The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 19, 1937, Page 1

DAILY VOL. L., NO. 7515. 194 SKIM OV} Anchorage ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1937. ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ow 1hreate ned By PRICE TEN CENTS VOLUNTEERS ARE ' CALLED OUT TO y Alaskan F&t@lly Gets Bride MARTIAL LAW AT JOHNSTOWN CALLED TODAY S O;Jiet Developed Craft Is Making Moscow to Oakland Flight; 3 Aboard; The Route The Soviet plane, on the attempt- | The plane is marked U.R.S.8.-N- SOVIET FLIERS MAKING REGORD FLIGHT, S0 FAR FIGHT FLAMES Blaze Is Raging Two Miles Southeast of Cook Inlet Metropolis SHIFT OF WIND CAUSES DANGER Lake Spenard May Be Clos- ed to Planes as Precau- ed Moscow to Oakland flight, is|025 and carries a 20 watt radio described by Allan Donbalie, Na- | transmitter. The call letters are tional Aeronautical Association rep-japuo" ‘Chkalov recently flew the resentative in San Francisco, uc-}plnne 5800 miles in the Arctic, cording to Associated Press dis-|remaining aloft 55 hours and 29 patches to The Empire, as an A. minutes. N. T.-25-Soviet developed craft, her- | The Route metically sealed, low wing mono-| The route covers a distance of ap- plane with a single 20 cylinder proximately 5880 miles and if the water cooled motor. | nonstop flight is made, the record Fully loaded, the plane’s weight will be beaten. The record now is is 24,750 pounds. The plane carries |5667 miles in 55 hours and 29 min- 13,760 pounds of fuel and oil, in-|utes and was set by French fliers cluding more than 2,000 gallons of |Codas and Rossi in August, 1935, Three Airmen Flying Over Northern Part of Can- ada This Afternoon “ALL IS WELL” IS REPORT RECEIVED Route Is Over Western Part of Dominion, to Van- couver, and Oakland Governor of Pennsylvania %équarters of Gen. Fran-| Takes Drastic Actiol jco Broadcasts Report in Steel Strike to All Sections REFUSAL TO CLOSE TANKS ON 'GUARD Further Evacuation Block- ‘ed as Escape Roads BIG PLANT IS CAUSE « ON MflY STREETS Forty Thousand Marchers s oty Under Constant Fire tionary Measure ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 19.| —Mayor J. H. Romig has called for‘ volunteers to fight a raging forest| fire two miles southeast and ap- proaching the city rapidly. All physically able men have been asked to go to fight the flames un- der Fire Chief Bevers, who is di- recting the attack. Mayor Romig said the danger of fire sweeping into Anchorage is exceedingly grave. Hugh Brewster, Aeronautncal In- spector, is considering closing Lake Spenard to all planes because it is in the path of the flames. The fire started yesterday and a change of wind created the danger. This city is shrouded in smoke. | If the wind shifts to the west, more than 20 homesteaders will be . Inthe-gioweh path of G fames, SENATOR BONE | | ra, from Ji ic red Aape a wife and now he has her and th Introducing Martin Slisco, of Wiseman, Alaska, and his pretty, gray-. sl yla., At to permi United States. He finally convinced oficials that he could support at Wiseman. They passed through Juneau several days ago. Sunday Is Report JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 19. Gov. George Earle has declared martial law here after Eugene Grace, President of Bethlehem Steel refused to heed the Governor’s ap- peal to close the big Cambrai steel works to “preserve peace and avoid. bloodshed.” The action of the Governor fol- lowed the report that 40,000 miners will march here tomorrow to en- courage the steel strikers in the clash between the CIO and the four independent steel companies. Mayor Daniel Shields has sent a new appeal to President Roosevelt, warning him that continuance of the CIO strife “can only . mean bloodshed in our streets.” According to advices received here, the l(!cemly appointed - mediation board has arriyed .at Cleveland INVESTIGATION ASKED WASHINGTON, June 19. — The CIO has asked the Treasury De- t s it ey are on their way to their home NAMES OF TAX DODGERS GIVEN T0 JOINT COM. Ways of Evading Paymenl1 Explained by Treasury’s Chief Collector WASHINGTON, June 19. — The United States Treasury’s chief tax collector, Elmer Irey, laid before | the Joint Congressional Inquiry | Committee, investigating alleged tax income