The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 11, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1936. \/()L XLVIL, NO.7193. ALL THE TIME” EMPIR. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKAN FACES MANSLAUGHTER COUNT WRECKED PLANE OF ARMY FLIER IS FOUND, CAL. MTS, Now Believégfieul. Helms, Missing Six Weeks, May Be Alive MARCH FIELD, Cal, Feb. 11.— Evidence that Lieut. John T. Helms Is alive after his Army pursuit plane crashed in the mountains six weeks ago, has been found. The wrecked plane was found at an elevation of 4,500 feet on the lower slopes of Mount San Antonio yesterday. The Army Air Base here has been informed by the searching parties that Lieut. Helms appar- ently unbuckled his parachute and carefully climbed out of the crumpled cockpit. The emergency water bottle, hold- ing about a gallon, was not found and officers surmised he took the bottle with him and started down the mountainside for aid. Searchers have now turned their hunt to sections in the country where Lieut. Helms might have traveled for aid. AIRLINER LOST OFF BRAZIL ON OCEAN FLIGHT Planes and Cutters Search Northeast Coast for Missing Ship RIO DE JANERIO, Feb. 11.—Two airplanes and three cutters started out today to search the area off the Northeast coast of Brazil for the airliner Ville De Buenos Aires, miss- ing since yesterday on a transAtlant- ic flight. On board are one passenger and a , crew of five. ARMY PURSUIT PLANES CRASH BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 11.—Two Army pursuit planes cracked up, and one pilot was seriously injured, as the Army’s Twentieth Pursuit Group from Bakersdale Field, Louis- iana, attempted to defena Burling- ton from a simulated air attack. Lieut. Gilmore V. McGinnis suf- fered minor cuts and bruises. - .- STOCK PRIGES SOAR UPWARD; TRADING FAST Many Shares Reach New ngl) Levels — Profit Tak mg Hits Some NEW YOR.K Feb. 11— chksf swung into another broad advance today with many issues mounting to| new high levels for the past aeveral; years. Trading was fast. Despite! profit taking, gains of fractions to two or more points predominated. The closing tone was strong today. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 11.— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16, American Can 124, ' American Power and Light 9%, An- aconda 32%, Bethlehem Steel 567 Curtiss Wright 4%, Chicago, Mil- waukee, St. Paul and Pacific 2%, General Motors 59, International Harvester 66% way 177%, Cities Service 6'2, Pound $5.01%. Boeing Airplane 247, Unit- ed Aircraft 30%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 152.25, rails 48.01, utilities 33.48. — e ——— MILLER GOING HOME Robert Miller of Fairbanks is a passenger aboard the Alaska re-| turning from a vacation of several weeks in California, to his home in the interior. |and took n fite Fox Dolbow and Norman Dris- |eoll, her reputea lover, of first de- , Kennecott 35%, Unit- | ed States Steel 58%, Southern Rail- | PLANES MANEUVER IN SNOW Snow and ice do not prevent the army pilots at Mitchell Field, N. Y. from preparing for mid-winter maneuvers. Above, Lieut. Col. A. H. Gilkerson, commander of the 62 planes there, inspects the run- ners used for taking off in the snow. Below, an “engine heater” warms up a balky motor. (Associated Press Photo) Jagan Is Again BESSIE POWERS Fxcited:Senator TAKES LEAP IN Pittman Did It VOTES CONTEST Foreign Office Spokesman Bounces Inlo Second Place Makes Statement— ~—Other Contestants Hull Also Talks Jump Upward TOKYO, Feb. 11 -—Lah- editions of morning newspapers today gi: the statement of Chairman Pittman, of the Senate Foreign Committee, their major Bessie Powers, popular telephone at the Royal Blue Cab office, turned in the highest number of Better Times Drive votes yet re- corded when she counted 120,500 votes at noon Monday. Merchants The Foreign Office spokesman de- | stamps on the ballots revealed quite clared that signatories of the power a “political organization” back of | treaty had no right to review Jap- | the young lady, as stores from all| anese activities in China. Senator Pittman, in Washington, according to press dispstches, called the Japanese proceedings in China big stack of coupons. The count moves Miss Powers a threat to the United States and |4y, weeks the distinction has not vigorously assailed the utterances of | yiorn neld by Ida Rofler. . M Japanese authoritics directed at ti Powers' big count brought h United States. He 0 spoke of treaties openly and ruthlessly vio- lated. standing today to 369,225, danger- ously close to Ruth Lundell's first| ace total of 383950. Anita Gar- nick, by counting 72,050 votes,| moved into fourth place, behind| Miss Roller. everal high scores were record- ed in today's standings. Thais]| Bayers polled an even 60,000 votes to advance into fifth place. Rosa NO RESPONSIBILITY WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.— Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull went on record at a conference with news paper men in the Stale Deparim esponsibility for S gtor Pittman's speech. Secretary Hull Danner and Catherine York each| said the State Department had not | counted over 40000 to advance been consulted in any respects as to | (WO positions. Miss Roller also ccunted 43,000 votes, but slipped |a notch in the race that is grow- ing in interest by leaps and bounds. The name of Evelyn Godding has been withdrawn, the young lady having moved to Skagway. This reduces the race to 35 candidates. | Votes cast to noon yesterday rep- resented total cash transactions of $6,720.25 since the last report. The Service Motors announced they have turned over to George | Brothers 75,600 votes on the pur- chase of their new delivcry truck. ANGELUS GIRL TAKES POISON LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 11— Vivian Denton, 26, publicity repre- sentative for Aimee McPherson's Harry x. Dolbow, the woman's hus- | Angelus Temple, is recovering at e her home from the effects of The jury did not recommend mer- | Poison. cy, thereby making the death sen-| Detective Lieutenant Burt Corliss tence mandatory. said Miss Denton told him she Unless granted a pardon, Mrs, 00k poison in a despondent mood Dolbow will be the first woman to after a four-hour argument with |die in the electric chair in New her employer yesterday. Jersey. T e e Judge Frank F. Neutze sentenced!| ARCHBOLD COMES NORTH the two to die the week of March | 15. C. M. Archbold, principal Forest Driscoll jumped to his feet and | Ranger at Ketchikan, and Mrs, protesced his innocence as the ver- | Archbold returned to Ketchikan ‘dict was read. Mrs. Dolbow re-{on the Alaska from a trip to the jmained calm. | States. its contents. (}DUPLE GIVEN ~ SENTENCE IN MAN'S DEATH ‘Mrs. Dolbow and Norman Driscoll to Die in Chair | for Slaying with Axle SALEM, N. J, Feb. 11.—A New | .|Jersey jury of ten men and two| \women has convicted Mrs. Marguer- gree murder in the axle slaying of over town were represented in the Gri £ into second place, the first time in| “INDIANBUREAU ASKS REPORT ON BARRUW MUMPS Hawkeewoxth 15 in Touch | with Arctic Outpost and Washington Office | WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. |Indian Office here has asked | Charles W. Hawkesworth, Chief of the Bureau of Indian Affairs “in | Alaska, to forward a compiete ;re- ip.‘,z‘t of the | break at Point Barrow. Officials, | who said they had received no'in- | formation concerning reported shortage of food or fuel among the Eskimos, added that Mr. Hawkes- worth had always been quick to | rencer assistance and pointed ‘out the cest of chartering a plane, the only means of transportation dur- ing the winter between Juneau and Point Barrow, would be $700. Pending receipt of the report, Ccmmissioner John Collier declined to comment on Dr. Henry Griest's statement from Barrow that the Eskimos were without adequate food and fuel. Griest is in charge. 0of the Presbyterian Hospital at Point Barrow. HAWKESWORTH ACTS Mr. Hawkesworth has forwarded a report to Washington and alsp has communicated with Dr. Griest, Charles B r, U. S. Commission- T d trader at Point Barrow, and k Daugherty, the school super- tendent, | ticns on what is needed. In a wire to Mr. Hawkesworth to- |day, School Superintendent Frank |Daugherty said there was reindeer meat available for all at Point Bar-', |row and stated there was no reason the natives should not have plenty Of fuel if they would haul it to the village. He said there were two new cases of mumps. “Griest advised me of mumps, no fuel or food,” Daugherty telegraph- led. “Referred same to your office | Donald Hartzell, Supervision of So- cial Welfare, wired to use native fuels |and food. Referred message to Griest Reindeer meat is available to all. !Many Griest reports without defi- nite knowledge. If natives not sick, {no reason why they should not have plenty of fuel if willing to haul it to the village. “Conditions overdrawn as they were last May. It is difficult to meet t's requests. Griest left for | Wainwright yesterday. Two more cases of mumps in same family. Quarantined family. Natives are |taught to use little meat and plenty of white food during sickness. One family reported 10 days ago it was | without fuel two days. Insisted to |Griest that all able bodied patients |upon recovery should render assist- |ance to government when possible or |during summer months. Doing all ipossible to co-operate with Griest, conferring with Brower and making complete survey." No reports have yet stated how many cases of mumps there are in | the stricken area, but the first re- 1or' from Dr. Griest said several amilies. The Daugherty wire today '.nd two more cases. Mr. Daugherty has been advised to share the school fuel supply with ‘!hose in need if conditions warrant |it, Mr. Hawkesworth said DRESSMAKERS' STRIKE AVERTED BY ARBITRATION Tentative Agreement Be- | tween Employers and Workers Reported NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—A tentative | agreement between five dressmak- ink associations and union leaders of 125,000 dress workers is reliably reported to have been reached to- day, thereby averting the proposed strike in the industry. Conferees went to the city hall at noon to discuss final details with Mayor F. H. LaGuardia. R DIES OF CANCER Joseph’s Hospital. Mr. who was born in Germany, came to Alaska 28 years ago and for in the Bonnifield country. - ’l'l'u-I reported mumps out-, asking for recommenda~ Otto Leinfelder, 59, died of can-| cer in Fairbanks last week at St.! Leinfelder, | the last several years has resided | g “3‘. On shortened rations because the ice-clogged Chesapeake Bay had | land mainland, 1,500 Tangier Island fisherfolk were given relief when 1,800 pounds of food were finally brought to them by blimp and airplane after other means of communication failed. Above, a group of residents celebrating the arrival of new supplies. Below, an air view of the tiny island, tukm from a re- FOOD AND FUEL fief plane. (Associated Press Photo American Mining Mvn lrv Kidnaped by M exican Band and Taken Into Mountains LARGE REVENUE Mexico, A el into the mountains of northern Jal- isco State with two American min- ing men, seized in a surprise assault on the Ampara Mining Company’s | office. i The captives are Samuel C. San- | uess, assistant manager of the min- and Paul W. Avery, m(r company, | mining engineer George W. Winter, | American Con- Olson Reports Cash Balance‘qu at Gaudalajara, | has requested | of $7 13.798 at End the Mexican authorities to withhold | pursuit until ransom n.gotmtlcn.s of January (could b undertaen. Receipts totalling more than a quarter of a million dollars were collected by the Territorial Trea: Y urer's Office during January, ac- cording to monthly report of Treasurer ar G. Oilson to the Governor’s Offic The tr ury's net cash balance, 79894, according to the report as compared with balance of | $637,998.36 on December 31, 1935 Recelpts d the month o P)ocessors May Yet Have & Jan VW $253 446.17, while h}-l to Bear Expense of Farm Program, Experts Plan amounted to $177,645.59. | Most of the revenue during the first month of the new year was| derived from the collection of fish| WASHINGTON, Feb, 11. — Tax| pack taxes, with licenses on fish|sources, estimated to provide from ! traps forming another important|$500,000,000 to $900,000,000 annually, item. |are reported to be under considera- tion by Administration experts, who urc seeking revenue to finance the I] PASSENGERS |new farm program and pay old bursement AAA obligations. SEATTLE, Feb. 11.— Motorship | taXes to recover from processors particular fields are re- ccmng attention: Enactment of ex- Northland sailed for Southeast Alas- | ‘D¢ taxes lmmunded under AAA. | Ika at 10 o'clock last night and | i |cise taxes on processing of farm | commodities, to raise about $460,-| |among the passengers are the |UI~\ | |lowing booked for Juneau: 000000 enactment of other taxes raise from $230,000,000 to $250,- 000000 enactment of retroactive | | V. A. Lee, L. R. Pride, Mrs A‘ Seigle, Martin Borleck, Steve Kane, |Glenn Wold, George Lange, F. S. excess profit or special income Rhodes, Anton Hasko, Chris Erick- | son, Dorothy Larsen, Mrs. H C} MEXICO CITY, Feb. llvEm-‘ Rudolph, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Ru-|pioyes of the Southern Pacific Rail- | 1vdolph, Mrs. Don MacKinnon, Mr. way of Mexico sent an ultimatum | |and Mrs. K. Tanura to the company, declaring they | ——,————— | would go on strike February 20, un- BACK TO FAIRBANKS {iess the company agrees to sign a f collective bargaining labor contract | ©. J. Newlin, Fairbanks drug| PREITAR. 