The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 6, 1937, Page 1

2 . L] - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR‘ “AIL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7657 JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY DECEMBER 6, 1937. Ml MBER A — SbO(lAll D PRI PRl('[- TEN CENT‘ JAPANESE NEAR BURNING NANKING CITY LABOR PARTY ORGANIZED BY N, J. WORKERS Michigan, Union Members Also Start Preliminary Arrangements POLITICAL CIRCLES Both AFL and CIO Repre- sentatives Are Backing One State Outfit WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The es- | WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—Secre- |tary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper has asked Congress in his annual situation in the the increasingly acute” North Pacific “resulting from threatened exploitation fisheries by thority is als |la fishery of exploring foreign nations. Au- desired to construct arch vessel capable| the fisheries of the tablishment of the New Jersey La-| hor Party and steps toward a simi- lar organization in Michigan is the | occasion of a new speculation as to ! Widow or Not? the possibility of a National Labor | ticket in the 1940 Presidential elec- tion. Both the American Federation oi Labor and Committee on Industrial Organization representatives took part in the founding of the Ameri-| can Labor Party of New Jersey at Newark. Delegates at the convention de- clared they represented 150,000 or- ganized workers. Action was start-| ed on the question of whether the | new party should back its own canA: didates or parties. endorse those of other : In Detroit, a preliminary organi-! zation was started by the Michigan Labor Party with 250 union mem- bers. - ONE MEAL IS CAUSE,STRIKE OF MARINERS Conferences Between Two Unions, Shipowners to Be Resumed SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, Dec. 6.— donferences looking toward peace in the dispute between the Shipown- ers’ Association of the Pacific and the two major unions, sailors and remen, are expected to be resumed 1:16 during today. Relations were suspended last Fri- day over an incident at San Pedro involving the sailors of the steam schooner James, Griffiths. A sail- or asked reimbursement for a hot meal he bought ashore when the majority of the seamen were on shore leave. The ship’s galley, at the time, was serving only cold menls _POLAND, FRANGE ARE IN ACCORD Foreign Minister Delbos Pays Visit to War- saw Officials WARSAW, Dec. 6.~—Authoritative sources said a visit of French For- eign Minister ¥Yvon Delbos has strengthened the allience between Poland and France. . Unofficial sources report there is now a full understanding in mat- ters affecting the Franco-Polish relations which are said to be per- fect. - e, JOSEPHINE WHITE IS GOING SOUTH ¢ Mrs. Josephine White, assismm tibrarian and curator of the Alaska | Historical Library and Museum, is teaving on the Princess Norah Wed- | hesday on a several weeks visit to, the States which will take her to| Fullerton, California, where she will ineet her little grandson, and visit with and his wile. her son “Stroller” B g g j BOY SCOUT COMMITTEE The District Committee of the Boy Scouts will meet in room 408, Federal building, at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon for the election of offi- cers, it is announced by Chairman Wellman Holbrook. Loretta Harynek Although Loretta Harynek, 15- | year-old Chicago high school stu- dent, claimed she had been secret- ly married to Warren Stanley, son of a wealthy Chicago manufac- turer, when she testified at the coroner’s inquest into his suicide, his mother denied the statement. | Stanley shot himself while “tem- | porarily insane”, supposedly be- cause his sweetheart falsely ine formed him that she was an ex- pectant mother, THIRD TYPHOON SWEEPING OVER HARD HIT AREA Epidemic Repolted from | . One Section, Phil- ‘ ippine Group MANILA, Dec. 6.—A new typhoon has isolated a huge area of Nor- |thern Viscayan Islands, Philippine group, and simultaneously reports reached here of a serious dysentery |epidemic in Surgoson Province as Ropor Adnuts Situation in Alaska Fisheries Is Acute; Refers to Japanese Invasion Secretary of Commerce Asks Congress for Authority to Deal with Problem Which Is Endangered on Ac- ‘ count of Exploitation by Foreign Nations high seas of the North - Pacific ocean,” in acquiring sclentific aid| in solving the problem. The Secretary’s report referred {report for authority to deal with “an ¢, the Japanese fishing in Bristol | STIRRED BY ACTION| Bay. Secretary Roper also said the of Alaska | fur seal of the Pribilof Islands uo\n total 1,690,000 animals, an increase of 895 percent for the year. Dur- ing the past season 52,446 pelts were taken. LINDBERGHS RETURN HOME, MYSTERY TRIP Flying Couple Arrives in U. S. After Nearly Two Years in England ENGLEWOOD, N. J., Dec. 6.