The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 23, 1932, Page 1

Page views left: 0

You have reached the hourly page view limit. Unlock higher limit to our entire archive!

Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.

Text content (automatically generated)

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5960. T NEAU ALASKA TUESDA\ FEBRUARY 23 1932 Ml:MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NIPPON DRIVES ARE MET WITH BULLETS, BAYONETS <CCOT 293> CCoT <«CoT <«ooC 202> Lo oo g 0000 <«oCT <«CoT ADVANCENG F@RCES M@WED DOWN RAISING FUNDS T0 SEARCH FOR MISSING FLIERS Portland F;e—;ds of Mrs. Christofferson Are Getting Action TWO AVIATORS LOST Old Favorlte Back FOR OVER ONE WEEK | Enroute to Archc, Plane| Unreported Since Leav- ing Hazelton, B. C. PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 23.— A group of friends of Mrs. Edna | Christofferson have met and agreed | to raise funds to finance a search by Canadian planes for her and Pilot Willilam R. Graham, missmg! in the British Columbia wilderness | somewhere between Hazelton and] | { | | ! [ were last seen a woek ago 'day when they left Hazelton Atlin enroute to the Arctic to arch for the Baychimo, Hudson’s Bay trading ship, and recover the valuable fur cargo reported aboard. The sum of §750 has already been pledged and more will be raised immediately. TWO AVIATORS ALASKA NOT TO BE REPRESENTED ON BIRD BOARD No Need ffi, Secretary Hyde Holds — Reding- ton Advises Chamber Alaska will not be given on Migratory Wild Fowl when that body is reorganized by the Secre- tary of Agriculture, the Chamber ©of Commerce has been advised by Paul G. Redington, Chief of the United States Biological Survey, to whom was turned over the Cham- ber’s letter to Secretary Arthur M. Hyde asking for Territorial repre- sentation on the Commission. The Secretary feels that the De- partment of Agriculture is already in close touch with Alaska game conditions through H. W. Terhune, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, Mr. Redington A darling of the American sereen | before she left for England twa | ears ago to try her luck in the ritish films, Jaqueline Logan is | shown as she arrived at New York | for a brief vacation. Miss Logan | has won her way into the hearts of British movie fans, and, though ghe would like to work in Holly- wood for a change, plans to return to London to resume work in March. ‘ informed the Chamber, and sees no need for including the Territory in | one of the regions to be created. Explains New System Mr. Redington's letter to the local organization explained plans for the new Commission. The Sec- retary of Agriculture has divided the States into 10 regions. He has | asked the chief Game Conserva- | tion officials of each to submit the names of three persons for mem-| berslup on the new board. From | these three, one will be appointed | any | place on the Advisory Commission | | NEW JAPANESE FORCES LANDED HERI JAPANESE ARTILLERY 5. HOUSTON OTHER, SHIPS' WOOSUNG =l FORTS S UAPANESE FORCES R LANDED HERE The situation in war torn Shang- hai is shown in the map above as Japan pushes a concerted drive |get the Chinese away from the city lend its The campaign International nents, The fighting about Woosung vil- age and along the banks of Woo- sung creek was severe, the Japan- ’s¢ suffering a check in their first and French seftle- environs. HEADED SOUTH. GOVERNOR TELLS RECORD FLIGHT OF PEACE TASKS e <. Brome. Eiard OF WASHINGTON Muldowney, Hope to ek Biistos Nides 'Activities as Farmer, Busi- nessman and Statesman Are Recalled Stressing George success as a farmer and as \business man, his tolerance in re- ligious matters and his wisdom in statescraft, Gov. George A. Parks delivered an interesting address on the First President at the Bicen- BULLETIN—BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 23. — Browne and Mul- downey landed at the FEast Boston Airport at 11 o'clock this forencon. A cylinder burn- cd out, causing the landing. The landing gear was dropped shortly after leaving Port Or- chard and the landing here was on small wheels which had been built to pull under the plane to keep from landing on its belly. ling in the Scottish Rite Temple |under the auspices of the Juneau PGy S | Lodge of Masons. OLD ORCHARD, Maine, Feb, 23.| Brief reference was made to —Headed for Buenos Aires in an Washingtons’ ancesrty and his effort to break the endurance rec- birth. His education, for the most ord, Nate C. Browne, former Army Part self-directed, was treated with flier, and Edward Muldowney, said some detail, and his life-long advo- to be the flight backer, took off cacy for improved and more ex- at 8:53 o'clock this morning. The | tensive educational facilities was plane cafied 1,022 gallons of fuel. pointed out. The weather is reported excellent. War Career Only Mentioned Flying Low ; There was only slight mention of The fliers encountered difficulty Washington’s military triumphs, the in the take-off but finally got into Governor assuming this phase of the.air from the beach and headed the Revolutionary patriot’s life will south toward New