The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1935, Page 1

VOL. XLVL, NO. 7043. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONI DAY, AUGUST 19, 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS THREE POWER CONFERENCE COLLAPSES CRASH JOE GROSSON MAKES FLIGHT T0 VANGOUVER Funeral Ship Has Bodies of Rogers, Post Aboard for California INLAND ROUTE TAKEN BY ALASKAN AVIATOR Plane Remains at Vancou-| ver Over Night Under Guard of Police VANCOUVER, B. C.,, Aug. 19— Alaska Pilot Joe Crosson was still here at 8 o'clock this morning, after his flight from Fairbanks with the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post. He had little to say about his trip or anything else. He said he understood progress of his flight was reported every 15 minutes by the Associated Press correspondent and PAA officials at Juneau, Alas-| ka, and that told the story of the| flight. 1 Crosson stopped unexpectedly thereby escaping crowds which wfireg awaiting him at Seattle. | Through Police Lines Crosson looked strong and fresh as the plane was wheeled through | the police lines into the hangar afd locked up for the night. No one was permitted to inspect the plane. | The windows of the plane were| curtained. The airport here was almost un-| peopled when the plane arrived, as it had not been definitely known that the plane would stop here, al- though Juneau advices stated Cros- | son's intentions were to stop here| for the night, but New York advices conflicted. | Phone To New York | Pilot Crosson and his assistants, | Knox and Gleason, strode to the| Administration building and refused | to be drawn into conversation by[ BODIES TAKEN ON FINAL LES COAST FLIGHT !;Transfer Made at Seattle After Crosson Reach- es There This AM. ALASKA FLIER IS ABOARD TRANSPORT| Veteran Aviator Accorded Honor at Last Minute Arrangement | SEATTLE, Aug. 19.— Speeding | south to California, after a stop | here of less than three hours, the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley | Post left Seattle at 11:58 o'clock this forenoon, in a Douglas Air Transport liner, piloted by Willlam ‘Winston, Texas flier. | Joe Crosson flew his Alaska PAA plane here from Vancouver, B. C., taking off from there after a cere- mony by the Canadians, including the laying of wreaths on the cof- fins. In the California plane with Pilot Winston, afe Col, Clarence Young, Pan-American Airways Director, and Amos Carter, of Fort Worth, Texas. Crosson Honored- | In a gesture of appreciation for; his great work in flying the bodies south from Point Barrow, Joe Cros- | son, at the last minute, was escort- ! gd aboard the Oalifornia plane, as Marine Reservists lined up on pa-| rade. The crowd was silent in re- spect as Crosson pald his last re- gpects to his friends, lying in death. Roars Away on Plane Suddenly, the plane’s propeller went into a spin; the plane took off down the runway, took the air with Crosson aboard, a plan probably conceived at the last minute to have (Continued on Page Turee) PREREES N VICTIMS SERVIGES FOR | fornia at 11:15 o'clock this morn- Alaska. ‘Public Funeral to Be Ob-' (Continued on Page Two) ing. The bodies of Rogers and Post| O e e e it served First Followed | —r—— interviewers. They made long dis- tance calls to New York, apparent- ly reporting their whereabouts. | R OG E Rs Tn BE { A plane is due here from Cali-| » | will be transferred from the Crosson | plane for the flight south. The and Post as the bodies were taken| into the air at Fairbanks before an Two Flags, Tribute To Rogers, Post | HELD THURSDAY funeral ship will then return to Sopt o assembled crowd. Float, Mt. Juneau Two new American flags float today, from the summit of Mount Juneau, a tribute to Will Rogers and Wiley Post. The flags were carried to the summit yesterday by Frank Harris, Mrs. L. Sibley, Fred Sullivan and Bill Erickson. As the funeral ship was pass- ing miles away from Juneau toward the south the two flags were hoisted to the breeze by the four and teday can be seen by the naked eye, their folds sprading out and in with the wind. by Private Ceremony CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 19.