The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1936, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7366. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT® ' AIR LINER LOST; 12 REPORTED ABOARD |- EARLY EVENING | DISAPPEARS IN IN CALIFORNIA Large Craft Asks for Radio: ; Beam Direction, Then Silence SEARCH STARTED BY THREE SISTER CRAFT Four Women and Eight Men Believed to Have Perished in Crash BULLETIN—BURBANK, Dec. 28—Wreckage of the missig | United Air Lines craft is be- | lieved to have been sighted on | the mountains about 18 miles | north cf here, officials an- | nounce. ‘ | { R. E. Dickinson, member of the flying searching party saw the wreckage while flying low over the mountains near Sau- gus. The wings lay on the ridge. The spot was about two miles east of an emergency | ficld at Saugus. The rest of the plane “was all spread out. Saw no sign of life,” reported Dick- | inson. The search had extended | around Saugus as many persons said they saw a flash in the mountains’ last evening accom- panied by an explosion like | thunder at about the time the plane was due. The airline officials express- | ed the belief Pilot Blom crash- ed in foggy and rainy weather while trying to land on the emergency field. Automobile parties have been dispatched to the area with four nurses, two doctors and Frank Nance, Los Angeles County Coroner. It is believed rescue parties | will have difficulty in reach- \ ing the wreckage. BURBANK, Cal., Dec. 28.—Three sister ships of the United Air Lines flew northward in storm threat- ening skies this morning hunung; a transport with four women and eight men aboard which vanished last night a few miles from the Union Air Terminal here. | Due at 7:30 o'clock last night,‘\ the plane’s pilot, Edward Blom,| radioed a few minutes ahead of; time for the radio beam to direct him to the field. 15 Miles Away The plane at that time was be-| lieved to be about 15 miles away. | An automobile party this morn-| ing investigated a report that the| power failed at Simi last night about the time the plane radioed, and there is a chance that the| plane might have hit the power| lines. | Aboard Plane | The occupants of the plane are: | A. L. MARKWELL of Los An-| geles. MR. and MRS. EDWARD T.| FORD, JR., of San Marino. He is| the son of the President of the| Grace Steamship Line. JOHN KORN of Los Angeles. H. S. TEAGUE of Los Angeles. | MRS. W. A. NEWTON. M. P. HARE. A. NOVAK. MISS E. VALANCE. EDWARD BLOM, pilot. ROBERT MCcLEAN, co-pilot, Oakland. YVONNE TREGO, stewardess, of Alameda. of FORMER TREADWELL | BOY WINS JUSTICE | SEAT IN SPOKANE Raymond Kelly, nephew of Rob- ert Coughlin, Federal Clerk of the| Court, has been elected a justice| of the peace in Spokane, Washing-| ton, according to word received. Young Kelly, who was born at Treadwell, and is the son of William A. Kelly, now of Valley, Wash,, is a graduate of Gonzaga University, Spokane, and has been an active Democratic leader in Spokane Coun- ty. His sister, Mrs, C. M. Archbold, lives in Ketchikan. BODIES OF ) | |himself and his brothers Jay and |plane last Priday night without " RIVALS FOR HOUSE LEADERSHIP John J. O'Connor (left), a Democratic representative from New York, and Sam Rayburn (right) of Texas in the House. are rival candidates for leadership (Associated Press Photos) Pnce Sees Tough J ob Ahead for Whoever I's Winner of Leadership By BYRON PRICE Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington Democrats inclined to view fac- ' FRENCH WEAKEN| 'BEFORE THREAT FROM GERMANY Offer to Give Hitler Back | Colonies Lost During | World War 1 el | ATTEMPTING TO AVOID; [EUROPEAN CONFLICT| \Fear German Intervention | on Side of Spanish Fascist May Start New Clash k PARIS, Dec. 28.—France has or-f fered to give back Germany's wa.r—l lost colonies in exchange for peace, |it was revealed by French Foreign! |Office officials. France is fearful | iChnnCellur Adolf Hitler might send ! 1Lrocps to Spain to back up his | recognition of the Spanish Fascist _ |junta and outlined this course to avoid danger of a European war. Hitler may have back the colon- ies now held by France if he will agree to a full and lasting settle- {ment of the European political and economic problems; stop enlistment of German volunteers for Spain; |participate in controlled disarma- | ment of Europe; renounce territor- lial claims within Europe; co-oper- {ate with the best of the world in |a program of economic rehabilita- i tion, it was explained by the French. France, Great Britain, Germany | PLANE PILUTS |tional strife with alarm are won-|ang Italy may unite to force peace ARE LOGATED Toboggans Are Bringing| Out Remains of Liver- more, Haid in Idaho SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 28. — A radio message from the Idaho Mountains where the Northwest Air Lines plane was wrecked, Sunday| night said the bodies of Pilot Joe Livermore and co-pilot Arthur A.