The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1936, Page 1

"THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE: VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7248 “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS S W / 4 P PRICE TEN CENTS SOVIET FLIERS HOP TOWARD JUNEAU BRITISHER IS KILLED, REBEL SHELL, SPAIN European /Erd May Be Knocked Into Smith- ereens by Tragedy REBEL COMMUNITIES REPORTED CAPTURED Irun Government Reports Civil War End Is Now Already in Sight LONDON, Aug. 10.—The death of a British subject today awed diplo- matic circles as holding potential- ities which might endanger the general European accord, sponsor- ed by France, for non-intervention. Capt. Repuert Saville, retired British Naval officer, was killed by a rebel shell aboard his yacht in Gijon Harbor. His wife was wound- ed. Great Britain had previously warned both sides that suitable steps must be taken to protect Brit- ish lives and property. CAPTURE REBEL CENTERS LONDON, Aug. 10.—Capture of thirteen Spanish communities dom- inated by tRe rebels is announced in an official report received here from Madrid. The report also states that in- surgents and Loyalist troops are today massed in the far north near San Sebastian. The Irun Government perdicts the end of the Civil War is now in sight. 'FASCISTS' CLAIMS LONDON, Aug. 10.—~The Madrid Government -claims to have re- pulsed a rebel attack at Navel- peral with 800 rebels killed. The Fascists report the capture of Lugonees and the seizure of the munitions factory. EPIDEMIC FEARED LONDON, Aug. 10—The Madrid War Ministry said insurgents at Birgts and Valladolid are facing an epidemic because bodies of the dead are not being buried. ..... sty SO REPUBLICAN PROGRAM IS STATED NOW Vice - Presidential Nominee Tells: Just What Par- ty Intends to Do CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 10. —Col. Frank Knox, Republican Vice Presidential candidate, in an ad- dress Saturday night before an In- diana rally, said that his party pro- posed “to end the waste of the people’'s money, reorganize and sim- plify the tax system, make taxes less and make them fairer, also to stop persecution of honest business men and put extortionate and un- economic monopoly out of business and drive out the sweatship ex- poiting employer,” Knox added that the party ex- pected to encourage investment, production and consuption and work for stabilization of currencies; aid the problem of surplus production by withdrawal of submarginal land, soil conservation and also hopes to equalize domestic prices with in- dustrial prices. Juneau Girl Taking Special Music Course MILLS COLLEGE, Cal, Aug. 10. —Corrinne B. Jenne, of Juneau, is registered as a student in the Music Department of the Mills College Summer Session. Miss Jenne is studying under the direction of Donald J. Grout, instructor in the history of music, and Domenico Brescia, professor of counterpoint and composition. —— MISS AALTO ON YUKON Miss Impi Aalto, who has been attending summer school at the ALASKA PLANE, MISSING YEAR, NOW FOUND FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. lfl.f‘ Another mystery of the north has| been solved. The discovery of the lost Arthur| F. Hines' plane is reported by John Hajdukovich, who with Bill Mc- Conn and Carl Tweiten arrived here by plane last Saturday. The trio reported they found the plane on the 5000 foot barren mountain range on the Healy River slope, 175 miles east of here while prospecting. The plane burned on crashing, the prospectors said. The bodies of the victims, Ar- thur F. Hines, pilot; Mr. and Mrs John Lonz and Alton Nordale, all of Fairbanks, were found in the wreckage. The bodies were charred. The party was returning from a discovery celebration at Dawson on August 19, last year. STORY OF DISAPPEARANCE On August 22, last year, The Em- pire printed the following story relative to the disappearance of the Hines’ plane: The rugged mountaneous country between Dawson, Y. T., and Fair- banks, Alaska, is today being comb- ed by planes searching for the ship carrying Pilot Arthur F. Hines, Mr. and Mrs. John Lonz, Fairbanks businessman and his, married only a month ago, and Alton G. Nordale, Clerk of the United States District Court for the Fouth Judicial Divis- ion, and a member of the last two| Alaska Territorial Legislature. The plane has not been reported since taking off from Dawson for Fairbanks last Monday afternoon Over Chicken Creek, The plane was last reported over the Chicken Creek country. It is believed that Pilot Hines set down deliberaw}y through some mishap or on account of bad weath- er. Searching planes are equipped both for landing on water as well as land. Today's search is in charge of and directed by Murray Hall, Depart-| ment of Commerce, Aeronautics| branch, Inspector of Alaska, who| is flying his own Stinson plane. Many in Search Other fliers engaged in the search are: Harold Gillam, Cordova aviator, ;operator of an independent service line; Percy Hubbard, independent flier, partner of Hines; Al Monson, PAA pilot, S. Christensen and H. | S. Lynn. M. W. Saseen and Vera Brook-; walter have been on the search| | for the past two days with the oth- | ers. | | Fifth Days' Search The next day, August 23, The| of the search had proven futile al- though a mystery smoke had been | seen which investigated, proved to | have been an Indian camp. Five planes were in the air in the search which continued for over ten days and then hopes was abandoned.