The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 19, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLVIL.. NO. 7200, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1936. MEMBER OF ALASKA EMPIR ASSOCIATED PRESS * PRICE TEN CENTS HAUPTMANN TO DIE WEEK OF MARCH 30 RESIDENTS FROM 1 DAKOTA TOWNS ARE TAKEN OUT Children, Adults in Isolated Villages Being Rushed to Medical Attention COLD WAVE APPEARS BE MOVING TO EAST| Death and Destruction Ac-| companies Sub-Zero Tem- | perature, Many Places CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 19.—Rescue; expeditions on ski-equipped plzms-s" have been organized in Meade County, So. Dak., where s2ven towns, isolated by terrific cold and heap- ing snow, have called for relief. rhe airplanes have removed adults and children requiring medical at- | tention, and reports today were the towns might have to be entirely evacuated until the cold spell with its 40 below. zero temperatures breaks Four Dead in Illinois Gas and fire perils gave the cold buffeted nation other anxieties to- day. One section of the Utica, N. Y. business district was closed by the Naticnal Guardsmen after an explosion yesterday. Shaken by a ew blast which biew sewer covers 't in the air, Belleville and st St. Louis, I, ens kept windows open despite the cold to ra- duce danger from gas leaksl Four have died and 64 others are the two siricken cities. Five Killed in Ohio ve firemen were kill’d when a fire destroyed a three-story lodge rau in Columbus, Ohio. Eleven we ‘e injured and two k'lled in a fre in a Michigan home and a Chicago man suffocated when an overh:ated e set fire to an apartment Wid-west sub zero belt ap- peared to be warming up today, however, as the record-breaking cold wave moved east, engulfinz all the Atlantic States with the exception of Southern Florida. the Tt FIVE ABOVE RECORDED HERE The Mercury dropp:d again last night to five degrees above zero here. oecording to offic'al reading by U. S. Meteorologist Howard J Thempson. The forecast is for fair weather ton'ght and tomorrow with moderate, easterly winds. It prob- ably will not be as cold ton'ght, the Metecrologist predicts. Tt was 10 below at Petersburg last night. GAS EXPLOSIONS FAMILY OF 18 BARRED FROM CALIFORNIA The W. A. Cramer family of 18 persons from Oklahoma was refused permission to cross the Ari- zona-California border line at Yuma by Los Angeles police stationed to repel ini Here is the family being interviewed by police, who started them on their way back. (Associated Press i Photo) ROOSEVELTTO Stores Are to BE REELECTED, Be Closed on SAYS_MURGAN Neg}aturflay Juneau Manager of Colum-'Practically All Business’ Houses in Juneau to Take Holiday bia Lumber Co. Reports Business on Upgrade That President Roosevelt un- doubtedly will be reelected is the honest opinion of T. A. Morgan, Alaska Manager of the Columbia Lumber Company, who returned on the Victoria from a business trip to the Pacific Northwest. “Naturally, there is some opposi- tion,” he affirmed, “but one must expect that during Presidential campaigns. General business is def- initely on the upgrade and will continue so during the balance of 1936.” Plans to spend approximately $3,- 500 in the immediate improvement of the Juneau Commercial Dock were revealed by Mr. Morgan, who foresees an unprecedented amount of construction work for Juneau, and ior the matter, the entire Terri- ory, during the spring and sum- mer. Mrs. In commemoration of Wushing- ton's Birthday practically all busi- ness houses in Juneau will be closed Saturday, February 22, a survey of the merchants revealed today Scveral years ago, closing on cer- tain national holidays was agreed to by all merchants under a program sponsored by the Alford John Brad- ford Post of the American Legion, and subsequently all Juneau mer- chants have patriotically held to the agreement, Because the holiday falls on Sat- urday this year it is important that housewives and shoppers be a !of this so that buying for the week- end may be done tomorrow and Friday -+ INITIATION TONIGHT AT ELKS LODGE :BEER, LUNCH WILL FOLLOW Morgan, who, with her son Tony,” accompanied Mr. Morgan south, is visiting her parents in Russellville, Arkansas, and will begin 1er homeward trip about March 1. 3he expects to join Mr. Morgan in STOPBUSINESS OF ENTIRE GITY Utica, N. Y., Is Visited by Another Blast—Police Guarding Streets UTICA, N. Y., Feb. 19.