The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 18, 1936, Page 1

SKA EMPIRE ' ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7333. ROOSEVELT BRE * * * * * * * * * * * * L] * * * PRICE TEN CENT? ORDERS RAILROAD TO OPERATE SHIPS - WEEK'S NEWS IN REVIEW Famous Prima Donna Passes ROOSEVELT IS REX 6, TUGWELL | {'GRADY SEEKS ALASKANS ARE NOW BOUND ON PEAGE MISSION Throng Welcomes Him at Charleston—Presiden- tial Salutes Fired CHARLESTON, South Carolina. Nov. 18.—President Franklin D. Roosevelt is today aboard the cruis- | er Indianapolis on his way to Buenos | Airés to be at the opening of the PanrAmerican Peace Conference which will be attended by represen- tatives of all American hemisphere nations. THe President rode through two' miles of streets here which were crowded with cheering throngs. "quests ! | upAstl:’: ;:g;et;u :;zel;r:tsde; :nglw::etz Spontaneous outbursts of forrow! navy vessel two 21 gun salutes were ]m:ewg:fi: il o it fired as 600 officers and men llned; Lawrence Tibbett, in San Fran- e, i |cisco, was deeply grieved. Wins Popularity HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 18— Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink died at her home in Hollywood- | Lands last night at 7:21 o'clock. She lapsed into a coma three hou's before her death. | The noted singer suffered a re- | newed attack last Saturday of an ailment which caused hemorrhage of the throat and lungs. Several blood transfusions were adminis- tered and she rallied slightly Mon- day night and yesterday forenoon but strength failed again as last evening approached. Three sons and a daughter were at the bedside and they have ar- ranged a simple private funeral as one of their mother's last re- | { claimed as probably the world’s twilight of life, won a huge popular following in vaudeville, radio and Away, Home Near Hollywood; Marvelous Voice Is Stilled ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK her fortune to the vanishing point. ‘When she was past 70 she was glad to take engagementy which paid for a week at less than hLalf what she had received earlier /for a single performances. In 1833 she said she GOVT. POSITION Will Enter Private Business in New York, He Tells Newsmen MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 18.—Rex- ford Guy Tugwell announces he has resigned as Under Secretary of Ags riculture and Resettlement Admin- | istrator, effective in a few weeks. A brief statement said Dr. W. W. RESIGNS FROM | By RICHARD H. HIPPELHEUSER SO NEW YORK, as of week ending| Wyoming, is advocating the enact- Nov. 14, by Associated Press—Lest ment of some of the principles of we forget. |NRA through a Federal incorpora- The end of the war, the war to|tion measure, which would require make the world safe for democracy, : a Federal license of corporations ! found the world inflamed with a de- | engaged in interstate trade. Such NEWCONFERENCE OF BOTH SIDES {Relief Officials in California | Preparing to Aid Strik- sire: for peace. This week, just eighten years af-| ter, another Armistice Day found| the old world inflamed anew, in-| flamed with strike and preparation' for another war. | In only a year’s time: the League of Nations has been reduced to vir-| "tual impotency, imperialist conquest.! corporations would be required tol carry out these principles. \ ers’ Familie Agriculture — Following develop- | I i ments. in the campaign, the Presi-| dent expressed hope for passage o{}UNloNs CLA]M THEY a farm tenancy measure in the com- | ing Congress, providing Federal mcli to tenants for the purchase of/ farms. WILLING TO SETTLE {Accuse Shipowners of “‘Un- Alexander, formerly of Atlanta, As-{has gone on, the Treaty of Versailles sistant Administrator, will succeed|#nd the Locarno Pact have been| {him as head of the Resettlement | Administration. “It is true I have resigned,” Tug- ;well told newsmen before leaving for East Arkansas to inspect farm tenant conditions with Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Dr. Alexander and others. ‘Tugwell said he planned to enter _iprivate business in New York but would continue interest in low in= jcome farmers and would serve on President Roosevelt’s Tenancy Com- {mission to which he was appointed| | yesterday. nullified. the Rhineland has been demilitarized, and from England to Japan there is a rush of rearma- ment. In the United States, with its leadership in the impending Buenos Aires conference, there was empha- sized on Armistice Day a desire; for peace and, if war should come| ‘abroad, for neutrality. This nation’s neutrality act ex- pires May 1 and already