The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LL, NO. 7717. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS U.S. MARINES HALT JAPANESE PATROLS Shooting Affray Occurs, Fairbanks at Night YOUNG MAN, SIRL FRIEND ARE WOUNDED Two Sitting in Parked Automobile when Bul- lets Whiz Forth WOULD-BE SLAYER 1S FOUND, SUICIDE Tragedy Follows Quarrel After Drinking Party in Interior City FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 15. — Shot while sitting in a parked car in the business district, Howard Shade, 26, and his companion, Myr- tle Burchard Brinnell, 20, were seri- y wounded last night, the girl pecially, who was shot in the breast and hand. Charles Fisher, 19, was found dead a short time later as the result of a self inflicted bullet wound, in his cabin on the edge of town. Witnesses said the three had been quarreling and drinking together before the shooting. Shade is a truck driver. His father carries the winter mails out of Ne- nana Fisher was an employee of the Alaska railroad. Fisher was part na- tive as is the girl. ALASKA PLANES DO BIG BUSINESS OVER 6 MONTHS 21 Companies Travel I,- 325,917 Miles—Carry 13,238 Passengers Twenty-onte airplane cgmpanies in Alaska traveled 1,325,917 miles, carried 13,238 passengers, 1,792,559 pounds of freight and express and 117,351 pounds of mail during the six months ending December 31, 1937, according to the report of the Alaska Aeronautics and Communi- cations Commission made public to- day. The average number of planes cperating during the period was 67, the report shows. They spent 11,841 hours in the air and made 4,615 trips. Of the six months, July saw the most passengers carried, a total of 3,002, and the greatest number of miles flown, 291,751. It also was peak for express and freight carried, a total of 412,924 pounds. The mail peak was reached in December with 40,118 pounds. Companies operating in the Ter- ritory during the six months, the report reveals, were: Alaska Air Ex- press, Alaska Air Transport, Inc., Aircraft Charter Service, Inc., Ber- ing Sea Airways, Inc., Cordova Air Service, Ellis Air Transpcrt, Fergu- son Airways, Lavery Airways, Lyle Airways, Marine Airways, Inc., Mi- row Air Service, Northern Cross, Inc., Pacific Alaska Airways, Inc., Pollack Flying Service, Reeve Air- ways, Adrian V. Roff, Star Air Line, Inc., Valdez Air Service, White Pass Airways, Inc, Wien Alaska Air Lines, Inc., and Woodley Airways. GAME COMMISSION SESSIONS DELAYED BY STEAMER MISHAP Sessions of the Alaska Game Com- mission, scheduled to start today, were delayed due to the mishap to the steamer Baranof near Ketchi- kan, forcing her back to Prince Ru- pert. Commissioner Frank Williams of St. Michael, is aboard the vessel as are W. E. Crouch and Geore A. Hossick of the Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. Commissioner Earl Ohmer of Petersburg also had planned to come to Juneau on that steamer, but may arrive this after- noon on the Northland. If he ar- rives, the Commission will convene tomorrow, as Commissioner A. Si- _mons of Lakeview arrived on the Al- aska yesterday and Chairman Irv- ing McK. Reed is already here from Fairbanks. | employers’ viewpoint. After Bombers Left Barcelona The twisted body of a boy Street scene in Barcelona, Spain, after a visit 1rvu sevel pombing planes, shows the torn body of a seven-year-old boy lying in a gut- ter. No one ministers to him for he is beyond help. Rescuers are v trying to save the living imprisoned in the wreckage of their womes. Hundreds of civilians were killed in the raids. Rear Admiral Grajson, Head of American Red Cross, Personal Friend of Three Presidents, Dies WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, renowned as head of the American Red Cross, physician and confidante of three Presidents, died early at the age of Digests of British Tradel Disputes as Relative to 59 years. The retired Naval Officer had U. S. Situations been in poor health almost from the time his close friend, President Roosevelt, persuaded him to accept one of the world's foremost human- This is the second of two ar- ticles in which Preston Grover, ‘Washington columnist for the Empire, examines British labor itarian jobs in 1935. legislation and policy with an Dr. Grayson contracted a cold eye on American labor problems. during his southern visit last month and this developed into a bronchial infection after his return here. President Roosevelt, informed of his serious illness, called at the Grayson home late yesterday. President Theo dore Roosevelt |started Dr. Grayson on his eminent career, appointing him to White House duty in 1907. President Taft retained him and President Wilson By PRESTI?.';_ c;ngvzrlrl : {made him his personal physician. ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—Two di-| Counselor and Friend gests of the British trade dispute Cary Travers Grayson, Rear Ad- ial‘:;toflx:e kg:;g :;:\c;ld::gmmm:vag:":miral. U. S. Navy, was most wide- 2 o “|ly known as Woodrow Wilson's per- partment of Labor, which m‘gh"fisinnl physician, but other Presi- reiasg:ably be ELXD?;;\zdoL;zr ’:Orlnfsz!dents, both before and after the & Jabor. ylewpotnt. S| World War, knew him as a coun- from the National Association of selardand friend. Manufacturers, which might rea-\ Grayon first was attached to sonably be expected to reflect the | ine wnite House medical staff in In light of the President’s sug 11907, when Theodore Roosevelt was n ot “the o SUB~| president and Grayson a Lieuten- gestion that it would be worth whfle“am ) ;he ;‘“vy.sy Medical Corps. to study the act, it may be he]}‘;ful:Backed by strong recommendations ::e‘:;?e: m;hre“fi;’s; °"J&::::ne:? of Roosevelt, Grayson was kept on 4 e ‘'|pby President Taft and Wilson i{c:‘lp‘;h::wtwhl“m' fls!l:’pmgty _i_‘;:; found him at the White House when G5 Npes Reies; o Lhe ack. he took office. Manufacturers’ Association, on the| In Demo Party other hand, discloses in its digest 8| Retiring from the Navy after friendly attitude, guarded and Te-|yyson's death, Grayson became a served friendliness, but nevertheless, figyre in the inner councils of the Frendityee, > | Democratic party. With this back- w !ground and a friendship that had its “X,‘;::’::‘:;Ezfs e FO0LS In the Wilson Administration es approach |when Franklin D. Roosevelt was g;‘;p::;t‘::;i::m‘]:{flcl;";’x‘l K‘;]:z“&lmmum Secretary of the Navy, the 2 5 8N ex.Medical Officer was made chair- attitude which seems to dislmguixh,::‘a:lfg cthe 1933 inaugural commit- :":m:':;?;i‘"miif:;‘:;f“ r"f ]9:’.‘::2 tee and was one of the advisers and m. Jeam | helpers of the recovery President. of the British. British labor, as the! "gf;:.w,, attained w}; s w;j,:::;e,._ E:‘kf;d‘;gfi‘:éisorss“‘;‘;ssca‘::f;zc;’e‘g;shle reputation in his profession + 2 and was President of the Gorgas (Continued on Page Seven) (Continued on Page Seven) . . BANK NIGHT IS New Armament Bill Provokes Questions as to NOT VIOLATION OF ALASKA LAW Attorney General Holds General Practice in The- atres Not Lottery Here “Bank Night” or “Silver Night” a eld in various theatres in Al- aska is not a violation of the Al- aska statutes. This is the opinion given today by Attorney General James S. Truitt in answer to a request from the Cordova Central Labor Council for a ruling. The Attorney General held that because it is not necessary to actually be in the theatre, or be the holder of a et at the time the drawing for award 1s made, to win, bank nights do not come under the Territorial lottery laws The opinion in part said: “There is no question but what two elements of a lottery are pres- ent, first, a prize, and, second, a determination of the recipient by lot. Difficulty arises in the third ele- ment, namely the payment of some valuable consideration for the chance by the holder thereof. A holder of the chance to win the prize in the matter under consid- eration must be required to do two things in order to be eligible to re- ceive the prize; first, to sign his (Continued on Page Three) e RESCUE LOOMS FOR 4 SOVIETS ON ARCTIC ICE One Ship 1o, Nage e n Which Campers Are Now Floating MOSCOW, Feb. 15.—Rescue the four Soviet scientists, who have drifted south from the North Pole on an ice floe became actually in sight today. The campers, led by Ivan Papin- in, have radioed that they can see the icebreaker Murman “quite dis- tinctly.” The Murman has also radioed that she is 12 miles off across a jagged ice pack, but is the closest of four rescue ships to the camp- ers The icebreaker Tainyr is also near and lanes will be cleared across the ice and a race launched by planes to make the rescue of the four men who have not seen any human be- ings since airplanes left them at the North Pole elght months ago. The weather is reported to be good e HUGE RELIEF FUND WANTED IMMEDIATELY House Appropriations Com- mittee Asks for $250,- 000,000 Right Now WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — The House Appropriation Committee has asked the House to approve imme- diately a $250,000,000 emergency re- lief appropriation for the next four months. Quick action is suggested because of the “drastic change that has ta- ken place in private emergency” since last September and indications the situation will not improve im- mediately. The fund, the commit- tee states, will\keep 2,000,000 relief workers on relief rolls for the next several months. e TO KETCHIKAN George Anderson, of the Ander- son Music Shoppe, left on the Al- aska for a piano tuning trip to Ket- chikan. of e California spends more than $2- 000 a year for paper on which to print state warrents, 3 ATTEMPTS ARE Policy of Several Foreign Powers Involved MADE TO ENTER Legislators Who Backed Ludlow Bill and Neutrality as Well as Isolationists Seek ""Clarification” PROPOSED NEW CONSTRUCTION A PRESENT 15 RCRAFT CARRIERS TENDERS & By WALT WASHINGTON, Feb Follow- ing President Roosevell’s strong- worded plea for broad expansion of the national defense program, capi- tal observers foresaw major Con- gressional debate over extent and scope of the United States forei policy by isolationists and legisla- tors who backed the Ludlow bill and the neutrality act Speedy ps ge, however, dicted. Painting a worg picture of a war- threatened world, the President rec- ommended additions to the army and navy estimated to cost $800,000,- 000. To carry SUPER-ROADS PROPOSED TO HELP JOBLESS Across Continent Are Suggested Now is pre- out the White House WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Repre- sentative J. Buell Snyder, Democrat of Pennsylvania, has suggested that 1,600,000 men be employed for the next five years in building super- highways. Snyder proposes that 900-foot pavements be laid out and paid out of the tolls for three roads that would cross the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Six other proposals are for roads to be laid north and south. The Pennsylvania Representative estimates that the cost will he ap- proximately eight billion dollars. R e Turns Down Peer To Marry Ditch Digger LONDON, Feb. 15—Ishbel Mac- Donald, daughter of the late Pre- mier Ramsay MacDonald, once ru- mored engaged to a Peer, announces she plans to wed Norman Ridgley ditch digger and handyman of Speen, Buckinghamshire Jtve Destroyers Three Submarnes K Large Senplanes Additonal Officers Seven 1200 Seaplane Tondors Additional Enlisted Men Three Repair Ships. 20,000 ¢ TMATED COST ADDIT i $800,000 s Anfioairowaft oung plan, Representative Carl Vinson, chairman of the House Naval Af- tairs committee, has introduced a bill providing for the construction of three mew battleships, two air- craft carriers, eight cruisers, 25 destroyers, nine submarines, 25 aux- iliary vessels, 1,000 airplanes, 1,200 officers and 20,000 enlisted men, Seek 3 ansion On the army side, the President seeks heavy appropriations to im- prove anti-aircraft detense, the Army Reserve Corps, army mater- ials, and to expand activities and membership of the National Guard Present naval strength of the en leading powers of the world, cluding auxiliary craft, built NO HOPE SEEN IN CONFERENCE, | DIS ARMAMENT Both Senal;jfiouse Lead-| ers Declare King's 1 Proposal Futile or WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — Senate | and House leaders have agreed that| the disarmament conference pro-| posed by Senator Willlam H. King,| of Utah, will be futile. Senator Key Pittman, Chairman| of the Foreign Relations Commit-| tee, said that “if it is impossible, by reason of distrust and fear, to| accomplish the limitation of the| 1922 conference, there is no hoje| now for success.” ' JUDGE HELLENTHAL | VISITING IN CITY, Judge Simon Hellenthal,' well- known Alaskan, for many years a| resident of Juneau before moving | to Valdez to sit on the Third Di- vision Federal Court bench, arrived aboard the Alaska from Seward. Judge Hellenthal will remain Juneau for several days before con- tinuing his journey south to visit his mother in Holland, Michigan, | > - In the White House grounds are| trees planted by Presidents and| | their wives i in| ~ i Italy ~ | Soviet Union | Ketchikon UTHORIZED STRENGTH| building, is shown in the following tables. The question marks indi- cate approximations, Nation Tonnage United States 1,421,795 Great Britain 1,758,558 France 641,449 Germany 443,551(?) Ttaly 624,281 Soviet Union 296,238(?) 