The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 10, 1938, Page 1

CONFES THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE e C——— JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUM: 10, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. LIL, NO. 7816. PRICE TEN CENTS SION IS MADE IN [DNAP CASE Army Bom THREE OFFICERS, 5 ENLISTED MEN DEAD, ACCIDENT Aircraft Believed Struck by Lightning During Brief, Violent Storm SHIP SUDDENLY COMES DOWN, ILLINOIS FARM Seven Bodlts Found Strewn on Ground when Rescue Workers Reach Scene DELAVAN, Il1, June 10. — Eight Army Air Corps men have been killed in the crash of a Douglas bomber The bomber crashed on the Youle farm, north of here, during a brief but violent storm. Laura Youle, eye witne: aid she believed the craft was struck by lightning. “There was a sudden explosion and debris flew through the air’ said Miss Youle. “The air craft came down half a mile from our farm house and fell into muddy ground.” The alarm was quickly given and rescue workers rushed to the scene. The wings and fusilage were badly torn. At least seven bodies were strewn around the ground, some having un- opened parachutes. One body was still in the plane. The Army bomber was carrying three officers and five enlisted men and was missing on a flight from Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill, to Denver. LIST OF VICTIMS DELAVAN, June 10. — After a check, Army authorities announced the victims of the bomber crash as follows: Capt. Richard Reeve, 26, of Waun- akee, Wis. First Lieutenant Norman Ives, Los Angeles, Cal. Second Lieutenant Thomas Lang- ben, 27, Galveston, Tex. Staff Sergeant Edward Murah. Corporal William Housley. Privates Phillip Truitt, Max My- ser, G(orge Humsman FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM GIVEN. 0.K.BY SENATE Measure In;-i:de s Alaska Projects When Funds Are Appropriated 31 WASHINGTON, June 10. A comprehensive’ flood control pro- gram for the country’s principal river basins has received the blanket approval and passage by the Sen- ate. The bill, originating in the House, now goes back to the House for con- currence in amendments. The bill makes no provisions for an appropriation, merely authorizes the construetion of the projects when funds become available. Among the projects are the fol- lowing for Alaska: Tanana River, Chena Slough, earthrock levee and relocation for part of Richardson Highway. JUNEAU FBI OFFICE MAY BE REOPENED IF SENATE APPROVES The Juneau Federal Bureau of Investigation office, recently closed here for lack of funds, may be re- opened shortly if the appropriation of $308,000 approved by the House yesterday is successful in the Sen- ate, according to word received here by the Department of Justice. Juneau as well as several other of the smaller G-men offices were closed when the budget request was trimmed to $108,000. If the $200,000 added by the House, making a total of $308,000, wins Senate approval it will mean the reopening of the, abandoned offices, it is stated. ber Crashes; Eight Aboard Killed A COWBOY'S CURV ground crew at Burbank, € al., nosed over in a plane v Japanese Cut R landing. . E. Barton, anding. ' nose buried in ground, tipping E good as that of airport to pull the an inspector wi ations rangeman was used by deft member of the 1:i'llyof thl‘s tilted plane down to earth after it had ith the bureau of air commerce, who was in the plane skyward, was unhurt. _| Glacier side trip on its wa INT, HIGHWAY To Feed War Machuw COMMISSION BRITISH PORT IS AIR RAIDED BY INSURGENTS Lone Bomber Flies Over Alicante, Shells Civilian Section, Sinks Ships MADRID, June 10.—A lone In- surgent air raider, flying an Italian made Savoia seaplane, again bomb- ed Alicante, a British controlled port. The British freighter Thorpen- hall, which was bombed three days ago, was again struck and began sinking at the stern and finally went down, according to advices. The civilian section of Alicante, wmch previously suffered one of the worst bombardments of the Spanish Civil War from a fleet of air rmdexs was again battered. CORDOVANS ARE PUZILED ABOUT 0DD HAPPENING Moon, Sun Are Red Balls —Haze Hangs Over Wide Section CORDOVA, Alaska, June 10. Citizens are puzzied over Wednes day's blood red moon and high| haze.which is probably due to the eruption of volcano Mayon in the Philippines. The sun also became a red ball. The haze covered a wide area | from due west to 20 degrees north- west. ; The red moon, red sun and haze | may have been caused by the erup- | tion of Katmai, Bogoslof or some‘ other volcano on an isolated island | of the A]eu!ians : LUISE RAINER SUES, DIVORCE | LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 10.