The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. LIIL, NO. 8040. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939. MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE S ———————— _PRICE TEN CENTS POPE ELECTED TODAY BY CARDINALS OVER SCORE MISSING IN HOTEL FIRE Hundreds Killed in Explosion | | Flames Sw ée—p Through|Are Blown fo Bifs-Fire De-: s * jtical protection the gigantic policy | racket headed by gangster "Du'.(-h"{ FooD SHOR'AGE Large Section of Hali- fax Seafront HALIFAX, March 2—More than | a score of persons are missing, be-| lieved to be dead, after fire destroy- ed the Queen Hotel and then swept a large section of the this seaport’s closely built section causing damage estimated at $800,000 Only 48 of the 117 persons believed to have been in the hotel when the early morning fire broke out, have been accounted for definitely at noon today. The Police said others un-; doubtedly escaped The police, after conferring with the hotel employees said the death list might reach as high as 30. The hotel register is buried in the safe beneath tons of debris. Twenty survivors are in hospitals, many suffering serious injuries as| the result of burns or from jump- ing out of windo Teffi“— rific Explosion ~ InLondon Renewal of Violence * Breaks Ouf, Accredited to Outlawed Army stroys 800 Homes-8,- | 000 Shelterless ‘ OSAKA, Japan, March 2.—Author- | ities believe that 200 persons were blown to bits or burned to death | in the explosion yesterday at the Army arsenal in suburban Hirakata. | Fire, caused by the explosion raced through a wide residential | section and property loss is huge, over 800 homes being destroyed, | leaving over 8,000 homeless. | Over 400 persons are known to have been injured in the explosion. | Jarelessness of workers caused the blast, it is said. | GERMAN BARON 10 BE OUSTED | FROM_MEXI(O: Presidential Decree De- cides Fate of Nazi Bar- MEXICO CITY, March Department of Interior announces | that Baron Hans von Holleufer, brother-in-law of Berlin's Chief of Police, and agent concerned in Mex- ican-German barter deals, is being expelled from Mexico by Presiden-| tial decree. 1 The German Embassy, of course, ridicules reports that the Baron has been engaged in espionage activities. - LONDON, March 2.—A terrific ex- plosion in suburban Stonebridge Park damaged the aqueduct sup- porting the Grand Union Canal. The explosion took place early this morning. There were no casualties. The police immediately started an investigation on the theory the AN | explosion was a renewal of violence ‘\ | by the outlawed Irish Republican _ TR Fight Hundred Million Dol- lars Estimated Needed RE(béi("TON for Fiscal Year > FOR FRANCO WASHINGTON, March group of Senators rallied today to a tory for Great Britain. proposal that the United States BRI i I recognize the Franco government in | Spain at once. F UR Mllll “ | Reports from several well inform- | ed “sources indicate that the State ] DAllv EXPE“SE Department will follow the lead of | [} France and Great Britain in recog- | OF j Ap A“ w AR | | | nizing the. new regime within a few | That Amount Estimated fo| days now that the insurgent victory i BRITISH ARMY IS Army estimates for more than $800,- | 000,000 for the fiscal year were today | is practically compleie. | e .IAMEi HINES 1 China for One Year TOKYO, March 2.—Japan is pre- paring to appropriate an estimated | $4,000,000 daily for fighting in China FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS 2253 Tammany DiS'I’id leadef! The military authorities have fix- Is fo Be Senfenced |5deeiated war- for the tiscal year | on March 13 ;at nearly one billion and one half | | dollars. NEW YORK, March 2—District Tammany leader James Hines, ‘con- 1 e | ISLAND STORM victed last Saturday night on all 13 counts of the indictment charging | BOUND_ HAS Flu ! him with having been paid for pol- | Y v ) i Continue Fighting in | | i) Schultz, will be sentenced March 13. Defense counsel plans to file an| appeal. Three Hundr—eilnhabilantsi Send Qut Faint Radio . POP WARNERIN | “Ew pos'"°“4! DUBLIN, March 2—Faint wireless SAN JOSE, Gal, March 2—One of | signals from storm bound Tory | Exposition’s “Gay Way ” l Attracts Throng With the spiel of barkers adding to