The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 21, 1936, Page 8

8 ARMY AIR BASE BOARD INSPECTS JUNEAU AIRPORT! Officers on Way to Fair-|! banks to Gather Data for THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1936. ~ ACCUSED AS SPY FOR JAPAN 218 ALMON PACK UP ' ~TO AVERAGE IN Southwest Point to Projected Military Base (Continued from Page One) Fair Season With some districts slight!v iahead of this time last year and |othere trailing previous records base would lie practically in the salihokt bAdk FEpoes SO B ey exact center of Alasl | of Fisheries for the period endin Cther Busds last Saturday indicate the 1936 pa Other bases will be an |is holding up to average. soon, it was indicated by Ge Southeast Alaska districts show Malin Craig, Chief of Staff lme iollowing through July 18 similar studies will go forward Icy Straits—Reds, 22,146; kings ing the summer looking to |22; pinks, 17,582; chums, 59,235; co- tion of sites. Construction |hos, 3405; total, 102,390. = bases, for several reasons, will ex- | Yakutat—Reds, 14,926; kings. 975; tend over a period of several years |pinks, 219; cohos, 2; total, 16,122 Because of the extensive equip- ‘ _Ketchikan—Reds, 16,580; kines, ment they will need, the cost of [177; pinks, 101,832; chums, 78,018; each base will be so gre t {cohos, 4,609; total, 201,216, Congress, it is said, cannot L Wrangell—Reds, 6,605; kings, 1.- suaded to provide all the m y 055; pinks, 12,510; chums, 16, that would be necessary in one propriation. 1 g co- Sl e R |hos, 5,919; total, 24,799, fally, so that mista in_desi | Eastern district — Reds, 6,961 “‘;x“"‘:l‘_i’;“lf‘°i‘ ”(“““d‘ ,;‘]’“\"‘::‘,‘ S |kings, 5125; pinks, 9,258; chums, cur, could be corrected i eed- 133,225; cohos, 1,965; o {5 wentpipe thassall of being: 1= Westera district f"}::;d: 5431-1 te he 0l eries, a : i § . . & e e iy wora’ ail| John S. Farnsworth, former lieutenant commander in the United States |kings, 22; pinks, 2,695; chums, 33, s A “" Navy, is shown as he appeared at his arraignment at Washington, 447, cohos, 578; total, 41,656, built at oncr . D. C,, following his arrest on charges of selling confidential navy in- | The Southwest Alaska districts The Amnl .}v consider, 1]n formation to a Japanese agsnt. (Associated Press Photo) |eave the following for the same constructing these bases, not only date: ”"l(“,;"““_ \f:(“;' l_“;‘,”":’: l,;'“‘j“‘m‘f.‘ filled its mission, it would return manded a flight of ten planes to| Alaska Peninsula, ~southside Tt e dovelopoent i aviation 10 its own landing field until ready ) Alaska and return. It is planned | Reds, 217.216; kings, 2817; pinks, e erinl which may be reasomabyy o be serviced and to start out[to supplant his report, necessarily |140.507; chums, 128217; cohos, 5.- D erids Jeniol iy g e ) | superficial, with detailed studies of 304; total, 494,061 Esusced, Xor A o Technical Dijficult | weather and other conditions deal- | Alaska Peninsula, north side — example, it is u_xb‘lrnui o nd i s Sk e cultics| 02 With military operations out of Reds, 30.609; kings, 202; pinks, 128; :'.]11 Al.rkd.[d]\“l“r‘“;’ freln Wi Ill ull:u o war-fime. con.| Farbanks before the base is u\'en‘”‘(‘j;ni- lk‘lfizR‘ J““‘]mg:;mid = he ground is s ciel i to| arising out of a W time con-{ .. . . >hignik—Reds, ,070; ngs, B started bear the landing of the Army's centration of the GIL.Q roe | emeral Craig sald the Alr Corps |PInks, 7572; chums, 3,906; ;cohs, present heavy bombers were brought home to the Air| JETRE BTUE BEE e oS 1200; fotal, 86,811, Future Bombers Heavier Corps early last winter when 2| ;07 "0 oible toward the final de-| Kodiak — Reds, 102063; kings, It is considered certain that fu concentration of 300 plane \.‘~§“'r"“n“““n of ‘the sites of the pro- 491; pink: 121,436; chums, 15,162; ture bombers will be heavier, ra- | carried out in Florida. It was said | CO8 RO & S BFCRE BEOC conos, 1,996; total, 241,148, ther than lighter, than present | that every landing field in the state | 7o28d PORCH S K O3B 18 WRASA | prince” winiam ' Sound—Reds, 8- types. It was for this reason that Was used to accommodate th .t this point, it is not possible to|753; KINES, 345; pinks, 70476; chums, today's order directed the board, and that it would have been ‘m R v 'm". (‘h fn ¥ ‘mmm;“nwm‘ 7, cohos, 2,721; total, 96,202. in picking a site, “to determine ically impossible to bring together| CUF A mf‘l‘;_, Ao o fl'pmmn —————— foundation -and other require-1000 planes within a radius of | FUREE O HEEEeEs o7 expetrs | | less ar u [t} five Jc g i i 7 & s e States Ao chnicane envage wsolSMES L Fess sk IS IN JUNEAU WITH air bases, they will consist of ma- . S actitos. yoll e Chin- . ame. hamgars. . 