The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 16, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMP! “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LI, NO. 7742. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, M \RCH 16, 1938. PRICE TEN CENTS USSIA, FRANCE TO FIGHT GERMANY * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # * * * » * * * nvasion of Czechoslovakia Means War Twisters Hit 7 States in FOR150AYS Night Blow CHINESE ARE MAKING GAINS THREE FRONTS Counterat!acks e Report- ed Successful Against Japanese Forces SPEARHEAD THRUSTS ARE BEING REPULSED (By Associated Press) Tornadoes last night ravished Fresh Vlctones Are Claim- seven states, killed 15 persons and ed on North Bank of Yellow River did heavy property damage Eight persons were killed at Belle- ville, Illinois Three died at Barkersville, Mis- SHANGHAI, March 16.—Spirited |souri. Chinese counter attacks have scored | successes in the Yellow River sector. The Chinese are reported throw- Blytheville, ing back the Japanese spearhead fcreces which crossed the Yellow River at Hoku in Northern Shansi Province at Szeshui and also in Northwestern Honan Province. The Chinese claimed fresh vic- tories on the north bank of the Yellow River guarding the Lunghai Railway, the life line to Central China. Japanese spokesmen in Shanghai admit only minor reverses however, —-——— AMER. LEGION COM. DOHERTY WANTS PEACE Declares Ne:::ly 800,000 Members Are Behind Veterans' Slogan CHICAGO, Ill, March 16.—Na- tional Commander Daniel J. Doher- ty capped the celebration of the American Legion's nineteenth an- niversary here by reaffirming the Legion’s determination to preserve peace. Doherty gions' enrollment was now 800,000 members. MARKETS IN EUROPE FALL; U. S. IS HIT Stocks Cru;gl_e from One to Five Points Before Final Rally NEW YORK, March 16.—The fall in European markets reverberated in Wall Street today and stock crumbled under the heaviest selling in weeks. Leading industrial and rail shares dropped from 1 to 5 points before the European market dug in for a final rally. reported that the Le- nearly TODAY’S QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 16. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10'2, American Can 86'i, American Light ard Power 4', Anaconda 307, Bethlehem Steel 55, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, General Motors 33%, Interna- tional Harvester 63'2, Kennecott 35, New York Central 14%, South- ern Pacifiec 147, United States Steel 50%, Cities Service 1%, Pound $4.967%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 122.86, down 4.38; rails 2511, down 147; utilities 18.37, down .64, -re MRS. WOFTER HEBE Mrs. Clarence J. Wofter, wife of one of the Signal Corps radioists at ,Fairbanks, is a passenger aboard the Yukon bound for Seward on her way home after a visit in the States. three Provinces along Demopolis, killed A in negro woman was Alabama. single fatalities are reported from Arkansas; Dyersville, Tennessee; Cape Giraradeau, Mis- sissippi. McPaul, Iowa, was also hit the twisters. Full gale warnings have been posted along the Oregon and Wash- ington coasts. Weathermen said a terrific gale 300 miles off the west coast, is mov- ing eastward. Seattle is whipped by high winds and rain by New Chief of Bntlsh Forel n Office Is Amazingly Unldw Captain Anthony Eden By CECIL CHAR} LONDON, March 16—The new chief of the British Foreign Office, the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Baron Irwin, Vis- count Halifax presents an amaz- ing contrast to Capt. Anthony Eden, the 'man he succeeds. Captain Eden, youthful man-of- action, captured the imagination of the British people by his hand- some features, stylisn dress, and by his flare for dramatic oratory. Long leader of the ultra-conserv- ative pro-German block in England, Halifax, as Lord President of the Cabinet Council, was almost over- shadowed by Eden’s brilliance. Of Chamberlain Pattern Tall, reedy, gentle and devoutly Catholic, Halifax enjoys the full support of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Both are regarded as stiff conservatives. Both favor making trade agreements with Ger- many and Italy. Coming from Yorkshire’s most important family, the new chief of the foreign department was edu- cated’ at Eton and Oxford. and en- tered Parliament in 1910. In 1921 he was named under-secretary for the colonies and later he became viceroy of India. He caused 2 sensation in 1936 when he told his peers that the “era of German grievances must be closed.” Sent to Berlin It was not until three months ago that Halifax gained the public spotlight. Then, in connection with ithe Conservative Party’s policy of | ® 1co-0peration with Germany. he was sent by Chamberlain to Berlin to open negotiations with Germany. Secretary Eden, denouncing the trip, firmly stated his opposition toward dealings with “immoral” Fascistic nations. taneous with his resignation, Cap- tain Eden reaffirmed his convic- tions regarding