The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1936, Page 1

. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7162. * JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NENANA ICE GOES OUT THIS AFTERNOON iGE JAMS IN CHENA RIVER | BREAK;WATER FALLING NOW Residents of Low Ground, Forced toFlee, Returning to Homes During This Afternoon The ice jams in the Chena River below Fairbanks broke yesterday and the impounded water raced down stream relieving the city of flood danger according to Asso- ciated Press dispatches to The Em- pire. The jam below the city went out first and the water, which had driven residents out of their homes on the low ground, dropped rapidly. The residents are now returning to their homes. > MRS. TERHUNE TO HAVE CHARGE OF CHAMBER BOOTH Fire Prevention Poster Con- test Winners Announced at C. of C. Luncheon Mrs. Julia Terhune has been chos- en by the executive board of the Chamber of Commerce to have ¢harge of the Information. Booth for the Chamber during the sum- mer months, it was announced at the luncheon meeting of the Cham- ber this noon in the Terminal Cafe. Mrs. Terhune is a well known Ju- neau woman with a wide acquain- tanceship. Miss Genevieve Todd, who had charge of the booth last year, withdrew, her application for the positict before the Board act- ed. Prize winners in the fire preven- tion poster contest conducted by the Chamber were announced at the luncheon as follows: Peter M. Schneider, first; Mitchell Daniloff, second and Cecelia Tibodeau, third. Lee Smith was given honorable men- tion. " RESULTS OF CONTESTS IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES — FIRST DIVISION “jourRId Juneau No. 1 Juneau No. 2 ... Juneau No. 3 .. Jualpa Thane Salmon Creek Lynn Canal Mendenhall Charcoal Point Douglas Douglas Bridge Revilla Ketchikan No. 1 Ketchikan No. 2 Sitka Haines Skagway Craig Klawock ‘Wrangell Stikine .. Petersburg Scow Bay Wacker Hoonah Metlakatla Chichagof Audi uewjoH § uosIpuy 207 170 107, 81 50 30| 3 4 4 19 14 12 7 18 1 13| 18 23 22 33 7 38 15 Representatives yorA0IIRIag uosId)0d =39 mruSruntoSaruanooom - 18 30! 8 Totals 51| 682 | 703 551 344| 151 REI;EBLICAN CONTES Auditor Q e ® U uappedgosiy Juneau No. 2 Juneau No. 3 Jualpa Thane Salmon Creek Charcoal Point Lynn Canal Mendenhall Douglas Douglas Bridge Revilla Ketchikan No. 1 Ketchikan No. Sitka Haines Skagway Craig Klawock 2 TS — FIRST DIVISION Representatives g 2 8 Hg.Eng. BuruusH 344} 181..129| 13 20 2. 62 A ] 65 IND DIVISION " DEMOCRATS 60 ~ STRONE, VOTE | Three Hundred and Thirty- d=~gight" Cast Ballots - in Primary at Nome ! NOME, Alaska, April 30.—Three hundred and thirty-eight Demo- crats voted here last Tuésday against .96 Republicans. i Results of the voting in this city follows: Democratic Ticket For Auditor—Boyle 188, Hofman | 111 For Senator—O. D. Cochran 211, Howard Lyng 176. | For Representatives — W. Leon- ard Smith 227, George F. Laiblin 1189, John Lichtenberg 177, Tolbert P. Scott 154, E. O. Reberts 151, Fred ; Yenney 126, Mrs. Garnet W. Martin FASCIST ARMY APPROACHING ADDIS ABABA One Report s Invaders Are Within Artillery Fire of Capital ROME, April 30—Italian press dispatches said Marshal Badoglio's troops have arrived at a high plateau leading to Addis Ababa and within artillery shots of the Ethio- pian capital. Reports said the motorized col- umn of fighters passed well beyond Derba Bihran, the Sacred City of Shoa, late in the afternoon. Unconfirmed press dispatches de- clared the advance guard has en- tered Addis Ababa. Marshal Badoglio has reported that Sasa Baneh, the gateway to Harar, Ethiopia’s second largest city, has been taken by storm as the result of a climax of a day of bitter fighting. SELASSIE RETURNS ADDIS ABABA, April 30—Em- peror Haile Selassie returned to the capital city late this afternoon and two hours later consulted with Cornelius van Ii. Engert, Consul General of the United States. | Until his sudden return the Em- peror's whereabouts remained a mystery. Selassie told the Associated Press| that “Ethiopia is not defeated and will carry on the fight to the last man.” O L T Mugenthauls Urging Passage of Tgfingram i {Secretary of Treasury Ap- | pears Before Senate Finance Com. WASHINGTON, April 30. A Treasury deficit of five billion, nine |hundred and sixty-six million dol- lars, the largest in peacetime his- tory, is predicted by Secretary Mor- 'genthau in urging Congressional en- ) BATTLESHIPS MAY BE BUILT FOR U. S, NAVY Admiral Standley Presentsg British Activities | for Purpose WASHINGTON, April 30. — Ad- | miral William H. Standley made for- mal mention of Great Britain's plans o build two new battleships in 1937 and asserted this would justify American construction of a simi- lar number. The Acting Secretary of the Navy made the statement to newsmen in commenting on legislation now be- ‘ng drafted which would authorize wo new vessels if the President sees the need for them. ‘The proposed Navy Bill for 5549.