| It was then stated that it was be-| lieved Hines had come down in some isolated section but that the mystery would be cleared up by some propecctor who would stum- ble on the wrecked plane. Planes had combed the country like a fine tooth comb operating in all directions but no trace of the| missing craft was ever sighted and it was stated then and it did de- velop, prospectors would solve the) mysterious disappearance. Fair-| banks offered a reward at the time | for any information concerning the mystery. ‘The disappearance of the H'nes plane followed in less than a week after the erash at Point Barrow in which Wiley Post and Will Rogers Jost their lives. ANOTHER ACCOUNT | A copy of last Saturday’s News| Miner, daily of Fairbanks, was re-| ceived by The Empire on the PAA Electra yesterday from Fred Sorri, well-known Junheauite now in the| Interior. The account of the News Miner is as follows: Discovery on Tuesday, August 4, | Empire stated that the fifth day; 1” Alaska" aftitis opiths Jaogest ten, prospectors made the discov- ery. The wreckage was located on a barren mountain pass at an ele- vation of about 4,500 feet, above| timber lino on the Tanana Valley| slope of the Healy river, about 20| miles westerly from the Goodpas-| ter quartz mining camp. | Mr. Hajdukovich, who arrived here | from Goodpaster this afternoon| brought a number plate off the motor of the wrecked plane. The number was checked here and found to be the same as was on| the Stinson plane piloted by Hines. The members of the party lost on the plane were Mr. and Mrs.| John F. Lonz, Alton G. Nordale and | Pilot Hines. They took off from Dawson for Fairbanks August 19, after having attended the Discovery | Day celebration in Dawson. That| was the last seen of them. Tells of Discovery | “We found the wrecked plane,”| said Mr. Hajdukovich today, “while | crossing the high mountain pass above timber line, at an elevation | of about 4,500 feet, and on the| slope of the Healy River, which| | drains into the upper Tanana. “The plane apparently crashed and burned before anyone could es- cape from it. We found a few charred bones, evidently those of the victims, “The motor was intact but badly damaged. The plane was consumed by the flames, all excepting the frame.” Number Checks Mr. Hajdukovich brought with him the plate from the meal plane motor, numbered M1125, It was checked here this afternoon and found to correspond with that which was on the Stinson plane| piloted by Hines when the ship dis- appeared. Commissioner W. N.| Growden says there is no doubt the plate is from the long missing | plane. John Hajdukovich returned here| today from Goodpaster with Pilot Lou Brennan of Pollock Flying Service, after having walked back from the scene of the wreck to| Goodpaster. McConn and Tweiten are still at Goodpaster or vicinity. | The party had left Goodpaster sev- eral days ago on a prospecting trip. Hajdukovich, one of the best known traders and property owners of the upper Tanana country, and Fairbanks, reported last summer having heard what seemed to be a plane in the vieinity of his Tan- ana post, and said today he now has no doubts but what it was the Hines plane he heard. It then was probably 15 to 20 miles, he says, from where it crashed. The search for the Hines plane was the most extensive ever made in history. Scores of planes and numerous fliers and others parti- cipated, and traveled a mileage equal to several times around the world, and continued the search until long after the winter snows had covered the plane and its four burned victims, all of whom were universally honored and beloved throughout the Northland. STORM DOES DAMAGE BUT CROPS. AIDED Scores of Pleasure Boats Are Caught in Squalls— Death Toll Unknown CHICAGO, 1., Aug. 10.—A fur- ious storm has left a trail of ex- tensive. damage along Lake Mich- igan but a drenching downpour has revived late crops, important to the drought belt section. A sixty mile an hour wind, ac- comanied by thunder, lightning and rain, caught scores of boats in the squall. The Coast Guard rescued 14 sail- Bellingham (Washington) Normal|of charred remnants and meagre D8 sloops and several scores of pas- for six weeks, is & passenger on|remains of the long lost Arthur F.