The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW S S ALL THE TIME” JUNI:AU ALASKA THURSDAY OCTOBER 7, 937 EXTRA SESSION FOR STATESMEN CALLED, TOKYO Foreign Office and Advisor. Go Into Tmmediate Huddle NIPPON NATION IS TAKEN BY SURPRISE Great Exc@ent Takes Place—Others Pow- ers Ask Questions TOKYO, Oct. 7.—Japanese states- | were called early today into, an emergency session by the For-| eign Office immediately on receipt! men of news from Washington, D. C, that the United States condemned the Japanese invasion of China, which condemnation was announced late yesterday afternoon by the American State Department. The invasion of China is called by the American State Department as a| treaty violation. No immediately reply is expected. Taken Off Guard ‘The Japanese Government was taken completely off guard by the! American condemnation. One of the highest Japanese of- ficials declared: “We are badly surprised, completely bewildered. We had been certain, prior to this, that the United States understood the situation better than any other nation.” Newspaper the streets as soon as the bare text of the Washington statement was available. Tokyo Excited Excitement spread Tokyo. Crowds clustered about the news- throughout boys and also read bulletins dis-| played by the newspaper offices, Representatives of other world extras appeared on | SCHOOLDAYS came bounding back to Barbara Stan- wyck of the films when she visited New York. Several pho- tographers remembered her as a Brooklyn classmate. The actress spent much of her time on the holiday denying reports she is engaged to Robert (Don’t Call | Me Beautiful) Taylor, now in | England. DEBUNKERS OF | U, 8. DEFENSES - LOOK OUT NOW | | Wrath Very Likely to De- | scend on Many—Thick Skin Needed By PRESTON GROVER ‘WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.—Advice |to Generals: debunk the army, be sure you have vl’mnkly raised the ques- a thick hide. Latest of the army debunkers |was British Brigadier General Frank He wrote a book or two, “Does this mean action and what! form will it take”? ‘p Crozier. ' TURNED OVER TO U.S.AGENCIES Program for Territorial De- velopment to Be Prepar- ed in Washington, D. C. | The Alaska Planning Council will lbe given opportunity to submit }vlew; and recommendations for llm| |Alaska plan to be submitteg the | next session of Congress, but the ac-| |tual program will be drawn up by | Federal agencies in Washingon, D. | | | | | | e |C., it was announced today by Re- gional Forester B. Frank Heintzle-| man, Chairman of the Planning| | Council, following receipt of a let-| (ter on the subject from the Wash-| ington office of the Forest Service.! Mr. Heinztleman, as Regional For- ester, was delegated to prepare ma- ! terial for Forest Service plans in' Alaska and other Federal agencies \will be requested to do the same thing, Heintzleman said. According to the present ;etup, |the Alaska plan will be prepared under the direction of the National Resources Committee of which Charles Elliott is the executive head. Preparation of the actual material and recommendations will be made by Federal agencies in Washington |which have Alaska interests, Mr. |Heintzleman said. The material so {prepared will be co-ordinated un- der a Federal-Alaska committee, |appointed by the National Resourc- fes’ Committee, and which will be headed by Paul Gordon, formerly with the Indian Bureau here and now assistant to Dr. Ernest Gruen- | ing, Director of the Division of Ter-' ritories and Island Possessions for the Interior Department. Before being submitted to the President, which is expected to be done by ;January 1, the general plan will be reviewed by another committee, {made up of governmental and non- |governmental officials, also appoint- ed by the National Resources Com-' Before you begin to mittee, the Regional Forester stat- Kent ed. | It had been the hope of the Plan- \ning Council, created by the last Legislature, that at least the fun- e IALASKA PLAN Is Chwf Exm'utwo V iews Womlers of Bonnvu"é Bonneville’s $50,000,000 power and navigation project loomed before President Roosevelt Tuesday as he inspected the huge dam seated in his automobile with Mrs. Roosevelt and Governor Charles H. Martin of Oregon. The President pressed a button starting turbines and generators in Bonneville’s first power unit a few minutes after this piclllre was taken.