The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 2, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7578. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS FLARES SEEN MAY BE FROM LOST FLIERS BRITISH SEE ITALY BEHIND SEA ATTACKS Shape New Naval Policy for Empire After Medi- terranean Sinking DESTROYERS TOLD TO BOMBARD SUBS | One Killed, Six Huit as Latest of Repeated Assaults Occurs LONDON, Sept. 2—Members of the British Cabinet in tense atmos- phere today strove to shape the Em- pire’s naval policy in the face of strange and repeated submarine as- saults on British ships in war and peace. | Informed circles said the British Government suspected Italy of res- ponsibility for the wave of attacks. The latest victim of the Mediter- ranean torpedo was the tanker| Woodford, flying the British flag, which was sunk today. The second[ engineer was killed and six mem- bers of her crew wounded. The tor- pedoing took place off the Spanish Government’s east coast. The sub- marine got away. Believed Destroyed However, there arose the possi- ~bility that the submarine which fired a torpedo yesterday at the destroyer Havock in the same gen- eral area was destroyed by the Hav- ock’s defensive depth charges, mem- bers of the Havock's crew said. This attack was near Gibraltar. The destroyer, sighting the ap- proaching torpedo, zig-zagged and | dropped five depth bombs. Then the Havock signalled other British warships. A watch was kept over a 15-mile area. Soon oil ap- peared to the surface, indicating, seamen believed, that the sybmar- ine was sunk. Are on Trail British destroyers are still on the trail of the submarine agres- sors, with permission to sink them | if found. British ministers conferred with Secretary Anthony Eden for two and a half hours, leading to the be- lief that a policy affecting the en- tire Empire is being considered. | Captain of the Woodford reported | his ship sank three hours after| it was torpedoed. The crew took to boats, arriving at the town of Beni- carly, west of the Spanish coast, after eight hours at sea. Press comment was so worded that it was believed by informed persons to reflect the suspicion of the Brit- ish Government that Italy played | | | | | I | tconunu;dv;rrl’age Two) l JAPS WARRING ON KAl SHEK | FOR PURPOSE Foreign Minister Says Chi- nese General Must Be “Eliminated” | | | i T'hey’re Happyrz Pictured in & happy frame of mind gress, are (left to right) : Majority William B. Bankhead, of Alabama, ai ense A tmosphere Arises Betw een 2 Nations Congress Quits after adjournment of the 75th Con- Leader Rayburn, of Texas; Speaker nd Representative John J. O’Connor, of New York: The President extended his wishes for a happy vacation to members of both houses. INSURGENTS ON WAY TO GLJON, BAY OF BISCAY Loyalists Are on Way to Belchite, Stronghold of Rebels BULLETIN — HENDAYE, Sept. 2.—Asturian dynamiters have blown up a mountain in the Cuera Range, plunging a mass of rock, dirt and general debris in the way of the Span- ish Insurgent forces advancing against Gijon. HENDAYE, French-Spanish Bor- pressing westward along the Bay of Biscay toward Gijon, against what the Insurgent communique terms, slight resistance. Radio advices however, received here from Spanish Government sources, indicated victory near on another front, more than 200 miles away where the Loyalists are in- vading Belchite, the Insurgent stronghold on the Aragon front, through gusts of machine gun fire and under heavy aerial bombard- |ment. - e CONVENTION OF SEAMEN THIRD TERM 1S OPPOSED BY SEN. RUSH West Virginian Says He { Will Seek Record i Vote on Issue ? WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.— United Atates Senator Rush Dew Holt, of West Virginia, said today he will seek a record vote in the Senate against a third term for Franklin D. Roosevelt as President. Senator Holt said he will offer the same resolution opposing a third term which the Senate approved in 1928 and the House approved in ider, Sept. 2.