The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 17, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL LI, NO. 7667 JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY DI-CEMBLR I7 I937 SOVIET UNION AROUSING IRE OF NIPPONESE Reindeer Suffer From Wolves and Mixing Garibou Declares _]apanése Being|Harlan Gubser | Says Herds Arrested in Russia— Held Without Trial VLADIVOSTOK ALSO BEING FORTIFIED Warships A:Being Sent There Together with Over 100 Planes 'TOKYO, Dec. 17.—The Japanese foreign office today formally charg- ed the Soviet Union with acting in a manner “utterly unthinkable in any civilized country” in connection with arrests of Japanese in Russia. The Foreign Office has protested to the Soviet Embassy citing what Japan called numerous cases in which the Soviet authorities ar- rested Japanese and held them without trial. The Tokyo mnewspaper today charged Russia with continuing to| strengthen the military forces at Vladivostok and that Russia is send- ing two cruisers, 18 submarines ‘and | six destroyers to that port next weok.i The newspaper also declares that| Moscow has moved 600 airplane, pilots and 110 planes to Viadivostok during the past week. TWO CRIMINALS MAKE ESCAPE, | ALGATRAZ ISLE Famed ‘Escape Proof’ Fed- eral Prison Loses Men in Fog SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 17. —Two desperate criminals have es- caped from the “escape proof” Al- catraz penitentiary in San Fran- Will Last Only | Three Years ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 17.— Harlan A. Gubser, of the United States Biological Survey, has re- turned from three and a months above the Arctic Circle to report that wolves and caribou are wiping out the reindeer. Gubser said the reindeer herds of the Eskimos along the Noatak and Kobuk River ranges, would dis- appear within three years unless the present rate of extermination was halted. The wolves and the caribou are doing the damage, Gubser said. Caribou, he said, are drifting south and absorbing the deer into the wild herds. Wolves are still killing indiscrim- inately in all herds. .- — BRITISH PLAN LARGER FLEET CHINA WATERS LONDON, Dec. 17.—A high dip- |lomatic source predicted today that Great Britain will reinforce her fleet in the Oriental waters early “next month” with or without simi-| lar action by the United States. A definite decision is expected t0|China’s cities, but in the villages | holiday cheer and gifts may be by the British Cabinet be made which is to meet in a special session next Wednesday. Unwarranted attacks by the Jap- 'anese on British shipping is re- sponsible for the action, also failure to secure satisfactory replies from ,the Japanese Government following such “outrages.” Heretofore the British Govern- ment has been letting the United | States take the initiative in all such matters, and that government has | been securing prompt attention half | while the British have not. today understood here the American As- iatic fleet has already been in- creased. cisco harbor. Police, Federal and city, searched all shores of the region with heavy patrols, hunting Ralph Roe, 29, Duncan, Oklahoma, ban-| dit, and Theodore Cole, 23, Stroud, Oklahoma, kidnaper, both long 1t is| termers. Still listed as “among those present” following the half hourly counting of heads, Roe and Cole! ESTEBETH GOES OUT FOR SITKA' broke two panes of a wired-glass, window in the machine shop where| they were working and escaped into the densest fog of the year. | ‘The motorship sstebeth left last night for Sitka and waypoints withwme music, with Mrs. A. J. Goodman | ORIENT FIGHT IS TO SPREAD TO SOUTHLAND Japan Forces Expected to Continue to Battle, New Direction ATTACK ON CANTON IS EXPECTED NOW Chiang Kai Shek Issues Ap- peal for Chinese to Resist Invaders SHANGHALI, Dec. 17.