The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 28, 1937, Page 1

b THE DAILY JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1937. VOL. L, NO. 7599, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ALASKA EMPIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIET-J PRESIDENTIS | P PLEASED WITH GREAT PROJECT Asserts Bonneville Dam Will Pay for Cost Many Times Over IS PART OF HIS | NATIONAL PROGRAM Predicts Population Distri- bution — Also Great Community Building BONNEVILLE DAM, Sept. ZB.—‘ President Roosevelt stood today on! this great Federal power and navi- | gatioll project and asserted that its cost will be returned many times over on account of the improved navigation and cheaper distribution | of electric power to “hundreds of| small communities within a great radius.” The address delivered here was| the first formal talk during the| President’s tour to the West Coast. National Tie-Up The President tied in this $51,-| 000,000 Columbia River Basin un-| dertaking with his program for re- gional and national planning and | declared too that instead of spend- ing half of its income for arma- ments, as some nations are doing, America is for wiser building of| such projects to give “more wealth, | better living and greater happi- ness for our children.” | Prediction The President also predicted that through a broader use of elec- tric power a “wider geographical| distribution of population will re- sult ‘through the. building up. of smaller communities and prevent undue expansion of “overland” cities with their higher costs of living and other disadvantages. ‘The President promised to “defin- itely balance the budget during the fiscal year ending July 1, 1938.” ALASKA STAMPS T0 BE ISSUED INNOVEMBER New Series Will Go on Sale| First in Juneau P. O., Department Says of a wave of infantile paralysis. SECOND DAY OF PARALYSIS BAN IS ENCOURAGING Jackie McClure Reported Improving from Disease Marked by significant improve- ment in the condition of Jackie M Clure and by the absence of any further cases of infantile paralysis, tionary health ban passed with en- couragement. The MecClure child, who since Sunday has been in St. Ann’s Hos- pital with a high temperature, this morning again registered normal. The respiration muscles which had !for some time been paralyzed were found greatly improved today. Officers of the Territorial De- partment of Health announce that no new cases have been reported, and that the preventative regula- tions imposed yesterday have been well kept. Dr. John A. Carswell, Territorial epidemiologist, and E. F. Clements, Territorial sanitarian, in- terviewed food handlers during the day, quarantining those who had come in contact with the paralysis cases. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. — Roy North, Third Assistant Postmaster General, said today the Postoffice Department would issue Alaska| three-cent stamps early in Novem-‘ ber depicting the transition of the Territory from the unde®eloped to the developed state. He said there was some talk of placing a totem pole on the stamp design but the suggestion had been discarded because “we want to show Alaskd as a modern Territory ap- pealing to citizens of today.” North said the stamp would show Mt. McKinley in the background with the foreground a fertile val- ley representative of the richness of Alaska seil, purple in color and rectangular. Sale of the stamps in Juneau will start November 8 or 9 as the rotary presses ‘will start turning them out next week. Postal officials estimated more than 20,000 new stamps would be sold in Juneau the first day.The stamps will be obtainable elsewhere in the United States the day follow- ing. Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Virgin Island stamps will be issued later, officials said. Development Of Alaska fo Be Discussed WASHINGTON Sept. 28.—Alas- ka Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said he will appear before the Na- tional Resources Committee Thurs- day and outline a plan for orderly development of the Territory’s re- Cooperative Spirit Commenting on the cooperative spirit which residents have shown since the health ban was established, Police Chief Dan Ralston today stated that children have remained at home as instructed, and that few (Continued on Page Five) Walks Three Days With B_rgken Leg Hunter Has Harrowing Ex- perience—Finally Limps Into Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 28.— Chauncey {Peterson| limped into ing for three days with a broken leg in returning from a hunting trip. Peterson said his horse fell while he was crossing a glacier stream and he broke his ankle trying to free the horse. Peterson said he had to pack and unpack the horse eight times on the return trip over rough ter- sources. rain as the animal stumbled and - e fell. Murmansk, the most nirtherly| At one time, Peterson said, he port in the world, is ice-free|packed the load himself across a throughout the year. lereLch two miles wide. Press, Radio Give Lessons Newspapers and radio stations took school lessons to thousands of Chicago youngsters forced to remain away from classrooms because the second day of Juneau’s precau-| town yesterday anl told of walk-| - Here is what educators heped was a typical home scene.