The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7270. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TIMS RECOVERED REBEL ADVANCE BEING CHECKED NORTHERN AREA Desperate Government Mil- itiamen Spring Count- er Attack IRUN IS BURNING; CORPSES ON STREETS Naval Battle Is Immiment —Warships to Meet, Bay of Biscay LONDON, Sept. 4—A desperate band of Spanish Government mil- itiamen have checked the sweeping rebel advance on the Irun-San Se- bastian front by recapturing the In- ternational bridgehead leading to France. The surprise counter attack came while the Fascist insurgants were raging through the burning, corpse ewn city of Irun, pressing toward San Sebastian, eight miles distant. A terrific gunfire is heard in the battle area. It is expected that a naval battle will also result on the Bay of Bis- cay. Rebel gunboats have been bom- barding San Sebastian during the recent days but unofficial advices state are now converging on the bay, ready to inaugurate a mopping up sea campaign of all rebel craft. GOVERNMENT CHANGES MADRID, Sept. 4—Premier Jos- egeral Periella Ras resigned and a new government is announced for the war-torn Spanish Republic. Socialist Extremist Leader, Fran- cisco Largo Caballero has been named Prime Minister and Minis- ter of War. LEGION PARADE. SHOW TONICHT IN COLISEUM All Gastineau Channel Com- munity Invited to Joint in Gala Stunt Night Haba! Haba! Haba! It's the Coliseum Theatre night! The American Legion Conven- tion’s big public jamboree to in-| clude a parade and stunt show will be held in the Coliseum Theatre at 8 o'clock tonight. Due to inclement weather the parade will not be held on the streets as formerly scheduled, but in the theatre in connection with the show, the various units parad- ing across the stage and through the theatre, led by the famed Cor- dova drum and bugle corps. The Chilkoot Barracks soldiers, the City Band, High School Band and all the units that were to take part in the street parade will be in the theatre demonstration. All res- idents of Juneau, Douglas and Gas- tineau Channel are invited. With the colors massed on the stage, the affair promises to be one of the most colorful of the conven- to- tion week. Lending an appropriate! note -will be the uniformed drill team of the Ketchikan Auxiliary Unit acting as ushers. They include Ruth Morgan, Blanch McGilvray, Ruth Chase, Edith Carey, Juanita Crowther and Laura Bartholomew. Program Chairman Homer Nord- ling reports that Stunt Chairman Harry Sperling has assembled an unusual array of talent which prom- ises to afford some of the most brilliant entertainment ever seen in Alaska. Right from the “Cafe de Paree” and other “bright spots of the world” are coming the “artists” who will put on the only entertain- ment of its kind ever assembled under one tent. The assurance is that nothing like it has even been presented before. - e — WORKING HERE D. E. Haase, of Washington, D. C., is in town doing special work in the Disburser’s office, Treasury De- partment. He is staying at the Gas- tineau Hotel. - e Madeleine Carroll of the movies danced several times with King Edward VIII when he was Prince of Wales. that Government warships | Chas. Mowry Banqueted by Hp@ry Club District Governor Gives Comprehensive Talk— Highlights of Night Juneau Rotarians and Rotary Anns gathered at a banquet last night in the Termial Cafe in honor nor of Rotary International of the First District which includes Al- aska, who is now making an offic- Following the dinner District Gov- ernor Mowry, as principal speaker sive talk on the world wide scope of Rotary, its history, some of the transitions that have taken place in Rotary and what influence it can have on the individual mem- bers, the community and interna- tionally. Mr. Mowry in his talk stressed four outstanding divisions in Ro- tary, Community Service, Interna- tional Service, Vocational Service, and Fellowship. Music Program The banquet meeting was presid- ed over by A. B. Phillips, President of the Juneau Club. The Rev. O. |L. Kendall, Secretary, lead in com- !munity singing, and an excellent | musical program was presented by well known Juneau people. | Featured on this program were, | Wally Peterson, vocalist, accompan- ied at the piano by Miss Louise Kol- itsh, of KINY, and Byron Miller, |trumpet soloist, accompanied by | Mrs. Carol Beery Davis. Miss Ruth | Coffin played the piano for the | group singing. | Two Toasts ! Wm. O. Carlson offered. two Ba- of Charles Mowry, District Gover- | ial visitation to the Juneau Club.