The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 5, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5789 JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1931, \ * MEMBER OF LINDBERGHS FLY THROUGH ARCTIC NIGHT T0 AKLAVIK 1931 FISH PACK NEARS 300000 UP TO AUBUST 1 Percentage of RedstoDate Is High—Southeast Al- aska Pack Grows ‘The 1931 Alaska salmon pack of all varjeties up to the close of the week ending August 1, was ap- proximately 3,000,000 cases, ac- cording to pack reports received at local headquartgrs of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and an- nounced today by Capt. M. J. O’'Connor, Assistant Agent, ‘These figures, however, do not cover Kodiak and Karluk areas for which no pack figures have been received. Reds Almost 50 Per Cent To date the red salmon pack is almost 50 per cent of the entire output. This proportion, how- ever, will be much smaller when the operations for the season are completed as cheaper grades pre- dominate in the districts in which fishing is now in progress. The total of reds put in cans up to last Saturday night is about 1,415,000 cases. It is expected this will be materially increased by the end of the season and may reach 1,750,000 cases. Southeast Alaska's pink pack began to take on sizeable propor- tions last week and with runs suf-} ficiently heavy to swamp some of the canneries in the northern sec- tions reported in progress, it is believed the pack at the end of the current week will show a big/ jump. Slightly Under 1930 The total Southeast Alaska pack to the end of last week was about 910,000 cases, with one cannery missing. Last season at the same time the pack was about 1,035,000 cases, E Icy Strait, due to voluntary our- tailment of fishing gear and can- nery operations, is the only dis- trict to show any .appreciable de- cline from last season. ~ There| have been plenty of fish in the region and a fine escapement. The pack reported from four canncries | was practically 175,000 cases, or 50 per cent of the 1931 pack. The western district, six canner- ies out of seven reporting, had (Continuea on Page Two) iy RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5—The giant German seaplane, DO-X | SOUTH AMERICA took off at 6:36 o'clock this morning on the long delayed flight to New York after a complete overhauling cent trans-Atlantic trip. The Am (above) of the United States Nav. passengers aboard. in a drydock here following its re- erican, Lieut. Clarence Schildhauer y, Is in command. Thenrz are ten The DO-X arrived here last June after a flight across the South Atlantic. An over-night stop is schedul ed for Bahia then the flight will continue to Para, San Juan, Havana, Miami and New York. CLOSING 0L WELLS ;0RDER OF GOVERNOR “Alfalfa Bill” Murray Takes Sudden Action in Oklahoma OKLAHOMA COITY, Aug. 65— AMY JOHNSON IN MANCHURIA SHANGHAI, Aug. 5.—According to advices received here, Miss Amy | Johnson, British aviatrix, enroute to Tokyo from England with her flying companion, J. Humphreys, | will refuel at Tsitsikar, Manchuria, where she arrived late yesterday. BRITISH FLIR STILL WINGING ATHENS, Aug. 5—J. A. Molli- son, British flier, out for a new record between Australia and Eng- land, took off for England two hours after landing. He had been held at Aleppo, Syria, on account of bad weather but the record beat- ing is possible. The former record for a flight between Australia and England was made by Lieut. C. W. A. Scott in 10 days and 23 hours. Jnain National Guardsmen are closing more than 3,000 oil wells in the state and more than 7,000 persons are jobless. ‘The closing of the oil wells was ordered by Gov. “Alfalfa Bill" Mur- ray who said the wells will re- closed until there is a raise in price from 50 cents to $1 a bar- rel. ‘The Governor said the state is getting nothing in taxes at the present low price. Scarves of Beads Match Paris Hats PARIS Aug. 5—Bead scarves to match the facings of hats are a new wrinkle in the style world. A number of hats, designed with brims curving sharply back from the face, are heavily embroidered in small wooden or china beads worn with little scar- ves made of the same beads. The colors of the bead designs are brilliant and are alike on scarf and chapeau. — e, — BELLE MINA, Ala—A crop of 866 bushels of oats has been har- vested from a plot of 10.7 acres at an experiment station here. The average exceeded 80 bushels to the ‘acre. Load of 33 Tons Tests Wing Tips of Liner Airplanes Now WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 5— Thirty-three tons of sand piled on an airplane wing without break- ing it—such is the strength built into a modern passenger airliner. “The hardest tests an airplane | can encounter in every-day flying are dwarfed by the government standards to which it must meas- ure,” says R. C. Gazley, chief of the engineering section of the com- merce department’s aeronautics