The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" "VOL. XLIX., NO. 7352. JUNEAU ALASKA FRIDAY, I)PCPMBER II 1936 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT? MR.WINDSOR® BIDS BRITAIN FAREWELL DRUG SUPPLIES NOT PERMITTED T0 BE LOADED Strike Committee Refuses Shipments from Three Seattle Firms SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—The North- west Joint Strike Committee an- nounces continuation of the policy prohibiting supplies from three strike-bound Seattle wholesale drug companies being loaded aboard Al- aska relief ships. The committee said supplies from two other companies were loaded aboard the steamer Arctic which sailed north last night. ENTERS PROTESTS In response to many protests from all parts of the Territory, Gov. John W. Troy has radioed Col. Otto F. Ohlson and J. R. Um- mel, in charge of loading ships for Alaska, urging that drugs are a real necessity at this time and that some arrangements be made to supply Alaska immediately. The Governor stressed that virtually all drug stories in the Territory are out of baby food and many are out of supplies to fill some pre- scriptions. Sitka reported there was need for prescription supplies for the Pioneers’ Home. All four Juneau drug stores are! affected by the shortage and in addition to Juneau, protests have! been received from Sitka, Ketchi-| kan, Petersburg, Wrangell, Cor- dova, Seward, Fairbanks, Anchor- age and Kodiak, Most of the re- quests for supplies and protests against the action in Seattle are| from drug stores and doctors. i According to report received here, longshoremen in Seattle are refus- ing to load drugs from wholesale houses against which the strike is in progress. The houses against which the action is reported being taken are Blumauer-Frank, Stewart- Holmes and the West Coast Whole- sale Drug. ARCTIC BOUND NORTH; LARGE MIXED CARGO SEEKS SPREAD GLASS SATHIS|C PLANE DOWN IN KATALLALAGOON Experienced Bad Flying Weather, Juneau to An- chorage, Via Cordova CORDOVA, Alaska, Dec. 11.—Pi- lot Don Glass and Co-Pilot Gor- don McKeznie and their four pas- sengers, were guests of the villag- ers of Katalla, south of here, Tues- day and Wednesday nights while awaiting favorable weather. The plane left Juneau Tuesday morning for Anchorage, via Cor- dova, and encountered bad flying weather. Pilot Glass sat his amphibian plane down on the lagoon at Ka- talla and awaited favorable fly- ,ing weather. No hardships were suffered by the party which included, besides the fliers, Mrs. W. H. Erskine, of Kodiak; Willilam Evans and C. M. | Wells, of Anchorage; and Lorraine | Cozac of Juneau. —————— MODIFIED NRA BEING SOUGHT; CONFERENCE ON Industrial C;:r‘dinalor Geo. Berry Calls Leaders Kathleen Brannen Meet the “Sweetheart of Sigma Chi”"—Miss Kathleen Brannen of Atlanta who was winner of a campus-wide contest at Umver-i sity of Georgia to select the most personable and beautiful co-ed as | queen of the Georgia chapter of | to Meet Sigma Chi. { B i -| WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—A drive {for a modified NRA today took )[orm within the Council of Indus- ,v,ml Prugreis iness men and labor leaders galhered at the invitation of Indus- }Lrlal Coordinator George Berry, who !sought in the closed meeting, to put recommendations in writing re- garding jurisdiction over wages and hours and establishment of a perm- anent “Advisory Economic Council.” Seven hundred new members are | Bridges to Appeal to New reported bringing the total to over York Shore Workers ‘900 groups said to be represented ! (at the conference. to Take Stand —————— SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. ll~§up- port of Eastern longshoremen Da“cer’ clawed | | 4 Government Charters Sths to Send F ood N orth Food and supplies for Alaska are being loaded aboard Government chartered vessels after officials of seven striking unions agreed to release the ships. Contracts were signed November 27 at a confer- ence in San Francisco. Those who attended were (left to right): Randolph M. Merriwether, Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady, Colonel 0. F. Railroad; E. B. 0’'Grady and Gmxe Charlot., Ohlson, Manager of the Federal owned Alaska Merriwether, 0'Grady and Charlot represented unions. NAMARA BACK FROM MOUNTAIN LEATHER PROBE {Weather Conditions |nler fere with Investigation —Samples Taken Returning from an investigation of “Mountain Leather” pmpem.ul on Lemesurier Island, J. J. McNa- ‘m‘un mining engineer who is ex-| ‘ammmrv the deposits for a syndi- |cate interested by Rex Beach, re- turned to Juneau yesterday c\ncr-1 noon aboard Capt. Tom Smilh's: jdiesel boat Yakobi. | Mr. McNamara, who was accom- | panied by Mrs. McNamara and a enjoyable stay on the Island, where the party received exceptionall hos- | proposed | Fairbanks to | Buenos Aires Highway Okayed SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. m —Delegates attending the Ameri-! can Association of State Highway Officials, at the close of the con- venticn last night endorsed the inter-Amer Alag Il m Fairbanks, res. , to Buenos oo MRS, TOD DIES. IN VANCOUVER 'Sister of Robert Service, Poet of Alaska, Passes Away in Southland VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 11.