The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1938, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LII., NO. 7810. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JU \l«“ 1938, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS — BIG GOLD DREDGE COMING TO JUNEAU PERU-ECUADOR Beauty Queen Is Twice Honored BORDER FIGHT FLARES AGAIN Century Old Dispute Rears Ugly Head as Ecua- dorians Killed NAZI PROTEST SENT TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA Foreign S;HTiers May Be Taken Soon from Spanish War (By Associated Press) A warmed over border dispute be- tween Peru and Ecuador today add- ed to the world’s menu of interna- tional trouble. Two Ecuadorian soldiers were killed and a third wounded in a clash with three Peruvian gunboats in the jungle as the 107-year-old dispute again came to a head. Ecuador ordered her troops to “defend themselves with all their characteristic valor.” Peru was reported to be massing her troops for open conflict. Berlin Protests The Czechoslovakian-German sit- uation, which wavered for two weeks between “hot” and “mildly warm,” simmered anew today with a fresh protest from Berlin to Praha. The protest was against new inci- # dents which members of Czechoslo- vakia’s Germanic minority claimed lay in their mistreatment. Japan Reorganizes Japan completed a drastic Cab- inet reorganization, with Lieutenant General Itagaki taking the War Ministry. Fifty persons were killed in Can- ton when a textile factory there was bombed by the Japanese. Spanish Peace Nears Premier Chamberlain today an- nounced new British protests against aerial bombardments in China and Spain, while" the Span- ish Non-Irtervention: Committee, | before which body the protest was made, finally reached an accord on a plan to withdraw foreign sol- diers from the Spanish Civil War. | The Spanish Government spokes- | man in Paris admitted the possi- | bility of a British-French media- | tion. FOURTH OF JULY - { 4 WOMEN, GIRL ‘Eighleen-Ye:r_-E)ld Colored Boy Confesses toBrut- al Murders CHICAGO, Ill, June 3. — Robert Nixon, 18-year-old negro, has con- fessed to murdering four white wo- men and a little girl during the last two years. Nixon admitted battering Mrs. Florence Johnson to death last Fri- day with a brick. NEGRO ADMITS Administration FIVE SLAYINGS, Wins One Fight Bettie Barker Not only was Bettie Barker, lovely brunet junior, chosen beauty queen at Northegn State Teachers’ college at Aberdeen, S. D., she was also p\cked as the most popular co-ed on the campus. but fln Rehef Bill Majority Leader Barkley Musters 40-37 Vote on WPA Activities WASHINGTON, June 3. — The Senate fight on the Administration’s Relief Bill and although une Aumml.stmtwn forces confidently expected a final|* vote last night, the Senate took up went an extra round| CHINESE ARE “WEAKENING IN - CENTRAL GHINA Hisessant Adr r sl Artillery Fire of Invaders Proves Effective | SHANGHALI June 3.—Neutral ob- | servors said the Chinese armies are | apparently weakening under the in- | cessant air and artillery attacks on |the Central China' front, especially | near Lanfeng. The Chinese are running short of | heavy munitions, | Government dispatches from Han- | kow headquarters admitted the sit- | uation at Lanfeng is critical. | —_———-——-—— BOMBINGS OF CIVILIANS IS BARBAROUS ACT | erial Ruids Made sniligns and Spain Condemned by U. S. in Statement WASHINGTON, June 3. — The United States Government has again ‘expresscd its “emphatic and re- | peated statement” against the bar- | baric bombings of the civilian pop- | ulation of China and Spain. } Under Secretary of State Wells, |after a conference with President Roosevelt, issued a stern statement |in behalf of the Department or State |saying American public opinion re- gards the bombings of Chinese and | Spanish civillans as “barbarous” |and recalled that recent days aerial| to | hombings have caused death | many hundreds of persons, woan‘ | and clnl(lxn n, HEADING FOR e ~|)('( mHv - “GREEN HELL" b { \Daring Scientist, Five Com- panions Hop Off on Ex- ploration Trip | SAN DIEGO, Cal, June 3.—Head- — |ing for “Green Hell” in New Guinea TO TRAP ENEMY PLANES, Force experts developed networl Britain’s Royal Air k of cables carried aloft by these balloons ascending to extreme heights. A ground crew maneuvers the balloon barrier by means of cable winches on trucks. The Deadly *“Airacuda” in Flight The newest type of pursuit plane, thirteen of which have been purchased for the army air force, is pictured above, in flight. Of revolutionary design, the Bell Aircraft ship, named the “Airacuda,” is reported to be capable of a speed of nearly 400 miles an hour. A crew of five will man each plane. IS GOING TO BE SENT,ENGLAND Presidential Commission Is to Study British Trade Union Act w SI“NG'I(;\(,*T]HHI‘ 3.