The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 24, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY A “ALL THE Ni ASKA EMPIRE S ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6710. JUNEAU, AL » TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TAKING VOTE ON STRIKE ARBITRATION B0 NEW PROGRAM | FOR ARMY AIR CORPS PLANNED Baker Committee’s Report Stirs Official to Take Quick Action WASHINGTON, July 24.—Quick changes in the United States Army’s air program is foreseen as the result of the Baker Commit-{ tee’s report. i The Administration is known to be in favor of development of the Nation's air arm along the most modern lines. Chief of Staff MacArthur is now | at work whipping together sug-| gestions to Imnd to President Roosevelt and Secretary of War| Dern when they return here about the middle of August. They are expected to form the nucleus of SOCIETY GOES the redrafted Air Corps program. One of the recommendations made by the Baker Committee, which included an Air Corps sec- ond to none, called for all pilots | averaging 300 flying hours each| year instead of 150 to 200, and also frequent concentration of air| units for training maneuvers at; different seasons of the year in-: clding cold weather flights in Al- aska. DEATHS FROM HEAT MOUNT | OVER NATION Records Be?g-Sm ashed, for Intensity and Dur- ation of Hot Wave BULLETIN — CHICAGO, IIL, July 24—The death toll over the heat-ridden portions of the United States soared to 616 at nocn today as intense heat continued with mno relief in prespect. CHICAGO, I, July 24.—Deaths from the heat totalled 535 up to this morning, according to reports received from various parts of the Nation. A wide section of the country is again sweltering today as the in- tense heat blazed down, smashing records for intensity and duration. Quincy, Allinois, had a tempera- ture yesterday of 112 degrees. WOULD SHEAR EXECUTIVE OF POLICY POWER Senator Thomas of Okla- homa Favors Committee to Decide Lineof Action WASHINGTON, July 24—Sen- ator Elmer Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, is preparing a plan to wrest the policy-making control from the executive branch of the government and vest it in a power- ful Congressional Committee auth- orized to meet during off-sessions. Senator Thomas said that his principal purpose is to “return to Congress power given it by the Constitution and taken away by the unprecedented rise of Bureau- cracy in this country.” He said that if such a plan were now in operation, such national emergencies as the San Francisco general strike could be met more expeditiously and with - greater public confidence. e — FIND DROWNED MAN Remains of Rede Staich, 30, Serbian employee of the United Empire Mining Company, who TO THE BEACH With the mercury almost knocking the top out of thermometers, eastern society folk flocked to the beaches hunting cooling breezes, ‘Mary L. Peck (left) and Mrs. Arthur T. Williams, New York socialites, are shown taking a stroll at the Atlantic Beach clul (Assoclated Presg Photo) b on Long Island, Speeding Taxi Can’t Take Curve; Six Persons Die el YAKIMA, Wish,, July 24— Wesley Lewis, a taxi-driver; Rey Champie, Fire Chief; Mrs. Effa Rangin, Mildred Kay, Eloise Kay and Al Razey, all of Ellensburg, were killed near here. The taxi, carrying all those killed and also Jewel Oliver,, Ellensburg Fire Department employee, who was seriously injured, ‘crashed into three trucks, one after another and then burned. The taxi was traveling at a high rate of speed and failed to negotiate a curve properly. None of the trucks were in- jured. Several of the victims were burned badly. e HUNDREDS ARE UNDER ARREST, AUSTRIAN PLOT VIENNA, July 24—Twelve hun- dred Socialists have been arrested in connection Wwith an alleged plot to overthrow the Dollfuss Government in the biggest round- up of political prisoners since the bloody February Civil War. ‘The police are picking up threads of evidence which are said to indi- cate the Socialists, Communists and Nazis merged into a common from for a huge campaign of ter- ror against the government. SENTENCED TO DEATH VIENNA, July 24—Two Socialist bombers were today sentenced to death following convictions of dyn- amiting a railway. Josef Gerl, aged 21, a goldsmith, was immediately hanged. Rudolf Anzboeck, aged 21, a hat- ter, was pardoned by the President after sentence