The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7301. JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT? WATERFRONT CONFERENCE, DEADLOCK SPANISH REBS TIGHTEN GRIP AROUND MADRID Republic’s Capxtal Takes Heart at Possible So- viet Intervention TWO MOVEMENTS IN WAR SECTION TODAY London Conference Mark- ing Time — Cabinet Meets Wednesday LONDON, Oct. 12—A siege of cold and rainy weather and the prospect of Russian intervention on Madrid’s side, propelled the in- surgent armies to new speed today. Fascist leaders claim they are holding a whip hand in the cam- paign against the Spanish capital with a solid arc-like front flanking it from the northeast to the south- west, aligning all forces for a thrust by which they hope to carry to the city within ten days. Workers and militiamen are work- ing actively on all fronts trying to mould lines into a massive semi- circular defense inside the Fascist front on a shorter radius from the capital. Aiding Loyalists The Soviet steamer Neva, bound for Alicante with 2500 tons of clothing and foodstuff aboard, in-| vited the Italian representatives to| board the ship and see for them- selves that no arms were carried. The invitation is a sequel to the cRarges of Dino Grandis, at the conference here, that Russian ships are carrying or have carried arms to the Spanish Government. The secret- eonference -here is marking time. The British Cabinet will meet on Wednesday and in the meantime Foreign Secretary Eden is giving all representatives here time to cool their heads over the intervention crisis in Spain. IL DUGE SAYS ITALIAN ARMY STRENGTHENED Cabinet Adopts Measure to Bolster National Defense for Army Purpose ROME, Italy, Oct. 12. —Premier Benito Mussolini Saturday night as- sured the Italian Cabinet and Na- tion, that Italy’s vast war machine is constantly being tooled into still greater perfection. “Military prep- arations of the Nation are being in- tensified, with the best of results,” 11 Duce declared. The Italian Cabinet then adopted his recommendations for increasing the length of the working week and for coordinating the national defense. Work Schedule Boosted The weekly work schedule was stepped up to sixty hours in order to increase the production of war materials by twelve hundred indus- tries, to supply the Italian army, which, with reserves is estimated to number more than nine million men. The number of naval enlistments, which had previously been set at fifty thousand, was raised by the Cabinet to sixty thousand. Submarine Attacks The Cabinet accepted Article Four of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, which decrees that submarines may not attack merchant vessels with- out having first placed the passeng- ers, crew and ship’s papers in a place of safety. An Air Council, composed of the highest military and aviation au- thorities, aerial engineers, aerial manufacturers and scientiists in the country, was also organized to ad- vise on perfecting the Nation’s aer- ial defense. Pioneer Dies Leaving Hundreds of Descendants WALLA WALLA, Wash,, Oct. 12. —Mrs. Sarah Jane Hoon, resident of this valley continuously since October, 1862, is dead here in her eighty-eighth year. Approximately 100 descendents survive, including five children, 27 grandchildren, 57 great grandchildren and an unan- nounced number of great great grandchildren, Fire Destroys Wenatchee Business Block This Associated Press photo shows firemen fighting the $200,000 fire that swept the business dis- trict of Wenatchee, Washington, capital of the Northwest's apple area. through the roof of a market and bakery at the height of the fire. dmroyed, WOMEN WAGES United Fishermen CCC OF ALASKA of Alaska Meeting; GIVEN PRAISE ARE DISCUSSED, SUPREME GOURT Highest Body_Refuses to Review One Case, But Will in Another WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. — The Supreme Court of the United States today refused to reconsider its de- cision of last June 1 holding un- constitutional the New York law establishing minimum wages for women but agreed to pass on a similar case attacking the consti- tutionality of the Washington State law establishing minimum wages for women. Case in Washington The highest court in the land | consented to review the decision by the Washington State’s Supreme Court upholding the law enacted in 1913 requiring wage sufficient to supply women with the necessary cost of living and maintain them in health. i Wagner Act | The Supreme Court refused to pass on the case filed by the Brad- ley Lumber Company, of Arkansas, attacking the constitutionality of the Wagner Labor Relations Act. Moratorium Case The court also refused to review the ruling of the Western Missouri Federal District Court upholding the constitutionality of the Fraz- jer-Lemke Act granting a three- year moratorium on farm mortgages foreclosures. The Supreme Court did consent to|c review the Government’s effort fo postpone action by lower trlhunah‘ in disputes involving the constitu- tionality of the Public Utility Com- is pany Act until a final decision of the case is brought in the New York| Court. The Court refused to reconsider the decision holding unconstitu- tional the 1934 Municipal P."