The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 1, 1936, Page 1

o abarally. a generation of mama’s boys, but/ T HE ‘ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MANY NATIUNS 0BSERVEDAY IN QUIET WAY Communists, Socialists Join in Big Parade in New York City RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MARCH, RED SQUARE President H—ilE; Addresses German Youths—Makes Plea for World Peace NEW YORK, May 1—Tramping of tens of thousands of soldiers in Moscow’s Red Square, a plea for peace by President Adolf Hitler in Berlin and a long Socialist-Com- munist parade in New York City were the highlights of the observ- ance of May Day, labor’s Interna- tional Holiday. Workmen paraded in many coun- tries, according to Associated Press dispalches received here. Police estimate that 300,000 march- ed in today's parade in this city where for the first time Commun- ists and the Left Wing Socialists joined forces. RUSSIA’S DEMONSTRATION MOSCOW, May 1—Russia’s mili- tary power, soldiers afoot, tanks and armored cars, rolled past Lenin's tomb today while a fleet of 750 war planes droned over the column. “JOY DAY” IN GERMANY BERLIN, May 1.—Germany’s May Day was a “Joy Day,” thanks to President Hitler, who told the youths here that.''we cannoi use we do want peace.” WORKER'S FESTIVALS PARIS, May 1.—Great festivals of workers took place today in the industrial cities of France. No dis- orders had been reported to late | this afternoon. IN AUSTRIA VIENNA, May 1.—Chancellor von Schuschnigg announced. today that 15,000 youths of the Class of 1915 will be called to the compujsory ser- vice, parly of a civil and partly of a military character next October. BUSINESS IS WAGING FIGHT, TAX MEASURE Philadelphia C. of C. Opens Attack—Replies Are Quickly Made WASHINGTON, May 1.—Business today opened fire on the Adminis- tration’s bill before the Senate Fi- nance Committee when the repre- sentative of the Philadelphia Cham- ber of Commerce branded it as an “unsound piece of legislation.” The Chamber’s views were ex- pressed by Franklin Spencer Ed- monds, Chairman of its committee on taxation. He sdid the plan to tax undivided corporate earnings is “fiscally unsound and does not meet the requirements of the Amer- ican people.” Treasury experts denied corpora- tions in the aggregate used the sur- plus accumulated during boom years to provide employment during de- pression. Senator Josiah W. Bailey, of Ten- nessee, said the Treasury figures showed reserves were not used to keep plants operating instead of go- ing into bankruptcy. Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr., of Wisconsin, advanced the proposal to raise $226,000,000 a year by in- creasing the surtax rates and indi- vidual income tax. MADGE HILDINGER IS BADLY INJURED Miss Madge Hildinger, dental nuzge with Drs. Kaser and Freeburger, Dentists, is confined to her apart- ment today with a badly sprained ankle and torn ligaments, according being seated in the loge section of the Capitol Theatre last night, when slipped painful injury. According to re- ports, she will home for some time. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 1, ing (Al ociated Press Photo) IBOYLE, COLE - AREINLEAD, . NDDIVISION {Cochran Also Has Lead Over Lyng for Terri- torial Senator NOME, Alaska, May 1.—Thirteen precincts, including Nome, give the | following vote in last Tuesday’s pri- | maries: Democratic— Dimond 522, Truitt 399, Boyle 319, Hofman 144, Hesse 411 For Senator—Cochran 331, Lyng | 245, } For Representatives—Smith 344, | Lichtenberg 283, Laiblin 277, Scott 250, Roberts 241, Yenney 176, Mrs. Garnet Martin 151, Mazen 130, P. Sather 129, Ulricksen 88. No totals were made for Republi- cans but Cole is leading MacSpad- den for Auditor and Storey leading ‘Wann for, Highway Engineer. There are 12 more precincts to report. ¥ ————— — TWISTER KILLS IN TWO STATES; MANY ARE HURT Reported in lowa and Minnesota SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa, May 1.