The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7490, JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1937. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PHONE SERVICE SOON, JUNEAU-SEATTLE FORT YUKON 1S STILL CUT OFF BY HIGH WATER Communication System ‘Down’ at Flooded Town on Interior River ICE JAMS BACK UP AT ANOTHER POINT Tanana Is Covered with Considerable Damage Reported There No word had been received at Fairbanks up to early this afternoon regarding flood cenditions at Fort Yukon. The Juneau Weather Bureau ra- dioed the Fairbanks office this morning asking for par- ticulars and received answer .that fears were felt in Fair- banks for the safety of the Fort Yukoners. The Fairbanks weather bureau re- ported that there was an ice jam at Fort Yukon on Sunday and flood water was at that time four feet over the floor of the Larson home which is" about four blocks -baek | from the river bank. The N.C. Radio service has been out of commission | since Saturday, May 15, and other services went out on Sunday and Monday. The advices from Fairbanks also stated no planes had flown to Fort ‘Yukon and Fairbanks residents were | anxious and fearful of the resuits| of the flood at the Yukon River| -~ point. TANANA IS FLOODED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 21—, A big ice jam below the town of Tanana last night flooded most of the town and considerable damage was done. Most of the bridges are flooded. At Manley Hot Springs, which: was reported flooded yesterday, the| water is falling today. BAITING ICE POOL WINNER FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 21. —! Buster Anderson, winner of the Ne- nana Ice pool contest, is receivlng wires from schemers and promo- ters in the south making tions to him. “Believe me, nobody is going to harpoon me,” said Anderson.” “It will be useless to send my fan mail of proposals. Sourdough dames know me too well to write fan mail. “I intend to put in the summer enjoying unrivalled big game hunt- ing and fishing in this part of Al- aska. Maybe, then I will make a trip| outside.” Buster turns out at 6 o'clock every | morning to drive his bus. He does not expect to get his money for at: least a month or possibly six weeks. | — o —— — STRIKERS CALL OFF PROPOSED FILM WALKOUT No Action Taken at Mid- night Against Inde- pendent Producers HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May 21.— The striking motion picture crafts- men have postponed indefinitely the strike directed against 27 inde- pendent producers pending further discussion of their demands for a 100 percent union shop. The craftsmen had threatened a strike at midnight last night unless they won their point. BASEBALL TODAY The following are scores of base- ball games played this afternoon in the two major leagues: National League Boston 6; Pittsburgh 3. New York 5; Chicago 8. American League Chicago 3; Philadelphia 4. Detroit 4; Boston 2, eleven in- nings. 8t. Louis 3; New York 4; eleven innings, 4 nized as Exclusive Bar- Sitdown Strike Underground Is Started, Miners ers Inaugurate Move Against Company GILLESPIE, Illinois, May 21.— Voluntarily entombed 360 feet be- low the earths surface, about 500 miners have settled down to an underground existence after a jolly sleepness night. This action inau- gurates a sitdown .strike against the Superior Coal Company's mine for higher wages. C10 WINS OUT - INBALLOTING, STEEL PLANT [New Organization Recog- gaining Agency | PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 21. — CIO officials have won the exclus- ive right to represent 27,000 work- ers of the Jones-Laughlin sr,eel r00mralxon as the last ballot in |the first industrial election under |the National Labor Relations Board, jand the largest ever held, was counted. The decision was most significant |to the forces of John L. Lewis, whose CIO is reaching out toward other steel companies where the organi- zation is not yet recognized. Chairman H. E. Lewis, of the corporation, said: “Now that the |election is over, let us forget the tension of the past weeks and cheer- \fully apply ourselves to our duties.”| The vote was 17,028 for CIO and| \7201 against. The decision was announced at, {dawn today by the National Labor | | Board. | During the forenoon the steel ! (workers were organizing a commit- itee to present collective bargaining comract.s to the corporation | Im:emllary Bombs ' Are Being Given Test, French Navy | CHERBOURG, May 21.