The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” - ALASKA EMPIRE e o VOL. LIIL, NO. 8033. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CONFERENCE ON PICKETING SCHEDULED | NIPPON MAY -PUT POLICE | IN SHANGHAI - Ultimatum Hinfed as Be-; ing Prepared in Light | » of Assassinations | 70, Feb. Japan is today | % her own plan for policing | ernational Settlement in i because of increasing | apanees terrorism, a Foreign | s Office spokesman indicated fas morning The spokesman said Cabinet lead- W0 conferred about the new plan and some political s believed demands would be cpresented to the Shanghai Muni- cipal Council in the form of an ultimatum. The situation in Shanghai came acute yesterday with assas-| sination of Ii Kuo Chieh, grand-| y son of Li Hung Chang, famous | Chinese statesman. He was killed in | ' the Amer scctor of the Int ational Settlement. L - AAA SPEND . LARGE SUM . IN BENEFITS ‘Sialemem rMade Regard- ing Expenditures-Al- aska Gelfs $275 be- n defense von Juan, third son of former King »f Spain under Generalissimo Fran Hammond, former U. S. ambassadc ormer Princess Maria Mercedes of WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — The Agricultural Adjustment Admini # tration reports the sum of $295,7 000 has been spent in the past seven months, ending February 1 This sum includes benefit payments | T Tl AR ® to farmers. The sum of $275 was| paid to Alaskan farmers. | lialy Will WITH RUMORS aly Wi | Continuefo TUNIS CLASH oniinue io | | Aid Franco Eiotty Italians Said fo | Have Been Killed in Mussolini Says Troops fo Battle Friday il “Victory” land Italian troops on the Tunisian ROME, Feb. 22.—Premier Mus- boundary, and that 84 soldiers died in the conflict, brought strained solini has confirmed to Gen. Fran- French- t;qmn relations sharply ¥cisco Franco that Italian troops now |into the foreground today in Spain are at the disposal of the Spanish Insurgent leader until “vic- ) Reports received from diplomatic as well as private quarters in Paris tory” is made certain. that came from Tunis, were an- The reaffirmation is in a tele- (€Wered by the Foreign Office as “unable to confirm. gram acknowledging greetings from \ Gen. Franco oh the occasion of the| However, no immediate denial of big military review in Barcelmmflhfl clash is given. 3 when the Italian Legionnaires | Occurred Friday | The fight is reported to have marched past Franco in parade. R * SUPREME COURT APPOINTEES IS - » NARROWEDTO 2 woc s © " .. |back, it is said, off French soil "Ihree Senéiors CIaim to;“‘lf‘nl(;]a[}? Lr‘lxl::lildl French reinforce- » Have Inside Informa- occurred last Friday, when Italian troops penetrated French territory from Libya at a spot about 25 miles |southeast of the first French for- tified line around Ben Gardaen. Italians Licked French casualties are placed at four, while it is said 80 Italians were killed. | ments had suddenly shifted posi- S | 1' | tion into the fortified zone where s 2. Thr Mediterranean fleet arrived at the WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—TNI€€ qmynisian port of Bizerte on last {the encounter took place. It is also known that the French Senators said they understand that | Thursday, the day before the clash. President Roosevelt's canvass of . King and Queen for Spain? }FiSh Boals Don Juan of Bourbon and wife FOREIGN AFFAIRS BATTLE KEEPS TWO SENATORS UP IN REAL FIGHTING FORM | Discussed, (ommillee‘ ' Solution B;igved Found | in Complaint Over In- | ternational Treaty WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Chair- man of the House Merchant Marine 0. Committe, Representative 8. Bland, has advanced a plan for protection of fishing vessels exper: iencing undue hardships under the ational Convention Treaty. convention requires rtifi- | cates of competency for office of all seagoing vessels. At a committee hearing on legisla- tion to make the treaty effective, Bland said he saw nothing to pre- vent Congress from making require- ments for certifications of fishing | vessels sufficiently liberal to cause no great burden | A representative of the Alaska amship Company and other lines between the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, appealed to the committee for protection against vessels of less than 200 tons, operating as common acrriers in competition with lines he represented He said the small vessels, when so operated, should be required to meet