the general noises, throngs were attracted to “Gay Way,” the fun zone of the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. This is a portion of the first day’s throng of sight-seers. In the left background is the ski-jump, cne. of the @xposition features. BRIGHT BRIGHT COLLEGE BOYS .. ARENOW NEEDED; GOVT. OF U. 5. IS ON LOOKOUT NAVAL BOMBERS ARE FLYING TO SITKA AIR BASE Six Planes Left Seattle This Morning, Bucking Wind, for North SEATTLE, March 2—8ix Naval | bombing planes of Squadron VP-2014 109 bright young college men. Tt | By PRESTON GROVEIR | | WASHINGTON, March 2-—-More | than ever before in peace time the | Government is going after bright | FOUR LIQUOR BILLS STILL EVADE DEATH Cochran Permit Measure Is Given Cold Reception by Representatives Ten gentlemen of the House of Representatives “know when they've had enough liquor.” Yesterday af- ternoon the House received Sena- tor O. D. Cochran’s Senate Bill 88, the permit liquor bill, one day late for the deadline, and refused to permit its introduction by a vote of ten to six Which still leaves four liquor measures waiting for the high sign or the axe. The House is holding Senator Walker's Cocktail Bill, considerably re-made since its exit from the Judiciary Committee, and Sena- tor LaBoyteaux's Indian prohibi- tion measure, the introduction of which in the House, brought muf- |fled exclamations of “passing the | buck.” | 1In the Senate, House Bill 7, Rep- |resentative Smith's powder-loaded wholesale liquor measure, is still TWO GOLD TAX MEASURES WIN SENATE PASSAGE Bills fo Raise Exemption, Reguire Payment Now Up fo Lower House Last minute attempts to get The Government is expanding its | ganate with two bills dealing with | | pursuit of the arts of war side by [ phases of the problem being passed | | side with its pursuit of the arts 01! The question now is whether the| e | House will accept the bills, the last | To man the 3,000 new planes the | day for transmission having passed| air corps expects to buy during the | Tuesday. A two-thirds vote in the| next two years will require not only | House ‘is necessary for that body to 25,000 extra enlisted men from out- | receive the bills. side the colleges, but 2,000 more of- One of the measures, by Senator ficers, most of them college men. Henry Roden, would raise the ex- | At the same time the Department | emption from taxation from $10,000 of Agriculture is reaching out for to $20,000. The original bill provid- | ed for a raise to $25,000 but the looking for an open door out of | committee. i But one bill of the four, looks |sure-fire. That is Representative | McCutcheon’s Club Cocktail meas- | ure, passed the House and now in /the Senate final debate pastures with an amendment that makes such cocktail sales in fraternal club rooms as provided for in the |measure, “for members only,” in- |stead of “members and guests.” FRENCH CALL s r | its fighting planes and laboratories. | coccion were made last night in lheq ’ WAR HERO Former Marshal fo Go fo Spain-Arms Embargo Placed by France {left at 7 o'clock this morning for wants to get that many probably |sitka to replace Squadron VP-17|githin the next year to begin hunt- Signals of Distress | the most famous figures in colleg football, Pop Warner was signed to day as an advisory coach by th san Jose State Teachers College. e |Island, off the northwest coast of| | Ireland, discloses that influenza and e | hunger are prevailing among the | 300 inhabitantd. The island has been isolated for Warner recently resigned as head coach at Temple University, where he was succeeded by Fred Swan. five weeks owing to unprecedented storms along the coast. LONDON, March 2—The British |which arrived here from Sitka late‘mg in four new laboratories for new yesterday afternoon. Fighting head winds, Squadron laid before the House of Commons, VP-20 may take eight or nine hours a1eo will seek uses for erops which This sum rounds out the greatest | for the flight to Sitka, Commander | can replace those of ‘Which we now | 2. — A defense program in peace time his- | A. W. Bradford, Sand Point C°m'§have too much. 5 mandant, said. e QUITS D. A.R. BERKELEY, Cal. March 2.