The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 5, 1938, Page 1

THE DAI “ALL THE NEWS ALL TIE TIME” Y ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LIL, NO. 7785. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1938, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JAPAN T0 M BRIT. COLUMBIA PLANS SEEKING HIGHWAY LOAN Suggestion Is Made at Con-' ference Last Week in Washington SECRETARY ICKES FAVORS PROPOSAL Premier Pattullo Gives Idea Which Apparently Makes Hit WASHINGTON, May 5.—Secre- tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes said that at the conference last week with Premier T. B. Pattullo, of British Columbia, he was convinced of perhaps the soundest plan to build the International Highway from Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska Secretary Ickes said the Premier suggested that the United States lend fifteen million dollars to Brit- ish Columbia to finance the Pro- vince’s share of the project. Secretary Ickes added that he could not see any particularly troublesome barriers in arranging an International loan although it might be necessary to obtain some enabling legislation. e SENATE PASSES BILL TO PROTECT ALASKA SALMON Measure Fixing Jurisdiction in Bering Sea Now Goes to House WASHINGTON, May 5. — The Senate has passed and sent to the House the Copeland bill to fix con- gressional jurisdiction over waters up to a depth of 100 fathoms in the Bering Sea east to the International Boundary line between Alaska and Russia. The bill seeks to protect against the Japanese invasion of the salmon fishing area. SMALL FIELD 1S INDICATED, CLASSIC RACE Eleven 3-Year-Olds Slated to Run in Big Derby Next Saturday BULLETIN — LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 5.—Stagehand is de- | clared out of the Kentucky Der- by by Maxwell Howard, owner. The cold has developed a high temperature, shewed no im- provement this morning and therefore Howard said he did not want to risk his valuable horse in the race and. with- drawal is announced. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 5—Elev- en 3-year-olds, forming the small- est but finest balanced field in many years, are expected to fight it out at the Sixty-fourth Running of the $50,000 added Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on next Satur- day. The favorites, in the order named, are Stagehand, The Chief, Fighting Fox, Bull Lea, Nenow, Lawrin and Dauber. FILM STAR SUI FOR $100,000 ES Trial of shapely Actress Veda Ann Borg's $100,000 damage ac- tion against her ex-bey friend, Dick Purcell, alse of the movies, as a consequence of an automo- bile accident was begun recen'- Iy in Los Angeles.gMiss Borg compiains that her career was impaired, if not completely ruined, by the accident. BOND MEASURE PROTESTED BY KETCHIKAN G. C. Kick Is Sent Direct to Sen- atory Tydings, Chairman of Senate Committee KETCHNKAN, Alaska, May 5. — The Ketchikan Chamber of Com- merce has protested to Senator Tyd- ings, Chairman of the Senate Terri- torial Committee, against the pas- sage of the two million dollar Alaska bonding bill which passed the House on Monday. The protest of the local chamber is based on the failure of the bill to include a provision for approval by the Territorial legislature or by a vote of the people and failure of Congress to notify Alaskans of the pending House actiof. Gt MAN IS FOUND, BURNED, DEATH, 3-ALARM FIRE | between Cathcart and Bothell, north | | and the hands in woodchuck holes! SEATTLE, May 5—An unidenti- | fied man was burned to death, and two firemen were injured in‘'a 3- alarm fire in the downtown section yesterday afternoon in a second hand store. The fire was probably staried by Those named are all about 10 to 1 5 cigarette of the victim who fell| shots. THO CORPER MINES CLOSE { Increased Supplies and No Demand Given as Cause for Action BUTTE, Montana, May 5. — The Anaconda Copper Company an- nounces suspension of work in two mines. The action is aseribed to in-| creasing supplies of finished copper | asleep underneath the where the body was found. BASEBALL TODAY The following are scorse of base- ball games played this afternoon in the major leagues and received up| to 1:30 o'clock: National League Brooklyn 2; Pittsburgh 4. New York 2; Cincinnati 5. Philadelhia 2; Chicago 21. Boston 5; St. Louis 2. American League Chicago 10; Philadelphia 4. New York 12; St. Louis 10. Detroit 7; Boston 5. Cleveland 6; Washington 8. | | Ice Likely to Move Any Time At Nenana The ice at Nenana may move at any time, according to a mes- sage to the U. S. Weather Bu- reau today. The message said: “Tanana River at Nenana has quarier mile of ice below bridge. Abcve and below river is open and clear. Tce mass is breaking siowly, locks black and ma meve cut any time. River drcpped eight inches past three . Weather is clear and ing to a message to The Empire, there was little sncw in the country last win- ter which means there is little water in the rivers for forcing cut the ice. SLAYINGS ARE ADMITTED IN BASSETT CASE Ten~Yea1‘—Offl/lurder Con- fessed with Other Tales of Crime BULLETIN — WALLA WAL- LA, May 5—Mayer, confronted across the table by his mother, refused to confess to the Bas- sett slaying. The meeting was in the State Penitentiary here this afternoon. WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 5.— Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith, 73, and her son, Earl DeCasto Mayer, whom she accused of the ten-y: ing of James Eugene B: tt, nava officer, are scheduled fo meel face to face sometime today for the first time in a decade, while Seattle au thorities question them. Mrs. Smith confessed yesterda: to the killing of Bassett with her son, and also admitted the slaying of a woman and two other men. Hammered to Death She told how her son hammered Bassett to death in the little brown house north of Seattle, then dis- membered and disposed of the body with her assistance, hiding portion of the body piecemeal in several places. Mrse Smith and Mayer were con- victed of grand larceny in connec- tion with possession of Bassett's car and personal effects, but were never charged with murder because the “corpus delecti” could not be pro- duced. Confession Made Confession was made by Mrs Smith in letters written to acquain- ° tances outside the prison. A State Patrolman, who duped her by mas- querading as a clergyman, said James Eugene Bassett had been lured to the “little brown house” b: Mrs. Smith and her son on the pre tense of buying his car. Mrs. Smith named others slair by her son, as Mrs. Ernest LaCasi. of Butte, Montana, Ole Larson, o! Anaconda, and’a man named Ran- dall, who was said to be buried in an Idaho stone quarry. Gruesome Story In relating her gruesome confes- sion, Mrs. Smith said all of Bassett's body except the head and hands were put in four sacks and hidden separately in the bushes and woods of Seattle. She said they had placed the head in widely separated localities. Confronted with his mother’s con- fession, Mayer said: “She’s goofy.” He said he wouldn't confess the slaying because there wasn’'t any. FOR IS TODAY ENROUTE HOME cording to a wireless received here, President Roosevelt’s fishing days are over and the Cruiser Philadei- phia is now heading for this port. In the Lesser Antilles yesterday, the President hooked the largest fish, a 20 pound pompano, and then hooked the anchor of his launch on a coral reef. — s HAIDA IS DUE IN THIS AFTERNOON FROM PATROL The Coast Guard cutter Haida. which has been out on seal patrol duty for several weeks, is due (o arrive in Juneau &t 4 p.m. this after- mm.mfflngmwmwfiu_u‘ 8. Customs-office today, i BILIZE TO MAGI ER_FORTS) SUBTERRANEAN RAILROAD CONNECTING SERIES OF “EARTHSCRAPER" CLTTLE ITALY'S NAVAL STRENGTH GOES OUT ON PARADE Demonstration Is Staged at Naples by Mussolini for Hitler NAPLES, Italy, May 5.—Adolph Hitler was today shown a vast life- moving panorama of the Italian naval power intended for real war- are. | This is only one of a series of four spectacles arranged by Premier Mussolini to demonstrate the Italian ngth in the Rome-Berlin axis. Warships were in mass formation with torepdo boats and destroyers, and overhead, Italy’s Air Force gave a remarkable showing. LUXURY LINER IS DESTROYED, * FRENCH HARBOR Blaze Starts in Stokehold, Quickly Spreads ‘ Over Ship LE HAVRE, France, May 5-—The luxury liner LaFayette, a 25,178 ton vessel with capacity for more than 2,000 passengers and 400 crew. has been destroyed by fire which started in the stokehold and spread rapidly following explosion of the fuel oil tanks. A skeleton crew of 30 men aboard the liner, while the ship was wait- ing for the next scheduled voyage. became trapped and barely escaped with their lives. Thousands of dollars worth of building! CHARLESTON, S.C., May &—Ac-‘rich furnishings and art were de- stroyed by the fire. | It is undersiood the fire started when an engineer attempted to light | an oil burner. Everett Girl Arrives Here, "Becomes Bride 1 Gerald William Hudson, Alaska | Juneau employee, and Elizabeth | Gertrude Ryerson of Everett, Wash., {who arrived here on the Princess | Louise this noon, were married shortly afterward by U. S. Com- missioner Felix Gray. The couple | was attended by Allene R. Maloney | and Aubrey E: Maloney, | RUSH CHINA TANK | BARRICADE INDERGROUN D, % B