the same requirements as larger ships, S Alfonso of Spain, may become King cisco Franco, according to Ogden H. or to Spain. Don Juan married the Bourbon and the two Sicilies in 1935. D GREAT BRITAIN. T0 AID FRANCE | IN CASE OF WAR GREENES “We’ve Been Through Worse Weather, Samuel” e 4 B Disclosure Is Revealed in“fikfi\“ Sll(ES Granting of Extra Bor- | SKI MARK FOR rowing Power | LONDON, Feb. 22. Disclosure syt that the British and French Gen-| By PRESTON GROVER eral Staffs are continuing conver- p..qening the new downhill trail WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — The sations hint that Great Britain has pove the :,ec()nd‘ meadow on li)e | question of “isolation vs. aiding the been committed to sending another Douglas Ski Area, Ralph Moreau | democracies” turns a spotlight on a |large army to the continent in event y 4.v hung up a new course record s | Flashing over the heavy snow | pair of elder statesmen in the Sen-|of war. ate who have been in the forefront of every battle on such a question since the World War. & - to capturé the first event of the r'tr“f L‘““‘d'” ‘“-“; '(’fr!’“ k_‘j“; ‘b‘“:’ 1939 Southeast Alaska Ski Cham- after two days of delense debate| .i,;chips, Moreau won the down- |in the House of Commons, the ., They are Borah of Idaho and! House, without a record vote, grant-| . ... i 9 minutes and 55 seconds, J”,"“"'“ of California. : ed the (;nvvlm‘nm')f, aulhon'ty to paring 21 seconds off the mark set The Borah-Johnson isolationists double the borrowing powers for |y suen Saren in the trial run two have been trying to sound out the defense this year. | weeks ago. Administration to learn whether| Virtually every member of the| = goien” running a course through any kind of commitment has been | House of Commons agreed that & 4. piuch of his own selection, also made or implied that would compel | vast speedy rearmament program is beat his former mark, but eatind the United States, in order to save necess: | Moreau in by Bill event over the nine furlong } six seconds. - {its face, to aid France and England g | Hixon took third place and Bert {in event of war. | Caro fourth. There were six star | Publicly they have been told v lers in the race, but Lee Prescott [that no such commitments exist | land Jay Willlams failed to finish, land that the agreement by which FORHGN AFFAIRS | being stopped by injuries. Prescott France and England are able to | iirew & Mk out of joint, while buy planes here is simply a com- | mercial transaction. From behind Gibepd - dadisiol i Wike, Hbee {the downhill race was postponed, and the Senate Military Affairs | because of heavy snow conditions. | Committee have come intimations | that more was intended. | | i - Will Cooperate More Fully with League of Na- | Walker Memorial fions, It Is Said {Evades Death WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, — 'rhe‘ve“el'day ]Umted States has promised the RS to the brink of war?” | League of Nations greater coopera- | The Californian, whose bronze|tion in the technical and non- face is set out like a cameo under‘PO“‘-‘C“l a”“““g? 73 his parted crop of white hair, was| This is according a note the| 9y 4 R i bristling with indignatioh. ’sla(e Department has sent to the | RePresentative Smiths recently J 3 Secretary General of the League of | Passed and hotly conte: (hr;lgtw;‘xex:fehpthe post-World War | . iate abolition measure swung a stout club|Nations. i, ; at the League of Nations had he| The move is regarded by diplo- | tative Walker's batted-about g g h { 4 o ifi |ual abolition measure was su appeared quite so stirred, although mats as of great significance at et B R e he stirs easily on matters of for- time when important political nego- | Hlly - RERARERER 0. death ‘d' eign affairs. | tiations in Europe are being con- |definite postponment yesterday Borah was seriously ill in a hos- ducted outside of the League of afternoon in a brief recurrence of P 5 | fons “fish headaches.” ak | Nations. | g;mlt];! "Slliat‘:“e“:(fr [ES'. o\‘ir‘brfi::‘ Davis moved for indefinite post- S i { ponement, but Walker, moving for tathes o Bl ol iawfov\:{afaz«; b;mGERMANY (OUI.D tabling of the measure, Was up- less. than Johnson's. I‘ held by Speaker Howard Lyng on Both are in their early seventies| MAKE AlR RAID ) JOHNSON IN FORM “Do you not think the American people, with their experience of the past 20 years, should be informed,” | asked Senator