The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7210. “ALL THE NEWS BETTER TIMES DRIVE CLOSED; "COUNTER' SUNK Winners Will Be Announc- ed as Soon as Horde of Ballots Are Tallied The Better Times Drive is over! But for the counter-upper, it has just begun. The issuing of votes by Better Times Drive merchants stop- ped at midnight Saturday night, and no votes are received at The Daily Alaska Empire campaign edi- tor's desk after noon today, but the best the counter-upper can do is to present today the standings of con- testants to noon Friday. Because of the almost impossible landslide of votes received Saturday, Sunday, and to noon today, Frida® noon standings meen practical,y nothing. While close to 16 million votes were totaled to noon Fr.day. it is believed the twtal camypaign mark will easily exceed 20 mili‘on. Friday's count showed Ruth Lun- dell, No. 1 girl from the start, stili clinging to her position, although hard pressed by Thais Bayers, Elea- nor Gruber climbed into fourth place, behind Bessie Powers, with Anita Garnick fifth. Ida Roller, sixth, and Catherine York, seventh, were the other candidates passing the million mark in total votes cast. “Comedy Relief” Miss York’s campaign managers entertained downtown shoppers with | a bit of Amos and Andy and slap- | stick comedy Saturday night, when they rigged up an old motor car, AGE OF CHIVALRY STILL HERE Donald Weeds, mevie actor, made Sir Walter Raleigh leok like a piker when Hollywoed beulevard was inundated by torrential r: . Unmindful of shees or trousers, he waded right in to rescue Anita Leuise, film actress, when she was stalled in her car. Here's the and, dressed as Amos, Andy, and the Kingfish, Jack Fargher, Wally Pet- erson, and Rodney Darnell, black- face and all, made the rounds, and collected quite a few thousand votes for their fair young maiden. The “fresh-air cab company” attracted throngs wherever it went, and was one of the highlights of the closing days of the campaign. Extra help has been given the counter-upper, in an effort to clear up the mystery of just which five girls are going to make this 20-day tour to Old Mexico. Ballot boxes col- TREASURY TO 'Breckenridge ASK LOAN OF to Enter Ohio OVER BILLION Candidate Sent Him Pe- serves for Relief—Farm, May_Primaries Supplement to Cash Re- Columb us Salesman Says lected at noon today were found jammed to the top, which means that the exact time for announcing the winners cannot be set today. -, U, 8. GIVES UP INTERVENTION | RIGHT.PANAMA “Good Neighbm"" Policy of Bonus Payments Need WASHINGTON, March 2— The Treasury Department today asked the nation for a loan of $1,809,000,000 including an $800,000,000 supplement to its cash reserves for relief, farm and bonus paymenus The government will pay from 1} to 2% percent. Specificaliy, the Treasury Depari- ment asks for $1,250,000,000 cash, but of this amount $450,000,000 is in- tended for use in repayment of short term loans due March 16. In addition, new securities will be offered in exchange for $559,000,000 | Roosevelt Extended— in notes maturing April 15. Offerings titions for Circulatica COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 2.— Henry Breckenridge, of New York, attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, is prepared to enter Ohio’s presi- dential primary May 12. O. A. Weinman, Columbus sales- man, said Breckenridge, who is a Democrat, sent him petitions for cir- culation to qualify on the ballot The primary except to indicate a candidate’s pop- ularity. In New York Breckenridge did not comment. “WILL GET LICKED is of little importance JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY. MARCH 2, 1936, ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE " PRICE TEN CENTS MARY JOYCE IS REPORTED Dog Musher Arrives at [an- ana Crossing—Cros- son Makes Flight WHITEHORSE, Y. T., March 2.