The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1936, Page 1

VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7238. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR EXPECT REGULAR WATERSUPPLY ON TOMORROW Pipes BeingTiid Tonight with Hope for Hookup * Late Thursday, Friday AUXILIARY SYSTEM SERVING CITY NOW Boiling Still Advisable— Many Getting Drinking Water from Nelson's Repairs on the Juneau Water Company’s damaged main water main on the Basjn Road: is ex- pected to have reached the point by late tomorrow or Friday morn- ing so that a hookup can be made and regular water supply gain poured into the ecity, according to John Reck, Manager of the water company, this afternoon. Debris was being cleaned away today and it was-anticipated that the new pipe, to replace that dam- SANTANDER L VALLADOLID This map of Spain and Morocco shows the focal points of the presen. military disorders,.in which a strongly radical government is endeav- oring to hold control in the face of a rightist uprising that began in the colonial army. (Associated Press Photo) aged yesterday by the road blasc‘! Pt e e i e Week’s News in Review by Richard H. Hippelheuser would be installed tonight, and| hope was that a complete hookup | would be made by tomorrow after- | noon or evening. Pumping 7,500 Gallons In the meantime, 7,500 gallons a minute was being pumped into city | mains over the Alaska Juneau aux- iliary system and ‘virtually all places in town were to have water this afternoon, the company antici- pated. Several places on the hills were without supply this morning but Mr. Reck said another pump had been put into operation so that there would be water all over e (Continued on Page Two) - + WATERLETTES | * ol With the city water being aug-| umented through the salt water| mains of the Alaska Juneau and from a new source of supply while the Juneau Water Company’s main transmission line is being repair- ed, owing to yesterday's blast, and | further admonishment to users of the water to boil it before using it for drinking purposes, many funny an‘ cidents have occurred: | The common greeting this morn- ing was something like this: “Good morning, have you had your boiled | water yet?” ; The water supply, on account of low pressure apparently, just won't reach some of the higher levels in homes and apartment houses without some difficulty. One llttle‘ girl told .another little girl last| night on the corner of Franklin and Fifth: “Oh, our water pipes| have the flu. They just sputter and cough and sneeze, then the water comes out yellow like and oh, it looks like lemonade. “Yes, I had my usual drink of! water this morning, but who the blue blazes put salt in it?” Housewives are using citrus, dutch cleanser, and other soapy conglom- erates to obliterate the grease from the water while they are washing dishes. No, Mr. Visitor, those fire de- partment hose connections between the red and green hydrants are not | the usual thing. Water is just being distributed from the A. J. salt water mains into the Juneau Wat- er Company's - fresh water mains. Perhaps the water is salty but by this afternoon the “salt” should all be washed out. “Just driven to drink beer” said one man last night as he took a long quaff from a ‘stein. “Gee, mother,” sald a small boy this morning, “why don’t the; strain this water,” as he watch several foreign substances in his glass. Wines of various kinds were popular at dinner tables last night. “Gimme something to drink, I'm thirsty,” said one man in a res- taurant as he looked at the rusty colored fluid in his glass. He got beer and did not kick on the color. —_— Turning on water now starts ex- (Continued on Page Five) AN o NEW YORK, as of week ending July 25—By Associated Press Revolution swept over Spain. It was the revolt of militarists and Fas- cists against the, Liberal-Leftist government of Manuel Azana. If victorious, the rebels proclaim- ed they would impose a Fasgist dic- tatorship. From the north and from the south, -they marched. on Madrid. They heavy fighting. But the Loyalists held the capital and maintained control of most of the principal cit- ies. After months of quarreling among themselves, the radical parties (So- cialist, Communist, Anancho-Syndi- calist) hurriedly united with Liber- als and Moderates béhind the gov- ernment of President Azana. The Radicals mobilized miners and factory workers. Supplied with arms by the Government, they joined the Loyalist troops. The French frontier was closed { with the first outbreak of fighting. The France governments of Britain, and the United States | joined their efforts and hastened ! ships to the Spanish coast, remov- ing endangered neutrals from the strife-torn cities. The internal civil war was not without its international compli- cations. The Azana government sought aid from the Socialist regime of Premier -Leon Blum of France. Watching every development close- ly was Fascist Italy and France's enemy to the east, Nazi Ger- many. Blum's governinent was sympa- thetic to the Spanish