The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 13, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE NO. 7329. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13, 1936 “ALL THE NEW:S ALL THE TIME” MtMBER ASSOCIATED PRkSS FASCIST PLANES ARE SHOT DOWN, MADRID REPORTS| One Aircraft Disabled by Loyalist Gunnery, Falls in (11\ MASS BATTLE IS WAGED OVER CITY| Seventy Pursuit Craft Are Assigned to Protect Capital City Government | x Fascist rounces that si > been shot down been r own lines planes quarter- | vernmen n forti- of Segovi today ir The PASTOR W0OD RETURNS HERE FROM INTERIOR Completes Journey of Which 5,000 Miles Was by Plane H. L. Wood, Superintend- Seventh Day lventis of Alaska and the Yukon! 1 to his headquarters in Ju- T the PAA plane yesterday. For the past four months he has been m: a survey trip through the terrilory in the interest of Sev- enth Day Adventists Mission and| welfare work Juneau July 31, he flew making the trip in seven If hours. From Nome he took a pl visit- ing all the v ges from the mouth of the Yukon to Nome Once more he left Nome and on three atiempts to get to Shish- maref he was forcgd to return to Teller, Tin City. and Cape Prince of Wales. While {lying over the .lln" of Wales he took a very un al‘ picture. This picture showed | continents and two hemispheres, 1:" the foreground was the 11th of Aug- | ust, while in the background the | picture was August 12th. It was taken across the international date | line, showing the Cape of Wales | and the East Cape of Siberia. Reaches Shishmaref After the third attempt he fin- ally got to Shishmaref where he hired Eskimos to take him up the Arctic Coast to Cheenik and return. On this trip the needs of the Eskimos | were vestigated. Returning to Shishmaref he expected to take the North Star to Point Barrow. The Arctic was so stormy that the mail boat could not land or take passen- As there was no other way to pq back but by plane, he rigged up an old radio tube, and using this as an amateur transmitter, sent a message through to Nome and a plane went after him.While in Shish- maref he did excavating in the an- cient native village ruins in the North and Shishmaref Islands. He was very successful in finding rare ivory carvings and ancient Eskimo implements. Goes to Barrow At Nome he boarded the North ar, which was two weeks late in making the trip to Point Barrow, visiting all the villages from Kot- zebue to Point Barrow, calling at the schools and Mission stations. One week was spent at Point Bar- row. The North Star was ice bound y the strong north wind that blew the ice pack so near shore that the boat had to take refuge east of Point Barrow. Miss Barbara Winn, Miss Louise Jeschien, and Charles W. Hawksworth, of Juneau were on «Continued on Page Two) Pastor ent of Mi; on 1 and one l tion, {the confer: | compe Ipdustry Labor Leaders Galled for Gonference Legislation Also Plans for|l Complde Cooperation to Be Discussed HINGTON, Nov. 13.—Major Berry, President Roosevel nator for industrial coopers nno es th 1 conference of business and labor leaders will be held on December Major Berr; ot 10. nced that at gestions for “in- dustrial legislat abilization of recovery,” will be drawn up and this will include the “creation of employment and improvement ir labor conditions in in- An! objectives, it is stated, are he aims of the old NRA ement > urged to as to ain them, Major dustrial Berry presided labor Ty and year a NEW BIDS ON NOME FEDERAL BUILDING NOW Treasury Depal t ment Wants Cost Within $400,000 WASHINGTON Delegate the T Nov. 13.—Alazka nthony J. Dimond so asury Department has de- cided to call for new bids on t Nome Federal building project. ¥ said the plans are being revised to bring the cost within the limit of 000. The bids vertised was on the first contract ad- )¢ three months ago and the McDonald Construc- tion Company of Louis was low, which was $183,000 more than the s | limit, Under the evised plans, the con- tractor would be able to complete the framework construction and in- stall heating equipment next sum- mer and complete the remainder of the work during the winter, “The Department said it would expedite the awarding of the new ntract so as to enable the suc- ful bidder to land his material at Nome immediately after the Spring thaw sets in,” said Delegate Dxmuml ITALY PLANS ABOLISHMENT COURT SYSTEM Special Bosek ul bk tees Will Act in Pro- posed Set-up ROME, Italy, Nov. 13. — Official sources said Premier Mussolini has decided to abolish all civil and crim- | inal Italian courts to be replaced by special boards of committees in the various divisions. Cases involving money connected with certain products will be de: ed by committees of the guilds bracing those products. Labor committees will settle labor ! matters. Attorneys will become government functionaries. FIVE PLANES STILL GROUNDED, CORDOVA | s|eral just | . ent in the commulty for years. HUNTED MAN WOUNDED AND |S CAPTURED scaped Conv:ct from North Carolina, Is Run Down in Ohio JACKSON, Ohio, Nov. 13. — Fed- Agents and Ohio state offi- shot