The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1939, Page 1

T VOL. LIIL, NO. 8022. HE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NO U.S. CHILLED BY WAVEOF BITTERCOLD Nation SweEt from Coast to Coast by Frigid Temperatures SHOWSLIDE BURIES TWO UTAH HOUSES Highways Closed by Snow in Sunny Arizona, High Montana (By Associated Press) A cold wave brewed in the icy Mackenzie River basin of Canada spread over Midwestern plains today enroute from the Pacific Northwest to the Atlantic seaboard. Many communities in the frigid belt report their lowest temperatures of the winter. Snow swept some mountain States and reached into the Southwest, closing highways in Arizona. Some sections of the State reported the heaviest snow in 40 years. A snowslide down a canyon wall buried two houses at Bingham, Utah. One body was recovered and three others are still missing. West Yellowstone, Montana, is temporarily isolated as snow clogs the principal highways. DIG YOUTH OUT ALIVE; IN SLIDE Snow Avalanche Sweeps Down at Bingham, U., During Night BINGHAM, Utah, Feb. 9.—Res- cuers digging in debris of a snow avalanche, this morning brought out a youth, wrapped in red blan- kets, and alive after buried all REBEL SWEEP ' £ COMPLETE IN NORTH SPAIN Franco Army Drive Ends at French Border-Flag Is Planted LOYALISTS ABANDON ISLAND OF MINORCA France Says Government| Spain “No Longerin | Existence” ‘ INTERIOR PILOT LANDS PLANE ON MOUNTAIN; 2 | | (By A ted Press) | Spanish Insurgent conquerers in Catalonia reached the French-Span- ish frontier today as Government officials abandoned the island of 1MJnorcz\ apparently in a sign of | surrender there to Gen. Franco’s forces. | In Paris an informant close to the French Foreign Office said the French Government considered the Republican Government of Spain “no longer in existence” since Gov- | ernment Premier Negrin entered France yesterday. ! To Keep Fighting Swift developments came amid French and British efforts to end the Spanish civil war although sup- porters of Negrin, particularly Gen- |eral Jose Miaja, Government Com- mander in Central Spain, said they rmined to consinue fight- ‘BUSINESS WILL 60 AS USUAL ON CITY FRE FRONT Water Still Being Pouied on Debris of Goldstein Building by Firemen FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 9 Pilot Morgan Davis and Attorney Sherman Noyes, both of Fairbanks, described a four-day hike out of the wilderness in 30 degree below zero weather, after the Davis plane was forced down on a flight Poorman. “The motor stalled when we were up 3,500 feet. I had <the choice of landing in timber or a mountain side. T chose the mountain,” said Pilot Davis. Davis said he brought the plane | down, and it was only slightly dam- |aged, on Devil's Thumb Mountain, south of Ruby. Unable to take off, | the two men teok snowshoes, their| emergency rations and a rifle and mushed through heavy snow, in ex: tremely cold weather, spending three | nights in the open, enroute. The plane will probably be left| on the mountein side because it is| not worth cutting 10 miles of trail necess to reach it. ->o New Corn (reated 1ing. Franco's forces planted their flag on the Spanish side of the boundary at 6:06 A. M. This was the goal in the great offensive which the { Insurgents launched December 23, {which wiped out the last Govern- ment resistance in Northern Spain NEW PEACE TERMS LONDON, Feb. 9.—Great Britain lis reported reliably to have taken new peace terms of the Spanish Government to the Insurgents after the latter landed forces at Balear 'ic, Island of Minorca The Insurgent landing took place after the departure of the British cruiser Devonshire on the Island where she was sent with officials |to negotiate surrender. | New peace terms are said to As firemen today continued pour- ing reams of water on the ice- covered mass of charred beams, | twisted pipe, and blackened radia- tors, the numerous concerns caught | in the back lash of the Goldstein | Building fire commenced rehabili- | tation and preparations for con-| ducting busine: Next door to the destr ture, proprictor of Kanns 5 and! 10 cent store was surveying the | stock loss caused by heat and water in the establishment. As soon as | adjustments are complete with in- i % surance men the store will com- yaye: Deeiy olsares Ly ?