The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1939, Page 1

[ o —————————— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ! “ALL THE NEWS VOL. LIIL, NO. 8008. ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1939. S MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BARTLETT NAMED SECRETARY ALASKA Impeachment of Sec. of Labor is Proposed RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS Two Other Officials Are Also Mentioned for Investigation CASE OF HARRY BRIDGES 1S LIKELY T0 BE AIRED Statement El-mmediately i Made that Proceedings | Are Welcomed ‘ WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Repre- sentative Thomas today submitted | to the House a resolution directing | the House Judiciary Committee to investigate the conduct of Secre- tary of Labor Frances Perkins with a view of impeachment, The resolution also suggests im- | peachment of James L. Houghtel- ing, Commissioner of Immigration, and Gerald Reilly, Labor Depart-! ment Solicitdr, citing testimony be- investigated Unamerican activities. i Guilty of High Crimes The resolution contends that the| three are “guilty of high crimes and misdeameariofs 1y oftice” for fajlure s - to carry out deportation proceedings | against Harry Bridges, CIO Chief- | tain on the Pacific Coast. | Secretary Perkins quickly issued | a statement declared that she asks | for an immediate hearing to inform the public of the “true facts” in the case. | Welcomes Resolution ! “I welcome the introduction of the resolution and shall ask for an im- | mediate hearing before the Commit- tee which may be referred to Con-| gress, through it, and the American public, may be fully acquainted with the true facts of the deportation pro- | ceedings in the case of Harry Brid- ges and the reason why they are held in abeyance temporarily,” said the Labor Secretary. | Resolution Referred | The resolution has referred to the | Judiciary Committee and Chairman | Hatton W. Summers said probably the committee will hold a meeting Thursday to decide on the procedure. Some of the members of the Judic- | iary Committee said privately they believe the - three accused officials should be given a chance to testify at an open hearing. I Srock QuoraTiOoNs ! NEW YORK, Jan. 24—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 94%, American Light and Power 3, Anaconda 29, Bethlehem Steel 65, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright A 22%, General Mo- tors 44%, International Harvester 53%, Kennecott 36%, Central 17%, Northern Pacfiic 11%, Safeway Stores 34, Southern Pacific 16%, United States Steel 57%, Brem- ner bid % asked 1%, Pound $4.67- | 7-16. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 141.35, rails 29.25, utilities 22.89. BELGIUM’S ‘LITTLE Brussels church with an uncle, phine, mother to her brothers since their mother’s death, enters a [ MOTHER ’ s Princess Jose- Charles. and brother. Baudouin. BLAST TAKEN AT STATUES THAT GLARE OUT AT EVERY TURN IN NATIONAL CAPITAL BIG MERGER IS REPORTED New York | Tongass Trading Company, Heckman-Carringfon Co., Are Joined KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 24.— Glenn Carrington, of Sarrington and Jones, Alaskan firm with Seat- | tle headquarters, and Amos Sunds- | trom, manager of the Tongass Trad- |ing Company of Ketchikan, an- { nounce the merger of the Heckman- Carrington Company, having a hardware and furniture business in | Ketchikan, with the Tongass Trad- |ing Company through purchase of the former’s stock by the latter com- pany. Carrington said the move was nec- essary in order to give increasing attention to the wholesale and min- ing machinery business over Alaska. - Huge discs of stone are used for money onthe island of Yap. CLAIMS UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HOTBED COMMUNISTIC ACTIONS OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 24.—Rep- resentative D. L. Underwood, Seattle Democrat, announced today he would introduce a resolution calling for an immediate investigation of Communistic activities at the Uni- versity of ‘Washington. Underwood said his resolution was prompted at the current legislative session on account of alleged hiring of Professor Harold J. Laski from London, for $500 a week, over a lec- ture period of ten weeks at the university. ‘Underwood said Laski intended to speak against the capitalistic sys- tem. “The university is annually turn- ing out a host of students who carry a red flag in each hand,” Under- wood said. “It’s time it was stopped.” H By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—TIt was Lord Lovus of Braithinsquate or isome such place who lately surveyed | the city of London and regretted | that the Nazis hadn't bombed the place level in a spot or two so the town could be built over to better ways. And at times we have thought it !would be just as well if a long and |trying war compelled this country o boil down some of its bronze atues for use as bullets—beginning ith the city of Washington. As regards its statuary, this city |never has been able to hit its stride. Of course the city is not really to blame because every statue built to a Union general or a deserving polar explorer has to | be approved by Congress if any gov- | ernment money is to be used fog it | —so perhaps the country at large is lat fault. The country elected the congressmen., But anyway, at one stage of the city’s development there was a spirit of gratitude for help the Ger- mans and French had extended us in breaking away from England. The result is that Lafayette Sqare,| across the street from the Whit,e; House, is dotted with monuments showing beautiful European gener- als cutting the bonds away from the adolescent country