The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 16, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937 S ALL THE TIME” MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW " PRICE TEN CENTS VOL. L., NO. 7589. HINESE BREAK ADVANCE LINE,JAPANESE ENTIRE AREA NOW WITHOUT LIGHT, POWER Plant Is Covered with De-| bris from Lowell Creek Rampage STANDARD OIL PLANT 1S BEING UNDERMINED Railroad TE Covered— Col. Ohlson Arrives to Direct Work | Town of Seward Th CONTINUE HUNT FOR MISSING SIX SOVIET FLIERS Search Made Along Arctic Coast—Six Other Air- craft Are Engaged POINT BARROW, Alaska, Sept. 16. — —Rumors that Eskimos saw mysterious flares on the Arctic coast about the time the six Soviet fliers disappeared on the flight from Moscow to Fairbanks, sent So- viet Pilot Alexis Gratcianski in his trimotored Sikorsky plane on a search yesterday which extended from Icy Cape, 100 miles southwest SEWARD, Alaska, Sept. 16. — | to Point Barrow. The pilot and his Shanghal Populace f;lees Béx;bs reatened By Rain, F lood CONSTITUTION ‘DAY PROGRAM ARRANGED HERE Observance Starts at Noon —Masonic Celebration in Evening at Temple |the signing of the Constitution, Ju- neau was prepared today to pay widespread honor to the document and the occasion of its signing. Both private and public schools have ar- ranged programs and the churches lof the city will take special cogniz- day. Fraternal and commercial or- ganizations also are observing the Marking the 150 anniversary of | ance of Constitution week on Sun- | About one hundred and fifty men are battling to prevent the Stand- ard Oil Company’s plant here from being undermined. A week of torrential rain and high tides has caused the Lowell Creek flume and glacial waters, to back |companions said the search failed to | fliers. | sir Hubert Wilkins and Pilot |Golovin continue to hunt over the Wanda Natalie, 16-year-old Galves- | ton, Texas, schoolgirl, is shown right up behind the eight-ball. uncover any trace of the missing| | Arctic regions. Golovin's pusmon‘ Wanda took the male pocket-bil- |is not given but Sir Hubert is said; liardists into camp in the city's | class-B championships. She has fre- | quently made straight runs of 25. up and inundate the Alaska Rail- road and the Seward Light and‘ Power plant. The flood waters piled boulders and gravel high over the right-of- way of the Alaska Railroad in the heart of the town. Seward is without light and power. The storm is increasing in fury. Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General| Manager of the Alaska Railroad,| has arrived to direct floor work. The main highwdy ihto Seward is covered in places with 16 inches| of water. The railroad bridges at Mile Three and also at Mile 12 are threat- ened. Debris is coming down the Resur- rection and Snow Rivers adding to the general troubled situation. Chicago Schoals Reopened After Siegg}huldnwn Infantile Paralysis Still Keeps Elementary Grades Closed CHICAGO, Il., Sept. 16. — The |City Board of Health here last night to be at Aklavik. On the Russi@n side of the North Pole, four Soviet planes are con- tinuing the search. Tammany Sway Over Politics Is T@atened {New York Race Today May, Push Hall Into -Background NEW YORK, Sept. 16. — Tam- many’s fate as a significant political “Looking down on the Garden Bridje'in Shanghal, Some of the 1,000,000 refugees from the native quarters of the stricken city are shown seeking the comparative safety of the International Settlement. Aerial bombs from both Chinese and Japanese planes have exacted a_heavy toll in human lives and property damage. : hrimp Peelef Is Irnventedi By Earl Ohmer, Petersburg day. | At noon tomorrow whistles will| blow and bells sound, tolling out| the beginning of the observance in Juneau. The afternoon will be a semi-holiday and Federal, Terri- torial and city offices will close but R. G. Howe, British statesman, is shown leaving England by flying boat for Shanghai to take over the business houses plan to remain open post of Ambassador from Great | "'munlty singing with Carol Britain_in China, replacing Sir | Hughe Knatchbull-Huggessen, seri- ously wounded I;y machine gun bul- lets. as usual. Tomorrow evening a complete | Constitution Day program will be |given by the Masonic bodies at the |Masonic temple. It begins with a| /dinner at 6:30 o'clock prepared by | Katherine Hooker, assisted by six-| teen Rainbow girls. | Alice Palmer will lead the com-| Beery Davis_at the piano. Appearing on the program which immediately fol- lows the dinner in the dining room | will be Mary Jeanette Whittier, Dor- | |is McEachran, Helen Webster, nnd} |“The Singing Strings.” | By special request Lola Mae Al- lexander will render “The Star| iSpanuled Banner."” | The Constitution Day address will {be given by H. L. Faulkner, Juneau | attorney. At 9 pm. Rands' Orchestra starts | England, France Intimate Haly : Musl_l@keMuv Navy Yard Sailors Work Day and Night Loading Munitions for Britain LONDON, Sept. 16.