The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 23, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7595. * JUNEAU, ALASK A, THURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 23, 193 American D. ). DOHERTY, COMMANDER, AMER, LEGON Massachusetts Man Chosen to Highest Honors Unanimously NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Daniel J. | Doherty, 43, of Woburn, Massa- chusetts, a lawyer, and who served 17 months in the Navy during the World War, has been elected Com- mander of the American Legion, unanimously. Doherty was regarded as a favor- ite but a tough fight was expected by delegations, many of whom fav- ored Raymond Kelly, Corporation Counsel of Detroit. Besides Kelly, there were also other favorites including Milo War- ner of Toledo, Ohio, and Stephen Chadwick of Seattle. Their names were placed in nomination. As the roll call proceeded and it was evident Doherty was going to be elected, Chadwick asked his State's votes to be cast for the Massachusetts man and other can- didates followed suit. When the nominations began, Alaska yielded its place to Idaho, Hawaii seconded the nomination of Chadwick, but his hope of election was precluded by the election of Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, of Seattle, as President of the American Le- gion Auxiliary. FLYING BOATS CALLED OFF IN ARCTICSEARCH Explorers Club of New York Announces Waters Are Freezing | | NEW YORK, Sept. 23. — The Ex- plorers Club announced today that the search by flying boats for the | missing six Soviet fliers has offici- ally been called off. This is because the water in the vicinity of where the fliers are believed to have dis- | appeared is now freezing. Sir Hubert Wilkins, who has been making flights in the Arctic, but has abandoned the search with his flying boat, is expected to reach Tor- onto today enroute to New York City. .- Federal Airways /s MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS "PRICE TEN CENTS MAY ACT ON JAP BOMBINGS STANNICHOLS CHOSEN 1338 LEGION HEAD Ketchikan Nam-ed Conven- tion City for Next Year as Conclave Closes ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 23— The Departmental Convention of the American Legion, three days of business session with a banquet and a ball last night, elected Stanley J. Nichols of Valdez as Commander for the coming year and chose Ketchikan as the city for the next Conclave. Other officers leected are: Vice Commander. Walter Bacon, of Juneau, Finance Officer. Hugh Savage of Ancnorage, Ser- vice Officer. Karl Drager of Anchorage, Judge Advocate. John Behall torian. Clyde A. Morgan of Ketchikan, Chaplain Walter Mickens of Cordova, ser- geant-at-Arms. Anthony E. Karnes, -of Juneau, National Committeeman. Dwight Thomas of Valdez, Wii- liam O. Johnson of Junecau, Depart- ment Executive Committeemen-at- Large. of Fairbanks, His- Auxiliary Officers Auxiliary officers for the coming year are: Mrs. Ruth Chase of Ketchikan, {President Beth Nordling of Juneau, Second Vice-President. Betty McCormick of Juneau, Sec- retary-Treasurer, Audry Thisted of Cordova, torian. Esther Gullufsen of Juneau, Ser- geant-at-Arms. Ruth Morgan of Ketchikan, Chap- lain Mildreu His- Culver of Anchorage; ] Margaret Wezz of Seward, National Committeewomen. Alba Newman, Edna Polley, of Ju- neau Department Committeewomen. Highway Boosted Resolutions upon which the Le- gionnaires acted favorably were en- dorsing the International Highway, removing tolls from Richardson Highway, construction of the Naval Air Base, construction of a high- way connecling Matanuska with the Richardson Highway. .