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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7255. JUNEAU, ALASKA, [TALY, FRANCE MA DAY, AUGUST 18, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS George Grigsly Withdraws from Ileleg_ate Race Independent Candidate Says He Can't Devote Time to Campaign George B. Grigsby, widely known | Juneau attorney, today announced he was withdrawing from the race for Delegate to Congress on the Independent ticket. J “My name will be on the ballot | because I can't take it off now,”| Mr. Grigsby stated, “but I want my | friends to know that T am not ask- | ing their support and make this| announcement to let them know I| have decided to withdraw from the | race.” j Mr. Grigsby, who once served as a Delegate to ~Congress, said he could not at this time devote the | time necessary to conducting a thorough campaign and at the same time attend to his private practice, and that in view of this| situation he had decided to attend to his law business and withdraw! from the race for Delegate. Mr. Grigsby is widely known throughout the Territory where he | has lived for some 30-odd years) and was formerly closely affiliated | with the Democratic Party and was | the representative of that party | when he was chosen as Delegate some years ago. Previously he serv- | ed both as United States Assistant District Attorney and United States District Attorney in. Nome, and as ‘Territorial Attorney General. Mr. Grigsby's withdrawal leaves but two candidates in the race, Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, seek- ing re-election on the Democratic ticket, and Lester O, Gore, the Re- publican nomineé. FIND EVIDENGE OF 2 GLACIERS. AT MENDENHALL Forest Service Discovers! Evidence that Present Ice Is Comparatively New There are actually two glaciers and not one at Mendenhall. This| is in the interesting information | brought to Juneau by Regional For-| ester Charles H. Flory after a visit to the Glacier area yesterday in company with Charles Burdick and Sydney Dennison of the Forest Ser- vice. The Forest Service was preparing to build a registration booth on the power house side of the Glacier and in surveying the site yesterday dis- covered ice eight inches below the surface of the present soil. Fur- ther investigations revealed, the Re- gional Forester said, that at one time, probably thousands of years ago, another glacier spread down| into Mendenhall Valley. As it re- ceded a forest grew and the pres- ent glacier came later to sweep down over the forest growth. Exam- ination now reveals the stumps and soil from that earlier period at the edges of the present glacier, Mr. Flory said. As the present glacier recedes, as it has been doing so rapidly this summer, there is more and more evidence of the old glacier beneath the present one, the Forester said. “There can be no doubt that there are actually two glaciers, one below the other,” he explained. “We find evidence of it constantly. The first glacier undoubtedly receded to such an extent, probably thousands of years ago, that a forest grew in Mendenhall Valley and later the present glacier swepet down over it.” An examination by the Forest Ser- vice officials revealed yesterday that, on the west side above the, rifle range where they are build- ing a trail to the second ice falls, the glacier has receded as much as 100 feet in places. Mother of Anchorage Woman Dies, Seattle SEATTLE, Aug, 18.—Mrs. Anna A. Jobson, aged 90, widow of Frank Jobson, former commission mer- chant, died today. Survivors }p clude a daughter, Mrs. Grace Wat- son, of Anchorage, Alaska. |Fine Feathers Guard |try farmers of Cedar Creek com- " LOVERS ACCUS Youthful Gladys MacKnight and h ED OF SLAYING er “boy friend,” Donald Wightman are pictured as they appeared in court at Bayonne, N. J., charged with the hatchet slaying of her mother, Mrs. Helen MacKnight. Police | quoted the girl as admitting killing her mother while Wightman held Mrs. MacKnight. (Associated Press Photo) Shigls Making I@riur Trip Wife with Cannery Head, First Trip to Westward and Fairbanks P I O S S B. M. BEHRENDS * * * In Appreciation By ARCHIE W. SHIELS Alaska is too young a country to have produced any great men as we understand the term, but it has developed and brought out in some of its citizens greatness in another sense—that of service to their fel-| low man. Last Wednesday such a one pass- ed round the last bend of the “Sunset Trail,” and for him the mysterious veil was drawn aside— and he passed beyond to the bourne from which no traveler may return. In the passing of B. M. Behrends, Alaska has lost one who in my mind has long been her foremost ;cltizen,_ and those of us who were | privileged to know, admire and love him, have lost a friend whose Imemory we will ever cherish. Quietly he went his way, this unassuming and kindly gentleman in every sense of the word, his hand ever extended to heip those ARCHIE W. SHIELS | Archie W. Shiels, President of | Pacific. American