The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7726. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1938. * MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CHINA LAUNCHES COUNTER OFF NSIVE Man Jumps To Death In Gastineau Channel CCC WORKER SUICIDES IN LEAP TO BAY Lynn Hasbrouck Drowns This Forenoon Off Pa- cific Coast Dock Nazis Glaim Austria for ' Schuschnigg Address Gets Big Hand (By Associated Press) NO EVACUATION OF AMERICANS, Note to Japanese Army Authorities 'NATIONALS NOT TO 'FOR. SECRETARY German Flag GENTRAL CHINA OF GR. BRITAIN |Berlin Is fal’leased as United States Sends Blunt Viscount Halifax Announe- PEER IS NAMED edas Successor to Capt. A. Eden, Resigned R. A. BUTLER IS TO BE Leaping from the Pacific Coast| The echoes of Chancellor Kurt| dock shortly before 11 o'clock this| gchysehnigg’s paen of Austrian free- | forenoon, Lynn W. Hasbrouck, 31 | dom still lingered today in Europe, Have Perfect Righ to Live Premier N. Chamberlain CCC worker, committed suicide by | but its motif of harmony with Ger- drowning. | many became a jangling discord in Three young men, Bud Lindstrom, | Berlin. { Carl Jensen and Fred Harris, saW| pn that German city, leading Na- Hasbrouck take off his coat and hat, | ;is called the Schuschnigg orations sit on the edge of the dock and|, swan song. then push himself off. “For us he is finished,” they said GET ‘LEAVE’ ORDERS COMMONS INTERPRETER and Conduct Business— | Makes Appointment in ; Face of Threats No War Declared ‘ HANCOW, Feb. 25.—The United | States has told Japan, in a blunt| LONDON, Feb. 25 Viscount Halifax, hitherto Lord President Lindstrom ran to the ferry float for a skiff, but by the time he had launched the craft, Hasbrouck’s body had sunk, Firemen called to the scene by alarm 1-5, put out aboard the Du- poco 11, moored at the ferry float and picked up the body with a grap- | “History will have to take its course without him. Austria is ours.” | For New Peace Rome, which looked askance at | the Hitler-Schuschnigg “bargain of Berchtesgaden,” was highly pleased with Schuschnigg’s interpretation of the agreement. Italian Fascists note, that it has no intention of or- | dering the evacuation of Americans from the Central China war area as has formally been requested by the Japanese Army authorities. The note declared that Americans have a perfect right to live and carry on their duties in any part of China regardless of the presence of the of the Council and former Viceroy of India, has formally been named Foreign Secretary to succeed Capt. Anthony Eden, resigned, because of “hostile propaganda” against Great Britain by Premier Mussolini. | The appointment of Viscount |Halifax was made in the face of |the Labor Party's warning that it pling line on the second cast. felt the interpretation meant Aus- Artificial respiration was applied|trian independence and Austrian- by firemen, by hand and by pulmo- German peace. tor, but Dr. W. W. Council pro-| Austrian patriots paraded through nounced the man dead 10 minutes city and country streets and roads later. with songs and laughter in joyous Lynn Hasbrouck was born in La |acclaim after Schuschnigg’s speech. | Grande, Oregon, October 27, 1906.| However, Austrian Nazis were an-| He had been in Juneau for a year.|gered, and there were scattered de- | In January of this year he went|monstrations. { to work for the CCC and was sent| Great Britain shared Italy’s pleas- | to Little Port Walter with a trail |ure for Italian support of Austrian crew. findepexndence may give Great Bri- Several days ago he was brought | tain the leverage she needs to block | to Juneau with an injured eye and | further ferment and Nazi domina- put on the sick list. At noon today |tion in Central Europe. he was to go back to work. F London’s Views Japanese Army. |would raise a constitutional issue. The note is regarded here as one| premier Neville Chamberlain made of the sharpest documents from the|the announcement himself of the United States to:Japan since 'the | yiscount's appointment and inci- present Oriental conflict began. | dentally stated that as an emissary The note, it is officially reported,|from Great Britain he had visited says as far as the world is con- mjtler Jast November. cerned there is no war in China as| R A, Butler, former Undersecre- there has never been any omcial‘w,y of State in India, has been Aeplankiion. {named Parliamentary Undersecre- {tary of Foreign Affairs to represent AMERICAN NOTE ithe Foreign Office in the House WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Secre- | ¢t commons. tary of State Cordell Hull said the | pryme Minister