The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALAS “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7202. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1936, 'ALASKA MEASURE R ASSOCIAT PRICE TEN CENTS ES TO WHITE HOUSE TACOMATOUR [Nenana lce Pool |9~ DAY SESSION Winners to Take | FORDEMOCRATS Trips o States, GIVEN OUTLINE PARTY LEAVES ON WEDNESDAY Mayor Will Visit Alaska Cities with Thirty- five Others TACOMA, Wash., June 16.—Led by Mayor George Smiley, thirty- five Tacomans will leave tomorrow of an official Chamber of Com- merce Tour to Alaska. The tour party will board the steamer Baranof at Seattle on that vessel's maiden trip to the north. The party will cover 4,500 miles and will visit Ketchikan, Juneau, Seward, Anchorage, Matanuska Val- ley, McKinley Park and Fairbanks northbound, then return via Cor- dova, Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan southbound. C. C. Garland, Manager of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, an- nounced the party will broadcast three times on the trip from Alaska stations. WILL INSPECT MINE CLAIMS | Vice-President of Big Com- pany Flies to Interior from Juneau | | D.' D. Muir, Jr., Vice-President of the United States Smelting, Re- | fining!, and Mining Company, in' charge of Western ‘operations, are rived this morning on. the Yukon, and left. for Fairbanks this after- noon aboard the PAA Lockheed ' Electra transport plane. | Mr. Muit, who is on a routine tour in the interests of his com-| pany, expects to spend about two weeks in Fairbanks, where he wquuownon of Alaska Juneau mine| inspect operations of the Fairbank.s‘s‘OCk today is 137%, American Can! Exploration Department, and will |130%. American Power and Light| ppjjadelphia will give a dinner visit the Hammon Consolidated | Gold Fields in Nome for about one week. Both mining developments are | the properties of thé United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Corapany. G. W. Rathjens, Chief Engineer for the same company;\Mrs. Rath- jens and their two children, Jack, | Jeanne, and G. D. Rathjens, Jr.! are passengers on the Yukon en- route to Fairbanks, where Mr. Rathjens, who was formerly in charge of operations of the Fair- banks, Exploration Company before he was transferred to Salt Lake City, will also make a routine inspection. | Mrs. Roy B, Earling, wife of the present manager of the Fairbnnks! Exploration Department, and her | children, Barbara, Mary Lou and | Nancy, are also passengers on the | Yukon, enroute to Fairbanks. | 3000 MINERS, | BELOW GROUND ON BIG STRIKE Take Beddihg, Food, Pre- pared to Remain Until | Demands Granted ! MADRID, June 16.—Three thou- sand miners went underground at the Rio Tinto workings this morn- ing declaring they would not come up until demands for steady work and higher pay is granted. The authorities have sent 200 shock police and civil guards to the pit mouths to prevent possible dis- order by the rest of the miners, numbering 6000 above ground. The men going below carried beds and food saying they are prepared to stay indefinitely. .- — MISS CAROLINE HILLBURN IS HEBERT'S HOUSE GUEST | | 1 i Miss Caroline Hillburn, of Bel-| lingham, Washington, is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lisle F. Hebert. Miss Hillburn is enjoying her first trip to Alaska and may decide to locate in Juneau perma- Oscar Neilson to Fly Overt Atlantic—Millers Go | to California , ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 16.— | Oscar C. Nielson and Mr. and Mrs.| Miller are leaving today to spend| their Nenana ice pool winnings. The | money has not as yet been all paid to them but they have enough to fi- nance the trips which they plan. Nielsen plans to board a plane for Seattle, fly to Lakehurst, New Jer- sey, and board the Von Hindenburg for a flight to Germany. He will visit the Olympic Games, and trav-- el over the European continent. Niel- | sen is employed by the Alaska Rail- road shops. The Millers will go to Southern California and thence to Rockford, Illinois, Mrs. Miller's home town. They will return to Anchorage in' three months and purchase a lot on which they intend to build a home. e STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANGE ON 00D NEWS ISteelé, Rails and Selected‘ Specialties Climb Upward NEW YORK, June 16. — Steels, rails and selected specialties climb- ed from fractions to around three peimth.