| of the evening, gave a comprehen-| NORWAY REJECTS SOVIET DEMANDS T0 EXPEL LEON | Trotzy May Remain in Safe | Haven, It Is Indicat- ed in Note LATIONS ARE NOT BEING JEOPARDIZED |Russian Minister Handed Official Communica- tion Today | OSLO, Norway, Sept. 4. — The | Norwegian Government today for- | mally rejected the demands of the Soviet Government that Norway | expel Leon Trotzky. On August 29, the Moscow Gov- ernment sent a note to the Norweg- |ian Government demanding that | Trotzky, who was alleged to have |planned the recent attempted re- | volt against the Soviet Government, ibe sent out of his present haven |in Norway and indicated in the note | that if Norway refused the request, relations between the two countries | would suffer. | Note Given Minister The Soviet Minister in Oslo has | been handed a note which said the Russian demand did not conform to “existing friendly relations be- !tween the two countries.” The note further said Norway has not been negligént in prevent- ing “any actions organized on her territory which may threaten the security of other nations.’ Official Position The Norwegian government has |found it cannot officially expel Trotzky Because he had no return I ;RE | tary toasts, one to the Rotary Anns, visa when he arrived in this coun- | and one to the Rotarians. |try from France. | Many of the 54 attending said to-| Foilowing the demand of the Rus- | day that the meeting was one of the|Sian Government for his expulsion | most enjoyable, and instructive they had experienced in a long time. District Governor Mowry will re- main in Juneau until Tuesday, when he will go south on the Princess Louise. BETTER NOT WEAR TUXEDO 0 GRAND BALL Legion Convention Finale Strictly Informal for Men, But the Women—Ah! Any man who wears a tuxedo will be buried six feet under or stretched to the yard. This is the ultimatum of the Le- gion Convention committee today in announcing that the Grand Ball will be the final big celebration of the 17th Annual American Legion Convention tomorrow night in the Elks’ Hall. The announcement said further: {“The Ladies, God bless them, can wear their very prettiest party dress- es and be their own sweet selves.” The ball will be the grand finale to a day of much activity tomorrow. The Legion will elect officers in the morning and at 3 o'clock in the af- ternoon a joint assembly of the Le- gion and Auxiliary will be held for the formal installation of officers. Important resolutions will occupy much of the other business sessions {and at 7 o'clock the convention ban- quet will be held in the Odd Fellows R{all. Tax Bills Are Being Sent Qut Tax bills are beirg mailed from the office of City Clerk A. W. |Henning, the first payment being 'due on or before September 15. A two per cent discount is allowed if the entire year’s bill is paid by that date. A twelve per cent penalty is added if the first half is not paid by September 15. The City Clerk is urging all who can conveniently do so to send their payments in at once, without waiting until the last day. Those who do wait are usually inconven- lenced by the last minute crowd, and it will naturally be easier on the office as well as the public if the business is handled over a longer period. | | | from Norway, no other country jcame forth with announcement | Trotzky could find a safe haven in their land | Trotzky and his wife have been |interned in their home here but [two of his secretaries, both men, {have been instructed to leave. -oo HOLDEN REPORTS FINE RECEPTION FOR DEMOCRATS |Entire Campaign Party Giv- en Great Welcome in Southeast Cities | After leaving the Democratic campaign party, which he has transported throughout Southeast | Alaska, consisting of Delegate An- thony J. Dimond, Attorney Gen- eral James S. Truitt, Auditor Frank A. Boyle,/Senator Norman R. Wal- ker, and Capt. James V. Davis, in Ketchikan yesterday, Alex Holden, manager and chief pilot of the Ma- rine Airways, arrived in Juneau |this morning with the company’s