The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7175. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1936. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 'PRICE TEN CENTS PRINCE ASCENDS BRITAL * * * * * * * * * * * * » * * * * * * * * * * * * N'S THRONE * * * NATION MOURNS MONARCH'S DEATH RAIDS, SHOOTING MARK ELECTION N LOUISIANA Primary Balloting Over| Late Huey Long’s Dicta- torship Spirited Affair The King Is Dead NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 21.— Louisiana’s Democratic primary bal- loting over the late Huey Long's dictatorship was marked today with cries of wholesale frauds from the anti-Long factions and raids by police upon sub-headquarters of the anti-Long group. The New Orleans election is held under the watchful eyes of uni- dentified Federal observers assigned to the job by Representative Gran- field, Chairman of the Congres- sional special committee on election investigations. Two shots were fired, after a general fight in a polling booth in the old French quarter, which wounded a worker giving the name of Gene Gill. Police détainey Whit- ey Schultz, who surrendered after the shooting. HOUSE IS READY T0 PASS BONUS BILL TOMORROW Baby Bond Plan Expected to Be in Hands of Presi- dent by Thursday WASHINGTON, Jan. 2!. — The House bonus flood tide swept along with unabated strength today as the Democratic leadership of the House laid plans to whisk to pas- sage tomorrow the baby bonds payment plan approved yesterday by the Senate. It was indicated the legislation would be in the President’s hands by Thursday. ITALIANSPUSH | CONTESTANTS WAR INNORTH; AIRPLANE LOST Ras Desta Escapes Capture as Fascists Continue Pursuit DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland, Jan. 21.—The Italian government to- day reported the loss of a Fascist bombing plane on the northern front. A communique said that General Graziani's troops continue “mop- ping up” Ras Desta Demtu’s fleeir J warriors on the Eritrean front. One of Ras Seyoum’s lientenants has submitted his men to Italian au- thority, and it is reported that Ras Desta narrowly escapted capture by the invaders. MOBILIZATION ORDERED ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 21.—A new decree ordering further mobilization throughout Ethiopia was read today at the royal palace. FLYING CROSS FOR ELLSWORTH WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—United Statees Senator Hiram Johnson of California has introduced a bill to authorize presentation of the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross to Lincoln Ellsworth for his exploratory pion- DEAD MONARCH [KING FRIENDLY DEMOCRATIC IN | T0U.S.IS NOW ENTIRE REIGN] - BRITISH RULER {Writers Pay Great Tribute{New Sovereign Visited to British Ruler— Class by Himself LONDON, Jan. 21. — Whatever ! history may record of King George |V, one thing seems certain—that | writers will agree that he was one of the most democratic rulers that |ever sat upon the British throne. | In that respect, many already have| gone a step forward and have ' placed him in a class by himself— without qualification of comparison |with his predecessors. ! Unlike :nost of the Kings of England, George V did not begin | training in childhood for occupaney of the throne because he was the | second son of King Edward VII. | | Country Many Times— Enjoyment Expressed WINDLGOR, Eng., Jan. 21.— The United States has never had a more friendly King in Buckingham Palace than the new sovereign. In this re- Spect he takes after his grandfather, Bdward VII, who visited the United States, and took pleasure in the con- versations of Americans, particularly American women, throughout his reign. Unlike his late father, George V.. the new sovereign visited the United iStates not once, but several times. IThe late King visited Canada times but did not journey south into the United States. The new sovereign is as well known to some of the citi- His Majesty, George V ol Engiand, who patied away last night. Dimond Urges Construction Int. Highway WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.