The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 24, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7234, LABOR BOARD RU __JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LANDON MAKES PLEDGE WHEN HE'S NOTIFIED Tells What His Aims Are If He Is Elected Presi- dent of U. S. HAS FARM PLAN; PAY CASH BENEFITS Promises Relief to Needy— Discusses Constitution —Rights of Labor TOPEKA, Kansas, July 24. — A pledge “to restore our Government to an efficient as well as a Con- stitutional basis,” was given the country by Gov, Alfred M. Landon last night in a solemn acceptance of the Republican Presidential nomination, before massed thou- sands on the Capital lawn here. The Governor spoke from the south steps of the Capitol. “The time has come to stop this fumbling with recovery. The time has come to unshackle an initia- tive free spirit of American en- terprise,” Landon said. His Farm Plan Gov. Landon proposed a farm plan, with cash benefit payments and promised to put “our financial house in order.” He pledged Fed- eral relief to the needy and prom- ised to “maintain the constitution- al balance of power between states and the Federal Government.” A demonstration of nearly ten minutes followed his introduction to the crowd which some authori- ties estimated at 100,000 persons. Accepts Nomination Following his “introduction, Gov. Landon stepped forward and said: “I accept the nomination of the Republican Party.” He was inter- rupted by applause but contin- ued: “For the Presidency of the United States. I crave the gift in a simple straightforward speech.” Speech High Points High points in Gov. Landon’s ‘ac- ceptance speech, in addition to the cash farm benefits and relief for the needy was a declaration for conducting public business in free- dam from ‘“excessive expenditures and crippling taxation.” In the matter of the Constitu- tion, he declared the Constitution is not above a change, but it must be changed by the people. He said he believed in the right of labor to organize as desired with “entire fresiom from coercion or intimidation by employer or any fellow employee or any -other per- son.” NOTHING NEW FROM LANDON, SAYS FARLEY Governor's Acceptance Speech Explains Present Administration Plans NEW YORK, July 24.—James A. Farley, Chairman of the Domo- cratic National Committee, today said that almost everything Gov. Landon advocated in his acceptance speech is “already underway un- der the present Administration.” Continuing his review of the speech, Chairman Farley said: “It seems Gov. Landon’s speech shows the handiwork of the Manu- facturers’ Association. It is not surprising that labor leaders all over the country are already voic- ing dissatisfaction. Undoubtedly the Governor's effort is satisfac- tory to the Dupont Liberty League.” BIG CONFERENCE IS HELD, LONDON LONDON, July 24—Great Bri- tain, France and Belgium are meet- ing here today for preliminary Locarno conversations. Germany and Italy are to be kept inloqned of the progress of the discussions. —— PROSPECTOR HERE James Mullen Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., arrived in Juneau last even- ing on the Prince Rupert, = Mr. Mullent intends to go from here 16 ‘Tulsequah to prospect. | | | He Is Formally Notified Gov. Alfred M. Landon, Presidential nominatfion. of BATTLE NEAR MADRID BEING FOUGHT TODAY Fascists Efl;age Leftists Who Are Defending Pass to Capital ( LONDON, July 24 — Spanish Fascists and Leftists are today bat- tling 26 miles northwest of Madrid for possession of the Capital, re- newing the attack blocked yester- day by the Liberal artillery, in- fantry and planes. The Facists are fighting for con- trol of the pass of Guadarrama, gateway to Madrid. Six thousand Leftists are de- fending the pass and reinforce- ments have been dispatched there according to dispatches received here. Reports indicated that neither forces are so far gaining any ad- vantage, but both fighting stub- bornly. Dispatches received here from Madrid, through diplomatic sources in Paris, said the rebels are