Bellanca and declared. “Everywhere spontaneous and en- thusiastic receptions greeted the Democratic candidate group, which included Delegate Dimond, Attorney General Truitt, Territorial Auditor Boyle, Senator Norman R. Walker, and House of Representative can- didates Capt. James V. Davis, and |J. P. Anderson. | “Judging from the receptions and the crowd that attended the meet- ings every indication points to a strong Democratic victory in South- east Alaska,” Holden said. “At all the places visitec, all of the candidates talked at public meetings, each one advocating the voting of the” straight Democratic ticket and stating the reasons why this action on the part of the voters was necessary for the continued pro- gress and development of the Ter- ritory, under a friendly and har- monious administration. Formal meetings at Klawock and Hyda- burg had not been planned, but upon arrival there the citizens want- ed to hear the candidates and in- sisted they remain long enough to get the people together for a gen- eral meeting.” A good schedule was maintained throughout the trip, Manager Hol- den, who piloted the campaign plane, said. Leaving here Thursday, Delegate (Continued on Page Five) | | | WARNS JAPAN THAT BORDER CRISIS NEARS Soviet Government Declares Situation Now at Danger Point TOKYO {AUTHORITIES ARE SOLELY BLAMED Resentmeént Expressed to Work on Ceaseless Fabrications Absentee Ballots Are Rec_aived Here Forty Have Already Arriv- ed—Election Quali- fications Given Election interest has reached deeply into the Territory this year, judging from the -absentee ballots received at the U. S. Commission- er's office. To date more than for- ty have been filed, which, accord- ing to Commissioner J. F. Mullen marks a record as far as he can recall. City Clerk A. W. Henning has re- ceived a number of inquiries from voters seeking to register for next Tuesday’s election, apparently un= Eane N aware of the fact that no registra-| MOSCOW, Sept. 4—Russia today tion is required for Territorial elee- | Warned Japan that the Soviet Gov- tions. ernment considers continuation of All American citizens of voting the present situation on the Soviet- age who have been residents of Al- :"ex::glc:k::g :::::;inns ;:;ngrm». aska for one year, and of theiriy GIRC I SU 0 o ot voting precinct for one month, are 2 admitted to the polls. {1 The Snv?et Government proposes e an immediate establishment of a © |mixed Soviet-Japanese-Manchouku- #n Commission to inquire into the MILDRED cuLvE many ‘incidents on the desolate , tfi commission last February and OF A L AUX'L'AR? contends the delay at the creation AR ‘The Soviet Government pointed out that the Japanese consented of- ficially to the establishment of such frontier. of such a commission is entirely Tokyo's fault. The Soviet Government also an- nounces to the world that it pro- tests to the alleged ceaseless fabri- cation’ by Japanese-Manchoukuan attempts to place on Russia re- sponsibility for possible aggrava- tion of the situation. Wemecke Flies " Here Enroute fo | Yuku_n District |General Manager of Inter- ior Property Comes in Own Plane Other Officers Eiected at Sessions of Legion * Women Today Mildred Culver of :ncoorage was elected President of the Alaska De- partment of the American Legion Auxiliary at its third day sessiols in the Dugout here today. She succeeds Theo McKanna of Faity banks. $ Other officers elected are: Ruth Chase, Ketchikan, First Vice Pres- ident; Eleanor Marsch, Anchor- | age, Second Vice President; Olive| Elliott, Juneau, Secretary-Treasur- er; Signe Thomas, Valdez, Chap- lain; Delia Dunham, Fairbanks, Sergeant-at-Arms; Josephine Shel- don, Seward, Historian; Edna Pol- ley and Alba Newman, Juneau, Exe- cutive Committee; Theo McKanna, Fairbanks, National Executive Com-| Livingston ~Wernecke, general mittee Woman; Mildred Carver, manager of the Yukon-Treadwell Anchorage, first alternate; Eliza-|Mine at Mayo, Yukon Territory,i beth Nordling, Juneau, second al-!8nd consulting geologist for the Al- ternate. |aska Juneau Gold Mining Com- Delegates to the National Con- | Pany, and former Juneau res\de_nc. vention also were chosen as fol-|2rrived in Juneau this morning lows: Florence Tobin, Ketchikan,|{rom his headquarters in San Fran- chairman of the delegation; Eunice| iS¢0 on the company’s Bellanca Hahn, Cordova; Clara Brown, An-|Seaplane, piloted by Charles Grop- chorage; Maud Longaker, Anchor-|s: age; Mrs. Herbert Frawley, Juneau; | i {dova Post, Dr. Royal Fitch of Val- PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 4.