The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7551. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1937. AMERICANS IMP - e S, E ALASKA DUCK SHOOTING SAME AS 1336 Season Wflil: Open from October | to October 30 in This Region WASHINGTON, Aug. 2——Duck hunters will be subject to the same tight restrictions and 30-day season this year as was effective the last two seasons. The regulations which have been approved! by President Roosevelt, prohibits the killing of wood ducks, canvasbacks, ruddy ducks, redheads, buffleheads, swans and Ross geese. The only changes from last season is a shifting in the States of ope hunting zone, raising the daily bag limit on geese and brant from four to five, increasing the coot buxl limit from 15 to 20 and reducing the limit on sora rails from 25 to 15. Possession of Federal duck stamps is required of every migratory wa- terfowl Hunter over 16 years of age Waterfowl regulations for Alaska follow: North of Alaska range and Ahklun| mountains—open September 1 and| closing September 30. i South of the mountains, west of | the 14! meridian and east of False Pass at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula-—season opens September 16 and! closes October 15. Southeast Alaska from the 141st| meridian, to Dixon - Entrance—Sea- | son opens October 1 and closes Oc- tober 30. Islands of Unimak, Unalaska, Ak- utan and Akun west of Unimak Pass in the Aleutians—November 1 to November 30. SR PLUGGED GUNS FOR | h ALL GAME BIRDS The season in Southeast Alaska, is the same as last year on all other restrictions and regulations, it is, pointed out by Executive Officer| Frank Dufresne of the Alaska Game| Commission. The bag limit is 10 daily for all kinds of ducks. The limit on snipe is 15 daily. Shooting hours will be from 7 a. m. to 4 p.| m. and guns must be plugged to| three shots the same as prev\ouslyAs This year, however, the plugged gun' regulation will pertain to all bird| shooting such as grouse or ptarmi- gan. Previously, it has applied only: to migratory waterfowl. Game wardens report good flights| of ducks the past spring, apparently| a little better than las} season, and indications are shooting will be a| little hetter this fall, Mr. Dufresne said : ————————— S.P. Passenger | Train Derailed SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 2.— One person was killed and several| others were injured in the derail-| ment of six cars of a special South- ern Pacific passenger train near ‘Yamsey, Oregon, 70 miles south of Klamath Falls, line officials re- ported this afternoon. EIGHTEEN INSURED Aquatic Star Seeks Divorce Another much-publicized romance of the show world went on the rocks when it was revealed that Eleanor Holm Jarrett, swimming star, was seeking a divorce from her husband, Art Jarrett, band leader. The former world cham- pion backstroke swimmer, now featured at the Great Lakes ex- position in Cleveland, is rumored | ment. Her husband is under con- tract for the summer at the Dal- g las, Tex., exposition. Blind for 14 Years, Sc;attle Man’s Sight Restored; He Is To Celebrate, Just SEATTLE, Aug, 2Tt eyesight in the past few weeks, is Delieved » HENDAYE, Frerith Bord: PRESIDENT MAY NAME JUDGE TO COURT, ANYTIME Opinion Given by Attorney General Regarding Associate Justice WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. — The White House announces that Attor- ney General Homer 8. Cummings has held that President Roosevelt can fill the current Supreme Court vacancy whether Congress is in ses- sion, whether it is in recess or whe- ther it has adjourned. The President asked for an in- formal opinion, Stephen Early, the President’s private secretary, said. The President has not yet de- cided when an appointment will be made. R Douglas School Money Allotted: KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, Aug. 2 —Eighteen persons were injured when *two diners and four Pull- mans of a special 11-car train bound from California to Portland with 140 passengers aboard, jumped the track near Yamsay. Nearly 300 feet of the track was torn up. Expenditures totaling $100,000 None of the cars tipped over and|were authorized by the Territorial the damage is chiefly to broken Board of Administration at its By Ter. Board Expenditures Totaling $100,000 Authorized, Various