The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 7, 1938, Page 1

| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ‘ VOL. LIL, NO. 7891. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CB\ITS ASSAULT IS REPORTED IN CZECH CRISIS CHINESE TURN | Hitler, Horthy Review Troops JAPANESE BACK, YANGTZE AREA Hundreds of Dead Left on| Battlefield After Three Days of Battling SHANGHAT, Sept. 7.—Chinese re- ports declared that the tide of bat- tle in River has turned in their favor after three furious days of fight-| ing. The defenders claim to pierced the Japanese lines six miles southeast of Juichang and forced the Japanese to retreat leaving hundreds of dead on field. After fierce hand to hand fight- ing 16 miles northeast of Teian, on the bitterly disputed Kuikiang-Nan- chang railroad, the Chinese report they have driven the Japanese back and have the strategic hills and shores of Poyang Lake. The invaders have not only lost hundreds of men but also large amounts of ammunition, nese claim. NAVY BOMBERS END HAWAIIAN RECORD FLIGHT - Seventeen Multi-motored Ships Land on Flood- Lighted Channel » HONOLULU, H. I, Sept. T. Seventeen huge naval flying plane: swooped down on Pearl Harbor to- | day shortly before dawn to com plete a 2,570-mile flight from Sxm Diego, Cal. Unofficial time for the trip was 17 hours and 21 minutes. Lt. Cmdr. A. P. Storrs, leader of the flight, landed quickly and | smoothly on a flood-lighted chan- nel at 4:40 am. to end the record breaking flight of multi-motored | bombers. | The Navy's patrol squadron left | San Diego yesterday. They made the trip without mishap. FATHER RUNS AMUCK : THREE DEAD, RESULT Portland F o;;sTService Em- ployee, Wife and Son Succumb to Wounds PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 7.—The death of Raymond Becraft, Jr., aged 17, last night, left three dead in the wake of a blast of gunfire and also made three minor chil-| dren orphans, all victims of what the authorities believe was the insane outburst of the father. The dead also include Raymond Becraft, Forest Service employee, and his wife. Mrs. Becraft died shortly after the shooting and he died later, the 17-year-old son still Iater. B — 4 HALIBUTERS | SELL, SEATTLE SEATTLE, Sept. 7.— Halibuters arriving and selling here today are as follows: From the western banks—Sonja, 24,000 pounds, 11% and 9% cents a pound; Bolinda, 18,000 pounds, 11 and 9 cents. From the local banks—Repeat, 1,000 pounds, 12 cents; Myrtle, 1,- 000 pounds, 11 cents. CHARLES JENNE IS TO ENTER ALASKA SCHOOL Charles Jenne, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Jenne, left for Fair- banks on the steamer Columbia where he plans to enter the Uni- vedsity of Alaska. He is a graduate of the Juneau High School and spent the past year employed in this city in the office of the the south on the Yangtze have the battle- | regained possession of | the Chi- | e treops into position on her eastern frontiers, Germany's Di (in light uniform at right of marching troops Adolf Hitler Admiral Nicholas Herthy (third are monies for the AP Photo. many shown reviewing troops as they parti new German cruiser, from right), regent of Hungary, ated in launching cere- Eugen” at Kiel, Ger- “Prince U.S. Army Spending Millions ()n Machines that Save Men PAT McCARRAN WINS HANDILY IN NEVADA VOTE Senator Renominated with Overwhelming Majority on Democratic Ticket RENO, Nev, Sept. 7. — Senator Pat McCarran, who opposed Presi- dent Roosevelt’'s Supreme Court and government reorganization pro- posals recaptured the Democratic | nomination yesterday by an over- whelming majority from two avow- ed New Deal backers, defeating lbert Hilliard, Reno attorney, and r. John Worden, of Carson City, State Health Beard Secretary. Former Senator Tasker L. Oddie is unopposed for the Republican nomination. E. P. Carville, of Reno, former U. S. District Attorney, increased |his lead over Harley A. Harmon |of Las Vegas for the Democratic | gubernatorial nomination. John Fulton, former mining school director, held the lead over Samuel Curkee, former State High- way Engineer, for the Republican | gubernatorial nominanon BANDITS ESCAPE WITH PAYROLL WORTH $21,000 7— oB SHOWLOW, Arizona, Sept. a mail truck 10 miles north of Taylor, with two lumber mills payroll pouches. One of the pouches con- tained $21,000 in cash. in Bull Hollow, Dies Accidentally SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.