The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 18, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA VOL. XLIX., NO. 7435. “AIL THE NEWS ALL THE ”I'I.'III'T” MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS A EMPIRE MAKES RECORD FLIGHT T0 HONOLULU PICKETS WATCH SITDOWNERS IN DETROIT PLANTS Maintain Vigl in Snow, Rain Drizzle to Pre- vent Ejection SIX THOUSAND MEN ARE IN FACTORIES Next Move by Chrysler Corporation Officials Is Not Known DETROIT, Michigan, March 18.— Pickets watched warily today in a drizzle of snow and rain for any attempt to eject the 6,000 strikers in defying the court injunction by occupying the Chrysler Corporation plants. Meanwhile plans for curbing Michigan's epidemic of sitdown strikes went ahead for conciliation but the opposition took the form of vigilance against any moves to break them down. “Union Patrols” have been dou- bled everywhere. There is no indication when or if the Chrysler Corporation offic- jals would take final legal steps as a preliminary to forcible ejection of the sitdowners. SEATTLE LABOR COUNCIL SPLIT ON LEWIS £10 Sudden SWE;;_Away from AFL Indicated at Turbu- lent Session Last Night SEATTLE, March 18.—A sudden swing toward the Lewis CIO threatens to split the ranks of or- ganized labor here. The issue was brought to a head at the Central Labor Council meet- ing last night when a ‘letter from William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor was read asking the Council’'s unquali- fied support in its battle against the Committee for Industrial Organi- zation. After a turbulent session, in which the strength of the CIO was shown, the Council voted to consider the issue next week. The Council over- rode the demand of President Claude O'Reilly that the issue be settled immediately. The end of the eight year labor fight on the Vandekamp Bakeries came when the Council removed them from the unfair list after the bakery signed an agreement to hire all union help. FOUR MEN, SIX REINDEER ARE WEATHERBOUND Ai?lane wi;h-Srtrange Load orced Down on Way to Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 18. —The large tri-motored transport airplane which left here Wednesday morning to bring the first load of two dozen reindeer herd for a mov- ing picture company, is weather- bound at Iliamna .on the return trip to Anchorage from Naknek. Besides two pilots and two round trip passengers, the plane is thought to have six reindeer aboard. ALASKA PILOT FOUND, SAFE ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 18. —Pilot W. H. Woodley, after spend- ing a week at Kenibuma Lake in Merrill Pass, was brought here Wednesday by Pilot R. W. Barn- hill, Woodley damaged his landing gear and was unable to take off. He will return to the plane today to make repairs. No Increase In Taxation, Says Senator WASHINGTON, Mar. 18. - Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee, said he did not have the “slightest idea” there would be any in- crease in taxes at the present session of Congress. “God knows the taxes are high enough already,” the Sen- ator said at a press conference this aflernoon INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY TAKEN CIO Aiming Next at Oil and Texttlo.s Ex xpects to Lme Up All Mass Industries, Accordm o to Campmgn as Outlined [ | | | | | | UP, DISCUSSION Delegate Di_r;o—nd, Senator Schwellenbach Talk with Premier King By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, Mar. 5—(Special Correspondence). — In connection with the visit of Hon. McKenzie | King, Prime Minister of the Domin- | | | e | | TEXTILES: By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer ion of Canada, in Washington this; WASHINGTON, March 18.—John week to discuss trade matters be-|L. Lewis’s Committee for Indus- tween the United States and Cana- | trial Organization looks upon da, Senator Schwellenbach and;contrnct with the mighty steel in- Delegate Dimond joined in a re-|dustry as “open sesame’ to a labor quest to the President to use this reservoir filled with 25,000,000 un-| occasion to speed arrangements organized workers. tending toward early construction| sSays a spokesman for the 15 la- of the part of the International | bor unions in the Le group: Highway that will connect Alaska; “If the biggest company in the through western Canada with the|ynjteq States Steel Corporation is United States. |willing to bargain collectively with The Delegate said that in his|ay outside union, then the rest opinion the Highway project holds|of the mass production industries its | |taining the needed facilities, and the greatest possibilities for general development of both northwestern Canada and Alaska of anything that could now be undertaken. He also pointed out that building the High-: way will greatly strengthen the ad-| mirable bonds of friendship and; sympathy, both economic and mor-| al, that have always existed bel.ween‘ the two countries. | It is understood that the location and construction of the Highway is| now being held up only on account | of the problem of financing that| part of the road that will be in Brit- | ish Columbia and Yukon Territory. | As this is the longest section of the, route that will probably be chasen for the Highway the larger part of | the cost will result from this con- struction, and since it is apparent! that Alaska and the United States | will enjoy a