The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 3, 1937, Page 1

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"South Pacific Air _killed, but rather being withdrawn.| THE DAILY ALASKA JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVI:MBER 3, 1937. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” EMPIRE MEMBER ASSOCIAT[:D PRhSS Shanghaz WARFARETO BE REMOVED, REPORT NOW Conflict to Be Kept Awav from Place Where Americans Live NEUTRAL POWERS MAKE SUGGESTION Bombardments Continue—| Chinese Gun Nests Not Yet Subdued SHANGHALI, Nov. 3.—Negotiations are underway to move the Shanghai | warfare away from the fringes of the French concession where many Americans make their homes. ‘The Japanese spokesmen said rep-| resentatives of neutral powers, led; by the United States, approached the Japanese with a plan designed to avoid further endangering the| foreign and Chinese non-combat- ants. | Foreign observers report that lhe‘ Chinese lines extending west from| the International Settlement appear| to be thinning but not from being| Bombardments from Japanese{ warships and artillery continued to-| day and several air raids were made. | The Chinese gun nests continue | to belch forth and the Japanese| are extremely cautious on advanc- | es, apparently depending on- shells' from artillery and naval craft or| bombs from planes to put the nests‘ out of commission. ‘ e — | | | CHILDREN ARE BY INSURGENTS Air Raid Made Late Yester-i day—Hospitals Filled with Injured MADRID, Nov. 3.—Rescue squads. today searched the bomb shattered buildings of the Catalian City of Lerida for additional victims of an; Insurgent air raid already reported{ by the Government to have taken 125 lives. Hospitals are filled with injured men, women and children. More than 50 bodies of children were removed from a primary school which was wrecked over their heads just prior to closing time|c, yesterday afternon when nine tri-| motored planes roared in from the west and dumped explosives on the| defenseless. The Government charges that the raiders, after dropping bombs flew low over the city, machine- | gunning the panic stricken resi- dents in the streets. Medical and nurse, also doctor aid has been rushed from Barce- lona. Colonists Urging Colvin to Remain ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 3.— A dispatch to the Times from Pal- mer says the Colony Council has unanimously passed a resolution lauding Dr. H. M. Colvin and urg- ing him to remain in the colony in- definitely. Dr. Colvin, General WPA Coun- sel, went to the colony last spring to adjust indebtedness of the Colon- ists to the Government. “Best Blonde” Lois Fluent After winning a preliminary con- test as the best dressed beach girl, Lois Fluent captured top honors in the state beauty con- test at Long Beach, Cal., and was Judged “most beautiful blonde’. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION 1S OPPOSED. Mid term P;I;Session Not | Approved by Joseph Mar- tin — Bad Proposal CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 3. — The iproposal for a mid-term Party con- vention, the major item on the Na- tional Republican Committee's |agenda Friday, has provoked oppo- |sition from Representative Joseph | Martin, of Massachusetts, Chairman | jof the Congressional Committee. Representative Martin voices the opinion that an off-season conven- |tion will have an ill effect on the Congressional campaign PLANES WILL FLY HIGH ON MOUNT ROUTE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 3. —The United dirlines announces that hereafter their planes will fly at a minimum altitude of 13,000 |feet over the mountainous section| {of the Cheyenne-Salt Lake City route. This high altitude order came| at the end of the seventh day hear- when a plane struck a mountain range at an altitude of 10,000 feet in wblch 19 persons were killed. Nov. 3. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Service Is Delayed| WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—The De- | partment of Commerce announces that the inauguration of an air ser-| vice between California and New | Zealand has been delayed. This is because of the failure of the Bud- get Bureau to provide the sum of $1,8000,000 for the service. Too much temperament, said Dor- othy Garber in her complaint for a divorce from orchestra leader Jan Garber. The action was filed to- day. She asks division of the $75,000 of community property and custody of her daughter aged 9 years. - .- The poet and critic, T. S. Eliot, noy a British subject, was born in St. Louis. COOPERATION FOR PEACE IS Beseeches China and Japan to Get Together to End Conflict PAUL SPAAK MAKES IMPORTANT SPEECH Willisgtoo Ko Re: sponds and Gives Warn- ing to Entire World | BRUSSELS, Nov. 3.