The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1938, Page 1

EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS ' THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 8 VOL. LI, NO. 7735. I‘)BS. LIGHTNING STRIKES IN SO. CALIFORNIA NIPPON FORCES | Where Two Died i Avalanche (f Mul and Rock in Los AngelesiNEw STORM BEING BLOCKED, HERED IN, CENTRAL CHINA usFL[l(lll AREA Show Hindders 1 Progress of Invading Army to {Bolts Set Fire to Buildings MI:MBER ASSOCIATED PRESS i Another Statement Issued by TokyoRegarding Withdrawal | Of Boats from Alaskan Waters BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, March 8.—Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull said he could not talk yet regarding the reported Japanese- United States fishing agreement in Alaskan waters. He said there is no official word from Tokyo to the effect that an agreement has | been reached but he has learned that negotiations are making pro- ¢ | . gress and an official announcement is cxpected soon. Coveled Sectlon —Hall Also Fal.ls e S W A ‘ Stricken Section TOKYO, March 8.—Supplementing the statement made several days GUER-“-LA WARFARE | ago, it is reliably learned that Japan and the United States have reached BECOMES EXTENSIVE an amicable settlement on the troubled question of Japanese fishing in iy | RA[N REPORTED OVER Alaskan waters. The Tokyo Government refuses to divulge the details of the solution but said the “American wishes have been met fully.” The Government said all Japanese ships will be withdrawn irom Alaskan waters and further plans to study salmon migration in Bristol Bay and Bering Sea are abandoned. Officials said the Japanese Government might order a new three year salmon study program in the Central Pacific area. It is generally believed here in diplomatic circles that the Japanese decision to withdraw from Alaska is part of a comprehensive plan to| improve relations with the United States. Chinese Troops Recapture Towns—OQutposts Are Being Attacked SHANGHAIT, March 8. — Heavy | snow throughout Central China and | increasingly strong guerilla attacks | on all fronts have checked the Jap- | anese advance in the self-designated | | task of bringing about a pro- anam‘ ese regime in China. Growing intensity of guerilla at-| LONG STRETCH TODAY 'Residents Are Becoming Jittery—Many Vessels | Are Now Tied Up LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 8— Hail and lightning ushered in an- ‘other new storm last night and to- | day as rain plagued Southern Cali- SENATOR WANTS CONTROL OUT 56 MILES | WASHINGTON, March 8.—Senator Royal Copeland, Democrat of | ication facilities between the far- New York, has proposed that the United States abandon the three mile | | flung lines of the Japanese army. limit and extend control of Coastal waters out 56 miles. Senator Copeland said jurisdiction should extend to all shallow Wd[ers‘ tell of Japanese outposts being at- of the coast of Alaska. He also urged licensing of all fishermen. Regarding the licensing proposal, Senator Copeland said: | see why foreign fishermen should object to the same regulations our own | fishermen must meet.” “I do not 90 miles and we must extend our control perhaps 87 miles to be up-to-date.” LABOR LEADERS Suspension of ARE CONVICTED, Stock Exchiange | EXTORT CHARGES Firm Announced Two Olhers Now AWN' Membershlp of Rlchard Trial on Practically Same Complaints CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 8.— Conviction, in a Common Pleas Court, has been obtained of Donald A. Campbell and John E. McGee, labor leaders, of extorting $1,200 from Vernon Stouffer, head of a, restaurant chain. The trial lasted three weeks. The two men are the first of four unionists facing trial on ex- tortion charges in connection with alleged “labor rackets.” 2 JAPANESE QUESTIONED ON FILMING Naval Oflicerj}nbassy At-| tache Found Taking Pictures, Navy Yard CHARLESTON, South Carolina, | March 8. — Two Japanese, one a naval officer and the other an em- ' bassy clerk at Washington, were questioned upon reports they were | found taking photographs around | Charleston, where the big navy yard is located. The men questioned were Lieu- tenant Commander. K. Nagasawa and Hiroshi Harasaki. The men were finally released after about two hours of questioning by the authorities during which time their cameras were confiscated and the films developed. It was found that the pictures taken were only of old houses and mess-hung oaks. i ,e— Hoover, Hitler Hold Conference In Berlin Today Former Pres_id:nl of U. S, Nazi Head Discuss In- ternational Issues BERLIN, March 8.