-i 700,000 does not provide for the new | sattleships. The bill is now in the House and it is believed provisions for the two new battleships might se inserted in the appropriation bili vhen it reaches the Senate. | The vessels would cost between Advance ldeas Announced by Army Air Gorps: Safety of Range Airplanes Increased by New Device DAYTON, 0!;;0 April 30. — Ad- vance aviation which does away with carburetors and increases safe- ty and range of airplanes is an-| Division | nounced at the Material of the U. S. Army Air Corps at Wright Field Twenty-five military planes are to be equipped with injectors which, acting as a substitute for carbure- tors, will shoot slugs of gas aboui the proportions of the little finger. The slugs will be shot separately into each cylinder just before fir- ing. The army has been working on the idea since 1924, when its auto- maton of steel which defies gravi- tation in the uphill flow of gaso- ine was suggested by carburetor troubles. Fighting machines had forty and fifty million dollars each BOYLE, COLE, MAKE CAINS, VOTE COUNT Figures Given from Four! Divisions — Legisla- | tive Race in First With returns from Tuesday’s pri- | mary slowing coming in today from utlying precincts, Territorial Au- ditor Frank Boyle continued to roll | up a big majority over his oppo- | nent Joe Hofman for the Demo- | cratic nomination while Cash Cole | was outpointing C. H. MacSpadden | approximately two to one | A total of 56 precincts in the Ter- | ritory, 27 in the First Division, 25 in the Fourth, one in the Second | and three in the Third—gave Boyle 2,327 votes; Hofman, 1,046; Cole 1,- | 499, and MacSpadden T771. | By divisions, the vote shows: First—Royle, 1403; Hofman, 426; | Cole, 544; MacSpadden, 547. Second—Boyle, 188; Hofman, 111; {and | ;arburetors. flying upside down injector equipped planes which used seven percent upward less gas than those quipped with the same engines and Injectors give each cylinder exactly the same shot of fuel whereas it varies with carbu- retors. Injectors also cut down on the danger of fire as backfires are impossible with them. The gas is shot into the cylinder under a nozzle pressure of 250 pounds. e~ Labor Prepares for Hike in Pay By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, April 30.—Lead- ers of organized labor are quietly making plans to launch a drive for wage increases in industry after the tax bill now before Congress is enacted into law. Convinced that under the new law imposing a levy on corporation surplus, the tendency will be to pay out surpluses in dividends instead of letting them accumulate, labor spokesmen raise the question of JUNEAUITES " ON MINUTE; ' WINNERS OF " LARGE PRIZE Official Time of Movement Is Given at 12:58 o'Clock P. M. BULLETIN, NENANA, Al- aska, April 30.—The ice broke |here at 12:58 o’clock this af- ternoon. It is stated that E. Miller and Company and J. Covich and Company, report- ed to be all of Juneau, were on the winning minute. The prize is over $70,000. ANOTHER REPORT BULLETIN—FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 30.—An offic- ial proclamation issued says the ice went out at Nenana at 12:58 o’clock this after- noon and those on the minute were J. Covich and Company, of Juneau, and Oscar Neilson and Company of Anchorage. The prize is $71,000. UNION MEN WIN ICE CASH Forty-four members of the Logal 203, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers of Ju- neau, are going to share half of the $71,000 Nenana ice pool award, ac- ‘fi;fimfi.