was passed. LIQUOR. BEER SENATOR BORAH ' STARTS ATTACK UPON NEW DEAL Challenge .to Reported De- fenders of Monopoly Hurled in Speech ST. ANTHONY, Idaho, July 24 —After paying‘a glowing tribute to the western pioneers who |planted the seeds of The Empire,” | United States Senator William E. Borah hurled a challenge to the ‘“defenders of monopoly” to fight in the open and he vehemently denounced their cause. “When I discuss the question of monopoly I am accused of .at- tacking the New Deal by a critic who is unwilling or unable to meet the question of the present,” Sen- ator Borah told his listeners at the annual Pioneer Day festivi- ties. . ! “Do these people contend that | when a person attacks monopoly, he attacks the New Deal? « *“Is monopoly and the New Deal one and the same thing? . “The most insidious, the most | successful enemy of the New Deal, |according to its announced pur- | poses, is this power of vast com- binations of fix prices and rake off all gains which come to the farmer, producers or laborers. “Defenders of monopoly will not be allowed to hide behind the New Deal. They must fight in the open,” said Senator Borah, e Houston Expedition Ready to Climb Mt. Foraker, in Interior ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 24— The Houston expedition of scientists are reported to have reached their base for operations on Mount For- aker, with the aid of motor cars and pack trains, The members of the party are ready to start the long climb above the timber line to the snowy slopes. ther of Anchorage Woman Dies in South ARMY PLANES IN AR AT 8:00 A M. FOR FAIRBANKS Local Radio Office in Di- rect Contact with Fliers —Messages Exchanged The ten Martin bombing planes of the United States Army reached Fairbanks at, 11:15 o'clock this forenoon, Ju- neau time, after hopping off from Whitehorse at 8 o'clock. At 8 o'clock this morning the ten Army Martin bombing planes took off from Whitehorse, Y. T, bound for Fairbanks after spend- ing the night in the Canadian city. The planes arrived in White- horse yesterday afternoon at 5:20 o'clock from Prince George after a sustained flight of 4 hours and 20 | minutes. They left Edmonton, Al- berta, yesterday morning and stopped but a short time in Prince George. From shortly after their takeoff at Prince George until they land- ed at Whitehorse, the U. S. Radio, office here was in direct contact with the army planes by either code or radio telephone, and many messages were exchanged. The army fliers reported rainy weather yesterday until 4 o'clock .in afterncon when it began to clear, according to Charles E. Smith, | operator in charge of the Juneau office. Messages Exchanged During the afternoon Gov. John W. Troy sent the following message of greeting to Lt.-Col. Henry H. Arnold, flight commander: “Cor- dial greetings on your approach to Alaska. Shall be happy to wel- come you in Juneau.” Col. Arnold’s reply, sent shortly before they landed at Whitehorse said: “The Alaska flight appre- ciates your message of greeting and looks forward to meeting you in Juneau.” Questions Asked During the period of direct con- tact yesterday an Empire reporter asked several questions which were transmitted through the courtesy of Mr. Smith, and obtained the information that the expected date of arrival of the flight in Juneau was undecided until arrival at Fairbanks and would depend upon the length of time required to do the mapping and other work from the base at the Interior city. Weather had been fair on the en- tire flight which had been made without mishap of any kind. Direct contact with the planes. was again establjshed by the local office immediately after the take- off from Whitehorse this morning, SCOUTS AT ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 24— Captains Hoyt and Bobzien, aboard the two army scout planes, ad- vance guard of the ten Army bombers, arrived here, making preliminary arrangements for a possible landing here enroute from Fairbanks to Juneau. They have left for the interior. At Seward, Capt. C. A. Ridenour, Army Air Corps, is attending to the forwarding of supplies to Fairbanks for the bombers, GERMAN LINER GOES AGROUND THORSHAVIN, Faroe Islands, July 24—The German liner Monte Rosa grounded overnight on a sub- merged rock off Stormoe Island but was refloated this morning af- ter earlier attempts had failed. The liner