Fisheries, and Mrs. Shiels are passengers on the Baranof enroute to Fairbanks via Seward on a vacation trip. Although | Mr. Shiels has lived and worked in| the Territory many years, and Mrs. | Shiels has visited in Alaska, this| is her first trip to the Westward,i and Interior. During his brief stay in Juneau | this morning while the Baranof | was in port, Mr. Shiels visited with Gov. John W. Troy, H. L. Faulkner and other friends. To all he ex- pressed the shock and sadness he| felt in the passing of his life-long | friend, Mr. B. M. Behrends. Several years ago Mr. Shiels wrote | a comprehensive book on Alaska, “Seward’s Icebox,” which was wide- ly read throughout Alaska and in the States. STRIKE CALLED; | STONES HURLED PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 18. Pickets this forenoon stoned two trucks leaving the Standard Steel Spring Company’s plant where a| strike is effective. Nobody w: hurt. Chicks from Thieves BASTROP, Tex., Aug. 17.—Poul- munity near here have started dye- ing the feathers of their chickens —in hopes the bright reds and greens would attract too much at- | tention for a thief’s comfort. S eee — MRS. OLDS RETURNING Mrs. ‘Harry Olds is returning to Her Juneau home aboard the Aleu- tion after a visit of several months with relatives in Seattle. who neded it when their trail was rough. To young and old he was ever a counsellor, and wise was he |who heeded the advice given him. There is an old saying that when a truly great man passes, it mat- ters not if perchance his purse be empty of worldly wealth, provided it is filled to overflowing with the tears of gratitude of those whose way he has helped to make easier. This was brought home to me in Ketchikan yesterday, when one, upon whom the world has not showered many riches, told me with the tears running down his weath- erbeaten cheeks, “B. M. Behrends— God bless him—is gone.” And in his going there will be no grief more sincere than that of this man—and hundreds like him—who have good reason to remember the kindly spirit and generous heart of this truly foremost citizen of our Great Northland. Alaskans as a whole might do well to consider some form of memorial to him who did so much for the development of his adopted country and its citizens, that his memory may be ever kept green in the minds of those who will follow in the up- building of the Territory. MEX. BANDITS GET PAYROLL GUADLAJARA, Jalisco, Aug. 18. —Mexican bandits robbed an ex- {press bus a few blocks from the business district of the city this forenoon and escaped with a pay- roll of only $4,155. French Army Officer Claims Altitude Record VILLA COUBLAY. France, Aug. 18.—Army flier, Lieut. Georges Be- tra, claims a new airplane altitude record of 14,488 metres or 48,677 feet. The record was made last Satur- day and just officially announced today. NEW ROUTE TO ORIENT MAPPED VIA NORTHLAND Makes Announcement of Time Saver WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — The Coast and Geodetic Survey an- nounces charting a new steamship lane to the Orient, north of the Aleutian Peninsula and shortening of the distance between Yokohama and Seattle and Portland. sumption by providing a quieter and less story lane via Bering Sea reached through Unimak Pass. JAPAN TO BUIL MORE WARSHIPS ; BIG SUM NEEDED {Naval Budget to Be Swell- | ed—Officials Are Won- dering Just How TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 18.—Japan’s Navy officials are seeking funds for {new warships and have mapped a | campaign to swell the naval budget (to record proportions. | The Navy office estimates that for the coming fiscal year it is be= lieved a total of about 223 million yen, which is about $08,000,000, will be demanded for a ship construc- tion program ed to meet na- val expansion by the United States |and Great Britain. S e o — Caskets Break curdfla Tie-Up Shipments Permitted to Be Discharged by Spec- ial Concession CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. 18. — The first shipment of freight un- loaded here since the strike on the Copper River and Northwestern has tied up all traffic through this port, was made yesterday. The freight was a shipment of coffins for a local undertaking com- pany and was released through special concessions by the strike committee. Food continues to be scarcer and scarcer. Going West, Board South Bound Ship Two passengers for the westward, mistaking the Princess Alice for the Baranof, boarded the former ves- sel at the Pacific Coast dock this morning. The mistake was discovered as the Princess Alice was getting away from the dock and was well out in the channel. Six short snappy blasts from the Princess indicated the pleasure the captain was enjoying, berthing again at the dock to discharge the westward bound passengers found on a southbound steamer. S e In the University of Texas geol- ogy museum is a meteorite once used as a blacksmiths’ anvil, but now a valued specimen. Coast and Geodetic Survey The new route reduces fuel