ap- parently “on top” at Irun. There has been a dispatch re- celved here stating that San Sebas- tian Communists have threatened to kill 500 Spanish aristocrats un- Jess rebel planes cease bombing the town. San; Sebastian is the summer home of American Am-, bassador Bowers. FOUR THOUSAND KILLED Advices received this afternoon state that Col. Villeneuva, Rebel Commander, estimates that 4,000 have been killed in bitter fighting for possession of San Sebastian. In a battle near Endarlaza 55 rebels and an undetermined num- ber of others were slain. Bowers Ts Safe Advices from Paris yesterday re- port that United States Ambassa- dor Bowers is safe in Fuenterrabia, Spain. In the battle northwest of Madrid for possession of the city, rebels plan an encirclng movement from the north to the south in an at- tempt to starve Madrid into sub- mission. Similar starving tactics are being used at San Sebastian and Trun, it is said. TWO MEET DEATH WASHINGTON, July 24. — The State Department has been ad- vised that two men attempting a relief mission for the American Consulate at Barcelona were slain. One was a Spaniard, the other a Britisher. Commercial Failur; Decreasing in Canada OTTAWA, July 24—Commercial failures in Canada numbered 100 during April compared to 107 in the same month last year. ORI £ GONG INLAND Judge W. E. Fisher of Prince Ru- pert, B. C., is a passenger aboard the Prinice Rupert enroute to the Interior. Kansas, accepts the Republican Elks Preparng - Big Welcome for ~ “Queen’ Tonight !Ketchikan hl:;:i—ze Winner,i | 19 and Pretty, Due to Ar- | rive on North Sea, 9:30 The pride of Ketchikan is coming | | to Juneau tonight and the unat- | the dock. | were killed with machine guns. Public Reception This Afternoon, Governor’s House Rear Admiral C. H. Woed- ward, members of his staff and officers from the U.S.S. Detroit are being honored at a tea and reception this afternoon at the Governor’s House from 4 to 6 o'clock to which the public of Gastineau channel is invited. AMERICAN SHIP IS THREATENED BY BOMBS, FIRE I Captain of Vessel in Trouble Zone Reports Leftists Murderous July 24 —Capt. Gustaf Berg, of the American liner Exmouth told here today how an airplane tried to bomb his vessel, and how revolu- tionists threatened to burn it at Malaga. He also reported seeing babies and men shot in the streets for failing to give the Leftist sa-. lute. Dead Found Capt. Berg said: “I was aboard the ship at Barcelona when the strike began, and all unloading was impossible. I then went to Val- encia where again we were unable to work. After that I went to Ma- laga where the pilot told me I could put in, saying that there were trou- bles, but no danger to foreigners at I walked to the Consu- late and enroute found three bod- les in a deserted street. Reds Fire in automobiles flying the red f passed near and fired a ‘machine gun. Later I learned that all who failed to raise their fists in salute when the red-flagged autos passed, I CASABLANC, French Moroeco, “I started to return when Reds| DUE SATURDAY FOR NAVY WEEK Vessels Here Tomorrow— Ball Game and Dance Scheduled Tonight U. S. destroyers Southard and Chandler arrived at the Gov- | ernment Dock here at 4:30 this afternoon. The U. S. S. Hovey and U. S. 8. Long, other ships of Destroyed Division 18 are proceeding to Auk Bay where they will be anchored. The U. S. 8. Litchfield is still due to ar- rive tomorrow morning. Navy Week will gain added im- | petus with the arrival of more destroyers to join the U.S.S. De- troit and two destroyers now in the { harbor and two at Auk Bay. The Detroit and destroyers will | remain in port until Monday morn- ing when they will sail for Sitka. | Juneali is giving a welcome to- | day to officers and men and added | welcome will be extended those ar- | riving later. Public Reception Today This afternoon at the Governor's | House, a tea and reception, to which the public of Gastineau Channel is invited, is being given from 4 to 6 o'clock, in honor of Rear Admiral| C. H. Woodward, members of his staff and officers from