The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 5, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL XLVII., NO. 7188. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1936. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NATIONS STRIKE OUT AT COMMUNISM S ———— | e ——— MERCURY SINKS TO FIVE BELOW HERE MARK COLDEST FOR FEBRUARY | IN 19 YEARS First Sub Zero Weather in Vicinity Since 1933, Bureau Reveals LOW TEMPERATURES PREVAIL OVER §. E. No Let Up in Prospect as Forecast Calls for Con- tinued Cold and Fair King Winter blew his icy breath on Juneau and surrounding com- munity this morning, sending the down to 5 degrees below zero, the coldest February weather here in 19 years, according to U. S. Meteorologist Howard J. Thompson.' Only four times in the history of the | weather bureau have sub-zero tem- peratures been recorded in February. | In 1882, it was 4 below. in 1890. 2 be- low and in February, 1917, 15 below, the coldest February on record. Peak at 10:15 AM. The peak was reached at 10:15 this mercury “Lost Climberr’é B’mi yr F omil;l on Mount Rainier morning, another phenomenon, with | the coldest weather being reached after sun up. last 24 hours was 18 above, at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. No immediate let up is in pros- pect, Meteorologist Thompson'’s fore- cast predicting continued fair and cold with fresh to strong east to north winds. Tests made by the weather bureau at noon showed a win dvelocity of 80 miles an hour at 14,000 feet. This is the coldest period in Ju- neau since December, 1933, when | the last sub zero weather was re- The highest in the corded here. Last winter the coldest| ™ at any time was 4 above. All Southeast Alaska is gripped | in the cold wave, tfrom Ketchikan north. The last report from Ketchi- kan this morning was 18 above with' the mercury sinking rapidly. Wind forces are stronger to the south than | AIR MAIL FOR ALASKA GIVEN COLD SHOULDER Appropriations Cummiltee Refuses Grant Asked for Postal Service WASHINGTCN, Feb. 5—Ap- propriations of $989,023,000 for Treasury and Post Office De- pariment operations during the fiscal year 1937 weie recom- mended to the House of Repre- sentatives by the Appropriations Cemmittee today. The Committee refused the $242,755 requested for additional air mail routes in Alaska. Four new routes had been proposed. ““The committee does not feel jus- ified in recommending additional 'xpense . in view of no additional ‘evenue to be derived,” a commit- ee statement said 'he popula- ‘ion is small and not inncreasing The present service is quite wide- pread though seasonal.” The proposed routes were from Ketchikan to Fairbanks, via Ju- neau; Tanana C ing to Seward Fairbanks to Nome, and Fairbanks to Betiel The committee said the present contracts for route mail ser- vice in Alaska cost approximately $180,000 with more than half for airplane ser\'ico STOCK PRICES ! TAKE ADVANCE, BRISK TRADING New Highs for Five Years Recorded by Num- ber of Issues NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Stocks were | in brisk demand today and prices | lifted from fractions to one point orw Senator Bora h Brr-—Who s Cold" Katherine Briggs (above) of Lon- don _came prepared for all weather at Lake Placid but seems to have her seasons or costumes mixed nu e skiis over the drifts in her bathing suit. J(lBLESS MINER 'TAKES LIFE BY ~ HANGING SELF Definitely in Ring; He Will Seek Prosulvntml Nomination| s Hat Is Now | . | \VASHIN(I!ON. Iwb, 5.—United | States Senator William E. Borah of | Idaho, has flung down the gauntlec to the regular Republican organiza- | tion by announcing he will campaign in Ohio for delegates pledged to his presidential nomination In a formal statement to the As- sociated Press, Senator Borah say: “After a thorough survey, I am| convinced the people of the state of | Ohio should be given an opportunity | EUROPE, MEXICO, 'SOUTH AMERICA MOVE ON REDS | Raids, Labor Demonstra- tions, Denunciations Mark Attacks MANY ARRESTED IN FAR-FLUNG ROUNDUP to express their choice in the pri-) Some Believe Russia At- mary on May 12. Under the so- (‘alll\(l_\ favorite son plan, this privilege has | been denied them.” | FIGHT IS ON | WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. — The| Liberal and Conservative wings nl‘ the Republican Party plunged to-| ward a showdown fight today after Senator Borah’s announcement/ that he has formally entered the Presidential struggle Senator Borah's announcement he will campaign for dele- gates in Ohio foreshadowed a wide open race for the nomination and served as a challenge to other Re- publican possibilities, Party leade whom Senator Borah has bdlLlc(l and politicians in general, began speculating whether other candidates would contest with Senator Borah for Ohio's 52 delegates or would let him fight against the favorite son entry. e A el National Guard Acts foBreak General Strike City of |7000 Paralyzed —Labor Conciliator Calls Conference PEKIN, Ill, Feb. 5—Five conh |rope— tempting to Replace Italy in houtheaslern Europe NEW YORK P(‘b 5— Alleged communistic activities brought raids, labor demot ations and official de- nunciations in Europe, Mexico and South America today. Five nations in southeastern Eu- ~Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugos Rumania and Austria—struck s ultaneously amid warnings of a red menace, in