The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1937, Page 1

THE VOL XLIX., NO 7380. DAILY ALA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNLAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY, ]\\ILA\R\ 13 1937 MhMBl;R ASSOCIATh) PRESS SKA EMPIRE LONE BANDIT HOLDS UP TACOMA BANK GUNMAN MAKES GETAWAY WITH STOLEN AUTO Takes $I,560_Afler Forc- ing Employees Into Vault Which He Fails to Lock OUTDISTANCES BANK MEN IN AUTO CHASE Bank Officers Fire on Dar- ing Desperado But Without Success TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 13—Wav- ing a large revolver, a lone, un- masked man held up the Lincoln | branch of the Puget Sound Na- tional Bank here at 10:35 this morning and escaped with $1, 500 in silver and currency. A Torch Singer Attends The Ope The bandit entered the bank and- f forced employees into a vault but neglected to lock them in. After | scooping up the money he ran to! an automobile and fled southward | out of the city. | Finding the vault unlocked, the employees ran out and Manager Charles Greening and Cashier R. S. Coulter started out in pursuit, the latter emptying a rifle at the fleeing car several times without stopping it. They were forced to give up the chase near Spanaway,’ 10 miles south of the ctiy, when the bandit cutdistanced them. The bandit was using a car stolen 10 minutes before the holdup from Anton Barcot and within a few minutes after the alarm officers in dozens of surrounding towns were notified to watch the highways. - 0PPOSITION Tll‘ REORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT Some Democrats Join Re- publicans in Fight on f Recommendations | WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Some Democrats have joined the Republi- 1 cans in opposing portions of Pres- |tional colors, red, white and blue, minal to get my bearings. { ident Roosevelt’s program for Gov- ernment recognition which was giv- en to Congress yesterday. H Amid the efforts of Administration | leaders to agree as to the best meth- ods of assuring enactment, Senators | Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, | and H. Styles Bridges of New Hamp- | shire, both of whom are mentioned | as the next Republican Presidential; nominees, indicated determination | to war against such a plan. Byrd Differs Chairman Harry Flood Byrd, Democrat, of the Senate Reorganiza- tion Committee, differed on many of the recommendations. The major questions include shall | Congress go beyond the recommen- dations and consolidate or lopp off bureaus, saving perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars, establish a new civil service set-up to be revised | and based soley on competitive ex-| aminations and should the Comp-| troller General be stripped of much authority. F.D.R. Estimates The President estimated that thir-| ty million dollars might be saved by consolidating or lopping off certain bureaus. President Roosevelt let it bLe| known that it is up to Congress to make a final decision regarding the vecommendations or changes to be made. Doctors Says Their Pay Is as Low as Janitors MANILA, P. I, Jan. 13.—Resident physicians at the Philippine Gen- | eral Hospital complained that they received Janitors. An investigation showed some were paid as little as $20 a month, with free board and lodging, and practices, | Among the beautifully gowned wo- men who attended the opening of New York’s opera season was Libby Holman Reynolds, the torch singer and widow of Smith Reyno'ds, pic- tured in th- all-white costume which she favored. (Associated Press Photo) Red, White and Blue, Colors for Birthday Balls NEW YORK, Jan. 13—The na- were chosen today as the color | scheme for the birthday balls hon- | oring President Roosevelt on Janu- |ary 30. Those colors will decorate 5000 ballrooms in as many cities all over the country. be asked to incorporate them in their | costumes—a white gown, for stance, with red and blue as ies. Merchants will be cxpecbed !0 trim their windows in the same fashion for the week beginning on January 25. The proceeds of the balls, as in past years, will go to help sufferers | from infantile paralysis. LIFE OF RFG IS EXTENI]ED WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. — The ‘Women guests will| in-‘ ‘BIG TRANSPORT g SHIP PANCAKES DURING STORM One of 10 Passengerb Kill- ed Others, Also Crew, In]uled BULLETIN — LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13.