The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 2, 1936, Page 1

h L8 " | i | - * i . 1 1 | P | i « 1 Ld « " i i ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLVIII., NO. 7268. [em——— Biggest Income in Peace Time History to Make Big Cut, Deficit;New Budget Oui WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Unexpectedly issuing a revised National Budget, President Franklin D. Roosevelt forecast that the biggest income in peace time history will cut the fiscal year's deficit two billion, ninety-six million, nine hundred and ninety- six thousand, three hundred dollars. The estimated revenue for the year ending next June will be five billion, six hundred and sixty-five million, eight hundred and thirty-nine thousand dollars, an increase of more than one billion and one-half over last year. Expenditures are placed at seven billion, seven hundred and sixty-two million, eight hun- dred and thirty-five thousand, three hundred dollars, Relief and recovery acts are estimated at one billion, eight hundred and thirty-five million dollars. The President said: “Unemployed is continuing to be ab- sorbed in jndustry and I believe there will be further and sub- stantial increase in such employment during the coming months.” The President, in his statement, said the public debt will be increased only four hundred and ten million dollars to about thirty-four billion dollars. The revised budget drew immediate comment from Repub- lican quarters. SECRET REBEL ARDROME HAS BEEN SHOT UP Government Scouters Dis- cover Hapgar, Bombs Rained Upon It LAST TRENCH BEFORE| Alaska Treasury Cash Balance I Figures for Last Three Years Nearly Double Totals in Past ‘The Territory of Alaska has a net cash balance in the treasury of IRUN m’l‘m TAKEN,nearly a million dollars, according * Hundred- Thomnd Militia- men Hurl Defiance at Fascist Demands LONDON, Sgpt. 2. — The secret rebel airdrome from which Fascist planes operated in attackng Madrid, has been destroyed by Government bombing planes, according to offic- ial advices received here and also by broadcast. The secret airdrome was discov- ered in a forest in the mountains surrounding Madrid. A battle ensued when Government scouting planes discovered the hide- out and Fascist planes went into the air. Rebel pursuiters chased the scout planes, but Government pursuiters went to the aid of the scouters. The Government planes then rained bombs on the secref| hangar containing the planes of the Fascist together with gasoline tanks; and ammunition stores. REBELS NEAR IRUN LONDON, Sept. 2—Rebel forces are reported to have stormed the redoubt atop Mount Huriarte, wh‘.h hand grenades, capturing one of the | last trenches defending Irun. Twenty men planted the red and gold flag atop of the flat and this | { was later shot away by the defend-‘ ers of Irun, SHOUT DEFIANCE AT DEMAND TO SURRENDER MADRID, Stpt, 2—One hundred thousand Government militiamen to- day shouted defiance from the streets of Madrid in answering the Fascist demands to “surrender or we will punsh you.” FRENCH AID GOVT. LONDON, Sept. 2—A broadcast from Spanish rebel headquarters! state that white clad obervers, sta- tioned on French mountains, sig- nal Government gunners in firing positions at Irun where to train their guns on advancing rebels. REBELS RECRUITING LONDON, Sept. 2—Spanish reb- els are reported to have opened re- ;pruiting headquarters in many sec- tions of Europe for Foreign Legion forces. 1;1“00;;;' ARE IN FLIGHT BE » France, t. 2.