The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 17, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL L, N.O 7538. jUNEAU ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS TROOPS MOVE: WAR DECLARATIONLOOMS CITY AGREES T0 AID IN BUILDING SWIMMING POOL Council Vo—te_s-to Provide Plans and Help in Other Ways Financially Possible Definite steps toward the acquir- ing of a swimming pool for Juneau were taken last night at the meet- ing of the City Council when that body, after hearing the case pre- sented by Dr. G. F. Freeburger and the Rev. O. L. Kendall of the Cham- ber of Commerce, passed a resolu- tion endorsing the movement, agree- ing to do what it can financially toward its construction and to get architectural plans for such a pool. ‘While heartily endorsing the movement, Mayor Thomas Judson and the Councilmen pointed out that the city is in no financial condition to step out and build a swimming pool at this time and de- fray aM the costs. ~Also it was brought out that before such a plan on the part of the city was under- taken it would be necessary to get a mandate from the taxpayers. However, the Council placed its unanimous endorsement on the pro- ject and agreed to go to such ex- pense as necessary to assemble the plans. Later Harold Foss of the H. B. Foss Company offered to present the city with a set of plans without cost and will submit them at the next meeting of the Council August 6, unless a special session is called in the meantime. Mayor Judson indicated that it might be advis- able to call a special meeting to go over the proposal. Dr. Freeburger of the Chamber Committee stated that in the mean- time it was the plan of the com- mittee to have a general meeting with representatives of various or< ganizations in the city which have endorsed the plan in an effort to determine ways and means, and the Councilmen agreed to be in attend- ance as representatives of the city. General sentiment sounded at the meeting last night was favorable to a limited project, confined mainly to a swimming pool, rather than expanding at this time to a civic center. ming pool was first achieved fur- ther facilities might be obtained at a later date. In addition to Dr. Freeburger and the Rev. Mr. Kenddll of the Chamber committee, others speak-| ing for the movement were Miss Caroline Todd of the Business and Professional Women's Club and Mrs. Mildred Hermann, well known Juneau club woman. PAY RESPECTS Commander John Trebes, cap- tain of the United States Coast Guard cutter Haida, and his staff paid an official visit to Governor John W. Troy this morning shortly before noon. BREEZIN' THRU HEADS FOR OTHER ALASKAN POINTS Charles Murray, screen comed- ian, who visited in the Capital City while a member of the Breezin’ Thru yacht party, left for other Alaskan ports this morning shortly after 8 o'clock. The Breezin® Thru, which had been anchored in Gastineau Chan- nel since Wednesday, trailed the cruiser Chicago south in the chan- nel. Murray, here with his wife and their hosts, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Montgomery of Beverly Hills, has been undergoing treatment for an injured foot in Juneau. The party expected to visit Sitka and way points before returning to the States. ——— UL —_— r STOCK QUOTATIONS | +NEW YORK, July 17. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at today’s short session is 12, American Can 102%, American Light and Power 9%, Anaconda 55%, Bethlehem Steel 93%, Calumet 14%, Commonwelth and Southern 2%, General Motors 52%, International Harvester - 113%, Kennecott 59%, New York Central 39%, Southern Pacific 457%, United States Steel 116%, Cities + Service 3, Pound $4.97%, Republic Steel 40%, Pure Oil 21%, Holly Sugar no sale, U. S. Treasury bonds 2%s 986, Atchison General 4s 111%. It was held that if a swim-| Ketchikan Negress Is On World Tour Trying To Find Suitable Mate |lived in Detroit and Chicago before NEW YORK, July 17. — Geor- geanna Lee, plump Ketchikan, Al- askan negro restaurant and beauty parlor operator, who set out on a world tour to cure her inferiority complex and also to get a tall, thin husband, has come back