The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 26, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7623. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE * PRICE TEN CENTS JAPANESE CAPTURE CHINESE SECTOR PEACE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED FOR 2 LABOR GROUPS Three Point Program Given Forth at Conference, Washington CERTAIN INDUSTRIES FORMED, NEW SYSTEM| National Convention Would Be Called to Make Ratification WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. — The CIO today submitted a three point peace plan to the AFL at the joint peace conference. The proposals call for establish- ment of an “autonomous” Depart-| ment within the American Federa- tion of Labor to include industrial unions engaged in mass production, marine and public utilities serv- ice, and basic fabricating industries workers, These industries are to be organ-| ized only on an industrial basis as| opposed to the traditional craft-| union organization -policy of the AFL. | Don’t Get the J i Being ‘Sunk’b SHIP WRECKED, FIVE RESCUED - FROMISLAND | | ‘Nome Woman and Daugh- ter, Three Men Are Found, Georgia Strait VANCOUVVER, B. C, Oct. 26.— Capt. A. Hanson, of the Western |Cruiser, has arrived here and tells of rescuing a party of three men land two women, marooned for sev- len days on Nigel Island, 200 miles If Enemy She tters About vy Mustard Gas ould Tackle Job By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. — Don't worry so much. There's been a lot of talk about cities being wiped {out by gas attacks in the “next) war,” but there's another that story. side to Authorities have computed (orl us that the cost of gassing all the population of a city or harrassing it to the point of driving the resi- dents out would be so great in terms of money, equipment and time that it would not be worthwhile as a military abjective. Hair-raising pictures have been painted by imaginative souls of the devastation which might be inflict- ed on a city by an attack of sev- eral hundred planes. But it must be understood that planes cannot safely spray defend- National Convention ! north of here on the Strait of ed cities as they do weevil-infest-| Georgia. ed cotton fields. The job must be The five were stranded when the |done from altitudes of 6,000 to 12,-| 40-foot troller Jewel broke down 000 feet. Anti-aircraft guns with| in a gale and they were forced | modern automatic sights are so ac- ashore while enroute from Ketchi-|curate that low-flying planes might kan to Seattle. be brought down like ducks over a Food Nearly Gone swamp. The five were eking out on a lim- ited supply of food with clams dug IT COULD BE DONE from the beach. True enough, a cluster of planes The Western Cruiser towed the|dropping explosive bombs or gas DR, SCHACHT ANOTHER BILL, ROSS RANSOM, - FOUND, CHIGAGO | Second Tenfillar Note Is Turned Over—Threats Reported Made | CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 26. — The ;Evening American says a second Charles Ross ransom bill has been found. The bill is a $10 note and 'has been identified as part of the '$50,000 in currency paid the kid- napers for the release of the retired manufacturer. The bill was reported by Frank Stremmel, employee of the Asso- ciated American Railroads. Strem- mel is quoted as saying he received the bill from a loop department store. The first bill of the ransom sum was turned over by Mrs. Clara Lud- dig last Thursday. The American also said Mrs. Ludwig has received a letter threat- ening her with abduction if she don't stay silent. The proposal also called for ; National Convention of all AFL and CIO unions to ratify the agreement, and work out “necessary rules and! regulations to affectuate it.” | All national and local unions now affiliated with the CIO will be af- filiated with a new AFL Depart-i ment. | Under the plan these unions will| adopt their own departmental con-, stitutions and elect their own offi-| cers. ! ‘The Department will be known as the CIO and will have complete au-, thority in handling organization workers in the industries named. | Lee Pressman, CIO General Coun- sel, said the peace proposal will disabled craft and party to nearby|bombs can raise Old Ned in spots.