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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIM VOL. LL, NO. 7692. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, il JANUARY 17, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE. TEN CENTS OLD WORLD HAS MANY TROUBLES T0 BE SETTLED, Efforts Being Made to Form New Govern- ment in France GREAT BRITAIN IS INVOLVED OVER EIRE| Russia’s Supreme Soviet| Parliament Selects Kalinin as Chief i (By Associated Press) j France has begun all over again| in its search for a new cabinet af-| ter a four day crisis. In Russia, the Soviet Union is put- ting the finishing touches on a new | Constitutional government. \ In Spain, Insurgent and Loyalist | warriors marked time over the week end except for a scattering of In surgent air raids along the Eastern coast. | Great Britain was concerned with | not only these many world develop- | ments with which she is intimately | connected, but has also to wrestle| with a problem at home—the Bm-} ish “family.” Negotiations were be-| ing carried forward with the often recalcitrant Eire, formerly the Irish| Free State, on trade, defense, and; By The AP Feature Service Dolipical isenes, | The possibility of a Japanese Prime Minister Eamon de Valera!gyjye on South China focuses Brit- RN W TERRITORY Britain Tigiztéfié Hold On Far East Outpost 6.0.P.M AY BACK JUDGE CLEGG FOR DELEGATE POST Convention Here Proposes Liquor Referendum— Against Unicameral Definitely opposing a unicameral, or one-house legislature, and pro- posing a referendum on liquor “to determine whether the people in Alaska favor prohibition, Terri- torial control and Territorial liquor stores, or the present local option laws,” the Republican Territorial Convention completed its platform Saturday night and adjourned without endorsing any candidates | Report was prevalent today that Judge Clegg of Fairbanks was be- ing considered by all G. O. P. fac- tions as the probable Republican candidate for Delegate to Con- gress. The platform as adopted by the convention follows: sula on the mainland across a mile-wide channel. Late last cen- tury Britain leased the “New Ter- | We advocate the return of our people to the principles of govern- {ment established in the Constitu- tien of the United States and in |the Republican Party as founded by Abraham Lincoln. We re-affirm our confidence in the Supreme Court of the United States as our |greatest bulwark of freedom and iinsist that it shall remain -un- hampered by political dictation. We condemn the administration \O{ Franklin D. Roosevelt and of the New Deal as subversive of and his Irish Ministers have con- ferred with the British Premier Chamberlain in London with the intent to raise the question, among others. of the proposed union ot Eire with Northern Ireland, entitled “The New De Valera Constitution.” Across the English Channel, France’s governmental crisis has come back pretty much to where it started. Resigned Premier Camille Chau- temps who last week declined to form a new cabinet to replace his own People’s Front Government which was wrecked by monetary and labor troubles, was again called upon by President Le Brun to form a government. Socialist Leader Bonnet abandon- ed efforts to form a “National Un- ion” Government. Russia’s new Supreme Soviet Par- liament has selected Michael Kal- inin as Chairman of the Permanent Presiding Committee, which post makes Kalinin a virtual President of the Soviet Union. Stalin was also named a member of the new Presidium group. Megal Fishing Brings Fine to Ketchikan Capt, SEATTLE, Jan. 17—Ole Ten- nesen, master of the fishing boat Repeat, of Ketchikan, has been given a suspended fine of $100 for fishing in a closed halibut area. Tennesen, it was alleged, was fishing sable September 17 in a closed area 16 miles southwest of Cape Flattery, according to As- sistant District Attorney Gerald Shucklin. Sutherland Wil Leave High Bench Midnight Tonight WASHINTON, Jan. 17.—Associate Justice George Sutherland, 75, today sat for the last time on the Supreme Court bench, with his resignation becoming effective at midnight to-| night. Sutherland is retiring because of his age, after 15 years of service on the High Tribunal. Sutherland was present at the brief session this morning of the Court before that body adjourned until January 3L Solicitor General Stanley Reed sat in his accustomed place directly in front of the Justices. He was in high spirits and chatted with friends who congratulated him on his nom- ination to the vacancy being created by Sutherland’s resignation, which it is expected will be confirmed by the Senate two weeks from today. ish eyes on Hongkong, that “little bit of England” half way 'round ,the world from home. Reason: Logical object of a Jap- anese push southward would be Canton, principal city of that area; and only 90 miles farther south from Canton lies Hongkong, Bri- tain’s stronghold on the Chinese | coast. Hongkong, you may be surprised to know, is not a city, but a Br ish crown colony, 390 square miles in area, which forms the bottle- neck through which flows a vast |trade with the great