The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 10, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” U. ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1937. VOL. XLIX., NO. 7455. JUNEA $8,000 _CRITICIZE HULL OVER ATTITUDE JAPANINVASION Wants Secretary of State to Take Firm Stand on Alaska Fishing SEATTLE, April 10. — Salmon packing interests and American fish ermen are criticizing Secretary of State Cordell Hull’s statement min- imizing the probability of Japanese fishermen invading the North Pa- cific waters. Bert McGovern, salmon broker, said “Secretary Hull should not be content with beliefs. This is a serious situation. He should take a firm stand that the Japanese should agree to stay entirely out of the northern grounds.” Are Now Invading Louis Mostad, Secretary of the Alaska Fishermen’s Union criticized Secretary Hull as “impossible and indecisive. We know the Japanese are already invading the waters, have invaded them before and are planning to invade them this year with a fleet of fishing vessels and floating canneries. The entire in- dustry will crumble unless Secretary Hull does not change his ideas.” Hull’s Position Secretary Hull, in letters to Western Congressmen, made pub- lic yesterday, said he does not ex- pect Japan to invade the tradi-| tional American fishing grounds off the Alaska coast without due consideration of United States in- terests. The Secretary of State also dis- counts the expressed fears that the Japanese, by unrestricted fish- ing, would destroy the salmon in- dustry that the United States and Canada sought to preserve by the expenditure of millions of dollars for conservation. CHILD HEALTH DAY PROCLAIMED FOR MAY FIRST Governor Urges Widespread Cooperation in Observ- ance of Occasion To promote the “health for every child,” May Day was today set aside as Child Health Day in a procla- mation issued by the Territorial De- partment of Health. The proclama- tion reads: Whereas, in accordance with the Act of Congress of May 18, 1928, the President of the United States has been authorized and requested to proclaim annually May first as Child Health Day; and Whereas, our children are the greatest asset of all our national re- sources and should receive prime consideration in our efforts for pre- servation of all Territorial re- sources; Now, therefore, the Department of Health of the Territory of Alaska, hereby declares May 1, 1937, as Child Health Day, and urges Ter- ritory-wide participation in the pro- tection of the health of all chii- dren throughout this vast Territory, to alleviate present defects and as- sure the freedom from physical handicap in the future. Therefore, it is urged that every child beginning school life should have the assurance of a sound body, as testified by a physician, to assist a sound mind in future achievements of life. Governor's Endorsement Endorsing the Child Health pro- (Continued on Page Two) —.,— —2 f i 3 STOCK QUOTATIONS g NEW YORK, April 10. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can B otifier; in Blo;d ;;fid Arrhs! —_— f‘mnc!scn Franco Nikolas Franco ——— Here is one of the first pictures ever released of Gen. Francisco Franco, seated, chief of the Spanish Fascist forces, and his brother, Nikolas Franco, who serves as general secretary for the Fascists at their headquarters at Salamanca. TERRIFIC FIRE BUDGET TO BE OF BATTLE NOW REVAMPED; FOR RAGING, MADRID GIVES MESSAGE Government Forces Said to Reductions in Expenditure Have:Been Successful | Estimates Are Expect- on Offensive ‘ ed to Be Made WASHINGTON, April 10.—Fis- MADRID, April 10.—The second day of the Spanish Government's major counter offensive to break the Insurgents grip on the Madrid Province, brought a terrific com- bat at the very doors of the city today. Three thousand of Gen. Francisco Franco’s men are reported to have been caught in a machine gun trap in the city by a cross fire of Gov- ernment troops. The Insurgents elsewhere are being menaced by shattering fire of massed infantry, artillery and planes. \ The Associated Press correspon- dent saw the Government force shoot five out of six 6-inch shells cal authorities said today, that sub- stantial reductions in expenditure estimates probably will be necessary if the Administration expects to achieve an approximate balance be- tween income and outgo for the fiscal year of 1938. In his message to Congress next week, it is forecast President Roos- evelt will revamp the budget, tak ing into account the drop in this year's revenues under estimates of relief, Whether the budget can be bal- anced, was discussed in a confer- ence yesterday, the President meet- ing with the Governors and other IS HELD UP BY FOUR BANDITS Guns Escape with Small Sum of Money TACOMA, Wash., April 10.