- <0dye LW ImProves Beaglie “Ciub afid- the - Pittsburgh |industrial news and less apprehen- | Pirates; sight-seeing trips to points Creenfield, and the city sion over foreign affairs. Transfers today totaled one mil- lion shares. Many traders sidelined the Con- gressional tax controversy CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 16.—Closing 12,% Bethlehem Steel 55, Calumet 9%, Commonwealth and Southern %, Curtiss-Wright 6%, General Motors 65%, International Harvest- er 89, Kennecott 39%, United States Steel 64%, Cities Service 4!z, Hecla |Mining 13, Bremner 19% and 25,0 honor of th'Governors. Pound $5.04%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 156.70; rails, 47.30; utilities, 33.38. DARK PICTURE PAINTED NOW, FRENCH NATION Warning Given that Treas- ury Is Nearing Bor- rowing Limit PARIS, June 16—Abel Gardey, spokesman for the French Senate Finance Committee, today warned that the French Treasury is near the borrowing limit while needs are increasing. Gardey painted a dark picture and indicated that France might have to take measures to keep enough gold in the country for a war chest. TRANSFERRED | WASHINGTON, June 16.—Capt. A. E. Mueller, of the United States Infantry at Chilkoot Barracks, Al- aska, has been ordered transferred to Fort Worden, Washington. Retirement Benefits for Employees Alaska R.R.HasPassed Senate WASHINGTON, June 16. — The Senate has passed the bill granting Alaska Railroad employees, who are United States citizens, retirement benefits. The measure closely fol- lows the Act providing for the re- tirement system for employees of the Panama Canal and Railroad. A nently. companion measure is in the House. Something Doing at Phila- delphia‘from June 20 to June 28 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 16.—| The most compreheusive nrogram | in the annals of the Nation’s two major political parties is announc- DEMOCRATS BE READY FOR BI NAT.GONVENTI Field Office Force at Work —Auditorium Work On Day, Night PHILADELP&;’PR.. June 1.& The Democrats have taken p sion of the Philadelphia Auditors been put to work in the great sur ed by Albert M. Greenfield, Chair- man of the All Philadelphia Citi-| zens’ Committee on Arrangements | for the Democratic National Con-| week. of activity in preparing for the Na# tional Convention which starts ne: Delegates to Convention 0!31 Be Given Time of 1 vention for entertainment of omc." Three shifts of workmen havj Plans for the program cover the | several weeks. i N itors to the Democratic ammblggc} start in the great arena which s each day from Jume 23 to 27, in- < - Within the scope of the program consisting of band concerts, after-| phia Orchestra in Robin Hood Dell; ed visitors, at the Philadelphia Art The program, subject to change, x ‘ Their Lives Saturday, June 20 — Wrestling| PHILADELPHIA, June 16-—This league baseball. |month ial and unofficial visitors in this | been assigned to perform in #i niné-day period from June 20 to| Renting of the Auditorium for pi will arrive, observe and wonder, and | seat approximately fifteen thoi clusive. { will be sporting events including | | noons and evenings and night con- | receptions for visiting Governors Museum for woman guests, and is as follows: matches between contenders for the City is primping for the Demo~ Sunday, June 21—Bascball game| Under supervision of the All city: | days what ordinardy would require June 28, inclusive, during which vis- | vate fuhctions prevented an earl depart. The convention will meet | delegates and spectators Program Announced wrestling, baseball, rowing, music| certs by musicians of the Philadel- | and Mayors and other distinguish- street and water parades. Wrestling—Baseball | world's championship and major | CTatic National Convention this | between_the Philadelphia Nnnanalim‘u“d“lpm‘ Eitpus’ Commities author- | ities, municipal buildings