The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1934, Page 8

OCEAN FLIERS HIT MOUNTAIN INDARK, GRASH George Pond and chale Sabelli Escape Injuries, Plane Wl’eck(’d NEWPORT, Pembro , Wales Aug. 20.—George Pond and Cesare Sabelli, were turned back by a rag- ing storm over t Irish Sea on their Rome to Dublin ar cracked up plane on a mour tainside in the darkness when at- tempting to land ning the hopes of a irn Atlantic flight. The two fliers escaped serious in- jury. The two fliers hopped from Rome for Dublin I Saturday morning and midnight passed without any word from them anxiety grew as to their safety. No actual word was received until last nig garding their whereabouts, when word of the disaster was bmn'hA them from mo mountainside. COL. KUMPE IS 1 DUE WEDNESDAY E. Kumpe, Officer in the Washington-Alaska and Telegraph System, is rassenger aboard the Haleakala s due here Wednesday. Col. Kumpe is accompanied by his wife, who will continue south on the same steamer, but he will remain here for several days then go to the Wesiward and Interior on an inspection trip. Col. Kumpe was north last year on an inspection trip. - FOLTA LEAVES FOR HUNT IN INTERIOR| as ]\‘hl tary a { Enroute to interior Alaska for 1\{ game hunt, Assistant Unl(mll States District Attorney George W. Folta left here today on the| steamer Aleutian. He will be ab- ‘ sent about three weeks. He will be joined at Seward hy| J. W. Kehoe, United States At- torney for the Third Division 'I'h“l two men will go to Healy, on the | Alaska Railroad and hunt for mountain sheep and moose in that district. | - i TRAVEL EDITOR OF | CHICAGO PAPER ON NORTHWESTERN Mrs. M. V. Lewis, Travel Ed!lcr‘ of the Chicago Daily News, i | round trip passenger on the steam- | er Northwestern for a tour of | Southeast, Alaska. .- HAS DINNER PARTY ON GLACIER HIGHW! Mrs. Frances Hayden, proprietor of the Woodland Gardens, enter- tanned 36 guests last evening with @ dinner party at the Glacier Tav- ern. The party, which lasted from 7 o'clock until 10 o'clock was fea- tured by a varied and much-en- Joyed program provided by the en- tertainers of the Woodland Gar- dens, 13th Annual Fair JUNEAU, September 12 to 15 Inclusive For Premium Lists Secre For Concessions w Man 5 SOAP, 4 bars for the bath and fine laundry At GARNICK VOTE FOR OSGAR 6, OLSON Territorial Treasurer on the M& Ticket ACCOUNTANT, EX-FISHERMAN and rao-’lc'non -—n.mcuau-w Competent and well qualified T tor e pomion | rivals 127,000 pounc- | pounds, 7 and 6 cents; Long Beach, Cal, their part in the famous Towrnament of held on Newport Bay, Ihe brilliaat marine pageant will con- sist of gorgeously decorated and illuminated floats. These attractive and comely dancers will represent a human fountain on the float entered by the city of Long Beach. BAD WEATHER STOPS PLANE AT WHITEHORSE Bad weather ovar the mountains ed the Pacific Alaska Airways 'airchild plane, expected here Fri- (day, to land its passengers at e 1., | Whitehorse where they continued local banks—Lively g0 0y o the White Pass and Flint 25,000 pounds. yyyon Ralway and caught the and 6 cents; Orbit 19000 pipics punert” ot Skagway, The : 3 Aty J 1g5 | plane returned to Fairbanks, 000 pounds, 6% and 6 cents; Hard-| Pl S0b e B 4 T ane were ing 15,000 pounds, 6% anId 8 centas ! o ey phrdenkon ‘st het c\z:]l:“o 2,000 pounds and 7 yieane daughter Jill beautics are pitcured as they rehearsed for Lights, is to be 'EIGHT HALIBUTERS SELL AT aEATTLE] SEATTLE, A ). today are follows From the western banks—Federal | with 17,000 pounds, selling for 6% | and 6 cents; Republic 45,000 pounds 7 and 5 cents From the Halibut ar- 5 ¢ both 7% 7 -—ee PETRICH RECOVERS LEAVES HOSPITAL J. T. Petrich, who has been ill| at his home with an attack of the flu for several day up aml Mrs. W. W. Graves and baby were to leave St. Ann's Hospital this afternoon for their homt is | 'RESIDENTS FOR " AID TO FLIGHT, Wires Gov. Troy Apprecia-| tion of Hospitality and Co-operation An expression of appreciation to the residents of Alaska for their cooperation with the Army’s recent Alaskan flight was conveyed by | Lieut. Col. W. C.. Arnold, Flight | Commander, in a telegram last | week to Gov. John W. Troy, which was made public today. | He again reiterated his convie- tion thHat development of air trans- portation is one of the major needs, |in Alaska today. | The telegram said: | flight wishes to take this oppar- | tunity of thanking you and the | he Alaskan |good citizens of your, Territory for | the wonderful hospitality, splendid ,reception and wholehearted cooper- \atmn in helping us to perform our | n. Our trip to Alaska has i convinced us that the future trans- ! | Presentation to the nation of