—Span- ish government 'toosp:p are fled:. across the Bidasca River bridge in- to this French territory which is swept by bullets fired as the Span- ish rebels fought the defenders in the Spanish suburb of Behobie, near Irun. The rebels continued toward Irun although the road is mined and the Loyalists blasted shell holes every few hundred feet. . GOES WESTWARDD J. F. Chamberlin, veteran bronr Alaska, of Soul by his wi ldtlcrfluw-bnu G the Algska. to the report submitted today to Gov. John W. Troy by Territorial Treasurer Oscar ‘Olson. The report shows a balance in the Treasury at the close of August E:u, 1936, of $951,737.57, with August| receipts totaling $212,457.51. Dis- bursements for the month were $110- 832.09. During the three years of the urer’s balance has been nearly twice | as great as in the three preceding years. The figures showing the cash balance as of August 31 for the past! six years are as follows: August 31, 1931 ... § 585,049.82 August 31, 1932 ... 474,276.20 August 31, 1933 ... 590,465.51 August 31; 1934 ... 823,983.78 August 31, 1935 ... 1,055,116.96 August 31, 1936 951,737.57 —————— RADIO PRIEST CALLED DOWN, - VATICAN PAPER Recent Utterances Against U. S. President, Pub- licly Criticised VATICAN CITY, Italy, Sept. 2— The Observers Romano, the author- itative organ of the Vatican, pub- licly criticises American Radio Priest Charles E. Coughlin for his recent speech in which he assailed President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a “lar and betrayaer.” The Prelates however said the American Priest was free to continue his political activities provided he does not-again denounce publc au- thirity. NO COMMENT NEW YORK, Sept. 2. — Radio Priest Coughlin Coughlin declined to make any comment on the criticism by the Vatican’s official newspaper, regarding his recent utterances against President Roosevelt. BRANT WITH WINGARD HAS REACHED SEATTLE The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries flagship Brant arrived in Seattle shortly after midnight yesterday morning, having mnade a faster trip than expected, according to a radio received by the local office this L G. wmm-a Alaska Agent of the Bureau of Fisheries, made the trip south on the vessel, and is ex- Ppected to leave on the return trip to Juneau in ten days. ——ae uwmt.mmusgms lehnhkmmwtnrmodw . li.l..!.h'-. Close to Million present adminstration the Treas-| ibeing pushed at this time, accord- TONSILECTOMY PERFORMED great, value in improving hospitali- Miss Mary Pearce, of Douglas, un- | zation. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” GIVES WELCOME TOLEGIONNAIRES Colorful Ceremonies Start| 17th Annual Convention of Veteran Organization NATIONAL OFFICER BRINGS GREETINGS Clarion Call of American- ism Sounded at Initial Department Meet At colorful ceremonies, the boys| of '17 who today make up the| membership of the American Le-| gion, and ladies of the Auxiliary, opened the 17th Annual Conven- tion of the Department of Alaska, here this morning in the Elks hall, sounding again the clarion call of Americanism and pledging anew| their allegiance to God and coun- try. | Department Commander An- thony E. Karnes called the gather- ing, which included a large num- ber of citizens outside the Legion, | to order shortly after 10 o'clock | land following invocation by the Rev. O. L. Kendall, the singing of | America, silent tribute to those | who “went west,” a solo by Mrs, George Alexander, accompanied by Mrs. Carol Davis, and the xmmdw ing of Taps by Byron Miller, Gov! John W. Troy extended a hearty welcome to the Legionnaires and their ladies. “It is a high privilege to welcome you to the Capital City, said the| Chief Executive. “The Americsn; Legion is a wonderful organization.| All its membership has stood the test of fire in behalf of country. You have put the American Iemons‘ on the history map of the world, | even as Hannibal and other con- querors of old led their legions on European fields of battle centuries ago. You ended that war with the American legions successfully. It| is my humble belief that everyone who is eligible should be a member | of the American Legion. The say- ing that fifty million Frenchmen | {can’t be wrong, and my thought is that fifty million American Legion- naires can not be wrong, and our country can never be wrong so| long as you carry forward as you are doing with the legions that| make up your ranks.” The Governor paid high compli-| ment