The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY A VOL. XLIV., NO. 6701. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ASKA EMP! JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS VIOLENCE CONTINU i GEN, JOHNSON IS DISGUSTED WITH HITLER Recent Executions Con- demned by NRA Chief in two Speeches OMAHA, July 13.—NRA Admin- i or, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, « king down” verbally on the recent executions in Germany, says he expects no rebuke from the Bta tment and will stand by guns. topping here enroute to the Pacific Coast, the NRA chief re- iterated denunciation of Germany to “Purge” which he voiced in his cecond speech delivered at Water- Towa, late yesterday. Gen. Johnson said Germany's action made him sick. MAY LODGE PROTEST WASHINGTON, July 13.—There indications the German Em- sy might lodge a protest against Johnson's Waterloo denuncia- tion of “Hitler and his purge. No comment has come directly from the Embassy but it has al- ready protested against several 1ti-Nazi and anti- Hitler utter- made. STOCK PRICES FIRMER TODAY: ADVANCE MAD Rally During Final Hour of Trading Cuts Down Earlier Losses NEW YORK, July 13. — Stocks displayed a firmer tone today and there was a good rally in the final hour. Grains and cotton recovered some earlier losses as a result of the rally and other issues gained from fractions to around one point. The close today was fairly steady.| Number 1 hard wheat reached a fraction over $1. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 13.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 22%, American Can 101%, American Power and Light 67%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B. 5%, Bendix Aviation 15%, Bethle- hem Steel 331, Calumet and Hec- la 4%, Chryslet 41%, Curtiss-Wright 3, General Motors 32%, Interna- tional Harvester 3%, Kennecott 22%, Ulen’Company, no sale; Unit- ed States Steel 40, Warner Pictures 4%, Pound $5.03%, Nabesna bid 1.25 ask 140, Electric Auto Lite 22%. NICK BEZ HERE BY PLANE FROM TODD, TO RETURN TONIGHT Nick Bez, President of the Alas- ka Southern Airways and of the Peril Strsita Packing Company, ar- rived in Juneau on the seaplane Baranof from Todd last evening on business in connection with the airways company and to meet the Fairchild plane recently purchased by the Alaska Southern which is due in Juneau late this afternoon. T expects to return by plane to his cannery a# Todd this evening. “It is too early to make any pre- dictions concerning the salmon pack of the present season thoygh to date it has been about normal,” Mr, Bez said. Twenty five or more Indian families are employed at ‘Todd this year in addition to the seiners, he said. Mrs. Bez and their two chil- dren, John P. Bez and Miss Ger- aldine arrived at Todd this week on the Haleakala and will spend the remainder of the season with Mr. Bez, at the cannery. ————————— KETCHIKAN BANKER HERE ON SHORT BUSINESS TRIP M. B. Bates, prominent banker of Ketchikan, arrived here on the seaplane Chichagof yesterday and after handling business in this city returned to his home on the same plane this morning. — e — ENTERS HOSPITAL Bob Pratt, employee of the As- toria and Puget Sound 'Canning Company at Excursion Inlet, en- tered St. Ann's Hospital for medi- cal care last evening. Bringing Navy Closer to Treaty Strength | | 'WASHINGTON, July 134—1001{-‘[ ing forward to treaty strength by | '1942, the Navy has adopted a plan for calling for 5,500 more enlisted men and the laying down of 19 new ships during the fiscal year ,ending June 30, 1936. The ¢perating force plan will give the Navy 88,000 men and the new ships will include 12 destroyers of 15,000 tens each, two heavy destroyers and five submarines. A high Navy official said the building pregram is being | pointed toward a future plan | of laying down about 15 ships regularly each year. NO RELIEF FOR " LOCAL HALIBUT - FLEET IS SEEN LCommission Giving Matter \1 Consideration, but Out- { look Is Not Good ‘The local halibut situation “has | received and will receive the most | careful attention,” the Chamber of | Commerce was informed today by | |a radiogram from Howard W. Al-% |len, member of the International | | Fisheries Commission, to whom the | |local organization appealed to for Inelp early this week. At the same time the Chamber also wired the | Commission asking for certain | changes in the system. | Mr. Allen’s message, however, did not hold out much hope that the | recommendations sent from here| | and endorsed by Juneau and Sitka | | fishermen will be adopted. | The message follows in full: “Yours regarding closing of halibut | fishing season received. Let me! | assure you this matter has received {and will receive most careful