The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 17, 1937, Page 1

v HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL, XLIX., NO. 7461. " JUNEAU, ALASKA, S “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937. ~ MEMBER AS SOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RALSTON THREATENED STRIKE, S. P. MEN IS OFF Two Brotherhoods Decide to Place Demands Be- fore Mediation Board OSHAWA SITUATION ALSO CLEARING UP Leaders of Labor, Industry to Confer with Perkins On Next Tuesday (By Associated Press) Postponement of the strike of 8,500 railroad employees and a pros- pective agreement involving 3,700, automotive workers at Oshawa, On-| tario, also the possibility of a hroad-‘ er understanding between capital and labor, brightened the troubled industrial horizon today. Less than two hours before the strike deadline, set for 6 o’clock last} night, the members of the Brother-| hood of Firemen and Brotherhood of Trainmen called off the prom-| ised walkout on the Southern Pa-| cific systems which would have tied up the line from Portland, Ore- BRGAD flGEAN gon, to El Paso, Texas. The Fed-, eral Mediation Board will study the| e , complaints of the Brotherhoods with Smaller Units Speeding Up a raise in wages as one of the chief| Coast on Way to Alcu_ demands. 4 The United Automobile Workers| tian Islands of America at Oshawa accepted the| invitation for a peace parley at 2| throughout the United States, In In In In In stimulating CIVIC making the HOME | opening of a real campaign of SAFE AND ARMADA NOW BULLETIN—Seattle, April 17. The battleship New Mexico has arrived here. ELDERLY MEN ARE TORTURED Red Hot Poker Used to Force Demands to Re- veal Money Cache COTTAGE GROVE, Wis, April 17.—Four masked men tortured two elderly bachelor brothers with a hot iron and escaped with $300 after ransacking the farm home. in cleaning up and KEEPING IT UP. of Cleaning, Painting, Planting, Repairing and General Rehab- ilitation and BEAUTIFICATION I urge each citizen to do his or her best ‘part to make our community CLEAN, HEALTHY, THRIFTY (Signed) BY 4 ROBBERS oclock this afternon with Premier| Mitchell Hepburn and the General| Motors of Canada officials. | At Washington, Secretary of La-| ABOARD BATTLESHIP PENN- bor Perkins said she had so rar;SYLVANlA, April 17. — A greaf, received 19 acceptances from lead- fighting armada is moving westward ers of labor and industry for a con- today from the California shores, ference next Tuesday on collective its mighty force of 40,000 men post- bargaining. ed at their battle stations, as the The UAWA intensified the cam- United States Fleet sails through paign to organize Ford employces at their. annual maneuvers. Detroit. | Smaller units are speeding up R o b | the coast to be joined by the dread- | naught New Mexico in Puget Sound, {on their way for a dash to the far- ,off Aleutian Islands. | - Rear Admiral Walter N. Vernon, aboard the cruiser Concord, com- T H NGE |mands four destroyers, and two light cruisers making the Aleutian trip. fighting their way to the Islands, and will put to test, a week after . . |theeir grrival, the defense of the Senate Judiciary Commit- 1siands against similar armada. 1 % Seamanship and battle fitness of tee W]“ Comqlete ses the Navy is being given a crucial sions Apnl 28 | peace time test for six weeks. One hun and thirty-nine ships, an WASHINGTON, April 17. — The‘itheigfirival, the defense of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted maneuvers. today to close the hearings of the| Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, Com- President’s Court bill by April 28.|mander-in-Chief, directing the Attempts to end the hearing im-|westward movement, has given mediately failed of support and ex-|greater problems in strategy and tension was granted to take care of tactics to his force than any pre- those already invited to testify. vious fleet cruise. All of next week will be given to LN R b TS S opponents of the bill and then friends of the measure will have the last three days of the extended time. ———e———— WASH. STATE Liquor Board ,Temporarily Restrained from En- forcing Law OLYMPIA, Wash., April 17—The Superior Court has temporarily re- strained the Liquor Board from enforcing the statewide regulation banning the sale of beer and wine on Sunday, until May 18 when a hearing is scheduled. Parents Blamed The masked men applied a red hot poker to the rheumatism swol- len hands of Harvey Cripps, 15, and to the baldhead of his brother, George Cripps, 63, forcing them to reveal their money cache. Officers were notified this morn- ing'and a search is being made for the torturers. ' in Runaway Cases PITTSBURGH, April 17.