The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 4, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SITUATION NOW BEING STUDIED Special Senate Committee Opens Hearing on Vexing Problem STATEMENT IS MADE AS TO MAIN PURPOSE' Neither Business Nor Gov-| ernment to Be Blam- ed for Recession WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—The spe- cia) Senate Committee, opening a study of unemployment, assured! both business and the Government, | that it planned no attempt to blame! either for the present reported ‘re-; cession.” The committee members issued a | statement that. “it is our desire to secure cooperation of employers and | employees of business, and officials of the Government, to determine what legislation, if any, can be en-| acted by Congress to encourage in- dividuals to provide more jobs.” The committeemen also stated they hope to work out the most ef- fective and possible relief program. Isador Lubin, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, testified at the opening hearing, there was a drop of unemployment between October and mid-December, sharper than at- ter the '29 crash. He estimated be- tween 1475000 and 1,550,000 per- sons lost their jobs from November 1 to the middle of last month. Lubin said further that some of the firms which sought to combat unemployment by spreading work in 29 “are not attempting to spread work today.” Lubin also said he did not know “whether this change was deliber- ate.” He estimated that from 7,- 00,000 to 7,500,000 were currently unemployed. i ——————— | BENDER FUNERAL SERVICES HELD, TACOMA TODAY Final Rites for Empire Edi- tor This Alernoon in | City of His Birth | TACOMA, Jan. 4—Funeral serv- ices for Robert W. Bender, 41, Editor and Manager of the Daily Alaska Empire of Juneau, who died December 26 in Phoenix, Ariz., fol- lowing a heart attack, was held here at 3:30 this afternoon at the C. C. Mellinger Funeral Parlors. Mr. Bender, who was born in Ta- | coma, was stricken in Arizona while in the south attempting to regain his health. His widow, Mrs. Helen Troy Ben- der, daughter of Gov. John W. Troy | of Alaska, arrived yesterday from ! the north to attend the funeral. | Beside his widow, Mr. Bender is survived by his father, W. L. Ben- Edward F. Hines, Jr. For 19 years Edward F Hines, Jr., has had a ticking like a clock in his head. It was while he was in a front line trench in the St. | Mihiel sector in 1918 that the strange sound suddenly began to echo through his head, so plainly that it was audible to others. Sci- euce thus far has been unable to explain, and Hines is now in Chi- cago for further treatment. FOR'S MESSAGE ' DOESN'T TICKLE ITALY,GERMANY Comment from Spokesmen Shows World Is All Out of Step Now 4.—Virginio Gayda, authoritative Fascist Editor, .de- clares that President Roosevelt's message to Congress, delivered in person on Monday, furthered crea- tion of a permanent international hosnhty. ROME, Jan AND BERLIN’S VERSION BERLIN, Jan. 4—The Nazi For- eign Office spokesman said Presi- dent Roosevelt's message to Con- gress will hinder rather than pro- mote peace. AND THE U. S. VIEW WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—No of- ficial comment was made on state- ments from Rome or Berlin, as carried in Associated Press dis- patches, but they indicate that the world is all out of step with the exception of Italy and Germany. In other words if you are not oi Fascist or Nazist thinking, you are all wrong. FEDERAL GRANT TO ALASKA TO HANDLE COMPENSATION ACT The Social Security Board at Washington, D. C., today announc- ed through Hugh J. Wade, Terri- der, pioneer Tacoma resident. |torial Director, that it had approved 'ALASKA REPORT 1S SUBMITTED Plan for OFerly Develop- ment of Northland Soon Goes to Congress WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. | aska Delegate Anthony J. | mond teday said the National Resources Committee has trans- mitted its long range plan fo orderly development of the Ter- ritory of Alaska to President Roosevelt. The Committee was directed, in a resolution, by Delegate Dimond, to di prepesed program for “guidance of Congress.” Delegate Dimond said the plans should be in the hands of Cengress within a couple of weeks. smcks