The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 29, 1936, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALL ON BOARD PLANE KILLED IN CAL. CRASH Ground Party Reaches Scene—Victims Taken from Tangled Mass PILOT BELIEVED TC HAVE LOST BEARINGS First Lives Lost by U. A. L. Since Operating Dur- ing Past Six Years BURBANK, Cal,, Dec. 29. — The ground party which early last night reached the wreckage of the United Air Lines transport near Saugus, reported all twelve occupants were killed and wreckage was scattered down the slope of Oak Mountain. It took hours to bring the bodies from the tangled wreckage on the steep Rice Canyon, 20 miles north of here, to the nearest road and then to the mortuaries. Bodies Are Crushed All of the bodies were crushed by the fuselage and death is said to have been instant. Department of Air Commerce In- spectors went to the scene with the searching parties. It is the first time the United Air Lines has lost a passenger in the six years of operation, flying over the San Francisco or Los Angeles routes. Seven million miles have been flown. Bearings Lost Company officials theorized that Pilot Edward Blum suddenly lost his bearings in attempting to turn back to the emergency field at Saugus when he crashed. The passengers were mostly those on holiday trips. The body of Alex Novak, of El Centro, was the first to reach the highway. Ranch horses brought out the remains of the victims over. eight miles of muddy, twisting trails. The plane crashed within 25 miles of the heart of Los Angeles. Had Pilot Bjum cleared the ridge he could have easily and safe- ly glided into the Union Airport after seven minutes’ flying time. Besides the loss of the airplane and the twelve aboard, the week- end storm caused half a million dollars’ damage in California beach cottages and small boats along the coast. Recover Bodies Bodies recovered are those of A. L. Markwell of Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ford Jr., of San Marino. He was the son of the President of the Grace Steam- ship 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 McLean, co-pilot of Oak- land. ‘Yvonne Trego, stewardess, of Ala- meda R CECIL TURMAN WEDS, SEATTLE SEATTLE, Dec. 20.—A m:.mmi license has been issued to - Cecil Turman, 24, of Juneau, and Ma- donna Smith, 20, of Seattle. A marriage license has also been issued to Al Jones of Anchotrage, and Anne B. Tinker of Seattle, both of legal age. Turman came south from Ju- neau on a recent Canadian Pa- cific steamer. He has been em- ployed by the Rice and Ahlers Company, Juneau. ———————— IN HOSPITAL Evelyn Jean Martin, a medical patient, was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital last night. - .. Nebraska Tries Own fi;w Déal —_— e One of the most interesting political reforms recently attempted is due to get under way in Nebraska the first week in January. On that date the first unicameral state legislature will convene, re- the customary two-house assembly. Senator George Norris is one of the original backers of the plan which is expected to make for greater economy and efficiency in government. MINERS ARE WORKING IN DIVER SUITS Summertime Prospecting Is | Underway in Isolated Canadian Camp | | GODSLAKE, Manitoba, Dec. 29.— | Eldon Brown and Frank Baker, of- | ficials of the mining company in this | isolated settlement, 300 miles north of Winnipeg, report summemme; prospecting for gold 70 or more feet under water. Surveying is being done in diving suits. The bright days permit the miners to pick in the water and dis- cern geological formations and clues to valuable quartz deposits, Brown said. The claims have been extended out under the lakr. Shafts have been driven down 600 feet and the quartzi veins traced 3,000 feet under the water. - — Film Star Weds Gail Patrick | Burprising friends in the film col- | ony, Gail Patrick, screen star, = | became Mrs. Robert Cobb, wife of 1 | a wealthy restaurateur, following STOCK QUOTATIONS || | jiaden clopement to Tia Juana. MAJOR OPERATION Rade Aripovich entered St. Ann's Hospital last night and underwent a major operation this morning. NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mme]Ja“e Ruhensun stock today is 14%, American CrmI 11%, Anaconda 53%, Bethlehem | Steel 75%, Calumet and Hecla 15%, | Commonwealth and Southern 3%, | 64%, International Harvester 100‘&,% FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 29.