The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 10, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L1, NO. 7686. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1938. PRICE TEN CENTS | No Schedule [} Navy Forges Chain of Off Shore Forts as United States Spends One Billion Dollars Yearly on Her Arms Defense By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE IP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — Our defene is costing big money these days-almost a billion dollars a year. That 5 more than it has ever cost before in peace time. Cortress has decided to spend this hge sum annually because na- val limgation treaties and other but- fers agiinst war have failed. “Jan's Fighting Ships,’ author- itative yearbook on world navies, disclses in its 1937 edition, just out, a wirldwide race for sea power limitdd only by the supply of men and maerials. Britain plans al- s, Alaska is rAmericl-z Safe? : And America, holding that our commerce and property abroad and, more important, our coastline must | be protected, is keeping pace with, the field. Besides ships now build-| ing or planned, our fleet, staff of- ficers announce, is in the highest state of efficiency in its history. The Lineup Today l A quick survey of the round-the-| world situation today reveals: | The British fleet excels in striking power, with a huge complement of speedy cruisers and destroy-' { ers | The Japanese and Italians excel in submarines, and the French in heavy-shooting battleships and | | ite iirrie Ot N U.S.DEFENDED BASE BASE U.5. NAVAL DEFENSE ARC p most to double her capital tonnage;| Cruisers. 7 : ; ; Russk and Japan are sprinting for|Germany excels in scientific effi-! 4 fine fleet of submarines and send an air attack before it reaches % submarine supremacy; Italy and| ciency of naval design, and Rus-' ftorpedo boats. the valuable and vulnerable cities| v Frane have joined in the contest.) sia is supposed to have developed America leads the fleets in heavy of our coastline ‘] ) ?;A:;lesmps and in its naval aul ReWant Ako N ; | 5 n ¢ ‘ More important than anything Comparative Naval Tonnage: | ndustota Mobitation ot to°a batle fst. e iis buses. With ships now being built, the A baseless fleet soon would ex- 0 iii 3 United States will have a fleet that /haust its fuel and become helpless. i oy o can throw steel lines of defense| Therefore, our naval defense plan | lGreaf Britain 1.215.000 4| “across the oceans a thousand milesis outlined by our naval bases as 0 beyond our coasts. The army is huge arc on the world map. The motorizing its divisions and setting arc is anchored at one end in thej & ‘ up a huge coast defense trap for|Virgin Islands, in the Atlantic, and| 2 any enemy that might penetrate the at the other in the Aleutians, off .‘Um*Ed Sffl'l'es | 083 000 naval cordon. Backing up these|the coast of Alaska. L : L :‘1::_?‘3535 iar:l theu::;;les;;?ew 1:;:(;‘1 In between, it swings south from ials of he S ithe Virgin Islands to the Canal the industrial plants that can trans-|Zone, west to the Samoan Islands, Japan 750,000 late tzhe;; rmurc;n into wlm; EQ}HP‘,:hchn northward to Hawaii and} ment. e army has complete plans the bleak Aleutians. Its outermost| to mobilize our industrial strength|extremity from the United States| in the event of war. |bumps the 180th meridian. 3 M The Navy, of course, is our first| The United States fleet and its 5 rance line of defense. Save for an en-|subsidiary units have their main 470,000 tirely unlikely invasion from Mex-|base at the hub of this arc—San Y y ico or Canada, an enemy would Pedro, Calif. Ships and planes can| have to strike us from the sea. radiate outward to any point on the| 'Y “aly Strategists long have studied our|2rc, like the spokes of a huge half- 400,000 isolated geography and the possible Wheel . combinations of enemy attacks, and To Reeplace Old Craft | have designed the strength of our Lo 1 : i The Navy has a million tons of | [ fleet accordingly. Much of thisi,,;,oreq ships, 1,000 odd planes, and ermany design is secret, but roughly it COn- (130600 men to shoot out from the 150,000 ;om;: to ]the spfiuicat(\;ns::ulgd?wngcenuul base to a danger spot. This| 3 4 y Naval Secretary Claude SWan-(orce includes, however, about 200-| R 4 ® so? PR e it 1000 v.lum _of old vessels, mcapable; o ussia < A ko ’ r y ] ust be so - |of delivering a swift, heavy blow aL; 250 000 (Im:luding Many Obsolete sh.p.) bile and self-sufficient that it can the enemy. | - * be projected a thousand miles or! 7¢ is the purpose of the new na- sta lage craft with swift new vessels. | “This, in effect, will create a new Among them are two battleships These estimates, best guesses available from the U. S. Navy depart- |ejagtic frontier of steel. Behind|of 35000 tons each, now building, ment, include some over-age ships which wouldn’'t be much g00d | this frontier will be an oceanic hin- and dozens of destroyers, subma- againd modern guns. All seven nations, however, are pushing new terland of millions of square miles. rines and cruisers. 