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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
ATLANTIC OPPORTUNITIES
LIMITED

There is little opportunity for out
reaching bases in the Atlantic. We
have to be contented with Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and a
naval base in Cuba to backstop the
defense both of the continent and
the Panama Canal.
But in the Pacific it is different.
Hawaii is already a formidable
base and now the navy is banker
ing for flrnds-and authorlty-to
extend its string of supply bases
1000 miles or more. westward, in
GLIDING Midway Island, and more
important, Guam.
In Guam, the report discloses,
the Navy believes it has found a
key to national defense which Will
be effective both in the Pacific and
the Atlantic. 1t is 1,500 miles from
Japan.
With adequate air and sub
marine protection securely based
on GUAM" says the report, the
island could be m a de secure
against anything short of major
effort on the part Of any probable
enemy. Supported by a garri-
son of only moderate strength In
comparison to the important mill
tary issues involved, with appro-
pirate anti-aircraft and coast-de-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
THREE STRONG POINTS

The island, comparatively small
as islands go, is geographically de-
signed and situated for fleet base,
says the report, and the naval board
which compiled it adds:
"A strong advanced fleet base at
Guam, developed to the practical
limits which the natural resources
invite, would assure
"1.-Practical immunity of the
Philippines against hostile attack
in force.
"2.-The most favorable conditions
that could be brought about for
the prosecution of naval operations
in the Western Pacific arising from
whatever necessity. 1t would reduce
to its simplest possible terms the
defense of Hawaii and the contin-
entail coast of the United States.
"3.-The ability of the fleet to
operate with greater freedom in
meeting emergency conditions that
might arise in the Atlantic" (The
idea here would seem to be that even
if the fleet should be busy with an
enemy in the Atlantic, Japan could
not attack the Pacific Coast as
long as Guam could send out planes
and submarines to cut off the Japa-
nese supplies)
Whether the Navy Will get its
way with Guam is anybody's guess.
BY the 1922 naval treaty we agreed
not to fortify Guam. but Japan
ended that treaty by formally de-
nouncing it three years ago. Even
if Congress refuses to take such a
step, it. gives the government an
ace to play in Pacific negotiations.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
Show Navy Still Ranks
Good 0ffense as Best Defense
BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-Publi-
cation of the confidential Naval re-
port on air and submarine bases
turned a bright light on a major
item of National Defense often
overlooked. 1t is:
When this country has to defend
the hemisphere from foreign ag-
erosion it will do SO by attacking
the enemy as close to his home
shores as it can get. 1t will not walt
until the enemy planes are roaring
over New York City or his naval
guns are shooting down the Golden
Gate.
In time OF war a defensive force
must be converted into an often
sive force unless the country Is
willing to fight the war in its own
dooryard. That, at least, is the
Navy viewpoint expressed on more
than one occasion and clearly inn
piled now in the report on pro-
posed naval bases winch was Hldoe
public because of slip by a house
clerk.
That is why the so-called de
Tense" weapons look so "offen-
sive." If the war is to be fought a
few miles off the Atlantic, Pacific
or Gulf Coasts, long range bomb
ers are not necessary, nor are sup
ply ships. But every defensive
plan this correspondent ever heard
of calls for meeting the enemy
1000 miles or more from Ameri-
can shores, whether the battle be
in the air or on the sea. And that
calls for location of supply bases
as far out to the front as possible.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
U. 5. AIRCRAFT
TO MANUFACTURE
PLANES, FRANCE
President Roosevelt Asked
About French Observer
in Recent Test Flight

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - Pres
ident Roosevelt today said that the
United States Aircraft manufactur-
ers had agreed with this govern
ments knowledge to supply France
with an undetermined number of
planes. The President when asked
at the press conference whether
steps had been taken to facilitate
the French purchase of planes, is
said to have replied negatively as
the question was put, but added
that since many American plane
factories were idle it would be a
good thing if they accepted the
French plane orders to get them
substantially under way before a
larger American air program is
started.
When asked why the French OBJ
server was aboard the bomber
which was being tested for the
army when it crashed in Califor-
mia, the President replied that the
War Department has no objection
to other countries ordering planes
from private manufacturers The
President has Sc mt request
to Speaker Bankhead for an imme-
diate appropriation of $5O,O00,00O to
speed airplane purchases in the
Army's $300,000O00 procurement
program.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
INSURGENTS ON
new OFFENSIVE,
BARCELONA AREA
Flushed with Success, Gen.
Francois Forces Keep
Pushing Up Coast

