The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1940, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LV, NO. 8377. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AIR RAIDS SPURT EUROPEAN WAR ACTION APRIL BRINGS FIRST BIG TEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS LABOR ACT T0 UNDERGO 2 (HANGES House Committee Adopts Proposals Submitted in Amendments AFL CRAFT UNIONS WILL BE PROTECTED Employers 1o Have Right to Ask, Collective Bar- gaining Elections WASHINGTON, April 2. — The House Labor Committee has ap- proved two amendments to the Wag- ner Labo: Act intended to protect AFL craft unions and also to give employers right to ask the National Labor Relations Board for collective bargaining elections. Chairman Norton said the com- mittee will probably complete con- sideration of all the proposed chang- es to the law by tomorrow and will | then ask the House to consider no other revisions. | The committee has already asked | that the three man NLRB be in-| creased to five members Chairman Norton said the com- mittee has adopted by a 9 to 6 vote the amendment by Representative Reuben T. Wood, of Missouri, to re- | vise one section of the Wagner Act so that when a majority of the em- ployees of a craft in a plant “shall s0 decide, the National Labor Re- lations Board shall designate such zraft” as the proper collective bar-| gaining unit. By a vote of 11 to 4, the committee has decided to write into the Act permission for employers “caught in the middle” between two unions to| ask the Board for an election. The | Board adopted this plan last sum-| mer, permiiting employers to make | such a request. - .. | German Ship | Is Scuttled as Inlelcepled Four Thousand Ton Mer- chant Craft Evades Capture, British LONDON, April 2—The British Admiralty reports that the Ger- man freighter Mimi Horn, 4,000 tons, was scuttled by her crew when intercepted in northern wa- ters on a voyage from the Dutch East Indies. 3 MEN DIE, EXPLOSION Munitions Plant Blows Up in Scotland - Four Men Injured Lin Howard and his bride, Judith to Yuma, Ari Angeles home after their ret How Mucfi Like WASHINGTON, Aprii 2—For the first time in 24 years, Republicans and Democrats swing into a battle for the Presidency against the om- inous backdrop of big-time Europ- ean warfare. The 1940 campaign scene has marked similarities and some striking contrasts—to that of 1916 tory over Charles Evans Hughes on the slogan “He Kept Us Out of War.” Again the nation is trying to To Europe on a peace-exploring tour | for President Roosevelt went Under-| To Europe on a similar mission went President Wilson’s unofficial ambas- sadar Col E. M. House. | The “all-out” war then had a| the present “limited” conflict. Sub-| marine sinking without warning of‘ icans aboard brought from Wilson an ultimatum that unless Germany abandoned that sort of warfare the United States would sever diplomat- ic relations. Uncle Sam now forbids American ships and travelers to go LONDON, April 2—Three men were killed and at least four others injured in a munifions factory ex- plosion in Scotland tonight. the Supply Ministry. No Peace In Sight LONDON April 2—Official sourc- es declared today "there exists no hope for an immediate peace or peace efforts.” The Spokesman, before the House of Commons, declared that the Al- except by common agreement with Poland. into war zone waters. T. R. JEERED WILSON | In 1916, members of both parties | York society girls enrolled in a “mil- itary training camp” operated by a woman of wealth at Erskine, N. J. In contrast to the current over-| whelming “keep out” sentiment, many then felt that U. S. partici- pation was ineviltable. Republicans centered their cam-! paign attack on Wilson's failure to take a stronger stand in dealing with | the belligerents, particularly Ger-, many. Teddy Roosevelt lambasted him for writing "pussy-fnoung’ notes,” jeered at the famed Wilson | declaration “a nation too proud to fight.” | 1 plans for a honeymoon in Phoenix, Ariz, following thei They are shown in the garden of Miss Ba from Yuma. Elopment, Then Honeymoon Barrett of the films, are making elopement rtt's Los 1916 Will 1940 Be as Regards Test As Americans Go fo Vole! warning of the danger of our getting | into the war. Owing and the fl second term. a likely Republican selection, the spotlight. Hughes won the Republican nom- Teddy nominated by the maintain neutrality. Again a Dem-|progressives but declined and sup- ceratic administration is in power.