The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1939, Page 4

Dally Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the & EMPIRE PRINTI COMPANY WELEN TROY BENDER R R. L. B¥RNARD Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Vice-President and Business Manager Alaska. In the Post Office in Junesu as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mall, postage paid. at the following rates One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; eme month. in advance. $1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- Mvery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwice credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. Reoresented nationally by the Fenger-Hall Co. Ltd. with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Mew York and Boston. THE PLANE MYSTERY # (This study into the factors surrounding the disappearance of the Marine Airways plane bas been prepared by L. W. Link, Empire re- porter who has been assigned to the story ever since the ship and its six occupants dropped ' emt of sight—Ed.) Two weéks ago a plane winging between Ketchi- kan and Juneau last reported in a radio message its position as opposite Grand Island and from that mm- Jte, at 2:15 o'clock on the afternoon of February 12, no word has been received, no fragment found, no ‘other clue however minute has been uncovered which may point to the possible fate of the flying craft Conjecture as to the mishap which might have visited the airplane must remain merely conjecture. and as such, be discounted for what it is worth. Shell Simmons, the last radio report was received and traveling the same route in an opposite direction, encountered in the stretch over Grand Island clear visibility and a heavy tail wind, which for Lon Cope would have meant a heavy head wind, and icing conditions. Simmons was forced by these factors to the west- ward at Point Arden, some five miles north of Grand Island, to cross over to the head of Seymour Canal and travel down that body of water to escape un-| favorable flying conditions. From this it might be deduced that Lon Cope came through the stretch from Taku Inlet to Grand 1Island with a plane heavy by reason of ice which had formed on the ship. However, Hayes, radio operator for Marine Airways, holding a schedule with Cope, the pilot made no men- tion of icing conditions, But if his ship was iced down and he was struck by a sudden gust of wind, the resultant situation would have caused him to bend all his attention to the manipulation of the ship controls. Fighting frozen aelerons and elevators, the pilot would hardly have had time to give thought to the radio. In the split fraction of a minute between the time a gust of wind hit him and the time the ship would have gone down, | his only consideration would have been to keep the | plane aloft. Hence, here might be a partial explanation of why no call was heard from Cope. But there are a thousand other things which may | have happened to produce no radio signal from the Jost plane. Certain areas around Grand Island are notgriously dead spots for radio. Maybe he was in one of these pockets when trouble struck and his desperate signal didn't get through. Perhaps the radio mechanism failed or, least Hkely, perhaps the pilot wrfeled a Sudden attack of illness. At this remote ttme from the day of the acci- dent it is accepted that an exact answer to these ques- tions will never be given, The anxious and baffling element of the accident which occurred not over 15 ‘miles from Juneau in country familiar to scores of hunters, fishermen and airplane pilots, is, where.djd the plane come down? Alex Holden, chief ‘pifot for’ the company for which the lost avidtor was flying, was in the air en- route to Tulsequah, B. C. at the time, in another Fairchild plane of almost identical make, with the ex- ception that the undercarriage equipment on Cope’s plane was pontoons, on Holden's, wheels. From ap- proximately the same general area, his reports were of strong winds only, with no other unusual or un- favorable flying conditions. Based on Holden’s estimate of the customary fly-| Ing altitude, Cope might have been up between 1,500 and 2,000 feet. If Cope was at this altitude flying at his usual speed of between 95 and 100 miles per hour he would have cleared all mountain elevations in his path, provided he was able to hold this path. Granted that he was going 100 miles an hour, n five minutes he would travel more than eight miles. This would give him access to a radial seetion broadly including the south end of Douglas Island, all of the Point Arden Cove Point sector, a portion of the Taku Inlet elevations on the north side of the inlet and on the east side of Stephens Passage, and over on the west side of the passage, a section over and around Oliver Inlet-at the head of Seymour Canal. Between these land bodies there are approximately 200 square miles of water, or a water body of flat extent equivalent to a 10- by 20-mile plot. This is the channel crossroads section where waters from Taku Inlet, Stephen’s Passage, Lynn Canal and Gas- tineau Channel meet. This water is deep, from 125 to 175 fathoms. It is a section swept by heavy tides and equally heavy winds. However the premise that Cope was traveling 100 miles per hour may be fallacious. Heavy winds nec- essarily would have reduced his speed and consequent- ly*reduced the area needful of search. Did he hit on land? Radio operator Hayes, five minutes previous to Cope’s last call, heard him report passing Twin points, located on the Glass Peninsula side of Stephens Passage. It follows, therefore, that when Cope reported his last position as “opposite President | covering the section soon after | according to A. B.