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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7476. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1937. SHIPPING TO ALASKA IS AGAIN RESUMED Envoy to Norway DUKE, WALLIS | ARE TO MARRY | DURING MONTH Ceremony :[:akes Place After Coronation — She Wants to Live in U. S. MONS, France, May 5.—Mrs. Wal- lis Simpson, it is reported, wants to live in the United States after her | marriage to the Duke of Wmd.\or.i in order to escape the memories and | traditions of Royalty. | | | | The Duke, it is understood, would like to make his future home in the Austrian Tyrol. It is expected that the Duke and| Mrs. Simpson will be married in the Chateau de Cande, Where Mrs. Simpson is now residing. French secret police have been instructed to protect the Duke of Kent on his trip to France on May 18. This gives rise to rumors that the marriage of the Duke of Wind- sor and Mrs. Simpson will take, place about that date. The Duke of | Kent is to be Windsor’s best man The Duke of Windsor and Mrs. ety Mrs. Florence J. Harriman ~ la Washington, D. C., socialite, Mrs. Florence J. Harriman, has Simpson are expected to listen to the coronation ceremony by radio. Herman L. Rogers, spokesman for Mrs. Simpson, said plans for the marriage will be disclosed after the been named U. S. minister to Nor- | way by President Roosevelt. Mrs. Harriman, a member of the Demo- cratic national committee, suc- ceeds Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, coronation. Jr., to the Norway post. Police guards about the estate here have been doubled to exclude| the curious. | 10 CHILDREN CONGRESS NOW IN 5TH MONTH DESTITUTE AT ' PRESENT MEET Wflflfl_’ffimfiflfl Senate Ricessing. o Ao count of No Business— Mattresses and Cots to Be House on Minor Laws Furnished by Col. Ohl- ay began the fifth month of the son—Food Rushed ol ent session and leaders are un- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 5. — certain whether there will be an Col. Otto F. Ohlson, General Mana- adjournment in July or next Oc- ger of the Alaska Railroad, received tober. Some Senators expect an a telegram from the Seward Red carly windup, believing there may Cross Chapter, saying the fire which be a compromise on the Roosevelt destroyed the Baptist Orphanage on court plan. Woody Island, near Kodiak, left 70| It is also hinted that wage and children destitute. {hour legislation may be deferred Col. Ohlson will loan 70 cots and until the session. Much how- mattresses and they will be taken ever, hinges on the decisions of the to Woody Island. {President, when he returns next A Coast Guard cutter is leaving week from his fishing trip on the Seward today with provisions for Gulf of Mexico. the Orphanage. The Senate is recessing for lack Col. Ohlson said the cots and mat- of bu tresses will be rushed to Seward from Palmer and shipped to Kodiak islation. aboard the steamer Curacao, also; The House sub-committee has op- sailing late today from Seward. ened hearings on Roosevell’s rec- e . 5 St ommendations for a billion and one WUMAN’S BGDY 'half dollars for a relief appropria- L L} IN LAKE ERIE 3,100 AUTO "' WORKERS 60 ON SITDOWN ST. LOUIS, May. 5. — Members 3 of the Auto Workers Union of the woman’s body was found in Lake|General Motors, Chevrolet and Fish- Erie, writing a new chapter inler body plants, began a sitdown Cleveland’s Bizarre beheadings, strike today as a protest to the dis- which the police tabulated as the charge of 37 employees. ninth victim of the city’s mad killer.| Norman Smith, organizer, said Coroner Samuel Gerber said a pre-(3700 men quit work an hour after liminary examination indicated the|the plants opened today. portion of the body found may be the lower part of a torso, found|gs in the lake two months ago and| ! nearly two miles away. 5 Government Is to Make Fight, Drug Smuggling SEATTLE, May 5.—The Govern- ment’s Law Enforcement officers of the Pacific Coast plan a campaign to prevent the expected outbreak of narcotics smuggling. It is said that resumption of ship- ping has led to rumors that at- DOW, JONES AVERAGES tempts will be made to smuggle in| The following are today’s Dow, large amounts of nareotics, especi-|Jones averages: industrials 174.67, ally from the Orient, rails 59.05, utilities 29.54. billion dollars. - e Another Chapter Written in Beheadings in Cleveland CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5. — The carefully severed section of a STOCK QUOTATIONS : NEW YORK, May 5. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can 99%, American Light and Power 10, Anaconda 52'%, Bethlehem Steel 85%, Calumet and Hecla no sale, Commonwealth and Southern 2%, Curtiss Wright 6, General Motors 59%, International Harvester 107%, Kennecott 55%, New York Central 46';, Southern Pacific 57, United States Steel 102%, United Corpora- tion 5%, Cities Service 3%, Pound $4.93'2, Republic Steel 38%, Pure Oil 19%, Holly Sugar 35, Bremner bid 6 asked 10. WASHINGTON, May 5.—Congress |tion. Advocates for a billion dollar |relief appropriation appear to be| |gaining over the advocates for two NENANA ICE IS SHOWING BREAK SIGNS Nenana River Is Open and | Already Cutting Into Tanana River NENANA, Alaska, May 5.