The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE/ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7702. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1938, MEMBER *; TEN CENTS ~ PRICE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREATER U.S. NATIONAL DEFENSE URGED WAR MINISTER IS SEEKING FUNDS, FOR NEW ATTACK Declares China Conflict at| Critical Stage, Involy- ing New Action SAYS SUPPLIES ARE FURNISHED “ENEMY” Now Necessary to Engage; Country Believed Aid- ing Conquest Land TOKYO, Jan. 28.—The war with China has reached so cri- | tical a stage, said War Minis- | ter Gen. Sugiyama, to the Japanese Parliament today,| that Japan must now “prepare | for a country other than China.” | The statement was made in reply to a flurry of question- ing by Diet members as the General urged for the second| Though e time within a week that an! Liftle humorin matr increased army be thrown into | the Sino-Japanese conflict. | General Sugiyama acknowled “the | —— curreni incident has gradually as- sumed greater proportions and the\BflMB THRan grave as fereign supplies are enter- | situation is rapidly becoming more ing China through Mongolia and | AT JAPANESE Vialet Carlson de Courville imony when the Armonk, N. Y. And Fifi d’Orsay (1 in her behalf. Sugiyama further said: “I be- lieve the volume of supplies going in is considerable, but accurate fig- Prepares to Harmonizing Marital Discord be a $20-a-week pickle and jam salesman. She introduced the couple. Fight Anothe HULL DEMANDS JAPAN CONTROL ITS SOLDIERY [ Secretary of State Sends Strong Note of Pro- test to Tokyo WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Charges that Japanese soldiers in China failed to make good the Nippon government’s pledge of non-interference with Ameri- can rights has caused the State Department to make another complaint to Tokyo. A note sent to Japan on Janu- ary 17, only made public today, listed specific instances where depredations upon American preperty had taken place. Such instances were named as oc- curring in Nanking, Hangchow and several other towns, includ- ing Wuhu, Secretary of State Cordell Hull wrote Japan: “The American Government is constrained to observe the steps which the Jap- anese government has taken so far seem inadequate. My gov- ernment finds it impossible to reconcile flagrant disregard of American rights as shown in the actions of Japanese (roops in the light of assurances con- tained in the note of December | [ (right) is a comedienne, she found | wealthy man she married proved to | She seeks annulment in eft), stage and screen star, testified internasin Secretary Hull demanded that Japan strengthen its control over its soldiers “in such a way as to serve effectively to pre- vent repetition of such out- rages.” The note to Japan also men- ticned mutilation of American flags and invasions of American property. | | i al lllustrated News) | Flight Stuns Japan Atty. Gen. Congratulates Reed r Nation on Appointment 'FDR DEMAND'NG MORE HILLIONS FOR NAVY, ARMY [Makes Recommendations | for Greater Security in Special Message BUILDING PROGRAM IS OUTLINED TODAY | Incidentally, New Measure | for Armaments for Next Fiscal Year Introduced WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.— |President Roosevelt, in a spe- |cial message today, asked |Cengress to authorize millions |of dollars for new expendi- |tures for the Na fighting }furce and the Army’s land de- |fenses to bolster armaments, 1as he termed it, for adequate | purposes of national security. | Outstanding among the jl' resident’s requests for armed protection, which he |said was not based on aggres- |sion, but on defense, is a |“twenty percent increase in |the avy’s building pro- gram,” which he said Navy officials estimated would cost 1 $800,000,000. | The President also recom- ‘momled spending $17,350,000 |for the Army, including $8,- [800,000 for anti-aircraft and [ | | ‘ CONSUL HOUSE licitor General of the United United States Supreme Court Cengratulated by Attorney General Homer Cummings, Stanlev F. Reed, States, is pictured shortly after he was notified of his nomination to th ures are uncbtainable. Since it is, obvicus Japan must fight a long | material. war with China, it is necessary we prepare for a country other than China,” | The “other country” was not named, but a dispatch from Russia through the Tass, official news agency, admitted Russia was send- ing war material into China, MORE “‘SCUSE’' PLEAS) | SHANGHAI, Jan. 28.