The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 3, 1935, Page 2

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He went down to the union hall ahead of the marchers, he asserted, and thers were just a few people in the vicin- ty of the union hall when he ar- ived. The defendant asserted therc was practically nobody on the street when the marchers came along anc topped. He said he didn't know wh they stopped, but that he steppe down from the sidewalk and walked ut in the street to talk to a mai whom he named Claud Brown and whom he said was in the lin: of marchers n the head of ths umn. His purpos to try anc k Brown out of going down t r, he explained ked by marchers had stoppe y for him and Brown to hold ation in the street, the dc- said he didn't know, bu was no blockade acros keep them from goin as as the street v ahead. W. he said, The next thing he knew, special of “swinging clubs” and tea Chief Hoffman, hi Says It Testimony K other government Saren had a stove when they saw him, was labelled e defendant. He didn't or any other weapon a Lie Bayers an witnesses that in his hand t day and a violent nature r prote and \ three times been convi magistrate’s court. Asked if drunk or under the influence of li- quor, the defendant stated he was cober. in city he was | Kobak Denies Charges Nick Kobak, another defendant, also was on the stand late yester- | day. Kobak denied allegations that he hit James Lynam with a “sap” or that he did anything of moment near the unicn hall on the day of the trouble. He said there was a‘ crowd of some 800 or 900 persons | congregated there but he denied th union men were attempting o resist | ason OFFICERS ARE BEING CHOSEN, ALASKA LABOR 'Conventionfiched’uled to End Today—Resolu- tions Are Passed { The final session of the Alaska La- hor Convention is being held here today in the union hall of Local 38-104, International Longshoremen’s A-sociation. The proceedings will en-. vail the election of officers for the coming year. Decision that the labor paper, shortly to be inaugurated by the All- Alacka Labor Party should bear the name "Alaska Labor Dispatch, was one of the important decisions reach- | ed in last night's session. ‘Two further delegates, represent- ing the Sailors Union of the Pacific, {R. W. Harrison and J. W. Keene, ar- rived on the Zapora in time for last 1ight’s diseussion. Plans for the constitution of the lLabcr Party, following the geneml pattern of the proposed national ’party outlined by Representative ‘ Gorman of the United Textile Work- i*rs of America in his recent address (at the American Federation of Labor ‘Canvcxmon in Atlantic City, wére drafted, and provision made for their HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, | completion by the Executive Board | aire, and Betty Grable, 19-year-old Betty Grable, film actress who ga fact. (Associated Press Photo) WILL THIS TURN OUT TO BE TRUE? In a spirit of fun at a Hallowe’en party, Jackie Coogan proposed to ve the party in honor of his 21st birthday. Betty is Jackies' new girl friend and the gag might turn to MAY BE MARRI .Dec. 3.—Jackie Coogan, ED NEXT YEAR 21-year-old million- actress, revealed plans today that | & sesolution passed, Wes sepl to! they will be married next year, probably in June. ! Judge G. F. Alexander, United States | Attorney Wm. A. Holzheimer, Gov. | John W. Troy, Alaska Delegate An- | thony J. Dimond, and Attorney-Gen- eral Homer 'S. Cummings, prot,estm ‘‘the use or tear gas, clubs, ete.,” dur- LACKS RESULTS A sxmllar resolution, condemning wvar and Fascism ,was also drawn. The Convention went on record | City and fedéral authorities today “o urge passage of Anthony J. Di-|sontinued their investigation of the 'mond’s bill HR8213, introduced by attack early Monday morning on {him into the House of Representa- yms Lisle Hebert, wife of a promi- tives May 24, 1935, and due to0 come .y merchandise broker who left before the Committee on Merchant jyneqay on a business trip Sunday. Marines and Fisheries Jan. 16. The' Ay 5 jate hour this afternoon it il calls for abolition of fishtraps. sas unofficially reported that the S ST !case might be dropped because of| BANK RGBBEHS conflicting stories told concerning | ATTACK PROBE affair. Police were called to the scenc Leading Department Store = ROTARY GETS BEST WISHES 50 Clubs Send Congratula— tions—Charter Ban- quet on Friday chers and .denied.all. testis mony ol nment witnesses rela- ive to his alleged part pation. Matthews on Stand Defendant Cliff Matthews took | the stand shortly before nmoon and | denied participation in the trouble of that day Matthews said he weni to the A. B. Hall and asked for a card but was denied one by he men there. He then followed the marchers down the street but when he got to the union hall the| excitement was over there, he said.