con- | sideration. As you know I am deeply interested in everything per- taining to the welfare of Alaska (and can state sincerely that the {Commission is doing its best to; |carry out its treaty duties and at the same time give full considera- {tion to the practical problems of the fishermen. The Commission | has such complete and accurate in- | formation available that it con- }sidets many complications which |might not be appreciated by or even known to the people of any particular community. The Com- imission’s director is preparing a {full report on this matter which |will be completed and transmitted immediately.” TRADE TREND KEEP UPWARD SAYS REVIEW Considerable Rebound Is Made in All Branches During Past Week NEW YORK, July 13. — Freed from influences of the Independ- ence Day holiday and the heat wave of a week previous, virtually all branches of business were en- abled to make a considerable re- bound, from the previous position and a more definite upward trend is established according to the Dun- Bradstreet, Inc., weekly trade re- view issued today. “After discounting the usual sea- sonal factors, which thus far have touched most divisions lightly, in- dusttial operations increased dur, ing the week. The wholesale trade was ‘brought to the best volume since early in April and previous gains in the retail sales were ex- tended,” the review says . e — MRS. MAX SMITH AND SON, JACK KIRMSE ARRIVE HERE FROM SITKA ON HALEAKALA Mrs. Max Smith and her son, Jack Kirmse, arrived here from Sitka on the Haleakala last even- ing. Mrs. Smith visited her son in Sitka where he was connected with the firm of Conway and Genty, [ FIRST LADY OF FIRST CITY T0 VISIT JUNEAU Geraldine S;;Hstrom, Ket- chikan’s Queen of the Fourth Is on Alaska Miss Geraldine Sandstrom, Queen of Ketchikan's Fourth of July cel- ebration, is to visit Juneau while the Alaska is in port tomorrow ev- ening, according to a radio message received by Mayor 1. Goldstein from Mayor P. J. Gilmore and M. L. Stepp. Miss Sandstrom is making a cruise of Southeast Alaska cities; as the guest of the Alaska Steam- | ship Company. She is the daugh- ter of Mrs. Myrtle Sandstrom, of Ketchikan, and is employed there by the Bucey Motor Company as secrelary, which position she has held since her graduation from high school two years ago. She won first place in the contest over seven other entrants, and was spon- sored by the Shrine. Definite plans for her entertain- ment have not been finally determ- ined as yet, but she will be re- ceived at the boat by Mayor Gold- stein and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, who will show her the town and give her a trip to the Glacier. While in Ju- neau, she will also be received by Governor John W. Troy. | and the heiress are discounted by the du. She’s f’riend of ‘I;;esident’s Sbn' i Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., is house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene duP: at Wilmington, Del., for festivities marking debut of thg: d.du hot::: £thel; but rumors of a prospective engazemcnt of the Predden‘:'l 8oy ont family. The two are shown Something Happening, Westward Air Around_fidiak Island Reported to Be Filled Volcanic Smoke SEWARD, Alaska, July 13.—Of- ficers of the steamer Curacao re-| port the air about Kodiak Island | filled with volcanic smoke and ashes with the neighboring peaks| enshrouded in their'own vapor and | obstructing the view of a possible cruption. SHELL SHOCK VICTIM HELD FOR KILLING NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C, July 13.—Ton Douglas, aged 55, of Coquitlam, was fatally shot at a ! gas station yesterday and Robert McFadden, aged 40, believed by the police to be a victim of shell shock, | has been arrested and charged| with first degree murder. No motive is given for the shoot- McFadden was arrested about three miles from the scene of the slaying. He carried a shotgun. Later the police learned that Gordon Wilson, aged 29, had been| clubbed unconscious and officers believe both men were victims of | the same person. SPECTACULAR FIRE AT RENO RENO, Nevada, July 13.