—Another blast of iluminating gas today shook the main busines; section and sent manhole covers twenty feet into the air, endangering the lives of a dozen city offizals, in- cludiny Chief of Police Nicholas Doll, who were standing 15 feet away. The new explos'ons occurrzd as caut.ous preparations were being made to permi* a partial resumption of business. All downtown buildings had stood empty since 11 a. m. yesterday, when the first explosion occurred. Chief Doll ordered police and National Guardsmen, who were call- ed out during the night, to drive back the groups of spectators who found their way through the rope lines stretched about the business district. —— e MAY VISIT JUNEAU Herb Coleman and wife, former residents of Juneau, report a thriv- ing business in the Ketchikan dis- trict all- winter and hope to visi' trip in the spring. Juneau on March 15. In the meantime, Mr. Morgan is esiding at the Zynda Hotel FIREMEN DIE UNDER RUINS, 1.0.0.F. HALL Blaze Controlled, Building Crumples—Fire in Sub- Special initiatory services will be held tonight at the Elks lodge when Grand Exalted Ruler's Anniver- class is given antlers. The lo- cal and similar ceremonies through- out the country complimented Jame: T. Ealliman, Grand Exalted Ruler A large class will be taken into the | srder here and following the cere- mony a social hour with dutch lunch {and beer has been arranged | Candidates to be initiated | Leonard Arness, R. G. Darnell, Lu Liston, James Ramsay, Jr. R. F Fiske, Harry Kinney, J. W. Knud- on, W. Harvey F' Louis Kann, alentine Leonoff, Eli Maki, David {Mahlun, B. J. Mullen, John Mec- | Laughlin, Steve Zvukovich, David ichols, Paul Nichols, Harry Sams, Frank Serdar, William Alexander, /M. K. Daniels, Louis Hudson, N. L. | are: Zero Weather Troast, W. A. Manley, J. R. Elliott, COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 19.—Two |William Roberts, A. Stewar(, and firemen were killed, two are miss- |\R. H. Stevenson, who is being initiat- ing and 12 were injured, several|ed on a transfer demit from Anchor- seriously, in a fire that left the Odd age. Fellows Hall in ruins. | Assistant Esquires for the cere- The building crumbled after the ;*mony will be Jo.hn McCormick, A. R. blaze was controlled, burying sev- |Duncan, Bud Carmichael, Tom Pet- eral firemen, Capt. Otto Ignatz was found dead under a pile of bricks and Fireman Herbert Harrington died from in- juries and burns enroute to a hos- pital. The firemen fought the blaze three "hours in sub-zero weather. GUYOT RETURNS Sam Guyot, merchandise broker. returned on the Victoria after a three weeks’ business trip to points south as far as Portland, Oregon. He says he is glad to return to the “Banana Belt” as he has experienc- |two months spent in Seattle. Mrs. tl Juneau on a business and pleasure _d colder weather on his travels than | Young was with her mother during!is returning to his duties at Skag- | Coffee representative, sailed on the trip north. {tich, Mark Storms, John Walmer, |Fred Newman, C. J. Davis, John ! |Reck, Edward Whitesel, Bob Boyd, Al Bucher, William Burke, Frank |Metcalf, Dan Bozman, H. Vander- | Leest, Frank Boyle, Bert Caro, Bob Nevlin, E. E. Ninnis, Chester Zim- \merman, Harry Lucas, George Ben- son and Fred Henning. [ - MRS. YOUNG RETURNS Mrs. Stella Young, secretary to ‘\Ev W. Griffin, Secretary of Alaska, |returned aboard the Victoria after i ents and transients. {behind the SIMMONS TO FLYPATCOTO JUNEAU BASE Gordon Graham and Harold Brown to Be Connect- ed with A. A. T. Pilot Sheldon Simmons of the Aleska Air Transport is now in Seattle and plans to leave there this week for Juneau in a newly and thoroughly overhauled Patco seaplane. Pilot Simmons and Mrs. Simmons flew to Seattle in the Patco several weeks ago, and trav- elled east to Boston while the plane was being overhauled in Seattle. On the return trip Pilot Simmons delivered a Monocoupe two-place plane at Seattle for Adrian Roff of Juneau. Upon his arrival in Juneau, Pilot Simmons will be ready to operate commercially as a charter plane from the same hangar and office as last year Gordon Graham of Mueller-Har- kins, airport operators of Tacoma, will be in charge of the upkeep of the plane from a shop which he will open in the near future on the Juneau Commercial Company’s Dock, and Harold Brown, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, well known in Juneau, has resigned his position with the Standard Oil Com- pany and will shortly join the staff of the Alaska Air Transport, tationed in Juneau Pilot Simmons looks forward to a very busy season for his company this summer, basing his opinion on the number of requests for fly- ing information that he has re- ceived | T. A. Morgan, of the Columbia Lumber Company, who returned to Juneau on the Victoria, stated that he had intended to return to Al- aska from Seattle aboard the Sim- mons plane, but that Simmons was delayed in Seattle awaiting the arrival of additional plane equip- ment WILBUR IRVING TO OPERATE AIR LINE; TO BASE AT JUNEAU Wilbur Irving, former proprietor of the Totem Grocery and later Al- aska Distributor for the Continental Distillers, has purchased a six-place Lockheed plane in Seattle ,and, ac- cording to advices rceived here, ex- pects to arrive in Juneau March 15, where he will enter his plane for commercial charter services. | Irving's Seattle headquarters are at the plant of the Northwest Air Service. | SRk s S BLANCHARD ON VICTORIA Gordon Blanchard of the staff of ‘ he White Pass and Yukon Route the latter’s recent illness in Seattle.