The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 5, 1936, Page 1

® - [ & ' v 'S THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7271. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1936. PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DEMOCRATIC WIN " MEMBER ASSOCIATED AWARDED NEXT LEGION SESSION idney C. Raynor of that! City Elected New De- partment Commander The American Legion Grand Ball at 10 o'clock tonight in the Flks' Hall is open to the public and a general invitation is extended by the Convention | Commiittee to all citizens of the | community. . i have the honor of 1937 Department rage aining Alaska, the American Legion Ccn- vention, it was vnanimously voted at the meeting of the Department of here this morning. In addition it elected the following officers for! the 1937 Legion year, and with of- ficers of the Auxiliary annocunced in yesterday's Empire, the entire group were installed at joint cere- monies this afternon in the EIks’ Hall: Commander, Sidney C. Raynor, Anchorage; First Vice Commander, Stanley J. Nichols, Valdez; Second Vice Commander, Ernest Polley, Juneau; Finance Officer, Waino Hendrickson, Juneau; Service Offi- cer, M. L. Steppe, Ketchikan; Judge Advocate, John Miller, Fairbanks; Historian, Paul Herring, Cordova;| Chaplain, Charles Sheldon, Seward; Sergeant-at-Arms, John . Wieraga, Haines; Department Executive Committee, Neil S. Miller, Anchor- age, and John E. Pegues, Juneau; National Executive Committeemen, A. E. Karnes, Juneau; Alternate Executive Committeeman, Ed De- laney, Valdez; Adjutant, T. J. Pet- rich, (Appointive Office.) Mrs. Nordling Again | The only change in Auxiliary of- ficers is Secretary-Treasurer. Mrs. Olive Elliott reported that she would be Outside much of the time and| Mrs. Elizabeth Nordling was re- elected to that office, she having served’ during the year just con- cluding. The Legion Convention passed the following resolutions: 1. Endorses Social Security pro-| gram. 2. Endorses program of Indian Affairs office calling for more hos-! pital facilities in Alaska to check' tuberculosis; urges Delegate Dimond ' to ask hearing on that subject when it comes before Bureau of Budget. 3. Resolved to petition Congress and the Navy Department to es- tablish one or more naval bases in Alaska (naval armament treaty ex- pires Dec. 31, 1936, and the United States then will be free to do so0.). 4. Endorses proposal, as was done at previous conventions, to continue | efforts to secure legislation grant- ing 160 acres of land or one lode or placer mining claim to ex-Service persons resident of Alaska and who served in the World War. Terri- tory petitioned President and Con- gress for this in 1931, 5. To petition Secretary of In- terior to rescind toll tax upon mo- tor vehicles hauling freight over the Richardson Highway between Val- dez and Fairbanks. 6. Favor immediate establish- ment of air mail routes between Al- aska and States, and between points within the Territory; points out Alaska has not shared in air mail system development maintained by Federal government in continental U. 8., and more necessary here than anywhere. Praise Palmer 7. Praises Palmer colonization plan, expresses appreciation to Pres- ident for his active interest in pol- icy, and recommends extension of colonization program to other suit- sble localities. 8. Endorses projected Interna- tional Highway, urges Congress and Department of Interior to make available increased sums for the building of roads and trails in Al- aska. 9. Declares in favor of a suit- able memorial to the pioneers who have been instrumental in devel- opment of Alaska, and hereby peti- (Continued on Page Four) | | i i i | | | 0000000 VOTE TUESDAY No registration is required to vote at the Territorial election next Tuesday. You can vote if you have been a resident of Alaska for one year and in your precinct for 30 days. The polls open Tuesday at 8 a. m. and close at 7 p. m. VOTY TUESDAY 000 édo0ccvone e eecsccccccce ®e000000c0vo e close at 9 p.m. TONIGHT—Grand Ball, Public invited. SUNDAY—Regular services in all Juneau churches. MONDAY—LABOR DAY—No issue of Daily Alaska Empire. All stores, offices are closed o'clock in the forenoon. 