The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 12, 1937, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7456. ~ JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1937. ' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PR ESS PRICE TEN CENTS WAGNER LABOR ACT UPH FISHERMEN FIERCE Fl[;HTs New Home of Duke c;f Windsot | RAGE TODAY ON MADRID FRONTS Government Cannons Pour- ing Hot Shells Into In- surgent Ranks BRITISH ORDER HOOD ON PATROL OF COAST Mussolini Reported About Ready to Withdraw Spanish Forces MADRID, April 12—A hot Span- ish Government cannonade ham- mered the Insurgent front lines| today on two vital salients in the battle grounds around Madrid. Both forces are locked in close grips on the fifth day of a fight which may prove the war's costliest fighting. The Government's artillery train- ed its fire on University City to dislodge the Insurgents. GET RAISE; SAIL NORTH { Catherine [igund for Al-| aska with PAF Work- ers Aboard BELLINGHAM, Wash., March 12. —About 100 employees of the Pa- cific Amerjcan Fisheries, Inc., left today aboard the Catherine D ‘for Alaska. The sailing was made pos~ sible by the signing late last Sat- urday of the thrice offered agree- ment of the members of the Alaska Fishermen’s Union covering an in- crease of from 25 to 30 pereént over last year’s wage scale. The Catherine D will call at Ka- saan, Petersburg, Alitak, Squaw Har- bor and King Cove. The Mary D is scheduled to sail tonight with 3,000 piles for Alaska fish traps. The Union's lowest bracket last year was $80 a month. The new scale is $117. The union spokes-| | also been raised. man said all higher brackets have| Five Out To the west, artillery is making‘ an effort to isolate the insurgents two most formidable garrisons. Cutting down expenses by moving from the huge estate of the Baron Rothschild near Vienna, the Duke of Windsor leased a castle at St. Wolfgang, Austria, above, where his marriage to Mrs. Wallis 8imp- Lost Pas CAMPAIGNING | BRITISH TO OPEN FIRE | son may take place. LONDON, April 12.—The British| Admiralty has ordered the H. M. S. Hood, the largest ship of the British Navy and also one of the largest in‘ the world, to patrol the Northern; Spanish Coast to protect British| shipping from Insurgent Spnmsh‘ attacks. | A British freighter called for help,| reporting it has been detained in the Bay of Biscay by the Insurgent| cruiser Almirante Cervera. A British destroyer has been dis- patched to the scene with orders to | Campaign Begins Against fire, if necessary. | Carriers of Bubonic ‘The “fire orders” have also been issued to the Hood, should circum-; Germs stances justify. The British Admiralty announc- ed British shipping is now going to' be protected no matter what the cost. START FIGHT ON RODENTS, WEST STATE SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 12—Armed, among other things with shotguns and rifles, scientists |are setting oyt in five western |states to catch bacillus pests. The arms are not used against MUSSOLINI WORRYING {the germ which causes bubonic PARIS, April 12—Premier Ben-iplague, but against rodents who ito Mussolini, according to unof- carry them, director of the State ficial reports received here, is sald jgaporatory E. H. Bramball said. to be considering withdrawing Ital- Bramhall also said that bubonic ian forces from Spain. Reports germs are known to have infected have been received here that the yodents in all western states. Italians are greatly aroused OVer, «in Ntah only the rodents in- the tremendous losses of nationals hapiting the mountains and foot- fighting on foreign soil. hills are known to carry the germs Mussolini is seriously considering pyg js jt feared rats and mice and the withdrawal question but unof- gther small animals in the towns ficial sources say he must first get anq cities will soon be infected,” the nod from Hitler, owing to some gaiq Bhamhall. understanding agreement between) “Laboratories will be parked along Anchoragetol - T ORGANIZE }Supporter of Court 'Plan Elected to |Congress in Texas | | AUSTIN, Tex, April 12—Lyndon |B. Johnson, youthful supporter of |'President -Roosevelt’s Judiciary re- |organization plan, has been elected ! _|to_the Congressional seat from the | Tenth District. He succeeds to the seat held for twenty-four years: |by the late James P. Buchanan,| who died on February 22. Sam V. Stone, of Georgetown, has | conceded Johnson's election. Johnson made the Court his main | campaign issue, most of his oppo- nents opposing it. election last Saturday to Congress of Lyndon B. Johnson, backer of the President’s proposal, had no significance, arguing that the cam- paign was based on personalities and not on real issues. iNenana lce Break Up | | CIO Begins Driveto Union-| ize Men in Three Southern States OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April |12—The Committee of Industrial |Organization has started a drive| here to unionize 5,000 oil workers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, hoping to include workers occupied from the time a well is started un-, til the finished products are sold. The American Federation of La- MILITANTS PROTEST {bor is planning to start a similar| WASHINGTON, April 12 — A|campaign. | militant bands of 55 Texas lawyers,] W. W. Allen, international coun- | merchants, farmers and clergymen |Cilman ‘for International ©Oil Field/ today told the Senate Judiciary and Gas Well Refinery workers said | Committee that the court bill would strikes among the workers are not| undermine constitutional liberties./Wanted. John L. Lewis agreed to| The party brought petitions signed|help, if necessary. i R o T thelslum_E_RAL - THAW, INTERIOR SOVIET FLIER, ENROUTE NOME, DELAYS FLIGHT Bad Weather Prevents Fahrin from Hopping Over Bering Sea WASHINGTON, April 12.—Alas- ka Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said he has been advised by the Soviet Embassy here that Soviet Flier F. B. Fahrig has postponed his flight to Nome, Alaska, on ac- count of bad weather. Pilot Fahrig left Moscow Feb- | | ruary 9 with a crew of five and| three passengers on an experimental flight to determine the feasibility of an airline from Russia to the United States via Alaska. Nome invited Fahrig to fly there for a visit. of These Five Have “IT” Students of thé University of Oregon selected these five girls as most typical co-eds at,a campus election in Eugene, Ore. And then a jury selected Marcia Steinhauser, Hood River, Ore. (extreme right), as “Qregon’s Ideal. Woman.” Her picture will occupy the place of honor in the school’s yearbook. The other four beauties (left to rizht) are Virginia Regan, Frances Johnston, Betty Crawford and June Ritter, s, On Air Route From nterior, Found; ' Pilot Barnhill Reports Find 0IL WORKERS | | BETHEL, Alaska, April 12—Pilot H. W. Barnhill, veteran of years flying through Rainy Pass, gateway for most of the aviation to the in- terior from Anchorage, has discov- ered a pass through the mountains long lost. o i i . | Leaving Anchorage and setfing |a course straight for Medfra and keeping the plane at an elevation of 1,000 feet, an hour and fifteen min- utes flying brings the craft to the pass into a valley about 35 miles safe landing, but there is a glacier at the upper end of the valley which has receded about three quarters |of a mile and Barnhill reports safe landings on the ground in front of the face, which may add to the comfort and peace of mind of hun- dreds of passengers who have made the trip each year. The receding of the glacier recalls | who 20 years ago trailed moose into | the pass and then came against an | impassible glacier which the moose | evidently got over. | Barnhill suggests the lost pass be named Berry's Pass. — - ELD IN 5 CASES SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN 4, 5704 DECISIONS One Case Is_U;held by Un- animous Opinion of Nine Justices INTERSTATE COMMERCE BROUGHT INTO ISSUES Ruling Broadens Applicabil- ity of Statute Far Be- yond Contentions WASHINGTON, April 12. —The Supreme Court today, gave the Government a major victory by upholding the con- stitutionality of the Wagner Labor Relations Act as ap- plied to all business engaged in Interstate Commerce. Speculation immediately arose as to whether the Tri- bunal’s decision in the cases will affect President Roose- E. R, ERICKSO Jong and half a mile wide with no/ the story of Arthur Berry, trader,| Delegate Dimond said he did not} RESIGNS FROM SCHOOL FACULTY Appointed Assistant Pro- fessor of Education at University of Alaska Everett R. Erickson, professor of the Department of English and Dramatics the Juneau High School, handed in his resignation | this morning. Mr. Erickson has resigned to be-| come Assistant Professor of Educa- iuon at the University of Alaska. Ma. Erickson has been on the fac- ulty of the Juneau High School for fithc past five years and only several iweeks ago was reengaged by the Juneau School Board for his sixth| term, | Mr. Erickson will be missed for he; has made hundreds of friends in, this city during his residence here,! but all will congratulate him on his appointment to thé University of Al- aska. Mr. Erickson has been active |in all of his departments, and is! held in the highest esteem by teacher associates and students. He| has successfully coached oruwricali of velt’s fight for reorganization of the Supreme Court. Four of the Supreme Court’s decisions were by a five to four decision and were handed down in the following cases: Laughlin Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, Fruhauf Tailor Company of Detroit, Fried- man-Harry