The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 17, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6601. - JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1934. PRICE TEN CENTS INSULL IS TO BE TURNED OVER TO U. S. AP.A. ABANDONS National Defense One Object CONTRACT LABOR ALASKA PLANTS Association to Hire Work- ers — Announcement Made by Tichenor UNEMPLOYED ALASKAN MEN TO BE GIVEN JOBS Conviction of San Fran- cisco Grafters Given as Reason for Charige | | SAN FRANCISCO, March 17. — The Alaska Packers Association announced yesterday the imme- diate discontinuance of the con-| tract system of hiring cannery! workers as the result of the re-; cent conviction here of Emil May-| er, Samuel Young, Arthur L. May-| er and Y. Lopez, for violation of} the California peonage act. | The announcement of the dis-| continuance of the contract sys-| tem was made by A. K. Tichenor, | Vice-Presidenty He said that here-; after the Association will hire its| own workers and probably engage | most of them from the ranks of unemployed Alaskans. He ex-| plained that for the past fifteen | years practically all workers em- | ployed in the Alaska canner\esi have been hired through contract- | ors in California and shipped to Alaska. | | « i tain contract rate that has nothi of Subsidies for Ocean Mail OF NRA STARTS | new members of the f COMPLIANCE END. ACTIVITY HERE Two Assistants Added to Wade's Force—Stricter Compliance Required The NRA organization in Alaska has been augmented by the addi- tion of a compliance division and two executive assistants have been assigned here to look after that end of the work, it was announced today by Hugh A. Wade, Deputy Administrator for Alaska. The are W. B. Kimball, Jr., Seattle, and C. E. Morgan, Colorado, formerly con- nected with the oil administration. The addition of these assistants de said, is in line with the ration’s * policy to bring| a stricter compliance with |the code system. They will cover |the Territory, advising heads of | industries and business men on the codes affecting them and seeing to tit that compliance is had. | Public Hearings Soon As rapidly as possible, Mr. Wade said, public hearings will be held in {the Territory on ail codes, and re- |about A striking photo of one of Uncle Virginia in Ocean lines with United States mail contracts get paid a cer- ing to do with the weight of the mail carried. Liberal terms for transportation of mail are the re- sult of a policy calling for the fostering cf a merchant marine. is a scene in one sea-going postoffice. Here SUBMARINES T0 TAKE LONG TRIP quests for alterations in national | codes to fit local needs and condi- |tions will be given consideration |He emphasized, however, that | where national codes are already | effective for any business or indus- try, local units come within its jscope and must comply with its provisions until amendments are s Angeles Harbor during final _Coast in April. A gigantic naval T0 ALEUTIANS |Fierce Tungan Natives En- Sam’s sea eagles being tactical man review is planned at New Yorl 2,000 Are . Massacred | ‘ in Battl catapulted from the deck of the U. S. S. West euvers of the fleet before departing for the East k early in the Summer, when President Roosevelt will inspect combined fleets. 2] | | | | | GEN, JOHNSON WILL 60 T0 STRIKE ZONE 10-YEAR-OLD FUSITIVE 1S ABOARD SHIP Former. Chicago Utility il ficial Reported -on ‘Hunger Strike’ DESPERATE EFFORT, FIGHT EXTRADITION |Greek Government to Sur- ! render Wanted Man to His Home Police ATHENS, Greece, March 17.