—Martin Johnson, aged 52, died this forenoon in the Good Samaritan Hospital as a result of injuries in the trans- port plane crash. LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 13.— A Salt Lake City to Burbank trans- port plane, with ten passengers and crew of three aboard, pancaked in | a foothill slope 29 miles north ul| here yesterday during stormy weath- | | er. One passenger, J. Braaden, Cleveland, Ohio, was killed. The injured included Mr. M-s. Martin Johnson, of New York, explorers and big game hun- ters, each with a broken leg. The victims were all brought h.xe to hospitals. Pilot William W. Lewis, who s\l(- fered a broken leg, refused to be| taken from the wreckage until all other occupants, including his co-| pilot, stewardess and passengers were | removed. The plane was last reported \* 11:05 - o'clock yesterday \‘orenoon near Newhall. The plane was m“‘i overdue here from Salt Lake, her scheduled time of arrival being at 10:45 o’clock. BADLY SMASHED UP LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 13.— Martin Jehnson, who died this fore- noon in a hospital, suffered frac-| tures of both legs, multiple fra:-| tures of upper and lower jaw and | fractured nose Johnson was taken to the hospital early today after emergency treat- | ment last night at a ranger lookout station 100 yards from the scene |of the crash. Mrs. Johnson has a fractured right | knee. Co-Pilot Clifford Owens and A. A. Loomis, a passenger, are criti-| cally hurt. The others have lesser injuries. | PILOT TALKS LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 13.—Pi- lot Lewis said: “There was heavy| | weather at the time of the crash.| | The Burbank station seemed tied | up with other calls and I could not| | get through to the Union Air Ter- 1 “Ice was forming on the ship. The left motor was sputtering bad-| ly. “I decided on a forced landing, when suddenly, out of the fog I ran into, loomed the snow-capped Santa Clara Ridge. “I turned off the motors and pan- caked on the side of the mountain.” ‘FIVE MAROONED ' MINER'S CABIN; REPORT 1 DEAD Message Wnlten in Snow —Rescue Parties Hamp- d by New Storm LAS VEGAS, Nevada. Jan. 13— | companied by a nurse, for Fairbank |by bad weather for ten days. la snow storm at Fairbanks, extc section no more pay than the | Administration’s bill to extend the|A new snow storm in the Gold Range ilife of the Reconstruction Finance Mining District north of here today | Corporation to June 30, 1939, has added new hazards for rescue crews |been approved without a dissenting |striving to reach a party of five |vote by the Senate Banking Com-|from the Nevada- Maryland mine, | mittee. Jone of whom is reported dead. Lee Prettyman, flying low over the miner's cabin with two observers, read the following message written in the snow on the roof: | “One dead. Three sick. Need medical aid. Prettyman Party.” The rescue party which left here yesterday night, before hearing from the Prettyman party, said they be- ) |lieved those in the cabin are Mr. CHARLOTTEVILLE, Virginia, and Mrs. James Coe, Doris Dunn, Jan. 13.—Thomas Walker [Page,|a negro cook and Fred Miller. aged 70, Vice-Chairman of the It is not known which one of the !Federal Tariff Commission, died to- five is dead. day at the University of Virginia| The message in the snow was Hospital. written after the Prettyman party Page had | nad made one flight over the cabin ————— | THOS. W. PAGE - PASSES AWAY long been a teacher faculty. information. c |gregate number over of | 1 and | This is a general vie new congres: The 75th congres NATlON’S 75TH CONGRESS GETS UNDER WAY FOR TENSE SESSION f the house of representatives, with members standing while the chaplain offered prayer, as sessions began for the was faced by many important and controversial problems. (Associated Press Photo) JAMES P. DALY, SERIOUSLY ILL, JUNEAU BOUND Three Legislators Enroute Here—Twenty Passen- gm‘s on 3 Pla"es NOME, Alaska, Jan. 13.