The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME JUNEAW, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1936, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS S MOVE ON REBELS CANDIDATES | CONCENTRATE , ONINTERIOR Dimond at Fairbanks from Where He Will Fly to Other Sections FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 27.-—} Territorial - political candidates are rallying here to open the campaign for the election on September 8. Lester O. Gore, of Ketchikan, Republican candidate for Delegate to Congress, has been here for sev- eral days addressing Republican rallies. Tonight, Harry G. Mec- Cain, also of Ketchikan, Republi- can candidate for Territorial At- torney General, will address a rally. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, Democratic candidate for re-elec- tion, arrived yesterday and plans to fly to Nome and lower Yukon and Ruskokwim points, returning to Fairbanks later. McCain also intends to fly the same route be- fore returning to Fairbanks, Henry Roden, Independent can- didate for Attorney General is here and will fly to Nome and other points. Sandy Smith, Independent can- didate for Territorial Auditor, has started down river, after a visit to Fortymile, in a small boat to Iditarod, then to Nome. He in- tends to concentrate on a drive in Southeast Alaska later. JUNEAU TO BE LOCALE, STORY, BY WILLOUGHBY Wellknown Author Arrives Here to Gain “Feel” of Capital City Barrett Willoughby, as gay and winsome as ever, arrived in Juneau Saturday evening to renew her ac- quaintance with the Capitol City in preparation to writing a new serial for a national magazine with Juneau for its setting. Despite her long and thorough knowledge of all of Alaska, the popular woman writer, when she has selected the locale for a new story, likes to revisit that locale, so that her work will be absolutely authentic. She plans to remain in Juneau for a month if she is suc- cessful in gaining the “feel’ of the city. If her attempt is unfruitful she will leave for Sitka next week. Barrett Willoughby's latest book, published last March, is “River House,” a story of the Stikine. This book is a best seller and has been from its first appearance on the market. Barrett Willoughby has a home in_San Carlos, California, and. a studio in San Francisco. She stated here today that she would live in Alaska permanently were it not that she finds she can't write of Alaska at such short range; she needs to be further away to obtain a proper perspective on her subject matter. Barrett Willoughby is a close friend of Mrs. Walstein G. Smith, the two having known each other and intimately acquainted years ago in Katalla. Mrs. Smith is aid- ing Barrett Willoughby in making local arrangements. - MRS. RICKARD WEDS AGAIN CHICAGO, Ill, July 27. — Mrs. Maxine Rickard, widow of George L. “Tex” Rickard, sports promoter and once an Alaskan, is the bride of Thomas A. Gill, Chicago broker, the wedding taking place last Sat- urday. Turks Remilitarize Strategic Dardanelles ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 27.— Turkish troops have taken up po- sitioms along both sides of the re- militarized Dardanellés, taking ad- vantage of the new Straits con- vention reached at the conference in Montreux permitting re-arming of the strategic zone. Authorities plan at on cé to erect extensive for- tificitions and mount heavy guns. Here is the first run of the Oregon It was inspected by Postmaster Gen: territory centennial stamp issue as | eral James A. Farley at the govern ment's bureau of engraving and printing. (Associated Press Photo) E. L. CORD PARTY VISITS HERE ON ALASKA CRUISE Financiers Enjoy Motor Trip to Glacier, Shopping in Juneau Stores With a party of internationally! known financiers aboard, headed by E. L. Cord, the yacht Virginia| erpised into - Gastinean - Chanpsl! and dropped anchor in Juneau's harbor last night at 7 o’clock. In addition to the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Cord, the party includes Ben E. Smith, known to many Al- askans and Juneau people through former trips here; Harold Ames, of Chicago, Vice-President of the Curd‘ Corporation, and Mrs. Ames; Don P. Smith, manager for the Cord! Corporation in California and Pres- | ident of the Vulte Airplane com- | pany of California, and Mrs. Smith | and Garnett Rainey, attorney for| the Cord interests in California,| and Mrs. Rainey. } Sunday the party visited at the| Governor's House and made a sightseeing trip out Glacier High-| way. This morning before the Vlr-‘ ginia sailed in the early afternoon the party shopped in Juneau tsv.ores.