The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 27, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME’ VOL. XLIX., NO. 7340. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT2 BOXER IS BEING LOADED FOR ALASK SLIDE DEATH LIST NOW STANDS AT 12 2 MORE BODIES |Seattle Newspaper Strike Is Settled; Paper Resumes Nov. 30; Publisher Named ARE RECOVERED OVER HOLIDAY Mr. and M;T‘lugo Peter- son Found in Wreck- age of Own Home MORE MEN NEEDED TO PUSH WORK FASTER Three Bodies Believed Still Buried in Mass of Avalanche Debris The elderly man reported missing in the slide was said to be Sam Scott, and Mrs. Vasp Nickinovich of the Nickinovich apartments where Scott lived said he had escaped the aval- anche and she had seen him on the street last night, alive and well. With this report, it is be- lived that enly two bodies now remain in the debris, those of Mrs. Fred Matson and Joe Van- al, though there may be others; officials said. Twelve rorn, mangled bodies ly- ing in the Charles W. Carter Mor- tuary today told their own grim story of the landslide on Lower Franklin Street last Sunday even- ing, as search went on for two others known missing, and possibly a third, Ten additional men were put-on the work by Mayor I. Gold- stein at noon and at the change in shift at 4 o'clock this afternoon 20 new workers will go to work to re- place a group of CCC workers who have been at work since the trag- edy. Additional men are needed, the Mayor announced, and those who can work are asked to report at the City Hall just before 8 a. m., 4 p. m,, and midnight, when the shift changes. SEATTLE, Nov. 27—A settlement of the Post-Intelligencer newsroom strike was announced Wednesday night by Charles B. Lindeman, As- sociate Publisher, and H. Richerd Sellpr, President of the Seattle | Chapter of the American Newspa- per Guild. Publication of the newspaper, sus- pended since August 13, will be re- sumed November 30, Lindeman said. Seller said the settlement was a “victory for the Guild.” The settlement provides for a 5- day 40-hour week, effective March 1 next, with a 40-hour 6-day week until that time. Newsmen with less than three years experience are to receive a minimum of $25 a week and those| who have more than three yeers; experience, their minimum will be} $40 a week. | The agreement includes pay on| sick leave, pay on one week's vaca-| tion after six months’ service and| two weeks with pay after one year| service for newsmen. Library clerks are to receive a minimum of $20 a week and copy boys a minimum of $18 a week. The agreement is to last for one year and as long thereafter as ec- onomic conditions justify. The strike was due to a dispute over the discharge of two Guild members, Frank “Slim” Lynch, pho- tographer, ‘and Everhardt Arm- strong, dramatic critic. Their cases are now before the Federal Labor Relations Board to await ad-/ judication by the Board. NEW PUBLISHER NAMED NEW YORK, Nov. 27—William | Randolph Hearst, whose chain of| newspapers opposed the re-election of President Roosevelt, has an- nounced the appointment of John Boettiger, the President’s son-in- law, as Publisher of ‘the .Seattle| Post-Intelligencer. {Chicago Tribune in 1933, 1934. |1834 he resigned to become assis-| Boettiger made public his letter of resignation as Assistant to Will Hays, head of the Motion Picture Producers Distributors of America. Hearst said: ‘“Boettiger will have absolute freedom in directing the editorial and business policies. His only direction is to make the Seat- tle Post-Intelligencer the best news- paper in Seattle.” Boettiger declined to make any comment except - to say: “The newspaper will speak for itself.” STAFF GATHERS SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—The Post-In- telligencer reassembled the disor- ganized newsroom staff and day and night city editors began planning assignments, Strikers and non- strikers will report for the Sunday and Monday morning editions. The Strike Committee of the Guild said it is believed the new publisher “would win the confidence of the entire staff.” His wife, the former Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, probably will become the womens’ editor. The Guild Daily was issued for the last time this morning. The new publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is 36 years of age and a native of Chicago. He worked on the Chicago Evening American a Hearst paper, and the Chicago Tribune. He covered the Roosevelt campaign in 1932 and was. assistant Washington correspondent of thei In tant to Will Hays. | Boettiger is author of “Jake Lin-| gle,’ the book published in 1930 about the Hearst newspaperman| supposed to have been killed by| gangsters because he “knew too much.” During the World War he served two years in the Navy. | sponsible for Safe Landing |weather, PILOTS GIVEN CREDIT FOR SAFE LANDING Brown and Miller Re- Plane, Passenger Says The tri-motored Ford plane, pil- oted by Chester Brown and with Henry Miller as co-pilot, which left Cordova last Monday morning for Juneau with