The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 20, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIII, NO. 8055. AU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH TZO, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS 'APPOINTMENT MADE T0 SUPREME COURT ' DEADLOCK HOLDS UP 3 TENDERS 7}. Conferences Confinue in Effort fo Settle Jurisdic- tional Dispute OPERATOR OF ALASKA CANNERY GIVES VIEWS ‘;.Entire Flee?fi;xy Be Tied Up for Season, Asser- tion by Harris SEATTLE, March 20.—Confer- ences continue in an effort to break the deadlbck on the jurisdictional s dispute between the Alaska Fisher- i men’s Union, CIO affiliate, and the newly formed Cannery Tender- men's Union of Alaska and Puge! . Sound, AFL affiliate. The deadlock has tied up 4, cannery tenders of the P. E. ris Company, scheduled to last week for False three Har- have Pass, the Cannery Tendermen’s Union, v have moved to the Johnson Dry- dock Company’s moorings in the “Duwamish Waterway. The crews of the men’s Union remain tenders P. E. Harris said that unless the deadlock is broken, there is small hcpe that any of the company's fleet of tenders will go north this séason, laska Fisher- v aboard the 14 o> > | United Stafes . Rejedts Nazis’ « Movemenis Refuses fo Recognize Leg- - itimacy of Hitler's Occu- > pation of Czech Land WASHINGTON, March 20.— The United States has sent a note to Germany refusing to recognize the legitimaey of Hit- ler’s occunation of Czechoslo- vakia. ; The State Department note is signed by Acting Secretary of State Sumner Wells and has ispatched to the German by special uniformed messenger. The contents will not be made public until tomorrow. aid, however, the com- munication replies to German’s note handed to the State De- partment informing this gov- ernment of Germany's protec- torate over Bohemia and Mor- avia, NEW YORK, March 20.—Clesing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9. American Can 88%, American Power and Light 5%, Ana- conda 26%, Bethlehem Steel 66%, /" Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright common 6. General 'Motors 46, International Harvest- er 59, Kennecott 35%, New York Central 17%, Southern Pacific 15%, Northern Pacific 10%, United States Steel 557, Pounds $4.67%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages industrials 141.28, rails 29.46, utilities 23.69. /ANOTHER SNOWSLIDE BLOCKS THANE ROAD Another snowslice on the Thane road came down on top of several former slides in Snowslide Gulch today, again blocking the road. Service had been resumed over the top of the last slide, which nearly trapped two Bureau of Public Roads employees when it rumbled #down the mountain suddenly sev- eral weeks ago. e - o WHAT CHANCE HAS A TARGET with these fair bers of the Beaver college girls rifle team at Jenkintown, Pa., and ing a national title. (L. to R.): Kitty Williams, Wynnewo Pa.; 1 Jean Skogland, St. Jesenh. Mo.: Billie Landrine. Jersey City, HITLER GETS HERO CHEERS - FROM BERLIN Returns in Triumph from New Conquests in East Europe NATION PLEDGESTO | NEVER RELINQUISH Tour of Bohemia, Moravia Concluded by Nazi Reichfuehrer BERLIN arch 20.—Reich Fueh- rer Adolf Hitler returned in triumph today to the Capital from touring the new Nazi Protectors of B hemia and Moravia, and received the Nation's pledge “never to re- linquish” the expanded Germany he created. | Hitler through a three-mile-long channel | of Heiling Germans, \ i | When General Francisco Franco, navy i rode like a conque Field Marshal Herman Wilhelm Goering gave the Fuehrer the Na-| tion’s pledge ‘“never to relinquisk this gigantic, this great, this t mendously courageous creation yours, come what may.” - HOBO KING GETS | By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, March 20— Tightly as he is now cloistered in FOR F!RE BRAVERY:LM midst of a totalitarian state, ST the new Pope, Pius XII; will have CHICAGO, March 20—At the 8g¢|, recollection at least of a brief of 78 “Hobo King” Dan O'Brien period over here where democracy had » Ch:“°§ to prove himself | does a better job of it