Hitler and Musso- lini. “If we are to have peace in these times, it means that in any agree- ments we make today thére must be no sacrifice of principles and no shrinking of responsibilities merely to obtain quick results that may ibe permanent,” the embittered Eden spoke. x Britons, while still loyal to the “liberalism” of the retiring secre- tary, know that as a compromiser his successor has no peer. They hope that he will bridge the gap created by Eden’s resignation and stabilize the nation's foreign rela- tions. Escaped Bomb in India Halifax, at 57, has held the posts of president of the nationa! board of education and minister of agri- culture in addition to his colonial duties. While in India he escaped miraculously when a native threw a bomb under his train. A keen huntsman, he was origi- nally invited to Berlin by Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, to in-|a train at more than 100 miles an The body of Lieut. William F. spect a Nazi hunting exhibition. ‘honr. a London engineer revealed gtewart is still missing. While the whole world nuua[ | (Continued on Page Seven)" Recently, simul-, INCOME TAXES BREAK RECORD Six Hundred and Fifteen Million Dollars Received Up to March 15 { | VU:\.;HINGTON ’V['\n‘h 16. — The | Treasury Department collected u‘ record total of $615,000,000 in ln-[ come taxes during the first 15 days of March. | This amount, according to Treas- u Department figures, is 18 per- cent higher than for the same per- iod last year It is indicated that President Roosevelt's budget estimates of revenue from this source will- be more than fulfilled. R Alaska Fisherman Shoots Detective 0f Seattle Force Peter Blendhelm Convicted by Jury of Second De- gree Assault SEATTLE, March 16.—Peter Blendheim, 32, Alaska hshflm‘m has been convicted of second de- gree assault by a Superior Court jury for the shooting of Detective Lieutenant Paul Foster last De- cember. Foster recovered from the bullet woun EXPORTS START OFF 600D RATE Foreign Trade Movement Is Reported Brisk for January SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 16.—Pacific Coast exporters did the best January business in years (o start 1938 off briskly in foreign trade, according to figures just re- leased here. Exports from five Pacific Coast customs districts totalled a value of thirty-four million, forty thou- sand dollars. WHITNEY SAYS HE IS GUILTY - Makes Plea_ :1— New York to Second Misuse of Funds Indictment NEW YORK, March 16 —Rict ‘Whitney today entered a guilty p‘m on the second indictment retwried, that of misuse of New York Yacht club securities valued at $109.000. Whitney also plead guilty on the first indictment, that of misuse of funds of an estate of which he was administrator. CONVICTED OF SLAYING WIFE LONG BEACH, Cal, March 16.— Hiram T. Hennigar has been con- victed of manslaughter in the slay- ing of his wife Margaret, aged 50. — e Queen Victoria once !rweled on |posed by McNutt means an outlay in a recent speech. He said the speed was kept secret so the public | would not become alarmed. Kenned ¥ Detachment Sails l'ur I mulun Jusi a pertion of the family of Jeseph P. Kennedy sailed from New York to join the newly appointed Am- bassador to the Court of St. Jame's in London. Kennedy said. Left {o right (above), Kathleen, 18; Robert, 13; Mrs. Patricia, 14. The Kennedys' four other children will join them later. Naval Building Program Takes On New An lrles' Conleclu,ro Is Rife Lom‘ornmg Carrying Out J PAGIIC COAST TEXAN AGAINST By PRE l()‘\ GROVER N, March 16 s m an casual opinior n this n ified main the President’s billion dollar building program: 1. May never 2. May at most be only \hv completed; May be completely A(‘IAJ conditions change. In the first place it tated that the President er has projected the immediate spending of a billion dollars on a new navy. He cutlined a sort of “live year plan” to bring the navy up to some kind of an internatic searcely more than a of money can go into this new bu ing within the next 18 Building ships is slow Within 18 months the na WASHING' treet that naval NAVY PROGRAM FOR 1 BILLION Asserts that United States Only Building for War with Japan be completed; parti- revised as should be par, but pocket WASHINGTON, March 16—Rep- resentative Maury Maverick, of Texas, has come out in opposition to the big Navy Bill. The Texan said: “Paul V. McNutt, Philippine Com- missioner, let the Administration’s rnational complexion of things foreign policy cat out of the bag be changed. That is the basis vesterday by stating the United for the one-two-three rcport out: States-should not leave the islands. !ined above, There is no question why Congress has been asked for a billion dollars JUST AN IDEA for the Navy—it is to get the Unit- Here is the situation: ed States lined up for war with On January 28, the Prc Japan.” asked Congress to authoriz The Texan claims the plan pro- | crease of 20 percent in the stre ional ‘and P B $ 731,085,000 246,451,000 of the navy. Naval experts came of millfons of dollars for Philippine out with figures to show that this |46 Combat Ships (bat- tleships, cruisers) | ) mine layers) | Experimental Ships and 15,000,000 106.,000.000 | 'Total $1,098.546,000 A A c FLIEH Later, naval officials suggested [ 1 [ el for experimental craft and $52.