The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 18, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7281. PRICE TEN CENT® JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS TERRIFIC STORM HITS EAST COAST BLOWING UP OF ALGAZAR IS STARTED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 18. — Soaring 18,100 feet in the first Pilot Gillam, on Weather Flight, Reaches Altitude of 18,000 Feet; It’s Zero CHIEF SPEAKER AT GELEBRATION frost and ice covering the plane | when he landed. The flight took two hours and fif- Dressed Ui) forEp Fascists Wirsland Ton of TNT Set Off Early This Morning MODRID, Sept. 18.—Toledo’s Al- cazar Fascists today withstood the explosion of a ton of TNT and from Pl flight yesterday under directions of | toch iiies the United States Weather Bureau| pjjot Gillam leveled off at 15000 for a six month series of high alti- feet and again at the 18,100-foot ture weather tests, Pilot Harold Gil- level. He kept in constant radio com- lam encountered zero wmpemturo‘:‘;’r‘r‘gic““on with the ground at al at that elevation. The ground tem-i Wi]iiam B. Drawbaugh, meteor- perature was 55 degrees above 2er0. | ologist from the Washington Wea- Roosevelt Urges Continu- ance of Freedom of Human Mind CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 18. — President Franklin D. Roosevelt de- clared that “in this day of modern cellars of the ruined castle manned machine guns to hold off the charg- ing government militiamen. The first of the three great mines was laid under the castle where 1700 men, women and children have withstood shell fire for two months. | It exploded with a terrific roar at| 6:15 a. m. Most of the southwestj‘ tower crashed in an avalanche ofj rock masonry. Loyalists stormed the ruins, planted their flag and rained hand grenades at the passages lead- ing to the cellars. From underground | vaults the machine guns answered. The initial blast is one of the three | laid as a result of the government’s' decision to blow up Alcazar follow- ing the Fascist refusal to surrender| to enable the governmenters to oc-| cupy the surface buildings. But ap-| parently the Fascists are unshaken in their determination to dierather| than surrender. e, Situation in Marine Circles Reported Quiet Local Merchants Stocking Up in Case Service Interrupted Pilot Gillam encountered heavy clouds at an altitude of 7,000 feet. RED CROSS CHAIRMAN John Newmarker Chosen at Meeting to Succeed Late B. M. Behrends ed as successor to the late B. M. Behrends as Chairman of the Ju- neau Chapter of the American Red Cross. | The election took place at the | Terminal Cafe, at a luncheon, at- |tended by Chapter Secretary M. H. | Sides, Treasurer Allen Shattuck and Executive Committeemen R. E. | Robertson, A. B. Phillips. W. S. Pul- |len and B. D. Stewart. | The annual Red Cross Roll Call begins in the Juneau Chapter on ;Armisnce Day, November 11. ' The Juneau Chapter takes in the terri- tory south to Petersburg and Sitka and north to Skagway. Chairman | Newmarker will announce the var- |ious committees for the Roll Call jwithin the next few days, it is stat- (ed. Secretary Sides read the follow- SEATTLE, Sept. 18—The situa- tion in steamship, longshoremen and seamen circles is quiet here al- though rumors circulated in San Francisco are that traffic may be tied up after October 1 along the|ing self-explanatory letter from A. Pacific Coast, including Alaska,'1, Schafer, Manager of the Pa- unless agreements are reached on|cific Branch, American Red Cross, various labor issues. with headquarters at San Francis- The two year longshoremens’ !, 0! agreement expires on the last day| «we are indeed grieved on re- of this month. | ceipt of your letter of the 20th re- Seamen and others have made de- cording the death of Mr. Behrends. mands for increase in wages. | We had looked upon him as such a The longshore and seamens’ agree-| friend and helper at all times. I ment in British Columbia ports does| gnow that Alaska has lost one of its not expire until 30 days after those|most valuable citizens and can as- in the American ports. sure you that the American Na- tional Red Cross will likewise sus- ‘There was a rim combination of made daily. 