—Four bandits, armed with machine gumns, held up the Lincoln branch of the 10 o'clock this morning and escaped with between three and four thous sand dollars. Frank Freihage, a market em= ployee, was slugged, receiying a sc- vere blow on the head. when he en- {tered the bank to make a deposit just as the bandits were making their get-a-way. The robbers locked 18 men in the bank vault and then hurriedi$® scooped up all the available cash they could find. Boldly Planned That the robbery was planned was shown by the fact that the bandits had chosen a time when most of the city’s police force, and in the main part of the city watch- was being held. First holding up Howard Bous- quet, a taxi driver, the bandits bound him and left him at an isolated spot a short distance from the bank, using his cab for making their get-a-way. They later abandoned |the cab, along with a barrel con- taining $1,500 in silver on the tide Shots Fired After the robbery, Bank Manager C. W. Greening said the first knew of the hold-up was when e tall, six-foot man walked into his office and fired several shots into the floor at his feet. This is the same bank that was ‘held up last January 13 by Robert {Meyer, a 17-year-old high school student who was wounded in the {arm by Greening during the hold- up but escaped, to be captured later lin a Spokane hospital. Meyer es- caped with $3,012 which was nearly |all recovered when he was capturcd. > SUPREME COURT JUSTICES MEET boldly {most of the residents, were down}l iing the daffodil festival parade that{ representatives of six states who! squarely on the roof of an Insur- gent strategically located building 8re seeking to prevent sharp cuts filled with Insurgent officials and in relief rolls. men. | Secretary of the Treasury, Henry (Morgenthau, Jr., that necessary expenditures be- tween now and July 1 will require an additional borrowing by the Treasury of about $300,000,000. >oo——— MAN QUZZED N * SHOOTING CASE Police Question Steamship 14 PASSENGERS FOR THIS PORT i Ao G ABOARD ALASKA| s 2 |State police and City detectives are % |today questioning Michael Swenson, SEATTLE, April 10—Steamer Al- 37" who, they said identified the FRESH ITALIAN SOLDIERS ANDUJAR, Spain, April 10. — Fresh Italian soldiers to bolster the army of 15000 Insurgents, which the Government already charges are predominantly of that nationality, are reported to have landed in the Corboda Province and been rushed to vital points. ok aska sailed at 9 o'clock this morn- papg.made revolver found in the| ing for Southeast and Southwest car abandoned by Walter Seelert Alaska ports with 164 first class g claude Ryan, suspected killers and 103 steerage passengers aboard. g¢ Deputy Sheriff R. 8. Jackson. Passengers on the Alaska booked; Swensen, a steamship employe, in for Juneau include O. Snow, 8., gjgneq statement, said the wea- Wirt, W. H. Smith, G. T Faulkner, pon was one that he had assembled Fred Lorz, L. E. Hendrickson, A. F. ung given to Walter Seelert, alias Ghiglione, Luther Hess ‘and wife, Pinky Mason some time ago. D. F. Hoffman, R. E. Biggs, Hans captain of Detectives Joseph Kee- Loof, R. J. Sommers, Rita K. nap said that a letter found in the Brown. |hotel. room of Seelert, at Tacoma, TR |Wash., furnished the clue that jcaused them to contact Swenson. PR'NCE PLABED | Both_alleged killers are still at (large. Deputy Sheriff J. D. Comp- "ton who was shot in the gun batlle has announced | 104'%, American Light and Power 11%, Anaconda 567%, Bethlehem Steel 90%, Calumei and Hecla 15, Commonwealth and Southern 27%, Curtiss Wright 6%, General Motors| BUCHAREST, April 10. — King! 