The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 16, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7279. * JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1936, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS EN CENTS AMERICAN HELD PRISONER BY REBELS 'FLIERS BATTLE DURING OCEA + HOP ATLANTIC . V‘Wi-l‘OV’S LAUGHING NOW,’ VIC ASKS 7 TWO AVIATORS IN ROW WHEN BOTH LOSE IN PRIMARY VOTING Democratic Gov. Curley Winds Handsome Majority in Massachusetts Poll WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Names || known the nation over figured in | | \ | | 500 GALLONS OF | GASOLINE DUMPED || triumph and defeat as returns roll- led in today from five states’ pri- Pilot Dick Merrill Shows| 4 A y imarios held yesterday. . " v ‘ Senator James Couzens, once His Anger Tov_vards ; / motor magnate who turned to a Night Club Singer BULLETIN — CARBONER, Newfcundland, Sept. 16.—Eddie Rickenbacker, General Manager of the Airlines employing Pilot Dick Merrill, left at 2 o’clock this morning on the motorship Lincoln in an attempt to reach Harry Richman and Merrill. at Musgrave Harbor. - He has aboard the Lincoln gasoline and spare plane parts. Dispute Nearly Causes Drop and Death in Brink During Flight | n the Senate, lost to former Gov. ‘Wilbur Bruckner in Michigan in & 'the Republican Senatorial contest. : Moses Loses Out Tormer Senator George Moses, |once a power in the conservative G. O. P. Councils and the man who labeled the Western Senators the b “sons of wild jackasses,” failed to | comeback in New Hampshire. Gov H. Styles Bridges, 39, beat him for the Republican Senatorial nom- Victor A. Meyers, Seattle night club maestro and orchestra leader, 'ination. dolled himself up in an oldtime bandsman's uniform to demonstrate what “harmony will do in a political eampaign.” Unofficial returns | indicated he would poll 100,000 votes for the Democratic renomination FLIERS DISAGREE | vor lieutenant governor of Washington state. (Associated Press Photo) NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—The New — Fai e A York Daily News, in a copyright; article from Musgrave Harbor, says RA II. STR I K E RS me}h vassgl a row during the flight from Eng- land to the American shores, be- | AGCEPT GORDOVA b [; sy | ""‘:;' o4 ‘L“"“d 4 5“"““:' i Employees Agree to TenlDamsh Gunboat Reports “We had enough gas to get to ol . . Atlanta. 1t was one neltuwva of an| Ler Cent Wage Boost— | Exploration Ship of Dr. | i | | Curley Wins Gov. Jomes Curley won the Dem- ocratic Senatorial nomination in | Massachusetts, by a large margin over Mayor Robert Greenwood of Fitchberg while Henry Cabot Lodge, | Jr., captured the G. O. P. nomina- | tion. LaFollette’'s Big Vote a"d A" Ha"ds i Gov. Phillip LaFollette, unoppos- \od for the FProgressive party renom- & ination, received more votes than Ieither the Republicans or Demo- I_ost I" Nnrthficrats in the Wisconsin Guberna- torial race. Arthur Lueck, Demo- !cmtic leader, and John Chapple trailed Alexander Wiley in a close |fight in the G. O. P. race. In New York In New York the returns shat- tered the hopes of the Townsend- | Coughlin candidates who sought {13 of the state's 45 nominations to |the U. S. House of Representatives. the plane into the Atiantic ocean.” Merrill, burning with anger and bitterness. \ward Richman, as he stood besided ‘the crippled $95,000 tween Harry Richman and Dick experience, Tl tell you.” | Increase, Winter Wage Charcot Wrecked Merrill “ended in dumping 500 gal- lons of gasoline and all but. crashed | Why? Why? | “Why did we land in this march?) CORDOVA, Alaska, Sept. 16. — RAYKJAVIK ISLAND, Sept. 16.— “Ask Mr. Richman. He is the The striking Copper River and"rhe Danish gunboat Aegir reported master mind and he has been the Northwestern Railroad employees| that the French exploration ship master mind throughout. }agreed today, after an all night' Pourquipas floundered in a gale nnd‘,g:‘tmmf;:\y;:‘?ese;dhz:l:::‘g;z];?;; “We were almost sunk in the|meeting, to accept the railroad's Ol'-:Bll hands save one were last. The!lhrz;: J\idges zend W:Lllinm Brunn brink. I thought we were gone. |fer of a ten percent general wage bodies of thirty men. including "ha“A'dermanic President, “I wanted to land on the beach boost and 50 percent increase in of the leader, Dr. Jean Charcot| ™ g e ‘here, but like everything else, I had ! Winter wage guarantees. | drifted onto the Icelandic coast. o nothing to say, not even including, The decision came after Gov.