branch. “From nose-tip to tail, an air- plane’s strength is checked by sand bag tests, mathematical analysis, or dropping. There is no guess-work about the airworthiness of com- mercial airplanes.” He singled out 4 typical modern multi-motor ship, weighing 15,000 pounds fully loaded with passen- gers and baggage, as an illustra- tion. “Its wings must be able to sup- port a load of 33 tons,” he says. “They must support their load on the underside' in flight; therefore they are hung upside down from their “fuselage fittings. Sand-bags are piled on evenly to the full 33 tons and for nearly half an hour, while readings are taken, the wing must stand up. “This insures a margin of safety of about twice the strain experi- enced in the bumpiest air. “Wing ribs are tested to destruc- tion. Sand bags tests and analy- ses determine the strength of the tail surfaces. The tail of a typi- cal multimotored plane must with- stand 20 pounds per square foot—a total of about 3500 pounds of sand. Each propeller and engine type is given separate tests. Propellers are subjected to a 10-hour over- load whirl test under twice the horse-power with which they will be used. STOCK MARKET TRADING TODAY IS VERY DULL American fi‘ld T. Com- pany Drops Quickly on Opening Transaction NEW YORK, Aug. 5—Trading on the Stock Market was dull today. American Telephone apd Tele- graph Company was soft and sus- tained a two point drop in a 3,000 share transaction at the opening \of the market. Allied Chemical declined points and regained one point. American Can lost 1% points then reduced the loss to one point. Issues off a point or more were Baltimore and Ohio, Atchison, Case DuPont, Eastman, International Harvester and New York Central. General Motors dropped three points. two ——— e TODAY’S STOCK . | | QUOTATI@NS . NEW YORK, Aug. 5. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14, American Can 89%, Anaconda Copper 23%, Beth- lehem Steel 35%, General Motors 87%, International Harvester 38%, Kenencott 17%, Checker Cab, no sale; Curtiss-Wright 3, Packard Motors 6%, Standard Brands 18%, Standard Oil of California 35%, Standard Oil of New Jersey 37%, Trans-America 7, United Aircraft 26%, U. S. Steel 84%. .- POSSES HUNT NEGRO SLAYER BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Aug. 5. —Posses are ‘today hunting for a negro who killed Miss Augusta Willlams, society girl, wounded her sister and another girl friend, and held them captive for four hours. The negro jumped on the run- ning board of their car on a high- way and forced them into a wood- ed section. He took their money. The girls said he fired when they tried to escape after the negro 1“got fresh.” { ———r——— WATSON NORTHBOUND SEATTLE, Aug. 5—Steamer Ad- Imiral Watson sailed at 10 o'clock this morning for ‘Alaska ports with 24 first class passengers and two steerage. The following first-class passen- gers are booked for Juneau: Mrs. J. H, Bryant and I, Lochman, COMMITTEE IS DELVING DEEP IN CONDITIONS Senate Wild Life Comigit- tee Gathers Much Data on Western Survey The Senate's special committee on conservation of wild life re- | sources has made the most of its | Alaska visitation to study those re- | sources and methods used in their conservation, said Paul Redington, | Chief of the United States Biologi- cal Survey, who accompanied the party through Southeast Alaska, | Bristol Bay, the Pribilofs, Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak, Cook Inlet and Kenal Peninsula. ‘The party, which ‘included Sena- tors Walcott and Norbeck, mem- bers of the Senate Committee; Congressman Carter, Oakland, Cali- fornia, Bill Walcott, son of the Senator, and Carl Shoemaker, Commission’s Secretary, in addi- tion to Mr. Redington, was deeply interested in the work of the Bu- portunity to observe it in all its phases; to inspect the seal herds and watch the sealing operations of the same bureau; to visit bird rookeries, the beay country, moose and mountain sheep districts, all under the Alaska Game Commis- slon or the Biological Survey, he said. Makes Many Stops It made many stops on its cruise through Southwest Alaska wat- ers . Members of the party stoed on weirs and watched employeés of the Bureau of Fisheries count red salmon as they went through the gates on their way to the spawning beds. They stopped at Unimak Island to look for brown bears which they didn’t ses, but saw traces of them, and heard-authentie storte: of their size. They walked among some of the million seals sedul- ously guarded by the Federal gov- ernment on land and sea, and from which this year almost 50,000 were killed. They watched the sealing operations in progress, in- spected the plant and modern and comfortable village “on 8t Paul Island, all bullt by the Government out of profits from the operations. Go Through Canneries Enroute back from the Pribi- lofs they visited at Unalaska, call- ed at various