58%, International Harvester 103%,|Carol has ordered his brother, Nich- Kennecott 57, New York Central|olas, who was read out of the Royal| 47%, Southern Pacific 57%, United |Family last night because of his, States Steel 112%, United Corpora-|refusal to give up his blonde com-| tion 6, Cities Services 4, Republic|moner wife, Helen Dumitriscu, and' Steel 41%, Lima Locomotive 70%, |their two-year-old son, placed un- . Cerro de Pasco 74, American Zinc, |der arrest and prevented him from Lead and Silver 15%, Pure Oil 20%, |appearing in public with her .until Holly Sugar 34%, Interlake Iron|he formally leaves the city tomor- 22%, Pound $4.90%. row. "UNDER ARREST in which Jackson lost his life, is reported recovering although suf- fering from a severe head wound. e - Boyd Ogle, Former Coast Guardsman, Dead SEATTLE, April 1u.—doyd Ogle, 25, a former Coast Guardsman, died here last Wednesday. He is sur- vived by his mother, Mrs. Florence Lanore, Seattle, and ‘a sister, Mrs. Mary Starkwether in Ketchikan. |Conference Called by Chief | Hughes, Who Is 75 Sun- day—Labor Act Up WASHING TON, April 1. — Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Jus- tice of the Supreme Court, will be 75 tomorrow. Today he called the usual secret weekly conference of the nine Justices, four of whom are older than he. - The meeting 'may result in a final determina- i{tion of the constitutionality of the i National Labor Relations Act. The Senate line-up on court re- organization bill appears so close, it is said, that some members said the balance might be tipped either way by the Supreme Court’s de- cision on the Wagner Labor Act. Opponents counted 43 sure votes and claim several additional. The Senate Judiciary Commit- tee concluded a month of hearings on the bill yesterday. Another week may wind up the hearings. FAIRBANKS T0 BE BEAUTIFUL ‘Midnight Sun Garden Club’ Is Formed with Set Purpose in View FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 10.— “The Midnight Sun Garden Club” has been organized under the lead- ership of Lorin Oldroyd, Director of the University of Alaska Exten- sion Course and a campaign is to be started to make the city one of beautiful gardens amidst unique northern settings. Spring is backward, however throughout the interior and it will be many weeks before it will be pos- sible to “turn the ground” here. SECRET SESSION Men Armed with Machinej: Puget Sound National Bank here at} - BIG GUN TO GUARD SAN FRANCISCO’S GATE Aol is 16-inch coast defense gun was moved to Fort Funston, San Francisco, to become one of the army’s < protectors of T0 INDUSTRY HAT IS WHAT To Demonstrate “‘Wage, | Production Competition™ as Never Seen Before flats at the opposite side of town,{. WAYS, Georgia, April 10.—Hen- ‘ord said today the Ford Motor pany will demonstrate “wages, | production apd competition sueh as never seen Before as soon as the current strike disturbances sub- side.” Ford said the war seeking fi- nanclers are backing.ghe labor un- jons and also said his company has been holding down produs so a8 not to take advantage of fhe strike beset conditions. “We are all workers together. Our company pays the best wages, can and always has,” said Ford. .- Relief Seekers Are Ejected in Rm@ Fashion [ |Patience Exhausted, Gov- ernor of Ohio Orders Action Taken -€OLUMBUS, Ohio, April 10.—A defiant group of 100 relief seekers who were forcibly ejected, scream- ing, cursing and kicking, from Gov. Martin Davey's office ter- day by sheriff’s deputies, today oc- cupled a nearby negro church. Six of their organizers were jail- ed for investigation. A committee of the Ohio Workers’ Alliance, forming leadership for the group, said that they would remain in the State Capitol until their demands for an immediate approp- riation of $50,000,000 for the needy be met, or "demonstrations will continue,” they added. The mob had held the Governor’s office from late Wednesday. The Governor ordered ‘them fed until yesterday noon. “We tried to be very courteous to them, the Governor sald, “but, of course, there is a limit to all things.” FRANG WEAK PARIS, France, April 10.