3 Over the buffer state an enemy must Tomorrow. The Army. » construction. . JACKSON DAY Three DINNERS ARE HELD, STATES ARMY SERGEANT 0ver stogo0r.si. REPORTED LOST, Demo Party NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Democrat- | ic National Committee Chairmen (Officer Falls Ove rboar James A. Farley said returns from| | the Jackson Day dinners last satur-| from Mine Planterin | day night indicated that the party| Manila Bay \ had made a profit of more than| $400,000 on_them. 1 ; i " MANILA, Jan. 10.—United States 10 WAsHREUn, ;Do S, (i, Siones Army authorities announced bodayi the accidental drowning in the yielded more than $100,000. Guests |shark infested Manila Bay of Ser-| paid $100 a plate. — e, —— | |geant Osaac Kakazuk who fell| |overboard from the Army mine | slMMuNs 0N | planter Harrison, three miles west) lof Corregidor, last night while the| | vessel was enroute | ISLAND TRIPS;EO Fort Mills, The body was not | recovered. | ——————— trom Manila | | | GOLDSTEIN RETURNS | Following a short business trip| to Wrangell, Ketchikan and Peters-| burg, Charles Goldstein, Juneau fur| dealer, returned to Juneau today | with Pilot Bob Ellis. Mr. Goldstein reported having | purchased a few mink and marten | Shell Simmons made one trip yes- terday with the Stinson and one to-| day with the Lockheed. | Yesterday Simmons flew Bill Friend and Spiro Paul to Funter and Mrs. W. J. Cordle to Hoonah. Today, Simmons took the Lock- heed up with two passengers. Nick i’l;nes Are Bought For Service in Interior The lighthouse tender Cedar, | Capt. J. W. Leadbetter, docked in | Juneau this noon after having been out of Ketchikan since last Wednes- |day. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mead from the light at Point Retreat were| dropped off here. ANCHORAGE DIVORCES L. Bredouw, President of the Bre-| No Trace of Patrol Plane company. They also purchased two not recall. giant parol plane which vanished| to Alaska. | tinued. | to use the planes in freighting in|from power California to San Luis! | | douw-Hilliard Automotive Corpor-| ation, said two men purchased a pas- Is Found After Four- planes here. | Day Search Bredouw said one man was Les‘ Prosser and Clark left here Sun- 1ot week with seven men aboard,| day for the Pacific Coast where came to g temporary end today and| Bredouw said the men claimed | Navy officials said they have| they have fur and mining interests 1 supplies to prospectors and trappers‘omspo California. they have grubstaked and bring out| i R Alex Holden flew two passengers i KANSAS CITY, Jan. 10.—Homer | DEEP MYSTERY senger cabin plane at Springfield, Missouri, for use by an Alaskan air Prosser and the other man Was| gaN PEDRO, Cal, Jan. 10—The named Clark, whose initials he could | foyr gay search by the Navy for the Bredouw said the planes were t0|ng official announcement was made' be dismantled, crated and shipped|gg (o whether the hunt will be con- | . . found no trace of the plane in the| in the Interior of Alaska and plan|yigespread search of the Pacific| pelts sand goMd, CEDAR DOCKS —et—— yesterday to Kake and brought back two in the Bellanca. |being charged against the employ- Steam SHLINGS MRE | INDEFINITE AS BOATS TIED UP Cargoes Are Discharged in Tacoma, Then Ships Shift to Seattle AIR MAIL SERVICE IS SUGGESTED NOW Coast Guard May Also B(‘ Pressed Into Duty | During Strike | SEATTLE, Jan. 10.