—James P. Daly, mining man, former Alas- ka Legislator and steamship agent ill in the Nome hospital since last October, left by plane Tuesday, ac- enroute to Juneau to take a steamer south to Seattle Senator John F. Devine and Rep- |resentatives John Lichtenberg and Tolbert Scott also left by plane Juneau to attend the Alaska Le islature They have been held here Three planes left Nome for neau with about 20 passer bound for the states. J SNOW STORM HOLDS UP INTERIOR PLANES According to reports received here mg also to the Carcross |is prevailing today and all Juncau bound planes ar held to the groun 12 MISSING ON2PLANES, Hope Abandoned for Safe- ty of Parties—Lost in Mexico MEXICO CITY, Jan. was virtually abandoned today twelve persons aboard two plane that are missing in the wild coun- try near Minatitland, Vera Cruz An airliner with six passengcr jand a crew of three aboard lost Monday either in the ma lands or high in the mountain. a flight from Mexico City ‘The other plane, lost same area, has three aboard in - >—-—— |EPIDEMIC OF FLU INCREASES WASHINGTON, Jan. I Public Health Service lu(LAJ ported a sharp increase in number of cases of flu for week ending January 9. The service reports a total 9,187 cases for the week compar to 1,682 cases the previous wee The officials emphasized that (I reports are incomplete and the ¢ the country might be much larger. [ | . i I | ! 13.—Hope | , —A thirteen-car train “ not announce ! fielder with l | GARNER GETS NEW GAVEL Vice President Garner was presented with this new gavel by Senator Pepper (right) of Florida for use in maintaining order in the new senate. (Associated Press Photo) Search Plans for Alaska Plane Cancelled; Pilot, 4 Passengers Reported Safe GOLD SHIPMENT SAFELY LANDED IN DEPOSITORY Two Hundred Million Dol- | lars Transported to New f Bomb Proof Vault FORT KNOX, Kentucky, Jan carrying estimated two hundred million dol- lars in gold, the first of the na- tion’s supply. to be stored in the Government’s new bomb proof de- | pository, has arrived here. | Soldiers, Secret service and postal inspectors, acting with mint guards, were placed around the train on arrival. Sentries were The Treasury | | | | [ | 13 an all cars. Department the shipment being made until after the was well on the way here e BALL PLAYER OUT Jim Morgan, pitcher and out- the champion Moose baseball team in the Gastineau Channel League last summer, took passage for the South this morning on the Princess Norah. Morgan ,does not plan to return to Juneau. on did was train ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan, The Star. Air Service cancelled search planes on receipt of a wire- less from McGrath saying Pilot Estol Call and four passengers ar- rived safely Tuesday. A brief message said weather forced the party down and the pilot and his four passengers spent their time since Sunday in a cabin in a remote section. The flight was continued when the weather cleared. B 4 STOCK QUOTATI™" 5 | 4 — NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 115%, American Power and Light 16%, Anaconda 56%, Armour of Illinois 7%, Bethlehem Steel 757%, ICalumet and Hecla 18%, Common- wealth and Southern 4%, Curtiss- Wright 7%, General Motors 65%, International Harvester 104%;, Ken- necott 62%, New York Central 43':, Republic Steel 28%, Southern Pa- cific 47%, United States Steel 79' United Corporation 8% ice 4%, Bremner m(l ¢; Pound $4.91 3/16. 2% 2%, asked DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 183.01, down. 28, rails 55.65, up .28; utilities J7 59, up 46. 13--! {lunched with 2 GROUPS IN COAST STRIKE NEARING PACT _ 'MATTSON YOUTH WAS TERRIBLY BEATEN, REPORT Burial Scheduled for To- morrow in Tacoma at Private Services EVIDENCE SHOWS BOY WAS TORTURED |Lad Had Been Dead Six Days, Authorities Say, When Body Found TACOMA, Wash.,, flower banked casket shields from ! the gaze of the sorrowing family the crutal, wounds ten-year-old Charles | Mattson, son of Dr. W. W. Mattson, | suffered at the hands of his kidnap- |er-killer. The funeral services are jat 1 o'clock, Pacific Coast time, tomorrow. ‘ The wounds, it is learned, were |closely guarded at the autopsy and withheld entirely from Mrs. Mattson and the two remaine ing children, William, aged 16, and | Muriel, aged 14. | Neither the G-Men nor physi- |cians disclosed the extent of the wounds, but the San Francisco Chronicle, in a copyrighted dispatch from Tacoma, says one stab wound from . the through the body, missing the vital organs and leaving the boy in terrif- |ic torture before finally being killed. 