The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 11, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. L, NO. 7559. il Y “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIM DAY, AU JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNES JAPAN BLOCKADES GUST 11 ,1937. MISSING PLANE, ALASKA BOUND, REPORTED SAFE Tony Schwamm Is Forced Down When Runs Into Flock of 3,000 Seagulls SEATTLE, Aug. 11. — Tony Schwamm, reported yesterday as missing with his Savoia Marchetti seaplane, bound from Seattle for Alocka, with six passengers, is safe. The Coast Guard reported last evening that Schwamm telephoned his missing seaplane and passen- gers were safe at Port Ludlow, 30 miles from Seattle, on Puget Sound. Schwamm said he ran into a flock of about 3,000 sea gulls as he was flying low over the sound, about one hour after leaving here Mon- day afternoon. He said he taxied to Port Ludlow to see if there were any repairs needed to the seaplane and he and his passengers remained there Mon- day night. Schwamm is quoted as saying he telephoned after hearing radio re- ports last evening that he was lost. He also added that he expected to take off from Port Ludlow today for Ketchikan. Aboard the seaplane, besides Pi- lot Schwamm, are Mrs. Schwamm, Thelma Westley, of Tacoma, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Anderson, of Peters- burg, Alaska, and their two children, Carl, Jr., and Mariam. PRICE OF GOLD MAY 60 TO $41, 1S DECLARATION Belief Expressed Yellow Metal Will Never Go Be- low Present Figure ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 11.— R. A. Thompson and M. E. Clifton, of San Francisco, members of the Wall Street Journal staff, said here that the price of gold may be in- creased to $41 an ounce in the near future. They said it was firmly believed in financial circles that the price of the yellow metal will never go below $35. Both men are leaving today for Fairbanks. - et DIVISION OF - HOLY LAND IS GIVEN SUPPORT World Zionist Congress Ap- proves of Negotiations —Rabbi Wise Loses ZURICH, Aug. 11. — The World Zionist Congress has voted to ne- gotiate with Great Britain on the Royal Commission’s recommenda- tions for partition of Palestine. This step was taken despite the impassioned opposition of Rabbi Stephen Wise, of New York City. The vote was 304 to 158 for nego- tiating. Rabbi Wise pleaded for a flat re- jection of the Royal report which envisages splitting the Holy Land! into Jewish, Arab and British man- dated sections. 3 Movie Stars Endangered by Blml_e Thrower LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 11— Police today jailed Theodore Watts,| 26, a laborer who is suspected of throwing an empty liquor bottle which endangered Al Jolson and his wife, Ruby Keeler, and slightly cut Chico Mark last night. The bottle crashed down from a balcony and splintered against the WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Federal officials admitted embarrassment today in saying that the check for purchasing Alaska has been mis- |placed. Treasury employees said they had not seen the check for the past 30 years and suggested that the accounting office had it. The accounting office said it must be around somewhere, but darned | OFFICIALS BACK FROM TOP-SPEED ALASKA CIRCUIT Federal and Airline Chiefs| Gain Wide View of Territory | { Having covered probably a great- {What Is This? They Find That Cancelled Check For Purchase of Northland| Can’t if they could find it. The mystery developed when Al- aska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond asked Congress to authorize trans- fer of the check to Juneau, Alas- ka, for exhibition in the Alaska Historical Library and Museum. “Apparently it is going to take a search warrant or a habeas corpus to get a glimpse of the check,” de- clared Delegate Dimond. Suh-bummittee' For Swim Pool Named to Act Wellman Holbrook Is Ap- pointed Chairman—Will Sift Problem, Report A sub-committee of the Perma- nent Swimming Pool Committee, | [BITTER COURT " the {the FIGHT ENDED; PASS MEASURE | Lower Tribunal Legislation: Completed — Is Sent, to White House WASHINGTON, Aug. All. — The House has ended the bitter court bill controversy by approving the lower court procedure and sent it to White House. The legislation embodied in the conference report, which the Senate accepted yester~ lday, was accepted today by the|: |House without a word of debate. President Roosevell’'s Supreme ‘Courc recommendations are, how-|" ever, deleted from the measure. Chairman Summers, of the Ju- diciary Committee, presented the conference report and made a brief statement explaining the measure. “I believe it will be welcomed and supperted by the country’s court,” said Summers. Speaker Bankhead had to stop proceedings many times and| § rapped for order as there was so much confusion and talking on the | er area of Alaska than has everconsisting of Wellman Holbrook, gouse floor before been visited in a similarichairman, A. B. Phillips and Walter| gimultaneously with the enacting period of time, Edward E. Wyman, Scott, was selected last night in a'ot the Jower court legislation, De- Pacific Alaska