The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \/()L XXXIX., NO. 5953. JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, FEBRUARY I5 |932 JAPANESE PREP Ra g g d AMERICANS 299> 2P <CoC OO BICENTENNIAL PROGRAM WILL BEGIN AT NOON Nalion—widTCelebration Will Be Opened One Week from Today HOOVER TO DELIVER ADDRESS TO CONGRESS Ten Thousand to Sing “America” with Mil- lions Joining In WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb. 15— ent Hoover will officially o the nine-months, nation-wide George Washington Bicentennial tion at noon (Eastern Stan- time) February 22, when he deliver his George Washington s before a joint meeting of Congress, assembled in the House ntatives in the Capitol. > Judges of the Supreme Court, bers of the Cabinet, foreign ats and many other distin- hed visitors also will be present the address will be carried to every corner of America over a mation-wide hook-up. Following his address, President Hoover will be escorted to the East ste of the Capitol, and will give signal for the singing of “Am- by a chorus of ten thousand It is expected that mil- lions will join in this “sing” as it comes over the air, Three Bands Will Play The great chorus gathered at the Capitol will be conducted by Wal- ter Damrosch and will be accom- panied by the United States Army, Navy and Marine bands which will play as a unit under the direction of John Phillip Sousa. An “m- augural” crowd is expected to be on hand for these ceremonies. After luncheon, President Hoo- accompanied by the members of the United States George Wash- ington Bicentennial Commission and the District of Columbia George Washington Bicentenaial Commission will go to Mount Ver- non to lay a wreath on the tomb of the Father of His Country in the name of a united nation. At 3 p. m., there will be exer- cises at the Washington Monument under the auspices of the various patriotic societies in the District of Columbia. In the evening the George Wash- ington Colonial Costume ball will b2 held at the Mayflower hotel un- der the auspices of the United States George Washington Bicen- tennial Commission and the Dis- trict of Columbia Bicentennial Commission. No effort is being spared to reproduce the Colonial atmosphere for this occasion. The affair is being managed by experts and every State will be represented by especially invited guests. Sunday Services While the celebration officially opens in February 22, Sundey, February 21, will be an active day in the Dstrict of Columbia as well as in every city in Amerfca. The United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission has sug- gested special religious services for George Washington to be held wherever people gather to worship. Response from the various church organizations to this project has been remarkable. It is probable that practically all of the 232,000 churches will hold special services honoring the First President on this day. A folk-masque, written especially for the 'United States George Washington Bicentennial Commis- sion by Percy MacKaye will be presented at Constitution Hall, in ‘Washington, D. C., on the evening cf February 21. This masque is being produced under the auspices of the United States George Wash- (Continues on Page TWO) Ruth Nichols Believed to Have Made Record NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Ruth Nichols Sunday flew Clarence Chamberlain’s diesel powered plane to a new unofficial alti- tude record of 21,300 feet. The sealed barograph has been sent to Washington to the Standard _ of Measures Bureau. | Compete for " They are, left, Miss June Blossom, Mrs, J. H. Hammel, of Latrobe, Pa., ARCTIC FLOOD TAKES TOLL OF MANYESKIMOS Bodies of \Z(Iims Found| Encased in Ice—Vil- | lages Destroyed NOME, Alaska, Feb. 15—Delayed word has reached here telling of seven Eskimo villages on the main- land east of Nelson Island being wiped out by a flood sometime prior to Christmas. The loss of life is undetermined. Word was taken to Hamilton and sent by letter to Nome. After the flood, freezing weather | set in. Bodies of many victims| were found sheathed in ice. ! The area of the flood district | is made up of flats where the high water swept all before it.