—Experi» iments designed to show that fires ;caused by incendiary bdmbs can- |mot be extinguished by any known| !method have been carried out at |the naval arsenal here. Protection against fire was ac- |corded by coverings of cyment, sand, plaster, milk of lime, the experiments revealed. All efforts of firemeén to put. out :’the conflagration of ‘'a woodshed yhit by incendiary bombs were in/ [vain. But incendiary bombs generating a heat of 1,800 degrees Centigrade had no effect when dropped on a | plank covered with sand. ‘Nor did four thermite bombs droppéd on a shed with a covering of plaster and milk of lime on its roof. CHARGES OF NAZI PRESS VERY ‘SILLY’ Brooklyn D_i_st—rict Attorney Says No Immorality in Schools NEW YORK, May 21. — District Attorney William Geoghegan, of Brooklyn, labelled the attack of the Berlin Nazi press on school con- ditions in Brooklyn, also on Mayor LaGuardia of New York City, as “silly and baseless. This talk about immorality in the schools is non- sensical.” —— e ARMISTICE IS |Extension of Jurisdiction, PROPOSED NOW, SPAIN'S FIGHT British Given Support —Against Volunteers PARIS, May 21.—France, Bel- gium and the Vatican are reported to have approved of the British plan to bring about an armistice in Spain through the withdrawal of all foreign volunteers. The plan calls for the dispatch- ing of an International Commis- sion to Spain and gradual applica- tion of a truce until all foreigners in the Insurgent forces are disarmed and sent to their respective homes. PROPOSAL IS GAINING LONDON, May 21.—Proposals for an armistice in the Spanish Civil War for withdrawal of foreign vol- unteers, moved forward towards ac- tuality with authoritative assur- ances no Europeon powers outside of Spain will object . Well-informed diplomatic per- sonages said both Germany and Italy, both of which have been the greatest stumbling blocks, now will joint general discussions for an ar- mistice and withdrawal of volun- teers. ———— 'MAY RACE OVER ATLANTIC FROM CANADIAN POINT/ Jimmy Martin's Announce-| “ment Has Aviation Circles Buzzing CHICAGO, Ill, May 21.—Avia- tion circles are buzzing today with comment over the announcement of Jimmy Martin, noted flier, that {Canada will probably be his starting point for a trans-Atlantic air race to France commemorating the Lindbergh flight. The Department of Commerce; disapproved of the proposed nlr! derby from New York to France. GERMAN FLIERS CAPTURED NEAR BILBAO, T0 DIE Two Aviators Admxt They Enlisted to Fight Against Spanish Government BILBAO, May 21.—Two German aviators, captured by the Basque! forces, have been sentenced to death on charges of military rebel- lion and murder. The two Germans are Capt. Walter Kienzel and Lieut. Guntzer Schultz. ) Both admitted they have been bombarding the forces of the Span- ish defenders, also cities held by the Spanish Government. Capt. Kienzel testified he enlisted against Spain under influence of the German press when he was convinced Soviet Russia was aiding the Spanish Government, and he did not see why Germany should not aid the Fascists. He also told the members of the court martial he had been in the regular German army prior to enlistment with the Fascists. Lieut. Schultz said he joined the Franco’s forces purely to aid in the fight against the Republic of Spain. DISTRICT RANGER, WIFE HERE FROM KETCHIKAN District Ranger W. J. McDonald of the U. S. Forest Service at Ket- chikan arrived in Juneau on the Forester yesterday morning and will remain in the headquarters office SELFRIDGE SOUTH here about a month before return- After several weeks duty in Ju-|ing to his station. The Ranger was neau, Game Warden W. R. Sel-|accontpanied by Mrs. McDonald, fridge took passage on the North-|wWho will visit with friends here land last night, returning to his|while her husband is attending to lr»:gulxu- station in Ketchikan, official duties. North Pacific, from Alaska Coast, Proposed Pope May Publish Five Hundred Codl Work-| Truce PlanExggested by| White Book, Aimed at Nazi VATICAN CITY, May 21.