TELEPHONE INES . AR CONDITIONED]) FORTRESS - AR PRESSURE RAISED TO KEEP ouT CAS ON FAMED ‘MAGINOT LINE’ stretching about 200 miles along German frontier and comprising a series of underground heve fortresses such as this sketched by a staff artist does France rely in case of war. Exact details are well guarded by French. From 80,000 Hra ke 10 150,000 soldiers man the Maginot line, called “most elaborate defense system in world.” Above ground, fields conceal the line. Our (White) House Is Somze Place; Just Come Up, See It Sometime, by East Entrance President Says Itm;&: to the Many Changes Have Been Made Executives and Kids Did Man: Even to Keeping Animals in [t FOOLS' GOLD STARTS RUSH Reported Dis ;>v¢%ry of Yel- low Metal in Sand Is ous that he lives in I whi elongs to all the people Well, it is a 1 he Roor whole est Bast the 80 much better thar 280 W Discounted e 1 Come by (heé F ¢ NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., May | don’t mind. We sort of > p 5-—Delta municipal officials dis OTVE Appesrance count the value of the reported dis- Netth entrarce : covery of flake gold near Point RO- |, nq the like—11 u might erts. The officials said the metallcan fhem. but (1 found in the gravel northh of the In={ 1100 ave not treat ¢ ernational Boundary is iron Py-! o by the ites, commonly cailed Fools' gold. | mueh in tk A rush was started to the district.| tions, Ther - - Alaska Wnrkefs Vote Is to Be Tallied Friday SEATTLE, May 5.—Results of the “consent election” of the salmon unions operating in Alaska will prob- | most of the tim (actual ¢ tuia fror look about (he and others go with guide East corridor and see the East Room MY, THE EGG-ROLLING! Of course, if YO you will get a letter from your Sen- ator or Represeniaive ou m: see the Red, Blue and Green rooms and the State dining room, which is-so. nice, with the walnut walls and all. H ably be known Saturday, Kenneth W 7 ’ MacLaskey, of the National Labor| W€ NI acras with the hoyse Relations Board said this sfter- 8POub thtes in front and 15 in back. We keep the back to ourselve most of the time except on Monday after Easter, for ihe ) What a mess that da I dren mash eggs all over () and it smells like sp a week afterward. There are several ga look after th rass and f The Mississippi river annually de- __ __ o7 e posits of 406,250,000 tons of eroded noon., About 3,000 workers have voted in Seattle and this vote will be to- talled tomorrow after 500 workers vote in Portland for tite purpose of determining whether the AFL or CIO will be the bargaining agency. —_————— (Continued on Page Thiee) eptupléts; 6 Gi;l;, 1 Boy, Born to Cuban Farm Woman BAYAMO, Cuba, May 5—Confir-| The births occurred Wednesday af- ! mation has been received here from | ternoon. a Municipal Judge, of the report, .The judge said the septuplet: were that six girls and one boy have been not born a normal time & ALl born to Rafaela Casanova, a farm are alive. He asserted that | woman, ten miles from here, | self has seen the children. EASCIST STYLE 0 BE ADOPTED BY WAR CHIEFS Man Power, Also Econ- c Forvcs, to Be t Once CHINESE THREATEN ANOTHER OFFENSIVE [mportant Upsets for In- vaders Reported 1 Shantung v HEAVY ARTILLERY Y PILLBOX “ Utilized a By Assceiated Pr nt of tern Shant mile v [ W PRicE CHAMBER BACK OF ACTION FCR Pi paredness Footing LI e i 5 b o ‘ \1 5 K" Urges Council to Acquire s cd the new | Property Adjoining Small bottom for ¢ 1t Boat Harbor Site rom the railway (EW War Danger I > e D AT e Sounded by 35.80 fr tabilizatior resents a de a i mir boat harbor site approved | hamber of Comn noon luncheon today or Harry Lucas matter would be up befc e the C at T€ v’ Friday meetir .o ¥ oS ELE RAIN § S gines ing from $ to & 00 & yeur,. it mean i g ! ’;‘ ! money out of L1 10y quld very well go into Hannels of trade her J wed the tter over to the Of Al vemeni, Comimitiee for actior Downpour Accompanmed by Tornadoes—Three Dead, U and Many Are Injured ). (By Associated Press) baken 1 , s i o Torpadoes hav . the iR v ured. as e 2 s any injure A i I ction of the in years soaked L} - ering in Kansas and Oklal ) ( orm exiende C Mi ouri anc ¥ ser took sime g r and Frank bilk which 1 approved by the 1 w in the Sepate Chairman of the lative committee, i the measure because uld incur an in- Territory could not Mr. Faulkner, rve- fisheries and mining in- is, said his clients were against a the - oo COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT 1 eet. ances and oded, M g e bill because they are nagainst jadki &l oo i, Beton W rease in. taxes. Mr. Foster, Counell al ils regular me (Continued on Page S " morrow eveuing in the City Hall. 2 K400 Bavsny -y