The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1937, Page 1

T HE VOL. LL, NO. 7662. “ALL THE ] DAILY ALA /EWS ALL THE TIME” jUM;AU ALAbKA SATURDA\ I)HIMBPR 11, 1937. MEMBE.R ASSOCIA I'I‘D l’RP}S Eastern Towns Digging Out From Snow HEAVY SNOW FALL CAUSES MUCH MISERY Suburbs of Bufialo Report- ed to Be Isolated chlons SNOW SHOES, SKIIS USED BY RESCUERS Hundreds of Aulomoblles' Are Stalled — Death Toll Mounts to 64 BUFFALO, N.Y. Dec. 11.—Snow storms and snow bound suburbs are causing misery in this part of the state toda; Heroic efforts are being made to rescue or get food to isolated fam- ilies The snow, which began four days ago, continued to fall rapidly again teday and traffic is paralyzed in all down town sections. The death toll in western York state has reached 64 and there are other deaths in other Oedlpus Tale With Variations AN i | | \ | New sections | according to reports received up to, noon today Both snowshoe and ski rescue parties are out. One party reported a family was burning furniture for warmth. Another rescue party found a mother with several children, feed- | ing her tots bread, hot water. irline observers- said “hundreds and hundreds” of automobiles stalled. Erie freighters are ice bound downstream miles in the Detroit River. At Albany, Gov. Lehman said all available equipment of the tional Guard and Field Aml]er\ units have been authorized to help towns dxg out KILLS MAN AS HE MAKES PLE sopped in are re- 2 FOR WIS LIFE JOLIET, Illinois, Dec. 11. steel workers are charged with the| slaying of Edward Pansa, 45, who| was shot Thursday night while pleading for his life while lying on a sofa to which the workers held him in his farm house near Crete. Pans wite was wounded in the head and staggered half a mile over the icy roads to notify the officers. Pansa was robbed of $77. Capt. Surdukowski, of the Police Department, said John Jelica and Michael Minjas, steel workers, have been arrested and confessed. T0 COST MORE FOR GOING UP CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—L. D. Man- ning, President of the Aviation Cor- poration, today predicted that pur- chasers of private airplanes will have to pay from 10 to 15 per cent more for their ships next year than this year. Mexican Gamas To Be Resumed Famous Resorts Across Boundary Are to Re- open December 24 SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 11. Games of chance are to return to Augua Calientes hotels and the casino and all departments of the famed resort the Mexican border will be opened December 24. The games have been closed since July, 1935, when the Mexican government banned gambling. P — Two! One might be inclined to think this charming couple sister and broth- | er. or even bride and bridegroom, but they're really mother and son The youthful and attractive bionde is Mrs. Lea Cherry and the other | is her son. Gil. 16. Classmates of Gil's have remarked about “the cute blonde” withwhom they have seen him, and asked an intro- duction, all of which has been rather embarrassing to Gil, but most complimentary to his mother. , Passengers Safe But Hoover Gefs - Beating in Surf ‘$8 000, 000 Dollar Line | Craft Reported Pounding and Leal\mg Badly MANILA, De 11.—Six hundred d fifty passengers from the Dol- lar liner President Hoover, which grounded yesterday on Hoishoto Is- land near Formosa, are reported afely ashore. The $8,000.600 liner is feared to be in a desperate condition with waves (pounding her mercilessly and radio |reports saying “the ship is leaking |badly.” Capt. E. Stepbach of the |steamer Preussen, said the weath was calm, but a heavy swell wi causing the wrecked Presideny Hoo- o bump heavily on the reef |where she is hanging. The Preussen |answered the distress calls. Officials of the Dollar Line say |they believe the vessel can be re- loated The big eraft struck the reef yes- |terday while on her new course be- | tween Japan and Formosa. - | e e s Gl | | Gierman FIGHTING ANEW, this time for peace, Chicago’s Big Bill Thompson swung his support rPehind « new organiza- tion dedicated to “keep America out of foreign wars.” MARY JOYCE IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Mary Joyce, wellknown Alaska dog musher and proprietress of Taku Lodge, Juneau, Alaska, has arrived to shop to take a plane for San sco and lh:n go o Chxmgo \Enuland Defauls Again, War Dabt WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Eng- {1and continued among the war debt | defaulters and has formally notified |the United States she is unable to Imeet the $9944 7 instaliment that is due on December 15. STOCK QUOTATIONS | " e T et i | NEW YORK, Dec. 11. