The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1941, Page 1

I . be a friend of Roosevelt, Roosevelt L THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LVIL, NO. 8636. POISON GAS READY T0 BE Brifish Warshi Arrives ARMY WILL WATCH FISH TRAPS, NORTH | Interior De&:fiment Will| Attempt fo Obfain Bet- | ter Administration WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-—Secre-| tary of War Henry Stimson said the Army will continue for nnomer; year regulation and construction of | fish traps in navigable waters cf Alaska The Secretary said the War De- partment has agreed to control the situation while the Interior De- partment attempts to obtain bet- ter legislation for the administra-| tion of the salmon industry. MoreNaval Craft Now Authorized WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—rresident | Roosevelt has signed legislation au- therizing construction of 400 sub- marine chasers and other small Nav- al craft. The sum appropriated is £509,000,000. The legislation will also ~vnand the Nation’s shipbuilding and Ordinance plants. 1 v | i ; e } WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—Wendell| willkie's decision to go to London | to gather first-hand information to support the lend-lease armament | bill brought him ‘a grateful bow | frem the White House, but it cost| him a hot verbal battle with one| of the most potent press backers of } his presidential candidacy. { Roy Howard, of the Scripps-How- ard group of newspapers and an| ardent “negotiated peace” advocate, spent the better part of one night trying to persuade Willkie to drop the trip plan. Back-stopping Howard in his ar- guments was Bruce Barton, former New York Congressman and defeat- | ed GOP aspirant for the seat of| New Dealer Senator Jim Mead. Like | Howard, Barton was one of Willkie's carliest and staunchest boosters:and played a leading role in putting him over at Philadelphia. Howard and Barton strove might- ily in their effort to win Willkie over to their views. But tie former GOP standard-bearer stood firmly by his guns. He contended that aiding Britain to bcat back the Axis aggressors was erucial to U. S. security; that he had always advocated this and didi not propose to change his position. | Also, that while he didn't pretend to| | | | | was elected and if he was to function as President he had to have author- | ity to do so. He (Willkie) would have | demanded this had he been elected, so he was not going to permit per-| scnal feeling or partisanship pre- | vent him from urging such a policy for his successful rival. Note—Several days after this in- cident, General Hugh Johnson, Scripps-Howard columnist, seathing- 1y assailed Willkie. WILLKIE OR SMITH This undercover battle occurred several days after another in which Willkie was the innocent bystander. The scrap took place within the high command of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Al- lies and was over. the issue of elect- ing him successor to William Allen White. A group of Midwestern and New England board members came with- in a hair's breadth of doing this after Al Smith had turned them down. The Man with the Brown (Continued on" Page Pour) “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1941. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS A Guns were still manned for any eventuality as the British battleship King George V sailed into neutral waters up the Chesapeake Bay bringing Lord Halifax, British Ambassador. This aerial view was made as the warship near Annapolis. Dévelopmenl of Alaska ~ Tin Concentrafes Is Now Indicafed; Build Smelter 2 KILLED IN CRASH ATDAWSON Whife Pass & Yukon Plane in Accident - Pilot, Merchant Killed DAWSON, Y. T., Feb. 1.—A White Pass and Yukon plane crashed after taking off near here yesterday. Lionel Vines, pilot, and Ernest Chapman, Dawson merchant, were | killed. e S Discusses Defense of Northland Sam Taggart Gives Opin- ion in South-Tells of 0il Possibilities LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 1.—Sam Taggart, oil company representative who has lived in Alaska for 42 years, said the only possibility of a suc-! cessful attack in that area will be by air or sea and this “danger is now being rapidly eliminated by a new system of naval and air bases the government is establishing at Sitka, Kodiak, Dutch Harbor and other coast points.” Taggart also said.that “oil de- posits in the Alaska field have never been fully explored but sufficient research work has been done to in- ¢ | WASHINGTON, Feb, 1. “lhvro is enough tin concentrats Alaska to make it worth while we ".