The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1935, Page 1

VOL. XLVII,, NO. 7152. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1935. DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ATIONS TAKE INVENTORY OF ARMS COMPROMISE ON BONUS SEEN BY SPEAKER BYRNS House Chieftjl Forecasts Bill that Will Be Favor- able to Administration WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Speak- er Joseph W. Byrns said he saw the possibility of a compromise bonus bill being worked out that would be acceptable to the Admin- istration. The House Speaker repeated the hope that the bonus would be dis- posed of early in the coming ses- sion in order to smooth the path for other legislation and adjourn- ment in ‘\‘Iay ->ee— - STUDENTS IN CHINA STAGE AN UPRISING Go Th rougl’n——l'invtanglemen(s and Police Cordons te Hold Meeting SHANGHAI, Dec. 24.—Thousands singing, shouting students des- cended on the north railroad station today and forced their way through the barbed wire entanglements and police cordons and held a huge mass meeting as a protest against the North China autonomy. The student throng pledged sup- porf for their comrades who took possession of the terminal in a coup yesterday and paralyzed railway traf- fic while demanding free transporta- tion to Nankmg to present proLest& THREATS FIGURE IN QUIZ OVER of : 1 Mrs. Bra:iley Passes Away in | San Francisco FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 24.—Mrs. Virginia Shearer Brad- ley, aged 92, civic worker of a ploneer family, died here yester- day. She was the mother of Pres- ident Philip R. Bradley, of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining | Company, at Juneau, Alaska. Two other children, 13 grand- children and three great grand- children survive. JUDGE REFUSES HALL RETRIAL; SETS SENTENGE Defense Gives Notice of Ap- peal Peggy Paulos Sues for Annulment PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Dec. 24 —Judge H. G. Sutton has refused a new trial and sentenced Leo Hall to hang in the state prison not less than 30 nor more than 90 days from this date for the Eriands Point mass mur- | der Peggy Peterson Paulos, acquitted co-defendant, filed suit in Seattle to have her marriage to Larry Paulcs held on burglary charges, annul'e The complaint said she wed Paulos not knowing her previous divorce was not final. PACIFIC COAST FREIGHT TIEUP -~ YET UNBROKEN Labor Relations Board Ad- journs Until Dec. 26— 24 Ships Tied Up } SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.—Post- ‘ponemem. of peace efforts until |after Christmas assured the tieup of 24 Pacific Coast freighters at least another 48 hours. Hearings of two Labor Relations STARS DEATH Men Tell Grand Jury Ot Ef" Nmeteen vessels lost their crews fOl’tS to Intlmlda!e Them ilnst week in dispubes over the . length of the work day and over- in Thelma Todd Case Boards adjourned until December \nme pay. The others are idle be- cause operators refused to granty winch-drivers’ demands for increas- | LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24—Alex- 4 pay. ander Hounie, head waiter at the restaurant where Thelma Todd at- | tended her last Hollywood party, told the grand jury investigating the case today, of threats against his life if he testified. Jerry Cum- mings, proprietor of a Christmas tree lot at Santa Monica, who said he had seen Miss Todd on Sunday, December 15, supposedly the day of ypw yORK, Dec. 24—Imported foe “actigpy. QARG AMC" Be had +bar silver for commercial use de-| heen taredioned, PE- Mg mmel, And clined another cent an ounce today §od gk 50 say an‘ythmg.‘ 4 to 49% cents, the lowest price since| The grand jury is continuing the September 27, 1934, H probe of the mysterious death a & % week ago. The film star was found seated in her automobile dead and bleeding from the mouth. _ALIBI FROWNED ON | | BY JUDGE;MAN HELD; AT 3'500’Unfl‘me City Club Saturday night, after | he had previously been ejected, wear- WASHINGTON, Dec 24.—Express- | mg a large army pistol and a cart- | ing the belief that 3.500.000 is the ridge belt. He was disarmed by Pro- | accurate estimate of able bodied per- | prietor Sam Gazaloff and arrested \ sons in need, President Roosevel: |by city police. said today the four billion dollar | Sokoloff claimed he was carrying work fund, designed to take care of |the firearms as protection against them, would care for no more than | bears he might encounter on his re- that number. If there is more than |turn to the camp. the figure he gave, the President in- Julius Aquino, Filipino, was ar- dicated it would mean the fund raigned on a charge of flourishing a would not be large enough to go knife in the Rainier Club last night, around. land bond was set at $100. Alex Sokoloff, CCC worker, was 1ed $50 today by acting U. S. Com- missioner M. E. Monagle on a charge of flourishing firearms in public. Sokoloff pleaded guilty to entering [}[]I_[] WEATHER 'Hearing Set to Determm e - SNOW BLANKET - GOVERS NATION [Wave Extends Over Great- er Part of United States Today i —— e CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 24.