‘ Negrin, imence business as usual. L. Kann | Spanish Premier, and they center|estimates that he suffered $5,000 mainly around clemency for [ i THROUGH CLOSELY GUARDED PANAMA CAN shown in transit, Mine-sweepers went first, to insure safe passage. ABOARD SAFE, HIKEOUT to | AL ana ‘(o Limon bay for a brief anchorage, 80 men o'war recently slipped, including U. S. craft Then the aircraft carrier Lexington led the fleet through canal, on way to Caribbean war games. KETCHIKAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS STRIKE UP DIRECT T0 ROOSEVELT FLAME FIGHTERS " EXPRESS THANKS 10 ALL HELPERS Chief Indicates that Ju- neauites Carry Healthy Respect for Fire KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Feb. 9. — | The Ketchikan Chamber of Com- | merce has wired President Roosevelt “to intervene in the present strike | which has tled up all Alaska ship- ping without notice or attempt at mediation.” The message to the| President also said: “We vigorously | assert it is wrong for any group of employees or operators to tie up all American transportation to Al- aska, thus subjecting the entire population to inconvenience, suf=, | fering and financial I | —_— oo — — 'ROOSEVELT IS CHARGED WITH PURGE ATTEMPT, Senator Glass Makes Pub- lic Statement Regarding Virginia Situation | WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.- Scnator Carter Glass, Democrat of Virginia, charges that President Roosevelt ic using his appointive power in an effort to “purge” Virginia's two Sen~ ators from public life with the aim to defeat Senator Harry Byrd in | | I | Fire Chief V. W. Mulvihill, in a | public statement, expresses the thanks of the Juneau Fire Depart- ment to the Douglas Fire Depart- |ment, Haida crew members, Boy |Scouts, U. S. Forest Service, the Alaska-Juneau Mine, Civilian Con- servation Corp, Legion Auxiliary, and the numerous other individuals and groups who rendered assistance in combating the Goldstein Build- TAKE A TIP lromh Miss Mary Davin (above), who was named the most beautiful wait- ress in Pittsburgh during a con- test sponsored by the western Pennsylvania restaurant associa- ALASKA EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENT3 NEGOTIATIONS IN SHIPPING TIE-UP Conferences May Be Held Next Monday \Masters, Mat_es and Pilofs Know of No Plan for Taking Vote SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—The situa- tion in the Alaska shipping tle- up Is still unchanged. Members of the Masters, Mat- es and Pilots Union here do not know anything about voting to return to work pending further negotiations. Capt. Ernest Brinker, Secre- tary of Local Union 90, Masters, Mates and Pilots, is due to re- turn from San Francisco tomor- row or Sunday. It is believed conferences be- tween the union members and the operators of the steamer lines to Alaska, may start next Monday. e BUILDING CODE WILL PREVENT FUTURE FLAMES Fireproof Elevator Shaffs and Stairways Provid- ed in Regulations Likelihood of recurrence of a blaze such a occured yesterday is not very {probable under building code res~ trictions which operate in the City of Juneau at the present. Prime reason why the blaze spread s0 disastrously in the Goldstein Bullding fire was due to draft condi- tions provided by the large elevator shaft. Building code regulations, as they exist today, stipulate that all eleva- tor shafts must be enclosed in fire proof material and openings con- structed of fire proof doors. When the Goldstein Building was constructed 25 years ago building regulations had not reached the point of perfection such as are now known, At the time of its erection the heavy 18 inch concrete walls and the thick timbered laminated floors were supposed to furnish practical insurance against an overwhelming blaze. Yesterday’s fire readily dis- Dust Bowl Priest Has Var- tion at a convention. It pays to night. 1940 and Glass himself later, if he pelled this contention and offered The body of a girl was found during the night, K making four| known fatalities as the result of | the slide which roared down the| foll his| gamage of which $3,000 is covered ollowers. kot SN L Tt by insurance Other Damage Broken glass and scorching dam- be pleasant, says Miss Davin. | | iety o Beat South- ern Droughts should live “longer than his in- triguers hope.” | Senator Glass said the method chosen is to disregard recommenda- | narrow Bingham Canyon last night, as one man is missing. Attending physician said the youth found this morning, Duchin Tomas, 19, may not live. The snow slide occurred at 10:30 o'clock last night and carried away | the top of the Tomas home, kill-| ing the youth’s mother, Mrs. Stana ‘Tomas, 41, and his sister Helen, aged 11 Tomas wrapped was swept along securely in bed clothes and this probably accounts for his survival until he was reached at 9 o'clock this morning by copper miners who dug during the night. Sam Narich, 40, a boarder at the Tomas home, is missing. age to the White Spot, the Idra]‘ Paint shop, S and N Store and Top | |Notch Cafe in the Winn Building | on the opposite side of Seward WAUKOMIS, Okla. Feb. 9. — A priest from an Oklahoma hamiet | Belgium | [ Street from the fire is estimated in |in the Southwestern dust bowl be- | | |the neighborhood of $1500, allllieves he has created a new variety | | |covered by insurance. The greatest iul corn that will grow so fast drought | R . |damage here was caused by broken |can’t catch up with it. | glass, with some stock losses re-| In theobscurity of his Bison, Okla. A | ported by the White Spot. parish, Father H. B. Mandelartz has {Ministers Object to Ap- | pointment of Wartime | . | Small Loss are mild— | The San Francisco Bakery build- | been breeding ancient varieties with | % | | ern temperatures still | German Sympathizer | anca wiscion Buidmg resis- ing on Second Street had a $500 more modern types for six years |loss from glass and heat damage. |8nd now he has corn that will ma- | Williams building suffered some | ture in the speedy time of 62 days. roof and other damage. | harvested in early June while south- | | the crop ordinarily matures in July “ * after April planting. | tered approximately a small $50 loss | Tn t . < to roof holes and furniture dam- 1 the | North,, - Qb RRuaI age occasioned by moving. | BRUSSELS, Beligum, Feb. 9. — | because the weather is cooler. But tions of Senators for Federal posi- tions in order to discredit and “dis- honor” them among their consti~ tuents, Very recently both Senators Oluni and Byrd protested to the nomina- tion of Floyd Roberts to be a Federal Judge in Virginia. The Senate al- most unanimously rejected the nom- ination following the protests made by Senators Glass and Byrd. e VIKINGS PLAN SOCIAL Nwfim Seriously III Again Lapses Info Unconscious- ness-Remains So for Half an Hour VATICAN CITY, Italy, Feb. 9.— The Vatican News Service said Pope Saturday night following the reg-l ular meeting of the Viking Club,| held in the 1.O.O.F. Hall, there will be a social, with dancing beginning ' at 10 o'clock. Refreshments will be served and an enjoyable evening is in store for those attending. |ing fire yesterday. | The fire chief commented on the exceptional alertness and coopera- tion of the people in the city |guarding against possible fire spread by pouncing upon every vagrant spark which fell. The situ- ation in Juneau is unique he said linsofar that there is probably no 1()Lher city of like size wherein peo- ple evidence such a universal re- [N])ect for the dangers of fire. With the exception of tired feet |and ‘aching muscles the members |of the fire fighting crew aban- ‘dl)ncd their 11-hour battle without | marked mishap. The members of Juneau’s unusu- |al fire department who serve en- tirely as wolunteers receiving only a slight remuneration for their | efforts. | The men, who receive $1.50 every time they turn on the water at a fire and $1 per hour for every | hour they are actually battling the flames, perform their duties in a systematic fashion. The department is divided mw; two companies and four officers. |When the compressed air horn| |blows a fire signal all members | proof that the main danger is con- cerned with such fire paths as elev~ ator shafts and stairways. Any new structure which rears it- self on the Juneau skyline will be so constructed as to anticipate these potential hazards and provide pro- tection against them. According to Milton Lagergren, City Engineer, all bulidings construc« ted in recent years are provided not only with fire proof enclosed eleva- |tor shafts but also with fire proof enclosed stairway wells, thus shut- ting off two avenues of fire spread- ing and also insuring a smoke free passageway to safety for those en- | dangered. 208 7 Gradual elimination of the run- ning board of motor cars and in- creased use of pressed steel bodies and chassls frames are recent de- velopments in the British automo« bile industry. |The Cabinet of Premier Spaak has | $3,000 in ruined furniture, burnt| 7This two-month corn could be doesn’t strike corn crops that early The Royal Beauty Salon in the {resigned as the result of a split|grown Building, next door to the SOVIET RUSSIA, JAPANFIGHTING ALONG BORDERS Both Nations Are Reporfed Strengthening Forces at | Various Garrisons TOKYO, Feb. 9.—Soviet Russia and Japan are reported to be | strengthening their garrisons on the western border of Manchoukuo as fighting along the Argun River en- ters the second week. A Domei dispatch from Harbin said the Russian troops have re-| newed attacks on the Manchoukuoan | border against a garrison at Mengo- | skili, 60 miles northeast of Man- chuli after a respite of several days. - - A federal commission to standard- ize prices of farm products threugh- out Mexico has been set up by presi- | dential decree.s | the hampers, nothing of value was of Spaak’s appointment of Dr.