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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ‘. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ( 3 VOL. LIV., NO. 8093. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 2, i939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN'CENTS CALIFORNIA JARRED BY EARTH SHOCK. STATE DEPT. MAY EXTEND 3-MILE LIMIT Senator Pittman Proposes 12 -mile Territorial Zone Around U.S. WOULD BE BOON TO ALASKA FISHERIES Would KeebToreign War- ships Away During European War WASHINGTON, May 2. — The State Department is investigating the national defense value of estab- lishing a 12-mile zone of territorial waters around the United States. This extension of the present three-mile limit of coastal contrcl was proposed to the department by Chairman Key Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, of the Senate Foreign| Relations Committee. | He .’ 1 officials had advised iiim the proposition was under considera- tion but it was complicated by in ternational questions, since a de parture would necessitate consulta- tions with other nations. Keep War Away Senator Pittman said: “If we al- Jow submarines or warships within ihree miles off shore during a for- eign war some of our ships will be sunk. We don’t want war within three miles of our shores.” He said the proposal would have peacetime benefits since it gives us greater control over Alaskan fishing banks. American interests, he de- clared, are in constant conflict with those of Japanese fishermen who stretch their nets just outside the three-mile limi g SLOVAKS FEEL AXE FALLING, BERLIN TALKS Hungary and Nazis ""Dis- css” Litfle Nation- | Results Secret ; BERLIN, May 2—Nazi officials said today that Slovakia was dis- cussed among other matters during a three-day state visit of two Hun- garian officials. i Premier Teleky and Foreign Min- ister Cskay, of Hungary, left Berlin | today and authorities refused to commit themselves beyond the state- ment that “Naturally Slovakia was talked about, too.” H ‘What agreements, if any, were; made to bring the nominally inde-] pendent Slovakian state more close- | ly into line with Hungary will prob- { - ably remain a secret for some time. | Hungary, it is known, has coveted Slovakia, now under German pro- tection, since the breakup of Czecho- slovakia. o DISAPPEARSAS INVESTIGATION | Legion Head Sees Liberty Bell tephen F. Chadwick (right), of S: cattle, Wash., national commander £ the American Legion, inspects the Liberty Bell in Independence Hall s he visits Philadelphia for first time since lecturing on Americanism. ug the country, . Gwynn, Pennsylvani election last Fall. He is tour- Looking on at left is Frank a statée commander. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO TWODICTATORS WAS REMARKABLE DOCUMENT ==t the United States out of war.” » POLAND IS T0 REJECT DANZIG CLAIM BY NAZI Newspapefs_Bitterly Ac- cusing Germany, Long Standing Infrigue 2. WARSAW, Poland, May 2.~Polish newspapers are today bitterly ac-| cusing Germany of a long standing intrigue aimed at building a wall to cut Poland off from the sea. One newspaper, the Comment, | indicated that Foreign Minister Beck, in his speech before the Polish Parliament on Friday, will reject Germany’s demand to return the free ports of Danzig to the Reich. S e REINDEER BILL GETS TURN DOWN House Reje;ts—Senaie Pro- posal-Back fo Confer- ence Once More 2. — The WASHINGTON, May | House has rejected by a vote of 102 |to 64 the Senate zmendment to the | Interior Department apprupriations | bill providing $1,070,000 to purchase | reindeer for Alaskan Indians and ;Eskimos but approved the bulk of | the bill with a total of $4,928328 | under recommendations of the Bud- PROGRESSING Secrefary of Pendergast Enferprises Mysterious- ly Drops from Sight KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 2—Ed- | ward L. Schneider, secretary of| Pendergast enterprises and mention- ed as aiding Pendergast allegedly to conceal his income, has disap- peared. Schneider’s auto has been found | on a Missouri River bridge, hat in river and notes mentioning suicide. | The United States Attorney has| asked FBI to investigate the suicide or foul play, as a hoax, as a result | of the special investigation being| made. ————— LINDSTROM THROUGH Tony Lindstrom, well known Circle and Flat mining man, was an ar- rival in Juneau on the Alaska to- day, flying north with PAA a few hours later to resume operations for get Bureau. The bill goes back to the Senate for action on the disputed sections. RS S A R No Curtains For Him CHAPEL HILL, N. C.. May 2.