The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1936, Page 1

e SRR —— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7159. “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936. ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ PRICE TEN CENTS CONGRESS TO RECONVENE TOMORROW ETHIOPIA NOW GETTING ANGRY AT WAR MOVES Notice Served on League of Nations Regarding Reprisals GENEVA, Jan. 2—Ethiopia serv- ed notice today on the League of Nations she will retaliate by seizing all Italian property unless TItaly abandons her alleged outlaw war methods. The Ethiopian warning 2lso said that country would refrain from reprisals entailing inhuman | treatment of Italian soldiers. [ MEET RESISTANCE { ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 2.—The first ‘ major Ethiopian offensive on the northern front since the start of hostilities is encountering serious | set-backs, authoritative sources here disclosed today. | An official silence enfolded the; troop movements, but War Minister | Ras Mulugheta is reported to have | launched general attacks against the Italians last Saturday. Informants said they were meeting stern resis- tance. The Ethiopian government termed “an odious lie” the Italian charge that two Fascist aviators who fell at Daggah Bur were decapitated. They said that two natives of Sweden were wounded and 28 Ethiopians killed in the bombing of wne Swedish ambulance unit Monday. | RED CROSS ALARMED GENEVA, Jan. 2—The Interna- tional Committee for the Red Cross today voiced consternation over the bombardment of the Red Cross con- tingent. A spokesman said that the committee is beginning to wonder whether the Red Cross flag is not developing into a symbol of death rather than mercy. AMER, LEAGUE SPENDS MONEY FIGHTING ADM. Nearly $400,E0 Expended F ighted members of the Italian tank corps invading Ethiopia, a6 th ot, with rare vision chose this plump porker, of rations running low. (Associated Press Photo) rupeds in selecting a masc ably hinge on the possibi STOCK PRICES OPENING MEET Profit Taking in Some Is- sues Retards General | Advancement NEW YORK, Jan. 2—Backing and filling flurries characterized the Stock Market today. Various steel, rubbers and spe- cialties tried to give the New Year a bullish reception but profit taking in aircrafts and motors handicapped | the advance. | The close today of the first ses- sion this year was irregular. CLOSING PRICES TODAY [ NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Closing quo- | tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock | today is 15%, American Can 133'%, Criticizing Policy of American Power and Light 8%, An- | New Deal aconda 29'%, Bethlehem Steel 52%, | WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—The AM- General Motors 55%, International | erican Liberty League today reported Harvester 61%, Kelvinator 15%, | expenditures of $389,000 and a bal- Kennecott 29, United Corporation 7, | ance on hand on the first of the year of $94,000. The League listed receipts amount- ing to $483,000. The largest contrib- utors are the DuPont family, who provided $138,000 in loans. The League is the leading New Deal critic. SNOWSTORMS PLAYTAGIN MIDDLEWEST North Central States Blank- eted in Snow—>Storm Due to Move East | CHICAGO, I, Jan. 2. 0 snowstorms today started a cross- country game of tag, whitening the Midwest and promising the East nasty weather. The chase began when rain and squall moved in from the south- west and turned to snow on the " way, covering Michigan, Wisconsin, llinois, Indiana, Missouri and Iowa. The weatherman said it would swirl eastward to blanket the coast of New England. Right behind, due to hit the Midwest tonight, sweeps another storm from the Canadian North- west. SAMUEL RYDER DIES IN HOTEL LONDON, Jan. 2—Samuel Ryder, aged 74, donor of the Ryder Golf United States Steel 49%, Railway 14%, Pound $4.93. Southern | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, | Jones averages: Industrials 144.14, | rails 40.66, utilities 29.73. e, ONE CLEW IS GIVEN, SEARCH MISSING FLIER Army Plane Seen Flying Last Tuesday in Fog Over Gulch SAN JOSE, Cal, Jan. 2.—A report | that a plane, apparently in distress, was seen flying through the fog over Calaveras Canyon last Tuesday | afternoon, has been received in the search for Army Lieut. John T. Helms, missing aviator. The report was made by Gogga Milpitas, ranch- er who gave his information to Sheriff Lyle that he saw the plane. | Lieut. Helms is the boy friend of Toby Wing, film star, and disap- | peared last Tuesday while flyingi from Medford, Oregon, to Marchl Field, near Riverside. | — et — MRS. LOUIS KANN SOUTH FOR WINTER| Mrs. Louis Kann will leave on the Northland for Seattle, where she| will meet her daughter Nancy Ann, | who is attending Seattle College. ‘ After a several weeks' visit with | her daughter and mother, Mrs. Kann will proceed to southern California, Investigation Is - BACK, FILL IN Again Resumed in Death, T@ma Todd Ida Lupino, English Actress, Is First Witness Called Today LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 2.