| Sengers. the Yukon for Douglas to visit for| Hines plane and members of the| Several empty pleasure boats were a while with her parents before| party was reported here this after- found later on the beach but it is going to Petersburg to resume teaching for another term. noon by John Hajdukovich, who| with Bill McConn and Carl Twei-) not known whether the occupants drowned or reached shore safely. ‘CASE RESUMED * AFTER WEEKEND Attorney Promises to Bring Prominent Names and Hot Diary Into Testimony HOLLYWOOD, cCal, Aug. 10— Mary Astor was secluded for a week: end of rest preparatory to resuming the stand today in the bitter mari- | tal dispute with her ex-husband, Dr. Franklyn Thorpe. Miss Astol is suing to have the divorce Thorpe received last year annulled and to obtain custody of their daughter, | Marlyn, 4. Thorpe, contending the divorce was won properly, with misconduct. The actress, $1500 a week, finished work Sat- urday on her latest film assign- ment, “Dodsworth.” Names of two prominent film fi- gures have already been drewn into the case, and Joseph Anderson, Thorpe’s attorney, said, “Many more of considerable prominence” might be named before the hearing is concluded. After her attorney finishes, An- derson will call Miss Astor as ‘the first witness; thus getting her pur- ple ink diary into the record, which diary is reported full of “hot stuff,” ON WITNESS STAND LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. Mary Astor testified today Johny Barrymore poured his trou- bles to her after “that famous transcontinal trip of his,” appar- ently referring to the Ariel-Cali~ ban espisode. Asked concerning Barrymore, dur- 'ing the sharp cross examination, Miss Astor said he visited her twice, She also stated she had gone out several times with Bennett Cerf, after his name was mentioned. Before the trial was resumed this morning, Judge Knight issued a bench warrant for George Kauf- man, Broadway dramatist who had been subpoenaed by Thorpe’s at- torneys. Most of the morning session was devoted to questioning Miss Astor about her alleged relations with Kaufman and she said his pres- ence was always condoned by Dr Thorpe. NOTHING SERIOUS NEW YORK, Aug. 10. —Bennet Cerf, questioned here in the Astor- Thorpe testimony, said there was nothing serious between him and Miss Astor. He is a former hus- band of the Actress, Sylvia Sid- ney. e STOCK PRICES TAKE DECLINE PROIT TAKING Coppers, Alcohols, Indus- trial Specialties Lead Market Early NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Although copper and alcohols and also indus- trial specialties took the market bit in their teeth, late profit taking gave the shares a downward tug and today’swmarket close was irre- gular. Transfers today were around 1,- 300,000 shares. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK; Aug. 10.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14, American Can 123%, American Light and Power 13%, Anaconda 40%, Bethlehem Steel 597%, Calumet and Hecla 12%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtiss-Wright 7, General Motors 65%, International Harvester 84, Kennecott 47%, United States Steel 67%, United Corporation 8}, Cities Service 4%, Pound $5.02 9/16, Brem- ner asked 13, Simmons 36%, Co- lumbia Gas and Electric 23, S. 8. Kresge 28%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES Today’s Dow, Jones averages are as follows: Industrials 168.80, down 30; rails 5538, down .16; utilities 35.56, down .27. - e — GO TO KETCHIKAN Nelson 1. Beers and Harold G. Foss left for Ketchikan aboard the Alaska on a short business trip. o charges Mary]| large as speedboats. TIONCHECK SET “FOR TOMORROW Public Services to Be Held | Dust Bowl Farmers, SomeESays Effort of Administra- in Eagles’ Auditorium in Seattle SEATTLE, Aug. 10.—Public fu- neral services for Congressman Marion Zioncheck, 35 year old Dem- ocrat who died in a five-story plunge from his office in the Arc- tic building last Friday night, has been set for tomorrow. afternoon. Coroner Otto Mittlestadt said’ the body will probably be taken from the Mortuary to the Eagles Au- ditorium and lie in state preceding| the funeral services. | Although the coroner has com-! pleted his investigation and determ- ined that death was caused with suicide intent, a formal inquest will be held. Searching Investigation Although convinced that it is a case of suicide, both Federal and County agents conducted searching investigations into the events lead- ing up to the death of the Con-| gressman. There were three G- men working on the case Satur- day, apparently on special orders from Washington, on account of Zioncheck's official status. Democratic partly leaders con- ferred late