The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 6, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1937. PRICE TEN CENTS __ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLIX., NO. 7374, INTERVENTIO PRESIDENT IS (Trco Labor Loaders Are REuU ESTED TO Blamed by Mayor Rossi for Prolonging Strike SHOW HIS HAND ARMS EMBARGO (F- D.R.s New Body;,rl;ar(l.Inh.er—itsm i SUGGESfiflmfi LEGISLATION TO No. 1 Place in the Official Family)|\TERPRETATION BE SPEEDED UP OFCONSTITUTION SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 6. ges, Pacific Coast President of the —Mayor Angelo J. Rossi, in a nation | International Longshoremens’ As- City and State Governments Sending Pleas to Chief Executive PRIVATE GROUPS ARE ALSO ACTIVE! Personal Interest in Coast Troubles Is Put Direct to Roosevelt BULLETIN—SAN FRANCIS- €O, Jan. 6.—Harry Lundeberg, representing the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, suddenly can- celled his trip to Washington this afternocn because of what he termed “important develop- ments,” the nature of which he did not disclose. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 6. —Representatives of City and State Governments today joined private| groups in a growing plea for Presi- dential intervention to end the Pa- cific Coast Maritime strke. Gov. Frank F. Merriam has tele- graphed President Roosevelt asking| for..his. “personal . intervention.” The California Church Council, presenting half a million members, has also sent a request to the Pres- ident asking for intervention and reports received here from different sections of the states indicate the| same move is underway, also from adjacent states. GOV. MARTIN SENDS WIRE OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan, &. — Gov. Clarence D. Martin said he has telegraphed President Roosevelt | asking him to intervene in the| maritime strike. He did not disclose | the text of hs message. PICKETING IN HONOLULU HONOLULU, H. I, Strking mari- time workers have protested to the Territorial anti-picketing law by starting picketing, for the frst time, before the piers where the Presi- dent Hayes and President Pierce are | tied up. The men said the picketing will continue until the strike is over. R s | SHIPPERS ASKED FOR ORDERS ON GOVT. VESSELS Governor Urges Immediate Action on North Star— Also Needs on Gorgas Gov. John W. Troy urged today that Juneau merchants and others ordering. goods in the south be sure and get their orders in im- mediately and then be certain to advise the shippers in Seattle to see that the goods.are at the dock so that they may be loaded aboard the motorship North Star which is scheduled to sail from Seattle for Southeast Alaska Sunday. The Governor further requested that all shippers who may not be able to catch the North Star with their orders or want further sup- plies immediately following to noti- fy his office so that a complete picture of what cargo will be avail- able for the Gorgas can be ascer- tained. Col. Otto F. Ohlson has radioed the Governor that the Gorgas will make another trip if there is suf- ficient freight to warrant it. Thus the Governor is asking early noti- fication from shippers relative to the amount of their orders for the Gorgas so that the total amount of the tentative cargo can be de- termined and the information sent to Col. Ohlson. At the present time, the Gorgas is scheduled to sail from Seattle January 13 on a return voyage to Alaska, providing that -sufficient wide broadcast last night, blamed socition and Joseph Curran, leader the personal ambitions of two labor | of the striking Eastern seamen, with leaders for prolonging the Pacific|blocking peace. Coast Martitime strike and declared| Meanwhile representatives of the that only Presidential intervention | employers and the workers resumed Congress Plans Quick Ae¢- tion Prohibiting Any * War Shipments can quickly halt the conflict. Mayor Rossi charged Harry Brid- discussions for settling the contro- | versies. FIRST WOMAN LEGISLATOR ARRIVES Nell Scott, Representative from the Third Division, whose home is in Seldcvia, is in Juneau ready for the opening of the Territorial Session. ALASKA JUNEAU REPORTS BEST Net Income from Big Mine Given at $2,625,700— December $210,700 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan, 6.