The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 18, 1937, Page 1

- - HE DAILY ALAS VOL. L., NO. 7487. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” A, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1937. JUNEAU, ALASK MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS A EMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS PLAN COMMITTEE VOTES AGAINST COURT One Membe —_—_— FORT YUKON, | ALSO NENANA ARE FLODDED No Loss of Life Reported at Either Place—Wat- ers Receding FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 18.— Floods swept Fort Yukon, on the Yukon River, and Nenana, on the Tanana River, sending torrents of at least four feet deep through Fort Yukon and 14 feet deep through Nenana, according to radio- phone reports received here. No loss of life is reported at eith- er place The water is reported dropping slightly at Fort Yukon and most of the danger is over at Nenana. Post Inundated | Ray Randall, Deputy United States Marshal at Fort Yukon ra- diophoned that most of the trading post was inundated when the Yukon | ice broke but the damage would: not be extensive. Nenana advices said the water| reached the greatest depth in the! residential section although it has| spread over the business district and threatened for a time the big! freight warehouse. i Deputy U. S. Marshal Randall, in his radiophone report said: “The| town is flooded. One cabin and| many sheds and fences have been, washed away. | Goes to Bed “Water is four feet deep in my house. I have moved upstairs with| my radio outfit. My motorboat is now running in my yard. “The flood started Saturday and still continues, but is slowly drop- ping.” FAIRBANKS INNOCULATING ! FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 18. —' Innoculation against typhoid beg: an Strategy in the drive to unionize the| COWLLBE RESISTED BY STEEL FIRMS Two Independent Plants to Shut Down If Trouble Is Caused CHICAGO, Ill, May 18. — Two large independent steel companies, objects of the CIO drive for bargain- ing agreements, announced today they will shut down the plants if picketing blocks safe entry of em- ployees. 3 Officials of the Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet Tube Com- pany said the plants will be “shut down until the civil authorities clear | the streets and make it possible for our men to go to work peacefully and without intimidation.” | From Hollywood comes word that | the striking film crafts, planning 2 nation-wide picketing of movie| theatres, expect to put pickets in| front of all Chicago theatres during | this week. | Two striking crafts at Hollywood | have reached agreements with the studios but eight others are still seeking the closed shop. e eee STRATEGY T0 BE USED FOR FORD BATTLE Conviction Expressed Un-z ionizing Will-Be Pro- longed Struggle DETROIT, Mich,, May 18.—Unlon\ here today as the flood waters re- Ford Motor Company workers ap-| ceded and the Chena and Tanana Peared to rest today on the convic- rivers became normal. Twenty nine tion that it will be a prolonged persons were innoculated and on Strugele. recommendation of Mayor E. B. Without retreating from their ex- | Collins all water for drinking pur- Pressed confidence that they will | poses is being boiled. /have a hard fime for collective bar- Mayor Collins estimates the dam- gaining issue with Henry Ford, of-| age here to be $50,000, but business- ficials of the United Auto Work-| men place the loss at $150,000. ers of America moved with extreme Superintendent Nash, of the Al- deliberation in shaping the cam- aska Road Commission, said $15,000 paign plans. damage has been done to roads and| It became evident, that for the bridges. {present, there will be no demonstra- _ tion of union strength. NORMALCY RESUMED | - — FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 18. —/ Normalcy is being resumed. i Schools reopened today with a full attendance. Families are returning to their ‘Raids on Livestock Arouses Ire of Ranchers in water-soaked, . mud-covered floored | homes. Wyoming Section Business got a new start and con- | ditions are as usual. The service on the Alaska Rail- road has also been resumed. Plane traffic is getting