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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” P VOL. LIIL, NO. 8068. ® BEwn JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS semvemne CONFRONT GERMANY WITH NEW THREAT e (HlNESE ARE ’ Arrmen Who Defied Hitler [ ol “ LOSING OUT, THREE FRONTS Defenders Are Reported fo, Have Suffered Heavy Casualties INVADERS PRESSING ON, INTERIOR CHINA Youths, Iia—naing in Age from 15 to 20, Are Among ThoseKilled SHANGHATI, April 3.—The Japan- | ese report gains on three fronts, | deep in the interior of China, all major battles in which it is esti- mated the Chinese dead is more than 8,000 The heaviest fighting is reported at Wuning, Kiangsi Province, where the invaders claim 7,500 Chinese were killed in an effort to block the Japanese pushing forward. In Southern Shansi Province, the Japanese report they routed 6,000 Chinese, leaving approximately 600 dead A third column is pushing toward Changsha, Hunan Capital City from Nanchang. The Japanese are said to have occupied the walled town of Kaoan on the highway lead- ing to the Capital City. Many Chi- country, are reported to all war mater Crack pilots of the former Czecho-Slovakian air force, shown parading before their bombing planes at Prague shortly before Hitler annexed the ave defied the Fuehrer’s orders to surrender to the German “protector tors are said to have flown their planes to Poland, Rumania, Jugoslavia and Soviet Russia. 'NAVY ORDERS 2 ~ DESTROYERS T0 JUNEAU IN JUNE USS. Case, U.S.S. Tucker | to Be in Port from California T Two Naval aesuroyers are to visit| | Junéau next summer, Mayor Harry Lucas was informed today in a let- | ter from Lieut. Commander M. E. Curtis, commanding Destroyer Diy- ision Six of Mare Isanld. California The Division flagship U. S. S. Case and the U. § .8. Tucker will come | to Juneau June 30 and remain until July 3, the officer notified the May- or. In addition to their regular crews, the destroyers will carry 50 RO.T.C. | men each Mayor Lucas has written to Lieut. | Commander Curtis asking that the ships remain in port until the follow- ing day, to lend a navla touch to the Fourth of July celebration here. - e — | TRANSFER OF '~ FISHERIES 1S OPPOSED NOW' FRANCE HOLDS ALSACE LORRAINE FRANCE This map shows how, by plebi Treaty of Versailles in 1919, B Comme rce Department _ Says Alaska Not Ready I:AMED HF"'I ” Instead, 1,000 of the avia- (Central Proce) nese casualties at Kaoan are said to be Chinese youths ranging in age from 15 to 20 years old. AGREEMENT OVER to Assume Functions bk ens FORCE, SPAIN WAR EMERGES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, March 25.—(Spe~ cial espondence) —Adverse re- port was made by Acting Secretary of Commerce R. C. Patterson on March 22 to the House Committes on Merchant Marine and Fisheries How Germany te and by what Adolf Hitler Continental Germany today Areas striped diagonally have been recovered as shown under the treaty and have not been recovered, IS SERIOUS ONE; EXPORT SUBSIDY ONLY SOLUTION MANY PROJECTS FISHING RIGHTS IS REPORTED SIGNED One Sore Spot Between Japanese, Soviet Russia By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, April 3. — The on the bill introduced by Delegate Dimond to transfer jurisdiction and administration of the salmon and other fisheries of Alaska, except fur-seal and sea-otter, from the De- partment of Commerce to the Ter- ritory of Alaska The report remarks on the simi- larity of the bill to other bills that Members Come QOut in Open-Are Assisting in Reconstruction MADRID, April 3.—The famed Fifth Column is at last out in the Department of Agriculture, which the Delegate has sponsored since open. S c“ B S th d IN AI_ASKA ARE has backed away from a cotton ex- 1933 for the purpose of transferring | During the 32 months of the a' 0 e 00 e control of the Territory's fisheries MOSCOW, April 3.—One of the many sore spots in Japanese and Soviet Russian relations has been soothed, at least temporarily, by the signing of an agreement regarding the annual auction of Siberian fish- ing areas. The agreement, extending to the end of 1939, has been signed after 10 BE REDUCED Cut in Harbor Improve-| ments, Flood Conrol Is | Opposed by Dimond port subsidy as from the plague, has 3 about made up its mind that there to the Territorial Government and refers to the consistently unfavor- Spanish Civil War, this underground organization of Gen Franco's fol- s oo GmersNRy . Odbh el that ti lowers conducted anti-Republican longer it is put off, the worse things able reports made on Lha_se bills ASEEEAT that Bt thousands .of get |and it states that “In each instance lives. At present the Government hasi“ was the conviction of the Bu- a year's supply of cotton on hand | reau that the Territory of Alaska all under Government loans, and|Was not ready to assume control of another crop season will increa » | the fisheries. It is felt that the fhe load, U, S, export sales have|Same stand should be taken in re- fallen to a minimum, while sales Or\gar(‘ to the bill now under consid The members of the Fifth Column emerged from hiding when Madrid fell. They immediately aided in rounding up persons accused of crimes under the Republican regime and are now assisfing an attempt Ha TECHNICALLY FREE CITY DOMINATED is composed in the Soft Coal Miners Are Inv Walkout Three HunM Thousand . Men Quit Digging Pend- ing New Contracts NEW YORK, April 3.