The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 27, 1939, Page 1

"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL T!IE TIME" : OL. LIIL, NO. 8062 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘PRICE TEN CENTS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, M/RCH 27, 1939. NEW THREAT IS NOW FACED BY WORLD British Reject Plan to Boycott Ge NO REPRISAL 10 BE TAKEN UPON NAZIS Apparently-T;ritorial Ex- | Twins May Join Mother in Jail pansion Move Will Go || with No "Stop” Action SUGGESTION MADE BY LABORITE IS REJECTED No Penalies of League of Nations Will Be Invok- ed in Present Trouble LONDON, March 27.—The British Government has rejected the g gestions for an economic boycott against Germany or =7y attempts to apply the League of Nations penalties, “with American coopera- tion,” to halt Germany's territorial expansion. Richard Austen Butler, Ps mentary Undersecretary of Fore Affairs, told the House of Comm: this. afternoon that Great Britain 1 not considering the possibility of a boycott and also said that For- eign Secretary Halifax is also “un-| able to even consider such a step.” lia- m S Bl Lorraine Nixon, whose motherhood betrayed her as an escaped prisoner from Sherborn Reformatory in 1936, is pictured at Dorchester, Mass., sefore her return to a cell. Dr. Miriam van Waters, shown with the womean's twin sons, has promised that she wil) have the babies sent to her n the reformatory. “Fhe ¢hildren and their mother are in excellent health. B A'"'l[ FOR 1 _i’;irst Lady Feted at Golden Gate Exposition 'NANCHANGIS & = ' NOW WAGING Chinese Ar;—S;id fo Have Staged “Brilliant Counter Thrust” AIR FORCES AGAIN | SHOWING ACTIVITY Bombers of Defending; | Forces Shell Invaders” | Line-Planes Down SHANGHAI, March 27. hinese are reported to hav a “brilliant counter thrust’ north- |west of Nanchang where they pushed back the advancing Japa= | nese troops with 1,000 invaders and | 500 defenders killed in the engage- ment | Reports also assert that thé Chi- | nese air for bombed Japanese po- | sitions along the Siao River, inflict- ing many casualties and shooting | down three Japanese War planes, - | The battle for Nanchang, onee the? important Chinese airbase in Kiang- si Province, 170 miles southeast of| Hankow, wages with sharp inten-| 3§ 1 E The e made Opposition Laborite Morgan Price suggested the economic boycott with the assistance of the United States REASON BEHIND REQUEST sity. The Japanese began the siege yesterday on the city which is one of the few remaining in Central China which has not been con- ner Roosevell, wife of the President, recently “dropped in” on San Francisco’s Golden Gate In- Exposition displaying her exuberant personality and vitality, but keeping a non-stop, double- as aimed against “future disturbers of European peace.” Prime Minister Chamberlain also told the House of Commons that Rumania “has not signed away her economic independence” under the new trade treaty with Germany. HIGH TRIBUNAL RELEGATES TAX POWER, STATES New York and Utah Given OF FDR FOR $150,000,000 IS NOW FULLY EXPLAINED NATIONALISTS By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, March 27.—Work relief or the dole for the unemployed millions? AI MAD R'D | The President and Congress come ionce again to that same old ques- ! tion that plagued the nation in the jdark days of 1932—and has remain- red to plague it ever since. dule which would make an ordinary person tired for many days to come. Photo shows Mrs. 1t with her secretary, Malvina Thompson, seated in one of the Fair's rolling chairs. To Mrs. Recsevell's left and without a hat is Leland Cutler, E xposition president. This cordon of guards formed an escort of honor for the first lady, who delivered a free lecture on “A Day in the White House.” pected that before nightfall the £ T MOVIE OF UNITED STATES Yankee JIMPRESTONAS ‘DIRECTOR’. ~ On Trip quered. FIGHTING RAGES | March 27. — The Hankow headqguarters of the Japa- nese Army reports the capture of Nanchang fs in sight and it is ex- Franco’s Troops in Suburbs of City-One Column Crosses Bridge Right to Levy on Fed- | eral Income | WASHINGTON, March 27. — The Supreme Court today ruled that = paRrs March 27.