— Little Lou Ann Markle, in a Port- land Hospital for treatment for an infected leg, was yesterday told the sad news of the death of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mar- kle, in the airplane crash in Al- aska, The little girl, who displayed the greatest of cheerfulness during the months she was in pain, and won the hearts of the Shrine Hospital staff, gave way completely to tears when the news of the death of her parents was conveyed to her by her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Edward Haysint. “She did not scream or faint; she merely looked at us in disbelief for| a moment, and then cried like al' Sad Part of Plane Tragedy Is Telling Little Girl, on Sick Bed, Parents Are Killed | heartsick, lonely little girl,” a hos- | pital attendant said when her grandparents gave her the sad in- | formation. | Little Lou was moved to a pri- vate room to be alone with her grandparents. Earlier, the girl's grandparents |had said they would not tell her |of the accident, but then decided "thc shock might be greater if she | heard of the tragedy from outside | sources. The little girl, who was flown | here from Anchorage months ago, has been recovering slowly from an operation, Her grandparents will care for her when she is released from the hospital. LEGION ELECTS DELEGATES TO NATL. GONCLAVE Alaska Department Endors-| es Plan for Pioneers’ | Memorial Four former Alaskans, now liv- ing Outside but members of Alaska Legion Posts, were elected delegates to the National Convention of the American Legion which convenes in Cleveland September 21 at the third day session of the Departmentf of Alaska here today. { They are: J. F. Comer of Cor-| 1936 FISH PACK MILLION AHEAD OF OLD RECORD Alaska’s To;;l_&ow 8,234,- 312 Cases—Reports Still to Come With final returns still to be re- ceived from a few scattered re- glons, the U. S. Bureau of Fisher- ies’ tabulation of Alaska’s 1936 fish pack today showed a grand total of 8234312 cases—a million more cases than ever packed in the half | century of the industry. Southeast Alaska districts, in- cluding as far as Yakutat, contri- dez Post, Herbert Prawley of the | buted 4010257 cases to the pack, Juneau Post and the latter’s Past|With 4224065 cases coming from President, and Dr. Walla Tate of}the Westward country. The figures the Seldovia Post. |for all Westward districts except The delegation was authorized to|Chignik are giver. as final, though gation other eligible Alaska Le-|nik will not close its season until gionnaires who may be attendingOctober 1, though the activity there| the convention. has slowed down greatly and their| At the brief business session, a|final figures will not change the! resolution presented by Past De- | totals greatly. partment Commander Eiler Han-| In Southeast Alaska only Icy sen endorsing the plan for a monu- | Strait and Eastern districts have ment to the memory of Alaska | entered final reports, leaving room ploneers was unanimously adopted.|for slight additions to the total| The Past Commander in comment. |when Yakutat, Wrangell, Kefchi- ing on the plan said that consid- kan and West Coast report again. erable interest already had been|The season has closed in these sec- shown in the proposal in the Ter- | tions, but the figures are not en- ritory and it probably would come tered. The Western region figures up at the forthcoming Legislature |are final except for the report of in January. |the floating cannery Retriever op- “Sitka has been suggested for|erating at Sitka. the monment,” Hansen said, “bfll‘ Following are the reports from admit to membership in the dele.;subject to slight corrections. Chig-| and Delia Saarf, Petersburg. Some of the delegates now live Outside| and will be in attendance at the conventjon. Mrs. Frawley and Mrs. Longaker were named delegates to the Na- tional Defense Conference in Wash- ington in January. No session of the Auxiliary is be- ing held this afternon and the res- olutions committee is scheduled to ‘teport at tomorrow's session which will convene at 10 o'clock in the Dugout. Nineteen Past Presidents were present at the Past President’s Par- ing very well, Mr. Wernecke said |believe that it is the least we can| today when interviewed in his of-[do for those noble pioneer men and fice at the Alaska Juneau. women who came to this country Upon completion of several dayslin the early days and stayed to| work here Mr. Wernecke will fly|make this Territory the great coun-| to Mayo and remain there until the|try that it is.” | frost comes. Invitation from Mayor H. E.