|ported the Republican ticket. The ination on the third ballot. Roosevelt was Wilson-Hughes race was the close: since the Hayes - Tilden cont: Secretary of State Sumner Welles. Hughes having the bitter exper- ;i1 to Juneau is expected to be ience of learning that he had lost| ;p6ut seven hours. the Presidency after believing he had won it. sharper impact on this country than | papyy RETURNS FOR HUGHES |capacity being sacrificed for addi- Early returns from the East and |tional fuel capacity. ’ iddle Western cities gave Hughes | foreign merchant vessels with Amer-|q,0;, 4 Jarge lead that New York M newspapers ran the headline “A Sweeping Victory for Hughes.” Belated returns from rural sec- tions in the West showed Wilson gaining, and, on the third day after \election, his vietory was conceded. Wilson received 277 electoral votes and Hughes 254. Before Wilson's second inaugu- ration, unrestricted submarine war- Thig] (ArFled. Guns: 89 well as flags in|fare caused severance of diplomatic is the brief announcement made by | Citizens Preparedness parades. New | rejations with Germany a month after his inauguration, he | Less than appeared before Congress to ask a declaration of a state of war. e Protection for Pefershurg Water Supply Requesfed WASHNGTON, April 2.—Dele- |gate Anthony J. Dimond, of Alaska, This year's GOP. fire is being has introduced a measure in Con- lies are bound to make no peace|directed chiefly at Democratic do- gress to preserve from public entry mestic policies, On the internation- | al side, Republican politicians are 1623 acres near Petersburg, Alaska, to protect the ¢ity water supply. to the third-term enigma | of leading possibili- | ties in both parties, presidential | prospects are much more muddled | now than in 1916, Wilson was an| unopposed Democratic choice for a Justice Hughes was al- when Woodrow Wilson rode to Vic-| though T. R. was getting more of Only Alaskans For Governor Of Territory WASHINGTON, April 2.—Al- aska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mend has intreduced a bill in Congress to prohibit the ap- pointment of anyone except @ bonafide Alaska resident as Ter- ritorial Governor. 29,000 SEAL | PELTS SOLD AT AUCTION ‘Semi-Annufiovemmeni‘j Sale Is Expected to Real- | ize Around $600,000 | | ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 2.—Nearly | 129,000 Alaskan seal pelts have been | auctioned at the semi-annual Goy- ernment supervised sale here with receipts expected to reach $600,000. Black skins brought from $14 to $20, slightly higher than last year. Metara browns brought from $15 to $28, lower than last year. The Canadian Government also sold 500 blue fox pelts and some Japanese sealskins Seventy-six Alaskan seal pelts |sold had been confiscated from In- dians who had killed the seals ille= gally. - ‘(ROSSON BACK - FROM PARLEYS ON AIR ROUTE ‘Clippers, Cbfi]g North in | Mid May, Will Have | 118-Foot Wings | Declaring that PAA operations |over the Beattle-to-Juneau route |are hoped to begin in mid-May, |Joe Crosson, General Manager of Pacific Alaska Airways, arrived on the Yukon this morning from Se- attle and flew to Fairbanks aboard an Electra. Crosson had been attending hear- ings of the Civil Aeronautics Au- thority relative to the Seattle-to- Juneau route in Washington, D. C., | and conferred also with officials of PAA in New York and Seattle. The popular pioneer flier expec to return southbound from Fair |banks in three weeks to go to Se-| attle in preparation for inaugural; | flights which will probably require one flight over the route with clip- | per officers and crew only before | mail and passenger service is be(»;un.l The Sikorsky clipper plane which | is to be flown on the route is a big four-motored boat with a wing- |spread of 118 feet and will cruise |at approximately 150 miles an hour. »| Elapsed time for the flight from Se- It is also understood the big clip- pers will carry about 25 passengers, |some of the 32 passenger normal S e Currants were introduced into England from Corinth about 1533. NEBRASKA Primary—April 9 14 convention votes jandenberg and De g for Republican ds NEW HAMPSHIRE Primary—March 12 WISCONSIN Primary—April 2 24 convention votes 8 co Democra ILLINOIS Primary—April 9 58 convention votes FOR Chicago or e A il ent Gener esult wil not Thomas E Dewey is unopposed in Repub Tican primary. AP Feature Service Nobody knows what will happen at the na- tiorfal party conventions in June' and July, but after the $moke of the April prin cleared away, it should be candidatc their 1e of the prominent ial nominations get in one or more of the six p der menth deleg New Hampshir last month. Political dopesters will be inte in answers to these questions: easier firs tes to the national conventions This