The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 6, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE( /) VOL. XLIV., NO. 6695. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS SIXTEEN PAGES :ALASKA STEAMERS LOADING AT TACOMA " GERMAN NATION 4 v ermment newspaper Weltblatt stat- MDRE TROUBLE NOW BREWING IN/ MNazi Regime Again Be- comes Cautious on New Revolt Outbreak | BERLIN, July 6—Nazi vigilance | a revolt has been resumed ing reports “some- more is brewing,” among nds of the liquidated Nazi lead- he Nazi Party spokesman said Roehm revolution had a wide the ramification and was well organ- ized. He also said that those dele- | gated by Chancellor Hitler to pre- | the regime are taking no | ces on Roehm’s sympathi: SOFT PEDAL STUFF BERLIN, July 6.—The swing to-| ward conservatism is noted in the gronting of wider powers to Kurt Schmitf, Minister of Economics, 0 is hinted might attempt to soft pedal the anti-Jewish agi- tation in order to improve Ger- many’s economic conditions. A Nazi Party meeting at Flen- ber the theme that with the 1evolt over, there is work to be done in social rehabilitation. ss was laid on .“back to the movement for young Ger- Rumors published in Austria that I cesident yon Hindenburg is under- sing a rejuvendtion ~cure are branded as arrant nonsense by the | Presidéntial Adjutant. | alea HITLER MARKED MAN DRESLAU, July 6. — Chancellor Adoll Hitler barely escaped assas- ation last Saturday, according an official report made public afternoon, at the hands of mund Heines, whom Hitler tried | to arrést at Ernest Roehm's homr,! near Munich. Heines was Kkilled | 25 he ran toward Hitler with a t) this E drawn - revolver. Heines. was the | Chief of Police of Breslau and a prominent Nazi, i ASSASSIATION RUMORED | VIENNA, July 6—The pro-Gov- ed it has reliable information that Vice-Chancellor von Papen, of Ger- many, was slated for assassination at the same time von Schleicher was Killed. “The killers were already en- route,” the Weltblatt declares, “but | the Reichswehr sent a company with two machine guns which took a position in front of von Papen’s house and prevented the murder.” TERRORISM IN AUSTRIA AGAIN BREAKING OUT Hea dquarté?Dynamiled, House Bombed — De- mands on Government | VIENNA, July 6—The Govern- ment's Fatherland Front Head- quarters at Knittelfeld has been bombed with heavy damage in both cases. Continuance of terrorism in Aus- tria has aroused a conference of the Catholic Storm Troop leaders at Kalgenfurt to demand the Gov- ernment .to do something against ! the PO| PULARITY OF PRESIDENT IS Literary Digest’s Poll Indi- cative of Approval of New Deal New York, July 6.—Final re- turns of the Literary Digest’s poll on public opinion on Pre- sident Roosevelts’ acts and pol- icies, on a whole show three out of every five persons ap- prove. Vermont alone registered dis- approval. The total votes cast were 1,- 772,163 and showed 1,083,752 for the general policies of the New Deal. On the ratio basis of the vote, the magazine found that President 'Rocsevelt’'s popular- ity increased over the popular vote of 1932 by 3.3 per cent. The vote also showed an average gain for the President in all states of 5.39 per cent. - e DERIDES TALK CIRGULATED OF DICTATORSHIP |Donald R. Richberg De-| clares President Has Built Up Democracy FORT WORTH, Texas, July 6.— Donald R. Richberg, Committee- Industrial scoffed last night at the talk of President’s “dictatorship” and said it was sheer nonsense. The former counsel for NRA de- clared that President Roosevelt on the contrary has developed Demo- cratic Government in this country in the face of a “world-wide re- action against democratic institu- tions.” Richberg asserted that as a di- rect result of recovery measures, more than five million people have been re-employed in trade and in- dustry, while the total payroll of the nation has doubled. STOCK PRIGES REMAIN FIRM; TRADING DULL Some Issues Go Up to as High as Two Points— Close Today Steady NEW YORK, July 6.—Stocks were firm in spots today but trade was dull. A number of issues were up frac- tionally to around one point, some issues going up two points. Metals were inclined to sag. Today's close was steady. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 6.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 21%, American Can Nazis, MARLAND T0 BE GOVERNOR OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, July 6—Tom Anglin, Gov. “Alfalfa Bill” Murray’s candidate in the run-off election for the Democratic nom- ination for the Governorship, with- drew today and virtually handed the Governorship to Representative E. W. Marland, the New Deal cah- didate. Marland headed the field in the primary in which 15 candidates were opponents, 98%, American Power and Light T%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2%, Bendix Aviation 15%, Bethlehem Steel 34, Briggs Manufacturing 17%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Chrysler 40%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, General Motors 32, International Harvester 32%, Kennecott 21%, Southern Pacific 24%, Standard Oil of California 34%, Ulen Com- pany, Qo sale, United Alrcraft 17%, United States Steel 39%, Warner Pictures 5%, pound $5.04%, Nabes- na bid 1.45, ask 1.55; Electric Auto Lite 21%. o Few applications for federal re- lief have come from Florida farm- ers who followed a “live-at-home” program advocated by state agri- cultural authorities. SHOWING GAIN | man of President Roosevelt’s new | Emergency Committee President Roosevelt’s special emi: a truce and break the deadlock other than Los Angeles, where t RETAIL TRADE IS WARM WEATHER Wholesale Markels, How- ever Turn ‘‘Suddenly Quieter” for Week NEW YORK, July 6.