—Associated Press Service. GARBAGE CAN| 'MADE INTO 1RO LUNG BY DOCTOR |Coffey Makes Unique De- vice to Combat Par- alysis Threat A garbage can, transformed by the hns[)n’a(l(m of a phy: |an iron lung today M. Coffey enlisted of invention to combat the dangers of infantile | paralysis which now hold Juneau under a two week health ban. Although never having seen a manufactured iron lung nor stu- died how one is made, Dr. Coffey never-the-less has been able tocon- struct from an ordinary garbage can, a lung-pressure-suction device which causes the subject to inhale and exhale at the rate of 26 times per minute. Dr. Coffey first realized proba- bility of need for such an apparatus during the iliness of Roy McMath, who passed away this month from infantile paraly: Knowing of the expense of commercial iron lungs and of the demand which greatly | surpasses the total output, Dr. Cof- |fey thought of the possibility of manufacturing one himself. A week ago he started work on a small model, assisted by Kenyon McLean, machinist. The model was completed a few| ays ago and worked satisfactorily |at the rate of 26 respiration move- ments per minute. However, when | Jackie McClure contracted infan- | tile paralysis Sunday, work on the |large piece of apparatus had not been started, and the model was found to be four inches too short. Work was begun immediately on |the larger device, but difficulties |were encountered despite the af night efforts of the several em- ployed. By today when the appara- tus was finally perfected, it was found that the McClure child was | progressing so well that at present, at least, he will not require the as- |sistance of the automatic lung. iHowever. it is ready for use upon a moment’s notice. Now that the | proved practicable, Dr. Coffey and Mr. McLean have deécided to start |work on a still larger lung device | which will be of sufficient size to |accommodate an adult. e N OF THOMAS MOYERS | UNDERGOES OPERATION | The small son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moyer, born September 1 at St. Ann’s Hospital, underwent an operation at the hospital today, and was reported to be in a favor- |able condition this afternoon. | The two Fascist leaders met at a apparatus hasi 4-POWER PACT NOW PLANNED, FASCISTHEADS Hitler and‘Mvussolini Get Their Heads Together at Berlin Talkfest \'THEN THEY TALK TO WIDE WORLD Plan to Get England Into ! Line—France, Also, but \ String Attached | BERLIN, Sept. 28.—Adolf Hitler jand Benito Mussolini today made | the friendship of England the cor- nerstone of their European policy, according to political circles. i private luncheon at the summer home of Gen. Goering, just outside of Berlin, for across-the-table talki before their world wide broadcast appeal for peaceful collaboration of other nations. The broadecast| was made from the Mayfield Olym- pic stadium. The Fascist chiefs agreed, well- informed spokesmen said, on what might be termed a four power pact| to include England and later France. | | However, France will be asked to| give up the defensive alliances with | Russia first. | six hundred thousand Germans/ heard the broadcast of Hitler and | Mussolini and a Nazi-Fascist colla- | boration. | Hitler was the first to speak at| | the gala gathering. He said both | Germany and Italy were together, in peace moves. | ' Mussolini u defended his Spanish policy ‘dn a Jand “where ' thousands of Faseist volunteers have ' fallen attempting to save European | Culture, & culture which still can| be rejuvenated if it turns from the false lying god of Geneva and Mos-‘ IN THIS OITY |For Sixty-tive Seconds i There Was a Peculiar Movement, All Its Own EARTH ROCKS R | i Japan For Bombarding Chinfia Cities. ?CUndgm | Juneau was shaken for 65 seconds late yesterday afternoon. There !were two very distinct shocks and several lighter one The shocks began at 5:29% o'clock | yesterday afternoon. F Housewives moved unsteadily on their feet, hanging things swung,’ |dishes rattled and pictures became askew on the walls. | In downtown hotels and stores, !individuals wondered why one foot | |wanted to step on the other. | GENEVA, Sept. 28.