The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 22, 1936, Page 1

|~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7155. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936, ~ PRICE TEN CENTS GERMANY PREPARES FOR WAR, BELIEF COAST MARITIME TROUBLE IS AVERTED AGREEMENT IS SIGNED ENDING LABOR DISPUTE Waterfront Employers and Longshoremen Set- tle Troubles ARBITRATOR SLOSS | WINS HIS BATTLE Arbitration Award of 1934, Is Reestablished by | Both Sides i —The Waterfront Employers and the Union Longshoremen signed an | agreement last night and ended the Southeastern Alaska Music Fie_sta Opens Juneauites Urged to Attend Concert in High School Gymnasium Tonight Two concerts are being planned by supervisors of the music festival which is being held in Juneau this week. The first will be given to- night at 8 o’clock in the high school gymnasium which has been deco- rated with a spring festival set- ting. : The program as announced today ' SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 22.|by Miss Ruth Coffin who is ini charge, assisted by Mr. Byron Mil- ler is as follows: 1. E. Pluribus Unum. - RESCUED ALIVE {Hypodermics Rushed to Sufferers as Crew | Breaks Last Barrier 'PLAN INQUEST FOR a ONE OF VICTIMS IThree Enlor:l;d Ten Days in Tunnel Cave-in— One Dead, Privation MOOSE RIVER, N. S., April 22.— !Dr. F. R. Davis, Minister of Health, | Nova Scotia, reached Dr. D. E. week-long labor dispute which vir-| 2 Atlantis Suite, by B. F. Saf- Robertson and Charles Alfred Scad- tually paralyzed activity in this port and threatened to spread to all Pacific Coast ports. | The agreement reestablished the 1934 Arbitration Award. i The agreement was negotiated by Judge M. C. Sloss, Federal Ar- bitrator of maritime disputes. As signed, the longshoremen con- tinue at work pending a settle- ment of disputes over unloading of “hot cargoes,” if necessary. The present dispute started when longshoremen refused to unioad the Grace liner Santa Rose, which had been listed as unfair, by the Mari- time Federation of the Pacific and over hiring of union seamen. W. T. Morris, of Tacoma, Inter- national Longshoremen’s Associa- tion Secretary for the Pacific Coast, said the district will comply with the provisions of the award. ranek. 3. Princess of India, by H. L. King. By the festival banad composed of Juneau’s band augmented by pieces from Ketchikan, Wrangell and Pet- | ding, imprisoned underground near- ly ten days, with a hypodermic nee- |dle containing a pain-alleviating drug shortly after four p. m. today, local time. | The doctor was called to the side MEN PRISONED INew U. S. Mines [ITALIANS NOW WITHIN MINE | Safety Engineer Is | SEVENTY MILES Named for Alaska H B. Humphrey of Wash- ington Office Will Re- place Con O’Connell H. B. Humphrey has been appoint- ed by the U. S. Bureau of Mines as safety engineer in Alaska to sue- ceed Con O’Connell, who handléd the work in the Territory from last August until the holidays. Mr. Humphrey comes from the Wash- ington office of the Bureau. Mr. O'Connell carried on safety work in the Interior, particularly at the Fairbanks Exploration Company and Mr. Humphrey when he arrives is expected to begin his work at the Alaska Juneau here. Announcement of the appointment was received today by B. D. Stew- art, Territorial Commissioner of Mines. 0 MAKE SURVEY OF ANIMAL LIFE, FROM CAPITAL Motorized Forces Reported Encountering Slight Resistance EMPEROR SELASSIE MAKES LAST STAND Crown Prince Returns to Addis Ababa—In Charge of Negus Government GENEVA, April 22. — Reliable ceived advices that the Northern Ttalian army under Marshal Bad- oglio is today within 70 miles of Addis Ababa. Other sources said Emperor Haile | Selassie is leading reorganized forc- es of defenders and it is reported |in Addis Ababa that the advance of the Fascist forces has temporarily been stemmed. Reports said the Emperor is mak- ing a stand in the mountains in the Warra Hailu region to check the Ttalians. sources report that Rome has re-: s f th tombed ho earlier : Bh sades Of the entombed men, W a1 H;l'n:‘mm“ Lard Wb nh S es’had been reached but not entirely 3 freed by rescue miners, in response —Wel Fozli: é;xl]:hrough inazylahieN s Sh_to a plea from Robertson for a 3. Soldiers Chorus from Paust,{Pypodermic to relieve them of in- by Charles Gounod. ltense pain. 4., Hospodi Pomilui — A Russian Reports from the 141-foot level, Ttalian reports said the motorized column is encountering little resis- tance in-the drive toward the Eth- | iopian Capital from Dessye. response by Lvovski. 5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot — Negro spiritual. Music When Soft Voices Die, an 8 voice "ACapella number by Dickin- son. | where the men were entrapped, sald i that while Dr. Davis administered the drug, rescue crews worked fur- jously in the passage way leading to ! the rescue shaft. I 1t is believed it will still be sev- By the Festival Mixed Chorus. 