the U.8.S. | Detroit and destroyers. Ball Game Tonight Tonight at 6:30 o'clock on the | Piremens' ball part, the crack U.S. | S. Detroit baseball team will meet| | the Juneau All Stars. WASHINGTON, July 24. — The Navy Department is prepared with scoops full of reasons why it should build the two new $50,000,000 bat- tleships authorized by the last Congress “if and when" some oth- er nation starts building. For 20 years or more the talk among Navy or Army men when they get together informally has been not about defense on the At- lantic but defense on the Pacific. Yet, the principal public justifi- cation for building the new battle- ships was that England has decid- ed on a coyple as part of her new preparedness campaign to get un- der way when the present Naval Limitations Treaty ends next De- cember 31. That is the. techncal reason. Naval men talk rather bluntly when they are certain their names won't be published in stories to be | poked under the snorting nose of a | new ships Board of Inquiry. They think the | for their building is left to the Pacific Coast defense couldnt meet | President) battleships, the Arkansas and the much of an off-shore attack. They | doubt if coast defense guns can | shoot as far as big 16-inch naval guns, though they concede there is an argument about that. | S, E. Mlaska's Halibut Fishing Ends _August 10 Big Free Dance Tonight | . Tonight's entertainment for the| renlisted men of the warships! is the free public dance in the| Southeast Alaska Fair building | | sponsored by the City of Juneau! | to which the public is requested to [also saw people pushing autos| turn out, especially the dancers of tached males of the Juneau Elks | Club are all agog. Advance reports are that Miss Edith Hardcastle, the Elks Fourth | jof July queen at the First City, | who is arriving on the North Sea| |at 9:30 tonight, is 19, pretty and' | charming. She has been awarded| the trp to Juneau and Sitka on | the North Sea as a prize for win-| |ning out in the Ketchikan holiday ! contest. Word of the sailing of Miss Hard- | castle is contained in a message | from W. C. Stump of Ketchikan| ‘Lo Secretary M. 8. Sides of the lo- ‘Acal organization, and the Secretary | asks that All Elks be on hand to-| { night “to give the little girl a great | ! big hand.’ — e BRITON WISHES O TESTIFY AT HIS OWN TRIAL McMahon Is Charged with Intent to Alarm His Ma- jesty by Drawing Gun { LONDON, July 24—George An- drew McMahon, bald, mild maner- ed Briton, who drew a revolver on King Edward during a military pa- rade recently, was remanded back to jail today for a week after his hearing on a charge of producing| a weapon “with intent to alarm his| Majesty,” ‘ The Counsel announced that Mc- | Mahon wished to testify himself ind also to call witnesses. B | SHRINE OFFICIAL IS ' "MAKING ALASKA TOUR Among the roundtrip passengers on the Prince Rupert are Walter | S. Sugden, his wife and daughter. Mr. Sugden was elected Imperial Assistant Chief Rabban of the An- | cient, Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at the recent Se- |attle convention, Next year Mr. | Sugden will become Imperial Chief | Rabban, and in 1938 he will be next |in line for Imperial Potentate. Mr. Sugden is a member of Syria Temple of Shriners at Pittsburgh, Pa. Following the Alaska trip he and his family will visit Jasper Park Lodge in the Canadian Rock- les. — icardo Cortez (born Krantz) was movie-christened after two. brands of cigars. off the dock into the water. As I|DPoth Juneau and Douglas. Danc- started to go aboard I heard a| D@ will start at 9:30 o'clock and gang of revolutionaries say, ASup_"contlnue until 1 o'clock tomon‘owl pose we fire this boat.' i morning. For one half hour pre- | Bombs Are Dropped | ceding the dance, the Juneau City “1 lifted anchor for Casa Blanca Band wil Igive a concert and will| and passing through the Straits of | then play the first numb_ers on Gibraltar we saw an airplane com- | the dance program. Following the | month earlier than last year when| ing toward us. After making three circles the plane dropped three bombs which fell about 100 yards ahead of the steamer's bow. “I reported the incident immed- iately by radio to the American Consulates at Gibraltar, Tangier and Casa Blanca.” - —— ‘Man Faced by First Degree Mu[d_ercharge Escaped Mental Hospital Inmate Accused of Mur- dering Night Watchman TACOMA, July 24.