— When Ed Winstead of Pinetown started gym work in 1936 as a Uni- versity of North Carolina freshman he weighed only 110 pounds and his uniform hung about him like cur- tains. Now, weighing 150 poupds, he has won every gymnastics cham- pionship at the 1939 Carolinas A. A. U. tournament—parallel bars, hor- izontal bar, flying rings, side horse and tumbling. He plans to enter the National A. A. U. gymnastics cham- the summer, xmunsmps at Annapolis, Md., May 13, | By MORGAN M. BEATTY ! AP Feature Service Writer iTON, May 2-—There’s of among the men wk airs a life President Roosevell’s peace message | to Hitler and Mussolini will be re-| membered more for the things il.i | left unsaid, than for the frank and | | positive statements it contained | | Nearly a year ago The AP Feature | Service revealed for the first time {a changing empha: in American | foreign policy. Without altering the { fundamentals on such things as en- | | tanglements, the Roosevelt admin- | istration was slowly building up a {new foreign relations picture. growir | The picture shifted slowly to in- | clude more of a show of backbone {and also a new element of mystery. | | The change was not publicly and | \ openly discussed then, nor is it now. | { At that time it was disclosed in i“W)mL It Means” that the admin- istration policy was based on the| | principle of keeping our powder dry, | land letting nobody know when, or {if, it would be used. The powder, of| | course, is our big Navy. Fleet Angle Enter In? 1 But you don't find that new ele- Iment in the President’s peace mes- |sage. You have to read into the | peace appeal the order—issued the |same day—for the main fleet to | move back into the Pacific. If there is any undercover evi- dence that the Japanese are up to | their old trick of seizing upon trou- | ble in the western world to increase | their power in the Pacific, the fact remains that nothing was said about | Japan in the fleet order. Therefore, ithat order presents to the world a inor mystery. The world can draw its own conclusions, but also| {it must get at the same time the | picture of a stern Uncle Sam, speak- |ing for peace, but keeping his six- | shooter at the ready. 1 | Couple that picture with the Presi- | dent’s statement that the appeal from | America was made in strength, not weakness, and you find that show | of backbone appearing in our new | foreign policy. No threats, no blus- ter; just backbone. | Why did the President consider it necessary to address the dicta- tors? He outlined many reasons in his message to them, but he didn’t itell them in so many words that he was carrying out principles he has already discussed with the American | people. His January Stand | He told the nation *in January that he considered a democracy to| be charged with the duty of protest- | ing acts of aggression against ter nations. He added: “The mere fact that we decline to intervene with arms to prevent acts of aggression does not mean that| we must act as if there were no ag-| gression at all. Words may be futile, | but war is not the only means of | commanding a decent respect for ‘Briish Home Office Acting| HOUSETO TAKEVOTE, ED.R.PLAN | 3 'Reorganization Proposal | Comes Up Tomorrow ~ onResolufion WASHINGTON, May 2. — The | Taber resolution expressing disap= proval of President Roosevelt’s r | organization bill will go to a show down probably in the House tomor- | row. | ‘ Representative Taber introduced the resolution the day the President | sent his proposed reorganluflon; plan to Congress and perhaps def-| | inite action will be taken tomorrow to see just what sentiment there is on the proposed changes. -~ I "KEEP U. §. OUT Suggestion that Congress | Adjourn June 15 | Meets Opposition | WASHINGTON, May 2. — The | proposal by Senator Bankhead that Congress adjourn by June 15 {brought quick demands that the Senator Bankhead suggested thal Congressional Committees work dur- ing the Congressional re neutrality issues and social amendments brought out quick retorts that “there be no recess.” Senators Johnson and Connally vigorously opposed the propo both saying Congress should 1 main in Washington as long s on secur- as there is any chance that this na- tion might become involved in war. “The consequences of war by this country is such that I tremble when I think of them. If we once em- bark upon this mad adventure this great Government of ours will be gone, gone,” said Senator Hiram Johnson, of California. Nazi Agents ToBe Ousted From England in Conjunction with | Scotland Yard LONDON, May 2. Afternoon | newspapers said it is learned that! the British Home Office, in con~| junction with Scotland Yard, in-| tends to soon expel “more than 50 Nazi agents” in England, some of; them now in London. | An extensive investigation is re- ported to have been made and those | slated for deportation will be hustled from the country as evidence of activities is conclusive. —_—— 20ih Century Magic HE government is spending millions to find out how the things the farmer raises for food can be put to in- dustrial use. Do you know what chance it has of success? And do you know how even today dirplanes and steering wheels and cigarette cases can be “grown”? U not, you will want to read the fascinating “Uncle Sam Goes In For Chemurgy.,” start- ing in The Empire to- morrow. % (Conlln;ed on Saée Sixi S Silent