hero. He hasn't any medals or cita- ! came ‘to the ‘United States 3 & | He ns sh r it h | . RS o O Lo Aboni Be daes o) years ago while he was Car- |dinal Pacelli, Vatican Secretary of carry a canary. “Hobo King” Dan wasn't riding| 3 e e g 4 | State a among other things, the rods when his big chance came. spoke before - the National Press | Club. He was sleeping serenely in a North He was a dignified and gracious side rooming house. Fire broke cut in the night. Dan‘i ! helped guide a number of women |Person, although probably not in and children to safety — then he|Dis Whole exerience as Cardinal saved the rooming house canary. |Dad he ever had such a close up So grateful was the landlady, Mrs. |cXperience with a buoyant {ree Kate Sosa, that she presented the |Press in a democracy. He was in- bird to Dan as a token of bravery. vited to speak at a luncheon and | At |the placg was packed (o the doors. PEDESTR |LIKE “ONE OF THE BOYS” lA“S IOI'D He took his place at the head | table without the slightest ce | B M RE EFUl mony and chatted with ne men who sat at his elbows. ably never again in his lifetime will he be able to meet so casually either with news men or with any! others, for that matter. From now on he is a on set apart. Photographers blazed away at him to record in ures one of the few instances in which hé ever availed himself of an opportunity | to address a -gathering where so many churches, or creeds, or lack of creeds were represented. There |were all sorts, from observant| TORONTO, March 20.—Pedes- trians were urged to exercise more care in crossing poorly lighted streets by Coroner Dr. W. J. O'Hara at the inquest into the death of George Dearling, 56. The jury found that death was accidental. Dearling was struck down while crossing King Street by a car owned and driven by John J. Hamilton and died of injuries in St. Michael's Hospital. | N. J.: Helen Gumbs. Rickville, Long Island, Franco Becomes an Admiral head of Nationalist Spain, reviewed his i n the Mediterrancan recently he doffed his fa | and wore the blue and gold braid of an admiral. v | with aides aboard the cruiser Canarias during the review. DRESENT POPE WILL HAVE FOND RECOLLECTION FROM VISIT 10 DEMOCRATIC U.S. | Italians. |supporting a crucifix. | creating * p-shooters on the business end of the rifles? These are mem- ing won seven matches out of seven contesis, the girls are seek- Jenkintown; Dolly Fairland, Larchmont, N. Y. Marian Martin, Coatesville. Pa. BRITAIN T0 SPEED WORK ON DEFENSE One-Third of Democracy’s I “Answer fo German Resurgence "STOP HITLER” BLOC | OF NATIONS FORMED {Trade Mission Is Going fo | Rumania - Russia | Consulted sha ha Virginia Sharpless, LONDON, March 20.—Prime Min- ister Neville Chamberlain told the Commons today Great Britain’s col- | ossal defense program would again be w\:wietas one of three steps in answer to Germany’s eastward drive in Europe. The others are an attempt to rally | “anti-aggressor'” nations into a “stop Hitler bloc” and a decision to send | a trade mission to Rumania to count- er German economic pressure in I trade negotiations at Bucharest which caused widespread concern | Chamberlain made his rearma- ment announcement after British officials also stated the Government “may be expected to continue” clos- | est discussions with Russia on Ger- many expanding. empire D miliar army uni'form He is shown (right) Catholics to Communists. The Press Club bars no faiths or following— and there are reporters here from Communist papers in this country | as well as in Russia, together with | representatives of newspapers in| I.EOPOI.D HOME the totalitarian states. H decidedly spare. Strong cheek bones stand out prominently, He wore g i san e s, King of Belgium Cancels olive-toned. in the hue native to. Plan for -ommg in Switzerland corners of his\ ppUSSELS. March 20 King lines characterize |y 0,501d, of Belgium, who left last speak publicly often Friday for @ stay in Switzerland, are deeply etched in .. short his trip and is returning the faces of a dozen Senators who immediately to Brussels. he