The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7353, ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1936 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS EDWARD GOES INTO VOLUNTARY EXILE - NEW BRITISH KING IS P SOME DRUGS ON ARCTIC BOUND FOR TERRITORY Ummel Reports Controver- sy to Be Taken Up with Seattle Unions Today STRIKE COMMITTEE RUSH STARTS AT SAN TA CLAUS SUGGESTS THAT ELECTION VOTE BE UNANIMOUS Members of_l:'.lecloral Col- lege Are to Meet in | | | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Five Starlets Favor Painte d Hose! GEORGE, SIXTH, | 1S HERALDED AS BRITISH RULER W | Ancient Service, Glittering piet. Medieval Procession, % Is Held Today ROCLAIMED EDWARD LEAVES LAND OF BIRTH, PARTS UNKNOWN | |Former King of England | Quietly Takes Depar- ture from London 'SLIPS SILENTLY OUT hundred and thirty-one membem:1 of the Electoral College will mceti next Monday in their State Capi-/ tols and vote for President and| || Vice-President. NEW MONARCH RIDES | OVER LONDON STREETS | ABOARD DESTROYER Former Duke of York, AC,iFrench Pofirepares to ISSUES STATEMENT é 2 Declares Sc.)_r;; Wholesale - Drug Stores on Unfair List in Seattle SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—There are! some drugs on the Arctic, which sailed for Alaska Thursday night, and J. R. Ummel, purchasing agont.‘ said the controversy over drugs being loaded on Alaska relief ships' was being brought before the un- ions today. The difficulty in shipping drug supplies to Alaska is attributed to the wholesale drug strike in Se- attle and also to labor troubles in Portlapd wholesale houses. Statement The Northwest Joint Maritime Strike Committee in a statement today on the matter said: i “Union men have not refused to handle any type of cargo bound for Alaska during this emergency but they have on some occasions re- fused to handle cargo regarded as unfair by other Seattle unions.' There are numerous fair wholesal- ers and distributors of all kinds in Seattle and if Alaska merchants will take care to order their goods from fair sources there will be ab- solutely no difficulty.” Freight on Arctic Ummel said the Arctic carried 3,200 tons of freight. She has a The rush of early Christmas ma s L iling has already started at Santa Claus, Ind. Here is Postmaster Oscar L. Phillips with a batch of mait at the cancelling machine. Most ot the mail is sent there in bulk by mail and express to be cancelled “Santa Claus” and started on its way. (Associated Press Photo) Businéss Lové F. D; R‘) 7 New WISE LEADER listed gross tonnage of 4,297. The| Gen. W. C. Gorgas is listed at 4,- 636 gross tonnage and will carry about 325 passengers, including steerage. She hopes to clear for the north Monday, Ummel said. The Arctic is reporteed to have 900 IS WANTED IN tons for Juneau. STRIKE DEBATE NOW CENTERS IN PORTLAND Little Progress_ Is Made— Squabble Results Over Strike-bound Corn PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 12— New peace moves in the Pacific Coast Maritime strike offshore shipping lines and one powerful union were set for today while in Portland authorities con- sidered independent action. Harry Lundeberg, Secretary of the Sail- ors’ union, who reported “definite progress” after conferences yes- terday, had another conference scheduled with T. G. Plant, Chair- man of the committee represent- ing the offshore operators. Mayor Joseph Carson of Port- land took steps to organize a citi~ zens' strike committee while long- shoremen officials announced they were starting a survey to determine whether strike bound corn is really needed by Oregon poultry men. ROSSI CALLS MEETING SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. — Mayor Angelo Rossi of this city had called a meeting to “find out where we are” as he moved today toward settlement in the Pacific Coast Maritime strike. He ‘told As- sistant Labor Secretary Edward F. McGrady that “there are a lot of vitally interested persons who are getting impatient.” Harry Lundeberg, Secretary of the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, and Thomas G. Plant, representing the involving | LOWER HOUSE 'Chairman Buchanan Fears Warring Blocs Will Formed { WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—A call {for a “wise leadership” to top the heavy Democratic majority in ‘the House to prevent splitiing into war- ring blocs, has been sounded by James P. Buchanan, Democrat of 'Texas, Chairman of the House Ap- propriations Committee. “Much depends on the leadership |if we are to avoid the Yormation luf blocs,” Buchanan said in an in- |terview, after remarking viewed the record strength with apprehe: ! [ Democratic ion. 