The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 22, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL L., NO. 7594 ALA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ]UNEAU ALAbKA WEDNLS DAY, SliP'['I{MHI{R 22, 19 * * » * * * * Pro tests By AMER, LEGION SESSION FOR COAST IN 1338 Los Angeles Chosen After | | Whirlwind Advertis- ing Campaign | NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—The Am-| erican Legion has selected Los An- geles for the 1938 convention choice. | This was after Frank Delgrando, former National Commander, paint- ed Los Angeles as a glorious city in a speech that was a climax to a lively advertising campaign by the Los Angeles Legionnairies. Denver and Chicago both made bids for the convention. The convention in Los Angeles will be held next year on Septem- ber 19, 20, 21 and 22. The dele es listened for four hours today to speakers who plead for intolerence, neutrality, progress and preservation of the Democratic ideals. Labor Praises Legion William Gréen, President of the American Federation of Labor, urg- ed closer cooperation between the AFL and Legion. He praised the Legion for its neutrality in indus- trial conflicts. I Secretary of War Woodring urg- ed real neutrality of individuals| and warned against propaganda. Brig. Gen. Frank Hines, Admin- istrator of Veterans' Affairs, plead- ed lolerance 1 the -eterans to- ward the New Deal. e Fairbanks Likely Setting for 1933 | Legion Conclave Election of New Officers Is Scheduled for Final Day at Anchorage couple by court decision. Gotham s Too Fast U | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 22.— Don Adler, prominent Fairbanks Le-; gionnaire, and Adjutant of Norman H. Baxter Post No. 11, says it looks | as if the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary will hold the 1938| convention at Fairbanks. Stanley J. Nichols of Valdez is| slated for election as Department| Commander to succeed 8. C. Ray-: nor of Anchorage. Mrs. Ruth Chase of Ketchikan 1s scheduled to be, elected Department Auxiliary Prcs- ident. Legionnaires adopted a resolution | urging leg%slation granting 160 acres or a mineral claim to Alaska resi- dent ex-service men. This is the same resolution that e Fin Petrie, of Opal, Wyo., chosen by | a magazine as 1937 champxon Amer- ican country correspondent, is shown after his first day in New York. H liked the city as a said: “It’s too big, too crawded, fast, and %00 noisy for me.” I\ldnaned Baby Now Adoptfi \FDR PACKS FOR Finis was written to Chicago’s kidnaped baby case when Donald Horst, abducted by his real mother, and later returned to his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Horst, was legally awarded the latter They are shown here leaving court after the adoption papers had been approved. place to visit, bufi SEARCH FROM BARROW has been passed at several conven- tions. The Legionnaires rejected a resolution which would restrict work of service officers to membur“ of the American Legion. Members marched in a big paradc last night. Don Adler, Mrs. Theo- dore McKanna and two other wo- men carried Tiags and a large ban- ner extending the greetings of Fair- banks to the convention. The ban-| ner took the place of post colors' which they forget to bring. | Janis Toby Walker, 10-months- old daughter of Mrs. T. J. Walker of Cordova, is the youngest delegate! attending the session of the Aux- Ruth Roland, iliary. baby buggy. lill for a long time, died last night. The American Legion convention, With her at the time of her pas which got under way officially ing was her husband, Ben Bard,i Monday morning will be climaxed 50 of the movies. tonight with a banquet followed by a ball at Elks' Hall in Anchorage. Aati s got under way last week-end with Saturday being de- lers. RUTH BOLAND PASSES AWAY Star of Thrillers in Silent| Film Days, Dies in Hollywoo HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Sept. 22. born in San Fran- |1912 and was noted for ssions were to be cowboy serials. Eight. Business completed today. ARRESTED | NEW YORK, Sept. erator, has been arrested after a