The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 23, 1936, Page 1

THE VOL. XLVIIE. NO. 7208. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESD_AY. JUNE 23, 1936. DAILY ALASKA EMPIR MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CHEERING THRONG OPENS DEMO SESSION PLAN AIR SERVICE, SEATTLE-JUNEAU TWIN MfiflREfl New Western Leaders })llt By BYRON PRICE Liquor Problem Not Serious in Terr, of Alaska Internal Re venue Official Declares There Is Lit- tle Illicit Traffic SEWARD, Alaska, June liquor problem in Alaska is less s ious than in any other section of the United States. W. E. Burke, Supervisor of the Fifteenth District, Alcohol Tax COME WEEKLY s | (Chief of Bureau, TheAssociated Craft Will Accommodate | Press, Washington) Eleven Passe_ngers. | The one lingering impression of Carry 2 Pilots the big Republican show at Cleve- —_— land has to do with the constant, SEATTLE A"ORNEY insistent pressure of the West seeking to turn eastern party lead- GIVES STATEMENT ers away from traditions they have cherished for years ~ ~ . In terms of the drama, the play Stops Enroute North Will | coula wen be entittea “Tne wooing Be Made at Vancouver of the East.” Its action reversed . | completely the picture which had and Ketchlkan become a more or less stndard over a period of a generation SEATTLE, June 23.—Douglas D. At a long succession of such gath- Mote, Seattle attorney, announces erings, the big question had been the incorporation of the Alaska Clip- how to propitiate the West. East- per Air Express, Incorporated, and ern organization men, in firm con- will start July 6 a fast air line trol of the conventions but fearful service between Seattle and Juneau of election repercussions in the via Vancouver, B. C. and Ketchi- | plains states, had figured what con- kan cessions must be made to the Dolli- Mote said a twin motored Sikor- vers, the LaFollettes, the Norisses sky amphibian, accommodating elev-| This time, the Westerners, who en passengers, two pilots and 300 marched on the convention under pounds of freight, is arriving here the banner of Alf M. Landon, had tomorrow night for the flight leav- ing here July 6 Mote said that after the first flight some city beyond Juneau will be chosen for the northern ter- minus. Mote said the company will start with a weekly schedule leaving here Sunday morning and arriving at the northern termnus late the same afternoon, returning south on Tues- days Beside passenger business, Mote said the fur trade is expected to furnish much of the traffic. Colleagues in the flying service are Joseph S. Caldbrick, E. M. Baird and James K. Baird, all of Seattle, e UN PLANE Tu Unit, Internal Revnue Division, the above statement and added there was little illicit traffic BRISTUL BA in the Territory. Wingard and Two Others anLEGE MEN Join Party for Flight oWesward ARE CANOEING H. B. Friele, Vice-President of the Nakat Pacqing Corporation, arrived Tu NURTHLAND here this morning from Waterfall aboard the Aircraft Charter Service Bellanca Pacemaker seaplane flown . . by Pilot Herb Munter, manager of' Paddling Up Inside Passage the Ketchikan' Aviation Service and Siot Ray Hemdodt | Enroute to Skagway, Down Yukon Mr. Friele was joined here by Lemuel G. Wingard, Alaska Agent for the Bureau of Fisheries, who SEATTLE, June 23.—Three col- Reverse English on G.O.P., Now Party Must Woo East a similar problem about the East West in Saddle Even before the party hosts as- sembled at Cleveland, the Western leaders began to look forward to national leadership and take steps accordingly. They sent emissaries eastward. was that in 1936 the West meant to take command, but had no in- tention of being bull-headed about it. They asked what it was neces- sary to do, so that a Western nom- inee might have the best possible chance to carry the East in No- vember. They found the Easterners recep- tive. For months it had been agreed among the top men or the party that. a Western man must be the candidate. The way they put it was this First of all, you must give us con- vincing evidence what candiaate from its own section the west pre- fers. Then you must give us as- (Continued on Page Seven) PORTLANDC.C. TOUR PARTY IS ABOARD ALASKA Given Welcome by Local Organization, then View Capital City INTERIOR DEPT, |ALASKANS ARE He Talks to Them Straight 'DELEGATES 60 ~ APPROPRIATION ~ BILL IS SIGNED |Tax Measure and Relief Act | Also Win Approval of ‘ Chief Executive i | WASHINGTON, June 23.