The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 18, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO, 7229. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY. JULY 18, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN €ENTS P JUNEAU ON PROPOSED POLAR ROUTE, U. S. T0 MOSCOW 15-DAY SCORCH DOES IMMENSE DAMAGE, CROPS End of Exceedingly High Temperatures Report- ed Ended FOUR STATES MAY NOW GAIN RELIEF Additiosel Riald s, Cooling Breezes Promised for Other Sections CHICAGO, IlI, uJly 18. — The heat wave which for fifteen consec- utive days took thousands of lives and boosted the drought damage into the hundreds of millions of dollars, is announced ended in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and probably North Dakota. This is the announcement made by Weather Forecaster J. R. Lloyd. Seasonable temperatures will pre- vail for the next three or four days, at least, Floyd said. Additional rains and cooling breezes will bring relief over the week-end to most of the other states in the Westirn and North Central drought area with the exception.of North Dakota and Nebraska. | Lloyd predicted showers tonight and Sunday for Illinois, Indiana,} Northeastern Missouri and South- | eastern Iowa REBELLION IN MOROCCO RAGING NOW Spanish Republican Gov- ernment Issues State- ment on Trouble | MADRID, July 18.—A swift spreading rebellion of Spanish| armed forces in northern Moroc- | co has occurred, but the Spanish government here sald that it has been quelled. That the revolt broke out ih Spain itself is denied by au- thorities. A dispatch from Hendaye, a French frontier fown, said that a third of the Spanish Foreign Le-| gion . and regular garrison troops revolted. Unconfirmed rumors stat- | ed that fighting was in progress at | Cadiz, Seville, and Burgos. | All means of communication | from Spain are rigidly controlled by the government which eventually issued a communique declaring: “The part of the army represent- Ing Spain in Morocco has arisen against the Republican government. The movement is limited exclusive- ly to several cities in the Moroccan Protectorate zone, and no one in Spain itself has joined the scheme.” French correspondents said the plot was originally set for July 25, but was hastened by the leaders. It was founded on a split in the ranks of the army and the police with division over the support of the Republican Government. Some reports attributed the re- volt to Monarchists while others said it was purely military. CALLS SMITH RESPECTABLE But Democrats Have Dif- ferent Name for Al— Hamilton Talks BOSTON, Mass., July 18.—John D. M. Hamilton, G.OP. National Committee Chairman, has com- pleted his New England swing. He expressed hope that Al Smith would give active support to the Landon-Knox ticket. Hamilton said: “We are going to have some very reputable and respectable Democrats with us. I hope to have a conference with Smith soon.” el Ida Lupino is planning atra iler trip into Mexico. THOUSANDS DIE, PRESENT HEAT WAVE PESTS ADD TO DISCOMFORT IN DROUGHT AREA i Grasshoppers, beetles and chinch bugs are adding to the heat and drought havec in Mid- dle Western States, when, un- able to feed on the drought- racked fields, they invaded homes. Photo shows thousands of grasshoppers feeding on a wooden fence post on a Kansas farm. Flames Write Finis to Old S@a Flavia Owners Set Boat Which Had Been Alaska Float- ing Cannery on Fire SEATTLE, July 18. — Hundreds watched flames seethe through the veteran motorship Santa Flavia in a glorious closing chapter in the history of the old freighter. The fire was purposely set by the owners, Nieder and Marcus Co. to salvage the vessel's scrap iron. The boat, which was decommis- sioned early this year after a pre- vious fite had partially destroyed her, had been under charter to the Lowe Trading Company and for years had served as a floating can- nery in Alaska after leaving the coastwise freight service. BREWSTER IS COMING HERE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 18. — Aviation Inspector Hugh Brewster, who came here to inspect the ac- cident last Wednesday when Pi- lot Hubbard’s plane crashed, killing one and injuring himself and an- other passenger, withheld any com- ment. He will leave Sunday by other passenger, withheld any com- ference with Gov John W Troy and other officials relative to needs in Alaskan aviation ——,——— ON FISH PATROL Ralph Baker of the Bureau of Pisheries left this morning on the Widgeon for patrol duty over the week-end in the Southeast distriet. POLICE HUNT B. C. ROBBERS OF RICH FURS {Six Men Take $32,000 Worth of Furs from Hudson's Bay Co. VICTORIA, B. C, July 18.—Near Fort Nelson in remote Northern British Columbia, six men are hunted for what is probably the biggest fur robbery ever to happen in the history of the Province—29 bales of fur valued at $32,000 be- longing to the Hudson's Bay Com- | pany was the loot. The six men, masked, and dress- ed like trappers, were seen coming down the Muskwa River in a canoe |July 11, on which day the robbery took place shortly before midnight. The meager reports received to- | day by the Provincial Police by | radio from Game Warden P. S.