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

CONGRESSIONAL LIBRA WASHINGTON, D. C. "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVI., NO. 7034. . C. MEMBERS LA JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SENATEPASSES | Expected in Juneau Tonight |JUNEAUTOBE |DISTINGUISHED RESOLUTION T0 BAR GOLD SUITS Proposal Now Goes to House for Action—Tax Measure Hearings End WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.— Con- gressional activity increased today with the Senate passing a resolu- tion to close the courts to gold| clause suits against the Govern-| ment after six months and the| Senate Finance Committee con-| cluding public hearings on the tax| measure. The gold resolution now goes to the House. The Senate Agricultural Com-| mittee has tentatively approved the House bill extending Federal con- trol over all commodity exchanges.| The Finance Commitlee mem- bers at the hearing indicated they might ease the proposed inherit-| ance levies in the new tax bill. | Lobby investigators of the House Ruies Comittee assembled today to question H. C. Hopson, utilities magnate, if he could be found. It was informed he was somewhere in Maryland. A break in the hunt may be expected momentarily. Meanwhile Senate and House con- ferees made some progress toward settling the dispute over the util- ities bill. The principal center of argument was the question of whether the utility holding com- panies, labeléed unnecessary, and should be abolished in seven years. HITLER BEGINS NEW ATTACK ON ERMAN MASONS All Lodges in Reich Will Be Dissolved Effective Next Saturday BERLIN, Aug. 8.—Hitler's news- paper announced today that all Free Mason lodges in the Reich would come to an end Saturday, the vaper asserting the secret aim of free masonry was for a Jewish world Republic. The paper said the forthcoming dissolution would “finish a special chapter In world history and the guardian of the Nazi ideal will be alert.” SENATORBORAH FOR PRESIDENT IS ISSUE Now, Polilicalecia(es Are Wondering - If Idaho = Man Will Accept | I WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Some of the most intimate political associ- ates of United States Senator Wil- liam E. Borah, of Idaho, are now pondering whether to put him for- ward actively for the Republican Presidential nomination next year.' The decision however, hinges largely on whether the Senator is willing to run. e TRAVEL ON FREIGHTER Judge and Mrs. G. R. Smedley are enjoying Alaska in a different way from that chosen by the ma- Jority of tourists. From Texas, the Swedleys are round-trip passengers on the current trip of the freighter, Tanana from Seattle. ) Rex BeacH. IE ; The above famous ncvelist is reported to be a passenger for Juneau aboard thc Canadian National steamer Prince George due MEMORIAL FOR PIONEERS OF ALASKA URGED ler Hansen Sees Immed- iate Need for Erecting Permanent Monument Ei Time will have a natural tenden- cy to cause coming generations to forget the pioneer and that is one of the reasons Eiler Hansen, Super- intendent of the Alaska Pionzers’ Home at Sitka, thinks the time is now opportune for erection of some sort of memorial to the Alaska Pio- neers. Here on business in connec tion with the Sitka Home, M: Hansen, in discussing the plan, said: “In the two year: I have been Superintendent of the Pio Home one of the thoughts that ha been uppermost in my mind is a Memorial to the Pioneers of Alaska. There are now 470 Poneers buried at Sitka. The remains of other thousands are scattered through cemeterics in various parts of the ‘Territory or crumbling away in un- marked graves along trails and creeks. The recognition of the serv- ice of the Pioneer to the Territory of Alaska can only be fulfilled by the erection of a permanent and fitting Monument. Picneers Passing “Probably every true Alaskan will concede that such a Memorial should and will be bailt. It is my | Rex Beach first came into the | public eye when he wrote “Pard- CONSIDERED IN AIR BASE SITE Chamber Informed of New: by Telegram from Army Corps Chief Juneau will be given a chance when the selection of Alaska’s Army Air Base is made. Tha! announce- ment was the business feature oOf the Chamber of Commerce meeting held in Bailey's Cafe this noon, at which Will Rogers, noted humorist, appeared. The encouraging aviation news was given the Chamber when Sec- retary Curtis Shattuck read a tele- gram received from Benjamin G. Foulois, Chief of the Army Air | Corps. The text of the telegram: “Juneau will be afforded an op- | portunity for consideration as a ; possible site for a base if the es- | tablishment of bases is authorized by law. Selection of sites cannot be made until after completion of ';l\ldl(‘.