| Haid have been found. They were| thrown clear of the wreckage. { Seven pouches of mail were re-| covered and nine other pouches were apparently burned. | Two rescue parties with tobag-| gans battled the blizzard in an ef-| fort to reach the scene and bring| the bodies and the mail out. | This afternoon a message was re-; ceived stating toboggans bearing the| bodies of the two pilots were leav- ing Calder, Idaho, today. | SEARCH PARTIES LEAVE KELLOGG, Idaho, Dec. 28.—Two| snowshoe parties left last Saturday for the mountain area where the Northwest Air Lines transport plane | crashed to bring here the bodies| of the two pilots and nearly 500 pounds of Christmas mail. Wiry woodsman Fred Cunning- ham hiked fifteen miles out of the St. Joe National Forest with the first word that a ground party had i burn, dering about the House of Repre- tween supporters of Sam Rayburn and John J. O'Connor. Traditional House resentment at Senatorial “meddling” in its affairs further complicates the situation for all con- cerned. Among others, Vice President Gar- ner (presiding officer of the Sen- ate) is in Washington working op- {enly fo~ Hayburn. It is nol a mat- ter of tacit support, Mr. Garner has said bluntly that he was here to see that his fellow Texan got the job. Some Rayburn men intimated this meant support of the Administration itself. O'Connor denials were quick and hot. Then spokesmen for the New Yorker pounced on Mr. Garner —he must have expected that—and| Senator Guffey, acknowledged boss| vania. The O’Connor adherents thought Guffey had a good deal to do with the pledge of Democratic House members from his state to back Ray- | He blandly denied responsi- bility. Those who took the trouble to look up the 1934 speakership fight | found that Pennsylvania’s declara-| tion of support for the late Joe| Byrns was instrumental in his vlc-l tory. | | Buchanan Seeks Compromise | Rayburn campaigners contend O- | Connor himself has been casting| in Spain if Hitler agrees to with- | sentatives leadership skirmishes be- hold aid from the Spanish Fascist | Government, French Foreign Of- |fiee officials said. GENTLE HINT BERLIN, Dec. 28—Germany hint- ed Saturday night that return of her colonial empire would do much Ito lessen the danger of European | war and solve the crisis over for- |eign aid to Spanish Civil War | combatants. EYES ARE ON HITLER i LONDON, Dec. 28.—Hope grew today in the Foreign Office of Eu- rope's great powers as diplomatic | solution “of the threatened spread |of the Spanish War is believed to ihave been reached although all eyes |are on the snow covered retreat in | Bavaria where Hitler pondered the problems. A firm refusal of the Spanish So- jof things Democratic in Pennsyl- | .ayist Government to heed the Ger- man ultimatum to free the captured steamers Palos in the face of Nazi hreats of “reprisals,” is belleved to have placed an immediate decision to back up the insurgents to the limit. This added to the seriousness of the situation. It is reported that Fascist Leader Gen. Francisco Franco has de- manded 60,000 soldiers to aid in the drive on Madrid. WORD FROM BERLIN BERLIN, Dec. 28.—Germany will avoid war measures against So- |about in the Senate for support,| cialist Spain but probably will per- located the crumpled remains of |and cite a letter in which he asked | mit volunteer fighters to continue to the morning of December 18 en- route to Spokane from St. Paul with mail only. Pilots Joe Livermore of Spokane Cunningham’s party consisted of Gerald and John Brennan. They | camped within 600 feet of the realizing its proximity. The plane wrecked was discovered early last Saturday morning by one of the two ground parties. AMBASSADOR'S SON KIDNAPED ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—Olemda Alfaro, 15-year-old son of Ecuador’s Ambassador, is safe at home after|cerned over the tenseness that he five hours in abductor's hands on |Proposed withdrawal of all candi- Christmas night. The boy was re-|dates, himself included, in favor of leased witjout ransom, the Ambas- Representative Doughton. He sador informed the State Depart- ment, ) They predict that in the end their| candidate will win by acclamation. But there was growing