—International Illustrated News Photo. VETERAN AIR ;‘Three Comicts IlUKE DUCHESS PILOT MAKES Seize Guardsin ' COMING TO U, S, RARE LANDING Making Escapes FOR CHRISTMAS Twenty-four on Plane, w:lh Sepond Gubrd 1o Takes & AmcncanClrl to Show Brit- Flat on Landing Gear, Come Down Safely NEWARK, N J., Oct. 7. — Roscoe veteran air pilot, brought down an American Airlines trans- port, carrying 21 passengers and crew of three safely day afternoon, despite a flat tire late yester- | Hostage and Later | j‘ Abandoned . JOLIET, 1L, Oct. 7.—Three con-| victs slugged a guard into uncon- ciousness and temporarily used an- other guard for hostage and es- caped from the Stateville Prison, Honor Farm for felons. | | The convicts were serving terms| ish Mate Real Old- Fashioned Time PARIS, Oct. 7—The Duchess of Windsor revealed here today that she is planning to spend her Christ- mas with her husband, Britain's abdicated King, “at home” in the | United States. ‘The Duke and Duchess, according | BOX SCORE MELTl]N CHASED | GIANTS ABRHPOAE [ Moore, 1 402200 | Bartell, ss 41233880 (Ott, 3b. 40 1D 1H Ripple, rf. 400000 McCarthy, 1b. 400800 dna™ 1001008 FRAMES TODAY Mancuso, c. 4 00400 | Whitehead, 2b. .. 2 0 2 2 3 0 | Melton, p. 100000 “Gumbert, p. 000000 Secpnd Ace Hu.rler of Na- iCoftman, p. 10001 o tional Champions Fol- tL Leslie _0 £ _2 _0 _0 _‘3 lows Hubbell Totals 33 72410 0 “Replaced Melton, 5m inning. RED RUFHNG HURLS fReplaced Gumbert, 6th inning. Batted for Coffman, 9th inning. FAST CONTEST TODAY YANKEES ABRHPOAE : o ] il 5 001 & of/American Titlists Break Rolfe, 3b. 500030 Loosein Fifth, Sixth DiMaggio, cf. 412400 . . Gehrig, 1b, gy 10 Seventh Innings Dickey, c. 412800 . e Hoag, If. 421200 SHORT SCORE Selkirk, rf, 422100 —— Lazzeri, 2b. 3.1 270,20 R H E Ruffing, p. B B S8 Giants o ki L AAAAAA Yankees 8 12 0 Totals 35 8122711 0 (Same score as first game) SUMMARY: Earned runs—Yan- kees 8, Giants 1; 2-base hits—Bar- tell, Hoag, Selkirk, Ruffing, Moore, 1 each; first base on balls—off COMPOSITE SCORE (2 Games) Ruffing 3, off Melton 1, off Gum- E bert 1, off Coffman 1; struck out— Giants ... 2 by Ruffing 8, by Melton 2, by Yankees 8 19 o Gumbert 1, by Coffman 1; double |play—Bartell to Whitehead to Mc-| SCORE BY INNINGS Carthy; losing pitcher—Melton. | GIANTS 1234567889 TL Runs ......100000000—1 PLAY BY PLAY Hits ......201010012—17 Errors .000000000—0 FIRST INNING GIANTS—Moore fanned. Bartell| YANKEES 123456789 TL doubled to left.. Ot singled to| Runs .. 0000242038 right, scoring Bartell. Ott ran to| Hits . 0011440 x—12 second on the throw-in. Ripple| Errors 0000000000 fanned. McOarthy fanned. One run, two hits, no errors, one left on base. YANKEES Crosetti fnnned.‘ Rolfe out, Bartell to McCarthy. Di- | Maggio lined out to Bartell. No runs, no hits, no errors, none | left on base. SECOND INNING GIANTS—Chiozza out, Rolfe to Gehrig. Mancuso out, Crosetti to Gehrig. Whitehead flied out to| Selkirk. YANKEE STADIUM, N. Y. Oct. 7.