«lmuld immediately develop mining ;nr the ore in the Territery for smelting use,” Jesse Jones, Chair- man of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, told the House Appro- priations Committee during the In- ‘dependom Office Appropriation Bill § | Gibb: 'McAdoo Dies Suddenly;Has Heart Atfack ‘World War Secretary of | Treasury, Senator, Poli- | fician, Passes Away WASHINGTON, Feb. 1—William | McAdoo, chairman of the | Board of the American President | Line, died suddenly this forenoon |at 10 o'clock in the American hos- | pital here, as the result of an at- | tack of the heart. | Tunnel builder, Worid Wartime “ | Secretary of the Treasury, lawyer {and senator, McAdoo had a career of | many facets, He was a power in the councils of i |the Democratic party for more than i }20 yea s, and played leading, but contrasting reles in two of the mest {dramatic National Conventions in | the annals of American politics. ‘ At Madison Square Garden in Nev | York, in 1924, McAdco and Alfred | E. Smith fought for three wesks in the bitterest battle ever waged for | the Demccratic presidential nomi- nation, neither yielding until both | were defeated and, on the 103rd bal- lot, a compromising candidate, John | W. Davis, was nominated. Many in- | fluential demccrats believed that | bright prospects for a national vie- | tery were shattered by the bitterness | engendered at this tempestuous con- vention. Eight years later McAdoo came |out of retirement in California as | head, of that state’s delegation to the 1bcmmmuc National Convention in | Chicago. . ! Swings Victery to Rogsevelt | The 44 votes of his delegation were pledged to John Nance Garner, but | when it appeared that a deadlock might result from the contest be- tween the twe leading candidates for the nomination, one of whem again was Smith, McAdco appeared on the platform just before the fourth roll call and swung his state’s votes to | Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This ac- | tian started a stampede to the | Roosevelt banner | him on that ballot. | “We have not come here to dead- {lock the eonvention,” McAdoo shout- led at the assemblage which had sensed his purpose and was so noisy his voice could not be heard be- yond the press box. “None knows | { | et { | on Scereta abeard the yacht Potomac. Lord Halifax Pays Respeds fo Secrefary Hull First official act of Lord Halifax as he assumed duties of British Ambassador in Washington was a call : of State Cordell Hull (right). Halifax had just handed a sheaf of papers to Hull. mained in Washington when the President abandon 'd custom to greet Halifax and bring him ashere Dired Airline Service, { . Fairbanks fo New York, . ProposedinDefensePlan USED IN WAR NAZIS REPLY 10 CHARGES OF SEC. KNOX Declares G;r;n‘any Ready - for Attack If “Any En- emy'’ Resorts First (BY ASSOCIATED PRESS) Authorized sources in Berlin to- day replied to American Secretary of Navy Frank Knox's allegations, made yesterday before the U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee, that Germany might use gas against England. The reply referred to Hitler's | speech at the start of the war that “he who applies poison gas will be fought with poison gas.” These sources admitted poison {gns was ready “for use if necessary,” | against “any enemy, but the enemy must make the first resort.” Reliable sources in London pre- dicted today that the spring would | bring bombing of an unprecedent- ed scale by Germany, Italy as well |as by Great Britain. | ‘New Order’ GREEKS | |s Delayed ADVANCE, By Japanese A I- B A NI A Dual Stm'n?Wat,‘ Dislo- P . cafed Trade Becomes | | I | | Hull re- g | wasnmaon, mes 1—eveioo-| Caplure of Tepelini Certain 1[. (lAUSEN teen Faisbanks s, ana e, Declares High Command | mercial aviation and defense un-| dertaking, has been discussed by | (By ASSOCIATED PRESS) | Greek domination of the moun- members of Congress and Mayor La- | Intense in Nation TOKYO, Fed. 1.—The dual strain of war and dislocated trade .may become so intense that Japan's new economic structure and realizdtion of the Japanese dream of a “new which nominated ~ BYN.C.CO. (Is Made Subéfintendenl of Concern’s 20 Stores, | hearing. betted than I how little a nomina- Pos's in Nonhland According to reports revealed at|ticn is worth after a deadlock, and | the hearing by Chairman Jones.