The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1937, Page 1

“ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7417 JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - e e . = e S g e e - o e - — BTSN 1"3 B"-Ls a', THE LIFE NET THAT FAILED NEw PHASES nF SHIP SINKS AFTER COLUMBIA RIVER COLLISION DRAS'"G MDVE ’ e " | 11l L] [ House Holds Night Session Clause for Operation Indi- Two Hundred Deputy Sher- : ; d by President i iffs Mobilized to” Ex- for Introduction—Far | cated by President in bilize E R Talk ecute “‘Drive Out Below 1935 Mark ecent Talks | The 13th Legislature wound up WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Prest- STRIKERS, AIRCRAFT its 45th day, the last day on which dent Rocsevelt is said to have dis- PLANT. TO BE OUSTED bills may be introduced without a cussed the possibility of enacting ¥ two-thirds consent of either house, the court reorgenization bill with . sy with 104 bills in the House andl a clause meking npmmunt cocnfll- Officers Move on Santa g o Whi tional on fallure to amend the Con- . . e e stitution to permit of progressive Monica This Afternoon— 9 memorials and he X . ® The House is far below its high| iestion. Grand Jury Indicts mark of 141 bills last fort Usually well informed persons In order to allow time for prep- i) . r‘;‘:;;‘_“"‘l"':.‘(fm‘;l“::";“;;:‘f SANTA MONICA, Cal., f;;‘:;‘;“m‘;; ;“:”gh‘:‘ O ‘E’f pon to force action on a Constitu- | Feb. 25.—Los Angeles Coun- ¢ 2 1 ! i ening at which an additional group iug;flsofle.ng.':sn:mw been talking ty_ this after.noon moved to of billlhuwer; pr_es!ex;;ed.t_me fenta;: with the President, said, however, :;h'we )t;he mt:ioDwn Istrfl;e‘rs COUBNDIIE D ENTARTAEIEE he had no specific Constitutional rom the great Douglas Air- afternoon with the agreement that amendment mp mind but they des- The Italian motorship Feltre, shown above, settled in 36 feet of wa}:erATlear Co;teo:w;odth:’ll:::wlnwl.h: & £ § > Kt if an important bill should come ’cribed him as preferring to limit Columbia river after a collision with vthc.- steamer Edwa;d Lucal:’en(hAa:“;maan;rr:“erw) ‘cmft actory, using tear gas up, it probably would be permitted lthe courts jurisdiction rather than| ' SEYRVEIE EdoRantach's bow Wak R e if necessary, and arrest the i under the two-thirds rule. one to extend Federal power over " s AR ) RS men on felony and conspimey Introduced in the House late yes- industry and agriculture, N R charges terday afternoon and last night The National Conference on Con High Commissioner SHIELS M AKES i o were the following bills: [stitutional Amendments is meeting I The Los Angeles CO"{ItY H. B. 89, by Litchtenberg and Tol- !here on March 18 for a three day A | grand jury voted 400 indict- bert Scott, appropriating $6,000 to; program. Noted speakers will ate TA E A : 4 aid shipping from St. Michael to | tend. ments after henrmg the testi Kotzebue. ! S e mony of Donald Douglas, H. B. 90, by Nell Scott, approp- ‘PIuNEER UF EMPIRE’S VUTE c c MEETING President of the aircraft com- riating $20,000 for a hospital at| 1 - 5 ;- Seldovia. % i L] [ pany. 4 H. B. 91, Coffey, by request, ap-| ! | } S Deputies Mobilized $ s piobriatio 70 f0_ Selnpbiee i N R Bl g FAIHB ANKS Standings of Contestants in Guest Speaker Tells of Sal-| Two hundred deputy sher- planning the Pioneers’ Home | This picture shows the remaining few yards of the 2100-foot section of On to Mexico Tour d Al f |iffs have been mobilized in e . the Golden Gate bridge safety net before it fell into the stream as a 10 +f mon Il] uslry— SO O | rd to H. B. 92, Coffey, by request, re- i q G d « A Los Angeles and ordered ton scaffold toppled off the structure into the net, tearing it to shreds. iven loday h l’l H t ? , ;:m;lflns sazs.