The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 24, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLIX., NO. 7440. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, JAY, MARCH 24, 1937. BER ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA EMPIRE ____PRICE TEN CENTS entra DR CARTER IS (Germany Names CONGRESS WILL ‘Sunday Sale of CONFER ABOUT | Beer, Wine Not (CONDEMNED IN | SITOOWN CRISIS| ~ for Washingfon SENATE HEARING SAYS WHEELER ~ Chysler S NEW CHAIRMAN | FOR TERRITORY Fairbanks Physician Suc- ceeds A. A. Shonbeck, | Anchorage, Resigned | LITTLE CHANGE IN | DIVISIONAL OFFICES Third and Fourth Division Marshalships Referred Back to Committees ‘ FAIRBANKS. Alaska, March 24.; —The Democratic Territorial Cen-! tral Committee for Alaska, in con-| vention here last evening, elected| Dr. Aubrey C. Carter, Fairbanks| physician, as chairman of the com-| mittee, to succeed A. A. Shonbeck, of Anchorage, resigned. Dr. Carter, a young man who has | won prominence in his profession | and in Democratic activities during his several years of residence here, hails from an old Virginia Demo-| cratic family. ! The committee as a whole en-| dorsed all incumbents of Territor- jal offices for reappointment, in-| cluding Governor John W. Troy,| Collector of Customs J. J. Connors and Territorial Secretary Edward W. Griffin, | In addition to the Territorial of- ficers endorsed, ¢he Central Com- mittee approved the reappoint-: ments of Judge George F. Alexan- der, District Attorney William A.| Holzheimer and Marshal W. T. Ma- | honey in the First Division; Judge) J. H. 8. Morrison, District Attorney Hugh O'Neill and Marshal Thomas | Gaffney of the Second Division; | Judge S. Hellenthal and District| Attorney J. W. Kehoe of the Third | Division; Judge Harry Pratt and| District Attorney Ralph J. Rivers of the Fourth Division. The only controversy was over the | selections of Marshals for the Third and Fourth Divisions. i In the contest between C. J. Todd, Valdez incumbent, and P. C. McMul- len, Seward, for U. 8. Marshal in| the Third Division, the decision was | left to the divisional committee of | that district to settle. Com. E ndorses Alaska Incumbents New Ambassador to This Country Dr. Dieckhoff Will Succeed Hans Luther — Claim Change Not Political BERLIN, March 24. — Germany has decided to send Dr. Hans Dieck- "nte Majority Leadler Joseph T. Ro-|Gov. Clarence D. Martin has vetoed hoff, polished Reich diplomat with |bertson, Arkansas, suggested today !the bills permitting the sale of* special knowledge of American af-|that congressional leaders confer on;beer and wine on Sundays, also fairs, as Ambassador to the United |“sitdown strikes” ii the situation | providing for a six hour day and States, it was announced today. Dr. Dieckhoff, 52, former Coun- cellor of the German Ambassy from 11923 to 1926 and head of it for a brief time, will succeed Hans Lu- | tee, that a hearing will be arranged | 2564 bills passed by the last session ther. The new Ambassador served in ed to Make Investiga- | tion Into Situation \ | | | WASHINGTON, March 24.—Sen-| “doesn’t clear up.” His suggestion coincided with the | announcement of Representative | Dies, of the House Rules Commit- | | Wednesday for a sweeping investi- gation of sitdown strikes. | |Congressional Leaders Ask-|Gov. Martin Vetoes Meas-|Testimony in Opposition to| President’s Judiciary Changes Continues ure—Also One for Short Hours of Employees WASHINGTON, March 24.—Pres- ident Harold Dodds, of Princeton OLYMPIA, Wash., March 24. — onal Grange, today join- forces opposing President It's Court plan. Before the Senate Judiciary com- mittee, President Dodds condemned the bill as “the first step and a long step toward authoritarian gov- ernme without popular judicial 30 hour week for public employees. The vetoes were made yesterday, the last day for action on bills. Gov. Martin has vetoed 25 of the of the State Legislature. D d Louis Taber, master (s IS ATTAINABLE No Change of Constitution of Court Necessary Senator Asserts WASHINGTON, March 24.