—De- spite denials of Washington in Paris as to any change in monetary policy, the franc continued weak today. cond Scare Over Epi- demic at Bethel Has Ludicrous Finale Se BETHEL, Alaska, April 10. — A; second meningitis scare ended in| headaches for two Eskimo youths. Ted- Lambert, painter of Alaska Indian scenes, found two Eskimo youths unconscious beside the trail near his ~home and -draped over them was a wheelbarrow. He load- ed the two youths aboard the wheelbarrow and pushed them to the house of the Government nurse for her to make a diagnosis of their | cases and arrangements were being| made to rush a doctor here by| plane. | Lambert returned to his home and discovered a quart of gin missing. He hustled back to the Eskimos| and took several sniffs. Lambert and the nurse then diag-| nosed the cases of “too much gin,”| and the proposed plane trip of al doctor was cancelled. | | Lambert was in Juneau early last! year | e MULLENREPORTS EXPANSIONWAVE LOOMING AHEAD Judge Finds Nation Enjoy- ing Prosperity Era—Busi- ness Behind in Orders ° | Back yesterday on the Princess Norah after an extended buying trip east and a visit to interesting places in the States, Judge J, F. Mullen, head of the Behrends in- terests, reports a definite wave of prosperity which appears to be verging on a vast expansion pro- gram is in evidence throughout the country. One gets the feeling from indus-i trial centers and contacting various persons in travel that the enurr‘ nation is entering a substantially prosperous. era, Judge Mullen said The condition is in evidence every- where, he found. Industrial plants, | retail stores and all lines of busi- ness are experiencing a decidedly jupward trend. Wholesalers are un=| iable to fill their orders and every- ;where people are working, happy iagain over regaining economic inde< | pendence, the executive said. ! There is, he reported, of course, considerable talk of strikes and un- rest, but these seem to be adjusting themselves, and he found dealers f the Geolden Gate. The gun, which weighs 143 tons, requires a charge of 8§00 nounds of pow- der to hurl a 2400 nound projectile in ex:ess of 25 miles. JRD TO SHOW “Too Much Gin;” [POLICE READY - Not Meningitis - STRIKE,CANADA, {Premier Hepburn, Oppon-| Associated Press Photo) T0 ACT IN AUTO ent of CIO, Makes Announcement BULLETIN — Oshawa, April 10.—Sixty men and woman of the strike closed General Mo- tors of Canada, walked without meolgstation through the line of 160 pickets and went back to work this forenoon in the parts department of the plant. The FIRE SWEEPS ARCADE BUILDING [TACOMA BANK TWO OCCUPANTS TRAPPED.ESCAPE ON FIRE LADDER 13-room S;:Z{nd Floor Is | Total Loss After Early Morning Conflagration BAILEY’S CAFE CLOSED TEMPORARILY BY BLAZE Believed Caused from Over- heated Chimney, Ig- niting Timbers Dry timbers believed to have been ignited by an overheated chimney early this morning started a two- (alarm fire that swept through the second floor of the Arcade building near Triangle Corner, gutting the whole upper half of the structure, Walter Hellan, owner of the prop= erty, estimated the damage roulhly at around $8,000, entirely covered by insurance. Thirteen rooms on the second floor were destroyed and Bailey’s Cafe on the ground floor was put out of commission tempor= arily by water pouring through from the second floor as firemen fought to extinguish the glaze. Housel Gives Alarm Dave Housel, proprietor of the Alaskan Hotel, was first to discover the fire, when, crossing toward Bail- ey's Cafe for a sandwich, he noticed a thick column of smoke pouring from an opening in the building, He immediately called the fire de- partment, turning in the first alarm at 5:15 o'clock this morning. |He then roused the sleeping occu- |pants of the Arcade Rooms. Shortly after the ival of the {which hiad been raging beneath the |floor of the second story, broke |through into the halls and stopped | the stairway exit. | Calling out the second company, {Chief Mulvihill directed the efforts |of the firemen OSHAWA, Ontario, April 10. —'ay occupflm: o‘:’ xkrfil;‘,fi: nhl:: Provincial authorities have massed reqched safety, then brought into police reserves nearby in Toronto piay nearly all fire hose possessed ready for instant action as