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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
MORE ALASKA ROADS NEEDED,
 DECLARES BELL
Fish Commissioner Says Population Should Be
 Doubled, Tfebled
WILL STUDY PROPOSAL ! MADE, FOREST SERVICE
Prospecting, Mining, Agri- culture Should Be Stim-
 ulated at Once

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Given proper roads to it's mining and agricultural areas. Alaska could be developed in ten years sufficiently to support twice or three times its present population. This is the opinion expressed by Frank A. Bell. United States Fish Commits sioner, on his return from the Ter ritory.
 Bell said that highways in Alaska could be built at the same cost as such roads in the United States over similar regions. If the neces- sary roads are built to mining fields, he said, in all probability the intervening country will be set- tied by prospectors. farmers, and trappers.
 Meanwhile, Bell intends to study the proposal of the Forest Service for allotment of Works Relief funds. to build roads to mining properties tnrOugn Natlonal Forest ana pubic land areas.
 He said if a portion of the $5,- 100000 the Forest Service request ed to build roads into promising areas could be spent in Alaska, it would stimulate prospecting and mining tremendously.
 Bell was enthusiastic about the possibilities of agricultural devel- opment in the territory. He said that many areas could produce as much as eighty bushels of oats to an acre. forty of wheat, and seven to eight tons of potatoes. M
 He said that Matanuska has prov ed in it's short life that it's fertile soil could be made to produce
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
INT. HIGHWAY
 GIVEN BOOST BY } INT. DEPT,
Statement Issued Saying Roadbulding Not Diffi-
 cult Nor Expensive

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Citing the report of the Joint Committee named to study the feasibility of the proposed Alaska Pacific High way, the Department of Interior issued statement saying the road building in the Yukon Territory would not be difficult nor expen- sive.
 The chief obstacles will be the crossing of the Yukon, Pelly and Stewart Rivers but the report said the ferries could be used on these rivers until traffic made construc- ton of bridges desirable.
 The report said the highway could be kept open the year around for commercial hauling and will be attractive to tourists for at least seven months of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
ALASKA TRIP GIVEN BOOST
 BY SPRINGER
Declares Inside Passage Cannot Be Equalled
 Anywhere

SEATTLE, Sept. 2o. Arthur stringer, noted magazine writer who visited the Matanuska Valley Farm Project in the interests of the Sat- urday Evening Post. refused to talk about Matanuska upon his return here, but said:
 i've travelled four continents and never have I seen anything in my life to compare with the trip through the Inside Passage. Norway has nothing to compare with 1t. It ought to be publicized
 Mckinley Park ought to be pub too. They ought to adver- tise Mckinley as a field for camera hunters said Stringer.
 stringer is going to write se- ries of articles about Matanuska which will appear in the Post and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
HUNTERS REPORT. VARIED SUCCESS SHOOTING
Some Get Bag Limit, Near ly All Get Ducks
 Not Plentiful

It was good morning for ducks and sportsmen coming in from Mendenhal flats and various lakes in this district in some instances had the bag limit of 10 while vir- tually all had some ducks. accord ing to reports, although shooting was said not to be as good as pre- vious years. Mallards prevailed all though widgeons and teals were re- ported.
 Frank Dufresne, Assistant Execu- tive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, who was in the field himself said the ducks appeared to be a local flight this morning. He bagged three on the flats while wandering around to see how the new regulations were being lived up to. He reported fine cooperation from the hunters and heard but one instance of violation, that was hunter shooting six times in rapid succession. Automatic and pump guns must be plugged to a limit of three shots, and it was apparent, Dufresne said, that gun was not plugged.
 we don't want to be mean about such things" Dufresne said, but we'll have to pick AeFn aip If they don't keep those guns plugged"
 The game official had only high praise for the hunters as whole, explaining that hardly a shot was fired before the dead line of ' o'clock. He encountered one hunter with his watch out waiting for the shooting hour to roll around. A few minutes before seven a fine bunch of teals came in near the hunter who was waiting patiently. At about five minutes of seven the ducks flew away and the blue smoke in the vicinity was not from the sportsman's gun.
 L. E. Iverson of the Forest Serv- ice, got bag limit at Peterson's dairy and could have gotten many more, he said. He saw as many as 300 ducks at one time
 Among the unlucky hunters who returned duckless were J. B. Bur- ford of the J. B. Burford Company, and A. B. Hayes. Traffic Manager for the PAA. Hayes went to the tide flats near the airport this morning but failed to encounter any duck targets. Burford, who went to Lemon Creek flat, discov- cred a large flock of ducks-at 6:30 am. At ' am. the ducks were gone Burford reported considerable firing in his vicinity before o'clock.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
TORCH SINGER SAID TO HAVE
 SHOT HERSELF
In vestigation Continues ' Oil Mans s Heir Gives
 His Testimony