Advance As Armament from 1 to 6 Points { in Slow Trading NEW YORK, Jan. 4—With arma- ment issue conspicuous, selected stocks rallied from 1 to 6 points at ithe best, by a crawling advance. However the ticker tape was fre- quently at a standstill. | Profit realizing also tempered the lupturn Steels were the bell-wethers and aircraft, coppers, electrical equip- |ment and motors were not far be- {hind. Transfers today Imillion shares. were TODAY’'S QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Jan, 4. — Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 11%, American Can T4, American Light and Power 57, Bethlehem Steel 61%, Common- |wealth and Southern 17%, Curtiss | Wright 4%, General Motors 3%, In- ternational Harvester 63'2. Kenne- cott 37%, New York Central 1 Southern Pacific 19, United States Steel 57%, Cities Service 17, Brem- ner bid 2, asked 4, Pound $5.00% DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 124.61, up 4.04; rails 29.80, up .55; utili- ties 20.91, . up 45 Budgel Message Sent Tomorrow President Roosevelt Das- cusses Balancing—Re- ports on Deficit WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. — Usually T0 PRESIDENT - Issue Arises ‘Selected Sha res Advance| about mm‘ |a grant of $5,258.85 to the Territory|well informed officials predict that lof Alaska to be used to pay the ex-|president Roosevelt’s Budget for |penses of administering the Alaska|the next fiscal year will carry a bil- | Unemployment Compensation ACt |lion dollar deficit if he will revise |for the quarter beginning January!the estimated deficit of this year's CRADLE CENSUS TAKEN BY NAZIS amount of the graht is based on|ter dollars. This forecast was made ,an estimate submitted by the Alaskaafter the President told Congress 1 and ending March 31, 1938. The|budget to one billion and one quar-| iLnemploymem Compensation Com- BERLIN, Jan. 4—To show the world that nation-socialism not only has successfully combatted unem- ployment but also has filled cradles of the country, authorities have de- | !mission, and the Board approved the amount requested less $2,413.15 which is the amount of the balance that the Commission had on hand that was previously granted but unuspd during the last quarter. cided to conduct a national census The total amount that has been this year. The last German census was taken in 1933, the year Hitler assumed power. —————— Samoan Clipper Completes Trip HONOLULU, H. I, Jan. 4. — The 904 miles to New Zealand and re- turn, which inaugurated the com-' pleting the round trip flight of 8.-| 904 miles to New Zealand and re=- turn, which inauguratted the com- mercial air line between Honolulu and Auckland, New Zealand. granted to the Alaska Unemploy- ment Compension Commission since the enactment of this law is $30,- 665.65. Under he Social Security Act the Federal Government pays the com- plete cost of administering the Al- aska Unemployment Compensation Act, Mr. Wade said. — ., HOUK FAMILY HERE Mrs. John Houk and three chil- dren, two daughters and a son, were Baranof arrivals today in Juneau, joining Mr. Houk, who has been here since this fall, with Rice and Ahlers, The family is staying at Howel Juneau. the the Budget for 1939, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, was unbal- anced, but a deficit would be smaller this year “if business should pick fup and there was a possibility of palancing it.” Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau said the President expects to send a Budget message to Congress to- morrow. Rules Are Back On LONDON, Jan. 4—Indiscriminate on chocolate boxes and such-like will be banned when present stocks have been used up. The order went out from the Home Office recently, supposedly at the King's instiga- tion. Rules on use of their majes- lne.s' pictures were relaxed for the coronation. | | | to aunting the horned killed it until retake RADID SPEAKER SUED; ACTRESS - CLAIMS LIBEL ,Constance Bennett Brin gs Case for $250,000 | Alleged Damages LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 4.