The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 26, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L, NO. 7545. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ( TAMMANY HEAD DIES OF STROKE AFTER ILLNESS J. J. Dooling, 44, Passes from Picture as Tiger Fights Bitter Struggle NEW YORK, July 26. — James J. Dooling, 44, Tammany Hall chief- tain, died today of a heart stroke at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens, after an illness of months. He was one of the youngest men ever to act as leader of the Tam- many Tiger. Death came in the midst of the bitterest strugggle in the history of Tammany. An anti-New Dealer, Dooling, backing Senator Copeland for May- or despite the opposition of four other county Democratic organiza- tions, put Copeland over as the Tammany candidate in the mayor- alty primaries. The other organi- zations had backed the New Dealer, Grover Whalen. RUSS HEADS TO FAIRBANKS FOR POLE HOP BASE: Soviet E;;;eer Aboard! Yukon to Fly North from Here to Set Up Station KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 26. Actress Sued ‘Terry Walker Pretty Terry Walker, film actress shown as she appeared in her most recent picture, is busy pre- | paring to answer charges brought | in a $50,000 damage suit filed by the wife of Jan Rubini, concert | | affections., Terry Walker's real name is Alice Dahl, formerly of Peters- burg, Alaska. M. V. Beliakov, civil engineer of the Soviet Russian Government, is on board the Yukon enroute to Ju- neau, from which paint he.will fly to Fairbanks to aid in the estab- lishment of a refueling base for a projected Soviet passenger-carrying| plane hop across the North Pole. The number of passengers and) the date of the flight are still un- determined, Beliakov said. He will remain in Fairbanks for two weeks. Beliakov does not speak English, but A. A. Sternoff of Seattle acted as interpreter. Sternoff said he is enroute toj Bristol Bay to “investigate” for var- ious salmon canning firms. AskedK if he is investigating the Japanese, he said “That’s my business.” 20 HURT WHEN STEEL STRIKE FLARES ANEW Rioting at Republic Plant Breaks Out as Police Dis- perse’ Sympathizers CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 26. — Steel strike violence broke out anew here today as at least 20 persons were injured in rioting at the Re- public Steel’s Corrigan-McKinney plant. Eleven persons were arrested in clashes when police broke through the CIO picket lines. Tom Glowacke, 51-year-old pick- eteer, was critically hurt when he was run down by a car containing four men trying to enter the plant. A thousand strikers and sympathi- zers had massed around one of the approaches. A hundred officers on many horses and motorcycles at- tempted to clear the paths. LET CONTRACT FOR BOMBERS ‘WASHINGTON, July 26. — The War Department announced award- ing of a contract to the Boeing Air- plane Company at Seattle for ten more bombers, or “flying fortresses"” with an option for three more. The total contract is $3,780,000. Child Is Burned To Death in Cabin CORDOVA, Alaska, July 26.—Su- sie Praser, aged 3% years, daugh- POLARIS-TAKU ' MINE TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER Geologist Sharpstone, Up from Vancouver, States Mill Be Completed Then The Polaris-Taku mine, upon which approximately $1,000,000 has {been spent in the past three years in preparation for production, will open operations late in September, |David C. Sharpstone, consulting geologist, announced following his arrival from Vancouver on the Prin- jcess Louise. Sharpstone, after spending Satur- day night in Juneau, left by plane |for the mine Sunday. He said he | pending on how things are coming along.” The mill, which wm handle a| minimum of 150 tons of ore daily| —and possibly may handle 250 tons| per day—is rapidly being comp)et-’ ed. Approximately 150 men are| working on the construction. The| mine will employ in the neighbor- hood of 100 miners when operations start, Sharpstone said. The amount of ore tonnage to be handled at the mill depends, Mr. Sharpstone pointed out, upon the amount of water power which can be utilized from a stream that runs across the mining property. Approximately 1,000 tons of equip- ment have gone into the construc- tion work to date, the geologist stat- ed. Secret Marriage Confirmed Now SCARSVILLE, N. Y., July 26. — David Hopkins, 22, son of the WPA Administrator, plané an early re- union with his secret bride, Cherry Preisser, 19, stage dancer. Young Hopkins confirmed reports that the marriage took place in Gretna, Lou- isiana, on June 22, NEW MENINGITIS CASE REPORTED AT HOOPER BAY One new case of spinal meningitis was reported in the Hoeper Bay region near the mouth of the Kus- kokwim river, according to word to | | ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fraser, was burned to death in the family