The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1938, Page 1

DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY I, 1938. THE VOL. LL, NO. 7679. " PRICE TEN CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YEAR TAKES HEAVY DEATH TOLL - MINING OUTPUT |F g;ShipgfmtIfmm Tfer_ritt;rgyé A TWO NEWSMEN, _ OVER $27.000,00 " Qver Pr%viou/s '/I'w(l)lve-]“lonth‘i ONE AMERICAN, IN M.A_S_KA, 1831 - KILLED, SPAIN HUNDREDS DIE INCAR CRASHES, OTHER MISHAPS - first showing of coyote in Alaska in | 1925, when 61 were taken, there has been a steady upward trend, Du- Fdward Neil, Fur shipped from Alaska in 1937 reached a total value of $2,285,710.70, an increase of $379,971.95 over 1936, AP Corres- * Four Million Increase from! according to figures for the year jin large measure to the open season | on marten, according to Executive fresne said. Despite the large output, there said that though indications for 1938 point to a large catch, it is believed pondent, Wounded as ; \ ST. JEAN DEPUZ, France, Jan. 1. —Two war correspondents, one an | Auto Fatalities Widespread % compiled by the Alaska Game Com- . v 1936 — Gold Produc- [T08 was a slight falling off in the price Shell Hits Auto | as New Year Ushered in f tion IS $20,83‘4,000 The gain in fur shipment was due range, and the Executive Ofticer g [ Throughoul Nation | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — The Ofticer Frank Dufresne, of the Com- Geological Survey reported today imission, who pointed out there were that 1937 mining operations in Al- 116969 marten pelts taken valued at aska produced $27,440,000 in min- §3735 each, or a total of $464,102.50. eral wealth. Of this amount gold | considerable increase was noted accounted for $20834,000, the rest i the number of blue fox taken, being in silver, copper, coal and tne total being 10,034 compared with now that the continued slump in aperican were killed and Edward prices will more than offset the in- ;= noj 'Asso(-mled Press . corres- crease in catch. pondent, was wounded in Spain yes- Most encouraging note for the NeW orqay when a shell struck their year, Dufresne said, is the opening g,¢omobiie during the battle of Ter- of the season on beaver throughout o1 jn which more than 200,000 In- nearly all of Alaska which, it is es- surgent Spanish Government |WAVE OF DEATH RIDES 1N0RTHWEB i JIGHWAYS |Snow, Ice and Generally | Inclement Weather Blam- | i and y Other minerals. 19,026 skins in 1936. timated, will mean the taking of yyoonc are engaged. Muskrat also showed a gain from some 35000 pelis. The average price ryo qead American was identified ed for Many Deaths § The Survcy nigures reveal that|153,772 pelts in 1936 to 231,842 in/during the last year on beaver was oo Bracdish Gaillard Johnson, Jr., £ mineral production in the Territory 1937. $14. 26, reporter for News Week Maga- BULLETIN —CHICAGO, Jan. increased by more than four mil-| The take of coyotes was the larg- Complete report of the Commis- ,ine His family is prominent so-' 1‘ 1.—The symbolic scythe of the Jion dollars in 1937 over the prev- ‘est ever recorded in the Territory, sion on the 1937 fur shipment fol- ¢iajy in the United States and | departing eld year cut a wide jous year. Total production in 1936‘/& total of 1,230 skins. Since the lows: France. The other victim was E. swathe of sudden death across was $23,347,000 of which 818:14&000 S S L R SR L R. S. Sheepshanks, . correspondent the United States yesterday and was in gold. With this year's pro-| No Average Total for Reuters, British news agency | today. Fragmentary reports duction, the estimated tot_al of mm-l Species Value Value AP Correspondent Neil was injur- V from 29 States revealed that * eral wealth produced in Alaska ... ed It the leg | 104 persons had been killed in , since 1880 is $750,000,000. | Black or glacier 108 $ 1.00 § 10800 The reporters were waiting to fol- | auto accidents, caused mainly Expansion, particularly in placer| p;, it 31 24.50 759.50 low the troops’ advance with shelis by snow and ice. Half of the { ignerasioge, s accountable for theip,, .. 