The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 5, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVI., NO. 6980. KID SEARCHING FOR SUSPECT GROUP Rose City Officials Want | | | | to Query Five in Weyer- haeuser Kidnap Case ABDUCTORS’ AUTO | BELIEVED FOUND' Federal Investigators See “Wide-Open Break” Tomorrow Night TACOMA, Wash, June 5—The highlight of the manhunt for the kidnapers of little 9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, now safe at his wealthy parents’ home hcre, centered today around the report from Portland, Ore, that police there had ordered a search for five men, all with police records. If apprehended, they will be question- ed. Meanwhile, from Hoquiam, Was a report said that Phillip Tomelich, 2 farmer, belleves he has found the Hudson automobile which the kid- napers used. He told authorities there that three men and a woman drove it up a grade and left it,| joining others who followed in an- | other vehicle. ‘Tacoma police left for his place to check his story. Federal inves- tigators have refused to comment on the Portland move to arrest the five men, whose names were not disclosed. EFFORTS SPURRED ‘TACOMA, Wash, June 5.—Ap- pearance of one of the ransom| bills at Huntington, Ore., yester-| day, and the Portland police tip suggesting that a former Northwest bootlegger be questioned, spurred Federal investigators on the trail of the Weyerhaeuser abductors to- day. The Federals hoped to break the case wide open by tomorrow even- igg. Several Federals made myster- jous sorties by automobile from headquarters here, but returned without visible physical evidence. One agent said yesterday that| the case “would break wide open| within 48 hours.” He indicated that | the kidnapers were members of a| WNorthwest gang. The ransom bill at Huntirgton was taken by a station agent in payment for train fare to Salt Lake City. The agent said the purchaas- er was evidently nervous. It was a $20 bill. It is believed the man neéver left Oregon because he did not arrive at Salt Lake. It is likely, Federal men- believe, that he probably dropped off the train enroute. LARGE DAMAGE CLAIMS FILED Faradh Accibis 4 Yakinaa Frontiers' Day Sele- bration Costly One YAKIMA, Washington, June 5— Damage claims totaling $21,878 were filed against the City of Yakima by council for persons injured when the cornice of a building fell onto spectators during the Yakima Fron- | tier Days’ on May 19. Claims total- | ing $50,000 were filed several days ago. —— DR. EDMUNDS TRAVELS e ! Dr. J. W. Edmunds, eye special- ist, left Juneau on the Yukon for| an extenive visit to Westward and | Interior cities. He will return here in about six weeks for another short stay before leaving for Se-| attle. ——— e SISTER MARY BARBARA IS AWARDED PICTURE Sister Mary Barbara has been awarded the picture,. the “Taku Sunset” by the Snap Shoppe on Seward Street. The Sister guessed the correct number of camera spools displayed in the window. UNION WIRES REQ NAP HUNT TU Ig SR Irene Fostery In royal turs, will rule over the Grants Pass, Or-.; SHE’S THE QUEEN OF CAVEMEN ®fun and frolic” gathering of the Oregon Cavemen. Here's the queen In her royal regalia all prepared for cisted Press Pheto) the Portland Rose Festival. (Asso- HOOVER SETS UP STRAW MAN LUMBER STRIKE IN NEW PLAINT PAC. NORTHWEST Declares European Govern- ment Coming to U. S.— Reply Quickly Made CHICAGO, Ill, June 5—Herbert Hoover said the present adminis- tration proposes a “European form of government” for the TUnited | States, upon his return here from Oregon, T11., where he visited former Gov. Lowden. Hoover said: ‘‘We discussed the effect upon the future of America and of the Administration’s propos- al to change to an European form of government.” QUICK RETORT, WASHINGTON, June 5—A quick assertion that nobody has proposed changing the form of the United States government is made by Speaker Byrns when informed of the Hoover-Lowden interpretations of the recent Washington develop- ments. “There is no proposed change in the form of government,” said Speaker Byrns. “Of course, the Re- publicans like Hoover and Lowden, are trying to put up this political bogeyman for which they have been casting around ever since the last election.” f LOWDEN IS KEYNOTER CHICAGO, 1ll, June 5.