—Pope Pius has completed and may publish any day, a White Book against the German government. FED. NARCOTICS AGENT ARRESTED ON DOPE CHARGE: Girl’s Brilliant Detective! Work Credited with Exposure of Gang RENO, Nev, May 21. — Chris Hansen, 58, Federal Narcotics Agent| in charge of the Nevada district, is under arrest as the climax of a| {series of raids by Federal Narcotics agents sent in from the outside. Joyce McAllister, Santa Barbara girl, is credited with the brilllant detective work which led to the ar- rest of Hansen and eight others. ‘The arrests followed, it is alleged, after Hansen sold nearly $1,000 worth of narcotics to Woo Sing, club operator. Hansen was formerly ‘of Spokane and Seattle. Hansen and A. V. McAvoy, WPA photographer and former employe of the Internal Revenue Burea are each held to the Federal Gran |sury for investigation under bail. $5,000 each. They face charges of conspiracy to violate the Federal Narcotics Act in addition to pos- isession and sale. District Attorney E. P .Carville| |said other defendants are in the county jail and the bail for all |aggregates $41,000. INTERIOR DEPT, -APPROPRIATION PASSES HOUSE Bill Goe 10 Senate with $3,000,000 Over Bud- get - Estimates WASHINGTON, May 21. — The House has passed and sent to the Senate the $123,000,000 appropria- tion bill io finance the Interior De- ipartment for the next fiscal year. |This is an increase of $3,000,000 over the Budget estimates. e GIRL, 15, I8 GIVEN LIFE FOR MURDER Lured Ranch_er Into Alley for Robbery—He Pro- tests, Shot Down GREAT FALLS, Mont., May 21.— District Judge H. H. Ewing has sen- tenced Muriel Murphy, 15, and Wil- liam Newman, 18, to life imprison- ment for the hold-up and murder of Gust Anderson, a rancher. He denied a motion for a new trial. The girl is one of the youngest ever convicted of murder in the state. 8he is accused of luring Anderson into an alley for the hold-up. An- derson was shot down when he fought back at being robbed. — e —— BG DEAL WASHINGTON, May 21.—Freder- ick and Nelson, Incorporated, of Se- attle, has sought permission from the Securities Commission to issue securities to buy the department store at Seattle from Marshall, Field and Co., of Chicago, for $3,- 850,000, It is proposed to 400,000 shares of stock. ) HOUSE APPROVES|A BILLION, HALF RELIEF MONEY Representatives Back Presi- dent’s Request by Vote 210 to 128 WASHINGTON, May 21. — The House stood by President Roosevelt TO BRISTOL BAY AREA o today and approved a billion and a Same POIlCY as Adopted in half relief appropriation for the Smuggling Would Pre- |fiscal year, starting July 1. The| S l I d t IVote was 210 to 128. serve JSalmon Industry Clarence Cannon of Missouri, o o Acting Chairman of the House ap- propriations committee, took the WASHINGTON, May 21.—Alaska floor to plead for Roosevelt's bil- Delegate Anthony J. Dimond pro- lion and a half relief fund for the {posed, in a statement, which has next fiscal year as debate began on {been inserted in the Congressional the measure. |Record, that the United States ex-| “It is an economy bill,” he de- tend jurisdiction “over the North clared. “It is the first step toward Pacific salmon fisheries for 12 miles discontinuance of the emergency re- iseaward as a step toward averting lief prograrh. It is a compromise be- @ “threat, and in part, foreign in- tween the two extremes—two bil- ivasion” of the American and Can- lion on one hand and one billion adian fishing grounds off Alaska. on the other.” Delegate Dimond said he can see Before the session convened Rep- 12 Miles Out Delegate ’Dlmond Makes Suggestion to Prevent Foreign Invasion WOULD BE PROTECTION | | MONTs, France, May 21—The Sudden | British Government, - according to sources close to the Duke of Winds- or, has denied the former Monarch protection of the British Navy for/ his honeymoon cruise down - the' coast of civil war torn Spain. The |Duke and his bride-to-be announc- !ed yesterday a honeymoon will be |spent aboard a private yacht in the | Yugoslavia waters where they va- cationed last summer. ‘Americans Like to Work, Asserts Harry L. Hopkins Relief Completes Four Years’ Service WASHINGTON, May 21.-—Harry L. Hopkins has completed four years in charge of Federal relief and he is convinced that the Government's work for jobless has greatly been re- placed by private charity. Administrator Hopkins, who has| supervised the greatest relief rund in history, almost seven billion dol- lars, said: “My years as Administrator has taught me that Americans like to work when they can get it. I am| confident we will never go back to; the dole or viclous idea that pov- erty should be punished.” - CCC DIRECTOR INFORMED HIS | SALARY IS CUT Fechner, on;V:y to Alaska, Says He Will Stick on Job to June | WENATCHEE, Wash., May 21— CCC Director Robert Fechner, who jarrived here late yesterday after visiting the Grand Coulee Dam, was informed that the Senate had cut his salary from $12,000 to $10,- 000 This was.attached as|_ an_amendment to the GCO bill, Director Fechnor said he will re- main on the job until June 