—England and France rushed into Mediterranean COUNTERATTACK MADE; INVADERS AREFORCEDBACK || Mechanized Force Is Brok- en During Driving Rain Storm TOWN OF LOTIEN RETAKEN TODAY Cholera EpEl-m'c Report- ed Spreading Into Foreign Sectors SHANGHAI, Sept. 16.—The Chin- ese counter attacked in force today from the center of their strong Shanghai defense line and drove the Japanese from Lotien, 15 miles northwest of the International Set- tlement. Despite the heavy rain storm, the Chinese troops are said to have bro- ken the mechanized Japanese at- tack and counter-attacking they drove out the Japanese who had entered the town with arnfored cars and tanks. It is sald the Chinese now have 29 divisions totaling 300,000 men in the Shanghai and Soochow areas with 13 divisions massed in the im- mediate Shanghai area. ing grave proportions and has spread through the foreign sectors striking down more than 100 addi- tional victims over night. The dread plague has raised the number of cases in International Settlement and French Concessions to 740 and there are an additional 1,400 sus- pected cases in the two areas. In the Chinese sections the cases are believed to mount into thousands. isan £ |decided to allow the opening of all force may be determined. today fol- high schools, vocational schools and lowing the vote of a million en- junior colleges which were closed rolled Republicans and Democrats in the Mayoralty primary contest. The extraordinary bitterness over |the outcome of the election may The elementary schools will re-'bubble from the metropolitan arena J WASHINGTON. Sept. 16.—A me-|the Sesquicentennial Dance which | shrimp peeler. Fisheries Will continue until midnight. |naval activities on virtually a war- ————— | chanical | Bureau officials said. is the newest| During the evening, the beautiful |time basis which intimated that| M A n R I n |s Dr. H. . Romig Is Appointed to THAT STEP FOR NEUTRALITY ACT wrinkle in the seafood industry. |coloma1 costumes worn by the East- Italy must make the next move if; Deputy Commissioner Charles €' Star officers Tuesday night, it wants to join the anti-piracy pa- ! Jackson, recently in Alaska, said Wil by request be worn again. These trol. |the device is operated in a Peters- Officers will act as qostesses for the" Thus, Itallan demands for equal- |during the recent outbreak of an| ;m(anme paralysis epidemic. | in' evening. ity in the new Mediterranean pa-| |main closed temporarily. | Health authorities apparently con- isider the epidemic gradually sub-| |siding and feel that, as far as older ed to Succeed Late |youths are concerned, it is safe for Ethem to resume their studies. The Hea@ Position Anchorage Physician Nam- | SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—Logging op- |erators today were warned to use! |extreme caution in the woods by the| |James A. Farley. and have far-reaching import the national setup. Mayor Fiorello 'La Guardia, Fu- sion party incumbent, is unopposed for the Republican nomination. He is pro-New Deal and is violently opposed by Tammany Hall, U. S. Senator Royal S. Copeland, writer and radfo talker on numer- ous medical subjects, has received | the support of Tammany Hall as candidate for the Democratic nom- ination. He is opposed by Jeremiah T. Mahoney, the choice of the four pro-New Deal’ leaders. Senator Roosevelt’s administration unmer- cifully. He has brought the Supreme Court nomination of Hugo L. Black into the municipal race by charging the Associate Supreme Court Jus- tice with Ku Klux Klan tendencies. Mahoney recently received public support from Postmaster General Norman Thomas, cialist candidate for all races, is unopposed for the Socialist nomina- tion. STELLA IRWIN T0 BE MARRIED Copeland has flayed President perennlél So-‘ jburg, Alaska, plant, the inventor being Carl Ohmer. | Jackson said Ohmer stated he did| not plan to market the device but would keep it for his own use. The shrimp enters the machine| head first on a conveyor belt and; the mechanism turns them over,| |1ifts off the shell, cuts off the head | and tails, then drops the meat into| the container. CHINA'S APPEAL CAUSES TROUBLE Michael J. McDermott, “Hero of State Depart- ment, Saves the Day | | By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, — Our hero for the week is Michael J. McDermott, Secretary Hull's chief of public information. He preserv- ed the state of confusion at the |State Department. In his usual deep-southern dic- tion Secretary Hull told a press conference that Admiral Yarnell,| in charge of the U. 8. Fleet in China waters, had warned all Yankee mer- ST chant vessels to stay out of Shung-}Uni[ed S(ates IS Asked [o' hai. | v It was important news. It meant.! Coope_rate ,m NCW in effect, that the navy was put-| Discussions ting much of the neutrality act mw; effect without the formality of 8| GENEVA, Sept. 16.