The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 27, 1937, Page 1

E DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL L., NO. 7546. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY JULY 27, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS IN PIEPING CLASH SOVIET ENGINEER FLIES NORTH T0 ESTABLISH BASE Beliakov Le;; on Electra After Arriving on Yukon —He Discloses Little Divulging nothing new about the proposed Soviet Russian passenger flight, originally set for July 23, M.| V. Beliakov, civil engineer of the So- viet Government, flew to Fairbanks today at 1 p. m. after arriving from | the States on the Yukon two am | one-half hours earlier. ' Mr. Beliakov, through A. A. Ster- noff, who aided in interpreting, told The Empire that he will im- mediately aid in establishing a ra- dio and refueling base for the pro- posed flight. | Whether current facilities at] Fairbanks would be used, or wheth-| er the Russians will set up new)| equipment, was not disclosed. As-| sisting Mr. Beliakov at Fairbanks will be Sava Smirnov, Soviet radio' engineer, who passed through Ju- neau on July 9. Mr. Beliakov has been in the Unit- ed States for approximately a month.. He first came to Scattle.‘ However, when Col. Mikhail Grom-) off piloted the second Russian plane successfully to San Jacinto, | Cal, from Moscow, Mr. Beliakov flew to San Francisco, where he met' the aerial party. | Mr. Beliakov said that the nch, Soviet flight from Moscow depended in great measure upon the weather. According to announcement earlier the flight was scheduled to carry passengers. Polar Acs Says New Ship Wil Fly 12,000 Miles, Gromoff Predicts Airline Service Over North Pole in Two Years, Maybe WASHINGTON, July 27. — Mik- hail Gromoff, pilot of the Soviet plane which broke the world’s non- stop record, and landed in Cali- fornia from Moscow, predicted that Russian airmen will fly twice the distance he and his aides made, in a new plane, which he said has| been under construction since the trans-Polar plane was built in 1932. A new single-engine plane is to| be produced which will fly twelve thousand miles, nonstop, he declar- ed. “In perhaps two years it will be possible to establish a safe, com- mercial airline over the Pole, which will be practical the year around.” CALIFORNIA IN 25 HOURS MOSCOW, July 27.—The first trio of Soviet Polar fliers returned here to receive a welcome in true New York style and hear proclaimed as a new goal for Russian airmen,! the covering of the route across the top of the world to California in 25 hours. Mikhail M. Kazanovich, Vice- | HERMLE GARAGE ISSUE 1S TAKEN T0 U. S. COURT | City Files Suit for Manda- tory Injunction Demand- ing Building Removal Demanding that John Hermle, Juneau merchant and property owner, remove his garage from the alley on E. Street between Tenth and Eleventh Streets in the Casey- Shattuck Addition, the City of Ju- \neau, through City Attorney Frank 10 15 20 MILES Insurgents launched a fierce drive on Government troops wes! Madrid, with Brunete the center of Bruncte and closer to Madrid. Insurgent attack. the offensive. Planes and artillery of both sides crashed bombs and shells into opposite lines aear Arrows on this map indicate ihe SOCIAL DRINKING ISCONDEMNEDBY W.C.T.U. LEADER Mis. Weiss-Smith, National President of Union, Ar- rives n Juneau I Bringing the scientific answers | of W.C.T.U. research to cope with the extent of Alaska's alleged liquor | consumption, Mrs. Ida B. Weiss- Smith, Nationa! President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, arrived in Juneau this afternoon aboard the Princess Char- |lotte, ostensibly here on a vacation, but actually already concerned with temperance problems of the Terri- tory. Greeted at the dock by a group of leaders from the local W. C. T. | U. chapter, Mrs. Weiss-Smith stop- |ped for a few moments on the dock to speak of liquor conditions, before proceeding with the many engagements which are to keep her busy until the Charlotte sails at midnight. Cocktail Hour “In the cocktail hour lies the greatest danger of modern drink- ing,” Mrs. Weiss-Smith stated. “So- cial drinking offers a challenge to Christians the world over, and the W. C. T. U. is taking a firm stand | upon the need for education ofl youth agalnsc the dire menace oli alcoholis! Stressing .the point that “it is, the drinking man, not the drunk-| ard” who is endangering the safety of citizens today, Mrs. Welss-Smlmv emphasized the fact that while a| Commissar for the Defense Indus- try, said that American builders “have something to learn from So- viet planes. Americans do not pos- sess aviation plants on such a scale as in Russia.” Newspapers here declare that planes and men for airline service over the Pole are already available, and the service will be ready to put into operation with the construc- tion of intermediate landing fields and establishment of a system for furnishing more complete weather reports. Social Se.curity Tax Round-up Is Underway WASHINGTON, July 27.