The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 21, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7619. JUNEAU, A LASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, R 21, 1937. ~ MEMBER A SSOCIATED PRESS NESE BOMBERY CIION FALLS; CAPTURED BY FRANCO ARMY Last Stronghold of Spanish Government, on North Coast, Is Taken BULLETIN — IRUN, Spain. Oct, 21. — Insurgent Military Headquarters announced late this afternoon that Gijon, the Spanish Republican Govern- ment’s last important strong- hold in the Spanish Northwest, has surrendered. M]une Is WB;;:kM ADVANCE HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Oct. 21. — The advance guard of Gen. Francisco Franco's Northwestern Army js reported to have thrust through the crumbling defense of Gijon to a point within three miles of that seaport, the stronghold of the Spanish Repub- lican Government. ‘The main body of Franco's forces of infantrymen and gunners is massed along an 1l-mile front east of Gijon for a final and decisive STOCK MARKET | Air Mail Route, PRICES TAKING ANOTHER JUMP Favorable Rumor Suddenly Whips List Into Shape for Advance WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—The preposed airmail route from Great Falls, Montana, to Leth- bridge, Alta., linking the United States to interior Alaska and the Yukon territory, will cost probably three times the amount as a coast route from Seattle to Juneau and the interior. This statement was made here today by an official of the In- ternational Postal Service. This official said: “Some theught is now being given to the establishment of an air | | NEW YORK, Oct. 21. — A late| rally in rails stiffened a wavering | market today as rumors reached | brokerage quarters of a favorable| Interstate Commerce Commission | decision on carrier’s plea to in-) crease freight rates. | The immediate list whipped up a U. S., Canada To Interior Will Cost Three Times as Much as Coast Route mail line between the United States and Canada, east of the Rockies but the cost of linking Great Falls and Lethbridge and then the route to the interior of the Yukon Territory and Alaska, will cost probably three times as much as the Coast route.” The statemen{ was made in connection with the letting of a contract on bids to be opened here on December 15 for an air mail route from Juneau to Whitehorse, then Whitehorse to Fairbanks. fast recovery push and at the start blocks of 1,000 and 5000 shares; changed hands on the upside. Transactions today were around 4,000,000 shares. “Alaska Gold S QUOTATIONS TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 21. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10'%, American Can 61, American Light and Power 6%, Anaconda 31%, Bethlehem Steel 50, Calumet, 9%, Commonwealth and Southern 2, Curtiss Wright 4, General Motors 41, International Harvester 78, Kennecott 39, New blow against the city reported al- ready in flames, facing hunger and | New York’s but a stopover for ! lovely June Clyde, who arrived on York Central 21%, Southern Pacific | the Ile de France to visit her native spreading anarchy. Iq o ; n it Y San Francisco. June’s an American When Gijon is taken, Gen. Fran-| gtress who is making good in a big co indicates his invaders will clean| way jn England. She'’s spent three up the remaining fragments of the| and a half years in London, mak-| Spanish Government territory and | ing movies. : then quickly transfer the mass of | FOREIGNERS IN JOURNEY FROM BE SENT OME DISTANT HOME Come Halfway Around 23%, United States Steel 61%, Pound $4.95'., Bremner bid 1 asked 3, Re- public Steel 177% DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 135.48, up .92; rails 35.03, up 2.38; utilities 2243, up .78. Make Attempt To Kidnap Boy | I Providence ¢o.amews gay eckers Give Up : [BANK NOTE IN ROSS RANSOM S PRODUCED Ten Doll;;:fiill, One In $50,000 Release Money, Is Given Officers CHICAGO, 1, Oct. 21.