The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6734. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 2I, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ALASKA FLIER SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS NAZI GUNS ARE! UNLIMBERED IN CREAT CONFLICT Grave Apprehension Is Ex- pressed in Catholic and Other Circles TENSION REPORTED | TO BE MOST ACUTE, Nazi Also Launches New| Crusade Against Com- munists—Attacks Made BERLIN, Aug. 21.—Nazi propa- puns have fired an :mti-‘ ianity barrage which has| ed grave apprehension to the | Rcman Catholic Church and to g¢~me Prctestant circles. | Developments in the troubled| church situation is indicated and | thove is fresh tension despite Hit- lev's acknowledgement of “positive Christiani in his recent declara- tion at Hamburg. mcnts reveal an appeal the abolition of Christianity, arently inspired by Hitler's ung leaders. Veiled Threat | Goebbel has also added to fears with a veiled thréat against the church in a drive which Reich- bishop Mueller has™ announced would “cover every city and coun- try from autumh to next spring.” Another indication of strife is| the hesitancy of the German Ro-| man Catholic heirachy to establish a status of the concordat between Vatican City and the German na- tion. ANOTHER CAMPAIGN PERLIN, Aug. 21—A new Nazi| vigilance against Communists is anticipated because of their heavy participation in the four million votes cast against Hitler last Sun- doy in the plebiscite. There has been a conciliatory trend toward Communism as the result of the recent amnesty law THREE NATIONS GERMANY SAN FRANCISCO Some 25,000 World War veterans ciated Press Photo) Why All the La REACH AGCORD; WARNING GIVEN HOST TO LEGION A'general view of Market street, its sidewalks lined by thousands, as the California department of the American Legion staged its big convention parade in San Francisco which lasted nearly .three hours, attended the annual meeting. (Asso bor Strife! Price Sees NRA Invelved! By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington.) The daily reports of strikes and | strike settlements, of viclence, mar- tial law, mediation and court ac-| tion, tell only half the story of }me present industrial struggle. It must occur to any discerning | newspaper reader that such an epi- demic of labor troubles probably ROBBERY ; BANK TRUCK HELD-UP Machine Gu_n—EanditsMaké Escape with $427,000 * in Brooklyn, N. Y. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 21— A dozen machine-gun bandits held up an armored truck which was collecting money from Federal Re- serve member banks and manu- facturing companies to take. to central banks and :escaped with | $427,000 in three speedy autos, two of them abandoned later. 4 One car headed for a speedboat | | where the loot was placed aboard | :nd the boat headed into the upper | New York Bay toward New Jersey. None of the money,was found in {the abandoned auto: " | The police advance the theory {the money was tossed from the trucks into the autos. and trans- ferred into smaller machines. The hold-up, coming shortly after | midda; was cne of the boldest | and most quickly ‘executed of rob- berries in Brooklyn police, annals. The bandits left one bag contain- | ing $29,000 in ‘the truck. The hold-up did not take longer than three minutes and .was wit- sed by employees of an ice com- | pany @nd players on a tennis court “!!Ffl«rb)', | | | i { | ——— - STOCK PRIGES | TAKE ADVANCE, QUIET SESSION Metals and Rails Lead Off Carrying Many Others Issues Upward | NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Quiet but | substantial recoveries ruled the stock market today. Metals and 'HYDE PARK TO BE NATION’S SUMMER CAPITAL The Krum Elbow estate of Pres- ident Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N.Y., will become the summer capital i / of the natiom iate in August. The ; President will go there from Wash- ington soon and establish working quarters. The estate forms a big parallelogram, with one end border- ing on the Hudson river. It covers 1,000 acres. A winding, tree-bor- dered drive leads to the great, rambling house with its cluster of adjacent buildings. The house was built about 100 years ago. (Associ- ated Press Photos) 50 TO FUNERAL | OF H. T. RAINEY Chief Executive Calls Final! Conference of Recov- ery Licutenants WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — The| Presilent called his recovery lieu- | tenants together today for a last| minute check up before departing to attend the funeral of Henry T. Rainey at Carrollton, Illinois. ‘The President plans to leave late | today for Illinois and after the funeral tomorrow will establish his PHESlflENT T[] 51534”/5a_ln_w‘rrz Puék Nea»rs Six-Million Case Mark; Local S With reports complete for all dis- tricts up to August 11, except from the south side of the Alaska Pen- insula which is reported only to August 4, the 1934 Alaska salmon pack has reached a total of 5,793,- 812 cases of all varieties, it was announced today by Lemuel G Wingard, Alaska Agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. He predicted that the total pack for this year will be at least 6,- 000,000 cases. The red pack up to August 11 was 2,523452 cases, one of the largest ever to be packed in the history of the industry. rason Is Ended trolling, ended in the Juneau di- vision Saturday night when the lower end of Chatham Strait closed down. Canning will be continued for the next two weeks while the canners process the fish taken from the traps by this morning. Final reports for this division will be received lafe this weeck. Fishing will continue for a short time in the Wrangell, West Coast and Ketchikan districts. The Ket- chikan district is still experiencing a heavy run and its final pack is expected to reach 1,000,000 cases. FRANK DORBANDT TAKES PLANE T0 |SOARTODEATH Tells Friends Before Hop- Off that They'll Not . See Him Again ONLY ONE CLUE IS GIVEN, MYSTERY CASE Pasadena Man Wires for Arrest, Grounding of Plane,, If Found ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 21.— | Frank Dorbandt, well known Al- |aska aviator, took off alone, with an empty Ptarmigan plane about 5 o'clock Sunday with two and ora half gallons of gas, and headed up the gulch in the direction of Valdez. | Dorbandt told bystanders | would not see him again. Pilct Murrell Sasseen arrived Monday evening and brought word that Dorbandt landed at Susitna Staticn, 50 miles northwesterly {from Anchorage, Sunday night, re- mained there over night and then took off about noon Monday for an unknown destination. Recent Charges Dorbandt was recently charged by the Federal Government with smugeling fys and his trial was set for the Ketchikan term of court - Dorbandt failed to appear at Seattle August 16 to answer to a charge by Marjorie Seller, aged 19, that he was the father of her child. Dorbandt recently flew here from Los Angeles with a party and 2s- tablished an air line. they ARREST IS ORDERED PASADENA, Cal, Aug. 21— Marshall Kester, one of the owners of Dorbandt’s plane, said he has sent word to Alaska asking for the flier's arrest and that the plane be grounded. Kester said Dorbandt was em- IS TO FIGHT CHRISTIANITY Italy, Austria and Hungary summer White House at Hyde| YLosal” Seuitn iy Ended Pack by District ployed by him as pilot. He and for political prisoners but the press has resumed sharp attacks on the party and Hitler plans to bring mere than 4,000,000 “black shesp” into the Nazi fold.” WARNING GIVEN HITLER REGINE GENEVA, Aug. 21.—Dr. Nahun| Goldmann, addressing the opening session of the World Jewish Con-| ference, warned the Hitler regime that Jewry has known more power- ful adversaries and has ‘‘always outlasted them.” Hitler to Work | For Absolute Nat. Socialism | BERLIN, Aug. 21.—Adolf Hit- ler took cognizance of the op- position vote last Sunday with the declaration that “we must and shall succeed Ja winning over the last ten percent of the Nation for National Socialism. That will be our last crown- ing victory.” Hitler thanked the Nazis for Sunday’s “glorious victory for which all' sections have done | marvelous work.” | e, — | DEPUTY KILLED IN MINE RIOT GOODWILL, West Virginia, Aug. | 21.—Deputy Sheriff E. C. Peterfish | was slain in a skirmish between strikers and non-strikers at the mine near here and Earl Over- street, union mine worker, was| shot in the neck. | The serious shooting began when | strikers attempted to prevent non- Reported to Have Drafted Pact ROME, Aug. 21. — Unconfirmed rumors said Premier Mussolini, of Italy, and Chancellor Schuschnigg, of Austria, are drafting a military clause for 'Italo-Austro-Hungarian accord. The clause is one step for mu- tual assistance between the three countries to permit Italy to march into Austria, if necessary, to aid that nation. An official communique contain- ed what is termed a warning to other nations to keep out of Aus- tria’s internal affairs. e e—— e ULTIMATUM IN TEXTILE STRIKE | 2 e | Union Leaders Not Initiate|versed. Any Overtures for Peace —It Is Up to Others ‘WASHINGTON, Aug. z1.