evasion, the names of a| group of prominent capitalists who he asserted escaped American taxes | by forming roreign corporations. Irey outlined ways by which Am- erican levies may be avoided through forming of personal holding com- panies abroad. Irey said Charles Laughton, ac- tor, “effected a substantial reduc- tion” in taxes by turning over his{ Hollywood earnings to a British cor-| GETS BUSY ON ALASKA ISSUE Introduces in Senate, Com- panion to Dimond Bill in | House, on Fishing WASHINGTON, June 19—Unit-| ed States Senator Homer T. Bone, | of Washington state, has introduced | a companion bill to the House meas- | ure, introduced by Alaska Delegate | Dimond, designeéd to halt Japanesg fishing off the coast of Alaska. The: Dimond bill follows many of the de- tails of the anti-smuggling act. Senator Bohe’s bill has been carefully worked out and has some| backing of International Law, also| American court decisions. | “I feel the problem is immediate| and pressing and that it should be! attacked at once. We have an eye| witness to account for Japanese fishing for salmon with large gill nets,” said Senator Bone. ——eo—— IS FREE WITH FINE HANGING OVER HIS HEAD Former Legislator in Wash-| ington Changes Plea, Alleged Bribery Case OLYMPIA, Wash., June 19. With a suspended 55,000 fine hang- ing over his head, former Legisla-| tor Rex Strickland, of Seattle, is| free today. This was because' Strickland pleaded guilty to at-| tempting to bribe a legislator,! changing his plea on recommenda-| tion of Prosecuting Attorney Smith Troy. Superior Court Judge D. F. Wright | suspended the fine commenting that | this “followed the recommendation,| because the bribe was merely of-| fered. Had it been accepted I would have been inclined to show no len-| iency whatever.” poration. Irey interlaced his testimony with details of specific transactions, bringing numerous questions from the members of the committee as he listed individual names of those who, dodge tax paying. Among those evading income taxes were Philip Deronde, associated with several New York financial institutions; Jules Bache, described as a “prom-, inent New York capitalist;” Jacob Schick, former Army Colonel, now a citizen of Canada and maker of ‘Lhe electric razor; Percy Hudson.\ former member of the New York| Stock Exchange. { GoodnewsBay | Miners Seeking Record Office GOODNEWS BAY, Alaska, June 19.—Miners are considering calling |a meeting to create a mining dis- ]mcz with a recorder’s office here to lavoid delay, expense and confusion Travelling to Seward aboard the |involved in being part of the Bethel Alaska Line steamer Baranof to visit |recording district. their son, Bob Hall, who is Seward Between 300 and 600 men are ex- Agent for the Alaska Steamship pected here by midsummer. Company, are Judge and Mrs. Cal-l Present operations include drill- .vin S, Hall, of Seattle, ing, mining and staking. { S — JUDGE HALL WESTBOUND | {orated with the Order of Merit, one | Famous Nnve]ist. ¢ Sir James Barrie, Is I]ea_tfln London Writer of ‘Peter Pan,” ‘Lit- tle Minister,” Others, Passes Away partment to investigate what it claims is the failure on the part of the Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube to register their firearms under the National Arms Act. DECORATIONS IN WHITE FOR BIG WEDDING Floral Arrangements for LONDON, June 19.—Sir James Barrie, novelist and creator of the immortal “Peter Pan,” who had| been ill for some time, died here to-| Seryice When Ethel and day. . o ’ Unlike many writers who, at the| Franklin, Jr., Say ‘Yes beginning, have had to struggle for —_ recognition, the career of Sir James| WILMINGTON, Delaware, June Barrie in the field of literature nnd}l&—lt will be an all-white wedding drama was a pronounced success| When Ethel du Pont and Franklin | almost from the start, and reached |D. Roosevelt Jr. say “yes” on June | its climax in 1922 when he was dec- |30. Lilies and peonies are the only flowers in the simple decorations i of the most select and coveted of British orders. His early training as|in the church. a writer before branching into lit-| Alyse Hunneman, 20, who was to erature was as a newspaperman ;n’have been one of the bridesmaids, Nottingham, and later in London,|died