The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 30, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L, NO. 7575. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS i PRICE TEN CENTS US.LINER BOMBED BY CHINAWAR PLANES MATTERN GOES Reports No Contact Estab- lished on Flight Yesterday —Tuning ProgressMade Two trips up into the sub-strat- osphere yesterday afternoon netted Smiling Jimmy Mattern and his navigator Hank Jones no radio con- tact with Sigismund Levanesky and his crew of missing Soviet North Pole fliers, but did, Mattern reported, result in progress toward tunin gthe radio equipment aboard the Texan to the exact frequency on which Levanevsky was to broad- cast, Matterr: took his glistening Lock~ heed monoplane off the PAA air- port here yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock and climbed to 25000 feet, where he cruised around on his in- itial attempt to tune in on calls from the Soviets from the upper skies. Lands at Whitehorse Swinging toward Whitehorse on his flight, Mattern landed there for a stop of about one hour. Then he again took the air and went to 25, 000 feet for another tuning session on the way back toward Juneau. He circled down out of the blue over Gastineau Channel at 5 o'clock and landed again at the PAA air- port. “We did not expect to get in radio contact with the lost plane on our first attempt,” Mattern declared last evening following his landing back here. “It will probably take us two or three more of such hops be- fore we will have our equipment tuned accurately to the frequency on which Levanevisky was to send out his calls.” Seientific Angle In explaining the purpose of his current high altitude leaps, Mat- tern said: “Ground search over the region where the Soviet plane was thought to be down having failed, we are now approaching the search President’s Fishing Down By PRESTON GROVER ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — The sort of fish the President is hooking down the Potomac river these sum- mer weekends is an enticing sub- ject in Washington. Three times in a month he's taken his rather antiquated Presi- dential yacht, the Potomac, down | the river to the navy yards to cast |bait over the side on sunny Sun- |days. “Just for a rest,” say White House announcements. ‘But Washington is looking beyond the - announcements to the Presi- |dent’s fishing companions on those three trips. On separate weekends in July they were Gov. Frank Mur- phy of Michigan and Senator Rob- ert LaFollette of Wisconsin. On the second weekend in August the guest was Senator Sherman Minton of In- diana. Could the fish the President sought to hook on those trips pos- sibly be an alignment for 1940? H Certainly the three gentlemen didn’t just sit aft and angle. They have ideas; and if their tongues wagged at all, they must have wag- Potomac on Sundays Keeps Many Guessing on Purposes ged in the tunes familiar to them. And what are the tunes? L A THREE GOOD FRIENDS La Follette and Minton have vot- ed an almost straight Roosevelt ticket in the Senate. They have placed their official approval on all the Rooseveltian moves toward the “more abundant life,” such as TVA, Social Security, AAA, the Court re- form bill, the Wagner Labor Rela- tions Act, the holding company bill, reciprocal trade treaties, hous- ing and the Wages and Hours bills, The two Senators who have hook- ed fish with the President have jobs that put all their major ideas on record. But there’s red-headed Governor Murphy of Michigan. He seems to be driving in the same di- rection. In a recent speech he said: “Our people are not suffering from having too much. They are suffer- ing from another abuse: from a few having too muech.” It was Murphy, in an interview in Bridgeport, Conn., who said to a reporter: “there is considerable sup- port in the nation for a third term (Continued on Page Five) WHITE SLAVE RAIDS SUNDAY: 137 ARRESTED {Federal Agents, Led by J.| Edgar Hoover, Swoop Down, Three Cities | ATLANTIC CITYY, N. J, Aug. 30.