—Elito |Corvi died accidentally while com- \mmmg suicide, police revealed. The fifty-year-old barber went to his barber shop early in the morn- | ‘mg, locked the door, turned on the |gas and waited for death. But time wore on and Corvi be- came restless. Unthinking he lit a cigarette. He was fatally burned in the ex- | plosion which followed and died Treasury Department, > ‘seveml hours later at a hospital, Two masked highwaymen held up and escaped | Attempting Suicide While Preston Grover is on vaeation, persons prominent in the official and political life of the nation and journalism are conducting the Daybook. To- day's guest column is written By LOUIS JOHNSON Assistant Secretary of War | WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—In the| last fourteen months my duties in the War Department have carried me across every state in the Union "lnd the Territory of Alaska. I have| addressed many audiences and dis- )eussed many matters pertaining to the welfare of our people with citi- zens in all walks of life, T found differences of opinion on | practically every subject and unani- mity only on one. The American| people appear unanimous in a de-} sire for peace. A responsible government, sponsive to the will of the Ameri- can people, is striving in every way to realize this universal de-| sire of its citizens. In dealing with neighbors in America and with na- tions across the seas, it practices patience and self-restraint. In the pursuit of governmental policies it avoids force or the threat of force. It observes international agree- ments. It encourages trade treaties among all nations. An open hand in friendship, it extends to all peo- ple. There is not an inch of territory in any fofeign country that we covet. There is not a dollar of for- eign riches anywhere in the world that we would take without due process of law. In a badly fright- ened and greatly harassed world, | we stand out as a symbol of world peace and as an apostle of good RESPECT FOR MAN Despite our example and our de- | termination to enjoy the blessings of peace, there can be no guarantee that we will never have to take up arms in the defense .of bur country. History is replete with examples of | aggressive nations short on good | judgment and long on mad dreams whose avaracious machinations have drawn peace-loving peoples in- to the martial field; and history may repeat itself. If a holocaust again should sweep our country, we are determined to | hold our human losses to a mini- mum. We shall stint neither on treasure nor on resourses but we | shall make every effort to conserve life and reduce the suffering of our men in battle. In some countries of the world, man is held cheap. Among some [peoples human beings are counted |in terms of cannon fodder. In the | United States, on the other hand, | we have the utmost respect for hu- | man life. We in the army feel a responsibility for every soldier in our ranks. To save manpower and ' (Continued on Page Seven) re-| §A. J. OPERATING ' INCOME DOWN, REPORT SHOWS ;August Ulrder July and | Eight Months Report Shows Decline SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 7. —The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company announced today that the August net operating income had declined to $175,900 from $193,- | 100 in July. It was $214,600 for August last year. |~ Eight months report for this year shows $1,368,700 compared with $1,854,200 for eight months period last year. ——.e Violence Breaks Out, Department Store Strike Women Clash on San Fran- cisco Picket Line After ; Walkout [s Called SAN FRANCIBC() Cal., Sept. The first violence in n Fran- cisco’s department store strike, call- ed yesterday, was reported to police today when about 7,500 employees of Hale Brothers went through a picket line if more than 200 per- sons. Policemen, including mounted patrolmen, calmed the disturbance after a patrol wagon was stationed lat the store. | As women employees walked in | pairs to the store entrance at Fifth | and Market, women pickets grabbed | them, pulled their hair and at- ‘tpmxnvd to drag them from the doors. After this occurred several times, police interfered and told !the pickets to cease manhandling | employees wishing to go to work. An anxious group of employers was standing on the steps to the entrance and wat ched the disturb- ance. RECURD RD FLIERS ~UP 106 HOURS FORCED DOWN Endurance Pilots Fail to Set New Mark Although ‘ Longest in Air SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 7.—Two | Syracuse fliers, in the air since last | | Friday, when they took off to set a light plane endurance record, were forced down and landed their ship | in the Onondaga Yacht Club basin | at 9:30 o'clock last night. Merrill Phoenix and Harry Al- len had the mark of 108 hours within their grasp when they were |forced to land. The rules say fliers must land at the same place from which they take off. The previous record was 63 hours and 54 minutes Yor a light craft. B g SEVEN 60 0UT WITH ELECTRA Seven passengers went out with PAA this morning to Fairbanks. They were A. Condon, G. J. Sjo- lund, T. A. Martin, Miss A. A. Ga- vil, E. N. Patty, L. Dawson and Mrs. R. W. McCrary. — ., DE MOLAYS ELECT AT TONIGHT’S MEET Election of officers will take place at tonight's meeting of the De- Moley’s, to be held at 7:30 o'clock in the lodge room of the Scottish Rite Temple. This is the first meeting follow- ing the summer vacation, and all members are urged to be present. Plans for a joint installation with the Order of Rainbow Girls, will |land and France against her, Horrors of W 1IN Graphic proof of the horrbrs of war is provided by this grim picture of the piled nese soldiers who were executed after their cap- ar Are