The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 27, 1935, Page 1

OOVG Wfls}u NGT O\'AL VOL. XLVIL., NO. 7050. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUBDAY MERCY FLIERS STILL SEARCH FOR 4 MISSING Thir!y-fo_:lT Thousand Miles by Air, Many Miles Land, Are Covered NINTH DAY, NO TRACE IS FOUND Dawson Supplies Food and| Shelter—Tanana Cross- » ing Operation Base FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 27— Thirty four thousand miles of mergy flying, untold weary miles of searching afoot, lay behind the men' patrolling the sky and land in the hunt for the missing plane piloted| by Arthur T. Hines, and carrying three Fairbanks residents, Mr. nnd\ Mrs. John Lonz, and Alton G. Nor-| dale. The party left Dawson a week ago ve terday afternoon for Dawson and although sighted over the Chicken Creek region, has not been seen or heard of since. Today is the ninth day and no trace has been reported. Dawson Is Aiding Dawson is providing free food, shelter and gasoline to the search- ing plane pilots, most of whom have | been flying almost continuously un- til they feel themselves dozing at the ’ controls, when they speed to Tanana Crossing Where they snatch a bit to eat, sleep a short time and then start off again. %, Pilets 'Join Hall Murray Hall, Aeronautics Inspec- tor.for Alaska, has been joined by Pildts Jerry Jones, Al Monsen, Ber- cy Hubbard, Hakon Christensen, Ed Dorrance, Herm Joslyn and others in the mercy flights. Some believe—but scarcely made their belief audible—the piane may have burst into flames and fallen into some body of water and quickly submerged. Others believe the four| will yet be found, or at least some trace will be located. e JOE CROSSON (COMING NORTH i | | AWAY SUDDENLY Flier Visitir;_M_other Prior to Departure for Alaska SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. 27.—Joe Crosson, veteran Alaskan flier and pilot of the aerial hearse which re- turned the bodies of Wiley Post and Will Rogers to the United States, arrived Monday to visit his mother, Mrs, E. E. Crosson. “I'm just trying to get a little rest and see my mother before return- ing to Alaska,” he told reporters. “I plan to leave Wednesday by plane for Seattie, and from there '66-YEAR-OLD MARRIES GIRL, 16 Charles Featherly, 66, and Marie Schelf, 16, planned to marry In Cnicago. He said he first met her when she wa baby, and that he used to bounce her on his knee. (Associated Pri Photo) ()n Tnp Armmd AUTO INDUSTRY 5.2 & LEADER PASSES Fly Over_Alaska.. TORONTO Aug. 27.—On a flight around the world, Harold Farquhar, First Secretary of the British Legation in Mexico City, and Fritz Bieler, former Ger- man war ace, took off this fore- noon for Winnipeg. They intend to step at Eémonton and then hop from there to Alaska, CHISELING ON HOURS, WAGES, PRICES, REPORT John N. Willys Dies. at| Summer Home Follow- | ing Heart Attack | NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—John N. Willys, aged 61, one of the leaders in the autc industry is dead at his summer home in the Bronx following a sudden attack of the heart. By taking a chance with an auta- mobile company which was about to go into receivership, John North Willys started a business success which brought him into prominence e President Asks Is Ambassador | His financial rise was coincident-; al with growth of America's im-) portance as an exporter of auto- mobiles, leading him into activity which put him in touch with Euro- pean problems and resulted ulti- mately in his being named Ambas- i m to bolster his recommen- sador to Poland by President Hoov- ' & move ‘ R e gy Amerlcm\dation for legislation during the hat rank in Next session to retain advantages diplomat to hold that r: |of the NRA, lation, Next Congress to Bolster NRA WASHINGTON, August 27.— ‘Widespread chiseling op hours, wag- 'es and prices were cited by Con- gress in a report to the President 4 for Legls-‘ ‘Warsaw, the United States havmg‘ maintained only a legation there A report prepared by a skeleton statistical force of the NRA showed ~ SOVIET REFUSES] T0 RECOGNIZE PROTEST OF U, Claim Communist Activitie Cannot Be Regarded ‘as Violations by Moscow |'HULL DELINES TO COMMENT ON Al Incident Not Expé'cléd to Cause Definite Break. in Frlendly Relations MOSCOW, Aug. 21 —'I'he Soviet, government has replied with' rejec-, tion to the United States' note’ pro- testing against the activifies: of thel Seventh Congress of Third . Com= munist Internationale, Verbal' pro- tests by the British, Italian an Latvian governments against state- ment by speakers at the recent Congress also were rejected. U. S. Ambassador William C. Bul~ 1itt has received a note from Under: Commissar N. N. Krestinsky, saying: “Your note of August 25 contains no facts which can be regarded as violation on the part of the Soviet of its obligations. On ' the other hand, it is undoubtedly - nothing new for the government of ' thi United States. The Soviet cannot assume and has never assumed any obligations as regard to the Com- munist Internationale. I cannot ac- cept your protest. I am compelled to reject it.” | MAY AFFECT FUTURE ‘ WASHINGTON, Aug. 27— The Soviet rejection, in the opinion Jnform“ observers, forces the St AL GHY LB-REN? !its future relationship with the So-| viet. Secretary of State Cordell Hull declined to comment. | While the American note served | blunt warning on Moscow of “ser- ious consequences,” it is believed there will be no definite break in| ‘rrlendly relations. “Anything said in Moscow by American citizens about the United States is very insignificant com-| | pared to the continuous propaganda in the United States against the Soviet Union,” Soviet Ambassador | Alexander Trmmov<ky said here. MACK SWAIN PASSES AWAY Veteran Coast Actor, Who Played Season in Al- aska, Is Dead TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 27.