The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7234, JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ PRICE TEN CENT, GERMANS SPY ON FRENCH FRONTIER HOFFMAN KEEPS UP B PARDONS COURT IS CALLED T0 MEET MONDAY New Jersey Executive Asks‘ Consideration Clem- ency Plea { | Colonists of Matanuska Raise $51, Flood Drive SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 28.—Colonists of the Matanuska Valey contributed $51 to the Valley contribzted $51 to the Eastern flood suffers, Red Cross officials anncunce. When the appeal for funds was broadcast, the Colonists collected the sum quickly and forwarded it to the coast head- quarters of the Red Cross, Alaska points are all | \ | | over | HOST TOBETTER TIMES WINNERS “Alaska Nuggets” Today Enjoying San Francisco —Start Home Sunday SAN FRANCISC?), Cal., March CHIN ATUWN |s Ford Predicts Machine A ge Will Wrest Control From Financiers; Industry Moves | WAYS, Georgia, March 28.—Hen- ry Ford, combining a winter vaea- mobile motor, predicted that the machine age eventually “will take control of the world from financ- iers.” The manufacturer said that the tion with research on a new auto-| RISING RIVERS KEEP UP DRIVE AGAINST HOMES Hhundreds | of Banibies Ave come to individuals machinery. Transportation will figure largely | in the future, Ford said, with pres- ent-day development of the auto- FOI‘CCd to flee Early mobile and airplane “just begin- ning.” He declared that industry| ThlS Mornmg | is going into the country, and that ‘ NEW SECTWS ARE who develog RUNO FIGHT To%VedTobs;cc;Heir NAZI ARCRAFT OBSERVED OVER FORTIFICATIONS Wide Section Eastern Fron- tier Closed—Air Min- istry Acts PREVIOUS APPEAL {28—The seven “Alaska Nuggets,” the quota. >, — | togther with other Better Times changed order would end the abil- | ing school in this rural community | ity of the wealthy to “rule the uni- | to further his idea of correlating | HAD BEEN DENIED! Secretary of Interior Ickes! Is Also Drawn Into Case I TRENTON, N. J., March 28.——1 Pushing his effort to halt Bruno| Hauptmann's execution until the | case is solved to his satisfaction, Gov. Harold G .Hoffman today| STOCK PRICES RECOVER FROM RECENT LAPSE winners from Washington and Ore- {gon, are today enjoying the scenic !wonders of the famous Bay City, !with a trip to Chinatown in the ‘offing for tonight. Early this morning the Southern: Pacific “The Lark” arrived the Third and Townsend street station and the girls started train =0 im- verse,” and that independence will { he has established a manual train- NOW BEING FLOODED | industry and agriculture. JAPANESE IN ANOTHER MOVE INTO RUSSIA Moderate Selling at Short called upon the Court of Pardons | mediately on a 30-mile tour of the| surrounding area, which included | Refugee List Increases to) 464,000—Relief Fund Appeal Made CHICAGO, Ill,, March 28.—Rising rivers drove scores of families from Mayors Reufiest ' SWIFT PLANES TO ‘ PURSUE INVADERS One ProtesTls Made by France—Receives Re- ply from Reich PARIS, March 28—A wide re- Hopkins' Aid in p - | their homes this forenoon in the| lower Ohio River Valley and in Rellef Prflhlem‘o:her southern points. | Approximately 100 families evac-| SR | uated their homes in Pope County, to meet Monday morning to con-| sider the condemned man’s new clemency plea Hauptmann, charged with scheduled to die at 8 o'clock Tues- day evening The mercy court turned down a previous appeal but Hauptmann's counsel says he is possessed of new evidence warranting & new trial. Meanwhile, the Governor is seek- ing legal advice giving him power | the! Lindbergh baby kidnap-murder, is| Session—Monetary Situation NEW YORK, March 28—Scat- tered shares recovered during the short session of the Stock Exchange today and this in the face of fur- ther foreign monetary unsettle- | ment. There was moderate selling in several sections of the list. Today's close was irregular with transfers totalling only about 700,000 shares. | | to issue a second reprieve, despite a view of the two famous bridges now under construction, a visit to Golden Gate Park, and luncheon at the popular Lido’s where a floor show and orchestra entertained. Late this afternoon the party was taken to the William Taylor Hotel, its headquarters while in San Fran- cisco, to dine before starting on the| memorable Chinatown tour. Leave Tomorrow The party leaves San Prancisco enroute to Seattle at 6 tomorrow the reiterated opinion of Attorney CLOSING PRICES TODAY ©'ening Three Alleged Invaders Killed in Clash with Soviet Guards MOSCOW, March 28.