The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE " VOL. L, NO. 7560. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA lHURSDAY AUGUST I2 1937 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SENATOR NOMINATED, SUPREME COURT Plane Hops From Moscow, Alaska Bound OVER POLE TO FAIRBANKS, IS FLIER'S BOAL | Levanevisky Takes Air for Thirty-four Hour Flight to Interior City CREW OF FIVE iS ABOARD BIG CRAFT|: Two, POSSIbly Three Re-| fueling Stops to Be Made Enroute to New York Sigismund Levanevisky took off from Moscow on a trans-Polar flight which may end in New York City, at 6:31 p. m., which is 7:13 o'clock a. m. Associated Press advices received by The Empire this morning. Aboard the plane are five crew| members. Stops are scheduled for Fair- banks, Edmonton and possibly Chi- cago, on the proposed flight to New York City. The four motored plane is vastly different from the wide - winged single motor craft of the two pre- : decessors on flights to the United || States. Cheered at Takeoff The plane took ,the air from the Schelvoke airfield with a crowd ot official spectators cheering. The plans for the flight were kept a secret until just before the take- | off. Levanevisky said he would not try for a speed record. 30 Hours to Fairbanks The chief pilot estimated that he would reach Fairbanks in about 30 hours or about 1 o'clock tomorrow | afternoon. “I intend flying in the stratos- phere which is much higher than Chekaloff or Gromoff did on lheir flights,” said Levanevisky. The time of arrival in New Yurk will depend on the speed made by the plane and refueleing at Fair-| banks and Edmonton. The chief pilot of the plane is| wellknown in Juneau. He was here a year ago on his flight from San Diego to Moscow, via Alaska and Siberia. To Fly High Levanevisky said he intended to fly at a height of 9,000 meters or approximately 5% miles. The pilot’s companions are Co- pilot Kostenaieff; Navigator Hector | Levchenko, who accompanied Lev-| anevisky on his flight via Alaska last year; and Mechanics Pobez- himoff, Godovikoff and Radio Op- erator Galkovsky. WEATHER AT POLE SOVIET NORTH POLE CAMP,| Aug. 12—There was a snow storm here early today but later the sky was cloudless. Visibility is five- eighths of a mile at noon. The temperature is 30 degrees ahove zero. SURPRISED AT TAKEOFF SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 12. —Grigori Gokhmann, Acting Rus- sian Consul General here, said he was surprised at the takeoff. “It is most unusual for a flight to start in the evening,” he said. FAIRBANKS IS READY FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 12— S. A. Smirnov, radio engineer, and Michel Beliakov, representing the Soviet Government here, confirmed departure of the plane from Mos- cow, stating they had been so ad- vised by the Moscow Embassy at ‘Washington, and Seattle represen- tative. Everything is ready here for the landing and servicing of the plane. Ten thousand gallons are on hand. Clyde Armistad and Bill Lavery, who won Russia’s highest decora- tion in 1934, are now héere and will aid the work on the plane, if any is needed. Northern and central Alaska | weather is nearly perfect today. The plane is expected here to- morrow noon. —————— M. C. Rogers, farmer near Austin, Tex., owns a 9-year-old goldfish that is 151 inches long, 11 inches around and weighs two pounds, HOPPING OVER POLE | ) ! I | | | i | | today, according to ,ub v Slglnnmml Levanevisky who is plioting a Soviet plane from Moscow to Fairbanks and then u.slwlrd. l NEW YORK LADS 'REACH NOME IN 11-FO0T CANOE Plan to Compose Book of; Their Experiences on Voyage NOME, Alaska, Aug. 12.—Shelton | | Taylor, 24, and Geoffrey Pope, 23,| who left New York April 19 ,1936, in a seventeen-foot canoe, have ireached Nome. | The two advéenturers have trav- eled the rivers and creeks to Ber- | |ing Sea. They paddled up the Hud- |son and spent the winter at Fort |Smith. They went down the Mac- ‘Kenzle, portaged Rat River, then proceded to Porcupine. From there | they headed for Fort Yukon, down to St. Michael, into the Bering, Sea and on to Nome. Although they completed the trip |six weeks ahead of schedule, they met with many adventures on their journey. At one time they traveled sixteen days without getting out of the canoe. They were forced to build ice breakers on the bow at| Fort Smith to save themselves from | the ice and to help the boat break through. | The two New Yorkers plan to| write a beok of their experiences. — e Canoeist Piles " UponB,C.Beach PRINCE RUPERT, B. C,, Aug. 12.