—Ida Lupino, English actress, told the grand jury today that Thelma Todd, recently found dead in her automo- bile in her garage, was given to mor- bid streaks. “Thelma often told my father, Stanley Lupino, she would not care if she got run over by an automo- bile tomorrow, as she did not care about living,” testified Miss Lupino. Miss Lupino was the first witness called as the grand jury resumed the probe into the death of the blonde movie actress. e A.P.TYSONIS DEAD, SEATTLE Former Manager Tanana Valley Railroad Passes Away SEATTLE, Jan. 2—Adam P. Ty- son, aged 62, who managed the Tan- ana Valley Railroad in Alaska from 1906 to 1909, is dead at his home here as the result of a heart ailment aggravated with an attack of prieu- monia. He is survived by a stepson, Tmmett Reinkin, of Yakima, Wash., and a sister, Mrs. Lizzie Taylor, of 1 Scotland. ———o—— GROCER NORRIS SENTENCED FOR 1930 PERJURY Former Rival in Campaign of Senator for Reelection Gets Three Months LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 2.— Grocer George W. Norris, who in 1930 attempted to oppose Senator George W. Norris in his campaign for reelection, was today sentenced to three months in jail and fined $100 for perjury in connection with his testimony before the Senate Investigating Comimittee. — RUDES GOING SOUTH Dr. and Mrs. J. O. Rude and daughter, Audrey, of Petersburg, will tween pro- making her headquarters at Palmleave this month for the states. He P g L. is to take post graduate work at Stanford and his wife and daughter lw‘lll visit in St. Paul. fessionals of the United States and England, died in his room in a hotel here today. |early spring. Springs for the balance of the winter. | She will return to Juneau in the eschewing sundry inedible quad- whose incumbency must inevit- 0 KILLED IN AUTO CRASHES | - ONNEW YEARS Fifteen States, District of Columbia Have Clear Records CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 2.—Statistics assembled here by the Associated Press show that a least 93 persons terday. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia had clear records for no New Year’s Day fatalities. — - - TWENTY PERISH died in automobile accidents yes- | FAGES STUNNER IN WISGONSIN Idaho Man May Have Let Himself Into Squabble, Stal§ Politics By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Jan. Z-—Senator William E. Borah, scarred veteran of so many political fights, may have let himself in for more wounds in allowing himself to be put in {the running for President in the Wisconsin Republican Primaries. There is a strange situation in Wisconsin, long the home of west- ern political liberalism, that could bring about the seemingly paradox- ical result of a defeat for a man who is considered one of the out- standing liberal Republican presi- ntial prospects. Nearly two years ago, the brothers LaFollette, “Phi and “Bob,” running for Governor and Senator, spectively, pulled completely out of the Republican party and formed their own Pro- gressive party. After years of bat- | |tling with conservative Republican elements, they became independent in name as they long had been in spirit. With the formal defection of the La Follettes, scions of the reigning political family in Wisconsin, there went with the brothers a formidable group of liberals, powerful enough to elect both. Thus, the Republican party was left, in the view of ob- servers from that state, dominated in general by relatively conservative elements. SITUATION COMPLICATED The question now is posed; Is it not entirely possible that Senator | Borah, running at the behest of two tate political figures described as Republican stalwarts, will find him- | self hard put in his announced view of getting a Republican convention | “committed to liberal principles?” The faction that once might have been expected to stand generally {with him has left the Republican party; will the relatively conserva- tive wing remaining care to go along with him in his avowed plan 1of torpedoing the conservatives? | Already it has been understood | 1 | that the LaFollettes have no kind feelings for the Republicans, State Senator Nelson and Former State Senator Gettleman, who asked Sen- ator Borah to enter the Wisconsin lists. The incident apparently brings them closer toward the Roosevelt IN FIRES OVER PAST 48 HOURS Conflagrations Scattered’ Over Nation Take Toll of | Lives—Eight Injured CHICAGO, 11, Jan. 2.—Fires and side of the line in the 1936 election. Thus, it creates a situation by which the little block of United States Senate Progressives may walk in different directions again in 1936. Senator Norris, who shares with | Borah the unofficial deanship of Senate Progressives, has made| known at least a tentative intention | to support Mr. Roosevelt. Too, the | Nebraskan is close to Senator La| Follette. On the other hand, such| an explosion left twenty persons dead and eight others injured in scattered parts of the nation. Five died and five others were injured in Buffalo when a cellar gas explosion destroyed a three- story tenement in the Italian | quarter. ‘kmed five persons. In Chicago, one woman and two young daughters burned to death when the woman’s clothing caught fire from an open fireplace. .