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

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME”_ ALASKA EMPIRE 'VOL. LIV., NO. 8244. OCTOBER 27, 1939 ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, _ PRICE TEN CENTS SEIZED U. S. SHIP RELEASED TO GERMANS NEUTRALITY BILLIS GIVEN CLEAR TRACK Embargo o}\.vSélling Arms to Warring Nations Is Lifted ISOLATIONISTS ARE GIVEN UTTER DEFEAT last Minute Batfle Is Losi- Final Vote Expect- ed Today WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 The Senate today voted to repeal the embargo against sale of arms to Europe’s warring nations, 67 for repeal and 22 against. The action cleared the way for passage of the neutrality bill, which in addition to ending the embargo setup, limits commerce with bel- ligerents to a cash and carry sy: tem. The vote on repeal was reached after twenty days of debate, fol- lowing a proposal of Senator Nye to discard the Administration measure and substitute a similar bill that the existing ban on arms sales. LAST DITCH i WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Senate | opponents of the Administration neutrality bill, launched a last minute effort today to change the legislation ionists futilely rallied around a proposal by Senator Clark of Missouri to write into the bill a provision that would bar the use of United States waters to armed merchant vessels of belligerents. Clark declared that armed Brit- ish merchantmen were, in fact, ships of war and part of the Brit- ish navy. He declared that ad- mission to our waters of gun-carry- ing merchant vessels during the last war was a major factor in getting the United States in- volved. Debt Passes 41 Billion Mark Toda WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. — The Federal debt went over the $41.- 000,000,000 mark today, bringing the would, however, maintain| NEW SLATTERY EXPLANATION BY INTERIOR DEPT./ | Summary of Alaska Devel- opment Plan Issued by Government | workers on any project set up under the charter company plan envis- |ioned in the Slattery report would go to residents of Alaska and other| citizens of the United States, ac-| cording to a new Interior Depart-| ment explanation being distributed here. | Entitled “A Brief Summary of Under Secretary Slattery’s Report | on the Problem of Alaskan Develop- | ment,” the six-page mimeographed | release says that where the number| of jobs established by charter com- pany development exceeded the number of qualified available citi- | zens, “it is suggested that special | immigration visas be allowed to| | qualified persons in foreign coun-| | tries who wish to immigrate to Al-| BaRR | The new statement, in full, is as| follows: | | “The problem of Alaskan develop- | | ment has become increasingly a sub- lject of national interest. At this time it is important to bring to-| gether the results of past studies. On the basis of information sup- plied by various Departments of the Government and individual scien- | tists, it is possible to chart the long- | ! range potentialities of Alaskan de- v elopment. Scandinavian Analogy “The combined area and resources | of Sweden, Norway and Finland, all lying in the same latitude and sub- ject. to similar climatic conditions, are less than those of Alaska, yel these countries support a total popu- | lation of 12,748,154, as compared | with Alaska’s population, according | to the 1930 census, of 59,278 per- sons. “Many reasons for the low popu- lation of Alaska may be given: the tradition of get-rich-and-get-out, the World War and the flu epidem- ic, the unequal sex distribution and low birth date, the high cost of living, the immigration laws of 1921 and 1924 which cut down foreign immigration to Alaska by 83 per- cent, the absentee ownership which | siphons off Alaska's raw materials, | the seasonal character of 95 percent of the employment (fishing and ! mining). the lack of local capital for !investment, the widespread myth | that Alaska is a land of wolves and ljcebergs which frightens away po- tential settlers, the mistaken view that conservation is equivalent to nonuse of resources, the tendency to postpone positive action pending further researches and studies, which always show the need for ! more studies and researches. ! Underpopulation Blamed “Fundamentally, underpopulation | is not only a result of various eco- | | PFirst preference in A'l!\))ln\m!