The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 23, 1934, Page 1

Btennr: » (3 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE: “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6709. \ - JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS JOHN DILLINGER IS SHOT AND KILLED SHO PACIFIC COAST.Better Air Defense Is UNIONS CASTING BALLOTS TODAY Longshoremen Making Move to Settle Differ- ences, Present Strike PREDICTION MADE ON OUTCOME OF VOTING Alaska Ships May Leave from Seattle for Alaska by End of This Week With a favorable report predicted among the unions of the' Pacific Coast to sub- mit, the [ongshoremen’s troubles to the Mediation * Board at San Francisco, re- sumption of sailings of Al- aska steamers from Seattle this weck is expected accord- ing to Associated Press dis- patches received by The Em- pire this afternoon. All longshoremen unions along the coast are taking a vote, on the mediation ques- tion, the results of which are expected to be announced to- morrow. Sabotage broke out in San Fran- cisco today in the Street Carmen's jke and one man was injured, four others endangered, when a car was wrecked by vandals. The police dispersed a crowd of pickets at Oakland as the truck drivers went back to work along the waterfront. One man was beaten and an automobile was overturned at Oak- land. BACK BY WEDNESDAY SAN FRANC::LO, Ca}; July 23. —Officials of the Intérna tional Longshoremen’s Association said that if the vote for arbitration carries, the union men will prob- ably be back at work Wednesday. PORTLAND LAYS OFF PORTLAND, Oregon, July 23.— Plans for an extensive loading of ships and for a general strike here are allke held in abeyance await- ing the vote of members of the International Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation on the question of sub- mitting all disputes in the strike the Mediation Board at San ancisco. The ballots will be counted to- mOorrow. SITUATION IN PORTLAND PORTLAND, Oregon, July 23.— Last Saturday night United States Senator Wagner seemed hopeful there would be no general strike unless the “Govermor goes nutty ¢ and starts to order his little tin 3 - < (1 soldiers around.” Gov. Julius L. Meier mobilized 1,100 Guardsmen last week and holds them in readiness in case of trouble during the attempt to open the port. Strike supporters carried banners last Saturday criticising the Gov- ernor for calling out the guards. ' 1ne strike supporters gathered around the Meier and Frank De- partment Store, of which ‘the Gov- ernor is President. Ben T. Osbourne, Executive Sec- retary of the Oregon State Fed- eration of Labor, would make no statement Saturday night regard- ing a general strike pending re- ceipt of further details from the unions. SOME GUARDS RETURN HOME SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.—Late last Saturday afternoon 3,042 Na- tional Guardsmen boarded trains for their home or training camps while 1727 remained behind for demobilization orders. —————— ACCEPTS KODIAK POSITION Paul Garrett, teacher in Seward Territorial school for the past two years, has accepted the position of principal of the Kodiak school, REMEN VOTIN NG ON ARBITRATION Demand; By Sea Protection Is Promised LARGER ARMY AIR GORPS IS - RECOMMENDED Special War Department's Committee Reports After Three Months of Study WASHINGTON, July 23. — Giving a warning that the first claches in the “next great war” will take place in the air, the War Department's special Avi- ation Committee, Sunday re- commended building of an Army Corps second to none. | The cemmittee of eleven, headed by Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War in Wilson’s Cabinet, capped an exhaustive three months’ in- quiry into Air Corps conditions with a ecall for more financial support for military aviation. The outstanding recommend- l ation was a call for the quick acquisition of one thousand new planes. This was promi- | nent in the report. The spirit and manner in mingled in implied criticisms of actual performance which was charged to equipment and training. NAVY PLANES, | ALASKA BOUND, ' MEET, SEATTLE Six Aircratt Hop This! Morning from Astoria to Join Six Others SEATTLE, July 23. — The scaplanes from Astoria have rcached here and the twelve set off for Alaska on Thurs- | day morning. ASTORIA, Oregon, July 23.