| Letters of conggatulations from | He continued on to about 100 feet over 50 Rotary Clubs throughout the|” this side of the A. J. office, he United States and @anada were read continued, and there saw a man | today at the luncheon meeting of the »pen the sliding gate near the saw- Juneau Rotary in the Terminal Cafe. nill, step out with a piece of 2 by The letters addressed to President t in his hand and strike a man Howard D. Stabler and Secretary O. tanding with Buz Orme. About the L. Kendall, came from such distant ;ame time, he was struck from !points as Niagara Falls and Miami, sehind and came to in the hospital and all expressed a warm welcome | mar - BREAK JAIL, - WOUND CHIEF | desperate bank robbers, all convic | from the city and federal jail in & i tectives {ed. The four members of the notori- tous “Irish” O'Malley gang fled to safety in a commandeered auto, after | | shooting their way out of jail { A fifth prisoner was wounded by Chief of Police Marsh Corgan i The fugitives are Dan Heady, Dew- jey Gilmore, Russell Cooper, Leonard Short. S e SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE l'l‘! MUSKOGEE, Okla., Dec. 3~Four |ed of looting two Okemah Natiol banks a year ago,iescaped to I‘J\H"St of gunfire, leaving Chief of Dé-| Ben Nolton critically wound- | and | early Monday by other residents of | |the Marin2 Apartments, where the Heberts reside and near where the | alleged attack is said to have oc- ‘curred Mrs. be seriously injured, was able to give | authorities only slight clues as to her assailant. { - — SHATTUCK GOING SOUTH | Mr. and Mrs. Aller Thasiuck will il for the States aboard the Prin- | Norah for a combined business and pleasure trip of about six weeks Tney will remain in Seattle until af- wflr the holidays and will visit San Francisco and Los Angeles for a few | days each and they may go to Santa | Barbara. | During the: absence of his father.| ‘Carua Shattuck will be in charge of | the Allen Shattuck General Insur-' ;ance business. u Hebert, who is said not (o4, | Bill with six stitches in his head. AFTERNOON SESSION On cross examination this after- noon, Matthews told the same ac-!for the gala charter banquet to be| neld at 6:30 p.m. next Friday in the count of what ne says hdppened and denied that he had auompted to hit anybody. Government w nesses testified they saw Mat- thews start to hit somebody just| oefore he was struck, and that it| was Officer Kenneth Junge who| hit the defendant. Matthews said |} ae didn't know who hit him but hat he had heard it was Junge The defendant said he was going| 0 the A. J. merely to see how | nany were going to register. He| said he was trying to make up msé nind about registering and was| nterested in seeing just how many nen were of the same turn of| mind. Dalton Testifies Jack Dalton, Master Mechanic at the saw mill, took the stand for he defense this afternoon and, estified that from in front of the Iry kiln at the lumber yard he had| seen Harry Datoff in a melee with some other man. That the other man struck twice at Datoff and vas about to strike a third time vhen Datoff took the club from! aim and struck at the other man. de was in such a position that he did not know where any of the dJlows landed, Dalton said. The | to the International. Dr. A. W. Stewart, dentist, was voted into the organization at to- | day’s meeting % and plans were made | Scottish Rite Temple. Ketchikan members will be gues:s lat a charter dinner, and speeches and a musical program will follow the banquet. Songs from the new Rotary song book were sung at today’s luncheon, led by A. B. Phillips and accompan- \ied at the piano by Paul Brown. Brown also offered several vocal numbers. Mayor 1. Goldstein delivered a hort humorous biography of Dr. W. W. Council, and the latter retaliated with a brief speech about the mayor. |TWO SENTENCED IN BRUNK CASE| Richard Callahan, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly, was today given a four months' suspended senténce by Commissioner J. F. Mullen. Frances Johnson, who pleaded 2uilty to a similar charge, was given 50 days in jail. Witnesses in the | |lwo cases were Chief of Police Roy Hoffman, Mary Hubbard, Susie Hub- bard and M. Hubbard. The case against Olav Tobiason, | Government contends Datoff struck |accused of threatening Nick Alda- led Danielsen, contends that Danielsen struck him twice on the head before he wrest- ed the club from him and then struck back. John Blythe, FERA representa- ive, was called to the stand fol- wing Dalton. He lives in the Jensen Apartments, the same apart- ment house in which Defendant Taroff lives. Blythe said he saw Taroff the night of the trouble and he had no cut on his head that he could see. Witness Everett Nowell testified he saw Taroff that day with a cut| on his head. .