Loyalists. Aside from a bond of common So- cial-Economic purpose it has no desire to be further surrounded by Fascist dictatorships. THE '36 CAMPAIGN “If T am electea Thief Executive of this Nation, I propose to restore our government to an efficient as well as constitutional basis.” . . . These were the words of Gov- ernor Alf M. Landon in his Topeka address accepting the Republican nomination for President. It was an address emphasizing chnnghlg political philosophies. With Landon's acceptance, the were led by General Emilo| Mola and General Francisco Fran-| co. Throughout the week, there was | e e S ymeanor. Vatican officials, it was reliably reported, talked with the Priest after this address over the transoceanic telephone. This news was accentuated by the visit to the Vatican of Bishop Michael Galla- gher, of Detroit, who will see His Holiness next week. In Vatican circles, it was said the Bishop would make an earnest de- fense of the Priest's political ac- tivities and would exert his influ- ence to save Father Coughlin from Papal criticism. There was no information avail- able on the trunsoceanic telephone conversauon; there was no way of knowing whether or not it prompt- ed the Priest of the Shrine of the Little Flower to make his public apology to the President for the language he used at Cleveland. This apology was printed in the form of an open letter to the Pres- ident, contained in “Social Jus- tice,” the weekly organ of Father Coughlin's National Union for So- cial Justice. | The National Union for Social Justice is supporting North Da- kota’s Willlam Lemke, who an- nounced his candidacy for the Presidency on the Union Party ticket. | Thus, there will be a close watch | on all possible developments which might bring a curtailment of Fa- ther Coughlin's political activities, Lemke, addressing the Cleveland convention last Sunday, allied himself with Dr. Townsend “in the great fight he is making,” and declared he was “100 per cent | for an old-age revolving pension | plan.” The details, he said, would have to be worked by Congress and by the Townsend organization. | With political activity sweeping the nation, the President contin- | ues his vacation cruise off the Maine coast Next week he will end his vaca- | tion and, on July 31, will visit Quebec where he will be welcomed by Lord Tweedsmuir, the Governor General of Canada. On his return, and before he | sets forth on any political tour, | the President will make an inspec- { tion trip through the drought area to gain first hand information on the progress of relief and rehabil- itation. Also, he will visit various areas in Eastern States devastat- publicly i Republican campaign can procced oq by floods this spring with a with full force. Not that there has| yjew to hastening construction of been no activity so far; there has been plenty of it. But Republi- themselves in reserve, giving their candidate first opportunity to sound the keynote. can orators in general have held | Federally-financed flood control | projects. | LABOR AND STEEL Defiantly, the Committee for In- dustrial Organization turned its back on the Executive Council of NATION'S DEMOS OPEN CAMPAIGN ON WIDE FRONT Six Governors Point to In- consistencies of Landon’s Acceptance Speech LAMB LEADING WOLF PACK, SAYS SPEAKER Declares Kansas Elected Governor on New Deal, Now Refutes It NEW YORK, July 29. — The Democratic National Committee op=- ened its campaign on a nation-wide front last night as six Governors from the Atlantic to Pacific rallied to the support of President Roose- velt and the New Deal and hurled caustic sent # es at the Republlcln, nominee, Gov. Alfred M. Landon, in reply to his acceptance speech in Topeka. Clarion Call i Gov. Clyde L. Herring of Iowa,' sounded a clarion call to arms; when he declared that recovery,| now being sought by fhe Republi-| cans, is actually here. He de-| clared the farmers of his own state ! and throughout the Middle West, were thankful to President Roose- | velt for his efforts in behalf of agriculture. “They know he saved! them from bankruptcy,” he .de- clared, in charging that Gov. Lan-! don was “trying to tell the people that one scrawny bird upiin'a tree is worth two in hand.” The Towah declared that “Landon is talking' of a farm program and economie| security, but we now have both' already in‘hand. Is there amy reas son to believe his promised brand of farm relief is any better than something we already have and know to be successful?” ) Hot Shot By Cochrane | Firing from the neghboring state of Nebraska, Gov. Roy L. Cochrane declared he was personally ac- quainted with Gov. Landon but that he did not know “this man Candi- date Landon.” Gov. Landon is a fine fellow, he said, “but I don't| know this Candidate Landon. I! know the Landon who in 1934 said| he had co-operated to the fullest 5 (Continued on Page Two) | VESSEL SINKS IN HEAVY SEA, LAKE MICHIGAN Fifteen Men of Crew Re-| ported Missing—Sev- en Are Rescued | Fa bl CHICAGO, Ill, July 29—Fifteen |men are feared to have drowned