The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7189. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ PRICE TEN CENTS B. C. STORM CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE FEARS SIROVICH SAYS FISHINGBOATS ON WAR MISSION Congressman Declares Nip- ponese Vessels Spotting Territory’s Coast Line LGOK TOWARD PLANE, SUBMARINE BASES In Event of War, Solon Be-| lieves Alaska Would Be | Ceased for Food Supply WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. —Representative William 1. | Sirovich, New York Demo- crat, charged before the House Merchant Marine committee today that Jap- anese craft operating off the coast of Alaska, osten- sibly in fishing operations. were actually acting for mil- itary purposes. “These Japanese vessels are | taking soundings, exploring: water depths, taking photo-! graphs of the coast line and‘; spotting possible airplane landing fields and submarine bases,” the Congressman said. He declared it was Japan’s purpose to grab Alaska in event of war to provide a food | supply for the Japanese, a fish eating people. | The Congressman added| that the Aleutian Islands could | readily be used as submarine | and airplane bases for raids on the United States. - ,—— 3-DAY STRIKE IS CALLED OFF MIAMI, Feb. 6.—In direct and sharply-worded attack on the American Liberty League, Chair- man James A. Farley of the Democratic National Committee termed the group “the center soul of the predatory power: Without making a single ref- | erence to Aifred E. Smith, who recently addressed the Liberty | League dinner in Washington, Farley, however, labeled the League an ally of the Republi- can National Committee. The League, he said, would | | ILLINOIS CITY Springs, Calif. Two ThousJUnion Men' JAPAN PL Liberty League Is Flayed; Is Composed of Those Who Brought Nation to Outer Rim of Ruin, Says Farley| “perpetuate the sorry business of the Mellons and Morgans in reducing 95 per cent of the peo- ple to the status of serfs.” Continuing, Farley declared: “The American Liberty League speaks as conclusively for re- actionaries and their party as does Mr. Hoover for the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Manufacturers Associa- tion. Indeed, the League is com- posed in a large part of repre- sentatives of that big business which brought the nation to the outer rim of ruin.” GOVERNOR AND HIS BRIDE — Governor Frank F. Merriam of California and Mrs. Jessie Stewart Lipsey of Long Beach are pictured after their wedding at Palm (Associated Press Photo) out Under Orders PEKIN, Ill, Feb. 6.—The three- day general strike of 2,000 union men | in this city has ended. The an-| nouncement was made by Jack Kin- | sella, business agent for the Peoria- i Pekin Building Trades Union. Kinsella also confirmed the report by Sheriff Ralph Goar that the Union leaders, meeting with William Schoenberg, organizer for the Amer- Cancel General Walk- 10. flF cl Ffll_l_[]ws AIR MAIL ROUTE }Telegrams Sent Dimond SMITH GIVES UP ACTION FOR REPORT,FISH TRAP HEARING Juneau Banker Attended ANS TO FASCIST PARTY | TO MILITARIZE UNITS AT HOME Internal Situation Watched in Event of Euro- pean War l & | | | ROME, Feb. 6.—Further develop- |ment of the Fascist party as a mili- ‘;lfil’)‘ organization is predicted by high Fascist sources here, on the {theory that further militarization of the party will be necessary to take jcare of the internal situation should |a European war develop | According to advices received here, the British Parliament has {gone on record as opposed to war, and having “grave concern over the world-wide preparation for war.” Little military activity is reported from the war zones in Africa. . | MISS CRUBER STEALS SHOW IN BALLOTING Climbs to Ninth Place Over- night — Ruth Lundell, | Ida Roller Still Lead Practically all of the “big ten’ in the Better Times Drive to Mex- ico, conducted by The Daily Alaska Empire and local merchants, im-| proved their positions today, but a dark horse stole the show for over- night balloting Eleanor Gruber, in nineteenth place in yesterday's standings, to- day is firmly entrenched in ninth position with 133,060 votes, an in- crease of 68,000 votes in 24 hours Bessie Powers polled 50,200 votes since the last published standing to return to third position today with a total