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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE _VOL. L, NO. 7564, JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESPAY, AUGUST 17, 1937. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” REPORT SOVIET SEARCH PLANE MISSING nited - SHANGHALIS BATTLE FIELD, ORIENT FIGHT Splintered Shells Spraying Death Over Wide Section CHINESE FORCING WAY, JAPAN RANKS Three Huge—Fires Reported | —Nippon Parlia- ment to Meet BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, Aug. 17. — Secretrary of State Cordell Hull announced this afternoon that the United States Government has ordered 1,200 United States Marines to sail from San Diego for Shang- hai to protect American Nation- als from violence. Secretary Hull also announced that his State Department is asking Cengress to appropriate $500,000 for all necessary relief and evacuation expenses aris- ing from the emergency. The Marines ordered to Shanghai will reinforce the Marines there and also guard at all strategic points in China. The move is taken primarily as a precautionary measure. The Navy Department said the Marine detachment will be temposed of the Headquarters unit, second brigade, Fleet Mar- ine Corps and will sail on the transpert Chaumont. DEATH SPREAD AT SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Aug. 17. — Shell splinters sprayed the peaceful for- eign home areas with death as the great guns roared out terror in the Chinese - Japanese battlefield of Shanghai. One hundred thousand men, with guns and bombs, fight on to a goal today that none can foresee. Fires are raging in this great city. Japanese big guns boomed last night after dark in a renewal of the duel which earlier threw shell fragments into the French Conces- sion where most of the Americans reside. Business has entirely collapsed. Chinese Force Japanese Unconfirmed reports said the Chinese trBops have pressed hard i | { | she succumbed. they had brought it into the world a ‘ | | | l | \ | | ‘ Dr. John Corbit r HIGHWAY IS ~ DEDICATED TO WILL ROGERS }Special Ob_é;ances Held;Slar Print;-—/\t!empl to PUNETURE | Today, SantaMonica Boulevard | | s o i W s AN Living only forty-six hours after she was del operation, Baby Frances Mary Boccassini Doctows fought to keep the tiny child alive after mother, Mary Boccassini, died of tubercular meningitis. egulating oxygen while the child was in a ient. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 17. —| ‘Science Baby’ Dies in Tent [ ¢ & ered ‘in a post moriem is pictured shortly before by a Caesarian operation after ihe Photo shows 5 NEWSPAPER GUILD PICKETS UNDER ARREST Walk Through Lines to Office SEATTLE, Aug. 17—Five Ameri- | | . against the Japanese positionsalong | The memory of Will Rogers, be- can Newspaper Guild pickets in- KLAN ISSUE 18 | RAISED AGAINST SENATOR BLACK Royal S. Copeland Claims Candidate Was ‘KKK Sympathizer’ | WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Sena- tor Royal S. Copeland, Democrat of New York, raised the Ku Klux Klan |issue against the nomination of | Senator Hugo L. Black for the Su- | preme Court of the United States. The issue was denounced by Sen- {ator McGill, basing his opposition on ‘“prejudice.” In defending Black's qualifica- tions for the Supreme Court, Sena- tor McGill said: “It ill behooves Senator Copeland to come to the floor of the Senate to complain sim- ! ply because Senator Black is liberal lor because his name was sent in | by, President Roosevelt.” Senator Copeland opened his at- tack against Black on the charge {that he was “A Klan sympathizer.” | Senator Copeland was followed by| Senator Burke, who argued that| {Black was not eligible because he| {didn’t have an “impartial” mind. | | Scnator Copeland cited news- :papnrmonts stories saying that Black was backed by the Klan for elec- [tion to the Sepate in 1926. ! | Sepator Schwellenbach suggested | that Copeland's speech was not in- (tended to appeal to the Senate buti 1“to the electorate in the offing.” He | |was veferring to Senator-Copeland’s | candidacy for mayor of New York City. The Senator’s remark created a stir in the Senate and caused the presiding officer to rap for order. | In Atlanta, Dr. Hiram Evans, Im- !perial Wizard, said that Black was never a member of the Klan. l WHEREABOUTS IS SECRET | WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — The !members of Senator Black’s office staff kept his whereabouts a close secret today when the Senate de- bated his qualifications for the Su- preme Court. His office staff mem- bers said however he was in Wash- ington “taking things easy.” | D BODY OF NEGRO FOUND MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS States Marines Ordered to Chin The Young Koosevelts on the Riviera e & _ This interesting picture, which just arrived in the United States, show. his bride, the former Ethel duPont, as they basked in the sun on the Fr s Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and rench Riviera. The young couple exnect to return to the United States in the early Fall, DPPONENTS OF sasmrnea., ~GOURT SCHEME Sy R Head of Young Democrats Says Reprisals Will Be Opposed INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Aug. 17. Reprisals against Congressmen who oppesed the President’s Court plan will be discou »d at the biennial convention of the Younz Democrats here. The statement is made by Frank Wickham, of Sioux Fa outh Da- kota, who is national head of the Young Democrats. | The convention opens here tomor- w. Yellow Séa . 10 e Man's Nude Body Here is where the present con- flict between China and Japan is raging — Shanghai. Peiping and Tientsin have passcd through the first stages of the “undeclared” war. There is Han- i | = INSURGENTS IN FIERCE DRIVE ON SANTANDER Fall of Biscayane Capital | Is Predicted Within Present Week HENDAYE, French Border, Aug. 7~—Gen. Francisco Franco's Le- gions plunged today against the tottering defense of Santander from five directions. Insurgent tacticians predict the fall of the Biscayane capital with- |in the week. One powerful column has routed the Government troops from Es- cudo Pass, Santanders’ last moun- tain stronghold on the south and is reported within 30 miles of the coastal objective. ROTARIANS HEAR * PRICE TEN CENTS CANADIAN OFF 70 ARCTIC IN PLANE SEARCH Picks Up Eskimo to Be In- terpreter—No Word Since Saturday MATTERN’S REFUELING PLANE ON WAY NORTH Polar Radio Stations Fail to Pick Up Any Signals from Lost Fliers BULLETIN — POINT BAR- ROW, Alaska, Aug. 17.—A wire- less message said Bob Randall, Canadian Pilot, braved the dpubtful weather, left in his chartered plane from Aklavik to search for the lost Soviet ship, swept along the Arctic Coast and landed at Demarca- tion Point. He is now bound for Herschel Island. He intended to question the Eskimos whether they have seen or heard of a plane in their vicinity since last Friday night. i A | CANADIAN FiLOT | IS OFF TO ARCTIC EDMONTON, Aung. 17. — Harry Hayter, Acting Manager of the {Mackenzie River Air Service, sald Russian Embassy at % flifi D. C., chartered a F-gen ¢ [plane here. The plane, with pilot |Bob Randall and enginecr Jerry Buckan, left here Saturday and |reached Aklavik Saturday night on |a projected search of the Arctic for (he missing Soviet fliers. | Tt was planned to pick an Eskimo tup at Aklavik to aid in the search. | It is believed the plane has left Aklavik but although the plane was equipped with a voice radio and wireless key, has not been heard |from since the takeoff. | The plane was to proceed along ithe Arctic coast to Herschel Island, |then to Barrow. The Eskimo was to |act as interpreter in case the plane contacted Eskimo bands. The ter- | ritory assigned to Pilot Randall ad- {joins the reglon northwest of where |Mattern is to search. REFUELING PLANE IS ON WAY TO FAIRBANKS SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—A trimotored Ford plane arrived here from Cali- fornia at 10:47 o'clock this morning bound for Fairbanks, Alaska, where | NEAR COVINGTON |5 Found Doubled the lines northeast of Shanghailoved comedian, columnist and ac- cluding H. Richard Seller, president kow which was taken by the facing the W?]angpoo River beyond |tor, was honored today by civic lead- the International Settlement. Infers and friends with tke dedication some places the Chinese troops are of a two-mile section of the United said to have penetrated the Japan- ese advance positions, Three huge fires late last night were started by Chinese bombs and shells within the Japanese lines. One fire rages in Chapei, across Sooksow Creek from the Interna-| tional Settlement. The other two| roar uncontrolled in the mill dis-, trict northeast of Shanghai. Thousands Killed It is believed many have been add- ed to the death toll in which thou- sands of Chinese and Japanese es- pecially have been killed. The Japanese cannot understand the courageous Chinese. Heretofore the Chinese have been easily fought and conquered. Now the Chinese are showing the Japanese what real re- sistance is and the Nippon forces do not know what to expect next as they have outmaneuvered them at every turn, both on land and in the air. ON WARTIME BASIS TOKYO, Aug. 17—The Japanese Cabinet has decided to ask for an extraordinary session of Parliament on September 3 