2eral hours before then men can be 1. Lift Thine Eyes, from Elijah by Mendelssohn 2. Patter of the Shoon by Tre-| harne. brought to the surface, owing to the | tortuous nature of the 'passage. Inquest For Magill ‘ An inquest into the aeath of Hcr—i ALEUTIAN ISLES Party Now Northboun.d | Aboard Brown Bear fcr Four Months’ Work SEATTLE, April 22. — Dr. Claus | Murie, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and U. 8. Williams, of Washington, D. C, have sailed on the Alaska By the Girls’ Festival Chorus. !man MagGill, part-owner of the,Game Commission’s vessel Brown * Marshal Badoglio reports the Southern Italian Army is advancing |on the heels of the retreating Eth- iopians. | REVOLT, MUTINY REPORTED | ROME, April 22.—Official reports |from Ttalian scouting parties said Crown Prince Asfa Wosan has ta- ken over control of the Ethiopian government on direct orders from | his father, Emperor Selassie and has EDITORIAL - SELECT THE RIGHT MEN TUESDAY With fine weather and spring activity getting under way, it is difficult to turn to politics. But if Alaskans are to' enjoy their country to the fullest it is essential that a wide and direct interest be taken in the primary election to| be held next Tuesday. It is only by going to the polls and exercising the right of franchise for the men best fitted to | handle the problems of the Territory that we can continue to enjoy the full benefits of our northern empire. 1 In* both parties for the primary there are many men| seeking office. They appear on the whole a fair cross sec-| tion of Alaska population. Most of them are pretty well| known to the voters in their respective Divisions. Those voters who do not know them should make it a point to do so ,for it is only by selecting the candidates of quality and character that the interests of Alaska can be carried forward for the general good. Under our primary system, it is even more imperative that the electorate do its duty at this election than at the] general balloting in September when party loyalty and the! national setup enters the picture. It is the parties them- selves that choose their representatives at this time and| the best results for the whole people can only be attained | when the best men are put forward by both the Democrats | and the Republicans. | Enter your party primary Tuesday and mark your ballot for the men who you know have the interests of the Territory at heart and in whom you can place your con-| fidence if they are eventually elected to office. It is al party, community and personal duty. Aside from the legislative candidates there are on the Democratic ticket two men who are seeking the nomination for Auditor, Frank A. Boyle, incumbent, and Joe S. Hofman, Seward. In the Republican primary both the Auditor and Highway Engineer positions offer a contest. The former finds Cash Cole and C. H. MacSpadden, both of Juneau, seek- ing the nomination and for Highway Engineer Roy J. Storey of Cordova, and E. F. Wann of Fairbanks, are the candi- dates. | For the Legislature each party nominates four members to run in the general election for the House and one each REICH READY T0 STRIKE IN 3 DIRECTIONS Attack on -/Elria. While Italy Busy in Africa, Is Indicated NEXT MOVE WILL BE ON RUSSIA, FRANCE Air Corps Primed, Fortifi- cations on Rhineland Are Rushed PARIS, April 22.—Fear of a sud- den thrust by President Adolf Hit- ler and his Nazi forces in the near future increased here as France's iron chain around Germany ap- peared weakening. The warlike feeling in France is dominant in view of the Reich’s military demonstrations and war preparations including priming of the German Air Corps and rush- ing of fortifications in the Rhine- land. Sensational Events According to official advices re- ceived here, the German press makes predictions of sensational e |ents in Austria. These public pre- | dictions have caused persons in of- | ficial circles in all nations to reach the opinion that it is Increasingly likely Germany may strike in the direction of Austria and then against France and Russia, while Italy is for the Senate. In the First Division, which will be listad here, there is no contest in either party primary for the| Senate seat, but for the House the-tickets show as follows: | Democrats—four to be nominated—Kenneth Junge, Ju-| neau; Erick Ness, Petersburg; J. V. Davis, Juneau; George | still occupied - with “ the Ethiopian campaign. It is known here that Germany has long since had eyes on Austria and now that Ttaly has massed forces in East Africa, will strike, H. Peterson, Douglas; J. T. Moran, Charcoal Point; STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE FAST TRADING Several Different Groups Make Gains in Quiet Accumulation NEW YORK, April 22.