The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7347. JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDAY, 'DECEMBER 5, 1936. KING, DEFIANT, | IS DETERMINED T0 WED WALLIS Has Not Yielded to Ulti- matum He Renounce American DEMONSTRATIONS OF CROWD FAVOR KING Final Wordfimised Gov- ernment — Mrs. Simp- son Continues Journey LONDON, Dec. 5—King Edward VIII, continuing his stubborn de- fiance of the British Cabinet, is determined to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson, American, the highest news sources asserted today. He has not yielded to the Govern- ment’s ultimatum that he renounce her 'formally and uncenditionally, most authoritative sources declared. This information was conveyed to the Cabinet after a gloomy forty minute session today at Prime Min- ister’ Stanley Baldwin's home. The Cabinet will convene again Monday. | The Government has been prom-| ised the King's final word within| forty-eight hours. Crowds With King 'BRITISH BATTLESHIP MAY GO TO SPAIN Reports the British battleship Barham, shown here running at full speed, had been ordered to steam up for a voyage to Spain were heard as the admiralty at London announced the British naval depot ship Cyclops and eight submarines were enroute to Spanish waters. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said British warships would protect British merchantmen if necessary. (Associated Press Photo) PEACE EFFORTS |As WPA Proj ;Republican Party May Be Taken Over CHAIRMAN OF " REPUBLICAN S As the twenty ministers who at- tended the session at Baldwin's home, the famous No. 10 Downing| Streety departed in automobiles in| the drizzling rain, crowds ‘appeared‘ in the street bearing banners urg- ing the King not to surrender. The popular movement reached| its climax in widespread demons'.ra-I tions in favor of the King that continued throughout the night. Parliament and the.conservative ranks ef the Church of England :u‘ef undoubtedly behind Premier Bald- | win, MRS. SIMPSON IS NOW TRAVELING IN FRANCE VIENNE, France, Dec. 5. — Mrs. Wallis Simpson, here on her way to the home at Cannes in South- ern Frgnce of Mr. and Mrs. Her- man Rogers, socially prominent New Yorkers, lunched at the fa-| mous Cafe de la Pyramide. From the cafe she put through a telephone call direct to Buckingham | Palace. Madame Dointe, wife of the pro- prietor, said that Mrs. Simpson ap- peared to be “very tired and very nervous.” Phones King After the telephone call, Madame said, she appeared “oh, so much| more composed.” The British chauffeur said that neither he nor his passengers had slept nor eaten since leaving Blois at 3 a. m. Mrs. Simpson's luggage consist- ing of five valises and eight large trunks has already arrived at the Roger’s villa in Cannes. YACHT IS PREPARED CANNES, Dec. 5—~A 70-ton yacht got up steam this afternon in Monte Carlo harbor while' British and French detectives guarded three en- trances of the Rogers’ villa. The*yacht “Sister Anne” belongs to Mrs. Reginald Fellowes, friend of Mrs. Simpson, and it is believed a sea trip is planned. ——— [ —————— 1 | sTock QuoTATions | | T NEW YORK, Dec. 5. — Closing' quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14, American Can 119, American Power and Light 11, | Wright Patman, of Texas, speaking | # | |next session of Congress will be | | consultation among officials free intercourse among their peo- * EIVES PROGRA Conference at Buenos Aires Is Urged to Adopt Broad Policy BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 5.—Amer- ican Secretary of State Cordell Hull has summoned representatives of 21 American nations in a co- operative effort to help stave off war abroad as well as preserve peace at home. Presenting the delegates to the Inter-American Peace Conference with an eight-point program, a comprehensive anti-war structure, the head of the United States dele- gation pleaded for the creation of an “armory of peace” in the m-l terest of the whole world. Secretary Hull stressed the nec-' essity for joint action of the Amer- ican Hemisphere Government to in- fuse the will of peace not only for their own people, but by example, to the world at large. He stated that this could be done by frequen and ples. e, - NEW RUSSIAN CONSTITUTION IS DRAWN UP Departments Are Added— Also Authority for Declaring War MOSCOW, Dec. 5—The Congress of the Soviets has appreved a new Russian Constitution after amend- ing it to create a Commissariat for Military and industry and also em-| powering the Government to declare war “in case of necessity.” The “war” clause is believed to have been inserted to bolster the Anaconda 477%, Bethlehem Steel 1%, Calumet and Hecla 12%, Com- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- tiss-Wright 7%, General Motors 68', International Harvester 97%, Kennecott 57, New York Central 43'%, Southern Pacific 42, United States Steel 74%, United Corpora- tion 6%, Cities Service 3%, Pound $4.90. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 181.05,; up .09; rails 5456, up .08; utilities 35.28, up .13. Eat More Horses * BUDAPEST—More than 2,200,000 pounds of horsemeat were wgmmfi' by Budapest residents in the past Soviet Union’s defense of alliances with France and other nations. The origingl “war” draft was that war could be declared only in case of an armed attack against the country, Lake Far from Dead Despite Odd Name TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Dec. 5— State Geologist Herman Gunter says the mystery of Florida's Dead Lake isn’t a mystery at all. The subject has been debated for years, so Gunter was asked to clear up such questions as “When did the lake die, and why?” “Well, in the first place, the lake isn't dead,” Gunter said. “It's ‘one of the best fresh water fishing spots in Florida. “It probably got its name be- t Secretary Wallace's elbow, he here last night, predicted that the | WILL RES‘G-N | harmonious because the Republican Party is dead. “There is talk now of President Roosevelt taking over the Repub- licans as a WPA project,” Cengressman, Paypan. REX TUGWELL " WENT UP THEN HEGOES DOWN Leaving Administration Possibly Gives New Slant on Policies WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Rex Tugwell marched in and out of the Roosevelt Administration on a path- way paved with headlines. | When he quit his professional desk at Columbia University to siv at| was “red,” much to his dis- And he has passed barely a week since without rumor aris- ing from some source or other that called a gust. said { the was either climbing to the ace ‘position as a Roosevelt New Deal- ‘end of a polite Roosevelt boot. Had he actually been so often in and out of the Roosevelt faver, he must have been cosntantly breath less from = suspense. Doubtless, { however, there were some such mo- ments. As an intellectual youngster he once wrote a poem outlining his plan to roll up his sleeves and make America over. The record of that aspiration rode with him througn the years and was mentioned time and again during the past campaign when frequently he was described |as the real “motivgtor” behind Mr. Roosevelt. Suffice it to say he thought many things in America ought to be made jover, SPEECH REFLECTED IN ACTS A decade ago he wrote that while saving by individuals was a virtue, it was less so in corporations, whose earnings, he thought, should be dis- bursed as wages or lower prices. He reiterated that in his speech in Los | Angeles in October, 1935, “Each industry. . . . sets aside the sur- pluses which ought to go o work- lower prices and so dries up the potential market for its own and others’ goods.” Was that reflected in the Roose- velt administration? The Congress meeting last winter, two months after the speech, was handed an Administration bill, and enacted it, imposing taxes that compelled cor- porations to disburse earnings. Wage rises followed recently, dends were poured out. Time will tell whether price reduction will follow. Tugwell called it “our best strat- egy’ to surge forward with the work- er, or was on the way out ai tne| ers in wages or to consumers in| and divi-; Hamilton Calls National Committee to Meet in Chicago WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—Calling the Republican National Committee to meet in Chicago on December 17, John Hamilton announces he |will tender his resignation as Chair- man at that time. “I feel that it is impossible for {me to continue in the official ca- {pacity of Chairman of the Repub- lican National Committée without }un expression of confidence,” said | Hamilton. | Some of the members of the Na- |tional Committee have indicated that a change in the Chairmanship is necessary but friends of Hamil- |ton are hopeful that he will be ‘asked to stay on. The committee | will have to act on the resolution tendered. | Vice-Chairman Ralph Williams, of Portland, Oregon, predicted that (Hamilton will be retained. | “Hamilton did the best that could be done in the recent campaign. I %do not know of any feeling against {him,” said Williams. Hamilton's statement implied he would remain in the position of | Chairman if given a vote of confi- dence. /Mail Packages |Early Monday For South With a mail scheduled south- |bound for next Tuesday, Postmas- |ter Albert Wile announces thatsthe papcel post and postage stamp win- dows will be opened until 8 o'clock Monday night. The Postmaster asks those patching packages to the states for Christmas delivery not to wait un- til the last minute to get them to the Post Office Monday forenoon, if possible. dis=| TWO ALASKANS ARE ATTENDING PLANNING MEET _Tay]ur. and Ross Tell How " Aviation Benefitting Territory PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 5.