The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 14, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L, NO. 7535. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS SOVIET FLIERS SMASH TWO RECORDS Senator PARTY LEADER OF DEMOCRATS DIES SUDDENLY New Deal Legislative King- pin, Stricken in Sleep, Passes Away NATIONAL CAPITAL SHOCKED BY DEATH Two-point ?ogram Upset | —Tribute Paid by | President, Others WASHINGTON, July 14.—United | States Senator Joseph Taylor Rob-| inson, 64, of Arkansas, Democratic | Leader and New Deal Legislative Kingpin, was found dead in his bedi this morning. | The sudden death of the Senate leader shocked the Capital City and threw the Administration’s leg- islative program into a turmoil. Senator Robinson has been Dem- ocratic leader since 1922 and per- sonally was in charge of the Ad- ministration’s two major legislative campaigns, to reorganize the courts| and Executive Departments. | Seated for High Court Senator Robinson’s colleagues ex- pected his appointment to.the Su- preme Court of the United States to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Assoclate Justice Wil- lis Van Devanter. i Although Senatof Robinson’s health hcd not been quite as good s in forner years, his sudden death was a tremendous shock. The Dem- ocratic leader has been werking with tremendous energy in recent weeks in an effort to devise a compromise court bill to obtain the Senate's approval. Three possible candidates are mentioned as Senator Robinson’s| successor as Democratic leader — Byrnes of South Caralina, Harrison| of Mississippi and Barkley of Ken-/ tucky. | Drive is Upset | The sudden death of Senator Rob- | inson has upset the Administra-; tion’s drive to endct a substitute| court bill, in which he was given a| free hand by President Roosevelc! to nggotiate. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, after expressing regret at the “untimely passing of his political and personal friend,” predicted that the court controversy might terminate as the result of the leader’s death. “I beseech the President to drop this court fight lest he appear w! fight against God,” Senator Wheel- er said. To Take Body Home Mrs. Hattie W, Caraway, Sena- tor Robinson’s colleague from Ar- kansas, announced she will accom- pany the body to the deceased’s home in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Mrs. Robinson went several days ago. ROOSEVELT'S, STATEMENT WASHINGTON, July 14.—Presi- dent Roosevelt - charaeterized Sen- ator Robinson as a “soldier fallen face to the battle.” The President is mourning the death of a friend and in a formal statement, said: “In the face of a dispensation so| swift, it's coming so tragic, the loss it brings the Nation, we bow in sor- row. A pillar of strength is gone.” FARLEY'S TRIBUTE DENVER, Col., July 14. — Post- master General James A. Farley, when informed of the sudden death of Senator Robinson, said: “I am inexpressibly shocked. He (Continued on Page Four) ——e——— SALARIED ~ SOLITUDE HONOLULU, July 14. — Manuel Pedro, who draws a salary for being a hermit, took his first look at civilization in 21 years and decided he didn't like it. So he went back to the island of Ka- hoolawe, 60 miles away, where he Robinson is Found Dead in Bed DIES SUDDENLY SASSociATa0 PReis (NDERWGOD) JOSEPH T. ROBINSON 'WAS LIFTED TO HIGH POSITION IN DEMO PARTY Arkansas Senator Seemed Destined to Become Leader in Nation Political fortunes shaped them- selves almost by apparent design to lift Joseph Taylor Robinson to a position of eminence in the Demo- cratic party in the affairs of the nation. Although a figure of importance in the Senate during the better part {of the decade after the World War, his peculiar availability in 1928 made him the running mate of Alfred E. Emith in one of the most memor- able presidential elections in the nation's history. To a large extent he shaped his own destiny, but he was, neverthe- less, a man seemingly cast for the times. Religion and prohibition, over which the states below the Mason and Dixon line felt deeply, dictated that the Democratic party which had chosen Smith, a New York Catholic and wet, as its leader to contest with Herbert Hoover, would do well to go to the South for its vice presidential nominee. Political Courage In Senator Robinson, the party found a man not only suitable to meet the strategic necessities, but also one whose abllity, political courage and simple dignity held out the best hopes for success. He carried his campaign—one of the most ambitious ever attempted by a major candidate—from coast to coast and frrian the northern- most states to the gulf; and while his ticket was badly beaten, Robin- son returned to the Senate mani- festly more strongly entrenched as the leader of his own party and a power to be reckoned with by the