Marks Clothing Company of Richmond and the Associated Press. One Unanimous Decision The court was unanimous in the Washington, Virginia and Maryland coach case. Justice Roberts, who has held the balance of power in some of the five to four de- cisions, delivered the five to four opinion that the Wagner Act did not violate the free- dom of the press in the Asso- ciated Press case. Justice Roberts also deliv- ered the unanimous decision in the Coach Company case. Collective Bargaining The question of collective DECISIONIN AIR ACGIDENT | |contestants and the many stageibargaining was upheld by the productions given by the school, al-|Court in business engaged i so taken part in productions of mefl tarktats @ g h'm Juneau Drama Club. nrerpiee omm.erce, .w ich Mr. Erickson will assume his new has been the major point in connection at the University of Al-ithe dispute of the recent ka next fall. : ;i . oy e series of sitdown sttrikes. the leaders of the two nations. Prime Minister {the roadsides and autopsies will be performed upon the animals to serve as a basis for rodent control activity.” know the exact present whereabouts he | Guessing Closed Last Saturday Midnight FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 12— |Sunny skies and a general thaw beginning through the ides of lof the Soviet flier but assumes is somewhere in Siberia. iHUGH WADE IS GOING | TO WASHINGTON,D.C., WPA WORKERS ' BACK ON JoBS NEW CITY OFFICIALS | | | | ! } | PR Baldwin Going to @ire Soon Expected to Leave Post Soon After Coronation of British King WORCESTER, England, April 12, showing little interest in woman's the people away from either Com- munism or Fascism as he announc- ed his imminent retirement, in a homey speech addressing his con- stituents. The sixty-nine-year old Govern- ment leader, who has headed the Government twice, said: “It is far better to go when the people may still think of you as perhaps not incompetent than to {Kinnon will retire from the Coun- TAKE OFFICE TONIGHT' Mayor-elect Thomas B. Judson and the three newly elected Coun- | cilmen—G. E. Krause, Henry Mes-" serschmidt and Samuel Feldon —| will be inducted into office at a. special meeting of the City Coun-' cil at 8 o'clock tonight in the Coun- cil chambers. Following the for- malities, notice of applications for city positions will be given and these are expected to be acted upon Fri- day night, at the first regular meet- ing of the new Council. Mayor I. Goldstein, and Council- men William Reck ‘and Art Me- i cil tonight. Mr. Krause serves again by virtue of re-election. e, — | 53 ! ! STOCK QUOTATIONS e et A e stay until perhaps they know be- fore you do, that you are becoming incompetent.” The Prime Minister’s. retirement is expected after the coronation. Political observers are generally agreed that Neville Chamberlin, a year and a half younger than Bald- win, may be successor. NEW YORK, April 12. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 13%, American Can 105, American Light and Power 11%, Anaconda 57%, Bethlehem Steel 91%, Calumet and Hecla 15%, Commonwealth and Southern 2%, General Motors 59%, International Harvester 104, Kennecott 58%, New York Central 48%, Southern Pacif- March in the interior presented a situation as the Nenana ice crack- ing contest closed Saturday mid- night. It is estimated that there are over 100,000 guessers as to the day ,hour and minute for the break- up which is approachingly slowly. This slow thaw is considered for- tunate because of the vast snowfall throughout the interior. A rapid thaw would raise fears of flood con- ditions. | Strike Callem After 12 Days in San Fran- cisco Region SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 12. —AIl. WPA workers in the San| Francisco Bay region were ordered| back to work today, settling a| twelve day strike. The workers rescinded their de- . ON SOCIAL SECURITY| Hugh Wade, Federal Social Se- curity head in Alaska, is leaving next week for Washington, D. C. for a conference in connection with the setup in Alaska. He expects to be gone about a month. Mrs. Wade and baby will accompany him south 0] as far as Portland, Ore., where she | will visit with her mother. mand for a ten percent wage in-| | crease and the Administration au-| thorities agreed to recommend| against any personnel slashes be-| fore June 30. 2 Brotherhoods Vote to Strike | on Sou. Pacific Men Overwhelmingly in| Favor of Walkout— May Be Averted SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 12. Murder In ic 58%, United States Steel 112%, United Corporation 5%, Cities Ser- vice 4, Republic Steel 42!, Lima Locomotive 71%, Cerro de Pasco et Is DEHAII—E 74%, American Zinc, Lead and Sil- ver 15%, Pure Oil 20%, Holly Sugar CHICAGO, Il., April 12.