The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 8, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6672. SIXTEEN PAGES JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA CARGO VESSELS RUSH LOADING ROOSEVELT PLANS PRESIDENT HAS NEW PROPOSALS FOR CONGRESS | National Insurance Planned| for Men, Women, Chil- dren of Nation WANTS ENACTMENT OF HOUSING BILL| Chief Executive Replies to Critics — Propose Something WASHINGTON, June 8—Con- gress was told today by President Roosevelt that he is preparing a vast plan for social insurance for security “of the citizen and his family.” This, with another national plan, for land and water resources, will be laid before Congress next win« ter. “Among the objectives, I place the security of the men, women and children of the nation as first” | declared the President. Want Decent Homes “The people want decent homes | to live in and they want to lo- cate where they can engage in productive work. They also want | some safeguard against misfortunes which cannot be wholly eliminated in this man made world of ours,” further said the President. National Plan “When the next Congress con- venes, I hope I will be able to present a carefully considered na- tional plan covering development to human use our national resources of land and water over a long per- iod of years. The plan involves abandoning of millions of acres for | agricultural use and replacing them | with better land,” continued the President. » Hits at Critics President Roosevelt struck at| the critics who say the Govern- ment should devote itself to recov- ery first and reform later by say- ing: “It is childish to speak of recovery first and reconstruction afterward. In the very nature of processes of recovery we must avoid destructive influences of the past.” Is Declaration The President’s remarks about homes is interpreted as a declara- tion for enactment of the Housing Bill this session and is intended to| encourage repair and building ofi homes by partial Government guar- | antee of loans. The New Deal About the new deal, in general, the President said: “We have sought to put forward a rule of fair | play in finance and industry. “It is true there are a few among us who would still go back. Those few offer no substitute for| gains already made nor any hope | | | for making future gains for hu-| man happiness. Wolf Cries! “They loudly assert that indi- vidual liberty js being restricted by the Government but when asked what individual liberties they have lost, they put it to the answer.” This clearly is the wPresident’s reply to any opposition his Admin- istration expected to encounter in the coming campaign. LITERARY PAIR IS HEADED FOR NORTH (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Skipperdd by Milton A. Dalby, author of “Dynamite Johnny O'Brien,” and manned by a “crew” consisting of Lloyd Parry, the Wee Yot, a fourteen-foot outboard mo- torboat, will leave Tuesday to cruise Southeast Alaska. To save time and more quickly bring them to the scene of their activities, Dalby, Parry and the! Wee Yot will Jjourney to Craig aboard the halibut boat, President, as guests of Capt. Tom Thompson. , . They will cruise the San Lorenzo Islands, shooting moving pictures and gathering material for a series of magazine articles. — - KETCHIKAN PAINTER DIES Fred E. Smith, 57, Ketchikan painter, died recently as the re- sult of cerebral hemorrhage at his home near Mud Bay. TWO NEW DEALS Drunk Drivers Held Chief Death Cause SACRAMENTO, June 8.—Intoxi- cated drivers were held to major blame for an alarming increase in the death and accident toll on Californiz highways during the first three months of 1934. Highway crashes claimed the lives of 607 persons during this period, an increase of 126, or 26 per cent, over the same period last year. In addition, 10582 were in- Jjured, a 782 increase, or 8 per cent. An analysis disclosed a 23 per cent increase in the number of drivers reported to hav e been dinking and involved in accidents. 6OV, TROY AND OTHERS TO BE PARTY GUESTS Big Banquet Will Be Held at Douglas Tonight, Bridge Celebration Gov. John W. Troy and twelve other men from Juneau will be the guests of honor at the big ban- quet to be given at Mike's Place in Douglas this evening by the Chamber of Commerce of that en- terprising community in celebration of the beginning of construction on the Douglas bridge. Plans have been afoot for some time for this event at which hom- age will be paid to Gov. Troy and others responsible for securing the appropriation for this link between the Island and the mainland. Many people from both Douglas and Ju- neau will attend the public affair tonight to celebrate the closer as- sociation which will result when the communities are joined by the bridge. The affair is to be a turkey din- ner with every added touch that the