The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 9, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIX., NO. 7325. “ALL THE NEW:S ALL THE TIME” " JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT2 STRIKE PEACE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING AR, ARTILLLERY Radio Priest Quits All Activities; His National Union Now ‘Discredited’ ATTACK KEEPS UP ON MADRID Government Militiamen | Continue on Desper- ate Defense MADRID, Nov. 9.—Insurgent ar- tillery shells and air bombs ripped the streets at 2 o'clock this morn- ing in assaults while the Govern- ment militiamen clung desperately to positions on the city’s edge in furious fighting along the western and southern sides. The attack this morning was the second in 24 hours and shells hit the center of the city, three falling in the heart of the theatrical dis- trict and one in “Times Square.” One shell blasted near the Presi- dential palace. MAY PREVENT BLOODSHED MADRID, Nov. 9. — Diplomatic sources expressed the belief that some agreement may be reached whereby Madrid's defenders will consent to surrender the city if fur-I ther defense seems hopeless. The Council of Defense is led by the ar- dent Leftist, Gen. Jose Miaja. This Council is taking the place of the government, which has been trans- ferred to Valencia. The diplomats are also trying to reach an agreement to avoid further bloodshed under which prisoners and hostages will be exchanged and the insurgents will be oblidged to guarantee no reprisals without a fair trial. HEARST LOSES OUT IN FAMED TELEGRAM CASE DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 9. — The as the Radio Priest and who bitter- ly denounced the President and his Administration during the recem! tal.” campaign, announced last Saturday| He said the Union’s convention in | night that his National Union for Social Justice was “thoroughly dis- credited” as the result of last Tues- day’s National election and he will cease to be active and that he was “hereby withdrawing from all radio activity in the best interest of all of the people.” His National Union, he said in his ev. Charles E. Coughlin, known|merely sleeps. ( farewell broadcast, is “not dead, it It will live as long ias truth lives because the principles of the National Union are immor- ! Clevenand last summey stated it | would abandon the air if the can- | didacy of Willlam Lemke was un- successful The Radio Priest said he wanted it distinetly understood that his re- ligious superiors had nothing to do with his decision to withdraw from activities. SUPREME COURT MAKES RULING JOWA TAX LAW Decides Chain Store Levy Unconstitutional— 6-2 Opinion WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Supreme Court today held uncon- stitutional that seection of Towa's Chain Store Tax Law imposing a graduated levy on gross receipts, by 'a 6 to 2 decision. The opinion affirmed the ruling by Iowa’s three Federal Judges of the District Court that the section violated both the State and Federal constitutions. The levy ranges from $25 on the first $50.00 gross receipts up to $1,000 and for each $10,000 of gross receipts in excess of nine million dollars. The State of Iowa contended the levy was part of the occupation tax and did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment, A |STRONGER ARMY RESERVE ASKED BY GEN. CRAIE Enlistments May Be Length-| | ened to Five Years, Three | Active, Two Reserve WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Satisfied | | with the regular Army's progress to- ward modernization, Gen. Malin Graig, Chief of Staff, has recom-| |mended establishment of a large| {new reservoir of fighting men to be |available in time of emergency. In| his annual report the officer recom- BALANCING OF |Deficit Passes BUDGET BEING TACKLED NOW President to Confer with Experts and Govern- ment Heads Billion Dollars WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — The Government deficit this year passed the billion dollar mark November 6, according to the daily Treasury Department’s statement. The statement lists the deficit at $1,101,214,025. SECRETARY OF STATE HULL IS OFF FOR SOUTH Seamen’s Strike Delays Sailing for Ten Hours at New York WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Presi- dent Roosevelt and Daniel W. Bell, Acting Director of the Budget, last Saturday studied the intricate prob- lem of Federal finahces as the Chief Executive began framing his budget recommendations to the Jawuary Congress. New Year’s Budget and the knotty problem as to whether it will be balanced, will claim the President’s attention through most of this week in a series of conferences with Gov=- ernment fiscal experts and Govern= ment heads. The