—Led by J. Edgar Hoover, Fed- eral agents swept through here and two other cities in Pennsylvania and | Delaware Sunday in 16 simultan-| eous white slavery raids. One hundred and thirty seven | Fish Jumps Right Into Boat—TYep, In Skillet Now To go fishing and not even get a bite, then to come ashore, start mooring the boat and have a fish jump right into that boat, is the odd experience of two Juneau young ladies on Sunday. Miss Prances Harland and Miss Beatrice Massey, the latter of the| Juneau ical and Surgical Clinic, started out in Auk Bay yesterday afternoon to fish, It was Miss Massey's first experience in fishing in Alaska, as she is a recent ar- rival here, and she wanted to get a whale, porpoise, king or herring, or something. Well, the two rowed and rowed. Not a nibble on their line. LOST ALASKA CHECK FOUND, SAYS DIMOND Protection ‘of Alaska Sal- mon Taken Up by Departments By ANTHONY J. DIMOND Fer this issue the Washing! News Letter has a new editor,’ reporter and correspondent all rolled into one, a sort of “pinch- hitter” for Mr. Eckles, who Washington August 14 for a ecation, accompanied by his wife and his daughter, Jewell Lee. He is driving to Idaho for a visit { with his father and other rela- tives who reside there. He plané on returning to Washing about September 14. ALASKA PURCHASE CHECK WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21. —The bill which I introduced for delivery to the Governor of Als aska of the check for $7,200,000 is= }price of the Territory, in order that Ithe check might be kept in the Al- |aska Territorial Museum, is having Irough sledding. Some days ago the Senate Committee on Territories {considered the bill and declined to make a favorable report on it. The suggestion was made that the check was of such outstanding historical lvalue as to warrant is being kept lat the National Capitol rather than |being sent to Alaska. One of the |members of the Committee re- |marked that the National Archives Building in Washington, comple last yeaf at the cost of many mil- lions of dollars, was built for the e | tional importance, and that if ‘the States and Territories might require |that other papers and documents of historic interest be sent to the capi- tols of those States and Territories. The Chairman of the.Committee, Senator Tydings, suggested that a “Jlater and will be honored at various | purpose of safely housing ;and keeping such documents of na~|’ {check were sent to Alaska, other| NILE TEMPLE SHRINE HEADS ARRIVE HERE Will Participate in Affairs Here Until They Go South Thursday The high officials of Nile Tem- le, after spreading good cheer to hrine organizations throughout Al- ka for the past two weeks, ar- fved in Juneau today on the ukon “not for entertainment but meet and entertain the nobility this city.” The group will entertain the local | Shrine Club at the Scottish Rite | Temple at a time to be arranged | private functions. | . The party consists of Carl E.| Croson, . Potentate, and his wlte:; Harrison J. Hart, Chief Rabban, | d his wife; Stephen W. Breth-| orst, High Priest and Prophet, and | his wife; Raymond D. Ogden, Ora-| ‘T tor, and his wife; William J. Stein- | ert, Oriental Guide; William L. {sued in payment of the purchase Barbee, Director of Second Section; worth trying. and Burman Schoenfeld, Captain of the Guard. They are gueses at Hotel Juneau. High in Life ‘The program at which they will present is under the direction of J. W. Leivers, Secretary of the | Shrine Club, who is in charge dur~ ing the absence of Judge George | F. Alexander, who is in the In- terior, The visiting Shriners stand high | in business and professional life n Seattle. W. J. Steinert is Chief Justice of the Washington Slate Supreme Court, The Messrs. Cros- .Brethorst and. Ogden are at- ys. Mr. Hart i5 head of the| Puget Sound Tug and Barge Com-‘ pany, Mr. Barbee is head of Lhei Barbee Marine Yards and Mr.i Schoenfeld is associated with the Standard Furniture Company of | Seattle. | Ketchikan Ceremonial The Shriners will not hold a| in Applying Neutrality a brand new use America has neutrality law, made for when other nations get into wars. And the Far East is aflame with what a lot of peo- ple would call a war. Then why doesn’t the United States apply its neutrality law? Morgan Beatty answers that question. By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — Now; that China and Japan are fighting again—and, incidentally, endanger- ing thousands of Americans in the Far East—where does that “neu- trality law” of ours fit into the pic- ture? ‘The long and short of it is sim- ple: The neutrality law doesn't fit very