The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 5, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS A_LL THE TIME” VOL XLIX., NO. 7450. ]UNLAU ALASKA MONDAY, /\PRII 5 ‘)37 MEMBhR ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CEN'I‘ AIRLINER, WlTH 8 PASSEN GERS MISSING PORTLAND MAN IS HUNTED FOR KILLING THREE, NEW YORK CITY Net Closing Around Sculp- ture, Divinity Student in Mysterious Murder on Easter Sunday Ilcc today branded Robert Ir-| win, 29, sculpture and Divin- ity student, and one time resi- dent of Portland, Oregon, as the murderer in the trlple: slaying of Mrs. Mary Ge-| eon, her daughter, Veronica and Frank Byrnes, a roomer in the Gedeon home. A gener- al alarm has been sent out l'nr} his arrest. Irwin was also formerly a| reomer in the home. He was| . ! EW YORK, April ,_Pn-} | | | In jovial mood as the 19-day-old Joseph Jacobs (center), attorney by some 500 strikers at the cny hall. Chicago cab strike came to a close, for the cab drivers’ union, is greeted (Aslucualed Press Phato) requested to leave after pay- ing unwelcome attentions to| Veronica, the daughter, em- ployed as an artist’s model. ; Irwin had been a patient for‘ three years at the Rock Island | state hospital, taking mental treatments. He also attended - St. Lawrence University at Canton, N. Y., at one time. He was last seen in New York on| Good Friday, two days before, the slaying. | A combined force of IS,OOOi New York detectives and po- licemen are watching all trans- portation lines hoping to find him. The case has been one of | the most baffling in the nn-‘ nals of the Metropolitan city. | N odel Jiam Strlke at 1‘ ord Plant Is Quickly Settled; Workers R(’turn to Jobs Thts A.M. ] KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 5— ollowing a 24-hour sitdown strike in the Ford Motor Company's as- sembly plant here. Ed Hall, Vice- President of the United Automo-| bile Workers of America, announc- ed early last Saturday evening a ‘setllement had been reached and| | the men would return to work Mon- /day morning. The sitdowners, three abreast, marched from the factory, their cheers rising above the blare of a band leading the exodus. || today owe their lives to the cour- | /made his way through the smoke bedroom and | [PAIR SAVED BY Canine Pet Leaps Into Blaz- ing House to Awaken Master, Mistress home on West Eighth Street burn- ed in the wee morning, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hibler ageous and intelligent action of their dog, Boy. Shortly after they had retired, their home a blazing torch that might well have been their pyre, through an open kitchen window, and flames to theis pulled Mr. Hibler out of bed. Cut off from all doors by walls [ |of fire, Mr. and Mrs. Hibler made |’ their escape, with but a very little of their clothing, through their bed- room window, and immediately turned in a call to the Fire De- partment, at 3:15 o'clock. Attempt= ing to reenter the house to endeayor to save some of their belongings, |Mr. Hibler was forced back by the raging blaze; but not until he had been scorched about the head and €ars. Arriving on the scene, the hre- men immediately went into actiow with all their means of fire com- batting, but the flames had too great a start on them, and, when the conflagration was finally ex- |tinguished an hour and a half la- iter, only two walls of the structure Sitdown Strike . Issue Is Going Before cnngress Narrowly escaping, when their| hours of Sunday| flames resulting from an over-| % flowed gravity oil heater, made of} had Boy not leaped into the house |: Hall said the men would return! Admlmstrahon Leaders “without any discrimination™ being‘ CONFESSESTO SETTING FIRE, STATION WCBD Loss of Six Hundred Thou-| sand Dollars Caused by Youth for Revenge ZION, 111, April 5.—Alven Ruesch.! chief of Zion’s Fire and Police De- | partments, said today that he had | obtained a confession from Shumas | Griffith, 19, of setting fire to the | Shiloh Temple radio station WCBD | last Friday. The loss was $600,000. The boy said he had set the fire | in revenge for wrongs he believed‘ had been done his parents by over- seer Wilbur Glenn Voliva, of the owned the Temple WORKING FOR FUR SETTLEMENT, AUTO STRIKES Goyv. Franlmurphy Ex- | pects 82,000 Men Will Go Back Shortly LANSING, Michigan, April 5—| LOSES JEWELRY Chrysler strike conference toward| VYOS ANGELES, Cal, April 5.