Republicans in the determination of any policy. Surprising Rise His rise to prominence reads like the theme of a boy’s novel from the pen of an Alger or a Standish. Within fourteen days he had been a Representative in Congress, gov- ernor of Arkansas and a United States Senator from that state. He resigned as Congressman January 14, 1913, to become governor, having been elected to that office the pre-‘ vious September. Meanwhile, the death of one of the Senators from Arkansas had created a vacancy and the legis- lature promptly chose the newly in- ate. He was selected January 28 and took the oath March 10, 1913, thus returning to Washington al- most ceincidentally with Woodrow Wilson, whom he supported loyally. Sen of Doctor Senator Robinson was born in a small settlement near Little Rock,| Ark., August 26, 1872, the son of Dr. James and Matilda Jarie Rob- inson. He obtained his early edu- cation at home and in rural schools and at the age of 17 began teach- ing school to earn money to enable him to continue his studies. He at- is manager of a cattle and sheep ranch. tended the Arkansas’State Univer- (Continued on Page Five) stalled governor to go to the Sen-| JULIUS MEIER DIES SUDDENLY - THIS MORNING it {Former Governor of Ore- gon, Prominent Mer- chant, Passes Away PORTLAND, Oregon, July 14— Former Governor Julius Meier pass- ed away this morning. He had been in ill-health for some time. Long a sufferer from heart trouble, Meijer, who was senior Imember of the well-known firm of Meier and Frank, lapsed into un- consciousness and died with mem- bers of his family at the bedside. Meier became Governor in Janu- ary, 1931, and was the only man twice elected to the Governorship of this State. Meier fathered the development of the Columbia River as a scenic highway. Salmon Pack in - Southwest Area | Fallillg_ Behind Most Districts Fail to Stand Up to Record Catch. of Last Season Salmon pack in the Southwest area continues to fall behind last season, according to figures at the |U. 8. Bureau -of Pisheries office here. Exclusive of Bristol Bay, which has not reported for last week yet, the Southwest pack through July 10 was 521,945 cases as compared with 761,380 for the same period last year. The Bristol Bay pack has been estimated this season at around 600,000 cases, but thus far it has not been showing as well as a year ago. The Southwest case pack by dis- trict and species and compared with ‘last year follows: Alaska Peninsula, south side— Reds, 62591 cases; kings, 2513;' pinks, 99,890; chums, 46,629; cohos, 522; total, 212,145; last season, 389,- 837. Alaska Peninsula, north side— Reds, 18,543; kings, 201; pinks, 1,- 317; chums, 986; total, 21,047; last year, 16,853. Chignik—Reds, 25,500; kings, 91; pinks, 1,941; chums, 790; total, 28,- 322; ‘'ast year, 75,478, Kodiak—Reds, 47,876; kings, 198; pinks, 56,655; chums, 3,565; cohos, 201; total, 108,598; last year, 115,- 435, Cook Inlet — Reds, 7,354; kings, 17,890; pinks, 1,897; chums, 3,720; cohos, 650; total, 31,611; last year, 60,230. Copper River (final)—Reds, 77,~ 459; kings, 3,846; pinks, 17; total, 81,322; last year, 76,731, Prince Willlam Sound (Resur- rection Bay included)—Reds, 3,703; kings, 64; pinks, 20,068; chums, 4,- 807;- cohos, 1,461; total, 39,108; last year, 26,826. Totals—Reds, 243,026; kings, 24,- 803; pinks, 190,785; chums, 60,497; cohos, 2,834; total, 521,045; last year, 761,390 e Barnstorming Air Pilot Is to Fly _ll!er North Merrill Riddick Is Making | “Hobo” Flight to Bom- bay in Flivver Plane BLASDELL, N. Y., July 14.—Mer- rill Riddick, barnstorming aif pilot, has left here on a projected 35,000~ mile “hobo” flight to Bombay. His ship is a flivver, weighing between 500 and 600 pounds. “My "route will take me from San Francisco north to Alaska, then across Bering Strait to Asia and dick. U.S.S. CHICAGO WILL DOCK HERE THURSDAY MORN Command of Adm. Taus- sig, Has Governor Aboard The flagship cruiser Chicago, coming from the Westward is sched= uled to drop anchor at Juneau to- morrow morning at 11 o'clock, ac~ cording to word received hege to- day. Rear Admiral J. R. Taussig is Floyd C. Stark of Missouri. and Yakutat Bay on its Alaskan cruise. It will remain in port here scheduled to head for the South. WINGARD SIGHTS JAPANESE SHIPS [FISHING SALMON Buiseni of Faberies Ofiial Arrives in Bristol Bay with Pilot Alex Holden L. G. Wingard of the Bureau of Alaska Fisheries, who arrived here with Pilot Alex Holden of the Ma- | Flagship Cruiser, Under| aboard and has as his guest Gow.|" The Chicago has visited Seward juntil July 18, after which it is/ NAKNEK, Alaska, July 14.