—A na- tion-wide campaign to collect delin- quent Social Security taxes added 250,000 employers to the Treasury tax rolls. This is the report made by Internal Revenue officers after checking all returns following the campaign. ——————— BURDICK RETURNING Charles G. Burdick, who has charge of Civilian .Conservation Corps work for the U. S..Forest Ser- vice in Alaska, is returning to Ju- neau on the Aleutian after a brief visit ‘to Ketchikan in connection with CCC netivities. drunkard is incapacitated, a drink- ing man attempts to continue in his regular routine. “His eyesight | is impaired; his reaction time is materially increased, his ego is| inflated, yet he will attempt to drive a car through speeding traf- fic.” Teach Children Christians must unite in a cam-| paign to educate youth on the& qualities of alcohol, she continued.| “We must teach our children the! harmful, tragic physical results from consuming liquor. On hands, youth is being exploued tempted into the sins of drinking. Only early education can steer young people against the increasing popularity of moderate, social drinking.” In line with the W. C. T. U. education program, the organiza- tion has just completed a sound, motion picture film which pres- ents a scientific approach to the alcoholism problem. Showing several of the experiments of Dr. Walter Miles of Yale University, the film| exhibits direct correlation of traf- fic accidents with fhe cocktail hours of 5 to 7 o'cloek, and the, evening amustment hours of 11 to 1 o'clock. “Liquor should be handled as any (Continued on. “"Page Two) 'Relief Is! Ouly: Temporary$ rBarrymure more's Yacht Mattern to Make Personal Appeal For Moscow Trip KANSAS CITY, July 27.—Jimmy Mattern left here this morning by plane for Washington, D. C., to ask the Air Commerce Bureau to | reconsider Tiis projécted Moscow | flight. ~The officials in Washing- ton announced yesterday that they had turned thumbs down on the, proposed trip unless Mattern could show that the air voyage is for scientific purposes. | Mattern proposes to fly from San Diego, refueling over Fair- banks, Alaska, thence over the North |Pole to Moscow. LOUIS, FARR SIGN UP FOR TITLE MATCH Two Champlons : Meet in Yankee Stad- ium on August 26 NEW YORK, July 27.—Joe Louis, | world champion heavyweight, and Tommy Farr, British heavyweight champion, today :signed contracts for a 15-round title match at the| New York Yankee Stadium on | August 26. Louis will receive 40 per cent of the gate receipts and Farr will receive 20 per cent. COOL WEATHER SWEEPS EAST —Another Hot Wave Is in Sight CHICAGO, I, July 27. — Cool weather spreading over the north \central states, the Great Lakes and :Ohio Valley, extended today to the warm eastern areas. The weather forecaster here said relief however, is only temporary, as another hot wave is on the way. Ordered for Sale LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 27— John Barrymore's yacht Infanta will be sold by a Federal Court or- der to satisfy creditors. He owes |$160,000. Barrymore values his yacht at $100,000. The Infanta is wellknown in Al- askan waters as two trips were made by Barrymore to Southeast Alaska. Foster, has filed an action in the District Court asking a mandatory injunction. The complaint contends that the alleys are the property of the city and that Hermle is creating a nui- sance by not removing the garage. Thus the city asks abatement of a nuisance. The garage has long been a sub- ject of controversy. Demand was made by the city when the property was owned by G. H. Messerschmidt before its transfer to Hermle that the garage be removed. The de- mand was resisted on grounds that the city would be forced to have all private property removed from al- leys if one person was required to clear, this would include the South- east Alaska Fair Building as well or other properties, it was contend- ed during discussions before the City Council. Recently the, Council voted to in- sist that Hermle move the garage with the resultant action now brought before the court. e — SOLDIERS ARE T0 TAKE HIKE OVER HIGHWAY Provisional Com pany Leaves Chilkoot Barracks for Valdez Next Week A provisional company from Chil- koot Barracks, consisting of five of-' ficers and one hundred enlisted men will leave Chilkoot Barracks lon August 2 and proceed to Valdez| from which base they will make a hike of approximately 150 miles| on the Richardson Highway. Lieut. Col. Floyd W. Hunter, Medlcal Corps, will accompany the' expedmon as surgeon. Capt. A. AI’C to Nichols, 7th Infantry, will command‘ the company, with Capt. J. W. Gad- dis and First Lieut. E. M. Roman, |both of the 7th Infantry, attached! as company officers, The provis- |ional company will be comprised of a Headquarters and one platoon; from Company F, one platoon from| from the Medical Headquarters Detachments. It is planned to take three one and onchalf ton trucks on the hike 50 that the movement of troops from Valdez may be made by a combination of marching and truck. In this way it should be possible to make daily marches averaging 40 miles. The U.S.S. Coast Guard Haida will transport the troops from Chil- koot Barracks to Valdez and return, | the return trip being made