The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 1, 1940, Page 1

4 ?{ THE DAILY VOL. LV., NO. 8402. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME® 5 r —t JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1940. ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALLIES ARE THREATENED ON 2 FRONT) NEW BLOWS ARE STRUCK ATBRITISH German Hia\*(o mmand Claims Sea, Air Forces Are Downed BERLIN, May 1.—New Blows have been rained on the British sea forces is the elaim made. The German High Command said fliers have sunk a British cruiser, British destroyer and five transports and heavily damaged another cruiser and five other transports. The German military also reports the capture of considerable war mat- erial and have taken more than 4800 prisoners in Norway, among them 40 Britons and 3500 soldiers of the Se- cond Norwegian Division, seized at Lillihammer, BRITISH STATEMENT LONDON, May 1.—The British Air Ministry acknowledges the loss of nine Royal Air Force planes in fighting in Norway and claims heavy damage was done in raids last night on Stavanger, Fornebu and Aala- borg. German Bomber Crashes Plane Is Shol Down Then load of Deadly Mines Explode LONDON, May 1.—The crash of a German bomber that was shot down and the subsequent explosion of its deadly load of mines in the center of the business district of the east coast resort town of Clacton on the sea late last night, killed the five Nazi crew and three civilians, in- jured more than 100 other civilians and destroyed three homes. The bomber was making a civilian air raid, it is said. BANKER HITS AT NEW DEAL PET POLICIES Envisions Ta—xon Private Savings If Current “Trend Lives WASHINGTON, May 1. — Fears that present trends of Government spending might lead to taxation of “private savings were voiced today before the annual convention of the United States Chamber of Com- merce. This view was presented by Em- met Connely, President of the In- vestment Bankers Assoctation and is said to represent the attitude of that organization. ‘The spendlns theories of “the gov- hool, said the ht lead to a ernment must do it” E financier, Federal tax upon private savings. The social order they envision would offer no opportunities to find em- ployment of funds. “The saver would be performing a disservice by with- drawing his savings from the flow of money spent for consumption.” Snow Storm Hits Sedion CHICAGO, May 1—Galoshes are the vogue in several Middle Western States today as April's farewell showers turned into wet snow, and a May Day snowstorm sentered over the northern parts of Illinois, Wis- consin and Michigan. This is the fourth time in 63 years Soviet Army Hatch Bill Is Dead One In Congress House Commee Tables| Measure Which Was Passed by Senate WASHINGTON, May 1. — The House Judiciary Committee today killed the Hatch Bill which’ émbod- ied regulation of the activities of state employes paid by Federal funds. The committee ordered the bill, which was passed by the Senate a month ago after a long fight, to be tabled which means that it will be stuffed away in a pigeonhole. The vote was not announced, and Chair- man-Summers declined to discuss the matter. In addition to restricting political activities of state employes paid in whole or part with Federal funds, the measure would also have limited the perwnal campaign _contributions TREND SHOWN T0 DEMOCRATS IN THIS AREA Gasfineau a;mel Voters Show Preference for New Deal Party Votes cast yesterday in the nine Gastineau’ Channel precincts, in- cluding both Juneau and Dotglas, | showed the same Democratic trend |as was displayed in this city, and the totals found the same leaders for nominations that were reported in the Juneau vote. Frank A. Boyle and William A. Hesse continued to increase their margins over their respective