The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1936, Page 1

» THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7269. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TEN CENTS SIX KILLED IN ALASKA PLANE CRASH ROOSEVELT, | LANDON, IN CONFERENGE Two Presidential Candi- dates Conferring on Drought Problems DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 3. — President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Gov. Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas, met in the office of Gov. Clyde L. Herring, of Iowa, this afternoon. An extraordinary face to face con- ference between the two Presiden- tial opponents, on the National drought problem, brought the Presi- dent and the Governor together. The President rode through cheering crowds to the Gold Domed Capital Building. President Roosevelt was the first to ive, which was at noon, and Gov. Landon arrived an hour later. The conference on the drought problem was held in private. The arrival of the two Presiden- tial candidates caused thousands to sit the city which took on the as- pect of a great holiday event. WORTHWINE IS MAIN SPEAKER BEFORE C.0FC. National Vice -Commander Gives Stirring American- zation Talk at Luncheon National Vice-Commander Oscar Worthwine, as- the prin- cipal speaker at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce meeting today noon, won enthusiastic applause from the large aud- ience that heard him. Taking his text from the first sentence of the preamble of the Constitution of the American Legion, “To uphold and defend the Ccnstitution of the United States of America,” the speaker proceeded. “We recognize that we have ht to dictate what form government any other country people may have, or advocate, or desire. But we are tremendously interested in our own country and preservation of our constitutional system,” National Vice-Commander Worthwine told his attentive aud- ience. The American Legion, he said, believes that our forefathers have handed down to us a Constitution that guarantees priceless rights to the people of this country. He pointed out that the people exercise these rights daily and that they| influence our daily lives, shield us against oppression, protect us in our homes, our liberty and prop- erty. no of Rights Stressed Included in these rights, the Le- glonnaire stressed the right of re- ligious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right of the people peacefully to assemble and to petition the government for redress, the right to trial by jury, the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches, and seizures; the pro- vision that no soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any hous without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in the manner prescribed by law, and no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due pro- cess of law, nor shall private prop- erty be taken for public use with- oul just compensation, and in addi- tion to this, that the priceless right of the people in an orderly way to change this constitution to fit the social and economic condi- | tions that may develop. These rights are not enjoyed by any of the peoples of Europe hav- ing any of the new systems of government, Mr. Worthwine point- ed out. May Need Changes “It may be that things in Am- erica need changing, things that served well in the past may be out- grown, and with the growth of this country new needs may have come.” The speaker continued: “We are faced with heavy tasks and prob- lems in going ahead with the de- velopment of America. “We, of the Legion, believe that there is no short-cut to a better (Continued on Page Two) or| . TRAGEDY H WORKER! i -~ . 7 It’s “hey, Tom,” this and “hey, | Tom,” that during the Legion Convention. So meet J. T. “Tom” Petrich, Department Adjutant, who' does a big share of the | work in making the American | Legicn and the conventions a real success. Aside from being Adjutant for many years, “Tom” edits the Legionnaire, audits the Legion accounts, helps get out special editions, and does a mul- titude of other things that no- | bedy scems to have time to do. | In addition, don’t overlook the fact that “Tom” is and has been «for years U. S. Deputy Collector of Custems and attends ef- ficiently to his duties in that offic A “worker” is “Tom” WARREN OHLS " NEW HEAD OF -~ FORTY ANDS \Other Officers Elected by | Fun Organization