The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1935, Page 1

K '1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRLE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XLV.. NO 6930. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MO MONDAY APRIL 8, 1935 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN (_ENTS RECORD FLIGHT, FAIRBANKS T0 JUNEAU STATES ARE H|T| BY SEVERE WIND Twenty-six Persons Known to Be Dead, Over | 200 Injured | SCORES REPORTED | TO BE SHELTERLESS [ Typhoon in Phlllppmes Kills 35 with 21,000 | Without Homes ; GLOSTER, Mississippi, April 8.— A tornado blew out of the west last Saturday and continued Sun- day over parts of Louisiana, Mis-, sissippi and Alabama, leaving 26 known dead, more than 200 in- jured and property damage esti- mated into the hundreds of thou- sands of dollars. i The wind did a hop, skip and jump over the area, striking first at Lake Providence, Louisiana, late Saturday night, then crossed thej Mississippi Sunday morning moving southeast. The tornado struck three times with added fury at Delrosa, Glos- ter and Gillsburg, Mississippi, then spent its force in dipping around Mobile, Alabama Jate Sunday. The main . fury of the wind left this town of 1,500 residents prac- tically in ruins. Not a' house es- caped damage. Seven dwelling were blown into splinters. The wmd‘ struck the town when most of the people were asleep. Hundreds are homeless. \ TYPHOON IN MANILA | MANILA, April 8—Thirty-three persons were killed and many in- Jjured and the entire population of 21,000 are homeless after last Sat- urday's typhoon. Reports received here said 25 persons were killed at Borongan,| on the east coast of the Province! of Samara. A coast guard cutter has been sent to the stricken area with sup- ' plies. — e - BANK DEPOSITS SHOW BIG GAIN LAST 6 MONTHS Three Billion Increase Re- ported by Federal De- posit Corporation WASHINGTON, April 8.—A three billion dollar increase in bank de- posits during the last six months| of 1934 were disclosed today by of- ficials of the Federal Deposit In-| surance Corporation. No explanation for the increase in deposits was given officials but persons familiar with banking and | business trends contended the in-| crease was due largely to heavy government expenditures for emer- gency purposes. ‘Total deposits in the U. S. De- cember 31 were put at slightly less| than $50,000,000. | ————————— H SECURITY BILL AGAIN DELAYED THAN ANY OTHE (left) proposals of marriagce as the girl who found the Lol cf shack near Leadville, Colo them although Tom French (1 L), U. S. BETTER OF 1 NATION, HE SAYS Dean Hoover, Brother of| Former President, Stress- es War Materials PALO ALTO, Cal, April 8—The United States was described by Dean Theodore J. Hoover of the Sta nford University engineering 'school today as “probably in a better position than any other na- tion,” possesing essential war ma- terials within its borders but warn- ed against the dearth of some of them. The brother of the former President named manganese, tin and antimony used in making munitions and silk used in para- chutes as the principal raw ma- terials needed in case of war but not ordinarily obtainable within continental United States. In view of the possibility of loss of such necsesary materials as pro- duced only abroad. He said rubl could be supplied if sufficient acre- age of guayule is planted in Cali- fornia and Texas. In case of ne- cessity Dean Hoover said he be- lieved there could be a reduction |in the Jjewelry supply and that there is sufficient platinum. BEGINNING OF WAR, ARMY DAY in Big Parade at National | Capital on Anniversary WASHINGTON, April 8— martial display of America’s pre-| paredness was linked here last Sat- urday with those who opposed world | war declaration. Saturday was the The| Millionaire knds His Life in Palatial Home on Estate in Florida eighteenth anniversary of the de- of/command at sea in case of war,’ {he reccmmended laying in a supply ; DATES MARKED \Fifty Thousand Marchers’ y have written Sue Bonney e was spread in newspapers 3-hy Doe” Tabor in a Fryer hill to live alone and has rejected neighbor, visits Miss Bonney. Pangborn Plans Globe. Cireling Flight; Over Alaska NEW YOBK April 8.—Clyde Pangborn is planning to at- tempt to break Wiley Post's round the world air record. Pangborn said he hoped to girdle the globe cver the north- ern route, including Alaska, of 15,000 miles in four and one- half days. The flight will be a nonstcp, refueling in the air. Pangborn plans (o start lafe in July or early in Aungust with Bennett Griffin as copilot. D T MINERS BIE IN SNOWSLIDE AT B. C. LAK Belated Word of Tragedy Revealed by Man Sent to Investigate VANCOUVER, B. C, April 8.