well, and probably won't fit any war. Then why have a law? Because Congress thinks a lucky, break and a cautious policy labelled “neutrality” might conceivably com-| bine some day to keep our interna- tional nose clean. At least, the law- makers decided a neutrality law was| It's a good deal like whooping cough vaccine for the baby. You can administer the stuff and hope. But the fact is, baby may go ahead and whopp anyway. A President Must Decide With that situation confronting it, Congress decided to give the President the job of deciding when a war existed, since nations don't draw back with grandiose gestures these days and “declare” war. They simply start fighting When the President is satisfied a war is going on, and that it may endanger our peace or security, he simply bars absolutely the export of arms ,ammunitions and imple- ments of war to the warring na- tions. Further, he draws the unpleas- ant task of deciding what other ma- terials—such as oil, copper, etc. — should be barred on the ground that they might help a nation carry on War, Then, he may prohibit American ships from carrying these second- ary war materials to a fighting country. W That's the “cash and carry” idea. (Continued on Page Two) AIR RAID ON VALENCIA IS STAVED OFF Government Anti-Aircraft Guns Beat Off Sur- prise Attack VALENCIA, Spain, Aug. 30.—A surprise attack by seven insurgent bombing planes on this capital of the government of Spain, was beat- | en off last night by heavy anti- aircraft guns. | Three persons were injured by| bombs from the insurgent planes. PLAN OUSTING FRENCH FROM SPANISH LAND Instructions Given to Be Ready to Leave on 24Hours’ Notice SAINT JEAN DE LUZ, France, Aug. 30.—Spanish Insurgent sources sald French residents have been warned to be ready to leave In- surgent Spanish territory on 24 hours’ notice. Gen. PFranco is reported consid- ering expulsion of all Frenchmen f:;‘:l);em Tt ey sc‘emmc]men and women were placed under 2 |arrest and it is said that two young “Levanevisky left Moscow with a' e AR :n Wit ha -wis sup_,gms, who disappeared from their posed to send out calls in case ot;homes. were found, held as pris- an emergency. That schedule calls "< A JoZaotal, piapedes. hil for him to broadcast from twenty omier . w: reJpRen ELAe minutes to ten minutes before each ahphia Lnd it lmmg_"i"_'; hour. By climbing into the sub-! & stratosphere we hope to avoid local| interference and by exact tuning to his frequency he able to receive z the hourly calls from the ground- ed plane. Once the calls are re-! ceived it will be possible to determ- ine a fairly exact location of the plane and eliminate nearly all the BOARD VESSELS And the sun was bright, and too, and still they rowed, no bite. | Sort of disgusted they returned to the shore off the Harland cabin to moor the boat, As they were tying the craft up, {to their surprise, up leaped a sal- !mon—yep! Jumped right out of |Auk Bay and right into that boat. Surprised—and how, fish and both women. Well, the poor fish jumped around and then apparently breath- |they were getting a beautiful tan,| | photostat copy of the check and | ceremonial here, but will hold thls[ other relevant documents be made, |ceremony in Ketchikan for a num- ber of initiates after leaving here on the North Sea Thursday. Cere- monials were held in Fairbanks and /in Cordova and a get-together was held in Anchorage, Dances were given in Anchorage.and Fairbanks, | Potentate Croson said his groupi {which might be certified and sent to Alaska and would thus serve the {same purpose as though the original check were presented to the Alaska ‘Ternmrml Museum. It was further; suggested that. the certification ,might possibly be made by the Pres- ident, if that were considered de- has had an excellent time meeting | sirable. Shriners in Alaska. This is his first official visit to Alaska al-| jn|though he has been north in a Washington took a keen interest in Private capacity before. The major- ithe bill and one of them went w;tty of the visitors, however, are the Treasury requesting that he pe here for the first time and are Check Lost The newspaper reporters in retaliation for France's action in ousting a group of Spanish Insurgents living along the French coast. France took action after what is termed the “kidnaping” of a Spanish Government