The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7361. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1936, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SAILORS VOTING ON STRIKE AGREEMENT HUNDREDS ARE SAN VINCENTE LAID IN RUINS BY EARTHOUAKE City, Forty Miles Inland from Pacific in Salva- dor, Is Wrecked VICTIMS ARE BURILD UNDER FALLING HOMES Two Hundlg~ Bodies Dug from Debris During First Hours of Rescue SAN SALVADOR, Dec. 21.—Of- ficials today expressed fear that the death toll will increase as the result of the devastating earth- quake which razed almost all of San Vincente late last Saturday night. » Hundreds of persons are now known to have been killed accord- ing to persons arriving here from the stricken Provincial capital. Survivors told stories of whole- sale ruin and shattered buildings and homes. Two hundred bodies were dug from the ruins during the first few hours after the quake. Government officials have dis- patched all relief available. A nearby volcano, the Santa Rita, is also, reported erupting. San Vincente was founded three centuries ago. It is inland from the Pacific, 40 miles from here. WHITE HOUSE STAFF IS NOT T0 BE CHANGED Second Term of Roosevelt to Witness Same Personnel ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Except for the appointment of Thomas E. Qualters, aged 32, Massachusetts State Trooper, as the President’s personal bodyguard, succeeding the late Gus Gennerich, Roosevelt's second term will see little immed- " SHE ‘QUEEN OF HEARTS' I Miss Nancy Bumpus, Pasadena junior college girl, is pictured in her robes as the “queen of hearts” selected to reign over the Tournament of Roses twin attraction with the Rose Bowl game New Year's Day, “Romance” will be the theme of the pageant. (Associated Press Photo} GOV, LANDON Pope Piss Has ISVISITING AT Faining Spell WHITE HOUSE Chats with Roosevelt After Posing for Dozens of 1 regular—Must Take Latg on Sunday Heart Actin Reported Ir- FIND WRECKAGE OF MAIL PLANE || IS REPORT NOW Missing Cratt Believed Lo- Ridge, Idaho PILOT OF NATIONAL GUARD RADIOS IN Rescue Party Starts Out on Foot—Heavy Snow || cated on Cemetery | | . w Over Area SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 21.—Lieut. Bryon Cooper, National Guard pilot, radioed Felts Field at 10:30 o'clock this forenoon that he has sighted what he believes to be wreckage of the missing Northwest Airlines mail plane that had aboard Pilot Joe Livermore and Co-Pilot A. A. Haid and out from St. Paul for Spokane last Thursday. The wreckage was sighted on Cemetery Ridge, near Calder, Ida- ho, in the St. Joe National Forest, a heavily timbered white pine coun- try, midway between Calder and iWnllncev 1 Rescue Party Out | A rescue party has been organized |at Kellogg. { All other searching planes were called in. | A short time after sanding the first radio, Lieut. Cooper telephoned from the Kellogg airport that the wreckage was mear the top of the ridge. He flew over it for ten minutes. Both Pilots Dead “There is no question that both pilots are dead, because I sighted the wings about 200 feet down the mountainside from the fuselage. I can not say whether its fuselage is burned,” he telephoned. The snow is deep in the area. Lieut. Cooper’s observer is Sergeant CRUSHED TO DEATH | GUARDS CHANGED FOR LAST TIME UNDER EDWARD Although the British empire was stirred by the abdication of one King and the accession of an- other, the ceremony of royalty went on just the same. Crowds of curious are shown in this radio- photo, watching the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace for the last time under the reign Photographs WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—In a jo- vial mood, Gov. Alfred M. Landon, of Kanhas, defeated candidate in the Presidential election by a land- slide of Democratic votes which snowed him and others under, vis- ited the White House today and had a chat with President Roosevelt. Smiling broadly, Gov. Landon drove to the Executive offices in an automobile, accompanied by William A. G. Rylent. 1 Complete Rest i | BULLETIN — Vatican City, ! | Dec. 21.