} Alert Bay where repairs were af-|They can damage or temporarily fected and the Jewel was to pro- paralyze individual factories or rail-! ceed to Seattle. |road yards. But the figures indi-| Nome Woman Aboard cate that no one nation owns enough | Capt. Hanson is not sure of the Planes to paralyze a large city in a; names of the five persons but be_:smgleassnult provided there is any lieves one is Capt. Midland, and Worthwhile defense. And any city one woman is believed to be Mrs, Worth devastating by the enemy Burg, of Nome, Alaska, and her 17- likely would be well defended by the year-old daughter. The others are home troops of a first line nation an 18-year-old boy from Ketchi- like the United States. kan and 2150 8 young man who had| Here are some of the factors been fishing. which support such conclusions: Attention Attracted Field calculations call for 4,650 Capt. Hanson'’s attention was mastard gas bombs to provide an awn to the disabled craft and “effective” concentration of gas on! square mile in open country. authorities dr: marooned party when he noticed a piece of canvas rigged as a sail, Our NOW OUT OF NAZI REGIME Resignation of German Economist Accepted HOOVER, LANDON ARE RIVALS FOR GOP LEADERSHIP Both Doing Things Prior to Important Meeting, Held Next Week WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. — Both Herbert Hoover and Alfred M. Lan- don are reported rivals for the Re- publican leadership and both are to- day in the political spotlight. Landon is conferring in Topeka with John Hamilton, National Chairman. Hoover will make an address, na- tionwide, to a radio audience from Boston at 9:30 o'clock tonight, East- ern Standard time. Both events are connected with the National Committee meeting next week in Chicago to consider holding a 16838 Republican conven- tion, TRUITT RULES ON ABSENTEE BALLOT LAWS Attorney Gegeral Holds Ef- fective in Both Primary and General Elections Absentee ballot voting provisions as set forth in Chapter 38 of the 1935 legislative session laws apply- ing to primary elections are still by Hitler BERLIN, Oct. 26—The resigna- ‘tion of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Ger- man Economic Minister has been accepted by Hitler. Dr. Schacht said: “My resigna- tion took effect yesterday. I shall say double this remain as President of the Reisch- jaw the 1937 probably give John L. Lewis control my o marooned party, food nearly amount would be required in cities bank for the time being.” of the Federation because C I O jjament today. King George pre- | Where many bombs, striking on roofs! The retirement of Dr. Schacht yre to mention primary elections claims about half a million more the 30 miles across the Straits of Would be virtually wasted. The gas has been predicted many times dur- does not repeal the 1935 statute would fritter away in the sun and ing the past year. His duties were which in Section 2 of Chapter 38 wind too high up to reach the pop- gradually usurped by the organi-|says “and shall apply as fully to prl-f members than the AFL. The AFL issued a statement at noon today saying it was unable to| make any reply to the proposal “at this time. We sought an explana- tion of certain features but were unable to Qet any helpful informa- tion from the CIO committee this morning.” The joint conference will again tomorrow. | meet | | | Georgia to Alert Bay. — . — YUKON THROUGH Iu]ace. so a fleet of 465 planes would be required to plaster a square mile zation headed by Col. Gen. Goering. Standard army bombing planes He established Hitler's four year eral elections,” the Attorney Gen-| can carry 20 mustard gas bombs, plan to make the Reich economically eral held. independent of other nations. This plan is now in the second year. of a city with mustard gas—if it was to be done all at once. The cost of these bombs alone, at $16.17 each, would be $150,381 a square mile. Cost