\ now being initiated.” | Ask Area Opening The message came as a reply to the telegraphic appeal to consider | Juneau and the offer of assistance |sent recently to Washington, D, C. iby the Juneau Chamber. 'ners” in 1905, but it was the real} Two business details were acted Alaskan stories, “The Spoilers” in upon. A resolution, authorizing the 11908, ““The Barrier” in 1907 and Chamber to petition Alaska Dele- |“The Silver Horde” in 1909 that gate Anthony J. Dimond to work { made him prominent in the literary ,for the opening of the Glacier Bay world. Later Beach wrote the following | books: | ‘'Going Some,” 1910; “The Ne'er (do-well,” 1911; “The Net. 1912; |“The Iron Trail' 1913} “The Auc- |tion Block,” 1914; ‘“Heart of the Sunset,” 1915; “Rainbow’s End,” 1916; “The Crimson Gardenia” 1916; “Laughing Bill Hyde,' 1617; ‘‘The Winds of Chance,” 1918; “Oh, Shoot,” 1921; “Flowing Gold,” 1922; “Big Brother,” 1923; ‘“The Goose Woman,” 1925; “Padlocked.” 1926; “The Mating Call,” 1927; “Don Careless,” 1928; ‘‘Son of the Gods,” 1929; “Money Mad,” “Men of the Outer Islands,” and “Beyond Con- trol,” 1932, He was president of the Author’s League of America in 19i7-21, and belongs to the following clubs: Chi- cago Athletic; Press (Chicago); ' Players and Lambs, New York Ath- ctic; Coffee House (New York); Sleepy Hollow Country; St. An- drews Golf Club; and Ardsley. STOCK PRICES TAKE UPTURN, HIGH LEVELS | Buying Tendencies - Ruled! in Market Today—Close opinion that the initiation of this| project. should not be indefinitely | postponed. The Pioneers of '98 are gradually diminishing in number. If this matter is constantly left to dencies ruled the stock market to- the future the day may come when day with me;chandtse, steel, avia- the people of Alaska will forget tion and specialtics leading the up- their debt of gratitude to the Pio- turn. New highs for the year or Is Firm to Steady N NEW YORK, Aug. 8—Buying ten-| neer and the Memorial will not then be built. “My belief is that the proper body to start this project is the Pioneer Igloo of Alaska. If they will appoint a Committee to decide upon the cost, nature and location of the Monument it will unquestionably receive the support of individuals and organizations throughout the ‘Territory. “ Money on Hand “It wonld probably be an inop- portune time to. open this subject (Continued on Page ‘Seven) Alaska Air Mail Bill Sent to House-Senate Conference WASHINGTON, August 8-+The Alaska Air Mail bill under which the Post Office Department will be able to extend mail service by air| to ail sections of the Territory, has been sent to a conference to| straighten out differences. When the bill passed the Senate | it was -amended to'strike out pro-l visions authorizing the Department | to give emergency service without advertising. As passed by the House, such service would ke possible. * \Mowrs 42%. longer were registered. | A majority of rails, motors, utili- ties and oils were a little better than yesterday. Today's closz was firm to steady. CLOSING ' PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Avg. 8. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 157%, American Can 143'%, ‘American’ Power and Light 7%, Anacomda 16%, Bethlehem Steel ;38%, International Harvester 52%, Kennecott 20, United /States Steel 42, Pound $4.96%, General Sentenced to 108 Years for } mail in the Territory, Killing Man K CHICAGO, I, Aug 8— Prison sentences of 108 years each were today given to Mrs. P'anche Dunkel and Mrs. Eve- Iyn Smith for murdering Ervin Long, whoe torso was found in » swamp with his legs severed. The two women entered pleas of guilty yesterday. ]:fulesate Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska, author of the measure, said he expected conferees to meet to- day or tomorrow. He indicated that he believed the Senate group will agree to the measure as passed by the House. Minus the provision for service without advertising, Dele- P S L 2 s gate Dimond said it will be im- The British Institution of Elec- possible to give emergency servee trical Engineers has awarded the and will greatly delay movement of Faraday medal to Dr. F. B. Jewett ,of New York. | National Monument for mine pros- pecting, was passed unanimously. | Then, in a ballot which was close .enough to require a standing vote, the Chamber moved to table request of the Wrangell Chamber of Commerce relative to petitioning the Biological Survey for a 90-day migratory bird hunting season in Alaska. The Chamber’s action was taken after the Biological Survey had announced a 30-day limit on the season this year. However, af minority of members felt that Ju- neau should take a stand, inasmuch as Wrangell had requested one. The motion to lay the matter on the table was made by Allan Shattuck. Confer Witn Douglas Judge H. B. LeFevre reported his | committee had interviewed Gov.