The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1937, Page 1

THEZDAHX'ALAiKAfiEMPHflL “AIL THE NEWS ALL THE THII VOL XLIX., NO. 7460. ) BRflTHERHflUDS PLAN QUITTING Larger Income | IS CRITIGALLY 80, PAC. TONIGHT Walkout Is Called for 6 Incrcase Amounls to $1.82 Bul]els Whll in Post Office o'Clock Unless De- mnands Reached EIGHT THOUSAND MEN REPORTED INVOLVED System MayEe Tied Up from Portland, Oregon to El Paso, Texas BULLETIN — San Fran Cal, April 16.—After a iurvnoon conference between Brother- hood o jals and Southern Pa- cific officials, C. V. McLaugh- lin, Vice - President of the Brotherhced Railway Firemen, aid there will be no compromise and unless demands are met, the strike will be called at 6 o’clock tonight. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 16. —C. V. McLaughlin, Vice-! President | of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, will strike on the coast lines of the | Southern Pacific unless demands are met by 6 o'clock tonight Eight thousand men thieaten walk out. McLaughlin said a walkout will be staged despite Presidential inter- vel e | | ntion under the Federal law to|CCC in Alaska to 600 men, accord-|, /" . “ihe Lwo men were attempt to stop it by naming a Me- diation Board, unless the demands for increase in wages, especially, are met by 6 o'clock tonight. The spokesmen of the Brother- hoods of Locomotive Engineers and Brotherhood of Conductors said they ‘are opposed to a walkout -and would fight it actively. Presidend A. D. McDonald, of the Southern Pacific, said: “We du not believe the strike will occur.” If a walkout is declared, it will tie up the Southern Pacific lines|dians and the Bureau of Indian By, Dyivers and Street Car|er uv]lzdnon of aquatic life in the| from Portland, Oregon, to Ei Paso, | Texas. FISHERMEN TO VOTE ON PRIGE AGREEMENT NOW Compromlse Has Been Of- fered by Operators on Columbia River PORTLAND, Ore., April 16. Columbia River fishermen who open| their season April 26 prepared to- day to. vote on a compromise price agreement offered by employers and | extending after the morning of Au-| gust 25. The agreement calls for the grad-| ing of fish, and to pay six cents per pound for bright colored fish, two cents per pound for discolored fish for the remainder of the sea- son, if extended after August 25. No change has been announced for former prices of 12 cents to! August 1, eight cents to August 10 and six cents to Augusl 25. SLAYERS OF POLICEMEN ARE ELECTROCUTE Three Men Dle for Murders —Jail Guards Pull Four Switches CHICAGO, Ill, April 16.—Thre: slayers of policemen died early to: day in the electric chair. Jail guards pulled four switche: only one connected with the chairs,| thus preventing the guards from| knowing who electrocuted Joseph Schuster, 30; Frank Whyte, 47, and Stanley Murawski. 37. = - VISITING IN JUNEAU Mrs. Theodore Kettelson is in the city from Sitka and is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. . - LAMBERT FROM ATLIN George Lambert has arrived in Juneau and is registéred at the Gas- | tineau Hotel from Atlin, P. A F. Reports in '37 than '36 a Share, Compared to $1.47, Year Ago NEW YORK, April 16—The Pa- cific American Fisheries, operating out of Bellingham, reported a net income for the fiscal year ending February 28, of $703273, which amounts to $1.82 a share on 385,468 shares as compared to $506,136 or $1.47 a share on 314,008 shares the previous year. The company owns 28 canneries lin Alaska, British Columbia and 'Puget Sound. 1Enlargement 0f CCC Program in Alaska Assured Fechner Apploves Increas- ing Enrollment to 600 Men During Year to | Approval has been given my Rob- | ert Fechner, head of the than‘ |Conservation Corps, to increase the| ing to information received by As- {sistant Regional Forester Wellman ‘vHulbrook. from Regional Forester |Frank Heintzleman in Washington,! ID. C. The increase is termed in man-years, meaning that the CCC' ‘enmumem can be moved up to wo- imen over a one-year peried or np o [1axger number over a lesser time.