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Sept. 20. Henry H. Rogers, 29-year-old son of the late Standard oil multi-mil- lionaire, will tell the story today of the death of honey -haired, blue eyed little Evelyn Hoey, singer of torch songs to Broadway, Paris and London, at his secluded country home ten days ago. He will be the last witness at the inquest. Lawyers said his appearance and testimony will be for the purpose of clearing his name in the tragedy.
 Miss Hoey, actress who was fea- tured with Betty Compton tnow wife of the former New York Mayor James J. walker) in Fifty Mill lion Frenchmen," was shot at the Indian Run farmhouse owped by Rogers after violent quarrel dur ing which she expressed the desire to return to her home.
 Suicide Evidence
 one udd uctu BuSot ne tiAC ranch for about week Because of the circumstances under which she died, both. Rogers and his compan- ion. William J. Kelly of Union City, N. Y, were taken into custody on a technical charge of murder. They were released when pr. H. B. F. Davis, who performed the au- topsy on Miss Hoey, said that "every evidence pointed toward suicide z
 Shot Is Heard
 Rogers story, substantiated by his chauffeur, Frank Catano, and a farmer, Clyde Battin, employed by him, was that he and Miss Hoey had quarreled over her de- sire to return to New York. The quarrel ended with Rogers tearing Lout the telephone wires to prevent her ordering transportation. Miss Hoey ran upstairs. Shortly after ward the shot, was heard. It was =
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
NEW CHANNEL BUS DEPOT IS
 TO OPEN NOW
Up to Date Confectionery Will Be Operated
 Tn Connection

Another tribute to the city's growing civic pride is seen in the opening of the new Channel Bus Depot and Confectionery tomorrow morning.
 The new station of the bus line, owned by Walter Bacon, head of the transit company, and Percy Reynolds, prominent business man, is located at Front and Main streets, one block from the heart of the city, and has been built to give the utmost in comfort to bus patrons and others.
 The depot is arranged so as to give the most in speed and eff ciency in discharging passengers, as rock thoroughfare has been built through to Willoughby Avenue to eliminate traffic congestion with the arrival and departure of the buses
 Line Has Good Record The Channel Bus Line, owned and operated by MT. Bacon for over three years, has given good service to all mainland residents on Gasti- neau Channel as a reliable. insured carrier. During that time the bus line has operated over 10000 miles in pioneering this business, over roads that have been both good and bad. MT. Bacon is proud of the fact that not once has any Chan nel Bus driver missed a trip on scheduled time in over three years.
 New Cabs Coming
 Two new deluxe cabs will arrive on the North Sea to be used in connection with the bus terminal, giving local patrons complete, su- per-service at all times. the owner said.
 The five-year franchise voted the line by the people of Douglas gives the Channel Bus Line an oppor- tunity to offer regular service to the island city. Tentative plans call for a complete loop route through the heart of Douglas at regular intervals.
 The new bus depot will open to- morrow morning and all buses will arrive and depart from the new location.
 Confectionery Modern
 Percy Reynolds, owner of the confectionery in connection with tfe@ bus depot, which features new and comfortable chairs, modernistic, padded counter stools, new lavator-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
One Yem-OM Boy Sole SurviU0r
 Of Auto Plunge

LETHBRIDGE, Sept. 20. - Unconscious and suffering from four days and five nights of ex- posture, William Long, the one year-old son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Long, of Mcleod, was found beaides the bodies of his parents at the bottom of a IOO- foot embanlkment near their wrecked auto. The child is said to have a good chance at re- covcry as he was not Injured.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20