—The Sino- Japanese war has threatened to spread southward to the China Coast in far flung attacks by Jap- anese forces not satisfied with the capture of Nanking. A Japanese communique Ppro- claiming the formal triumphal entry former capital of China, declared: “Our armed forces of the Japanese |deavor to carry on to a conclusion |peace in the Orient.” | Chinese sources said they expect- led Japanese troops to attempt an linvasion of Southern Kwangtung Province with an attack on Can- ton, sixty miles northwest of British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek today declared in a broadcast ap- peal to the Chinese people to con-| | tinue their fight against vaders from Japan. “The basis of China’s future suc- {cess in resisting Japan is not in’ the in- all over Chin said the General- issimo. ———————— Operetta Is to Be Given Monday by St. Ann s School In keeping with the annuall Christmas traition, the pupils oi | St. Ann’s Parochial School will pre- |sent a special yuletide program on‘ |Monday evening at the school, when a large audience will be assembled lo attend the operetta, “The Magi's |Gift” by Clara Grubb. The operetta cast includes all students of the school, many of! ‘them taking part in the chorus work, |while others have character parts. Mrs. Henry Harmon is directing Coast Guard, police boats and a capacity load of Christmas frelght as accompanist. prison boats immediately punctur- ed the murky darkness with search- Hghts, but found no trace of the fugitives, who reached outside the enclosure, jimmied a gate and dis-! appeared. Tower guards could see only a few feet in the fog and saw no trace of the fleeing men. Officials sald they expected to find the bodies of the men, feeling they had “only one chance in a thousand” to make the shore of the mainland. Warden James Johnston said “the wo iy “arriving this afternoon, has|Robert Pasquan; Jester, cliff beyond the gate is almost a three days’ mail aboard and Post-|Thibodeau; Crusader, Frank Krsul; | sheer 23 foot fall, but it could be made in one jump or two.” PROBE LOOMS FOR WEALTHY Industriali:; May Have! Caused Present Econ- omic Recession WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Senator Robert R. Reynolds, of North Caro- lina, said he is considering asking for a Senate investigation to find out whether wealthy wilfully precipitated the present ec- onomic recession because of hatred for President Roosevelt. —————— ‘White Hope' Wins BROOKLYN, N. ¥, Dec. 17.—The Whites took charge of the 1937 touchdown-scoring parade. Byron (Whizzer) White of Colorado won top honors in the country with 122 points. Sid White of Brooklyn had 113. Byron had a field day in his final game to finish ahead of Sid. industrialists' and mail. Three passengers were| also aboard, Steve Fortuna and Sam | Kroskoff for Tenakee, and Charles Howard for Hoonah. Norah, f, Northland Both Have Mail Canadian Pacific steamer Princess |master Wile has been advised that \mau aboard. The Alaska, sailing| lhom Seattle Sunday morning, will | | have two days' mail aboard. SUTTONS, HEISEL | TO RETURN TODAY| | Returning from attendance at| the convention of Thirty-third De- |gree Masons in Spokane, Wash., Ed- win Sutton and Walter Heisel are passengers aboard the Princess Norah arriving here today. The convention began on Decem- ber 10, and the formal conferring of degrees was completed. Mrs. Sutton accompanied her husband on the trip. GOES HOME AFTER FIRST TRIP INTO TOWN IN 3 YEARS |Bolyan in the Cobol properties near Chichagof, returned to the mine today after a Fp'ef visit in Juneau which was his first trip te town in three years. “It’s kind of nice—but T don’t care much for it,” sighed Frank, Frank Cox, partner with George‘ The part of Sir Arthur, Crusader, is played by William Geddes, while the children of the Manor are: |Mary, Sylvia Anderson; Margaret, |Patricia McAlister; Harold, Ken- }nem Kearney. The good dame, nurse dor the children, is Marvel Geddes. J hn Doogan plays the part of Thomas Morley, innkeeper, and |Merritt Monagle is Fom, boy at ‘the inn. In the mummers’ and en- Lertamers' group are: Father Christ- mas, Francis Doogan; St. George, Kenny | Turk, William Goodman. In the the Northland, sailing from Seattle‘skflters dance group are Krancis| |this forenoon, also has three days’ Cashen, Harry Cashen, Colleen and| Eileen Hellan. Eileen Hellan plays the part of) |Mary, and Lawrence Swanson, the |part of Joseph. Angels are Col- leen Hellan, Arlene Godkin, Allene Maloney, Marilyn McAlister, Vir-| |ginia Hatfield, and Gloria. Ann Gul- {lufsen. The kings are John Pas- |quan, Francis Doogan and Joseph |Michaelson. Shepards are Francis |Cashen, Duane Hafner and Harry |Cashen. | Carollers are led by Beth Elise Notar and include Teresa Doogan, Dorothy Thibodeau, Vernice Hafner, esa Peterson, Juanita Clarito, and \Eileen McDermott, Harold Mich- |aelson, George Shaw, John Pasquin, | Rudolph Krsul and Edward Hafner. The primary classes also take Ipm". in a rhythm band selection. DAYS TILLR CHRISTMAS 3;"’ of Japanese troops into the fallen| Empire are determined in their en-| IWar Referendum Not Advisable, Says Roosevel Declares Amendment Not in Line with Repre- sentative Govt. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Presi- man reporter if he thought a refer- conference that he did not believe a referendum vote for the declar- ation of war would be consistent with a representative form of gov- ernment. The President was asked by a wo- man reported if he thought a refer- endum requiring a public vote be- fore the nation goes to war was consistent with the United States form of government. President Roosevelt said the eas- iest way to answer that question was to say “No, and stop right there.” A petition was circulated by Rep- resentative Ludlow proposing sub- mission of a Constitutional amend- |ment for a war referendum signed by 218 House members forcing the Farmer Raids Hives; Is Stung to Death SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. 17.— Bees killed Allen Edward Omand, 34-year-old Elverta tarmer, when he tried to steal their honey. The bees attacked Omand as he raided the hives. Omand died within after being stung. DIMOND POINTS T0 ORIENT IN AIR BASE BILL Delegate Cltes Sino- Japan- ese Trouble as Reason for Alaska Protection WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said today that he would use the Sino- Japanese undeclared war as a new argument in efforts to get two mil- lion dollars for an Army airbase in Alaska. 15 minutes the purposes of the present expedi-| tion for the establishment of l(nung{ lhc( |House to order a vote on the pro-| “The Army high command favors the move,” he asserted, “but the Administration’s economy program poses as a difficulty.” An air base near Fairbanks was authorized in 1935 in the Wilcox Act but Dimond thus far has sought in vain, he said, to get the neces- sary money. “There is no reason to wait longer,” the Delegate said. “If the Rhine becomes England’s frontier, then the American defense line is certainly the Pacific, extending from the Panama Canal to Hawaii and thence north to Alaska and the Aleutians.” He contended that an aitack in a f‘;ute war, which, he said, was = | meyfiable, would come from the [meat - from the' Balvation’ “Gwny| (Gl Keause the route from the | headquarters, today donations of ar-| 74 Iticles for their rummage sale on|Orient to the United States is short- | er than by way of Hawaii. | Wednesday are needed immediately.|™ | Proceeds of the sale, which will be| ~Alaska now could be taken al- held at the Salvation Army Hal,| oSt overnight by a hostile force, . wvie o ’(he said. “Once there with submar- will be devoted to the (,hrLstma.s‘mFs and airplanes it would cost treat for children to be held on\youands of lives and billions of ‘Thursday ? 5 Lieutenant Margaret Morris is in 7 w_?bIOng i charge of the sale and treat, and| asks that all who have donations| cBlI 254 for delivery, or bring arti- |cles to the Army citadel on Wil- loughby Avenue. e S0. CALIFORNIA | posal. i) ‘Salvation Army Rummage Sale To Aid Children | With just a few days remaining {until Christmas, the time in which gathered for needy children is lim- ited, and according to announce- J. B. Warrack Is Low Bidder on |Irene Hafner, Dessa Schneider, Ter-| (COASTBATTERED 1 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 17.—| |Giant waves battered Southern Cal- (ifornia’s coast line, wrecking paving and flooding homes at Hollywood ‘Bench near Huenema and Venice. Giant combers, borne on a seven- (foot, four-inch tide, swept along |the coast line. Further damage is| expected today as the wind is pre- vailing and another high tide is registered. SALVATION ARMY LEADERS ARE DUE Capt. and Mrs. Stanley Jackson, new Salvation Army ofticers for (Juneau, will arrive on the Princess |Norah to take over their duties here, Coming from Edmonton, Alberta, |mey succeed Adjutant and Mrs. {George Tanner. evening, a public welcome will be extended at 8 p. m. in the Salva- tion Army Hall on Willoughby Ave- |nue. Wilking Cancels Flight for Day POINT BARROW, Alaska, Dec. 17, —Sir Hubert Wilkins today canceil- ed his proposed flight in search for the six missing Soviet fliers on ac- count of cloudy weather, He looks for better weather conditions to- MOorrow. WEATHER OBSERVATIONS Meteorologist Howard J. Thomp- son of the U. S. Weather Bureau office in Juneau is now in Fair- banks handling weather informa- tion for the Wilkins search and has informed weather stations in the Territory to begin observations on a six-hour schedule to provide data for the