The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 3, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE = “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” » VOL. LI, NO. 7731. * JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938. I\;ILMBE.R ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Large Sections Reported to Be Inundated 'JAPANESE ARE White Flares ~ CHINESE UNITS COMMENDED ON Seen, 2 Shots OF GUERILLAS FISHING STAND Heard, Crash STOP JAPANESE . Abandonment of Plan of Hopes Revived Survivors of Invaders Announce that Sending Research Ships Skyliner Accident New Warfare Has Set to Alaska Is Praised May Be Found Them Back in Area U. S. RIGHTS SHOULD _ FResxo. cun March st GROUND GAINED IN BE RESPECTED NOW b shows todss spurwa BLOODY FIGHT LOST searchers who hope that some : ] of the nine persons aboard the 14 % Louis Mostad, However, & e nite persons sboard ¢ Buildings Razed and Burn Hitler Speech Brings Swift Reaction Among European Powers FIFTY NI.TVES ' ARE BELIEVED TAKEN,STORM Bridge Gives Way Throw- ing Many Into Water Near Long Beach HIGHWAYS SUNKEN, FARMS SUBMERGED Threatens Picketing Un- have survivea. edin Villages, Inhabi- Homes Collapse, Stores less Gets D_efiiteReport B oot Sl ol o tants Scattered Damaged—Death List Increases Hourly | miles north of here, said they i SEATTLE, March 3.—Decision of o blazing white flares as the SHANGHAI, March 3.—A belated the Japanese Government to aban- i i announcement by the Japanese v don plans of sending research ships :’:I'm“:l:n:he :.:,:,: el:“ ’lt':ns::;' authorities themselves disclosed (‘::L:;LEL’I;‘V M:rcil 3_:‘IMN- to Alaska waters to study the mi- night. that swift striking Chinese guerilla “;{ef l:«-ei\;;d P -th mlflh gration of salmon is commended by Others reported hearing two armies have scored heavily against “\n"'N Awuuodmh e 'os Edward W. Allen, Seattle attorney, shots early yesterday morning the Japanese forces north of Nan- iy »Via -am“wr ra;ls: A:'; Chairman of the International Fish- preceding a “terrific crashing king during the last seven days. iz ~d o s ), sal eries Commission. # ” It is claimed by the Japanese 51 and missing list in “Bristol Bay salmon fishery has "} i that slashing guerilla units have the Southern California flood ' always been exclusively American m’:‘sm;,‘:vi"wz; ':;,:: earch | cost the Japanese army many miles m«: r::‘c:-:ml'fl at 130 oclock and it ought to stay that way,” today but eight skiiers left of territory they had previously Bave: Bost idenlil‘i;dx -:: ‘Q:(":: said Mr. Allen. early this morning to check conquered in weeks of bloody fight- far » o€ akin R r “It has been developed, protected reports. 4ng along the Tientsin-Pukow Rail- i A un- and built up by our own people. The skyliner has been miss- way. pirvap uemw mnnd b:lipfl; Bureau of Fisheries regulations on ing since Tuesday night en- The Japanese are now intent on | dra.dA ki sy T ;1:" the whole have established sound Fi razing and bwrning houses and conservation policies which have Z:::r::; i;':' Mexk‘:,e”wl:: scattering the inhabitants of the insured adequate spawning. nine persons aboard. villages to stamp out the guerilla “The Bristol Bay fishery industry warfare. is important to thousands of Am- — e erican fishermen as well as people N g erfgaged in other related industries. 0 TR AGE nF Should Respect Rights rea rl a " b “It is to be hoped that not only -y the Japanese Government research slx MISSING 2 stay out of the Pacific Northwest luge of rain. fisheries in Britsol Bay and else- . Events in European chancelleries swiftly followed the critical speech o y v “persecution” of Germany Hightéen are. & where for this year, but also that would not be tolerated, demanded Great Britain yield to Germany's ne cds for colonies, declared Japan was right in pursuing a war against - oo con noyn 6o be dead by drowning and 18 others are cut off from Los Angeles even by radio, it is believed due to power failure, Both telephone | and telegraph wires are down. LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 3.