The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 3, 1934, Page 1

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” # VOL. XLV., NO. 6770. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN cam% CARDINALS WALLOP TIGERS, SCORE 8-3 ALASKAHIGHWAY PROPOSAL GIVEN UNIUST ATTACK B. C. Legislator Asserts U. S. Wants Road for Strategic Purposes PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Oct. 3. —Proposals for the construction of a highway through British Colum- bia to Alaska, were criticised by Clive Planta, member of the Brit- ish Columbia Legislature, in an address to the Service Club here. Planta declared the United States requires, the Highway as a strate- gic road, part of the plan to de- velop military and commercial fa- cilities. “For the United States to build the Alaska Highway with the full knowledge it is required for strate- gle purposes by the United States, and worse, to build it with United States money is to commit an act in this day of peace between coun- tries that will in the future, inevi- tably embroil the United States in international differences,” Planta said. NEW FIGHTING UNIT CREATED BY WAR DEPT. Nine Hund;crplanes Are Transferred to U. S. Air - Corps WASHINCTON, Oct. 3—The War Department hias announced the cre- ation of a new fighting unit. Nine hundred combat planes have been transferred to the command of the Air Corps by the Chief of the General Staff. L The new unit comprises planes all over the Nation. More planes will be added later. Headquarters of the unit will be at Langley Field, Virginia. FRAUD GHARGES Stars of Death Endangering Earth With Killing Rays WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Dis- covery of huge “darts of death,” | the rays which would wipe out | all earthly life if they could reach it, is announced by the Smithsenian Institution. Virtuzlly all blue colored stars in the heaveps are found to be of a death type, sending out vast showers of death rays, consisting mostly of ultra violet, of very short wave length. The layer of ozone high in the earth’s atmosphere prevents the rays from reaching the earth. e — THREE ARMY FLIERS DIE N | PLANE CRASH Wing of Bomber Crumbles Qver Forest in Yose- mite Area, California BISHOP, Cal, Oct. 3.— Three Army fliers were killed when a bomber crashed and caught fire in the rugged mountain country, xm,o‘ the forest. The fourth member of the crew bailed out and suffered a | sprained ankle. The bomber fell about 3,000 feet when the wing crumpled. The ship was one of 20 from March field, in a massed flight over.the Yo- semite area. Those Killed The fliers killed were: Capt. Robert Seiff, aged 39, Com- mander of the Eleventh Bombud-l ment Squadron. 3 . Second Lieutenant Huffman, member of Regerve Air Corps. Private Leroy Hitchcock. The survivor is Cadet Fay Olm- sted, of Santa Barbara, who land- ed on the edge of a cliff, barely escaping sliding over it. Search Party Organized Douglas Robinson, witness of the crash, said a wing of the plane crumpled and the ship immediately fell. Robinson organized a search par- ty of 30 and found Olmsted, who directed the men to the plane. The gas tank had exploded and Clifford L.| the Army OVER REINDEER CAUSE.OF TRIAL Three Men Are Accused of Selling Stock in Phan- tom Herds SEATTLE, Oct. 3.~Thomas J. Howard, O. A. Waechter, both of Seattle, and E. A. Krussman, of Pocatello, Idaho, went on trial yesterday in the Federal Court on charges they sold stock by mail in “phantom reindeer herds” that never existed although they were represented as the property of sev- eral Canadian, Yukon and Alaska breeding companies. The indictments allege the pur- chasers lost about $200,000. The fourth man indicted, M. A. Branson, o fSeattle, was granted a separate trial. TROOPS USED TO BREAK UP PICKET LINES Four Stove and Foundry Plants in Georgia Are to Resume Operations ROME, Georgia, Oct. 3. — Five hundred State Troopers broke up the picket lines of the striking stove and foundrymen being used for the first time since July 21. The officials of four plants said they planned to resume operations immediately. There were no dis- orders. Anchorage Man to Wed Seattle Girl) SEATTLE, Oct. 3—A marriage the bodies of the three victims were partly burned although killed in the crash. Army officials are unable to ex- plain why only Olmsted used the parachutes. | — v PILOT'S BODY IS WASHED UP, MALIBU BEACH Mysterious Murder Con- fronts Authorities at Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 3.