with neither purpose accomplished. She said she had a pleasant time however, ' trying, although it has cost her so far $5,000. She said she | still has her business in Ketchi-| kan and looks ahead to opening claims she owns, hoping to find gold. | Georgeanna is 37. She formerly going north five years ago. “I'd like a man about 42, and tall. He should have at least half as much experience as I have. I don’t want a real dumb man, and some money, not much,” she said. She is a graduate of Wilberforce College in Ohio. She said she had advertised for a husband but no| successful results. One preacher, 55, in another land, and 21 an- swered the “Ad.” After a brief stay here she is re- suming her tour io Russia and Aus- tralia. GLOBE TROTTING 'REPORTER BACK AFTER 11 YEARS Bob Davis,_@(—)rld Corres-! pondent for New York Sun, Visits in Juneau | The man who has traveled more | than 700,000 miles in his job as world correspondent for the New ' York Sun returned to Juneau today' for the second time in eleven! years. He is Bob Davis, columnist, who' ;i.s making the Circle Tour with his wife. He is a passenger aboard the Baranof. Mr. Davis visited the office of | The Daily Alaska Empire and Gov. John W. Troy. He is collecting| material for “forty human interest, stories and doesn’'t want anything about cold and ice” - A truly unique personality, Mr, Davis has never seen a football| game, a polo match, a horse race! or a baseball game—yet he has not | missed a world’s heavyweight box- ing match since the Corbett-Fitz- simmons match in Carson City on March 17, 1897. Two weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Davis left New York City for the West Coast. They will travel aboard the Baranof to Seward, then will head into the Interior and board a return vessel at Skag- way. On the other trip to Alaska Mr. Davis took a round-trip to Skag- way. Mr. Davis' assignment from Wil- liam T. Dewart, publisher of The Sun, is as follows: “My only in- structions are that you see every- thing and write about 1t in your vein. To you, in future, the whole | COAST GUARD, NAVY, CIVILIAN TEAMS TO SHOOT Match Set for 10 o'Clock Tomorrow Morning at Mendehall Range A rifle shoot with a team from the Coast Guard cutter Haida, a team or teams from the three Navy destroyers arriving today and a civ- ilian team from Juneau, was being arranged today for tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock at the Mendenhall Rifle Range. it was announced by Tex Leonard, Range Officer. The Haida has its team ready and this afternoon was contacting the destroyers by radio to determine how many riflemen the Navy would provide. The local shooters will be made up from the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club. Transportation will be provided and the party will leave from the Federal building at 9 a. m. 2 A practice shoot was held at the range yesterday between a local team and a rifleman from the U. S. 8. Chicago. JUNEAU SCOUTS TO JAMBOREE RETURNING Juneau’s representatives at the Boy Scout Jamboree, recently held in Washington, D. C., are returning to their home town aboard the Al- aska. The local Scouts who have been having the time of their young AFL AND G10 NEAR STREET CLASH, FRISCO President ombor Council Wishes Green, Lewis in *“Sahara Deesrt” SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 17. \—This city narrowly escaped the, (first open street clash between the JAFL and CIO as President John| Shelly, of the Central Labor Council publicly wished that both William | Green and John L. Lewis were in the “Sahara Desert.” 