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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS o PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. LV., NO. 8249. KA SUBMARINE BASES PROPOSED Wes ALEUTIANS NOW UNDER NEW LAWS Ickes Sets Up Rules for 3,- ‘ 000,000-Acre Wild FOX FARMERS 10 | GET SHAKING UP, Biological Survey Will Base at Unalaska for | Patrol Work WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—Secre-| of the Interior Harold L.| today approved of regula-! tions designed to save wild life| resources in a three million wild life refuge in the Aleutian Is-| lands. | Although the refuge has been es-| tablished since March, 1913, mno| provisions have been made for ac- tive administration. Three Points | Officials said the new regulations will seek three objectives, as fol- lows: . | One—A blue fox industry with| annual yields of 3,000 pelts valued| at approximately $100,000, opera- tion of which will be regulated to avoid destruction of important| forms of bird life. | Two—Native birds will be studied | tary Ickes acre | and attempts will be made to pre-| vent their extermination. | Three—Natives, particularly re-| ferring to 450 Aleuts in the islands concerned, will be given means to obtain their economic indepen-| dence, | Highlights | Officials said highlights of the| new regulations are, some islands| will be maintained exclusively for| wild life conservation work; all outstanding permits for fur or| fox farming on the various islands will be revoked and the lessees must apply for new permits to continue operations, or other is- lands must be leased, with a mini- mum payment of $25 annually, plus a dollar for every pelt taken. No Aliens No permits will be granted to aliens or to corporations in which aliens own more than 50 percent| of the stock. Preference in issuing permits will be given to native communities in | the islands. Large bird colonies will remain as sanctuaries. Officials said control of the blue fox industry is necessary because the foxes, turned loose to forage their food habitually raided bird rookeries. The United States Biological Sur- vey will establish headquarters at Unalaska for patrol duties in the islands. DRASTIC ORDERS ISSUED AGAINST WESTERN UNION Communiiafion System| Must Disestablish Em- ployee Association WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—The Na- tional Labor Relations Board has ordered the Western Union Tele- | graph Company to disestabish its 20-year-old Association of Western | Union Employees as a bargaining | agency and reimburse employees for | association dues deducted from the| pay envelopes since 1935. The case against the company was filed by the CIO’s American Com- munications Association. OPIE READ | | hood, folk tales of the Tennessee| | to become Alaska Made into Extensive Reserve A Woman’s Place . . . A woman’s place is said to be in the kitchen, and here, at Aldershot, England, members of the women’s auxiliary service take over the cooking at an army training camp. Women of the auxiliary have taken over many of the lighter duties heretofore done by men. NEW SENATOR CHANDLER IS "HAPPY" POLITICIAN WITH FLARE FOR KNOWING THINGS ( By PRI ON GROER WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — There is much good-natured chatter about | the extent of Senator “Happy”| Chandler's smanship but he can be cited as a man wha made the most of a college education He is a one-man charm school. We | have never run into more than a half-dozen persons who know him who did not close their remarks | something to this effect: | “In spite of all that, I like him | personally.” He belongs to the flashing-grin school of politiclans. The group was easily headed by Paul V. Mc- Nutt until Chandler hove into| town. Our dler seven DIES TODAY | IN CHICAGO Last of Pioneer American Literary Line, Pass- es Away I, Nov. 2. —Opie Read, last of the pioneer Ameri- can literary line which included | tycky. In that time he may have Twain, Field and Riley, died today |skipped over calculus and fresh- at his home of infirmities induced jman economics, but he didn't in September by the extra heat. miss a bet when it came to making He would have been 87 on De- friends. cember 22. | Opie Read was still in his lhlrtles‘ww YEARS LATEE when critics began to call him the| He took the usual four years fltl foremost delineator of southern|Transylvania, a