The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 10, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6698. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BOMBING PLANES COMING TO JUNEAU WORK FOR TRUCE IN COASTAL STRIKE 100,000 UNION LABORING MEN PLAN WALKOUT Federal Disputes Board Hopes for Armistice During Afternoon SHIPOWNERS ARE TO MAKE REPLY Deadline Set for Morel Trouble n Portland— Other Cities in Move Eleventh hour efforts to bring about an armistice to forestall a general walkout of more than 100,- 000 union men in Portland, Oak- land and San Francisco are being made on several fronts this af- ternoon in the maritime strike, ac- cording to Associated Press ad-| vices received by The Empire. The principal move is going on behind scenes at the hearing in £ Francisco of the Federal Labor Disputes Board which expected in- formation late today from the shipowners that have an important bearing on the much sought truce. Details are withheld. The work- crs are still holding out for con- trol of the hiring halls. Deadline Set Thursday noon is set for the general walkout in Portland unless definite developments come in the meantime. President William Green, of the American Federation of Labor, has notified Union leaders at Portland they are without authority to call a general strike. The Oakland Central Labor Council has called for a general strike vote at the earliest possible moment. Twenty unions of San Francisco have either signified willingness to walk out or left the matter in the hands of the Strategy Committee. DEATH IN SEATTLE Another death and Increasing general strike threats in three coast cities drew the Longshore- men's strike rapidly toward a new crisis today as the President’s Fed- eral Board in San Francisco plead- ed for an armistice. | blood poisoning Call Here; A 2 = | The Barrymore yacht, the In-| fanta left Juneau this morning at | 10 o'clock, bound slowly south, | planning to arrive in Seattle about a month. From here, the yacht will go to Paviof Harbor, in Freshwater Bay. 1 During the time the Infanta was in port, John Barrymore did not | come on deck at all, although Mrs. | Barrymore was up town several| times buying stores for the ship.“ It is said Mr. Barrymore is in very | poor health and has not been well at any time since the cruise first)’ started, although he has been ashore a few times. At the time the trip was begun, | he was to have started work on a new picture, been such that doubts are ex- pressed as to the likelihood of his appearing in another picture this year. Convalescing Mr. Barrymore is convalescing from an illness which has troubled him since he was attacked by last March, when he caught a fish-hook in his fin- ger while fishing in Mexico Accompanying the Barrymore family of Mr. and Mrs. Barrymore, little Dolores and John Jr., are three nurses, one for cach of the children and one for Mr. Barry- more. Mrs. Barrymore will be remem- bered as Dolores Costello, one of the most popular film actresses of a few years ago, although she has not recently appeared in plelures. Mr. Barrymore's latest picture, produced last winter, is “Twentieth Century " | Six Weeks On Way | The party left Seattle six weeks | ago, and until they stopped at! Juneau, had not been in any town since leaving Ketchikag a month ago. Since that time they have cruised about in the Infanta, and have visited at Lisianski Inlet with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cann, Mr. Cann being president of the Apex Ei! Nido Gold Mining Company, with' on Lemesurier Island, and have; stopped in at various points of interest, including Glacier Bay. ! The Infanta, rated as one of the best yachts on the Pacific Coast, is 120 feet long, with a beam of 22 feet, nine inches, and e draft| of 10 feet. i She is powered with two 300 Barrymore Yacht M ake.;Brief ctor Is Not We au but his health has. The Barrymore family, John himself, holding John Biyth, Jr., and Mrs. Barrymore, holding Dolores Ethel Mae. is one feature of the yacht, and the decks, railings, and inside fin- ish is all of teak. The cruising radius is 4,500 miles. Comfortable Vessel The vessel has everything de- Joe Ibach, fox farmer and guide,|visable for the comfort and con-| venience of her owners, hot and cold water, electric equipment throughout, water filter, long and short wave radio, time for breakfast. Besides the passengers, the In- fanta carries a crew of 12. The Barrymores made a visit and a daily| morning news bulletin, printed in | U1 MORE UNREST, - NAZI CAPITAL Chancellor Returns from | Brief Vacation to Face : New Problem 'FOOD SHORTAGE | NOW THREATENED Reichstag a;vo ked for Friday for Explanation of Recent Executions BERLIN, July 10. — Chancellor Adolf Hitler turned back \to ‘the Capital of Nazi Germany | today from a brief vacation of two, days, to face new unrest which has been heightened by a food shortage. Apprehension has spread because of the serious shortage of potatoes, the chief staple of all Germans. The supply has been limited sharp- ly by the drought. ‘The Reichstag has been con- voked for Friday for a speech by Chancellor Hitler on events which made the executions of June 30 necessary. ! A secret order has been issued to | all members of the Storm Troopers, known as Reserves Number One, to turn in their arms. NINE JEWS SLAIN 4. 