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at the short session today is 11%, American Can 78'2, American Light and Power not quofed, Ana- conda 317%, Bethlehem Steel Calumet 8'2, Common Southern 2%, Curti General Motors 34%% Harvester 67, Kennecott York Central 197%, South icific 22%, United States Steel 577 Cities Service 2, Pound $4.997 public Steel 18%. e Canned Salmon {Moves Fast from Brokers’ Hands SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 11—Pacific Coast packers held 3,995,797 cases of canned salmon on November 30, a decrease of 47,000 cases during the month. Canned salmon stocks moved faster than a year ago but the remaining stocks are greater this year than last year at (his time. 56 and also - near here | plans and visit friends. She| NANKING NOW - UNDER ATTACK - ON ALL SIDES | Japanese Admit Resistance Keeps Extension of Foothold ' DEFENDERS WILL BATTLE TO END | | | pr pon Authorities Plan| Establishing Repub- lican Regnne HANGHAI, Dec. 11.—According fficial Japanese advices, Nan- already under a fierce at- from all sides but the Yangtze front and a complete encircle- is threatened although it is ed resistance has kept se from extending a othold gained Friday inside the | Will These Guns Fmd Any Fodder? small | the | venues of escape for the de-| dually b g Send Chi, Commander of the Defense Forces, in official ad- vices to Chinese sources here, res the 1 e is still high of the Chinese willing fight to the end. Meanwhile reports persisted tha! the Japanese planned to help set up a Republican regime in Nanking e g ng and all are to! cut off. | de- | ousting Chiang Kai Shek whom they | do not recognize anyway. oLLAM Fans B ON FLIGHT TO POINT BARRO Forced Down at Alatna— Expects to Resume Flying Today FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 10.— Harold Gillam who hopped off from at 7:15 o'clock yesterday morn- ng with Christmas mail and radio Sir Hubert Wil- for the six ing S"\.l([ UIPI‘, was forced to halt at Alatna. This was because of a high wind and overcast skies in the semi-darkness over the Endicott ra Gillam plans to proceed dur- ing today if the weather is favorable. An Elecira of the PAA left Fri morning for Juneau but forced to return becaus: winds over Carcross. Forty-seven degrees below zero temperature was encountered on the flwht TERRIFIC TRAIN WRECK KILLS 25 IN SNOW STORM Scottish Express Crashes Rear of Stalled Train in Blizzard here | CASTLEGARD, Scotland, Dec. 11 | —Twenty-six persons were killed as the crack Scottish Express, speed- ing through a blinding snowstorm between Glasgow and Edinburgh smashed into another train The express rammed into the rear end of a stalled train. Rescuers working in the tangled mass of wreckage believe at least forty are dead. It is the worst railroad disaster in Scotland since the Gretna Green wreck in 1915 in which 160 persons ‘mrt their deaths, ’mu(s WILL SPEND HOLIDAYS IN DENVER Former Gov. George A. Parks, Dis- jtrict Cadastral Engineer for the Public. Survey office, sailing Mon- day aboard the Alaska to spend the Christmas holidays with his mother in Denver. It is an annual trip with Mr. Parks and he expects to be back in Juneau shortly after the first of the year. y WILLBEBULT i i i i lini in a huge display of military Row on row, rtalian field artillery pieces line up for Premier Mussol strength during recent army maneuvers at Rome. They are indicative of the tremendous armament programs underway in many European nations. EARTHQUAKE BRINGS COLD SPELLTO END 4 ; Tremor Feh Here at 9 50 | This Morning—Mercury Up After One Below At 3 o'clock this afternoon the temperature stood at six de- grees abeve zero and had been stationary at that mark for twe hours. The Weather Bureau pre- dicted it would continue to get warmer with snow flurries and cloudy weather forecas! for fo- night and Sunday. Mechanized Division of U. S. Army Presents New Problems But These Are Being Studwd‘ ANT PLANES CARRYING 100 This is the second of two ar- ticles in which Preston Grover, himself a reserve officer and student of military tactics, ex- plains the how and why of the U. S. Army's new mechanized division, T R | By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Imag-| ine some well-prepared enemy is landing an invading force on one of our shores. His attack is expected but where he will attack is not exactly known until he hits. Instantly a half dozen mechan- ized U. 8. Divisions take to the Great Pan-American Ocean Liners of Air Will Op- erate by 1941 NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Pan-Am- erican Airways have ordered built, eight new trans-oceanic airplanes of revolutionary size, capable of carry- ing at least 100 passengers each, with comfortable staterooms. Eight aircraft manufacturers re- ceived the contracts to construct the monster craft, expected to be in operation by 1941, The big planes, ocean liners of the air, will have cruising range f¢ least 5000 mile non-stop fiights will each weigh 17,000 pounds. Fireman Has Call To His Own Home CHARDON, O, D from life of V er H He wondered going, but not for long When it stopped he led shouting: “Come on, house!” Mozee Appointed U, S. Marshal in Second Division NOME, Alaska, Dec. 11.