The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 22, 1934, Page 1

| | | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6684. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRI‘DAY, JUNE 22, 1934. ALASKA SHIP WO * * * * * * » * * * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS * * * * KERS CALLED OUT * * * LONGSHORE SIEGE AGAIN EXTENDED TO TERRITORY ANOTHER BLOW IS STRUCK AT BOOTLEGGERS Bottles Must Bear Inde- structible Marks— Not Be Refilled WASHINGTON, June 22. — By decreeing that every liquor bottle must bear indestructible marks of identification and refilling forbit- den, Secretary of Treasury Mor- genthau said he hoped to cut boot- legging and thereby cut the price of liquor by increasing legitimate sales as well as increasing gov- ernment revenue. One company, making a well- known rum, comp ained to the Government thaé 90 per cent of the liquor distributed under its name is illic BELL EXPECTED T0 REACH HERE ABOUT JUNE 7 Commissioner of Fisheries Sailed from Seattle on Brant Yesterday Enroute to Alaska on his annual field trip to study conditions in the Alaska fisheries industries and the seal herds, Frank T. Bell, Com- missioner of Fisheries, sailed from Seattle yesterday on the Fisheries flagship Brant, according to ad- vices received here today by Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Asst. Agent of the United States Bureau of Fish- eries. He was accompanied by Lemuel G. Wingard, Alaska Agent of the bureau. Secretary D. 8. Roper of the De- partment of Commerce, Mrs. Roper and two guests, who had been ex- pected to accompany the Commis-| sioner on the Brant, will leave Seattle Monday. 1t is understood they will travel on a Naval vessel at least as far as Juneau. Commissioner Bell will stop briefly at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg enroute here. He prob- ably will arrive in Juneau about next Wednesday. His stay here probably will be short as he will proceed to Bristol Bay and the Pribiloff Islands without delay. Tt is expected he will spend some- time here on his return from Western Alaska. Prior to his departure from Se- attle, the Commissioner predicted that 60,000 seal skins would be taken from the Pribilof herds this season. The mormal increase in the animals, he said, made this possible. Last year's take was about 55,000. - ATTEMPTS T0 KILL HITLER BIVEN DENIAL Government Press Forced to Issue Statement to General Public BERLIN, June 22—Nazi agents swept through Germany yesterday and today tracking down and spik- ing rumors an attempt had been made to assassinate Chancellor Adolf Hitler. So insistent were the reports that the Government Press De- partment issued a general deninl_ that any attempt had been made | on the Chancellor's life. PRI PR Making the Sad Sea Waves Bert Wheeler, screen comedian, has deserted the sands of the Pacifie for those of the Atlantic and is seen at Lido Beach, Long Island, with Miss Patty Parker who really is our reason for using this picture. STOCKS SLUMP - DURING FINAL TRADING HOUR 5l The Dupont Company made ShZYESPOf Ant Sadtei(::‘lesz the anncuncement today that re recipitate: synthetic rubber tires have : be uced acetylene, Toboggan Slide |~ Decn producedt SEam Acetylone NEW YORK, June 22. — Stocks salt and water, all home products. relapsed today in the final hour of trading and all categories show- | JRRASER: N O ed drops from fractions to three or ‘MoRE MYSTER more points. The close of the market was heavy. DEVEOLPS Now ‘MISSING’ CAS Wheat rallied and corn was eas- ler. {Efforts Reported Being Made to Raise Ransom United States Smelting, Manville, United States —Woman Disappears Synthetic Rubber | Tires Are Now f Produced in U. S. WILMINGTON, Del, June June 22.—Synthetic rubber tires | that look and wear like rubber tires is the achievement re- | ported for the first time in Johns- Rubber, Auburn and two to around preferred, Hudson, other shares lost three points. Down fractions to one point were American Telephone and Tele- graph, American Can, Westing- house, United States Steel, Beth- lehem Steel, a few rails, Dupont, Depasco, Standard Oil of New Jer- g ; SAN JOSE, Cal, June 22.—Ar- Heaviness of equities appeared on | . ncaments to obtain a large e il g 5 g v m'\enough sum to meet the ransom crea_ses and increased rre_lght CAr | jemand revived speculation here loadings for the week ending June|yoqsy that Mrs. Sibyl Pidanque, pmile BRAIN TRUST :‘ Explains Brain Is that of | turning passenger 16 which is due largely to miscel- laenous ore, grain and forest products. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 22.