| we are here to elect as well as nom- | g the government must build a tinjinate a president.” | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 1.— smelter of some size, for already| McAdoo returned to his home in| Edgar Clausen, Assistant Manager | it has contracted to buy enough tin|Los Angeles after the Chicago con-|of the Northern Commercial Com- concentrates to manufacture 18,000 venticn on the crest of a wave of pany’s Fairbanks store, has been tons of fine tin each year for flve}Ro(vsevelt enthusiasm. He announced | notified of his promotion to Super- years. | his candidacy for the United States | intendent of its 20 stores and posts Tin, probably one of the metals;sonntc. won his party’s nomination | throughout Alaska and the Yukon i G | for its huge armament construc-|leaders in California, and went on| | tion as a valuable alloy, is also one|to win the election in a chree-cor-‘ ™ the importation list to America. jand Prehibition Party opposition. su"lvors Jones reported that at present‘ War Financier }du the job of building a smelter. | achievement of his long career, how- | | Representative E. M. Dirksen of | ever, was given the credit for financ- | tin deposits in Alaska, stating that|the Treasury. A chance acquain-| | he understood all the tin mined|tanceship with Dr. Woodrow Wil-| Go Sou'h needed most in the United States in a battle with old line Democratic | Territory. of the metals ranking highest on|nered contest against Republican 11t looks like the RFC will have to| To McAdoo, as the greatest| o' w k Illinois questioned Jones about the|ing the World War as Secretary of | there had been shipped to the| (Continued on > { | Straits Settlements Refining Com-| Fago Hiv e pany. De- | | f Guardia of New York, chairman m[ | the joint Canadian-American fense Board Senator Scott W. Lucas, of Tllin said the plan contemplated an air line from Fairbanks to Fargo, North Dakota, to Chicago and New York, the only feasible route from the standpoint of a National Defense | project. | It will require construction landing fields in Canada along route in cooperation with the Do- minion Government ‘The airline is essential, it is de- clared, and will provide a commer- cial and communication link with Alaska making an impertant link in the continental defense program ILWU STRIKE ENDS WITH PAY INCREASE of the |order” in the Par East may be in- definitely postponed, diplomatic sources reveal. On account of the increasingly critical state of affairs. it is said, Japan may feel compelled to take tainous area around Tepelini is re- ported from the front while Greek sources said recent Fascist attemp 0 seize- the offensive -in Albania must be regarded as faiiures. | Oceupation of Tepelini is only a | detachments of brief matter of time now, says the cek High Command, as isolated Italians are being “drastic” steps in an effort to rem- edy the Nation’s present economie position, Jones replied that the tin mined in Alaska is negligible, but agreed | | [ that if enough tin could be mined| in the Territory, it should be de-! veloped to the fullest extent. | - As to where and when the tin smelter will be built, or what size it is to be, was not revealed at the hearing. NEW YORK, Feb. 1. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today’s short session and the first of the month, is 44, Am- erican Can 87, Anaconda 23%, Beth- | lenem Steel 82, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss Wright 3%, | General Motors 43, International | Harvester 48%, Kennecott 32'%, New { York Central 12%, Northern Pacific | 6%, Pound $4.03%, U. S. Steel 62. DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are tod#’s Dow, Local Agreefint Is Signed mopped up. Diplomatic sources base their opin- S i e o i lons on authoritative information recently received. - —— e » (CREW TO BE CHOSEN FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PENINSULA ROAD The continuation of construction | of the Mendenhall Peninsula road,! an ERA project, will begin next week aceording to announcement made today. | The rcad, which connects Glacier Highway at mile 11 with the Fritz Ceve road, was started last year with ERA funds and approximately la mile was cleared and graded. The {road will be 2 and 1-10 miles in length when completed. 