| who was THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY, FEB. 27, 1939 Gmnd Island,” he was between the Island and Glass | Peninsula, A wind which was reported three hours later as | attaining a velocity as high as 62 miles per hour, was of a certainty blasting down Taku Inlet with great strength at the time Cope was in the sector. Coming! down the inlet from east to west the wind would have tended to blow Cope over the land area around Point Arden. It is not illogical to presume that it was in this area he went down. That Cope was following the Glass Peninsula side }is further borne out by a study of the then prevailing | flying conditions. Wind on the Taku Inlet side would |cause a down-draft whereas on the opposite side of | Stephens passage an up-draft would be created. The pilot would naturally ride the up-draft. | But if the plane landed on the hillside, how has | it escaped the surveillance of three planes which | cruised the section for 10 days, of three large water jeraft and numerous small gasboats whose occupants | watched through binoculars for two weeks for any I sign of broken trees on the terrain, and lastly of 10 {dlrferem. land parties covering the area systematically with a total force of some 100 men? i Perhaps this scrutiny missed the clue and perhaps idevp snow which covers the higher reaches still har-| {bors the secret. | On the other hand, if the plane crashed into the | water why has not some remnant floated up to the 3shorelinc or surface? | It hardly seems probabie that the impact would ! {not have torn off a wing, pontoon, or other piece of | the ship. It hardly seems probable, but there are cases on record of a plane diving into the water at high speed |and disappearing completely with no trace ever dis-; | covered. This has happened within sight of watchers and over the scene a few minutes later they were unable to discern any indication that at the spot an | airplane plowed into the depths, Wherever the plane may be and whatever the fate of its six occupants, the sympathy of a concerned | | community goes out to those near and dear to the miss- | ing men. Their’s has been a burden of anxious trial. / | Death, if it came to these six men, must have been | | quick and merciful. To the families and wives left {bphmd fell the lot of strained waiting fraught with | hope and despair. | But for them there is perhaps some compen\ation in the knowledge that as each passing day diminishes | hope, it also brings closer the surcease from sorrow which time always brings. i THERE’S MONEY IN IT The U. 8. Travel Bureau of the Department of the Interior recently released information by states re- garding the retail expenditures of recreational travelers. The data were obtained through coopera- | tion with the Departments of State and Commerce and from data furnished by the Bureau of Public | Roads, Bureau of Immigration, Interstate Commer(‘ri Commission, American Automobile Association, and | the Automobile Manufacturers Association | The information discloses that retail expenditures | amounted to $23,100,000 in Idaho; $20,600,000 in Utah; $15,700,000 in Wyoming; and $13,500,000 in Nevada. The | were: Nevada $135; Wyoming $67.37; Idaho $47.62; and Utah $39.92. Maybe tourists are a paying proposition after all. | From Sanson to Deibler (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Henri Anatole Deibler liked the quiet life. He | loved to putter about the yard of his little villa at | ! St. Cloud. He took great delight in keeping the roses in his window boxes trimmed. He played with turtles | |in the pool. But he was never very communicative. He kept the shutters closed on his windows. He seldom went out. He took life seriously and there was reason why he should, for he was married to Madame de Paris, the old lady with a sharp tongue. He was known to ithe public as Monsieur de Paris and whenever he ap- | peared in public with madame it meant that someone | was going to lose his head. “Madame” is the name the ‘F‘rench give the guillotine and “monsieur” was the | official executioner of France. He is dead now—fromi natural causes—at 76. | Deibler was the last of a long line of executioners. The family, back in Bavaria, had been official heads- | men. They came to France to take up the work so | dramatically started by the first Monsieur de Paris, | Charles Henri Sanson. Sanson had a flair for the | dramatic. He was very busy during his tenure of office | from 1788 to 1795, for those years encompass the reign of terror during the French Revolution. | Sanson’s son, Henri, carried on'the work until his death in 1840. Then the Deiblers came in. Now Andre Obrecht, Deibler's nephew, will become official exe- | cutioner. | In most of Europe the office of executioner 151 hereditary. It is a task that a man does not follow | for a few years and then go back to selling groceries | or insurance. Naturally, there was odium connecwd{ with the office in past years. But old Deibler took a philosophic view of his profession. “After all,” he said, “I am a disciplined government employe, a citizen who does his duty like the rest, in accordance with his station.” Eagle Over the Bronx (Philadelphia Record) You could have knocked the two Bronx policemen right out of their squad car the other day when they saw a huge golden eagle, very