Chamberlain also United States asserted emphatically | ynnounced that Butler will deal in its note to Japan that the with a)) jmportant matters of for- rights of Americans and American | He is survived by his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Has- brouck of this city, and was un- married. A coroner’s inquest this afternoon decided Hasbrouck had died wilfully by drowning. He left no note, but his parents said “he had been despondent lately,” according to police. PRESIDENT GETS BROAD WAR POWERS New Bill Is Passed Underj Which Roosevelt Would Fix Profits WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — The House Military Committee has ap- | proved a bill which will give the President broad authority to pre- vent profiteering in war time. The action broke a long, commit- tee deadlock over the legislation which President Roosevelt recom- mended in his National Defense message. The measure contains a provision for universal draft of man power and industry during war time. The President will have the power to| put a “ceiling” on all prices, and also provides for a “system of tax- ation which will absorb all profits above the fair normal return that will be fixed by Congress.” The committee approved the leg- islation shortly after the President told a press conference in a discus- sion of the relative merits of battle- ship plans that always in the past when any new weapon of warfare had been invented, a counter- weapon had also been invented. Inherits as Son 0f Two Women MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25. — As his mother’s son, Gordon Olson, twen- ty-four, Chicago, was awarded a $950.50 share in his grandmother’s London diplomatic sources point- ied favorably to Schuschnigg's dec- }larations of warm praise for Musso- !lini as “one who always tried to |avoid any impressions of interfer- | ence with our internal affairs.” French Chamber Deputies are making Europe’s trouble in Austria |and neighboring countries the sub- | ject of a two day debate which may | determine whether or not France will follow Great Britain’s lead | towards a “realistic appeasement.” WOLF, COYOTE BOUNTY FUND NEARLY GONE Only $8,080 Left of $80,- 000 Appropriation, I Olson Reports Of the $80,000 appropriated by |the last Legislature to pay wolf |and coyote bounties, there is $8,080 |remaining, or just about enough iw last a month, according to an- | nouncement from Territorial Treas- urer Oscar Olson today. A bounty lof $20 is paid for each wolf and | coyote pelt. | There is enough money in the |other bounty funds probably to last |January of 1939 when action on | appropriations again will come up, the Treasurer said. Of the $15,000 |in the eagle fund, $9,338 remains jand of $40,000 in the hair seal fund | |until the next legislative session in | property in China will be defended. The Secretary, in a straight for- ward note, declared that Japan will be held responsible for any damage to Americans and their property in China. In the note, the United States refused to accept Japan's warning that Americans leave Central China and to specially mark their prop- erty. In brief the United States policy |is laid down. | The Secretary urges American citizens to leave the danger zones 'but upholds their right to remain if they desire and denies the right of Japan to urge them to leave or injure them or their property |if they refuse to follow such urging either by the United States or | Japan. | e DR. COUNCIL TO ATTEND HEALTH - MEET IN EAST Mrs. Cauthorne Will Take Part in Conventions— Will Sail on Alaska To attend health conferences in ‘Wash!ngton. D.C., Dr. W. W. Coun- |cil, Territorial Commissioner of | Health, leaves on the Alaska next; eign policy in the House of Com- !mons and Viscount Halifax, being |a Peer, cannot answer questions in that House. ESTIMATE §1,000 DAMAGEINFLOOD FOLLOWING RAIN Trouble Mostly Confined to Water Washing Grav- ‘ el from Highways : ‘Washing of gravel from the roads| |and damage to culverts in several| | places, with an estimated loss of | about $1,000, was reported today by the Bureau of Public Roads as floods | subsided today following the heavy |rain and snow-melting conditions |of the last few days. { The Bureau said the Lemon Creek | bridge was sound and that the creek waters had gone down, leaving the road open to traffic as usual. At lone time last evening the water | covered about 200 feet of the high- way near the bridge and warning ‘was given motorists to be careful. | District Engineer M. D Williams of the BPR said the water washed |across the road in several places |on the Glacier Highway, one place {on the