to the work of both the Le-| gion and Auxiliary and stressed the (Continued on Page 'l'wo) Vice Commander Gives Program Legi_un Backs Hospitalization, Child Wel- fare, National Defense Major Objectives Hospitalization, child welfare, Am- ericanism and national defense; these are important parts of the American Legion program which are ing to Oscar Worthwine of Boise, Idaho, First National Vice-Com- mander, who with Mrs. Worthwine is here for the 17th Annual Con- vention of the Department of Al- aska. Vice-Commander Worthwine, who will go from here direct to the Na- tional Convention in Cleveland, said in an interview that the Legion was working in co-operation with the American Medical Soclety in carrying forward a general rehabili- tation -program. The files of the Legion are being made available to the medical society, he pointed out, and from these files and rec- ords of cases, much information has been obtained which has had “We are ever working for child (Continued on Page Six) JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1936, Here are a group o Juneau'’s- younger American Legion members who are lending a colorful bit to the big Department of Alaska 69 DELEGATES, Many “Ifs” Hold Fate of a 1940 Labor Party REGISTER FOR - A, L. CONVENTION Virtually All Posts and| Units in Alaska Repre- sented at Sessions Registration of delegates and al- ternates to the 17th Annual De- partment convention of the Am- erican Legion found 69 here for |the sessions, 32 representing the |Legion and 37 the Auxiliary. Registration up to noon mday‘ |included the following: Legion Delegates Sid Raynor, Anchorage; Jacob _|Zeldenrust, Ketchikan; W. O. Johnson, Juneau; Clifford A. John- son, Ketchikan; John E. Pegues, Juneau; Frank Cooper, Seward; John Wierenga, Haines; Stanley J. Nichols, Valdez; George R. Gray, Haines; Jack Winter, Valdez, J. L. McCormick, Juneau. Eiler Hansen, Sitka; John H. Newman, Juneau; Oscar Shine- man, Sitka; W. H. Bacon, Juneau; George Gullefson, Juneau; Irl A. ‘Thatcher, Ketchikan; George Jol- lie, Haines; Homer G. Nordling, Juneau; Lew Williams, Juneau; Ed Delaney, No. 2; E. M. Polley, Ju- neau. i Legion Alternates Steve Vukovich, Juneau; Chas. | Moore, No. 6; John M. Clark, Ju- | neau; Fred Sabey, Juneau; Bud; Anderson, Juneau; Tom Hutch- ings, Juneau; Wanio Hendrickson, Juneau; Bob Graham, Juneau; Bob Coughlin, Juneau; John Sharples, Juneau. Auxriliary Delegates Florence Manville, Juneau; Ella Chadwick, No. 8; Delia Sarff, No. 8; Ruth Morgan, No. 8; Edith Car- ey, No. 8; Charlotte H. Ballard, No. 8; Edna Raynor, No. 1; Irene Coul- ter, No. 6; Blanche McGillvray, No. 3; Ruth Chase, No. 3; Joe Sheldon,| No. 5; Edith F. Sheelor, No. 4; Ed- na Polley, No. 4; Annie Clarkson, No. 5; Margaret Webb, Seward. Eleanor Marsch, No. 1; Jean Ree- kie, No. 1; Mary Hopkins, No. 1; Esther Gullufsen, Juneau; Laura Bartholomew, No. 3; Florence Sa- bey, Juneau; Helen Bernhofer, Ju- neau; Mildred Culver, No. 1; Wartman, No. 13; Katherine Ban Vard, No. 13; Eunice Hahn, No. 8; Winifred Daniels, No. 3; Louise]| Hudon, Juneau; Luelle Betts, Ju- (Continued on Page Two) Lulu| Conventian being held here MANY GREETINGS EXTENDED TO CONCLAVE HERE Good Wishes Come from National Officers and Individuals Opening sessions of the 17th Annual Convention of the Ameri- can Legion, Department of Alas- ka, this morning brought receipt of a large number of messages from National officers as well as individuals connected with the Le- gion and others. Among those wishing the con- vention well in its deliberations were Frank E. Samuel, National Adjutant; R. J. McKanna, of Fair- ‘hnnka. and former Commander of the Alford John Bradford Post in Juneau; Blanche W. Scallen, De- partment Secretary for the De- partment of Minnesota; Mrs. John Wayne Chapman, National Vice President, Western Division, of Santa Fe; Ivan E. Hunt, Anchor- age; Martin H. Callin, Adjutant of Lynn Canal Post No. 12, Haines; Karl K. Katz, member of the Fair- ) (Continued