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs“ Linndbergh are at home from a two year exile abroad, but are on the! guarded acres of the Morrow estate close by the rim of the Hudson River's Palisades and it is a secret as to why they came and how long they will remain. The pair slipped unheralded into New York yesterday aboard the liner ' President Harding which sailed from Southampton Nov. 27. They traveled incognito under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory for the first trip to their native land since they went to England in a desper- ate search for seclusion that they felt they could not find here. They| returned just 16 days short of two years abroad. A waiting automobile them from the Manhatton dock to the 52-acre estate of Mrs. Dwight Morrow, Mrs. Lindbergh’'s mother.| The only word of an authoritative status came from a ship’s officer who said “their visit will be brief and they plan to return abroad im- mediately after Christmas.” .- Search Planes Fruzen in lce Women and Chlldren to Be n to Moscow from Rudolph Island RUDOLPH ISLAND, Dec. 6. — Aviator Ivan Mazurk has been ol dered to fly 20 women and chil- dren back to the mainland from three of the Levanevisky search ships, frozen in the Polar ice. PRI Sy 17 . ) 20 U. S. Selling Helium Gas to German Zep. Co. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — The whisked ! MAN KIDNAPED; IS BEING HELD, LARGE RANSOM One Hundred Thousqfld Dollars Demanded for Release Arthur Fried 'MEMBER, WEALTHY FAMILY ABDUCTED Snatched from Street-— | Automobile Is Found Sunday Morning BULLE' —WHITE PLAINS, N.Y,, Dec. 6.—Henry Fried, late this afterncon, said he believed his brother went voluntarily. “I think it is just a question of a little family trouble, that is all,” he said. Mrs. Harold McDaniels, sister- in-law, said: “I believe it is nothing but he had teo many drinks and he is probably sleep- ing it off somewhere.” | WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 6.— Reports that Arthur Fried, 32, mem- ber of the wealthy sand and gravel }mmxly has been kidnaped and is be- ing held for $100,000 ransom, brought Federal agents here today.| Fried vanished Saturday nighl' Official reports show that Fried’s | five brothers are in contact with! the abduction gang, believed to be| holding the men and are trying to| argue w¥1 the men to reduce thel amount of the ransom Arthur Fried attended a show Sat-| urday night with his wife, brother and latter’s wife, On the way home they dropped him at his mother’s house to get his automobile which| he had parked there. The others went on to Fred's ajariment. Rela- tives waited for him for some time; and then at 1:30 Sunday morning flashed the alarm he was missing. Two hours later Fried's car was found near the Rosedale Gmdens,‘ jon the edge of the city. | Shortly after, the ransom demand was received by both note and tele- | phone. \ e DR. ZOOLE FINDS YAKUTATHEALTH CONDITIONS POOR \Coasl Guarder Hlts 95-Mile an Hour Wind While at Sea | Seventeen pairs of tonmsils were clipped at Yakutat by Dr. Jonathan |Zoole of the Coast Guard cutter| |Haida on the cutter’s recent trip Lu\ |the gulf city from which she return- ' |ed last night. “Health conditions in Yakutat are {the worst of any town we have yet | visited,” said Dr. Zoole. i “Crowded housing conditions and | ,malnutrmon can be blamed for most | lof the tubercular troubles, but the| {supposedly prevalent syphillis con- 'dition among natives there has been‘ \highly exaggerated,” Zoole said. The doctor explained that chil- |decisfon ruling that states may im-| locks and dams for the Federal gov- | ‘Strange Malady Eleventh Little Victim|—National Commander Daniel Doh-( 1 the aftermath of the typhoon on State Department has authorized|dren born of tubercular parents, Armistice Day. the agent of the German Zeppelin |born free of the disease, cannot help The current typhoon is the third Company to export 17,000,000 cubic|but becom infected through, within two weeks to sweep the archi- feet of non-inflamable helium gas|constant exposure to their tubercu- | ’pelago. for the new zeppelin under con- \lar parents. ‘ Weather forecasters believe the struction in Germany and nearly, “The children and their parents| storm is lessening in fury and may |ready for a test flight. The umud‘sleep and eat in such close pmxlm-; |pass into the China Sea. States has a virtual monopoly. onlity that there is little chance mr | ‘It is believed there will be a large|helium gas. |the child to escape a tubercular mo |death toll and tremendous prop- = “The great present need is for| lerty loss * —b {more tubercular hospitals, where lh(-\ | STOCK QUOTATIONS |serious carriers can be isolated and| n 4 |the less serious cured.” OVER 150DIE Hit Storm Center Fatalities in Auto Accidents While returning from Yakutat af-' ter 12 days absence from the Capi- Reach Scores Over ‘ Weekend |tal City, the Haida ran through the heart of the recent storm off the| entrance to Lituya Bay on the Gulf| | CHICAGO, 1lI, Dec. 6.