The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 18, 1937, Page 1

VOL. L, NO. 7616. LY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” * JUNEAU, ALASK A, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, | 937, A EMPIRE MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS " PRICE TEN CENTS AIR MAIL BETWEEN JUNEAU, FAIRBANKS - BIE AIRLINER GOES DOWNON | TRIP T0 EAST Last Heard from Sunday Night When Pilot Makes Brief Report AERIAL SEARCH STARTS FROM SALT LAKE TODAY | Two Planes. Return Shortly Afier Dawn — No Trace Then Found BULLETIN — SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 18.— UAL officials late this forenoon said the lost airlier has been sighted 12 miles southwest of Evanston, Wyoming. It was discovered by Bob Bergesen, of the United Airlines and Pilot Bill William, acting as observer. They could not determine if the plane was badly damaged or whether any occupants were alive. Bergesen reported by radio he would land on Knight Field just over the Utah border and 10 miles from the wrecked plane and leave for the scene imme- diately on foot or horseback. Evanston is 85 miles northeast of Lere on the east side of the mighty Wasatch Range. CRACKED UP R. W. Schroeder, Vice-Presi- dent and former Chief of the Federal Airline Inspectors, said the “plane is definitely wrecked, probably cracked up on the side of Chalk Mountain about 26 miles south of Knight, at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Observ- ers said they could not fly close encugh to see whether anyone was _still alive.” FORCE WAY TO SCENE Sheriff Narramore, of Evan- ston, Wyoming, has radioed here he believes wagons and horses can force their way to within rive or six miles of the scene of the crash but beyond that point not even a trail exists. Narramore is already on the way to the scene, according to last reports, but it is doubted if he will be able to reach the wrecked plane before nightfall. The Sheriff reported there was a miniature cloudbust last night and going is rough. LOST AT NIGHT SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 18. —One of aviation’s most modern transports, carrying 19 persons, is lost in the vast mountain studded wilderness between Rock Springs, Wyoming and Utah’s Capital City. At dawn today a fleet of planes roared out and soared over the end- less miles of rugged terrain to hunt (Continued on Page Two) DEATH TAKES NEGRO AFTER HUNTED DOWN Killed Two Policemen— Saved by Ruse from Mob —Escapes, Dies ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Oct, P | | | | | 7Lucky Flier, Lucky Dogsi : | This aviator and his two canine friends are pictured at Gunthorpe, | Englan d, immediately after the plane in which they were flying crashed. They crawled out unhurt. Did someone say “lucky dog”? 'Labor Situation in U. S. | | 'AMERICAN DEAD IN CIVIL WAR; BODIES LOCATED Agents of Non-intervention Committee Make Report Public PERPIGNAN, France, Oct. 18. — The bodies of nearly 200 American and British volunteers have been found by agents of the Non-Inter- vention Committee along the Span- \ish-Franco frontier. { Col. C. D. O. Lunn, Danish officer, said these casualties are only part of a large number, the total of which it not known. - .- ;Arkansas Votes Successor to Rnhi@n Today [Contest Between Gov. Bailey and Congressman Miller Marked by Apathy LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Oct. 18.— Bad weather threatened to hold | | | Peculiar; Several Sides Are Given in Explanation By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. In forming your picture of the labor situation in America, it might be well to consider the following de- velopments: One of the fields of labor John L. Lewis set out to organize was federal employment . Barely had the movement started when the question was put to President Roos- veelt as to how far it could go. The President was frank. He said federal employes could organize for collective bargaining, to present jointly their appeals for adjustment of wages and hours, but that's about as far as they could go. Positively they could not strike. A strike against the government was un- thinkable. o KENNEDY CRACKS DOWN Mayor LaGuardia of New York has support from several of labor’s; organizations in his current cam- paign for re-election. Yet when a dispute arose between employees and the management of a major New York transit system, LaGuar- dia spoke out a warning that a strike would not be permitted to tie up the city utility system. Next was the case of the govern- ment-owned freighter Algic. The ship put into Montevideo, Uru- guay, only to discover that dock workers were on strike. Promptly the American crew of the Algic an- nounced it would refuse to handle cargo to be delivered to strike-| breaking Uruguay dock workers. The ship captain cabled to Jos- { BATTALION, CHINA ARMY, 1S WIPED 0UT Commander and 1,400 Soldiers Fight Until Last Man Killed 3,000 JAPANESE ALSO KILLED IN ONE BATTLE Nippon Airplanes Continue to Bombard Defense- less Civilians SHANGHALI, Oct. 18.