Johnson, “if their rulers are going to take them even There are still fish trap | memorials before the Legislature. Riding rough seas in the wake of twy Represen- d- the rule that a tabling measure and have suffered serious illnesses has precedence, in recent years but they could not| The vote favored the tabling ac- (O J r B boli- keep out of a foreign affairs battle | tion “thikeep Sha (gradual abo tion measure in the picture in case | Williams cracked an ankle | e a| The slalom race, slated to follow ed immed- | LONG WAR is forseen by Nelson T. Johnson (above), U. S. ambassador to China who re- cently returned to Washington, to report on Far East conditions. Mr. Johnson found the Chinese morale high, complimented the fortitude of Chinese civilians. DRUNKARD AND " NEPOTISM BILLS DIES IN SENATE Tie Votes 2 Engineer and | Architect Board Meas- | ure Is Passed Tie votes in the Senate late yes- terday afternoon administered some knockout blows to the habitual | drunkard bill and to the measure | prohibiting Territorial officers from | putting members of the family on | the payroll. Senator O. D. Cochran's Senate |bill. No. 8¢ would have branded as an habitual drunkard and placed beyond the pale of alcohol any per- 30vorly-rond of the product of the | vine, | measure were Joe Hofman, C. H. Senators voting against the CONSTABULARY OFFICE IS TO BE REQUESTED ‘Goddard Springs Purchase Is Also Asked in Bills Coming Up At Jeast nine bills and one memor- | ial are ready for presentation in the House of Representatives tomorrow when Legislators take up again af- | ter today’s holiday. A memorial asks for Congressional =investlgnolon of halibut prices. Bills ask for rehabilitation of certain tele- | graph lines, appropriation for the Griffin Memorial Hospital, raise the exemption clause on gross gold taxes, regulate employment agencies, make jamendment relative to Boards of Directors in Public Utility districts, create a Territorial Revenue Cons- tabulary, purchase Goddard Hot Springs at Sitka for a Ploneers’ Home, regulate further with refer- ence to cosmetology, and amend the law relative to coroner's inquests. Halibut Investigation House Joint Memorial 40, by Mc- Cormick (by request) is addressed to Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins, and asks that Congress in- vestigate the economic disposition of halibut in the Pacific Coast halibut fishing industry, stating that short season and low prices are working hardship on fishermen. Telegraph Lines House bill 113 has a long list of author signatures. It is signed by Coffey, Drager, Smith, Martin, Dowd, Porter, Lyng, and asks rehabilita- tion of abandoned telegraph lines, with an appopriation of $7,500 to be spent under the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners for the purpose. Telegraph lines in question are thise abandoned between Nome and Golovin, Nulato and Unalakleet, Rampart and Eurcka, Nenana and son who was declared in court to be | Hot Springs, Cordova and Chitina. Kodiak Hospital Representative Drager introduces House bill 114, which asks an ap- MARITIME " UNIONS T0 HAVE MEET Four Organflions fo De- | cide on Further Ac- tion Tomorrow 'WAGE SCALE, ALSO 40 HOUR WEEK INVOLVED Steamfitters, Caulkers, Plumbers and Painfers Seek Agreements SEATTLE, Feb. 22—Representa- tive of four Maritime Unions will meet tomorrow to decide what ac- tion will be taken as the result of the new picketing of the Metal Trades Council which halted the sailing of the Cordova for Alaska ports. The sailing was scheduled for tomorrow but was cancelled yester- | day by the Alaska Steamship Com- 1pany when pickets gathered at Pler 2. J. J. Peatherstone, Acting Secre- tary of the Council, said the pickets will not be withdrawn until the Al- aska Steamship Company signs an Qgreement establishing a wage scale | and a 40-hour week. REASON FOR PICKETING | According to advices received in Juneau, the picketing started as the result of the closing of the West Seattle Yards, leased by the Alaska Steamship Co., when the recent tie- up of vessels resulted from the Mast- ers, Mates and : the steamers operating to Alaska. In the Alaska Steamship Company yards there are approximately 350 ship workers including steamfitters, plumbers, caukers, painters, all members of the Metal Trades Un- fon. The tie-up resulted from the Masters, Mates and Pllots walkout and caused the steamship company to shut down