The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIV., NO. 6757. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA TOWN IS WIPED OUT BY FIRE * * * * NOME 1S PRACTICALLY LAID IN RUINS BY FIERCE BLAZE FLAMES START FROM SPARKS IN FORENOON, RAGE ALL DAY, FAR EVIDENCE THAT GERMANY GETS READY FOR WAR ; ST Using Impounded Foreign Funds to Give Subsidies to Manufacturers WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—A re-‘ port that Germany is using im pounded foreign funds to subsidize | German aircraft manufacturers, is ready for presentation to the Sen- | ate Munitions Committee. The report was written cember ~f last year by the Inter- national Engineering Company, Inc, to the United Aircraft Ex- ports, Inc., and will be put on the| records. The report says Germany is sub- sidizing German manufacturers to| to the extent of 20 percent aggm:" the extent of 20 per cent agaxmz ARGENTINA ALL WORKED UP ON U. S. HEARINGS ClaimsDefa;ann of Char- acter .of Citizens at Munitions Probe BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept. 18—The Argentinan Government! holds the United States Govern- ment responsible for the “defama- tion of character” mentioned in the Senate Munition inquiry in Washington, D. C. The Argentina Government has demanded damages and the Fore- ign Office has ordered the Argen- tian Ambassador in Washington, in De-! of its citizens| * » * * * * * U.S. Senate Qu1z Rlps Secrecv From Zaharofl i | | | | | ’ Qenate Probes M umtwns Traffw | | | The shadows of secrecy have been ripped sudden] sboard, making millions of dollars , from Sir Basil Zaharoff, Europe's “man of my e of instruments of death. His in- | tery” and prominent munitions magnate, with ¢ | assertedly h: extended over British, | glosures of armament sales at the pr of ti ' 1, Czechoslovakian munitions firms and thase sociates are said to have profited to senate committee investigating armam: 1 # countri facturers in Washington. For a half cen 1 his as | bearded Greok has moved across the wor > 1.8 -mm of § * * * * * * * * * | | | | | | During the World war, Zahar- 1,000,000,000 by selling munitions, LOCAL FUND TO BE RAISED FOR FIRE VICTIMS Behrends NamesW B.Kirk as Chairman, Red Cross | ‘1Governor Musters Forces { ASKED TO ALLOTMONEY {Tation of fire-ravaged Nome. His ef- |tee of 11 headed by Grant R. Jack- TROY MOVES T0 AID NOME;ASKS FOR LARGE SUM to Prevent Suffering and Want in Nome FEDERAL AUTHORITIES Small Sum Made Available at Once—Relief Com- mittee Appointed Gov. John W. Troy this morning acted without delay or red tape to ring relief to the stricken popu- forts were directed toward obtaining adequate Federal funds to relieve immediate want and toward plans for permanent rehabilitation. The steps taken by him were: 1. Requested the FERA for an inimediate allocation of $50,000. 2. Appointed a special commit- son, Nome banker, to direct relief agtivities. 3. Directed the Alaska Road Commission to take direct charge of all work. 4. Allotted $2,000 FERA funds to cover pressing needs, 5. Advised Secretary Ickes of the situation. Shocked by the Disaster The Governor was deeply shock- |ed by the Nome disaster and ex- pressed his deepest sympathy for the sufferers and the community. “We will do everything within our | power to relieve the situation with funds at our disposal, but the mag- nitude of the disaster will require the co-operation of the Red Cross, | municipal, civic and other organi- | zations, and private citizens. This, I am sure, will be promptly forth- coming,” he declared. One of the first things Gov. Troy Nugget Plant Is Destroyed but News Is Sent Out ‘While watching the roaring flames tackle and then destroy the plant of the Nome Daily Nugget, George and Russ May- nard, publishers who are also Associated Press correspondents, kept the world informed of the pregress of the first and dis- astreus results. The radio station i8 some dis- tance from the heart of the city, that was, but the May- nards kept rushing cut dis- patches, obeying their true pewspaper instinct that the “news must kecp going.” The plant cf the Nome Nug- get was an up-te-date one in many respects. COAST GUARD VESSELS ARE NOME BOUND;; Headquarlers Gives Out Orders Speedily—Other Craft “Standing By” | * * * * INTO NIGHT; BU Hundreds of Residents of S Are Homeless; Fire Spreads with Such Rapidity that Dynamite Used to Wreck Buildings to Block Blaze Proves Futile; All Grocery Stores, Mercan- tile Establishments A Greater Part of Suppli Aid tc Be Given NOME, Alas Seward Peninsula metropolis. Only two business buildings, including a hotel and a few residences in