efforts are peing put forth to strengthen its; (provisions. i NATIONAL AFFAIRS Crop insurance likewise Seemed | & ¥ probable of enactment in the com- ! American and Arbi- ing session, perhaps on an optional basis. The Administration’s plan ‘ trary Attitude” | was' béing developed slowly and| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 188 also preésent, but here again thethat “unAmerican and arbitrary at- Administration was proceeding cau- titude” by employers blocked a per- tiously, determining the sentiment manent waterfront peace. Seaport of farm leaders, remembering the!mayors planned another meeting invalidated AAA. in Washington to try and get both sides to arbitrate. Reorganization—The President's, The twentieth day of the strike Committee on Administrative Man-'alsy found relief officials prepar- agement was given the task of ing to aid the families of strikers 4 ; shipowners and maritime The' question of crop control Was workers today amid union charges NOW ASSURED FOOD SUPPLIES Secretary Ickes Empower- ed to Charter Govt. or Private Vessels STRIKERS INDICATE THEIR CO-OPERATION Sweeping Order Means Government in Full Com- mand of Sending Cargo WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.— The White House disclosed to- day that President Roosevelt had authorized the Alaska Railroad to make use of and to operate government and privately owned vessels to pre- vent shortages of food and other necessities in the Terri- tory as a result of the mari- carefully in consuiiation with agri-| _assistant Labor Secretary Ed- culturists and private insurance rep- warq McGrady sought a new meet- resentdtives. ing of studying the reorganization of the |here and in Los Angeles, McGrady time strike. moving picture theatres as a singer|had been wearing the same hat and | HIS NEW POSITION: Federal government, with simpli-'saig he was hopeful because the of simple German “lieder.” | NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—Rexford coat for two years. |G. Tugwell will become Executive It was a week of speculation in ‘Washington, a week of conjecture fication and econmy as the two ba- two sides finally met even though By executive order the sis objectives. NO progress was made. There was no mews from thé would reframe the propasals. White House as to Wwhether such Harry Lundeberg, Secretary of the reorganization would have a place ‘Seamens' Union, in a,teleggam to in the President’s pragram for COn-| Mys, Prarees Perking, Secretary of In the hey-dey of her career, she! He said he was reputed to earn $135,000 a yeafl from concert work alone while roy- alties on machine records of her voice brought in an additional $50,- President empowered the railroad to obtain vessels from other branches of the government or--to charfer greatest Wagnerian contralto, DIES OF INJURIES achieved riches as an operatic and| Wellknown Interior Flier in concert prima donna and, in the Siill Rrmwing A | Vice - President of the American as to the course of Franklin D. Accident, Passes Away Her voice by that time bad be-!yglagses Company, officials said'Roosevelt's second four years in the come compressed to little more than pere today. Prsidency, half its former range and she was, fiat the nt, himself, had limited to such numbers as Brahms| g o e 4 . . 000. hrif in Hospital g FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 18.— Pilot Ed Dorrance died in the hos- pital as the result of injuries sus- tained in a crackup of his plane on Jack Wade Creek on Monday. The plane crashed from about 100 feet| in the air after a takeoff. | Dorrance intended ta fly his plane, | which had been dainaged, from Jack Wade to Coppi Center to of the day. Fortune Vanishes But her own generosity to numer- investments, mostly in Chicago and California real es-jjymn “Holy Night and similar tate, were made and managed by her with a skill that brought stead-' ily increasing values and she be-| came one of the wealthiest singers) of ner personality and undimmed ous friends and relatives and the world’s turn from high prosperlty: to acute economic depression shrank “Luilaby,” the traditional Christmas 1songs of short range and brief phrases. = But the artistry of the singer, plus the maternal character !slage presence, overcame the effects | of obvious shortcomings and she re- mained a drawing card. Also in these late years she took (Continued on Page Three) make repairs, altho Pilot Dick Hawley had offered to'fly Dorrance to Copper Center for [repair parts. Dorrance believed he ' could make it and took to the air y to crash. Pilot Hawley brought the injured flier here. i Dorrance had been fl}lng between Fairbanks, Chicken reek, Jack Wade Creek, Dawson, and Copper Center for the past two years. He was about 40 years of jage and is believed to have a mg in San i TOUCHES KING'S ARM,IS GRABBED BY ALERT GUARD Former Soldier Quickly Seized During Mon- arch’s Visit in Wales Francisco. ——e———+ WAGES BODSTED AS DIVIDENDS ARE ANNOUNCED | | | BOVERTON, Wales, Nov. 18.