cabin near here last Priday night. The cabin caught fire while the Dr. J. F. Van Ackeren, Medical Di- rector of the Bureau of Indian Af- lrah-s. ‘Three cases were reported ‘there last week. It is in the same i a total of $14,775,000, the report BANK DEPOSITS SHOW INCREASE IN TERRITORY Figures at End of June| Show Increase Over Same | Period Last Two Years Deposits in Alaska banks, both Territorial and National, were vir- tually a million dollars more at the end of June than a year ago, according to the report of Terri- torial Treasurer Oscar Olson to Gov. John W. Troy. On June 30 there was on deposit in Territorial and National banks shows. At the same time last year the deposits stood at $13,787,000 !while on June 30, 1935, deposits yiolinist, .charging alienation of would stay “a week or longer, de-' showed $11,633,000. | The Territory’s deposits in banks at the end of June was $1,170,969. Recovery Holds After Slight | Sumnle_r Letdown Industrial, Business, Agri- cultural Conditions Indi- cate Prosperity Strong NEW YORK, July 26.—A survey ‘of industrial, business and agricul- tural conditions, results of which are announced today, show that forces of recovery are still holding jup strong after making less of a summer letdown than usual. Approximately - $9,000,000,000 farm income, the largest since 1929, is in prospect. This will give an even |greater purchasing power than the 1$10,400,000,000 income of 1929. | Other “prosperity items” are prof- its of the first 50 companies report- |ing on their second quarter earn- !ings of more than 21 per cent over the comparable period and the year’s 1production of electricity which in- |dicates the highest point on record. |A week ago steel production was {well ahead of last year. Miss Eccles to Wed Eleanore Eccles An engagement of note in Wash- ington circles is that of Eleanore May Eccles, daughter of the gov- #rnor of the federal reserve board, w~ho will wed Harold J. Steele of #ouston, Tex., in September. They yill be married in Ogden, Utah, home of the Eccles, DEATH POTION INVENTED BY IOWA STUDENT Human ew Formula Beings AMES, Ia., July 26.—Leon Prenn, and Second Lieutenant of the Ord- | nance Reserve, announced today he destroy gas masks as efficiently as | it kills human beings. | The gas is a combination of| mustard gas, phosgene and an un- named ingredient which removes e TWO MEN DROP 'FROM SKIES, SAYS RANCHER Mysterious Landing Report- ed in British Colum- bia Lake ASHCROFT, B. O, July 26.—A rancher reported late last Satur- day that he saw two men dropping out of the skies in parachutes “some distance away” from Williams Lake. The Provincial Police immediate- ly left to investigate. ‘The rancher, farming in the Dog Creek area, which is about 200 miles north of Vancouver, on the Canad- ian National Rallroad, gave no fur- ther details. FATHER S JAILED FOR TOT'S DEATH SOUTH GATE, Cal, July 26.—A California county forestry worker, Leonard Jeffcoat, 33, was jailed today under suspicion of being the slayer of his four-year-old daughter through negligence. The tot was burned in a house destroyed by flames which were started by a cigarette while Jeff- coat slept. He said he thought the girl had run outside. 5,000 Musicians Tllrea_lan Strike HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 26— Jack B. Tenny, Vice-President of the Musicians' Mutual Protective Association, said today that 5,000 Hollywood musicians are ready to open strike if neecssary “to curtail parents of the child were absent,|district where several casés of the|commercial use of transcriptions’ The girl was sleeping at the time, |disease was reported last spring. |and records.” ’ in| the soda lime element used present masks. Profg Snatched, Ao Unurt SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July | 26.—Two University of Utah pro-, fessors, Dr. William H. Leary, Dean of the law school, and Dr. Mildred | Nelson, medical examiner, told po-| lice today they were kidnapped. | Dr. Leary was robbed of $12. Dr. Nelson’s medical case and $1.25 were taken from her. Otherwise they were unharmed. — BRITISH DEBT SETTLEMENT T0 BE CONSIDERED Laborite Leader Asks Ex- chequer to Reconsider Li- quidation of War Load LONDON, July 26.—Renewed dis- cussion of the war debt was aroused today with the notice from Laborite Willlam Leach that he/| would ask Sir John Simon in the| House of Commons Tuesday if the | Chancellor of the Exchequer would consider a mew ut!:lement plan. Alaska Platinum Production May Upset World Mart ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 26.—| E. R. Rasmusson, President of the Banks of Alaska, predicted that the! Alaska platinum production may | “upsef the world market” by 1938. “The_production this year will be much larger than last,” said Bank- er Rasmusson. “Late this fall the Goodnews Bay Mining Company | will have half a million dollar| dredge in operation and next year| will see a great increase in mining| in that district.” | i Will Eat Gas Masks Away| LOYAL FORCES RETREAT ON 2 FRONTS, REPORT Fighting Takes Place in Vi-! cinity of Villaneva— Lots of Gun Powder LONDON, July 26.