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

HE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE smmv—— o e VOL. LIIL, NO. 8483. JUNEAU, ALASKA, 'l'l-lUR_.\?[)AY. APRIL 20, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e ———— PLANE WRECK FOUND; BODIES IN CABIN BERLIN SEES HITLER ARMY DEMONSTRATE Chancellor Walches 40,- 000 Men Under Arms File by, Gala Display DER FUERHER MADE CITIZEN, DANZIG Rumors of S—ea—porl Present Unfounded on Nazi Chief's Birthday BERLIN, April 20.—Adolf Hitler, \ World War Corporal who became | the “Augmentor of the Reich,” to- day paraded a cross section of his armed might which gave him his | present mastery of Europe, before | distinguished foreign guests attend- | ing the his fiftieth birthday. The display was the largest mili- | tary parade ever witnessed in Ber- | lin In the files were 40,000 soldiers tanks, motorized equipment and ar- | tillery that passed by in \u‘mmuy‘ endless procession, for a period of | four and a half hours, while squad- | rons of fighting aireraft and bomb- | ers roared overhead. Shortly before the parade start- | ed, Hitler became an honory citi-| zen of Danzig. | There had been rumors that Dan- zig, German territory before l'nl" war, might be a birthday present | to Hitler, but he received only hon- | orary citizenship. THOMAS SUMNER IS CONVICTED BY KETCHIKAN JURY ‘Man withm Countries’| Found Guilty of Trap- ping While Alien KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 20.— celebration of American Mother of 1939 Otelia Compten (above), of 1939’ Mrs. Mother of but alse fcund time to care for her flowers, She is the moth Karl T. Compton, educators. She will Dr. Arthur H. Compton and Dr. officially receive her title on May Wooster, Ohio, named “American received many congratulations on the signal honor, | of 14, Mothers’ Day. GOVERNMENTS OF FEDERAL, STATES MAY SOON PLACE TAX, EACH OTHER'S BONDS AUNT OFFERS Z0G, GERALDINE HOME Thomas Sumner, the “Man W:th\ g Two Countries,” has been convicted | by a Federal jury on three counts| of trapping while an alien with aj citizen’s license. The defense alleged Sumner was wanted in Canada for pretending to be a Canadian while he was an Am- | erican. | Sumner admitted using a Cana- dian license on his boat while in Canadian waters and switching to | an American license in American waters. Sumner faces a maximum of eight months in prison and a fine of $1,- 500. | He was born in England but claimed his father was naturalized | when Sumner was a child. S e LINDBERGH'S WIFE IS TO COMETO U.S. Leaving FraEAccompan- ied by Two Small Sons, Nurse LeHAVRE, France, April 20.—Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, two small| sons and .their nurse, boarded the liner Champlain today to return to the United States and join Col. Lindbergh. Col. Lindbergh sailed on the Aquitania on April 8 and is now in Washington where the War De- partment has called him to active duty to make a survey of the avifl~‘ tion facilities in the United States.| Mrs. Lindbergh refused to talk to newsmen when she arrived and | boarded '.he Champlam e GOES TO SITKA | Curator A. P. Kashevaroff, of l]\el Alaska Museum, left on the North- land for a visit to Sitka and also the Goddard Hot Springs. Exiled King Zog of Albania and his Queen, Geraldine (fop pic- ture) have been offered refuge in the United States by Mrs. Duncan B. Harding (lower picture) American aunt of the Queen. Mrs. Harding, now in Los Angeles, said she would make her Pass Christian, Miss., home available if her niece and husband desired it. The royal couple is at present in the Greek town of Larissa, with their new bern son, Prince Skander. COL. LINDBERGH HAS CONFERENCE WiTH ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, April 20. — Col. Charles A. Lindbergh conferred with | President Roosevelt for 25 minutes today. Following the conference, Col.