—| Film actress Constance Bennett has sued Fimmy Fidler, columnist, dio speaker and his several sponsors, for $250,000 damages. | Miss Bennett charged she was 11-‘ beled in a broadcast on December 28. The complaint alleged Fidler im- plied wrongfully, in his bropdeast,| that she was grossly discourteous to, Patsy Kelly, | ra- | | | | film c umv(hvnm' W ork- | ing with her in a picture ,‘ - BUS OPERATOR “KILLED AS TWO WOMEN ROB HIM | Two Dollar “Loot All Maid-| en Holdups Get in Recent Slaying NEWARK, N.J. Jan. 4—Joseph| |Cocozza, acting Captain of Detec- | tives, has announced that two young Newark women have confessed the holdup ying of William Bar- horst, bus driver, two weeks ago. The women gave their names as Mrs. Ethel Sohl, 20, and Genevieve Owens, 17. Cocozza said Mrs. Sohl confessed to firing the fatal shot. Barho; was the father of two children. He was 34 years old. to and Senatois Minten (D., Ind.) and Murray (D., Mont.). Murphy Predicts Better Times Guest of honor at the dinner of the Survey Associates in New York City,‘ Gov. Frank Murphy, of Michigan, is pictured above with Mrs. August Belmont. Murphy said that “better times are in store when industry | treats its workers as men, not as part of the machinery of production.” | SEN. COPELAND | GETTING BACK OLD OUTBURSTS SEATTLE WILL HAVE NEW B.B. DIAMOND NOW | mour Fishing Craft FORTY PLANES ROAR OUT FOR AN AIR ATTACK 'Crushing Blow Is Reported Struck on Reorgan- ized China Fleet ALL CRAFT RETURN TO BASES SAFELY Land Forces Fight Hand to Hand in Other Sections of Battle Zone SHANGHAI, Jan. 4. —Japanese war planes struck far into the in- terior of China in a raid which the ! Japanese Navy spokesman declared Is the start of the intention to “crush China’s reorganized air force, |consisting of a large number of So- viet planes.” Forty Japanese war planes flew 400 miles west of their base, near Shanghai, and are reported to have delivered a crushing attack on the Chinese at Hankow. The fleet, it is declared, returned to their bases without the loss of a single plane. The spokesman reported the air |offensive as Japanese and China’s EVEN IN THE HUNTING BUSINESS, THEY FOUND RECESSION, for among all these senators, forces battled hand to hand for the Vice-President Garner aloae was able to voint to a “clean kill when the so'ons turned from h untibg revenue “bucks” in Washington control of the main rallway line riety in northwestern Pennsylvania. tor Guffey fired several times at his deer, but did not learn he had through the Province. s found it. Left to right are Senaters Truma (D., Mo.), He g (D, fowa), B 1 (D, N. M.), Radcliffe | The Chinese authorities assert ador, Count Potoe enator Guffey (D.. Col. William Kaul, host to the party; Vice-President Garner, |their casualties are 5,000 in eight {engagements with the Japanese for- . |ces along the Tientsin-Pukow-Shan- tung lines and added the Japanese {losses are likewise heavy in forays [ in the Northern Provinces. Japanese bombers have attacked |Hsuchow in Honan Province, with |considerable military damage, the Japanese spokasman claims. Immlm‘s, D(‘fenders Flg])l- AIRMEN K“-LED ng mn bll()\'\' ('llld :‘:I(?(’t Storm at Tereul IN cHINA WAR HENDAYE Jan. 4-—Beleaguered insurgenis and Spanish Gove :nxmn‘ troops, today fought at rifle range Fil‘sl Falalilies Of F“ers distance through the i crustea . streets of Tereul, in r -\ from United States illa wa! that may determine the Reported tide of the civil conflict in Spain. | Snow checked mass offensiv by 1200,000 soldiers of the _”j\!\“K_O‘VV‘ _Cl“’"“' il 1635 55 |now on the front enc Sangster, aviation instructor, and ; |Harold Walsh, of San Francisco, his mechanic, e killed in the crash |of a pursuit plane after it had reached an altitude of 500 feet, when Sleet grounded the airplanes bogged the motorized units in rins and terrain. and the Within the city itself, the crackle |; & of rifle fire at clbss ¥ahge, con- it (‘lflxlll(‘ to earth in full view of i their comrades. {trol of the Provincial capital. P t ST 5 - REDFERN SEARCH Seizures Roil CRlPPlEll WHEN Commerce [;mup‘P[lRTERS DESERT 'San Pedro Chamber Wires| Waldeck Expedition Is Washington to Ask Marooned on Rock Deep SEATTLE, Jan. 5. — Emil Sick, Cessation in Dark Jungle Is Overcoming Radio Voice, GEORGETOWN, British Guiana, new owner of the Seattle Indians SAN PEDRO, Cal, Jan. 4.