, | as two years would.give everyone who wants to fish in Alaska waters ample time to become residents, and give the canneries ample time to make arrangements in the selec- tion of their fishermen. Weights and Measures That a law be enacted providing | for the inspection of weights and measures. | That the administration of the| | Bureau of Fisheries in the Terri-| tory be investigated. That an Alaska Game Comission | |be created with roots of authority |in the Territory and not in apoint- ees from Washington, and that the | constitutionality of the Alaska Game Law be tested. In regard to the liquor question, (Continued on Page Five), |the Legislative Council. The statement says: “The Re- formed Government of Nanking ap- peals to the people living in nine provinces, which are still listed as| in control of the Chinese Governs= menyg, headed by Chiang Kal Shek, | to accept peace with Japan“ofn’ !l basis of terms laid down Decem- | ber 22 by Prince Konoye, then Ja-| pan’s Premier.” JAPANESE ATTACKED SHANGHAI, Jan. 10—The Chi- nese continued renewed activity in| the vicinity of the Hangchow sec- | tion, 100 miles southwest of Shang- | hai. The activity is an attack on the | Japanese garrison at Yuchang, 15 mfles west of Hangchow. RUSSIA, JAPAN FACING BREAK OVER FISHERIES {Soviet Un i—o; Announces Auction of Rights, Sea Okhotsk, Soon Jan. 10.—Soviet Russia TOKYO, (has informed Japan she intends to| auction, during February, the fish- ery lots in the Sea of Okhotsk, hitherto operated by the Japanese, although negotiations are still in progress for a new Soviet-Japa- nese fisheries agreement. The Foreign Minister said such a step will aggravate the present Russian-Japanese relations. Day of Reckoning (an Be Postponed LONDON, Jan. 10.—The stock ex- change committee has given itself | power, by means of an addition to| the rules, to postpone the date or any settlement should war or any' other emergency arise. Settiement days occur usually once | a fortnight, when members meet | their commitments. Students Get Paid For Their Classwork CHAPEL HILL, N. C, Jan. 10.— | Students in the dramatic classes of Prof. Frederick H. Koch at the Uni- versity of North Carolina write plays |and get paid for them. Koch, who is director of the Caro- lina Playmakers, has just distributed more than $200 in royalties to| :members of the organization whose | | plays were published in “Carolina | Folk Plays.” e 15 SHADES OF STOCINGS LONDON—Shades of women’s stockings which next spring and summer are to be restricted to 15 will range from “Carefree” (almost nude) to dark gunmetal, i |1, introduced by Senator James Pat- | terson of Valdez, urges President Roosevelt appoint an Alaskan as U. | 8. Commissioner of Fisheries. It wasg referred to the Senate Fisheries ACommm-ee te Bill No. 1, introduced by “Wtetor 0. Rivers of ‘Fair- banks, provides for making unknown | heirs of deceased persons, or other | persons or parties who are unknown, | defendants in any suit or action | relating to real property. It was re- | ferred to the Judiciary Committee. Petitions dealing with liquor regu- lations were received from the Ju- nean Ministerial Assoclation and from John B. Bentley, Suffragan | Bishop of Alaska, at Nenana. | Governor, House Notified A committee consisting of Sen- |ators Cochran, Rivers and Leroy Sullivan was appointed to notify |the Governor and the House that the Senate was now organized and | ready for business. This committee brought back from | the Governor’s office the word that | Gov. Troy’s message would be de- liveerd to the Legislature either to- morrow or Thursday. After resolving itself into a Com- | mittee of the Whole to consider the | assignment of members to commit- | tees, the Senate approved the fol- lowing appointments: Senate Committees Committee on Finance and Cor- | porations: Sullivan, Chairman; Walker, Rivers, Patterson. | Committee on Taxation and Trans- (Continued on Page Eight) e 'PLEAD GUILTY '~ FRAUD CHARGE “IN FED. COURT Three Mus&;—Brolhers fo | Take Rap for Making False Reports NEW YORK, Jan. 10. — Three | brothers of the late Donald Coster- | Musica, Robert and George Dietrich and George Vernard, pleaded guilty | today in the Federal Court on the |charge of violating the Securities I Act 'he charges involved the filing of ‘ralse financial statements with the Secretary of the New York Stock Exchange. Sentence was deferred until Feb- ruary 6. MRS. WALTHER DIES, CHICAGO CHICAGO, 11, Jan. 10.—Mrs. | Alice Walther died here today with !son, who was summoned home last | October from Alaska by amateur radio operators, at her bedside. His | arrival caused an improved con- dition but she suffreed a relapse last week. 1 worker, who was recently found Karl A. rummoml. 