The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 7, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ]UN[;AU ALASKA TUl:SDAY DH‘I—MBkR 1y 1037 WILKINS NOW MAKING ‘LAST HOPE' SEARCH Explorer Arrives at Point Barrow from His Base at Aklavik POINT BARROW, Alaska, Dec. 7. —Sir George Hubert Wilkins has ar- rived here aftes a flight from Ak- lavik, his Arctic base, and plans to make a moonlight flight or flights out over the ice packs for his “last hope” search for Levanevsky and his lost five trans-Polar fliers. The weather on the flight tol Point Barrow was clear with a 22- mile southwest wind. Sir Hubert is basing at Aklavik, the Mackenzie river delta outpost, several hundred miles west of Cop- permine, base of the first expedition. | Wilkins is nearer the 129th merid- ian down which the lost Russian fliers flew from the world.” Their last heard August 13. Wilkins and other explore duding Vilhaljawar believe the six Russian fliers could have continued to subsist on the ice- pack on birds and animals they could kill, supplementing their two months’ food supply, if they were not injured in a ph'me crack-up. FIVE FLIERS ARS MISSING, message was ers, in- PHILIPPINES Air, Sea and_Land Forces of Government Marshall- ed to Make Search MANILA, Dec. 7. — The United, Army, Air Corps and Philippine gov-| ernment marshalled all available,' air, sea and land forces today to search for Philippine Army Chief Staff Major Paulion Santos and four other Army officers, including | American Lieut. William Lee. i Fears are expressed that the nve! men flying two planes, one laden| with bombs, were caught in the Viscayan typhoon and crashed in| the rugged Sierra Madres or the; Pacific Ocean. They have not| been reported since Monday noon. | —_—————— | COLD WEATHER HITS FLORIDA; CROPS DAMAGEDi Smudge Fiess Renitil 3 |n North, Central Parts of State LAKELAND, FloriGa, Dec. 7—The | first severe cold wave of the season, has tumbled temperatures through-| out Florida. Forecasters said some fruit and vegetable damage is inevitable. Fruit men said it will be 10 days before | any accurate check is possible. Smudge fires are general in north and central parts of the state. Ten- der vegetables are given coverings of straw, paper and cloth. It is 28 at Tampa this morning b and 20 at Jacksonville airport. SWARTZES RETURN FROM WESTWARD Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swartz have returned to Juneau from Moose Pass where Mr. Swartz has been supervising survey work for the Bu- reau of Public Roads since last spring. They arrived this forenoon on the steamer Yukon and are at present at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wyller. Mr. Swartz reported that work accomplished on the Moose Pass|;j road sector the past season includ- | ed completion of the Girdwood bridge, and spans across Grouse Creek. The Girdwood structure in- cludes five treated timber 19-foot spans across California Creek whil the Grouse Creek construction in- cludes three 20-foot concrete spans and three 19-foot treated timber sections, “top of the| Stefansson, | Woman M vmbvr of Congress Would ‘Plow U and Stripes On Public Gets Action On That SOCIALITE BOUND | FOR RENO DECRE | | | Lois Clarke de Ruyter Spreckels Clinton, who according to friends recently left Boise, Idaho, bound for Reno, Nevada, and the di- vorce court. Mrs, Clinton has journeyed to Nevada for {wo divorces and one of her three marriages. She is the daughter of Lewis Latham Clarke, weal- thy New'York banker, and first tried matrimony with John L. de Ruyter of New York, eloping in 1928. Five weeks after sbe divorced De Ruyter in 1932 she married Adolph B. Spreckels, San Francisco sugar heir. Di- vorcing Spreckels in 1935 she married Frank C. Clinton, son of a Los Angeles broker, the next day. Clinton and Spreckels were school chums. X-RAY TAKEN OF 'FDR'S JAWBONE [Not Be Necc;'y to Scrape to Help Healing of Gum WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — White House officials said examination by -ray photographs disclosed ‘“no |bone involvement in Presxdent Roosevelt’s unhealed tooth socket.” Secretary Early told the news-| not be necessary to scrape the jaw- bone to help healing and added that the infection was confined sole- ly to the soft tissue of the gum. ——————————— BANDIT DARES - DEATH PERIL LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 7— “It’s really too nice a day to be go- |ing around holding up people, but |ters—so please give me your money ,nnd I'll be on my way.” Emphasizing his remarks wit |deft flouishes of a blue steel re- volver, a bandit forced Mrs. Gene- vive McDorman, manager of an ment, fled. took 95 cents from her and Cherry Trees in Washington Declares They Are Sinister Influence; Representative from Indiana Also Starts Fight for Display of Stars men that this meant that it wm] I have a dying wife and two daugh- | apartment house