while half draped Liberty shivers in the chill breeze off the Potomac. A few paces farther from the White House an eagle at the foot of the Polish general, Thad- deus Kosciusko, balefully bites off | the head of a stubby bronze serpent. | w ABRUPT ABOUT FACE All these are in the spirit of a| scared boy grateful for rescue from | a growling dog. But that tone switches within a block, for next come the bold and fearless Union generals and ad- mirals whose statues imply they never knew a moment of doubt or panie. Perhaps it is necessary that pa- triotic statuary must show all gen- erals and admirals with jutting chins, stiff backs and menacing | tal City is regarded as only a mat- Barcelona Is Near Caplure By Insurgents Capital City Reported Air Raided BULLETIN — PERPIGNAN, France, Jan. 24. — An official telephone message from Barcel- cna reports the Insurgent armies are attacking the outskirts of the Government Capital. The Insurgents have moved through the airfield and struck at Mint Julich, a suburb. The city has been under fire since noon from Franco's guns. LERIDA, Spain, Jan. 24—Insur- gent Leaders declare their forces have achieved a “complete break” in the Spanish Government defens- es directly before Barcelona and the fall of the Government's Capi- | ter of hours. Insurgent officers insist the en- tire iine of defenses along the Llobregat and Cardonna rivers, the | last line which the Government tried to organize after a strong at- | tempt had been made. | Navarrese Moorish Troops, carry- ing red and gold banners of the Insurgents, are reported to be in sight of Barcelona into which Gen. Franco's big guns have started hurling shells. Air bombardments are being made over Barcelona and shells are | reported blasting the defenders in| their earth entrenchments, | it AlaskaR.R. | Had Profit lagI_Seasonf | Annual Report Shows Over $76,000 Made Past Fiscal Year ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 24.— The annual report of the Alaska | Railroad shows that the line made | |’s76,703,69 during the fiscal year end- |ing last June 30. This is the largest operating profit in the history of the Alaska Railroad. About $9,000 was the profit re- ported in 1937 and $5,000 in 1936. All previous years the railroad oper- ated with a deficit. 'BILL’ KENNEY, PRESIDENT OF 6. N. ,IS DEAD Last of Trained Execufives of James J. Hill Passes Away ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 24—Wil- liam Patrick Kenney, 69, President of the Great Northern Railway since 1932, the last of the James J. Hill trained executives of that railway system, is dead. He was widely known among rail- road men as “Bill” Kenney, He had been engaged in railway work for 52 years, 37 of them with the Great Northern. —————— REDLINGSHAFERS IN WRECK Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Redlingshafer, fovmerly Juneau resident when he was in the Forest Service office here, were shaken up but not se- riously injured when their automo- bile was wrecked in Idaho recently. Word of the mishap was received gestures. But if that is so, then each statue should be done over every few years. It is uncommonly (Continued on Page Five) in a letter from L. E. Iverson, Ju- neau Forest Service accountant, who is now on detail with Redlingshafer Spanish Government's BRITAIN’S CLAIMAN'I.' FOR SPEED is the Frobisher 2 put into the cross-channel passenge! Frobisher is said to rate among the fas 200 miles an fi;rrihg Bill, Taxation hour. Measure Are Infroduced By _pimond in (_ongress NIGHT FIRE IN SEATTLE DOES HEAVY DAMAGE Sweeps Four of Fire Floors of Maritime Building, Business Area SEATTLE, Jan., 24—Fire of an undetermined origin broke out shortly after midnight and swept four floors of the five-story Mari- time Building, in the wholesalg distriet. The fire was extinguished after a three-hour fight. Firemen estimate the damage be- tween $75,000 and $100,000. Flies 575 Miles In One Hour Speed Record Made by U. S. Plane Being Built for French Govt. BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 24— A Curtiss Hawk 175 pursuit plane, one of 100 being constructed for the French Government, has sub- stantially exceeded all known speed records by more than 575 miles an hour. The mark was established yester- day while the ship was under- going acceptance tests, officials of the Curtiss Aeroplane Division said. The tests were made by Floyd | Child, chief test pilot, who said he felt no ill effects from the high speed. Steamship Companies Are Given Order by National Labor R. B. WASHINGTON — The National Labor Reiations Board has ordered | tive West Coast Steamship Compan- | ies to bargain collectively with the Longshoremen’s Association of San| Prancisco—and A. F. of L. affilaty. | The five companies are also orderc ‘l to cease interfering with the organi- in Spokane. zation activities of the union. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24~Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has introduced a bill in Congress to authorize the Alaska Legislature to change the existing laws imposing taxes on business and trade. Another bill introduced by the Delegate will prevent commercial handling ¢ herring from Alaskan waters after July 1, 1839, except for canning or curing purposes for human consumption or for use as bait. HOPKINS MAY ACT WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Bureau of Fisheries officials said they ex- pect new Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins to curtail herring fishing in Southeast Alaska coastal waters next season. Recent surveys, it is said, discloses the need of conservation measures | and it is understood that recommen- dations will be made that all but Kodiak Island, Prince William Sound and Unalaska areas be closed. Such curtailment, officials said, will restore the depleted fisheries and | insure adequate food supply for mig- | rating salmon. o e DIST. ATTORNEY, SECOND DIVISION DIES AT NOME Hugh 0'Neill Passes Away as Resulf of An At- fack of Heart NOME, Alaska, Jan. ‘24.