—John Novak, who was arrested here yesterday in connection with the murder of Antonio Giglietta, nightwatchman, whose body was found in the oil furnace of a foundry by the day crew of the plant when they re- turned to work. has been charged with first degree murder. The accused man, who babbled when he was arrested, had es- caped the previous day from a Washingten hospital for the in- sane. According to the coroner, Gig- lietta was horribly beaten by an iron pipe after which his body was stuffed in the foundry furnace JOHN BARRY, FORTY FIVE FOOT CRUISER, ARRIVES IN JUNEAU ‘The 45-foot pleasure cruiser John Barry, of Seattle, arrived in port at one o'clock this morning, with seven persons aboard, cruising for two or three months among the thousands of islands along the In- land Passage to Skagway. Aboard the craft are the owner, P. R. Sears, retired engineer of Eastern Oregon, his two sons, John A. and Philip C., and Mr. and Mrs. Willard A. Miller, Mrs. Mae Dole, and Mrs. Dorothy Dixon, frends, of San Prancisco. The par- ty, which left Puget Sound June 28, will, join the cruiser Averilla, alsoin- port,~on a fishing trip to Glacier Bay Sunday morning. i band, Rands’ Orchestra will then | furnish the music for the remainder | | of the affair. | é Patronesses The list of patronesses for the | Navy Ball tonight, and representing | the city, is as follows: From the Juneau Womans’ Club —Mrs. J. M. Clark, Mrs. E. J. Klein, Mrs. E. S. Evans, and Mrs. J. E. McKinley. From the Business and Profes- sional Women's Club—Mrs G. V. Goss, Mrs. R. R. Hermann, Miss | Carolyn Todd, Mrs. Gus George, and Mrs. John McCormick. Destroyers Tomorrow The destroyers arriving are the U. S.8. Litchfield (326) Sixth Squadron Leader, with Captain J. H. Ingram, Commander of the Sixth Destroyer Squaron, and his staff aboard, and under the command of Lieutenant W. E. Moore, Destroyer Division 18, commanded by Commander C. Gul- grason, and comprised of the four | destroyers, U.S.S. Southard (207), (Flagship), Lt. Comdr. W. W. Beh- rens, commanding; U.8.8. Chand- ler (206), commanded by Lt. Cmdr. C. McGauley; U.8.S. Hovey (208), commanded by Lt. Cmdr. E. E. Du- vall. Jr.; and the U.S.8. Long (209), Lt. Cmdr. E. E. Stone, command- ing. Scene Shifts To Douglas Tomorrow night, Douglas steps into the limelight on Channel en- tertainment for the Navy men with a ball game on the Island diamond, and dance, free to all, in the Nat- atorium, Sunday’s program wll be an-| nounced in Saturday’s Empire. Visiting hours aboard the navy vessels are from 1 to 4 o'clock each afternoon’ during the stay on the channel, | | | i | | SHORT BAND CONCERT TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT Preceding the public dance in honor of the enlisted men of the U. 8. 8. Detroit, to be sponsored by the City of Juneau in the Southeast Alaska Fair Building, the Juneau City Band will give a half hour concert in the fair building, starting at 9 o'clock. The band will also play the first numbers on the dance program, which starts at 9:30 o'clock. — e Jane Darwell, the character ac- tress, has had to learn to smoke a pipe for a movie role. . west and north to Unimak Island, Quota of 21,700,000 Lbs.| Expected to Be Reach- | ed by ‘that Date Halibut fishing will close in Areas| one and two on August 10, accord- | Iing to a ruling of the Imermnonal} Fisheries Commission received by the U. 8. Customs Office here, the| quota of fish under the interna-| tional agreement anticipated to be! reached by that date. This is a | | the season in these areas closed on September 6, | Area two includes the waters from Cape Spencer in Cross Sound west of here and including all South-| east Alaska. The quota for the area| is 21,700,000 pounds of marketable halibut. Area one is from Willapa south. % No advices have been received on Areas three and four, the for- mer extending from Cape Spencer and latter north from Unimak. The season in all areas opened | March 16. NAVY WEATHER FLIERS WILL HOP OFF ON MONDAY Eighteen Planes Will Leave| Sandpaint for Sitka on Long Flight SEATTLE, July 24.