— a settlement today, confident that|Lorraine Eddy MacLean, screen ac- the entire automobile labor con-|tress, divorced wife of producer | troversy will be cleared, within a!Douglas MacLean, was robbed of | couple of days. 186,600 worth of jewelry yesterday af- 101230 5;'&,;‘3 ‘;,g;:m;:; :,::;15;:‘: ternoon during a visit to a hospital. back to work, also the 70,000 Chrys- | The jewelry was left in her automo- ler employees who are now idle. bile, parked in front of the hospital. Veronica “Ronny” Gedeon above), |20-year-old camera model, her | mother, Mrs. Mary Gedeon, 54, and ‘I roomer, Frank Byrnes, were |found murdered in the Gedeons’ Upper East Side apartment in New |York. Miss Gedeon is shown here in a pose advertising bath towels. (Associated Press Photo) MOVIE ACTRESS shown. He said recognition of the UAWA | was not discussed with the Ford| officials because ‘recognition was not an issue. Hall explained that the trouble arose when a reduction of the force was made and many of those laid off were members of the UAWA! and it was believed discrimination was being shown. ——————— SEN. WHEELER - EXCEPTING TO } VIEWS OF FOR | Takes ]ssue that Charges l of Copper, Other Dur- Bl able Goods, Too High i WASHINGTON, April 5.—Sena- tor Burion K. Wheeler took issue with President Roosevelt’s conten- /tion that the price of copper along| |with other durable goods is too| ! high. The Senator from Montana said thD President’s policy, as announc-| jed last Friday, curtailing Govern-| men! purchases of durable indus- | |tries, will throw American miners ‘out of work and force them to com* pete with “African slave labor or with Mexican peons.” Senator Wheeler also said the| p:esmem is wrong in stating that Amerlcan copper mines could pro- duce profitably at 8 or 9 cents a pound. “I am sure that the mines in Montana cannot pay the present |wage scale and make any money {at that price,” said Senator Wheel- Senator Wheeler is also opposed to the President’s court reorgani- zation proposals, Agree to Take Vote in House and Senate WASHINGTON, April 5—Admin- |istration leaders have acquiesced to |demands from both Houses of Con- gress to vote this week on the bit- BULLETIN — Washington, April 5—The Senate late to- day refused to write condemna- tion of sitdown strikes and re- jected Byrnes' amendment by a vote of 48 to 36. Administration leaders fought the amendment. terly argued sitdown strike issue. | The Senate faces the question; lin a direct form, approval or re- jection, of a blunt condemnation of the sitdown tactics. The issue is proposed by Senator James F. Brynes, of South Carolina, as an amendment to the Guffey-Vinson coal control bill, | The House expects to vote next |Thursday or Friday on a demand for an investigation of the sitdown strikes. Democratic chieftains prcdlct' scant opposition to the House meas- ure. SUBSTITUTE OFFERED | WASHINGTON, April 5—Senator Brynes ‘ this afternoon withdrew ithe controversial anti -sitdown strike amendment to the Guffey- | Vinson bill and offered a substitute directed specifically at sitdowns. The new proposal is an add to other declarations of the labor pol- icy in the bill and is that “it is the |sense of Congress that the so- calledi sitdown strike is illegal and con- trary to the public policy.” The first amendment was direc Ied technically only against sit- downs in the coal industry. The| new one is broader in scope. —— - Specimens of fifteen races of Eng- lish and Irish birds which formed part of the famous Rothschild col- |legislature. DOG WHEN FIRE | DESTROYS HOME EVACUATE DETROIT PLANT iriking sit-down workers of the Chrysler automobiie corporation are shown leaving the Dodge plant ot e company in Detroit in accordance with a truce between company and union officials. More than 6000 workers evacuated eight plants. (Associated Press Photo) EPIDEMIC IN BETHEL AREA NOW ABATING {Quarantine Llfted in Four Different Villages— 7 Children Die BETHEL, Alaska, April Quarantine againsi an epidemic of, meningitis has been lifted in this| area of the Kuskokwim River afte seven Indian children, in four dif- ferent villages, died of the disease. Dr. Otto George of the Bureau! of Indian Affairs said eight other cases are responding to serum treatment, | To stem the epidemic, made three 80 mile trips by dog team for serum and food for the In- dians, Ir Dr. George said that this is the first time the disease has been positively diagnesed as meningitis and he be- lieves that it is the same illness that has caused many deaths ch year for the past several y 200 SALOONS OPEN TODAY IN MONTANA Actibe Permittcd by Legis- lation—Supervision Will Be Strict HELENA, Montana, April 5. — Two hundred saloons opened in Montana today for the first time since pre-prohibifion days. The opening of the saloons was| permitted by an act of the state 5, Dr. George 5 Baloons are subject to strict sup- ervision and the licenses and spec- lection have been presented to the British Museum of Natural His- tory. ial tax will yield an approximate $1,000,000 in state revenue. Tonight’s the Night of Legion’s Jlxgs Dinner Tonight's the night. CONGRESS HAS MANY ISSUES Tonight at 6:30 o'clock serving | WRECKAGE OF PLANE FOUND EARLY TODAY IN ARIL. AREA Whether that of Missing Craft Not Known— Ship Disappeared Soon After Leaving Burbank GALLUP, New Mexico, April 5.