1S ELECTED John Newmarker was today elect- | witch-burning and when the free- |dom of thought has been exiled in| many lands, it is up to Harvard iand the Americans to stand for | freedom of the human mind.” Speaking in the vast Harvard ter- | centenary theatre and honoring the | university’s 300th birthday celebra- ition, the President said: | “Truth is great and will prevail for centuries. That old saying is | the rock of support for persecuted men but it depends on men’s toler- ance and devotion to freedom whe: {ther it will prevail through free re-| R search, free discussion and free in- b In- tercourse or only after suppression | Ab‘e AddleSS Made at Dm and suffering when none cares ner Last Evening—Re- whether it prevails or not.” marks Broadcast After briefly pointing out the | B — background of economic conditions which have existed for vears but| uN ANUTHER have become much moiv aggravat-| | ad during the increased hazards of ‘his modern industrial age, bring-| | ng about the passing of the Social | Security Act, Delegate Anthony J. | Dimond launched into a concise ex- gy TWO BROTHERS, planation of the act and how it Governor Makes Address to| SLAYERS UF 3! could, through Territorial Legisla- ’ ! five action be applied to Alaska, Young Republican Lead- | LUDGED PRISUN ers at Topeka | ) when he addressed those at the din- drrender to Authorities in ner in the Terminal Cafe last night,| sponsored by the Democratic Wo-! California when Prom- ised Protection men’s Club, and a radio audience’ through the courtesy of -station told a conference of young Repub-| SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 18. | ther Bureau, accompanied Gillam. Sunrise and sunset flights will be SECURITIES ACT Des Moines, Ia., is pictured in & it played host to the nation’s two tial candidates. . A car bearing P TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept, 18—Gov. Alfred M. Landon today assailed KINY. “those who are trying to make the' Under the old age provisions of yguth believe they have no future| L] B.CE L aiher bt Rlgiie who under the American system.” He are in need, providing they are above the age of 65. The Federal | government will reimburse any state lican leaders that the “Republican’ Surrendering the plea of their or territory one-half of the amount party utterly rejects this philos-'@ged mother, John and Court Brite that state or territory appropriates L " 9 5 have been lodged in Folsom prison under this provision up to $30 per OPPY: The auestion s raised by, ovent possible lynching for the month, the Delegate told his au-| What power a government shall or yijing of three men, including two dience. In other words if the Ter- shall not have. There is a dii- deputy marshals. near Yreka on ritory of Alaska legislated to pm-‘ference between a representative Sunday, August 30. vide $30 a month under the pro- government and organized author-|/ Two two men have been hiding visions of the act for the needy,'ity wielded by one man.” in the hills for nearly three weeks over the age of 65, the Federal Gov-| Gov. Landon declared the cam- and eluded various possees during ernment would reimburse the Ter- paign cuts across party lines. Point- that period. ritory to the extent of $15 a month ing to the “trontier of new inves-| The two brothers returned to their for everyone so taken care of. tions,” he assailed ‘“reasoning bas- parent’s cabin on Horse Creek. As It Applies To Alaska ed upon seven years of hard times,| Mrs. Martin Brite, mother of the act to Alaska, Delegate Dimond Under one system the government'sied District Attorney James Davis said: “Based on an estimate made umpire enforces the rules made by|that her two sons were willing to In applying this portion of the instead of 150 years of progress. two men went to Yreka and inform- | holiday mood as leading presiden= resident Franklin Richman, Merrill Repair Plane, Hop for New York MUSGRAVE HARBOR, New- foundland, Sept. 18.