— Funeral services will be held to- morrow for Mrs. Israel Janet Louise vice, well-known poet of Alaska. 1 Highway ' BRITISH RULE RESTRICTED BY FREE STATERS Irish Parliament Wants to Control Own For- eign Affairs | DUBLIN, Dec. 11.—A bill to abol- ish the office of the Governor-Gen- eral, also voiding the use of the | British King's name in conduction of Irish Free State’s domestic af- fairs, has been introduced in the Dail Eireann Parliament by Presi- dent Eamon de Valera. The bill provides for recognition of the abdication of King Edward and the Duke of York as his suc- cessor but it limits British control over any Irish Free State activity {erew of two men, Teported a very Tod, aged 47, sister of Robert Ser-lin foreign affairs. The bill is the first in opposi- Mrs. Tod died at her home hereltion to entire British rule of any Baldwin Pays First Visit To New King LONDON, Dec. 11. — Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin paid his first official visit to the new King this afternoon. The Premier received tre- mendous cheers from the crowd gathered outside the new rul- er's home on Piccadilly. ABDICATION OF EDWARD PASSED Official Slar-rFof Approval | Placed on King’s Re- nouncing Throne ‘ DUKE OF YORK TO | BE GEORGE, SIXTH, House of Commons, House; of Lords Called in Historic Session ‘ BULLETIN — LONDON, Dec. 11.—The new King of the Brit- ish Empire will be officially known as King George the Sixth, ABDICATION OFFICIAL LONDON, Dec. 11.—The greatest empire on earth, the British Em- pire, today gave up Edward the Eighth as King and placed Ed- ward’s oldest brother, Albert Fred- erick Arthur George on the throne. In three swift hours, the House of Commons and the House of| Lords approved the abdication of the 327-day sovereign who chose marriage to the twice divorced Am- erican, Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simp- son, to the ‘throne. The Royal Commission paued the | ¢ Royal Consent Act at 1:52 o'clock this afternoon which was 5:52 o'clock this morning, Pacific Coast Standard Time, and Edward ceased to reign. Heralds will probably proclaim the Duke of York as King who will probably be known as King George the Sixth. The new name awaits official confirmation but it is gen- erally expected that it will be King George the Sxith, thus con—‘ tinuing the heritage of his late father, King George the Fifth. The proclamation by the heralds will be under the mediaeval rite. BY PARLIAMENT *° BILLIONS HEAR FINAL WORDS OF FORMER RULER Edward Ass?zs Listeners He Is Going to Side of “Woman I Love” PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO BROTHER AS KING “Burden Too Great™ to Carry On Alone— Leaving for ‘Sometime’ LONDON, Dec. 11.—More persons than ever listened to one man, ad- justed their wireless dials tonight to hear Edward Windsor, former King of England, bid half a bil- lion former subjects farewell. “Vir- tually every activity in the nation was placed on spoken or unspoken standstill order for 10 pm. (1 pm.,, Juneau time), the hour when “Mr. Windsor"” chose to take the air. Suspeusion of programs was ar- |ranged wt theatres, cinemas, music halls, greyhound tracks and other places to make way for the former ruler’s brief talk. The British Broadcasting Corporation, facilities of which were utilized to start the message around the world, an- nounced a record of the speech would be kept permanently with recordings of King George V, his late father’s Christmas talks. In his brief five-minute talk, the former ruler explained to the Eng- lish people that he could not “car- ry on his burden” of being King of Great Britain “without the wom- an I love by my side.” He said it was ‘“constitutionally impossible” for him to adjust his private life to the demands of the position of Emperor, thus he was “renouncing the throne” in favor of his brother whom he described as better able to carry on the demands of the Government than himeslf. Private Citizen Windsor said he had pledged allegiance to his brother as Monarch and said “if His Majesty ever finds need to call upon me I will be ready to serve.” The former King said it “might be some time befors I re- turn to my native land” but added that it would always be the country |of his loyalty. He spoke feelingly of the British pecple and declared he had been treated “with the greatest kind- ness” in all matters since he had Coast stevedores. | pitality from Mr. and Mrs. Joe yesterday. She was born in Glas- Dominion and will be rushed succeeded his father as King and Steamer Sailed Last Night for Alaska With Em- ergency Supplies SEATTLE, Dec. 11. — Steamer Arctic, of the Alaska Packers’ As- sociation, the second vessel to sail north with emergency food supplies for Alaska, under charter to the Alaska Railroad, cleared last night for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Peters- burg, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez and Seward, southbound to call at Skag- way. The Arctic has a large mixed cargo of emergency supplies, in- cluding considerable perishables. ——————— DEAF MUTES refusing to work cargoes of West Coast ships is sought by Pacific| l]y I-m“ m Fu" | | Harry Bridges, Fresident of the | ILA on fHe Pacific Coast, said he! v will make a personal appeal to the Iewu “ 'e“cfl longshoremen in New York, where | Joseph Ryan, President of the In-| ternational Longshoremen’s Associa- tion, recently declared there would be no sympathy strike by his union. | i Bridges said he will address a| mass meeting in Madison Square | Garden on December 14, 1eaving‘ here next Sunday aboard an air-| liner to be in New York by Mon- day. Chlcago Glrl Dies from In-| fection as Result of Stage Tragedy BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 11. 