—Soviet ad- vices early today reported Japan- | | | ision into Soviet Far Eastern terri- tory, and that three alleged invad- ers were killed in a clash with Rus- sian border guards. ese cavalrymen made a new incur-| Messages Sent Hopkins and Dimond Urging Federal Help Be Continued In an effort to get Federal relief continued for a few weeks at least until some other arrange- ment can be worked out by muni- cipal and other authorities, Mayor 1. Goldstein of Juneau and A. E Goetz of Douglas last night sent M. Stomanyakoff, Soviet Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs, im- | | | | the following message to Harry L | Hopkins, Federal Relief Admir here, | Tllinois. | Thousands of acres along the/ Tennessee River are flooded to the! highest levels in four years. There are prospects that the Cumberland River will also over flow, driving scores of familie: from their homes. ! The upper Mississippi River is slowly swelling and lifting the ice; in various sections. One huge ice field swept away the 3$96-foot pon- toon bridge at Reads' Landing, Min- nesota $ | | gion of France's eastern frontier has been closed by the Air Minis- try to all planes except military craft on official trips. It is announced the edict is the |result of “aerial indiscretions” by foreign planes. A special air police force has been created to pursue any foreign plan- es crossing the border illegally, as a warning that aerial spying on for- tifications is not tolerated. Auth- orized planes must follow desig- nated channels. The Ministry’'s announcement said it was “regrettable that Ger- many is unwilling to follow dec- isions of the International Conven- tion for insignia of airplanes and indiscriminately uses the hooked Gretchen Uppercu Miss Gretchen Uppercu, socially rominent daughter of Mr. and Mrs. f, M. Uppercu, of Rumson, N. J., is to wed George W. Hill, Jr., son of the chairman of the board of the American Tobacco Company. An- nouncement of the engagement was made recently, NEW APPEAL IS oross on military and touring craft.” General David T. Wilentz that no such authority exists. | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Appexis to Ickes |stock today is 15, American Can Gov. Hoffman has asked Secre-|119, American Power and Light tary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes 1. Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem to permit Arch Loney, PWA wood | Steel, no sale; Curtiss-Wright 7%, tester, to continue his investiga-'Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and tions of the Lindbergh case. | Pacific Railroad 2%, General Mot- Ickes said leave would be given ors 66, International Harvester 83'%, if Loney asked for it | Kennecott 37%, United States Steel Wilentz today reiterated that| 637, Cities Service 5%, Boeing Air- Hauptmann was “as guilty today ! plane 22%, United Aircraft 20%. as the day he was convicted.” | He declined to publicize his stand DOW, JONES AVERAGES regarding another gubernatorial re-| The following are today's Dow, prieve and quoted the findings of | Jones averages: Industrials, 155.54; NEW YGORK, ch 28—Ciosing ‘NUGGETS" POPULAR According to disp2icnes from tour conductors, the ‘“Alaska Nuggets”| are not only the hit of the tour, but| japanese Government rejected a also represent the largest single con- | Soviet suggestion for appointment tingent of the entire party. “Seven of a mixed commission to probe winners are making the trip from causes of disputes along the entire Juneau, while Ellensburg, Wash- |Soviet Manchukuan border. ington, is second, with six,” explain | e —— tour conductors. “However, the El- lensburg group represents winners | RElew BOA Rn ritory to Japanese Tamekichi Ota. Reports of the encounter which occured yesterday, came after the Ambassador from all over theé county of Kittitas, | which includes several communit- ies.” Juneau Should Be Proud Consensus of opinion, as expres- | | [ alleged aggression on Soviet ter-| trator. Similar message was sent | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, urg- ing his support in the matter “Relief work stoppage has prec- ipitated extremely grave situation here. Hundreds of people' unemploy- |ed, with absolutely no prospects of | private work for several weeks, win- | ter weather conditions still prevail- ing. Large percentage destitute are | recent arrivals from States. Our | communities are able and willing to take care of normal relief obliga- {tions but finances wholly inade- |quate to care for great influx of newcomers the past