attempts to arouse the public against an increase of Soviet Russian influence in the valley of the Danube. Hungary crushed an organization 'allegedly communistic. In Bulgaria 50 persons were arrested in a se- ries of raids. Nineteen gypsies were put on trial for communistic activity in Rumania. The Yugo-Slavian and Austrian police made many raids. Some of the Austrian press indi- cated the belief that Russia was seeking to replace Italy as the dom- inant power in the southeastern rea, taking advantage of Italy’s op- erations in East Africa A two-day shutdown in industrial Monterey, Mexico, found organized labor and capitalists combined against what they termed an open attempt to establish a Bolshe dictatorship in South America. Off cial statements accused Commun- ists of fomenting railway strike trou- Ible in Chile and underground politi- cal activities in Paraguay DIMOND UFFERS in this immediate vicinity. Out along the Glacier highway temperatures of as low as 16 below were 1ecorded i TERO WEATHER NUMBS NORTH HALF OF U, . Mercury Columns Strike 44 Below in Northwest— Floods Freeze CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 5—~ Zero weather numbed the northern half | of the nation from the Rockies east- ward and sent cold shivers from coast to coast as mercury columns sank to 44 degrees below in the Northwest. All but a half-dozen points scat- tered over the land were chilled. Forty degree temperature drops were common as bitter cold moved over the midwest toward the At- lantic. The zero line extended from the Dakotas into Ohio, then south to Missouri. Southern floods are dried up by the freezing onslaught which blank- ets the Gulf coast. Northern Florida flood victims are suffering intensely. TWO STRUCK BY AUTOS, KILLED SEATTLE, Feb. 5— Two traffic deaths, one last night and another early today, brought King County':| toll for the year to 18. John Soderlund, 50, was injured fatally when struck by a car driven by John W. Campbell. more throughout the list. New tops for five years or longer | were scored by a number of issues. Rail equipment, farm machinerv found the best following. Teday’s closing tone was firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 5— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 16, American Can 125%, American Power and Light 9%, Anaconda 30%, Bethlehem Steel 527, Curtiss Wright 4z, Chicago, |Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 2%, General Motors 58%. International Harvester 67, Kenne- | cott 34%, United States Steel 51'% Southern Railway 15%, Cities Serv- |ice 6%, Pound $5.01%, Boeing Air- |plane 24%, United Aircraft 27%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow. Jones averages: Industrials 150.60, rails 46.59, utilities 32.20. This exclusive Associated Press photograph shows the body of Delmar Fadden, 23-year-old Seattle mountain climber, sighted by airplane on the frozen slopes of Mount Rainier at an elevation of 13,000 feet. Fadden had been missing two weeks. The photograph reveals a startling fact—that Fadden evi- dently was hurled to his death by a huge avalanche, the chute of which is clearly shown. The body was sighted by Ome Daiber from the air, within 2,000 feet of a point he had led a searching party. and miscellaneous industrial shares | JUNEAU $30.000 LIBRARY BILL Measure asflroduced in House Would Provide for 45 Per Cent U.S. Grant panies of National Guardsmen have been mobilized in nearby Peoria Federal authorities joined in at-)| tempts of Iilinois officials to end the distillery plant dispute that pre-,‘ cipitated a general strike yesu‘rdaj virtually paralyzing the city with a Merrill “Shorty” wauttman, 45, 17,000 population. ‘unemplm('d blacksmith and miner, Ay put a few stores planned tu |hanged himself Monday night Or yemain closed today. J. E. O'Connor, | ;Tu(’sd.n in his small cabin on Wil- Federal Labor Conciliator, and Di- loughby Avenue. rector Martin Durkin of the State | The frozen body was discovered In [apor Department, called a confer-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—Delegate Kauffman's bare and fireless home, ence at Peoria with strike leaders Anthony J. Dimond today intro- Seaview Cabin Number Nine, at 10 grom the American Distillery Plany, duced a bill in the House to per- lo'clock this morning by Chief of Po- mit Juneau to issue bonds not to (lice Roy Hoffman and Deputy U. 8. | exceed $30,000 for a municipal li- Marshal Walter G. Hellan. The act uNEMPLuYED brary. He also offered a measure to |cbtain work. An inquest was to be held late this afternoon. threw himself on the mattress und which has a plan to construct a new awaited strangulation. " !library building here. Under the pub- Jit He was last seen Monday after- ‘ | {Merrill Kauffman, Age 45, i Despondent Over Ill Health, Poverty >oe ' lapparently was caused by despon- authorize Anchorage to reconstruct | BEING KEPT | 45 PERCENT FEDERAL GRANT Kauffman fashidned a short noose | The bill offered by Delegate Di- Last Seen Monday c works set-up, if the proposition iy dency over ill health and failure to certain municipal buildings. about the head of his bed, then {mond is at the request of the City finally approved, the city would is- A party including Daiber recovered the body. The smaller photo is a general view of the mountain, showing the position of the body Wi roln- tion to the search on foot. These were the only actual photographs taken when Daiber was flown over the mountain Thurs- day, January 29. 