—Girls leave home because they are afraid of parental reprimands, usually af- ter late parties, or because they object to attempts by their par- ents to “dictate,” say two veteran Pittsburgh policewomen. Mrs, Ida| WINDSOR, England, April 17.— Rickenback, head of the missing|A movement has been started to ob- persons bureau, says that when abaiR scrap iron to help finance Great girl runs away from home, usually Britain's seven and one half billion she goes alone; when a boy runs dollar armament program, King away, usually he goes with another|G€Orge is scrapping his iron tro- boy. phies won in various events, SCRAP IRON IS WANTED BY 6.B, Know all men, women and children by these presents: THAT, Whereas the National Clean-Up and Paint-Up Cam- paign has resulted in many advantages to the community life safeguarding HEALTH; promoting THRIFT; furthering FIRE PREVENTION; PRIDE; and AND CITY BEAUTIFUL; NOW, THEREFORE, Be it known that plans have been per- fected for a thorough CLEAN-UP AND PAINT-UP CAMPAIGN in Juneau, Alaska, beginning April 19, this date to mark the persistent and constructive effort In this worthy movement BEAUTIFUL THOMAS JUDSON, Mayor. USCC Gives Out Interpretations, Labor Decisions \Entire Sub]ie;lalo Be Dis- | cussed at Annual Meet- ing This Month WASHINGTON, April 17— The United States Chamber of Com- merce said the Supreme Court did not hold in the Wagner Labor Act decisions that Congress could reg- ulate manufacturing operations “in !regard to hoiirs of work or wages paid or any other such matter.” The Chamber of Commerce gave such interpretation in the Wash- ington Review, saying the decisions will, howe . be subject to discus- sion at the annual meeting here to be held from April 26 to April 29. Nazi Organizer Dies_ i_n Hold-up BERLIN, April 17.—The killing of Joseph Riedele, 39, Nazi organ- |izer, in Argentina, has aroused the !German press and officialdom in {a burst of excitement. | The German Ambassador at 4 Buenos Aires has been instructed| !to offer condolencese to the family. Reports from Buenos Aires said |Riedele was a victim of a hold-up |slaying, | GEN. MORROW PASSES AWAY ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey, April 17.—Gen. Jay Johnson Morrow, 76, former Governor General of the Panama Canal Zone and a brother of the late United States Senator Morrow, died at his home here last night. Gen. Morrow was a Deputy Chief |Engineer in France during the {World War. FRANK LYNCH HAS NEW J0B Newspaper Photographer Is Night Dispatcher, Sheriff's Office SEATTLE, April 17.—Frank Lynch whose discharge as photographer of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer pre- cipitated the newspaper strike by the American Newspaper Guild, be- comes night dispatcher of the King ;County Sheriffs office, effective to- night. — -+ — GAME LAW VIGLATOR FINED Charged with shooting deer with- out a resident license, T. W. Wash- ington, colored, was fined $50 by U. 8. Commissioner Pelix Gray this morning and is serving out his fine in the Federal jail. Washington was taken into custody by Assistant Exe- cutive Officer Clarence. Rhode of the Alaska Game Commission on Crow Island, near Baranof. He had only recently come from the States. GANGSTERS LOSE WAY ON FLIGHT FROM GUN FIGHT Two New York Bandits | Captured in Small Town | Street Maze by Sheriff IDENTIFIED AS PAIR WHO WOUNDED G-MAN DesperadosiBear Wounds from Pistol Battle in Kansas P. O. OMAHA, Neb., April 17. — Two desperate, big city gangsters, flee- ing from a bloody gun battle with G-men, got lost in the small town of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, and were captured today by a county sheriff and his deputy, disarmed, thrown *into jail. | The bandits were identified a Robert Suhay, 26, and Elfred Pows| lers, 45. Both were wounded. | Yesterday the bandits shot their way out