124 0,y e e o el Mooy (Oilipe BATESEN ABOARD Ime snd ofl tanks, and ordnance oree: which is n e el R depots, all bomb-proofed st e the "T"-““"v' 8 vl “H The Campbell Church yacht attack from the air. They will|fense plans. This i | Westward arrived in port this af- include, of course, plenty or run- Uil BIRIY "‘1“",‘ Bt | ternoon, on a chartered 21-day fish- way space for fully laden service|an invad S Wb e 1y |ing and pleasure cruise by Farrar craft to take off and land [Aandpiaes; andrNould, atiemp H | Batesen, New York City broker They will be surrounded, at rel- !”,’“‘,‘ gl "",' g il \f",‘ rfl‘Bc s Ufl" Batesen is accompanied by Mrs atively short distances, by landing | 'l less o el il Batesen and children, Farrar, Jr fields where the different divis-|"" 4Q - DESech A A Florence, William, and Rose. A T el ey ol e And o Bl T Costruct $.()00'0()0'000 Is Available e spend their time on the ground., About a year and a half Under New Setup—Good TONSILECTOMY Even if technically feasible, it be needed to construct each of the, (v . s xlnctorll fead e SRl e e xxsk})t<r have 1,000 air bas the plan; are now Chance, Mumupal J0b5 R:\. “}’)fiff,lf,fii"";’! “Lr:,\ pisff:,rt,rx:“f::: planes sitting on one field, exposed | drawn. The Air Force will be| _ T e i _|Hospital this morning to possible extinction by a single| brought to its full complement of | Several PWA projects in Alaska —aae enemy raid | 1,000 ccmbat planes by the end of {OW on the approved list have a | o g The individial planes would m" 1957, according to the ting pro- [B00d chance of getting action this| DANCE DANCE = DANCE h i 2 v < hoped |Year as a result of the new Public Saturday Night—Elks' Hall. adv. to the base a few minutes away,! curement progrem i« hoped aF & : e BblIoH ik ¢S for fuel ammunition, repairs, cali-| to have one air e practically| Works Adminislration setup; it L‘*‘) et " "' bration of instruments and such,completed by that time e Al- b‘i‘llm:-d‘b_\ Ross A G1|€111}.-PWAK j’,Y AT HOME! other servicing as could not be done | askan base probably will not be|State Engineer-Inspector for s | at their own landing fields | completed before the end of 1939 :d‘v‘_m who has just ‘tjC@l\L‘d 1}14 The base should be able to re-| Some of the difficulties to be en-|formation on the non-Federal pro- |cohos, 1,629; total, 38,321, West Coast—Reds, 2,993; kings |309; pinks, 2,376; chums, 4202 ; roy, and brother, Al Rhodes, all of " Post, American Legion, last night ceive a plane and get it uw,n’lrnlmw-rmi in Alaska were reported | Bram. within half an hour. 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Among |those which the engineer believes |may get early action are the Ket- | | chikan street improvement project | ]placr-d at $152,000; a similar job ati | Anchorage at $100,000; $22,000 for eet and sidewalk improvements | at Skagway and $22,000 for a gym- | | nasium at Sitka. | Three Fims File - Incorporation Articles Here | The cash value assets of Mont- | | gomery Ward &' Ceo., Inc., are $169,- | 1 361,004, according to a financial | statement of the company filed | with its articles of incorporation with the Territorial Auditor late yesterday. The actual paid in cash capital stock is listed at $123,202,- 620 and eapital stock for incor- poration purposes is given at 6,- 205000 shares of non-par stock. | | The original eorporation was filed | !in Chicago as Thorne Brothers, Inc. and on November 25, Montgomery Ward & Co, Inc, which opened an office in Juneau yesterday. R. E. Robertson and M. E. Mon- agle are Alaska legal representa- tives for the concern | Other corporations filing here| are: | old Placers, Ltd. of Los Ange-| les with Alaska offices in Seward. Capital stock is $300, with M. E.| Monagle, "R. E. Robertson and Clyde Ellls as Alaska agents. In-| corporators are Willlam C. Crit-) tenden, Joseph J. Webb, M. B.