amount or relief necessary, 1s generally regarded as being a de- NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—After a de- termined factor as to whether the|l2Y of lltl) hours on account of the Budget can be balanced. If it bal= Seamens' strvlke‘ the United States anced next year, it will be the first Delegation, including Secretary of time since 1930 that the Governmeng| p'a'¢ Cordell Hull, bound for the has lived within its income, nter-American Peace Conference B at Buenos Aires, sailed late Satur- day night for South America on the ! Munson Liner American Legion. | { The liner was affected by the change of tactics from a “sit down” with folded arms, to active picket- ing, but cast off, by orders of the Shipping Board. Thirty five minutes later the liner was ordered to anchor when it was found the vessel was undermanned. Six more men were hired and taken INTO FREIGHT TRAIN; BURNS mended the creation of an enlissted reserve to augment the National| Guard and Officers Reserve Corps| |as components which could be called {upon to expand the Regular Army's .:rull defense strength in event of| | war. | Gen. Craig revealed that the War Department had prepared plans for| !an enlisted reserve amounting to al- | timately 150,000 men through adopt-| |ing the five-year enlistment per-| [md for the Regular Army, divided | aboard, then the anchor was pulled up and the liner headed for the south. Three Occupants Lose Lives *Dfinse Fo%lHeld SR TR esponsible i TACOMA, wl:::‘l., Nov. 9.«0]‘&5}1-‘15 i YEAR 5 uLn s e o seven i oot ()Y ARRESTED, MURDER CASE of here last Saturday, an auto caught fire and the three occupants | were burned to death. } The train proceeded on the way,| unaware of the crash. | State Patrolman Mike Wayno| . OF AUXILIARY CRAFT NEEDED Secretary of Navy Makes Recommendation in Annual Report WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—An ap- peal for a modern fleet of auxl- iary vessels to service America's strengthened combatant Navy is made by Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson in his annual report covering the fiscal year ended June 30 last. Noting the steady progress toward attainment of the Administration’s objective of full treaty strength of the Navy by 1942, the Naval Sec- retary said parallel legislation is ur- gently needed to authorize an ade- quate program for improvement of a fleet of auxiliary vessels. - DIMOND ASK WAIVING OF " CANADA DUTY Delegate Requests Presi- dential Proclamation— Governor Supports Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has |requested that President Roosevelt issue a proclamation waiving duty on all foodstuffs, which would make it possible for Alaskan merchants to buy Canadian goods without pay- ing U. S. Customs duty on them, ac- cording to a radiogram received this morning by Gov. John W. Troy, from the Delegate, who requested | the Governor's approval. Gov. Troy today radioed a request to Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, that this action be taken. |MODERN FLEET |Elaine Barrie, John Barrymore, Marrie_din Yuma Simple Ceremony Perform- ed by Justice of Peace Unites Couple YUMA, Arizona, Nov. 9. — The stormy romance of John Barry- more and Elaine Barrie, the actor’s former protege, culminated here in a simple marriage by Justice of the Peace Earl Freeman after an air trip from Los Angeles. The young girl was accompanied here by her parents. Barrymore gave his age as 48 and she as 21. The Judge used a small horseshoe shaped diamond ring in the mar- riage ceremony and Barrymore said: “With you dear, I will have noth- ing but luck.” Barrymore's divorce from Doloras ‘Costello became final a month ago. COURT ORDERS STRIKE BOUND SHIP UNLOADED Federal Judge Issues In- structions to Marshal in Los Angeles SAN PEDRO, Cal., Nov. 9.—Last McCormick ordered United States Marshal Robert Clark of Los Ange- les to take control of the ‘strike- bound liner California’s banana cargo and “discharge it.” The United States Marshal was also instructed to employ such long- shoremen, watchmen, seamen and guards as needed and to pay “not Saturday afternoon Federal Judge HAMLET CALLS OFF HEARINGS T0 CLEAR WAY Admiral Says Overnight Developments Point to Possible Settlement MGRADY ARRANGING NEW CONFERENCES Steps Taker;_t: Unload Per- ishables—Hawaiian Sit- uation Complicated SAN FRANC , Nov. 9. — Hearing of the Federal fact- finding Commission was post- poned indefinitely today by Ad- miral Harry Hamlet to permit ship owners and striking work- ers to resume negotiations. Simultaneously, Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Secretary of Labor, announced he was try- ing to straighten out the com- plicated situation resulting from the Hawaiian maritime unions’ refusal to clear strikebound ships destined for West Coast ports. Admiral Hamlet closed the hearing five minutes after its opening at 10 o’clock this morn- ing, saying that overnight devel- opments were “encouraging.” CANADIANS NOT INVOLVED VANCOUVER, Nov. 9.