The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 28, 1934, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1934. Coats A three-quarter swagger will go well with sum- mer frocks — or a full length is also fitting. You'll wear these coats any where with pride— they're unusual at this price. Regular $35.00 coats for $22.50 Suits Swagger Suits, semi- dress Suits, Sport Suits. $22.50to $45.00 Dresses For afternoon and even- ing wear. Plain colors and printed sheers. Sizes 14 to 44. $16.50 to - @ Store closed all day Wednesday — May 30 — Memorial Day B. M. Behrends Co., Inc; “Juneaw’s Leading Department Store” “Brain Trusters Are Still in Limelight in National Capital (Continued rrow: Page One) “theorists are leading the country astray is heard almost every day * in Congress and is emphatically de- nied almost every night in a speech by one of the brain- » trusters. All signs point to a continuation of this debate throughout the campaign. MAKING POLITICAL BUTTER The po]mclan; are nov taking as serfously as they might the present movement to divorce party officials from the government pay- roll. Outwardly, it looked as if a tre- mendous change of heart had come » over the Senate when it passed « without a word of protest the Stei- | wer bill prohibiting Federal ap- + pointees from taking part in na- ' tional political conventions. Underneath, the Senators knew | perfectly well that although the| office-holders might be absent from o forthcoming ' conventions—possibly * taking it easy at nearby hotels or I on the other end of the long-dis-| « tance telephone—their spokesmen | * would be right on the job. The celebrated ‘‘Jim" Pbrguson] s of Texas taught the politicians _ something when, barred from the| + Governorship himself, he threw the | ;aumxm of his organization to his » Wife. Washington is full of the _ * “cousins and aunts” of public men, T and the vital statistics show that s few of them ever starve to death. 4 No one has noticed that any of 'i'fhe National Committeemen who +resigned rather than give up their g'_llhhlmn law practices have been driven into the breadline. They) till are the same men, having the| friends and very much the prestige as before. . There are more ways than one X M*k‘hq political butter. IN KEYSTONE STATE aul Codos (right in above cut) and Maurice Rossi (left) hold- ers of the non-distance record, hopped off from Lebourget, France, Sunday at 10 o’'clock a.m. (11:10 miles away, seeking to establish They carried 2,000 gallons of gasc contincntal air route. Joscph Lebrix, the silvery high-w NEW YORK, May 28.—Rossi cisappointed over their ill-luck. their proposed 6,100-mile flight in spilling and almost caught fire. crossed the South Atlantic landing Graf Zeppelin is also enroute over PLAN DIVULGED FOR RELIEF OF ' SITUATIONHERE Charter of Vessels by Alaska Railroad (Continued from Page One) works. Every hour of delay is add- ing to damage. Thousands of work- ing men are idle who would be at work if it were mot for the strike. Glood results achieved by Public Works Administration and Civil between San Francisco and San Diego. trans-Atlantic route and reaching America will fly over the trans- They are using the veteran airplane, the Judge Re;njds Suggests, p.m., Saturday, Eastern Standard Time) and headed westward over the Atlantic for California, 6,100 a new long distance flight record. line and expect to land somewhere They started over the ing menoplane, the same in which they established their present record of 5,653 miiles on a flight from New York to Rayak, Syria, in August, 1933, in 57 hours. FLIERS ARE FORCED TO LAND and Codos were forced to land at Brooklyn this afternoon when undue vibration of the wings had re- sulted by the heavy load of gasoline carried. The fliers indicated they would not continue the flight to San Diego. They had completed 3,700 miles of Both aviators were deeply 38 hours and 28 minutes. As they circled the field three times the two fliers dumped their| gasoline and as they were long in gliding down, the gasoline was still | While crossing the North Atlantic, a French tri-motored mail plane | fjreq at Natal, Brazil, from Africa. The the South Atlantic. morning by Gov. Troy from Charles W. Hope, Executive Secretary of the Regional Labor Board, saying the lpngshoremen meeting at Ta- coma Saturday conceded only the | loading of the North Wind. | "However, he added, the confer- ence will be reconvened tomorrow at which time the question of per- mitting sitpping north of Kusko- | kwim Bay and to Bristol Bay will again be discussed. The International Longshoremen’s | Association, he declared, favors 'THOMAS AND JOE | GEORGE TAKE OUT | PARTY ON ADA MAY| Thomas and Joe George werz | loading