The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 8, 1936, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1936. $500,000 CANNERY FIREIN BRISTOL BAY CLIPPER SHIP FLYING NORTH TOTHIS PORT ! Left SSteattlel_TVhis Moming |, J, Surplus Up ops at Vancouver, | 4 Ketchikan Enroute ‘ Thls Year nver First Half 1935 Report Shows $1,141,800 SEATTLE, July 8. — The Alaska Clipper, of the Alaskan Clipper Air Express, Inc., took off for the north at 8:30 oclock this morning with four passengers, mail and express aboard. Week’s News in Review by Richard H. Hippelheuser e} NEW YORK, as of week ending July 4, by Associated Press) — The | ghost of Ethiopia haunted the halls |of the League of Nations. t It was personified by Haile Selas- sie, last of the independent African | monarchs, whose Empire | to Fascist aggression. | There were some who sought to dissuade him, but the Abyssianian texile would not be deterred. To | Geneva he went; and to the League [of Nations he made his plea not ionly for preservation of his Empire, was lost ROCKEFELLER'S “HEALTH FINE ON ~ HIS BIRTHDAY ‘ millionaire Eats Every- thing He Wants efeller’s birthday cake today, to eat | ber | Relatives State that Multi- LAKEWOOD, N. J., July 8—There | will be 97 candles on John D. Rock-‘ and ionce slice will be reserved for him Commenting on this a mem- | of the Rockefeller household Congrcssm(m Zioncheck Returns Home OLYMBIC Jumps King Baird is pilot and Ed Moon- ey is co-pilot. The passengers aboard are Mr. |said, “Of course he'll eat some. | |but for preservation of sanctions A i F There’s no reason why he shouldn’t | |against Italy, for the preservation Compared with $945,60 SEATTLE pa i GRE SPOKANE mism 7t ATHIEY ZIONCHECK 00 TR THE W 7 |ONCHECY SPOKANES pLYRBIC REPRESH 500 THROWN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT BY HUGE BLAZE C. P. Hale Plant Total Loss ! in Conflagration of Un- known Origin HALF OF SEASON’S PACK 1S CONSUMED IN FLAMES | 150 Fishermen, 350 Can- | nery Employees Effect- ed by Gigantic Fire \0( collective international action eat cake because he eats everything | & he wants.” { and Mrs. Vincent I. Kraft, Mrs. J. Before Charge-Offs llective i S. Caldbick and Mrs. King Baird, R PAtass S | all of Seattle. | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 8—| With quiet but forceful speech,|statement in which he said: “My | The first stop, at Vancouver, B.|The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining|he declared: good condition of health is simply | C., was planned at 10 o‘clock. Company reported a surplus before| “I assert that the problem submit-|s miracle to me.” He stated that| |the ground last night with an es- The Clipper’s arrival at Ketchi- | depletion, depreciation and Federal | ted to the assembly today is much | his goal is a hundred years, and then | | timated loss of $500,000 . kan was set for 3:30 o'clock this af- | income tax charges of $1,141,800 for|wider than merely a question of vy really begin to live.” - ;B H i Word of the conflagration was ternoon and at Juneau at 5:30 o'- |the first half of this year compared |settlement of Italian aggression: it| The Rockefeller fortune is esfi-| i i | received here today by L. G. Win- clock, after a flight up the British |with $954,600 for the same period |is collective security, it is the very|mated, although family members ; { gard, Alaska Agent for the United Columbia Inside Passage |1ast year, according to report here | existence of the League. ; |deny it, to be $2,400,000,000. In 85 States Bureau of Fisheries. The Clipper is due to leave Ju- |today. ifi"lt is the principle of equality of years, John D. Rockefeller has giv= The fire, of unknown origin, de- neau on the return flight Friday.