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has announced that| a special Presidential Commission will be sent to England this sum- mer to clear up what he considers is misinformation in this country (about the workings of the British|. Trade Union Act, sometimes held by business and other interests as model legislation which the U. S might copy. Whether the President intends to apply the findings of his Commis- sion in any positive way is not brought out. The President did tell the newsmen that it has nothing to do with the Wagner Act. He did nof ot | give out the names of the commis- sion members as they are not a 'selected but simuManeously with the announcement it was revealed that John L. Lewis first agreed to accept the invitation that the CIO send a representative, but refused later after hearing reports that one purpose is to study and get informa- tion for use in modifying the Labor Act. The AFL was invited, accepted WILL TAKE SAND FROM FLOOR-OF STEPHENS PASS. Phenomenal Machlne Will Go to Depth of 1,000 Feet TWO JUNEAU MEN ARE INTERESTED 1$2,000,000 Recovery Hop- ed for Each Year by Inventor SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 3.— John Williams, deep sea dredge in- ventor, said today he expected to have a 9,000-ton ship equipped with 20 dredges for dredging gold from the bottom of Stephen’s Passage, near Juneau, next spring. The deep sea dredge invented by Williams, was tried out in Monterey Bay a fortnight ago when the big | bucket brought up an eight-ton bite | of sand from the bottom of the sea at a depth of 840 feet. Reticent about financing plans, Williams said he intended to buy |a Government ship if he could, and put 10 working dredges and 10 | spare dredges to work. $2,000,000 Yearly Williams said he believes if he | puts that number of dredges to work, around $2,000,000 a year could be expected in gold return, with the ten working dredges lifting 6,000 yards of gravel a day from varying | depths as great as 1,000 feet. Navy, university and industrial ex- | perts watched the Monterey Bay test and offered no criticism. Williams explained that his static power device works by letting the great pressure of water at depth, push a piston in a single stroke to | close the clamshell-type dredge | jaws. The water pressure is kept off the piston head until the dredge hits bottom and then let in automatical- |ly. The piston rod is sealed in the | cylinder by a device of rings in heavy grease which is held in place by aummntically balanced water pres- sure. The grease, less fluid than water, clamps around the piston and keeps the water out. The dredge was developed at a cost of $500,000 in 20 years of ex- perimenting, and is said to be the greatest advance to date in deep sea | dredging, which was heretofore im- possible at great depths. ‘ Juneau Men Interested 50 much time in discussing amend-|On an exploration trip scheduled to| ments that the leaders left the de-|1ast two years, Richard Archbold, bate unfinished and recessed short-|daring young sclentist, and crew ly after 10 o'clock. )of five, took off late yesterday from The Administration forces won by‘s‘”‘ Diego Bay in a huge “y"‘g b°°“ three votes in the battle against| Honolulu is the first stop Other victims slain and raped in the same manner were Mrs. Flor- ence Castle, 24, June 29, 1936; Miss Anna Kuchta, 19, student nurse, slain in a Chicago hospital August .md selected Robert Watt, American, It was announced in The Empire | LIFE IS SPARED DUKE, DUCHESS bor Delegate of the International|on Tuesday, that two business men ’ 4 Hn“Rt; BI I URI ul wINnE;nR |0 Lubm m:,r.nu/,ntmn at Geneva. in Juneau, I. Goldstein, and Charles FIREMEN HELP Goldstein, were interested with in- ventor Williams in his phenomenal |21, 1937; Mrs. Emma Worden, 42, | they expected to reach in 18 hours machine. and daughter Marguerite, 12, siain ;‘;!:l‘:‘;‘i{:af"w:;’i;el';“m‘"fi“ ?‘The Yoyagers eXpdot o Feally M EXEGUTIuN DATE HAVE GHATEAU ay I en | williams was in Juneau last year, | in Los Angeles, Cal.,, April 4, 1937. D A restrict pol taking soundings in Juneau area | Guinea in ? Department Tosses'in More | than $50—Other Groups Expected to Do Part Juneau's Community Fourth of | July Fund was ovér the $700 mark When solicitors completed their first By Alaskan Eskimos day’s work last night and it was| expected that by tonight at least| WASHINGTON, June 3.