The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 16, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7537. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY JULY 16, 1937. PRICE TEN CENTS JAPAN SENDING TROOPS FOR CHINA WAR THIRD POLAR FLIGHT PLANS ARE REVEALED Airmen Schmed to Leave Moscow for San Diego Week from Today SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 16. A Polar flight from Moscow to San Diego is planned to start on July 23, one week from today. This is revealed by Col. Mihail Gromoff, pilot of the Russian plane which set a non-stop record when it land-, ed at San Jacinto last Wednesday morning. Quite probably the plane to leave Moscow next Friday will be piloted by Sigismund Levanevisky, who blazed a route from San Diego to Moscow, via Alaska last year. This will be the third Polar flight in recent weeks for Soviet airmen. SMIRNOV IN ANCHORAGE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 16.— S. Smirnov, Russian radio engin- cer, who arrived here several days, age from New York, by plane, via Juneau, has been ordered to remain’ here three weeks longer. MAY BE PASSENGER PLANE SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 16. Alaskan Nickel Deposits Are to Be Investigated Geologists Arrive from| South to Study Extent of Mineral Here FIND NO TRACE, EARHART PLANE IN SOUTH SEAS Four Mass ed Flights in Equatorial Area Net Nothing Commencing the first thorough! HONOLULU, H. I, July 16. survey of potential nickel fields in|Fifteen hundred sweltering sailors Alaska, A. B. Yates and H. R. E]ves,lm'e laboring toward a finale in their geologists of Sundsbury, ontario,'hcroic but apparently forlorn quest representing the International Nick-;o( Amelia Barhart and co-Pilot | el Company, have arrived in the Fred Noonan, lost two weeks ago, north to determine the possibility|today in the South Pacific ocean ’of developing Alaskan nickel depos-| when they are believed to have ovpr- its for commercial use. |shot Howland Island, their destin- Mr. Yates left this morning by |ation for refueling in their project» Alaska Air Transport for Admiralty ed world flight. Island on a brief survey trip there Pilot L. F. Barr. Tomorrow he Is 'the extensive search for the missing to fly to Chichagof to join Mr. fliers. Elves, who left last night aboard the! More than 200,000 square miles | Treva C, with Capt. Ralph Reischl have been combed by Naval fliers and Art Thane. The two geolo-|from the Battlship Colorado nnd gists will investigate déposits both'Aircraft Carrier Lextington. at Chichagof and Baranof and make| Authorities indicated that the immediate report to the Interna- ‘hunt by United States Navy vessels; tional Nickel Company and to w.!and fliers will be called off tomor- C. Pittfield, brokers, with whom row following further search today.| |they are under contract. | During their stay in Juneau, the two fliers have perished. »v«here they have been stopping at| BTl an ok o ST Four massed flights over the vast, and is to be picked up tonight by equatorial area netted nothing in/ New Air Service, Seattle to Juneau, Is Now Scheduled ’Passengers, Expless to Be Carried—Round Trip Weekly SEATTLE, July 16.— Inaugura- tion of a weekly air passenger and| express service to Alaska, starting | tomorrow morning, is announced by {the Alaska Clipper Air Express, Inc. One of the firm's twin mo- {tored Sikorsky amphibian is sched- |uled to leave Boeing Field at 8 ‘oclock tomorrow morning, reaching Ketchikan in the afternon with a \two -hour stop at Alert Bay, B. C. The following week a regular ser- vice to Juneau will start. One round trip weekly is planned. | > -Navy Bomben | Arrival Whips | | Up City Pride Admiral E. J. King and his Navy i fliers may not have known it but | | | | | | 1 The authorities express the belief| they contributed no little to city| % pride here this morning as they came to Gastineau Channel to pay their respects to Gov. john W. 1‘my Window gazers in the Federal 3 SQUADRUNS | dnother Move Taken for ARE 0 WASHINGTON, July 16. — Con- gressman Warren G. Magnuson, of Eleven Arrive at Sitka Yes- | the State of Washingtoin, has pro- | terday from Seattle— Twelve at Kodiak SEATTLE, July 16.