1 “any- way and what I'll do after that re- |mains to be seen.” Director Fechner is on his way to Seattle and from where he will 'leave Saturday for Alaska to in- spect the CCC in the Territory. He jwill be joined at Ketchikan by Re- gional Forester B. F. Heintzleman and his assistant Wellman Hol- brook. Fred Morrill, head of the CCC work for the Department of Agri- culture, is also going north with Director Fechner. t WILL BOARD FORESTER AT KETCHIEAN Herman Rogers, spokesman for the Duke and Mrs. Wallis Warfield, announced there will be o religious ceremony after the civil service is conducted on June 3. He declined to say why, but it is known they have been looking, without much —————— GIRL MARRIAGE T0 NEGRO PUTS THREE IN CELLS Parents of Child, Bride- groom, Lied About Age to Secure License no reason that if the jurisdiction resentative Patrick J. Boland of of the United States is officially Pennsylvania said plans had been ‘remgmzed as extending 12 miles completed to steer the bill to pas- |seaward in a case of smuggling why Sage without any amendments or the same policy cannot be adopted armarking that “was contrary to to protect the fisheries. the wishes of the President.” | Delegate Dimond charged the First Republican to enter the de- Japanese are threatening the salmon Pate was Representative Robert L. industry in Bristol Bay with dis- Bacon 'Of New York who appealed ' aster through the operation of for & ‘“decentralized” program un-| | floating canneries. der which the government would make grants to states which would administer the program, ! The proposal of Representative Gerald J. Bolleau of Wisconsin to appropriate three billion was de- BE GIVE N n“KE 1 —————— | Will Have to Travel Un- guarded Along Spanish 4" ARRESTED Coast on Honeymoon ‘Raxd Made by Po- lice on Asserted Gam- bling Establishment SEATTLE, May 21.—Forty per- sons, 19 of them women, were ar- rested in a sudden raid last night by the Police Morals Board on an, asserted horse racing bookmaking 'establishment. The Police patrol wagon and! several prowler cars were used for several trips to carry those arrested from the establishment to police, headquarters. All arrested were booked" on | charges of being in a gambling| success, to find an Anglican pastor piace Bajl was set at llg each. who will marry them in the face of "~ g @ Collins, 43; Jack Wright, 39; {the church’s stand against remar-'ang g J. Green, 47, were arrested riage of divorced persons. as the operators of the establish-| It is reported the Duke is con- yeni sidering turning to a foreign nation for a guarantee of safety aboard, his yacht on his honeymoon trip |now that the British Government has retused aid. o——*—-———q‘ STOCK QUOTATloNs NEW YORK, May 21. — closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12%, American Can 98%, American Light and Power 9, Anoconda 53'%, Bethlehem Steel 84%, Calumet and Hecla 15%, Com- tiss Wright 5%, General Motors 56, International Harvester 1087%, Ken- )Keu:hlnn where he will join Re- Assistant Regional Forester Well- man Holbrook is sailing on the Flag- ship Forester of the Forest Service fleet at 5 o'clock this afternoon for glonal Forester B. F. Heintzleman, who sailed last night on the North- land for the Pirst City, to meet Robert Fechner, CCC Director, and !Fred Morrill, head of that work for | the Department of Agriculture, who are coming north on the Aleutian. The men will be taken to various CCC projects in the Southeast aboard the Forester, ——ee—— YACHT LOAD OF REFUGEES SET ABLAZE HENDAYE, Franco - Spanish Frontier, May 21.—Insurgent Span- lards have broadcast an announce- Administrat;::n Charge of | o necott 56%, New York Central 457%, Southern Pacific 55%, United States Steel 98%, United Corporation 4%, Cities Service 3%, Pound $4.94%, Republic Steel 35%, Pure Oil 18%, Holly Sugar 33%, United States ‘Treasury 2%s 97.18, Atheson Gen- eral fours '95 110. DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘The following are Dow, Jones averages today: industrials 173.83, rails 58.60, utilities 27.91. Salvation Army Officers Ouste LONDON, May 21.