—The Insurgents are 1875 ALASKA SALMON PACK THIS YEAR 1S 6500000 CASES Considered Good Season as Compared with Other Normal Years | f Alaska’s salmon pack for this sea- Bureau of Fisheries. With most of DEAD, TYPHOON IN HONEK ONG {Crowded Harbor Swept by | Tremendous Waves— Ships Go Down | TENEMENT HOUSES | COLLAPSE, REPORT { Refugees from Shanghai War Zone Imperiled— Heroic Deeds Done tating typhoon, the worst on- ten years, roared in from the sea las night and early today and gave this |section a lashing that is estimated |to have taken at least 300 lives on |land and possibly more on water. Fifteen bodies have been recov-| ered from fire-blackened ruins in| |the Chinese tenement section. The; |typhoon is blamed for the fire which | |trapped Chinese in flimsy dwelling |and tenements. | | Numerous houses collapsed from| ithe force of he typhoon. Distress Calls Distress calls from foundering |ships poured in from all sides. Ship~ Iping suffered particularly because lof the crowded harbor filled with lretugee ships from the Shanghal war zone. One of the steamers that foung |dered was the liner Hunan carrying 11,200 Chingsp refugees but how many were drowned is not known. | British police and reserve offi- cers, hercically forming a human life line, rescued many crews of the | |smaller stranded vessels, and hun-| dreds of Chinese refugees. One Area Demolished The Doenton area in Hongkong \was entirely demolished as if bomb- led. Solid blocks of masonry collaps- HUNDREDS ARE | HONGKONG, Sept. 2.—A devas-| Marines Parade Before Leavin g for China Duty Marching in dress parade, 1200 Marines of the Sixth Regiment, recently marched in review before com- manding officers in San Diego, Cal, shortly before they were ordered to China to strengthen American troops already in the Shanghai war zone. Secrefary of State Hull déclared the United States has no inten- tion of withdrawing from the Far East and intends to protect American interests in China. Bodridden Wife |2 MEASURES REINDEER BILL Is Killed; Mate | GET APPROVAL IS SIGNED BY Then Kill Self ~ BY PRESIDENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 2. Saul David Landecker, 72, wealthy San Francisco stock broker, fatally| wounded his bedridden wife last | Federal Slum Clearance Bill, Measure A and Helium Gas Manu- ppropriates Two| Million for Restoring ed under many of the piers. e LeadershiplsUp To Businessmen | | | Croson Declares Community Cannot Prosper Unless They Accept Responsibility i Give consideration to fraternal| lorganizations in your city; don't| ‘nog]ect to put your mind and moneyi back of your school system and take an active interest in the gov-| lernment of your community. | | These were the highlights of an | |interesting message brought to the son will be approximately 6,500,000 Juneau Chamber of Commerce to- | steamer Molkieff is reported to have any one state will be $150,000. cases, according to figures from day at its weekly luncheon at Per- | been sunk off Skyros Island, in the! pack reports released by the U. S./cy’s by Carl E. Croson, Seattle at-|Aegean Sea by a submarine w)uch]MULLEN 'GIRLS sAlL ON f Nile Tem- | hoisted the Spanish Insurgent flag. torney and Potentate o {up to 1:30 o'clock: Deer to Natives WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 Prcsl-‘ dent Roosevelt today signed the biH‘ appropriating two million dollars to| restore Alaska reindeer herds to the night and then killed himself with| bullets from an old fashioned pis-| | tol, WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—White, Police Inspector B. C. Lally said House officials state President Roos- facture, Okayed Eskimos and Indians. The bill makes | it illegal for whites to operate herds. | | Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- |mond said the measure “will keep | Alaska natives off the dole.” He said the natives had become desti-| |tute as they lost their principal food supply. Paul Gordon, Interior Department Supervisor of Alaskan Affairs and |former Director of the Education o' i |for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in| WILY LIEE FROIRUTS !Almku. remarked before the con- HYDE PARK, N.Y., Sept. 2. —gressional committee that the “rein- lPrrmlent Roosevelt has signed the deer industry provides a food sup- —re I bill authorizing Federal aid tostates ply that solves a pressing problem.” |in wild life restoration project | House consideration of the meas- | The act provides for a special ure brought Republican jibes when {wild life fund equivalent to taxes it was up and Representative J. Wil- Y:mllnct,m:l on firearms and ammuni- liam Ditter of Pennsylvania com- ATHENS, Sept. 2—The Soviet tion. The maximum allotment to mented: “If we are going to have | ;;,anta Claus I suppose we have to| provide reindee: Landecker was despondent over m»\‘rwll has announced approval of wife's prolonged illness, [the Waggoner-Steagal Bill launch- | PR ASC AN R0 ling the $526000,000 experiment in Federal Slum Clearance and low | V rent housing construction. | | | The President, according to an- nouncement, has signed the Senate o Ibill authorizing Government mon- The following are scores of base-'onoly production of helium and ball games played this afterncon in'changing the export rules to per- the two major leagues and received mi helium sale to foreign countries | in restricted quantities for