“%ovléh" “heads ‘R‘:%fi group which investéd in the pool and most of them are union mem- bers, according to the list posted in the Union Hall ‘The 44 put in 50 cents apiece, Covich said, and the money will be divided evenly, according to their setup. “What can a fellow do with that much money after its split up,” remarked the Juneau man when told of the good news, but, he ad- mitted enthusiasm, lots of it, and he enumerated the long list of those who will share with him in half of the $71,000, the other half going to a group in Anchor- age. Wrangell Awnits Treaty Expiration 196, S. David Mazen 85, Ed Elrick- (actment of President Roosevelt’s|Cole, 59; MacSpadden, 22. |why these funds should not be used Here’s the list of Juneau win- Letter from Delegate Anthony J. Dimond to the Chamber set forth that action on a proposed naval dis- trict in Alaska probably would be held in abeyance at least until the expiration of the present Washing- ton Treaty at the end of this year. Under that treaty the United States is bound not to install any fortifi- cations in the Aleutians. The date of expiration is December 31, 1936. Expression for a separate naval district in Alaska has been favor- able from both naval and civilian sources and Delegate Dimond has been instrumental in bringing the advantages of such a set up before the naval authorities. The Cham- ber and other Alaska groups have been lending their support to the movement. Bethel Needs Airport J. W. Gucker, merchandist brok- er who has just returned from the trip to the Westward, told the Cham- ber membership of the need for an aviation field at Bethel and the Chamber agreed to lend its support to further the movement for get- ting one established. C. M. Hirst, Director of Education for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, told of his flip to various points in Southeast Alaska, and M. 8. Whit- tier, Executive Secretary of the Ter- ritorial Chamber, reported that Sel- dovia had become a member of the Territorial group, bringing the mem- bership in that body to 15 affiliat- ed chambers. Hopes of the Chamber for getting a Juneau hour on the Major Bowes broadcast were dissipatd by a tele- gram from Glen Bartlett, who said he had been informed there was no chance of getting a spot on the program before June when Bowes' contract expires. MRS. ADAMS HONO! WITH SHOWER PARTY A party and shower honoring Mrs. Quincy Adams was given by Mrs. Lewis Brown, Mrs. Odwin Reitan, and Mrs. Norris Richard- son at the home of Mrs. Brown A ‘large number of guests en- joyed games and cards during the evening after which refreshments were served. ) Stikine Petersburg . Scow Bay Wacker Hoonah Metlakatla . Chichagof .. | | 5| | 34| | | 4 4. ! 8| | 21| 8| 5| 32| 9| 11 6 29 8 8 Totals || 544| 547| 678| 233|| 703 624 866, i | DIDN'T JUMP OVERBOARD ON UGEA!VUYAGE‘ Former Seattle Girl, Sup- posed Suicide, Alive in London LONDON, April 30—Mrs. Eben S. Draper, former Seattle girl who ships’ officers said stowed away for the Trans-Atlantic crossing of the liner Georgic, while a 10-day search was conducted for her, has cabled her husband in New York she is “happy now.” 4 Mrs. Draper will return to the United States soon, it is said. She went to a hotel here after disem- barking from the Georgic. It was first reported she had ta- ken her life by jumping overboard from the liner. —— Pleads Innocent in Mflder Case NEW YORK, April 30.—John Fior- enza, upholsterer, pleaded innocent today in the indictment charging murder in the first degree in con- nection with the slaying of Mrs. Nancy Titterton, writer and wife of a well known man in the motion picture industry. The woman was killed in her apartment on April 10. Officers said he confessed to the crime following his arrest. ARRESTS MADE, | " KIDNAP CASE, PAUL WENDEL Money Delivery Man Is in Custody — Another | Jailed from Ohio ! H TRENTON, N. J., April 30.—As-| sistant District Attorney Francis | Madden announces the arrest of Sol Marcus, aged 33, of Trenton,' in connection with the kidnaping of | Paul Wendel, whose purported con- fession in the Lindbergh case stay-! ed the execution of Hauptmann for 48 hours. ' Madden said Marcus was arrested on a fugitive warrant as an acces- | sory and is held without bail. Of- ficers said Marcus delivered the' money “from someone in New Jer- | sey” to those charged in Brooklyn with the abduction of Wendel. ; i ANOTHER ARREST ; BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 30. — Harry Weiss, aged 28, Brooklyn taxicab driver, is held in $50,000 bail | on an indictment charging kidnap- ' ing and assault in the Wendel case. ! He was arrested in Younsswwn.l Ohio, brought back here and plead- | ed innocent to the charges when, arraigned in the Kings County court. | e — i BABY GIRL BORN Mrs. Mamie Williams gave birth | Charges sen 69. Republican Ticket For Auditor—Cole 59, MacSpad- den 22. For Highway Engineer—Storey 46, Wann 21. D Made Against Labor Lea@ Bridges Speaker Claims Pacific Coast Man Working for New Union WASHINGTON, April 30.