—Former Governor Frank Lowden is emerg- ing from virtual political retire- ment after a conference with Her- bert Hoover and has gone to work on an address to be delivered be- fore the Republican Grass Roots Convention at Springfield, Ill. Lowden’s selection as the prin- cipal speaker at the rally of nine Mid-western States, came on the heels cf Hoover's visit to the Low- den estate. Lowden said he would talk on the constitution. e FLOODS TAKE HEAVY TOLL NEW THREAT IN ‘Unions to Repudiate All ! Previous Agreements ' —Session Held SEATTLE, June 5.—Preparations to repudiate all previous ments and to renew the original strike demands are under way as delegates from the Sawmill ana Timber Workers local unions throughout the region assembled at | Aberdeen. WORK SUSPENDED LONGVIEW, Wash., June 5. — Work ceazed today in the Weyer- haeuser and Long-Bell mills where union workers refused to run the gauntlet of the picket line estab- lished by the Shingle Weavers un- ion, officiate of the Carpenters and Joiners of America. The picket line was ordered en- forced because the Long-Bell al- legedly permitted the shipment of unfair products manufactured be- fore the strike, BURIED T, N. T. ' LOCATED NEAR QUEZON HOME Philippine [sland Leader, Seeking Presidency, Threatened MANILA, June 5.—Eleven boxes lof dynamite were found buried a {few yards from the summer home er, in the mountain rescrt town of | Baguio. The explosive was stolen from a city construction job. | It has been reported frequently |that the lives of Quezon and his family have been jphreatened. Quezon is seeking the Presidency of the New Republic. ! ———————— BUSCHMANN ARRIVES | agree- | |of Manuel Quezon, Phitippine lead- | NEW NRA NOW PROPOSED FOR President Gives Setup After Series of Extra- ordinary Conferences WANTS NATION TO DETERMINE FORM Discloses Far Reaching Re- sults of Recent Supreme Court Decision WASHINGTON, June 5 —Appar- ently determined to have the Na= tion decide on the business control issues raised by the Supreme Court on knocking out NRA, President Roosevelt yesterday proposed a frag- mentary stopgap and extension of NRA, announcing an agreement had been won from the Democratic Congressional leaders on the pro- posal. President Roosevelt outlined plans of a codeless “skeleton organization" that would keep business statistics and require the Government con- tractors to live up to the minimum wage and maximum hour standards. Extraordinary Conferences The President emphasized through- out the round of extraordinary con- ferences with Cabinet; Senate “and ‘House leaders, this projected shad- ow of the old Blue Eagle machine which would not seek to enforce working conditions and fair trade | practices that existed under the old }code structure abolished by the Su- preme Court’s decision but indicat- ing the Administration would seek to prove conditions under the old NRA were better than would have existed without them. Fragmentary NRA The President disclosed that one f the duties of the fragmentary comparative columns of statistics on industrial operations with and with- out codes. To the newsmen, who jammed ev- ery inch of his office 1 atyesemh ery inch of his office late yester- ay, the President noted the Na- tional Labor Relations Board and | subordinate Boards settling labor disputes have ibeen abolished by {the court's decision, Quickly he gave inferential approval of the Wagner Labor Disputes bill. GOES UP TO CONGRESS WASHINGTON, June 5. — After tossing out of the window all ideas for reviving NRA' immediately in anything approaching its old form, the Administration sought approval of Congress for a plan to continue a skeleton NRA organization for nine and one half months. Many points for new legislation have been dumped by the Presi- dent into the lap of Congress. Other Issues Besides NRA, Social Security, Omnibus Banking Bill, Utilities Holding Cempany, Wagner Disputes (Bill, Guffy Coal Bill, expansion of TVA, Farm Adjustment Act, amend- ment to the extension of the Bank- head Cotton Control Act, revival of the Federal Alcohol Control Ad- !mimslmtlon, continuance of the existing nuisance taxes, regulation of motorbus transportation, con- |tinuance of the Federal Oil Control Act and the forthcoming bill stipu- lating that the Government should buy only from concerns which live |up to wage, hour and fair trade :pmcuce requirements, are on the 'hst. UNITED STATES NRA would be a list of parallel|, EDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1935. Diego to get the first ride on the dens, (Associated Press Photo) .Y, POLITICS INBAD SHAPE | ASSERTS PRICE Repercussions Certain to Be Felt Even in Washington By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington.) New York State Democratic poli- tics is in turmoil again, and it is inevitable that Washington