The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE T APPEAL MADE T0 GITIZENS BY PRESIDENT Asks All to Be Good Neigh- bors—Think of Coun- try as a Whole NEW DEAL CRITICS ARE SELFISH GROUPS Roosevelt Accepts Honor- ary Degree at Col- lege 1 Florida ROLLINS COLLEGE, Winter Park, Florida, March 23.—Picturing the critics of the New Deal policies as people motivated by group in- terests rather than of National wel- fare, President Roosevelt appealed today to the citizens of the coun- try to be good neighbors and think in terms of the country as a whole. President Roosevelt accepted the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Lit- erature from Rollins College. He de- clared, in his acceptance speech, that the growth and progress in ed- | ucation and politics and other | spheres is “invariably and inevitab- | ly opposed to everything that false or that leads blindly.” NO DECISION IN is | LABOR CASE FOR 2 OR 3 WEEKS Director Hope and Attor- neys Leaving Today for Seattle—Hearing Over Taking of testimony in the labor hearing on the charges of employ- ment discrimination brought by Lo- cal 203, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, against the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, was completed shortly af- ter 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon in Federal district court .and the ses- sion adjourned. Trial Examiner Charles W. Hope, Director for the National Labor Re- lations Board, in this region, and E. A. Eagen, U. S. attorney, left this afternoon on the Alaska for Seattle and Carl E. Croson, Defense Attor- ney, was planning to leave tonight on the North Sea. Director Hope said before leaving that it probably would be from two to three weeks before a decision would be forthcom- H { Backed by a 1932 record of astonishing accuracy, Emil Hurja, crack statistician for Postmaster General James A. Farley, is assembling new data in the seclusion of his Washington office attempting to chart in advance what will happen in the 1936 presidential election. He is shown here studying the 1932 map by which Democrats say state majorities were predicted varying only 2,000 to 10,000 from the actual vote cast. (Auocillzd Press Photo) Political Strength of President Roosevelt I's I ncreasing Day by Day WALLIS GEORGE FILES FOR MAYOR That President Roosevelt’s politi- ably during the past month, his majority increased, cently released George Gallup, deduction of Dr. Director. poll which his institution conducted from early February to early March. President Roosevelt received 54.1 ‘per cent of the major party vote | cast in the poll, against 45.9 per cent | for the Republicans. One month ago the President polled 53.9 per cent. The poll reveals, for the first time, according to the repgrt, that the President’s political support comes City Councilman Wallis S. George from four large groups of voters, today filed for Mayor on the Busi-|Persons in the lower economic levels, ness Economy Administration ticket YOUng persons, farmers and women. which also includes for Councilmen |His majority in these groups ranges C. O. Sabin, merchant; Frank Mc- | {fOm 56 per cent among the women Cafferty, Juneau property owner,|'0 76 per cent among persons on and R. J. Sommers, construction relef. RRD. During the present Congress Mr. George is widely known here ‘Roosevcll's popularity climbed to as are-ail the men: with Hitn on the‘"s highest peak in the past 13 C. O. Sabin, Frank McCaf-| ferty and R. J. Sommers Seek Council Seats months. ., ticket. He is manager of the cold ing as all the notes taken at the hearing must be transcribed and all the evidence gone over again care- fully. He will render the first opin- ion in the case and then it goes to the Board for approval or rejection. Appeal may be taken from the de- cision of the Board to the Circuit Court of Appeals and thence to the Supreme Court. No test case on the validity of the National Labor Re- lations Act has yet been taken to the highest court, although two lower court decisions have upheld the law, the Director stated. Lasted 9 Days The hearing concluded on the ninth day since it opened March 12 with one night session held to fa- cilitate proceedings. The transcript will run to great length and a long list of witnesses was called by each and virtually everything pertaining ! to the case was gotten into the réc- ord. Even the street disturbance of last summer when a group of men marched down toward the mine to register was written into the record, although both sides at the outset said they were going to avoid it. The special city election was gone into at great length and Director Hope held that while some of the matter, he believed, was immaterial to the case at hand, it was admitted oh grounds that the Board should have (Continued on Page Three) e — Point Barrow o Have Plane Mail POINT BARROW, Alaska, March 23.