—The Yankees clubbed Lanky Cliff Welton to the showers in five innings this afternoon and then continued a heavy bombardment against Harty Gumbert and Dick Coffman as they duplicated yester- day’s score, 8 to 1, over the Giants in the second game of the World Series, A crowd estimated at 57,675 fans saw the Yankees make it two straight triumphs with only two No runs, no hits, no errors, none left on base. YANKEES — Gehrig out, Bartell | to McCarthy. Dickey lined out to| more more wins needed to clinch the series. Driven to Showers As in yesterday's game when the damentals of the Alaska plan could on his landing gear. Chiozza. Hoag out, Bartell to Mc- | Yankees drove Carl Hubbell to the Gen. Sugiyama, Minister of War,| "land in them he said things % : . ;. H.n the latter, plan to sail for “home” e S gs about be prepared in the Territory but The feat was noticed when Kent for robbery. Carthy. h accuses the world powers of preach-|yho conquct of warrlors at war|the information received by M. radiced he was to make a “hard| The three waylaid Guard W. J. during the first week of November. No run: hit: it A e, Al ing justice and humanity for China| ! A | Friends here indicated that the| HO TU7S 1o hils, no errors, none being handcuffed for the first five y {that made his military colleagues Heintzleman today revealed that landing on account of a flat” and Black during a change of shifts and left on base. | innings, the Yankees broke loose THIRD INNING today without warning again against GIANTS — Melton out, Rolfe to the Giants'’ Number 2 southpaw, and at the same time “directly con- troverting every International Law"‘ by selling China dum dum bullets. | writhe and scream. |the entire setup will be left to the firemen and ambulances prepared |forced Albert Drungen, another 1‘350?0&* 1"'«';:;df tfl sholw ;{le Duke General Crozier's stories were|Federal agencles |for an emergency. to accompany them for a el:br :‘" 0! e Cfl; ’1";"9‘ : ";&”Cfl" inot of bravery, but of panic and | Kent set the pane down so easily outside of the farm andCtlePration o rijtnes: 1 ‘lke. distance Moore out, EXCHANGING VIEWS LONDON, Oct. 7—Great Britain! and France today began a prelim- inary exchange of views with the United States on convocation of a| nine-power conference in an effort to curb the Sino-Japanese war. There is a possibility that the conference will be held in Washing- | ton, D. C Officials will not say whether there is a flat request made but| pointed to the suitability of Wash- ington which was the scene of the 1922 negotiations of the nine-pow-| er treaty guaranteeing integrity to China. MONAGLE SAILS TO SKAGWAY ON LEGAL AND LODGE DUTIES| M. E. Monagle local attorney and prominen member of the BPOE, left for Skagway aboard the Yukon on a trip which will combine legfll business matters and official Elk| duties. As District Deputy for Southeast | Alaska in the Benevolent and Pro- territorial tective Order of Elks Mr. Monagle! in charge of an official| October 13.| will be meeting in Skagway, His official Juneau visit will be! made on October 20. Mr. Monagle expects to return to Juneau in a week. . eee ® 0 0000 000 0 00 e WHERE YOU CAN GET o b4 YOUR EMPIRE . . ® Butler-Mauro Drug Store. . e Hollmann's Pharmacy. ® Juneau Drug Company. .| ® Smith’s Drug Store. . ® Race’s Drug Store. . ® Gastineau Hotel. e Hotel Juneau. - ® Hayes Shop. - ® Alstrom’s News Stand. . © 0 0000000000 cowardice. He told of shooting a |British officer during the Woxld War because the man began to run under fire and might have camed |the troops to break in panic. | Wales rose from its coal mines |and farms to bellow at him when| he said a Welsh regiment fought| (bravely during the war because it was less afraid of the enemy than |of being shot by its own officers. Again, he said, it was necessary to |have British troops fire on Portu- |guese allies who broke under Ger- man fire. \at him as if he smelled bad. A few days ago he died before the brigades iOf patriots really had a go at him. j’mm:s STAND OUT ‘ In recent years the United States has had three outstanding army de- bunkexs General William Mitchell, ‘Generfl! Smedley D. Butler |General Johnson Hagood. Mitchell| is dead. The other two are doing| |nicely. lof defense. He said the Navy in |like rats to escape bombing planes. a good bombing plane could sink a |naval vessel. The offer wasn't ac- cepted. Crozier’s friends lifted their noses| and| Mitchell began by an attempt ati ‘debunking the Navy as a first line| future wars would flee for cover| He offered to show the Navy how| \’ He became so furiously critical of | BIRDMA N ,members of the crew were ;hdk(n 'bushes. 