1,882 13.00 24,466.00 bursting intermittently in their remaining States listed 14 sui- four-million-dollar increase In pro- g,,q4e 1,330 825 10.972.50 vicinity when suddenly one -shell | sides and Ohio reported 14 auto duction during 1937, according to ax scored a direct hit on the automo- fatalities, g;m‘z;_ so‘:“’;"j;;’?’;;‘i]'?‘l:e‘;’;‘“;“;:: Red 21,549 10.80 23212020 bile they were in. \ ..been_. sigMficant - developioent - in | g‘;gii-hlack . 218 g$ 4 ::.gig:g . z 0"' Ty . | SEATTLE, Jan. 1—Death marred quartz, one of the biggest factors| . iel fgggl 2150 R0 50 B i i the Now . Year's ‘colébration- in, the in boosting production, he said, has Bl 16'434 2070 qm‘aae ;40 ST Es A“- q B a4 " o been the dragline-bulldozer pump-', -BlU® b o i ; " i ing plant combination which has or® Pl 2 By SRR B T G R O s = ~———————| Two women were killed and two A wEl aud at the sams Ifi\m 2,089 .;1;;0 es.u;év;g ABSENT FRBM S'l 2 | {men are near death after their au- ; . Frul armot pt: 30.. 47, P ’] Sl l l b F tomobile plunged over an embank- SULE It capaciiy. , Marten 217.35 464,102.15 uver rice asnea ) |ment near sortes. . T. 4 Forty one dredgers and at least 32 Aok a0 ot i ! : ar Anacorte Mrs. W. T. » draglines were in operation during’ V'™ DA P 2 l & N E l | vice, 40, and Mrs. Keith Moggle, , the year. There were nine dredgers Muskrat 115 266,618.30 resi ent’ (1] xI) (Ul(ltl()n‘ IND T are dead. Marion Deutch, 30, and % in the lower® Kuskokwim-hmokfl.(s)“e" 5 14-10(;’ “flg?-% § Rl | 5 § |W.T. Rice, 45, are in serious condi- district, 13 in the Yukon-Tanana Sauirre 2 H —_— . o 7 e | tion. ' and 19 on Seward Peninsula. There ‘Weasel 80 676240, qyere was no mail from the 5 XV?:HIF.(,)[I?F;WJ‘:““ 1 g :f‘f” | Deutch was driving the car when has been a general improvement in' WOIf 730 23.75 1733750 gtates aboard the Princess Norah, 'E;’ kit “; 'i ':' P f“ y it went out of control and skidded 1 the type and capacity of the Wolverine 369 6.20 228780 1t "wae announced by the Past Of- faives _'_‘[‘}'j ji 1& ‘?410” ‘j‘! Stat ) jover the embankment. dredgers, the Commissioner stated.| ot ————— fice. Mail was picked up, however, | vJ‘_“‘“‘" l”' e OE OIS, e R | i A. G. Gillespie, 57, was fatally in- The lower Kuskokwim-Innoko| Totals 360,201 $2,285.71070 5t Wrangell and Ketchikan. INDIcA ED g Three Firms Ask for Speci:{/1med:in Seatiles 15k teatric iagkia contributed especially toward the‘PnbiIof Islands | It is believed the reason for the ‘ lewvrv the kresiaent nor Secre- 1!:': I wrms ASs Or OPECI-|dent of the year. Mrs. Keith Coy, increased production the past year,) (Foxes only) complete absence of States mail tary of Treasury Morgenthau made fications on New Craft %5, driver of the car which struck s Stewart explained, and offers great White 13 $11.92 $ 155.00 apoard the Norah lay in the wide- | any explanation for the reduction| o, = is charged with reckless Arive 3 possibilities for expansion during the| Blue 999 27.03 27,000.00, spread disruption of transportation but it is noted they returned silver for Maritime Com. | b y coming year. The Kougarok a]so‘ —————— services by severe storms and rail- \m the identical quotation fixed on! | | Frank « Nicholson, 56, also was shows much promise, he reported.! Grand totals B~ ... 