—Four are known dead, fifty are mjured and heavy property damage is list- ed in the wake of a tornado cut- | ting a swath of destruction across Northwest Towa and Southern Mir- nesota late last night. At least 25 persons were injured in Towa and the same number across the line in Minnesota. The tornado was a twister and pursued an erratic course a quarter of a mile wide and over a 50-mile stretch. 1 Heavy livestock damage is report- ed. FISH SALES LIGHT IN SEATTLE TODAY SEATTLE, May 1.—The Majestic arrived from the Western banks today with 33,000 pounds of halibut and sold for 7% and 6% cents. The Jane came in from the local banks with 12,000 pounds, and sold for 8% and 6% cents. - .- - FOSTER MOVES OFFICE Frank Foster, prominent Juneau attorney, has moved his law. office a step, causing the|from the third-floor of the-Gold- stein Building, and is now located on be confined to her|the ground floor of the LO.OF. building on Franklin Street. Using the same trowel George Washington used In laying the cornerstone of the capitol in 1793, President Roosevelt I2id the corner stone of the new $12,000,000 interior departrent bllding at Wai n. Gus Gennerich, the president’s bod, yaard, Heavy Property Damage Is| 1936. _ |PAA SERVICE S. E. ALASKA, OPENS TODAY Charter Fligl—ls—Announced —Interior Trips Next Week The Southeast Pacific Alaska Air- ways charter service, with Juneau as the operating base, officially op- ened today with the Fairchild 71 seaplane equipped with a new Wasp SC1 engine, and controlable pitch propeller, available, Lyman 8. Peck Vice-President and General Man- ager of the company, who arrived in Juneau from his Fairbanks head- quarters yesterday, announced this morning. The controlable pitch propeller, coupled with the new Wasp motor substantially ipcreases the speed of the Fairchild, Mr. Peck pointed ‘oul. and also permits taking the | plane off much more rapidly, thus ‘mmblmg the ship to get in and out lof smaller lakes. and bodies of wa- | |ter than is possible with slower |ships, and those that do not have | controlable pitch propellers. way radio has been installed to give constant communication facilities with the plane. s at Controls . Is at the right: | o millis, veteran Alaska pilot, |will be at the controls and Paul i P also with many | Brewer, . iite A B. Holden will be traffic agent H H lin Juneau for the P. A. A., handling U WIsmn | reservations and service for both the Southeastern system and the | Juneau-Fairbanks-Interior service, he Iflight mechanic. Both Ellis and Brewer were with the Alaska South- |ern Airways before this company was taken over by P. A. A, with S sade POOR | with offices in the Gastineau Ho- B(_))le L“““;’ Over Hofm.anjm Mr. Holden is also a pilot of in Latter's Own Balli- |many vears experience. (ole n Lead Interior Service The first flight of the big Lock- | heed Electra, inaugurating the sum- Democrats voted 3 to 1 over the | per schedule between Juneau, Fair- Republicans in the Third Dl‘llslon‘bankS and the Interior, will start! in last Tuesday's primaries, Boyle|from Pairbanks Sunday, arriving at| leads comfortably over Hofman in|juneau at 3 p. m. Sunday, and will | his own section, with Cole having |jeave northbound on schedule from a long lead over MacSpadden in 23 juneay at 2 p. m., Tuesday making of the 59 precincts reported, ac-|efficient connections with steam- cording to a radiogram to Gov. John |poat sajlings both ways, according W. Troy. from Derrick Lane, Clerk |y mr. Peck. of the Court at Valdez. i Add More Planes The count of votes follows: Di-| ap encouraging number of ad- mond 1239, Truitt 888, Boyle 633, |yance reservations for travel on the Hofman 562, Hesse 905, Democratic | juneau-Fairbanks P. A. A. air route ticket; Gore 465, McCain 434, Cole haye been received, General Manag- 338, MacSpadden 183, “ Wann m‘-:er Peck said, and if business main- Storey 240, Republican tcket. tains as anticipated he plans to run | The returns from the First DI-|qouble sections of planes on this | vision were unchanged today. In the | youte, to accommodate all those who Legislative race on the meocruflclv,.m to reduce the travel time to ticket, Joe Green of Hyder, J. P.