—Quiet ac- cumulation of industrial specialties, farm implements and metal shares, many of which advanced from one to two or more points, kept the Stock Market in an advancing mood today in fast trading. Today's closing tone was firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 22.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 1262, American Power and Light 11%, Anaconda 38'%, Bethlehem Steel 587, Chicago, Wilwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 2, Gen- eral Motors 67%, International Har- vester 83%, Kennecott 39%, United States Steel 68%, Cities Service 5%, Bremner 17 at 23%, Pound $4.93%." DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 154.92, rails 46.62, utilities 31.65. Dimond Working to Open Glacier Bay _Mnnumem@ Stewart Gets Communica-! tion Delegate Furnished | Secretary Ickes i Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond is taking up with Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes the, matter of opening of Glacier Bny' 1. Sea Fever, by Andrews. | mines, who accompanied the other Bear to make a survey of game |returned to Addis Ababa from the Frze.em'l;(;m!.i?;?‘m prtise B R O0 by{two into the tunnel shortly before & | the cave-in Easter Sunday, has been By, M. Boya' Fesliyal Ghorus. | ordered by authorities as soon as his 1. Cosi Fan Tutti, by Mozart. 2. Petite Suite, by Gluck. ;body reaches the surface. 3. Egmont Overture, by Beeth-| ! resources in the Aleutian Islands for the Federal Government. | The survey is expected to take |four months and will be the first tians. /lyn Ekreme, oven. Festival Orchestra. There will be no program on Thursday, and on Friday nnemooni a concert will be given for the grade and high school students. Numbers will be taken from both | concerts, Miss Coffin stated. ! The concert for Saturday night is! being arranged and will be an- nounced later. | Supervisors who are in Juneau | from the Southeast Alaska towns| are: Miss Marjory Miller and Mr. George Weeks from Ketchikan; Mr. | J. M. Honn from Petersburg, Miss Helen Hunter from Wrangell; Mr. Gifford Carter of Douglas. Students from Ketchikan attend- | ing the Festival are: Wella Ar- mour, Eileen Sande, Edna Drake, Inga Herup, Jeanette Ericksen, El-/ eanor Jorgenson, Aase Bustness, Ethel Selfridge, Genevive Pedersen, Vera Finzel, Marilyn McCullock, Bill Race, Thor Larsen, Harry Larsen, Michael Hogiwara, Robert Aiken,| Malta Stepp, Jack Olafson, Abraham | Hoziwara, Jack Goddard, Oscar Fawcett, Paul Fossi, Ward Sharp, Marian Sandstrom, Constance Fosse, Bettylee Brown, Helen Barton, Ray ‘Turek, Cherry Tatsula. From Petersburg—Esther Jenson, Louise Adams, Frances Parks, Caro- Clara Lando, Clara Wasvick, Nellie Lando, Mertie John- son, Dolores Ramstead, Margaret Anderson, Charlotte Clausen, June Thompson, Ruth Thompson, Pearl Horn, Kenneth Dahl. From Wrangell — Amy Bradley, Irene Sundberg, John Arola. From Douglas—Jacynth Sey, Hel- en Edwards. The Juneau Festival Chorus is composed of . Mary Jean McNaugh- ton, Beatrice Primavera, Mary Wildes, Elaine Housel, Phyllis Jenne, Lillian Kiloh, Katherine Tor- kelsen, Birdie Jensen, Nola Mae Seelye, Olga Paul, Louise Hildre, Helen Hildre, Ann Campbell, Sybil Godfrey, Clara Hanson, Ruth Kun- nas, Viola Converse, Bernice Love- | brought to the surface by miners who | | front. It is also declared reports have been received that Selassie’s troops have revolted and are in mutiny Word of the rescuers’ success was survey of animal life in the Aleu-'against him in the Northern sector. 1 Emperor Selassie is said to be came up the shaft to shout: “We've | got through!” Members of the hospital emergen- cy unit, waiting to administer to the needs of the long-buried men, said they were ready to go into ac- {tion at any moment. It was announced the pair would be kept at least 24 hours in the temporary mine head hospital to enable them to gain enough strength to make the 75-mile ambulance trip | to Halifax over rural muddy roads, Both Robertson, mine-owner, and Scadding, timekeeper, were in ag- ony from privations endured during the long wait underground. Thrilling Rescue Rescue was accomplished when a group of three veteran coal min- ers, members of Nova Scotia’s fa- mous mine rescue organization, Draegermen, formed a spearhead underground attack which reached the two living men by breaking through a final wall of stone and dirt at three p. m. EST today. — PEAGE STRIKE ' OF STUDENTS STIRS NATION Homing Pigeons Released from Washington Manu- ment—Long Campaign WASHINGTON, April 22. — Launching a two-year Emergency Peace campaign, student demonstra- tions against