} | Nazi Raider May Now Be On Pacific LONDON, Oci\ 27—British Naval authorities assert that the German pocket battleships Admiral Scheer and Deut- | schland, known to have been at sea for one month and to have sunk only three vessels, one of them a neutral ship, fear the British patrols. This is credited with having kept | the raiders from the widely used shipping lanes. | The Admiral Scheer, which | has been operating in the South | [ | Atlantic, is considered likely to have slipped around Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean. pon winter-month employment will | reduce the economic drain of sea-| sonal unemployment and the impor- | tation of seasonal labor from the | West Coast. The development of | year-around industries will create | jobs in Alaska for auxiliary occupa- tions, themselves of a -around | nature. Carpenters, masons, elec- | tricians, engineers, doctors, dentists, | tailors, cobblers and barbers will be | needed in an expanding economy.| Trade within the Terri would be | increased, and more ,money earned | in Alaska would be spent in Alaska. | The costs of road building and har- bor building would be less burden- some if spread over a greatly in- | creased population, and the cost of | closing transportation per ton-mile would | decrease as greater use was made | of transportation facilities. A larger tax-paying population would m'ak«-‘ possible greater territorial invest- ment in public utilities, hospitals, schools, libraries, and other com-| munity services which are vital to the people of Alaska. All these de- velopments depend upon large-scale | immigration adequately financed. C.| L. Andrews, the historian of Alaska, | writes: ‘Alaska has room for mil-| lions—when they come she will be greater than all those Nations' (re- ferring to Scandinavian countries Defense Problem 1w Federal Government terested in promoting large-s immigration for reasons of national | defense and national economy. Al- aska, 54 miles from Siberia and 660 miles from Japan, presents a diffi- cult problem of national defense be- | cause it lacks population and facili- | ties for transportation, communica- | tion, housing, hospitalization, stor- age and repair, all of which are ¢ sential to defense and dependent | upon population. The War and Navy Departments have expressed a spec- ial interest in ‘the economic and commercial development of the Ter- ritory as a whole.’ The economic de- velopment of Alaska might provide a tremendous market for United States industry. In 1938 Alaska pur- chased $42,676,441 worth of United | States’ products—about as much as three of the smaller European coun- tries, Norway, Switzerland and Por- tugal, put together. In addition to furnishing markets, Alaska could| is in-| cale | Congress who he said had been| FDR SLASHES AT ENEMIES OF HIS BILL Calls Scare Talkers of; Sending Boys fo Eur- ope "'Fakers” PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, KING LEOPOLD SPEAK Belgian Monarch Says His Nation Will Fight for Independence | Strongly | neutrality, | N Lo Gv‘wr*m}& THIONVILLE | METZ NEW YORK, Oct reaffairming American President Roosevelt last night said | that critics of his foreign |xshcy; who warned that it would force| American boys to shoulder arms abroad are guilty of “one of the worst fakes in history. The President added deliberate setting up of an inary bogey man. King Also Speaks President Roosevelt spoke at the program of the ninth an- nual New York Herald Tribune forum on current problems after King Leopold of Belgium had de- clared it is vital that his country, | because of economic reasons, main- | tain peace, but Belgium is ready to fight, if necessary to preserve its Hit By Pope independence. e s ot e e e FilS1 EnCy clical of Pius tas. Condemns States Taking Absolute Autonomy CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Ocl Pope Pius condemned governments which assume absolute autonomy which exclusively to the Supreme Maker The Pope offered consolation to JUNEAU WOMEN IS STILL FRE | failure of his efforts at peace. ) pleaded for a settlement of the | war which would avoid errors of Ruth Judd Eludes Net of Police as Deteclives Puzzle Over Clue past treaties which have failed to | bring lasting peace }-HI' blamed denial of the “au- thority of God and the sway of PHOENIX, Ariz, Oct. 27—Au- thorities today continued their search for the ‘escaped murderess of two Juneau, Alaska women gWin- | his law” for the rise of govern- | ment which make the state “the nie Ruth Judd, with a singie clue to. aid their efforts, German patrols continued is a imag- Tolalifarian jovernments uke | President Roo- | commenta- and out of | Presidenti sharp ton rebuked and others” In sevelt tors orators, in peating their breasts, proclaiming | e against sending boys of American mothers to fight on the battle- fields of Europe. - - | |last end of life Injures Relati | Continuing his attack on the | claims of unlimited authority