last Friday to analyze political support. To Attend Services Among those who will attend the funeral services is Kenneth Rom-| ney, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House | who is flying here. Untied States Senators Bone and | Schwellenbach, Washington State Democrats, have been named to rep- resent the Senate at the funeral, along *with Representative Wall- gren, Smith and Hill, Washington Democrats, and Representatives Ek- well, of Oregon, representing the| House. —————— | FOREST FIRES RAGING TODAY, SEVEN STATES Flames Resisting Efforts of | Thousands of Men Fighting Them CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 10—Forest | fires burned stubbornly today in seven States destroying timber, homes and farms and defying ef- forts of thousands of men fight-| ing the flames. The States imperiled are Min- nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Wyom- ing, Idaho, Washington and Cali- fornia. A brush fire, fanned by a high wind, is reported endangering the “EP” ranch owned by England's King Edward, 45 miles south of Calgary. | ———— The site of the Houston, Tex., home of Gen. Sam Houston, “sav- iour of Texas,” is an auto-parking lot. A-tiny bronze marker, mount- ed in a cement block, marks the site. i | LAST RITES FOR Dr. Kingstury 'ASTOR - THORPE ‘Maiéing America to Moscow F light Via Juneau The blue bodied, red winged, specially built Vultee monoplane, with the insighia U. S. S. R.-H 208 used by Soviet fliers Sigismund Levanevisky and Victer I Levchenko. The pontoons are nearly as Is Explaining | Alaska Visit of Them, May Be Mov- ed to Northland ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 10.— Dr. John A. Kingsberry, personal consultant to Harry L .Hopkins, went to Palmer Saturday to spend a week inspecting the Matanuska Colony. In all interviews, Dr. Kingsberry said that the -dust bowl farmers must be moved and he was to sudy agricultural points in Alaska during his travels to determine if he is feasible to move them here. Dr. Kingsberry added that as far as he knew, the Government has no immediate plans to further Alas- kan colonization, The doctor gave it as his per- sonal opinion that the Territory could support thousands more people. O S, FHA MORTGAGES SHOWING GAIN:; JULY BUSINESS WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Mort- gages accepted for insurance by the Federal Housing Administration during July, 1936, were more than double, in number and amount, the totals for the month of July, 1935, it was announced today by Administrator Stewart McDonald. In July, 1936, there were 11234 mortgages for insurance totaling $44,331,458, as compared with the July, 1935 figures: 4,081 mortgages accepted totaling $16,722512. Modernization notes insured dur- ing July, 1936, were 31,895 totaling $14,457,062, As of July 81, 1036, there had been 1,118,318 modernization notes in- sured by the Housing Administra- tion totaling $410,339,749. Mort- gages accepted for insurance as of the same date were 96,287 totaling $388,753,944, As of the same date, mortgages have been dctepted for insurance on large u:mp housing projects amounting to "$39,721,000 Nearly 300 Seek Office in State Of Washington OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 10.—State voters at the September primaries will have a choice of 387 candi- dates to vote upon. Filings closed Saturday at 5 o- clock with the largest field of can- didates in the history of the State The majority of those filing are Democrats. IS HOUSE GUEST OF MRS. WILBUR IRVING Mrs. H. R, Smith, wife of the manager of the Piggly Wiggly Com- pany, at Cordova, arrived here on the Alaska and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Irving. Mrs. Smith: will visit here several days before continuing her trip outside. IREACTIONARIES ARE HIT BY F.D.R. INLABOR TALK tion to Correct Evils in Economic System WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—Presi- dent Roosevelt told the Labor Non- Partisan League today that he is confident future history will show as it has in the past that “return of reactionary practices is ever short-lived.” & During the past three years we have endeavored to correct through legislation certain evils in our econ- omic system,” the President said. “We have sought to halt certain| economic practices which have not| promoted the public welfare. Some of the laws enacted have been de- clared invalid by the Supreme Court. It is a notable fact that| it was not the wage earners who| cheered when those laws were de- clared invalid.” COLORED YOUTH HAS CONFESSED MURDERING COED Mystery Surrounding Slay-| ing of Helen Clevenger Is Cleared Up NASHVILLE, North Carolina,| Aug. 10.