Easily the best tourist travel sea- son Alaska has experienced in i've years and one which. by September 31, probably will prove to have sur passed the mark for 193O-that IS the record set by 1885 up to Sep tember IS.
 This fact was established today upon release of tourist travel sta tistics by M. s. Whittier, Assist ant Collector of Customs.
 Up to September 1.-the date on which the last purely tourist steamer headed south from Juneau -26,993 persons had visited the Territory since January from United States and Canadian ports That figure, without considering the fact that 1885 still has more than three months to run, betters the all-year figures from 1881.
 May Best, 1880
 Figuring that at least 5000 more persons will come north before De- cember 31 (Whittier estimates that that is fair assumption), 1935's total incoming travel will amount to more than 3o,000 persons. The figure for l930, it was noted, was 3O,231, giving a chance to better that mark, too.
 Tourist interest in Alaska is con- stantly growing-now that national financial confidence is returning and 1895, whittier's figures proved, is 5,l29 persons better on Septem- Der IS than that similar time last year. Not only that, but ie35--up 10 SspteasbGs 15--is z,984
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
MRS. PTACK
 l PASSES AWAY
Oldtime Resident of Ju neau District Dies
 This Morning

Mrs. Susan M. Ptack died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Lane. early this morning. The re- mains are at the c. w. Garter Mortuary. No funeral arrangements had been made this afternoon.
 Mrs. Ptack had resided in the Juneau district for many years and had a wide circle of friends. For some time before her death she lived on Coughlin Island with her daughter, Mrs. Ben Melvin. Her husband. John A. Ptack, died on October 2, 1880.
 Mrs. Ben Melvin entered the hos pital on September IT for surgical treatment and was discharged yes terday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
LAT RITES HELD
 FOR JULIUS TURNTiME

Funeral services for Julius Turn time were held this afternoon at ? o'clock at the chapel in the c. w Carter Mortuary. Rev. John A. Glasse officiated. Interment was i'll Evergreen Cemetery,
 Julius Turntime. who died at St. Ann's Hospital on September l6. was well known in Juneau. He op- erated thn elevator in the Gold stein Building for some time pre- vious to his death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
SAYS WPA IGNORING ALASKA
1885 PrOues to Be Best
 AIaska Tourist Trauel
 Season for Five Years

travellers better than the all-year figure of 24.00o for 1884. And it is 1882 persons better than the all time figure of 1883.
 Mrs. E. J. White, curator of the Territorial Museum during the ab- sence of the Rev. A. P. Kashevar- off, bears out Whittier's encourag- ing information. The Museum Is visited each tourist season by many hundreds of travellers who sign a register thereby giving an excel lent barometer of conditions. X Museum Shows Gain
 Starting with June, when the tourist season begins to resume real proportions, and ending with September IS. Mrs. White reported that S90l visitors had signed the register as compared to 5,439 over a similar period last year. This showed an increase for the 1-1 month period of 3,462 tourists who visited the Museum. Mrs Whites figures proved that July and August were, the best months, this year.
 At the same time 1t was point ed out that travellers are becoming more and more Alaska-conscious with the increased advertising of the Territory through various ag- encies. Included among these are the steamship and railway lines the various Chambers of Com merce and, not the least, The En- pire's annual Progress Edition. oi which more than 10000 couples were distributed throughout the United States and Canada.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
ITALY TO PROTEST TO
 LEAGUE ON BRITISH NAVY
CONCENTRATION IN MED.