of a trap set by the G- lmen in the Topeka Post Office, wounding W. W. Baker, Federal Ag-. ent and an innocent bystander with a fusillade of shots and then es- caped in a parked car outside the postoffice. In Omaha, the pair kidnaped a country physician and and I BRANDS COURT PROFOSAL V= to enlarge the Supreme Court was “morally wrong." Said Wheeler: “If citizen to pack a jury, it is just as morally wrong for th U. S. Senator Tom Conally (D. Tex.) (left foreground), ARMIES FIGHT Social Security IN 2 SECTORS forced him to treat Suhay, who was injured in the Topeka fight. | Later, winding their way through! the criss-cross, winding streets of{ the tiny town of Plattsmouth, they were sighted and trailed by Sheriff Homer Sylvester. Trailing them, eight miles through the maze of! streets, Sylvester decided net to risk! exposure of gunfire by drawing, alongside of . the bandit’s car, but waited until they had stopped on i the outskirts of town in an effort to 'get their bearings and then pounced on them. i | Sheriff Sylvester today explain- ed, “we hoped the men would get tangled in a maze of side streets and that’s what they did. They weaved around, in and out, and fi-' {nally headed through a railroad un- derpass into the Missouri River. They stopped, then we jumped out and captured them—just like that!” SIX ARE DEAD IN HIGHWAY CRASH: 4 OTHERS HURT | Automobile and Truck Col-! lide Headon—Driver of Car Cremated | i o e | PASO ROBLES, Cal, April 17.—| | Six persons were killed and four others injured last night in the; | head-on collision of an automobile} and truck at Keck’s Corners, forty miles east of here. One of the vic- tims was cremated and the five others horribly mangled. | I All the dead and injured are be- |lieved to have lived at Bakersfield The driver of the automobile was |cremated, while his companion, Charles Carness, suffered a punc- tured lung, but is still living today |The others were travelling in the truck. ¥ Compromise On Court Program WASHINGTON, april 17—Sen- ator George MeGill of Kansas has offered a compromise proposal to the Roosevelt court bill suggesting the President be allowed to ap- point two new justices to the Su- preme Court if those over 70 years do not retire, o i TS S R American Fined For Photographing of Japan Zone TATHOKO, Formosa, April 17.— Helen Cooper, 56, identified as an American school teacher, today was fined 25 yen ($5.71) for paotograph- ing a fortified zone. A Japan news agency reported Keelung authorities confiscated five photographs she was alleged to have snapped from a steamer yesterday despite warnings. She underwent a police investigation before being taken to court, IN cIVJL WAR BeAppealed Now Case Will Be Carried to Highest Court, Govern- ment Men Indicate Bilbao Defenders Halt In- surgent Advance— Battle in Madrid 17.—Opposing ar- mis in Spain concentrated their warfare on two widely separated tors, in the north on the Bay of Biscay and in the south at the coastal doorway to Madrid, today, marking the ninth month of the Civil War. Basque defenders of Bilbao, “the Pittsburgh of Spain,” asserted they had halted Insurgent advance commanded by German officers, who issued a hurried call for re- inforcements. This, however, was denied by the Government, because “not a man can be spared from other fronts.” Serious coal and food shortages aggravated the situation at Bilbao| 1s Insurgents again pumped shells| into the city. | Madrid Government troops shelled | Insurgent positions in the heart of University City and other suburbs | of Madrid. RUMANIA IS FACING COUP OVER EXILE I WASHINGTON, April lfiy.}oN. Aptl crnment officials. are considering a the First Circuit Court of Appeals Boston. The Court yesterday, by a two- to-one decision, invalidated portions of the Social Security Act Chairman A. J. Altmeyer, of the Social Security Board, expressed the hope that the Supreme Court might settle the status of Social Security at the present term. The appeal must be filed immed- iately. TRAILER CARS T0 BE OUSTED Seattle Departments Take Action—One Sitdown- er Is Promised at SEATTLE, April 17. — The City Health and Building Departments today ordered all trailer car fami- lies to move out of the Denny Re- grade district before next Friday on the grounds of sanitation. Harry Grant, who occuples a trailer car, announced a sitdown Government Fears Trouble|strike. “They can put me in jai if they want to, but I am going to Because of ,[5"""’]‘ fight the order,” said Grant. ment of Prince S | BUCHAREST, Rumania, Apr\14$25 unu AwARD 17.