—Seventy per cent of the nation’s soft coal | industry is shut down today as more than 300,000 miners in the Appala- chian area remained away from work pending completion of nego- tiations on new contracts. union were ordered to pull out the miners except for skeleton crews which total about 20,000 men. The daily payroll loss is estimated by Secretary of Labor Perkins as | $1,500,000. s Changed Since Versailles alled a “unique process of reparauon, many has recovered or partially recovered some-of the arcas taken away from her in Europe under the legends. PLANHALT 10 HITLER IN EUROPE Briish Prime Minister Says Other Nations Pledged fo Aid Poland OFFICIAL STATEMENT IS MADE BY (HAMBERLAIN THREE QUARTERS RE- T R R TO GERMANY : 1551 rerie aweors| Developments Follow Fast in Prevention of Fur- ‘ ther Aggression I LONDON, April 3.—British Prime | Minister Neville Chamberlain told members of the House of Commons today that the Anglo-French pledge to aid Poland, in case of attack by | Germany, would be followed by | commitments of other countries and they will resist any further attempt of Germany to dominate Europe. “I am no more of a man for war than I was last September. I have no intention and no desire to treat the German people otherwise than I would have our own people treat- ed here,” declared the Prime Min- ister. The British Prime Minister then said Great Britain is concerned to “preserve not only the independence |of this country but all states which | | p A R T | E S Io | might be threatened by aggression.” | 'The official statement of the | (oME NoRTH‘Prjme Minister came after the fol- | | I | | ., { ! o MEMEL RETURNEL TO GERMANY MARCH 22 BY | LITHUANIA H DANZIG LITHUANIA WEST PRUSSIA AND POSEN HELD BY POLAND UPPER SILESIA Ge of the striped areas shown above. Black areas were surrendered lowing developments. R. A. Butler, Undersecretary of i Foreign Aggairs indicated Great {Work of Undisclosed Na- ture fo Be Done at Sit- ka, Kodiak Bases Britain is prepared to make a re- | armament loan to Rumania. ; BREMERTON, Wash., April 3.— |Comdr. R. E. Thomas, Naval Di: trict Public Works Officer, said two | survey parties will leave ahout May Foreign Secretary Halifax told the House of Lords nothing could go further from the truth than the | German charges that Great Britain and France are trying to encircle the J Reich. | Col Minister arriv consultations, Prime Minister Chamberlain Joseph Beck, Polish Foreign s in London for vital re- | Three thousand odd locals of the, 1 for three months’ work, of an un- | jected the request for compulsory disclosed nature, at Sitka and Ko- |registration of the British man- diak, Alaska. power, a step toward conscription, Some Alaskans will be employed Which he sald would interefere with 1 | the drive for recruits in the enlarged | Territorial Army. FIR AT TGN, DS BUND REPORT MADE PUBLIC [to augment the two parties whic! will be headed by Lieutenants W. | Wihker and G. K. Brodie, of the | Civil Engineers Corps. - - 'TWO SELDOVIANS protracted negotiations. These nego- Iforeign competitors, prmclpal]y‘,‘fr?l‘_"’"'m“:““:;m Lh:e%(‘:lol;::u}l;nstanrm.; to solve peace time problems, or- tiations were frequently marked by . Brazil and India, are booming grrounany L i ave not| . izing food supplies for hundreds § By J. J. ECKLE! changed materially.” The report © & sapp sharp diplomatic exchanges. Secretary to Delegate Dimond The present cotton loan ofwmn“nups_ “Until the Territary ha: of thousands, and starting recon- The new agreement comes in time WASHINGTON, March 25— (Spe- slightly more than eight cents a '" d‘ A tor £ f.atry ; struction in the war devastated for the Japanese vessels to reach g SP€~ | pound has tied up the cotton so that| 8ttained more to the stature of | o cial Correspondence)—Facing a re- \duction in the appropriation for new work on rivers and harbors and flood control projects of more than two-thirds off the amount recom- mended by the Army Engineers for fiscal year beginning July 1, seemingly nothing can move it e cept a cotton famine abroad and that is not in sight. | The South is being told to reduce |its cotton acreage to a lower level, s0 it will not produce so much cot- ton. But within six years the cot- Soviet waters, where the Japanese have fished for.decades, by April 10 when the season opens. INDIAN SLAYER IS IN CUSTODY, U. 5. OFFICIALS Murder Results as Qut- |gate A. J. Dimond is buiding up|mgately