—The warm weather of last week stimulated various lines of the retall tn said the Dunn-Bradstreet, T review today. As against this the agency point- ed out that the wholesale markets | turned suddenly quieter, and be- cause of the holiday shutdowns, seasonal factors, the sharpest re- duction of the year was recorded for industrial operations. The volume of the wholesale business was under that of the opening week of July last year. Justice Moves Quickly, All in About 24 Hours JEFFERSON, Wisconsin, July 6.—Carl Church, painter, en- tered a plea of guilty to killing Earl Gentry, was sentenced to life and started on his way to prison in about 24 hours after his arrest. Gentry was a former body- guard to D. C. Stevenson, In- diana Ku Klux Klan Dragon. His body, with a bullet in the head was found Sunday slump- ed in his auto near the home of Mrs. Carrie Gill, known as the “Sunshine Lady” of Jeffer- son. She declared she paid Church $60 for killing Gentry. HOLLAND PUTS DOWN STRIFE ROTTERDAM, Holland, July 6— The authorities have ordered that no quarter be given in the two- day-old battle against rioting of unemployed and Communists. A i 2 EXECUTED, GAS CHAMBER FLORENCE, Arizona, July 6— Manuel and Fred Hernandez, 18 and 19 years old, were executed to- day at the same time in the lethal gas Chamber. Both were convicted of murder in a hold-up. STIMULATED BY This sweeping panorama shows seme of the 177 vessels Iylng idle in San i‘mnclsco Bly ltninlng at anchors covered with barnacles during the many weeks the ships have been inactive because of inability to load or unload cargoes during the coastwise maritime strike of stevedores, teamsters and allied marine unions, All eyes are cen tered now on Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor and ssary, who is in San Francisco con ferring with leaders of all factions in a desperate attempt to effect between empleyers and labor repre sentatives, which has practically paralyzed commerce in Pacific ports, he shippers admittedly have the situation apparently well in hand, The San Francisco Industrial As- sociation, nprescntmg the <hlpp|rs has started to copen the port. Many clashes have taken place, Labor Board Seeks Dock Peace|GREAT BHITMN NOT GIVING ANY AID TO FRANGE Lord President of Council Denies Defensive Al- liance Planned LONDON, July:6.—Great PBritain has no intention of making a defensive alliance with France. Stanley BaldWin, Lord President of the Council, bluntly told the House of Commons today France has asked Great Britain to come [to her aid with the military in case she is attacked. The statement was made in the House by Baldwin following an article printed in the French news- | papers declaring the British Cab- |inet was working on an alliance with France, e — ARMY CAPTAIN FOUND GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT Capt. Harold K. Coulter Sentenced to Dismissal by Court-Martial SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 6.— Captain Harold K. Coulter, who, elected to stand trial by court- martial rather than accept a re- primand for alleged misconduct, was convicted Thursday end or- dered to be dismissed from the United States Army. The court-martial found Captain Coulter guilty on seven counts, including four specific charges of intimacy with Mrs. Alice Traylor Morgan, divorced wife of William F. Morgan, wealthy San Antonio oil man, Capt. Coulter declined to make any statement, NEW PREMIER FOR ALBERTA The board appointed by President Roosevelt to bring about th¥ end of the strike in the Pacific coast's crippled orts commenced Its duties by listening to representatives of maritime workers. They we confident the dispute would be ended. The members of the board are Archbishop Edward J. Hanna (top left) of San Francisco, Attorney, Oscar K. Cushing (top right) of San Francisco and Edward F. Mce Grady (lower). assistant secretarv of lahor, (Associated Press PhotosX “Higher-Ups” See Johnson Leaving NRA in September By BYRON PRICE [ cluding both may be the llfiall (Chief of Bureau, The Associated | solution, Press, Washington). Richberg s general couns: or| September 1 mow 1s talked of | NRA. His hackground is largely @ among higher-ups in Washington | labor background. Hs is rated as as the probable date of Genera!|an outstanding liberal, and was for Johnson’s retirement from NRA. years attorney for the Standard A plan to install W. Averell Har- | Railway unions, riman, of the celebrated Harrim Williams, aelso a lawyer, I8 2 railroad family, as his, successor |special assistant to Johnson. He apparently has fallen through. |is a tobacco company ofiicial, and Current talk revolves around hails from the non-union belt of —_— Donald Richberg and 8. Clay Will- | the south. EDMONTON, Alberta, July 6.