— The accident to Will Rogers did not keep | Will Rogers, Jr., from flying here {enroute with his mother, sister and |others to the coast to meet the body. “The accident was just unfortu-| | nate and did not keep me from fly- |ing,” the young man said. | Young Rogers announced that a public funeral will be held in Los Angeles Thursday morning followed {by a private funeral in the after- noon, then the body will be placed! |in a vault and later interred in the | | family plot at Claremore, Okla. | NO DEMONSTRATION HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 19— | Every effort will ke made to avoid any demonstration at the Will Rog- ers funeral. such as have marred {rltes of motion picture celebrities in | past years. | Rogers in 10 New Movies, Post in 15-E HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Aug. 19— Had Will Rogers and Wiley Post survived their planned air journey around the world, Rogers would have earned more money than ever pisode Serial, Were Plans of 2 who Died a flying Department of Justice agent in a fifteen-episode serial in j Which his famed plane Winnie Mae would have appeared. Rogers, just before he left, signed ARE Emperor Franz oseph with baby Otto in 1914. | @ LY Otto in 1927, 21_‘ What can’ Europé expect of Archdike Otto, youthful pretender t6 the Austrian throne, if the Hapsburg dynasty is restored? The quiet, pensive and reserved character of the young aristrocrat offers Jittle solution to this question. Since early childhood he has been carefully trained for the day when he might assume the throne. His mother, the former Empress Zita, has been the moving force in the numerous_intrigues which have been planned to win back for the Hapsburgs the glory which was at its height when Franz Joseph was emperor. FISH PACKIN In Juneau SOUTHWESTIS ~ On Tuesday - FAR BELOW 'Y Son of Theodore Roosevelt Coming North to See Son, Also to Hunt 1,739,718 Cases, Exclus- ive of Bristol Bay—2.- | 333,860 Year Ago With the season over in most districts of Southwest Alaska, re- ports to the Bureau of Fisheries reveal the pack is going to be| considerably under last year.| | Through August 10 the total pack,| exclusive of Bristol Bay, was 1;-| 739,718 cases compared with 2,333,-) 860 cases last season. Bristol Bay which was opened only a limited! time packed 242,100 cases as against 1,739,678 a year ago. | { The final pack in the various districts of the Southwest show a.s.‘ follows: Prince William Sound, 268,- | 253 compared to 62250 last sea-| son; Copper River, 9930 against| 95,795; Cook Inlet, 69,043 against| 224389; Alaska Peninsula, south! side, 538,588 against 714457; Al-| aska Peninsula, north side, 37,709 ] ; against 88,460 cases. Archibald Roosevest fabove) son The final report has not been | ©f the late President, will be in Ju- made yet on Chignik and Kodiak- | N€au tomorrow, a passenger aboard Afognak. |the Alaska. Pinks formed the major pack, the Roosevelt and Dr. James Lippitt total being 1,004,008 cases. The bal- | Clark, big game hunter, stowed their ance of the pack was 607,325 cases|8UN cases aboard the steamer Alas- of reds, 25208, kings; 312,988, K&, leaving Seattle last Saturday, chums, and 31,671, cohoes. land started for the northland Reports from ‘the Southeast Al-| The two will separate at Fair- aska district are ‘that the pack is' banks, Roosevelt to visit his son still continuing ahead of last sea-| Archidald, Jr., who is in that sec- son. The season closed Sunday -in tlon digging fossils, and Clark to the Eastern and Western districts hunt sheep, caribou and grizzlies. and Icy Strait had closed prev- Roosevelt is also to do some big- jously. Part of the Wrangell dis- game hunting while on his Alaska trict will close Thursday, Aug- trip. ust 22. —_————— HONORED AT LUNCHEON Mrs. Vance Blackwell, of Kake, and Miss Belva Williams, were guests 6f honor at a luncheon given at the Reedlyn Tea Room by Mrs. L = HOLBROOK TO TAKU CAMP | i < | The Forester, Forest Service ves- sel, is leaving in the morning with |T0 PEOPLE SOON {GIVE MESSAGE Chief Executive May Go on Air This Week at il Young Democrats Meet HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug, 19.