- BRIDE-TO-BE GIVEN HONORS Legions, Auxiliaries Elect | Alien Enemies, Their Systems, ' Roundly Scored i Larger Army and Navy Also Recommended by American Legion NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—The Am- erican Legion, at the annual con- concluding vention here, reaffirmed opposition |been elected Pr Communists and to the American system govern- to all Fascist, other enemies constitutional ment. The larger of recommended a navy and also delegates army and urged the necessity of protecting, E. M. Poiley of Juneau, First personal property rights in all in- Judge at Seattle. dustrial disputes between capital and labor. The convention unanimously adopted a strong resolution by the Americanism Committee condemn- ing “all alien organizations in our country who are trying to promote loyalty to some other government or system.” The convention' also requests Congress to “investigate -and make public the findings of organizations in the United States that are mili- tantly serving Germany, Italy, Rus- sla, Spain or any other alien power system.” TENNESSEEANS VOTE TODAY ON LEGAL LIQUOR NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept. 23 Tennessee, where 5 per cent beer is the strongest legal beverage, bal- loted today on repeal of prohibition laws. The result will have effect on the law and will merely in advisory tions to the state legislature. INSURGENTS CAN'T BREAK INTO C1JON Making Concentrated Land, Air, Sea Attack on Iron Ring Defense no binding | HENDAYE, French-Spanish Bor- der Sept. 23.—Spanish Insurgents result recommenda- | ¥ MRS. DOUGLAS " CIVEN HONORS ~BY AUXILIARY Seattle Woman Is Elected| President of American Legion Branch NEW YORK, Sept. 23. — Mrs, Malcolm Doug of Seatfle, has ident of the Amer- jican Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. A, H {Hoffman, of Des Moines, Towa, hav- ing withdrawn, Mrs. Douglas will |succeed Mrs. Oscar Hahn The new President of the Ameri-| lean Legion Auxiliary is the wife of la. King County Superior Court Navy’s New Flying Dfié;dnought This huge wvith twi She ran for the ‘Pl‘(‘.xid’n(y three y ago, but |withdrew in order to promote har- 'mony. | i | ars > THREE THREATS 'WARNATTORNEY, KENTUCKY TRIAL {Denhardt's Counsel Told to Stay Away from Mur- der Hearing of Brothers BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Sept. 23. -Disclosure today that the attorney for Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, shot down Menday night on the main street of Shelbyville, had re- ceived thrc:e threatening letters sent interest in this latest Ken- tucky slaying to fever pitch. Denhardt was. killed on the eve of a second trial for the murder of his fiancee ,Mrs. Verna Carr Tay- lor. , the attorney, rt when the r was shot, has been warned gainst attending the trial tomor- |row of Mrs. Taylor's brothers, Jack, {Dr. E. S, and Roy Garr, who are |charged with murder. { The three brothers surrendered to officers immediately after the ishooting. Roy Carr admitted, cording to Patrolman Jeptha Tr that he fired the fatal shot. Two shots missed Denhardt, a former Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, before the third one lodged in the | victim’s back. | Denhardt had repeatedly denied {that he killed Mrs. Taylor, whose !body was found on a lonely road a |year ago with a bullet wound in {her head. In his trial the jury dis- iagreed over the verdict. PSR VISITS IN FAIRBANKS GERMANY'S ATLANTIC LINER. Here is the was scheduled to enter the rac New York, The 17-ton flying boat, powered by sbip A twin seaplane, the HARMONY IN POLITICS IS LACKINGNOW i Korsky plane is nearing comp?etion at Bridgeport, Conn., on order of the U. 8. Navy. Powered 50 horsepower engines, the immense ship is said to be the largest patrol bomber in the world. Machine guns at the bow, stern and midships are new armament features. German e to establish trans-Atlantie Nordwind, also w four giant diesel motors, ill participate in the test trips across the sea. *flying boat Nordmeer which air service with eight survey flights tc is Jaunched from a catapulf “White Amy” PRESIDENT IS ~ Leader Feared ~ Abducted Today { | HEADED WEST, SPECIAL TRAIN Pt | —_ | Apparently Neither Demo- General Eugene DeMiller Roosevelt Confers with crats Nor Republicans Are All Together By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—When we pick up our newspaper these days and read without harmony in po- - litical parties, we are tempted to Y call to the attention of our master minds the cojumns in the unabridg- ed dictionaries about “harmony.” The fact is, if there were a fair measure of harmiony among either the Republic or Democrats, there’d be precious little need for all this harmony music on the front pages of the newspapers. Before either party goes off the deep end of this matter, it might be well if they recognized the public harmony urge as a lot of wishful Reported Vanished in Paris PARIS, Sept. 23.