on Page Seven) LOCAL FAMILY HAS REUNION YESTERDAY Together for the first time in 20 years, the H. R. Shepard family had a reunion at their home on the Gla- cler Highway last evening. Attending the affair were: Mr. and ites, and their children, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Shepard, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Neiding, Ruth Neiding, and Royal Shepard. John G. Shepard, assistant en- gineer inspector with the WPA, ar- rived in Juneau yesterlay aboard the | Yukon after a trip to the westward, | and sailed on the Alaska this morn- ing returning to Seward. Mr. Neiding, superintendent of the | Whitewater Mines at Taku, has been in Juneau for some time. His wife and daughter arrived from their home in Seattle aboard the Aleutian yesterday, * Royal Shepard is associated with Mrs. H. R. Shepard, pioneer Juneau- | a MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CFNI' 3 AALASKA PLANE MISSING; 6 ARE ABOARD LEGION OPENS SESSION HERE Ufi’» k; - Not only at convention tirfe but through- out the years these youngsters may be seen taking an active part in parades and like celebrations in the city. By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) Talk of an independent labor party in 1940 is interesting but there is a large dispute as to its import- ance. The “ifs” are many and imposing, | and four years is a long tme under present changing conditions. Much is certain to depend on what hap- pens within the older parties with respect to labor and what happens/ in the country generally with re- spect to recovery. If Mr. Roosevelt wins thts year, if he recommends a successor:in 1940, and if those labor leaders Wwho now speak of a new party still feel as strongly disposed toward the Roosevelt policies as they now. feel, where will there be standing room for an independent labor candi- date? If Mr. Landon wins, if his poli- cies as President are acceptable to the rank and file of labor, and if he finds himself engaged four years hence in a desperate battle for re-| election, will any substantial seg-! ment of the labor vote withdraw to experiment with a new venture of its own? If the depression ends, and 1840 finds the country in another era of ample employment opportunity and high wages, is labor likely to jump overboard politically? DISORGANIZATION HANDICAP These questions could be pro- longed indefinitely without exhaus- ing all of the possible ecombinations of circumstances which might aflect 1940, There are, however, several aspects of the case which do not involve conjecture. Certain solid facts are inescapable, The first of these is that maxifum results scarcely could be expected of labor party unless labor were unit- | ed behind it. Today labor is any- thing but united. A very large per- centage is unorganized and mani- festly out of sympathy with that per- cer » which is organized. And the organized section is split in the bitterest schism in its history. The Washington meeting at which | the idea of a 1940 independent party | was most prominently projected was | a meeting of one part of the or-| ganized part of labor. It was a con- | ference of labor's non-partisan league, which is pledged to the re- election of President Roosevelt. Its| leadership was made up largely, but 40 AND 8’ERS HOLDING HIGH JINKS TODAY, “Eielson” Plcture Will Be Presented at Appropriate | Ceremonies This Evening Under the directlon of Grand Chef de Gare Stanley J. Nichols of the 40 and 8, that organization of The American Legion opened its' sessions here today at the con- clusion of the opening convention ceremonies this morning. The “Wreck,” ceremonies where new. candidates for membership are being inducted, was being held this | afternon at the A. B. hall and at 6:30 the 40 and 8ers ‘are to hold‘ their banquet in the Terminal, affair open only to members of the organization and their ladies. At 8 o'clock the Grand Promenade will | be held in the Legion Dugout to be followed by the 40 