|way aboard the Victoria. NEARS:; ITALIANS SPEED ADVANCE Infantry Moves Deeper in Ethiopia — Rome Tightens Defenses | ROME, Feb. 19— Further infantry | penetration of northern Ethiopia | bombs of airplanes is | reported by the Italian infantry | command to Rome | The penetration is regarded as| preliminary to a new major offen- | sive before the advent of the spring | rains, | Ttaly proper sirengthened her own !defense structure through new mil- itary appropriations. The govern- ment also announced that it had received a note from France plac- ling that nation shoulder to shoulder with Great Britain in an agreement for mutual assistance in the Medi- terranean. | Great Britain is also reported to {Be considering needs for increased fational defense, in view of the be- Nief in many quarters that a new armaments race is imminent BLUMENFIELD 1S ACQUITTED OF " LIGGETT DEATH Man Accus;dtf Murder of Militant Publisher Freed by Jury MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 19. Isadore “Kidd Cann” Blumentield was acquitted late yesterday of the first degree murder of Walter Lig- gett, former Alaskan newspaper- man, militant publisher of the Mid- west Arnerican, after three-and-one- half hours’ deliberations. Blumenfield, allegedly associated with the “vice ring” Liggett attack- ed in the issue of his paper preced- ing his death, was brought to trial on the testimony of Mrs. Liggett, who identified him as the man who shot down her husband from a pass- ing car as he alighted from their automobile in an alley adjoining their home. Liggett was to have appeared the day following his slaying before the Minnesota Legislature, to bring charges as to why Gov. Floyd Ol- son, whom he accused of “counte- nancing organized vice,” should be impeached WIDOW’S PLAN FEARS EXPRESSED MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Feb. 19 ~-Giving herself about a month in which to live should she carry on her husband’s crusading newspa- per, Mrs. Edith Liggett dsclosed wday she is leaving Minnesota The widow said she is going east to get a job as soon as possible. She said fear for her childrens’ fu- ture rather than her own personal safety prompted her decision. SINO - FRENCH AIR MALL RUN MEETS DEFEAT Airplane from Shanghai Is| Unable to Leave Can- ton—Heavy Fog | Cleveland convention and will mail | Boeing Airplane 25 | reservation requirement on the next |31% HONGKONG, Feb. 19. — Canton | advices report the first projected air mail flight from China to Eu- rope under a recent Sino-French agreement is said to have ended in failure. The airplane from Shanghai has reached Forbayard by way of Can- ton but was unable to progress further because of fog. MEHERIN GOES WEST J. ‘Meherin, Hills Brothers for | J Seward on the Victoria. FREEZING FAMILIES ARE RESC | Mirs. Sherwood Enters Death Row ) NEW EVIDENCE FAILS TO SHOW IN KIONAP CASE UE. ,When the cameraman snapped Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood with Matron Belle Clark, left, at the door of Sing Sing penitentiary at Os- sining, N. Y., he recorded Mrs. Sh the outside world before entering “death row” to await the electric chair for the “mercy killing” of her infant son. Smith Named Delegate for Tammany Hall v Smith YORK, Feb. has been assured a chance to carry his anti-New Deal fight to the Democratic | 19 1 | National Convention floor. ; s Alfred E. Smith has been designated No. 1 delegate of Tammany Hall. 6.0P.CENERALS CANT SEEM TO GET TOGETHER Committeeman Rasm uson Answers White's Message that He Can’t Be Reached ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 19.— | The longest w around proved the | shortest way to Juneau last night when E. R. Rasmuson, Republican National Committeeman, said he and his wife plan to attend the mail boat. | A message from Cleveland yes- terday said that Republican Terri- | torial Chairman Albert White of Juneau had written the reservation | committee in Cleveland that Ras- | muson was in Anchorage and “it| was impossible to contact him.” An- | chorage has both telegraph and mail | service, Mr. Rasmuson emphasized here today. RGETREREES Theft of Auto At Palmer Solved; Arrest Made PALMER, Alaska, Feb. 19— Deputy United States Marshal John Herman is said te have solved one of the Territory's first automobile thefts. He has arrested John Ueeck on a charge of having stolen a truck belong- to A. A. Shonbeck, Demo- cratic leader. ‘Repriv\'e Cai;s Lindbergh Baby Killer Nothing but Time, Authorities Say 'BRUNO FIRST SLATED TO ‘BURN’ JANUARY 17 \ iReputedt Murderer’s Con- { | fession Involving Others Fails to Materialize Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 19.