The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 20, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEW:S ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7335. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT® SHIP ACTION HING DESTRUCTION OF BARCELONA FASCIST PLAN Foreign Shipping Warned to Remain Out of New Danger Zone | MADRID DEFENDERS | STILL HOLD LINES| Rain Is Falling Heavily on| Beseiged City — Bom- bardment Continues LONDON, Nov. 20.—The Spanish| Insurgent Government is prepared| to destroy the Port of Barcelona if such action is necessary to cut off the Socialist’s war supplies. This was the statement made this fore-! noon by Foreign Secretary Anthony | Eden to the members of the House of Commons. Eden said his information came directly from the Provisional In- surgent Administration of General Francos, who is now at Burgos. MOVE IS CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. — The United States is in receipt of an indirect High Command that it intends to stop all traffic to the Port of Bar- celona and that foreign vessels should stay away. Acting Secretary of State R. Walton Moore said this information came in response to an inqury to rebel representatives at Seville by the American Consul there. Moore indicated this government planned 1io action as” there are no American or commercial vessels in Spanish waters. EVACUATING DANGER ZONES MADRID, Nov. 20—There is a warning by the Fascist| November twenty-sixth, as a day as a Holiday to be devoted to conditions. I urge that people foregather The occasion is one for joyful cel In Witness 19th day of By the Governor: EDWARD W. GRIFFIN, Secretary of Alaska. Thanksgiving Proclamation In compliance with long established American custom and in commemoration of the circumstances that the last year has witnessed the return of prosperity to Alaska and the country in general, I, John W. Troy, Governor of Alaska, acting by authority of the laws of the Territory of Alaska, hereby proclaim Thursday, Ruler of the Universe for His wise and compassionate guidance through the years and His many blessings to olr people. I urge the people to assemble on that day in their usual places of worship and around home. altars and hearthstones and give thanks that our great Nation and beloved Territory have recovered from the toils of distressed business and industrial able places with relatives and friends to feast and make merry. my name and caused the Official Seal of the Territory of Alaska to be affixed this JOHN W. TROY (signed) CLAUSE HELD T0 BE LEGAL | Toronto Justice Makes Rul= ing—Children Must Be Legitimate Ones TORONTO, Nov. 20.—Justice-W. E. Middleton today upheld the validity of the Stork Derby clause in Charles Vance Millar's' willi The ruling was against the cl of relatives and lawyers who. con- tended the ten-year baby race wAas against public policy. . ... Later, Judge Middleton will hear evidence of claims of leading moth- ers and then direct the executors as to the distribution of the half million dollars. | There are seventeen mothers in | the . derby. Justice Middleton ruled that the iprize is intended for “mothers of | legitimate children only.” R of Thanksgiving to be observed giving thanks to the Supreme in their homes and other avail- lebration. Whereof, I have hereunto set November, 1936. Governor of Alaska. BOVERNOR ASKS| ALASKASUPPORT FOR RED CROSS {Chief Executive Urges Generous Response for Humanitarian Work | "Urge for the support of all Al- |askans in carrying forward the hu- manitarian work of the Red Cross| |was made today by Gov. John w.| Troy. In a statement the Chief | RANCHES ARE BLACKENEDBY FOREST BLAZE {Hundred Thousand Acres i Burned Over—Homes Are Destroyed Olson Taok Own Life_ls Verdict Anchorage Stabbing Case Exploded by Evidence to Coroner's Jury ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 20.—| A coroner's jury holds that J. Lewis Olson, aged 47, former Juneau resi- dent, died of self-inflicted knife wounds, after hearing the. evidence of his peculiar behavior prior to his death. Olson died Wednesday morning. He said he had been at- tacked and stabbed by three men. It was revealed that his clothing CALGARY, Nov. 20.