apprehen- sion as rival factions charted their | Congress, with Chairman Buchanan | of the House Appropriations com- | mittee first to speak up. He skirted | the edge of the Rayburn-O’'Connor | controversy, contenting himself with | calling for a “wise leadership,” to| prevent the majority from split-| ting into warring blocs. | That would be inevitable, he | thought, if a “brutal” and domineer- | mg course was pursued. No one,| however, is sanguine enough to think | that Democratic lines will remain | unbroken. Speaker Bankhead him- | self admits “we can’t expect unani- ntity,” but harmony-minded rep- resentatives hope salt won't be rubbed into wounds already pain- | ful. Representative Rankin was so con- | "-i:uht that a practical comprom- 60 SLAIN WHE !the plane which crashed early on|Senator Clark of Missouri for aid.|sail for the battlefront and may convoy German vessels with war- ships, persons in authority said. The same authority says Ger- many will avoid armed rescue of the land Arthur A. Haid of Seattle were |Cffensives toward the opening of |steamer Palos, seized by the Span- |the only persons aboard the plane,j ish Socialists. REBEL BOMBERS RAID SANTANDER Loyalist City on Northern Coast of Spain Attacked | from Air Yesterday | J— | MADRID, Dec. 28. — Sixty were |killed by insurgent bombing planes in an air raid on the northern coastal city of Santander, yester-| day. This is reported by the So- clalist Defense Council. Year-E Gale, Snow * Hinder Se arch for Missing | SEVIER {( LAKE WHERE PLANE LAST REPORTED Air Liner e / PLANE | “Passing over Milford, Utah,” was the message radioed at 2:30 am., December 15 from a luxurious Western Air Express plane with seven persons aboard. Four minutes later a message that the ship was climbing to 10,000 feet was sent. the plane was lost. Then—silence. Here is a map of the rough, mountain terrain where Hundreds of volunteers were hindered in their search for the missing plane by drenching rains in the lowlands and by snow flurries in the mountains, Top right picture shows S. J. U. S. FISHERIES HAVE BIG YEAR, ROPER REPORTS Prices of Halibut Increase —Canned Salmon Also Higher WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—Secre-| tary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper, in his annual report, says com- mercial fisheries experienced “bet- ter times” during the fiscal year | ending June 30, 1936. | The Secretary said the fisheries, | particularly on the New England and North Pacific Coast “presented a more optimistic outlook during the past fiscal year than during any other recent year and the average prices of the West Coast halibut increased approximately 13| per cent along with better canned | salmon prices. | eee Germ;n General Dies Suddenly BERLIN, Dec. 28.—Gen. Hans von Seecht, aged 70, died suddenly at| his home here Sunday after a short illness. ear-End Riddles for Business Men NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Some of the questions asked by busi- ness and finance at the year- | end: Has recovery proceeded too fast? Will a substitute NRA be en- acted? How much longer will inter- est rates hold at record low | Is inflation under way, and, : lative boom? | Samson, pilot. Bottom right: Gladys Witt, attractive stewardess al | Pope. “Better | Die” ' Despairs Pope; | Hasfiad Night |Paralysis Reported to Have Spread Along Pon- tiff's Left Side VATICAN CITY, Dec. 28.—Pope Pius, despairing of his recovery, after a slight hemorrhage, is re- ported to have told church offic- ials: “In this condition I cannot be It is better I die.” The Pope spent last night in what attendants described as “ex- crutiating pain.” According to reliable reports, the paralysis has spread from his legs along his left side and arm. PIONEERS OF KETCHIKAN IN STRIKE MOVE Makes Demands for Ade- quate Transportation, No Recurrences KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 28.— | The members of the Ketchikan Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, has resolved to ask the Presiden} apd Congress to take all possible steps to “obtain adequate transportation through regular commercial shipping agen- cies or provide same by other means.” The Pioneers are wiring to ask support of all civic and fraternal orders in the Territory to demand :lenglnuon to prevent recurrences of strikes which cripple Alaska because of its dependence on water trans- 1 portation. e LEGION MEETS TONIGHT The building program, formation of a Sons of Legionnaires and other business is scheduled to come up at the regular meeting of Alford John Bradford Post, Am- erican Legion, at 8 o'clock tonight in the Dugout, according to Com- !mander W. O. Johnson, board the missing transport liner. COPELAND BILL THREATENS TO PROLONG STRIKE Unions and Shipowners Protest Against New Law passed by Congress SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 28.