greater benefit through the completion of the Highway than Canada will, the view has been ad-| vanced that our Government can| properly cooperate in financing part! of the Canadian construction. It is known that the President is sympathetic toward construction of the proposed Highway and it is| hoped that the Premier’s call at the White House will result in some- thing substantial being accom- plished in getting the work under way. Senator Schwellenbach, Dr., Gruening, and Delegate Dimond have also tried to arrange for a conference with Premier King upon | his retwrn to Washington a week or| two later. N. W. A. P. COUNCIL The Northwest Aviation Planning Council has announced its next conference to be held in Boise, Ida- ho, on June 17, 18, and 19. This is an organization which aims to har- monize airport construction and air route plans of the Northwest with the Federal military and civil air program and secure the construc- tion thereof through the unified support of Government department officials and the Members of Con- gress and Senators of the interested States. At the last meeting of the North- west Aviation Planning Council, which was held in Portland, Ore., representatives were present from Alaska, Canada, and the four Northwest States. Resolutions were then approved recommending the establishment of an air mail route between Alaska and the United States, endorsing the Alaska airport program to be constructed at an estimated cost of $2,800,000, and also urging a central military air| base for Alaska as the initial step in the Army air defense work. Con- tinued endorsement of the several aviation projects for the Territory should, be of definite value in ob- in order to have these needs pre- sented for inclusion in the further endorsement of the Northwest Avia- tion Planning Council, the Council (Continuea on Page Seven) will fall in line one by one.” Oil and Textiles Next “This enthusiast said the fiext ob- {jectives of the CIO would be the million workers in ‘the oil industry, 'lnuudmg the million toilers in the | nation’s textile factories. True. he admitted, the CIO has made concessions to the great in- | dustrialists who run steel and au- ALASKA JUNEAU 1936 NET PROFIT 18 §1,719,490 Equals $1.15 a Share After Deduction for Depletion and All Other Charges SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 18. —The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining |Company stated in its annual pam- | phlet reported |the 1936 net profit, after depletion to stockholders and all other charges, of $1,719,490, which equals $1.15 a share on 1,500,- 000 outstanding shares of capital stock, Earnings in 1935, before deple- |tion was reported, were $1,563,798 |compared with the 1936 figures be- fore depletion of $2,275,206. Earnings per share before an al- lowance was made for depletion charges were $1.52 last year and $1.04 in 1935. ———————— i‘ STOCK QUOTATIONS I NEW YORK, Mar. 18. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 106%, American Light and Power 13%, Anaconda 64%, Bethlehem Steel 95, Calumet and Hecla 17%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, General Motors 627%, International Harvester 103%, Kennecott 62%, New York Central 52, Southern Pa- cific 61%, United States Steel 117%, Cities Service 4%, Bremner bid 3%, asked 7; Pound $4.88%, Republic Steel 42%, Cerro de Pasco 78%, Am- erican Zinc, Lead and Smelting 16%, Lima Locomotive 74, St. Joseph Lead 58, Pure Oil 20%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 184.73, rail 62.44, utilities 32.85. .- REPAIRING CITY DOCK Work of replacing some of the piling at the City Dock was start- ed this morning. Jake Cropley is doing the work, which consists of replacements at the float ap- proaches. One Of CIO's Next Goals 0 will Hit Here, Too ‘tomobxlc manufacturing, but did not concede their one central | collective bar- theme—unmol gaining rights. With that theme song, they be- lieve they can orgunize any mass production group in good time. That supreme confidence explains why the usually roaring John L. | Lewis was willing to scale his voice down to a whisper. He also has in the back of his head the continued massing of pow= er for labor in the political field. Just before the Carnegie-Illinois steel unit of the Steel Corporation made peace with the CIO affiliate, the Amalgamated Association of |Tron, Stecl and Tid Workers, Lewls |told The Associaled Press Feature Service: “We ted as will win industrial dvmnr- i they Whil non-parti he was speaking, labor’ an league (which he di- tions, culture. aluminum, cement and agri-| bolstering its staff in| But first they hope to consoli- ‘Washin. for its early March date their position in the automo- conventioin. The league plans na- | bile or steel industries, and tion-wide expansion, | bring the Ford and Chrysler makers Leaning for d over his shluywxnm the same spot General Motors topped desk in his’ Washinton of- |is fice, Lewis continued: accessory groups would be next, “Phe greatest example of our po-|including another concentrated ef- litical action occurred in Pennsyl-|fort in the rubber industry, where| vanis in the last election, where they already have made inroads. 