The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 27, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA ".EMPIRE VOL. L.. NO. 7624, “ALL THE NEW. S ALL THE TIWE” JUNEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY OCTOBI:R 27 11937 PRICE. TEN CENTS . S. Marines Ordered to Fi ire, Self Defense AIHPLANES IN ATTACKS WILL BE FIRED UPON, Commander of American Fleet at Shanghai Takes New Stand [ CHINESE RETREATING | FROM CHAPEI SECTOR| Fierce Combats Take Place —Tremendous Fires i Reported Started } SHANGHAL, Oct, 27.—The Unit-| cd States Marines have been ordered | to open fire in self-defense on any airplane attacking them or attack- ing noncombatants in their sector | in the International Settlement. ‘ Admiral Henry Yarnell, Comman-‘ der of the Asiatic Fleet and aboard | the U.S.S. Augusta, anchored in the Whangpoo river, has authorized the defensive measure as fierce fighting, intensified by the retreat of the Chinese troops from. the Cha-| pei sector to new defense lines,| raged menacingly around the Inter- national Settlement. \ Fires Are Set | Tremendous fires have been set| by the embattled Chinese and Jap-| anese. Fighting raged through the‘ Chapei native quarter today whlchr is north of Shanghai. The fighting | even penetrated the Inwmntionnll Settlement at one point. | The forces however guickly with- drew from the forbidden section. Chinese aircraft raided the Yang- tsepoo section, dropping incendiary | bombs and these started more fires. ‘Warships Bombard The combat brought in full p]ay the full power of the Japanese war-! ships in the Whangpoo River and | land batteries fired steadily until| late this afternoon. Admiral Yarnell's action in his new defensive order grew out of| repeated attacks of Japanese fliers| on Chinese positions along lhe edges of the International Settle- | ment. These raids reached a climax | last Sunday when Japanese fliers machine gunned British troops and a party of British and American | horseback riders on the Keswich| road. One British soldier was killed.l: RETREAT PREPARED MOVE NANKING, Oct. 27.— Geneml Chiang Kai Shek, commenting on | the retreat of the Chinese in the| Chapei sector declared that the, Shanghai operations were never en-! visaged as part of China’s real de- fense plans, because the nation’s| defenses are to the westward where preparations have been made for the advancing invaders, . BRITISH GIVE JAPAN SHARP WARNING NOW Retaliatory?re to Result] If There Are Furth- er Air Raids LONDON, Oct. 27—Foreign Sec- retary Eden, amid cheers of mem- bers of the House of Commons, said Great Britain nas told Japan that she must “always” expect re- taliatory fire if there is any repe- tition of the fatal attack which was made on the British post at Shanghai October 24 when one Brit- ish soldier was killed. . Foreign Secretary Eden said the attack was inexcusable. e, PRESIDENT IS T0 BROADCAST |action of the committee. ‘cles in the path of a just and prop- Swimming Pool Funds Survey Deadline Is Set Committee alls for All Subscriptions by October 31 Drawing to a close the survey of |funds for the Juneau Recreation | Center and Swimming Pool, the| |Permanent Swimming Pool com-| !mittee last night set October 31 as the final date when all sub- scription blanks are due. Members of the committee met in the City Council Chambers with |Dr. George F. Freeburger presid- ing as president. It was the opinion of the com- mittee that decision lies with thel | public as to whether or ot plans should be carried through for the recreation center and swimming | pool. Response to the subscription| drive will determine the further Another meeting of the group| will be called following conference ! with directors of the Southeast Al-| aska Fair Association when def- inite plans as to management of the project will be formulated. A subscription blank with full in- structions is printed in today’s copy of The Empire. Payment of the $12 membership will allow the hold- er to reduced rates on all privileges of the project JAPAN IN TURNS DOWN INVITE, BIG SESSION Will Not_Pz:rlicipate in Nine-Power Confer- | ence, Brussels ‘ | | | TOKYO, Oct. 277.—Japan has formally declined the invitation to participate in the Brussels confer-| ence of the Nine Power pact ad-| |herents to discuss the Sino- Japan- ese conflict, The note declining participation was handed to the Belgian Ambas- |sador, Baron de Bassom Pierre. The mnote declared that the con- ference is fnspired by the League |of Nations and “puts serious obsta-| er solution’ of the Chinese-Japan- ese “undeclared war.’ ‘The Japanese Foreign Office si- multaneously released a long in-| formal statement reiterating Ja- pan’s contention’ that Japan is fighting in self-defense in China. e - - AMERICANS IN MONEY IN IRISH SWEEPSTAKES DUBLIN, Oct. 27.—Six Americans| each won $150,000 of the Irish Sweepstakes when Punch came in first today. Eight Americans held $75,000 tickets on Fet, in second place, and| six won $50,000 each on Solar Bear which came in third. - MISS McGUIRE TO SAIL Miss Louise McGuire, field rep- resentative of the Bureau of Pub- lic Assistance and associated with the Social Security board, is leav- ing for the States on the North Sea tomorrow, following a six week stay in Juneau. - MISS PORTER IN HOSPITAL Miss Alberta Porter, worthy ad- viser of the Order of Rainbow Girls, underwent an appendectomy at St. \pany at Wrangell and Petersburg, UNITED STATES |abroad. | Swanson. Ann’s Hospital this afternoon. Her | condition is said to be favorable. — ., CLIFFORD DUE SOON HYDE PARK, N. Y, Oct. 27. — White House aides announced today that President Roosevelt will speak over the radio on Sunday evening,| FEarl H. Clifford, who was due to| November 14, for the new unemploy- 'return to Juneau on the Alaska, ment census to begin November 16 has stopped over for a short time and to last for only two days. in Ketchikan on business. HORACE ADAMS JUNEAU AGENT, ALASKA 8. S. CO. Former Local Steamship | Man Succeeds M. J. Wilcox, Resigned The Alaska Steamship Company, in Seattle, today announced the| appointment of Horace O. Adams as | agent in Juneau, according to an| Associated Press dispatch to the | Empire. Mr. Adams, wellknown in Juneau because of former connections with the Alaska Steamship Company here, arrived on the Alaska from Petersburg but it is understood the agency transfer will not take place | until next week. M. J. Wilcox, for sometime agent here, tendered his resignation sev- eral weeks ago to be effective on ap-| | pointment of his successor. He will | go to Seattle from Juneau. Mr. Wilcox has been prominent in civic and fraternal work in Juneau since his residence here. Mrs. Wilcox and son are now in the south. Mr. Adams was for years assistant agent under Willis E. Nowell and also R. J. McKanna. He left Ju- neau to become agent for the com- making his headquarters at Pet- ersburg. Mrs. Adams and children will come to Juneau perhaps next week and locate here permanently in the city where she formerly re- sided and has so many friends. Today Mr. Adams is being com- plimented upon his return to the Capital City. B e TO AVOID WAR, DECLARES FDR Will, However, Be Maintained WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, in a Navy Day mes- sage today, said the United States will avoid war “by all honorable means.” The Commander-In-Chief of the most powerful American Navy in! history, coupled this statement how- ever with a determination to main- tain adequate sea defenses in the! face of widespread rearmament The President expressed his views in a letter to Secretary of Navy DUKE WILL HELP SOLVEPROBLEMS, Makes Radio Talk in Paris —Tells of Coming Trip to U. S. PARIS, Oct. 27.—The Duke of Windsor yesterday made his first public speech since his radio fare-| well to the British Empire. He announced he is going toj America as “a completely independ- ent observer without political con- sideration, hoping to aid in the solv- ing of some vital problems that beset the world.” The Duke made his speech be- fore a meeting of 100 correspondents of the Anglo-American Press As- sociation. He said further: “I am now a happy, married man, but my wife and I will neither be ‘content nor willing to lead a purely inactive life of leisure.” The Duke and Duchess will leave for America aboard the Bremen, on| November 6. H — e — MISS RICHTEN HERE Etta Richten, daughter of the; nwner of the curio store at Skagway, | | visited briefly in Juneau last night, while the Princess Norah on which jommendations, 1) Dw, Airliner Cmshoc Wmmtmnsul(’, W yoming- Rock Springs, Wyoming for Sal Francisco on the fatal trip last week. The “Mainliner Abev is a picture of the transcontinental transport plane as it left t Lake City and then on to San " was lost for JOHN MONTAGUE ACQUITTED, OLD HOLDUP CHARGE | Golfing Par(;f_ Hollywood Stars Freed — Movie Contract Signed ELIZABETHTOWN, N. J., Oct.27. —Acquitted of a seven year old rob- bery charge, John Montague today plotted a new and richer chapter in his already amazing life. Shortly after a jury last night freed the golfing pal of movie stars, officials of Paramount Studios an- nounced that the mysterious Monty had signed a contract amounting to $1,000,000 to cover seven years Serv- ice. The contract calls for appear- ances in pictures and as a profes- sional