—General Eu- {gene DeMiller, Imythical “White Army” of Russia | ported vanished after a mys- | | | | was re | |terious rendezvous which the aging |Czarist himself suspected as a pos- Isible trap. The case was given a broader as- {pect when the family of former Russian General Skobline was link- |vd vaguely in the affair by a note DeMiller left. It was reported that Skobline also ropped from sight. The twin disappearances were studied by Kark Aura, the Interna- tional Intrigue Police, who tele- graphed all frontier posts to keep |watch for DeMiller. They feared he lar o € Party Leaders in Two States ABOARD THE ROOSEVELT leader of the now|TRAIN, Sept. 23 —President Roose- velt, during his first day out on military authorities announced to- his trip to Seattle, will have con- day that the army had shattered ferred more than an hour with Il- the Chinese concrete defense line |linois and Nebraska party leaders, north of Paotingfu and had driven As his special train was switch- The train left Chicago at 9 ‘clock (PST) e this morning and| headed west through TIllinois toward | Iowa and Nebraska. L L L B S .S, MAY CALL TREATY SIGNERS T0 CONFERENCE Invaders Avoid Nanking But Slaughter Thousands in Canton, Haichow FEAR, 5 AMERICANS, FELT IN BOMB ZONE U. S. State Department Awaits Reply to Sharp Note to Nippons WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—Possi- bility that the United States and other foreign signatories of the nine |power treaty guaranteeing China’s |territorial integrity mi#zht take ac- |tion in the present Sinto-Japanese struggle appeared likely today. Foreign powers have begun ex- changing information of their acti- vities with respect to the current |conflict with the United States, it |was disclosed authoritatively today. | The State Department is awaiting |the reply from Tokyo to the sharp Inote of protest challenging the iJapxmese right to bomb large Chin- lese cities indiscriminately. | Presumably such a step will in- !volve a call to a conference of sig- !natories to consider just what ac- tion might be taken to stop hostili- ties. JAP PLANES STOPPED BY FOREIGN PROTESTS NANKING, Sept. 23.—War planes did not bomb Nanking this morning iapparently impressed by the ser- iousness of the Amer IPveners ;.nd'akmm‘fim“t’i&tm unrestricted bombardment of the clvillan population, JAP BOMBS SLAUGHTER THOUSANDS OF CHINESE CANTON, Sept. 23.-—Two thou- sand Chinese, most of them refu- estimated killed and ih- in two days of the Jupan wrial bormardment in Canton, Ruids toddy and yesterday left- in wake weeping women and wail- children searching the ruins of dense acked dwe'ling areas of the poorer classes. | Thousands roamed the streets helpless and bewildered, almost de- ranged with anguish and terror, as Japanese planes and warships join- ed in today’s bombardment on Can- |ton and Haichow. gees, Were jured ing | INVADERS ¢ LAIM VICTORY AT STRATEGIC OUTPOST PEIPING, Sept. 23. — Japanese {the Chinese back in hand-to-hand ed through Chicago, the President fighting with a mile of that strate- did not appear on the rear plat- gic base, 60 miles north of here. form but Mrs. Roosevelt stood on the steps of the private car and| waved to hundreds. Sharp anxiety was felt for five Americans believed to have remain- ed in Paotingfu. Japanese bombs rained on this city daily. e YANKS CLINCH are reported to have opened a con-| thinking. centrated offensive by land sea and| - Following a vacation trip over ir to smash the Asturian iron ring | Richardson Highway, Mr. and Mrs lefense of Gijon. {O. A. Torgerson have returned to The big push today centered on|Cordova. During their trip they |had been abducted. —————— Child Labor PENNANT WHEN ~ DETROIT LOSES STOCK QUOTATIONS ok ociiv 305 . THIS ISN'T YESTERDAY If the World War and the de- fon did anything, they certain- . Mrs. W. C. Overby was hostess at iher apartment in the MacKinnon ¥ last evening for a lovely shower in 9 honor of Miss Roberta Barten, NEW YORK, Sept. 23, — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10, American Can ToExtend System WASHINGTON Sept. 23.