The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 19, 1936, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7205. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1936. COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES COMING NORTH Frank Bell Congressional Party Due Soon—Win- gard, Staff Arrive Here Commissioner Frank T. Bell of the U .S. Bureau of Fisheries is now on his way to Seattle from Washington and will come to Alas- ka the latter part of this month with a Congressional party. This is the news brought to Ju- neau today by Alaska Agent L. G.; Wingard, who arrived this morning on the Bureau vessel Widgeon with his staff to handle the fishing sea- son activities in the Territory. Agent Wingard came north as far as Pet- ersburg on the flagship Brant of the Fisheries fleet, towing the Wid- geon, and then came on here aboard the latter vessel, sending the Brant back to Seattle where she will pick up the Commissioner and party Congressman Bland, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, is understood to head the Congressional delega- on which is making a study of fish traps in the north. Arriving with Wingard were Miss Bess O'Neill, Special Disbursing Clerk; Mrs. Georgia Gallagher, her assistant; Ralph Baker, Robert Wadsworth, who will operate the speed boat which also was to\\ed\ up; Denton Smith, who will be at- tached to the Widgeon, and Morris Rafn, who will make a study of crab fishing to determine if the present seasonal regulations should | be changed. Mr. Wingard said he was looking forward to another good season of | fishing and that he did not believe | that the slack noted now at the start of the season should be taken too seriously in view of the apparent late run of the fish. Reports from the spawning areas and previous records on Alaska generally point to good runs of pinks in the Ko- dizk, Alaska Peninsula and South- east Alaska dw’rlct he said. 100 GIRLS ARE | COMING, CRUISE OF S.E. ALASKA Leave Seattle—Nexl Month | —To Study Mining, Visit Canneries SEATTLE, June 19—Tge Lakota Group of Camp Fire Girls today an- nounced that 100 girls from all parts of the United States will leave here | on July 15 for a Southeast Alaska cruise and also around Prince of Wales Island. The girls will be headed by Lulu M. Fairbanks, Alaska pioneer and Seattle newspaper woman. The girls will study mining and also visit the various canneries on the route of the cruise. PATCO MAKES SITKA FLIGHT R. M. Douglas, Standard Oil Com- pany Substation Superintendent for Alaska, who arrived a few days ago on the Yukon, was a passenger on a roundtrip flight to Sitka this af- ternoon aboard the Alaska Air Transport seaplane Patco piloted by James Rinehart. Mfs. Rob Ray and Sam Arginis were passengers to Chichagof. Norman Banfield and one other will be passengers on the return flight from Sitka to Juneau arriv- ing late this arternoon. Following the Sitka flight, the| Patco is scheduled to fly to Hawk Inlet this evening to pick up three| passengers for Juneau. - Kidnaper Hangs, Prison Gallows MCcALESTER, Okla, June 19. —| Arthur Gooch, aged 27, convncted‘ kidnaper of two officers, was hang- | ed in the state prison here this morning. Th execution was the first in this state for kidnaping under the Fed- eral Lindbergh law. y Amw Wut(‘ho.s Stmnpod(’ (lmzmg to a pole, a-tiptoe to the daughter of Gov. of a lifetime as Republicans the Presidency [FRENCH LABOR HAD CAMPAIGN FOR WALKOUTS Preparahons Are Made for Nationwide Mo vement| Strikes as Far Back as February, 1934 By JOHN EVANS John Evans, chief of foreign service of The Associated Press, who explains in this article the background of the French strikes, was in Europe from 1919 until May, 1936, spending 14 of these 17 years in Paris and being in charge of The Associa ed Press Bureau there from 19 on. NEW YORK, June 19.—France’s| militant workers, marching faster| than their leader, Leon Blum, rich Socialist Premier, have swept on m‘ their goal of a 40-hour week and| ‘greater social justice.” | The strikes which gripped indus- | try in all sections of the Republic when Blum took office may have| seemed to break like a sudden sum- | merstorm, but in France the clouds have been gathering ever since Feb- | ruary 6, 1934. On that “bloody Tuesday” massed | and barricaded police fired on dem- onstrators in the Place de la Con- corde. The people had gathered in demonstration against what all parties agreed was a faulty and morally defaulting Parliament, their resentment fanned to the explosive point by the revelations of the Sta- visky scandal. Repeatedly French premiers have | warned Parliament since then that| the system of responsible govern- ment was having its “last chance.” The general elections of April 26 and May 3 showed the “leftists,” as opposed to the “right” or conserva- tive elements, triumphant. Workers Occupy Factories Soon afterwards the passive strikes began. Half a million work- ers “folded arms” and hundreds of factories were ‘“occupied” by em- ployees who sat idly before their machines, refusing to work or to leave the premises. Women folk brought food and bedding to the “besieged.” In a few cases employers were detained at the factories for a time. So far as has been reported, none