“(-‘ ruptcy Act intended to aid cities| and counties and other political subdivisions to reduce their indebt- edness through the United States Bankruptey courts. The Court agreed to pass on the| Tower court ruling upholdine the| ~onstitutionality -of the Ashurst-| Sumner Act forbidding transporta- | tion of prison made goods intc! states barring the sale. | The Government has granted al’ review of its contention that the Arms Embargo Act authorizing the‘ President to forbid the sale of mu- nitions for use in the Chaco war constitutional. ] —_—————— Commercial fox ranches in Alaska contain about 36,000 animals, Re-Elect Officers Warn Against Forelgn In- vasion of Red Sal- mon Fishing SEWARD, Alaska, Oct. 12. — The United Fishermen of Alaska urges Federal and Territorial authorities to take steps to prevent the threat- ened foreign invasion of red salmon’ fishing in Bering Sea. At the meeting here of the fish-| ermen, a resolution proposing the abolition of fish traps was unani- mously adopted. W. R. Wassenkair was re-elected President, E. D. Coffey was re-elect- | ed Secretary and Seward was des- ignated as the headquarters of the| United Fishermen of Alaska. COMMUNISTS, FASCISTS IN | SUNDAY RIOTS Trouble Occurs in Both! Liverpool and London on Sabbath Day LIVERPOOL, Oct. 12.—Hundreds of policemen, wildly swinging their | clubs, repeatedly charged a crowd | of several thousands here Sunday where fighting broke out after Sir Oswalkl Mosley, leader of the Brit- [ o*nml«n'sLs started the fighting. TROUBLE IN LONDON LONDON, Oct. 12.—A disorganiz- | ed crowd smashed the front of fif- teen shops and pillaged the con- tents of the stores here on Sunday. | Most of the raids were on estab- lishments owned by Jews. The raids followed day-long bat-) GUARDS PREVENT CLASHES STRASBOURG, Oct. 12.—Threat | of mobile guards Sunday kept the Communist propaganda tour from turning into bloody battles with the Rightist forces. | In the Alsace Lorraine section, | the Communist meetings are guard- | ed by the police. | . Sauerkraut, which closely resem- bles the German product, is now being produced by a Yokohama, Ja- pan food-canning company. At right flames are leaping A block of the business section was The fire started from an overloaded furnace which e\ploded. FOR G0OD WORK Corps {nded fu Achieve- ments During 3 Years and 3 Months WASHINGGTON, Oct. 12.—Rob- ert Fencher, Director of Emergency Conservation Work, lauds the Al- aska CCC, declaring the Corps has made valuable contributions ward industrial activities in the/s first three years and three months of its existence. Summarizing the work of the CCC/ | from April 5, 1933, to June 30, 1936, Director Fencher said the accom- plishments included the following: Building 128 footbridges. Building 14 vehicle bridges. Building four overnight cabins. Building four dwellings and eight|evelt has “Communistic tendencies”| one hundred percent, yet some peo- equipment buildings. Building six trail-side shelter ca-|Right Reverend John A. Ryan of ing to spread the gospel of fear bins and 65 other types of build- Catholic University, which took ex-| that our currency is not on a sound ings. Construction of three rock fills and dams. Building 10,000 ¢ubic yards of dikes and jetties. Among the structural work, Di- rector Fencher cited the construc- tion of 31 miles of truck roads and eight miles of trails. The CCC also spent 117 man days i fighting forest fires. Director Fencher says, in his com- i plimentary report, that the CCC is now building a 12-mile truck road linking the Alaska Railroad with lower Kenal settlements. STOCK MARKETS TAKE HOLIDAY Financial, C_o;modi!y Ex- changes in U. S. and Canada Closed NEW YORK, Oct 12.—All finan- |cial and commodity exchanges in! | tles between Communists and Fas- | 4 g | cists. the United States and Canada, with the exception of various United | States livestock markets, are closed today as it is Columdus Day which| !is the same as Canadian Thanks-|. giving. Al as usual. A e FIRST STUCCO FINISH IN INTERIOR AT U. OF ALASKA The first stucco finishing job in Interior Alaska is being done on the University of -Alaska gymnasium | under the direction of H. F. l':wcallz and Robert Rice's October 13. 4 Away in Floors, Never to- | European markets are open| SCORES DROWN, HUNDREDS ARE LOST, TYPHOON Many of @ng Washed Be Found Alive VICTIMS MAROONED IN TREE TOPS, HUT ROOFS Parts of Philippines Swept by High Winds, Rain— New Gale Reported MANILA, Oct. 12.