—The Assem-| Bowling balls rolling down the ibly of the League of Nations today alleys took on queer directions and |condemned the Japanese for the players looked for a glass of water, aerial bombardment of Chinese or something. cities. | out on the channel the water The moment was one of dram- suddenly became choppy, then sev- |atic silence. |eral miniature tidal waves rolled up. | The vote was unanimous, the de-| 'Twas a funny sensation to those icision being announced by Aga who felt the movement. Khan, newly elected Assembly The last time a shock was felt | President. [here was November 29, 1934, about 6 ‘The vote followed presentation of o'clock in the evening. the Sino-Japanese Advisory Com- mittee’s resolution. | FELT AT HOONAH The resolution was adopted yes-| The first information that the |terday by the League's Advisory shocks were felt outside of Juneau group on which the United Sl&les‘was received by The Empire at is represented. Today the resolu- 7:09 o'clock last evening. This came tion came before the Assembly. |in a press dispatch from Hoonah Dr. Wellington Koo. representa- from Wendell H. Cordle. This dis- tive of China, expressed gratitude patch said: | \for the prompt decision which he| “Two sharp earth shocks, which said was “hailed with satisfaction severely shook buildings, were felt by all humanity.” |in Hoonah at 5:32 o'clock this af- |ternoon. No serous damage hasl Assembly of League of Na- tions, in Dramatic Mo- i ment, Takes Vote | HULL'S STATEMENT C_E, | |been reported.” | WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—Secre-| - tary of State Cordell Hull reiterat-| ed the American Government's view SEEK nlvnR of the Japanese bombing of non-; combattant population of China as| “unwarranted and contrary to the principals of law and humnnltyv”" | The Secretary’s view was given at | a press conference in commemmz: on the action of the League’s As-, LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 28.— sembly in condemning Japan for the Geraldine Spreckles has filed suit unrestricted aerial attacks on large| for divorce against Adolph Bernard China civilian centers. Thus, in- Spreckles, member of the San Fran- idirectly, the secretary placed this|cisco branch of the wealthy sugar |Government’s approval on the family. | | ' i | Sopmgh. Mowon. 5 o0 00 000000 00 e WHERE YOU CAN GET ® Co‘u Unde Sm L4 YOUR EMPIRE . . . Ollly sl'lz to le Butler-Mauro Drug Store. . Collect $100 |o Gastineau Hotel. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. — It ® Hayes Shop. . costs Uncle Sam an average of $1.1¢ Hotel Juneau. . to collect each $100 in taxes which ® Hollmann’s Pharmacy. . came into the Federal coffers dur- ® ‘Juneau Drug Company. . ing the last fiscal year. The Treas-|® Race’s Drug Store. . ury Department made this analysis|® Smith's Drug Stere. . of collections today. LA o ] B TR S B .l These two small children, shown near the center of this picture, were saved by a miracle when the North Station in Shanghai’s Chapei district was bombed and hundreds killed. At the time the air projectiles hit the railroad station it was thronged with refugees seeking to flee Shanghai to peints of safety far from the center of the Sino-Japanese battle~Associated Press Service. What It Mean;, This Counting Alaska Bishop Is Received Today By Pope Pius CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Sept. 28.—Pope Pius held a pri- vate audience today with the Right Reverend J. R. Crimont, Bishop of Alaska, with his head- quarters at Juneau. The audi- ence was a long one, longer than is usual and the time was spent in cordial conversation. Bishop Crimont reported on the religi- ous and educational conditions in the American Northlands. U.S. SUCKER COMES BACK, CRIES “MORE" It Seems that “Little Fel- low” Can’t Get Wise to Stock Market By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—Appar- antly you can't scare the great' American sucker. After the punishment the stock market has passed out to itsp arti- cipans in recent days, it would seem that the small gird with his few hundred dollars of sock-money, would stay out until the trouble blew over. Not so. The Securities and Exchange Commission has been keeping a daily tabulation on the doings of the little fellow in the stock market. His buyings and sellings are kind- |ly described by the busy traders| as “odd lots” deals in which less than 100 shares are involved. The Exchange began keeping that report daily on June 7. With courageous little fellows on thé out- - Oi United States’ Unemployed By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Sep. 28.—You'll soon be hearing a lot about the |forthcoming “census” of the unem- \ployed, put youll need a compass !to work your way through the maze of technical pros and cons. 1. The count will not be a census |in the commonly accepted meaning of that word. It will be rather an official registration of the citizens who want, or are willing, to classify themselves as unemployed. 2. The poll will mark the first experiment by the United States government in this kind of census- taking. 