— Al- aska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond, in an interview in whic! he described Alaska as a “for- gotten land” so far as roads are concerned, urged the impor- tance of construction of the Ter- ritorial portion of the proposed International Highway. BETTER TIMES MOUNT DAILY 'All Nominees Are Invited i toDinner Meeting at Terminal Friday Night | With nominations in The Daily |'Alaska Empire - Juneau Merchants’ Better Times contest arriving hourly, (contestants are reminded that spe- cial plans for their campaigns are to |be laid before them Friday evening, in a dinner meeting of candidates to be held in the Terminal Cafe at 6:30 | o'clock. Contestants will be the guests of the participating Juneau merchants and the Daily Alaska Empire. All wishing to attend this meeting—arid everyone should do so who can—are invited to telephone their acceptance to Miss LoVerne Wilson at the Daily Alaska Empire, phone 602. To date 45 unmarried Juneau and Douglas girls between the ‘ages of | (Continued on- Page Five) DEATHS MOUNT Many Lives Through- out East . CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—Inestimable . IN STORM ZONE Blizzards and Tornado Take| BPWC DINNER DRAWS LARGE - ATTENDANCE | Judge Alexander Speaks on *“The Importance of An. Honest Judiciary” Here’s to the woman with many a care Who works all day in her office chair, And then at night when the day is through Comes home and finds more work to do. . . . But since she’s able this burden to tote, Here's to the country that lets her vote!” With this toast, Mrs. R. R. Her- | mann, presiding hostess, led the | Business and Professional Women’s | Club to the conclusion of one of the imost memorable of it§ monthly so- | cial meetings last night, when over eighty women gathered in the Ter- {minal Cafe for dinner and a pro- |gram at which Judge George F. iAlexander was the featured speaker. | Judge Alexander’s talk, “The Im- {portance of An Honest Judiciary,” in | part, is printed below. Briefly, it em- phasized the importance of integ- i i f {length with the responsibilities of the | juror as a potent force in the ad- | ministration of justice. In conclu- |sion, Judge Alexander stressed sev- eral faults inherent in our basic law, and suggested that business women examine these facts and exert their considerable influence to rectify | them. Following an enjoyable dinner, served by the Terminal, Mrs. Pearl Burford, president of the club, opened the program, introducing Mrs. R. R. ‘Hermann. who presented the follow- |ing entertainment: : Community Singing, led by Crystal | Snow Jenne, with Mrs. G. E. Krause at the piano. A piano solo, “The Butterfly,” by Louise Kolitsch, Program Director of Station KINY, | The BPWC Trio—Mrs. Jenne, Georgianne Snow, and Mrs. Burford —which sang the club song “Alaska eering in the Arctic and Antarctic.|tons and tons of snow weighted | Bpwe”, composed by Mrs. Jenne, —o—— HARTZELL TO YAKUTAT Donald S. Hartzell, Supervisor of Social Welfare for the Bureau of In- dian Affairs, left on the Alaska for yakutat, and will return on the same boat. Hartzell took two Indian chil- dren, David and Joseph Manson, to place with relatives in that com- munity. down the larger half of the nation| today, as deaths mounted to 175 following the worst blizzard of the year. A tornado and storms which swept the southeastern states accounted for 32 known fatalities in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. In the territory from Pennsyl- vania northward through New Eng- land more than 50 persons died. | with Carol Beery Davis at the piano. A talk, “The Importance of an Honest Judiciary,” Judge Alexander. | * Violin solo, “Ave Maria,” by Edith Two solos, “Song of Songs,” and “O Didn’t It Rain,” by Ralph Wag- goner, accompanied by Mrs. Davis. rity in judicial office, and dealt at| | He did not become the heir appar-loens of tne United States as he is |ent until he reached the age o Iw SONiA 0f Tl own subjécts: {27, upon the death in 1892 of hiS| " g5 connection with the United jelder brother, Albert Victor, theigites however, was not merely con- | Duke of Clarence. {fined to the periods of his visits. i Commanded Ship !This connection was continued | Meanwhile, George, who had been through various media, throughout | appointed in the naval service,{the time he remained in his own | went through the various Bfld,s;kmgdom._ American shows, movies !from Cadet to Commander, and @nd music were the chief links be- |after his promotion to the latter|tWeen the Prince of the old world rank in 1891 was placed in d‘“‘e;kingdom and the new world. He was |of H. M. S. Melampus. . He ":vl frequent member of the audience | linquished that command upon e!