of American Legion Warren Ohls of Anchorage was elected Grand Chef de Gare of the 40 and 8 in Alaska at the meeting | of that branch of The American Le- | gion in convention here last night. | Ohls succeeds Stanley J. Nichols of Valdez, who has served the past | vear. | Other officers elected are J. T. Petrich of Juneau, Grand Chef de Train; Leonard Hopkins of Anchor- age, re-elected, Grand Correspond- ant and Commissaire; F. A. Jones of Cordova, Grand Conducteur; Ro- ;bel‘b J. McKanna of Fairbanks, | Grand Gare de la Porte; five Grand Cheminots, E. M. Jacobson, Clyde R. Ellis, Sidney C. Raynor, E. M. Polley and Comrade Odlow of Fair- | banks; Stanley J. Nichols, Chemin- | ot Nationale; Anthony E. Karnes, | Sous Cheminot. | Offices to be filled by appoint- |ment of the Grand Chef de Gare |are Grand Auominer and Grand | Commissaire Voyageur. | Present Grand Chef de Gare Ni- | chols was chosen to present the Eiel- |son picture trophy to the Depart- | ment convention Saturday morn- ing at joint nstallation ceremonies |in the Elks hall. | At the banquet last night Nation- al Vice Commander Oscar Worth- wine was the principal speaker, | giving an excellent nddress on the Legion activities and Americanism. - e TS ALCONCLAVE Sister of Lorraine Johnsén | and Fliers Killed in Accidents | | Tragedy struck the American Le- glon Convention here today. Lor- ‘rnine Johnson, Auxiliary member |and wife of W. O. Johnson of the Legion, received a telegram this morning telling of the tragic death of her sister last night at Moun- tain Home, Idaho, in an automo- bile accident. The sister is Mrs. E. R. Mason of Salem, Oregon. She was killed instantly and her hus- band is in a critical condition. Three of the persons in the Mills plane which crashed on the Kenai Peninsula with resultant death of five were Legionnaires, Steve Mills, fizunus Telk and Charles Mar- ( SOLDIERS WILL ADD COLOR TO - LEGION PARADE {Drum and Bugle Corps Here with Chilkoot Barracks Platoons Lending color to the American Le- gion Convention and enjoying a vacation in town, a composite com- pany of ninety men from Chilkoot Barracks near Haines camped last evening in the Southeast Alaska Fair Building and will be seen in full strength in tonight's parade. This will probably be the last op- portunity this year to bring a force of men to Juneau from the Barracks. Col. R. W. Dusenbury arrived with the troops aboard the Army tender Fornance and with Mrs. Du- senbury is stopping at the Zynda. | The company is in command of | Capt. J. W. Gaddis with Lieuten- ant R. B. Beattie as second in command The 90 men comprise a compos- |ite company consisting of one pla- toon each from Company E, and Company F. A feature of the com- pany is the drum and bugle corps which is expected to contribute much to this evening’s events, The drum and bugle corps from Company F consists of Corporal Wilson in charge, Corporal Rach- lewicz, and Privates O'Brien, Strat- | ton, Ellingsworth, Trodden and Ka- | mer. The buigle corps from Company | F comprises Privates, first class, Bender, Jackson and Sizemore, and Privates Fabian, Gessa, Newcomb |and Ross. Sharpshooters A number of sharpshooters were |included in the company, from |among which were selected the six | men for the Army rifle team which competed at Mendenhall range this morning in the American Legion shoot. | The roster of the platoon from Company E, in addition to the drum and bugle corps already nam- ed, is as follows: Platoon Sergeant, Sergeant Vin- Ich; Right Guide, Sergeant Em- mett: Left Guide, Sergeant Greer. First Squad—Corporal Cichoski, Private First Class Averill, Privates Hamilton, Neilsen, Williams, Col- lins, Thompson and Waltz. Seccnd Squad—Corporal Warren- |burg; Privates Van Mater, Nich- ols, Redding, Hale, Fowler, Scott and Radford. Third Squad—Corporal Pogorz- elski; Privates Brooks, Roy, Steele, Botts, McGeorge, Hurley and Lew- is. Fourth Squad—Corporal Seavers; Privates Ball, Shaffer, Baker, J. Gorman, Vosahlo, Garrison and Moore. The roster of the platoon from Company F, in addition to the Bu- gle Corps, follows: Sergeant Hoffman; Acting First Sergeant; Sergeant Harvey; Cor- poral Jorgensen; Corporal McGil- bra, Mess Sergeant; Privates First Class, Shea, Tear and Douglas; and Private Phillips; Corporals Eddleman and Hicks; Privates First Class, Wilbert and Kampmann; Privates Switzer, Rober, Cribbs, Pogozeleo, Albrecht, Wyatt, Byers, Sokin, Als- dorf, Doepner