| Scott, Desmond G. L. Lawrence| and Harry Smissaert. Ferguson Airways, Inc., of Kotze- bue; capital stock, $10,000; incor-, porators, Archie R. Ferguson, War- ‘ren J. Ferguson and J. M. King. l “Dusty” Rhodes Loses His Life, Man Drowns—Body Not Recovered Milton (Dusty) Rhodes drowned in the Warm Springs Bay lake at| 5:30 o'clock this morning. This word was received by the Empire this af- ternoon, brought by the M. S. Dart, as the search continues for his body. Rhodes, who was proprietor of the Capitol Cab Company, and who went to school here, was with the: Steve Ward fishing party, abdard the Betty Ross, and according to reports, was thrown into the water when an outboard motor skiff cap- sized. The members of the party said Rhodes’ body nevgr came to the surface. He is survived by his wife, and mother, Mrs. W. E. Kil- } 'MUST DISTRICTS Warm Springs ~ ATTRACTIONS | Juneau, DOMINY URGES SWIM ! CLUB FOR JUNEAU AT AMER. LEGION MEET Urging a swimming club for Ju- neau and suggesting American Le- gion sponsorship, Chuck Dominy appeared before the regular meet- ing of the Alford John Bradferd in the Dugout with a report of the growing interest in swimming here. Dominy will handle a meet which will be held here during the Legion convention. No action was taken by the Post un the swimming club suggestion. Commander E. M. Polley reported excellent progress is being made in working out the convention pro- gram and special effort is being made to make the Legion's special edition of The Empire one of the greatest papers ever gotten out in the Territory, he reported. All com- mittees are functioning, he said, and a fine entertainment program is being outlined. SKAGWAY PLANE HERE TO GET H. BREWSTER The White Pass and Yukon Route Loening amphibian plane, piloted Vernon Bookwalter, arrived from agway at 12:30 o'clock this after- noon to pick up Hugh Brewster, Aeronautical Inspector for Alaska, who left for Skagway at 2 o'clock for a three-day business trip. -ee ON MAIL FLIGHT On the regular weekly mail run, The Irving Airways Inc. Lockheed pilot Gene Meyring, left the local hangar at ten o'clock this morning with one passenger, Mrs. Rose An- drews, for Sitka % meweehen L for tobacco properly aged You can’t make a good cigarette out of new tobacco . . . it’s something like putting new wine in old bottles. It might look all right, but it BPWC CRUISE VISITS LOCAL Reports from Southeast and‘We“known Juneau Young Juneau Clubwomen Present Is Interested in Many Sec:| ‘E. M. White Comes North Guests with Tufts of Alaska Cotton | Seventeen “Gold Diggers,” mem- bers of the Business and Profes- ing man from the Interior, joined | ers Tony Lindstrom | Aboard Alaska ‘ Gningju Mines | tions—New Equip- ment Purchased ‘Tony Lindstrom, wellknown min- | ARRIVES HERE T0 RECUPERATE: HE IS A SHRINER ~—Renews Acquaintance with Mrs. Sheelor E. M. White. direct manufactur- agent, of Denver, Colorado, “the sional Women's Club 1936 Alaska | the steamer Alaska at Kewhikanimue high city,” arrived in Juneau cruise, arrived in Juneau this morn- ing on the Alaska. woman, the cruisers, who come from | all over the United States, left here later for Seward planning to g0 from there to the Matanuska Val- ley. Miss Caroline Todd was chair- man of a greeting committee from the local branch of the organiza- tion, which met the women on their arrival. She was assisted by Mrs. O. M. Krafft and Mrs. Gus George. The committee escorted the vis- iting club womgen, during their orief stopover, to Mendenhall Glacier, through the - Territorial Museum, and through the eAlaska Juneau mill, and before leaving, each member received a tuft of Alaska cotton as a souvenir of Ju- neau from the hostesses. The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, Cu- rator of the Territorial Museum, joined the party, ‘to continue with it as lecturer until the return here on Monday. PETE WALIMAKI, iVllSS IDA GOODE, MARRIED A wedding dinner is being ar- ranged for Mr. and Mrs. Pete Wal- imaki at the Wahto Boarding House at 5:30 o'clock tonight. Mrs. Wal- maki (nee Ida Goode) arrived on| the steamer Alaska from Seattle this morning and was married to Mr. Walimaki, well known young carpenter, at the Commissioner’s office today. Only intimate friends of the newlyweds, will attend the dinner, it was said e PTOMAINE VICTIM | IS RECOVERED NOW Lester Wingard, brother of L. G. Wingard of the Bureau of Fi eries, who was brought to Juneau vesterday afternoon in the Irving