—Norman H. |Davis, leader of the United States |delegation to the Brussels Far East Ipeace conference of Nine Powers, |today exhorted Japan and China to settle the present conflict by peace- ful processes. | Following closely upon the for- mal opening of the peace confer- ence, Davis told the world that the United States believes cooperation between Japan and China is essen- ,tial to the best interest of both {countries and for peace throughout {the world. Needs Cooperation | Davis declared he is convinced| that cooperation must be developed \by friendship and fair play and| |reciprocal confidence. The speech by the American dele- |gation head is interpreted as a bid |for direct negotiations between the warrmg nations, Davis began speaking soon after the delegates to the conferenae 'unanimously selected as President, ‘Belgxan Foreign Minister Paul, Spaak Spaak warned that “disquiet is in- |creasing throughout the world’ and {emplfl&lzcd that the time has ar- rived for all countries to fulfill their {duty and assume their responsibili- 'ties for world peace. Spaak added | |that he depended on the accord of |the Great Powers. China’s Assertion Dr. Wellington Koo asserted that| China would not be a contributing | 3 (Commued on Page Three) | NORMAN DAVIS, ROVING ENVOY, | LIKEABLE MAN U, S. Nine-Power Parley Delegate, Pal of Poten- tates, Plain Folk By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer | WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. — Ten- |nessee’s homespun Norman H. Da- vis hobnobs with potentates, Pre- miers and gold-branded diplomats but he wouldn't look out of charac- ter at a gathering of cracker-box philosophers in a crossroads’ coun- |try store. An engaging simplicity of speech and manner, a soothing southern \drawl and a patient toleration for ithe other fellow’s viewpoint has won for Uncle Sams Ambassador- at-large the good will of statesmen |in other countries, politicians at home and plain folk wherever he has gone. The deliberate, pipe-puffing ban- 5 | ker-business man, who enjoys his ing into the crash of October 7| job as the Government’s roving envoy, is representing the United States at the Nine-Power confer- {ence on Sino-Japanese hostilities in Brussels. The unaffected candor of this plain, little man with whitened hair and quizzical blue eyes, masks what his associates in the foreign service describe as a “photographic know- ledge” of the intricate interelations of all the prihcipal countries. Wilson’s Adviser Patient and conciliatory, he has been rated highly effective In pre- venting international friction of parleys from reaching the explo- sive stage. But back of his easy- going manner is a stubborn per- severance and a zest for work which (Continued on Page Five) DAVIS'S URGE| : Five Navy Fliers Are ' Dead, SEATTLE, Nov. 3. — Five |Navy fliers met their deaths {today when an amphibian plane collided with a smaller naval plane at the southern end of Boeing Field, during gunnery practice. The list of dead, according to Sand Point Naval Air Sta- tion lists are: | LIEUTENANT HENRY B. I TWOHY, Spokane, said to be the son of D. W. Twohy, in- land empire pioneer executive of the Old National Bank at iSpokane. AVIATION CADET K. F. 'SCHMIDT, Minnesota. ( AVIATION CADET KEN- i | NETH RHUDDY, Seattle. MACHINIST MATE Mec- CRODDAN, Seattle. RADIO OPERATOR R. E. REGAN, Seattle. Two enlisted men in the smaller plane saved their lives by bailing out and floating to earth with parachutes. They were Aviation Chief Ma- chinist’s Mate J. D. Goodsell, and Seaman W. S. Bowman. 8. L. Andrews, Tacoma man who was passing the field at the time of the crash, said: “I heard the planes smash together. I looked up to see them locked together, the smaller plane sud- denly breaking loose and plum- meting to earth, twisting and turning.” “The other plane,” Andrews said, “seemed to glide earthward and then towards the last, plunged downward at a terrific rate of speed. One of the men whe. iumped .from, the smaller plane appeared to have difficul- ty opening his parachute, but the other floated down easily.” The planes were about 400 feet in the air when they col- lided as the two pilots maneu- vered for imaginary “shots” at the other ship in mock battle. Goodsell said his parachute opened improperly and he fell hard on landing. Questioned as to the cause of the crash, Good- sell said, “It all happened so quickly I could not tell what | happened.” | |Alaskan Display ' Makes Real Men of Northland Boy Bags Black Bear U. S. GRAND JURY URGES STRICTER LIQUOR CHECKUP Recommends Against Gov-| ernment Employees Giv- ing Gifts to Superiors Returning one more secret indict- ment, the U. S. grand jury complet-| ed its work this morning and was‘ discharged by Federal Judge George F. Alexander. ! In submitting its report, the Jury made recommendations touching on’ the liquor issue and the practice of government employees giving presents to their superior officers|; It recommpehded that the latter‘ practice be stopped and urged mmc‘ drastic regulations by City cils in connection with the opera-‘ tion of beer halls. The jury's report follows: “We, the Grand Jury, duly em-| panel for the regular June 1937 term ! of the District Court, First Division, District of Alaska, held at Juneau,| composed of 11 men and 9 women, | beg leave to submit the following| report: “We have been in session 14 days, Stuff that | SEATTLE, Nov. 3.