The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 30, 1935, Page 1

CONGR B WASHINGRON AL A INGTON, p, 2 oR* THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVL, NO. 7053. FRENCH-ETHIOPIAN STRIKE THREAT TO SHIPMENTS ALASKA FRUIT Seattle Produce Workers Union Walk#Ot Ovex Wage Dispu p o SEATTLE, Aug. 30—~A possible blotking of fresh frulé ments to Alaska was seen here foday when a strike was called by the Produce ‘Workers Union. The strike stopped operations of the Washington Commission Com- pany at 1113 Western Avenue, and threatened to tie up fresh food supplies for the city before Labor Day. It was feared that the labor dis- pute, waged over a demand for higher wages, might prevent ship- ments to Alaska by spreading to all commission firms in Seattle. e ALASKA LABOR KEY TO SUCCESS AT MATANUSKA Workmen from Territory, Familiar with Conditions, Push Work, Says Lyng ANCHORAGE, Aiaska, Aug. 30.— Howard Lyng, Democratic member of the- last Legislature from Nome, Dow assistant manager of the Alas- ka Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, in ‘a signed interview in the An- charage Times, reviewing the Mat- anuska Colonization Project, said: “At the present writing, construc- tion is about at the half-way mark, “Thirty-five colonists' houses are occhpled, and 70 are in various stages 'of construction. Had the project been prosecuted from its in- ception with Alaskan labor under the: direction of qualified Alaskans siich as the Alagka Railroad Com- mission, it would now be well to- ward completion. This fact is de- monstrated by the greatly increased speed in recent construction, due to the addition to the forces of 200 Alaskans, mostly skilled workers re- cruited from Anchorage, Seward and Fairbanks. “It is to be noped that the Fed- eral Government will profit suffi- ciently from this basic mistake in its Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Project to realize in future similar undertakings that the most impor- tant factor is labor, and that it is fallacy to presume bundreds of men can’ be transported thousands of) miles at a wage of a dollar a day and board and put to work in a frontier country under physical con- ditions totally unfamiliar, at a type of work in' which few if any had any experience.” intelligence of the colonists at Mat- KEEP STEADY, kept their feet today with the aid holiday. ' Lyng praiséd fhe idea of coloniz. apd anuska, « | ————————— of a number of specialties. session, many traders having de- Profit taking was generally ab- rbed ing" Alaska, and the industry NEW YORK, Aug. 30, Siocks Duliness prevailed throughout the serted the floor for the Labor Day sorbed. ‘Poday's close was steady. CLOSIN PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 30—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today - is 16%, American Can 138, American Power and Light 7%, Anacorda 18%, Bethlehem Steel 7%, General Motors 42%, Interna- tlonal Harester 54%, Kennecott 23%, United States Steel 43, Pound $497, Schenley Distilieries 34%. : . . DOW, JONES AVERAGES .. The_following are today’s. Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 127.35, . Tally 3492, utilities 2520, . JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1935. Furs Leading In Merchandise, Coast Trade SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 30.—Leading all other merchan- dise lines in the rising flow of Pacific Coast Department store trade, furs have gained 105 per cent in values of sales in July compared to the same month of last year. ALASKA FURS ARE SOLD OUT Tacoma Auction Sees Last ' of Offering Gone— Clean Market Now TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 30.—The fur auction here totaled $36,000, and the demand was better than at pre- vious monthly auctions this year. Alaska beaver, muskrat and sil- ver foxes sold high with demand keen. New York and London buyers at the sale cleaned up practically all of the stocks here of last winter's catch from Alaska, so nerthern trappers will go into the new season with practically a clean market be- fore them. PREDICT BORAH, KNOX ASPIRANTS FOR G.0.. HONOR Landon ok Kantas, Vanden| berg of Michigan Seen as gossible Dark Horses WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Seek- ing to discern the dim uncertain outlines of 1936, some Republican leaders have it figured there will be a memorable contest between Col. Frank Knox of Chicago and Senator William Bérah of Idaho for the party’s nomination with Governor Landon