—The Government, fearing a| §! pro-Nazi coup, is ready for any eventflality as political repercus- EH ER sions following the banishment r)(’ former Prince Nicholas indicate a tension has been created throughout ey the nation. ! Officials are apprehensive that the banned Rightist Iron Guard has| become angered because it was not consulted about the exile of the|Hongkong to Dallas. Prince for refusing to renounce his| Col. Easterwood posted a simi- commoner wife and son born to|lar award years ago for a Paris to the couple, and might challenge u".;l)ulla\' hop which French Aviators Government. |Coste and Bellonte made. e Alaska Bound, | STOCK QUOTATIONS Nearly Py — Lodged in Jail NEW YORK, April 17. — Closing B quotation of Alaska Juneau mine SEATTLE, April 17.—Joseph Lilly, [stock today is 13%, American Can PASADENA, Cal, April 17.—-Col William Easterwood, of Dallas, Tex- as, has offered $25,000 to the avia- tor making the f airplane flight, Act Decision to - 17.~Gov~ Des Moines undertaker, sailed to- day for the Arctic on a whale hunt- {104, American Light and Power 11, Anaconda 55%, Bethlehem Steel ing expedition, after he had almost|89%, Calumet and Hecla 14’2, Com- landed in jail on his arrival here | monwealth and Southern 2%, Cur- yesterday. | tiss Wright 6%, General Motors 59, When Lilly stepped off a lrum,‘lnwrnanonal Harvester 105'%, Ken- carrying a big express rifle, two|necott 56%, New York Central 49, husky policemen stepped up and Southern Pacific 57%, United States seized his weapons and told him he|Steel 110%, United Corporation 5%, was under arrest for carrying fire-' Cities Service 37, Pound $4.91 13/16, arms without a permit. Republic Steel 41%, Lima Locomo- Lilly soon recognized the grinning,tive 69, Cerro de Pasco 71'%, Ameri- faces of fellow members of the can Zinc, Lead and Silver 15 Pure Moose Lodge and appreciated the Oil 21'%, Holly Sugar 34!, Inter- joke, i]:lkl- Iron 22%. U. S. Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) told the Senate Judiciary committee the President’s proposal it is morally wrong for a private e government, as a litigant, to do the same thing.” who also opposes the president’s program, is questioning Wheeler. (Associated Press Photo) CITY FINANCIAL CONDITION 600, REPORT SHOWS |Auditor’s Sy rr;/ey Reveals| 1 Juneau's Affairs in | | Excellent Shape | i Sound financial condition of the ity was revealed in the report of public accountant, presented to the City Council at its meeting last| night. Highlights {rom the Aum-l‘ tor's report follows: ! | “It is noted from the comparative | |summary of income an dexpenses that while the income of the City did increase approximately $20,- 000 during the fiscal year, 1937,] |the expenses for the same period were held within $400 of the 1936i expenses, thereby achieving an ex-} cess income over expenses of $12,-| |886.41. | “The Municipal Wharf shows an |operating net profit of $3,765.77 af- |ter all expenses, including deprec- |iation, have been charged against| |its operation. This profit marily due to an increase of ap-| proximately $5,000 in the revenue of | the wharf. “The financial condition of the| City of Juneau as of March 31, 1937, | in our opinion, has been the best| for some time. At that date all| notes covering borrowed money | \from the banks had been liquidat- {ed, and the Treasury shows a balance of cash on hand, and in, banks of $4,68200. In addition to| the cash on hand, there was due to the City from the Territory the sum of $6,197.34 for liquor licenses and an approximate amount of $2- 000 in refunds for sidewalk im- (provements under the P.W.A. plan, and about $12,000 in delinquent taxes and accounts receivable. These amounts added together place lhei City in a position to more than; liquidate its current liabilities con- sisting of accounts payable and money ‘due to the Territory for collection made for its account. ‘We believe the City Clerk has made a remarkable showing in the! collection of taxes, considering the| fact that out of a tax assessment lof approximately $98000, only $4.