of planes to carry the bombs is not included in that fig- FROMWESTWARD The steamer Yukon docked in Juneau from the Westward last in force despite the revisions made in election law at the 1937 session oi the Legislature, Attorney General James 8. Truitt has ruled in an opinion to Derick Lane, Clerk of the | Federal Court in the Third Division at Valdez In amending the absentee ballot legislature referred only to general elections, but fail-| mary elections as they apply to gen- - e LEGION PLANS JOINT MEETING IN DOUGLAS| Plans for a joint meeting of the Alford John Gradford Post, Amer- ican Legion, and Auxiliary in Doug- night with a capacity load of pas-| sengers aboard.” Unusually rough! ,weather was experienced coming across the Gulf of Alaska. | Those arriving in Juneau were |George Anderson, Mrs. E. L. Bart- lett and child, James Burnett, Louis Burnett, Mary Cauthorne, Gust Carlson, J. H. Chappell. James Effler, Charles Gustafson, Louis Harris, Ben Kangas, Peter GCC Gamps Will Start at Sitka, Angoglh Yakutat George Morlander to DivedtiGasrn = 0 o By 25-Man Enterprise on |Malstrom, I. M. Mitchell, Ernest Yakuta! Trail Projecls Magnusen, R. E. Murphy, R. D. Rus- sell, Mrs, R. D. Russell, Art Thane, Preparatory to opening a native‘ Tony Thani, Paul Tuchfauber, R. CCC camp of 25 men at Yakutat, H. Stock, W. A. Schultz, tools were dispatched by the U. S. Forest Service aboard the Alaska for that point where George Mor- lander, Yakutat teacher, will organ- ize the crew and start the work. Later, if necessary, a foreman will be dispatched from here, CCC chief Charles G. Burdick said. The work will include extending the Ankau trail a distance of about a mile, giv- ing it a total length of five miles and building a trail from Yakutat to Summit Lake, a distance of about three miles, CCC camps also are being started at Angoon and Sitka. First work at Sitka will be restoration of the old Russian cemetery which was in use when the United States acquired Alaska and development of a re- creation area at the end of the old | Sitka Highway at Halibut Point. Trail work will be done at Angoon. — ————— Forty-six Are Ki@ by Drug CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 26.—Deaths ascribed to Elixir of Sulfanilamide is placed at 46 persons by the Amer- ican Medical Association. J. O. Clarke, Chief of the Cen- tral States Division, United States Food ant Drug Administration, said practically every bil of the solu- tion has been removed from the market. i Agnes Phinn, Vivian Robillard, John Arten, W. J. Hagedorn, George Henry, Kaisar Kalan, Alex Mathe- son Henry Olsen, Peter Randen, Al Shone and C. M. Taler. Passengers from Juneau to Seat- tle were, Mrs. B. A. Taylor, Ross Gridley, Ethel Weist, Paul Weist, G.| Ingman, Sam Shucklin, Francis; |Chapados, L. J. Dowell, Mrs. V. C. Wasson, Mrs. R. W. Marcum, Paul! | Fiorito, Dan Fiorito, Carl Larson, James Keppler, C. Biermoth, A. Gismount, M. Page, H. Phillips, Joe Rapich, Jim Davis, George Mattson, Bill Mattson, Dan Fortune, Helgo' Olson, Betty Reynolds and Charles! West. For Petersburg—Oscar Hart, C. Christianson, and John Chamber- lain. For Wrangell-Mike Monagle, and W. Swenson, and for Ketchikan, D. Martine, B. Bishop, Fred Little- field and D. Franc. — - MORE STEAMERS GOING THROUGH News has been received here by the local Alaska Steamship office |that the Curacao and Cordova will! dock in Juneau from the Westward and will take passengers. Thursday and the Cordova on Mon- ‘dny. ure. Any shot down—and some assuredly would be—would add to the cost. Calculate then the task of thus sousing New York with mustard gas. The city spreads over 320 square miles. FOR SMALL SUM When A. Vartanian, Russian pol- ar flier search leader, arrived in Fairbanks, his enthusiasm to find his countrymen caused the build- ing of the cheapest ‘airport ever build for such major flying. Vartanian felt planes should take off from Aklavik, so he wired Bob Randall, Canadian pilot, “could he arrange for landing field for land planes near Aklavik — where no land planes set down