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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1938. VOL. LIII., NO. 7944. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NATION’S MILLIONS ARE GOING TO POLLS Japa INVADERS AR ESTABLISHING NEW DEADLINE Notify Foreign Embassies| of Extension of Hos- tilities in Orient . TOKYO, Nov. 8—The Jap- anese Government today an- nounced extension of hostilities to the westernmost Provinces of China proper. All embassies and legations in Tokyo were circulated with a statement foday saying the zone of hostilities has been ex- tended to a line running from Yunnan, the far southwestern Province bordering upon French Indo-China, British Burma, northward through Szechwan Province to Kansu the far northwestern Province border- ing Tibet and Outer Mongolia. ANOTHER SHIP 1S SENT DOWN IN NORTH SEA Spanish Insurgent Warship Brings Conflict to England’s Coast LONDON, Nov. 8—Lloyds' agent at Cromer reports a British Royal Air Force plane has sighted a cargo ship sinking about five miles west of Wandelaar Lightship, off the Bel- gian Coast and a Spanish Insurgent auxiliary cruiser, the Nadir, is standing by. This is the third time in less than one week a Spanish Insurgent war- ship has attached a Spanish Gov- ernment craft in the North Sea, close to England’s shores. Yesterday it was reported that the British Navy has instituted a de- stroyer and submarine patrol in the North Sea to prevent any such inci- dents inside of the British Territor- ial waters. There is no indication of the na- Army for Alaska, is an arrival in|al Guard company have been called | tionality of the ship sunk today by the Spanish Insurgent gunboat Berlin Jews Are Being Disarmed ; Reprigl Cas Nazis Retaliate on Race on Account of Paris Assassination BERLIN, Nov. 8—Count Wolf von Helldorf, Chief of the Berlin Police, announced he is “disarm- ing” Berlin's Jews. He has seized quantities of arms and ammunition in the past few weeks. The. announcement by the Chief of Police was made while the Nazis were taking reprisals against the Jews on account of the shooting of a German Embassy Secretary in Paris by a young Polish Jew. A roundup of arms began, how- ever, some time ago and before the shooting. Anti-Jewish reprisals are report- ed from two German towns while the government has banned all Jewish publications until further notice. President Votes HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov. 8— President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roose- velt, also his private secretary, Miss Lehand, voted shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon in the little town hall of this village. ——pr Incia and Egypt have the high- est percentage of illiteracy of all large countries. and the President’s mother, | TO COVER GROUND BREAKWATERJOB 1S T0 COMMENCE faster, the police at Inglewood. Cal,, are using motor scooters which enable them to patrol the city more readily—and nab a SALVATION ARMY CONCRESS TO BE CALLEDOUTIN HELD HERE SOON Y, ELECTION Brigadier Carruthers Ar- rives from Wrangell to Complete Plans Brigadier W. J. Carruthers, Divis- |ion Commander of the Salvation Juneau from Wrangell. Brigadier Carruthers will com- plete arrangements with Captain- S. Jackson, head of the Juneau Corps, for the Salvation Army Congress to of charges in two shootings. No one be held in Juneau from November was hit but the authorities have re-! 22 to November 26. Commissioner and Mrs. George L. Carpenter, National leaders of the | Salvation Army, with headquarters in Toronto, will lead the Congress, Brigadier Carruthers announced. | Commissioner and Mrs. Carpenter | will come to Juneau direct from Seattle, where he will soon arrive on|fist fights there yesterday where | | his regular tour of inspection of Sal- vation Army work. Delegates and Officers of the Sal- | vation Army will shortly be arriv-| |ing in Juneau from all points in | Southeast Alaska, to attend the | Congress. The renowned Kake Sal- | vation Army band is to be in atten- | dance, giving Juneau an opportun- |ity to hear what is recognized as Southeast Alaska’s finest Native | band. GOVERNMENT ~ RESTS, CASE OF FOUR SPIES }Prett); Blonde Wife of Con-. tact Man Gives Her Testimony NEW YORK, Nov. 8—The Gov~ |ernment has rested in its three | weeks old spy trial. The Government announced it | had completed its case following the | testimony of Mrs. Guri Rumrich, of Missoula, Mont., pretty blonde wife fessed Nazi agent, who nervously stated her husband received sums man espionage. of money as contact man in Ger-| traffic violator more easily. SOLDIERS ARE Six Men Are Already in Jail=—No One Allow- ed to See Them HARLAN, Ky., Nov. 8. — Thirty- five members of the Harlan Nation- jout to stand by for an emergency after a pre-election shooting last | night. | 8ix men are in jail pending filing | fused permission to anyone to see | them, even members of their fami- lies. At Morehead, W. E. Proctor, for- mer Rowan County Attorney, is charged with shooting and wound- |ing William Talkett, shot and hit in the hip. There were a number of a heated Board of Education race | has aroused the people in today’s | election. .