«wr to the Richmom‘:‘ At least 10 persons were killed and three injured by the 250-foot drop | s arly ristory move here immediately with | isheries, Inc., for overpayment of | into the swift current at the entrance to San Francisco bay. (Asso- T 3 + ad s J | : B license taxes. | ciated Press Photo) | s T As principal guest speaker at to-|Side arms and tear gas bombs. H. B. 93, Anderson, by. request,| — {Mrs. Beda Gibbs Takes Life!coa wili Contest and On To Mexie| day’s Chamber of Commerce noon The order was issued by“ refunding $25 to Donald F. Foster | | i Sy i day luncheon Archie Shiels, former | pyigeniot Attorney Buron ER Ywnewdor @ fee paid.for-admission to the ! -2 - ml D ll Th v —-Had Been Il for % z““' WS gfisew.are in to- AHrestdent of ‘Alaska. for many years | he Capigin g x bar - Witielt' #6tons. e 8% 8ot “exe-| I & g it on olila T, ree| L Period BTV PRDGE oL T TS e e | closely identified with its develop-|and hé said for the : cute. | . 5 ! ong Ieri contestents in the. race, ment, and now continuing his close to take possession of the plant i } & l' | Birdie Jensen ‘Leads work with the Territory as Presi- 5 W, Ohdte: by At e | Year evelopment I rogram, Is | FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb, 25—| In the first count, Juneaw's Queen Uent of Pacitie American Fisheries,|and _Government property ogists and hai?-edressers | l b D- l f 4 l k !Mrs. Beda Gibbs, 52, pioneer A1~{°f the” Douglas Bridge ceremonies, gave an informative talk aboutthe therein for its lawful owners. s 3 s ¥ holds a slight lead and from all in- salmon industry and then told of! indict s o P ; ¢ in ill health, alm Y indictments re- A ;l B. 926 ((:ioffey. by rf_aquest, pro: ropose( y 1mong or . aswa ds\kan Iong.n en‘ 4v.as r°““‘i;mcmms W) bo's RO atlin- e gty o Among the . \e/:flltng a c-haylsuspen.swn !t(_)r op-| e Gl o LT |dead in her home here as the re-|gor throughout the contest. Territory, the history of which he|bturned are one for a man me,?;i 40 b Sl WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—Alaska SUlt of knife wounds. A eoroner's) Ballot Boxes In Place has studied for many years as a named Bill Busick, one for d i : A ~_ljury returned = verdict of suicide| A ballot box has been placed in Former Governor Paul Vories Mc- |nophy, H. B. 96, by McCutcheon, to ap- ALASKA GULD |N Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has ;‘l"("’ to despondency caused by il the Office of the Daily Alaska Em- | Nutt, of Indiana, was nominated by ( o Teselegment A?ndrews Sc.hmolder, another propriate $3,000 for a radio station asked Congress to quthorize eight |¥° o PSP 1oy caused BY T bire and as soon as conditions war- | President Roosevelt to be hi:;b; M- | iressing the importance and C.1.0 organizer, 66 employes north of the Guif of Alaska. | {million dollars for a three-year de-| Gne is survived by Austin Gibbs,| ™l 8 ballot box will be delivered | Missioner to the Enilippine 8aRe% | 16 to the Territory of develop- and 832 John Does. H. B. 97, by Rn-ss and Dan Green, | | velopment program for Al Ia sori &l ot Hairbanks '|to Douglas and placed in the head- japp:ara’ncs despite ‘his py"m“u",y industries in the Territory, in| Warning Given '.o‘pvrombnt the ua'velmg or park:ng! | In submitting the BUI ‘in ‘the| B i - s |quarters occupied by Guy Smith. |yphite hair. (Associated Press jrelation to the salmon industry, Mr.| As soon as the indictments were b of vehicles on aviation fields and‘. ‘H Saleante Dirbfid RS id0e Watch For Iree Coupon | Photo) “hiels pointed out the success of returned and orders for deputies ] runways. | ED B ‘ou. e, Del Fd e ; s ol t‘é The Empire will publish from |_ Pt o _____.|the two trap wire mills which were |io clear the plant, President Doug- B H. B. 98, by Ross and Dan Green.i 1 e s ;flnk’foppx;“m;‘m‘ ‘('l ““;zm'gv - |time to time a free coupon good for | established in Ketchikan several|jag returned to the factory and or- R T T e — evel ent of the Ter y i |a certain number of votes which | 1 years ago, telling the Chamber dered all nonstrikers to leave, thus <Con_flnued on Page Five) I T i The Delegmtfl_%k"l for the fol-| s lcan be cast for your favorite can-| H members that now all of the trap‘,:,,vmg the plant in sole posses- i bably Be Used injloVing amounts: | |didate. [ wire used in Southeastern Alaska |sion of the sitdowners. ¥ e y | $1,500,000 for highway and road| i P d L k | $.. 