The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 12, 1939, Page 1

L vy e ¥, (L] e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1939. VOL. LIII, NO. 7998. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NATIONAL DEFENSE PLAN IS PRESENTED Fortifying of Alaska AIR, SUBMARINE BASES IN ALASKA ARE ESSENTIAL T0 NATIONAL DEFENSE SCHEME REYNOLDS SUGGESTS DEFENSES Senator from North Caro-| lina, Last Summer Vis- | itor, Requesls Action NORTHLAND SHOULD BE l GUARDED TO DEFEND U.S. | Attack from West, Not Ai lantic, Is Forecast in Future WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—United | States Senator Robert R. Reynolds, | of North Carolina, today urged the Senate to strengthen the Alaska de- | to guard against | fenses in order attack from the west. “If invasion eevr comes to the continental soil of the United States it will come perhaps from the direc- tion of Alaska and not across the Atlantic,” declared the Senator. Senator Reynolds assepted that the Siberian Coast, across from Al- | aska, is fortified by Soviet Russia. The Senator intimated that Soviet | Russia could invade Alaska with only a matter of a few minutes of flying and it is only a matter of a few hours flying from Japan to Al- aska, the first American soil to be | reached in case of invasion. Senator Reynolds said he visited Alaska last summer and he is con- vinced that the Territory could be made an impregnable output for continental United States. Reynolds also urged funds for a road linking the continental United | States with Fairbanks, Alaska. BOUNTY LIFT FOR WOLVES IS PROPOSED House Bill Would Give $25 for Pelts and Give Territory Hides Territorial bounty on wolves and coyotes will be raised to $25 from $20 and the pelts turned over to the Territory for such disposition as the Territorial Treasurer sees fit, if House Bill No. 1, introduced today for first reading by Harvey J. Smith of the Third Division, goes through. Representative Smith, in intro- ducing the bill ,proposing changes in the present bounty law, said: “We've had so much complaint, and apparently so much trouble with smuggled wolf and coyote from Yu- kon Territory that the Territory has been paying for, this bill had to come. It should solve our problem.” The present wolf and coyote boun- ty payment requirements call for skinning of ulna and radius of front left leg, skin attached, with the pro- cedure of getting bounty consider- ably complicated. Smith’s bill proposes the hide, “properly dressed;and prepared,” be witnessed by U. S. Commissioner or Postmaster, if a Commissioner is not in the locality, affidavits sworn to and the hide sent to the Terri- torial Treasurer, who in turn wil pay the bounty and sell the hide, the monies accruing therefrom to the Territory of Alaska going in the General Fund. The hides will be sold at pulic auc- tion or wherever the Treasurer deems advisable. New Help House and Senate concurred to- day on a Senate Joint Resolution and a House amendment to the same, providing for additional help in both houses. Two additional employees were favorably voted on this afternoon (Continued on Page Eight) | of Naval Operations, Senator | PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 12. —Admiral William Leahy, Chief told the Navy League today that “an orderly rounding out of our pres- ent authorized fleet, together | with building essential air and submarine bases in continental United States, Alaska and island possessions, are essential to our security.” Admiral Leahy contended that it is not necessary at present to . maintain two fleets, one ade- quate to protect the Atlantic and the other the Pacific at the same time. | - | IN THE FTDERAL RESERVE AC A GREAL AND VITAL DA ‘HY 163 £, }&PL 3 . ' NATION'S TRIBUTE was laid at the feet of Sen. Carter Glass of Virginia, who stands somewhat awed before plaque in his nonor. The veteran senator was lauded at Washington ceremonies marking 25th anniversary of federal reserve act. By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, — Con- gress is unlikely to attempt any revolutionary ‘solution of railroad difficulties this session simply be- cause there is no revolutionary so- lution which looks like a sure thing. A glance at ‘the report of the President’s railroad ~executive-em- ployee committee, together operating statistics of railroads and their competitors discloses all too clearly the complexity of the | problem. Not only are the