1—Gladys Cote, Chicago dancer who ‘was bitten and clawed by a lion in| Offshore operators awaited todny‘and animal act on the stage of a theatre here a week ago, in full it Rl considering Wl view of the audience, died this af- comment on what the offer is al- 00D in a hospital, as the result | 7 i though it is understood to provide o mfem"“s wage increases and cash overtims in exchange for neutral hu-lng NEGR 0 sl AYER ARE DIVORCED SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—A deaf mute couple, Ed Martin and his wife, Lina Martin, secured their divorce today on testimony of an inter- preter, the Rev. W. A. Westerman, that they quarreled constantly. The custody of their nine-year- old son, a student in a deaf and dumb school at Vancouver, Wash., was given to the mother. — e BARR TO TULSEQUAH L. F. Barr, in his North Canada Air Express Pilgrim plane, flew from Juneau to Tulsequah this morning with mail and four miners for the Polaris-Taku Mine there. New Seiun fur Secret Service SEATTLE, Dec. 11.—Enlargemem of the Seattle district of the Unit- ed States secret service to include ‘Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon- tana and Alaska, with Capt. W. Jarrell, Seattle secret service chief| as supervising agent, has been an- nounced. The new setup is part of a sweep- ing reorganization of the secret service ordered by Secretary of the ‘Treasury Morgenthau. Captain Jarrell, years has been in charge of the Se- attle district, comprising Western Washington and Alaska, will re- tain his headquarters here. Capt. Thomas B. Foster, whom Captain Jarrell succeeded as agent in charge here several years ago, will be supervising agent of the district comprising California, Ne- vada and Hawaii. with headquarters in San Francisco. ‘The redistricting is made in the interest of greater efficiency and coordination in treasury department, |law enforcement activities, who for many PAYS PENALTY RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 11.—Mar- {tin Moore, 22 year old negro, for- mer bellhop, was executed today Xn the gas chamber for the hotel room slaying of Helen Clemenger, v‘ui-yem'-old New York University student, on July 6. — e — R.|® ;——_—_‘. il STOCK QUOTATIONS | | O ———— - el | | NEW YORK, Dec. 11. — Closing stock today is 14%, American Can 114%, American Power and Light 1%, Anaconda 50%, Bethlehem Steel 73%, Calumet and Hecla 13%, Com- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- tiss Wright 6%, General Motors 68%, International Harvester 100%, Kennecott 59, New York Central 44%, Southern Pacific 42%, United States Steel 76%, United Corpora- tion 6%, Cities Service 3%, Brem- ner Bid .02, asked .04%. Pound $4.90 5/16. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 181.10, down 1.10; rails 54.96, down .54; util- ities 36.11, down 04, quotation of Alaska Juneau mine! Iback. However, Mr. said that weather conditions great- ly interfered with his investiga-/ itions and he and his crew were able to climb to the precipitous location of the deposits on only one day. | Mineral Samples | During the first of the ten days |they spent on Lemesurier Island |rain rendered the mineral location | inaccessible and it was not until the one clear day before it started |to snow that they were able to {make the ascent. On that occas- ‘xon they took several hundred sam- ’ ples of the mineral, which they| | brought back to Juneau with them. | Back in Juneau Mr. McNamam{ |has joined J. C. Feeley, of Los | Angeles, also a mining engineer who is to examine the deposits for the | same-syndicate, and who may ]edw‘ Ifor the island in the very near fu- ture. Further Investigaiion | Mr. McNamara, who said he had |never before seen so much snow fall in 24 hours as did at Lemes-| | urier, stated he was not at present |in a position to disclose any re- (sults of his findings, except that a much more thorough investiga- tion must be made. Especially constructed machinery will be necessary to make the fur- ther examination, and, as weather —# |conditions during the next few months will be unlikely for the pros- | ecution of the work, and as the maritime strike interferes with the shipment of the necessary equip- ment, he considered it probably wis er to wait until better conditions prevail before completing the find- ings. Mr. McNamara said that he and Mrs. McNamara will likely return to the States with his samples, as soon as is possible, and return ‘when he feels he can continue with less difficulty. In the