York, flying low be studied and discussed at other but with great speed. observances during the nine-month Browne is a former dentist but celebration of the Bicentennial An- gave up his profession when he en- niversary. tered the air service during the| In speaking of Washington's early World War. life, the Governor said: Muldowney is an accountant and | “We in Alaska are able to visual- a long time friend of Browne. They 'ize the conditions of the country have flown together for the past in which Washington spent five years. {early youth and to appreciate the The route is from OVl Orchard pioneer spirit with which he was to New York, down the coast, across imbued. The greater parts of Vir- Cuba and the Caribbean Sea, over ginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania Honduras, Nicaragtta, Central Am- were almost an unknown wilder-| erica and own the West Coast to ness. The rivers were the only South America then over the Andes highways and a large part of the to their goal. The distance is more population lived on or close to the than 6,000 miles in a straight” line. inland waterways. The record long distance non-| Indians Were Numerous stop flight was made by John Pol- “The lowlands were well timb- ando and Russell Boardman, 5,039 ered and the Indian tribes were in miles, from New Istanbul, Turkey. the settlements. He bacme skilled —_—————— in the craft of the woodsman and The Yangtse Kiang, of C’hina,‘eafly gained a knowledge of the third Jongest river in the world, habits of the primitive people. is fed by many tributaries, of which are 1000 nules long House Wet Bloc Starting Fight Against Money to Be Used for Wire Tapping (Continues on Page TWO) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23— [supply bill of the Department of The Democratic and Republican |Justice is to be made. It is said House wWet ‘blocs’ have decided to|that Congressmen Linthicum, of bar Prohibition Enforcement funds | Maryland, Democrat, and Beck of from being used in wire fapping by | Pennsylvania, Republican, will head Pederal Agents. the effort to bar funds for wire A prohibitory amendment, to the | tapping. ‘Washington’s | al tennial celebration held last even-| his | York City to possesson of the country beyondi Helg some adopted the implements and dress| In addition, Secretary Hyde wlil| | name five members from the coun- |try at large, giving the Commission @ membership of 15 which will funetion in an advisory capaci in the administration of migratory | wild fowl resources. As it is planned to have ft& Commission meet semi-annually, |the expense of having an Alaskan member would be considerable and this, together with the contact al- ready had with the local game ad- minjstrators, made it inadvisable for an Alaskan representation which the Chamber requested. Censider Shipping Bill President Allen Shattuck of the Chamber today directed the Legis- lative Committee to investigate the | status of the Davis bill amendatory | of the Federal coastwise shipping laws which, it was reported last week in press dispatches received by The Empire to threaten passen- ger service on Canadian lines be- tween Seattle and Alaska. The | Committee was directed to ascer-| tain what effect the enactment oi the bill would have on local trans- portation and report to the Execu-| tive Committee next Monday. An Asociated Press report to The| Empire last week said that the measure prohibited foreign lines| from carrying passengers between | two American ports with inc idental | stops at foreign ports enroute. Delegate ‘Wickersham, it was said, {had tried to amend the measureto | except the traffic between Seattle and Alaska ports but, after the amendment was rejected by the Committee, had withdrawn his ob- jections. The bill late last week had been reported favorably to, the House by the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries which was !seekmg to get it on the calendar | for early consideration on the floor. Membership Makes Gain A net gain of two members over last year was reported today by \Wcllmnn Holbrook, Chairman of the } ‘Mambarshxp Committee. A total of | 184 members have enrolled for 1932 las compared to 182 for 1931. | Cash from fees amounted to $1,- 464 and pledges to $1,175, making a total for the year of $3,179. This, Mr. Holbrook, said, is $375 less {than the fees for 1931. The loss was caused by decreased subscrip- tions from members residinginthe States. Local fees ware as large as those of last year There are about 20 business men |in the city who have not yet joined | Mr, Holbrook declared. He expect- ed some if not all of them would take out membership cards during the year. The Chamber today adopted Resolutions Nos. 5 and 6, of the ‘Territorial Chamber of Commerce which were favorably reported by the Executive Comittee some two weeks ago. The first asks for pre- ference to be given local labor and materials and supplies on Govern- ment projects under contract. The second asks that bids for materials and supplies on Government proj- (Continuea on Page Eight) | contemplates after reduction of the Attem out their scheme Meanwhile