The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 26, 1939, Page 1

B o ) THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIIL, NO. 8010. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SPANISH INSURGENTS ENTER BARCELONA Death Toll, Earthquake Horror, is Growing 'I'HOUS_ANDS ;Win, ‘(Jmu' with lv |14 'iml l‘\’oos‘IWAlKER FOR = KILLED IN § CHILE AREA Only Meagre Reports Re- i ceived of Disaster in | Southern Nation ARMY AVIATORS SEE IMMENSE DESTRUCTION Estimates of Victims Range from Four Thousand fo Tweve Thousand L4 BULLETIN — SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 26.—A Presidential deceree <cued this afternoon requests that all males between 15 and 60 assi in the earth- quake region. The Government | will transpoit all to the scene and prop clothe and feed them while aiding in rescue e work. " R 2 Army fliers late today esti- lection of Vivien Leigh (left) and Olivia De Ha and Ashley Wilk of “Gone With The Wind.” the script shortly after the annou mate the dead at between 11,- 000 and 15,000, Several cities are reported totally destroyed. | SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 26.— — First Government reports give more than 4,000 dead but the total may "A”AN THREAT g0 ‘dbove 12,000 as the terror and - NOWRECOGNIZED | destruction wrought by the earth- quake striking Southern Chile Tues- day midnight is slowly unfolding. France and Great Britain fo| Keep “Lines” in | Mediterranean The Government’s first tabula- tion, issued in a special communigue, said the death list and damage caused is only from meagre reports as communication systems have not PARIS, Jan. 26—Premier Dala- | dier announced this afternoon that France and Great Britain have |agreed to take “necessary steps” {to meet the Italian threat if the been restored, but a death toll of 4,000 is known and growing by hun- | Fascist forces failed to leave Spain at the close of the Civil War. dreds hourly. Army Aviators Report Premier declared precautions already Estimates that the dead may| taken to protect the French 1 ACTION ON BOAT BILL REQUESTED BY DEL. DIMOND Declares Alaska Trollers Will Be “"Wrecked” If Treaiy Eilfor(ed WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Alaska reach 12,000 come from Army avi- ators who are flying over the re- gion hardest hit, 250 miles south of Santiago, the heart of the agricul- ture belt. More than 300 were Killed in Chillan in one group when a thea- tre collapsed. The population there is placed at between 30,000 and 40,- 000 persons. Daladier have that been | and In Concepcion, known as the s British lines of communications on tourist city because of the mam- @ the Mediterramean where warships mouth perfumed plaza and its| = of the two Powers are now on (CoanmTM on f’;gc E!I;EJ 80,0omen training eruises, 1 ,es - ""MISS LIBERTY" GETS RENOVATED| | WASHINGTON, Jan, 26, The | Statue of Liberty, which has stood | on Bedloe's Island in New York| | harbor since 1886, is getting a ¢om | plete renovation at a cost of $250.-| | 000. Already seven spikes of he Government Orders Four ina’ ine inidc Supportin: ron. DiViSionS '0 GO lnio 1 which was found to be almost com- Training in April | pletely rusted, replaced. PARIS, Jan. 26—The French| Government, facing the possibility | . ’ might arise if the Insurgents even-| tually win the Spanish War, has or-: Hl"l"G N Y dered 80,000 men up for military ser-| s S vice in April, six months ahead of | Al the usual schedule. | The order calls up four Divisions. NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—New York | of men who normally would not was swept by a storm of high | start training until next October. |winds and heavy snow last night | b . By TN fand this morning. | Getting First . Babies Is : T and the thermometer was up to 2 SALINA, Kans., Jan. 26—Having .;,ve at Albany. the first babies of the new year is| oipang ‘Teported lower tempera- getting to be a habit in the Scheidt tures in several cases. Rochester, Syracuse, Elmira, and | Buffalo were directly in its path. | The storm was rapidly sweeping | | westward and now is centered over | Illinois. lland and Leslie Hows completed the major casting for the movie version The three are shown in Hollywood with CHIEF,US. FISHERIES Delegate Dimond Makes Recommendation to Secrefary Hopkins | | | & o~ o | | S WASHINGTON, a Delegate An- J. Dimond has recom- merce Harry L. Hopkins that he appoint Norman K. Walker, President of the Senate of the Alaska Leg ture, to be Unit- ed States Ficheries Commis- | sioner. PAAAwarded | - (ertificate for Three Roufes Civil Aeronautics Authority,| e o5 Only the chal English actress, as Scarlett O'Hara d for the roles of Mela of 1939 and occurred on Friday éd wreckage remained of a Northwest Airlines Miles City, Mont., which took the lives of three men and a woman. It was the first American air tragedy Eye witnesses were not in accord on whether the 10-pas- senger craft exploded in the air or after striking the ground. All that was left intact on the ill-fated craft was the rudder and tajl wheel. < the 13th. SRR 1 o ARG RTINS plnné to explain the cause of the ‘crash near F ;ur ‘l\" illed Whm; I;l—mw Crashes in Flames - 3 kg S T - lauds