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine, stock today is 19%, American Can 96, American Power and Light 7,/ Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2%, Bendix Aviation 14%, Bethlehem Steel 33%, Briggs Manufacturing 16%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Chrysler 38%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films 13%, General Motors 31, International Harvester 32%, Kennecott 21, Southern Pacific 23, Standard Oil of California 34%, Ulen Company 2%, United Air- craft 18%, United States Steel 39%, Warner Pictures 5%, Pound $5.03%, Nabesna, bid 120, ask 1.30. PSP RS K TEACHER GOES SOUTH “Miss Hilma Shern, who has been teaching school at Haines and vis- | iting in Juneau for several weeks, is a passenger south on the Prin-, cess Louise for Seattle. ———.,e MRS. NOWELL RETURNS TO | JUNEAU FROM SEATTLE TRIP | Mrs. Willis E. Nowell was a re- from Seattle DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOURS |aboard the Aleutian. Mrs. Nowell, Warren Cunningham, District Attorney, of Port Chicago, Cal., is’ making the Southeast Alaska Tour | |who was away from Juneau for tory concession to cease operations. i wife of a prominent Panama ship- ping man, may have been kid- napped. Mrs. Fidanque has been missing since last Saturday. Department of Justice Agents, a United States Navy Intelligence Bureau Officer and the police have been pressed into the case. | Nebraska Convicts Idle r as NRA Shuts Factory LINCOLN, Neb., June 22.—Ne-| braska convicts, out of a job be-| cause of abandonment of a shirt| and trousers factory at the peni-| tentiary here, are® going in for athletics, education and longer hours of rest. The substitute activities have| been satisfactory so far, says Dep- uty Warden Dan Kavanaugh, but he hopes the legislature will ap- propriate funds next year to pro- vide new types of work. “It's true as ever that idle hands | are dangerous,” he says. NRA code restrictions caused the private company owning the fac- e Police Dog Slips Up INDEPENDENCE, Kas. — John Wesley's police dog, detailed to guard the clothes on the line in Elks Picnic Is | |Postponed 4 Until July 1 ! IS ADMITTED | BY JOHNSON: ‘The Elks picnic for the kid- dies of Juneau, originally an- nounced for next Sunday, has been postponed owing to a conflict in arrangements. Mar tin Jorgensen, Chairman of the Committee, announced the picnic will now be held on Sunday, July 1, weather per- mitting, at Lena Cove on the Eagle River Highway. © e 00000 0 President, Trust Is of All American People . . PRICE REVIEWS LASTSESSION'S RADICAL’ ACTS Other Side of Picture Shows| Graveyard of Scores of Proposals Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA Ad- ministrator, in an address here admitted there is a brain trust in ‘Washington, but the “brain is that of President Roosevelt and the trust is the faith of the whole American people.” Gen. Johnson further said the “brain trust is not a yes trust.” The President has advisers but “he represents the best brains of the cross section of the United States. “Some former Presidents took the counsel of men from Wall Street, men who looked as if they had just swallowed a water melon.” TRADE TREND CONTINUES T0 PUSH UPWARD Government Has Plans to Prevent Relapse — An- nouncement Be Made By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) So much has been said about the “radical” tendencies of the recent| Congress that almost everyone seems to have lost sight of the, other side of the picture. . A look through the .official file of bills which failed to pass would | surprise the reader of this dis-| patch. The file is a spacious graveyard of radical proposals. Tt seems to have been forgotten that Congress was born of a poli- tical revolution; that it brought to Washington such a collection of | NEW YORK, June 22—Business, the “wild and woolly” as never had continues to show a trend wwanil‘been seen before on Capitol Hill; recovery in spite of seasonal lnfl\l-I that there was general agreement ences, the Dun-Bradstreet Inc., re-|that the new Congress would be| view said today. | uncontrollable, irrepressible and The review asserted the slflwltull of the most intemperate ideas.! broadening _process, in evidence] For one thing, large-scale infla- since the first of the year, re-|tion was widely predicted. Many moved isolated peaks that outlined| members talked openly of “redis- progress a year ago, but left al tribution of wealth,” “Wall general level higher than it was at| street” was to be driven out of that time. | business. Every man was to be “Early estimates of fall distri-| legislated into a job. bution are runming 15 to 25 per| At the end of two years, infla- cent above last year's figures,” tion still is a