— Flood-ravaged Southern California today saw the possibility that more than 50 persons may have died in downing Street ] the four-day storm which has been the Japanese and all other nations “Bolshevism” in China. Resignation of British Foreign Secretary Ant heny Eden, in refusal to fall in line with the “realistic diplomacy” de- pliciino This number is Telng should respect the prior rights| g manded by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, stirred Great Britain . Eden’s resignation was followed by appointment of Viscount HalifaX creased steadily by unconfirmed ro- Canadians and our own peoplehave, §iy Hubert Wilkins Returns G tHands Out A as Foreign Secretary, and Premier Benito Mussolini’s acceptance of Br itish proposals for a conference expected to result in British recognition ports, ’"’;“_ N:;;’;‘;’;S‘Af;fiz ;l;’;;‘::;n.s to Aklavik After 714 overnmentHlands Uut An- 0 1,00 conguest of Ethiopia. Radio-photos show Hitler addressing t he Reichstag from the stage of the Kroll Opera house in Berlin, and An undetermined number of uis stad, 2 ok 3 i 5 . ati " ats & Wy Union busind¥s agent, said that he Hours Flight other Jflh to Enemies Anthony Eden leaving Ne. 10 Downing Street after tendering his res ignation. storm spectators were washed into t e ’ was pleased with the report, but and Taxpayers he ocean near Long Beach when . 5 .- a bridge on which they - disturbed by his failure to receive p)yppANKS Alaska, March 3.— Weddi Sued by Sister L\pspdf‘ they stood. col any official confirmation of it. Flying the same plane which Dick LONDON, March 3—Great Brit- y Here for (< dmg . Pive are listed: &k s dbadisiiah Pufkfun‘ Thm‘emtd A Merrill flew over the Atlantic from ain today handed potential enemies trapped in an automobile as a He said: “We were promise 8ty ondon to New York, with the Coro- abroad apd the taxpayers at home - Cloudburst sent the Sentana River we would be advised immediately ..o pictures for the Associated 2Rother jolt by announcing a 23/ 4 | over the banks. of any action and the menucnllnt Press, Sir Hubert Wilkins has re- PeT oer_n.‘ increase in m‘e Army | ¢ ’ Gl Unconfirmed reports raised the be held back much longer. €SS | tyrned to Aklavik after a fruitless ®PPFOPriations for the coming year | number of victims by 15 in other we get word pretty soon, we will seven and one-half hour hop along This increase will raise the total Is APPHUV n . | flooded sections start picketing every Japanese ship no" Northern Alaskan coast for $121,630,000. : 5 ¥ Southern California is isolated that enters Puget Sound. This 8c- g ”oeop oo S b (U 1T Because of the vast expenditures F ij Police Expect Definite News —Reports Prevail Kid- napers Contacted tion was authorized by the union . .- for the army, navy and air force, ” :‘n’:zl s D . last Friday. Sir Hubert Wilkins and Hollick the British people face the prospect More: than 10,000% persons _are Kenyon, noted €anadian airman, of new and increased taxes homeleas ‘acid ghuparcy datags G already estimated to run into -the millions of dollars. % Bridges are broken; highways are sunken, homes have collapsed, ; stores are flooded and farms sub= i} merged. The stricken area extends from Ventura on the north to San Juan Capistrano on the south and frome : the Pacific Ocean to the San Bern- ardino Mountains. | Los Angeles Mayor Frank L. Shaw has mobilized the major em- ergency council of Los Angeles. Favorably on Billion - .. R reported by radio they returned to 5 e 2hi Aklavik at 3:30 o'clock, Fairbanks SE N [] w A L K E time, yesterday afternoon, after the nns MusHERs Dollar Fund extended flight. The weather was THINKS ToKYu perfect but no trace of the missing Russians was discernible. WASHINGTON, March 3—The e IN FAIHBANKS House Naval Affairs Committee has approved of legislation to authorize PULLING STA WPA HEGE'VES FuR $1,113,000,000 for expansion of the - DERBIES = The father of the boy, attorney The authorization for the large Murray Levine, declined to say H A L amount will add 46 combatant ships 2 : i Ketchikan Man Just Back LARGE AMB"NT ¢ BT Py e s i whether he had paid the ransom, \Four Drivers Arrive with Lady Violet Mary Astor s pictured alleged to be $60,000, for the boy's from Tl’lp to waShmg' and 960 e 84 she arrived in New York from release. NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. March 3.—The police expectantly awaited a break in the kidnaping of 12- year-old Peter Levine as reports persisted contact has been made with the abductors. o i) g | | Teams for Big Event The committee adopted an amend- e A % B E Los Angele’s rainfall during the 4 : % 3 gland for the wedding of her son, The lad disappeared just a week g uring the ton on Dimond Bill President Signs Appropria-! SV Tos Carnival ment declaring for a policy of MO0 George Mercer Nairne, and Bar- ago today. The police and other Battling against Mrs. Bertha Me- four-day storm has totalled more ly way to settle the Jap-| tion — 500,000 More St aggression. bara Dempsey Chase, of Santa agencies were called off the case Devitt (above) in Boston, Mass, than 10 inches and it is estimated e o 7 R r T Barbara, Cal. Lady Astor is the . " ipo foper court, is her sister, Mrs. Ada Guy-' that nearly 27 inches is the fall anese-encroachment question in the 1 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 3.— 7 wife 6f Major John Jacob Astor, ette, of Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Guy- a¢ pasadena T b e, Thtaie Idle Get Assistance The sound of speeding sleds, and UNITED ST ATES son of William Waldorf Astor, who stte charges her sister stole the love | * 'y G0N i Davers ave - e Bill, in the opinion of Territorial dogs yelping in strained harness is renounced American citizenship and' | of her husband, and demands $100,- ||| .o " o became a Viscount in England ays apa"ese 000 damages; There is danger to health be- fisheries. : | President Roosevelt signed the 4 4o0 from lower Yukon River . e e “Agreements such 8s Tokyo might | Emergency Relief Appropriation Bill points, ‘making the last leg of their P Achlc IS L ES M f t THOM As anHT permanency,” Walker said today. 500000 more relief workers this "o oce coming in are Johnny Al- PI-AN POGKET cANAnA ARE day on the Mount McKinley to; made applications for allotments nine to eleven dogs. Senator Norman R. Walker of Ket-| WASHINGTON, March 3.— The pnearq every morning in unusually chikan, who has just returned from WOrks Progress Administration has o' carnival-minded Fairbanks i kol N Srvigiostomte 7l - Washington, D.C., where he has received another $250,000,000 for the yhece ggys. MAY R Ec LA IM i 3 " :du;‘u. ne\»r_u,l” po! uliond : e:red and been pleading the cause of Alaska’s Next four months. | Today four mushers arrived with NATIGNS Now Nflw Ruhhl"g FASGISTS IN oiling of water is advised. come to with the United States will and the WPA immediately author- Journey, from Nenans to Pairbanks not remedy the situation with any ized State Administrators to hire .