before?” “Sure!” was Randall's answer. “Go ahead,” wired Vartanian. Two days later, Noel Wien flew 400 gallons of gasoline to the new airport in his tri-motor Ford. He reported the new field “excellent.” Vartanian got a bill for the con- struction of the field designed for the handling of large planes. It was exactly $60! e GOING TO ORIENT Merle Guise, well-known mining engineer, passed through Juneau last night on the way to Seattle. He has been in the Territory for several months examining mining ground at the Peters Creek Mining Company and other operations. A few years ago, Guise went to the South Seas for two years, but the Alaska -urge called him back. When he goes below this time, he is planning a trip to the Orient, but says, “I'll be back sooner, this time.” N — - The climatic temperature of Al-‘present court term. He brought lest Service and William A. Hesse, The Curacao will arrive here on'aska varies from-60 degrees below Katherine Cato, an Indian woman, Territorial zero in the winter to 90 degrees above zero in summer. las about the middle of November - SAVANT UNDER | BAN BY NAle'and arrangements for the Legion Armistice Day dance were taken up | ORONO, Me., Oct. 26.—Prof. Er- at a meeting of the Post last night | !nst Harms, who is a guest of Prof. in the Dugout. It is planned to |Robert S. Levinson of the Univer- make the Douglas meeting one of sity of Maine, is a native of Ger- the gala events of the years, join- many, but he says quite casually ing with Douglas Veterans for Lhe‘ that he dare not return. occasion. He has received unofficial but b I s bt BARR TAKES FIVE. ineever come out again. A concen- itrauon camp for life, he has every, Pilot L. B. Barr of the Alaska Air| ireason to believe, is the least he Transport flew to Chichagof today, might expect. ‘,shortly after arriving this noon This is because he has had the from Atlin. | He flew three to Chichagof, Jim | i mentality to conceive and the cour-| age to proclaim views on the subject of Nordic supremacy that run fat- ly counter to those held by Der Fueher and his Nazi followers. Professor Harms is part Jew and part German. But it is not this fact alone, he says, that troubles the Nazi authorities. It is because he, German born and reared, has dared openly to challenge Der Fue- hrer’s pet theory of Nordic supre- macy. CI0 Going After Packpr_s of Mea CHICAGO, 11l., Oct. 26.—The John L. Lewis forces have now set out| to bring 200,000 workers in the meat packing industry into the CIO. The campaign is to be na- tionwide. DEPUTY MARSHAL NOLAN IS HERE FROM WRANGELL Deputy U. 8. Marshal James No- lan of Wrangell arrived in Juneau on the North Sea to be here sev- eral days in connection with the l} who is charged with being drunk| and disorderly, from Wrangell. l Freeburn, Art Sanala and E. W. Neimi, and two to Hirst, W. Gray and Joe Prepich. HARRIET MALSTROM ARRIVES HERE FOR VISIT OF FEW DAYS Miss Harriet Malstrom, well- known in Alaska as a singer and drainatic reader, arrived in Juneau aboard the Yukon, and will syend a few ddys here at the Gastineau Hotel, traveling south on the Al- aska toward next week. Miss Malstrom, niece of Harold Malstrom, editor of the Dawson News, will sing tomorrow and Thursday evenings at the Capitol Theatre. She has had experience both in theatrftal and radio work, and recently appeared in the popu- lar radio program, “One Man’s Family.” e MONAGLE LEAVES District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Mike Monagle, local attorney, sailed last night on the Yukon for a week’s trip to Wrangell and Ket- chikan in connection with his busi- ness and the official duties of his Elks position. — e, TO ECHO COVE With W. J. McDonald of the For- Highway Engineer, PAA Fliers to Be Instructed AsS_aiIuranw Four-master Being Outfitted in Seattle for New Purpose NEW YORK, Oct. 26—The Pan American Airways announces that fficers on the Transpacific flying »oats will be given training in sail- ing before the mast. A four-masted schooner is now being fitted out in Seattle to serve among other things as a training vessel for clipper crews. The ship will also be used as a supply boat for bases on the Transpacific route NINE-POWER CONFERENCE ON NOV. 380 Change Made, Session Date at Brussels as Belgian | Premier Quits BRUSSELS, Oct. 26.