The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1939. VOL. LIIL, NO. 8012. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DEFINITE U. S. FOREIGN POLICY STATED War Preparations Made by Great Britain First Ladies of U. S. Talk | o ! CABINET GETS SHAKE UP BY CHAMBERLAIN New Drive Is Put Into Effect, fo Organize Effect- ive Defense TWO MINISTERS ARE LET OUT BY PREMIER Fleet Admiral Is One Of- fical Elevated in New Naval Program LONDON, Jan. 28—Prime Min- ister Chamberlain shook up his Brit- ish Cabinet today to put a new drive ihtod the Defense and Agricultural Ministeries, both vital to Great Bri- tain's ability to wage war at a time | of heightening European tension. Fleet Admiral Lord Chatfield, one of the key figures in the vast Naval rearmament program, has been brought into the Cabinet as Minis- ter for Coordination of Defense, re- placing Sir Thomas Inskip. W..S. Morrison, who has been the target of criticism, has been moved from the Ministry of Agriculture to become Chancellor of Duehy of Lan- caster and Major General Sir Reg- | inald Hugh Dorman-Smith has re- placed him. JUNEAUITES TO DANCE TONIGHT, | BIRTHDAY BALL Ticket Sale s Successful- Good Crowd Expected at Elks” Hall A heavy advance sale of tickets| indicates the success of tonight's| Roosevelt Birthday Ball in the Ju-| neau Elks Ballroom, Harry G. Wat- | son, General Chairman, said today. The hall was being decorated to- day by a committee under direction | of Lu Liston. Wes Barrett’s orches- tra will play. This will be the seventh such an- nual affair held here. Half the pro- ceeds will go toward setting up a local chapter of the National Foun- dation for Infantile Paralysis. The remainder will be used by the na- tional group for research and pre- ventive work. e — 21 PASSENGERS ABOARD BARANOF FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, Jan. 28. - Steamer Baranof sailed for Southeast and Southwest Alaska ports at 9 o'clock this morning, having aboard 117 first class nad 19 steerage passen- gers. Bookings for Juneau include Hor- ace O. Adams, E. C. Jacobs, Nick Nussbaumer, E. L. Bartlett, Dan S. Russell, John W. Isel, Harry Isel, | H. O. Erickson. S. B. Landrum, Quincy A. Pad- gett, J. R. Finfall, S. C. Malcom- son, Chester Sloan, Darrell Rey- nolds, Mrs. D. L. Reynolds and in- fant. Mrs. Mae L. Rhodes, C. A. Dan- ielson, Dick Acheson, D. C. Raines, Mrs. D. C. Raines. —— INDIAN NURSE BACK FROM STATES VISIT Miss Lorene Auwen, Indian Serv- ice nurse who has been Juneau on the Princess Norah. After a period of duty at the Gov- ernment Hospital here she will go to Point Barrow to serve in the new hospital there, in the| States for two months, returned to | [z & i Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner igly chats with Mrs, John of honor at a luncheon given by wives of senate members in igton, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, wife of the president, Nance Garner, wife of the vice president. WASHINGTON LOSES OUT ~ NOW AS BEING STRICTLY BIG DEMOCRATIC TOWN "SONG BIRD OF NORTH" T0 WED Harriet Malstrom Is Engag- - ed to Music Teacher of Honolulu | SEATLE, Jan. 28—Friends have been advised that Harriet Malstrom, the “Song Bird of the North,” has announced her engagement to Frank P. Kernohan, music teacher in the Honolulu School for Boys. Follow- | ing the wedding the couple will live in Honolulu. Miss Malstrom is widely known for | | ments given in Alaska. She was | north during the recent summer | representing the Hotel Greeters of | S8an Francisco, Miss Malstrom’s uncle is editor of { the Dawson Daily News. TWO HUNDRED SCHEDULED FOR C. OF C. TOUR Wil Leave Seattle May 27 on Steamer Aleutian for Alaska SEATTLE, Jan. 28.—More than two hundred Seattle business men will leave May 27 on the steamer Aleutian on the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Biennial Goodwill Tour to Alaska. The party will visit Ketchikan, | Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, Sew- ard and from there take a special train to Fairbanks. On the return trek they will visit Anchorage, stop- ping enroute overnight at McKinley Park. A visit will be made to Mat- |anuska and on the way south they | will see Valdez, Columbia Glacier, Cordova, Sitka, Petersburg, Wran- | gell, Ketchikan and Metlakatla. | Hugh Barrett Dobbs, Seattle radio | entetrainer, is selecting a group of entertainers to take on the trip. ——————— SAVE