171 Japan 964,800 241 Military strength, including men and officers: United States Great Britain France Germany Ships 418 381 196 137 201 178,000 216,000 708,000 725,000(?) 600,000(?) 1,300,000 Japan 1,000,000 (?) Air strength, including all types of planes United States Great Britain France Germany Italy Soviet Union Japan 3.850 3,450(?) 2,900 to 3,400 2,525(?) 3,800 to 4,100 4,200 to 4,700 2,100 Groups Opposed As is customary, Congress will lis- ten attentively to the expressed de- sires of certain special pressure groups. The American Legion, as represented by its commander, Dan- iel J. Doherty, already is on record {as supporting the Tresident’s pro- gram. Arrayed against the expan- sion is the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ, who see the proposal “as unwarranted by any evidence thus far presented and cal- culated to stimulate the spirit of fear and unrest which is the parent of war” In apparent reply to Congressmen who asked whether the U. S. line of national defense is “on the coast of California or 1,000 miles up the Yangzte river,” the President defin- ed his conception to mean, “for the protectfon not only of our coast but also of our communities far re- moved from the coast, we must keep any potential enemy many hun- dreds of miles y from our con- tinental limits ,ee KETCHIKAN BOWLERS RE- TURN TO THEIR HOMES A rousing send-off was given the bowlers last evening when the players left for thewr homes aboard the Alaska. The vis- litors all agreed that although they did not win the tourney, they had a royal time in the Capital City at the hands of the Elks and friends, AMERICAN ZONE Scene Recorded by News- reel Man Causing Spec- ulation at Shanghai INVADING VANGUARD IS NEARING KAIFENG Capture of Railroad Center Would Choke China’s Lifeline to Coast SHANGHAI, Feb. 15.—Twice to- day, United States Marines turned back armed Japanese patrols at- tempting to enter the American de- fense zone in the International Set- tlement. The Marines also turned back a Japanese patrol yesterday at the same place, in the heart of the set- tlement's residential district. In the second incident, eight Jap- anese soldiers under command of a noncommissioned officer, brought a newsreel photographer to record the scene and caused speculation concerning the Japanese objective for repeated efforts to send patrols to the American zone H. S. Wong, widely known Chin- ese cameraman, in American em- ploy. has been released by the Po- lice of the Settlement who had ar- rested ham at the request of the Japanese authorities, The Settle- ment Police said the Japanese did not produce sufficient evidence to support their charges of “subversive activities.” The Japanese had de- manded that Wong be turned over to them. CENTRAL CHINA FIGHTING SHANGHALI, Feb. 15.—Sixty thou- sand Japanese soldiers, the van- guard of the invading army, fight- ing their way into Central China, are today reported only 10 miles north of China's lifeline, the Lung- hai railroad. The advance patrol is said to be on the north bank of the Yellow River, opposite Kaifeng, which is nearly 300 miles inland from China’s eastern coast. Capture of Kaifeng would choke off the railroad and give the Jap- anese a base for a drive southward, 300 miles to Hankow, the temporary Chinese Capital city. BARANOF HITS LOG, PROPELLOR BLADE THROWN Steamer, Juneau Bound, Goes to Prince Rupert Drydock, Repairs Steamer Baranof, of the Alaska Steamship Company, sailing from Seattle last Saturday morning at 9 o'clock, struck a floating log and threw a blade of the propeller, a short distance south of Ketchikan early yesterday afternoon. The steamer made its way into Ketchi- kan and left there about 7:30 o'- clock last evening for Prince Ru- pert to go on the drydock for repairs to the propellor. The Baranof is expected to come off the dry dock late Wednesday night, return to Ketchikan Thursday and come north arriving in Juneau Friday, according to advices received here. Passengers Aboard The majority of the passengers remain aboard the Baranot, al- though it is known that Wilbur Wes- ter and perhaps two or three others, are remaining in Ketchikan until the Baranof reaches there again. It is not known whether the Northland, due in Juneau this after- noon at 4 o'clock, has any mail. It is presumed she sailed from Ket- chikan before the arrival of the Baranof and the latter is believed to have about 4': days of mail still aboard. Juneau Bound Passengers sailing from Seattle (Continued on Page Three)