war took place in many American cities today, entire stu- dent bodies of colleges and high schools walking out in answer to the American Student Union’s call for strike against war. Campus speakers denounced war Monument to prospecting and min-|Jjoy, Alice MacSpadden, Pat Har- 1 audiences throughout ing and resisting the enlargement|land, Margaret Harris, Millie Marie | r nyion i of the monument area, according to’ a communication from the Delegate to B. D. Stewart, Territorial Com- missioner of Mines. Commissioner Stewart spent some Jorgensen, Miriam Puranen, Lyman Snow, Stanley Heisel, Byron Per- soneus, Lewis Taylor, John Krug- nes, Charles Jenne, Luella Tucker. Band members are: Bill Kiloh, In Washington, the campaign was launched by the release of sev- eral thousand homing pigeons from the Washington Monument. They Dr. Murie will go first to Fair- making his last stand against the banks and leave his wife and three Italian troops moving southward |children before going to the Aleu- | from Dessye. tians. l Dr. Murie, who, with C. 8. Wil-| Fairbanks for two years. He is the | wild life field. | | undertaken, according to H. W. Ter- on Su}veys Th]s Summer | liams will make the animal and bird | life survey in the Aleutians, is aJuHN RflEHM AS author of a treatise on Alaska-Yu- kon Caribou for the Biological Sur- The survey the two Biological Sur- | ivey men are making is the first hune, Executive Officer of the Al-| f Ml L D ‘nska Game Commission and Biologi- | or nlng epa'fl"‘lent (tory, and will center chiefly in a, Appointment otr John Roehm, study of bird life which is prepon- | widely known mining engineer now CENTER ON BIRD LIFE | former Alaskan, having resided at {vey and is widely known in the‘FIEln ENGINEER thorough one in the district ever \cal Survey executive in the Terri- | |derent in the Aleutians, but origin employed at Chichagof, as field| STEWART NAMES Chichagof Man Will Carry| ling the people of Alaska in administering the affairs of the and habits of which is litle known. THREE FLIERS ARE KILLED IN PLANE CRASHES Department of Commerce, Army Officials Make Investigation ALAMEDA, Cal., April 22—Deaths jof three aviators in two California plane crashes came under the in- vestigation of the Department of Commerce and Army authorities to- day. Gibson K. Morrison, aged 30, of Reno, and Joseph F. Long, aged 38, of Alameda, died in the blazing wreckage of their cabin plane which ground looped at the take- off. . Lieut. L. R. Ohlmstead, aged 25, Army flier, of Seifridge Field, was killed in a parachute leap from a spinning Army pursuit plane which crashed at Kearny Mesa, time last year when he was in|Lyman Snow, Richard Jackson, Washington in an endeavor to getlGeorge Alexander, David Reischl, (Continued on Page Eight) 1Continued on Page Eignts bore back to their native cities a|near San Diego. Capt. Walter E. message 'from Mrs. Pranklin D.|Todd escaped with minor injuries Roosevelt calling for individual re-las the parachute carried him: from sponsibility in maintaining peace. the plane. | man for the Territorial Department | of Mines during this summer was announced today by B. D. Stewart, | Territorial Commissioner of Mines. | Mr. Roehm will take over his duties {in a short time, or as soon as his position af Chichagof is filled. The new field man is a graduate engineer and has had wide experi- ence, Commissioner Stewart said, having been connected wiih the! | Timmons Company in Ontario and | other properties before coming fo; Alaska. He is originally from Mich- igan. In making the appointment, the Commissioner pointed out that it | {is filling a long-needed want but which has been held up due to lack of funds. The Territorial mining | department was set up by the last| Legislature with the sum of $22,-| 800 appropriated to carry on the work for two years. The small ap- | propriation made it impossible, Mr. | Stewart explained, to employ a field | man but through conservation of | the original appropriation up to thlsj time, a sufficient reserve was built up to carry on the work during the | summer months. It is anticipated that the next Legislature, meeting | in January, may increase the ap-| propriation for the next biennium. | Mr. Roehm's first assignment will | be to the Ketchikan district where several properties have been ging for a report by a competent (Contiouea on Page Exgnt) Peratrovich, Juneau; J. P. Anderson, Juneau; Joe Green, Hyder; Crystal Snow Jenne, Juneau; Robert E. Ellis, Ju-| neau; J. S. Ream, Ketchikan. | Republicans—four to be nominated—Mildred R. Her-| mann, Juneau; Jack Wilson, Juneau; Frank D. Price, Sitku;‘ Harry Race, Ketchikan; Hanford H. Henning, Ketchikan. it must be born in mind that Alaska is on the threshold of what appears to be a great