Service Alaska |~ Airways Gorin WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. — The Civil Aeronautics Authority examin- | er recommended today that the Pa-| | cific Alaska Airways, Inc., be issued a certificate of convenience and necessity for air line operations over | three routes in Alaska. | The examiner said the company’s | operations had been “both effigient | and adequate” during the so-called | “grandfather period” act from May to August of last year. The routes approve dare from ! Juneau to Fairbanks via Whitehorse, | between Fairbanks and Nome and between Fairbanks and Bethel, No mention was made of the Seat- tle to Juneau operatior ncement was made. Mikhail Gorin, head of a Soviet . . atasha, are show Grigsby Labels Surprise| meared for arraisom plot to steal information fo Sovi es. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond today | asked the House Marine and Fish- eries Committee to give early con-| sideration to his bill exempting fish- | PP o 1 ing boats under 200 gross tons, from provisions of the International l.a~‘SM IIH TRIAL bor Tr i Dele: Dimond sald the Alaska trolling industry would be “wreck- | | ed” if small boat operators are | | quired to carry larger licensed crew: | as required by the Treaty which pro- vides for a licensed Captain, or mate, | duty . il times aboard all boats. | — e ITALIANS | . " . | Witness as "Magni- | Xl mteiience fies 1ia GIVE AID i ficent Present” also is under indictment. ' [ George Grigsby, attorney for UWKBARGAIN pR | defense in the trial of Forrest Smith To NAZIS‘m the triangle killing of Thomas | | Colling; steward on the steamer | RplANES i Tongass, today made reference to! | the prosecution’s surprise witness in | | BERLIN, Jan. 26.—The Nazi Gov- | Mrs. Smith yesterday before a start- | | ernment announces that many thou- | led court room, by labeling the act, | sands of Italian farm hands will| “a magnificent present.” come to Germany this year to “as-| From here on, Grigsby, makin sist Germany in continuation of its| his closing arguments to the jury, | battle for production.” began to discount the testimony of | | Mrs. Smith, | | “Mrs. Smith was testifying for her | | lover—she was prompted in coming | to this stand with her stories by a motive of revenge—and she wants Hears "Wings Flapping” As (ar leaves Viadud to see her husband in the peniten- | tiary,” Grigsby said. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 26. — Ward| Regarding Mrs. Smith’s testimony Hanna, 56-year-old negro said he|that after Colling’s arrival she heard “those angels flapping their| had only time enough,to go to the wings” when the automobile hegitchen, return to the living room was driving shot over a 40-foot|and take & bite of a cookie, Grigsby viaduet declared, “She lied when she said | 0UCtion methods He closed his eyes and 'waited|she had only enough time to take Those figures apparently are the for the crash but none came. a bite of her cookje and she lied basis for the sentence in his mes- He peeked out of, a window and|when she said she was sitting across 5426 reading: found himself suspended in mid.| the room from Colling, air, “After a letter like she wrote to|vide @ minimum increase The rear wheels of the car stayed Colling, they wouldn't have been|P!anes, on the edge of the viaduct and the|sitting clear across the room from |Placed on -such a large scale will front wheels were jammed against each other, eating cookies.” | materially reduce the unit cost and a telephone pole about eight feet Defense - Picture ] |lactually provide many more By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—In his | National Defense Message to Con- | gress, the President asked $300,000, 000 to buy 3,000 airplanes for the | Army, but figures have been pre- sented to him indicating that as {many as 4,000 may be bought for {the same money under mass pro- of 3,000 , Wife Arrazgned as S pys in the Los Angeles Federal Court as they ap- ot on an indictment charging complicity in a iet Russia from the U alich, former Navy Intelligence clerk, ICES ON BY MASS PRODUCTION ’-Tlns ($300,000,000) should, pro-| but it is hoped that orders | family. Dale Bernard Scheidt was born at 12:04 a.m, January 1 this year; Weather farther east was report- ed as a little better this morning. At least one death resulted from the cold snap. An 80-year-old man was found frozen to death near Auburn, R, T. his sister, Nancy, was Salina’s “first | baby” of 1938, born at 12:10 a.m.