cannery plants and watched the fish come in from the sea and pass through the various phases of processing until they were placed in cans. Four days were spent on Kodiak Island. They ascended various streams, including those in Uyak and Uganik Bays. Again they were disappointed in trying to run across some of the giant brownies, but they saw plenty of evidence of their presence. As no salmon were in the streams it was prob- able they were in the berry patches back in the hills. They talked with many residents about the bear and its status. From Kodiak the party went to Seward and from htere to Anchor- age. At the latter place, they held an informal hearing at the request of various trappers. Al- though the questions presented were under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Game Commission, the Sen- atorial group listened with interest to the statements made. The discussions centered around suggestions for longer trapping sea- sons, and the question of licensing trap lines. Make Plane Inspection Members of the party, including Senator Walcott and his son, Bill, Senator Norbeck, Mr. Redington and Andy Simmons, new member of the Alaska Game Commission, flew over a 250-mile area covering Kenai PeninSula, Tustemena Lake and the mountain sheep country in a plane piloted by Noel Wein On that trip they saw four (Continved on Mage Eight) SENATORS ARE COMING SOUTH Walcott and Norbeck Leave Fairbanks Today En- route to Seattle FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 5.— United States Senators Frederic ‘Walcott and Peter Norbeck, of the ‘Wild Life Resources Committee, and Representative Albert Carter, of California, arrived here yes- terday from the Mount McKin- ley district and are leaving today for Chitina sailing for Seattle from Cordova next Saturday. reau of Fisheries and had an op-| lw Vancouver, B. C. * Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh are shown In their pon New York to repair their radio set hefore proceeding to Maine to bid far bergh's family. POINT BARROW KARAGINSH PETROPAVLOVSH< .~ S Progress by dotted lines. of flig) REDINGTON WILL BE ENTERTAINED THURSDAY NUUN %}fi:fli’: ! vers which emply info {To Be Guest of Chamber' — Mackenzie Bay. is 1100 of Commerce at Usual miles NW. of Baker Lake. Weekly Meeting As its guest at the weekly noon luncheon meeting tomorrow at the Arcade Cafe, the Chamber of Commerce will haye Paul Reding- ton, Chief of the United States Biological Survey who has spent| the past month in the Territory, returning here Monday night, it was announced today by G. H. ‘Walmsley, Secretary. | It is expected that the Chamber will discuss the movement started by the American Paper and Pulp Work Is Due to Come Association to stop pulp and paper development here Thursday. ®Next Saturday The Executive Committee, at its| r session Tuesday, took up this matter! To exercise supervision over the| in some detail. It will prepare a work of paipting the interior walls resolution for presentation to Pres- Of offices and hallways in the Fed- | ident Hoover and The Department eral and Territorial Building, Lloyd | of Agriculture, protesting against R. Cleveland, Construction Engin- | official interference with the nego- €T, representing the Supervising tlations pending between the Forest' Architect of the United States Service - and California capitalists Treasury Department, arrived in on the Juneau and Ketchikan Juneau this week. He has been projects. connected in a supervisory capac- e {ity with the erection of the new = SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC PAINTING ARRIVES HERE Contractor on Capitol| is expected to TWO OFF SHIP ARE ILL | Federal building in Seattle. On his “ Fox ARRESTED ON |business visit to the city, he is accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland. UQUOR CHARGE HERE‘ The contract for interior paint- \ing of the Capitol was awarded some wesks ago to the Guiry Broth- Al Fox was arrested yesterday by o.; wa) paper Company of Den- Federal officers and charged With .o, ‘colo " on 4 bid of about $8,- violation of the Alaska Bone DIV 509 gome of the paint has been Jaw on two counts—possession Oof yeceiveq here. One of the Guiry dntoxicating liquar ‘and mainted- protners s northbound on the ance of a nuisance. Several demi- ;o5 chin Norco, scheduled to ar- Jjohns of moonshine liquor Were ,i. gaturday. Zeported séized. I Painting work Fox was arraigned before United' oo/t povi week. States Commissioner Sey and his, 45 R ‘bond set at $1,000 which he prompt- 1y posted. The arrest was made PORT ALEXANDER MAN by Deputies Feero and Newcomb | a:'nd Drr;' Agents Colby and Vinacke. | PEMANDS JURY TRIAL 4 | Tim Gilmore, arresved at Port Alexander on a charge of violating |the Alaska Bone Dry Law, has been ‘brought to Petersburg for trial, ac- John Cannon and Joseph Rainey cording to advices received by Unit- of