The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1935, Page 8

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 4, 1935. These Make Robinson Biggest Democtat Majority Leader LONGSHOREMEN BET PAY RAISE FROM DOCK MEN Strike Ends — Boats Un- loaded—New System Goes Into Effect ive | Juneau’s longshore strike is end- S YORE., F‘eb.dl—'l't}lf L 7 |\ |clause decision shadows hovered | Granted their complete wage in- M o it creasc demands, the city’s long- , ali In tha danett trad-i shoremen, who successfully had tied | ing witnessed in five months.| up Juneau's maritime tgaffic forj eke. wité. otlly’ 50000, ghases. | exactly one week, went “back to| Sk o to¥ ieatterigliaing, work yesterday. As a result, both| SAalist wa WAWHOle beme SRy the Northland—bound south from | A Hodare, 104 Higs. sodemhat Sitka and the Northwestern— vy, : stward from Seattle— | A V. * of their cargo. So, once again, Mrs. Juneau Citi- en was able to buy all the fresh butter, eggs and vegetables that| she wished. And drug stores re- STOCK PRIGES = _MILLIONAIRE WEDS NEW YORKER SOGGY;TRADING 3 IS DULL TODAY Slackest Period on New! York Exchange in Re- | cent Five Months | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 4 — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 17%, American Can 114%, American Power and Light| | ceived long - awaited and much-| | 3%, Anaconda 10%, Armour N 5%, needed shipments of medicinal sup- - . § : | Bethlehem Stéel 20%, Calumet and plies. K S ; w R - Hecla 3%, General Motors 31, In- City Offer Praised i - 5 : ternational Harvester 40, Kenne- The strike settlement, officially |cott 16%, United States Steel 36, [§ announced at 4 o'clock yesterday ; 3 i Pound $4.87%. These new Democratic toga-wearers give Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas|Joseph Guffey, Penn.; Theodore Bilbo, Miss.; Franeis T. Malone: , Conn.; | afietnoon, wak the il re§u1‘t o biggest following ever poags:ssed by a emoenzc majority leader in the |Majority Leader Robinson; Sherman Min‘nn. Ind.; Georye a;d::)lri‘;o_ | an offer made by the City of| gepgte They're shown with him. Left to right: Rush Holt, W, Va.; |Md.; James E. Murray, Mont.: Lewis Schwellenbach, Wash. | OTHER STOCK QUOTATIONS Juneau at a compromise meeting el o A A A 4 The following are closing prices held in Gov. John W. Troy's offwell' ; F 2 | | of various, issues today on the New in the Federal and Territorial ered by Acting Mayor George Sat- \York Stock Exchange, furnished by Building late Saturday afternoon gurday night, ratified his proposal. New Giant Navy Plane Hops tO Canal Zone | the Wilson - Faithanks and Com- Under the terms of the new|The striking longshoremen also I . p A T pany’s Juneau office: A\ agreement, the transportation com- ratified the idea later that night. e i 7 former Charlotte Fantoni of New York, pictured after their marriage in ’ ¥ P Amer. Radiator 13%, Amer. R. M. | Reno, Nev. Smith was divorced from his actress.wife, Claire Lucg. in panies step out of the longshore|But, in the meantime, the dock A . S e L . - 1;20'?, ARE LR S i | L ancy S o i picture. From now on, longshoring |owners had decided to pay the : : :T & T. 104%, Amer. Toba‘cco 82%, previous day. (Associated Press Photo) becomes a local problem. | longshoremen their higher wages, | Amer, W. W. 13, Atchison Topeka | Here's Detail and the ship companies stepped | 44, Atlantic Ren‘mng 243% Bendix“ Here are the details: |out of the case. 15;‘\;, C: P, 18, ' | 1. TheJuneau longshoremen will| R. J. McKanna, local agent for receive 95 cents an hour from 8 the Alaska Steamship Company, o'clock in the morning until 5|said today that the idea of the o'tlock in the afternoon. Work |transportation companies moving during all other hours and during|away from the longshore con- all hours on Sundays and