The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1932, Page 8

ARTISTS AR AFTER CLOSELY ESCAPING DEATH Reception This Evening for Crawford 'and His re- mpting nding an emergency at Cantwell 2 Monday, a “crack- completely wrecked Mr. g0od C plane. By great f he nor Miss Mer- (s ven hurt. A r e plane T by Noel Wien of the Wien A of Alaska, arrived on th: scen urned ely 10 Fairbanks with the Balked Near Goal . when ouly 150 miles short having flown over 4,- ford have years of mer though he did arrive by a the public reception to be i 1d n 8 and 10 o'clock tonignt Vorthern Light Pres% n Mr. Crawforc cer, son Potter, p Ha: ; Fhillips, busin manager will give from New the acci- raft v was fl between Anc age and Fairbanks. of the tour, Mr. Craw! a brief talk of his flight Detaile Are Completed angements have been com- d for the concerts tomorrow ni; and Wednesday night in the Presbyterian church diffarent program will be given. A Pl Mr. Crawford has many quaintances in Juneau. He porn in Dawson during the gold rush. He was taken by his fam- to Fairbanks when very young. ‘While there he first died music on a mail order fiddle under a Freach exile named Vie Durand Wis first song “My Northland’ has gainsd wide popularity. When the officlals of the Alaska Rail- road, for which Bob Crawford surveyed several years ago, urged him a few months ago to make a flying concert tour of Alas¥a, Gov- ernor George A. Parks sent words of encouragement and enthusiasm. Mr. Crawford studied several years at the New England Con- servatory of Music, spent four years | enviable teputation. Citizens of Fairpanks turned out en masse to welcome Mr. Crawford and his fellow artists. In the Em- press Theatre a capacity audience attended the concert, encoring each artist time and again. Enthusiastic applause greeted Mr. Crawford. Had Read Abcut Him Many, perhaps, who had not known him in his boyhood, had read of his flying tour and musical career which occurred in “Time,” national newsmagazine, of Septem- at Princeon University, being ac- | ively connected with every musi- cal organization. A two yea:rs scholarship to France, and three[ years at Juilliard in New York rounded out his musical education Attains High Position | He is now conductor of the 83- piece Newark Sympheny Orchestra, eoloist at the Bach Festival, Beth- lehem, Pa.; at St. Thomas's Epis-l copal Church, Fifth Ave, New York; soloist with the New York| Oratoria Society; guest artist with | the Jilliard Orchestra and Opera| Company, and baritone soloist with | the Chautauqua Opera Company and Symphony Orchestras. He is| heard in radio broadcasts over the| nation-wide hookups many times| throughout the year. Miss Mercer, young and charin- ing, is a graduate of Ohio State University. After a year of sins-| ing in the Hawailan Islands, sh(*‘ was awarded a scholarship at the Cincinnati Conservatory during which she appeared in lead- ing roles with the Civic Grand Op- Each night a ~ *_THE DALY ALASKA EMPIRE, RWE A PAIR OF HAPPY CAMPAIGNERS stk RICHARDSON IS PUT IN PLACE ivEr_ecled in Pass Where Highway Crosses Alaska | Range, Taylor Says | | - The monument to Gen. Wilds P.! Richardson, pioneer Alaska trail: and roadbuilder and for many! years head of the Alaska Road| Commission, has been put into place on the summit of the Alaska Range | on Richardson Highway. and is| ready for dedication, it was made| known here today by Ike P. ‘Taylor, | Acting Chief of* the Commission! since its transfer from the War to the Interior Department. He arrived here today after a 60-day absence inspecting and directing road work in interior Alaska. | “The monument, a bronze plaque on a darke gray granite boulder MEMORIAL FOR Perhaps It was discussion of election results In Maine that brousht Franklin D. Roosevelt, nominee, and his running mate, Speaker John N. Garner, as they con. | ferred in Topeka, Kas., during Governor Roosevelt’s westward swing. these smiles to Gov. (Assoclated Press Photo) - | mounted on a concrete base, stands at a commanding spot on the south side of Isabelle Pass, through which Ricardson Highway crosses the Al- aska Range. It is directly along- | side the highway and will be view- democratic presidential She was also Amer-' and the Beanstock.” given the leading role in the ican premier of lapiero's Harelequin. pleted Miss M r | a soloist with ‘the Cha- a Company where she | ing roles in the “Baider of Sevi “Carmen,” “Tales of Houman,” “Marriage of | Figaro,” and “Jack and the Bean-| ic, coloratura vo.v;c.