when the motor powered ship Material Service capsized in rough Lake Michigan waters, four miles off the south side. \ Seven of the créw members have been rescued but Capt. C. D. Brown and fourteen others are listed as missing by the Coast Guard. The first account of the tragedy was given by Pirst Mate John Johnson, one of the seven saved He said the vessel, which was sand loaded, listed suddenly to port as it nosed through heavy seas, some- time between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning. Then the craft lurched crazily to an even keel and sank swiftly. I The new cruiser Quincy (above) and the battleship Oklahoma (below) have been ordered by the United States government te assist; American citizens caught in wartorn Spain, Both are now in. European waters. They are to call at Spanish ports and evacuate Americans whose lives may be In danger. (Agso- ke, 0 AR ciated Press Photos) EPIDEMIC IS WELL UNDER CONTROL NOW One More Death Brings To- tal to 4 in Bristol Bay | Typhoid Outbreak KANAKANAK, Alaska, July 29. —The typhoid epidemic appeared‘ well under control here today as| the quarantine was lifted to per-| mit 300 Pacific American Fisheries employees to leave tomorrow. ' The death of a native child in the hospital, brings the 'total to| four (fatalities. No new cases have been report-| ed. Ben Grimes, Sanitary Engineer, and Miss Thelma Shriver, nurse, | left today for Wood River Lake | district to complete the vaccination | work there. { Officials here have been sending | visiting Indians out of town as rapidly as they got the needed | drugs and supplies. ——————— MANY TRADES SUPPORT FOR WASHINGTON, July 29.—George L. Berry, persident of Labor’s Non- partisan League, said that workers in ninety-two crafts and trades and | officials of forty-seven internation- | al unions have pledged support to the league's objective, of re-elect- ing President Roosevelt I How Will I mprovement ir | Great Britain To Build 2 | Battleships LONDON, July 29.—Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced in the House of Com- mons today that keels of two new British battleships will be laid in January, 1937 SAME FOR U. S. WASHINGTON, July 29. — Ad- miral Standley, Acting Secretary of the Navy, said today he had “not the slightest doubt” the United States would - begin con- struction of two new battleships next year, B S PROMINENT MEN WILL ADDRESS C. C. TOMORROW McGovern, Hellenthal and Allen on Program for Weekly Luncheon Foster L. McGovern, Manager of the Alaska Department of the Se- attle Chamber of Commerce, and Federal Judge Simon Hellenthal of the Third Division will be the speak- ers at the weekly luncheon of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce to- morrow in the Terminal Cafe, it was announced today by Secretary Curtis Shattuck, and a large crowd ’15 expected to be on hand to hear the distinguished visitors, Invitation also has been extend- ed to Edward C. Allen of the In- ternational Fisheries Commjssion, and it is hoped that he will be able to appear before the Chamber also. ELECTRA GROUNDED BY LOCAL WEATHER The PAA Electra, scheduled to Business Affect 2 Parties, Is Now Political Question| make the return trip to Fairbanks ‘yeswrday and held up by poor weather, is 8till grounded waiting a break in the weather. According |to weather reports conditions in the U. S. WARSHIPS SENT TO SPAIN | i | | | i | fiscation of all WASHINGTON, July 29.—Opin-|some of those which operated only | Interior are fine, the disturbance | here being merely local. The plane | In Cleveland last week, in his address at the convention of the followers of Dr. Francis Townsend, | Father Charles E. Coughlin called | pear before the Executive Council the President a “liar and betrayer.” on August 3 to answer the Coun- His address, in the light of subse-| cii's charges of rebellion and dual quent developments, prompted the| ynionism. question among political observers: | Tnis action intensified the crisis Will this turn out to have been the| i the Federation, created by the political requiem of the Detroit| pitterness and friction between the Fpasy | craft and the industrial unionists. First of all, there came word from Unless the craft-controlled execu- Vatican City of Pope Pius’ dis-|__ b pleasure with Pather Coughlin's de- the American Federation of La- bor. It served notice it would not ap- " (Continued on P:g’e’ ven) ion is divided in Washington on how reports of improvement ‘n business will affect the two parties. Some Republicans—and others— have been wondering whether evi- dence of approaching good times will cause many voters to frown upon anything which might disturb it, such as a drive against “econ- omic royalists.” From the very beginning, Demo- cratic spokesmen have attributed |effect of two lines of anti-Néw | 25th wedding anniversary by giving the rise out of the depression large- | Deal attack. One line of attack has | 825 each to 300 hos| )y to Administration agencies, even | for a time before they were thrown out by the courts, such as NRA They argue further, that im- provement started by such agencies might be jeopardized by a ¢hange of policy—ie., election of a publican Administration. Headlines Tell Improvement | But the other slant has been | taken by those speculating on the (Continued on Page Seven) will take off immediately that there is a change in local conditions. Passengers booked to make the | flight are: Pastor H. L. Wood, Ben | Smith, and T. J. Haney g Silver Wedding Gift | LONDON, July 29.—Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Abrahams celebrated their| land Belfast, pitals in L«'mdon1 is reported. high. | CLAIM REVOLT IN SPAIN IS NOW UNDER CONTROL Fascist, However, Predict Fall of Madrid—Fight- | ing in Many Areas | LONDON, July 29. — According to official advices from Madrid the government contends that the revolution has collapsed as the militia marched on Fascist con- trolled areas, however, the Fascists predicted the fall of Madrid with | the completion of military maneuv- ers intended to drive a wedge be- | tween strategic points. Leftists hold the cities of Bar-| celona and Madrid, and the latter | city has announced the capture of coastal towns San Roque and Le Linea and a fresh drive on Zara- goza, Granada and Seville | Women on Patrol Booted women are reported pa- trolling San Sebastian with fresh! firing resumed there. The government at Madrid has appropriated $5,000,000 to fight the rebellion | The Leftists have slain a dozen| airmen and destroyed seven air-| planes | DRASTIC PURGE | LONDON, July 29.—The Leftists have started a sudden drastic purge | of the Fascists elements in Spain.| Spanish rebel seaplanes and three government submarines fought two| battles in the Straits of G.braltar,| with one undersea boat believed sunk and another disabled | The American evacuaticn is pr ceeding slowly | The government has ordered con-| remain Catholic schools, collegés and universities. REBEL HEADQUARTERS LISBON, Portugal, July 29.—Ra- dio reports from Seville, Spain, in- terrupted here, said Rebel Com- mander-in-Chief Francisco Franco, has established a General Staff of the Anti-Government forces in Se- ville. D TWELVE DEAD IN HURRICANE WARSAW, July 29—Twelve per- sons were killed and 100 injured in a hurricane which swept Poland’s 21 farm villages. Property damage The wind - was accompanied by thunderstorms. |Edwin Benedict, EXPLOSION ON CRUISER: TWO SAILORS DEAD Others Are Injured, Two Seriously, Aboard U. S. S. Marblehead BREECH BLOCK OF GUN IS SHATTERED Housing Turned Into Blaz- ing Crypt—Injured Man Asks for Cigarette SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 29.—Twa sailors were killed and nine injured in a broadside six-inch gun explos- ion aboard the U.S.S. Marblehead light cruiser, at sea off Southern California late yesterday during gunnery practice. The dead are Percy William Co- fer, boatswain’s mate, second class, and Leo Steve Moranda, seaman, second class. Injuries were suffered by James Jr., seaman, sec- ond class, that calused amputation of his right arm. He and Robert William Opie, seaman, second class, were the most seriously injured. The dead are being brought here. An inquiry will be held later. BLAZING CRYPT SAN DIEGO, Cal.,, July 29.—The | breech block explosion on the Mar- blehead, light cruiser, turned the gun housing into a blazing crypt. The explosion occurred off Sougal coast during gunnery practice. It is understood here the broad- sidesix-igh gun's breech “block- blew out, shattering the rifle tub- ing. The explosive charge envel- oped the gun crew while steel frag- ments ripped the housing. There was no panic among the men. Benedict, Jr., horribly mangled whose arm was by the explosion, and which was amputated later, cooly asked for a cigarette and re- fused medical aid as he leaned against the powder biackened gun turret, while around him lay bod- ies of his Injured shipmates some groaning and crying in agony. ——————— DECISION OF ALASKA COURT IS SUSTAINED Mrs. Burns and Luther C. Hess Win Out Against Mining Company SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. July 29. —The $4,000 judgment awarded Mrs. Lillian Blancke Burns and Luther C, Hess by a decision in the Fourth District Court of Alaska. has been affirmed by the Circuit of Appeals The decision was on the appeal by the Chathem Gold Dredging Company and Tom King. Mrs. Burns and Hess had a min- ing claim cn Chatham Creek, near the Fairbanks Recording District. Their quartz mill burned to the ground in May, 1933. They con- tended the blaze was started by the company which failed to control flames. e Alagkan court found for Mrs. Burns and Hess and the judgment is aflrmed here. LEE IN LEAD IN OKLAHOMA FOR SENATOR Representative Is Getting Nomination Over Gov- ernor Marland Cou OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 29.—Returns from 3226 precincts of 3411 give Representative Joss Lee a majority of 108257 for the Democratic United States Sena- torial nomination. Lee has 288951 and his oppo- nent. Goy., E.. W. Marland, has 180,693,