—The Jap-| anese military spokesman declared today that the Japanese sentry who slapped the face of John Allison, ranking United States diplomat at ® Nanking, was only doing his duty| and would not be punished for the|® S¢¥ incident. The spokesman further said “any- one disobeying orders of a Japan- ese sentry can expect to be shot.” An apology was tendered Allison merely as a gesture of courtesy. The | spokesman had said earlier that “Allison had adopted what the Jap- anese regarded as an insolent at-| titude.” —————— WASHINGTON BIG-WIGS AS | OFTEN CAUGHT President Doesn't Eat Hot Dogs—FBI Chief Hard | to Find—Garner Easy By PRESTON GROVER ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—One of our admiring readers (Hi, Joe) has suggested that we tell the touring public where and how to see the governmental big-wigs in Washing- ton and it does seem the public is entitled to know. We would like it if we could tell| you that on Tuesdays and Sundays! our major figures will be on exhi- bition in the zoological park frem| 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. in cages 11 to 77. | inclusive, with a card for each tell- off the economic blacklist, it is an- ing age, sex, nativity and by whom nounced today. Australia is now re- But |stored to her share in pri it is not so, and that is perhaps agreement with the United States donated to the government. too bad, for they could be fed pea-| nuts and bits of stale bread and| questioned as to why Snohomish did | not get a new postoffice. | Nevertheless a zealous tourist with|say it would make the river more|the Northland, accompanied by Mrs. the patience of an Audubon and a accessible to shipping by substi-|Dill. Mr. Dill will carry on . Scout (Continued on Page Three.) Eight Expi;;io ns Shake| Shanghai in Twenty- Four Hours SHANGHAI, Jan. 28—A bomb| thrown from a passing car exploded in the entrance to residence of the| Japanese Consul General today. | The building was dainaged slight-| ly, but no one was hurt. It was| the eighth bomb explosion in the last 24 hours The bomb thrower This bombing is considered one of | s ascribed to Chinese Ter- rorists. The second bomb thrown killed a minor Japanese official. “Kill Japanese and destroy Japan-| ese property” is the cry of the Chi-| nese bomb throwing group, it is Sflld,} “so intimigAted Chinese will not fall under the dictates of Japanese con-| querers.” Thumasilfiuney Appeal Reaches | Supreme Court WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—A new appeal for freedom for Thomas Mooney, serving life sentence for the | 1916 Preparedness Day parade bombing in San Francisco, has! reached the Supreme Court of the United States. Australia Now 0ff Blacklist For U, S. Trade WASHINGTON Jan. 28 — The United States has taken Australia ilege trade beginning February 1 . - | Japan rubbed its eyes in surprise | into Soviet territory with Ryoki- ! Motors HONEYMOON BRIDGE IS DESTROYED : Thunder'in i Twisted Wreck of Famed Structure (By Associated Press) Tons of ice today poured over ithe twisted steel of Honeymoon | Bridge over the Niagara River Gorge [35 cold, storm and floods levied a {fresh toll in several states | The 1200-foot bridge at Niagara iFalLs collapsed yesterday under the {pounding of heavy ice floes borne {on the crest of a rushing and swol | len Niagara River. The famous; structure feil two hundred feet | with a crash of rending steel. An-! other span nearby was blown over in a fierce wind storm. | The weather’s death toll rose to| 89. Two coal miners were drown-| ed, a bank was flooded out at Six Mile Creek, Arkansas, and a seaman was lost over the side from the Nor- wegian freighter Nordvard, as it wallowed in mountainous seas while enroute from Baltimore to New York. Continued cold is forecast for the stricken area in the East and South- east The International Railway Com- pany, owners of the fallen Honey- moon Bridge, announced plans for a new and greater newlywed walk. HUGE CONTRACT AWARDED TODAY ON COULEE DAM WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. tary of Intferior Harold I. Ick Director of PWA, today announci the award of a $34,442,000 construc- tion contract to the Interior Con- struction Company, of Oakland, for Yoshtka Okada (¥ and sorrow when pretty Yoshika Okada, screen and stage star, fled | chi Sugimoto, Communist sweet- { heart. At Tokio is was said the action of the couple was tanta- mount to exiling themselves for the rest of their lives. | +* ad | | o+ | sToCck QUOTATIONS 5 QUOTATION NEW YORK, Jan. 28. — Closing { quotation ‘of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12, American Can 5%, American Light and Power 4%, Anaconda 29', Bethlehem Steel 541, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General 327, International Hoar- vester 58, Kennecott 342, New York Central 15%, Southern Pacific 16'%, United States Steel 53, Cities Serv- ice 1%, Pound $5.00 3/5, Bremner bid 3% asked 5 DOW, JONES AVERAGES The foilowmg are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 120.66, down .92; rails 27.35, down 