361,213 $2,312,865.70 road slides in the Northwest just by, 2 msd December 21, 1933, when the plu—! WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — Pros- killed by a car, driven by Don' J’ , The same is true of the Fairbanks *Not including pelts from Pribilof Islands. !prior to the sailing of the Norah. . 0 gram of paying a premium abovepects for a revival of the West Middeke, 23. Middeke said Nich- district ineluding the 40-mile. No-| ——————— _— L | SR e o War Machines Roll On— e worla price was initiated | Coast lonz dormant ship building [olson ran infront of hisimachine. table expansion was observed in the| . = ar. /| The price attec 1y silve od | industry brighter in the eyes| At Everett, Gi W. Sh lock- i | ¢ 3 ” | er- e price atrects only silver mined 3 | , George W. Sheets lock Valdez district and there is consid- Alaska Shrlm W'/ll Be £ Wandermg Ranch Armament Race U“d ! lafter last night. of the M ime Commission. led himself in the pantry a:! shot erable activity in quartz in the Ket- | Is at Last Defined Way Throughout World Sy A | A most encouraging sign, one of- |himsélf, resulting in_ death,. while chikan area, he stated. ! Gl ofn l' S BN L S o i et | \fielal said, was the fact that three |his family listened to a radio pro- _The recently established assay of- Oririec 5 ‘)ne tep T(lk()n ONORAE Tav. dun HSeTE (By Associated Press) | |coast concerns have asked for speci- |gram. ¢ P fices have been of much help in. il I |still have a hard time running dc-| A troubled world saw the old year fications for Lwelve fast cargo ves- | Alexander E. Springs, 35, was Kill » aiding expansion work, he stat- [ 5 < die 18 2] v ow regret |sels whi the commission willlpy an auts bile i -sidential i \ curate surveyor’s lines in this die last night with few reg {by an automobile in a res lential ed, especialy good results being Art Colon ) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—The De- p rs hopefully haile S of 1938 |build as part of the replacement fstreet in Spok: Cant L. Bou 4 olony sparsely settled country. For years hopefully hailed the dawn of 1938/ et in Spokane. Ca . ge, » obtained in the Seward Peninsula May Hide Behi partment of Commerce plans to pdjs e soing on as o With apprehension | program to rehabilitate the mation’s |driver of the cdx, was. atrested. Myict. ay Hide Behind (glorify Alaska shrimp and will serve & CERTRE W5 DEE BOTE L % in There was an undertone to the § |merchant fi @ | Jim williams, Superintendent of L e Stockad the seafood at the annual dinner of oo New Year's Eve gaiety in many na- Members of the Maritime Com-|the Snohomish County. Farm- and ocC e Ithe Fisheries Advisory Committee N¥e county or Landerlcounly: i “gl\;zs ear’s Eve galety any né I mission expressed hope that Some |Founiteliat b M ihere on January 21, | ‘The latest court decision is 5 ; 5 Rl |vessels would be built on the Pa-|Great Northe: 7 tral | CARMEL, Cal, Jan, 1.—This art| tended to give the ranch a perma- War machines rolled on in Spain & 0! m S8 T n. PR 3 At IS arti mne shell fish has been accepted s N nve oottty \hnil o sEdAORIE: cific Coast John ‘Pemers, of ¢ t - Vernon, colony is discussing the building of gor cocktails be 1,00 | e nent home in Nye y § po A AR it e Bids on the new ships will be lwas killed b to he wal a stockade around the town and | S8 hecause. Jy 1.0l & place its $16,000 assessment on the Vast plans for increased arm Ch 1 o B s L be fwas killed by an auto as he walked Tu slx MEN charging admission. fae i s I llnvgp tax rolls. Lander also was or- ments are underway in practically) Lhanges May Be Made in “”““"(’l in Washington on - Feb-ion the highway. V‘wm:m‘cam&on; | # ska S i 5 5 i’y ations | 40 ruary " . safd he' | The plan has been put forth not As a sauce for the Alaska shrimp, dered to pay Nye $2,065 for taxes all nations. . o Y Naval Approprlahon P l(dl ve:ho! tl};ehc;x, sald he'was blinded . as a revenue measure but as onel,me Department of Commerce rec-'gjleged to have been illegally col- Because of the time zone, New y other lights. i5 to keep out “undesirable tourists.” |Ommends six tablespoons of tomato jected. Zealand was the first to greet the easure . . 