hewn out legislation _under assumed that the change in the hammer of debate. ins was taken suddenly be- His dress was a simple black of the European situation robe and he wore a long gold chain E— o '(HAMBERLAINS ARE COMING TO JUNEAU John Chamberlain, father of George Chamberlain, who lost his life in the erash of the Cope plane, is arriving in Juneau tonight aboard the North Coast from Ketchikan. Mrs. George Chamberlain, from Anchorage, is also coming to Ju- neau, a passenger aboard one of He nose, scended mouth. Such men . who Such 1 had from [ a thin, which the high bridged deep lines de- it i his cause TYPICAL SECRETARY OF STATE He spoke off-the-record, al- though, as we remember, little was conveyed in his message that might not have been published without any special disturbance either in this country or abroad. Secretaries of State are a reason- ably reticent group, wherever you find them. . He spoke English clearly, al- though with a decided accent, his (Continued lznv‘i-’ra.ge Four) | from Fairbanks, the PAA Electras due this afternoon | | 10 ARE DEAD | STRATOLINER ‘Thirty-eighiAPI.ace PIane‘j Plunges Down Ten Thousand Feet SEATTLE, March 20.—The Boe- | ing = Aircraft Company's 38-place | stratoliner plunged 10,000 feet into Nisqually River Canyon last Sat- urday afternoon killing 10 men, in- cluding the Assistant General Man- ager of the Royal Dutch Airlines and half a dozen leading Amerl»‘ can aviation experts The huge four-motored liner, de- signed to fly at the lower edge of substratosphere, broke in two and crashed with the pilot fighting at the controls. The passengers were all in flight positions watching the craft go through her paces. They were killed instantly. Death List Those killed were as follows: Peter Guilonard, Assistant Gen- ral Manager of the Royal Dutch Airlines and leackr of the Air Mis- fon to the United States A. G. von Baumhauer, member of the Air Mission Julius Barr, Boeing Test and former personal pilot Madame Chiang Kai Shek, China. Earl A. Ferguson, Boeing Test Pilot. i Ralph L. Cram, Boeing aerody- namics expert. John Kylstra, Boeing Chief En- zineer. William Boyle, Boeing Test Pilot. Harry C. West, Jr., Boeing fore- | man. B | Harlan Hull, Chief Test Pilot,| Transcontinental and Western Alr-| ays. { Ben Pearson, Boeing sales repre- sentative, $500,000 Liner The $500,000 airliner, the first of 2 contemplated fleet of four such liners under construction by the company in Seattle, had undergone |tests at low altitudes near Seattle |for several days. Test Pilot Barr, who was at the controls, shut off the ignition switches before the craft hit, thus |avoiding a fire. second Pilot for in IGATION NOW STARTED BY OFFICIALS SEATTLE, March 20.—Ten Fed- | eral Aviation officials are conduct- ing an investigation into the Boe- ing stratoliner disaster but with- held any comments or theor as to what might have caused the crash that took ten lives. The Boeing Aircraft Company said work on nine sister ships continues as usual without any alteration in the structure of the planes. It is announced that the wrecked ship is covered by insurance. The cost of the stratoliner is about half a rhillion dollars. Investigators at the scene of the crash are confronted with the pos- sibility souvenir hunters may have cBrried -away broken parts that might lead to establishing the crash cause. A joint funeral for six of the vic- tims will be held Wednesday and other bodies will be sent to their homes. e TOMB OF KING PSOU SEN NEF 15 DISCOVERED {Imporfant Find Is Made in | Nile Delta-Sarcopha- qus of Pure Gold INVE! CAIRO, Egypt, March 20.—Prof. | Pierre Montet, of Strasbourg Uni- | versity, announces the discovery of | the tomb of Pharoah Psou Sen Nef, described as the last king of the last dynasty that ruled Egypt about 95 B. C. i ‘The sarcophagus is of pure gold. | The discovery was made at Sanel- | hagr, in the Nile delta, a few miles ‘lrom Port Said. | e There are geological indications| imaz at three different times the| seas now covered the land that is| exas. i WILLIAM 0. ‘WILLIAM ©O. DOUGLAS 1§ IN CRASHOF NAMED BY ROOSEVELT TO .