—Sen- |ator Burton K. Wheeler, Montana, serting that many of President t's objeztives could be at- tained without changing the Court or constitution, advocated legisla- tion which would subject child la- ‘bm' products to laws of States into which shipment was made. This was |the assertion before the Senate’s {committee hearing. | Senator Wheeler said that much |front during the World War. the German army on the western| Senator Robinson said: “Condi-| A tions relating to sitdown strikes are spokesman of the German govern- approaching a crisis.”” | ment said the'change was not con-| Informed Senate sources sald lacei nected with the recent German pro-today that President Roosevelt had tests against the speeches made by agreed to meet Congressional lead-! Mayor LaGuardia of New York in-|ers for discussion of the sitdown CHANGES BEING MADE IN SOCIAL - res § T volving Adolf Hitler. Clifford Tells of Rail Wreck Near Anchorage Merchandise Broker Has ~Al-Thrills Minus Injury in Alaska Rail Mishap “At first I thought the train had just made an ordinary stop, but when I spotted the cars in the ditch 1 knew better,” declared Earle Clif- ford this afternoon in describing the derailing of the Alaska Railroad train last week between Anchorage and Seward. Mr. Clifford, general merchandise broker, who returned to his home here today aboard the steamer Mount McKinley after a seven week’s business trip through the |Interior and to the Westward, was| |a passenger aboard the train at the| time of the accident. "Luckily, the couplings betwees the derailed cars and the three pas- strike situation when he returns| from Warm Springs, Georgia, this| week end. \Virtually All Preliminary, iMBUNT M,KINLEY% WorkDof Dra(f:ling Meas- BR'NGS EI_EVEN‘ ures Done in Committee SEGURITY BILL i Amendment to change the Social SBecurity House bill on old age as- sistance so that control would rest, with a Board of Public Welfare THIS AFTERNOON 4 {rather than with a Department of d . i under o -director Tourist Weather Follows !Ms Welfare -1 was under discussion in the brief/ 1sesslon of the Territorial House.| | | Steamer Across Gulf and | After hearing a long list of amend- |ments to make the measure con- Back Again to Juneau ! et {form, the House adopted the Social; With eleven passengers aboard fm-;securny committee's report and rc-‘ Juneau and 58 through to Seattle |referred the bill for redrafting. | from the Westward, the Alaska Line, Virtually all the measufes are |steamer Mount McKinley arrived in being redrawn in committee and| {Juneau at 2:30 o'clock this after- When they are in shape will come {noon on the southward leg of her up for action in the respective |eighth Alaska voyage. |houses. Objective of establishing a | An exceptionally fine crossing of Welfare Board is to have a clear- {the Gulf, in both directions, was ing house for handling all matters| ireported by the crew and pwng_fot Social Security with which the lers aboard the steamer, “Perfect|Territory has to deal. tourist weather” was the general| The Senate was only in session | comment. a few minutes this morning, and Shortly after 3 o'clock the steam- |then adjourned to permit the com- ler shifted her berth from the Pa-|mittee to continue its work. leific Coast Dock to the Alaska-| Both houses meet in the morning DEMOCRATS AID | id the Grange opposed other legislation could be enacted the measure because “the vast:ma-|and held constitutional. Jority of our membership think this| Senator Edward R. Burke, Ne- proposal is a threat at the political | braska, agreed with Senator Wheel- and religious liberties of our DCO-]( i ing that there-is a large res- ple.” ervoir of unused power which Con- Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Mon- | gress could tap. tana, before they appeared, insiste that many of the Chief Executive MOLEY HAS PLAN objectives could be attained with-| WASHINGTON, March 24.—Ray- out either Supreme Court or Con-im,,,,d Moley, original number one stitutional change. “braintruster,” suggested to the Sen- Dodds asserted that the President|gte Judiciary Committee that the has “invented a scheme by which!president’s Court plan be replaced he hopes to gain control of the OP- by a plan calling for the retirement inions of the Supreme Court.” of Supreme Court Justices at a |specified age and the concurrence 1of at least two-thirds of the Court | before an act of Congress could be invalidated; that the meaning .of Close Tah Upen ;Walching Developments, | but No Comment—Plans Announced for Day WARM SPRINGS, Georgia,| is | touch with| |March 24.—President Roosevelt keeping in constant | Washington, D. C., on developments | in the Chrysler sitdown strike. He (has made no comment on the sit- uation. | The President planned to drive |today to inspect a nearby settlement project. Tonight he dines with the (cr!pplt‘(l children here. N. CALIFORNIA RIVERS NEAR FLOOD LEVELS Rain Continues to Fall— Six Deaths Are Al- ready Reported SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 24 —Tumbling waters of Northern Cal- ifornia rivers surged to dangerous tlood levels today as rain continued to fall and further downpours are NI s*¥s’l"due process of law” be narrowed. QwP NE -\ £ Representative Wil Lemke,| foresast.. by the . Weather . Bureau 0 North makots Union pnafTh toufght, but perhaps clearing dential candidate at the last elec- tion, said “The President intends to {amend the constitution by the ap- pointment of additional members to the Court so that Legislation will be interpreted as he feels it should.” SAN FRANCISCO 70 BE CLEARED UP OF RACKETS |licit Gambling Is ta Be FARLEY IN TEXAS They Approve Spirit but Not Method of Court Plan—Lend Comfort AUSTIN, Tex., March 24.