rare, rising from the municipal golf links, and made a report, but the matter is not progressing satisfactorily. but the law forbids shooting at golden eagles, maybe because that would be unpatriotic, like firing at the flag. An SP.C.A. official, summoned into conference, went out with binoculars and also saw the bird, but didn’t know what to do. They are muttering some- thing about setting traps, just to keep their spirits up. We would recommend an armistice. It seems to us the .golden eagle must be just as puzzled over what to do about New York as New York is puzzled over what to do about the eagle. He must be a contempla- tive and philosophical eagle, to live so near town when he could wheel and make the Catskills in an hour's fiying time. It may very possibly be an eagle’s sense of duty that keeps him there, wondering what steps he ought to take regarding the metropolis. In a world full of wonderful mountains and streams, he sees mil- lions of human beings sleeping in artificial cliffs, jam- ming themselves into subways, enduring all unnatural strains, and he can’t figure out why. Also he sees them tearing around the golf course, swatting a little white ball, a sight which is enough to upset any eagle's reason. We think both sides ought to refrain from hostili- ties, just giving each other a modest salute, two fingers up or a wing dip, as they pass each other by. The United States Army is thinking about abolish- ing the old "squads right” style of drill. If they do away with Top Sergeants, we'll suspect them of Lryms to ma*e war painless, | value of travel expenditures per person in each state |- They rushed to headquarters |- It seems the eagle is killing small birds, | } %roscope “The stars Tncline but do not compel”’ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1939 This is not an important day in planetary direction, according to as- trology. mental unrest and lethargy. As the month ends women come under a most promising direction of the stars. They should exert their best energies. while the rule pre-| vails. It is espécially fortunate for shopping and entertaining. This should be a Iucky wedding day in which love promises to rule. While sudden fortune is not pre-| saged there should be steady pro- gress toward prosperity. Artists of many callings profit in coming months when their talents will be required for special ‘The morning may bring \ work. Painters, actors and musicians | have the forecast of remunerative employment, Through the spring the seers de- clare that evil ‘portents will affect Germany. Discontent regarding eco- nomic conditions is presaged and | Czechoslovakia may be the scene of new troubles. Gossip will be inéreasingly preva lent and rumors will fill the air as March advances. Speech should be curtailed and pefsonalities should be avoided. Men and women in the public eye are to be assailed by un- kindly comment which may cause serious results. Jupiter is in a position most favor- able for Mexico, where efforts to meet demands for campensatmn for alien-owned pxoperty may be met wisely. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of happiness The young will be immersed in ro- mances and the old in financial af- fairs. Children‘born on this day may be highly temperamental and exceed- ingly talented. These subjects of Pisces may have many interests that | cause concentration to be difficult. lCupvrlxht 1939) e — AAUTO TRUCK HITS BUILDING, KILLS 1 COVENTRY, R I. Feb. 27.—Stan- ley Sinbad, thirty-two, a Coventry policeman, was killed recently and ia score of merrymakers in a road- ing. Sinbad, a traffic officer, was on duty outside the hall. ARIAS seem far from the mind of shapely Lily Pons of the Metropolitan opera, vacationing at Miami Beach, Fla. She wears a moire silk taffeta suit with heart-shaped bodice. The twisted chiffon turban is in a hunter’s green hue. | e | | | |Jr., , (as Lloyds) side inn barely escaped injury when | a truck crashed through the build-| FEBRUARY 27, 1919 | Al of the members of the Legis- |lature had reached Juneau at this time, and the session was soon to start, i Capt. John Ness, formerly of | Hawk Inlet, who was master of the | gasboat Warrior, owned by the Pa- | cific American Fisheries Company, | was operating in the Bering Sea for |the P.A.F. Company. Senator Thomas C. Price, of An-~ \chnmge who was in Jyneau to at- | tend the Legislative session, was a | pioneer Juneauite. He lived here as a boy, attending school before going should | to Cordova, and thence to Anchor- age. | Miss Effie A. Prisbee, nominated by President Wilson for Register of the Land Office at Juneau, to suc- ceed C. N. Walker, had been a resi- dent of Juneau for many years. Members of the Moose Lodge were to give an “at home” for their mem- bers who had previously returned from service with the American Army. Mrs. John Noon and John Noon accompanying Representative John Noon of Seward to Juneau were at the Zynda Hotel and were to remain here throughout the Leg- islative session. Former Senator O. P. Hubbard, of Valdez, was a Juneau visitor, hav- ing arrived on the Alameda. Thomas J. Ryan, pioneer of Skag- way, where he had been well known for twenty years, was in Juneau as a visitor. He came here on the Pet- erson. Weather: lowest 11; clear, Highest 11; D TODAY | in the SENATE Passed Saturday Senate Bill No. 54, by Roden, censing insurance associations (such to do business in the Territory. Senate Bill No. 57, by Roden, changing administration over social security for railroad workers from the Unemployment Compensation Commission to the Railroad Retire- ment Board Senate Bill No. 95, by Rivers, ap- plying Federal statute requiring mining claims. Senate Bill No. 96, by LaBoyteux, amending the workmen's compensa- tion act to allow a partially disabled worker to elect whether in the event labor on placer additional partinl disability. NAZIS DEMAND BAN ON 'LAMBETH WALK’ BERLIN, Feb. 27—S. A. Mann, official weekly of Reichsfuehrer Hit- ler’s Brown Shirts, has condemned the “Lambeth Walk” as a “Jewish nuisance” and demanded that it be banned. The English dance, which swept Germany, was played fre- quently at British Prime Minister Chamberlain’s hotel = during the Munich conference. - TREE GROWS IN TOWER has GREENSBURG, Ind.