The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 24, 1937, Page 1

ATLY ALAS LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DECEMBER 24, 1937. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, . HANGCHOW IS TEREUL TAKEN Legion Juniors CAPTURED BY BY GOVERNMENT Christmas Party IS VIOLATED BY JAPAN FORCE City Reported to Have Cap- itulated to Avoid Bomb- ing and Shelling SHANGHAI, Dec. 24.— Japanese military authorities announced to- night that Hangchow, rich Chinese seaport and capital of Chekiang Province, 100 miles south of Shang- hai, had been captured by Japanese trops, the soldiers simultaneously entering all gates and the city capitulating to the invaders who overrun that section. No information is immediately given as to the extent of the fight- ing around Hangchow but it is understood the city capitulated to avoid bombing and shelling and street fighting. Six Americans in Hangchow are believed safe. U. S, FLAG IS INSULTED BY JAPAN TROOPS Representations Are Im- mediately Made to Pro- per Authorities SHANGHAI, Dec. 24. — Simul- taneously with the announcement of the capture of Hangchow the Unit- ed States authorities made strong representations to the Japanese over the reported insult to the American flag at Wuhu on December 13 by Japanese soldiers. ARMED GUARDS EREIGHTING IN PARIS STRIKE FORCES, SPAIN ‘Lasl Resistance of Insur- Gala Affair to Start at 7 in|National Board Makes De- gent Crumples as City Finally Falls MADRID, Dec. 24—The General Staff Headquarters of the Central bers of the Junior Auxiliary and tional Labor -Relations Board de-} Sons of the American Legion will be front announces all Insurgent re- | sistance within Tereul has been| crushed. i Buildings, which were held by the Insurgent forces, made their last stand as Government forces finally captured the Provincial Capital this morning. The Insurgent troops surren- dered as the following buildings fell, in the order named, to the Gov- ernment forces: Cathedral, City Hall, then Seminary. J. W, C. to Give - Cheer Baskets - This Afternoo “Christras ;gran\ to Be ' Held Tomorrow at Gov- | ernment Hospital | | l i With 135 colorful baskets to show' for their two hours of work, thirty members of the Juneau Woman’s, Club met yesterday afternoon at the! home of Mrs. Ray G. Day. | The baskets which are to be dis- | tributed this afternoon to aged and| shut-in people of Juneau, present a gay appearance in their green and red coverings and some mtereslingl decorative effects are achieved with Mnndfl Evening Dugout—Legion Meet- ing Is Cancelled A big Christmas party for mem- held at 7 o'clock Monday night in the Legion Dugout, it was announc- ed today by the committtee in charge. The affair will be solely for the youngsters and parents are not expected unless their Juniors are so small that they should be ac- companied. The regular meeting of Alford John Bradford Post has been cancelled to make way for the chil- dren’s party, the next regular meet- ing falling on January 3 A Christmas tree, Santa Claus, and all the things that go to make |up a genuine Christmas party have!tion of the Wagner Act ibeen planned and all members of pany is directed to stop discourag-| |the Juniors and Sons of Legion are ing |expected to be present and enjoy Automobile Workers of America or the fun Committees from the Post and Auxiliary arranging the party are: Legion—Past Department Comman- der A. E. Karnes; Past Vice Com- mander Bert Lybeck and Tom Na- deau; Auxiliary — President, Betty McCormick, Mrs, Geerge Penny, Mrs. Oscar Olson, Mrs. Homer Nordling, a brief statement that the “decis- |Mrs. Alba Newman, Nadja Vestal, ion of the Board is based on preju- and Mrs. Leo Jewett FIVE INJURED IN FIGHT FOR EGYPTPOWERS silvered pine cones, gay strings ol;Premier Pasha Fol]owers red cranberries, and Christmas| greens of various kinds. | Mrs. J. M. Clark is in charge of] the distribution, and the assistance] of the Bureau of Public Roads,| and several Juneau Boy Scouts is to| be gratefully received. The Bureau of Public Roads will furnish a truck, (and the Boy Scouts will do the ac- tual work of making the deliveries,! Warehouse Workers De- Seven of the baskets were sent out| the highway yesterday afternoon mand Higher Wages with {througn the courtesy of Mrs. M. V| Higher Living Costs Manvile. PARIS, Dec. 24—Armed Mobile 0 Guardsmen are patrolling the cen- Which the time was given to the tral markets of Paris where 100 army assembling and decorating of the, trucks brought in tons of foodstuffs Christmas baskets. left at railroad stations by striking truck drivers. The teamsters quit in sympathy with warchouse workers who went on strike and occupied food ware- houses to demand a raise in wage scales for 1938. The strikers ask that collective contracts be drawn up in propor- tionate wage increase to the rise in cost of living. MRS, RODSEVELT 1S IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Dec. 24—Mrs. Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, First Lady of the Land, has arrived here by train from Portland to spend Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. John Boet- tiger and family. She flew from Washington to Portland by plane and then boarded a tfain there for Seattle. Mrs. Boettiger is ili and unable to go East to attend the family reunion in the White House on Christmas Day. Mrs. Roosevelt said one pressing engagement here is helping her two grandchildren, Curtis and Sistie Dall, to decorate a Christmas tree this afternoon. She said she had no plans and did not know just how long she would remain here. Mrs. Roosevelt and the members of the Boettiger family will gather around the Ckristmas tree tomor- row and exchange gifts. The distribution of the baskets today marks the virtual completion of the club's three-fold program of Christmas activity which began Sunday with the Community Christ- mas Tree Festival, and has comm-! ued through this week. At the| meeting yesterday it was announc-| ed that the visit of the Alaska Steamship’s Santa Claus to the Gov- _ernment Hospital had been arrang-| ed by the committee iri charge of| the Christmas Treat to the chil- dren in the tubercular ward at (he“ \nuspnal, which will compiete its {work tomorrow when it takes its own| Santa Claus to the ward to distri- bute the club’s presents to the small children. - *‘ STOCK QUOT. * ATIONS | Engage King Farouk Boosters CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 24.—Five per- sons were injured last night in a clash between the supporters of |King Farouk and Premier Mustapha | Nahas Pasha. The fight came as the deadlock in the King-Premier struggle for power continued. Demonstrators started the clash outside an opera house where King Mrs. Day served dessert luncheon |Farouk was attending a charity per-| those present yesterday after|formance. Police broke up the mehfle.fcmflt trade was up from three to Vet given permission,” he said. “The GIRL IS VOTED BEST SWIMMER NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Victor in the closest battle of ballots in the history of Associated Press year- end polls, Katherine (Kitty) Rawls, eighteen-year-old Florida aquatic star, is adjudged the No. 1 femi- nine athlete of 1937. winner of four individual titles| in a sensational two-day perform-| ance during the last national out- door swimming championships, Miss Rawls took the top berth by a mar- gin of only one point from Anita Lizana, Chilean holder of the U. S. tennis crown, and Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill, N. C, nation- al golf titleholder. The forty-four sports writers who! participated in the seventh annual SAYS LABOR ACT FORD AUTO FIRM | cision Which Will Be Ap- pealed to High Court WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—The Na- ciding the Ford Motor Company vio~ lated the Wagner Labor Disputes Act, declared the concern showed “unconcealed hostility to unioniza- tion” Antagonism, the Board said, was brought on the workers “‘through employment of hired thugs to ter-! rorize and beat union membe and through other acts of “coer cion” The Board orders the company to |re-instate 20 employees, who, the decision says, were discharged be- cause of union activity and in viola- | The com- membership in the United lany other union TO APPEAL DECISION DETROIT, Dec. 24—Officials of the Ford Motor Company announce ‘an appeal will be taken to the Cir- cuit Court of Appeals. This was the 'only. comiment.and was-contained i |dice, is not founded on facts in the {record and is wrong and unjust. | The company will appeal the decis- lion to the United States Circuit |Court of Appeals.” DIMOND REPORTS SRS 0 ANADA HOLDING RETAIL TRADE UP AIR MAIL STIMULATED BY YULE SHOPPING |Business Jumps Up 10 to | 30 Per Cent as Christ- | mas Buyers Get Busy i | Says DomAi:;‘on Refused Flight Permission Because of Interior Route'Ylans | WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Alaska | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said objections by Canada and the ab- sence of bidders delayed the estab- 'lishment of an authorized contract for an air mail line between Fair- banks and Juneau. He said the $70, 000 appropriated by Congress summer had gone begging because NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Retail ltrade was stimulated by the last last | poll gave Miss Rawls a total of 53| minute rush of shoppers for Christ- mas gifts this week and jumped from 10 to 30 per cent above last week for the country as a whole. Dun Bradstreet reported Pacific BROOKLYN CLUB CONTROLLED BY NEW YORK, Dec. 24. — Headed by Jimmy Walker, former Mayor, & syndicate has been organized to pur- chase full control of the Brooklyn National League baseball club, it is reported. While Walker's name had been associated previously with a group that was said to be.interested in buying the Dodgers, it was learne definitely that this time the ex- Mayor and his associates have suf- ficient capital and that develop- ments have gone beyond the “talk- ing stage.” WALKER REPORT Canada withheld permission for planes to fly over about 250 miles of Canadian territory. | “It would be advisable for planes to fly that route but Canada has not Postoffice Department advertised the proposed contract But no bidders came in.’ Dimond said he understood that Canada wouldn’'t permit flights over its Territory until it had worked out | details for a proposed British spon- sored route from Billings, Mont., to ! Fairbanks. e, | ~ KIDS' PARTIES This, though “green,” will be a youngsters' Christmas. This after- noon, the Elks Santa Claus is en- tertaining at a big tree and present party at the Capitol Theatre. Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Moose will be host to Channel 4 Children at a matinee and goodies| gathering at the Coliseum Theatre. Sunday, the Central Labor Coun- cil is giving a big windup party in Union Hall, with a big tree and good |things promised for every child. JAPBOUND MAIL Chrsimas foBe 'CAUSING FUROR | Day of Cheer at | INBALIFflRNIAi Hospital Here Navy Throws Cordon of Decorations Add Gay Note| to St. Ann’s and Gov- ernment Halls Men and Ships Around Bases and Yards LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 24—! With bright red, green and silver The Navy today tightened its guard Christmas bells and flowers decor- . 4 ating the halls, and gaily colored over the Pacific Coast from Wash- y,esins and ornaments at the stair- {ington to California following the ways St. Ann's Hospital is welcom- |seizure of Orient bound letters on ing Christmas with a wealth of cheer a Japanese fishing boat. jand hospitality. United States Customs Agents| For the past two days, student . hat 8 i carolers from the public and paro- hinted that a widespread espionage ..., cinools have sung Christmas drive is now in progress. | songs to the patients on each floor, | Destroyers continued to patrol off and as another event of the season, |the San Diego and San Pedro fleet '@ special Christmas dinner is to be| | 5 _|served tomorrow. -bas‘es WHUE e o0 exey gu”dsi Making each room as attractive as | was thrown around the Mmfc Island‘B Christmas-time room at home, |Navy Yard at San Francisco. |gygents from Miss Donle Taylor's Reports of a raid on the Japanese |third grade class at the Grade liner Tatsuta Maru just before sail- |gchool, have donated a tree for each ing time yesterday that garnered a'patient, complete with snow and |sheaf of letters was published in pright decoration. Larger trees dec- the San Francisco Chronicle and orate the social rooms on the sec- |confirmed by District Attorney/ond and third floors where all pa- Frank Hennisy whose agents un-|tients not confined to bed, gather |covered the attempt to smuggle to listen to Christmas music and information to Japan. visit together. Hennisy said he did not know! Spending Christmas on the third the contents of the letters, but the |floor tomorrow will be the follow- i Chronicle asserted that Customs|ing patients (all of whom may see Agents had redoubled their v‘gu.‘visn.ors), Mrs. Tiami Johnson, Mrs. ance in recent weeks in an effort William Windsor and baby, Miss| \to intercept suspicious mail ad-|Mildred Apland, Mrs. D. A | dressed to Far East destinations. |Shepperd, Mrs. Tauno Niemi and| | The seizure at Los Angeles of the |baby, Mrs. David Femmer, Mrs. | 100-foot tuna clipper Nancy Hawks, |James Estes, Mrs. Frank Barrows,| registered as American - Japanese, Mrs. James Mullen, and Mrs. Helun: followed the announcement of in- | Ottosen. |creased Customs Agents vigilance, | On the second floor are J. L. | Five other boats suspected to be Donahue, Charles Gren, Gus Mes- Japanese owned are being detained g?c:mf‘-dMik‘“ L“:’c“‘ E";r Bye,; i i p) nderson, enry ragler, | {Rending usthes SERNEs Mike Sullivan, Tom Sandvick, John i i HANDED TO U. 8. OFFICIAL TODAY Full Responsibility Is Ac- knowledged by Govern- ment of Japan COMMANDER OF AIR FLEET PUNISHED | Sinking ancfi; mbing of Gunboat “Entirely Due to Mistake” TOKYO, Dec. 24—The Japanese Government has acknowledged full responsibility for the sinking of the United States gunboat Panay by Japanese planes and the flying commander and “all others re- sponsible” have been punished. Jap~ an assures the American Govern- ment that “definite and specific steps” have been taken to prevent recurrence. Foreign Minister Hirota person- ally handed the note to American Ambassador Grew at 7 o'clock to« night after approval of the Japan- ese Cabinet and with the sanction of the Emperor. The text is not published in Japan, - Foreign Minister Hirota did not make clear in the note