twelve passengers aboard, and was forced down Mon= day afternoon at Gull Cove on Ida- ho Inlet on account of exremely bad zoomed over Juneau Thursday morning at 8:40 o'cloek and landed at the PAA airport. The passengers, with their bag- PURCHASED BY CHAS. WAYNOR Large Property Deal Is An- nounced—Residentia Section Planned Coincident with the announce- ment of his purchase of the Shel- don tract of 46 acres on Glacier Highway, near the city limits, Charles Waynor today revealed plans which will start within 30 acreage into a residential park, in- cluding clearing of the tract, in- stallation of water and sewage and | the construction of a number or‘ completely modern homes, built to gage, arrived last night aboard the Coast Guard cutter Morris, having been transferred from the beach at Gull Cove to the vessel yester- ' day morning. “And take it from me, only the skillful piloting of Chester Brown and his co-pilot Henry Miller is responsible for us being here,” said Wallen Forrest, well known Juneau young man and son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Forrest, one of the plane pas- sengers who was later transferred to the cutter Morris. Praise for Pilots “I am telling you that the pilots of our plane deserve the greatest of praise,” continued Forrest. “We FHA specifications. The entire plan calls for one of the most com-| ‘prehensive developments of its kind | ever undertaken in this community. | Mr. Waynor, owner of the Alaska Credit Bureau, returned to Juneau days for the development of that| SHELDON TRACT (M.ystery Arms Salesman MADRID FIGHTS INSURGENTS IN BESIEGED AREA Claim They Will Be Driven Out by Christmas— Refuge Underground MADRID, Nov. 27.—Gen. Kleber, Socialist Commander of the Elev- enth International Brigade, today said the Government forces “will drive the insurgents from the gates of Madrid by Christmas.” The besieged people began turn- ing their bombed city into a vast labyrinth of underground passages. Householders are tunneling from cellar to cellar to provide places of MONTE CARLO, Nov. 27.—Sir Basil Kaharoff, so-called mystery armament salesman, died suddenly here today. Romance and mystery character- ized the cosmopolitan life of Sir Basil Zaharoff. From an obscure youth, he emerged as one of the wealthiest men of Europe. Many stories were told of his or- igin. Public records merely give 1850 as his birthdate and ‘“Basil Zaharoff of Paris” as his father. David Lloyd George, when he was| Prime Minister of England during the war, desired to know Sir Basil's career in detail. The British secret ice took up the inquiry and the results broadly were that Zaharoff was born in Constantinople of a| Russian father and a Greek moth- er. Obscure Page The next several years are an ob- scure page. Sir Basil was supposed to have been a newspaperman in| /ARCTIC, 1 OTHER VESSEL WILL BE COMING NORTH Unions Sign Up with Inter- ior Department to Load and Man Boats ALASKA ACTION POINTS TO BREAK IN TIE-UP Agreement—\fill Last for ‘Duration of Emergency’ Col. Ohlson Reports SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 27— Col. Otto F. Ohlson, Manager of the Alaska Railroad, announced to-~ day that he had completed agree- ments with the striking maritime unions for manning emergency ves- New York and perhaps other Amer-| ican cities. He was well acquaint- sels to Alaska. The prior verbal agreements extending “for the du- yesterday on the Princess Louise. He flew from Seattle to Missoula, Montana, where he purchased the refuge from the bombings. Hundreds of refugees have been asphyxiated in recent weeks. ed with the United States and fol- ration of the emergency” were sign- lowed politics and finance there. |€d between the Interior-Department Zaharoff's entrance into interna-|ANd seven major maritime unions (ional affairs appears to have been|#nd marked- the first break in the Sheldon property from the former owners, Anne Brunson and Anna May Spaulding. Plans for Clearing “In working out plans for the development of this much needed . additional residential section to! meet the Increasing demands for | adequate housing in this rapidly were coming toward Juneau, good|growing community, both . the Ju- flying weather when suddenly, right #eau ‘and “Seattle offices of the ahead was a bank of fog and nasty|Federal Housing Administration ' weather with it. Pilot Brown hastily | have afforded me one hundred per |looked for a place to land. He dis- | cent cooperation,” Mr. Waynor said covered a short beach which pro\'ed‘:oday, “My plans call for starting to be Gull Cove and down we Went.'the actual clearing within 30 days, Listen—that plane landed on thé and throughout the development beach and was stopped within a dis- | Alaska labor will be used and all tance of 480 feet, some feat at that |suypplies and materials purchased for a heavy craft and loaded. We through local merchants. The sev- did not bounce, we just came duw“‘;ernl contracts for clearing, water and a rear tire blew out. There Weigng sewer facilities and the house were, safe and sound. Excellent pil- phyjiding program will be awarded oting, excellent judgment in land- on a competitive basis. AMERICANS AT VALENCIA VALENCIA, Nov. 27. — Seventy- three Americans who made a safe but trying trip yesterday from the closed Embassy in Madrid, are here and awaiting evacuation on the cruiser Raleigh. U. 8. EMBASSY ABANDONED MADRID, Nov. 27.