into her apart-| nder’ Japanese Buildings and She Speedily Sub]ect Thev re There By I‘Rlflh’l()l\ (‘.R(l\ ER | WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—It seems time to tell you about Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Representative in Congress from Terre Haute, Ind. She wants to go Secretary Wallace one better. She wants to “plow under” the Jap- anese cherry trees in Washington. These cherry trees, which 25 years ago were presented to Mrs. Taft because she liked their floral effect, are not merely che trees, s: Mrs. Jenckes. They are a sinistes influence. “If we Americans were alert in the maintenance of a true national defense,” said Mrs. Jenckes, “we; would, through proper legal action,| root up every Japanese cherry tree on Federal property, saw them up| for fire wood and replant them with American cherry trees.” It was in an address to Daughters of the American Revolution in| ‘Washington that Mrs. Jenckes go against the cherry trees P i STEALTH BEHIND BEAUTY | Mrs. Jenckes no doubt will find| many to agree with her that the Japanese chérry blossoms in Wash- | ington do not compare in beauty with American cherry blossoms. But | the penetrating eye of Mrs. Jenckes! sees stealth behind the beauty. It may be deduced from Mrs.| Jenckes speech that the cherry trees| had a hand ir persuading Lieuten- | ant-Commander Farnsworth to sell naval secrets to Japanese agents,| for which he is now serving a sen-| tence in a Federal penitentiary. “The Japanese cherry trees in| Washington,” she said, “have de-| veloped activities of the agents of the Japanese . government, into a symbol of deception, traitorism, and disloyalty. “So, when the Japanese cherry, blossoms bloom next spring, think| ! (Conunued on Psge Twa) Gharles Brower, Arctic Trader, IS In Washington Discusses w:!h Bureau of| Indian Affairs, Hos- pital at Barrow l i ] | ( I | ? I ] | WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Charles| |Brower, Arctic trader, has arrived| ‘here to urge quick construction of | la hospital at Point Barrow. The\ ‘building was authorized recently. | Some material was delivered at the |Arctic post during the past season. Brower talked with the officials: of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and suggested several changes in the plans. The Far North trader will spend Christmas with a brother in New York. He is accompanied on his present trip by his son, William. i S ‘Suspect Shoots FBI Agent When Caught in Trap KANSAS CITY, Dec. 7—Henry Snow, Federal Bureau Investigator Agent, is in a critical condition as the result of gunshot wounds re- [cewed in a duel with a suspected | extortionist. Snow and other FBI agents were |concealed near a railroad embank- ment near a spot where H. B. Ja- cobs, 37, a coal dealer, said he had | been ordered by a letter to “pay off $600." Snow saw a man approach and shooting started, the suspect re- urning the fire Jacobs, who was alone, drove a car to the railroad track to the |scheduled meeting place, but had |not approached the trap when the shooting started. The suspected extortionist es- . {Inman |workers in a right to vote and will {result in a boycott despite the re- lel:"‘“h ies leaders who refuse to make r jextending the market for GOVERNOR OF OREGON TAKES HAND, STRIKE Orders Vole—a Workmen, Defying National Labor Board Ruling PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 7. Gov. Charles H. Martin, in an ac- tion unprecedented in labor -dis- putes, today made good his threat to step into the CIO and AFL con- troversy, if the National Labor Board fails to reopen lumber mills. Gov. Martin has called for an election among the employees of the and Poulson Mills, whick had been previously refused by the Labor Board. Gov. Martin said city, ate authorities will county and protect the give the “fullest protection possible” for continuance of the operation of the mills. AFL officials said reopening of the mills under the CIO banner wil sult of the vote The Governor blames the closure to the “selfishness of a few high able agreements.” e e B.P.W.C. Favurs Greater Market, Alaskan Curios| Club Hears Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff at Meet- | ing Yesterday FINLAND PAYS INSTALLMENT Twelve Oll:ewereblor Na- tions Default to Extent of $1,600,000,000 WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—Finland {has notified the United States she i Prefaced by a scientific dLscussmxH ,of Alaskan curios, the meeting of| the Business and Professional Wo- Will meet prompily its §232,000 wax men’s Club last night was marked |d¢bb installment due December 15 by consideration of labeling Alas-| Payments are due from twelve oth- kan goods and of the importance of ¢ debtor nations this month, but Alaskan |81l bave defaulted for total of S] 600,000,000, curios to other countries. The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff apbkc on Alaskan curios providing a back-' MAYUR DURE ls ground for the discussion which fol. lowed later. He pointed out the| ways by which Indian totem poles may be recognized, i.e., by the eyes UPERATED UPu |expression, and general carving. Also he pointed out that Indldn‘ baskets cannot be duplicated, and‘ SEATTLE, Dec. 7.