by he state, the Pope said such prac {tice *“is not simply an error harm- ful to the internal life of na- tions, their prosperity and to a larger well ordered increase in | their well being but likewise in- jures relations between peoples.” S NAZI TROOPS TRY | 70 REGAIN AREA; FIGHTING BIT I aT.AVOL?W 3 o SARREGUFMINES from Luxembourg border to the Rhine, the Nazis, who had suffered heavy casualties. “that | belongs | ] [ [ MAJOR HEAVY FORTIFICATIONS MAJOR SECONDARY » FORTIFICATIONS AL WESTWALL } WMAGINOT LINE ! % Y] ~A.NDAU )) PIRMASENS | r€R GERMAN ASSAULT HEAVIEST HERE IN / / /y NAZIS CLAIM J VICTORY IN % | AIRBATTLE t the French holding German soil along the flank ‘rench claimed barbed wire entanglements had halted the hting was heaviest at P Saarbruecken and Pirmasens. |DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HERE JAN. 16 Heroic » Mother ’ ‘= Drowns Mrs. Sheakley Meets|Territorial Session fo Be | Death, Glacier Bay, At- | af Juneau Firsi Time tempt fo Save Baby in 25 Years | | 27.-—Mrs. Call for a ‘Territorial [)l‘m(»(‘l'xlu(:“ 9-year- | convention be held in Juneau| on January. 16 has been issued by | Dr. Aubrey R. Carter, Chairman of the Territorial Central Committee, setting the 1940 Alaska political ball rolling. The convention will be the first held in Juneau in a quarter of a century. The last convention was at Seward. At the convention here elected delegates to the convention as well as National m-! mitteemen and a Territorial com- | mittee. An Alaska Democratic plat- form for 1940 will also be written at the session. Divisional conventions will be held throughout the Territory preceding the Juneau meeting - DIES PUBLICITY DRAWS FIREOF HOONAH, Alaska, Oct Victor Sheakley old daughter R C to and her | chel were drowned | Bay. the accident | Wednesday in acier | The letter asking for help, was brought news of and a | to Hoonah by Eli Sharclane. | ‘The woman and two small chil- | dren remained on their boat while} | the were seal hunting. Sharclane says he and his wife saw smoke on the Sheakley boat | others | | |about noon Wednesday and ar-{ | | | will be National | rived at the boat about 4 o'clock | in the afternoon. One small girl met them at the the gasboat, saying: fall in water. Mama cry. Mama swim, then I cry.” There were marks on the of the boat showing where Mr Sheakley attempted to get into the boat, The bodies have not been recov- ered. M Pel | rail of | “Dolly Sheakley is a daughter o nith of Juneau. . - | hig. RUSSIANS TURNDOWN AMERICANS Captured City of Flint Giv-_ en Info Possession of Nazis VESSEL, UNDER CONVOY, BEING TAKEN, HAMBURG Is Reported Near Brifish Blockade Area Guard- ed by U-Boals BERLIN, Oct. 27.—Official ad- vices state the American freighter City of #lint, seized recently on the by a German raider, ta- ken romsoe, Norway, and then sailed into Murmansk, Arctic sea- port, is being sailed out of Mer- mansk for Germany In command of a prize crew of Germans from the pocket. battleship Deutschland. The freighter is today reported ‘somewhere” along the Norwegian coast heading slowly to the British blockade . The vesscl seized as a contraband ship, was released last night at Murmansk by the R an author- ities according to advices r ing Berlin, Following release, it is said the German prize crew lost no time in lifting anchor for Hamburg where a prize court is planned to decide the fate of the ship and her cargo. 1t is believed the crew of 42 Amer- icans is aboard. The Nazi spokesman said the City of Flint 15 being escorted by sub- marines to resist any attempt by ritish naval craft to seize the ship and contraband cargo. HU BAFFLED WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-—Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull said he is completely baffled in efforts to get adequate information from the Rus- sian government regarding the City of Flint. The State Department says the craft has become a veri- table mystery ship. TACKLES INFORMATION MOSCOW, Oct. 27.—United States Ambassador Steinhardt finally suc- ceeded late today in gaining an in- terview with the Russian Foreign Office in quest of information re- garding the City of Flint after ear lier attempts had failed. There is no immediate announcement of the result of the interview. It was announced last night that Soviet Russia would ignore what was called a virtual demand the government turn the City of Flint ovoer to the American authorities. Later it was officially announced the vessel was sailing out of Mur- Z“‘::“;‘fl”“u““‘l‘:}g fli":"i[b‘”“’“ dollars yomic difficulties but also a cause The dally Treasify ;Lav.emem, g of these difficulties. Underpopula- ClBEa RHET e LR D each | R OREreR InTRD Sipe i 0 €1 ed $41,023.000,000 as the res;alt ot cessively high transportation costs. 