100 Steel communities for the first| Tail ‘Would Wag Dog’ time voted against the wish uf] As for the dispute between the! the corporation, due entirely to the craft-dominated American Federa- pressure of the steel union’s cam- |tion of Labor and.the Lewis group, paign.” the CIO leaders dismiss it with a' rects) was ton to | occupying. Then the auwmobile‘ Meanwhile, unions affiliated with Le: are canvassing the nation’s | Indiistries. Already the United Mine | Workers are organized practically 100 per ¢ent. They vision organi- !snap of their fingers. The Federation elaims a member- iship of 3,500,000, but the CIO group| |contends it has 2,000,000 of “these all organized by industries, not racy for the American worker, all‘7 tion in many fields, especially in|craft. |right. We must have | bargaining, of course, but also w !must wield political influence be- fore we gain our Lnds " 4 collective | steel, automobiles, rubber, manufacturing, ship building, util- ities, communications, packing house |and M(leyHld\ bakery and confec- electrical | Says the CIO Spokesman: “When and if we do go back into full co-operation with the AFL, the ClO tail will be w’tgg.ng the dog.” Halibut Treaty I ' to Senate for WASHINGTON, March 18. — The Senate Foreign Relations Commit- | tee has submitted to the Senate for | ratification, the proposed conven- tion with Canada regulating halibut, fishing in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Chairman of the Committee, ex- plained that the convention replac- es that of 1930, which he said, had proved impracticable and unwork- able, Submitted Ratification; Old Provision Is Eliminated In the proposed convention the provision that halibut taken inci- dent to fishing for other species in a closed season or in an area in which halibut fishing is prohibited, is eliminated. Senator Schwellenbach said the | estimated total incidental halibut |catch does not exceed 150,000 pounds out of the total take of ap- proximately 23,000,000 pounds per season, The treaty must also be ratified 'by Canada. THREE ALASKA HARBOR WORKS WILL BE DONE Bids Are to Be Called for According to Advices Given Delegate WASHINGTON, March 18.-The War Department has advised Al- aska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond that the District Army Engineers in Seattle have been authorized to call for bids for three Alaska har- bor improvement projects. The projects were authorized un- der the 1935 Harbors’ Act. The improvements are for Cor- dova harbor, to cost $295,000, Seward harbor, $70,000, and Dry Pass, in Southeast Alaska, $79,000. Body of Halibut Fisherman Found Under City Float KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Mar. 18 The body of Ole Solem, 51-year-old halibut fisherman, was recovered ¢ under a float on the waterfront here Tuesday, after he had been missing for ten days. Funeral services were held here yesterday. A brother in Norway survives So-/ lem, : CHAMBER BACKS REPEAL OF TAX ON $. 8. FIRMS, Connors Protesls Action as Unfair to Other Business Which Has to Pay Backing the action of its execu- tive committee, the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce at its luncheon in the Terminal Cafe this noon voted| to add its endorsement to the bill now before Congress which would repeal the Federal statute of 1899 assessing a dollar a ton net tonnage tax on ships and shipping James J. Connors suggested that the Chamber use more of a busi- ness approach and pass a resolution urging a lowering of the tax, which, | he said, is admittedly too high. But, ibe said, he could not see how the Chamber or any other body of men in Alaska could say to the steam- ship companies “come on boys and do all the business you want and we| won't tax you." He declared that was exactly what the Chamber ac-| tion amounted to, and in view of the fact that every other business in the Territory pays a tax, it was |decidedly unfair to other business. H. L. Faulkner, attorney for the ‘Allska Sten.mshlp Company, and J. |Court to express their vie |Senate hearings being held on the {bill now. JUSTICES MAY 'EXPRESS VIEWS ON JUDICIARY Would Be Prope for Them| to Appear Before Senate Committee, Court Bill WASHINGTON, March 18.—Sen- atorial opponents of President (Roosevelt’s judiciary bill declared ay that it would be entirely prop- members of the Supreme at the er for Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Mon- tana, who contends that a constitu- tional amendment is the only way to limit the Court’s powers said that “the President and others have |quoted from Chief Justice Hughes, and Justices Wells, Brandies and Stone. Why shouldn’t the country have the benefit of the opinions of the Justices themselves about the problems confronting us and how they should be met."” Dean Leon Green, of Northwest- ern University Law School, told the committee that the majority of the Court had “assumed the attitude of intolerance and’ has displayed intemperance toward such legisla- tion it has passed upon.” He added that the Court should be subject to the same check as other despartments of the govern- ment. - e Finds Average Man Still Backs Roosevelt WASHINGTON, March 18, Rep- Communism Condemned By Pope Pius VATIC CITY, Italy, Mar. 18.