—Citizens of this county seat are proud of their tree growing out of the courthouse clock tower. They illuminated it with electric lights to attract atten- tion to it. o — Today’s News ‘roday.—Empire. ——— SYSTEM CLEANING PHONE 15 Alaska Laundry The B. M. Behrends Bank Tuneau, Alaska COMMERCIAL & b and SAVINGS Resources Over Two and One-Half Million Dollars li-y regulations to thej of further injury he will receive ben- | efits for total disability or for an| Happy PBirthday The Emptre extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary .o the follow- ing: | FEBRUARY 27 Mort H. Truesdell Carl A. Bloomquist John Danielson Arne Lund Elmer Lachance Mrs. H. J. Turner Ellen McKechnie Alaska Nowicka M ODERN, ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Les Q. When a hotel guest wants in- formation about a train schedule, or the transfer of luggage, what should he or she do? A. Phone the hotel desk and ask for the “Porter’s Desk,” or “Trans- portation Desk.” Q. At a public dinner, where the speaker’s table is long and narrow, should the chairman, or toastmaster, sit at the end of the table? A. No; he should sit in the cen- ter, at the side. \ Q. Would it be all nghL for a hndegroom to wear a boutonnlcle of lilies of the valley? ‘A, Yes. [ DAILY LESSONS IN E‘\IGLISH By w. L Cordon ‘Words Often Misused: Do not say, “I begun| the work yesterday.” Say, “I began ‘the work,” or, “I have be- gun the work.” Often Mispronounced: Dinosaur. Pronounce di-no-s i as in die, first o as in obey, second o as in or, accent first syllable. Often Misspelled: Capital (of pri- mary importance). Capitol (a state- house). Synonyms: Manifest (adjective), evident, apparent, obvious, palpable. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in-| crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Indemnify; to secure against loss or damage. “The merchant was indem- nified against any damage by flood waters.” PN TV LOOK and LEARN | pikith By A. C. Gordon 1. What was the first animal domesticated? 2. Which is the Sunflower State? 3. What was the name of e winged horse of Greek mythology? ' 4. Which is the only European country having a single language? | 5. Who was the first of the great Hebrew prophets? ANSWERS 1. The general belief )s the dog was first, although some historians | think the pig and sheep were par- tially domesticated about the same time. 2. Kansas. Pegasus. Portugal. 3. 4. 5. Isaiah. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 122 W. Second WANT TO SELL P WANT TO BUY [OFFICIAL MAPS OF||—————— Director DRS. KASF”. & FREEBURGER ‘ DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Ur. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 a.m. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR: Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 ey DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examinaton free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Office Ludwig Nelson's Jewelry Store Phone Green 331 — —_—mmm—— FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates ~ | PAUL BLOEDHORN S. FRANKLIN STREET ON THE MEZZANINE HOTEL JUNEAU BEAUTY SHOP LYLAH WILSON Contoure ‘Telephone X: Er-Vac - 38 HOUSE OF DANIEL GREEN “COMFY” SLIPPERS DEVLIN'S Paris Fashion Shoes e | CALL 642 TRIPLEX ‘Odorless’ DRY CLEANERS Pickup Delivery—‘Sam the Tailor’ JUNEAU—25¢ J. B. Burord & Co. “Our Doorstep Ts Worn by Satisfied Customers” Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Gastineau Hote) Phone 65 ALASKA FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. Accounts Insured Up to $5.000 P.O. Box 2718—Phone 3—Office 119 Seward St., Juneau, Alaska Professional Fraternal Societi Gastineau Channel ' B. P. O. FLKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. DR. AL W. STEWART, Exalted Rul- . er; M. H. SIDES| Sec- "' retary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE li-lfl Second and fourth Mondar of each ith Y in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 m. “HAS. W. HAfi- WORTH, Worshipful 3 JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. . — e PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- FULLY COMPCUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery "Tomorrow’s Styles Juneau's Gwn Store — i "The Rexall Store* Your Reliable Pharmacists Butler-Mauro Drug Co. AR ] H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” ¢ HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING:— l———_'———ffl— Gastineau Motor Service PHONE 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAWG e ¥ e “The Store for Mo" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bl,ufi l GASTINEAU CAFE CABINET WOBK—GM PHONE 62 Eods TELEPHONE—5I COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$100,000 29 PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Banlk; JUNEAU— Rt ALASKA L Ll