| The June gross was $442,500. leav-|States on one hand, or otherwise|en away more than a half a bul'xm? | stroyed the entire plant which was The Peterson’s Point cannery of the Bristol Bay Packing Company, | largest in that' district, burned to i The multi-millionaire issued a| ; j ' i OUT FROM VANCOUVER VANCOUVER, B. C, July 8—The Alaska Clipper arrived here at 9:55 o'clock this forenoon and took off 50 minutes later for Ketchikan. Fascists Plan Reprisals in Area Where Aviators Where Killed i ALASKA FIRM The schedule is announced by J. S./ing a surplus of $220,600 before | the obligation made upon small P‘“‘i']do!larh. | N | reported as a “total loss” Owned Caldbick, Traffic Manager, and one charges were deductm}. f]m“msllt;g,&;ipm r:c?p‘:u:ge,:’?L‘d;n:"u‘xammw‘ | his Associated Press photo, taken from the train at Spokane, bearing Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck lb) CrPh H}:_le of Sank Prapclsc}:), of the organizers. gith, & losssof $3%,000.8 Juns, 103 : : | home from Washington, D. C. to Seattle, shows a band serenading him and banners flying in welcome one. of ' the “Ripgeet packers Iicnp senger twin-engined Sikorsky amphi- to the strike. “Apart from the kingdom of the . When the train stopped at Spokane. But Zioncheck remained hidden in the car, and the welcomers | ., operated by the Bristol Bay bian. Pilot King Baird is well- - ,—ee Lord, there is not on this earth | | Packing Company under the more known in flying boat circles on the | gl AR R R Y quK MUNEY F | — | recent consolidation. In addition to , Pacific Coast for the past 17 years. {oAer | |the large amount of equipment “Should it happen that a strong| [ 3 - land the building itself, thousands government finds that it may, with | | of cases of this year's salmon pack SRy, (OMEG B skl Deople) | were destroyed, virtually half the | MEET'NG IS SET | then the hour strikes for that weak ¥ | [Peonias tol SpRONN iie: Leapds; o | | "1t 15 estimated that approximately give its judgment in all freedom. | . | 18 | . 'Government Prowdes $80 2 |500 employees will be thrown out = B g o SRR S indchanElL b o \oI employment temporarily by the ¥ Folljo\ngng B Beravichy sdide o s 000 Next Year If Terri- | | fire, many of which it is expected : HE AT TULI. Is e /sued a declaration to the assembly| tory Raises $45,000 [ TIPS RDUTRN W e s VT ¥ | calling for direct aid of the League ‘1';0 neh e . m{iv . wid in restoring Ethiopian independence,| WASHINGTON, July 8~—The Desg! i, ey i q . and for a loan of $50,000,000 to re- g Nuw FlFTY |N for 75 at Terminal for new the defensive war against|veal that Alaska will receive $65,000 | itself employed around 350 workers. ! 3 e ere——— Weekly Luncheon {more for vocational education un-| | L, To the League, this was out of der the new George-Dean act, effec- The Juneau Chamber of CommcrcM"“" question. As Anthony Eden |tive next July 1, than under the is looking forward to another bm\nomled out in his House of Com- present George-Ellzey act which l'm‘flmg Rhisiroe nofa avan largnr"“"““ address two weeks ago, none |provides $15,000. Lo rguggth. The .laska Clipper is a 11-pas- when the mine was closed down due|morality that is at stake. ‘M 0 RE VUGATIUN north, the plant was one of sev- | went home disappointed at NO view of the frolicking Congressman. | season’'s pack. “God and history will remember Reservations Being Made| : g | partment of Education figures res' served the cannery and the plant Italy's Fascistl. ROME, Ttaly, uly 8.—Italian mili- tary planes have been reported sent out to make mass reprisals against of the League states is prepared to make war on Italy to restore Eth- ionian independence. Instead the situation mated this CHICAGO, Ill, July 8.—Searing|inan last week, and a program fit- heat has already claimed 50 lives|ting for the occasion has been ar-| in the present wave in the Middle ranged. Secretary Curtis Shattuck West. |reported today that reservations had | approxi- The hottest report comes from|peen made for 75 and C. D. Beale, | ek, North Dakota, where the|chajrman of the attendance com- temperature is 120 degrees. mittee, who did such a good job of = | getting them out last week, was busy NO RELIEF PROMISED again, giving indication that the AICAGO, Ill, Jui/ 8—Weather chamber will have one of its larg- forecasts held little hope of sub- est meetings tomorrow noon in the starial relief within the next|perminal Cafe. 36 Liours from the record heat and| Among those on the program will prolonged