3 SHERIDAN, Wyo, Jan. 1. — It pe sponsors also want the mayor |CA1SUP, two tablespoons of horse-| s New Year, | e I ranar nuck BOUND FOR G. 00k six men to capture the eagle and council to wear Windsor ties. |Fadish, four tablespoons of lemon | President Roosevelt welcomed the| WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — United | OAKLAND, Cal., J 1—With a « Dr L P. Hayes wounded near here. 1y glready costs & toll to enter !Juice, With celery salt and tobasco Heir to British Throne dawn of 1938 quietly own|States Senator Johnson predicts | Mhesva i rdigr s S:P‘ AR The doctor was hunting peasants pepble Beach, Carmel's swanky |S4uce to suit the taste. i 4 ... fireside. that an amendment will be offered | P leg e ’“c“ o when he saw the eagle and shot peighbor to the north. bl | Displays Her Knitting . Tne quintupiets went to bed last|to the naval appropriations bill in | nfl ¥ Oais Buecke, #8 SO Tn twice at it. The bird fell, stunned, il T R T night and then awoke then morn-|Congress to expand the air forces m':f"_. ol i “ii‘:‘::f“ °"”‘; but was up on its feet and trying 166 1] fea' LONDON, Jan. 1. — Princess ing in gleeful anticipation of eating] Senator Johnson said some funds H ine i ‘sw"l“e‘“' = s e“‘“";’ ; to run when Dr. Hayes and his . | fl p n" uwas Elizabeth, who some day may reign turkey for the second time in one|proposed for warship cor | IE es “]s P 7 k'_",ed"m‘ bl tive hunting companiofis overtook n““ “ u ar over the British empire, is a “grad- ' week. |will be spent on aireraft in i ing ony EhagAckAsD ’;e'rd {msel : him. . uate” knitter. | PR’ DS |He said there was a strong need| ‘“‘l“ ‘hb‘ l‘(’“‘“ “‘_pp;e"“iu ey e e » They tied his feet and wings and e SGEKS |vu":e‘ She and her sister, Princess Mar- | MacSPADDENS RETURNING (for more planes. BIBRALTAR, Jan. 1. — Work “‘:"t’he“fm:frf_;;;d :po:ll::nmn: " e brought him to the Sheridan zoo. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. — When | garet, for some time knitted searves | i B SR Senator Wheleer said he doubted | i) pegin shortly on widening Gi=lo " " o qone ot Gne Unlvaxsiuy ot i ] v “But it was a job holding him it comes to “model citizens” Green-{ —_— in the ‘one plain one pearl” style | Mr. and Mrs. Mollle MacSpadce®r {whether the appropriations bill lpra)tar's largest dry dock so that it cal 1‘ s R down until we could get a rope on|belt, Maryland, government housing | {but Princess Elizabeth has grad- and their two children, Mollie J0¢'could be “amended materially.” |will be capable of accommodating| : 4 him,” the men said. H 4 LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 1— yated to baby jackets, while her and Sheila Jane are returning iyl the biggest capital ships of the Brit-| ’r}m_l:l—: g PiE development, takes the cake. In an election for Greenbelt’s first town council, 276 residents out of 290 eligible cast ballots, far sur-| passing election records set in other communities. The lone woman can- didate was defeated in a last minute| rush of male voters. i Double feature movies, subject of}smwr still does scarves. Juneau, Mrs. MacSpadden and the much argument, wrecked her mari-| At the recent exhibition of Queen 'children aboard the Northiand and tal life, Mrs. Dora M. Albee said|Mary’s Needlework Guild, Elizabeth Mr. MacSpadden aboard the Bar- recently. |sent a pale blue baby's jacketf’“"f‘ | Suing Clark D. Albee for divorce, and