—One man was seriously burned and property valued at $20,000 de-, stroyed in a spectacular explosion and fire of the Associated Oifl Company warehouse yesterday af- ternoon. Marshall Guisti, aged 25 years, company employee, was taken to the hospital suffering from serious burns on the face and body. LOCAL MASONS WILL RECEIVE VISITATION Loomis Baldrey, Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge for Washingten, Oregon and Alaska is to make an official visitation' to the Juneau lodge of the order July 17, ac- cording to an announcement made for several days before taking the steamer to Juneau. Mrs. Smith plans to return to her home in Skagway on the Alaska tomorrow| Mr. Baldrcy is coming on the |plane Patco evening and Mr. Kirmse will re- main in Juneau for the remainder | Communication to receive the visi- |10,000-mile airplane coverage of of the summer. today by Wilfred Leivers, Secretary of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147 of the Masons. Aleutian, and there is a Called tation at the Masonic Temple. DEATH PENALTY ;published at midnight last night George Shaughnessy, | plosives to the Government. | death. GOES TO DEATH TO BE IMPOSED | WITH WARNING ON AUSTRIANS 70 ALL YOUTHS Those F oun—J_ Possessing‘Nineteen - Year - Old Lad Explosives Must Die | Dies in Lethal Chamber Says Chancellor for Killing in Hold-up VIENNA, July 13.—A decree was FLORENCE, Arizona, July 13— 19-year-old which gave opponents of Chancel- Albany, New York hoy, with a lor Engelbert Dollfuss just five warning that his death should be days in which to turn in all ex- a lesson to other youths, was ex- ecuted in the lethal gas chamber For anyone caught with explo- today for the killing of Lon Blan- sives after the expiration of the kenship in a hold-up. time limit the penalty -will be Shaughnessy walked without did into the lethel chamber and wait- Courts will not be permitted to ed without any show of emotion impose a milder sentence. for the fatal fumes. The decree followed recent bomb-' “I think God picked me out to ings and is also an attempt to free make this mistake so other kids Austria of Nazis. could profit by my sacrifice, If < they don’t heed my warning, they PARTY GOES To TAKU will be here just like I am now,” SIX U. S. SUBS, NAVY'S FINEST, War Craft Will Be in Ju- neau Harbor July 27 to July 30 SEATTLE, July 13.—Three sub- marines, the Bonita, Dolphin, Bass and the mother ship, the U. 8. 8. Holland, arrived in the harbor yes- terday. Two others, the Nautilus ard PBarracuda proceeded to Tacoma where they will ‘be joined by the spbmarine rescue ship Ortolan. The sixth submarine, the Nor- whal, is expected here today to be followed by the U. 8. S. Bushnell, flagship of the Submarine Division Twelve. The flotilla sails for Alaska on July 19 for Dutch Harbor and re- turn to San Diego via Honolulu. The division is on a practice cruise., Alaska Itinerary The Alaskan itinerary of the submarine fleet is as follows: Ketchikan, July 21 to July 23, Sit- ka July 24 to July 26; Juneau, July 27 to 30; Cordova, August 1 to 3; Seward, August 4 to 6; Ko- diak, August 7 and 8, and Dutcn Harbor August 11 to 24. The ves-. sels then will proceed to the Ha- wailan Islands. All Come To Juneau While the rest of the Division is in Ketchikan, the Ortolan, Nor- wal and Delphin will go to Wran- gell and from there all will pro- ceed ta Juneau. Rear Admiral Cyrus W, Cole, aboard the U, 8. 8. Bushnell; flagship, commands the Navy's Submariné Fleet. Officially designated as Sub- marine Division 12, the unit bound for Alaska comprises the pick of the Navy's underwater craft. 1,482 Men Aboard Oncluding the personnel of the flagship, the vessels carry a total of 120 officers and 1,362 men. Through the intricate Alaskan channels expert civilian pilots will guide the fleet, which will be split up into three sections, each sur- face craft leading two submarines. No division of the navy has more interest for landsman and sailor alike than the submarine. Experts In Crews ‘The personnel is made up of highly trained experts in every- thing concerned with the operation, repair and maintenance of the tin- dersea fighters. ‘The mother ship, Holland, named the doomed boy said just before GLACIER ON CHIRIKOV leaving the death cell for the lethel Mrs. H. C. DeVighne and a party chamber. . ., —— of guests went out.to Taku Glac- ier today on a picnic. excursion, using Dr. DeVighne's 40-foot gaso- GREAT BRITAIN line cruiser, the Chirikov, for trans- | K NOT PARTY T0 Those making the trip besides Mrs. DeVighne were Miss Leno White, Mrs. J. H. Mullen, Comdr. and Mrs. D. P. Wickersham, Mrs. ANY ALLIANcE W. 8. Pullen, Mrs. R. W. Bend Mrs. James Wickersham, Mrs Fletcher Brown, and Mrs. George| LONDON, July 13.—Great Brit- F. Alexander. - |ain has reinforced the Lacarno They planned to have a lunch at Pact but has not entered any “select the Glacier and return this even- 4lliance with any country,” Sir ing about 6 o'clock. | John Simon, F oreign Secretary, This is the first trip of the year declared today before the House of for the Chirikov, which was orig- Commons.. inally built in Los Angeles for At the same time the Foreign Lewis Stone, Secretary revealed that Great Brit- — ain was urging Germany to enter SEAPLANE PATCO |into an Eastern pact and return to the League of Nations and also MAKES SITKA TRIP demands Russia's inclusion in the | League. ————.