The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 22, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. LIL, NO. 7827. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS "LAND PLANE SINKS IN ALANKAN WATERD REINDEER PARTY PASSESTHROUGH HERE FOR NORTH $25,000 to Be Expended on Investigation Which May Take Two Years Starting an investigation of the reindeer industry in Alaska which may extend over a period of two years, the reindeer committee re- cently appointed by Congress ar- rived here last night on the North- land and left this morning for Fairbanks and Nome by PAA plane. Heading the party as Chairman is C. E. Rachford, Assistant U. S Forester, who said the group would “survey and appraise reindeer own- ed by non-natives in the Territory and within two years report to the House and Senate appropriations committees the advisability of pur- chase,” by the government for the benefit of the native people. The committee was appointed by the Chairmen of the Senate and House appropriations committees and includes with Chairman Rach- ford, Frank H. Reeds, Colorado stockman and newspaper editor, and I. D. Wilson, head of the bio- logy department at Virginia Poly- technic Institute. Accompanying the committee of three are Ray B Dame of the National Park Service, | who is official photographer; J. S. Rood, Acting Reindeer Supervisor for Alaska, and Leon H. Cubberly of the Solicitor’s Office, Depart- ment of Interior, who is handling disbursements. The latter is re- maining over in Juneau for a week in connection with fiscal matters before continuing north to join the Congress Is Over But There Are Special Investiga tions To Be Made; Alaska Involved By PRESTON GROVER | upper left hand drawer of his desk | WASHINGTON, June 22—To out- (—Or was it over “;l‘ {("‘l’!;]i'r“'fl‘-’ ward appearances Congress suurrs;So“fl]fl‘c:“gug‘:::s‘“ ,“L“]‘:flns :: C“h’)‘\" out like a candle at adjournment | oo o T l‘_(j\\_‘ ot evadh time, but underneath the surface it| "© ' e s e o mass of tag-ends to be wound up, Wik ifew” ExosphibhN *ihe s House | oLs Liay 18 FDS, Sas AL passsd bt close -t Gffioes | ani| i bp typed on MeSNY ITEN] pants head for home, partioularly. in slse. | S04 signed by the; presiging ofricers B A ok i the ‘rm-nl when | Of House and Senate before adjourn- AGHIEEIS SHGH B3 b5 Det ment so they can go to the White the enemy is busily gnawing at Y : : House. election districts. House members seldom have more than two clerks Ahd Ehaee TavE £o TabilEn With thete | o L MAKE TS 3 i ""| Weeks before adjournment, the boss to the office over the First|, o€t SETRC BIoH R National Bank of Peebles Corners | : acly npybe mus timate which bills are likely to pas: 50 they can be engrossed for *hasty signatures. But the business of special com- from which the Representative will operate his campaign A far larger number of senatorial offices are open during the summer mittees goes on and n ake because each senator may have four | 1o oty minke § y & trouble, progress and headlines and sometimes more secretariesand | o e o be loft. bahing | JUring the summer and fall. A A ‘ joint committee of membe of to answer the telephone and send the Senator the pipe he left in the (Continued on Page Six) TWO BRITISH SUSPENSION OF VESSELS ARE ASSESSMENT IS RAIDED, SUNK EXPLAINEDNOW Insurgents Renew Attacks Requirements of Mining Act on Ships in Spanish Are Given by Dele- Government Ports gate Dimond VALENCIA, Spain, June 22.—Two British ships have been sunk just | outside of the Valencia- Harbor by | The bill pension of the annual assessment providing for the sus-| NAVY CRUISER Elslaml Volcano Eru WILL BE HERE FORFIVE DAYS U. 8. §.-Louiswille will- 42 Officers, 600 Men, | ‘ Due July 6 i With a complement of 42 officers and approximately 600 enlisted men | aboard, the modern 10,000-ton Navy | cruiser Louisville is scheduled to ar-| rive in Juneau on July 6 and will remain here until the 11th, accord- to a communication to Mayor | ing Harry I. Lucas from Capt. R. W. Mathewson, Commander of the vessel | The Louisville was in Alaskan waters on the Navy's summer cruise last year but did not call in Ju-| neau. She is one of the larger crui: ers and it is expected that durlngi | the five-day stay in the harbor resi- | | dents of the community will nave‘ opportunity to go aboard. | | The list of officers aboard follow | capt. R. W. Mathewson, USN, | | Commanding Officer. | Capt. F. J. Wille, US.N. | ]‘ Cmdr. C. D. Edgar, US.N., Execu- | | tive officer. | Lt. Cmdr. C. B. White, U.S.N. Lt. Cmdr. E. S. Stoker, US.N. | Lt. Cmdr. W. G. Livingstone,| i G The volcano is near the ci Lt. Cmdr. R. E. Duncan (MC)| Pletu USN. | Lt. Cmdr. M. C. Roberts (SC),| FOURTH DIVISION Lt. Cmdr. D. C. McGuire, U.S.N.R. | Lt. Cmdr. E. P. Cook, US.N.R. Lt. G. L. Menocal, U.S.N. Lt. W. E. Guitar, U.S.N. Lt. J. W. Smith, US. Lt. N. Phillips, U.S.N. Lt. W. L. Turney, US.N, FINAL RETURNS ARE-RECEIVED ctivity, erupted June 4, of Legaspi, some 200 miles south of M de by the U.S. Army Air Corps, are the homes of a leper colony. pl fore g thousand: Ozark Smile Queen After Years of Inactivity to flee their homes at the base of the mountai nila, % y A KANSAS CITY WHEEL CRAFT - FORGED DOWN Fishing Vessel Picks Up Men from Sinking Kan- sas City Plane WAS FLYING COAST ON WAY TO JUNEAU |Conflicting Reports Say Young Pilot Off Course, Out of Gasoline KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 22. . The small four-place Standard land plane, which was forced down on the beach near here last Thursday, is reported now to have sunk in Snow Pass, 70 miles northwest of here, yesterday, but its three occu~ pants are said to be safe. The plane left its beach landing field at Bostwick Inlet, 10 miles be- low Ketchikan, yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, heading for Juneau, but evidently was forced down in Snow Pass, off Zarembo Island. Pilot Arch Chamberlain, L. A. Prosser, the plane’s new owner, and inother man whose name was not learned, are reported to have been taken off the sinking craft by the fishing boat Virginia, according to Capt. O. Singstad, of the fishing vessel Sea Ketch, who arrived here this morning. The Virginia continued on her way with the plane’s passengers, going either to Wrangell or Pet- P.I. In the foreground of this g | ersburg. Last Thursday, Chamberlain was party. The Interior Department v wask- reaul 2 7 R P v 55 A I, 10U 5 i quirements on mining claims . R. F. Farwell, USNR. ~appropriation bill carries an item | & lone Insurgent air raider in con Voo 't . Lt. (jg) J. Roudebush, U.S.N. | forced down on the beach at Bost- i i | ti f series 3 ding at noon, July| i b AN - of $25.000 for the investigation, | tinuation of a long series of war he year en [ i i ) » NEW YORK, June 22.— | wick Inlet, 10 miles below Ketchi- bR B 'Results of Last April 5 Pri- ? —_ Chairman Rachford said the com- mittee expected to spend about two months in the north at this time, returning here late in August. ‘Congress authorized a million dollars for the reindeer in 1937 with the purpose of acquiring them and turning them over to the na- tives,” he said, in explaining the investigation. “After the hearings, it was decided to clarify the matter by sending a committee that had no interests in either Alaska or reindeer to make an objective sur- vey and appraisal on all phases of the matter. That is this commit- te function.” While here the commiftee was in conference with Gov. John W. Troy, officials of the Indian Office, Bio- logical Survey and Forest Service, gathering information and data for their summer study. BIG FUND T0 BET WORKING; ACTION TAKEN President Gears Up Ma- chine—Discusses Business —Fireside Chat Friday HYDE PARK, N.Y. June 22. — President Roosevelt today threw into | gear the three billion seven hundred and fifty million dollar machine de- signed to prime commerce and aid the needy. asserting as he acted, that industry and agriculture have already improved and also stating that farming has not been as bad as a lot of people believed. The President gave his views at a press conference in his Hyde Park home study and at one point, by request, he authorized the newsmen to quote him directly, something he seldom permits. “As somebody remarked the other day, there have been a few rain drops coming from the heavens and possibly they will be followed by a much needed shower,” said the President in answer to a question whether he believed business has scraped the bottom of the down- ward trend. Sidestepping an inquiry as when the shower would come, the President gave out that the De- partment of Commerce estimated that the national income total, in- come of all those earning money, plane attacks on foreign ships in:l. 