7 p.m. Schools resume after hol program commemorating openin Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving Reception and tea at St. Ann’s Hospital from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. All friends of hospital invited. Chapel at 7:30 p.m. AND remember annual Southeast Alaska Fair opens Thurs- day, September 10, for three big awarding of grand prizes. DON'T forget to vote Tuesday—Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. D ———————————— D U. S.-Soviet Airline [s R_aalizeahle Russian Flier, Recently in Juneau, Makes Import- ant Statement MOSCOW, Sept. 5. — Establish- ment of a permanent airline be- tween Soviet Russia and the United States, is declared possible by Sig- ismund Levanevisky, who with his co-pilot Hector I. Levchenko, is resting at Kransnoyarsk, Siberia, on the California, via Alaska to Moscow flight. The two fliers, with mechanics, are changing the plane from pon- toons to wheels for the remainder of the flight. “Establishment of an airline is completely realizable,” said Levan- evisky, “between the United States and the Soviet Union. I say this despite the difficulties of our flight, since speedy and safe arrival from the United States and Territory of Alaska, and which has taken place |in our own Soviet Territory.” The ggian p two fliers were recently in Juneau on their epochal flight. BIG SPLIT IN LABOR CIRCLES IS NOW HINTED [President Green, of AFL, and President Lewis, of UMW, Give Views BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—William Green, Presi- dent of the American Federa- tion of Labor, declared official- ly that tem unions in a com- mittee for industrial organiza- tion, are out of the Federation. President John L. Lewis, lead- er of the Federation’s “rebels,” insists the unions have with- drawn from the Federation and have not been suspended. A. F. OF L. SPLIT WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. — The long threatened split in the ranks of the American Federation of La- bor is an actuality today amid hints that the suspended unions, with a membership numbering one third of the 3,500,000 members, will form a rival Federation, John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, said: “We are going to continue promoting an organization of unorganized indus-| tries.” This phase caused the split with the craft unionists headed by Pres- ident William Green, of the Amer-| can Federation of Labor. BANKS TO BE OPEN TUESDAY Although election day is usually 2 bank holiday, the two Juneau fi- nancial institutions, the B. M. Beh- rends Bank and First National Bank, will be open next Tuesday. This departure from the usual pro- cedure, is on account of Labor Day, a holiday, preceding election day. To Remember During Holiday Territorial election next Tuesday. Polls open at 8 am. and American Legion, EIks' Monday night—American Legion Smok- er in Elks' Hall starting at 8:15 o'clock. tures at Coliseum and Capitol theatres. period, if steamers arrive, all first class mail will be boxed. TUESDAY—Territorial election. Ballroom. Labor Day Parade starts at 10 Special holiday fea- During two-day holiday Polls open from 8 am. to iday at 9 o'clock. Golden Jubilee g of St. Ann's Hospital in 1886. in Church of Nativity at 8 a.m. Solemn Benediction in Hospital /LABOR PARADE HELD MONDAY; UNIONS IN IT Holiday Wfle Featured by Event—Starts at 10 o'Clock Union Labor in Juneau will cele- brate next Monday by giving a La- bor Day parade, which will be lead by the Cordova Drum and Bugle Corps. The event is sponsored by Carpenters and Joiners Union, lo- days ending Saturday night with AVIATRIXHAS CROSSED OCEAN been named Marshal-in-charge. All unions in Juneau, all other local organizations; fraternal or business, are asked to participate. Many floats, it is understood, will also be entered in the parade. ready to start at 10 o'clock sharp. in front of the Union headquar- ters near the entrance of the City Dock. Floats will form on lower Franklin Street between the dock and the sawmill. cal No. 1944, and Walt Hickey has Marchers will form so as to be ANDERSONHITS FROM SHOULDER 6. 