— Kennecott 61%, New York Central |Jane Robertson, daughter of Mr. 40%, Southern Pacific 44%, United | anq Mrs. _Zzene Robertson, of tion 6%, Cities Service 4%, Brem- | Juneau, student attending the Uni- ner bid 2%, Pound $491%. | versity of Alaska, ana Albert Puller DOW, JONES AVERAGES {now Farm Superintendent, were The following are today's Dow married here on Sunday. Jones averages: industrials 177.55,] | Take Uy Journaiom | NAMED SENATO IOWA CITY, Ia.—More students at the University of Iowa have| PIERRE, South Dakota, Dec. 20.— year than ever before. Prof. Frank bert Hitchcock, Democratic State L. Mott,” journalism director, says|Chairman, as United States Sena- 368 students have enrolled compared|tor to succeed the late Peter Nor- back. 116, American Light and Power, 2 Weds, Fairbanks Curtiss-Wright 6%, General Motors States Steel 77%, United Corpora-| Dorsh, graduate of the university, —_—————— up 49; rails 52.26, up .06; utilities 34.40, up .15. | —————— | enrolled for journalism courses t.hlz|0w Tom Berry has appointed Her- with 341 last fall, 'PEACE FADES AS 'WAR CONTINUES, ON WATERFRONT ;M«:Grady Reports Another | | Deadlock, “First Real ! Crisis,” of Tieup SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.—Ed- | . ward F. McGrady, Assistant Secre- tary of Labor, said today that a new break in peace negotiations had resulted over the vital issue of control of hiring as it would affect licensed ships’ officers and he declared it the “first real crisis” of the 61-day tieup. ! Both shipowners and union spokesmen admitted today the issue | was definitely deadlocked. - The | masters, mates and pilots said modifications were offered but op= erators “broke off negotiations very definitely, saying they would mfil consider union preference in em-, ployment of any of their licensed | officers.” Modifications were reported wi include a proposal that union mem- H bers be given preference up to third and fourth mate positions,| employers remaining free to select | « those of higher rank. ; At San Pedro last night, Harry Bridges, I. L. A. President, pre-| dicted a complete tieup of Atlantic | Coast shipping in the next two| weeks if peace negotiations on the Pacific Coast continue in dead-| lock.” i “We have not heard of reserves in the field,” he said. = McGrady conferred by telephone | for a half an hour with Washing- ton today concerning the cmxcal:ROOSO’Uelt IS tO DEliver His turn in negotiations. He continued | arbitration efforts, arranging al meeting of ship-owners and cooks | and stewards and then planned for| a session of radio telegraphers to- | morrow and longshoremen later. He | is leaving Friday for Washington|™ to attend the opening of CongressiM A January 5. Former Mayor John Wilson of Honolulu arrived in the Clipper | DRID GOVT, plane yesterday from the Islands to! Tn BE SHIPPEB meet with the joint strike policy | KETCHIKANTO | .~ . MAKE PROTEST |~ Newulivy Act—Li Tu LEGISLATURSE WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Con- gressional demands for a swift City Plans Mass Meeting on |amendment to the Neutrality Act S k Wh 3 |are prompted by the State Depart- trike ile Norah in ! ment’s grant of licenses to export Port Tomorrow | 82,777,000 worth of second hand air- plane engines to the Madrid Gov- | ernment. Senator Guffey, member of the KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 28.