—Chinese au- thorities said a battalion of 1400 Chinese soldiers and more than 3,- 000 Japanese attackers were killed in a battle for the possession of | Tazang, abcut five miles northwest of Shanghai. The engagement is described as the heaviest single encounter in the Shanghai area since the hosullliefll began. The Chinese Fourth Army Divis- ion was protecting the supply base. Col. Ching Wu, commander of {the Chinese forces at Tazang, had| |declared his Division would fight | |to the last man. After 30 hours of continuous battle |against the Japanese infantry which | was supported by planes and naval |guns, Ching Wu was killed and his |force wiped out. { MORE BOMBINGS Resuming bombing of civilian areas outside of Shanghai, Japanese | |planes are believed to have killed or | | wounded more than 200 Chinese,| |mostly peasants. Chinese authorities estimated that {more than 100 were killed or injur-| ed in an air raid on Shanju where /the American-installed $1,000,000 | Chinese Government radio station is located. STOCK PRICES SLIP DOWN IN SELLING WAVE | | {Most Destrutive Declines in Years Takes Place on Market Today NEW YORK, Oct. 18. — Losses ranging from $10 or more a share for prominent issues were recorded |on the New York Stock Exchange today in one of the most de- structive selling waves in years. i The steep decline of the stock i market prices battered steadily un- til the final gong rang, after lead-| ing shares, led by steels, resumed a descent to new low ground, around midday. | At one time near the close, | Chrysler was off more than $11 a share, Eastman Kodak about $9, United States Steel around $7 and | | Bethlehem Steel almost $8. H | Most of the speculative com- modities gave way with stocks, | especially rubber, hides and cot-‘ iton. The ticker was 18 minutes ‘behind at one time. | | | 4 i CLOSING QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, Oct. 18.~Closing Plane Crashes With 19 Persons Aboard A Chinese Air Base Going Up in Smoke Japanese air bombs destroy tion of the air base at Laiyuan. Only part their bombing is shown graphically above. German Who Aroused U. S. BERLIN, Oct. 18—Bernhard Dernburg, 72, German propagandist who aroused America’s ire by at- tempting to justify the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, is dead here as a result of heart disease. S e - SURVIVOR OF TITANIC HAS DIED, LONDON . | Joseph Bruce Ismay Caus-| ed Criticism When He Escaped in Lifeboat LONDON, Oct. 18.—Joseph Bruce Ismay, British ship owner and for- mer chairman of the White Star Line, died yesterday. He is sur- vived by his wife, the former Julia Florence Schieffelin, American born daughter of George Schieffelin, of New York. Ismay was one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster when that liner struck an iceberg and went down. He was the target of bitter criticisms because, as head of the White Star Line, he left the vessel| safely in one of the lifeboats. ——— - High Explosives Bound for China 18—E. 1. Du s NEW YORK, Oct. Pont de Nemours Company disclos eph P. Kennedy, chairman of the quotation of Alaska Juneau mine (hat $125,000 worth of high expl maritime commission, for instruc- stock today is 9%, American Can jyeg tions. 