of these men v)is harmed. “Revolutionary” was the term which employers used to describe| these tactics. Many of them had long predicted some such outburst of popular feeling. { Blum, first Socialist to head a French Cabinet, found his political troops getting out of hand. The night before his induction into of- fice he had to summon his 36-man cabinet to avert a disastrous con- dition. Government Aid Pledged To stem a tide that threatened to paralyze French industry and halt distribution of food supplies, the Premier pledged all the strength (Continued on Page Three) | nounced see the fun, Pezgy Anne Landon, Alf M. Landon of Kansas City got the thrill tampeded to nominate her father for (Asseciated Press Photo) BRITISH LABOR PROTESTING T0 SANCTIONS LIFT Against Decision Is to Be Launched LONDON, June 19.—British labor leaders are indignant at Premier | Stanley Baldwin's government’s dv-; cision to wipe out the sanctions against Italy for the blood-thirsty warfare on Ethiopia and planned to organize a national popular pro- The lifting of sanctions was an- yesterday by Capt. An- Eden, Secretary of Foreign in the House of Commons. thony Affairs, ITALY PRAISES EDEN ROME, June 19 Throughout Italy, where during the Ethiopia- Italo war the name of Eden was a anathema, the authoritative press praised him for his “frankness and limpid decision,” in the sanctions | matter. AGREEABLE TO FRANCE PARIS, June 19. — The French Cabinet has decided to associate | France with any decision of the League of Nations and announced it will accept cancellation of sanc- tions enforced on Italy. e P S O RS STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, June lQ.—ClOsir:; quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 133, American Power and Light 11%, Anaconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel 52%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtiss Wright General Motors 64%, Harvester 87%, Kennecott United States Steel 62%, Corporation 7%, Cities Service Pound $5.02%. %, International 381z, United 4%, DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 156.53, rails 47.52, utilities 32.69. - e SCIENTISTS FLY TO CRILLON LAKE ON IRVING PLANE Russell Dow, representative of the Geologic Society of America, and his two associates, Ben Twi and David Brink, left Juneau today aboard the Irving Airways Lock- heed Vega seaplane for Crillon Lake, where the party will conduct an investigation of glacial condi- tions, particularly the temperature of glacial ice in relation to motion, Several large glaciers in the Cril- lon Lake district, including Crillon Glacfer, will be studied by the sci- entist during the next five weeks. Following the flight to Crillon Lake, the Irving plane went to Port Althorp, where freight for the ex- pedition was loaded aboard the plane and transported to the base camp at Crillon Lake. House Passes Bill Opening Glacier Bay WASHINGTON, June 19. The House has passed the bill providing for the opening of the Glacier Bay National Monu- ment to mining exploration and development. This the bill that Rex Beach argued for in appear- ing before the Senate commit- tee on Wednesday. HALF MILLION TO| GO INTOB.P. R. Received by Engineer— ! WORK PROJECTS Authorization for Five Jobs Intvrlor of D()mm‘runc Con rontum Hull Bids Called for Four Authorization for road projec! for the Bureau of Public Roads in-| volving more than a half million dollars was received today by Dis- trict Engineer M. D. Williams, chief of the Bureau in Alaska, and action | to get the work started was begum | |immediately. Bids are being called for four of the projects and will be| opened July 22, 23 and 24 The projects include bridge |placements on the Seward way which were washed out in last ‘fall:» floods; three concrete and one | piling structure at an estimated cost | of $35000. Also in the Seward area | $150,000 is set aside for several| | bridges, concrete and piling, across |Snow river delta. Another project in that area is grading and surfac- ing the Snow River-Lawing sec- ion of the Seward Highway, a dis- jtance of about six miles, at a cost| ul $175.000 Completion of the latter two pro-! jects, the District Eugineer pointed | {out, will complete the conneetion |between Seward at the coast and the Moose Pass mining area and will provide a continuous road of approximately 90 miles. Authorization also is given for construction of three-mile exten- |sion of the Eyak Lake highway at ’Cordma at a cost of $135000 and extension of the Sitka highws north, approximately four miles at a cost of $75,000. Clearing and grub- bmg on the latter two projects was ! done last season Bids on the Seward highway job will not be called until later, pend- ing additional necessary field work Mr. Williams said, and it is doubt- ful if this project can actually be gotten under way before next sea- son. } Authorization for expenditure | existing balances in the forest high- |way funds coupled with the $250,- 000 which has been sét aside for the use of the Bureau in Alaska during the current fiscal year by the Agri- culture Department Act, means that road work costihg between $700,000 and $800,000 probably will be start- ed during the present season, it anticipated. Food, Ilrug Act Is