00 or g y t Watch for it. by the canneries was purchased| When the sitdowners were in- 3 | Opening Proposed Link, v, - o IR LRl ; from these two mills. formed of the orders to disposses i 1 MBS, ot g ! A ; ‘ Million a Year ! tance, i International Highway - | s {Find Reported in High Hills| 1 4 il Hortaos . year 8 P o e wu_l_ GONTINUE By J. J. ECKLES SRE0ON for mhol, SRR . A Eek—Prospectors | | spent for paper cartons in which us, others will be sent in.” : g t- Al |Indians. : ; E ; Fl A Th | the Alaska canned salmon pack 15‘ Deputies are arm-banded so in 9 IN TE | Seeretary to Delegate ‘;Qgg;):goom; huuqn r(«mrr Tl:“"‘*!-; ymg lhere | IN SNUWBOUNB | vncased.'l‘] Mr. Shiels said. "l;. sceems.a clash with strikers, other deputies | g Stde. X or University of ska 1 | ferénmard to me that this Chamber of Com-|will recognize them. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—(Spec-| * @ : . i £ HH'T"RY",A, Correspondence)—Pens used by |Pulldings. 5Loa PAIREANEE Sk Beb. 25— Marriage of Fairbanks|merce and Alaska business should | The Santa Monica police have as- g , e — tlie. Preafdents to slgn papers. iof | 900000 tor ndlan village “and Arrivels’ by Jisgs tam dho Jower| s endeavor to interest capital in put-|sembled at the city ball park ready 2 ‘ 3 “Hs’lo T fanae he: sagaatl {community improvements | Kuskokwim report a new placer | A l T | (,ouple, Scheduled for ting up pulp mills and make the|for action. g HOllS 1 1 | _l' i 23 . 1 s $250,000 for topographic soil sur-|strike in the high hills at Eek.| L] Q1 ¢ paper and cartons to meet this de-| Representatives of the District At- ¥ € S 0 Iepeallqe; aside to become museum pieces | | | ristmas, lakesl’'lace P! R . t U . . aftir ;s on & Mogle ocpasion. ‘ARd| VIS |Many claims have been staked, | \ | d mand. T assure you this is no “white | torney’s office said the indictments k> equirement—Uuniversity : " % . $1,000,000 ros construction of asome of the prospectors flying there ;g | " ‘chip” game. However, with proper|are the first of the kind in the his- e .o . there have even been times when | | 5 . | RENO, Nevada, Feb. 25. — The Foano _ltourist hotel and facilities in the|from Flat and other Kuskokwim | ering B ot Aigrss co-operation from the government,tory of California labor troubles. s uition Issue Under I'lr€ |an Act or order of bi-sectional im | Jacqueline Arte, duftering o . | portance has been approved when Mount McKinley National Patk. Jtowns. A stempede to the district * 7| wedding of Ben Dahl, 53, and Elsie|and giving capital a chance, despite | The Territory of Alaska will con-part of the signature has been writ- | $1,000000 for rehabilitation of the is reported. ‘1 ood Shorlage, Also |de Hens, 27, planned for Seattle|the several millions it would take DOORS ARE CLOSED tinue to provide transportation for|ten with one pen and then complet- |Government-owned railroad. He e l Wrenched A“klc |last Christmas Day, was staged be- to develop the mills, it could be| SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 25.— children some distance from es-led with another, so each sponsor said the last request would bring|Histqpiaal P; | dl bbb done, and large year around pay-|The doors of the Northup Corpora- r s 5 A ; orl apers | latedly here yesterday. EAlle. Mot davel g s A tablished schools as the result of would be able to have one of the in- [the line up to first class condition | RANDLE ¥ B yans | 2 rolls would develop, and iuese tion, subsidiary of the strike af- the Territorial House, by a vote of |struments used in writing that page [and provides for replacement or'Reporled Found i E, Wash, Feb. 25— nc- | Snow bound in a mine near Fair-{mills could make newsprint. fected Douglas Aireraft Manufac- 4 ® 9 to 7, killing the Board of Educa-|in its developing history. wooden bridges with steel structures.