—A $10 note, which was included in the $50- 000 ransom paid the kidnapers of Charles Ross, retired manufacturer, has been turned over to the Federal authorities. The bill was produced by Mrs. Clara Ludwig, 41, who sald it came in her possession Tuesday night and she “had it all the time without knowing it.” Information as to how tained the bill is withheld. Mrs. Ludwig is a clerk in the Rock she ob- | {1sland Railroad freight offices. Ross was kidnaped on the night |of September 2' and has not been ! Ireturned, although the ransom has | | I Mother of H'Eee-Year-Old.i There may be gold in Alaska, but apparently Sue Comer (left) and Mrs. Hortense Landru of Vicksburg, Miss., didn’t know just where to look for it. And so they are heading home from Alaska empty handed after a summer of prospecting.—Associated Press Photo. LAD MISSING: DEEP MYSTERY HAS DEVELOPED | Boy Makes Appeal from Police Car | JAMESTOWN, N. ¥, Oct. 21— |With every available contrivance, the police today sought to pierce the 'mystery blanketing the whereabouts jof Timothy Michael Herr, three- year-old son of a furniture dealer, who disappeared two days ago. Mrs. Leo Heer made a motor 'ANOTHER THEME GIRL WEDS For the sixth time, case-hard- | ened press agents for San Fran- ALASKA EMPIRE . " PRICE TEN CENTS SURPRISE JAPANESE BEFORE-DAWN RAIDS MADE, ENEMY LINES Early Today—Shell Nippon Positions | ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN | MEN UNPREPARED One Mill Is Set Afire, Sev- eral Buildings Report- ed Destroyed SHANGHAI, Oct, 21. — Chinese ‘bombnrs flew over a new route and avoided the International Set- | tlement today in before-dawn raids |on Japanese positions near Shang- | hai. | The Chinese bombed and dam- aged a Japanese mill on the Whang= | poo River and set fire to six build- ings. Japanese anti-aircraft gunners, ‘mkpn by surprise, some of them |sleeping at their posts, soon made lan attempt to beat off the raiders |but their fire was not effective. | The Japanese Navy announced a bombardment during the night of positions behind the Chinese Shang- hai lines and during the njight planes of the Japanese air force |also raided Chinese artillery posi- {tions. At one point on the front, {the Japanese claimed they saw 2,000 Chinese bodies, the result of the death dealing bombs sent crashing to the earth. | | | [ NANKING BOMBING NANKING, Oct. 21. — Fifteen Japanese bombing planes attacked |the extreme northern and southern jareas of Nanking today, dropping bombs- near §he arsenal and mili- tary airfield. Twelve farmhouses in the area, cccupied by defenseless and non- |combatants, were destroyed by fire ARTHUR MULLEN FOE OF BRYANS L trip from a fashionable suburh.“ cisco’s Golden Gate Interna- where the family resides, and an-| tional Exposition sadly and nounced over a police patrol car am-| wearily offered congratulations ¥ plifier, “Come home to mother.” Why| recently. Another “Theme Girl” the announcement was made and in= had attracted a husband by her World from Yugoslavian Mountain Home as the result of the exploding shells |and ten peasants were killed or wounded. Several stations along the Nan- SPANISH FIGHT Special Committee Drafting Plans for Withdraw- Two handsome and bewildered : T . 'Prospectors Get Police Take Up Trail— Marriage Proposals Secretary of State Threatened | | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 21.- al, Both Sides {children stepped ashore from the LONDON, Oct. 21.—British offic- Alaska last night, halfway around ials today began work on proposals the world from their mountain home of sending an International Com- in Yugoslavia. They stepped out of mission to tabulate the number of a peaceful peasant life in the moun- foreign warriors now engaged in tainous country near the Monte- Spain and see that they ate with- nigren border a few weeks ago— drawn . |out of a beautiful and simple iso- The plan will be submitted to the Jated world that is just as it was Spanish Neutrality Sub-Committee|2000 years ago — untainted with tomorrow. twentieth century luxuries, un- At the same time the Committee Marred by our so-called advance in is expected to decide whether the|Civilization. first withdrawals will be equal num-| They are the recently adopted bers on each side of the present civil Children of Mrs. Helen Bolyan, wife war. |of George Bolyan, Chichagof Island There is Mote jtban & suspic\cn‘mml.ng man. One isa boy, Lawrence, in London that Hitler is responsible