—Pope Pius this after- | noen announced his intention of broadcasting a Christmas mes- sage to the world Thursday “to prove we are still alive.” The broadcast will be at 3:30 a. m., Pacific Coast Time, on a wave length of 19.84 meters. A microphone will be set up in the studio adjoining the JOINS PLANE SEARCH SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 21 | —Amelia Earhart Putnam has | joined the search here for the miss- ing Western Air Express airliner lost last week with seven aboard. She arrived unexpected with her | technical adviser, Paul Mantz, who | took part in the search for two days |last week. They left here immed- iately for the Milford area, the base i for searching operations. of Edward VIIL (Associated Press Photo) U, S, SENATOR ' NORBECK DIES $0. DAK. HOME Sixty-six Year Old Legisla- tor Passes Away on Sunday REDFIELD, South Dakota, Dec. 21—United States Senator Peter Norbeck, Republican of South Da- Roosevelt Top Headliner . Mabker of 1936; Kendrick, A. P. Executive, Says So NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—The ten most interesting news developments of 1936, from the American view- point, as selected by J. M. Ken- drick, Executive News Editor of The Associated Press: . 1...ROOSEVELT. President Franklin D. Roosevelt FILIBUSTER IN SENATE MAYBE LUNDEBERG SAYS HIS UNION WILL SHOW WAY HOME Plan Advocatid by T. B. Wilson May Bring Settle- ment, Leaders Declare DEEP SEA MEN APPEAR \TOFAVOR LATESTMOVE Deck Officers, However, Still Demand Hiring Pre- ferencein Selecting Men SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Deec. 21, —Tentatively approved agreements were to be voted upon tonight by the Sailors Union as Harry Lundeberg, the Sailors’ Secretary, planned tao |submit an agreement with offshore ship operators to the membership along with a tentative agreement with steam schooner operators. He said results would be announced as soon as possible. It is expected to take some little time to cast the ballot and make the tally. Details of the agreement have not been dis- closed. The first definite prospect break |in the martime strike came last night when Lundeberg announced |a complete tentative agreement with |offshore shipowners and Thomas G. Plant, representing the owners, con~ (firmed the announcement. The ten- tative plan must go to both sides for ratification. Both Lundeberg and Plant ex- pressed hope that the barriers in full settlement of the strike had fi- nally been broken. “The sailors want to show the oth- er unions the way home,” Lundeberg said as he prepared to seek mem- 'bership approval to the agreement at regular meetings in various ports tonight. Plant inferred the plan, initiated BEFORE SESSION again was the key point of interest by T. B. Wilson of the Alaska oper- and developments—all the more em- | ators, already was assured full sup- phatically so with his overwhelming port of the offshore shipowners kota, died at his home here Sunday noon after a long illness, at the age Same Old Nye-Clark-Bone of 66. A cancerous condition com- | Group Slated as bined with an ailment of the heart,| Ghiline death, Trouble Makers | The Senator’s brother, George Norbeck, announced his death. Mrs. Norbeck, one son, three daughters and his brother survive. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. — The ter even before it has met. It lies in the same group that re- | | {Svnate has the makings of a filibus- | peatedly threatened such a course re-election over Governor Alf M. Landon, of Kansas, the Republican nominee, Jollowing a bitter cam- paign, attack and defense of New Deal policies. Early in the year, the Supreme Court held unconstiutional the ag- riculture adjustment act; likewise the Guffey act. But the President | did not permit the power of the Su-k preme Court to become a dominant when he said, “it is our earnest hope |that this will be acceptable to the |union and that it will pave the way |toward a final settlement of the en- tire waterfront controversy.” Plant said he would confer with J. F. Ferguson, representing the Firemen, on the Wilson plan to- day. Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McGrady contin- ———————— . . Pope’s bedroom. Mrs' Emstem issue in the campaign. |ued efforts with what was termed flar.t session but never carried it out Castle Jr., Undersecretary of State jate changes in the White House staff. Secretaries Stephen T. Early and Marvin H. McIntyre, both former ‘Washington newspaper men, will remain. There has been some talk of Roosevelt’s eldest son James serv- ing in the dual capacity of secre- tary and aide. Col. Edmund W. Sterling, who joined the White House Secret Service staff at the beginning of President Wilson'’s first term, con- tinues as chief:of the Presidential protective force, Rudolph Forester, Office Staff Director, who joined the White House force in 1897, has served | longer than any other staff mem- ber. Pigs Are Mascots ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Des. 21. —Two pigs are mascots of Coast Guardsmen stationed at the St. Pet- ersburg air base. Chief Radioman John Lee says they're scheduled for “a lot of flying” in Coast Guard amphibians. - et Farmers were given free seed in 1893 as an inducement to plant cotton in Hall