The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6844. U §. FLEET TO MANEUV JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURD AY, DECEMBER 29, 1934. " WAR GAMES T0 (TRANSFERS IN - BEPLAYED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS Greatest Number of Naval Ships Ever Assembled to Be Mobilized MOVEMENTS ARE TO EXTEND, WIDE AREA Airplanes, Dirigible Macon Will Also Participate in Sea Actions SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dec. 29. —The United States Fleet, venturing almost to Oriental| waters, will engage in man- cuvers unparalleled in scope throughcut the Eastern Pa- cific from May 3 te June 10 next year. This was the dis- clesure made today by Ad- miral Reeves, Commander-in- Chief of the fleet. The fleet will encompass war games over more than five million square miles and will maneuver from the Aleu- tians, partly beyond the in- ternational ‘date line, almost within sight of the Siberian Coast, southward and as far| westward as Midway Island| on which a temporary base will be established. The fleet will be the larg-| est and most powerful ar-| mada, by a wide margin, ever| assembled under a single command in the history of the world. The fleet will consist of 177 surface ship, 477 airplanes of the Fleet's High Sea Air Force, and the dirigible Ma-; con, which is now at the| highest. efficiency. Bl BATTLE IN PROSPECT, GRAN CHACO | Paraguayan and Bolivian Troops Ready for Engage- ment in Disputed Area BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 29.—Para- guayan and Bolivian troops, esti- mated at 40,000 each, confront each other on a wide front, apparently for a major engagement in the Gran Chaco war. The Paraguayans aim for an ad- vance on the valuable Bolivian oil | fields beyond Ville Montee. i .- —— ASSERTS JAPAN. IS MADE GOAT PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 29.— Big “navy interests” of the United States are accused by Dr. Walter VanKirk, head of the Department of International Goodwill, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, of putting Japan in an “entirely false” position concern- ing naval treaty negotiations. “Japan is being made the goat in a vicious anti-Japanese propa- ganda campaign designed to stam- pede Congress into granting larger naval appropriations,” Dr. VanKirk | told the Methodist conference on world peace. ee e E. E. Matucha, veteran airline pilot, has been flying on a Chicago run for more than eight years. B Margaret Perry French act- ress who starred in “Strictly Dichenorable,” ' and who filed suit fer divorce recently in Rene, Ncv, charging Winsor French, Cleveland O., column- ist, with cruelty. She asked fer a secret trial. GREAT INCREASE INCCC PART OF NEW PROGRAM President Indicates Adop- tion of Plan Calling for More Men WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—A plan to more than double the size of CCC is under serious consideration by President Roosevelt as part of a broad winter work relief program. The plans are regarded as in- complete at this time but the CCC proposal *is described by officials in a non-quotable fashion as likely of adoption by the President. The extent of the increase of the Corps is said to be not fully decided upon but a figure of one million men is mentioned frequent- ly. The CCC now has upwards of 350,000 enrolled. Likely changes include the age limit of 'those enrolling to permit of a broader range of relief bene- fits. Under the present law, the CCC expires March 1. A closer tieup of all work-giving agencies is also described as con- templated through a Central Em- ployment Agency which would keep close check on jobs provided and what happens to the men involv- ed. >-ee HIGH SCO) PEORIA, Ill.—Miss Marion Mc- Credie of Peoria, 11, recehtly bowl- ed a three-game total of 795. She '/the United States Biological Sur- A. 6. . OFFICE ANNOUNCED E. M. Goddard, Frank Du-| fresne and H. W. Jewell Affected by Changes | | | oThree transfers of personnel, au- j thorized at the recent meeting of | { the Alaska Game Commission were { announced this morning by Hugh W. Terhune, Executive Officer, and | will become effective on January 1. Those who will be affected by the changes are E. M. Goddard, at present Assistant Executive Offi- cer, H. W. Jewell, now Game War- den at Ketchikan and Frank Du- | fresne, Game Warden in the Ju- neau district, all of whom have been with the Game Commission | since it was created in 1925. { Mr. Goddard, who entered the Commission as a Warden in 1925, | has been Assistant Executive Offi- { cer from 1927 until now when he 113 being transferred to the newly | | created position of Supervisor of { Wardens and will make his head- { quarters in Ketchikan. He plans to | | leave with Mrs. Goddard and their | i son, Jack, during the early part of | | January. | Mr. Dufresne, who first entered | vey at Nome in 1923, and served fwith the Alaska Game Commis- rsion as Warden at Fairbanks n- til his transfer to Juneau four | years ago, will take the position of Assistant Executive Officer with ! offices here. Previous to his con- { nection with the Biological Survey, ! Mr. Dufresne was Deputy United States Marshal at Nome. | Mr. Jewell, now Warden at Ket- | | chikan, served as engineer on the | Game Commission patrol boat Seal until his appointment as a War- | den, and is to be transferrad to the | Juneau district. Both he and his wife, are well known in Juneau. STOCK PRICES SHOOT UPWARD SHORT SESSION iLarge Blocks of Industrial Shares Appear—Gains Are Maintained i L NEW YORK, Dec. 20. — Stocks | tilted forward in brisk early deal- lings at the short session today. Many blocks of 1,000 to 2,000 shares |appeared among, the industrials. Many leading issues opened up to one point Higheér than yester- day and nearly all kept their | gains. i | 1 | { | | { 1 i ! | 1 ! | | | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 29.