The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7190. TOKY0 DENIES ES SNOW ADJOURNS WORST STORM | IN 15 YEARS HITS CAPITAL Traffic Is Paralyzed as 16- Inch Fall Blankets Wash- ington, D. C., and East BLIZZARD BLOWS IN ON JUNEAU VICINITY States Gripped in Icy Blasts from Pacific to At- lantic Seaboard BULLETIN— WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The National Capital tried vainly to dig itself out of one of the worst snow storms since 1922 as the fall continued with no prospect of ending to- night. By mid-morning the snow had reached a depth of 16 inches, jamming traffic. The session of Congress ad- journed for the day. ANOTHER COLD WAVE CHICAGO, Feb. 7.—A new tor- rent of cold ranged down both slopes of the Rocky Mountains as Canada flung open the flood gates of the Arctic once more. Sudden chill stabbed Montana Idaho, Washington « amnd-Wyoming when the frozen wave leaped the border and sped south to both east and west. Biting blasts carried new numb- ness for the midwest, which was just beginning to thaw out. The nation’s northwestern ice box saw most of its cold weather records broken. The zero line extended from the Canadian border south to Kan- sas and Nebraska, and eastward over lower Michigan Cold from the Arctic reaches swept down across western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. Point Barrow reported 36 degrees below, Aklavik, N.W.T., 52 below. Below zero weather was reported “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1936 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Hughes’ Friend || VOTE ON NAVY CONGRESS TO ENLARGEMENTS Achievement of Trea!yj Strength by 1942 Em- | bodied in Program WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—An ex- tensive modernization program | topped the list of recommendations s ,given Congress in a White House-| approved drive toward achievement ' {of treaty strength for the navy by 1942, | Representative Carl Vinson, Dem- ocrat of Georgia, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, has | introduced bills to carry out such | a program and said he ‘would seek | early consideration of navy memo- |randum, with recommendations, in | line with policies approved by Presi- | dent Roosevelt. The bills urge | modernization of six warships, two |aircraft carriers, one repair ship, improvements in 14 battleships, and | construction of 221,000 tons of aux- iliary craft . MINERS REGESS STRIKE TO END | COAL SHORTAGE Sixteen.year-old Gloria Baker (above) of New York, whose moth- er was once married to the late Alfred G. Vanderbilt, was reported the object of devoted attention at Palm Springs, Calif., from Howard Hughes, movie producer and noted speed flier. Hughes “scoffed at romance” but admitted he planned week-end visits to the desert resort. (Associated Press Photo) Soft Coal Laborers Will Work Tomorrow Be- cause of Cold Wave WASHINGTON, Feb. 7—The Unit- ed Mine Workers voted to permit sof: coal miners to work tomorrow to take care of any coal shortage. John L. Lewis, union president said the operators should respond to the workers' concession by seeing that coal reaches those who need it most because of the bitter cold wave. The workers will operate under a 35-hour week. Mrs. Verna Taylor (left) and Miss Kathlyn Burch, clerks in the | American Legion’s national legislative committee headquarters, are picturea mailing out the first of the soldiers’ bonus applications at Washington, D. C., after passage of the bill over the president's veto. (Associated Press Photo) | BIG 1936 LEGIONLEGION HEADS CONVENTION SET'WILL CARE FOR SEPTEMBER 2 - BONUSREQUESTS | including ‘:he contestants are CLOSING DATE, BETTER TIMES DRIVE, FEB. { Contestants Now Have 19 Week Days to Rustle Votes for Trip The official closing date of the Better Times Drive has been def- initely set as midnight February 29. This announcement comes a: result of a meeting of the mer- chants committee, at which a reso- | lution to that effect was passed, with the stipulation that all firms participating in the drive have the opportunity of either signing for or aganst the resolution. All co- operating merchants were contact- ~d and with few exceptions signed the resolution, although a consid- erable number preferred to extend the drive a week or 10 days long- This means that nineteen Lincoln’s and W ton’s birthdays remain during wi determined to intensive drive for days engage in an | votes. The definite setting ot the clos- ing date gives every contestant a definite goal and eliminates all doubt as to when the closing will take place. Each one now knows exactly how much time she has in which to win the coveted trip and a big renewed drive is anticipated now that ‘the home streteh is in sight Dark Horscs Gain Girls from the lower ranks set the pace in voting since the last published standing, with Margaret Nelscn, waitress, Eunice Anderson, IONAGE CHARGES —————r— ONGRESS SESSION JAPANESE NAVY HEAD RIDICULES SPYING CHARGE Tokyo Official Labels Siro- vich Statement on Fish Boats “*Absurd” | wme. . ' DENIES FISHERMEN : \ ON WAR MISSION . \i : Seizure of V/ila;ka Has No STAR, KIN OF STARS, TO BE WD | ] ! Part in Nipponese Plans, | j Minister Declares TOKYO, Feb. 7.