| High tides also added added to the| destruction, The Eskimo were engaged in fishing, hunting and trapping, and apparently had no opportunity to! escape to higher ground so sud- denly did the flood strike. CURFEW FOR 3. C. VILLAGE B | Two School Buildings and| Church Destroyed by Fire—Mayor Acts ELLOREE, South Carolna, Feb.| 15—Mayor E. E. Gasque has in-| voked the curfew law following the | burning of two megro school build- | ings and a negro church and the attempt to burn another. : '‘Any person found on the streets! of the village after midnight and | until 5 o'clock in the morning is! subject to arrest. Hostility started when Arthur 'Daniels, principal of one of the negro schools, refused to leave the ! town&mrbelngorderedtodosu| MINERS BURIED IN SNOW SLIDE KELLOGG, Iaaho, Feb. 15.—Carl Arelander and Henry Lund, miners, were overwhelmed and buried late last Saturday afternoon by a snow slide which crushed their cabin. Rescue parties believe the two men perished immediately. The snow is 1’ 50 feet deep and swept over the; the cabin, ¥ Ly TR S A Beauty Tltle Here are three of the beautiful contestants who will appear pefore some 3,000 beauticians at the American Beauty Congress, to be held in| New York for the purpose of selecting America’s most beautiful girl. | New York social registerite and a descendant of President John Adams; right is Miss Gigi Renee, Titian- haired Manhattanite of French-Irish parentage. only red-haired beauty to be selected by the judges. Miss Renee was the Lower photo is who was selected as Pennsylvania's | most beautiful womxn. i NINE MEN OFF BAYGHIMO ARE FLOWN SOUTH {Brought Out from Arctic| by Plane—Landed at Kotzebue NOME, Alaska, Feb. 15.—Nine | men of the crew of the Baychimo, | ‘Hudson's Bay trading ship, lost in are Arctic, are now at Kotzebue | having been taken there by planes. Seven more are to be brought out. The pilots reported landing on Sea Horse Island in fairly good weather. A storm was brewing! Saturday night and this is expected | to delay return flights. | ALL AT KOTZEBUE | NOME, Alaska, Feb. 15.—All of the members of the crew of the Baychimo are mow at Kotzebue, | the planes making their final trips (on Bunday. According to advices received here the planes will leave Kotzebue sometime today for Nome. R GIRL BANDIT IS SENTENGED 10 - 15 YEARS Threatens Suicide — Con- victed with Two Men of Torture-Robbery SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—Bessie For- cier and her two men companions, convicted of torturing Bob Dexter |in an attempt to rob his cafe north of the city, have been sentenced to 10 to 15 years each. The red-haired girl bandit im- mediately threatened suicide. She said: “I won't do ten years. What does the judge think I am?” The three were charged with | burning Dexter's feet with cigar- ettes in an attempt to force him to disclose the hiding place of the money they thought he had. e et GRANT NAMED WRANGELL P.M. | Richard Foth, aged 25, unemploy- ed, who robbed a Piggly Wigely| lon the city streets. ALASKA JUNEAU SURPLUS $74,200 IN PAST MONTH Shows Good Returns on Ore Averaging 81 Cents Per Ton Alaska Juneau's net surplus for January was $74,200, after deduct= ing for everything except depletion land depreciation, according to the {monthly statement of estimated results of operations issued at San Francisco and made public today by L. H. Metzgar, General Super- intendent. The recovery for the month was $278,000 in gold and $1,500 in lead and silver. The per ton average for the month was 81 cents. The complete statement follows: Tons mined and trammed td mill, 345,080. Cents Operating Revenue: Per Ton Gold $278,000 * 80.56 Lead and Silver . 1,500 44 ‘Total . $279,500 81.00 Operating Expenditures: Mining and Tram- ming -.$112,500 32.60 Milling .. 82,500 2391 All other Juneau Operating Costs 9,000 261 New York Stock Transfer and San Francisco Of fice Expenses 3,500 Total $207,500 Operating Profit....§ 72,000 O ther Revenue less outside prospecting.. 