nbuu August 20th. Appoints Alaskan ToEngineers R.C.. WASHINGTON, July 27. — The ‘War Department announces the ap- pointment of Leigh Robinson, Jr., of Klawock, Alaska, to be Second Lieutenant in the Engineers Reser: ve| Corps. She s .llut 30 in Jail Older, Sllenfi MEDFORD, Ore., July 27. —Al- ready jailed thirty days because she had refused to give her age on au-| tomobile operator's license Bpphcd- tions, Florhannah Mae Blackwell| successfully defied Sheriff Syd Brown when he sought the same in- formation for his jail records, de- claring “My past life is none of the public’s business.” NEW TROUBLES THREATENED IN HOTEL STRIKE Workers C;Enue Picket- drymen Can't Agree SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, —S8triking hotel workao: votéd heavily to accept a comprom- ise’ settlement of their demands, have returned to the picket lines as July 27. of this city's largest hotels closed for the 88th day. Engineer and laundry workers were unable to negotiate new con tracts with the hotel operators, the rest of the worke thete was no use in their returning to work in the face of possible new strikes. - BUFFALO HAS SUPPLIES FOR Meat Prices Skyrocket as Strikers Plan Fight to Finish on Wholesalers BUFFALO, 'N Y July 27. Re- tail food merchants today rationed supplies to harrassed housewives las striking truckers and meat-pack- |ers planned a finish fight for closed | ishops and strengthened picket llnes nround 44 wholesale houses. tchers estimated that b\lpplleb -C!ll h!tonly three days. Food pric-| es are skyrockeung. ILLICIT T LOVE ' GAUSES WOMAN 1 T0 ASK DEATH Auto Salesman Strangles, Mother of Two at Her Own Request NEW YORK, July 27. — Police quoted Stanley Martin, unemployed auto salesman, as saying he stmngled his companion, Mrs. Flor- ence Jackson, 37-year-old mother of two childen, aged six and two, early today, at her own request, be- cause she “didn’t want to live any | longer.” | "Martin said the slaying climaxed lan fllicit love affair which was “hopeless” because both were mar- ried. The woman was found dead {Company E and six men attached in Martin's car when he stopped a and Battalion |radio police car and asked for aid.| | He said he had planned to kill him- Heat Wave Hi Imperial Valley; 11 Persons Dead EL CENTRO, Cal, July 27.—The {dzath toll in the Imperial Valley heat wave stood at 11 today as the temperature reached 114 degrees. Martine Gonzales, aged 52, died this morning as the result of a heat stroke. KILLS FATHER AFTER BERATED ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N. J., July 27.—Charged with shooting his father to death because berated for “keeping bad company,” and also or- dered to get a job, William Mull, Jr., 20, is held in the county jail await- ing grand jury action on a murder charge. The young man signed a confession. - LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 27— Superior Judge Emmett H. Wilson has decided it is illegal for union |organizers to picket any establish- |ment where labor disputes do mnot exist, | ing when Engineers, Laun- | who had| new labor difficulties kept nineteen! 50| declared| ONLY 3 DAYS N anking Tn;)p | assault upon Peiping are pictured of their trench. According to a s in Battle Area Members of the Chinese army that is massed before the Japanese in a previous engagement. Note how the men are crouching to avoid injury as a shell burst in front Chinese government spokesman, 100,000 Japanese scldiers were recently dmpau-hpd to China. Carpenters Join Battle with CI0 | !Brotherhood to Refuse to, Work Timber Produced | by WWA, CIO Group TACOMA, Wash., July 27.—One| of the most strongly entrenched of AFL unions, the International Bro-‘ therhood of Carpenters and Join- ers, threw down the gauntlet to ]lhe International Woodworkers of America, the newest CIO affiliate. | Abe Muir, Vice President of the! i Brotherhood, said no carpenter will| |dxlvc a nail into any stick of lum- |b[r made by CIO workers. g we won't work it, there’s no use pruducmg it,” he dnclared jSTRIKING FUR - WORKERS HAVE PICKET LINES | | Shops in Sealtle as Well as| Department Stores FaceBlockade SEATTLE, July 27.—The Inter- national Fur Workers Union, CIO | affiliate, extended the strike today from picketing retail fur shops; to department stores. The members walked out last Saturday when negotiations over | hours and wages became dead-/ locked. | Fur shops remained opened to-/ day despite CIO pickets at 15/ establishments. | SEVERE FIGHT RAGES, MADRID HENDAYE, France, July 27— Insurgent headquarters, in radio dispatches, reported two brigades of Spanish Loyalist troops “de-! stroyed” west of Madrid in terrific, fighting. The reports did not give details, but said there was such a large number of bodies left on the bat-| tlefield that special burial squads| had to be organized to dispose of | them. | | | | REPORT FROM MADRID LONDON, July 27—Radio re- ports from Madrid this afternoon state the Loyalists have ably de- fended their positions in the Mad- rid sector and made some gains. No mention is made of any severe losses. | battlefield here Violence Erunts, Cleveland Plant, - Lumber Workers: - - Republic Stosl One Killer, Many Injured as Workers and Pickets Battle Through Night CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 27— Cracking heads with clubs and pick- axes last night in bloody battle, Re-| public Steel Corporation workers; and striking pickets left one dead and sixty hospital cases on their early this morning when they were dispersed by police.,; One hundred others were wounded, I:u'. not seriously enough to require hospital care. Four hundred police have been moved to the scene of the disturb- iance to prevent a recurrence. Third Party Is Doubtful in *40 LACROSSE, W, July 27.