—The Bel- gian Foreign Office today announc- ed the nine power conference set for October 30 to seek an end to the Chinese Japanese conflict, has been postponed to November 3. This be- cause of the crisis created by the resignation of Premier Vanzeeland and his Cabinet. Stock Market Situation to Be_lljsnussed HYDE PARK, N. Y, Oct. 26. — Chairman Douglas of the Securities Commission, said the Commission may have something to say “before long” on the stock market situa- tion. Douglas made the statement in answering newsmen’s questions after: a call on President Roosevelt. Doug- las said he did not discuss ths stock market situation thoroughly with: the President but did discuss gen-| eral business conditions. SONS OF LEGION WILL ELECT AT DUGOUT TONIGHT Final nominations and election| of officers will be held by Taku| Squadron, Sons of The American | Legion, tonight in the Dugout, start- ing at 8 o'clock, and all members| and those eligible to membership, are asked to be on hand and bring their Dads. Those chosen tonight will be the first officers of the newly organized Squadron and they will be installed| at gala ceremonies planned for the| second Tuesday in November, HUNTING PARTY BACK ON TRITON After a week's hunting at Mud Bay, Golding Harbor, and Slocum Arm, J. J. Meherin returned today aboard the Triton with three other hunters, Dr. W. W. Council, F. J. Mullen and Edward Clausen. The party hunted duck and deer. SEBASTIAN BUYS TWO SABLE LOADS Sebastian-Stuart bough t. 2300 pounds of sable fish yesterday af- ternoon, buying 20,000 pounds from the Spencer, Capt. Russ Elliott, and 5000 pounds from the Arcade, Capt. Hilmar Peterson. [ ‘ | f MURPHY RETURN FROM INT. TRIP R. E. (DuPont) Murphy returned to Juneau aboard the Yukon after a trip to the westward and interior. Mr. Murphy says dredges are still operating in the Fairbanks dis- trict as the weather has been ex- tremely mild. Scores of interior and west Alaska mining men are aboard the Yukon, many of them accompanied by their aboard, the Ranger 9 went to Echo Cove'today to look over trail work. Two F:ataliy Injured in 0dd Accident SAN ANTONIO, Tex., tally injured yesterday when over-heated grindstone exploded i a grist mill. VARTANIAN SAYS RUSSIAN SEARCH WILL NOT CEASE Leader of Polar Search Flies Through On Way to New York City The search for the six lost Rus- sian Polar fliers will continue, ac- cording to A .Vartanian, head of the Russian search from Alaska, who flew to Juneau this morning from Whitehorse and left at noon with Sheldon Simmons on a flight to Se- attle. “No. We are not giving up the search,” Vartanian told an Empire reporter at the PAA airport this morning soon’ after arrival. TAZANG TAKEN o » | AFTER T DAYS' Louise Matthews, 15 and her grand- father, A. J. Matthews, 62, were fa- an HARD FIGHTING IKey to Defender’s Defense Position Falls to Nippon Force SECOND POSITION IS UNDER ASSAULT Plan Announced of Destroy- ing Tracks, Shanghai- Nanking R. R. SHANGHAI, Oct. 26.—The Chin- ese Army spokesman admitted this afternoon that the Japanese have occupled Tazang, key to the Chinese defense position, five miles north- west of Shanhai. | The occupation of Tazang came after seven days of heavy fighting. The Japanese Army spokesman |announced that a Japanese flying column meanwhile has reached the north side of the Shanghai-Nane king railway and is preparing to destroy the track to cut off the 'Chinese defenders of Chapei. Another mechanized unit, n the The dark, heavy set leader of the Japanese spokesman said, has occu= {Russian search from Alaska, who pied the Chenjo radio station on the will fly to New York directly after his arrival in Seatle with Sheldon Simmons. In New York he will spend a week visiting with his wife and daughter and attending to bus- iness matters of the Amtorg Trad- ing Company, S exporting firm, of which he is Chief Engin- eer, Goes to Washington After a ‘week in New York, Var- tanian will fly to Washington to copfer with the Russian Ambassa- plans of the search. “You see,” Vartanen explained, “now we cannot transport gasoline more arrangements. |figures in minutes by plane travel,‘westem border of Chapei. instead of days by boat and train,| BRITISH KING PROMISES AID T0 2 NATIONS Will Help in Restoring | | | | (dor to the United States, Alexander, Peace in China Spain— | Troyanovsky, regarding the future i Air Raid Protection : LONDON, Oct. 26.