—Rang- $1,000 would be in the pot for the|ers stationed in Alaska have learn- Citizens Fourth of July Committee ed much from the Eskimos in the to put on a real program on Inde- construction and repair of their Nixon implicated Earl Hicks, 19- year-old negro, in the Johnson death and Harold Green, 20-year- old negro in the Worden slayings. Tips Given Rangers that the entire community was ral- | vehicles of transportation during pendence Day. Solicitors reported |dog sleds, which are the prmcxpal‘ lying in fine support to the civic|the long Arctic winters, the national campaign and hardly a turndown parks service said here. was recorded. In the Far North, where iron and The Fund was boosted substanti- | |wood are scarce, the Eskimo builds ally last night when the Juneau his leds without a single piece of Volunteer Fire Department voted to|iron. The runners are shod with iv- donate $25 from the department’s|ory. All new pieces of wood are| funds to help finance the celebra- | first steamed, then placed in forms tion. Later individual centributions|and left there to dry in the required from members of the department|shape. boosted this to mare than $50. To the Fire Department goes the .,..__.____*_4 distinction of being the first organi- | zation to contribute to the fund. ] 't STOCK QUOTATIONS |! However, it is anticipated that other groups such as the Chamber of Com-| NEW YORK, June 3. — Closing merce, Rotary Club, Elks, labor unv‘quawnun of Alaska Juneau mine fons and like organizations would | stock today is 10%, American Can take similar action. | 86, American Light and Power 5, 1t was emphasized by the Com- | Anaconda 22%, Bethlehem Steel mittee today that from $1000 to|42%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General $1.500 is necessary to guarantee a Motors 27%, International Harves- full-fledged celebration. | ter 50%, Kennecott 27%, New York T e —— | Central 11%, Southern Pacific 10%, RETURN FROM INSPECTION \Unwed Smbes Steel 40, Cities Ser- | vice 8%, Pound $4.94%. After a road inspection trip to| Hyder, Ketchikan and other South- DOW, JONES AVERAGES east Alaska points, District Engineer, The following are today’s Dow, M. D. Williams of the Bureau of Jones averages: industrials 100.71, Public Roads returned to Juneaurails 20.22, utilities 18.45. last night on the BPR vessel High- | —-~———— way. Auditor Leo Jewett also re- The first nail-making machine turned from fiscal duties in the | was invented in 1786 by Ezekiel Reed southeast. of Bridgewater, Mass, | required on mining claims held by itical activities of WPA employees. Anti - Administration ~Democrats | and Republicans lined up for the proposal but Majority Leader Al- ben W. Barkley rallied 40 vot against to 37 for, The amendment would have re-| quired the dismissal of any WPA Administrative worker who used his influence and authority to mary or general -election. Senate Suggests New Moratorium, Mine A}Eessmentj Ickes Objects — Says Ac- tion Would Retard Mining Industry WASHINGTON, June 3.—Over- riding objections of the Interior De- partment, the Senate Mining Com- mittee today recommended that Congress suspend for the current fiscal year, annual assessment work location in the United States. Secretary of the Interior Harold | L. Ickes, opposed the action of the committee, contending the morator-| ium would further retard recovery of | the mining industry, The moratorium would not ap- ply to more than six lode mining claims held by the same person, nor| mere than 12 such claims in the same partnership, association, or corporation. inter- | fere in any political convention, pri- | three hops, including | Wake Island. AERIVE AT HONOLULU | HONOLULU, June 3.—The fyin, e*]laboramry bearing six men on a( | scientific research in the wilds of New Guinea, landed here at 8:52 o' clock this morning, making the flight from San Diego in 18 hours and 9 minutes. ‘Alaska Nelson Bill Is S|gned WASHINGTON, June 3.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the bill transferring from the Federal to the Alaskan Territorial Treasury a portion of the Federal taxes set |aside for support of Alaska Nelson schools and providing extension of | the school terms from five to nine | months. The bill also permits em- ployment of more than one teacher in each school, TWO KILLED ~ BYLIGHTNING | | | | KANSAS CITY, June 3. — Two spectators were struck dead, a third |was seriously injured and a caddy less seriously by a lightning storm ".ms afternoon which stopped the | first round of the city’s $5,000 open | golf tournament, William Byle ,about 60, a contrac- tor, and Thomas Critchfield, mem- ber of a road construction firm were {killed by the lightning bolts which istruck at the ninth green. ‘Slayer Collapses at News of Commutation of Sen- tence by Governor OSSINING, N.Y., June 3.