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

. T HE AILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” IUNEAU ALASKA, WLDN&SDAY MAY nz 1937, MEMB;‘R ASSOCIATED PRESS | PRICE TEN CENTS SHARPE KmK A(‘clmthed Todam As Rulers of Nmr’ - Half a Billion British Sub]o('ts at Cer. mnony in London APPOINTED TO SECURITY JOBS Sharpe Nam_eJS_Direclor of Unemployment Commis- sion, Kirk of Welfare I Walter P. Sharpe, Tax Collector in the Territorial Treasurer’s of- fice, today was appointed Executive Director 'of the new Territorial Un- employment Compensation Com- mission at a meeting of the com- n in the Social Security office in the Federal building. At the same time, the new De- partment of Public Welfare Board, holding its first meeting in the of- fice of Gov. John W. Troy, chair- man of the Board, named William B. Kirk, well known Juneau resl-| dent, as Director of the Department . of Public Welfare. Director Sharpe, who will receive | a salary of $4,200 per year, is ex-i pected to take over his new duties as soon as he can be relieved from his duties in the Treasurer’s office. Director Kirk, whe will receive a | salary of $4,000 a year, will take over his new position immediately. Subordinate appointments under the Directors are to be made during‘j the week while the two Bodrds are in session. The OCommission has been in session since Monday and the Welfare Board started its de-| liberations today. Preliminary work | involves going over the acts passed| by the special session of the Leg-, islature and preparing the setups| for administration in the Temtory‘ in cooperation with the Federal Social Security Act. ———to— AIR COMMISSION PLANS MEETING INNEAR FUTURE Governor, Crosson, Sim- mons Start Preliminary Work in New Dept. Joe Crosson and Sheldon Sim- mons, well known aviators and members of the Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission created by the recent Legislature, and Gov. John W. Troy, Commis- sion Chairman, held a preliminary meeting here yesterday and decided to ask the Federal Aeronautics Commission, the Signal Corps and the Weather Bureau to send rep- resentatives here for a meeting in June or early July to arrange co- | operative work between the several agencies, The Alaska Commission does not actually begin its official duties un- til June 12, when the new law be- cumes effective. It is planned to have the first official meetings at the same time when the agencies centacted are able to have repre- sentatives here. On the Commission which will have general charge of aviation and communications in Alaska in addi- tion to the Governor, Crosson and Simmons are M. D. Kirkpatrick of the Third Division and John Cross of the Second. JUDICIARY COM. ENDS STUDY ON COURTPROGRAM No_ Sessions Will Be Held Until Next Monday, Day Before Vote WASHINGTON, May 12. — The Senate Judiciary Committee has practically completed a study of three months on the Roosevelt court bill. Chairman Ashurst said the com- mittee wlll not meet again until next Monday, one day before the scheduled vote on the bill. Chairman Ashurst said many compromises have been proposed to the President’s measure. ——————————— G.E. REPRESENTATIVE H. M. Gustafson, representing the apparatus division of the General Electric Company, arrived in Ju- neau this week and is now stop- ping at the Gastineau Hotel, ‘gale Anthony J. Dimond's program ng (:eorge 7 REINDEER PLAN WINS APPROVAL IN WASHINGTON House Commlttee Recom- | mends $665,000 for Roads and Trails WASHINGTON, May 12.—Dele- to make the Eskimo self sustaining| and putting him back in the rein-‘ deér business has gained support in; Congress and a proposal to approp- riate two million dollars for pur- chase of reindeer from the whites‘y who are now operating thé busi-| ness and return the animals to] the natives has won Senate commit- b 3L U, S. MAY GIVE tee approval. The House Appropriations com- mittee also has approved $35000 in the Interior Deepartment bill Lo‘ provide for the reindeer service and | to include $5,000 allowed a year agn\ for needy natives to purehase deer. { The committee also recommended expenditure of $685,000 for repair and maintenance of roads, tram- ways, ferries, bridges, trails and| aviation fields in the Territory, $2- 000 of the amount to go for repair and maintenance of the government ‘dock in Juneau. It is proposed that $305000 be! spent in construction and repair of |day schools and hospitals. ——————— SLAYER FOUND T0 BE INSANE PORT ORCHARD, Wash., May 12. —Lawson K. Barton has been found insane in the Superior Court and) Ithus may escape trial for Kkilling Adolph Sandell, of San ‘Francisco, and destroying the body in a rub- bish fire. Barton was brought here from the Northern State Hospital for the insane several months ago when) the slaying was discovered. - e - NO AGREEMENT, HOTEL WALKOUT SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, May 12.