—Charges made |yesterday in Washington by Repre- sentative William I. Sirovich, of New York, that Japanese espionage 18 being conducted along the coast of {Alaska by Japanese fishing craft were |today ridiculed by an' adjutant to | Admiral Mineo Osumi, minister cf | the Navy ! A Foreign Office spokesman also | made light of the statements, which | he called “utterly absurd.” The min- |ister adjutant called the charges “ludicrou and “not worth a formal | dental.” { Not Sounding, He Says | “The seizure of Alaska,” said their | spokesman, “has absolutely no part {in Japanese navy plans, nor are we |trying to sound Alaskan waters. The idea we'd use fishing boats for that |purpose is ridiculous. Moreover, I {never heard of Japanese fishermen |operating in Alaskan waters, tainly not in winter time. The Foreign office representative “I wonder whether the Ameri- n people can believe such stuff. | Statements like this are test ca: cer- Delegation from States Ex- pected to Come by Spec- ial Steamer for Affair Dates for the American Legion Department convention in Juneau this year were set tentatively for September 2, 3, 4 and 5 at a meeting of Department officers and the Al- ford John Bradford Post and Aux- . e i | nurse, and Catherine York, steno- Applications to Be Handled | grapner, poiting neavity to eross o - 1 | the 100,000 mark. Miss Nelson led Lgelygloflcdlaylz\h%h! fl’Ol!n all candidates in gains overnight, to 0 o Ulock, Dugou running from 87925 to 134,125, a | gain of almost 50,000. Miss Ander- Veterans wishing to make applica- | son collected 41450 votes to total tion for the bonus, or -cash in on|110,125 votes in today’s listing. Miss their adjusted service certificates, | York rose from 77,125 to 10: have the service of American Legion |one of the nineteen girls now over department officers and Alford John ; 100 grand mark. Bradford Post officers at their dis-; Rosa Danner polled the second creen star, Young and Polly Ann Young, sister of Loretta ally Blane, also screen lumin- aries, whe has filed notice of intention to wed James C. Her- man, wealthy Pasadena, Cal, resident, in Hollywood. of the intelligence or credulousness of the American people The Government Bureau of Fish- eries stated that the Shinko Marine Products Corporation, a private com- pany, is licensed to send two cral canning boats into the North Pacific each year in the direction of Alas- ka. He asserted, however, that these ships are operated more than 400 miles off the coast and this only NEW HOPE FOR |l AFRICAN PEACE SPECIALTIES SEENIN ITALY TAKE LEAD IN between .May and October. The Bureau termed as absurd the idea that these ships are equipped to make soundings of military value. Sirovich Statement Sirovich, speaking to the House Merchant Marine Committee, said vesterday: “These Japanese vessels are taking soundings, exploring water generally in the East Cascade range in Washington south into Oregon. Seattle’s coldest was 19 above. The forecast is for continued low temperatures. | posal. | highest register yesterday, turning Commander E. M. Polley of the | in 44,725 votes, and advancing from | Bradford post announced today that | eleventh to eighth position. The" ! tacting other Department officers service officers would be at the Le- | withdrawal of Evelyn Stevenson re- FUNDS GRANTED | for a confirmation of the dates gion Dugout every Monday evening |duced today's field to 36 candidates. | which fall the first week in Sep- from 6 to 8 o'clock, starting nvxt‘VoLez’ cast are now 3,656,850, repre- | tember just prior to Labor Day|Monday, to help veterans fill out the | senting total sales of around 836.-; which this year comes on Septem- application blanks and attach the 560 since the campaign began. iliary Convention committee last night in the Dugout. Department Commander A. E. Karnes is con- WORST BLIZZARD OF WINTER With continued low temperatures, Juneau and vicinity experienced its | worst blizzard of the winter today, a total of 6.8 inches of snow falling between 10:30 last night, when. it started, and noon today. A sharp wind created a blustery condition throughout the area. Snow was con- tinuing to fall this afternoon. The lowest temperature last night was zero, the mercury rising to eight above at noon and staying around that point this afternoon. The high- est yesterday was 2.5 above, reached at 2 p.m. It sank to zero at 7 o’clock last night. The forecast is for more snow with rising temperatures. Meteorologist Howard J. Thomp- son