—The President looks forward to the early adjournment of Congress and a pos- sible statement to the people. While keeping the strictest si- lence during a weekend trip at home, it appeared he might give a talk over the air this week at a gathering of young Democrats in Milwaukee. Should he go on the air, it is be- lieved he might review the work of | this busy Congress and outline some thoughts for the future. REPLY EXPECTED WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—A re- ply from the President to opposi- tion criticism is expected soon by observers, who are watching to see |whether he will hit at foes, pos- sibly by radio to the delegates at the Young Democrats at Milwaukee Friday night, or whether pro- nouncement will be made on a forthcoming trip to the West Coast. From quarters close to the Presi- dent it is said he will not comply with Hoover's demand for a state- ment, before the adjournment of Congress, on what changes he pro- |poses in the Constitution. Word was given Capital Hill that the White House sees no need to comply, inasmuch as present plans call for the support of no other constitutional amendments other than the long-pending one on child labor, and a proposed one to forbid tax exemption§ on Government securities. e INVESTIGATION OF POWER LOBBY WILL CONTINUE Regulation of Holding Companies Expected to Be Campaign Issue WASHINGTON, August 19.—Con- tinyation of the power lobby in- vesgignuon into early stages of the 1 1936 campaign, was revealed Satur- day as a strong probability, with bitter controversy over abolition of regulation of public utility holding companies expected by many to fur- nish a major campaign issue be- cause of the importance attached to this development. Members of the Senate Lobby Committee, it was learned, were ex- pected to hold few meetings’ dur- ing the coming four month Con- gressional recess, but will resume in earnest when Congress reconvenes early in January. Meanwhile its in- vestigators will be busy assembling and correlating the mass of informa- (tion already received in running fdown leads produced by testimony thus far taken, thus publication of this information through hearings will come at a time when precon- vention campaigns are at their height. In addition, Congress may at that time be wrestling again with the Holding Company abolition is- sue. ———————— AAA TEST CASE IN CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 10.— The constitutionality of the AAA was challenged in a suit by State of Brings a Protest | coerdd’s panibTR GRS INE NOBRL $Vans v Dangerous cartoon The above cartoon, drawn by William Gropper for the magazine Vanity Fair, caused @ protest by Japan. The cartoon shows Em- peror Hirohito of Japan pulling a jinrickisha. In Japan the em- peror is considered of divine origin. ADDED TOUCH TO SEATTLE HUNT " FLOWN SOUTH PLAN TO AVERT 'WAR IN AFRICA 'ENDS, DEADLOCK Tripartite Mee_ling Is Fail- ure, French Premier Announces MUSSGLINI SAYS “NO” TO PROPOSAL Italian Premier Further Tells England Keep “Hands Off” FARIS, Aug. 19.—~The three-power conference, seeking to avert the Italio-Ethiopian war, collapsed Sun- day, Premier Plerre Laval announc- ed The conference adjourned but further negotiations will continue, the Premier said, through diplo- matic channels, A The collapse of the conference was officially announced a few ! hours after Premier Benito Musso- lini returned an indifferent “no™ to the Pranco-British proposals for partial control of Ethiopia. Issue Up Again The issue will come up again at the League of Nations Council on | Lafe last {came evident the conference be wrecked as it was deadlocked with the British and French on one |side and the Italians on the other. | Saturday night the members of the Italian delegation to the con- ference were flatly asked if they Ithought it was still possible to find |'a pacific solution and the reply was Igiven: “It is with the gods.” | ITALIAN ARMY READY 1 ROME, Italy, Aug. 19.—Premier | Benito Mussolini claims for Ttaly an army of one million men, the strongest in Europe. A front page article in I1 Duce's newspaper Sunday placed that num- ber of soldiers under arms. *“This instrument is rday night It b ‘powerful destined to face colonial necessities and uncertainties in the European situation. Both materially and mor- ally it is perfectly ready," said the | article, The article also made. plain that Italy’s mind is fully made up: It warned England to keep her hands off the situation, declaring it to be folly to plunge Europe into war because of a colonial problem which concerned the security of As an added tolich to the fox (coyote) hunt staged