chef at Mike's Place could think up to add to the delightful meal which has been planned. For a few dreary hours, Mike Pusich and the Douglas Chamber of Commerce committee was worried for fear the turkeys might be held up by the longshoremen’s strike, but an ex- change of radios removed that dark cloud, and since then all plans have gone smoothly. In addition to the sumptuous repast, an inter- esting program has been planned. Waitresses for the occasion will be chosen from among the attrac- tive youpg girls of Douglas. Every- one in the city is, figuratively speaking, on his toes to see that the banquet is a success in every way, and to judge from the prev- ious entertainments given by Doug- las, i will be. e MANY DI FOR DILLINGER GOLD TUCSON, Ariz., June 8.—Believ- ing that a large sum of money was buried near here by the John Dillinger gang of desperadoes be- fore they were captured January 25, more than a score of fortune hunters are spading up the des- ert. According to a statement given police by Harry Pierpont, under death sentence in Ohio, the loot from bank robberies was cached away before the arrests. Pierpont was apprehended on the outskirts of the city and it is there that the gold search is under way. “Authoritative” maps are also being sold to the guillible, show- ing about where the money was supposed to have been hidden. They contain elaborate diagrams and use plentiful directions. ——————————— YOUTHFUL BRIDES Two members of the Ketchikan High School graduating class of 1934 became brides recently when Miss Virginia Ericksen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ericksen, married Arthur Thompson, Forest Service employee, and Miss Phoe- be Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, married S8verre Gordon. STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE, BROAD FRONT Breaking of Drought and Averting of Steel Strike Reasons for Upturn NEW YORK, June 8—Stocks ral- lied today with prices advancing | one to around five points over a| broad front. The upturn is attributed partly to hopes the steel strike will be avert- | ed. Today’s close was strong. Sales totalled over one million shares. Breaking of the drought may also have been a factor in the improve- ment sentiment. Grains were up more than one cent but subsided under profit taking, Some Spurts Dupont spurted five points. Up three or more than four points were American Telephone jand Telegraph, Allied Chemical American Can, Chrysler, Case, Sears-Roebuck, Macy, Penny, Santa Fe, Union Pacific. {a young Soviet marine engineer. MOSCOW, June 8.—A ship built of cardboard, which will carry 100 persons and speed across smooth water at sixty miles an hour, is the latest invention claimed in So- viet Russia. “Plastic mass” is the name given to the new shipbuilding material by its inventor, Alexander Gartwig, It is cardboard, prepared under great pressure at high tempera- ture, and he declares it is water- proof and of great durability. The cardboard ship is to be built along the lines of a seaplane, lack- ing only the wings. Russians Plan H, l_tge Speed Ships Built of Cardboard Passenger quarters will be inside the two large pontoons, each twen- ty-two meters long, which float on the surface of the water and are connected by an inclosed bridge. Two sets of twin screws, powered by Diesel motors, will furnish the motive power. Sleeping querters of the Pullman car type will occupy the inside of the pontoons. Above there will be passenger desks and in the inter- ior of the covered bridge connect- ing the twin boats will be a sa- loon, a restaurant and special rooms for indoor sports. WORKING HARD - T0 STAVE OFF STEEL STRIKE [Efforts to E;rt Walkout June 16 Are Renewed Others Up Shares up one to two or more points included General Motors, Bethlehem Steel, Douglas Aaircraft, Deere, Montgomery - Ward, New York Central, Southern Pacific, Celanese, Schenley, United States Smelting, American Smelting, Ken- necott, Anaconda and others. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 8—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 207%, American Can 98%, American Power and Light 7%, Anaconda 15%, Armour B 3, Bendix Aviation 16, Bethlehem Steel 34%, Briggs Manufacturing 17%, Calumet & Hecla 4%, Chrysler 43%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films 15, General Motors 33%, Southern Pa- cific 247%, Standard Oil of Cali- fornia 37, Ulegn Company 2%, Unit- ed Aircraft 22, United States Steel 42%, Warner Pictures 6%, Pound $5.06%, Nebesna bid 1.03, ask 1.10. BAER-CARNERA BOUT GOES ON NEXTTHURSDAY Scheduled Fight to Take Place — Both Men in Proper Condition NEW YORK, June 8—Max Baer and Primo Carnera are reported to be in satisfactory condition for their fight next Thursday night and the New York State Athletic Commission has ordered the fight as scheduled. The fight order was made de- spite Bill Brown, one of the mem- bers of the Commission, expressing the opinion that Baer was not in 1it shape and the bout should be called off. PARTRIDGE IS DUE JUNEAU TOMORROW; FIRST CLASS MAIL The mine-sweeper Partridge, which left Seattle June 5 with mail for Alaska points, should be due here sometime tomorrow, accord- | half million dollar relief program. by Gen. Johnson | WASHINGTON, June 8.