underway as the airfields are more favorable. The ice went out at McGrath at 12:51 o'clock yesterday afternoon but is still holding at Manley Hot Black R Springs, Tanana station and Nulato. Planes are still landing on skiis at Ruby, Nulato and Unalakleet. - e BUTTE CLERKS ARE STRIKING; STORES CLOSED BUTTE, Montana, May 18. — All stores and closed here today by a strike of the members of the Clerks Union. Only gasoline station employees | are working. Small neighborhood stores are doing business however as usual. LANDER, Wyoming, May 18. — ‘Thousands of coyotes have retreat- ed into the dense wpods to escape the shotgun fire of Rifle Clubs of ranchers who are enraged by the coyote raids on livestock. Eight hundred coyotes have been killed already and one gun-| toting rancher said this is only the beginning. He said he expected 10,- 000 would be killed in one county alone. B e Young Prisoner Escapes Sheriff Officer Is Unable to Give | r of Hi THOUSANDS ACCLAIM ROYAL FAMILY AFTI 7 ER CORONATION A | : i 188 W King George VI and Queen Elizabeth are pictured wearing royal robes and their crowns as they ap- peared in public shorily after the ancient coronation rites held in Westminster Abbey. Thousands of loyal Brilish subjects, who thronged the route of the colorful coronation parade, voiced their acclama- tien of the new monarch. Photo beth, Princess Margaret Rose and King George VI on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. members of the court are pictured in the backg COR 7NATION COACH ENROUTE shows (left tc righht) Queen Elizabeth, wearing crown; Princess Eliza- Other round. TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY Despite pelting rain, colorfully uniforméd guards, § renadiers and soldiers from every point in the British empire either lined the streets or Palace to Westminster Abbey. Al took part in the s pectacular coronation procession from Buckingham n accurate estimate of the spectators who crowded London streets to witness the great parade could not be made—thousands are pictured in this one scene. The royal coach, drawn by eight herses, is pictures apids G Again Moving; Now Near ‘ Banks of “WIN THE WAR” SLOGAN NOW OF sPANIsH Ganl;Rflpld‘b roadhouse, wxephonvd Ppas bard, Alaskan ar pilot who has fi-| New Premier Negrin Mar- shalling All Forces to Fight Insurgents orls [PERGY HUBBARD ] vear HAS NEW ANKLE; Big Delta Rweréwm_ H:! AGAIN ( | FAIRBANKS, Aleska, May 18— |‘vhe Black Rapids glacier has almost| | reached the banks of the Big Delta Interior Flier Undergoes |River several miles from where it| Q. caccful Operation ) | started galloping on its journey last| £y { October. 1 Seattle Hospital | col H. E. Revall, of the Black ( | lacier Is | SEATTLE, May 18—Percy Hub- lme and water on the river has gured in several daring flights and made it too dangerous to cross to rescues, is recovering in a hospital ‘delermine exactly how close the here today after an operation on | glaciers face is to the river. his right ankle which has resulted When the glacier was a mile and In @ new ankle joint that gives |a half away from the roadhouse the flier hopes he will be able to |1ast February, rumblings and fhun- fIy again. VAN DEVANTER WILL RESICN ON JUNE TWO Associate Justice of Su- preme Court Makes Announcement | | | 'HAS SERVED PAST | TWENTY-SIX YEARS ‘President Will Now Be| l Able to Appoint Own | Choice Successor | it | WASHINGTON, May 18. — Willis Van Devanter, aged 78, has in-| formed President Roosevelt that he | will retire as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States on June 2. | | Simultaneously with the an-| | nouncement came the indication | ! frcm officials vested high in author- | ity that there probably will be no| more retirements from the Supreme | Court at this time. Before begin-| | ning the fall term, in October, Asso- | ciate Justice George Sutherland, of | Utah, may take advantage of the| Retirement Act of full pay of $20,- 000 annually. | Associate Justice Van Devanter ! has served 26 years. He gave no rea- son for his retirement other than his age. | Chief Justice. Charles Evans Hughes called the retirement of As- sociate Justic Van Devanter “a most serious