—Mayor John showed the Eskimo carving may be 'p Dore is recovering iri a hospital understood, lafter a major_operation. The meeting was opened later| R e for informal discussion of the label requirement, with Miss Caroline! |Todd, , president, presiding. Mrs. William Paul, Mrs. Cyril Zuboff, Mrs. Peter Hammer, and Miss Clara F. Atkins took a leading part in the N KILLED discussion. The conclusion of the meeting was marked by decision that work! LAKE CORMORANT Miss., Dec. ket for Alaskan goods and that la- Mis: beling should be promoted. However, last night. The engineer of one further consideration on ghe sub-'train was killed and the fireman Jject will be held at the next meet- of the other train was taken dead ing in January. from the wreckage. The club will hold its social meet- >->o——— ing on December 20. salesma" Hepuns B. B. PLAYER LosEs HAND LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. T— Louis Heyman, diamond salesman, SEMINOLE, Okla., Dec. 7.—Phys- réported two men robbed him of icians today amputated the left $100,000 worth of precious stones. hand of Hugh “Red” Alexander, They forced him to drive them rookie center fielder of the Cleve- in an automobile to a secluded dis- land Indlans. The hand was man- trict and then pushed him out of gled in a motor on Alexander’s fa- the car and sped away ther’s farm. T e £ Chianges Plea, 3 Miners Killed %xtnninn Cage In Peculiar Way | SYDNEY, N. 8, LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 7.— miners were killed John Timmy, 20, changed his plea|injured in the Nova Scotia’s Coal from Mnocent to guilty in the F‘Pd-{Company's Princess colliery las l)w- 7.—~Three an extortion letter to Marion Da-|cars crashed into them in the dark- vies, screen actress. He asked pro- ness. bation when sentenced next Mon-| day. | R WRIGHT GOES SOUTH C. R. Wright of the Wright and Stock Construction Company, well is a pas- e WILCOX ARRIVES Howard G. Wilcox of the mining known contracting firm, extension department of the Uni- versity of Alaska arrived on the|winter vacation and business trip. Yukon and expects to start mining iMr. Wright has been on work at caped. classes here in the next day or two.)Cordova, H ON WAR DEBT |should be done to extend the*mar-|7.—Two freight trains of the Yazoo-| ippi Valley' Railroad, collided | iss ~ Diamond Robhery |Negotiations to Protect Alaska Fishing lndlcated SEATTLE, Dec. 7—Miller Free- man, Chairman of the Presidential Joint Committee for Protection of Pacific Fisheries, said he is con- {vinced that negotiations between | 'the State Department and Japan |over the asserted Japanese invas- jon of the Alaska fishing grounds | ill “result satisfactory.” Freeman as just returned from Washing- |ton, D. C. Juneau Lumhar - Makes Progress - Over10Years New Bond Issue Based on | Growth and Development | ‘ During Last Decade | | | Since it floated its $75,000 bond lissue in 1926, the residue of which is now being refinanced, the Juneau Lumber Mills, Inc., has added $117,-{ 000 in capital assets to its properties! here, and has solidified its position | {as one of the leading lumber manu- facturing and sales concerns of the \anlu' Northwest, it was stated to- | day by C. T. Gardner, vice president. “The ready response of the local |investing public to our new securities ue probably is the result of wide| |knowledge of the company’s record, | which, despite the depression period, |has been consistently steady,” he added. i Almost All Absorbed i The current of ng Is composed 00! coupon bonds in denominations ‘Of $1,000, $500 and $100, bearing six | percent interest payable semi-an-| nually, is for $100,000. Of that sum, 1$75,000 has already been taken. The |new bonds are callable at any time [at 102 and interest on any interest date. ‘ The normal requirement is the re- New York busir | tifies the authorities | was kidnaped last Saturday ni | family MhMBLR ASSOU\]H) PRESS A BIT OF YULETIDE GAIETY—WELL RAWTHAW, will be provided for merry old London by this chorus, shown here during tryouts for the Christmas pantomime production, “The Beauty and the Beast” to be presented during the holiday season. DISAPPEARANCE OF FRIED STILL GREAT MYSTERY Members of Wealthy Fam- ily Continue to Deny Kidnaping WHITE PLAINS, N. . Dec. 7— The disappearanes of Arthur Fried, man, still mys- as they push- reports he ed the investigation of Members of the wealthy Fried repeat denials they know nothing of the kidnaping, holding to the belief he disappeared voluntar- ily. Despite the denials of kidnapping, made by the family, one