— The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company reports today that Decem- ber operations showed a preliminary net income of $210,700 before taxes or depletion were deducted. It was a decline of $46,900 from November returns but well above the $156,000 net income for December of 1935. The total 1936 net income was given at $2,625700, the best in the company’s history. —_—————— BIG JAPANESE SHIP AGROUND DURING NIGHT Freighter Loaded with Gen- eral Cargo and Lumber Hits Active Pass VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 6. — The 5,000-ton Japanese freighter Kinshu Maru grounded last night in Active Pass between Mayna and Galiano Islands on the east coast of Van- couver Island, four hours after leaving Vancouver for the Orient. The Kinshu Maru has a full cargo of general freight, also lumber des- tined for Australia and the Orient. Test Pilot Is Hurt In Fall Off Haymow DAYTON, O., Jan. 6.—Walter W. Wood, who makes a living in the hazardous occupation of test pilot at Wright Field, grins sheepishly these days when acquaintances in- quire why his arm is in a sling— freight for the north is available when she gets to Seattle from her present trip to the Tetritory. he broke his wrist in a fall from the haymow at a farm he operates near Clayton. SCOTT HERE FOR YEARINHISTORY MONDAY'S MEET Representative from Third| Division Comes Well Qual- ified for Her Position To meet the Honorable Nell Scott, | first woman to be elected to the‘ | Territorial Legislature, Is to wish| | that all women in pelitics were like | |her. She's so different from the popular idea of a woman politician. Young—she's only 36, and volun- teered her age to a hesitating re- | porter—attractive, interested in the Territory, intelligent in her view- | point about her job, qualified to fill {it well, she is here, happy to be ;elected and hoping to be a credit to the women of the Territory. Mrs. Scott, whose hushand is Unit- | ed States Deputy Marshal at Sel- |dovia, arrived in Juneau yesterday |aboard the General W. C. Gorgas. | While in Juneau she is at the home lof United States Marshal and Mrs. W. T. Mahoney. ro It was at the solicitation of friends jamong members of the Democratic |party organization in the Third Division that Mrs. Scott became a |candidate for the House from her |division. Though she had taken |an active part in affairs of her party during the thirteen years she has lived in Alaska and has many friends throughout the Third Di- yision who were her active support- ers she was a little surprised at her nomination and subsequent election. However, her election was not just ithe result of the Democratic land- |slide. She worked hard to accom- plish it. But she refused to make speeches. Her campaign was one of writing letters and meeting peo- Iple. And she had many friends, especially in Anchorage, her former {home, and in Seldovia, Who were working for her. Represents Women Since they have a vote and are so vitally affected by laws of their state and country, Mrs. Scott be- lieves that women should have a part in making laws. As a member of the Legislature she feels that she will be a representative of women of the Territory and expects to support legislation beneficial to wo- men when and if it comes before the session. Mrs. Scott has a good background for law making. After finishing school in Seattle one of her first positions was in a law office. While she made her home in Anchorage she did frequent law secretarial work for attorneys there. As a representative of her divis- ion, she is well qualified. She knows the needs and problems of her section of the Territory. She is particularly interested in any legislation affecting aviation in Al- aska. Michigan Native State Mrs. Scott was born in Michigan 36 years ago. She went through school in Seattle. “The school of experience,” she said, explaining that since her graduation from high school there when she was 17, she had attended business college firm for several years. ‘When she came to Alaska thirteen years ago it was tp marry W. D. Scott to whom she was engaged. Mr. Scott had gone to Anchorage {from his home in Seattle to visit his mother. He decided to remain in Anchorage and his fiancee came north for thelr marriage. Until Mr. Scott was appointed Deputy United States Marshal at Seldovia, BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. — Acting swiftly, the Senate has passed and sent to the House the Administration’s resolution to place a ban on shipments of arms to Spain. BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. — The House, without an amendment, has passed the arms embargo resolution and it has been rushed to the White House for the President’s signa- ture. { WASHINGTON, Jan. 0.