“ Ameérican shows in London, and death of Albert Victor as his duxflk he liked a show he had no hesita- as heir precluded him devoting : ton in returning several times. himself exclusively to the navy.! Guest of Coolidge However, he continued his connec-| The chief visit of the new king, tion with that branch of the serv- when Prince, to the United States | jce and was promoted to Captain!was in the summer of 1924. Arriving in 1893; to Rear Admiral in 1901,jon the Berengaria, the Prince was and to Vice Admiral in 1903. {a guest of the Coolidge family in 3 i . He played “Sailor King’ | Washington for a day. Thus it was that when King|Polo. raced in a speed boat, danced George ascended the throne dter| B0V PORE T IO, Ly the death of his father, King E % ; d-| F ward VII, he became known as the Americans. A pony kicked a clod of j“sailor king.” Great Britain had| turf into the Prince’s eye, and he | s with 2 had sallor kings before, one of Piaved polo for several days b | them, Edward III, having per- | sonally commanded the British “ee"‘wured the city. He was in the United at the battle of Sluys nearly sw!smtes somewhat more than a month, | years before, so that what the new | ., von Jeft for Canada. King was called did not CONCErn| pgier g stay in Canada, he returned | the British people so much as What|y, Ghicago in October, and visited kind of & ruler he was going to be.igne stockyards and university. At His subjects knew less about thepetroit he was the guest of Henry |new King personally perhaps thanmorg and visited the Ford auto works. {had ever been the case With 2 ge sajled from New York for Eng- British people. {1and, October 24. Until he was 27, George Was| The 'Prince’s next visit to the {almost constantly at sea and from ynited ‘States was merely a brief that time until he became King one. He presided with General Dawes | traveled |told six trips to Canada, three to Peace Bridge at Buffalo in 1827. |India and Ceylon and twice to,This function was part of an extend- South Africa. The empire never ed visit to Canada. In the summer |had a sovereign who saw so much of 1928 the Prince was back again in lof the world and the dominions Canada. over which he was called to rule,l There are any number of American inor one of whom the English peo- ple had seen so little. Before the beginning of his reign it was esti- mated that King George had trav- eled more than 150,000 miles by land and sea. Known Overseas Because of his long naval serv- ice and his frequent visits to the colonies, King George at first was probably better known to his peo- ple of the overseas dominions than to his English subjects at home. Thus, it was not surprising that during the early years of his reign frequent com] were made | between ' the actively social and| popular g Edward and the ap-! phréntly cobtriry demeanor of his| son: 1 2 City he rode in the subway and |a photo of the Prince of Wales from !memory the time they danced with |the present King of England. Likes American Jazz The former Prince has confessed (Continued on Page Two) e,——— NEUTRALITY |patch over one eye. In New York | extensively making all at the opening of the International | 'girls who are now perhaps removing ' ‘some secret drawer and reviewing in | LEGISLATION | ‘Whatever misunderstanding, if it King George at' the beginning, it soon was dissipated by the King and his consort, Queen Mary, who in all their actions showed their desire to use their royal positions in the most public spirited man- ner. Did Own As a naval officer King George attracted no special attention, but long before his reign he impressed the English people as a man cap- able of thinking for himself and afterward demonstrated his cour- age to act independently. Return- ing from his tour of the colonies in 1901 he made a speech at the| Guildhall recounting his exper- jences and giving straightforward expression of the lessons he ha " (Continued on Page Sevem) (Continued on Page Three) might be called that, there was of | BE ENACTED i Assurance Given ?resident Bill Go Through as Drafted WASHINGTON Jan. 20—Assur-| { ance of the enactment of the neu- '!nmy legislation substantially n the form desired by the Adminis- tration has been given President Roosevelt by Chairman Key Pitt-| man, of the Senate Foreign Rela- | tions Committee. Senator Pittman predicted theJ committee will report the legisla- /tion to the Senate within two, | weeks. He said he did not believe that .cessation of the hearings by |the, Senate Munitions Investigating ommittee would interfere at all with the enactment of a permanent neutrality bill. |perforce to be called off. | | Edward, the Eighth. NEVER VISITED UNITED STATES {Only Attempt to Visit Am-| erica Balked by Mc- Kinley Assassination | S LONDON, Jan, 21.