the ‘rollpa{;ues in the House of Repre~ Woosung forts the establishment of scant garrison of {2 coastal zone from which fresh{the forts clung to works which Nipponese troops may -operaté“in | were steadily bettered into ruins @ great encircling movement to|by squadrons of warships at the force the Chinese out of the terri-|mouth of the Whangpoo and oy tory northwest of the big city, [bombing airplanes. pinching them away from Chapei Before bringing in army rei and the environs to th" west of the | forcements the Japanese hu(l GOOO naval men ashore opposing 25,000 Chinese, Both sides are steadily adding to these numbers, Trying to keep the war out of the International Settlement are 17 American warships and 6,000 American marines and infantry- | men. Another 10,000 guards bear arms under the colors of Great Britain, * France and- Ttaly;, while Shanghai volunteer defense force or “home guard' 'embraces most of the city’s ablebodied white men, in- | wlute Russians Beer Strike in Germany Is Spreading GARNER BOOM IS RECEIVING NEW SUPPORT Texas City Organizes Club to Boost Speaker’s BERLIN, Feb. 23—The beer strike Candidacy is spreading as 2,500 saloon keep- WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 28— |ors rerused to sell beer until the |A “Garner for President” me 'N¢ | Government reduces the tax. in San Antonio, Texas, has re €iV-| Dispatches from Hamburg, Mun- ed the support of the Speakers|yy ,ng Kiel said more saloons ars striking and more are expected to join in the movement all over Ger- many starting March 1, SRR Twenty—fivefimdred, Sa- loon Keepers Refuse to Sell Beverage sentatives. A number of telegrams praising Garner as Presidential calibre and| pledging support to thz movement! |to nominate him have been sent from here. Judge G. H. Howard has cntered the primary in Georgia pledging support to Garner. is the only other entry in Georgia, Gov. Murray’s petition arriving too late for filing and he threatens suit to force his name on the ballot. - YOUNG MELVIN IS REPORTED Missing Seattle Youth Ar- rives at Kotzebue from Wainwright NOME, Alaska; Féb. 23 Leslie Melvin, Seattle youth, ar Kotzebue February 18, dri own dog team. It was be was lost owing to his de rival from Wainwright left New Year's Day. Melvin had been seen by a mail carrier who reported his dogs were in bad shape. Melvin is bound for Seattle with ore from the Baychimo which he claims shows radium. He is seek- ing backing to bring out if assays reveal radium e e The ballad singers, a chain male suspended above the table. Gov. Roosevelt | FROM ARCTIC, the ore} MUCH DAMAGE 'BY HIGH WIND AT ANCHORAGE Weull Buildings: Wosidked —Roof of R. R. Shops Is Blown Off ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 23— Five days of high winds which swept here shattered windows and wrecked small buildings. The pow- jer and telephone lines are down. The roof of the mechanical de- | partment shops of the Alaska Rail- jroad were torn off. Damage is es- {timated at Ih)m $10,000 to $20,000. TEN KILLED IN MASSACRE MANILA, Feb. 23—Ten natives were killed and a number wounded by Moros at Malita, Davoa Prov- ince, the headquarters of the Con- stabulary has been advised. The killers ' fled. The cause of the massacre is not known here. e MONTREAL, Feb. 23. — Turquetil, for 30 years rellmoxs guide to 7,000 Eskimos in the Arc-| \tic Circle, was today consecrated 1 cal dignitaries, PUBLIC SURVEY WORK AFFECTED BY HOUSE CUT Fifty Per Cent Cut in Esti- mates Threatens Public Survey Program Congressional economy to curtail sharply no' halt public surve; Al ing the fiscal y July 1, according to w here. The House A Committee slashed th United States Public S that period to $500,000, a * eduction 0 £$500,000 from the estin ates ap- proved by the Bureau of Budget Alaska 15 but one of the sections | of the country that will feel the ef- fects of this reduction. All of the public land States w hit, surveys thet are important have to be delayed The Public Survey Bureau, under E. C. Guerin, Chief, does all of the homestead work, makes sions, lays out and surveys all town sites in the Territory. It has main- tained several crews in the field every summer for many years, and ska dur- \‘ng next received o} riations | d for the | eys will most of the unsurveyed public land |, of the nation is in Alaska. If the appropriation reduction of the House committee permitted to stand, it is said be probable that a large part of the work pro- grammed for the approaching sea- son will have to be cancelled -t least, tor the present. R ALASKAN POST UP TO ONE MAN Jones’s Nomination Is Fav- ored if Senator Dill Approves to WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23.