—(By Canadian Press) —Harry Richman and Dick Merrill hopped off from here this afternoon to complete the London to New York flight. The plane has been repaired after landing here in a fog last Monday. Eddie Rickenbacker, manager of the airlines employing Merrill, brought spare parts and gasoline here and attended to Yhe repair work on the $95,000 monoplane Lady Peace. Under Arrest for Nlegally Bai_ng inb,$. Woman Taken in Custody | | the state capitol building where the Democratic standard bearer conferred with the chief execu< | tives of several midwestern states, including his D. Roosevelt is shown above leading the parade to_|_opponent, Gov, Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, MERCHANTS STOCK UP | Local merchants are reported| stocking up in case there may be: an interruption in steamer service. Several merchants state they will have sufficient supplies on hand by the latter part of this month to last for 45_to 60 days at least.. | KUVAK CANNERY DESTROYED BY FIRE THURSDAY Blaze Whlich Consumes En- tire Plant Believed Caus- ed by Electric Plate KODIAK, Alaska, Sept. 18—The Surf cannery at Kuvak Bay was burned to the ground Thursday ev- ening in a fire believed to have been started by an electric plate. The main cannery, the superin- tendent’s home, and the entire silver salmon pack are a total loss, accord- ing to word from the main office in Seattle. TOWED TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 18. — A marriage license has been- issued here to John H. Hanson, of Ket-| chikan, Alaska, and Sena M. John- son, of Denver, Colorado. - — Italian Pianist to Make U. S. Tour | ROME, Italy, Sept. 18. — Carlo! Zecchi, who is probably Mussolini's favorite pianist, is going to the United States this autumn for a re- cital tour. Zecchi has played three different times for Mussolini in the premier's home, Villa Torlonia. tain an irreparable loss. Won't you kindly pass on to his family the very sincerest expression of sym- pathy on our part.” RESCUE SEVEN MAROONED BY FLOOD WATER Texas City Inundated— Property Loss Estimat- ed at $2,000,000 SAN ANGELO, Texas, Sept. 18.— Rescue of seven refugees, marooned in trees near the flooded Plum Creek community was affected this after- noon as the receding Concho River waters enabled resident to start re- habilitation. The flood started early yesterday and at its height 150 city blocks were inundated. All during the night the flood wa- ters raged and did not begin to re- cede until this afternoon. Property damage is estimated at $2,000,000. School Patrol Reduces Road Deaths in India BOMBAY, Sept. 18.—The Ameri- can “school patrol’ system which has been tried out in certain Indian cities by ‘the safety first association, has proved a great success in help- ing to reduce road deaths. The system came to India in December 1935 and the first patrol was organized at a high school in Dadar, Bomboy. From that time the patrol has been in effective daily operation, directing children as they go to and from school. — .- The fossil of a prehistoric camel had been found in Oklahoma. it is estimated that 871 Indians, and! 1678 whites above the age of 65| are living in the Territory. smus-] tics from other states that have al- | ready availed themselves of the So- cial Security Act show that notj more than one-half of the white citizens over 65 are entitled to bene- fits under the act.Consequently es- timating 839 whites and 871 Indians| Alaska would have 1710 eligible, amounting to $615,000 a year, the Territory’s share $307,800 a year. Should the age limit of women be| lowered to 60, an additional $54,000 would be necessary.” Territorial Appropriations In 1935 the Territorial Legislature appropriated $620,000 for the bieni- um or $310,000 a year fer the fol-| lowing in the Tetritory: old age al- lowance, $400,000; Dependent Chil- dren, $90,000; Relief of Destitution, $50,000; Needy and Indigent, $80,~ 000, in addition to an appropriation for public health, and $150,400 for the Pioneers’ Home. It was pointed out that the $200,- 000 a year old age allowance would be applicable to the old age part of the Social Security act, and proba- bly some additional. The amount| estimated, $371,800, or $368,000 if the Legislature lowered the age limit on women, would not greatly exceed that already carried by the Territory. Annuities Another part of the Social Secur- ity Act, the Delegate explained, was that which provides for an- nuities through payroll taxes paid for by both employer and employe, which throughout the country will eventually take care of * 25,000,000 wage earnefs through an annuity of from $65 to $85 a month, depend- ing upon age and earnings and pay- ments by the workers. A third feature pPovides for un- employment compensation, the Delegate explained, through a Fed- eral tax on payrolls. Any state or Territory that enacts a suitable law to provide for compensation of those (c’mtlnued en Page Eight) on January 1, 1936, using the fig- the people, and under the other|surrender if promised protection.