Victoria, B. C., disembarked from ed States Marshal Albert White. the stéamship Princess Alice at this He pleaded not guilty and de- port to enter St. Ann's Hospital manded a jury trial for medical treatment. They ex-' Gilmore's bond was fixed at pect to be well enough to embark $1,000 which he was unable to on the vessel when she arrives furnish. The trial was set for ‘here this week on her way back August 13 before the United States | Commissioner at Petersburg. LINDBERGHS START LONG “VACATION JAUNT” from the Potomac river at Washington on the first leg of their projected flight to the Orient. wnéi-eLINYi§ ASSOCIATED PRESS et Assocrated Press Phare toon equipped monoplane as it rose Thay land~d at ewell to their baby and Mrs. | ind. ROUTE OF LINDBERGH FLIGHT TO THE ORIENT n s Y O‘,\\\,\-r) A, 7 (e MQOS! FAIORY * el NEw ¥ i\, / AN L - s FRAMIECO LOS \NGELES t of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife on their air trip to Japan is shown ROBBINS, JONES INTEND TO FLY TO FORT WORTH Expect to Leave Fairbanks for Texas Today via Edmon!on, Canada FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 5.— Last night Reg L. Robbins and H. S. Jones announced definitely that they have abandoned a non- stop refueling flight from Seattle to Toyko and Jones said he does not intend to try again next year. Both fliers are disappointed at their two unsuccessful attempts. Robbins said they would un- doubtedly get away today for the south, the refueling plane accom- ltl’lrmuzh the short PRICE TEN CE ———— |SPAN REGION FIRST TIME, SINGLE JUNP Make Hop of 1,115 Miles in Eleven and One-Half Hours in Night ARE GIVEN WELCOME BY WHITES, ESKIMOS Lindy and Wife May Land Alongside Northland, Now Caught in Ice AKLAVIK, Northwest Ter- ritory, Aug. 5. — Flying Arctic night, the first time the Northwest Territory was ever spanned in a single jump, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife landed here at 3:05 « o’clock this morning, ending a 1,115-mile hop from Baker Lake. The Lindberghs made the hop in eleven and one-half hours. The Colonel and hls wife appeared fresh after the night flight but expect to remain here over night before the [hop to Alaska. The first air mail flown here was 18 months ago. Mail was brought by the Lind- berghs. A half dozen white women here are entertaining Mrs. Lindbergh. The Lindberghs have com- pleted more than 3,000 of the 7,000-mile tour to Tokyo, in five hops in five days. Advices by radio received here from Point Barrow state the ice still clings to the shore preventing ships land- ing supplies for the Lind- berghs. Col. Lindbergh announced that possibly his next hop |will be directly to the cutter |Northland, now ice-bound at (Continued on Page Eight) PANGHORN AND HERNDON PLAN - ANOTHER TRIP Indicate Abandonment of World Flight — Try Tokyo-Seattle Hop NEW YORK, Aug. 5. — Clyde Panghorn and Hughe Herndon's headquarters here have received a cable signed by Herndon announc- ing an attempt for a nonstop flight from: Tokyo to Seattle, indicating the world circling flight has been abandoned. For the flight to Seattle from Tokyo, an extra tank will be built at Tokyo. * Dispatches received here from panying the plane Fort Worth. Jones said they would | direct to Fort Worth, Texas, via| Edmonton, not stopping at Seattle. | Jones also said the planes might | make a brief stop at Whitehorse. | .- | | Mrs. Potter Palmer i Chooses Shantung } return | PARIS Aug. 5. — Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chicago, who is spending | the summer in Europe, has ap- | peared at recent sports events in a costume of a blue and white| shantung. The costume is designed with a| navy blue skirt and hipbone jac-| ket accompanied by a white pull- over blouse, trimmed with a wide horizontal band of dark blua. e, JUDSON WHITTIER HOME Judson Whittier, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Whittier, who has been attending a university in Oregon, has returned home and will un- doubtedly remain a year before returning to college and complet- ing his four and last year, Moscow said it was still raining at Khabarovsk, where the two fliers have been since last Sunday. The cable received from Herndon indicated that he and Panghorn will remain at Tokya:for at least one week before attempting the flight to Seattle. Panghorn is slightly ill. MAY BE IN AIR SEATTLE, Aug. 5—The signal corps -station at Nome is reported to have intercepted an unidentified Siberian station message which said Panghorn and Herndon left Khabarovsk, Siberia, at 5 am. Khabarovsk time, August 4, and are believed bound for Tokyo, |Japan. PRIZE OF $25,000 SEATTLE, Wash,, Aug. 5—W. W. Conner, State Governor for the National Aeronautical Association, said in answer to a query he has informed Panghorn and Herndon headquarters, New York City, there is a prize of $25,000 posted here . for a nonstop flight, Tokyo 0 Seattle.