Strengthened WASHINGTON, June 19. A measure approved by the Senate more than a year ago strengthening the Food and Drug Act was passed today by the House of Representa- tives and returned to the Senate for | agreement on amendments after a bitter partisan fight. Postmasters Lose The House today defeated a bill at place all first, second, and third class postmasters under civil vice. | of ser- FILIBUSTER WASHINGTON, June 19. — The Senate today passed a compromise ship subsidiary bill and then lis- teneed to filibustering designed to force House action on subsidies provided through ocean mail con- tracts. “Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi was the outstanding fil- ibusterer of the day. - e — CHARLES MURRAY IS NOW AT COAL CREEK Charles Murray, member of the House of Representatives, Terri- torial Legislature, Twelfth session is now at Coal Creek. He writes to The Empire that he expects to pay a visit to Juneau about August 15. A Th convention LEMKE T0 RUN with clcse to THIRD TICKET North Dakola Congressman Makes Announcement in Long Statement WASHINGTON, June 19.—Repre- sentative William Lemke, Republi- can of North Dakota this afternoon announced he will run for President on a third Party ticket called the Union Party \ Lemke made the announcement in a lengthy statement Lemke also' 'stated that' Charles O’Brien, of Boston, will seek the| Vice-Presidency on the same plat- form. Lemke is best known for his advo- cacy of the farm mortgage mora- torium and refinancing legislation. Lemke was born in Albany, Minn August 13, 1878. He is married and | the father of three children PWA CONTRACT KNOGKED OUT. COURT RULING Certain Sec:h)vns Are Held Void—Decision May | Have Wide Effect ‘ TACOMA, Wash., June 19.—Rul-| ing that the contract made by a| Vancouver, Wash. school district is | invalid, Uuited States District Judge | Edward E. Cushman declared the contract provision demanded by lhl'i PWA is illegal. Judge Cushman| held a number of sections void and | these are included in nearly every contract made for state ])TUJI([S[ under PWA supervision The court named specifically sec- tions of the contract providing for thirty hour week, minimum wages, employment of men from govern- ment lists, and the settlement of labor disputes by a Federal Board Judge Cushman held that the state had left to the Federal gov- ernment the final decision in each instance which he held is illegal Court obseryers poimted out that the decision might have wide effect since nearly every PWA grant or loan has been conditioned by such clauses in contracts. The suit on which this decision was made, was brought by George Isaacson who contended that he was entitled to more than the con- tract price since many changes were made after the contract was signed Isaacson contended that he should be compensated on a basis of the the reasonable value of the build-' ing. The judge instructed the jury to disregard the contract. - MISS HENDRICKSON LEAVES Miss I. Hendrickson, technician at St. Ann’s Hospital, sailed for the States on the Princess Charlette She will return to Juneau late in Tuly, of 20,000 persons | ocratic the | Franklin D ‘ We | Rooseevlt | Convention is concerned be as much original Roosevelt nom- | is the meeting place of the Democrats in Philadelphia as it will lock during the national in the hall and on the stage. gathered 'Roosevelt Nominators ()rgrmizin g Nationwide Rallies Are to Take Place on Even- ing of June 27 WASHINGTON, une 19.—Chair- man James A. Farley of the Dem- National Committee on return from the White House day stated Mr. W. Forbes Morgan and 1 have just paid a visit to the Presi- dent but not in any official capac- ity. We visited him as a Committee of two representing a little grouy of men and women who worked from an early beginning long be- fore the 1932 Democratic Conven- tion to help bring about the nom- ination of Franklin D. Roosevelt They have always felt a great pride in the thought that they were original Roosevelt nominators, We told the President that we now are prepared to share that pride with hundreds of thousands folks all over the country who want to re-nominate and re-elect Roosevelt as President forming organizations of nominators all over the and insofar as the next they will his to- are sountry old prior the President’s neighbors were, inators friends to 1932 To Carry On Fight as and The iged when we remember that we are, already a great host ready to carry on the fight for the ideals of more universal right and justice. “Through the organization of the Roosevelt Nominators everybody in the country will have an opportun- | ity this year to participate in the proceedings of the Party's Nation- al Convention at Philadelphia “This will be made possible through, first, the staging of a gi- gantic open air session of the Con- vention in Franklin Field, Phila- delphia, on the occasion of the President’s acceptance of the nom- ination, and, second, through meet- ings in cities, towns and hamlets throughout the United States. Acceptance Address In delivering his address of ac- ceptance in the open air in Frank- lin Field, President Roosevelt will break another precedent. If he spoke in Convention Hall, he would appear before 15,000 delegates and