Airways head; B.!session at the City Council chamber partment of Justice officials said the |delValle, Pan American Airways|to accomplish what so far has not|gtorney General was still investi- A contingent of Japanese troops EMBER ASSOCIATED P RESS se Troops March Into Tientsin, China shown swinging into Tientsin, where some of the bitterest fighting be- tween Japanese and Chinese forces in the North China crisis has occurred, engaged Chinese troops in battle, engineer and technical adviser bo‘been accomplished —t he obtaining gating a “large number of possi- Mr. Wyman; E. K. Jett, Assistant Engineer of the Federal Communi- | cations Commission; John D. Rey- | nolds, Assistant Secretary of the| sion; Eugene Sibley, of the Bureau: of Air Commerce; E. B. Calvert, Chief of the Forecast Division of the U. S. Weather Bureau; and Howard J. Thompson, Associate Meteorologist at Juneau for the U.| | 8. Weather Bureau, arrived back Pacific - Alaska Airways Lockheed Electra transport plane piloted by Territorial Aetonautics and Com- munications Commissioner Joe Crosson, with Murray Stuart as co- | pilot. To Arctic Circle ! On their flying jaunt over Al- aska, the PAA and Federal officials left Juneau Sunday morning for Fairbanks. Monday they hopped from Feairbanks to Nome, took side trip from Nome to Cape Prince of Wales, on out over the Diomede Islands, the junction of the Arctic Circle and the International Date- Line, thed back over East Cape, Siberia, to Nome and returned Mon- day evening to Fairbanks. Leaving Fairbanks again early| yesterday morning, the flying of- ficials swooped over the Alaskal Railroad Belt to Anchorage, t.hen] circled over Matanuska, before; winging on to Gulkana and White- horse, where they landed last night. ! From Whitehorse they hopped to | | | {Juneau this morning, setting down' on the airport shortly past 11' o'clock, just in time for Mr. Jett and Mr. Reynolds to board the southbound steamer Northwestern' for their return to the States. South Tomorrow Mr. Wyman, Mr. delValle, Mr. Calvert and Mr. Sibley are to head | south from Juneau tomorrow. All) four are stopping here at the Gastineau Hotel. Mr. Thompson is back at his post in the Weather Bureau office here. The Electra, piloted by Crosson and Stuart, will probably return to Fairbanks from of concrete figures required for the pjjities” for appointment to the Su- construction of ‘a pool and the preme Court. Much delay, it is said, sifting of definite possibilities. |has peen occasioned because some Having the best representation of 'gspirtants are already sitting in These same soldiers later |Freeburger, stressed the fact that | Federal Communications Commis- any committee session since the'courts. movement was launched several] weeks ago, the meeting last night) soon developed into a free-for-all| of various opinions. l Dr. G. F. Freeburger, who was, elected President in his absence| two_ weeks before, was explained | at Juneau this morning aboard a “what had gone before” at the stm[ of the session. Project Outlined The President then outlined the difficulties that would beset the group from realizing the goal. First,! he explained that the City Council had been extremely passive when: confronted with the idea of a mu- nicipal swimming pool. He added| that in the present financial morass| the city dads could hardly hope t finance the pool, even though it were heartily in favor of it. When Dr. Freeburger asked point- blank, “Now, has anybody got any| good ideas as to how we're going greeted with eloquent silence. For Shallow Pool Walter Scott reiterated his views on a relatively shallow swimming| pool for youngsters in Evergreen Bowl, costing under $5000. While/ there were still several on the com-| mitee who continued to favor this view, many others, including Dr. most townspeople would oppose any pool program which excluded adults. A suggestion, “Let’s vote on $4,000 or $40,000” by F. E. McDermott, a supporter of the less expensive pool, was not acted upon. Asked about his views on the pos- sibilities of adding the pool to the school building, Supt. A. B. Phil- lips declared he did not care for the responsibility of an adjoining swimming place because “it was a nuisance and a danger.” Mr. Phillips then went on to ex- plain that the mere construction of a swimming pol would not cor- here tomorrow. rect the dangers of drowning, be- Making the flying circuit for{cause even in pools, he pointed out, the purpose of acquiring as much there have been many cases of fatal knowledge as possible, within their |accidents. Dr. Freeburger agreed, limited time, of conditions apply- land ‘cited several instances. ing to aeronautics and communica- Indoor Pool Pay ‘uona within the Teritory, all the| Methods of making an indoor pool officials took advantage of every pay for itself was discussed, with opportunity offered to acquire in- ice skating, roller skating, basket- formation as they went; asking as'ball and other sports being men- many questions as possible and ob- tioned as possible revenue-getters serving intently all that was visible [to pay for the maintenance of the to them. Nearly every daylightipool once it was built. Nothing minute was devoted to their jour-|concrete was done on these sugges- ney. tions. Informational Value A suggestion by Chuck Dominy Besides being of great informa-'that “outside capital might be in- (Continued on Page Three) terested” was gréeted by various lcr“h— {swimming pool committeemen like sunshine after rain. All agtreed come here, it would be easily ar- that if capital could be induced to SEATTLE, Aug. 11.