—All available Relief Agencies went into action| today aiding survivors of the ty- phoon which has killed at least 100 and left some 400 missing. | Reports indicated the death list will rise. Officials expressed fears that many of the missing have apparent- ly been washed away by floods and will not be found alive. All victims of the typhoon and subsequent floods are on the Luzon Island and most of them in the northern provinces. Marooned in Tree Tops Reports received here indicate! |that many persons in Nueva Ecija| are marooned in tree tops or on huu I roofs. A number of small boats are re-< ported to be missing, including one| carrying seventeen fishermen off| Pangasip Province. The coast section of this vicmity{ was swept by high winds and rain but escaped much property damage rand no loss of life. | Rages For Three Days The storm raged north of here or fexty hours on Friday and Sat-| urday;and then came back Sunday. A new typhoon is reported mov- iing northwest of eastern Luzon but| observers said. it will probably miss \the Philippines and: might strike Southem Japan. B Goughlin Lays New Communism Charge fo FDR, | *“Radio Pnest Claims Pr vate Property Rights Endangered | | | | | | 1- 1 ! (R BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 12| —Radio Priest, the Rev. Charles E. ‘ |Coughlin, in a Sunday address here, again asserted that President Roos- | tacks were directed at the Republi- |can leaders, at the Republican ad- |laration that “we are around the | for the great bullion reserves now F. D. R. Changes Tack; Hits Republican Party By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated PPPress, Washington) ] President Roosevelt's repudianon! of Communistic support took the headlines when he spoke at, Syra- cuse, but those who studied his! words minutely found another in-| teresting item bearing on the sub-\ ject of National Party alignment. | Four years ago, accepting his first! nomination at Chicago, Mr. Roose- | velt said: “In this campaign I shall not use the words ‘Republican Paarty,’ but I| shall use, day in and day out, the words ‘Republican leadership.’ ” | And -that is what he did. Al- ways in the 1932 campaign his at- | ministration at Washington, at the | | | | Republlcan candidate against him“ WILEY DECLARES COMMISSION NOT T0 VISIT COAST San’ Fraviciath ¢ Group Goes to Washington to Present Its Case ARGUMENTS CONTINUE IN SAN FRANCISCO Both Sides mse to Con- cede as End of 15-Day Truce Draws Near but never at the Republican party. But at Syracuse, delivering what he called the opening speech of his campaign for re-election, he sad: “There is no difference between the major parties as to what they think about Communjsm. There is a very great difference between the two parties in what they do |about Communism We in the Dem- cratic party,” and so on. Implies Reverse Situation Of course it could be assumed that since the President did refer to “the Republican leadership” in jother sections of the Syracuse ad- dress, his use of the word “parties” was nothing but a slip of the tongue and of no consequence. Mr. Roosevelt is not given to slips of the tongue, however, when he is| WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.— making political speeches. He is an Seeking an eurly settlement (Continued on Page Throe) of the West Coast Maritime NATION IS NOW AROUND CORNER, SAYS ROOSEVELT President fia_kes Pointed | and Concise Address in Denver MONETARY SYSTEM SAFEST IN WORLD Plenty of Gold-and Silver in Treasury to Re- deem All Currency | | | DENVER, Colo., Oct. 12.—Presi- dent Roosevelt, in a campaign speech here today, coupled the dec~ corner” with the statement Amer- ica's monetary system is the “saf- est in the world today.” The President asserted the Gov- ernment relief and other costs are coming down with the increase in private employment and he pledg- ed the New Deal to “more action to save the constitutional represen- tative form of government in which we rejoice.” Mining Revival President Roosevelt spoke of the mining revival after the Adminis- tration had ‘laid the ghost of the old gold parity of the dollar” and when it purchased gold and sflver in the Treasury. President Roosevelt said: “There is gold and silver in the Treasury now sufficient to redeem every dol- lar of our currency, far more than (in replying to the atidress of the | ception to the Reverend Cougmins criticisms of the New Deal. | Coughlin charged that a Federal | corporation filed in Delaware under | New Deal auspices, which he said was later withdrawn, provided for the acquisition of private property by purchase, exchange, or other-| b | Pamgnphs in the corporation | charter, he added, prepared the way for “Commissars of Communism to acquire in any manner whatsover” private Dl’m"}' BOYS, GIRLS CELEBRATE Sl Parade Belore Chlang Kashek on An- niversary Date NANKING, China, Oct. 12.