— Luise Rainer, twice hailed as having given the best performance for a film actress, has filed a suit for di- vorce from Clifford Odets, play- wright. | pay-after-the-war basis. Nome. TOKYO, June 10—Japan is ra- tioning herself with terrible stern- ness to pay for the war with China Presumably the poorest of the world’s “have-nots,” the nation has been blowing an estimated five mil- lion dollars daily through her guns ture thus far in the neighborhood of two billion dollars. The people are paying high taxes. They are using their savings to buy government bonds. They are working longer hours, wearing syn- | | thetic clothing materials and fore- going even the pitifully few luxuries they normally enjoy. Need U. S. Dollars A steady stream of sentiment-| stimulation comes from the govern- ment to increase their natural will- ingness to do this. The need for American dolla a powerful factor in Japan’s prec: ious financial structure. | In the United States, where she | buys most of her necessities, her purchases on credit have been great- ly restricted. She is paying cash for | most of her airplanes, munitions, | | oil, cotton and machinery she gets and rifles since the “incident” be- | gan July 7, 1937. | Experts place the total expendi- | Thomas Riggs, T0 BE NAMED President Informs Magnu- s son Action Will Be Taken This Summer WASHINGTON, June dent Roosevelt assured Repres tive Warren G. Magnuson, Democrat of Washington, during a conference | 10.—Presi- nta- TWO JUNEAU MEN ESCAPE CHILLY Mal(()llll MOI rison S\‘\’Illl\ l() Beach, Fully Clothed, with Ed Sweum Two Juneau mex}. Malcolm Morri- | son and Ed Sweum, yesterday morn- ing miraculously escaped from death |in the rg dotted waters near Taku ( when their speed | boat turned turtle Sweum, who was sleeping at the time of the accident, was shocked |into insensibility when thrown into the water, and Morrison, -a much smaller man than Sweum, performed a heroic rescue by swimming, fully clothed and with hip boots, 75 yards to shore, towing the unconscious iSWEum by his hair. The mishap occurred at Flat | Point, only a short distance from | the Dead Glacier at the head of Taku Inlet while the two were head- | ing for a fishing trip to Moose Creek Neither man had a dry match or any food or shelter, and were forced to sit on the wind swept rocks for ten hours until picked up by a Wran- gell Institute boat making the Taku neau. Morrison today explained that the boat turned turtle when he reached to Ju-| for a can of gasoline, and a spare| | outbcard. engine in the bottom of | | the heat rolled over, shifting | weight so suddenly that capsized before anything done to “trim ship. The accident occurred at 5 o'clock vesterday morning, and the two men were not taken off the rocks until :30 o'clock in the afternoon. boat was picked up 15 miles away, with both engines still tied to safety lines, and miscellaneous equipment was found over are: Morrison kicked off in his swim for shore. “There wouldn't its could be be any Sweum at the White House, that members here today, if it hadn’t been of the Alaska Highway Commission will be appointed this summer, The American Commission wnll include a member of Congress, res dent of Alaska and three other citi- n members to serve two years hout pay and at the end of that period report their findings to the President The American Comi cooperate with a similar Commission. . ion is to Canadian RIGGS BEING CONSIDERED SEATTLE, June 10.—Former Gov. | of Alaska, is being favorably considered for appoint- ment to the Alaska International Highway Commission according tu word received here by Ralph H. and to do this she must buy dollars | Royal, Northern Chief of the Al- with her yen Experts inking At the same time she is meet- ing the interest on three hundred | American investors before the war began by bonds sold on the Ameri- | the five members of the Commis | can market. They represent nation- | al, municipal, government-guaran- | teed and privately guaranteed cor- porate issues. Adding a final touch to what ap- pears to be a dark picture, Japan’'s exports have shrunk by some 20 per- | cent and commodity prices have risen | Germany and Italy, Japan’s “anti- | Communist” allies, are in no posi- tion to help her with credits be- cause they need cash just as badly as she does. Nor is the rest of the| world anxious to give her raw ma-| terials or manufactured goods on a - eee “First Ship” Is | Arriving Off {Nome Today 'I'hl‘ Columbia, first ship to Nome season, is arriving. off that port today, according to word re- ceived here, but ice is reported |extending out 25 miles which may | cause some delay. The Columbia is the former Dor- othy Alexander owned by the Al-| aska Steamship Company and re- | modeled. She is replacing the old | Victoria as the “first ship” to| | aska Yukon Pioneers, from Eugene F. Laporte, representing tho Pioneers in Washington. Col. Laporte | sixteen million dollars obtained from | Roosevelt where he said he learned | | of the prospect of Riggs as one 0[ sion. Riggs is a former engineer of the Alaska Railroad Commission during construction of the Alaska Railroad between Seward and Fairbanks. He served on the Boundary Commis- sion which settled the Alaska dis- pute with Canada. VOLCANO MAYON NOW SUBSIDING; STOPS SPOUTING |Eight Day mpage Re- ported Over — Some Refugees Return LEGASPI, Philippine Islands, June 10.