PEGGOTTY HOUSE GRAVESEND, England — The | Dickinson Society has moved to save from destruction “Peggotty’s House” of David Copperfield, condemned some years ago as a dwelling. her singing and recitation entertain- | By PRESTON GROVER ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. is a democratic city, of course, but— In New York City, John D. Rocke- feller was walking by the new build- | ing going up at Rockefeller Center and like any good steam-shovel watcher, stopped to watch the work. | along, | A foreman hustled him whereupon Rockefeller created the “Sidewalk Superintendents’ Club”| and provided it a sheltered walk | where all could stop for a few mo-| ments in comfort and watch the dig-i ging. Several times daily a report| is displayed showing the amount of dirt removed, and giving heaps of other information necessary to proper functioning of “sidewalk sup- erintendents.” Now in Washington the govern- ment is building a huge memorial to Thomas Jefferson, greatest apos- tle of Democracy. And orch our soul if they haven’t built a high board fence around the works. If this paradoxical situation indicates anything sinister, we don’t know what it is. OUTLAY BURIAL SERVICE To keep you further posted on what goes on in this city we must report that two lads, aged about eight, have opened a free burial ser- vice for animals in Rock Creek Park in good smelling distance of fashion- able Shoreham and Wardman Park hotels, not to mention how close it is to apartment houses where you can't let your dog out without hav- ing him sniff at a senator. The boys have been going for several days now and have a dozen or more graves, each carefully marked. . They bury dogs, canaries, cats, pet mice, or anything else ex- cept fish. They are very practical about fish and not the slightest bit sentimental, as they seem to be about other house pets. “Just throw fish outside,” they advise, “and they disappear.” They call for dead pets in a lit- tle wagon, but business even with such inducements is not especial- ly brisk and now they display a sign near the graveyard advertis- ing the service and giving their home telephone number, There is no charge whatever. There very definitely is a law against bury- ing animals in Rock Creek Park, which is the city’s pride and joy, but the law hasn’'t caught up yet with the two lads. HOME STATE INTEREST Then there was the plight of three senators, Minton of Indiana, Schwellenbach of Washington, and Truman of Missouri, all Democrats, (Answers on Page Six) 28. — This | Fight or ~ Stall Is | (Elesliont 'Two Versions Are Given of | Trouble Between France, ltaly | | | ROME, Jan. 28.—Virginia Gayda, | \wlm often reflects Premier Benito | Mussolini’s own views, indicated to- | day that Italy would refrain from | ; precipitating an immediate crisis over territorial demands on France. | But the authoritative Italian For-| eign Offices Affairs review however | | declares that France’s refusal to | make any concessions to Italy on the | Colonial issues would lead to war un- | |less France changes the “negative | policy.” GENERAL (RAIG " QUESTIONED ON PLANE SELLING (Chief of Staff Is Summon-| ed Before Senate Committee WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 — Tue | Senate Military Committee today | sought the Army’s views on how far this Government has gone in en- | couraging sales to France of the | latest type of war planes. | Gen. Malin Craig, Chief of Staff,| was called before the Committee to| | Ministry representative aboard the| light bomber that crashed recently near Los Angeles. % | After the Committee met with| Gen. Craig, in a secret session,| Chairman Sheppard told the news- | men the testimony given was pro- foundly confidential and he declined to discuss it. o i ol MISSION DISTRICT OF SANFRANCISCO PLANS BIG DOINGS 000 Children fo Com- pete for Prizes at Fair SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.