—The Govern- ment Spanish armies are reported as having retreated on two fronts' today In the face of powerful In-| surgent attacks from west of Ma-' drid and the battling has shifted to Villaneva, after Gen. Jose Miaja’s nete. massed more gunpowder there than began their attack on the Spanish government, The Government forces, if de feated at Villaneva, might lay Ma- !drid open to frontal attacks, as it is the key to the communication lines within the wedge that the Government forces have driven into the Insurgent lines. Gen. Francisco Franco, according to a radio report, claims to have taken more than 40 miles in the Al- barracin sector on the Turuel front, east of Madrid. { ‘B, C.-Yuken Union Far fm_m Settled About Prospects VICTORIA, B. C, July 26. British Colubbia is not likely to take over Yukon Territory on the terms Government. Behind the official |announcement that the whole mat- hi has perfected a gas which will ter will be discussed in Ottawa in in Washington, the autumn, when members of the Provincial government go East again, is the realization here that the acquisition of the Yukon has not produced a very favorable pub- lic reaction. Yukon people fear union wtthv |this province and the public here, politicians believe, are alarmed at the possibility of large expense t.oi the provincial treasury if it has to administer this vast northern ter- ritory. For these reasons, it is like- ly that, before the deal is consum- mated if it goes ahead at all, it will have to be revised. | The suggested arrangement is that, the Dominion should give the pro- vince a subsidy of $125000 a year to help pay the cost of governing; the Yukon. It is believed here now that the Legislature will want to get more than this if it embarks upon any Yukon deal. — e+ — SEWARD HAS EARTH SHOCK SEWARD, Alaska, July 26— A minor earthquake was felt here last Saturday, but no damage has been reported. -, 8 HALIBUTERS SELL, SEATTLE SEATTLE, July 26. — Halibuters selling here today are as follows: From the western banks—Aleu- tian 39,000 pounds, 9% and 8 cents; Liahona 30,000 pounds, 9% and 8 cents; Resolute 35,000 pounds, 9% and 8% cents; Paragon 39,000 pounds, 9% and 8 cents. From the local banks—Northern 38,000, 9 and 8 cen La Paloma 23,000 pounds, 9% and 8 cents; Freya 18,000 pounds 9% and 8 cents; Arne 16,000 pounds, 9% znd 8 cents. i | Way to Live Long CHICKASHA, Okla—J. B. Kel- sey, Halingen, Tex., resident who will.be 100 years old next February 14, on a recent visit here attribut- ed his long life to the fact that “I've had clean habits and stayed out of airplanes.” Indian Office ' Official Coming . From Washington {Both Areas Are Very Chary Loyal forces were driven from Bru- i | . { Both sides are reported to have' for any fight since the invaders President Roosevelt, using a trowel that George Washington used to lay the cornerstone of the U. S. Capitol September 18, 1793, spreads a nickel's worth of mortar to lay Trade Commission building, apex of a $75,000,000 triangle of new government offices in Washington, D. C. President Spreads Mortar the cornerstone of the new Federal H. M. Critchfield to Visit Reorganization Act | ! H. M. Critchfield, who has 23, Towa State chemistry student at first proposed by the Federal charge of the credit department of | the Indian Reorganization Division f the Bureau of Indian Affairs is coming north, expecting to sail from Seattle on the steamer North Sea July 30. He will be met at Ketchikan by Charles W. Hawkesworth, Assist- ant Director of Education for the Indian office hére, and William Paul, the Indian reorganization work since the new act has been in effect. Before coming to Juneau it is expected that the official will visit various Indian communities in the Southeast in connection with their application for charter under the new law. SHORTS FOR MEN BAMNED ON ONE SHIP Wearing Apparel Only for “Softies” Says Cap- tain of Steamer o PROVINCETOWN, Mass., July 26. —=8horts are for “softies” and not for he-men, says 85-year-old Capt. A. L. Kent, who has spent most of his life at sea. He has issued an edict banning shorts for men aboard his excursion boat. Men wearing shorts can go aboard and visit but cannot travel on his craft. R e Superdreadnaugft Launched by Haly TRIESTE, Italy, July 26— Italy today launched the 35,000-ton Vit- torio, the first of the new super- dreadnaughts that Premier Benito Mussolini hopes will give the na- tion one of the world’s mightiest navies, — e — “Uncle Sherlock” WASHINGTON, -~ The Federal government runs the largest detec- tive business in the U. S. The roll of sleuths included 800 G-men, 271 secret service operators; 475 postal inspectors, 300 investigators for public works; 400 mveaugawrs' in the bureau of narcotics; 290 cus- toms agents; 275 income tax inves- tigators, and 102 pure food and drug sleuths, who has been In charge of| MATTERN IS DENIED RIGHT TO MAKE TRIP One Application Is Turned f md.fl_:m:n vadpnsMlaska in-Connection - .. Down==Must Give Furth-.