Sentinels of Peace in the U. S. This impressive symbolic picture was made as the mighty West Virginia left New York for Pacific waters to join rest of fleet. Standing at West Virginia had a cracked 1 of waR" 1S Y INTERMEDIARY'S JOB IS OF LEGISLATORS 1613 GH: ROOSEVELT HAD AN ANGLE, RECENT MESSAGE ROTARY CLUB LEARNING ICE WORM WIGGLE Sung Today,_tor Be Danced Tomorrow-Quartet Performs s today attended singing class, conducted by Marie Lysing Johnson and desgined to teach them the words and music of t “Ice Worm Wiggle” by Carol Beery Davis. The Wiggle is to be featured at the district conference here May 18 to 20, Mrs. Davis wi as Rotarians sang the Wu-Ye-Keh"” song, first mu Juneau Kot t the piano today “Akh-Tu- nti- dentally, ever published in Alaska | The Empire turngd out the sheet music, even to the engravings of musical scales, and the job com- pares favorably with exclusive music firm publisher Class Tomorrow A class in the Ice Worm Wiggle dance which is to accompany the song will be conducted .tomorrow evening from 9 to 10 o'clock by Mrs. Johnson at the Dugout At today's luncheon meeting of the club, a quartet consisting of Wesley Overby, Bob Laney, Sher- wood Wirt and John Keyser sang several selections. Bud Nance, a new member, and George Alexander, new High School representative, were introduced. W.P.A.ROLL IS REDUCED WASHINGTON, May 2. — The ‘WPA has fixed the May employment nt arms in the photo is a soldier stationed on Governors’ Island. The pres inch gun replaced in the Brooklyn Navy Yard before departing. MINE AGREEMENT LABELED "FAIR" BY SUPT. TODAY L. H. Metzgar Says Pa- tience, Understanding By PRESTON GROVER ! WASHINGTON, May 2—A not- Marked Negofiafions ble feature of the President’s mes- ¥ sage to Hitler and Mussolini was As Alaska Juneau Mining Com- pany officials and representatives of.lie CIO Mine And Mill Workers, his offer of a reward for good be- | havior on their part in place of ‘a | ;’]n‘l‘l,!:]:ry threat for dnv. bad be-| o3y 203, prepared today” to com: "“The resibi P bxbds Bal andtrer o AIECH ST 8 MECAR RN tis that h[“ SIHH\I\" )l'l(’l no ];17“‘&‘]‘ to ment for the naxs yopr, 1y BB : simply ha Superintendent of the mine, gar, :‘lx::kl“ .“ L”!l‘('x:lL. _lfi‘ ;“mllfl‘ noy gave the following statement: Eng In‘\‘l‘ m" f\xn’u“:hl\ ‘.’m\‘ ,‘”i‘l “After geveral weeks of negotia- Englanc ey agreed to ; : : tion, during which time Compan; peaceable gestures. Before he can iy representatives and the Union com- mittee met weekly and discussed matters pertaining to wages, hours, and working conditions, thoroughly and understandingly, an agreement fair both to all employees and the Company was reached. This agree- ment was submitted to a referen- commit the country that far he has to ask Congress to back him up. And whether he could get support for such a position is a matter of considerable debate just now. The job of bei an intermediary between angry nations is thankless and risky, s this country has gy yote of the Union on Satur- .nu'nq U"f from time to time. But day, April 29, 1939. The Union hav- certain h_onmm'.\ who have heard ling by vote approved of the agree- the President discuss his position ment jointly arrived at by the Com- report that he finds this country | H : B mittee and the Company represen- faced with something of a dilemma. | o tives the nzn-eme'l)s. };va.sl to- be .o - ELECTRAS FLOWN NORTH g |signed today. U. S. ON SPOT? | “Both the Committee and Com- | If war comes just now and the pany representatives have pledged United States definitely refuses to |themselves to carry out the terms |have a part and even embargoes|of the agreement with the same essential supplies to belligerents, "—\putleum\ understanding and fair- jmay bring defeat of France and ness that have prevailed during the |England. The ehances of both sides ' negotiations.” in Europe have been discussed pro | and con for many months in many | places, including the White m)use_{]'wo |Much expert opinion gives Eng- land and France no better than® a 50-50 chance of victory Thus the dilemma. England, if defeated, might well have to xur-r % render her navy. So would France.| o :plane * lowgh: OF /pednEary The totalitarian powers then could assemble an almost invincible ar- | ““Si8 OF b U mada to move on South America|Groen . Dent D, Culver E. P, if they sought to make that rich|ysooq’ Mr. and Mrs. W. H. French. spot their next conquest. And the | n aevite, Jerry Harris, J. 8 A United States Navy, even en-|pine ns Robins, Barbara Robbins, ‘hancm by present construction, | pichard ‘Robblns,’ Wendie Robbins. i A right smart time | yjchtenberg, Tony Lindstrom, F. ating them off, particularly if Carmody, C. Carlson, S. Palmer. Japan provided a Pacific menace. .._.q..' i .___' d < | That is one side of the dilemma |as it is pictured by those whi ‘ }dlscuxse(? the sibm{uon wi:lhoP}n:‘:;;-‘KE""EDY' MEMBER {dent Roosevel. | FIRST LEGISLATURE, EXTENSIVE REGION IS SHAKEN UP Center Is Believed Locafed on Gulf-Recorded on Seismographs MOUNT LASSEN ALSO SAID T0 BE BELCHING Steam and Smoke Seen Arising from Peak, 10,435 Feet Up REDDING, Cal., May 2.