Airways Lockheed Vega seaplane| after being stricken with ptomaine | poisoning while at Hawk Inlet, was dismissed from St. Ann’s Hospital { this afterncon. He will stop at the G neau Hotel until the fish| patrol boat comes for him tomor- row to return him to Hawk Inlet. P ; One halibut sale comprised all the business on the Juneau fish| market today; the Fane, Captain Ole Johansen, delivering 2,000 pounds to the Alaska Coast Fisher- ies at 7.10 and 5.15 cents. ! |J. Edwards; enroute to his various mining op- of the Alaska Saturday and caught | up with it at Ketchikan. In addition to operations on Wil- low ‘Creek, Deadwook Creek, and | in the area near Flat, Mr. Lind-| strom is interested in-the platinum | ground in the Goodnews Bay area. | While in the South, Mr, Lmd-i strom purchased additional equip- ment for the operations with which | he is associated. | e | BUCHANAN REMOVED | | TO HOSPITAL HERE George E. Buchanan, Detroit| philanthropist, who is accompany- | ing a tour party of boys and girls, was removed from the Princess Charlotte on arrival this afternoon | for treatment at St. Ann's Hos- pital. He is under the care of Dr. Robert Coffey, and it is believed | that he will not be able to coh-| tinue with the party sailing at midnight tonight. | P FINNISH PARTY ENJOYS TRIP TO TAKU GLACIER The members of the Finnish col- ony in Juneau are still talking and laughing over the jolly picnic en- joyed by the following who jour- neyed to Taku Glacier aboard the | gasboat Wanderer Sunday: Misses | Elmi Johnson, Murial Kennedy.} Marian Engligh, Leona Karinen; | Mesdames G. Wahto, Bert Grimes, | Me Harry Niel- son, R. Kaniden, E. Forbier, Bud | Billock, Pete Nielson, Bert Grimes, | Oliver Wahto, Douglas Wahto and Gordon Wahto. - - - MRS. CASHEN RETURNS | Mrs. J. Cashen and daughter Isa- belle Cashen, returned to their Douglas home today on the Alaska, after a vacation trip to the States. | — e | WELCH IS IN TOWN | Robert Welch, of Bellingham, | who is operating a cannery at | Hoonah, is in Juneau on business | and expects to return to his plant‘ tomorrow. i - - - | A bee colony that grows strong‘I and healthy in the spring will be in | a good position to gather large quan- | tities of honey when the flowers and | trees put forth their blossoms. 1 today on the Alaska for a short Headed by Lulu | erations. Mr. {Jndscrorn left Seattle | visit while on a leisurely vacation M. Fairbanks, Seatfle newspaper by plane following " the departure|tour of Southeast Alaska, follow-, \ ing attendance at the Shrine Con- vention in Seattle. Mr. White represents various tannery products and also the | United States Quarry Tile Com- | pany, manufacturers of special floor tiles. Today Mr. White was renewing an acquaintance made some years ago in Italy, with Mrs. Edith Shee- lor, while they were both touring Europe. “I believe an Alaskan vacation | is an ideal way in which to recup- | erate from a strenuous Shrine Con- vention, and I have enjoyed im- mensely every moment of my trip thus far,” sald Mr. White. JAPANESE CONSUL VISITS IN CITY FOR JUST ONE DAY 1. Okomoto, Japanese Consul with headquarters in Seattle, spent yes- terday visiting the Juneau Japan- ese citizens, leaving for Vancouver on the Princess Louise this morn- ing. The Japanese dignitary will welcome his 12-year-old son in the Canadian metropolis and will con- tinue to his home in Seattle. Mr. Okomoto, who has spent three years as Japanese Consul in Lon- don, England, four years in that capacity in Washington, D. C., and 10 years similar service in China and Manchoukuo, enjoyed his va- cation to Matanuska Valley, and was much impressed with the great scenic wonders of Alaska. L TANANA IN PORT The freighter Tanang, of the Al- aska Steamship Company, arrived from Seattle at 1 o'clock this after- noon, docking at the Alaska Ju- neau. It is scheduled to sail for the south at 5 o'clock this afternoon. IORR—— richin flavor certainly wouldn’t taste right. Ageing improves tobacco just like it does [T Twice @ Week 45-Piece Dance Orchestra ANDRE KOSTELANETZ — CONDUCTOR WITH KAY THOMPSON AND RAY HEATNERTON AND THE RHYTHM SINGERS wine. Chesterfield tobaccos are aged for three years...it makes them mellow, mild and fragrant « « « it makes them wiur WED, 5P, | COLUMBIA NETWORK | M.(P.T.)=FRL, 6P. M. (P. T.) © 1936, Liogsts & Myass Tosscco Co,