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has obtained authorization from the Post Office Department for a special plane from Kotzebue storage plant and has been identi- fied with community affairs for | | The score at the close of the poll |early this month showed that the Democrats were leading in 33 states years. Mr. Sabin is “proprietor of Sabin’s Clothing Store; Mr. Mc- Cafferty is a wellknown property| owner, and Mr. Sommers is head of the R. J. Sommers Construction Company. | The report points that i This is the second ticket to enwr‘up may ,‘,’;’ altpexed arl: nl::, L‘E:e the field, the N. G. Nelson ticket|when the Republicans mame their filing March 18. . | candidate. Following this the Nation- Mayor 1. ‘Goldstein has not filed|qa] Weekly Poll will be able,for the for re-election but is expected. to|first time in history to report wheth- do so before filings close April 1.|er a party's strength increases or de- The city election will be held on|creases after its nominating conven- the following Tuesday, April 7. tion. - e ——— The current poll consisted for 156,- 454 ballots by mail and personal in- TwENTY-SEvEN (Continued on Fage Two) s KILLED IN RIOTS |Report Deer i INMEXICOLAND| Arctic Diseased Discontent Epreading—~ Daugherty Off to Investi- Heavy Police Guards ga"{—WOl.Ves Kill- in National Capital ing Animals with a total electoral vote of 343 (the number necessary to win, 266 elec~ toral votes). The Republicans arg ahead in 11 states with 128 electoral votes. rch 23.—At POINT BARROW, Alaska, March hxfglsfm::::’ve ll;?enckmed and | 23.—Reindeer Superintendent Frank Several score wounded in v“mus‘Dflugherty is going to Barter Island parts of Mexico as discontent flared !0 investigate a reported foot and in the rural districts into open‘mouth outbreak among the rein- fighting. deer. He will also report on the Heavy police guards patrolled the feasibility of establishing several Capital City and prevented threat- Jchurches and schools along the Arc- ened clashes between rival labor or- |tic rim. ganizations. | Eskimos report that wolves are Anti-Communist demonstrations slaughtering hundreds of reindeer have been broken up by the policetlnd eating the tongues only, leav- and two speakers have been ar- ing the rest of the carcass. — e — GOING TO STATES BROSIUS ON ALASKA Mrs. J. B. Gottstein, of Anchorage, Cal M. Brosius, lumber barén of mccompanud by her son and daugh- Alaska for the States, to Barrow to augment the mail|Seward, is a passenger aboard the |ter, is a southbound passenger on the | Ataska, service. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936, “NUGGETS” WIN ADMIRATION OF STATES PEOPLE, I ‘They Speak Our Language Says Girl from Oregon of Juneau Winners ABOARD AWO SPECIAL, EN- | 23.—Better Times contest winners | \ | stations where the |plains said: language as fluenily as we Q. il | from Juneau,’ Alaska, and various cities in the states of Washington and Oregon are today clickety-click- ing to Old Mexico and sights perhaps never seen by thém before. The special Alaska, Washington and Oregon train is hitting the steel reils south from Seattle and Port- land, through Oregon and teday is in California enroute to Los Angeles, which will be reached tomorrow, and San Diego on Wednesday. ‘The “Alaska Nu#gets” are at- tracting great attention, not only from those gathered at the various special train makes brief stops, but from ghe girls of Washington and Oregoi. “So Different” As one little girl from Easwm Washington said: “Why, those Ju- neau girls are just like any of us. And they are so pretty, stylishly dressed, witty and so genial. I ex- pected to see girls so different.” One miss from Oregon was sur- vrised that the Juneau girls weé not attired in parkas and mukluksiete. Another girl from the Oregon “And they speak our heps better; at that.” Two Suit Cases Left % Thie Juneau girls had an exciting time in Seattle last Saturday and | practically did not have a minute | to themselves as so many affairs had cal position strengthened consider- |been arranged for them. and |did get in some is the re-|Saturday night they went to a the- They all “window shopping.” ater party instead of the opera due American | to the early departure of the train | | Institute of Public Opinion, from a |from Seattle for Portland. ECONOMY TIGKET‘ Int the general excitement two of cases but these are expected to catch i up with them in San Diego. Making Friends The Juneau giris made quick and |fast friends with the Better Times winners from Washington and Ore- gon as the train rolled southward. Many of the Washington and Ore- gon girls, like several of those from | Juneau, are also enjoying an ex- ' tensive trip for the first time and the general excitement of new scenes, etc, is contagious among the entire group. The girls are a great bunch and there is not a dull moment, even | during the night, for if anything unusual happens, like the sudden stopping of the train; out tumble the girls from their berths, excitedly asking, “What's doing now?” BANK RAIDED BY LONE MAN Aged Deposnor Swings Axe Until Exhausted and then Dies BAYONNE, New Jersey, March/| 23.