Douglas road and that also Ibhere was some little trouble on the Thane road, but that all roads were |open. He estimated it would cost | about $1,000 to make necessary re- | pairs. ‘There was snow from four to six there remains $21,542, he said. | week, accompanied by Mrs. Coun- | feet deep back in the mountains, the ‘cil and by Mrs. Mary K. Cauthorne, | engineer said, and when the rains | Advisory Maternal and Child Health | came with rising temperatures it MRS. SWANSON IS { Siirse. | released this great mass of water |in record time. He said there had HONORED AT PARTY| The Counciis witl visit in 880 peen 4.6 inches of rain from Mon- ‘Prancixco for a few days before pro- day to last night and this coupled | | ceeding on East, and Mrs. Cauthorne | With at least four inches of mois- | Mrs. Harold Swanson, Mrs. Bert | is to attend a Maternal and Child | ture caused by the meltrilns S:wW_ McDowell, and Mrs. E. O. Jacobsen | Health conference in San PFran- c2used the creeks to overflow their |entertained at the home of Mrs.| |Jacobsen on Tenth Street yesterday in honor .of Mrs. Olaf Swanson. | The affair was a dessert lunch- | eon and shower and assembled Mrs. | W. Rasmuson, Mrs. John Cauble, | cisco after which she will motor East | with the Councils. | A reception at the White House | is scheduled for April 5 following which Dr. Council will attend the| banks and to sweep over the roads where the ice had not yet melted from the culverts. Judge Alexander Is Renominated, Mrs. Milton Lagergren, Mrs. Harry | conference of State Directors of| Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's review of German troops takes on a new significance since the recent cabi- net shakeup which makes Nazi- affairs military, giving Hitler closer control over Dartmouth’s Winter Queen BDIVISIONS ARE EQUIPPED FORNEWMOVE Japanese Mechanized Arm- ies Are Reported Be- ing Held Back | FIERCE FYGHTING IN ALL SECTORS | Airbases of Bombing Fleet of Defenders Not Lo- cated by Scouters Chancellor Hitler reviews troops the army. The ism supreme in troops goose-step along a Berlin street on the fifth anniversary of Hitler's ascend- ancy, with the Fuehrer at left. Note the swastika SHANGHAI, Feb. 25. — Twenty five new Chinese Divisions are said |to have been organized, equipped | for a counter offensive against the Japanese Armies trying to swallow :‘(ho vast Central China Lunghai area | The Chinese are today holding back the Japanese mechanized Ar- emblems prominently displayed. PERSHING IN my's attempt to establish a base on | the Yellow River for the proposed ing north of the Lunghai Rail- The Chinese are fighting desper- |ately in all sectors, especially on | the eastern end of the corridor where the Japanese are reported to be con- centrating for another attack. CAN'T FIND AIR BASES THls MURN'NG‘ TOKYO, Feb, 25.—The Army and Navy officials admit they have been | unable to find the air base of the | Chinese from which twelve bomb- ers recently started on a flight over the Yellow Sea for an attack on Old Soldier’s Heart Strong- Pictured holding the cup emblematic of her newly-won rank is Katherine Avilla Brooks, of Tulsa, Okla., who was selected Queen of the Dart- mouth College winter carnival at Hanover, N. H. Miss Brooks is a fresh- man at Arlington Hall, W Genetal Motors Gutgay Today Salary Reductions Will Af- fect Forty Thousand Employees DETROIT, Feb. 25—Alfred Sloan, Chairman of General Motors nounced tpday a series of graduat- ed reductions of pay for all Gen- eral Motors salaried employees. The salary cut will be into effect immediately and will affect about 40,000 workers, ————— Machinery Thief Given the Works CHICAGO, Feb. 25. — Warden Sain of the county jail is happy because the prisoner he had wor- an- hington, D. HOOVER IS GIVEN HONORS ABROAD Degree Given by University | of Lille—Medal Pres- ented by Belgium LILLE, France, Feb. 25. — The University of Lille has conferred an honorary degree upon former American President Herbert Hoover and also announced a street will be named in his homnor. Hoover came here from Brussels | where he received fthe Vermeil medal yesterday in recognition of his wartime services as Belgium Relief Administrator. oo PARTY IS GIVE FOR GIRL SCOUTS | Among recent events on the Girl Scout program was the party given | for the Eaglets patrol of Troop 2 at | the home of Mrs. K. C. Talmadge, urday evening. er—General Fighting for Life After Coma BULLETIN — TUCSON, Feb. 25.—Dr. Davison issued a bulle- tin at 1 o'clock this afternoon saying Gen. Pershing has shown me slight mental perturba- tion,” but expressed satisfaction at the “progress he has made.” The bulletin further said that “blood pressure and heart ac- tion are still quite satisfactory and the rise of body tempera- ture is above normal.” TUCSON, Arizona, Feb. 25.