interior of | South China. | A rocky island, 11 miles long, with a ridge of hills rising nearly 12,000 feet, is the original Hong- |kong. During the Opium war, re- isulting from importation of opium {into China by foreign traders, the British navy established a base on Hongkong island. After the war the island was ceded to Britain, and later China ceded to her the Kowloon penin- ritories,” also on the mainland, “‘g;}constnunmul principles, opposed well as many fslands in and around 4, the Jiberties of our citizens, and | the harbor. | contrary to all those things which | In the colony today live nearly 'have guaranteed the freedom of a million persons, mostly CthSCvkour people and promoted the great- | ruled by a British governor in Vic-|ness of our nation, |toria, the principal city. White,| We condemn the administration Indian and Chinese police under of the affairs of the Territory of British officers keep order; British Alaska by the Democratic Legis- |and Indian troops are garrimncd}lmurn and officials, as inefficient |in the barracks, and British navy jand extravagant. ships and military planes guard Territorial Government the fortified harbor. We again recomend the estab- Following rumors that Japan|lishment of a full territorial form | was sending large forces to South!of government in Alaska. None are China for a drive against Canton,|so well qualified to determine poli- Britist Foreign Secretary Anthony |cies of government and direct it as Eden told the House of Commons|people who live in the Territory the government “will defend Bm-éThey are familiar with conditions ish possessions wherever they may and they are vitally interested in be.’ Later a British protest was/good government and territorial dispatched to Tokyo after Japa- growth. | nese were reported to have seized | Unicameral Legislature a Chinese customs vessel in Hong- | kong territorial waters. At the house legislature, as proposed in |same time London announced|the Dimond referendum, as being {Lroops were being sent from In-|un-American and contrary to a |dia to strengthen the British gar-|Democratic form of government. |rison at Hongkong. Fisheries, Fur and Game Larger Army LARGE SUM SOUGHT FOR NAVY SHIPS House Appropriations Com- mittee Makes Known Recommendations WASHING1UN, van. 17. — The House Appropriations Committee has recommended a $550,000,000 ap- propriation to finance the Navy for the fiscal year, an incerase of $26,- 000,000 over the current year, al- though the total is $11,000,000 less than the budget requested. This appropriation will permit start of construction of 22 new ships and two battleships to cost $70,000,- 000 each; two cruisers, eight de- stroyers, six submarines and four auxiliary vessels. The committee recommended {that the funds continue construction of more than 70 vessels already un- der way. San Francisco May Get Another Bridge SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 17. —This community recently com- pleted the two largest bridges in the world at a cost exceeding $100,000,- 1000, but apparently its bridge build- |ing activities are not over. The is- land city of Alameda has started negotiations for a $7,000,000 span linking it with the big bay bridge. i in Keeping ' With Navy, Is Demanded; Congressmen Take Action vestigation. The Territorial Legislature should have power to legislate on the fisheries, fur and game animals of legislation. Statehood We pledge the candidate of the Republican Party for Delegate to Congress to advocate and work un- cessingly for statehood for Alaska, and our members of the Legisla- ture to adopt all proper measures in aid thereof. (Continued on Page Twe) e eee NEW SPENDING PROGRAM ASKED BY LA GUARDIA New York l\/?yor Lays Re- cession Blame on Businessmen WASHING1UN, Jan. 17—Repre- sentative Andrew J. May, of Ken- tucky, newly elected chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, is urging that the United States Army expansion be kept in step with the proposed strengthening of the Na- val forces. Chairman May said he will con- fer this week with Gen. Malin Craig, Chief of Staff, about build- ing up the Army forces. He did not state how much the Army should be bolstered. From other members of the Mili- tary Affairs Committee came sug- gestions for the immediate purchase of automatic rifles and other mod- ern equipment in large quantities. Convicts Shat, Escape Attempt Five Try to Seale Walls st Joliet — They're Back in Cells JOLIET, Ill, Jan. 17. — Guards shot two of five long term convicts when they attempted to escape from the old State Prison by scaling the |walls. The prisoners wounded were Don- ald Loftus, shot in the right shoul- der, and Harry Gerken, shot in the left leg. All five were captured quickly. e Uniform crime reports from the entire country are compiled quar- terly by the federal bureau of in- WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. — New York’s Mayor La Guardia has ad- vocated a new Federal Public Works spending program to meet the busi- ness recession and has also urged business to keep prices down. La Guardia urged lower prices to give impetus to private