GON(EHSA kA ' INN At% N8E<
 GENEVA, Sept. 2O.--Great Brit aims concentration of nehting ships iri the Mediterranean sea will be met, high Rome officials said. with a protest to the League of Nations.
 The protest that the British ac- ton constituted a threat of war came as an official surprise. ac- cording to London reports The Admiralty Office said the fleet maneuvers in the Meditefranean Sea were purely precautionary in the light of a possibility Of hostili- ties between Italy and Ethiopia and there is no threat against Italy.
 War PropaxaEions
 Italy, according to adviccs re- ceived here continued war prcpara- tions, sending 10000 more soldiers into Africa.
 Ethiopia Statement
 In Addis Ababa. Emperor Hatle Selassie, told the Associated Press corr e SD o n q ent that i've cannot make any political. economic or territorial concessions to Italy. with compensation. nor can we give Italy bribes in any form to purchase izu- munity from attack.
 Italy May Dodgc
 There are some members of the League of Nations who believe Rome will not give flat mo- 10 the Leagues compromise. when of fered. but might offer a substitute plan.
 Money Chests Closed
 British financial authorities said today England has closed her motl- ey chests to Italy. Similar word came from other European capi- tals.
 Ready To Go Ahead Italian Government spokesznen as- serted that Italy Is ready to go ahead with the African campaign without commercial help from any source.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
NEGOTIATIONS STARTED

GENEVA, Sept. 2O--Italian quar- ters here informed the Associated Press late this afternoon that d. rect negotiations between Great Britain and Italy have already be- gun or will begin soon on what Great Britain considers the Italian menace to Egypt through Libia.
 Great Britain wants Italy to or der the Libian armies away from the Libian frontier and the report is Premier Mussolini will accept the proposal if Great Britain will reduce the imposing strength of the battle fleet now in the Medit.rran- can Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
Former Wealthy Te1as Oil Man, Arrested at
 Valdez, Taken South

SEATTLE, Sept. 2o-- Eldridse 6. Price. once wealthy Texas oil man, arrested in Valdez, Alaska. on a charge of tax income evasion. has arrived here by steamer from the north and will be held pending his removal to Dallas. (
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
MRS. JONES GOES HOME

Mrs. Leo M Jones. wife of the Maintenance Foreman, Bureau of Public Roads. who entered the hos pital on September IS, returned to her home on Glacier Highway to- day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
Sleeping Benny Ends Thirteen Days of HeIpIess,.ess

CHICAGO, H., Sept. zO.- Patricia Mcguire, a modern sleeping beauty, has ended thir- teen days as a helpless victim of lethargic ebcephalitis. Her condition is not changed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
WORLD PLIERS
 REACH KAREN.

KAREN, Sept. 20.-World Pliers Fritz Bieler and Harold Farquhar have landed here from Khabarovsk. The next hop around the globe will be to Tientsin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
TEACHERS GUESTS
 OF MRS. COUNCIL

Juneau teachers are, the guests this afternoon Of Mrs. ". w.. Council at o'clock tea in her Front Street residence.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
RAINY SEASON
 IS RETARDING
 GUN BATTLING
Military Observers Believe Hostilities Will Begin
 Early Next Month
ITALY DISPATCHINC
 MORE MEN TO AFRICA
Rome to Protest British Concentration Money
 Chests Are Closed

GENEVA. Sept. 20.-- The fact that the tropical rainy season still persisted in the highlands of Fri Urea and in Ethiopia is considered generally to preclude the immediate beginning of hostilities between Italy and Ethiopia.
 The date for the war breakout is now generally conceded to be about October 10.
 There is an extraordinary troop concentration in Lybia by Italy as precautionary move against any war with Great Britain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
sTEINBECK ILL

William Steinbeck, owner of the Steinbeck Apartments, was admit ted to St. Ann's Hospital this morn ing for medical treatment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
Ketchikan Man to
 Marry in Seattle

TACOMA. Wash, Sept. 20.--A marriage license has been issued to Y. M. Wabash. of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Aquillina Nator, of Se- attlc. "a M
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
COPPER PRICE GOES UPWARD

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Export copper prices went to a70 cents today, the highest in two years. The market was active all day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
SHAVING IN CLOUDS HELD
 SELF-DEFENSE
Two Pliers Exonerated ir Death of Brooklyn
 Ball Player