—Mary Joyce remained at Tanana Crossing today while she considered the report the Fair- banks Ice Carnival Committee will send a plane to take her there to compete as Miss Juneau for the title of Miss Alaska. i Mary Joyce, dog mushing from’ her Taku River Lodge to Fairbanks,, satch received by The Empire from Fairbanks. | Saturday afternoon Pilot Joe Cros- {son, when weather prevented him from flying to Juneau from White- “iorse, took off for Fairbanks to lo- 'ate Miss Joyce who was several| lays overdue at Tanana Crossing | from Burwash Landing. Miss Joyce vill next take the trail for Fair- banks. H Crosson landed at Tetlin and was | told Miss Joyce had left there for Tanana Crossing. Crosson took the air again and sighted Miss Joyce hitting the trail with her dogs and | guide and estimated that she should ' |reach Tanana Crossing Sunday, which, according to the Associated Press dispatch, she did. Crosson, with co-pilot Walter Hall, | T0 BE SAFE% arrived at Tanana Crossing ‘Sunday, | according to an Associated Press dis- | White House Covered with W hite Mantle o the White House. The storm closed schools, blocked roads and even ciated Press Photo) JUSTICE DEPT. Miss Seppala arrived at Fairbanks Saturday night |from Spokane via Prince George, Whitehorse and Tetlin. The actual i flying time was 11 hours. A PLANE FROM FATRBANKS A PAA Lockheed Electra, piloted \by W. J. Barrows, left Fairbanks for Whitehorse today, enroute to |Juneau to meet L. S. Peck, Vice | President and General Manager of {the PAA, who will arrive on the Al- |aska tomorrow, accompanied by Rob- lert Gleason, PAA superintendent of communications, and NBC radio technicians. The plane will be installed with equipment for broadcasts in various parts of Alaska, instead of the plane !flown by Crosson as, previously re- | ported. —————— REPORT THEFT "IN LINDBEREH *KIDNAP CASE i[mp«::rlant Papers Taken | from Brother of Mrs. MAIL CARRIERS 'TO CLEAR AIR s ChosentoBe Miss Fairhanks Report Says Companies‘Daughter o;if‘:amous Win- Highest Dam in World Be- Cancelled by Farley Held | Be Not Law Violators 2 ner, Dog Derbies, Hon- ored for Carnival FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 2 Miss Sigrid Seppala has won the title of Miss Fairbanks, getting 150,000 votes compared to 90,000 by Miss Adriana Black, her nearest com- NEW YORK, March ‘The New York Sun, in a special dispatch from Washington, says the Department of Justice, is prepared to report to President Roosevelt, officially clear- 3 7 e ¥ 5 The heaviest snow in Washington in more than a decade produced this white scene at the rear of sent the senate home early. (Asso: BOULDER DAM IS TAKEN OVER _ BYGOVERNMEN comes F(‘(]f'l'fll Pl'opf‘l'ly Power This Summer BOULDER CITY, 2.—The day sir over Nevada, night terminated the contract ever made, taking the Boulder Dam from March Federal Government Satur- Gasa secured the assistance of the largest gasboat Nip and Tuck and started LAGASA, SISTER SAVED BUT LOSE BOAT AALASKAN SINKS AFTER BREAKING HER TAILSHAFT vaners Mark:,éafety After Three-Hour Battle with One Oar in Heavy Sea | TALLAPGOSA BRINGS ILL-FATED PAIR HERE Captain and Sister Report- . ed to Have Lost All in 3 Sinking of Gasboat Capt gasboy A. LaGasa., owner of the Alaskan, and his sister, Lois . who rowed ashore at Taku Harbor in a Miff from the Alaskan | when it was apparently in a sinking condition in Stephens Passage, ar- rived here aboard the U. S. Coast |Guard cutter Tallapoosa last night. | A thorough search of the entire dis- trict by the Tallapoosa Saturday Inight and Sunday failed to disclose any evidence of the Alaskan, and it is the opinion of both Capt. LaGasa and Lieut. Miles Imlay of the Talla- poosa, that the gasboat unquestion- ably sank to the bottom of Stephens Passage. At about 1 o'clock Saturday after- noon while in the middle of Stephens Passage near Limestone Inlet, the tail-shaft of the Alaskan crystal- ized and broke allowing sea water to enter the vessel through the stern tube. Efforts to plug the stern tube proved unavailing and the broken “shaft knocked out the packing When water in the bilges of the Alaskan had reached a depth of two feet, Capt. Lagasa launched his skiff, breaking an oarlock and losing 1 oar due to the bounding of the heavy seas, and with one oar pad- dled himself and his sister to