The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 18, 1935, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7146. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1935. ~ PRICE TEN CENTS FRA BUSINESS FOR CHRISTMAS IS UP OVER LAST YEAR 10 Per Cent Gain Noted by Merchants—20 Per Cent Over 1933 NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—A na- tion-wide survey by the Na- tional Retail Dry Goods Asso- ciation indicates retail Christ- mas sales have increased 10 per cent over last year for the first half of December. Based | on telegraphic reports from merchants’ representatives in various cities, the increase vir- tually will be equivalent to a 20 per cent improvement over 1933 for the same period. The Association predicts a $4,400,000,000 retail business for the meonth. - ee— SPECIALTIES ON EXCHANGE MOVE UPWARD Recent Stock Leaders Neg-| lected—Metals Sag as | Silver Declines : NEW YORK, Dec. 18—Indefinite trends generally ruled the Stock | Market today although several spe- | cialties moved up from fractions to one point or more. f Many recent leaders were entirely | neglected. A few metals sagged with-! the falling of silver prices. Today's close was steady. | | CLOSING PRICES TODAY ! NEW YORK, Dec. 18—Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14'2, American Can 132, American Power and Light 8, Ana- | conda 27'%, Bethlehem Steel 46%,| General Motors 54'2, International | Harvester 60%, Kelvinator 13%, Ken- necott 28, Simmons Beds 18%, United | orporation 612, United Foundries no sale, Pound $4.92%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES' The following are today’s Dow,‘ Jones averages: Industrials 140.10, | rails 40, utilities 28.20. \ INTO EFFECT IN. CHINA PROVINCE Inauguration Held in Secret —Student Protests Are Quelled PEIPING, Dec. 18—The semi- autonomous political council of North China Provinces Hopeh and Chahar went into operation over the opposition of ,demonszra.ungl anti-Japanese students. The inauguration was held with the utmost secrecy as a precau- tion against further protests. New student outbreaks were late today smothered by police, which stationed heavy guards at the en- trances to all universities and cut telephone lines in connection with schools. Authorities meanwhile refused re- lease to scores of students jailed as demonstrators, despite the request of five university chancellors, who recommended leniency. THREE MOTHERS DIEIN COLLISION Automobile and Oil Tank Truck Crash Headon— ! Children Injured A LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 18— Three mothers were killed and three children injured in a head-on col- lision between an automobile and an | oil tank truck. i The dead are Mrs. Helen Tejam, | Mrs. A. B. Connelly, and Mrs. Mar- Beaury Wins Highést dent . activities, Miss Betty Cocke L 0 Sl B Mk o o s fn recognition of outstanding achievements in scholarship and stu- » A§n’ar7d of Washington, D. C., senior at Sweet Briar college, Sweet Briar, Va., was awarded the most im- portant scholarship given at the school. Republican Wins in Michigan; But Backed by Townsend Group BATTLE CREEK, Michigan, Dec. EXPECT JAPAN TOTURN DOWN BRITISH PLAN e { Naval Conference Sched- " uled to Recess Saturday | ! Until January 5 LONDON, Dec. 18.—Great Bri- | tain's plan for a new naval agree- | ment, reliable sources said Uodl.\"\ iwill be rejected tomorrow by the | Japanese delegation at the Naval Conferen~» Other delegations are | | expected to express opinions on the | | proposal tomorrow or Friday. It is considered likely the con-| | ference will recess Saturday until | January 5 instead of Janucty 2 @s | first planned. GIRL GEADIN | PLUNGE FROM_ * HOTEL WINDOW capital from the middiewest in ‘Police Investigate Whether Pushed or Committed | Suicide After Party | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 18. ,—An auburn-haired woman, tenta: THRONG GREETS SANTA CLAUS ON- VICTORIA More than 1,000 Juneau Children, Several Hun nta- | | tively identified as Olga Steck; for< | | mer Broadway show girl, was killed | {in a 12+story plunge from a hotel { window. " | ~An investigation is undeWway’ ‘., | determine whether she was pushed | through the window or committed | suicide after a drinking party. | Police have been asked to appre- hend a man registering from Los }Angeles a month ago and a middle- aged couple who left the party some | time before MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Winnie Mae, the late Wiley Post's record setting globe-girdling plane being pushed into the Smith gonian Institute in Washington, D. C., where it will be preserved for posterity. It was taken to the a box car. (Associated Press Photo) Contract fornlr(j() Afn;y Plfifies | 'PROPOSALS OF Is Let; Ire of Senator Arousedi GAME OFFICERS i WASHINGTON, Dec. 18— The | War Department has awarded a con- | REVEALED HERE | tract totaling $2,065,000 for one hun- | !drod planes and spare parts, equiva- | lent to 15 mor> ships, to the North- rop Corporation of Inglewood, Cali- fornia. The planes will have a top speed of 250 miles an hour, will carry a two- ! man crew, have four fixed and one flexible machine gun racks, four large | | or 20 small bombs, also chemical dis- | tributing equipment. Immediately it was announced that | the contract had been awarded, Sen- |atorial condemnation at the “mad | | Wild Life Conserva- tion Measures Four recommendations of import- ance in the conservation or Al- | askan wild life weve passed by the Alaska Game Commission, which adjourned this week after its elev- enth annual session here. The {Commission Decides on! 18.