| John W. Troy relative to the date of a celebration for the opening of | the new Juneau-Douglas bridge.! Gov. Troy, the Judge reported, in- | VISITORS HERE IN'RED PLANE Wiley Post and Will Rog- ers Make Nonstop Flight from Seattle, Wash. “Oh, we're going to stay un- til we get ready to go and then take off and go somewhere,” said Wiley Post, round-the- world ” and stratosphere flier, upon being asked what his plans were, shortly after the famous aviator and Will Rog- ers, humorist, stage and screen actor arrived at the PAA float yesterday afternoon in the red, low-wing plane flown frem Se- attle. “We will study the map of Alacka, then flip a coin to see where we will go next,” replied Rogers to the same question. “Wiley just fills the gas tank and we're off.” Post and 'Wiley, after taking off [from the Renton airport, near Se- #ttle, shortly after 9 o'clock yester- day morning, arrived in Juneau at 4:35 o'clock yesterday afternoon on 2 nonstop flight north. Welcomed By Crowd Hundreds lined the adjacent wharves and watched the red plane, guided by the PAA service boat to the PAA float, and cheers rent the air as the two celebrities landed. The two men received further re- cognition from the crowd held at the gafe at the top of the runway | “Crashes Gate” To Get Glimpse Of Rogers Twelve-year-old Bob Chaney realized a cherished ambition last night when he ‘“crashed the gate” at the Governor's home and -actually saw Wil Rogers. Bob was busy at play when Wiley Post and Will Rogers ar- rived in Juneau yesterday af- ternoon and did not know they were here until they had gone to the Governor's home. He first learned that they had arrived when he inspected the register at the Tastzaeau Hotel. Bob said: “I saw three en- trance doors. I tried the front ¢oor and the maid said I couldn’t come in. I went to an- other door and the same maid came to that door tco, but after I explzined how much I wanted to see Will Rogers, the let me ge into the kitchen and look at Rogers eating. I had to be careful, vo whenever he looked my way I ducked.” Bob said he sells papers in Yakima, Wash. He and his mother Mrs. Josephine Chaney are in Juneau on a vacation. They have been here about two months and expect to return to Yakima soon. LET POST D0 FISHING SAYS to the float by police officers, lined along Willoughby avenue as they passed on their way to the Gasti- 1esu- hotel. : [ The plane circled over the city at the completion of the flight from Seattle, flew down the chan- nel some distance, turned back and alighted and taxied to the float. Joe Crosson, Greeter One of the first to greet the fli- ers was Joe Crosson, PAA pilot and veteran Alaskan flier. He and Post hunted together last year in the interior and the two discussed the present flight last May in Los An- geles. Post wore no coat when he step- ped from the plane to the float (Continued on Page Seven) ROGERS, POST dicated that he felt that no cere-| mony should be held until the road | connecting Douglas and the brxdsc‘ had been completed. Judge LeFevre | said that. he and Henry Roden | would meet with'a committee from | he Douglas Chamber of Commerce | | soon. { Eiler Hansen, superintendent of !the Pioneers' Home &t Sitka, and| the Rev. John A. Glasse, pastor of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, made brief speeches. HEAT IS AGAIN RAVAGING PART | OF U, S, TODAY Temperatures Reported as High as 114 Degrees— Floods in Three States A CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 8.—Terrific summer heat in the Middle West is agaln leaving deaths and pros- trations and also shattered tem- perature records. Two fatalities have already been reported at noon today in Okla- homa and one in Missouri. Temperatures ranged from 109 to 114 degrees in Oklahoma and 103 to 108 in Kansas. Floods are reported in Pennsyl- vania and West Virginia and hun- dreds are fleeing from their homes. Ohio streams arc swollen and residents are preparing to leave their homes, R WHAT! WHAT! The Juneau Fire Department was called out this afternoon by an ilarm from box 24 at the corner of Front and Seward Streets. Investi- 1ation disclosed that there was no fire—a local lawyer, it is said, had mistaken the fire alarm box for a mall box. BROADCAST ON EMPIRE TIME Two Celebrities Make Point- ed Talks—KINY Sta- tion Is Packed ‘Wiley Post and ‘Will Rogers made short, pointed talks on The Em- pire’s broadcast time last night over station KINY. The two were intro- duced by Walt Woodward, The Em- pire’s reporter. The gallery at the station was packed by those not only to listen but to see the two visitors of the evening. Among the terse things Rogers. sald were the following: First Visit Here “I have never been here before and I ought ot be ashamed of my- self. It ought to be in the Consti- tution that