The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 2, 1937, Page 1

] 1 ! | i | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" VOL. L., NO. 7526. ]UNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY, JULY 2 1937 MLMBLR ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CE‘JT S JAPS CHARGESOVIET WITH NEW INVASION 5 ARE KILLED IN EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS Corner Drugstore and Ice Cream Parlor Converted Into Raging Inferno PANIC RESULTS AS CRACKERS START FIRE Bombs, Skyrockets, Roman Candles Go Off—Many Persons Injured BULLETIN — NAMPA, Idaho, July 2—Victims of the fire- works bilast which turned a combination drug store and ice cream parlor into an inferno late yesterday, numbered five, when two more died today. More than 15 were injured, and one of them is expected to die. The victims are: Mrs. Ernest Miller, aged 28, Mrs. George La- delle, aaged 38, Mrs. T. C. Dan- iels,, aged 29, Katherine Miller, aged 3, Adyce Pavek, aaged 12, Children playing with the fireworks was this afternoon given as the cause, NAMPA, Idaho, July 2—Explod- ing fireworks converted a crowded corner drugstore into a blazing in- ferno late yesterday in which one Salmon Season | Showing Marked | Drop This Year McGovern and McGovern| Report Some Districts “Lagging 80%" SEATTLE, July 2.—Salmon oper- lations in Oregon and Alaska fail to| lgive “a very encouraging picture,”| |McGovern and McGovern, salmon | brokers, announced today, basing! their statement on dispatches re- ceived so far. They said sectors which have| opened fishing “in almost every in- stance are lagging far behind pre- vious years for the comparative dates. The big red salmon produc- ing Bristol Bay, however, had a normal first day catch. The Col- umbia River run continues slack| with packers getting only enough fish to pack two or three days each week.” | The run on the southern side of - half that of last year. tricts are lagging as much as 80‘ per cent from last year, it is re-| |ern. REPUBLIC OPENS | company |baseball park. ANUTHEH PLANT \Gecrge Fleek, Captain; Robert Rowe | woman was killed and nine injured. The entire front of the store was; blown out. | Skyrockets, roman candles, can- non crackers and thousands of pack- PICKETS DEFIED ages of firecrackers exploded. Screaming women and children| dashed through the fusillade of ex- plosives which gyrated crazily, men- acing the crowd in the store and| hundreds in the street attracted by! the loud reports and fire alarm. The cause is not known CHILKOOT PASS HIKERS REPORT Reach Bennett After Ten- day Hike from Skagway —Searching Plane Out (Special To The Empire) SKAGWAY, Alaska, July 2.—El- lis Judd and wife, of Fairbanks, the long delayed old Dyea Trail-Chil-| koot Pass hikers, arrived at Ben- nett on the White Pass and Yukon Route this morning after a trip of nearly ten days from Skagway over a trail almost obliterated by! slides and trees. apparently in no fiurry to make the trip and are both well. Meanwhile a White Pass and Yu- kon plane, Pilot Bookwalter, ac- companied by George Rapuzzl and Frank C. Chulek, of Skagway, left here last night for Lake Linde- man to make a search. They had not returned at 10 o'clock this morning, but were expected back early this afternoon. Germany, Italy Make Proposals Spanish Patrol LONDON, July 2.—Germany and Italy, formally rejecting the An- glo-French proposals for Great Britain and France taking over the entire International non-interven- tion patrol of Spain’s coasts, has offering counter proposals. Germany and Italy propose that belligerent rights be recorded to both the Spanish Government and the Insurgents, SEATTLE PLANS FAIR FOR 1340 SEATTLE, July 2.