—Commander|ture. The matter was not probed F. A. Zeuhler of the Coast Guard into deeply. heavy ice extending off Icy c.pe' Raising of finances will require to the Arctic may delay ships bound"'some philanthropist,” public sub- for Point Barrow. iscription or a pool such as had been the ice shoreward. the pool idea would be possible for The schooner C. S. Holmes com- a5 much as $5,000, but that for a pleted discharging its cargo at More expensive pool it would be im- ranged to donate a lot for the struc- cutter Northland wirelessed that Committee Continual westerly winds brought Suggested last week. All agreed that The North-, boxing ring during the prize fight|Point Lay Thursday. bout between George Godirey and|land was at Point Barrow August Hank Hankinson, 10 and 11 of last year, possible. Flies Orer Top | Of Mt. McKinley; | Views Are Taken Bradford Washburn, in| Plane Piloted by Estol Call, on New Jaunt ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 11.— Bradford Washburn, explorer, in a chartered plane, flew over Mount McKinley yesterday. The plane climbed 22,500 feet and the temperature was 15 de- A fears into that country and the ancient walled city of Peiping. JAPAN'S ANSWER. Japan's big guns moved into position in North China, striking new world that the move marked the beginning of an attack against the Negotiations between diplomats thus far had failed. Japan began ,to raise $40,000 bucks?” he was grees below zero and with a 70- mile an hour wind prevailing. Washburn had the door taken off the plane and made photographs. Estol Call was pilot of the char- tered plane on the flight. — e Nazi Wives See Matgg at Work BERLIN, Aug. 11—The Nazi doc- Pack Behind trine, says a party publication, holds that German “hausfraus” should, KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 11— know more about their husbands'|The belated salmon run in this business. districi appeared actually under Too many wives, it says, look upon|way yesterday with another record the office or factory as just a horrid|day of salmon catches for most of place where their husbands get the canneries. headaches and ill temper. The idea| The total pack for this season is is to educate wives to appreciate far behind the last three years, husbands’ efforts. They are to see with a total for the district of their men folk actually at toil. [320,000 cases, which is about half One plant has made a beginning of last year according to Fisheries by taking wives of employees Bureau reports. through shops to see how hard hus-| — e, et WIFEHELD IN 3610000 Estate ™ \yrere pEATH lncludes Pe“mestQuestion of Son’s Paternity o R i Results in Shooting Included in the $610,000 estate left | Affray by Mrs. Alice C. Brewster, eighty-| E— three, who died last November 28, CHICAGO, T, Aug. 11.—Mrs. were seventy-eight pennies carefully| Ruth Wurleim, 35, is held on an tucked away in an envelope in a|open charge, pending an inquest safety deposit box. into the' death of her husband, Inquiry revealed the pennies were George 45, whom the Assistant given to her on her seventy-eighth|States’ Attorney Julius Sherwim birthday by her elder brother. said she shot three times. The A D A A et . 3 v T shooting took place after Wurleim questioned his wife on the patern- ity of their nine months’ old baby | son David. SALMON RUN 1S ON AGAI ~ ATKETCHIKAN Another Record Catch Re- ported Yesterday— | weaving together. The sub-com- mittee will run a public notice sev- eral days before the next meeting At this time they should be pre-] pared to present a concrete plan| on which to go ahead, or to advise discontinuance of the plan for the present. ————.———— -e Mink Farmer to Westward Is Dead ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 11.— Holden’s Efforts to Get | Plane on Ramp Resound Like Thunder ‘What sounded like a coupie of an- tagonistic squadrons fighting in the Spanish war last night turned out to be a harmless Marine Airways plane which Alex Holden was try- ing to get up on the ramp at the side of the hangar. | The wind was blowing at a ter-| i s rific rate of speed and kept bang- Queu Disaffection ing the plane, which was floating| in the channel, against the hang-; MADRID, Aug. 11. Spanish ar. This might have led to plane covernment sources today reported damage so Holden decided to put it ¢ha¢ the Franco forces had shelled on the ramp. |their own city, Segovia, in an On one side of the hangar IS a8 ,yempt 1o put down an Insurgent pulley to holst the plane into it yeyolp which Is sald to be spread- ‘without dlm_culty. But to get it on ing through many Rebel-held prov- ‘lhc ramp it is necessary to use pow- inces, |er—and that's what