meantime, Mr. Feeley, who declared the voyage up the Inside Passage the most beautiful he has ever seen in any of his travels,| will proceed with his own inquiries into the possibilties of the deposits of “Mountain Leather,” coming to British Columbia ten years ngo POOR POOCH ORANE, N. J., Dec. 10—Heere's a dog that knew its way around, but got into trouble because he lacked the gift of prophecy. The seven-months old terrier hob- |bled into Orange Memorial Hos- pital with a deeply lacerated foot, limped down the hall to the dis- pensary and scratched on the door for treatment. An intern bound the foot, then sent the pup to the dog pound because there wasn't any sign of a license. The owner had 72 hours to claim the terrier. McNamara gow, had lived in Canada 30 years, through for passage tomorrow. ONE DEAD, 3 INJURED, RIOT OF STRIKERS Walkout Sinee Mendiis' Jo Cause of Early Morn- ing Demonstration CHESTER, Pa. Dec. 11. — One man was killed and 36 injured in |rioting this morning outside the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company where a strike has been on since Monday. The Duke of York, however, became King when the Royal Commissions Act was passed by Parliament after a session of exactly two hours and fifty-two minutes. The House of Commons meets to- morrow to take the oath of alleg- iance. ‘The new King will probably pres- ent his first message, through Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, on Monday, his forty-first birthday. (noxious conditions. .auto and other like insurance. ‘; Inspectors Urge Remedies of FHA for All Property/ BOSTON, M: Dec. 10—Inspec- tors of the Boston Health Depart- ment are suggesting the wse of the Modernization Credit Plan of the | Federal Housing Administration when they find unhealthful or (Jb- The police said they believed the one man was killed when fire en- | gines, responding to a false alarm, dashed into Lhe crowd. POPE BETTER; HOLDS MASS ers are being told that funds for| VATICAN CITY, Italy, Dec. 11— the necessary repairs may be ob-)Lying in bed, the Pope today as- tained from private financial insti- sisted at mass in a chapel adjoin- tutions which hold a contract of in-|ing his sick room. Following the surance with the Housing Adminis-|mass the Pope described his most tration, and money repaid in equal|tranquil night since he has been monthly installments over a period Stricken with partial paralysis of up to three years, if necessar his lower limbs. Building inspectors are also tell- n ing the owners of properties which | Have Own Feastday need repairs for safety’s sake that funds may be obtained in this man- ner. Visiting and community nurs-, ROME—TItaly’s ruling house of es are also prepared to explain to Savoy now has its own religious home owners how the plan can be feastday for the holy persons of applied to the solution of residential royal Savoyan blood. Cardinal improvement problems. Maurilio Fassari, archbishop of Tu- ——————— rin, has decreed October 5 as the In 1933 North Carolina paid out annual feastday of the relics of the $0,544,220 in premiums for fire, |beatified members of the House of Savoy. The Prime Minister told Parlia-| ment today that the governments| of Canada, Australia, New Zea- | land and South Africa have com- municated their desire to be “as- sociated with this new bill of the | Royal Commission.” The final scene in the House of Lords over the abdication of Ed- ward and proclaiming his successor (Continued on Page Two) B o A TRIBUTE PAID T0 EDWARD BY BRIT. PREMIER Stanley Baldwin Makes Re-| markable Statement Before Commons | kil o | LONDOS, Dec. 11.—A remarkable statement was made in the, House of Commons today by Prime Min-| ister Stanley Baldwin, when he announced that it was time to pass| the Royal Consent Act, recognizing the abdication of King Edward and| the succession to the Throne of the Duke of York. Prime Minister Baldwin said: “Though we have this duty to perform, we shall always remem- | ber, with regret, the affection and the whole-hearted loyal service His Majesty has given this country, not' only as the Prince of Wales but during the short time as King. For all this we will be grateful and we shall never forget.” mentioned Premier Stanley Baldwin by name, assuring the British peo- (Continued on Page Two) e —— MRS. SIMPSON EXPECTS HER FINAL DECREE {Not Aware Temporary Di- vorce Might Be Set Aside in England CANNES, France, Dec. 11.—Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, the Ams erican belle who toppled a throne, said today through her spokesman, she expects to obtain a final di- vorce decree without any compli- cations, Mrs. Simpson said she was not aware of any move in England to invalidate her temporary divorce decree from Ernest Albrecht Simp- son. “She has no arrangements to meet former King Edward,” the spokesman declared, reiterating that Mrs. Simpson expects to remain in Southern France for several weeks at least. WHY SO LONG? CANNES, Dec. 11.—Mrs. Simpson indicated through her intermediary tonight, she and Edward might not meet until her divorce decree be- comes final next April. Queen Mary Is Deeply Touched By Sympathy LONDON, Dee, 11, —