everyone had to come here, “I am not up here on any com- mission. Wiley and I are like a couple of country boys in an old Ford—we don’t know where we are going and we don't care. “Amelia Earhart was out to my place a couple of Sundays ago. She ought to be an authority on that sort of thing and she said she thinks Post is the greatest pilot in the world. “I expect to be here a while. T will have to buy an awful lot of rain coats and rubber boots— it will take me all morning to buy all those things. Roosevelt Sure Shot “I think Roosevelt will be elected by a bigger majority than before. “This here reporter has been telling you about some Senatorial commission that is coming up here or something. Well, I want you folks to know I am not on any Sena- dorial commission; I'm paying my own way around these parts, “People wonder where I get all my jokes. I just listen to the gov- ernment and report the facts, I (Continued oL Page Sevem) WILL ROGERS Humorist Wants to Get to, Nome to See Eskimo Lasso Reindeer Wiley Post, the short, stocky avia- tor who thrilled everyone with a solo flight around the world and who now is a Juneau visitor, can do all the Alaska fishing he wants. But he’'ll do it without Will Rogers, the noted motion picture comedian who arrived in Post’s plane yester- day. That was the smiling humonst‘s‘ reaction to an offer to take advan- tage of the famous salmon fishing near Juneau, “Nope, I guess I ain't a fisher- man,” Rogers said. ‘‘There must be something wrong with me. T don't hunt, either.” Then someone mentioned that Juneau fishing was different than most other types of the marine sport. Up here it is called “strip fishing,” it was explained. “Strip fishing?” = the comedian asked. “Say, what 1s that? Some- thing like poker? Who strips, the fish or the fisherman?” Asked just what his sporting am- bitions here in the Territory would be, if he refused the fishing offer, Rogers repeated his statement made in Seattle that he guessed he “would be glad to stand by the air- plane with a club to keep the wolves off while Wiley was out| hunting.” But, finally, the gum-chewing comedian—who, incidentally, hasn't been seen chewing any gum since his arrival—sald what his sports desire in Alaska was, “I want to see an Eskimo at Nome rope a reindeer,” the former cow-puncher said, ——r——r— POLAR PLANE PREPARED T0 TAKE T0 AR Moscow A;c—r; Fliers Are Ready for Second Flight Over the North Pole MOSCOW, Aug. 8—Reports are prevalent here that the Polar plane is prepared to take off shortly on a second attempt to reach San Francisco over the North Pole. The defective oil system which turned the fliers back on the first attempt last week has been re- paired. - e A clock which offers calendar no- tations as to day and month and takes care of the leap year problem has been invented by a Swedish en- ‘tgineer. SHOPPING AND INSPECTION BY PRICE TEN CENTS GH WITH ROGERS (GOMEDIANSAYS 'NEED FOR AIR ROGERS, POST, LINE WITH U. S Nothing Definite Concern- ~It's National Disgrace ing When Takeoff to Interior to Occur Wiley Post and Joe C today inspecting the plane flown north from Seattle and Will Rog- ers is shopping. . “We have no schedule and no plans,” said Will Rogers this morn- ing, “but right now we are trying to figure out a way to see Chil- koot Pass and White Pass” “We have no plans,” Wiley Post said, “we will go somewhere when we get around to it. We may leave any time.” Post had breakfast with Joe Crosson at the Gastineau Cafe at 9 c'clock and after accompanying Rogers to Sabin's Clothing Store, where Rogers accumulated a ward- robe of waterproof clothing, the two aviators went to the PAA float {to check the Lockheed plane flown |by Post. Must Be Raining At the clothing store Post asked Regers why he bought two com- | plete sets of rubber garments, “That's because I am going some- where else,” Rogers replied. “If I was going to stay in Juneau, I would buy three sets.” of trousers because, “if there is as much fish in Alaska as I hear there is, I'll gain a couple of inches around the watst.” Ghegk in pay- ! i Rogers proff a ment tnrplfie.’c%hM“M when asked if it was a. ‘rubber” check, the replied: “Well, that's what I'm |paying for so if 'it's rubber we'll ibe even.” No Radio Telephcne Rogers was informed that the man in charge of the radio station thought that a hook-up of radio and telephone could be arranged so that Rogers might talk to his wife in California, and that at any rate he could talk to Seattle all {he wanted to, Rogers said: “I can’t !think of anything to say. I talked to Seattle all I wanted to yester- Iday.” Rogers bought a “sou’wester” rain hat because, he said, he wants to |save the brown felt hat he wore |from Seattle to make a good im- pression on Fairbanks and Nome. {He was disappointed to learn that