—Former Am- erican President Herbert Hoover and Adolf Hitler talked over the “entire international situation” for 40 minutes today. Hoover declined to make any comment but indicated he might make a statement at the end of his two-day stay in Germany. Whitney & Co. Taken Away—Statement NEW YORK, March 8.—The New York Stock Exchange has suspend- ed from membership Richard Whit- ney, prominent Wall Street leader, whio as its President piloted the Ex- change through one of the most ! crucial periods. The brief announcement says the Committee on Business Conduct pre- sented “charges and specifications” against the firm of Richard Whit- ney & Company, and that the firm advised it was unable to meet its obligations. Whitney declined immediate com- ment but a statement from his at- torneys asked that the public re- serve opinion until after the firm \had answered the charges. Richard Whitney is a brother of George Whitney, one of the J. P. Morgan partners and was President of the New York Exchange from 1930 to 1935, during most trying business L.imes MANY ARRESTS FOR SPYING IN U. S. REPORTED Deparlmenl of Justice Agents Are Working Secretly in Nation WASHINGTON, March 8. — The Department of Justice agents have questioned secretly several persons suspected of being spies. Details of the activities of the agents are kept | secret but usually well informed circles -indicated several. suspects have been taken into custody in separated parts of the country. et Goldsteing Back Aflaf Long Trip Mr. and Mrs. 1. Goldstein re- turned to Juneau today aboard the| steamer Alaska after a nine weeks trip in the States during which they made a complete circle of the coun- try. In Pontiac, Michigan, the Gold- steins purchased a car, drove East, thence down the “coast and back across the southern states and up the Pacific Coast to Seattle. 1 Daily reports from Hangchow area | | tacked. | Train service is disrupted. | cut. have recaptured several towns in Province and are now threatening the Japanese garmom at Wming and Wubang. GUNSPIRATURS AGAINST GUBAN GOVT. ARE SHOT Secret Meetmg Discovered —Soldiers Make Raid —Revolt Nipped HAVANA, March 8—Four con- spirators against the Cuban Gov- ernment were killed when Cuban soldiers raided a secret meeting in & big cave near here, The meeting was attended by soldiers, sailors apd civilians who were discussing a supposed con- spiracy. The dead are two civilians and two non-commissioned navy. of- ficers. TAX REVISION FIGHT NEARING CLIMAX, HOUSE Proposed R;t;al Entirely | of Undistributed Porfits Levy Is Defeated WASHINGTON, March 8. — The rHouse fight over the Administra- n on’s tax revision bill today ap- proached a climax after defeat of 'the Republican proposal to repeal | |entirely the undistributed profits levy. mitted by Representative Allen T. Treadway, = Republican of Massa- chusetts. The repeal amendment was de- feated by a vote of 78 to 33. FRENCH AR LINE TO SPAN iPreIiminaryEghts Are to Take Place in June, Report Received | NEW YORK, March 8—Accord- Paris, the French National Air unes plans to use a giant “land- ‘phne” for experimental flights |across the North Atlantic starting in June. A seaplane will also be used, with light weighing advantages and each are for the purpose of perma- |nent adoption for the Atlantic serv- |ice, France to the United States. | tacks threatens.to disrupt commun- | Telegraph and telephone lines are | \ | ‘Itis 't t Chinese t: S Benator Copeland afged that the three mile st 15 & rellc of the|ta crored that Chinese troops days when range of guns was limited but that the “world war guns shot| Anwhei The repeal amendment was sub- | - NO. ATLANTIC ;lng to advices received here from | | Avalanches of mud and reck added to #he terror in Los Angeles and vici | Emergency workers are piet l Randell and her son, Leonard, 6. At lel | | 1 | | | history. e ARE T0 60 UP Interstate COI’HI’IICH‘(E Com- mission Grants Increase to Railroads WABH!NGTON M.xr(‘h 8. — The Interstate Commerce Commission | has granted railroads a 10 per cent increase in freight rates but ex- empted several major commodities. Increase on ' anthracite coal is |limited to 10 cents per ton and bituminous coal, lignite, coke and iron ore are exempted from any increases. ‘The commission also allowed a 5 per cent increase on miost of the gencml 10 per cent increase. G Just as this Southern Pacific bridg PDayton Avenue spon in the background, also slope of “moving mountai homes. Flood waters destroyed trestles, washed out tracks and caused landslides, paralyzing Union Pacific and d searching the ruins of a ho is