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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Downieville Swept from
Map Residents Flee
as Houses Collapse
ALL STREAMS AT OR
NEAR FLOOD STAGES
Are Grounded
Trans Stalled High
ways impossible

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Dec. IL
Floods have driven more than 1,eoo
people from their homes iu northern
California as the storm lashing the
Pacific Coast brought down ,olrn+
tial rains.
The historic mining town OF
DownieYille in the Central Sierras.
has been literally swept from the
map as Hood waters ragged through
the village and caused four or five
hundred residents to flee for their
lives as their homes fell In shambles
behind them.
At Alturas. more than 100 miles
north of Downieville, the overflow
ing Pitt River forced another half
thousand residents to leave their
homes in flight.
All streams from the Oregon line
south to Sacramento are reported
at or near the flood stage.
Airplanes are grounded, trains are
stalled and highways are impas-
sable, with rain and gales flashing
the coast.
Vessels at sea are being subjected
to unusually rough seas running be-
fore gales of 40 to 10 miles an hour
force. but none are reported in i'm
mediate danger
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
HEAVY SNOW
fall. CAUSES
MUCH MISERY
Suburbs Of Buffalo Report
ed to Be Isolated
Regions
SNOW SHOES, skis
USED BY RESCUERS
Hundreds of Automobiles
Are Stalled Death
Toll Mounts to "a

BUFFALO, NY, Dec. ll.-Snow
storms and snow bound suburbs are
causing misery in this part of the
state today.
Heroic efforts are being made to
rescue or get food to isolated fam
lies.
The snow, which began four days
ago, continued to fall rapidly again
today and traffic is paralyzed in all
down town sections.
The death toll in western New
York state has reached 81 and there
are other deaths in other sections
according to reports received up to
noon today.
Both snowshoe and ski rescue
parties are out. One party reported
a family was burning furniture for
warmth. Another rescue party found
a mother with several children, feed
ing her tots bread, sopped in hot
water
Airline observers said hundreds
and hundreds" of automobiles are
seen stalled.
-Four Lake Erie freighters are re-
ported ice bound downstream 81
miles in the Detroit River.
At Albany, Gov Lehman said all
available equipment of the Ma
tional Guard and Field Artillery
units have been authorized tn helm
towns dig out.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
NANkINC NOW
under ATTACK
ON ALL SIDES
Japanese Admit Resistance
Keeps Extension
of Foothold
DEFENDERS WILL
BATTLE TO END
Nippon Authorities Plan
Establishing Repub-
lican Regime

SHANGHAI, Dec. l1-According
to official Japanese advices, Nam
king is already under a fierce at
tack from all sides but the Yangtze
River front and complete encircle-
ment is threatened although it is
admitted resistance has kept the
Japanese from extending a small
foothold gained Friday inside the
walls.
All avenues Of escape for the de-
Tenders are gradually being cut off
Gen. Tang Send Chi, Commander
Of the Defense Forces, in official adj
vices to Chinese sources here, de-
clares the morale is still high and
all of the Chinese are willing to
fight to the end.
Meanwhile reports persisted that
the Japanese planned to help set
up Republican regime in Marking,
ousting Chang Kai Shek whom they
do not recognize anyway
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Police Break Up
g Chain Scheme

CANTON, o., Dec 11.-Police hero
halted a perpetual donation Sys-
tem of investment, terming it onlg
a variation of the chain-Iettes fcs
mula
Promoters asked registrants to de-
post So. Each registrant for the plan
was then to solicit two friends to
deposit So and keep the money
rolling" Theory was that each de-
positor would receive $64 fer his ORR
ginal investment
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
TERRIFIC Train
WRECK KILLS 26
IN SNOW STORM
Scottish Express Crash e S
Rear of Stalled Train
in Blizzard

CASTLEGARD, Scotland, Dec. H.
-Twenty-six persons were killed as
the crack Scottish Express, speed
ing through binding snowstorm
between Glasgow and Edinburgh
smashed into another train.
The express rammed into the rear
end OF a stalled train. Rescuers
working in the tangled mass Of
wreckage believe at least forty are
dead
1t is the worst railroad disaster in
Scotland since the Gretna Green
wreck in 1915 in which 100 persons
met their deaths.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
PARKS WILL SPEND
HOLIDAYS In DENVER