County, Tex. Now it is the county’s major crop. in the Hoover Administration. After posing for dozens of photo- graphs, he smilingly greeted a wo- man correspondent for a Maine newspaper with “Well if I had known you were here, I would have had some news for the boys.” After chatting with President Roosevelt for an hour, Gov. Landon told the newsmen that the “Presi- dent talked about his grandchil- dren and I talked about mine, but not my grandchildren. He told me a good deal about his South Ameri- can trip and I told him about my Florida fishing. We swapped fish- ing lies.” President Roosevelt and Gov. Lan- dan will make “off the record” speeches tonight at the annual din- ner of the Gridiron Club. — GOVERNMENT INCOME HAS LARGE GAIN Tremendous Increase in In- come, Liquor, To- bacco Taxes WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. — The Treasury Department has recorded a one hundred and sixty million | dollar gain in Government,income since July 1 as Administration ex- perts began finishing the budget. Receipts for the first five months of this fiscal year were $1,385,767,~ 000. Income tax receipts gained $86,- 000,000. Liquor tax reeelpu;m up $47,- 000,000 and tobacco taxes gained The cactus grows in all sections (Norris of Nebraska, for instance) $24,000,000. VATICAN CITY, Italy, Dec, 21.— { Winter Begins | —the Nye-Clark-Bone group. The Father Coughlin, Lemke and the “toughest nut to crack,” the Townsend flopped, so far as the demand of licensed deck officers for is the same. They Pope Pius suffered a fainting spell late Sunday, due, according to Va- tican sources, to irregular heart ac- tion. A specialist in the ills of old age was called in consultation. Another season is upon us. Win- _The Pope recovered quckly from ter pegins today and incidentally it his fainting spell and it is reported js 5 short day also. Strange as it he is very weak, and suffering fromlmay seem, yesterday and today are a high fever. jpractically the same as regarding Consulting physicians concluded sun up and sun down. The sun the Pope must agree to even more js now to the south and is supposed complete rest than he has permitted t, pe starting north again but it himself during his three weeks of ill-| wi)] be many days perhaps before REsS. {there is any noticeable lengthening ' Today; It’s {Short Day, Too H H | subject also Ies "I lf‘want a more drastic neutrality act ¥ jthan was written last session and PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 21.—Mrs. | the session before. Elsa Einstein, wife of the German| Now talk of a filbuster this early, scientist, died here yesterday as the|six months or more before the result of myocarditas. {pmbable end of a Congress that s |has yet to convene, may sound fan- 2 | tastic. But there are “angles.” On Falls on Op.en | January 31 the reconstruction. fi- Pocket Knife; Death Is R?Slllt |ident’s power further to devaluate| DAYTON, \Mu:{., Dec. 21—Har-|ho currency expires. ( old Boles, aged nine years, fell to his death on an open pocket knife while scuffling with chums at a| ; | Christmas Charity Matinee to! Those are important deadlines. LAST ACT SLICED UP Twu—Bn’fifH-E—Rs of daylight. But few care anyway, ather foodstuffs for the needy. | They are not entirely satisfactory L sizated ¢e%Y: | deadlines against which to conduct for this is Christmas week and ev- FOUND GUILTY, |a filibuster. But Senators who want| {to put pressure behind some legisla- | {nance corporation lapses. A day| iahead of that, January 30, the Pres-| Liberal ’rion may be willing to risk the dis-| | pleasur» they might encounter from | election was concerned. The Soldiers’ bonus was paid. The Social Security act went into ef- fect. The President opened the pan-American conference in Buenos Aires, receiving a record-breaking reception. Business conditions improved gen- erally throughout the country. There were widespread wage in- ses. There was a very sharp in- crease in dividend payments the latter caused, in part, by the new surplus tax laws. Unemployment decreased, but remains very much {of a problem. 2. MRS. SIMPSON The Simpsor affair, which be- came known first through the Amer- ican press and then developed into the issue between King Edward and his government, headed by Prime Minister Baldwin, after the news fi- | nally was printed in England — a | hiring preference over union mem- | bers. UNIONS AND - SHIPPERS FAIL - IN AGREEMENT Navy Loading_Lurpber from Lighters for Shipment to East Coast BREMERTON, Wash,, Dec. 21.— Rear Admiral T. R. Craven, coms= mandant of the Puget Sound Navy Yard, today ordered the naval tug erybody will be busy with other things than measuring daylight. | John and Coke Brite Con- G.0.P.Cook Up victed — Penalty of Death Mandatory YREKA, Cal., Dec. 21.