—Mack Swain, aged 59, one of the best known pioneer Pacific Coast stage and screen actors, is dead here af- ter an illness of a few hours. Swain recently arirved at Gig | , AUGUST 27, l935 And many will find it so If Atlantic/City decides to use the bevy of | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS oretty girls being trained for possible emergency use as life guards. Hers Bunny Hanstein and Grace McGowan, two candidates, find out what a lifeboat’s all about. (Associated Press Photo) Beach Hds Plan to Double { Population in Alaska, Also Aid for H ardy Prospectors : TEACHERS MUST BE VACCINATED i Precautionary Move Taken by Health Authorities for All Territory All children and teachers in Alas- ka must have vaccination certifi- cates when they report to school next Tuesday, according to advices by Dr. W, W. Council, Territorial Health Commissioner, who has sent instructions to all school authori- ties. The action is being taken as a precautionary measure to guard against any further cases of small~ pox. The disease is virtually at an end here now, with no cases in the pest house and only a few in pri- vate homes. To guard against any possibility of further spread, vacci- nation has been ordered for the children and teachers. The treatment is given free. ————-——-— A plan whereby to double the popwlation of Alaska;-and ‘at.-tite same time materially assist in the development of the vast mineral re- special interview to The Empire. The plan, which has already at-| tracted the attention of v.mous per- sons interested in terr | velopment, is the product or Mr | Beach’s visit to the Interior, and is ’m direct sequence to his Matanus- ka statement released Saturday by the ‘Associated Press: “Too much conservation of Alaskan resources, and an ab- sence of governmental aid for the individual mining prospec- tor, are the twin evils regard- ing the growth of the Nor$h- land.” Briefly stated, Mr. Beach’s plan would combine the proposed Alaskan Army Air hase, the recent Federal mineral development appropriations, and the National Youth Admini tration movement, in a two-bird: with-one-stone attempt to supply| both a subsistence for the “lost gen- eration” and a speedy development ' of Alaskan mineral deposits. Prospector Hampered ."“The great difficulty. of the inde- pendent prospector is that he has no money to develop his claim after he gets it,” said Mr. Beach in ex-| sources ‘of the country, was pro-| pounded by Rex Beach today in n‘ -~ FINGERS OF ACCUSATION Long for Killing Pen- . sions for Aged \SENATOR FEEBLY MAKES HIS REPLY Against Louisiana Man for His Action WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, Democratic leaders |in Congress and Scnator Huey P. Long pointed accusing fingers at each other today as Administration men the bill carrying funds for aged and crippled to be covered by the Social Security ;rogram Long's argument was that the ! President and his forces engaged in j & conspiracy to discard amendments calling for loans on cotton and wheat. e “Ain’t” When Long was charged with killing the bill by his filibuster, he replied: “No, I ain’t” Senator Louis B. Schwellenbach, of Washington, charged Long with showing off before the galleries. Long sald: “I stand on my own {feet and my own judgment.” i He was told rail workers and or- ganized labor would turn nxalnst him because the bill carried funds (for rail pensions and the Guffey| | Coal control plan Pats Himself on Bacl Long" sl i pao) prove I never have done & ¥ ”2. chlng (Continued on Page Two) e RECORDS BROKEN BY CONGRESS IN REGENT SESSION Senator Robinson Declares Achievements Will Be Memorable WASHINGTON, Aug. 27— The session of Congress just ended was a record-breaker In more ways than one. The session saw the enactment of the Work Relief Bill, the largest appropriation of all time; Social | Security Act, Neutrality Policy, bank | | bill, amendments strengthening the AAA and the TVA, a quarter of a billion tax bill, utilities regulations | and a list of other major acts. The session also saw the courts strike down the New Deal experi- ment No. 1, the NRA, which is sure | ARE POINTED Admlnlstrahon Blames {Rail Workers May Turn| contended Long had beaten | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS FIRST SESSION | OF TATH MEET COMES TO END Senator brTg.gtages Near- ly Six-Hour Filibuster, Talking Incessantly INVITATION TO “GO TO HELL” UNHEEDED Appropriation Measure Re- consideration Prevent- ed by Louisianan WASHINGTON, ‘Aug. 27.