of Kansas or Sen- ator Vanderberg of Michigan as possible dark horses. The prognosticators agreed it too soon to ‘make definite predictions but the Borah-Knox struggle is discussed as a possibility. Some have it the battle might result in a deadlock which would bring in another name for the nomination. Neither has come out openly for the nomination, but it is believed that if Knox enters the primaries, Borah will also. GRIDLEY GOES TO FAIRBANKS, SEWARD ON PWA INSPECTION Ross a Gridley, State Engineer- Inspector for PWA, left Juneau to- day by PAA Lockheed Electra for Fairbanks where he will go over sidewalk bids and inspect other PWA projects in that city. He will return by way of Seward, via the railroad. Preliminary engineering work for a new hydro-electric plant at Seward has been completed and effort is being made to push con- struction. Gridley will be gone about 10 days. He was accompanied by G. L. Proffitt, Inspector for PWA, and E. L. Bartlett of FHA, whose father died at Fairbanks yesterday. The plane is piloted by Jerry Jones and Walter Hall. Miss Harpster is also aboard the plane for Tanana, ‘where she will teach! She was a passénger aboard the Nérthland, due to arrive at 9 o'clock ‘this evening, but was not- ified to leave the ship at Peters- burg, where she was picked up by the PAA Fairchild flown by Mur- ray Stuart, returning from a flight to Ketchikan, and arrived in Jud neau at 1 o'clock this afternoom. The Interior plane took off at 3 o'clock. MISSES ROBERTSON, TERHUNE ARE HONOR GUESTS AT LUNCHEON In honor of Misses Elizabeth Terhune and Carol Robertson, Mrs. E. H. Clifford entertained mem- bers of the younger sét at a bridge 'uncheon today. Guests were: Misses Missy Mul- len, Barbara Winn, Jean Faulkner, Mary Lee Council, Aline Ann Gold- steln and Anabel Simpson. (2,500,000 Off SHIELS CALLS 'yiescm,c”, SALMON PAGK "t Moerte SATISFACTORY, \ [President of Pacific Amer-| ican Fisheries Here for Short Visit Archie W. Shiels, Juneau visitor | today, calls Southeast Alaska’s sal-| mon pack for this season “very| satisfactory.” He not only is a WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. — Statistics showed 200,000 fewer people working at relief jobs | than six months ago. " Relief officials said this figure is correct. They added thaé with the New York Relief Prob- lem speeding up, Administrator Frank L. Hopkins will attain his goal of 3,500,000 persons at work by November. | | widely-known Alaska pioneer but is President of the Pacific American FORD M'BAIN, | Pisheries, Inc., one of the largest| |packers of Alaska salmon.’ | Shiels said that the Southeast iAluka pack this year is proving to| |be better than was anticipated| |generally last winter. | “Especially around Ketchikan and ! Petersburg are we finding the run| exceptionally good,” he said. “Of| course, we all know that Icy Straits| Corey Ford and Alistair MacBa! pack is not so good this year, but, New York authors who cateh generally speaking the Southeast larger than those that get a Alaska pack is very satisfactory.” frem other folks, set out early Arrives on Dellwood | morning for their last conquest I Shiels arrived here early this|Alaskan waters this season. morning on the Dellwood from Ket-| With Clarence Rhodes, local fishe: chikan. He had reached the First|erman, they went by boat to Lena City on the steamer Yukon lromlBeach and Tee Harbor, intending to Seattle on Monday, and it was an- spend the day in “the only way nounced originally that he intended | worth spending it—in the concuest to come to Juneau in a Pacific|of the cohoe.” American cannery tender. Although they will do strip fish= Shiels also had an opinion to-| ing, they intend to experiment furs day about the civic progress of| ther with dry flies and light trout | Juneau. | tackle. ? | ““¥You know,” he said, “I think| *It's our last outing,” said Ford: {that Juneau is about ready to be“'Mter today, our typewriters will {classitied 25 a ‘metropolitan’ city. | claim us for the winter.” In my mind, a city becomes metro-| The two authors, well-known to politan when it digs up its streets| readers of Collier's, The Saturday |during a tourist season. | Evening Post, Field and Stream and “But, seriously, Juneau looks fine. | various other periodicals, leave Sats {Trie ‘weather is great,” jutday on the Canadian liner Prinag Shiels is the author of several|Rupert. | books about Alaska, including “Sew- | |ard's Icebox,” onme of the most ac-| curate portrayals of the Territory.