Margaret contributed a salmon | Mrs. MacSpaddm‘x has been in Se- Mrs. Albee charged that for six-| pink wool scarf. |attle for some time for hospital| teen years he had been obsessed | ot I 5 |treatment and an operation. | |with the desire to see double fea- | SHOTGUN NEW YEAR *SCO]'fi;Hm OPEN i AREAS cANAn 5 tures every night in the week and | ishr navyy KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1—Threet {work on the dock, which is mOXel,, gyiomobile collision. The defd |than 850 feet in length were tentatively identitied as g | " S % | Shirley Small, 18, Al Hovey, 5 | CARTERS ENTERTAIN {Ropert: Meygrs; GeAS PN | AT NEW YEAR PARTYi DIES IN VAIN LEXINGTON, Ky, Jan, 1.—Jes Pamfiéfir ; Heads_fnr Scrap CORNWALL, Ont., Jan. 1. — The “Britannic,” 72-year-old St. Law- rence river paddle wheeler—last of its type in this area—has completed its final run. The boat, constructed of iron plates, has been sold by its owners for scrap. For 25 years the-craft was employed on the Kingston, Ont..- Montreal run, for freight and pas- senger service. ‘The Britannic was built in Glas- gow, Scotland, in 1866. s Wi G On Nerves of Dogs! HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 1. — Pat Evans, city employee, took his day| off to complain to the city council | about train whistles. “I figure they whistle in Houston | exactly 12,500 times a day,” he nid.‘l |“That’s too much noise. Even the! dogs howl, it is so nerve-racking.” He asked repeal of a law passed in 1893 requiring trains to whistle insisted that she accompany him.| The biggest noise of New Years| She was “fed up” at last, she set is taking place over the traps of the| forth. ———— Seven Fat Years BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. 1.—Cali- seven unbeaten and untied seasons; 1884, 1887, 1890, 1898, 1902, 1900 and four times at each grade crossing. 1922. Juneau Shotgun Club at their range near the Juneau Dairies today. | Shooting was to begin at 10 o'clock [m'w morning. —————-————— | PENNY ON BARANOF | George C. Penny, supervisor of |fornia’s football teams have played welfare for the Bureau of Indian | Affairs, is returning from a vaca- /tion trip to Wisconsin aboard the Baranof, 5 HOUSE TO BE TODAY Scores of Juneau Masons are to call this afternoon at the Scottisk Rite Temple where the annual New Year's Day open house of the CALGARY, Alta,, Jan. 1 tween 12000 and 15000 head of cattle have been moved from Al- berta drought areas this year under fthe: federal feeder-freight program, jt was estimated by livestock men Scottish Rite Masons will be heldghere, from 2 until 5 o'clock. Charles W. Hawkesworth is chair- man of the event. — e ‘The log book is a ship's official record of its voyage. Under the plan, the, government refunds purchasers 50 per cent of all freight charges on cattle moved from the dry areas to other Al- berta districts or outside the prov- ince. i Dr. and Mys. C. C. Carter were|Sherrow, 38," was burned to de S w Year's here yesterday when he rushed 1 Eve party given last night at their|his flaming home to rescue his home in the Goldstein Building, as-|Year-old son and was trapped. i sembling 16 guests for the occasion.died in vain as the boy had be I Present were Dr. and Mrs, W.|taken from the house by his gzas W. Council, Dr, and Mrs. R. H. Wil-|iather. The father,, excitedgapp liams, Mr. and Mrs. 1. Goldstein, ently did not see @ ather Bobby Goldstein, Mids Minnie Gold-|his son and rushed past them info stein, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Gold-|the flames. His charred body 5 stein, Mrs, Mary K. Cauthorne, found across a bed. ‘The bo Mrs. Florine Housel, Mr. and Mrs. Cumbed today to burns suff <3 | Robert Simpson. the fire. Py 3 host and hostess at a