—A forest fire, fanned by a 60-mile-an-hour wind, which swept 100,000 acres of ranch lahds in the Bow River Val-| ley near here, was checked last| i night by a heavy rain. The fire 'burned seven ranch houses and out buildings and doz-| was not cut although he had sev- |ens of ranches are blackened. Win-| steady stream of men, women and|Executive said: |ter feed was destroyed and much Declaring: protege, the Orient. “I am not at liberty to quote Mr. Chaplin directly, but I can definitely say they are married,” Randolph Churchill, son of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently threw the first light on the much-rumored marriage of Charles Chaplin and his Paulette Goddard. After Churchill made the statement, declaring Chaplain was married to Miss Goddard the couple were reported to have admitted it was the truth, Goddard and Chaplin when they recently returned from a tour of Miss Goddard’s mother was present no the tour. Masters, Mates Pilots Volunteer 1o Serve Alaska Officers Safihey Will Work Without Pay if Al- | askans ‘Really Starving’ | SEATTLE, Nov. 20. — Alaska | steamship operators and striking | maritime unions today both await- ed the arrival of Col. Otto F. Ohl- son, Manager of the Alaska Rail- road, who is to make arrangements for operating vessels to Alaska un- ~ lder government charter, to learn full retails of the order to give Al- aska service. Spokesmen for the Masters, Mates and Pilots said today that if Alas- kans are “really starving” members :ur their union “would volunteer to serve without pay on vessels sent there, providing all profits of such | ventures be given to charity.” | Most of the masters and mates |have been operating to Alaska wa- | | ters for years and consider them- | selves virtually Alaskans. They know the people of Alaska, many of them ‘lnumately from carrying them back and forth on their boats, and their friendship with the people of the |north is a tradition built on years of friendly contacts. Photo shows Miss What Licked the G. O. P.? Practieally Everything, {in 193¢ when we loaded and ship- P ost Mortem Now Re’veals‘buc very little food.” By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) Election post-mortems usually are rendered difficult by a natural ab-| children pouring out of the city's danger spots. A heavy downpour of rain is prevailing, but the evac- uation of the danger zone is under urgent orders. The heavy Fascist land and aer- ial bombardment and also the rain, forced a new line-up in the fighting for possession of Madrid, but the Government declared the defense lines are intact after a fortnight of siege. WORLD PEACE SURE T0 COME ASSERTS HULL Says Americas Will Repud- iate Philosophy, Bat- tlefield Tactics RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 20. — United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull declared that 21 Amer- ican Republics will meet in an In- ter-American Peace Conference at Buenos Aires to repudiate the phil- osophy which sends men to the bat- tle field. Secreary Hull is enroute to the conference aboard the liner Amer- ican Legion. The conference op- ens December 1. He spoke at a dinner last night given in his honor by the Brazilian Foreign Minister. Secretary Hull said the peoples of the Americas as well as the whole world will soon insist on peace. ——————— ONE THOUSAND DROWN; WATER SWEEPS TOWN OSARUSAWA, Japan, Nov. 20.— “The Annual Roll Call of the| American Red Cross, now under way in the Territory, will close on| Thanksgiving Day. It has less than a week yet to run. ! “The Red Cross is carrying on throughout the country a campaign | to reduce the appalling loss of life in Highway, Home and Farm Ac-| cidents. At the same time it is| carrying on welfare work for vic-| tims of disasters, veterans and the| enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. “Red Cross in the Pacific States| have opened and manned with vol- | unteers 191 Highway Emergency | First Aid Stations while 239 oth- ers are projected. Mobile First Aid units are being organized to make the services of trained personnel available more speedily in highway accidents. Much remains to be done in each state and more help is need- ed to accomplish these objectives. “The Red Cross has sent out an appeal inviting the people of Alas- ka, and throughout all the States, to have a part in this humanitar- ian work by joining the Red Cross during the membership enrollment. “The American Red Cross deserves the support of all the people and I urge all citizens of Alaska to make sure of their enrollment before Thanksgiving Day. “The membership fee is $1.00, but nobody is limited to that amount. When renewing your membership or taking a new membership be as liberal as possible in making dona- tions.” IKE TAYLOR ON COAST; ATTEND CONFERENCE Ike P. Taylor, Chief Engineer, Alaska Road been in Washington, D. C., relative to budget matters for the Alaska Road Commission, and is no¥ on the West