The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1934, Page 1

T — | S—— —— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6815. JAPAN T0 SCRAP PRESENT NAVAL PACT JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CAR MEN OF LOS ANGELES WALK OUT THO THOUSAND OUIT JOBS IN EARLY MORNING Motormen and Conductors Vote Unanimously to Go Out on Strike COMPLETE TIE-UP IS SET FOR TODAY Quarter of Million Com-| muters Served by Com- pany’s System | | | | | | | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 24—! The strike of street car and motor | coach employees of the Los An-{ geles Railway Corporation is both on and off. { The strike was officially effective | at 4:10 o'clock this morning after | 2,000 motormen and conductors vot- | od almost unanimously for a walk- out at a mass meeting. | The mass meeting was held early | this morning at which the vote| was taken. | Only a few cars were being op-| crated early this morning and s‘; complete tie-up was forecast at 6| o'clock by the unionists as those working were to be notified of the action at the mass meeting. It is estimated that a quarter million persons are served by the| company’s system. | BLYTHE RESIGNS AS AGENT FOR LABOR COUNCIL | Successor to Be Named in Special Meeting at Temple Tonight H. R. Blythe, who, since Aug-| ust, has been business agent for the Alaska Labor Council, will re- sign tonight at a special meeting of the Juneau Labor Council. “In resigning, I wish to-thank both employees and employers,” | Blythe said this afternoon in a statement to The Empire. “The co-operation extended to me by | both has been most gratifying, | and I appreciate it.” After Blythe tenders his res- | ignation tonight, the Labor Coun- cil is expected immediately to eleect a new business agent. Ru- mor today at the Labor Temple had it that the choice lay largely between Dan Ralston, president of the Central Labor Council, and L. R. Nunamaker, a delegate on the Council, with several others having an outside chance of elec- tion. e NEW JERSEY POSSE HUNTS COLORED MAN WOODBURY HEIGHTS, N. J, Nov. 24—A posse spent the night in a futile search for a negro as- sailant of Helen Takimas, aged 16 years. She was atfacked on her way to a church supper by a negro who knocked her down with a club. Miss Trakimas then beat him off by throwing a pie in his face and breaking an umbrella over his head. Bartlett On Way to Juneau Headquarters ‘WASHINGTON, Nov. 24—E. L. Bartlett, who has been secretary to Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, has left for Seattle en- route to Juneau where he becomes Assistant Director of the Federal Housing Administration. He expects to sail north from Seattle next Saturday. Little June Robles (shown at her school desk, right), kidnaped from her Tucson, Ariz.,, home last April, incident, but the federal authorities haven’t. They are prosecuting Oscar H. Robson (inset, left) on charges of extortion. He is the father of two children, Bobby, 9, and Betty, 7, (upper right) and a view of his Tucson home is shown (left). (Acsociated Press Photos) GEORGE SQUAD TAKES LEAD BY WILD VICTORY |Last Year's Champs in First Place—Beat Moose by 90 to 17 CITY LEAGUE w L Pect. George Bros. ... 3 0 1,000 High Scheol ... 2 1 667 Krauze Conc, ... 2 1 -667 DeMolay 2 1 667 1 2 333 o 2 000 0 3 000 DeMolay 54, High School 26. George Brothers 90, Moose 17. When two teams win by such walkaway scores as did DeMolay and George Brothers in the City Basketball League doubleheader last night at the Juneau High School, there’s very little use in trying to write a critical analysis of the games. A simple recitation of facts would be far more eloquent. In the first place, those fast- stepping DeMolays placed a great dent in the championship hopes of the High School quintet by giv- ing Coach Harold Regele’s lads a most convincing 54-26 pasting. In the second place, the 1933-34 cham- pion George Brothers outfit crush- ed a badly demoralized Moose out- fit by the unbelievable score of 90 to 17. The result of the two games was to put the Green Shirted George quintet in undisputed possession of first place for the first time since the League started play last month. DeMolay, by winning, came up to a three-way tie with the High School and Krause Con- creters for second position. Of the games themselves, little need be said. The box scores speak volumes. The curtain-raiser found a de- termined DeMolay crowd out to upset the hitherto undefeated prep- sters. And the fraternal lads did just that. Sparked by the return to competition of Hilding Haglund and by the nifty under-the-basket work of Lloyd (Kinky) Bayers, they grabbed the lead and