'm the least. ORDERED SHOT BY INSURGENTS {Sentence s, However, Set; Aside — May Be Transferred | SALAMANCA, Spain, Oct. T. |Harold Dahl, American aviator shot, down by the Spanish Insurgents while he fought for the Spanish| | Government, has been sentenced to, |be shot for “rebellion.” Immediately sentence was passed, the courtmar- tial issued a reprieve for Dahl and | |he probably ‘will be exchanged for |an Insurgent prisoner, but with in- structions to return to the United | States, at once. e Koshers Strike Over Meat Price NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Four thou- ';the military management verbally|® Protest against the present high his superiors for their failure to’sa“d members of the Federation of |recognize the air force as he thought|Kosher Butchers voted last night it ought to be that he ultimately|to continue the strike which has was court martialed and suspended kept 5000 Kosher butcher shops| \for five years on half pay. He|closed in the Metropolitan area resigned but continued to bombard Since last Saturday. The strike is and in many published articles, | Wholesale price of meat. His old friend the late semtor“ SNO“TON HIGHWAY Passengers aboard the Alaska, |who came out from Fairbanks to LRS B | ‘Vn]dez by motor bus, report snow BUTLER ENTERTAINS SENATE |six inches deep on a number of General Smedley D. Butler of ghe stretches on the Richardson High-) |Joe Robinson tried to get him re- |tirement pay but Mitchell d\ed\ without it. way. Freezing temperature was also reported. (Conunu:d on Pag Two) (thay none of the passengers nor - e MRS, HOPKINS DIES IN EAST WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. — Mrs. Harry L. Hopkins, wife of the PWA Administrator died today in a local| hospital. She had been ill for the| past year. Born and reared in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the for- mer Barbara Duncan married Hop- | kins in 1931. Hopkins was at his wife’s bedside at the time of death. A daughter,| aged 5, survives. AMY SEEKING DIVORCE NOW LONDON, Cret. 7.—amy Johnson | Mollison, British long distance avia- | action ! trix, has filed a divorce against her aviator husband, James A. Mollison, with whom she hold: numerous joint flying records. MILLION MEN DROPPED, WPA WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. — The Works Progress Administration re- ported today that more than 1,000,- | 1000 persons have been dropped from | work relief projects within the last year. \they abandoned him and took to the| 3 BROTHERS FACE TRIAL, KILLING ONE | SHELBYVILLE, Ky, Oct. 7.—The| |Garr brothers, Jack, Roy and Dr. {E. 8. Carr, will go on trial on Mon-| ‘day, October 18 in the Circuit Court/ on indictments charging them with the murder of Brig. Gen. Henry |Denhardt, who was to face a second trial on the alleged charge of shoot- /ing their sister, a wealthy widow. The trial date was set on arragn- ment today. TAX LOOPHOLES | BEING PLUGGED Exchan ge?[nformalion | with Canada Is Now Provided For WASHINGTON, Oct. T7.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has issued new reg- {ulations providing for an exchange of tax information between the| United States and Canada. The| regulations are in line with the |treaty providing for exchange of| data to h\‘lp seal tax loopholes. | R | ! FINED | | Found guilty of asault and bat- | EPREDAY S ity U8, s Selling War Material fo Soviet Union WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. — United States Government h: tioned the purchase by Ru this country, of materials and guns for co uction of one or more |modern battleships. Expert war supplies to Russia in September totalled $10,000,000. TURKEY BUILDS BIG AIR FLEET ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 7.