—Samuel Insull is report- ed to be on a “hunger strike” and is so weak and depressed that his attendants resorted itohypodermic injections aboard the Greek freighter Maiotis now returning here with the 74-year-old fugitive. The Captain of the Maiotis administered injections in an effort to brace Insull up. The “hunger strike” was appar- ently determined upon as a final desperate effort to stave off his extradition trial as the vessel bore him slowly but nearer here and into the {More than |—6,600 Miles to! . Il P ily Attempt to| Morsan| B Covered by Flotilla SIUTAS b Prevent Walkout in | Emil Mayer and Samuel Young| were sentenced to two years each | in prison; Lopez to one year In By EARL C. CRANMER lapproved by the administration. WASHINGTON, March 17—De-| Mr. Kimball and Mrs. grasp of United States of- ficials. gage Troops of New Gov- |Wi erhment in Fight JUDSON TICKET livering the mail is not the only|Were assigned here by Washington job of the Post Office Department Under present laws it has un- | dertaken to foster a iuerchant ma- rine and to pioneer in air trans- the county jail, and Arthur Mayer to six months in the county jail. Fishermen testified at the trial| that in order to secure jobs they FILED IN CITY authorities. he former been lin Alaska before, but this is the {latter’s first trip to the north. | Both are making a study of codes |affecting’ Alaska before s During Summer SAN‘ DIEGO, March 17—Plans for the V-type submarines based in the Caribbean MOSCOW, March 17.—More than | two | members of the British Consulate’ staff, are reported to have been thousand - -persons, . including ' Auto Industry WASHINGTON, Marcn” 17—Gen. |Hugh S. Johnson, N. R. A, Admin- The Maitois is due here probably late today. Insull was ordered returned here | because the Grecian Government were required to purchase unneed- | ed clothing and pay exhorbitant | prices. | | STOCK PRICES 20 DOWNWARD, STRIKECLOUDS Final Half Hour of Short Session Witnesses Many Slumps : THNg OUt|pere to cruise (i *, i e on their assignments. laa . PR 1. imassacred at Kashgar, in Hinkiang, istrator, is to go to Detrolt and s chargrived : | Sea, returning and going north-| fpey ¥ 4 P | rgrived and offended by the d to Alaskan waters and home- | Chinese Turkestan, by flerce Tun- Personaly attempt to avert a strike | jpanner of his secret flight. His Industries Seek Codes DG ; sidizes its merchant marine, and| Several Alaskan industries, MT.|ward over fhe circle route via the 88N natives, in a battle between A b Sear LTINS, |legal position now with the Gov- rebels and the military of the re- Gen. Johnson has presentéd & emnment is a .technical charge of portation. In common with most countries, the United States sub- large CLERK'S OFFICE FormerMayor, G.E Krause, Ludwig Nelson and H. Petersen on Slate | for transportation mails. Headed by former Mayor Thomas B. Judson, a complete Councilmani slate, under the name “Progressive | Ticket” was filed in the office of |city Clerk today, it was announced in this country governmental aid|Wade said, are preparing to submit [Hawaiian Islands, were announced Sirriin 4 5 A has taken the form of liberal terms |regional codes, SZbordinate to na-|yesterday by Rear Admiral John Cently pocl aimed “Independent })"_(‘;[‘L‘h-c l‘;‘l’re“‘z“‘wd‘f“{kl"a“sv 10 | violation of theé rules applicable to Government . atened strike, one an gy galiens, His pepers were im- |gold mining industry, the herring,,-ubmarme foree. el b 3 f the American Federation of packers and processors and crab Al imately 16,500 miles i s The police are said to be will- Neot Paid by Weight | o " B pproximately 00 es W Labor unions and work councils|; et v {packers are to be heard here in the e covered between April and early or company unions in each plant| o5, /0, Fi7°. Tastll Guly (aEUHOES under the merchant marine aet of| The herring industry has already . R 2 | |leave. The Government is willin; 1928, are now under fire, along!drafted a tentative code as a bax‘xs.:lfii; :,X;n mf“fl:':fi:" i:“fi’;\ d{:: of each, and an impartial griev-|jt i ypderstood, to ‘conicede lg! 7 by el i % | start early y | ance boar g aint 1 2 £ with airmail contracts already an- for negotiations. 1Its representa- the Aleiitian Iuands on thelr Alas- | A A , nce board to hear complaints O(‘hour.s at the Iatest: * O uscriminated against for| i) he remanded to the custody of B The deadiine to which the wark- |15 ome pollce and exyclisss 28 I B S Important Objective Is . e committee investigation. by A .W. Henning, City Clerk. This| s 1y guthorizes rates not ex- Reports stated that the trip to | laska has no connection with the |is the first ticket to make its "p"ceedmg §180a sile ‘of outbownt| pearan}c‘eléor thLeAmuxiucamal flccuon‘voyage for mail on seventh cls.ssl |base force nircra{t operations slated ’Loob: t}?p ;:ce)’((et \:):Llh g S vessels, or $12 a mile on vessels; for that area this summer. NEW YORK, March 17.