The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE W) “xH,L THE NEW S ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY JANUARY 7 I938 Jap BLOWS STRUCK OVER REMARKS DURING SEARCH Tension Reported Increas- ed Between Nipponese and Forelgnels PROTEST IMMEDIATELY MADE, JAP QUARTERS Warning Given that Recur- ence of Attacks May Re- sult in Grave Situation SHANGHAI, Jan. 7. — Japanese soldiers beat two British officers of the Shanghai Municipal Police, ag- wvating the tension between the Japanese and foreigners. Sergeant A. R. Turney, watching the Japanese police search Chinese peddlers, remarked that the ped- dlers received unnecessarily rough treatment. A Japagnese policeman struck Tur- ner on the nose, following the re- mark. Several Japanese soldiers then tacked Turner with their fists and Inspector F. G. West rushed to his aid and was struck by Japanese sol- diers. Maj. Gen. Telfer Smolett, Com- mander of the British troops, pro- tested to the attack on the Brit- ish officers and is reported to have warned the Jai)nnesc that a repeti- tion might “result in the gravest of consequences.” The Japanese Embass; man questioned the attack and said: “We have no information.” MASSING FOR BATTLE FOR R. R. CONTROL China’s Mam West and East Trunk Line Is Now Threatened SHANGHAI, Jan. T. Chinese and Japanese troops are massed for a battle for control of the east- ern section of the Lunghai Rail- way, China's main west and east trunk line. Chinese officials, censored Japanese reports, assert that they have 100,000 men along the line in Northern Kiangsu and eastern Honan Provinces, between Suchow, 175 miles northwest of Nanking, and Kweiteh, 90 miles to the west. Japanese forces, numbering about 60.000 men, are thrusting at the line from both north and south. Control of the line would give the Japanese a base for a rush west- ward to the Peiping-Hankow rail- way, thence southward, 300 miles, at- according to to HanKow. one of China’s tempor- fect on news dispatenes to the Unit- 800ds generally ~circul ary capitals. ———e ATTACK TO BE MADE ON BELL AT DEMO MEET | Divisional Convention at' Seward to Be Asked to Pass Resolution ] ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 7,—} The Democratic Club of Anchorage will present a resolution to the dele-| gates at the Democratic Divisional Convention, convening at noon to- day, in Seward, assailing Commis- sioner PFrank T. Bell, of the Bu- reau of Fisheries, for his failure to eliminate fish traps and calling for an investigation of his Bureau and his removal. . The Fishermens’ Union endorsed the resolution and an attempt will be made for its adoption at the convention. Prepares to “Fight” Divorce Mrs. Vernen Gumez the fermer June Ol)ea, mu ical comedy ..\('(r(‘ prepared to “fight” what she described as the “goofy” divorce action of the New York Yankees’ Mrs. pitchi somez is shown with her Scotch tel Vernon “Lefty” Gomez. ier as she left Lexington, Mass., for New York to confer with her attorney. Treaty Betw spokes- Whut It Me(m ---Tlu.s dev een U. S.-Gt. Br. The Prettiest Sport CENSORSHIP 1S NOW INDICATED IN FIGHT AREA Japanese Ol hoe O cupying All Communi- cation Centers SHANGHAI, Jan. 7. — Japanese censors and communications offic- ials have established themselves in offices of three foreign companies in Shanghai’s International Settle- ment. Earlier, Japanese censors had been stationed in the Inter- national radio office, tional organization which took cver the functions previously exercised by the Chinese Governments’ Radio’ Administration. a new interna- The arrival of the Japanese cen- preferred trade treatment within the‘ s had no apparent immediate ef- ed States. Messages are being de- layed but apparently went through without deletions. The Japanese declare they are not yet censoring messages. Wail Subsidies May Be Cut Off . | Newspapers and Magazines May Soon Pay Higher Rate to P. O. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — Presi- dent Roosevelt today said be believ- ed the time has long since passed when the Government should con- tinue mail subsidies to newspapers and magazines. Asked at a press conference if he believed it a healthy sign for the Postotfice Department to spend $38,- 000,000 for transporting newspapers and magazines and receiving only $9,000,000, the President said he al- ways thought to the contrary. By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service W WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 more than meets the eye prospective British-American treaty. For instance, it is an open secret that the two nations never would have announced they were negotiat- ing an agreement if they had not reached a tentative formula in pri- vate. Any other course would have in- ter here’s in this trade | vited failure and a horse laugh from the rest of the world. Then there’s the prospective ap- pointment of the New Deal’s No. 1 Business Man as Ambassador Great Britain. He is Joseph P. Ken- nedy, the New Dealer who has tam- ed Wall Street for Roosevelt once or twice, as chairman of the Secur-| ities and Exchange Commission. Doutless Kennedy could help calm British business men who Pxpecl damage to follow a lowering of Brit-| ish traiff walls that now keep out American goods. Then,of course, there was another (hurdle to take secretly in the Brit- lsh dominions, all of which now get | In other words, dominion ate through the empire unhampered by the tar- iffs imposed against the other nations. World Unrest | From the American viewpoint, the | big job was to persuade Great Bri- {tain to go to her dominions in pri- |vate and explain away their fears that a British-American agreement wuuld rob them of (empire This was done behind the scenes. Also drawn up out of sight was a {list of likely products of the two nations and the British dominiol on which tariffs could be lowemd ‘mthoul killing off the home manu- | ! |facturers or growers. Other undercover points include ithe question of world unrest. It seems likely Great Britain would never have disturbed her smooth- running empire trade pacts if she had not been convinced that an: agreement between democratic na- tions these days was worth its weight in gold. In other words, the Britishers have been convinced that a trade agree- | ment between the two greatest dem- ocratic powers will promote econo- mic peace. That's imponam. be- “(Continued on to goods of P trade advant- anese, British in Clas BRISTOL BAY FISHING CASE NOT SETTLED Unsatisfactory Reply Re- ceived by United States from Japan SECOND NOTE I§ SAID TO BE OFF TO TOKYO Indicated Proposed Agree- ment Has Been Turn- ed Down Flatly WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. — One | exchange of notes between the Unit- ed States and Japan is reported to have failed in a settlement of the controversy over encroachment of | the Japanese fishing vessels in the Pacific Céast salmon waters. ;’ The note was sent after American | representations were made, follow- |ing an investigation of Federal Agencies, that west coast fishing |interests were menaced and Jap- anese trawlers in the Bristol Bay |area constituted a threat on the do- | mestic industry and also depletion |of salmon in Alaskan waters. | This Government is understood to have proposed an agreement where- |by Japan would restrict activities of its fishing vessels in adjacent Am- erican Territorial waters to Bristol | | Bay during the season’s run of sal-| !mon | The Japanese reply is not revealed | ‘UHL the fact that a new American note has been dispatched after re- ceipt of the Japanese note, indi- cates Tokyo's response is not ultn- gether satisfactory. State Department officials decline to comment except to say that dis cussions are proceeding and pro- Lu‘s\ has been made Staggering Fme Levied on Jewish SteamerMagnam Nazi Court Also Jails Ar- nold Bernstein and Associate | | | | | HAMBURG, Jan — A special | court has convicted Arnold Bern-| stein, Jewish head of the Red Star- Arnold Bernstein Shipping lines, of | violating Germany's rigid foreign |exchange laws, fined him $400,000 | land sentenced him to 30 months in prison. b Bernstein did not deny a (-hng(- Ithat he had a secret bank account in New York with $80,000 to $100,000 ‘m it. | “I did not feel bound to report having the deposit,” Bernstein said, | explaining, “Because it was partly \appropriated by my shipping busi- | ness and also a New York agent who {had a claim of $96,000 against my business associate