‘ Two men and a woman, all {negroes, were burned to death in a Joliet, Ill, fire. A rooming house fire in Wash- ington caused the deaths of a wom- an and her son. A man and an elderly Rochester, N. Y., woman died of burns after 10 others were carried to safety in an apartment fire. Two firemen were overcome. A middle-aged negro is near |death in Wilmington from burns received in a residential fire. London Crisis in Silver First Since World War | NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—In 1935, for i the first time since the outbreak of the World War, the London silver market was unable, on December |10, to post a quotation on the white | metal. A crisis occurred when the U. 8. | treasury, for many months the prin- | cipal world buyer of silver, that day | withdrew entirely from the market. Offerings had flooded London deal- ers from the Far East in connection with plans for establishment of managed currencies at Shanghai and Hongkong. | | Three fires in Wilmington, Del,| Progressive leaders as Senators| Frazier and Nye have indicated a| friendly feeling toward Borah as a | ! Republican standard bearer. { IMPORTANT PRIMARIES | At all odds, whatveer happens in Wisconsin will be particularly watched, not alone because of the Borah issue. The state holds its preferential Presidential primaries 1on April 7, at a very early stage an- tedated only by the New Harmp- shire primaries, which fall on March 10. Thus, the outcome in Wisconsin may have a strong psy- chological as well as material im- portance. DIES IN FIRE ATTEMPTING TO - MAKE RESCUES | | | | | Father and Two Daughters Burned to Death n Morning Blaze CHICAGO, 1ll, Jan. 2— Milo K. Miller, aged 28, Federal Reserve Bank guard, and two daughters he tried to save, were burned to death | when fire swept their suburban home early this morning. | Miller carried his wife and small son to safety and then returned in | an attempt to rescue his daughters | I _— e ——— Two miles of acorns were plant- ed at Pratt, Kas., to provide seed- lings for Government shelterbelt ts. : | Course of S Congress new “home” is shown above) in much “New Deal” legislation. A e shown. helow. REPUBLICANS PEEVED OVER DEMO ‘SCOP President to Deliver An- nual Message—Radio Broadcast WASHINGTON, Jan. 2— The Republican high command today de- nounced plans for President’s Roose- to Congress as “‘campaign year poli- tics,” and demanded comparable radio time for a quick GOP reply. While Democratic conferences shaped arrangements for the Presi- | dent’s appearance before a joint ses- sion of Congress tomorrow night, | Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the | Republican National Com nittee, | contended that the President’s speech will be part of his campaign for re-election, and demanded equal radio time for an answer. WORK RELIEF PROGRAM T0 BE CONTINED Friends and Critics Await Proposal in Presi- dent’s Message WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Contin uance of the existing Work Relief program throughout this year is predicted by authoritative sources. Friends and critics are waiting to see just what President Roose- velt will propose in his annual mes- sage to Congress to be delivered at a joint session of Congress tomor- row night It is indicated, however, that any relief appropriation asked will be much smaller than the funds re- ceived last year. D Democrats Have Nest Egg in War Chest WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The Democratic National ' Commit- tee today reports a balance of $22,710 in the war chest as the Presidential campaign year opened, When Vice-President Garner Senate tomerrcw, and Speaker Byrns simultaneously calls the House to order, the 74th Congress will be off to its second session. Wash- ington chservers are predicting that the course of the session will be determined largely by the United States Supreme Court (whose velt's delivery of his annual message | SENAT[]H B[]RA“fiiSupt:erm‘(;Court M_ay Chart venty - fourth ? Second Session (center) raps the gavel in the its rulings on constitutionality of Jjoint session of the 74th Congress By ALEXANDER K. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Wash- ington’s perennial big show on Capi- | tol Hill will open at noon tomor- row, January 3, with shrouding the prospective perform- ance by a cast of 94 Senators and 432 Y| Representatives. | The Senate seats formerly occu- | pied by Huey Long, the master show- man, and Senator Schall, another “new deal” foe, will be vacant as will the seats of three Representatives. | To a greater extent than any Na- | tional Legislature within the mem- |ory of observers here and perhaps |in Congressional history, the Seven- ty-Fourth Congress will convene for uncertainty as to what its major mis- sion will prove to be. Not until the verdicts of the Unit- ed States Supreme Court on meas- ures touching the economic interests of millions of American citizens have been handed down can a legislative “must” program be framed. AAA Decision Due Although President Roosevelt, who has promised a decreasing deficit, (can map for the Congress a budget- lary blueprint or suggest revisions in existing laws here and there, the {legislative schedule to deal with the ‘embattled AAA and other prime ele- | ments of the “New Deal” must await | the action of the high court. | The momentous decision on the | validity of AAA, involving processing | |taxes which provide hundreds of millions of dollars to finance crop control, may be returned soon after the court reconvenes on January 6 following its abbreviated Christmas recess. Should the court find AAA unconstitutional, Congress would be plunged immediately into a stPuggle to evolve a new farm relief program. Decisions affecting the validity of the public utility, the Tennessee Val- ley Authority and the Guffey coal control measures are also expected | this winter. The Social Security Law |and the Wagner Labor Disputes Act possibly may be passed upon by the court before Congress adjourns. lshould any of these be declared in- ‘vnud, efforts may be made to re- \en“‘ them in constitutional form. Bonus Actien Seen ‘[ Early action is expected in Con- |gress on the soldiers’ bonus, affect- |ing millions of world war veterans and their families directly as cash | beneficiaries and millions of federal |government taxpayers indirectly. | Advocates of immediate payment of the bonus express confidence in vic- | tory at this session even if the Presi- | dent vetoes the bill Fireworks are in prospect along ‘ol.her congressional lines. Investiga- tion of munition makers’ activities, with J. P. Morgan featured as the | chief witness before a Senate com- mittee and inquiries into alleged lobbying enterprises by so-called (Continued on Page Five) mystery | its second session with widespread | PREDICTS BONUS BILL WILL BE SWEPT THROUGH Shadows of Forthcoming Presidential Campaign Cast Over Session MATTERS VITAL TO ALASKA COMING UP Air Mail Contracts andihit Base Appropriations of Interest to North WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Shadows of the forthcoming Presidential cam-~ paign dominated the ice-blanketed capital today amid indications that a compromise bonus redemption meas- ure would be swept through Con- gress. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Dem- ocatic leader, forecast the enact- ment of a bonus bill with Presiden- tial approval. Arriving trains brought more and more of the lawmakers here today for the opening tomorrow of the new session of Congress. A controversy continued over Pres- ident Roosevelt’s planned radio ad- dress to a joint session of House and Senate tomorrow night. Anti-New Deal forces were prepared to con- tinue the assaults against the Ad- ministration, ALASKA MATTERS Many matters of vital concern to Alaska are scheduled to come up before the present session. Among them are appropriations for military air bases in the Territory and air mail contracts. Fish trap legislation is due to get a thorough airing. It is anticipated that if air mail legisia- tion is approved Alaska may expect 'Lo have regularly scheduled plane Iservice the year around to the major points in the Territory. BONUS ATTACK " READY TO OPEN ON CONGRESS {Legion, V. F. W, D. A. V. Agree on Plan for Im- mediate Payment WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Veterans’ organizations pointed a line attack for congressional advocates of cash- ing the soldiers’ bonus last night with an agreement on a plan which they estimated would cost less than one billion dollars. Ray Murphy, National Command- er of the American Legion; James Van Zandt, Commander of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, and M. A. Harlan, Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, announced they were in accord in calling for payment without pro- vading the method of raising the ne- cessary money. It has previously been estimated the bonus would cost two billion. B T S — GANG LEADER TOUHY PLACED UNDER ARREST Man Wanted for Question- ing Regarding Postal Robberies CHICAGO, Ill, Jan. 2.—Tommy Touhy, long sought as the leader of the “Terrible Touhy Gang,” was ar- rested in a West Side apartment dur- ing the night. Touhy is wanted for questioning about a long list of postal robberies including the $150,000 hold-up in Charlottesville, North Carolina. TRINITY CHURCH GUILD MEETS TOMORROW P.M. The Trinity Church Guild will meet at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after- noon in the church parlors for its usual session, with Mrs. W. E. @ Hendrickson as hostess, according: to announcement today.