—James Farley today told a joint session of the Texas Legislature that he thought Democratic opponents to the President’ court plan were not opposing the method but the spirit of the plan. “They are lending aid and com- fort to the enemy by their present course,” said the Postmaster Gen- tomorrow. The storm is already responsible for six deaths and stock damage. The flood gates north of Sacra- mento are closed. The American river holds dangerously to the 23- Haliut Treaty as Revised Has Selfle’s Okeh Little Change, But All In- [COURT PLAN IS'FDR'S OBJECT President Keeps |PASSENGER FARE BEING BOOSTED ON THREE LINES Raise of from One to Five Dollars Per Passage Will Take Effect Soon FREIGHT RATES ARE ALREADY INCREASED Companies Blame Hj Wages, Fuel Costs, F Prices for Huge Jump WASHINGTON, March 24. — The Division of Regulation of the U, 8. Maritime Commission today no- tified Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond that three steamship com= panies would increase passenger rates June 1 between Seattle and ports in the Territory of Alaska. Freight rates advanced February 15, The Alaska Steamship Company, the Northland Transportation Com= pany and the Alaska Transporta- tion Company told the Commission that the ificreases were necessary because of higher wages, fuel costs and food prices. General Boost H. J. Lange of the Division of Regulation said raise in rates would be from one dollar to five dollars per passenger, depending on the length of the voyage and accommo- dations. » Freight rates went up approxis ‘mately s~ doliar wton ‘on dise carried by weight, a dollar per thousand board feet on lumber and two and one half cents per cubic foot on merchandise carried by measurement, including scuthbound fish, Rail Rates Up, Too Raise in freight rates schedules previously were filed on the Alaska Ralilroad and the Copper River and Northwestern to become affective April 10 if approved. The rail rate boost calls for five cents per hun=~ dred on general commodities, 10 cents per hundred on meats, 20 cents per hundred on explosives, and three cents on hay and straw. BONE ASKS MORE |senger coaches following them broke eral. “I think they are making a| The matter of selecting a Mar-| shal in the Fourth Division was re- | ferred to the Fourth Divisionafl Committee for its endorsement. | or the story might have been dif-| ferent and far worse,” Mr. Clifford continued. “As it turned out, no| one was injured, and there was very south at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. Included in the through passen- ger list for Seattle aboard the ves- Endorsement of United Statcs}nme excitement, even among the Sel are forty-four passengers out| Land Office Register at Anchorage| ..concers until we were on our Of Seward, five out of Valdez, and was deferred because of the long | time before the term of George A. Lingo, incumbent, expires. | P. C. McMullen, who attended the | convention, holding most of the| way back to Anchorage four or five hours later,” he stated. Rails Spread | As Mr. Clifford described the ac-| cident, it was caused by the rails| Third Division proxies, left here this| . eoqine over a stretch of s Inoraitiy by ‘Balh T0r NS | et o roen] 59;8“5~m b N the dangerous stretch, but| rs. b " |the llowing, age | holding one proxy, attended the two cars fol ng, the baggagt convention, €nd, with her father|penerit of the weakness of the track Marshal Todd, who was in the City ang rolled over, breaking their coup- | “unofficially, left by plane today “’"‘lmgs, onto the hillside bordering Valdez. the edge of the track, and into an United : States Marshal Thomas|ejght-foot ditch. Gaffney, delegate from Nome, leaves| At the time, the train was mov-| by plane today for his home. He|ing only about fifteen miles an hour, held all Second Division proxies, |which was fortunate, as the slow All other proxies were held bY (speed probably greatly diminished Harry Phillips, Fourth Divislopl the consequences of the accident. Committee Chairman. The baggage man and mail clerk All four members of the Fourth were in the cars that overturned, Division Committee were present. but were just thrown off their feet They are Mr. Phillips, H. M. Hen- |and not injured. The three cars ton, Mrs. Blanche Burns and Mrs. at the rear of the train, all passeng- F. DeLavergne. ler coaches, had not yet reached the Other members of the Territorial bad spot, and when the couplings Central. Committee, most of '.hem“broke, remained upright on the represented at the convention by |track. proxy, are: M. E. Monagle, Juneau; | All's Well Mrs. Alice Coughlin, Juneau; R. E.