\l Ben Smith and Don P. Smith) flew to Lemesurier Island for a visit with Joe Ibach, mutual friend of Rex Beach and Ben Smith. They will join the rest of the party upon| the arrival of the yacht Virgmia[ there. Although attempting to call on| all of his numerous friends here' this morning, Ben Smith expressed | the wish to be remembered to all| those he was unable to contact. | Final test flights on a new Vulte| seaplane with a cruising speed of 170 miles an hour are now bemg: made in California and will be turned over to the Russians for whom it was built, sometime this| week, according to Don P. Smith. | Two Russian pilots will fly che ship from Los Angeles to Russ)a,] departing the latter part of this| week, and probably will stop in Ju-| neau enroute, Mr. Smith said today. | The ship as built has a capacity | of 406 gallons of gasoline. | | (Continued on Page Two) SHAW EIGHTY; HE TALKS 00T English Writer Declares He! Is Advocate of : Communism MALVERN, England, July 2} George Bernard Shaw, who was 80| years old yesterday and “too busy to die,” said that he would like to see Communistic states in “all of Europe and America." 1 He added: “I am a Communist, but I don't like the way they are running it in Spain. I read Karl, Marx 14 years before Lenin did.| The trouble with Parliament and l acted the parts of the judge and|joe Rout has sent a bear skull to |the prosecuting attorney. The bride | the United States Congress is that it takes them 30 years to do 30 minutes work. Then when it be-i comeés necessary to do the reverse 'BY QUEEN MARY. ATLANTIC TRIP [Clips 3 Hours 5 Minutes from Time Made by Liner Normandie NEW YORK, July 27. ish ‘liner Queen Mary set ward | trans-Atlantic record from Cherherg breakwater 10 - Ambrose Lightship, when she arrived today, of four days, eight hours and thirty-seven minutes, official time. | The Queen Mary clipped three hours and five minutes from the time made by Normandie, which | was four days, eleven hours and| forty two-minutes. e PLANE CRASHES AFTER CIRGLING ATLANTIG LINER One Boston Newspaper Photographer Dies as Result of Injuries The Brit- t a west- | | ABOARD THE LINER EXER-| MONT, ENROUTE TO NEW YORK, July 27.—Eight men, sur- vivors of an airplane dive into the | Atlantic off Nantucket lightship and their dead companion, are be- ing rushed by this steamship to New York. The large Bellanca cabin plane, piloted by Capt. William Winsa- paw, crashed after circling the Queen Mary so several Boston newspaper photographers could take pictures. Edwin Ramsdell, of the Boston Post, one of the news photographers, died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. DENIALS MADE T0 CHARGES OF WOMAN STAR merican Olympic Treas-| urer Implies Eleanor Jarrett Has Evil Mind HAMBURG, Germany, July 27— The Treasurer of the American| Olympic team today gave an in-| dignant denial to Eleanor Holm | Jarrett’s allegation that the mock‘ marriage and trial staged aboard | the S. S. Manhattan enroute to| Berlin with the American athletes| was “shocking.” Treasurer Kerby commented: “All | 1 have to say is that only an evil mind could see anything improper in the performance. There was| nothing in it to offend anybody. A carried a bouquet of vegetables. We | were all merry, and the whole thing was done in a spirit of fun with- {dents are aiding in fighting the| TYPHOIDCLAIMS THREE LIVES IN STRICKEN AREA 400 Immunized in 'B\'is Bay Community — Ise- lated Cases Improving 4 s Improi § The typhoid epidemic in the tol Bay region has claimed . lives, according to word recef¥ The Empire from Kanakanak: It hundred immunizations ‘have. beemt completed in the last three' days and the cases which have been isolated showed some improvement ! today, it was stated. 3 Dr. Robert H. Hawkins, nanner}i physician, reported all Pacific Am# erican Fisheries cannery employ had been vaccinated and & fi quarantine is in effect. All resi: epidemic. The hospital s filledl TOWNSENDITES GATHER IN NATIONAL CONVENTION | with patients and some are being |cared for in Dr. Louis Salazar, the | Government. doctor’s quarters, be<| {cause of lack of space. '; Dr. |carrying on. despite lack of sleep |and no new Snag Point cases are |reported although the = epidemie continues at Nushagak, Kanakanalk, Dillingham and Snag Point areas: | Public places are closed. | Ben Grimes, Territorial Sanitary | Engineer, arrived in the stricken area with three nurses from Ju- neau Friday night and immediately joined with Dr. Hawkins and Dr. Salazar in efforts to combat the disease. Dr. J. F. VanAckeren, Medical Director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, had a message from Dr. | Salazar this morning indicating, he reported, that there appeared |0 far to be no further spread ofy |the disease and it was hoped the epidemic had been checked. PILOT REEVE f Hawkins said all nurses' are GOVERNMENTIS 'NOW REPORTED IN UPPER HAND Leftists Claim Victories on Northern Slopes Near Madrid U. S. AMBASSADOR’S " "AIDES ARE LEAVING |Gen. Francisco Franco | Makes Charges Against Russia and France LONDON, July 27.