| IR R A E He is a resident of Bellingham,| 'time with Attorney H. L. Faulkner. KILLED, OHAS He also plans fo. confer with Gov.| Aririton o Rl \Cecil Allen Meets Death Accompanied by his son, John,| . Soon After Takeoff in he will leave Juneau tomorrow at| Bendix Trophy Event OFF T0 FISH g hit New York Authors Take Last Outing—Use Type- | writers Hereafter | To See Governor | | Shiels today spent considerable midnight on the steamer Prince| Rupert for Vancouver, B. C. intimated he would make a second visit to Juneau later this year. | i AvcaiLie. Sl Al 3% ¥ |Cecil Allen, the last pilot to get | away in the Bendix Air Trophy race LANDING FIELD IS ¢ ‘:) Cleveland, was instantly killed LOCATED BY PILOTS mo hen his Gee Bee, low winged noplane, crashed a mile from the | afrport here and was demolished. | Alex Holden and 8. E. Robbins, -Allen’s head was almost severed | PAA pilots, who explored the Taku/!n the crash. district yesterday for a possible | The others leaving here in the landing field logation, reported that race. got away without mishap. 3. perfect site exists about one mile | Allen was a trans-Pacific flier. |below Mary Joyce’s Twin Glaciers| ; Lodge, on the same bank of the, WAS ONCE HONORED Taku River, | TACOMA, Aug. 30.—Cecil Allen | 3 The two pilots stated that very! W8S accorded a heroes’ welcome |little work would be necessary to clear brush from the field which is clear of trees at both ends and perfectly level and firm. The proposed field is sought as an economy measure to allow planes from the Interior to land within a |here in 1931 when a reception was, tendered him and Dan Moyle. They brought back to Tacoma from Tokyo, the plane of John Buffel. They were forced down for one month on Tilgin Island, Kamchat- ka, and finally completed the flight: |over the Pacific to America. — o PAA SCHEDULES CHANGED TODAY | Al Pacific Alaska Airways sched- ules in Southeast Alaska have been suspended and the mid-week sched- S uled flight to Fairbanks has been LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30.—The | discontinued, it was announced by ashes of Ray Long, magazine ediu)riPM officials today. and publisher who committed sui-| The PAA Fairchild flown by Mur- cide July 9, were scattered over the ray Stuart from Ketchikan today ocean today, thus carrying out his was the last scheduled flight in last wish: § |Southeast. - Alaska, and the PAA Peter B, Kyne, author; Rgy How- | Lockheed Electra which left for ard, newspaper publisher; and| Fairbanks today was the last mid- ‘Long's 9-year-old son, Ray, Jr., put|week flight to the Interior. out in a pacht and delivered the, Elfective at once there will be ashes to the wabers. |one scheduled flight of the Lock- B heed Electra each week to Fairbanks, MRS. JACKSON HERE leaving Juneau 12 noon Sundays, and Mrs. E. Jackson, a resident of Cos-|1env1ng Fairbanks on the return wille, Ore, arfived here on the flight on Tuesday. The hour of Prince Ruper&l from Vancouver, | departure from Juneau was changed B. C. to 12 o'clock instead of 3 o'clock as formerly, on account of the short- short distance. of Juneau when weather conditions prevent landing at the local field, instead of return- ing to Whitehorse, the nearest ex- isting field. ASHES STREWN —_— TO REDUCE DRUNKENNESS In a determined effort to reduce drunkenness in ‘Wrangell, the town ening of hours of daylight ——-— SUBSTITUTES FOR BUCKLEY council at a meeting pro- vided for a 24rhour police service.| Rev. John H. McCummiskey of A red light has been placed on the | Plollywood is in Ketchikan to sub~ main fire hall pn Front Street and |stitute for Father Buckley at the connected with the telephone office | Catholic Church during the latter’s to insure Immediate police response. vacation in the States. - EXEMPT ALASKA FROM MINIMUM WAGE SCHEDULE Hopkins Recognizes Gov- ernor’s Request for More Equitable Pay Scale In response to requests made by the Governor's office, Alaska has been excepted from the wage scale set up in the new work relief pro- gram and agencies in the Territory now have authority to adjust wages under the new allotments to a more equitable level with the cost of liv- ing here. This information is contained in a telegram received by Gov. John W. Troy from Nels Anderson, Ad- visor on Labor Relations at Wash- ington. Mr. Anderson quoted orders from Harry L. Hopkins, Chief of the Public Works Administration, as follows: “I hereby exempt all projects conducted in the several Territories and possessions of the United