52; utili- ties 19.15, down .18. - e SCOUT LEADER DUE Robert Dill, District field repre- A move is on foot to dam Eng- land’s Thames River. Advocates tuting an artificial lake for the daily tides. sentative of the Boy Scouts of Am- erica, is enroute to Juneau aboard the completion of the Grand Coulee Dam. The big structure, built as a Fed- eral Reclamation Project, was be- gun in 1934 and completed at a cost of $63,000,000. inspection work and a Scout rally will be held following his arrival L g Ice Floes Make | by President Roosevelt to succeed Associate Justice Sutherland, wh tion is the second Fresident Roosevelt has made in his two ferms, Hugo Black to fill the vacancy left by Justice Van Devanter. GUARD THR[]WN ‘Miss Wilo to Wed AROUND LINER - FROM ORIENT {Rumors lhaTTl"aiyo Maru| May Be Bombed Cause Federals to Act SAN FRANCISCO, Ca |A heavy guard surround; ;pon Yusen K Japanese liner from the Orient The guard was established when' unconfirmed reports were circulat- ed that an attempt might be made to bomb the vessel as was attempt- ed recently in Seattle. | The Federal and local officials acted on the rumors to be on the safe side. Aboard the Taiyo passengers including panese who plan to make contacts to strengthen the pro-Japanese feeling in the Chinese situation. Mnthef iml Her Handsome Congort Die fqr §laying‘ Woman Refuses to See Ac-| complice or Relatives Before Going to Chair | i Maru are 158 a group of Ja-! Suzanne Wilson Engagement of Miss Suzanne Wil- son, daughter of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Paul C. Wilson, to David M. Hare of New York has been announced. No date has been set for the wedding. Hare. ANCHORAGE MARRIAGE ANCHORAGE—Arvilia Ballos be and handsome Angelo Ralph Kian-| came the bride of Marion R Joht cola, 22, both of St. Louis, died dur- slon in a ceremony at the Presby ing the night in the electric chair ter 1se here recently. R in the Southern Illinois state pris- William A McAdoo officiated. on for the insurance slaying of her| Four persons witnessed the mar brother, She refused to see the Miage ritual. They were Mr. an handsome youth before going to the Mrs. E. L. Tyler and Mr and Mr chair, also any of her relatives. |E. P man. The bride is = SO S — iwaitress at the Merchants Cafe an The diamond is the hardest of all known substances. o1 chorage Laundry. Hare is the son of Mrs. Meredith v.|Three girls, aged 16 month the groom is employed at the An- mother went to a store | The program, as outlined, lalso calls for the building of |two additional battleships and SENT TO SENATE FOR APPROVAL later at a press conference, | the President said it was esti- (Continued on Page Two) | President Reappoints Wide: { ly Known Alaskan to Be Secretary of Territory 0 recently resigned. Reed's nomina- the first being former U. S. Senator COMMENT IS FAVORABLE TO - NEW DEFENSES Full Accord to Proposals Indicated from All Sides * WASHINGTON, Jan. 28-—Presie Alaska four|qent Roosevelt’s proposal to in- vears ago, having been appointed by |crease the Nation's fighting power President Roosevelt. He is one oflon land and sea met generally fa~ |the most widely knowr men in the|yoraple comment in both houses of north, having for years headed the congress. However, there was one [vast Nortliern Commercial Com- | statement, made by Representative [pany operations in the Territory|pisn as follows: “The President’s and been engaged in various mmmg‘m%bage amounts to a complete traditional foreign WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Presi- dent Roosevelt today sent to the |Senate for confirmation the re-ap- pointment of Edward W. Griftin, | Secretary of ska ( Secretary Griffin, one of Alaska’s |outstanding pioneer residents, first| |became Secretary of A enterprises since the turn of the cen-|change of our tury, as well as operaling his own/ and proposes a navy, not for. trading company at Fairbanks and|defense, but for aggression and po- throughout the Interior, |lice of the world.” o Chairman Vinson, of the House . Naval Committee, introduced the bill Three chlldl‘en ng out the naval recommen= | In Home Blaze | Semator King today continued his dations, although neither the Exe- cutive message nor the bill speei- | filibuster on the Anti-lynching measure, | - (fied the program. | House Republican leader Snell said “I am in full accord and sympathy with the President’s mes- Were Left Alone While Mother Went to Store— = Afire When Returned 28. 3 and death last the Forst, near here. daughters Thompson. while the| When she| in flames | ] | | -| GLASGOW, Montana, Jan Coming Monday A Test Of Your ‘News I. (). we! burned to at McCone City, dam project town, three were the and Mrs. George were left alone 43 - night d| Pec The alof Mr d | They ars ‘returned the home was