—Federal Judge J. H. S. Morrison has grant- ed the wish of the late United States Marshal Thomas Gaffney and ap- pointed Chief Deputy B. B. Mozee United States Marshal. Mozee will serve until Gaffney's successor is appfl‘ntcd by the President. e — Fred Smith Party LOS ANGELES.—Dr. Frederick J. Smith took a look at the Los An- geles city directory and saw there were 31 Fred Smiths listed. He in- vited all of them to dinner to see 1at the other Fred Smiths looked _ . All accepted the invitation. he crew, fellows! This is as my highways at 60 miles an hour. With 13,000 fighting men, light and medium artillery, armored cars and machine guns slash at him in front, on the flanks, ana perhaps dash behind him to cut him off from his boats. The coun- safe again Lo enjoy its pros y and depressions in peace: | at is the ideal bebind ithe de- velopment of the test-tube division thal performed wonders of maneuv- er and atteck in a simulated war in Te: recently. With hard-hitting, fast moving battalions to (I['d(k the enemy be- ore he in nd a lar plan 10ld him ¥ recruited equipped. has 1 Y ought France 100. To them t the old 18- lete ki & nnaissance, the business of scouting the battle area to find where to put troops and ar- tillery and to find where the enemy has put or likely will put his troops and guns. The second was supply. Reconnaissance and supply are the parts of war easiest handled on | map but hardest in actual fighting.| In the fast-moving mechanized di- vision in Texas, scout cars were used where . highways were available. With a net of good highways avail- able nothing more is needed. For scouting where no highways were available, a 35-mile-an-hour ar- mored car with a belt-tread took over the job. . MAY STILL NEED HORSES They were much, faster than horse and foot reconnoitering—but T (Continued on Pne Three) in each aivision, they The cold spell 1 in au this morning with a distinct trem- or; so distinet that it was recorded an earthyutke any r quake came at 9:50 a. m., about two seconds, and mometer has en in: since. The tremor was over town, desks bein Federal building in snmo pl.uv Act the felt horse-artil- nk Ba rmometers s low six below in erpos pla re the mind made considerabl difference. me ‘) down » in - Juneafi Going Up Or Gastineau Channel Is Going Down Juneau is going up or Gastineau Channel is going down. Geodetic Survey figures furnished to City En- gineer Milton Lagergren reveal that tidal beach marks show Juneau has raised 1.38 feet since 1912, The other version is that Juneau has not 'risen but that there is less water in Gastineau Channel resulting in lov.cr tides. BECOME& LITIZEN Conrad Goldfield, native of Nor- way and resident of Juneau, was granted U. S. citizenship in Fed- ‘urn] District court this morning. ONE THOUSAND ARE HOMELESS; ONE TOWN GONE Downieville Swept from Map — Residents [lee as Houses Coll ALL STREAMS AT CR NEAR FLOOD STAGES Airplanes han 1,000 » driven more + hant orm lask jght dow! 1 3 mining town of the Central Sierras, ally swept from the tlood waters raged through village and caused four or five hundred residents to flee for their lives as their homes fell ir <hambles |behind them. At Alturas, more than 100 miles north of Downieville, the overflow- i ing Pitt River forced anotiier half | thousand residents to leave their homes in flight. All streams from the Oregon line uth to Sacramento are reported at or near the flood stage, Airplanésg are grounded, trains are stalled and highways are impas- sable, with rain and gales lashing |the const. Vessels at sea are being subjected to unusually rough seas running be- fore gales of 40 to 70 miles an hou: force. but none are reported in im- mediate danger. POLICE SEEKING FOUR ADDITIONAL RODIES AT VILLA toric 1 Murder Svndncale Suspect- ¢d of Other Horrors at St. Cloud Polie t lea aded in . a ble vietim: my " Police Break Up $2 Chiain Scheme CANTON, O, Dec. 11.—Police herc ted a “perpefval donation” n of investment, terming it ont variation of the chain-lette: for- nula. Promoters asked registrants to de= posit $2. Each registrant for the plan {was then to solicit two friends to deposit $2 and “keep (he money rolling.” Theory was that cach de- positor would receive $64 f.- his ori- ginal investment. DAY‘ T'LL