— Protests of union leaders against the threatens to complicate the 60-day marine strike, it was revealed here today. The ship-owners’ committee is in- terpreting at least one of the pro- tests against the Copeland bill, passed by the last session of Con- gress, which would require seamen to carry “discharge books” show- ing complete records of their em- ployment after January 20. It was suggested in telegrams to President Roosevelt and other of- ficials that the government take action. C. H. Jordan of the San Pedro strike committee declared ‘“no strike settlement possible under the terms of this bill.” Thre]a Hundred Homes Collapse Japanese Quake Disturbance, Severest in Years, Centered at Bottom of Sea TOKYO, Dec. 28.—Three hun- dred houses were destroyed, one person killed and ten injured ip an earthquake which rocked the town of Nilima, in Tokyo Prefecture on Sunday. This is according to a Domei News Agency report which aiso said several persons are miss- ing. The earthquake was exceptionally severe and had its center at the bot- tom of the sea near Oshima, Chiba Prefecture. The official Meteorological Bu- reau described the earthquaake as one of the strongest ever recorded in - Japan, new Federal law affecting seamen TEN - YEAR - OLD CHAS. MATTSON SNATCHED AWAY {Lad Kidnaped from Family Home as Brother and Sister Look On THREE THREATENED BY MIDDLE AGED MAN Department of Justice Agents and City Police Make Wide Search BULLETIN — TACOMA, Dec. 28.—Officers were this after- noon warned to use extreme caution in halting an automo- bile listed by United States Marshal A. J. Chitty as stolen within 30 minutes after the Mattson boy was kidnaped. The kidnaper is believed to be de- mented and is a former patient of the boy’s father. It is also announced the ran- some demanded is $28,000. TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 28—Plan- ning a foot by foot search, Depart- ment of Justice Agents and Ta- coma police, at dawn today, con- centrated on a mile-long wooded ravine in an attempt to find Charles - Mattson, aged 10 years, kidnaped from the family home at 8:45 o'clock last night. The ravine is covered with scrub timber and underbrush and begins within a few feet from Dr. W. W. Mattson's five-acre city estate, ov- erlooking Puget Sound. Search at Night The search of the ravine fol- lowed a widespread search last night in which police cars patrolled the highways and side roads and privately owned boats scouted through Puget Sound inlets. A lone middle-aged man, armed with a pistol, invaded the home of Dr. Mattson through a French window. He searched for money and then suddenly shouted: Boy Better than Money “This is something better than money.” The man then grabbed Charles before the eyes of his brother Wil- liame, aged 16; sister, aged 14, and Virginia Chatfield, of Seattle, a house guest. Ransom Note The man then threatened them if they made any outcry and dis- appeared through the French win- dow with Charles. The man then left roughly-letter- ed ransom note demanding an amount variously reported to be either $18,000 or $28,000. G-MEN ON SCENE WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—J. Ed- gar Hoover said G-Men will “co- operate fully” with the Tacoma authorities. He said a report had been received from agents at the scene but declined to discuss de- tails. It is said that several agents who worked on, the Weyerhaeuser kidnaping case at Tacoma are al- ready on the scene. IS AIDING OFFICERS TACOMA, Dec. 28.—Dr. Mattson is a prominent physician and a former University of Washington and University of Pennsylvania football lineman. He gave way to- 1wmay to aid the officers in the search for his little son. “I will do anything the police ‘say," said Mr. Mattson. “I do not |want to do anything that might hinder them. I do not know why they picked my son.” 3 The Mattson home is one of the show places of Puget Sound and | was elborated for the Christmas {season. ONE CLUE GIVEN SEATTLE, Dec. 28—The police have received a State Patrol order nection with the Mattson kidnap- ing. Capt. Ernest Seal, of the State Patrol, said the order named a 50- year-old Tacoma man as the re- puted driver of the sedan. 5 (Continued on Page Six) to pick up a 1935 sedan in con- *