held it easily throughout. The only prep player who could get loose from the hard-checking winners was battling Frank Beh- rends who managed to pot 12 points before being removed from the game on fouls early in the third quarter. Al Bloomquist, De- Molay guard, did an excellent job of checking Buddy Lindstrom, high scoring prep forward, to but two haskets. Less need be said about the fi- has all but forgotten the harrowing | it may be called | that. The debacle became steadily | worse as the tili progressed, cli- | maxing - finally when the losers ! were forced to play the last eight | minutes of the game with but four players, two men retiring via the | | four-personal-foul route. | Bob McPhee, George forward, | |led the scoring with the rather disgusting total of 43 points. Claude | Erskine, a George guard, managed iw sneak in 27 markers when Mc- | Phee didn't have his hands on the | ball. ‘ ‘The summaries: i | nal contesf FIRST GAME DeMolay (54) FG FT E. Lindstrom, f (c) 4 Manthey, f. Haglund, f. g. .. Melseth, f. Bayers, c. Bloomquist, g. . Garnick, g. ... Berggren, g. ....... 3 1 1. (SR SRR 21 10 0l 0 54 B s s S Bloowvwoar wlocowrooce Totals H. SCHOOL (26) F. Behrends, f.. Hall, f. H. Sturrock, f. B. Lindstrom, f... Smith, f. Meade, c. Kerr, c. Webster, c. Scott, g. c., Harris, g. Paul, g. (¢) iR A T Gl T e AR | ] olrccorwococoam 81 54 Biatienitacdn Totals SECOND GAME GEORGE (90) FG FT Davlin, f. .. 3 A. Sturrock, McPhee, 1. ... Baker, c. : Erskine, g. c. ... Burke, g (¢) ol ol wvomond =] 8|l wNaBuan el e e Totals MOOSE (17) Ledbetter, f (c).... Snow, f. g. ... Gissberg, c. Fennessey, f. Frodle, g. c. Gold, g. . <] Sleveacac libece ol i L 21 3 Elenai Referee—Harold Regele. PILSNER BREWERY OFFICIALS HERE, BUSINESS VISIT Representing the Pilsner Brew- ing Company, W. C. Fletcher and H. R. Fischnaller arrived in Ju- neau last night as passengers on the M. S. Northland. Fletcher is manager of the Ket- chikan brewery of the company, JUNE FORGETS—BUT NOT THE LAW (INGII| MAY KNOW FATE BY TONIGHT Case Will l—’—n—)gably Go to Jury by Late This Afternoon BULLETIN—_ CHICAGO, I, Nov. 24.—Insull has been ac- quitted. CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 24. — The trial of Samuel Insull and co- defendants on mail fraud chargesf in connection with the failure of the great utilities concerns is draw- ing to an end and it is 2xpected || the case will go to the jury late}- today. This forenoon only the Gov- ernment’s final arguments, with rebuttal and instructions to the jury remained. By tonight Insull may learn his fate. MERGER OF TWO AIR COMPANIE T0 AID ALASK Pan - American, Imperial Airways Unite—'Round the World Route Up NEW YORK, Nov. 24—Because Pan-American Airways, the largesi commercial aviation company in the world, has recently joined fi- nancial hands with Imperial Air- way of England, many pathways, heretofore blocked to international air travel, have been magically op- ened. One of these new routes would link American airways with the many and varied routes over the vast Territory of Alaska. These flights between the United States and Alaskan cities' is now possible over Canadian ground because of the Pan-American and Imperial hook-up. Not only will this fact mean much to Alaska particularly for itself, but it also means that the Territory, probably, will figure in a gigantic scheme to encircle the world with a monster regular ‘round-the-world aviation route. One of the chief objections to such a regular commercial flight has been the broad expanse of the Pacific. But now that the two big American and British air compan- ies have united, it will be possible to turn Alaska and her Aleutian Islands, which reach almost to Japan and Siberia, as a much- needed connecting link in world travel. GCHEAPER POWER LEGISLATION IS BEING PREPARED President Omxes His Pro- posal to His Aides— Details Withheld WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 24. —President Roosevelt is ready to put in operation his national pro- gram for cheaper power. He has outlined his idea on power to his aides in a significant conference from which emerged a definite de- termination for legislation. Details are withheld. BANK DEPOSITS SHOW INCREASE COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 24—De- posits in Ohio’s 653 licensed banks had reached nearly a billion and 2 half dollars by June 30, an in- and Pischnaller, from Seattle, is one of the directors. They ate here to arrange for a|eral Deposit Insurance Corporationwhich he came from the west- Juneau distributing agency. crease of $181,000,000 from Decem- ber 30, 1933, a report of the Fed- shows. @ "FLYING WING GROOMED FOR TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT; A non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Tokio is being planned by Monty G. Mason, transport and speed flier. Mason Is shown beside the dual tall of the odd looking craft which has a tremendous load carrying rpaclty. It has a wing span of 55 and a half feet and is 32 feet in length. Mason expects to takeoff about | lec. 1 and cover the 6400 miles in 87 hours. (A ciated Press Photo) Greater Alaska | Publicity Bureau Formed, Sedttle SEATTLE, Nov. 24—For the purpose of coordinating on na- | tional publicity for Alaska, the | formation of a Greater Alaska Publicity Association was an- neunced yesterday. e GRAND JURY- 1S CONTINUING TS DELIBERATIONS Two Indictments Returned by Body in Court Ses- sion This Morning | One not true hill was returned by the Grand Jury this morning after members answered the roll call in the United States District Court, and one secret indictment was presened by the deliberating body. . In the case of the U. 8. vs Owney Omley, charged with as- sault with a dangerous weapon, a not true bill was returned and he was released from custody. Chester Willis, charged with as- sault with a dangerous weapon, | was arraigned in Court this morn- ing and Judge George F. Alexan- der appointed M. E. Monagle to act as His attorney. In the case of Arthur Paul, also charged with assault with a dan- gerous weapon, R. E. Baumgartner was appointed attorney for the defense by the Court. Both Paul and Willis are to plead Monday morning. ‘Willie J. James, indicted for rape, entered a plea of not guilty, and Roy Holst, indicted for burglary, also entered a not guilty plea. Magda Karlsness was granted a decree of divorce from Hans Karlsness and Helen Lybeck was granted a divorce from Bert Ly- beck at the conclusion of this morning’s session after which adjourned until Monday morning. MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR. VANCE MURRAY HAS RETURNED HERE Dr. Vance Murray, Medical Di- recor for the United States Bu- reau of Indian Affairs, returned to his Juneau headquarters on the Motorship Northland last ev=- ening after #isiting all bureau sta- tions at which the North Star, on which he went south, put in with coal shipments. This completes the first exten- sive survey at the Bureau stations throughout the Territory, made by | Dr. Murray since he took over the office several months ago. He has been absent, except for a brief’ visit while the North Star was in port, for many weeks and has cov- ered thousands of miles both in his | own plane and by steamer. He had his plane shipped south to Juneau on the North Star on ward, J BRITISHER IS BOOSTER FOR UNITED STATES [No Peace Moves to Be Splendid Outlook Seen by| Made Until America’s Position Known GLASGOW, Nov. 24—Any col- lective effort by Nations to assure peace in the world must include the United States, says Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of the | Council, who ranks second to thni Prime Minister. “Never, as an individual, will I sanction the British Navy being used for an armed blockade of any country until I know what the United States is going to do” Baldwin asserted. The British official deplored withdrawal of Japan and Germany from the League of Nations. ——— - STOCK PRICES ADVANGE, SHORT SESSION TODAY Reactibial Caia Are Made —Trade Is Moder- atively Active NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—Practical gains prediminated the short ses- sion today of the New York Stock Exchange with trade moderately active. Homestake opened five points higher than closing yesterday. United States Steel improved with other favorites such as Beth- lehem Steel, Southern Pacific, Gen- eral Electric and American Tele- phone and Telegraph. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Nov. 24.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17, American Can 105%, American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 11, Armour N 6%, Bethlehem Steel 30%, Calumet and Hecla 2%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, General Motors 317%, International Harvester 38%, Kennecott 17, Unit- | ed States Steel 37%. ——e—— SURPRISE SHOWER IS GIVEN MRS. HOFFMAN To honor Mrs. Roy Hoffman, who was married recently, Mrs. Pearl Seeds and Mrs. C. V. Kay en- tertained Friday night with a sur- prise shower at the home of Mrs. Kay. Mrs. R. E. Southwell was high at pinochle. was low. Others attending included: Mrs. Alma Scott, Mrs. Florence Prim- avera, Mrs. Dolly Silva, Mrs. Ida Hansen, and Mrs. Ethel Markle. ———— The eosophagus or gullet, is for 20 years. Sympathetic by-stand- | bulletin board. about nine inches