The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVL, NO. 7023. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS FOUR DROWN WRANGELL, Alaska, July 20.—‘10. Donald aged 8, Jimmie aged 6, Searchers have recovered the hsz}chlldren of Mr. and Mrs. Paul of the four bodies of the children |Binkley, and their cousin, Billie drowned late yesterday afternoon|Davis, aged 11, son of Mr. and as the result of falling out of a|Mrs. W. T. Dais. row boat on the bay while rowing., Kenneth Binkley, aged 5, The victims are: Pauline aged |reéscued by John Ritchie. JAPAN PLANS INTER-SERVICE T0 INCREASE | RIFLE SHOOT HER DEFENSE IS DUE SUNDAY Huge Appropriation, Over Preliminary Firing Sched- Five Years, Sought for | uled Tomorrow—Five Land, Air Forces { Teams to Compete TOKYO, July 26.—A five year plan, costing nine hundred million yen, about $261,000,000, for-modern- ization, improvement and enlarge ment of the military, land and air forces, has been drafted by the War Office and General Staff and was Undoubtedly one of the features of the final few days of the Navy's visit to Juneau will be the first an- nual inter-service rifle match at the new Government range near Mendenhall Glacier tomorrow and Sunday. At least five teams, in- submitted to the Cabinet for inclu- sion in the budget, it was learned today. The plan calls for an annual ex-! cluding representatives. from every branch of the nation's defense fore- es, will compete. The meet is sponsored by the peénditure of approximately $52,000,« United States Forest Service, and 000 and would require an appro- 2ll arrangements have been made priation in addition to the rezular by Charles G. Burdick, administra- military funds, it is pointed out. ‘,uve assistant. The plan is made necessary, it is| The Second Battalion, Seventh pointed out, because Japan's air|Tnfantry, United States Army from fofce is inferior to those of other Chilkoot Barracks; a sailor team nations and also the fact that from the U, 8. 8. Chicago; a ma- Jslmn is extremely vulnerable tromfrmfl corps téam from the Chicago; the air. a Coast Guard team from the cut- The program plans will be con- centrated on land equipment for the first two years and the air forces the last three years. GOLD DIGGERS, ON NORTH TOUR, 'HERE TONIGHT Entertainment Planned by Members of Juneau ter Tallapoosa; and a civilian team from the Juneau Rifle Club will compete. Each team will be com- ! posed of five men. Lacts Five Hours ‘While a preliminary shoot is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, the official competition is due to start at 9 o'clock Sunday morning and last until 3 o'clock that_afternoon. The shoot is open to the public to witness. The courses to be fired include: Slow fire—10 shots each, 62 min- utes per team on 200-yard course (standing), 300-yard course (sit- ting or kneeling), and 500-yard course (prone.) Rapid fire—10 shots each, 200- yard course (sitting or kneeling B’ and P’ w C from standing; one minute), 300- v S0 ki yard course (prone from standing) “The Gold Diggers' Crulse,” par-{,ne minute, 30 seconds), 300-yard ty, 141 members of Business and| oy rce (prone; one minute, 20 sec- Professional Women's Clubs from| ;. . all over the world, will arrive to- Castner Appointed night aboard the Vietoria. Thel mqpne rifle to be,used will be a party includes the retired Presi-|ypjteq States rifle, caliber 30, mod- dent of the National Federation of|.) 1993, Business and Professional Women's| e range officer will be Lieut. Clubs, Mrs. Geline MacDonald BoW-1y, v Castner from Chilkoot Bar- man, and Miss Lulu M. Falrbanks| y,ces Tne officer in charge of the and Miss Daisy Dudley, organizers pits will be Serg. Severson. Other of the party. Another small con-|orricials will be selected later. tingent of Business and Profes-| s week-end's match will be the sional Women's Club members Willl iot official shoot on the new arrive on the North Sea tonight. The Victoria, due at midnight tonight, will be met by members of the local Business and Profes- sional Women's Club. The party will receive an Alaskan welcome. ‘Tomorrow the *“Gold Diggers’ Cruise” party will be taken to Mendenhall Glacier, will visit the museum and will take a shopping tour of fur and curios