—Articles of incorporation for a Forty Million Dollar World Fair in Seattle in 1940 to commemorate the 100th anni- versary of the opening of the west and completion of the Grand Coulee The two camped, along the trail at various places,|2%, General Motors 50, Internation- |amendment and sent the measure | to the White House for the Pl’e&lv‘ Steel Helmeted National: Guardsmen Protect Those Returning to Old" Jobs MASSILLION, Ohio, July 2. The Republic Steel Corporation to-| day defied the CIO picket siege and reopened another strike locked wplrm'. here under protection of steel whelmeted National Guardsmen. | ere was no violence and the n0n~btnkels in about 150 automo- ibiles quietly drove inside the gates. About 300 pickets booed and jeer-| led. The reopening of the local plant left Cleveland as the only city where {the Republic mills are closed com-| STOCK QUOTATIONS | i | + NEW YORK, July 2. — Closlng quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 11%, American canv 97%, American Light and Power | |81, Anaconda 54, Bethichem Steel | al Harvester 106%, Kennecott 58%, New York Central 37, Southern Pa- cific 43}, United States Steel 100%, Cities Service 2%, Pound $4.94%,| | Republic Steel 36%, Pure Oil 20%, | Holly Sugar 30, U. S. Treasury| bonds 2%s 97.24, Atchison General 4s 110%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow,‘ Jones averages: industrials 172.22,| rails 72.06, utilities 27.03. — e ee——— E, M. BARANOFF DIES, SEATTLE SEATTLE, July 2—The funeral| of Edgar M. Baranoff, 23, Umversity’ of Washington student, who died Wednesday after a long illness, will be held at.2 o'clock tomorrow af-; ternoon. The young man was born in Si- beria and attended school and uni- versity here for 14 years. His par- ents are the Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Baranoff, of St. Paul Island, who| survive. MAN ARRESTED HERE FOR ALLEGED BAD CHECKS AT SEWARD H. C. Vickerman, who claims to be an oil man from the States, was taken into custody here last night by the Marshal’s office on a tele- graphic warrant from Seward charging the issuance of bad checks. Vickerman is held in the Federal jail with bond set at $3,000. He ar- MINE FIRST AID CONTESTS WILL FEATURE FOURTH Lineup of 10 Teams to Com- pete for $600 Prize Money Announced One of the tenure numbers on the Fourth of July program here Mon- day will be the first aid contests be- tween teams from the Alaska Ju-| neau time for which the gold mimng has contributed $600 in, prize money. The affair, to be run off under the direction of H. B.! Humphrey, Safety Engineer, U. S. Bureau of Mines, is scheduled for 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Alaska Fair Building. Ten teams will participate, and were announced today as follows: | Team No. 1, representing the gen- | 'eral mill: Gary W. Hudson, Cap- Team No. 2, repair mill: Harry | and John Swearingin. m No. 3, carpenters: Ray Ba- vard Captam ‘William Karabelni- kiff, Harlan King, George Martin, | Henning Berggren and George Kod- sofl Team No. 4, general surface: ‘Ronald Lister, Carl Lindstrom, Mel- {vin Carlson and Willlam Converse. | Team No. 5, A South Side: Carl| lKrause, Captain; Edmund J. :Krause, John Wilson, Leon Con- (stantine, George Hall and Harold | )Gudblnnson | Team No. 6, B South Side: Wayne {Graham, Captain; Tom Pratt, Nor- {man DeRoux, Paul Mestrezat, John ! Lundquist, Tonny Chopp. Team No. 7, C South Side: Ernest Davis, Captain; Gene Gata, Jack Jensen, Oscar exander and John Nelson. Team No. 8, A North Side: Law- rence Fitzpatrick, Captain; Konnem Millard, Dave Mahlum, Ole Kvanlde, | |Eric Oslund and Anton Larson. Team No. 9, C North Side: Allan MacKenzie, Captain; Patrick Gil- !lan, Byron Manery, Jesse Payne, ‘Milton Bagby and Val Poor. Team No. 10, B North Side: Theo- pletely. idore Danielson, Captain; George ’ e — | Gombert, Anthon Notar, Vincent| ‘@overnment reccipts are reported IDerig, William Glafke and Orin 2t $5:293.840000, as compared with| R N R A T 1$4,115,056,000 last year, while ex- Repeal of Alaska $1 Ton Ship Tax Is Up to FDR ° WASHINGTON, July 2. {85% Commenwealtn and Southern |senats. ha conerred. to the House| SONS OF NORWAY dent’s signature repealing the li-| cense tax of $1 per ton on “local” ocean-going vessels operating be- tween ports in Alaska. Ketchikan Starts Fourth “Tomorrow Holiday Sat:rd—ay Begins 3- Day Celebration—Corner- stone Laying Is Feature KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 2.