| Lindbergh refused to tell the news- ‘men what subject was discussed. GROVER A few remote By PRESTO WASHINGTON, April 20. | weeks ago there was only spect that legislation would be sed permitting the State and eral governments to tax each other’s bonds. It is different now. | Recently the Supreme Court | held that the State and Federal gov- |ernments could tax each other's ;&l]ln'lt‘fi. A bill was pending in Congress authorizing that very | thing although some doubted it would be constitutional in light of earlier court decisions. But when |the Supreme Court reversed its “m.sntion on the principle, the bill was grabbed up and shoved through in a hurry. By then the mere authorization was unimportant. The important part of the bill was that which pro- hibited Federal taxes on back sal- aries and invited the states to re- ciprocate by not taxing back sal- aries of Federal employees. The idea | was that it would be unfair to nick a State or Federal employee for « three years of back taxes. Salaries for 1939 would be taxed. | | BOND ANGLE HINTED | But even more important, the | court reversal on the matter of tax- | ing salaries acted as a broad hint that if a test case should be brought, the court also would permit the Federal and State government to tax the income from each other’s bonds. In previous decisions it has | | forbidden this as a trespass upon |the dual sovereignty of the two | ‘wmgs of government. . " | At present there is no test case pending with reference to bonds? | But the court’s action was a sharp, |goad to committees drafting legis- | |lation with respect to reciprocal | | salary taxation. Some still doubt | whether taxation of Government | bonds is constitutional, but legis- | |lation is being shaped, ‘for early | | consideration, which will try to anticipate such a decision. | I‘OTHER TAX REVISION | Tax revision on another front is | advocated by Jesse Jones, RFC* |chairman. He is making progress |in his proposal to pave the way for | | railroads to pump out their finan- cial water. He is supporting bills giving RFC authority to lend {money to railroads to buy depre- | ciated outstanding bonds. Some |railroads now can buy up out- | standing bonds' at $30 to $50 or the $100, he said, and insisted they ishould be permitted to do it. It would permit railroads to reduce umr burdensome “fixed” charges i\uthout too heavy an outlay of capital. But in the way, he told the House | Interstate Commerce Committee, stands the Federal income tax law. If a railroad buys up a depreciated (Continued on Page Four) |said the Pope probably will call MYSTERIOUS CRAFT SEEN OFF CANADA Undersea Vessel Reported Sighted from Halifax Harbor—Sear(h.On BULLETIN—OTTAWA, April 20.—The Canadian Government has ordered Naval Patrols .to search for an unidentified sub- marine reported sighted from the Halifax harbor yesterday. Defense Minis Mackenzie said no eofficial information has been received to substantiate re~ ports concerning the mysterious undersea craft, but added the “utmost vigilanee is being exer- cised.” FDR Proposal Turned Down British Men-O’ British warships stationed at the island of Malta, Mediterranean naval base of the high seas fleet, await in readiness the next move in the current War on Guard a Britain’s warshi| ‘ is strategically By Mussolini SENATE PASSES BILL FOR NAVAL AIR BASES: TWO IN ~ |Premier Announces 1942 World Exposition as Indication of Peace ROME, April- 20.—Premier Benito Mussolini today rejected President Roosevell's plea for a de- cade of pression guarantees. The rejection is based on the grounds that guarantees are not nec- peace by essary and that the proposal failed | to take midal errors of gec Speaking in the heroic statue of Julius Caesar the Roman Capital City, cited Italy’s plans for world ex- position in 1942 as a “promising dication we do not intend to attack anyone.” into _consideration rapt ‘pyra- dow of the in Lack Knowledge In his rejection of the Roosevelt peace proposal, Premier Mussolini said that it was “absolutely unjust and unjustifiable from any point of view to attempt to place the na- tions of the Rome-Berlin axis on the seat of the accused.” The Premier rejected the idea of reciprocal guarantees against ag- gression not only on the grounds the proposal did not take into con- sideralion the geographical errors but also because such proposals came from individuals without “even the rudimentary knowledge of Europmn affair: B POPE ASKS FOR WORLD PRAYERS | FOR ONE MONTH I ports that he sighted part of the | Crusade Is Requesied for| Christian Peace-Con- sistory fo Be Called VATICAN CITY, April 20.