—Icy winds, causing general hazardous driving conditions, sent automobile acei- and registered a wind velocity there | dent fatalities in the Nation to over 1150 over the week end. of 95 miles an hour. | After passing through the center Texas,” with 16 deaths, led the |Nation, and Michigan next with 11. e NEW YORK, Dec. 6. — Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 117%, American Can| 82%, American Light and Power | 7%, Anaconda 30%, Bethlehem | Steel 53%, Calumet , Common- wealth and Southern 2%, Curtiss anm 3%, General Motors 347%, ‘Inwmatwnal Harvester 67%, Ken- necott 35%, New York Central 19, Southern Pacific 21%, United States Steel 56%, Cities Service 2%, Pound $4.99 5/16, Bremner bid 2 asked 4, Republic Steel 18%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 121.21, rails 31.91, utilities 22.28, of the disturbance officers report-| ed, the barometer rose suddenly| from its 2898 low to 2028 in less| than an hour. | Haida Leaving The Haida will leave for its an- nal overhaul at Seattle on December 27, taking the wives and families of four officers with them for the du- ration of the six week’s absence 3 Trade Body Launches Probe of Monopolles L In response to a request by President Roosevelt, gation into reports that monopolistic practices “and other unwholesome responsible for the higher cost of Ilvmg A. Ayres, chairman; R. E MISb ALASKA BUILDERS OF | FED. PROJECTS MAY BE TAXED {Supreme Court Hands Down Decision of Far Reach- ing Importance WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—The Su-| preme Court today handed down a| 4¢ ‘2 gross inecome tax O6n money| paid contractors by the Federal| Government for construction of locks and dams within the borders| ' of the individual state, Chief Justice Hughes delivered | the five to four decision which was made in litigation involving the tax-| (esimposed by Washington State on West Virginia contractors building | Here is pretty Sigrid Seppala, | 21, daughter of Leonhard Sep- pala, of Fairbanks, famed dog- team driver. She was crowned Miss Alaska at the Alaska Yu- kon Expesition in Seattle last Saturday night, according to an esented a vic-| AS ted Press dispatch re- tory for the Federal Government| ¢eived by The Empire. which intervened as “a friend of| the court” to support such taxes. | Some legal observers see in the! dP(hmn the broadening of Fed(-ml ractors involved in lho w;-,shmgton State case are me‘ builders of the Grand Coulee Dam. | e — - ernment. | Associate Justices Roberts, M- | Reynolds, Sutherland and Butler | dmented The decision repr AMER. LEGION 1935 PROGRAM OUTLINED NOW National Commander Do- herty Announces Plans Before Ky. Dept. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Dec. Chicago Infants | 1 Causing Deaths, | | | | 6. lerty outlined the American Legion's 1938 program before the winter con- ference of the 119810“5 Kentucky department. The Natlonal Commander said he ‘has four proposals—universal ser- |vice, Government protection for | widows and orphans of World War veterans, extension of veterans’ pre- ference and adequate fense. Passes Away—Medical Experts Puzzled CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 6—The mys-! terious malady which spread| \through the maternity wards at Bt.] Elizabeth’s Hospital last week |claimed the eleventh victim, the 12- |day-0ld Danlel Enneser, last night.| Seven other infants are inflicted | and they are under constant care.| Two are in a critical condition. ;On the Medical experts are puzzzled by g the sudden outbreak causing intes- ey -t Record, .- - | Not Off CHRISTMAS EVENTS | WILL BE OUTUNED | BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 6. — AT J. W. C. MEETING A Brisbane man had his will made ‘un a phonograph record. In addition The Juneau Wmnnns Club meets|to dictating his desires regarding tomorrow afternoon in regular ses-|the estate he has given his opinion jon to make plans for Christmas of certain relatives. |events to be sponsored by the or-| After his death the record will be ganization, ‘plawd in the hearing of his family Mrs. Ray G. Day, president, will|and friends. preside at the meeting to be held At at 2 o'clock in the City Counmlwl‘"fl' 0((Ulfls WHILE |chambers. TRUCK UNDER REPAIRS D 'I'O DO 7 MONTII\ | While the city fire truck was un- RS | der repairs recently in Anchorage, To serve seven months in the Fed-|an alarm was turned in and was eral jail following conviction in| answered by firemen carrying chem- Commissioner’s court at Yakutatjicals in a private car. The truck for assault and battery, Peter Louie,[0f Fred Parsons had caught five a native, was brought to Juneau|in the alley between Third and aboard the Haida last night and|Fourth Avenues mear H. Street. No lodged in jail. damage was incurred the Federal Trade Commission has launched an investi- In the picture, left to right, are Garland S. Ferguson, Jr., W. | . Freer, and Charles H. March, of the commission. National De-| INVADERS ARE WITHIN SIGHT WALLED CITY Capture of Takahashi Gate, Two Miles Distant, Reported SMOKE VISIBLE AS FIRES ARE RAGING Retreating Chinese Forces Are Being Attacked by Bombers SHANGHAI, Dec. 6.