1938, which passed the House| Lt. ports of the Government of Spain The freighter Sunion, was struck by incendiary explosive bombs and burned furiously for six hours and then settled to the bottom. Previously the freighter Throp- and Senate June 16 and is now awaiting final action by the Presi- dent, includes the Territory of Al- | aska in its provisions which make | the following requirements: o had been drinking and was ex-| ness was shattered by an aerial| Claimants for the suspension priv- torpedo and went down with 7,000 ilege must be entitled to exemption tons of grain. |from payment of Federal Income All of the Sunion’s crew of 32,/ Tax for the taxable year of 1937. including a German observer for the| Such claimants must file notice Nonintervention Committee, was|in the office where the location cer- taken off safely. | tificate is recorded stating that the After torpedoing the Thropness, claimant is entitled to tax exemp- the plane returned and machine-|tion noted above and desires to gunned her splintering Captain’s| hold the claim under this act. cabin. All members of the Thropness Such exemption is limited to six crew, except one Chinese, were lode claims for the individual or 12 saved. Chief Officer Norman Goat-|lode claims for partnership, er, of Southampton, formerly of Se- | ciation or corporation, and limited attle, managed to get away in one to six placer claims totaling not boat with 25 members of the crew.imore than 120 acres for the indi- Capt. William Kermode and eight|vidual or twelve placer claims total- | others jumped into the sea and were | ing not more than 240 acres for later picked up. 1partnership, association or corpora- | tion. BRITISH LIKE IT 41 The information given above is LONDON, June 22. — Premier|in response to a request to Delegate Chamberlain told the House of| Anthony J. Dimond to make the Commons today that Italy is anxi-|assessment suspension act clear t ous to put in effect the Anglo- all. Italian agreement covering Mediter- | ———— ranean issues but denied that Rome | was trying to “drive a wedge” bc-‘THRuws BUY y Aircraft in the service of the Span- | | ish Insurgents. | tween Great Britain and France. } [Man Confesses Killing Lad | ) statements, it is clear that Great| Britain will do nothing to realiate to the repeated sinkings of British | | ships by planes, which the London | Government believes are na]ian] SHOOTS WIFE, - THENHIMSELF | 13-year-old Marvin {Los Angeles Man Becomes | over a mountain bluf to kill him Intoxicated then and thus be able to collect life in- surance, was read to a jury here to- Quarrelsome | day. The confession stated that two previous plots to kill the boy had failed. The boy was entrusted to From the remarks made later by | the Prime Minister, also earlier| to Collect Life Insur- ance Money ALPINE, Texas, June 22. — The | gruesome confession of Francis Marion Black, Jr, that he tossed Dale Noblitt LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 22.— John Simondi, 54, shot and killed |his wife last night and then him-|Black by his widowed mother, Mrs. self. Bobbie Smith, on promise he would | simondi’s daughter, Mary, in-|be given clothing and a good home. PR R A Pastors’ Pay Too formed the police that her father | ceedingly quarelsome and suddenly | secured a revolver, killed his wife |and then turned the gun on | nimse1s. | - .- (jg) C. W. Brewer, US.N. Lt. (jg) J. P. Crampton US.N Ensigns E. B. Schutt, J. A. Ober- meyer, S. Filippone, H. A. Harve- Sgagariss son, D. C. Crowell, 8. Boozer, C. R.| FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 2 Dwyer, W. R. Glennon, R. L. Jack- | Seventy-seven days after holding the | son, . E. McEntire, F, W. Muir, R,| Democratic and Republican Terri- | Semmes, Jr., U.S.N. | torial primaries, namely on April | Aviation Cadet W. H. Hilands, | final returns for the vast Fourth |USNR.: Aviation Cadet J. C. Judicial Division, with an area of | Booth, U.S.N.R.; Aviation Cadet F. Several Central European powers, G. Kennedy, U.SN.R. | have been rectived here Boatswain M. D, Balbirnie, U.SN, Long delays of the dribbling re- Electrician C. B. Brinkley, U.S.N. turns from the 66 precincts are due Chief Radio Electrician H. M. chiefly to poor mail services, des-| Norton, U.S.N. pite the fact that airplane service Machinist O. J. Reas, US.N. |is maintained with many place Carpenter