stores. Later they will be ‘escorted through the Alaska Juneau Mill as the guests of L. H. Metzgar, General Super- intendent. Entertainment Reception and entertainment of the party is under the direction of Mrs. Anita Garnick, Vice-President of the Juneau Business and Pro- fessional Women's Club. An, Execu- tice Commitee, Miss Caroline Todd, Miss Anita Garnick and Mrs. Jean- range, although, last week, Navy teams from two cruisers—the De- troit and the Indianapolis—infor- mally “christened” it. e ——— DIVISION OF DESTROYERS IS VISITOR HERE Five Greyhounds ‘of Navy Arrive Today—Cruis- er Is Expected Making an impressive single-file nette Kraft will be in charge of{entrance into the harbor at 2:15 Juneau headquarters of the cruise in the Gastineau Hotel lobby. Other committees appointed to help the “Gold Diggers” to enjoy their visit to Juneau are: Program Commit- tee in charge of Miss Anita Gar- nick; Transportation Committee, Mrs. Genevieve van Dugteren; and Hospitality Committee, Mrs.. May Kilroy. The Gray Line Bus Company and the Channel Bus Company have donated their buses for the Glacier trips, and the Royal Blue Cab Com- pany has donated six taxicabs for the use of the party members and o'clock this afternoon, five destroy- ers berthed at Government Dock to inaugurate the Navy's final four 'days of summer visitation to Juneau. At the same time, the heavy jeruiser Chicago, also expected to arrive today, had not been sighted on Gastineau Channel, although no information had been received which would indicate that she {would not appear later. Meanwhile, {rumor still was rife that two other cruisers — the Portland and the Houston—would anchor in Auk Bay tonight or tomorrow. However, no SOVIET PLANE NOW HELD UP, BAD WEATHER Sokoloff Leaves for Fair- banks Enroute to Sta- tion in Arctic The hour of departure of the Russian plane which will attempt a non-stop flight from Moscow to San Francisco over the top of the world, depends entirely ypon weath- ar conditions, according to N. A. Sokoloff, Vice-President of Amtorg, Inc., who arrived in Juneau Thurs- day enroute to Aklavik, a settle- ment at the mouth of the Macken- #de river on the Arctic Coast. Sokoloff left Juneau this after- noon aboard the PAA Lockheed | Electra for Fairbanks. Within a few hours—tonight if weather con- 1itions in the Interior permit night ! flights, or tomorrow morning at the ‘atest—Sokoloff will take off from| Fairbariks in a chartered PAA Fair- child plane for Aklavik, Through the Canadian govern- | ment radio station at Aklavik he will be in direct communication with the radio-equippgd Russian nlane during the course of its flight ‘hrough the Arctic regions and will furnish the fliers with necessary nformation. { Sponsored Flight [ Sokoloff stated that the Russian non-stop flight is sponsored by Sev- morput, “The North Way Com- pany,” in English, a Russian com- mercial company with mjany inter- ests in the Arctic, in ¢ooperation | with the Arctic Institute, a Russian government scientific )ganization. Assistance and support by Amtorg, Inc., is motivated by a patriotic desire for accomplishment by Rus- sians. | Designed Plane i ‘The Russian plane is a single motored low-wing monoplane with tremendous capacity for fuel. It contains a single engine and was especially designed for long dis- tance flights. | Sokoloff stated that the plane was invented, developed and perfected in Russia about 13 years ago, and is a standard type. It is equipped with wheel landing gear and, ac- cording to Sokoloff, compares in size with the Lockheed Electra. So- koloff stated that the plane can carry ample fuel for the flight from Moscow ™ to California, 6,000 miles. | Scheduled Route Sokoloff, young, energetic and capable, is .below average height and slender. He speaks with an accent, but clearly and concisely and has little difficulty in ex- pressing his ideas accurately in English. | Weather Reports el The Juneau office of the Weath- er Bureau—the headquarters for| the entire Territory—indicated to- day that all stations will figure in aiding the Soviet flier. It was explained that every three hours, weather data from Alaska and northern Canada will be col- lected and broadcast, through the facilities of the United States Army Signal Corps, to the fliers. Point Barrow, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Ju- neau and Ketchikan will send out reports. Juneau will take upper air bal- loon tests and will include them in its weather broadeast, scheduled for the first ten minutes interval ev- ery three hours after the plane leaves Moscow. SWAT TAKEN AT FASCISM Seventh Communists Inter- national Congress in Session, Moscow MOSCOW, July 26.