--Al- aska's strides in avition were dis- cussed by Victor Ross, representing the Territory of Alaska and Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Al- aska Road Commission at the op- ening of the Northwest Aviation Planning Council Conference. More than 150 aviation experts are attending the conference. The airplane, successor to the dog team, had saved time and mon- ey and brought Alaska nearer the population centers of America and Canada, the Alaskan said. Taylor and Ross have both been Damed members of the Resolutions Committee. D LIQUOR REVENUE RUNS MORE THAN BILLION DOLLARS Three Years of Repeal Net Government Tax Total I of $1,400,000,000 WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Post repleal drinkers, clinking glasses | legally filled with tax paid liguor, Bave put $1400,000000 in the Fed- eral purse Treasury istics on the third anniversary of repeal show. The pre-prohibition high in liquor revenue already has been passed with further increase this year ancipated. | Iiguor tax receipts last year ag- gregated $505,464,000, a total of $94- 443,000 more than the previous year and $22,000,000 above the pre-pro- hibition peak of 1918 Recelpts since July 1 total about $225,000,- 000. In an anniversary statement Ed- ward Bunford, attorney for the An- ti-Saloon League, charged that em-| phasis had been placed on revenue!| rather than on “social safeguards.”| - Taft Loser in | Gulnl_Qase Suit WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—A un- animous verdict for the Govern- ment was recorded by the Court of Claims in the suit of Robert A. Taft of Cincinnati to compel! |the United States to pay him $1.07 ;vinwres'. on a Liberty bond called in advance of its maturity date. 1 Potentially affected by the litiga- |tion was approximately $8,849,540,- |000 of gold clause bonds called |about the same time by the Gov- ernment. ‘ The litigation grew out of the act | nullifying the old payment prom- ise in contracts. B e | ] _ Outlaws Beggars i JERUSALE M —The picturesque {old beggar of the Orient will soon be a thing of the past in Palestine,| for beggars and mendicancy are completely prohibited under the new general criminal code. ! ~ By BYRON PRICE | (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) Those who hope for a better un- derstanding between the White House and the business world have found great encouragement in Mr. Roosevelt’s latest statement on re- employment. | Whatever they may foreshadow as to governmental policy during the coming administration, the Presi- !dent’s words certainly represent a {notable change in temper and psy- 'chology from many of the Presi- dential utterances of the past three years. In even, persuasive tone, the chief executive has thanked business for what it has done to provide private jobs, and has suggested without threat or bluster that it keep up F. D Ii and B;tsiness . Are Speaking Again | | | the good work. The statement con- | tains no recriminations against | those large employers who stood 0| determinedly against his re-election, | no castigation of “economic royal-| ists,” not even a remote hint of a revival of NRA if voluntary effort fails. More important still: all the cir- cumstances indicated that the| statement in no way surprised or-| ganized business. The line of com- | munications between Mr. Roosevelt | and business rs has been badly | interrupted in fecent months; ap- parently it is in working order| again. In this instance, at least.| important business figures not onl\‘t expected the event but seemed have a fair idea in advance what | form it would take. e A o el S (Continued on Page Five.) EMPIR. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS . THIRD STEAMER T0 BRING FOOD NORTH VATICAN CITY, Haly, Dec. 5. — Reliable sources said Pope Pius XI was stricken today with paralysis in both legs Vatican officfals said the 79- year-old Pope has cancelled all activities and audiences and spent his first day abed since becoming head of the Catholic Church. Some of the prelates said the Pope may never be able to walk again, Fights Nine ‘Duels—For Her B ) aralysis, which has been v heart inflammation, is feared to be progressive. One high prelate quotes the Pope as saying: “I am in the hands of God. ns told the Pope that ght “blood letting” would ve the blood pressure and spare him discomfort, but the Pope refused. The Pope is able to move his limbs but cannot lift them. A A recent portrait of Dr. Franz Sarga of Budapest, and his beautiful wife, Magda. Sarga cha_llepged nine Budapest journalists and lawyers to duels when they intimated he married her for money, not love. CAPT, WISTING DIES SUDDENLY Second in Command with Amundsen on Expedi- tions, Found Dead SUSPECTIS | SHOT DOWN Suddenly Pulls Gun on Of- ficer and Is Instant- ly Killed BRIGHTON, Cal,, Dec. 5~A man arrested as a holdup suspect was }shot and killed early today in Sher- | iff Lewis Ballard’s automobile in downtown Brighton as he was being taken