spending. He was a witness at the Senate Un- employment Committee sessions. New York City, La Guardia said, “Couldn’t have existed” during the recession without Federal aid. He asserted that Public Works expen- ditures had created business im- provement since the depression ex- cept that “The pass is incomplete because business and industry missed the ball.” . Business should have cooperated to keep down overhead price charges, said La Guardia. Business should have realized that govern- ment expenditures would be only temporary and the failure to rec- ognize such has caused the present sharp recession, La Guardia charged. We oppose a unicameral, or one- | | Alaska, and all needful subjects of | Defense Forces _Britiéh »Mass | ®OCHESTER, N Y., Jan. 17. Robext” H. Jackson leader of the fAdministration’s Anti- Monopoly drive, calls for elimination of hold- ing companies as means of ridding business of a “parasitic absentee jconcentration of ownership and | management.’ i His statement followed President |Roosevelt’s reqent assertion that fAnti-Mono poly | NEW CONTRACT GIVES NAVY 12 SPEED TANKERS 'Craft Will Be Used in Peace and War—Good Move | | Is Commended ! By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. — The Maritime Commission, the Navy Department and the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey have ar- ranged a contract for building 12} new tankers good for use in p(‘flc,e‘ and war, but before they complet- ed the deal they took definite steps to learn how Congress would receive the idea. Of course the Maritime Commis- sion has full authority to contract| with substantial shipping interests |to build ships. But it will be re- membered that authority had been given to the Maritime Bureau and| the Post Office Department in re- cent Republican adminis ions to subsidize shipping by award of fat mail contracts. When the nature| of these ocean mail contracts was made public in an investigation by Isemtor-now-.)usme Black, a dark brown smell arose which has clung! jaround the shipping business to; this hour. . | T OLD WOUNDS REMEMBERED 1 For long weeks before this latest| contract was let, representatives of the oil company, Navy and Mari-| time Commission discussed the pro-| ject, both as to its terms and as to the effect upon the public of Fed-' eral dealings with the oil comapn-| ies. Oil has had its public diffi-| culties from time to time and none of the parties was especially willing to share any more. Just who was responsible for the! “direct approach method” of leam-; ing Congressional sentiment is not known to us but at any rate Ad- miral Land, sort of headmaster of (Continued on Page Two) I Just What Does It M Holding Companies Are Parasites, Says Jack | In Upholding President son, he favored elimination of all hold- ing companies and was unalterably opposed to any modification of the ‘death sentence of the Jtility Holding Company Act. Jackson said he opposed all hold- ing companies and declared they were “vast financial bureaucracies which try to get financial control of local industry, therefore are not creators.” Strategy; ean? By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. i7. — The official explanation for the New Deal’s anti-monopoly campaign in the face of the business recession is simple: High prices — fixed high by monepoly — forced consumers to buy I Result: the reces- sion. Thus an attack on mono- poly at this time is logical, But veteran politicians, alwi squinting between lines for hidden motives, can figure out other rea- sons why it would be expedient now to campaign against monopoly Here are some of the possibilities they will outline, privately and you can take them or leave them: 1. Monopoly is one sure-fire issue any political party can raise to raily its warring factions. (Nearly every Republican and Democratic platform in the last half century has deplored the evils of monopoly and trusts. That’s because big business is a convenient political whipping boy among nearly all classes of voters, especially farmers, work- ers, and conservative southern Democrats.) 2. If the Democratic party does not act immediately to pre- vent price fixing by big busi- ness, the Republicans may grab the issue as their own, (Former President Herbert Hoover recently told the Repub- lican party to write “regulation of business” into a declaration of party principles. Said he: “We must compel competition in a large area of business. It is the motive power of pro- 3. A few monopoly scalps to dangle before the eyes of the voters might help the Demo- cratic party in the 1938 Con- gressional ~ elections, and again in the Presidential race in 1940, (After all, it would be much sasier, politically, to show vot- how big business was tamed an to explain why the 1837 Congress falled—if it does fail —to pass the New Deal pro- gram.) (Continued on Page Two) NEW ORDER FOR DEFENDERS NOW - Chiang Kai-Shek Forces ! Are Making Count- er Attacks COMMANDER VISITS FRONT SECOND TIME S(‘C(iOllS Al‘(‘, B(‘lng R(‘Cal)< lun‘(l h'OlIl II]V(’I(J(‘I‘S, Is Report SHANGHAI, Jan. 17 Chinese armies on Northern and Central Yangtze Valley fronts