—Nine|35, Interlake Iron 22%, Pound out of twelve coaches of the Penn-|$4.89%. sylvania Railroad’s Gotham Lim- ited were derailed at Coverton, In- diana. Only two peeple were slight- ly injured when the train went into|Jones averages: industrials 179.74,issue is said to be over jurisdic- a ditch. DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘The following are. today’s Dow, rails 59.31, utilities 31.11. { {—The Brotherhood of, Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the ' Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen ‘on the coastwise Southern Pacific {lines, have voted overwhelmingly to I strike. Railroad officials and Dr. W, M. Leiserman, Chairman of the Na- |tional Mediation Board, announced however, that they believed the strike would not take place. The VERONICA GEDEON tional dispute. New York Preity Veronica Gedeon, New York artists’ model, bid her escort goodnight and entered her mother’s apartment near Beekman Place on the night before Easter. Next day, she was found dead. Slain, too, were her mother and a middle-aged boarder. Can the men who solved the famous Titterton and Case murder mysteries unravel this one? The same sleuths are pitted against it. How they work is told by Charles Norman, AP Feature Servicé Writer, in a series of three articles start- ing tomorrow in THE EMPIRE 1S ANNOUNCED {Dropping of Radio Micro- | phone Caused Plunge of | * Ctaft Killing Nine WASHINGTON, April 12. — The Air Commerce Bureau today re- (vealed that a radio miscophone, {dropped inadvertently, jammgd the - |elevator controls on the big limit- ed Douglas airliner that crashed into San Francisco Bay Feb. 9. Nine persons lost their lives in the acci- dent. The ‘Board said the ship was fly- ing at approximately 400 feet when it plunged downward between a 30 and 46 degree angle. | The microphone, which hangs be- side the pilot's seat -on a hook, levidently fell off while the plane iwas making a turn into the airport and, unnoticed by the pilot, jammed Jnto a recess between the®*floor and |elevator control, making it impos- !sible to move the wheel. | Measures have been taken by air- lines which prevents the possibility fot such an occurrance happening {again. | { Three Take Own 1 | SEATTLE, April 12—The soaring, | Seattle suicide rate was boosted still |higher yesterday when two mel |gassed themselves and a woma: |hung herself in a clothes closet. [Seattle has the third highest sui- e oo o yeide vate BE this T Siabes. Lives in Seattle, CLEAN-UPISTO - START APRIL 13 {Councilman Krause Says Annual Campaign. Is Mighty Good Thing “Absolutely,” said G. E. Krause,| |City Councilman and local con- | tractor, when asked if he thought the annual clean-up campaign which begins next Monday, April 19, was a good thing. “It's good !for the whole community not only (from the health and sanitation |standpoint but from the standpoint of repairing, cleaning and painting in general.” Mr. Krause stated that ever since ‘urrivmg here in 1913, the city al- |ways has had annual clean-up cam- |paigns. There was some real need 'back in the early days for clean- up campaigns, and even today it wouldn't be long before the side- walks would be covered if some- thing wasn't done to prevent it. “There are noticeably fewed rats iin town than there were back in the glden days,” also reminded the Councilman. A clean-up crew will cover the city beginning Monday, April 19 and citizens are invited to call A, |W. Henning, City Clerk, if debris is |not removed from the premises by |the city trucks. Of course the |refuse must be piled in convenient ! Van DeVanter, Under the decision, legisla- tion is applicable to all busi- ness held to be Interstate Commerce. The ruling holding the steel company and clothing manu- facturing concern are en- gaged in Interstate Com- merce, broadened the applica- bility of the statute far beyond what its opponents contended were the proper boundaries. DECISION IN AP. GASE WASHINGTON, April 12. — The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the Wagner La- bor Relations Act as applied to the Associated Press, leading press as- sociation of the United States. Associate Justicé Owen J. Rob- erts delivered the five to four decis~ sion. Associate Justices Sutherland, McReynolds and Butler dissented. The majority decision held the statute did not “abridge the free- dom of speech or free press, safe- guarded by the first amendment of the Constitution. First Decision of Act The decision is the Supreme Court’s first ihvolving the Wagner Act guaranteeing collective bar- gaining. Labor litigation involving four other concerns is pending. The minority decision said the “application of the Act here re- Jocations before the trucks will |perform this service. This is en- couraged to facilitate matters. ) sulted in unconstitutionality and (Continued on Page Five)