oil tanker in French waters by young Insurgents while other sources reported that the action for expulsion was be- cause of evidence of illegal Insur- gent activity in France. — . OVER 100 DIE IN NAVY AVIATORS PAY RESPECTS T0 GOVERNOR Bombing Squadron Officers! Fly Over from Sitka | ‘What It Means, This He.;:itumry SHE”_ST]UMPED ON PRES. HOOVER OF MERCY FLEET Attack Made 20 Miles from Coast, About 50 Miles from Woosung SEVEN MEMBERS OF CREW ARE WOUNDED Gaps Torn in—H_u“ of Vessel Above Waterline— Ald Summoned SHANGHAI, Aug. 30—Four war- planes, apparently Chinese, today dumped bombs on the Dollar Liner President Hoover on the high seas off the China coast. The liner, one of the mercy fleet which has been evacuating hun- dreds of Americans from Shanghal, was attacked 20 miles from the coast and about 50 miles from Woo- sung, the point where the Yangtze river meets the Whangpoo, which is the city’s harbor and waterway. Seven members of the President Hoover's crew were wounded by the bursting bombs and three pas- sengers suffered from shell shock. Liner is Damaged ‘The bombs tore gaps in the Presi- dent Hoover's hull above ‘the water- line but the liner “came about” and proceeded toward Kobe under her own steam. Destroyers Rush to Scene Two American destroyers steamed under force draft to the scene in response to the liner's calls for med- ical aid. The British warship Cumberland, near the scene, rushed to the side of the liner and gave the necessary assistance. B Evacuation Frustrated Immediately after the bombing. the Dollar line announced that all plans for further evacuation of Am- ericans from Shanghai have been frustrated. Bombs Aimed at Japs Apparently the bombs were aimed at two Japanese destroyers maneu- vering near the President Hoover. BOMBING ADMITTED NANKING, Aug. 30.—The Chin~ ese authorities admitted that “one” .ut their planes, aiming at a Japan- jese troop ship, accidentally hit the President Hoover. The admission came after Nelson Johnson, United States Ambassador, visited the Foreign Office. “The incident is most regrettable, unfortunate and a mistake by a Chinese pilot and the Government i ied—“Me for the frying pan, but l. FOR INSPECTION ool oo | et from (last, right in that boat. permitted to see the check. The enjoying the visit tremendously. | 1S iviorning is willing to make full redress,” the element of chance from the search. | v “Of course, our entire radio lo- cation approach depends upon the radio equipment aboard the lost plane being in good condition.” Mattern plans his second tuning hop as soon as he and Jones have completed action upon the results of the initial listenening flight. He will probably fly high again tomor- row if skies are still clear, Hundreds visited the PAA airport Sunday and today to get a ‘“look” at the Texan. - — et WIEN FLYING GASOLINE T0 HUNT PARTIES Takes Fuel to Old Crow for Randall, Who Will Take it to Sir Wilkins FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 30— Pilot Noel Wien, on Sunday, flew 480 gallons of gasoline from Fair- banks to Old Crow and will make several other trips. The gasoline is for Bob Randall, Canadian pilot, who will fly the gasoline from Old Crow to Aklavik for Sir Hubert Wilkins and others engaged in the search for the lost Soviet fliers. A. Vartanian, Soviet representa- tive in Fairbanks, said Sir Hubert is at Patrick Island awaiting for favorable weather to take to the air again. There are some here who believe| 1eaying a suicide note which told| the island is unexplored in the Arctic since waterfowl annually fly over Point Barrow. - e Inspection of motor craft on wn-: ters in and nearby Juneau will be| started tomorrow morning, it was, announced here this afterncon by Lieut. Comdr. N. G. Ricketts, com- manding the U.S.C.G. Haida. In making the axmouxwemez’.l Commander Ricketts warned all op- erators of motor boats and other small craft to be sure that their vessels meet with the requirements for their classes. The inspection, required by marine regulations, will be opened in Juneau and will bej| carried on over all the waters in| the Haida's division, from Peters- burg to Yakutat. Officers of the Haida will com- mence boarding vessels here tomor- row morning. \Wife Kills Self, Six Children in | lowa Farm Home Leaves Note Telling of Ma-! ital Unhappiness Before Death DENISON, Iowa, Aug. 30.