yesterday in Philadelphia as where he wrote for the St. James|the result of an injury when she fell Gazette, the British Weekly, the|from her horse a month ago. Speaker and the Nationa? Observer. | RIRE G i - e EAR Oy 7 HART IS | | Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, “ May 9, 1860, Sir James was educat- ed at Dumfries Academy and Ed- inburgh University. His first book, “Better Dead,” a satire on London | . fwould surrender at any time. BULLETIN--LONDON, June 19. ~A radio message from the Span- ish Insurgent headquarters of Gon.: Francisco Franco announced that urgent armies finally entered bao, the former Basque Gov- ernment’s Capital, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon “without resistance.” The occupation of Bilbao had/ been expected hourly and the news/ was flashed to all Insurgent Span- ish sections. EARLY MOVEMENTS HENDAYE, France, June 19. — Early morning advices received by, sadio at this frontier French town said two armored scout cars from| the besieging Insurgent armies had | already entered the streets of Bil- 41t was then expected the Capih_.li Special tank cars were then rush- | ed in the city, guarding some streets. Further evacuation is now im- possible, as roads to Santander and the city’s port are closed and under constant fire. Three fires are reported raging in Bilbao, one said to be at the largest steel works in Spain. Radio advices also received state the Insurgents are again bombing Madrid. NEED FOOD, WATER HENDAYE, France, June 19.—A radio report says 300,000 men, wom- en and children are in Bilbao and are in need of food and water. | Bridges are reported to have been blown up across the Nervion. The Basques are reported to have laid down their arms after releas-; ing 1,000 political prisoners. | | Juhnfic.fiéfifincer | Reaches Seattle Enroute to North Newest of C:x;tCuard Cut- ters to Be Stationed at Cordova SEATTLE, June 19. — The Coast Guard’s newest cutter John C. Spencer, has berthed here from the east coast enroute to a permanent station at Cordova, Alaska. At Port Angeles she will pick up an am- phibian plane, Lieut. C. F. Edge and |stripes. life, was published in 1887, and the next year he produced “Auld Ucm‘ Idylls” and “When a Man’s Single.” While these three books attracted some attention it was said that his/ IN RANGOON Aviatrix Experiences Hard Flight in Monsoon, Rain, | crew of three, which will be attached |to the coast guarder. | The John C. Spencer will proba-| |bly remain here for ten days for | boilef cleaning before proceeding genius as a writer was first recog- | nized and acknowledged with the| appearance of “A Window in | Thrums” in 1889. There tollowedjm,l.‘r“':finN (}EC:?;:“B:;T n;e;:;:; lhflere “My Lady Nicotine,” and the best on her world flight after a 300-mile| known of his early works, “The Ltt-,mgm from Aykab, yesterday's Ewn-l tle Minister,” which, when drnmn-‘lpmg point, on a hop from Calcutta. tized by Barrie, became one of the| The aviatrix flew most of the leading stage successes and later|yway through monsoon and rain and| had several revivals. said the “experience was the worst | Modest—Shrinking 80 far on the flight.” ‘ His early works became better > | from Calcutta | Modesty and shrinking from pub-[ mored that he was to be knighted Anaconda Copper Mining Company north. — BASEBALLTODAY The following are scores of major league games played this afternoon | and received up to 1:45 o'clock: | National League Brooklyn 4; Pittsburgh 3. Philadelphia 1; Chicago 2. New York 2; Cincinnati 4. American League St. Louls 1; Washington 2 Detroit 8; Philadelphia 6. Chicago 5; New York 2. Cleveland a Boston, postponed on account of rain. ———-—- —— MRS. RAMSAY RETURNING known than the man—and thus Sir| | James amazed London when at a‘,T "T WAGES ! time he was being acclaimed he de- | serted the city for his little mmve} GUPPER MlNEs licity were traits that characterized his entire life, and upon one occas- | 2 he dismissed an inquirer on the sub- Ject with “I don’t go in for that sort town in Scotland. fon in 1909, when it was first ru-| BUTTE, Montana, June 19.