flight, according to word re- ceived at the Juneau office In their honor this} Skagway School J. B. Warrack was low bidder on {construction of the Skagway school lit was revealed when bids were opened last night at the offices of N. Lester Troast and Associates, according to figures given out to-| day by the Public Works Adminis- tration. Warrack bid $57,920 and less alternates, $54,414. Other bidders were Mendenhall | Construction, $58,400 and less alter- nates, $56,148; R. J. Sommers Con- struction Company, $63,049 and less alternates, $59,755. Letting of the bid now rests with Skagway as there is not sufficient money available for construction under any of the bids, PWA officials stated. A total of $54,300 .is avail- able, the Legislature having appro- priated $25,000, the PWA granting $24,300 and a Skagway bond issue of $5,000, GUCKER’S BROTHER TAKES LEGIONNAIRE EUROPE EXCURSION Twenty-four days in Burope with 10,000 American Legionnaires—that is the experience enjoyed by S. H. Gucker, of Glasgow, Montana. He is the brother of Jack Gucker of Juneau. From Glasgow, Gucker went to New York and “watched that Legion parade for fourteen solid hours, and never was bored a minute.” At New York, Gucker decided to go to Europe on the Bremen with the Legion Pilgrimage, with 20 per cent reduction in rates for the en- ticement. Then followed three weeks of wan- dering through the story spots of France and Italy, through old ca- thedrals, to old battle scenes, and finally, back to the United States by a boat trip of 4800 miles from Naples to New York on the Count de Savoia, A running fire account of the trip was received in a letter from the Glasgow, Montana Gucker to Jack Gucker in Juneau 3 Indicated Very recently The Empire ex- clusively printed information that a new reservation for the Navy had been set aside in Alaska. Further information is given in the news letter of J. J. Eckles, Secretary Delegate Dimond, of November 217, as follows: Reservation of a small area near Kodiak was made by executive or- der signed by the President on No- vember 20. The order withdrawing the area from settlement or entry states that it is “reserved for the use of the Navy Department for| present and prospective naval use The reservation set up embraces about 8 square miles of land and water southwest of the town of Ko-| diak, dimensioned to include the| entrance to and a considerable part | of Womens Bay, together with the| shore region on two sides of the bay. Official announcement of the| preSent and prospective naval pur-| poses” for which the reservation is! made has not been released by the| Navy Department, but it seems al- most certain that this is another to| in Recent Order national in the public | terests But this situation may mean that underneath all of the argument on the wages and hours bill, crop sur- plus control, revision of taxes, and what have you, that real progress is being made in setting up a program of national worth. Underneath the lots of talk and Litle action, has characterized the in Congress, it is likely that real advancement has been made by the members in getting a grasp of the manner in which their problems fit in with or conflict with their own problems and to see the give and take necessary in the many compromises required for a com- prehensive program for the national welfare. program Welfare of Alaska And it is obvious that through all of the apparent turmoil and confu-| sion the welfare of Alaska is just as much involved the several States, whether they be in the cotton South, the wheat, lum- ber or fruit of the West, or indus- trial New England, or elsewhere. step forward in the program for the naval defense of Alaska, as urg- | ed by Delegate Dimond since he| first started to serve the Territory| in Congress. In line with custom- ary procedure the Department has| not disclosed its intention as to th amount of or character of construc-! tion projected for this new reser- vation, First Step Taken The first step in the present program of naval defense taken this year was inaugurated last spring when the Navy Department com- menced rehabilitation work on its buildings at Japonski Island near Sitka. Construction there will cost about $100,000 and it is expected that nearly $30,000 more will be re- quired before the project is com- plete. This establishment, was made to be a seaplane base to serve a twelve-plane squadron of patrol planes and a plane tender. Operat- ing personnel will require 