—The | six Navy seaplanes of Squadroni VP-9 hopped off this morning for Seattle where they will join the| six planes of Squadron VP-7. The fleet will leave Seattle, ac- cording to present schedule, on next Thursday for Juneau,.Alaska, |stopping at Ketchikan enroute, The: fleet is due at Juneau August 1) and will remain there until Aug-| ust 6. | HARRY TOWSEND BACK: FROM WEEK’S TRIP TO, MINING PROPERTIES; | Harry Townsend, well known mining engineer, returned on the seaplane Patco this morning from Berner's Bay after a week’s trip on which he looked over mining property at Berner's River and St. James Bay. Mr. Townsend Ileft here last Monday with Ed. Jahnke, in the latter’s boat and looked over mining properties at St. James’ Bay and from there went to Ber- ner's Bay where he made an exam- ination of the old Gray Boy prop- erty, mow known as the Rusty' Lode, in which R. J. McKanna and Gudman Jensen are interested.' Mr. Townsend tdok samples of ore from the properties for assay. ‘ — . WILL FINISH SELDOVIA SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 1 Work cn the new school at Sel- dovia is said to be Dl‘wn(! satisfactorily, with the basement thtlqug and the foundation in. It is T0 BUILD NAVY UP TO TREATY, ASSERTS FDR President Mak es Promise to Crew Aboard U. - S. S. Houston ABOARD U. 8. S. HOUS- TON, July 23. President Roosevelt, talking to the crew of the Houston in mid-Pacific, promised the United States Navy will be up to treaty strength in three or four years. The President assured the seagoing fighting force that Congress and the country are behind the naval building pro- gram ncw under way which is calculated to reach treaty The President added that the country expects the fullest ef- ficiency of its sea-fighting forces and praised the . effi- ciency of the crew of the Hous- ton. e which the Army carried the air ;TEN BoMBERs mail recently under difficulties, OF ARMY ARE AGAIN IN AR Spend Sunday in Edmon- ton then Hop on Another Leg Toward Alaska BULLETIN — PRINCE GEORGE, July 23.—The Am- erican bombers took off this afternocn at 1:05 o'clock, pre- sumably for Whitehorse. PRINCE GEORGE, B. C, July 23.—The ten American Army bomb- ing planes arrived here this fore- noon from Edmonton wheze they temained over Sunday. LAND PERFECTLY EDMONTON, Alberta, July 23.— The ten Army bombing planes ar- rived Saturday from Winnipeg via Regina. They circled the dropped to perfect single file. The next hop is to Prince George, a distance of 490 miles enroute to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. CHIEF C. J. DAVIS IS IMPROVING IN HEALTH field landings then in " ATSEATTLE HOSPITAL Chief of Police C. J. Davis, who went south two weeks ago for medical treatment at the Virginia Mason Clinic, is improving steadily, according to word received here by Roy Hoffman, acting Chief of Police this morning. Chief Davis' illness was diag- nosed at arsenical poisoning at the clinic and he has been’confined to the hospital for the last eight days undergoing treatment. He did mnot mention how long it will be before ‘his return. Kennecott Resident to Wed in Seattle SEATTLE, July 23.—A marriage fueense has been issued to Paul Werner, of Kennecott, Alaska, and | Margaret Eberhart, of Seattle, both of legal age. - e Mrs. Helen V. Roberts of Fort Dodge, Iowa, is. a roundtrip pas- planned to have the school ready senger on the Princess Alice for for occupancy at the beginning of a cruise of Southeast Alaska. Her the school year, and finished by husband is owner and publisher of September 1. a newspaper in PFort Dodge. 'SCORCHING SUN [ALASKA'S NEED KILLS HUMANS AND LIVESTOCK Total Number of Deaths Reached 275 Over Na- tion Early This Morning HEAT AND THIRST TAKING BIG TOLL Crop Losies Ae Already Estimated in Hundreds | of Million Dollars CHICAGO, IN., July 23.—A heat wave today externded over the sun scourged nation raising the total of deaths to 275, according to early morning reports. Lives are being taken in the larger cities and smaller commun= ities. Livestock is being ravaged and .|also crops. Water supplies are failing. A survey from the Mississippi River to the Rockies showed thou- sands of head of cattle lost, dying from heat and thirst. Crop losses are already placed at hundreds of millions of dollars. A continued hot spell is forecast. SHOWERS REPORTED GUYMON, Okla., July 23.—Scat- teed showers over the Oklahoma Panhandle temporarily broke the’ back of the heat wave in. this section and temperatures are fall- ing from 101 yesterday to as low as 68 this morning. Half an inch of rain fell during the night. W. H. PICKENS Wellknown Sports Promot- er of All Kinds of Attrac- tions Passes Away LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 23— William Hickman Pickens, aged 60, sports promoter who offered almost every kind of a sports attraction, died here Saturday at his home as the result of blood poisoning. Among his automobile attrac- tions in their earlier days were Henry Ford, Eddie Rickenbacker, let. ———— CONCERN FELT FOR BY RD; HIS TRALL IS LOST Tractor Party Unable to Reach Explorer in Lonely Outpost LITTLE AMERICA, July 23— Grave concern for the safety of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is felt as the trail to his lonely weather observation outpost is lost. A tractor party, which set out last PFriday to bring Byrd back to the main base, reported it could not pick up the trail. The group was 50 miles out on the 123-mile run. Orange flags