—Roger D. Lapham, President of the Amer- ican-Hawaiian Steamship Company, told delegates to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States con- vention here that the Maritime Federation, Pacific Coast Shipping Union, is trying to gain control of all the nation’s transportation fa- cilities. Lapham said Harry Bridges, mar- itime leader, has violated all the ar- bitration agreements. “Those who live close to the pic- | ture and have watched developments of the past two vears are not sur- prised at the recent labor trouble on the Atlantic Coast,” said Lap- ham. “We know Bridges' aid is to extend control to the Gulf and At- lantic. He hopes to have the Mari- time Federation to supplant all American Federation of Labor un- ions in shipping.” FAULKNER BUILDING ON POINT LOUISA A summer home is being built on Point Louisa for H. L. Faulkner, local attorney. The work is under the supervision of James Parker, coatractor. jodit e b ISat ' A swamp near Saltillo, Pa., in full tax program. Secretary Morgenthau said pay- {ment of the soldiers’ bonus is part- ly responsible for the huge figure by which he said expenditures will ex- .ceed the income in the twelve months ending June 30. He urged the Sen- ate to add to the $803,000,000 House tax bill, temporary processing tax- es asked hy the President. | 'The Secretary testified before the Senate Finance Committee, and said | that except for the bonus, there has | been declining deficits. rAlasfafifihfifs Gi@ Approval {Rivers and Harbors Con- I gress Supports Items in Northland WASHINGTON, April 30. — The Rivers and Harbors Congress went on record here as supporting West- ern reclamation as a National ra- ther than a sectional asset. Projects recommended included Juneau, Wrangell, Sitka, Petersburg, harbors; Dry Pass, Stikine River, Kodiak, Nome, Cordova harbors, the | Egegik River harbor of refuge and |Seward and Metlakatla harbors. - PATCO FOR SITKA The Alaska Air Transport sea- plane Patco left Juneau this after- noon on a charter trip to Sitkoh Bay with W. A. Chipperfield, Dis- trict Ranger, Forest Service, as a passenger. T. A. Morgan was & roundtrip passenger to Sitka aboard the plane and is expected to return at 7 tonight. — e — ELIMINATION TOURNEY, FINAL MATCH, TONIGHT The final matech for the cham- pionship of the Elimination Tour- nament will be bowled tonight at to a baby girl weighing 6 pounds which the bones of a mastodon were|the Elks' Alleys between Team I, and 13 ounces this morning at 6:30 reported found, will be drained this [including Vukovich, Morgan and o'clock in the Government Hos- pital. summer to facilitate removal of the find. McCormick, and Team C, compos- ed of Cleveland,-Evans and Hudson. Third—Boyle, 226; Hofman, 309; Cole, 130; MacSpadden, 109. Fourth—Boyle, 510; Hofman, 200; Cole, 316; MacSpadden, 93. In the First Division, race for the Democratic nomination for the House in 27 precincts out of 54 found Joe Green, of Hyder, J. P. Anderson, Crystal Snow Jenne and J. V. Davis, all of Juneau, leading the field. Erick Ness was in fifth position. Four are to 'he nominat- ed from a field of 11. ¢ The Republican field for the House nomination showed Frank | Harry | Price, Hanford ' Henning, Race and Jack Wilson the four high with Mrs. Mildred Hermann of Ju- neau trailing Wilson by 75 votes. FIRE DESTROYS DODSON'S HOME The residence of John Dodson on the Eagle River Highway was total- ly destroyed by fire last night with loss estimated at $3,000, or more. Aside from a few articles, Mr. Dodson’s furniture -and personal effects were also lost. The fire is thought to have start- ed from faulty electric wiring in the attic. The building, which was recently completed and had been occupied only a short while, was equipped with a Delco light