| January 1 and a cousin won the “first hahy” title in 1937 at Wichita, from the viaduct, holding the auto in a horizontal position. > Alcohol distilled from sweet-po- tatoes is the latest result of Japan’s intense drive to find synthetic mat- erials and processes, Reconstructing the defense picture | P120€s.” of the deaf f Old line aviators are simply hor- eath of Colling, Grigsby sald, | .0 ¢ some of the innovations travel bureau, and his pretty wife, ited States AVAILABLE |tested for perfection. Mass pro- | duction plans won't allow for that. | First off, it is too expensive. Sec—l lond‘ it is too slow, This corfespondent has seen some of the costly new planes with the hide removed and they are! models of beauty and polish, inside (and out. Every strut has evidently | been hand finished, or at least fin- |ished to a degree requiring much personal attention by a mechanic. | PLAN PAID OFF FOR NAZIS Reports coming in to government sources from Germany have indi- cated that the Nazi plane manufac- | turers long ago gave up such per-| | fection of detail. The result was to| contribute to the Fatherland an air | industry capable of frightening fel- | low European nations into all sorts of queer acceptances. AMERICAN REFUGEES IN FRANCE Flagship Or;a_fla, Destroy- er Badger Take 28 Out of Barcelona War Zone MARSEILLE, France, Jan. 26, — American cruiser Omaha, flagship of the United States Mediterranean Squadron, has arrived here, bring- ing the United States Embassy Staff from the Barcelona war zone. ‘The only refugees aboard, besides the six Embassy officials, were two executives of the Spanish Telephone Company. The American destroyer Badger " |arrived last night with 22 Americans aboard. R SEEKS PAROLE FOR BILLINGS SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 26— The California State Parole Board will review the parole application of Warren K. Billings who was convict- ed with Tom Mooney for participa- tion in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francicso. Mooney announced on his release two weeks ago that he would do his best to free his friend. e — ONE REASON FOR FOOTBALL HUDDLE COLORADO SPRINGS, Jan. 26. —Colorado College claims credit for having the first football ‘team to use the huddle in the Rocky Moun- tain region. C. L. (Poss) Parsons, Denver sports editor, who was then the Tigers' coach, said they decided to employ the huddle because his two veteran quarterbacks were hurt and he wanted the older heads to pass signal caller. eI L CAA MAN FLIES I. K. McWilliams, Inspector for the Civil Aeronautics Authority, sta- “he comes in and sees this gay Loth- ! T ario with his wife on his lap and|"” oposed in mass production. They | The same reports say that Ger-|tioned at Anchorage, left via PAA LARGE CITY IS CAPTURED, - NOONTODAY Three Consolidated Armies of Gen. Franco March Into Seaport FLAGS WAVE, BANDS PLAY AS VICTORS ARE GREETED Government Forces Yield Up Greatest Prize of Raging Civil War HENDAYE, Jan. 26.—Gen. Fran- cisco Franco's Spanish, Moorish and Italian troops marched into Barce- lona at noon today, flags flying and bands playing; and Spain’s largest city was formally taken over after two and one half years of Civil war. The Spanish Government's de= fense collapsed and Insurgent dis- patches received here this afternoon state there was little or no resis- tance at the end. Reports said the Spanish Govern- ment’s Army is forming a new de- fense line somewhere north. Greet Victors Insurgent accounts of the entry of Barcelona said the 2 flocked from their homes to greet the victorious Army whose planes for one month have been raining death in their midst. The troops camped last night on the outskirts of Barcelona walting for other, units to close in on the city. The Insurgents aimed to take over the city with a minimum of fighting and unnecessary damage to property, using the same tactics when Bilbao was forced to surren- der after the Insurgents had com- pleted their encircling movement there. The Insurgents marched into Bilbao without firing & single shot. Greatest Prize of War Gen. Franco's armies gained the greatest prize of the Civil War when he entered Barcelona. The climax was the knockout blow of the offensive launched on De- cember 23, Premier Negrin and his Spanish Government has established offices temporarily near the Prench border after a hasty flight but there are ine dications that the Civil War might shift soon to the controlled terri- tory including Valencia and Ma= drid. Insurgent accounts said the entry of Barcelona was orderly and disci- plined and within ten minutes ban~ ners began appearing in balconies and in windows and the city was soon in gay decorations. TAX ISSUE IS PRESENTED AT (OM. HEARING WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Treas- ury Under Secretary John Hanes has asked Congress, in the name of “justice and equality,” to do away with tax free government salaries. He said that the tax |should be made the same on them as on others because of the in- tense criticism leveled at them by the press and the public. Hanes testified before the House Ways and Means Committee re- garding the subject this morning and added to his remarks that pub- |lic hostility toward the situation |on the strategy of the third-string|was very unpleasant. The actual amount collected would not be a comparatively large amount but would go a long way toward easing the tension now existing. ——————— — DRINK LESS TEA LONDON—People in the United Kingdom drank 35 million pounds sees his unfaithful wife in the art""“’*‘ been attuned to fancy WOrK man planes are being built for|plane for Fairbanks this morning. cri (Continued on Page Two) inished aft with every part polished and | hahd He plans to depart from there for chromium and Anchorage within the next week. in (Continued on Page Four) less tea last year. Consumption totalled 422,000,000 pounds. citizens < |