—The Mission District of San Francisco will give the biggest Valentine in the world to its residents and Expo- sition Premier Festival visitors Tues- day night, February 14, when it stages its mammoth children’s Mis- sion Trail Varnival and Costume Parade according to announcement made by the Mission Street Mer- chant’s Association. signed and constructed by the Mis- sion District as a replica of the Mission Trail of the Padres. It will be opened by 7 p.m., by a will compete for substantial cash prizes to be awarded for the most distinctive, authentic and outstand- ing costume typical of the early Spanish, Mission and Gold Rush periods of California. Feature of the prize waards will be the doub- ling of the prize money if the win- ners are World’s Fair Premiere Fes- tival Visitors. Appearance in the parade is the only qualification nec- essary to enter the competition. “Mission Trail Carnival is the Mission District’s contribution to- ward the entertainment of the mil- lion visitors who will throng San Francisco for the great Premiere Festival celebrating the opening of the Expositio,” said George Edel- stein, Mission Merchants' Associa- tion President, in extending an of- ficial invitation to all visitors to “roam the old Mission Trail to ro- mance.” iCostume Parade of 100,-| (RELIEF BILL IS AMENDED BY SENATORS Many Chams Made in Original Measure- Politics Out BULLETIN —WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—The Senate late this afternoon approved of the $725,- 000,000 deficiency relief bill and sent it to the House for action on amendments. The action came after five days of argu- ments, most of which centered on the Administration’s attempt to increase to $875,000,000, the amount for the relief bill. The House and Senate are in agree- ment, however, on the amount as passed in the bill today. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — The Senate has approved unanimously a series of amendments to the $725,~ 000,000 deficiency relief bill designed to prevent political use of Federal funds. The amendments would apply in part to relief funds and in part to all Federal expenditures and to all Pederal employees. One of the amendments would make it unlawful to promise a Fed- eral job as a reward for political ac- tivity or support. Another amendment would pro- ‘hibit a supervisory employee to threaten or deprive anyone of relief benefits. Still another amendment would { make it unlawful for anyone to sol- | icit political contributions from any employee paid out of Federal funds. Meanwhile, jubilant Senators, who opposed the $150,000,000 increase in explain the presence of a French Air | o by, expressed, behind the scenes, | the aid given to them by Vice Presi- | dent Garner. JUNEAU BOUND MAN IS KILED IN AUTO CRASH ?Alton Norris Hits Truck| Headon Near Olympia- | Dies Later in Hospital { | | | | OLYMPIA, Wash. Jan. 28.—Al- | ton Norris, of S8an Francisco, bound | for Juneau, Alaska, was injured fat- ally in a headon collision with a |truck east of here last Thursday |and died in an Olympia Hospital |¢wo hours -later. | Sheriff’s Deputy Frank J. Kenney, | said Norris was driving at high speed |at the time of the accident and in |an effort to avert the collision with | the truck, skidded across the high- | way, rebounded from the side and crashed into the trudk. The driver of the truck was exonerated from all blame. | Norris was taking a police dog with The Carnival will mark the official | him in his La Salle Sedan but the| opening of the Ol Mission Trail, de- dog escaped with only a leg in-| | Jury and has disappeared. | An apartment house manager in | 8an Prancisco, where Norris lived, |said Norris left suddenly for the with his wife. The apartment house | manager also said Norris failed to | pay his rent bill. (GENERAL FRANCO NOW RECOGNIZED (zechoslovakia Cabinet Breaks Off with Gov- ernment of Spain A DTS TR R Costume Parade of ope hundred north, apparently after a breakup | thousand children of all ages who ‘(o“TRAflS lE' PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Jan. 28, —The Cabinet has decided to recog- nize Insurgent Gen. Francisco Fran- co and will break off relations with Premier Juan Negrin's Spanish Government. Mr. and Mrs, James J. Walker Among many prominent persons who attended fyneral services in | New York for multi-millionaire Jacob Ruppert, brewer and owner | of the New York Yankee baseball club, were Mr. and Mrs. James J. Walker, he the former mayor of New York City. Jimmy at Ruppert Rites Refugees - Swarming ~ To France Thousand—s_SIampede Guards on Border— Troops Out | LEPERTHUS, France, Jan. 28.