Former Gov George A. Parks, Dis
trict Cadastral Engineer for the
Public. Survey office, is sailing Mon
day aboard the Alaska to spend the
Christmas holidays with his mother
in Denver 1t is an annual trip with
Mr.. Parks and he expects to be
back in Juneau shortly after the
first of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. IL. - Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock at the short session today is
liz, American Can 1872, American
Light and Power not quoted, Ana
conda 3lA, Bethlehem Steel 569s,
Calumet 812, Commonwealth and
Southern 21s, Curtiss Wright 81
General Motors 34la, international
Harvester 81, Kennecott 37is, New
York Central 1875, Southern Pa
cific 22M, United states steel 57l8,
Cities Service 2, Pound $499%, Re-
public Steel 1875.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Mozee Appointed
u. S. Marshal in
Second Division

NOME, Alaska, Dec. l1.-Federal
Judge j. H. S. Morrison has grant,
ed the wish of the late United States
Marshal Thomas Gaffney and ap-
pointed Chief Deputy B. B. Mozee
as United States Marshal. Mozee
will serve until Gaffney's successor
is appointed by the President.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
KILLS MAN As
He MAKES PLEA
FOR HIS LIFE

JOLIET, Illinois, Dec H. = Two
steel workers are charged with the
Staying Of Edward Pansa, As, who
was shot Thursday night while
pleading for his life while lying on
a sofa to which the workers held
him in his farm house near Crete
Pansa's wife was wounded in the
head and staggered half a mile over
the icy roads to notify the officers
Pansa was robbed of SIT.
Capt Surdukowski, of the Police
Department, said John Jelica and
Michael Minjas, steel workers, have
been arrested and confessed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Juneau Going Up
Or Gastineau Channel
Is Going Down

Juneau is going up or Gastineau
Channel is going down Geodetic
Survey figures furnished to City En-
gineer Milton Lagergren reveal that
tidal beach marks show Juneau
has raised 1873 feet since 1912. The
other version is that Juneau has not
risen but that there is less water
in Gastineau Channel resulting in
lower tides.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Canned Salmon
Moves Fast from
Brokers' Hands

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec.
1l.-Pacific Coast packers held
3,995,797 cases of canned salmon
On November 80. decrease of
$4,000 eases during the month.
Canned salmon stocks moved
faster than year ago but the
remaining stocks are greater
this year than last year at this
time.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Fireman Has Call
To His Own Home

CHARDON, o, Dee. Il Chapter
from life of Volunteer Fireman Wal
ter Hampton
Hampton heard the general alarm
and swung on to the track as Il
passed him on a downtown street
He wondered where the truck was
going, but not for long.
When it stopped he led the crew,
shouting:
Come on, fellows! This is my
housep
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
MARY JOYCE
IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Dec. 11.-Mary Joyce,
wellknown Alaska dog musher and
also proprietress Of Taku Lodge,
near Juneau, Alaska, has arrived
here to shop and visit friends. She
plans to take plane for San
Francisco and then go to Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11


The cold spell let 90 in Juneau
this morning with a distinct trem-
or; so distinct that ii was recorded
as an earthquake AT any rate, the
quake came at $50 a. m, lasted for
about two seconds, and the Their
mometer has been going up ever
since
The tremor was felt generally
over town, desks being shaken 10 fhe
Federal building and dishea rafting
in some places
Actually, the break IN the wea tn
el came some hours earlier The
peak Of one degree below was reach
ed around O'Clock last night and
the mercury hung there until around
hi p m when il started 10 ascend.
At a. N today it was back to zero
and by noon had moved up TO five
above zero. and was still going
slowly upward
II was Tie coolest December
hA.Ali'riHtHt = io'olttpn itEA1 eitttt
1888 and the fourth time below zero
has been recorded in Juneau since
the Weather Bureau started keep
ing records here 20 years ago The
previous cold mark was IN Bebru-
AIRY Of 1885 when five below was
recorded
Contrary to the usual experience
it was warmer out along the Glac-
Ter Highway than it was IN town
Temperatures Of five and six above
being general out in Che AUX Bay
.distrtct. Some thermometers in
town went down as low as six below
but they were in exposed places
where the mind made considerable
difference.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Fred Smith Party