—The Fournier | States have constitutional power to! News Agency said a Spanish Natr tax the salaries of employees or of- jonalist communique at Burgos an- ficials of the Federal Government|nounces that Gen. Franco’s troops | or its instrumentalities. have entered the suburbs of Mad- | The decision was delivered in/yiq, { connection with litigation involving | The Ayency also said communique an attempt of New York and Utah reported that one column of in-, to impose income taxes on Federal fantry crossed -the Toledo Bridge,! employees. which leads to the center of Mad- The opinion, in effect, approved rid from the south, encountering part of President Roosevelt's tax only feeble resistance. recommendations to Congress in’ - which he asked legislation permit- ting reciprocal taxation of salaries !the various States, thus passing the | Dress them up, garnish them any | way you will, but the hot words about | relief and economy crowding onto | page one of your newspaper these days add up to just that issue.| s s | Gold Room of New Baranof Hotel swift years of relief history in the United States and you'll see why. | The local branch of the National Federation of Federal Employees ON WEDNESDAY In 1932 Congress avoided the issue temporarily by providing a quick | $500,000,000 for the relief kitty in buck to 48 other governments. The |nesday in the Gold Room of the States by and large passed it on to|Baranof Hotel. ; ! the localities. The counties and| Officers for the ensuing year will cities made no bones about Lheg:’e e“’:‘f}: ‘“‘:‘B ::i‘;x;‘s‘:‘a?: ;"i‘“: ice. They picked the dole, be- | ters of Impor 4 4 s e 2 be- | {1 attendance is desired by the President, Mrs. Sally Shafer. Continued on Page Five) Federation Is fo Meet in| will meet during the noon hour Wed- | %FED. EMPLOYEES - ELECT OFFICERS = ing Aflantic with 21 By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Marci 27. - times we feel like defender of the faith and protector of the Senate, | so insistent are we that ti branch of the Government be safezuarded in its right sphere, but the battle for | the time has been taken out of our early in life, long before the blight | of politics had fallen upon her. ’ : i job this way. | came into the lob ke whel - Passengers Aboard Senate Press gallery — and may | some day be again. More recently| HORTA, Azores, March 27.—The { hands and we are glad of it. [be has been keeping the national|ga.ton Yankee Clipper, which be- ‘Sometimes it is just a little trou- | Arehives bt.‘lorr‘ the u;lb“;ls eyal“n a Transatlantic flight yester- blosome. fo defend the Senate, not | But all this went into the discordi o 2 o, o' 0o Battimore, with p . House is!When Frank Capra, the producer, :firo:gnltnmnwowhm b P came to this town. He is dynamic.|21 passengers, on a shakedown b here, gliding | But the job has fallen He met Jim Preston. Jim is not dy- | flight, has arrived Preston af Washington namic. He is factual. They merged. | 4 RIC oot landing e fod He has been chosen to present gt VERIT;‘YIT harbor. the Senate properly before the T O UE % country in the movies. For anyone | Capra wanted to produce a picture The Boeing ship, carrying the in Washington to make a go of it |about Washington. He wanted to | Jargest number of passengers to fly in the movies is news in itself. It (Continued on Page Six) the Atlantic on a heavier than air 5 v machine, was nearly half an hour to Jim ahead of schedule time from Balti- of Federal and State employees. Whether or not the Federal Gov- ernment can tax State employees MRS, ROOSEVELT VISITS SEATTLE Didgram of I nterior of New more, The official time for the cros- \sing was 17 hours and 32 minutes. The average speed maintained was Tra nsatlantic Ciip};éf gldp; rmany BOLD DEFI ISSUED BY MUSSOLINI | Declares H—e_WiII Permil ' No Attack on Rome-Ber- - lin Axi - Wil Fight 'ANY OPPOSITION IS VERY CHILDISH Wants African Colonies— Says Next Move Now Up fo French Nation ROME, March 27.—Premier Benito Mussolini publicly af- firmed claims to Tunisia and Djiboute, now colonies of France, and declared the next move is up to France. Premier Mussolini wamed that any attempts of Demo- cratic nations to break the Rome-Berlin axis would be childish. He mentioned Great Britain and France and when the Premier spoke the names there were loud shouts of de- rision. The Premier said he “consid- ers a long period of peace is necessary to safeguard Europe and for the development of the European civilization.” He de- manded “sacred rights” and re- iterated the following five- point policy: One—Considers peace nec- essary, but Haly demands her rights, Two—Adheres to the Rome- Berlin axis and will attack any anti-axis cealition. Three — Italy has colonial problems with France alone, Four—Considers Ttalian in- terests predominate on both the Mediterranean and Adriatic deas. Five—Italy must rearm even at the cost of complete nation- al militarization. ——————— PROBE OF ~ WPAGETS | ~ APPROVAL 'House Directs Committee | fo Make Thorough ! Investigation | ‘WASHINGTON, March 27.