The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 31, 1939, Page 2

love % | 6 | CArmRe BOTH DAYS (D)-=(R) POLITICS OF COVERNORS Roosevelt (November 22 both da 23 states; opposition (November 30), 23 states; undecided, Mississippi; s, Texas, Colorado, NAVY WORK FRONT HEARS Two Fliers STARTSBOOM NEW GUNFIRE Missing, IN KODIAK v N.Y.-lima Alaska Village Becoming Peruvian Brothers Now Thriving Metropolis as Overdue - Had 30 Air Base Is Started Hours of Fuel LIMA, Peru, Oct. 31-—Watchers y abandoned hope for the suc- cessful completion of the New York to Lima flight of the Peruvian brothers, Commander Humberto Gallino and Capt. Victor Gallino time passed for which they had aximum fuel supply. The two fliers left New York City 10:43 o’clock last Sunday morn- rked Arli\/ify Occurs as Observers Watch for Big Thrust Base vaso as The plane had gasoline aboard for 30 hours The last report from the fliers was 5 evening when the plane was een soaring over Miami, Florida. e FIRST DIVISION CONVENTION SET FOR KETCHIKAN Southeast /ifa;ka's Demo- crats fo Meet at First City in December First Division’s Democratic ntion will be held at Ketehi n on December 13, 14 and 15, i announced today by M. E. Mon- gle, Chairman, following a meet- ing of the Divisional Comrhittee. Precinct caucuses are to be held through the Division at the call of t officials prior to the Ket- n convention > Territorial convention will be 1d at Juneau in January. -+ BOOKWALTER IN WITH TRI-MOTOR Vern Bookwaiter flew in from way in the tri-motor White Ford yesterday afternoon, in six passengers. s were Jerry /allan, T. P. Bailey, Frank Lo- and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kee- y Ball on Saturday Will Be Costume Affair 1939 style i mem- 1939-40 o be th clothe affords Grand- eshments, music and enter- by ESTEBETH IN AFTER STORM ¥ came motorship tebe > .o ALASKA IN FOG d near Chichagof on torm ed, 66 Hurt in School Bus Wreck height of the | nan 5-foot cliff against which it is shown, this school bus carried three students to death and ncluding the driver, near War, W. Va. It landed on railroad tracks after tumbling by The driver was reported to have lost control when a dront axle broke just as the bus Hurtling over a injured 66 others the jagged rocks. topped a hill, Sullivan, S.l THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 31, MOLOTOFF CALLS FDR MEDDLER Tells Sovie@fintil of Fin- land’sRefusal fo Tie with-Moscow Soviet Russia, through her Pr mier, Foreign Commissar Molotc has accused President Roosevel mixing in Russia’s negotiations with Finland Molotoff said the United States is acting in contradiction to the United States policy of neutrality The Supreme Soviet Council heard Melotoff tonight declare'that Filland had refused Russia’s de mands for closer relations in the northern Baltie. No intimation has been given as to Russian action in the face of Finland's defianee. Molotoff likewise accused Great Britain and France “of seeking new exelses” for war, declaring; “There tan be no question of restoering Po- land.” The Prethier revealed that Russia is séeking to make a pact with Fin- land similar to those made witl Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but did not say whether or not nego- tiations have been entirely term- inated. —_————— Fritz Kuhn Undergoes New Probe Federal Gr;;(;]ury Mak- ing Investigation of ‘Serious Charges’ NEW YORK. Oct. '81- - United States Attorney John Cahill con- firmed the report that the Feder: \Grand Jury which ' indicted rl Browder a week ago, is now investi- | gating Fritz Kuhn who is also under i New York -Btate eharges of em- : bezzlement. Cahill only said that rious” ¢harges involve Kuhh. Ruhn's attorney declared that the ‘investiganon is 'a “witch hunt” and has been brought about by a “strug- gle for glory between attorneys.” The attorney apparently referred to Cahill and Thomas Dewey. e, ALLEGED FUER SLAYER WILL BE 'TRIEDMACON CO. MACON, Mo., Oct. 31.—Prosecutor Vincent Moody said it is almost cer- tain student Lothario Ernest Pletch will stand trial for murder in Macon County. Three Missouri counties seek to prosecute the student pilot. Pletch was returned from Indian- apolis where police heard his confes- | sion to the slaying of Carl Biven. The killing occurred Saturday dur- | ing a mid-air flight in the cabin | of a small monoplane. | Pletch claimed he killed Bivenc | in self-defense. The student pilot maintained that he and Bivens had planned to steal the plane in which they took off last Friday from | Brookfield, Mo. ——.e—— EIGHT KILLED, R. R. ACCIDENT| Ten-Car Train, Electric Car Crash at Station in Milan MILAN, Oct. 31.