historic seat of | character. | learning turned sectarian some years He had scarcely entered upon his|ago. then soaked up law at Ken- most fertile period of writing when | tucky University. Never a freshman he and Eugene Field were nomin- | class came in nor a senior class | ated as “the -two brightest stars” | went out during the time he was in Chicago's literary galaxy. | there without Chandler knowing— Back in the eighties wherever|We have this from very good sources —practically every member. newspapers were read, the planta- i P | His memory for names and faces tion songs and stories of Opie Read | were familiar, Melodies remember- |15 phenomenal. Postmaster General " b v | Farley is equally apt at it, and per- ed from his own plantation boy ‘haps uperior. He has had a longer ues | ime to practice. But ife “Happy” | doesn’t waste away his political tal- ents in a frantic pursuit of the pres dency, he will make somebody some- time a grand traveling advocate, fr-n,hvr as National Chairman or | Postmaster General. Here is a sample. A student from a rival school met Chandler fairly offen at Lexington, where Transyl- vania is situated. Later the fellow became a reporter, grew a mous- | tache, acquired poise and polish from information is that Chan- spent something close to years in college in Ken- CHICAGO, hills and quaint darky dialog seemed to flow from his heart to his pen. Soon the editors through- out the land were quoting odd bits from his “Arkansas Traveler.” Offered $100 a Week Read and the Traveler became synonymous. It is related that when he scarcely was 30 an eastern magazine offered him $100 a week its editor. But Read, happy with his own mouthpiece, COuIEE Ik el S0- poRndon 1t | foreign travels, and came back to He had worked for the Frank-|.pcounter Chandler at a national lin, Ky, Patriot in 1873 and paid| conyention 15 years later. his tuition through Neophogen Cul-‘ He not only called the fellow's lege by setting type on the col-|pgme but teased him about some lege paper. In turn he became edi- | forgotten college frivolity. More- tor of the Little Rock Gazette and | gver, Mrs. Chandler, who does the Cleveland Leader before set-|well enough at the business, had tling down with Philo D. Benham |Jearned something about the re- at Little Rock in 1882 to launch| porter's old college sweetie, who the Traveler on its humorous jour-|didn’t become his wife. nalistic course. | The T er took quick hold | HE LIKES IT ° upon its readers and in 1887 Read| The thing sort of stalls you. Most (Continued on Page Three) (Cox;tmued ox;?’uev Fives {British Planes and Anti-| FINN-SOVIET TALKS OPEN ONCE AGAIN Russia Must Modify Her| Demands If Finland Is to Me}iiate (By Associated Press) Although apparently ready to make some conc ns, Finland strongly indicated tc that the | Russian demands must be greatly modified before the Helsinki Gov- |ernment will accept the proposals | which would give Finland a parcel of the undeveloped Sovjet Kar- elia section. Finland and Russia opened today | another chapter in negotiations |which form one of the many off- shoots of Western Europe’s “waiting” war signs, Russia has demanded and mil y concessions from neighbor Finland Russia has also demanded the right to strengthen defenses of Len- | |ingrad for which Russia wants a |strip of Finnish territory to im- {prove the Russian position on the | Gulf of Finland. | | Russia also wants certain islands | | | for naval bases. These islands are | | | located off Finland's coast Allies Get Two German Bmfl: Ships territorial her | mhe heavy black line on this map Communism. Southern European tion. AT FRENCH | 'Damage fo Town of For- bach Inside Frontier Said fo Be Minor BULLETIN—PARIS, Nov. Following announcement late today from Berlin that the Ger- i | ! ? | | 2 [ | | Aircraft Fire Knocks ew Wedge Appears Aimed at Russia to be forming in Europe as Budapest sources said Iialy and Yugoslavia had promised to aid Hungary if a threat developed across the Carpathians. They said they felt they needed Hungary as a barrier against HAMMERING Molofoff of outlines a new blee (nations are diagonally snaded), whicn appeared nations vertically shaded favor the Allies; Bulgaria's stand is a ques- FDR Reminds B THREATENED BY U-BOAT IS SAFE Coast Guard Receives Di- rect Word-Extensive Search Confinues April Stand President Digs Up Old So- viet Wire Boosting for Finnish Peace BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — Although the Coast Guard has received word the Coul- more is reported “safe” it con- tinues the search. This has been ordered to make sure. The Coast Guard cutter Duane will proceed I | WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—Striking | back indirectly at Soviet Premier EXPENDITURE 'Projects Are Disclosed in Program Submitted by Senafor Barbour of New Jersey WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.