— The Senate Judiclary Committee has decided to report favorably on the nomination of Charles D. Jones | Arsene {to be United States Marshal of the | Second Division, Alaska, with head- quarters at Nome, provided Sena- quartet, sit at a bridge table while, Apostolic Vicar of Hudson’s Bay tor C. C. Dill, who served on the| broadgasting, the microphone being|in the presence of high Ecclesiasti- ' Subcommittee considering the ap- * pointment, approves. cluding squads of Portuguese and | threatens | entire'y i for | and | subdivi- | i SHANGHAI ARMY|CHINESE FIGHT T0 BE DOUBLED/OFF SLASHING BY GOVERNMENT ATTACKS TODAY |Official Circles Uneasy | Series of @aughts Re- Over Success of Chi- - | pulsed Along Entire nese Forces Battle Front CHIANG KAI SHEK |WAVE AFTER WAVE OF REPORTED ON SCENE TROOPS THROWN BACK Five ]apanese Planes Are Shot Down—Chinese i Complete Rout of Japan-, ese May Be Expected —Cabinet Meets Take Offensive TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 23.—| SHANGHAI, Feb. 23.—The The Japanese Government de-;(‘hinese have fought off a cided late today to double the |series of slashing Japanese army at Shanghai in the face j:lltacks along the entire front of reports the Chinese had|from the Chapei sector to successfully stopped the Jap- Kiangwan, meeting every anese advance. |drive with bullets and bay- The proposal was made tn‘onet.s. i{the Minister of War after a| Both sides have sustained conference of the members of | heavy losses. the Cabinet. The Japanese only success General Uyeda, in command | has been the destruction of at Shanghia, has not called |the Chinese airdrome at Hun- for reinforcements but army | jo by aerial bombs. It is said circles are uneasy at thc;ull planes and the hangar at ;mnun(iug danger in hard|Hunjo have been destroyed. |fought battles and Uyeda’s| Wave after wave of Jap- slow progress. This is dis-|anese men have been thrown quieting enough but the of-|back onto each other through- ficials -are highly ‘alarmod at|out the day. the news that Chiank Kai| The Japanese appear no Shek’s army has arrived at mearer their goal than when the scene «nd is joining theithe battle started. defenders of Shanghai. A| Chinese machine guns ~ |ecomplete rout of the Japanese |/ mowed down the Japanese as may be expected if Chiang |they advanced and the Jap- is at Shanghai. 'anese were unable to dislodge ‘The Japanese Government doeslthe gunmen. k not and cannot consider China as| TWO Japanese planes have beem an organized people Within the | Prought down by the Chinese antl= meaning of the League of Nations's |nu-cran guns af Ohenju. Thuses Convenant and class such previous [JaPanese planes have been shob i " g down west of Shanghai. recognition as an organized state 4 as fiction “which cannot last for-‘ The Chinese took the offensive bt ilate today in an attempt to cut The Government has sent this !h€ Japanese lines northwest of word to the League and added that Kiangwan. if the League could bring about| The Japgnese have lost scores of a pacific attitude between China|MeD but claimed they repelled the and Japan, the Nippon nation Chinese onslaught. would be delighted more than any | Deny Ruthless Murders other nation. «Japanese officials deny, as ex= | pected, that they ruthlessly mur= |dered women and children. They ;said they found the women sniping, |as they were expected to say, and shct them, also shot civilian clad men suspected of sniping. (Continued on Page Eight) e U, S. AVIATOR IS SHOT DOWN ORIENTAL WAR 'Robert Short, of Olympia, Washington, Killed by Japanese |Pay War Debts | in Wine and Gin Is New l’ropo»al | | NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—Pay '..A; war debts in gin, beer and wine |to end the depression is the plan | | suggested in an advertisement m {!m' New York Herald-Tribune. “Congr is insisting that Eu- |rope pay its debts to us,’ ‘the ad- vertisement reads. “Europe cannot | pay in gold and payment must be! {made in goods. Here is a s)mple‘ method by which Europe can pav- her debts. The plan. “1. Allow France to pay us in wines, i “2. Allow Germany to pay us} in beer and wines. “3. Allow England to pay us in { whiskey and gin. “4 Allow Italy to pay us vermouth and wines.” The advertisement ends with the line “the repeal of the pro- hibition amendment will restore normal business conditions to this country.” It is signed by 33 per- sons, headed by Paul Abbot and including Charles M. Fleischmann, | combat Samuel Milbank and John A.| Short was employed as a saless vmm- |man of ulrplan“s SHANGHAI, Feb. 23.—Reports re- in'celved here said Robert Short, | former Olympia, Washington, avi- ator, was shot down and killed during a Japanese air raid at the Soochow Chinese military airfield. It is said he was delivering a new military plane when Japanes2 planes spied him and went up for Kete hlkan Sonds Protests to Wickersham Against Measure Aimed at Canadian S.S. LmeS' KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 23— | Pacific Railroad operates ships fim A dozen protests, including one |year round to Alaska, hflngmgw* |from Mayor Norman Walker have |to Southeast Alaska and the Cana- been forwarded to Delegate James | dian National Railway M Wickersham in opposition to the | ships during the summer motfi. Davis bill which it 1s declared| In addition to the fresh | would legislate further against the | business to Ketchikan and Canadian steamship lines operating | southeast Alaska the cities in Alaska. | upon shipments ot Prince { The protest said the Canadian by rail to the east.

Other pages from this issue: