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

THE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY NOVhMBI-R 21, l‘)37 CHAS. WHEATLEY SEEKS §25,000 FOR LOVE CURE Gold Prospe_ctior Claims He | Met Girl at Church, Wooed Successfully PRESENTS EXCHANGED ; EVERYTHING LOVELY| Then Alleges Pastor of Bethel Temple Turned Girl Against Him SEATTLE, Nov. 27. — Charles Wheatley, Alaska gold prospector has sued the Rev. William H. Offi- ler, Pastor! of Bethel Temple, for| $25.000 for alienation of the affec- | tions of Bertha Keck, domestic and choir singer. Wheatley, in his suit, said he saw the girl at church, found she wa: a “fine, upstanding Christian ladj He wooed and was accepted. He gave her gifts then returned to Alaska Wheatley alleges the preacher turned her against him so now she refuses to wed. | FIVE CONVICTS ARE CONVICTED, KILLING WARDEN Aftermath Eesperale At-| tempt to Break Prison Soon Written SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. Five convicts, accused of sla Warden Clarence Larkin in Folsom Prison during a riot on September 19, have been convicted of first degree murder. The jury imposed the death penalty in each case. The convicts convicted are Ld— ward Davis, Robert Cannon, ley Eudy, Albert Kessell and Fred Barnes. The warden’s death was the re- sult of a desperate attempt by the conviets to escape. VDI “Blackout” Over London Today Is Woist in Years Transporlallon Choken— Thousands of Lives Threatened | | | i To Attempt to Stop Roose- 1 |great deal was heard of him. D: vorces M ukvu p 4rtz Ethlyne Claire Westmere, former New York actress, who was recently granted an interlocutory decree of divorce in a Los Angeles court from Ern Westmore, noted film makeup artist. She charged her husband had an inflammabie temper which, she said, twice resulted in suicidal attempt. Mrs. Westmore was awarded custody of their 2-year-old daughter. Ethlyne Louise, ‘Blood Donor Found After {Nationwide Search SMITH PLANS COMEBACK BY | ETHER WAVES WINDSOR, Ontario, Nov. 27 The nation-wide search for a blood donor who would meet the exacting requirements ended, and when W. Fletcher, of Grand Blanc, Mlchl— suffering from sn-eptocuccui ans infection got a transfus- ion which may save his life. The blood donor was Ernest Van | Sickle, 40, of Brantford, Ontario, - Iworld war veteran. Van Sickle has By PRESTON GROVER lan infection which had been cured WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. It'and this was one of the require- seems only fair to let people know ments. that the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith velt's Plans Put End to CIO Leader Lewis He signaled his return to um LDNDON Nov. 27.—The greatest fighting political and social hom, fog }in many years curtained half by tentatively sticking his thumb| of England today, choking trans- into the New York City election portation and endangering thou- arena a day or so before the votes sands. were to be counted, and then swung | Ten deaths are attributed to the!southward to Washington. Here “blackout.” he called the press to his elbow | Three perséns fell into reser- to announce his message. voirs, stumbling along in the fog Mr. Smitih used to be one of the| darkness and another fell into a many right hand men of Huey) river while groping in the darkness./Long in Louisiana. After Long's An airplane crashed in the fog death, he fought with millions of, and three of the crew were killed. |spoken words during the last cam- of President Roosevelt There is nothing pretentious| about Mr. Smith. He is of medium| Nov. 21—An Army plane crashed ;e oy throat cantilever construc- in a forest near here early this tion. Mo, lling - L, 7. €, 'M0Es He did not welcome the news- fords suitable to his ministerial call- Of Orchestra, Marry . 4 HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 27. —| 5 LARGE-SCALE BUDGET R o 4T paign on behalf of “social justice” height, physically active and nol| heavier than his forty-odd yes gan and L. .C. Woods of the Ran-| s feporters In pajamas and iue olph Field, San Antonio, TexXas. g qressing gown as Huey Long Betty Furness, film actress, and| He told the half dozen reporters Johnny Green, orchestra leader,\who sat on the bed and chairs of and pointed out the dangers he felt! would arise from the re-election| would justify. His hair is bmu\n GREENWOOD, South Carolina, iy oces smoky blue and his nose of — e 1 f it did on occasion, but instead wore Film Actress, Leader the dark suit and “sensible” ox- were married here late yesterday afternoon i (Continued on Page Five) is planning to come back into the| public eye after a period of 12| months or so during which not '1' Judge Says Evidence Over- whelming, Nothing But Guilt Established CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 27. Anna Marie Hahn was today sen- tenced to die in the Ohio State prison electric chair on Marck 10. The sentence was passed by Judge | Charles Bell who held that the “evi- dence was so overwhelming that no |verdict other than guilty could have ojbeen reached” Last Service for Ramsay MacDonald LONDON, Nov. 27—Funeral ser- vices for the late former British Premier Ramsay MacDonald were held here last night. The remains arrived yesterday aboard a steam- er. The former Prime Minister died aboard a steamer while he was on a voyage to regain his health, | who “gably" Sreet | dac: |difficulties in Seattle if elected to VIC MEYERS IS CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR, SEATTLE Lieutenant Governor of] Washington to Have | Backlng of CIO SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—Lieut. Gov- ernor Vic Meyers has announced his candidacy for Mayor of Seattle with | the backing of the CIO and Wash- ington Commonwealth Federation. Me, in announcing his candi-| to end the labor promised the office of Chief in this city. Attorney Joseph Sweeney has al- {so announced his candidacy for M wyer as an independent candidate. | Meyers is expected to be the chief opposition to Mayor John F. Dore probably will run with the backing of the American Federation of Labor and of Dave Beck, head of | |the Teamster's Union. | R 108 ANGELES EARTH SLIDE | TREMENDOUS Mxlhons of Tons in Action —Another Avalanche Is Predicted LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov! 27.—| IMillions of tons of earth, & ‘huge: ! ion of boulders and trees, a full| |city block in length, slid off the | Elysian Park moving mountain, labout a mile from the downtown section. Scores of houses were endanger- ed. { Engineers predict that anoth('r; tremendous avalanche and much/ greater is likely to tumble from the! X:,’:::: h:‘;ge‘ i?;:g::i’xg t‘:; Lr;:’::_‘ dent Roosevelt today suggested that v _|expenditures under the new farm s::? PATSE ID. Bl . toul |program be kept within $500,000,000 !in an effort to bring Federal spend- |ing within the income. | The suggestion is made in a let- Greyhuund Stage }ter to Democratic leader Barkley |and the President further says: Llnfls B""gs su“ |“We cannot hope to continue on a |sound financial manzement in CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 27« |government affairs unless the regu- lar annual expenditures are brought The Greyhaund Stage Lines has filed suits in the Federal Court for within the revenue.” ts ‘ton 000 from the Bml.herhvud m, NEW DISCOVERY The action followed the arrPsLs PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 27— in various cities as violence contin- |Sensational developments have been | ued in the strike of bus drivers,/announced to the American Medical affiliated with the Brotherhood. Association in the search for the Much damage has been done. 1Lause of cancer “Threatening and intimidating| It was discevered by a group of employees,” and * mnmxdatmg pros- | five doctors that cancer in rats was pective passengers” are cited as al-|caused by diet alone. The doflms‘ leged offense: are L. G. Rowntree, A. Steinberg, W. R. Brown, G. M..Dorrance and T. Ciccone. This is the first time malignant growths have been traced directly to eating. It is reported the dl\cuvery was | made that eating wheat and plant| embryos mixed with a trade ether has a known effect toward causing cancer and when that combination| is eaten sparsely, no cancer re- sults. Embryos are tiny germical plant- lets found in seeds. The results of the disvovery may cause radical changes in the treatment of can-| Executiveship ing the front were almost trapped (pndiary bombs. GOVERNMENT. EXPENSES TO | | i | |President Makes Suggesllon Regarding New Farm Program WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Presi- B e Named Manager, | St. Louis Browns ST, LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 27.—Charles “Gabby” Street, former Cardinal Manager, has been named mana-| ger of the St. Louis Browns. The announcement was made this af-|Cer. PRESENT PRICE is because of his long experience in a uniform and his succe: — .- MESSERSCHMIDTS BACK Mr. and Mrs, George Messer- schmidt returned to Juneau y e ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—United States Senator McCarran of Ne- vada said today he will urge Secre- tary of Treasury Morgenthau to advise President Roosevelt to con-! tinue the price for silver at 77.75| day evening on the Princess Norah cents an ounce, after three weeks absence from the Capital City. About ten days were spent in Seattle, visiting relatives and friends and one week end trip was made to Vancouver. ,and MEMBPR A%OCI A’ I‘l‘[) PRb DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE during this bomb irdment. Nflihmg Dmng On Mail Line, | ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — Hflr- lee Branch, Assistant Postmaster prospect of establishing an Montana, and Lethbridge, Canada, Senator Murray advocated line believing it would be desire- able as part of the proposed from El Paso, Texas, to Alaska. | General, has advised Senator Mur- jray of Montana there is no imme- | diate 'airmail route between Great Falls, | Branch said such a line would re- quire a treaty with Canada. NAVY PAYS §1 FOR AIR BASE $14,000,000 Station to Be Erected on Site in Alameda, Cal. OAKLAND, Cal, Nov. 27. — The | United States Navy today paid $1 acquired title to the $100,000 site in Alameda whence will rise during the next four years, a $14,- 000,000 air station The city gave the Navy the title to the land, but to make it legal the sum of $1 was paid. Fairbanks Plane Brings Nine Here A Pacific A]dsk4 Air Lock- heed Electra piloted by Joe Crosson | and Murray Stuart landed at the PAA airport yesterday Fairbanks for Juneau Passengers were Mr. and Mrs. |E. N. Patty and two sons, Dale and | Stanton, Mrs. L. W. Gossett, Emil