States from the schedule of monthly earn- Ings set forth in part one of said regulations. The rate of wages to be paid to workers employed upon the projects conducted in the sev- eral Territories and possesions shali be determined in accordouce with low wage conitions by the agency having general supervision of the particular project.” The exception will allow the various departments in the Terri- tory which employ men junder the ' {works program to pay hjgher than the minimum of $40 a month which prevails in the States. Of)icials here pointed out to the authorities in Washington that it was impossible for men to exist on such & meager wage here where costs of ‘all’ ne- cessities of life are much higher {than in the States. BEC BOND ISSUE “RECEIING BIDS WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 30.— While the United States Treasury was having difficulty in selling its most recent bond issue, the Recon- struction Finance Corporation re- ceived bids on the $14,500444 Pub- MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS STAND UP T0 LAVAL DETERMINED TO SUPPORT ITALY OR GR. BRITAIN England Wants Showdown While Mussolini De- mands Hands Off EXPECT DECISION FIRST OF WEEK Ethiopia Turns All Trans- portation Facilities .to Handling Troops PARIS, Aug. 30.—Premier Laval, with a free hand and authorized by the French Cabinet, went to the | country today to make up his mind After having been separated from her by displeasure of his uncle,“wm)"‘ T . Fifocs ghould Rupoek plump Prince Ali Ibrahim, nephew and heir of the King of Egypt, hag I'aly or Great Britain in their renewed his romance with Pearl Shepherd, American dancer whom he stands on the Ethiopian question. met abroad. She was Pearl Ginsberq of the Bronx, N. Y. He's visiting The League Council meets next her in New York now and they’re seen together in nightclub. | week on the subject Italy wants BELGIANS PAY MONAGLE N AMEDImfl o DEEP RESPECT, CHAIRMAN FOR et o iy QUEEN ASTRID DEMOCOMMITTEE ~....."..c . down, ! THROW REAL SHELLS | ROME, Aug. 30, — The Italians ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 30. — The > Elglflplan government xtopped all “ 2 : railroad transportation of mer~ Sobs Break Silence asSucceeds W. B. Kirk as-chants' goods in order hat they | Divisional Head and Cen- |may utilize an facilities for the . Ve tral Committeeman o s e SRR B Guc, o —— | .M. E. Monagie as elected, chatrs ‘SOLDIEE RILLED BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 30. — man of the Democratic' Divisional| BOLZANO, Italy, Aug. 30.—O Long lines of Belgians entered the Committee for the First Division at!soldier was killed and two wounded Royal Palace today in sorrow, pay- @ meeting called in fhe office of in Mussolini's war games here when ing a last homage to Queen Astrid. |Jack Hellenthal, National Commit- soldiers advanced under real artil- Her body came back to the Capi- teeman. He succesds W. B. Kirk, ilery fire. tal early today to a muffled roll of Who is going south for the winter.| drums, and bugles playing Qux Monagle also takes Mr. Kirk's place | Champs. (as & member of .lho Alaska Demo- | The funeral will be Tuesday. {cratic Central Committee of which| The King left the train before A. A. Shonbeck of Anchorage is its arrival and motored to the Chairman. Cortege Moves from | Station to Palace | ——————— — INT. HIGHWA palace, where with bowed head he awaited the arrival of his queen’s body. Sobs from the bareheaded crowd broke the deep silence as attendants lic Works Administration bonds. Despite the first failure of bond offerings in the Treasury’s history, a sharp note was struck but drew quick assertions that Federal credit is unimpaired. Both Treasury and the majority of spokesmen for commercial bank-, ing structures joined in maintaining the Government's borrowing power is not damaged. BARBUSSA IS DEAD, MOSCOW MOSCOW, Aug. 30.—Henri Bar- bussa, French pacifist and writer, is dead here in the Kremlin as the result of a sudden attack of pneu- 'monia, Foremost Soviet specialists, strug- gled in vain to save Barbussa's life. He was held in. high esteem by ‘Communists being a member of that party. He held an honorary post In the Red Army. PROCESSING TAX UPHELD YAZOC CITY, Miss., Aug. 30.