The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 19, 1936, Page 1

\ THE VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7307. DAILY 'HAMLET ON COAST | r l ! SKA EMPIRE ALL THE TIME" MEMBER ASSOCIATE) PRESS PRICE TEN CENT? ITALY SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE SUNDAY, TODAY One Town Is_Badly Dam- aged, Northern Section —50 Known Dead VITTORIO, Italy, Oct. 19.—Light earth shocks were felt again today in this section of Northern Italy where a quake brought death and destruction Sunday. Today's shocks created fresh ap- prehension. Sunday’s quake damaged virtu-; ally every house in this town and many must be razed. Other build- ings may be repaired. Several streets are closed. The damage is estimated at five million lire. Fifty persons are reported killed. FOUR PROTEST BEING ROBBED; ARE SHOT DOWN Bodies Arefiad in Cabin in Nevada — Arrest | Made, Confession ELKO, Névada, Oct. 19.—Sheriff A. C. Harper announced last night that Luther Jones, alias H. S. King- habocker, aged 32, forfer Montana, convict, confessed killing four Ne- vada men whose bodies were found, piled in a cabin near here late last' Baturday night. Jones, said he" forced the three men, all prominent ranchers, into the cabin with the intention of rob- | bing them and when they protest- ed, he shot'them. The other man killed was an itinerant, Joe Steca, who was occupying the cabin. The ranchers killed were Walter Godoke, Otto Heitman and Man-| uel Arrasceda. e SPANISH REBS | NOW GLOSING IN ON-MADRID Thousands tTTaxicabs Are Commandeered to Rush Aid to Front MADRID, Oct. 19—The Govern- ment today mobilized thousands of | taxicabs to rush reinforcements to stem the advancing Fascist hordes. Three thousand taxis were placed in readiness to carry aid to any point on the civil war fronts around the Capital City in event of a sur- prise enemy move. NIGHT ATTACK IS MADE BY AIRPLANES ALGODOR, Spain, Oct. 199. Fast government pursuit planes roared out” to battle insurgent bombers in the night skies above Castilejo last’ Saturday night. The machine guns spat flames in the darkness, One giant insurgent bomber was seen to, fall. The aerial counter attack fol- lowed an attempt by Fascist planes to destroy the vital railroad com- munications at Castilejo, half way between Toledo and Aranjuez. Immediately heavy K government reinforcements were thrown into that sector in an effort to block the insurgent thrust. One Government Commander de- clared he believed he had sufficient reserves to halt the Fascist advancé. MRS. ANDERSON’S SISTER SUCCUMBS | Mrs. I. R. “Bud” Anderson has received word of the death of her sister, Mrs. Mildred Skog, in Seat- tle last week. Mrs. S8kog was here last summer vigiting with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, well known resi- dents of Juneau. She was a former Olympia, Wash,, girl but has been making her home in Seattle the last few years. B STATESMAN’S DAUGHTER DANCES Sarah Churchill, dancing daughter statesman, received ‘a pointer on of Winston Churchill, the British the art of toe dancing from Vic Oliver, Viennese comedian, at a Boston theatre where they appeared in vaudeville. There was guessing there was a rom ance between the two. Monumentfo Will Rogers. Is Dedicated Humorist ‘ OOLEGAH, Oklahoma, Oct. 19.— | Will Rogers’ homefolks unveiled and dedicated ' their humble little| monument to him Sunday near the! spot where he was Dorn. The monument, an eight foot| shaft built of rough blocks of red native stone, is inscribed: “Will Rogers, Oolegah, Orklahoma, 1879— Barrow, Alaska, August 15, 1935;| erected by citizens of Oolagah.” ‘9 Old Men’ Come Back | Tanned, Fit| WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. — Re- gardless of what critics may say of its decisions, the Supreme Court | is always majestic. | Once housed in niches and\ corners of the catacombic capitol, | the court now has a building of its own two blocks away that cost a dozen million. Far to the rear in this nob'e house of the law, sits the court in a chamber flanked on two sides by double rows of marble columns. In the half hour before the court convenes the atmosphere of the chamber is like nothing so;| much as a funeral. There is a bit of whispering. Acquaintances nod | gravely. [ ENTER, THE COURT | Far back of the chamber a muf- fled electric buzzer burrs exactly at the noon hour. All in the court rise. From a half dozen apertures back of their seats come the Jus-| tices, black gowned, unsmiling, as- sured. ! “Oyez, oyez, oyez—" begins the solemn litany of the clerk, endin~: | “God save the United States and this honorable court” The nine| Justices sit, four upon