reported the storm area prevails over all thé Southeast Alaska coast and southward to Seattle. Ketchikan had a temperature of six above, Prince Rupert two above, and_ Seattle'22 above. The reading at the Juneau airport was four above this morning and Taku Pass had 12 below zero. It was moderating in the Interior, although a cold wave spread throughout central Canada, 40 below being recorded at Edmon- ton. A storm area has formed over the Gulf of Alaska in the last 12 hours, Meteorologist Thompson said. PEKIN UNIONS RATIFY TERMS OF SETTLEMENT PEKIN, Ill, Feb. 7—Striking union workers in the American Distilling Company today ratified terms of th2 settlement reached earlier at a conference of Federal officials, com- pany representatives and labor lead- Fascist Press Renews Dis- cussion of Franco- ! British Scheme ! ROME, Feb. 7.—The faint possi- bility of a new peace move is seen in the renewal of discussions in the ~ STOCK MARKET iRecent Leaders Absorb | Realizing—Close To- day Is Irregular ber 7 Convention plans were gone into at last night’s session and a gen- eral outline of arrangements and matter of defraying expenses dis- cussed. Department Commander ! Karnes is general chairman for the event which is expected to be the biggest convention ever held in Ju- neau, and Post Commander E. M. Italian press of the Franco-Britisht NEW YORK, Feb. 7—Specialties | polley has named committee chair- plan for settlement of the Ethiopian dispute. ! Observers of the situation are in- terested in the trend, for the Italian |press largely reflects government jopinion. They believe this sort of !discussion might indicate a fire of |interest in peace on behalf of Mus- solini. i No new engagements are reported from the war zones today. | The League of Nations committee {of oil experts is continuing its study |of the possibilities of a successful oil embargo against Italy, according to reports received here. Sun's Deafh Rays Take Heavy Toll - MASSAUA, Eritrea, Feb. 7. — Death-dealing rays of the sun are undergoing an intense study by Italian medical specialists in an ef- fort to prevent sunstroke which al- ready has felled 300 Italian soldiers and workmen. In the Eritrean lowlands, where temperature in January is 90 in the shade and in July around 140, heat is man’s worst enemy. All the other ailments from which it was feared the Italians would suffer, such as of Il Duce’s Men |exhibited strength in the Stock Market today while many recent |leaders were forced to absorb con- |siderable realizing. There was an hour of the session. Today’s close was slightly irregular. | | CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Closing quo- |tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock American Power and Light 9%, An- |aconda 30%, Bethlehem Steel 531, | Curtiss Wright 4%, Chicago, Mil- | waukee, St. Paul and Pacific Rail- |way 2%, General Motors 57%, Inter- | national Harvester 57, Kennecott 33%, United States Steel 51, South- jern Railway 15%, Cities Service 6, Pound $5.01'%, Boeing Airplane 23%, | United Aircraft 28%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 150.17, | rails 46.76, utilities 3463 ICEBOUND SHIPS REPORTED FREED TIENTSIN, Feb. 7.—Chinese and |Japanese icebreakers and a rising temperature today broke the grip of ice on a score of vessels trapped in the frozen Gulf of Chili. | men who have already started get- | ting their sub-committees active. Mrs. John H. Newman, President levening up of operations in the final lof the Auxiliary Unit, has chosen|Monday nights. e following to serve as conventicn mittee heads: Florence M ' Secretaary; [Edith Sheelor, | entertainment; Edna Polley, reg: | istration and welcome; Helen iKarn[‘s. distinguished guests; Edith |t | | col | ville, today is 16'%, American Can 125 ' Bavard, finance, and Mildred R. ceipts of the baby bonds need not | Hermann, publicity. | | Word was brought to the meeting | by both Karnes and Polley that large delegations from Seattle and | probably several other points in the States were planning to join | with the Alaska Legionnaires for | the 1936 conclave, and ‘it is ex- chartered to bring the delegation north, | e Three-Way Split Now Endangers Neutrality Act WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. — A three-way split in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee threatens to block enactment of any permanent neutrality legis- lation this session. Ten of twenty-three commit- tee members favor the Adminis- tration’s bill. Eight advocate ex- tension of the present tempor- | pected a special steamer will be| |necessary official signature and fin- | |ger prints. | | ‘To avoid delay, the applicants | ishould bring their service certificates | !or the pink slips, if they have already |made a loan, and their discharge | | papers. It is absolutely necessary to | have the serial