of 213,075. Ruth Lundell, with 354,675, and Ida Roller, with 230,075, continue | to hold first and second positions | against all contestants. In the lower ranks Bernice Reidle scored almost 40,000 votes to move into twentieth place. Other standings appear else- where in today's Empire. A ~ A flurry of excitement ran Suggestion of Glen C. Bart- through the ranks of candidates lett for Major Bowes Pro- when a rumor was circulated this morning of over $1,000 paid on ac-' gram Gets C. C. Vote count at a Better Times Drive store. This was soon proved false,! The national Juneau Day program and the blood-pressure of the girls pyonosed by Glen C. Bartlett, for- mer Juneauite, now manager of the West “frozen in the parked car with icicles falls and the sub ‘e (Associiied Prezs Photo) JUNEAU DAY PROGRAM MAY G0 ON AIR investigating the transaction re- turned to normal. 4 Georgianne Snow, Federal Build- William Penn Hotel in Seattle, mei ing candidate, withdrew today, re- With the approval of Chamber of ducing the field to 37 Commerce members at the iuncheoa g {in the Terminal Cafe today. The ecutive board of the Chamber has o colo did formation re- | GR 'WINTER COMES WITH ITS ICY CLOAK eat What Kind of ‘Walk’ Did Al Mean? Is It a Real Hike or Is It Only ‘Constitutional 29 By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, Thc associated Press, Washington) | | A common four-letter noun, as/ in the picturesque vocabulary of Alfred E. Smith, is causing Demo- | cratic cross-word puzzle experts more trouble than any other million words in the dictionary. , So flexible is the language of politics that there are a dozen ! guesses what Smith really meant when he told tne Liberty Leaguers he expected to take a “walk" if the Democratic National Conven- tion endorsed the record cf the Roosevelt Administration: ’ Where is the walk to take place. how long will it last, in what direc- tion will it lead, and where will it end? Did he mean it in the physical sense, and does he plan to attend | the convention, oppose such an en- dorsement, and then walk out to the dramatic accompaniment of cheers and jeers when he loses the fight? ican Federation of Labor, agreed continuance of the general strike was not advisable. The general strike was called in sympathy with the strikers at the American Distillery Plant who have been out for over two weeks. SEAMEN RETURN T0 SCHOONERS Two Months’ Tie Up on| and Peck Offering to As- Session in Washington sist in Getting Funds —Details Told A motion, proposed by R. E. Rob-1 A report on the recent fish ertson, was carried by the Chamber | hearing in Washington, D. C., of Commerce at the luncheon in the | delivered by Walstein G. Smith, Vice Terminal Cafe today, authorizing |President of the First National Bank. the sending of telegrams.to Alaska |who attended the hearing, at the trap v L. 8. Peck, Vice President and Gen- eral Manager of the Pacific Alaska Airways, asking if there is anything the Juneau Chamber of Commerce ican do to assist in getting appropria- tions for air mail service in Alaska “According to Associated Press dis- patches appearing in The Empire, lay. “The Committee heard both sides of the question, and the can- 1erymen seemed well satisfied with he hearing,” Mr. Smith said. “Since the hearing U. 8. Senator William I. Sirovich has introduced a bill allow- !ing each cannery to operate thres | traps.” " TOCOOPERATE igarding the possibiuty of arranging | | quirements involved. The matter has | Will he walk up the gangplank |been tabled until the desired infor- (of an outgoing steamer, and while mation has been obtained. However, |away the campaign in silence and an unofficial survey of available tal- | sightseeing? If he remains on Am- Delegate Anthony J. Dimond, and to | Chamber of Commerce meeting to- | Pacific Coast Has |the House of Representatives Ap- |propriations Committee has refused Come to End SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6— The two months’ tie-up of steam schoon- ors ended today when the Ship Own- ers Association of the Pacific Coast announced that all seamen will be permitted to return to work im- mediately. - --—— MISS HEIMDAHL MARRIED Miss Mildred Heimdahl, daughter of A. O. Heimdahl, and Mr. Raymond Swanson, were married on the eve- ning of February 