there was no salmon packing plant in Juneau., He said he thought they had fish canneries everywhere {in Alaska, ! Has Escort After completing the purchase of | his new rainproof equipment. Rogers was escorted on a tour of the down-town district by Simpson MacKinnon, R. D. Baker, Alaska Substation Manager of the Stand- ard Ofl Company, and John L. |Gordon, General Sales Manager of the Standard Oil Company for the North Pacific Coast. Buys Chili Rogers stopped at the Piggly fWiggly store to order some canned |chili put aboard the plane, then went to the Goldstein Fur Store where he displayed considerable in- |terest in the fur industry. Charles |Goldstein exhibited various types of furs, native relics, and other items of interest. Post stated this morning that the plane he is using on this flight is a - combination of a Lockheed Orion and a Lockheed Syrius, with a Wasp motor and a controllable pitch propellor. He said that it ti.bnllnuod on VP.‘O‘ Twor Rogers requestad an oversize pmrI ]ugm-)e ou. taking a You've No Route to Coo- Coo Land,” He Says son are NOTED WIT TALKS | FOR 25 MINUTES ‘Philosophy, Humor Mixed (in Variety of Subjects i in Informal Talk Will Rogers, America’s unofficial Ambassador of Good - Will, spoke before one of the largest groups ever to gather for a Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce luncheon at Ball~ ey's Cafe this noon. For twenty-five minutes the gen- ial comedian—who claims to be the only politician who is intentionally upon a variety of subjects, including Alaska, politics, President Roosevelt, and aviation. “I sent a little dispatch to 650 newspapers in the United States after my arrival here yesterday," he said. “I told 'em what a swell place you got. As a last line, I added that I'd met your Governor and that he was a Democrat—but ia gentleman at the same time. Pay Fliers Compliment “We—Wiley Post and I-—did serta to Skagway taday. . But weal the ¥ $ us. So Wiley and Joe M‘%{" down to tinker on the engine apd I come up here to talk to you, * tellows, “You know, I want to pay you people a compliment. You've got 40,000 alleged white folks up here, and 65 airplanes. That's a darn good average. But it's a national disgrace that you aren't connected with coo-coo land with an airplane route. But I guess that's coming pretty soon, “Speaking of pilots, you've got a great bunch up here. They have to be good. They don't need no Government tests up in these tough channels. Just send a new pilot out. If he comes back, he's okeh.” Roosevelt Lauded Switching to politics for & mo- ment, Rogers paid high compliment to President Roosevelt as a man and as a Government executive, “You know, Roosevelt is like a magician in a vaudeville show. He's arrived at the theatre, only his special properties and luggage ain't arrived yet, So he's got to horrow somebody else’s magic hat. Well, he goes ahead and does his tricks. But when he reaches in . the. hat to draw out a rabbit, he doesn't know himself whether he is draw- ing out & rabbit or skunk. That's like most of these New Deal schemes. He's got to hold 'em up for public view, regardless how the idea turns out. “But he's a great ‘guy, velt is” Turning to Alaska politics, ‘the visitor sald, “I understand you've got a Senate with eight members, and a House with 16. All the Sen- ' ators are Democrats, and so are'15: of the House members. That's all right, T'll get Parley to workin’ on that other guy.” Then the speaker mentioned business conditions. “Things are pretty bad down be- low—that’s what they say,” he said. “As a matter of fact, conditions Roose-~ (Continued on Page Turee) Idol of Muvie-Goers, One of Nation’s Humorists, Is Here | Will Rogers, idol of movie-goers,‘hoy Philosopher on the Peace Con- jow a Junsau visitor, was born M‘Xerenre, 1919; Rogerisms—What We Oologah, Indian Territory, Novem- |1qugn At, 1920; Hiliterate Digers, ber 4, 1879. He attended the Wil- | 1994. [etters of a Self-Made Diplo~ lle Hasscll School at Neosho, Mis-| gy 1o His President; There's Not ouri, and was a student for a nmn‘fl Bathing Suit in Russia, 1924. His ime at the Kemper Military Acad- daily newspaper paragraph, “Will my at Boonsville. | Rogers Says"—is one of the most He first entered vaudeville as an | widely syndicated and read of any Garden in 1905; and since 1914, ex- | column. As a humorist, he is the TGarden in 1905 ;and since 1914, ex-\nauon's best. ept for three years in moving pic-| Rogers was the star of. ' 'State. tures, has been with Ziegfeld’s Foi- Fair” and “David Harum” and oth- i>s and Night Frolics. He is the er popular pictures that have shewn, withor of several books: Rogerisms|in local theatres during the past ~The Cowboy Philosopher on Pro- |year. His home is in Beverly Hills; Aalbition, 1919; Rogerisms—The Cow- | California.