'Indehend’e’lfi:é lif Philippines Is cumill_gJJnAgain Senator King May Advo- cate Advancing of Date from 10 to 4 Years WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Sena- tor William H. King, of Utah, for sixteen years advocate of Philip- pine independence, said he has not decided whether he will sponsor a measure advancing .the date for comjplete independence from ten to four years. Senator King said he sympathiz- es with the proposal but he wants to find out the Philippine Govern- ment’s views first, that he| shipowners, met today and reported progress. Col. Otto F. Ohlson, manager of the Alaska Railroad who has charge of the government charter of ships to move emergency supplies, is com- pleting arrangements here for dis- patching 10,000 tons of food to Hawaii in either the Delarof or Chirikof, Alaska Packers' Associa- tion boats, Issues Will Tell By BYRON PRICE Chief of Bureau, the Associated Press, Washington ‘ The aura of better understand- ing which suddenly has enveloped the field of government business relationship is becoming by all odds the most interesting phenomenon visible in the political heavens. To this deveiopment Mr. Roose- { velt, on his side, has contributed notably. The tone and setting of | his statement on re-employment, {and his readiness to release Dr. | Tugwell from his circle of official | adviseers, are but two of several factors tending to eliminate busi- | ness fear, distrust and dislike of Washington. | On the side vi business, how- ever, the signs are even more con- spicuous. Every day brings some new manifestation that opposition | to the President in important bus- iness quarters is weakening, that | business confidence in that period {of the future which will be spann- ed by the second Roosevelt admin- |istration is increasing. | No one can fail to realize that | this trend, if continued, wil be of {the very first importance. The ill feeling which grew up between ‘Washington and the business world not only has provided most of the bitterness of the past, but it has been regarded widely as a definite deterrent to recovery. Its elim- ination, or even its appreciable permanent subsidence, would be epochal news indeed. FEATHERS IN THE WIND Everyone can have his own op- inion whether the evidence has yet | reached a conclusive stage, but certainly such facts as these, sel- lecteed at random, must be ac- cepted by strongly indicative, east. The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in which are represented virtually all of the great combinations of wealth, adopts Mr. Roosevelt's re-empluy-l | ment views almost without amend- ment. A similar note of agreement comes from the National Associa- ter of determined opposition to many Roosevelt policies. The Business Advisory Council composed of some of the country's| leading industrial figures, accepts the responsibility of co-operating fully with the President for re- covery. So conspicuous a financier as ‘Winthrop W. Aldrich, of the Chase National Bank, advises business to expect and accept further regula- tion, (Continued on Page Seven) The chances are that Roosevelt and Garner will win by 523 to 8. Recent suggestions made that Maine and Vermont cast their votes for Roosevelt and Garner, making their re-election unani- mous, have been rejected indig- nantly by some of the electors of those states Electors have a moral obligation to vote for the candidates getting the largest number of the popular votes in their s , but the law the electors, however, to they please. SECURITY ACT | IS COMING IN ~ FOR ATTACK Private Pension Systems May Be Exempt from Federal Program WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Unit- ed States Senator William H. King, | | companied by Two Daughters BULLE — LONDON, Dec. 12—King George the Sixth will be crowned next May 12 on the same date the coronation cere- menies were originally planned for his brother Edward, This was the official announcement made here today. Who Went Up 19 ARE HELD Misses Rogers, Rhodes, McKim, Barrett and Rice Latest film colony fashion is to sport painted hose, applied with liquid makeup in various shades. The style has the advantage of economy since runners are easily repaired. for the fad are, left to right, Jean Rogers, Betty Jane Rhodes, Josephine M2Kim, Judith Barrett and Mary Alice Rice. | ‘Dean’ ;)Vf étevl Industry, ; Clerk to Head, Passes Away Peeresses attending the crown- ing will now be required to wear coronets as the present Mon- arch brings a Queen to the throne with him. Among those who