0. P. CANARDS Congratulated for Political Speech—Tells Demo- cratic Truths J. P. Anderson, Democratic can- didate for the Territorial House of Representatives, is being congratu- |lated today by Alaskans of both | Republican and Democratic parties for his scholarly radio address over KINY last night, devoted largely to a logical analysis of the great bene- |fits the Nation and Alaska have re-| ’celved irom the Democratic Admin- |istration and policies. | Highlights from Mr. speech follow: Referring to the local campaign: “The most conspicuous thing about 1 these Republican speeches are they !dealt almost entirely with generali-| ties, entirely unsupported by evi-| | dence. . . The reason for this is ob- Anderson’s| | vious; they have no supporting evi- Vote for the Alaska Program (An Editorial) : In Alaska the political “war” is virtually over. Tuesday the electorate goes to the polls to decide the issue. The voters will determine who of the candidates offering themselves for public service they believe best qualified to fill the offices which are to be filled. The campaign has revealed, primarily, a constructive pro- gram for the Territory. On the whole, few of the candidates have deliberately attempted lo tear down, although there have been some vicious personal attacks on some of the men in office; prompted by the apparent lack of constructive issues their assail- ants had to offer. It is the history of political campaigns that those lacking concrete and definite programs resort to a policy of general attack; so general, usually, that it tends only to baffle the casual voter, and rarely, if ever, leads to good government. But it is not the purpose of this brief comment to castigate any candzdate at this late hour. It has always been the policy of The Empire to strike fairly, and always above the belt. Its thought, like the thought of most Alaskans, is Alaska first. How best can she be served? Who best can carry on the efforts in her behalf? The Empire is cognizant, as it believes are most Alaskans, that under the present Administration Alaska has progressed further and obtained more recognition from the Outside and the Government in Washington than any time in the Territory's history. It attributes this to the excellent group of men who were placed in offices of trust by Alaskans and the fine support the residents of this Territory have given their endeavors in The parade will move up Loweridenco as all facts and figures prove; | SAFELY,REPORT iSociety Leader, Flying Solo, | Franklin to Front, to Seward to!the direct contrary to nearly every- Third, to Main, to Front and back thing they claim. . . . ! to the starting point where it wlll‘l Relative to unemployed: “In 1932 disband. {reliable estimates showed 14,000,000 Marshal-in-Charge Hickey an- unemployed. Labor statistics show nounced this afternoon that the pa-;that of these 6,000,000 have been Irade will take place, rain or shime, put back to work in private r:m-i j Sighted Early Over Newfoundland ! m—— | BULLETIN — LOUISBURG, | Nova Scotia, Sept. 5—(By Can- | | adian Press)—Mrs. Markham’s | plane, after the trans-Atlantic | flight, is reported to have been wrecked by a forced landing at Baliene Cove on the northern tip of Novia Scotia. She is be- | lieved unhurt with only a few | scratches about her face. She | asked the Breton Air Club to | | send a car for her. Edith Mc- Ginness, telephone operator, re- ceived the call from Mrs. Mark- | ham telling of the crash. | and he has contacted all union or-|ployment since that time.” ganizations and feels assured all “Car loadings in the Pacific will be represented in the line of Northwest for logs was 7,934 in march. Joe Paddock and Ray Trnt-‘lfiaz 16,077 in 1936.” Other irre- ton, of the Carpenters and Joiners|futable statistics as to improved Union, have also been named to as-{business conditions were quoted by sist Hickey in the first Labor Day Mr. Anderson. parade believed ever held in Ju-! Lasting improvements which both neau. {helped the development of the Ter- ,ritory and gave work to the unem- Jployed in Alaska were pointed out ( ++iby Mr. Anderson. "' | .Speaking of the national picture, STEAM ALUNG he said: “The Hoover Administra- L} tion was no more able to balance jthe budget than the present one. | The last three years of the Hoover | administration produced a deficit behalf of Alaska. Never before has the Territory worked more as a unit for the advancement and progress of the Territory. Never before have we as a Territory had such warm accord from the White House and the Congress of the United States. The Empire believes that much of the credit for this condi- tion is due to the sterling work of Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, the