62,000,000 xx1(}rease RSona A% sus High transportation cosl.sv result in to bon:owing on s-hort time bi]lS; and & high cost “of living. High lving baby bond. sales of a year ago when costs result in high costs of produc- (5 otet WO N Rkt tna e | oo TUh GaEls of proipi A0 half billion dollars ad }tramportauon make most 1y)qu§u1es ¥ unprofitable. Lack of industrial de- - >-eos velopment results in seasonal unem- SIlvER S ployment. High living costs and sea- HIRTS | sonal unemployment discourage im- WILL BE PROBED ... | “The ordinary lone immigrant to BY Govl. AGENTS Alaska cannot buck this vicious is, therefore, no solution to the eco- nomic problems of Alaska. Indeed, such immigration may aggravate migration and encourage emigra- tion. All of which results in under- |eycle. Unplanned, uncoordinated, inadequately financed immigration Orders Are Issued for In- | provide the United States with many |~ \r..c judd left a note at the home | produch for which lho_ United | ¢ her parents, Rev. and Mrs Mec- | States is now almost entirely de-'ginnell on the night of her escape | pendent upon imports from abroad, | Gving she wanted to visit her es- such as tin (99.9 percent imported), | {ranged husband in a Los Angeles newsprint (77.3 percent), herring |y ,qpitq] (944 percent), canned crab meat (94.4 percent), and various types of | clined to believe that the notorious fur, leather, paper and wood pPro-|yoman criminal would return to Los ducts which are now imported from apgeles, but admitted they have European and Asiatic sources. found no trace of her. Agriculture Subsidiary The Governor's office continued “Alaska contains, besides largelan investigation into Mrs. Judd’s areas of grazing land, 65,000 square |escape Tuesday night from the miles of good agricultural land but Arizona State Hospital for the In- because of transportation difficul-|sane, centering the probe around ties and the lack of local markets the failure of hospital attendants for produce, agricultural develop- to guard the door through which ment must be subsidiary to indu the slayer slipped to the outside |trial development. The best areas|world. for immediate industrial develop- Although Mrs. Judd is believed ment are in southern and Southeast by authorities to have returned to Alaska, where one-fourth of the Los Angeles, the search concen- Los Angeles authorities were in-| Its effects, he added, break unity of supranational society, rob the law of nations of a foundation of vigor, lead to violation of others’ rights and impede agreement and peaceful intercourse. D TRADE CONFERENCE IS CALLED BY SEC. OF ' COMMERCEHOPKINS Diplomats of Latin Amer-| ' ican Nations, Store Own- ers, Are fo Meet Soon the | mansk harbor for a German port | with the German prize crew in coms NATION'S HEAD vestigation for Grand Jury Action CHICAGO, I, Oct. 27.—Gov- ernment agents have started a sweeping investigation of the Com- munist Silver Shirts and other groups in the Chicago area. The order for the investigation is to resort to a speedy grand jury action if law violators are un- covered. HOONAH RATIFIES INDIAN CHARTER| those problems by augmenting the population on local relief rolls in winter months. In order to meet the | basic economic problem of Alaska |a program of settlement must aim simultaneously to increase local| population, reduce transportation | costs, reduce the high cost of lv-| ing, reduce costs of production | (without reducing real wages), es- tablish new industries, eliminate seasonal unemployment and thus! encourage still further immigration | An adequate plan of settlement must combine agricultural and industrial expansion. Increased agricullural) production in Alaska will reduce the | cost of food which is now so great | newsprint consumed yearly by the United States could be produced on a sustained yield basis, where in-| dustries based on fish, fur, miner- als, wood and hydro-electric power can be developed, and where exten- sive recreational and hotel devel- opment is feasible. | “Existing sources of information reveal extensive opportunities for the establishment of such industries | as mink farming, fur processing, hotel operation, herring production, | canning of crabs and shrimp, pro-| duction of newsprint and various| manufactures based upon reindeer | hide, wood and minerals, Such de- velopment should follow lines that will not interfere with well estab- trated on Phoenix itself today as hospital authorities did not believe the murderess could travel far. She was believed to have had no aid in walking out of the