humidity which is blank- | pe R, F. Lewis, President of the Ju- eting the midwest. neau Water Company, who is here The powers were seeking a means whereby they could condemn anew ognize Italy’s annexation of Ethio- pia as they refused to recognize Japan’s conquest of Manchuria, and still keep Il Duce pacified. There was hesitancy and delay in approaching this last stand on Italy’s conquest. able the assembly would allow sev- | aggression, adroitly refuse to rec-| It seemed prob-| 11938, but the Territory must match | funds, being required to furnish ap- | proximately half of the amount fur- nished by the government. | TERRITORY MUST RAISE $45,000 Under the new George-Dean act, | the Territorial Legislature would be required to appropriate $45,000 against the government's $80,000 if the Territory is to benefit under the act, according to information to A. E. Karnes, Commissioner of Educa- tion. Of the Government’s amount, 120,000 is set up for agriculture, $20- The new act provides $90,000- for | the Ethiopian district where at least four Italian fliers were slain| on June 26. Among those killed | were Major Antonio Locatelli, mem- | ber of the Balbo mass flight to the JAILS MAN ON United States in 1933, | The victims occupied three planes which were making an observation flight over the Wallega area. They landed in a district frequently by fierce hostile tribesmen, and the planes were destroyed in the attack A priest, Father Barollo, who was a passenger in the flight, escaped and took the news to Addis Ababa. CHECK CHARGE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 8.— Alfred Whittell Jr, mining opera- tor, has been jailed here, without bail, on a Federal warrant sworn to by the W. J. Erskine Company of Kodiak, Alaska. Whittell is charged with issuing an azeged $872 fraudus lent check. i At least 74 deaths have resulted |from San Francisco; H. R. Vander The official communique did not from the prolonged six day heat ex-|Leest, Juneau merchant, who has|°r®! Weeks for consideration of pro- 000 for trades and industries; $20,- explain the fate of the other plane Whittell later obtained his liberty | ;exlltdn:g r[r:m Izhe rich Illlin[oisflctl);n recently returned from the south;Posed reforms. ?2? dirzetrnb?::/l: Octz':c:;:'f]nol;s:ansgoil;f‘))o This Associated Press photo shows Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck, | °ccupants, axlxd dEe.:;n;lbe‘d thelzv{md@ :’x;bas;ab::s‘;%x‘;gusal:g:;g;ndubasfl el 0 e ansas whea! elds, % o S - & PR, o i e ers as irregular hiopian soldlers. Vas S . 8 Wyoming, Montana, the Dakoeas,{:i{}n’; f;;lk::kw?: 'i’éfi“liéfichifii The three principal powers of the|000 for preparing teachers, super- m::‘,,m ::":.emz .:;:ch;;:»t;p}:; lh‘;y":::ld";d :::f..y., I:)n:::‘:: a - -oo—— Marshal Vice said he did not believe and Minnesota all have felt its ef-| Cleveland convention, and John E,|LeAgue—Britain, France and Soviet|visors and directors. Yol Stoviod Hoathis Al hwrie, Miex: ZANBAEE took " plans H the charge was bailable. Hearing fects. Pegues, who Will report on the|FUssia—were pledged to oppose rec-| Of the $45000 which the Terri-| ¢rain entering Seattle and home. Wrs. Zlonohedk took a p Tlra Blflws uut was set for Priday. The highest temperature, 120|Fourth of July celebration. ognition of annexation. There was|tory would be required to furnish ~ West and boarded her husband’s train at Ellensburg. (] Vice quoted Whittell as saying he was recorded in South Dakota, and| Effort also is keing made to have|"® indication of what changes in|to come under the act, $10,000 must . stopped payment on a check be- damage is estimated at $300,000,000. |the pilot, or a represeentative, or the covenant they would agree upon. /be provided for agriculture, $10,000 | Fa"ha"ks Ma" cause of a misunderstanding with Grain prices have resumed their poth from the Alaska Clipper ap- In fact, France's new Socialist for trades and industries, $10,000 for BLIND SENATUR sENATnRs ARE the company over the purchase of J upward swing. |pear at the meeting, but nothing|20Vernment sought to strengthen |home economics, $5,000 for