has 1,200 passengers as well as a large crew aboard. Marie Dressler Is Reported as Sinking HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 24— [GIRL INJURED IN FALL DOWN GLACIER SLIDE Miss Wanda Cheney, Ju- neau Visitor, Seriously Hurt Near Perseverance Miss Wanda Cheney, who has been a Juneau visitor from Warren, Minnesota, for the 'past several ‘weeks, was seriously injured yester- day afternoon in-a fall while hik-|, ing near the old Perseverance mine property. The fall came when Miss Cheney and George Leveque, Alaska-Ju- neau employee, attempted a des- ‘cent of the mountainside beyond the Alaska-Juneau glory hole by| means of chopping footholds in the glacier slide. Footings Lost Mr. Leveque was below Miss Cheney, and was making the notches when he slipped, going down the 45 degree icy incline on his back and shoulders. As he felt ‘himself start, he shouted at Miss Cheney not to move, but no sooner ‘Yhad he uttered the words , too, lost her footing. estimated that they slid and rolled about 100 yards before coming to {a violent halt against the gocks ‘at . the bottom. 4 " Severely Cut Miss Cheney suffered a severe cut acoss the top of her scalp which necessitated the taking of 12 stitches, a wrenched back, and many sscratches and bruises, Mr. Leveque was more fortunate, his injuries consisting of bruises and scratches about the back end shoulders. Finding that his companion was unconscious when they reached the bottom of the slide, Mr, Le- veque picked her up aend carried her for some distance to one of the streams which flows into Gold Creek in the basin, and attempted to revive her. Unable to do so, he left her and hurried to the black- smith shop at the glory hole, and was fortunate enough to find someone there to help him. Carried on Stretcher ‘With four ‘men, he returned, and they carried her two miles on a stretcher to the opening of Number 1 hoist, by means of which she was lowered into the mine, where she was placed in the new ambulance car and taken down to the mine entrance. From there the White Line am- bulance took her to St. Ann's hos- pital for treatment by Dr. W. W, uncil, LOSES BLOOD This morning Miss Cheney was conscious, although very weak from shock, exposure and loss of blood. ‘The pair had scaled Mt. Roberts, and decided to go down the other side, having been told that they could make the descent in that direction, At the time of the ac- cident they had only 100 yards to 80 before they would have reached safe ground. The accident occurred ab 4:30 o'clock, and it was five hours later before Miss Cheney reached the hospital, most of which time she wal unconscious, S. HELLENTHAL NOW JUDGE OF THIRD DIVISION Juneaus Man Takes Oath of ERS REACH FAIRBANKS; GIRL INJURED IN FALL Navy’s Newest And Fastest Destroyer Is Christened \ With one swift blow of a bottle By Farley’s Daughter of champagne, Elizabeth Farley, 11, .dauflhter of Postmaster General and Mrs. James A, Farley, christened the “Aylwin,” newest and fastest of the navy’s destroyers, at Philadel- shown above as she broke the bottle over the bow of the ship and ow the destroyer is Fiver, (Associated Press Photo) pictured sliding into the Delaware Woman Traded Diiiifiger for Freedom of Mate, Also for Large Sum in Rewards Office at Valdez—Ban- quet [s Tendered VALDEZ, Alaska, July 24—Si- mon Hellenthal, member of the Ju- neau Bar for 25 years, took office yesterday as Judge of the Third Judieial Division of Alaska, suc- ceding Judge Cecil H. Clegg, who Wwill resume the practice of law at LIVESTOCK IS SUFFERING AS MEN WALK 0UT Several Hundred Workers in Chicago Stockyards Strike, Two Purposes BULLETIN — CHICAGO, IlL, July 24.—Weakened animals are being shot at the stock yards as the strike stopped the ef- ficiency in feeding and water- ing the penned animals in the blistering temperature. CHICAGO, I, July 24—With 75,000 head of livestock bawling and fretting in the pens while white | shirted clerks and executives scrambled about the stockyard to feed and water the animals, some 700 stock handlers were on a strike asking for 48hour maximum work and more pay. The yards are chocked full with about three times the normal sup- ply of heavy shipments from a| drought area, ' Mid the efforts to prevent suf- fering in the jammed cattle pens, officials are prepared to appeal for government aid. | | | CCC WORKER - MEETS DEATH KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 24 Walter Alexander, aged 34, of salis»t bury, North Carolina, for the past year a CCC worker, was drowned | last night. His body was recovered. | CHICAGO, Ill, July 24.