—Tur- ikey is to build a powerful fleet of 1,000 war planes. This disclosure was made here today by Turkish offi- |cials. Orders for the planes have al- ready been placed in the United States and other countries and fly- ing schools are now under construc- tion, . e ] MOOSE BALL CLUB TO BE FIREMEN GUESTS The regular monthly meeting of ithe Juneau Fire Department will be held tonight at the Fire Hall All members of the Moose base- ball club will be guests at the so- cial meeting. Routine business will be discussed at the business ses- The spokesman for tht WPA said tery on the person of Ernest Pet- Sion. it is planned to employ 1 sons during the fiscal y next June 30. 000 per-| ending (erson, Julius Acquino, Filipino, w.m ‘nuo $25 in Commissioner’s Court | | today. X e Sir Walter Scott, Scotch poet and novelist, died in 1832, Gehrig. Crosetti to | Melton. Gehrig. Bartell singled past third. Meanwhile, the Yankee’s right Ott flied out to Hoag. hand ace, Red Ruffing, held the No runs, one hit, no errors, one|Giants to seven hits, fanned eight left on base. and walked only three as he fol- YANKEES—Selkirk flied out m‘lowed Lefty Gomez into the victory Oftt. Lazzeri singled through sec-column in the World Series. ond. Ruffing hit into a double Ruffing in Trouble play, Bartell to Whitehead to Me- Ruffing was in trouble in only Carthy. two innings when a double by Bar- No runs, one hit, no errors, none |tell and a single by Ott scored the left on base. only run for the Giants. Moore FOURTH INNING grounded to third base to end this GIANTS—Ripple popped out to|threat. The next troubled frame Crosetti. McCarty out, Ruffing to|was in the first half of the ninth, Gehrig. Chiozza out, Lazzeri to‘but he worked out of this pret- Gehrig. tily. No runs, no hits, no errors, none | Receipts left on base. l The crowd today brought the to- YANKEES—Crosetti popped out Ital attendance for the twq games to Bartell. Rolfe out to McCarthy, (to 118,000 and a gate of $229,000, ] unassisted. DiMaggio singled to|bringing the total gate for the two center. Gehrig walked. Dickey days to $463000 and the players' fanned. |share to 5238000 No runs, one hit, no errors, two' left on bases. e e JOE BLETHEN GIANTS—Mancuso out, osetti to Gehrig. Whitehead out, Iazzen to Gehrig. Melton walked. Moore singled to right. Melton stopped | at second. Bartell fanned. | No runs, one hit, no errors, two| left on bases. | YANKEES — Hoag doubled to right. Selkirk singled to right, scor- ing Hoag. Lazzeri singled to left,| Selkirk stopping at second. Ruffing | singled past third, scoring Selklrk,i Suddenly Lazzeri stopping at second. Right hander Harry Gumbert replaced| RENO, Nevada, Oct. 7. — Alden Melton. Crosetti flied out to Moore. Joseph Blethen, 67, of San Francis- Rolfe forced out Ruffing when|co, one-time President of the Se- Whitehead threw to Bartell. Di-‘ame Times Publishing Company, Maggio fanned. widely known playwright and mag- Two runs, four hits, no errors.‘aflm: writer, died here ‘as the re- two left on bases. sult of an attack of the heart. Death SIXTH INNING |took place in a hotel. GIANTS—Ott flied out to Di-| Blethen and his wife stopped PASSES AWAY ON VACATION Former President of Seattle Times Company, Dies Maggio. Ripple, flied out to Di-|here enroute to the east on a vaca~ Maggio. McCarthy flied out to Di- tion trip. The body will be taken Maggio. to California for cremation. No runs, no hits, no errors, none| C. B. Blethen, present Publisher left on base, lof the Seattle Times, is a brother of (Continued on Page Five) the deceased.