| —Annette Lowman, who is canoe- ing from Anacortes, Wash,, to Ket-i chikan, piled up on Gardner Canal and was found exhausted on the beach by Indians. She was given all aid required, took a rest, dried outand then continued her trip northward. CHARLIE CHAN IS BEING SUED SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Aug. 12. —Warner Oland, the Charlie Chan| of the movies, is being sued for| separate maintenance by his wife. She alleges he is habitually intem- perate, | ESKIMOS STAGE SITDOWN STRIKE ‘AT HOOPER BAY [Tired of Barlenng, They Refuse to Cast Mooring Lines for Trader ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 12. —A special dispatch received here by the Anchorage Times relates the story of a sitdown strike by which 200 Eskimos tried to delay the de- parture of the schooner Trader |from Hooper Bay at the mouth of ! South River on July 31. | FPirst, Capt. Palsson moored the vessel to the beach. Eskimos came aboard to barter with Ira Rank of Nome, owner of the vessel. Tired of bartering, they hustled off the |ship. They then refused to cast |the mooring . line off shore. | They were offered 50 cents, but |struck and demanded $1. The 1 younger Eskimos started to unleash |the lines. A fight started and Capt. Palsson had to go overboard to unleash the lines. FRENCH TROOPS MOVE T0 SYRIA Attempt !o@zll Revolt Among Wild Kurd- ‘ ish Tribes | | BERUT, Syria, Aug. 12. — French troops and airplanes moved to Northeastern Syria today to quell |a revolt among the wild Kurdish tnbes and to end the back country ‘war between Mohammedans and ‘Chrbtlans in Jerusalem. is reported that French air-| [planes wrecked Amounda wnh !bombs ahead of the infantry occu- pation. Motorized infantry found |fifteen bodies under looted and burned homes CP STEAMSHIP - RESCUES MEN ‘Duchess of Atholl Takes 23 | Off Danish Freight- er, Maine BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 12.—The |Canadian Pacific steamship Duch- |ess of Atholl took twenty-three men 'and officers off the Danish freight- |er Maine after a collision. The liner had 300 passengers but |was not in danger. The freighter |had a forty-foot hole in its side. The forward decks were awash. The boat was taken in tow by the Can- adian vessel, Foggy. FDR’s Autograph Not to Undergo Probe hyHnuse' Rules Commlttee Votes Down Proposal to Inves- tigate Demo. Nat. Com. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. — The {House Rules Committee today voted against recommending a congres- sional investigation of the Demo- cratic National Committee’s sale for $250 of copies of its yearbook auto- graphed by President Roosevelt. The vote came after Republican Leader Snell had presented volum- inous evidence in support of his con- tention that their sale violated the law governing political campaign contributions. He said $18,000,000 in fines are collectible. Four Republicans and ten Democrats are on the commit- tee. - —eee — The packing of peas is growing in popularity with California food manufacturers, CHINESE HIT SHANGHAI, Aug. 12—The Chin-~ ese Central Army struck with a sudden overwhelming strength to- day against the threat of an attack from Japanese warships lining the; wharves of this city. Troops of the Central Govern- ment poured into town by every railroad and highway to assert |China’s mastery over the area. |‘ Tension was heightened by reports that two Japanese transports were ‘steammg toward Shanghai carrying all troops it was possible to crowd in the vessels. Japanese marines were reinforced by two thousand bluejackets. They were rushed down the Yangtze River from Hankow. The Chinese commander warned foreigners to stay within their con- cessions. American: nofl.h of the city are cut off from the main part of the| metropolis. In the center of the| danger zone are and children. A total Marines have been mobilized follow- ing the failure of the Chinese-Jap- anese conference here situation. ‘The garrison took up patrol duty along the Northern border of the International Settlement. 1 troops, 600 French and French-Indo Chinese forces in this city of 3,000~ 000 jittery people. The conference hetween Chinese and Japanese threatened to explode intp the city. The Japanese replied, “ghere is nothing left then but to take up defensive posmon e St, Lawrence - Island Visited By Explorers’ {Party Reports Cod Caught| ‘ 35 Miles Off wams Action On Plan to Develop Alaska Resources Congress to Request Presi- Shore dent to Make Move NOME, Alaska, Aug. 12——The WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Alaska Rev. Murry, Notre Dame anthro- \Delexate Anthony J. Dimond has pologist; Mrs. Murie of Fairbanks, proposed thai Congress ask Pres- Miss Jean Bunnell, daughter of ident Roosevelt to have prepared a President Charles E. Bunnell of 'ten year plan to develop Alaska| the University of Alaska, have re-|resources and expand trade with Island via the motorship Nanuk. Capt. Arnout Castell, noted Arc- | ident. tic trader and explorer, remained| United States Senator Lewis B. on the