The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 3, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIIL, NO. 8017. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, F}'iP;RUARY 3, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT3 - ALASKA STEAMSHIP SERVICE Iy TIED UP - President Charges Delib Al | t [ - - { ) ROOSEVELT MISQUOTED, HE ASSERTS Posifively Denies He De- | clared American Front- ier Is in France NEWSPAPER AGITATORS MISREPRESENT VIEWS Chief Exeavf_ive Gives Newsmen Direct Quote | on Foreign Policy | Presi- om0 WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 Franco Watches Barcelona Fall e T— shown through long-range dent Roosevelt termed as a “delib- erate lie” the statement he said “the American frontier was on the Rhine” The German news- papers credited him with making the remark. The President made the state- ment at the conference avith news- men today in which he restated America’s foreign policy, informal- ly The President also described as Seated on a vantage peint Generalissimo Francisco France a lie the report that he said the as he watched the fall of Barcelona before the advance of his troops. American frontier was in France | The General witnessed the entive procedure as given out last Tuesday. glasses. The President declared that some of the reports of his conference with the Senate Military Commit- tee, last Tuesday, had given an ous impression of this na- foreign policy. Agitators Blamed Speaking in tense grave tones, the President declared the state- ment was manufactured by some | anti - administration newspaper/ owners and agitators. | President’s voice filled with 1d a bitter smile curled on collaborating with Franco. Thi peured into Barcelona. n Are Trapped, his lips as he added that the agi-| tators deliberately mis-represented as ern ale existing facts His Foreign Policy i The President said he always be- lieved that the foreign policy should not be involved in politics and he did not think that the 1940 cam- | paign should enter into the mat- ter of the foreign policy nor Am- erican defense of 1939. Men Buried Beneath Tons of Debris—Hope They . Live Abandoned Furious Debate Postponed | While the President was holding| SYRACUSE, N. Y. Feb. 3.—Eight the conference with the newsmen, | firemen, trapped in the collapse of the Senate Military Committee |8 burning office building, are given postponed a decision, after a furi- | the still smoking ruins in the heart ous debate behind closed doors, | UP as dead as rescue ews searched whether to make public its inves-|of the City’s business section. tigation of airplane sales to| “All hope is abandoned. The men France, are dead, buried under tons of Queted Directly | wreckage,” said Fire Chief Edward The President permitted the Giselman hours after the collapse newsmen to quote him directly in | of the final wall of the office build- (Continued on Page Five; ing and spurts of flame came from —,——— jforts to rescue the entombed men | The firemen were trapped on the | third floor of the office building ’short]y before dawn when the roof |hnsem(‘m under twisted wreckage iand collapsing walls later piled more [ | tons of debris on them. . | Fascist Newspapers Make 'WANTS WIFE Bitter Atfack on U. DIVORCE HIM g { S. President | ikt Embassy has asked the Italian Gov-| . ernment for an explanation for the She W‘" NOi Enier' bitter personal attacks on Presiden(‘ . Roosevelt, which have been publish- | fain Pl’OpOSBl ed in the Fascist newspapers. e tense hostile newspaper campaign Mrs. Rena Mooney said Tom Mooney provoked by versions of the Presi-| has demanded she divorce him. dent’s meeting last Tuesday with the Mooney, when seen, would not he was quoted as saying the fron- Mrs. Mooney said she will fight tiers of the United States would be |any divorce action. She said his France in case of a world war. excuse was that “we drifted apart Phillips has sent a sharp note to|but we have been through too much Count Ciano, PForeign Minister in to think of a divorce.” , Mussolini’s Fascist ‘Cabinet, calling ————— | the blackened ruins hindering ef- collapsed dropping the men to the FDR ATTACK ‘TOM MOONE RowE, Fen, 3The untied siates| HE Gives His Reasons Buf The attacks were part of an in-| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Feb. 3.