—Secretary H. Burgess of the Vancouver Long- shoremen’s Association said the Association is taking no part in any conference to discuss ways and means of aiding United States mari- time workers. Delegates of various other waterfront labor unions met yesterday. | | STRIKE SPREADS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 9.— |San Francisco's maritime strike |spread into the shipyards today while Edward F. McGrady, Assis- |into three years active and two| |years reserve. Reservists would be| Court Holds No Authority‘INT. _fiucKEY less than the union scale.” |tant Secretary of Labor, made des- to Enjoin Congressional Committee from Probe WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — The United States Court of Appeals has ruled in the suit brought by Wil- liam Randolph Hearst against the State Investigating Committee that the Court is without authority to enjoin a Congressional Committee. The case was appealed from the ruling of Chief Justice Alfred Wheat of the Federal District Court re- fusing to enjoin the committee from retaining and making use of Hearst telegrams company files. SHIP SUBSIDY LAW WILL BE ENFORCED NOW Will Take Place of Existing Mail Contracts, Is Program WASHINGTON, Nov. .—Acting under a broad new ship subsidy law, with a fund of more than one hun- dred million dollars, the Maritime Commission has moved to substitute direct subsidies for existing mail contracts. . Present contracts must be ter- mnated by next June 30. The new program is expected to place the American merchant mar- ine on a par with those of foreign! nations. * e e——— — % | sTock QuoTaTions NEW YORK, Nov. 9. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 129%, American Power and Light 11%, Anaconda 53%, Bethlehem Steel 74%, Calumet and Hecla 15%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors 76%, International Harvester 98%, Kennecott 61%, New York Central 45%, Simmons 46%, Southern Pa- cific 45%, United States Steel 77%, United Corporation 8%, Cities Ser- vice 3%. Pound $4.97%. Columbia Gas and Electric 18%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 184.65, up .27; rails 58.60, up .68; utilities 35,09, down 24. taken from telegraph' |paid a nominal sum of $12 a year {with a bonus of $100 if called back PLAYERS TO =c< | o i vt 17 DREDGES DIG to Jtate: : IN KLONDIKE rations Continuing to Late Season—Yukon Running Ice | increases in both officers and men ;Lo man new ships and keep the | | crews of those now commissioned. | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 9.—| The Klondike hockey plays huve‘ arrived here by plane from Daw-| son for a series of games with! the University of Alaska teams.| A squad of 14 will be organized | |here and will leave by plane within 2 few weeks for a tour of Western iand Midwestern States and Can-| | { FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 9-- According to airplaners arriving |here from Dawson the seven large |dredges in the Klondike are still H H 'opcraung but the Yukon River, esl e" Ia |near Dawson, is running with ice. | There is no snow in Fairbanks Committes Is | ‘alv,hough there is considerable re- ported in other interior Alaska Ready for Work - . | Trite Brothers i gLl towns. {Mrs. Earle Hunter Appoints ada, meeting all hockey teams avail- | able. e Meanwhile the Navy recommends| Committee Members to Begin Red Cross Drive Mrs. Earle Hunter, Jr., chairman American Red Cross drive for mem- bership between November 11 and November 26, has appointed twenty- nine committee members to assist {her with her residential canvas. Members of her committee are: | Miss Pearl Peterson, Mrs. J. J. Mch- erin, Mrs. R. H. Williams, Mrs. W. W. Council, Mrs. H. L. Faulkner, Mrs. E. J. White, Mrs. R. E. Robert- son, Mrs. M. E. Monagle, Mrs. K. N. Neill, Mrs. J. M. Chase, Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer, Mrs. R. J. Sommers, Mrs. Walter P. Scott, Mrs. G. H. Walms- ley, Mrs. Minard Mill, Mrs. Wm. By- ington, Mrs. Ted Keaton, Mrs. Guy McNaughton, Mrs. W. A. Chipper- field, Mrs. Waino Hendrickson, Mrs. W. M. Whitehead, Mrs. J. B. Bur- ford, Mrs. R. R. Brown, Mrs. Ar- thur Judson, Mrs. Roger Stevenson, Mrs. H. J. Christie, Mrs. Edwin Sut- ton, Mrs. John Olson, Mrs. R. Love- joy. ——— Myrna Loy's Christmas gifts are ldreldy in the making. She knits quilts and sweaters for her friends. of the residential committee for th:: Arraig_nad Today More Concerned