BARCELONA, Jan 27-The con-
quering Spanish Insurgents, flush
ed with success in capturing Bar
celona, pushed up the coast today
and seized the village of Badalona
in an offensive designed to wipe out
Spanish Government forces in Cat
alonia.
miles, by road northeast of Bar
celona and lies on the main highway
that follows the coast northeast for
80 miles then cuts inland due north
to Georna Figueras, thence to the
frontier of France.
Hundreds of demonstrations have
taken place here, men, women and
children celebrating the end OF hun
ger, other privations and bombings
of the war.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
APPOINTMENT
BY PRESIDENT
IS PROTESTED
Public Hearing on Thomas
Am!ie 10 ice Ordered
Communist Claim

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27-A pub
lie hearing has been ordered on
President Roosevelt's appointment
of Thomas Amlie of Wisconsin,
known as Progressive, to the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Senator Burton K Wheeler,
Chairman of the Senate ICC Com
mittee, has named a sub-commit-
tee of three Democrat and two
Republican Senators to conduct the
hearing.
The Wisconsin Legislature adopt
ed resolution calling Amlie a
Communist and protesting his ap-
pointment.
Anti administration Senators said
the Amlie appointment, if approved
at all by the Committee, will get
through the Senate by narrow
margin.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
$4,000 SMELL
IS UNCOVERED;
ODD, But TRUE
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE
AP Science Editor


WILMINGTON, Del.-The story of
uncovering a $4,000 smell is told
by James K. Hunt of the du Pont
Company.
The smell is synthetic musk. The
real musk, from Tibetan deer, is
estimated to be worth $4,000 a
pound if it could be had in a pure
state. The artificial article is the
equivalent of pure musk.
1t was found by accident. Chem
lists were investigating the structure
of rubber, gelatine and cellulose,
which are made of chain-like MOLE
cules. These molecules are like a
string of snakes each hanging to
the tail of another.
AS a rule these materials have no
smell. But occasionally an unex-
pected fragrance was found 1t was
identified as coming from mole
cules which had curled up into
rings, as if the chain of snakes had
let go of each other and each swal-
lowed his own tail.
This difference in structure was
the sole reason for the fragrance.
The ring structure, moreover, was
like that of musk and the frag-
rance the same.
Formation of the rings in the
rubber-like materials was a rare
occurrence. BY learning how to make
all the molecules behave in this
unorthodox manner the chemists
produced synthetic musk.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
newell SANDERS
PASSES AWAY At
tennessee HOME
Retired from Active Life
EARLY, Always Regret
ted His Move

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Jan. II.
Newell Sanders, 88. Industrialist
and former United States Senator,
died at his home here last night.
Newell Sanders, amassed wealth
from a small beginning as a pillow
Manufacturer, turned to politics, serv-
ed brief term in the United States
Senate and took a prominent part
in the campaigns for National Pro-
hibition and Women's Suffrage.
He spent the declinging years of a
long life regretting his retirement.
That event took place in 1927 and
six years later he said.
Il have not enjoyed doing nothing.
All this time l have wished I was
still in the game Of life. Such things
as being foreman of a grand jury,
sitting on Boards of Directors of
banks and railroads and trying to
keep my money invested so as to net
per cent do not satisfy"
Active Republican
An active Republican, he was for
eight years chairman of the party's
state executive committee in Tenne-
ssee, a delegate to seven of its ma
tional conventions from 1900 on, and
for one term, 1926. member of
the National Committee.
He was the first Republican sent
to the Federal Senate from his state
in 40 years. Gov Ben Hooper APP
pointed him to a vacancy and he
served from April, 1911, to February
1922. In that brief time he fathered
a bill to prevent shipment of liquor
from wet states into dry states and
it was enacted over President Taft's
veto, to become the first federal leg
islation regulating Interstate COM
merce in liquors.
Backs Suffrage
Womans suffrage he backed with
his time and money, the latter al
ways being available to forward
causes or charities in which he was
interested.
Another of his hobbies was devel-
opment of mid-continental river
traffic. He organized steamboat
company operating boats on the
Tennessee Ohio and Mississippi riv-
ers between Chattanooga and ST..
Louis and was first president of
the old Tennessee River Improve
ment Association.
Sanders was born in Owen county
Indiana, July IL, 1850. In 1873 he
graduated with a degree for bachelor
of science from the University of In
diana. In the same class was Miss
Corinne Doods of Bloomington. They
married and became the parents OF
six children, three of whom died in
childhood.
Mrs. Sanders died in 1929. She
claimed to be the first woman to cast
a vote south of Mason and Dixon's
line.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
Down with
Frante,'(r
0fRon1eM Mob
Police Prevent Demon
stration Against French
Embassy, Cheer Spain