— Senate Military Committee in which | make any comment It is learned that Ambassador|during the years he was in prison his attention to the attacks in the| A 36,000-acre community forest Ttalian newspapers on President owned and managed by Newark, N. Roosevelt and requesting an ex-'J. has yielded more than $17,000 planation, worth of timber products. dirccted all moves from this peint. Taking personal command of his “End War” smash Franco At left is General Juan Selchaga photo was transmitted gver radio and telephene from behind Insurgent lines while Insurgent troops FRED STEIWER " PASSES AWAY INWASHINGTON | Dies—Physique Reflect- ed West's Bigness WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Freder- |ick Steiwer, who served 11 years s Republican Senator from Ore- gon, died early today. He had not been in good health for the past three years. Frederick . Steiwer, whose phy- |west, was one of the most capable constitutional lawyers of his time in Congress. tion which he thought might dis- turb the balance of power between |the fhree branches of American |Government, Steiwer’s profound knowledge of constitutional law was perhaps best illustrated in the his- |toric fight over President Roose- velt’s Supreme Court reorganization plan. He performed a large part of the work of preparing the history- making Senate Committee report which in 1937 opposed the Presi- dent's plan and started it off to legislative oblivion The constitution was Steiwer's political philosophy and in his 11 vears as the junior Senator from Oregon, 1926-38, he became fam- ous for his defense of it. In com- Imittee and upon the Senate floor, he stalked his Democratic and in- dependent Republican foes, chal- lenging their delegation of legisla- tive authority to the executive ‘branch in the turbulent years of the New Deal “Keynoter” at Coanvention So vigoreus were his expressions that in 1936 the Republicans chose him at their national convention |to deliver the keynote address. Suddenly Leaves Congress In 1938, nine months before his second term expired, he suddenly |resigned, pleading the necessity of finding a less costly living for family and the impairment of his health, which had broken in 1936. He left Congress to become a part- ner in a Washington law firm. Although he never talked much about it, Steiwer, a giant of a man and the marvel of his friends for his ability to tramp tirelessly (Continued on PA;; Se‘;en) Former Oregon Senator| |sique reflected the bigness of the | A fierce opponent of all lvglsla-y his | ~ SubBoat | Is Sunk First Class Undersea Crafil | Rammed-Goes Down t ' with 40 Aboard | b, | } TOKYO, Feb. 3—A first class Japanese submarine sank in Bungo Chann where. the water average 330 feet in depth, with probably 40 | men aboard, the Admiralty announ- | ces | | The vessel sank after a collision | with another submarine in maneu- vers in the stralt between Kyushu | and Shikoku Islands, 400 miles southwest of Tokyo. The submarines carried eight 21| | inch torpedo tubes and had a cruis- | ing radius enabling her to cross the | Pacific and return without refuel- | ing. Mate Runs | - Off;Comes To Alaska Skips Out on Community ' Boal-Wife Gefs Decree | and Maybe Craft | SEATTLE, Feb. 3. — Testifying o A A resciution directing the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives to investigate the official ® : | conditet of Frances Perkins (center), Secretary of La bor, with a view to impeachment was submitted by Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R.-N.J.). The measure also suggested the impeachment of James L. Houghteling (left), Commissioner ¢f Immigration, and Gerard D. Reilly (right), Labor Department Solicitor, Internal Warfare that her husband abandoned her, seized a gasboat she helped to buy land fled north to Ketchikan, Al- | |aska, with another woman, Mrs.