—Mayon volcano is subsid- ing after spewing ashes over the countryside and throwing out streams of molten lava which flowed down the mountainside in the erup- | tion whlch began eight days ago. A few ‘refugees are returning to their villages near the base of the volcano. visited President | for| Malkie,” Sweum said at his store. Malcolm Morrison, really a hem ‘\\nhout any exaggeration, was | work today in the Signal Corps or- {fice and pleaded that “nothing | should be said about the thing—it wasn't much.” the boat | The | the | a wide| ncluding one rubber boot that| ! ‘The boat in which the two men | | turned over, was Dan Russell’s six- teen foot speedboat, which capsized only last Supday off Marmion Is-| |land with near serious results for | Dan Russell and Mrs. Henry Messer- | s<-hmidt AIR RESERVE OFFICER DIES, PLANE CRASH : Private, Also AboandPlane, Makes Jump to Safety, | RIVERSIDE, Cal., | ond Lieutenant Joseph C. Marcy, Air Reserve Officer, was killed last | night when his attack plane crashed and burned midway between Ban- ning and Beaumont. | | Private William White, flying with Marcy, jumped and was only slight- |1y injured. | | — e - * A E STOCK QUOTATIONS || NEW YORK, June 10.—Closing ‘quounion of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 10%, American Can | |87%, American Light and Power 5, | }Anaconda 24, Bethlehem Steel 44%, | | Commonwealth and Southern 1%, | | Curtiss Wright 4%, Generol Motors 29'% | International Harvester 53':, Ken- | | necott 29%, New York Central 11%, | Southern Pacific 11, United States Steel 42, Cities Service 8%, Pound $4.95%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGE The following are today's Dow, |Jones averages: industrials 1|447 Irails 2053; utilities 19.13, | has been wonderful to us, June 10.—Sec- ple, | way | travel.” Only disappointed people aboard | $25,000 FIR DEATHS AT TAKU nESTfiuvs BI G FULL DETAILS AAT HANGAR Fire, believed to have been started during a welding opera- tion, broke out in the Alaska Air Transport building at the foot of Main Street at 3:10 o'clock this afterncon d resulted ir damage estimated at $25,000 be- fore it was brought under con- trel. The building, o d by T. A. Morgai completely cov ered by insurance, it was stated, alse the Bellanca. The AAT Bellanca Skyrocket plane, valued at $10,000, went up in the flames but the Lock- heed and the Aeronca, which were in the lower hangars on the water were saved. The pro- peller on the Aeronca, how- ever, was smashed when the Lockheed crashed into it when the planes were being run out into the bay away from the blazing structure, Lumber and building supplies of the Columbia Lumber Com- pany in the building were saved. Gordon Graham and Don Harwick, mechanics for Shell Simmons of AAT, were working en the Bellanca, they s when the place suddenly burst into flames near them. They said they did not know what the actual cause was, They escaped with only slight burns. In a few minutes the east end of the building was a flaming inferno and much of the dam- age had been done before the fire department could respond, CALIFORNIANS ENJOYING TRIP WITHOUT RAIN although they made fast time in getting water on the structure. It was soon brought under con- trol after the firemen starting po on water. Hundreds of Juneau folks and many of the vi from the Prince Robert gathered near the s the black smoke rolled yward, being visible all over the city. A few minutes after the fire burst out, AAT Pilots Shell Simmons and John Amundsen rushed to the two other AAT planes, the Lockheed and the Stinson, berthed at the water hangar, and Rudy Tencich, stu- dent pilot, clambered into the cockpit of the Aeronca training Tencich and Simmons roared | off from their respective ramps at the same time, but the Ae- ronca went out of control and crashed into the Lockheed, shat- tering the Aeronca propeller, but only superficially damag- ing the Lockheed. The planes were separated and all three ships were taxied out of range of the flames. Gasboats and rowboats ran under forced draft from nearby | floats. Capt. Tom Smith, of the mo- torship Yakobi, was the first beat to arrive on the scene. A canoe, owned by Bob Hen- ning of The Empire, stored in the building, was lost in the con- flagration. LABOR BATTLE RAGING AROUND MARITIME MOVE YOUNG TRUCK DRIVER GIVES Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, Only Person Involv- ed in Abduction CRIME IS EXPLAINED, " EIGHT-PAGE REPORT Ransom Notes Were Pre- pared in Advance to Be Given Cash* MIAMI, Fla., June 10.