The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 7, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” E 1 " | | ¥ VOL. XLIL, NO. 6411. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CE FLY OVER ATLANT C, LAND IN SYRIA PROPOSAL FOR .~ STRIKE TRUCE 1S BIG THING President Roosevelt Says Plan Is on Par with Gompers’ Demand IS COMMENDED TO PUBLIC CONSCIENCE {Arbitration Board Expect-| ed to Organize Today in Washington HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 7—In approving the truce proposal sent here by the Advisory Board of the National Industrial Recovery Ad-| ministration at Washington, which includes the spokesmen of industry and labor, regarding a declaration, for industrial peace in an unpre-| cedented effort to end disputes between employers and labor, Presi- | dent Ropsevelt said it is important to the recovery program that such/ a plan be enforced. Avoid Strikes, Lockouts “The plan which has just been sent to me for approval, calls upon every individual of both groups to avoid strikes and lockouts or any aggressive action during the re- covedy program,” dent. “It is a document on a par with Samuel Gompers' memorable war-time demand to preserve a status quo in labor disputes. It is an act of economic statesmanship. 1 carnestly commend it to the pub- lic conscience.” Board to Organize The board of seven appointed by President Roosevelt last Satur- day, which is headed by Senator Wagner, of New York, labor author- ity to administer a. national peace effort between employers and labor, is expected to organize in Wash- ington today. Administrator Johnson, in Wash- ington, said there are few labor difficulties in the country now that cannot be settled amicably and codes of each industry are expected to virtually eliminate strikes with- in industry. Appeal to Both Sides The declaration 1ssued by the President contains an appeal to workers not to strike during the period of the nation’s economic emergency and pleads against agi- tation among wage earners. Capi- tal is also urged to deal fairly and patriotically in its hundling,_o{ Jabor problems to prevent dissatis- faction and leave questions which could not be readily settled to the newly-created Arbitration Board. MINE STRIKE NOT SETTLED, PENNSYLVANIA Reopening Is Postponed This Morning Until Tomorrow Morning BROWNSVILLE, Penn., Aug. 7.— Balked by demands of the miners for more time to study President Roosevelt's truce, the State Labor management strove to reach an amicable understanding to end, the great coal strike. i Reopening of the mines in the soft coal district was postponed today until tom¢” e Juneau Girl Prize Winner Bound for Fair SEATTLE, Aug. 7. — The youngest winner in a national essay contest, ten-year-old Carol Z. Hanson, of Juneau, Alaska, left here last Satur- day night to collect her re- ward,, a visit to the Century of Progress Exposition at Chi- cago. Little Miss Hanson is ac- companied by her mother and 10-month old sister Ella. The three arrived here last Friday aboard the steamer Yu- kon. said the Presi- { Hér Name lS Link;d’ Wlth D;)ug’s CUBANS OF ALL RANKS NOW ON GREAT STRIKE *“Passive Revolution” Is in Progress with Incep- tion in Havana GENERAL WARNING ISSUED, ‘GOVERNMENT Doctors Are to Join Move- ment Tomorrow—Ma- chado May Resign HAVANA, Cuba, Aug: 7.—The spectre of widespread hunger stalk- ed in Havana today as the strike in many industries grew. The Gov- ,ernment has issued a warning that troops will be called out to curb increasing violence if the police cannot handle the situation. Lady Sylvia Ashley, who was Sylvia Hawkes, chorus girl and daughter of a one-time barmaid, before her marriage tc the heir of the Earl of Shaftesbury, is being mentioned as the probable wife Douglas Fair- banks, Sr., will take after his divorce from Mary Pickford, Here are three views of her. LITTLE DAVID GUARDSMEN AT LOOFF -FLOWN | CAMP T0 STALL TO ANCHORAGE OFF KIDNAPING 1l Youth Is Quickly, Suc-|Threats Received by Rail- cessfully ORC}'?'Fd road Executive—Daugh- for Appenditicitis ter Is in Danger ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Allg. 'l.—i NORTH SUTTON, New Hamp- Pilot Harry Blunt, after 35 hours | shire, Aug. 7.—National Guardsmen lapsed time, ten hours of actual| . today hem in a girl's camp at flying, brought little David LOOH,; i 8 P of Alitak, here for an appendicitis| operation. The child was operated upon at the Anchorage Hospital and reported doing well. Downes has received many Pilot Al Monson, who made A threatening letters and phone calls relief flight to take Blunt 8850~ | 04 hig Philadelphia home. line, returned also. Blunt ubtan.