|pairbanks to four hours, and to other Anderson, Crystal Snow Jenne and |northern parts of Alaska propor- J. V. Davis, all of Juneau remain- | tionately. ed the high four for the possible| nr Peck will leave Juneau for nemination while on the Republican | geattle Monday, enroute to the New ticket Frank Price of Sitka, Han-|york offices of his company, and | ford Henning and Harry Race of iplans to return the latter part of Ketchikan and Jack Wilson of Ju-|the summer. Today he pointed out neau were high | the substantial reduction in air ex- wick — Frank Boyle is far ahead of Joe|press rates from Juneau to Fair-| Hofman for the Democratic nomina- tion for Auditor and Cash Cole is|as well as the reduction in passen- leading C. H. MacSpadden, although | ger tariffs, with the belief that these | the latter is slightly ahead in the |requctions would increase traffic in | First Division. Cole apparently is |poth the passenger and express ser- winning throughout the Territory. |yjce, | Roy Storey of Cordova apparently | is outdistancing E. F. Wann of Fair- i banks for Republican nomination for Rumors Anse, However— Speculation Rife—New | Highway Engineer, although Wann carried his home town. Entry Announced banks and other Interior points, P PRI e DEFENSE FOR ADDIS ABABA IS ATTEMPTED Emperor Orders Out All Able Bodied Men to Ad- vance on Invaders LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1.—Nine- teen three year olds, including two fillies, have been named in the Six- ty-Second running of the $40,000 added Kentucky Derby to be run at Churchill Downs tomorrow. Speculation is keen over ine con-| dition of the 7 to 5 favorite, J. E. { ADDIS ABABA, May I.—E[hh)p-l ian Emperor Haile Selassie today ordered all able bodied citizens in the vicinity of the Capital to march Two- | years of | Alaska. service to his credit, will be north tomorrow and attempt to halt the advance of the Italian troops. Ras Getauchou will lead the re- sistance march. The Emperor has recommended that the soldiers carry provisions sufficient to sustain them for five days. The Capital City is now practi- cally deserted except for the police who are on guard. The Emperor has vowed Ethiopia will fight “until the last soldier and to the last inch.” Widener’s Brevity. ARRIVE HERE FOR WHITEWATER Consulting Lngmeer Heads Party to Start Operations on Tulsequah River Further evidence of the early de- velopment of the Whitewater-Taku mine on the Tulsequah river was given today by the arrival aboard he Princess Norah of D. C. Sharp- stone, geologist, and consulting en- zineer, a crew of ten expert mining nen, and 38 tons of mining ma- *hinery and equipment, part of 12: tgns of freight consigned to the mine, the balance of which is on ard the freighter Nootra which sailed from Vancouver yesterday. Mr. Sharpstone, accompanied by Mrs. Sharpstone, was met upon the arrival of the steamer by B. Needing, mining engineer in charge ot operations at the mine, and stat- ed that he expects to spend a few days in Juneau before going to the | mine. | The freight aboara the Princess Norah for the Whitewater Taku mine, including a caterpillar trac- ‘or and a compressor, will be loaded | aboard a barge towed by the river ooat Jeanne, Capt. Harry Barring- | .on, which arrived last night from | Taku river, for transportation to the mine. | The crew of mining men who ar- rived on the Princess Norah, in- cluded Lloyd Loadman, Stanley E Highland, Bert Maloney, Donald Miller. John McLaughlin, Oscar Ol- sen, James A, Pike, John H. Spence and Hugo Stratford, also will travel | to the Whitewater Taku mine aboard the river boat. . The Jeanne is a twin screw gas boat with two 150 horsepower mo- tors, capable of a speed of 16 knots per hour, according to Capt. Wil- liam Strong, who arrived on the ves- sel last night. Walter Barron is | mate of the Jeanne and Al Kaska is cook. A shipment of gasoline for Mary | Joyce at Taku will be included in the cargo loaded aboald the Jeanne. SPECIALTIES TAKE ADVANGE STOCK MARKET iList as Whofiails to Rally | —Mumber of Weak Spots Today NEW YORK, May 1—Specialties accounted for gains of one to three |or more points today in the Stock Market. The list as a whole worked along |narrow grooves and there were a | number of weak spots including American T. and T., off more than three points at one time. Today’s close was firm with trans- fers only totaling 1,250,000 shares. CWOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, May 1.