the nerthern section of the town are left standing. Apf Federal Building, Miners and Merchants Bmlk Building, every grocery store have been razed. The Crescent Hotel and Lomen Commercial Cmnpanys building are left standing. Hundreds of residenis are homeless. Food supplies, if rationed, may last for ten days, it is believed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18—The Coast Guard has ordered six vessels scattered on the Pacific 0cean§ waters from San Diego northward | #stand -by”: for possiblet orders to proceed to Nome. The Northland, Shoshone and Chelan are reported to be s«bontI 600 miles away from Nome and it may require two days for them tu, make the trip there. They are| now on the way there and are well | supplied with food. They are in- structed to give all assistance pos- | sible and inform headquarters herm the need for further aid. ; A message received from Num‘!} last night said the homeless num- | NOME'S RUINS |Citizens Now Faced with Problem of Rebuilding Within Six Weeks NOME, Alaska, Sept. 18.—After , Sept. 18. PRICE TEN CENTS * * * ILDINGS IN ASHES eward Peninsula Metropolis re Destroyed Including es; Food Shortage Feared; — Fire has destroyed this and mercantile establishment The flames swept a pafi ten blocks long and three blocks wide through the heart - of Eire fowier v < The' fire was unparalleled here since the 1905 conflagras tion when five blocks in the northwestern part of the city were burned. Starts in Forenoon i The fire started at 10:30 jo’clock yesterday morning, |believed from a spark from a building adjoining the Gold- bered over 400 persons. Felipe Espil, to assure ‘“rectifica- v tion of procedure which permitted Relief Committee |did today was to confer with B, M. [a night of despalr and suffering ey Gate Hotel, a wooden launching of slander against the names of Argentians.” 2 LAFOLLETTES CANDIDATES IN WIS. PRIMARY Progressive Ticket Comes in for Test in State Voting Today MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 18.— The LaFollette Progressive Party is today undergoing the first test at the polls, challenging the Demo- crats for primary votes of Roose- velt supporters. United States Senator Robert M. Lafollette, Jr., is unopposed for renomination on the new ticket. The Senator’s brother, Phillip, is a candidate for the nomination of Governor at today’s primary. He has taken a firm stand for Presi- dent Roosevelt and his policies. There are five candidates for the Democratic Senatorial nomination and three for the gubernatorial nomination and they campaign un- der the New Deal standards. The Republicans, however, in whose columns the Lafollettes form- erly stood, called for repudiation of “experimental theorists.” PP Eton Bans “Socl;ing" ETON, England.— Boys at an- cient ané fashionable Eton college, largest of England’s old public schools, have been placed under a new ban. “Socking”—vernacular for buying food—in the streets is sirici- ly forbidden, particularly from ice cream vendors. Boys who disobey will be fined. e $250 Fine for Motorist KANSAS CITY, Mo.—In a cam- paign to discourage reckless driv- ing, a judge fined a motorist $250 and sentenced him to six months at the municipal farm for offenses cpmmitted while intoxicated. | | | | | | Sen. Gerald P. Nye (Republican, North Dakota) and Stephéen Raushenbush (right) of Pennsylvania, counsel to the Senate Muni- tions Investigating Committee cf which Nye is Chairman, are shown discussing plans for the hearing in Washington which may unearth data cupporting the thcory that some American muniticns manu- facturers are allied with similar concerns abroad. (Associated Press Photo) BRITISH BOAT 'RED GROSS T0 WINS ONE MORE GIVE AID FOR Endeavor Sails Intemalion-‘For Sake of Speed Supplies al Course in Record .| Will Be Rushed by Time Today : Alaska Chapters | NEWPORT, R. I, Sept. IS—T‘m‘ WASHINGTON, Sept. 18— Red British Endeavour won the second!Cross chapters in Alaska have been straight victory over the American |ordered to rush needy supplies to defender Rainbow by 51 seconds,| Nome at the expense of the Wa- breaking the record for the course,|tional Red Cross. Emergency plans set by the Enterprise in 1930. were directed by James The time today was 3 hours, 9 Vice-Chairman of the organization minutes and 1 second. This is 1|who telephoned instructions to Al minute and 12 seconds faster Lhfln[srhafer Pacific Manager at San the previous record. { Francisco. A= 474 x At San Francisco food, clothing |and medical aid will be provided ;chfl homeless citizens of Nome but | for the sake of speed supplies will {be sent from other Alaskan