straight, well-built, 13 years old, for the change in Italy’s opposi- " tion to evacuation of outsiders ini:}:; gt;;«;r Bbyczrsbl:fiiht»eyed 1150 perlu’ Mt ot Hind in Eu»;c!langed her watch before she ar- rived last night after the long jour- rope. ney from the Adriatic to Alaska, Foreign Secretary Eden, ad-lquring the course of which, the chil- dressing the House of Commons this|dren experienced their first train afternoon, thanked Italy for mak-|rides and their first automobile and ing an “eleventh hour” proposal and boat rides. says it was “very welcome” to the| “I like you. You are a good man,”| contribution of Europe's program/|the children say in an honest tone for non-intervention in Spain by|if they like you at first glance. | agreeing to preliminary steps for| It is indicative of the country withdrawal of foreign fighters. from whence they came, a remote ! Secretary Eden reiterated Great mountain pasture country where the Britain's determination to “main-|purest of the Slavs have made their tain the right-of-way on this main|homes untouched by wars and en- arterial road” to the Mediterran-|creachment since the year 400 when | SHPSCOLLIDE | o IN DENSE FOE: T MEN DROWN little | Old, Rare Country “Never did-I see more beautiful country,, said Mrs. Bolyan, who is stopping at the Gastineau with Mr. Bolyan and her children. “Great sweeping pastures of wild flowers, forget-me-nots, rarcissus, and Chin- ese lillies simply blanket the hills and there are tumbling streams filled with mountain trout — In with a steady eye and a ready smile. ‘h A. C. Thane, of Juneau, represent- ing the International Nickel Com- PROVIDENCE, R. I, Oct. 2l.— pany has returned here from an Two men, one of them waving a gun, inspection trip to Goodnews Bay attempted to kidnap John Cappélli, anq said that due to publicity in year-ond-one-half old son of Sec- {he gtates, all prospectors in the retary of State Touis Cappelll, but west Alaska district have been re- fled failing to find the boy. ceiving voluminous fan mail and The police immediately started many marriage proposals. The in- a hunt for the would-be adbuctors. ference is given that the prospec- The boy was not at home when (o5 gre fabulously rich. the men droveup to the residence.| TR He had been taken out to ride in his carriage by a maid. H v Soon after the attempted kld-IWILKINs uFF! naping was reported to the police,, TEST FlIGHT guards were placed at the Cappelli; Sir Hubert Expects to Start Tomorrow for Pt. Barrow ome. | Mrs. Cappelli is in a hospital where she gave birth to a seventh child two weeks ago. Secretary of State Capelli said he is at a loss to understand the mo- tive for the attempted kidnaping. FOLDS UP TENT iNebraska Announces Retirement | to Private Life” | By PRESTON GROVER | WASHINGTON, Oct. {thur Mullen of Nebraska, the man who rose to prominence as the foe lof the Bryans, has folded up his | political career like a used napkin and has retired to private life. That is, almost. He is writing a book. Big, bold and breezy as a prairie wind, Mullen had 40 years of po- litical life behind him when he an- nounced a few days ago that he was going back to his farm. He was suf- fering from a disgruntled stomach. 21. — Ar-! Preceding him a year or so in a certain district, is not revealed. Later thyq police however an- nounced that about a dozen degen- erates had been rounded up for “Prairie Win(]"‘qucsunmng with the di.snppearancc; of the boy. . | The lad’s father described his son las “friendly to everybody” and ex- | pres ed doubt that his son was drowned or kidnaped. The boy's physician said the youngster was ill and could not walk ar. ! e Farm Program ' Financing May Menapce Budget ! well advertised charms, Like five | of her predecessors, Emmaleen | Gordon, 17, Berkeley, Cal, | blende, disqualified herself as theme girl for the fair by get- ting married. Spurning the rule that theme girls must be single, she eloped to Reno to become Mrs. Howard R 1l The bride- groom is a Sacramento, Cal, engineer, KEEL OF NEW NAVY VESSEL ‘Start to Be_Made on 35,- LAID OCT. 21 NEW YORK, Oct. 21.