3 DESTROYERS " ARE DUE HERE LATE THIS P.M. |Navy Craft —Ex_pecled to Re- main Here Until Tuesday | | — X 'F | Three destroyers, U.S.S. Dallas, |U.S.S. Long, and the U.S.S. Was- imuth are due to arrive in Juneau late this afternoon or early this |evening. The destroyers, which will remain in port until Tuesday, are coming from the South via Alaska ports. In command of the U.S.S. Dallas is Capt. H. E. Kays, Commander De-~ stroyer Squadron Fourteen: in command of the U.S.S. Long is Lieutenant Commander J. G. Jones, and in charge of the U.S.S. Was- muth is Lieutenant Commander B. |C. Harper. Dimensions The destroyers are all capable of making 35 knots an hour. All are 314 in length, 30 feet beam and 9% feet draft. The Dallas (199) was completed April 30, 1920 at the yards of the Newport News Ship Building Com- pany. She has four 5-inch guns, one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve 21-inch triple torpedo tubes. The Long (209) was completed October 20, 1920 at the William Cramp and Sons’ yards in Phila- delphia. She has eight 4-inch guns, one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun, also twelve 21-inch triple torpedo tubes. The Wasmuth (338) was com- pleted December 16, 1921, at the Shelly's comment followed a/Mare Island Navy yard. She has |stormy council argument over send-'eight four-inch guns, one 3-inch ing a protest to the police against anti-aircraft gun and twelve 21- the alleged convoying of men|inch triple torpedo tubes. The Was- through the picket lines of the Tea 'muth has been in Gastineaw Chan- Garden Products Company. AFL nel »efore. members were hauled ifi a screened | | truck past.the hundred. @10 pickets ycsterdny‘ FINAL RITES FOR ROBINSON HELD SUNDAY LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July| 17.—Military, State Police, County, and city authorities have arranged | for the final homecoming Sunday! morning of United States Senator | Joseph T. Robinson, who died sud-| |denly in Washington, D. C. ‘The body will be taken *to the Robsinson home where it will re-; main until 11 o'clock in the fore- Inoon and then be carried to the! Capitol Building where it will lie] in state, until the last services prior, to interment. NAZIS WARNED, SEEK OUT FOES FRANKFORT - AM-MAIN, Ger- imany July 17.—The threat of “state enemy” hangs over all who fail to report any notice of the slightest possible trend toward ‘“subversive or disruptive spirit” in Nazi Ger- many, Joseph Spengler of Frank- furt warned at a meeting here. Admitting that it would take years, if not decades, to cement pure Nazi thinking and philosophy in the minds of every German, he said that .negligence of the “watch work” was comparable with fail- ure to do one's duty at one’s job. SWEDEN IS NOW ON AIR STOCKHOLM, July 17.—A wire- less transmitting station intended for telephone communication with ships on the Baltic sea is being erected at Stavnas, in the Stock- “|hold archipelago. When completed it will permit telephone subscrib- ers in any part of Sweden to call persons on ships in the Baltic. Rikisha On Way Out TOKYO—The rikisha, long re- FOR-TAMMANY - FIGHT BLAZES NEW YORK, July 17—The sev- |en-year-old fight between President Roosevelt and the Tammany Tiger today cast a shadow across this city’s political puzzle. A wide open split between the city’s Democratic party came about with entrance of U. S. Senator Copeland and Former Police Com- missioner Grover Whalen in the September mayorality primaries. The prospect is that the primaries will provide one year's major tests to the New Deal. Senator Copeland, a leading op- ponent of the Roosevelt New Deal, probably will have Al Smith’s sup- port, while the New Dealers will be pushing Whalen. LaGuardia and Copeland both may run under both the Republican and Democratic banners. Ben Eielson’s Cousin And Friend Making Alaska Visit To visit Alaska, the magic land made particularly so by the aerial exploits of that famed Alaskan flier, the late Col. Ben Eielson, Miss Eve- lyn Larson of La Crosse, Wis,, was a brief visitor in Juneau while the Baranof was in port today. She was accompanied by Miss Esther Kern, also of La Crosse. Alaska is especially magnetic for 'Miss Larson because she is a cousin of Col. Eielson, and often she has “|neard him tell of the great north- land while in the States, but this has been her first opportunity to actually come north. “Miss Kern and I just got to talk- ing about it and decided on the spur of the moment to come,” said Miss Larson, “and what a trip it is. I didn’t know until we got up here that the memorial building to Ben was in Fairbanks. I thought it was in Juneau, but maybe we can fly up to see it and still catch our boat. ‘We had planned only