—Pope Pius has asked for a “crusade of prayer” throughout the world dur- ing May in behalf of a “greatly longed for Christian peace among all nations and peoples.” The Vatican News Service also a Consistory at the end of May for, the naming of new Cardinals American Il Duce | 'BATTLE FLEET ' RETURNING TO PACIFIC COAST ‘Main Body of Warships Leave Virginia Waters for Panama Canal NORFOLK, Virginia, April 20: The main body of the United States ‘batllr‘ fleet left the Virginia waters | today for the Pacific. « The Argonne, flagship of the base forces, led the way out to the Vir- ginia Capes on the first of a five day lap to the Panama Canal. . — 'GERMAN FLEET IS SIGHTED ON Warships SI; ming Off Coast of the Nether- lands for Gibralfar AMSTERDAM April 20. — The pilot of a Royal Dutch airliner re- south bound German fleet steaming off The Netherlands coast, 50 miles | northwest of here. The fleet mysteriously left a Ger- | maneuvers off Gibraltar. s I DARTS AID IN STUDIES | DONCASTER — Schoolboys at ! Hyde Park School play darts as part of their arithmetic lesson. The mast- er said calculations the boys have to make in recording scores stimu- late their studies in arithmetic. -> To soften dried fruits (prunes, ap- i ricots, peaches) quicker, soak them ‘in hot, but not boiling, water. A Shilling « Week For a Princess . .. That's the allowance El —and she's 13 years cooking lessons from izabeth of England gets old Friday. She fakes the royal chef, studies three foreign languages, and already knows a law, she’ll make if ever she’s queen. For the details, turn fo Page 2. VOYAGE SOUTH man port yesterday and is bound for | ALASKA, KODIAK AND SITKA WASHINGTON, April 20.—Legis- lation authorizing the expenditure of a sum of $68800,000 for the de- | velopment of Naval air bases has | passed the Senate and now back to the House for nendments. ‘The authorization includes | diak, Alaska, and $2,900,000 for Naval air base at Sitka. | The Senate shelved the proposal | for $5,000,000 for harbor improve- ments on the nd of Guam. a i ACTION COMPLETED WASHINGTON, April 20. — The | House today completed Congression- al action on the $68,800,000 bill| authorizing a chain of new Navy bases in Alaska, mid-Pacific and Puerto Rico. | The bill now goes to the White House for the signature of President Roosevelt. COAL MINE SHUT DOWN THREATENED Mines o Be Closed If Need Arises NEW YORK, April 20—A com-~ plele shutdown of the nation’s soft coal mines May 5 will result unless a new contract is signed with work- ‘ers before that date, the United | Mine Workers ordered employers to- day. | The order climaxed six weeks of | deadlock in negotiations between the | union and operators for eight states | in the Appalachian area and threat- ened to pull 125000 men from bituminous workings in thirteen | | states. Approximately 350,000 men have been idle in the Appalachian area since the old two-year contract died April 1. CI0 (,hnh'man John L. Lewis, who heads the mine workers, said he ‘ would also call out 100,000 anthracite | miners, if necessary, to force an | agreement. Is L;(_)mg |To Future LONDON, April 20—Taking ,thldr?flb fingerprints is advocated | by A, H. Lieck, formerly chief clerk | at Boy Street Police Court, “so that linquents grew up to be hardened criminals.” European crisis. goes | action on | $5,- | | 750,000 for a Naval air base at Ko- | Lewis Says—AfifhratiteJ of | | it might be seen which juvenile de-| t Island of Malta Photo above shows several of ips in the harbor of Malta, which placed south of Sicily. EXTRA! PACKERS, UNIONS ARE CONFERRING, LABOR TROUBLES 'Meetings Are Held in Se- attle - No Agreement Reported in Sight SEATTLE, April 20.