holidays | troversy by handling only to “ship’s will draw. a pay of $1.40 an hour. sling,” was not a new one and had This is the “Seattle scale” which |oeen considered seriously for some the local longshoremen asked. They |time. He indicated that the idea had received a flat rate of 85 cents | probably would spread to include an hour. all Alaska ports soon. 2. The steamship companies—Al- el iplati i aska Steamship Company and the Northland Transportation Company —on the other hand, step out of the longshore picture. These com- panies, from now on, will deliver freight only to “ship’s sling.” From the sling on into the warehouse | will be a local problem, handledE R w 1|30 by local dock owners. i yls 3. Therefore, the Pacific Coast | Dock management and D. B. Fem- | mer, owner of Femmer's Dock, along with all other docks in the| Clifford W. 8mith, stepson of Newcomb Carlton, and his bride, the | Caterpillar 39%, Cerro de Pasco |40%, C. & O. 42!, Chrysler 36%, | | Cont. Can 66, Cont. Oil 17%, Cur- | | tiss-Wright 2%, du Pont de Ne-| SPRING DRESSES ARRIVED TODAY! | mours 93%. Electric Auto-Lite 2 ‘..‘ | Fairbanks-Morse 19, Gen. Electric [ ] 23%, Gen. Motors 31, Granby 6%, I_EAI)ER DEPT. STORE G.'N. 12%, Homestake 345, Howe GEORGE BROTHERS Sound 45. Hudson 9%, Houdaille Hershey B 7%, Int. Nickel 22%, Johns-Man- ville 51%, Liggett & Myers 14% Liquid Carbonic 27, Loew’s 32%. : 2 Loose-Wiles 34%, Lorillard 19%, _ : " : s o W Marshall Field 8%, Mathieson Al- ; ; 3 5 xali 28, Maytag 57¢, McIntyre 39. : 5 . : | Montgomery Ward 25%, Naah| . 4 P A s 15%, Nat. Cash Register 16, N. Y. 5 C. 16%, N. P. 17, Penney 69%. | Pullman 47 Radio 5%, Rey-| ‘ . i & 5% 3 s nolds Tobacco 47%, Sears Roebuck R : f i - 33%, 8..P. 15%. | The navy’s giant biplane, XP2H-1, carefully guarded for months from prying eyes while under | Socony 14, Sperry 8%, Stand. Oil construction at Hampton Roads, Va., completed its scheduled non-stop hop of 2,000 miles to Coco Solo, |Cal. 29%; Stand. Oil N. J. 40, Alaska Juneau Superintend- ity. 1 Canal Zone, from Norfolk, Va., in 25 hours. Six men made the flight. The plane is shown as it was being Texas Corp. 19%, Timken 33%, city, will pay the longshoremen. | ent Objects to 6-Hour launched at Norfolk to start the flight. (Associated Press Photo) nifod ' iaaicl 13 o [ Yesterday, they agreed to pay them | L33 ., | th¢ Seattle scale, which the ‘ship Day P TavIsoR | ; EoFiTher 0%, U /A SmEIE 1 AM the lifeblood of business i e W 5 3 % R |4 %, West. Air Brake 245 companies were unwilling to grant. | 14 son, Juneau; A. W. Brindle, Ket- |ing 109%, West. Air Brake 24%, o % _ The dock owners plan wgcovefrthisl Public hearing on the labor bxlls;PuBllc HEARING chikan; F. F. Rouze, Seattle; Le-| UMMI EES nN | West. Electric 37, Woolworth 53%. ' —the buymg medlum of mil- added cost by increasing wharfage|NOW before the Territorial House one Crary, Juneau; J. M. Wycoff, | I I Averages—Down 37. costs at the rate of 75 cents per | Was continued this afternoon until | | | Spot silver—537%c. | lions of consumers. | | Petersburg; Lyle Blodgett, Ketchi- | b ton. This rate will be tried ro,{l:ao tomorrow afternoon after the | UN LAB“R BILLS {kan; Harold E. Smith, Cordoya; O. SPU HT GRuuPs | xc»»'anv.o, Vancolfver and Seatblei thirty days, at which time a new |committee on labor had heard L. Ross, Juneau; Mr. and Mrs,C. M. mining exchanges: Bralorne $9.70, | figure, which probably will be low-| H. Metzgar, general superinten- | Archibold, ' Ketchikan; James P. Bremner 40c at 50c, B. R. X. 1c,| | er, will be used. dent_ of the Alaska-Juneau Gold E Daly, Nome; J. N. Gilbert, Ju- 12:;;10029301& Qtuartz $1.16, Gol- Mining company. | neau; C. C. Hall, Seattle; M. J. | 5 ontana Consolidated Not for Profit William N. Growden, committee | Hennegan, Ketchikan. 