—It was always a matter of great regret to Ameri- cans in London that George V. did not get to see the Uniled States, although he was 5o well acquainted with it from hearsay and from read- ing, and was friends with so many Americans. It is known that George v for many years entertained a great de- sire to see the United States. His | major attempt in this direction was unfortunately defeated by the assas- sination of President McKinley. The King, then Prince of Wales, | was at that time on a six month’s tour of the British colonies, accom- | panied by the Princess of Wales. The royal couple had arrived in Canada, and there was every reason to believe that they would travel south across the border. Then came the assassination of McKinley, and the royal visit had Prince George and Princess Mary returned to England without having seen the country which the Prince’s father, Edward VII, had visited some forty years before. | Navai Cancels Sessions | | LONDON, Jan. 21— The Naval| Confererice delegates cancelled to-| day’s session as well as the scheduled | meeting of the technical Sub-Com- mittee, in respect to the memory of the late King George. | | | | ————— Conference Long Live the King New Monarch, the former Prince of Wales, who becomes King KING GEORGE V |COURT GOSSIPS SEEK WIFE FOR BENEDICT KING Rumor Links Prince of Wales with Many Royal Houses of Europe LONDON, Jan. 21 Edward Prince of Wales, comes to the throne {of England 2 bachelor King, thus Setting the tongue of the world to wagging. Every nation of the Cau- casian race, which has long been at work selecting a bride of its own nationality for the Prince, may now redouble its efforts. For now the bride of Edward becomes not a Princess, but the Queen of Eng- land. The matrimonial possibilities of the Prince of Wales have long fur- nished the most absorbing topic of discussion to royal circles through- out Europe. Kingly houses on the Continent have looked to a union with the British Prince of Wales as a rainbow lending color to their fortunes. But the Prince has stead- fastly, by conduct and by repeated | denials, blocked all efforts in this| direction, | There is no doubt the British na- | tion would enthusiastically welcome | a bride for the Prince. A bachelor | King does not seem, on the face| of things, so potential of vivid court life as a royal pair. | In view of the fact that the bride | would automatically become Queen, it is thought that the government | will take a keen interest and per- haps, a hand in any negotiations which Edward himself might init- iate or others might put under way, «fo procure a real consort for the new King. As one set of negotiations after another on the continent has failed | to find a bride for the Prince from among the royal houses of Europe, the British nation has become more and more of opinion that Edward EDWARD THE VIl HOPS TO LONDON T0 START DUTIES {First English Monarch to Ride in Plane—Death Message Inmtial Act FAMILY AT BEDSIDE AS RULER SUCCUMBS Bells Toll, Guns Booen Mark Passing of Popular British Sovereign SANDRINGHAM, Eng- land, Jan. 21.—King George V., aged 70, died shortly be- fore midnight last night and the Prince of Wales, aged 41, automatically became British Ruler. The Prince of Wales as- sumed the title cf King Ed- ward the Eighth and he signed the message as such notifying the Lord Mayor of London of the death of his father. At the bedside, at the time of King George’s passing, were Queen Mary, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Duke and Duchess of Kent. The efficial statement by the doctors, announcing the death of King George, said “death came peacefully at 11:55 o’clock last night.” FLIES TO LONDON LONDON, Jan. 21.— King Edward the Eighth, flew from Sandringham to London today, the first English monarch to ride in an airplane, to take up officially his new duties as Ruler of the British Empire. The body of the King’s fath- er awaited removal to the lit- tle village church at Sandring- ham where the fir st public homage will be paid to the de- parted sovereign. ¥ The 'new King and the Duke of York worked with Palace officials throughout the early morning draw- ing up plans for King George's fun- eral, The new King's formal ascension and final plans for all ceremonies wiy be made public after further consultations here. o e — (Continued on Page Three) SPORTS MUST BE ABANDONED BY NEW KING {Public Opinion Will Force Curtailment of Hunt- ing, Etc, - LONDON, Jan. 21.—Now that the Prince of Wales has become King of England, he will probably be forced by national public opinion to give up hunting and steeplechasing. For the Prince’s intrepidity in riding has at times almost cost him his life. The Prince’s frequent falls from his mount, sometimes as many as three in a day, have caused more in- ternational comment than possibly any other succession of events. They have likewise inspired great concern in England left the heir to the throne should meet death on the race track or the hunting field. Caused Comment ‘The Prince’s many falls have pro- vided an inexhaustible fund of com- ment from the jokesters and column- writers. But it is pointed out here (Coatinued oL Page Seven) (Continued on Page Sx)