are being | | Monday, June 22—Open House |Scoured, streets repaired and prep- | by the Women’s Committee at the (ATations are under way to give | Colonial Houses in Fairmont Park,|convention visitors the time of| | with hostesses and aides attired in | their lives. | colonial costume:; sight-seeing trips; The traditionally modest Quaker | under direction of men and women|City is having its face lifted for guides. the first time in its history. An elaborate plan of street dec- oration is being carried out Al at |Series of events for entertainment in of delegates, alternates, distinguish- 0"2(1 officials of the Nation and the States, newspaper correspondent and the great mass of unofficial convention visitors. | in and near Philadelphia. Governors to Dine In the evening Mayor Wilson, of | the Benjamin Franklin Hotel | honor of visiting Governors, | which about 40 are expected to at-| | tend the convention. | The dinner will be followed by a reception at Independence Hall in Entertainment All dele- Street dances, public concerts | gates, alternates, officers of the parades, pageants, luncheons, din- | convention and other distinguished |ners, receptions, a regatta are visitors will be invited to the recep- among the entertainment features tion. | On June 24 a dance will be held Breakjast For Women jon the parkway, between 16th amd Tuesday, June 23—Breakfast for 17th Streets. A feature of the hop | women under auspices of the Wo-iwill be a contest of beauties for men's Committee. In the morning|the title of “Queen of the Conven- there will be a special program at tion” Music will" be furnished by the Navy Yard for convention|Philadelphia’s famous string bands visitors. | Concerts will be given by mem- The convention which will hold bers of the Philadelphia Orchestra its first session at 11 a. m. will|at Robin Hood Dell on the nights recess after organizations. The key-|of June 25 and 26. Concert fea- note speech of U. S. Senator Alben | tures will be singing by a massed W. Barkley, of Kentucky, will be | choir of 500 from Philadelphia sing- delivered at the night session. In the|ing societies. The Philadelphia Bal- afternoon the Mayor of Philadel-|let will make an appearance. phia will hold a reception for visit-| Ah! Pretty Girls e i e S F“‘“k"! Squads of Philadelphia’s prettiest 7 |girls will be on duty at the rail- [ Navy Yard—Tea { |\road stations, hotels and other Wednesday, June 24—At 10 a. m'lpoinls‘ 3o ab By aldes and guldes | there will. be. specml i o '"}for convention visitors. The aides the Navy Yard. From 4 to 6 p. m. - . |will be garbed as Quaker maids the Women's Committee will receive, | George H. Earle, and give a tea at the Municipal| GOVernor Art Museum to which visiting wo- fifiylva?‘“i,&’l‘:d:‘“;fif i_‘“:",;"; men will be invited. At nig ht| oo © sty ¢ as hosts at a reception to the Statc there will be a concert at Robin| FEE Hood Dell. Governors who will attend the con Thursday, June 25 — T?nlauve‘;‘e]g:m:n‘de:ze I_;:fiel’“o“ will be a arrangements have been made for Thl; Philadel hi.a Ney vard at a morning horse show and rodeo aL‘Lhe o Bfuad Str;’w s the Municipal Stadium. At night dn from" 10 a0 § g there will be a colorful parade of | %P . pm., Jun fall uniformed organizations in 23;;]“" 24, " Philadelphia. e regatta and carnival on Carnival and Dance Schuylkill River will be under di |rection of John B. Kelly, commo- Friday, June 26—Open house at| ¢ oyne the Colonial Houses. Specially con-|dore Of the Schuylkill Navy. Al ducted trips to Valley Forge have the uniformed organizations of been arranged for the morning. | Fhiladelphia will participate in a Trips on the Schuylkill and Dela- | Parade on Thursday, June 25, an ware rivers will take up part of the|0D June 26 there will be an in- afternoon. |dustrial pageant with floats At night there will be a carnival| Light standards will be decoralcd and dance on the Parkway. At the On Market, Chestnut and Wal tl |streets, between 5th and 34th, and carnival a Queen of the Convention| 4 will be selected and crowned by the #long Woodland Avenue and 34th Mayor of Philadelphia. Tentative|Street near Convention Hall plans have been made for an inter-| To Point Way national ice carnival at the Arena;| Automobile Clubs of Philadelphia one of Philadelphia’s sports cen-la.nd adjacent cities will cooperate ters. !in the posting of signs on all roads ‘poinnng the way to the convention city. Information will be available| ‘m motorists from unifermed guAUES‘ | | | | of | | Acceptance Speeches Saturday, June 27. — President Roosevelt and Vice President Gar- (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Three) s Arrangements sheaded by Alsery M. Iiut ()f;‘;;;.lié;cc’(lll W“"vu;liu‘:r, j!