— In an effort to coordinate Alaskan|gengge Foreign Relations Commit- protests in the maritime strike, the|tea forecast action immediately af- City Council at a special meeting|,.. last night joined hands with the}ter Congress convenes next Tuesday Pioneers of Alaska in calling a mass| w R;;lblgtuguslgugltm:s.ew Jersey, in- meeting late tomorrow when the|gigteq upon his right, under the Canadian steamer Princess Norah|neyrality law, to ship second hand docks with a number of Territorial| girplane engines as the present Neu- Legislators and others prominent i trg)ity Act expiring May 1, forbids Territorial affairs who are enroute|grms” gales to belligerent “foreign to Juneau. | ” i Leaders here pointed out that not| aer, Dt oV to factions in civi only will continuance oY the strike| gpecylation arose as to the possi- prevent shipment to Alaska of ple effects of attempts of European ’r:f:::db“':‘g:fm::dme::‘asmzz“'x\powers to tighten their non-inter- y e ship south about 5,000,000 pounds or‘vennon retrictions on Spain. ilresh fish. | | Appeals are planned not only to| President Roosevelt and Congress| but shipowners and unions. It is| complained that government oper—' ' ation cannot be adequate without | SHE s DEAD early. charters and many more boats | which is feared unlikely. It was| pointed out, for example, that the Gorgas carried some liquor cargo| PARIS, Dec. 29. — Mrs. Helen |here while leaving on the dock in|Pierce Breaker, 46, formerly of St. :sfime wire and other mterlals"-‘“““- committed suicide by inhal- | necessary to preserve Ketchikan's ID8 gas. She came here eight years ‘ industrial payroll. |ago and was employed as an art ———.e——— | photographer. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | vivcurias & 66-pou tetsor” o st missariat a 60-page letter, begun last REHEARSES WEDNESDAY ' April and brought up to date, tell- | |ing why she was disgusted with life. ! The members or the choir of the One of her chief reasons was that Northern Light Presbyterian Church |she had become deaf and her friends will have their weekly rehearsal on|gradually were abandoning her. ‘Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock, el “I have lost my sense of humor,” cording to announcement made to- she wrote. “What is life without HUMOR GONE Competition for the honor of reigning as “Miss Radio of 1937 was so keen that Nils T. Granlund, {amous showman and presiding judge, was forced to select three comely ether stars. xill, left, was chosen as the perfect exotic type; day. } humor?” Virginia Simms, Virginia Ver-_ Doris Kerr, center, for her shapely modern figure, her measurements being, height, 5 feet 2 inches; weight, 105 pounds; waist, 23 inches; bust, 34 inches; hips, 34% inches, and calf 12 inches. right, for her classic beauty, and ik T | WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Presi- dent Roosevelt’s annual message to Congress will be delivered a week from tomorrow. Capital officials have arranged for a joint session of the House and| Senate for the afternon of January 6 for the dual purpose of counting the Presidential vote and hearing| the Chief Executive deliver his mes- sage in person. The President will deliver his mes- sage about 2 o'clock in the after- noon, Eastern Standard Time, and it is regarded that certain topics for discussion are to be neutrality, relief, crop insurance and farm tenancy. R cuurt;num Sees Mother Avenge Sun’§_§laying Kentucky Woman Shoots Accused Killer as He Goes on Trial | JACKSON, Ky., Dec. 29.—Seek- ing vengeance before a courtroom filled with one hundred and fifty spectators, Mrs. Viola Wickline, 35, shot and probably fatally wounded | Johnny Shepherd, 18, who was go- ing on trial, accused of the Christ- mas Eve slaying of her son, Harvey Gabbard, 17. During the courtroom shooting George Shouse, 27, a spectator, was critically wounded and two others were slightly hurt. Mrs. Wickline and three others were jailed. YOUTH DIES JACKSON, Dec. 29. — Johnny Shepherd, youthful victim of the courtroom shooting here this morn- ing, died late this afternoon. — v —— Juhlessflsurance SANTA FE, N. M, Dec. 29, —New | Mexico's twelfth legislature, in spec- ial two-day session, has approved unanimously Bn PRODUCTION OF Annual Message in Person | on Afternoon of January 6 GOLD FOR 1936 IS PLAGED HIGH Experts Estimate Forty Mil-| lion Ounces Will Be Mined ‘ WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Treas- ury experts calculate that the| world's 1936 crop of gold will reach a new peak and pondered its possi- bilie effects on the International money markets. Production estimates for the world including Russia, may approximate 40,000,000 ounces compared to the previous peak of 30,000,000 ounces in 1935. The grip Governments now have, on their monetary structures makes| it