—Closing quo- | tations of Alaska Juneau mine stock lodny is 14';, American Can 125, | American Power & Light 9%, Ana- conda 33", Bethlehem Steel 49%, 'waukee, St. Paul and anclflc R.ailroad 1%, General Mot~ |ors 62, International Harvester 81, | Kennecott 36, United States Steel |567%, Commonwealth and Southern | 2%, Cities Service 4%, Pound $4.94, | Bremner bid 18 -asked 23%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 147.07, rails 43.51, utilities 29.05. T0 EARMARK RELIEF FUNDS WASHINGTON, May 1—Plans to | earmark four hundred million dol- lars of the promised one billion SUPPLIES, CREW| U.S. Navy to Be ’VI ade Sv('oml to None; Record Peace Time Appropriation Bill in House WASHINGTON, May 1—A record peacetime $531,000,000 naval approp- in the Navy's man power and air- € o Kepdn plane strength, the big measure ronpdsth m"‘f‘]} LS s would bring naval funds available aimed toward a “Navy second to diaty none,” was started through the In the 1937 fiscal yi House yesterday authorizing con- struction of two new battleships to cost $51,000,000 each, provided any other signatory to the 1930 London agreement should start building such capital ships. Allowlng for grnemm increases Pete Coyne, trainer, silenced re- | | five hundred million dollars’ relief ports that anything was wrong with @PPropriation for public works has the Derby choice but an impressive | | been drafted by a Congressional workout by Brevity this morning gmup following conferences with followed by the unexpected entry of | Secretary of Interior Harold L. Brevity's stablemate Dnieper, gave Ickes and Harry L. Hopkins, ad- an impetus to rumors. ministrator. Over a sticky track Brevity was Representative Reiter, of New HOLZHEIMER BVESSETUP ONBASEBALL Purely Commumty Affair with Sport Only Thought. League President Says With the first game of the Gas- ineau Channel Baseball League icheduled for May 10, William A olzheimer, President of the League 1as prepared for the sports minded sublic ihe following interesting in- ormation relative to the League “As President of the Gastineau “hannel Baseball League I have of- en been asked questions relative| o the set up in our baseball league. | Here I will try briefly to outline my | reactions. “This being my third year as| President, naturally I have seen a jreat deal of baseball. in Juneau and elsewhere, and’ it logieatly-fol- | lows that I have.bwd considerable ~onversation along that line with stars and “sand-lotters,” alike. Base- | ball is our outstanding national sport, occupying the interest of 90 ver cent of thP American people throughout the length and breadth of our land during.the spring and jummer months. Commencing with the small boy on the sand lot to the | stars in the National and American Leagues, including the game’s adop- tion by several foreign countries baseball is universally enjoyed. Good Brand of Ball “Notwithstanding our “Fur North location Gastineau Channel joins hands with the rest of A'nerica on May 10, and we can't be rensured if we appear to have gone « bit “daffy” and enthusiastically sponsor the game, living up to the tradition of our forefathers, While we are not able to give you “big league” ball we do, hewever, give you a good brand of baseball—a brand that com- pares favorably with that of any section of the country. It's good be- cause of the equality of the teams nlaying, and interesting because of | sur personal acquaintanceship with ‘he individual players—and right here let me say that by sponsor- ing the game the opportunity is of- | fered you to see as fine a bunch of | young men as you can find in any ' community participating in a sport we all love. “Therefore I ask you, my public | spirited friends