21, former Snnu Monica, Ci aireraft factory guilty of stealing documents and blueprints from an airplane factory where he was employed and where secret military and naval planes taken into custody on espionage were under construction. When charges, he, Drummond, said his object was to illustrate the ease with which a real spy could obtain the vital documents. Authorities said he was attempting to sell the material to Japan. Photo shows Drummond with his fiancee, Vivian Stukey. Federal Judge Leon R. Yankwich sentenced Drummond to two years in the penitentiary and delivered a scathing lecture on putrjollsm to Drummond. DIPHTHERIA HERE IS SUDSIDING; NO CASES DEVELOP Five Victims Reported Re-| covering-Tests Given 642 Here With no new cases having de- veloped, Juneau's diphtheria epi- demic today was well under control of the Territorial Department of Health. The five persons stricken with the disease were reported this af- ternoon to be improving. One boy, Richard Johnson, five, died yester- day morning, Schick tests had been adminis- tered up until today to 436 chil- dren and 206 adults at the Ju- neau Health Center, with 154 young children receiving toxoid treatment. Dr. Marcia Hays and Miss Magn- hild Oygard will complete Schick tests at the Douglas public school tomorrow afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock. REPUBLICANS MAKE ATTACKS WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Repre- sentative Allen T. Treadwell, Re- publican of Massachusetts, today continued his attack on the Admin- istration for the second day. He es- pecially attacked the Administra- tion’s reciprocal trade treaties and predicted that the present minority Party’s membership will be strong enough in 1940 to repeat the pro- gram of ‘“doubling representation of the Republican Party in Con- gress and which will show the peo- ple are beginning to realize what the New Deal is doing to them.” COMMITTEES ARE NAMED IN HOUSE TODAY Legislafure Ready for Business {was olled today in readiness for |business as formation of commit- tees and selection .of Chaplain pointed to notify the Governor and the Senate that “the House is now | prepared for business ol the ses- !sion.” The Rev. David Wnuoner of the Pirst Presbyterlan Church in Ju- neau, was unanimously voted Chap- |lain for this 1939 ssion of the |House of Represent 25, The Committec on Commitiees, composed of A. P. Walker, Garnet Martin. Harvey nith and Chester Spencer, turned in was approved without dissent be- fore the House adjourned until 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon: Banks, Banking and Corpora- tions: Davis, Porter, Drager, Lan- der, Anderson. Education, Public Health, @ antine and Morals—Dowd, Al son, Coffey, Lander. Elections, Election Laws Mileage—Gordon. Anderson McCutcheon. Engrossment and Enrollment — Anderson, Martin, ‘McCutcheon, Gordon, Fisheries, Fish, Game and Agri- culture—Walker, Davis, Smith, Cof- | fey, Lander, Gordon, Martin, Por- ter. Judiciary and Federal Relations— Drager, Davis, Dowd, Spencer. Labor, Capital, and Immigration | (Continued on Page Eight) r- and Dowd, Lower Branch of Territorial | Legislative machinery in the Ter- |ritorial House of Representatives | was made and two committees ap- | the following | permanent committee roster, which | and would report i.vu.ably on It when the Senate convenes at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Though hie name is not mentioned in the resolution, 1t is evident that | Senator Norman R. Walker of Ket- chikkan is the Alaskan behind whom | support. for appointment 18 bew | ing mustered. Resolution - resolu con, suppgrt which in ‘_he ‘Houee will be sought and undoubtedly voted, is as follows: WHEREAS, the life, the welfare, the protperily and the happiness of ¥ upproximltely one-half of the popu~ |1ation of this Territory is totally de~ pendent upon the Alaska fisheries (ond the manner and method in | which the same are »dministered by | the United States Bureau of Fish- | erfes; and WHEREAS, Alaska and the people thereof have suffered greatly in the | past due to the almost total absence |of an Alaskan viewpoint in the de- termination of the policies of the Bureau of Fisheries; and WHEREAS, careful study and consideration of the functions of the United States Bureau of Pisheries leads to the inescapable conclusion that its chief duty is to conserve -n: administer the Alaska fisheries; an WHEREAS, in view of the situa- tion hereinbefore set forth, the peo- ple of this Territory appear to be fully justified in requesting that the | vacancy in the office of Commis- | (Continued on Page Six) ——— 'NORMAN WALKER IS APPROVED FOR IMPORTANT JOB Local 203 fo Wire Hopkins -Resolution Adopted at Meefing_lgf_t Evening At a regular meeting of Local 203, Mine and Mill Workers Union, |held in Union Hall last night, a | resolution was unanimously approv~ |ed endorsing Senator Norman R. | Walker of Ketchikan to succeed to | the post of United States Commis- mer of Pisherles recently vacated by the resignation of Frank T. Bell | of Washington. The endorsement of Senator Walker by the local union will be to Secretary of Commerce L. Hopkins this afternoon., ding 0 W. A. Rasmussen, retiring President of the local Un« ion, the action was taken to furthe er the possibility ~f putting a resi- dent Alaskan in ehav>~ of the Bur- ean whose main eoncern is the great fishing activities of the Territory. Installation of new officers for the ensuing year also took place at the meeting. Rex A. Herman suc- ceeded W. A, Rasmussen as Presi- dent; E. BE. Stender suceeeded Rex Herman as Vice President; Jack Turkovi¢h, Alternate Vice President was elected; Elmer Jacobsen suc= ceeded Walter Otis as Trustee; Men~ ter Peterson succeeded Ture Bolm as Warden,