~ HIGHEST U. . TRIBUNAL fidtym Ascociated Press dispatches to The Empire today state that Presi- .dent Rossevelt has nominated William O. Douglas, 40, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. If the nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Douglas will succeed Associate Justice D. Brandeis who retired February 13. Douglas was born in Min- nesota and received his early training in Washington State. He is known as a consistent New Deal supporter. The appointment is President Roosevelt’s fourth in less than two years. The Associated Press dispatch further states that although there was a widespread demand for the appointment of a western man to fill the vacancy, Douglas, a former Yaie professor, was named from Connecticut. Recenily, Douglas denounced as “phoney” the proposal that Stock Exchanges change their trading rules. There is some speculation over the possible retirement of Associate Justice James Clark McReynolds, 77, but on the bench until after 1940. observers believe he will remain RECONSTRUCTION OF SPAIN 10 BELONG, COSTLY: FRANCO MUST LOOK ABROAD FOR AID LONDON, March 20. rEverybody‘» agrees that reconstruction in Spain | is going to be a long, expensive ]Ob.“ But Spain, from what can be; gathered, is not so badly off as one might imagine after a costly blood-letting that is nearing an end after two years and half. Here is the economic picture the insurgents paint of their side: Business as usual. The “new Spain” already functioning on its own steam. Their war bill largely paid (though many believe the in- surgents heavily indebted to fas- cist powers). Foreign—largely Brit- ish—interests doing business at the old stand. Demolished bulidings be- ing rebuilt. Municipal services res- tored, People living so normally that visitors find it hard to beileve a war is going on. Banks operating. A start made on social reforms such as slum clearance, new schools and the establishment of agricultural credit for the “little farmer.” He's Short Of Cash How com you're probaby ask- ing. How is Prancisco Franco, the Insurgent General and head of Gov- ernment, accomplishing all this? He admittedly lacks gold and pos- s very little foreign currency. But— He has swelled his side's coffers enormously by capturing territory containing most of Spain’s amaz- ing natural resources. He has paid lots of bills with print- ing press pesetas which have been backed only by insurgent confidence of victory He has had available as security for borrowing, enormous stock and bond holdings of wealthy families who sympathize with his cause. He has continued to collect the usual taxes—and has added a few new ones of his own such as the 10 per cent sales tax on everything. The peseta is rigidly controlled. Its official value is 10 cents. Be- fore Franco's offensivé rolled over Catalonia it was quoted around three cents in Paris—about 15 times as much as a Republican peseta. After Barcelona fell, and Loyal- ist officials fled Catalonia, it took a 500-peseta Government note to get one franc (about 2% cents) at the French border. Franco’s pesetas cannot be ex- ported or imported, but no one questions their value in Insurgent Spain. He has olficially recognized Government ‘pesetas issued before the war. Property Under Close Control Incidentally, the Insurgents an=- nounce that private ownership will continue in their “new Spain"— but, as in Italy and Germany, under close state control. . As evidence of how they have turned the natural resources to their credit, the Insurgents cite the cade of Viscaya. The monthly aver- age of iron ore mined in that pro- vince in 1935 was 122,721 tons. Pro- duction held up well In 1936 until the war stared in July, then zradu- ally sank to 11,989 tons in June, the month Bilbao was captured. By August, say the Insurgents; they had the oufput up to 42,877 tons. They tell the same story about the export of iron ore from Bilbao. XThe monthly average in 1935 was 84,449 tons. It dropped to 5,554 in Tome. the month the city was cap- (Continued on Page PFive)