how the responsible bombers were punished except to say according to the law. The note said the sinking was “entirely due to a mistake.” SUNK WITHOUT WARNING WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. — The Panay’s wounded commander has reported officially that the gunboat was sunk without warning by Jap- anese naval planes which he said flew as low as “perhaps 200 fegl” to drop bombs. Lieutenant Commander James_J, Hughes also said the gunboat was marked with huge flags when the attack occured. The commander also said that three hours before the bombing the Panay was boarded by a Japanese Army officer who vainly sought in- formation as to movements of the Chinese troops. ‘The report also said the bombing started without warning as two Japanese planes, power dived from an altitude of about 4,000 feet. The Panay, according to the re- port, said the Panay for 56 min- utes was subjected to intensive bombing and machine gunning and that two boats, bearing wounded to the river bank were machine gunned by the attacking planes. ALASKA UNITED T0 DISCONTINUE ITS OPERATIONS Old Treadwell Company Will Dissolve at Meet- ing on January 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 24. — The Alaska United Gold Mining Com- pany has called a stockholders meet~ ing for January 7 to vote dissolue tion of its assets which will be dis- sipated by payment of a liquidaiing serted the letters taken from the The San Francisco Chronicle as- | o b " ) "1 dden, Tke O'Mara, dividend amounting to about $33,000 NEW YORK, Dec. 24. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11%, American Can 74%, American Light and Power 6%, Anaconda 32%, Bethlehem Steel |62%, Commonwealth and Southern 2, Curtiss Wright 4%, General Mo- tors 32, International Harvester 67%, Kennecott 38%, New York Central 18%, Southern Pacific 21, iUnited States Steel 597%, Cities Ser- vice 2, Pound $4.99%, Bremner bid| 2 asked 4. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 127.36, down .27; rails 31.49, down .27; utili- ties 21.17, down .14. points against 52 for Miss Lizana and Mrs. Page. Eleven first place ballots went to the swimmer, ten to the tennis star and eight to Mrs. Page. All told twenty-one feminine ath- letes, including Mildred Babe Did- rickson, the 1933 winner, figured in the poll. e e MISS WHITE VISITS Miss Sue White came to Juneau today from Hoonah, where she is teaching school, to spend the holi- days with her sister, Mrs. J. Sharples. She flew in with Sheidon Sim- mons in the Alaska Air Transport Lockheed. Walker admitted that a group in which he was Interested was anx- | It's Merry Christmas, kids! Merry Christmas! Japanese liner Tatsuta Maru are | connected with Bremerton Navy ->ee— — C. R. Eppens, Gus Swanberg, and Joe Bardy, who also may be visited | Seven trees, brightly decorated, ious to buy out the holdings of| both the Ebbets estate and the Mc-i‘ §OOF PIie A roof fire last night called the| | Xeed coperaiche. ladd a note of cheer at the Govern- | | | ment Hospital where patients are land payments from its holdings ,of 17,200 shares of the reorganized Treadwell-Yukon Corporation to the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Com~ pany in settlement of claims, Keever share of the Dodgers. DAY BEFORE XMAS BABY BORN TODAY TO MRS. RANTAPAA was born to Mrs. A. Rantapaa of Hospiial, arriving at 2:15 am. GUARDING MARE ISLAND VALLEPO, Cal, Dec. 24—A hun- {Juneau Fire Department from v.he! |supper table at 6:30 tc the home of |George Cortez on Star Hill. |dred men have been added to the Slight damage was caused by the Mare Island Navy Yard guard as flames which were extinguished in|Rear Admiral Clarence Kempf be- .,shorz order. gan enforcing an almost forgotten e - already looking forward to tomor- row’s special Christmas dinner. In the morning, tomorrow, the Juneau Woman's Club will hold its party |and entertainment for children in the tubercular ward, when gifts will A day-before-Christmas baby .sonl EXTENDS GREETING Tiami Johnson, long-time patient M.|Juneau this morning at St. Ann's at St. Ann’s Hospital, extends wishes |approach the Navy Yard without |for a Merry Christmas to all friends The child, who has not yet been of the Gastineau Channel, and|to discuss the sudden decision to named, weighed seven pounds and|thanks the many who have remem-|enforce the regulations which they |fourteen ounces. bered her this Christmas. set of rules and regulations govern- | ing visits to the island. | The regulations forbid ships to be given to all present. ‘ 2 e S R When the work horse or mule becomes overheated, according to Dr. C. D. Grinnels of North Caro- | lina State College, the animal evl-{ dently is suffering from a digestive | disturbance. | | permission. Navy officers declined said were four years old, The Alaska United is one of the old companies that operated at Treadwell years ago.