who have the com- munity’s welfare at heart, to assist, us in making Gastineau Channel's main sport a success. The season on- ly lasts a few months each year, so toe the mark and let's go! Operation of League “Sometimes owing to a seeming lack of proper spirit I have won- dered if the public is aware of the actual operations of the league. Does the public know that players and officials give their time and energy gratis? Is there a suspicion current that we are running a rack- et?, and that we are getting rich from #v? At the risk of burdening you with what should be common knowledge, or insulting your intelli- gence, I am going to give you the complete outline. “(1). The baseball field is owned and controlled by the Jumeau Fire Department, who has spent thou- sands of dollars trying to give the public and athletically inclined American youth a splendid play- ground; all the money they make over and above the expense of base- balls and keeping the grandstand in condition, goes to extending the ground by purchase, repairing and improving the grand stand and so forth. Play For Spert “(2). The players’ part in this program is the pleasure and love of | the game, paying for their own shoes and gloves, sharing only in the Fourth of July money donated by | $40,000 recently ZIONCHECK IN ar to $592,000, 000] and added to this is $13.000,000 for airplane building which would pro- vide a total of approximately $606.- 000,000 for the coming year The House leaders predicted the big Naval Bill will slide through the House without any major difficulty. END OF RELIEF WORK IN ALASKA COMING WEEK Specnal Grandt of $40,000 Now Is Exhausted — No Further Funds Available The coming week will see a wind up of relief work in the Territory, it was announced today by the Gov- ernor’s office. With the exception of a small amount set aside for direct relief through May and June, the granted the Terri- tory at the request of Gov. John W. Troy and Mayors I. Goldstein and A. E. Goetz of Juneau and Doug- las will be exhausted with the con- cluding of work projects this coming week, it was stated No further grants are expected to be forthcoming for relief work as National Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkips in granting the last $40- 900 made it elea. that hmuug& a special grant which woul avi (to last the Territory at least until the end of the fiscal year, June 30. The action effects about 700 men throughout the Territory, approxi- mately 350 of them in the Juneau area. Ketchikan has about 175 on work relief and other points in Al- aska have from 10 to 50. Emphasis again was made by au- thorities on the need for further en- deavor to find employment in pri- vate industry. Opening up of spring work is gradually absorbing the un- | employed and those who have noi‘ already obtained jobs are urged to make renewed effort to find work MORE TROUBLE FOR SPEEDING Fined $66 for Hitting Too| Fast a Clip in Vir- ginia City ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 1.—Fail- | ing to appear in court, Representa- tive Marion A. Zioncheck, of Wash- ington, was fined $66 for reckless | driving, speeding and disorderly con- duct. A $200 bond would be for- feited, Judge James Duncan added. if the stormy House member is again arrested in Alexandria. Zioncheck was speeding toward a Florida honeymoon, it was believed when Patrolman George Ellmore arrested him yesterday. He was traveling 60 miles an hour through Alexandria, Ellmore said. The Cangressman asked Ellmore: “When are you darhn cops going to leave me alone?” Zioncheck was recently arrested and fined in Washington, D. C. for speeding. p S SSRGS Eo LEGION MEN ASKED TO HELP DRESS UP CEMETERY SUNDAY In order to have the Legion plot in Evergreen cemetery in shape for Memorial Day, members of Alford John Bradford Post, American Le- gion, are asked by Commander E. M. Polley to turn out enmass Sun- day morning at 10 o'clock at the cemetery for a working party. There | 1s considerable work to be done and the more that turn out the sooner it | will be completed, the Commander pointed out. Lunch