The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1938, Page 1

| SCHOOL BUS * *was only slightly injured. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “AIL THE NEW S ALL THE TIME” ]UNE.AU ALASKA MONDAY JANUARY 3 1938 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE,SS PRICE TEN CENTS 'Chinese Reorganize to Figh - CRACK LEADER TAKES CHARGE ALL MILITARY | Chiang Kai Shek Now in| Full Command of De- fending Forces 800,000 NEW MEN ‘ ARE BEING TRAINEDII Sllll.-T(fll Queen Invaders Meet Resislancei But Not Being Halt- | ed in Campaign SHANGHAI, Jan. 3. crack military leader, Chiang Kai Shek, has stripped himself of all civil administration responsibilities and concentrated efforts on effect- ively resisting the Japanese invad- ers, according to advices received here. Chiang Kai Shek is training Chin- ese behind the line, a new army of 800,000 men which will be formed in 90 divisions. Approximately 900,000 soidiers are now trying to hold back the Japan- ese horde. Kai Shek has become Commander- in-Chief of the Army and has also temporarily taken over command of the China naval vessels. Finance Minister H. H. Kung has succeeded Chiang Kai Shek as Pres- ident Executive and assumed the nation’s highest civil administration. Kai Shek is now in command of the far flung battlefronts The Japanese are still smashing relentlessly ahead, resisted but not balted in the campaign to hammer " China into submission. WAR REPORTER, ON FRONT LINE, DIES BY SHELL Edward J. Neil, Jr., A. P.| Correspondent, Killed in Spain Civil War ZARAGOZA, Spain, Jan. 3—Ed-| ward J. Neil, Jr., Associated Press correspondent with the Spanish In-| surgent armies, died yesterday as “the result of shrapnel wounds suf- «boys and girls were injured, three fered last Friday while reporting| the Insurgent counter offensive on the Tereul front. The white-haired correspondent failed to rally after blood transfus- ions were administered at the Red Cross Hospital, 100 miles north of Tereul. | — China's| Meet Miss Yvonn de la Grange, so- cialite, whe re- cently won the title of “Mid-Win- ter Sun-Ta Queen’’ from i field of 292 con testants at Coro- nado, Cal. Her tan g was judged most evenly colored. BEVERLY DOBBS U, §. Negutuatmg 'DIES IN SOUTH; ' Trade Agreement FUNERALTODAY With GreatBritain Pioneer Picture Camera- man, Wellknown in Al- aska, Passes Away WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — The State Department has begun pre- paring a public notice of intention of negotiating a trade agreement with Great Britain. Notice may be issued during this week. e ———— Daytona Beach SEATTLE, Jan. 3.—Funeral ser- vices are being held here today for Beverly B. Dobbs, pioneer picture cameraman, who came to this state; in 1887. He died here last Thurs-| day Dobbs established a studio on a Neil was the third newsman to|sandspit at Nome, Alaska, in 1900. die of wounds when a 75 milimeter|He won a gold medal at the 19041 shell struck the automobile in which'St. Louis Exposition for his Eskimo! four correspondents were seated at|portraiture of his “Top O’ the World | the village of Caude, five miles rr0m|m Motion,” one of the first travel-| Tereul. logues in the early days of motion Bradish Johnson, Harvard grad-‘pxctures uate and correspondent of various He returned from Alaska in 1912 ) magazines, was killed outright in and had lived here since. the shell burst. ! An adopted son, James R. Dobbs,! E. R. S. Sheepshanks, Reuters, alhis sister Mrs. Rose Sulliger, of Ta-| British News Agency correspondent,|coma; and a brother, Wesley Dobbs, died Friday night from his wounds. of Bellingham, survive Harry Philby, of the London Times,| — - !HELEN STORMS WlLL | SAIL SOON; SISTER | DUE ON BARANOF| Miss Helen Storms, sister of Mark and Joe Storms, is leaving this week to return to her home in Crewelah, Wash. Miss Storms, who has made many | | — e | OVER TURNS; | 14 INJURED ELMA, Wash,, Jan. 3—Fourteen seriously, and the driver critically| injured, when a school bus went out| of control and overturned, two milesw east of here this morning. | Joel Campbell, driver of the bus, suffered internal injuries and back hurts and loss of bigod. Robert Sund, 12. and John Dough- erty, 13, both suffered a leg frac- ture and Eddie Anderson, an arm fracture, (friends during her stay in Juneau, plans to attend business college in !Seattle after a short time. She |has been active in C.D.A. circles as Mayor Is Dead; Stormy Career JACKSONVILLE, Florida, Jan. 3. —Edward H. Armstrong, Mayor of Daytona Beach, died suddenly in a (hospital yesterday as he entered his fifth term. He was 57 on December 19, 1937. Armstrong resikned as Mayor to forestall plans of the Governor to oust him from office and a com- |mission named Mrs. Armstrong to {succeed her husband. The latter was removed from the pesition by the Governor but she barricaded herself in the office in the city hall. Later she resigned and her husband step- ped back into office following his re- elt‘rhun — Auto Backs Into head of the Junior Catholic Daugh-| ters of America and also assisted| at the summer camp of the Junior| CDA’s this year. Her sister, Marie Storms, Tot; He Is Killed GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 3—' | Wfl()Y PIONEER FROZEN 'NEAR BIC DELTA 'REPORTS INDIAN. Emil Hammer Succumbs to| Intense Cold on Healy- Big Delta Trail FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 3. Emil Hammer, about 65, pioneer tra- der and prospector, was frozen to, |death on the trail between Healy| |River and Big Delta, where the; lcmp«-mtmc\ had ranged as low as; !56 degrees below zero. | Telephoned reports from Big Del- ta said Hammer’s death had occur- red Thursday while on the trail with a dog team and a sled load of furs An Indian who was accompany- ing Hammer for the first part of the journey, went back to find the pioneer apparently overcome by the cold while attempting to start a fire. >-ee POWER PROJECT LOANS UPHELD BY HIGH COURT Decision Rules Government May Aid Finance of Public Utilities WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—The Su- preme the ited State has ruled the Government may make loans and grants to publicly owned electric plants. Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes said the decision will affect the construction of power pro- ting $84,000,000, for \\mm has allotted $30, in loans and $21,000,00¢ in Ft'd(‘ .Il grants. The constitutionality of the G ernm(-nls activity in lending 1nd granting monies to public utilities, was challenged by the Alabama Power Co. and the Duke Power Co., who sought to enjoin Federal financ- ing of public utilities projects in four Alabama municipalities. Power Projects Justice Sutherland delivered the opinion favoring the Governmental support of public utilities and there were no dissenting votes preme Court decree attirmed Court of U the ruling of a Circuit Court which held gyqo;¢ |that private power companies had 'no right to challenge the action o the Government in making proposed loans and grants. “The competition is entirely law-, !ul," said Justice Sutherland. FOR INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska has asked the Senate to conduct a gen- eral investigation of the TVA au- thorny COMMENT MADE NEW YORK, Jan. 3. — Wendall Wilikie, Presidént of the Common- wealth Southern Corporation, a sub- sidiary of the Alabama Power Cor- poration, made comment on the Su- preme Court’s decision regarding Federal loans and grants to public power utilities “This simply means, kie, “That the Federal Government now has the right to continue its policy of making outright gifts to municipalities which are building power distribution systems compet- ing with those private utilities now functioning.” SR Hot Water Bottle; Get It Quickly FLIN FLON, B. C, Jan. 3.—Dur- the recent cold spell, a traveler| ‘arrwed to board the outbound train, carrying his grip in one hand and| (“'- 1420 was expended on June 30, said Will- the New Deal. Negotiation of a trade twnly favorable to United States’ commerce is the principal duty confront- ing Joseph C. Kennedy when he takes over the post of ambassador to Great Britain in January. Ken- nedy’s new appointment is further indication of the strategic place he holds as “trouble shooter” for He was first chairman of the securi- ties and exchange commission, then took over the Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy |3 business man, a times over. Alt the shrewdest m! mayor and has job of straighfening out the maritime commission, and now goes to the Court of St. James. is the son of a wealthy Boston Irish politician and Kennedy nd is himself a millionaire several hough only 46, he rates as one of inds linked with the administration. He is married to the daughter of a former Boston nine children. MAIL CARRRIED Unemployment “ ON 61 ROUTES | Figures Given IN NORTHLAND Five Services on Pound First Report_fiade on Job-| Basis—Sum Kept With- in Appropnatlon WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Post- The Su- master General James A. Farley, in his annual report to President Roos- says the Department priation for star route service ! Alaska. Of $207,245 anthorized, only $184,- ’ Mail, the Postmaster General| says in his report, was carried on! 61 routes on contrac awarded, and on five routes on the pound basis. SEVEN DIEIN | CRASH OF AUTD, RR.PASSENGER Car Goes Through Closed Crossing Gate as Train Dashes On | i BUTLER, Ind. Jan. 3. — Seven young persons, six of them high school students, were killed by a speeding passenger train, at a cross- |ing in the heart of this northeastern Indiana town. The automobile bearing the seven |persons, crashed through the cross- ing gates into the path of the train last night. A fog or steam on the car's windshield is believed to have | recently ended her visit in Ju- Jerry Van Dereit, aged twa years, a hotel water jug in the other. |prevented the driver from seeing neau, is returning north aboard the died today as the result of injuries Baranof tomorrow enroute to Fair- suffered when his brother Harry, banks where she will be engaged as 18, backed an automobile over the a nurse. She will visit with Juneau child as the vehicle was being ta-! ken from the family garage late that darned water jug,” was the ¢! Blythe, 15; Merle Sarver, friends during the stay of the vessel in port, i yesterday afternoon. The train condutcor eyed the ]ug| and said: “Whats the idea of car- rying off the hotel crockery?” “My store teeth aré frozen in reply. the closed crossing gates. The dead are Marjory Roan, 15; Gwendolyn Roan, 15; Richard Straup, 16; Marvin Miller, 14; Low- 15; Jacob Stauffer, 17. ayed well within the 1937 appro- ken last month, in 822,000 and possibly a maximum of | | To President less Following Volun- tary Census WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—The Na- tional Unemployment Census has informed President Roosevelt that the