4 BERLIN, July 10—The Jewish| Telegraphic Agency reports that! at least nine Jews were slain when | Hitler crushed the recent revolt. GERMAN NAZI | PROPAGANDA IS | COMING TOU. S. Bales of it Being Shipped Into This Country— | Warning Issued | | NEW YORK, July 10.—Raymond Moley, former Under-Secretary of | State, appeared yesterday bef &/ g N\ Japanese S5 5 sevaRy /- Russian aldoni %3 displa; interest Navy and Marine Coi'p?;!lmu iuh Al::h{' bfi - HITLER FAcEs—_f]apan Eyes U, S. Plane Concentration in North D\OVA ‘qé <2 R ~ O EOMONTI (fl \\ O PEGINAT A—_“—-\\_ = y \, ?‘ MINNEAPOLI f~~ ‘,l UNITED WINNIPI Za - S~ S~ WASHINGTON) STATES. rmadas: are sent geperimental eoncenration of U. S. Army, on mass flights along the routes shown in the map to survey possibilities of Aleutian Islands as bases. Lt. Col. Henry Arnold, commander of the Army detachment flying from Washington and of bomber and L&, Comdr, J, W, Sm&e:. leader of the N.vyem Marine Co: of Navy planes assigned to cruise. in his armada are shown at right; rps flight is shown at lef$ vi;’: one Vgcve-i’r:eisident Garner Not Figure Now But Real Help to Present Administration LEADERSHIP IS DISPLAYED By BYRON PRICE (Chief Of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) It was not by accident that it fell to Vice President Garner, above all others, to fire the first shot of the Democratic Congress- | lonal Campaign, His rise in promimence and in- PRODUCTION IS UP OVER 100% Output in Alaska for First Six Months of 1934 $5,749,652 Gold shipmenis from Alaska dur- ing the first six months of the TEN MARTINS, ARMY CRAFT, COMING HERE Landing Fifis Now Be- ing Made Ready for Giant Airships GASOLINE AND OILS BE SHIPPED NORTH Personnel of Expedition Announced — Lt. Col. Arnold in Command Ten United States Army Martin bombers, to make a training and photographic flight from Washington, D. C., to Fairbanks, Alaska, are now scheduled to land south- bound at Juneau. The bombers are scheduled to hop off from Washongton, D. C. for Alaska between July 20 and July 25, accord- ing to official advices receiv- ed by The Empire from Washington. | Arrangements are now be- ing made to send gasoline and oils to Juneau by a spee- ial ship. The flight will involve a round trip of nearly 7,500 miles and in- clude stops at Minneapolis, Win- nipeg, Edmonton, Prince George, Whitehorse, then to Fairbanks. The southern flight has not been routed yet but the planes will probably make one hop from Fair- banks to Juneau. Prepare Landing Field The Juneau landing field is now being prepared. Operator - in - Charge Charles E. Smith, of the Juneau office, Signal Corps, United States Army, has re- ceived authorization to spend $1,500 in preparing the landing field be- tween the Kendler and Mendenhall dairies. The Bureau of Public Roads already has a crew at work. The field will be-at least 300 by 2000 feet and possibly 400 by 2,500 feet. BY ROBINSON fluence in the Roosevelt Admin-| istration has represented one of the most remarkable turns in mod- | horse power diesel engines, and to Juneau last year, a little later has a registered gross tonnage of in the summer, arriving August 9 258 tons All steel construction Col. Arnold In Command The flight will be commanded by Gunfire added the seventh vic- tim to the death toll since the ! the Sub-Committee of the Special| current year increased more than | House Committee on Un-American 100 per cent in value and about walkout and started when Steve ‘Watson, aged 48 years, special deputy sheriff, fell fatally wounded and ieaving August 11. | activities Moley whrned against the spread of the Nazi influence in this coun- Staves Off Running Wild by Congress Just Prior ern politics. A year ago he was so much on 32 per cent in ounces over the same period in 1933, it was dis- (Continued on Page Two) New Commission | closed teday in figures made pub- lic by James J. Connors, Collector the outside that politicians specu-; lated whether an open estrange- STOCK PRICES in the Seattle business district to Adjournment during a battle. Are Attacked « Watson and several other depu- ties, who had been on dock duty, ‘were allegedly attacked by the strikers. The auto in which Wat- son.and others were riding turned over. TIvan Gill, Union seaman, has been arrested for questioning. ‘The police said' they had been informed strikers had been riding in Gill's automobile and this bunch precipitated the battle. General Strike Thseats Trade Unions in Portland and Oakland took definite action to- ward demoralizing general strikes while a similar threat is hanging over the San Francisco area. These threats spurred the Federal Media- tion board to determined attempts to bring about a truce. ———————— REPLY IS MADE T0 REPUBLICAN POLITICALACTS, WASHINGTON, July 10.