—Congress plans to take immediate action on a Spanish arms embargo and will speed a ban on shipments of all kinds. The State Department, in recent days, reluctantly issued two permits providing for the export of $7,250,000 in munitions and airplanes to Spain! to aid the Loyalists. The legislation on an embargo | DIRECT TAX AT PUL P_IMPORTS THOMAS E. QUALTERS Rocsevelt’s New Guard «T0O BLQCK. SHIPMENT. A WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Racing. in an attempt to block smpmenl} of over $7,000,000 in munitions to the | Spanish Loyalist Government, Con- gressional leaders late this after-| noon strive to enact a special neu—j trality measure by tomorrow after-! TR } S e e e Introduce Tariff Bills Which House Foreign Affairs Committee, WOl-lld Protect Ind.us!ry n Alaska, Washington expressed hope that the resolutions! may be passed under unanimous, consent and an agreement made be- tween the House and Senate for pas- sage by not later than tomorrow. | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond and Chairman Pittman has called o Representative Martin Smith of Ho- special meeting of the Senate For- dulam, Wash., have introduced bills eign Committee for this afternoon in Congress designed to bring about to take action on the resolutions. & Variff for protection of the wood pulp industry in Alaska and Wash- LOADING SHIPMENTS ingsens NEW YORK, Jan. 6. — Robert, Dimond’s bill calls for a tax on Cuse, who secured one license to imported pulpwood and wood pulp export munitions of war from the amounting to two dollars a cord on United States to the Spanish Gov- | pulpwood and seven dollars and a ernment, has started loading air- half a ton of unbleached chemical planes and engines aboard a Span- wood pulp; ten dollars a ton on ish vessel in the harbor here. If the bleached chemical wood pulp and vessel sails with the shipment be- four and a half a ton of mechan- fore action is takenm by Congress ically ground wood pulp. Alaskan on the new legislation prohibiting imports and productions manufac- exporting of war munitions, nothing |tured from wood pulp would be could be done about it. |taxed on the same basis as ground Second License \wood pulp or chemical wecod pulp The State Department issued a|tonnage. second license to Richard Dineley, Smith has two measures. One of San Francisco and a shipment would prohibit the importation of valued at four and one-half million pulpwood or any wood susceptible to dollars, including planes. rifles, ma- use for manufacturing paper. The chine guns and ammunition. |other is designed to “raise revenue Dineley said: “Why call me un- by taxing imported chemical wood patriotic? We got this business away pulp at a rate of about one third from foreign nations into this coun- | of one cent per pound gross weight.” try.” Both measures are aimed primar- Loopholes existing in the present ily at imports from Canada. laws permits such shipments. grremmmiieefr e —" 00LD WEATHER INWASHINGTON Thermometer Sinks to 16 Degrees Above at Se- attle, Tacoma FREIGHTER GETS AWAY NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—The Span- ish freighter Mar Contabrico, car- rying $2,700,000 worth of war ma-| terials to Spain, racing to sea to| escape new embargo legislation, was stopped by a Coast Guard plane and cutter off Sandy Hook this afternoon. The freighter had sailed from here shortly after the noon hour in such haste that eight crated airplanes on the decks were not lashed down. & A short time later, after being SEATTLE, Jan. 6. — The coldest held up, the Coast Guard allowed Weather of the winter is precailing the ship to proceed. in this state today. p_.L»__ l This morning the thermometer fi WASHINGTON, Jan, 6-—Alaska and done secretarial work in a law! registered 19 degrees above zero in Deer Visits Town Seattle and Tacoma and 14 degrees BECKLEY, W. Va, Jan. 6—A above in Everett. In Eastern Washington deer wandered through the outly- ing sections of Beckley, apparently unafraid of residents. Game Protector O. B. Harris said: “The only thing to do is to let him alone. There’s a standing re- ward of $100 for the arrest and conviction of anyone bothering deer now. And unless some dogs get after the animal, I think it will wander back to the woods.” (Continued on Page Two) It is 14 degrees below zero at Douglas and ten degrees below at Waterville. Bkies are clear. e ————— Cow Becomes News LONGMONT, Colo.