—The of the Pacific Coast Baseball Now Being Heard \ Pedro Chamber of Commerce| " 4—The Waldeck expeditios, League, announces that the club . H asked the Government to cmw..\eurchmz for Pagl Refe Juiss will rebuild the ball park on the in Chambers lits seizures of fishing boats sup-|.C2R 8viator, missing in the julle old Rainier Valley site. The cost pg | posedly owned by Japanese, at least gles for ten years, are now mar- will be $150,000. The grandstand | By PRESTON GROVER {temporarily, |ounad on a rock in the upper Cuy- and bleachers will be able 0 seat| WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—We are| In a wire to Senator McAdoo, the | "™ FiVer It was reported the expedition's 15,000. able to announce that use of pictures of the royal family | Bus driver Barhorst was slain and robbed at the end of his run on the night of December 21. Although his [change carrier should have had $11.65 in it on the basis of fares re- {ceived, Miss Owens told police their loot was only $2.10, as the rest of MILK DELIVERER RECOVERS FROM FALL INJURIES Copeland of New York is overc ing radio voice, | Radio voice is an |afflicts members of Congress wer the air . When you talk miscrophone you don’t Mrs. John McCormick, president, Senator San Pedro group asked him to re- el ailment that|ough perhaps others who talk a great deal|instance shout _|porters had deserted and food was running low The rock refuge of {the party is 150 miles from George- town The Waldeck expedition is the thirteenth to go afield in search of |Redtern, who vanished in 1927 when attempting a nonstop flight from Treasury not to ing boats until a thor- investigation bad been made. telegram was sent at the| of Monig Phister into|Director of the Chamber of Com- |merce and the Van Camp Sea Food| om-|quest the 1y more fis The and| the money had been lost in the en- Jaes il b B st AL Yinas delvere for the Ju- \’f,l JIITL (lmuu..xlo “ a conve -‘Ln “h'uh‘ h.n: financial mlvrxv\! Gepraty 0. Phaty P CL e neau Dairies, Inc., returned to wo lonal ;tOR8.08 dews, and. if ouli the Three Star and the Nancy| ™ gyo . pmeiifs e Renaeis iul |YEAR’S PROGRAM IS foday, having recovered from the|P¢Ein to shout and wave your arms|Hanks two craft already seized. |pycered’ out of the wild jungle conmic slight concussion received when he |t becomes very troublesome for the! - |try of ‘& steaiige white. man. . TO BE OUTLINED BY {11 on Gold Belt Avenue, yesterday |eust ey v“u't' ::lteno(r:m“:;? o u\n FAST TANKERS {wild man, of a wrecked airplane, of i LEGION AUXILIARY mllene:) ;ilmx-d while ' detivering| PO R e e Lh“‘l'm‘;:‘ ‘Ax white man’s effects in pigmy pos- L e Robert Simpson: resi- b s ssion. Redfern’s fate remains a Plans for the coming year will be|dence and was brought to the Ju- For ten "dl\fif'n'dtm Copvl.md mystery. {outlined at the meeting of the Am-|neau Medical and Surgical Clinic for & PhY driads delivered a talk four TU BE BU"_T SRS lerican Legion Auxiliary this eve-|treatment. a full-t ed sentence in the nar- Pt ning when members meet in regular — e, — health matters, and in time his ra- RS session at the Dugout at 8 o'clock TOWNSEND THROUGH dio voice mastered the voice of the| WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. — The| Lieutenant Martin Lynch, who Harry Townsend, prominent min- great thunderer he used to be in Maritime Commission and the|will open a finance disbursement | habilitation chairman, and Mrs. L. R. Hogins, legislative chairman, will be in charge of the social meeting of the organization this mouth, onj ‘Janunry 18. ,mll preside. Mrs. Edith Sheelor, re-ing engineer and geologist, is a pas- | |the senger on the steamer Baranof for the Westward. Charades were invented in France in the 18th century. Senat He began to talk to nate in conversational ones. ow a conversational voice in the Standard Oil Company of New Jer- sey have signed an agreement under which the company will be- |Senate is practically no voice at alllgin immediate construction of 12 las far as fellow Senators are con-|high speed tankers at a total cost i (Continued on Page Six) Jof $37,500,000. the office in the Goldstein Building for CCC funds, arrived in Juneau aboard the Baranof with his family, |Mrs. Astrid Lynch, and Mrs. T. R. Lynch. They are stopuwg at the Juneau. 3