dream. The big cor- the agency says, “as the Govern-| porations are, for the most part, ment seems determined to permit| paying bigger dividends than in no relapse in trade movements by 1932. The New York stock mar- plans which will be disclosed short- ket still does a thriving business. | ly and may result in a most lib- The poor still are poor, and sev- eral upward revision of that per- eral millions are jogless. } “SPIRIT OF ’'32” | To enumerate these facts does; (Dot minimize the steps which ac-j tually have been taken away from traditions of the past. They have| | been sufficient, perhaps, to give| | the recent Congress a place in his- tory as one of the most radical. ’ The creatiog of NRA and AAA, Suspension of \\"e gold standard, the tremendous spending program, direct relief and such vast social centage.” ——————— U. S. TREASURY MAY QUST ALL POLITIGAL MEN Bureau Heads Notified Em- ployees Should Not Hold Double Capacities WASHINGTON, June 22—The Treasury Department, scene of re- cent allegations concerning inter- related political and governmental jobs, has officlally notified em- ployees that they should not work for both the Government and a political party. Becretary Henry Morgent! said in a letter to all bureau he that it was his firm convi that no officer or employee of th Treasury Department ought to continue to hold any political par- ay offices.” In less official language he told Teporters that “a man cannot col- lect from Uncle Sam and a part both.” The Treasury is apparently only Department to inaugur: formal activity against ers holding party posts. men of other Departments that the situation did not erally apply to their organizat SRR Fo;;-l.egged Chick ventures as the Tennessee Valley project will be cited in future years as direct fruits of the re- ;volufionary spirit of '32. | Nor does the fact that these | steps were taken, for that matter, minimize the significance of those other things which Congress was expected to do, and didn’t. Know- ing its genesis, the historian may' even be a little surprised that the revolution stopped where it did. CHECKS AND BALANCES The reasons for this illustrate | queerly how the governmental system of checks and balances| sometimes operates. In some cases President Roosevelt did the check- ing; in some cases Congress, itself. Because the President put down | his foot, there was no free silver; | no payment of the soldier bonus (although two previous Congresses rated as less radical passed it); | no pay-off of depositors in closed | banks; no Frazier-Lebke farm 000,000 public works program. Because Congress itself called a halt, the Wall street regulation bill | was much modified; a securities act which aroused protest was| amended; in the graveyard are the Administration proposals to put teeth into the farm act and | of Sudder Point, Burnsby Isla h Y |ing a baiting table 10 fe - mortgage refinancing; no $10,000,- | Tired of B g e A recent ciny a Princess? oto of Princess Alexis Mdivani (inset), the former Barbara oolworth heiress, whose romance with the Georgian nobleman Hutton, Beiress suininotied het Fashor, Rrsakiye L. fario ‘ather, Franklyn L. Hutton, " "mochdh and a divorce is DISAGREE ON CODE CHANGES, RETAIL FOODS Merchants’ Association Meets Last Night—Will Ask Wade Make Rules After much discussion and friend- ly argument, local food dealers were unable to agree on amendments to certain sections of the original petition for modification of the NRA code, which was submitted to NRA officials in March and re- turned. The sections upon which is~ agreement arose were those setting opening and closing hours, defining the term “apprentice,” and setting a minimum wage for apprentices, according to H. J. Turner, Presi- dent of the Juneau Retail Food and Grocery Trade Association. It was finally decided to await the return of Deputy NRA Admin- istration Hugh Wade, who is ex- pected here within the next couple |of weeks, at which time the mer- |chants will ask him to make the necessary changes. CLUE REPORTED ASTOMISSING SEATILE CRAFT Baiting Table of Halibuter Katalla Is Reported to Have Been Found VICTORIA, B. C, June 22—A possible clue to the missing hali- buter Katalla, of Seattle, was picked up June 13, 50 miles north nd. The halibuter Prosperity, Capt A. C. Christeansen, reported find- long | painted gray, sz:l it is .held at Prince Rupert for identification ———————— GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF according to reports from Paris. American to the French capital, follow, PLUMBERS CODE APOPTED; HOURS CUT, PAY RAISED Employers and Employees Reach Agreement After Lively Session After a lively session lastihg until the “wee sma’ hours” of the morn- ing, the master plumbers and jour- neymen plumbers last night came to terms over their disputed wage and working conditions issues, it was revealed today. The agreement reached virtually extends the na- tional code for plumbers to the local industry. Earlier in the week the master plumbers met and agreed to adopt the code. , This was presented to the journeymen last night and they accepted it. The code calls for a 40-hour work week and payment for Journeymen plumbers at the rate of $1.20 per hour This is 20 cents above the scale previously in force here. INDIANS MAKE DESPERATE TRY AT COURT COST |Are Selling Horses, Cattle, | Raise Money to Defend | Murder Suspects | MERRITT, B. C. June 22— Indians of the Nicola Valley are making baskets, cutting and sell- wood and even disposing of and horses in an effoft $1,000 for the defense of ardson and Alex George, charged with the slaying of Dominion Constable F. H. Gis- bourne several weeks ago. This was revealed today leaders of the Indians. -oo Widen Entrance Gate CANADIAN NATIONAL COMPANY | ROUND TRIPPER ON RUPERT| Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Chappell, of on the Prince Rupert. | Seattle. about five weeks, spent most of the back yard, stepped into a shed her time while south visiting with to get out of a sudden showed. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nowell in When he emerged the clothes were gone, ) fortify oil control. CHIPLEY, Fla—A chicken with four legs was hatched in the po Until the congressional election try yard of Mrs. H. H. Welsch e~ returns are in, no one can foretell cently. Others in the brood were A GG normal, | (Continued on Page Two) Vancouver, B. C., are round tri passengers on the Prince Ruper | Mr. Chappell is General Superin | tendent of the Canadian National | Rallways and Steamships, with of- L fices at Vancouver. SAN FRANCISCO. — Deepening of the main channel through the crescent shaped bar off the Golden ! STOP WORKING ORDERSISSUED LAST EVENING / Union Officials Claim May-/ or Smith Violated Agree- / | ment on Alaska '_! DEMAND ARMED POLICE BE WITHDRAWN NOW Seattle Executive Asserts Port Will Be Opened . —Aid Shippers As a protest against the Seattle police participation in the longshore strike, union | officials in Seattle last night withdrew workers of Alaska ships when Mayor Charles L. Smith refused to remove the police forces from the docks. The above Associated Press :dispatch was received by The Empire last night and tells its own story that the long- shore strike has again ex- |tended the siege to include Alaska shipping. The Seattle longshoremen said that Alaska shippers and Mayor Smith abrogated the agreement recently made when Alaska shipping was released. The new blockade was an- nounced when the authorities ignered the demand that arm- ed police be withdrawn from the Seattle waterfront. The action again cuts off Alaska’s vital commerce. The order came after non- union crews ‘started unload- ing the British motorship Modavia at Pier 40 under po- lice protection. The representatives of the strikers announced withdraw- al of the crews from Alaska piers after two conferences with Mayor Smith. He was accused of breaking the agreement by which Alaska ships were to be loaded when he sent a big force of armed police to Pier 40. Mayor Smith issued a statement declaring the strik- ers’ action would not change his plans for opening the Se- attle port to commerce and denied the Alaska agreement had been broken by his action. No attempts at violence has re- | sulted and the Modavia's cargo was |completed and the cargo of the steamer Everett is to be unloaded at once. | New Hope Offered | An Associateg Press dispatch from “San Francisco says Federal intervention under the new Labor Disputes Act offered hope of set- tlement of the coastal longshore strike. Secretary of Labor Perkins' proposal of further conferences and reaching a settlement by arbitra- tion is under consideration. Jos- eph H. Ryan, President of the In- ternational Longshoremen’s Asso- | ciation is perfectly willing to meet py| With steamship company represen= | tatives, the dispatch says. | May Extend Strike | This afternoon a dispatch to | The Empire from the Associated Press from Seattle said the strik= jers threatened, as the port grad- ually opened to shipping, to lq |down an embargo in Europe, Aus- Gate is nearing completion after|irajja and the Atlantic. All ships four years of work. Entrance o peing loaded at Seattle are by | the harbour, once having a depth o of only 35 feet, will be 2,000 feet wide and 50 feet deep when the dredging task is completed, | non-union men. The longshoremen said the Al- -~ i