and captured an escaped convict early this morning follow- ing a gun battle at a farm north- west of here. The convict has been identified Reese Bailey, 38. Although wounded twice, his condition is not erious according to Chillicothe Hos- endants. B: y escaped from the peniten- | tiary at Raleigh, North Carolina, on | March 1934, after serving two ly of a ten year sentence for a {highway robbery. He is also wanted {in 'nnessee and is suspected of in various bank rob- ce! | connection Bailey's wife and three children have been living here. WANTED | SPOKANE, Wash., |caped conviet Bailey, captured Jackson, Ohio, today, is under i here in connection with ying of Bert Lemley, town 1 of Rosalia, in the robbery of |tk2 State Bank at Rosalia, of $7,000 on August 14, 1935. Frank Baird. prominent Spangle (farmer, has also been indicted for |the same hold-up and is now free under a $10,000 bond. Four men robbed the bank just at closing time, They were armed { with pistols and also had a ma- jchine gun. Passersby gave the rlarm. A man, dressed as a woman in the bandit's car outside of the bank, shot Lemley in the back. Baird was arrested on his farm nearby. His arrest came as a great surprise as he had been promin- WE Nov. 13. —Es- in in- Supply 8urvey Continued by Empire Today Stocks Being_Rapidly De-| | pleted and Are Relative- ly Low, Report Shows Continuing its survey of supplies; on hand in Juneau, The Empire adds | to the complete survey of gmcery' | stores and meat mfrkets made yes- | terday, the following report on fuel,! cattle feed, chicken feed. Generally speaking the stocks are bomvr rapidly depleted and are rela-| low, considering that even | ‘whcn transportation is opened it | will take from one to three weeks | {to get the supplies through, keep- ing in mind that Juneau in return is the source of supply for a con- siderable area in which is included numerous towns and settlements. | The Pacific Coast Coal Company, Gcorge H. Walmsley, manager, has |coal to serve Juneau for three | weeks. There is no coal in Doug- !las. The company has already had |to refuse an order from Hoonah. D. B. Femmer, when called early this afternoon, said that he would| have no coal by the time the paper was out. All he had on hand was ordered and being delivered today. | The Standard Oil Company has | enough oil for three months, but is not affected by the strike situa- tion, as the Standard Oil tankers |are ccntinuing to operate. The Union Oil Company has enough oil in Juneau to last until Christmas, a barge is enroute here and there is reported to be a barge in Sitka now.. The company is not | atfected by the strike. | The Juneau Dairies, Inc. reported that their dairies have enough cat- | tle feed to last until abouf January {SAME OLD ISSUE Five planes, loaded with passeng- |1st- ers from Anchorage for p.!uneau | Bert Caro, of J. B. Caro, whole- were still grounded at Cordova Lmspale agent, who handles chicken morning according to indications | feed, cattle feed, fox feed, coffee, received by the Juneau Weather|candy bars and canned goods, has Bureau. At 11 oclock this morn-|On hand enough to supply his trade ing, a weather report was requested | for about two weeks. One chicken from Cordova as to conditions pre-| | rancher, supplying Juneay with vailing over the route to Juneau.|©g8s, has 200 chickens on his ranch While the conditions are not as|furnishing a considerable number bad as yesterday, which were ex- ' Of local eggs. When Caro’s stock of STILL BLOCKING PEACE EFFORTS Labor Officials Ma king First Move with Shipowners in Guarded Proposal JOINT OPERATIONS SCHEME UNSUCCESSFUL Employers Claim Pact of Two Years Violated by Unions SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 13. —Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady planned a new attack | on the cruicial hiring hall issue to- day in attempts to arrange a peace) conference betwéen employers andj strikers. McGrady said he would present to shipowners a guarded proposal for control of hiring halls which both unions and employers want to operate. The award of two years ago pro- STRIKE LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT DESERTED This aerial view of the San Francisco waterfront, focal point of the Pacific Coast strike of 37,000 mari- time workers, shows idle ships tied up at their docks as federal agencies sought a settlement. Thig photo, looking north, pictures the deserted waterfront with a section of the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge. (Associated Press Photo) ;VANG[IUVERSAYS WALKOUT RUMOR IS UNFOUNDED | Associated Press Reports | Longshoremen There Are | Speeding Work on Ships WORKERS SAY TAKING NO PART U. S. DISPUTE \Seattle I. L. A. Denies Ever . ReecivingReported Mes- sage from Crozier Rumors of a strike of Can- ladian longshoremen were ispiked here teday when the Associated Press reported to The Empire from Vancouver that longshore crews were speeding to load 20 vessels in port therc and that no decis- vided joint operations but ship- owners charged the union approp- riated control. The Labor Department officials said that if employers indicated ap- proval of his plan he would attempt to arrange the long-delayed peace s Suicides, Palmer cHARGES MADE [ Mrs. Pilkington, Bride of BY UNIONS IN *3 i MARINE STRIKE Former Alaska School Teacher dict that Mrs. Zella King Pilkington, Claim Employers Are Using Detectives as Spies on Labor ton, who was found dead in her home | Wednesday, with a twenty-two cali- |bre bullet through her heart, com- mitted suicide because of despond- |ency. It is said that both she and her {husband had been drinking Mrs, Pilkington taught the chil- dren of the colonists one year be- \forc her marriage last May 23 and! yhad taught in Alaska five years pre- viously, principally at Seward. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 13. —The charge that maritime em- ployers are using private detectives | as spies who have tapped the tele- phone lines in an effort to obtain information to be used. against the| unions and “used every means to discredit the union movement,” was made yesterday afternon by H. P. Melinkow, Labor Adviser for the striking maritime unions. Melinkow made the charge be- fore the fact fining investigation of the Federal Maritime Commission, conducted by Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet. Gregory Harrison, employers’ rep- | resentative, termed the charges as “general and a mere inuendo,” as | far as the employers he represented | were concerned. The Labor Advisor suggested the Maritime Commission “root out” what he termed the “subversive ac- tivities” of the employers. SEATTLE FISH REGEIPTS FOR MONTH OF OCT. Halibut Valued at $215.- 688 — Six Vessels Are Still Out SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—Harold Lok- ken, manager of the Fishing Ves-| sels’ Owners Association, announc- es the halibut fleet brought 1,991,- 500 pounds of halibut to the local market in October and the catch was valued at $215,689. The October catch last year was 2,294,300 pounds, valued at $245,297. Six halibuters are yet to arrive from the western banks. China Clipper Delayed, Manila MANILA, Nov. 13.—Already de- layed one week on account of bad weather, the flying boat China Clip- reside in Mabton, Washington. PR ] , BRANDEIS IS tice Is Celebrating His Birthday WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Louis | D. Brandeis, oldest Supreme Court Justice, is 80 years old today. He has long been the spokesman of a liberal doctrine. Brandeis was appointed by Presi- dent Wilson on January 28. 1916. 2 ] STOoCK QUOTATIONS—i NEW YORK, Nov. 13. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 124%, American Power and Light 10, Anaconda 50%, Bethlehem Steel 71, Calumet and Hecla 14, Columbia Gas and Electric 17%, Common- wealth and Southern 3‘»;», Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors 73%. International Harvester 987%, Ken- necott, 58%, New York Central 43%, Simmons 47, Southern Pacific 41%, United States Steel 75%, Unit- ed Corporation 6%, Cities Service 3%, Bremner bid .04, asked .08. Pound $4.88. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 182.24, down .90; rails 5643, down 1.05; util- ities 34.01, down .25 Alaska Travel Ag:ncy SEATTLE, Nov. 13—Verda Bras, member of the Fairbanks Cham- per, on the return flight from melber of Commerce and founder of Orient to California, has been in- Alaska Travel and Traffic Ag- ceedingly stormy, the Coast Guard|<hicken feed on hand is gone, he Cutter Morris, reported a gale, with| will be unable to supply the ranch wind estimated at a velacity of 65|that is supplying local eggs. miles an hour, was raging over the| Manager Robert Lee of the West Icy Strait section. (Continued on Page Eight) definitely postponed, awaiting for. ‘W has opened an office in the a new motor. New Washington Hotel to arrange Roy Howard, New York publisher, ll! rail, ocean, river and bus trips, is one of the passengers aboard the|8lso lormrmn‘ storage freight to clipper, “PALMER, Alaska, Nov. 13. — A/ coroner’s jury has returned a ver-' ix months’ bride of Alvan Pilking-: | The parents of the dead woman EIGHTY TODAY Oldest Supl; Court Jus-| Is Opened in Seattle, RESIGNATION OF ‘GOL. OHLSON IS ASKED BY CLUB Democratic Organization at | Anchorage Radices i Ickes, Dimond ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 13.— The Anchorage Times reports that the Democratic Club of Anchorage has radioed Secretary of Interior Ickes and alsc Alaska Delegate Di- mond asking for the resignation of Col. Otto F. Ohlson as General | Manager of the Alaska Railroad, | contending that his policies are contrary to the purposes of the railroad. The action followed -curtailing |of the service on the Alaska Rail- jroad on account of the maritime | strike. Col. Ohlson was appointed to his | position during the Coolidge Ad- ministration. DIMOND TO ACT WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Alaska | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond today said he would recommend to Sec- retary of Interior Ickes the removal of Col. Ohlson as General Mana- ger of the Alaska