— Belated word of the death of sev- en miners in a snowslide at Ta- heko Lake, about 40 miles north- | west of Bridge River, B. C. has |been received here from William i Allataire, who snowshoed last month to the site of the mining operations. by the Taheko Lake Mother Lode Mining Company to investigate. In a huge pile of snow left by the slide, Allataire found the re- I'mains of one body. Wolves had ap- parently dug through the snow to | get at it, Company officials and the police plan to send a search party to the lake. The seven men left for the mine to conduct winter operations. The tragedy occurred during the great January \S]"LDW storm. Allataire reported he found evi- dences of slides everywhere. i - - ORLANDO, Florida, April 8— | claration of war and it was also James Laughlin III, aged 52, mil- WASHINGTON, April 8.-—Final decision in the House deadlock over | Army Day. Fifty thousand marchers swung | lionaire sportsman, was found dead with a bullet wound in his heart, what to do about the Administra- down Constitution Avenue beneath jn hig palatial home on his estate tion's Social Security bill has been sombre clouds as a host of visi- jn the West End. deferred again until tomorrow by the Ways and Means Committee. The members are scheduled to ask| the Rules Committee for a ¢ rule” permitting only committee tors watched the brief ceremonies; under the Capitol's dome. Floral tributes were placed at| Senator LaFollette, Representative! Officers said an automatic was (found lying near the body. Justice of the Peace Weatherby “gag the foot of the statues of the late said no inquest will be held. Laughlin's widow said she was amendments, when the bill comes Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, ‘“akcned during the night by a to the floor. ; There is some doubt whether the House will accept the “gag rule.” and Speaker Champ Clark, all of| whem opposed entry of the United States into the world war. shot and upon investigation found the body of her husband lying near the foot of his bed. Allataire was sent to the lake' is believed to have| Pastor Sa_v—s Hauptmann Studied Blueprints of * Lindbergh Estate -« MILWAUKEE, April 8-—Federal authorities are considering & new chapter in Bruno Hauptmann's life, a chapter purported to blast much of the carpenter's defense alibi in the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby. The Rev. Michael Kallok, 48, Catholic priest, ment agents Hauptmann studied the plans of the Lindbergh Hopes well estate even before it was cons structed. The priest said he had often seen Hauptmann riding horse- 1 back in the Sourland Mountaing while he was pastor of a churchy on the outskirts of Trenton. He said he became acquainted with ,Hauptmann as a frequenter of the ixldms | Thompson, who described Haupts mann as “a slick guy.” | The priest said Rober: Scumann, Trenton architect, had a small of- fice in Thompson's place where he | poured over plans of the estate | hoping for contracts on the work. i The clergyman said he saw Bruno studying the blueprints there, and his “moral duty” spurred him to | reveal his acquaintance with Haupt- ymann despite fear of notor and harm. Federal agents turned mgb 'story over to the New Jersey State Pouee 'EUROPE'S PEACE TOBE SUBJECT, BIG CONFERENGE ‘Thre'e Nations Are to Get| logether on Com- ing Thursday LONDON, April 8. Premier Ramsay MacDonald announced to- day that he and 8ir John Simon will head the British delegation at the conference with Italy and France at Stresa on Thursday | The order of two physicians | threw another obstacle in the way | of Great Britain's search for a for- mula to remove threats of Europe's peace. The doctors ordered Capt. | Eden, Lord Privy Seal, young dip- lomat who has visited five coun- tries during the past two weeks in the interest of peace, to go to bed to recuperate from a heart strain. According to advices received here, both the French and Italians | are still dissatisfied with the Brit- ish program but the British Cabi- net hopes the plan for an Euro- pean security system will meet ap- proval. It is understood here Premier, Mussolini will discuss an accord to allow ‘Austria, Hungary and Bul- garia to rearm. Russia Starts War on Criminals, {Even Children MOSCOW, April 8. — Three more executions are announced making a tetal of 52 that have been carried out cince the present anti - crime campaign started. The Government has decreed full penalties of the law against any criminal down to twelve ycars of age. The decree prevides that even children, above 12, who are charged with a crime, shall be tried in the rcguler courts and the penalties, including death, chall be meted out if convicted. e BOUND FOR SEATTLE Mrs. Nola Reese, wife