—An- other prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion followed the example of Mrs. Roosevelt today by sending in her re- | signation. She was Mrs. Elsie R, Michell, one of the D.AR.’s two live members on the Pacific Coast. She followed Mrs, Roosevelt's lead in resigning because the noted negro singer Mar- ian Anderson had been barred from the use of Constitution Hall in Washington for a concert, PRESIDENT IS ENDING CRUISE MIAMI, March 2. — President Roosevelt has notified his secretary’s office in Miami that he will arrive at Charleston Friday aboard the cruiser Houston. The President expects to get back to Washington Saturday. He will| speak Saturday at the Joint Con- gressional ceremonies in honor of the meeting of the first Congress, 150 years ago. GOING OUT, FIRST TIME IN 29 YEARS Harry Davidson is leaving on the Princess Norah Sunday for Port- land and possibly a visit to the fair at San Francisco. The trip south will be the first one he has taken since he came north 29 years|: ago. | uses to which surplus cotton, corn, wheat or potatoes can be put. They | The selection plan has not bee | worked out but it probably will be | something akin to the system which the big technical industries, such as General Electric, General Motors and Chrysler motors use in search- ing out expert help. These compan- | ies take selected students fresh from | the campus and give them jobs in | the company plants to learn the bus- | iness. FLIERS A PROBLEM More complicated is the method of selecting Army fliers. The Army couldn’t absorb 2,000 new fliers all | at once even if it could train them. | It would put a disastrous “hump” in the promotion system to take in so | many all at once. Many would serve for years without a promotion, as would all those coming in after them. Instead the immediate require- }men's will be filled by bringing in | from the private air schools re- | serve officers, flying cadets and new- ly trained fliers who will serve only three to seven years. Each year for the next 10 years 200 to 300 will be ‘selected from this list for permanent | | commissions in the air force. | But the immediate prospect is for | 3,000 air corps reserve officers to be | offered active duty for three to| seven years, an increase from 1,350 | such jobs during recent years. If at the end of three years they are not ichosen for permanent commissions, | they may retire, trained fliers, with | {a $500 bonus. | Of course if war comes, they'll be | on the spot. | | a lengthy disquisition on the herring measure was amended last night. to get bills from house to house be- fore Tuesday’s deadline. Tax Claim Is Lien Unpaid taxes and interest at six percent, which accrues from the after the Cabinet meeting under-| gy o Alssks, PARIS, March 2--France today| This and a similar bill in the House | ¢alled on her World War hero,| qympiciis both were left at the post in the race | Marshal Henri Petain, to come back | ;. to service. | Petain will become first Ambas- sador to Nationalist Spain. The appointment was announced [ New popE EVUGENIQ PACELLL APPROPRIATIONS GO UP INSTEAD OF DOWN, HOUSE Representa;ives Give Bill $50,000 Boost for © Sarter Five pages into the twelve pages of the three and a third million dol- lar appropriation bill, the House of Representatives wound up an after- noon of good-heartedness yesterday, already having added $55,710 to the measure without a single slash. Resolving into the Committee of the Whole with Representative Cof- fey assuming the rostrum, members began going through the Ways and Means recommendations. First big boost was given in the office of the Attorney General, where $10,000 was tacked on “just in case the fingerprint bill passes.” In the Auditor's Office, Chief Clerk and Accountant each were re- stored 1933 pay slashes of ten per- cent, boosting their salaries again to $2,700 per annum, as was also done in the case of the Chief Cierk’s salary in the Treasurer's Office. Support of Schools he he of Bupport Commi of Educatior to got $2.400 e House for Undes t of Schie net | A. B Karnes 0,000 for vo- $8,000 for the last two fonal correspondence courses | bequeaths filling blank s With the 000 appropriation, said he could tional ed~ Federal education and cex rcce uecation funds 1Y the [l | Goyernment | House migh | ing