which marked the trail could not be found past the 50-mile mark. ——,-— MRS. ROBERT KAUFMANN AND DAUGHTER LENORE, LEAVE FOR SOUTH ON HALEAKALA Mrs. Robert Kaufmann, whose husband is proprietor of Kauf- mann’s Cafe, and their daughter, Lenore Kaufmann, left on the Haleakala for the south. Mrs. Kaufmann, who has been in ill health for some time, plans to g0 through a medical clinic in Seattle upon her arrival there and before returning north will visit for some time with her family in Montana. DIESINL. A, Barney Oldfield and Louis Chevro-| LAID FORTH BY SECRETARY COM. Declares Airplane Facilities Should Be Developed— More Roads and Trails DON'T MAKE INDIANS “WHITE AMERICANS” Southeast Alaska Regard- ed as Favorable Loca- tion for Pulp Mills SEATTLE, July 23. — Develop- ment of eirplane facilities, with construction of more roads and trails, and introduction of a greater variety of industries were pointed out by Daniel C. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, as Alaska's great needs. He returned here Sunday from 'a month’s trip to the north. The Secretary of Commerce was eniphatic in saying that the educa- tion of Alaska Indians should be directed more to preserving their traditional handicraft than in making “White Americans” out of them. Secretary Roper said that on account of the great distances, Alaskans were probably more air- minded than the people in the States. The Secretary regarded South- least Alaska a favorable place for small pulp mills and also believed JOHN DILLINGER, OUTLAW, IS KILLE D that the mining and fur industries should be developed further in the Territory. - e .5, COMPANY IS FINED $50 ;President Grant Sails from | Seattle Without | % Full Crew SEATTLE, July 23.—A fine of 18500 will be levied against the Am- erican Mail Line for sailing the | President Grant last Saturday with a short crew. Collector of Customs Haas said }me vessel was permitted to sail on orders of Acting Secretary of Commerce John Dickinson. | Officials of the’American Mail Kl;ine sald the fine will be paid. Similar fines have been paid by the line in San Francisco and Los Angeles in connection with suth sailings. e, L. H. SMITH, WITH MOTHER AND MISS MARY JOYCE, TO \ MURRAY LANDS INOWN PLANE SKTURDAY P Medical Relief Director Arrives Here to Relieve Dr. F. S. Fellows Dr. Vance B. Murray, recently transferred here as Director of Medical Relief for the Alaska Di- vision of the Office of Indian Af- fairs, arrived here Saturday after- noon flying his own plane from Spokane, Wash.,, where he has been stationed for several years. He succeeds Dr. F. S. Fellows, who will leave in about a week for Albuquerque, N, M., his new sta- tion, Dr. Murray made the flight from Spokane to Juneau without inci- dent, coming through British Co- lumbia, He arrived at Whijtehorse Friday and came to Skagway for a brief stop Saturday afternoon, then proceeded here, He was enthusiastic about the temporary landing field just com- pleted. He said it is a fine field RETURN TO TAKU TODAY L. H. Smith, who with his moth- er, Mrs. Erie L. Smith, and Miss Marq Joyce, arrived here from Twin Glacier Camp at Taku, on | Mrs. Smith’s yacht Stella Maris, Saturday, plan to return to the camp on the yacht this afternoon after spending the weekend in Ju- neau. Mrs. Smith, who makes her home in Los Angeles, came north on her yacht two weeks ago and has been visiting her son at his log lodge on the Taku River, Today Is Hot; |Maybe It Will Get Hotter, Maybe! Yes, it is hot today—and let it go at that. The hottest point was reach- ed at 1:45 o'clock this after- noon—84 degrees, and it re- mained there for some time befere slipping down gradually, aud very slowly at that. Maybe it will be hotter to- morrow, maybe not—but any- way, e sure and have a clean shirt, you men, because you may have to shed vest and coat again. Yes, it is hot—hottest since August 3, 1929, when the mer- cury reached 85 degrees. On July 21, 1930, it reached 82 degrees, ahd ought not to be lost for that use. Dr, Vance's plane is a iWo-place Fairchild 24, powered with a 125 horsepower motor. It has a cruis- ing speed of 105'miles an hour and fuel capacity for six hours sus- tained flight. He will use it in covering the Territory. He will remain here for several days, get- ting established. His first trip will be to Wrangell where he be- lieves he will be able to land on the beach, After the arrival of ‘his mother, on the next trip of the North Star, he will fly to Fair- banks and out of there visit all of the communities with landing facilities. = This winter he will switch to skiis and cover those not having fields. ———— Two Alaskans To Be Guests of Soviet Union FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 23.