con- | SALMON PACK NEAR RECORD, ASSERTS BELL isheries Commissioner in Washington After Trip to Alaska WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — The United States Fisheries Commis- sioner Frank T. Bell, back from Alaska, estimates this year's North Pacific salmon pack to be 6,500, 000 cases, second only to 1934's rec- ord of 7,000,000 cases. | “The heavy 1936 salmon pack[ Wwill not disturb the market, as there | is virtually no carry-over,’ Com- missioner Bell said, adding that the | recent year's packs “definitely show $he effectiveness of the Federal gov- ernment's salmon conservation po]-l Hey.” | | | CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT CALLED OFF BY GOULD Declares ‘Br_a—gdo ck Must Undergo Operation—Ex- | amination Is Ordered | NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Joe Gould, | manager of the World Champion, | James J. Braddock, announced this ! forenoon that the title bout be- tween Braddock and Max Schmel- ing' scheduled for next month is \*Gould satd Braddock is facing an operation for a bad little finger | which paralyzes the arm to the elbow when he clenches his fist. Schmeling’s manager, Joe Jacobs, | said the announcement is news to him. He refuses to have Schmeling figh¢ the lwinner, of the Louis-| Sharkey fight tonight. “No substitutes for us,” Jacobs. Following the announcement by | Gould, John Phelan, Chairman of the New York Athletic Commission, ordered Braddock to submit to an | immediate examination by a bat- tery of the commission’s physicians. said NORTH SEA ON DRY DOCK FOR PLATE REPAIR Sailing from Seattle Post- | poned Until Next Sat- | urday Night SEATTLE, Aug. 18—A survey of the steamer North Sea showed sev- eral plates were damaged when the vessel was ashore on a sand bar off ,Taku River in Southeast Alaska {on the night of Monday, August 10 enroute to Juneau from Sitka. The ship refloated at high tide. | Upon arrival here the North Sea &went on the dry dock for the sur- .vey and repairs. The steamer was scheduled to sail from Seattle at 10 o'clock to- "nuht, but this has been post- poned until 10 o'clock next Satur- day night. R | A University of Kentucky pro- fessor says the average person loses one or more pounds a day i during periods of extreme heat. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 18— The Fairbanks News-Miner quotes Lieut. Col. Wilmot A. Danielson, Chairman of the Army Air Base Board, with saying Alaska Terri- miles of Fairbanks in the city's view. Similar information was given to Mayor E. B. Collins, the News-Min- er says. Lieut.-Col: Danielson said con- struction of the Air Base depends on a: Congressional appropriaation. He also said several sites have been | The old record was 14,433 metres. | negotiated for and a selection will Army Air Basé in Alask;z to Be Built Near Fairbanks, Is Claim Made;Board Travelin tory's main base will be within ten| be made later. The members of the Army Air Base Board will sail from Seward August 21 for Juneau and from | there will go to Chilkoot Barracks on Lynn Canal for a weeks' visit. \ Lieut. Col. Danielson left here yesterday for the McKinley Nation- al Park accompanied by Gen. James G. Steese. Major Otto G. Trunk, Air Corps, and Major Albro L. Parsons, Medi- cal Corps, leave tomorrow for Sew- ard where they, will join Col.’Dan- ielson and :Sergeant Walker ‘Stew- art. i The vast fortune accumulated by the noted Hetty Green was plunged {nto utigation as a result of the de. an 510 will of Colonel Green left s sister ath of her sun, Col. E. H. R. Green, the estimated $80.000,000 estate to Hetty Sylvia A. H. Green. His widow contested the bequest. Joper 12ft the colonel and his widow, Mrs. Mable Harlow Green, re- jorteo 1) at South Dartmouth, Ma an airview of (Assoclated Press Photos) Yieo 1n 1916 Below mouth. OKLY ONE BID FOR BUILDING P. 0. AT NOME St. Louis Firm Only Con- cern Interested in Construction WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — The MacDonald Construction Company of St. Louis, Missouri, has submit- ted the only bid to the Treasury Department for construction of the new Post Office building at Nome, Alaska. The bid is $489,229. TEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR NEVADA MINE Former President Hoover Reported Offered Bid, Turned Down SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 18. —The San Francisco Chronicle, in a copyrighted story, says a gold mine is operating near Jundgo, Ne- vada, for which the owner has turned down offers aggregating ten million dollars, including a bid by former President Herbert Hoover. George Austin, Jundgo storekeep- er, has been daily milling gold val- ued at $500 for the past year. The Chronicle says Austin bought the mine from J. C. Stagg, Fallen, Nevada prospector, for $500 down, which he : borrowed, price of ten grand, which, with roy- alties, has flready been paid off. The Chrenicle said Hoover ad- | vised Austind}o keep the mine after an offer to ‘purchase was refected by the storekeeper. Austin