—According to | official dispatches received here, | Loyalist troops in Spain are march- |ing on three regions dominated by the insurrectionists in the wake of | what the Spanish government term | Leftist victories on the northern slopes of the strategic Guadarama Here is & general view of delegates and visitors on the floor of the public hall 2t Cleveland as the Town- | send old age pension plan movement opened its national convention. (Associated Press Photo) BOLLEGE PROF. Alaska Air Base STOCK BUYING " RELEASED IN ' Board I Making SENDS PRICES | MURILER CASE Survay,fllchmage UPWARD AGAIN { [Refuses to Leave Jail, How-| Army Officers Remain Some "Sha ;Make New| | ever, Until Crime | Three Days Inspecting Peaks—Bright Brand | Is Solyed ‘ on Cook. Inlet, Economic News " I NEW YORK, July 27.—A broad mountain passes, a few miles from Madrid. Fascist losses are described as heavy in the Civil War which is now in the eleventh day. Reports state a food shortage is threatened in the north and cen- tral portions of Spain. M: desertions are also report- ed from the rebel ranks Bower’s Aides Leave United States Ambassador Bow- ers’ aides are said to have left the summer embassy at San Sebastian aboard the United States Coast Guard cutter Cayuga. Bowers ap- parently is still at San Sebastian. Loyal planes are reported to have bombarded the rebel.camps on the Baleric Islands. Has Difficulties Reports from French Morocco de- ! - #fififlififi&‘%nm flmlnl | difficulties and he is charging the ASHVILLE, North Carolina, me{ ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 27,—] 277511?;“ L;":'?ndc? E. B)m‘;'" lflfld Three Army officers enroute to ¥ N ol raryeiid nounced last Saturday night he ha ’ . J |8 e session ay from fractions | released Prof. W. L. Clevenger, un- Fairbanks ‘are stopping here for to around three points, many to| cle of Helen Clevenger, slain last|three days to study land and water |new peaks for the past several | week in her hotel room here in|facilities for Army planes. buying movement sent stocks up French and Russian governments are furnishing Madrid with arms and supplies. FORCE REPORTED KILLED which her yncle was also registered. | Sheriff Brown said however that the 54-year-old bachelor, sor of the North Carolina State C lege, “chose” to remain in jail to| aid in solving the crime | Previous to the Sheriff’s announce- ment, Clevenger's release on a ha-/ beas corpus writ had been drawn| and when Clevenger heard of it he | told his brother, C. B. Clevenger, that he did not want any outside —_—————— | interference and “that he was going to stay in jail until this thing is ist for the State College. His work | clined to make any comment but ad- ; Baotes | mitted they are making a de lmled‘ study of local conditions. HAS CO-PILOT; HE'S MARRIED Valibks Flier and Valde: Girl Wed in Fairbanks —Honeymoon Flight FAIRBANKS, July 27. — Robert Campbell Reeve, basing at Valdez, | and Miss Janice Beverly Moris-| settee, also of Valdez, were mar- ried Thursday by United States The officers are Lieut. Col. Wil-| mot A. Danielson, Major Albro D, Parsons and Major Otto G. Trunk, | who are making a survey as part of the move of the Army to select a site for an air base in Alaska. takes him around the state on tours. | Commissioner W. N. Growden, of|His niece, recently graduated from Fairbanks. the New York University, was ac-| The couple will fly a new ship| Companying her uncle on his ‘”"*_One Sq uadron HOpS Off home on their honeymoon flight.|8S & vacation. £ Reeve has been serving mining| Sheriff Brown disclosed that Clev- from Seattle—Others | They de- |years. ! Utilities, steels, motors, farm im- plements, rails and specialties, were inspired by a bright brand of economic news. There was some late profit tak- ing Today’s close was firm. Transfers totaled 1,800,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 27—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13'2, American Can 14%4, Anaconda 39%, Bethlehem Steel 57%, Calumet and Hecla 11%, Commonwealth and Southern 3% Curtiss-Wright 6%, General Motors 72%, International Harvester 85, Kennecott 43%, United States Steel | 67'%, United Corporation 8%, Cities Service 4%, Pound $5.01%. | camps in the mountaineous areas. <‘He formerly flew the mail over the Andes between Santiago, Chili |and Buenos Aires, Argentine. ... LARGE WHEAT MOVEMENT ON THE PAS, Manitoba, July 27— Approximately 200,000 bushels of wheat, enough to fill all the avail- able space in the elevator at Churchill, are enroute to Mani- toba’s northern . sea port. The DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today's Dow, _ Six twin-|Jones averages: Industrials, 166.92; 54.04; utilities, 35.79. PALMER WILL * BE SCENE OF VALLEY FAIR ‘Twenty-five Hundred Dol- lars in Prizes Offered Leaving Tuesday are — - enger is going through all of the| evidence so far assembled in the case. The writ was drawn by an 2 ” e attorney who said he was acting for| SPATTLE, July 27 % ils Clevenger’s brother. im(’m".d United States Navy planes rails, R S hopped off this morning from| Sand Point with Sitka, Alaska as| s | the first stop. | | each, postponed their flight until 1 | tomorrow. , Arm Nav Fmflces‘ The Navy planes will maks com- : [] y | prehensive reconnaisance flights in Southeast Alaska. LIMA, Peru, July 27.