—Lieutenant Commander George D. Prce, Wing Commander, announced that 18 twin-motored Navy planes will hop off from their Sand Point base on Monday for Sitka, on the first leg of one of the most exhaustive weather flight studies in Southeast Alaska ever made. Six long range planes will be used for the flights beyond Sitka. The three squadrons( VY-7, VP-9 and VP-12) will return about Aug- ust 6. The planes will be serviced by the tender Wright at Sitka and the tenders Thrush and Gannet at Ko- diak. | | | WILLIS NOWELLS ARE BEING ENTERTAINED Honoring Mrs, Willis E. Nowell, who, with her husband, well-known pioneer and violinist, will leave for Seattle on August 3, after a long residence here, Mrs. James Wick- ersham entertained at luncheon to- day. During the week a number of affairs have been given for the pop- ular Juneauites, among them a dinner at the Wellman Holbrook | could head off a Naval attack. GREAT BRITAIN RHODES' BODY Two Coast Guns Handicapped | But then again, they contend a | battleship is a moving target which | coast defense guns must hit, while | targets ashore including coast | defense guns—are fixed, often of | known location, and thus easier to [ hit. Besides that, they argue that there is a vast expanse of American | coast line where troops could be landed, since coast artillery is con- centrated only about principal har- bors. The Navy's job, as they see it, is to keep the battle away from American shores, at least several hundred miles, and that can't be done with guns and ships inferior to the enemy. They doubt whether air-bombers operating from shore Cite Double Coast Line The immediate reason for the two (issuing of the order is that two American Texas, and possibly a third, the New York, are too slow for use. Naval battles are fought on the (Continued on Page Twc) REMAINS WORLD NAVAL LEADER Navy Department Makes Table of Comparative Battleship Strength WASHINGTON, July 24. — The wide margin by which Great Bri- tain remains the world's greatest power despite the building programs of other powers is shown by an official table of comparative data on navies made by the United States Navy Department. The figures as of July 1, were: Great Britain, 307 ships of 1,224,320, tons; United States, 327 ships of 1,- 080,715 tons; Japan, 213 ships of 772,797 tons; France, 178 ships of 558452 tons; Italy, 191 ships of 403,865 tons; Germany, 49 ships of 113,798 tons. The figures do not include ships under construction nor ships for! which appropriations have recently been made. naval IS RECOVERED, BROUGHT HERE, Wellknown Juneau Man Drowns, Canoe Capsizes —Funeral on Sunday Draggng the lake at Warm Springs Bay for three hours, a searching party located the body of Milton PRICE TEN CENTS - ES ON A. J. STRIKE 5 DESTROYERS |Navy Department Has Good Reasons for Building Ships Okayed by Congress ( UPHOLDS UNION IN WALKOUT OF LAST SUMMER 29 Miners Ordered Rein- stated with Back Pay— 100 Pla ced on List DECISION HOLDS MINE FOSTERED NEW ASSN. Faulkner Blamed for Aid- ing Company in Viola- tion, 1935 Labor Act WASHINGTON, July 24. — (By Associated Press) — The National Labor Relations Board in upholding Union employees in a controversy with the Alaska Juneau Gold Min- ing Company here yesterday ruled that strikes called to win estab- lishment of the closed shop were le- gal under the Labor Relations Act. The company, operator of one of the world’s largest gold mining en- terprises at Juneau, Alaska, has been beset with labor troubles for more than a year, with a strike for closed shop technically still in pro- gress, the Board said. Faulkner Blamed The Board, in announcing its finding, accused the Juneau City