—Despite an indirect invilation to “Go Te Hell' and other angry remon- strances by Democratic leaders, Senator Huey P. Long of Loulsiana, filibustered to the expiring gasp {of the important third deficiency bill, talking steadily for a stretch - ithat extended into its sixth hour. | Senator Long was still shouting and arguing as the automatic mid- |night adjournment hour came upon the irate Senate and House which had set colcks back and adjourned at 12:09 o'clock this morning thus terminating the first session of the Seventy-fourth Congress. The Senator from Louisiana took the floor to prevent reconsideration of the appropriation measure from {which the leaders sought to strike the previously attached rider call- Ilng for a 12-cent loan on cotton 'and 90 cents a bushel loan on wheat. | - FILIBUSTER " DELAYS BIG "ALLOTMENTS Millions of Dollars With- held from Govern- ment Agencies WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. — The filibuster of Senator Huey P. Long in the Senate last night is held responsible for withholding mil- lions of dollars needed for the Ad- ministration’s Social Security Act. These funds are contained in the deficiency measure. Senator Long contended he was fighting for a principle and as- serted the House had been denied a vote on the Senate's cotton and wheat loan amendments. The major items lost by Long’s filibuster include the following: Social Security Act—#$76,000,000. Rallroad pensions—$600,000. Sea food inquiry and Pure Food Administration—$600,000. Penal institutions—=$1,000,000. The deficiency bill totaled $100,- 000,000 in its various items. Some feel that the funds needed plaining his plan. “Because of th‘ difficulty, prospectors are becoming | might be allocated from the Work take a boat to Alaska. The plane I Relief money and others that the up to 1930. Harbor from Chicago on a visit and to echo in the next campaign. SETS FIRES 9,049 departures from the NRA code flew from Alaska has already been flown back north.” Crosson had little to say about the accident which cost the lives of Post and Rogers. “It was just one of those things which might happen to any one at any time,” he commenied. Many Vessels Are Believed to Be Lost ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Aug. 27—Crews of four schooners are feared to be lost in a storm. ‘Wreckage drifting ashore has also caused anxiety over the safety of a large, unnamed steamship. Woman’s Head Chopped Off; Let Childen Starve BERLIN, Aug. 27.—Frau Char- lotte Jeunemann was beheaded at dawn today for allowing her three children to starve to death. Willy Gehrke, 23, was also be- headed for robbery and murder. The young, slim blonde was convicted after testimony that she squandered in cafes and dance halls the money received for relief of her boys, aged four years, 18 months and four months, They died of starva- tion, Mr. Willys showed his faith in the then infant automobile indus- try when, in 1907, he took over the Overland company, reorganized; it as the Willys-Overland Company’ and started a manufacturing and| : selling campaign which made him| The President asked Congression- standards on werking conditions in | July and 5,779 in June. Cases of priee ecutting reported totaled 2490 in July and 857 in one of the leaders of ‘the industry |8l leaders to make & study of the for nearly a quarter of a century, Situation in vige ‘of presenting a Shrewd as Boy | recommendation to revive certain Innate business ability began to, [CAtUses of the NRA at the next manifest itself in Mr. Willys when|SesSion- he was a boy. It was told of him| FYREPy o T that he was fond of negotiating| nlEs SUDDENLY little deals with his companions at; an age when most boys are thmk-‘l ing of games and sports. Foresight | TS was another thing that he acquired! WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.— Mrs. to a marked degree and as.a grow- K Tom Connally, wife of the junior ing youth he eyed the bicycle, just Senator from Texas, died suddenly coming into popularity, as a pmm,-lin the Senate office building last able outlet for his selling in-'night from an attack of the heart. genuity, 1Her husband was at her side when At the age of 18, Mr. Willys had She died. She was 50 years of age. organized a bicycle sales company at Elmira, N. Y. In seven years he Mexican Financier had worked up a large wholesale| o distribution business with gross, Passes Away in Paris sales of approximately $500,000 a: - year. PARIS, Aug. 27.—Jose Yves Li- “Ad” Starts Something { mantour, aged 81, Mexican finag- About” that time he saw an ad- cler, is dead at his home here. vertisement in a newspaper seeking some one to handle the product of | DUNHAM ON YUKON the Overland Company of Indian-/ A. S. Dunham, Principal of the apolis. The Overland was a four- Juneau High School, returns to- cylinder automobile, in advance of Pight on the steamer Yukon. In the two-cylinder then in general 8ddition to his duties as principal, use. The company had been in Mr. Dunham will teach elementary o e |algebra, business law . and grade «Continued on Page Three) |school shop. was enroute to Hollywood accom- panied by his wife, Cora King Swain, also a former actress and for many years his leading lady. Swain suffered an internal hem- orrhage and died in a local hos- pital. Mack Swain came north and went into Dawson in the early nineties. He had a stock company and his northern opening was in Skagway in the “Parish Priest” at Elks Hall.