map’ shows the highlights of these primaries —shows also what happened in the first primary, Republicans ele: nvention votes d FOR unpledg h el PENNSYLVANIA Primary—April 23 72 convention votes 94 Democra 92 Republican votes FOR only person o ballot. No candidates on publican ballot but party lead: arhip will go fo convent pledged o Governor James. of city wi publicans will go In 22 New York City districts, NEW YORK Primary—April 2 MASSACHUSETTS Primary—April 30 34 convention votes tic votes Postmaster General Farley will Democratic del but_most will support Thomas E Dewey What kinds mary battles has trance a to guess. For | yyim: neither he s for esi- t real test this rimaries in which ill be chosen Vice-President FDR backe linois, he won't be.”) What will t will erested especially berg, two of th Wisconsin, wher fact that two rival FDR tickets have bee tered? (The President has not sanctioned the ca of race will Roosevelt men run in ‘e Garner men hope to profil by the it of delegates pledged to ien it.) How will the President stack up against the in Tllinois? (Says Mayor Kelly, “If Roosevelt gets a big vote in Il- be renominated; and, if not, he he primaries show about the rela- 1e leading candidates for the Re- | | lative vote-getting ability of Dewey and Vanden- | | publican nomination? REFUGEE COLONIZATION PLAN FOR ALASKA NOW UNDER STUDY IN 2 BILLS By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, March 23.—Spe- cial Correspondence)—Much inter- est has been shown in proposed legislation “to provide for the set- tlement and development of Al- aska” through colonization of the Territory by refugees from Eu- rope. Several bills have been introduced in Congress during the past months | for this purpose, but no action has|mittee, S been taken on them. However, 3577, a bill. introduced in the Sen- ate on March 13 with the above quoted title, by Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York (for Senator Willlam H. King of Utah), and H.R. 8931, an identical bill intro- duced in the House on March 14 by Representative Franck R. Hav- By J. J. ECKLE! Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, March 23.—(Spe- lal Correspondence). — Following a meeting on March 20 with General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, and Major General H. H. Ar- nold, Chief of Army Air Corps, at which defense plans and needs for the Territory of Alaska were dis- cussed, Delegate Dimond and Gov- ernor Gruening appeared in the af- | ternoon before the subcommittee of | the House Committee on Appropria- tions ‘having charge of the Army Supply Bill, and testified in support of further appropriations for ex- panding defense facilities in Alaska. Major W. B. Smith, representing the | office of the Army Chief of smrf.i accompanied the Delegate and Gov- | DEFENSE MEASURES FOR NORTH ARE BEING URGED srnor to answer any questions of a technical nature at the hearing. Base at Anchorage Special stress in all of the testi- mony was placed on the defense re- quirements for a complete Army Air Corps base at Anchorage. The Bu- reau of the Budget has approv item of approximately 12 million dollars for this onc project. Dele- gate Dimond outlined to the com- mittee the value of National Guard units in Alaska and pointed out that establishment of the base at An- unit at that location. This was in llne with the plan expressed by General Arnold, who has had per- (Continued on Page Seven) ‘mnvr, of California, are under- stood to have heen drafted in the | Department of the Interior, and so at the present time the general interest devoted to refugee prob- lems is chiefly centered in these measures., Chairman Millard E. Tydings, of the Senate Committee on Terri- tories and Insular Affairs, re- jce atly asked Delegate Dimond for his views on 8. 3577, the bill re- | ferred to Senator Tydings' com- and the Delegate replied with the following quoted letter: Washington, D. C., March 20 1940. Honorable Millard E. Tydings, Chairman, Committee on Terri- | tories and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Dear Senator Tydings: Reference is made to your let- ter of March 14 asking for an expression of my views with re- spect to the bill, S. 3577, “To pro- vide for the settlement and de- | velopment of Alaska,” which has been referred to your Committee | for attention. | Alaska is clearly underpopulated and any proper and suitable legis- {lation which will result in increas- ing the permanent residents of the | Territory is deserving of every pos- | sible support, In the bill under consideration an increase in the population and the development of the natural