—John and Coke Brite, brothers, were convict- ed late Saturday night of Kkilling three in the mountains near here. They will be sentenced tomorrow. As the jury made no rocommenda- tions, the death penalty is manda- tory. The brothers killed Deputy Sheriff Martin Lange, Constables Joseph Clark and Fred Seaborne when they went to the camp to arrest them on an assault charge filed by Charles Baker. ¢+ The Brite Brothers claim they did not know the men were officers and thought they were being attacked. 34 - vof Florida, By BYRON PRICE | (Chief of Bureau, The Associated | Press, Washington) | "Western irregulars, merely tolerat- ed in more properous days, may at| long last have the voice they have| sought in formulating Republican policies in the Senate. The hard-| pressed Republican minority finally | has come to them, with more than a casual hint of new liberalism. That is an important concession. | The irregulars, or progressives, are | offered a definite place in party councils, and it would seem that more than organization matters are| involved. { The offer of a truce comes at a time when most of the “black sheep” of other yur‘:mwto{thepany,! have aligned themselves openly with Stew as Bait to Lure Bolters of the Ranks | discommoding the administration by| | permitting some of its important functons to lapse for a time. “I think the most important thing| i before the country is the enactment of a permanent neutrality law,” said Mr. Roosevelt. Others have virtu- genaror Glark. “I am satisfied there ally no party ties. They are {re€ ;. o certain number of Senators agents and owe no political party or whom 1 am one, who will actively debts. push the question to the floor for Is it that the Repubilcan Senators ¢y, yery carliest consideration in —there are 17 of them of Varying ¢n. ney Congress.” | degrees of regularity—have & Pro-' = ya cession the neutrality act| gram of their own for rehabllitation propogeq by Clark and his muni-|ceq the Locarno Pact; signed an of the party, and arc miking 2 tiong committee associates WaS|agreement with Japan against Rus- special bid for support in the West? y,i0q qown in foreign relations gin and the latter let the world — That territory, once a mainsiay, Das oommittee and parts of it were sliced Germany and Japan, in particular been espectally barren of Republi- off by adept State Department car-| _know it was ready for war; Japan can votes in the last two Presiden- yers ™ Clark and his associates continued its drive into China; saw tial elections. wanted and did not get an out-|several of its ministers assassinated right embargo on credit to warring|in a milita; lot. It is significant that the Senators nayjons, Inglddmon to an embargo |4. HAUPTMANN. sought to pour oil on their own trou- o munitions and war materials,| The execution of Bruno Haupt- bled waters before the December which they got they sought unsuc- | mann, kidnaper of the Lindbergn story that goes into history with other great romances. The sensa- tion came only a few months after the death of King George and cost Edward his throne. 3. WARS War and threats of war: Italy won its war of conquest with Ethio- ipm; then the Spanish revolution took the headlines and became the dynamife spot in the ever-growing talk of another world war. Hitler reoccupied the Rhineland; denoun- | meeting of the Republican National cessfully an embargo on food or oth- baby. Committee in Chicago. They 5ay ¢r commodities sustaining a war. 5. MARY ASTOR. they want the last liberals back in They wanted, and did not get, a pro-| The Mary Astor child custody case, the party as equals, and they also _ ~ rdt S | " Jne (Continued on Page Seven) (Continued on Page Six) (Continued on Page Seven) Tatnuck to transport “three lighter |loads of lumber from Everett mills |to be loaded aboard the Sirius here |for transport to the East coast. Admiral Craven’s decision was reached after shippers and the strik- ing waterfront unions failed to |reach an agreement regarding load- ing at Everett. Millhands not on strike are per- mitted to load lumber aboard light- ers but not on oceangoing vessels. Navy Yard employees will dis- charge the lumber aboard the light- ers into the Sirius. It had been Admiral Craven's de- sire to give gmployment to the com- munity of Everett, but failing of an agreement between the unions and the shippers, it was decided that the Navy would do the work itself. The ILA at Everett declined to comment. —————————— R. E. Nance, professor of animal husbandry at North Carolina State Cdlegie, says the best time to kill hogs is on a “cool, dry Mhmflfi.