The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” mm—— VOL. LIV, NO. 8110. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HITLER AND MUSSOLINI POOL FORCES REVOLUTION THREATENING NOW, BELIEF New York Man Reports on His Activities Before Dies Committee WASHINGTON, May 22. — Dud- ley Gilbert, New York socialite, to- day told the Dies Committee in- vestigating unAmerican activities, that he has been trying for months to organize a campaign “to help Threaten McLean Heiress the American people be ready for a Red Revolution.’ Gilbert was examined closely about letters has written to J. Campbell, of Owensboro, Ky., with whom he is associated. Gilbert told the Committee: “I figured very shortly that we would face a civil war from the left. I thought if they took over the coun- try, what was left of it would rise up under a Franco method.” Representative Healey asked if Gilbert meant a military dictator- ship. Gilbert replied that “if something like that did take place, we might have to do something like Franco. We did not advocate a military movement but only that the people will have to fight back.” - e SALARIES OF FED. JUDGES - TOBETAXED Supreme Court Rules Such Incomes Taxable - Also Rules on Gold Clause WASHINGTON, May 22.—Revers- ing previous decisions, the United States Supreme Court today held that salaries of Federal Judges are subject to Federal Income Taxation. Justice Frankfurter delivered the opinion and ruled specifically that the Pederal Government could col- lect income tax on the $12,500 salary received in 1936 by Circuit Judge Joseph Woodrough, of Omaha. “Gold Clause” Ruling The court divided four to five in ruling that the 1933 “gold clause” law voided contracts for optional payment of already issued gold bonds or in foreign currency equi- valent to the value of gold dollars. In another case, the court held that the state of Oklahoma had un- constitutionally denied a negro the right to register for the November 1934 elections because of his race and color, DEFENSE PROGRAM OF PRESIDENT IS DEVELOPING NOW Cash Ouflamd Amotints for Confracts Recom- mended by FDR WASHINGTON, May 22—Presi- dent Roosevelt’s $552,000,000 defense program is developing more rapid- 1y than originally expected. President Roosevelt has recom- mended a cash outlay of more than $383,000,000 for defense purposes during the year starting July 1. This amount is $152,000,000 more than he estimated when he sent his program' to Congress last January. The remainder of the appropria- tion will be covered by contracts for which Congress will provide funds. - BASEBALL TODAY: The following are scores of games played this afternoon in the two major leagues: National League New York 9; Pittsburgh 2. Brooklyn 3; Cincinnati 6. Boston 5; Chicago 3. Philadelphia 1; St. Louis 2. American League St. Louis 6; Philadelphia 3 Other scheduled games rained out. he Evalyn and Mrs. McLean After receiving letters threatening abduction against her daughter, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, owner of the celebrated Hope diamond, appealed for 24-hour detective guard for the daughter, Evalyn, at their New York apartment. John M. Parker, WhoBra(e Power of KKK When Chief Execufive of Stafe, Dies PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., May 22.‘ |—John M. Parker Sr. Governor of Louisiana from 1920 to 1924 and Vice-Presidential running mate with | Theodore Roosevelt on the Progres- | sive ticket in 1916, died here early | Sunday. ; Parker's administration as Gov-| ernor was marked by the investiga- | tion of the Mer Rouge murders in | northern Loul na and he also| broke the power of the Ku Klux |Klan in the state. | Few men of his time have taken a greater personal interest in the civic and commercial development of the South than Parker. | Independence of thought and ac- tion was the mainspring of his character. The trait manifested it- self throughout his career and in! all his activities, but perliaps no- where more emphatically than dur- ing his term as governor. | For four years Gov. Parker gave his state an independent adminis- | tration that was marked by fear-|served as a member of the Advisory less policies, constructive work and| Committee of the Washington Arms law enforcement in spite of numer- | Conference and on three occasions ous threats against his ! M. PARKER personal | when the Mississippi River floods| safety. | Humanity Above Dollar | In 1912 he joined the movement| for the organization of the Progres- | sive party, which appealed to him as the “first to place humanity | above the dollar.” He was a mem- |ber of the platform committee at | the national convention that year. | Four years later he was named for | Vice-President as the running mate | of Theodore Roosevelt, but with the | latter’s withdrawal the national or- ganization came to an end before { the election. Continuing his belief in the prin- ciples of the Progressive party, Mr. Parker entered the campaign in Louisiana