total of the Nation’s unem- had ployed, according to the census ta- lay between 7, 110,870,000. This was the first report made on |unemployment following the volun- 19 1937 tary census. HIGHEST COURT THROWING CASE BACK TO LOWER Method of —\Taluing Public Utilities for Rate Mak- ing Purposes Involved WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — The Supreme Court of the United States has returned to three Judges of the gation the Roosevelt administration used as a basis in advocating the change of method in valuing public utilities for rate making purposes. This decision postponed indefin- itely the final ruling on the Admird: istration’s contentions that a “pru- dent investment,” be used as a basis Federal Court of California the liti- | {for valuation and reproduction cost t Invaders Trade Treaty Main ]ob for 1\Tew Ambassador | WARNS ABUSES WILL DESTROY 1S, SYSTEM | President Calls on Labor | and Capital to Cooperate ! for Nation’s Welfare DELIVERS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS IN PERSON et “I Don't Propose ol People Down™ }c De- clares in Address WA NGTON. Jan. 3. { wwevell told ( ion today that the misuse f power by ecapital “‘must nd » “capitalistic sy { n abuses.” same tim MNed th cap: labo i ) roups, he said, she that “power and resporisi- ity go hand in hand.” “Chiefly because nation £ ke he mist past and meeting the necessi- ties. of today, we must carry m. I don’t propose to let the people down and I am sure the Congress of the United States will not let the people down,” the President said in his mes- , which he delivered per- sonally at a joint session of ‘he House and Senate. Pictures Balanced Budget The Chief Executive disclosed |Balanced Budget “as our picture for ‘the next fiscal year.” He said that is budret estimates would show 1 v ease of the deficit.” For international affairs, the P ident projected a policy of peace “in a world where stable civilization i actually threatened,” but, he de- clared, “in this day of undependable eaty obligations on the part of others, this nation must look to adequately stro ngself defense.” He said that world peace through in- ternational agreements is safer in the hands of democratic represen- tative governments, or, in other words, peace is more greatly jeop- ardized in and by those nations where democracy is discharged or never developed. the GEL:BRANTS LOSE LIVES TOKYO, Jan. 3.—Eleven holiday| celebrants were drowned and 16 others are missing after an island ferry capsized off the coast of thel™ Hiroshima Prefecture in a violent windstorm. Dropping Food From Air Now Being Studied BAKERSFIELD, Cal., | | Jan. 3. So many communities isolated by,um nurses room of St. Ann's Hos- | snow or floods have had food drop- ped to them by parachute in recent| years that officials are seriously studying the most effective way to do it. The Forest Service, in par- ticular, is experimenting with the most effective chutes that can be made from sacks, blankets or other emergency material Conducting his qwn experiments, |issue whether rates fixed were con need not be considered. The litigation involved the order of the California Railroad Commis- Electric Company to reduce gas rates. The enforcement order was enjoined by three Federal Judges on the ground that “proper evidence of sidered The Supreme Court said the main | | fiscatory had not been determined by the District Court and this issue should be given a ruling. Mt 1 SR |NURSES WILL ELECT OFFICERS TONIGHT Election of officers will be held at the meeting of the Gastineau Channel Nurses' Association tonight | -!when members meet at 8 pm. in/ lpn.al with Mrs. E. H. Kaser, presi- |dent, presiding. Refreshments will be served fol- lowing the meeting, and all gradu- late nurses of the community, whether or not they have as yet 'affiliated with the Association, are invited to be present. - e ee Tennessee has furnished the |sion directing the Pacific Gas and| cost and reproduction” was not con- | Covers Major Legislation The message was one of the long- est the administration has given Congress totaling about 4,000 words and covering the whole fleld of ma- Jor legislation for this session as well as business policies and inter- |national affairs. Principally, the President acked !the revival of the wage and hour bill, {which was shelved the special session government’s department reorgani- zation bill and final action on the “all weather” farm bill now pend- |ing before the joint House and |Senate committee. He also asked continuation of a “none shall starve” relief policy, maintenance of neces- sary government functions toward ‘the unemployed, expansion of pur- chasing power to a point at which taxes will produce adequate gov- |ernment revenue, and modification of taxes without reduction of in- come. enuctmen a Warmly Applauded President Roosevelt’s address was interrupted frequently by applause and cheers. Democratic leaders praised the speech but some Republican spokes- men were cool toward it. Senator McNary of Oregon said it was a “pleasingly conciliatory comparison of some recent utterances by some Cecil C. Meadows, airport superin-/ynited States Navy three Admirals'administration officials.” tendent, recently dropped 16 pack- |—william B. Caperton, Albert Representative Taber said, “The ages. He landed eleven safely and Gleaves and David Glasgow Farra- President seems bound to make the two in danmfaged condition, gut. depression complete.”