— New ! moves to rid the steel industry® of |a threatened strike centered herc | with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, Re- ! covery Administrator, sfriving . to avert a strike on June 16. . Gen. Johnson has summond Michael E. Tighe, President of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, for anoth- er conference. |‘ Gen. Johnson’s proposal for a| special labor board for the steel | |industry is still under considera- | tion, | The various steel companies made |It known they are willing to ac-| |cept the suggestion conditionally. | —,——— { RELIEF PLANS CONTINUING IN DROUGHT AREAS Rains Have Not Gvercome! Great Disaster in United States WASHINGTON, June 8—A warn- ing that the drought is still a dis- aster despite a fifty million dollar rain in Minnesota and the Dako- tas and continuing rains in other sections, prompted the relief ad- ministration to carry on with a ———eo CRIME LAW GIVEN OKAY FOG CAUSE OF PLANE TOPUT DOWN AT NIGHT Rescue Party Leaves for Forest Wilderness in Cascade Mountains SEATTLE, June 8-—A plane of {the United Airlines and a crew of 125 men afoot are enroute to the forest wilderness in the Cascades cast of here for the wreck of a Tl . Airline passenger plane fog-beund mountains. ‘Three of the nine persons aboard the plane were injured. Dwight Hansen, copilot, fought his way through the virgin forest to take the news to a logging com- pany railway last night after the crash, A girl passenger, pilot and co- pilot were the only persons injured. FIVE ARE INJURED SEATTLE, June 8—Four persons besides Dwight Hansen were in- jured in the plane crash accord- ing to information received here this afternoon. Helen Curran, of Seattle; Rob- ert Clark, of Wenatchee, passen- gers; Pllot Ben Redfield, pilot, and Miss Daisy Moony, Winthrop school | teacher. PRIZE BEAUTY IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Miss Universe of 1930 Is NEW CODE IS BEING FRAMED: EXTENSIVE ONE Will Cover Hundreds of Smaller Industries in United States SHORTER HOURS AND HIGHER WAGES PLAN Labor’s Righl_to Organize Is Recognized—Dishon- esty to Be Banned WASHINGTON, June 8—NRA will soon announce one big “ready made” code for several hundred miscellaneous industries whose pacts are not completed. This basic code will be almost as simple as the President's re- employment agreement with which NRA started a year ago. ‘The new “ready made” code aims to give to minor industries regula- tions which may be easily enforced yet reach NRA's chief objectives as to shorter hours and higher wages and thus provide more jobs and put more money into circulation. Wages are not to be beiow the living levels. The new code will also provide for recognition. for labor's right to |which crashed in the trees in the |organize and bargain and will pro- hibit commercial dishonesty and| obvious forms of unfair trade prac- tice. ——————— REPUBLICANS NOW PLANNING FOR CAMPAIGN Five Hundred Are Reported Homeles$ As Result, Tornado NEW YORK, June 8—Eight persons have lost their lives, 500 are homeless and property damage estimated at least a million and a half dollars, is the toll resulting from a hur- ricane in San Salvador accord- ing ¢ a wireless report re- ceived here late this afternoon. Martial law has been declared, according to a report from the Pan-American Airways office. SHIP RELEASES ARE HAILED BY TROY WITH JoY Will Yet Have Good Sea- son, He Declares as He Wired His Thanks Confidence that Alaska will still have a prosperous season now that the shipping tieup is ended was expressed today by Gov. John W. Troy, at he wired his official ap- preciation to the longshore umion and those who were most active in the effort to exempt Alaska from the general strike picture. “That's great news, and we deep- ly appreciate the concessions made by both parties in' arriving at the settlement,” the Governor declared when informed of Associated Press dispatches announcing it. morning in a radiogram from Frank A. Boyle, Territorial Auditor now in Seattle. Several Messages Sent Among those to whom the Gov- ernor sent messages of appreciation were: Secretary Harold L. Ickes, of the Department of Interior; Delegate Dimond, Senator Robert L. Wagner, Chairman of the Na- tional Labor Board; Gov. Clarence D. Martin, of Washington State; and Dewey Bennett, Secretary of Believe, by Hard Fight, They May Gain 'Some Seats in Lower House CHICAGO, 1IL, June 8.