as its candidate for Gov- ernor, but was defeated. In 1920, he was elected Governor on the Demo- cratic ticket and had the satisfac- tion of having enacted into law vir- tually every important plank of his platform. Gov. Parker was born at Bethel Church, Miss., March 16, 1863, the son of John M. and Roberta Buck- ner Parker. The family moved in 1871 to New Orleans, where the Goverror's father engaged in the cotton business. There the son con- tinued his education until he was |17, leaving high school to join his | father’s busines. He eventually suc- | ceeded to that and became one of the leading cotton men of the South. Wide Recognition In New Orleans his prominence in commercial circles was attested by his election as President of the Board of Trade when he was 30 and as President of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange four years later. Wider recognition came to him in 1908 when he was elected President of the Southern Commercial Con- gress in which capacity he served four years, and in his election as the first President of the Mississip- pi Valley Association. During the period of the partici- pation of the United States in the World War, Mr. Parker was food administrator for Louisiana., He |of Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic caused great damage and suffering —1912, 1922 and 1927—he acted as food relief director. | Quits Politics At the conclusion of his term as Governor, Mr. Parker retired from politics and went to live on his farm at St. Francesville. However, he took an active part in the na- tional campaign of 1928 and made a tour of the Southwest in behalf presidential candidate. On January 11, 1888, Gov. Parker married Miss Cecile Airey of New Orleans. They had two sons and a daughter. Attracts Attention Two events during the term of Gov. Parker that attracted nation- wide attention were the investiga- ordered an inquiry into the activi-| he directed, and the hangingsof six | men found guilty of a single mur-| der. The Klan investigation was the outcome of murder charges which | were prosecuted in Morehouse par-| ish in connection with the deaths| of Watt Daniels and Thomas Rich- | ard. Their bodies were found in a| lake weighted down with iron. | The murderers of the two men! were not brought to justice, but| after the trials Governor Parker | ordered an injuiry into the activi- ties of the Klan in Morehouse par- ish. Likewise, nothing tangible re-| sulted from that investigation, but thereafter the Klan as a formidable power in the state began to wane. Before the execution of the six men in Tangipahoa parish for the single murder, Governor Parker re- ceived a protest from the Italian government against carrying out the sentence and numerous threatsand | “black hand” letters were sent to him. The Governor, however, de- clined to interfere with the judg-| ment of the courts. Displays Courage Both cases were examples of the Governor's courage and fearlessness in his effort toward law enforce- (Continued on Page Five) PLANE HITS Army Craft, Losi in Thick Fog in California, Crashes SAN JOSE, Cal., May 22.—Lost in a thick fog, an Army airplane, pilot- ed by Lieut. R F. Lorenz of March Field, crashed into Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton last night, kill- ing Lorenz and Private W. E. Scott. Cruising at 100 miles an hour or more, the ship struck the observatory administration building and smash- ed through two 18-inch brick walls, wrecked the offices d archives which contained photographic plates and other records the observatory has been 30 years in collecting. - ICKES ASKING FOR LARGE SUM FOR WPA WORK |Soliciting Support for Ap-| | propriation of Five Hun- dred Million Dollars | WASHINGTON, May 22.—Secre- | tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes re- ports that he is working actively for |a new $500,000,000 appropriation for | the Public Works Administration. | Several Senators admit that he | has urged them to support such an outlay on the ground that public | works expenditures are more ef- | fective than WPA funds in stimula- | tion of business in addition to cre- ating permanent national assets. Hoover Not Seeking Any Office No Declares He Is Not Candi- | date for GOP Nomin- ation in 1940 LAGRANDE, Ill, May 22—For- mer President Herbert Hoover r ferred to the 1940 Republican Na-| tional Convention as the most im- portant since 1860 and one which might chart the national course for the next two generations. Hoover told 100 Midwest Editors meeting here that he believed the Nation could not stand another four years of the New Deal. Hoover asserted definitely that he is not a candidate for the 1940 Re- publican nomination for President. | HAS NO CANDIDATE WARSAW, Indiana, May 22. — Herbert Hoover here this afternoon | for an off the record conference with Indiana Republican Editors, reiterated that he is not a candidate for the 1940 nomination for the Presidency and also stated that he is not advancing any particuldr can- didate or group. 