one-third, from 40 million {support for the Alaska items in the | gcres in 1932 and years before, to a official channels most likely t0 1938 acreage of about 26 million. prove effective. | Department officials look upon | River and harbor improvement|cotton export subsidizing as rank projects throughout the nation, rec- | foolishness. But they see no other ommended by the Chief of Engin-|way out. It is like building a big eers to Congress with a view to|navy or army. It is virtually a com- | their economic values, come to an|plete waste of men and money, but estimated total of $102,975800. The | nevertheless we do it because there come of Unsanctioned Mar"age: Pl|01 ROCk Bureau of the Budget has-:recom- seems nothing else to do. mended that this figure be reduced SEATTLE, April 3. — Filing of |to $30,000,000. This, of course, can|IT'S LIKE THIS murder charges against Tim Mur-|only mean that if proposed projects' Here is the situation: phy Aleutuk, of Pilot Point, Alaska, |in all parts of the country are to! The American cotton pr an Indian, in connection with the|bear the reductions equally less than | pegged at a minimum of eight cents death of his stepdaughter, Annie[one-thxrd of the authorized projects & pound. That roughly is the Olympic, is announced by the Coast |can be undertaken this year. The amount of the Government loan Guard. The message stated the|situation is similar on the flood and no farmer is going to pay off slayer has been placed in custody‘comrol schedule. his loan and then sell his cotton for e 1839, on the national program, Dele- | on’ acreage has been cut approxi- | | statehood it would be unwise, in the {opinion of this Bureau, to place the | control of Alaska's valuable far- | flung fishery resources in the hands |of so few people, instead of continu- |ing control by the nation as a whole, 0 The Delegate has consistently | held that the Alaska residents are eminently qualified to administer their own fisheries and that they could do it more efficiently on the |ground than is possible under the | long-range control now exercised | from Washington wherein the cen- | ter of control is 5,000 miles from | the actual operations. The total repair bill in Spain is estimated at least one billion dollars. Efforts will be stressed on getting industry back to work and prepare for recovery of lost foreign markets. R TAKU BLOWING COLD ACROSS JUNEAU TODAY ‘Wind Reaches 38 Miles | CATTLE KILLING BEARS | ARE TO BE SLAIN NOW | In line with a study now being Per Hour Force Sun- made by the Bureau of Biological day Evening | Survey to effect-a solution for the e jprcblem provoked by Kodiak bear| A rip-snorting Taku wind, one :kimng domestic livestock in the of the strongest of the year, blew | vicinity of Kodiak, Secretary of | Agriculture H. A, Wallace informed | and was still howling around all the | Delegate Dimond last week that an|corners this afternoon |order has been issued instructing | At 7:15 o'clock last evening the ;Lhe wildlife agent and deputy wild- wind was clocked at 31 miles an | life agents on the island to destroy hour force for five minutes’ dura- 25 of the cattle killers. tion. Pastest minute was one in | which velociyt was 38 miles per hour, EDUCATIONAL FILMS the U. 8. Weather Bureau reported | Through arrangements made by Individual gusts were much strong- | Delegate Dimond with the United er than that as several thousand | States Film Service, two education- Juneauites are willing to testify into Juneau early Sunday morning | NO INCREASE, |~ convicreo FoR RELIEF FUND GAMEVioLATIoN A \Wild Life Agents Collins, Senate Subcommitee Re-| and O'Connor Pafrol | fuses to Go Over Sum Kenai by Air of $100,000,000 | o | Conviction of two game law vio- lators at Seldovia has been repoxt- | WASHING1'uw, April 3. — ’l‘he;ed by Wild Life Agents Grenold ESmmm App.Qpriations Sub-com- | Collins and O'Connor who mittee has refused to increase the|have: just returned to Anchorage | 1$100,000,000 relief appropriation to|from a flying trip the length orf 1$150,000,000, the figure President|Kenai Peninsula | Roosevelt recommended. Melvin Ross and Lew Morgan | The Committee voted against the |were found guilty of violations and increase by a vote of 8 to 2, Sena-ieach sentenced to a $300 fine or tors Kenneth McKellar of Tennes- (50 days in jail. Each elected to take see and Senator John H. Overton|the jail term, O’'Connor reported of Louistana supporting the higher |to the Game Commission here. | figure The Agents flew to Seldovia | Collins’ little airplane. | O'Connor reported Collins has | just recovered from an attack of in- PPACKERS, UNIONS = | ~ ARE CONTINUING .~ (CC ENROLLEES IN NEGOTIATIONS ¢ -3 COME NORTH = in —ee SEATTLE, April 3.—Negotiations BY ATTY. GEN. Invesfigdiifly FBI Dur- ing 1937 Is Released ~Locals Are Listed WASHINGTON, April 3.