-! The climax came last Saturday ed a supply himself. 1 | when -a letter Last week an amateur radio op- manding a sum “larger than ac- #rator, talking to another amateur customed to talk about, if they at Seattle, said the little boy was couldn't get together.” very ill and asking for diagnose, mpo g demanded is not made of the case. A Seattle physician’p ). gave the desired inrormam;ln lf:nd Authorities of New Hampshire urged a plane be sent for the bOY.|yere quickly notified of the threats which. was done. and the Guardsmen were sent to g I'the girls’ camp. REPEALISTS ARE MISSING IN T STATE Arizona Votes Tomorrow for Delegates to Convention naping of Betty Downes, aged 15 years, daughter of the Pennsylvania “Consumers’ Board” W atching Recovery Program WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—The “Consumers’ Board” ‘is watch- ing the recovery program and the members have decided to start analyzing the cost in- , creases brought by higher wa- ges and sherter hours so the buyer will not pay more than his share. — e —— RODSEVELT IS KEEPING QUIET AT HYDE PARK Conference with Professors Postponed—Chinese Luncheon Guests PHOENIX, Ariz, Aug. 7.—With no anti-repeal candidates nomin- ated in the States’ fourteen coun- ties, Arizona will vote tomorrow. There will be fourteen delegates, one from each county, elected to the convention. Any anti-repeal candidate will be forced to have his name written in as none were' nominated. Blank spaces are left for dry names. {Company Fights Colds With Vitamin Extract LONDON, Aug. 7—To combat colds, an English firm is trying the experiment of giving a dnny‘ HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 7— dose of vitamin extract to a sec- President Roosevelt kept the cal- tion of its office employees. ! endar today comparatively free af- The experiment was reported to ter postponing a conference with |the Congress of the Royal Insti- Professors George Warren, of Cor- |tute of Public Health by its Presi- nell, and James Rogers, of Yale, 'dent, Lord Leverhulme, whose firm' who have been studying financial is making the trial. | conditions. Flu and the common cold, he Ty Soong, Chinese delegate said, account for between 30 and to the London Conference and 150 per cent of absenteeism in in- Saoke Alfred Sze, Chinese Minis- | qustry in an average year, ter, were luncheon guets, Railroad executive, James Downes;| was received de-! Restaurants Close Eating places have closed because | transportation workers, | those of the United Railways, have { struck and this prevents them get- i ting food. | Thousands of produce handlers {are idle and housewives are frantic. Street Fights Street fights and mob demon- strations have resulted in death and scores of injuries. The Federated Physicians or- i 1 | | | | this is effective tomorrow. Passive Revolution The National Pharmaceutical As- | sociation has instructed all but a | few drug stores to close. | Everywhere the strike is called a “passive revolution.” "Machado would resign but this is {denied at the palace. ——————— i WAGE BOOST 1S GIVEN TO 15,000 MEN Lake Kezar to prevent the kid-|\Western Electric Company. Announces Increase Effective Now | NEW YORK, Aug. 7. — The | Western Electric Company an- nounced today a 11 percent in crease of pay for 15,000 employees in effect as of August 1. All hourly employees and those receiving less than $3240 annually, are effected. - e Turkeys Dine on Grasshoppers to Save Wheat Crop LANDER, Wyo., Aug. 7.—The | tarmers of Fremont County have | put their turkeys to work in the wheat fields. Hordes of grasshoppers have descended upon the wheat fields and to combat the pests, the far- | mers have turnéd thousands of turkeys loose to prey upon the ‘“‘hoppers.” wheat fields to eradicate' the grasshoppers has been discouraged as pheasants and sage chicken were being killed and the flock | depopulated. including } one! ganization decided to strike and; | Reliable circles said President The use of poison grains in the | \ | { Ambitious mamas at Newport, R. L, | \ g § e “most eligible” young man becomes of age August 14th an his father, Col. John Jacob Astor. Society gossips sense a LeBrun Rhinelander, debutante daughter of I enzaged to Donna Christana Torlonia, daughter of Prince Tt n of New York. The reported betrothal was vigorously denied by Mrs, Torlonia, are casting covetous glances at John Jacob Astor, 3rd, these days, for, d inherits the $3,000,000 trust fund left rs. Phili still officially heartfree, romance in the atts Rhinelander, 2nd. Last Winter he was reported orlonia of Rome and Mrs. Elsie Moore Torlonia, | 2 FRENGHMEN MAKE RECORD FOR NONSTOP TRIP BY AIR Leave New York Saturday Morning Continuing Flying for 54 Hours and 19 Minutes BULLETIN—DAMASCUS, { Syria, Aug. 7.