facts of opera- tion in themselves difficult to ad- just: to bring about an improve- ment in railroad condition, but regional political and economic factors are so entangled that Con- gress could not act independently of them. Barely had the committee come forth with its recommendations than the most railroad-minded member of Congress, Senator Wheeler, chairman of the inter- state commerce committee, flatly opposed one of the recommenda- tions. His home state of Montana, together with much of the Rocky Mountain_territory, would be badly with’ Drastic Changes fo Help Railroads Nof Believed Likely Present Congress hit by acceptance of the commit- tee’s proposal to abolish the long and short haul section of the inter- state commerce act. JEALOUS OF PROTECTIVE RATE Years ago the railroads used to charge low rates for long cross country hauls! particularly between the Mississippi and the Pacific Coast, so as to compete with ocean- going commerce connecting the east and west by means of the Panama Canal. The Rocky Moun- tain territory paid higher rates simply because there was no water competition. = Later, this practice was denounced by the Rocky Mountain territory as an inequali- ty and was prohibited. Much manufacturing and farm- ing have developed in the Rocky Mountains because of this protec- tive rate clause and any attempt to eliminate it would unite the moun- taineer congressmen in one solid bloc of opposition. Midwest grain growers and south- ern cotton growers in turn would fight any proposal to bear down (Continued on Page Seven) U.S. Bombers Make Record Mass Flight Forty-five N-a;y Air Fleet Craft Fly, San Diego fo Panama Canal CRISTOBAL, Jan. 12.—A fleet of 45 United States Naval patrol bomb= ing planes have completed the greatest mass nonstop flight in nav- al history, In one day the 45 bombers made the 3,000-mile flight from San Diego to the Panama Canal. The movement demonstrated just how quickly planes could be con- centrated in case of an attack from a foreign nation and what distances can be covered. REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IS TO MEET Iwemy-fivgfillar aPlafe Lincoln .Day Dinner. on February 13 NEW YORK, Jan. 12—The Re- publican leadership of the nation will assemble here on February 13 |at a $25 plate Lincoln Day dinner | to celebrate the 1938 election gains. Ilncldemally the dinner is also ex- | pected to arouse enthusiasm for the 11940 campaign. APPROPRIATION FOR WPA GIVEN 1 BOOST ALONG House Committee Approv- ed Sum of $725,000,- 000 for Brief Period WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. — The House Appropriations Committee, although contending that WPA rolls carry thousands who are neither rightfully or even justifiably there- on,” formally recommended that the $725,000,000 appropriation to keep the agency going until June 30. President Roosevelt has asked for $150,000,000 more but that figure, the committee said, “presages a con- tinued degree of unemployment out of harmony with general recovery.” Four Republican members of the Committee assert that a “national scandal requires immediate action,” referring to many charges made against alleged political coercion in the WPA. ‘These four members, the minority, went further into their report and said the funds appropriated, should keep the WPA operating until April 7 and by that date a new basis in the conduct of relief activities should be reached. JAPANESE MOP UP IN SECTION AROUND NANKING Invaders Co_r;fieie Opera- tions - Will Operate 100-Mile Railroad SHANGHAI, ‘Jan. 12.—Japanese authotities announce that successful to open a 100-mile stretch of the Tientsin-Pukow Railroad. It is stated that one train will make the round trip daily from Suchow to Pengpu. |Mexican War mopping up operations north of | Nanking have now made it possible | Is Now Being Urged YOU CAN'T BEAT THE DUTCH who desi airliner pllau ln nm-llndlnn Wllh a rear nrnneller. 1t has Four Million Dollar Budget Is Submitted fo Legislature FRANKFURT:R ITESTIFIES IN OWN DEFENSE Nominee to Supreme Court Appears Before Sen- ate Committee BULLETIN — WASHING TON, Jan. 12—The Senate Jud- iciary Sub-Committee late this afternoon approved of the nom- ination of Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme court and now ac- tion will be taken by the full Committee to make a report. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12—Felix Frankfurter, Harvard Professor nominated by President Roosevelt for Association Justice on the Sup- reme Court Bench, testified today that he supported the rights of the Ku Klux Klan and Nazi sympath- izers to enjoy the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free assembly. Frankfurter gave his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Sub- Committe at the hearing on his nomination to the highest court in the land. Frankfurter outlined his connec- tion with the American Civil Lib- erties Union and said he consistent- ly insisted that all should receive equal rights under the constitution. He further said the Union frequent- ly consulted him on “major issues.” Under questioning by Senator william E. Borah, Frankfurter fur- ther said: “Some time ago a question arose when members of the Ku Klux Klan attempted to hold a mass meeting and parade in my neighboring city of Boston. The city officials sought to stop the Klan from:the mass meeting and also from parading. I sald they were entitled to the right of free speech and assembly. Civil liberties mean liberties to those we like and don’t like or even detest. REBEL LEADER REPORTED SHOT MEXICO CITY, Jan. 12. — The Department an- nounces that Gen. Cedillo, Agrarian leader who headed an unsuccessful revolt against the Mexican Govern- ment 1ast spring, has been slain In a battle with Federal troops. The battle took place late yesterday af- ternoon. The Territorial Board of Budget, consisting of Gov. John W. Troy, Treasurer Oscar G. Olson and Au- ditor Frank A. Boyle, has recom- mended adoption of a budget eall- ing for expenditure of $4,091,069.28 in the biennium ending March 31, 1941, Net estimated revenues for the same period are figured at $4,201,- 200, which would come to $3,976,200 from the general fund and $225,000 from the public school current fund. Restoration 'by the Legislature of salary cuts made in 1933 is recom- mended in the report of the Board. The original salaries of Chief Clerks and Accountants have not been re- stored since that reduction, though for all other offices in the Terri- torial government cuts made in 1933 were reinstated by the 1935 Legislature. Salaries of Chief Clerks and Ac- countants at present are 10 per- cent below what they were before 1933. Recommendations of Board Budget Board recommendations for appropriations, with the amount allowed in the past biennium shown in parenthesis, are as follows: Office of the Governor: $23,540 ($21,020). The increase would be in salary of Assistant to the Secretary to the Governor, and $2,000 addi- tional for contingent office expense, including dissemination of informa- tion about Alaska. Office of the Attorney ‘General: $22,400 ($17,250). Increases would be in salary of Clerk, extra clerical as- sistance, traveling expenses, court costs, contingent office expense and additional law books. Office of the Auditor: $55,670 ($37,691.50). Included are new items of $6,000 for carrying into effect provisions of insurance laws and $2,000 to audit accounts of Alaska University and Pioneers’ Home. Treasurer’s Office Office of Territorial Treasurer: $57,900 ($50,905,81). Increases would be principally in salary of Chief clerk, salary of Stenographers and contingent. expenses. Territorial Banking' Board: $2,500 ($1,500). For Support of Schools: $1,255,000 ($1,108,034.77). In addition, $40,000 for new building is recommended, compared to $20,000 ed for the purpose by the 1937 Legislature. Office of Commissioner of Educa~- tion: $35,400 ($38,060.89). University of Alaska: $213,000 ($405,210.38). The new power plant and girls’ dormitory buildings pro- vided for in the 1937 budget account for the apparent discrepancy in ap- propriations. The board’s recom- menjdations provide a slight in- crease for ordinary purposes. Office of Highway l:nclneat $13,- 000 ($14,000). Reduction to be in contingent expenses. ‘Telephone Lines: $1,500 ($2,500). Big Road Appropriation Roads: $600,000 ($400,000). Only $500,000 had been asked for this purpose but the Budget Board be- " (Continued on Page Five) igned this bodyless plane for use in tululu tricycle landing wheals. QUARANTINET0 BE LIFITED FOR MONDAY SCHOOL Diphtheriamemit Here Checked - No New Cases Develop - The diphtheria quarantine in Ju- neau and Douglas will be lifted Mon- day in time for students to return to school that morning, if no new cases of the disease appear before then, Territorial Health Commis- sioner Dr. W. W. Council announc- ed this