of a can- Inery watchman at Hawk Inlet, will ileave for Seattle on the Alaskd ac- companied by her two children, Rolf and Lorne. They arrived in Juneau from Hawk Inlet on the Kenai, told Govern- |’ stable owned by LeRo¥| { | \ \ I Kas. (Associated Press Photo) Twice N ormal LUNCHEON WILL "HONOR VISITING YUKON OFFICIAL Executive Board of Cham- ber \X’ill Be Host Tomor- row Noon at Bailey's In honor of L. Higgins, represen- tative of Yukon Territory, who ar- rived in Juneau on the PAA plane from Whitehorse Sunday bringing messages of good will from G. A. Jeckell, Comptroller and Acting Governor of Yukon Territory, “the Executive Board of the Juneau {Chamber of Commerce will give a luncheon tomorrow noon at Bailey's cafe. Among the specially invited guests will be a representative of | Gov. John W. Troy, Mayor Lsa-l dore Goldstein, Lyman 8. Peck, General Manager of PAA; J. J|| Connors, Collector of Customs, and Allen Shattuck, Past President of the Chamber, who represented the clty and the Chamber on the flight! to Fairbanks. He will tell of the! trip and the fine reception given| the Juneau, representatives in the northern city. SIX-HOUR STAY MADE BY NORCO OVER WEEKEND Vessel Arrives from Seat\ tle Saturday — Makes - | Special Sitka Trip The motorship Norco made a six- hour ‘sojourn in port over the week- end. The vessel arrived from Se- attle' at 10 o'clock Saturday nlgm and 'departed on ‘the return trip via Sitka, at 4:30 o'clock yesterday | morning. 1 Nine passengers were brought north, and three left Juneau on the southbound run | The Sitka trip is a special one and is not regularly scheduled. ] The inbound list: From Séattie—Mrs. B. Ammer- | man, Perry Greenwell, G. Meel derink, E. R. Hallister, William L Sparks, Miss Norma Brown, Miss E. Guerin, | | Prom Wrangell—Mrs. A. Berg. From Petersburg—N. A. McEach- ran. ‘The outbound list: For Seattle—Robert Wells. For Sitka—A. J. Fries For Wrangell—-Lewis Anderson. d Western Kansas and adjacent states were digging out from under dust deposited during a severe | storm. This picture was taken as a cloud of fine particles of sand and earth approached Garden City, Boy’s Stomach 0ut of Plu{'(’ Size, Is Ri ghtml FALL RIVER, Mas:., April 8, ~Jimmy Nelson, aged 13 years, of San Jose, Cal, operated upon for diaphragmatic hernia, is pronounced in a “fairly good condition."” The operation took one hour and a half. Jimmy's stomach was twice the normal size. The official report is inter- preted as indicating the opera- tion was fully as serious as that of Alyce Jane McHenry, aged 10 years, who was recent- ly operated on similarly on March 4. She walked about un- assisted while Jimmy was in the operating room. Enlargement of the stomach is looked on as a serious fac- tor, FIRST SETBACK FOR HITLER IN DANZIC VOTING Nazis Bl 1o Get Two-| Thirds Majority in Free City Election FREE CITY DANZIG, Apri The Nazis scored a :weepkng vic- tory in Sunday's Volkstag election, polling 139,200 of 205279 votes. The remaining votes were polled by the Centrist or Catholic Party. The Nazis failed to gain a two- thirds majority which would have | given party control of the city. The result of the election is the first serious setback for President Hitler of Germany since he came into power. First American To Put U. S. Flag on Cuban Soil Dies WABH!NGTON, April 8.— Rear Admiral Arthur Willard, aged 65, is dead after a brief illness. He was born at Kirk- “ville, Missouri. During the Werld War he was Superin- tendent of the Naval Gun Fac- an to plant the Stars and Stripes on Cuban scil during the Spanish- American War, at Diana Bay, near Cardenas. - Former Resident of Fairbanks Is Dead SEATTLE, April 8. services for G. F. Martin, aged 54 years, owner of the Sol Duc Hot Springs, a resort in the Olympics, will be held tomorrow. He died Funeral | suddenly as the result of a heart attack. He settled in Fairbanks, Alaska, during the Klondike rush.| CROWD GIVEN THRILL WHEN PLANE LANDS Ofllcml Gleelmg Given at 1 PAA Airport ‘After j Record Flight | Under perfect weather condi- | tions with an unlimited “ceiling, |large crowd of Juneau citizens | waited at the PAA Airport yester- day were thrilled at the sight of| the giant Lockheed Electra, its| shiny streamlined sleekness glint- {ing in the sun's rays as it circled and swept down to the runways. The passengers and pilots were| officially greeted by Mayor I. Gold- | | stein, President of the Juneau! Chamber of Commerce, R. E. Rob- |ertson, Collector of Customs J. J. icannors, M. 8. Whittier, secretary of the Territorial Chamber of Commerce, and Lyman 8. Peck, »vxce president and General Mana- | ger of the Pacific Alaska Airways. Several photographs were taken of the passengers, and welcoming committee, as well as motion pic- | tures to commemorate the event, while the large crowd of spectators ‘looked over the plane which had ‘Just finished the record-breaking [mght of 3 hours 33 minutes flying nme from P‘mrbanks to Juneau. EIRS' ATTEMPT TOCUT IN ON ‘LOST ESTATE | [Million Found in Old Farm| House Brings Flood | | of Relatives g | FLORENCE, Kansas, April 8.