—At least eight persons were killed when a 10-car train and an eleetric car collided at the station here. Both the train and electric car were on new schedules. The electric car was being tested by engineers. | | i “very se- { | e FILM STARS GET INTO REAL ACTION | HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 31 Four top-flight filin stars, Madeleine Car- roll, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Lynn Overman and Tullio Carminati, have recovered from an unscheduled bit of realism that oceurred during the filming of an African picture, A craft that was supposed to be an African river boat sprung a leak and sank in Lake Baldwin, The four stars and a group of negro extras, dressed as African na- tives, all were plunged into the water, Other members of the company rescued the players from the lake while cameramen recorded the scene. | British | night from Craig Sh-h?! watchful, what with all the spooks coctions are bre merrily along its prankish way. HEAT WAVE ENDS IN 0. CALIFORNIA Maximum Temperature of| 99 Degrees Breaks Hottest Day LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 31 A maximum of 99 degrees ended the record October weather in Southern California Yesterday was the hottest October day on record. - CAIRO T0 OPEN RADIO STATION CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 31.—Cairo is to have a short-wave transmitting station to serve the Arabic-speaking world by 1941. | A $400,000 plan has been worked | out and the preliminary construc- | tion work is expected to begin before | the end of this year. | Duke of Windsor Is Touring Front PARIS, Oct. 31. — The Duke of Windsor is making a two-day in- spection tour of Allied army posts | behind the Maginot Line. The former British monarch is serving as a Major-General with the expeditionary forces inj | France. > CRAIG ROAD (REW DUE IN TONIGHT | A Public Roads crew headed by E. J. White will( ccme in on the launch Highway to-| W their en-| gineering work on a road project has | been completed The Administration has closed | the work down for the winter. The, contractor will take hold early in} the spring. | B (ampaign Workers Are Demanding Pay MONTREAL, Oct. 31.—Secores of | election campaign workers gathered outside the home of Quebec Minister Tremblay yesterday and clamored to be paid for their work. A strong | guard of policemen kept the crowd in order. The men finally dispersed when te Labor Minister's wife informed | them that checks were being sent | to them by mail. - Nazi Concentration Camps "Horrible” \ R | LONDON, Oct. 31.—The British ! Goverhiment has published a “white | paper” revealing detailed accounts | of what are termed “horrible” con- | ditions in Nazi concentration camps. The “white paper” statement told of 18-hour working days at the | | | Buchenwald camp with death the | penalty for drinking water during working time. PFilth knee deep is described, in- adequate food and clothing and flog- gings up to 80 strokes, which is termed the limit set by Hitler. — > Empire classifieds brng results Administration | be 1959 'Nota Sou'nd-Th(’ Spooks Are ( Jut' Aniyone will agree with Lona Andre that today’s a time to be ready for a holiday. Strange con- wing in the witches’ kettles and mischief is footing it Waxy Windows? Just Telephone 713 Has Hallowe'en left on your windows? If o, a call to the Alaska Ter- ritorial Employment Service office, telephone 713, will bring a trained window washer, Director Joseph T, Flakne reminded today. i .o N.Y. WORL FAIR ENDS NEW YORK, Ot. York World Fair rearly 4,000 wo s early tomor- row morning when the fair closes for the 1939 season > MAN HUNTED WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Detec- tives are searching for Marine Fire- man William McQuistion at the request of New Orleans police. The hunt started a few hours after Mc- Quistion testified before the Dies Committee. McQuistion is wanted in New Orleans in connection with the slaying of a CIO organizer. - (ENSORS CLAMP DOWN ON FLM TW YORK, Oct. 31.—The New | k State Motion Picture censors have put their foot down on screen paganda by rejecting the Holly- wood film, “Hitler, Beast of Berlin.” Director Irwin Esmondi said the | film was banned from New York State because it was inhuman, sac- riligious and tended to incite crime. | The anti-Hitler film was to have | rased by the Producers Dis- Corpo! It is charged that the censor ruling is a violation of constitutional rights. It is indi- cated the company will take the case to the Supreme Court of the United States if necessary in an effort to put the film into circula- | tion. | | soap or wax 31.