—.— —— This morning af 9 o'clock the ! seaplane Patco, of the Panhandle Air Transport Company, Pilot Chet McLean, left here for Sitka and Hoonah on an all day charter trip R. D. Baker, Substation Sales Manager for Alaska for the Stand- ard Oil Company, and Martin Jor- gensen, Junesu Manager for the company were to leave the plane at Hoonah and spend several hours there, rejoining the plane on its return to Juneau. J. J. Meherin, merchandise broker, is making the trip to Sitka and return, on busi- ness for the wholesale companies he represents. The Patco is due back in Ju- neau late this afternoon or even- ing. Shell Leaves Gun; 2 Frenchmen Killed TOULON, PFrance, July 13—A shell fired accidentally from the destroyer ‘Vautour struck her sis- ter ship Albatross killing two French sailors and wounding en- other. & The shell left the gun while the latter was being cleaned. S AAA Gives Large Amount to Aid U. S. Farmers —————— J. W. Gueker, merchandise brok- | er, returned to' Juneau on the sea- last evening from as the last leg of a WASHINGTON, July 13.. —~ The AAA has spent almost three hundred and fifty mil- lion dollars trying to lift the farmer out of the slough of ’ despondency .and .expects to get every penny back. ay, Alaska citfes. after John Philip Holland, who built the navy's first submersible, is a complete repair unit. She car- ries equipment and men equal to any emergency, from repairing one of the sumbarine’s 3,000-horse-pow- er Diesel engines to fixing a sex- tant or a pair of binoculars. The Holland is the largest vessel in the division,. She can hoist a sub marine half out of the water to make repairs on its under side. The Holland is commanded by Capt. L. M, Stevens, with Com- mander E. L, Barr as executive of- ficer, Crew Athletic Not only in work, but in sports, the crew of the Holland rates high. Her football team this year is co- champion of the battle force, For a vessel of her size the res- cue and salvage ship Ortolan prob- ably carries more interesting equip- ment than any other ship in the navy. She is only 187 feet long, but into her comparatively small space are crammed equipment that robs the submarine service of its old-time terrors, Rescue Chamber ‘There is & rescue chamber for bringing up men trapped in a sunken submarine; there are sensi- tive “mechanical ears” which lo- cate sunken submarines; there is equipment for burning away steel, electrically, at the bottom of the sea, and there are powerful air compressors and Thundreds of fathoms of armored hose, for use in “blowing” a sunken submarine to the surface, S “Iron Doctor” An important item of the Orto- lan’s gear is the “iron doctor.” This is a big steel decompression cylinder, used to prevent the bends by gradually reducing the air pres- sure around divers who have been working far below the level of the sea. The Ortolan carries one master diver and eight first-class and six second-class ‘divers. She is com- |manded by Lieut. F. J. Echoff. T0 COME HERE Army Scout Planes For Alaska Flight | Leave Hazelton | | The two Army scout planes, | blazing the way for the flight from Washington, D. C., to Fairbanks, Alaska, looking into Ia ng fields and arranging for supplies of gasoline and oil, left Hazelton, B. C., at 10 o'cleck this morning and are expected to arrive in White- horse during this afternoon. ' This is according to advices reccived by The Empire at noon from Skagway. s By TWELVE NAVAL SEAPLANES TO FLY T JUNEAU Fifteen Officers and 48 En- listed Men Are Picked— Dates to Arrive Here SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 13.—Fif- teen officers and 48 enlisted men Were selected yesterday for the crews of the twelve naval seaplanes which will fly to Alaska leaving here next Tuesday. The planes will fly to San Fran-| cisco on the first day of the flight and then from San Francisco to Seattle on the second day. All seaplanes comprise Squadrons VP-7 and VP-9. The craft went aloft for an hour yesterday making tests. Former Maneuvers The seaplanes assigned to this mass flight to Alaska participated | in recent Caribbean fleet maneu- cers. Before they were employed in_Hawalian waters. The . Martin patrol planes are different in typ> from those of the patrol Squadron 10-F, which early this year made a non-stop flight from San Fran- cisco to Honolulu, under command of Lieut. Commander Knefler Mc- Ginnis, but are of a later design and have a greater radius of ac- tion. The twelve seaplanes plan to make the mass flight from San Diego to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, from July 17 to August 13. Accompanying Craft The Wright, flagship of Rear Ad- miral Alfred 'W. Johnson, com- mander of the Aircraft Base