—The of thing, you know.” Tco;mn;cd on Page 'fi:ree) has announced a reduction of 25| Mrs. James. Ramsay, who has cents a shift in the wages of 11,000 been visiting in the States for sev- |employees in the mines, smelter and eral weeks, is returning to her|said business was good, though there|dance last night given by the Moose | |refineries at Butty, Anaconda and| Juneau home aboard the North Great Falls, ! Sea, ent for 100 hours in the air. Crew Aboard b The crew aboard the plane is composed of Valeri Chkalov, pil- ot, George Baiducov, copilot, and Alexander Beliakov, navigator, The crew weighs 528 pounds and they are carrying 160 pounds of equipment including a special com- pass. The plane has three days’ food supplies aboard. The narrow wings are red, the short fuselage is grey with black Predicts Air Route to Orient Via Aleutians of Seatie, Ve v ,%htc 3 Boeing 'Aircraft Corporation, pre- n dicted to those attending the North- west Aviation Planning Council, the establishment * “within, ten years, maybe five,” of an air route to the Orient via the Aleutians. Monteita said the voute is eco- nomically sound and development of navigation aids will soon over- come adverse weather conditions. —— - WPA WORKERS DONT PAY UP Credit Associates Delegates Claim This Is Bad Spot On Horizon SPOKANE, Wash,, June 19. Credit leaders of the United States and Canada are homeward bound from the Twenty-Fifth Annual Na- tional Retail Credit Association after asserting that “failure of WPA workers to pay their debts” is the biggest cloud on the credit hori- zon. Otherwise, conditions the credit men declared. The convention delegates picked Pittsburgh for the next annual ses- sion. PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR VISITING DAY AT GIRL SCOUTS’ CAMP Miss Alice Palmer, director of the Girl Scout camp at Eagle River, has announced the program for vis- iting day at the camp tomorrow, adding the proviso that all activi- ties are subject to change accord- ing to the weather. At 12:30 pm. swimming will be held at high tide; from 1 until 2 p.m. luncheon will be held, with coffee to be served by the Scouts. From 2 until 3 pm., camp inspec~ tion of exhibits; from 3 until 3:15 p.m., exercises; from 3:15 until 3:30 pm., archery; 3:30 p.m. baseball game. At 4 pm., a program will be Held around the camp fire. FOLTA RETURNS FROM VISIT TO TACOMA Assistant District Attorney George W. Folta, President of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, re- turned to Juneau on the North- western after a business trip to Tacoma, Wash,, following attend- ance at the recent court term in are good,l jgas which it is believed is suffici- | New York to Syria. ‘The route lies as follows—slightly west of the fortieth meridian, then across Kola Peninsula, emerg- |ing over Barents Sea, 150 miles east of Murmansk, the last point of land; Victoria Island, near Franz Josef Land; then 1616 miles over a |sea of ice before reaching Prince Patrick Island off the Canadian Coast. Then the route follows the 120th meridian, crossing the tip of Patrick Island over Banksland, Great Bear Lake, Fort Simpson, the | Rockies, Cascades, to Vancouver, then Oakland. FEDERAL BOARD PUTS APPROVAL HUASKAL tion Act Endorsed, Wade Reports | The Alaska Unemployment Com- pensation law has been approved by the Federal Soclal Security age pension plan will be approved by the first of July, according to Fed- eral Administrator Hugh Wade, who returned to his headquarters here after a trip to Washington, D. C, In connection with the Social Security setup. To date 6,000 Alaska residents have been assigned Social Security numbers, he reported, and it is es- timated 12,000 more will apply. Applications are coming in now at the rate of about 600 per week. Employers numbers will be along soon and the present estimate is 2,500 employers in the Territory, he said. First benefits under the compen- sation features of the act will start January 1, 1939 and old age bene- fits are to start January 1, 1942, except for lump sum payments which are being paid now to those who become 65 between last Janu- ary 1 and the present time, pro- viding they are eligible under the earnings provisions. The sums are| very small in all cases, he said, and amount to only three and one-half | Skimming over the North Pole, three Soviet fliers from Moscow are today flying over northern Canada