—The bodies of a mother and six children lay in a funeral home here, victims Gottburg rendered a verdict of mur- der and suicide. The dead were Mrs. Elsie Nollen, 30, Leona, 4, Violet, 2, Orvin, 11,' ‘Wilbert 10, Pauline, 7, Earl 8. of marital unhappiness, the mother took the lives of her children and herself by sending deadly monoxide exhaust from the family car into of a farm tragedy. Coroner John' Believe it or not—but you will have to hurry if you doubt this, for that 12-inch fish is going into the skillet sometime today to satisfy the appetite of Miss Massey. USRS Giants on Verg 0f Copping Flag Afier_\_Vek-end’ Trying to Repeat Last Year's Miracle, May Make Another Subway Series (By the Associated Press) Another Metropolitan New York subway series loomed today as the galloping Giants emerged from the wreckage of a dramatic week-end all but overhauling the Cubs. The Giants now seem headed for another stretch miracle that may hoist the National League bunt- ing atop their center field flag- pole. The western half of the National League collapsed like a tent in a windstorm. It began to look like 'you could do a lot worse than bet 'even money that the Giants would | retrace 1936 history to repeat their performance when they dashed from. the second division to the league championship. They pulled up to a bare two percentage points behind the col- lapsible Cubs yesterday. In the American League the New iYork Yankees are merely biding their time before they strut on the !ield to represent the junior league lin the World Serfes. This race has George I1I, who came to the Brit-|the bedroom window of the home. developed into a one-team show ish throne in 1760, was warned by| The husband, Albert Nollen, found |With the spotlight focused on the tence: his mother, “George be King.” the bodies when he returned home. ‘Yanks. | Treasury official consulted said that the check was in the custody of the General Accounting Office, so this reporter, like all good reporters, pur- sued the subject far enough to go to the General Accounting Office, and there asked that he might see the check. The General "Accounting Office searched high and low but could not fihd it. For some days the Washington newspapers, and even the stately New York Times carried stories about the loss of the check and said that it had not been seen for 30 years. The next day I re- ceived a letter from Mr. Reinhard H. Luthin of Columbia University, the author of a historical article concerning the sale of Alaska, which appeared in the Slavonic Review, published by the University of Lon- don, issue of July, 1937, in which he said that he saw the check about three years ago. Check is Found Finally some one in the General Accounting Office found the check in some remote and obscure file, and 80 now it is all peace and happiness so far as the Alaska check is con- cerned. T argued that if the check was of no more interest to the people of the United States than one would imply from its not having been seen for 30 years, or even three years, it ought to be sent to Alaska and The party lunched at Percy's! Cafe. This afternoon they are| |guests of L. H. Metzgar on a visit | through the Alaska Juneau mill. | ——————— OLSON DECLARES AIRFIELDS ARE BIG ALASKA NEED Better Facilities Needed to Handle Volume of Growing Business After a trip to the Interior on of- ficial business, Territorial Treas- | urer Oscar Olson returned to Ju- neau yesterday by PAA plane. Mining activity is at its peak in the Interior, he reported, and in- dications are for an excellent season | with several new properties being operated. | One of Alaska’s crying needs, he said, s further aviation facilities. “To keep abreast with mining and other activity,-we must have better airfields,” he said. “We need im- provements to many of the existing To pay their respects to Gov. John! W. Troy, Lieut. Comdr. C. C. Cham- pion, Jr., and other officers of the| VP-16 Navy bombing equadron, now at Sitka, flew over to Juneau| this morning dnd brought two of the big bombers to rest or thé wa- ters of Gastineau Channel off ‘the Government dock. In the official party were Lieut. Comdr. Champion, commanding the | bombing unit; Lieut. Comdr. A, K.