The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 4, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. LI, NO. 7631, JUNEAU, ALASKA, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 4, “ALL 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS JAPANESE IN NEW ASSAULT ON CHINESE ) DEFENSELESS SPANISH TOWNS ARE AIR RAIDED Two Hundred Fifty Dead, 700 Injured in One Section, Report MADRID, Nov. 4—The official announcement places the toll of Tuesday’s Insurgent air raid on Le- rida at 225 dead and more than 700 injured. Hospitals and relief quar- ters are filled with the injured, many of whom have received fatal| wounds. A similar attack was made yester- day afternoon on Barbastro, anoth- er Catalian -city which reports 80 killed. Newspapers and foreign corres- pondents rank the attacks as the most murderous on Spanish Gov- ernment territory since the Civil War. « | The Insurgent bombers swept over the two cities dropping explosives and then flew low and machine- gunned the defenseless men, women and children. “Murder” is the caption carried by Madrid newspapers describing the raids. ALASKA ISLAND FLAME COVERED FROM ERUPTIO Violent Volcanic Action Reported by Radio from Boxer SEATTLH, Nov. 4—The Weather Bureau has received a radiogram from the Indian Affairs ship Boxer describing a violent eruption on Yu- naska Island in the Aleutian chain west of Unalaska Island. The radiogram said the vessel passed 15 miles northeast of Yu- naska and an eruption had covered the island with flames. The dis- turbance appeared to be the most i EN means voluntary duty for many on Oriental girl performing the task manaing rifles and larger guns in tl EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN of China apparently the battle fronts. Here is a young of sentry. Others are reported he front lines and sharpshooting at Japs from obscure places. | { ‘ Cdn Ja pahr Bo Stop ped 9 ”‘Maybe’—‘With 3 Big IFS LANDON TAKES BIT IN TEETH By FREDERICK V. FIELD Secretary, American Council, Institute of Pacific Relations; written for the AP Feature Ser- vice. AVIATION AID FUNDS SOUGHT FOR NORTHLAND. Six Million b:)fiars Will Be Requested for Alaska and Hawaii WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—The Bu- reau of Air Commerce announces it will submit to the Budget Bureau | |a request for $6,000,000 Congression- |al appropriation for navigational |aids to aviation in Alaskan and the Hawalian Islands. Director Fred D. Fagg, Jr., re-; {ported progress in aeronautical de- | {velopment in Alaska and said he| | hoped for a similar program in Ha- | waii. Fagg said the $6,000,000 sought |would be divided $3,000,000 for air- {way aids in both countries and the | remaining $3,000,000 for airports. Germany Puts on Its Best Smile for Windsor ATTACK MADE ALONG CREEK NEAR BRITISH {Planes Take:; Air to Bom- bard Positions on Soochow | DEFENDERS DESTROY 2 OF 3 BRIDGES | Persistent Reports Chinese Soon to Withdraw from Shanghai SHANGHAI, Nov. 4—The Japan- lese forces, attempting to drive the |Chinese from their positions on the South side of Soochow Creek, bom- barded the Jessfield area near the | British Army outposts. Planes took to the air and dropped fl'he Duke and Duchess of Windsor, studying housing and labor conditions in Germany, are pictured mak- ing their way through an admiring throng in Berlin, shortly after their arrival. Dr. Robert Ley, Nazi Minister of Labor (second from right., front), their official escort, took charge of Windsor's tour through {a number of small bombs on the right flank of the Chinese lines ex- "~ my of Labor.” DUKE CENSORED BY BALTIMORE " LABOR CROUP British Organized Labor Comes Right Back with Protest | BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 4. § —The Baltimore Federation of La- bor has unanimously adopted a res- olution censoring the Duke of Wind- sor for coming to the United States with Charles Bedeaux, “Arch Ene- “actories. | The resoution expresses disfavor also af the Duke's association with Hitler. The resolution “warned organiz- ed labor in Baltimore not to be ta- ken in by slumming parties pro- fessing to help study labor.” SPLENDID HOUSING CONDITIONS will be found fornia the former British monarch and his American wife may visit | %e able to jot down notes of a swimming pool and ACTION IS RESENTED LONDON, Nov. 4—Brwwish Labor resents the action of the Baltimore