extensior O1OIT 000 for the Un amount to be I in- er= date such taxes are due, would be | t00K to halt the shipment of supplies | haiq hy Karnes out of the $20,000 he made a prior lien against mining through French ports to the Re would have under Federal and Ter- property by terms of Committee Publican regime in Spain in accord-| ytoria) yocational monies. Substitute for Senate Bill No. 40, which measure also passed the Sen- | ate last night. Originally written by Senator Joe | Hofman, the measure provided that| gold taxes are due December 31 on | the year’s production and must be | paid by January 15 unless the Treas- | urer grants an extension until March | 15 in cases where the operators show | they are unable to ascertain the amount of the tax due until the| later date, The provision making the Terri- | tory’s claim for taxes a prior lien| against property was attacked by | Senators Roden and C. H. LaBoy-| teaux who argued that a labor lien | should have priority. A motion to| that effect was lost. Building Supervisor Also passed by the Senate yester- day was a spbstitute for House Bill No. 57, which makes the Territorial Superintendent of Public Works the supervisor of construction of all| public buildings, including school buildings. Last night was herring night in| the Senate, with solons listening to | industry by Grover Winn, represent- ing the Herring Packers Associa-| tion, and John Kayser, fishing union lobbyist. They spoke regarding Rep- resentative A. P. Walker's House Joint Memorial No. 31, supporting Delegate Dimond’s bill to restrict herrihg fishing in Southeast Alas- ka. | SIGHTS IN THE CAPITAL | Kayser claimed the herring run Off Pennsylvania Avenue: | had been seriously depleted by over- Since Senator Copeland of the red | fishing and was hampering the sal- carnation died, a half dozen Sena-|mon fishery, while Winn said the tors have taken to wearing red car- |run had fallen off for other reasons nations. The old Senator had ' a| monopoly on them until he dropped off last year . . . Mrs. Mary Borah, and would return. JHerring Rambling After the Senators had asked wife of the Senator, wears a ring | questions to their hearts' content on ance with recognition of Gen. Fran- co's Nationalist regime. The embargo is apparently in hope that the action will hasten the end of the civil war which the Loyalists continue to wage, especial~ ly around’ Madrid. ASHES OF SEITO ARE GOING HOME ON U. S. VESSEL Heavy Cruiser Ordered to Special Duty by Presi- dent Roosevelf MIAMI, Flordia, March 2.—Presi- dent Roosevelt cast aside diplomatic differenceg with Japan for the time being and has ordered a heavy cruiser prepared to take the ashes of Hirosi Seito, former Japanese Ambassador to the United States, back to the Far East. Seito died in Washington several days ago. This is the first time such honors have been paid to a former Am- bassador althought it is the custom when incumbent foreign envoys die at their posts. D ONLY ONE BID T0 BUILD DIRIGIBLE * WASHINGTON, March 2. — The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has offered to build a new dirigible planned for the Navy, for $1,997,000. The firm, which also built the der, (Continued on Page Three) i, TR (bununued on Page Five) However, the House failed to act on Karnes' request that his travel- ing expenses be boosted again to $5,000 instead of the $3,000 the ap- propriations bill calls for. For Telephone Lines Under the usually undebated $1,- 500 appropriation for telephone lines, came another boost, Represen- tatives Drager and Spencer success- fully inserting $8,000 instead of $1,- 500. ‘The story behind this boost les in the humor-loaded bill which died eight to eight a few days ago in the House, requesting rehabilitation of telephone lines. ‘This measure was signed by seven members, and asked for work on lines between Nome and Golovin, Nulato and Unalakleet, Rampart and Eureka, Nenana and Hot Springs, and Cordova and Chitina. Representative Spencer wanted rebuilding of the line between Ne- nana and Unalakleet also, and helped defeat the bill when he' couldn't insert that section of line in the measure And so, with heads together, Dra- ger, one signer of the original bill, and Spencer, booster of