2,200 Surplus - $ 74,200 RN ) Fights Off Police for Five Blocks Robber Finally Shot Down| |! in Running Battle in Spokane SPOKANE, Wash, TFeb. 15— store and shot and seriously wounded two men, was himsell shot down by a bullet through the neck by detectives in a gun battle Armed with a National Guard pistol, Foth fought off officers for five blocks, seriously wounding Mo- |torcycle Officer P. B. Anderson and Raymond C. Evans, a ftruck driver. On the operating table, for re- moval of the bullet from his neck, Foth confessed nine hold-ups. In a pocket of his coat was a suicide note stating that he would commit suicide if cornered. Foth obtained the gun and cari- ridges from a National Guard out- fit of which he was sergeant. Murray Is Boomed for Presidency Name Will Be Filed in Pri- maries in Three States, Club Announces OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 15.—A “Murray for President” club has announced the governor's name will be filed in the Presidential pri- maries in Georgia, Oregon, and South Dakota. His name was filed last Saturday in North Dakota. Gov. W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Muwrray seeks the Democratic nomination. e MR. AND MRS. T. M. DONOHOE ENROUTE TO CALIFORNIA Enroute to California for a vaca- tion, Thomas M. Donohoe, junior member of the firm of Donohoe and Dimond, and Mrs. Donohoe, visited Juneau friends while the WASHINGTON D. C, Feb. 15.— |steamer Victoria was in port Sun- BrlghamYGnnthubeenmm! ter at Wrangell, Alaska, day morning. They will spend some- bluff of Big Creek Gulch, mm.mmtm:mmnawm at Menlo Park visiting Mr. Donohoe’s parents, <«eoC haa g d FLAGSHIP, 'AND COMMANDER IN DASH TO SHANGHAI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ccoc i THIS NOTE SENT TROOPS TO CHINA Associated Press Photo The first order in 32 years sending regular American army troops to China was written on a scratch pad. Leaving the White House con- ference where the decision was reached to send soldiers, Secretary Hurley and Gen. Douglas McArthur went to the former’s office where they quickly drafted their orders. They were handed to Maj. Gen. Van H. Moseley, who, using one finger at a time, carefully typed out the Instructions, and they were dispatched by wireless HURLEY, KING NOW FRIENDS Patch Up Differences Aris- ing at Hearing Last Saturday WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 15.— Secretary of “War Hurley nnd' Senator WilllamH. King of Utah, have patched up their differences | after the Secretary last Saturday walked out of the hearing on Phil-| ippine independence after accusing the Senators with holding a star chamber session where anyone who disagreed with them was “making| a stump speech,” while theirwords were the height of statesmanshlp’ He accused the committee mem- bers of browbeanng wnnesses NOYES, BAUER TAKE T0 AIR | NOME, Alaska, Feb. 15.—Enroute 1o Juneau aboard a Northern Air ‘Transport plane, Leut. John Noyes and E. E. Bauer, of the Alaska | |he become a candidat Road Commission, have hopped off for Fairbanks, IS CANDIDATE here, <CCoC dssoclated Press Photo The cruiser, Houston, shown flagship of Rear Adm. Montgomery M. Taylor, com- manding the Aslatic fleet, and seven destroyers rushed from Manila to protect imperiled American citizens in battle-torn Shanghal. The Houston has a complement of 53 officers and 512 men. Adm. Taylor (left) and his aides, Capt. F. J. Fletcher and Lieut. Comm. Q. C. Moore, jr, are shown below. } | the COAST DEFENSE IS NOW URGED Better Protection Request- ed for Pacific Northwest Patrol Is Sought SEATTLE, Feb. 15.—The Ameri- can Legion National Defense Com- | mittee gram has approved of the pro- for strengthening the de-| fenses of the Pacific Northwest rim. It is stated the defenses are inadequate for protection. The resolution also advocated that Pacific Fleet should be in the Northwest oftener than at present and patrol boats should be placed lalong the entire coast. —_————— COMMISSION i | i | NOW ENROUTE TO FAR EAST League of Nations's Emis- saries Going to Japan and China SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 15. —The League of Nation’s Commis- sion to inquire into the Fay East, has arrived here enroute to Japan and China seeking a conciliation between the two countries. ~' The Commission is headed by Ear] Lytton, former British Viceroy in India. He said be hoped to stem the situation which may de- velope “into a world explosion.” FOR PRESIDENT o yuNT FoR Von Hindenburg Consents to Run Again in German Election BERLIN, Feb. 15.