either side| of the gray whiskered Chief Jus- tice, Charles Evans Hughes. | They looked fit and alert after a | summer’s vacation, their faces| bronzed, their figures erect. One re- | porter cracked: “The summer didn't | make a dent in any of them.” An-| other said the lead on his s'.ory would say: “The court is here to stay.” Yet six are over 70, all BETTE DAVIS [Can’t Appear in England on two continents as to whether (Associated Press Photo) 2 MINERS KILLED BY ROCK SLIDE, IN A J. SUNDAY {Harold Sadler, Henry Hal~’ verson Victims of Acci- dent in 440 Stope Two Juneau miners, Harold Sad- {ler, 24, and Henry R. Halverson, 29, were killed at 9:15 Sunday morning in the Alaska Juneau mine when they were struck by falling rock in the 440 Stope at the Per- severance operations. The two men were going up a ladder, carrying | to a higher point in| drill steel the stope, when some rock fell from above and struck them, kill-| ing them instantly, nounced at the mine office. took five hours to get the bodies, which were badly crushed, out and it was an- It | |l S, SENATOR CUT OFF FROM RADIO SPEEG: Vandenberg 'Attempts; ! Have Phonograph Ree- ords—Then Comme#t | ¢HICAGO, Ill, Oct. 19.—1U | States Senator Arthur H. Vand | berg, Republican of Michigan, How Bobbies Crushed London Fascist- Red Rlot EX- GBAST GUARD |cut off from the Eastern Division|’ “or the Columbia Broadcasting Gom=. pany’s chain last Saturday night in" |the midst of a radio speech wfl& ;the explanation by an official of the {company that it was Against the' | company’s policy to tl I phopographic records to listéners. 5 Ezplanation Made ' ' The regular annmlnoer H. Leslie Atlas, vxce-preamm ol' 1| the chain, who explained that, executive order from New. {arrived too late to cut the a |off from all stations, Senator Vandenberg asked to in- | troduce recording parts of President Roosevelt's various statements, then he was to comment on those mu- ! ments. Republican leads said this was the | first time this method of conduct- ing a campaign address had been attempted, and it was cut short. | MAKE KICK—NO USE | CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 19.—A de- ‘mand for a re-broadcast of Sena- | tor Vandenberg's - “Fireside Chat” ‘wnh the recorded voice of President | Roosevelt, emerged Sunday from a welter of confusion that followed \nrter his program was partly on {and partly off the Broadcasting System chain last S8aturday night. Hill Blackett, Ditector of 't Puh-- lie Relations Divison of thié Repuba’ lican National Committee, disclos- ed that Senator Vandenberg init- |iated the movement for recordings |of the President’s past addresses. The CBS spokesman reiterated that the system will neither give or | sell time to any party using phon- ographic records as reproductions of anyone’s voice. A s NEW PROJECT - PROPOSED BY | JAPAN NATION Will Open mne to Man-' dated Island in Pa- | cific Ocean 1 1 | remove them to the C. W. Carter | | Mortuary. Halverson was a native Alaskan, having been born in Wrangell on May 14, 1908, while Sadler was a native of California, being born in Maricopa, Cal, on August 30, 1912, and has been ‘in the Territory since April of last year. The former has a brother, Denver, living in| Juneau, and a sister, Clara, and| two brothers, Edward and Graney, all three living at 8201 South Ta- coma Way, Tacoma. Sadler's only known relative is his father, Clar- ence Sadler, living at 1828 Langdon Way, Ventura, Cal When he first arrived in town, Sadler worked for a short time as the city dog catcher, later going to work in the mine. He was a pipe fitter by trade. No funeral arrangements have yet been completed, but it is plan- ned to send Halverson’s body south for burial. ————— LOSES CASE BRIT. COURT Only Under Warner Brothers Say So LONDON, Oct. lD—-Bette Davis, | noted film and stage star of the United Stdtes, is restrained from appearing in films or other per- eligible to retire. The three others|formances in England for any other; GENEVA, Oct 19. — Japan will open an airline to the mandated Pacific Islands which once belong-| ed to Germany, an official report to the League of Nations disclosed | and apparently answered in ad-| vance the possible accusations that the airline will be used for military purposes. 