Railroad. Delegate Dimond said dissatisfac- {tion over the road's operation has been brewing for some time and reached a climax with his receipt jof a communication from the An- chorage Democratic Club demand- ing the resignation of Ohlson. Col. Ohlson has been here sev- eral weeks conferring on budget re- quirements of the road for the com- ing fiscal year. He is out of the city today and not expected to re- turn until next week. Delegate Dimond said the “man- agement has sought to show a profit irrespective of the physical needs of the railroad and the road is going to pot. Last year the railroal show- ed a profit of $9,000 and as the re- sult needed repairs and mainten- ance have been neglected. The railroad is in need of new equip- ment, ties and bridges if operation is to be continued on the basis of safety and efficiency. Congress must provide sufficient funds to re- habilitate the railroad at the ear- liest possibility.” stood Col. Ohlson intimated sev- eral months ago he would resign ef- fective next April 1. “I have heard he would, but he such intentiton,” mond, said Delegate Di- EARTHQUAKE SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—The seismo- graph at the University of Wash- ington reported a very strong earth- quake recorded for one hour, starting at 4:39 o'clock this morn- ing Instructor H. A. Combs estimates' Whitehorse, and will then go to An-| Delegate Dimond said he under- | has not advised me personally of | ion had been reached by lower mainland waterfront workers on providing dssistance to Istriking United Stat un- ions. Spokesmen of the Van- couver Longshoremen’s Asso- ciation said the Association will take no part in the Am- 'erican strike. BUSY LOADING ated Between Fair- The Associated Press dis- banks, Seward patch from Vancouver, reads: ——— “Longshore crews are ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 13— working here to speed 20 ships 3:‘:,:1“’;“";{ ”;;‘:‘(‘1'\1‘ ““‘“(‘““"A;I“‘, loading for Europe, Scuth mail since the strike. ‘the mail is America, Australia and the due in Seward from Juneau on the Orient. Four ships are load- that a special train is leaving Fair- ORe is anchored in the stream. banks to connect with the Morrir No decision has been reached tis il front workers on providing (assistance for striking Unit- ed States unions and spokes- According to advices received by men of the Vancouver Lnng- the Weather Bureau, the coast| S . guarder Morris, with mail for the Shoremen’s Association, which westward, is storm bound at Dun- is carrying on the waterfront ANCHORAGE IS AWAITING MAIL ABOARD MORRIS i |Special Tram to Be Oper- MORRIS STORM BOUND neau locate 13. River he 1 the report are operating Albert Wile today that ska points. The h had 3,223 sacks first class pouches of mail, D CANNED 60008 ONLY AVAILABLE nd 61 das, Tey Straits. The cutter repors work caid they will take no a gale estimated at 65 miles an hour it abates will not attempt to cross strike. Another meeting is to the Gult of M’“k“ be held shortly in Victoria. b ! Workers refused to unload the H E A H I N G fl N {President Jefferson inbound and the ship proceeded to Se- attle to tie up.” Never Heard of Message e Associated Press also radioed \nv\\ “Longshoremen here say they Pirins Wal( s Tland M"&l heard of a message reported nt here by Charles Crozier of Ju~ Project Be Support- one who has received a from Crozi here yesterday WASHINGTON, Nov wmber of Commerce by Board of Engineers, Harbors, announces a ent a message to Seattle reporting be held on November 16 ¢ nhrnn'(- supplies in Juneau for Prince of Wales Isla) east Alaska to eliminat Dixon Strait, Alaska Delegate Anti | Board of Engineers to 1 |of the District Engin 'agalmt the project | Engineer held the cost it | that would result. | The Board's review imary examination wa in the 1935 Rivers and raging in that vicinity and until active part in the American from the Orient Wednesday l Also we have been unable to (,d |)y DlfllUl]d Sherwood Wirt that Crozier had posed construction of a ¢ mond said he will appe out of proportion to Act autho Ha — e GRIDLEY FLIES WITH REGISTERED BARR TO FAIRBANKS, ANCHORAGE TODAY Carrying Ross A, Gridley PWA Engineering Inspector, as & |round flight passenger, and two | oth Mrs. Ethel Olson and Al Ny- quist, as passengers to Anchorage, Pilot L. F. Barr took off in his North Canada Air Express Pilgrim plane from the Juneau landing field at 10 o'clock this morning. Barr is flying to Fairbanks, State via IN KETCHIKAN | KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 13.— Friday brought another market ad~ vertising day here and stores with few exceptions were advertising only canned goods. Only one store was advertising butter, two pounds for ».|"eggs to arrive’ in a few days” | Only one was advertising potatoes, lat $350 a sack while the present stock lasts. The motorship Fairbanks nfl'fi the distance at about 2,800 miles to- | chorage, returning to Juneau by the here from Hyder with 148 sacks | ward Siberia. same route. Imail from Seattle via Canada, & 95 cents, and another said | x