LOS ANGELES.-Dr. Frederick j.
Smith took a look at the Los An
geles city directory and saw there
were 81 Fred Smiths listed. He in
vited all of them to dinner to see
what the other Fred Smiths looked
like. All accepted the invitation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
England Defaults
Again, War Debt

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Eng-
land continued among the war debt
defaulters and has formally notified
the United States she is unable to
m ct the 1894 .426 367 instaliment
that is due on December Is
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
TO COST more
FOR GOING Up

CHICAGO, Dec. Ill. D. Man
ming, President of the Aviation Cor
poration, today predicted that pur-
chasers Of private airplanes will
have to pay from 10 to Is per cent
more for their ships next year than
this year
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Mexican Games
To Be Resumed
F a m Gus Resorts Across
Boundary Are to Re-
open December "A

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. IL. -
Games of chance are to return to
Augua Calientes hotels and the
casino and all departments of the
famed resort across the Mexican
border will be reopened December
"a. The games have been closed
since July 1885, when the Mexican
government banned gambling.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
BECOMES CITIZEN

Conrad Goldfield, native of Nor
way and resident of Juneau, was
granted U. S. citizenship in Fed
eral District court this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
Division of u. s..
Army Presents Ne,O Problems
But These Are Being Studied

This is the second Of two ar
ticies in which Preston Grover,
himself a reserve officer and
student of military tactics, ex-
plains the how and why of the
U. S. Army's new mechanical
division.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Dec. ll.-Imag-
inc some well-prepared enemy is
landing an invading force on one of
our shores. His attack is expected
but where he will attack is not
exactly known until he hits.
Instantly a half dozen mechan-
lied U. S. Divisions take to the
highways at 60 miles an hour. With
10000 fighting men, light and
medium artillery, armored cars and
machine guns in each division, they
slash at him in front, on the TANKS,
and perhaps dash behind him to cut
him off from his boats. The coun-
try is safe again to enjoy its pros
perity and depressions in peace.
That is the ideal behind the de-
velopment of the test-tube division
thai performed wonders of maneuv-
er and attack in simulated war in
Texas recently.
With hard-hitting. fast moving
battalions to attack the enemy be-
fore ne has time 70 land a large
force. the army plans TO hold him
at bay until a drafted or recruited
army can be trained and equipped.
TWo PROBLEMS REMAIN
Soldiers who nave done all their
fighting on maps We've prone to
lock upon the speedy work Of tine
taxi-an6-tank division in Texas as
the answer to warriors prayer
Il had speed tremendous fire power
and no horses % curry and feed.
Veteran officers who ned fought
IN the Philippines and in France
liked The performance 100 TO them,
it was clear as Gay that the old 49,
nile-a-day foot soldier, horse-artil-
lery division was almost as obsolete
as a wooden battle ship But they
saw two problems not solved entire
" to their Satisfaction oy the dem-
oastration in Texas
The first was reconnaissance, the
business of scouting the battle area
to find where to put troops and ar
tillery and to find where the enemy
has put or likely will put his troops
and guns.
The second was supply.
Reconnaissance and supply are
the parts of war easiest handled on
map but hardest in actual fighting
In the fast-moving mechanical d.
vision in Texas, scout cars were used
where highways were available
With net of good highways avail
able nothing more is needed. Fol
scouting where no highways were
available, a 35-mile-an-hour ar
mored car with belt-tread took
over the job.
MAY STILL NEED HORSES
They were much faster than horse
and foot reconnoitering-but
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11

BRINGS COLD
SPELL TO END
Tremor Felt Here at 9: so
This Morning Mercury
Up After One Below

AT o'clock this afternoon the
temperature stood at six de-
grees above zero and had been
stationary at that mark for two
hours. The Weather Bureau pre-
dicted II would continue to get
warmer with snow flurries and
cloudy weather forecast for To-
night and Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-12-11
NAY STILL NEED HORSES

They were much faster than horse
and foot accommodating
Evening star., 1937-12-28
RAIN AND COLDER HERE,
T0MORROW'S FORECAST