| Florence O'Dell obtained a default | | decree divorce today from James |R. O'Dell, electrician. i | Mrs. O'Dell was granted $10 a| Eweek alimony for six months and | possession of the boat if she can‘ ge'.'it. | HERE'S HER CHANCE | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 3— The Coast Guard has refloated and | |is towing the fishing boat Evon to | a safe anchorage. The Evon'is owned by James R. |O'Dell, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and | | went ashore last night at the soutn | |end of Drake Bay. | e TWO SUBWAYS " DYNAMITED IN HEART, LONDON Widespread SerieS Bomb- ings, Sabotage Acts Are Renewed LONDON, Feb. 3. — Explosions | rocked two subway stations in the heart of London early today, ap- parently marking a renewal of widespread series of bombings and sabotage acts. The authorities attribute the bombings to Irish Republican agi- | tators. Today’s bombs exploded in the Leicester Sqaure and Tottengam |Court road tube stations, a quarter of a mile apart, almost simultane- | ously. | Train service was suspended for several hours. | One ticket collector was serious- ly injured and five persons were hurst slightly. i | TAGGED FOR SURE GRAND FORKS, N. D—City At- torney Harold D. Shaft was at lunch with the mayor, police chief and State’s attorney when a traffic officer tagged his car for over parking. He had to pay the $1 fine. TAX | much Splits UAW A A bitter internal dispute in the United Automobile Workers of Ameri- ca, which may be of vital significance to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, flared into violence at Detroit when members of the pro-Martin group entered a school where members of the Plymouth local were gathered, and for a brief time, fists flew furiously. F. L. “pat” McCartney, leader of the pro-Martin forces, is shown addressing his followers in the street before EXEMPT PROBLEM ON entering the school. BONDS IS NOW BRINGING OUT UNUSUAL SOB STORES By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Back of the Administration’s demand for elimination of tax-exempt securities is a lot more than a mere effort to make life tough for economic royalists. Years ago when the Government debt—State and Federal—amount- ed to only a few billion dollars, the tax-exemption privilege was not a really serious matter. But now that this public debt has reached a total of $65,000,000,000 (Treasury esti- mate), it is something else again. | As the Treasury sees it: 1.—Billions of private capital which might otherwise hunt a place for private investment now can hide safely and profitably in taxed Government securities 2.—The Federal Government loses real revenue. If the same un- | | PLENTY OF ARGUMENTS There are arguments against re- pealing the exemption and the Sen- ate Pinance Committee already has arranged to hear them soon. The Government's case largely |is this: Right when there is a real need | for use their wealth to start new in- dustry, the wealth instead has been shoved into the taxless safety of Government bonds. is mighty lucky the money was ready for investment in Govern- | ment bonds when the depression | hit. How could the relief billions ‘have been raised otherwise? Also, these business investors ar- considerable investment capital | confidently resting in Government | securities. Unlike private securi- enterprising business men to| But business men argue that it REP. GORDON ASKS CHANGE DIVORCE LAW Residence Requirement Would Be Reduced fo | Year in New Bill Residence requirement in Alaska for a divorce would become one year instead of two, if House bill No. 466, introduced by Representative Gordon today, passes. Only other new measure introduc- ed today prior w » reading of a long calendar of measures in final de- bate, was House bill No. 47, by Walk- er, which would require junk dealers and metal scrappers in Alaska to have a license. A resident license would cost $15 and a non-resident license, $25. In third reading today, House bill No. 21, by Anderson, asking a Terri- torial referendum on Territorial liq- uor stores, was withdrawn by its author, “for revision.” House bill No. 22, by Lyng, giving the Alaska Aeronautics and Com- munications Commission broadened and more defined powers, was re- referred to committee for amend- ments. House bill No. 23, also by Lyng, requiring that no civil aircraft be operated in Alaska without a license, a measure to conform to Federal laws in technicality, was passed un- animously. Measures Passed Also passed this afternoon, with- out dissenting votes, were the fal«| lowing House measures: H. B. 24, an act to prohibit erection of ob- structions on Territorial landing fields; H. B. 32, a law amendment relative to who is or who is not enutitled to act as Executor or Ad- ministrator of estates; H. B. 35, to correct marriage laws to permit license affidavit to be made out by Notary Publics; H. B. 36, to correct law regarding filing of court mo- tions; H. B. 