About Seeing Mother than | ! Public Reprisal FOLSOM, Cal, Nov. 9. — John and Coke Brite, brothers held in connection with the killing of Capt. | Fred Sanborn and two other officers |at their camp on Horse Creek, are more concerned with the prospects of seeing their mother than the citizen reprisal when they go to| Yreka today for arraignment. ! | The two brothers have been held| in the penitentiary here as a safety! measure. | “We will be glad to see mother,” the two both said. It was through her efforts the two sons surrendered after being hunt- ed for several weeks and after be- ing promised safety by the Prosecut- ing Attorney who brought them to Folsom Prison. e HAYDONS IN TOWN Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Heydon are in from Annex Creek and guests at the Zynda Hotel, {found the wreckage of the automo-{l{i[led Taxi Driver Who Re- |bile and the badly burned bodies| fused Use of Car for son, 22, driver; John Reins, 41, and | Edna Johnson 24. PENDLETON, Oregon, Nov. 9.— 50 dense that he walked the high-| iy Enbyak, aged 15, member of | way instead of riding. | ’ to shooting Howard Gwyn, aged 25, ported over the week-end, all caused | tayi driver, according to State Pa- | by the fog. | According to Burns, young En- | bysk said he shot Gwyn because the | Gyn's body was found 10 miles TAKES ADVANGE‘south of here by a hunter and En- | bysk was arrested six hours later at Long Creek, 80 miles south, after| ed States was today boosted to 47 u:asylum, B N cents after it had ruled at 44% “ » cents since May 19. The boost was| cHIc SAI.ES announced by Handy and Herman,‘ has been steady since election day.| A J i {Noted Comedian Dies in WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—A meet-| H d Hollywood — Ha bloc will meet at Reno, Nevada. The | call was issued by Chairman Key| HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 9. - |Charles “Chic” Sales, aged 51, not- | latter refused to give him his car NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—The price acting suspiciously in a pool hall | principal brokers who said 1t is a ing of the Senate silver block has! ¥ Lobar Pneumonia Pittman. 'ed stage and screen comedian and of the three occupants, Marvin 01-‘ New York Trip Patrolman Wayno said the fog was;| ld i , has fessed Four other traffic deaths are re-| " O fime family, has confesse trolman James Burns. e | }SILVEH PRIGE |for a trip to New York of silver mined outside of the Unit-| 10€ boy's father is in an insaane | reflection of a rise in London’s sil-| |ver quotations. The price of silver been called by next Saturday. The author of “The Specialist,” died here |last Saturday of lobar gneumonia. —l HAMILTnN Tn |His wife and three of his four chil- |dren were at the bedside. STAY UN Jo | Sales had been under an oxygen |tent since Monday, November 2. | The comedian was noted for his |droll humor and characterization |of old men. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Chairman John D. M. Hamilton, of the Re- publican National Committee, said | . y the future policy of Party leader-iDOUGLAs ‘MYSTERY ship, will be discussed at a confer-| ROWBOAT PROPERTY ence this week with Gov. Landon, OF DAN HANSEN in Topeka. The two have not met What at first was an alarming since the election. | Hamilton said he has no inten- tion of resigning the chairmanship. | “mystery” in Douglas when a row- boat with three sets of oars and a rifle lying in the bottom was washed Mrs. Dionne Appm’ up on the beach about a half mile |north of that city yesterday was in Public Her |solved today* when Chief of Pol . o | solve when ef of Police ts, First Time|5on Dupree of Douglas located the CALLANDER, Ontario,. Nov. 9.—|owner, Dan Hansen, safe and sound. Mrs. Oliva Dionne appeared in pub-| The boat had merely broken from lic yesterday with her quints for|its moorings in the storm yesterday the first time. The occasion waSiaflemom and moved down the the usual Sunday visit and she beach. The rifle with the initials found the children playing outside|“D. H.” led 'to solving the “mys- with their toy wagons. tery.” With this to go on Chief Du- Mrs. Dionne joined the children|Pree made lengthy inquiry and to- later in the little private home they|day Hansen reported it was his boat. have and bathed Emilie. She said|He had been gone for a few days she believed the child was left-|from Douglas and returned to find handed. his boat missing. ELECTRA IS ON WAY TO JUNEAU FROM INTERIOR Plane Due La—teThis After- noon Has Full Load for Here: Leaving Fairbanks at noon today, the PAA Electra, piloted by Jerry Jones and Walter Hall, was due wo arrive at the Airport at Juneau this afternoon about 4 o'clock, coming via Whitehorse. A full load of ten passengers is aboard the plane for Juneau. They are: Mr. and Mrs. J. Rodebaugh, C. A. Mathieson, Charles Peterson, Ross L. Sheely, Dr. Jules D. Loftus, C. Durant, L. N. Berlin, F. Nusgjerd, and “Doc” Wheeler. e LONE SURVIVOR, OCEAN DISASTER LONDON, Nov. 9.