|f, "~ Arcti h jqueline Arate, of Portland, a writer,|yanks, Dahl was unable to reach Local Labor turing Company, were closed to em- ; tion bill which would have repeal-| However, Alaska has been repre- | Delegate Dimond also introduced 11t L8, Aretic Beac missing since January 4, has been|soaitle for the earlier ceremony. | Relative to the employment of ployes this morning as picket lines ¢d that portion of the law which |sented in the official commence- (a bill proposing a preliminary sur- Ty _ |found by trappers in a snowhound| ., coupie met at Oakland, home|local labor by cannerles, Mr. Shiels | formed. requires that t rtation be fur-|ment of construction or the comple- |vey of improvements to Grantley POINT BARROW, Alaska, Feb. 25. cabin high in the Cascades, suf-| "\ igo to-be, a few days ago,|53id that all the canneries in Al-| About 2000 men employed in v 5 ekl P Rl tion of various projects for over a Harbor near Teller, on Bei\ng Sea,|—An Eskimo, arriving here yester-|fering from food shortage and &|,.."p cover decided to come here|2$ka employ an average of 8000| — — — — . paaM, oy g | ‘|day from the east delivered wrench Kl ke ekl local residents a year, and consis- (Continued on Page Five) i The action was taken by the|quarter of a century through the use | He said a 1800 foot breakwater with| 4% SaEpacd, delive elidled ankie. .. lfor the ceremony. Frg o = ' House af fte') p y fon|of & golden telegraph key with{sheet and steel pilings is needed to|to trader Charles N. Brower, a can She went to the cabin to write a\™"y "orbioing for thelr marriage tently desire to do this. Mr. Shiels TR e o R § "‘;;d - sm;"” afternoon sesslon| U\ 'h the President has closed the | protect the port from heavy seas. |he Picked up on the beach 300|book believing she had enough f00d |} cn e Danl said he divorced his)cAndidly said that while it was the bl :ef o 3 i h(_:nnsiderab.le der circuit to start the first movement i3 RESRGP S A miles east of here, containing print- to last, but heavy snow preve “”'d}[r‘nm;r wife foa the State of Wash. | Pelicy to give Alaskan labor a break _aei so‘rir!e ot_ which was snapped or otherwise open an event. ed papers, faded, discolored and her leaving and when found thely o, 0 " 1907 g generally, in addition it was to in the direction of the University | (ACTHES BOEr 0 €FFR \ ade fragile from age. |only rations left were dry corn-|" A __|the advantage of the canners be- of Alaska anq brought quick de- Tunnel, Boulder Dam, the great The papers purportedly p”mm‘mem' | Mrs. Du‘h.l the bride, was di-icause transportation costs were | * fense of that institution by Andrew| " ¢ 4 L >l |vorced from her former husband in|saved. ; twin bridges that span San Fran- to the expedition of H. M. S. En She will not be brought out for H le‘andBof ;he‘ ourdn, cisco Bay, are only a few of the terprise 87 years ago. several weeks because her physi-|Alaska in 1931, ¢ Since 1913 up until June 1936, Mr. Gy ffi,“"‘"‘t‘";dh“’ Tec- | eat projects that were opened with | Brower said he will forward the cal condition will not permit her to| _Both gave Fairbanks as theirShiels said, $26500000 had been gmr;’:e A:der o £ ,mn rfl uced bY |, ropriate ceremonies centered on papers to the British Admiralty for be carried over the rugged moun- Piace of residence. spent in ‘the Territory on foads and e son of the Flrst, par-iin. climaxing touch of the Presi- historical identification. tains. S S _|trails; during the same period he | ially due to the criticism of var-|, . ."0n thic telegraph key. It was R 1.0 i 2 | U A - 31 | pointed out that the salmon indus- | lous members of the Legislaturey;eo yeq to light the lamps on the || STOCK QUOTATIONS | |y had paid taxes into the Terri-| . relative to the school deficlencies|noning night of the Panama Pacif- S H “N el F lt B t ” : iz torial Treasury of $17000000. | Wife of Humphrey Pearson, with which they were confronted . pyposition in San Francisco in! ; : : ays e ever ' el etier, T Changing Market | Film Writ Hystericnt this session. It was the position of | 1g§ " gna aiso plaved its part in|Preservation of Fishe ries . 