—Sir Hu-| bert Wilkins and Pilot Hollick-Ken- | yon made a test flight today and| | |attendants of the hangar said it is BAUER OUTLINES |retirement The Great Commoner,” Jennings Bryan. to another Like many another Nebraska farm was Charles Bryan, brother of William Nebraska [PLANNING NEEDS LONDON, Oct. 21. — Dispatches from Amsterdam said seven men drowned last night when two Ger- man ships collided in the fog, 15 miles off the mouth of the North Sea Canal on the north coast of The Netherlands. Air Lings Make Flying Record CHICAGO, Ill,, oct. 21.—National Commercial air lines flew 47,150,000 revenue passenger miles during last September setting an all-time rec- ord over any previous month. This is according to a statement of fi- gures issued by the Air Transport Association. New York, it would be the show- place of the country, and commer- cialists would charge admission.” “I rode horseback from rail-head to the children’s homes, built cen- turies ago on the high hills for protection, and as I dismounted, the village of Danacia came out to await my approach—the men coming for- ward in their wonderful colored peasant costumes and the women standing back, straight as any New York trained clothes models, and then as if at a signal, Daci came out to meet me from the crowd, solemnly, and with the inbred cour- esy and formality of the cen- turies. I wept.” Lawrence came from another vil- lage, Kraverao, 20 miles away—the same wonderful people and the same beautiful country. Mrs, Bolyan was feted everywhere. (Continued on Page Two) BEFORE C. OF . Says Million Dollars May Be Appropriated for Extensive Study A board plan of Alaska planning, for which, he said, probably a mfl-l lion dollars would be appropriated, was outlined to the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce at its noon lun- cheon today at Percy's Cafe by H. A. Bauer of the Alaska Plan- ning Council. Mr. Bauer said the purpose was to assemble facts rela- tive to various industries and prob- lems in the Territory and present them in a plan before Congress with the aim of getting aid to carry on development. Capt. A. R. Nichols of Chilkoot Barracks was another speaker at the Chamber luncheen, stressing briefly the need of adequate de- fense in Alaska. A letter from Harlee Branch, Second Assistant Postmaster, to the Chamber said that no funds were now available for establishing an air mail route from Seattle to Juneau but that bids were being called for for air mail service from Juneau to Fairbanks. | e An increase in subway, autobus and taxi fares became effective in Paris recently. iexpecbed the pair will leave tomor-| row for Point Barrow or Aklavik to resume search for the six missing Russian fliers. The first stop will be made at Chicago, and then the flight will be resumed Lo some point in Canada where skiis will be adjusted to the plane. SUCCESSFUL IN SUICIDE SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct. 21 Frank Stebinger, 55, Portland lum- berman, died last night as the re- sult of self-inflicted stab wounds in a suicide try last Tuesday. | —————— | OLDTIMER samLs souTH | .Salem Afrehm, owner of placer mining ground on the Seward Pen- insula, pased through Juneau re- cently enroute outside for the first time in 37 years. Since 1902 he has been established near Candle, and has not been more than a few miles from there until his present trip to the States. | ———r———— THOMAS RETURNS { J. C. Thomas of the Thoma: Hardware Company returned to Ju- neau aboard the Yukon last night following a three week business trip to Seattle, Tacoma and Portland Democrat, Mullen began his politi- cal career as a W. J. Bryan follow- er. There was something of the Frankin D. Roosevelt in Bryan. Thousands of his followers didn't give a hang what he advocated. If Bryan said it, it was all right. Mul- len was among them. . * OLD FRIENDS PART | The break came in 1912. In that |year Theodore Roosevelt split the Republicans, and the Democratic presidential nomination, instead of being merely a thing of beauty, be- came a thing of value. The Nebraska primary pledged its Democratic delegation to Champ Clark, but at a crucial moment in the convention Bryan said he couldn't stomach some of the sup- port that was going to Clark. He swung his own tote to