and Markham. Sergeant Haynes; Corporals Mc- Nally, Ughrin and Rembusch; Privates® First Class Kirtland and Benson; Privates DeBord, Macy, Ammona, Schuyler, Guy, Pratt, Kinne, Stramel, Wurts, Caul, Roff and Wells. Capt. Gaddis declared the men were able to make themselves very comfortable in the Fair building, and ccnsidering the uncertainty of the weather, felt that they were fortunate in not making camp in Evergreen Bowl as they did earlier in the summer on former visits to Juneau. BLAZE DAMAGEIS ESTIMATED AT $200 A fire discovered smoldering in a davenport in the Chris Ubert home on the Glacier Highway, outside of the city limits, called out the Juneau Fire Department at 12:45 o'clock this morning. No one was in the house at the time of the fire. PFire Chief V. W. Mulvihill esti- ates the damage at $200. Walls were scorched and several pieces of furniture were destroyed. Chief of Police Roy:Hoffman is making an investigation. AUXILIARY HAS GREAT REGORD, REPORT SHOWS Mildred CUE in Line to Become New President —Summary Given Report of Department President Theo McKanna of Fairbanks and the appointment of committees to formulate business of the conven- tion occupied the opening sessions of the American Legion Auxiliary this morning in the Legion Dug- out. Mrs. Oscar Worthwine, Past De- partment President of Idaho, and the wife of National Vice Comman- der Oscar Worthwine, who is also here for the Alaska Department sessions, told the Alaska Auxiliary of the work that is being carried on in the States, especially referring to the flag collection of the Idaho Department, said to be the most complete in the world. Mildred Culver of Anchorage, First Vice President, is in line to be elected to succetd Mrs. McKan- {na as Department President, and the following nominations commit- tee was appointed this morning: Edna Polley, Juneau; Laura Bar- tholomew, Ketchikan; Irene Coul- |ter \Wrangell; Della Saarf, Peters- {hurg; Lula Wortman, Sitka; Eu- Inice Halm, Cordova; Josephine Sheldon, Valdez; Mary Hopkins, Anchorage, and Cleo Ives, Fair- banks. The Resolutions committee is com- | posed of Ruth Morgan, Chairman; | Alleen Olson and Jean Reekie. “It was annourced that the Aux- iliary membership contest prize went to the westward, that district under the leadership of Naima Saari; Past Department Fresident, scoring more points than the South- east district, directed by Florence | Tobin, ' Total membership now is 545. Mrs. McKanna is giving a sum- mary of the accomplishments of {the year outlined as follows: Americanism “Essay contests by Units with | prizes offered by units and Depart- ment. Speeches and musical pro- grams during Americanism Month, Flag etiquette taught to Juniors, |also saluting American Flag at the school. Creeds distributed amongst newly Americanized citizens. Pa- triotic Fourth of July programs, one unit winning $10 for their float called ‘E Pluribus Unum. Community Service “‘Wood Cutting Bee’. Held by one unit for needy elderly couple. Books sent to Sitka library to re- place books lost in fire. Other books donated to various public and school libraries. Cash dona- tions from one unit towards ex- tending library. Play sponsored by one unit towards building a per- manent home for Boy and Girl Scouts. Red Cross nurse gave six weeks' instructions in one unit. Christmas gifts to local children. Christmas baskets totalled 52 in one unit alone. Room furnished jointly by Legion and Auxiliary. One unit assisted Legion in getting an ambulance. Child Welfare “Shoe fund started for Ortho- pedic hospital in Seattle for Alas- kan patients. Glasses bought by one unit for veteran’s child. One unit sponsored making ‘layettes’ for expectant mothers. Each unit has adopted one or more children in various homes and hospitals giving each child Christmas gift and other needed articles at var- ious times. National Defense “Speeches made by various citi- zens and Legionnaires at various times on National Defense, telling need of ‘Defense for Alaska.' Rehabilitation “Newspapers sent to Veterans in various hospitals and homes. Sub- scriptions for magazines at Christ- mas time. Rayons and old silk col- lected and sent to hospitals in the State of Washington. Sales of Veteran-made articles by various Units. Easter basket sales by one Unit, the baskets being purchased from American Lake Hospital. Theé proceeds after