Cloudy skies and probable rain and
colder weather tomorrow were FORE
cast today as most of Western Mary
land lay under one of the heaviest
SHOWS of the season.
The minimum temperature tonight
is expected to be several points above
freezing. The mercury went down to
"a degrees early today and rose grad
ually under overcast skies.
More than two inches Of snow fell
in a few hours at Cumberland late
yesterday, hampering traffic and max
ing driving in the mountainous
regions dangerous.
Between and II pm. yesterday
light snow flurries mixed with rain
swept Washington and vicinity. but
the snow melted almost as rapidly as
it fell. The Weather Bureau recorded
about a quarter of an inch Of pre-
cipitation in the hast "a hours.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
Stocks Slump
81 to 81 or More
In Fast Selling
Ticker Tape Gets Be.
hind as Steel and Mo.
tor Shares Tumble.

By the ASSOcl&CeQ HTe&S.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-Heavy SELL
ing developed on the stock exchange
shortly after the noon hour today,
sending many leading issues 81 to 81
or more lower.
The ticker tape was several minutes
behind as steel and automobile shares
tumbled downward in the wake of
Wall Street worries over the antitrust
news from Washington and other un-
favorable developments in business.
United States Steel, Bethlehem,
Chrysler. General Motors, Westing-
house, Du Pont, General Electric, In
ternational Harvester, Montgomery
Ward, Sears-Roebuck, United States
Gypsum, International Nickel, Ana
conda. American Tobacco, Kennecott
Copper, Eastman Kodak and Loew's
were In the front in the decline.
An early-morning selling wave
brought heavy volume which dwindled
during an attempted comeback. Later,
however, volume was at its heaviest.
Some issues reached new 1887 lows.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
CLIPPER WITH PANAY
FILMS REACHES U. S.
Cameraman Will Fly East With
Pictures Of Bombing to Be
Shown Publicly.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALAMEDA, Calf, Dec. 28.-The
China Clipper. bearing motion picture
films of the Panay bombing. arrived
here at 9:55 am. u2:55 pm. E. S. T.)
today from the Orient.
The Clipper carried Norman Alley
and his 4,5O0-foot film of the bombing
in the Yangtze River, above Marking.
A chartered plane was ready to fly
the film East, to be released for public
showing. Alley, whose wife and chill
dren came here from Hollywood to
greet him, expected to fly East with
the films.
The camerman stood on the deck of
the little American vessel as it was
under fire. He radioed his employers
that the pictures would show the whole
story of the episode, starting with the
bombing of Marking, the flight of
refugees to a haven aboard the Panay,
the bombing planes power diving on
the eunboat and the rescue of the
survivors.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
REICH GIVES D0DDS
CHILLY FAREWELL
German Chief of Protocol
Absent From Party for
y. S. Envoy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. Dec. 28.-William e.
Dodd. resigning United States Am
bassador. departed for the United
States today with Mrs. Dodd-more
unceremoniously than any previously
departing American envoy.
The chill OF the farewell was in
keeping with the relations between
the Ambassador and the German gov
ernment. especially strained since Mr..
Dodd objected to American official
representation at the Naz party con-
gress last September at Nuremberg.
With only the male personne, of the
Embassy and consulate present In
the Dodd apartment to say good-by,
the couple slipped quietly into a car
and drove to Hamburg to board the
liner Washington sailing tomorrow.
Not even the chief of protocol of
the German foreign ofice was pres
ent at the Dodds' farewell, although
customarily he receives and sees of
the heads of diplomatic missions.
Mr.. Dodd sent word yesterday that
he did not know exactly when he
would leave and suggested the foreign
office should not bother.
Nor was Mr.. Dodd received by
Chancellor Hitler before departure, as
Is customary in the case of most
Ambassadors.
Even the usual farewell luncheon
or dinner given by Foreign Minister
Konstantin Won Neurath did not
materialize.
Evening star., 1937-12-28
c. N. c. TOLAYOFF
$4,000 JANUARY l.;
NONE IN CANADA
Plants to Operate on Three.
Day.Week Basis, Knud-
sen Declares.
MICHIGAN REDUCTION
TO APPROXIMATE 10000
Adjustment Caused by Necessity
to Cut Down Large Stocks,
Official States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Dec. 28.-William s.
Knudsen, president Of General Motors
Corp, announced today that employ
ment in General Motors plants
throughout the United States would
be reduced by approximately 10000
employees, effective January l.
The reduction in Michigan, he said