ISLINGTON, Ontario, Sept. 20.-- A coroner's jury early today re- turned verdict of self-defense in the staying of Leonard Koenecke, Brooklyn baseball player. in an air. plane early last Tuesday morning during struggle with William Jo- seph Mulqueeny, pilot and Irwin Davis, parachute jumper and CO., pilot.
 The jury deliberated only feh minutes.
 Muluueeny subdued KOenecke with a fire extinguisher as the ball player attacked Davis. The subduing resulted in death.
 Prof. Josley Rigers. chemist and analyst of the University of To- ronto, said findings indicated traces of alcohol in the vital organs in such a manner that inclined to make the ball player quarrelsome and with a tendency to become vio- lent
 Koenecke had been sent home by the Dodgers manager and he had chartered the plane to take him from Detroit to Buffalo. The fight took place while the flight was in progress. The fliers landed the plane here and reported the tragedy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
ENTERS HOSPITAL

Mrs. Frank Edwards was ad-
 mitted to St. Ann's Hospital yes terday for medical treatment. Her husband ts employed at then A. J. mine. bt8 .sY'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20
CHARGES DISMIsSED

TORONTO, ept. 20.-Manslaught- CT charges against Pilots Mulqueeny and Davis in the Koenecke death in an airplane. have been dismiss cd by Magistrate Douglas Deith.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-20

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Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-11
Democrats OF
State Start
Party Fight

LOS ANGELES, Sept. II. (U.P-
Liberal Democrats today considered
warning that the reactionary wing
of their party is planning a coup to
seize full control of the state Or
ganization.
1t was sounded by Culbert L. Oh
son. state senator, and central COM
mittee chairman Tor the state,
speaking before 200 members of the
Los Angeles county control commit
tee.
Olson charged that reactionary
Democrats headed by Hamilton
Cotton and Col William Neblett
were trying to buy" the party with
patronage.
Following Olson's talk, Barclay
Bradley, chairman of the Los An
geleS county committee, withdrew a
resignation he had offered, saying
that despite pressure OF personal
affairs he would retain the post
during the emergency"
Liberal Democrats won control OF
the party's state machinery when
Upton Sinclair was nominated for
governor last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-11
EDITORIAL PAGE
and
FEATURES
HERO JUST THE SAME

All the heroes do not perform on the
battlefields or the motion picture screen.
The role of hero may come to any OF us
any day and il is up to us whether we ae-
cept ii and the responsibilities II brings.
or run away from Il.
Such a test presented itself Monday to
Mrs. Mabel O. Bradley. Nestmorland
school teacher, and she met it in high
~ admirable manner
Returning to the valley from vacation,
Mrs. Bradley was driving along the Los
Angeles highway near Salton sea. short
distance in back Of another car.
The first car overturned, pinning its
seven occupants beneath it, One of them.
a small child was killed. The others
were in imminent danger of death as the
car caught fire.
A burning car presents considerable
risk to anyone in is immediate vicinity.
Gasoline tanks have habit Of exploding,
exposing those nearby to death.
Mrs. Bradley may have forgotten these
things. 1t is more likely she remember
ed them, but ignored them. Unaided, she
set to work to help those pinned beneath
the car and had dragged several to safe
ty when other passing motorists came
to help her.
There will be no brilliant parades, no
crashing bands. no cheering thousands
TO tell Mrs. Bradley what a splendid
thing she did There will, in all proba
bility, not be even a medal for her. We
say she doesn't need it. The best re-
ward she can have, even though she
wants no reward, is the inner satisfaction
of having met and beaten a challenge,
plus the admiration of those who notice
such things and, We hope, the undying
gratitude Of those she aided.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-09-11
ACTRESS HURT
IN CAR CRASH

SAN BERNARDINO. Calf, Sept
L. UP)-Gertrude Michael, rising
young motion picture actress, was
reported in a serious condition in
st. Bernardinis hospital today with
a possible skull fracture, suffered
when flung out Of her speeding car
after it rammed into the rear of an
other automobile last night
The machine overturned hurting
her against tree Police found her
lying in the street, unconscious.
Charles c. ONeil, driver of the
second car, was not held.
Miss Michael, who was returning
to Hollywood from a short vacation
at Arrowhead Springs to start an
other motion picture, is regarded as
one of the most promising young
stars in the Paramount ranks. She
went to Hollywood there years ago
from Palladega, Ala, her home
town. Her mother and brother have
been visiting her in the film CAPT
tai