Projects windows. meeting this morning. The authori- Passengers later continued on to)zations are of appropriations made Portland. by the last Legislature and include Looking |of Edgar Kinyon, shopkeeper, has | been restored by an. operation after |14 years of blindness. Kinyon plans to celebrate by “looking at things,” he said. “I am going to get up at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning and spend the whole day looking, and the same thing the next day and the next and-just celebrate,” continued Kin- yon. The operation was performed by |Dr. Carl Jensen, of Seattle. | w1 can't see perfectly yet, still 1 can focus on objects clearly and fast. The doctor said it will take a couple of months for ‘my full vis- Jon to return,” said Kinyon. VESSEL USED IN ALLEGED PRACY GIVEN TOOWNER G. C. Luke ot Ketchikan Claims Oil Screw Vega Under Foreclosure The oil screw Vega aboard which four Ketchikan men were arrested in Douglas Friday afternoon on charges of fish piracy was released by the Marshal’s office Saturday| evening to G. C. Luke of Ketchi- kan, who fiew here to claim the ves-| sel. Luke is lawful owner of the, boat under a foreclosure proceeding, it was stated. 2 | The four men, Capt. A. Merig, El-| mer Beatty, Harry Ek and Albert| Inman, are held in the Federal jail and probably will be .given a pre- {liminary hearing in the U. S. Com- | missioner’s court here, according to \authorities. Mrs. Mildred Hermann has been engaged as their ntwmey,i The men are alleged to have pir-' | | | | | | to have another romantic attach- | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS DEFENDERMAS ANOTHER WIN British Chal—le;ger Is Far Behind in Second Day of Int. Race ABOARD COAST GUARD CUT- TER ARGO OFF NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 2—Overtaking the rival withs in an hour after the start, H‘w Vanderbilt's Ranger scored a - ond successive triumph over the six- teenth British Challenger, Sopwich’s Endeavour the Second for the Am- erica’s cup. The Ranger rounded the final marker two and one half miles to spare, winning as easily as it did. on Saturday. ‘The Endeavour was trailing so far behind that the course was desert- led entirely by the spectator fleet. ‘The Ranger covered the 30-mile course in 3 hours, 41 minutes and 32 seconds. MENINGITIS machine in the battle arca from, its base at Tien sin. The rumble of Japanese tanks and armored cars are heard outside of Peiping. Here is one huge war EPIDEMIC IS |QUTER DEFENSES ALHOST OVER0F MADRID ARE 'Dr. Corthell’s Efforts Break BE]NG S_H ELLED Seige Which' :rakes l Toll of Six Insurgent Radio Report to Hendaye Says Artil- BETHEL, Alaska, Aug. 2—The lery Opens Fire spinal meningitis epidemic, which | took a toll of at least six lives in ‘isolated communities around broken as a result of the heroic ef- 2.—According to Insurgent radio ad- forts of Dr. M. E. Corthell. I‘vices, the Insurgent artillery opened | Dr. Corthell, who postponed a & bombardment of Madrid’s outer year's leave of absence since the defenses this morning after driv- siege broke out, has cruised up and P8 & spearhead into the Govern- down the Kuskokwim river in the ment lines west of the Spanish Cap- effort to halt the spread of the ital deadly disease. | Battles are reported being fou';mi No new cases have been report- " other fronts. ed and other cases are responding| The Loyalists arc reported to have |to treatment. All cases are con_.becn defeated in an attempt to fined to one village and to the sum- break the Insurgent lines at Oviedo| 'mer fishis 4 _land the Insurgent radio report| ever, are X;GES:;:::DS Tadisze, How claims the Loyalists lost 1,000 men.| Dr. Corthell came to Alaska in g i . | 1930 after a private practice in Leader 0; Insurgents | | ps Bandon, Ore. He worked on a hos- 4‘ Here is Gen. Francisco Franco, leader of the Spanish Rebels. He is (pital boat on the Yukon river un- |til the hospital in Mountain Vil- |lage was built. He was made doc- | | tor in charge. Dr. Corthell, who| | (had planned a year's leave of ab-| —_— | isence to study post-graduate surgi-| SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal, Aug. 2.! ‘cal work at the University of Colum-|— The greatest American troop| |bia Medical center, was delayed movement since war days was under | tfrom leaving because of the present|way here today as 56,000 regulars} epidemic. After completing this and National Guardsmen engaged | study Dr. Corthell plans to return in the Fourth Army maneuvers of to Alaska. | soldiers from Camp Riley, Minn | The quarantine which Mrs. N. L.