com-| National League mercial and medical purposes. Chicago "3; Brooklyn 4 | Pittsburgh 11; Philadelphia 8. | American League | Boston 2; Chicago 4. | | - SOVIET VESSEL SEES 5 SIGNALS IN FAR ARCTIC |Flashes SigE@ on South- ern Horizon from Deck of Russian Ship LOCATION IS IN UNFREQUENTED SPOT One Hydroplane on Search from Point Barrow Forced Down (By Associated Press) The steamship Naxcople, in Prince | Regent Inlet, reports by radio that five flares were sighted on the southern horizon and this immed- |iately caused speculation aboard the | Arctic vessel whether they were from the lost six Russian fliers. The Nascopie is anchored in Bel- lot Strait between Somerset Island and Bootha Peninsula. The flares were plainly seen from the decks of the steamer. The location is one of the most unfrequented parts of the Canadian Arctic. ‘The Nascopie is carrying an east= ern Arctic patrol to meet the schooner Aklavik coming from the western Arctic to open the first ship communication through the Northwest Passage. DOWN ON AROCTIC COAST POINT BARROW, Alaska, Sept. 2—Soviet flier Zadkoff left here bound east for the Soviet icebreaker Krassin but weather forced his hy- droplane down along the Northern Alaska shore. - e — MATTERN QUITS ARCTIC SEARCH, LEAVES JUNEAU Hops on No:stop Flight to Los Angeles After Week Here Abandoning the search for the missing Soviet fliers, Jimmy Mat- tern and his navigator, Hank Jones, lifted the nose of their $90,000 twin- motored Lockheed plane off the PAA-owned Juneau field at 3 o'- clock this morning for a non-stop flight to Los Angeles. Thus ended, in a little more than two weeks, Mattern's spectacular rush to the aid of the Russian air- men who had rescued him in the Siberian wastes four years ago at the conelusion of his two-thirds fin- ished round-the-world flight. At that time, on August 16, Mat- tern gunned his expensive plane, originally designed for an Oakland- the districts through for the sea- son with the exception of some limited fall fishing, pack figures at the end of August stood at 6,453,021 cases. Some reports are still to come NOW CALLED sion WilTA—ltempt to Seek Unity of Mari- time Unions CHICAGO, Ill, Sept. 2—A con- Ses: expected the six and half milli(‘) case mark will be exceeded. Last year’s pack, the largest on iple Shrine. | Reports here are that one member | the lead in your community or your steamer went down. | community cannot prosper,” Mr. | S |Croson said in his remarks: “You| Mistrals are northwest winds |a cross section of theeconomic life suddenly depreciate temperatures | (Continued on Page Two) on the south coast of France. *You business men must take of the crew was drowned when the| |CHARLOTTE FOR SOUTH | Sailing on the Princess Charlotte \tomorrow morning, Beatrice and |Virginia Mullen, daughters of Mr. in and with the fall fishing it js hold the purse strings as you are which at certain seasons of the year and Mrs. J. F. Mullen, will go to| San Rafael, Cal, to enter school, Beatrice will attend College in San Rafael while Virginia will go to Dominican High School in Domincan | to-Moscow flight over the North Pole, from Oakland to Fairbanks in a non-stop hop. Last Thursday, a week ago today, Mattern dropped his plane on the Juneau field, but immediately de- |nied that he had abandoned efforts VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 2.— to find the Russians. He previously |War in the Orient is shattering the |had made one flight over the Arctic, British Columbia lumber export flying low and dangerously. SINO-JAP WAR - THROTTLES B.C. record, was 8,234,262 cases and 1934, trade as exports to China have been| Several days after his arrival here, ference seeking unity in the Tarti- the previous big year, produced ap- : o ‘Navy Reveals Japanese TOKYO, Sept. 2.—Foreign Min—‘“me Unions adjourned last night proximately seven and @ quarter (l'U evea s ister Hirota today indicated !hat‘w“h a.cceplance of thg Policy Czl)qm- million cases. Judged with com-| Japan’s objective in the undeelareq Miit颒s recommendation for a Na-|;arative normal years, officials said the same city. | - |completely stopped and those to Mattern hopped off on a flight to ——%|Japan have been reduced to “very Whitehorse in the sub-stratosphere NS | |small quantity.” in an attempt to “catch possible ra- - STOCK QUOTATIO! warfare in China is for the elim- ination of General Chiang Kai Shek. Hirota told correspondents: “Lead- | ers of the present day China have | long fostered anti-Japanese senti- ment for political purposes and to that end they openly prepared for | war on Japan through collusion with Communists. The Sino-Soviet| pact is of special significance in this regard.” BATTLE STILL RAGES SHANGHAI, Sept. 2. — Battles| are still raging in various sectors in and around Shanghai. | The Chinese forces have retired | to prepared positions outside of | warship shell fire and the Japanese - do not seem to be following them,, apparently afraid of mine layed| territory. X | tional Convention of Seamen in|i,. 