4 The Japanese announced the pro- ject is to “promote efficiency of the Administration and assist indus- trial and social activities of the inhabitants.” Following the report Japan re- cently withdrew warships from the| islands, Japan said she never had either fortifications or naval forc- es in the area. Marianna or Lagdron islands are the nearest of the mandates, 1,600 miles from Japan. Among the aims of the proposed airline is the observation on move- ments of fish, the Japanese report says. — e — HERE FROM TODD W. H. Heidinger, from Todd, registered at Gastineau Hoel. is FROM HAINES “Erik Oslund, is registered nt the Alaskan from Haines. These graphic® pictures, made during the recent Fascist-Red riots in London, show the London constabulary in action against the rioters. Above, they are tearing down a b: one of the rioters, fallen after a tap on the noggin with a truncheon, and (right) the ulue of the rumpus, ir Dswald Mosley, Fascist leader, boh\z saln“ kshirted y GARNER MAKES CAMPAIGN TALK LAST SATURDAY Vice-President Goes Out Over Air—Banker [s Out for F. D. R. (By Associated Press) Vice-President Jobn Nance Gar- ner last Saturday night closed out the most active week in the Pres- idential campaign with a descrips tion of President Roosevelt’s poli- cies as “the highest type of true American and conservative.” It was the Vice-President's first speech in the present campaign. The Vice-President declared: “The President is no more of a Com- munist than I am.” ‘The Vice-President spoke by radio from his home in Uvalde, Texas. FDR At Hyde Park Last Saturday night, President Roosevelt was back at Hyde Park after more brief addresses to up- state New York audiences in which he repeated that the New Deal has “helped start the wheels of trade and commerce turning again.” In Topeka, Saturday night. Gov. Alfred M. Landon and Col. Frank Knox exchanged ideas regarding the strategy to be resorted to in the | last fortnight of campaigning. Both| expressed confidence. Gov. Landon prepared for his trip to Los Ange- les by which he starts his final campaign action that will keep him constantly on the go until election day. Labor Issues Review by | Hopkins ‘Raplles ‘No,’ Then Edge Blows ngm Up New Jersey GOP Auempls to Spread More Propaganda WASHINGTON, Oct. Enge, Chairman of the New Jersey Republican Campaign Committee, said in a statement that it was a ‘common scandal” that WPA work- ers had been “made to register Democratic undér a lash and at least a threat of losing their job: The former Ambassador’s stat ment was in reply to Administrator Hopkins' refusal to comply with the demand of New Jersey GOP| leaders for information salaries and (xpendmlr« . TRADER LOSES SCOW LOAD OF FOOD SUPPLIES Storm on Great Lake Sinks Craft — Men Es- cape Death EDMONTON, Oct. 19. — tons of valuable trading food sup- plies were lost when a storm on the on WPAj :Great Slave Lake wrecked and sank a scow owned by J. V. Darwish,| The American Federation of La- bor issued a review of the Roosevelt and Landon positions on the labor questions, endorsing neither of the| tWo candidates but asking Labor to| support its friend. 1 Democrats Endorsed The Labor Nonpartisan League| sald thirty-three state Pederations pioneer fur trader of Fort Rae, Northwest Territories, 750 air miles north of here, Darwish and his crew had a nar-| row escape from drowning but were| |able to get away in a power boat| hauling the scow. (Continued on Page Three) Religion Needs Enthusiasm Same As It Is Politics, Says Bishop Rowe CHICAGO, Il Oct. 19. —Rehgion’ needs enthusiasm “just the same us it is needed in politics,” the nght Reverend Peter Trimble Rowe, Bish- | Needed for great difficulty in getting excited over their church, We need more enthusiasm in religion, just the |same as it is needed in politics are past 60. Among the first duties imposed upon them was to decide whether " LUCAS RETURNS H. 1. Lucas was a passenger north bound on the Northwestern, to consider again an act of the New York State Legislature fixing (Continued on Page Twe) | company than Warner Brothers, Hollywood, California. The injunc- tion was granted by Jusetice Sir l. political campaign but they have downtown theatre, of op of Alaska, asserted Sunday at the‘ and our civilization will collapse concluding session of the Pan-|unless there is a renewal of Spirit- American Conference of the Epis- ual Faith,” said Bishop Rowe. copal and Anglican Bishops. | The Bishop was the principal “The people can get excited over speaker . at' a mass meeting in a NEW MAYOR PTTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 19.—Cor- nelius D. Scully formally became | Mayor of Pittshurgh today succeed- |ing Willlam MecNair. The City Council unanimously elected Scully to fill the office he has occupied since October 6 when McNair resigned. McNair recently withdrew his resignation and his claim to the office may be carried; to the courts within a few days. s 45 g GOES WESTWAKD E. H. Clifford and D. M. Both- well, brokers, are passengers for the westward aboard the steamer North- - western. . 