to consider placing Japan’s economic structure on a wartime basis and make appropria- | tions to enact kindred measures for | prosecution of the undeclared war on China. The session is proposed to con- tinue for five days and will bring the Diet together for a third time within ten months and establish Parliamentary record. The request for the extraordinary session will be tendered to Emperor Hirohito. ————— Kansas never had a volcano. Yet Kansas supplies more volcanic ash of first offenders from the hard-| than any other state or territory. The ash is used for scouring soaps, tooth powder, abrasives and so on. | States Highway 66. | The road extending from Chicago |to the Pacific Ocean and passing | through Claremore, Okla., former |home of the writer, has been re- christened the Will Rogers High- way. It ends not far from the Rog- ers’ hillside ranch. Goy. Merriam, Mayors ‘of neigh- |boring municipalities and multi- |tudes of “home folks” who desired |to pay their respects to a grand Ineighbor gathered this afternoon before the rustic gate placed across Santa Monica Boulevard on the western section of the city. A parade was held early today with. vehicles passing through the | Barbecue Fiesta of the type liked by | Rogers. Tomorrow night the Elks Lodge | will unveil a $25,000 portrait of Rog- lers. Fred Stone, stage and screen actor, will participate in the dedi- | cation. ‘“Gan't Reform Man in a Cage” SACRAMENTQO, Cal, Aug. 17— “You'll never rehabilitate a man “ln a cage,” Police Chief Austin J. /Roche declared here in urging es- |tablishment of a prison farm to ac- |commodate 1,000 prisoners. “There is a humane and intelli- 1 | said. “I particularly favor segregation ened criminals. If you don't segre- jgate them, you'll soon have noth- \ing but hardened criminals” |gent way of handling them,” Roche/ of the Seattle chapter, were arrest- ed after a free-for-all fignt of un- ion printers on itne way to work at the Star. Roy Ryerson, 28, Paul Pemberton, 21, both Guilders, Fred Hudson, newsboy, and Phillip Davis, 28, a member of the Teachers' Union, were. also arrested in a fight two blocks from the Star after the print-| ers attempted to walk through the pickets. \ ——e——— Girl Is Slain; Student Sought BEREA, 1%, Aug. 17. — Feeling runs high today among the stu- 1dents and townspeople over the am- bush slaying of pretty Opal Sturgell, 118, Berea College.sophomore. Police Chief Earl T. Hayes said !the force would take all precautions to avoid what he feared would be an outbreak of violence against the slayer, George E. Wells, 20, Berea senior, who is being sought on a murder warrant. = s Western Japan |shock over a comparatively large section of western Japan at 11 o'- clock this morning did little ma- (terial damage, according to early reports, and no casualties. The seismetic center is bglieved to be in the vicinity of West Lake Biwa. Shaken, Quake TOKYO, Aug. 17.—~An earthquakel ;‘Accused of Ex;ing Marshal Chester Doyle of Mason, Tenn. | | | | COVINGTON, Tenn, Aug. 17 j {The bullet-punctured body of Al-| bert Goodea, 36-year-old negro slay- ing suspect, was found hanging be- neath the Highway bridge here to- day. He was taken from Sheriff W. J. Vaughan by a band of six masked men late yesterday while the sheriff iwas bringing the prisoner by auto from Memphis to Covington. Gooden was accused of slaying Marshal Chester Doyle of Mason, Tenn., on July 17. He was being brought for a hearing after being {held in Memphis for safe keeping. FIVE LEAVE WITH MUNTER YESTERDAY Five passengers left for Southeast |Alaska with Pilot Herbert Munter }in the Intercoastal Airways plane |vesterday afternoon. They were: Marie Williams, Fred Wendt and %d Hoffman for Ket- chikan and Walter Koko and G. & McDonald for Petersburg. DESTINATION OF NOBLES ON TRIP REMAINS MYSTERY Friends were on the lookout today {for the return of Mr. and Mrs. J |Irvine Noble and children, who left Saturday morning on a short trip in their gas boat, and were expect- ed to return here today. Their destination is unknown, and {it is believed that if they do not return by tonight, efforts will be made to contact them. Japanese and the city then set afire, Nanking is the seat of the Up in Small Trunk Baggage Clerk Notices| Blood Dripping from Luggage Chinese¢ Government. SPENDING OUR PLANS FOR BOAT RACE TO JUNEAU Tentative plans for a power boat|and three companions are aboard race from “Capital to Capital” —|the plane. Olympia to Juneau—were announc-, Preparations were made here for it will be used to refuel Jimmy Mat- tern’s plane because of limited space at the Fairbanks airport. The plane made an overnight stop at Sacra- mento. INCOME GIVEN NEW YORK, Aug. 17—The still warm nude body of a man about 25 with wavy brown hair, was found ed at the meeting of the Juneau Ro- tary Club today by Capt. W. B. Mc- Donald, commodore of the Olympia Yacht Club, who with Major J. O. immediate resumption of the flight northward. CONTINUE TO LISTEN this afternoon doubled up in a small trunk just checked at the Railway | Express Agency office behind thei Pennsylvania Terminal | The body was discovered when| the elerk noticed blod dripping from ANOTHER DEAL Mr. A(Iarrlsfl; Got It All Figured Out—With One Lackey, retired, U.S.A., was a guest FOR RADIO SIGNALS at the luncheon gathering this noon.| WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Offici- Capt. McDonald stressed that no|als of the Soviet Embassy said all definite arrangements have been | Polar radio stations are continuing made for the race, but stated that to listen in on the wave length of the idea has been received with gen—‘uw lost Soviet plane on the pro- jonly and cannot be consumed on the a trunk which he had just received from a tall young man with red hair | who had ‘brought it in a taxi and| ordered it shipped collect to Joe Marshal in Memphis, Tenn. He Eye on Poorhouse By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 IR At was bib nakie: !‘(}upxlal is so used to talking bil- Superficial cxamination gave n”‘hon.s, that it {m;;h!, be a refreshing evilAaS K" to AR oatisa of Lm‘mvnrsmn to discover how close the death., The man who checked Lhr-i“""mg” American family actually trunk left hurriedly in a taxi after|°9mes 0 all that money getting s tag ” | Let's .taZe a stroll over to the o Department of Labor Statistics and |see Joseph Adams, who can tell you {where your money goes—and mine Texas Mixed Drinkers your. wiepey i | Mr. Adams has been studying our Get Lots of Homework! ockeinook for years. e knows ; what’s in it, and what goes out of AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 17—Texans it He has averaged up a lot who like their mixed drinks face at|household money jars, and here is least two more years of MIXinglwhat he and others have discov- them at home or buying them at|ered. places which operate. illegally. | Roughly half of the average Determined efforts to liberalize | american families make less than the liguor law to permit s 0f $1500 a year—or about $2500 to mixed drinks in counties desiringis2900 a week. That supplies a man them failed by a few votees in both ang his wife and two children with branches of the Texas Legislature. everything from shoes to a day at Under the law which replaced the zoo. statewide prohibition two y ago, beer and wine may be consumed on WHERE IT GOES the premises where sold but hard, well, what happens to all liquor may be dispensed in bottles money in a years time? - P tha Here's premises, | (Continued on Page Two) { of | — The|committee to greet Fred Randolph said. Smith, district Rotarian Governor from Tacoma, who will arrive here Saturday. Among events to be held during {Mr. Smith’s visit will be the tea at | the Governor's house, Monday after- inmm. BASER ALLTODAY are scores of base- iball games played in the two major leagues this afternoon and received up to 1:30 o'clock: National League New York 4; Boston 1 | Chicago 2; Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia 11; Brooklyn 1 American League | Boston 6; Philadelphia 1, | Washington 0; New York 8. The followin -vo M. D. Williams, District Engineer returned to Juneau this morning from a week's inspection trip to Southeast Alaska points, eral enthusiasm. jected flight, Moscow to Fairbanks, Charles D. Beale, President, ap- {pointed A. B. Phillips, I. Goldstein, and Harry Lucas on a welcoming Alaska. No reliable message has been picked up, the Embassy officials | Stations are reported to have picked up fragments of messages |from the missing plane but when traced down, these messages proved | false. It may be that the plane’s radio 115 functioning but is somewhat dam- aged, therefore poorly heard. NO WORD RECEIVED MOSCOW, Aug. 17. — No word | has come out of the Arctic regarding |the six lost Soviet fliers. Sevetal searching parties are out from here. Two parties have returned after a |fruitless search. The Soviet station at the North Pole is maintaining a 24 hour vigil for signals from the lost ship. MYSTERIOUS TRIP BANFF, B. C, Aug. 17. — Harry | R. Coffey, of Portland, Oregon, Gov= ernor of the American Aeronautic Association and official checker of ' for the Bureau of Public Roads, the Russian Polar flights, landed | here and plans to fly to Calgary. He did not say anything regarding the purpose of the flight