—William Feehan, aged 55, walk- ed into the Mechanics Trust Com- pany Bank, with an axe in his hand, and startled the few deposit- | ors, by attacking two doors, smash- ing wood counters and glass win- dows to pieces, then swinging wild- | ly hacked the cages of the tellers, | smashing more glass and began pounding at the marble and metal work. Someone shouted “holdup” and three policemen came running. They entered the bank with guns drawn. Feehan, on the verge of exhaus- tion, surrendered his axe, then col- lapsed. He was rushed to a hos- pital and en arrival there was pro- nounced dead from heart failure. The bank has been operating on a restricted basis since January 1, 1934. The police said Feehan had $200 on deposit in the bank. Successor to Hugh Cummings Named WASHINGTON, March 23 —Presi- dent Roosevelt has nominated Thomas Parran, of New York, to succeed Hugh Cummings as Sur- geon-General, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS SKA EMPIRE PRICE, TEN CENTS EDE, MANY AREAS London Conference Con31ders Double Cl’lSlS { ROUTE TO OLD MEXICO, March |. the Locarno Pact. ; Dino Grandi, Italian Ambassador ts Great Britain; I. in; Paul van Zeeland, Belgian Premier and Fercign Minister; Joaquim von Ribbentrop Here are the men attending the session of the Council of the League of Nations in London which has just condemned Nazi Germany for remilitarizing the Rhineland following denunciation of Delegates and key figures to the situation include Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary; Pierre-Etienne Flandin, French Foreign Minicter; Joaquim von Ribbentrop, Hitler’s Special M. Maiski, Soviet Ambassador to Stanley Baldwin, British { Prime Mlm;l.cr, and Leopold von Hoesch, who is German Ambassader to Great Britain. |the Juneau girls forgot their sm(-\ s ‘Naval Treaty Drafted by Great Britain, France and ‘ U nited States; Provisions DEPUTIES ARE ~ ABOLISHED BY LONDON, March 23.—The United States, Great Britain and France have accepted the final draft of a naval treaty limiting battleships to ‘36,000 tons and heavy cruisers to building for a period of six years. A clause provides disregard of limits if Japan or other non-sign- ers exceed them. - FASCIST DUGE 10,000 tops, also to prohibit cruiser| FRANCE MAKES . RHINE DISPUTE League Tod;Awails Hit- 1 ler's Reply—Counter- Proposals Expected LONDON, March 23.—The Coun- 'GONGESSIONSIN " RELIEF NEEDS ARE SWAMPING - ALL AGENGIES Red Cross and Other Or- ganizations Are Aid- ing Homeless OHIO RIVER VALLEY ‘ STILL THREATENED | Hartford, a;nec!icut, Is Under Military Discipline —No Visitors PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 23 | —Unchecked Ohio River flood wat- | ers continue to pour through a score \of small communities in Kentucky ‘and Ohio. } This last menace in a thirteen- | state disaster took 181 lives and ren- ‘l dered nearly 300,000 homeless. In New England and Pennsyl- | vania, the swollen waters are slow- | ly receding. | Cincinnati and Portsmouth, Ohio, |are battening down against the im- minent approach of the Ohio flood | crest | Hartford, Connecticut, under | strict military discipline to prevent looting, is keeping all visitors out by means of the National Guard, which is also aiding Red Cross and WPA workers to care for 8,000 refu- gees. Damage so far is estimated at $25,000,000 in Hartford. Many inoculations have been made against typhoid in all localities. Phy- | sicians called health conditions “good.” Twenty. persoss are missing in Hartford. | In most of the mudcaked Pennsyl- vania towns and communities the citizens are sorrowfully burying their 125 dead. Relief agencies are taxed to the limit. RED CROSS FU! WASHINGTON, March 23. — The President’s appeal for Red Cross funds to aid the flood sufferers has been almost spontaneous. Quo- tas arrive by airmail and telegraph. Many sections, especially in the | West, are going over the top. The relief is being handled quickly in all districts. It is expected the funds will be fully reached by the middle of this week. Belated dis- tricts are asked to hustle in the | drive as suflerlng must be relieved. JUNEAU FOLK | | | | i The United States has served'“wm“d reply from President Adolf ] 7th|notice that she would consider | Hitler to its proposals for ending | the remilitarization crisis. {Mussolini Celebrates I Founding of Party by | Strengtfibmng Power (herself free from the large cruiser . holiday if Great Britain builds over seventy. The document will be signed on | Wednesday. DUST STORMS SWEEP ACROSS | ROME. March 23.