—Three squad- rons, 23 Navy planes, leaving Sand- poifit Naval station yesterday morn- ing: for Alaska, radioed word or their safe arrival in the North. The VP-12, with eleven planes, led by Lieut. Comdr. T. A. Gray, reported it reached Sitka at 4:30 yesterday ¢ fternoon, eight hours af- ter hopping off from here, Squadrons VP-7 and VP-9, six planes each, headed respectively by | Lient. Comdr R. P. Fuller and W. ' G. Tomlinson, reached Kodiak Island at 8:30 o'clock last night. The squadrons will retwrn to | Sandpoint next Thursday after training nmhts in Alaskan waters. |posed a substitute for his measure authorizing the reopening of nego- tions with the Dominion of Canada over the construction of the In- ternational Highway to Alaska. Cungl(-\xman Mugmwm said Sec- MENINGITIS BREAKS OUT, WEST ALASKA Indian Village on Two Dea!fieporled at| International Highway; New M easure Outlined retary of State Hull objected to the original measure on the ground it might be subject to constitutional attack because it delegated too much treaty power to a body other than the Senate. The new bill does away with these objections and authorizes the ap- pointment of an International Al- aak n nghwu) Commiscion LAST RESPECTS PAID ROBINSON, HIGH OFFICIALS President Heads Dignitaties at Sérvices Held in Kuskokwim BETHEL, Alaska, July 16. — A spinal meningitis epidemic at an Indian village, on the Kuskokwim river, is reported and two deaths have occurred in |the past 24 hours. Other cases are being treated by Dr. M. W. Corthell, Indian Affairs NAVY BOMBERS PAY OFFICIAL 18 miles from here | Stanley Shumovsky, Soviet aviation and Mr. Elves have gathered infor-| representative, said he understood mation from the Department of the next trans-Polar hop will be by Mines. They will return from thei a passenger type plane and may re- investigation trip in order to consult 'the Gastineau Hotel, Mr. Yates| sEEK 3RD BAND'T VISIT T0 TROY building first sighted the bomb= ers taxing around the end of the rock dump. |physician from the Mountain Vil- (lage hospital who arrived at the scene of the latest epidemic last fuel in Alaska UNITED STATES NAVY PLANE IN CRASH ON-SOUND Two Men Bail Out Safely’ —Picked Up by An- other Craft SEATTLE, July 16—The Coast Guard Division headquarters reports a Navy plane crashed in Puget Sound this afternon but the two occupants bailed out safely as they were engaged in aeria. target prac- tice over Dolphin Point at the north end of Vashon Island. Islanders said the two Navy men leaped when the plane was 500 feet| above the water. _ Another plane landed and picked the two men up. No cause for the accident is known. Honeymoon Ends In Tragic Deaths Mother andfide of Kelso Man Killed, Auto Crash —Groom Not Hurt KELSO, Washington, July 16— The mother and bride of Roland Mietzke were killed and three eth- er Longview persons were injured, when the Mietzke car, homeward bound after a wedding trip to Van- couver, B. C., crashed headon into a parked truck six miles north of here during the night. Mrs. Marie Mietzke, the mother, and Mrs. Roland Mietzke, the bride, the former Florence Bemis, were the victims. Mietzke was not hurt. Mietzke and Miss Bemjis were mar- ried on July 3 and immediately the party left on an automobile honey- moon trip. American, Brit, Aircraft Make Another Ocean Hop (By Associated Press) The Pan-American Clipper Third, landed at Botwood, Newfoundland, at 752 o'clock this morning after a flight of 16 hours and 27 minutes from Foynes, Irish Free State, in crossing the Atlantic eastward. At the same time, the British fly- ing boat Caledonia, from Botwood, landed on the River Shannon in a westward flight of 12 hours and 7 minutes. —_—— Carroll Krause, a banker in Al-| bion, Neb. and his wife, visited in Jureau Thursday night. The Kraus- es are round trip passengers aboard the Prince Rupert. | with B. D. Stewart, Territorial Com- | ‘mlssxoner of Mines, who has been in the south on Territorial business,' and is expected back next week. The major nickel location, which‘ | the two geologists will invesflgnte are on Yakobi Island, on the west IN BOLD OREGON BANK ROBBERY coast of Chichagof Island, and on Baranof Island. ‘Alaska was made by J. C. Rogers, former government geologist for the present survey is being made to further investigate the deposits. - .