—The Seventh Communist International Congress, convening yesterday evening, in the presence of Communist leader Stal- in directed its opening fire against Fascism almost to the exclusion of its traditional demand for a world revolution. Four hundred delegates from fif- ty countries are in attendance at local reception committees. Mrs. Pearl Burford, President of the: Juneau Business and Profes-' sional Women's Club, left Juneau (Continued on Page Eght) confirmation of that rumor had been received at a late hour today. Heading the destroyer file this (Continued on Page Kighi afternoon was the U. S. 8. Decatur the congress. — o ONLY SEVEN NOwW The Western League apparently is having financial troubles. Rock Island dropped its franchise, leav- ‘Ing seven clubs to finish the season. Large Private Yacht Intrepid Sight Is Believed Restored to Pioneer,Sitka Home;Operation Performed by THERMOMETER JUMPS T0 T3 DEGREES TODAY Warm Record for Year May Be Made Before Afternoon Ends Although still not within ten degrees of the hottest day ever recorded here in July, nevertheless Juneau realized today was “warm.’ At 2 o'clock this afternoon, the mercury in the Weather Bureau's thermometer registered 73 degrees, the warmest weather experienced here since June 21, when 74 degrees was reached. Observers said, at 2 g'clock, that there were good indications that a slightly higher temperature might be recorded before the day ended, with the year's record being broken The highest temperature reached yesterday, the first clear day since July ‘8, was 72 degrees. On July 26, 1915, figures showed. the mark of 89 degrees was reach- ed. Tomorrow's forecast of ‘“in- creasing cloudiness,” however, does not indicate that that mark will be smashed during the present warm period. Today, 17 hours of sunshine was possible, this being 13 hours less than the longest day of the year on June 22, . The Weather Bureau’s hour-by- hour record of the temperature gain today follows: Midnight, 53; 1 am, 51; 2 am, 51; 3 am, 52; 4 am, 50; 5am 51; 6am., 52; 7 am, 56; 8 am, 59; 9 am., 64; 10 am, 67; 11 am, 70; noon, 71; 1 pm, 72; 2 pm, 73. ——————— GUARDSMEN ARE READY, ACTION HOQUIAM, wWash, July 26— Guardsmen are held in readiness for fresh troubles’ after lumber strike sympathizers stoned one com- pany last night which was rush- ing to the ‘aid of a squad sur- rounded by a mob of 500 persons. The Guardsmen, with fixed bay- onets, charged the mob which melt- ed away suddenly. Noted Specialist BITKA, Alaska, July 26—When the yacht “Seyellen II” arrived in Sitka no one was particularly con- cerned about it. Too many yachts arrive these days to cause any ex- | citement, but it was a lucky event for J. E. Kenny, a resident of the Pioneers Home since May 7. Ken- | ny is a well known roadhouse keep- |er and prospector from the An- ' chorage district. For the past year he has been totally blind due to cataracts on both eyes. On board the yacht was Dr. John E. Weeks, internationally known eye :pecialist of New York, and Dr. Davis of Portland, who ranks as one of the foremost eye men of the Pacific Coast. Dr. Weeks and Dr. Davis visited the Pioneers'’ Home and informed Dr. Nicholson, the attending phys- ician, that they would be glad to look at any men with eye trouble. After looking at the pioneers with eye afflictions and advising. them what to do they decided that it would be possible in the case of Kenny to operate and restore his sight. 