safety after a three-hour baitle with the waves. Upon reaching Harbor La- for Juneau. In the meanwhile the six ' Alaskan had been driven by prevail- Treaty Is Signed for the usual quarterly financ !u-idge. member of the American Lib- some date In the middle of Mascn,|€TtY League, A 0T O Dt 10t WASHINGTON, March 2. — In mpe pet proceeds combined with ! tN€ Presidential ring in Ohio, caused pursuance of President Roosevelt’s peqyy income tax payments are ex- | Sepator Pat Harrison, Democrat of “good neighbor” policy, the United pected to give the Treasury a work- Misgsissippi, to say: “He is little States has agreed to abandon the ing cash balance weH in excess of KHOWN but it will be a good thing for right of intervention in Panama. | two billion dollars. |somebody to get out to get badly In a treaty signed, the United| The borrowings will lift the gross |'icked then we will see just how pop- PORTLAND, Oregon, March 2.—A second blood transfusion Sunday strengthened Lou Ann Markle, Anchorage girl, receiv- ing treatment for a bone infec- tion at the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. Patrolman Fred A. West donated a pint of bloed. The first blood transfus- ion several days ago did much to remedy the anaemic condi- ticn of the girl's biood. The first transfussion was also donated by a patrolman, Gillis Spivey. MRS. GEORGE LINGO States gave up the intervention national debt to $31,300,000,000, the War the President is. right, held since the construction largest in our history. BT, 1 S of the Panama Canal began to! (SRR S I ! “maintain order in cities of the| Second '.3'“" i | Transfusion for thereto, in case Panama should not | be able, in the judgment of the| United States, to maintain order,"i ToM MUONEY HOLDS DELUXE | {Former Civil Service Com- LINEH IN PnBT} mussioner Testifies He . | Knew Who Did Job S. S. California’s Seamen Demand West Coast Panama-Colon territories, adjacent An b l | Anchorage Girl CREW WALKOUT J IS INNOCENT Scale of Wages 1 | | | SAN FRANCISCO, March. 2. — | A surprise witness, George Grim- {mer of Los Angeles, once President | |of the Civil Service Commission [ there. at the Mooney Habeas.cor-| HONGRED AT PARTY SAN PEDRO, March 2.—The 33,000 pus hearing, today declared Moo- ton liner California was held at her | ney is innocent of the Prepared-| Honoring Mrs. George A. Lingo, dock today by a strike of 404 mem- | ness Day bombing because “he knew | now visiting here from Anchorage, pers of her crew. {the man who did the job.” Mrs. Gertrude Naylor entertained The crew's spokesman said they | The man, Joe Daugherty, of Am-|Saturday afternoon at a bridge were demanding west coast scale of | arillo, Texas, is now dead, Grim-|luncheon at her Juneau home. wages instead of the east coast scale, | mer declared. | Seven tables were in play, Mrs. under which they are now paid. The Grimmer testified that Daugh- | Elizabeth Parker and Mrs. R. H. west coast scale is approximately five | erty, a strike breaker in the 1907 | Williams being awarded the prizes. dollars per month higher. | street railway strike, told him he|A special guest prize was awarded Over 400 passengers are aboard | was going to Chicago for the United Mrs. Lingo. the boat. Railroads in 1920 but was afraid Mrs. Lingo, who expects to leave 3 ———,— — “they wanted to bump me off.” on the Alaska tomorrow for her The average member of the 1936| Grimmer said Daugherty -was| home, has been the guest of hopor Kentucky general assembly is a 46- | found decapitated several months |at several other social affairs while 'here. year-old lawyer. later in a Chicago alley. will be made to the money market |2POUncement that Col. Brecken- | WASHINGTON, March 2.— Tlle; Lindbergh Havard ’ TRENTON, N. J., March 2.