| Moorehouse, commanding the plane tender Sandpiper; Lieut. C. S. Smi- ley and Cadet K. H. Ruddy. They' were accompanied by Deputy U. 8. Marshal Ben Ficken, of Sitka. The squadron is expected to be stationed at Sitka for about a month. PEKOVICH TAKES TRIP TO NEW YORK Sam Pekovich, manager of. the| Admiralty Alaska Gold Mining, Company at Hawk Inlet, left today on the steamship Yukon for a hur- ried trip to New York. He was flown into, Juneau from Hawk Inlet Saturday night at, 10 o'clock by AAT Pilot Sheldon Sim-~ mons. From Seattle he will fly! to New York for business. He is expected to return here in several AUTO CRASHES OVER WEEKEND Twelve in dne Party Are Killed When Sedan Hits Truck CHICAGOy 111, Aug. 30.—At least 101 persons were killed in automo- bile accidents on the Nation's streets and highways during the weekend. Fifteen died in California. Six men and six women were smashed to death when a sedan crashed into a truck near Craig, Colorado. e LOUIS, FARR <~ MEET, RING Champion Joe Louis and Welsh Challenger Tommy Farr meet to- night in the Yankee Stadium in New York City in the main bout placed on exhibition where perhaps|fields and others need to be estab- wveks. at 9 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, 20,000 people a year would see it. PROTECTION OF SALMON FISHERY The bill which I introduced on June 17, HR. 7552, to protect and preserve the salmon fishery in Al- aska, has been reported upon by three departments; the Department of Justice, the Treasury Depart- ment, and the Department of Com- merce, The Attorney General made a very brief report, the substance of it is contained in the following sen- (Continued on Page Two) lished. The aviation program now planned with that in mind is going Ito be one of the greatest aids the Territory can have.” The official traveled exclusively by plane to complete his business as soon as possible and found that all planes are busy all the time and using almost impossible land- ing places because of the lack of adequate fields. He went as far north as Nome. R Cerberus was the many-headed dog of Greek mythology which guarded the portal of infernal re- glons. KENNETH COHENS LEAVE TOMORROW After spending two years in Ju- neau, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Cohen will safl tomorrow morning | on the Alaska for King Cove, where Mr. Cohen will teach school. Originally from Portland, Ore., the Cohens have made a number | of friends since they have been in Juneau. They have been honored at several parties since the an- nouncement of their departure. but this hour may be advanced if weather threatens. The probable attendance will be 35,000 and the probable gate re- ceipts $350,000, including radio and motion picture rights. Louis was weighed in this morn- ing, tipping the scales at 197 pounds and Farr 204% pounds. Both weighed somewhat lighter than last Thursday morning, the date scheduled for the bout but was postponed on account of rain. During the weighing 'In Farr kept up a running line of patter directed mostly to the champion but Louis "did not reply. Chinese Nanking Government spokesman said. Gen. Yanh Hu, Commander of the Shanghai-Woosung garrison, has expressed to General Consul Gauss his “sympathy” at the bomb- ing. STRONG PROTEST MADE WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — Sec- retary of State Cordell Hull said he has instructed Ambassador Johnson to make a strong protest to the Chinese Nanking Government for the bombing of the President Hoo- ver. Sk Secretary ‘Hull said he is under the impression that American mer- chant vessels may not call at Shang- hai. 25 Rt “The bomptse' ety much e plored. It i§¥one of those not en- tirely unuspal incidents that occur under conditions sueh as those that exist in the Shanghai area,” said Secretary Hull. $250,000 Suit Filad,_s_tar Case SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Sixteen for- mer Seattle Daily Star employees over whom the Guild called a strike last month have filed a $250,000 damage suit in the Superior Court . against Mayor John F. Dore, Dave ’ Beck, Willlam Green and Leo Flyn, Green’s Pacific Northwest represen- tative. The complaint charges the de- fendants with “malicious interfer- {ence” between employer and em- ployee relationship on the Star. ~ DEAD ROME, Aug. 30.—Gastano Car- dinal Bisleti, 81, died of bronchial |pneumonia here today. He had been 3ill for some time.