The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1937, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNE AU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVI e —— - Surrender of MESSAGE SENT CHINA'S CHIEF BY AIRPLANE Note Dropped Suggesting Generalissimo Aban- don Battle ANOTHER DEMAND WILL BE MADE Control of International Settlement Wanted— British to Object SHANGHAI, Nov. 22—Japan is. urging Generalissimo Chiang Kai- Shek to surrender. The message has been dropped to him by Japanese airmen making the first flight over Nanking since the Chinese government announc- ed its transfer from the Capital city to Chungking, 1,000 miles further| inland. | No bombs were dropped, only the! message urging cessation of hostili- ties. The message was released from a plane flown by Lieut. Mochifumli Nango, one of Japan's ace pilots. Dog Fights in Air Pilots of Chinese pursuit planes| attacked the Japanese fliers in spec- | tacular dog fights over Nanking and one unidentified plane crashed. The Japanese spokesman reports; the capture‘:of Wusin, one of the! last strongholds of Nankmg's de-: fense. i Land and air forces have also started a concerted driv eon the| entrenched Chinese on the line| north from Wusin to Kiangyan on the Yangtze River and the spokes-| man declared the drive would bring, their army to the gate of Nan-/ king. JAPAN WANTS TO CONTROL INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTi LONDON, Nov. 22.—Foreign Sec-! retary Arithony Eden indicated to- day in the House of Commons that Great Britain will not grant Japan’s demands for virtual control of Shanghai’s International Settlement without consent of the Chinese gov- | ernment. | Japan has notified the authorities | of the settlement they desire to con- | trol the Chinese Maritime and Cus-| toms offices, Postal Telegraph, and| administration of the court. It is also understood further the Japanese want the right to march troops through the Settlement and| this will be 'demanded soon. DUKE WINDSOR WINS DAMAGES IN BOOK CASE Will Contribute Entire Amount Awarded to English Charity LONDON, Nov. 22.—A settlement| of the Duke of Windsor’s libel suit against the publishers and editor of “Coronation Commentary” for a substantial sum of damages and costs, was today announced before Lord Chief Justice. Sir William Jewitt, appearing for the Duke of Windsor, announced that William Heinnemann, Ltd., publishers, and Geoffrey Dennis au- thor, would pay the damages and added that the Duke of Windsor would contribute the large amount to charity in which he, as King, and as the Duke of Wales, had taken a “deep interest.” SITKA COUPLE SAFE AT LOGGING CAMP U. 8. Commissioner Bahrt of Sitka reported to the Governor's office to- ‘day that Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith TO MATCH A RPASTER DEFENSE such as this 300-mile-per-hour Seversky “Con- voy Fighter,” fastest two-place airplane in the world. Bullet like in appearance and speed, it carries seven machine guns, 1CY HIGHWAYS CAUSE DEATHS IN ACCIDENTS | Traffic Casualties, However, Held Low Because of Conditions CHICAGO, 111, Nov. 22.—At least 108 persons were killed on the Na- tion’s Highways over the week-end ias icy roads in many sections forc- ed cautious snail’s pace driving. In New York State, the police eyed the lowest week-end traffic death list in months. In many states, auto traffic over the week-end was the lowest for a similar period and circumstances in years, among of the larger cities reporting few autos venturing out because of glare ice conditions. Death reports came principally from country ocmmunities. NEW GERMAN AIRSHIP WILL FLY ATLANTIC g to Land in V. S Be. quested — Service Starts in Spring WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. — The ‘Count De Paris Again in Exile In S_witzerland Duke of De Guise Issues Manifesto—Revolu- tion Now in Air | GENEVA, Nov. 22. — Count de Paris is again exiled here, The claimant to the apparent nonexist- ing French tiirone; unexpectiedly returned to Geneva today after he headed for Belgium last night. Several days ago the Swiss gov- 'ernment, through the Swiss police, |asked him to leave the country on the ground he was carrying on po- litical activity. No formal expulsion has, how- ever been served on the Count. PRETENDER TO THRONE AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT PARIS, Nov. 22. — Duke of de- Guise, Pretender to the throne of France, has issued a manifesto, which has been distributed here, that he has decided to “reconquer the throne of my fathers.” A five thousand word manifesto left no doubt that the Prtender, now living in exile in Belgium, plans a conquest. The manifesto caused intense ex- citement among the French Royal- ists. The manifesto was distrib- uted as French government agents began ferreting out what appears to be a plot to overthrow the Re- public. The Count de Paris, now in exile in Geneva, is believed to be the one who caused the distribution of |the manifesto. He is the Duke's RINGLEADER OF NARCOTIC RING - MAY BE CAUGHT {Raids in Nevada Result in Six Arrests, Seizure of Drugs RENO, Nevada, Nov. 22.