(’"ll(’i’;”l(l” e e e e e, The President of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce in Juneau last week with the Good Will Tour party is shown above, acknowl Above are shown, left to right President, Fos Angeles Chamber of -Commere Juneau Chamber of Commerce; (! ier. Mrs. McCourt, SEEKING “THIN Valdez Highway ~ SOLDIERS ARE MAN" IN DEATH Once More Open NOTED INVENTOR New Jersey City Detectives Take Up Trail Into Brooklyn, N. Y. EAST ORANGE, N. J., June 16.— Seeking to trace a “thin man” is a perplexing problem in the slaying of D. McFarlan Moore, ed 67, electrical engineer and inventor, who was shot to death early yes- y morning Detectives have gone to Brooklyn, New York, on ew lead. The information was given to the auth- orities by the slain engin daughter, Beatrice, 25 years of age. Miss Moore said a soft-spoken thin man, called to see her father Sunday night, nine hours before he was found slain. She said the man left and her father retired Later she saw a man pacing up and down in the rain on the lawn, awakened her father and told him. He did not glance out of the window but remarked that is the nut from Broc n," She recalled that her father said the Brooklyn man talked of inven- tions to him three years ago. Moore was a former associate Thomas Edison and he had devised an important eous conduction lamp and other inventions in electrical, radio and television fields. He held more than 100 patents. a of Henry Ford Is Given Engineering Degree 16. s EAST LANSING, Mich., June —The Michigan State College terday gave Henry Ford a degree of Doctor of Engineering for work in developing industrial uses for agri- cultural products B Agreement Nearing on Deficiency Bill Now in Conference WASHINGTON, June 16 Con- gressional conferees have virtually reached an agreement on the two billion three hundred and seventy million dollar deficiency bill carry- ing next year's relief, except for the Florida ship canal and the new Public Work's Fl.nnl s | Miss Mary M. Morrison, secretar harles P. Bayer, Field Scoretary of o All Traffic STRIKE GROWS - Busses and Cars Now Giv- Industry in Belgium (jrip-; Ing Regular fllruugh Service to Interior FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 16 The Valdez highway, between Fair banks and Valdez, has officially been declared open by the Alaska Road Commission officer Owing to floods and washouts number of poinfs, the highy has been impassable for several day: but busses and car glving regular through Business ha several days points of are now been handled y transferring interruption D MRS. FISHER PASSES AWAY Alaska Yukon Pioneer Woman Dies in Fair- banks Hospilal FAIRBANKS, Alaska Mrs. Charles Fisher, Ala pioneer who came north ago, died yesterday as ult of heart trouble. She tlew here from her home in Ruby where she and her husband long conduct ed a hotel. He died here vin- ter. Mrs daughters, Jun: ka 35 Te recently 16. Yukon year the 1z Fisher is survived by Mrs, W. N. Growden wife of the United States Commis- sioner here; Miss Polly Fisher and Miss Mildred Fisher Ruby where the latter is postmaster, - Sister Superior of Fairbanks Hospital Transferred South three both of FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June Sister Superior Romauld, of St s Hospital has been succeeded ster Bernard of the local staff ter Superior Romauld came here the Providence Hospital in where she is returning for further assignment ‘url 1t Nome 16.