— Senator W. Warren) Barbour, Republican of New Jersey, today proposed a $326,000,000 program for new or expanded naval bas- es, including several millions for Alaskan projects. Alaskan expenditures pro- posed are: For Sitka aviation base, $2,- 884,000, Kodiak aviation base, $10,762- 000, Kodiak submarine base, $5,- 150,000 Unalaska Island aviation base, $2,963,000. Unalaska Island submarine base, $4,460,000. ——————— RED CROSS - ROLL CALL TO START Appeal for Membership Is Voiced by Many Prominent People WASHINGTON, Nov. 2—An ap- peal for greater Red Cross mem- | | | Down Big Heinkels Molotoff’s criticism of his lending man High Command reports | | “moral support” to Finland, Presi- to the area in which the British |bership to meet new demands upon Western Front, French head- quarters expressed the opinion | that Hitler has been advised by his General Staff to refrain from any offensive until next spring. | | (By Associaied Press) | Two German Heinkel bombers| were brought down by Allied fire| this afternoon when three of the| big Heinkels attempted a scouting| raid over the British lines adjoining | French defenses on the northern | flank of the Maginot Line. The two bombers crashed from| PARIS, Nov. 2. — German heavy, high altitude when caught in a hail | artillery is continuing its pounding | 1 of anti-aireraft shells from British |°f French positions on the Western | of machine gun bullets from British| Military reports, telling of the| planes rising to meet the attack- | continued shell attack, disclosed the ers. town of Forbach was bombarded yes- | was also seriously hit, but effected| Forbach is two miles inside the a forced landing behind German French frontier on the eastern edge defenses. |of the Warndy Forest, and is be- |the French as attacked unsuccess- | fully Tuesday by a German raiding | force of 1,000 men. ‘m Forbach was minor, | German artillery also directed fire (against French positions on the left | |bank of the Blies River near Saar- : MARTIA[ lAw i | Giths Eiaitinge Probe Is On THE HAGUE, Nov. 2—A royal| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 2.—| decree has been issued establishing | The government investigation of | key position in certain European |industry ran into trouble yesterday angles. | when the secretary of a glass com- The decree .includes 500 of the|pany, Miss Doris Goodman, refused ster military plans to curb espion-|a grand jury. Miss Goodman was ap- age. pointed as spokesman for several Informed circles said the decree is glass companies whose records were any internal threats or violation of | woman for contempt and sentenced the nation's neutrality. | her to thirty days in jail. She was Most of the towns -and villages | released on $1,000 bond. along the German-The Netherlands frontier and in the regions which will be inundated in case the coun- and French batteries and a rain|Front. Observers said the third Heinkel | terday. TR, lieved to be the town mentioned by N THER[ANDS | French dispatches said damage p [] "n Price Fixing sters Military Plans, | martial law in The Netherlands, |asserted price fixing in the building nation’s 1200 smaller towns to bol- to take an oath of secrecy before precautionary and not because of | subpoenaed. Judge Stsure cited the going ‘under martial law are situated try is invaded by a belligerent army. | The San Francisco investigation \Ls one of several being conducted by Ilhe Justice Department in various cities. only “minor artillery fire” on the | dent Roosevelt has produced a six | freighter is said to be and ascer- tain for certain M the report is trae. The officials said they have important reasons for con- tinuing the search as nothing more was heard after the re- quest was made in answer to a request for further particulars. A submarine might have sent the report to stop the search by American vessels, months’ old Russian statement | which focused capital attention to, American relations with Moscow. Without explanation or comment, the White House last night re-issued a cablegram from President Kalinen | of the Soviet Supreme Council ex- | pressing “profound sympathy” with Roosevelt's efforts to prevent attacks on Finland, Poland and other coun- tries, The cablegram was first made| public last April, P L TRSERS HOUSE DEBATE ONNEUTRALITY 1S NOW ENDED Vote Expecied fo Be Taken | This Afternoon Re- garding Repeal WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — The Coast Guard headquarters has re- ceived word that the British freight- er Coulmore, which sent out a |"SOS" radio Tuesday night that she ;ienred an attack by a submarine, is | safe. | This “safe” announcement has | been received from the Coast Guard cutter Bibbs which was one of sev- | eral vessels sent rushing to the aid of the British vessel as soon as the “S0OS” was picked up. The announcement came from the Bibb through the Canadian radio station at Capmerdon and stated | that direct contact by radio had | been made with the Coulmore that | she was safe. The announcement suspended further operations of the squadron of Coast Guard and Naval vessels scouring the Atlantic for the freight- er which when the “SOS” was | sent out was about 680 miles west of New York, BULLETIN — WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—The House thi: noon voted to end its di of the Administration’s Neu- trality bill providing for repeal of the arms embargo. The mo- tion to end debate was carried on a voice vote. - 2 THANKSGIVINGS BOON T0 STUDENTS 2. END IS NEAR WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. — The| long Congressional battle over repeal | of the arms embargo neared an end | today as the House prepared for a mixup about Thanksgiving may be a decisive vote. The vote will come|headache to some adults, but it's a sometime after 2 p .m. when Major- {break for Davenport school children. ity Leader Rayburn is expected to|They'll get two holidays instead of cut off debate on the bill Di?mb-‘onf\ cratic Representatives are certain{ The Board of Education decided of repeal of the existing arms em- | to observe Thanksgiving as a holiday bargo by a majority of at least 20 November 23, as proposed by Presi- House votes. | dent Roosevelt, and also November Leaders of the opposition refused |30, the customary date to be pro- to concede their fight against lift- claimed for Iowa by Gov. George ing the embargo, A. Wilson, DAVENPORT, Ia., Nov. — The the organization’s service s was voiced by Raymond J. Kelly, newly elected National Commander of the American Legion, as approximately 3700 Red Cross chapters through- out the country prepared for the opening day of Roll Call on No- vember 11. Commander Kelly’s endorsement reached Chairman Norman H. Davis at Red Cross headquarters here with those of Archbishop John J. Cant- well, Archdiocese of Los Angeles; Bishop Charles L. Mead, Methodist Episcopal Church, Kansas City; and Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, of the Washington, D. C. Hebrew con= gregation, Support of the four leaders came as Red Cross chapters throughout the nation were organizing for the greatest membership drive in two decades. Chairman Davis pointed out that needs for widening domes- tic operations of the organization along with urgent appeals for war relief from Europe had prompted the Red Cross to make the wide~ spread membership campaign. Ties Are Knit In his appeal for greater member- ship support, Commander Kelly stated: “The ties which knit the Ameri- can Legion and the American Red Cross were forged on the battlefield in 1917-18, and have been strengthe ened in the ensuing years through cooperation in community service, disaster relief and aid to our sick and disabled comrades. “Therefore, it is my privilege to recommend to the attention of our more than a million Legionnaires the need to keep the Red Cross prepared for action at home, and for humane and sympathetic relief to the distressed civilian popula- tions in war-torn Europe, in this trying year, The American Red Cross, under its chartered obliga- tions, was created for impartial and neutral assistance to meet human distress. “Legion Posts can take part in this work of mercy, and assist with the Red Cross program of relief, by participating in the annual Roll (Continued on wl;mzé Five