— Five thousand ¥French soldiers have been rushed to the Spanish border |as tragic hordes of refugees from | Government, Catalonia poured into France fleeing from the Insurgent armies who are rapidly driving northwards. The refugees started crossing the border at 8 o'clock this morning and within an hour 5,000 jammed across the line swamping the French guards who were unable to carry out orders to let only women and children cross the lines. Wild scenes were enacted here and disorders prevailed at other | border crossing as thousands rushed the guard lines, men refusing to be separated from their women folk and children, ~ Troops may be able to stop the refugee rush. FOR 4 LINERS, ORIENTAL ROUTE {Combination Passenger, Cargo Ships to Ply Out (fi_S_eafile WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — The United States Maritime Commission announces awarding of contracts for four large diesel powered combina- tion passenger and cargo vessels to operate in the Seattle-Orient ser- vice. Delivery of the four vessels must DIVISIONS IN BATILE OVER WOLF Revised Bill Would Pay $30 for Lobo, $20 for Smaller Brethren A bedraggled wolf bill finally léft the amendment battlefield to- day in the House of Representa- tives after an afternoon and a morning of amending scuffles that showed a definite war of the mo- ment between the Third and Fourth Divisions and placed in third read- ing for final passage or death a new wolf bill barely recognizable as the first bill of the session. The original wolf bill, presented by Third Division Representative Harvey Smith, asked a $25 bounty on wolves and coyotes, the hides to be turned over to the Territory for disposal wherever deemed best. The bill, as amended, now would bring trappers $30 for wolves and $20 for coyotes and the sale of the pelts would be effected by the Treasurer in Alaska. Changes Made The fight between the Third and Fourth developed with charges that the “Fourth is trying to foster a business of wolf trapping,” Coffey, of the Third, charging that “we are put in the position of subsi- dizing a wolf trapping business for certain reserved sections of Al- aska.” An attempt was made to raise wolf bounties to $35 and put coy- ote bounties at $15, the attempt coming from the Fourth Division where wolves are present in con- trast with the Third Division where in the Kenai, for instance, it was {brought out there were no wolves, but numerous coyotes, the amend- |ment being vigorously opposed by |the Third. As the original bill had come from the Third Division, Represen- tative Karl Drager, admittedly a be made within two years. Each liner will cost more than $3,000,000. “Huey Long” in the House, de- N (Continued on Page Eight) NATION TAKES FIRMER STAND LARGE ISSUES Under Secrefary of State Department Gives Im- porfant Slajement TO CHALLENGE ANY POWER ON PROTESTS Will Also Defend Rights of Nationals, No Matter What T_a_lg_s Place NEW YORK, Jan. 28—Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, today announced that the major objective of the Administration's foreign policy is to keep the United European “The people of the United States and their Government always main- tained and made clear in practice that they assert the right to protest States or which results in violation oi’ treaty rights of of its nation= NEW SURVEY BEING MADE, NAT. DEFENSE Aircraft and Air Transpor- fafion to South America Now Being Studied WASHINGTON, Jan. 28It is revealed that an extensive survey of aircraft and air transportation business with South America has been started here as an adjunct of the National Defense program. The survey foreshadows Govern- ment encouragement and possible assistance in improving the markets which the American aircraft manue facturers report is endangered by Germany, and Italy. Stock QuoraTioNs NEW YORK, Jan. 28, — Closing quotaion of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today’s short session of the New York Stock Exchange is 9%, American Can 93, American Light and Power 2%, Annconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel 62, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright common 6%, Curtiss Wright A 24, General Motors 44%, International Harvester 55%, Kennecott 35%, New York Central 16%, Northern Pa- cific 10%, Safeway Stores 33%, Southern Pacific 15%, United States Steel 54%, Pound $4.67 13/16. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 138.79, rails 28.49, utilities 22.99. Former Kaiser Celebrates His 80th Birthday DOORN, The Netherlands, Jan. 28. —Former Kaiser Wilhelm, Gere many’s onetime all highest offical, celebrated his 80th birthday with a gala dinner.