Spitzer, Willlam Kovacth, Nick| Mooratoff and Redmond Vernon. e EDWARD DULLS ARE ARRIVALS ON NORAH Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dull and aboard the Yukon enroute Edward Dull, neau aboard the Princess completing a month's visit in Port- land, Seattle and Spokane. Mr. Dull is employéd n the car her home |shop of the Alaska Juncau mine. afternoon | with nine pasSengers aboard from | | chester, | business Huge cenflagrations were recently caused in Chapei, Shanghai's native quarter, when Japanese bombs raked the sector during their advance on the Chincse defenders. A party of press correspondents visit- This photo, taken from Fon Foong Mill on the International Settlement side of the Soochow C reek, shows one of the fires started by Japanese in- The l-ou Foon: Mill is now occupied by U. Marines as a billet and look-out nest. PAYBULLS WILL - BE MAINTAINED BE CUT BUWN Mont. to Canada AT HIGH LEVELS Clear Sta(emenl Issued by American Federation of Labor WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — The the {American Federation of Labor ad- vises that industry will maintair \ine | PAyrolls at the highest possible level |lest the business recession Tecomes inother nlxm(] of depression The s “The b 'temporary check m our progress to- ward larger production column and igher standards of living while waits for the accumula- |tion of supplies to be bought off.” - > DR. DAWES RETURNS TO CITY FOLLOWING LONG BUSINESS TRIP L. P. Daw back in Juneau administering his practice again after several weeks absence in the States on business. Near Wallace, Idaho, in the Coeur, d’Alene region, Dr. Dawes visited a farm left to him that embraces 440 acres of beautiful fields and timber on the shore of a mountain lake. | From there he went to Chicago where he attended the annual meet- ing of the American College of Sur- geons that gathered surgeons from all corners of the globe for discus-| sion of various papers and prob- lems. Dr. Dawes mentioned the case of Roberi M. Coffey building an iron |lung from a garbage can in Juneau and was informed that several years |ago the city of Boston had made a inumber of such appliances out of various sorts of cans to combat an epidemic of infantile paralysis. The famous Mayo Clinic at Ro- Minnesota, was also in- cluded in the itinerary of Dr. Dawes’ | travels. D MRS. OLNEY WEBB, : DAUGHTER OF MRS. NOWICKA, TO VISIT Mrs. Olney w«hb Grace Kleinschmidt, the former is a passenger to Ju- Jr., returned to ®&u-|neau where she will visit with her Norah mother, Mrs. Stanley Nowicka Mrs. Webb, who has many friends in Juneau where she formerly made plans to spend a month here | Japan(’.w Bombs Fire Clmpm During 1dmnco W||_|_ PERM]T ~ NO CHANGES IN CHINA CUSTOMS Stations Are Taken Over by Japanese Government ~ in Shanghai | |UNITED STATES ALSO | SENDS WORD TO TOKYO Fnance Joms in Making As- sertions on Holding Up Rights LONDON, Nov. 27.—British ¥m= |bassador to Tokyo, Sir Robert , Craigie has been instructed to make |1t perfectly clear 'to the Japanese Government that Great Britain in- |sists on the right to be consulied |regarding any arrangements the |Japanese may make regarding the Chinese maritime customs. The Japanese took over customs yester- day in Shanghai. An official source said Great Bri- tain has been in close contact with France and the United States on the subject and it is understood in |informed circles that the latter na- i“om are taking similar action. | | ACTION TAKEN BY U. S. 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — The United States has formally expressed |concern to the Tokyo Government |over any attempt to interfere wif.h the integrity of the Chinese |time customs’ system, said - [tary of State Cordell Hull. The State Secretary emphasized the action did not represent a joint move with other Great Powers who have acted similarly. Most of the customs receipts of China are pledged to pay interests of foreign obligations of which only a small part however represent: private Amerlcan interests. B DRIVERS OF DEATH CARS 60 T0 JAKL Terrific Traflir Toll in Se- ittle Makes Cor- oner Act SEATTLE, were killed by aut city yesterday afts night, bringing the 136. Coroner Otto Mittelstadt sald henceforth drivers of death cars wilk be jailed without a charge and without bail and licences will be m.spended pendlng inquests. JUNIOR C. D. A. TEA HELD TODAY AT PENT HOUSE With the attractive penthouse eof the Alaska Electric Light and Pow- ler Company building as a setting, the silver tea of the Junior Catho- lic Daughters of America was held this afternoon, assembling a large number of guests. Members of the Junior Court ush- ered the guests to their pluces gnd assisted with serving during the afternoon, while a large committee of Catholic Daughters took charge No Six persons obiles In thi on last s to and total {of pouring. The affair was one of the out- standing social events on the Junior Court program. i DAWSON FOLKS HOME Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hickey, Daw- |son residents, were passengers on the Princess Norah for Skagway last night. Mr. Hickey is a shovel operator in the Dawson mining fields. e DIVORCES GRANTED Three divorces were granted in Federal district court this morning: To Elsie Perrin from David Perrin, Florence L. Dean from Leonard Dean and Clara Dubuque from L. M. Dubuque.