—Union hw\eu in charge of the projected : | general textile stzike have issueq a | happeni Iblunt ultimatum they would init-| iate no peace overtures -and the next move is up to the industry ‘or the Administration. The leaders said organization | work is being speeded in prepara- der. |tion for the walkout on September | 1 or later. RELERE IR Blonde Gun-woman Robs Paymaster, (Makes Escape PUEBLO, Colo., Aug. 21. — An attractive blonde .gun-wo- man shot and robbed a con- struction job paymaster, getting 690. The gun-woman escaped in a car driven by another girl. The paymaster suffered union men entering the mine. thigh wound. has some special central caus that things like that do not “just| {happen.” What 'is the speclali’ | cause.? | The answer summarily made is | that an increase in strikes is a natural accompaniment to indus-| | trial . recovery. That is true his- torically. In the main, workers| sit tight in times of depression | and grow restless as business gets better. The recent increase of industrial strife appears to many, however, to have far outrun the curve of re- covery. Government, | strikes in 1932, 1,373 in 1933. The| | first five months of 1933 produced | 1426, the same period of 1934 pro- | | duced 576. | Special circumstances, further- more, tend to upset the usual pre- | sumption. Customarily strikes in- ' crease with improving business be- icause the workers are anxious to| iget their share of the netw prof- its. Under NRA, the process was re- | Instead of the usual lag |in wage increases, such increases | were granted in° many industries jeven before the new profits began | to accumulate. figures show 898 ! Tt is plain that some other cause | | must have contriduted to what is| ng today. | | A. F. L. DRIVE | 'The situation wiii be easter to !unders:and if the events which led up to it are reviewed in proper or-i The Recovery Act, passed in the |spring of 1933 contained a now- | celebrated clause known as “sec- i:zan 7A,” which guaranteed work-| jers the right to organize and bar- | gain collectively. Immediately two things happened. | The American Federation of La- bor Jaunched an unprecedented | membership campaign. Its organ- |izers were accused of having told )employees that “the President wants you to join” the standard (Federa- tion) union. Many employers, having a long- standing dislike for the standard (Continued on Page Two) | |rails led many issues to gains of jone to around three points. RENO, Nev., Aug. 21.—The Plu- mas National Forest fire near Por- tola, California, is out of control Most | Park. of the gains held to the close of | Ty the session which was firp. Sales totalled only 900,000 shares. ‘SPEAKERSHIP CLOSING PRICES TODAY | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 0F HGUSE Tn stock today is 21, American Can| 4%, Anaconda 127%, Armour B 61'%, | Bendix Aviation 13, Bethlehem Steel 28%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, General| ter 27, Henneoott 19%, unitea| Byrns Heads List of Those States Steel 34%, Warner Pictures| to Succeed Rainey but 91, ask 1.02. | | WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Joseph MAs FIRE {Willington Byrns headed the list (of likely successors to Speaker {Henry T. Rainey who died sud- B“RN'NG UVER denly last Sunday. |not been settled by a long shot LARGE REGIUN;ana indications are that a strong | Others mentioned to handle the gavel in the House are Sam Ray- | iburn of Texas, W. B. Bankhead | Clifton Woodrum of Virginia, John after sweeping through 6,000 acres|McCormack of M: husetts, Lind- of valuable timber. say Warren of North Carolina and injured. Thirteen hundred men are — e, combating the blaze. | NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Closing| 987%, American Pewer and Light| BE GUNTESTED‘ Motors 30%, International Harves- 4%, Pound $5.08%, Nabesna bid I There Are Others LA S The Speakership has, however, |intraparty rivalry will develop. land John McDuffie of Alabama, Five fire fighters were seriously |John Rankin of Mississippi. IDAHO TOWN THREATENED SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 21.