—Elec- trocution of Bruno Richard Haupt- mann, convicte Lindbergh baby tiller, has been set for the week March 30, The warrant was sighed today by Justice Thomas Irenchard as he sat in a chair in his room where he has been con- fined with illness. Hauptmann originally was sched- ted to die on January 17 but at the last minute he was granted a re- prieve by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of New Jersey, who declared at the time he believed a further .inves- tigation of the case should be made, He said he was satisfied others re involved. Some of this con- ion was based on the stories of Dr. John F. “Jafsie” Condon, go- between in the Lindbergh case, ap- pearing in a national magazine in which Condon stated he knew there were others implicated in the case. Condon Refuses Effort was made to bring Condon back from a cruise he was taking in the Canal Zone but the aged doctor and former star. wit- ness replied that he had told all he 1ew the previous trial. Federal authorities were asked by Gov. Hoffman to aid in the new investigation, but the Government men declined, although the New York Police were again put on the | trail. Samuel Leibowitz, famed New York criminal attorney, moved into the defense row and hinted for a few days that Hauptmann was mak- ing a confession which would in- volve others. This has so far failed to materialize Hoffman on Hot Seat Gov. Hoffman has been severely criticized in man sources for granting Hauptmann the 30-day re- prieve, which actually means vir- tually three months as under New law as it was necessary to re-sentence the convicted Killer. No additional evidence has been brought out in the new investiga- ition which would tend to prove | Hauptmann's innocence or to trace |others who may have helped him in the snatching-of the little son |of Col. and Mrs, Charles A. Lind- |bergh and later murdering the i when fear of apprehension too strong, authorities said Dr, erwood taking her last glance at STOCK PRICES HIT TODAY BY - SELLING WAVE Motors, Rails Hold Up 2 Powers Issues, Others Take Reduction NEW YORK, Feb, 19.—A late sell- ing wave cut into substantial :,';\h\w‘“‘: on the Stock Market and sent shares | became even lower. At the tops were motors fand rails but power issues and steel {company equities sold at reduced prices. Today's lar. closing tone wa irregu- NG PRICES Feo TODAY Closin neau mine ican Can 19'., American Power and Light +, Anaconda 35 ehem Steel 58, Chicago, Milwauke t. Paul and Pacific Railway 2'.. Gene: | Motors 60%, Internat Harvest- | er 67%, Kennecott 38%, United !Swlm Steel Southern Railway | {184, Cities Service 5. Pound $4.99 United Alrcraft | | ‘ CLO NEW YORK quotation of Al stock today 19. 15%, Am | | 1 | le 17 The Lindberghs left this eountry ust before Hauptmann was to die in January and are now living cuietly in Wales with a second son, Jon, against whom threats of kid- naping were made before they left for abroad Only One Hope More Virtually Hauptmann's only hope for further delay of his execution lies in a second reprieve‘and this garded as most unlikely and v. Hoffman has said he will not take such an action until Attorney General Wilentz agrees. Wilentz held the first reprieve was illegal and said at that time he would oppose another D AVERAGES Dow. 153.09, DOW, JONES The followii a Jones averages: Industrials rails 49.63, utilities 31.49 - RICE FINDS NO HOT Lindy Unnoticed in Jaunts Around re today's TIME IN OLD TOWN of Rice and Ahl- ers Compan w on a visit in La Crosse, Wisconsin, reports he is snowbound, with the ‘thermometer 1t 28 below and a Taku blowing.” Mr. ¥ ers in a postcard to Harry on, retary to the Governor t the home town of La Crosse god place to be from.” B. Rice “y - BACK TO KETCHIKAN Mrs. Al McKay returned on the Victoria to Ketchikan after a visit of | one month in Pacific Coast cities. | Mr. McKay operates the McKay Marine Ways in Ketchikan. Phlegm@c Wales CARDIFF, Wales, Feb. 19—Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh is moving about Wales without at- tracting the slightest attention. His first visit to Cardiff was on a | Saturday afternoon, but he passed with his wife and John through the | pushing crowds in the city’s largest store without being recognized. Liridbergh knows this countryside well. In 1933 he stayed with Aubrey Neil Morgan, his wife's brother-in- law and a son of his present host, at St. Brides-super-Ely, a straggling village within sight of the Caerphil- (Coatinued or Page lfievemfi