the Nenana- Unalakleet connection, successfully raised the telephone line appropria- tion request to the $8,000. Representatives were to pick up again today with less open hearts, and ‘“some heavy slashes” were promised in unnamed departments. ITALIAN IS " CHOSEN FOR HIGH HONOR Eugenior Cfinal Pa(elli' to Assume Tifle of Pope Pius Xl NEW PONTIFF VISITED UNITED STATES IN "36 Well Known for His Diplo- matic Ability, Many Times Manifested VATICAN CITY, Italy, March 2, —Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli was to= day elected Pope. ? The new Pope was Papal Secre- tary under Pope Pius II. He sue= ceeds to the throne of St. Peter on his 63rd birthday, He will take the name of Pope Pius XII. i Italian Cardinal Dominioni made the announcement of the election and the new name from the central balcony of St. Peters. Cheers from the great crowd in the piazza ~prevented him from speaking for several moments, then in Latin, he said: “I announce the glad tidings. We have a new Pope.” He then told of the elevation of Pacelli and the name he will assume, On Third RBallot The election was on the third ballot of the first day of ballot- ing which is without precedent in the modern history of the Catho- lic Church. Not since the elections of Benedict XV has a Conclave acted so promptly. The elvctiion shattered another tradition :n that rarely has s Becretary of Stale (o a preceding Pope becn elevated to the Papal seat, The new Pope imparted his first Papal Benediction on the Central balcony shortly after the election result was announeced, The coronation date nounced later Fe Diplomatic Ability | “Papal diplomacy seldom had a more exponent than . Bugenio | Cardinal Pacelli, who as nuncio o the young German Republic accoims | plished the seemingly impossible | achleverent of a concordatt between | Prussia which in its majority is Pro- | testanty and the Holy See. In nego- | tlating this highly important treaty |in 9, Pacelll displayed such rare diplomatic ability that Pope Pius XI in December of the same yedy elevated him to the dignity of Cards | inal and two months later appoints | ed him Papal Secretary of State to succeed Pietro Cardinal Gasparri who had retired because of age. At the time of his appointment as Papal Secretary, Pacelli ‘suggested that he should not come to Rome then because of unfinished work in Germany, but the Pope answered: “You will finish it here, together with other still more important work.” Thus Pacelll became one ef the youngest members of the College of Cardinals—for he was then 54—and took over a post probably the most important in the Vatican Govern= ment aside from the position of Pons tiff. Without arms or force, the Pa~ pal Secretary of State must safe- guard the rights of Catholics every- where, must understand local con- ditions and national customs, rights and prejudices. Born In Italy Eugenio Pacelli was born March 2, 1876, in Rome, of an Italian noble family whose relations with the Vat~ ican had always been intimate. Thus his father was dean of the secular consistorial advocature and his bro- ther, Francesco, represented the Vat- ican in the dealings with Mussolini for settling the age-long quarrel be- tween the Italian Government and the Holy See. Pacelli studied theology at Rome and spent the larger part of his career as churchman in the papal | diplomatic service. Soon after being ordained in February, 1901, he was assigned to duty in the office of the | Papal Secretaryship of State by Pope Leo XIII. Under Pius X, when the will be an= ahle Today's Session late Merry del Val was Secretary Going into session again today [ of State, Pacelli was appointed Un~ on the appropriations measure, Dr.|der Secretary, which position he held Charles Bunnell, President of the under Benedict XV and Cardinal University of Alaska; B. D. Stewart, Territorial Commissioner of Mines, and Dr. W. W. Council, Territorial Health Commissioner, were called to the House to answer questions Gasparrl. This office Pacelli held from 1912 to 1917. The accomplished, serious Roman nobleman succeeded, 50 much so that the Vatican next slated him for abroad. When, in . Akron and Macon, was the sole bid- (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Three)