The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1935, Page 1

L oNGRESSIONAL LBrRARY ASH!NGTON. D.C THE DAILY AILASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVI, NO. 7032. NO STRIKE ANTICIPATED ON COAST JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1935. MEMBER OF WILL ROGERS IS COMING NORTH, POSTS' FLIGHT Humorist: F)inally Says He| Will Accompany Flier to Juneau SEATTLE, Aug. 6.—Wiley Post will probably take-off tomorrow for Juneau, Alaska, enroute to Siberia, then probably Moscow. A final test flight of the plane is | to be made today. Will Rogers, the humorist, is tof be a passenger north on the flight with Post and the latter's wife. Rogers arrived here late yesierday on an airliner from San Francisco. He inspected the new Boeing mys- tery bomber for the United States Army Air Corps. Last night Rogers admitted he would be aboard Post's plane for Alaska. Earlier in the evening he had evaded or ignored questions re- garding his going north. Rogers said he wanted to look at Matanuska. He wants to see what the Democrats have done to the Republicans. Rogers disclaimed all interest in Post's outdoor sports but said he has volunteered to keep the wolves away from the plane while Post was hunting. Rogers said he will not go across Bering Strait. W. R, SELFRIDGE RESIENS FROM ‘GAME POSITION missioner in First Divi- sion to Succeed Him Ly This young lady, Miss Willie Mae Brooks, of Montgomery, will rep- resent Alabama at American ion tontest at St. Louis convention. She's 19 and a brunette. APPLICATIONS 'FOR VACANCIES - IN MATANUSKA INTERIOR TOWNS ENJOYING 00D SEASON, REPORT M. S. Whittier Finds Much Activity, Mining Better, Many Improvements | | i | | i in Interior Alaska are‘ than in former years’ and a spirit of enthusiasm is evi- ! dent among the people, it is re- !ported by M. 8. Whittier, Assistant Cpllector of Customs, who returned ['yesterday on the Yukon after a i five weeks’ inspection trip to var- ious customs points in the Ter- rigory. { ##Mining A?s and everywhere there is mafked activity, he said. All the towns have an ample supply of labor with some experiencing a sur- plus as was evident in Nome where authorities were asking the Coast Guard to take some extra men, who wished to go, outside. i Via Skagway i Mr. Whittier traveled by way of Skagway and Whitehorse, zravel-i ing down the Yukon to Eagle, thence to Fairbanks. From that! city he flew to Nome and return and then took the railroad to Sew-| ard, stoppjng at Cordova on the re-| turn trip home. Skagway was a busy with mstnll-1 ing new water mains. The hotels| and business houses generally werel enjoying a good tourist season| while the White Pass and Yukoni Railroad was handling more freight than it had in several years past., “Up to July when I was there; there was marked increase in the/ tourist business. both to Atlin and the Circle tour” Mr. Whittier said. ’"’i‘he river beats were full t6& cupac- {ity. In passing through Whitehorse |I noted the renovation of the elec- tric light plant. They are chang- ing from steam to diesel. i “Officials and townspeople both appreciate the airplane service be- Conditions uch better | is showing greater re- Matrimonial troubles of beautiful Claire Burman Borin, which enmeshed her late in March when her wealthy Chicago husband, Nathan Borin, filed suit in Los E. M. Asher, a film producer, for ing her again. This time the troubles have taken on an international accorfling to Mrs. Born, naming both hercelf and Borin as defendants, has been filed by the Mexican The Borins were married two years ago in Mexico. twist. An annulment cuit, Government. SOVIET PLANE CHANGES ROUTE, SOUTHERN TRIP Will Avoid Rocky Moun- tains by Going to Ed- monton, Spokane EDMONTON, Aug. 6— Flight Lieut. D. A. Harding, of Lacdubon- net, Manitoba, Canadian Air Force Station Commander, announces that the Soviet airmen on the: Polar flight, will change their route on|’ the projected nonstop flight from Moscow to San Francisco. Harding, who has returned here from