—The Sheriff’s office at St. Johns, Arizona, reports that wreckage of an airplane was located early today one mile and a half from Alpine, 60 miles from there. Whether the wreckage is that of the missing Douglas plane could not be immedi- ately learned. The Douglas airliner, with eight passengers aboard, was enroute to New York for transport to Holland. The air- liner has been missing since the takeoff from the terminal at Burbank, California, at 10 o’clock last Saturday morn- ing. The report of the wm came from the wife o lard Bond, forest ranger, near Alpine. Search parties have been hunting for the lost plane. s o 5 FLIER MISSING 24 HOURS NOW AT ANCHORAGE Pilot Don Goodman, with will start at another one of the American Legion’s justly famous |Jiggs dinners in the Dugout for Legionnaires and their friends. Tom Hutchings and Vic Manville, | who have charge of the affair, promise corn beef and cabbage de- luxe and a big crowd is anticipated. A special program is being ar- ranged, a feature being the ap- pearance of Warden Grenold Col-/ lins of the Alaska Game Commis- sion who has agreed to tell of ome of his interesting experiences in the Arctic last winter. There |will be others on the program and ithe usual merriment and general entertainment is assured. NO DECISION IS GIVEN, WAGNER LABOR ISSUE Supreme Courl Defers Ac-| tion for at Least An- other Week WASHINGTON, April 5. — The Supreme Court today deferred un-, til at least mext Monday a decis-| jon on the constitutionality of the Wagner Labor Relations Act. The Court today handed down a decision in a minor District of Columbia appeal. 1,000 Newlyweds Blessed by Pope VATICAN CITY, April 5.—Pope Pius gave his blessing to 500 newly wedded couples last Saturday af- ternoon, the first audience since he became ill last December. Passenger, Delayed, Bad Weather FOR DECISION Major Legislation May Cause Session to Last | Late in Summer ‘WASHINGTON, April 5. — Con- gress, as it swings into its fourth month, faced major legislative prob- lems that may necessitate a late summer session. Each House has passed a score of important bills, but the court reorganization bill, ikey of the legislative situation, is enough to require a summer ses- sion. Other important bills awaiting action are the farm tenancy bill, relief and wage hour legislation and government reorganization and taxes. Bills that have been passed and isent to the White House include the Spanish neutrality measure, Extensions of the RFC and recipro- lLa] trade law, the $50,000,000 Seed, | Feed and Loan bill, the billion dol- {lar deficiency appropriation, $20,- 1000,000 for the Disaster and Loan J(‘nrpm:ulon, voluntary retirement lof Supreme Court Justices and the |Mellon Art Gallery bill —————— FRENCH GEN, FACES TRIAL PARIS, April 5—Col. Francoise de la Rocque, head of the “French Social Party,” has been indicted, charged with recreating the banned | Fascistic Cross of Fire League. He has been summoned to appear in the Police Court. The General faces |a possible sentence of six years in prison if convicted. The dairy cow's habit of eating ldirt and chewing wood on the stalls |is considered a sure sign the ani- mal’s ration is deficient in mineral Imatter, ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 5— After missing for 24 hours and causing some uneasiness, Pilot Don Goodman ‘arrived here last Satur- day night from Bethel bringing Carl Carlsen, old time trader here. Goodman, Anchorage flier, left Bethel last Thursday and stopped at Akiak and picked up Carlsen. He left Akiak, stopped at Kalskag and at 1:15 o'clock left there for Anchorage, headed on the upriver course. Sleetmute reported a plane was seen flying low on Friday. Since that time Goodman had not been reported until he arrived here Saturday night. Pilot Estol Call, of the Star Line, was standing by at Bethel to start a search and fliers here were also preparing to make a hunt by air. Pilot Goodman explained that he had been held up by extremely bad weather but he and his passenger were OK. YOUNG AUTO ROBBER SHOT Fifteen - Year - Old High School Student Victim of Officer’s Bullet SPOKANE, Wash.,, April 5. Robert Irvine, a 15-year-old high school student, was shot and killed by a bullet fired by policeman |Clyde Ralstin, as he attempted to flee from a car he had stolen. District Attorney Ralph Foley said Ralstin fired for the boy's legs, but just as the gun went off the boy stumbled down an embank- ment, causing the bullet to hit his lower back. Two other 14 year old companions who were captured admitted that they, with Irvine, had stolen seven ears.