1937 pack was substantially| Spy Acts in Northland * San Francisco on January 17, 19: a-fhea\'yA at the same time allowing Paul Boyles, 3 t Ohairman of the|agequate escapement to the streams Convention, announced the dele-|asquring supply for future year: supply s, gates are pledged to carry forward; p,pm 7 the CIO program. { o {P. 0. Workers Sugar Euota Bill To Affiliate ‘rWith A.F. of L. Signed by FDR; Monopoly Ended WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. — White House officials said Pres- ident Roosevelt has signed the sugar quota bill with the under- standing “that the unholy alli- ance between the cane and beet growers on the one hand, and the Seaboard Refining ‘monopo- ly on the other hand has been terminated,” Office Railway Mail Service La- |borers today voted to affiliate with ithe American Federation of Labor. S e Of 85000 farm families in Da- kota nearly 45,000 families were de- pendent on the Resettlemeni Ad- ministration for aid in 1936, | ‘ PITTSBURGH, Penn, Sept. 2. —| | Delegates attending the Convention| of the National Association of Post| In the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in an article by Cecil B. Dickson, of the Territory has been institut- |under a Washington date line of ed by the department. It resulted August 26 Japanese spy acts in Al-|in two cruises in July and the aska are revealed and shows fish- |early part of this month by squad- ing boat officers are made up of rons from the battle fleet Nippon's Intelligence Corps, U. S.| Fleet Maneuvers probers say. | There is a possibility that, in view The article is as follows: |of the Far Eastern situation, the Discovery of Japanese intelligence |annual maneuvers of the full Unit- 'agents acting as officers of fishing |ed State fleet will be staged soon boats operating in Alaskan waters |in the North Pacific, officers said Specially trained naval intelli- |was disclosed today by high ranking | |naval officers. Precautionary steps have been ta- |ers and destroyers that made the |ken by the Mavy to counteract the |cruises into Alaskan waters, it was |Japanese espionage in and around revealed. the yirgin territory, containing vast| They received information that 90 the |of Japanese fishing vessels oper- (Continued on Page Two) natural resources desired by Nipponese, A special study of naval defense| gence officers were aboard the cruis-| stores of oil, iron, gold and other|per cent of the officers and crews; - B NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—There was no sale of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today. Closing quotation of Ameri- can Can is 98%, American Light and | Power 9, Anaconda 52%, Bethlehem Steel 87%, Calumet 137, Common- wealth and Southern 2%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 52, In- ternational Harvester 103%, Ken-| necott 55%, New York Central 32%, | Southern Pacific 38%, United States| Steel 102%, Cities Service 2%, Re-| public Steel Pure Ol 17%, Holly Sugar 28! Un- lited States Treasury bonds 2'% 19720, Atchison General fours 110 DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow,! ones averages: industrials 170.84,/ rails 47.13, utilities 26,54, | | 32%, Pound $4.96%, [ . The British Columbia Association|dio calls from the Russians above of Timber Exporters reported that|the static.” the Orient market took 15 per cent| Only one flight of this type was of British Columbia exports last|made. year, Last night after returning from - IR ::;tlmpromptu trip to Petersburg, ELECTION IS TO BE ° [ipiem commoied pitns foc " FEATURE, RAINBOW MEETING SATURDAY | Meanwhile, the search for the [Soviet fliers lost in the Arctic con- tinues from the northern bases. Mattern talked with his Los An- Election of officers will be held eles associates by radio telephone Saturday afternoon at the opening|before leaving this morning. He said all meeting of the Rainbow Girls he would have his plane ready for at the Scottish Rite Temple at 1:30 another dash north again any time o’clock |his presence was required. Plans for the fall and winter sea-| Mattern expected to make a non- son will be made at the session.|stop flight, Juneau to Los Angeles, Miss Pat Harland, Worthy Advisor, in 12 hours. will preside over the meeting -oo —— A social will follow the buamessk Tattooing is regarded as a fine art meeting in Burma,