—Fred J. Hull collapsed and was taken to the prison hospital last night when his death sentence was commuted | to life imprisonment four hours be- e his execution was set. Hul]s head had been shaved and hxs last meal had been served o when Gov. Herbert Lehman xssu(d the order commuting his sen- tence. Hull was convicted of the murder of Samuel Druckman in a racket war. Clemency was not extended to Lawrence Marks, 49, rape killer of Paula Magnana, aged 8. He went silently to the chair. NO CLUES IN - KIDNAP CASE 3 PRINCETON, Florida, June Clues are still lacking as to the whereabouts of kidnaped James (Bailey Cash Jr. On a tip, G-Men flung a cordon about a rock pit, 40 miles south, and kept the curious away while divers covered every inch of the bot- tom but found no trace. The tip was that pieces of blood stained cloth had been found at the rock pit. Fourteen additional FBI agents arrived here by plane today to join in the search in the Cash kidnap case Are Supervising Alterations Preparatory to Moving to New Home ANTIBES, France, sune 3.—The Duke and Duchess of Windsor ob- served their first wedding anniver- sary quietly and with no special af- fair, They are supervising altera- tions on their new home, the Chat- eau Delacroe, which has been leased for two years. They are living at the Grand Hotel pending completion of the work and carry picnic lunche to the chateau on their daily vis The two are living a simple life on the Riviera Coast. They plan to move their household goods to the Chateau very soon. The furnishings were shipped to France when the Duchess left England after her div- orce and after the Duke abdicated EIIswnnh Gmng Back, Antarctic Explore rTuddenly An- nounces Plans for Last Exploration Trip VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., June 3.— Lincoln Ellsworth, explorer, who is spending a brief vacation here, an- nounces plans for another Polar ex- pedition, his seventh venture. “Just three weeks ago I decided suddenly I must go back to the Antaretic, which will be my last ex- | ploration trip.” Uld Age Pension Scope;Proposals WASHINGTON, June 3. — The social security board began studies today looking toward inclusion of an estimated sixteen million addi-| tional persons under Federal old- age insurance. The advisory council to the board | asked it to provide data by Septem-| ber 15 on possible methods of ex-| tending the coverage to domestic servants, farm laborers and self- employed workers, Would Enlarge It also recommended that the ap- proximately 570,000 employées of nonproft relgious, charitable and educational institutions, now ex- cluded, be brought under the plans. Board officials estimated, one the basis of 1930 census there were 2,800,000 agricultural workers, 2,103,000 servants and 10, 646,204 self-employed workers, in- cluding those engaged in farming and fishing. About thirty-eight million work-| ers in business and industry are now under Federal old-age insur- ance. Bills pending in Congress wnulrl add 600,000 workers to the number included under the old-age plan They provide for inclusion of an estimated 300,000 employees of mem- ber banks of the Federal Reserve System and an equal number of maritime workers. ———— “Old Ironsides,” most famous of the frigates in the War of 1812, was built in the Boston navy yard in 1797, ) returns, that waters and had made one previous | trip to the Territory. | Charles Goldstein said today: “Whether the machine will make any money as a gold dredge, or not, is a question. Soaped sounding leads dropped over a wide area, showed | tine gold in the sand brought to the surface with the soap. It remains to be seen if there is any depth to the pay.* rwg The Goldstein brothers have been interested with inventor Williams | for several years. Plans are to recover through flotation. the gold Funeral Costs $25,000 SHANGHAI, June 3.—Reflecting the high cost of Chinese funerals, ‘325000 was spent in conducting last | rites for Marshal Liu Hsiang, late | military dictator of Szechuen Pro- vince. Of this sum, $20,000 was ex- | pended by the Chinese National gov- |ernment. General Chiang Kaisheck has been asked to make up the re- mamder out of his pocket. FIVE ARRIVING HERE WITH PAA ELECTRA | Five passengers are coming to Juneau from Fairbanks. this even- ing aboard a PAA Electra piloted by Jerry Jones and Gene Meyering. The plane is due at the airport at 6:30 o’'clock. Passengers are Mary K. Cauth- orne, Leona Simpson, Roy Courtney, | Al Shyman, and R. J. ‘Williams.