ROME, Jan. 27.-A crowd of stu
dents, shouting Down with
France" tried to reach the French
Embassy today after cheering Pre-
mier Mussolini but the crowd was
turned back by the police.
The students, swelled by many
Fascists, raised a clamor under the
balcony of the Palace until he
twice answered by appearing and
giving a salute.
The students, unable to reach
the French Embassy, marched to
the two Spanish Embassies and
cheered with cries of Free Spain"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
Lose FIGHT,
RELIEF BILL

BULLETIN - WASHINGTON.
Jan. 27.-The Administration Fore
es have lost their fight in the Sem
ate to add $15O,O00,OO0 to the $725.-
100000 relief bill.
The vote, considered as meas
ure of Administration strength, was
Al to 46.
The Senate then proceeded to
consider other amendments before
the final vote on the measure to
supply WPA funds until June 80.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
KING OF SWEDEN
ASKS MORE ARMS

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 81. - King
Gustav v, opening the riksdag
(parIiamenD with new budget pro-
posals for increased ornaments,
declared world events demand
"ceaseless vigilance"
Sweden intends TO spend an es-
timated total of l,642. 443, 900 kroner
(about 1894, l86,320) in the next
fiscal year, but there will be no
new taxation, and reserve funds will
assure a balanced budget.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
Japan,Franee
Relations Are
Now Strained
Paris R efuses 10 Accept
Nippon Ambassador
Charge Revealed

TOKYO, Jan 27-T'he Foreign
Office discloses that French and
japanese relations are further
strained by Frances rejection of
Masayuki TAM as Ambassador to
Paris.
France has refused TO accept TAM
as Ambassador on the grounds he
enormously accused France OF aid
ing China.
The Foreign Office revealed that
Japan has repeatedly protested to
France against making munition
shipments to Kai Shek.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
GueriIlas in
China Report
One vi(fory
Force Of One thousand
Japanese Mdnthou-
kuoan Men Routed

SHANGHAI, Jan. 81. = Chinese
guerilla forces report they have
defeated 1000 Japanese Manchou-
kuoan troops at Sinlo on the Pei
ping Hankow Railroad $50 miles
south of Peiping, in clash.
In North Anhwei Province, the
Japanese assert they have routed
large band of guerillas armd
with trench mortars and machine
guns, near Pengpu on the Tient-
-Pukow Railway, northwest Of
Marking.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
GO TO DEATH
IN CHAIR AS
MUSIC SOUNDS
Three Young HoIdup Stay.
ers EIe(trolufed Z
Companions Live

OSSINING, NY, Jan. 81. To
the echoes of Death House phono-
graph music in their ears, three
young holdup murderers died dur
ing the night in the electric chair
a few hours after Gov H. H. Leh-
man had committed the death SEN
fences Of two of their companions.
The five were convicted of shoot
ing Detective Michael Trolley, of
the New York Metropolitan Police
force, when caught red-handed in
holdup.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
FINGERpRINTS
BEING STUDIED

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Jan.
27.-Its only a hobby with her but
Mrs. Lonas Oden, widow, has clas-
sified more fingerprints in two
years than many police identifica-
.tion bureaus handle. She started
studying fingerprints "just for fun
and has classified more than 5000
of them.
In spare moments at DEPART
ment store where she is employed
and at social affairs in the evening
she searches out stray fingerprints
and identifies the person that made
them.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
CHALLENGER OF
HOOVER IS DEAD

PORT DEPOSIT, Md, Jan. 81
Joseph I. France, former United
States Senator who challenged
Herbert Hoover for the Presiden-
tial nomination in 1882 and was
elected from the Republican Ma
tional Convention as a result of
dispute on credentials, died here
today at the age of Sc.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
Jury Arrives al Decision
Shortly After Z O'clock
This Morning
RECOMMENDATION FOR
LENIEN(Y, UNANIMOUS
Defendant Expressionless
Wife Silent Sentence
in Two Weeks