—Week- {end narcotic raids by Federal and Nevada officers resulted in the ar- 'rest of six persons and confiscation SITDOWNERS LEAVE PLANT AT PONTIAC Strikers Walk Out Led by International President Homer Martin PONTIAC, Michigan, Nov. 22.— Sitdown strikers who have held the General Motors and Fisher Body plant since last Wednesday evening, marched out today, led by Homer Martin, International President. Martin said the company will be notified immediately. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Chiang Kai-Sh 1 | pliE A RSBURG, Alaska, Nov. 22 | Fire undetermined origin | broke out the Public Wharf and before controlled destroyed the fish house, Trading Union wharf, | PE of an on | Martin will now try to open ne- gotiations on the grievances which caused the strike and which began without warning when a few hun- dred members of the - night shift refused to work because the com- pany insisted on suspension of four men. The strike was unauthorized and unsanctioned and the men refused to heed the appeals of the Inter- national Executive Board until President Martin went to the plant and made a personal appeal. CONGRESS IS JUST TALKING - LEGISLATION of narcotic stores valued at $6,000. Federal Agent Thomas E. Mc- Guire described Harry Edwards, of Salt Lake City, among those ar- rested, as the suspected ringleader of the narcotic ring. STREET CARS IN COLLISION; THIRTY HURT Two Speeding Vehicles Crash Headon During Dense Fog I SAN DIEGO, Cal., 'specdmg street cars collided head- on this morning in a dense fog at Ocean Beach. Thirty persons at least were in- ured, nine so seriously that sev- eral of them may die. {Farm Bill Will Get Started Tomorrow, However, in Upper House i WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. — Con- |gress is already almost to get down {to work on crop control legislation. Both the Senate and House con- vened today in the same wordy de- bate that produced no action dur- ling the first week of the special #svsslon of Congress but the Senate has the farm bill to start on to- morrow. The weary House subcommittees |also wound up discussions over the |agricultural bill to establish an ever normal granary and stabilize farm prices. The Senate has drafted a meas- !ure which has contined no revenue provisiol\, but the committee mem- |bers said they had complied with | | Nov. 22.—TW0 the President’s demands not to in-| crease spending without compen- sating taxes. JOHN DOTSON German Government, undaunted by the disaster to the dirigible Hinden- burg, hopes to resume experimental were telescoped in a tangled mass| of shattered wood, glass and steel.| The front ends of the two cars| P ASSES AWAY |warehouse and the Kaylor-Otness shrimp and crab cannery. | Included in the loss, which is es- | timated at $250,000 partially in- sured, is $30,000 worth of halibut gear, stored by the halibut fleet members; Trading Union's stock of merchandise, Kaylor-Otne: mer- Fire Rages, Petersburg; CONTROVERSY ' NOT SETTLED, - REPORTTODAY Passenger Steamer Sched- ules Cancelled in Pres- ent Status Quo SUPPLIES SMALL chandise and equipment, fish boxes, | IN LOCAL STORES and 50,000 ppunds of black cod from | —_— the schooner Mitkoff, salted yester- Mall Leaves Tomo”ow for day in the fish house | 4E) The fierce blaze charred the s80-| Alaska Points Aboard C. P. R. Steamer | There are no developments today Polar Scienists Drifting on Floe South o Atlantic Russian Party Expects to Reach Greenland by March 1 g MOSCOW, Nov. 22 The Russian cientific party ter six munLl!.\; camping near {1 Pole, 1 ported to be solving the “riddle of the drift from the pole to the At- lantic.” A message from the party says they are adrift on a large floe and have drifted 450 miles. The mes- sage indicated they may spend a full year on the floe. “If the speed is not reduced,’ we, may reach East Greenland by the| current by March 1. An icebreak- | er could easily approach the floe by May or June,” the message states. WILKINS 1S AT " . RESOLUTION |Negotiates F‘_il;st' Leg of Hop; | to Aklavik, His Search | ‘ Air Base ' [ EDMONTON, Nov. 22.