—Ten thousand Boy and Girl Scouts, each {wearing a badge bearing a picture of Chiang Kashek, paraded before |the Chinese Dictator in celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of a constitutional government, Squadrons of fighting planes | droned overhead during the parade. -_——— ‘ROBIRT RICE FAMILY WILL (‘GATHSI! AT BIRTHDAY DINNER | | Honoring Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rice, will be a family birthday din- ner at the Jmnu Coffee Shop to- night. Mrs. Rice's birthday is October Ins the soundest in the world today.” ple, for political purposes, are will- foundation.” The President concluded with the remark: “I tell you, and you also know it, that our monetary system BRITISH GIRL INSOLO TRIP T0 AUSTRALIA Makes Fast Time for Wom- | en on Flight from England PORT DARWIN, Australia, Oct.| 12.—Jean Batten, British girl, set a new solo flight record for women, when she landed here Sunday night | at 8:13 o'clock from England. | The girl made the flight in 5 days, 21 hours and 3 minutes which h 24 hours and 16 minutes under the record of her fellow countryman,| H. F. Broadbent. THREAT MADE BY GERMANY HOF, Germany, Oct. 12.~Rudolph Hess, Hitler's Minister Without Portfolio, warned Europe today that Germany might have to employ dumping methods in Intgrnational commerce if she fails to get back her lost colonies, 1 Watch Chain Is 1S DISCUSSED BY ROOSEVEL ing the conference declined to discuss what results, if any, were reached. Outlines Policy Which Will Be Observed to Bene- fit Soil Tillers The members of the Mari- time Commission likewise re- REPUBLICAN PLAN IS UNDER ATTACK fused to make any comment Declares G.O.P. Leadership although earlier in the day Chairman Rear Admiral W. Dilly-dallied for 12 Long Years A. Wiley reiterated his previ- ous announcement that the Commission would not go to the coast to intervene in the situation, leaving all to As- sistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady. OMAHA, Nebraska, Oct. 12.—Pro- posing a four point program and fu- ture assistance to agriculture, Pres- ident Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Nation, in a speech last Sat- urday night, that Republican lead- ership had proposed a farm plan McGRADY ON COAST g SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Qct. 12.—Edward F. McGra- dy, trouble shooter for the Government, and Assistant Secretary of Labor, arrived here early last Saturday eve- which will cost two billion dollars! ning by plane from Washing- annually and “will not save ngri—'t B, Dy% d i :.hltmll culture but will wreck it.” on, D. C., and immediately The President led off his speech|Went into conference with with the endorsement of George employers and union leaders. W. Norris, Republican Independent, Th £ for the Senate and urged Nebras- ese CORSYRmees Were be. ka voters to retain him there. |sumed Sunday and continue Farm Policy today. President Roosevelt outlined a Nothing has been issued to- farm policy which included conser-| d . vation against land wastage, in-|4ay regarding any m"}’es s creasing the purchasing power or;to settlement of the dispute. |the people so they can buy more;The truce d: Xpir rs- and better food, thereby provldlng; he ce date expires Thu a larger domestic market for the)9aY- American farmer and giving the Both the Longshoremen farmer a “sourd plan for ‘crop in- iranch ) AEAlbEN CHARA. Sk leaders and the spokesmen of tions of supply and price.” the Waterfront Employers Farm Tenacy Association are withholding President Roosevelt also attacked ' counter proposals made by the “evils of farm tenancy.” The President charged that the leach for settlement. Each Republican leadership for twelve side is accusing the other of years neglected the opportunity to' nolatmg the informal agree- help the American farmer. Observers regarded the President’s mcnt address as the principal one to be delivered on farm topics during the present campaign. L TOURISTS 60 | TONAT, PARKS; SUMALLOTTED Visitations at Alaska Scenic Sixty-f've Thousand Dollars Spot Also Shows Made Available Big Increase for Work WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. '[‘h(hI WASHINGTON, Cct. 12—An al- National Park Service reports trav- lotment of $65.000 for improvements el to the Government's scenic and | in the Sitka, Alaska, harbor, is an- historical preserves hit a new high nounced today by the War Depart- during the 1935 travel season end-| ment. ing September 30. | The funds will make possible the The Mount McKinley National dredging of a channel 150 wide and | Park in Alaska on the Government/22 feet deep on the easterly side Railroad was visited by 1073 tour-|of Harbor Rock and the removal of ists as compared to 677 last year. |Indian Rock, considered a menace Ko T T < to navigation. FIREMEN’S TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS TO MEET TUES. NIGHT Members of the Firemen's troop, Boy Scouts, will meet tomorrow night at the Elks gymnasium in- stead of tonight, it was announced today by Scoutmaster Sherwood Found in Steer WINTERS, Tex., Oct. 12. — Two years ago, B. F. Huntsman lost a Masonic watch charm in his pas- ture. It was returned to him re- cently by a Fort Worth Packing concern which found it in the stom- ach of a steer,sold by Huntsman. at 7:30 promptly tomorrow. A spec- ial program has been arranged, Wirt. The boys are asked to gather' = &