—Presi-| The burden of their representations | gent Roosevelt signed the new tax bill and the hundred million dollar Interior bill today The tax bill is designed to raise leight hundred millions through Department appropriation sweeping revision in corporate taxs' es and .other levies. Stockholders were rubjected to individual income taxes in the measure, and opponents argue it will be harmful to copora- tions needing surplus. WORK FOR 2,300,000 WASHINGTON, June 23. — The $2,397,637,000 deficiency relief bill | and the $320,000,000 emergency flood control measure authorizing con- struction of hundreds of projects in widely scattered sections of the na- | tion were enacted into law today as he President signed the measure. The bill carries $1,425,000,000 for relief and will ure continued employment of 2,300,000 on relief S eee Big 4th of July Celebration Is Pla@_ed Here ' APPOINTED TO SESSION WORK Complete Delegation Is Functioning at Demo ; Convention | | | PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 23 The Alaska delegation to the Demo- cratic National - Convention has named Robert W. Bender, Editor and Manager of The Daily Alaska Empire at Juneau, and F. C. Todd, of Valdez, as delegatesvin the ab- sence of Joseph W. Kehoe, of Sew- ard, and Harry Phillips of Fair- banks. The other four members of the delegation are Gov. John W. Tro; and Judge William A. Holzheimer of Juneau; Arthur M. Chamberlin of Deering, and Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond of Valdez. Alternates include Thomas H Riggs, former Alaska Governor; Harry Morton, formerly of An- chor and Juneau; Hugh Wade of Washington, D. C. On Committees Gov. Troy has been elected Chair- man of the Committee to notify the Presidential nominee. Delegate Dimond has been assign- ed to the Platform Committee Todd has been assigned to the Permanent Organization Committee. Holzheimer has been assigned to | the committee to notify the Vice- | Presidential nominee. He is also | sec y of the Alaska delegation GET PEEVED Regular “City of Roses” Summm"Pegues Heads Comminee: As T|cKETs weather greeted the 36 members of the Portland, Oregon, Chamber of Commecre Good Will Cruise, which arrived here on the Alaska this morning. Officials of the local Chamber of Commerce were at the dock to greet the group, with the reception broadcast. Norman Banfield, head of the local organization, welcomed the party to Juneau, followed by timely remarks by various members of the tour, including the follow- ing: C. D. Baker, President of the Baker Fordyce Company, and Mrs. Baker; C. C. Chapman, editor of the “Oregon Voter,” and Mrs. Chap- man; Russell Colwell, Vice-Presi- dent, First National Bank, and Mrs. Colwell; Colin Livingstone, Sales Manager of Blyth and Company; W. O. Munsell, President, Mitchell, Lewis and Staver Company; Frank Roseboom, of Boise, Idaho; Joseph Shemanski, President, Eastern Out- fitting Company, and Edward N. liner for Affair—Gullufsen El ected Post Adjutant John E. Pegues nas been chosen chairman of the American Legion | Fourth of July committee and an elaborate program is being arrang- ed for the annual Independence Day celebration which this year falls on Saturday. Financially supported by the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce and actively put on by Alford John | Bradford Post No. 4, the Fourth of July celebration this year promises to surpass the observations of the past several years. Chairman Pe- | Bues was getting his committee to- gether this afternoon and stated that in the next few days he would announce a complete program cov- ering a wide field of events. Special attention will be given this year to the children and many in- teresting sports events with prizes are being planned. Water sports arrived from Seattle last week; C. H. Vose, Nakat Packing Corpora- lege men shoved off with two sail- ing canoes last night enroute to JPortland Chamber of Commerce. Weinbaum, Manager of the Trade | 4150 probably will have a place and and Commerce Department of the a special Alaska Juneau mine em- tion executive, and P. B. Clark, Skagway via the Inside Passage. At Chemical Division, Department of Skagway they intend to take their Pure Foods, who arrived from Se- canoes either over Chilkoot Pass or aile on the Alaska this morning. White Pass to Lake Bennett, then Following the official reception, the party scattered over the city and vicinity, accompanied by mem- | ployees feature out, At a meeting of the Post last night, George Gullufsen was elected is being mapped The party left Juneau this after- noon for a tour of the Bristol Bay cannery district. The plane is scheduled to reach Anchorage to- night, and after visiting Bristol Bay ports, will return here next Thurs- day. Pilot Munter flew from Ket- chikan to Waterfall yesterday, and from Waterfall to Juneau this morn- ing STABS CAPONE - WHILE LATTER WORKS, PRISON SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 23. —Al “Scarface” Capone was attack- ed in the prison on Alcatraz Island today by a fellow prisoner, James C. Lucas, Texas bank robber who | inflicted a slight wound in Capone’s back with a pair of scissors. Warden James A. Johnston said Lucas got the scissors from the prison barber shop and separated the two blades. He saw Capone working in the clothing shop, ran ten feet and thrust the blade into the lower side of Al's back. Capone whirled suddenly and sent his attacker reeling with a blow of his fist. Capone is not badly hurt. paddle down the Yukon River. The college men became acquain- ted through Sea Scouvt work. They are Wilfred Cash, ared 23, Phillip Fallis, 24, and Gene Zabrispel, 21 DUFRESNE LEAVES FOR FAIRBANKS Frank Dufresne, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, planned to leave this afternoon by