1 The Chronicle’s dispatch also says |the boy fought fiercely “probably in Jan. 13. — The License Deck Officers, Off-|an attempt to escape.” { shore Operators, Meet All Night SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Negotiators of licensed deck officers and offshore operators labored today toward a settleraent plan of the mar- itime strike as far as the two or- ganizations are concerned. Other peace efforts clouded. At one time, early this morning, following an all-night discussion, H. P. Melnikow, adviser of the Deck | Officers’ Union, announced the con- ferees were near an agreement on the union demand of preferential hiring which is considéred one of the fundamental issues of the strike. Prefer remained al Hiring Federal officials here said the so- lution of the preferential hiring problem will be a major step toward settlement of the entire walkout | Several days ago the ship owners ' offered the officers a wage increase, union recognition, eight hour day and cash for overtime, but refused preferential hiring : Another Obstacle Negotiato ly announced tentative agreements, invelving the ship owners, sailors and firemen, were ready for submis- sion to a vote of the membership, however, the representatives of the firemen now report that 27 of the| 52 clauses of the tentative agree- ment are unsatisfactory. “Port Committee” The sailors said they are not sat- isfied with the “port committee” plan in their preliminary accord. The entire issue is described in a ituation report” written by the rike leaders and which was re- quested by conciliators E. P. Marsh and Edward Fitzgerald. e $800,000 a Year Awarge_d Edward ZESFELD, Austria, Jan. egotiations with the British Gov- ernment over the financial status . of Edward, Duke of Windsor, have , Cities Serv- reached a final settlement, and the soaked in blood which. had been former King is expected to receive about $800,000 a year. This was revealed after the Duke Sir British Minister to Austria, at the legation in nearby Vienna. It was| understood the Minister gave Ed- ward mail from London containing iterms of the settlement, Jan. 13—/ of both sides previous- 13— Walford Selby, | It is now reported the little boy |had been dead six days when his nude frozen body was found near | Edmonds. R o ] RUNNING DOWN EYERY REPORT INKIDNAP CASE Highway Chief Reports No New Developments— Probe Mystery Car EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 13.—Chier William Cole, of the State Highway Patrol, said to the Associated Press this afternoon that “if there has been any important development in the Mattson kidnap-murder case since midnight, T have not been |informed of it.” The Associated Press had con~ firmed the report that a long knife was used in stabbing the boy be- fore he was killed by a blow on the head. The knife had a long slim blade, whether a carving knife, stilleto or extremely large penknife is not certain. Investigate Everything Authorities reasserted the policy of “investigating everything” as rumors galore poured in. One report came from Folsom Prison, Califoriia, and caused the authorities to announce that Fred Orrin Haynes, former ‘“two-time convict,” is being sought. Finger Prints Asked A request has come from Grand Forks, British Columbia, for finger prints of two men giving their names as Leonard Hall, aged 31, |and William Bailey, aged 44, who crossed the border over a closed now-drifted road yesterday. Both had guns. Their vehicle is being held here. Descriptions as request- |ed, have been messaged. MYSTERIOUS CAR GUARDED EVERETT, Jan. 31.—An automo- bile, on whose rear seat it is re- ported was found rags or clothing, (parked in the north end of the ‘mty since Sunday night, was towed to the City Hall basement here and |is closely guarded. State Patrol of- | ficers inspected the car and con- tents for four hours last night. A ‘guard was then thrown around the (Continued on Page Seven)