—All sailings of Alaska steamers from this port | have been postponed as the tie-up | continues. The Alaska Steamship Company announced that the Yukon, sched- uled to have sailed north Sunday is held in port until the port reopened. The Northland Transportation Company’s motorship Norco dock- ed in Seattle today after discharg- | ing cargo at Tacoma and has been tied-up, and the Northland, due | tonight, will also discharge cargo at Tacoma then come here and tie- up until the present dispute is ended. The officials of the Alaska Trans- portation Company said the Evelyn One of the antique Chinese guns victorious Nipponese invaders with fortress is shown above, a Japanese ~aca Tmperi: Berg, scheduled to sail tomorrow | : _' - night, is likewise held in port and | > |ment of the present strike is made wa sy xorrn | (104 10 Alaska WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—United States Senator Homer T. Bone, of the State of Washington, and Al-| aska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, have asked the Pacific Alaska Air- ways Company to establish an em- ergency mail and passenger service between Seattle and Juneau, pend- ing the settlement of the Seattle | port tie-up. | Both Senator Bone and Delegate | Dimond told the officials of the| company in New York, that there is considerable congestion of both to Washington During Present Week WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Secre- tary of State Hull announces that a delegation of Canadian officials mail and passengers as the wsun,_will come here this week to discuss of the strike at Seattle and a week- civil aviation. One of the most ly air service between Seattle and Iimpor!ant topics to be discussed, it Juneau would be welcome and would |is said, is the proposal for a Unit- To the Victor. 1 which fell into the hands of the the occupation of the Kiangyin soldier waving in triumph upon it. On the muzzle is inscribed “Dee. 2, 1937, Kurabayashi unit of the Japa- al Armv.” CHINESE ARE RUSHING MEN Will Be Discussed 7O NEW AREA | Dominion Delegation Going Reinforcements Sent Into| Shantung Province to Stem Jap Advance SHANGHAI, Jan. 10.—Chinese re- inforcements are being rushed into southern Shantung Province today to meet the advancing Japanese who have threatene’ the Lunghai Rail- road, China's East-West lifeline. also be profitable. {ed States airline to Alaska over| A gecisive battle for control of Canada. the vital route appeared imminent COAST GUARD INVOLVED } Secretary Hull said: “Discussions toqay. Japanese forces are approach- SEATTLE, Jan. 10.—Commander Will be informal and it is not con- jng suchow, important Lunghai M. J. Ryan, Chief of Staff, said|templated any final agreements Rajlway junction point in northern the Coast Guard Division Head- Will be reached. The Canadian dele- Kiangsu Province, advancing both quarters are studying the possi-|gation will be headed by U. I Smart,' from the north and south. bility of carrying mail to Alaska |Déptuty Transport Ministers forf In addition, Chinese reports said should Seattle's waterfront tie-up | Canada.” Japa transports have arrived continue. ——— at Haichow, eastern terminus of the 1t is said that the postal of- ficials may ask the Coast Guard to carry the mail to Juneau, where it can be distributed and sent north. Renewed Negotiations The spokesman for the Interna- tional Longshoremen’s and Ware- housemen’s Union said there is a possibility of renewed negotiations with the Waterfront Fmployers’ As- sociation on deadlocked issues, which they claim resulted from the Wagner Labor Act. Violations are MURDER CHARGE FILED TODAY IN LEPETICH CASE Funeral Services to Be Held Wednesday in Rus- sian Church Formal charges of first degree murder were filed today by Assist- ant District Attorney George W. Folta against Samuel Lepetich, who confessed, according to authorities, that he shot his estranged wife to death last Saturday morning in her home at Third and Gold dur- ing a quarrel. Lepetich had at- tempted to commit suicide without suce it is alleged. Funeral services for Mrs. Lepe- tich will be held at 2 p.m. Wednes- day from the Russian Orthodox Church with the Rev. A. P. Kashe- |varoff officiating. Interment will follow in the Serbian plot of the Evergreen Cemetery. Arctic Museum Built MOSCOW — The most northerly ers and vise versa. —eo—— HEART ATTACK DOWNS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE Benjamin Cardoza Stricken| Yesterday — Condi- tion Unchanged WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Justice| Benjamin Nathan Cardoza, Asso-| ciate Justice of the Supreme Court| of the United States, was stricken with a heart ailment yesterday. Physicians state that his condition important Lunghai line, some 125 miles northeast of Suchow to land bluejackets for a drive inland. - . MONOPLANE IN CRASH; PILOT, PASSENGER, DIE Plane Sudd;JDives After | Reaching Altitude of | 100 Feet LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 10.