| IThe previous CCC allotment in Al- |aswa was 280 man-year. Under the enlarged program, 50 per cent of enrollment must be In-| | Affairs is transferring a portion of its allotment in the States toward' carrying on the Alaska plan. 1 The work under the new setup| will not be confined to national| forest areas as in the past, Mr. Hol- | 'brook explained, but will be applica- | ble anywhere in the Territory and /the Forest Service is now outlining plans for projects in various sec- tlons of Alaska. The actual movement toward an enlargement will naturally be lim-| lited during the summer months, the |official said, due to seasonal work |being at full stride during those ‘mnmhs but it is expected to go |after full enrollment in the fall. | Enrollments will be taken under | {the regular CCC requirements with thc exception that age, contribution to dependents and marital status is waived in Alaska. The program |means, the Assistant Forester said, wthat many projects in various com-‘ | munities can now be carried or~ ward that heretofore were held up‘ due to limited scope and size o[ enrollment. Mr. Fechner is expected northr next month in connection with CCC activity and F. A. Silcox, Chief of the Forest Service, plans to spend\ Ithe time from June 15 to August 1 iword to the Forest Service ofllclals‘ | here. | {in Alaska this season, accordinng to | ——— e | [KIMBALL PARTY TO HONOR HUGH WADES | { Iin honor of Mr. and ‘Mrs. Hugh 1wade who are sailing south aboard 'the Alaska next week, Mr. and Mrs.| |william B. Kimball are entertaln-! l)ng at a Sunday night supper this | commg week-end. The affair will be held at the! |Kimball home on West Seventh! | Street. Mr. Wade is to travel East on a |business trip. During his absence |in the East, Mrs. Wade, will visit in ortland. ETTY RUNDELL DUE ABOARD VICTORIA Miss Betty Rundell, who has been in attendance at the Summit School in Seattle for the past two years, |is enroute home aboard the Vie- |toria, due here Sunday. Miss Rundell will remain here with her mother, Mrs. R. O. De- mattio, owner of the Palermo Lin- en Shop. Mr. Demattio left last | Saturday aboard the Baranof on a prospecting trip to McDannis Creek, where the family may join him la- 'ter, according to present plans. | |for |tion activities. FEDERAL AGENT SHOT IN FIGHT in Attempt to Capture Bank Robber SUSPECT RECOGNIZED AS TRlES TO GET MAIL | Two Men Escape in Auto-‘ mobile—Were Wanted | by Hoover's G-Men | | el was | TOPEKA, F W. W. Baaker shot and criticallly wounded ‘and | a bystander, O. D. Davis, was| wounded in the foot, in the lobby | of the Post Office here during an attempted arrest of a New bank robber suspect and his complice. About 20 shots were fired in lhr“ furious battle in the building in the heart of the down-town busi-| ness section. The suspects, who were named in Washington by J. Edgar Hoover as Robert Suhay and Gerald Lew escaped in an automobile parked outside the Post Office Three special agents kept a -vigil| several days waiting for one of the men to receive New York! ail. The bank was robbed at Katton- ah, N. Y, March 12 and it was for anted. as, April 16. 'ederal Agent, ac- 300,000 WAI.K THIS MORNING IN AKRON,CHIO l Men Strike for Better Wage Scale AKRON, Ohio, April 15— Bus, drivers and street car operators staged a sudden walkout this morn- ing and left 300,000 residents with- out service. Picket lines were formed around 'the barns and no cars nor busses moved. | Wage negotiations have been in progress for several weeks but no settlement appeared near so the men called the issue by walking out. Washmgtunfleads 0f Rainbow Girls To Convene Hera Special Ceremomes Will Be! Held from June 19 to June 25 Fifteen grand officers from the| State of Washington represeenting | the Order of Rainbow Girls are to meet in convention in Juneau lrom! June 19 to 25 when special ceremon- | iés including the Grand Cross of| Colors, the Majority Service, and| inittation will mark the organization | program. | Accompanying the officers will| i{be an additional number of Wash-| ington State Rainbow Girls who| will also participate in the conven- \ { | | | | | In preparation for the conven-| tion, members of the Juneau Chap-| ter of Rainbow Girls are to aponsox, presentation of the comedy, “The| Plot Thickens,” with Zasu Pitts end James Gleason, on May 4, with| proceeds from the production to be used for entertaining during the assembly here. At the next meeting of the Rain- bow Girls on May 1, further plans for the convention will