—Theft |of certain papers from the rooms of | Dwight Morrow, Jr., brother of Mrs, | Charles A. Lindbergh, was reported \from reliable sources today. It was said the theft would be the possible | ywpic of discussion at a scheduled | meeting of three New Jersey offi- cials. Whether any importance at- tached to the papers authorities did not say. Morrow himself reported the loss to Colonel Schwarzkopf, Super- intendent of state police. The papers disappeared from the living quarters of Morrow's rooming | house at Cambridge, Mass., where he is a graduate student at Harvard. | It was said one of the papers con- | tained an itinerary of his mother | who is traveling in Europe, Supporters of Gov. Hoffman said | he heard a resolution would be in- ing air mail companies of civil and criminal liabilities in connection with contracts negotiated during the Hoover Administration and cancel- led by Postmaster James A. Farley in 1934. The Sun said it understood the re- port confined itself to legal ques- tions. While it takes notice of cer- tain “irregularitie: in negotiation for air mail contracts, it reaches the conclusion there was no transgres- sion of law by any parties concerned - - STEEL STOCKS ' PUSH UPWARD, petitor. Miss Seppala is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonhard Seppala. Her father is the famous Alaska musher and winner of many dog derbies. She is a blonde ana will compete next Thursday with other queens of the ice carnival for the title of Miss Alaska Miss Seppala is a student of the University of Alaska. She has lived in Nome most of her life —————— Crisis Passed_; Gountess Is on 'SUPREME COURT | territory Road to Recovery Woolworth Heiress Kallies After Two Major Oper- TRADING TODAY Some Issues Reach New Highs for Past Five ations — Son Is Well Years—Others Up | | LONDON, March 2— Countess NEW YORK, March 2—Leading|Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Revent- steel stocks pushed into new high low, the Woolworth heiress and one today for the past five|of the wealthiest women in the world, years. Farm machinery, motors,| has rallied and the crisis has passed sugar and specialty issues also dis-|after the birth of her child and a played strength. |second operation, according to an Trading was active and transfers announcement made this morning about 1,900,000 shares. Four physicians labored Saturday night to save her life. She survived % v two operations, the Caesarian deliv- + OR | OLOSING' FPRICES TADAY. || ery?df hei* aom 1ast Tuesday and an- NEW YORK, March 2.—ClosINg other for relief of an abdominal ob- UPHOLDS TAXES ~ OF WASHINGTON | quotation of Ala: ka Juneau mine, stock today is 15%. American Can| |125%%, American Power and Light| 9%, Anaconda 35%, Bethlehem | | Steel 59, Curtiss-Wright 6%, Chi-| | cago, Milwalkee, St. Paul and Pa-, cific Railroad 2%, General Motors 160%, International Harvester 69, | Kennecott 37', United States Steel 165%, Southern Railway 187, Cities Service 5%, Pound $499':, Blaw {Knox Steel 19%, Boeing Airplane 23%, United Aircraft 287: troduced in the New Jersey Legisla- ture calling for legislative investi- gation into the conduct of the state police. CHINA CLIPPER MAKES FLIGHT Second Trip from Alameda to Manila Delayed ! by Weather MANILA, March 2.—The Chnul Clipper arrived at 4:31 o'clock Sun-| day afternoon, completing the sec- ond westward 8,000-mile flight from Alameda, California, in a total fly- ing time of 69 hours and 12 min- utes, 9 hours and 14 minutes slow- er than on the first flight last|59, sister of Dowager Queen Marie November. Bad weather during the|of Rumanid, died today following a flight was the cause of the delay stroke of apoplexy. DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today's Dow,| |Jones averages: Industrials 154.08, rails 49.22, utilities 32.50 ISDEAD AMORBACH, Germany, March 2 Grand Duchess Cyril, of Russia, aged struction last Thursday. Saturday night the physicians is- sued a bulletin that the condition of the Countess was slightly improv- ed and the crisis would pass Sunday. The staff of doctors includes Lord Horder, Physician-in-ordinary to King Edward VIII. The baby son of the countess con- tinues to do well. e OIL EMBARGO GENEVA, March 2.—Great Brit- ain has offered to place an oil em- bargo against Italy provided all other members of the League of Na- tons will do the same. The League’s Council of Thirteen has been ordered to discuss the pos- sibility of conciliating the TItaly- | Ethiopian war. } .