organization in censoring the Duke of Windsor. The British laborites Congressmen Face Trouble | | | by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on their expccted visit to Hollywood. While in Southern Cali- Davies, film actress, at Santa Monica. Here is a recent picture of the estate about which the duke will ‘tendlng westward from Shanghal. | The Japanese drive suffered a |severe setback, the Chinese spokes- man said, when Chinese artillery destroyed two of three bridges the Japanese engineers threw up over Soochow creek. Severe fighting raged on the south bpank throughout the day, beyond the Rubicon village. There are persistent reports the Chinese are on the verge of with- drawing from the entire Shanghai peninsula to prepared defense lines further inland. e e——— EXPLAIN WHY JAPAN FIGHTING IN GHINA LAND Demonstrating Students Protest to British— | It’s Holy War WHITE HOUSE ] in the motion picture industry e palatial beach home of Marion tennis court: . i | TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 4. — Three |hundred college students demon- strated in front of the British Em- violent in the center of the Island,| diminishing towards the west and‘ east ends. | Can Japan be persuaded, or forced, state emphatically the Duke has to stop her Chinese campaign short done more to help British labor than of achieving her avowed intention all other Royalty put toether in 100 At Home I'f Budget Pruned, TO ENTERTAIN bassy here. They performed a {snake dance to express protest against Great Britan's attitude to- Yunaska Island is believed to be unpopulated and has no fresh wa- ter. SOLD HOARDERS BUYING STRON, LONDON MARKET Highest Ptemium of Year Being Paid on London ree Market LONDON, Nov. 4—So keen a de- mand for gold was evident on the London free market yesterday that buyers paid a premium of 18 cents an ouncé over the American parity price for approximately $2,000,000 worth of the precious metal avail- able. The purchasers said they repre- sented continental interests desir- ing the metal for hoarding pur- poses. Paris is said to be responsible for the hoarding demand. Today’s free market price of gold is $34.94—the highest premium of the year. Uncertainty in future continental reports are causing transfer of short term bank bal- ances to New York. B e — 12 ADDED TO P. 0. T0 ADVISE GOP Declares Time Inopportune | for Midterm Conven- tion of Party | | TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov, =.—For- mer Gov. Alfred M. Landon, stand- ard bearer of the GOP last year, today in an interview, said he did not regard the time opporiune for |a midterm Republican convention as has been advocated by Herbert |Hoover and others, principally 'members of the Republican Na- tional Committee. f Landon reiterated the opinion |that if one is called, there must be “no limitation to the scope and action of the personnel to come from precinct caucuses and pri- maries. A | Landon thus supports Represen- (tative Joseph Martin, eastern cam- paign manager last year and Chair- man of the House Republican Con- gressional Committee, who has said the time is “ill” for such a conven- tion. : Landon further said, however, (that “if a convention is to be held - {there must be representatives from jthe rank and file of all groups op- posed to the present National Ad- |ministration.” ‘Soviet and Nazi Reach Accord in ST e/ New London Pact NEW STAMP SALE Ry LONDON, Nov. 4—Great Britain, Twelve additional persons have Germany and Russia have formally been afided to his staff by Postmas- exchanged instruments of ratitfica- ter Albert Wile to handle the flood tion on Anglo-Soviet and Anglo- of mail in connection with the sale German naval treaties. of thd new Alaska stamp which| The moves are designed to bring starts Novmeber 12. The Postmas- Germany and Russia within the ter estimates that he now has ap- scope of the London Tri-Power proximately 200000 covers to be Treaty between Great Britain, the cancelled on opening day and the United States and France. figure is likely to'go well over 300,-| The ratified treaties will make 000. Germany and Russia subject to the - e London treaty and provides for an High heeled shoes are much more exchange of building information expensive to keep than low-heeled on fighting ships construction. The shoes. The heels have to be re- treaties limit the size of ships, but placed