man who in the closing rush hours of Congress asked for and was given recognition for an Alaska measure over the pressure of dozens of requests from every State in the Union. He had won the confidence of the highest officials of our land and when his voice was raised in behalf of his Territory it was given in- stant notice. Never in the history of Alaska has the Territory had equal recognition of this nature in the Congress of the United States. The Empire believes that Alaska cannot afford to remove from Congress such a representative. It believes that the voters of this Territory should most vigorously insist that he be retained on the job in Washington to carry the program of Alaska development further. Co-operative effort has been the essence of the Democratic Party in Alaska. From its Legislature to Washington, teamwork has been the watchword. Every person in office has fought gal- lantly for the Alaska program. Results have been obtained; other progress is in the offing at the next Congress. Thus it is The Empire’s belief at this time that Alaska can- RAILS IN LEAD | | NEW YORK, Sept. 5—A plane, believed to be that of Mrs. Beyrl | Markham, English society woman, solo flier reported by the Can- as passing over Re- !news, Newfoundland, at 8:35 o'clock this morning, Eastern Standard! | Time, and flying low toward the Profit taking fell down on the west. The report timed approx-yrack put failed to stop the upgrade imately 19% hours the speed mnde‘pu" in most instances. by the English society woman after| Today's pre-holiday close was NEW YORK, Sept. 5—Rails got | up steam at the short session of the Stock Exchange today and pulled |along many other leaders. Gains of fractions to more than one point were registered during the brief trading period. |she hopped off from Abingdom, fim Transters totalled 700,000 England, at 12:50 o'clock y?SlEl’dfly‘shares, especially good trading for | afternoon. |a Saturday. Half an hour earlier, a belated| | radio report said she had been sight- | CLOSING PRICES TODAY | ed 300 miles out at sea by the mas-| NEW YORK, Sept. 5. — Closing |ter of the steamship Spaardam. | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 15%, American Can | | 127, American Power and Light 13 AVIATRIX ARPAERNTLY |Anaconda 39%, Bethlehem Steel | HAS CONQUERED ATLANTIC|ggy, " Galumet and Hecla }1, Co- NEW YORK, Sept. 5. — Mrs. | lumbia Gas and Electric 21%, Com- |Markham apparently has conquer- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- led the Atlantic Ocean, but aviation tiss-Wright 6%, International Har- | experts feared she will run out of |vester 79%, Kennecott 47%, Sim- |gas before reaching here since the|mons 39%, United States Steel 71%, {engine’s fuel consumption is esti-|United Corporation 7%, Cities Serv- (mated at 10 Imperial gallons per |hour and only about 70 gallons| |could have remained in the tanks when sighted at Renews 19 hours| {and 55 minutes after the takeoff| {from Abingdon, England. The | amount of gas left on board is be- lieved only sufficient to carry her as far as Portland, Maine, but {hardly any greater distance. A Coast Guard seaplane has “hopped off from Salem, Massachu- | | setts, to serve as guide down the Eastern shore, [ Fourth Divinion Is Democratic, !Says Radiogram “Conservative estimates based | upon reports throughout the Fourth Division by both the Di- | visional Committee and Di- visional Club, show that the | Fourth Division will go over- whelmingly Democratic. Dimond | will run better than two to one. | It seems very doubtful if any Republican or independent will | be elected from this Division. | Never more harmonious feeling among Democrats in this Di- vision than new exists.” (signed) | Harry Phillips, Chairman, Fourth Division Democratic Committee; William N. Growden, President, Fourth Division Democratic Club. The above is the text of a radiogram received this morn- ice 4%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 167.80, up .76; rails 55.68, up .50; utilities 35.11, up .10. - e ARE TO FLEE THROUEGH AIR American Missionaries Plan to Get Jump on Com- munist Army LANCHOW, China, Sept. 5.