year. Municip- alities have strained borrowing ab- JFFERING INCREAS MORE FUNDS ARE NEEDED WASHINGTON, March 28-—Suf- fering in the flooded sections is on the increase and Red Cross headquarter: wamped with pleas for urgent assistance. Early in the flood period, it was estimated that only about 200,000 perscns were homeless and in dire need. This increased to 250,000, then 300.000, then 370,000 and has | how reached 464,000 refugees in the | Eastern sections To Photograph Planes | { vlchMs IN EAST‘ Swift French planes will pursue and photograph suspected craft to | obtain proof for diplomatic protest. Juneau Continuing Drive! “an eartier French protest that | two German planes flew low over Few Days—Complete Re- ! fortifications brought a Reich reply port Expected Soon | that the cratt were student planes carrying no photographic equip- In response to further sppeal ment. from Red Cross leaders in the Sta- | T oowigeille eyt tes, the Juneau district Red Cross | is continuing its campaign for A‘SENATOR BUHAH few more days. The original quota, of | $400 has been almost doubled, and it is expected it will go over that the Court of Errors and Appeals in]rails. 47.16; utilities, 31.87 his formal statement. | — oo ENGAGEMENT 1S ANNOUNCED ATTEA TODAY Margaret Robinson, Ernest L. Smith Are to Wed Easter Sunday Announcing the engagement of Miss Margaret Robinson to Ernest L. Smith, a charming tea was giv- en this afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Walter G. Hellan. Aileen and Colleen, ten-year-old twins of Mr. and Mrs. Hellan, who were dressed as bride and groom, .o HALEY TRANSFERRED TO CRAIG DISTRICT Donald 8. Haley, Warden for the Bureau of Fisheries, is being trans- fered from the Juneau office to the west coast of Prince of Wales Is- land with headquarters at Craig, ac- cording to' word received by him here from Alaska Agent L. G. Win- gard in Seattle. Warden Haley, who returned last night from Pavlof Harbor fish ladder construction work with Assistant Agent Ferd Lucas, expects to return to Pavlof the first of the week and after com- pletion of the work there which is expected to take about a month, he will go to Sitka on seal patrol and thence to his new station at Craig. Under the new setup Haley will be at Craig in the summer and in the Seattle office in the winter months. The Warden will have the vessel Auklet in the West Coast district with Capt. L. J. Collins in command. RSB sed in mesages to the Daily Alaska Empire, which in cooperation with Juneau merchants sponsored the campaign, is that “Juneau should be proud of the honors heaped up- | on her attractive Good Will ambas- sa-dears, as a result of the publicity created by them.” Of the Better Times girls, sev- enteen are classified as blonds, four as strawberry blondes and seven- teen brunettes, while the balance describe themselves as “medium.” Six are college students or have at- tended college, and all who are not at present students are high sshool graduates. Smiles from Alaska Seven smiles from Alaska! That's what - greeted readers of Seattle's Sunday papers last week, when Ju- neau’s Better Times girls arrived in the Queen City before beginning the Mexico Tour they are now en- joying. In the Post-Intelligencer Sunday paper of March 22, pictures of the Juneau winners stretched across the four top columns of the newspaper, under the caption, “Alaska Charmers Pause Here.” gave out the announcement of the SGOUT TROOPS Committee Meets in Both Channel Cities Yesterday —Youngsters Apply | Meeting in Juneau yesterday af- ternoon and in Douglas in the ev- ening, the Boy Scout Board of Re- view, under chairmanship of H. L. Redlingshafer, completed examina- tion of scouts applying for promo- tion in rank . cation: Trop 611 (Firemen): First Class Rank, Mirchell Daniloff; Second Class Rank, Harry Watkins, Irving Lowell, Vern Hussey, Tom Osborne, Jasper Tyler, Wesley Seelye. Troop 612 (Norlitemen): Second Class, Jack Glasse, Ken Bruner Hallie Rice, Jim Glasse, Bobby Scott. Troop 613 (Legion): Merit Badg- es, Keith Petrich and Lee Lucas, | ility to finance PWA projects and Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Na- figuyre when complete returns from | ! tional Red Cross Chairman, is in The following scouts made npph-' FERA cooperative projects. Must il have Federal assistance continued ¢ field taking charge of relief few weeks to prevent actual suf- Oprations. - e aguin | wiges. S fering. Immediate action impera- people of lhe_nsuon for further tive. Respectfully urge your nssis-"e“fi contributions. tance.” R <SR Another meeting of City and Fed- eral authorities and representatives Nfl cuLuNELs 3 \of various civic organizations has been called for Tuesday to go fur- | ther into the matter which was dis- Attorney General Gives Opinion—17,000 Per- sons Lose Honor | | ‘cussed at a session yesterday after- | |non in the City Hall. A committee composed of Norman Banfield, B |M. Behrends, Mayor Goldstein, Harry Watson, Mrs. James Chase, | Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne and Capt. |R. B. Lesher has been named to | bring suggestions at the Tuesday | meeting | | | | i | —————— FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 128.