more often. S ‘ino’t the number. of completely defeating the Chinese armies? This is the question which has become prominent with the sudden turn in American foreign policy toward international action given by President Roosevelut’s Chi- cago speech. The answer, or rather the near- est we can come to an answer now, lies in what is likely to develop along thecs directions: 1. The ability and willingness of China to continue strong re- sistance over a long period of time. The strength of whatever pol- icy the United States, Great Britain and other supporters of international action decide to adopt. The internal situation in Ja- pan. With regard to the first factor, we have so far seen the Chinese armies offer unexpectedly strong re- sistance to superior offensive wea- pons in Shanghai, but in North China the Chinese armies have been steadily retreaing with only one de- termined stand i the battle of Nanking Pass. In the air the Jap- anese have shown themselves super- ior to China; on water, except for 3. wha% China can do to block river| channels, the Japanese are in cun‘r—, plete control. War in the North The majority of close observers, however, believe the Japanese cam- paignh to be very far indeed from completion. Many Chinese sym- pathizers are not even worried by the rapid Japanese advance in the north, for they interpret the amaz- ing lack of Chinese resistance as suspiciously plan to extend the Japanese lines by drawing the invader far into the hinterland. Once the Japanese line is stretched along the vast length of the Yellow river these observers look for a protracted Chinese cam- paign of guerilla warfare designed to make Japanese occupation un- tenable and to force Japan to econ- omize exhaustion and social unrest at home. When it is recalled that General Pai Chung-hsi, a noted advocate and experienced leader in this type of fighting, is in charge of the (Continued on Page Six) like a predetermined | % by Burns, years and urges American labor, no matter who he is accompanied by, to give him a hand in how to better labor and also an insight into Amer- ican housing conditions, KETCHIKAN HAS - SERIOUS BLAZE of | | By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTO::, Novfl 4. — Step| mentally into your Congressman's boots; think how much easier it| # [must be to win elections when far- § |mers are satistied with crop pay-! ments, relief funds are pouring in! DUKE ENTHUSIASTIC | OVER COMING V | PARIS, Nov. 4—The Duke | Then glance down at the Presi-| dent’s budget announcement show- ing the deficit to be $695,000,000 and figure out what the dickens you are going to do next summer in campaign time to appease the the relief crowds and the contractors if the Presi- ‘Windsor is reported looking forward | | with all the “enthusiasm of a young FIR and bridges, highw and dams| man” on his coming visit to the | up S0st. OXSTINERE. ! o Al | United States and the Duchess is all excited over going “home.” BRUSSELS GROUP Damage Estimated at Be- tween Three and Four Thousand Dollars {highwa KETCHIKAN, Alaska, | }Tn BRING PEAGE 7 Oct. 4.—|gent sets out to balance the budget One fireman was injured as fire inlpy Jopping off funds that have the dow_muwn section cau 2d dam- | - § these groups for several age estimated by the firemen at | between $3,000 and $5,000. ‘ The fire, is believed to have) |started in the Graham Funeral Par- lors and spread to the Rex Hotel owned by John Koel, pioneer Ket- |chikan banker. | BRUSSELS, Nov. 4.—The Nine ] - > |Power Conference meeting here has decided to empower a subcommit-| tee to offer aid to Japan and China | {in effecting peace between the two Reliable indications are that the A ety |United States, Great Britain and| LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 4.— |Belgium will be on the committee Mrs. Helen Meher Herbert has filed faces the average Congressman.