The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1934, Page 1

JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1934. 'BLOODSHED LOOMS IN SHIPPING STRIKE ' HEAT RECORDS BROKEN, MANY STATES i HOT WAVE IS l California’s Chietg l:jxé;:utivem ’Gflv. TROY ASKS: Destr;)—yed’i’ Macon -I"VIa; be Last of Our Diri'ginl_)les’ M‘[;RAI]Y FLIES REPORTED IN ' TOWASHINGTON 'MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ VOL. XLIV., NO. 6667. MIDDLE WEST | Temperature Reaches 102 Degrees in C hi!c ago— Hottest Ever [lécorded SNOW STORMS RAGE OVER THREE STATES Rain Helpsat in South-| west with High Winds in | Other Communities | | KANSAS CITY, June 2.—Snow | and all-time heat records made the | Nation’s weather map a crazy-| quilt. Snow storms ushered in the| month of June in Montana, Wash- ington and Idaho. Milwaukee sweltered under a rec- ord high of 103 degrees. | Forest fires have broken out in | the parched areas of New York,| Maine and Wisconsin. 1 In the southwest, scattered rains | brought relief from the heat and drought. | In some communities high winds | prevailed, especially in the,Middlel West. i The Federal Governnient has tak- en steps to aid the stricken areas| where drought prevails by an- nouncing $5,500,000 for ten states. The Winnipeg area received aj $1,000,000 rain. i STOCK PRICES | ENJOY RALLY, SHORT SESSION Moderate Recovery Takes; Place But No Excep- tional Activity NEW YORK, June 2.— After touching new lows for the year to date, leading stocks met mild sup- port at the short session today and either reduced or cancelled previ- ous declines. The moderate recovery was not accompanied by any exceptional activity and the close was irregu- lar. Wheat was off about two cents a bushel on rains in different drought sections. Case gained about one point. Steady Issues McIntyre-Porcupine, United States Smelting, Nickel, Depasco, American Telephone and Tele- graph, Auto Lite, Bethlehem Steel and others were steady to firm. Allied Chemical was off two points. American Can, Continental Can, Corn Products, Western Union, General Motors, Chrysler, Loews, National Steel and General Foods were about unchanged to a trifle lower. Cotton was firm. Rubber and silver futures were hesitant. CLOSING PRICES' TODAY NEW YORK, June 2— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 19%, American Can 91%, American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 13'%, Armour B 2%, Bendix Aviation 14%, Bethlehem Steel 30%, Briggs Manufacturing 16, Calumet and Hecla 4, Chrysler 37%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox PFilms 13%, General Motors 29%, Inter- national Harvester 30%, Kennecott 18%, Standard Oil "of California 317%, Ulen Company, no sale; Unit- ed Aircraft 20, United States Steel 38%, Warner Pictures 5% . One Request Made by President Turned Down Passes Away Today RO i RN 5 3 e MR, o 7 1 GOV. JAMES ROLPH, JR. SAN JOSE, Cal, June 2.—Gov. James Rolph, Jr., aged 64 years, died here today after a two weeks' illness. Lung congestion was given as the reason for his death. He was the 28th Governor of Cali- fornia and Mayor of San Francisco for 19 years and boasted that more people called him “Jim” than was the case with any other living man, Long Public Service Widely known through his ship- ping interests, his long public serv- ice and his willingness at all times to play a public role as greeter, parade leader or bestower of prizes, Rolph attracted national attention at least twice in his Gubernatorial capacity. The first came April 21, 1932, when he followed the example of three of his predecessors and re- fused to pardon Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings, convicted of murder in connection with the bombing of the 1916 “preparedness day” parade in San Francisco. Rolph, Mayor of the city at the time, was leading the parade but was several blocks away from the scene of the explosion. Another Sensation The other sensation was furnish- ed November 26, 1933, when he ap- plauded the work of a mob which on that Sunday lynched two men at San Jose. The victims, Thomas H. Thurman and John Holmes, had confessed the slaying of Brooke Hart, a young San Jose business men, after they had kidnaped him for ransom. The mob fury broke loose when Hart's body was found in San Francisco Bay. “This is the best lesson that California ever has given the coun- try,” said Rolph when informed of the lynching. “We show the na- tion that this State is not going to tolerate kidnaping.” The next day, enlarging on this sentiment, he promised to pardon anyone convicted of taking part in the lynchings. He said too that he was thinking of “paroling” to the San Jose mob several other kidnapers who were serving terms in California prisons. Was Vote-Getter Rolph, a large, well proportioned man of impressive