- MINE WORKERS LEAVE Joseph Razzadu and Pat Green, mine employees, were discharged from St. Ann’s Hospital this morning | | in an improved condition. — .- Government | , and the defendant|toff, was dismissed at a hearing in the commissioner’s court late yes- terday. Witnesses were Nick Alda- toff, Oliver Hall and D. Rose. e e U. S. Asks Protection for 17 Missionaries in Communists’ Path NANKING, Dec. 3.-—The United |Etates Embassy has asked the Chi- * 17 American missionaries aught in the path of the Commun- | ist advance across Hunan Province. e—— \ HAS APPENDECTOMY Jimmie Dugan, of Douglas, under- |went an emergency appendectomy | yesterday, in St. Ann's Hospital. p T Ry BABY BORN TO REKOSHES | Mrs. N. Rekosh became the moth~ jer of a seven and three-fourths | pound baby girl, born at 8:45 o'clock SPEND WHERE YOU MAKE IT! this morning in 8t. Ann’s Hospital. Arise o AR | ‘Read the Classified Section of the | - H = § ! 1 EMPIRE Looking for a job? ... . Need some one to help with the housework? . . . . Want a new car? . . . . Got something you want to sell? . . . . Our classified section serves hundreds quickly and at little cost every day. Try it for best results. DEADLINE IN FERRY STRIKE 3 P. M. TODAY Situation Grows Tense as Other Unions Enter Controversy SEATTLE, Dec. 3—With labor leaders of unions not directly in- volved in the Puget Sound ferry strike entering the controversy, ship owners postponed their request to 24 hours. line for the strikers’ re- to work is now set for 5 pm. New efforts ettle the have been made w . Governor Martin urges both sides to reach an agree-| ment. He has offered aid in settling the dispute. sl U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU THE WEATHER (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., December 3: Rain turning to snow late tonight, cooler, Wednesday snow and cooler; fresh southeast winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 29.78 41 6 SE 6 29.74 37 88 SE 20 29.78 38 86 E 10 CABLE AND KADIO REPORTS YESTERDAY TODAY Highest 4pm. | Lowest4dam. 4am. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. | temp. temp. velncny 24hra ‘Weathc: i 10 -30 -16 -12 -44 -10 26 32 26 32 36 38 38 38 16 34 36 50 24 30 4 WEATHER CONDITIONS AT 8 A. M. Ketchikan, raining, temperature 38; Wrangell, raining, 40; Skag- way, cloudy, 36; Soapstone Point, riining, 40; Sitka, raining, 43; Radio- ville, raining, 40; Yakutat, raining, 40; Cordova, cloudy, 34; Chitina, snowing, 14; McCarthy, snowing, 12; Anchorage, cloudy, 12; Fair- banks, clear above dense ground fog, -44; Ruby, Cclear, -38; Nulato, clear, -40; Flat, clear, -23. WEATHER SYNOPSIS A storm arep was centered this ‘morning’ over the Gulf of Al aska, the lowest reported pressure being 29.10 inches a short distance west of Yakutat. High barometric pressure prevailed over Washing- ton and Oregon and over the interior and western portions of Al- aska. This general presure distribution has been attended by pre- cipitation along ‘the coastal regions from Kodiak to northern Brit- ish Columbia and by fair weather over the remainder of the field of observation. Cold weather continued over the interior, western, and north- ern portions of Alaska, Fairbanks having reported a temperature of , 44 below at 8 a.m. today. Time 4 p. m, yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Weathe. Cldy Lt. Rain Lt. Rain Station Anchorage Barrow | Nome .. ¥ Bethel | Fairbanks Dawson 8t. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan .. Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Prancisco ... | New York ... | ‘Washington -16 =12 =12 -40 ~10 28 34 28 34 a Clear * Olear Clear Clear Cldy Pt. Cldy Clear Cldy Rain Rain Rain Rain , Clear Cldy Clear Cldy Clear Cldy igbafisu-‘nnl Pooocsa j’nationnnsuc Italy inte the world war after it had safely determined | the winning side, and which also in- {duced this same Italy to counteract | the peace feelers extended towards | France by the Austrian Emperor Charles through the mediation of | Prince Sixtus of Bourbon.” Open Criticism of Il Duce Has Aroused Regime in Austria (Continued rrony P2ge One.) ually. turn to military sanctions, Win- Another rebuke for the govern- ter came to the conclusion that there is no other possibility for Austria and without restrictions, in the League of Nations’ front. “What ever may happen, to fas- cist Italy goes the sad glory of having started a new war which may develop into a second world war. 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