3 officers and 15 men. In view of the loca- tion of the reservation now estab- lished near Kodiak, it seems prob- able that it too will be primarily used as a seaplane base. At present all naval stations in Alaska are under the 13th Naval District with headquarters at Se- attle, Washingfon. However, be- cause of the prime strategic import- ance of Alaska to national defense, Delegate Dimond is working to have a separate naval district establish- ed for and in the Territory. Con- tinued development of naval oper- ations in northern waters may be expected to require such establish- ment in the reasonably near future. Dimond’s Bill In reporting to the House Com- mittee on Naval Affairs on the Di- mond bill now pending before Con- gress, which would authorize the| establishment of a naval station lnI Alaska and carrying authority for {an appropriation of 100 million dol- lars for ‘that purpose, Hon. Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the Navy, stated, “Present indications are that | the strategic importance of Alaska will soon increase to a point where naval facilities in those waters sufficient to support a limited naval | force will be essential” He then pointed out, however, that naval op- erations in the area will be limited, “at least initially,” so that extensive| shore establishments will not be re- quired “for the time being to sup- port them,” and recommended against enactment of the bill. The Delegate has indicated that he be- lieves the station. will eventually be required through development of gradually increasing naval activities| in the Territory and that he will continue to urge such action even though on a more limited scale. Alaska Interests in Congress In attempting to outline prourcsv made luring the past week by Con- gress in developing necessary new legislation or acting upon pending bills it is difficult to point out any particular accomplishment of na- tional significance that would prop- erly fit the pattern for which the extraordinary session was called. However, this pattern as not been closely defined, for when he called the session, the President stated that “public interests” require that Congress should be convened in special session. Opinions differ among legislators as to just what these public interests are, as might be expected when each Member of | Congress has in mind the most ur-| gent needs of that particular dis- | Experience of the last few years shows that the ups and downs of| | prosperity in the States is reflected in the prosperity of the Territory,! |although fortunately, there has been| | a definite log in the downward curve |and a corresponding acceleration in the up-climb favoring Alaska over the States. i And bearing in mind the that the general welfare of the Ter- ritory goes as definitely hand in the welfare of any individual state, it is obvious that the general legis- lation now occupying Congress to the exclusion of all regional meas- ures including, of course, those sponsored by the Delegate for the particular benefit of Alaska and its_residents will, md\rectly at luuc benefit the Tefritory. Radio Regulations Recognizing the need for latitude to the operation of radio transmit-| Communications Commission has amended its rules and regulations pertaining to the Territory. The amendments are intended to expedite action on applications for station licenses received from Al- aska, to authorize transmission ot fact | |ing. hand with that ef the nation as does lafternoon bearing the dead, wound- which | week's work | 'EXTRA WOUNDS ARE colleague’s | SURVIVORS TELL OF BEING FIRED ON BY JAPANESE War Planes—as_Well as Sur- face Boats Machine Gun- ned Rescue Parties CAUSED BY NIPPONS Those Esca;;; from Bomb- ed Gunboat Are Taken to Shanghai Under Convoy SHANGHAI, Dec. 17.—How Jap- lanese war planes machine gunned .small American boats carrying sur- vivors ashore from the bombed and Isinking United States gunboat Pa- as that of any of | nay, causing more wounds, was told in detail by survivors who arrived here this afternoon, and who also confirmed earlier reports, denied by the Japanese, that small surface |boats of the Japanese also fired on Panay while the air bombing was taking place. the Flags at Half Mast The survivors declare that Japan- ese Army detachments in the small boats on the Yangtze, also along the river banks let fire on the Panay before she sank with all flags fly- With flags fluttering at half mast, the U. 8. gughoat Oahu