-y, “There is only one thing to do as|month. len of Kokrines, Bergman of Kok- . e Tsee li—pass the Dimond Bil" | o e have NS Bdward of Mayo, and Solo- Were Discovered by Amer- BATTI_ESHIPS Sen. Schwellenbach Places UN'TING Now ‘Walker arrive uneau yester- encies 5 mon Basco of Rampart, all drivi 4 il - s . . P "¢ icans—Flying Develops Furniture Dealing Lo 5 5 transact a few business matters here under the Emergency Relief Ap-| jonnnv' Allen of Kokrines has Thc“ Worth Now Bofore Cuetam Sl ; ‘ ns - . before returning to his business In propriation Bill Previous Lelefra- waiked off with the last two an- US: @l Biitain. Erance Efforts Being Made to En- Former Boiler Inspector, ikan. rom Delega 01 Wy y 2 g p s % b i B rore thia " Iast nite. from| 3. DUhch Anubad Youm1 applicants| Sl derbles hed. Ly pgbpection Di ing New Ty WASHINGTON. Masch 3--vuit- | list Maritime Provinces U. 5. Burea; Dies in g fall " the Berator | et 15 Jodkod ‘se Wough favorsble] 7 1. F0e toe carnival, WASHINGTON, March 3.—Sec- Iscussing INew 1ype . giaies senator Lewis B. Schwel- . Bie G Seattle, Aged 75 '::":,‘ "f-s,:‘e';,mlg,:bibly' b,]igvem:m:lcuon would be taken on their re- | T A e retary of State Cordell Hull is study- of War Vessels lenbach said he told the Customs in One Big Group eattle, Ag . ing. old documents relating to Pa- e tficials that Japanese manufactur- o taing wil gmvent, 49 sprecent oA "E,,f:,;,;'c';"";’}fi, e cifte Tslands with a probable result S R e robbing: the United States MONTREAL, March 3— Adrian SEATTLE, March 3— Thomas with the United States “ i the United States may claim many oyperts speculatcd' over the ;lt'\-'(‘h)p- furniture makers of a valuable Arcand, of Quebec, Fascist leader, Short, 75, retired inspector of boil~ imond Bill be passed. 1 shirt g e y Congress believe the Dimol of them especially those having POS- ment of @ new type of pocket bat- market in the Hawaiian Islands. aid Blue Shirt groups in Quebec, ers, United States Bureau of Navi- unnecessary. Then after their | e i v | i 2 ont; and weste rovinces, have gati St h] i sibilities fe irplane bases. _ ikl > Was ton State Senat itario and western provinces, have gation and Steamship Service, is trouble in the Orient, is over with, FIREMEN TO ELECT i HAs 0PEBAT|0N< * Ay ainpl tleship a8 Tesult of London conver-| The Washington Blake Senator ', . \",p; pegotiations are pro- dead. Puneral services will be Beld o hey ! The findings disclose that SCOTeS gations Ly sald the Japaness are senditg t can come back to Alaskan AT MEETING TONIGHT | ! : sations among representatives of the sal . S ceeding t Faaileta 7 fish as before and when| Election of officers for the com-| of islands claimed by Great Britain, United tates, Great- Britain and furniture parts to Hawaii for as- c¢eding to bring in Fasclsts of the tomorrow. France and other nations, were first Franee. sembly in the islands and thus Maritime Provinces including Brit- Capt. Short took part in the Nome 1 goes up for a Dimond Bill, Ing year and report of the dance ‘ . X r ] was chief | o D Ihy. your. own commiltee will take up the bulk of HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 3—aiscovered. by Americans’ but aban-| The pocket type will be between cscape a 70 percent duty on the ish Columbia. s oepal RAGC Y. 10 TEEE e Congress has limdy voted down | the Firemen’s monthly meeting to-| Willlam Powell, movie actor, is rest- doned as worthless until the devel- 10,000 and 17,000 tons and the new furniture because it is an unas- The gl(}ul‘).\, it xs" said, wi engineer on the old steamer Laurada {night at the Pire Club, according|ing comfortably after an abdomi- opment of flying has increased their craft will be & reply o Japan's war- sembled product and classed as case United under one bamner wee N ""':":““3 on the Beattla-Southessy . ) Supreme leader laska service. | (Continued on Page TWO) | to Fire Chief V. W. 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