- - | Japan’s six great cities are Tokyo, 10saka. Nagoya, Kyoto, Kobe and xYnkmmma. in that order. companies which moved out with ng southeast winds straight up the final payment totalling $54,500,000 channel toward Juneau, and was on engineering’s greatest structure, sighted near Circle Point with her the highest dam in the world at- decks awash. The Nip and Tuck at- tached to power housgs | tempted to tow the Alaskan to safety There is yet plenty work to be at Slocum Inlet but was unable to done before the $165,000,000 Boulder move the water-logged vessel. Canyon project will be completed Tally To Help and the Colorado River controlled, Upon arriving at Juneau at 10:40 which means that the menace of p.m. Saturday night aboard the Nip flood in Southern California and Im- and Tuck, LaGasa requested assist- perial Valley will be wiped out ,ance of the Tallapoosa. The Coast The elec power phase of the Guard cutter left Juneau about an project. which will repay the govern- hour later. Lieut. Miles Imlay, com- ment for its investment, will be mander of the Tallapoosa. stated turned on some time this summer. | that he expected to find the Alaskan in the neighborhood of Point Bishop, but that no sign of the gashoat was observed. The Tallapoosa searched the coast of the mainland as far as | Cooper Point, crossed to Circle point ‘and continued the search to Taku Harbor, arriving there at 4 a.m. Sun- day. Visibility was very poor, Lieut. Imlay said, so the Tallapoosa re- mained at Taku Harbor until about 8:30 am. when the search was re- sumed, although a strong wind made |close approach to the shore-line ex- Supreme Court today held the!tremely haardous. A thorough search Washington State Occupational of the entire area failed to disclose Business Tax to be constitutional. |any further evidence of the Alaskan, Justice Brandeis delivered the| Lose Personal Effects affirming the| L‘:’s L:G;Nl: boarded the Talla~ ate Supreme Court decision ho]d-‘-l:f;:m; s ;;nz;":f"y::;“;‘z ing it constitutional ibrothpr aboard the Coast Guard ves- The Great Northern, Northern|sel yesterday afternoom. All the per- Pacific, and Pacific Telephone anu!;*m‘a' :'“‘ffls 0{ both LaGasa'and 43 i " | his sister were lost in the wreck of relephting } Qompsaite; han’ chal-| g dinskay, which et SR home. |Last night Miss LaGasa was the terstate comrmerce, on the ground |guest of Mrs. George Anderson, and that interstate business couldn't be | Capt. LaGasa spent the night aboard kept separate trom the business D€ Basboat Yakobi, owned by Capt. within the state. r‘;:" Smith. Washingwon tax officials said r;|(-xm['°("'; \i:‘;:‘a‘nfg:“m'"'ed b the tax meant about $2000000. The | "0 ¢ ship accomplished by biennium tax imposed 1 1-2 per cent oot I rowing several miles to - s ks . |safety with one oar through high gross receipts on lmxmum and 3| 0. and & 'strong: wind J telephone companies. J pe;r:::u:x); ihe Tiairioe Caia On February 15 the Alaskan and Court had held the act to be void. | ¢ Ta/lapoosa went to Taku Harbor on an emergency trip to provide WASHINGTON. March 2 The unanimous opinion, lenged the Act as a burden upon in- % Pt | transportation for several travellers Coach Ruble, | from Tulsequah, who had been ma- . rooned at th omcer Junge, | e mouth of the Taku river. The two vessels cooperated in removing Mrs. George Bacon, in need of medical attention, Joe Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lingard and their two sons, from ice at the mouth of the Taku River to Ju< Have Reunion Wesley Ruble, Skagway teacher and coach of the Skagway High School basket ball team, was a boy- hood Iriend of Police Officer Ken- |neau. neth Junge in Eastern Washing- . ton. Since 1918, Offic# Junge said, ' RIFLE SHOOT HELD the two men have passed and re passed each other in Alaskan Terri- tory, but failed to meet until last Friday night, when a reunion was held here, A rifle shoot held in Anchorage ast week by the Anchorage Rifle Club was won by Earl Olmstead, with a score of 192 out of 200. Dean Dil~ lon was sécond with 181.