offered to pay for the advice but Hoover smilingly declined, saying that kind of advice was free. GOOD STORY DENIED PALO ALTO, Cal, Aug. 18. Paul Sexson, Secretary of Hoover, said the former President had not made an offer for the gold mine near Jundge, Nevada, referring to the San Prancisco Chronicle’s copy- righted article. S e - VISITORS LEAVE After a three week visit with their daughter, Mrs. George Whe- len, Prof. A. J. Smith, President of Racine-Kenosha School in Wiscon- sin, accompanied by his wife and daughter, Katherine, :left on the Brincess Alice this morning en- route to Wisconsin. and: a total® Upper right, Hetty Green, who he Green estate at South Dart Threatened Shirley Sterling Powell, i 16, Neb., farm boy, pleaded guilty 1 to writing a note demanding ' $25,000 and threatening harm to Shirley Temple, child movie star. (Associated Press Photo) SPECIALTIES MAKE GAINS, STOCK TRADE Transactions on Exchange Today Smallest Since Grant, 1 Last of June NEW YORK, Aug. 18—Leading steels and motors, specialties re- corded gains of fractions to more than one point today in a zurn-" over of 800,000 shares, one of the smallest in full session tradings since the latter part of June. Today's close was firm | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Closing quotation today of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 14, American Can 120%, American Power and Light 12'%, Anaconda 40, Bethlehem Steel 60%, Calumet and Hecla 12%, Co- lumbia Gas and Electric 20%, Com- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- tiss-Wright 6%, International Har- vester 17%, Kennecott #%, S. S. Kresge 27%, Simmons 37, United States Steel 66, United Corporation 8, Cities ‘Service 4%, Bremner bid 9 asked 13, Pound $5.02%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 16542, up .04; rails 5353, down .07; util- ities 34.61, up 07, FIGHT OVER SPAIN AIRPLANES ARE HELD READY IN CASEEMERGENCY Mussolini Watching Devel- opments—May Open- ly Aid Fascists CLAIMS FRENCH ARE HELPING LOYALISTS Rebels Await Reinforce- ments Before General Attack on Madrid ROME, Aug. 18. — Well-in- formed sources said today that Premier Benito Mussolini is ready to aid the Spanish Fascist rebels openly if France con- tinues openly in aiding the Madrid Government. Airplane centers along the Tyrrhenian Coast have been ordered kept in readiness for any developments. Aviators are reported remaining in call for “emergency orders” and a can- vass is being made among the pilots to learn those who speak Spanish, READY TO FLEE LONDON, Aug. 18.—Heads of the beleaguered Madrid Government are reported in uncensored dis- | patches’ reaching Gibraltar to have three airliners ready for flight in event the Capital City falls. Other advices said the rebels are |tirmly entrenched in the Guadar- rama Mountains, north of Madrid, and are only awaiting reinforce- ments from the other side of Mad- ‘nd for launching an attack. | Another View The Madrid Government, how- ever, does not expect any rebel victory apparently as officials are {urging the nation's women to make |ammunition and winter clothing and also called for new volunteers to form a new “Red Lions.” Sea, Land Fight In the north two big rebel war- ships have resumed a fierce gun duel with Government land bat- teries at Fort Guadelupe, defend- ing Irun and San Sebastian. Some navy shells are reported finding marks. Poison Gas Used Charges ure today freely made that both the Government and |rebel forces are using poison gas. Rebel headquarters at Burgos claim a Government airplane has dropped gas bombs there. NO QUARTER, IS ORDER; FIGHT WITH BAYONETS MADRID, Aug. 18.—A bloody bat- :tle in Estremadura Province is be- |ing waged with 20,000 Government |troops trying to break the rebel | blockade along the Portuguese fron- | tier. ‘\ The government reports fierce | tighting with bayonets and no quar~ ter is being shown by either side. | Reports that the rebels in taking Badajox executed 1500 Government adherents, spurred the Government |forces into a merciless drive to '“completely exterminate the rebels in the west."” - | i HEARINGS SET TOMORROW | Hearineg for Joe Vassar and Frances Foster are set for tomor- row morning in U. S. Commission= er's Court. Vassar is charged with aulting Oscar Culberhouse and r is accused on a bur- glary charge, alleging that she took a bed from the Ellingen Apart- ments, e e Death Defeats Eviction Order For Juneau Woman - Death claimed Birdie Alexander before eviction. The woman, who lived at 205 Willoughby Avenue in one of the Billy Bosch houses, was found dead this morning, an ap- parent victim of a heart attack. Yesterday afterncon deputy marp- shals had been called upon to eviet the woman from her place of resi- dence. Arriving at the house they found her in bed and apparently very sick, They summoned Dr. W, W. Council, who treated her, and ordered her taken to the hospital this Tnorning. When officials ar- rived this morning they found death had interceded.