37, relative to publica- tlon of summons; H. B. 38, relating to arrest and bail laws, and 8. B. 13, reducing interest on bonds of City of Wrangell held by Territory. This last measure was hurried through first, second and into third readings and passed with 16 yea votes. Chisholm On Stand City Clerk of Wrangell, L. B. Chis- holm, took the stand before the House at the instance of Represen- tative Davis, and explained an in- teresting story of Wrangell's single handed attack of an unusual financ- ing problem said to be without pre- cedent in Alaska Said to be the only town in Al- aska, incorporarec, and financing its school construction without hav- gue, it is not a bad idea to have|ing requested the Territory for aid, Chisholm told of a complicated sit- uation brought on by “loss of indus- | tries” and the ill fortune of once money Were invested in Private| s these Government securities | properous Wrangell. bonds, much of the income would | i)l not suddenly be dumped on a| yield high surtaxes. If compelled | panjcky market when a depression | to seek a private spot for invest- ment, this capital would create new lief load comes. Bonds Floated In 1931, $50,000 in bonds were floated, with a Cincinnati bonding | State officials also are protestmg{companv failing to sell a single bond (Continued on Page Five) |industry and thus reduce the X""]‘uny change. They will have to pay |in a depression-struck Outside. How- «Continued on Page Two) WALKOUT AT SEATTLE IS IN EFFECT Masters, M@ and Pilofs Quit Jobs Aboard North Coast MOUNT McKINLEY MAY NOT SAIL TOMORROW Sailors Union of Pacific Is Supporting Action for More_Wages SEATTLE, Feb, 3—The Alaska steamship service is tied up on ace count of members of the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union walking out in the wage dispute. 5 Operators of the Northland Trans- portation Company cancelled the salling of the North Coast, sched- uled for 10 o'clock this forenocon, - when five deck officers walked out. The company paid off the crew of 64 men. Only the Master, Capt. Andrew Borkland, remained aboard. Capt. Ernest Brinker, Secretary of the Local 90, Masters, Mates and Pilots Union, said the Unlon decided not to call Masters off the ships’ ‘because they are considered custod- ians of the vessels for the owners. No Picketing Agents of the Union announced they will post observers but no picke ets. Capt. Brinker said the Sallors Un~ ion of the Pacific supports the walk- out. Shipping officials said a prolong- ed conflict will cause a serious short- age of food and other supplies in Al- aska, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Wage Raise Asked The Masters, Mates and Pilots asked for a raise of $25 a month, guarantee of eleven months a year employment and separate rooms aboard ship for each officer. Capt. Brinker this afternoon said there will be no picket lines estab- lished immediately and said no ac- tual strike has been declared, the men merely “decided to quit.” Alaska Steamship Company of- ficials said they are not ready to an- nounce whether the Mount McKinley will sail north tomorrow. The Cordova is due here Sunday and the Tongass on Monday, from Alaska routes and unless the trouble is settled, the two ships will be tled up. r Shipowners’ Statement In San PFrancisco, The Pacific Am- erican Shipowners Association of- ficials saild: “This strike is & flag- rant violation of the agreement be- tween the Pacific Coast Steamship lines and the National organization of the Masters, Mates and Pilots re- newed last fall for one year. For the first time in recent years on the Pacific Coast Shipping, licensed of- ALASKA GAME COMMISSION IS SUED FOR $863 W. R Selfr_iEe, Recently Dismissed, Seeks His Back_S_alary KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 3—W. R. Selfridge, recently notified of his dismissal as Wildlife Agent of the Alaska Game Commission of which he formerly was Chairman, has filed a suit in the office of the Deputy Clerk of the United States District Court against members of the Com- mission and Prank Dufresne, Execu- tive Officer, for the sum of $863. Selfridge claims this is salary due since September 20 to January 11 when his dismissal became effec- tive. Dufresne is now enroute to Seattle aboard the steamer Mount McKin- ley. erate Lies Are Made ;japa'nese !I mpvmhhont Probe May F ace Labor Dept. Trio