—The New will discharge Sky Warrior ; | just a little polish at the tips. That Here is the type of airman flying for Britain in her war on Nazi Germany. The well-equipped air- | man is dressed in a heavy uniform and carries a machine gun of the l latest type, | | lglnves that are very thing or very WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Forecast for Jun=an and vicinity, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Oect. 31: Rain tonight and Wednesday; meoderate southerly winds. Minimum tempe-ature tonight about 38 degrees. Forecast for Southeast Alaska: Rain tonight and Wednesday, ‘mer tonight, slightly colder Wednesday; moderate southerly winds, pt moderate to fresh over Dixon Entrance, Clarence Strait, tham Btrait, Frederick Sound and Lynn Canal. Foreeast of winds along the const of the Gulf of Alaska: The Gulf disturbance near Kodiak, which is weakenig and movinz slowly northeastward, will cause' fresh to ‘strong (southerly " ‘wihd over the eastern half of the Gult of Alaska and nort wihd over the western half. Winds along the coast from Dixon Entrahce to Cape Spencer, moderate to frésh scutherly 'winds; from Cup Spencer to Cape Hinchinbrook, fresh tc strong east té southeasterly tonight, becoming fresh southerly Wednssday; and from O Hin chinbrook to Kodiak, fresh to cng northerly tonight, becomi northwesterly Wednesday. LOCAL DATA Time 3:30 p.m. yest'y 3:30 am. today Noon ' today Barometer 2999 29.86 29.81 Temn. Humidity wina Velocity 39 87 Calm 0 39 94 @E 8 47 97 8 4 RADIO REPORTS TODAY 3:30am. Precip. 3:3Cam temp. 24 huurs Weathar 33 24 Clear 8 0 Cloudy 0 Clear Clear Cloudy Pt. Cldy Clear Rain Rain Weather Rain Rain Rain Lowest temp. 32 2 16 Max. tempt. last 24 bours 47 Station Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Junecau Sitka Ketthikan Seattle Portland San Francisco Rain Fog Clear Cloudy 51 WEATHER SYNOPSIS The disturbance in the Gulf of last evening and has continued to centered this morning near Kodiak pressure at Kodiak of 29.30 inches. located this morning at latitude 45 degrees and longitude 154 de- grees, with a lowest reported pressure estimated at 29.40 inches. Pres- sure was high over the Aleutians and off the coast of ‘California Cloudy and warmer weather with light to moderate rain has over- pread most sections of Southeast Alaska, the Gulf of Alaska coast and Interior Alaska. Alaska has moved little since diminish in intensity. It was Island with a lowest reported Another low pressure area was Juneau, Nov. 1.—Sunrise, 7:114 a.m.; sunset, 4:13 p.m. Wi'filer's'fiArbfifi& the Corner So Beware of Chapped Hands Marsha Hunt, movie actress, uses a few drops of letion on heér skin every time she washes her hands in wintry weather. | { By BETTY CLARKE gloves that are very thin or very |rough mittens are best in cold weather; softly-lined gloves really would be better. s e Here are some ways to keep down | . otiee are some wavs o xeew <o Eormer Execulive Every time you wash your hands, | m m' I kn I dry them thoroughly and then rub‘ in a few drops of lotion, using a . 9 washing movement and working the CARSON CITY, Nev. Oct. _31,._ lotion above wrists. Former Nevada Governor Colcord | died yesterday, six months after he Rub a little hand cream or olive " oil into your cuticles once or twice, Selebrated his one hub*;;!fedlh birth- a week. Then your cuticle won't be 9ay. Colcord, a Reptiblicati, was the oldest living forter state governor. | He had taken a prominent part in so likely to break. RS o, B8 IRHE (8% TN ADAT Nevada politics for hearly 75 years. st e Froust- AN polish. Leave the half-moon clear, but cover the tips of the nails. . ‘When you apply, the polish, take off i w AS Aur“oml,v will help cut down on chipping. | Don't dig into the half-moon with, HARTFORD, Conn.,, Oct. 31.—The a steel implement. New nail forms|memory of “Profeéssor Jim" still lives there and if you should mar it the at Trinity College threé scoré years defect will get larger as the nail after the old n2gro janitor’s death. | grows. Weakened spots are likely to Alumni have provided funds for split off at the edge of the nail. 8 new stone to mark his grave. This sort of thing misleads many. The old, weather-beateh toib- J people into thinking they have brit- | stene said merely that James Wil- | tle nails. |llams was “for more than 40 yedrs If your nails really are brittle, you | janitor of Trinity College.” The fiéw | should watch your diet, take plenty one, President Remsen B. Ogitby of exercise and spend more time in|says, will commemorate “Professor the fresh air. It's a good plan to|Jim” as “faithful over a few things.” stop wearing polish now and then,| “Prefessor Jim,” neatly 90 when too, and buff the nails vigorously he died, virtually was a father | instead. confessor to the studetits of his day | Last, but not least, don’t wear|and the final, undisputeéd authority on matters of Trinity tradition, AP Feature Service Writer Now is the time for well-groomed | women to pay particular attention to their hands. |