- FISHING BILL IS INTRODUGED Delegate Anthony J. Dimond hat proposed in a bill that Congress limit commercial fishing in Alaska coastal and interior waters to Unit- ed States citizens. ‘The bill would give bona fide resident non-citizens, who have fished commercially for three years or more, an addition three years in which to become citizens. TENNIS BOUTS Six more matches remain to be played to complete the men’s sin- gles in the tournament in Ever- green Bowl. If they are not played | before Wednesday of next week, ;jdefaults will be declared and the final round will be played to select, a winner to head the August tour- nament. Several new registrations should give added competition. Reg- istration ends July 31. The six remaining matches yet to be played are as follows: Clarence Converse vs. Ted Cowling, the win- ner to play Clarence Ferguson, and the winner of that match to play Bill Karabelnikoff. In the lower (bracket is the game between R. H. "stevenson vs. Arnold Swanson, and the winner to play Tom Powers for the right to play the winner in the upper bracket for the champion- ship, Jack McDaniel will play Alexan- der Miller for the boy's horseshoe championship the first of next wek. This will complete the set of tour- naments for the first half of the summer. Many new features will be added beginning Monday, Au- gust 2. —_—————— Gastineau M. Baum, US.S. Chicago; P. G. Milligan, W. J. Jones, Murray Stu- art, Fairbanks; Ben Bellamy, Port- land; A. F. Dickinson, Seattle; An- |tonie Matten, New York City; Carl |R. Saxild, Boston, Mass.; Arthur Kovich, Minn., Dr. Robert M. Cof- fey, Juneau; W. S. Pekovich, Fun- ter; G. Russell, Juneau; Billie Smith. First report of nickel findings in| Ontario province, in 1912. and the | BY DEL. DIMOND . WASHINGTON, July 16.—Alaska | ttheir NEARING END BIE SMELTER |Two of Bandlt Trio Cap- | tured and Admit Holdup —Other May Be Dead | JOHN DAY, Ore, July 16—Ore- gon State Police have searched | | fruitlessly through the timber and sagebrush areas near Ivre for the | third member, dead or alive, of 8 robber gang which raided the | Grant County Bank here Monday. | Pat Bushman, Umatilla Indian, jand Floyd Russell ‘of Columbus, O., who were captured near Bickle- ton, Wash., yesterday, told officers they left Jack Davis, 35, who had been shot and injured, in making | their escape. He was either dead tor critically wounded, they said,) lying near a highway. The two| admitted the holdup. | Reginald Bass, University of| Michigan student, who was shoc‘ by State officers early yesterday when his car was mistaken for! one used by the bandits, is re- ported improving in the Hermiston Hospital. The bandits took $3,500 in the holdup but lost all but $420 when | car overturned and was| wrecked while trying to escape. | T0 BE BUILT NEW YORK, July 16.—The Ken- necott Copper Corporation will build a $5,000,000 smelter at Hurley, New Mexico for its Nevada Con- solidated and Chino properties. This is according to an official announce- ment made here today. BASEBALL TODAY The following are results of base- ball games played this afternoon in the National League, as received up to 1:30 o’clock. St. Louis 10; Philadelphia 3, first game. Chicago 1; Boston 3. Cincinnati 5; Brooklyn 6. Pittsburgh 4; New York 3, eleven innings. MRS. UNA DEXTER OF CALIFORNIA IS VISITOR IN JUNEAU Mrs. Una Dexter of San Fran- cisco has been a visitor in Juneau| for the past several weeks, staying here with Miss Caroline -Todd, lo- cal music instructor and president of the Business and Profesional Wo- men’s Club. Mrs. Dexter, who is to remain in Juneau indefinitely, formerly taught