—Sir Hu-; fbert Wilkins, who took off from| N Regains Strength Presi- r 1 n ivice of his phiysician and dentist, has cancelled ay trip to Warm ! to ¢ i Butter { Juneau his Thanksgiving d: Springs, and made plans to gc the coast of Florida on a fishing trip when he regains strength The President’s condition is good and his temperature normal again| but he stayed in his own chambers 000 nearby cold storage building,| burg, one of three fishing boats tied ST TS ¥t in the strike at Seattle which has P"’[&;}“"“‘h ‘;gg‘pp"‘:n With D Gutelterse information sent to the Em- RIOHU R CORe;. PUIBDRC.. B¢ %7 pire by the Associated Press. iion tie. Hamse . loperators of the steamers and the Marine Cooks and Stewards Asso- on every voyage and the operators cause this will prevent them from ffom observing Federal safety re- P chedules are cancelled. ! ] I'he Associated Press dispatch also iied that Postal officials expressed Instead, Will Go Fishing Off ctristmas packages on time be- use or the tieup. Some Alaska d the Canadian Pacific stea- out of Vancouver if ‘the con- and eggs will last only a stores. with sup- ables will be gone from nearly all rs tonight. meager supplies of butter and eggs to from one dozen eggs and one and the halibuter Teddy J of Peters- | The Petersburg volunteer fire de-| fed up Alaska steamers. This is the on the blaze and finally exting-|“mo" controversy is between the ciation because the union demanded GELLED i».;ls fused to grant the demands be- rements. All passenger steamer doubt if some Alaskans will get their Plaitd t. whe I10riC 0ast, Wi will be sent north tomorrow is not settled by that time. lles exhausted in a few cases. Per- | Most stores are rationing their pound of butter to four of each. | Cranberries in the White House for the seventh ’?;‘r:a’“:'f‘;)"‘ are practically all |successive day on account of tooth With ' the bikeries soraiich ol trouble. [flour will last from one week to |three months. Salt, butter and eggs |in one heavily stocked bakery will {last only three to four weeks. This |bakery in question received a ship- | ment of some size on the last boat. Meats will last in most markets, PR e T RO VRS Tu ST A Y lN juntil Thanksgiving Day, but some |kinds of meat are already gone from |the hooks. | No merchant anticipated the | strike and nearly all have been |caught short. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22—Presi-| It has not been learned yet whe= dent Roosevelt indicated he lnv.cm]sllher the strike will hit freighters to retain his honorary membership|as well as passenger vessels. in the American Press Society. The Washington Newspaper Guild asked him to reconsider his accep-| tance of membership, asserting in a resolution that the society was| regarded by the guild as an “em- UNION MEMBERS ek Urged airship flights to the United States next year. This is disclosed when the State Department refererred to the De- partment of Commerce and the Navy Department formal request from the German Ambassador, Hans Dieck- hoff, for a new permit for landings in this country. The German official said the government expects to renew service over the Atlantic in the spring with a new giant airship. — HOWARD COFFIN 1S FOUND DEAD Investigation Ordered Into Mystery at Sea Island, Fla. SEA ISLAND, Georgia, Nov. 22.— A coroner’s inquest has been ordered to investigate the mystery death of Howard Coffin, 64, textile magnate, wartime air expert and pioneer in the automobile industry. Coffin was found dead with a bullet wound in his face on the eve of that city, for whom fear had been felt following the finding of| of a projected hunting trip. Coffin’s death is described by their boat adrift, were located work- ‘James Compton, General Manager l ing in a logging camp at Deep Inlet. Their gasboat, Mayflowers, appar- parently an accident.” His nephew|Admiral Willlam D. Leavy, of the Sea Island Company as “ap- MOTHER, FIVE CHILOREN, DIE IN EXPLOSION CAUSEY, New Mexico, Nov. 22— An explosion of a mixture of gaso- line and paraffine, left five children and their mother dead in this farm- ing community. The highly infamable substance ignited yesterday as the father, W. T. Beaty, relief worker, heated it on a kerosene stove preparatory to waterproofing their tent house in which the family lived. Instantly the flimsy structure burst into flames, and trapped be- hind the walls the six were burned to death before they could flee. Beatty was only slightly burned as he was blown out of a door. Navy Will Keep Discarded Craft WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. — The vessels, has decided to keep its old and discarded craft. Suitable hulks wili be used to build up a reserve of scrap metal, chief of ently had broken loose from its found the body upstairs with a|naval operations disclosed in his moorings but they were not aboard. deer rifle nearby. ‘nnnunl report. navy, after sinking or selling 200; Helge Erickson, operating one of the cars inbound .and carrying most of the passengers, suffered a fractured pelvis. — ee RED CROSS T0 END DRIVE ON THANKSGIVING Final Contributions Needed to Make Campaign Successful ( Reporting progress in the Red Cross roll call but emphasizing the need