the homestead at Plymouth, took the oath of office, | pertation of commodities and pns~‘ | sengers in your Territory is quite | | closely tied in with air service. So closely in fact, that airways and | modern airports are a necessity. “Please express our thanks and gratitude to the good citizens of your Territory.” The message was -sent by ra.dio while the squadron was enroute | from here to Seame | | PATCO REACHES CORDOVA ON WAY :. T0 ANCHORAGE Bound for Anchorage, the sea- plane Patco, of the Panhandle Air Transport Company left here pilot- ed by Chet McLean yesterday af- ternoon at 12:45 o'clock. It reach- ed Cordova last evening and was awaiting good weather to continue to Anchorage, according to word received here. The purpose of the trip was to have an inspection of the plane by Murray Hall follow- ing the repair of a bent strut. As Mr. Hall did not expect to be in Juneau until later in the month, it was thought more practical to make the trip in order to save time. Mr. his Juneau base tomorrow, accord- ing to Mrs. Thyra Merrll, local ag- ent. Department of Commerce requirements provide for an in- spection of all commercial planes following any major repair before business is resumed. - FALLING TREE BRI-:AKS Thomas O'Hara, Alaska Road Commission employee on the road between Cantwell on the Alaska Railroad and Valdez Creek, cently suffered a broken leg when and’ was taken to the hospital at ment. around today e l);llly Empll‘l‘ Want Ads Pay! ACROSS 1. Note ot Guldo's scale Kind of puzale Health resort . Stand for Number of the Command- ments . Swift part ot a stream Symbol for tellurium . Greek letter Playing cara Not busy Garden implement . Dismounted ALASKA write W, Pullen, tary characters You and me Funny . State whose capital is Des Moin abbr, Asscssmen rating 35. Negative 36. Pronoun 37, Always 38. Help 3. Spreads 42, Short for a man’s name 43. Away: Scotch “. Elfin of the : nfinitive 45. Pertaining to the winds 8. Ingredient of sealing wax 49. Root out b1. Beverage b2, Take great delight 3. Note of the crow rite R. ager B. Martin, loosely 10. Football' term ’S, Phone 174 Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle Dazly Cross-word Puzzle ~ 11 Literary fragments 13, Orlental food staple 19. Ministers collog. 20. Grow unin. teresting ?L. Harden 22.' Repudiation 8. Elrx“fow’m sed lips 25, Former emperors 27, Sun Feline Automobiles Massachusetts cape Holding of honor cards not in se- Qquence Pertaining to the sun . Worship 9. Soft mineral Roman road Wind spirally Dutc ity 46. Bavage of Dismay Counsel: Ei ml'lcyl":'lc tt . English letter [ ExFlt kA 8. Pace 9. County in Minnesots. 10. Turned stone Unfasten a knof to thorough« fare: abbr. IIH/IIIIE%IEI JdEE ATREEE flll=l%%fllfifll McLean hopes to be back at! LEG OF THOMAS O‘HARA' re- | a falling tree struck him. He was | knocked unconscious by the blow,' Fairbanks by airplane for treat- THREE STATES SUFFER DAMAGE FROM STORMS CHICAGO, IH., Aug. 20.—Storms in Minnesota, Michigan and Mis- souri caused severe property dam- late last Saturday afternoon :md evcmng high wind was accompanied rain that struck the Twin Cities, felling hundreds of trees and power poles. Nearly a score of person injured at Platte City, and left with unrocfed building Deb was strewn on the strects by a tornado at Regina, Saskatche- wan, and the damage is reported fully one million dollars. DIDITPOUR? YES AND HOW | | | It rained last Saturday, and how! | For the 24 hours beginning at! 5:20 Friday afternoon to 5:20 o'-| clock Saturday afternoon 2.68 inch- | es fell in Juneau, according to R. C. Mize, of the Weather Bureau: who brought the figures into the office. During October 4-5, 1933, drops of water fell to the extent of 2.87 inches. That is a previous record. CAPONE TAKEN T0 ALCATRAZ; IS DANGEROUS NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 20.— Al “Scar-Face” Capone, passed through here today enroute to his new home from the Atlanta Peni- tentiary. He is being transferred to the new Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay, designed for the |ccnvenience of those considered [too dangerous to keep in ordinary | prisons. NAZI AUSTRIAN DIES, SCAFFOLD ol Bidier Pays Pen- alty for Participation .inRecent Putsch VIENNA, Austria, Aug. 20. — The ninth Nazi was execuicd last Sat- urday for the putsch 1esulting in the death of Dollfuss. Johann Dodes, aged 33, formar Austrian soldier, met deatn stoi- cally, refisieg sciritual counsel. ‘Death sen.ci.ces imposed on (wo other Nazis for smuggling weapens were eommuticd, one to 20 years' imprisonntent ard the other to life imprisonmei:. . HANAGER OF PAPER A O. Elstad, owner of the Pet- ersburg Press, recently of Juneau, | has