—J. Edgar Hoover announced this afternoon that Franklin | Pierce MecCall, 21 - year - old truck driver, has confessed to | the entire kidnaping and kill- 1ing of five-year-old James | Bailey Cash, Jr. | The Director of the Federal | Bureau of Investigation said McCall’'s eight-page confes- sion detaijled the tragedy com- pletely, as follows: | The boy was stolen from | his bedroom while he slept. | McCall placed a handker- | chief over the child’s mouth and another over his eyes. | The boy was taken to Me- Call’s home. McCall said he thought the {boy was asleep but after iabout 15 minutes, he discover- ed the boy was dead. | MecCall took the boy in his arms, alternately walked and ran to a spot in the woods near his home with which he was well acquainted with | from hunting trips, then flung the body into a dense thicket where it was found early yes- terday. Having disposed of the body, McCall then returned to his home to get the first of Prince Robert Docks Here AFL and (‘IO BOth Trying three ransom notes which he on Return Voyage to Vancouver California native sons and daugh- | ters descended on Juneau for the vcond time in three days today as he white liner Prince Robert sided in to the City Dock on its return trip to Vancouver with the Los |Angeles Chamber of Commerce aboard with a number of Californ- ians from other parts of the Gold- | en State. Charles P. Bayer, Field Secretary |of the Los Angeles Chamber, s I Only In]ured [of the Los Angeles Chamber, and “Alaska in peo- weather and scenery. We |haven’t had a drop of rain since we left Vancouver—but that's the it goes when Californians in charge of the tour, said: the boat were five tourists the San Joaquin Valley. “The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce got their names in the paper, but they left our names out!” they indignantly claimed, and because the San Joaquin Valley i every bit as nice to we Alaskans who for the most part haven't seen much of either of those sec- from will be guests of the Californians | aboard the Prince Robert, and the | | vessel will sail at midnight. This is the tenth tour the Los | Angeles Chamber of Commerce has ‘made to the Territory of Alaska. to Swing Federation Into Line at San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO Cal.,, June 10— Marine firemen, whose delegates | bolted the convention of the Mari- time Federation of the Pacific here yesterday, sent a new delegation, named last night, to the convention | today. Headquarters of the local union of the firemen held the action of the delegates in withdrawing was | | unconstitutional. The firemen delegates and all | delegates of the Sailors Union of the Pac! and the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union had walked out of the convention with the intention of protesting against the charge that the Federation was trying to affiliate with the CIO. It was said that a referendum conducted by the unions whose dele- gates had withdrawn “seemed to be overwhelmingly to sever affiliation” with the Federation. A letter from William Green, President of the American Federa- tion of Labor, read on the conven- tion floor proposed a rival alliance be formed with the AFL. - e L 2 * | The following are scores of base- ball games played this afternoon in the two major leagues as re- ceived up to 2:30 o'clock: ; National League Philadelphia Pittsburgh 2. New York 3; St. Louis 1. Others postponed. | American League | Detroit 7; Washington 6. St. Louis 8; Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 2; New York 8. Chicago 15; Boston 2. tions, we introduce the San Joaquiners. They are: Mrs. H. R. Cousins, Miss Ann | Cousins, Miss Ann Collins, and Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarence Rice |Mr. Rice is interested in fruit | |farming and finance. Tonight at 9 o'clock, Juuuu Chamber of Commerce membe: r» had written in advance. Despite the boy’s death, Me- Call took one ransom note to the shack of a negro, John Emanuel. Disguising his voice, McCall tried to persuade the negro to take the note to the lad’s father. When the ne- gro became frightened, he fled, and MeCall slipped the I note under the door. EARLY REPORT MTAMI, Florida, June 10.—Frank- lin Pierce McCall, 21-year-old truck driver, may be charged with both the kidnaping and slaying of 5- year-old James Bailey Cash, Jr., whose body was found early yester- day morning at a spot where FBI and other officers were taken to by McCall. This is indicated by the authorities. State Attorney General Worley said he will present what evidence he has before a special grand jury on Monday which might indict the truck driver on both offenses. Both carry the death penalty in this %\Staw. L BASEBALL TODAY | McCall will probably be tried on only one count, Worley said, and following the indictment, MecCall will be placed on trial speedily, probably within three or four weeks. McCall, it is said, denies re- |sponsibility in the kidnaping and killing of the child but J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Chief, said he con- fessed collecting the $10,000 ransom money demanded. All but $5 of the ransom money has been found, $9,750 in one place and $245 in another place. There are several puzzling angles to the kidnaping and slaying and ithis is admitted by Hoover.