—District Attorney Hugh O'Nelll, resident here for 25 years, coming to Alaska in the gold rush days, is dead s the re- {sult of an attack of the heart. O'Neil had been unable to go to his office during the last six weeks. The flag is flying at half staff on the Federal Building here. PRETTY MARIA WEDS PRINCE Last SingleThiId of King Emmanuel Is Married Before Royalty ROME, Jan. 24.—Pretty Princess Maria, King Emmanuel’s last single ¢hild, was married today to Prince Louis of Bourbon, Three Queens and four Kings, reigning or exiled, were among the guests as well as Premier Benito Mussolini. - r service. With two sister ships, test air liners in Europe. It has a cruising speed of more than Note how its size dwarfs lad on a bicycle. (above), a 13-ton air liner to the Fortuna and Falcon, the SMITH TRIAL BEGINS ANEW THIS FORENOON Jury Selected This Morning After Nearly 100 Examined At 11:17 o'clock this forenoon in the District Court, the 96th special panel juror was seated as number twelve in the jury box for the re- trial of Forrest B. Smith in the death of Thomas Colling, steward of the steamer Tongass, last Octo- ber. This morning, after exhausting a panel of 53 jurors, 26 more jurors answering the call sent out for fifty persons to make up the third special panel in the Smith case, reported for examination. Only three of these potential jur- ors were left when the jury selection was completed. Jury Selected Jurors selected for the retrial, which got under way ten minutes after selection, are, Adolph Hirsch, R. E. DeWitt, Walstein G. Smith, Paul Schnee, Alfred Bonnet, Elmer Howerter, Edwin Sutton, 8. J. Mac- Kinnon, Warren Wilson, Mamie Bucher, F. A. J. Gallwas and Mrs. Henry Hansen, two women and ten men. In briefly reconstructing the case for the jury, Assistant District At- torney George Folta said Smith and his wife had agreed on a divorce, and Smith had inquired into the reason for the divorce. States Case Curious as to Colling’s relations with his wife, Folta said, Smith then got attorney Sam Duker to “hire” him for a job at Taku, rented a gun, and when the Tongass arrived in port, hid in the basement of his home on Gastineau Avenue, having led his wife to believe he was out of town, and stepped into the living room to find CBlling holding Mrs. Smith on his lap. “Now I've got you!” Smith reput- edly said, and when Colling came NOMINATION SENT SENATE BY ROOSEVELT Former Well Known News- paper Man Is Given Important Post President Roosevelt today nominated Edward L. (Bob) Bartlett to be Secretary of Al- aska, successor to deceased E. W. Griffin, This is according to an Associated Press dispatch received by The Empirk, Mr, Bartiett is a well known newspaper man, formerly on the News-Miner at Fairbanks and was at one time Secretary to Delegate Anthgny J. Dimond. He has been handling his father's mining property at Miller House, in the Interior and is also & member of the Unemployment Compensation Commission. Bartlett has been in Seattle since last November. $98,000 FOR ALASKA WPA Four Juneafirojeds Are Among Those Passed by President Pesident Roosevelt has approved $98,000 worth of WPA projects for Alaska, according to word received today from Washington. Work on the projects will begin, Harry Wat- son, Secretary to the Governor, sald, as soon as they are approved by the funds are received here. Included are four Juneau projeéts calling for expenditure of $20,480. These will give employment to about 100 men. The Juneau projects are: Opening new streets in the Alder Addition, including Alder, Seatter and West Eighth Streets and Hem- lock Way, $6912. Building a masonry wall for wid- ening Evergreen, Seatter and Irving Streets, $2,880. Improvements to Gold Belt-Ever« green Basin road, $8,048. Erosion control on banks of Gold Creek, $2,640. Projects Elsewhere Projects elsewhere than in Jue neau are as follows: Ketchikan street improvements, $22,240. Homer road surfacing, $4,000. Petersburg sewer work, $1,845. Haines, new town hall, $3,210, Southeast Alaska totem pole ress toration, $42,000. Jobs For Hundreds The projects approvéd, and on which work is expected to start shortly, will furnish jobs for several hundred residents of the Territory, A project for construction of an (Continued on Page Six) «Continued on Page Two) SONG GUIDES LIFEBOAT TO SCENE OF AIRLINER DOWN UPON DARK OCEAN NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—A despair- ing song from the lips of ten men and women awaiting death in the black vastness of a stormy Atlantic sea guided to them the lifeboat that effected their rescue. Stanley Taylor, seaman, standing in the bow of a lifeboat from the rescue ship Esso Baytown said, after the ship had brought the rescued passengers of the British airliner Cavalier to New York, that without a last desperate and tuneless chorus from the victims, they probably would not have been pulled from the sea in time. “We were without sextant and in complete darkness. Then the whole crowd of the wrecked airliner started singing. We listened to that‘song and it guided us to the spot.” CAUSE IS MYSTERY NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Capt. M. R. Alderson, skipper of the f{ll-fated British Imperial Airways airliner Cavalier, discounts reports that ice froze the carburetors of the seaplane and caused the crash. “The cause of the tragedy is & mystery to me,” Capt Alderson said, e,