—A fight mediate and definite objective of the Republicans, according to Hen- ry D. Fletcher, newly elected chair- man of the Republican National Committee. Fletcher announced that many seats in the lower House could be won in the fall elections if a big fight is staged, he believes. The Executive Committee plans to coordinate in a unified attack of the new deal. Chairman Fletcher conferred with the committeemen with the result Crushed to Death— Companion Injured PASADENA, Cal., June 8.—Dor- othy Dell Goff, aged 19, Miss Uni- verse of 1930, former Ziegfeld Fol- lies Girl and recent screen star, ‘WASHNGTON, June 8.—Striking | at racketeers and criminals preying on interstate commerce, the House | Judiciary Committee has favorably | reported an Administration bmi providing a ninety-nine year max-| imum prison term and heavy fines for persons guilty of such crimes. Wireless from China ing to Mrs. Lottie Spickett, post- mistress, although no definite in- formation has been received here since the vessel left Seattle. The Partridge carries first-class mail only. Mail was transferred from the Adelaide to the Curacao in Ketchi- kan and will not arrive here until Sunday instead of tomorrow on the Adelaide as anticipated. The Ade- laide, however, will take mail south from here tomorrow night. The Curacao will take mail to the Westward Sunday. — e, The principal business of the Ketchikan Boy Scouts on their an- nual 10-day outing will be a two- day search for Hidden Lake, shown on the maps as the source of White River. Expeditions for the past four years have been unable to lo- cate the lake. Shows. 5-Fold Growth, PEIPING, June 8.—Wireless traf- | fic out of China has increased | nearly five times over the figures for 1929, a report by the Ministry | of Communications has revealed. | Last year's outgoing wordage to- talled 2,250,000, providing a revenue of $3,000,000 silver. | Twelve circuits have been insti- | tuted to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Dutch East, Indies, Macao, United States (two), France, Ger- | many, French Indo-China, Switzer- | land, Soviet Russia and Great Britain, ——eo—— | OCCUPIES SUMMER HOME i Ludwig Nelson, local jeweler, has moved into his Auk Bay sum- mer home, where he will reside for the next few months, ) [two telephone poles at their bases was killed in an auto accident early that all intra-Party organization work, for the first time, will be in one unit to attempt to win the na- tion away from the Roosevelt Ad- ministration. Theories have already been broached with the immediate goal, control of the House. this morning, and her companion, Dr. Carl Warner, surgeon and so- cialite, was fatally injured. Miss Goff and her companion had just left Altadena Inn, where they had attended a gay party, and were traveling at a high rate of speed when the sedan was hurtled from the road, sheared off and crashed into a concrete light standard. The sedan was telescoped about half of its original size. Miss Goff won the title of Miss Universe, being the prize entry from New Orleans. - e — VALDEZ COUPLE ELOPES Miss Marian Sullivan, daughter of Harvey Sullivan, former United States Marshal for the Third Di- vision, and Prancis Burch, young merchant of Valdez, recently eloped to Seward, and were married by United States Commissioner E. P. Harwood. —_——————— BAMAN ILL Henry Baman, resident of the Auk Bay community, has been con- fined to his home for the past few days with a light illness. NAVY CADETS FOR SERVICE WASHINGTON, June 8—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed a bill which will permit all June grad- uates of the Naval Academy to au- tomatically go into the navy as en- signs and those members of the 1933 graduating class who were honorably discharged because of lack of vacancles to reenter the navy under certain qualifying reg- ulations, The measure has been urged by the service for the past several years, during which time lack of vacancies in the navy’s line has driven a great many graduating midshipmen into civil life. et SATURDAY AFTERNOON OFF Anchorage eity employees with the exception of, those in the pumping plant, fire department and police department, are grant- ed every Saturday afternoon off during the months of June, July, August and September, as the re- sult of recent action by the City Council. the Seattle Longshoremen's Union, and through him to President Joseph* P. Ryan, President of the International Longshoremen's As- sociation. Tendering his thanks to the un- Mr. Bennett, said: “On behalf of the people of Al- aska, I thank you for releasing| Alaska shipping. We hope we shall yet have an active summer season in this Territory. Thank you and| all longshoremen and union offic-| fals. Please extend these thanks to | President Ryan of your organiza-| tion. Wires Ickes and Dimond The Governor sent identical