loss to the Supreme Court.” The retirement of Justice Van I WILLIS VAN DEV Tribual to Retire | FIRST RETIREMENT FROM SUPREME ANTER Wyoming; December Age 78, home in appointed by Taft, 16, 1910. Yoted for TVA. Voted against: — Gold dollar devaluation, NRA, farm mort- gage act, “hot oil” regulation, railroad pensions, AAA, Guffey Coal Act, municipal bankruptcy act, New York minimum wage, and other legislation. LEPPELIN FIRE IS DEFINITELY ~ PLACED BY LAU \Flame Seen in Cell Four— Then Terrific Explo- Devanter will give President Roose- velt an opportunity to select his successor. the first vacancy since Holmes, 91, who retired in 1932 after serving 30 years. Until the beginning of the pres- ent term, Justice Van Devanter vot- ed against the Administration ac- | tions or laws twelve times and for 't once, the sole exception being the Tennessee Valley Authority contro- versy. This present term, however, | he voted for Administration legis- Jation nine times and against three times. Capitol Hill leaders speculated as' to the effect Van Devanter's retire- ment will have on the fight on the; court bill. ——— (CONFESSES T0 - SLAYING TWO; | INVOLVES MAN i Widow Tells Police of Mur- | dering Children But Implicates Suitor | BULLETIN—New York, May 18. — District Attorney Barron Hill announced late this after- noon that Mrs. Tiernan has ab- solved Christodulus from any connection with a crime. She broke down when confronted by him and said she “did it all alone.” It is understood the mo- tive for the slayings was be- cause her apartment was too small for a family, ) ' NEW YORK, May 18—Thirty- seven-year-old George Christoldu- lus, restaurant man, suitor of Mrs. Helen Tierman, who confessed to the slaying of her daughter, is in custody, charged by the 25-year-old blonde widow with acting in concert iin the crime. The police saild she accuses him of having plotted with her in the attempt to kill her seven year old sion Followed The retirement creates that of | LAKEHURST, N. J., May 18.—The iuu|.bre'.\k of the zeppelin Hinden- |burg fire has definitely been placed inside gas cell four in the stern. |This was the statement of Helmut TEN TO EIGHT DECISION OVER FOR'S PROPOSAL |Senate Judiciary Members Go on Record Upon Big Issue: MANY AMENDMENTS ARE ALSO REJECTED |Seven Democrats, Three Republicans Oppose Any Changes Now WASHINGTON, May 18. — Tha Senate Judiciary Committee today voted ten to eight to report Presie dent Roosevelt’s Court bill adverses ly. The first mempers to emerge from the Committee session said all amendments, except a few clarify- ing changes, were rejected by the dominant opposition. Seven Democrais and three Re- publicans voted against a favorable recommendation that the measure be passed and seven Democrats and one Republican favored the bill. ‘Those against the President’s pro- posal are Senators King, McCar- ran, Van Nuys, Hatch, Burke, Con- ley, O'Mahoney, Borah, Austin and Steiwer. 4 Hughes, Norris and Ashurst. Chalirntan Ashurst says Associate Justice Van Devanter’s retirement “imminently promotes” the pros- pect of passage by the Senate of the court proposal which is to in- crease by six additional Justices in the event those 70 years of age failed to retire. One proposal rejected also by & vote of 10 to 8 was offered by Senator Lau, helmsman, who had five tail|Logan who said Senator Robinson |gas cells in his line of vision when | supported it. The proposal was & the first explosion occurred. compromise to raise the retirement A brilliant light appeared in the cell simultaneously with the explos- |level from 70 to 75 years and limit addiiional appointments to one year. ‘The proposal, it is sald, drew the it | |ion, Lau testified. e Edward, Walli Are to Be Wed : Eag! in June Date Is Now Set for Third —Members of Royal Family Be Missing MONTS, France, May 18.—Ed- ward, the Duke of Windsor, and Mrs. Wallis Warfield have set their marriage date for June 3, the birth- day of the Duke's father. It is announced ihat no member of the British Royal family will be in attendance, support of Chairman Ashurst and other Administration Senators of, the committee. Senator Logan said he will offer the compromise on the floor of the Senate when the measure comes ups e EXPEDITION OF HRDLICKA WILL SAIL THURSDAY Will Leave Aboard North- { land—Two Aleutian Islands Is Goal WENATCHEE, Wash.,, May 18.