—Post- master General James A. Farley, in repivinz to Republican criticism, asserted that because the Repub- licans have no economic issue, they are seizing upon a ‘“constitutional issue, about which they can be as vague as they wish. “The campaign is definitely un- der way and I hope that the op- position party has a good time, even though its leaders have no more notion that Republican suc- Cess is possible next November L TAKE ADVANCE, FAIR TRADING Many Issues Make Recov-| eries from One to Two or More Points NEW YORK, July 10.—Sentiment in stocks today was decidedly op- timistic and recoveries from one to two or more points were recorded by numerous issues. Some extreme gains were shaded late in the session by profit taking. Today’s close was firm. Transfers totalled 650,000 shares. Bonds were strong. CLOSING ERICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 10.—Closing quotatien of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 22%, American Can | 99%, American Power and Light 7, Anaconda 147, Armour B 5%, Ben- dix Aviation 15, Bethlehem Steel 34%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, Chrys- ler 41'%, Curtiss-Wright 3, Gen- eral Motors 32%, International! Harvester 33, Kennecott 21%, Ulen Company 2, United States Stceli 40’2, Warner Pictures 47%, Pound | $5.03%, Nabesna bid 1.45, ask 155, | Electric Auto Lite 22%. .- SIMPKINS RETURNNG ‘George M. Simpkins, of Simpkins | visit in the Pacific Northwest for a couple of weeks, is a pasgenger than T have,” he continued. Farley is to leave soon on a Western speaking tour evening. To Begin Duties Tomorrow WASHINGTON, July 10— The nation starts tomorrow on the task of impoesing unified regulations on the vast wire and wireless systems under a new regulation law. One division of the new cemmission will plunge quick- ly into the routine of determ- ining channel wave lengths and other tasks connected with radio telephone and telegraph. Each will be under a division of its own. Much ground swork will be necessary before defin- ite results are expected or there will be any rate fixing. - eee DEMAND OUSTER OF WILL HAYS FROM PICTURES !Inter-Faith Conference| Crusading Against Movies, Burlesques NEW YORK, Juy 10.—A demand that Will Hays be removed from | his dictatorship over the movie industry has been made by the Inter-Faith conference of New York clergymen, who have extend- stationery store and binder, on -a ed their drive against undesirable| motion pictures to legitimate stage burlesque shows and dance halls. returning to Juneau aboard the; The Rev. Joseph McCaffrey said,snnu Barbara, Cal, Fire Depart- Princess Charlotte due in port this that the movies could be cleancd.ment after he had gained a half- | as soon as Hays is thrown out, i | | try. | Fritz Gissibl, German Nazi, tes-| |tified that bales of propaganda were coming into the United States | from Germany. CAPT,CROCKETT DIES SUDDENLY IN SOUTHLAND Master of Steamer Cordova Expires After Taking His Vessel South SEATTLE, July 10.—After brin ing in the steamer Cordova to Tacoma from Alaska, Capt. E. E.| Crockett, veteran master and pilot for the Alaska Steamship Com- pany, died suddenly. Capt. Crockett, at one time or| another, was pilot of every ship of | the company’s fleet. American Woman Is Summoned in France . in Alleged Spy Ring| PARIS, July 10 —Pauline Jacob- son Levine, aged 32 years, born in New York, has been ordered to ap-| pear for questioning in the new| drive to clean-up the alleged spy- | ring, regarding her relation to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Switz, of New Jersey, also held in jail on espionage charges. ————— R. M. Ray was appointed to the inch in height through exercise By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, July 10.