be made. Deputy U. S. Marshal at Anchorage Is 11l ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 16. —A slight improvement is noted in| the condition of Deputy U. S. Mar-| shal Prank Hoffman, who has been critically ill and near death for| several weeks, 'Scheme Aimed at |the first Alaskan to Blue Honor Key award of the Order |der and York | | ENROUTE TO BRITISH CORONATION Prince Yasuhito Chichibu and his pflncess (above) are shown as they arrived in Vancouver, B. C., on ti heir way to London to attend the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Prince Chichibu is a brother of the Japanese Emperor. They plan to visit in New York before sailing on tha Queen M-ry. (Assocuated Presl Photo) INVESTIGATION, ALL FISHING ‘IS NOW REQUESTEB “Threat-| of ened Invasion” Alaskan Waters WASHINGTON, April 15.—Sens {tor Lewis B. Schwellenbach, of Washington, has a; the Senate Lo appoint a committee to “inves- gate all magters pertaining to the xvphuum nt, conservation and prop- ited States, Territories and ad- ,ucem water: | Americans and Canada recently |called the Senate's attention to “threatened invasion” of American and Canadian fishing grounds in the North Pacific by foreign fish- | ermen and recommended an inter- \natmnal regulation or the extension possible maximum, President Roos lof the restricted areas to the edge of the North American continental | shelf. WESTERN AR LINES MERGED AT ANCHORAGE Always Purchase of| Alaska Interior Air- lines Announced ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 16. Star Airways, one of the larges commercial airlines in Alaska, an- nounced today the purchase of the Alaska Interior Airlines. their headquarters here t Pilots Don Goodman and Oscar| Alaska | Winchell, operators of the Interior Line, become Star as they were before they or their own firm. The tra ction |included two planes and goodwill The Star announced the u))])mn‘- ment of L. McGee as manager, succeed Kenneth Neese. McGee is |an active mining operator who pion- jeered aviation in this tion a8 manager of the Star Airways unt ll a yeéar ago. He is widely known. pilots anized |James L. Gray, Jr., First Alaskan t Win De Molay Key James Latimer Gray, Jr., receive the of DeMolay, Wednesday evening, when Charles W. Hawkesworth pre- sented the award at chapter ser |vices in the Scottish Rite Temple. senting the Washington Conferred by Frank S. Lang, foun- secretary-general of the Grand Order of DeMolay in Kan- sas City, the award was presented as a result of Gray's lead last year as master counsellor of the Juneau chapter. His award is tfle four and eighty-seventh such honor ithe national list, on s Both have, became | ip| hundred | flUESTIUNS ARE DODGED BY FOR, AT NEWS MEET Declines to D)scuss Court, Proposal, Sitdown, Labor Cases WASHINGTON, April 16, — The President today at a press confer- ence declined to discuss Congre sional developments of the Court program, or to talk about sitdown strikes. Whaen questioned about the wm iner Labor Relations Act, he \.IJ he was not prepared to discuss it, |since he had not had time to xl'n[l \hf- opinions over carefully. Questioned cifically about the |proposal of Senator Pat McCar- ren, Nevada, to provide two new | Justices instead of the six as a CANADIAN AUTO STRIKERS T0 BE TOLD TO RETURN Union Ofl;ldl\ Indicate New Move in Trouble at Oshawa WORKERS MAY GO BACK NEXT MONDAY Premier Hepbum Refuses ! Any “Hirelings of Lew- 15" at Conference BULL N-—Oshawa, Toron- fo, April 16. — The Canadian Press said late this afternoon, it had learned on good author- ity that automobile union offi- cials now conferring on the strike of 3,700 General Motors cf Canada workers, would advise the men to return to work Mon- day, pending agreement with the company officials. PREMIER SERVES NOTICE TORONTO, April 16. — Premier Mitchell Hepburn, early today, served notice that neither Homer |Martin. President of the United Au- tomobile Workers of America, “nor jany other hireling of John L. Lewis” .mll be admitted to the General Mo- (tors strike peace conference in his off ce. Martin, who arrived at Oshawa, 32 miles east of here, was grected by |the strikers. A peace conference broke down last Saturday when the Premier |refused to allow Hugh Thompson, |organizer of