to jail. OSLO, Norway, Dec. 5. — Capt. Oscar Wisting, aged 65, who was Roald Amundsen's second in com- mand on his Polar expeditions, was found dead in his old cabin on the Polar ship Fram which has been Sailor Walks Into Net in| Night Marshal Edgar Graves shot the man twice, Sheriff Ballard said, as the suspect suddenly drew a gun on him and warned: “I have got you now.” installed permanently at the Bygoe Museum here, Capt. Wisting was one men who accompanied of four Amundsen A hunting license identified the ;‘;;‘gss it Al S man as Floyd Wade, aged 29, of Cheyenne, Death was due to an aitack of the Ballard was driving the automo- heart. R bile at the time of the shooting. AMERICAN 1S FATALLY SHOT Tobacco Company Execu- tive Mortally Wound- YOUTH PLACED UNDER ARREST ROGERS' CASE N . NANKING, Dec. 5—The Ui Extortion Plot on o R Morie'A oo States Embassy has asked the Na- ovie Aclress tional Government of China to in- vestigate the fatal shooting of WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—J. Edgar| AP Hoover announces that G-Men have | F¢078¢ Newsome, aged 40, American arrested James Hall, z()_y(.m-_omi’l'v)l)n('('n Company executive, by ilor of Long Beach, Cal, onjsome Chinese last night. The Em- charges of attempting to extort|pagy pas also appealed for protec- $5,000 from Ginger Rogers, muvwl‘““ ¥ ‘other "Ameridans ACITRNS | on of other mericans in the Hall was arrested in a cafe last|Haucheng area where foreign io- night when he was led into a trap bacco buyers have been experienc- in carrying out instructions in @ ling trouble. letter Ginger received on Novem- ber 27. ' The Jetter said that the money Aeronautical Radm must be delivered under pain of Sta!ion Req t d | uested, AR ARG | death. 5 ’ . Ketchikan Region Lose More Dobbins e i WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—The Air- BERLIN—Two more horses have|craft Charter Service, Inc, has given up trying to earn their oats|asgeq the Federal Communications pulling tourists around Berlin. Now|commission for authority to con- there are only 49 horse-drawn cabs|styyct a 50-watt aernonautical ra- left in the city. In 1925 there were!gdio station to be operated at Ket- nearly 1600. / chikan, Alaska. e ~ CANNERY SHIP GORGAS TO BE SECURED NOW _ Announcement of Addition- al Charter Is Made by Col. Ohlsen IBOXER SAILING TO NORTH THIS NIGHT [Arctic Is S;lledu]ed to Get } Away from Seattle Pos- sibly Next Tuesday SEATTLE, Dec. 5. — A third {steamer will be chartered to carry emergency freight to Alaska, ac- cording to Col. Otto F. Ohlson, and this ship will probably be the | Libby, McNeill and Libby's cannery supply ship Gen. W. C. Gorgas. The | craft _will probably be chartered within a few days for the emer- gency service as the Boxer and Arctic will be inadequate to relieva the food shortages. ailing Tonight Capi. Is: Lystad, master of the Boxer, said he will sail north tonight with 400 tons of freight and eight passengers. The crew has been furnished by the mari- |time unions. i Col. Ohlson said the Arctic wilk | | |leave next Tuesday morning with 15500 tons of freight and manned by maritime union personnel. The Gen. W. C. Gorgas, in Lake Union, will be inspected today and 1"'”‘ be made ready to take cargo aboard within four days. STRIKERS MASS 'FOR PARADE AS PROTESTS MADE Maritime Unions Make Pub- lic Demonstration n San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, Dec. 5.— |As thousands of striking maritime {workers massed today for a parade intended to gain public sympathy, new protests against the 37-day shipping tie-up came from the min- ing, wheat and lumber centers. Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, indicated he might transfer his activities ta other areas affected by labor dis- putes unless a break in the dead- lock appears today. | FIRST PROTEST SPOKANE, Wash,, Dec. 5—Eus gene A. White, Manager of the Tacoma Smelter, told the North- west Mining Association Convens |tion, the smelter would be forced to close in 30 days unless the strike is ended. ANOTHER PROTEST HEPPNER, Oregon, Dec. 5—Dr, W. A. Schoenfeld, of Oregon State College, told the Grain Growers' Convention delegates that the Northwest growers would lose from 12 to 15 million dollars because of the strike, which has halted ex- port shipping of wheat. FROM LUMBERMEN SEATTLE, Dec. 5—Officials of the West Coast Lumbermen’s Asso- ciation said today that production of Oregon and Washington mills, at the end of the first four weeks of the strike, was 46 per cent under production and that 12,000 lumber employees will ‘sustain a loss in wages of $1,718,000 and an equal loss in lumber sales. SYMPATHY STRIKE LE HAVRE, France, Dec. 5—The one-day hboycott of French dock~ workers against American ships in sympathy with the insurgent Am- erican longshoremen. and sailors union of the East Coast, ended today and unloading of American ships was resumed.