investiga- |tor disclosed that one of Fried's five brothers followed instructions con- tained in an anonymous telephone call for a ransom of $100,000 and had gone to an unnamed cafe where the found a ransom note hidden. —— e NEWDIRECTOR OF EMPLOYMENT ARRIVES HERE Joseph T. Flakne, recently ap- pointed Director of Employment for the Terrtiory of Alaska, arrived in Juneau on the steamer Yukon from the Westward. Mr. Flakne will have temporary offices in the Shattuck Building with the Unemployment Compensa- tion Commission until the new Ter- ritorial Office Building is com- pleted. It was explained that Flakne will work in conjunction with the Un- employment Compensation Commis- and two others| eral Court on a charge of sending/night when a string of empty coal| senger south on the Yukon for a tirement of $10,000 annually. How-!sjon, When a man becomes unem- ever, provision is made for earlier pioyed he will report to Flakne's redemption if the company should office where an attempt will be deem this advisable. | made, for a two weeks' period to | Added Value Servicable secure employment for him before The company put in its new mill pne wil be eligible for unemploy- in 1926, installing the latest equip- ment compensation benefits, ment and machinery. It expended| mmarne is staying at the Hotel 3125000 in this program which was| Gastineau, but will move to an fman:-ul by the $75,000 bond issue apartment when Mrs. Flakne, who |and notes of the company for is in Fairbanks, now joins him. He 450,000 ‘has been connected with the ex- I Since then it has steadily im- pvrmw_nm] station in Matanuska. proved its plant to the end that op- R erations should be made more ef- ficient and economical. It added a Nu"stnp Fllght new boiler house, steam turbine, new | warehouses, electric planer, blower | system, refuge burner, filled under | its docks with rock and completed the purchase of the Henry Shattuck | property. These additions and im- provements cost more than $100,000 and were made without increasing the capital stock structure or funded debt. Bonds Are Retired Coincident with the mill better- Bye. T—Foys= SAN DIEGO, Cal, ment. the corporation redeemed 6¢R Navy flying boats will take off 2 {2k tomorrow on a non-stop flight of | (Conunuea on Page Two) 3,080 miles to Coco Solo, Canal Zone Will Be Taken PRILP ThN CENTS DEFENDERS ON - LAST STAND AT .~ CHINA CAPITAL Invaders Re;;orled Attempt- ing to Enter City by Scaling Ladders NIPPON PLANES DROPPING BOMBS | Former Government Citadel Appears to Be Doom- ed, Is Report MMNG}HI Dec. 7.—The advance columns of the Japanese troops are assalling Nanking's historic walls late today. According to advices received here from Japanese officers at the front, attack is a spearhead and the wders are attempting to climb i niassive battlements with laudders, the maneuvers | down through the Middle e inv ling The gates of Nanking are appar- ntly doomed. The defenders have started their nul stand of the former Capital )i China and seemed doomed to de- teat. The Japanese spokesman here sald the main forces of the Japan- ege army have not yet reached Nan- king added that they are pro- gressing satisfactorily and accord- ing to a mapped out schedule. Chiang for Interior Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, China’s leader, has left Nanking. Chinese advices disclose that he and Madam Chiang departed from Nan- king by airplane for Nanchang, a cupital 1 “the terior af e Pro- vince of Kiangsi. The Chinese gov- ernment evacuated Nanking two weeks ago, Planes Making Raids Meager foreign reports, trickling through from Nanking, confirmed Japanese reports that Nippon planes are pounding the city with bombs. These reports Tid not mention the extent of the damage. It is sald that 90 Nippon planes have raided Nanking. Stubts, Alashan, Is Given $50,000 WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — The Court of Claims has granted $50,000 |damages to Duke and Elizabeth Stubbs of Alaska to reimburse them for the loss of a silver fox farm in 1932. The farm is supposed to have gone out of business when in- cluded in the enlargement of Mount McKinley Park. Farm Measure Is Given Test WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. — The Senate has rejected an amendment by Senator McNary to limit opera- tions of the farm bill to 1938 to 1940, The vote was 51 to 25. Friends of the bill regard the vote as a highly favorable test of the bill's strength in the Senate. - Destroyer to Be Built, Bremerton WASHINGTON, Dec. 7--Repre- sentative Magnuson said 'he Navy has awarded construction of a $7,- 500,000 destroyer at the Bremerton Navy Yard. Construction will begin shortly. S e HOLBROOK TO KETCHIKAN Wellman Holbrook, Assistant Re- gional Forester, sailed on the Yukon |this afternoon for Ketchikan where he goes for a week or 10 days in |connection with Forest Service mat- u‘r% |