|Fort Riley, Kan, and Camp Lewis.| {Heron, nurse for the Bureau of In-|{Maneuvers continue through this dian Affairs, established before the| month. 1 |arrival of Dr. Corthell is still en-| O s S | {forced at Napkiak Village, where| |most of the cases are isolated. Fish, FHANK HUSETH { \Which is their main fod supply, 15! { ] ’ vl Declares He Killed Man Former Jockey, Held as| Fugitive on Suspic- ion of Murder LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 2.— EARTHQUAKE BHANGHAI, Aug. 2, — Reports from Hsuchow said an earthquake there last night killed 20 inhabitants’ and déstroyed 50 houses. FOUR DROWN, LUZON FLOOD MANILA, Aug. 2. — Government and private relief agencies are mo- bilized to aid flood stricken Cen- tral Luzon residents. It is reported many have been drowned and the death toll may mount as further ad- vices are received. the following: For construction and repair of rural schools, $10,000. _For fur farm experimental tion, $20,000. For school at Skagway, $25,000. For school at Douglas, $25,000. For fisheries experimenta) labora- tory, $20,000. LIEUT. ANDERSON ARRIVES ABOARD sta- INGHAM SATURDAY ! Lieutenant C. H. Anderson, execu- tive officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, arrived in Juneau aboard the cutter Samuel D.'Ingham, Saturday afternoon, on a ten day leave. Lieutenant Anderson will join the ‘Tallapoosa following its return here Wednesday. |ated salmon from the Astoria and Roy Ward, former jockey, is held! 'Puget Sound Packing Company fish by the police as a fugitive from trap at Gull Cove after locking up Chicago on suspicion of murder, the watchman. |Ward was held after he told De-! PR E tective Lieutenant Pred Trosper h 5 fired the shot that killed Al 'NURTH PBLE “Jake” Lingle, Chicago newspajy I reporter in 1930. Trosper declared there are dis crepancies in the stories told Ward. | | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 2. — Weather reports from the North Pole early today said a dense fog is prevailing, a storm with high winds is threatened and the same condi- Ship Building |tions extend to the Hudson's Ba : Is Innreasmg s - WASHINGTOu, Au':. S e Russians here are sending wea- Department of Commerce repu (& ther reports to Moscow every six that American shipyards are build- hours for the aviators who are to ing or have under contract to build, make the third Polar flight from 302 vessels aggregating 365862 tons |Moscow to the United States, [as of date, July 1. I “ |cepted an offer to join the staff of| b5 4 pou. radiogram. [ scarce. Food relief from the Gov- Veteran Radioman Aboard| ernment may be necessary. The population affected numbers about Steamer Yukon Suf- | 300. fers Heart Attack [ | e Frank Hoseth, veteran radioman aboard the steamer Yukon, died aboard that ship at Seward last Friday, according to advices received in Juneau. Hoseth suffered a sud-! den attack of the heart while aboard the Yukon which was tied up at/ the dock at Seward. His remains are believed to be aboard the ship which is due here tonight south- bound to Seattle. e ANCHORAGE GIRL IS ON MAGAZINE STAFF| Mise Jean Horning, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John Horning of An-| chorage and Wasilla, recently ac-| the Engineering and Mining Jour-! nal published in New York City., Miss Horning had the distinction | of being the only woman student in the University of Alaska mining course in 1933-3¢. The magazine one of the outstanding’ mining {ade journels of the United statesi 2 S P G - YUKON DUE AT 1 AM. Steamer Yukon, earlier in the | day posted to arrive at 11 o'clock |man Christopher D. Sullivan has of a delayed parachute jump. tonight, will not arrive until 1 o'- been elected leader of Tammany leaped from a plang at an altitude |the plane, bounced high in the aiz, succeeding the late James of 22,400 feet and fell 18,000 feet|crashed and immediately burst : qock in the morning according to! RECORD TRIP net enly trying to set up a Fascist grown a State in Spain but he has actually itler mustache since the war began. 