— Discovery oi an estate estimated at {more than $1,000000 in an old farm house occupied by Ellen Doyle, aged 78, who died recently appar-| ently without making a will, has| started a flood of mail, telephone| and telegraph calls to this town from prospective heirs Patrick Doyle, Ellen's father, homesteaded the farm. He had three children of whom Ellen was the/ last survivor. Oil was found on the ranch which started a flow of money| which Ellen augmented by good| investments. A search of the house disclosed $800,000 worth of mortgages and| other commercial papers, and s74‘ 000 in gold and silver. i Almost every day more valuables were found by the administrator of the estate, who declared, as he! rummaged through the stack of let- | ters and telegrams that “I never| knew there were so many g»vdJ - nid Irish Doyles.' | utes PAA LOCKHEED MAKES RECORD, SCHEDULE TRIP - |3 Hours 33 Minutes Flying Time Elapsed from Interior | JUNEAUITES ENJOY SCENIC BEAUTIES Royal Enterj;i_nmenl Pro- vided Visitors by Fair- banks People E:tablishing a travel record be- tween Fairbanks and Juneau, the Facific Alaska Airways Lockheed Electra ‘'made the trip Sunday’ from the "Interior city to the Capital in three hours and thirty three min- flying time, covering a dis- tance of 700 miles. This flight com- pleted the inaugural round trip of the company on its weekly sched- ule between the two cities, which | cuts the distance between the coast- lal and interior districts of Alaska | from five or |er and train, to a few hours, , ' more days by steam- With over clear weather prevailing the entire route, the stream- line silver plane flew in a direct line from the Interior city' to Whitehorse, at an altitude of 12,- 000 feet, arriving there several min- utes ahead of schedule. After- tak- ing ‘off from the Cdnadian airport a straight course was taken to Juneau, the plane soaring over the mountains of the Coastal range at an altitude of more than 9,000 feet. Many Watch Take-off A large crowd was on hand at the Fairbanks airport yesterday morning to watch the take-off of the luxurious plane on its epochal flight to Juneau, the first sched- ule trip to the coast from the In- terior. With cameras clicking, Mayor E. B. Collins, of Fairbanks, presented a gilt heart, the city's emblem, to Allen Shattuck, Ju- neau’s representative on the inaug- ural schedule trip. In a short talk, Mayor Collins expressed the deep appreciation of his city and the people of the Interior to the Pa- cific Alaska Airways for bringing | the widely separated Coastal and Interior sections of the Territory within a neighborly distance with this weekly service, and extendi the greetings of the cithzens ' Fairbanks to those of Juneau. Followihg the crief ceremony, | words “all’ aboard” were a . siggal to passengers to take their places in the commodious plane. With Act- ing. Divisional Engineer, Jogeph Barrows at the controls, 8. E. Rob- bins, co-pilot and Ollie Ames of the PAA staff and four passengers, the Lockheed Electra soon left the field behind. Passengers leaving Fairbanks, in addition to Mr. Shat« tuck, were J. J. Hillard, Deputy U. 8. Collector of Customs, Mrs. Fred Milligan, of Fairbanks, and Doro- thy Morgan, of The Empire staff Climbed Rapidly Clear weather prevailed over the entire route according to com- munications from PAA radio sta- tions between Fairbanks and the Coast which are kept up constantly between the plane and these ground stations. Climbing steadily until the altitude of 122,000 feet was reached, it was possible for those in the Electra to see*hundreds of {miles in"'any direction. With the increase in altitude, trees and oth- er objects on the earth diminished in size until the ground spread itself out like a vast relief map with no details discerable. ’; Comfortable Mode of Travel ' Passengers within the plane chat- jted, read or reclined against_the |upholstered backs of their com- fortable seats gazing at the earth far below, as though in a world of their own, while the Electra soar- ed through the air at a speed of |one hundred and eighty miles an hour. The rolling country of the Interior, with jagged peaks of a mountain range far to the right, piercing the sky, changed in an | amazingly short time to the more rugged, snow buried cuunt.ry lur' Whitehorse. No detall that would eontrM (Continued on Page Two) 3 G a