development; and by such development it moves gradually toward full Territorial form of government which all Alaskans are seeking. The men you are choosing in this primary for the legislative posi- tions are those who may ultimately sit in the next winter’s Legislature. That Legislature will be faced with problems more vital than any which have confronted the legislative ibody in years. Alaska through its Legislature not only {must keep in step with development and progress but it| imust guard against ill-advised legislation which might tend! to destroy the very industries and undertakings which are putting the Territory forward. Ask yourself when voting Tuesday if your selection on your party ticket are men who will measure up in the general picture, and not get side- | tracked on pet proposals, For the Territorial offices, it must be remembered that the men ultimately elected in September are to serve for four years. They will administer the laws set up by your Legislature. Are the men you are about to nominate for those important offices of the same high caliber you expect in the Legislature? Are they capable of actually represent- Territory properly and laying the ground work for a great- er Alaska? Satisfy your own mind in this respect before Tuesday. The next four years may well be among the most important in the history of the Territory. The men in office should be men with the interests of Alaska first, with petty politics and personal aspirations in the background. While The Empire feels that the last four years under the Democratic Administration has resulted in more good for the Territory than any other similar period since its acquisition, it is not unmindful that good men who can do the most for Alaska are found in both parties. In view of that fact, this newspaper is not reticent in urging that both great political bodies bear in mind only the best interests of the Territory in selecting the nominees. It is only through a large, representative vote that honest, sound, clear-think- ing men can be put into public service. Again we urge: Enter your party primary Tuesday and cast your ballot for those men who will measure up in the mejor picture of Alaska progress and development. CHAMBER SESSION IS TOMORROW NOON Faculty members of the Juneau and Douglas public schools, and vis- iting instructors from the schools at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Peters- burg, who accompanied school mu- sicians from those ports to Juneau to attend the Music Festival, will be guests at the Chamber of Com- merce luncheon in the Terminal sicians who have been invited to the luncheon. Considerable business, which was transacted by the Executive Board at their meeting last Tuesday, will be discussed at the meeting. Jack Conway, Sitka agent for the Alaska Steamship Company, who arrived last night by plane, will also be a guest at the luncheon. - e - LEAVES HOSPITAL Frank | then. extend the campaign against |Russia and France while everything is set. NAZIS FORTIFY RHINE BORDERS PARIS, April 21.—The news- paper Excelsior reports that Ger- many has begun building a line of steel and concrete fortifications through the demilitarized Rhine- {land along Dutch, Belgian and French frontiers, The dispatch said: ‘“Redoubtable belt fortresses corresponding to France's frontier fortifications start at Effeld Forest. The Dutch line extends via Aachen, Treves, the Saar, Palatinate, and the Grand Duchy of Baden to the Swiss bor- jer” SCHOOL BOARD ANNOUNCES NEW SALARY SYSTEM Teachers’ Contracts Are Awarded at Meeting Last Night A new schedule of salaries for teachers was adopted by members of the school board at a meeting held last night, according to A. B. Phillips, Superintendent of Juneau Schools. The old minimum salary of $1260 per year has been raised to $1500. The former maximum sal- ary of $1680 in the high school and $1620 in the grade school has now been changed to $1800. Salary Change A complete change in the system of teachers' salaries was affected at the meeting. Formerly a differ- ential system of salaries between the grade school and high school teachers, in favor of the high school, was in effect. This will be abolish- ed and teachers are to be paid on the basis of their training. Under this system a new teacher with two years of normal school training wiil veceive a salary of $1260 per year. A teacher with three years training _ | Cafe tomorrow, according to Curtis Shattuck, secretary. Entertainment will be furnished by a group of ten or twelve out-of-town student mu- Chris Ellinger, who was suffer- ing from a broken shoulder blade, was dismissed from St. Ann's Hos- pital this noon, will receive $1380 and a teacher with four years normal, college or uni- (Continued on Page Twc)