difficult to predict how the out-| pouring will be reflected in money. Experts are of the opinion that| the effect will be cushioned in the United States by the Treasury's re- cently announced decision to “ster-| ilize” newly acquired gold and pre-| vent its use in credit inflation, ROTARY CLUB MEETS TODAY Juneau's Popular New Sing-| er, Mrs. Solovieff, Is Introduced { Rotarians turned out at the Ter- minal Cafe in large numbers today | and were led in the community sing- | ing by Alex Dunham and Cynthia | Batson who accompanied the group| on the piano, S| Dr. W. W. Council, chairman of | the program today, presented Ju-| neau’s popular new singer, Mrs. vla-f dimir Solovieff, who gave several| solos which were well appreciated | by those present. Miss Frances Har- | land was the accompanist. The pro- | gram was broadcast over KINY. | C. E. Arnold, program director of | KINY, gave a talk on the radio| broadcasting. sl | LEGION MEETING POSTPONED | The regular weekly meeting of | Alford John Bradford Post, Amer-| ican Legion, was postponed last| night until next Monday when it FAIL TO LOCATE LATEST VICTIM OF ABDUCTION Officials Believe It May Have Been Accident Chas. Mattson Taken FIND MYSTERY LADDER IN NEIGHBORHOOD Checking Reports of Prev- ious Attempts to Enter Homes in that Area TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 29.—As tha thirty-sixth hour of the search for kidnaped Charles Mattson passed without developments the official searching force disclosed the ten- year-old boy might have been an accidental victim. It is said the ransom note de- manding $28,000 is dirty and frayed, has been folded and refolded and printed for some time and perhaps carried in a pocket for two or three weeks, It is thus believed the kid- naper had been watching the Matt- son home for some time or had been carrying the note in his pocket, cruising the neighbothood in search :ul some kind of a victim. Ladder May Be Clue The police hold that a rough lad- der may be a possible clue connect- ing the kidnaping with previous at- tempted crimes in the neighborhood. Experts scanned for finger prints on the ladder which was recovered today by the police from Haddeway Hall, one block and a half from the Mattson home. J Early Attempted Crime The ladder was first found placed against a wall early in November, a few days after George Franklin, Jr., chain store owner, and his wife moved there. One night she was awakened by beams of a flashlight and a man climbing in a window. She screamed, the man hastily went down the ladder, the night watchman arrived and took several shots at the fleeing intruder. The police watched the place for two nights. Second Attempt The watchman was surprised one night by a heavily bearded man, swarthy and squat, standing on top of a stairway. He held a pistol in one hand and a flashlight in the other. The watchman ran for his rifle and the bearded man dashed down the stairway leading to the Franklin Apartments and out on the lawn. The watchman fired one shot at the fleeing man. Then the Franklin family moved to California. CRAZED KIDNAPER SEATTLE, Dec. 29.—The Seattle Times this afternoon says an inti- mate friend of the Mattson family informed it he had studied the $28,- 000 ransom note and was confident an apparently crazed kidnaper had a highly rational accomplice. “I cannot reconcile the very co- herent note with the sort of a crazed man who committed the kidnaping,” the informant told the Times. HOOVER DIRECTING WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—J. = gar Hoover sat beside a telephone to the Mattson home i, (Continued on Page Two) = - SEDATIVES ARE GIVEN T0 POPE; RELIEVES PAIN Vatican Officials Prepared for Death of Pontiff, Anytime VATICAN CITY, Italy, Dec. 29— Physicians attending Pope Pius searched for mild sedatives to re~ lieve his pain. ) 5 s ¢ The best informed Vatican circles unemployment (was discovered, too late to get n|are prepared for the Pope's. death compensation measurc and adjourn-!fresh supply, that the Dugout heat- |any time, although he may live ed, ing plant was out of oil, weeks or months, 12 CRUSHED BODIES FOUND WRECKAGE Three :I'led f;; I-i;}lo;' of “Miss Radio of 1937” ;