| * - KNOX HETR A | rEi the gasoline. We had more manlJohn W. Troy wrote to the strikers| " London {0 New York.” | rejections of the offer and to sub-‘G"vi Mer"am ' . L] of Riot Guilt employed by one of the largest air-f The news of the changed attitude lines in the United States. Rich-|Was dispatched to the New York of- man is a bpight ¢N\b singer. | fices of the Kennecott Copper Cor-! RN R oy | poration which Tuesday ordered the | ‘mine closed at Kennecott due to the | nIMn N D nl N NER strike. Two hundred miners are| being transported to the coast yes-| ‘terday and today by airplane. Delegate to Explain Social Security Act—Make enough gasoline to get us from|suggesting they reconsider earlier|( Merrill is an experienced pilot| mit the controversy to mediation. bles Against Mis- Intense Fighting Occurs on| oty o Main Street of Salinas, | DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 16.— California —_— Dr. Ruther Harr, Pennsylvania SALINAS, Cal, Sept. 16.—A vic- |Secretary of Banking, today said ious struggle between striking let- [Col. Frank Knox has retracted the tuce workers and officers occurred |statement which Harr considered in the heart of the business dmriccian adverse reflection on conditions today while at Sacramento, Gov- of banks. ; GOVERNOR’'S ACTION IN CONTROVERSY When interviewed 1ute this after- noon relative to the foregoing As- sociated Press dispatch Gov. John W. Troy said that for a consider- able period of time he has been working in an endeavor to bring |about a settlement of the Copper | [Republican Nominee Stum-| | political career and served 14 years 3 i | cu UZ ENS’ MOSES| sLUGGIN YAerr(EEVRE LiNci{ES ALL PENNANT N HOP . 3 The New York Yankees are shown cheering over the fact they assured themselves the Amerigan League baseball pennant by defeating Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader. (Associated Press Photo) UNLESS STRIKE 18 ENDED NOW | attle Paper Makes Statement SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—Charles B. Lindeman, Associate Publisher the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, nounced this forenoon that newspaper will be “liquidated” mediately unless an immediate :Llement in the present strike !made by the American Newspaper | |Guila. e ou | merce conference, decided to defer! action regarding permanent clos-! ing, for a short period, hgping to bring together the conservative or-| | ganized labor elements Lindeman said: *“A group f{rom |the Aliied Printing Trades, headed {by John Litonius, President of the | Seattle Typographical Union. vol- {untarily came to the management | yesterday and said much pressure |was being brought to bear (o end the strike. | “I asked him on what basis he thought the strike should be ended |and the management could be re- (sumed. I told him the union was | privileged to act and unofficially of an- the im- Lindeman, in his statement, giv-| t after a Chamber <f Com- TOLIQUIDATE New Suadron ~ MAINE VOTE Created Today, - European Zone | United States Navy Department WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. — The Navy Department today announced the creation of a temporary Euro- pean squadron. The new sqaudron will be under command of Rear Admiral Arthur ) sist of the light cruiser Raleigh, as flagship, destroyers Hatfield and |Kane and Coast Guard cutter| Cayuga. TROPICAL GALE HITS BERMUDA Storm Is chox:ted Moving Northwestward Early This: Morning HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 16. Gusty winds and heavy rains ‘buf- feted Bermuda late yesterday af- ternoon, last night and early today, + regular tropical storm. The gale is reported 240 miles southwest and moving northwest- ~ IS“ROTTEN" - SAYSGUFFEY Associate PubliAsher of Se-'Announcement [s Made by Believes Federal Election Laws Have Been Violated | | l NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—United | States Senator Joseph Guffey, of | Pennsylvania, Chairman of the Democratic Campaign Committee, ‘today said he was convinced “there set- P. Fairfield and the fleet will con-!is at least a prime facie case of jviolation of the Federal election |laws” in Maine. He declared he will I sk a recount of Maine’s Senatorial election, Brann vs. White. | Even before the Maine election, that state was the center of ooliti- cal interest and the Senate cam- {paign funds committee announced “quiet inquiry” had shown that {five of the nation’s wealthiest fam- ilies had contributed more than $50,- 000 to the Republican cause in that state. Statements issued by the Senate committee in Washington and the Democratic National Committee in New York showed contributions of 1822,600 from the Du Ponts, $13- 1000 from the Rockefellers, §5,000 {from the Morgans and $5,000 from the Sloans to { committees. Farley Makes Statem: Maine Republicen FASCISTS KEEP JOHN DORED IN SEVILLE PRISON Newsreel Cameraman Cap- tured on Front Lines on Spanish Front U. S. CONSUL UNABLE TO SECURE RELEASE ;Communication with Fam- ily Also Denied—His Pal Tells Story CASA BLANCA, French Morocco, Sept. 16.