—Pools of ‘'water have spread over the ice showing signs of an approaching breakup in the Tanana river. Ice-breaking fans are much ex- cited. ! The Nenana river is already open ‘and beginning to cut into tlie Tan- |ana river. The temperature |18, | The ice here is becoming weepy. | The first all night spring thaw | was recorded Monday night. | > ee Democrat Beats ~ Republican for - Congress Seat ' Alfred Elliott Defeats Har-| | ry Hopkins in Cal. | ‘ District Election | SANTA BARBARA, Cal., May 5. —Alfred J. Elliott, Roosevelt Demo- crat, defeated Harry Hopkins, Re- publican, for the post left vacant by the death of Congressman Hen- ry Stubbs, Tenth California district. Elliott received 16,000 votes and | Hopkins 12,000 votes in the election held yeésterday. SUBSTITUTE FO COURTPROPOSAL OFFERED SENATE McCarran o_fN;vada Would | Boost Supreme Court ‘ to Eleven Judges | WASHINGTON, May 5.—Sena- |tor Pat McCarran of Nevada today presented a substitute for the | Roosevelt court reform bill to the Senate Judiciary committee. It | would provide for two new Supremec yesterday was | | | The House is acting on minor leg- ! Saiatess T Court justices but no increase in . fee | the number of judges in the lower |courts. It also would eliminate the Roosevelt proposal for creation of a court proctor to watch for court congestion and assign judges where they are needed. | | The McCarran proposal was the |first complete substitute for the 1Pr05idenl'.\ bill yet considered. Un- |der the plan the court would be | composed of 10 associate judges and ja Chief Justice. The associate | judges would represent the 10 ju- | dicial circuits now existing. Vacan- |cies would be filled from those cir- icu‘n.s. | ——————— ‘ 1 DIMOND URGES APPROPRIATION, ALASKA ROADS |Makes Plea Before Sena!e: Committee for Sum of $350,000 | WASHINGTON, May 5.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond today urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve the provis- ions in the Agriculture Department Bill to give Alaska $350,000 for for- | est roads and trails. He said that with this amount, plus unused funds from previous appropriations, it would be possible for Alaska to| make a good start in the develop- ment of national forests. AN it o Rt HERE FOR SUMMER Coming to Juneau to visit most of this summer with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Chittick, Mr. and Mrs. James Chit- tick arrived here from the States aboard the motorship Northland. Rex Chittick is the son-in-law of lD. B. Femmer. MEMBEK A SSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Aerial View of Flood Stricken London, Ontario This picture, taken from an airplane, shows the sw waters. About 6,000 persons were driven from their homes. The highway which escaped the high waters. (Copyright D :iroit New ht background shows one of the 5 Airph ollen Thames river and some of the houses inundated in London, Ont., by the flood city bridges and a part of the oto). INSURGENTS INK - “Last” Log Drive Jams River to Save Bridge TRAP. CAUGHT BY BILBAO BASOUES Efforts to Be Made Tonight to Evacuate 2,300 from Port 5—~The Govern- BILBAO, May ment troops have trapped an In- surent force, composed of Moorish and Italians, northeast of here and Basques m this moved much Insurgent pressure. the cl has re- Basque government defenders charge that an “Italian destroyer” and seven Insurgent fighting ships are massed off the port in an at- tempt to prevent evacuation of 2,300 women and children and old men. The Basques said they will defy and evacuate the refu- gees tonight under the Red Cross flag in Spanish ships which will be protected outside the three mile limit by French and British men of war, France is the destination of those to be evacuated. No N&gifiufis in Hotel Strike SAN FRANCISCC, Cal, May 5.— The hotel strike neared the begin- ning of the fifth day without any apparent hope for a settlement, not even the gesture of negotiations from either side. Operators of the hotels and they would not nego- tiate with the unions. > Destroyer Crews Wear Life Jackets ABOARD BATTLESHIP PENN- SYLVANI,, May 5. — Continuous choppy seas are forcing destroyer crews to wear life jackets on the decks, which are flooded. The de- stroyers are scouting for the pres- ent maneuve TENT CITY FOR SCOUTS RISING WASHINGTON, May 5—A city of tents began to take form today along the Potomac to house 25,000 Boy Scouts who will meet here on June 30 for the first National Jam- boree, Logs of Minnesota’s annual big timber drive were purposely jammed in the Little Littlefork to prevent destruction of bridges over the stream. A section of the 15,000, Fork river near ,000 foot cut of saw logs in the drive is shown. Rivermen awaited lower water before sending the timber down- HITS VILLAGE Residents of Norbuck Flee Before Flames to Winfield EDMONTON, Alta,, May 5. — The village of Norbuck has been nearly wiped out, caught in the path of 100 foot high flames of a brush fire which roared over the.town after treacherous winds changed from the northwest to the southeast. Inhabitants fled in every avail- able