Aklavik, Northwesi Territory, caid the route will be changed to avoid the Rocky Mountains. The new route will be via the Mackenzie Valley, over Edmonton, then Spo- kane to San Frantisco instead of Fort Simpson to Vdncouver, Seattle and south. The route was altered after it| was flown over by a Soviet repre- sentative, Pilot Schaloff, who is now waiting at Aklavik to guide the Polar plane south, DISCOVERY IS REPORTED, 1Y ARCTIC WASTES Unchartereflsla nd Off| ! Northern Siberian Coast, Angeles courts for $500,000 against alienation of affections, are bother- Farley May ) it Post Ofi’ice : to Open Fall Political Show As No. 1 Booster of Roosevelt i Reported, Soviet Airman MOSCOW, Aug. 6--Discovery ‘of a mountainous uncharted island in the icy wastes off tvhe northern coast of Siberia is reported by So- viet airman Maslenikov during a flight from Cape Schmidt. The report was wirelessed here ASSOCIATED PRESS lled Marriage Annu | After masquerading most of her life as a boy, Alice Delores (George) Hayes, 20 (left) Picher, Okla, shoe :_I-rk, wa‘:: marrigd :: Marg-u:"l,. (ri J Kas, ciated Press Photo) PRESIDENT IS TO il | Pr | | partment PRICE TEN CENTS SHIPPING MEN, UNIONS ARE IN " HARMONY NOW Both Sides Reported Will- | ing to Renew Pres- ent Agreement EDWARD F. W'GRADY MAKES STATEMENT 1 Release of Seven Vessels Asked by President, Says Bridges ! | | WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Edward | F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of 'Labor, attending the present con- ference here of Pacific Coast sail- rs, shipping and Government of~ ficials, minimized prospects of an- other general shipping strike on ific Coast. dy told the newsmen that sent - conference gave indi- cations both sides are willing to renew the agreement that ended last summer’s strike. Harry Bridges, radical San Fran- cisco Longshore labor leader, this atterncon wired Willlam Lewis, Pa- cific Coast district leader, that ident Roosevelt and the De- of Labor wanted the strike-locked ships released mmediately. MERCY KILLING IS REVEALED IN Slayer Then Turns Gun on Himself and Ends from Dison Island. Hundrcds of Farmers Want tween Whitehorse and Juneau as By BYRON PRICE William R. Selfridge of Ketchi- kan, Chairman of the Alaska Game Commission, has resigned his post and Earl N. Ohmer of Petersburg has been named to succeed him as Commissioner in the First Divi- sion, it was announced today by Frank Dufresne, Assistant Execu- tive Officer of the commission here, on receipt of a telegram from Sec- retary Henry A, Wallace of the Department of Agriculture, con- firming the action. The change is effective as of August . Mr. Selfridge has served on the commission for seven years, being appointed in July, 1928, tn succeed C. T. “Tom” Gardner. “His service has been of un- estimable = value,” said Mr. Du- fresne, “and his interests have always been for the best interests of game in Alaska.”’ Mr. Ohmer, who succeeds to the post of Commissioner from the Pirst Division, throughout the Territory and in addition to being a large shrimp packer he operates the largest mink farm in the Territory and one of the largest in the world. He has a great interest in fur and game. The commission will made up of Mr. Ohmer, represent- ing the Pirst Division; Frank P. Williams, St. Michael, Second Divi- ¢lon; Andrew A. Simons, Lake- view, Third Division; Irving McK. Reed, Fairbanks, Division, with Hugh H. Tefhune as Execu- tive Officer and retary. Mr. Terhune also is chief representa- tive of the Bureau of Biological, Burvey in the Territory. NORTH SEA IS JUNEAU BOUND SEATTLE, Aug. 6. — Steamer North Sea sailed at 11 o'clock last night with a capaecity list of pas- sengers, Including the following for Juneau: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sweum, Mildred Knight, Miss Dorothy Brown, M. Dahigren, Gordon Rice, J. Marsh, Miss E, Johnson, Mrs. A. McCurdy, E. Hermanek, Whitely, Mrs. J. Willett, Mrs. Kate Watts, —————— AT SUMMER CAMP Miss Eda Smith, accompanied , Medical Corps, left Juneau on the|plane service from ‘Juneau and by her parents, spent the week-|steamer Northwestern for Seattle.