op- ponents, R, E. Sheldon and Sena- tor Victor C. Rivers. The race be- tween Senator Henry Roden and former Delegate to Congress George B. Grigsby remained close, the former leading the Channel with a 76-vote lead. Walker Holds Margin Senator N. R. Walker continuzd to hold his lead over his nearest opponent, Representative A. P. Walker for the senatorial nomina- tion, 393 to 298. P. J. Gilmore, in third place, polled 298 votes. In the 18-candidate fight for the four House places Allen Shattuck, John McCormick, John Walmer and Capt. James V. Davis led in the order named. Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne was in fifth place, five votes behind Davis. Delegate Dimond, unopposed, led his ticket with 978 votes. Frank A. Boyle was high on the Terri- torial ticket with 750 votes and was leading Sheldon by 511. Wil- liam A. Hesse polled 671 votes and had a margin of 401 over Senator Victor C. Rivers for Highway En- gineer. Hermann Leads Gopers Cash Cole made it a runaway race for the GOP Delegate nomina- tion over Sam Duker, polling 448 to 151 on the Channel. Irving Mck. nel precincts over his opponent, H. C. Miller, Ketchikan, for High- way Engineer, 208 to 190. Mrs. Mildred Hermann increased her local lead for first place in the contest for House nominations. Her Channel total was 402, Jay Williams was second with 302, Maurice T. Johnson third with 256, and Steve Vukovich fourth with 203. Grant Baldwin was runnerup with 188 votes. Don Foster followed closely with 175, The detailed vote by precinct is carried in tabular form in another column. & Gefs Warning NEW YORK, May 1. — Persons throughout the world listening to the Moscow radio heard the Russian War Minister Klementi Voroshilov warning the Soviet Army to be on the lookout for a sudden surprise at- tack, the international war DEMOCRATIC VOTE TUESDAY SETS RECORD Both Partiflake Gains as 1,316 Votes Are Polled Juneau’s partisans marched to the polls in record-breaking numbers in Tuesday's primary elections, the to- tal for Democrats and Republicans aggregating 1,316, or 337 more than was cast in the city in 1938 and al- most double the 1936 vote. In the Democratic primary, there were polled 820 votes, while the Re- publicans cast 496. Precincts No 1 and No. 2 gave heavy Democratic majorities while in Precinct No. 3 the two parties split evenly, each polling 148 votes. Boyle, Hesse Lead Although Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond was unopposed for renomina- tion, he received 765 out of the 820 votes recorded. Frank A. Boyle, seeking renomination for Territorial Auditor, piled up an almost three to one lead over Robert E. Sheldon, Fairbanks opponent, the final for Juneau being 577 to 202. William A. Hesse, encumbent, also had a wide margin over Senator Vic- tor C. Rivers, Fairbanks, for High- way Engineer. The vote here was Hesse 543, Rivers 229. Senator Henry Roden was high over George B. Grigsby for nomination for Attorney General with a lead of 29 votes in the three precincts, 386 to 357. Sen. Walker Leads Senator N. R. (Doc) Walker, of Ketchikan led his two opponents, P. J. (Pat) Gilmore, Ketchikan, and A, P. Walker of Pelican City, in the Senatorial contest: The vote here was Sen. Walker 314, A. P. Walker 228, Gilmore 200. Former Senator Allen Shattuck signalized his re-entry into active politics by leading the field of 18 candidates for the four House nom- inations with a vote of 428. John Walmer was second with 371; Capt. James V. Davis was thitd with 368, closely followed by John McCormick with 365. Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne was in fifth place with 334. All of the other 13 aspirants t.ralled far be- hind. Cole Leads Duker Cash Cole carried the: Republican primary here over Sam Duker by more than three to one. The vote was Cole 348, Duker 106. Irving McK. Reed, Fairbanks, got the not over H. C. Miller, Ketchikan, 225 to 150. Harry G. McCain, Ketchikan, un- opposed for Attorney General and A. H. Humphries, unopposed for Audit- or, received respectively 361 and 323 votes. Jay Williams was high man in the field of 12 aspirants for House nom- inations, polling 308 votes. Mrs. Mild- red R. Herrmann was in second place with 296, Steve Vukovich third with 194 and Maurice T. Johnson fourth with 181 votes. Grant Baldwin land- ed number five in runnerup place with 154 votes. Don Foster and Wil- liam L. Paul, Jr., tied for sixth with 133 each. The other six candidates were in the also ran class. Comparative Voles Comparative votes between 1938 and 1940 are as follows: 1938—Pre- cinct No. 1, Democrats 310, Republi- cans 190; 1940, Democrats 402, Re- publicans 242; Precinct No. 2. 1938— Democrats 162, Republicans 89; 1940, Democrats 270, Republicans 106; Precinct No. 3, 1938, Democrats 113, Republicans, 115; 1940, Democrats 148, Republicans 148. Norwegians Still Hold Out, Sforen south of Trondheim, GO R RANGER TRAVELS said thnamumnbk&mtdmm"'fllmwdkectmemduuu nenh- has fallen in May. fl!hm Del. JouRg ;Juneau No. 1 | Juneau ‘No. 2 Juneau No 3 | Thane | Jualpa Salmon Creek Lynn Canal Mendenhall ... Douglas Ketchikan—1 Ketchikan—2 Ketchikan—3 Gravina Wacker City Revilla Wards Cove Skagway Hoonah Sitka Haines Metlakatla | 194]| 202| 120/| 176| 72|| 109, 71 12| 8| 18 23|| 26 15!| 18] 1uj| 21 58| 71| 147\' 200] 56| | 68| 69| 5 | 7l 26| | 1 9| | 2 18| ;.j. 100| | 35/| 23] 9| 98| 73 24| 79| 381 247 137} 18)| 24| 34| 29 23| 90| | 1| 200]| 104{| | 101! 6] 20! 36/ 5| | 112| AN 18| Mty Gen Alldltor Englneer Senator uosapuy yoraouoreg (20Q)"W'N "1ONIeM 89]|:279 81)) 172 321 92 1is 6 7] 19 10/, 22| 10[| 16 3|j% 13| 6| 52 69|/ 186 1| 61 27(| - 66 3|l 5 4| 15| 9| 26| of| 12| 21| 76| 5/ 20 45)| 121) 4| 26| 18)( 41 oo w828 S5 UNOFFICIAL RETURNS—DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES—FIRST DIVISION Reprmrnlatlves uIsnEeD 0 3£ WOPOTIER DS H oW 8 Aa~wonO~BaoNo OO - uosiatad JoweEm uosdursg Yomreus 2 S w S ® 105 2 g R S 3 12| 22 12 13| 37| 54 16| 11 1] 6| - w0 coRowmaoa - @ e Elcawno=8 2 - 2 w B o a0 0 = woBosroNOOMRWMOCOORONNN | | } | | TO'.BI% "2030" 867/1058||1434| NEW DEALERS WIN VICTORY 1ST DIVISION Vote from 22 Precincts Give Democrats Three fo One Lead The ‘Democratic party yesterday polled a heavy majority of the vote cast in the Territorial biennial pri- mary elections, it was indicated by returns received by The Empire from 22 out of the 56 precincts in the First Division. These in- cluded Juneau and Ketchikan, Sit-| ka, Skagway, Haines, Hoonah and Metlakatla, and several smaller voting places, It is estimated that the vote re- ported is more than 50 percent of the total cast, and it comes from all sections from Skagway to Met- lakatla and the West Coast. About Three to One On the basis of the vote cast for candidates for nominations for Delegate to Congress by the two parties, the Democrats have polled approximately three votes to one by the Republicans. Only one pre- cinct reporting up to late this af- ternoon gave a Republican major- ity. That was at Hoonah, a strong Alaska Native Brotherhood com- munity, and some observers be- lieved that most of the Indian camps had entered the Republican primary The trend of the returns in the Democratic primary indicate that both Frank A. Boyle and William A. Hesse, seeking renomination re- spectively as Auditor and Highway Engineer, have won over their op- ponents, R. E. Sheldon, Fairbanks, and Victor C. Rivers, also of Fair- banks. However, until additional returns are received from the other three divisions, lute certainty of the outcome in these contests. Sen. Walker in Lead Senator