— King Edward’s alert bodyguard to- day seized and hustled away a middle aged former soldier named Thompson, who laid his hand on the monarch’s arm in the course of his trip through the Welsh mining areas. 5 The King's bodyguard has been GERMAN PLOT UNEARTHED N SOVIET LAND Official Communique Charges Many Alleged Attempts, Wreck Nation MOSCOW, Nov. 18.—The Soviet Government last night charged 23 Germans with participation in a widespread plot to overthrow the Soviet regime. This charge followed the issuance of a communique which declared Germany and Japan had signed a |secret military pact against Rus- sia. reached no definite and complete program for the coming session of | Congress was apparent. At a White House press conference, he caution- 'ed newspapermen against “going out on a limb” in writing of Ad- _mlnislraflon plans. | | The budget was a principal item in the President's week. He dis- cussed the departmental needs with iDaniel W. Bell, Acting Director of- lrecu)r of the Budget. From all in- !dlclflflm. the budget message in Is Accepted — | »~.|January at the opening of Congress OKANOGAN, Wash.,, Nov. 18=3u.) 1ot contain any estimate of re- Climaxing an alleged feud which oo peegs Instead, the President began shortly after h‘_s daughter | will probably follow last year's prac- married C. R. Minton's son tWO|;qe -~ sending the budget estimate vears ago, Robert Neal, pioneer of |, “yojjer to Congress in March, Riverside and well-known stock-‘ allowing a better opportunity to man, killed the elder Minton last | judge the need. pight. i ted his pur- The Sheriff's office reported tha!llm:‘: o :::::;?e; r:&i;::dme c‘;m- Neal gave himself up after a chase. | paign, not to seek any new taxes. Neal said the two met on his ™ sgde from the budget, there were 19‘"'3' Ne?olo‘;’“ horseback and Min- | sqes, conferences and surveys ot : | pertaining to other fields of gov- Migton ordered Neal to get off s‘?le:nmentn8 activity, all of which as- his ‘horse and then proceeded 10 /g, 04 the President plenty of work take off his coat. Minton started and consideration on his forthcom- toward Neal with an open knife ing vacation cruise. in his hand and Neal fired four| ‘rnege would be classified as fol- times into Minton’s body, killing | ... him instantly. | Industry and Business—It was evi- $ TR |dent that industrial stabilization | occupies the attention of the New President Agks S mmsieion FEUD SETTLED WITH BULLETS Two Pioneers Meet on Road —Invitation to Fight i gress, but this is not at al_l un- Labor, sald; “The unions are will- likely. Not only ‘the President’s ing 1o settle the strike but the ship- committee, but committees from |owners refused to yield one inch the Senate and House of Repre- in their unAmerican attitude.” sentatives, were at work on reor-| The shipowners reiterated their ganization plans. |previous stand that they would i £ agree to submit all issues to arbi- Miscellaneous—Revision of the tration asked by the mayors, 1936 tax bill, with its levy on the undistributed profits of corpora- | TRY TO BREAR STRIKE tions, and revision of the Social! NEW YORK, Nov.18.—Focai point Security Act, seemed likely in the in the seamen's strike today in the coming session. |east was the effort of the United Senator Robert F. Wagner's Hous- States lines officials to sign a full ing measure and the revised Coal crew on the liner Washington which | Stabilization bill of Senator Joseph'is sailing for Europe, OCarrying! Guffey will also come up in the new three American flags and picket| Congress, in all probability. Isigns, 500 striking seamen gathered| There was little doubt, further-'and hurled stones at the vessel. more, but that the President would, At Philadelphia picketing con-} ask for extension of the Reciprocal tinued under court sanction. Tarriff law, which expires in 1937.