— A small monoplane crashed into a tield near here late yesterday af- ternon killing Louis Quiggle, 43, air- port meehanic and pilot of the plane and his companion, Mrs. Esther Aig- ner, 35. Witnesses said the ship plunged to earth from an altitude of 100 |feet shortly after Quiggle took off R g |C. D. A. MEETING TO BE HELD TOMORROW | Members of the Catholic Daugh- |ters of America will meet in regu- ers, Announced CONFERENCE T0 BEHELDTUESDAY WITH EMPEROR Future Policy Regarding China to Be Thorough- ly Discussed | CONFLICT OR PEACE; TO SETTLE QUESTION Important Session Slated— | Program Is to Be Drafted TOKYO, Jan. 10.—An Imperial Conference is summoned to meet in the presence of Emperor Hirohito tomorrow to decide formally “Ja- pan’s unshakeable policy towards China.” Only twice before has such a con~ ference been held. One such confer~ ence was held in 1894 at the time |the Chinese and Japanese were at war. Another such conference was held 10 years later to meet the Rus- sian-Japanese crisis. According to Japanese press re- ports, the Cabinet has been two days in conference with Imperial Head- quarters, drafting a program to “Destroy the anti-Japanese admin- istration in China.” A Foreign Office spokesman said Japan is prepared either for peace |or for prolonged hostilities. Newspapers said Admiral Nobuma- sa Suyetsuga, Home Minister, is in- sisting on a formal declaration of war against China and the withdrawal of Chinese government recognition. TSINGTAD NOW 0CCUPIED:NOT 1 SHOT FIRED Japanese Navy Lands Forces —Marines Marched Into Great Seaport TSINGTAO, Jan. 10.—The Japan- ese Navy has occupied this rich northern seaport without firing a shot Landing parties of Japanese Mar- {ines marched into the city without meeting the slightest opposition. The, first force to arrive was a contin= gent of 400 Marines who were land- ed at Shatzekow, 18 miles from Tsingtao. The detachment marched into the town afoot. Shortly after the arrival of the first Japanese bluejackets, a Japan- ese troopship entered the harbor and began disembarking additional Marines. Five Japanese destroyers hove to offshore and Japanese patrols be- gan lowering white flags raised in accordance with Japanese demands, on Flagstaff Hill and public build- ings as a token of surrender. Three Robbers Are Lashed at Whim!ing Post Sentence t;_Carried Out Under Law Older than Delaware State WILMINGTON, Del, J‘:m. 10. — Three convicted robbers were lashed at a public whipping post to which they were sentenced under a law older than the state itself. In the gallery were 150 men. Wo- men were not permitted to witness the whipping. The lashing was administered by |remains unchanged today. Justice museum in the world is being es-( a cat-o-nine tails over the bare tablished by a Russian expedition |!ar session at 8 p. m. tomorrow in skins, but said the mild winter wea- 1 A Cardoza was born in New York in arial " alter Rockovich went to Sitka and Jack ther has kept the take down. Going down were Mrs. Mullin and| TW0 divorces were granted in lhe;w’lfl, and was appointed to the Su-|at Rudolf Island in the Franz Jos- |the Parish H\ll uuh’ Yltin Wall;ll backs of the robbers. . On the re- one native, and coming back were |district court here. They were In-| o op B "0 " o ven o 1032, by eph Land archipelago, north of |G- Hellan, Grand Regent, presid- e Powell to Chichagof. turn trip Simmons was to pick up| Bertha Tiber at Angoon, take her| .- POY VISITS IN SOUTH Clarence Poy, mining engineer Bell. ing. On Thursday afternoon, the sew- Books published in England may this country for Mrs. V. A. Paine and Mrs, A, B./Vold Frawley from Kenneth E. |Nova Zembla. |Frawley and Frances | |President Herbert Hoover. Thompson | in - be protected - vocabulary of , to Sitka and then bring her to Ju-|from Cordova, passed through Ju-| Today Holden made a flight to|from Glenn Thompson, all of An-| About BlTper.cen.b.o!”Cfii‘le's cop-| The average the'ing group of the organization will{four months after registration If neau, while W. A. Chipperfield Was"naau recently enroute south for a|the Polaris-Taku mine with h.eigmfchomge. Incompatibility was the|per is produced by two big Ameri- early Southern California Indians meet at the home of Mrs. H. L. Mc-'registered at the Library of Con- : to be taken from Sitka to Angoon.|vacation. and mail in the Fairchild 71. {charge in both actions. |can companies. was 3,500 words. Donald. gress within 60 days of publication,