—Air- planes are tuned up in prepared- ness for evacuation to Siap Shen- si Province of 35 American mis- sionaries who sought refuge here from Communists who have been ravaging Southern Kansu. Other missionaries of Southeast Kansu fled east before the invad- ing army. - e MAKES TRIP Judge James Wickersham return- ed home on the Northland after a short business trip to Ketchikan. R e GOING SOUTH Sig Medhaug of the Excursion Inlet cannery is in Juneau stop- ping at the Alaskan Hotel prepara- tory to catching the first south- ing by J. A, Hellenthal. bound boat. of between four and five billion dol- |lars, and that with almost no re- llef expenditures.” | “For every bank failure during {the Roosevelt Administration there were 100 during the Hoover re- gime. The billions of dollars lost ‘through failures during the Repub- lican administrations was a large |factor jn reducing purchasing pow- er of the public, and hence leading to unemployment. There was only jone national bank failure in 1934, (and four in 1935 against 110 bank | faitures during the three years pre- |ceding President Rooseveélt's bank- 1ing holiday.” 3 | ARMY FLIERS DIE IN CRASH HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 5. — Three Army fliers were burned to death in a crash and explosion of a twin motored Martin bomber a few minutes after the plane left the Army airport at nearby Middleton. The fliers were Pilot C. R. Greer, Corporal H. A. Kandee and private D. H. Martin, radioman. PROCLAMATION ON LABOR DAY TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. 5.—Gov. Alfred M. Landon said in a state Labor Day proclamation that “La- bor should be free to organize for fair consideration and forever free from governmental or any other coercion.” Campaigners On Demo Ticket Say Outlook Excellent Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, At to rney General James S. Truitt, Auditor Frank A. Boyle, Senator Norman R. Walker and Capt. James V. Davis, all talked katla Thursday, not go wrong by returning to office those Territorial officers on the Democratic ticket who have worked ably with the Delegate, and naming a Legislature of the same party which will be in sympathy with those efforts. There is only one issue for the people of Alaska in this cam- paign. wealth, every part of our great creased air fields, all of which will contribute so much to exped- iting all development, which must continue. Alaska is definitely on the way to great development and to eventual Statehood. Back that program with a Democratic vote on Tuesday. That issue is Alaska itself; its development and progress. Tossing aside those who achieved is only endangering that pro- gram. This is no time for political bickering over pettly griev- ances. It is, rather, the time to go ahead and attain the goal that each and every one of us want in Alaska: The sound uninterrupted growth we are now enjoying, with greater returns to individual Alaskans from our vast mineral fisheries industry, air mail, in- CRASH LACKING CLUE TO PLANE |CORDOVA GIVEN SHORT RELIEF |Films in Camera Found at| FROM PICTURES| IN FOOD LINE Stores Quickly Depleted of Perishables After 185 Tons Discharged Wreck Scene Developed —Brewster Not Talking ANCHORAGE, Aiaska, Sept. 5— CORDOVA, Alaska, Scpt. 5. Aeronautics Inspector Hugh Btew-‘Truckers worked most of Thursday ster today declined to make any|night to get 185 tons of freight, comment on the crash of the Mills’nearly all foodstuffs, to the stores) plane on Kenal Peninsula, in which Pilot Steve Mills and his five pas- month had arrived on tie stearer sengers were killed. Brewster said|Alaska from the south his findings will be forwarded to Housewives had orders in days ‘Washington. The rolls of films found in an|were again depleted of green veg- open but undamaged camera, whenetables and fast moving commodi- developed, failed to disclose any-(ties, such as eggs, butter, ham, thing that might have led to a baconm, meats, etc. clue as to the cause of the crash. | Meanwhile the strike by the work- The pictures were all taken rmm;ers against the Copper River and the ground, showifig the members| Northwestern Railway remains of the party with their day's catch|deadlocked as the result of a dis- of fish, and Pilot Mills’ hand on the agreement over the length of the plane’s stick. working contract apparently can- The plane was apparently cruis—jnot be surmounted. ing at normal speed when it struck The unions announced that no a mountain ridge in thick weather. more freight will come in until the Mills’ wrist watch stopped at 