to go as far as Anchorage and Matanuska and come right back on the Baranof.” ————————— SURPRISE TREAT FOR MARTHA SOCIETY GIVEN Mrs. Ray Peterman, assisted by Mrs. A. J. Ficken, are inviting the Martha Society members for a sur- INMAYOR RACE garded as the symbol of the Orient,|prise treat at the home of Mrs. is fast disappearing in Japan. Mot- |Peterman, on Friday, July 24 at orbuses, taxis and tramcars have|1:15 o'clock. All cars available are HAIDA ASSUMES JUNEAU STATION AFTER ARRIVAL Captain Ricketts to Replace Present Commander After Tallapoosa Arrives Here i | | The United States Coast Guard cutter Haida is now in Juneau to assume its permanent station here for the coming year. Under the temporary command of Commander John Trebes the ves- sel anchored in Gastineau Channel Priday afternon after a voyage from the States. Commander Trebes will be replaced by Lieut. Comdr. Noble G. Ricketts when the Talla- poosa, which was stationed in Ju- neau last year, arrives from the| Westward. Commander Trebes will| take command of the Shoshone at Oakland, Cal, as son as he is re- placed. Other Officers Other officers are: Lieut. Comdr. 8. P. Mehlman, Executive officer; Lieut. N. S. Fulford, Enginering Officer; Lieut, (jg) C. O. Ashley, Navigation Officer; Ensigns F. V. Helmes, J. P. Stowe III, George R. Reynolds and Frank M. McCabe; Dr. Jonathan Zoole, assistant sur- geon of the U. S. Publis Health Ser- vice; Chief Machinist Torleif Han- son, Commission Warrant Officer; and Pay Clerk James Morrison. Commander Trebes, who has a score of years in the Coast Guard system behind him, for the past two years has been stationed off the East Coast at Cape May, N. J,, in com-| mand of the Mohawk, which was, used extensively in cutting ice floes. | He has been in Alaska prior to| this present command, first as cap- tain of the Haida in 1921 and again on the Unalga for several months in' from May 15 to June 15 on a court cruise attending to judicial and le- gal matters for U. S. District Judge' Simon Hellenthal, on which mar- riages, divorces, adoptions, legal cer- tificates and other matters were at- tended to. On this trip some 30 villages were visited. Six insane per- sons were committed from the Bris- tol Bay area. The Haida came to Juneau from Sitwa where, after a search for| George Arola, salmon fisherman, had been requested by Deputy U. S.| Marshal Ben Fickeh, the Coast Guard located the missing man. He,; had been salmon trolling for two! weeks in Shelikof Bay, 10 miles off | Cape Edgecomb, and had not been| heard from. In the previous three months the; Coast Guard cutter had picked up three Navy seaplanes that had been | floundering in difficulties. The Haida is 240 feet in length, and is manned by 90 enlisted men and the officers. She began her official dyties in this port just a few minutes after anchoring in Gastineau Channel Friday afternon by dragging a dan- gerous log, that might have been harmful if struck by a ship, to the « Value of Alaska Fishing ; To Fishermen, Also Those Canning in’36, Set Forth WASHINGTON, July 17. — The United States Fisheries Bureau re-| ports that Alaska fishermen re- ceived $12,891412 for their catches last year which ultimately had a wholesale of processed value of $50,-| 455,272, | Salmon, the bulk of the catch, was | valued to the fishermen in the sum of $11,856,541 and this catch grossed the canneries and ‘other processors; a total of $46,481,222. Engaged in the fisheries were 11,- 922 fishermen, 16,597 wholesaler and manufacturer employees, and 2,064 transportation workers. Alaska whale products totalled 8,- 813,000 pounds, finished products. grossing $334,461. one hundred and thi ROOSEVELT IS | NEUTRAL OVER SENATE LEADER Race Now S;ns to Be Be- tween Harrison, Barkley —Byrnes Is Out WASHINGTON, July 17.