tele- grams to Secretary Ickes and the | Delegate as follows: “Alaska ship- | ping has been released and boats are loading for the north today in| Seattle. Thanks to you and all who helped. - We are hopeful of a| good summer season in Alaska.” | To Senator Wagner, Gov. Troy wired as follows: “Alaska shipping released last night and ships are loading for Alaska today at Seattle. ‘Thank you for your fine assistance | to the Territory.” The Governor wired Gov. Martin: “For this office and the people of Alaska, T thank you for your earn- est efforts in behalf of Alaska dur- ing the recent longshoremen's strike. Thank God that Alaska shipping is released and we have an opportunity to return to normal conditions. We still expect a good season.” Ends Long Worry And, after having started these messages on their way, Gov. Troy leaned back in his chair with a sigh of relief. For the first time in almost four weeks, he could af- ford to view the year ahead with anything like comfort. 'With the settlement reached in Seattle yes- terday, a heavy load was lifted from his mind and he could afford to plan his activities for the rest of the summer. Those plans, however, will be held in abeyance for a day or two while the Governor takes a short breathing spell. It is the first he has had since the tieup threatened to ruin Alaska and its industries and population. Sl G s— Siamese kittens usually are left with their mothers until they are three months old. He was/| also advised of the settlement this| SETTLEMENT IS MADE RELEASING ALASKAN BOATS All Shipping to" Territory Exempted from Pacific Coast Tieup SIX VESSELS TO BE LOADED IN WEEK-END Northland Sails Saturday— Other Vessels Taking on Cargo for North An agreement was reached last night separating Alaska from the remainder of the Pa- cific Coast in the longshore- men’s strike and releasing all shipping out of Puget Sound ports to the Territory. Word of the successful culmination of negotiations which began last Monday was received by The Empire early Thursday evening and by Gov. John W. Troy “early this morning. Loading of vessels began this morning and six are due to leave for Alaska over the week- end. The agreement was sign- ed last night between the op- erators and district longshore union officials under the pro- visions of which 1,200 maritime workers will be put back to work. NORTHLAND OUT SATURDAY ‘The motorship Northland of the Northland Transportation Company will sail for Southeast Alaska ports Saturday midnight. The Arthur J. Baldwin, operated by the Arctic Transportation Company, will sail for Nome Monday. Other vessels to be loaded over !the weekend include the W. M. Tupper, Santa Ana Steamship | Company, for the Kuskokwim, Der- | blay for Seward Peninsula, Alaska !steamshlp Company; Zapora for Southeast Alaska, and Norco for Southeast Alaska. | The Northland Transportation Company said it would hurry the Northland north and return so it can sail again on June 18. The for control of Congress is the im-|ions, Gov. Troy in his radiogram mi North Wind leaves on June 25 for all Alaskan ports. No mention is made of plans of the Alaska Steamship Company for resuming its regular schedule of sailings to Southeast and South- west Alaska nor of the Victoria for Nome. Victory For Union The agreement is declared to be a victory for the strikers, by Ralph Lomen, President of the Arcti¢ Transportation Company. Under its provisions all workmen will be hired by the unions in their own halls, giving the strikers the recognition sodght and over which all negotiations heretofore have foundered. The men will go back to work at pre-strike wage scales pending a new wage agreement which will be arbitrated immed- lately. The remainder of the Pacific Coast was still in the grip of the strikers. BOMBS ARE DROPPED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 8.— Bombs dropping from the air add- ed a touch of modern warfare to the longshoremen’s strike as the blockade of all districts, except Al- aska, continued today. An agree- ment, which has been held by the refusal of strikers to work with a group of non-striking employees of the Alaska Steamship Company, will be signed today. J. P. Ryan, I. L. A. President, declaring the agreement should have a great effect on the coastwise strike generally, said: ‘It showed where the shippers give us the con= sideration to which we are entitled, there is no trouble ending our dif- ficulties.” Hopes for a general set- tlement center about the proposal for Government participation of control of hiring halls.” Alaska Ships Unhampered Mayor Charles L. Smith, after conferring with Mr. Ryan, an- nounced from Seattle that theload~ - ing of all Alaska cargoes would be- gin at once and the shipping to the north would proceed unham- pered by the coastwise strike. R ‘The settlement accepted by rep-