— Hopes that the 16 hotels closed on/ May 1 by a walkout of employees will open soon were dimmed when! in conferences to get near any set- the operators and employers failed ll.lmem. | Teo weighty for comfort, the traditional crown (below), made for Charles II in 1662, is worn only 4 moment, It is replaced by the imperial crown. Lelt head of the scepter containing the Great Star of Africa cut from the C linan diamond. Right, the ampulla which holds the'oil of anointment. PRINCESSES ROYAL. Elizabeth, next in line to the throne, and Margaret Rose are the two children of Britain’s king. LOVE PREFERRED. have been his coronation, but ward VI abdicated to become an | exiled Duke of Windsor in order It might to mrry the “woman I lw.." RELIUM GAS T0 OTHER NATIONS “Well Guarded Plan” May Be Worked Qut—Leg- islation Is Pending WASHINGTON, May 12. — Sec- retary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper expressed the belief today that a| “well guarded plan” will be worked out to make helium gas available for other nations for commercial aircraft use, by 'the United States which produces most of the world’s supply. The United Stateés now restricts exporting of the gas but legislation is now pending before the House | Military Committee which. if en- acted, would permit export of the gas for commergial (and medical purposes Subject to this Govern- ment's repurchase. Striking Movie Men Seeking Aid HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 12. Striking movie craftsmen are at- tempting to recruit support of two powerful waterfront unions in the boycott on movie theatres, and whose members pass through the‘ picket lines of the Federated Crafts.| The strikers have asked the Mari- time Federation and the ILA o join them. ITS 36TH SHOW. Brilliant twentieth century flood- lights glorify the old stones of Westminster Abbey, some of which to 1060, It is its thirty-sixth coronation, but its first to see such innovations as radio and newsreels. Urges Congress to Give F unds for Roads, Airports in Alaska So to Snmulate Development WASHINGTON, May 12, — The Interior Department asserts that Alaska has colonization opportuni- ties. | Dr. Ernest Henry Gruening, Di- rector, Division of Territories and Island Possessions, told the mem- bers of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee, that “we feel very definitely the population of Alaska can be increased to serve as an out- let for a great many people of this country.’ Representative Jed Johnson, of Oklahoma, a Democrat, brought up the Matanuska project, saying: “I doubt if one of the colonists will ever stay up there as soon as we stop feeding them.” Dr. Gruening replied: “I beg to differ with you on that view. There are now ten families entirely on their own. This is only the second season too. The prevailing view among the colonists in the Matan- uska project is that you could not drag them away with a team of oxen.” Dr. Gruening urged, before the sum-committee. that Congress ap- propriate funds for roads and air- port construction to stimulate Al- aska develupnunt LABOR DISPUTE IS UP TO DORE Longshoremen, Teamsters| to Confer in Office of | Mayor of Seattle ‘ SEATTLE, May 12—Representa- tives of the longshoremen said they will meet the delegates of the | United States Teamsters union tomorrow in Mayor John F. Dore’s office in an attempt to settle jurisdictional disputes over the Warehousemen’s union. Large Area of Alaska Land Still Unsurveyed — The esti- WASHINGTON, May 12 Land mates there are 376,000,000 acres of Alaska land that have never been surveyed. office QUEEN TO EX-KING. Both the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Simpson were born in June. This year their birth-month may find them brldc and n'oom. MADRID AGAIN BOMBARDED IN NIGHT ATTACK Two HundJflnd Seven- | teen Persons Have Been Killed Since April 1 MADRID, May 12.—The Insur-; gents have renewed bombardment) of this city and sending the toll to] 217 killed and 639 wounded since .| Water 'Rapidly | Rising, Fairbanks (hwen Elizabeth | WORK STOPPED, SEARCHING FOR SLIDE VICTIMS ed to Occur at Alaska Mining Property SEWARD, Alaska, May 12. — W. W. Sherman, forester in charge of the rescue party at the avalanche where_six men were buried Monday on Lynx Creek, -Moose* Pass Dis- trict, has refused to permit the crew other slide 3,000 feet up the moun- tain. There is a great body of snow hanging, apparently ready to go di- rectly above the path of the first _. | slide. The men missing are: Dave Mansfield, John Dyste, Ben erson and Wilbur Stezman, Forest Service and CCC men have joined the searching party. A radio telephone service been equipped at the scene. It is said here the men were pro- bably engaged in preliminary work before the stari of the year’s op- erations at the mine property owned | by H. C. Coopcr ,ee - has Nenana Ice Firm Water is at the 11-foot stage and rising in Chena Slough at Fair- banks, there is a huge ice jam near April 1. { A dozen heavy shells fell in the| heart of the cny last night. | CONVICTED OF PERJURY, CHILD MARRIAGE CASE Mother Testilied Daughter 18 When Only 14— Three Face Prison SEATTLE, May 12.