have gone in LONDON, Dec. 12—Proud her- today proclaimed a new British | King while from the decks of a | British destroyer the man who was | monarch watclied another shore. Throngs estunatea as large as those which witnessed Edward’s Ladder from | battlements while trumpets snrilled. Sir Gerald Woeaston, proclaimed George the Sixth as the “only lawful Liege and Lord” for ninety-five PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 12— Willis Larimer King, aged 85, | known as the “Dean of the Steel is dead at his home , in trappings of another age,| proclamation last January crowded | | the thoroughfares and the musty Chairman of the Joint Congres-| sional Committee, said there will| As FUUNDERS {be a new drive to exempt private! ] pension system acts from the Fed- eral pension program, under Lhe‘ Bocial Security Act. | Chief supporters of the Security | Act contend that the exempting, | | | The pen was still the mighty im-| plement of business when King be-| |came, at 18, a modest, eager clerk | | cession, mi'lion people. The new King and his daugh- ters, Elizabeth and Margaret, rode through the streets to cheers of thousands. Amid a glittering medieval pro- George was proclaimed | Greet Former Monarch —Train in Waitin ‘ T Waiting | BULLETIN — BOULOGNE | SUR MER, Dec. 12—The Fury docked this afternoon. Heavy forces of troops were placed nearby. The British Consul and French police officials went aboard. BULLETIN — BOULOGNE SUR MER, Dec. 12. — Edward boarded a special express train and left for Basel, Switzerlana, at 8:10 o'clock tonight. The train is scheduled to stop at Zurich. BULLEx1v — VIENNA, Dec. 12.—Former King Edward, now officially known at the Duke of Windsor, is expected to ar- rive at Innsburg tomorrow to take part in the winter sports season of the Austrian Tyrol, a spokesman of the Austrian Chancellory said tonight. PORTSMOUTH, England, Dec. 12—Edward David Windsor sailed at 1:50 o'clock this morning from the land of his birth. The yacht Enchantress, convoyed by British destroyer Fury, slipped from the harbor under sealed orders and bearing the man, who was a King, into voluntary | exile. | Because of the secrecy surround- |ing the departure of the man and the Rtl tion of Manufacturers, long a cen-| (of private systems will wreck the {National program. HUNCH LEADS " T0 CAPTURE ~ OF ROBBERS 1One of Two Bandits Arrest- | ed Wanted as Kill- | ing Suspect | | PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec. 12.— Acting on a hunch, Detective John Forken and his companion, arrest- ed two men outside a downtown the- |atre here, and on arriving at head- | quarters with their prisoners, learn- ed that the showhouse had been |robbed of $800. The money, in cash, was found in the back seat of the prisoners’ car. Later Forken said that one of the prisoners, William Kuhlman, 26, admitted that he is wanted in Cin- cinnati as a suspect in the brutal killing of Harry Miller, wealthy retired Cincinnati Fire Captain, at Brookville, Indiana. The second of the prsoners is Carl Davis, 26, of Morgantown, West Virginia. Kuhlman signed a waiver of ex- | tradition. {National Head of Infamous | Band Is Not Yet Appre- ‘ hended, However | | | DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 12. |Charged with helping to organize i(he Black Legion and plotting the overthrow of the Federal govern- ment, nineteen men were ordered held on criminal syndicalism in- dictments here by Judge of Com- mon Pleas Ned Smith. Assistant Attorney General Ches- ter O'Hara reported that author- ities had been unable to arrest Virgil Effinger. of Lima, Ohio, who has been named national head of the order. D B e |1 STOCK QUOTATIONS‘4 NEW YORK, Dec. 12. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 144, American Can 110, American Power and Light 12, Anaconda 50%, Bethlehem Steel 73%, Calumet and Hecla 13%, Com- monwealth and Southern 3%, Cur- tiss Wright 674, General Motors 68'%, International Harvester 102%, Ken- necott 59, New York Central 44'%, Southern Pacific 427, United States Steel 76%, United Corporation 7' Cities Service 3%. Pound $4.90%. DOW, JONES AVERA The following are today's Dow Jones average: industrials 180.92, down .18; rails 54.93, down .03; utili- ties 35.26, up .15. Irish Free State of Br DUBLIN, Dec. 12. — The Irish Free States Parliament has pushed to final passage the bill abolishing the office of Governor General, the British King’s representative Thus, the Free State made it- self, in effect, independent of Great Britain in the conduct of internal and foreign affairs, al- though President Eamon de Valera made it