—Rene Bru, French cam- craman, who was captured by the F s and later released, re- ported his American colleague, John Dored, is still held a prisoner at | Seville by Spanish insurgents. Dored is a newsreel cameraman |who went to Madrid after photo- graphing the Italio-Ethiopian war. | He was seized by the Fascists while | accompanying the Spanish Govern- ment front line troops. Bru sald Dored was first held a orisoner at Meride and was later | transferred to Cacers and finally |taken to Seville, fifteen days ago. (Dored has not been pern:itted to | receive communications from his | family nor thée American consul, | whose efforts to obtain his release 5o far had proved unavailing. Bru sald he intends to fly to | Paris immediately. He also declares that Cacers is a great air field fcamp occupied by German fliers who make secret attacks on Madrid |and also Loyalists on their lines of march, Fascist Women and Children to Ba_Bnmbed French Government De- mands Explanation of Execution, Nationals | | TOLEDO, Spain, Sept. 16.—High government sources have disclosed plans to blow up long-besieged Al- |cazar and 1700 Fascist men, worfien and children. The decision has been made after 10 days of futile effort to obtain the release of the women and children under pledges of safe conduct. BOMBERS BROUGHT DOWN ADRID, Sept. 16.—Government ces 45 miles southwest of herc brought down seven Fascist bomb- Reservations River and Northwestern Railroad ernor Merriam declared he was| Dr. Harr objected to the speech| ;4 convey this to the Guild mem- ¢ Knox made in Pennsylvania, when‘ he said: “Today no life insurance policy is secure and no savings account is safe.” Dr. Harr wrote Col. Knox de- manding retraction or to give the data supporting his statement and citing the State law making it a| misdemeanor to speak falsely of} financial institutions’ insolvency. H Dr. Harr said he regarded that| Col. Knox, in his speech in Helena, Montana, on Monday night was| ! i a retraction in which he said the | |n nun 0flm."slabemem does not refer to banks | and insurance companies as they | 2 ! P LY are safe as Gibraltar.” Knox said, | s general, interost ofBl o oo | g iy REIDSVILLE, N. C. Sept. 16—|“It is the administration of the east “from the Jisbet. Eobin) pede for feking w‘ld:Tmng of cupping his ears to hear Government that is not sound.” ekt 4§ 2 B0 e o e ey, of M"“Scmeaky sounds” from witnesses, | convinced that Communists were leaders of the disturbance. At least 10 persons including one woman were injured in the hand to hand battle on the main street the | after pickets cut ropes on a lettuce truck and dumped the crates. Three gas bombs were hurled. Loud Speakers strike which has tied up shipping Sixty-two reservations had been |2t Cordova as well as the railroad. made up to noon today for the din-| Representing the Governor at ner tomorrow in the Terminal cflte”Cordova has been Territorial Sen- at which Delegate Anthony J. Di- ator M. E. S. Brunelle. mond will talk on the Social Secur- A radiogram received by ity Act, and to which all residents Governor this afternoon confirms of this community, men and women, | the Associated Press statement, and are invited, according to Mrs. Emil it is hoped that E. T. Stannard, Krause, President of the Democra-|— tic Women’s Club which is sponsor- ing the dinner but which is entires ly non-partisan. ‘Through the courtesy and coop- eration of KINY, and manager C. B. Arnold, the delegates speech on| the Social Security Act, because of | A{Conii;fleid:n Page 'fv;}:) . Hunter Sails, But Without His Cub Bear | bers.” Guild’s Position The Guild’s Daily today said they | refused to return to work under the| | proposed conditions which were that |the Guild call off the strike, the picketts be removed from the plant! and the strikers accept their posi- tions at the same rate of pay prevailed when the strike call- ed. The strikers are also ed to apply for their jobs individually, and accept work on the Post-Intelligen- cer and there would be no discrim- ination. Lindeman said the paper would resume under these conditions but the management could hire and fire at its discretion, as in the past The Guild announces that 22 as | cording to present plans Mr. aska, F. T. Holliday, bl game hun- mond's speech will. go over KINY starting at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow. i.!udge E. H. Wrenn proposes '.h_a( loudspeakers be installed on wit- | mess chairs. | ter, left the cub black boar taken in Juneau last nigh = had in cus- Crime Shrivels Up, The dinner will start promptly at|t0dy of the Alaska Game Commis- 6:30 tomorrow night, and as onlylsmn when he sailed on the Princess forty reservations are still available LOuise. It is necessary to have a Midwest Heat Wave SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept. 16— The heat wave withered crime MEYRING ON HOP