—The title “Colonel” has passed PIONEER DIES separated 17,000 persons in all parts 'Rampart Uidtimer, Flown [ of the world from the title. The Attorney General's informal opinion is that “no person has a all points by the first week, Red Cross authorities here said. i “We are continuing the campaign ' a few more days,” B. D. Stewart,| drive chairman, said today. “The re- sponse has been splendid and I feel satisfied we will have a good report | when all the returns are in. How- | ever, we do not wish to interfere in | any way with any other relief ac- tivities that may be going on in the community.” i A message from A. L. Schaeffer, Red Cross head in San Francisco, | to B. M. Behrends, Juneau Chair- | man, points out that the need is still great. Mr. Schaeffer radioed: “National Red Cross is now ald- ing 464,000 flood refugees in east- ern states. Second inundation of up- | per Ohio Valley creating large in- crease in number of refugees. Wal-{ er tanks being shipped by train from Pittsburgh to North Vander-! grift, Pa., where water supply is exhausted. One hundred Red Cross | nurses concentrated at Springfield, | Mass., and 21 at Hartford, Conn. “Three more disaster relief work- ers have been summoned from the ‘Bank_nf ENTERS OREGON PRES. PRIMARY Announcement Is Officially Made — No Speak- ing Campaign WASHINGTON, March 28—Unit- ed States Senator William E. Borah announced here today that he is entering the Oregon primary for the Republican Presidential nom- ination, seeking the state’s ten dele- gates. The primary is on May 15. Senator Borah said he would be unable to go to Oregon and make a speaking campaign. -es — France Raises Discount engagement to fifty intimate friends of the engaged couple. 1 The Mesdames F. L. Laughlin and W. J. Reck poured at a table beautifully appointed with a lace table cloth and daffodils. Miss Robinson is the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Walter Robinson, who are now in the south where Mrs. Robinson is receiving medical attention. Mr. Smith, an Alaska Juneau employee, came to Juneau recently from Eugene, Oregon. The couple plan to be married in Trinity Cathedral Easter Sun- day. -ee PASSENGERS WHO MISSED ESTEBETH TAKE PATCO PLANE Gust George and John Illin, who engaged passage for Chichagof on the Estebeth and were left behind when the motorship sailed last Wednesday evening, and S. B. Wol- verton, were passengers to Chicha- TOASTMASTERS’ CLUB TO ELECT OFFICERS A meeting of the Toastmasters Club will be held in the parlors of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church tomorrow night at 6 o'clock. At the business meeting a nom-| inating committee will submit names of the election of officers| for the ensuing year. After the meeting a social hour will be held. Those on the nominating com- mitee are Dean Williams, Jean Taylor, and Hany Lucas, Jr — .- TOULSON SAILS i SOUTH | —_—— | Jack Toulson, pianist, who wasf called to Vancouver by the illi health of his father, sailed for| Seattle on the Northland. ! s o — | HERRONS ARRIVE | | Ed Herron arrived here on the| Northland with his bride whom hel married in Philadelphia a short time ago. Mr. Herron, who is a The seven girls, Esther Davis, Thais Bayers, Catherine York, Ruth Lun- dell, Eleanor Gruber, Ida Roller, and Elisabeth Kaser, dressed in their prettiest, seemed mighty proud of their Juneau, Alaska pennants, which were prominently displayed in the picture. The Seattle Sunday Times, of the same date, also carried pictures of two winners, with a flowery story of the success of the Juneau cam- paign which resulted in seven win- ners. In speaking of the contest, the Times said, “So much mer- chandise was sold and so many votes cast that seven beauty queens were selected instead of ome.” Alleged Auto Thief Bound Over, Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 28. —Fred Glass has been bound