all Government ships. | French Fliers on Hop to U. S. i_flNGSHflREMEN PERMIT SECOND SHIP TO SAIL North Wind Will Be Car- goed for S. E. Alaska and Points to Seward | (Continuea from Page One) ! also said Government officials went into executive session immediately after receiving the longshéremen's | decision but it was #et known | when results of their conference would be released. Settlement Ni g This imorning, h;wnAssocmtgd Press dispatch from San Francisco suid both sides in the longshore- men’s strike, in which 20,000 Pacific | Coast maritime workers are in-! volved, seem closer than at any- time since the strike began, Assist- ant Secertary of Labor Edward F. { McGrady intimating he believed a settlement was possible tomorrow. It is stated here that no ma- chinery, ofily foodstuffs and medi- cine, will compose the cargo aboard the North Wind for Squtheast and Scuthwest Alaska ports as far as SBeward. MAY CHARTER SHIPS SEATTLE, May 28.—Charles W. Hope, Executive Secretary of the Regional Labor Board, sald the Government is arranging to chatter several vessels to carry supplies to ! Northwestérn Alaska. These sup- plies are of a non-commercial basis. He sald the Government is also seeking to negotiate the release of Iishing boats destined north of the Kuskokwim. RYAN PLANS ACTION SAN FRANCISCO, May 28— | President Ryan, of the I L. A, made a point blank demand this afternoon on shippers to disclose their stand on concessions after | the mediation conference was post- poned suddenly. Two new outbreaks occurred here and at Oakland today. Shots were ! in Oakland as the police rushed pickets. No one was in- jured. Three hundred men raided @ vessel here and there was hand- |to-hand fighting. Help Kidi If poorly functioning Kidn ® Bifie make 2o St o Gacnd | Up_Nights, Nervousness, Rheumatic Pains, Stiffness, Burning, Smarting, Itching, or Acidity try the guaranteed Doctor's Prescription Cystex (Siss-tex) lcy'ux —Must fix you up or money ( back. Only 75c at druggists. FOR Graduation Time We have appropriate CARDS and = U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER' BUREAU The Weather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., May, 28: Rain tonight and Tuesday; moderate southerly winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 30.04 52 6 SE 10 29.86 45 95 s 8 29.81 48 82 w 8 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Weather Cldy Rain Rain YESTERDAY | TODAY ’ Lowest4a.m. 4a.m. Precip. 4s.n. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 16 16 8 Trace Cldy 20 20 10 0 Cldy 26 26 0 Clear 30 30 04 Cldy 40 40 .01 Cldy 32 " 34 ‘Trace Cldy 38 40 0 Cldy 36 36 .01 Clear 36 36 4.28 Rain 45 45 A3 Rain & a 10 Cldy 50 52 20 Rain 50 54 .02 Rain | 40 42 Trace Clear | 54 56 0 Clear 1 1 Highest 4p.m. | temp. temp. | 16 16 32 30 34 32 44 40 60 56 40 38 46 44 52 52 42 42 53 52 51 - .. B4 60 . 62 62 4 2 s k( 82 82 68 56 Station Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul . Dutch Harbor ... Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan ... Prince Rupert .. Edmonton ... Seattle Portland s 58 5¢ 0 Clear San Francisco .. 54 56 0 Cldy The barometric pressure is moderately low from the Arctic Coast to the Gulf of Alaska with rain in Central and astern Alaska, with over four-inches in twenty-four hours at Cordova. - The pressure is mocderately high off the Pacific States and near the Aleutian Islands with partly cloudy weather over Western Alaska. Temperatures have ialden. in Central and Western Alaska. Daily Cross-word Puzzle o~ AGROSS ¥ Solution of Saturgay’s Puzzie ¥ 14 Entangls | 1. Wooden pin | 4 Pack 3 16, Sea eagle -l (PARPIEIARTSHGIATTE ** *apkment: 13 ovem: comb, |AILIE[EMMAIGIEINITINAICIETS| 11. Remunerate w g [CIONET IDIENICIE] 1t Senee [SIPIAIT NS TIORM] 16. Attention : Attention BLETRZEEAIL]S] ing D IE[FEIRIEINICIE] g-:‘ff» _ [ElCIOMTIRIL] vorite E [RIRIS] L et " " IDIEIT{UNIERER|A KM vIE €] thrbare o [SEUDIYMSITRRIANGIEIRIS] 32 foupdish (L[SIE[RIE EMEIRIATY] Srantecs, EL [THRS[AIRIDISEETIRIATDIE] 3 Sorpie™t,.. 