| The power given to the President to| devaluate the dollar likewise expires' (Continued on Page Seven) JUNEAU MEN ARE BEATEN, ROBBED FISHERMEN OF ON SEATTLE TRIP, N.W. PLANNING Magn us Hansen, Severein| LARGER UNION Swanson Assaulted in |Pacific Coast Urganization 67 SHIPS IN SAN PEDRO SAN PEDRO, Cal, Nov. 18. — ~|Crews of two Isthmian line inter- | coastal freighters were paid off ‘here, bringing the number of strike ’bmmd ships in the harbor to 67. | R ,H. ships and operate them during the emergency. The order said: “The present interruption of ocean going and coastwise transportation to and from Alaska has seriously inter- fered with operation and maintenance of the Alaska Railroad and with develop- ments, industries and travel affecting the territory tribu- tary to the railroad by caus- ing a shortage of food sup- plies and other necessary com- modities in the Territory.” The railroad is directed “to perform any and all acts nee- essary to operation of vessels it takes over.” The railroad will continue to provide trans- portation facilities “for such, period as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary.” is further directed that present commercial passenger and freight charges shall be maintained by railroad con- nection with this additional service. New Record Expected to Be Set Benefiting Stock- holders and Workers NEW YORK, Nov. IL—M-end keyed to extreme watchfulness since a man threw a loaded pistol at the feet of the horse he was riding last July. Thompson explained that he sim- ply wanted to talk over wartime experiences in France and was lat- Major George L. Berry, the labor M j h f ‘leader who is the President’s co- The official statement alleged that the Germans, who were recently ar- | rested in Moscow and Leningrad, pulotted to steal secret military in-| formation, wreck industrial plats| and kill government leaders. dividend disbursements of { Amer-|er released. ican corporations neared billion dollar mark with a that a new record for final Quarter expenditures to both shareholders half ospect e -— and wage earners will be sef ’berore m the end of the year. ‘Wage increases have alr given to one million two ndred thousand workers and this Tase | NEW YORK, Nov. 18. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can been PLOT DENIED { BERLIN, Nov. 18—The German| Propaganda Ministry today issued! a statement terming the soviet" Communique as a “periodic lie.” e — ILIEUT, CARROLL totals one hundred and twenty-five 125%, American’Power and Light 10%, Anaconda 51%, Bethlehem Steel 71%, Columbia Gas and Elec- tric 18%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors 72%, International |Harvester 100%, Kennecott 61%, New York Central 43%, S8immons 47, Southern Pacific 42%, United States iSteel 75%, United Corporation 6%, Cities Service 3%. Pound $4.88 13/16. Calumet and Hecla 14%. million dollars. Scores of companies are {m to be heard from. — e PILOT BLASS | ENDS FLIGHT SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—] Don Glass and Co-pilot Mc- Kenzie, landed their seven jpassen- ger amphibian here late terday, completing the Anchorage fo Seat- tle flight via Juneau, Wi 11, Ket- chikan, Alert Bay and Vahcouver. Bad weather for over week prevented Glass making quick flight. DOW, JONES AVERAGES i The following are today's Dow, Jones averages:' industrials 18451, down .39; rails 56.85, down .47; utili- ties 34.99, down .15. Camner o o ciacae e d MISS STUKA VISITS HERE Miss R. Stuka from Chicago, Tlliri- | Norah, to be a guest of Mr. Frank DIES, ACCIDENT Executive Officer of Coast Guarder Dies Mak- ing Trip East HOLBROOK, Arizona, Nov. 18.— Lieut. Dale Trude Carroll, Execu- tive officer of the coast guarder Perseus, was killed when his auto- mobile was wrecked 38 miles east of here late yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Carroll, who was riding with her husband, was injured and was brought to the hospital here. Painted Desert on their way east ordinator for industrial cooperation, [Chief Executive Deplores Policy of Not Hiring Persons Over 40 WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—Presi- dent Roosevelt. today asked indus- |try to give a fair share of jobs to |older workers and unskilled labor and deplored the poliecy under which “many of the-largest indus- |tries will not hire workers over 40 |years ‘of age.’ The statement was issued from [the White House as the President \traveled from Charleston to South America. He said that under the present industrial policy many old- er and unskilled persons were con- demned to permanent unemploy- ment. The statement said a supple- |mental appropriation will be asked to carry relief through the fiscal year and the President will an- nounce plans for the next fiscal year later, but it indicated the plans depended on how industry heeds his pleas to give work. — e — ois, arrived® yesterday aboard, . the| The two were riding through the| The Illinois is a group of North American Indians belonging to the great Algonquian linguistic tribe, invited representatives of industry and labor to a Washington confer- |ence on December 10 and 11. This | conference will undoubtedly find be- |fore it such topics as child labor, maximum hours and minimum wa- ges, fair trade practices, and gov- ernment competition with private industry. On such a basis was the NRA { built; but its unconstitutionality |now presents new considerations to |the New Deal, if it is considering a revival of legislation envisioning |regulation in these fields. And the |element of constitutionality enters not only ‘in this field of endeavor, Strikebound Area SEATTLE, Nov. 18.—Capt. Mag- nus Hansen and Severein Swanson, Juneau halibut fishermen, told the police today they were beaten on their boat, the Explorer, last night by a gang of men who left after robbing Swanson of his wallet con- taining an endorsed $110 check. Hansen said he was loading sup- plies on his boat for himself, wife and five children at Juneau. Waterfront Employers’ Associa- tion reported Hansen had been beaten apparently by someone who mistakenly thought he was loading Completed at Meet- ing Yesterday NORTH BEND, Oregon, Nov. 18.— Thirty-eight delegates of the newly formed Pacific Coast Fishermens' “TRIKERS TO CO-OPERATE SEATTLE, Nov. 18.— Northwest rike committee spokesmen today aid the strikers “probably” would erate in the government move- Union, once called the Depoe Bay ™M™' of food and other freight to Pacific Coast Union, took acticn Alaska under President Roosevelts last night to encourage an addition ‘¢ Ui.ve. order. They said if the of 1,300 men to their organizaiicn. ‘®/l-oad charters government ves- The delegates approved accep- tance into membership of the Association and 200 members of the emt upon action taken by the Lw Tluced get Sound Trolling Vessel Owners' Cinadian Fishing Union conting- | but is found in every field of capi- tal discussion. Major Berry, it seemed probable, would have more success in obtain- ing. representation of business men and industrialists than he has had in the past, a condition attributable to the Roosevelt sweep in the elec- tions. In the industrial field, as well as in others, there enters also the pos- sibility of a constitutional amend- ment. The National Conference on La- bor legislation, called by Secretary of Labor Prances Perkins, gave its endorsement to such an amend- ment to permit effective Federal and ‘State wage regulation. The conference likewise endorsed the eight-houtr day and forty-hour for a commercial “strike breaking groups applying for trip,” ‘Henry Hinton, of Westport, Wash ington, has been elected President; Glen Murdock, of Astoria, Orego has been elected Secretary-Treas urer; George Bambrick, of New port, business agent with Mrs. B ——— MRS, C. KANEN HERE TO VISIT MRS. HICKEY Mrs. Charles Kanen, who arrived on the Princess Norah, is visiting her sister Mrs. J. V. Hickey for a few months. Mrs. Kanen is from Crowes Landing, California. Mr. Kanen has been principal of the grade school there for seven years. MRS. SHEELOR RETURNS FROM TRIP OF 2 MONTHS After a two months visit to the States Mrs. Edith P. Sheelor has re- turned to Juneau. She visited her parents in Payette, Idaho, a sister in Portland, and a brother in Spo- historian, as assistant. METHODIST CHURCH Mrs. daughter, Mrs. Clarence Rands. week as the maximum. Senator Joseph 'O’Mahoney, of kane but is happy to be home again in Juneau, ‘pared, membership. | LADIES ENTERTAINED M. Whittemore entertained the ladies of the Methodist Church | this afternoon at the home of her A dessert luncheon was enjoyed by the group and then the ladies were entertainéd by a program|chikan where he in connection that . Mrs. Whittemore had = pre- |with escheat prop:;n from which els. crews of those vessels will be If privately owned ships are chartered the strike committee may iave to determine who will man them. The committee is meeting later teday. EARLY ACTION ANTICIPATED Gov. John W. Troy this afternoon aid that he had been in communi- ation with Secretary Harold L. Ickes of the Interior Department relative to the order announced l M. Bower, of Depos Bay, writer and | from the White House and he anti~ cipated that early action would be forthcoming in putting the emer- gency program into operation. The important thing now is to establish regular service for Alaska at the earliest opportunity, the Gov- ernor said. A e TRUITT BACK Attorney General James S. Tru- itt returned to Juneau on the - |Coast Guard cutter Alert from Ket- there is money owing the Territory.