island for further investiga- Schwellenbach has also asked Con- tions. The party will fly to Fair-/gress to validate settlement of| banks today. |claims for land sections 1636, Mat- | The group reported that during anuska project, reserved for Terri- the past week motor boats fishing torial school purposes Sarty tiras 0 T Bl ot MINER SUFFERS INSURGENTS IN " EEp LEG ASH |was recently presented to the Pres-| included women | of 1050 United States| to ease the| In addition there were 950 British | when the Chinese refused to with-| draw the troops that were pouring | ‘Delegale Dimond Asks! turned to Nome from St. Lawrence the United States proper. This plan: l19 CRUSHED IN - BRICK DEBRIS OF TENEMENTS [3N.Y. Buil—cii—t%s in Violent: Storm—Other Dead | Still Sought | NEW YORK, Aug. 12—At least| |19 persons were crushed to death ;enrl,v today amid the smothering |avalanche and debris of bricks | when three Staten Island tenement buildings collapsed during a violent | rainstorm. Many died in their sleep. Police and firemen today are i seeking additional dead. ‘ | Three persons are kriown to be, | still missing. [ | Tons of water roaring from a| { nearby storm sewer about midnight | |struck the ancient brick dwellings with a terrific impact. They were | ripped asunder, | Hero of the search included | Patrolman Joseph McBreese. First on the scene, he plunged into one building after the first structure had collapsed. Searchers found him dead, buried in the wreckage. In| his arms was found a four-year-old | |girl with her arms tightly clasped | laround his neck. The wife of Patrolman McBreese lay in a nearby hospital with a| seven-day-old son. She could hear the wails of the injured, but was not told of her husband’s death. Many other heroes died in the | catastrophe. MELLONS ON - ALASKA TRIP Party Is Makmg Voyage | ‘ Aboard Chartered | Yacht Alician KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Aug. 12* |Richard King Mellon, president of‘ |the Mellon National Bank, Mrs. | ‘Mellon John M. Laxear, manufac-| ‘turer Mrs. Laxear, Gustav and Al xLlnk junior scientific preparator of | wthe Carnegie Museum, all of Pitts- |burgh, arrived here today for a |combination cruise and search for museum speecimens. The group boarded the charter yacht Alician for a week's crulse in Southeast Alaska waters. PFish-| "lng and hunting will comprise their |sports. The party also hopes to get groups of animals, such as beal‘,1 goat and deer as specimens for the| |Carnegie Museum. | - e - FARMER SEES - LAND SINKING {Peculiar Incident Takes the fish estt out there SPAIN ADVANCE Rebels Reported Renewing| Offensive on Northern | Front Now | HENDAYE, French Border, Aug.| 12.—Reports received here from| military sources said the Insurg-, ents “advanced in several sectors”| ‘on the Santander front. This is| |taken to mean the Insurgents are| renewing their offensive on the northern front. | TWO INTERIOR ' PIONEERS DIE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 12,—{‘ Frank Bishop, pioneer resident of, Fairbanks Creek, and Peter Wes-| tevick, 78, pioneer miner, died in| the hospital here. Both will be bur- ied with Pioneer Lodge honors, ) - .t — MRS. ORME DUE SOON | Mrs. James Orme. who has been| visiting her parents in Oregon for| anof for Juneau, |after 3 o'clock this afternoon in the| |local ambulance. N. H. Ray, who suffered a gash clear to the bone beneath the right| knee while cutting timber at the| Chichagof mine this morning, was rushed to the hospital here shortly| Place—New Canyon Being Formed BUHL, Idaho, Aug. 12.—Five acres of the farm of A. H. Robertson has sunk between 125 and 150 feet. The |sinking was accompanied by deep rumblings of the earth. An area one mile square was af- fected. loca lambulance. by AAT Pilot L. F. Barr. A second emergency passenger from the mine was Charles Nickovich, who Tues- day suffered burns over the body| The land actually can be seen and face when carbide exploded. sinking out of sight and forming an! Ray told The. Empire that he entirely new canyon bordering the! missed the timber with an axe. The |course of the Salmon River. | blade sunk into his leg. ‘If it had |- - been a couple of inches higher,”| Move Over— he said, “it would have been too bad | ILhe bill forward in an effort to ob- ' |Grand [arc;and Murder ‘ IS APPOINTED, HIGH TRIBUNAL Name of Democrat from Alabama Sent to Sen- ate by Roosevelt CONFIRMATION IS LIKELY MADE SOON Organized Labor Pleased, I Satisfied—Great Se- crecy Observed WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 12—President Koosevelt today sent to the Senate for confirma- tion the name of Senator Hugo La Fayette Black, Democrat, of Alabama, as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. This was the first Supreme Court nomination to be made by the President in his almost five years of office. Sen. Black was named to replace Justice Willis Van Devanter, who recently re- signed. CONFIRMATION BLOCKED Confirmation was blocked by Senators Burke and Johnson, who cbjected to action on the appointment tmmediately. 