payment for articles went into the Rehabilitation fund. One Unit furnished milk and oth- er provisions to needy family. Each Unit has adopted one or more Vet~ erans to send greetings to during the year as well as give a Christmas gift also. A large amount of mon- ey was spent by Units this year for rehabilitation. “Initiation of one class of 23 (Continued en Page Eight) War Secretary Being Mourned Army Officers VisitingHere Display Respect to Memory Officers with the Chilkoot com- pany now in Juneau are, in com- mon with U. S. Army personnel throughout the world, wearing mourning bands in respect to the memory of Secretary of War George H. Dern. The bands consist of black crepe brassard worn over the left elbow, and black crepe on the sabre handles. The mourning will con- tinue for a period of thirty days from the time of Secretary Dern's death. Chilkoot Barracks fired salute guns every half hour on the day of the Secretary’s death, and a 19-gun salute after retreat. hour of the funeral service. AVIATORS SPAN The SIXTEEN HOURS Richman and Merrill Land in South Wales Out of Gas but Safe LLWYNCELYN CARMARTHEN- SHIRE, South Wales, Sept. 3. —Har- ry Richman, orchestra leader and night club singer, and Dick Mer- irill landed their plane in the fly- {ing field here out of gasoline but $afe after flying at about 11,000 feet altitude all the way across the At- lantic in less than 16 hours to top the speed feats of an imposing list of pilots. On arrival Richman said: “It was a comfortable trip, but we are |not going to fly back to America right away.” The two landed here at 10:15 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. Richman stated: “The plane ran beautifully. We didn't see the ‘a. time. Everything went according |to. plans except that half way across the plane went into a steep nosedrive, throwing both of us from our seats. It certainly was a scare, and we had to struggle hard for a {minute or two to regain control. |It seemed an age before we did. “We averaged more than 200 imiles per hour and sometime hit | 250. The reason we weren't heard when we got near England was that the radio was out of commission | while trying to talk to London. We circled around for an hour and a| half trying to find a landing place. | There seemed to be cattle every-! where.” In the flight the two flew about 3300 miles in approximately 16| hours and 38 minutes. They were | reported off the Irish coast 15| hours and 40 minutes after their Brooklyn takeoff. With Richman handling the plane | and Merrill, a senior pilot with the | Eastern Airlines on vacation, as co- pilot, the take-off was made from | Floyd Bennett Airport, Brooklyn, N. Y, at 3:37 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Just before taking off the two fliers said they planned to fly back from England also, making it a round trip. ON TOMORROW CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 3—N. Smith, Richman’s manager, an-| nounced late this afternoon the two | fliers would not continue to Lon-| don until tomorrow morning be- | cause of difficulty in landing on| {the field there after dusk. MEYRING MAKES FORENOON FLIGHTS Irving Airways Lockheed plane, piloted by Gene Meyring, did an ac- tive business this forencon, but weather reports of zero visibility in many regions cancelled afternoon fights, The first trip this morning was with Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Neiding and daughter Ruth, flown to the ‘Whitewater Taku mine. Later four men were flown to Tenakee, and upon returning from that trip a charter flight for the Alaska Pacific Canneries was made, taking O. Os- sundson, a patient from St. Ann's Hospital, back to the cannery at Funter Bay. > 19-gun saluate after retreat The | OCEAN, TAKING | Atlantic for more than an hour at | KARNES URGES LEGIONTOBACK AIR PROGRAM Department Commander Asks Support for Alaska Air Mail Service SUGGESTS AUGMENTING \COAST GUARD SERVICE [Veterans Reserve Corps | Also Recommends Re- : serve Corps Here | Urging a strong all-Alaska pro- |gram including air mail and air ‘ba.scs as a part of the program of | national defense, Department Com- |mander Anthony E. Karnes of Ju- |neau opened the second session’ of the 17th Annual Convention of the | American Legion here this morn- |ing with a thorough report of the |year’'s work and recommendations | for future activity. In a short session, the Legion- naires