bearing, was noted as a vote-geter. The larg- est number of ballots ever cast for a California Gubernatorial candi- date, 999,393, were counted for him in November, 1930. He took pride in that fact and also in the five successive 4-year terms, starting in 1811, to which he was elected as DIMOND TO AID | IN SETTLEMENT Gives Him Accurate Pic- ture of Situation Caused | by Shipping Tieup NO STARVATION NOW | BUT LOTS IN WINTER |1f Alaskans Can't Work Now They Must Be Fed During Coming Winter An occasional shipload of sup-' plies to relieve immediate needs is' not going to solve Alaska’s strike problem, only regular and adequate movement of shipping can do that. declared Gov. John W. Troy in & telegram sent late Friday to Dele- gate A. J. Dimond. It isn't a case ‘3 of starvation right now, but that will comé¢ next winter unless im-; mediate relief can be had, he em- phasized. The Governor's telegram to Mr. Dimond was in response for an in- quiry of the latter asking for a re- view and statement of current con- ditions resulting from the long- shoremen’s strike. Some Supplies Exhausted i Gov. Troy telegraphed the Dele- | gate as follows: | | “Re your telegram May 31, North Wind of Northland Transportation Company sailed. Wednesday even- ing; last sailing of American vessel | before that was Victoria May 18, Cordova left here yesterday south- bound finishing an extensive trip and his mother, Margaret NICol| o ; westward points. North Wind Rolph, was born in Edinburgh,|ym oo as far as Seward. There Smua"dj Rolph, nrl,gr gr‘aduau.on not now a ship of any kind north | from Trinity Qullege in his m\uve[of Ketchikan and only one bound city, worked in brokerage offices, | .ty |turned to banking and shippifi |~ wppere are no green vegetables and made, and lost, a forgxmc. anywhere. Fresh meat exhausted. | He dropped 33'_000‘0‘)0 in World At Cordova and elsewhere in the | War days oy oullding a ficet, of| west restaurants are rationing but- g y | ter, eggs, etc. Everywhere there is mand for cargo space at sea. Three | o onortage of food stuffs. Of course O s D Nere unk b7 b the situation is not like it would ider, ith str: ce Luckner. The otheis were Junkndl?fmwmaus:n::dmp:?dpl; o:e;:h;l,y when peace came. He worked tire- eat dairy herds. In other words lessly to recoup his losses and it| e have not reached the starvation was said in court in 1927 that he |poin was "about out of the woods.” In 1903 Rolph established the Mission Bank of San Francisco | and four years later the Mission | Savings Bank, a separate institu- tion. The 1906 fire, following the devastating earthquake of that year, intervened but served to bring him to the attention of the entire city for he organized and | directed a relief committee that aided thousands of stricken fam- ilies. Rolph was married June 26, 1900, to Miss Annie Marshall Reid of San Francisco. Two daughters and a son were born to them. CURACAO ARRIVES | SUNDAY NOON; WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK Thousands Are Idle “The big thing is that thousands of people are idle, including 4,000 trollers in Southeast Alaska alone, who are unable to work because they cannot market their catches. Halibut people for some time now have been selling their catches to be put in local cold storage plants. They get two cents a pound less for halibut sold to cold storage plants than they could get for | fresh fish. The end of space in cold | storage plants is close at hand. “Mine development is at a stand- }.qtill. The going mines will soon have to close for lack of powder and other supplies. * * * Develop- ment work at Berners Bay, Her- bert River, and various projects in the vicinity of Ketchikan, on Chi- chagof Island and elsewhere in Southeast Alaska not to mention Steamer Curacao, of the Alaska Steamship Company, feeder ship out of Cordova, operating to Kodiak and Cook Inlet, is due to arrive in Juneau tomorrow noon enroute to Ketchikan for a cargo of lumber for the westward. Passengers will be taken aboard here for Ketchi- kan. The Curacao is due back here next Wednesday or Thursday and will book passengers for westward ports. Nome fi;;get Ag;in Publishing Daily_' NOME, Alaska, June 2.