—Strike lare: G. E. Krause, former Council- ‘r’;r “lrlf:efnlfsg.‘ Lw"’h. » 5'?“”,’{?:‘:“1 clouds continued to cast shadows|man, Ludwig Nelson and Hugo ediate class vessels, | (Continued on Page Three) of internaional tional codes already in force. The Greenslade, commander of the 7 . it Pk e election to determine the Sl‘e“mh;prupcrly stamped, it is claimed. These ocean mail contracts, let|pear future. A " |TALY AUSTR'A \after his i v in September. Six subs will bel ] § without disclosing the artiitagon (1 s ehurn e, i WESE B nulled as a result of a Senate|tives probably will arrive here|y.. iinerary. the men who say they have been | mpe police, however, said Insull & T SRR {hours after his return. ers ha S have postponed the strike is —ynguy will be closely watched to 9 o'clock next Wednesday morning | brevent suicide Auto leaders will give ves | A or no to Johnson's plan aier a | meeting in New York Monday. REFUGS U1 HIMANES ATHENS, Greece, March 17.—The over stocks today and’ prices after holding rather steady for a time turned down in the final half hour of the short session and the close was heavy. Bonds on the curb were irregu- lar. Losses of one to two or more points were suffered by the lead- ers. Show Resistance alcohol shares showed Several resistance. Utilities were only a bit Wheat eased after being higher. Case was off three points. lower. a trifle Issues off around two points in- | American Chrysler, cluded Allied Chemical, Can, U. S. Smelting, Johns-Manville. Other Issues Off Issues off fractions to one point included U. S. Steel, Bethlehem | Peterson, all longtime residents of | the ci | e crete ¢ Krause is owner of the con- manufacturing plant bearing |nis own name and building con- |tractor. Mr. Nelson is owner of Nelson’s Jewelry Store. Hugo Pet- {ersen is foreman carpenter for the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- | pany. | Mayor I. Goldstein recently an- |nounced he would seek another term in office. Prospective candi- |dates for the Council on the same ttlckl’t are H. Messerschmidt, Ralph Beistline and W. S. George, whose !terms expire this year. The Mayor |1s awaiting Mr. George's return |from the East before filing his slate. Registrations up to noon today |aggregated 653, which is slightly {ahead of the number at the same Steel, Sears, Montgomery-Ward, a few rails, Douglass Aircraft, United Aircraft. § <Some liquors, including National Distillers, held slight gains. itime last year. The total registra- |tion in 1933 was 1,426, Mr. Henning said. It is believed that number {will be exceeded this year. The period for registration closes on March 31. FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER: T0 BE GIVEN LI Jury Recommends Fate of Slayer Convicted of Beating Wealthy Man REPUBLIC, Wash., March 17. — Roy Johnson, aged 37 years, has been convicted of first degree mur- der for the slaying of Peter Huber, aged 70 years, wealthy bachelor. The jury recommended life im- prisonment. Huber was beaten to death on the night of October 31. The state contended robbery was the motive, CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 17.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 21'%, American Can 98, American Power and Light 9%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 3, Beth- lehem Steel 427%, Calumet and Hecla 5, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox Pilms 15%, General Motors 36%, International Harvester 41%, Ken- necott 19%, Packard Motors 5%, Southern Railway 32, Ulen Com- pany 3%, United States Steel 51%, United Aircraft 23%. Ice Landing Field In Arctic Is Reported Cracking MOSCOW, March 17. — A huge crack in the ice of the improvised airplane landing field has sericusly impaired chances to rescue the 89 men on the ice floes in the Arctic. Thie i acecrding to radio ad- yices reccived