5: trike is settled. o'clock, Kenneth Neese, manager of e S the Star Air Service said. ELSTADS RETURN The victims of the crash were; Mrs. Bert Elstad and children, radiogram received by The Em- pire today, upon their return to Ketchikan, “The outlook is excellent. All candidates are working shoulder to shoulder. Voters realize the any helpful things the Admin- istration has done for Alaska, and apparently are going to Support it,” the dispatch stated. Pilot Steve Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Roberta and Rodney, returned home George Markle, Mr. and Mrs. Law-|on the Northland after a vacation rence Davis and Augustus Tiek, all!inthe States and Petersburg. of Anchorage. | ———————— e RETURN HERE COURT TAKES RECESS L. J. Jewitt, of the Bureau of Pub- United States District Court, pre- |lic Roads, accompanied by his wife sided over by Judge George F. Al-/and daughter Marlyn, arrived on exander, réeessed today until next|the Northland after a vacation Wednesday. 4 lspent in the States. as the first shipment in over one| ahead and at noon on Friday. stores ORECAST TUESDAY KETCHIKAN IS STRONGLY BACK OF ROOSEVELT Delegate Dimond Issues Optimistic Statement on Eve of Election \PREDICTS VICTORY FOR DEMO TICKET !Declares F, fi Has Raised Banner to Which Wise and Honest Can Rally KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 5.— On the eve of the general election !in Alaska next Tuesday with the outlook here excellent for the entire Democratic ticket, Delegate An- thony J. Dimond here today issued the following statement: “When Alaskans consider the Democratic and progressive policies and the outstanding achievements of the administration and compare the economic condition of the na- tion on March 4, 1933, when it lay prostrate, and its economic condi- tion on September 5, 1936, when all of the nation and all of Alaska is employed in building, in earning and in every other showing such vast improvement, we, who have | been chosen by the people in the I'primaries to carry the party banner, are confident that the people of the Territory will choose to continue in power the party of sound Democrat- ic progressive policies and princi- | ples. And in this we are confident jour party will be supported by lib- |eral and progressive Republicans “and by practically all of the Inde- | pendents, | “President Roosevelt has raised a | banner to which the wise and the | honest may rally.” The outlook is especially bright in | Ketchikan for the entire Demoerat- \dc ticket, political observers report- ,ed here today and the same reports have been received from all other Alaska Divisions, SPANISH GOVT, REJECTS PLAN ~ FOR EXCHANGE LONDON, Sept. 5—The Spanish government has rejected the for- eign diplomats’ proposal for human- izing the Spanish Civil War, it was reported here today from Madrid. The diplomats had suggested that both sides exchange hostages in- stead of executing them. It is reported from Irun that the Fascist Rebel leaders have closed the international bridge into Hen- daye to cut off fleeing Socialist government troops and have con- solidated forces for an attack on nearby forts. Four armored cars ! camouflaged with tree branches are reported to have rumbled down on |the flecin+ defenders of Irun, who sought refuge in a few isolated trenches, and cut them down. The city is reported a mass of wreck- 2ge, the sireets litttered with bod- ies and many buildings burned. It s repurted that hundreds bava be'r executed. e TERRY PEGUES ENTERTAINS Fougtesm little friends of Terry Pogues, 5-year-a!d scn of Mr. and Ms. J. Perues gath at the Pegues kome this afterncon to cels- brate Terry's birthday. Attending the party were: Edwin Heisel, Jimmy Sprague, Robert Sprague, Claire Olson, Carol Olson, James Hocker. Franklin Dafresne, Jack Hawks, Nathylie Bailey, Janc Bailey, Dickens Clithero, Rodger Pegues, Goerey Pegues, and Donald Pegues. - --e CLAM HUNT SUCCESSFUL The big clam hunt and pienic held by the Cordova Elks last week was pronounced a huge success by the attending Elks. ————— LRI SR I R I Y VOTE TUESDAY No registration is required to © vote at the Territorial election © next Tuesday. You can vote if ©® you have been a resident ©® Alaska for one year and ® precinct for 30 days. The ® open Tuesday at 8 a. m. ® close at 7 p. m. . VOTE TUESDAY LR B BB A S A . 3 e . 3 . . 3 5