clear there will be no break from the British Empire, for the time being. Takes Actionas I ndependent itain in Affairs The measure passed 80 to 56 The bill was drawn up and in- troduced by President de Valera| himself, RATIFYING ABDICATION DUBLIN, Dec. 12. — The Dail Eireann today approved the sec- ond reading of the bill which rati-| fies the abdication of King Edward and accession of King George the Sixth. The third reading was later Imu,h and the bill passed 81 to 53, ithe fleet of two vessels, it was not | positively known whether the exile | was aboard the yacht or the de- stroyer. : |King at Charing Cross Temple. It is also announced that Edward has been granted the title of “His Royal Highness, the Duke of Winds- or.” “Everybody, including the boss, arrived at 7 am. and left at night only if and when the work ip hand was finished,” King recalled ater. Changes Plans FOR UNDISCLOSED HAVEN |noon aboard the British destroyer [ ] | The Commandent of this French a reception. Although Edward ab- | untary exile, he is still the son of |nized as a member of the British mas Eve summoned here and the French lin, Ltd., a partnership of iron- Pius has recovered su"\clemly]nvcd in the harbor. There were but five members of |1ope he will be able to deliver the|songer said to be leaving for Zurich at and ink, handling the business de-|not be able to participate in the|sorvice agents will accompany him of two tons a day each. | The Pope passed a restful night,| THE “WOMAN I LOVE” M G claimed to the world by former | with him but it is believed it might The young clerk, however, had started his schooling a few years The spokesman for Mrs. Simp- and it was not until nearly the end every reason why he cannot come,” town of Washington, Pa., that he|Alaskan Is Swindled Out of | e April 27 plans, but his friends laid it to | where the dethroned king is =3 All about him during his early OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 12—Ed- |life was a picture of Pittsburgh’s ward H. McGeetrick, aged 73, has wth on a foundation of iron and peen convicted of grand theft, 1 from his birth on February 14, 1851, | land, Oregon, a Nome mining man, until young manhood. His father, out of $11,000 on a race track Hugh Davidson King, was of n.n)_«mhemev old Pittsburgh banking family, in| The jury recommended leniency touch with all developments of the |because of McGeetrick's age. growing city and its principal in-| sentence will be passed January (Continued on Page Three) 1. a picture that was with him | swindling Frank Rahn, of Port-| e e BOULOUGNE SUR MER, France, Dec. 12.—Edward Windsor, trav- ‘eling to an undisclosed haven, is | |expected to arrive late this after- | port, in full uniform, hurriedly eon- PRELATES SAY ferred with officials in arranging | dicated and is going into invol- el oR . 1] Queen Mary, and brother of the ‘May Pd}’“”Pal" mn USUdl‘m-w King, and will still be recog- Services on Christ- | Royal Family. | Squads of detectives have been in the office of Jones and Laugh-! VATICAN CITY, Dec. 12. v-Popelmm(.do boat Frondeiu has also ar- masters that was then as old as from partial paralysis of the lower| on, entire train is made up and its junior employee. |limbs for the Prelates to express s yesorved for an unidentified pas- the office staff that time, in usual Christmas Eve services. | tonight. If the unidentified visitor 1869, all of them slaving with pen| The Prelates fear the Pope willlj; pqward, detectives and secret tails of a concern operating fifty |customary Christmas ritual, how- ¢, gwitzerland. puddling «furnaces, with a capacity | ever. e it was announced this morning. CANNES, France, Dec. 12.—Mrs. 3 e ] | Wallis Warfield Simpson, pro- " I" kPu"s King Edward as the "woman I love,” eagerly awaits a reunion | H M "be delayed for more than three [1CK; NOME s : | . ‘ before with the intention of becom- | son said: “There is no reason why ing either a doctor or a lawyer, " ays he should come here and there is ] | of his studies at Washington and lrclerrlng to her divorce proceed- Jefferson College in the nearby ings which are not absolute until changed his mind. He never re- Y i Mrs. Simpson 'mm let vealed what caused him to alter his Sum Jury ,Recom | known Lmzzsom:e does Z\o: ::.: mends Leniency ‘ :nvironment. jand has no plans to join him um~ til she is free. % — 2 BECOME CITIZENS Two Juneau residents were ad- mitted to United States citizenship this morning in Federal District court. They were Julius K. Popoff, native of Russia, who had his name changed to Julius K. Popow, and Simon Russell, a native of Great Britain,