distribu- | mining supplies ! Deputy WPA Administrator Aub- |definite could be assured before the the position of the League ngamst}tive occupations and $10,000 prepar- S eee | i | rey Williams has announced that| arrival of the plane from Seattle 55,000 destitute farmers in the five this afternoon. | "~ SLOW RECOVERY ATKETCHIKAN 'TsA}(('n'éfi Wxfifi’r IN U_U_TBUARDJSteels and Rails Take Lead Today—Economic Adventurers Will Do Color- aggressor nations, instead of delet- ing the article providing for sanc- tions. It would do this by a reinforced system of regional pacts, supervised by the League, to guarantee peace by military force. If it was the purpose of the Fas- cisti to arouse a final fury against eration of the Ethiopian case—they (Continued on Page Two) ——————————— PRESIDENT'S them in the League—in the consid- | {ing teachers. | The present vocational work in the Territory is being carried under | the George-Ellzey act which expires |at the end of the 1937 fiscal year D {A. W. QUIST IS HERE ON BUILDING WORK “It is always a great pleasure to me to return to Southeast Al- /aska, and particularly to Juneau— I would rather work in this coun- try than anywhere else and hope that someday I shall be able to make my stay here much longer IS DEFEATED IN OKLAHOMA VOTE Congressman Josh Lee Is| Leading Field, Demo- cratic Nomination OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 8 —Senator Thomas P. Gore today conceded defeat in his race for the Democratic Senatorial nomination. READY TO SAIL FOR NORTHLAND Three Members of Upper House and Delegate Di- mond Are in Party Dies as Result Martin Moran Passes Away as Result of Accident Last Sunday FAIRBANKS, Al A, July 8. — Martin Moran, aged 60, is dead from {effects of an accident last Sunday when a tire blew out on his auto- mobile and the car leaped down a | ten-foot embankment on the Long Creek Road Moran’s wife and veral panions in the car at the SEATTLE, July 8—United States Senators Lynn Frazier of Nerth Da- kota and Elmer Thomas of Okla- arrived to com- homa have here ready time were NUDE PARADERS SENTENCED BY BRITISH COURT Doukbours Admit Acts But Claim Marely Cbeying Love of Nature NELSON, B. C.. July 8.—Paul Me- . » ai r oast G not injured News Aids than the present one.” A W. Quist, | upe nandwriting on the wall is (sall north aboard the Coast Guard B0 BUTC. o\ oo o 'tin and Bl Vicsoff were sentenced e otography Wor y reas °m° 6 AH w. Qui(sit CD"‘PAI“»‘ perfectly visible to me,’ said the Cutter Chelan to “find if the Alas- |y 4 yoon” itk the Alaska Explora. Nere today to three years in the . ~ ol eattle, who arrive esterday v % b/ = s A A 8 | benite! , ter t in S. E. Alaska | NEW YORK, July 8—Slow recov-| to inspect the new addmilm being blind statesman as returns from ka Indians are josing tnewr hunting tion Company recently {{«'.-l_lumfll"} B!(-r z:dmvx.” ng Lrtflt |Seewhs Under: way i the slock| constructed by his company for the the semi-final primary showed him and fishing nghts and are other- .- - x;‘r‘”‘h:“:‘ggd C“ "‘_}‘“‘l;mi"”““f near KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 8.— market today, the recovery move-| Junesrt Oold Slackze’ Company, | . 4 wise subjected to mistreatment “ . ) rilliant, B. G, on July 1. Sixteen days out from Seattle, Amos | ment being led by steels and rails. | s e Lboday mpanY, | in Tousth place. T o ERCtAr Wil be. Joined Spanish Letter .dnw men, both Doukobours, refus= Berg of Eugene, Oregon, and Roy| Economic news stimulated what| g that he expected work on the Aot ;f;prvsgnt;azx\~- Jn.;h Lee y ;wn\;l later today by Senator Henrik Ship- Bunco Game Is :)al_;%‘Il:;BdT:::}S“sullh:f:xkl]l:fi;:i Pepper of St. Croix, Wisconsin, ar- |little buying there was J : . i e |public speaking professor, Gov. E. gtead of Minnesota and Alaska Dele- . They sz : h Hved here” today {57 #6-fot ‘ont- Today'i T mxa: tim Chief Executive Is to Join structure to be completed in about . Mariand and r Smith Revealed Here be guilty in man's eyes but not im board boat. The young men plan to stay in Southeast Alaska making colm’edf CLOSING PRICES TODAY photographic pictures of this area.