golfer. Spectators in the courtroom cheered the verdict last night when it was announced The white-haired mother of | Montague had much to do with the {Adequate Sea Defenses! jury’s verdict when she testified that her son was at her home in Syracuse, N. Y., the night he was accused of robbing a roadhouse of $700 in 1930. “He came in at midnight went to bed,” Kin Hana's roadhouse here was held up by four men about 10 p.m. on the night of August 4, 1930. Lavern Moore, as Montague was known then, left home the follow- ing morning. His mother testified: “He told me he was going to play golf. He kissed me goodbye.” That was the last she saw of him until he was arrested several months ago and brought here for trial. |ALASKAN NAMED T0 COMMITTEE ON ALASKA PLAN Heintzleman to Represent Planning Council in Fin- | al Draft of Program B. Frank Heintzleman, Chairman of the Alaska Planning Council, bers of the steering which will make the final draft of the Alaska plan to be presented Ito Congress in January by Presi- dent Roosevelt, he was informed to- day from Washington. The Alaska plan will be drawn up by a Federal-Alaska committee and then transmitted to the committee appointed by the Na- tional Resources Board. It is on been instructed to make final rec- that Heinztleman will serve. The Committee is to meet in Portland, Ore., for its initial session the second week in Novem- ber with another session scheduled for December. Appointed to serve on the steer- ing committee with Heintzleman are: Dr. Carl Alsberg of Stanford University, formerly with the De- partment of Agriculture, and now a trustee of the Institute of Pacific she is a passenger was in port. Relations; George F. Yantis of and’ said Mrs. Mary Moore. | has been named as one of the mem- | committee | steering | this steering committee, which has/| Proud Alrl ine h more than 12 hours. ] mh Bord(’r Searching planes went out and the wreckage was sighted on the slopes of Chalk Peak near the Wyoming-Utah berder. w2 Here is a photo of the airliner wreckage in which 19 persons died. Only the tail remained intact. cue workers recovered the bodies of the victims and carried them back to civilization. Ironically, James Pergola, a passenger and news cameraman, was making a picture intended to show the “safety of trans- continental air travel.” Nineteen persons aboard were killed, r; Wrecked Bodies Recovered Res- LE ROY VESTAL IS HONORED BY . SONS OF LEGION Named as Fll'Sl Captain of Taku Squadron— Other Officers son of one the| LeRoy Vestal, 1 youngest lads to enter World War service 20 years ago, was elected | the first Captain of Taku Squadron, Sons of the American Legion, at{ the election of officers held by the | newly organized Squadron last nlght in the Dugout. Other officers elected were: | Alford Zenger, Jr. First Lienten- lant; Harold Zenger, Second Lieu- tenant; Lew Williams, Jr., Adju- tant; Rodney Nordling, Finance Of-| ficer; Donald Pegues, Sergeant-at- Arms; Bob Penny, Chaplain; Keith| Petrich, Historian. The new officers will be installed at a special ceremony to be held with members of Alford John Brad-| ford Post on November 9, starting]s. is| the at 7:30 in the evening. A “feed” planned in connection with affair. Olympia, Wash., Chairman of tbe| Northwestern Planning Council and |5 several times Speaker of the House | of the Washington State Legisla- ture; Charles McKinley of Reed College, Portland, and Paul W. Gor- don, formerly of the Indian oflicel |he and his wife had been separated 'nnd Southern 2, Curtiss Wright 3%, | Harvester 741, Minister Is Found Guitty, Slaying caseQ FOR MEETING LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 27.—The Declales GOP should GC has of |Rev. Miller Olman Johnson been convicted on the charge murdering William Rue, mobile salesman. Johnson heard the verdict without changing expres- sion. The Rev. Johnson, who has been in revival work in the state for the past year, returned here several weeks ago and as he entered his home, claims he found Rue with Johnson’s wife in his arms. The couple broke away as Johnson en- tered the room and later Rue left. During the night he was found mur- dered in his apartments. Johnson admitted at the trial that for over one year. - — ad . | STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 27. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11%, American Can 91'%, American Light and Powe: %, Anaconda 287, Bethlehem Steel 47%, Calumet 8%, Commonwealth International Kennecott 30%, New York Central 20'%, Southern Pacific General Motors 4074, in Juneau and now in charge of!20%, United States Steel 58%, Cities Alaska affairs in the Division of|Service 2%, Pound $4.95 5/16, Re- Territories and Island Possessions. public Steel 18%. The appointments to this com- —_— mittee gives Alaska, Washington DOW, JONES AVERAGES State, Oregon and California ma-{ The following are today’s Dow, jor representation in passing on the Jones averages: industrials 132.26. Alaska plan in its final stages. rails 32.90, utilities 21.33. | ! HOOVER MAKES 37, auto- | FRESH DEMAND t Busy, Draft New Plat- form -of Principles BOSTON, Mass, Oct. 21, — The Republican Party has a fresh de- mand from Herbert Hoover for a National Convention to draft a new| platform “of positive affirmation of principles.” The former President and rum- ored avowed leader of the G.O.P., told The Massachusetts Republican Club last night that “there is a serv- ice to be performed. This Party must wake up and make humanitar- ian objectives of the Nation possible which otherwise will be wrecked by wrongful and ineffective methods. The party must reform the destruc- tive economic policies which under- mine the standards of living of the economic middle class and thus, all of the people.” e, — ASK REMOVAL COVT, OFFICIAL IAT LEAST 11 DIE IN EXPLOSION uAT EVANS-JONES EfiorkBemg Made to Reach Others Believed to Have Been Killed \CAUSE OF DISASTER NOT DETERMINED I Tragedy Worst in History of Mining in Alaska —Stewart to Scene | BULLETIN — ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 27.—At noon today rescue crews had recovered one more body, making 12 known dead. Search continues for two | more victims. | { | | | | BULLETIN — ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 27.—At 10 o'clock this forenoon, 11 bodies of min- ers killed in the explosion at the Evans Jones coal mine had been brought to Anchorage. The fate of three other miners is not known at this time. Five bodies were recovered during the night. Most of the bodies are so badly burned they are not immediate- ly recognizable. The mine officials have not yet issued a list of the crew of 19 men working in the mine on the day shift at the time of the explosion, wl Eleven men are dead and sev- eral others are belleved to have been |killed in a blast at the Evans- |Jones coal mine, at Jonesville, 60 |miles from Anchorage, according |to an Associated Press dispatch to lThe Empire. | Bodies of the dead have been re- |moved and rescue work is being pushed in an effort to reach the others, The explosion occurred at 2 o'« |clock yesterday afternoon and thus far cause has hict been determ- ined, according to officials. Foreman Badly Burned Foreman Vic Raide was brought |out badly burned. Carl Edman, |Jacob’ Angeli and Jacob Jyllha es- {caped through the main drift when |they felt the heavy concussion and |saw clouds of dust boil through the shaft. Elmer Hausar cilmbed through a ventilator in another part of the mine, but his partner, Otto Mik- kali, was overcome and died six feet from the surface. The known dead are: | Robert Nakki, Frank Melznik, Axel Huittla, Leslie Lampson, Pete |Ferrini, John Mattson, Joe Cer- nick, Paul Willlams, Jack Sarela, Abel Assikainen and Augustine Ur- | bich, Pete Olson and Joe Lucas are lamong the missing. All the men, with the exception |of one, are bachelors, mine officials |said. Special gailway speeders, carrying doctors and nurses and mine offic- ials were rushed from Anchorage to the scene. Stewart to Scene | Territorial Mining Commissioner B. D. Stewart and H. B. Humphrey, Safety Engineer for the U. S. Bu- reau of Mines, left Juneau on the steamer Alaska last night for the scene of the disaster. Before leav- ing Juneau, Commissioner Stewart wired George H. Miller of Anchor- age, formerly in charge of first aid and mine rescue work in Alaska for the U. S. Bureau of Mines, to take charge of the rescue work pending his arrival. Worst in History According to the report of M. L. Sharp, coal analyist for the Alaska Railroad, to the mining office in Juneau, 19 men were on shift when the explosion occurred. First re- port was that three were brought out, two uninjured and one severely injured. Since, the number who scaped has been: revealed as five. The disaster is said to be the NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—The Deck worst from point of taking human Division of the National Maritime life in the history of the Territory Union has asked for the removal and is the first accident of any of Joseph Kennedy as Chairman of proportion since November 19, 1922, the Maritime Commission. The when a fire occurred in the same complete charges relative to the re- mine. Several men were overcome quest are not attached to the “re- at that time but there were no fa- moval demands.” |talities.