—Premier Be- nito Mussolini - has abolished the |Italian Chamber of Deputies, re-| |placing it with the ‘“Chamber of Fascists and Corporations.” imultaneously, the Premier abol- |ished large private industries, leav- ing medium and small industries m | existence. The occasion was the sevem,eenth[ annlversnry of the founding of thel MIDDLE WEST | The abolmon was necessary, Mus- ‘ 1sounx said, to increase the nation’s ‘Church Services Cancelled | economic self-sufficiency in prepara- | |tion for a possible European war. | | “When and how war will come one | does not know,” he requked “but | \the wheel of fate turns fast.” The National Council of Guilds, composed of 22 productive, credit, | transport, agricultural and profes- |sional corporations said the large industries will be run directly or in- directly by the government, some with mixed organization. Ccencerning sanctions, he said, | “The siege is now in the fifth month. It has not and will not bend Italy. Only opaque ignorance could have brought anyone to have thought l otherwise.” The speech came at the conclu- sion of three days' conferences with Premiers Goemboes of Hungary and Schuschnigg of Austria, strengthen- ing political and economic tics be- tween the countries. — ., PASSES AWAY Bristol Mrs. Joe Wright died this morn- home for the last several years at ing at the home of her sister Mrs.|Kodiak. A son, Alex Harry Willard. The remains are living at Kodiak has been notified at the C. W. Carter Mortuary and of his father's death. Funeral ar- no funeral arrangements have yet rangements are pending instruc- been made, Jtions from Kodiak, in Kansas as Quarter of | State Dirt-Darkened DODGE Ciix, nansas, March 23. |—Southwestern wheat farmers are| |attempting to determine the dam-' age done by another big dust storm, the year's worst, in six/ States over the week-end: Cali- |fornia, New Mexico, Kansas, Okla- 'homa, Texas and Nebraska. In Hugoton, Kansas, church serv-| ices were cancelled because of the' storm. A quarter of the State is| dirt-darkened. T MIKE GREGERIOFF DIES IN HOSPITAL, day at the Government Hospital. | ter Mortuary. Mike Gregerioff, 62, died yester-| The deceased was a native of; Bay but had made his| Gregerioff, | It is expected he will accept but |with strong. reservations. ler had been invited counter-proposals to the tentative tempering the sharpness peace plan outlined last | members, lof the Friday. Capt. | Britain's Foreign Secretary, t,o]d ! Joaquin von Rippentrop before the| |latter flew to Germany, that nego-‘ tiations would be available at any\ ,time the Germans are ready. | French Concession French sources reported France| {has made five concessions, reaching | {the four-power pmposul in return, ,erlecung vital military alliahce with | [Britain, Belgium and Ttaly as fol-| \lows | 1. France took no immediate, |Rhineland action, as the treaty| permitted. 2. Agreed to a plan not includ- 1ing sanctions or punitive measures against Germany. I 3. Dropped the stipulation that 'Germam must remove their troops. 4. Agreed to drop the Franco- Soviet pact if The Hague court| | decides against it. | 5. If the court’s decision is fay-| (crable will not insist that Germany |withdraw her Rheinland troops. | f FORESTER TO raVLOF | The U, S. Forest Service vessel| |MOOSEHEART TO GIVE CARD PARTY Another of the, series of success- ful card parties, sponsored by the Women of the Moose, will be held Wednesday evening at'the home of Mrs. August Smith on Decker Way. Whist and bridge will be played Forester left this morning for Pav-| The remains are at the C. W. Car-|lof Harbor with Charles G. Burdick, | | Administrative Assistant, and J. P.| Williams, Forest Examiner, aboard for a brief inspection trip. They jexpect to return tomorrow night. VAL T SHUCKLIN GOES SOUTH Sam Shucklin, wholesale dry goods plan of the four remaining Locarno | lcn of the League of Nations lodayl RALLYING TU | - HELP VICTIMS Red Cross (5;0_(&1 for Flood Sufferers in East Meet- | ing Good Response Official quarters announced Hit- | to make| Anthony E. Eden, (;reat’ B. D. Stewart, Territorial Commis- |stoner of Mines, who was appointed by B. M. Behrends, Red Cross Chair- man, to head the drive for funds to |aid those in the flood-stricken New England States, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, reported today that the company was making good progress and the quota of $400 for | this district would be raised. “It is our hope to exceed the quo- ta,” he said, “as it is evident that the need is urgent.” Harry I. Lucas took care of solici- tation Friday, Mr. Stewart Satur- day and today George Rice is mak- ing contacts about the city. M. S. |Sides and John Newmarker have been named by Mr. Stewart to han- dle correspondence with outside points included in this district which extends from Yakutat to Peters- burg. Anyone who has not been solicited and wishes to contribute to this wor- thy cause should contact any of the above named men. ——————— broker, is a passenger for Seattle on ithe Alaska, and prizes given in both divisions, The public is invited,