}. : facute than at sny time since the er Purpose of Flight BULLETIN — Austin, Texas, July 26. — Lieut. Gov. Woodul has left by air for Washington as official representative of the State of Texas in an effort to obtain permission for the Mat- tern Flight. WASHINGTON, July 26. — De- partment of Commerce officials re- ported today that Jimmy Mattern's |application for permission to fly over the North Pole on a proposed |flight from San Diego to Moscow, has been tentatively denied. The officials however said Mat- tern will be petmitted to make a new application but has to prove | the flight will be of scientific value. JAPAN,CHINA BATTLING AT PIEPING GATE WAR NOW SEEN AS INEVITABLE, REPORTS STATE Nippon Column Is Mowed Down by Chinese Machine Guns While Entering City OFFICIAL SEE SMALL CHANCE, AVERT BREAK Tokyo Issues New Ultima~ tum Demanding Peiping = Forces Withdraw (By Associated Press) The Japanese Army Headquarters in Tientsin reported late this after- noon that a battle is raging at the gate of Peiping's outer wall after Chinese permitted half a column of Japanese soldiers to enter the gate and then fired on them. ‘The Japanese column, about 500 men, intended to enter the city through the southwest gate “to pro- tect Japanese citizens.” The Japanese Army Headquarters in Tientsin said the Chinese an- nounced they would permit entry and then, after half a column had moved through the gate, opened fire with machine guns and gren- ades. Heavy Japanese casualties are reported from both inside and out= side of the gate. Early this morning it was an« nounced that North China was tet~ tering in the brink of war. Japanese military planes blasted the barracks of the Thirty-Eighth Chinese Army Division and Gen. Katsuki, Commander of the Jap- anese’ forces in North China, issued a new ultimatum. The. Js. first flare-up on July 7. Commander Katsuki, in his ul- timatum, warned that the Japan- ese army has drawn up to all avails able strength for a ‘“drastic puni- tive” campaign if ‘“recalcitrant” Chinese troops are not removed from the supposed unarmed zone around Peiping by next Wednesday noon, MAJOR CONFLICT FEARED TOKYO, July 26.—The highest officials of the Japanese Govern- ment late today expressed fear that a major armed conflict in North China is now inevitable. Emperor Hirohito has called Pre- mier Konoye, Foreign Minister Hi- rota, Finance Minister Kaya and J. Monroe Johnson, Assistant Sec- retary of the Department of Com- merce, in charge of transport regu- lations, gave the ruling turning down the request in line with Sec- retary Roper's opposition to “stunt flying.” SOVIET FLIERS PROCLAIMED AS UNION'S HEROES First Airmen to MakeGreat Flight, Return to Moscow Today MOSCOW, July 26.~The three Soviet fliers who made the first flight from Moscow to the United | States, over the North Pole, land- ing at Vancouver, Wash., returned here today as heroes and acclaim- ed by the authorities as the kind of men “who destroy the enemies of the Soviet Union” The three fliers, Valeria Chak- alof, George Baiducov and Alex- \ander Beliakov, were taken in an auto through the streets and re- ceived at Kremlin by Stalin, Long Strike of Tacoma Clerks Is Looked For TACOMA, Wash., July 26.—Ap- | parently preparing for a long strike lof the clerks, which started last Friday, officials of the Peoples’ Store, one of several large depart- ymem stores closed by the strike, ymoved their merchandise from the windows Saturday night and pulled down the curtains. Field Marshal Prince Kanin, chief of the Army General Staff, to an emergency conference as this city took on & warlike atmosphere. —————— MOUNT PAVLOF 1S ERUPTING IN WEST ALASKA Thin Layer of Ashes Sprinkled Over Area for Distance of Fifty Miles KING COVE, Alaska, July 26.— Mount Pavlof, one of the most ac~ tive of Alaska volcanoes, Sunday showered the countryside with a thin layer of ash for a distance of 50 miles around. Residents of this section noticed several slight quakes recently but none accompaniedl Sunday’s dis- turbance. 3 NAZIS JAIL MINISTERS BERLIN, July 26.—The Rev. Wil- liam Nemoeller, brother of Martin Nemoeller, fiery leader of the Ger- man Protestant Confessional Church, was arrested last night after delivering three sermons dur- ing Sunday and thrown into jail. His brother is also imprisoned. Twelve Killed When Train Crashes Bus MEICO CITY, July 26.—Twelve Mexicans were killed and 22 were injured when a train crashed into a bus near Tampico this afternoon.