20c, Nabesna 75c at $1.00, Pioneer I am the Foundation of Prosperity! I keep the industries of the nation at work, providing employment for everyone. \ “It is not the desire of the op- erators to make a profit on the|chairman, announced that to- IR AT G Gold 10c, Premier $148, Silver- | smi é fi roviding 4 new arrangement,” G. H. Walmsley, | morrow’s hearing would be the last 1S GOING TO SEATTLE {smith 6c, Sunshine $11.00 I am the wheel of finance, provi d ng a Manager of the Pacific Coast Dock |and the committee would wait no 8-Hour Day, Contract La- said this morping. “Rather, it is Just to make it cover the actual new cost created through the raise in pay rate to the longshoremen.” longer for any one to appear, hav- weeks. He said the committee ex- pected to report the measures out tomorrow. ing already delayed nearly two, bor Plan, Underground | Hours Being Aired |- Archie MacDougal, well known llocal carpenter, injured last fall while employed on the Douglas- Juneau Bridge, is leaving for Se- ‘ame on the Yukon. He expects to Acting Head of Sports-| &= men’s Organization Names Organizers in all sorts of outdoor activities. The committees follow: | Golf Committee—Norman Ban- | | field, Chairman; W. S. Pullen,| merchant, again to the worker. steady flow ‘of income to the worker, the the manufacturer, and back A proposal, made by Acting May- Public hearing on the three labor |return in six weeks or two months.| Dr. W. W. Council, Temporary |R&lPh Martin. or Walis George at the Governor’s Opposes Six-Day Plan bills now before the Legislature; = President of the tentative sports-i Rifle Club—J. P. Williams, Chair- meeu}x‘lz Saturday afternoon, is giv-| oOnly the eight-hour day, six- was centering the attention of thel! BAMON RETURNS men’s organization which was form- | man; G. W. Folta, Oscar Waterud. :}l"‘e ts L:lkzuz:‘t.‘tle{:;n:rmm about | day week bill was considered to- | Territorial House this afternoon| OQwner of the Channel Bus Line,|ed at a meeting last week in the| Trap Shooting—Guy McNaugh- 3 day. Mr. Metzgar, who appeared|and several interested persons ap-|w. H. Bacon returned to Juneau |forestry department offices, today [ton, Chairman; Mort Truesdell, V. Acting Mayor George proposed |in opposition to certain phases of peared to discuss the proposals,jast night on the Northwestern |[named the committees which have |F. Williams, L. F. Morris. that the city ‘offer the use of the|that measure, told the group he which would have wide spread ef—k after a short business trip to Se-|Charge of interesting the various| Salt Water Fishing—G. F. Free- Otty Dock until an agreement could | was not opposed to it as far as the fect on labor in Alaska. v attle. sport groups and forming a perma- |burger, Chairman; Earle Hunter, be reached. The city would have|eight-hour day was concerned but| The three House measures under e nent central organiation. Jr., George B. Rice. paid the longshoremen the Seattle | did object to the six-day week on | discussion were the eight-hour six- LUMBERMEN HERE The plan, to be carried out in co- | Fresh Water Fishing — Frank . scale and would have jncreased the | grounds that it would disrupt op- |day week plan introduced by A. G.| Mr. and Mrs. M. McDermott |operation with the forestry de-|Dufresne, Chairman; Walter Hel- wharfage to take care of the added | crations. He favored the men tak- Nordale of Fairbanks, the aboli- returned to Juneau on the North- |partment, is to establish a sports-|lan, George Kohlhepp. 