will feel important repercussions. For one thing, every President | is especially particular, for obvious| reasons, about retaining what con- trel he can over his party in the| home state. For another thing, New York's voling strength in national conventions and in the electoral col- lege is so great that no President coming up for relection would want | to disregard local developments | there. Furthermore, Mr. Roosevelt has three New Yorkers in his cabinet. One of them, Postmaster General| Farley, happens to be the Roose-| velt campaign manager and also| the Democratic State Chairman. The other two—Secretaries Morgenthau | and Perkins—never have been es-| pecially active in New York poli- tics, but their cabinet rank makes them factors in whatever readjust- ment may take place. Altogether, it may be taken for granted that everything affecting the New York Democratic situation | will be weighed very carefully in the highest political precincts in| the national capital. { | A POSSIBLE LINEUP Although Governor Lehman says he has reached no decision about | running for re-election in 1936, there are rather plain indications he may (Continued on Pug; Seven) | WASHINGTON, June 5.—Azardia 1Newman. pretty girl artist who has just finished a portrait of Vice- President John Nance Garner here, has found & new adjective for his famous eyebrows. The Viece-President’s bushy white Those Bushy Eyebrows of _ Vice-President Now Have } Fitting New Ad jective showed her the painting and said, |“Now that’s what I call an ex-| | pression.” ! Saild Azadia, “I was so happy |when I went to say good-bye to 4‘hlm. He said ‘bless your heart’ and| |kissed my hand. He wished me| NUDISTS WIN RIGHT TO STAY A 2 T SAN DIEGO FAIR MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS —————— PRICE TEN CENTS ST FOR MEDIATOR From the nudists point of view, these girls and man have enough clothin isi L g to visit the Arctic regions In comfort. They slipped out of Zoro gardens at the California International Exposition grounds |nasan “swooper.” A city ruling permitted the nudists to establish Zora gar- Bill for Army Air Base in Alaska Passes House WASHINGTON, June 5—A bill to authorize construction of half a cozen key Army air baces to guard Alaska, Panama Canal and the Nation’s fron- tiers against eflemy attacks, has been passed by the House and sent to the Senate, LAVAL TO FORM FRENCH GABINET, Veteran Foreign Minister Takes Up Govern- ment Formation PARIS, June 5, — Pierre Laval, veterar Foreign Minister and tire- less toiler for the French security pact has agreed to form a Cabinet |to succeed the government of Bouis- | son, in office two days. HERRIOT 18 CALLED PARIS, June 5.—President Le- brun, trying to reorganize the French government, has designated Edouard Herriot, three times French Premier, to select a new cabinet and carry on in the fece of the Nation's financial crisis. He is an advocate of France paying war debts to the United States. Leval failed to rally a Cabinet around him. GREAT BLAST DOES DAMAGE SALEM, Oregon, June 5—A 1200 pound dynamite blast which leveled the south wing of the fireswept ruins of the Capitol building, slight- ly injured two persons and hurled heavy rock as far as three blocks. Scores of windows were broken in nearby buildings, parked automo- biles were damaged and lives of hundreds of spectators endangered - TUG MEN RETURN Capt. George Leighton and Nels Johnson, who brought the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company tug Trojan to Juneau from Seattle, are returning to the Puget Sound port on the North Sea. e e~ MRS. HUNSBEDT LEAVES After attending her daughter, Helen’s, wedding last week, Mrus. B ST. LOUIS, June 5—Estimates E. Buschmann, n'superimendem, eyebrows are .“simply breath-tak- every success, good fortune and | Hunsbedt, accompanied by a youn- of the deaths in the Nebraska,!connected with the Kakat Packing ing,” said Azadia when the portrait happiness.” Kansas and Missouri floods, also lMexlca City floods give 500 dead. ! Company, arrived in Ketchikan lfrom Seattle on the Yukon. was finished. The Texan called Mrs. Garner, 28he left for a holiday in Europe yesterday. . / ger daughter, Diane, left on the | North Sea for Ketchikan to visit the Yukon. She will reside at Dil _ |lingham this summer, for the next two weeks, MOTHER, SON ARE T0 DiE ON SCAFFOLD Must Swing Together for One of Most Vicious Crimes, Delaware GFORGETOWN, Delaware, June 5—Mrs. Mary Carey, aged 52 years, nd her son Howard, preparing to die on the gallows Friday, have found