the CIO, to participate /in a conference with the General ‘Molorx of Canada officials. INSURGENTS IN NEW MOVE ON BILBOA CAPITAL Recapture Skrateglc Moun- tain Peak — Troop Train Blasted velt replied that new amendments ! | were beir “put forward every fif-| |teen min <4 SR AL B COURT PLAN HEARINGS TO BE TAKEN UP (.ommlltte Meeting Today —FDR Ignores Sugges- tions, Compromise WASHINGTON, April 16, — In- xqumfid Senators said President {Roosevelt has ignored suggestions lof a compromise in the court plan,| but talk of compromise persisted as \the Senate Judiciary Committee | i' | | i ings. Today’s session may be the last. The committee meets tomorrow to \decide whether to terminate ‘the :hearmgs. l “WAC MERMAIDS TAKE THIRD WIN -~ IN400-YD, SWIM Seattle Quarlet Finishes AAU Relay Six Seconds Behind Own Record CHICAGO, Ill., April 16.—Seat- tle's quartet of mermaids repre- Athletic Club last night won its third straight National Women’s Indoor |AAU four hundred yard free style relay title. The WAC four finished a guarter pool length ahead of the second {place team, in the time of 4 minutes and 19 seconds, six seconds better than the record set last year by the (WAC. ———ee —— i | neared the enw of its long hear-| OCHANDIANO, Spain, April 16.— |General Emilio Mola’s northern in- |surgent army struck with renewed force at the Basque capital of Bil-! |bao and recaptured the strategic |mountain peak of Saibo, leaving its wlvpes littered with Government | dead, The rebels are now about 20 miles {southeast of Bilbao. It is estimated there were between 700 and 1000 killed in the Government troops! numbering 5,000, TROOP TRAINS BLASTED MADRID, Spain, April 16.—Gov- jernment air raiders reported they had blasted insurgent troop trains, |disrupting the efforts of Insurgent| General Franco to rush reinforce- ments to assist General Mola, B SHIPS FLYING U. S. FLAG TO BE INSPECTED Other Nations Masquerad- ing in Spanish Waters with Stars, Stripes LONDON, April 16.—Ships flying the United Stats flag in Spanish waters will be questioned by the non-intervention blockade patrol, officials of the Neutrality commit- tee disclosed today, to verify pa- pers of all vessels and guard against the possibility of other nations mas- querading under the Stars and Stripes to run contraband of war. Bona fide American shipping will not be searched. B e BUNGER TO KETCHIKAN Larry Bunger, Juneau photo-ens graver, is among the passengers sail- ing from here for Ketchikan aboard the North Sea. He expects to return to Juneau in the near future in e FOR MEDICAL CARE Mrs. Rosetta Chitlick, a medical patient, was admitted to St Ann's yHospital this morning. |Social Security Act Declared As Unconstitutional First Circuit Court of Ap- peals, in Massachusetts, Makes Ruling BOSTON, Mass.,, April 16.—Call- ing upon the Federal Court in effort to safeguard the power of states, the United States Circult Court of Appeals, st Circuit, labeled the Social Security Act as unconstitu- tional. a two to one decision, the Court reversed the ruling y the Federal District Court |against the challenge of George Da- vis, public utility stockholder, and declared invalid both the unem- ployment insurance tax provision and the old age assistance provis- fons of the Security Act Judges Scott Wilson and James Morton Jr. were the majority de- cision with Judge George Bingham dissenting. The majority decision, although admitting that Congress had ' broad taxing powers, added, “but that it intended it should reach every pos- |sible relation between employer and employee, as in the subject of tax- ation, we cannot agree.” e - — PROJECTS HELD UP IN ALASKA, LACK OF FUNDS Ababmend of Legislative Appropriations ‘Deferred by Administrative Board Pending a checkup on revenues and further action on the Dimond bonded bill now before Congress, | tration has deferred allowance of appropnauuns passed by the Legis- lature totaling $369,000, according to Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle, Secretary of the Board. The Secretary explained that the delay does not mean these approp- riations will not be made, but that action can not be taken by the Board, which has supervision of Territorial funds, until a complete check has been made of revenues for the year due to