long and extends from the pharnyx to the stomach. Miss Grace Manax | BUSINESS IS | MAKING GAIN OVER NATION { | - C. C.of U.S. Backed | t Up by Statistics f | IR | WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, better business outlook reported by the Chamber of Commerce of the iUmwd States is upheld by Gov-| | ernment statistics. Evidences of improving busi-| | ness sentiment seen in October | | continued to appear in November, | |amounting to a six per cent rise | |in the volume of check payments | — Thf“ land steady retail sales, stable | wholesale prices, favorably car load- | |ing reports and increasing steel| Iproduction,” the report of the| {Chamber of Commerce of the Unit- | {ed States noted. Meanwhile, the Department of | Commerce prepared its forthcoming monthly review with the statement Ithat “business has been slowly on Ithe gain. There is a reported! {increase in industrial production, | emplcyment, payrolls and construc- tion.” The Chamber of Commerce of! the United States, a week ago, in- | itiated a campaign for active co- operation between the Administra- tion and business leaders in bring- ing about recovery. NEW PROPOSAL 'FOR EXPANSION U, 5. CURRENCY Group of Senate Silverites Would Withdraw Cer- tain Securities WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. — The Post says a new and far reaching currency expansion plan has been | proposed informally by a group of | Senate silver expansionists. The rough outlines, according to| ith Post, call for a withdrawal of jmore than nine billion dollars worth of Federal tax exempt se- | |curities which will be redeemed by |the issuing of anequivalent amount 1in new money, backed theoretically | |by gold and silver now in the Unit- jed States Treasury. iPre-War Hoard Is ] Found Worthless 1 | SPLIT, Yugoslavia, Nov. 24.—An 80-year-old peasant woman was amazed when she offered to pay for a ship passage with Austro- Hungarian empire crowns and was | |told the coins were worthless. She ' | TREATY TO BE TERMINATED BY ISLAND EMPIRE Japanese Ambassador Serves Formal Notice in Address Last Night ADVOCATES COMMON LIMIT FOR NAVIES Declares Japan and United States Are Co-Guard- ians of Pacific PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 24. — Ambassador Hirosi Saito, of Japan, said in a pre- pared address last night that “it appears” the United States and Japan “are Heav- en ordained by a mutually beneficial order to ever be co- guardians of the Pacific.” Speaking before the Amer- ican Academy of Political and Social Science, Ambassador Saito said Japan regards the ratio system in the naval question “as inappropriate and proposes a parity system by the estahlishment of a {eommon upper limit for all navies.” Terminate Treaty From this point of view, Ambassador Saito said Japan is going to give notice of her intention to terminate the Washington Treaty of 1922. “Japan desires there be a new formula for limitation other than the ratio system,” aid the Ambassador, “and she is hoping to have a new deal on a more reasonable basis than before.” Amicable Solution Ambassador Saito prefaced |his address with the state- ment: “It is good fortune for our countries that we have before us no major questions, either political or economic that are not sus- ceptible to an amicable solu- tion.” THREAT IS HANGING OVER LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE LONDON, Nov. 24—The threat of a limitless naval building race hetween Great Britain, United States and Japan, hung over the tri-power conservations as hope has been virtually abandoned for & compromise on Japan’s demand for naval parity. The United States, it is said, will seek a naval accord with Great Britain if the present treaties are junked, which Japan threatens. Conciliatory Move Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, of the Japanese delegation, hinted he will “make a conciliatory move™ next week. The Admiral made it clear, however, that any new pro- posal will be based on the prin- cipal of actual tonnage and equality. PWA SHIFT NOTICE TO BE POSTED ON BULLETIN BOARD Notification of men working -on PWA projects in Juneau will be made, starting Monday noon, by means of a bulletin board to .be erected just inside the main en- trance to the Federal and Ter= ritorial Building. : According to announcement made this afterncon by Harry G. Wat- son, of the Governor’s office, names |said she had just dipped into sav- lings which she had not touched ers collected enough Yugoslav din- . ars to pay her fare. of men assigned to work on com- ing shifts will be placed on the This will elimin=~ te congestion in upper hallways ot the building. 3 R rt 3