unlocked | door while most of the hospital at- tendants were at a dance, leaving her bed arranged to indicate her|him here on November 1 as a presence there, and she is thought | means of stimulating trade be- to have had only about a dollar in|tween the United States and the money with her at the time of her|Latin American Republics. escape. i i % . ased parente, was n ruener ers- | GRAYS RETURNING . ABOARD NORTHLAND tional letter to Arizona Governor y and wife are | WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Secre- |tary of Commerce Harry L. Hop- kins has invited diplomats of 20 Latin American countries and also leading retail owners to confer with Jones in which she charged she was being persecuted by the present ad- ministration of the asylum and that she left only to visit her parents J. L. “Dolly” G NO COMMENT ON THIRD TERM, IS ROOSEVELT WORD Questions at Press Confer- | {Roosevelt Calls Action on’ Mailing List Sordid | Procedure WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. — The President of the United States to- day branded as “sordid procedur | the publication by the Dies Com- ence Bring Only Smile |witce names o more than 500 from Presiden' Government employees on the mem- bership mailing list “of the Ameri- —_— can League for Peace and Democ- WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Presi- racy.” dent Roosevelt met third term ques-| The Dies Committee has charged | tions with a smile today and made the league is a “front” for Com-| the suggestion that newsmen at )u.\;",,,\”,,_,( activity. regular press conference confine themselves to matters of news. The conference was the first sin | Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. | wallace remarked several days ago in San Prancisco that the Europ-! ean war made a third term for) Roosevelt most desirable. | Press Secretary Stephen Early commented stingingly that Wallace | should have consulted the President | before he talked on the third term | subject. STABILIZATION SENATEAPPROVAL Upper House Acts Follow-| : ing Promise by Secre- OCTOBER RAINFALL fary of Treasury ' NEARS NEW RECORD E— Senate has refused to restrict op-| Juneau’s four-day “drought” end- | erations of the two billion dollar R - FUND NOW GIVEN mand. U. 5. SECURITY FROM WAR LIES WITH OUR NAVY President Tells Sea Fight- ers They Hold Fate of America WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. — The |largest and most powerful Ameri- in 17 years, was told resident. Roosevelt that the nation’s chief reliance keeping out of a European war. “The most promising way to preserve our peace lies in our abil- ity to defend our sea frontiers,” President Roosevelt said in a let- ter to acting Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, FISHERMAN SOUGHT HERE; 15 MISSING WITH SMALL CRAFT Walter Jones, elderly fisherman, who was to have arrived here from Petersburg early this week in his can Navy toc it n a factor in the high cost of living | | passengers for Juneau aboard the|ed suddenly yesterday afternoon | stabilization fund. This was After |95 oot floblne Badk"Gie Duck. has in Alaska. On the other hand, in- creased industrial activity will in- crease the market for local agricul- tural produce. Winter Employment “A balanced program of industrial development with special emphasis The Hoonah Indian Association ratified its new charter October 23 by a vote of 116 to 8, completing organization under the Wheeler- Howard act, it was reported today by Don Hagerty, Senior Organiza- tion Field Agent, and her estranged husband. - - CHAMBERLAIN HERE John Chamberlain, traveling man. came in on the North Sea from| Sitka and is registered at the Bar-| | anof Hotel, lished enterprises, such as salmon | canning and native crafts, but wil supplement existing employment | opportunities, increase existing mar- kets for local produce, and thus con. (Continued on 'l.’nse Seven) motorship Northland. The have been south for several wi during which time they journeyed | ber precipitation total to 15.86 inch- | Morgenthau that no part of the East and “Dolly” got his fill of hn;lr-s the fourth wettest on record for | rund is to be used to finance war- at World [the month. pet avocation, “rooting” Series ball games, Gray with a rain and snowfall which by | s,(noon today had brought the Octo- | The normal rainfall Jfor October is 11.18 inches the Senate received asSUrances peen unheard from and friends here from Secretary of Treasury Henry are alarmed by his failure to report. | Anyone knowing the whereabouts |of the Duck, or fisherman Jones, time operations or purchases from|can reach his friends through The England or France | Empire offices,