—A bi- lplmtmn vote of the House of Rep= resentatives today directed the House Appropriations Committee to make a “thorough investigation” of First Flight Over Ocean B eing Made; I's Shakedown Cruise 160 miles an hour. 14—Mechanic's wing station. 15—Controllable landing lights. 16—Wing spread—152 feet. 17—Navigation lights. 18—Main cargo hold which extends into wings. 19—Crew's sleeping quarters. holds. 21—Finst 1—Anchor hatch. 2—Seamen's compartment. where flying controls are ocated. 4—First pilot. 5—Second pilot. 6—Radio direction finder loop. 7—Navigation compartment. 8—Radio officer’s post. ‘S—Chart room;mavigator's post. 10—Msp case, marine ibrary, driftsight bombs, flares and navigational in- . ufl.lfl.' ment with 10 persons. 22-Spical staincase to bridge. 23—Men's retiring room. 24—Galley in which two stewards can taneously and prepare ing officer—and mechanical ‘and aircrat controls. . engines equiy with con- s, e work_simul food for 85 persons. stant e “It was a long but pleasant trip,” said Capt. Harold Gray. The Yankee Clipper, leaving here, will head for Lisbon, Marseilles, | Bouthampton and Foynes. e iraiad s 2 OFFICIALS OF " UNION MISSING, 25—Second passenger compartment with ‘accommodations for 10 persons. 26—Dining lounge with accommodations for 15 passengers. 27—Third passenges compartmeat with ‘accommodations for 10 persons. 26—Fourth passenger compartment with sccommodatons for, 10 persos, showing_method of making up berths for conversion of awliner into ocean slecper. 29—Fifth passenger compartment for 10 perions. 33—Auxilary hold. KODIAK ISLAND Gasboat Re})o_ned Severa Days Overdue on awaits a speeific ruling in the fu- ture, but the court, in its opinion, | left little doublt, however, that it wil uphoid such wacon. - (comes North from San Justice Stone' delivered the New | H York case deciion, ana Justice Francisco-Beats Ar- Black rendered the decision in the i Utah case. | rival of Stork Dissenting in the New York case . decision, were Associate Justices, SEATTLE, March 27. — Mrs.| Butler and McReynolds. | Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived here Gen. Tshwnius, Chief of the Gen- Sunday by plane from San Fran- eral Staff, has been asked to form cisco to visit with her son-in-law | a new Cabinet. \and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Boet- | The resignation of the Cabinet tiger. followed reports of difficulties in| The Boettiger's expect the ar- negotiations between Lituania and rival of the stork at anytime now. Foreign Minister Wills Bertuleit, ———————— { Nazi President of the Memel Di- | 5 | rectory, who is working out details | | of cession of the seaport. ;(o“RI pARIY I Solicitor General Jackson said: | “The decision is most significant. | | It completely frees the State and Federal governments so they may tax salaries of public officers.” e G-MAN RETURNS TO KETCHIKAN | Leaving for Ketchikan for the opening’ of the term of court Lherei | tomorrow, Judge George F. Alexan- |der and other officials left last, | S. 'B. Landrum, Federal Bureau night on the Alaska. of Investigation man assigned to| Others of the party for Ketchi- | Inspection Trip KODIAK, Alaska, March 27. — The Fishermen's Union official gas- | boat with Emil Christoffersen and i | | WPA acting on the probing resolu- tion of Representative Cox. The resolution needs no further |action by the President or Senate to make it effective. Democratic Leader Representative Rayburn, supports the measure, saying he is convinced that such fan inquiry will “reflect credit” on | the WPA administration. | Cox assured the House it will not | be a political investigation and there | will be no attempt to whitewash any- | body or anything. Representative Martin, Republi- |can leader, also supported the in- | quiry with the declaration that “The American people are demanding that this agency be conducted in a.fair and impartial manner.” The resolution directs the commit- tee to make its report to the present | Congress. - — MISCOVICHES Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Miscovich, Paul Wyckoff aboard has not been | and Peter and John Miscovich, are reported for several days. The boat is ovérdue from an in- | arriving tomorrow morning from the South on the steamer Yukon after Juneau, returned on the Alaska kan are District Attorney William after three weeks spent in the West- | A. Holzheimer, Clerk Robert Cough- | ward. Landrum said there was “no, news” in his jou and wife, lin, Peggy McLeod, John Newmm‘i spection trip around the islands. a winter in the States. They will re- Local residents have started a|turn to the Interior where the Miss ik:search. coviches are operating gold place '