1 ARE DEAD, PLANE CRASH LITTLEFIELD, Texas, Aug. 2.—| Four persons were killed in a crash | when a plane plunged down from an altitude of 200 feet over a farm here yesterday. The victims were Pilot O. V. Sims, Sr., aged 45; F. A. Baxter aged 18; Verne Hawkins aged 32,| and Orville Tabor, aged 27 CANOEIST IS NORTH BOUND ANACORTES, Wash, Aug. 2— Annette Lowman, canoeist, is re- ported to have arrived at Bulida, | British Columbia, and is having a fine time. She is headed for Ket-| chikan, then will go by boat to Sitka. - MOTOR CRAFT CUT IN TWO IN COLLISION Ten Bodies of 64 Passeng- ers, Members of Crew, Are Recovered , Aug. 2, — Ten! bodies have been recovered and many of the 64 passengers and members of the crew of the auxili-| ary motor vessel Anastasis are still missing after the craft was cut in| two in a collision with the steamer Hydra. ‘The Anastasis was carrying a| holiday crowd. The collision took place.in the outer harbor at Piraeus. ATHENS, Gree AUTO PLUNGES; 5 OF § KILLED BY NORMANDIE ) NIW YORK, Aug. 2—The crack | liner Normandie today claimed the eastward speed mark from Bishop's Rock, England, to Ambrose ' Light, | of 3 days, 23 hours, and 2 minutes. - NEW LEADER OF TAMMANY NEW YORK, Aug. 2—Congress- Hall, I Dooling BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio, Aug. 2. —FPive persons, in an auto load of six, are dead as the result of a crash through a heavy wire fence and plunge into Indian Lake, near| here. The lone survivor is unable to explain the accident. Parashufef]u'm—u | Record Claimed LONDON, Aug. 2. Gwynne Johns, 27, claimed the record today |northwest of Peiping. |in the meanwhile, said units of the {cause of the “precariaus situation.” | | Swim Pool Group icharge of getting a swimming pool SONED IN PEIPING JAPAN CLOSES. "ML GATES OF ANCIENT CITY All Foreigners Are Held Within Walls, Accord- ing to Reports WAR PLANES ROARING IN SKY, DROP BOMBS General Attack on Chinese Forces Made from Air in Two Sectors PEIPONG, Aug. 2—The Japanese are now in complete control of this ' (ancient capital and have closed the Peiping gates, virtually imprisoning Americans and other foreigners. 3 Squadrons of Japanese war planes blasted a path deep into North China. According to Jipanese authorities, the planes have been bombing the Chinese concentration camps at Paotingfu, 85 miles south of Peiping, during the past 24 hours, attempting to prevent any advance of Chinesc troops to the aid of Peiping. Japanese Affront One United States Army Officer and a missionary_were halted gt the Peiping gates and refused permis- sion to go on a mercy errand to Tungchow. The Japanese have erected heavy fortifications at the east and south gates. : The Japanese Army is being heav- * ily reinforced and penetrating ra- ‘pidly south- along the rallway to Hankow. & TROOPS BOMBED AN L gt o Japanese planes bombed the Chini- ese troop positions at Nankou Pass, Japanese reports from Tientsin, Chinese Central Army had arrived at Kalgan, northwest of Peiping, south of the Great Wall. - The United States Consul at Tsi- nanfu has advised all American wo- men and children to leave the in« terfor of Shantung Province be- . To Meet Tuesday In Masonic Hall Meeting Ts Scheduled for' 7:30 at Night, with Dr. Freeburger in Charge The Permanent Swimming Pool Committee, which had been sched- uled to meet in the City Couneil room tomorrow night at 7:30 o'- clock, will meet at the same time, but will convene in the Club room of the Masonic Temple, Mrs. C :, Jenne, Secretary, announced to~ ay. The switch in place was necessi~ tated by a meeting of the Board of Equalization, which will be held in the Council Chambers, Dr. G. F. Freeburger, who was selected president of the group in for Juneau youngsters, is sched- uled to take over the chair tomor- row night. Representatives of nu- merous civic and fraternal organi- zations of the city are on the com- mittee. PASSENGERS KILLED; PLANE CRASHES, BURNS Three Members of Crew of - Big Commercial Craft * Also Die, Wreck * WADI HALFA, lo-Egyptian Sudan, Aug. 2. — NAlnn: passengers and three members of the crew of an Italian commercial plane, were :Alled in a crash near the airdrome lere. He before he pulled the ripcord. lames. The pilot attempted to speed uj when landing, hit the earth 'g into