Coast, will represent Gov. John W. Troy at the Northwest Aviation Planning Council Con- ference in Portland, Oregon, De- cember 4 and 5, according to an announcement from the Governor’s office today. While enroute to Washington, D. C., this past summer, Gov. Troy eral gashes in his left chest. Olson purchased a knife and scabbard at a local store several days before the stabbing. § FACE DEATH IN STORM OFF KODIAK ISLAND Launch Containing 7 Men of Tallapoosa and Nurse Smashed Up on Rocks KODIAK, Alaska, Nov. 0. — A heavy gale, the worst storm of the |season, accompanied by rain and snow which swept over the Gulf of | ported to have been lost. ‘The rain storm disrupted the Calgary electric power, street cars and the telephone system were out of commission for several hours. i New “Envuy fo Rus@ Named great Republican carnage of No- vember 3 there certainly is no such obstacle. In fact it now is plain that the victim was suffering from sO many fatal disabilities that the problem |is to decide which of them was the principal cause of extinction. The simplest way is to classifly the reasons for the Republican de- mise under three general headings —the candidates, the issues, and party organization. In every one of these respects, the voters apparent- WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. — The ]y gave the Democrats the best of appointment of Joseph E. Davies,|it, Any one of the three, it ap- prominent International lawyer, toipears, might have determined the be Ambassador at Moscow, is an- | outcome by itself. nounced at the White House today.| y¢ was not the sort of campaign, Davies succeeds William O. Bul- ¢ jnstance, where a finger could litt who was recently appointed|pe pyt on any single circumstance envoy to France. Davies is a mem- | o, gevelopment, and that particu- ber of the Advisory Committee of jor footor identified as the turning live stock killed. No lives are re-isence of proof, but in the case of the| Commission, who has | Alaska and Kodiak Island last Sun- | day, washed awsy a lifeboat of the Coast Guard 'eutter Morris and ;r:]:shed a launch of the -cutter CHUGACH To B‘Rmc The taunch was sent to Woody| CEDAR CARGO FROM KETCHIKAN HERE| tee. Island to take a nurse to Forget- Me-Not “Island to assist in an ap- |pendicitis operation on Corrine Johnson, aged 14, Seven men and Miss Halstenud, Baptist Mission nurse, were in the launch which smashed up, but the occupants were reached safely. They | were finally located at Middle Bay |by Wilson Erskine, whose boat is equipped with & radio telephone. | DIRIGIBLES TO - FLY ATLANTIC Freight for Jumeau aboard the| Lighthouse tender Cedar which is enroute to Ketchikan from Seattle | will be brought here from the First City aboard a barge towed by the launch Chugach of the U, 8, For« est Service, that department an-| nounced today. Considerable sup-| plies for the various departments of government here are reported on board the Cedar which is not des-| tined to come further north than hi Ketchikan. ELECTRA ARRIVES | FROM FAIRBANKS | THIS -AFTERNOON | Leaving Fairbanks at 7:10 this morning, the PAA Electra, piloted by Jerry Jones, with Murray Stu- art as co-pilot, arrived in Juneau this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, bring- ing eight o'clock, bringing eight passengers from Fairbanks and two from Whitehorse. The Electra is scheduled to re- | | | i | {Conference Is Planned for Next Week to Consider Ocean System | WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Repre- sentatives of the Department of | Commerce and Navy, and also pri- | vate business, will meet next Tues- ;dxy to formulate recommendations for a Government subsidized diri- |causing the defeat. A rushing cyclone of water from|conferred with members of the a bursted mine reservoir, swept|Council, both in Seattle and Port- away ,this little town early today,|land, who assured him that they drowning more than 1,000 men, wo-!approved and would support the men and children and destroying|commercial and military air pro- 500 homes. gram for Alaska which includes The sleeping inhabitants were, additional appropriations for air- trapped in their beds. fields, aids to aerial navigation and The bursting of the reservoir was|improved communications, that the caused by heavy raips. Governor has outlined, and in turn Japanese troops are reported on|presented to the various government the way to restore order from 'the|departments during his official visit, chaos. to the Capital. gible. passenger and freight service turn to Fairbanks tomorrow, leav- across the