—A crashing artillery bombardment, what is described as a “fierce insurgent counter attack,” shook Madrid yes- terday as sixty Americans left the United States Embassy and headed for Valencia. They travelled in busses and private cars in a pouring rain. The fresh insurgent assault came shortly after four Fascist planes strafed the Socialist lines and dumped bombs upon them. made in the early seventies when: he was reported to have supplied| contraband arms to Egyptian and Upper Nile insurgents. Soon after- ward he became agent in Athens for Vickers and Company, arms manufacturers, and in a reserved way was a force in Greek politics. He gave and subscribed the equiva- lent of millions of dollars to. help Greece in the Balkan wars. His sisters, Mlle, Zoe Zaharoff and Mme. Sevasti, were well known so- clally in the Greek capital. Subsequently Zaharoff’s fortune grew from his arms, shipbuilding, and oll enterprises. He was report- | ed to have a controlling interest in the Monte Carlo gambling conces- slon, but presumably remained| away from the gaming tables. H During the world war, Sir Basil was an influential figure. He was a generous donor to the poor of Paris. hipping tie-up. Col. Ohlson said the Indiun Bu- reau vessel Boxer, which -cairies 267 net tons, will be loaded at once in Seattle with emergency supplics to be sent morth. Going to Seatlle The District Couneil of the In- ternational Longshoremen’s Asso- ment “to release gmmmrm tered vessels to carry food to Al- aska as & possible “precedent on which the entire maritime strike might be settled,” while Col. Ohison sald he hoped to compléte arrange- ments for chartering the Alaska Packers' steamer Arctic here today and then go to Seattle to obtain another vessel in addition to the Boxer and Arctic. He did not say what vessel he was negotiating for. In the meantime, the way was In Ruins of Own Home Last bodies to be recovered from the wreckage thus far were those « of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Peterson, RELIEF FUND PRESIDENT T0 ing us safely.” { Young Forrest then related that after the tire was fixed and the bad weather continued, it was certain the night would be spent right at “The extensive waterfront sites included in the tract will not be sold,” Mr. Waynor explained. “This portion of the property will be re- Gen. Klaeber strengthened his barricade fopees with volunteers and (Continued on Page Six) He founded professorships of avia- made smoother for the immediate tion at Universities of Paris, Len-‘lsending of food ships north when ingrad and London, and was inter- W. H. Cannon, President of the ested in a professorship of French!Railroad chapter of the American who lived in the top floor of their own concrete building facing on Franklin Street and directly in the path of the slide. They were found between 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday morning in the ruins of their home on the east side of the slide. Both apparently had been killed instant- ly. Their daughter, Lillian Peter- son, miraculously escaped death and was rescued from the debris last Sunday night shortly after avalanche. Great cracks in the concrete ground walls of the Peterson build- ing were exposed today as work- men moved away the debris, reveal- ing the mighty force with which the landslide took all before it. How anyone escaped is little short of a miracle, those at the work re- ported as they dug furtfer and further into the smouldering mess of ruins. List of Dead The complete 1ist of dead now in- cludes the following: Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Peterson. Mrs. Lena Peterson. Mrs. Gust Erickson: Mr. and Mrs. James Hoag. Beaudin, ali and father of little Lorraine Vanali, who was taken out alive only to succumb to exposure, is be-. the' FOR CLEARING SLIDEGROWS Assistance from Outside Towns and Individuals Offered Committee H. L. Haulkner, chairman of the | committee appointed to raise funds | to take care of the expenditure nec- essitated in clearing the avianche, reported today -that ‘the response from this community has been whole-hearted and immediate. While the committee has visited many firms and individuals for sub- scriptions, Mr. Faulkner pointed out that it was impossible for the com- mittee to reach everyone personally, and urged that those desiring to contribute phone members of the committee, John Jones, Allen Shat- tuck, R. E..Robertson, H. L. Faulk- now at the B. M. Behrends Bank, The First National Bank, and the Juneau-Young Hardware Company. Alaska Towais Offer Help The following messages were re- ceived from other Alaskan towns: Skagway, Alaska November 25, 1936 H. L. Faulkner Chairman Relief Committee 60 DIRECT T0 BUENOS AIRES Chief Executive Abandons Overland Trip at Re- quest of Govt. BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 27.