Berthold Gum- Gumpel was yned $264,000 by the special Nazi court. RETAIL TRADE IS INCREASING OVER COUNTRY Present Week’s Business Exceeds that of Last Week, Says Report NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Stimulated clearance sales in the retail trade this week rose from two to eight per cent above last week and three to ten per cent over a like week in 1937 over the country as a whole, |says the Dun, Bradstreet, Inc., re- port today. January thus far is a most en- ‘couraging surprise to retailers and instead of an anticipated down- Splkes On An ()rwnml Back Fence STIMATED 1000 T0 1500 OVIET PLANES ESTIMAT\'-D JAPAnzsU‘@’ AT Q\ HSINKINGS: CHINESE TERRITORY HELD BY JAPAN o ASAKI T 75 MILEE By THE AP FEATURE SERVIC nsreasingly bitter exchanges between Moscow and Tokye dir plains of north Asia. There, where their backyards meet, Russia and ening their garrisons. sides of the Manchoukuoan border. Does this mean Japan and Rus: common talk in both countries holds must someday be fought? at each other, the two nowers have just renewed the treaty which gi Russia’s Pacific waters. Whether that agreement means barking Against that interpretation stand these twin facts: That Japan, fightin to spare 485,000 soldiers for a mere border patrol; that Russia, despite west, is pouring money and steel into submarine and a'r fieets on the P al ct the eyes of a Today, it is estimated, nearly half a million armed men dogs 200 300 400 Miles 00 vy world to the frosen tly have been 1gth- assed on opposite the war which te their snarling right to fish in anybody's guess. g a major war in China, is willing a possible German {hreat on the cific. Japan qu % re getting ready for Des the is necessari ves Japanese won't bite 2BATTLESHIPS Alaska School WILL BE BUILT ~ Bus Is Blown BY MUSSOLINI From Highway Twelve Deslroyers Also on Four Sludenls Two Tekche Program as Well as | ers Uninjured—Wind Submarines ‘ Mmes Palmer ROME, Jan. 7.—Italy is ready to, ANCHORAG Al.uk,x Jan, begin immediate construction of two| The Bureau of Indian Affairs more 35,000-ton battleships and 12|lutna school bus, with four destroyers and an “important” num- dents and two teachers aboard, was ber of submarines, it is officially an- blown from the highway near Pal- nounced. mer, near the Knik River bridge, by It is said further that Premier|a terrific wind. Mussolini is determined to make his|pants of the bus were seriously hurt sea fleet topnotch in unsettled Eu-| The wind centered down the val- |rope. {ley but missed the Palmer Colony, Mussolini moved with characteris- said Leo Jacobs, colony resident. tic swiftness in announcing his navy program. | The specific number of ,\uhmur-} ines is not mentioned in the official | communique which says the total! will be ‘important.” | - e+ OREGON PAPER STRIKE VOTE PENDS ACTION Newspaners Publish During|y . “temoving all closing re- Dicthsston | obi Con- |quirements and leaving only a few i 4 regulations for adoption at the tract with Union next meeting, | PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7—Man-/ agers of three daily newspapers and | representatives of the International Typographical Union are silent as to the status of typographers who voted to strike yesterday. Executives of the International| ATLANTA, Ga. Jan. 7 The Typographical Union decline to' birthday of President Roosevelt, comment on whether they intend to|January 30, has been declared a le- act on the vote which gives them gal holiday in Georgia authority to call the strike. Both houses of the State Legisla- Editions of the papers have been ture adopted a resolution asking for issued without interruption. The a holiday strike vote was cast after both sides| The President considered an were unable to agree as to wages adopted Georgian, because of his s Ek- stu- Closing Requirements on Liquor Establish- ments Uff ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 7 The City Council has amended the proposed ordinance, requiring liquor D President’s Birthday Is Holiday in Georgia is trend, sales have been lifted, the agency says. and hours proposed under the 1938 maintenance of a home near the contract. Warm Springs Foundation. None of the occu-| BE WIDE OPEN - from 1 to 6| KENNEDY GOES