N, R. Walker, seeking renomination, -seemed certain of success on the basis of the votes so far reported. His total from the 22 precincts reporting, as compiled by The Empire, was 933. P. J. Gilmore was in second place with 516 and Representative A. P. Walker was on his heels with 511. Former Senator Allen Shattuck was in first place in the House tangle, polling 883 votes. Capt. James V. Davis was second with 826, John McCormick next with 823 and Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne fourth with 790 votes. John Walmer was anchored in fifth place with 735 and Joe Barg- | novich, sixth placer, seemed out of the race with 556 votes. GOP Winners Cash Cole is conceded to be vdfl in the GOP scrap for nomina- for Delegate to Congress an oppose Delegate Dimond September general election. H er ‘Sam Duker is more a | Skagway there is no abso-| Il | 455((1341| 631\‘ 516 511 933‘ ssa‘ UNOFFICIAL RETURNS—REPUBU(AN PRIMARIES—HRST DIVISION “TA. En‘lnm Sen. Puwag Juneuu No. 1 Juneau No. 2 Junéau No. 3 Thane Jualpa Salmon Creek Lynn Canal Mendenhall Do das Ketchikan No. 1 Ketchikan No. 2 Ketchikan No. 3 Gravina Wacker Revilla Wards Cove 78| 102(| 10| 13| 18{| 30]| 14| 34l 91|/ 41| 26| 3| s\i 4| 65|| 70! 4 40! 59| 39, 15 8 Hoonah Sitka Haines Metlakatla uasprIEq 20 17| 12| 0 6| 1 9| 8| 8, 34| 6| 2 137 69 91| 6 6| 23| 22| 13| 35 6/ 32 18 0 5 2 5| 36! 62| 36! 16| 8l | 105 51| 63| 5| 8| 16| 18| 12| 14 21 5| 4 1| of 0| 0| 36| 13| et rorwNBEEEEN: 15| 12| 10| 7 5| Sae 28 o 3 0 1 0 5 0 3 3 3 13| prom | 49\ Bl 26/ 3 5 11 18| 12 9 15| 2 3 i 1 1 1 21 4 8| 4 6 93| 40| 48| 5| 13| 11| 12| 4 14 22| 15| 4 0| o 4 3| 13| 3 5| 1 4 PBLEBs-S28! 14| 5l 1| 5| [ 52| 13| 19| 13| 1] 3| 21 39| 26| s ~ B EO O~ m®D 26| 2| 10| 10| 2| Totals || 95| | 930 3751 268 159| 698 FOURTEEN ARE DEAD, WIND, RAIN Storms Lash Half Dozen Middle West, South- ern States (By Associated Press) Fourteen persons lost their lives late yesterday and last night in wind and rain storms that lashed half a dezen middle west and southern states. The heaviest toll taken was six persons near Benton, Ark, in a tornado. Hail and heavy rain followed in the wake of winds which damaged houses, orchards, crops and killed live stock. The wind and rain storms affect- | ed East Texas, Louislana, Missouri, Mississippi, Southern Illinois, Ken- tucky, Oklahoma and Kansas. — .- ALASKA ROAD FUND BOOSTED BY $100,000 Public Ran;—Administra tion to Have Million for Two-Year Use WASHINGTON, May 1. — The House Roads Committee has recom- mended a two-year Federal high- way program of $476,000,000 for the years 1942 and 1943, including $1,000000 for Alaska forest high- ways. . The Committee recommended | that the balance of Alaska funds, MayDayls ( |if any, be given to States whosew apportionment otherwise would be | less than one percent of the total forest highway funds. | The Alaska apportionment of | $500,000 per year represents a gain from $400,000 in the present yeu' and a like sum for 1941. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has| been making a long fight to have the total increased. A few years ago it was only $350,000. The forest highway fund is spent in Alaska by the Public Roads Ad- ministration in building highways on National forest and adjacent lands. Celebrated By Workers (By ABSOCIATED PRESS) Soviet Russia set the pace in May Day celebrations of the workers of | the world today. | Stalin and other notables witness- | es mammoth demonstration in the Red Bquare. The day meant little to the wnrk- ers in Great Britain and France, but Germany had a large scale Nazi celebration which was highlighted by reports of German triumphs in Norway. A parade was staged in New York City and marching were some of the city’s leading AF and Clo unions. SPERLING T0 TELL OF POTLATCH WHEN C.C. 1S IN SESSION| Harry Sperling will tell about the ‘Wrangell Potlatch, to be held next month, when the Juneau Chamber of Commerce holds the regular noon- day luncheon tomorrow. All members are requested to attend. There will also be routine business. 1 s 319| 205, 4 351| 458 m, 22| 538 INSANE MAN IS FINALLY CONTROLLED TACOMA, Wash. May 1.—8ix de- puties armed with guns and tear gas, facing a sporadic fire, worked for more than an hour in the sub- urbs last night before ejected Grover Boyle who escaped from the Mental Hospital at Steilacoom was captured. He took refuge in the home of Frank Angelo and was !mnally subdued. 2 Halibuters Sell, Seattle SEATTLE, May 1. — Only two halibuters arrived here today, sell- ing their catches as follows: From the western banks, the Addington | with 25,000 pounds, selling at 10%, |and 8% cents per pound. From the local banks, the Quest with 18,000 pounds, selling at 1125 and 850 cents per pound a3 LARGE CENSUS GAIN REPORTED AT FAIRBANKS A gain of more than 1000 persons in the Pairbanks Recording District since 1930 was reported today by Census Supervisor J. P. Andreson. The new total is 5649, compared with 3,587 ten years ago. Koyuk Recording District slipped from 289 to 281 and Otter Recording ‘mmmmwm. PINCER - LIKE - MOVEMENTS - ARESTARTED s Germans Have Strangle- hold in North-lfaly Alarms in South / BRITISH, FRENCH NOW INDANGEROUS POSITION ::‘Uniied States Minister Has Interview With Pre- mier Mussolini BULLETIN — LONDON, May 1.—The British War Office an- nounces that British troops “have withdrawn to prepared positions” in the unimportant Dombas area 100 miles south of Trondheim after stubbornly resisting strong German at- tacks. The War Office also an- nounces that the area occupied by the Allied forces at Narvik have been extended and “oper- ations are continuing satisfac- torily. In the Namsos area, north of Trondheim, the situation is un- changed. (By Associated Press) Allled war leaders are plainly worried at the menace of their flanks in Northern and Southern In the north the fast-driving German columns have apparently clamped a stranglehold on Central Norway and this is acknowledged by the British military spokesman who said the advances have put the Allies in a “dangerous and very obscure position.” In Paris, the Foreign Ministry spokesman declares that the Ital- ian attitude has “become definitely alarming” during the past two days. United States Minister Phillips personally visited Premier Musso- lini in Rome to get first hand in- formation. REOCCUPY SECTORS STOCKHOLM, May 1—Uncon- firmed reports tonight said Nor- wegian forces have reoccupied Storen, vital railroad junction, pos- sibly after German vanguards abandoned it, Similar advices said that Roros, 50 miles southeast of Trondheim on the railroad from Oslo, has also been reentered. German withdrawals, bowever. are said to have been in line with Nazi tactics, striking with light- ning speed, smashing communica- tions, then waiting for reinforce- ments before taking a firm hold on advanced positions. Third Party Charge Made By Laborife Green Claims Lewis Is Afl- tempting fo Be Presi- dential Candidate PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 1. — William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, charges that John L. Lewis, head of the CIO, rival labor group, is at- wmpting to organize a Third Party, 50 ‘hat Lewis can become its Pres- identicl candidate. The charge was made by Green in an extcmporaneous address be- fore the annual convention of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. s T MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage licenses have bean is- sued by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray to James Marion and Yvonne Forrcst, and to Mi- chael Jacejko and Delia Zeller.