—Pres- ident Franklin D. Roosevelt, of the United States, has acceded to the request of the Argentine Govern- ment that he land directly here on his mission to attend the Inter- American Peace Conference. The American Chief Executive had originally planned to land at Mar del Plata and proceed here overland. The President today radioed to American Ambassador Alexander Alexander Weddell, from the cruis-; 2r Indianapolis, that he will come direct to this city and is due to arrive next Monday, November 30. REACHES RIO DE JANEIRO RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 27. — President Roosevelt set foot here .oday to be greeted by outstretched wms of Brazil's President Getulio Vargas and songs and cheers by ‘he populace. The American President walked iown the gangplank from the In- dianapolis, removed his hat, de- spite the drizzling rain, and stood the spot they landed. Near there however are the cabins of Bill Gra- ham and his family and during the stay of the plane the marooned party had plenty to eat and were jcomfortably housed in cabins or aboard a boat in the cove. Forrest, who is a former attache of the Juneau Radio office of the United States Signal Corps and an amateur radio operator, fixed up a sending set, with what apparatus he could find, and attempted to send to the outside world the news the {plane was down, location and that all was safe but it failed to pene- trate to the outside. Passengers Heard Broadcast The passengers heard broadcast- ing from KINY and radio phone conversations through a set on a small boat in the cove. Finally, last Wednesday they heard they were lost, then discovered in Gull Cove and that the Tallapoosa or Morris “And just about midnight we saw the lights of what proved to be the Morris,” said Forrest. “Oh yes, I forgot to say that we saw Sheldon Simmons, who was out searching for us, last Wednesday morning but we thought the craft was a mail plane. It was clear where we were but it wasn’t clear in the offing and that was the reason we did not take off in the tri-motored Ford because it looked foggy over the course we would take to Juneau. Transferred to Morris “Well, Thursday morning, Pilot Brown and co-pilot Miller took off safely and the passengers and bag- were to make a search for them. ! tained for use as a waterfront park.” Construction in Spring The development plans call for construction of the first houses as early in the spring as weather permits. Although Mr. Waynor plans to build a number of the houses himself, for sale, lots will be available for individual purchase and home-building, he pointed out. The tract of land was originally patented in 1921 by Cyrus F. Shel- don and upon his death it was inherited by his brother Isaac B. (Continued on Page Eylght) MORRIS BRINGS IN PASSENGER OFF AIRPLANE Cutter Conta:ts Stranded Brown Plane at Gull Cove Reporting a fairly smooth return voyage to Juneau after an exceed- ingly rough one on her westbound trip to Seward with mail, the Coast Guard cutter Morris arrived at Ju- neau at 6 o’clock last evening. Cross- ing the Gulf, enroute to Seward, the Morris did a good share of her sail- NATIONAL RED CROSS DONATES $5,000 TO JUNEAU Money Will Be Used to Aid| Local Ch?fter in Carry- ing on Rehabilitation WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — The Red Cross announced today that a total of $10,000 had been made available for emergency care in re- habilitation of families affected in ,the landslides at Juneau, Alaska. A. L. Schafer, Pacific. Coast Mana- ger, said $5,000 had been donated by the national organization and a like amount would be set.aside by the Juneau chapter. He said he had been advised 15 families required assistance in repairing and rebuild- 1ing their homes, ! The local chapter has been caring {for the families in the disaster since ‘1t occurred Sunday night and Chair- man John Newmarker has been au- {thorized to make all expenditures | necessary to carry on the work. the storm, the outter lpst her motor launch. i As the Tallapoosa had just pre- literature at Oxford and a chair of English literature at the Paris Uni- | versity. He held the degree of Doc- tor of Laws in the University of Paris and Doctor of Civil Law in; Oxford University. Romantic Incident The flower of Zaharoff’s romance | blossomed in the palace at Madrid in the late ‘eighties. '‘Descending the grand staircase, he saw a, man wearing the great collar of the Golden Fleece seize a woman by the neck and shake her. Zaharoff Social Securty Boards Working All Over Nation Checking on Wages and Registration of Millions of Employees WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — The Social Security Board will lave 108 Regional offices throughout the Nation to check on wages for pen- sion purposes and for registration of twenty-six million employees. The Regional offices went full-speed today. into o] A