|there is every indieation that fall end at her summer camp at Auk Bay. 1s widely known! John; Edith Gustavson, Mrs. Walter Manahan,| | to Come North—New Federal Project ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 6.— Don Irwin, of the Matanuska Val- ley Colonist project, said 650 real farmers throughout the United States have applied recently to fill vacancies in the ranks of the Mat- anuska colonists. The names are being filed to form a basis for careful selection for any future colonization move- ments. According to Mayer D. 8, Brown- ell, of Seward, who has returned from Washington, D. C., the Gov- ernment is considering a “super- colony for Kenai Peninsula.” Mayor Brownell said he thought the contemplated project will be “part of a consistent Federal plan to give Alaska a permanent farm population.” ———— ESCAPE CELLS MOUNT VERNON, Wash, Aug. | now be|6—Four drug addicts, names with-| held, committed from Kelso, es- caped from the Northern State Hospital near Sedro Woolley early this morning. RSl i TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 6.—Dyna- {mite set off in the garage of Russell Krones, a mill worker, the garage. {ACTUAL WORK ON DOCK JOB BEGINS Actual work on the $10,000 repair and improvement work planned for the coal bunkers and wharf of the Pacific Coast Dock began today. Under the direction of D. E. Mc- Connell, superintendent of repairs for the Pacific Coast Company, who arrived here last week from Scattle, alterations were started on the bunkers structure this morning. > EISOH LEAVES | | MISS M | Miss Jim Meisch, daughter of a major in the United States Army She will ‘travel to Fort Worth, ) Texas, there to join her father. wrecked the car and set fire to] well as Fairbanks.” | Dawson Good ! Mining conditions at Dawson are good, he reported, with property werking to capacity with excellent water supply. Representatives of the Yukon Territory Government said they expected an increase in placer production over last year. Hotels and business houses were feeling and enjoying an increased tourist business, | “There was an increase in min- ing activity in the American Forty- Mile district,” he said. “Two new dredges have been installed this year. Business conditions at Fort Yukon were reportéd very good on! account of increase in milning ac-| 'tivities in the Porcupine district.! Improvement was being made xnl the Episcopal Hospital there under ;the direction of Dr. Burke. There| was an epidemic of measles in mild form while I was there and the hospital was filled with native chil- dren.” Fairbanks Bright There is a wonderful change in business conditions and the gen- eral appearance of Fairbanks, the, customs official asserted. A large amount of construction is under- way, including a two-story concrete bank building, a two-story con- crete City Hall building and a large addition to the hospital. Several | new homes are under construction as well as numerous other homes being enlarged, improved and paint- ed. Along the main business street, he sald, concrete sidewalks are being built and extensions are con- templated in other sections of the | city. ! | Mr. Whittier sald thé customs| business in Fairbanks far exceeded expectations. “The customs office | there was primarily established. to {handle the tri-weekly service be-| {tween Juneau, Whitehorse and! Fairbanks but foreign flights,” he said, “of plancs based at Fairbanks |to other sections in Yukon Terri-' tory has increased until there is practically daily flights between, Fairbanks and some sections of| Yukon Territory.. Since April 2 when the office was established until my inspection July 22 the office handled 240 passengers tol and from Yukon points, and this is only part of the increase shown this year in commercial flying in and out of Fairbanks with local' Points in Alaska. The people of, Fairbanks are enthusastic over the| (Cohunued vn Page h&;.t STOCK