plant. Flames were first discovered by Mr. Dodson, who lived alone in the house, when they burst through the roof. A previous residence occupied by Mr. Dodson on his stock farm at Eagle River was destroyed by fire about four years ago. -—ee - ESTEBETH SAILED ON REGULAR TRIP Motorship Estebeth sailed from the Pacific Coast Dock at 6 o'clock last night for Sitka and way ports with the following passengers aboard: For Hoonah—Ben See, Joe Peterson, A. Dennis; for Angoon— Lawrence Kane; for Tenakee—A. to increase wages. “A large proportion of all divi- dend payments,” one leader de- clares, “goes into reinvestment, for those who receive the largest divi- dend payments are persons who al- iready have incomes far beyond their needs. Wages, on the other hand, go directly into the purchase of goods, for those who receive them are“in tpo great need to save.” The position of labor is that lit- ;l: fiu been done gince 1933 to in- se wage rates;, despite the fact ge part of industry again is {on a profitable basis. REEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS AGREE Labor spokesmen point to the fol- ilowing statistics: The 7' cent wage increase in the six months from June to December, {1933, was followed by an increase of 4! cents during the remaining year and half under NRA. The average hourly wage rates, there- fore, at the end of NRA in June, 1935, were at 57 cents compared to 52%: cents in December, 1933. After NRA, wage rates declined to 56 cents in December, 1935. They rose to 56% cents in January, 1936. To industry’s argumerit that the way to increase the workers' buying power is by reemployment, labor agrees that it has been so increased in the last three years. However, labor leaders say reemployment never will lift workers' buying pow- er in proportion to the steady rise in their producing power, and that without this balance prosperity can- not live, nor can poverty be perma- nently lessened. “From 1934 to 1935" they say, ‘workers’' producing power per hour of work increased 5 per cent, but the ‘real’ wage per hour of work decreased 2 per cent.” TARGETS SELECTED Plans for the wage increase drive have progressed to the point where the field of industry has been scan- ned and a list compiled of those considered in the most favorable earnings position and therefore in the best position to raise wages. Nineteen basic industries are in- Lawrence. (Continued on Page ll‘n_u ners headed by Covich: Walter Otis, Albert Peterson,” Dan Dabich, Bill Taroff, Marko Savovich, Jack Romer, Alex Adoff, Dan Yeknich, Tom Olson, Danni Biandi, George Hannoff, Pete Magoff, N. O. Kup- off, George Zuskoff, Rade Kapp, Carl Bichkoff, Charles W. Erickson, | Thomas N. Olson, Roscoe Richards, !Kall Albigoff, Ben Lowell, Lorence | Tilores, George Wanchis, George | Matukin, Bill Gagoff, Pete Kozoff, John H. Henson, Roman Ellers, O. | L. Wilson, Joe Perusich, Pete Fell- !strom, Emil Huetela, G. R. Isaac, Alex Hadoff, Mike Haneoglon, Men- tur Peterson, Nick Kobak, Harry | Datoff, John Ragaski, Edwin J. | Soberg, John Furness, Gus Fadeff and Paul Javick. | John Covich said that he has |played the Nenana Ice Pool since 11924 and has invested about $200 in ;uckets during that period. For the |past eight years he has formed |pools of guesses, similar to the winning Covich pool this year, and it was the guess of another member {of the Covich pool this year which won the money. When asked what he intends to do with his win- nings, Covich said, “Pay my bills.” Covich, who reported that his family lives in Vancouver, B. C., said that he worked last year in the A. J. mine, and that he was employed as a miner at Chichagof |for a period of ten years. He also | operated a taxicab business in | Juneau at one time, he said. g e ! NIGHT FIRE ALARM At 9:40 o'clock last mignt the Ju- neau Fire Department responded to an alarm from the Capitoi The- atre where an electric motor on the stage had short-circuited, re- sulting in considerable smoke. Dam- age was limited to the wiring of he motor, —————— The Irving Airways Lockheed Vega piloted by Gene Meyring leit Juneau this morning with three miners for Chichagof, and freight for Hirst Chichagof. e E. Gilbertson, charged with be- ng drunk and disorderly, was fined 860 and given a four months' sus- sended sentence in U. 8. Com- missioner’s Court.