—A secret court monwealth and Southern 2%, Cur, SEATTLE, May-2:—Mr. and Mrs, Charles Palmer, whites, and John Menefield, 38-year-old negro, have been sentenced to not more than|'Y. three years in the state prison at Walla Walla on perjury charges growing out of the marriage of the Palmers' daughter, Delta, 14, to Menefeld, on last Valentine's Day. Superior Court Judge Findley criticized the three sharply in pass- ing sentence, and their part in ob- taining the marriage license to per- mit the girl to wed. The three stated the girl was 18. BARANOF DUE HERE EARLY IN MORNING Steamer Baranof, of the Alaska issue years. martial by the Salvation Army has|Steamship Company, from Seattle, resulted in the dismissal of Henry is scheduled to arrive in port to- Mapp, 70, Chief of Staff, for “rea-|morrow morning at 7 o'clock. The sons of personal conduct.” He has|steamer will probably remain in been in the Salvation Army for 50|port unitl moon before sailing for the Westward, ment that incendiary bombs| dropped during the Insurgent-| | Basque air battle fired a yacht car-| rying refuges out of Bilbao. The broadcast declared the ship | was carrying high Basque Govern- ment officials as well as seven mil- lion pesetas worth of jewels and sil- ver belonging to members of the Basque cabinet. QUALIFICATION SHOOT SUNDAY, MENDENHALL A Course B qualification shoot will be held at the Mendenhall range Sunday by the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club and those with cars are asked to assemble-in front of the Federal Building at 9 a. m, to go to the range, Shooting will consist’ of 200 yards, standing, slo wfire; 300 yards, kneel- ing and sitting; 500 yards, prone, uow fire; 200 yards, sitting, rapid COMMERGIAL LINE BETWEEN NORTH, SOUTH . T. and T Company to Inaugurate Communica- tion Via Signal Corps NEW TRANSMISSION STATION TO TO BE BUILT Improvcments Announclt —Part of Pedersen Farm Secured Radio telephone connection between Juneau and Seat and other sections in the Pa» gurated sometime in July if present plans are carried out, according to most reliable in- formation obtained by The Empire. The Radio telephone equip- ment is now in Juneau ready for installation. The service will be under erican Telephone and Tele- conjunction with the Signal Corps, United States Army. The inauguration of the ra- dio telephone service is de- the new transmission station of the Signal Corps, accor’*ng information. SERU o bt oA With the inauguration of the tele- phone service, patrons may go to the Signal Corps station in Juneau, and by the same method as in long distancing in the States, give number desired in Seattle, wait the connection and then go lheld with the conversation. Transmission Station The transmission station, accord- ing to understood plans, is to be built on 80 acres of land recently purchased from the Pederson ley on the Glacier Highway. The tion and two immense towers be erected, also quarters for the transmission staff. Poles have been laid down between Duck Oreek, - along the highway, to Pederson’s. - Dairy, ready for the ground, running of the power line from main line of the Alaska Juneau. The operation of the line will be under the management of the aska Electric Light and Power pany, the same service as now tended to various localities al Glacier Highway. It was the original intention ‘of the Signal Corps, U. 8. Army, fo erect the transmission station (¢ landed several years ago, between the Mendenhall and Juneau Dairles,” but* the erection of the immense - towers was protested by the PAA as endangering their airport on flh Kendler property. Agreement Reached The Department of Commerce, Department of War and the PAA, acting in conjunction over the con- troversy, finally came to an’ agree~ ment, it is understood, whereby the PAA finances all changes from the old to the new plans for the mission station, including the mov- ing of the “hello ‘station,” which has been built on the Army land be~- |tween the two dairies. The erection of the transmission | station, quarters, and towers will be |started soon, it is said, and the in- auguration of the radio telephone between Juneau and Seattle will fol- low immediately. Radio telephoning between Ju- neau and Seattle is not new as the Signal Corps has used the system for over two years on official busi= ness and fgr other purposes but with the inauguration of the ATTC serv- ice it will be the first time com= mercially. ATHAPOPOLOUS ENDS* STAY AT PIONEERS’ HOME;ON WAY WEST A. Athapopolous of Fairbanks, who spent the winter at the Plo- neers’ Home in Sitka, was an ar- night. Athapopolous is enroute ' to |fire, and 300, prone, rapid fire. Ten shots cach will be allowed. he is engaged In mining. the management of the Am- . graph company, operated in ' pendent upon the erection of the property where the Army planes cific Northwest, may be inatl+ rival aboard the M.S. Northland lass .~ Fairbanks for the summer where