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Opinion is unanimous that the result will influence the trend of this year's campaign in many states | where Republican leaders have been undecided how far they should go in asking the voters to| repudiate XKir. Roosevelt. | - e — SEATTLE SPORTSMEN HUNT AT PYBUS BAY Enroute to Admiralty Island for a brown bear hunt, L. F. Stagg and C. J. Martin, Seattle sports- men, arrived in port yesterday on the Dora C., cannery tender of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Cor- poration. They remained over until today to buy supplies and attend to other business. ‘They expect to hunt mainly in the vicinity of Pybus Bay and south from there. — e CARL LINDSTROM, OF DOUGLAS, TO SPEND VACATION IN SOUTH Car! Lindstrom, of Douglas, is a southbound passenger on the Prin- cess Norah bound for a month's vacation to be spent visiting frienas and rclatives in Bellingham, Wash- ington. Senator Wheeler Is to Seek Re-election Tractors to Go Into Cassiar NEW YORK, May 28— Charles Dedaux, Freng h-born CHICHAGOF .MAKES. - TRIP 7O CORDOVA' WITH PASSENGERS Yesterday morning the seaplane Chichagof, of the Alaska Southern Airways, piloted ‘by" R. E. Bils, took off agaln for' Cordova, after being forced back oii Priday by fog. Passengers leaving here were Sene ator T. J. DeVane, 1. P. Taylor and Hugh Wade. ' THe Chichagof arrived in Cordova late yesterddy afternooh, f"to word re- ceived last evening by A. B. Hayes, Manager. No word had been received re- garding the Batanof or the Chi- chagof, or when they expected to leave for the trip to Juneau, up to 2 o'clock alternoon, MRS, C.V.KAY, mm LEAVE FOR SO Ig§ | PRINCESS NORAH ON SUND. Mrs. C. V. Kay and her daughter, WASHINGTON, May 28.—Sena- tor Burton K. Wheeler, Montana Democrat, has formally announced | his candidacy for re-election. S e ! MISS GLADYS FORREST CALLED | Called seuth by the serious illness of her father in Portland, Ore., Miss Gladys Forrest, of the Gove ernor’s office staff, high for 1934. south on the Princess Norah. She {the Princess Norah for SOUTH BY FATHER'S ILLNESS about two i R L, Y TR left for the sition, Miss Marguerite Protzman, left on le where the latter will enter the Viiginia Mason Hospital for treat- ment. They wgfi“” be away for smn Caspersen, superintendent LV Bt S for rs, Po- according to Infor: Te- ceived here, and v be replaced Republican poli- |expects to be away for at least a by Fred Morton, formerly with the looking for an month. ‘Bur““ of Fisheries. ishing. “If canneries are not permitted to get into action quickly, the Ter- ritery will not have sufficient reve- nues to function. If people do not get to work immediately, public relief during the next winter will cost many times more than it did last winter.” o Wires Secretary, Also Gov, Troy immediately informed Secretary TIckes of his action and stressed the damages already re- sulting from the continuation of| the shipping tieup. S8almon trollers have been thrown out of employ-| ment in large numbers because they haveé no market for their fares. The halibut industry is also feeling the effects. Construction, public and private, is handicapped. The situation ns to cause & crisis in the .| affdirs of the Pioneers' Home at Sitka. ‘There are more than 100 old men now living in temporary quarters in Sitka while the new Home is being constructed. If the new is not finished before veéal winter weather sets in they i suffer considerably. With move- ment of supplies and materials shut oft from Seattle, the work is bare- 1y, moving and will shortly have to be clo down completely if pre- sent conditions are not relieved. Road building and other public| construction is being delayed and hundreds, depending on that ac- tivity for work, are still on the un- | mployment list. These conditions ave been laid before Washington authorities to reinforce the recom- mendation for government charter of the idle shipping. * Meet Again Tuesday f'A message Was received this Though it was primarily a fishing | trip, and some time was spent off the lower end of Douglas Island strip fishing for salmon, the water was so choppy that it was almost ! impossible to sink a line, and they reported practically no luck. From Marmion Island they cruis- ied to Green Bay and circled the salvage operations at the Islander. j They boarded the barges and spent considerable time discussing the {work with the crew. The latter de- |clared they expect to float the | wreck during high tide sometime {in June. Those making the trip | were Judge G. F. Alexander, Frank Booth, Paul Bloedhorn, Albert Wile, Homer Groman, Paul Monroe, Ed. Townsley, in addition to the hosts. ——————— FIRST FISHING TRIP TO LAKE HASSELBORG MADE OVER WEEKEND BY PLANE On the first fishing trip of the spring into Hasselborg Lake, the seaplane Patco, of the Panhandle Alr Transport Company, left here Saturday with a party made up of E. E. Ninnis, C. Johanson and L. E. Tucker The fishermen remained at the Alaska Southern Airways’ cabin on the lake Saturday night and the Patco returned for them late yes- terday afternoon They reported plenty of trout and everything in fine condition at the cabin. — - | MR. AND MRS. LEE BARRAGAR LEAVE ON VISIT TO SOUTH Mr, and Mrs. Lee Barragar left here on the steamer Princess Norah for Seattle where they expect to visit for the next six weeks. 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