—Alex Schu. lupp’s shorthorn cow is becoming news in northern Colorado. Three times Schulupp has called Longmont Times-Call and reported: “Nellie had twins” Livestock men the | MOTORING SWIMM) Eternal vigilance for the President's safety and comfort is the task of Franklin D. Roocsevelt's goes riding, the guard occupies the front seat. When the Presi- dent takes a plunge, the guard White House pool. When the guard is by his side. By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—As the President’s new bodyguard, a Mas: sachusetts state trooper has inher: ited a place in the official family closer to Mr. Roosevelt than any of the other members. Thomas E. Qualters’ duty will be to guard the life of the nation's Chief Executive 24 hours a day. But if he follows the example of his late predecessor, broad-shouldered, fun- loving Gus Gennerich, who died suddenly in Buenos Aires during the President’s visit, . Qualters will do much more than that for FDR. - ¢ Unusual Job There is no parallel in secret service annals for the exact rela- tionship, personal or official, which existed between Franklin D. Roose- velut and Gus Gennerich. Gus made it his business, as a friend as well as a government ag- ent, to guard the President from embarrassments in all his comings and goings, both at home and 2broad, to help where he could in tering in his friend a cheerful- ness of spirit, contentment of mind, and ease of body in off hours as well as those of which the public had knowledge. Body Servant, Too Qualters’ job includes serving not ENGLISHARMADA T0 MANEUVER IN MEDITERRANEAN Russian Steamer Halted by Spanish Insurgents— Held at Morocco LONDON, Jan. 6.—Great Britain’s four largest battleships, the Queen Elizabeth, Baram, Hood and Re- pulse, are among .an armada of 172,- 000 tons of warships which have been ordered to move en masse to the Medtierranean. The order was given to the fleet after England’s Foreign Office had requested Germany and Italy to an- swer, by Saturday, the British pro- posal to ban volunteers for the Spanish Civil War, The naval maneuvers are describ- ed by the British Admiralty as rou- tine, but interpreted here as signi- ficant to the Spanish crisis. The armada of war vesséls has been or- dered to steam between Gibraltar and Malta. FRONTIER THREAT PARIS, Jan. 6—Massed German volunteers to Spain are regarded here as implying a threat to the Franco-Spanish frontier. TO CONTINUE PATROLS BERLIN, Jan. 6.—It is indicated here that Germany has no inten- tion of abandoning her patrol of Spanish waters. RUSSIAN VESSEL HALTED GIBRALTAR, Jan. 6—The Rus- sian” steamer Belcomor Canal, en- | route from Rotterdam 2 the Island |of Elba, is reported to have been halted by an armed Spanish Insur- |gent trawler, and conducted to | Spanish Morocco. Dy SR WA Taxes in 1890 took 7.2 per cent of the national income; in 1930 said it was unusual. | they took 14.4. ING HANDSHAKING bodyguard. When the President often accompanies him in the President appears in public, the AR AR e ST only as a bodyguard, but to a cer- tain extent, as a body servant. He must rarely leave the Presi- dent’s side in his waking moments jand must constantly be on call. | He must keep watch at times in the White House until far into the | night while the President is working| or entertaining. He must accompany the President on all the trips in.and out. of Wuh-\ ington., On motor tours his place is in the front seat of the Presi- dent’s car and he is the first to He might be called on—as was Gennerich—to personally shield the President from bodily harm in such instances as when Zangara fired at Mr. Roosevelt in Miami. He also might be called on to punch a crank occasionally. Ordinarily he will accompany the Ficsident in his daily swim in the White House pool. (And, incidentally he must be a good swimmer. Mr. Roosevelt likes to play water polo| and delights in wrestling a compan- ion around in the water—“even drown you,” as Gennerich used to say.) For his services, he will receive a secret service salary estimated at $4,000 a year. NEW STIRIN TACOMA CASE | OF KIDNAPING ‘MysteryCalM;:le at Head-' quarters Early Today— Something’s Up TOCOMA, Wash,, Jan. 6.