are reported to have pushed back the invaders in 1 series of counter attacks Advices, through Chinese chan- nels, id Chiang Kai Shek, com-~ mander of the Chinese forces, in his second visit to the front lines, ordered the Chinese troops not to retreat a single inch. | The Chinese report that the View of Hong Kong harbor Eighth Army has been organized 3 i s from the once outlawed Commun- Capture of Nanking and the advance of Japanese troops on sections of Central China have resulted in |t it and this unit has inflicted massing of British defense forces at Hong Kong, strategic port in South China where ( t Bri n is heavy losses on the Japanese in heavily interested. This view of the city shows the harbor and, in the distance, the city of Kowloon on the |Central Shansi Province. peninsula which forms one arm of the shipping center. The Chinese force along the |Yangtze River, above Nanking, has pushed back the Japanese outposts md occupied two villages near Wu- hu. They are now preparing for an attempt to recapture Wuhu -itself. A Chinese guerilla unit has cap- tured Chwansahe on Pootung Pen- insula opposite Shanghai, bringing forth a Japanese declaration of PAPER STRIKE -~ STILL HOLDS |venced in the Province of Suiyuan. ! ., | Dr. H H Kung, China’s second Oregon Metropolis With-{most powertul leader, said China out Local Newspapers can continue the war for years and all current talk of Chinese-Japanese After Walkout peace, which is apparently inspired |by Tokyo and Berlin is utterly false. PORTLAND, Ore,, Jan. 17.—Man- e L kind’s age old craving to know what NEW GOVERNMENT the Jones's did last night, sought| TOKYO, Jan. 17.—Establishment satisfaction today in backyard gos- ©f @ new Chinese Government cen- sip and radio broadcasts, at Port-|tering on Shanghal, is proposed as land settled down to another day @ Sequel to the withdrawal of rec- devoid of regularly printed news. |08nition of Chiang Kai Shek’s Na- Saturday, 8,704 full and part time |tionalist regime. employees of the Oregonian, Jour-| A statement, attributed to Shi- nal, and News-Telegram became 86U Kawagoe, Japanese Ambassa- idle shortly before the early morn- dor to China, suggested setting up ing \day editions and Saturday SUCh a government as Japan's next afterncon papers “went to bed,” over MoVe toward pacification in East the new working contract between R 2 = typographical workers and pub- lishers. \ 245 members of the Multonomah | Typographical Union walked out, H Bls paralyzing the newspapers of the| city, and throwing out of work, over | 8,000 newspaper employees on Port- | land’s three large dailies. Portland- | ites received were a few thin Sun- day editions for which type was set;Probably to HOld Confer— Publishers and representatives of| €NCe€ on ngh Pressure the Typographical Union, while still | to enter an endurance contest. | gk | WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. — The | President Roosevelt will meet with BR'TISH ISLES |the heads of eight auto manu. 1F‘ridny noon. ference is unannounced, it is gen- erally believed that President LONDON, Jan. 17 — The Brmsh;or preventing “high pressure” sell- Isles counted 33 deaths as the re-|ing of cars, probably through the which raced over the land over the|ening of liberal credit. week-end. The wusually gentlef -ee - small craft swamping. | ETOES The Scottish and Welsh coasts| indicate that two vessels have sunk, presumably with the loss of uni WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Presi- - e — fis S EAS dent Roosevelt today vetoed the | STOCK QUOTATIONS o ly pay of part time charmen and *NEW YORK, Jan. 17. — Closing |Charwomen in the Post Office De- stock today is 11%, American Can| The Dbill recommended pay in- 784, American Light and Power|Créases per hour from Wty cents to 6312, Commonwealth and Southern |from 55 cents for charwomen to 60 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General|ents. ter 67%. Kennecott 407, New York |the measure because the increase in Central 18%, Southern Pacific 21,|Pay would apply to but one branch a dispute concerning wages under 51 The strike was precipitated whern | The only newspapers in advance of the strike. Salesmanship meeting, appeared to be prepared | White House has announced that |facturing finance companies next | | STURM SWEPT’ While the purpose of the con- ’ a—— Roosevelt wants to discuss means sult of terrific Atlantic born gulvaiudupuon of rules governing a less- Thames boiled and cast on the shore| several bodies ,victims of floods ;\nd; hands. { P House Bill recommending the hour- quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Partment be raised. 5%, Anaconda 35, Bethlehem Steel|!ty-five eents for charmen, and Motors 36%, International Harves-| President Roosevelt objected to United States Steel 60%, Cities Ser-|0f the Government without apply=~ vice 1%, Pound $4.99 9/16. ing to other branches. Al L7 DU DOW, JONES AVERAGES The Kew Gardens, 10 miles from The following are today's Dow,|London, cover 288 acres and are the chief botanical gardens in Eng- 'lland. Jones averages: industrials 13249, rails 31.81, utilities 20.95.