—Mrs. Anna' Palmer has been convicted of per- jury in swearing her daughter Delta, 14, was 18 so she could marry John Lee Menifield, 38 year old negro. Charles Palmer, and Menifield, have and abetting perjury. All three are sybject to a maxi- mum of three years in prison and the girl's father, been aiding a fine of 1,000. Marine Airways hangar. the bridge and the lower section of the city is flooded, according (o word to the Weather Bureau. The lce had not broken at Nenana enrly ternoon. 'POST OFFICE 0. K.'S GRATIS MAIL SERVICE Postmaster Albert Wile received word from A. D. Lawrence, Superin- tendent of railway mail service in Seattle, that use of the Northland Transportation Company ships for grntumous dispatch of first class mail only when necessary had been approved until further notice. The Northland took mail south gratis on her last trip. e — RENSHAW FLIES HERE Making another in the series of ten passengerless roundflights from Ketchikan to Juneau for Herb Mun- ter'’s Aircraft Charter Service, of Ketchikan, Pilot Ray Renshaw, ac- companied by a flight mechanic, flew that company’s red Stinson Reliant seaplane to Juneau today, arriving here about 1:30 o'clock this| afternoon and taking off again to return to Ketchikan about 45 min- utes later, after re-fueling at the Another Avalanche Expect-| ‘ to dig for fhe bodies, fearing an-, FICIALLY CROWNED CORONATION IS SOLEMNIZED IN LONDON'S ABBEY Ceremony Goes Off With- out Single Flaw in En- tire Proceedings | GUNS BOOM, BELLS PEAL, CROWD CHEERS Brief Address Is Made from Throne—Night Service Is Also Short LONDON, May 12—The Empire |that no night can darken today :crowncd and consecrated its Rulers, King George the Sixth and Scot- tish Queen Elizebeth in a solemn but beautiful ritual handed down from the proud centuries. The ceremony came at the peak of the greatest show in one thousand years. The Archbishop of Canterbury, lvenerable and erect, gave to the new |King the crown that symbolizes the jrule of 500,000,000 souls, almost a quarter of the earth's population. The presentation of the crown was made at 12:30 o'clock this after- noon within the old grey walls of Westminister Abbey. t Duke's Wedding Across the English Channel, at Touraine, in a hunting lodge, Ed~ ward, Duke of Windsor, whose ab- {dicafion made George King, list~ \ened by the side of Mrs. Wallis War~ field Simpson to the broadeast of [the ritual. Then, just at the peak of the solemn Westminister Abbey consecration, the Duke's friends dis+ June becauu of the Royal denrlnz a public wedding, dk-- greed with the British Government, which wants a strictly private wed= ‘dlng. King Accepts Honors Speaking slowly and clearly with |no hint of impediment, the grave- eyed Monarch accepted the throne |of Great Britain and pledged himself |to a just and honest rule, g | The two hour ceremony was cli= maxed when the 41 year old sover- elgn was lifted reverently to his throne before 7,500 Peers, Peeresses, foreign rulers, diplomats and states- |men from all over the world. Outside of Westminister Abbey, millions or more cheered as the guns in the Tower of England |boomed and church bells pealed that the priceless jeweled crown 'ur St. Stephen had been placed on 'the head of King George VI. i A briefer ceremony followed the {Crablree, John Mehues, Einar Ped- coronation of the King, the crown= |ing of the Queen and the annoing- |ing of the brows of the new rulers, | Not a visible flaw occurred. | Princesses Attend Throughout the ceremony, Prin- ness Elizabeth, II., heiress presump- tive to the throne, gravely and in- tently watched the impressive ritual that may some day make her Great Britain’s first reigning Queen since Queen Victoria, Margaret Rose, 6, young sister, Isquirmed and wriggled. Crush of Humanity Outside of the Abbey, in the crush of humanity lining every inch of |space along the six miles of the | processional route, more than three score of spectators fainted. One youth died in a fight in Plc- ((‘nnnnued on Plge m ITALY PEEVED, NOT ONE LINE ON CORONATION But Newspapers Do Print Story of Demonstra- tion in Dublin ROME, May 12.—Italian newspa- pers today ignored the day's: big- gest news story; the coronation of the British King and Queen, and published a dispatch from Dublin telling of the police there dispers- ing a crowd demonstrating against the “coronation of an English King for Ireland.” Italy recalled all oorrespondents from London last Monday and banned all but three English news- papers in retailiation to the English press jibes of Ttalian defeats in the . Spanish Civil War. N {