— iams as the leading possibilities. | Richberg has many friends'R. G. Reid, Provincial Treasurer Both already are in the NRA among indistrialists, and Wmhms‘and Minister of Lands, has been setup. They represent two sepa- among labor men, but in either named Premier of Alberfa to suc- rate strains of NRA enthusiasts. instance there doubtless would be ceed J. E. Brownlee, who resigned Should either be chosen to suc-| Protests, after his trial in a seduction suit ceed Johnson it might stir criti- | which was decided against him. cism that one particular school of R . o oSN ORGANIZING NRA thought was being favored too| Johnson wants to get out for! The farm population in the nruch. | personal and financial reasons, He, United States on January 1 of this For that reason a compromisz (Continued on Page Two) 'year was estimated 32,509,000. o |BLOOD FI.(lWS FIRST CLASHES | ARE REPORTED National Guard in Com- plete Control of Bay City Waterfront 6 FATALLY Y WOUNDED IN DEMONSTRATIONS Threats ofaleral Strike Heard—Unions Will Meet Tonight SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 6. — Bayonets bristled today on San Francisco’s bloodstained waterfront. National Guardsmen 2,000 strong, today took over the battleground on which six men were fatally wounded and 34 less dangerously wounded. The Police Chief fears further bloodshed because the “lguards habitually set the deadline and will shoot all who go across it. Threats of a general strike here and at Portland are heard after the police of the two - eities used guns and tear gas yesterday and last night in clashes. A sympathetic strike on the At- lantic Coast by longshoremen is reported being considered in New York by Joseph Ryan, Interna- tional Longshoremen's Association President. Mediation Resumed Mediation efforts are resumed here. One woman was among the gun- fire victims yesterday afternoon. Scores were gassed, beaten, trampled upon and crushed. The woman victim was struck in the head by a bullet while riding through the strike zone on a street car. A number of other noncombatants were injured. FOR GENERAL STRIKE SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 6. —John O'Connell, President of the Central Labor Council of San Francisco, sald representatives of 120 unions will meet tonight to diScuss the possibility of a general strike in sympathy with the mari- time unions. O'Connell said: “The Governor did a rotten thing when he called out the National Guard.” This afternoon it is reported that the waterfront is quiet with guards still patrolling with fixed bayonets and guns loaded. At Oakland, National Guards are in command of the waterfront. One man was killed there by the, accidental firing of a gun. DARROW-NRA AFFAIR ENDS Review Board Is Officially Abolished by Presi- dential Order WASHINGTON, July 6. — The Darrow-NRA affair, one of the most spectacular clashes of the Administration has been closed by a Presidential Order abolishing the NRA Review Board. The Board made three reports in which NRA was criticized but quick replies from Administrator Johnson proved the charges were not well taken. —— MRS. M. A. HORTT VISITS MRS. EILER HANSEN IN SITKA FOR NEXT MONTH Mrs. M. A. Hortt, of Fort Lau- derdale, Florida, arrived in Sitka on the steamer Alaska last week and will be the house guest of Mrs. Eiler Hansen for the next month. SAILINGS FUH NORTH START THIS EVENING Four Othe:rafl Sched- uled to Leave South To- morrow Sometime LONGSHOREMEN MAKE NEW HOPE TO HELP Alaska Vessels May Be Loaded in Any Port Where Force Not Used Steamers are expected to leave Tacoma for Alaska perts late today with others getting away for the north tomorrow. Loadings, according to As- sociated Press dispatches to The Empire, started at 1 o’clock this afternoon in Ta- coma. Scores of trucks load- ed with supplies began arriv- ing from Seattle early this morning. The opening of the Tacoma port was temporarily post- poned this morning until after a conference between long- shoremen and shippets. Long- shoremen said that the use of force by shippers would again nullify the Alaska truce. The shippers announc- ed no force would be sum- moned. The sailings for Alaska from Tacoma, according to latest advices follow: Evelyn Berg tonight, Hal- eakala and Northland tomor- row noon, Yukon and Zapora tomorrow night. Objections Withdrawn Late yesterday afternoon, Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Manager of the Alaska Railroad, in Seattls to charter boats to be operated to Alaska by the Government, with- drew his objections to the plan of loading Alaska ships in Tacoma. He protested that the cost of transferring shipments from Seat- tle, where the bulk of Alaska ship- ments originate, would make prices too high by the time the goods reach the north. The Northwest Strike Committee agreed that longshoremen will be permitted to work Alaska ships in any port where no armed guards are maintained on the docks. CANNERY SHIP UNLOADED BELLINGHAM, Wash., July 6.— Union longshoremen finished un- loading the 30,000 cases of Alaska salmon from the P. A. F. steamer Catherine D. The vessel will leave again, possibly tomorrow, for the northern canneries. MOVING IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, July 6.—All is quiet here. Trains are carrying goods to Smith Cove. Pickets are on watch as usual but are peaceful. PICKETING AT PORTLAND PORTLAND, Ore., July 6.—Some steamers are being loaded and un- loaded. Picketing is peaceful. e BACK IN PRISON, FREEDOM BRIEF SALEM, Ore., July 6.—Five es- caped trusties have been returned to the penitentiary after a day of freedom. Jess Davis, unemployed logger, Who joined the posse, got the drop on the quintet in the woods near Sweet Home and marched them to town and turned them over to the State Police. | “The five will now be contined to the disciplinary quarters and prived of all privileges. ?