—A radio mes- sage from the Coast Guard patrol| boat Alert to headquarters here said an elderly Alaskan hunter dis- located his each hospitalization. P‘red Getso, 65, piloted his skiff, notwithstanding his dislocated |shoulder, from Point Sykes, across| Revillagigedo Channel, north of| | Ketchikan to the Mary Island light- house. He was able to only use one hand. The current carried him three miles past the south end of Mary Island then whirled him northward again where he managed to beach his boat at Edge Point. Getso then walked four miles to| the lighthouse and the Alert was| summoned there and took him to | Ketchikan. Big Bond Issue . Is Turned Down In San Francisco Anti-Picketing Ordinance, Rejected — Vote to Improve Airport SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 3.— Crash | tions, left shoulder Sunday| and stoically overcame great odds| and have considered 22 cases, and The proposed forty nine million have made 4 investigations. We dollar bond issue was defeated inj have seturned 18 true bills and 4 yesterday’s city election. The bond Not True bills, and have examined issue proposed was to finance eight 94 witnesses. and one half miles of subway con- “We recommend that funds be necting the business and residen- made available for the improve- '3l areas. ment of the Federal Jail, and par- The voters rejected the anti- ticularly as to the isolation of pris- Pic keting ordinance by 87,000 to| oners with communicable diseases. 7,000 p The voters approved the $2,800,000 mm al At 20 that the orlginal bond issue to improve the city air- port. (Contffxued on i:'i:g: Five) Fighting Shlftlng From Old Line LABOR STRENGT! IS REVEALED IN NEW YORK VOTE |Republican Strategy Plays | Important Role in La Guardia’s Victory TAMMANY HALL IS COMPLETELY ROUTED National Political Signific- ance Attached to Mayor's Re-election Landshde NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—Three ma- |Jor facts of national political signi- |ficance emerged from the landslide |re-election of Mayor La Guardia |of New York. They are: 1. Surprising rise of the Ameri- [can Labor Party’s powerful bloc |representing labor groups in their {first political effort in two gener- |ations. 2. Succcess of the Charles Hilles- |Kenneth Simpson strategy restoring the Republican Party’s prestige at least in the local and state scale | (see editorial comment page 4). 3. Rout of Tammany Hall ithe rather loose “reform” of independent voters, The labor party polled 238,000 |votes for Roosevelt last year and {yesterday gave 482,000 votes to La- |{Guardia. Without that bloc of votes |LaGuardia would have been 26,000 {votes behind his. opponent, Jeve- ‘miah Mahoney. New York newspapers said today |that because of this display of {strength, the labor party holds the 'balance of power in future elec- tions. by coalition LABOR NOW PREPARES FOR CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. — John |L. Lewis, Chairman of labor’s non- |partisan league which is claiming |political gains in yesterday's elec- said today that the league would “now devote its attention to preparation for next year’s Con- gressional campaign.” He called attention to the big vote of the American Labor Party in (the New York City election and the Ire-election of Mayor Cornelius |Scully in Pittsburgh, who had been {endorsed by CIO. | —————— SUPREME COURT HAS OWN LAWS ON PROCEEDINGS | ]ushce Black Bitter Exam- iner, May Have His Style Cramped By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—The bril- liant, biting style of examination of witnesses that made Hugo Black ithe Senator, famous and feared, probably will find little outlet in the Supreme Court. Even before the Klan issue arose, veteran hands around the court predicted that” the elder Justices would make short work of any ef- forts by the vigorous ex-Senator to tangle attorneys in their own tales. Black was relentless in examin- ing recalcitrant witnesses before Benate committiees. Corporation executives who had survived hours of cross-examination in court with superb calm were reduced to wild- eyed bewilderment under the fire