| The plane left San Francisco|Brown of Anchorage, to hold the Tuesday, making stops at Port-11937 convention in that city was| land, Seattle, Vancouver, B. C.|received by the convention, and it and Wrangell last night, the latter|is probable that Anchorage will be stop because of poor weather con-|so honored next year as present ditions. K plans point to the probable election | The Bellanca, formerly equipped of Sidney C. Raynor of Anchorage with wheels is now on floats. It)as Department Commander next was one of the later model planesiyear, He is now First Vice-Com-~ REMAINS OF 6 CARRIED FROM PLANE WRECK Are Wrapped in Canvas on Lake Side, Then Flown to Anchorage INSTANT DEATH TOOK _ PLACE, DOCTOR SAYS Solution of Disaster May Hinge on Contents of Camera ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 4.— Rescue parties recovered the bodies of the six victims of the plane crash on a mountain ridge on Kenai Peninsula and carried them over a hacked out, scrubby wood trail from the scene to the small lake in the Shilak Lake district. All six bodies were returned to the beach by 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon, wrapped in canvas by sorrowing airmen comrades and hardy woodsmen, placed aboard waiting planes and brought here. Bodies Mangled Dr. A. 8. Walkowski, in the party which recovered the bodies from the wrecked plane, said all wera badly mangled but the six persons had died instantly. Pilot Steve Mills was the only one wearing a safety belt, which had been pulled from the sockets. The motor had been pushed back into the cabin by the force of the crash. Possible Selution The solution of the crash may hinge on the contents of a camera found open and in good condition. It is helieved the. plane may have been flying low so those aboard could take pictures of herds of wild sheep and goats. Caught in Air Pocket The plane possibly was caught in an air pocket. Dr. Walkowski said the plane crashed at about a 3,800-foot level. The bodies of the six victims are in the morgue here today. The victims of the crash are: Pilot Steve Mills, veteran flier; Mr. and Mrs. George Markle, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis and Augustus Tiek, all of Anchorage. Mills, Markle and Tiek were World Wag, yeterans. e — ALASKA LEGION AUXILIARY WINS The Treadwell-Yukon mine is do-h don't care where it is. But I do |the Southeast sections: Icy Strait—Reds, 40,234; Klngs,‘ 22; pinks, 212,107; chums, 99,590;| cohos, 8,624; total, 360,567. | Western—Reds, 25,894; kings, 279; | pinks, 242,902; chums, 146,022; cohos | 10,110; total, 427,685. | Eastern—Reds, 16,687; kings, 5,-| 016; pinks, 284,097; chums, 109,107; cohos, 12868; total, 427,503, [ Yakutat—Reds, 22,562; kings, 1,-| 102; pinks, 9,658; chums, 77; cohoes’ 797; total, 34,186. Wrangell — Reds, 25400; kinzs, 1,085; pinks, 326,859; chums, 93,441;| cohos, 24,596; total, 471,381, Ketchikan — Reds, 60,201; kinzs, ley Breakfast yesterday morning in|OWned by Wallace Beery. Kaufmann’s Cafe, an annual fea-| ~Mr. Wernecke said today that ture of the Auxiliary convention,|Mrs. Wernecke, who has been con- Mrs. Edna Polley of Juneau was|Yalescing from a fracture, for a Chairman for the affair this year|Pratracted period, was still on and Ruth Beran of Anchorage was|Srutches but was improving. Their chosen Chairman of tne annual|Son Ted, is assayist at Mayo, and event for the 1937 Convention. |Cfaire, a daughter, is preparing to| ————— re-enter the University of Wash- MAKING FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC English Society Woman CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Sept. 4 — Closing Hops Off, England to United States