by a Seattle, club, J. A. Hibbard donned regalia described as that of a Jap- an Mikado” and pulled C. G. Dean, a “Haile Selasaie,” about dure Ing the hunt. (Associated Press Photo) FATHER HUBBARD BODIES MANGLED IMPRESSED WITH PALMER COLONY SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 19 —Fath- er Bernard R. Hubbard is a Mata- nuska booster. The noted Alaskan explorer Vis- ited the Federal colonization pro- ject at Palmer with a party of 80 last Saturday. He predicted success for the project, praised the colo- nists, and lauded the government for its endeavor. “I had no idea of the work undertaken at the Palmer col- ony. Roy Hunt and Eugene Carr, ntic who are directing activities, deserve great crédit for their untiring ef- forts. They are human dynamos supplying the motivation to over- come natural difficulties. The sure the success of the colony.” FISHERMENS’ WIVES VISITING IN SOUTH Wives of two well-known Juneau fishermen took passage yesterday morning on the steamer Prince Ru- pert fqr Vancouver, B. C. Accom- panied by children, they will visit in as- BY ACGIDENT IN ARCTIC REGIONS | | | J | The bodies of Will Rogers | the fatal airplane crash at Walakpi, 15 miles south of Point Barrow last Thursday, while the distinguished humorist and the famous filer were enroute from this city to the Arc- tie outpost, says the Fairbanks News Miner of last Saturday. Rogers has a severe cut on the forehead, a crushed chest and many abrasions. Post’s right wrist, upper left arm and both legs are broken, and there are in addition, many abrasions. Each body, however, is easily identi~ and | Wiley Post were badly mangled in| Italy alone. FRONT BROKEN PARIS, Aug. 19—A high official said privately the three power front |of Great Britain, Italy and France is broken and ‘France must resign herself to losing Italy's friendship.” Ttaly's apparent determination to conquer Ethiopia, is described by one governmental authority “as a test for the League of Nations. The League must triumph or there will be chaos.” ‘This governmental autbority re- called that the “whole world went to war because Austria proposed to do to Serbia a good dead less than what Mussolini intends .doing to Ethiopia.” This. authority further said the “League of Nations may well face the situation. It did: nothing when Japan and Germany defied the (Continued on Page Two) fiable. Point Barrow Pictures Are [t Rushed South to Associqted Press by Speedy PAA Planes Late Sunday afternoon Associat- ed Press newspapers in Seattle, morning newspapers along the Pa- papers as far| supplies for the Taku river camp. Georgia Gallagher Saturday noon.|California officials. the States before returning here. |cific Coast and net |ed two PAA planes and these planes rushed pictiires and films to Seattlc from Fairbanks and Juneau. Late Saturday afternoon, the chartered PAA plane, piloted by in films, upon his return, and Post'a new contract with Twentieth would have starred in his first mo- David Weiss, Vice more pictures. His salary, formerly|“ional Forester, is planning on go- | Century, Fox Studio, to make ten Wellman Holbrook, Atntsissa | Gueses were: Mesdames ‘Wellman Holbrook, Assistant Re- well, R. H. Williams, H. 1. Lucas, Sally Shafer, Leonard Holmquist; Black- |- It is the first time such action has been taken by a state. The suit was filed to recover tion mmm Independent Com- |$125,000 each picture, was increased |ing along for an inspection of the and Misses Williams, Gladys For-|$20,000 paid in processing tax- to between $200,000 and $250,000|camp. The boat will return Wednes- rest, Bess O'Neill and Pearl Pet-jes levied in connection with sup- pany, disclosed here. Post had been signed to star as,each, with a share in the profits. |day. |erson, Jplies for state institutions. They include: Mrs. Ole Westby, casie as Chicago, today carried pic- Shirley Westby, Jimmy Westby, and Mrs. Peter Oswald and Erling Os- wald. Capt, Oswald is skipper of the Marie, while Capt. Westhy is mas- ter of the Oceanic. turss of the plane crash disaster at Alex Holden and with Lloyd Jar- Point Barrow. | man, as mechanic, left Fairbanks Alive to_the national importance with the pictures and Iims. The of the tragedy, the Associated Press|plane was die in Juneau at 30 min- and Paramount News. Reel charter- ' (Continued ou Page Seven)