13 GIRLS NOW | OVER 100,000 MARK IN VOTES Ruth Lundell Stlll Leading| with Ida Roller in Second Place Thirteen candidates in the Bet- ter Timeés Drive now have totalled over 100,000 votes, with the four- teenth only mark. Ruth Lundell stili well over the 300,000 mark. 1eads, emered no votes for today's stand- ing of 162,875. Linda Furuness rose overnight from 67,000 to 102,050, to take| twelfth position, and was one of { the features of today's tabulation Complete standings of the 38/ contestants appear daily in 'I‘hc Daily Alaska Empire, sponsor of \ the trips to Mexico, in cooperation | with all leading Juneau and Doug- | las merchants 60LD LICENSE NOT INVOKED WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. 75 points under the ! o The\ SAILORS UNION CALLS END TO STEAM STRIKE {Marine Cooks and Stewards Withdraw from Mari- time Federation SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5—Th: Sailors Union of the Pacific today cuued for an end to the seven-week steam schooner strike. Marine cooks and stewards with- drew from the coast Maritime Feder- Ida Treasury Department said that up |ation. Roller, second, hit the 200 grand to 3 p. m. today no applications The two moves are intended to end John B. Wissler, 66, victim of almark with 209775 by noon Tuesday. to export gold had been received. hit-run driver, December 8, diei early this morning. Elizabeth Kaser changed to fourth place, ahead of Bessie Powers, who - Shipments were licensed this week. | the. discord which has shaken San SWITZERLAND HITLERITE IS - ASSASSINATED Militant Nazi Physicist Meets Death at Hand of Medical Student | 3 | DAVOS, switzerland, Feb. 5.—~Wil- {helm Gustloff, 40, militant Nazi Ger- man physicist, who was attached to the observatory here, was assassinat- ed last night by a medical student who said he was David Frankfurther, | Jugosiav from Berne. | The student said he wanted to strike 4 blow at the Hitler regime, He escaped from Gustloff’s apart- ment by waving a pistol at the gath- ering crowd, but later telephoned the police and surrendered. The Swiss Socialists had repeated- ly demanded Gustloff’s expulsion because he was organizing Germans to support Hitler, but the Swiss gov- totaling $15,600,000 | Francisco almost continuously since|ernment ruled he was within the | the general strike of 1934, law. noon by an occupant of a nearby cabin, James Cameron, when the latter helped Kauffman into his | cabin, Fears aroused by his failure to ', reappear from the cabin led R. H Williams, owner of the property, to | telephone Chief of Police Hoffman | at 9:20 am. today. Hoffman and Hellan battered down the locked door of the home to discover the tragedy. Strange Note Left Two notes were left by the deceas- »d, one leaving his supply of wood and other effects to his neighbor, Cameron. The other threw an ele- ment of mystery into the tragedy, but was believed by authorities to be the product of a disordered mind. Kauffman wrote: “I did one dirty trick in my life, and that's all, and now they're going to kill me for it. another fellow is involved in this he’s light-complected and stutters when he talks. He wanted to hold up a bank in Valdez, he wanted me 0 rob a freight car and steal gas. He wanted to go to Fairbanks and "ob the railroad station, and then he hit on this scheme. I wanted to take . |attitude from officials. | Adjoining Siates: Move. Retaliation—Sheriffs Refuse to Act LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 5.—De-| spite prospective retaliation by neighboring states, California police are tightening the blockade against migratory unemployed along the state’s borders. Arizona officials immediately moved to guard against any at- tempt to send indigent transients into their territory. - The Jackson County court of Oregon met to con-| sider similar action. i In two of eleven counties where 136 Los Angeles patrolmen arc de- tailed to hold a 100-mile line against destitute travelers, the Foreign Le- gion has met«avith a non-cooperative Sheriff C. Sharp of Modoc County refused to deputize otficers, which is necessary if they are to carry on their duties. Sheriff Emmett L. Lacy of San Bernardino County also refused B t back but he said he wouldn't.” The note added that Kauffman | owed a bill in Valdez, which he wish- | tContinued on Page ’r-m RECOVERING FROM COLD Gov, John W. Troy is recovering from a cold which has kept him at home for the past several days. sue bonds for $30,000 and the govern- {ment would then mark 45 percent of them-as paid, in the nature of a Fed- eral grant to the city. The City ot | Juneau would then have to take care of only the remaining 55 percent. The present plan calls for putting the bond issue up to the voters at the April election MINE WORKERS FLAY LEAGUERS Washington Convention De- clares Group UnAm- erican in Methods WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—The Unit- ed Mine Workers convention today flayed the American Liberty League as “selfish in its aims, unAmerican in its methods, and with purposes inimical to the welfare of the people of the United States.” The convention resolution said the League primarily represented mil- lionaires and muiti-millionaires who piled up fortunes while denying em- ployees the right to organize.