—Presi-' dent Roosevelt has indicated neu- y-one es- |trality as to a successor to Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Administration leader in the Senate. The President conferred with Senator Pat Harrison and had pre- viously talked with Senator Bark- ley and Byrnes. The latter has withdrawn from the race, it is re- ,ported and is backing Harrison, who agreed with Barkley to a cau- The Russians made the trip to Cn.l- "U-nm “the"ifornia in 62 hours: ssue Both candidates for Robinson’s post are on the funeral train en- route to lee Rock. 16 PASSENGERS ABOARD ALASKA 'FOR THIS PORT SEATTLE, July 17. — Steamer Alaska sailed for Southeast and Southwest Alaska ports at noon to- day with 144 first class and 19 steer- age passengers, Passengers for Juneau aboard the |Alaska include Irvin Campbeli, A, J. Harris, Riley Courtney, Mrs. Keating, C. B. Clark, E. A. Reed, Mrs. G. Wilkins, Mrs. D. B. Fem- mer, Margaret Femmer, Mrs. Mary Kimberling, Judge D. F. Lavin, the Rev. David Waggoner, Mrs. Pearl Coy, Hallle Rice, Bobby Scott, and Lee Lucas. Douglas shore and tying it there, Gov. Stark Takes Fish and Money In “Visitors” Derby Gov. Lloyd C. Stark of Missouri, Admiral Joseph K. Taussig and Gov. John W. Troy were guests of Federal Judge George F. Alex- ander for a trip out the Glacier Highway yesterday afternoon and en route the visitors were taken aboard the Nora by Simpson Mac- Kinnon, Aide to Gov. Troy, and Minard Mill for a try at salmen fishing at Lena Point. Success crowned their efforts, but Gov. Stark carried home the bacon and money with a catch of three fine ones. The pool was for the biggest catch and the Governor of men were rewarded with at least one fish. FORMER WELTER WINS HIS MATC PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, July 17. Tommy Freeman, 162 pounder of Hot Springs, Arkansas, former wel- ter titleholder, last night outpoint- ed Al McCoy, 160 pounder of Nash- ville, Tennessee. ——-e — NEARLY 300 ARE KILLED TRAIN WREC y O Fifty Pas- sengers Reported In- jured—Debris Afire PATTNA, India, hundred and eighty were reported killed and 250 injured when the Cal- cutta Express was derailed 15 miles from here early today. All European passengers are re- ported safe. The authorities suspect sabotage. Late this afternoon the death toll the “Show Me” State showed them|began to mount as scores of bodies how it was done. All the fisher-|were pulled from the tangled wreck- age. Natives were packed in the first seven coaches, 100 to each coach, for' the night's journey. Fire broke out and burned some| H of the wrecgage, including the bodies of the victims. KILLED, STORMS TOKYO, July 17. — Forty-five have been killed und many injured| tablishments engaged in canning fish during the season last year and 120 others cured fish. Eighteen manufactured by-products and 58 handled fresh or frozen fish pro- ducts. The Bureau of Fisheries, in the report, says: “In considering the wholesale and manufacturing in- dustries separately, the canning in- dustry is rated foremost, producing 405,738,000 pounds of fishery pro- ducts valued at $45,728,945. “The by-products industry was second with a total output of 67, 115,000 pounds, valued at $1841,- 000. “Cured fish was third, the pro- ducts amounting in value to $19,- 529,000." JIMMY MATTERN NEARLY READY FOR POLAR HOP American Birdman Hopes to Better Soviet Rec- ord by 20 Hours LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 17.— Jimmy Mattern is completing final work on his plane, “The Texan,” in, preparation for fuel tests which he will make between consumption | JAPAN, CHINA SEND FORCES T0 PEIPING Huge Concentrallon Devel- opes on Both Sides, Trouble Center CRACK DIVISIONS ARE TAKING FIELD Nationals of Nippon King- dom Crowding Trains Toward Tientsin PEIPING, China, July 17. — A huge troop concentration is re- ported moving toward North China from both sides, Japanese and Chinese forces. The crisis is drawing toward a climax which may determine whether war is formally declared. ‘Troops of China's National Gov- ernment and the Nanking Crack Divisions of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek are reported to have reached Hopeih Province. Japanese forces from Manchuo-~ kuo and those regularly garrissons ed in North China, are already in the field and others are on the way from the mainland of Japan. JAPANESE EVACUATING 3 | TIENTSIN, July 17.