| And you will have an idea, too, what will face the President when he se out to convince the Congressmen that th will have to make cuts in| appropriations—and like it. ABOUT IN GHINA [Committee Will Include United States Accord- ing to Advices INTEREST MOUNTING | Add to that a bit of further cogi-| [tation. Throw the budget message| aside for a few minutes and remem- ber that the national debt is $37- {000,000,000—more than two times what it was six years ago. Now/! during these years of depression no reduction has been made in the na-| warring nations. | <o doene pli (otfors 18| wealthy son of the lafe cOMPOSer|creasig steadily. Interest on it in| e restoration of |Victor Herbert. Cruelty is the|ygas 2mounted to $748,878,754. That's peace and also replies to Japan's charge in the divorce pm(va-udmghw'th- rters of a billion dollars refusal of its invitation to attend ik it g i e |the conference called under the pro- Taterest rates in 1035 were (ow. Re- e now fluctuates slightly, but is un- ST. HELENS, Oregon, Nov. 4—ider 3 per cent. If the $37,000,000,000 The grand jury has indicted MTrs.|debt bore 4.3 per cent interest, that Agnes John Redford on two counts(load would be about $1,500,000,000— THREE HUNTERS WILL GO TO SEYMOUR CANAL Three hunters will be on their[of first degree murder for the al- or nearly two times the 1935 out- way to Seymour Canal tomorrow|leged deaths, by poison, of her two lay ! morning, going to Oliver’s Inlet and |stepdaughters. That means that if the govern-| | portaging across the neck. ST 5 ment ses about to reduce the debt| Those making the trip will be E.| The railroads of Germany carry at the rate it did after the war, J. Cowling, Lester Mangel and Bob- That will give you an idea what in the mails, it is announced. . BRIT, PREMIER ward Japan. The demonstrators presented the British Consul with a resolution |declaring Japan was waging a Holy 'War for permanent peace in the |Far East which Great Britain hin- \dered through assistance to China Select Tea [ o M < | WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. — The LABUR Gnuups White House announced this after- noon that the Duke and Duchess GET TOGETHER i tea during their visit here. The tea| DUKE, DUCHESS ple Will Be Guests Dur- ing U. S. Visit at Cou of Windsor will be entertained at a will be on November 12, Mrs. James i Roosevelt, Jr., will be the hosuma; as Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be absent at the time as she is i 4 leaving this afternoon on a lecture Wlll DlSCuSS Wha[ [ndus_ tour. | tries Should Have In- dustrial Unions WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. — The | American Federation of Labor and {the Committee of Industrial Or- ganization have agreed to a discus- sion of the question as to which industries should have industrial unions. The question involves the basic difference between the warring la- bor factions. | Observers interpreted the decision |to discuss the issue as one of few |indications that the present con- ference might heal the break in the labor ranks. | George Harrison, Chairman of the |AFL Peace Committee, announced the decision after a three hour ses- {sion. Invitations to the tea are already PN B < il ON CARPET IN TRADE AGTION Chamberlain Declares Gov- ernment Not Recogniz- ing Franco Regime more passengers than those of :myJ other country in the world. (Continued on Page Five) 4 House of Com-| LONDON, Premier Chamberlin told the Nov. vision of the Nine: Power Treaty . cently they have been clmbing|nons today that the British Gov. that provides for respect of the ter- Is l"dlctad 0" slightly. ernment and Spanish Insurgents ritorial integrity of China. | It is not inconveivable that the|were negotiating for the appoint-| The committee will be named at interest burden ultimately may ex-|ment of commercial agents but this | |2 joint session opening tonight. M har as‘m d $1,000,000000 a year. In 1921|did not mean, he declared, de M‘,w! —eeeo |the cumputed rate of interest on the| diplomatic recognition of Gen. national debt was 4.3 per cent. It!Franco. “These commercial agents are not on a diplomatic status,” declared the Prime Minister,” but the British Government is bound to take in ac- count responsibility for protection of British Nationals and British commercial interests throughout the whole of Spain, including those large areas in the northwest and southwest as well as the Spanish zone in Morocco.” Phillip Murray, CIO conference chairman, stood by Harrison's side and assented to everything the AFL leader had to say. ESTEBETH PULLS OUT ON REGULAR VOYAGE The motorship Estebeth sailed last night at 6 o'clock from the Pacific Coast dock with a load of freight transfer and two passengers for Sitka and way points. The two passengers were Minnie land Florence Johnson for Hoonah. | | Fifteen Americans go abroad for each European visiting America.