meeting of the Methodist Ladies’ two and one half year wait by the Aid group at the home of M Government on a -charge of using George Rice, 319 Distin Avenu the mails to defraud investors of Atlas Tack Company stocks. ‘n' the session. She was in the parade in a|Cisco, and a star of the silent films, have important bearings on pen-| Ruth Roland entered pictures m her ser- |ials, especially those of cowboy lhrlL She suffered an injury to her voted to members of the Forty and | vertebrae incurred in one of the | OFFICERS ELECTED AT | LADIES’ AID MEETING 22, — phmp} Officers for the coming year are\Judgc Emmet Wilson has awarded H. Philbin, Jr., 39, stock market op- being elected this afternoon at a a $25000 judgment to Edward Ll Mrs. O. L. Kendall is presiding with alienating the affections of his|Mrs. J. E. Droyer, also of Peters- * * L - * - * * * * * * »* “WHIRLWIND TRIP - TOWEST COAST Wants to Find Out What | People Think of His :r Objectives HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 22— President Roosevelt today ordered his heavy clothes packed for a whirl- wind two weeks’ tour to Seattle and back to find out among other things what the country is thinking about the administration objectives. He decided he needed heavy cloth-} ing after hearing about snow falling! in Yellowstone Park. | A ten-car special train. equipped’ with public address apparatus, was| |ordered. The start of the journey| |will be made late this afternoon.! The trip will also include inspec~ | {tion of many Federal projects. - STAB VICTIMS ARE WATCHED BY PHYSICIANS Warden Larkm and Guard| | Captain Bryau Are Not Out of Daniger SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. ZZA | While physicians watched anxiously | |at the bedside of Warden Clarence Larkin of Folsom Prison, and tain of the Guards W. J. Br stabbed in the prison riot last Sun-| day, District Attorney Otis D. Bab- | cock make preparations to bring evidence before the grand jury which may result in death sentences for the five surviving convicts who led the riot. | | i | | WII.KINS GIVES UP SEARCH FOR SOVIET FLIERS : Believes e Amm.;fluuglas Chosen e Ry ForSecurities sible—Returns to N. Y. ‘.’ - CommissionPost pp EDMONTON, Sept. 22. G. E. Genet, of the Royal Canadian | |Signal Corps, said Sir Hubert Wil-| 'kins is leaving AKklavik during to- | |day for New York City, ending his' |part in the search for the six mxs.s—‘ ing Soviet fliers. | Sir Hubert believes he has flown| as far as his plane will permit, covered his limited territory and| now that the Russians are taking, WASHINGTON, Sept. 22— lup the search, he can accomplish tion of William Douglas 1.u H)n" Inothing further. |chairmanship of the Securitie | Commission will assure the contin-| luation of the commission’s stock| IS MADE DURING FOG market supervision on a vigorous ’ POINT BARROW, Alaska, Sept. scale, associates said today. l 22—A Russian plane crew, headed| Fellow members voted unanimous- | y Pilot Alexis Gratciansky, braved |ly yesterday to elevate him to the Ithe fog to search for the m&‘.mg}chwrmamhlp vacaged by Jam six fliers, and head across the Polar Landis, who is now Dean of the seas for the 80th degree latitude. {Harvard Law School. The plane took off at 11:50 a. m. ' President Gay of the New York| jand followed the 156th meridian Stock Exchange said the selection /but ran into thick weather and lof Douglas, “with his experience| ‘clnngvd thexr course. {and intimate knowledge of the ,BASEBALLTUDA |confronting the securities mai-| kets was gratifying. Douglas, 38 years old, was edu- ‘ The following are scores of base-_, |ball games played this afternoon cated in Yakima, Wash.,, ,choch t Whitman College in Wall in the major leagues and two games Leglonnmes fi-om Alaska Have Own | Jokes During Parade | \ | [ Stock Market Supervnsxon% on Vigorous Scale to | Continue, Others Say ‘} | | | |nant winners: { National League New York 6; Chicago 0. Boston 3; Pittsburgh 2. Philadelphia 3; Cincinnati 2. American League Cleveland 4; Washington 6. Detroit 6; Boston 4. | Chicago 9; Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 1 0' New York 4, 11. NEW YORK, Sept. 22. — During | the wild and gigantic American |mer, of Nome, Alaska, annmmrmli }to everybody on Fifth Avenue that (he was “a long way from Nome [but there’s no place like Nome." | J. Thomas, of Sitka, Alaska, said| |after the parade: “My dogs hurt| |a bit because that’s the principal |way of getting around in Alaska— by our dogs—har, har.” .