will approximate 10000 employees.
Mr.. Knudsen said "the recession in
business makes readjustment Of the
working force necessary"
He explained that the General
Motors plants would operate on a
three-day-a-week basis. each oper-
ating a>total of "a hours week. That
will be the working schedule for those
employees who are retained.
THE corporation has kept its men
employed up to very recently by re-
ducing the hours given per man in
order to help the general economic
situation in the communities where
plants are located" he said. The
inventories, both in the field and at
the plants, accumulated through this
policy have. however, reached a point
where adjustment must take place as
1t is impossible to carry larger stocks
than what the demand makes DOS
sible
Therefore, on or about January I.
the working force will be reduced in
order that the people who will con-
tmue at work, even on reduced hours,
will have reasonable income for all
their needs. This will necessarily az
feet a considerable number OF men
in all locations. but there will still
remain on General Motors pay roll
in the United States more than
205. 900 men, and the monthly pay roll
will exceed $24.000,000.
The corporation regrets the circum-
stances which make this necessary,
but sincerely hopes the condition will
be temporary and that spring will
see the return of normal employment.
knudsen said that reduction totals
for General Motors plants outside of
Michigan were not yet available and
that local managers would compile the
figures.
He said no reductions had been Or
dered in Canadian General Motors
plants because business Is normal
there"
In an interview, Mr.. Knudsen said:
The used-car market is stopped, and
when that is stopped our employment
stops"
Asked If revision of prices on new
motor cars might ease the market
problem, he said: "A cheaper market
will do no good if we can't sell used
cars. Purchasing power is down
there is no question about it."
Asked for his explanation of the
general business recession, he said:
The price level rose too fast in the
spring of 1887 and we just couldn't
digest it,
Evening star., 1937-12-28
IS and lW Chain
Ceases Buying
Japanese Goods
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-The F. w.
Woolworth chain Of flve-and- ten cent
stores has ceased, for the present at
least, adding to its stock of Japanese
made goods. T. j. Mullin, assistant to
the president, said today.
I'VE haven't purchased any goods in
Japan in months" he said, adding
the action could be construed as re-
sulting from the Far Eastern war.
Mr.. Mullin said the chain had but a
small stock of japanese goods now,
bought and paid for months before the
outbreak of the Japanese Chinese war.
I'VE have bought from Japan only
merchandise that could not be found
readily in the United States" Mr..
Mullin said. "and these purchases
represented not more than l per cent
of our inventory"
Evening star., 1937-12-28
By THOMAS r. HENRY,
Stan CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28.-Experi-
ments which may provide IN entirely
new approach to the problem Of can
Ger, and possibly other human dis
eases. were reported to the association
today by DR.. M. w. Emmel Of the Uni
versity Of Florida.
There Is . rare, and almost in
evitably fatal, disease of men and ami
mails known as leukemia. It Is some
times called cancer of the blood,
since its chief manifestation is in the
increase Of small, immature and ap-
parently unregulated white blood cells.
DR.. Emmel has been able to pro-
duce 1t experimentally, he reported to-
day, by injection In the veins Of
chickens, dogs, goats, monkeys, hogs,
sheep and mice Of small quantities Of
Evening star., 1937-12-28
200 d. c.. Jobs
On Emergency
Council Suved

The National Emergency Council,
slated to go out of existence on De-
cember 81, IS to be extended for an.
other six months, it was disclosed to-
day. This saves the jobs Of more than
200 employees.
President Roosevelt will soon issue
an executive order giving a new lease
on life to this agency, which in the
last four years has served as a clear
Ing house for Government informa-
ton, as we'll as co-ordinating agency
for emergency activities under the
New Deal. -.-.
Some months ago the President is
sued an executive order discontinuing
the National Emergency Council as
such on December 81 Of this year,
but since then has decided to extend
this agency until June 80 next. Mr..
Roosevelt's original decision to wipe
out the agency on December 81 is
understood to have b, en- prompted by
his economy program His original
idea was to transfer Eugene Leggett,
executive officer Of the National Emer-
gency Council, and small part of the
personnel to the Budget Bureau. where
the co-ordinating work Of this agency
would be carried on on reduced scale.