— Bearing evidences of a mysterious murder, the body of Charles Stell- mach, aged 40, airplane transport pilot, has been washed ashore on Malibu beach. Three bullet wounds are in the body and the head is bruised. “Blood stains on the floor of his apartment led the officers to be- lieve he was slain there. - e+ — KOHLHEPPS RETURN FROM LONG VACATION TRIP. TO EAST COAST AND FAIR George Kohlhepp, of the B. M. Behrends Company -Men’s Depart- ment, accompanied by Mrs. Kohl- hepp, réeturned to Juneau on the Yukon after a two month’s trip. Mr. and Mrs. Kohlhepp visited the Chicago Fair, atténded trade conventions and traveled as far east as New York while away. Eamme . e KIRKPATRICK COMING The John C. Kirkpatrick sailed from Nanaimo last Saturday and is scheduled to arrive in Juneau Saturday. The vessel is enroute to Nome. R s o ZAPURA DUE MONDAY bl license. has been issued here to Patrick W. Cohen, aged 34, of An- The motorship Zapora sailed from Beattle at 11 o'clock Tuesday morn- chorage, Alaska, and Josephine R.|ing and is scheduled to arrive in Geis, aged 22, of Seattle. Juneau next Monday. Pencil Study of L:d?;é; Tfidnqp Case Slq;}:e_ct HAUPTMANN TO FACE JURY ON NEXT THURSDAY Date Set fr;r_T rial on Ex- tortion Charge—New Evidence Rumored NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—County Judge James B. Barrett, in the Bronx Court, set October 11 for the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann Above i a striking study by an Associated Press staff artist of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, arrested in connection with the Lindbergh kidnaping case and arraigned on charges of extortion. Months ago an artist retained by the department of justice made these sketches of the man who received the $50,000 ransom from Dr. J. F. Condon—*Jafsie” in the Lindbergh kidnaping case—using Dr. Condon’s description as a “model.” Investigators were amazed, after Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested for the crime, to see how closely the artist’s portraits resembled the suspect. (Associated Press Photo) BAIT, LABOR “OPPOSES WAR SOUTHPORT, England, Oct, 3.— ‘The Labor Party’s annual eonven- tion has pledged opposition to war as an instrument of national policy but rejected the proposal that labor be bound to call a general strike, if war is threatened. - e M. DABO RETURNS FROM VACATION TO HOT SPRINGS M. Dabo, of the Gastineau Cafe, returned early this week from a vacation trip to the Goddard Hot Springs at Sitka. —_————————— MRS. WILLIAM MAITLAND ON VACATION TRIP SOUTH FROM SELDOVIA HOME Mrs. William Maitland, ~whose husband is a well known merchant of Seldovia, is a southbound pas< senger on ‘the Alaska for a vaca- tion in the states. EARTH SHOCKS IN BAY CITIES Oct. 3. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, —Two quakes were felt in the Bay | Citles yesterday, the first at 12:21 o'clock in the afternoon, and the second ten minutes later. Floors of downtown buildings were shaken for a few seconds but no damage is reported to have been done. - e J. T. TENNESON LEAVES FOR SOUTH ON ALASKA AT END OF FISH SEASON J .T. Tenneson, general manager of the Superior Packing Company, took passage on the steamer Alaska for his home in Seattle, after sup- ervising the closing of the Tena- kee plant at the conclusion of the fishing season. e, Soybean crops are harvested an- nually from about 1,250,000 acres in the United States.. IAF SIE’S DESCRI‘PTION OF SUS?ECT f MUGH wnRK DUNE BY CITY CREWS DURING SEASON | ' Sidewalks, Bulkheads, Rock | Fills Among Improve- 1 ments Completed During the last six months, pub- |lic improvements of considerable ex- |tent have been completed in the (city of Juneau, including new sew- ers, sidewalks, stairways, rock fills !and bulkheads. These have entail- ed a good sized expenditure on the |part of the city and have given |employment to a number of men. | On these {fmprovements an ap- | proximate total of $21,19471 has been expended by the city, of which $9,683.65 was required for labor and $11,511.06 for materials. During the completion of this con- struction program work was pro- vided for 125 different men, who worked for various lengths of time, on the different projects. Over 4,000 feet of concrete sew- ers, including those installed along the waterfront between Front Street, Ferryway and Willoughby Avenue have been placed, accord- ing to figures obtained at the of- fice of the City Clerk. This area is to be completed next year when a sewer is to be laid from Ferry iWay to Admiral Way. Other new sewers laid during this six months period include one on Gold Street, between Third and Sixth Streets, from Ninth and B Streets to Wil- |loughby, along the Pipe Line Road and another on the tide flats near Tenth and E Streets. Sidewalks, Stairways ‘The only concrete sidewalk com- pleted since last spring is on Sixth Street, from Gold to Harris Street, immediately in front of St. Ann's hospital. Other concrete walks ineeded in the city are included in the program of public improve- ments embraced under the PWA grant and loan. Wooden walks have been constructed on West Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Streets, Gastineau Avenue, and the head of Sixth Street. Stairways have been replaced on Seward, befween Sixth and Seventh Street and the Basin Road and on Third Street, near the Bergmann Hotel. (Continued on Page Two) on charges of extortion in connec- tion with the Lindbergh baby kid- nap, slaying and ransom case. Judge Barrett denied the defense request for 60 days’ time in which to prepare the case. Hauptmann appeared worried. RUMOR—DENIAL NEWARK, N. J, Oct. 3—The Ledger, dally newspaper, says to- day, it has information that an accomplice of Bruno Hauptmann is being held incommunicado by the New York City police after a con- fession that he held the ladder for Hauptmann when the Lindbergh baby was solen, ‘The Bureau of Investigation, De- -partment of Justice, at New York City, denied the story when inform- ed a prisoner was being held. The Ledger says the prisoner told the authorities Hauptmann climbed through the nursery win- dow and while climbing back down to the ground, fell, when a rung of the ladder broke, the fall killing the baby. - MONOPOLY IS UNDER ATTACK FROMSENATOR Borah Discusses Increase in Prices Which Is Ahead of Increase in Wages CAMBRIDGE, Idaho, Oct. 2.— Monopoly is the “father of con- centration of wealth and standsin the way of restoring the purchas- ing power of the masses,” United States Senator Willlam E. Borah said in an address here, and con- tinuing his campaign against mon- BOX SCORE iBatted for Hogsett in ninth. SUMMARY: Earned runs—Cards 5, Tigers 2; home runs—Medwick and Greenberg, 1 each; two-base hits—Delancey and J. Dean, 1each; sacrifice hits — Rothrock, Frisch; struck, out — by J. Dean 6, by Crowder 1, by Hogsett 1; base on balls—off J. Dean 2, off Crowder 1; hits 6, runs 4 off Crowder in 5 innings; hits 4, runs 2, off Mar- berry in 2-3 inning; double plays— Delancey to Frisch; ieft on bases— Cards 10, Tigers 5; losing pitcher —Crowder Umpires: Owen, American, at plate; Klem, National, first base; Gersel, American,, second base; Reardon, National, third base. PLAY BY PLAY First Inning CARDINALS: Martin up — out, third to first. Rothrock up—ball one, inside; out, flied to center. Frisch up—strike one; ball one, inside; grounded to third, who fumbled, Frisch safe at first. Med- wick up—singled to left; Frisch on second. Collins up—side out, flied to center. No runs, one hit, one error. TIGERS: White up-—strike one; ball one, low, inside; ball two, wide; ball three, high, inside; strike two; out, short to first. Cochrane up— opoly. “In a statement by those speak- ing for laber, it is shown the in- crease of prices which the laborer has to pay, exceeded his increase in wages by eight percent,” said the Senator. “After all the effort the Gov- ernment has done, owing to the drought, it has inereased the price of the farmers' products, but nev- ertheless the price of things he has to buy keeps well ahead of the things he has to sell. They keep ahead and always will, taking the farmer gains, 8o long as monopoly prevails.” ———————— WALTER B. HEISEL HOME FROM THREE WEEKS’ VACATION Walter B. Heisel, Deputy U. S. Collector of Customs, who has been south for the last three weeks on a vacation trip which took him as far south as S8an Francisco, return- ed last evening on the Princess Louise. While he was in the Bay city he visited with the Cbllector of Customs at that important port and others in the Customs office. Mr. Heisel called, on ‘ Attorney- General: James 8. Truitt . who re- cently underwent a major opera- tion at the Coffey Clinic in Port- land, and on Territorial Treasurer Walstein G. Smith, who is recup- erating at the Virginia Mason Clin- ic in Seattle from a major opera- tion. They are both getting along well and Treasurer Smith expects to leave this week for Juneau, while General Truitt will remain at the hospital for several more weeks be- fore he takes passage north, Mr Heisel said. During his stay in Seattle, Mr. Heisel got a check-up at the Vir- ginia Mason clinic and was delight- ed when the specialists pronounced him in the best of health. — ., PRIEST IS TRANSFERRED Rev. Paul O'Connor, S. J., has been transferred to Nulato where he will be attached to the St. Peter Claver Mission. Father O’Con- lnor was formerly at Holy Cross and Pilot Station. ball one, low; ball two, high, inside; strike one; out, second to first. Gehringer up—strike one; ball one, low, wide; ball two, low, inside; singled to left. Greenberg up—ball one, low; strike one; ball two, in- side; strike two, foul tip; ball three, wide; J. Deans throws o first; out, third ‘to flrst. No runs, pne hit, .no_errors. L Second Inning i CARINALS:" Delancey ' up—out, flied to left in deep left. Orsatti up—singled to' left, .Durocher up— strike ome, called; low 1, low, wide; pitcher throws to first; out, Duro- cher