| Clark of Fort Nelson asked that a | plane be dispatched immediately to round up the suspects before they | |can cache the loot. | Fort Nelson, at the juncture of the Muskwa and Fort Nelson riv-| ers, is a Hudson's Bay post, and supplies are sent in twice a year| |by flat bottom river steamer from | Fort Simpson. i | As only one canoe was seen, po- |lice are wondering how six men ' |could manage to navigate the craft |with 29 bales of furs as cargo. It is believed that they have horses and a cache ready somewhere along i the Muskwa. e NAZI MAKES " LAWS KILLING ~ OPPOSITION STOCK PRIGES Fuee iy of Duris I+ - KEEP ADVANGE | Domination Now | 0N qun NEws FREE DANZIG CITY, July 18.— Sweeping decrees calculated to brush aside all opposition to the Nazi party have been published. | *Any organization whose mem- bers with the knowledge of its exe- | icutive board speak in a manner| “endangering to state interests” may! NEW YORK, July 18.— Showers be dissolved. |in the corn belt, together with con- Measures of a political nature tinued favorable industrial news, including those affecting the right helped keep the stock market fairly of assembly, freedom of the press, On an even keel at the short ses- and free speech are declared un- Sion today. Specialties and a num- challengeable by the courts . ber of issues were at the best and Under the ‘acts, protective cus- @ number of new highs for the past tody may be imposed for three five years. . months on anybody considered en- Today's close was steady. Trans- dangering the public peace, and, fers were only half a million s hares. the editorship of newspapers is for- o Yo bidden to Deputies of Parliament.! The Jewish ritual of slaughter is' forbidden. e ANACONDA CO, as the “ideally married couple” Continued Favorable In- dustrial Reports Boost Issues Up Again CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 18—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 135%, American Light and Power 13%, Anaconda 38%, Bethlehem Steel 53%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtis Wright 6% !General Motors 69'%, International UFFIc'ALs ARE {Harvester 81%, Kennecott 42%, United States Steel 63%, United Corporation, 8, Cities Service 4% Hecla Mining 11%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 164.42 'ralls 52.87, utilities 30.01. 9 PERSONS ARE KILLED;ENGINE COLLIDES, AUTO DEADIN CRASH Plane Comes to Earth in Flames Near Fair Qaks, Indiana FAIR OAKS, Indiana, July 18.— Motor trouble and inability to find a suitable landing place were given by Sheriff Vern Michal as the probable causes of the crash of a plane near here in flames. Killed by the crash were Willlam G. Leamon, 41, believed an Anaconda Ideal American Couple ;Political Lull Only Markis» Usual Calm Before Storm Car Dragged 75 Feet Along Tracks then Dumped | i Into River | NEWLYWEDS COMING Hp iy et RO NORTH ON ALASKA | pereons were Kiied when an auto- mobile, in which they were enroute Zalmain Gross and his bride, the|to their homes in Pennsylvania, former Charmain Lewis, who were|Was struck by an Ann Arbor Rail- recently married in Seattle, are|[road passenger locomotive and making their honeymoon trip to|hurled into the Raisin River. Juneau aboard the Alaska. W. D.! The auto, a large one, was dragged Gross and wife, parents of Zalmain(75 feet to a narrow trestle where Gross, are also passengers on the|it smashed into a girder and fell | steamer for hetg, into the river. | Mining Company official of Chi- cago, and Mrs. B. M. Mussellman, also of the Anaconda company. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert F. McDonell of Gainesville, Fla., shown with theit two children, Rosemary Ellen, 4, and Hubert Weston, 2, have been selected in a recent nation-wide survey. {Unternational Ilustrated News) By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) Inner-circle conferences sirce the National conventions appear to have increased still further likeli- hood of ‘a stormy, miiitant cam- paign. : @ ‘ Roosevelt lieutenants are map- ping speaking trips for him which cover a large section of the coun- try. Landon’s managers expect him to be exceedingly active after his formal notification on July 23. On egch side a closely-organized battalion of lesser speakers is pre- paring to spring into action. The business of lining up various groups for intensive effort is going forward on a vast scale, among the farmers, the young people and the various classifications of business men, spe- cial campaign structures are to be crected to compete for group fa- vor Above all, it appears that money will be more plentiful than in many past campaigns. Varied money- raising methods, some of a distinct- ly original character, are in pro- cess of formulation. Both sides are talking in terms of millions ah they compute their campaign prospects. the HUGE SPENDING SEEN A grand total of ten millions for the headquarters of the