5 L AP FUR BUYER HERE Mazer, fur buyer, arrived on| Alaska. | store owner, is a passenger on the Alaska enroute to his home after a| B trip to the States. | the FAIRBANKS MAN IS CHARGED IN SEATTLE COURT |Alleged to Have Driven I Auto Over Embankment, ; Killing One Passenger {ARNE S. ULRICKSON HELD ON 3 COUNTS | Speeding, Reckless Driving and Driving Under Influ- | ence of Liquor Claimed SEATTLE, Feb. 11—Jus- the Peace William Hoar has ordered Arne S. Ulricksen, of Fairbanks, to face a Superior Court jury on an alleged charge of man- slaughter, following a pre- liminary hearing yesterday. Ulrickson is accused of driving an automobile over an embankment on January 12 and killing Victor E. Mickelson, a passenger. The complaint charges Ulrickson with alleged speeding, driving recklessly and driving while under the influence of liquor. MRS. BEHRENDS VERY LOW AS CRISIS NEARS FAMINES GRUW Report from Ketchikan AS COLD RULES " Fiiia S0 Foc i : | monia Has Set In Families Double Up to - R = A R | The condition of Mrs, B. ehr- Sh.LlCh Remalm"g bup- ‘nnds who has been in a serious con- plies—Death Toll 500 |dition in a Ketchikan hospital for the past week, took a turn for the CHICAGO, Feb, 1h—The snow-|Worse today, and she is very low, bound Midwest pl owed through according to a telegram received deep drifts to free itself of threat-|Dere from her son-in-law, Judge J. ened food and fuel famines. F. Mullen. ; The sun reduced the chill some-| Mrs. Behrends was taken ill with what, but thermometers kept flirt- 21 abscossed ear on the northbound ing with zero as the cold wave| !m'mer Northwestern on February continued to hold its grip from the|> 30d was removed to the hospital Rockies. in the first city. Pneumonia has now kuths Pian- the of |5€t In, according to Judge Mullen’s T whves' aitoe” the e |message, and her condition is ex- year reach well bo tice of cut off all contact with the Mary- succession first of t the 500 |tremely critical. Judge and Mrs. Muilen were ac- mark and are increasing daily as| -8 PRSP oo O e T the full extent of the storm over| .. "5 o N at the bedside | the week-end becomes known, Mr, Behrerids, who sotlfhiito Whish: The northern Black Hills of|yne cieamer Alaska north from.Ses %nmh Dakota remained isolated|,iy)o by flying to that pert from Hel- huge drifts. Two mountailen, Montana, was still stormbound Luwn% Marcus and Herford, each|qs Helena when the Alaska safled, with 200 population, are unheard|rhe steamer was delayed two hours from for a week. Twenty men set!is aecommodate Mr. Behrends. qut from Rapid City in ten trucks PR E o break through with food Fuel shortage grew worse in| Burke and Fairfax, South Da 1 so families doubled up to stretch ] the remaining supply as the railroads and highways were dug open | “srray | 1S UNDERTAKEN LlNCOLN’S BlRTHDAY OBSERVED TOMORROW Conference at London Is Specches, special assembiies in| Working on Substitute, i schools, and other programs at - £ civic and club meetings through- Expiring Treaties out the nation tomorrow will mark the 127th anniversary of the birth| AVONDON, Feb. 11—The N“‘h} o Ahtakiats. Tindsln. | Conference, seeking to subsgitul In Juneau, banks and most Fed- |for the expiring. . Winshing i s e ks |London treaties, has worked out a eral and Territorial offices ‘“”‘\JAmum for restriction -on: battles L]o.se in o})senan(-v of the occasion |ships to a maximum of 35,000 tons. Stores will remain open as usual. | yoreement on this program is prob- The Juneau High School Willizpe aythoritative sources said, af- hold an assembly with two stu-| ter Viscount Monsell, Pirst Lord of dents, Howard Jackson and l'dv.ard‘,he British Admiralty, and Norman Bowden, giving talks on Lincoln.| | H. Davis, head of the American dele- | Musical numbers will complete mm““m, undertook strong conciliatory PT‘JHNm |efforts on behalf of the formula. AT o3 SRR | French opposition to large bat- RECORD IN DIVORCES | Uleships is strong but authoritative During the past nine months in|sources said a formula will be word- Ketchikan, suit for 38 divorces.|ed in such a way as to preserve some representing about 50 per cent of|of the French viewpoints while set- the marriages which have taken|ting the battleship maximum at a | place during that period, have been |tonnage favored by the Americans. filed in the office of the Deputy ——————— Clerk of Court. From present indi- SHUCKLIN HERE cations it is possible last April's| Sam Shucklin, wholesale dry record total—43—will be equalled|goods broker, arrived in Juneau and probably exceeded on the Alaska, 1 § H ¥ ST