flied to center. J. Dean up— foul, back in the netting back of home plate, strike one; grounded to short and was safe at first and Orsatti at second when second baseman dropped the throw for an error. Martin up—stiike one, curve, foul back; grounded to third and bases were filled when third’s throw pulled Greenberg off first base. Rothrock up—ball one, low, wide; ball two, high wide; singled to center, scoring Orsatti and J. Dean, Martin on third. Frisch up— strike one, foul in left field stands; ball one, high; ball two, high, in- side; out, second to first. Two runs, two hits, two errors. TIGERS: Goslin up—singled to left. Rogell up—strike one; ball one, high, wide}: ball- twe, wide; ball three; high; - strike ‘two, foul tip; pitcher throw to first; two out, strike three and Goslin out steal- ing, Durocher to’second, Frisch was slightly- injured on the right hand in a collision with Goslin. Owen up—strike one; curve foul in lower deck back of first base, strike two; side out, strike three. No runs, one hit, no errors. Third Inning CARDINALS: Medwick up—ball one, wide; singled to left. Collins up—ball one, low, inside; foul back of plate, strike one; one out, Col- lins grounded to first forcing Med- wick, first to short. Short made a wild return throw past first for an error and Collins took second Delancey up—ball “one, wide; ball two, low; error, Delancey was safe at first and Collins scored from second when first let Delanecy's grounder get through him"and roil (Continued on Page Seven) CARDINALS ABRHPOAE Martin, 3b. g B e B Rothrock, rf. 4 02000 Frisch, 2b. 400240 Medwick, I1f. 524200 Collins, 1b. 4 211310 Delancey, c. 0 N e Orsatti, cf. 41°21.03 *Fullis, cf. 10100 0] Durocher, ss. 500040 J. Dean, p. 621120 Totals 42 8132713 2 “Replaced Orsatti in eighth. TIGERS ABRHPOAE White, cf. 21070° Cochrane, c. 4 01200 Gehringer, 2b. 402231 Greenburg, 1b. 4 2 Bg R Goslin, If. 402200 Rogell, ss. 4.0 % 14,1 Owen, 3b. . 400212 Fox, rf. 4 00300 Crowder, p. 200000 ‘Marberry, p. .. 000010 tHogsett, p. 100010 Walker 1 .0.90;0 &0 Totals 3 3 827111 5 “Replaced Crowder in sixth, iReplaced Hogsett in sixth. LANKY “DIZZY” DEAN PITCHES SPLENDID BALL One of Famous Brothers Hurls Out Victory in World Series COSTLY ERRORS ARE MADE BY DETROITERS Two Home Runs Made— Attendance Drops Below Pre-Game Predictions SHORT SCORE R H E Cardinals 18518 8 Tigers o S TRt SCORE BY INNINGS Cardinals 12345678 9—TL. Runs 021014000— 8 Hits .....121025011—13 Errors .....001001000— 2 Tigers 123456789—TL Runs . 001001010— 3 Hits . 112002011— 8 Errors . 122000000— 5 SECOND GAME The second game of the world series will be played to- row in Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 3—The St. Louis Cardinals, behind the steady pitching of lanky Jer- ome (Dizzy) Dean, crushed the Detroit Tigers in the first game of the World Series played this. afternoon. . The National Leaguers fol- lowed up a five error collapse by the Tiger infield with a zooming barrage of hits off Crowder, Marberry and Hogsett. TWO HOME RUNS Dean got a two bagger and Med- wick got four streight hits, one a home run, making four out of five time up at bat. Gehringer, Detroit’'s heavy slug= ger, got only two hits out of four times up. Greenberg also got a home run for the Tigers. Hits Allowed Dean allowed only eight hits and the Detroit pitchers allowed thir- teen hits. Dean struck out six and the De- troit hurlers struck out four men, Left on Bases St. Louis had ten players left on bases and -Detroit six men. Dean allowed two bases on balls Crowder one and Marberry allowed four hits in two-thirds of an in- ning he pitched and Crowder six in five innings. Hogsett allowed three in three and one-third in- nings. Paid Attendance The paid attendance was 42,406, much below the pre-game predic- tions. The total crowd fell short of the 47,000 capacity as empty patches showed in the bleachers and covered stands. Receipts Receipts amounted to $71,217 of which $47,470 will be split among the two clubs and the two leagues and the remainder to the Advisory Council. A check of the box score shows Dean struck out men at the ending of the second, third, sixth, seventh and ninth innings, the latter a pinch hitter, to end the innings. HIGH POWERED POWDERSTOLEN ARMS COMPANY Could Destroy Half of City —Thieves Warned to Return It NEWPORT, Conn., Oct. 3.—Twen- ty pounds of Polnol, the most pow= erful explosive known, are still missing from the Remington Arms UMS Company’s Reservation, as the police resorted to publicity to warn the thieves it could destroy half the city. As an inducement for the thieves to return the explosives the com- pany has promised immunity from prosecution if they réturn the pow= der. “This is' done to safeguard per< sons in ‘the vicinity of ‘where the powder is stored,” the company of~ ficials said. - *