—Tht Roosevelt mended AAA is declared constitutional in its processing tax provisions and they are held to be collectable in a decision of the Federal Court. BROKERS FLY TO LYNN CANAL PORTS Sheldon Simmons, who arrived shortly after 9 o'clock this morn- ing from a round trip to Seattle, left Juneau at noon with Joe Me- herin, Hills Brothers representa~- tive, and N. A. McEachran, Schwab- acher Brothers, on a chartered flight to/Haines and Skagway. Meherin and McEachran wil) spend /about two hours at each steg 1o transact pusiness, and will re- turn to Juneau tonight A placed the casket in the motor hearse outside the somberly draped station, and stepped back while the drive was made to the palace. The simple coffin, banked with white flowers and lighted by six large candles, was placed in the Palace chapel. Troops lined the street as the cortege wound its way to the palace gates. ! Bells Toll i Church bells tolled throughout the tity. People on' the streets crossed themselves and whispered Two First othe ion vacancies on the committee were ed. John Walmer was| elected to fill the vacancy left b_v:[ the death of James McCloskey and Mrs. Gertrude Conway of Sitka was chosen to take the place of her Nex mother, Mrs. C. J. McGrath, who, died recently. CONSTRUCTION HANGING FIRE t Move.Tp to Canada —Alaska Portion May Be Surveyed B WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—After SCREAMS SCARE :zr wwiitefe | i | | Dimond said there was little likeli- 4 | softly-worded prayers as the body, e/ ST | hood of the construction of Alaska portion of the proposed In- passed along. Bt Meanwhile, the Queen's e NOrma Talmadge Foils| Would-Be Robber or ternational Highway until Canada was ready to build. children played gaily in the ;;m’den! of one of the royal villas, unaware . that their mother was never to re-| K'dnapfl Dimond said it would probably be several months before any steps are taken to discuss the highway with Canadian officials. The Alaska Delegate said it is probable a survey will be made of the route within the Territory, re- turn alive to them, | The King was sad-eyed and fatigued from a troubled day and sleepless night. g Death Blow The injury causing the death of Queen Astrid was identical to that which killed King Albert, physicians said after the autopsy. The fore-, head wound was in the same posi- tion as the one which ended Al- bert’s life in the fall on the mount- ain. King Leopold spent two hours be- side the coffin in Lucerne, his arm in a sling and a gash on his fore- head. 1COLONISTS | BOING HOME Daughter of One, However, Will Stick to Mata- nuska Project | pital treatment is merely a precau-| PALMER, Alaska, Aug. 30—Four more families, those of Clyde Cook, William Dingman, Martin McCor- mick, and Albert Cobert, have left to réturn to the States from the colony. Ruth Cook, oidest daughter of Clyde, ‘decided to stay with the colony. hospital on August 20, shortly after gardless of the Canadian: attitude toward the:highway. ANOTHER SWAT AT ‘SCARFACE' Prisoner Capone; Must ‘Come Up for Unpaid Liquor Taxes HOLLYWEOOD, Cal, Aug. 30.— Screams of Norma Talmadge, movie and stage actress, folled what the sheriff believed was an attempt to rob or kidnap her here. A man carrying a small box pointed a gun at the mald and told her not to say a word. She screamed. Miss Talmadge closed the door and started screaming. The men fled, dropping a box. The box was empty. i i BRADLEY REMAINS WAHINGTON, Aug. 30.—“Scar- face” Al Capone, now an inmate IN HOSPITAL ONLY | FOR PRECAUTION of Aleatraz 1Island, néwly-estab- lished Federal prison in San Fran- P. R. Bradley, President of the|cisco’ Bay, has been assessed almost Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com-| $120,000 for unpaid liquor taxes. pany, who entered St. Ann's Hos-| The order by the Treasury pital Tuesday for treatment of an| charged him with the illegal manu- infected foot, stated today that his| facture, distribution, and sale of injury is not serious and that hos- (20,000 barrels of beer. The Treasury will take steps to tionary measure. !cal!crb the assessment in the civil Mr. Bradley was admitted to thejcourt. Capone is serving time for income tax evasion, his arrival on the Alaska from .Seattle and remained there until August 23 for treatment of infec- tion whicn had developed in one foot as a result of wearing heavy SHOP EARLY shoes while on a trip through a mine in Idaho. He stated that al- though much improved, his foot did not recover entirely so-he reentered the hospital on August 27 for farth- er treatment. Stores will be closed all day ® ® Monday. Merchants request ® © shoppers t0 get in their brders ® ® early tomorrow forenoori’ and ® ® also to do “late” shopping early. ® ee se s eI s