2 ; S LAWYERBAN NOW SOUGHT TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 22— Forty-four Florida House members —including several lawyers—intro- duced a bill to “plow under” every third lawyer ‘in Florida twice a year. Its sponsors said the measure was designed to reduce a “surplus of lawyers.” It was made House Bill No. 1399 ard referred to the com- mittee on livestock. M1. McKinley Park Is Given Affention WASHINGTON, May 22. — The Senate has passed and sent to the White House the bill authorizing the President to provide for public facilities and accommodations at Mount McKinley Park in Alaska. Pendergast Says Guilty To Charges Defhroned Political Boss | of Kansas City Admits | Evasion of Taxes me off for good mean the sen- be 10 months. Pendergast was given one week to get his afiairs in order | going to prison to start | ce his sentence. i | behavier may | tence will only | KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 22. - | Tom Pendergast, dethroned boss of |the long powerful Democratic ma- |chine, today pleaded guilty to evading Federal income taxes of % Government arguments, 1'.)ml\ for sentence promptly charged that Pendergast actually |evaded taxes on $1,240,000 since | It is revealed that Pendergast | 182,000,000 on horse racing in 1935, losing $600,000. This is in defense efforts to avert a prison sentence as| Pendergast’s physician said the | “boss” has an ailment of the heart {which might cause death in case | ;o: a shock. | 'ROOSEVELT IS - 70 TALK ABOUT - TAXREVISION May Make Some Propos- | alsin Speech fo Be De- I livered Tonight laying a WASHINGTON, May 22.—Presi dent Roosevelt, informed source said, will discuss tax revision in to-| | night’s speech before the Americar Retail Association. Whether the President will give | |any concrete proposals that might | |be used for a basis for tax law | changes, or merely reaffirms his | stand that any alterations must re- | |sult in no loss of revenue, is noy | disclosed. — e 3 Freight Trails in Big Crash |Cars Are Derailed for Half a Mile Along Right- of-Way PIQUA, Ohio, May 22. — Three freight trains piled up in a wreck near here Sunday, killing three trainmen and injuring four others. One freight stopped to take on coal and a second freight frain crashed into the rear of the first, derailing the locomotive of the sec- ond train and scattering wreckage over the double tracks of the Penn- sylvania line. A fast fruit train piled into the wreckage scattering several hundred feet. . Cars of the trains were derailed for half a mile along the tracks. {and a wild box car rolled down into |a ditch and crushed him to death as he tried to climb a fence. PRIVATE PLANE CRASHES; 2 DEAD SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 22. —A privately owned airplane, carry- ing seven persons, cracked up on a farmer’s field in the Wasatch Moun- tain Valley Sunday killing the pilot, William Duck, of the Duck Airplane Service of Oakland, and C. T. Gard- ner, of Chicago. The plane was purchased in Chi- cago Saturday and was being flown to Oakland. One trainman tried to crawl away | — 1IN Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. Graves For the eighth time, Nina de Milo Graves, 28-year-old Hollywood divor | Graves, a musician. “I know it eighth ee, marfies at Yuma, Ariz. Her newest husband is Billy Only 28, Weds Eighth Time {FORM AL WAR PACT BINDS TWO POWERS British Reported Ready fo Complete London-Par- is-Moscow Front POLE SHOOTS NAZI | BUTCHER IN DANZIG Tension Over Free City In- creases — Angry Notes Are Exchanged By ASSOCIATED PRESS Germany and Italy have cement- ed their axis partnership with a formal ten year military alliance. The consolidation in. formality came as Great Britain appeared to be ready to meet Russia’s terms in lining up the Soviet Union on the British-French front, The strengthening of the one co= alition and the apparently imminent enlargement of the other came amid new tension as the result of the first fatality yesterday in the Polish-Ger= man issue over Danzig. In Danzig, Gustav Gruebner, Ger- man butcher, was shot and killed stances precipitating an exchange will last,” says Mrs. Graves of her PY- | stancse precipitating an exchange | of angry notes between Nazi domin- | ated Free City of Danzig and Poland | proper. ‘The German-Italian agreement ation will pool all its military and SOMETIMES SCRAP IRON i o | 'YANKEE CLIPPER ~ REACHES FRANCE, SCHEDULED TRIP ‘Makes Fast Flight from New York Across At- lantic fo Europe MARSEILLE, France, May 22— The Yankee Clipper alighted here at 3:40 o'cl this afternoon, com- pleting the first regularly scheduled commercial flight across the At- lantic. The Yankee Clipper left New York | Saturday and is carrying mail but | no passengers. The Clipper stopped at the Azores and Lishon enroute here. - NEWSPAPERMA GOES T0 JAIL Refuses fo Answer Cerfain Questions — Draws Kitchen Duty OLYMPIA, WASH,, May 22.