two major | parties, in fact, would fall far short of meeting the combined expecta- tions which have been spoken of in private party councils Even that would not include the large sums collected and spent by the numerous class and profes- sional groups, nor chests of the muititude political committes. Altogether, the prospective spend- ing runs into figures which it is difficult for the lay mind to grasp; vet the total does mnot necessarily mean that this is to be a notably corrupt campaign. Those inexperienced in politics have little conception what it costs to maintain and staff elaborate headquarters; to send out speakers and rent auditoriums, to print lit- erature and distribute it, to pur- chase advertising and to pay for the odds and ends which go with aggressive political action on a na- tional scale. Whenever there is corrupt spend- ing—and the court records show that it sometimes does occur—the amounts involved usually have rep- resented only a lesser part of the total bill. This year it is clearly apparent that both sides are pre- the campaign of local (Continued on Page Threc) the laborers, the women,! 1-Hour Parking Is Effective Here Next_w_adnesday Major Downtown Streets Will Be Effected — Re- stricted Zones Monday One hour parking regulations on downtown streets will become ef- fective next Wednesday, it was an- nounced by Chief of Police Roy | Hoffman last night after getting authorization of the City Council to proceed. While the exact zones where parking of automobile and trucks will be restricted to not more than one hour have not been definitely determined, Chief Hoffman said the streets and boundaries would be announced Monday, following a survey, he is making during the week-end. Under the new set up, loading zones for those who must have de- livery of goods from front streets where there are no alleys will be protected, but parking of passenger cars and' trucks which are not in public service will be prohibited and a fine will be levied against offenders. Taxicab and transfer companies are being notified of the new regu- ;lations, the Chief said, and while time will be allowed them to es- tablish quarters off the streets, leventually it is planned to include these conveyances in the one-hour { limit, | Purpose of.the: action 1s to pro~ mote safety and facilitate traffic about the city, the Chief explained He pointed out that many bring !their cars downtown in the morn- \ing and leave them parked in the street all day, thus taking up space on the narrow streets and causing traffic jams in the course of daily business. He estimated that ap- proximately 900 machines operate {in and out of Juneau every day }and if many of them are parked it causes a congestion problem which, he says, can be solved only by limiting the parking time. i Suggestion was made by the | Council that various vacant lots of the owners as parking lots, thus might be fixed up with permission |allowing those who do not use their cars in the cause of their business a safe place to leave their vehicles. “We have just got to do some- thing about it,” Chief Hoffman stated. “The number of automobiles is increasing all the time and there |are times now during the way when traffic gets blocked because so imany cars are parked along the | | |curbs, many which stay there all |day long.” | The Chief also announced that |brake tests would be conducted next week, similar to those held in the past, the purpose being to cut |down driving hazards and build jup safety barriers as much as possible. SHIP BODY OF CRASH VICTIM SOUTH, BURIAL Pilot Hubbard, Miss Thom- as Reported on Road to Recovery FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 18.— The body of Mrs. Nora Lehto, kill- ed when a plane went into a tail- spin from an altitude of 1,500 feet and crashed into the trees near the University of Alaska last Wednes- day afternoon, will be sent to Port- land, Oregon, leaving here Monday. Pilot Hubbard and Miss Betty Thomas, injured in the same acci- dent, are showing improvement and may soon be out of danger. ATLIN COUPLE, HOUSE GUESTS OF WILLIAMS Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Roxbor- ough of Atlin, B. C, are the house guests of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Wil- liams, during their short visit in Juneau. The Roxboroughs, owners of the Kootenay Hotel in the Cana- dian city, are enroute to Vancouver, B. C., to visit friends and relatives, and will travel south on the C. N. 8 steamer Prince George. PILOT ABOARD SOVIET PLANE| | | S. A. LEVANEVISKY fiity to Conform With New Liquor Control Action Limiting Number of Dis- | Polar PIONEERING PLANE WILL COME NORTH | Stop Will Be Made Here on Flight from Los An- geles to Arctic SPECIALLY BUILT PLANE TO BE USED ;Pilot Levanevisky Will Be Accompanied by Navi- gator on Trip LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 18. A 10,000 mile air journey through latitudes, which may pion- eer regular flying between the So- viet Union and the United States, will start here some time next