appointed committees to work |out convention plans and adjourn- led until 2 o'clock to allow time to |attend the Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon at which they “were guests. “ Report of the membership cam- paign revealed the Southeast dis- trict had been successful in getting |the most new members, the total | figure now standing at 1,038 mem- bers. The contest was led by First Vice Commander Sidney C. Raynor of Anchorage and Second Vice Commander Stanley J. Nichols of Valdez, the latter’s side winning, land Vice Commander Raynor now lis faced with the task of providing the prize. Vice Commander Nichols was strong in his praise of the Southeast, Alaska Posts for the splendid work in getting new mem- | bers, and complimented the small post of Haines. Alford John Brad- ford Post No. 4 of Juneau headed |the list with 208 members. Commander Karnes in making his report, declared: “Comrades, another year has rolled around, and as has been the custom in the past, Ishall endeavor to give you something of the progress ;ol the American Legion, both na- tionally and as a Department, for the past year, and will make certain recommendations which I believe | beneficial to Alaska and its citi- zens. “May I say that after the thrill of the honor of having been elected as your Commander had somewhat subsided, the realization of the res- ponsibilities of the office began to dawn upon me. It was three weeks after the Seward Convention before I returned home, and I carried with me all the correspondence, reports, etc, that had been received or sent by PDC Hopkins, which he had so gratiously given me at the close of over this very carefully on my re- turn. “However, on my arrival home, I found that I was swamped with correspondence and reports from the National Office, and I contin- ued to be swamped throughout the entire year, with the result that the rope which bound Hoppie’s box of correspondence which box was the size of a salmon box, still remains tied. I am giving this information for the benefit of my successor in order that he may know that the National Headquarters will keep him busy, and that he will have to scratch for time to attend to the regular Department business. Some of the Accomplishments “I would like to point out to you at this time, some of the accom- plishments of the National organi- zation. John Thomas Taylor, Chair- man of the National Legislative Committee in his last bulletin states that “from a legislative standpoint, the past session of Con- gress has been the most successful the Legion has had.” ‘The most outstanding achieve- ment in this last Congress, of course, was the legislation resulting in the payment of the Adjusted Compensation Certificates. This, of course, was not accomplished in one vear. but was the result of many | years of hard work on the part of the combined efforts of The Ameri- | can Legion, the Veterans of Foreign | wars. and the Disabled Veterans, ‘sum-.'-mentina this Act, benefitting certain veterans was legislation pro- hibiting the taking of veterans from relief rolls who had received, pay- ‘nu-m of their Adjusted Compensa- tion Certificates. Provisional Offi- cers who had heretofore been de- Continued on Page Six) that Convention. I planned to go! These Legionnaires have the leading roles in the Department Convention of the American Le- gion here. Above, Department Commander Anthony E. Karnes of Juneau, and below, First Viee Department Commander Sidney C. Raynor of Anchor- age. The latter is in line to suc- ceed Karnes as Department Commander, and his election is forecast at the Saturday morn- ing session. | | | | Child Welfarels Important Work of Legion Group Chairman Clyde Ellis Sub- mits Report to Con- vention in Juneau Child Welfare is an important work with The American Legion and during the past year Past Depart-| ment Commander Clyde R. Ellis of | Anchorage has been conducting the work. In his report to the con- vention this morning, Ellis wrote: “As Chairman of the Child Wel-| fare Committee I will render my | report herewith, | “I will admit that I have not been' as active as I should have been dur-| ing the past year; and I have not | perfected the organization as it should be. “I have asked Comrade Ernie Pil- ley to supplement this repost by giving you an outline of tre work he accomplished on his trip to Washington. | “There was a sum of roney &p- propriated by