the by the department, beating back - General Motors of Canada Prepar-'tho flames from spreading to ad- main plant remained closed however. ed this morning to resume partial operations in its strike bound plant here. Premier Mitchell Hepburn, op- ponent. of the Committee of Indul- trial Organization, declared Gov- | |ernment protection would be pro- vided, if necessary, when the fac- tory parts department reopened. Extra police will not be sent here unless “trouble develops and gets beyond control of the muncipality,” Premier Hepburn said. i Hugh Thompson, CIO organizer, said the General Motors of Canada must sign an agreement to recognize the United Automobile Workers of America” before another car is built in Canada,” | Thompson further said that 3,- 700 men are striking but any work- er may enter the plant but he will be considered a strikebreaker wheth- er he thinks so or not. AB.PAINEIS | DEAD IN SOUTH. NEW SMYRNA, Fla., April 10.—/ Albert Bigelow Paine, 76, intimate, friend and biographer of Mark Twain, died in a hospital here last| night. He was taken there a month ago when he became suddenly ill after returning from a long trip to| the South. EIGHT DROWN CHESTER, Penn,, April 10.—Sev- en men and a girl aboard the tug- boat Radiant are missing after the little craft sank in the Delaware River. Two of the crew were saved. The missing include Alfred Robin- son, first engineer, and his 15-year- Joining buildings with large vol~ umes of water. Smoke Hampers Work Attacking the blaze with streams of water from all angles, the fire- . men gradually beat the fire back, but it was not until after a furious two and one-half hour battle that the last of the flames was extin- guished. Greatly complicating the situation was the thickly billowing black smoke that poured in never- ceasing streams from all second story openings. The rear portion of the building, where the fire reached its greatest intensity, and near where it first broke out, was almost completely destroyed; while that section toward Franklin street was badly damaged where the flames ate their way through the walls and ceiling. How- ever, much of the furnishings of the front rooms were left nearly unmolested by the blaze. Beds and bedding were found nearly intact in some of the front rooms, while the paper and plaster had been burned from the walls. Escape by Ladders Once awakened, the fifteen o: more occupants of the rooms were able to escape with much of their personal belonging,s before the (Continued on Page Four) HALIBUT PACT APPROVAL GETS MORE BOOSTING Only Signature of Canadian Governor General Is Now Needed Today’s unofficial market dollar whom he contacted everything but closed at 22.30 francs to the dollar. pessimistic. Rather, they were work- The Bank of France paid slightly ing at top speed trying to fill their less than yesterday's top price for orders, Prices, he said, naturally are fine gold. Banking circles said, pointing upward and money “the price which was fixed by the troubles do not seem to be bothering world market, merely fluctuated the leaders. with the franc.” | “The same ones who cried wolf ———— | during the recent election campaign are at it again,” Judge Mullen said, SEATTLE, April 10.—Al Jones, up,¢ 1 foung the general feeling thai Anchorage business man, sailed e o A h g north today aboard the Alaska, tak- silv.ua‘;.l:nsenpret?ym‘v!]‘:l"?:lm;:nn:d ul;; ing an airplane with him, also John ok old daughter. OTTAWA, April 10—The Canad- ian Senate has approved the Can- ada-United States halibut treaty which was signed in Ottawa on Jan- uary 29, The pact is designed to preserve the halibut fisheries in the Nerth Pacific and Bering Sea. The pact had previously been -ee —— Sale of Beer, Wine, Banned on Sundays, Washington State OLYMPIA, Wash,, April 10.—~The State Liquor Board has banned the sale of Sunday beer and wine, ef-|passed by the House of Commons. fective April 15. The sale in pub- Only the Royal assent by the lic places is prohibited between |Governor General, the- usual for- midnight - Saturday and 6 o'clock|mality, remains to complete the Amundsen, to be pilot of the plane. (Continued on Page Eignus ) Monday morning. ratification.