W. E. Hutchens, U.S.N. Mail comes from most of the pre Chief Pay Clerk F. P. Floyd, U.S.N. cincts by land lines. Final returns Acting Pay Clerk M. O. Parrish, reached here from Kalskag, Anvik, | U.S.N. ‘Tuny, on the lower Yukon and Tan- Machinist R. O. E. Wagner, U.S.N, | 3na rivers by the first up-river| Machinist E. J. Bloom, U.S.N. | steamer of the year. | Gunner L. L. Hoyt, U.SN. ‘The total Democratic vole PRI I G | the division is 1591 and Republi- can vote is 560, almost three to one | PUISUN PLUT Democratic. | | mc)| maries Are Tabulated 1‘ | at Fairbanks Finals are as follo Democratic T For Delegate—Anthony mond 1,417, For Treasurer—Oscar Olson 1,053, For Senator—C. H. Laboyteau, | known as *“Alabam,” Dan L.| | Green 485, John B. Powers 296 ket y J. Di- For Representatives Leo w‘ | . G +»|Rogge 821, Frank S. Gordon 817, |Steward Tries to *“Assault’ | chester F. spencer 760, Jesse D. Lander 702, L. A. Smith 677, Fred A. Sorri 634, Albert J. Ghezzi 621, ‘Erick Nelson 354. | | Woman Passenger— Under Indictment SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 22. For Delegate—Al White 385. —Harry Kern, 52, steward on the, For Treasurer—Dr. Will H. Chase | | liner President Cleveland, has been | 429. [ | i Republican Ticket 1im:hc'.et,i by the Federal Grand Jury For Senator—L. F. Joy 504 | here on a charge of assault upon| For Representatives — Fred B ;the steamer by placing poison in| Johnston 447, L. D. Colbert 417, Mar- | the cereal of a passenger, Mrs. G.|tin Knuppe 394, Charles O. Fowler | | DeMuth, of Dallas, Texas. | 345, Jesse F. Bryant 340. United States Commissioner E. E.’ Only the four highest in the races Williams, said Kern informed him|for Representatives remain in the that he put caustic soda in mush|finals for the Territorial elec-| because he was “mad at” Mrs. De-|tion on September 13 ! Muth, — | A fellow passenger observed the| g, 2 > act and warned Mrs. DeMuth. | MpERRe S el | STOCK QUOTATIONS | | | 4= — - | 1STRIKE uF g NEW YORK, June 22 Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10, American ,Can 96, American Light and Power 5% Anaconda 27%, Bethlehem Steel 50%, Commonwealth and Southern 1'%, Curtiss Wright 4%, General Motors 337%, International Harves- ter 57%, Kennecott 35%, New York Central 13%, Southern Pacific 13 | United States Steel 48, Cities Serv- ice 9, Pound $4.95 9/16 ~ WEEKS ENDED {Purse Seiners, Manned by Japanese, Italians, Put to Sea cast for | * King Carol May Boonetta Walker This comely brown-eyed brunet, Boonetta Walker, a school teacher in Erie Community school in Mc- Donald county, Missouri, was chosen as Ozark Smile Girl for 1938 and will reign at the annual festival in the mountain country. Remarry Queen LONDON, June 22, — Princess Helen of Greece, divorced wife of Rumania’s King Carol, has arrived in London, and there is a revival of talk in diplomatic circles of the pos- sibility of a reconciliation between the monarch and his former queen. George Tatarescu, former Ruma- nian premier and now Carol’s trusted adviser, will arrive in Lon- don within a day or two. King Carol himsedf is due here in September on a state visit Swept from Fet In creik_, Drowns CORDOVA, Alaska, June 22. — Irving Bjorgen, son of Jens Bjorgen, of Poulsbo, Wash., was drowned in a small creek on Hinchinbrook Is- land. The body was recovered. With Virgil Gooden and Melvin Torgerson, young Bjorgen attempt- kan, enroute from Hazelton, B.C., Joe Louis, world’s cham- |pion, knocked out Max Schmeling in the first round of their scheduled 15-round to Skagway, Alaska. He landed with but a few minutes’ gas remaining in his tanks. Passengers with him then were Hal Stonebecker, 36, engineer from Santa Ana, Cal, and Tom Beels, 37, automotive supply merchant from Texarkana, Ark. They did not fly out of Ketchikan with Chamberlain, but went north by boat instead. bout here tonight. The champion waded in as the bell rang and before the large crowd hardly realized what had happened Schmeling was out for the count. It was a different Louis than two years ago who to- night stepped out from his corner to retain his title| v iy Details of the nu obtainable in Juneau are confusing. The plane was reported missing yesterday af- ternoon, and all Southeast Alaska | towns, Carcross, Atlin, Skagway and Whitehorse, were stirred by con- flicting reports of a “lost plane” that might come