—Upon the vagarics of the wind rested the fate of tiny Avery, Idaho, at whose gates the raging forest fire licked while 500 fighters battled stubbornly to check it. A slight breeze means the town's doom. Worst Gale in Years ; e Sweeps Over Part of Discouraging reports are being received from fire fronts in Mon- Irish Free State tana, Canada and other sections of | Idaho. Flames believed once check- WATERFORD, Irish Free State, ed are again out of bounds, whip- | Aug. 21.—Terrified women knelt ia ped by winds. doorways and prayed today for, abatement of one of the worst) FLAMES SPREADING BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 21.—Tweniy|Sunday night. The wind reached five thousand acres of forest land|a velocity of 100 miles an hour, in Western Idaho are being swept |causing heavy property damage a::d by fire today as 1500 striv 1o | cutting off telephone and telegraph prevent further spreading. communication with Great Britain, All commercial fishing, except District Yakutat Icy Strait Western Eastern ‘Wrangell Ketchikan West Coast Prince of Wales Island Bristol Bay — Final Kvichak-Naknek. 1,118,739 Nushagak 361,287 Egegik 140,750 Ugashik 56,166 Alaska Peninsula— South Side 184,821 North Side—Final 87,126 Chignik . 114,998 Kodiak 141,520 Cook Inlet—Final. 116,325 Central Alaska— Copper R.—Final Prince William Sound—Final Resurrection Bay. Reds Kings 18499 4,632 16,540 18 12,524 118 7586 3,802 10,377 116 22,884 837 6,666 47 33 4353 217 142 322 19,055 92,261 3,529 13,508 1,121 976 . Dorbandt flew a plane to Alaska several weeks ago to establish a freight route. 13 ARRESTED IN EFFORT TO FIND SLAYER PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21.—The police have arrested thirteen per- sons to find the slayer of James Conner, aged 22, who was shot and killed in a waterfront labor dispute and riot yesterday. 1,260 Matt Meehan, International 6,593 | Longshoremens’ Association official, 19,587 |18 among those held for question- |ing. He was not near the riot <cene, but the police said he was carrying a loaded pistol. The pack by district follows: Red Tails Pinks Chums Cohos 3,840 199 105 189,910 37,303 8,550 155,787 89,931 8,501 94,200 51477 14,051 170,951 26,000 12,960 605,829 22,135 20,159 182911 10,480 20,334 11,036 14,668 3,752 1,198 266931 22 25,150 375,146 47,542 161,416 1,005 11,390 60,616 7996 21,864 | 385,207 1,098 11,796 | MURDER CHARGES PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21.—First TOTALS 2,523452 52,501 lGRAND TOTAL—(All species)—5,793,812 cases. EMPTY BOAT TELLS STORY i ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Aug 21.—The canvas covered canoe in which John Smith, aged 24, starte! out in alone on June 18 to cross the Atlantic from Peterboro, On- |tario, to Peterboro, England, has (been picked up empty 15 miles, south of Port Saunders. ——— e T. L. ALLEN GOES SOUTH; TO VISIT HIS MOTHER left on the Northland for a visit with his mother in Bellingham, Wash. She has been ill for some time. Mr. Allen expects to be gone about three weeks, degree murder charges have been filed against nine of those under arrest in connection with yester- |day’s waterfront shooting. 2 ARE HANGED: MAN WASHED HAD EXPLOSIVES OVERBOARD IN farm workers were hanged early/ today for possessing exploiives, . This brings the number of exccu-|Large Liner Is Struck by tions since the Nazi putsch to elev- | Waves 60 Feet High en. { in Mid-Atlantic | M. E. BONDIXON IN | | ANCHORAGE FOR VISIT| GLASGOW, Ailg. 21.—More than | |30 passengers were injured and one | M. E. (Doc) Bondixon, pros- seaman was washed gwerboard and 20,429 544,744 146,885 | e | pector since the days of '98, has|drowned when a terrific gale struck ' storms in years. The storm started| T. L. Allen, of the United Food, | been in Anchorage for some time, the liner Cameronia in the mid~ This was learned when | partly for a visit and partly for | Atlantic. | medical treatment. He is a resi- |dent of Tacotna, and this was his | first trip to Anchorage for several | years. the ship arrived at Clyde, Some of the waves were 60 feet degree angle, the passengers sald. B high and the liner heeled to a 35