Mrs. Krause urged all interested in Permit show that animals are| attending the affair, either men or Used only for stientific purposes to women, to phone her for reserva- |take them Outside. Holliday had no Flying the Marine Airways Fair- oyt . |such permit, according to Game' opyiq seaplane, Pilot Gene Meyring . —— o Commission officials, so he was ob-i} opped from Juneau this nftemoon)been 100 less felonies committed in Gum drops and salt tablets Mp‘lized to leave the bear here. In the?m p;e o'clock for Haines and Skag- | the city than for the corresponding steel mill workers keep cool and Meantime the hunter told the offic-| way on Lynn Canal. Meyring Wi”‘per]od last year, Wommack said, avoid heat exhaustion during the|i3ls he was going to attempt to get return to Juucau this afternoon. | “Crooks are just maturally steering summer months. The salt tablets @ Permit so that the animal might'passengers on the flight were: N. G. clear of the jail. They know how sharply in Springfield during the UP LYNN CANAL‘summer in the opinion of Detec- |tive Chief Ruel Wommack. Citing figures to show there had members voted against accepting the agreement and two for accept- ing. 4 Hearing Continues Meanwhile the Regional Labor Re- lations Board continued the hearing with Edyin S. Smith as trial exam- iner. The two discharged men of the Post-Intelligencer, Phillip Ev- erbardt Armstrong and Frank (Stm) mony. Ian Hunter credits a large part Lynch giving their testi- | ward at 8 o'clock this morning. 4 s L GUILD WILL MEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON Trinity Church Guild will hold its first Fall meeting on Friday after- noon at 2:30 in Trinity Hall. Mrs. | M. Reaber, Vice-President, is |heading the club now in the ab- \sence of Mrs. 8. Pelden, who is in England. Mrs. Daniel. Ross will preside as hostess for the meeting, which will formulate plans for the season’s worlk. R BARR OFF FOR ATLIN L. F. Barr of the North Canada Air Express hopped off for Atlin this afternoon with Frank Hen- derson, Canadian engineer, as a passenger, Bill O'Malley - as flight mechanic, and a load of freight. The pilot said he expected to re- turn to Juneau in the next two or three days, expecting to bring out several passengers. >-oo WILLIAMS TO WESTWARD M. D. Williams, District Engineer for the Bureau of Public Roads, | sailed the Westward on the to James A. Farley, Democrat tional Chairman, commen ¢ the list of contributors * almost 100 per cent Liberty personnel.” Senator Schwellenbac. D-mo- crat, Washington, a memn'er the Senate Committee, ued following statement through Democratic National Comutice “Apparently Governor Lanlon wa not the only outsider go'nz in‘o Maine to rededicate the state to the cause of good government. When he arrived there Saturday he found that the Liberty League had al- |ready “covered the field. All the Governor contributed was a speech.” Contributions Listed The committee listed principal contributors to the Republican cam- pangn in Maine as follows: Pierre duPont, $5,000; Lammont du Pont, $5,000; Ireene du Pont, $5,100 Henry B. du Pont, $2500; A. Felix DEMAND APOLOGY RIS, Sept. 16—The French bhas demanded apolo- dernity for the execu- h citizens by Fas- 1 ‘Moaresco. nmen nd of ges ¢ t'en BLOCKED LONDON, Sept. 16.—A fleet of Fascist speedboats has blocked the government defenders on the north- ern Spanish coast from communi- ation with the outside world, BUTTS RETURN TO MONTANA After visiting their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wal- du Pont, $5,000; J. P. Morgan, $5,- 000; John D. Rockefeller, $5,000; Abby A. Rockefeller, Jr., $5,000; Al-| fred P. Sloan, Jr., $5,000; Jonn D. Archbold, $2,500; and A. Atwater Kent, $1,000. In addition to these contributions the Senate Committee report ter E. Butts, for the past week, M. C. Butts, wife and their daugh- ter, Miss L. Bufts, left for the |south on the Princess Louise, rer turning to their home in Montana. Mr. Bntts is owner of a large cattle ranch in Montana but owing |to the drought was forced to drive showed $2,000 from Senator White,| his stock to green pactures. While and $1000 from Senator Hale. The | the herd is pasturing, he made the which are about the size of an as-| be taken to the 200 in Cincinnati. | Nelson, round trip to hot it is over there and ‘they are|of his success on stage and screen|Alaska, going to inspect road work Skagwa James Cooper, to Skagway and S. N. Cesar, to Haines. pirin tablet are ¢eken three or four| The bear Is being kept out the times a day. road. up.” taking mo chances of being locked!to his genuine liking Yor and un-|in the derstanding of show _people, Seward and Moose Pass {regions |regular Republican committee were reported as contributing $22,500. |trip to the north accompanied by |his wife and daughter.