number of your cer- | | tificate and your service number. So | don’t forget the pink slip or your | certificate, and your discharge papers. Applicants are asked not lo‘ | take their requests to Legion men at | | their places of business but to take | |advantage of the Dugout service oa | | It is announced from Veterans Bu- (reau in Washington that the appli- | cations will be handled in the order |they are received, and those not | properly made out will not be at- | |tended to until the last. Actual re- ;be anticipated earlier than June 15 according to information from Wash- ington. | ROOSEVELT IS UNDEGIDED AS T0 TAX NEEDS Withholds Be;isi0|1, Farm| Bill — Estimates $500,- | 000,000 Necessary | WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—President Roosevelt has reserved his decision | on the farm tax bill, but estimates there is a necessity for $500,000,000 | for the program. | The President told newsmen no decision has been reached on wheth- er or not taxes will be necessary to | Ruth Lundell, \Ida Roller, and Bessie Powers continue to hold a comfortable lead, in the order nam- City Given Additional Al- ed. Elizaeth Kaser switched to; R fourth place today, trading with ' lotment for Street Juneau’s street docket, listed as Esther Davis, now fifth. The first| Improvements votes each. ! i R S F SRR ¥ number 3827 under the Public $103,000, has been amended to $111.- 800, according to word received here today from Horatio B. Hackett, As- ant PWA Administrator n | Washington | This automatically gives the city the right to use the money which Pl in excess of the $103,000. The :_!amendment will place at the dis- Coast Guarder at Ketchi posal of the city approximate! kan Is Asked to to streets, sewers and water sys- | tems. | The spending of the additional KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 7. funds is to be decided on by the The coast guarder Alert has been |City Council. Some of the funds asked to search lower Behm Canal | may be upplléfi toward retiring the latter one-armed, who are long over amount may be expended for new due on a trapping trip. | eivic improvements. The two men left here on Decem - .- e I w | 1 | | | TAcOMA, Wash. Feb. 7.—Severe o steam ourns which scalded morz SEATTLE, Feb. 7.—A young man, (than three-fourths of the skin on five have turned in over 200,000 S Works Administration, which orig- MISSING; TWO [ 4 | their 30 per cent grant earned (hem: $11,300 for additional improvements for Mike Perez and Charles Coles, the | outstanding bonds. or the: entire ber 28 with only a small, food supply. ; $ il STEAM BURNS believed to be E. D. Vanthul, of Se- !hb body. claimed the life of Albert lattle, was killed, and Miss MyrllelM Frost, aged 56, injured when a Levalee, also of Seattle, was injured, [steam pipe broke in the engine room ! when an automobile left the Valley |of a small sawmill on McNeil Island | Highway near Auburn during the |this forenoon Frost was employed as stationary | David J. Schwartz, of Black Dia- |engineer. depths, taking photographs of the coast line and spotting possible air- plane landing fields and submarine base He declared it was Japan's purpose to grab Alaska in event of war to sup- ply food for the Japanese, a fish- eating people. The Congressman add- ed that the Aleutian Islands could readily be used as submarine and airplane bases for raids on the Unit« ed States RODSEVELT T0 FILE IN OHIO FOR PRIMARIES Time for l;ili;g Expires March 15—Borah Will Enter Oregon Contest WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.— Ohio Democrats said President Roosevelt and Vice-President John Nance Gar- aer will take the initial step toward a formal campaign for reelection by entering the Ohio primary May 12. The time for filing expires March 3 Senator Buckley, Democrat of Ohio. said the pair consented some time ago to enter the list for dele- gates. Senator William E. Borah has in- 1 ld:rated he may enter the Oregon presidential primary May 15. D RIFLEMEN SHOOT TONIGHT The Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club will meet on its range in the AB Hall night. | | tonight for the start of the new 400- The steamships Tailee and Jui- kong, carrying 230 passengers, were the first to reach port. --- {point re-entry rifle shoot. The cur- German soldiers contributed $53,- rent merchandise shoot will also be 785 to Nazi winter relief funds. |continued in this evening's contests. | meet the cash payment of the bonus. | mond, a pensioned miner, was killed What form the tax program might by the plunging of another auto take also remains undisclosed. from the highway, ers at Peoria. The men are expected | typhoid, malaria, and dysentery, to return to their jobs either tomor-4 —— — —— — row or Monday. (Continued on Page Three) ary law, and three urge the Nye mandatory measure. Two are | undecided. |