— Alan May, Wenatchee orchardist The ceremony will be performed, according to present indications, in and archaelogist, is sailing Thurs- day from Seattle on the Coast Guard cutter Northland with Df. Ales Hrdlicka on a four months' anthropologic expedition to study ancient man. This is the second trip north with Hrdlicka and Atka and Adak, two Islands of the western end of the Aleutian chain, which as far as KERR BACK, COURT [aleutan PARTY LEAVING FOR |shiee mepee, Pover peen violied by JUNEAU ON BARANOF of the expedition. ' I the presence of old and new (oundi friends made by the couple here. The Duke and Wallis will be married by Dr. Charles Mercter." Mayor of Monts. Mummified remains of ancient Lawrence Kerr, Clerk in the Dis- (Aleuts will be sought along the ts- trict Attorney's office, returned to | ands which may have been the Juneau on the Yukon after nlund-isze"p‘"‘ stones which the earliest ing the court session in Ketchikan. American Indians migrated to the He reported that the main court NeW world. party is coming north on the Bar- anof Friday. In the party are Judge George F. Alexander, Robert Cough- | lin, Clerk of Court; Peggy McLeod, | KENNECOTT Chase Because He Has |daughter Helen and her four year Depaty Clerk, and John H. New: lold son Jimmie. man, court reporter. ——vo——— MRS. SIMPSON OUT as crushed last VALENCIA, Spain, May 18—Dr. derings shook the hostelry which! Hubberd’s ankle w summer when he crashed on the Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simpson were among the Juneau couples making the round trip to Skagway over Others in Custody MEDFORD, Oregon, May 18. —| Edward Haab, 19, enroute from the court room, where he had been| the week-end aboard the Mount |sentenced to three years for bur-| Juan Negrn’s “Win the War” Cab- | is directly in its path. inet has assumed full charge of | R Tk TR marshalling the Government's army‘ FuuNn DEAD against the Insurgents for a geuural' offensive. jcampus of the University of Alaska. His passengers at the time of the {crash, Mrs. Norah Lehto and daugh- ter Betty Thomas were killed. ! Doctors said Hubbard will soon be The man denied any connection with the crime. Mrs. Tiernan said the two plotted to kill the children and get married They took the victims, according to Assistant District Attorney George W. Folta has gone south on a busi- ness trip from Ketchikan before returning to his headquarters here. TS5 i BLACKWELL TO KAKE DIVIDENDS NEW YORK, May 18.—Directors |of Kennecott Copper have ordered McKinley. Mrs. Simpson remained glary, to the county jail, escaped aboard the southbound vessel to|late yesterday afternoon from Sher-| continue to the States, while Mr. iff Syd Brown. Simpson remained here to oversee| the operation of the Farthest North down the court house stairs be-| Premier Negrim, who is a physi- The Sheriff was unable to cmse‘suppm_‘ of all elements opposed to |cian, aged 48, said he will seek the) LA JOLLA, Cal, May 18.—John Phillip Sousa, Jr. 56, son of the (world famous bandmaster, was |found dead in the kitchen in his !home. It is though he succumbed !able to walk and fly all right. ,the woman, out into the thicket. s g She held the girl while he stabbed Three-fifths of the cotton con- D€r Wwith a butcher knife and did sumed in the United States goes !N same with the boy, then spread |two cash @istributions totaling 75 |cents a share to stockholders. The Vance M. Blackwell, Resident En- | distribution takes the form of a zineer, Bureau of Public Roads, is 50 cent regular dividend and 25 cents into clothing and household arti- 8asoline over the bodies, and set Gray Line busses during the com-'cause he had two other prisoners ing tourist season. with him, Insurgent leader, General Francisc Fanco. cles. The other two-fifths into industry. to an attack of the heart. s fire to the mass and left the bodies to burn, expected to go to Kake today or special dividend. Both are payable tomorrow in connection with BPR on June 30 to stockholders on rec- work, |ord in June 4.