—Reports that steam and smoke is coming from Mount Lassen, which last erupted in 1915, have sent National Park naturalists hastening.to the scene. Mount Lassen is America’s only active volcano and the report that smoke and steam is belching forth is causing excitement. Last Sunday various reports were received that there was a strange development at the top of the 10,453« foot summit and these reports cons tinued yesterday and today. The, activity perhaps has caused the earth rumbles recorded in vars ious parts of the nearby region. More earth disturbances were res corded this morning, especially on the seismograph of the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena. This rumbling is believed centered in the Guif of Califormia; -~ - A pronounced tremor started at 5:16 o'clock this morning and the institute fixed it at a distance of 200 miles south of Yuma. Selsmographs in other sections of the United States also recorded the quake. On Mount Lassen, steam issues from fissures at all times of the year but these have been more noticeable in the past few days than for years. Carl «Swartzlow, Mount Lassen's volcanician and National Park nat- uralist, hurrying to the -district, places credence in reports of steam and smoke belching from the peak and perhaps causing some of the earth movements. VILLAGE DROPS FROM SIGHT ON - JAPANESE COAST Severe Earthquake Takes Lives, Destroys Homes in Nippon Land TOKYO, May 2.—~New quake res ports here said the entire village | flew to Fairbanks with PAA today, of Aikawa, including 70 homes, on the northern coast, disappeared dur- ing a shock which took 19 lives elsewhere in Japan. Hundreds of persons are reported missing and thousands of homes have been destroyed in parts of Oka Peninsula. The Government officially report« ed that quake checks are still n< complete. 3 ANGLO-RUSSO rolls at approximately 2600000, ! The other side is an offer to act reduction of 200,000 from April as as intermediary. The President has the result of the cut of the appropri- |already taken that step. It involved ation by Congress. {the risk of a rebuff. That would not A thurt U. 8. prestige — it might |strengthen public sentiment against |the two totalitarian states. StocK QUOTATIONS ‘r PASSES AT NOME AGREEMENT IS FORMING NOW J. C. (Charlie) Kennedy, 63, a| member of the first Territorial Leg- | | islature, died yesterday in Nome, | according to word received here by tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 8%, American Can 87, Am erican Power and Light 4%, Ana- conda 23%, Bethlehem Steel 55'%, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 6, General Motors 427%, International Harvester 56, Kennecott 32, New York Central 14, Northern Pacific 8', United States Steel 46%, Pound $4.68%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 12932, rails 2595, utilities 22.42 - e RONNINGS BACK Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ronning have | returned from a trip Outside. They lxme registered at the Baranof Hotel. NEW YORK, May 2.—Closing quo- | | Cellector of Customs J. J. Connors, JLARIFICATION MIGHT HELP | an old friend. But what some hoped for was a| Kennedy, widely known mining clarification of the requests of |operator at Nome and Candle, pass- | Italy and Germany. If they should €d away at the Nome hospital fol-| lofficially state their demands it|loWing a short illness would at ‘least clear the air. | He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Then England and France would | Mary Goss, at San Diego. be confronted with a positive chuice.\ PP " | Would they be willing to makp:D bl | thgse concessions for peace, or ou (2 would they be willing to risk war? | Certain of those discussing the l roubl() case recognized that England and | France might make a counter-| Feiprrint PUGWASH RIVER, N. S., May 2. ~Trouples never come singly to Ernest Mitchell, lumberman. First he was laid up with a cut hand. As soon as he was able to work he cut | his foot and was off for five weeks. proposition to us. They might say: {If we make these concessions will America pledge her aid to see that Germany and Italy then keep the peace? That's the tough nut. It is a lead pipe cinch that this country’s Prime Minister Chamber- lain Says Best Form Being Discussed LONDON, May 2.—Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain informed the House of Commons today that Great Britain wants to “conclude an agree« ment with Russia but we must dis- cuss further regarding the best form.” ‘o - MOTHER OF SECY. BARTLETT LEAVES Mrs. Ida Bartlett, who has been spending a week here visiting with her son, Secretary of Alaska E. L. (Bob) Bartlett, left on the Alaska Then he slashed his other hand with an axe when he returned to work. (Contlnfiéd on ‘Pagu Five) A | today for the Westward. She is re- turning to her home at Miller House,