—The League | Presidential proclamation. A ma-|of Nations council put China’s ap-! jor purpose of the neutrality actpeal against Japanese aggression in| is to keep American ships out of the hands of a revised Advocacy [dunger zones. . Committee and asked the United| Now, contrary to film thrillers,|States to take part in its delibera- | reporters don’t grab paper and be-|tions. | gin to scribble notes when import-| A quick dispatch of invitations to |ant announcements are made. Such|Washington and twenty-two other |a demonstration might startle the | | capitols was made. It was certain| | whether to cooperate with the com-| |staunchest opponents of his judic- Cards in the social parlors will be | trol scheme remains tense. The dip- p! DeMolay boys will assist in serv-| ing and entertaining. b e CONSTITUTION LAYSBASEFOR ARDENT TALKS President, Two Opponents Will Cloak Speeches Around Document WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Presi- dent Roosevelt and two of the iary program will propound a three- sided week-end discussion which| may add new fuel to the national-| wide conflagration over the Su- preme Court. Each fill speak upon the observ- ance tomorrow of the 150th sign-| ing of the United States Constitu- tion. : The President’s address will be de- | livered from the base of the Wash- | ington monument tomorrow night. . K d Senator Borah leads off tonight ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 16.— news source into qualifying or re-|the United States must soon decide ¢ o Masonic meeting, while Sena- | fighters. rovided for those who desire them.|lomatic impasse weighted powerful| depth to the charges that torpedoes’ of the mighty Anglo-French ar-| mada might mobilize to stop for good all Mediterranean pirate sub- marine attacks on neutral shipping.| War planes may become the eyes of the fleet. Navy yard sailors worked day and night loading tons of munitions for Britain’s sleek | { NET DEFENDS HARBOR | VALETTA, Malta, Sept. 16. | British defenders of this strategic| Mediterranean naval base are con-| structing a giant cable net, such| as used during the Ethiopian crmls," to bar intruding submarines, at the| mouth of Malta’s harbor. AIRPLANES FOR PATROL MALTA, Sept. 16.—The British airplane carrier Glorious, laden with 45 war planes, it is learned, has ar- rived in the Mediterranean waters to join in the hunt for pirate sub- marines. Guild Charges Seattle P.- 1, In 2 Dismissals EARLY TODAY {Insurgent Shells Dropped on Central Part of City MADRID, Sept. 16.——Insurgent shells pounded Central Madrid at five minute intervals this morning, killing several persons. The bombardment came after two weeks of artillery inactivity. The sudden raid caused fatalities before the people of the downtown district court take to cover. JOHNSON SAYS U3, HEADS FOR - DICTATORSHIP | [Claims We Are Moving | Away from Democracy Imagined by Constitution CHICAGO, Sept. 16—Gen. Hugh Johnson today declared that“under the sedition and ballyhoo of bribery charms, we aré moving away from Stella Irwin, daughter of Don L. calling his statements. Irwin, Director of the Matanuska| 0 e farm colony, and Louis Odsather,' DEAD PAN McDERMOTT tor Vandenbfurg, one of the leading the Democracy imagined by the Constitution. We are heading toward as rigid a Dictatorship as there is |on earth. | “The Chief Executive seeks to in- |fluence decisions of the Supreme | SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—The Nanon-‘Coun by appointing to it a major- |al Labor Relations Board said today ity of puppets of his own choosing, |that new charges have been filed Hill Billles, Ku Klux Klans and lll > -r |by the Seattle Guild chapter against! Wool Hats from forks in the creek diana Town [the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. |like Senator Black.” In D"he“ 1n the absence of Charles Hope,‘i Johnson referred to the New Deal | board of directors, officers and aides Program since 1936 as “an astonish- ANDERSON, Indiana, Sept. ls,——!declined to disclose charges of the}finll and, I believe, of revolutionary | . . |mittee on which her representauve‘mndm“fl for the Republican “m"Files CO m pla int Agamsl formerly served. |ination for President in 1940, will| : employee of the colony staff, willl But at Secretary Hulls elbow By action of the League the group|sneal Satur ey il & MisiEnt! o] Paper‘WIlh Labor Re- lations Board be married tonight. The bride-to- stood McDermott. He is always pushed into the background any|jjsiea) yay The speeches likely| be is a former Fairbanks girl. there at press conferences. He said questions of sanctions against Ja- | e repre&e’:;t widely dfirxem vlew!./ i inothing. His face at such confer- pan, at least for the time being. ‘poim.s Student Flier ences usually is as bland and ('x-' The committee which will now . pressionless as a pan of milk. But hear the protests may ask both Ja- Thinks Fast, Lands Safely twitched. {because she said she will ignore ey o7 The conference ended and Mc- any interference in the Far East at Hull's statement, several of the pan and China to state their cases, McDermott minor facial muscles|something Japan is not likely to do ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 16.