—The German liner Westernland has rescued the lone survivor of the lost motorship Issis which foundered in a storm last night 200 miles out at sea. The lone survivor was a cabin boy and he was found in a lifeboat. There is no trace of the other mem- bers of the crew estimated at 39 members. The Queen Mary also answered the SOS8 but found no survivors when arriving on the scene, WORTMAN IN TOWN AFTER SIX WEEKS’ TRIP TO STATES C. E. Wortman, Sitka business man and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Pioneers' Home, arrived in Juneau on the Princess Norah after a six weeks business trip to the States. Jack Conway, Sitka merchant, served as temporary secretary of the Pioneers’ Home Board during the absence of Mr. Wortman. Wortman is at the Gastineau ho- tel and plans to leave within a day or so for Sitka by airplane. SNAG IS HIT SAN PEDRO, Cal., Nov. &—Chief‘l Deputy and Federal District Attor-| new William Palmer said today he awaiting word from Washington before advising the United States| Marshal’s office as to course of ac- | tion on the Federal Court order that | 4,000 stems of bananas be unloaded from the strike bound steamer Cal- ifornia. Striking union men declined to supply workers to unload the ship and Chief Deputy Marshal Ray- mond Ransdell sought advice as to whether he should employ non-un- ion men. ROBT, W. MKAY DIES, INTERIOR FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 9.— & perate efforfs to bring shipping in- terests and martime workers into a new conference. Officials of the Joint Strike Committee announced the walkout of approximately 6,000 workers in three bay area plants of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor- poration took effect today. On Atlantic Coast At New York, Joseph Curran, Chairman of the Seamen's Defense Committee, said 231 ships were idle and 16,986 men on strike in Atlan- tic, east coast and gulf ports. The American Steamship Owners’ Asso- ciation said the statistics were ex- aggerated as only 11 ships from the East Coast were tied up on the ships had begun preparations to sail from some ports as the result of the union committee announce- ment of reversion to the former policy of clearing such vessels. Remove Perishables Strikebound ships in Honolulu (Continued on Page Three) Robert W. McKay, aged 51, mining engineer with wide experience in| Alaska and the states, is dead here as the result of an attack of the| heart. He was a native of Wauk:-‘ gan, Illinois. ' McKay is survived by his mother and three sisters in Waukegan and | a brother in Washington, D. C. Fu-| neral services will be held here this' week. | Dr. Joseph Mayo Is Killed; Auto Accident ALMA, Wis,, Nov. 9.—Dr. Joseph Mayo, 34-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Clares Mayo, of Rochester, who is one of the heads of the famous clinic, was killed when his auto was hit by a Northern Pacific train here today. ——————— Army Bombers Will Stage Big Demonstration United States Army bombers will stage a spectacular demonstration next Saturday as to what might happen to an enemy fleet steaming on the American coast. Nine of the latest types of bomb- ing planes will drop missiles on py- ramid targets which will represent battleships. Brig. Gen. Delos Emmons, Com- mander of the Pacific Wing of the General Headquarters of the Air Force, will order the bombers to ‘ench carry four men, MARCH FIELD, Cal, Nov. 9. —| ALASKA FISH MEAL TAKEN OFF, SEATTLE Union Longshoremen Re- | move Cargo from Latouche ATTLE, Nov. 9.—Salvation Ar- y workors have set about to remove a ton of perishable stores from the |steamer Peter Helms here with the \sanction of the striking unions, the j.\‘ncnnd ship to be thus unloaded | here. The Washington Council of the | Maritime Federation, meeting here, agreed upon a course of action for ships with perishable cargoes yes- |terday, union spokesmen said, but |made no announcement of terms pending the action’in four other ports where the agreement has been sent. Warning was issued here by city firemen that fish meal on the Al- aska steamer Latouche is in dan- ger of spontaneous combustion and the Joint Strike Committee dis- patched longshoremen to unload 250 tons of the cargo. Steam win- ches were furnished by a tug manned by Ferryboatmen's union. The action, union spokesmen said, was in accordance with union read- iness to act in all emergencies, Pacific Coast and that strikebound .