—' This city begins celebrating the | Fourth tomorrow, as a holiday, with other events to be staged Sunday; jand some lapsing over to Monday, although that day is not a holiday, lin order that canneries may oper- ate and crews will be required as on any other work day. Two parades, one immediately following the other, will be staged tomorrow as part of the three-day celebration. The main parade will move through the downtown streets, headed by the Shrine band of 28 pieces, to the new Federal building for the cornerstone laying and Queen coronation ceremonies. This parade will be followed by the baby parade, over a shorter route. The queen contest ended last night and votes are being counted today. First place winner is to be Queen and also will be a guest of the Alaska Steamship Company for a trip to Skagway and return. Sec- ond place winner will ride with Bob Ellis on a plane trip to West Coast towns and return. Dam, are ready to be filed by a|rived here yesterday from Fair-| The city is to be decorated in reg- roup of civic leaders. banks by plane. ular patriotic style. In the event of rain| {arrangements have been made to hold the contests in the Southeast| Northbound Sky Seattle in Record Time for Heavy Planes SEATTLE, July 2—~The mam- section after record-breaking flights from San Diego Thursday. Chief of Staff A. D. Bernhard said |the VP-9 six-plane squadron, which reached Sand Point Naval Air Sta- tion at 3:10 p. m., after eight hours and twenty minutes in the air, set a record for such heavily loaded planes on a 1100-mile flight. Lieut. |Commander W. G. Tomilson of the squadron said it was “just like a routine flight.” The VP-12 squadron of twelve planes, commanded by Lieut. Com~ the Alaskan Peninsula is reported !tain; William Stoddard, Jerry Pow- mander T. A. Gray arrived shortly Other dis- | ers, James Fray, Robert DeWitt and afterwards, and the VP-T squadron Fred Orme. |of six planes came in at 5 p. m. | The sky cruisers, carrying 35 offi- |ported by McGovern and McGov- | Jensen, Captain: Dale Fleek, Frank cers and 120 enlisted men, will 1eave [the barracks. {Jackson, Art Bregren, Roy Roach|Plget Sound after the Fourth of|“she Fornance, under Capt. J. R. |July holidays. The five heavy criusers, which |will operate with the planes, will visit seven Alaska pur',s including Juneau. ers will be announced later. | Brigade Resting | GHILKOOT BOYS ' InPuget Sound, HERE FOR 4TH, 24 Naval Planes Wing to{Fornance Docks in Juneau zor |moth, sky brigade which Uncle Samiggrnance tied up at the government |is sending to Alaska for glant aer-|qeck today at 3 p. m. with three ial maneuvers in the Aleutian area|officers and 83 men, rested today in the Puget Soundfiagtely went into a formation and| Expedition tc NEW YORK, July 2. — Eleven ]/\n](‘lu.\nv headed by C. J. McGre- who is oa leave from his job as Government meteorologist at [the Newark airport, are sailing to- day on the three master General A. |W. Greeley, to spend two summers and winters at Fort Conger, the only land on Franklin Bay, Greenland and Ellsmore Island The party plans to parallel the OFFICIALS ARE BAFFLED N GIRL “The men will form a unit in e Cahfonma Search Concen- parade starting Monday at . m. and will be featured in a dvm | trates m LOOklng fOl’ Ed_ die,” Who Last Saw Them omstration of Retreat and Colozs fol- lowing the afternoon baseball game. INGLEWOOD, Cal., July 2.—Baf-! fled officials, having traversed a ‘The soldiers are a composite group selected from the two companies at maze of blind alleys in search for the fiendish slayer of three little girls found dead here, have started all over again from Seratch, and, This Afternoon with 86 Soldiers Chilkoot The Barracks tender who immed- marched to the Southeast Alaskal Fair Building, where they will be quartered until they leave Junmu on July 6 Major Kirby Green is in mmmzmd of the men, who will make an an- nual hike to Eagle River before re- t\‘ning to Chilkoot Barracks on July 10. Other officers are Lieu- Smith, veteran