the yards with the con~ sequent loss of wages to the employ= ees at the yards, it is said. The union members are now seeks ing return of the wages lost and in- ability to reach agreement caused the latest picket line, The first picket line was abandoned last week. Final settlement of Masters, Mates and Pilots strike is still being nego- tiated, it is said here. Notfe (ase Mystery Is (Iefd Up Threafening Lefters, Ber- ry-Baker Trail, Written by Three Youths OLYMPIA, Wash,, Feb. 22. — The mystery surrounding the sending of threatening notes in the Berry- Baker kidnap case last year, has been cleared up. Prosecuting Attorney Smith Troy announces three boys, all aged 16 or under, admitted they were au- thors of the notes. Troy said the youths asserted the letters were simply written as “jokes.” FISH INVESTIGATION MEASURE PASSES ON INTO THIRD READING The only concurrent resolution introduced in the House of Repre- sentatives this session, authorized by Representative Walker and asky possible Supreme Court ,appointees | T ——— ;fr‘:h‘:;‘rc cerfain to meansthe end| |the Senate acts against the im- t“g“flz““;’j J::"es Patterson and|propriation of $15.000 to asslst in the ing Congressional investigation of has narrowed down to two mm,INEw jERStY VOIES 3 e | WASHINGTON, Feb, 22— Major|mediate abolition measurc.” B sénaz‘:-c i L e equipping and operation of Griffin | f0 IS ol assed through Dean Wiley Rutledge, of the Uni-| | OPPOSITE DEBATING STYLES | General H. H. Arnold, Chief of the W 00 P e it ocant dnen i gu. | Memorial Hospital ot Hodiak The| ooong reading yesterday and nto R n s ON PARI MUIUEI. In thoir msthod of debste they|Amy Afr. Gorpe. Yaldsthe Sepate| MOTHER (OF; MRS, EX - |Be Bt o e o | s o be taken out of $08cs BB oy grsiaments canibles: Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach, of | i lare as opposite as possible, Where| Military Affairs Committee that | ARRIVES IN JUNEAU (00 “mmm_ - L;"{’ ool n:’y :)l;oprmlmm allotted the Third DIV-| %0 5 nge was made. The mess Washington NEWARK, N. J, Feb. 20.—No race Borah’s argument is likely to be| Only Germany could attack the| Mis, G Ot ther of | Votes were cast by Senators Cochran, S Gold Tax sure asks a bill be brought out re- s, r Carlson, mother o questing an appropriation of $10,~ The Senators, who asked anony- mity, said they have received this information from Administration authorities, .. The British Museum contains be- track sites will be approved in New Jersey until the state votes to leg- alize pari-utuel betting at the refer- endum on the question, June 20. If the state votes in favor of pari-mu- tuels, a racing commission must be tween 3500,000 and 4,000,000 DriAt- | appointed to govern the sport, and | “Good God,” he shouted at the| This s according to testimony) The €368 of Wante db UO €% vey Smith's House bill 19 which ed books, 55000 manuscripts. |this group will have the suthority | . [tven. 10t sossintétee. Tast Janu- | ordinate properly until the age of b acotonalyo.c v i st &+ ceived ‘ ood'nt | to designate sites for tracks. { (Continued on Page Five) |ary and just made public. ithree months. | (Continued on Page Eight) 2l . |presented calmly, Johnson'’s state- |United States through the air. | : S {ments boil out like slag from a blast| The Army Alr Corps chief also|Ms: E E. Ek, arrived on the North | o0 "y o) R, Walker. |furnace. He gesticulates with both |said that it would be advantageous Coast [rom Beattle and will i House Bill Tabled | hands at times, although be it said"-o the United States to establlshfl‘e”: indefinitely with her daughww Employers. were spared one more {the cool, icy, part in his hair is | airdromes and accumulate supplies |ii the MacKinnon Apartments. |never ruffled. |in South America. | e~ Patterson, Rivers and Senate Presi- |annoyance when Senators voted six to two to lay on the table Rep. Har- House bill 115 touches again on a delicate subject for this session of the Legislature—gold tax. Authored by Fourth Division Representatives Rogge and Spencer, the measure asks a lift in the exemption clause on gold and platinum metals gross | (Continued on’ Page Five) 000 for expenses of & five man Alask- an committee to be made up of Third and Pirst Division legislators to serve with the Congressional Com~ mittee should Such a gyoup be ap- pointed. In the original bill, the measure asked $30,000. PRICE TEN CENTY"~ and Pilots walking off i i {