afternoon. Bix cases of the disease, all' but one of them in the Johnson family where the diphtheria first appeared, are extant in Juneau. None of the hundreds of children and adults who took Schick tests here were found to have the disease, the Department Offciial said. However, the quarantine still ap- plies and will be enforced, Dr. Coun- cil said, even on those children who had negative tests. JOINT SESSON OF SENATE, HOUSE SLATED MONDAY Legislature Is fo Consider Confirmation of Four Appoinfments Pirst joint session of the Four- teenth Territorial Legislature is to be held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock for the purpose of consid- ering four appointments announc- ed by Gov. John. W. Troy. The House agreed late today to a Senate plan for the joint session, after the Senate had shown signs incigient rebellion at confirming the appointments. Benator O. D. Cochran of Nome sald, following readng of the Gov- ernor’s message listing the appoint- ments: “I don't feel we are mere automatons to confirm all appoint- ments of the Governor.” Senate President Norman R. Walker reminded Senator Cochran, and Senator Joe Hofman of Seward, who also had asked time to consult his constituents in the Third Divis- ion regarding the appointments, that the Governor was not required to consult anyone in making his ap- pointments and that the task of the Senate was merely to confirm them. Confirmation will require going into joint session. An original motion by Senator Rivers suggesting that the joint session be held tomorrow was amended by Senator Roden to provide for the session Monday, after the Legislators have had time to consider the appointments. Welfare Board Confrimations Senator Cochran said in the same connection that the appointments of the entire Welfare Board would (Continued on Page Eight) PLAN GIVEN 10 CONGRESS BY ROOSEVELT Five Hundred and Fifty- two Million Dollar Ap- propriaton Requested WARNING GIVEN T0 LAWMAKERS OF U . President Says Existing Forces of Country Ut- ferly Inadequate WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today presented his $652,000,000 National Defense pro- gram to With the pmenuewn of the Na- tional Defense program, the Presi- dent gave a warning that “our ex- isting forces are so utterly inad- equate that they must immediately be strengthened.” The President recommended in his summary Navy training for civ- ilian air pilots and in addition asked for $27,000000 for an “adequate peace garrison” for the Psnama Canal Zone. The President said the program. is “devold of all hysteria and as sub- mitted is but a minimum of require- ments.” The President also said the total request for new funds, not all of which will be spent in one year, will lift the recently submitted Budget of $1,661,000,000 which is the largest of any peace time outlay. The President urged Congress to take speedy action. ‘The program presented includes $450,000,000 for the Army, $65,000,000 for the Navy and $10,000,000 for training of civilian air pilots. " Much of the appropriation re- quest will go to the upbuilding of the American Alr Fleet. The President advocates the im- mediate increase of af least 3,000 planes for the Army. President Roosevelt said he does not “remotely intimate” participa=~ tion in another war on European sofl nor any thought; of aggression. The Presideni did say that “neve ertheless, as Executive head of thiz Government, I am compelled to look facts in their face.” The President also sald, “We have a splendid asset in the quality of our manhood but without modern weapons and without adequate training, the men, however, of & splendid’ type, would be hopelessly handicapped if we are attacked. The young men of this nation should not be compelled to take the field with antiquated weapons.” Woman Spy, Is Arrested, Los Angeles Pefite Blonde Wife of So- viet Agent Implicated in U. S. Charges LOS ANGELES, Cal. Jan. 12— Natasha Gorin, petite blonde wife of Mikhail Gorin, Soviet Travel Bureau Manager, has joined her husband as defendant in the United States Government charges that valuable documents have been stolen from the files of the Naval Intelli- gence Service and sent to Russia. Also accused in the same cose is Hafis Salich, former Berkeley, Cals ifornia, police officer. Federal agents arrested Mrs. Gore in last night. It is understood the Soviet Gove ernment has obtained several leads ing attorneys to defend Gorin nfl‘ his wife, i