— Closing | quotation today of Alaska Juneau | |mine stock is 19, American Can 114%, Kennecott 17%, American Power and Light 3%, United States Steel 38%, Anaconda 11%, Armour N 512, Bethlehem Steel 32, Calumet and Hecla 3%, General Motors 33%, International Harvester 43. OTTO, ALBRECHT, BURY HATCHETS OVER 2 THRONES One Will Stick to Austria, Other in Hungary, When Time Comes BUDAPEST, Dec. 29.—Monarchist circles heard rumors today that Archdukes Otto and Albrecht, Haps- burg claimants to the thrones of Austria and Hungary, respectively, have reached an agreement to avoid a conflict in their ambitions and confining their aspirations to their respective countries. Restoration of a monarchy in Closeup of Sea "?T“'r}: gedy Thi: remarkable radicphete is cf the sinking freighter Uswort h. Her after decks zre alveady awach. The photo was lifebeat cf the S. S. Ascania during rough seas but nine men, inclu ding the master, Capt. John T. Read, were recoued and safely (aken The lifebeat approached the sinking ferighter to a point where its own safety was imperiled by the ructicn of the cinking chip. Three men leaped into the sea and were drowned. A lifeboat from the Uswerth was dached against the cargo derricks Th e Uswerih was disabled by a meuntaincus wave' that swept over it and abcard the Accania. by a huge wave and all € the ceventeen men in it were lost, cnly for the crew to each the beats. the tewline because ef the spsed with which the freighter was sin king. 2licwed time ANOTHER GIRL FROMU. S. IN GERMAN JAIL Miss Elsa Sith, New York- er, Is Alleged to Have Made Unwise Cracks KALDMOHR, Germany, Dec. 20. —Miss Elsa Sittell, of New York is under arrest as the result of dero- gatery remarks she is alleged to have directed at the Hitlerite Storm Troops and picked Nazl guards. ‘ Miss Sittell traveling in French border. It is stated here that Miss Sittell stopped at Schoenberg, enroute to Gangloff, entered a restaurant and apparently had a conversation which ' resulted in her arrest. She is accused of uttering slanderous remarks. The date of her hearing has not been set. The American Consulate will be informed of her predicament. ——— WINTER HAS while the disappeared Germany near | | | ! t e hat T e A Belgian vessel RULES TOURNA NOT LET UP | ALONG COAST Second Assault Is Predict- ed—Storm Warnings Ordered Hoisted SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 29. —More rain and snow along the Facific slope from Central Cali- fornia to Canada, with threats of the same over the Far West, is the general forecast for the week-end. Prospects of another storm on the heels of the winter assault, which barely broke up last night, increased with marked depressions off the Washington Coast and OVEr shouting: “The Devil Take You” | the Guif of Alaska. FOURTEEN Seventeen-year-old Muriel Cowa floral parade as queen from her th Roses float in the Pasadena, Cal., N: Press Photo) EXECUTED LONDON, Dec. 29—A report from Warsaw to the Sunday Express de- clares that Leonid Nicolaieff, assas- sin of Sergei Kiroff, and 13 of ais companions, have been executed in the Leningrad prison Nicolaleff faced his executioner The dispatch said each man was Southwest storm warnings have put to death by a separate mem- in Oregon and Washington, Rescuers saved eight persons from snow traps in the high Sierra Nevadas in California and are pre- pared for other possible calls for aid. —— e ——— ~Corn Record Claimed { |been ordered posted at all seaports per of a special firing squad from V. M. GARKEEK PASSES AWAY SEATTLE, Dec. %5.—Vivian Mor- LAFAYETTE, Ind—A new state gan Carkeek, aged 55, son of the obk a_T;li ) attempted to tow the Uswerth to International Ne photo. MENT OF ROSES n will preside over the celebrated rone on the official Tournament of lew Year's Day classic. (Associated AUTO SKIDS: KIDDIES DIE COLFAX, Wash., Dec. 29.