quotation of ‘Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 125, American, Light and Power 12%, Anaconda 39%, Bethlehem| Steel 88%, Calumet and Hecla 11| Columbia Gas and Electric 21, Com- | monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- tiss Wright 6%, International Har-| vester 79'%, Kennecott 47, Simmons 38%, United Btates Steel 70%, Unit- ABINGDON, England, Sept. 4— DOW, JONES AVERAGES Mrs. Beryl Harkham, English s0-| The following are today’s Dow, clety woman, has hopped in an|Jones averages: industrials 167.04, attempted nonstop flight to New|up .80; rails 55.18, up .30; utilities York City. 35.01, up .18. Mrs. Markham is flying alone on AR ST, the attempted flight. LEAVES ST. ANN'S The tall matron, aged 33, lifted| R. Russell, who has been receiv- her green monoplane, “The Mes-|ing medical attention at St. Ann's senger,” into the air at 12:50 o'clock | Hospital for the past several days, ed Corporation 7%, Cities Service 4., Pound $5.03%. this afternoon, Eastern Standard|left the hospital for his home last Time. evening, I mander. Mildred Culver of An- chorage also was elected President of the Department Auxiliary this morning.- An invitation also was received from James L. Galen, President of the McKinley Tourist and Trans- portation Company, to hold the| 1937 convention in McKinley Na- | tional Park. - e ANDERSON ON AIR TONIGHT 307; pinks, 1,221,030; chums, 192,- 529; cohos, 32,527; total, 1,506,494. West Coast—Reds, 25,711; kings, 9,976; pinks, 619,888; chums, 103,- 488; cohoes, 23,188; total, 782,251. Totals, Southeast Alacka: Reds, 216,669; kings, 20,265; ciums, T44,- 254; cohos, 112,526; grand total, 4,010,257, | Following are the reports from |the Westward sections Alaska Peninsula (South Side) — Reds, 227,126; kings, 3,046; pinks, 511,268; chums, 206,328; cohos, 24,- 029; Total, 971,797. Alaska Peninsula (North Side)— Reds, 37911; kings, 208; pinks, 194; (Continued on Page Seven) J. P. Anderson, Democratic can- didate for Representative from the| First Division, will be on the air| at 8 o'clock tonight over Station| KINY and intends to give out some | hard boiled down information rel- tive to the certain success of Dem- ocracy in all of Alaska at next Tuesday's election. Mr. Anderson will also be on the air at the same hour next Monday night. He has prepared some information that should be astonishing to all who hear him. Mr. Anderson recently toured Southeast Alaska, and the Democrats, he says, are going to win by a greater majority than ever beforc DERBY, NAMED SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 4 —Frank Spreckles, of San Francisco, has been declared winner of the Grand Prize of the Ruth Chatterton Cross County Air Derby. Second place went to Jeanette Tempke, of Bay City, Michigan. The winners were determined on efficiency of the operation of their planes rather than on speed. a WINNERS, AR HOBART TROPHY Bil Silver Cup for Member- ship Will Be Presented Delegation, Cleveland INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 4— The Alaska delegation to the Na- tional Convention of the American Legion Auxiliary in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 21-25, will be presented the Hobart Junior Trophy, one of the Auxiliary’s most eagerly sought naticnal trophy cups, it has been aunounced at national headquar- ters here. The big silver cup was won by the Alazka Department of the Aux- iliary by making a larger percent- age of increase over its highest membership of any former year than any other Department in the smaller classification. The Alaska Department enrolled 545 members, an increase of 15.22 per cent. The Auxiliary has made large membership increases throughout the country this year and has an enrollment of 420,000, the largest in its history. DYNAMITED The U. 8. Liarshal's office today started an investigation of reports that someone had dynamited the Montana Creek cabin of Harry G. ‘Watson, Secretary to Gov. John W. Troy. Tom and Chick Ashby report that they found the cabin, which they use from time to time as a cache, badly damaged, with the furniture and fixtures wrecked. Harry Watson knew nothing of the damage until advised of the report made by the Ashbys, and could attribute no reason for the destruction.