—Verner W. Main, Republican | nomine#, with the combined support |of his Party organization and the | backing of the Townsend Old Age | Pension group, won the Third Michi- gan Congressional seat by a 2 to 1 majority. Main received 24,686 and his Dem- ocratic opponent, Howard W. Cava- naugh, received a vote of 11342, while E.G. Kiefer, Farmer Laborite, polled only 397 votes. Referring to the support received by the pension advocates, Main said: FEDERAL WORK REVIEWED BY N.EC. MEETING Officials Convene for Ses- sion of Emergency Council Here the fatal plunge. DISSENSION IN 'MILNE SEARCH HAMPERS CASE Investigators Still Divided The National Emergency Council convened today in the House of Rep- sion of the work of various federal ! agencies and means for closer co- lordination of their activities. John E. Pegues, Territorial Direc- tor of the NEC, presided over the session, which was attended by heads | of all federal and territorial depart- ments. Each submitted a brief re- | port of the work of his agency since the advent of the Roosevelt Admin- istration, and a general discussion of the emergency program and other | governmental work followed. Summary Prepared The findings of today's meeting will be compiled into an all embrac- !ing summary of the Alaska adminis- istration, according to Pegues, a copy | {of which will be sent to Frank C.| Walker, Director of the National | Emergency Council. i Out-of-town officials who are at- {tending the meeting include Dewey | L. Knight, Divisional Director of the ! Immigration Service, and Walter C Dibrell, Superintendent of Light- yhouse Servce, both of Ketchkan. Many Attend Meet | | Others at the session today were: | ‘Gov. John W. Troy, Harry Watson, | Secretary to the Governor; Ike Tay- | {lor, Chief Engineer of the Alaska | Road Commission; George A. Parks, | | District Cadastral Engineer; Well- man Holbrook, Assistant Regional Forester; M. D. Williams, District | Engineer of the Bureau of Public | Roads; H. W. Terhune, Executive Of- | ficer of the Alaska Game Commis- | jcion; Howard J. Thompson, Associate Meteorologist of the Weather Bu- reau; Donald S. Haley, Bureau of Fisheries Warden; B. D. Stewart, Territorial Commissioner of Mines; James J. Connors, Collector of Cus-| toms; M. S. Whittier, Assistant Col lector; William A. Holzheimer, Unit- ed States Attorney; Charles E. Nagh- el, Accountant in Charge for the Treasury Department; Edward W. Griffin, Secretary of Alaska; O. S. Sullivan, Territorial Representative Internal Revenue Bureau; E. L. Bart- | “The Townsend Club endorsed my candidacy after it was under way, | but T entered the race at the urging | of disinterested friends as a candi- | on Theory Whether Kid- naped or Missing dred Adults Visit | Hundreds of children—and many | adults—thronged the Pacific Coast | Dock to welcome Santa Claus and his !emertalners when the Christmas | Ship Vietoria of the Alaska Steam- | ship Company arrived here last "nlght, Santa Claus, enacted by Poi- | nier, former Chief Steward of the | Cordova, and several assistants from | the steward’s department, distributed | candy, apples, oranges and toys to | the children, and a reception com- mittee headed by Art Stewart, dis- {pensed Christmas cheer to the adult | guests. A group of artists under the direc- orgy of war preparations” zoomed in- |to public attention. | United States Senator Lynn J.| Frazier, Republican of North Dakota, in a radio address scoffed at pre- parations and declared they were pointing the country toward bank- | ruptcy. He demanded a halt on the | billion dollar appropriation for the Army and Navy Defense system. The hew planes will have a 20,000- | | foot fighting ceiling, 8 hour flying | | range, and cruising speed of 220 miles an hour. recommendations were revealed to- day in a report issued by Executive Officer Hugh W. Terhune. The commission again adopted a resolution asking the Advisory Board of the Migrtory Bird Treaty Act under the Department of Agr culture to divide Alaska into three zones for separate open seasons on migratory birds. The zones recom- mended are in harmony with the requests of sportsmen, sportsmen’s associations and Chambers of Com- date of no group or faction. In the critical session of Congress which is ahead, I shall give my best efforts to representing all peaple of the dis- trict on the various issues of both do- mestic and foreign policy that may arise.” PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.