— Two children, aged 7 and 9 years, were killed outright and two others were |injured in an auto accident north |of here. They were the children of Mr. and Mrs. E. Nichols, of Moscow, Idaho. ‘The automobile in which they | were riding skidded on’ the snow covered highway and overturned The two injured children may die Ruth, aged 3, has a fractured skull A boy, Ralph, aged 4, suffered se- vere cuts and internal bruises. > Social Center Aided CEDARTOWN, Ga. — A social center here has had.two buildings contributed by Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer, {record on a yield of 1826 bushels famous pioneer, Morgan J. Carkeek, of New York, one costing $50,000 of corn per acre is being claimed is dead after a 3-day illness. He and the other $35,000. The center had games of 279, 258 and 258 for |either gmntfy in the near future|by Harold Pankop in DeKalb coun- was a member of the University of an average of 265. is not believed likely. ty, Indiana, Washington's first law class of 1901. is sponsored by the Methodist Epis- copal Chureh, f Seventeen Lives = taken from a Halifax, but was forced to cut KOHLKEPP WINS | C.OF C,CONTEST FOR CHRISTMAS |Walter Bathe Decoration| Judged Second of Residences | | f To Mr. and Mrs. George Kohl-| | hepp has been awarded the Juneau | Chamber of Commerce’s first prize of seven dollars for the most beau- imm outdoor Christmas display in | residential districts this season, ac- cording to an announcement made by the special committee to whom was entrusted the task of judg- ing the city's decorations. | The Christmas tree in the Kohl- hepp yard at Fourth and Gold Streets, is not only perfectly form- ed, with heavy foliage and of a good size, but the decorations are most complete. Vari-colored electric lights and a profusion of tinsel and baubles are used to create a most pleasing effect that does not fail to arrest the attention of passers- by. | Second prize, five dollars, went to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bathe, whose home just north of the up- | per Gold Creek bridge is gaily dec- orated with a brilliantly lighted tree standing in front of the porch | {on which is suspended a wreath | of colored lights and evergreens. Far up on the hillside near | Fourth and Kenendy streets, the illuminated tree of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hendrickson drew the third prize of three dollars. Its lights formed a perfect triangle, giving it a striking setting against the hill. Light Company Wins Only one prize, ten dollars, was allotted for the best decorated business house, and this went to the Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. The long marquee fronting the office and salesroom is lined with festoons of colored lights and ever- greens, and above the entrance is an illuminated painting depicting Santa’s reindeer dash over the frozen hills, Nearly every business house deco- rated its premises for the holidays, and much artistry was shown. Juneau's home owners went to considerable effort and expense in trimming their yards this Christ- mas season, and the committee ex- perienced considerable difficulty in determining the relative merits of the displays. Every section of the city was represented. Up in the Seatter Tract, George Rice draped electric lights artisti- cally over a spruce tree in his front ABROGATION OF PACTANNOUNCED BY JAPAN GOVT. Historic Moment Takes Place in Washington During Today SAITO GIVES NOTE TO SECY. OF STATE | Foreign Ambassador Makes Final Plea for Arma- ment Equality WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— { Japan tas scrapped the W3 ington Naval Treaty and calls once more for a new pact which will give that ration equality and wipe cut “of- fensive weapons of war.” The historic moment the world was awaiting for came when Ambassador Hirosi Sai- to stepped into the State De- partment today and handed Secretary of State Cordell {Hull the fermal notice that after December 31, 1936, Jap- an ‘wodld net-he bound by a treaty which gives her the short end of the 5-5-3 ratio. Ambassador Saito express- ed the hope that a new treaty will be agreed upon within the next two years. Japan, the Ambassador said, is willing to discard half of her navy if a “common Imaximum limit” for the Unit- ed States, Great Britain and {Japan is established. Ambassador Saito said he not at all anxious about the sibility of a naval race. “The people concerned are intelligent and their governms are rational,” said the Ambassadior. “No one wishes to engage in dam- aging naval building competition. Claims Demands Fair “It is our firm relief that when other powers, appreciating the es- sential fairness of Japan's claims, will consent to make sweeping re~ ductions in the fighting strength along the lines proposed by our Government, then a full measure of security will be afforded all Ppowers through elimination of any possible menace from one another and enduring peace will b2 esiab- lished upon a solid basis.” was pos- WAY IS NOW OPEN FOR UNRESTRICTED BUILDING WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — The abrogation of the Washington Nav- al Treaty leaves the way open for unrestricted naval building by ihe United States, Great Britain, France, (Continued on Page Six.) NOT T0 TALK BEHIND BACKS OF AMERICANS Great Britain and Japan Not to Hold Extended Naval Discussions LONDON, Dec. 29.—Great Britain and Japan have abandoned any plans to hold extended naval dis- cussions after the American dele- gates sailed home today. There will be informal chats between the Jap- anese and British after departure of the Americans, but no formal discussions. Early reports were that Japan and Great Britain would attempt vard. and his neighbor above, C. A. Bloxham, designed an illuminated | star, with trimmings, that makes (Continued on Page Three) to arrive at some sort of an un- derstanding between themselves af- ter the Americans had left London. _ | following the breakdown of the tri- power naval discussions,