for cooperation in closing the drive, the Rev. John A. Glasse, Red Cross roll call chairman, today asked that all who have been absent when campaign workers called at their homes contribute their donations at the drug stores, banks or hotels. The drive ends by Thanksgiving, and all workers are asked to com- plete their work this Wednesday. The Rev. Glasse stated that re- ports from neighboring communi- 'ties indicate an enthusiastic res- ponse, and that Juneau has done well. However, the final two days will count as an important part in the drive, and all who have not yet !contributed are asked to make their | responses immediately. - ONSATURDAY {Pioneer Juneau Citizen Dies ‘ Here After Long ness Living just ten days after his sev- enty-fifth birthday, John Dotson, pioneer resident of Juneau, died at St. Ann’'s Hospital Saturday at 5 o'clock, following an illness which has extended over the past two vears. He was admitted to the hos- pital last Tuesday. Mr. Dotson, who was born in West Virginia, came to Juneau in 1912. He is survived by a son and daugh- ter in Juneau, Alvin Dotson and Mrs. Walter Butts. Another daugh- ter, Mrs. May Burton, lives in New Mexico. Mrs. Dotson died in Ju- neau in 1933. | For the past 23 years, Mr. Dotson lived at Eagle River where he had a large homestead which he farm- ed Funeral services are to be held at the Church of the Nativity at 9 a. m. tomorrow, with the Rev. Willlam G. LeVasseur officiating. The remains are at the C. W. Carter Mortuary. e s ALIBUT OUT The steamer Yukon this morning | took out 130 boxes of frozen halibut for the New England Fish Com- pany, totalling 47,000 pounds. here last Saturday morning a! b 8: 17‘ ployer-dominated” organization. ON YUKON WILL (o'clock, landed at Fort Resolution| lat 11:30 o'clock completing the first' hop of his flight to Aklavik to re-| {sume his search for the six missing| Soviet fliers who dropped from sight August 12 enroute from Mos-| cow to Fairbanks. OFF TOWARD NORTH [ EDMONTON, Nov. 22—A mes- ‘sage from Fort Resolution said Wil-' kins left there at 8 o'clock this morning for Aklavik but may stop| at Fort Siinpson or Fort Norman.| | B | | 2 YOUTHS ARE | | - KILLED, CRASH Sooal) Plane s Plummeted| | Into Alfalfa Field After [ Hitting Elsewhere i RIVERSIDE, Cal, Nov. 22.—An |inquest has been ordered into the |crash of a small plane in an alfalfa field in which two youths, the pilot, }P‘mncls Douka, 19, of Los Angeles, and Aubrey Wyatt, 22, of Pasadena, | were killed. The plane went into a side slip at an altitude of 300 feet while fly- ing over Southern California Junior Colleg. The plane scraped a silo, struck tension wires, a barn and then plummeted into the field. | Asked about the resolution at his| press conference, the President said| LI K E I.Y the constitution of the society look-| ed pretty good to him. | He read the following excerpt| ppi— from the constitution: |Spokesman for Crew Says “This societay is dedicated to the 65 Men Wl" Walk Oul belief that the practice of jour- 3 nalism is an honorable profession If Union Demands “We're on the spot.” bearing the nature of a public trust,| That was Joe Connors reply to the integrity and detachment of which are essential to free govern- ment and to preservation of the|ihe guestion as to what the Marine liberties of the masses and of mi- 'cooks and Stewards Association norities. members aboard the Yukon would for the union on the ship. f cific and the rest of the boys. If he union asks us to go off, how- ever will o off, T do when they got to Seattle Wed- nesday night. Connors is spokesman JAGKIE’ BETTY “Our agreements read differently rom the Sailors’ Union of the Pa- ver. we but as I see we will not get backed by the.e A it, HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 22— other ons.” Honeymoot over the week-end There are 65 members of the included Jackie Coogan and his Cooks and Stewards Union on the bride, blonde Betty Crable, screen Yukon. In a hastv cross section of star. Both are due back before the that group, it was noted that opin- cameras this afternoon. They are ion on walkout or staying on was appearing together in a film cvenly divided. The two were married Saturday - afternoon FLAT COUPLE THROUGH b I"ed Paderson, well-known Flat SPELJACK OUT mining man, pased through Juneau Frank Speljack, wellknown Ophir this morning on the steamer Yukon dredge operator, passed through with Mrs. Padeson, bound for the Juneau with his son Frank, Jr, Outside to spend the winter. Mr, and two other children this morn- Paderson has been in the Flat ing on the Yukon. He reports a country for many years. He is ‘& fine season with plenty of water. dredgemaster on a gold boat there, Speljack has been working ground and owns claims that he has out in the Ohpir region, near Flaf. under lease.