| NEW YORK, July 8.—Closing quo- They said that their 31-year-old|tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock boat is the one in which they cir-jtoday is 13%, American Can 132%, cled Cape Horn several years ago., American Power and Light 127%, —_———————— |Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel MRS. WHITE HAS GUESTS 48%, Commonwealth and Southern Mrs. W. Sime, wife of the Domin- 3%, Curtiss Writght 5%, General jon Assayer at Dawson, and Mrs.lMomrs 67, International Harvester D. A. Muirhead, wife of the Assist-|80, Kennecott 38%, United States ant Superintendent of the River Di-|Steel 57%, United Corporation 7%, vision of the White Pass and Yukon | Cities Service 4%, Hecla Mining, no Transfers were only 800,000 shares. | Party at Pulpit Har- bor Monday | PORTSMOUTH, ... H, July 8— |Three sons of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, James, Franklin, Jr., and John, left today on a short |cruise along the Maine. coast de- |spite a minor accident to the yacht |Sewanna on which they are travel- ing. The boat was dented slightly about four feet above the water line by a fishing schooner as she lay at the wharf here. It is planned to have three weeks. Mr. Quist was here for a short time last year when his company was associated with the Pacific Coast Steel Company in work on the Douglas Bridge. He has many old friends in Juneau, having en- jgaged in’ construction work here before. Among the buildings erected by him are the Juneau Coid Stor- age Company, the Goldstein Build- ing and several buildings completed for the Alaska Juneau in the Basin during 1914. Townsend plan Vice President, %ere running one, two, three with Gore trailing. Lee and Marland are both staunch New Dealers. - .- | Coast Guardsmen Injured on Ship, Bering Sea Bound KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 8 !The Coast Guarder Daphne, bound north from San Francisco for Ber- gate Anthony J. Dimond. Senator Frazier is the co-author of ‘the Frazier-Lempke Farm Bill and a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. The old “Spanish letter” bunco game has invaded Alaska again. This time the letter is addressed to “His i i Excellency, the Governor of Alaska,” and suggests that if the Governor will co-operate in the usual relative | tracing stunt, great fortune will be his. The “bait” is signed by sne 1 Jose Flores and is mailed from Cuba | The letter will be turned over to postal inspectors S e CLEGG TO FAIRBANKS Ceril FAIRBANKS, Alask: July 8 was found God’s sight. They denied that the stripping was done deliberately and defiantly saying that they were merely obeying their love of nature, - e Fashion Art For Women Readers Of The Empire Something of special interest to the hundreds of women read- ers of The Empire will start to- Route, stationed at Whitehorse,|sale; Pound $5.02%. - o ing Sea Patrol, turned off the course John Dunneen, aged 6 H. Clegg, former Federal morrow. It is “Modes of the i Were 'pmngers aboard the Prin-| the damages repaired in Maine lat-| A new type ultra-short wave ra-|and brought Joseph Beck, member dead in his Ready Bullion Creek Judge of the Fourth Division, ar-| Moment.” Photographs select- i cess ir homes. DOW, JONES AVERAGES er. dio telephone has been developed by of the crew, to a local hospital abin by a neighbor, John Mihal-|rived yesterday morning on the Yu-| ed with an eye to fashien b ! Louise chrgute o thel President Roosevelt will join the cik b b While in Juneau last evening the| The following are todays Dow, two women were guests of Mrs. Josephine White. rails 48.33, utilities 33.50. on Monday, the United States Forest Service est fires, Beck fell down a companionway Jones averages: Industrials 156.25, |Cruise party at Pulpit Harbor, Maine for airplanes used in fighting for- and was injured, requiring hospital treatment, overer of Ester Creek. Dun-|kon and left on the PAA Electra in neen was a sailor on Admiral Dew- |the afternoon for his home in Fair- Flagship in Manila Bay. banks, rectness and te the Ppocketbooks of the average woman readers | of Thé Empire. ]