and 8 Grand Ball in the Elks hall at 10 p. m. At the 40 and 8 session tonight, the Valdez Post will present to the Grand Voiture a picture panted by the well known artist, C. “Red” Huerlin, staff artist for The Am- erican Legion Monthly ani a mem- ber of Valdez Post, titled “Eielson.” It is a remarkable piece of work and will be presented by the Grand Voiture to the Department of Al- aska which in turn will present the picture to the Eielsc Memorial building: .at the . Unive of Al- aska, Honoring that great pionecer ‘| northern . flier, the late Col. Eielson, Huerlin’s excellent paint- ing depicts a scene on the Arctic coast, .unfortunate Eskimos look- ing to the skies and in the dis- . winging ' through the misty skies can be seen Eilson's plane on another of his countless missions of mercy. The painting depicts the exact plane in which the famgd flier used on early flights to give succor to those in distress. CORDOVA BOYS ARE HONORED AT SUPPER Dr. and Mrs..W. W. Council are entertaining this evening at 6 o'- |clock at a buffet supper honoring the young members of the Cordova drum and bugle corps now attend- ing The American Legion conven- tion. Dr. Council, long a resident of ?umwmmu-umu“ here. not entirely. of union officials who (Oontinued on Page Thr-e) Cordova, and former Mayor of that, city, 'is well” acquainted with most’ of the boys in the unit. Ben| 60V, JOHN TROY Legion Juniges Add Youthful Charm to Department Sessions |FISHING PARTY DISAPPEARS, NO' TRAGE IS FOUND Pilot and vae Passengers Reported Lost Since Last Sunday 3 OTHER PLANES IN AIR MAKING SEARCH Entire Area of Kenai Pen- insula Is Being Hunted —Weather Clear BULLETIN--ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 2. — The Miils {plane has been found wreck- ed near Shilak Lake. Planes have cirecled the wreck but saw no signs of life. The planes have returned here to map out plans to go there. Res- cue parties must hike about four miles from the nearefl landing place. It is reported the plane is fairly well intact. There is a | possibility the pilot and pas- | sengers may have left it safe- ,ly and are walking out. MI G , Pilot Steve Mills. Mr. and Mrs. George Markle. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis. Augustus Teik. All of Anchorage. ANCHOKRAGE, Alaska, Sept. 3.— ‘Three planes left here at daybreak | toduy to resume the search for Pi- lot Steve Mills and five passengers Mmissing since last Sunday wheén | they took off on what was to be & short fishing trip and flight into | Kenat Peninsula. Observers Carried The search planes today carried | Obseryers aboard and with the wea- ‘mer clear the planes planned to cover the area south of here to the Russian River and Skilak Lake, iwhlcn was the party’s destination. Skilah Lake is 60 miles south of | here and the terrain is comparative- ly flat. No Trace Several oldtimers are unable to give any aid in tracing the plane's movements, the searchng parties out yesterday said when they returned last night, as other planes flew over the area on Sunday and they did not recognize Mills’ ship. Searching varties today carried | emergency supplies, food, guns, am- munition and blankets. 4 One Search Futile $ { Kenneth Neese, manager of the Star Air Service, searched over Ke- nai Peninsula all day yesterday and returned last night without a trace, | With Pilot Miils were Mr. and Mrs. George Markle, Mr. and Mrs. Law- rence Davis and Augustus Teik, all residents of Anchorage. SURRENDERS ON CHARGES, FISH THEFT {Man Wanled in Ketchikan, | Says in Seattle, He Is Innocent SEATTLE, Sept. 2—Dachrln¢ that “I want to clear my name,” Pbmp E. Whiting, aged 30, a fisherman, today surrendered to Anthony Man- dery, Chief Deputy United States Marshal, who said Whiting was wanted in Ketchikan on charges 'of stealing salmon from a fish trip, Whiting said he read in newspa- Whiting came here from Ketchi- kan a week ago. Mandery said Whiting will be be returned to Al- aska within a few days. He re-