—Goy- | Hon of Miss Ida Dillon, leader of the ernment agents and police who are | Victoria’s orchestra, and Ken Cross, searching two cities for the vanished | Master of ceremonies, provided en- Caleb Milne, Jr., scion of a prom- | tertainment aboard the ship, and also inent Philadelphia family, who dis- | Went on the air at station KINY for | appeared last Sunday, look for a | break shortly. | Investigators are divided on the 115 minutes. ] More than a thousand children and several hundred adults were en- Main succeeds Henry M. Kinball, | theory that the youth was kidnaped. 1 tertained aboard the Christmas Ship Republican, who died on October 18. - - Washington to Pass On A. J. Mine Matter, Director Hope Says SEATTLE, Dec. 18.—Charles H. Hope, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board, said here today that the entire matter of the complaint filed by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union against the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company had been placed be- fore the chief counsel at Wash- ington, C. P. Fahy, for guidance because it is the first case in a Territory. “We believe the board has jurisdiction because the mine ships products out of Alaska to the States, although the company contends it is not en- gaged in interstate commerce,” Mr. Hope said. - e President, Didat;irj Venezuela, Is Dead; Successor Is Named CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 18.— Gen. Juan Vincente Gomez, aged 72, President and the nation’s dictator,' died late yesterday. The National Cabinet has named Gen. Eleager Lo- pez Contreras, Minister of War, as Provisional President. Hawkesworth, Ohief of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska; Mrs. Marie Drake, Deputy Commissioner of Ed- garet Gibbs, each about 50 yegrs of {lett, Assistant Director, Federal ucation, and J.R. Elliott, Disbursing Housing Administration; Charles W.|Clerk for the Treasury Department. almost impossible to elect or re-elect age. | Federal men sped to and from the mansion of his grandfather. ifamily is preparing to pay ran- | som. fi‘Mercy»l‘;lim e Made in Interior }By Joe Crosson | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 18. | —Joseph k. Crosson made a merey flight to McGrath yester- day for Joseph Willis, trapper at | Pitka Fork, who had frozen his { feet. Willis was taken to Mc- Grath by dog team and Crosson flew to McGrath and brought Willis here for medical treat- ment in response to a radio mes- sage. Little word came from within the | | house except for & denial that the | | 1ast night, according to C. L. O'Neil, official “counter.” In Ketchikan a total of about one thousand guests— including nearly 800 children—visit- |ed the ship. The Victoria arrived at Ketchikan during schoel hours and | the school children were accompan- |ied aboard the ship by their teach- | ers, who were given boxes of candy. | O'Neil sent 18 boxes of chocolates | ashore here for distribution to local | school teachers. About 200 visitors | boarded the ship at Wrangell at mid- | night, and approximately 300 guests were entertained at an early morn- |ing party in Petersburg | For Juneau Children Chief Steward W. C. Hubbard, who considers the Victoria his home, hav- ing 'spent the last 11 years aboard the vessel, reported that more than |12 boxes of oranges and 18 boxes of | (Continued on Page Seven) By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) Viewed from any angle, the mass- ing of business opposition to Presi- dent Roosevelt is a matter of prime interest politically, as well as eco- nomically. Politics always is uncertain, but at least interesting possibilities can b [scandal benefiting the other side.| New Attitude of Business Seen as Important Factor ‘ in Race for Presidency | merce of the several sections af- RA0ET 1, ) % fected. The commission has further ‘urged that all possible considera- N | | tion be given to the duck hunter of Alaska in the matter of other regulations pertaining to the shoot- ing season of 1936. ! Experts Requested |~ The services of one or more ex- KIDNAP GASE‘P““ wolf and coyote trappers in Alaska have been requested by the v el game officials and full information Does Not Believe Lindbeyghjmncemmx the increasing damage nflicted on valuable forms of wild- T Has Reall | inflicted luable f t wild ra%ejy S(a)ls ja ¥ life by these animals in Alaska is en Ve being brought forcibly to the at- | tention of Federal authorities in | TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 18.