4 Under the general supervision of | William Fromholtz, Superintendent | DEFICIENCY BILL GIVEN BiG BOOST House Committee Asks | $20,000 More-Governor Memorial Advanced Appropriation bills before the 15th dicate they are among the world’s | jones averages: Industsals, 123.28; Crewmen of Transport Kvi- | chak Leave Kefchikan | -Salvagers Busy KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb | Twenty-three members of the wreck- | led U. S. Army transport Kvichak, | ;sull hard fast on Sisters’ Rock, have left aboard the Army transport | Chirkof for Seattle and from there will go to San Francisco. | Quartermastey Agent Reese has left here aboard the Tyee and will | |stop at the wreck scene to check | | through the Canadian Customs. There is nothing else new of the] | wreck and no word of bodies of the | three crewmen drowned being recov- | ered has been received. The ship’s stores, baggage and heavy equipment, such as trucks, | shovels and draglines, are being | transferred to the Coast Guarders, | Cedar and Heather. - e PAA TO WHITEHORSE One PAA Electra flew' to White-; horse this forenoon without passen- | | | | of Ccnstruction and Maintenance, | the work will require a twenty-man Territorial Legislature were hoosted by $20,000 this morning when the crew. All men interested are urged Last Night - Workers Ge' 5 Cen's More !to sign up immediately at the Alaska ol Territorial Empioyment Service of- Lengshoremen and warehousemen | fice in the Semmers buflding. in Southeast, Alaska were back to T £ work this morning as a fifteen day AlASKA SEA[ with the wcrkers receiving thel Juneau local No. 1-41 of the ILWU, said that the local agreement was |N SA" DIEGO es and that union labor has received ; a five cent per hour increase in| SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 1.— Th The strike affected Sitka, Peters- |the United States mainland, to the burg, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Ju- knowledge of local zoologists, is now ,,,,, hospital. It apparently lost its home- ward swim to its breeding grounds. w“"E G“Il" o" {male and plans are to place it with two other seals in the San Diego strike for increases in wages ended demands. | Is ( Apl Hilmer Johnson, secretary of the signed last night with fish exchang- wages by the new agreement. | first Alaska fur seal ever found on neau. |quarantined in the S8an Diego Zoo juRv Flws Am‘ | The mammal was captured yester- |day on the ocean beach. It is a fe- Ass‘ul‘[ (HARGE Zoological Gardens, } Ciklerdss 4 RN House Ways and Means Committee | wrote a_committee substitute for the ’661.500 deficiency bill raising the jante to $81,500. Rep. Allen Shat- tuck, author of the original bill, is also chalrman of the committee | which drafted the substitute. | _The increase comes in the Welfare | Department deficiency for general | retief, up from $40,000 to $60,000. The House Judiclary Committee today returned with a “do pass” | recommendation the memorial by Reps. James V. Davis and Harvey Smith supporting the Dimond bill to e | forbid the appointment as Governor | of any non-resident of the Territory. The recommendation for passage (was signed by the entire Judiciary Committee consisting of Almer J. Peterson, Chairman, James V. Davis, | Howard. Lyng, Jesse Lander and Chanles F. Herbert, Both House and Senate today passed the resolution appropriating $2,400 for additional employees for legislative committees. | Both Housés stand adjourned un- In the Commissioner’s Court late largest.” Taggart declared that efforts of the government to colonize the Al- | | rails, 28.10; utilities, 19;86. | BOGERERS 1 0L o 2 Admitted to St. Ann's today, Al- | TERR. c. OF C. MEETS gers. The Douglas airliner enroute yesterday afternoon Anna White was | to Seaitle stayed overnight at Bt. found guilty by a jwy of assault The Territorial Chamber of Com- John near Prince ‘George Wwas and battery and was fined $100 or|Merce meets at 2 o'clock this after- til 11 o'clock Monday morning. B L ae Bob Toussaint, who has been re- celving medical care at St. Ann's for + deserted by more than 300 families. tention. aska interior is failing. He said the | Matanuska colony is being rapidly bert Hertzig is recelvlpg ynedlcal n!-‘ day. ,exp(-m-d to eontinte ‘Yo Sealtle (qv',pmmwd to serve fifty days by U. noon in the Senate Chambers in the 8. Commissioner Felix Gray. ] an attack of the flu, was dismissed teday. Federal Building.