— The Nome Nugget today began pub- lishing daily again with the regu- lar Associated Press Service. The daily service was abbreviated during |those in vieinity of Valdez, Cop- | per River, Seward, Moose Pass, Wil- low Creek country, Kuskokwim Valley, Iditarod, Flat, Kantishna, and elsewhere, through the Terri- tory, that ought to have been in progress two weeks ago is at a standstill. Immediately Means “Now” “Stagnation reigns all over the Territory, Bristol Bay and Alaska Peninsula canneries which produce most of the Territorial revenues may pack this year only if ships are released immediately. When I say immediately, I don't mean next week, I mean now. ! “Pacific Alaska Fisheries have six " (Continued on Page Seven) Raisig ARON WRECKAGE The theoretical “destruction” of the gbly result in Uncle Sam banning t! of Great Britain and France. For years the controversy as to the military value of big airships has waged, with the late Rear-Admiral Williani A. Moffett, victim of the Akron crash, one of the staunchest proponents. WHEN THE SHENANDOAH CRASHED. U. 8. S. Macon during the Navy maneuvers in the Caribbean will prob- he construction of gigantic dirigibles for military use, following the lead The Akron and Shenandoah disasters were in themselves the greatest arguments against the Navy dirigible program. And now that the Macon has proven an easy target for “enemy” aircraft the advocates of the irship have little left to offer in defense. V ! 4 oy “Queen of the Skies,” will be the last of her type. ‘Washington observers predict that the proud Macon, the Navy’s PAISONED 6UM WARNING SENT OUT OVER CITY Sample Package Nearly Causes Death to One En- tire Sacramento Family SACRAMENTO, Cal, June 2.—. plot to poison an entire family here was uncovered when an analy- sis of four sticks of chewing gum, found by Mrs. Georgia McKenzie on the porch of her home, revealed deadly poison. Similar packages, containing the same brand of gum, were found on porches of three other homes in| the same block, but it is not be- lieved they were “poisoned.” Mrs. McKenzie noticed a bitter burning sensation when she touch- ed the gum to her tongue so did not place it completely in her mouth. The police issued a warning that was broadcast to beware of sample gum. SAILORS STORM NEW YORK CITY Men from FTe_eI of 96 Ves- sels Ashore with $1,- 000,000 in Pockets NEW YORK, June 2—Twenty-| five thousand sailors with $1,000,000} in their pockets stormed this city| yesterday from the 96 naval vesszls| anchored in the harbor. | Postmen boarded the ships and delivered 100,000 letters to the biuc jackets. i - Black-tailed jack-rabbits are abundant through all of Eastern Colorado and also on the dry plains of the southwestern section. the winter months and only a weekly Nugget was published. ——e——— Chiseling on Liquor Boitles WASHINGTON, June 2.— The|Mayor of San Francisco. He re- Senate Finance Committee has de-[linquished the municipal post to cided nothing will be done this|become Governor. for a “compromise which would be Loses Millions less unjust to the Philippine peo-| He was born in San Francisco's ple” on account of the cocoanut'“Mission District” August 23, 1869. oil tax, His father was a native of London ALFRED ZENGER TO LEAVE ON BUSINESS TRIP SOUTH| wASHINGTON, June 2— The Alfred Zenger, mimber of ' (i United States Government is put- | business office staff of The Em-|!Ng & ban on chiseling on liquor | pire, will leave on a business trip|bottles—a process that makes a 22 to Seattle on the Princess Norah,|ounce bottle look like a full 32 due to sail from here for the south |ounce quart. Jseveral weeks, hol Administrator, made the an- to Be Stopped by Uncle Sam} | | nouncement today, explaining that! Two Strikes _ UNION ACCEPTS Averted Note AGE INCREASE y - EDISON STRIKE Threatenedml kouts |Twenty Per Cent Boost Steel, Cotton Industries May Notfike Place | Affects Nine Hundred Company Employees WASHINGTON, June 2— NRA| Chiefs today held out strong hope | that the threatened strikes in the | TOLEDO, Ohio, Jinie 2.—Three otton and' steel industries may be hundred union employees of the averted despite a last minute hitch Toledo-Edison Electric Company that deadlocked the employers and last night accepted the offer of union leaders in the textile contro- a 20 percent wage restoration and versy. called off the strike set for 7 NRA Administrator Johnson ex-,0'clock this morning. The agree- pressed the opinion that all points Mment affects 600 unorganized work- at issue may be ironed out. | ers. RIES N TN | The company officials believe the UNDER ARREST, GREAT BRITAIN SPY GHARGES, TO MAKE TOKEN Anulry Nikobiesi Csims' - DEBT PAYMENT He Was Born in Chicago President’s Statement —Not Getting Secrets Congress Causes Favor- mn to TOULON, June 2.—France's lat- est spy suspect, Anulry Nikolaj who are at- ki, told the police, tempting to prove he had designs against the great arsenal here, that he is an American citizen, born in Chicago, Tllinois, and furthermore that he had no interest in trying to determine where air bombs might be dropped in order to wreck the arsenal. His wife is also sought by the police. STOCK CONTROL MEASURE GOES T0 PRESIDENT Bill Provides for Appoinl-i ive Commission to Govern Market WASHINGTON, June 2.