—Les- ter Hunt, 44, Seaftle Star reporter, surrendered to Sheriff Huntamer to- day and began serving a ten day sentence for contempt of the County Grand Jury. The Superior Court adjudged Hunt guilty of contempt “for refusal to answer certain questions May 18" and for an article printed in the Seattle Star last Friday. The contempt decision was based on articles written by Hunt in con- nection with the Grand Jury’s pro- ceedings. Sheriff Huntamer said Hunt would g0 on kitchen duty in the County Jail tomorrow. - School Principal Indicted in Death CLARION, Pa., May 22—A grand Jjury has indicted Harrison A. Hart- man, 37-year-old school principdl of nearby Sligo, on charges of ag- gravated assault and’ battery in the death of a student who had been whipped. (OMES HOME BACK WAY economig relations with its axis | partner, even in advance of war, and | give both the strength and quick and effective striking power. it RSl | Lm0 o0 e d By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, May 22. — One of the weird things that can ..ap.1FAMUS SISIE pen to a Chinese sailor in the Unit- | ed States is to be hired by the Japa- | MEEI ouEE“ AT bombs to kill other Chinese in in-| terior China. | nese to haul steel to Japan to make Japan alw: has been a heavy | Gifts Are Exchanged Be- purchaser of scrap steel and iron | in the United States. Japan has few such resources of her own and we 0 ¥ I have plenty. Steel is made these| days out of a half-and-half mlx-] 1ween um'l!p_ e'safld ture of new iron and old steel and| o kg ! Royal Visitor Scrap comes in all shapes and | sizes, old car wheels, steel rails, TORONTO, May 22—Queen Eliz- trimmings from steel *plants, 8béth exchanged gifts with the Di- junked automobiles, occasionally | Ohhe quintuplets at a private recep- an old hulk of a worn out, ship, Re- ton today before the Royal couple member the Vaterland, once = a|3Rd later Canada’s five famous sis- crack German liner, seized by the Uers made their appearance before the Ontario Legislature. FOR CONTEMPT U. 8. at the outbreak of war, ¢on- verted into a troop transport under the name of Leviathan, and then reshaped into a money-losing U. 8. liner? Months ago it was sold to| England for scrap and under its own power steamed back to a Brit-| ish junk yard. Who knows? It may | yet, get back to Germany, a piece at a time, dropped from British bomb- |ing planes. | JAPAN HUNTS BAKGAINS It is in such instances as the Le-| | viathan that the Chinese come in. Japan, eager for bargains in scrap, | |is always looking out for old ship| | hulks which can be sailed back wi, ‘Tokyo under their own power to be broken up and melted into new| | shapes. | | A sub-committee of the Senate| | Committee on Military Affairs, !holding hearings on proposals to ;kPep Japan from buying scrap |steel and iron here, ran into the| | story. Hearing of an old junk, the Japanese bought it, had its engines | fitted up just well enough to get| her across the ocean, Then the ship | was loaded with as much scrap as it could hold. And who sailed it back | to Japan? That is where the ro- | mance ,of war comes in. ! Chinese crews usually can be hired cheapest for such pick-penny jobs. The Japanese hire them. After (all, the seamen have to eat and sea-going jobs don't grow on trees these days. On arrival in Japan| |they are transferred perhaps to! !Oriental tramp ships always on the lookout for low-cost crews. One |such Chinese crew attempted a mutiny. There was a brief news- paper account of it. EVERY SCRAP USED | In Japan, ship and cargo both are melted down and converted into munitions, not a rivet wasted. In 11933 Japan bought a half million The Queen gave Marie, Emilie, Cecile, Annette and Yvonne five little white coats brought from London. In return, the Queen received photographs of the little girls. Each child signed her name to her own photograph under guidance of their mother’s hand. Appearing before the Parliamen- tarians, the quints threw kisses and dispelled the formality of the oe= casion, — e SALMON FIRMS ARE PICKETED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 22, —The American Federation of La= bor and the Sailors Union of the Pacific placed 60 pickets on the plers of the Red Salmon Canning Company and Alaska Salmon Com- pany, whose vessels are due to leave for Alaska this week . It is charged that the companies have “refused to negotiate.” The officials of the Red Salmon Canning Company said the unions demand that more seamen be hired. G. B. Peterson, General Manager of the company, said it would be impossible to hire more men with- out running up the costs or cutting down the number of men in other unions, DEADLOCK IN CAN DISPUTE SEATTLE, May 22.—Negotiations Yetween the ILWU and American Can Company over wages of 14 men tons of steel and iron scrap. By 1937 it had swelled to 1,901,202 tons. «Continued on Page Two) employed at the company’s dock re- mained deadlocked today. No con- ferences are scheduled to settle the dispute.