Grimly Illustrated Here After execution of captive Chinese ture. Chinese claim that no quarter is given thelr men by the Japanese in case they are taken by the enemy. up bodies of Chi- . Europe’s Rm'urrent War Scare Causes Betting on P mlmbtluws of ¢ l’tght” . H. L. FAULKNER | | DISCOUNTS WAR SCARE ABROAD Conditions Appmrod Quite Normal When He Was in Europe Recently | While the more recent war flur- |ty abroad has arisen since he left | England, there appeared to be a| |feeling that actual open conflict| would not, immediately, Faulkner, well-known .hmvau a((r)mvv id today after his re- |turn early this morning on the steamer Columbia. “Most of the excitement over the |difficulty between Germany and | Czechoslovakia has arisen since we left England, and while we were in England and France everything| seemed to a casual observer to be quite normal,” he said. “While a wperson can perhaps get more in- {formation from reading certain newspapers and magazines than he {can by individual contact, still we found that the most informed per- sons with whom we were privileged to talk in England and France |seemed to be of the opinion that |Germany would not provoke a war with the prospect of having Eng- to say nothing of Russia. I am still of the opinion there will be no war, although that may be more or less of a guess.” Mr. Faulkner was accompanied ' home by his son, Malcolm, Mrs. Faulkner, who also made the trip to England and the Continent is staying over in the States for a| time, visiting relatives and friends in Ohio before returning to Juneau. Commenting on their trip, Mr. Faulkner said: “We crossed to England from Quebec on the Empress of Aus- |tralia and spent most of our time i in and around London, with two weeks in Italy and France and six days in Scotland. I had been in England 36 years ago, having cross- ed over from Boston, and most of the things that I remembered from that trip were still as I remembered them. “We happened to be in Paris during the visit of the King and Queen of England and were there to see for ourselves the reception, which has been described as the greatest ever tendered to any liv- ing person. b “We went to Rome for a few days, and then to Venice. Of course, it was very hot in Rome and Venice in July, but nevertheless we greatly enjoyed it. “After returning to England, we spent six days in Scotland, mostly | in Edinburgh, and we found time also be discussed at this evening’s gathering. Lcommued on Page Two) [ not | sides of the ledger and striking a | A fellow by the name of Franco|r the |the adventure that jerked Europe’s TWO KILLED IN POWDER BLAST v v | N1 FORT LEWHS WASHINGTON, Sept. 7—Betting | 6,000 Pounds of Nitro |odds are 6 to 4 that the war eggs | GlyCCl’ll’lC Explodes at {won't hatch out this season. ‘ That's the way the wagers ran| DuPont, Near Tacoma among people who ought to know | ~the men in the grandstand seats | afforded by Foreign Offices and State Departments. These fellows know all the inside reasons why a war might break out and why it might not. They are merely optimistic. They are mply adding up cold logic on both OLYMPIA, Wash, Sept. 7—A terrific blast this afternoon rocked the entire DuPont-Fort Lewis area and two employees of the I. E. Du- | Pont Demours Company powder plant were Killed. The property damage is estimat- ed at $15,000. The cause for the explosion will not be determined as no parts of the death building are left in which an investigation could be conducted. The blast occurred in the nitro house which contained about 6,000 trial balance. It figures out some- thing like this: Europe is all tangled up in its own diplomacy, more s¢ now, per- haps than in any preceding era of lall its long and tangled history. | pounds of nitro glycerine. The loose ends are treacherous and | The dead are Roy Troupe, 31 forbidding, even to the agile Ger- survived by a widow and child, and mans, who stand to gain most by Rouget Music, 33, father of three risking a war. But even the Ger- children. mans don’t like the idea of playing T 3 the role of a wrestler who grabs a toe hold on what he thinks his Pla"e crashas On Créwded St., opponent’s foot, and breaks his own ankle, FRANCE DID NOTHING The patchwork quilting of events | began on that blustery March 7, 1936, when Hitlers’ troops marched into the forbidden Rhineland and tore up the Versailles treaty. Ac- cording to natural law, France should have pushed them back. Eleven PEI‘SOHS AI’C Klued But, oddly enough, mothing hap-| 30 Injured—Explosion pened. Mussolini steamed right under the nose of the British lion guard- ing the Suez, and took Ethiopia Nothing happened, except a fiz- zling League of Nations boycott, From then on out, it has been a | case of one entangling event after | 3 persons injured. 2223};: :r:jh ?:angzm:mz hard| " he plane hit several houses be- B g Un-| fore coming down to the street. gle the matted skeins of history.| rhe pilot was the only occupant plane killed. Follows Accident LONDON, Sept. 7.