'Without formality or pre- tence they performed the opera- tion. Although Dr. Weeks is past eigh- ty years of age he has a clear eye | and, a steady hand, and there is no | question that in two weeks Kenny will be able to see. Dr. Weeks is so wellknown that the King of Siam came to this country to seek his at- tention. | Kenny is the happiest man in Al- aska. He knows that in a few weeks he will be able to see the ‘Pionoers’ Home where he has been | feeling his way around for the past two months. He will also be able |to recognize his former {friends |and acquaintances, and he will be |able to see the fellow pioneers | whom he has previously known only by their voices. Dr. Weeks and Dr. Davis offered their services without pay.. They | will, however, reap a rich reward |in the undying gratitude of Kenny |and his many friends in Alaska. | ety ML OH | | | e | LOS ANGELES, Cal, July | 26.—Wiley Post, Mrs. Post and | Will Rogers, who suddenly hop- ped off Jate yesterday after- | 'moon, presumably for Seattle, enroute to Moscow via Alaska, didn’t, They went to a resort in Mexico instead, for a few days’ vacation: 'This was learned last night, | GUARD ON WAR 'League of Nations to Take i Up ltalo-Ethiopia Ques- tion Next Wednesday {Rome Insists on Concilia- tion Commission Rath- er than League Council LONDON, July 26.—Great Britain is understood to have ordered 100 soldiers from the British posts to | Ababa. ITALY NOT FAVORABLE GENEVA, July 26.—The League of Nations Council is expected to (meet July 31 to deal with the African controversy with the pro- posed session recognized as unpopu- Elax‘ with Italy | Authoritative sources {indicated the Itallan government | preferred revival of the Coneilia- | tion Commission while the Ethio- | plan government was represented as opposed to such revival largely on |the grounds the dispute with Italy! |could be placed on the path of conciliation only through delinea- tions of frontiers between Ethiopia and the Italian colonies of Eritrea {and Somaliland, a matter which | Italy contends cannot be under- | taken by the Conciliation Commis- | sion. in Rome SAILING SHIP VISITS PORT UNTIL SUNDAY 212-Foot All-Steel Barken- tine Arrives at Juneau This Afternoon One of the largest private yachts ever to visit Juneau’s harbor, the| auxiliary-powered all-steel barken-' tine, the Intrepid, berthed at the Pacific Coast Dock at 12:30 o'clock | DISAPPOINTED AT ARMS BAN ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 26. | —Government officials are express- ling disappointment at the Brtiish government's ban on export of farms to both Italy and Ethiopia. |It is charged the action favored ’nnly inasmuch as there are no arms 'factory in Ethiopia while Italy is| well equipped to meet munitions manufacture requirements, | Ethiopia has put its hope rori golution in its controversy squarely| up to the League ROME PERSISTS | ROME, July 26.—Italy persisted today in the hope its gesture in| consenting to revive the Italo-Ethi- | ' AREA LEGATION CONCILIATION PLAN IS | ONLY HOPE REMAINING guard the British lezation in Addis | with PRICE TEN CENTS ETHIOPIANS PLAN GUERILLA WARFARE Arrives in Harbor BRITAIN PUTS INIGHT ATTACKS 70 MARK CLASH WITH ITALIANS Hand-to-Hand Encounter in Darkness Main Defense of Haile Selassie’s Men PRIMITIVE AGAINST - MODERN MACHINE Mussolini Will Resort to Chemicals if Combat Goes as Anticipated ADDIS ABABA, July 26.—Night tta swift and silent rushes, will be the tactical of the Ethiopian warriors if Italy carries out her heralded invasion. Fear lieved of these tactics, it is be= here, led Italian strate- to resort to chemicals which they assert will eat through- heavy leather shoes and wreck havoe among the bare-footed Ethiopians. However, observers here who are weighing the chances of Hailie Sel- assig’s primitive fighting men aganst Mussolini's mechanized high- ly polished war machine are in- clined to believe Italy overestimates the importance of their new chem- ical weapon, The Ethiopians, like the Boers in the South African Transvaal, prob- ably wil' rely almost entirely on guerilla warfare, fighting as their ancestors fought for more than 5,000 years, lyilng hidden by day and letting the Ttallans 'a little more resistance than cporadic sniping, then trust to the darkness to cover their creéping approaches for wild screaming at- tack and hand-to-hand conflict at which they excell. HOLE POUNDED IN JAIL WALL; SIX MEN FREE CADIZ, Ohio, July 26. — Two this afternoon. Owned by Walter P. Murphy, engineer and inventor of railroad appliances and a Chi- cago manufacturer of railway equipment, the Intrepid is