3. The so-called census is an ex- cellent example of how the voice of the American public can make yitself heard between national elec- | tions. For it was a recruiting public outery that brought both parties into the open on the question of an unemployment census. So widely varying were the estimates of un- employment that people began to wonder, and ask, why the federal government didn’'t find out how many people actually were unem- ployed. Newspaper editorials on this subject were appearing at the rate of five or six a week last Janu- ary. 8y the time the leaves were budding, the rate was 50 a week. PR A Blank Check ‘Lodge, Jr., Republican Senator from Massachusetts, slipped an amend- ment into the annual relief bill providing for a complete census of the urgmployed by the Census Bureau, Without warning, he called for a vote and got it. Bells, sergeants-at-arms, and Sen- |atorial secretaries startled the Po- iwmnc countryside immediately with an emergency call to the Democratic faithful. Breathless Senators reach- |ed their seats in time to turn aside Mr. Lodge and his amendment, 48 to 30. After all, a Democratic Ad- |the exception of two days, the:mimstrauun shouldn’t let Repub- licans get the popular end of public side continued to pour in their| questions. imoney in steadily greater volume | than they took out right through the hectic week ending July 11. In that week there were repeated slumps that recalled 1929. . 5. But did the Ittle fellow’s panic muscles tighten? was especially noticpable. It is true that after the earliest sharp break of September 7, the little fellows seemed to feel some alarm The following day their efforts to get out of the market brought sales to 389,528 shares while they bought in only 387,778, (Continued on Page Two) Not so that it| The Democraitc leadership then got busy and framed a bill giving the President a blank check and unlimited power to take almost any kind of unemployment count that appealed to him. The measure slid through like greased lightning. .« s | The President’s Problem The President had to keep in mind the fact that a complete cen- sus by trained Census Bureau men would cost $25,000,000—a sum that would put a big dent in his budget for 1938. Moreover, the regular census will answer all employment J (Continued on Page Five) * Last spring young Henry Cabot APANESE CRISIS DEVELOPING Miracle Saves Children in Bombi;tg of Chapei AMBAS&MR T0 CHINA ON WAY, MOSCOW Leaves Nanking Suddenly This Morning, Home- bound on Plane CHINESE BEAT OFF JAPANESE ATTACK Nippon Bo;ge—rs Only At- tempt Destruction of Military Objectives NANKING, Sept. 28—Dimitri Bog- omoloff, Soviet- Ambassador to China, left suddenly for Moscow this morning by plane on what it be- lieved here to be a vital mission af- fecting Russia’s position in the Sine Japanese war, He confided to rep- resentatives of other foreign powers that a crisls ha¢ been reached and would be approached with a “for- ward step.” Bogomoloff left after Japanese raiding planes had been driven off by Chinese pursuit planes before they could do damage to military !objectives. Thirty Japanese planes bombed the military airdrome on the oute skirts of the city for 10 minutes be= fore the Chinese craft rose to at= tack. In an apparent reaction to foreign protests against bombardments of civilians, the Japanese avoified the thickly populated areas. Twelve Chinese planes cut out an equal number of Japanese planes and for more than an hour the planes fought a series of dog fights lhigh in the air. The battle ended n a draw. ik 2 IAPANMASSING THOUSANDS FOR WAR PURPOSES Mobilizin 670.000 Men in North Ehina-—-General Call to Colors SHANGHAI, Sept. 28 —The Jap- anese, estimated by foreign military observers in North China, are mob+ ilizing 600,000 soldiers for a possible clash with Russia as Japan claimed her armies are advancing on all Chinese fronts. French army authorities in Tien- tsin, headquarters of the North China Japanese expeditionary forc- les, report the Japanese are in full strengtl? in Korea and Manchoukuo and the Soviet border is being placed on war footing. This is in case Russia becomes embroiled in war. Dispatches recelved here from Tokyo said the Japanese War Of- fice has issued orders affecting vir- ually every able bodied man in Ja- pan for prolonged military service, indefinitely, for all officers and men both on the active and reserve lists. ———————— — | | STOCK QUOTATIONS | . b Y NEW YORK, Sept. 28. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can 96, American Light and Power 7%, Anaconda 39%, Bethlehem Steel 71%, Calumet 10%, Commonwealth and Southern 2, Curtiss Wright 4%, General Motors 49%, International Harvester 93'%, Kennecott 47%, New York Central 277%, Southern Pacif- ic 32, United States Steel 83, Pound $4.94%4, Republic Steel 25%, Pure Oil 15%, Holly Sugar 24, Bremner bid 1 asked 3. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are todays Dow, Jones averages: industrials 153.16, rails 40.83, utilities 24.09. BASEBALL TODAY The following are results of base- ball games played this afternoon In the two major leagues as received up to 2 o'clock: National League Boston-New York, rained out. Chicago 2; Cincinnati 0. St. Louis 2; Pittsburgh 6. American League New York 9; Washington 0. Cleveland 7; Chicago 6.