| ures of the 1930 census as a basis, gystem, the government plays the|Davis assured protection for the two ' game and the people are merely, puppets.” WAR APPARENT IN ORIENT AS | TROOPS CLASH | Japanese Officer and Ord-| erly Attacked by Chinese at Fengtai Encampment PEIPING, North China, Sept. 18. —Peace appeared periled as the Domei News Agency reported that Chinese and Japanese troops at the istrategic rail junction of Fengtai moved close to open conflict. The Japanese headquarters an- nounced that Chinese soldiers at | Pengtai, a short distance southwest of here, attacked a mounted offic- er and orderly belonging to the Japanese first battalion quartered at the junction. e Philippine President Found Easy to Reach MANILA, P. I, Sept. 18—Mem- bers of the Philippine National As- sembly fnd it comparatively easy to reach the Chief Executive, Pres- ident Manuel L. Quezon. After the executive moved into Malacanan Palace, former home of American Governor Generals, he had the ground floor remodeled. He then announced that this section of |the palace would be a sort of club for the assemblymen and declared that he expected to meet all the law makers there frequently. — e — The late King George V of Eng- land and Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger- many were first cousins, in Anchorage by Im- migration Agent brothers and then they surrendcrcd.; ———.—————— Resigns as City clark! A"chflrag |rector of the Immigration service in P | Alaska, is taking the woman to S Robert Bragaw to Become attie. 1e said she was orderea de- Assistant Manager of | ported before on the same charge, Jin December, 1933, but disappeared. Power Company 1 The search was started at Ketchi- kan and then spread to the west- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 18.—|ward where she was located here Robert 8. Bragaw, City Clerk for| PG ./ Sy three years, has resigned to b('cum('! . assistant manager of the An(-hnmm"}an _el ht | Power and Light Company. His ignation is effective October 1. Brag-| aw is a former Territorial Senator! {Disaster Occurs on Floode Nile River—Rescuers Are Hampered ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 18.— ’J(‘annr- Marie Berovery, aged 36, has | been arrested here, charged with il- |legal entrance into the United ; States. Dewey L. Knight, Divisional Di- and Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. | Holland | Arming AMSTERDAM, Sept. 18.—Peac little Holland, neutral in the Gre War, is to raise a special force of between 12,000 and 14,000 men to i guard her eastern frontier against|©&ht Egyptians, workmen, wives and “strategic” raids. children, were drowned in a colli- ion of their outing steamer with a large sailing boat in the flooded Nile on the outskirts of this city. Only four persons were saved. Re 'e‘ Rescuers were hampered by the swiftness of the current of the Brother, Sister | river ater, ; - : - L IOWA CITY, Ia,, Sept. 18—LeRoy | - — Moomey, 86, of It City, has found oy o y bl Tt Tahiti to Lose Tourists PAPEETE, Tahiti, — Tahiti faces News Story CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 18. — Forty- ochal Occasion TROPICAL GALE RAGES, SPREADS * TOBIG SECTION Four Hundred Persons Trapped on Island, Re- ported Escaped | TERROR ACCOMPANIED BY NINE-FOOT TIDE No Loss of Life Indicated But Relief Agencies ‘Standing By’ BULLETIN — New York, Sept. 18.—Its destructive force unabated, the tropical hurricane has hurled itself along the east- ern seaboard toward the dense populations of New York and New Jersey. Communications are wrecked aleng the coast and a blanket of silence is left over the wake threcugh the Carolinas and Vir- ginia, The wind has reached a velo- city ¢f 75 miles per hour and is expected to reach New York City by midnight tonight. Hurricane signals have been posted at all coast points, | | | NORFOLK, Virginia, Sept. 18. — Four hundred persons trapped on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, to- day emerged safely from a night of hurricane terror, while the great |storm swept northward along the |east coast, battering the Carolinas and Virginia coasts. A nine foot wave, driven by ter- w ‘rmc winds, swept completely across Ccracoke Island, which lies 20 miles 4 T | . . offshore. Active Dealings Take Place "o uarasmen, agorat 1t —Profit Takmg Fails - |early morning radio reports, said S Ad R |they understoud the inhabitants of to Stem Advance the island, took shelter in the large e | Ocracoke lighthouse. The lighthouse NEW YORK, Sept. 18—A buying has been a sea beacon since 1798. wave swept industry stocks today| “No Loss of Life” up from fractions to more than, From elsewhere along the coast three points in active dealings. where communications were Selected steels, motors, rails, oils,| wrecked early last evening, came ceppers and specialties were well 'm‘repurts early this afternoon by radio front of the days’ advance. !that many seaside communities were Late profit taking failed to stem flooded but encouraging advices the advance in a majority of the|came from radio stations that “no cases. \loss of life occurred.” Transfers today were 1,200,000 Concern Expessed shares. | Notwithstand the favorable re- ports from the areas where the hur- CLOSING PRICES TODAY iricano centered with winds averag- NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-—closlng““8 from 60 to 90 miles per hour, quotation, of Alaska Juneau mine much concern is expressed by both stock today is 16%, American Can|Dational and state offiemls and the 1257%, American Light and Power Red Cross agencies are ready to 12%, Anaconda 40%, Bethlehem hurry relief into stricken communi- Eteel 697, Calumet and Hecla 11%, | ties. Columbia Gas and Electric 19%,/ National guardsmen are reported Commonwealth and Southern 3,|acting as rescue workers at some Curtiss-Wright 67, General Mo- Points. tors 677, International Harvester | Coast Guard Aids 79, Kennecott 49%, Simmons 38%, The Unfted States light ship, United States Steel 71%, United Suarding Chesapeake Bay entrance, Corporation 7}, Citles Service 3%,[1s adrift. One Coast Guard cutter Pound $5.06%. |stood by during the storm battle; Several other sections have asked aid from the Coast Guard. : i e | The spreading of the hurricane ,4,’,1,:," ll\u‘llrnlx;:m, s»l::du:f:rrilfxv-x 1;;01‘:, orea js indicated by reports from 4 5 ave B2 B e New York where high winds hit the :rux.)\“)xm;~ 55.68, up 43; utiliies metropolis enrly today. The center Pt of the hurricane was here early to- U5, WORLD'S SMALL PORERS - BESTDRESSED PROTEST MOUE ‘ LONDON s:pr;a g nj': Blg PDfiERS from a visit to the Unitec former Lord Mayor Benno man, of Hull, said American cr inals were the best dresses ;v.'m'ld. Escorted through the Tombs pris- on, in New York, through the cour- tesy of Mayor LaGuardia, Pearlman ~ GENEVA, Sept. 18. — Revolt by said he witnessed one of the police some of the smaller nations against shadow box” lineups in which he' the big power plan to bar Ethiopian saw prisoners dressed in the height|delegates from next week's League | of fashion. | assembly is appafent today, offic- “Some of them looked as if they|ials said. 5 might have stepped out of an Eng-| The big powers would bar the |lish University or a Savile-row tai-|Ethiopians as a means of obtaining lor shop in London,” he said renewed collaboration from Italy. ! While inspecting the rogues’ gal- ——————— lery, Pearlman said, he was par- ROBERTSON SPEAKS !ticularly interested by the number In observance of Constitution of men who posed as clergymen| Week, R. E. Robertson, Juneau at- STOCK PRICES DOW, JONES AVERAGES m- Strong Nations Would Bar w e FEthiopian Delegates from League lms memory. the step-sister from whom he was| :eplnted Wwhen he was 8 and she was She is Mrs. John Gould of Ma,_hzm of American tourist trade with in operating as confidence trick-|torney, will speak for 15 minutes engo, who now is 87. Moomey found | the announcement that the only di- | sters. this evening over Radio Station her through a newspaper story con-‘ rect steamship line in the United, “The police system in America has|KINY beginning at 7:45 o’clock. cerning her birthday. He didn’t rec- | States will be suspended in Novem- few equals anywhere,” he said, “and| In his speech Mr. Robertson will ognize her name, but her parents| ber. Mail will go to Panama on I was pleased to note that it is|show the benefits accruing from names struck a responsive chozd in|{a French boat for transshipment based on the system at Scotland|the Constitution in the ordinary | to the States. ! Yard.” daily life of an American citizen,