1t will be put over at least until , tomorrow. Senator Black, one of MM_ i Southerners to be suggested for. the Supreme Court since the Civil War, resides in' Birming- ham, He was born in Clay Coun- ty, Ala., February 27, 1886. He attended public school at Ashland, Clay County. In 1906 he received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Alabama. He was a captain of the 81st Regiment Fleld Artil- lery in the World War. He is married. SERVING SECOND TERM He is now serving his second term as Senator. He was re- elected in 1932. His present term will expire in January, 1939. Prior to his election as Senator, he ‘had engaged in private legal practice from 1919 until 1927. Before the war he had served as prosecuting attorney in Jef- ferson County, Ala. He has three children. He is a Baptist, a Ma~ son, an Odd Fellow and a for- mer Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. NOMINATION SURPRISE His nomination came as a distinct surprise. Not only had Senator Black not been prom- inently mentioned as a candi- date for the Supreme Court bench, but there had been con- Tt has heen 300 years since Capt. John Smith and the Indians took pot shots at each other in the to- bacco fields of Virginia, yet resi- dents still find arrowheads when | they plough their fields. Here it | Jean Hill displaying her collec- | tion on the play suit she will | wear at the third annual National Tobacco festival at South Bos- ton, Va., Sept. 2-3. INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY 1S T0 BE DISCUSSED Roosevelt Instructs State Department to Reopen Negotiations WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.*R!p-: resentative Warren G. Magnuson of | Washington today said that Presi-| dent Roosevelt has instructed the State Department to reopen nego-| tiations with Canada in regard to the International Highway to Alas-| | ka. Consequently, the Washington Representative said he would not press for enactment of his bill which would create a Highway Commis- sioner “But if the Department fails to make progress by January, I'll bring (Continued on Page Four) - NAPLES HARBOR THREATENED BY CONFLAGRATION | Ao i J Prize Hospllal Ship One of COMELY BLONDE 7 Hopial i 0o FACES CHARGES Fierce e {tain action,” Magnuson declared. NAPLES, Italy, Aug. 12.—A spee- tacular fire today threatened all shipping in the harbor of Naples. g The fire destroyed Italy’s prize Wanar_lts Are lssued "Hospiml ship Helouan. One fireman Against Woman lost his life. S, The waterfront was saved when CINCINNATI, O., Aug. 12.—Fugi-|the Hospital ship and several other |tive warrants charging murder and burning ships were towed out into grand larceny were issued today the harbor away from other ship- against Mrs. Anna Filser Havhn, aiplnx and beyond the danger line of comely 31 year old blonde, as po-|flying embers. The Hospital Ship lice investigated the death of four Was sunk in deep water. |elderly men. The fire started aboard the Hos- Police said she admitted benefit-|Pital Ship, either caused by a short for my leg Ye Grey Bell'dl, of the fact lies in the application! sElLs SEATTLE |for a Social Security number receiv- The application came from Hoon- SEATTLE, Aug. 12--Three fish-| flh from six-year-old Stanley Ste- | lern banks with 40,000 pounds of |applicants of tefiler years are con-| |halibut and sold for 10% and 10 cerned. | | Youth’s On Its Way { | The day of youLn appears to be, drawlng nigh in Alaska. Evidence {ed here this morning by Hugh Wade, | ‘Rdeml Social Security Director. ing vessels sold here today. .|phen Thompson, and sets a new The Sitka came in from the west- record for the Territory as far as cents a pound. | Young Thompson declared him- From the local banks—Wesley 14- Self an employee of Louise Kanee, , 8% cents straight, and the former Rose Kane, ting in the estate of one and sought Circuit or spontaneous combustion money from two of the others. She of medlclne.. is being held in custody. - Amencu Novelul Dies, French Chateau U ‘\lON MEET TONIGH’I‘ | SANTA BRICE SOUSBOIS, The semi-! momhly meeting of the | Central Labor Council will be held | the past two months, is a north-|000 pounds of sable, 5 cents a pounalPostmmrels at Hoonah. He is lhe\ tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Union |France, Aug. 12—Edith Wharton, bound passenger aboard the Bar-,btralght Dawn, 5000 pounds of sa-|son of Arthur Stanley Thompson | Hall. Chris Hennings, President, American novelist, died here yes- 'will be in charge |terday at her French chateaw,