school in California. ———————— Alaskan K. Tagg, G. T. Malcolm, Hoonah; | the Territm'y {Chinese government. jof the Treasury Morgenthau and| ;Brazilian Finance Minister Arthur (will sell | “Why,” inquired a curious scribe, |“do you suppose they landed out {there instead of inside the harbor come down?” “Because,” quickly replied a fair |daughter of Douglas, “they natural- |1y call at the principal city of Gass tineau Channel first and then taxi mm Juneau.” S0 let, it be recorded that Admiral, King and his crew, with Navy taet, called at the Twin cities of Gas- tineau Channel today to pay their; respects to the Chief Executive of | i BRAZILISTO ~ BUY U. S, GOLD WASHINGTON July 16. — Well informed Administration officials | said a new agreement is understood to have been made which provides for the sale of United States gold to Brazil which probably will be| used by Brazil in monetary opera-! tions. This agreement is similar to the one made last week with the| The accord reached by Secretary Costa, provides the United States, up to $60,000,000 to the| South American Republic, bringing| Brazil into the growing family of nations with whom the United States has currency stabilization! agreements. DANCE TONIGHT FOR OFFICERS: Juneau residents will honor offi- cers aboard the U.8.8. Chicago at a dance to be given this evening in Elks’ Hall, beginning at 10 o’clock. The vessel's 17-piece orchestra will play for the occasion, and resi- dents of Gastineau Channel are invited to be present. Entire Family of Doukhobors Drown When Boat Capsizes NELSON, B. C,, July 16. — The| Doukhobor family of William Stoo- pnikoff, a rancher, has been drown- ed in the Columbia River when crossing it to 'pick berries. The boat upset. Stoopnikoff, his wife and three children, the oldest 8 years, were drowned. e e —_— | HOSPITAL NOTES Shroeder Hawklns, Alaska Juneau miner whose foot was injured when a load of lumber broke loose, is now | confined to St. Ann's Hospital for medical care. His injury is r.ot serious. Mrs. Margaret Chopp was admit- ted for medical care at St. Ann's, Hospital this afternoon. Pear] Dick, a medical patient, wzns‘ lJnhn Loyle, Juneau, |Hospltal last night, discharged from the Government | | {Admiral King Pays Respects | Where the rest of the planes usually | (official visit, |spots,” (were placed in service last year. night by plane. The village will be quarantined |and Dr. Corthell will patrol the iriver for 50 miles in an effort to try and stop the spread of the dis- ease. BREEZES FROM NORTHWEST ARE ‘COOLING EAST Heat Wavegng Checked —Four Hunderd ! Deaths Aboard the ivavy planes arrivlng‘ |here were: Admiral King, Lieut.' CHICAGO, 1ll,, July 16.—Breezes Dunlap, Lt. Comdr. T. A. Gray, from the Northwest cooled most of Cadet Gordon C. George in one the sections east of the Rockles, plane; Lieut. F. L. Bussy, Com- thys checking the heat wave which mander E. Buckmaster, Lt. Com- hags caused dbOu! 400 deaths. mander T. Piehl in the second plane ot and Lieuts. J. Renard, S. Cogswell and I .T. Hertz in plane number stnckln" Maynr | - “Duty Respite” three. Lt. Comdr. Gray is in command: of the air section which arrived; here. The return flight to Sitka | was made this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The planes anchored in the chan- nel after leaving the air at Lhe Alaska Juneau rock dump. —— The Navy patrol planes, twelve of which made the ignt to- sia, R&IPh W. Fay, P gssenger | on Prince Rupert, Enjoys | LA “ - Rl Best Time of Life’ BERTHOLD'WEBBER In Alaska for “a respite against wEDD]NG CEREMONY |official duties,” Mayor Ralph W.