— The Syrian Government has been advised that Rossi and Codos, who left New York City last Sat- urday morning, landed at the Rayak Military Air Field, 79 miles from here at 4 o’clock this afternoon. The fliers made approxi- mately 5,900 miles in 51 hours and 19 minutes, the longest nonstop flight ever made. The two Frenchmen still had gasoline in the plane’s | tanks but decided to come down in view of the fact they im by’ htion the Actor heie i ahow.}| had broken the, record. FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC NEW YORK, Aaug. (. — French Aviators Lieut. Maurice Rossi and And so the Astor scion { LOCAL HALIBUT FLEET IS HARD HIT BY ORDER Waters North to Cape| Spencer Light Will Close Midnight, August 25 Closing of the halibut fishing |season on the Pacific Coast as far |north as Cape Spencer Light on August 25 has been ordered by the International Fisheries Commission, | it was revealed in an official notice | received by The Empire today. | It announced that the take to |date in the two areas affected— lone and two—has been so heavy that the limit set for the fishing |season this year will have been (reached by that date. } Ties Up Local Fleet | The effect of the order will be Ito tie up a large percentage of the local small halibut fleet, it was declared today by Mayor I Gold- |stein. He estimated that about 100 | fishermen residing here would be |thrown out of employment as & result, The halibut fishermen of Peters- | | b as well as the smaller craft at etchikan. The larger vessels fish- on the grounds west of Cape ncer will be permitted to oper- e for sometime yet. | | The take on Area Two up to July 31 last was in excess of 4,- 000,000 pounds larger than for the| corresponding date of 1932, accord-! ing to records of the Commission. Area Three, or the western district, vas about 500,000 pounds less than t year for the same period Text of Notice The text of the official order, :ned by J. P. Babcock, Chairman, | i (Continued onfii’sge Two) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 7.—Fiv men were shot to death and were wounded in fights attribu to the primary election held Kentucky last Saturday. Another man was killed in a ro® believed to have been the at math of last November's election Four companies of Nation Guardsmen were called out assigned to duty in Harlan Cou: ty where two men were shot prio to the election in rews over bz boxes and election posters. Rifles, machine guns and dyna- mite were used in one Harlu i l l Kentucky Prifimry Elections Cause of Shooting Affrays; 5 Vietims Die; Troops Called 1 el | | | \ | County brawl Saturday but no cas- ialties are reported from this confliet. | The fatal shootings Saturday oc- curred in widely separated and iso- ated sections of the State. Saturday’'s dead are as follows: Robert Roark, aged 35. Joe Lee, aged 44. Gilbert Buttry, aged 25. Estill Spurlock, aged 25. Brown Strong, aged 50. Intense interest was engendered County and Legislative elec- tions. Tabulations did not start until »day under the law, | | | | Plane Makes Mysterious Visit {To Westward STOCK PRICES [Traders and Investors Hug market drifted through one of the year's dullest sessions with traders and investors rg and Wrangell will be similarly hugging the side lines. lowed an extremely narrow range.| regular. shares. regulations, including higher mar-| igins and other restrictions, dimin-| |ished the pace of even the largest| operators. |utes at a time. ' | floor dealers passing a few stocks {back and forth. were easier. United States Steel, craft, Commercial Solvents, Mont- gomery - Ward, Chrysler, American “Can, Allied Chemical. Union, Standard Oil of New Jer- BALBO IS HELD Aug Italian armada is still here wait-| ling Gen. | maney Balbo said today he hopes to hop| loff Wednesday. DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska," Aug. 7.