spectators. But at Franklin Field he will be looking into the faces of 100,000 people and the listening mil- lions everywhere in the land will hear him as he opens the National campaign. “The National Convention will be exactly presented in its out-of- doors session when President Roos- evelt takes the speaker’s stand in Franklin Field the evening of Sat- urday, June 27th. The diagram and appearance of the floor will be the same as if the Convention were meeting in its Hall. The state dele- gations will have their relative plac- es around the placard standards which marked their positions at the indoor session. The presiding offi- cers, awaiting the President, will direct the assembly from their us; (Continued on Page Two) President told us he felt| that we have reason to be encour- | [CERTIFICATES T0 ARRIVE ON NORTHWESTERN Every Post Office in Alaska Will Receive at Least One Packet |LOCAL VETERANS ‘ MUST SEE WILE Juneau Postmaster Will Make Distribution Ac- cording to Orders The baby bonus bonds for veterans of the World War will arrive in Juneau tomor- row afternoon. Just how many of the certificates will be in the mail is not positive- |1y known. The Empire received word from Seattle this morning, \ ~ |through an Associated Press SAY ZlnNCHECK dispatch, that the Post Office : Registration Department an- | |nounced that virtually every | Is an INSANE; |post office in Alaska gets at least one packet of the vet- erans’ bonus certificates in {the mail sent north last Tues- | day aboard the steamer D. C. Commissioners Ask|Northwestern. that Congressman i > The bonds come in care of e Postmaster Albert Wile and special instructions issued are WASHINGTON, D. C, June 19.—|that the bonds will be deliv- The District of Columbia Commis-| ared only to the veteran sioners filed a petition today as -" ¢ that Representative A.jWhose name appears on the Marion | Zioncheck, of Washington, be in-|bond or certificate. terned in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, an institution taking mental ner- | vous cases that Zioncheck is insane, the re- port saying that Zioncheck is N insane person with homicidal or G eeters Commltke Ar- re zirg Many Events for Lntertainment, Visitors ing otherwise daijgerous tendencies.” The petition was filed under an act authorizing the apprehension and detention of insane persons Zioncheck’s hearing has been set for June 26 - SUN'S ECLIPSE - NOT SEEN HERE A genuine Alaskan welcome he extended to the members of the lacoma Chamber of Commerce tour party upon their arrival here to- morrow morning by the Juneau Chamber of Commerce special | “Greeters Committee,” composed of |Harry Watson, R. E. Robertson, - lvlu_vor I. Goldstein, Norman Ban- A haze prevented the eclipse nl"’"'ld- president of the local cham- the sun from being seen in Juneau|P€r. and Curtis Shattuck, secretary. this morning but the phenomenon| A delegation of five is in the Ta- was noticeable by the operators of |°OMa Party and the Juneau men the Signal Corps, United States| 'I® Making arrangements to make Army, as there was much interfer- | el Stay in the Capital city 4 s s memorable one. The Tacoma group The eclipse was seen in parts of |5 Peaded by Mayor Ceorss St the north and also in parts of Rus- [ 1% “a% o O HerEAc Z‘;"fi‘e”.‘.:f sia and Asia |coma Chamber. Associated Press reports said that Depending on the length of their n Washington State, there Was a|.tay 'here, tentative arrangements lisplay of northern lights and tele-|,.a being made for a trip out to the phone companies reported an elec-| cler 2t v R, Erical affect. on thely. Aysteis: THIE|cEe i Tk I e OF A <lly's‘ industrial plants. disturbance was also reported from ! S Butte and Helena, Montana. Along the northern rim of the! United States and in Canada (lu-l was noticed. | Scientific \ERet Tilpticeable by Radio Operators— Interference eclipse June 19, m.mnnn-n|.~ today held the secrefs| of the sun after & brief eclipse| = which threw a shadow from the{ Miss E. Page and A. M. Russell ar- Mediterranean to the Sea of Ja-|'ived from Atlin, B. C .yesterday pan and racing across the sfl‘lflubuaxd the North Canada Air Ex- region at a speed of 2,000 miles an|Press Pilgrim plane piloted by L. F. hour. The eclipse obliterated the|Barr, and sailed south this morning sun long enough at various points|On the Princess Charlotte. Russell in the 10-mile wide total eclipse|DOW. representative of the Geologic zone to allow many peditions to|Society of America, was a round- make observations. | trip passenger to Atlin aboard the plane The Pilgrim plane is scheduled to take off on another flight to Atlin his evening MARION, Maine, June 19.—Thir- by!teen children visiting Lake Gard- a jury of being Arunk, wa sen- ‘ner on a picnic, were drowned this tenced by U. S. Commissioner J. F.|afternoon when an outboard motor- Mullen to three months in the Fed- | | boat capsized. Two other children eral jail. )'n the craft were saved. MAKE DISCOVERY CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 19 Astronomers in many parts of the world reported the discovery of a Nova or new star Milky Way and the constellation of Cephus to the naked eye appeared as a medium | of brightness. GETS THREE MONTHS Chris Mathison, found guilty