- - MARRIED Barney Gray and Alice Norberg Park, Chinese court interpreter, of Petersburg were married here} |against William D. Hoffman, author late yesterday afternoon by U. S |and lecturer, whom Park charged Commissioner Felix Gray. Mr. and COSTLY LOVE LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 22—‘ IChinese wife, Florence Park. \burg, attended the couple. |Legion parade yesterday, Jim cv:-, reuk Ace L(I('m r ies U p Bridge ()pvrutwn Mllhlz down in massive l‘lo\'::lor ge.:h. an :Iu(l.lhllh)l‘(‘ recently caused a bridge hetworn Alnmeda and to be closed down for hours while men worked feverishly trying to release the Oakland, Cal, The car was being towed across the bridge when the tow rope snapned. Gathering mementum, the car rolled down into the “maw” Photo shows the “cup(wc car, while sketch at Iower left shoes hnw accident hupvened, ated to allow a tug and bargs to pass. ige. was f the THEY LIKE RICE pudding, these belles of Crowley, La., preparing for the first national rice festival, October 5. A feature o the celebration will be the erowning of the “rice queen of America.” FRENCH LINER [FRENGH REBEL UNDER ATTACK = TENSION HIGH BY AIRPLANE ~ OVER INCIDENT ° \ Seven Hundred Passengers | Insurgents fry to Capture Threatened by Un- Government Sub in identified Craft Port of France TANGIER, Morocco, Sept. 22— |The French nger steamer Kou- ubia, carrying 700 passengers, ged last night that she was attacked by an unidentified plane !south of the Belearic Islands, in the Spanish Civil war waters. No one was killed nor injured in the attack. e Sept. between BAYONNE, France, International tension and the Insurgent drew heavy French the France Spanish m 3, forces guards along French-Spanish _frontier (tempt to capture a Spanish Gov- incident led to th Insurgent | Brest. |rest of |Julian Troncoso in Prance The Bpanish gent General Francisco Franco re-! PI-AY Ng SAFE |taliated by taking measures against |the French counsel af Malaga. ueen Dedicates Little Na-| New forces of mobile guards were Nt stationed along side of the barder tion to New Rearma- ‘01 Insurgent Spain to prevent any ment Program Q THE HAGUE, Netherlands, 22.—Because of “danger of In national complicatio Queen Wil- helmina today dedicated The Neth- erlands to a new rearmament pro- gram for strong defense forces. e ! frontier. at Bayonne. L. D i Resignation of OH, YES! Morris Accepted WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-—Repre- HYDE PARK, N. Y, Sept. 22— sensative Hamilton Fish Jr., said The summer White House announc- the President’s Western trip ed today that President Rocsevelt studied in an attempt to avoid has accepted the resignation of Lo- meeting Associate Justice Hugo gan Morris Black before the latter takes his) United States Board of Tax Ap- seat on the Supreme Court bench.” peal was Major | MEMBFR ASSOCIATED PRESS It was caused by a purperted at- {ernment submarine in the port of| ar-| | possible attempt of the Insurgents master General James A. Farley,| !to bring Troncoso back across the the Secattle Chamber of Commerce| He is under a heavy guard and other | 'east Alaska as a member of the ), ment. of airmail service to Al- | |merce of the SKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CE.NTS ANKING BOMBED BY JAPANESE RAIDERS * * * * * * L] Both U. S., Britain Are Ignored ONE HUNDRED PLANES MAKE AIR ATTACK | Daring Chinese Pilots Fight Off Three Separ- ate Attempts 'FOUR ENEMY CRAFT * ARE DOWN, CRASHES l oss of Life, Property Dam- age Is Reported Re- latively Small NANKING, Sept. 22-—Japan, ig- noring both American and British protests against unrestricted bom- bardment of China’s Capital and {noncombatant civilians, massed