| He played in Skagway for three nights, with a change of bill nightly, then went to Dawson and remained there several months. BANDON OFF SEATTLE, Aug. 2i.—The motor- ship Bandon, aground in a fog 50 miles south of Ketchikan, south- bound, is reported to have freed herself at high tide and has pro- ceeded to Prince Rupert, for load of lumber, under her own power. ————- - ARRIVE ON ESTEBETH Mrs. C. A. Bloomquist and Har- old Bloomquist, travelled from Kim- shan Cove to Juneau as passengers on the motorship Estebeth. Mrs. Bloomquist has been visiting this summer with her husband, mill car- FOR THRILL Desver Terrorist Is Under Arrest—Makes Con- fession to Police 'the name of Warren Cramer, son of Dr. Harry Cramer of Oak- land admitted, police said, that he was the arsonist who set a series of blazes which struck terror in down- town Denver. Three of the fires were in Catho- lic churches. “I got a thrill out of it; it was fun,” the youth is quoted by the police as saying. COAST GUARDER IS QUARANTINED SEWARD, Alaska, Aug. 27—Five- year-old Jack Allen Johnson, stricken with infantile paralysis at Kodiak, was brought here on penter at the Hirst-Chichagof Gold Mining Company plant at Kim- shan Cove, the Cgsst Guard cutter Morris. The vessel - ‘and crew is now under quarantme, fewer and fewer. Most of the old time prospectors have either quit the game or are unable to proceed for lack of a grubstake. It is the old difficulty of creating capital for the development of a new project. As a result, great mineral deposi lie untouched and undeveloped.” Simultaneously, Mr. Beach point- ed out, a generation of college youth is floundering for an economic foot- hold. Thousands of people are on |relief in the States who might oth- erwise be employed in these Alaska mines. Subsistence Project “Why is it not a splendid idea to set up a subsistence project, con- templating the organization of units made up, say, of one experienced Alaskan' prospector and three or four young college graduates, to search for mineral deposits?” asked Mr. Beach. “They could be grub- staked through a revolving govern- ment fund, which would operate on a scale to the Matanuska project, utilizing no more money, but pro- viding employment for 2,000 instead of 200—indeed, for 20,000, for every mine that is opened will give em- ployment to hundreds of workers.” Mr. Beach visualizes the utiliza- tion of the proposed Army Air Base in Alaska mineral development. In this respect, he would suggest that {we follow the example of Canada. J‘who in the last few years has done (Continued on Page 1) ;| achievements for the session will be | Huge Appropriations Expenditures authorized during the session totaled some ten and one-quarter billlon dolltrs. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Floor leader for the Democrats, said the memorable as practically every problem touching human interest has been made easier of solution by legislation enacted. “I think it can be truly said that Congress has done its part to carry on through a grave crisls,” sald Senator Robinson. Oh, Hum! Senator L. J. Dickinson, Republi- can of Towa, said the first session of the Seventy-Fourth Congress will “be remembered for ill-advised leg-| islation, extravagant appropriations and four billion dollars for work re- | lief waste. No congress in American history has made such a record. This record was made under the di- rection of the President. Congress initiated nothing. The President di- rected and whatever responsibility there is must rest with him.” Mrs. l{ogers Reported As Holding Up Well BEVERLY HILLS, Aug. 27—Mrs. Will Rogers is reported bearing up well under the shock of her husband's death. Close friends said she will take a quiet trip soon but the destination is not known, money would not be forthcoming from any source and delaying the Social Security and other New Deal activities until Congress as- sembles again next January. Arrested Man Not Kidnaper Fugitive HELENA, Mont., Aug. 27.—A man giving his name as Les McGowan, whose description officers said tal- lied with that of Willlam Mahan, fugitive in the Weyerhaeuser kid- naping case was arrested here but after checking was found not to be the abductor wanted and was | released. - BDLLY BE'I'I.-RNS H. 8. Sully, proprietor of the Ju- neau Bakery, returned to Juneau {from a short business trip to Se- attle on the Princess Louise e Hangman Hangs Himself in His Prison Cell VIENNA, Aug. 27—Alois Fuer- i, who formerly earned a liv- ing as hangman, carrying out death sententes for the govern- ment, hanged himself '™ his Jail celt'here where he was coh-' fin€d fer the murder of his two' children,