towns }instead of the United States prop- FORMER DAWSONITE DROWNS/ Word was rocel.ed in Dawson recently of the death at North Bay Ontario, of Captein D. C. Thom- {er, Pieser said, son, who was Manager of the | There are eight chapters Dawson branch of the Canndxufkfl bealdes. thesons: at Nome. Bank of Commerce until about eight years ago. Captain Thomson, who was well ana favorably known Welghty Slang chtlonary in Dawson and the Klondike dis- NEW YORK — The for . Maurice H. Weseen's forth- trict, met his death when the automobile in which he was riding » lcoming dictionary of slang weighed | 86 pounds. plunged into the Little Sturg River near his home, OVER AMERICAN NOME VICTIMS Fieser, | anuscript | Juneau today began preparations to r a relief fund for the vic- | tims of yesterday’s conflagration at | Nome. Under the auspices of the | Red Cross, a committee was ap- pointed today to solicit and receive contributions, it was announced by B. M. Behrends, Cha\rman of the local Chapter. W. B. Kirk was named Chair- man of the Nome Relief Commit- | tee, with power to select his ow.n‘ assistants. “We are certain that the residents of this community will contribute liberally,” Mr. Behrends said. The National Red Cross organi- zation has made available funds irom supporting Chapter for em- ergency relief work, Mr. Behrends was informed by A. L. Shafer, \‘ldna"’el of the Pacific Coast Di- ion of the Red Cross, and was d to urge local contributions. ernl]\' families are homeless and lost all of their possessions in the fire that swept Nome's business district and razed half of the resi- dentizal area. | Behrends has recommended to Mr. Shafer that an experienced disaster relief worker be rushed to Nome as quickly as possible as !the fire has left the district in a serious condition and the Red Cross will have to aid. Gov Troy, he |added, “Is doing all that is pos- sible. Mr. e MISS JEAN FAULKNER LEAVES FOR SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA ON YUKON Miss Jean Faulkner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fauikner, left on the Yukon for the south on her way to California where she will enter Stanford University. Miss Faulkner was graduated last spring from Ann Wright's Seminary in Tacoma, and has spent the summer !here with her paren e .DEPARTMENT CALLED OUT AT 2 A. M. BY SMALL BLAZE in Alas-| Burning timbers underncath the building occupied by the Woodland Gardens called out the fire de- partment at 2 am. today. The blaze was extinguished beforc any imaterial damage had been done. ‘The cause of the fire was un= | determined, | Behrends, {man, who was in touch with Divis- lion authorities in San Francisco, | Asst. Administrator of the Federal |seven weeks. local Red Cross chair- over that organization’s activities. Mr. Behrends assured him of whole- hearted co-operation. Asks for Funds Although the Governor had not| been advised of the needs by Nome | authorities, realizing the desperate- ness of the community's plight, his first telegram was to Jacob Baker, Emergency Relief Administration, for an immediate allotment of $50,000 and informing him that probably much more than that sum would be required to handle the situation during the next six or He also transferred $2,000, or some 50 per cent of the balance on hand, from current FERA funds to Nome, to be expended by Supt. Ross Kinney of the Alaska Road Commission for pressing needs. As soon as additional funds are made available, they will be ap- plied to relief activities. Meager Relief Data The Governor was not advised at midday regarding what the more pressing needs were, nor the ex- tent to which relief must be fur- nished. A telegram was Teceived by him last night from Dr. Rex Swartz, Mayor of Nome, saying all SEATTLE WILL | | | RUSH SUPPLIES T0 NOME AREA Two: RifelBiiasers Are, Already Available and Will Be Loaded SEATTLE, Sept. 18—This city is ready to rush aid to Nome. One 4,000 ton steamer is already char- tered to rush food supplies. Ralph Lomen announced the charter of the vessel and said loading will be- gin today or tomorrow. “Seattle has ship tonnage to take | care of the situation,” Lomen said. The Nome man lopks for some| hardships on the Nome population | because of the certain food short- age and possible sickness from ex- posure. Lomen said it will be im-| possible to rebuild this winter and believes much of the population will have to leave for the winter. Special Relief Ship The Alaska Steamship Company announces a special relief ship for | of the business district and half of the residential section were wiped out, leaving hundreds