Attorney, H. L. Faulkner, with sid- ing with the company and said it found the company violated the 1935 labor act “through interfer- ence in affairs of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers,” Also, through “promo- tion of a company dominated Ju- neau Mine Workers Association and through . discriminatory dis- charge ‘of ‘more than 100 miners.” The Board orderéd the company “to end coercion of its employees and withdraw all recognition from ' the Juneau Mine Workers Asso~ ciation,” Twenty-nine miners who struck and later were not given employ- ment were ordered reinstated with back pay and a hundred others,: unemployed since the May, 1935 strike, were ordered placed in their former positions, or on a list to be offered employment when labor is needed. At the hearing in Juneau last March the company contended the strike which shut down the mine from May 22 to July 5, was not ethical and legal because it was for closed shop and the strike was not* voted upon by the Union member- ship. The Board ruled that the “strike for closed. shop was not illegal” and employees striking “for such an end are fully entitled to act as it benefits all other striking employ- . ees. Evidence at the hearing re- futed the company’s assertion that the strike was called without prop- er authority and it was since shown the Union formally voted to dele- gate to its Board of Trustees pow- er to call a strike.” Says Company Fostered Return ‘The ruling said the company fos< tered the “back to work movement, yet only offered re-employment to’ those who would apply individual- ly.” Tt said further: “Olty Attorney Faulkner assisted the movement and brought full “Dusty” Rhodes well known local cab company proprietor at eleven| o'clock yesterday morning. The party returned aboard Steve Ward's boat Betty Ross, arriving here at three o'clock this morning.| The body lles in Carter's Mortu- ary. The party, which used two drag lines, included W. E. Kilroy, step- | father of the deceased; Dan Rals- ton, Buzz Femmer, Mr. Ward,' Chuck Dominy and skipper Abel Anderson. Rhodes was drowned Tuesday morning when a canoe in! which he was fishing capsized. Funeral services will be held at Carter's Mortuary at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Survivors are Mrs. Kilroy, his mother, the widow, and Al Rhodes, half-brother, all of Juneau. PEARL PETERSON TO SEE ALASKA FIRST Miss Pearl Peterson of the U. S. Forest Service is starting a month's vacation the first of the week, and reversing the schedule of former years, proposes to see Alaska first this season. Miss Peterson plans to visit Seward, Anchorage, Mount McKinley National Park, Fair- summer home At Lena Beach and a bridge luncheon at which Mrs. R. F. Lewis was hostess. banks, Circle Hot Springs, and other places in the Interior and Westward. weight of loeal authorities on the side of those seckiny to break the strike, and drafted police protec- tion in a resolution making it un- lawful for anyone to interfere with men desiring to register for work by ‘shouting, cheeringz, intimida- tion, insult or for more than five men to assemble in any one place’ and Faulkner did not act in his capacity as City Attorney but acted as attorney for the company, at least onme busincss matter in the evidence showing the complicity of Juneau officials and citizens in at- tempts to break the strike by bal- loting June 13 in the City Hall on the return to wopk question, con- ducted At city expense with Mayor 1. Goldstein appointing judges. “It was shown that Faulkner in- terested himself in the formation of the Juneau Mine Workers Asso- ciation which the company sup- ported. On June 24 an escort of fifty Juneau police was provided the workers on their march to the registration office and when the line of march met the strikers’ picket line there was a riot. Several Union men were indicted and later freed after a jury trifl and it was shown Faulkner wrote an anony- mous letter attacking the jury's decision.” METZGAR NON-COMMITAL L. H. Metzgar, General Super- (Continued on Page Two)