| 'Fay of Stockton, Cal, told a re- HELD YESTERDAY porter for The Empire that “if the |rest of our trip is terrible, we’ll At a quiet ceremony yesterday still have ha dthe best time of morning, Mrs. Fay Berthold was our lives.” married to Mr. Nicholas Webbe; Mayor Fay, a passenger aboard with Rev. O. L. Kendall officiating the Prince Rupert, is accompanied at the services in the Methodist by his wife on the round trip ex- parsonage. |cursion, 1 The bride’s mother, Mrs. Edward‘ Since the Stockton municipality Jewell, was an attendant at Lhe[has the “city manager form of gov- ceremony, for which Mr. Zarl Bland ernment,” the mayor’s job is not was the best man. ‘full time, but according to Mayor Mr. and Mrs. Webber are to malre‘Fay, he had to “step in and take their home on Fifth BStreet. The, the reins during the recent mari- bride, daughter of the late Mr. Ed-| |time strike.” This was settled, he ward Jewell, was formerly em- said, in “surprisingly easy fash- played at the Alaska Grill. Mr. ion.” Webber is an Alaa Juneau mlner.‘ An official of the Gilmour Oil S TR i, Company, he is serving his second OF SWIMMING POOL IS |1ait more years on the ity Couneil. VOICED BY LEADER which selects the Mayor from among its members every year. Miss Caroline Todd, president of When be was tirst chosen Mayor, the Business and Professional Wo- bie' e .fhe 3) uungefit AR et 4o men’s Club, speaking unofficially have held that post.” At that time for her organization, today voiced|N¢ Was 35 years old. | enthusiastic support of the proposed community swimming pool project, GUS MESSERSCHMIDT Prect. g o IS ENROUTE HOME made by the B.P.W.C. health com-| G. H. Messerchmidt, who has been |mittee with Mrs. Janet Krafft as visiting in San Prancisco and Oak- chalrman, and Dr. Rae Lillian/land for the past several weeks, is Carlson and Mrs. Myrtle Wood as g passenger aboard the Aleutian Lommlnee members. enroute to Juneau. While in the A speclal meeting to discuss the|south, Mr. Messerschmidt has spent matter will be called if necessary,|a major portion of his time visiting Miss Todd stated this morning. with his sister in Oakland, to Governor—3 Planes Return to Sitka Today Three high-powered Navy bomb-| ers, off the airplane carrier Lang- ley, now at Sitka, arrived in Ju- neau this forenoon at 11:15 o'clock for” a brief stay, while Admiral Pygesst 3 King paid official respects %o Gov. John W. Troy. Accompanying Admiral King, who' is in charge of the squadron, on the was Flag Lieutenant S. B. Dunlap. Hitting fog and driving rain “in the Navy planes left Sitka at 9:10 a. m. today for Juneau. The trip from Seattle to Sitka was made Thursday, leaving at 8:30 a. m. and arriving in Sitka that after-| noon. 1 Senate Chambers | WASHINGTON, July 16. — The Nation's great, led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, paid their last respects to Senator Joseph T. Robinson. At the stroke of 12 o'clock noon today, a throng of frock-coated dignitaries marched into the Senate Chambers for the state funeral ser- vice. The Rev. Zebarney Phillips, Sen- ate Chaplin, read the impressive Episcopal service. Mrs. Robinson wept during the service. The President sat with hands clasped in his lap and eyes down- cast. Forty-five Senators and 23 Rep- resentatives, will' accompany the body, on a speclal train, to Little Rock, Arkansas, where-another ser- vice will be held on Sunday, prior, to interment, e CHICAGO IS SET FOR TRIP SOUTH AFTER STAY HERE Many Events Planned To- night Before Departure— Leaves to Repair Screw After enjoying Juneau for two days, the U.8.8. Chicago, carrying .|to the South several noted visitors, will embark through the Inland route Saturday morning, 3 The visit cut short by a day from the original schedule by a slightly- damaged screw of the vessel, suf- fered when a log clogged into it, the heavy criuser will sail directly to the Bremerton Navy yards. It is scheduled to arrive at the yards on July 20. Today the ship's officials took an THREE MILLION RESERVISTS ARE ORDERED READY *Crisis Has—Exploded North China” Says Offic- ial Japanese Statement DEFENSE OF PIEPING, TIENTSIN STARTED Two Jap Soldiers Killed in Chinese Clash Adds to War-like Tension BULLETIN — TOKYO, July 16.