expected to remain in port until early Sun- day morning. The Intrepid has sailed the At- lantic Ocean three times, visiting ports in the Mediterranean and Nerth Sea. On:one of these sail- ings she made a record speed of 12 days and 18 hours on sail alone. She has made geveral voyages to the Caribbean Sea. However, this is her first visit to the Pacilic | Coast. opian Conciliation Commlsslon‘:e:cuped convicts, held here for re- ywould make unnecessary action hy‘ turn to prison, led four other pris- the League Council | { 4 | | $300,0000n 8. S. Derblay | From Nome { | | Gold Bullion " Representsi | First Cleanups from | She 1s an allateel vemel, 212 Seward Peninsula | feet long with a 34-foot beam. | | She has a displacement of 850 tons.| NOME, Alaska, July 26.—Steamer | Her three huge masts, which can perblay of the Alaska Steamship| bear 23,000 square feet of canvas Company enroute to Seattle is car- | sails, are constructed of hollow steel 'rying $300,000 in gold bulilon "'| and extend 143 feet above the presenting the first cleanups of the water level. Being hollow, they season in this district. | make possible a system of ventilia-| . tion in the yaght. Six miles o g 4 g g ¢ are u v r sails CONCRI'.'I' E P OURING e came inio Sumseus murver 5. BEGINS AGAIN ON | She came into Juneau's harbor to- day with her salls lashed down,| | her 1,000-horsepawer Winston-diesel | STREE] PROJECT engine, which is able of moving | | her at lamm?ur, pavidingd A skeleton crew was pouring | power. "5 Tl | M | concpete in the Gastineau Construc- | Murphy Not Aboard \tion Company's Second Avenue Jiving ) quartery provide ac- forms today, after such operations o Btions for 51ue&m. There had been held up for two days by is’ &"1#rge 1ibrary with several hun-'a walkout of 25 laborers. dred volumes aboard the ship, as, Cowling and Mayor Isadore Gold- well as a radio and other pro- bstem yesterday made arrangements visions for entertainment and com- with Public Works Administrator fort of guests, |Harry G. Watson to use the 48- At present, the ship's owner, Mr. hour week, and to advance the Murphy, is not aboard. He Is in hourly wage to 62'% cents. This the East, but plans to board the'offer was refused, the men demand- Intrepid when she makes another ing “straight time" assurance. The Alaskan cruise in & month. | men had asked 75 cents an hour. | | | | oners, including two former con- victs, in a break from the county jail here. Using a four-foot bar torn from a ventilator, the six men pounded a hole through the jail wall and escaped about 4 o'clock this morn= ing. A posse was shortly after organe ized and took up pursuit. S e CORDOVA BILL PASSES HOUSE Dimond’s Measure for Is- suance of $50,000 in Bonds Stepped Up WASHINGTON, July 26. — The House has passed and sent to the Senate the bill by Alaska Delegate Dimond to authorize Cordova, Alas- ka, to carry on a varied public works program and issue bonds up to $50,000 to finance the program. L eee Annie Smith Peck, Peak Climber, Dies NEW YORK, July 26.—Miss Annie Amith Peck, 84, noted as a mount- ain climber, once attempting to scale Mt. Elias, in Alaska, is dead here, She was one of the early leaders in the fight for women's suffrage, Guests aboard include: Mr., Mrs. — and Miss Frederick Hankins; Mr.! and Mrs. Joseph Kalbach; and A. 8. Merz. Mr. Hankins is & Vice-President of the Pennsylvania| Railway and resides in Philadel- phia. Mr, Kalbach is a lumber firm | president and has his home in Chambersburg, Penn. Mr. Merz s & Vice-President. o6f ' the Standard - Recruite SEATTLE, July 26—A call for | fifty more army recruits to serve below the regular strength and the ;Chilkoo‘t barracks to Be d, Full Strength Army Barracks in Alaska, are now Rallway Equipment Co. one of Mr. Products Company, one of Mr. Murphy's many business interests. Gov, John W. Troy and his i rlcgnanuefl—w Page —.’Ianee) with- companies E and F, Tth In- | new recruits, it is said, will bring fantry, at Chilkoot Barracks, Alas- ka, has been issued by Col. 8. W, Noyes, Seattle district recrulting of- ficer. The two companies at the only them. up to peace time Army . strenn'm. Later it is said jhe coms . panies will be recruited to full . | strength under the new increase in the Army.