- Jos- Mieyor B Geltstellry Curtis SHATeHer, SEeretiry She also serv- dging the balmy climate in this city and the grandeur of onr glac- ¥ to Mr, Bayer; R. L. MeCcurt, of “the the Chamber, and Los Angeles MOBILIZED AS French Troubles Are Settled ELS, pled BRUS oS Jelgium, June 16— ave been mobilized to pro- tect public services as the nation's industries e crippled str Many night by of 200,000 workers. were in- jured during the in disorders, 1 Government, i$ seek- rike prevent a spread the FRANCE’ PARIS, June sirike in the Fr practically ended a: acceded t Pre STRIKE 16, ench ENDED Widespread nation have employers gen- de Gov- mands. | ernment alnst Mer peace s LOST 16. The labor tuation in Spain has The Mad- ered special arbitrate with to TROUBLE ELSEWHERE “NEW YORK 16.~Prod he Lake Maracabo June oil cur- ad- strike icla has been according re, thy p to labor order” law - . 600D JOB FOR ALASKA FLIER SEATTLE, June W.—C. R. Holm quist, Boeing d W head for F 1er observation 1936, to Fek opened by on July awarded -the observations twice an 16500 feet v “public ion a Fai air , will be Fair- banks office The flier will make olng to titude of strike | ainst contract | daily | AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS WILL BE MADE Bill Finally Passes Both HOUS(‘S ()f COHgl’CSS e Up to President SUM OF $7,500 TO BE ALLOTTED FIRST YEAR Increase Wil{vBe Graduated Until Permanent Sum, $47,000, Reached WASHINGTON, June 16 The bill authorizing Federal appropria- tions for agricultural experiments and extension work in Alaska has been sent to the White House by Congress. The House passed the bill last night and the Senate had acted previously. Delegate A. J. Dimond said the bill authorizes $7,500 for Alaska for the first year with graduated increases | thereafter until a permanent an- | nual total of $47,000 is reached at the end of ten years. Most of the initial appropriation will probably be expended for ex- | perimental farms in the' Matanuska | Valley and Fairbanks section. Delegate Dimond said he antici- | pated Presidential approval of the ibill which has received favorable reports from’ both the Department of Agriculture and Department of Interior, also the Budget Bureau. S PN B LEGION POSTTO OF JULY EVENTS i | Chamber of Commeice Fi- nancing Annual Celebra- tion—Kiddies' Sporis Alford John Bradfor Legion, again w Fourth of July celebration, it decided at a meeting of the izst nigit following invitation the amber of Commerce s the event annually. A‘ter a meeting of a committee frem the Legion and the Chamber Executive Committee this noon, the Chamber agreed to guarantee the Post $650 for putting on the cele- bration and it will endeavor to raise an additional $100 to go toward the | event. | A Fourth of July committee head- ed by Commander E. M. Polley and including Department Commander | A. E. Karnes, Department Adjutant J. T. Petrich, John H. Newman, J |R. Elliott and Ralph Martin was | named by the Post last night to | handle the celebration and was giv- | en full authority to proceed as time | is getting short before the Inde- | pendence date falls Tentative plans of the csommittes are understood to include the usual ball game, band concert and fire- | works, but stressing events for the | children. Races and: other sports for the youngsters, with prizes for the winners, will be one of the main | features of the annual celebration, | the Legionnaires plan. | - Post.. Y e~ nser Ju- fre | wi | | TRACTOR SERVICE MEN LEAVE, PLANE L. W. Henger and H. F. Wells, ‘r;m-xpl“m' tractor service men, who | arrtved on the Yukon, left Juneau |on the PAA Lockheed Electra this afternoon for Fairbanks, where they | will be employed by the Northern | Commercial Company, Fairbanks | agents, for the tractor company. - | {More Juneau | Drivers Win | Courtesy Cards Today's careful drivers in The mpire - Capitol-Coliseum Theatres Careful Driving Campaign were Butch Cornforth. Dave Davenport, |R. Bruce and Olgot Anderson. All | were rted by Patrolman C. V. > passed out the Courtesy titling the holders to two ns at either the Capitol or Coliseum theatres, as careful driv- ers, using sound judgment in the operation of -their vehicles. Arnot Hendrickson was among erday's careful drivers, En