week. - Special Plane Piloting a specially constructed pontoon equipped monoplane, Sig- ismund A. Levanevisky, with a na- vigator, will head for Moscow via San Francisco, Seattle, Alaska and pensaries Also Consider- ed at Council Meeting | Wrangell Island, thence skirting the | Arctic shores of Northern Siberia. Victor I. Levchenko, who accom- | panied Levanevisky on the pro- Without a dessenting vote, the|posed Moscow-San Francisco flight City Council at its reglar meeting | attempt, will again be the naviga- | relating action to carry | Cities, last night in Council Chambers passed an ordinance in first read- | ing which would provide an 0n~1 forcement statute for the city in line. with the liquor sale closing| hours recently put in effect by the| Territorial Board of Liquor Con-| trol. Councilmen Frank McCaffer-| ty and Art McKinnon were not present. | As explained by Mayor Gold-| stein, the new ordinance is a cor- out pro- visions of the liquor regulation. he stated, are obliged to carry out the regulations as set up by the Liquor Board or lose their| right to refund from liquor reve- nues, and without an ordinance the city could not prosecute violations. The police would be required to arrest if necessary, but prosecution would have to go to Commissioner’s Court unless an ordinance is passed Number of Places Matter of limiting the number of places dispensing liquor was) brought up by the Mayor, who de- clared it his opinion that there are enough places at this time. He said he believed in the future the Council should issue no more li-| censes but that those that wished| to engage in the business should | buy out some existing establish-| ment. | “I'm getting tired of seeing a li-| quor store or beer garden every oth-, er door,” the Mayor said. It w brought out that there are between 30 and 40 liquor dispensing estab- lishments in the city. | Councilman William Reck stated that it must be remembered that they are legitimate businesses and that the matter of restraint of free trade might enter into the matter. Similar opinion was ex- pressed by Councilman G. E Krau: | No action was takcn following the discussion. In line with the discussion Chief| of Police Roy Hoffman suggested that something be done abcut fixing up the city jail so it would accom- modate women and care more ade- quately for the men that are brought in Make It Tough “My belief is to make it tough enough and they won't come back,” declared the Mayor. The Chief replied that he was not attempting to make it easy for| the prisoners, but that at the pres- ent time (there were no accommo-| dations in the jail for women mak- | ing it necessary for him to turn: them loose without sentence. | “If we could drag one or two of | these Indian women we arrest for| drunkenness up here and slap a' 30-day sentence on them they| would not be so apt to do it again,”| | he declared. “But the way it Is,| we have no place to keep them,| with the result when we arrest| thisn et night, by morning, when| they are sobered up, we have to| turn them loose.” “There’s something for the In-| dian Bureau to do something| about,” commented the Mayor. The Chief replied that it was customary among the Indians to (Continued on P.‘wut Twe) tor. Primary Purpose The primary purpose of the flight, Levanevisky said, is to study Alaskan and Aretic- aernonautical conditions. He indicated also he hoped to determine plane and equipment needs for possible reg- ular flying over the route in the future. Former Trouble The plane Levanevisky piloted in an attempted Moscow-San Fran- cisco flight last August was forced to turn back near the North Pole because of oil trouble. Insignia The plane built here, under the Russian pilot's direction, will bear the insignia U.S.S.R.-H 208. The fliers expect to stop at San Francisco, Seattle, Juneau, Fair- banks and Nome before crossing Bering Strait to Siberia. SPEEDY PLANES WILL BE BUILT FOR WAR DEPT, Fifty to Zoom Out Every Month for Remainder of This Year WASHINGTON, July 18.—Sixty speedy fighting planes will zoom through the air every month dur- ing the rest of the year under per« fected War Deparunent ment plans. Before the new planes officials said. Plans have been made to pur- chase maore than 600 plenes of var- ious types in 1837 The speed of the latest type planes has been increased so they will race alang nearly 300 miles an hour - British Testin Anti-Gas Spray PORTSMOUTH, England, July 18. —A newly devised method of com- batting gas attacks, which, it is claimed, can immunize the largest British city against Roison, has been tested here by Air Depart- ment officials. It consists of a de- contaminating fluid sprayed in the streets from water carts. .- MRS. RHODE RETURNS Mrs. Clarence Rhode and in- fant son returned on the Northland from the South. Mrs. Rhode is the wife of Clarence Rhode. Assist- ant Executive Officer of the Al- aska Game Commission. The child was born in the South on May 6, and has been christened Charles John Rhode. Protuies end of the year. 500 1 be ready for action, | 1