—|parmott followed Hull back into his |conflict. Deacon Brown, student flier, return- Howard D. Romig of Anchorage as| Against Forest the recommendation of Dr. W. W.| what cooler weather is on tap. identified as Mrs, Ruth Mahoney, | - e ‘The woman's parents reside i | { | | > T UHLAD, | Dr. Haverstock |lower grade pupils likely will trek Deputy Commissioner of Health in} the Third Division, succeeding Dr. A. D. Haverstock, who died recently. Dr. Romig is the son of Dr. J. H., Romig, pioneer Alaska physician, and is widely and favorably known throughout the Territory, the GOV" F- e [ H tl ires in Heat | | Council of Juneau, Commissioner of | i Health. |Record-breaking Tempera-| tures, Which Provoked | Former Alaska Danger, Subsiding Woman Held in H B ( {Lumbermen & Loggers’ Association Jall "I sea“le‘attgr Tuesday’s rise in the mercury |to 92 degrees in Seattle and to 97 |degrees in Portland. | The extrtme heat broke all Sep-| SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—Held in the! i “ o city jail for two days while the | tember records. Extreme” forest| ‘A Portland longshoreman collaps-‘ ied in the heat wave, which is attri- " Es 3 Z‘;:';er' Ketchikan, Beauty Parlor 0p- {, #Go 0 the combination high pres-| Two‘ middle aged men identified |Su'® area over Eastern .Bfftish Col- the woman as Mrs. Mahoney who u;;lbla and the lov{ pressure area| lived in a houseboat somewhere on °ff ‘the Oregon coast. Lake Union. They said they be-| IR T R Wallace, Idaho, the two men said. e | | | | ANCHORAGE. Alaska, Sept. 16—/ |Thamas K. Orr, 67, formerly of Se- |attle and Boston, a longtime Alaska resident, died yesterday as the re- v sult of an attack of the heart. ROCHESTER, Minn., Sept. 16.—| Orr came to Alaska during the Helen Keller, noted blind lecturer, Dawson stampede, then went to today underwent a major abdom- Nome when that camp was discov- inal operation at the Mayo clinic. ered. ing to the airport yesterday after his first solo flight, found some- thing that was not in the instruc- tion book. A moose was browsing uncon- {cernedly right in the middle o} the runway. Brown swooped over the moase Gov. John W. Troy this afternoon . . 1 school shortly. ernor said in announcing the ap-| | police tried to- find her name, a lieved her husband, Daniel, left| in Physicians described her condition' The deceased was a prominent announced the appointment of Dr.‘ B LR pointment. The appointment had| fire danger was predicted. Some- woman, 38 has been tentatively. recently for Juneau. THuMAs 0RR as satisfactory. member of the Odd Fellows. returned and landed safely. and frightened it away and then office. Evidently he asked Secre-| tary Hull if he had received con-| firmation of such a blanket order| against American shipping. And evi-| dently Secretary Hull must have de-| clded instantly that it was not wise| [Armer 1iving west of Findlay, is for him to say so. It would have|VoRdering how long it takes to g wear out a mule. He says “Old meant that the State Department| s was joining with the navy in put-| Bessie” has just turned 41 and is Lils Bagins of 49 FINDLAY, O.— Thad Moorhead, . (Continued on Page Three) work, An ordinary house cat left Ander- son City, with a population of 40,- 000, without electric light and pow- er for 15 minutes last night. The cat became entangled in a 13,000 volt high tension circuit breaker at the power house, The cat was removed alive and still doing her share of the farm was so badly burned that it had to|John Boettzer could not be reached telephone, Ibe killed. Guild. They said the action fol-|design.” |lowed recent dismissals of Mrs. Ruth | ————— |Given and Ray Griffiths, formerly, The world's longest complete com- lof the classified advertising depart- munication system is to be estab- ment. |lished between Moscow, Russia, and ! The newspaper’s guild said the Khabarowski, near the Manchur- |discharges resulted from intimida- ian border in Siberia, a distance of tion and discrimination, Publisher 5300 miles. The system will have telegraph and radio for a statement. 'brosdcnstmg channels,