home- less. The Mayor added: “The City has $5,000 available. We will need furth- er assistance. Will advise you later of our needs.” Gov. Troy replied immediately, expressing regret and sympathy and promising aid. He requested Mayor Swartz to furnish him with com- plete data of all needs in order that he could make an effort to obtain funds to cover them. Committee Is Appointed Before noon today he had tele- graphed Grant R. Jackson, asking him to serve as General Chairman of a Special Relief Committee on which were named 10 other of the leading business men and officials of Nome. He asked Mr. Jackson and Mayor Swartz to rush all avallable information and to for- mulate a program not only for im- mediate relief but for rehabilitation (cmmnuea on Puqe E o 120 Lwinter, Nome, the Dellwood, which will sail Saturday with a capacity cargo of 5,000 tons of foodstuffs and build- ing materials. The Dellwood will start loading tomorrow. The Alaska Committee of the| Seattle Chamber of Commerce has | called a special meeting to decide ways and means of helping Nome to meet the erisis, | . Reindeer Available Ralph Lomen said 3,000 carcasses| of reindeer meat aboard the Arthur | Baldwin are available for anyone who needs it. The meat has been | consigned to Seattle and was to leave Nome today, but Lomen has ordered the meat made available for the present emergency. P A ATHLETE GOES SOUTH Caryl Herman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Valdo Herman of Anchorage, and prominent young Anchorage athlete, left recently on the motor- ship Discoverer enroute to Detroit where he will attend school this {the ruins, and guarding the town from drink- crazed Eskimos who wandered along 'hr smouldering streets like par- banan; the citizens faced the gigantic task of rebuilding in the next six weeks before the ice and sncw block all transportation ex- cept by dogteams and airplanes. Hundreds are homeless. Women and children slept last night in the warehouses and shacks that escaped the flames, one hotel and the hospital. Food First Thought Food was the first thought of the day and officials Immediately |began taking inventory of the small supply which escaped the flames. A community kitchen was set up. Although tired and weary from ' their long battle, fire officials and ' volunteers patrolled the district all night to prevent drink-crazed Es-| kimos from looting and pilfering Many were arrested and locked up in small cabins as the| jail was destroyed. H Estimates Loss Alfred Lomen estimates the loss at not less than $2,000,000. Lomen said: “I have never seen a4 more disastrous conflagration. With winter coming en we need | help for those who were unable to save anything.” The Maynards are prepared to continue to issue the Daily Nome | Nugget with a duplicating ma- chine. Sorrowful Features Clark Jackson, President of Miners and Merchants Bank, the said: ((,nnunueq vn Paxe Elgnu >-re — Ickes May Aid Nome in New |Building Program WASHINGTON, Sept. 18— Secretary of Interior Ickes said he might be able to aid in fi- nancing a mnew building pro- gram for Nome with Public Works funds.” Secretary Ickes said he had nct received a forn»:l report on the disaster but felt there was a possibility of the Public Works -~ Administration might be able to lend a helping hand, {fire but the flames leaped the itried to save the food from {before the buildings were in the fire but many collapsed | The fire is one of the most sor-| {rowful features of my life and of " "the buildings and halt the building. The flames quickly grew and spread rapidly after burning through the roof of the Golden North Hotel. The fire then started to° race through the city before a strong east wind of 22 miles an hour velocity and was soon out of control. Flames Leap Open Spaces Dynamite was hastily brought and used to wreck buildings in the path of the open places and set fire to buildings beyond. Firemen and volunteers the grocery stores but only a small supply was retrieved flames and crackling to ruins. Everybody Is Fire Fighter Every man, woman and child who eould aided to fight from fatigue and the intense 'heat and were carried from !the fire zone to recover. A number of fire fighters were injured by the dynamite blasts in efforts to destroy ( flames. | The flames raged all day 'and far into the night and las building after building caught fire, places to house | the homeless vanished. Are Reduced to Ashes The Post Office, Alaska | Road Commission headquart- !ers were burned to ashes. The offices of the Pleifi | Alaska Airways, ga | drug stores, pool rooms, sal [uum, atwm heating nkm&, &