—The stout heart that carried General John J. Pershing through many military campaigns, showed unex- pected strength this morning. Physicians said he had gained ground in the last few hours of the night after lasping into a coma at 9 o'clock last night. The old soldier partially regained consciousness following the admin- istration of heart stinmlants. Dr. Roland Davison, who issued a bulletin at 6:15 o'clock this morning, hastened to explain that the general’s condition remains crit- ical. Shortly before midnight, Davi- son had said he doubted whether Pershing could last very long. “Black Jack" rallied sufficiently at one dozen words to those at the bed- side. Doctors said he showed signs of recognizing those about him. >ee SIMMONS FLIES Shell Simmons went out in the Alaska Air Transport Bellanca today with five passengers for Chichagof. The five were Clyde Duncan, Er- nest Hill, Don Holloway, Frank Schloss and Delbert Kajeski ALASKA PARK BETS MONEY Interior Department Bill time to murmur a half| estate in probate court, and then, |Stonehouse, Mrs. Ole Westby, Mrs.| Crippled Children, and later the| First Division Bench as his grandmother’s son, was|Olaf Bodding, Mrs. Eli Lindstrom, Surgeon General's conference of | e granted an additional $1901. The Mrs. John Krugness, Mrs. Peter State and Provincial Health Author- o WASHINGTON, Feb. grandmother, Mrs. Erminnie P. Gil- |Hildre, Mrs. John Winther, Mrs. | ities. | ® President Roosevelt has renom- hausen, died April 21, 1936, leaving |Bert Alstead, Mrs. Ture Holm, Mrs,| Dr. Council and Mrs, Cauthome‘ ® inated George F. Alexander as no will. A daughter, Mrs. Eva Mat |S. Swanson, Mrs. George Getchell, | will attend the Maternal and In-| e Federal Judge of the First Di- Olson, Gordon’s mother, had died Mrs. John Nowell, Mrs. Arthur|fant's Hygiene conference in Wash-| e vision of Alaska. The nomina- . 25— ® ° ried most about is gone—and the jail is still there. The Prisoner, | ments were served. Present were Edward Rockwood, went on his way | Ruth Talmadge, Bonnie Kiein, Ma! to Joliet to serve one-to-ten' years| garet Clark, Shirley Davis, Beverly for the kind of larceny the law | [eivers, Marilyn Merritt, Irene Wil- calls grand — stealing such things| jjams Winona Monroe, Merion Cas as structural steel, elevated tracks, | Betty Wilms, L« traveling cranes and other gadgets }ienant, and Mrs. K. C. Talmadge, Games were played and refresh- Has Sum for Mount McKinley WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — The s Interior Department Supply Bill as oulse Skinner, Lieu- Mntroduced ecarries $28,770 for the earlier, and Mrs. Gilhausen hldlm, Mrs. Oscar Varness, and Mrs, | ington, D.C. The meetings will adopted Gordon . |Harold Swarring. i be‘o tion went to the Senate today. ® over on April 12, }...cuo-uo--o-o i not classed as portable. Captain Mount McKinley National Park in Alaska, | Japan proper, also the southern hase from where planes recently roared |out and made a successful bomb attack on the isle of Formosa. The twelve Chinese bombers re- turned after warning was given of the projected flight but their base has not been discovered by scouting Japanese planes, i GREAT AERIAL BATTLE FOUGHT OVER NANCHANG Japanese Air Armada in Big “Dog Fight” .rhlS Mormng SHANGHALI, Feb. 25—A great air battle was fought today over Nan- chang as Chinese and Japanese air armadas locked in combat. Both Chinese and Japanese re- port victory for their respective air fleets. The Japanese Naval Com- mand here declared, “More than thirty Chinese war planes of Rus- sian and American manufacture” were shot down. It is said the attack was made by a Japanese armada of 50 planes, according to the Japanese Naval Command, the attack being made as Japanese revenge for Wednes- day’s Chinese air raid in Formosa. Striking at the “nerve center of the Chinese forces,” the 50 Nippon planes soared out of the heights just after dawn this morning and were immediately engaged by an undetermined number of Chinese ships. Chinese reported from - Hankow that they had shot down eight of 59 Japanese planes in the big “dog fight,” and suffered no losses in the Chinese fleet. 4 BARANOF DUE SOUTH IN A. M. Baranof, of the Alaska Steamship Company, from the Westward, scheduled to arrive to- night, ran into a storm on the Gulf of Alaska, and with a call at Yaku- tat, has been delayed and is now due tomorrow forenoon at 10 o'clock. This is according to a radio from the steamer. Steamer