—The Japanese War Office is mobilizing for war on a na- tional scale and also announces that thé main forces of the Chinese Army are reported ad- vancing toward the defense of both’ Pieping and Tientsin, JAPAN PREPARES TOKYO, July 16. National troops will be dispatched to North China from the Japanese mainland because of the serious situation there, the War Office announces. The statement did not specify the number of soldiers to be dis- patched. Orders -have been sent out to Japanese residents and Consular officials at various China points to evacuate at once. Reports said the crisis has spread to South China. Three million Japanese Army and Navy Reservists have been ordered to hold themselves ready for a call to the colors. “The crisis has exploded in North Ching,” . Gen. ' Inouye, said in: his proclamation ordering reservists “to be ready for duty at the front.” CONCENTRATING AT FENGTAF PEIPING, July 16.—Foreign mili- tary attaches heard today that Japan is concentrating a force of more than 6,000 at Mengtai, whick they believe will be used in an attempt to occupy Peiping within the next two days. Japan is now believed to have a full division, with war strength at 16,000 men, in North China. Chinese Intelligence Bureau ‘re- ports that it is indicated Peiping is being cut off from reinforce- ments by a semi-circular line for Japanese troop movements sweep- ing south of the city. Citizens are fleeing through the only safe lane said to be open. Prepare Peiping Attack Japanese soldiers have stripped the area on the north edge of this walled city of brush and trees in an effort to prevent hiding of Chinese defense soldiers. A full equipped Japanese division, to war strength, is reported in the Peiping and Tientsin areas. The death of two Japanese soldiers in a new clash with Chi- nese troops raised the total of recent Japanese casualties in the inspection tour through the Alaska Juneau mine, starting at 7:30 a. m. Those making the inspection were Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig, Gov. Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri, James Taussig, Jr., Capt. H. Kent Hewitt, Capt. Herbert B. Riebe and Lieutenant Frederic 8. Withington. Salmon Fishing The Admiral’'s party was sched- uled to go salmon fishing this af- ternoon. Yesterday afternoon . many Ju- neauites availed themselces of the opportunities of inspecting Uncle Sam’s heavy cruiser, which is the second to visit here this week.. This afternoon others were given the chance of going aboard from 1 un- til 4 o'clock. Band Concert The Navy 17-piece band played from noon until 1 p. m. This after- noon from 4 to 5 o'clock, the band is scheduled to play over Station KINY. The band is under the di- rection of Ernest Joseph Ippolito, who for 18! years has been in the Navy. Prior to his term in the Navy he played a trombone in the band at the Grand Opera House in New York. He has been Band- master of the Chicago band for two years. He is the son of a famous baritone players in the New York! Symphony. Over the radio today Bandmaster Ippolito selected mostly! fox trots, but included his own com- ;’pmillon dedicated to the heavy cruisers. The band will also play tonight at the Elks Hall at a dance in honor of the ship’s officers. The dance will start at 10 o'clock, North China conflict to 20 dead and 60 wounded. ASKS U. 8. INTERVENTION WASHINGTON, July 16—Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese Ambassador, said he has discussed with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, China's plea that the United States and nine other treaty signatories “take ac- tion” in the present crisis in China. - e Cruiser Louisville, Halibuter Alten in Collision, Ketchikan KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 16.— The Seattle halibut schooner Al- ten, outbound to the fishing banks, collided at noon today with the heavy cruiser Louisville in Tongass Narrows, fronting the city. It is believed the ten men aboard the Alten were all taken aboard a cruis- er launch, The Louisville’s crew put a line around the sinking Alten, but in transferring it to the cutter Cyane, the line was lost and the boat sank in shallow water. The cruiser barely had headway preparing to anchor, but the Alten was going full speed. Apparently a confusion of signals preceded the collision.