PRICES 60 UP; MOTORS, METALS LEAD Some Specialties Also En- joy ‘Boosting — Some Favorites Take Drop NEW YORK, Aug. 6— Despite large profit taking, motors, metals and speciaities pushed up today. General Motors was the star per- former among- the gainers. A number of recent favorites were unable to overcome realizing. Today's close was somewhat ir- regular. CLOSING QUOTATIONS TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 6— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 157%, American Can 142%, American Power and Light 7%,A naconda 16%, Bethlehem Steel 35%, General Motors 41%, Interna- tional Harvester 51%, Kennecott 19%, United States Steel 42, Pound $4.96, Bremner bid 40 asked 50, Na- besna bid 54 asked 61, Black Pine Silver bid 32'% asked 37, United Air- lines 6%. CRUSH REVOLT ATHENS, Aug. 6.—The strikers' revolt at Ctere has been crushed with the arrival of destroyers and troops. The men will return work under promise of an in in wages. ——————— Dr. A. H, McArn is serving his 44th year as pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Cheraw, S C. (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) To all intents and purposes, the last of Postmaster General Far- ley. When he returns from his long vacation trip, in early fall, he is expected to wind up speedily his | administration of the Postoffice | Department, drop his double role, |and become simply Chairman Far- |ley of the Democratic National | Committee, | Of course there will be certain | ceremonies. A White House letter | probably will praise the services. of | the outgoing cabinet officer, and reaffirm the President’s confidence |in him. A statement already is ,planned by the New Deal publicity men. As now projected, it will de- clare the Farley postal administra- ition’ one of the greatest ever from the standpoint of economy, effi- | ciency, and progressive effort. After all of that is over, Wash- Washington appears to have seen| The radio said the aviator be- lieved the island to be the mysteri- ous Andreyevs Land, existence of which has been debated for two | centuries. “TRAIN CRASH HILLSBORO, Ore., Aug. 6.—Four | men of a Union Pacific freight train crew were killed this after- noon when the engine crashed | through a bridge near Cochrane. BLOCK BONUS WASHINGTON, August 6—A de- cision to block efforts to attach Bonus payment or other issues to the Roosevelt Tax Bill was reached by Senate ‘Democratic leaders. At the same' time they agréed to give Bonus legislation preferred status 1 { to | what comes out. As a matter of|remaining at the farm near Fair- ington expects to see a great deal|at the next session of Congress. jof Chairman Farley. As manager (It is believed that this will speed of the Roosevelt reelection cam-|adjournment. | paign, he probably will be in and out e White Hou b se as often 25 MUSKOX TRANSPORTED In the past it has been a widely To N UN'VAK ISLAND |believed fiction that Presidents ——— leave reelection efforts largely in! mive of the Alaska Geme Com- the hands of their friends. Actually,|mission muskox herd at Fairbanks {behind the scenes, most Presidents|have been safely transported down do much of the campaign managing |the Yukon river to St. Michael and themselves. Mr. Roosevelt hardly is|thence by gasboat to Cape Etolin expected to be an exception to that|on Nunivak Island, according to practice. word to the Commission headgquar- Lobbying No Surprise ters here: It s the first transport Investigation of lobbying has be-lof the animals ever made in Alds- come a perennial chore of Con-|ka, although they are known to gress. Every few years this subject|{have lived in the Arctic some 100 receives a general renovation at|years ago. 'The present supply was the hands of some committee. obtained by the Commission from Invariably the investigators ex-|the Danish governmerit. press great shock and surprise at| There ard 33 of the animals still | | fact most of it is either well known banks. or strongly suspected in advance, e It is true that a few new tricks|AUK BAY RESIDENTS of the trade usually are uncovered, GUESTS AT GASTINEAU Several Auk ‘Bay summer colony (Continued on Page Two) Mooney Nt;g w be Allowed Liberty on Bond of Millio SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 6.