T0 ENGLAND AS U.S. OFFIGIAL bll(,' Named Ambassador ceeding Bingham— Other Nominations WASHINGTON, Jan. dent Roosevelt has lmnnd Jl\fl[ul C. Kennedy, Chairman of the ‘\Lul- time Commission, as Ambassador to England to succeed the late Robert Bingham The Pre seph ident has also named Jo- | Davies, now Ambassador | Ru: to be Ambassador to Bel- {gium, succeeding Hugh Gibson, The President has also sent to now Assistant Secretary of to be Ambassador to Ger- to succeed William Dodd, harles McLaughlin, has been named Secretary of Labor, succeeding Ed- um! McC xm(ly r 'ng‘d Drunk Fmds New Use for Parking Meter DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 7.—Said the policeman, shaking the shoulder of |the sleepy drunk sitting on the curb, hands folded and head bowed in ap- parent slumber: “You can't sit b “Hell I can't,” {rousing up. “Oh, no. This space is for mobiles, and besides you m |hurt.” | “Well (hic), 'm here, ain't {And I'm gonna (hic) stay here an hour,” argued the drunk. “How come?” queried the yanking the drunk to his feet “Well (hic), you see, I put a nick- el in that (hic) parking meter, and it's good for an hour It was good for more than an hour—in jail. 62, of Oma- i | old fellow drunk, { re. said the i auto- zht get 1? for cop, pe!” see to| the Senate the appointment of Hugh | as Assistant| PRICL TLN Cl:‘\lTb at Shanghai NOPROGRESS IS QBEING MADE IN - SHIPPING CASE {Regional Director Hope Re- i ports Conferences Being Held |SEATTLE ONLY PORT TO BECOME INVOLVED No Likelihoigof Dispute Spreading to Other Pa- cific Coast Areas SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—Charles Hope, | Regional Director of the National |Labor Relations Board, said con- ferences of interested parties are | being held in an effort to settle the |longshare controversy which has {tied up Alaska, coastal and other | deep sea fishing ,all over sling- lasd- | ing. | Both sides of the controversy re~ | |port no progress. | i [ MAY NOT SPREAD SAN FRANCISCQ, Cal., Jan. 7.— ‘Thmr‘ no likelihood the Seattle front labor dispute will spread |to other ports on the Pacific Coast. |'This is according to Almonn E. Roth, President of the Waterfront Em- | ployers’ Association. | The belief is expressed here that {the Seattle tie-up will continue un- [til the ship operators will receive proper assurance from the unions that they will live up to signed agreements, said Roth. NO CHANGE SAYS WIRE | A wire was received by the Al- ka Steamship Company offices here today from the Seattle offices |of the company, saying there had |been no change in the strike sit- uation. | “There has been no change in | the general situation,” the wire read. “The entire waterfront is still tied up.” It is believed no southbhound boats will now carry frozen fish or other perishables to Seattle under the present vundmuns SUDDEN STRIKE 'GATCHES LOCAL GROGERS SHORT | Week's Supply of Perish- ables Remains in 1 Stock at Best | ear end inventories have |Juneau merchants .not wih the (“month’s supply” of butter, eggs, land perishables a union spokesman |in Seattle “assumed” Alaskan mer- |chants would have, but on the con- trary, there are limited stocks. | A survey of grocery stores and |meat markets found Juneau mer- |chants with two to six days supplies of eggs on hand ,a week’s end stock of vegetables and other fresh per- ishables, and limited meat stocks principally in veal. | “How any union in Seattle can believe that with ordinary weekly boat service, we Alaskan merchants keep a month’s supply of perish= ables on hand is beyond me!” one merchant said today. End of the year inventories have caught most merchants with skele= ton stocks at best. Meat supplies are limited as far as veal goes be=- cause of flood conditions recently in the cattle country that prevented packers from filling orders. Bakeries are in fairly good shape to stand a short siege. MOTORISTS' AID SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. T. A curbing that reflects the light of an auto’s headlights, thus clearly marking the edge of pavement, has been designed by the California division of highways. It is expected to prove valuable in showing the dividing strip in two-lane highways, |pow being widely used in this state. left