of Senator Brack and his colleagues on the lobby investigating commit- tee., In court, witnesses are protected by their counsel and by certain rules of decorum. But in a Senate (conu_nuéri o?fpafi s P. 0. Chief Clerk Named for Seward Post Office Department announces the appointment of Earl March as Chief Clerk of the Service at Sew- ard, HAWAII BEAUTY MURDER VICTIM Not since the “Massie inciden has Honolulu been so stirred over a slaying as in the case of vivacious Arvella Kinslea (above), slain recemtly at a drinking party. Held in the case is David Kalakaua Kawanana- koa, blood descendant of Ha. waii's one-time rulers. The half- Hawaiian girl was found dead in a Waikiki beach cottage, hav- ing been struck with a soup bowl which severed an artery in h|-r neck. MAYOR GIVES HIS POLIGIES NEXT 4 YEARS New Government Will Show No Mercy to Grafters, Racketeers, Others NEW YORK, Nov. 3—Mayor La ever” of a political machine govern- merit for New York City. “The idea for a non-political rovernment is the demand now all over the country. All cities are government,” said the Mayor. Mayor La Guardia, in an inter- ment when they can get it” added that during the next four years “no mercy, no quarter, no Guardia predicted the *“doom mr—I taking a keen interest in the new| re-elected | | Assessment of Ten Cents a view, attributed his win to the fact| that “the people want good govern-| and| LA GUARDIA 1S RE-ELECTED IN NEW YORK CITY CIO Goes Down to Defeat in Detroit in First Political Attempt SENATOR MOORE IS WINNER, NEW JERSEY Democrat Elected Governor ‘| in Virginia — Curley | Loses in Comeback 1 (By Associated Press) | Mounting returns emphasize the defeats absorbed by Tammany Hall of New York City and the Com- mittee of Industrial Organization. In two of yesterday’s principal elections, Tammany Hall took the second successive beating when New York City reelected F. H. LaGuar- dia Mayor by a record breaking to- tal and also selected racket smash- ing Thomas E. Dewey for District Attorney. CIO Hard Hit by AFL The Committee of Industrial Or- ganization, In the first major bid for direct political power, lost the Detroit mayoralty to Richard W. Reading, unaffiliated candidate but with the strong support of the Am- erican Federation of Labor. Moore Wins Governorship United States Senator A. Harry | Moore, of New Jersey, won back for !the Demecrats, the Gevernorship he has held (wice, leaving the Repub- licans with only six Governors on |record. Harold G. Hoffman is now | Governor. | Bruce Barton, advertising execu- |tive and author, was elected to the |House from New York’s silk stock- \ing district, replacing a Democrat |and increasing the Republican |strength in the House by one. Three other Congressional elec- "kms to fill vacancies developed no iparty switches, Loses in Comeback Former Gov. James M. Curley, of | Massachusetts, lost in his attempted comeback race for Mayor of Bos- {ton to Maurice J. Tobin, Non-Par |tisan, In a five-man contest, Cornelius |D. Skully, Democrat, won reelection |as Mayor of Pittsburgh. New Virginia Governor James H. Price, Democrat, was casily elected Governor of Virginia. Cleveland reelected Republican Mayor Harold H. Burton. LaGuardia, up to this morning, had received 1,344,000 votes, show- {Ing a margin of 454,000 over Jere- miah Mahoney, Democrat, who was backed by Tammany, Postmaster General James A. Farley and Sena- fror Wagner. The margin is increas- (ing. Both candidates were support- ers of President Roosevelt's policies. FRD CONGRATULATES NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—President |Franklin D, Roosevelt, who refused to intervene in New York City’s elec- tion, was among the first to con~ gratulate Mayor LaGuardia on his reelection. The President telephoned the Mayor from his Hyde Park home last night when it became evident LaGuardla was winning by a wide margin, Salmon Will Be Advertised, Big Campaign Case Fixed for 1938 Consumer Bid SEATTLE, Nov. 3.—Indicating a |determination of the salmon pack- consideration will be given to any| criminal, racketeer, gangster, pay- roll leach or l.mflv g AL"‘N FIN!,D Eli Johnson, charged as an alien in peossession of firearms without a license, was fined $100 and his| U. 8. Commissioner’s court this morning. Johnson was apprehended on his trolling boat in the harber by Game Warden Douglas Gray. ers to keep the product before the American consumers more aggres- sively than ever before, the Adver- tising Committee of the Canned {Salmon industry has approved of an assessment of 10 cents a case on sal- mon. This is to finance the 1938 ad- WASHINGTON Nov. 3. — The|gun confiscated when brought into |¥ér!sing campaign. R D S — content in Great Salt nearly reached saturation | The salt ’Lnke has point.