—Negotiations | toward agreements between the sal- ed in the Alaska Canned Salmon Industry continued but with no im- | | mediate signing of contracts fore- | cast, it is said. | Harry Lundeberg, Secretary-Treas- | urer of the Sailors Union of the | Pacific, has not yet appeared at any | of the conference: AFL SERVES DEMANDS SEATTLE, April 20. — The AFL served its demands on the Alaska Canned Salmon Industry this aft- ernoon. Harry Lundeberg, Meyer Lewis, special representative and trouble shooter for William Green; Charles Hughes, AFL organizer for the state of Washington, and Duncan Camp- bell, AFL organizer for the state of ¢ Oregon, conferred with the Canned Salmon Industry’s labor committee asking signing of agree- fments during the season for the Cannery Tendermens' Union and two locals of the Cannery Workers Union. The CIO however claims the locals, e BASEBALL TODAY The following are results of base- ball games played this afternoon in the two Major Leagues as received from the Associated Press up to 2:30 o'clock. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 0; Boston 2. New York 3; Brooklyn 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 0; Philadelphia 2. Boston 0; New York 2. SIMMONS ARRIVES | WITH FIVE FROM | ISLES YESTERDAY Five passengers came in from island points with Shell Simmons and the Alaska Air Transport Lock- | heed last night, while Simmons went {out on the run again this morning | with three aboard. | Arrivals last night were: Mrs, George Bolyan and Lawrence Bol- |yan from Cobol; Minnie Johnson jand Billy Williams from Hoonah, and Mrs. Ralph Effner from Hirst. Today, Frank and Wendell Schloss went to Chichagof, while Jack Guck- er flew to Sitka. R Mix some crushed pineapple with rhubarb in your next pie. You the d |t mon packers and the unions engag- | ate flavor bhé‘nd.l KIRKPATRICK SHIP FOUND BY DRAGGING G -~ 0il Bubbles Coming to Sur- face of Water Leads to Location WRECKAGE HOOKED, IS TOWED TO NEAR SHORE Diver LaGasa Descends— Victims of Crash Drowned in Cabin CORDOVA, Alaska, April 20—A diver found the bodies of Pilot M. D. Kirkpatrick and his passenger, Con Miller, in the cabin of Kirks patrick’s wrecked plane late yes< terday afternoon after dragging op= erations located the missing craft 300 feet off shore in the Orca In= let district. The plane disappeared last Friday on a flight from McCarthy to Cor~ dova. Otto Tledeman, operating his boat Debs, hooked onto the wrecked air plane while dragging. Oil bubbles coming to the surface led to the discovery of the position. He hooked onto the wreckage and dragged it to within 100 feet of the shore. Diver L. G. LaGasa made sev= eral trips down to the plane and ascertained that the bodies of Kirk= patrick and Miller, and the cargo, were in the cabin. The fuselage was not broken up. William King, with his pildriver oulfit, proceeded to the scene and is to attempt to bring the plane to the surface and it will be towed to the Cordova airport. Indications are that the plane dove into the inlet as there is open water all about. Pilot - Smith says he is satistied that Kirkpatrick was flying by ins- truments alone at the time of the |crash due to the snow storm that is reported to have been prevamng PROGRAM OF CONFERENCE REARRANGED {Rofarians, Chamber Hear New Schedule at Big Luncheon Today A revised program for the Rotary corference here in May, trimmed down to accommodate the 300 visis tors it is known definitely will be here, was announced today by Con- ference Chairman A. B. Phillips at a joint meeting of the Juneau Ro= tary Club and Chamber of Coms= merce at the Hotel Baranof. Eighty Juneau business men at- tended today’s luncheon and viewed |a reel of colored motion pictures of Juneau and the trip from Se=- attle, a film which has been shown before 80 Rotary Clubs in the | states. " Rotary District Governor Mars shall Cornett of Klamath Falls, Ore,, toduy set 300 as the confers ence attendance total, following cancellation of the steamer Prince Robert, which it was hoped earlier | would bring another 300 from Brits ish Columbia. Royalty Interferes Bookings from Vancouver and Victoria were very few, largely be= cause the King and 'Queen of Eng= land were to have visited Vancou= ver at the same time as the con= ference was being held in Juneau. Canadians did not wish to miss the chance to see royalty, Phillips ex- plained, and the plans for the visit {of King George and Queen Eliza= beth, even though later altered, damaged the enrollment for the Rotary trip. Those with reservations on . the | Prince Robert will now come on the | Aleutian, sailing May 14 from Se= attle, along with the Wi | Oregon and Idaho delegates. \Cunmm;:d on Page Eight)