Forrest Smith faced jury of ten
men and two women this morning
at 10 o'clock thsi morning in Judge
George F. Alexanders District court
and heard, without a change of ex-
preston, a verdict of murder in the
second degree for the killing of
Thomas Colling in the once-before-
tried case of the Red Bat" triangle.
Edwin Sutton, foreman of the
jury, told the court that the jury
was unanimously in favor of re-
commentator for leniency.
Second degree murder, defined as
killing purposely and maliciously
with the element of generalization
absent, brings penalty of not less
than fifteen years in the peniten-
tiary.
The jury received the sensational
case at 4:27 o'clock yesterday after
noon and returned sealed verdict
at 2:20 o'clock this morning. APP
proximately ten hours later, In COM
parison with Sc hours OF session held
by the first trial jury that was hope
lessly deadlocked.
No Unwritten Law
In giving instructions to the Jury
yesterday afternoon, Judge Alexand-
er said the "unwritten law" was nom
existent and had no part In the
case.
Mrs. Smith. star witness for the
Government, bowed her head briefly
when she received the news Of her
husbands sentence with only small
show of emotion while feeding her
sixteen-months- baby girl. In a
downtown restaurant, and said she
had no comment to make and had
no definite plans.
Jurors on the case were, Adolph
Hirsch, r. e. Dewitt, walstein q.
Smith, Paul Schnee, Alfred Bon
nett, Elmer Howerter. Edwin Sui
ton, 8. J. MacKinnon, Warren VIII
son, Mamie Butcher, F.. A. j. Gall
was and Mrs Henry Hanson.
Sentence will be passed sometime
within the next two weeks.
Juneau's Lively Case
The verdict, with the exception
Of the sentence. ends one of Ju-
neaus most famous criminal cases.
Thomas Colling, steward on the
steamer Tongass, was shot and killed
in the Smith home on Gastineau
Avenue one afternoon last October.
Smith claimed Colling and his wife
were intimate. 1t was first intimated
that Colling went to the Smith
home to show Mrs. Smith how to
make salad dressing. Later it was
ascertained Colling took to Mrs.
Smith, cookie jar she had admired
while a passenger ON the Tongass.
Smith according to the evidence,
hid in the basement OF the home
and when mysterious sounds were
heard in room above, in which
Colling and Mrs. Smith were con-
versing, he went up stairs and steal
thily entered the room Words were
exchanged, Colling rushed toward
Smith, the latter fired, Colling drop
ped dead. Then Smith calmly call
ed the authorities, stating he had
just killed a man. Smith was not
formally placed under arrest for two
days later when charge was made
and he was placed in jail under
$4,000 bond.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
POLICE
ON EXTRA GUARD,
TR0TzkY'S HOME

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 27.-The po-
lice today sent SO extra officers to
guard the suburban home of Leon
Trotzky, Bolshevik exile from Soviet
Russia.
The move was taken as precaution
following an anti-Jewish disturbance
in the heart of the city. The DEM
onstration was quelled by the police.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
GO TO MUSEUM
TO GET LIQUOR

PARIS, Jan. 81. = The city of
Paris believes it can claim title to
being the first city to install bar
and tea room in a museum.
The bar and tea room is a popu-
lar part of the new Musee de
lHomme in the Trocadero, hall
dedicated to scientific exhibits.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
B0EING CLIPPER
OFF ON FLIGHT;
OPERATED BY pAA

SEATTLE, Jan. 27-The Boeing
Clipper No. 2, with Is men aboard,
left at 11:49 o'clock this forenoon
for Tongue Point, Astoria, where
it will be turned over to the Pan
American Always.
The PAA plane to operate six
of the 74-place passenger planes in
the Trans Oceanic Service.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
LONG TREK AHEAD

EDMONTON--Plan for a TOO
mile tractor train freight haul are
being completed by Frank Corser,
lumberman. He plans to haul freight
from McMurray to the Yellowknife
mining field.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
New Method Used 10 De-
fermine Fatality List
in Earthquake
ten THOUSAND VICTIMS
BELIEVED IN One TOWN
President Roosevelt Takes
Quick Action TO Aid
Stricken Area

GILLIAN, Chile, Jan. 27.-An
endless file of OK drawn funeral
carts slowly made their way through
ruined streets of this historic Chill
can town today and in somber des-
pair men and women lived again the
horror of last Tuesdays midnight
earthquake and limped and labored
alongside the creaking carts to bury
sons and daughters, mothers and
fathers and life long friends.
Mayor Tapia believes 10000 are
dead.
The living are today being counted
instead of the dead in an effort to
reach an estimate of the quake vic
tins here.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
UNITED STATES AIDING