pilot, left Chilkoot Barracks today at 6 a. m. It will| make the return trip starting tomor- Trow morning at 6 a. m., will return scion of a wealthy New York and to Juneau July 6 and remain here Los Angeles family, all suspects | until July 8. From here the tender have been eliminated. The theory will go to Tee Harbor, waiting there guiding the sleuths is that the Party to Remain 2 Summers| between | with the exception of one person,| ns Compc ) Aretic Area; work of the North Pole. An autogiro is being carrfed by the expedition for a flight over the Pole. The expedition expects to claim any new land found for the United States and also aid in weather fore- casting. The party will also make the first color films of the aurora borealis. FLYING BOAT SERVICE NOW FOR ATLANTIC Russians, now at the Pan-American Starts Initial Flight Over Ocean | | \ Tomorrow | S i NEW YORK, July 2.—Climaxing four years of study of surveys, etc., the Pan-American Airways has pre- pared a flying boat for an experi- mental scheduled flight to London starting tomorrow as a forerunner of a regular passenger service across |the Atlantic. | | A British flying boat is sched- uled to start simultaneously from | Details of the Aleutian maneuv- until July 9. It will then sail to Ber- ner's Bay, where it will pick up the hiking soldiers on the night of July 9. The return voyage will he made starting July 10 at 6 a. m. I8 Treasury Reports girls were slain by someone wigh whom they were acquainted. Inquest into the kidnap-killing of three children was suddenly cut| short in Los Angeles while investi- | Ueland, Bruce Al-| Taxes, Expenses Above Estimates Collections Up $69,000,- 000, Expenditures Up ' $221,000,000 i WASHINGTON, July 2. — The {United States Treasury today an- lr‘lt')\moed that tax collections In !the fiscal year ending Wednesday imidnight topped President Roose- |velt’s revised estimates by $89,000,- 000 and Federal spending exceeded the forecast by $221,000,000. | penditures declined, standing at $8,- 105,158,000, as compared with $8,- :679 798,000 last year. | Income taxes were the chief source ,of revenue, producing $2,157,000,526 'ln the Treasury in the fiscal year 1 just concluded. PLANNING PICNIC| Under the direction of Doris Swap, | Ithe Sons of Norway plan to hold a ‘picnlc at Auk Beach Sunday, July 4.| A full day of fun and entertain- {ment has been arranged by the! committee. Activities for the day include races, games, baseball, horseshoe ‘tournament, dancing, shoe kicking contest, and husband calling con- test. Ice cream will be served free to the kiddies. For those not wishing to take lunches a small charge will be made grounds. The committee in charge are: Doris Swap, chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Swanson, George Jor- gensen, Mrs. Newt Hildre, and Hel- {en and Louise Hildre. 'MISS A. GOLDSTEIN HONORED TODAY AT LUNCHEON, BRIDGE | Mrs. Charles Goldstein was hos- and bridge party honoring her granddaughter, Miss Aline Ann Goldstein, whose marriage to Mr.| Leonard Pockman is to take place‘ |this August in California. The affair which was held at the Goldstein residence assembled | a dozen friends of the honoree, whose engagement was announced upon her return from Stanford Uni- versity last month. Present for the occasion were Miss Jean Faulkner, Miss Barbara Winn. Miss Corinne Jenne, Miss Beatrice| Mullen, Miss Carol Robertson, Miss Mary Vander Leest, Miss Jeanne| Vander Leest, Miss Jeanette Stew-, art, Miss Anabel Simpson, Miss| Louise Murrish, Mrs. Tom Moyer| and the guest of honor. 3 'Some Tea. Please? and food will be served on the| tess this afternoon at a luncheon|.; |Green, who celebrated their birth- Schedule of the doughboys, ac-|gators concentrated on a search for‘ cording to Major Green, follows:ia WPA worker known as “Eddie,” &lurday they will hike to Thane who is reported to have talked last i back; on July. 6, they wm murch}_g to' the rifle range; on July 7 they!three youm_%figw will march to Eagle River, whwh they will use as their base; on July verdict of death due to strangula- 8 they will march to Windfall Lake tion by some unknown person” iand return to Eagle River; on July with h(]mlc]dnl intent.” 