—Before Par- |by boat, but we must fly it, and Sented an earnest figure in the Ithat will call for more money and 8one decided to attempt to negotiate splendid trappings of Great Bri- “We have gasoline now at Point tain’s ancient monarchs, His Ma- Barrow, where Alexsei Gratciansky Jesty pledged the British Govern- and his crew of four are staying, Ment to restore peace in China and some at Crow and some at Aklavik.” Spain. Asked as to daylight flying con-' King George also promised air ditions in the Arctic, Vartainan raid protection to All England and smiled wryly. forecast more help for England's “Not much Light at Barrow in Deedy families. the morning at 8 o'clock, and dark King George read slowly and at 3. Pretty soon it will be all hesitated many times, his prepared dark and we will hunt by moon- SPeech. This was because of speech light.” impediment trouble, The King told the Legislators Setoeh ly Moo he has invited Belgium's King to Vartanian explained that the Arc- yigi¢ pim in November and Ru- tic moon takes the place of the sun mania’s King Carol to come to Lon- and swings in almost a ceaseless don next Spring arc above the horizon. With slow burning flares dropped with para- chutes, and the moon to aid vision, Vartanian believes the search will end with discovery of the men— alive. | Vartanian expressed disappoint-| ment at learning that Sir Hubert | ‘Wilkins had already left New York PARIS, Oct. 20.—Death as the for Point Barrow. Vartanian had result of a sudden heart attack, hoped to meet the explorer in New has taken the Duke of Tallyrand, 78. York and discuss plans for future He married Anna Gould, daughter search. Wilkins and Grateiansky of the late Jay Gould, in 1908 after ———— Duke Talleyrand Stricken, Death will be the only fliers on the Amer- (CO;IQin‘u‘e(‘l"Oi‘l’P;‘t Four) e Electra Ferries Seventeen Today Two trips of the Pacific Alaska Airways Electra today, brought in seventeen weatherbound passengers from Whitehorse, eleven of whom were taken to Ketchikan and Wran- gell to catch the Yukon. ‘Those coming in were, W. A, Street, Dr. Robert Carter, A. Var- tanian, Marco Vuyovich, James Nee- nan, Sam Palmer, J. K. Lucas, Dr. E. I. Butler and Mrs. Burch, in the first load, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Frawley, Paul Dadidovich, C. N. Hoberg, R. Mortensen, J. Larson, A. Anderson, F. Griffin and R. Lind- blad in the second load. . e ee——— Widow of John Gil!lg[t to Wed CULVER CITY, Cal, Virginia Bruce, screen actress and widow of John Gilbert, disclosed to- day she Is engaged to J. W. Rubin wives and children who will spend the winter months in the States. fiim director. Oct. 26.—| her divorce from Count Boni de | Castellane. He is survived by the !Duchess and one daughter, Helene. | The Duke was a descendant of icharles Tallyrand Perigord, French |diplomat and statesman who play- {ed a prominent part in the French Revolution. Soldier Dead To Be Honored Mussolini to Pay Public | Homage to Those Fall- | en in Spain ROME, Oct. 26—Official an- nouncement is made that Premier Benito Mussolini will pay publie homage on October 29 to Italians who have fallen in Spain. This will be done by placing a crown of oak leafs on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in their honor. Bt 2050, 14-Year-Old Boy Kills 19-Year-0ld Brother RALEIGH, N. C,, Oct. 26.—~John- ny Williams, 14, tearfully confessed that he shot and killed his 19- year-old brother, Joseph Lee Wil- liams because “he beat me up.