Force, and one aircraft tender, the Avocet, will accompany the naval planes from San Diego to Dutch Harbor. They will visit various interven- ing points along the coast. These ships will serve as advance bases for fueling, engine overhauling and supply operations of the planes. Lieut. Commander J. M. Shoe- meker will be in command of the patrol wing, composed .of the VP Squadron, 7-F and VP Squadron O-F. " There will be six Martin patrol planes in each of these squadrons. Proposed Itinerary H The proposed itinerary of the squadrons is as follows: Leave San Diego July 17. Arrive San Francisco July 17, de- part July 21, Arrive Astoria July 21, depart July 23, Arrive Seattle July 23, depart July 26. Arrive Ketchikan July 26, depart August 1. Arrive Juneau . August 1, depart August 6, Arrive Cordova August 6, depart August 9. Arrive Seward August 9, depart August 11. Arrive Kodiak August 11, depart August 13. Arrive Dutch Harbor August 13, depart August 15. ‘Arrive Kodiak August 15, depart August 17. Arrive Sitka August 17, depart August 21. Arrive Prince Rupert August 21, depart August 25. Arrive Vancouver August. 25, de- part August 29. Arrive Portland August 29, de- part September 1. Return to San Diego Septem- ber 3. JUNEAU SCHEDULE According to advices received in Juneau from Rear Admiral A, W. Johnson, the following is the ten- tative schedule for arrival in Ju- neau, of course subject to adverse weather and other contingencies which cannot be foreseen: July 28 and leaves August 4. U. 8. 8. Wright arrives July 31 and leaves August 6 Patrol Squadrons Seven and Nine arrive August 1 and leave MARITIME STRIKE COMMUNISTS REPORTED T0 BE ON MARCH Destruction of Highways, Rail Facilities Declar- ed to Be Mission SNIPING RESULTS FRISCO WATERFRONT Unions Voting on General Strike—Arbitration Is Sought in Seattle Violence continued at Port- land today in the maritime strike where one person was shot in the arm according to Associated Press dispatches to The Empire. At Oakland mobs stormed theatres and restaurants as the threat of a general strike continued more serious. More unions are staging walkouts in San Francisco in sympathy with the maritime strikers. A warning that Commun- ists are enroute from Seattle to San Francisco to destroy all highway and rail facilities has been relayed to the Cali- fornia Public Works Depart- ment at Sacramento from railroad officials. g et GENERAL STRIKE REPORTS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, July 13. —Other unions here have dropped into line with the generat strike idea, either voting for walkouts or glving support to a general strike, if one is called. The Laundry and Retail Delivery Drivers’ Union voted to join a gen- eral strike if one is called. Most. of the other unions, with a total membership of 75,000, have either directly or through the Cen- tral Labor Councils, pledged sup- port to the Strategy Committee in a general walkout if one is called. The Truck Drivers, 3500 strong, walked out yesterday morning. The general strike movement is reported to be gaining along the coast while the Bay Cities began storing necessities in preparation for emergency. SNIPING STARTS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 13. —Bullets from snipers’ guns whin- ed along the waterfront today. One sailor fell seriously wounded as he left in a small boat, owned by a steamship company, for service on a freighter. Fifteen shots were fired in the sniping fire. BOARD STILL WORKING SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 13. —The Federal Mediation Board is struggling to restore peace through a proposed armistice and is con- tinuing conferences. The members of the Board await replies from all coast points on a proposal to put the mediation proposal to the membership of the union through a referendum. » VOTE TO ARBITRATE SEATTLE, July 13.—Three strik- ing maritime unions here have vot- ed for arbitration in the water- front dispute. Other unions are yet to take a vote. PORTLAND VOTES PORTLAND, Oregon, July 13.— Eighty unions here are reported to have voted to join a general strike. IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 13.— Unions here are discussing voting on a general strike, SOMETHING LIKE ALASKA SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 13. —Wholesale merchants reported this city will be without supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables by Saturday night. Meat will last about five days. A shortage of gasoline is ex- pected to become acute by night- U. 8. 8. Avocet arrives in Juneau | fall. — Fifty-two per cent of the gradu- ates of the University of Cali- fornia are engaged in professional or semi - professional pursuits, a August 6, ) survey disclosed. |