the home of Leonard’s grand e ] i:mw FHE]GHT RATES F llght of “F lying Fortresses” "0 South America as Good Will| Gesture Had ( )llwr Purposes Too By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, March 8. It may sound like idiocy to send six “flying fortresses” roaring over South America as a gesture of good will but that is a major purpose of the! recent. flight, and there is at least a fair chance that it will work as well as any other gesture. ‘The six huge army planes took off from Florida and touched at points in Peru and Chile enroute | |to Buenos Aires, there to partici- pate in the inauguration of Presi- dent Ortiz of Argentina. (Inciden-| commodities it exempted from the tally a War Department staff and | a group of news men had to sit up along the blor ity in the wake of the hea: me ¢n Landa Street, Los Angele parents, which hangs precariously on cked road. all the night of the flight, checking the progress of the flight as the planes inched a long a six-fool map. They don’t cruise at 200 miles an @A ma L is rare- ly an inch an hour.) One of the strangest develop- ments of this business of establish- ing good neighborliness with the outhern American republics is this: | They become upset and feel n(,,—i lected if they are not propaganized. | } BRAVE NEW WORLD | | (Continued on P'\uo e Two) est rain storm in Southern California’s which collapsed, killing Mrs. Joseph the hill. Furniture is scattered Ragmg Watera Crumble Bndges in Los Angeles Arm e crumbled before ihe swirling iorrent of destruction, this photo was taken, showing part of the destroyed sian Park, which recently sent scores fleeing from mud-buried - Santa Fe systems also, Man Returns Stolen mmmmmm WINNIPEG, March 8—One Win- nipeg purse-snatcher i starting differently. A woman wno nad her purse stolen received a note to call at a department store bureau, where she found her purse and this note: “I am returning the valuables and keeping the 90 cents and ear tieket.” ,ee COUPLE CLUB MEETS Members of the Couple Club met last night at the Northern Light Presbyterian Church where pot-luck dinner was served and an informal | .meeting held. Mr. and Mrs. Ken- | evening. | fornia struggled to bring order ouf ‘0( last week’s flood chaos. Lightning bolts set fire to a Pasa- dena home during the night and extinguished lights. | A residence in Altadena was dam- | aged slightly by lightning. Heavy hail struck Redondo Beach after an electrical display illumin- ated the sky. Rain is reported from Santa Bar- bara to Newport Beach. | Residents of Southern California | are beginning to show the jitters. | SHIPPING HARD HIT SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March.8. | —Winds, storms and economic ad- | versity have kept many ships of the Pacific Coast merchant fleet ‘in ports during recent weeks. Waterfront reports indicated that some score of ocean-going ships are | tied up for lack of paying cargo out of the West Coast's 225 vessels. NAVY MEASURE DEBATE STARTS NEXT THURSDAY House Rules Committee Clears Way for Hearing —Vinson's Remarks WASHINGTON, March 8, — The House Rules Committee has cleared the way for debate beginning Thursday on the Administration’s billion dollar haval expansion bill. The committee has recommended 12 hours fqnflneral debate. Chairmiin ;' Carl ‘' Vinson, Demo- crat of Georzla warned that fail- ure to build the proposed ships will “imperil the security of this coun- try.” Chairman Vinson also asserted that the United States will have to “stand absolutely alone” in de- fense of its possessions. The building program will in- crease the Navy's maintenance cost from twenty-five to fifty million dollars annually. FORMER CHIEF SOVIET POLIGE NOW ON TRIAL Admxts He Ordered Death axim Gorky—In Prisoner's Box MOSCOW, Mxrch 8—Genrikh G. Yagoda, once the dreaded Chief of the Soviet Secret Police, stood in the prisoner’s box today where he had put many others, and retracted part of his pre-trial confession of treason and murder. He is one of 21 facing death at the Moscow murder trial. Yagoda admitted that he ordered the deaths of Maxim Gorky, writer, and Valerian V. Kuibiseff, Chief of the first Five Year Plan, but denied that he ordered two other deaths. Asked why he had previously con= fessed ordering killings, if untrue, |he said: “Allow me, please, not to answer that question.” 2 | 'Dr.D.D. Plentnff, héart spectalist, Italy and Germany, who are most | neth Fer, guson and Mr, and Mys. confessed he drew harmful preserip- active in p"’“’ng their trade and pon .y Larson were hosts for melnons for Gorky ‘at Yagoda’s - di-- |rection,