} , radio and concert, | i most favorable com- ment from all who have heard her. Mr. Poiter, pianist and accom-| panist, has completed his third ason with Chautauqua. He began| the udy of music when very y studying under Felix Fox, noted Boston eacher, later becom- ant for 15 years. Studied Under Philip During this time he studied un- der e's noted pfano authori Isid During the war, Potte sociaved with Albe; Stoe the time they w ove the A. E£. F, at Bandmaster's Train:ng School e then, the two have often peared in concert. Mr. Potter has appeared as with the People’'s Symphon:; Boston. the MacDowell Club Orchestra of BoOs- ton I League of Composers, New York. Also in private recit- als in Gordon Hall, Boston, d [Aeolian Hall, New York. As a | concert artist, he has gained an |ber 12. Despite repeated efforts 0 gongress, induce the artists to remain an- other night for a second concert, their engagements at Juneau, Ket- chikan, Seattle and Tacoma made jf their ’the Interior necessary. immediate departure from e, MORE STUDENT TEACHERS WEATHERFORD, Okla., Sept. - | 26—Southwestern Oklahoma Teach- Mexican leaders in Los Angeles, of Music, | g College shows an increase in enrcllment of almo 15 per cent, . i ear ago. The era Company. For the past zwn;f",'(}':,‘fdb:;y“ lfl\\;{‘n(;;.l].sa{’m 25 years she has been studying at the |, . 439 for the precédlng Juilliard School under Mme. Sem-| 5 ¢ brich, great lyric coloratura so-| AR prano. Given Prominent Reccognition | This past winter Miss Mercer| was honored by being given the| leading role of the Princess in Dr.| John Erskine's new opera, “Jack! e A Musical Treat AT POPULAR PRICES ROBERT C “Alaska’s Flying Baritone” with RUBY MERCER, Soprano and HARRISON POTTER, Pianist Under Auspices of Business and Profess Tuesday and Wednesday at 8:15 'Public School Auditorium Admission: 50c and 25¢ MRS. CHRISTNER IN HOSPITAL Mrs, Harry Christner of Peder- son'’s Dairy is receiving medical treatment at St. Ann's Hospital. RAWFORD ional Women’s Club P. M. proposals submitted, urged that the ed by thousands who travel that route every summer,” he said. Dedication Next Summer | Although no definite date has, been fixed for its dedication, it is| Mr. Taylor's belief that it will not| HEGULATIUNS be held until early next summer. ; |Many of the old friends of Gen. FGR GARRIERS‘Rwhardson in the interior and on! the coast want to participate in! New National Policy Pro- the ceremonies and would not be able to do so if they were held! s posed for Nation’s Railroads this Fall. | Snow has already fallen over most of the highway. Last week when Mr. Taylor was enroute to WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.— Less governmen’ regulations of the na- tion's railroads, is propased to the the coast, there was from two to seven inches from Beals Cache, United States Chamber of Com- merce, as part of the new mnation-| north of the Alaska Range, to, Chitina, and three-foot drifts had al transportation policy, designed to strengthen oca economic been shoveled out of several cuts on Thompson Pass north of Valdez. This foretold early cessation of foundation, by fthe special com- | mittee, The special committee traffic. | Work Progressed Well | Although handicapped by a late start, lack of funds early in the| season and heavy rainfall over a| wid2 section of the interior, the road construction and maintenance | program of the Commission moved ahead at a normal rate of speed, and conditions are satisfactory, Mr. Taylor said. All of the crews are still working, but the maintenance gangs will have to quit in the near future. Bridge repairs on the section carried out by floods near Millers late in August will continue fop! another month. The construction work on. the Gulkana-Chistochena’ project will also proceed for several| ‘weeks. ! in the lroad managements be given back much of the responsibility vhich they have been divested of by law regulations. e MEXICO FEARS PLAN TO ALLOW EXILE'S RETURN General Amnesty Bill Pro- posed by Minority Anti- Reelectionists | ——— ANGRY PEASANT BITES OX KANDY, Ceylon—A peasant was fined $5 here because he bit the bullock which pulled his cart. He| wasn't trying to make news; he was mad at the bullock for bump- MEXICO CITY, Sept. 26. — P Aling a pedestrian, | general amnesty bill, permitting | French submarine Persee were in D. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown greeting Martha Hill, 103-year- old Onondagan Indian on the occasion of his visit to the Syucuseé o Yoy State Fair. The aged squaw, who has had good times and bad under mapy Presidents, expressed the hope that for the seconq‘ time in the history of America & Roosevelt would wear the title of “Great White EXPLOSION HARLAN LEAVES ABOARD SUB FOR FAIRBANKS Ten Men offf‘french Crew Hammon Goldfields Head Reported to Be Badly = Completes Three-Works Burned in Accident | Work and Goes North CHERBOURG, France, Sept. 26. Enroute to his home in Fair- —Ten men of the crew of the banks, via Atlin and Dawson, J. Harlan, general manager of jured in an explosion in the engine Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, room while cruising between Guern- left here early Sunda.y morning sey and the French coast. The ¢n the steamer Admiral Rogers men are reported to have been for Skagway. He was the guest badly burned. An SOS was sent of Gov. George A. Parks for the out from the craft and aid was Past three weeks. dispatched. The submarine is now Mr. Harlan spent several days under tow for here. last week at Windham Bay in- 77777 specting some mining property, but had no comment to make on it on his return. He will look over other proper- s at Atlin. From there he will g0 by plane to Fairbanks, stop- 'ping for a day or two ot Dawson Australia Considers Cutting Juries to Nine MELBCURNE, Australia, & anroute v 26—Jury panels, instead of con- ~ o o sk of “twelve good men and true” may be requced to 9 in HUNTING PARTY DOES Victoria. | The minister for justice says such a reduction would result in a saving to government at a time Good bags of ducks and geese when every economy must be prac- were obtained by a hunting party ticed. that went to Sumdum Saturday “Nine men would be as just as night and returned to Juneau Sun- twelve,” he declares. “There is day night. The trip was made on no mystery about the figure the power schooner Sitka, Capt. twelve.” | William Doucett. et e g armanes | Among those in the party were MERRITT RETURNS FROM :George B. Rice, Robert W. Bender, THREE WEEKS' ABSENCE A. T. Koski, George Kohlhepp, John | G. Morrison, B. M. French, H. R. M. L. Merritt, Assistant Regional Shepard, Harold Brown, Fred Jones, Forester, returned home this morn- | Samuel Daniels, Chester K. Tisdale, ing after an absence of three J. C. Stapleton, L. E. Tucker and weeks. He visited Anchorage, Sew- D. Weyand. ard and Cordova on routine For-' Frr ey all political exiles to return to Mexico, has been proposed by the minority anti-reelectionist party in It has aroused denunciatory comment among government party lawmakers who predict its defeat it every gets beyond the de- bate stage. A Sweeping Measure The bill would drop the bars for hoth military and civilian po- litical refugees and clear off all conuarges pending against them. I¢ would affect a number of former San Antonio, El Paso, Phoenix and other cities in the southwestern states. A few of these exfles are living off the spoils of their attempts to overthrow the government. Bu' most of fthese former Generals, governors and lesser officials who unsuccessfully challenged the fed- eral authority, are working for a living, or looking for jobs. The anti-reelectionists have sought passage of an 'ammesty law for half a dozen years. They regard its chances as lightly im- proved mnow because the new President, General Albelardo L. Ro- driquez, has declared himself with- out rancor against former rebels. But the president has stated further