down “anywhere.” The fishermen of the Sea Ketch first said only two men were taken off by the Virginiz crew from the sinking plane in Suow Pass, and later said all three men were safe, although only one went aboard the almost without a stmggle.w Pilot Arch Chamnberlain, who had Th h @ dlrlown the plane all the way out € champion pranced|from Kansas City, Missouri, is only out with the dash and vigor |22 vears old. ————————— of a confident man. Appar- ently he was giving Schmel-| SGHAFER ls Now ing no chance to use that| much-heralded right which FRISCO BOUND 'saw the champion go down' for :]he count after 12| 4 L. snater, of the Pacitic Coast rounds two years 0. He‘branch of the American Red Cross y ag ;wnh his headquarters in San Fran- was all over the Germancisco, lett on the Yukon for his home. before the latter was hard | Wihe tn, Tnnsendi et 6 ly out of his corner. | the Westward, Mr. Shafer conferred with the local Red Cross Chapter The h“g_e cro‘Vd “emed{ members. From Juneau, he went to stunned with the sudden-igordova- Seward, Anchorage, Fair- . | banks, and Nome, where conferences ness 0‘ the verdlct. ;w{e{;e held with Red Cross Chapter | officers in the respective cities. Sev- NEW YORK, June 22—The fight|eral social affairs were given in | that has overshadowed all else in|his honor while on his visit. | the fistic world, for two years, wmi ¥ come true tonight at 9 o'clock, East-| | ern Standard Time, when Joe Louis, DOUG OUVER GOING | 24-year-old Alabama negro, defends| QUTSIDE FOR CHANGE | his heavyweight title against Max | | Schmeling, 32-year-old former Ger- OF CLIMATE, HEALTH | man champion. | | A crowd of 80,000 is expected to| Doug Oliver, popular B. M. be packed into the Yankee Stadium, Behrends Co., Inc., employee, left | having paid close to $1,000,000 for aboard the Yukon this morning for tickets. a change in climate suggested by | Louis remains a 1 to 2 favorite doctors for his health. in one of the biggest betting fights| Oliver was accompanied by Mrs. in recent years. He is the choice of Ted Keaton as nurse, and wil a majority of several hundred ex- enter the Veterans’ Hospital in perts. |Portland, Ore. He has been given Louis weighed in this afternoon an indefinite leave of absence from |at 198% pounds and Schmeling his employers. will be slightly more than sixty RECEPTION HONORS billion this year or five billion more | ed to ford the stream but was swept off his feet, He was a deckhand on the Caleb Haley, New England Fish Company tender. Low, Says Babson | | SAN PEDRO, Cal, June 22. | than the previous Government es-| NAVAL OFFICERS‘ BELOIT, Wis., June 22. — Roger | Breaking a strike of nine weeks, timates. Officers of the two United States| W. Babson, economist, has urged the | Japanese and Italian crews manned| The following are today’s Dow, The President announces] that he destroyers, the U. S. S. Barry and | Congregational and Christian|40 purse seiners yesterday and put Jones averages: industrials 123.99, will give one of his fireside chats/the U. S. S. Hopkins, were guests churches, in convention here, to out to sea from the Terminal Is-‘lralls 2246, utilities 20.36. from the White House on Friday at the home of Governor John W.|take action to raise ministers’ sal-|land. | ——— 0 night (6 p.m. Pacific Coast Stand |Troy, last evening between the aries and “give them a wage com-| Three men were thrown over- | The most violent earthquake east ard Time) probably covering busi-|hours of 9 and 11 o'clock, at an[parable with what carpenters, brick- | board in one clash between the rival|of the Mississippi occurred in ness conditions and relief. informal reception and dance, layers and plasterers are getting.” |groups. Charleston, S8.C, in 1886. — ,e——— MRS. CREED RETURNS Mrs. C. E. Creed and children returned on the Northland from Ketchikan where they have been visiting fer several weeks. She is the wife of one of the members jof the local staff, Signal Corps. tipped the scales at 193. Nearly 700 newspaperman and | Photographers witnessed the weigh- BEES SIS ing-in proceedings. RETURNING FROM VISIT Both men seem in perfect condi- Mrs. George B. Benson, who has tion. been south for several weeks, is re-| There was little or no conversa- | turning aboard the Mt. McKinley “mn between the two fighters. DOW, JONES AVERAGES ] " 5 4 WA A e v g R aiiem b iy - s 3 5 oo NS g iy