- 1 000,000 to $73,000,000 for 7 to 10 . . an outside total of $1,186546,000. Billfold Found in Bt keep in mind, the President Jacket Pocket B4 defenses. meant: 22 Auxiliary Ships (sup- 950 Airplanes L | - they could use $15,000,000 more Identlficahon IS Mad(, })}" wdditional av craft, making d only that this construction be u'hnn/m' That impor- ant. For instance, billions of dol- Jars worth of flood conirol projects been “authorized” by Con- ess, but a whole new generation of congressmen will find most of them still waiting Before any additional building can start, Col the money Now more vessels in the program, the Presi- asked that only four be during 1938—two battle- is FRANCISCO, Cal, March ‘The bay has given up one the bodies of two Army Air (,'mh fliers who ‘disappeared in a te flight last Deecmber. The body of Capt. Ira Galehouse has been identified by a billfold found in one of the pockets of tI jacket. %A'\ of |, have naval PSS must iate these or “billion dollar” dent started best, (Continued on Page Six) 68 — - - Esperanto and Ido are the known artificial languages. “We're just going to act nafural when we get there,” Kennedy, of Mrs. Edward, 6; Jean, 10, and ADOLF HITLER GETS GREETING AS REAL HERO Returns Suddenly to Berlin ! from Austria Over Polish Ultimatum BULLE llN-—lfl' RLIN, March 16.—Adolf Hitler has summoned the Rcichstag to meet Friday to receive a “declaration by the Government of the Reich.” The summons was issued socn after Hitler returned from Vienna. The purpose of the summons is not disclosed. Adclf Hit- uering hero’s nd was given by thou- March ade a ¢ Austria welcome 16. BERLIN return f a tremendous ands. Army aid Hitler returned her ddenly because word had been 1 ed that Poland had pre- ented an ultimatum to Lithuania. Details of the ultimatum are not made public. Polish sources issued 1 denial ources - s AUSTRIANS ARE TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES NOW Major Fey Kills Himself, Wife and Son—Other Suicides Reportcd LONDON, Fey, . Austrian reported to he M dll)' 16.—Major Emil Anii- i leader, I e killed himself, wife and son in Vier rather than face the new Nazi regime. Reuters British New. reports that Priedrich Reitlinger President of the Austrian Holding Comipany, is said to have killed him- self. The same new says Prof. Gustav Bayer. of the University of Innsbruck has been found dead in his bed, He is said to have poisoned his pretty daughter and then him- Agency also - - - name of the Hohenzollern which ruled Germany from 1871-1918, was taken from a hill called Zollern near Stuttgart. TWO NATIONS REACH ACCORD IN NEW CRISIS Agreement Reached on In- dicated Pressure on Little Country REPRESENTATIVES MEET IN PARIS Leader of Sudetan Naz Party Causes Uproar in Praha Assembly PARIS, March 16.-—France and Soviet Russia have agreed both will fight to defend Cze choslovakia if she is attacked. Jacob Suritz, - Soviet Am- bassador to France, called on Foreign Minister Joseph Paul Boncour today and delivered assurances similar to those given by the Soviet Ambas- sador at Praha—that Russia will fight in defense of her Czechoslovakia ally. Boncour replied with a promise that France, too, will fight in the same cause. Hitlér has proclaimed him- self. protector of all Germanic peoples on Germany’s bor- ders. Incorporation of Czechoslo- ’s three and one half million Germans is believed to be Hitler’s next objective Both France and Russia plan to rush fighting bomb- ing planes to Czechoslovakia it Hitler resorts to force to achieve his objective. BRITISH ACTION LONDON, March 16.—For- eign Minister Viscount Hali- fax today warned Germany that if she wished to see Eu- ropean peace maintained she must not invade Czechoslova- kia and take that country by force. It is recalled here that im- mediately Austria was an- nexed by Germany, the Cze- choslovakians were informed that such action was not aimed at them. Viscount Halifax said: “There is no quarter in Eu- rope in which it is more vital that undertakings affecting certain nations should be seru- pulously respected as to the wishes and desires of the peo- ples affected.” WARNING SOUNDED PRAHA, March 16. — Karl Franck, leader of the Sudetan Nazi Party, today bluntly told the Czechoslovakia House of Deputies that the Nation must accede to Adolf Hitler’s demands or face the conse- quences. A storm of protest broke out after Franck declared that (Continued of;‘i’s}; Seven) - - Capital Is ; Coming to U. S. NEW YORK, March 16—Flight of European capital to the United States, precipitated by the Nazi coup in Austria, has enabled New York bankers to arrange for a shipment of $2,250,00 in gold from London to New York.