over to the grand jury on a charge that is rare in the Territory of Alaska, namely, automobile theft. Glass is accused of entering Cecil Wells’ garage and taking the auto- gof today aboard the Alaska Air|mine employee, took a month’s va-| mobile. Wells testified he chased Transport Patco seaplane, piloted!cation and will now resume his Glass and the latter ran the car by Sheldon Simmons. work here. into a ditch . to Fairbanks, Passes Away, Hospital for pathfinding and personal health. | Douglas Troop (Eagles): Albert | Savikko, Dan Krsul, Francis Doo- | san, Gordon Wahto, Henry Cashen,| FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 28. Frank Cashen, Roy Brown. | —~Charles B. Allen, aged 78, brought The Board was composed of the | here by plane from Rampart en- following members: H. L. Redling- |route to the Pioneers’ Home at Sit- shafer, Capt. John Clark, Dr. W. M. (ka, was taken ill and died in the right now to be designated a Ken- | tucky Colonel, either in Kentucky or elsewhere.” e JUNEAU-YOUNG HEAD Pacific area, being ordered to Springfield. This makes six called | from the Coast to help rehabilitate stricken districts | “Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Na- tional Red Cross Chairman, who is in the field taking personal charge of relief operation again ur- Rate iears Felt International, Internal Un- easiness Causes Fi- Whitehead, Waino Hendrickson, Charles Forward, Frank Jackson, Harry Sperling, H. Dennison, John Keyser, Herman Porter. Wayne Young acted as secretary for the Board. ————— GAME MEN BACK K. C. Talmage, Captain of the Alaska Game Commission vessel Seal, and C. R. Willard, her en- gineer, returned to Juneau on the Northland. They took the Brown Bear south with Executive Officer Hugh Terhune recently. Frank Dufresne, Assistant Ex- ecutive Officer of the commission, left Seattle ‘this morning on the Alaska for Juneau and is expected in Tuesday. @ . DILGS AT ZYNDA Mr. and Mrs. H. Dilg, of Port- land, arrived on the Northland and are guests at the Zynda Hotel. RETURNS FROM TRIP| John W. Jones, Manager of the Juneau-Young Hardware Company, | accompanied by Mrs. Jones, return- ed to Juneau on the Northland ]an.er an extensive buying trip and | vacation in the States. Mr. and Mrs. Jones spent several| days in Ketchikan before returning to their home here. hospital here. Allen came to Alaska in '98. There are no known relatives. COLLINS SEEKS ANOTHER TER ' 2 { Present Mayor of Fa"banks‘months in Pacific Coast furniture - . and hardware centers during his Files for Rejeleamn visit outside, and reports a general of April 7 rise in business not only in his line but in all other enterprises. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 28. ————— —Mayor E. B. Collins has filed for| KETTLESONS ON NORTHLAND reelection heading what is termed| Mr. and Mrs. T. Kettleson, form- the Municipal Progressive Ticket.|erly in charge of the Pioneers’ INo other mayoralty candidate has Home at 8Sitka, are passengers filed so far. Filings close on the last aboard the Northland enroute from day of March and the election is|a trip to the States to their home held April 7. lin sitka. | ges over subscription of relief funds ‘ Do not wait to be asked but visit | your local Red Cross chapter or your | nearest bank and make a contribu- | tion to the Red Cross. The money is needed and will reach the flood refugees.” Smallpox Carrier~ E Hunted at Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 28. —Police and Health authorities have joined in a search for a sus- pected smallpox carrier whom they feared might spread the disease. The suspected carrier is a 17-year old youth who disappeared after his mother and sister had been quaran- tined with smallpox. -oe Texas has accepted a bequest of $3,000 from a Rhode Island woman to finance a study of Thomas Jef- ferson, Abraham Lincoln and Jef- ferson Davis. [ness, nancial Move PARIS, March 28.—The Bank of France, alarmed over the contin- ued weakness of the franc due to International and internal uneasi- has raised the discount rate from three and one half to five percent. Financial quarters predicted with- drawals of gold from the Central banks as the franc weakened on the active and foreign exchange mar- kets. The bank of France's gold depos- its total 4,000 tons, sufficient for 80 percent coverage of every French banknote, theoretically gold prop- erty of those holding the paper money. - e Three dynamite blasts set off in a charivari for a newly wedded couple shattered several windows in Port- land, Ore.