returneq to the Wrangell Nar- rows metropolis, and assumed man:- agership of the weekly for the time being according to an an- nouncement made in the last issue. ‘Who the future editor is going to be “will be announced in a short time.” —_—— o CURTIS G. SHATTUCK BACK FROM VACATION Curtis G. Shattuck, who spent the last week in Ketchikan on a short that city on ihe \Aleutian. ——l e License-- fees and taxes met ex- penses of state supervision. during the first eum months. of legalized Vt., where is planned by Mrs. Grace Coolidge. Newest photo of the President’s widow,_ view of the lwmeafeud are nh 0Wn. One of Five |Babies Treated \With Radium CALLANDER, Ont., Aug. —Raditim treatment fs -hmm ing a small tumor on the thigh of Maria, the smallest of the | 84-day-old Dionne quintruplet | girls, Dr. Kelley said today. | The tieatment was applied (wo weeks ago for 40 minutcs. The tumor has lost clevation and scem: roceding. Dr. Kelly | said he expseted it to recede within a few mcaths until it disappcared leaving conly the | scar. | Al five babies appear to be in fine health, Dr. Kelly furth- or said. e KIDDIE SHOT DOWN AT PLAY CHICAGO, I, Aug. 20. — Shot in the head as he played with his baby brother in a I tle red wagon, Robert Pitts, Jr., two and one-half years old, died in the hospital. A bullet interrupted his hap- py command of “Giddap Hors- ey.” The wagon was given to the children by their parents. Bobby was hauling his little brother. The shot was fired by one of four men from a passing auto. The father can give no ex- planation. Bl A < LOP IN JUNEAU H. C. Dunlop, wholesale repre- sentative, arrived here from a business trip to towns of South- east Alaska on the steamer Aleu- tian. DU e NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS The City Council has fixed the tax levy for 1934 at 18 mills on each dollar of assessed value of real and persomal property. Taxes are now due and payable at the City Clerk's office. Taxes will be delinquent after September 15 un- | less one half of the taxes shall| have been paid before said date.| Interest at one per cent per month will be charged on all delinquent takes. A discount of 2% will be allowed on all taxes paid in full | before September 15. A. W. HENNING, —adv. Cny Clerk. Gar Calvin Cooli was réared and and & FOREST FIRES NOW GAINING ON FIGHTERS SPCKANE, Wash., Aug. 20.—For- esters have lost ground against the forest fires in Northern Idaho. John Bromet, aged 20, of Boise, lone of the fighters died from in- {juries when he was felled by a snag. Fires | burning, bounds. in most sections are still more or less out of — e DAWSON SCHOOLS OPEN Public and high schools of the Yukon Territory have reopened. The program of studies in the schools will be changed at the opening of the fall term to that used in the schools of British Columbia. Here- fol- tofore the courses of lowed those in use vince of Alberta. studies in the Pro- GOING TO BE INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Food m:rchants have promised to help the Government halt the growing ;spread between the prices the farmer gets and the consumer pays. | The cost of living has aroused several United States agencies and officials indicated the prices the housewife pays are rising even mora rapidly. than the prices paid the producers. k) PASSENGERS , COME ON KENAI The feeder ship, Kenai, Capt. G. ' Goetz, master, and David Ramsay, purser, arrived in Juneau at 2:30 ,O'clock this morning from her regular weekly run to Sitka and wayports. | As was the case & week ago, the Kenai had a large incoming pas- senger list, totaling 35 persons. | Leaving the ship here were F. E. Westfall, John Sidaway, J. W. ‘Woodford, Mary K. Butler, Karl Meier, Willlam C. Hancock and Henry Weding from Angoon; E.L. Davis, Nick Romanoff, Laurence Zagarra, Gertie Olsen, Lenhard Ol- sen and Lenora Oisen from Ten- akee; Bert Bertholl, Ray Hagerup, ' Al Munson, Frank Hannon, L. J. Geiger, Albert Fleek, Ed Abbott, Ernest Weschenfelder, Lloyd Gue- rin, Fred Buchser, Martin Ander- son and Tom Conrad from Ex- cursion Inlet; Katie Joseph and Philip Joseph from Hawk Inlet; and C. H. Hurlburt, Eugene Dau- ghty, Richard King, Thomas Lau- rence, Mark Willlams, Billy Be- vans, and Arthur Charles from Hoonah. — - LEAVE FOR WESTWARD J. 8 Jefferey, wholesale repre- sentative, and Mrs. Jefferey, took passage on the steamer Aleutian this morning for Kodiak and way points. ——— About 260 different species of ‘flsh are found in waters around «Beaufort, N. C. LEADER DEPT. STORE GEORGE BROTHERS LA E A O s G S en Patch A FULL LINE OF FRUITS and VEGETABLES ARRIVED TODAY AND THEY ARE BEING SOLD AT DIRECT FROM CONSUMER vacation, returned to Juneau from TO YOU PRICES