—Concen- sus is that an underworld tip sent desperado John Dillinger to his death when shot last Sunday night as he was leaving a North Side theatre, The most credited story is that a certain woman in a red dress, wife or sweetheart of a mail rob- ber, traded Dillinger for the free- dom of her mate and $15,000 of- fered in rewards by the Federal Government . and five states. NOMINATIONS FOR SENATORS SOON B MADE WASHINGTON, July 24—Nom- inations for s in the United States Senate will engross hun- dreds of thousands of voters in August when each Tuesday some state hold a primary. Thir- teen states have primaries on August 8 to choose candidates for the Senate. — ee——— CHILD DROWNED FOR INSURANGE HOUSTON, Texas, July 24—The police said E. H. Stuart, unemploy- ed, admitted he drowned one of his four-year-old twin daughters, Dorothy, while she was asleep. Her body was found in a creek north of here. A $400 insurance policy on the girl had been delivered to Stuart yesterday. ART REVEALED NORWICH, England, July 24. —| BLOCKADE MAY BE LIFTED ON || PACIFIC COMST |Tabulation of Ballois of. Longshoremen Anxious- ly Awaited {FINAL RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN TOMORROW Violence Again Breaks Out in Seattle — Belling- ham Has Trouble SAN F R A N C ISCO, Cal., July 24.—Ballots cast by the | Pacific C oa st longshoremen strikers, w hich authorities | hope will lift the blockade on |all ports, are awaited today | for tabulation by the Federal ! Board. The vote of all workers will . be completed in all ports by | tonight and the election sup- | ervisors reported the result will be known by tomorrow. | If the arbitration plan is | approved, union leaders be- lieve strikers in-all ports wilk |return to their jobs immed- iately under the armistice agreements to submit wages, hours, working conditions, etc., to the Mediation Board for final arbitration. VIOLENCE AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, July 24—The crews lof two tugs were stoned by fifteen longshoremen's pickets as violence returned today to the Seattle wat- erfront during the vote-taking by longshoremen on ending the strike by arbitration. The tugs were enroute to the terminals for a scow loaded with lumber. The police drove the pickets away by playing a heavy stream of water on them. Meanwhile other ports are re- turning to normal while balloting progresses. AT BELLINGHAM BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 24. | —Because Bellingham is what they term an armed port due to the fact a lumber company employs guards in loading ships with lum- ber, longshoremen have refused to work the steamer Catherine D., which arrived from Alaska with 31,000 cases of canned salmon. e e, — DEATH PENALTY METEDOUTTO BGONSPIRATORS |Espionage Plot Discovered in Soviet Russia Is Backed by Japan MOSCOW, July 24.—Eight con- spirators have been sentenced to death for wrecking trains and oth- erwise disorganizing railways al- legedly in the interest of Japan. Fifteen others were given long prison sentences. It is charged those convicted are members of a well organized es- pionage ring. |12-Year-0ld Boy . Kills Father Who W hips Mother HARTFORD, Kentucky, TAXES LARGE "™ Fairbanks after seventeen years on the bench. A banquet was held here at which both the retiring and in- coming judges were toasted, Marie Dressler, famous actress of stage and screen, seriously ill for Alseveral weeks, is about the same Mrs, 1. E. Hunt, resides in but she is believed sinking very Anchorage, Alasks, slowly. A witness sald he saw a figure|Paintings of the 14th Century in| plunge off the slip leading to allhe vaulted ceiling of the Norwich float but was unable to determine | Cathedral are being restored after whether it jumped purposely or|being hidden for centuries under slipped and fell, lwhltewash. was drowned in Bear River No- WASHINGTON, July 24—With] SEATTLE, July 24—Daniel Jen- Vvember 16, 1933, werée recently dis-|repeal effective only six months,|sen, war veteran, is dead here, covered 3 short distance north of | liquor and beer taxes have brought | sister, Stewart, B, C, the Treasury almost $300,000,000. }