the Depa:tment for use in Child Welfare wo:k. 1 have not, expended any part of this fund. | “During the past year I have| talked on Child Welfare in Cordova, Valdez and Anchorage, before vari- ous organizations. “There has come to my attention the need of assistance to three dif- ferent children during the past year. I was able to assist in two of | the cases, but in the third case, which was the case of a native boy | who has lost a leg, his mother de- | sired that he be placed in a school, and T was unable to secure the co- operation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. However, I have no criti- cism to offer for the reason that| after a full investigation by that bu- reau, it was determined that for the present the boy was as well off in his present location as he would be any place. They have agreed to keep the matter in mind and to render assistance to the boy in the future, if found advisable. “I have been working to secure a kindergarten in Anchorage. I think it advisable for the Legion and 40 and 8 to work toward that end in (Continued on Page Seven) AIR SEARCHERS FIND WRECKAGE, Anchorage Pilot, Five Pas- sengers Die, Kenai Pen- insula Disaster RESCUE PARTIES GO AFTER BODIES Victims Are Wellknown to Westward — Accident Worse, North Annals BULLETIN—A silent tribute was paid this forenoon at the Seventeenth Annual American Legion Convention meeting here, out of respect to the mem- ory of Legionnaires Mills, Mar- kle and Teik, who were killed in the plane crash on Kenai Peninsula. ARE FOUND DEAD ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 3.— Nine experienced woodsmen today hacked and tore a trail to the spot where aerial search parties late yes- terday afternoon reported Pilot Steve Mills and his five passengers lost their lives in a plane wreck. The passengers were Mr. and Mrs. George Markle, Mr. and Mrs. Law- rence Davis, and Augustus Teik, all of Anchorage. A ‘telephone message from E. F. | Jesson, Seward publisher, said Pilot Al Horning arrived there at 5 o'- | clock this morning and mustered | five men to add to the four he took | to the scene late yesterday after- lnoon to help several airmen reach | the bodies and carry them four miles to the nearest lmdmhoe, a smail lake:in-the Shilak “dis- trict on Kenai Peninsula about 60 | miles south of here and 30 miles northeast of Seward. Pilot Horning said the rescue | party found the wrecked plane on a 2,000 foot ridge. The cause of the tragedy, one of the worst in the Al- aska flying annals, has not,been de- termined. DIED IN WRECK ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 3.— Five passengers and Pilot Steve Mills dled in a plane wreck on Ken- ai Peninsula, a dispatch from Sew- ard to the Anchorage Times said late yesterday afternoon. Pilot Al Horning, flying from a small lake near the crash scene, re~ ported a rescue party had reached the Mills’, plane yesterday and found the six dead. Pilot Horning picked up four men to aid in carrying the bodies through four miles of a rough wooded coun- try. Horning left the lake, where a base camp was established, and re- turned to Seward for additional men to aid In carrying the bodies out. Search is Started Pilot Mills and his five passen- gers left Anchorage last Sunday morning on what was to have been a short fishing trip and flight into Kenai Peninsula. When the party did not return Sunday nor Monday morning, search plangs went out but reported nothing found. Tuesday the search was fruitless ard Wednesday morning three planes took to the air, with observ- (Continued on Page Two) Heror Memories, MOUNTAIN RIDGE i ; A Cragh vic'ims Fairbanks Llks Hold Serv- ices for Those Who Died in Plane Accident FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 3.— Memorial services were held here last night honoring - the memories of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lonz, Al- ton G. Nordale and Pilot Arthur F. Hines who were killed in a plane crash in the Healy River Moun- tains a year ago when returning from Dawson, Y. T. Eagle’s Hall was crowded. The Elks conducted the services and the Rev. John E. Youell delivered the eulogy. The remains of Hines and Nordale were interred in the Fairbanks cemetery and those of Mr. and Mrs. Lonz will be taken to Toledo, ©Ohio, by Long's sister, Mrs. Emma Disel, who will leave by Sunday by plane for Juneau, thence by ship and rail to the family home.