1 in the Sons of Norway Hall at Petersburg. Rev. H. 0. Aasen conducted the ceremony wn reouested funds. No one thing is | “as important to the development of Alaska as air mail contracts,” Mr Robertson said, “and lack of such |contracts may result in the perma- | nent withdrawal of the PAA service.” | Golden Anniversary A. B. Phillips, Superintendent of Schools, spoke briefly at the meet- ‘ng regarding the “Golden Anniver- sary” of the Juneau Public School | system. The first public school in | Juneau was established in 1885, hei said, and this school year is the fif- tieth since that date. He said thm\ | | ) (Continued on Page Two) “The cannerymen were represent- ed by counsel including Mr. Allen of | Seattle, Mr. Arnold of Ketchikan, former Senator C. C. Dill, and Mr. Austin—formerly secretary to Judge Brandeis,” Mr. Smith said. Most of the first morning of the hearing was taken by Delegate An- thony J. Dimond, Mr. Smith said, who explained the effect the bills providing for abolishment of fish fraps are expected to have. Delegate Dimond was followed by former Gov. Sulzer of New York, and other speak- ers, John Gilbert explained the general | Harriet Morgan, head of the Di-|that the local Chamber of Commerce fisheries situation in Alaska, Mr, ncionunued on_ Page Twor |the proposed program, and the re- I KIDNAP GA SEfnnz now in the States is being con- | ducted in view of the possibility that | Juneau may go on the air on the Major Bowles amateur program over a nation-wide hookup. Favorable Publicity Howard D. Stabler, who attended the meeting today, stated that he is of the opinion that the proposed TRENTON, N. J, Feb. 6.—De- proadcast would result in more and {partment of Justice Agents and petter publicity for Juneau than the New York City Police today ever before has been accomplished. jassured the New Jersey State Po- Major Bowes gives a short talk of lice they will cooperate in a new|five or ten minutes on the history, search for possible accomplices of |industries, etc., of each town featured Bruno Hauptmann bergh kidnaping and promised t0 said. He reported that he has had follow any tips given them. |no trouble in receiving the Major In granting a reprieve to Haupt- | Bowes programs at Auk Bay this mann, Gov. Harold G. Hoffman winter, but said that conditions in said he was convinced others were'Juneau make reception more diffi- involved in the kidnaping. |cult, ———————— | “It is an unusually good program, Bachelors Ask Hglp DAVIS, Cal—Men students at the California branch college of agri-| culture here have called on {New Jersey State Police to Be Aid ed in Haupt- mann Accomplices interesting on the air now, I think.” The Bowes program features a A telegram from Glen C. Bartlett Dr‘lwas received last week suggesting vision of Home Economics, to tell |sponsor a movement to “put the old ithem what to cook and how to cook it. (Coatinued OL.PBBQ- Seven) erican soil, will his footsteps lead him only around his familiar haunts in New York State, or along the, trail of national political spell-| binding? | Will he walk into the Republican Party, for the time being, or will he walk at the head of an inde- pendent party? Or, finally, will he merely walk around the block, as he did after the Roosevell nomination in 1932, and be back in his accustome place before election day? L¥eke two pictures partizlly tail the story of.the wintry blasts which struck the East and Middle Just imagine the thonghts of the owner of this automobile (above) whea It happened at Chicags when water played by firemen on aburning bilding nearby sprayed Beiow, Miagara Falls suffering from a heavy colg, placing the usual roaring thrient ani fo ming an ice bridge across thie river below the ¢ found it completely EASTER PARADE IS THREATENED, GENERAL STRIKE of 3,800 Shops Sched- uled to Take Vote NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—A general strike in the dress industry hinged today on a vote of workers who make ninety percent of the clothes wora by the American women, officials of the Dress Workers Union said. The strike will affect 105,000 em- ployees in 3,800 shops and will caus> a serious shortage of finery for the | Easter parades throughout the coufi- try. The strike threat centered mainly in shops in New York City, in New | Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsyl vania The strike vote is scheduled .or tomorrow - - URGE NATION MANUFACTURE ITS OWN ARMS Senate Munitions Commit- tee Hears Reports on Govt. Ownership WASHINGTON, Ieb. 6 Engi neers of ‘the Interstate Commerce 4 Commission estimated that the Unit- | |ed States Government, by spending | in the Lind- in his weekly broadcast, Mr. Stabler |$47.160.000 can acquire equipment | |to build a fleet of 17 warships an- | DEFINITIONS DON'T HELP | AB ALASKA WINTER'S GHIP CONTINUES OVER ENTIRE COUNTRY ‘Mercury Sinks to 4 Below in Juneau for Second Sub- | Lero Night This Winter 'REPORT TEMPERATURE 'ABATING IN MID-WEST 135 Below Zero Recorded at | Some Places Out Glac- ter Highway VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 6.—The season’s worst gale | brought extensive damage | to the Vancouver district as | an icy wind blew itself out across the Gulf of Georgia today. Small craft were blown ashore, power and telephone lines were hurled down, a moored seaplane was totally wrecked, 11 scows, each lcaded with 150,000 feet of lumber, were torn from their moorings and the North Vancouver ferry service was blockeéd.”A ‘twin-motors ed flying boat of the Royal Canadian Air Force was | pulled from its anchor and drifted from its moorings against the Yacht Club float. The plane was a com- plete loss. 4 BELOW RECORDED HERE Aided by a sharp. Toku wind, the mercury dropped to four below here last night, one degree warmer than “he previous day, according to Me- | teorologist Howard J. Thompson's ’refld!ngs today. The peak was reach- |ed at midnight and the thermome- | ter hovered around that point most « }nf the night, rising to two degrees ibelow at 4 am. It was one above at noon today. Yesterday’s highest temperature was one below at 4 am$ sinking | sradually until 10;15 when the peak 'l()( five’ below was reached. From |that point throughout the day the imvrcur)' stayed below zero. An unofficial reading at the Mons | Anderson fur farm near the glacier | gave 35 below this morning and other | places out the highway recorded as low as 22 below zero. Ketchikan had its coldest weather , |since 1917 when the temperature |dropped to four above last night. | Petersburg’s low point was 11 below in the last 24 hours, and Prince | Rupert had six above. | The Interior was slightly below | normal winter weather. Dawson had ;')6. Burwash 51, Fairbanks 40, and Anchorage 9, all below zero. Moder- ating temperatures and snow were reported at the latter place. The forecast calls for fair tonight iand tomorrow with continued cold, ' - MEPIRRE. Be 4 5 C e e (Continued on Page Sevem) 'HOTEL WORKERS 'UNION STRIKES FOR WAGE LIFT Eleven Thousand Workers |do not help greatly. |Mr. Stabler said, “one of the most Standard definitions of the word | The term| “walk,” says the dictionary, is used to denote “the primitive method of | locomotion used by the terrestrial| vertebrates.” | Further down a walk is described |as “an advance movement in which | one foot is always on the ground.”| for enjoyment or healthful recrea- | | tion.” | | There is listed the “walk of life,” | meaning “chosen profession or hab- (Corrmnu;d' onil:g; ‘Three) l nually at a price lower than in the private yards of the nation, and can manufacture a large portion of its own power and machine guns as | well F. W. Amadon, senior civil engi- neer, and Charles F. Spencer, Chief Valuation Engineer, appeared be- fore the Senate Munitions Commit- tee today to report on a study of pro- {city in the nation at each broadcast, | A Walk also Is “the act of walking|posals that the government build all its warships and manufacture its own munitions. ; ————— % One family and two army enlisted men are the only inhabitants at Fort Sumter, 8. C. in 210 Establishments Are Near Walkout NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—A strike of hotel and restaurant workers threat- ens to disrupt the city’s night life as hotel employees, who claim to repre- sent a union membership of 11,000 in 210 establishments, announced last night they will walk out unless operators grant their demands for horter hours and higher wages. Three settlements were effected late yesterday in building service and fur and millinery disputes in the garment center strike.