3 o [ NEw YORK Feb B0 — Olsios| Briefly sketching out the ehang-| 1M WrLer, steric h that t * g i | The S G S d w | LR 4 ing market conditions in the pink pird e 15 T Shch S0 S0, . g1l we fain beid since Ut | | Plangied Between. U, n Sir Guy Standing, Movie |5 c's 55 snerian'cun 8 e corins 1o joe oot | —Is Unable to Explain S SeYy M Mase 01 SO s 1107%, Anaconda 64%, Bethlehem |y G ] ot | of furnishing transportation, Par-|alaska and is mounted on a base| S. and Canada L | ey 250 Galumet, aind Hot 183, | e problems with which packers n| pALy SPRINGS, Gal, Feb. 38— ticularly in the Palmer Oolony, of Alaska marble and is set with 22| ctor, Urops ea, H1OUYWOOQ | Commonventn sna southern 3%, | outheastern Alaska In_pasticular | qumphrey Pearson, prominent film and it was felt, H. L. Faulkner, ex-|goid nuggets, said to be from the| WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Pres- 4 General Motors 65%, International |y FoRlIenie: JEe BICT abia | Vriter. was found shot to death in plained to the House, that if trans-|first clean-up of George W. Car-|ident Roosevelt has submitted to Harvester 104, Kennecott 63, New|p.o' boved hedvily into various|PS,bed in his desert cottage. . portation, was cut off, parents would|mack when he made his discovery of |the Senate for ratification the Pish-| HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 25.—Sir Guy|believed Sir Guy succumbed 0 an|york Central 44', Southern PAcific | ivets” particularly that of the| S Wife, hysterical, is unable to somehow see to it that their chil-|the Kiondike. It was first used by|eries Convention between the Unit- |Standing, 63, English motion pic- attack of the heart. |52%, United States Steel 109%,|yniteq Kingdom, and that the Cali- |5iVe & coherent story of what hap- dren were brought to school. President Taft to signal the open-ieq States and Canada, changes in|ture actor, fell dead yesterday while, A black spider, friends said, was|United Corporation 6%, Citles Ser- fouio' cordine and mackerel had |Pened: Position of several House mem-|ing of the Alaska-Yukon Exposition the present agreement between thel|chatting with an attendant in a probably the indirect cause of his|vice 4%, Pound $4.89, Republic Steel | curped large portions of the Phili-| The butler said they were strong- bers was that under the compulsory held in Seattle in 1909. Even in VieW |y, countries for preservation of the |garage where he kept his automo- death. Sir Guy was bitten during|34t, American Zinc, Lead and poine and Oriental markets. ly attached to each other. school law it would be necessary|of the many historic occasions in|na)iput fisheries of the North Pa-|bile. [the filming of the “Bengal Lan-| Smelting 18%, Cerro de Pasco ™%, | mormeriy much pink salmon from| ‘Assoclates said he had been ill in for the Territory to build schools|which this key made with gold from | cific and Bering Sea. An instant before he collapsed, | cer” several months ago. |Lima Locomotive 75%. | Southeast Alaska went to the Unit-fecent years. He was about 40. s or else furnish transportation. Leo :"zmed‘“‘:flk“ and Canada };nsllmnfl-ll The convention was sigued in|Sir Guy, in answer to a question) He had complained of recurrent| ed Kingdom where it was used “1 Sheriff Carl Rayburn said a par- Rogge of the Fourth brought up the| tioned, the most fitting of all Will|6yawq on January 29. The termsfabout his health, said: pains in the legs sirice bitten DOW, JONES AVERAGES o i Yol o ieh pastes, such |alfin test has been taken of the matter of tuition and Harry Race|Drovably be lts use In the opeting are not to be made public untll| “T never felt better in my life."| Sir Guy was knighted for disting-| The following are today’s DOW, g anchovie, and numerous other |bands of Pearson and his wife, Ho of the First inquired, “how about|of the proposed link of the Inter-|. genate Forengn Relations Com-| Dr. D. D. Young, of the Holly- uished service during the World|Jones averages: industrials 18668, " |said both had apparently been T rails 5743, utilities 34.06. ) (Continued on Page Four) 1drinking. A (Continued on Page Three.) (Continued on Page Three) mittee acts. ' | wood Emergency Hospital, said be ‘Wur k] George the Fifth. A