- MRS. COUNCIL ENDS HER VISIT IN STATES Following a six weeks' vacation trip to the States, Mrs. W. W. Council returned to her home here on the Alaska. During her trip in the south, Mrs. Council visited with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Apland, at their home near Arlington, Washington. Mrs. Council said she was glad to be home again. She saw Gov. John W. Troy and his daughter, Mrs. Helen Bender, while in Seattle. MRS M'NAUGHTON RETURNS Mrs. Guy McNaughton returned to her home on board the Alaska, following a two months’ visit in | Seattle. Mrs. McNaughton went |south when her daughter, Miss Mary Jean McNaughton, left for Seattle to enroll in the University ‘of ‘Washington. e EDITH SHEELOR COMES i BACK ON ALASKA TODAY | Edith F. Sheelor returned on the of Guenther Gustav Rumrich, con-| Alaska today after two months in| | the States visiting her parents, Mr. land Mrs, M. I. McClanahap, in Payette, Idaho, and relatives in Monmouth, Illinois. NEXT FEW DAYS |Engineer Rogers Arrives— | Labor Requirements \ Are to Be Small Ccenstruction is expected to begin tomorrow or Thursday on the break- | long awaited | | water of Juneau's | small boat harbor, according to M. | J. Rogers, Construction Supervisor | of the War Department who arrived in Juneau on the steamer Alaska. Four 2-yard capacity Army trucks | were aboard the Alaska and will be used on the project with local driv- ers, while bids will be called for from Juneau truckers to fill the | truck requirements of the job, prob- | ably not exceeding fifteen trucks. Work for Trucks | Thirty-thousand of the 70,000 | cubic yards of fill to be made on ‘Lhe two breakwaters, will be done by trucks, and it is believed barges will be brought here to supplement the trucks in filling the remainder | of the required rock. Labor needs on the job, other than truckers, will be small, it was | learned, all to be hired through the | Territorial Employment offices in | the Territorial Building under Di- | rector J. T. Flakne, | Three Months’ Work | Three months will be needed to complete the breakwater work, it is expected. The two breakwaters to be con- structed are known as the “north” and “south” breakwaters. The north breakwater will extend westward from the Juneau water- front at a point about 400 yards north of the Juneau-Douglas bridge and parallel thereto for a distance of 940 feet, thence turning south toward the bridge for a distance of 600 feet. The south breakwater will be an extension of the bridge approach fill for a distance of 430 feet. Construction Stages Two stages of construction will be carried out with the initial fill being made to an elevation of 2 feet above mean lower low water with a roadbed width of not less than 16 feet. The final. lift will be | made after completion of the first stage to provide a crest width of 8 feet at 24 feet above mean lower | low water. Supervisor Rogers, who also han- dled the Cordova harbor project, will also have charge of the small boat harbor work here as well as the breakwater construction. The harbor work is expected to be got- | ten under way next spring. —— - ROTARY CLUB HAS LUNCHEON | served During Noon Hour Session At the regular noenday luncheon session of the Rotary Club today J. B. Burford and William Carlson, of the entertainment committee, through cooperation of A. B. Phil- lips, Alex | Guerin, put on a fine “Educational Week” program. There were two talking pictures (Juneau Public | Bchool equipment) “The Frog” and “Food and Digestion” shown and appreciated. | Several-visiting Rotarians were in | attendance., Brigadier W. J. Car- ruthers, Divisional Commander of | the Salvation Army, and A. B. Cain were also guests. | Next week’s entertainment com- | mittee will be Henry Sully and Ed Schaeffer. B o | ARONSON PARTY IN Dr. Joseph T. Aronson, tubercu- losis expert, arrived on the Alaska this morning with his assistants Dr. Robert Saylor and party to check tuberculosis investigations made last year. | In the party with Dr. Aronson are Marian Cawlker, X-ray technic- ian, and Erma Parr, research nurse. \“Educational Week” Is Ob_T | £ | | m | I i ( \‘li!