—The (‘-m-; I.epiif:él_cnl L | ernment announces it has thwarted | i a plot to set an outbreak on Tues- day with dynamiting the Army and Navy forces during the traditional Pa- GIBRALTAR, July 27.—Reports received here said a Spanish gov- | ernment force of several hundred have been wiped out in a battle with insurgent soldiers at Lalineau, NAT, GUARD OF MISSISSIPP ‘Trouble Flares in Attempt to Blockade Milk for New Orleans BROOKHAVEN, Miss., July 27.— National Guardsmen patrolled the highways today after violence flar- ed yesterday in an attempt to place a milk blockade around New Or- leans. Seventeen blockaders have been rrested charged with fracturing the skull of a trucker whose truck load of 600 gallons of milk were dumpéd A posse rescued Felix Gurnbow, another trugkor, after pickets had tied a repe around his neck. Follow:ny the disorder, the Na- onal Guardsmen were sent to the na. > By iti:hv Demand for | movement comprises approxim: Affairs Department, it is disclosed, | announees bids will be opened Aug- | Jack O'Connor, Game Warden here, showing a hole through the brain JOHN PEIFER FOUND BUILTY Convicts Night Club Owner of Conspiracy in Kidnaping nurly‘-!uly 28 Independence Day rade. | e ' Bids on Nome Bonds | Be Opened August 11| ],y 150 cars. Making Iquiries a3 to Canadians Now in Revolt Torn Spain WASHINGTON, July 27.—The Re-| OTTAWA, July 27—The External construction Finance Corporation | has launched inquiries through the ust 11 on 50 issues of securities of British Ambassador at Madrid re- municipalities. garding the safety of Canadian| Included in the lot is $71,000 in citizens in revolt-torn Spain. 5 percent municipal bonds for Nome. Bear, with Terrible Grouch, After Bullet Passes Though ‘mf:;:;vufme was deferred until Wed- . . | Peifer was named as the finger- Brain, Is Finally Shot Down/ man in the abduction. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 27— ST. PAUL, Minn., July 27. — A Federal Court Jury has convicted John P. (Jack) Peifer, night club owner, on a charge of conspiracy in |the $100,000 kidnaping of William |Hamm, Jr, Bt. Paul brewer. The jury deliberated nearly 25 hours. SENTENCED FOR LIFE The bone tissue in the head had| ST. PAUL. Minn, July 27.—Al-| healed smoothly around the edges.|vin Karpis and Charles Fitzgerald, | The bear had terrible grouch | participants in the $100.000 Hamm against hunters and charged Rout|kidnaping, were today sentenced to| near Telaguana Lake. Rout shot|life imprisonment by Federal Judge made several years ago by a bullet | three times before he brought the M. M. Joyee. Both had -earlier for Events PALMER, Alaska, July 27.—Mat- enuska Valley will hold its first Ag- ricultural Fair from September 4 to 7, when products of the Valley produced by the colonists and ear- lier settlers will be on display. The Fair will also mark the opening of the Matanuska Highway to Palmer. Exhibits will include produce, live- stock, home economics, handicraft needlework, culinary baking, can- ning, floral displays, amateur art furbearing animals, fisheries and mining exhibits. A total of $2,500 in prizes will be offered to entrants. Amusements during the four day period will include a rodeo, baseball, boxing, wrestling, movies, and danc- es. e IR L VN, Shock Kills Horse OXFORD, Eng., July 27—A horse being used in the Oxford Univer- sity Dramatic Society’s production “As You Lke It,” was electrocuted when its hoof pierced a 230-volt it becomes a very bloody business.” out anything offensive whatsoever.” which failed to kill the bear. I bruin down. entered pleas of guilty. ‘lcul:lo four inches under the turf Stee! Still Strong LONDON, July 27.—The recently advanced price lists for iron and steel havg pot affected ogutput or demand. < Customers are readily following the higher prices and continue to place orders freely, Pro- | duction is increasing and new high levels of output are said to be in sight at steel works. - Col. Lindbergh Sees Flane Fall Apart, Ll"riend Drops Safely | WANEMUENDE, Germany, July |27--While Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh was watching a new type of | airplane in a test flight, he saw | his friend, the noted war ace, Lieu~ tenant Ernest Udet, drop to safety in a parachute when the plane fell in two pieces in the air. Udet, who is Chief of the Tech- nical Division of the Air Ministry, suffered minor injuries when he landed, but surgeons said he will be able to fly again within a week.