9 they will march to Berner's Bay where they will meet the tender Fornance. In all they will hike upproxlm.cl:iv 50 miles. BASEBAI.LT[II]AY‘ g The following are scores of games than 5,000 r‘«‘m‘d persons jdmmm played in the two major leagues this|the waterfront today to welcome HONEYMOONERS | ithe street. afternoon as received up to 1:30Mary Pickford and her husband,|" s controversy hetween the team- o'clock: |Buddy Rogers, and Jeanette Mac- |ster’s union and the American National League 1Donuld and Gene Raymond, h°n‘|Newspnpex Guild unit is blflmed‘ Brooklyn 3; Philadelphia 0. Boston 2; New York 6. Pittsburgh 7; Chicago 8. American League Philfldclphia 4; BO%OH 8. couples lmneymoonlng ELKS-DOUGLAS MEET TONIGHT Recuperating from the 13-inning A bally good dl ance, it is, from deadlock in which the two teams merry old England, but Miss Rosa-| engaged last Sunday, the Elks and lind Evans, of Minhead, England, Douglas Islanders face off at Fire- Thursday night was drinking in the men’s Park this evening for further invigorating summer air of Juncauvmamond conflict, with the game and declaring she had “never en-|scheduled to get under way at 6: 30 joyed herself more.” ‘aclock with the hope of finishing| Miss Evans is a round-trip pas- | within the scheduled seven innings. | senger aboard the Prince Rupert,/ Mound choices for tonight's bat- which headed for Skagway early tle will likely be Claude Erskine, today after a brief stay in Juneau.|for Douglas, and Bud Foster, for But even in Alaska she still 10oks|the Elks; with Red Gray and Kelly forward to a daily pot of tea. | Blake as the respective receivers. DAN CUPID SHOOTS; VENUS IS REIGNING Venus, the Goddess of Love, was round-trip passenger on the Prime Rupert as she passed Juneau Thursday night — and romance- thelping Dan Cupid is virtually out U S. Department of Agriculaure, ‘Weahter Bureau " The Weather |. Forecast for Juneau and vi- N‘ cinity, beginning at 4 pm, July 2: Partly cloudy to cloudy | [of love arrows. tonight and Saturday; light to 3 Aboard the Canadian National moderate variable winds, most- | steamship Thursday night were a ly southerly. |number of honeymooners, including | Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. McMillen of ———z* | Decatur, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S e e T Mariani of San Francisco, and MY. !and Mrs. Theodore W. Sewelch of SURPRISE PARTY |82n Francisco. HELD FOR WOMEN | RS g NORTHERN LIGHT Mrs. Ole Jackson and Mrs. L.1 CHURC}{ BU“.-DING days today, were surprised in a pnr—l To BE REPAIRED ty at noon at the home of Mrs| |Vic Johnson at Fritz Cove in which| Members and friends of the North- a number of their friends joined ern Light Presbyterian Church | in the festivities. have virtually completed a cam- Those attending the party were: paign for funds to retire the indebt- |The Mesdames Frank Olson, Peteledness of the church and to make Oswald, Elaine Iverson, C. R. Brown, repairs on the church building J. Martinson, J. Carvel, R. Reischl,| Work on the building is to begin . White, Gene Weschenfelder, | within the next few days, and will MacDonald and Miss Gay. The lat- include painting, waterproofing, ter two are from North Dakota. and general improvements. | London for Now York. Teamslers Tie Up Publication "OET WELCOME ‘Slrlfc Bclween Union and| { Guild Is Blamed in Controversy | SEATTLE, July 2.