Atlantic, Afrport - The representatives will report| :g:t?ngun'm““m wi:r't:aeym::;]. to the Maritime Commission which|No passengers are booked for the recommends to Congress certain flight to the Interior as yet. measures of a marine nature. The coming to Juneau on conference will study plans to place|the Electra today were: From Fair- American operators on a parity with|banks—Dan Brock, L. E. Jones, Sam operators of other countries. Palmer, Mr. and Mrs. H. Christian- 1t is planned to have two dirigles|son, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Buck, and in operation on: regular flights,|R. Foss. iy coordinated with Germany, to pfo-| Prom Whitehorse—Mr. and Mrs. vide frequent sailings, Greenslade. the Democratic National Commit- point toward Democratic victory. On the Democratic side there was no one spectacular thruseat the op- position—in fact surprises of every kind were notably lacking during the entire period of campaigning. On the Republican side, no one par- ticular blunder can be charged with The only con- clusion is that an invincible com- bination of causes was working steadily to’Democratic advantage. Prosperity Aids Democrats Unquestionably the character and records of the candidates influenced many votes. Mr. Roosevelt's recognized ability on the stump, his agility in taking advantage of every break, his al- most uncany faculty of sensing pub- lic sentiment—all these were in his favor., Besides, many who did not agree with his policies liked him for his courage and his record of action, and for his background of experience, particularly in interna- tional relationships. In contrast, Mr. Landon not only failed to capture the popular im- aginatioin, as the election returns show, but he manifestly was advis- ed badly in some of the most im- portant utterances. He put up a brave battle, and won wide respect for his devotion to simplicity and directness. But that did not prove sufficlent to an electorate accus- tomed to the glamor and finesse which Mr. Roosevelt had brought to the Presidency. 8o far as the second factor was concerned—the issues—the Demo- erats had to their advantage the most compelling. of all. That was the issue of prosperity. It is the long and invariable cus- tom of the American electorate to (Continued on Page Six) | Maritime spokesmen for the Northwest Strike Committee said: “We got rushed into releasing ships to aid so-called starving Alaskans pers sent up mining machinery, piling for fish traps and supplies A spokesman said the President's order was based on the supposition |that Alaskans are suffering but the committee doubts it. “The only approach for us in |this matter has been through Col. y Ohlson,” he added, “but he has re- fused to put his request in writ- ing.” —————— RAIL MANAGER FLYING DIRECT, SAN FRANCISCO McGrady Smts New For- mula as Operators, Un- ions Await Alaska Move OPTIMISM EMANATES FROM BOTH SIDES “Neutral” Committees Be- ing Considered in Lat- est Development SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 20. —Col. Otto F. Ohlson. Manager of the Alaska Railroad, left New York at 8:30 this morning by airpiane for San Francisco and not Seattle as previously announced, 1t was re- ported here today and is due shortly after midnight tonight. While shipowners and unions awaited the first move of the railroad head. who has been as- signed with the duty of getting ships operating to Alaska under government charter, Edward M. Mc- Grady, Assistant Labor Secretary, disclosed here that he had submit- ted a “port committee” formula in a new move to bring about peace ne- gotiations. Outwardly, there was optimism that both sides would' be able to find a basis for discussion in the proposal which provides for the creation of “neutral” commit- tees to supervise waterfront hiring and administration of penalties for both workers and employers for vio- lation of any peace agreement to be made. s In the meanume, in Wfisiummu it was reported that Rear Admiral Harry Hamlet of the Maritime Commission had made no Alaska re- port and that it was not in his jur- isdiction. SAYS HARRISON Budget Will Also Be Bal-| anced, Declares Chair- man, Senate Com. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Chair-| SEEKING AID; ’ man Pat Harrison, of the Senate Finance Committee, said today that there would “absolutely be no in-|Governor Poindexter Asks Ickes to Send Ship Load of Supplies HONOLULU, H. I, Nov. 20— HONOLULU 1S crease in taxes by the next Con- gress and that the Budget would be brought into balance during the| fiscal year beginning July 1. Senator Harrison declared that| tax revenues were “picking up fast- er than we expected.” The Mississippian said the. Fed- eral Emergency expenditures would be curtailed enough to permit a balanced budget and he also pre- dicted that Congress would make no change in the “basic principle” of the tax on undistributed corpora- tion surpluses but that “imperfec- tions and inequities will be cor- rected as soon as experience disclos- es them.” —————— FEDERAL COURT RESCINDS ORDER T0 UNLOAD SHIP Unionists Now Start Cam- paign to Organize Truck Drivers LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 20.— Victorious in the Federal Court de- cision which prevents unloading of a $10,000 cargo of bananas, unionists in the harbor area pressed a cam- paign today to unionize Southern California truck drivers. Federal Judge Paul McCormick Gov. Joseph Poindexter today sent an appeal to Secretary of Interior Ickes to relieve the “alarming sit- uation” by sending a ship load of food supplies to this eity. Health Officer Dr. J. C. Gauger, declaring he will not wait for “any- one’s approval or disapproval,” or- dered scavangers to destroy twelve tons of rotting bananas =n a strikebound dock. ASKS FOR TRANSPORTS WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. — The Interior Department has asked the use of Navy transports to take emergency food supplies to Hawaii. This followed an appeal from Gov Poindexter. 3 Secretary of Navy Swanson said | cargo space was now only availab'e for supplies for the troops and (his was confirmed by Secretary of Wa ‘Woodring. rector of the Division of Territor! and Island possessions, conferr with Secretary of Interior Ickes, be- fore asking ship aid from the other Departments. He said chartering of ; private vessels to transport food might cause difficulties with the strikers, but the proposal was under consideration. —————— Airfield at Anchorage Now Okay in Parts Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening, D - | i Yestérday a warning was issued by Hugh Brewster, Aeronautical ruled that his court lacks jurisdic- tion and conditions have changed in the San Pedro district since he ordered the unloading of the liner inspector of Alaska, that pilots could not land at the Anchorage UNION SEAMEN, NOW ON STRIKE, ARE DENOUNGED Hearing Before Labor Con- vention Is Flatly Turned Down TAMPA, Florida, Nov. 20.—~Will- iam Green, President of the Am- erican Federation of Labor, and presiding at the annual convention here, told the delegates today that he could not grant a hearing to the rank and file of the seamen now on strike in Atlantic Coast ports. The request wase made by Joseph Curran, of New York, lead- er of the striking sedmen. The delegates attending the con- vention yesterday denounced the strike of the Atlantic Coast sea- men in a resolution which was adopted. The staike, as stated in the resolution, is the work of Communists at New York. The sailors through their strategy sommittee, sought recently to gain ouirol from the International 3eamen’s Union 1ilficers by asking he New York Supreme Court to ‘ule out the working agreement e n the union a: steamship perators. - oo - i L STOCK QUOTATIONS | ot MR Sl B0 P NEW YORK, Nc 2).—Closing juotations of Ame: 3 Can today s L » American Power and Light 11, Anaconda 50%, Bethlehém Steel 997, Calumet and Hecla 14%, Col=s umbia Gas and Electric 18%, Com~ monwealth and Southern 3'¢, Cur- tiss Wright 6%, General Motors 707%, International Harvester 9%, Kenncott 59%, New York ' Central 42%, Simmons 45%, Southefn’ Pa- cific 41%, United States Steel 73%, United Corporation 6%, Cities Ser- vice 3%, Bremner bid .02, Pound $4.89. DOW, JONES AVERAGES airfield owing to bad conditions Today's Dow, Jones averages are California. He vacated the order to United States Marshal Robert Clark prevailing. as follows: industrials 180.74, down Today the following notice was|1.49; rails 55.40, down .70; utilities to unload the liner. Clark was sum- |received from Brewster through the|34.75, down .09. moned into court to show cause why | United States Signal Corps, Juneau he had not removed the cargo. Clark | office: “Anchorage field o. k. for wheels|red and yellow in home deenu&l;‘_ said he was unable to find workers e Scientists advise sparing use of to do the job and had no means of fon west side, north and east run-|Both colors affect the nervious Sys- protecting them and the ecargo|way. which was on top of the bananas. |runw: Land over flags at end of|tem unduly and are hardest on the human eye. ON COL. OHLSON 'STORK DERBY Chaplin Secretly Married Year?