— The able Expressions | LONDON, June 2— Rellable j sources said Great Britain has ap- lpm‘ent]y reached an understanding | with President Roosevelt, on war debts and will make a token pay- | ment this month. | Political circles regard the Presi- | dent’s debt message to the Wash- \Kingwn Congress yesterday as chief- |1y a desire to give Congress a his- | tory of the problem up to date and {it is felt that it in no way is un- | friendly to Great Britain, | Informed sources said there is considerable satisfaction instead of ill-feeling and it is believed Great Britain believes a final settlement in the near future is not unm_(ely.‘ { FRANCE TO DEFAULT PARIS, June 2—France con-/ siders building defense against Ger- | many far more vital to her safety | | than smoothing relations with the! - T0 URGE ACTION ‘Strikers Shout for Fight to Finish as Shipping Deadlock Holds BOTH SIDES ADOPTING | JUNGLE LAW TACTICS Prompt Action Only Can { Prevent Loss of-Life | and Property i | l I SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 2. —New barricades sprang up today along the Pacific Coast as strikers ,shouted for a fight to a finish in the longshoremen’s walkout and Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secertary of Labor, abandoned hope of obtaining voluntary arbitration and boarded a fast plane for | Washington. | He announced he would urge Federal intervention, saying only prompt action can prevent bloode shed, property destruction and heavy damage to commerce. Adopt Jungle Law He declarea tnav poth sides have adopted the law of the jungle and that he will urge the Federal Gov= ernment to step in and take con- trol of the hiring of longshoremen at all points, possibly through a compulsory code. As Mr. Grady neared Washington to outline the situation to the President, a call for another coast wise conference of the strikers and shipping interests was issued by Timothy Reardon, State Director of Industrial Relations. He asked both sides to confer with him the feasibility of having local uniong in each port formulate its owmg agreement with employers. A falling off of business hay prompted the hotel men of this city to enter the strike in an en= deavor to assist a settlement of the walkout. Will See President Mr. McGrady in a long-distance telephone conversation with Mayor Joseph Carson, of Portland, said he would see President Roosevelt as soon as “the Chief” returns to Washington. He will make a per- sonal appeal for him to take action in the strike. As sporadic violence continued, local authorities in various ports, principally in California, increased precautions to prevent serious riot- ing Over 200 riot clubs, being manu- factured for a group of deputy sheriffs, were seized by 25 uniden- tified men in a raid on a Seattle woodworking shop. D! SS CHARTER PLAN In Seattle today there was much discussion along the harborfront of the possibilities of the Federal Government chartering and operat- ing vesels for Alaska. This plan, which was suggested a week ago by Judge Charles Reynolds, Fed- eral Mediator, and recommended by Gov. John W. Troy to the National Labor Board in Washington, D. C., is understood to be having serious consideration. USING SMALL BOATS KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June 2— Further evidence of the loss in- curred by American shipping lines serving Alaska was disclosed with the arrival of 235 Oriental can- nery workers for northern points. They are going to outlying can- neries in small boats, possibly using the freighter Curacao, of the feed- er service of the Alaska Steamship Company out of Cordova which has sailed for Ketchikan. — - MRS. GUY M'NAUGHTON AND DAUGHTER, MARY JEAN, TO SPEND SUMMER IN SOUTH Mrs. Guy McNaughton, whose within a few days he will issue!Stock Exchange Control Bill pass- United States and officials indicat- | husband is cashier of the B. M. ed this nation will defer another Behrends Bank, and their daughter, debt payment on- JUh® 15. Miss Mary Jean McNaughton, will It had been hoped that Presi-|leave Juneau on the Princess Norah standards for filling whiskey, gin,| rum and brandy bottles. | Administrator Choate also urged| a reductton in liquor tariffs, es-| pecially on whiskey, champagne,! hootleggers’ standby. ed both Houses of Congress yester- day and has been sent to the President for his signature. The bill provides among other things, a five man commission ap- next Tuesday. He will be absent for{ Joseph H. Choate, Federal Alco- |and brandies, which he termed the pointed by the President to regu- ilate the nation’s stock dealings. dent Roosevelt would show France| some acceptable way out of v.he‘ debt controversy. e An increasing amount of English | movie talent is being brought to Hollywood. on their way south to spend the summer. They will visit friends and rela- tives in Seattle, Portland and in California, returning to Juneau shortly before the opening of the school next autummn,