—Attor- ney General Frank Murphy today made public the fourteen-volume re- port on the German American Bund, one of the principal objectives being to foster “Germanism and German ideals” in the United States. The report was compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1937 and was made public at. the suggestion of Chairman Martin Dies of the House Committee on Un- american Activitives, also investigat- ing the activities of the Bund. The report contains 175 photo= graphs, pamphlets and miscellan~ eous exhibits. The report contains no recoms mendations as to legal actions and is confined principally with the Bund’s origin and activities. In 1937, the report says, there was a membership of 6,600 distribut+ ed in 50 local units, but since then the membership and the units have of ‘Deputy Marshals and will be tak- Opposing Cuts |7% cents to Japan or England. He en to Valdez. | A number of other members of |Will let the Government keep the The girl was slain following her Congress and the Delegate are vig-|cotton. If the price gegs higher he marriage to Willie Zungunak and ! orously contending that any neces- will then call out his cotton and pay which was objected to by Aleutuk. |sary cuts should be made in appro- | the loan and»keep the difference. e | priations that are not so vital to, But the price isn't getting high- |the public welfare as are aids to|€- _Whh American cotton pegged DRUNK lOOKs FOR | navigation and flood control. No one | ¢ eight cents, Brazil and India and | ! familiar with the subject will at-|Other cotton growing sections are ELEVATOR. uFI'ED tempt to argue that these projects ' are selected on a basis of other than public need. In this connection it INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 3.— | Wwill be recalled that the law was Wondering why lights in the lobby enacted which - imposes upon the of headquarters kept flickering on Army Engineers the duty of report- and off, police investigated and|ing to Congress each year.the harbor found a man standing in front of improvement and flood control proj- an office door flipping electric wall ects which should be properly under- switches. taken during the next fiscal year in | “Wassa matter ellavasser?” he order to get away from the old| demanded. “Been ringin’ hour for! political, pork barrel selection of | ellavasser.” projects which used to provide na- They explained there was no ele- tional scandals. Experience has vator in the building and booked him for intoxication, (Continued on Pa[ze’ Five) | selling on the world market at slightly under eight cents. They are getting the business. Indian exports in six months past have been 43 per- eent above the corresponding period last year. The total for the period was 1,044,000 bales. Brazil, in turn, exported 430,000 bales, a sharp in- | crease, although not so pronounced as in India. Japan and England and Germany are buying it. They are not buying American. American ex- e 43 percent below last which itself was a poor year. The department, behind the lC(;nMnnrdwmi !"az‘e ;’our) al films have been shipped to Com- | missioner of Education Anthony E. | Karnes at Juneau, for showing in | the Alaska schools. The two sub- i]ect.s now enroute to the Territory jare “The Plow That Broke the Plains” and “The River.” The films are 16 mm. and will be sent free of charge, except for the express costs which must be paid by the recipient in each instance. | to any school in the Territory hav- |ing equipment for projecting them Requests for the films should be | addressed to the Commissioner of (Continued on Page FEight) The forecast is for the wind to continue but to moderate somewhat tonight and tomorrow HEINTZLEMAN LEAVES COAST FOR CAPITAL B. Frank Heintzleman Forester, left San Francisco Sat- lurday for Washington, his Forest Service office here has been ad- |vised. Heintzleman is to confer at |the Capital City on Alaska forest policies. i Regional | of Alaska Canned Salmon packers | and union groups for 1939 agree- ments continued to progress today in a settlement of the jurisdiction |al dispute which has tied up the |sailings of the cannery tendersand caused cancellation of two sailings of the Alaska Steamship Company | — e HOCHS GO WEST Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hoch left on the Baranof for Seward, “just to take a look at the country farth |north.” Hoeh had been employed at the Juneau Bakery, | increased. Two Hundred Are Aboard | JUST A HG’ITI;"—— North Star Enroute fo | Mount McKinley Park | ‘(AEDISMISS!D JATTLE, April 3.—Carrying zoo:CuurL of United States Commis- CCC enrollees enroute to Mount sioner Pelix Gray Saturday after- McKinley Park in Alaska, the Bu-[noon when he was tried on a reau of Indian Affairs ship North|charge of assault and battery. Star is posted to sail at 9 o‘clock\ Evidence presented was that Eide Tuesday night for Alaska had been in a fist fight with Al The North Star will also hsvelxowe. who got the worst of it and 1,000 tons of freight aboard. iled the charge,