arrived this ed and rescued survivors of her sis- ter ship Panay which was bombed and sunk Sunday. Two Japanese destroyers, the Ot- ori and Kassagl, and the British 'gunboat Lady Bird, conveyed the |Oahu as she steamed alngside the Flagship Augusta, ending the 320= mile trip. Bodies of Victims On board the Oahu are the bodies ting stations in Alaska the Federal 0f Storekeeper Charles Ensminger, !Capt. C. H. Carlson and Sandro Sandri, Italian newspaperman, and |a Chinese quartermaster of one of the three Standard Oil boats which were also bombed and sent down. About 60 survivors, 15 seriously |wounded, are also aboard the Oahu. messages under certain conditions| Members of a Navy Board of In- not heretofore authorized, to assurs|qury boarded the Oahu at Pootung emergency radio service to aircraft, And secured first hand information and to provide a base on which may 8nd statements from the survivors be built aeronautical radio chains, especlally relating to the machine Some of the amendments were BUnning not only of the surface proposed a series of conferences to boats but from planes reported to ials of the Commission and attended by Delegate Dimond and represen- tatives of the War Department, Navy Department, Coast Guard, Bu- reau of Air Commerce, and De- partment of the Interior. Other |amendments resulted from the meetings held at Juneau in August, at which designated represen!anves of the Federal Communications ment agencies and departments con- ferred with Territorial officials to work out problems of radio partic- ularly needing attention on account of conditions peculiar to the Ter- ritory or to certain regions in the Territory. Ships Can Aid The amendments, published on November 23, contain provision whereby a ship in an Alaska port where radio service is not available may accept messages for transmis- sion to the nearest public coast station, and that the ship's trans- mitter may be operated at the dock or while at anchor in such port to the contrary. Any station in Alaska is author- ized to transmit messages “con- conditions or other matters relat- ing to safety of life and property” where there is no established com- munication, and where is made for the service Provision is made that aeronau- tical stations shall turnish emer- gency service to itinerant aircraft on request, and additional service arrangements have been made for cooperation in costs. Assignment of certain frequencies for aircraft and aernonautical stations is made which are expected to aid in build- |ing up airways radio chains in Al- aska for in the air. increasing safety - A flock of doves, flying eastward near Hawkinsville, Ga., were blind- trict and State he represents. Per- haps it is only reasonable that all, or even a majority, of these opinions could be immediately fitted together to form a comprehensive ed by the afternoon sun shining on a white farmhouse. They flew against the house, and seven were killed. Commission and of other Govern-| without regard to an existing rule| no charge' | { { be held in May and June by omc-‘hfl"e fired on boats carrying sur- vivors. JAPAN PONDERS REPLY TOKYO, Dec. 17—Japan may re- frain from a direct reply to the United States protest to the Panay |incident, the Foreign Office spokes- ''man indicated, on the grounds the Japanese Government apologized before the American note was de- livered. The Spokesman said the ‘question was still being weighed. o ee——— May Readvertise For S. E. Alaska Mail Boat Bids Few Offers Turned in to Post Office Department for Carrying Mail WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Postof- cerning sickness, death, weather, ice|fice officials after preliminary ex= amination of Southeast Alaska mail boat bids said today that it might be necessary to readvertise for of- fers for service to Ketchikan, Wrangell, Port Alexander and in- termediate points. Low bids on two alternate com- bination routes were: Juneau to Petersburg to Port Al- Imay be rendered provided suitable|exander, $16385 a year by Martin Dahl of Juneau. Ketchikan to Hydaburg and Wran- gell, $11,784 by W. E. Muller. Juneau to Petersburg, no bid. Ketchikan to Port Alexander, $10- 000, by Lars Olin. Wrangell to Ketchikan, no bid. Officials said they had ‘“numer- ous” bids for the Ketchikan-Hyda- burg-Wrangell run, but Dahl and Olin had submitted the only bids for other routes. They said they did not expect to reach a decision on awards or readvertisement be- fore early in January.