here, gardless of whether one bag or one ton of mail is carried on the trip. Under the system the post of- fice department has paid to ocean mail carriers during the five fis- !cal years since enactment of the Jaw a total of $89.646,364. On a ) weight, basis the ca s would have received $12935546, accord- ing to department calculations. Ships Must Be American Last year the contra | ceived $26,000,000, compared $3,000,000 they would have recel ed if paid on a weight basis In one case an ocean carrier would have received $10.40 for mail on a weight basis, but received $211985 under its contract | However, creation of a merchant |marine, augmenting national de- ‘fense and extending the American |flag on the high seas were other | purposes of the act. | The law provides contracts can {be awarded only to the lowest re- 'sponsible bidder, who must be an American citizen. Ships used must be either American built or of American registry prior to 1928, |and during the term of the con- | tract. Building Specifications Set The ships must be officered by | American citizens and manned by 'a crew of which half are Ameri- jcans for the first four years of |the contract. For the next years of the contract, the must be two-thirds American. The law also requires the ships |be built according to specifications approved by the Secretary of the Navy, or otherwise be suited for | prompt and economical conversion |into auxiliary naval vessels | The Postmaster General in his contract can stipulate that a cer- tain number of new vessels be built or old ones reconditioned. Under such conditions 54 new ves- sels are required'in the 43 con- tracts now in force, 12 others are conditionally required and 61 old ships are required to be recon- structed. By last July, 32 of the new ships had béen built and 40 (Continued on Page Seven) | | | cre ' FROM WOUNDS \ Un Shots Fired by Dil- linger’s Companion PORT HURON, Mich, March 17. —Undersheriff Charles Cavanaugh died last night as the result of |bullet wounds suffered in the gun | battle earlier in the day with Her- bert Youngblood, negro companion of desperado John Dillinger in the latter’s jail escape from Crown Point, Indiana. The negro died let wounds received when he re- a grocery store. ~ IN GUN BATTLE dersherifm Victim of late yesterday afternoon from bul-| sisted capture when rounded up in| Reached by Mussolini at Conference - DILLINGER GANG | ROME, March 17.—Italy will help | write Austrian history after today. GUILTY MURDER\ A three-power consultative pact § under which Italy obtains possibly |a decisive voice in Austria’s future ;declsmns is announced, along with 4 . lan economic agreement, after a Charles Makley Must Die series of conterences between Chan- in' Chair for Slaying = |tlor Dolltuss, of Susrls, Eremics 5 ; | Goembogs, of Hungary, and Pre- Ohio Sheriff mier Mussolini, of Ttaly. The prime effect of the pact will s !be to bind Austria to confer with “Ll:]MAvn?hl& Msml IL-C‘IC’;“&"fllaly before making any move that | Makley, the second member Of tR€7might petray her independence. jJohn Dillinger gang, captured 1a5»i‘pamcular1y through a union with ;month in Arizona and relurncd‘Nflz‘ Germany. inere for trial, to face a charge of} P AT L | murdering Sheriff Jesse Sarber in a jail delivery, has been convicted PRESIDENTIAL | without recommendation of mercy | | { The verdict makes l by the jury. in | mandatory the death sentence the electric chair. SEARCH FOR DILLINGER PORT HURON, March 17—The search for John Dillinger continues| Harry Pierpont was convicted on lin this vicinity It is reported he|the same charge last week and sen- crossed the river from here toltenced to death in the chair. Sarnia, Ontario, in a rowboat with two Indians. H a;k;s No 'S(;ftée! A geti M afi week on the same charge March 17 A horse threw him and dragged ELDORA, Towa, broken ribs and a broken collar bone. A horse kicked him once, He's recovering in a ‘hosp:nl too, but there was no apparent from a fracture of his hip, sus-'gjamage. He sustained a skull frac- tained when he fell upon ice near |tyre in a fall from a bobsled his home. The