— The State Supreme Court has re- jected Tom Mooney's petition for temporary release under a bail of $1,000,000. Mooney, convicted of bombings in | residents stayed in Juneau last night to meet the Yukon. Mr. and Mrs, Henry Bamen, Bamen’s moth- er, Mrs. H. Knutson, of Belgrade J1 | Mont., who 15 visiting at Auk Bay, and Mrs. Edith F. Sheelor, were among the guests registered at the connection with the Preparedness|Gastineau, COME WEST; T0 STOP, ARKANSAS Long As l;:l_?oosevel! to Also Go Into State of Louisiana Own Life GODDARD, Kansas, Aug. 6— Farmer Willlam Whitby, aged 81 years, and his crippled son Rolo, aged 40, are dead, victims of a mer- cy murder and suicide. Whitby shot his son, who has been an imbecile since he fell from a barn loft when a child, and then turned the gun on himself, officers said. The coroner said it was a case WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.— The White House is expected to greet with silence the challenge to an open debate hy Senator Huey P. Long, tossed at the President, when Long heard Roosevelt, in his swing to the Pacific Coast, might stop in Arkansas where Senator Joseph T. Robinson is up for reelection. Long asked that President Roose- velt go to Louisiana now where he said New Deal opposition to Long “needed support.” of murder and suicide. - TAX LAW 0. K. OLYMPIA, Wash, Aug, 6-—The State Supreme Court, in a decision made today, declared the two per cent sales tax law and its tax token, is constitutional. ————e—— 2 ARE KILLED IN ELOPEMENT Tragedy Results in Texas —Fifty-Year-Old Man and Son Are Held LINDEN, Texas, Aug. 6— Jack Parton, aged 40 and his daughter Kaydell, aged 15, were killed here, and R. P. Gillespie, aged 50, and his son Wallace, aged 22, are held in the face of probable charges for the killings. The Partons helped Carrie Gil- lesple, aged 17, to elope with Par- ton's hired hand, Clyde Hammgnds, A ——— Barrymore Asks Police Protection NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Public curiosity aroused the ire of Jehn Barrymore when he shop- ped on Fifth Avenue for bou- doir suites with his young pro- tege, Elaine Barrie. Barrymore called the police and asked them tc drive the curicus away. The police re- Parade in San Prancisco in 1916, - wanted to go east to take deposi- MAIL ABOARD ALICE tions in connection with his habeas{ Very little mail arrived on the corpus freedom bid which is com-|Alaska, the bulk of it being on the ing up in the State Court on Sep-iPrincess Alice due in Juneau at tember 17. 5:15 o'clock ‘this afternoon. fuscd but accompanicd Barry- more and Miss Barri¢ on their tour of shopping, Barrymore had nothing to say about his divorce or his mar- riage plans, if any, ONE HALIBUT SALE RECORDED TODAY The lone halibut sale recorded to- day on the Juneau Cold Storage plant trading board was the pur- chase of 5,000 pounds by the San Juan Fish Company at prices of 5.05 and 4.10 cents per pound. Capt. Pete Oswald of the Marie brought in the catch. The Elfin arrived with approxi- mately 15,000 pounds of salmon for the Alaska Coast Fisheries. LR b et ity ON VACATIO! Mrs, Stella Truitt Moehripg, con- nected with the Alaska Rural Re- nabilitation Corporation here, laft on the Princeé Rupert at the week- end for a two months' vacation in the: States. She expécts to visit in Portland and Seattle. R WHITE LEAVES Ken White, agent for the New York Life Insurance Company, left Juneau for Ketchikan as a pas- ienger on the Northland after pending several weeks here. He will return to his Seattle office ‘i two weeks. B Conference Report On Deficiency Bill Approved by Senate WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.— The ‘enate has adopted the conference eport on the second Deficiency Bill wrrying $272,000,000 for various dé- artments,