| A second locomotive was immed- Hardcastle, Ketchikan; Mrs. M. L.|iately called out from Anchorage, | |car and a freight car, got the full| nine out of Cordova. The eleven| coming to Juneau from the West-| ward were: | Francis E. Biggs, E. E. Berndt,| Earle Clifford, R. W. Cowling, Mrs. | William Jackson, Mys. Sdward Tay- lor, Barbara Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Peterson, Lyle L. Trimble and W. E. Phelps. | AT THE HoTELS e Gastineau D. J. MacDouglall, Tulsequah; Walter Hall, Fairbanks; Eloise Ped- erson, Fairbanks; Berton Lein, Fair- banks; Jack Korba, Fairbanks; Jerry Jones, Fairbanks; Paul M. Sorenson, Hirst-Chichagof; Mr.and Mrs. Ralph Effner; Steve Brojac, Sitka; Harold Mattson, Kimshan Cove; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ronning, Hoonah; Tom Scott, Juneau; Wil- liam F. Rohrbach, Seattle; Mrs, L. Benson, Juneau; J. Loranger, Flat; C. A. Schonacker; Mrs. Alex Mathie- sen, Flat; Merle H. Guise, Fair- banks; Mrs. G. S. Maynard, Nome; Miss Mildred K. Maynard, Nome; Louis Wilson; E. F. Bauer, Nome; Robert Feragen, Omak, Wash.; A. Crooks, Juneau; Bud Bradford, Martin, Ketchikan, for the First Division; Tom Gaffney, Nome; Howard Lyng, Nome; Mrs. Norval Shepard, Mountain Village and Mrs. John Herbert of Candle for the Sec- ond Division; H. N. Wilson, Cordo- va; P. C. McMullen, Seward; Mrs. Nell Scott, Seldovia and Mrs. Mar~ tin Harrais, Valdez, Third Divis-| ion, ————— TRIMBLE COMES IN Lyle L. Trimble, representative in Alaska for the American Railway | Express Company, arrived in Ju- only about thirty-five miles away,| and the passenger cars were drawn back to Anchorage for the night. By the next afternoon, the track had been cleared and fixed, with the overturned cars shored-up out of the way, and the train was able to go through from Anchorage to Seward only a day late, and in time to connect with the Mount McKin- ley. Several other passengers on board the ship here today were also in the modfied train wreck. On his way through the Interior, Mr. Clifford and J. J. Meherin trav- Burlington, Wash.; Earl Wilms, Mt. Vernon, Wash. Alaskan Iver Arnesen, Juneau; N. E. Blair, Juneau; Lawrence Steffell, Juneau; John B. Covington, Juneau; G. D. | Thomas, Juneau; J. H. Meaker, Ju- |neau; Mrs. B. Long, Juneau; Tom Robertson, Anchorage; John Willis, Juneau; Louis Wilson, Seattle. Zynda Armene J. Stinger, Wrangell; | Jerry Neudecker, Seattle; R. D. Rus- sell, Juneau; Edythe Stevenson, Se- | Juneau, from where she was to sail|at 11 o'clock. - POPE ISSUES ENCYCLICAL VATICAN CITY, Italy, March 24. |—Semi-official Vatican sources dis- iclosed the Pope plans to issue an jencylclical on the church situa- |tion in Mexico, dated Easter Sun- |day. Prelates said it is understood the | Pope will lament the spread of ath- i3 |eism and communism in that coun- try and the danger of irreligious doctrines spreading to other na- tions. B e Are Gonferring, chryiler Strike Conference Called by Gov. Murphy Reported to Be “Satisfactory” LANSING, Michigan, Marzk 24— Gov. Frank Murphy'’s automotive strike conference adjourned for an afternoon shortly after the mnoon hour today. Gov. Murphy's only comment was that it was “satisfactory.” None of the other conferees made any state- ment. Gov. Murphy denied reports from Washington that a settlement has been reached. A group of labor leaders, active in the strike, have been summoned here from Detroit and the belief is growing that a tentative plan for a grave error.” Contrasting economic conditions “We would be much farther along the road to prosperity if the un- fortunate Supreme Court had not decided in its wisdom such things as that the AAA transcended in some mysterious way the power of Congress and therein violated the Constitution.” ————-—— FRANK ROEDER IS PROMOTED Frank Roeder, first freight clerk aboard the steamer Victoria, and employed by the Alaska Steamship Company for the past two and one half years in a like capacity, will make his next northbound appear- ance in Juneau as purser of the Baranof, the promition to that post having been announced prior to the sailing of the Victoria from Seattle on the present trip. R BUSINESS IS GOOD AT WESTWARD AND INTERIOR SAYS BIGGS t Francis E. Biggs returned to Ju- neau on the Mount McKinley from !a month’s trip that took him into {Pairbanks in the interest of N. Lester Troast and Associates. Business looks good at the West- |ward and along the railway stops and the Interior, Mr. Biggs said. ) Several building projects, in i Which the