recovery will be! Then at 80, he hit his s Hank’s sixteenth major one. survive an atack of double pneu- In his 83 years he's been struck'monu At 81 a paralytic stroke by lightning three times. He was stopped him for a time. But he buried in a coal mine once. He was back in the race at 82 to fell from a high trestle. Blown into the air by a cannon, he lost an arm and an eye. been buried under two tons of clay in an automobile accident later the and has fallen 30 feet over a cliff. same year, it, and how. horse and wagon ran over Russell Clark goes to trial n('xt' Rallying from 16th Accident * BOARD URGED FOR AIRLINES jCol. Rickenbacker Sug- { gests Supervision Be- fore Senate Com. | WASHINGTON; March 17.—Cre- Hank Shafer, 83 years old, “the him through a barbed wire fence. ation of a Presidential Regulatory ' pio 1iitle son and man of many accidents,” can take Hank came out of there with three Board to supervise the operation of | ;.4 wmlé trying to rescue her airlines was today advocated by |Col. Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s| War Ace, before the Senate Post |Office Committee. Col. Rickenbacker urged the President to purge his official family of those traitorous elements who misadvised him on the air mail.” Shortly after Col. Rickenback- He's And the bones were broken again tion of air mail over nine routes ernment by newspapers. at 12:01 am. Monday after i week's suspension, a Unless the N. R. A. program is| met, labor leaders hinted the strike will last until the “Government does enforce N. R. A" in the auto industry If the automobile executives an- nounce acceptance of Johnson's plan Tuesday, the walkout will be! called off | e .. —— FIVE PERISH WHEN TRAPPED IN HOME FIRE {One Family Is Wiped Out| i in Early Morning Blaze in Memphis i ! | | | MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 17.—| {Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hammond per-| ished with their two small children | and Mrs. Hammond’s unmarried |sister when fire trapped them early | itoday in an upstairs apartment in {the residential section. | | One of the children was a 12-| |day-old unnamed baby girl. The| |other child was Earle Hammond,| Jr., aged thr The unmarried sister was Miss Kate Kay, aged 20 years Hammond died | | trying to save Mrs, Hammond infant daughter. | Polish Nazi Party Reported Increasing| KATTAWICE, Poland, March 17. |—Claims that the Polish nazi par- ty in Silesia ‘has increased to a sustain a few broken bones when a er's statement it was announced membership of 6,000 have been him. the Army will resume transporta- called to the attention of the gov- Also the !fact that the nazis ha |paper called “Lightning.” a news-| newspaper Ethnos today said that Rumania, through King Carol's de- cree, has granted Samuel Insull permisoion to live for five years in Galatai, a city on the Danube, | eastern Kurhania. MARTIN INSULL IN CELL TORONTO, March 17.—Martin Insull, former Chicago utility of- ficial, and brother of Samuel Insull, waited in his cell here today for American police to come and get him and return him to Chicago on embezzlement and larceny charges. The Canadian Government yesterday permitted extradition of Insull. L ee— Flayhouses Gain Ten Million Fans HOLLYWOOD, March 17—Ten million persons were brought back to the movie houses as pairons during the first year of President Roosevelt's “new deal,” J. L. War- ner, vice president in charge of production of Warner Brothers- First National Studios, said today. Warner said the business of his firm showed a 15 per cent increase during the past year as compared with the previous year. “During the past six months,” he said, “we have been able to work our way out of the red and into the black.” e Former Students Of Washington U To Meet Monday A meeting of all Juneau and Douglas residents whe have at- tended the University of Wash- ington will be held in Grover Winn's law office Monday afternccn at 4:30 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss plans for the entertainment of the University of Washington Glee Club while here March 31 and April 1,