—The manner in which Robinson of Ark- ansas, Senate Democratic leader, staved off what appeared to be either defeat or at least a telling blow to Administration hopes on the last day of the Seventy-Third Congress will be reviewed by Wash- ington observers many times dur- ing the coming months. It cannot be denied that admin- istration leaders were a crestfallen bunch on the preceding Saturday midnight when they witnessed their carefully laid plans for ad- journment smashed to bits by re- caleitrant senators. For days they had schemed to bring the hectic session to a close. | Up until 6 o'clock it lopked as if adjournment was “in the bag.” All major bills on the President’s pro- gram had been passed. Only the formality of approving a few rout- ine reports remained. Then almost immediately the sit- uation changed. DANGER OF RUNNING WILD ment between him and the Presi- dent could be avoided. Today hardly anyone—and the statement is made advisedly — is more on the inside than Garner. No Vice President in many years has been more truly a vital part of the administration with which he served, LOYAL BUT SILENT The inside story of the change provides one more example of Mr., Roosevelt’s extraordinary knack for conciliation and team-work. Things did not go so well at first, Homeward bound during the beginning of the 1932 campaign, Garner made some speeches which did not greatly please the Roose- velt generals in charge of Demo- cratic strategy. ‘These managers sent an emissary to Texas, and Garner went into seclusion,—largely, be it said, by his own choice, because he did not know where he fitted into the campaign, Only just before elec- tion was he hauled before a mic- rophone to read a speech which "had been prepared very carefully Robinson made no attempt to| beforehand. disgiise his anxiety in his “lec- After election he wrote the Pres- ture” on the deportment of Sen-|ident-elect privately, virtually read- ators delivered around midnight.|ing himself out of the administra- Nor did the statement of McNary, the Republican leader, made after all plans had miscarried, that Monday morning would see a new session of the Senate help his dis- position. Everyone realized what failure | to adjourn at the appointed time could bring about. This is a re-election year. As S0 often happens in such years members of Congress find it dif- ficult to resist the temptation of passing all sorts of bills to satisfy tion. He meant to be loyal, he said, but would p very quiet. GROWING FRIENDSHIP In his long service in the House, Garner had trained largely with the conservatives of his Party These old friends became more and more apprehensive as the brain trust leaped into prominence. Gar- ner himself - betame more and more silent. Then, little by little, the Presi- dent began, in his genial way, to \WoRtmUed on Page -Twol (Continyed on Page Two) of Customs, The total for this year from Jan- {uary 1 to June 30 was $5,749,652 as compared to $2780,347 for the first six months of last year, show- ing a gain of $2969,305. This abnormal increase is, of course, largely the result of the | rise in the price of gold from $20.67 to $35, a jump of slightly more than 69 per cent in value. This indicates that the volume of ship- iments also gained about 32 per- cent, Month January February March April + May June 1934 $2,056,388 713,576 515,660 823,751 879,648 760,629 1933 $ 382,339 348,821 379,492 496,481 434,398 738,816 Totals $2,780,347 $5,749,652 Operations Are Curtailed | Several factors combined to hamper materially the gold mining | industry and reduce operations | below the program planned for the year. One of the most serious has been the shipping strike which de- Seward Peninsula region, the Kus- kokwim Valley, the Innoko and |Iditarod districts. It also curtailed operations throughout the entire | Territory due to a shortage of sup- plies and materials. A second factor of importance was a lack of water in a number of the interior districts in which | places mining was greatly handi- capped and production cut. Hun- dreds of thousands of dollars would have been added to this Spring’s (output had these two causes been | removed. — e Nearly 6,000 persons in Great Britain, 1200 of them living in jLondon, were born on the high 1 3eas, {layed the beginning of work in the| GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE ARE TO REMAIN FRIENDS Conversations Between Two Nations Concluded- —Official Secrecy LONDON, July 10. — Assurances of the friendliest permanent rela- tionship between Great Britain and France has been given by Acting Premier Stanley Baldwin it is understood, to French Foreign Min- ister Barthou as formal Anglo- French conversations were con= {cluded. | The extent of the understanding |arrived at is still clothed in of- | ficial secrecy. Foreign Minister Barthou came here to ask assurance that Great Britain will once more team with France in the event of war with {Germany. | | | AID IS PROMISED LONDON, July 10. Foreign Minister Barthou, previous to his departure for France, said Great | Britain will go to the aid of France in case the Franco-Belgian area ‘i,s invaded by a foreign power and | he also indicated Great Britain has sanctioned, in principle, the east- lern security pacts in which France is participating. Although Great Britain is not a | signatory, it is indicated no formal pact of any kind has been signed, |but the two nations reached a friendly understanding which in- cluded an “agreement on the Eu- ropean situation,” -