that while he agrees in principle with political amnesty, he thinks each case should be passed upon individually. See Strength in Mercy ‘All of the exiles are Mexi- cans,” the minority parfy argues. “This is their country and we should not force them to live abroad. Clemency could not be rezarded as indicating weakness in the government nor @s a break- ing down of revolutionary idealism Rather it would be looked upon as a generous gesture and a pa- triotic act. “We therefore call upon ernment to forget passion hibit true democracy by the land of friendship to — e - TILL TEMPFTS BANKER Styles for both Men All | the gov- | and ex- offering all.” THE CASH ST. GILGEN, Austria—After a lifetime of handling other peo- ple’s money in large amounts as an employee of a Vienna bank, A Ernst Gehringer, 54, on vacation in this Alpine resort, was accused ey of stealing 50 schillings, about $1, out of a storekeeper's till. In chagrin, he hanged himself, | SWEATERS Slipovers, Sleeveless, Jerseys, Coat Styles Many valued on the present market at from $4.00 to $6.50— HOSIERY LUXITE PURE SILK—NEW FALL COLORS 2 Pairs $1.44 Also a real buy in MEN’S SILK SOCKS Store Open Evenings . est Service busine | Dld papers for saie 2r “he Empire and no two alike $1.95 and Boys Styles for the Miss and Mrs. Sizes—Regular $1.00 Value 3 pairs for $1.00 BAZAAR [EEEE ] | morning. WELL NEAR SUMDUM: RETURNS EAST Chief Alaskan Geologist Finishes Summer’s In- | vestigationinNorth | After having spent a large part of the summer in interior and| ‘western Alaska, Dr. Philip 8. Smitn, | Chief Alaskan Geologist and di- rector of the work of the United States Geological Survey, is re- turning to his headquarters in ‘Washington, D. C. He is a pas-| senger on the steamer Aleutian : Federal Mining Supervisor, w‘h.lle‘ |that vessel was in port early this Dr. Smith spent most of his time in the Matanuska Valley coal field where two exploratory drilling op- erations are being conducted by the Btireau he heads in the Ter- ritory. He visited several other! districts, including Seward Penin- {sula and Fairbabks. He feels that the gold mining industry of the! Territory will have one of its best seasons this year with a larger pro- duction than last year. GREDITORS BUY | HERRING PLANTS {United States-Alaska Pack- ing Company Plants Sold on Judgment ) At a Marshal's sale last week, i the herring salteries and redu-! tion plants at Port Althorp ani Warm Springs Bay, owned by the’ | United States Alaska Packing Com- pany, were sold to Paul Luketa and seven others. They bid $27,000, for the two plants. | Luke>: and his associates for- merly fished for the company which has been having financial {troubles for the past two or three years. They had claims aggregat- ing $42,241.48. Other claims against | the property, including $4,866.17 “or the Territory for taxes, brought |the aggregate to $53,107.66. The sale was made by Deputy | Marshal Donald Martin, who re- turned Sunday from the trip. He and conferred with B. D. Stewart, |§ iat She’s ‘Miss California: Joan Morrell, 18-year-old Holly- wood girl, was chosen “Miss Cali- fornia 1932” in a contest at Ven. Ice, Cal., and will compete in the mext international beauty pageant Galveston, Tex. Press Photo) (Associated was accompanied by M. E. Mon- agle of the Alaska Personal Ser- {vice Corporation, Luketa and oth- er members of the purchasing par- ty. ———— CHILE EA1s CHEAPLY TALCO, Chiie—Reduced business has brought on a furious commer- jcial war among the hotels and restaurants. Prices have been cut to the point where T 13 cheaper to eat out than at home, and the hotels virtually give meals awa; to guests who rent their rooms. PSR B ) GERTRUDE WALLSTEDT UNDERGOES OPERATION Miss Gertrude Wallstedt enter- ed St. Ann's hospital yesterday for surgical treatment. 27c¢ per “CASH IS KING” CLEAN-UP~- Last Call! HALE’S PEACHES 55¢ per Crate CONCORD GRAPES UNITED FOOD CO. Basket PHONE 403 SCOCO, 4-pound pail Used by the ‘GARNICK’S—Phone 174 Best Bakers Leader Department Store GEORGE BROTHERS -5 Fast Deliveries—10, MORE APPLES for 25¢ . _.GEORGE BROTHERS Special Delivery (’ Your Request 11, 2, 3:30 and 4:30