—Secre- i tary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper announced today that the Federal| Airways System is to be extended over 11 new routes at a cost of ap- proximately $2,000,000 if the money ie available after improvement of the existing system. ———— Alaska Auxiliary Wins Gilland Trophy Third Straight Time NEW YORK, Sept. 23. — The American Legion Auxiliary an- nounced today that the Alaska De-f partment Auxiliary had won the, Gilland trophy for the third con-; secutive year and thus gains per- manent possession. The trophy is given for the great-| est increase in number of subscrip- tions to National N¥ws, official publication of the Auxiliary. will be an event of next Saturday. Present at the party were Mrs. Craig Reams, Mrs. Lu Liston, the | Misses Thelma Bodding, Jean Gal- lagher, Roberta Dooley, Louise Kemper, the honoree, Miss Barten, and the hostess, Mrs. Overby. GETTING GOLD SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—The first freezing temperatures in the state are reported on the first day of fall. Odessia and Rosalia, In eastern Washington, both have minimums of 28 degrees above zero. .- the mouth of the Sella River. PLANE FASTER THAN ARROW' R. B. Stoneham, teacher of Nush- .- — | BUYS HUSKY PUP i Henry J. Beal, former linotype engineer and now an attorney in Clark’s Point to the bridegroom-' Omaha, bought a small Husky pup recently on a trip to Fairbanks for a friend in Seattle. agak, played the part of Cupid re- cently in delivering a message from the bride-to-be to James Dailey at to-be. Stoneham met his fiancee on the steamer from Seattle to Seward rs a result and the two were wed. ‘whose marriage to Mr. Fred Axford Spanish Government positions near|went to Fairbanks and the Nabesna _ | mine. tests at (Continued on Page Eight) § | fore FLOATING WAR BASE. Here’s the newest sea-going nest for Uncle Sam’s navy war- birds—the aircraft carrier Yorktown which was undergoin; a displacement of 19,900 tons; carries a dozen 5-inch anti-aircraft guns: is manned by 2, Rockland, Me. The big boat has 2 men in- cluding fliers, and can do 34 knots. It’s the last word, at the moment, in aircraft carriers. Amendment to G_atfilmnetus |Bureau Chief to Push Vig- orously Need for Re- strictive Law WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 —Kath- |erine P. Lemroot, Chief of the Fed-| jeral Children's Bureau, served no- | jtice today that she will push vigor-|Jones |ously the fight for a child labor|rails 41.25, utilities 23.96. |amendment, which has already been| |ratified by 28 states. | FEight more states are needed be-| the required two-thirds will| 196%, s Steel 72, Calumet 11%, | wealth Wright 4%, Iter 92, General Motors 49%, Ken- League pennant when the second necott 47, New York Central Southern Pacific 32'%, United States | Boston’s Red Sox. Steel 85%, Cities $4.95, Republic Steel 15%, Holly Bugar 24 ury bonds 2%s 98.3, Atchison Gen- eral 4s 109%, 3. American Light, and Power Anaconda 40%, Bethlehem Common- and Southern. 2, Curtiss International Harves- s 28, rvice 2%, Pound 256%, Pure Oil U. 8. Treas- Bremner bid 1 asked DOW, JON AVERAGES . today's Dow, 160.92, The following averages are industrials > > Anchorage school enrollment was |be reached for the amendment to 31 more than last year at a recent : effect. | said she regarded the n amendment absolutely essential to an incr “a sufficienfly broad basis opening day. | provide | census showed the total This represented 17 pupils over the Of these 317, are which as 454, ase of umber lof cooperation between the Fedel'qu:el(-mvnlury pupuils and 135 high Government and the States.” school pupils, | NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—Although |beaten this afternoon, 9 to 5, by the ISt Louis Browns, the New York Yankees clinched the American place Detroit Tigers were beaten by The Yanks have ten games to play and the Tigers ten, but the Ti- gers are twelve games behind in the present standings. e eee BASEBALLTODAY The following are scores of games played in the two major leagues this afternoon as received up to 1:15 ANCHORAGE PUPILS INCREASE |o'clock: National League New York 8; Chicago 7. Boston 2; Pittsburgh 1. The Giants are now 3% ahead of the Cubs. American League Detroit 3; Boston 4. St. Louis 9: New York 5. Chicago 1; Philadelphia 0. games