solace in religion. Termed as one of the most vie- ious crimes in the annals of the State, the mother and -son were convicted of killing the woman’s brother, Robert Hitchens, aged 55, for his life insurance amounting ;Lu $2,000. The Pardon Board turned down their plea for clemency and the Governor has shown no inclination to intervene. The two, in the shadow of the gallows, spend much timé¢ in pon- dering over the bible and words of ‘lhflir spiritual advisors. F.D.R. SHIFTS ALASKAN LAND - TOU. 8. FOREST |Area Near chhikan, For-| merly Fish Hatchery Site, Affected WASHINGTON, June 5—Presi- dent Roosévelt shifted certain land and water areas of Southeast Alas- | ka near Ketchikan today. Formerly the site of a salmon| hatchery, an area has been shifted to the Tongass National Forest. The section now becomes a part of the forest reservation. It consists of Yes Lake, its catch- ment basin and its outlet, Yes Bay, Back Bay, and a strip of land one- eighth of a mile wide along the sheres and on each side of the old Indian traily. s YT RS [ NEW PLANE OPERATES Pilot Haakon Christensen, well- known Alaska flyer, has recently purchased a new Waco plane which ke is operating out of Cantwell. - MRS. WEINBERG ENROUTE Mrs. Grace Weinberg is a pas- senger from Seattle to Seward on CITY COUNCIL DELAYS ACTION ON MINERS' VOTE Telegrams Sent Secretary Perkins, Dimond After Spirited Open Meeting WALKOUT POLL SET OVER UNTIL FRIDAY Workers Not in Sympathy with Present Action Ques- tion Strength of Union The Alaska Mine Workers Unicn last night, following the meeling in the City Hall, wired Seerdtary of Labor Frances Perkins arking that a Federal mediator be sent here in cen- nection with the mine walkout, Neil Heard, Secretary of the unicn, announced today. A wire alsoc was sent to Dele- gate Anthony J. Dimond that he support the idea of having 2 mediator sent tc Juneau. Preference for the _ervices of | €. J. Post, Federal man who ic now enroute back to Wach- ingten after being in Cordova in connecticn with the fisher- wen's labor (roubles there, was expresced in the wires, Heard said. Both Heard and Al Ny- gren, Union Precident, talked to Post when he went through here on the Aleutian south Monday, they said. Announcement by Al Nygren, of the Alaska Mine Workers Union, and Neil Heard, Secretary of the organization, that they were wiring last night to Washington for a Federal mediator to come here in an effort to settle the Alaska Ju- neau mine walkout and decision of the City Council to put off action until Friday night on the proposal that the city sponsor an election to see if a majority of the men want to return to work were re- sults of a three hour meeting in the City Council chambers last. night. o After listening patiently to repwes sentatives of the Union and workers not in sympathy with A walkout, the Council voted unawi~ mously to lay the matter over Jn- til Friday that members might furs ther acquaint themselves with §E . the circumstances. X Wiring For Mediator ¢ During the discussion Nygren afid: . Heard publicly announced their or- ganization was wiring at once_ ip an effort to get a Federal mediators Both men declared their uniofi would not consider any movement toward settlement taken by the City of Juneau or any one else in Juneau but would do business anly with a Federal mediator. They de- . clared they would not consider an arbitration board. Nygren stated further that the Union would not vote if the city attempted to hold a secret election for employees ‘of the A. J. to determine if the ma- jority want to continue the presént walkout. Mayor Isadore Goldstein explain- ed to the group that filled the Council Chamber that it was not the intention of the. City Couneil to attempt to settle the walkout . but only to set wheels in action to~ ward a settlement. He pointed out the city is entirely neutral so far as walkout issues are concerned but with 14 days of the walkout already past and nothing done to- ward reaching some agreement res- idents of Juneau not directly con- ynected with either the mine or the union were concerned as to the fu- ture welfare of the city. Connors Gives Views J. J. Connors, Collector of Cus- toms, former Mayor and long a business leader in Juneau, stated clearly the position of the people of the city not directly connected with the walkout when he asked Heard, “Why keep the town locked up?” He pointed out that every- one in Juneau is suffering finan- cially as a result of the walkout, inzluding the miners themselves. “‘Personally, T have always been g, 1