49%, Calumet 6%, Commonwealth | left Here by steamer Friday, b Now Kennedy was looked 84, American Light and Power 3%, was destined for China. votes below 100,000 in the Ax:ka.nsas’umn as somewhat of a liberal. But|Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel, special election today to decide the s, pim there was no dilly-dallying e 18—Death early today climaxed a bitter intra-party fight over the ity rights of a seaman in a strike|and Southern 1%, Curtiss Wright ALLA grim manhunt for a negro slayer of Senate seat left vacant by thedeath g¢ gea. He directed the captain to|2%, General Motors 35, Interna- INST. TION AND two St. Petersburg policemen after of Joseph T. Robinson last July.'prrest those who refused to work, tional Harvester 68%, Kennecott the authorities had saved him, Heavy rains and the usual off-year cajling in local authorities to help if 35, New York Central 18, Southern through a ruse, from mob action. apathy are factors in the low vote _necessary. Th The negro, J. C. Moses, was woun- ded and captured last night after night for slaying forecast. | two officers, Miller. The ballot list the Gover- yryin Schimmelpfennig, ke ended. e stril PR The battle is between Gov. Carl THE TWO COLONELS having been hunted since Saturday E. Bailey and Congressman John E. | It is time to tell you about Col. born in |Pacific 1%, United States Steel |61, Pound $495%, Republic Steel 15%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today's Dow, CRAB DINNER FOR LEGION FOLK TONIGHT Interest of Legionnaires and Aux-| iliary members centers tonight in the joint installation ceremonies to James A. Thornton and Willinm‘nor as a Democrat_ and Miller, who |ytah, and Col. Haig Shekerjian, Jones averages: industrials 12592, |the two American Legion groups |was elected four times to Congress porn in Asiatic Turkey. Where they rails 30.55, utilities 19.84. Newberry, at a circus. Moses was wounded at the circus after the shooting, and a mob at- tempted to get him. Officers sur- rounded him, said he was dead, and summoned an undertaker who tock the negro away in a coffin from which he escaped, but was run down. He later died from his wounds before he could be taken to a jail or hospital. as a Democrat, is listed as anjwere born has nothing to do with| Independent. Miller is backed by 'it put we thought perhaps you'd| Senator Hattie Caraway and four jike to know. Arkansas Congressmen who charged | ed Miller as anti-Roosevelt. - The Vatican in Rome is the larg- est residence in the world. I e, BELLINGHAM BACK ‘The motorship Bellingham, Capt. to be held in the Dugout at 8 o'clock when Walter Bacon will become Commander of Alford John Bradford Post and Mrs. Betty McCormick p Together they were driving home- |James Shelton, docked at the Cold will be inducted into the office of Balley’s nomination was undemo-|ward from a West Pointers' dinner |Storage dock this morning after a Auxiliary President. cratic and autocratic. Bailey term- |jn washington, when their car |through trip to Prince Rupert with careened across the sidewalk, side- swiped a lamp post and startled the daylights out of a policeman. (Continued on Page Two) |a cargo of fish, | She will load more fish here and \will probably leave tomorrow for| Prince Pupert again. Crabs for the big crab “feed” ar- rived today and this afternoon Le- gion members were preparing them for the feast tonight which will follow the installation ceremonies. another of China’s strongholds. This exclusive picture shows the destrue- of the city was attacked by the Nipponese fliers. The effect of Japanese authorities reported 'War Games Are Conducted 'SUPREME COURT 'HANDS DOWN 3 BIG DECISIONS Subpoenaes May Be Secur-| ed by Securities Commission | | ‘ e [ WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. — Three| |Florida companies lost in the Su- [prcme Court in attacking the right |of the Securities Commission in at- tempting to subpoena their tele- grams. | The high tribunal refused to re- lview the decision against the com- ‘punies given by the Fifth Circuit| {Court of Appeals. | Later the Supreme Court sus- tained the subpoena right as well| ias the 1937 “Trust in Securities !Act” which subpoenaes were issued. Associate Justice Hugo L. Black !Ls assumed to have participated in |the action. It is announced that approxi- mately thirty controversies of the| same nature have been appealed! from the lower courts. | s { SHIPPING TO " ORIENT NOW ALMOST OFF China Coast Ports Practic-| ally Dropped — Ex- | ports to Japan Low | | { | | | SAN PEDRO, Cal,, Oct. 18 —Ship- ping to the Orient has dropped to skeleton proportions with the ex- ception of the port of Hongkong. The entire China coast is being omitted from ports of call, and with the exception of petroleum, exports to Japan have also dropped visibly. -, Building Demolished By Explosion of ‘Gas MONTREAL, Oct. 16.—Exploding Next March and A pril? complete destruction of the base. to Be on Pacific SAN PEDRO, Cal, Oct. 18.