—Sheriff Lawrence Brown| announced yesterday that Martin! Moore, 22-year-old negro hall boy at the Battery Park Hotel, con- fessed killing pretty 18-year-old | Helen Clevenger, New York Uni-| versity coed, early on the morning| of July 16 Sheriff Brown said Moore sign-| ed a confession and then re-en- acted the scene in the hotel room where the young student’s body was discovered on the morning of July 16 by her uncle, Prof. W. L. Clev-| enger, when he went to ce!l her for! breakfast with him. The motive for the crime was robbery, Sheriff said Moore will be| charged immediately with the mur- der. The girl, the daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. F, Clevenger, of Staten| Island, was accompanying her. 54-| year-old uncle, datry specialist| of the North Carolina State College on a tour of the State. . He was| arrested on July 26 on. suspicion and later released but remained in jail of his own volition to aid in| solving the crime. Several others were taken in cus-| tody “on suspicion” but they were subsequently released. The murder was one of the most sensational in this section for years. e, Chrysler Employees Are to Get 2nd Bonus DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 10—K. T. Keller, president of the Chrysler Corporation announces that an ad- ditional cash bonus of two million | enroute to Juneau. dollars will be distributed August 10 to employees. The bonus will be the seeond this year. MAY REACH . HERE LATE AFTERNOON Finally Take Off from Bella Bella, B. C., Where Down 36 Hours REACH KETCHIKAN; PLANE IS SERVICED Ask for Wger Reports and Are Expected to Take Off Anytime The Soviet fliers, air-mapping a proposed route between Am- erica and Moscow, Sigismund Levanevisky and Vietor L Levchenko, hopped off from Bella Bella this morning and landed at Ketchikan, The two . fliers asked for a weather report at 3 o'clock, Ju- neau time, and are expected to hop from Ketchikan for Juneau at any time this afternoon. If they fly at 170 miles an hour, as they did on the flight from California to Seattle, they should reach Juneau within an hour and a half after taking off from Ketchikan. Deep Concern Following yesterday's dead silence as far as the outside world was concerned, that had enveloped the Russian fliers, down at Bella Bella, N. A. Sokoloff, representative of the Amtorg, now at Seattle, announced he would take means to learn sometl«hg. On top of this statement from Seattle, an Associated Press dis- patch was received from Vancou- yer by The Empire, stating the Nemu, British = Columbia, officials, 25 miles from isolated Bella Bella, said the fliers were still held to the water by poor visibility and waiting improved conditions be- fore hopping on the next leg, pre- sumably for Juneau. Boat Dispatched A boat had been dispatched from the Namu cannery, the nearest communication point and was due back late this afternoon with more deetails. The plane was known to be undamaged. At Ketchikan The next report came from Ket~ chikan that the two fliers had landed there at 12:55 o'clock . this afternoon (Ketchikan time) from Bella Bella and they planned to continue their flight within an hour for Juneau. The Kefchikan dispatch report- ed a strong -tailwind speeded the flight from Bella Bella to Ketchi- kan. The two fliers, upon arrival theré, immediately asked for weather re= ports. = Mechamics at' Ketchikan' started to service the plane for the flight to Juneau. i FORCED DOWN The plane was forced down last Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Juneau time, at Bella Bella, Brit- ish Columbia, on the inside pas- sage, after taking off from Seattle at 10:26 o'clock Saturday morning) The cause was on account of poor visibility as was stated in last Saturday's Empire. The last message from the plane, before going down to the water at Bella Bella, pickad up by the Sig: nal Corps, U. S, Army’s radio sta- ticn ‘2 Juncau £nd relayed to.Se- attle, and interpreted at Seattle by Nicholas Solok)ff. representa- tive of the Amtorg, Russian trading company, said the fliers were in no trouble on the flight and expected to take to the air again for Ju- neau Sunday morning, Whele Force on Duty As a consequence of the informa- tion the fliers would hop off Suit- day morping, operaters of the Ju- neau Signal Corps had their ear- pheries on at 6 o'clock, and on special wave lengths, listened for signals, from the Soviet plane. The weather bureau staff was also on extra guty with reports of condi- tions, and out at the PAA airport R. W. McCrary, who had received instructions from the New York of- fice to listen in and give the fliers all the assistance possible, had his earphones on at 6 o'clock giving special attention to catching their signals as well as keep tab on the movements of his own PAA Electra enroute from Fairbanks to Juneau. “Watch” Ended It was not until 6 o'clock last, night that the “watch” for signals (Continued on Page Sevew) carmery