—A crash and an explosion crippled a Royal Air street, Eleven persons were killed and 30 started a one-horse revolt against the Spanish government. In no | g [time he had run his stake into Lsatid | STOCK QUOTATIONS o+ pe cmx war with most of Spain in his power. | R His nationalist army, and tho! NEW YORK, Sept. 7. — Closing army of the opposing loyalist prov- ‘quolaunn of Alaska Juneau mine were backed by the war ma- |stock today is 10%, American Can , troops and brains of the 98, American Light and Power armies of Europe—Germans, 4%, Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel Ttalians, Russians, Frenchmen, even !59%, Commonwealth and Southern Englishme: -|1%, Curtiss Wright 5, General Mot~ Then Hitler took over Austria.|ors 49'%, International Harvester That, the experts will tell you, wa. 2'2, Kennecott 41%, New York Central 19, Safeway Stores 18, hard | Southern Pacific 187%, United States Steel 60%, Pound $4.82'%, Bremner bid 2. tangled diplomacy knot. into a THE DIZZY WHIRL | It was simply time to take a| DOW, JONES AVERAGES breather and look to the loose ends.| The following are today's Dow,| Since that spring day this year, Jones averages: industrials 143.08, | the nations of Europe have been up 1.61; rails 27.88, down 1.60; util- trying to reach a trial balance, | ities 19.46, up .04. weighing their chances in a pos- sible war. That's the ledger the |experts are using when they figure | the odds against war at 6 to 4. On | Superintendent of Anchorage Pub- the one hand are the reasons why |lic Schools, passed through Juneau — lon, the Aleutian on his return to the University of Washington. - e~ KEN KELLER THROUGH " (Continued on Page Seven) Force plane on a crowded suburban | Ken Keller, son of W. K. Keller, | FRANGE RUSHES MORE TROOPS T0 (GERMAN BORDER | Three Sudeten Deputies Al- leged to Have Been At- f tacked by Police 'FRENCH CALL LOWEST MILITARY CLASS, DUTY |Hitler Praises Labor Battal- ion_for Perfecting Fortifications | PARIS, Sept. 7.—The Sudeten- German party today broke off | negotiations with the Czech gov- ernment in the disputed autonomy | question after receiving reports that |three Sudeten deputies were as- |saulted by Czech police. Party of- ficials, who are studying the text of the latest government conces- sions, considered them earlier in the day until they heard of the clash at Marisch Ostrau, near the Polish border. First reports said the deputies were attacked by police while mak- ing an investigation of the treat- ment of Sudetens in the town's jail. RESERVISTS CALLED BACK TO SERVICE | PARIS, Sept. 7.—The War Min- |ister today issued a new military order sending trains of infantry reserve troops to the maginot line frontier opposite Germany. The 21-day period order notified reservists, their exact number not determined, to report immediately for duty at the same concentration points where they finished their regular two-year military service only three weeks ago. The instructions were received |shortly after the government an- |nounced its requisition of the port of Marseilles, placing most of the important Mediterranean inlet, | French-African troops and supplies under military control. The order was said to concern only infantry and fortress troops of the second class, the lowest (military class. Mobilize Dock | The French government tonight |announced the mobilization of all |dock workers at the port of Mar- seilles as a vital link in the French system of defense. This step, plac- ing an estimated 5000 longshore- men under military discipline and control, followed the Cabinet’s de- cree putting the port under mili= tary jurisdiction. Last night, the government ord- |ered military rule for the port of | Marseilles after longshoremen re- fused to unload ships, adhering to Lhe 40-hour week. The order is closely connected wnh the European crisis and is |deemed necessary to keep uninter- rupted the flow of supplies and men from and to French colonies. |HITLER HITS AT FRANCE IN LABOR TALK | NURNBERG, Germany, Sept. 7.— Chancellor Hitler told Germany's ‘cnnscripb labor army today that its spades were “being wielded east, north and south, but especially |west” on France's borders playing |a vital part in the defense of the Reich. He addressed 40,000 labor con= |seripts In a pouring rain. The speech was the climax of the an- |nual labor rally, main event in the |third day of the annual Nazi party | congress. Most of his audience interpreted the reference to labor battalions “especially west” as a public ad- mission that they are perfecting Germany's fortifications facing France. Many considered it an in- direct reply to France’s calling reserves to her maginot line. “You'll Get More” Says Hitler A high government spokesman said the purpose of Hitler's ad- monition of Conrad Henlein on Czech’s latest offer of concessions regarding Sudeten Germans was: Don’t accept, ask more; you’ll get it.” | Henlein came hLere to confer with | Hitler, his protector, on the “chief | point at issue in the Czech scheme of dividing the Republic into can- tons so small that the Germans would be spread over three of them. Hitler's Sudetens say this begs the whole question.”