will be provid- | ed, all you need to bring is plenty of elbow grease. ‘The work goes on rain or shine, | ©lhave been lan hour and then jammed, was clocked at 52 2-5 seconds for a- h.erYnR.» heag of the delegation seek- mile despite Coyne's announced in-|ing fund for new PWA municipal tention to show the favorite could | Program, said the proposals will step the distance five seconds fast- | Probably be submitted to President er. | Roosevelt early next week. EACH JUNEAU WINNER T0 GET $121 IN SPLIT Other Half of $64 000 Prize Goes to Two Partners in Anchorage THURSDAY BREAK-UP ONE OF EARLIEST Many Mmu!e Pool Winners Pick Up Cash Here—Lee Smith Gets Leglon Prize Appxo‘unmtnl\ $32,000 in wealth of the Nenana ice pool will come to Juneau to be divided among the 44 men on the John L. Covich ticket, it was announced today by the Nenana management at Fair- banks, according to information to The Empire. ‘The pool, in which 71,000 tickets were purchased, will net $64,000, the management said. Covich and associates in Juneau and Enom ‘Blondie” Miller and Oscar Neilsen of Anchorage, partners, will split the pot, $32,000 coming to Juneau and the other half going to the Miller-Neilsen ticket in Anchor- age. Both Covich and the Anchor- age partners hit the ice breakup right on the dot—12:58 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. Escape Tax As a result of the split with two tickets winning, the Juneau men will each receive $727, as Covich said the money was to be divided evenly. Each man had invested 50 cents in the enterprise. Virtually all are members of Local 203, Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and unemployed since the walkout from the Alaska Juneau last summer and some have been on re- lief. Today most of the men with smiling faces were talking about what they were going to do with the money, and it was evident a good, big share of it would go toward pay- ing bills, and once again getting square with the world. None of the Juneau men will be required to pay an income tax on ! the winnings, most authorities said, as the amount each man gets will be below the taxable amount, and the |usual rule is to charge the money against every individual winner’s in= come. The Anchorage men, m—i ever, will be subject to a tax as will have about $16,000. Early Break-Up The ice break-up which came 12:58 p. m. yesterday, ran for ha early compared with last year it went out on May 15 at 1:32 p. m. The earliest date in the history of (the contest which has been con= ducted for 19 years was April 26, 1926. Last year's winner of the pool was W. M. Berrigan of Fairbanks, who took a sight-seeing trip with the prize money, and later left Alaska and purchased the Puget Sound Ex~ press Company and now lives in Seattle. His prize was $61,600. Interviewed by the Associated Press in Seattle today, Be said, “I thought the ice would go out early this year. I'm not sure what date I'd picked if guessing this year, although I thought it would go out early.” School Boy Legion Winner Aside from the big Nenana pool at least $800 were won in Juneau minute pools. Topping the list is the American Legion Gastineau Channel Ice Pool, won by Lee W. Smith, son of L. H. Smith, owner of the Juneau Dairy. The American (Continued on Page Six) - - Paste This in | Your Hat |For Next Year Here are the dates the ice has mov- ed at Nenana from 1917 to this year: 19i7—April 30, 11:30 a. m. 1918—May 11, 9:33 a. m. 1919—May 3, 2:33 p. m. 1920—May 11, 10:46 a. m. 1921—May 11, 1922—May 12, Y 1923—May 9, 2 p. m. 1924—May 11, 3:10 p. m. 1925—May 7, 6:32 p. m. 1926—April 26, 4 1927—May 13, 5 1928—May 6, 4:24 p. m. 1929—May 5, 3:41 p. m. 1930—May 8, 1931—May 10, 1932—May 1, 1015-.-; P public spirited citizens, and sharing | according to George Gullufsen, who that only if they make the gn'dg}ms arranged the necessary mater- in getting into the finals, as there is ' ials and gotten things in readiness (Continued on Page Five.) | to work at least 15 or more men. i 1933—May 8, 7:20 p. m. 1084—Avril 30, 2:07 p. m. 1935—May 15, l‘flp.ma 1836—April 30, 12:58 p. m,