group he was represent- !ing are interested, are expected to {80 through this summer and pros- pects for a good business season are bright, he added. Mr. Biggs' chief interest in mak- ing the trip was in connection with the new school building which is now with those of 1933, Farley smd.' Stopped by Order of 1 Mayor Rossi | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 24, —Under orders of Mayor Angelo J. |Rossi, the police have started a |campaign to suppress prostitution land illicit gambling. The Mayor's command came as the grand jury began to study Ed- win N. Atherton’s report that the police and other city officials have been paid $1,000,000 in annual pro- tection by vice interests. Mayor Rossi said he was, how- ever, motivated in his order by the nearness of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. DEPUTIES VOTE CONFIDENCE IN PREMIER BLUM All Night Session Is Stormy One—Truce Also Declared PARIS, March 24—Premier Leon Blum rode out an all night' storm but Parliament voted confidence in him and also made an “exposition truce” between fighting Rightists and Leftists. A The Premier temained calm through the night hours, during which an uproarious Chamber of Deputies res to shouts of “treason” and “assassin.” There was waving of fists and desk banging. Today the Premier set out to clear up the affermath of the fatal Cluchy riots and held in firm check| all political machinations of Col. volved Favor Ratifica- tion, Senator Says WASHINGTON, March 24. — The Senate has confirmed the revised treaty with Canada covering the conservation of halibut fishing in the North Pacific Ocean and Ber- ing Sea. Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach, of Washington, said: “Everyone involved favors the ratification of the treaty.” The only major changes, he said, in the revised treaty, modify the regulation covering unintentional catches of halibut in closed areas and give the International Fisheries | Commission authority to set the dates on which boats might leave for closed areas. CLIPPER OFF ANOTHER LES SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 24. ~—The Pan-American clipper left Kingman Reef for Pago Pago, American Samoa, at 9:39 o'clock this morning on the flight over the proposed route to Australia. Company officials here estimated the flight today will take about 12 hours. The distance is 1,797 miles. A SR Wa!ch;; for Economic Storm Signals WASHINGTON, March 24— Federal Reserve officials are watching the rising prices, bar- ometer for economic storm sig- nals, and expressed concern lest a “boom” might develop into in- flation. The officials are fearful of FISHING WATERS FOR TERRITORY Senator Demands State De- partment Take Action to Protect Alaska's Industry WASHINGTON, March 24.—Sen. ator Homer T. Bone today demand- ed in the Senate that Secretary of State Cordel Hull be asked to take all necessary steps as quickly as possible to safeguard salmon fish- erles in ? i The senator referred to “threat- ened invasion” of Japanese interests and urged adoption of a resolution calling for State Department ac- tion to the end that recognition obtained for “special rights for United States” in the salmon fish- eries of Alaska in extra Territorial waters. I o ameen J_ STOCK QUOTATIONS i NEW YORK, March 24-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneaw mine stock teday is 14%, American Can 108, American Light and Power 12%, Anaconda 63%, Bethlehem Steel 96, Calumet and Hecla 16%, Com-~ monwealth and Southern 3%, Gen- eral Motors 63%, International Har- vester 104%, Kennecott 62%, New York Central 51%, “Southern Pa- cific 61, United States Steel 116%, United Corporation 6%, Cities Serv- ice 4%, Bremner bid 5 asked 8, Pound $4.88 9/16, 44%, Lima Locomotive 72%, Cerro de Pasco 79, American Zinc, Lead and Silver 15%, Pure Oil 20%, Holly Sugar 33%, Interlake Iron 25% De la Recques of the militant Na- tionalists. Blum’s vote of confidence 362 to 215. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 184.33, rails 61.34, utilities 32.24. attle; Dorothy Parkhurst, Seattle; O. B. Twedt, Chichagof; Ed J. Dun- ningan, Spokane, Wash.; Elizabeth neau aboard the steamer Mount Mc- |elled together, but =fr. Meherin re-‘ settlement will be submitted. Kinley, after visiting offices of his|turned to Juneau by plane from company in the Interior and to the | Fairbanks, while Mr. Clifford made another economic crash if spec- ulators begin buying in antici- pation of price increases. Walter Chrysler and John L. {0 be erected in Anchorage during Lewis, besides other officials, met € coming year, and for which an architect is yet to be selected. was Westward. his way back by rail and ship. Martin, Juneau. in Gov. Murphy’s conference