—President von Hindenburg has acceded to the re- quests of millions of Germans that to succeed himself at the coming elections. The President is understood to be planning a statement, which will be issued soon, indicating he will enter the campaign with the sup- port of the Middle and Right par- ties and probably the Social Demo- crats. PIRATE GOLD VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 15— A treasure hunt on Cocos Island, off Costa Rica, is expected to start from here -this week. The former | Arctic boat Silver Wave, with Capt. Eldred Hansen, Wwill be used. Col. J. E. Leckie, of Vancouver, sol- dier of fortune, heads the expedi- tion of 20 men seeking pirate gold supposed to have been buried on| the island. e e Plymouth Prison in England has been converted into a mumf‘xp&l laundry PRICE TEN CENTS E FOR BIG CONFLICT AT SHANGHAI O CCCC ADVISED T@ EVACUATE THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE ARE LANDED TODAY Chinese Are Strengthening Their Positions for Big Battle FOREIGN TROOPS ARE STANDING BY Americans Are Warned to Gets Out of Lower Yangtse Valley SHANGHAI, Feb. 15—Japanese officers are preparing to issue an ultimatum to the Chinese to with- draw, saying withdrawal will pre- vent the big drive contemplated. All Americans in the lower Yan- gtse Valley have been advised to _‘evacuate. 'STRENGTHENING ‘The Japanese are landing troops by the thousands. The Chinese are strengthening their positions by digging in and they say they will die before they will give in. Foreign troops are standing by ready to defend the International Settlement. The French have 3,000 soldiers, British 3,400, Americans 3,100 and Ttalians 300 soldiers, on guard. TRANSPORTS CARRY TROOPS SHANGHAI, Feb. 15— Fighting along the Woosung front subsided Sunday. Under cover of darkness the Jap- |anese landed troops, tanks, guns and ammunition fro mseven trans- ports which moved up the Whang- ipoo River Saturday night. Somewhere, close to the coast, more transports are bringing addi- tional troops from Japan. For the greater part of Sunday there was only intermittent artil- lery fire as most of Woosung was protected by a blinding snow storm. Planes Drop Bombs | [Planes covered their usual patrol, flying blind, and dropping bombs once in a while. General Uyeda, Japanese com- mander, said he hoped it would not be mecessary to extend the scope jof activites and would not if the |Chinese retire, The Chinese are being reinforced, RESIST TO BITTER END CANTON, China, Feb. 15.—Gen. Tsai Ting Kai and other Chinese officers, all Cantonese, have noti- fied their families they will resist the Japanese to the bitter end. The officers said they have made | provisions for their wives and chil- dren in case they are killed. SHELLS FLOP ON MARINES SHANGHAI, Feb. 15.—Japanese shells flopped midst the United |States Marines and American and British members of the Shanghai volunteers today during a bom- {bardment which is believed to {be the prelude to the fiercest battle \for the present warfare. The volunteers, who were assist- ing in the Internatidnal Settlement defense, withdrew but emerged after the shelling was over. About a (Continued on Page Two) S eee |Advertising in Newspapers Means Prosperity ATLANTA, Ga.,, Feb. 15— Mark Cresap, Chicago clothing manufacturer, says thirty years | of business has taught him that newspaper advertising is the basis for his retail mer- chandising success. “Newspaper advertising is planned along sound lines and leads the way back to certain prosperity,” Cresap said. TANAN A RIVER Dtscharged Pilots Resort to WORK UPPUSED Air Picketing, Modern Method CHICAGO, Tll, Feb. 15—1&!70:' [ The plane taxied in front of the WAsmnm, D. C., Feb. 1,,_‘mckeuug has taken to the air.|hangars and then went into the Major General Brown, Chief of the Army Engineers, has submitted an unfavorable report for improvement ot the Tanana River with the con- fluence of the Yukon. He said the expected benefits were not commensurate with the cost, Twenty one union pilots dis- charged by the Century Air Lines, | following a wage dispuute, sent a plane into the air on a picketing expedition. The plane bore the legend that ‘the company was “‘unfair to pilots.” | air, David Behncke, President of the Air Line Pilots’ Association, said: “I do not believe in violence but T | want our message carried before wthepublicamdllnvemu | modern way of doing it ¥