| . ___ Adrian Martens, wartime Germany | sympathizer and connected with| the Flemish Academy. | The decision to resign WM;GREEK VESSEl reached after am emergency ses- p sion in which three Liberal Min- | isters of the Cabinet informed their IS SENT DowN Socialist Premier they opposed the | nomination of Martens and threat- ened to resign unless the nomina- tion was revoked. | ‘American Freighter, Badly Damaged, Rescues Crew of Sinking Craft s ot B TORONTO, Feb. 9.—Thieves broke| HULL, England, Feb. 9. — The CHURCH HAMPERS a window in Corpus Christi Roman |American freighter Meanticut limp- catholic Church and stole a num- ed into port this afternoon bringing ber of hampers containing food and |the crew of the Greek steamer Kat- clothing for the poor. ina Bulgaris, which sank yesterday The interior of the church had |following a collision with the Mean- not been desecrated and apart from | ticut. The Meanticut is badly damaged stolen, a checkup revealed. Consmblelabout the bow -and is taking water Craig found the window smashed. | slowly. 8ix) (Answers on Page > Pius has suffered an attack of car~ diac asthma and unconscious | for more than half an hour Physicians in attendance adminis- tered restoratives and brought the | Pope back to consciousness after the attack occurred. This afternoon it is reported, in an official bulletin, that the Pope is “improved and resting tranquilly.” e 10 Years for "Speculafing’ ROSTOV-ON-DUN, U. S. S. R, 3 | profit goods mailed to her from SEATTLE, Feb, 9.—Funeral serv- ' Moscow by her mother, T. F. Keren- ices for Frank E. Rouze, branch |skaya, former cashier of a collective manager at Juneau for the Pacific farm, was tried and convicted of Fruit and Produce Company, are speculating. being held at the Bonney-Watson' The court, presided over by a Chapel this afternoon. He died sud- woman, sentenced her to 10 years’ denly last week. His widow, from imprisonment. Ten years is also the +Juneau, arrived to attend the last |normal sentence for ordinary (non- rites political) murder. in the South corn flourishes in the spring and frequently dies 'in the heat of summer. “If the corn Father Mandelartz has perfected will mature in 62 days there is no telling what it may mean to agriculture in Oklahoma and other southern states,” said | Garfield County Agent J. B. Hurst, ‘The Catholic priest, former pro-| | fessor of biology in Mouht Angel college of Oregon, says his corn is hardy, extremely drought resistant | and contains all the food elements | of varieties maturing ih the usual time of from 90 to 120 days. —————.——— drop their work wherever they are employed and proceed to the scene of the blaze as indicated by the number of signal blasts. Three men |in each company, however repair |to the fire hall, there to stand by in case another fire should crop| |out. Members of the Juneau Fire De- |partment are as follows: | Officers—V. W. Mulvihill, Chief; William Niederhauser, |Chief; A. Minard Mill, Foreman, | |Co. No. 1; J. 8. MacKinnon, Fore- {man Co. No. 2. Company 1—A. Hendrickson, |James Orme, Roy Hoffman, A. F. {McKinnon, J. L. Gray, Edward C.|gelly, faced today the biggest fight Sweeney, Martin Lavenlk, ROY|of his political career. Thomas, J. E. Pegues, D. J. Dliver,| gjxiy-two-year-old Mayor Kelly,a |H. M. Hollman, George F. Shaw, Notre Dame graduate who got his |Roy Carrigan, H. M. Porter. | first Windy City job as an ax-man Company 2—Ken Junge, W. Hen- | for the Sanitary District, seeks Dem- ‘drickson, H. Triplette, Wallis ocratic re-nomination in the Feb- George, Guy Gaudett, H. A. But- ruary 28 primary election. His bat- tons, E. J. Blake, E. E. Ninnis, F.|tle against a bitter political rival, A. Metcalf, J. E, Kearney, Roy|State’s Attorney Thomas Courtney, Noland, Joe C. Johnston, Karl Al- has grabbed the spotlight as the stead, F. W. Heinke. | primary electioneering begins to e | quicken pace. | The sea anemone is one of the| In the G.O.P. race for the pri-| , most primitive organisms. mary nomination, former United | HOT POLITICAL | ‘ | CHICAGO, Feb. 9—~A man who started working for his native Chi- |cago 45 years ago, Mayor Edward CAMPAIGN STARTS IN CHICAGO; LINE w2 UP FOR PRIMARY, FEB. 28 States Attorney Dwight Qreen is expected to win in a walkaway from the colorful, former Mayor, William Hall “Big Bill” Thompson. Ickes Not In Fight The Democratic battle was robbed of an international figure, Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes. Ickes de- clined a bi-partisan bid to seek the nomination and crush the en- trenched political machine of Mayor Kelly and the veteran Democratic National Committeeman, Patrick Nash. Where Ickes failed to jump in, Courtney piunged. He assailed Kelly, charged that “wide open” gambling (Continued on Page Six)