—In most of the United States today there, was cold weather and also a blanket of snow. The wave extended Canadian Rockies south to the Atlantic Coast. Light flurries continued in most parts of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys. An exceptionally severe cold wave is expected to advance into Minne- sota and Wxsconsln wmght THREE PERSONS DIE IN PUGET SOUND STORM Ramswept S treets Claim i Lives of Teacher, Truck- Driver and Pedestrian | SEATTLE, Dec. 24.—Three persons were killed on the rain-swept streets | within two hours last night. ‘ Mrs. Emma J. Patterson, substitute | teacher, was hit by a truck while | waiting for a street car. \ Emil J. Dunbar, of Auburn, w: crushed by a load of steel shifting on his truck as he braked to avoid | hitting a roadster. An unidentified negro was hit and from and eaav. ‘killed by an automobile. BLOW INRING | KILLS FIGHTER PROVO, Utah, Dec. 24. — John C()omes, aged 17, of Springville, Utah, died this morning in a hos- pital as the result of a basal frac- ture received in a boxing contest at a resort near here last night. No action has beep taken against his opponent, Lou Petro, of Provo, | Utah. If Alaska Coal Producer: Guffey Measure, Come Under ¢ |in the measure and will be penalize. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24— Th | National Bituminous Coal Commis- cion has notified Delegate Anthony J. Dimond that a hearing will be held jen January 13 to determine if Alaska coal producers are under the Guffey Coal Act. Delegate Dimond said the Com- miszion has not determined but the Internal Revenue Bureau has ruled that Alaekan operators are included EXTRA POLICE ARE TO GREET ~ COL. LINDBERGH Specnal De!all Will Be on Dock at Liverpool to Meet Americans LONDON, Dec. 24. British authorities disclosed that extra po- lice will patrol the docks at Liver- pool when Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh and his family arrives from the United States, reported to be seeking a sanctuary from threats of kidnaping his small son John. Otherwise, officials said, the Lind- berghs will be assured of the same| | protection as any other visitor to England ROBT. LOREINE DIES. LONDON {Famous English Actor, Pio- neer Flier, Military Hero Passes Away LONDON, Dec. 24. — Robert Loreine, famous actor and pioneer flier . and British military hero, died last night following an opera- tion. He had completed nearly 60 years of life of glamorous adven- tures. He had’ created and played over 50 roles on the stage, was a machine, gunner in the Boer War and made the first flight across the Irish Sea in 1910. if they fail to pay the 15 percent tax. Delegate Dimond said the matter | hinges on whether Alaska is defined | as being included in the term “United States.” He said in the original Re- construction Finance Corporation Act, Alaska was excluded and he be- lieves the same will rule in the Guf- fey Coal Act. FEDERAL MEN ' DECLARE MANY . JAILS UNSAFE |44 Per Cen& -LOCal Lock- ups About Country Con- demned by U. S. Forces WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. — United States prison inspectors, seeking lock ups to hold Federal prisoners, con- demned 44 per cent of the local jails visited as unifit and unsafe, Sanford Bates, director of the Bureau of Pris ons, revealed today. A total of 1,273 of the 2,894 jails inspected by the men were barred from housing Fed- eral prisoners, he said. PATGOTOFLY, - SEATTLE TRIP | The Alaska Air Transport plane flown by Sheldon Simmons is sched- uled to take off for Seattle as soon as the weather permits. Mrs. Sim- mons will accompany her husband on the round trip and Bob Haley will be a passenger to Seattle for a vaca- tion. In Seattle the plane will undergo a major overhaul in preparation for next season's work. Pilot Bimmons planned to leavé Juneau yesterday but was held here by high winds, and will probably be unable to leave to- | tWO robbers kidnaped and disrobed cinity, beginning at 4 pm., day because of Snow. him. December 24: Cloudy tonight Tl /| Ak e, Weber was beaten before forced d Wednesds ssibly s > an ‘ednesday. possibly snow In addition to municipal and other | to Temove his clothing in a school| = flurries; fresh Lo strong east- | | LAST DAY FOD public marriage agencies, there are | yard. || erly winds. ] /~6 13 private agencies operating in To- The robbers escaped with $34) | I — kyo. HUNDREDS OF l ,Her;ng Running | First Time, Ten | Years, at Ketchlknn KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 24, | —The first commercial hauls of | herring in the harbor here in ten 1 | years have been made by fisher- ! men. The herring are of good | auality and some catches were | made within 200 feet of the dock. SOVIET UNION 'WARNSOFHER NAVY STRENGTH |Observers See Latest An- ed Threat | | | MOSCOW, Russia, Dec. 24. — The | Soviet Union, in a thinly disguised warning to Germany and Japan, an- |nounced today its submarine and | destroyer fleets have been made {four times their former size in the | past four years and the Coast Guard | |increased a thousand per cent | ‘The statement bristled with em- {phasis on Russia’s undersea power A 0 the Pacific and the Baltic and | appeared to foreign observers