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt assisted personally
in setting up machinery to speed
relief to earthquake stricken Chile.
The President cabled President
Cerda: 1--WE are desirious of doing
everything within our power to as
sist you and have instructed the
Army to send a bomber from the
Panama Canal Zone with medicine
and food and also carrying an
American Red Cross Director.
THE American Red Cross is tele-
graphing $4,000 and also arranged
to send further medical supplies
and personnel to Chile"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
CONFIRM
BARTLETT

BULLETIN WAS HING
TON, Jan. 27.-The Senate has
confirmed T.. l.. Bob Bartlett
to be Secretary of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27

Tense equipment. it seems that such
defense force should be able to
hold out to the limit of time that
its supplies lasted, a period long
enough in ordinary probability for
adequate support to arrive"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-01-27
DIsHAws GoE SOUTH

Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Dishaw are
passengers south on the North Coast
for visit with relatives and friends
in the states.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-31
PEOPLE OF ENGLAND
TAKE WAR SERIOUSLY

New Bern, Oct. 31.-The English
are more earnest and serious in
carrying on the present war than
any people he has ever seen enr
gagged in war, in the opinion of G.
c. Kirkpatrick, former president of
the New Bern Chamber of Com
merce, who has returned safely to
America though experiencing an
air raid alarm and passing through
Atlantic waters marked with bel
ligerent Warships.
Every other interest in England
has given way to a serious prose-
cution of a long-term war that will
allay future threats to Germany
to the peace of Europe, reports
Kirkpatrick. He saw miles Of SOL
diers, transports, ornaments and
war machinery. Yet, he says, he
did not hear any bands, shouts or
songs. Without ferver or idle talk,
each Englishman is going solemn
ly and carefully about his war job,
he asserted, determined to do his
bit to re-establish what he con-
siders the right and best conditions
for Europe.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-31
JOINT BOARD FAVORS
GRANTING FRANCHISE

Washington. Oct. 31.-(AP)-A
North Carolina Tennessee Joint
board has recommended to the in
terstate commerce commission that
authority be granted to the Smoky
Mountain Stages, Incorporated, to
operate passenger bus service be-
tween Gateway, N. c., and actin
burg, Tenn
The board recommended denial
OF an application by Smoky Noun
tain Tours company permission to
operate passenger service between
Asheville, N. c., and Gatlinburg,
Tenn. The recommendation is sub
ject to action by the commission
after 20 days, during which excep-
tiCns may be filed by interested
persons. The boards recommended
ton was filed October Is.
The bus route recommended eX-
tends from the intersection of Unit
ed States highway 10 with North
Carolina highway 107-E, known as
Gateway via 107E to Cherokee,
thence North Carolina highway 107
thence Tennessee highway II to
EatlinDurg
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-31

Alice Brady, nationally famous
stage and screen star, died at the
LIE Roy sanitarium, New York, at
the age of AT. She had come to New
York from Hollywood two weeks
ago to take part in a new Broadway
show. News of her illness had been
kept secret.
Central Press)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-10-31
BANK SURVEY SHOWS
CONSTRUCTION WORK.
Over $4,000 Mortgages Recorded. In
State During First Nine
Months of Year.

Washington, Oct 31.-Home fin
ancing in North Carolina cities and
towns during the first nine M nths
of 1899 amounted to S46,394,00O, with
29,282 mortgages on homes beirtg re-
corded by all types of leaders Il was
reported today by officials ID the
Federal Home Loan Bank board.
By lenders, figures were:
Number Amount
Savings and loan 1904 $25,l56,OOO
Insurance
companies .... 1908 3H70, 900
Banks and trust 1926 6,252, 600
Individuals ~ 6,449 $4,000
Others . 1855 $4,000
In September, home morts age re-
cordings totaled 1892 and amounted
to $500, 900 Figures on such re-
cordings are compiled mon thly by
the boards division Of resea rch and
0. K. LaRoque, president of the Fed
raj Home Loan bank, Winston
,alem; savings and loan ez ecutives
IN ali parts Of the nation; tho United
States Savings and Loan league;
American Title association, and the
Mortgage Bankers association.
New dwelling units constructed or
planned in North Carolina during
September numbered 1928 and cost
S1,803,100 the boards statisticians
estimated on the basis of building
permits reported to the United States
department Of labor.