—Ad- miral Arthur J. Hepburn, Com- mander-in-Chief of the United! States Fleet, has returned from a| month’s conference with Navy of- ficials and made the announce-| ment that war games will be con- ducted on the California-Hawaii | and Aleutian lsland triangle next! March 14 to April 30. Admiral Hepburn said all avail- able are planned to be concentrated for the maneuvers. D JOE WERNER IS SK1 CLUB HEAD Election and Dinner Dance Held at Percy’s Sat- urday Night Joe Werner was unanimously elected president of the Juneau Ski; Club at the dinner dance meeting of the organization, Saturday eve- ning, when forty members and guests assembled at Percy's Cafe. | Mr. Werner succeeds Ernest Par- sons as president, and will be as- sisted by Bert Caro, vice-president, | and Miss Mary Vander Leest, sec- retary-treasurer, Mr. Caro succeeds! Dr. Blanton, while Miss Vander | Leest succeeds Orrin Kimball. Members assembled in the ban- quet room at Percy’s Cafe, where the business meeting was held pre- ceeding dancing. Future activities of | the organization will be announced shorily by Mr. Werner. S ee | FORMER JUNEAU GIRL | GIVES BIRTH, TWINS Twin boys were born to Mr. ;md’ Mrs. Emerson E. Ellott on Sunday, | October 10 at Denver, Colorado. One of the twins lived four hours. The last word received here says the mother,” the former Elizabeth Pullen, and remaining baby are do- ing nicely. SIMMONS TO SITKA WITH FIVE ABOARD Sheldon Simmons took off this morning in the Alaska Air Trans- port Lockheed with five passengers for Sitka and Chichagof. | [CALL FORBIDS FOR 2 ROUTES S ANNOUNCED Contracts Will Be Let for Period of Three Years, Says P. O. Dept. OPERATIONS TO BEGIN SCON AFTER AWARDED Once a Week Round Trip Schedule Between Coast and Interior WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. — The Post Office Department announces it will receive bids here on Decem- ber 15 for two Far North airmail routes. One of the air mail routes will be from Juneau to Whitehorse, Yu- kon Territory, a distance of 168 miles and the other will be from Fair~ banks, Alaska, to Whitehorse, a dis- tance of 492 miles. The Post Office Department said the two routes are the first leg of & Trunk Line air mail route from Fairbanks to Juneau into the United States. Contracts will be let for three years and the successful bidders will be required to begin operations not later than six months after the contracts are awarded. The Juneau-Fairbanks air mail service will have once a week round trip schedules and will connect at Juneau with the mail and passenger steamers from Seattle. Post Office Department officials said it is hoped that within the next year o two a route will be estab- lished from some point in the United States proper to connect with Juneau or Whitehorse, WILKINS WILL RESUME SEARCH, SOVIET FLIERS Plans to Hop Tomorrow on First Leg of Flight to Barrow NEW YORK, Oct. 18—8ir Hu- bert Wilkins said he plans o leave tomorrow on the first lap of a flight to Point Barrow, Alaska, to renew his quest for the six missing Rus- sian fliers. Wilkins plans to take off with Chief Pilot Hollick Kenyon on a test flight to the midwest tomor- row afternoon, flying the big Lock- heed Electra plane which Dick Mer- rill hopped the Atlantic last May. Then Wilkins plans to fly to Win- nipeg, then to Point Barrow. SALMON SOLD ON EXCHANGE Over thirteen thousand pounds of salmon were brought in to the local ish exchange over the week-end. Alaska Coast Fisheries bought 5100 pounds from the Diana, Capt. V. Kallio, Thelma, Capt. Bt Alstead, 500 pounds, the 30-D-768, Lester Walthon, 150 pounds, the |Ford, Ole Brensdal, 800 pounds, the Ida II, 1500 pounds, and the Tern, Capt. Andrew Rosness, 1300 pounds. Sebastian-Stuart bought 5000 pounds from the Celic, Capt. Henry Moy - eee MARINE AIRWAYS TO POLARIS ONCE TODAY Alex Holden, flying the Fairchild 71 of the Marine Airways, with Flight Mechanic Lloyd Jarman, took off this noon with R. Nesje and a load of mail for the Polaris-Taku mine. On the return trip, he brought in J. Houk and P. Dridger. e RETAIL CLERKS ARE TO MEET TOMORROW Retail clerks of Juneau will hold A meeting tomorrow night at 8 For Hirst, Tom Larsen. For Chi-| chagof, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Buch- o'clock in the Union Hall. A full attendance of the membership is re~ wrecked a two-story building anan, and for Sitka, M, Custard and ,quested as permanent officers are and injured 20 persons. J. Jacobsen, . H to be elected.