par- | ticularly significant, coming on the heels of the alleged threat by Japan | in Manchoukuo to invade outer Mon - golia, - PRISONERS T0 CONTINUE HUNT CANFREEDOM FOR LOST BOAT KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 24, en aboard, the lighthouse |tender Hemlock and Coast Guard Cutters Cyane and Alert continued | the hunt today for Ernest V. Evan- san, lighthouse keeper swept to sea —_— |in a small boat Sunday CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 24, — The| Heavy seas and icy gales battered | | Christmas spirit has touched Gov- | the ships as they kept up the search | ernors and Parole Boards in 18|off Cape Decisidn. Lighthouse head- | States and new leases on life have|quarters here reported they received | been or will be given to more than|word from the ships that the crews | (;ovemors,VParole Boards Filled with Christ- mas Spirit | 1,000 men now behind penitentiary | believed there was slight hope Evan- nouncement as Veil- | V | HULIDAYS FIND WARLIKE SPIRIT HOLDING SWAY [ Christmas Sees Lurope Rife with Fear of New Hostilities ‘BUY ITALIAN’ SPURS SHOPPERS IN ROME Losses Heavy in Temblrn | Battle — Ethiopians Invade Eritrea LONDON, Dec. 24.—Italy’s de- rmined pursuit of the war in Ethicpia and the League's no less determined efforts to halt the conflict converted Christmas cel- ebrations into a day of inventory of arms. Great Britain continued to sound out members of the League of Na- tions regarding armed support in event of hostilities. Meanwhile, Turkey is wpurwd to be asking France’s consent to the fortification of The Dardanelles, which was demilitarized after the World War. SHOPPERS “BUY ITALIAN" ROME, Dec. 24, — Eleventh-hour Christmas shoppers in Rome found o spirit to “Buy Italian” upper- most in every store. Trade was ex- -eedingly heavy, as buyers joined in the retaliation move against the punitive economic siege waged by the League. Italy’s northern army made slow and difficult progress through the hostile western Tembrirn sector. Italian reports from the front said that Sunday's clash in Tembirn re- sulted in the deaths of more than 600 Ethiopians and the wounding of 1,000, ERITREA INVADED ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 24 —Uncon-~ firmed reports reaching here state that the northern Ethiopian forces {have captured Adi Quala, ten miles { walls. }Ions boat rode out the stormy seas,{within Eritrean territory, and 50 Five hundred of those to be freed and, if it had, Evanson probably miles south of Asmara, principal are going home to play Santa Claus| would be overcome hv exposure. eity in Il.uly 's East African mlom to their Iamuies } - > dering a fellow worker after a jury | SHIP SCALERS APATHY RULES (OLMSTEAD GETS ACQUITTED IN STOCK MARKET CHRISTMAS BIFT SEVEN MINUTES - NEW. YORK, Dec. Z«-—Yu]emde1 SEATTLE, [)m 24 —~Roy Olm- apnv.hy ruled the Stock Market ses- | stead, convicted king of the Pacifie n today but selective buying lift- | Northwest rum runners in prohibi- ed a number of issues to new five- | tion days, 10 years ago. received Men Accused Of Pushing vear peaks. Motors, steels and spec- | full unconditional pardon and re- ialties were in principal demand.| storation of his civil rights from Fellow Worker Out Second | scattered profit taking on a whole | President Roosevelt today, remit S[Ol‘ 1 W did little damage. Today's close | ting $8,000 fine and costs of $2,287 y Window Freed | it \ oI g, SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24.—Four | :hip scalers were acquitted of mur- CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine| stock today is 14%, American Can| 136'%, American Power and Ligh 18%, Anaconda 29%, Bethlehem Steel accused of pushing Vincent Torres, 50%, General Motors 56 Interna- scaler, out of a second story window | tional Harvester 60':, *Kelvinator during a fight at a meeting last Sep- | 14%, Kennggott 284, Simmons Beds tember. [18%, United Corporation 6%, Unit- The defense contended he leaped. | ad States Steel 46%, Pound $4.927 ven thousand waterfronters truck for a half hour last Friday in | protest against the trial —— Man Kidnaped, Beaten Forced to Disrobe, Is ? 2 Dead, Result Exposure' " i The Weather By the U. S. Weather Bureau | Forecast for Juneau and vi- 'RHEINLANDER HAS HOLIDAY BREW ON JUNEAU MARKETS Louis A. Delebecque, agent for Rheinlander beer in the Juneau dis- trict, reports excellent sales of “Hol- iday Brew,” a special, dark, German- type beer, distributed by the Seattle |Malting and Brewins Company dur- ing the holiday period eac hyear, and states that‘Holiday Brew"” is now on tap at local dispensaries. The DOW, pottled product. is put up in speec- 14152, ja11y designed holiday cases and bears bright holiday labels, suifible for gift purposes. deliberated only seven minutes las! night. Francisco Jiminez, Archie Brown, Natilio Vallie and Julio Canales wer: DOW, JONES AVERAG | The following are today | Jones averages: industrials | ralls 39.58, utilities 28.52 - LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 24— John F. Weber, aged 65, operator of a liquor store, died today as the result of shock and exposure after taken from Weber.