—Gov. | the hope that adequate funds may | Harold 'G. Hoffman said today he is|be obtained for controlling these satisfied that the Lindbergh baby | Predators. | kidnaping and murder is not fully Provided that they are not se- solved but said he has never ex- riously depleted by a severe winter, | pressed any element of doubt as to | the commission has recommended Bruno Hauptmann's guilt. another short open season on the | “Hauptmann stands guilty as con- |deer which were transplanted in | victed by the court,” said Gov. Hoff- | Prince William Sound Islands from man, “but no state official is war- | Southeast Alaska in 1916. The bag | ranted in thinking an ultimate so- limit of one buck and other fea- lution has been reached. However, | tures of last season’s. shooting for 'r.he books are closed.” | that section are to remain in ef- | fect. No changes are recommended AGAINST CLEMENCY for the shooting of deer in South- NEW YORK, Dec. 18—The Eve- east Alaska. ning Journal says today that six of | Muskrat Closed Season the eight members of the New Jersey In response to requests from local Court of Pardons are firmly opposed | residents, muskrats in the Golovin to granting clemency to Hauptmann. | Bay drainage are being given the The Journal says this poll of the benefit of a closed season, while |court was taken by Gov. Hoffman’s the season for the taking of white | aides. foxes on St. Lawrence Island has | . | been extended an additional thirty : | days. Various other regulations on | Czechoslovakia Has il \ : A ; New Chief Executive fur-bearers favorably affecting trap- pers throughout Alaska have been a President over a determined and| wisely-directed opposition by organ-| has heen elected President of the | ized business. From that the Demo- crats may take warning Another is that the bringing to- gether of powerful business organi- zations for political action usually re- | sults in extravagant campaign spend- ing, and is likely to culminate in a recommended to become effective PRAHA, Dec. 18—Eduard Benes July 1, 1936 The vast destruction of wildlife Republic of Czechoslovakia by the by raging forest fires in Bristol | National Assembly. He succeeds Dr.' Bay and in certain interior sections Thomas G. Masaryk, who resigned of Alaska was discussed and steps | last Saturday at the age of 85 taken which it is hoped may lead TR to adequate control measures be- RETURNING TO CORDOVA ing placed in effect. Representatives Presiding as the new Chairman Mrs. Norman Brown, wife of the predicated on the lessons of politi- |The Republicans may learn from news editor of the Cordova Daily jat the meeting was Irving McK. cal history. One lesson of the past is that it is that. One way or the other, it is not im- (Continued oL Page Seven) [Times, is returning to the Copper Reed of Fairbanks, senior member | City on the Victoria after a vacation '~ 1m the states. (Continued on Page Two) CO-BRITISH PEACE PLAN FAILS GREAT POWERS SAY PROPOSAL 1S DEAD ISSUE Formula for Settling Ethio- pian War Frowned on by League Delegates MUSSOLINI DEFIANT IN ROME ADDRESS Italian Leader Challenges Egoism and Hypocrisy in Fiery Speech at Home GENEVA, Dec. 18—Great Britain has practically abandon- ed the Franco-British peace plan in the League of Nations coun- cil. Ethiopia has indicated she would not accept it anyway. An- theny Eden, British representa- tive, said his government would not stay with the plan unless Ethiopia, Italy and the League all accepled it. The Council adjourned indefi- nitely today to await definite replies from Italy and Ethiopia. GENEVA, Dec. 18 Franco- British formula for settling the Ethi~ opian war was described today as dead by representatives of Europe's great powers, The declaration follow~ ed conferences between Anthony Eden, British minister on Leagues of Nations affairs, and Russian, Spanish and Turkish members as the League council gathered today to consider the plan among other problems, The Italian delegation ‘announced Italy {would not be represented at the ses- sion he Hurls Defy In Rome, Mussolini, again aggres- |sive and belligerent, defied Europe to |stop his campaign, terming Europe | crooked. The Itallan Premier assert- {ed Italy would fight to the end for | her rights, and delivered a challenge {to egoism and hypocrisy in a Faith | Day address | As women including the Queen do- |nated wedding rings to the nation, Ethiopia sent a note to the League |rejecting the peace proposals. | o ! CLAIM BIG VICTORY ROME, Dec. 18.—The Italian gov- ernment announced today its North Ethiopian army had defeated the Ethiopians in a three-day battle along the Tahkaze river, killing 500 warriors. - e —— RETURN TRIP, " CLIPPER SHIP, HELD UP, GALE Typhoon Repon-'led Sweep ing Out of China Sea —Flight Delayed MANILA, Dec. 18.—~The officials of the Pan-American Airways an- nounce a typhoon is sweeping out of the China Sea and this will delay the departure of the Philippine Clip- per on the return voyage from Ma- nila to the mainland. The Clipper | was scheduled to start on the return flight Thursday but this has been postponed for 24 hours at least. R Walks Against Auto, Is Hurled To His Death SEATTLE, Dec. 18—John T. Ellis, aged 72 years, walked against the side of a passing auto and was hurled to his death. Charles Crawford, of Friday Harbor, and Carl Bower, tran- sient pedestrian, were hit by au- tomobiles and fatally injured.