Woodrow Wilson. It put Wilson in the White House. From that hour against the Bryans. He associated himself with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraskd, prominent publisher, and in 1916 they prevented Bryan from going even as a delegate to the na- tional convention Mullen became National Committeeman. A truce was reached in 1928 when Charles Bryan was elected Governor, but in 1933 came a furious break. Senator Howell, who had defeat- ed Hitehcock several years earlier died soon after Roosevelt took of- fice. Mullen wanted Governor Bry- Mullen was (Cunun:wra';); énge Four) ‘ 000-ton Super |Processing Tax Seen as b E readnaug| Means to Establish Control System WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Secre-| |tary of Navy Swanson announces | WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—Admin- that the keel of the new battleship | istration officials are showing signs North @arolina will be laid in the of worry over financing the pmv}va York Navy Yard next Wednes- | posed new farm program wlthouliday, October 27, which is Navy Day. upsetting Roosevelt's forecasts for a| The new craft will be a 35,000 ton balanced budget next year. |super-dreatinaught, the first built in Despite the chief’s expressed hobe imore than 15 years. It will require of balancing the budget wiLhO_uL'tour years to complete construc- increased Laxnuon,v there is persis-|tijon and will be equipped with 16- tent talk of establishing prCeSSing‘jnch guns. taxes to finance the crop control system, at least partially. Several of Secretary Wallace's| aides estimate that “every normal| TERM granary” will cost seven hundred | ’ million dollars per year. That will be two hundred and twenty five million dollars more than the esti- | | | | STOLEN LOOT, BIG ROBBERY, 1S LOCATED Sum of $674,000 of $1.- 500,000 Stolen in 1935, Recovered NEW YORK, Oct. 21. — Stolen United States Treasury notes, val- ued at $674,000 have been found in a lock box of a subway station. Federal officials announced the recovery of the notes today. The notes are part of a $1,500,000 loot of the Manhattan Company's Wall Street branch on January 30, 1935. The place of concealment was a | | i | { | |luggage checking box, key and coin operated device. Department of Justice men fol- lowed a thread of clues which led them to London and Paris. Officials refused to disclose the tip that led to the recovery of the notes. MINER KILLED - IN ROCK SLIDE CENTRALIA, Pa. Oct.’21.—One miner was killed and another is feared buried under a slide of rock and earth 500 feet underground. mated cost of this year’s soil con- servation program. Together, the dred and ninety five million dollars, making close to a billion dollars to be taken care of in next year's bud- Oldest Acaemy Graduate Dies YONKERS, N. ¥-, Oct. 21. — Rear Admiral Purnell Frederich Harring- ton, oldest living graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and former Academy Commandant, died ast night. He was 93 years old Harrington was appointed to the Academy in 1861. He retired in 1906. 2 projected deficits reaches six hun-, FOR RODSEVELT LOS ANGELES, Cal, William Mosely Jones, Speaker of |the California Assembly, announces he is going to head a movement for a third term for President Roos- evelt. Oct. 21.— - Art to Seek " Divorce Now DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 21..—. Art Jarrett, actor, orchestra leader and husband of Eleanor Holm, 1936 Olympic swimmer and now screen actress, said he is taking up his le- gal residence in Texas to obtain a divorce. | The slide, the result of a prema- “ture dynamite blast, occurred early this morning. Michael Minnier, killed. Rescue workers are busysremov- ing the debris to recover another miner believed to have been caught. e e ELECTRA HELD HERE The Pacific Alaska Airways Elec- tra was held at the Mendenhall flats airport again today by continued |bad weather. | A load of passengers are expected {to get away with the ship tomorrow !morning at 9 o'clock, weather per- | mitting. aged 55, was l o Bill Peacock, from the Taku River, was heading back to his river camp today with a large load of supplies Jand traps for a winter of trapping.,