Juneauites in the downtown section heard be- tween 11 p.m. and midnight 4ast REVOLT SPREADS THROUGH REBEL RANKS IN SPAIN Insurgents Reported Forced to Fire on Own City to BRISK CONFLICT Rubber plants grow no farther Frank Arnold, mink rancher north All those loose ends were tossed|north or south of the equator than jof Anchorage, died here in a local jin the lap of the sub-cammittee for|sg degrees, 1hospital, night. Norway Glaciers Are Melting ;Hot Weather, Caus One Chunk Falls, Creates 16-foot Tidal Wave —Does Damage ~The weather has been so hot that Norwegian glaciers are melting. A huge section of the Hardanger |Glacier has disintegrated under the heat and fell into Demme Lake. A tidal wave, 160 feet high, was created by the splash and twelve houses were washed away. Crops have been destroyed and large boulders have filled the fields. D Members of the Bristow, Okla,, Junior Chamber of Commerce “Wel- come Wagon"” committee greet new lcomers to the city with a box of |groceries and household articles do- noted by merchants MADRID, Aug. 11. Spanish Government observation posts said that a brisk conflict is being waged in Segovia, 43 miles northwest of | Madrid, with the crackle of ma-| jchine gun and rifle fire heard in | nearby Government lines, as the ‘Imurgcm forces reportedly sought {to quell revolt in their ranks. Insurgent artillery is reported to have opened fire on one city in | far-southern Spain, and the revolt |is sald tobe widespread near the iclly of Granada. Rebel sources (have consistently denied any dis- laffection in their ranks during the iyear-lm\g war. At London, Britain's first protest to the Insurgents over Friday's | bombing of the tanker | Corporal brought what !sources said to be an factory” reply from the headquarters. | informed “unsatis- Franco -es Rear Admiral Noble Irwin, Decorated for Bravery, Passes Away SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. 11.—Rear Admiral Noble Irwin, 67, retired who was decorated by the Navy and re- British | PRICE TEN CENTS — e HINA PORTS; FIGHT NAVAL CRAFT CHOKE RIVERS - ALON COAST Vessels Rushed to Strategic Points—Bluejackets Are Landed FIGHTING PROGRESSES AT PASS NEAR PEIPING Chinese A;y Reported Victorious—Air Raids Feared, Japanese BULLETIN — SHANGHAL, Aug. 11~—Jjajan today choked the Whangpoo River with a score of warships and scattered others to the mouth of the Yangtze. Japan has also poured between 500 and 1,000 bluejack- ets into this city. Naval authori- ties said the situation was brought to a head by the slay- ing of a naval officer and a seaman. Those of other nations however look askance at the naval array. MAJOR ENGAGEMENT TOKYO, Aug. 11.—The Domei news agency reports a major en< gagement between Japanese and Chinese at Nankow Pass, 30 miles northwest of Peiping. The same report says Nankow is in flames. The city is the gateway to Hopel and Chahar. Both sides have been massing forces in the section where the fighting is in progress. Reports Disagree First reports sald the unit of the Central Army participated in'a ma the Japanese are being defeated at the Pass. Tokyo declares that reinforce~ ments are being rushed to the sec- tion and advances have been made. COMPROMISED SITUATION TOKYO, Aug. 11.—The slaying of a naval officer and a seaman is considered here as having compro- mised whatever slender chance |there was for peace remaining. | The Japanese expressed the fear the Chinese might strike without i‘wnrnlng with a huge fleet of Am« ,erican made tri-motored bombers. | Orders have been issued for the |Japanese air fleet to be prepared for instant “taking off.” Orders have also been issued for twelve destroyers and three light cruisers to proceed at once to Shanghal. Other war craft are also under “secret orders.” ——— s Guild Pickets nge_d at Star Newsman Is Beaten Up— Three Arrests Are Quickly Made - SEATTLE, Aug. 11. — Continued publication of the Seattle Star was assured today when a group of men wearing Teamsters’ Union buttons in their lapels escorted union print- ers into the newspaper plant, forc- ing Newspaper Guild pickets to re- treat a block and a half. | Police stood nearby watching de- velopments. Pists flew, and a few well planted kicks were administer- ed to Guild pickets, but no serious injuries were reported early in the day. Only half the mechanical force reported this morning. Foreman Ralph Cunningham and others were unable to pass the picket line. Three men were arrested about noon for fighting and injurhe Paul Oneill, a Times reportr. Tom Swift, 32, George WHliams, 46, teamsters, and Jack Heise, 25, striking Guild cameraman, were released on $25 bail. Oneill was reported covering the story of the strike when he was pounced upon, suffeing a concus- sion of the bain. He was taken to the hospital. i SR Fossils Foun ! RADFORD, Va—Shell fish fos= |sils somewhat similar to the pres- ent-day clams which scientists say existed 300 million years ago, have been uncovered in grading work ceived -the Cross of the French Le- for U. S. Highway No. 11 in the gion of Honor for bravery in the .World War, died here yesterday. Plum Creek vegion of Southwest Ivirginia