—The Jap- ianese Military Command has taken |over the last of three railway sta- tion and staked out two airports and began installation of army communications systems. Barbed wire barricades have been erected around the Japanese mills here and Kansas City before taking off on his non-stop California-Rus- sian flight. He states that he hopes to hetter. July 17—Two the record made by the second trio of Soviet fliers, by at least 20 hours. | The Lockiwéa monopiane, which Mattern is to fly, has two 450 horse power motors, and has a cruising speed of 200 miles per hour. Through | cooperation of the Signal Corps,! Mattern is making radio tests in his | hop from San Diego with 1130 gal-! lons of gasoline, the tanks being| but partially filled. ‘ Mattern will refuel in the air uvcr Fairbanks. —— - | WASHINGTON, July 17. — The Navy Department announced today that unless there are new develop- ments today in the search for the missing fliers, Amelia Earhart and her Co-pilot, Noonan, down in the' South Pacific two weeks ago.today, the hunt will end tomorrow. Squadrons of planes from the Lexington and three planes from the battleship Colorado have been' 'on mass flights covering thousands “ur square miles with no trace yet ‘ol the missing mers POWELL ILL { HOLLYWOOD, Cll., July 17— William Powell, stage and screen actor, suffering from an illness | following the shock of the death of Jean Harlow, is today under a physician’s care and ordered to }tnke a complete rest for several days. SLAPPED, SHE'S GIVEN DIVORGE CHICAGO, Ill, July 17.—Testify-| ing that her husband slapped her four times, Mrs. Maxine Hodges | Rickard Gill, widow of Tex Rickard, | was today granted a divorce rrom Thomas Gill, stock broker. They [were married July 1, 1936. PATTED ON BAGK' CASTEL GANDOLFO Italy, July 16—The Pope has warmly com- mended George, Cardinal Munde- lin, of Chicago, whom the Germans reprimanded for a speech criticiz- |ing the Nazis. ——a—a——— ‘and warehouses and crowded trains |from Peiping are bringing evacuat- lng Japanese. § herone WA T R T e 4o DOCTOR SHOT, DIES WITHOUT GIVING CLUES Myslenous Tragedy Takes Place in Fashionable Physician's Home PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 17 ~—Dr. George Webster, 39, fash- ionable homeopathic obstetrician, died on the operating table im & hospital, his lips sealed on mysters jous circumstances surrounding his shooting in his home a short time before. Mortally wounded from pistol bullets in his stomach and shoulder, the had dragged himself through two rooms to a telephone to sum- mon_aid. Policeman Charles McNamara quoted the doctor as saying: “Don’t look for clues now but get me to a hospital. I will tell you about the shooting later.” Dr. Webster died without telling, (CHICAGO LEAVES FOR BREMERTON The U.S.8. Chicago, Uncle Sam's 10,000-ton cruiser, headed for the South this morning at 8 o'clock after a two-day stay here. Two dances, one at the Elks Hall for officers and one in Douglas for Ithe enlisted men, climaxed the stay 'of the cruiser. The largest war ves- sel ever to come the inland route, the Chicago was to return by the |same route. She will go to Bremer- |ton for minor repairs. MRS. EDWARD HERRON, 'BABY DAUGHTER ARE [ABOARD NORTH SEA rs. Edward Herron and baby daughter are northbound passeng- ers aboard the North Sea for Ju- neau returning here after a trip |of several weeks which took them to Mrs. Herron’s former home in Philadelphia. Enroute East, Mrs. Herron visit- ed with many friends in the south, and stopped for a short time in Spokane wheer she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Sharpe. forced the quaint man-drawn, two- lives are Hallie Rice, Bobby Scott, and Lee Lucas. wheeled vehicle off the busy streets of most of the larger cities. to leave the Northern Light Pres- byterian church at 1 o'clock in the ‘afczrnoon. Pighting of forest fires by air-(hy heavy rains and windstorms in planes carrying water or chemicals|Kanawaga and Gumme Prefectures. has been tested by the U. S. Forest| Thousands of homes have been Service. washed out or flooded. A species of African bird spends Mrs. Sharpe, daughter of Mr. and much of its life perched on the Mrs. H. L. McDonald of Juneau, neck of the giraffe, |visited here last fall.