enroute to Oakland, California, not only blazing an air trail for a pos- sible commercial route but, if the flight is a success, they will break the long distance nonstop record. Great interest is centered in the remarkable flight. In Juneau, as elsewhere, the world atlas and globes are being studied, tracing the route the fliers are taking. First reports today of the pro- gress of the flight were announced at 9 o'clock this morning when the Signal Corps, United States Army, reported contact had been made with the plane and operators were standing by to receive any messages. Earlier, a report dated “some- where in the Arctic Reglons” at degrees, longitude” 110 degrees west. Everything all right.” Report Progress An Associated Press dispatch to the Empire from Edmonton said the Russian plane reported at 12:25 o'clock this afternoon the location of latitude 64, longitude 124, or about 100 miles south of Fort Nor- man, Northwest Territories, along the MacKenzie River Basin. The Royal Canadian Corps said the mes- Board and is expected the old **6¢ TEporiAg RIL'Was wes e e sage was received by the station at Fort Smith. Fort Norman 15 1,250 miles north- west of Edmonton. Another Report Another dispatch from Edmonton reported the Russian plane flew over Mackenzie Flats at 1:40 o'clock this afternoon. The Royal Canadian Corps of Signal stations said it was believed the fliers were over the confluences of rivers at Fort Simp- son, 980 air line miles northwest of Edmonton. In Case of— An official announcement re- ceived this afternoon from Moscow said the fliers will land before they reach their goal if any complica- tions developed. Edmonton came right back with a dispatch that commercial flights were almost of daily occuirence over the 1,750 mile air route between Edmonton and Aklavik via the Mackenzie River Valley along which the Russians are believed to | be flying. The greatest hazard is the wide compass variation north of Fort Simpson due to the proxi- mity of the magnetic pole. 1f per cent on taxable income. | Efforts are under way now, Mr.| Wade said, to make some changes| in the general setup with the aim| of starting benefits sooner than the act now provides for and also to in-| forced to land anywhere, the fliers will never be more than 300 miles from a settlement and there are many safe landings for wheel planes. FLIES OVER NORTH POLE The Soviet fliers crossed over the North Pole at 1:30 p.m., yesterday, Pacific Coast time, and the fliers had then been in the air for 19% MRS. CHARLES SEY | had then been in ¢ ENTERTAINS AT TEA|"it’s Gclock yesterday atterncon |it was estimated that the fliers Mrs. Charles Sey was Ivstess, were then 550 miles south of the Thursday afternoon, at tea honor-|North Pole. This estimate was made ing Mrs. H. C. Williamson, mother|by W. E. Gillmore, retired National of Mrs. Homer Nordling, and Mrs.| Aeronautical Association Represen- Pauline Reinhart, mother of Mrs. tative at S8an Francisco. The plane John Livie. ireporbed as being in the vicinity of The affair was held at the Sey Ellsmore Island, near Greenland, at home, with Mrs. Gunnar Blomgren 3:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon. and Mrs. F. A. J. Gallwas pourlng,i Ready for Greetings and Mrs. At Ban Francisco, Gregory Gokh- clude certain employees who are now | exempted. Ketchikan. Things are looking up down on the Sound, the Chamber President reported, and everybody was some unrest due to labor troubles, Alex Sey, Miss Patricla | Sey and Mrs. L. W. Huntington man, new Russian Consul General, (Martha Sey), assisting with serv-|said he was preparing a greeting for ing. the fliers. He reported that Rus- Pink and white sweet peas pro- |sian Ambassador Troyanovsky was vided a setting for the occasion. ‘hmrymg west from Washington, D. - e il C., with Col. Vegunov to assist in EAGLE 57 LEAVES \xreeung the fliers. The U.8.8. Eagle 57 left the chan-| Willlam Gillmore has been named nel this morning bidding goodbye|Chairman at San Francisco of the with whistles and the Northwestern | Committee to check the instru- and Baranof replied similarly. The|ments aboard the plane. A. Vartanian, representative of [ (Continued on Page Eight) was largely attended and thorough- ly enjoyed.