her |warplanes and bombed this city for hours in an ineffectual attempt to ‘carry out its threatened destruction for spite, in the “undeclared war.” | Daring Chinese pilots, in fast Am- erican pursuit planes, fought off !three separate Japanese air fleets, numbering in all over 100 bombers. | At least four Japanese bombers |were sent crashing to earth. The lives of 20 Americans, includ- ing seven women, were endangered by the bombardment resulting by {iring of anti-aireraft batteries. One Chinese shell, aimed at the Jap- -~ |anese bombers, just missed the Am-~ erican Embassy building.and hlast- Jled a gaping hole in a nearby build- ing. Although more than 100 bombs AIRMAIL ROUTE | | [ fwerc dropped by the Japanese fleets, | 1 1 ".he loss of life and damage to prop- | jerty is relatively small and casual- | NORTH PUSHED ties are believed to be not more than All Government building came through the air raids virtually un- | Airminded (xroup Propose scathed. 40 Chinese civilians killed or wmmded. that Service Start Next Spring “victim.” At the same time the bridge ANOTHER PROTEST BY U. 8. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. — The Government of the United States VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 22— has delivered to Japan a second and Establishment of an airmail route MOre vigorous protest on bombing of from Yukon and Alaska to Van- Nenking. This was announced by couver and North: United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull at was sought here by airminded rep- ® Press conference. resentatives from the Yukon Ter-| The State Secretary said the new ritory, British Columbla and the FéPresentation differed materially United States. jfrom those addressed previously to Fjepresentatives agreed to urge| z::tJ;pnnu:itmvemment inasmuch their governmenis to establish ser- o G0 constituted a formal written vice by spring. 1038. They said such a xysum would engthen the ‘n—fl State Department officials stated Northwest's business connec- {;te this afternoon that Ambassa- or Johnson has returned to the b l H ool Brcat pleasure at his action. er of the Huu e 0! Commnm 1ep resented the Yukon Territory The entire delegation is unam-.cANTUN BnMBEn mous for a direct line from Alaska | | | [Many Reporled Killed— i 22— and the Pacific Northwest. B CONTINUE PUSH FOR AIR MAIL VIA SOUTHEAST to the Pa Northwest instead! of any other route because Ala&ka» Property Damage Said to Be Large and the Yukon has almost cxclus- ive trade with British Culumbia' HONGKONG, Sept. 22. — Three hundred lives are feared to have Reports were current that Insur- 'Territorial Chamber Wires|been taken at Ganten i a series |of devastating raids by Japanese planes. The fourth attack of the day and the sixth within 24 hours, came dur- ing mid-afternoon today. Estimates of the toll of lives and property are all unofficial but both mounted hourly as observers told of piles of bodies, most of them civil- ians, are seen in the streets of the Southern Chinese metropolis. The raiders are from Japanese warships and aircraft carriers off the Southern China coast. Many of the defending Chinese planes, which have previously frus- trated air raids, are reported to have been dispatched north to aid in the defense of Nanking and Shanghai. e Pirates were so numerous and daring in ancient and mediaeval times in the Mediterranean Sea that whole navies gave them battle, and emperors made reputation by cleaning them out. Farley Pointing Out Benefit to Territory Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, Post- interested parties werel advised last night and today by the Alaska Territorial Chamber of Com- immediate need @nd feasibility of an air mail route to Alaska from the States via South- With air mail routes up again for consideration by the Postoffice Department and follow- ing the report that negotiations were underway for a projected route to Whitehorse from Great Falls, via Edmonton, the Territorial Chamber wired the following message to the Postmaster General: ‘We urge the immediate estab- (Continued on Page Eight)