19.—Walter | arricade erected by the reds. Below (left) STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE ON 600D NEWS Issues Today Are Lead by Oils and Specialties on Stock Exchange NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Although a number of issues under the lead- | ership of oils and specialties reach- ed into new high territory many other shares backed quietly. Support for favorites was appar- ently based on cheering business and industrial prospects. Transfers today were shares. 1,950,000 | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YOKK, Oct. 15. — Closing quotaunn of Alaska Juneau \mine swck today is 16, American Can 125, Amerlcan Power and Light 12, Ana- ‘Londa 47Y%, Bethlehem Steel 75%, Gas and Electric 19%%, HEAD SOUNDS NOTE OF PEACE Maritime Commission Be- lieves Permanent Settle- ment Can Be Reached ADMIRAL PROMISES THOROUGH PROBE Unions Continue Voting on Whether to Authorize Strike October 28 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 19.— Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, for- mer Commandant of the Coast Guard, now a member of the newly appointed Maritime Commission, has arrived here as an investigator for the Commission in the mari- time labor controversy and to make recommendations to the Governs ment agency which officially comes into existence on October 26, two days before the present ten-day truce expires. Both unjons and ship owners awaited his arrival here eagerly. Admiral Hamlet said: “I believe plans can be worked out resulting in permanent peace. 1 have no definite plans yet but we are going to make a thorough inves- tigation of all phases on both sides and they will be given a fair and impartial hearing.” The Unions continued voting on whether to authorize a strike on Oc- | tober 28. Technical Wins For Government in Gourt Action High Tribu;al—Declines to Act on Securities Act Appeal, Two Others WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, — The Government won technical victories in the Supreme Court today when nine Justices refused to reyiew lifi~ gation challenging the constitution~ ality of three New Deal laws. The Supreme Court declined to pass on the appeal filed by J. Ed- ward Jones, New York Securities dealer, questioning the constitution- ality of the Securities Act requiring registration of stocks before public sale. The Supreme Court also refused to review the attack on NIRA pro- visions and the emergency reliet appropriation measure authorizing Government loans and grants. for construction of publicly owned elec- tric plants, The actions were taken purely on Thirty | ! procedural grounds and had no di- rect relations to the legislation merits. Cummonwmllh and Southern 3%, | Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors | 13%, International Harvester 90, | P e — Kennecott 57, Simmons 48, United | States Steel 79'%%, United Corpora-! EPnRTER non 7%, Cities Service 4%, Pound 18N B 8 IN183 DAYS Wor.d-Telegram Newshawk Wins Commercial Air Lire Race ‘ DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 17745, | down .18; rails 59.65, down .20; utili- | ties 35.05, down .02, WORD BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR BORDER LINE Nazi Official Makes Reply to Speech by Com- munist Leader NEW YORT, Oct. 19.—H. R. Ek- ne, worlq pf vanartey of tha New York World Telegram, offig~ ially ended his trip in the World Telegram lobby ac 11:14 tms morn- ing, completing his dash around the globe in 18 days, 14 hours and 56 minutes. He won the unofficial title race from Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of the New York Times, SAARBRUCKEN, Germany, Oct.|poth of whom are still in Manila, 19. — Dr. Alfred Rosenberg, high| pyins said the flight, which was Nazi official, delivered a counter| .qe entirely by commercial air ‘blast last Saturday night to the anti|ine could be made by anybody at Hitler structure of Maurice Thorez,|, cost of $5,000, using only the es- French Communist leader, tablished transportation lines om Only a few mfles from the French|the 24720 mile dash. border, Rosenberg replied to Thor- oo ez's remarks that “the best tvpe of WARRACK RETURNS Germans are now in concentration| J. B. Warrack, president of the ‘camps Warrack Construction Company, re- | Rosenberg shouted: “Germany’s|turned to his Juneau office‘on the ° {concentration camps hold traitors Northwestern, following a trip to ito Germandom. They are habitual| Ketchikan, during which he ar- criminals who would sell the Fa- flg“:«";" 'm&“mm 5 therland’s vital Interests for a few W ol ; {edmes or tiililea Pederal Building in that city. i | | | | | i |