-| (000 remained unpald at the end of | |March, 1937. The general operat- ing statement reveals that the city’s revenues exceedetl its operating ex- (penses by approximately $12,000,} and we believe that if the city| is pri-| . |plans its 1938 operations with due it should be in a posi-| economy, tion to retire at least $10,000 of its bonded indebtedness during the coming year. We respectfully call your attention to the fact that the operating statement does not only include the actual cash disburse- ments, but also the accrued liabili- ties in the form of accounts payable and accrued interest at March 31, 19317 - e - DOMINIQUE MARRIED PFrank Neyrand Dominigque, Thane road rancher and city garbage plant caretaker, and Jennie James were S. Commissioner Felix Gray. NAMED JUNEAU POLICE CHIEF B s I ACTION ON CITY CLERK POSITION IS LAID OVER {Mayor Jud;n—Chosen by City Council to Serve as Street Commissioner 'HOFFMAN RETAINED AS ASSISTANT CHIEF Junge, _]a'ck——Wilson,Patrolfl men—MacSpadden El- ected Wharfinger Before a crowd which packed the Council Chamber, the new City Council last night chose officials for the majority of the appointive positions in the city administra< tion. Action on applications for City Clerk, Magistrate, Health Of- ficer, City Engineer, Building In- spector, Radio Engineer and Fire Alarm Caretaker was put over uns til the next meeting. Mayor Thomas B. Judson was elected by the Council ‘to be Street Commissioner at a salary of $250 per month, Dan Ralston was chosen Chicf of Police at a salary of $200 per month. Other applicants for this post were William Poole and Al Forsyth. Others Chosen Other positions and applicants, with the first named being elected, are as follows: Assistant Chief of Police, salary $175—Roy Hoffman, elected; Peter Hammer, Richard W, Ford, Ken- neth Junge. Patrolmen, salary $165—Kenneth |Junge and J. W. Wilson elected; ‘Richard W. Ford, C. V. Kay, V. C. Thomsen, Peter A ‘Whatfingbr, mww.: o quick appeal Trom the decision Of (s qiio james C. Cooper, certified MacSpadden, elected; Henry Ben- son, Arthur Fide, George E. Hall, M. G. Clouse, Wyatt Kingman, R. H. Stevens. Assistant Wharfinger, salary $135 —J. L. Gray elected; James A. York, George Jones, J. M. Sharples, Em- mett Connor, R. B. Russell, Henry Benson, Kenneth Lowe. Librarian, salary $150 — Ann B. Coleman. Cemetery Caretaker, salary $150— Hans Nielsen. Treasurer—John Reck. City Attorney, salary $50—Frank H. Foster. Fire Truck Drivers, salary $150— John G. Olson, Joe Hill. _ Chief of Fire Department, salary 550—V. W. Mulvihill, Assistant Chief of Fire Depart- ment, salary $25—Willlam Nieder- | hauser. Garbage Dump Caretaker, salary $25—Frank Dominique. Salary Increases Only increases in salary were Wharfinger from $165 to $180 per month and cemetery caretaker from $140 to $150 monthly. City Attor- ney's salary was put on a straight $50 per month basis. Previously it |has been on a fee basis. Positions on which action was de-~ ferred until the next meeting of the Council and the applicants are: City Clerk—A. W. Henning, H. R Shepard. Magistrate—Albert White. Health Officer—Juneau Medical and Surgical Clinic. | City Engineer—M. A. Lagergren, Frank A. Metcalf. Building Inspector — George B. Rice. Radio Inspector—E. E. Stender. Fire Alarm Caretaker — H. M. Porter, W. R. Norton. From the Council, which is now made up of Henry Messerschmidt, Samuel Feldon, Ralph Beistline, Frank McCafferty, G. E. Krause and Oscar Harri, Mayor Judson an- nounced the following committees to handle various city matters dur- ing the year: Committees Finance and Taxation — Feldon, McCafferty, Harri. Fire Protection, Water — Harri, Messerschmidt, Krause. Library—Beistline, Feldon, Cafferty. Streets, Sewers, Lights — Krause, Beistline, Messerschmidt. Police — Messerschmidt, Harri, Feldon. | Wharf — McCafferty, Krause, Beistline. Schools — Krause, McCafferty, Beistline. Social Welfare — Feldon, Harri, Messerschmidt. The following applications were received for Assistant City Clerk, a position which is filled by ap- | pointment through the City Clerk: |Etta Mae Kolasa, Maude Deboff, (Continued on Page Four) . Mec- married yesterday afternoon by U.)