—Post- master General James A, Farley told interviewers here today that he did not believe there would be a third party in 1940. He declined to discuss the probability of President Roosevelt's seeking a third term. D Prison Sitdowner Foregoes ‘Islands’ SAN RAFAEL, Cal, July 27. Cold and hungry, Meyer Golas, 32- year-old Los Angeles burglar, ended {his sitdown strike after clinging for nineteen hours to a brilliantly-light- ed eight-foot tower in San Quentin prison. He ascended the tower yes- terday after demanding that he be transferred to “Islands.” did not know what he meant, FRANK LARSON IS VISITING JUNEAU Frank Larson, former mailing clerk on The Empire and general all-around handy man, trooped in- to the office this morning and shook hands all around. Frank has been absent from Ju- neau for two years, one year in | California and one year in Seattle since leaving here with his mother for the south. He spent last year employed in the Diamond K salmon cannery at Wrangell and is again in the same |employ this year. Today is his day |off and he came north on the Yu- kon. Unless the Victoria, due to- |night, calls at Wrangell, Frank will |take a plane to Wrangell for he must be on the job at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Officials | s0,| | decided to let him stay on his perch. .- - 11 S, MARINES PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES Report Actual War Started Between Japs, Chinese in Disputed Territory FOREIGN LEGATIONS MANNING COMPOUNDS Nanking Government Re- fuses to Comply with Evacuation Order TIENTSIN, China, Wednesday, July 28—A regiment of 800 Chi« nese is reported by Japanese com- manders to have been “virtually annihilated” in a battle with the Japanese forces east of Peiping. A military communique said the clash lasted several hours before the remnants of the Chinese force fled. The assault was provoked, it was stated, when Chinese resisted the disarming ultimatum. The encounter was reported only | by Japanese and neutral observers held reservations although they said it was entirely possible. Peiping has but a single direck radio outlet but roundabout advices indicated there was severe fighting |there. It was said that Anglo~ Italian, French and American em= bassy quarter defenders had posted their compound walls. LAUNCH MAJOR ATTACK SHANGHAI, Wednesday, July 28. —Independent advices from Peiping reported here today said the Jap- anese troops apparently had launch- ed a major scale attack which was R ST ELE: (Twenty-ninth™ that area. American and other foreign quar- ter defense has started and gar- risons are manning the walls of their quarters. U. S. MARINE IN ACTION PEIPING, July 27.—United States | Marines prepared to sandbag for- tifications at the gates of the In- ternation Legation quarter here this afternoon as the Japanese ul- | timatum for evacuation of Chinese troops from the tense region west of here expired. In an atmosphere of strict Jap- anese military secrecy, the Amer- ican contingent assigned guards to the four gates of the legation quarter against any hostilities which might break out. Foreign circles were alarmed over the situation and the impending deadline of the second Japanese ultimatum Wednesday noon de- manding evacuation of China’s Thirty-seventh Division troops from Peiping itself. The Marines have arranged a system of signals, blue and white flags by day and red and white lights by night to summon Amer- icans to the compound in event of danger. REJECT JAP ULTIMATUM NANKING, July 27.—The Chi- nese Central Government made a sharp statement today which was generally interpreted as amounting to rejection of the Japanese terms for settling the North China dis- pute. It declared that future de- velopments would depend on Japan, DEMOCRATS ARE STILL IN RED WASHINGTON, July 27. House Clerk reported today mnz thc Democratic party is $167,000 in the red despite the recent sale of $165,~ 800 worth of National Convention books during the past three months, Ag. Secretary’s Uncle In Alaska For Fourth Visit The man that Secretary of Ag- riculture Henry Wallace calls “un- cle” passed through Juneau today aboard the steamship Yukon on his fourth trip to Alaska. John P. Wallace, and his wife, of Des Moines, Ia., leading a tour party of 46 Iowans are making the round trip. The party will go to the West- ward. They will make a stopover at the Matanuska Valley at Palmer, to see how Mr, Wallace’s nephew is getting along with his Alaska farm experiment,