1 cost. : img a day off a week on their own |tion of the contract labor plan sub-land from Sitka. McDermott is {men's club at Mendenhall Glacier| Skiing and Skating -~ Homer G. This suggestion was agreed UpON | time when they wanted it. He also mitted by Charles Murray of Cor- business manager of the Juneau!which would serve as a central Nordling, Chairman; Curtis Shat- tentatively at the meeting, "’“h}asked exemption of bosses and dova, and the bill to regulate work Lumber Company. | {gathering place for those interested |tuck, Ed.Townsley. the added proviso that the d°°k¢wmchmen from the eight-hour |underground and setting a limit o b e A W A A e 7 ECE mers, Shemadit, Al ike e i, |six_Bours in any 21, brought in GARNERS ENTERTAIN K __3EVELTS AT DINNER I am the foundation of prosperity— I AM CREDIT! Help keep the nation prosperous . . .. pay bills promptly! ALASKA CREDIT BUREAU CHARLES WAYNOR, Manager Valentine Bldg. Phone 28 i Prompt Delivery |Old papers. for sale at ~Empi;e Office | same offer as the city and have by A. P. Walker of Craig. the boats land at their docks in-| o o o TRt Moning Sessih stead of at the City Dock. 3 mein employed at the | o o short session this morning, | T T Council Gives 0. K. £ "’,1 .sup_er aienaig el A !the House passed to third reading! The City Council, hastily gath- :fl“‘le;“l: he.d:bl r;\ar{ledT:nd 357| he Ziegler oyster memorial, the| : : e " fmum wage. he . sd way s433|cducation bill and the Senate rein-} ; N A il UTCHMRTORRRRRRRHOIIINL | "Gy it “the average . wages |G€eF. memortal. Development of the ' ‘ _ : Tightly over 6 auin T8¢ 8% oyster indusiry In the Territory is| 1 1 : : ' ¢ s 9 ° " The BB . proposed in the Ziegler memorial, 3 i A r‘l" A other two bills before the repeal of the 1933 school law a n a I committee refer to the abolition of sought in the education bill and 1 ® contract labor and the limiting t0|agmission of reindeer meat into G B six hours work undsrground. California the hope of the Senaté f ’ eorge Bros. W 0 memorial. : e FUNERAL SERVICES One New Bil | A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF One new Lill was introduced, by’ i ° FOR MRS. CURRAN A H.. Ziegler of Ketehikan, asking |7 3 ARE HELD TODAY|S s i . s | FRESH FRUITS and 4 gy Dr. R V. Eliis of hilkan g LOW ER Following a ceremony held from |’ medtcal services : givel : the Church of the Nativity this|CBristigmsen.’afi. mdigent. =~ 1 : VEGE TABLES 5 LIQUOR morning, Mrs. Jean Curran, who| The House meets tomorrow mornr died here last week, was buried in ing ‘st 11 ‘o'clock: Evergreen Cemetery. . : S o RS { PRICES Mrs, Curran, who was to have{® ® ® $.@ ¢ 4'e s 6 0 & © ; ARRIVED ON become a resident of Juneau, had!| * AT THE "m * ALWAYS been here but a day or two befage|[® ® * % ® ¢ ® b 8 4780 P Y ] being struck I:nfn'.l_-, by an attack B i Northlvestern of pneumonia. She was a former Y . resident of Cordova. Her husband, Willie B. S\mpk*,.Juneau; N. A, é ‘ who survives her, is a blacksmith | MCEachran, Seattle; W. J. ltchon- . & i for the Copper River and North-|ald: K_e!chlknn: Henrg ?h‘;;lluewy. ® western Railroad. A son, Harry, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs, E. J. 3 a n a I also survives her. | Juneau; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jef- The funeral arrangements were|[rey. Juneau; O. E. Jackson, e - made by the Juncau-Young un-|attle. George Bros. dertaking parlors ‘ Alaskan Y | lfim H. D. McNeil, Jl;nea;:;e Mékedl:et- \ R ) DY S off, Juneau; S. E. , Cordova; Phone % om Orders! Edward Kvande, two-year-old In- | Eva c-x‘-ipsas, Seattle; Miss B. _ Phone 478 SQOI’CA until dian boy, died at Government Hos- | Day, Seattle; R. T. McCullough, R S TR AR 13 \ pital yesterday morning. The body|Seattle; W. B, Harrie, Seattle; The dinner given by Vice Presi nd Mrs. Garnee for the President and Mrs. Roosevélt was one ot | 3 pmt 44 is being held at the C. W. Carter|Ralph Compton, Boise, Idaho. $he high spots In Washington's social season. It s the one and vnlybl& fiyfl“'yfl:‘!m"‘?fi“"‘“ | Mortuary pending funeral arrange- | Gastineau R Foan Pholo‘)’ right: Mrs, Garner, Mrs, Roosevelt, Vice President Garnef, and the K i ¥ '