—The van- guard of the Japanese troops have approached within sight of the ancient walls of Nanking, the for- |mer capital of China, according to dispatches received here. The Japanese are said |captured Takahashi gate, from the Nanking walls. Columns of smoke e visible at a distance from fires within the cap- ital The Japanese spokesman an- nounced that the armies will make another advance during tonight and | [ GASE WUN BY | probably will be fighting within the {city tomorrow. GUVT nF U S | One Japanese force is advancing M 5 # on' Nanking' from Tanyang on the Grand Canal, | Japanese planes in the mean- time are reported making heavy at- tacks on the allegedly bewildered (‘lnnvw retreating both from Nan- kmg and Wuhu, PRESIDENT IS BOUND NORTH FROM FLORIDA May Undergwoil;ossible Sur- gical Treatment Infect- ed Tooth Pocket ABOARD PRESIDENT'S TRAIN, Dec. 6—President Roosevelt is re- turning to Washington from his cur- tailed southern trip for possible sur- gical treatment of an infected tooth pocket. 4 3 Capt. McIntyre, Naval physician, The case, at present y other defendant concerns interested ‘oo, 1he newsmen that the Presi- 1o el Sh ent’s general condition is “excel- lent and the week of fishing and wun#hlne benefltwd him greatly.” Trappmg SPasOl ELKS HOLD ANNUAL | MEMORIAL SERVICE theld yesterday by the Juneau Lodge ~ Than Furmerly of Elks in the auditorium, the rit- | methods of competition” are purlly to have two miles May Now Proceed in Suit Against Aluminum Co. of America \VA“'»IHNGTON Dec. 6—The Gov- ernment has won, in the Supn'mc Court, the effort to continue Axnll- trust progeedings in . the %uthem‘ New York Federal District Court secking dis ssolution of the '\hm)lnllnh Company of America The decision of three judges of the Circuit” Court in Philadelphia, permitting the Department of Jus- tice to go .ak with litigation, has thus been affirmed. Chief Jus- tice Charles Evans Hughes and As-| sociate Justice Stone did not parti- cipate in the opinion. | The Aluminum Company of | America contended that the litiga-' tion, if any was needed, should be krought in the Federal District Court at Pittsburgh where consent to a decree against the company was filed in 19 | involves 62 ualistic cefemonies being conducted |in _memory of departed members. | The Rev. O, L. Kendall was speak~ er for the occasion and Mrs. Crystal M”lk Other FUYS Can B |Snow Jenne sang, accompanied by J Taken Starting Dec. 20 |Miss Prances Harland. Instead of Dec. 10 | o Political | Trapping season on several variety, fof skins opens 10 days later this| 4 season in this district than pre-‘ Pouj(.’r Hlt As Menace The season on mink, marten, land ‘mv.m‘. weasel (ermine), fox, (red,, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Repre- silver), and lynx opens this sentative Pettingill, Democrat of In- March 1 to April 30, instead of diana, cited conditions in Brazil to- December 10, as formerly, and re-|day to prove, he said, “the concen- imains open until January 31. |tration of political power is as bad | The muskrat season is the same, as the concentration of financial |year on December 20, instead of power.” |open season on beaver and bear is| “In fact,” he added, “it is almost |the same, September 1 to June 20.|certain to be worse, as political con- {There is no closed season on wolf, trol is not Nkely to long tolerate }(‘()_VO(P. wolverine, marmot andfree speech, a free press. a free ra- ground squirrel. ‘zhu or free courts in opposition to The only big game on which the its program. Not Brazil today.” season is open now is goat and| Referring to contditions in the moose and this will close at the end|United States, he said: of December. Grouse and ptarmi- ‘The life of our people is stifled gan can be taken during the win- by remote control, whether finan- ter until Fehnmy 28 {cial or political. * * * Big govern- e ———— ment is as great an evil as big bus- SlMMONS MAKES incess. In time they become one and thé same.” ISLAND FLIGHT| Pettingill’s remarks were publish- ed in the Cungnsuuml Record. !viously, it was stressed today by Frank Dufresne, Executive Officer| of the Alaska Game Commission. ! ler Alaska Air Tmn.spor! Pilot Shel- don Simmons attempted to get through to Atlin yesterday, but was turned back by bad weather at Tul- sequah. On his return, Simmons flew Henry Roden, Ivar Johnson and Einar Sande to Hawk Inlet Today, Simmons flew four pas- sengers to the islands; Fred Schrey to Sitka, Harry Ginervich, Joe Stan- nard and Ralph Farr to Chichagof DAVS TILL 2 CHRISTMAS ¥4