—At 1:15 o'clock yes- terday afternoon an airplane was heard high over Sarichef Light, Unimak Pass, and seem- ed to be traveling. westward. The engine was missing fire. The plane was not sighted on account of the dense fog but seemed to circle about two miles of Sarichef, taxied on the surface and stopped sud- denly. The plane’s presence Is unaccounted for. DRIFT TODAY, DULL SESSION Sidelines on Account of Regulations NEW YORK, Aug. 7—The stock indifferently today, Most of the leading issues fol-| ir-| i approximated 700,000 The close was moderately Transfers Trading Regulations Brokers said the new trading Tickers were motionless for min-| About the only activity was the Grains Easier Most of the grains and cotton Bonds were mixed. The dollar worked higher. Shares up fractional included the United Air- Declines were shown for Western (Continued on Page Eight) UP BY WEATHER SHOAL HARBOR, Newfoundland 7—Gen. Italo Balbo and his| for favorable weather. Paul Codos, who left the Floyd Bennett Flying Field last Saturday morning, have crossed the Atlantic and kept going, hoping to smash the distance record of 5340 miles, despite a gasoline leak, which was Announced from the plane by wire- less. The fliers sped over Rumania and would try to reach Aleppo, GIVEN ANOTHER | FOUR-DAY LIFT j | Syria, they announced from the B plane or even Bagdad. Either point {will give them a new record. Lose Gas by Leak When the fliers left here last Saturday they announced they hop- ed to reach Karachi, Idia, but they apparently lost fuel as a re- sult of the leak. The plane when it left here car- ried enough gasoline to keep them | | ICY STRAITIS L. E. Wingard Announces Extension to Aug. 10 —Extend Others The extension of the commercial fishing season in the Icy Strait| distric for four more days, end- ing at 6 p. m. August 10, was an- | aloft for 70 hours. nounced here today by L. E. Win-| The fliers are attempting to gard, Alaska Agent of the United 'break the mark made by British States Bureau of Fisheries, who K Royal Air Force Flier Squadron returned to his headquarters here Leader Oswald R. Hayford and last Saturday evening. The can-|Flight Lieutenant Gilbert E. Nich- neries of the district were notified oletts who flew from Cranwell, by radio Saturday evening. | England, to Walfish Bay, southwest lier granted western Icy Strait, —_——————— which brought the season to a in eastern Icy Strait. The modi- MUT"-IATloN fication was made only after it/ run was actually in progress, MYSTEHY Is Others May Be Granted east Alaska may be given similar additions to the regular seasons morning. He will visit each of ttle Da]bert ApOShl&H Drowned—Playmate A three-day extension was ear- Africa. close last night there as well as was shown that the pink salmon | That other districts in South- cLEAHEn uP was intimated by Mr. Wingard this Explains Case | Li them regularly until the end ot‘y the season. “I have an open mind on ex-| tensions and if I find that condi- tions justify such action, I shall approve of some additions if neces- | SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. T7—A {playmate of Dalbert Aposhian, sary to aid the fishermen and help | Whose slayer has beem sought for the packers get up a normal pack” |the past three weeks, apparently he said. “However, this will be‘solved the mystery of the death done only if the runs are such|When he told Sheriff Ed Cooper that the extensions can be granted the child drowned while playing without endangering future cycles near the bay. of pink salmon. We have to be| A group of medical experts said certain that the escapement is they believed the playmate, Jackie adequate to seed the spawning| Confar, is telling the truth and beds. | the mutiliation on the little boy's “The bureau will keep in close' body were probably caused by touch with conditions in every crabs. district. T expect to spend most| Jackie told his father of the of my time in the field, personally drowning yesterday and the father watching the progress of the runs | notified the officers. and the escapement. We will bc‘ e guided in whatever actfon may‘PRlcE GF RED be taken by the facts disclosed in | these surveys.” Fish Coming In Announcement R e garding Other Varieties Will Be Made Later Fish are reported to be setting | in to Icy Strait in large numbers | and during the latter part of la»’b. week both the seiners and traps showed increasingly large catches, | reports received at bureau head- | quarters revealed. The peak of the run is not expected to reach Icy | Strait before Thursday or Fri-| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. T.— day. Salmon packers have announced the opening price of the 1933 red salmon pack to be $1.75 a dozen tall cans, number one fancy Al- aska, compared to $1.45 a year ago. The new price is effective as of last Saturday. ‘The price of pinks and other va- rieties will be announced later. Strait operators reported heavier trap catches late last week. The first of the run, apparently, is Jjust appearing in those waters. Herring fishermen off Cape Om- reported pinks in large numbers off there, and the can- Upper Chatham Strait and Icy | (Continuei on Page Two) Pinks arc now $1.20 a dozen spot,