—Pope Pius today condemned Communism as the “ruin of the family and society.” In a lengthy encyclical, the Pope, in a vigorous attack on the forces he has fought even throughout his recent illness, deciared opposition to the dis- integrating effects of Commun- ism, NINE INDICTED BY GRAND JURY IN 2 MONTHS | g 85 Two Arrests Are Made on Charges of Operating Gambling Clubs SEATTLE, ..ch 18, — King County’s Grand Jury has recessed after indicting nine persons in the two months’ session. Gus Bigrtumpel and Tom Bar- rington, charged with operating| |gambling game clubs, were arrest- |ed last night and a third man is | sought Judge Clay Allen rejected the jury's plea for final dismissal or- |dering the members to reconvene jon April 20 for further investiga- |tions of the county business prac- itices which it criticised. | The City Jail was also scored in {the report hundcd to Judge Allen. STRIKE TIES ALL FORENOON Two Milliomorkers off Jobs — Demand De- struction, Fascism PARIS, March 18.—Two million workers paralyzed the French Cap- jital for half a day today by a gen- ‘eral strike to demonstrate their |power to enforce demands for the destruction of Fascism in France which they charge is responsible for the bloody riots on the streets two days ago in which five workers were | killed. | All factories and most of the ships land offices were closed this morn- ;lng and transportation halted. The session of the Chamber of Depu- ties was also cancelled for this fore- noon. There were several small clashes no serious disorders. e, — Wallie's Final Divorce Brings Proctor’s Query Objections to Divorce Re- ported as Question as to Procedure Arises LONDON, March 18—King’s Proctor, in what is interpreted by legal authorities as a step to re- move the last legal barrier in Mrs. Wallis Simpson’s final divorce de- cree, applied today for instruc- tions In procedure to ‘the President of the Divorce Court. The step is unusual because the routine method of handling unde- fended cases is the automatic an- nouncement of the final decree six months after an intermediary de- cree is handed down. Some speculation is reported that objections to the divorce might be mvolved on the streets this forenoon but|* MISS EARHART HOPS SWIFTLY OVER PACIFIC [Clips Time for Weslerly Di- | rection, Held by Pan- | American Clipper AVERAGES 220 MILES | AN HOUR ON CROSSING |Slight Drlzzle Falls When Aviatrix Lands on First Leg of World Trip BULLETIN — Honolulu, Mar. 18.—Miss Earhart announces that she planned to take off late today on the 1,532-mile hop to Howland Island on the second lap of her world flight. HONOLULU, H. I, March 18— Amelia Earhart landed here this morning at 8:20 o'clock, Pacific Standard Time, after her 2,400 mile flight over the Pacific Ocean from Oakland, Cal, in fifteen hours, fifty one and a half minutes She took off from Oakland e o'dlock yesterday atternoon. Miss Earhart passed two slower Pan-American {lying boats which time ahead of her, one bound for New Zealand, on a ploneering flight, and the other enroute on the regular schedule to Manila. Throughout the night she radiced occassional positions and gave fre- Fast Flight The flight was the fastest ever made in a westerly direction. The Miss Earhart is lmnild by Paul Mantz, technical adviser, who is leaving the plane here; Fred Noonan, former Pan-American pi- lot, who is going as far as Howland Island, the next stop, and Capt. Harry Manning, who will act as pi- lot and who Is going to Port Dar- win. From there she will complete her world hop alone. Rain Falls A slight drizzle of rain was falling (Continued on Page Two) APPROPRIATION FOR ALASKA AIR MAILIS ADVISED Scnate Committee Recom- mends Aids to Air Navi- gation, Develop Alaska WASHINGTON, Mar. 18.—Saying that the development of Alaska “de~ pends upon more adequate com- municatfon service,” the Senate Commerce Committee has recom- mended an appropriation for what it termed “foreign” air mail be- tween Juneau and Fairbanks. “The Post Office Department might well request an amendment to the Alaska Star Route Law which permits the Postmaster Gereral to provide reasonable surcharges on mail carried by air over those air lines,” the Committee said, on the basis of 1935 appropriations. The annual report of Gov. John W. Troy of Alaska sald that $2,900,- 000 was needed for air navigation aids. The Senate Commerce Com- mittee invited special attention to that problem, advocating generous appropriations to meet it. The Committee said that such aids were needed, “not only to cover the needs of national defense but to make possible ihe only feasible transportation system that can be installed to develop this great country.” resentative Maverick of Texas went straight to the proverbial man in the street before making up his mind to support the Pfesident’s plan lon the Supreme Court. He wired 10 men in his home city of San Antonio to buttonhole mer- chants and taxi drivers and get their reaction on the proposal. “The people questioned don’t know what it’s all about,” he told President Roosevelt, “but they are i (COnunue:l on Page Eignt) for it because they have confidence Jin you, Children Die BULLETIN—Henderson, Tex., Mar. 18.—W. C. Shaw, Superin- tendent of the New London School, eight miles northwest of here, telephoned this after- noon that it is believed between 300 and 400 school children have perished in an explosion. Fire fighting equipment, nurses and physicians in this section are being rushed there. The school is estimated to have an enrollment of 1,500 children. wwlmnmdwlfldh,m’ left Alameda, near Oakland, a short quent assurances that “all is well.” |