resources of Alaska are ( ed an|Sought through the formation of| corporations which will presum- ably finance new settlers and new industries in Alagka. Alien Issue Eager as I am to see the settle- ment and development of Alaska chorage would go hand-in-hand wih 80 forward at a much more rapid setting up of a National Guard air rate than anything heretofore known, there is one feature of the bill to which I cannol give as- cal and which is, and will be, (Continued on Fage Five) AUK BAY IS "BEAUTIFUL" T0 PAAMAN Airport Eng@r MdKenzie Arrives for Clipper Facilities Work Frank McKenzie, airport engineer for Pan American Airways, arrived on the Yukon this morning from Seattle, examined Auk Bay for clip- per landing facilities and pronaunc- ed the harbor a “beautiful setup.” McKenzle, whose home address is Treasure Island, and who has re- cently handled construction of PAA Trans-Pacific bases at Midway, Wake, and Canton Islands, will be in Juneau until the end of the week, when he will go to Ketchikan on the Northland to make arrangements for clipper landing facilities at the Pirst City. Tentative plans for Auk Bay ter- minal include a shore ramp and re- fueling station with possibility a passengers’ waiting room will be constructed, It is believed landing facilities will include the use of the Forest Service float built last sum- mer at Auk Bay. Extent of the port facilities at Auk Bay to be constructed are un- known yet, McKenzie said, with plans not yet drawn, but there will be no construction other than for handling passengers and refueling. I “It’s a beautiful harbor and I think jit will be just what we want,” Mc- ! Kenzie said Kenzie is nof a newcomer to a, but lived for several years youth in Atlin where his par- were mining, and he has also made a number of tourist trips through Alaska in years past. A guest at the Baranof Hotel, Mc- Kenzie will spend the next few days going over the Auk Bay plans before leaying for Ketchikan to draw up Y ne for Ward's Cove, norik k st City. He will be ac- comparied by Emerson Bassett, who will be Port Manager at Ketchikan, \ '2 ATTACKS REPORTED, NORTH SEA British Dropfiells on Pa- frol Vessels at Sylt Island GERMAN PLANES BOMB SHIPS, BRITISH CONVOY |Reich Makg}roposal fo Rumania fo Par- tially Disarm LO~wUN, April 2—The Brit- ish Admiralty announces late this afternoon that German air attacks on British convoys in the North Sea, attempted early this afternoon, were successfully driven off. The British statement says that “10 bombs were dropped but no hits were obtained, no damage was done and the convoys are proceeding on their voyages.” (By Associated Press) Air engagements between British and German planes gave a spurt to European war action today as the House of Commons heard reports, chiefly economic and diplomatic. Prime Minister Chamberlain dis- closed that a series of new trade agreements with neutral nations !surrounding Germany 1 been the Reich | Air Raiding The British Admiralty anr that two German air raiders, hunt- ing ships in the North Sea have been dispersed, in two engagements | today. | British planes at the same time omber German patrol vessels suc- fully, it is claimed. The German High Command de- clares the raid on the Nazi patrol | vessels was a failure, stating that | some 25 bombs dropped by British {planes found no marks. The patrol ‘vessol.» are those protecting the Sylt Island aviation base. Swiss Mobolize Bwitzerland today approached general mobilization by calling 10,- | 000 soldiers to the colors. | Demands on Rumania | Germany is reported on high au- thority to have proposed to Ru- |mania that half a million of that nation’s 1,600,000 soldiers be demob- ilized to raise grain for the Reich and that 6,000 German agricultural experts will be sent to Rumania to help organize production. Nothing Doing Rumanians are said to have ar- gued, however, that relaxation of their defenses would be extremely unsafe and it is unofficially doubted if Carol will agree to the proposal. FIVEMILLION ARE FACING STARVATION {Famine Covfions, North- ern China, Worst in Forty Years SHANGHAI, April 2—Five mil- lion Chinese in Northern Provinces are facing starvation and this spec= tor is feared more than Japanese invaders, Reports reaching here said fam- ine conditions are the worst in 40 years. ——.e Rev. Kashevaroff's Condifion Unchanged According to his physician, there has been in the condi=y tion of Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, whe is at St. Ann’s Hospital where he was taken Sunday morning as the result of a stroke. ' He is still in a coma and his condition is reported as serious, no ok