huge reserve fund available for| pensions is expected to pile Gp to Federation of Government Employ- es, at a conference with other of- icials in Anchorage last night de- cided to accede to the request of striking unions and longshoremen that employment at Seward be un- der rotation instead of seniority system. The meeting which was held in response to Ohlson’s request immediately notified Col. Ohlson in San Francisco of the action ta= ken. Talk Peace Terms Operators and one union group, the Marine Cooks and Stewards, who are seeking an eight-hour day among other concessions |control of hiring, talked over peace terms yesterday and today were studying proposals prior to resum- ing further negotiaticns. They op- erate 75 smaller boats and handle 10 per cent of the cargoes on the coast. They had reached tenta- tive agreements with the majority of a maritime unions before the strike was called. Meanwhile Assistant Labor Sec- retary Edward P. McGrady inform- ed Mayor Rossi of San Francisco last night that the “outlock of am {agreement in the coastwise trade is very britht.” Rossi later told news- papermen that he “expected a break n the strik» in 48 hours.” Wiiile nogotiations were being: made toward agreement on the Pacific. Coast international support was, being given the strike block- (ade by the Mexican Confederation f the World which extended its boycott, to American ships of the Pacific, East and Gulf ports. lieved buried in the wreckage as|jyne.. is Mrs. Fred Mattson, Who operated| plegge present to proper authori- the Mattson Boarding house. 1t 1s|vies Bkagway's keen sorrow to Ju- virtually certain they both Were{neay in its dire distress; and accept at home when the slide came. There|this small contribution of Two Hun- at attention while massed bands|88ge Were transferred to the Mor- played the Brazilian and American (Continued on Page Two) ing on her beam’s ends, somettmes‘ceded her to Juneau from Seward, at any eighty degree angle. ‘During ' the Morris brought but little mail here from the Westward, but being The two presidents embraced| ¢ warmly and shook hands. e Mike the Barbe |near the spot where the Chet Brown |plane was stranded, and hearing of the plane’s plight in news broad- fortye yeseven billion dollars by 1980. 1 Unl at H At Honolulu non-union steve- SEAPLANE PORT IS !dotes began uniosding cattle. poul- try and feed from the liners Presi- (Continuea on Page Two) dred and Pifty Dollars which will be in first mail as & token of our sin- United States Ambassador Hugh Gibson was among the many other Americans and Brazilians on the R welcoming committee. ——l HOLDEN AT ALERT BAY Pilot Alex Holden, of the Marine Airways of Juneau, enroute to Se- attle “in the company’s Bellanca r,’ Formerly of Alaska, Dies in New York NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—“Mike the Barber” who boasted he has shaved every famous American flier except Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, at the | just off the press room of the big flying field. After the fliers made outstanding | flights, he would guide them to his chair, lather them, and signal re- From the meager reports received | seaplane, with four passengers and |Roosevelt Flying Pield, is dead n\mwmm we are only just beginning to resl-|Lioyd Jarman as flight mtchanic,|the result of cerebral hemorrhage.| Randisky is said to have worked 12¢ the magnitude Of the Juneau slide’ disaster. We exténd sympathy was this morning reported held at Alert Bay by fog. ¢ Holden flew from Prince Rupert to Alert Bay yesterday. Newszaen mourn their able assist- ant. Jiis full name was Michael Ran- daisy, aged 37, and his shop was in | Cordova, years, A widow and daughter, aged three, survive, Alaska for several casts, the Morris stood in to Gull |Cove, and after & conference with the plane's pilot, took aboard the passengers and brought them to ! Juneau, in order to make the plane’s take-off easler. The Morris will lie in Juneau un- til the arrival of the cutter Cyane, bringing her commander, Lieut. (jg) A.J. , from the south, to replace Lieut. Irving Baker, who is on his way Outside. As soon as Lieut. Carpenter arrives here, the Morris will load mail, and once again proceed to the Westward, . | ABANDONED, SKAGWAY | WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — The |Skagway seaplane base removed from the list of temporary ports of entry of aliens arriving by air. | For two years no seaplanes have |been in operation at Skagway and it was determined to drop the sea- plane base from the designated ‘ports, it was explained by the Cus- toms House here. The Municipal a’designated port, | Labor Department has ordered the % dent Hayes and President Pierce. Union strikers shouted * s” but otfered no interference. Milk and producers the feed would relieve the shortage supply of those products. At New York, striking seamen des layed the departure of the Presi- dent Harding designed by the own- ° ers to replace as a cargo ship the tied 2 field at Skagway, hawever, remains| (Continued on Page Two)