cover appropria- tion made by the Legislature against available funds. The projects affected include |$195,000 for a women's dormitory and power house at the University of Alaska; $20,000 for an experi- mental fur farm; $20,000 for an ex- perimental fish laboratory; $25,000 (for a hospital at Kodiak; $20,000 (for a hospital at Seldovia; $30,000 for three assay offices,” at Nome, Fairbanks and Ketchikan; $20,000 for rural school construction; $20,- 000 for emergency road approp- riation; $25000 for the Douglas Ischool, $4,000, Eagle school; $25,000, Skagway school, and $10,000, Nena- na school GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL TO SPONSOR BRIDGE PARTY ON APRIL 24 Announcement is made today of the sponsorship of a dessert lunch- eon and afternon of bridge to be |held a week from tomorrow in the, lounge rooms of the Scottish Rite Temple, under auspices of the Girl Scout Council. The affair, which will be marked by the playing of both auction and contract, will begin at 1:15 p. m., and is to be a public affair. Pro- seeds will augment funds for the Girl Scout summer camp. Several members of the Girl Scouts will assist in serving dur- ing the afternoon, and a variety of prizes are to be awarded in both |contract and auction, Members of the Girl Scout Coun- cil who are planning the affair are Mrs. John A. Glasse, Mrs. N. Les- ter Troast, Mrs. Ernest Parsons, Mrs. Clarence Rands, and Mrs. Robert Rice. Reservations for the affair are to be made as soon as possible through the Council mem- ENGINEER TO WRANGELL William A, Hesse, Territorial Highway Engineer, in connection with his official duties salled aboard the steamer North Sea from here to Wrangell this morning. He plans | & brief trip only. the Territorial Board of Adminis-| U. . FLEET 0UT T0 SEA DURING EARLY MORNING War Games—: Be Fought During Next Six Weeks on Pacific Ocean PART OF MANEUVERS BE EXTENDED NORTH Light Cruisers, Destroyers Are to Visit Different Alaska Ports ABOARD THE BATTLE- {SHIP PEN NS Y L VANIA, April 16.—The United States Fleet moved out to sea from San Diego and other nearby points into the early morning mists today and headed for six weeks of war games under arduous battle conditions in the great triangle on the Pa- cific Ocean from California to Alaska to Hawaii. The fleet took a general course towards Hawaii but a small ‘unit of vest pocket |eruisers steered north and will go to Alaska, rejoining the main fleet in three weeks for the High Seas battle. Aboard the 139 ships of the fleet are 40,000 men. The battleship New Mexico is accompanying the cruiser fleet to Severd%’fi t cruisers and destroyers will visit some of the Alaska ports as well as Dutch Harbor. FLAMES RAZE SCHOOL AT HOPE, TURNAGAIN ARM Two-room-gt:ucture De- stroyed by Fire — 23 Children Affected Radiogram to the office of the Commissioner of Education here reports the burning of the school building at Hope, on Turnagain Arm. The message was from Mrs. S. Kohler, formerly Mrs. Grace Fisher of Juneau, and moth~ er of Mrs. Dave Ramsay, one of the teachers at the two-teacher school, which has two rooms and {living quarters and serves 23 chil- dren. Cause of the fire was not given, but Mrs. Kohler reported that she was carrying on classes in the com- munity building at Hope. A Appointments by City Council Expected Tonight Appointment of city employees is slated as the principal matter of business coming before the first regular meeting of the new City Council when if convenes in the City Hall at 8:30 o'clock tonight. A large number of applications for some 15 positions which are to be filled already have been received and it is anticipated that the Coun- cil will have even a larger field of applicants to choose from by the time it is ready to take action. Ap- plications are being received up to 5 o'clock this afternoon. >>e—— LAST SHRINE DANCE IS TOMORROW NIGHT Tomorrow evening will be the oc- casion of the final dance of the Shrine series, in the Scottish Rite Temple The affair, an invitational event, will begin at 9:30 o'clock and is to be preceded by several dinner par- ties and cocktail parties. T THE WEATHER ! Grace 3 Forecast for Juneau and vicinity beginning at 4 p.m. today—Rair: tonight and Sat- urday; moderate to fresh southeast winds.