—~Bound for Moscow to be guests of the Soviet Govern- ment, Bill Lavery and Clyde Armistead, Fairbanks mechan- ics, who aided the Russian avi- ators in the rescue of refugees from the Arctic ice floes, left here Friday enroute to the coast to board the steamer Aleutian. They will visit in California them go to Washing- ton and receive their passports from Soviet Ambassador Troy- anovsky, thence to New York to hoard a steamer for Russia. THREE KILLERS MAKE ESCAPE, TEXAS PRISON Six Attempt to Gain Free- dom Through Barrage of Gunfire HUNTSVILLE, Texas, July 23.— Three killers, Raymond Hamilton, Joe Palmer and Blackie Thompson, who blasted their way through gunfire out of the death house at the State Prison, are still free this morning. ; Of their three companions, all lifers, one is dead and two are wounded. Whitey Walker was shot to death as he attempted to scale the prison walls. Charlie Frazier and Roy Johnson, were wounded. Blaze of Gunfire The men scaled the walls in a blaze of gunfire after overpowering unarmed guards while most of the prison population were attending a baseball game. Hamilton is a one-time running mate of Clyde Barrow. Palmer is also a Barrow cohort. Thompson is an Oklahoma killer and bank robber, The break came when the un- armed guard took the prisoners their evening meal. Guard Taken Unawares Frazier shoved a gun in the guard's ribs and flourished an- other gun. Frazier took the guard's keys and then all started for the prison walls Firing broke out from the guards on the wall as Hamillon startéd over it. Only two of the others got over. Frazier, allowing the death cell men to proceed him was wounded and failed to get free. = e MRS. C. M. JORGENSEN, MRS. LESLIE WHITE AND CHILD VISIT J. W. LEIVERS HERE Mrs. Leslie White, whose hus- band, Dr. White, is physiclan with the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, stationed at Metlakatla, their daughter, Rena Carrol White, and Mrs, White's mother, Mrs. C. M. Jorgensen, arrived in Juneau on the Northwestern to visit with Mrs. J. W. Leivers, another daugh- ter of Mrs. Jorgensen's here for some time. Mrs. White and her| daughter will visit here for about two weeks while Mrs. Jorgensen will stay for a longer time. The latter has been visiting at Metla- katla for the last’ month, DESPERADO IS SLAIN SUNDAY NIGHT, CHICAGO Bandit Walks Calmly from Theatre Into Glisten- ing Trap of Guns STARTS TO PULL HIS PISTOL, SHOT DOWN Fatal Bullet Strikes Him in Neck—Dies on Way to Hospital from Wound CHICAGO, IIL., July 23.— John Dillinger, Public Enemy No. 1, Indiana outlaw, was slain by a special detail of fifteen Department of Jus- tice marksmen as he came out of a North Side theatre Sunday night. Dillinger fell under a fusil- lade of bullets. As Dillinger swaggered from a neighborhood theatre, he saw too late, the gleaming steel of the trap set for him. His hand went to his pocket for his gun but too late. N Three bullets tore into his body, one through the neck and two in ‘the breast. b Dillinger staggered, then fell. Tip Is Given Melvin Purvis, Chief of the Chicago office of the Department of Justice, was informed through an underground method of Dil- linger's plan to visit a theatre. Purvis stationed men around the whole block. Their presence drew many loiter- ers to the section to see what was going on. Enters Theatre Purvis, seated in his parked car near the theatre, saw Dillinger buy a ticket and enter. Purvis and his men waited a little more than two hours. ' Then Dillinger came out of the theatre. As the desperado. passed Purvis's auto, Purvis moved his right arm out of the window in a signal. Agents Leap Out Department of Justice marksmen leaped forward, pistols glistening. Dillinger saw the trap. He dart- ed down an alley, reaching for his gun as he did so. A five-shot fusillade cut pim down. Two gaping women spectators, got the other two bullets in their legs, but were not seriously wounded. Sprawls to Pavement Dillinger sprawled to the pave- ment, a crumpled heap. There was a tense silence, then sclres of horrified witnesses and agents, two detectives and five of- ficers rushed forward with guns drawn, taking no chance that the outlaw might feign dead. A cordon was‘thrown about the fallen desperado and the ‘curious herded away. Dies in Patrol Car Dillinger was lifted up and car- ried to a patrol car. He died en- route to a hospital without & word. The neck wound caused Dil- linger’s death. The two women shot in the legs were carried to an ambulance and sent to a hospital. The women are Mrs. Etta Batalsky and Miss Theresa Baulus. Was Changed Man Dillinger’s hair was dyed dark. The telltale scars on his cheeks had been lifted by plastic surgery. Gold rimmed spectacles framed his shifty eyes. His nose had been straightened and he had a carefully groomed black mustache. The whorls of his fingertips had been obliterated by acid. The bandit carried Evelyn Frech- ette’s picture to the end. Officers {found it in his watch. She is inow in prison for barboring the |desperado in Minneapolis. ~{Continued o