—Agefit Aircraft Carrier I. Rushing to the vicinity of -y ke e ik Howland Island under forced draft the U. S. exington Joins Search Vi S. airplane carrier Lexington, one of the navy’s fastest ships, is aiding in the search {or Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Captain Fred J. Noonan, who were forced down on their round-the-world flight two weeks aga. The huge shin car- ries sixty-three planes and has released her brood near the area. from the air. Note planes on the seagoing landing field. rine Airways today, announced he had sighted the Japanese fishing | for salmon. | The two men, who left Juneau last week for Bristol Bay, are con- | tinuing their investigations of the | foreign "invaders,” who have been reported fishing for Alaskan salmon for weeks. Wingard, on two trips’ Tuesday,| said he saw essentially the same as the union packers' representatives; on July 7. There seemed to be three fishing boats taking catches to their mother ship, Taiyomaru, accordlng} to the Bureau of Fisheries official.| Wingard saw salmon aboard the | gear, he said, apparently on long floating gill nets in a flotilla now | approximately 15 miles off Part! Eeiden. | JOSEPH BROWN DIES IN SOUTH One of Nome's Leading| Miners Passes Away in Venice, Cal. SEATTLE, July 14—News of the death last Saturday in Venice, Cal- ifornia, of Joseph Brown, one of | Nome's leading miners, and still| owner of important holdings in the | Northland, has been received by friends here. Brown has made his home in| California for more than 20 years, but always made an annual trip to| Alaska until recently. He was 72, GET 600D PAY, - MOVIE ACTING WASHINGTON, July 14.—Holly-| wood lists Warner Baxter, Gnryf Cooper and George Raft as amomng the highest paid actors. | ‘The report of the Fox Corpora-| tion shows that Baxter received| $204,000 last year. Paramount paid| Cooper $265,000 and Raft was paid| by the same movie concern the sum of $202,000, | persons were killed and 20 wound- ed in an attack on the Syrian district this afternoon. The natives are seeking seperate autonomy. outbreak, OUTBREAK 19 EIRUT, Syria . — six |0 carrying on a restocking pro- BEERES Lo Under the measure, the| Alaska Game Commission would be“ Government Office in the Elires allowed to own and operate air-|ann, seventeen months old, whnm: hold a Dispensary License, you are still a dispensary in every sense of the word, and three prohibitive | (Contintied on PIEE Slx)un—l |ou then south to Bombay,” said Rid-!French troops quickly quelled the i Photo shows the Lexington pictured {Coast Guardéf Corfibinér Sé;ts for VE.afh(-zr; Pl(iné ‘Combing the seas in the vicinity of Howland Island, in mid-Pacific, the U. 8. Coast Guard cutter Itasca is vigilantly searching for the lost round-the-world fliers, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Captain Fred Noonan. Joining in the search were British and Japanese vessels, while the battleship Colorado and four other naval vessels raced to the focal point of the search. Itasca later turned out to be meteors or heat lightning, Coast Guard officials stated. No Strikes by F ederals, 3 Flares reportedly sighted by the Status Is Defined by FDR DIMOND OFFERS | NEW GAME BILL FOR TERRITORY Delegate Asks Congress to Further Protection, Con- servation of Wild Life WASHINGTON, July 14——Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond has asked | Congress to amend the Territorial | game laws to provide for protec- tion of muskox recently placed on Alaskan ranges. The Delegate in his bill asks that areas be re- | stocked or stocked with animals not native of Alaska and also pro- tected. He said no'law exists for conservation of the bison muskox so they face extinction by greedy hunters unless protected. The Delegate’s measure also pro- poses ‘the game law be amended to classify Filipinos as aliens. They are now eligible to Alaska game licenses as residents. Another pro- vision in the bill would make a false statement given at the time a license is fssued a misdemeanor rather than a felony as at present. BASED ON MEMORIAL The Dimond game bill now: pre- sented to Congress is along the same line as the memorial passed by the last Legislature, urging further aid in conseravtion - of Alaska wild life ‘and Federal aid gram. lanes in connection with carrying | t the game law provisions, ac-| WASHINGTON, July 14.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has made clear that strikes by Federal workers are barred, although he declared such employees are free {0 join unions. Unionization of these workers is now being undertaken by the John L. Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization. The President after expressing the opinion they should not have the right to strike, added that civil service rules withhold this privilege. He also asserted that since gov- ernment wages are fixed by con- |gress and that government enters !into no contracts with its employees, there can be no bargaining about pay. Mr. Roosevelt’s assertions were made at a press conference which | dealt briefly with several other sub- Jects. ‘The President declined to com- ment on reports that he and Lewis are near a break. Telling report- ers he would not affirm, or deny, various stories being circulated, he laughingly said that rule applied also to Vice President Garner's de- parture from Washington. Mr. Gar- ner has gone home to Texas, arous- ing much speculation. E——— Jimmy Walker Adapts Baby Boy CHICAGO, July 14. — An eight- weeks-old boy “with three dark hairs” has been adopted by former | Mayor James J. Walker of New York | and Mrs. Walker, the former Betty Compton, Walker said the boy was| chosen as a companion to Mary| they adopted at the same home (The Cradle) in April, 1936. cording to Executive Officer Frank | The formier mayor said the boy Dufresne, of the game wmnussnon,f would be named James John I | any OFFICIALS GIVE STATEMENT ON LIQUOR SETUP {District Attorney, Attorney General Clanfy Prev- ious Interpretation Stressing further the features of the new liquor law passed by the last Legislature and emphasizing that liguor must be handled sep- arate and apart from other busi- nesses, Attorney General James S. Truitt and District Attorney Wil- ilam A. Holzheimer today {issued the following statement: “In order to clarify a previous (A) and (C) of Section 13, Chap- ter 78, Sessiori Laws of Alaska, 11937, the following is submitted: “(A) Beverage Dispensary Licenses: A Beverage Dispen- sary License shall give to the holder thereof the right to sell or serve on the premises beer and wine. Provided, however, that the premises for which such license is issued shall not be connected by doors or oth- erwise with premises covered by any other license issued under these regulations; and provided further, that the sales under Beverage Dispensary Licenses are limited to less than five | wine gallons to any one person in any one day. A Beverage Dispensary License Fee is three hundred dollars ($300.00)." “Therefore, if you are engaged in wherein you | other business statement issued out of the Attor-| ney General's and United States| District Attorney’s offices relative to an interpretation of Subdivisions| RUSS AIRMEN MAKE LANDING IN CALIFORNIA Plane Brou;;Et_ Down After Nearly 6,700-Mile . Flight, Nonstop FLY FROM MOSCOW TO |SAN JACINTO, 62 HOURS Aviators Reported to Be O. K. After Remarkable Trip Over Pole SAN JACINTO, Cal, July 14— The three Russian fliers, from Moss cow, over the North Pole, landed near here at 6:30 o'clock this morns ing, Pacific Coast time. The Russtans were unable to talk to the country folk and the authors ities immediately communicated with the Marchfield Flying Field for interpreters. Meanwhile a cor- don was established to protect the plane, The Russian trans-Polar plane landed in a pasture three miles west of this Riverside County mountain hamlet, Fliers OK. The three fliers are O. K. The gas tank was leaking a Ftream when the monoplane was rought; down, 90 milgs et of 1os Angeles. Word was immediately sent to the Marchfield Army headquarters,; First Wing Alrforce . officers, wha are reported to have taken to the air immediately to come here. Longest Flight, Record The plane, it is sald, was not damaged in the landing. The fliers were evidently trying to make {Marchfield when they landed after the longest flight and also a non- stopper on record, a distance of a little less than 6,700 miles made in 62 hours after leaving the Mos- cow airport. The previous long distance record was held by Codas and Rossi, the Frenchmen, who made a flight from NeWw York City to Syria, a distance of 5,667 miles in 55 hours and 29 minutes, Shatter Distance Mark Late last evening the fliers were over Oregon and it was then in- dicated that they would shatter the non-stop distance record by an- | unprecedented attempt to reach San Diego. Soviet air ace Mihail Gromoff was pilot and his companions are co- pllot Andrel Yumosheff and Navi- gator Sergel Danilyn. — e — SINO-JAP CLASH NEAR PEIPING LASTS TO DAWN 12,000 Reinforcements to Japanese Army Rushed After Chinese Win PEIPING, China, July 14.—Pight- ing between Jgpanesé and Chinese troops today halted south of Pei- ping after it had lasted until almost dawn. Shortly after the engagement had |ended, gates of the ancient city |were opened and rail service to Tientsin resumed, transporting | American travelers, including 160 |Army #nd Navy officess. Their train was the first to leave |the city since the Japanese high |command rushed 2,000 reinforce- {ments after the Chinese army was 1v1ctorloua yesterday. High Japan- ese sources today said that peace 1negonnl.mm are under way. | T . DELAY FLIGHT | SEATTLE, July 14—Bad weather |is delaying the, start of the flight |of naval planes to Alaska from the Sandpoint Naval Station, officials here said. | 1