plane for Fairbanks for a meeting of game officials and wardens in that area. The new regulations will be gone over and a general checkup on the game situation in the Interior will be gone into at the session, the official said. He expects to re- turn on the regular plane flight south next Sunday. |3 FOOD, DRUG MEN ON INSPECTION TRIP P. B. Clark of the San Francisco culture, John L. Harvey, chief of the Seattle station of the same division, and E. A. Gray, inspector from the Seattle station, arrived today on the Alaska to carry on [work in the north. Mr. Clark took a plane here to- day 'the Westward aboard the Alaska. | office of the Food and Drug Di- | | vision of the Department of Agri- | for Bristol Bay, while the other two men continued on to bers of the local Chamber, and the adjutant to fill the vacancy caused Juneau Women's Club. by the resignation of I. R. “Bud" - eee - Anderson, who declared he could | no longer devote the time necessary STRIKEHS KlLL to carry on the duties. Anderson has been adjutant for several years is one of the best known Le- Hundreds of Bullets Fired in Wheeling Steel Cor- gionnaires in the Territory. Gul- lufsen has been Service Officer of poration Warfare the Post and is one of the most active members. He will be for- mally inducted into office at next Monday night’s meeting. Postmaster Albert Wile appeared before the Post last night and ex- plained the procedure' for cashing the bonus bonds and stressed again the necessity of having two wit- nesses when certification of the bonds are made at the postoffice when they are sent back to Seattle for payment. C. W. Dwan, a Legionnaire from Minneapolis, was a visitor of the Post. Gifl PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, June 23.— Gunfire killed George Meyers, 31- year-old company guard and wound- ed four other men in fierce rioting connected with the strike which closed the Portsmouth works of the Wheeling Steel Corporation in New Boston. The rioting started when the company tried to move food into . . - one of the picketed plants, and bul- | Dlas "] slle"ce lets raked the surrounding area en- dangering women and children. | Sheriff Arthur Oakes read the Riot Act to the crowd and said that, HUNTSVILLE, Tex., June 23 about 75 strikers engaged a dozen Juan Rivera, farm hand, was elec- company guards in a brief but in- | trocuted here today for criminally tense gun fight. Between two and Assaulting a small girl. He went to three hundred shots were fired. his death in silence, . Assaulte GET SHORT ‘Washington State Delega- tion Threatened ‘Young Revolution’ PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 23.— The Washington State delegation to the Democratic National Con- vention threatened last night to boy- cott the convention after Vice- Chairman Roy Misener of Seattle told the delegates they had been “gyped out of their share of tick- ets.” Misener said he did not have enough alternate badges to go around and he favored a strike if Washington is not given the same recognition as other states. He fur- ther said a “young revolution might do some good.” ) PLANES OFF FOR INTERIOR Two PAA planes left Juneau this afternoon for Fairbanks. The Lock- heed Electra, flown by Pilots S. E. Robbins and W. J. Barrows, took off at 2 o'clock on the scheduled weekly flight with a full load of ten passengers, and the Fairchild seaplane flown by Pilot Murray Stuart with Flight Mechanic Paul Brewer left Juneau at 3:30 p.m. Passengers aboard the Electra were: Frank Dufresne, C. H. Flory, C. M. Granger, Stafford Hall, An- nabelle Hall, A. Wada, Arthur Brown, F. Rahn, Frank Russell, and W. T. Poole. Miss D. Miska, who had made reservation for transportation to Fairbanks aboard the Electra was a passenger on the special flight of the Fairchild seaplane .o - ‘Tacoma Good Will Tour Party Due in Seward During Day SEWARD, Alaska, June 23.—Ta- coma's Good Will Business Mens’ Tour and their wives are due here today aboard the Baranof. They will be given a round of entertain- ment then go to the Interior fo- morrow. ‘While here they will visit Lake Kenai and climb Mount Marathon 'WILD AS FARLEY - LASHES G. 0. P. Crew of Dtl[:c;nl Liberty Leaguers Behind Republi- can Ticket Speaker Says DISGRACE TO AMERICAN POLITICS, HE CHARGES Pandemonium Breaks Loose | as Name of Roosevelt JAMES A FARLEY Robinson, FDR Defender, Choice of Administration for Convention Chairman et and liveral in the west. SMITH, OTHERS INVITED INTO 6.0, FORCES | Chairman of National Com- mittee Opens New York Campaign NEW YORK, June 23.