—Inter- est revived swiftly today in the Shelton phase in the kidnaping of ten-year-old Charles Mattson from the home of his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Mattson on the night of |December 27, when .two men, one identified as a Shelton business man and the other as a resident of Hoodport, north of Shelton, on Hood Canal, hurried into Police headquar- ters at an early hour and went to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-| tion’s temporary office. Talks With G-Men The G-men talked with the two for an hour and a half. Neither gave out any information rolluwing' the interview with the Federal Ag- ents but there is reason to believe there is an important angle in the | kidaaping being revealed as the men | traveled 50 miles in freezing weath- \er, over icy roads, before dawn. “We can't talk,” said the two men. Started Man Hunt G. R. Grubbe, watchman at a Shelton lumber mill, touched off the man hunt in the Shelton area last Sunday night by reporting that one of two “tough-looking men” in | “NRA Outlawed But Prob- lems Have Not” He Says Reaffirming Faith in Act GIVEN GREAT OVATION, CONGRESS, GALLERIES Urges Immediate Action in Extending Neutrality Legislation WASHING TON, Jan. 6— President Roosevelt today called for an “enlightened” interpre- tation of the Constitution to harmonize Congress and the courts in the “present national needs,” Standing before a joint ses- sion of the 75th Congress and without mentioning the Su- preme Court by name, the Chief Executive said a “liberal inter- pretation” rather than “altera- tion” of the Constitution is needed. Likes NRA The President reaffirmed his be- lief in National Industrial Recov- ery Administration objectives. He ‘tute has been. outlawed but the problems have not. They are still with us.” : Greeted with shouts and cheers, the Chief Executive said: “It is high time that Democracy assert itself. When militarism, leaping forward abroad, is added to the process our Democracy must not be imperiled by denial of essential powers of free government.” Asks Relier Funis As the first cargo of munitions and airplanes destined for Spain slipped out of New York harbor on the Spanish steamer Mar Canta- brico, President Roosevelt = urged quick action to halt such shipments and declared some dying statutes should be extended quickly, He urged that a deficiency ap~ propriation be swiftly made for re~ lief purposes, then stressed that “these far-reaching problems” need-~ ed solution: Housing, farm ten- ancy, social security, unemployment; “over production, under and speculation, those three evil sisters who- distill trouble, are :un~ sound, disastrous and breed’ defl tion.” Galleries Jammed The President was an atfractive figure in a cutaway coat and was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and their son, James. The message was delivered before a House jammed to the galleries, DELEGATE URGES HARBOR SURVEYS FOR TERRITORY Dimond Points Proposed Legislation Toward Im- proving Waterways WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has in- troduced in Congress a House Joint Resolution which would authorize U. S. Army engineers to conduct pre- liminary = surveys looking toward harbor improvements and naviga- tion aids to six Alaska harbors. The proposed surveys would be carried out at Myers Chuck, Unga and Seldovia harbors, Elfin Cove, the mouth of the Sinuk River, and a coupe, ordered him to telephone|'C determine the most feasible route Dr. Mattson that “everything was| ' Proposed ship of small boat well.” cpmrl:] connecting Tenakee Inlet and Dr. Mattson, it is revealed, left his|F° Frederick on Chichagof Island. home, created mild excitement, bug| Dimond also introduced a bill for it was later learned he went to a|® Preliminary scurvey of the Skag- hospital to call on a patient. Wway river in the vicinty of Skagway wth a view of flood control. TN A SURVEILLANCE ENDED TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 6—Dr. W, GIRL FOR BOWLINGS W. Mattson has issued a statement| MrS: Leona Bowling, from Chi- to the pre: chagof, is the mother of a gifl press appealing for absolute e e cessation of “surveillance of "‘yl rn this afternoon at 12:20 o'clock at St. Ann's Hospital. The baby weighed eight pounds eleven ounces, (Continued on Page Six)