—Harry Mar- shall, general manager of the Seat-| {tle Star, daily newspaper, announc- ed at noon today that operations of the newspaper is at a standstill after the teamster’s union had refused to/ {permit drivers to deliver papers on| |The Star kept the entire force at \work while executives conferred [with representatives of the team- slm‘m The &tar failed to print the sec- ond edition today. Marshall de- clared “there’s no use printing them if they can’t be delivered.” He ex- plained the dispute arose over jur- \1sdiction over circulation depart- yments of workers which he said had affiliated with the Guild but whom the teamsters claim have applied for |mvmh4-rship in a new affiliate of {their union. Pickets are blocking |both alley entrances to the Star | Building. ITRANSP ORTATION IS| {NEEDED FOR SHOOTERS |ON SUNDAY MORNING ‘Those parllcipau.ng in the rifle shoot to be held at Mendenhall range Sunday morning and who {have cars are asked to be in front of the Federal Building at 9 o'clock Sunday morning so that transpor- tation can be provided for all the shooters, Match shoot is to be held between two soldier teams from Chilkoot | Barracks and two civilian teams. The event is being sponsored by the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club. — e DUFRESNE ON GAME HOP Frank Dufresne, Executive Offi- cer of the Alaska Game Commis- sion, hopped to Petersburg and Wrangell and return today by plane in connection with game matters. - WILLIAMS RETURNING | M. D. Williams, District Engineer | for the Bureau of Public Roads, is| returning to his Juneau headquar- | ters this afternoon on the Mount | |McKinley after being in the Moose |Pass and Seward districts for sev- |eral weeks in connection with road | matters. - | The naturalization law provides {that an alien cannot acquire Amer- | |ican citizenship before 5 years' res- {ken |daughter-in-law, Mr. REPORT VESSEL “MISSING” IN DANGER ZONE Tokyo Denies Having *Arm- ed Forces’ in Disputed Amur River Area MOSCOW OFFERS JOINT WITHDRAWAL MESSAGE Russians Insist on Japanese Recognition to Soviet Claim in Islands MOSCOW, July 2.— Japanese Ambassador Mamoru Shigemitsu announced tonight that tthe Russian government had agreed to withdraw troops and gun- boats from the disputed Amur Islands. TOKYO, July 2—Official Japan today charged a new invasion in Manchoukuo by Russian planes and gunboats. But the officials insisted that Japan had no “armed forces” in the disputed Amur river islands. The question of future location of Japanese trops in the area, however, is up to the “Supreme Army Coms, mand,” it was stated. Anxiety has mounted for a “miss= ing” Manchoukuo steamer in the danger zone. MOSCOW, July 2.—Solution of the dangerous Russia-Japanese cri+ sis growing out of the battle in the Amur river is considéred largely in' the hands of military commanders in the Far East. s 'mmmmruneom domfllt:rlngo!n of ie I"Eani - A coroner’s jury brought in a ger zone cn the northeastern bor- (der of Manchoukuo next to Siberia. The Russians have insisted that Ja- pan recognize the Soviet claim to disputed areas, reliable authorities said today. The proposal was made in a foreign office communique. e —————— [EARHART OFF, TOUGH ROUTE, OVER PACIFIC Blazing Trail from Lea, New Guinea to Tiny How- land Island SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 2.— Amelia Earhart and Co-pilot Fred Noonan are today blazing a trail over the South Pacific ocean and battling head winds on the hazard- ous 2,750 mile flight from Lae, New Guineau, to the tiny Howland Is land. CONTACT IS MADE HOWLAND ISLAND, July 2—Tha Coast Guard radio operators here have contacted the Earhart plane, but could receive no details of the flight and the reception is not clear, filled with static. e ALICE GOES SOUTH WITH 8 FROM HERE Nine Juneau passengers were ta= south today by the Princess Alice, which arrived at 6 a. m. and steamed away two hours later. The |vessel was delayed an hour on its voyage fog Passengers picked up here were: Mrs Charles Waynor, Mrs. E. Rowe, Ben Taylor, L. W. Roehm, E. Chapman, T. O'Connell, Miss R. Fall, Arthur Pal and K. E. Harris. from Skagway because of SIR JOHN JEFFREY, LADY JEFFREY ARE HONORED AT PARTY Sir John and Lady Jeffrey were the guests of honor at an evening |party given last night by Mr. and Mrs. George Tulintseff at their home on Dixon Street. for which occasion 16 guests were assembled. Sir John and Lady Jeffrey, who are the guests of their son and and Mrs. J. S. Jeffrey, are visiting in Juneau from their home in Edinburgh, idence in this country. Scotland.