auto truck to Winfield, five miles south. B. F. HEINTZLEMAN IS SPEAKER AT MEETING OF U. S. EMPLOYEES, An interesting talk by B. F. Heint- zleman, Regional Forester, on his work during the years since he left Juneau was a feature of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Em- ployees’ luncheon this noon at Per- cy’s, which was attended by 45 per- sons. Vern Hoke of the U. S. Sig- nal Corps was another speaker, and other guests included Col Dusenbury of Chilkoot Barrack and his aide, Lieut. E. M. Rowan, and Forest Ranger J. M. Wyckoff of Petersburg. stream to mills, SMALL BATTLE SOON COMING AT SHIPYARD {Lewis to Attempt to Organ- ize Employees at Newport News By PRESTON GROVER WASHINGTON, May 5-—Anyone interested in labor tactics will get a thrill out of a small battle soon lcoming up between John L. Lewis and one of the nation’s busiest ship- | yards, the Newport News Ship- building and Drydock Company. Newport News is one of those quiet old Virginia cities that have \grown up largely around one indus- try. |KEEP ’EM BUSY While it is true that the city is |dependent upon the industry, the lindustry is equally dependent upon |the city. It must draw its skilled help, its unskilled help, its book {keepers, its officials and apprentices |from the city. Shipbuilders from master yard su- perintendent to the humblest welder are specialists at their jobs. They Ralph|can build ships and not a great! |deal else. But on the other hand,| fof the Goddard Hot Springs near| |shipbuilding is a specialist's job NIGHT FOREST | | | | | } Woods Cuttting Wide Swath to Atlantic PLYMOUTH, Mass., May 5. Firemen and volunteers fought a all-night battle with a roaring for- est fire which cut a swath seven {miles long and two miles wide, then raced toward the ocean. One volunteer was killed in the {fire fighting. | A wateh is being maintained to- day, fearing another outbreak - - MAYOR SHAW IS REELECTED LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 5. — Complete unofficial returns give Mayor Frank Shaw his second four- year term by 20,000 votes as head Nation's fifth largest ecity. {Supervisor John Anson Ford was Shaw’s opponent. | >oo | KASHEVAROFF LEAVES The Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff left Sitka aboard the Northland. He FIRE FOUGHT Flames R;Through[ PICKETING ON WATERFRONT IN SEATTLE ENDS Lines of Demonstrators Are Withdrawn from Al- aska Co. Docks BARANOF SCHEDULED TO SAIL TOMORROW North Sea and Alaska Will Leave South on Ad- vertised Dates SEATTLE, May 5.—Alaska ship- ping is resumed. Waterfront picketing of all docks of companies operating to the Northland has ceased and pickets withdrawn. Union officials said the pickets were withdrawn before the tem- porary injunction was issued yes- terday afternoon by Superior Court Judge James Lawler. The Alaska Steamship Company announced that the steamer Bar- anof will sail for Alaska, leaving | here tomorrow forenoon and the Alaska will sail, as scheduled, on Saturday morning. The Northland Transportation Company sald the North Sea will sail as scheduled, on Friday morn- ing. The Cannery Workers and Farm Laborers Union, in their plea for a temporary injunction, said the union has been in existence for four years, has a membership of 3,000 which includes 90 percent of workers engaged in the Alaska salmon can- BARANOF TO SAIL NORTH TOMORROW Steamer Baranof will sail from Seattle for Alaska ports tomorrow morning according to advices re- ceived by Juneau agent M. J. Wil- cox. The Baranof will call at Ket- chikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Ju- neau, Cordova and Seward and then sail directly south from Seward for Seattle, not calling at dny ports iin Alaska. | The Northwestern’s sailing, sched- uled for yesterday morning, has | been cancelled. | The Mount McKinley will sail | from Seattle next Tuesday morning {at 9 o'clock for all Southeast Alaska iporr.s only. The Mount McKinley is taking the advertised schedule of the Victoria. MRS. ROOSEVELT 'HONORED GUEST AT BIG AFFAIR [First Lady of Land Ap- pears Tonight at Public Seattle Reception b il | | SEATTLE, May 5—Mrs. Prank- 8] lin D. Roosevelt spoke this after- noon over a nationwide radio net- work on the problems of raising | children. The First Lady of the land ap- pears tonight at a public reception in the Civic Auditorium which is her only public appearance on her Seattle visit with her son-in-law |and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger. > ALASKA FEEDER AIR MAIL LINE IS KNOCKED 0UT Senate and House Confer- ence Kills Appropriation in Treasury Dept. Bill WASHINGTON, May 5. — The |Senate and House Conference com- | mittee has killed the appropriation /in the Treasury Department’s bill |and an airmail line linking Tanana Crossing, Cordova, Seward and An- ;:‘horuge with the Fairbanks-Juneau ne. The House originally rejected the |provision but it was inserted in the bill by the Senate. The Anchorage Post Office is still hanging fire, depending on the | Accepting that relationship, the|Will return to Juneau following aiamount to be appropriated for pub- (Continued on Page Tlirce) erw days’ rest there. lic buildings, =8