‘ i | il | G I 12 JAPAN AND PROTECTORATE CHINESE TERRITORY PENETRATED BY JAPANESE TROOPS AREA DOMINATED BY,| | OR EXPECTED TO BE DOMINATED BY,JAPAN ten and strategic Hankow in one week), he still has a chance to get the supplies vital to resistance. | For ancient, well-traveled caravan trails lead to Russia and India, and one railroad to French Indo- Chin; tio Chi a. scldiers; large agricultural and grazing areas; and rich mineral deposits. are independent of China proper. U.S. Has Afiothér Defens; Problem on Canada’s Coast KING GEORGE IS COMING T0 UNITED STATES Informs Parliament He Ac- cepts Invitation of Roosevelt LONDON, Nov. 7—King George told Parliament today he was “hap- !py to accept” as an expression of the Anglo-American good feeling, | President Roosevelt's invitation to | visit the United States during the |Canadian tour next spring. | The announcecent was made by !the Monarch from the throne in the House of Lords in an address at the opening of the fourth ses- sion of the current Parliament, the second in his reign. In a subsequent debate in the | House of Commons, Premier Cham- | berlain drew cheers from all parts | of his warm statement that the King’s visit to the United States |would be of “outstanding import- |ance.” Such a visit, the British Premier |said, would be the first time a | British King and Queen have ever |“set foot on the land of the Great | Democracy which in the past 150 | years has played so increasingly an |important role in the history of the |world and contributed so much in political economy, commercial en- race.” et ELECTION IN 'KANSAS CLOSE; FIRST RETURNS TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 8.—Scat- tering returns from urban precincts showed a narrow difference in the two major Kansas political races. One hundred and seventy-six pre- cinets give Clyde Reed, Republican nominee for Senator 5093 votes, Senator McGill, 4,931. ‘ One hundred and seventy - five ‘Prelmxcu give Gov. Payne Ratner, | Republican, 4894, and Gov. Hux- man 4,825. By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. — With | so much dread over what will hap- | pen when Japan completes its con- | quest of China and when German | trade pressure moves in on South| Democrats Predic! Anolher | America it should be interesting to | remember that the United States | has one vitally vulnerable spot which for one reason or another it cannot arm. That is Canada. Canada is a sovereign (almost) and independent (almost) mem- ber of the British Commonwealth of Nations and as such might be |expected, in a sense, to look out | for its own defense. But Canadian | officials are not coy about these things. They frankly recognize that the Dominion has only 11,000,000 | population and cannot afford to | build up defenses sufficient to keep |out a first class invader. THEY BANK ON U. S For the United States, however, | the condition is a horse of another color. Canada’s lack of serious coast defense leaves a door wide open into ‘che Yankee interior, either by way |of Vancouver on the west or St. | Lawrence ports on the east. | What defense, then, has Canada? Ian Mackenzie, Canadian de- | fense minister, discussing the 1938 military budget in the last Cana- ‘dmn Parliament in May, explained it. “I think it might be reasonable to assume,” he said, “that in a ma- jor conflagration we should have friendly fleets upon the Pacific Ocean. . . . There is no commitment or understanding in regard to these | matters, but at this same time I | think reasonable assumptions are | possible.” Dunham and Eckley terprise and progress for the human p.p.R’s GESTURE | As to the Atlantic side, he said the “main deterrent to attack from Europe is the British fleet in North | Atlantic waters.” Just how happy | Canada is now about the security ioflered by the North Atlantic fleet is another question, since the Brit~ B lish “capitulation” to German de-| mands at Munich. | But three months after Mackenzie publicly recognized the United | States as one of its defenders, | President Roosevelt similarly rec- | ognized the situation publicly. In |a speech on his visit to Canada in | August in connection with dedi- cation of an international bridge at | Thousand Islands he said the U. 8. “will not stand idly by if domina- tion of Canadian soil is threatened by any other empire.” THEY WORK TOGETHER | It is a safe enough guess that re- gardless of any lack of “understand- | (Continued on Page Four) Only cne-fourth of China has been lost to Japan, but that one-fourth has one-half the popula- the rich seaports, fertile valleys, virtually all the facteries and mills, and many of the mines. ng's China, its provisional capital at Chungking, has a population of 200,000,000; some 3,000,000 Tibet, Sinkiang, and Mongolia TRYING LABOR LAW AT POLLS | Clean Sweep of Seven Seats on Ballot | ' 600,000 Washington State electors trudged through unfavorable weath- er to voting booths today to judge constitutional amendments govern- |ing strikes. This proposed amendment, the hottest issue of the pre-polling cam- paign, was placed on the ballot as Initiative 130, originating from pe- titions signed by 100,000 electors to regulate strikes and labor disputes. The petition proposes that dis- satisfied employees be required to file written demands with employ- {ers and that they be barred from striking and protected from lock- outs for 30 days after filing de- mands, during which time both sides would seek settlement of dif- ferences. Attack Democrats | Republican candidates assailed the New Deal in varying degrees {of intensity in an effort to crack the solid Democratic front in Con- gressional seat confests and shake Democratic dominance of legislative and county offices. If two thirds of the State’s near- ly 900,000 registered voters bother to ballot, it will be an off-year record vote. Demo Vietory Democratic State Chairman El- wood Caples predicted another sweeping victory for the Democratic party, including the re-election of Senator Homer T. Bore and six Democratic Congressmen, This forecast was challenged by Republican Chairman Tom Oak- shott, who said a Republican gain 1of between 50,000 and 100,000 votes |should elect Ewing D. Colvin Sen- ator and’ unseat two Democratic Congressmen to increase the Re- publican party's legislative repre- sentation. -, Housewives Should Take Notice Although this is only Tuesday afternoon, housewives should bear in mind there are only two days of shopping left before Armistice Day. On Friday all stores will be closed, so order to- morrow, not waiting until the last minute—Thursday. WASH, VOTERS SEATTLE, Nov. 8—An estimated | n Announces Further Invasion of China China Still Has Yet aWay Out "IIMHWI OFF YEARRECORD PREDICTED WITH HEAVY BALLOT Hundreds of Seats Will Be Filled in Flood of Votes ' PRESIDENT’S INFLUENCE /IS STRONGPOLLFACTOR ‘ gty | Pensions, Farm Legislation | and Labor Geiting Acid Test BULLETIN—Reports received up to 3 o’clock this afternoon in- dicate the heaviest vote in the nation since 1936, notwithstand- ing cold and rain in many sec- tions. New York statc is polling a tremendous vote, also Califor- nia, There have been minor ar- rests in New York City and var- ious parts of Pennsylvania. In Jiyde Park, when President Rooscvelt veled. which took him 3 ond one-lalf minutes, he wis asked: “Did vou vote the straight Democratic ticket?" The President replied, smiling: “The ballot is secret, you know.” { | (By Associated Press) America's sovereizi voters, 40,- 000,000 strong, today helped to de- {termine the New Deal's future course by choosing Congressmen and state officfals in a momentous | off year election. A flood of voters at the polls gave every indication of setting a voting record surpassed only by the total of 45,000,000 votes cast in 1936. In some regions, however, in- | clement weather appeared likely to |lower advance estimates. Snow | blanketed many western states and |a cold rain storm was moving over the East. | 499 Seats up Many major offices are at stake | with 35 Senate seats, 32 Governor- | ships and 432 House seats in the balance. Only in Maine, which state elect= ed a Republican Governor and three Republican Representatives in Sep- tember is no vote being cast. ! FDR Faces Test | In the bulk of the Congressional | contests, the question of suppert | or opposition to President Roose- velt’s policies predominated at the polls. President Roosevelt himself ap=~ ipealed last Friday for the election of men who would favor liberal pro- posals, while Republicans, with an eye on 1940, criticized the National Administration and called for the election of candidates advocating the “return of the American way.” Tension High In several states where the con- tests have been especially gruel A tension is at a high point and Pennsylvania, hundreds of special guards are on duty at the polls. POLLS WILL TELL WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Today's election may provide a strong hint as to how the country feels about the major issues of the New Deal. Associated Pres: ruggests a close watch especially of results in New | (Continued on Page Three) SEVEN STATES WILL PROBABLY POLL B VOTE Twenty-one Million Expect- ed to Cast Ballots in Key Sections WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—Citizens in seven states may do most of the | voting today. A survey showed that about 21,» 000,000 votes, or 52 percent of the indicated total of 40,000,000 votes, might be cast in New York, Penn- sylvania, Illinois, Ohio, California, New Jersey and Michigan,