—John D M. Hamilton, Chairman of the Re- pullican National Committee, today openly invited Alfred E. Smith and other dissident Democrats into Gov. Alfred M. Landon’s fold. The invitation was extended as Hamilton opened the Landon cam- paign in New York State in which he sharply denounced the Roosevelt Administration. Hamilton interpre- ted the Republican National plat- form as a broad and liberal docu~ ment. DR. MEYER IS TRANSFERRED Dr. John Phillip Meyer, Chief Medical Officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa, has re- ceived word from the Surgeon Gen- eral’s Office, U. S. Public Health Service, in Washington, D. C,, that he is to be transferred this summer to an undesignated post somewhere on the Pacific Coast, possibly in the vicinity of S8an Diego. Dr. Meyer, who has been con- nected with the Tallapoosa since April 1, 1934, will be leaving a host of friends made during his head- quarters here. He will probably be notified of his new station when the cutter makes its annual trip to Seattle sometime next month Hully Gee, Kids, Here’s a Judge That’s With You! CRAMENTO, Cal, June — Parents requiring their children to bath only once every two weeks are not neglectful. This was the ruling made here today by Superior Judge Welsh in awarding Wil Welsh further said: “Well I remember, not so long ago, that here nobody took a bath oftener than two weeks.” PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 23.- United States Senator Joseph T. Robinson, seasoned party stalwart, whose political footsteps seldom stray from the path of Democratic regularity, is the choice for perma- nent Chairman of the Party's Na- tional Convention here. He has the blessing of the Roose- velt administration, whose spoki man he is in the United States Sen- ate. There the genial but quick tempered senior Senator from Ar- kansas has been steadfast in his support of Administration measures. He is Majority Leader. Twice before the Party has called him to the platform to be Perma- nent Chairman, the first time in 1920 when the San Francisco con- vention delegates cast 44 ballots be- fore James M. Cox of Ohio was nominated. Roosevelt Nominated The name of Franklin D. Roose- velt came before that convention, too. He was named the party's Vice Presidential candidate. Again in 1928, when crats met in Houston, played a dominant part man. Alfred E. Smith was the Presidential nominee, and Robinson staunchly defended him in the f of southern criticism Just as staunchly during winter he turned his sharp tongue against his one-time campaign mate when he was named to answer the caustic attack Smith made on the New Deal at the Liberty League dinner in Washington. Unique Career Robinson’s political career is un- ique in many ways. He was, with- in 14 days, a Representative in Con- gress, Governor of Arkansas and United States Seantor from that State. While still a Representative, he ran for Governor and was elected. He resigned the Congressional post January 14, 1913 to become Gover- nor. The death of an Arkansas Senator meanwhile ated a vacan- y, and the State Legislature prompt- ly named the newly installed Gov- ernor to the Senate. - Major Stoner, of Signal Corps, Is Off on Vacation SEATTLE, Wash, June 23— Signal Corps men of the U. S Army as far north as Fairbanks radio telephoned rarewells to Major Frank E. Stones who left for the East today. Major Stoner, who has a two months’ leave from the Se- attle headquarters of the Signal Corps, U. 8. Army, plans to make his trip by motor accompanied by his family. Following his vacation Major Stoner will proceed to Fort . eaven- worth, according to his instructions. the Demo- Robinson as Chair- Is Mentioned PHIL ADE LPHIA, Pa, June 23. — Democratic Na- tional Committee Chairman James A. Farley opened the Democratic Party’s National Convention here today with the assertion that the sole issue in the coming Presiden- tial campaign was continu- \ance of the New Deal, and added a lashing attack on both the Republican nominees and their platform. Amid cheers of the throng of delegates, Farley charged the G. O. P. standard bearers are the product of an effort to appear conservative in the Flays G. O. P. Support “Behind the Republican ticket is a crew of Dupont Liberty Leaguers and their allies which have financed every undercover agency and praced American politics th appeals to race pre’ "dice, religious intolerance ar! dexlt in personalities so gross that they had to be repudiat- even the regulars,” sh-uted the Democratic war- rior as the rafters shook with cheers of the packed conven- tion hall. The National Chairman praised the New Deal accoms plishments and the delegates cheered anew he called upon the party for a vigorous campaign to attain the goal of a tremendous Roosevelt majority. “Nobody takes the Cleveland plat« i e by as (Continued on Page Eight) 0UST TALMADCE, HOWELL CHOSEN Anti-New Deal Governor Kicked Off Demo National Com. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 23— Georgia’s Anti-New Deal Governor, Eugene Talmadge, has been ousted as his state’s member of the Dem- ocratic National Committee. Clark Howell, Editor of the Atlanta Con- stitution and Talmadge’s bitter po- litical enemy, has been elected to the Committee by the State delega- tion GOVERNOR PEERY SUCCEEDS BLASS PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 23— Gov. George C. Peery has succeed- ed United States Senator Carter Glass as the Virginia representative on the Democratic National Plat- form Committee. Senator Glass presented the Governor's name per- sonally, ending forty years’' service as a member of the platform com- mittee. He said he was too worn out by Congressional duties.