The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1937. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” CONGRESS BIVEN NEW POWER IN WELFARE WORK Supreme Court Decisions on Social Security Given Analysis NEW INTERPRETATION IS PLACED ON ISSUES National ——Lc;islature May Spend Money to Give Aid to Country WASHINGTON, May 25.—Con- stitutional experts said the Supreme Court decisions upholding the Social Security legislation throws a new | light on the scope of the power of Congress to promote the general welfare of the Nation. The highest trbunal in the land, by the decision, reaffirmed that Congress may spend money to ac- complish this purpose, it is assert- ed Now a discussion as to what con- stitutes general welfare has arisen.| It is advanced- that the National Legislature, not the courls, is the exclusive judge of this. Associate Justice Cordoza, who read the decisions yesterday, and especially the one on the old age pensions, said general welfare changes from time to time and| no clear - cut interpretation of the general welfare clause of the Con- stitution has ever been given by the Court. NO COMPROMISE INDICATED NOW ON COURT PLAN Officials Close to Roosevelt Make Statement— | Bill to Stick WASHINGTON, ‘May 25—High' Administration officials reaffirmed President Roosevelt’s “no comprom-, ise” stand on the Supreme Court reorganization. The officials said there was no indication the President will permit| his bill to be wirthdrawn notwith- standing the Government has won twelve important cases and lost none before the tribunal this year. CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL DENIES STRIKE RUMORS Declares Affiliate Unions Have Equitable Working | Agreements, Employers Denying rumors. of strikes here, the Juneau Central Labor Council today issued the following state- ment relative to labor' conditions in the city: “Building contemplated in Juneau for 1937 has slowed down to almost a standstill in the last few weeks. “Opponents of organized labor in Juneau have been spreading rumors of coming industrial strife which are as unfounded as they are unwar- ranted. “A canvass of the different locals, affiliated with the Central Labor Council of Juneau, show that those unions most directly concerned by these rumors have equitable work- ing agreements with their em- ployers. “It has been brought to the atten- tion of the Central Labor Council, a rumor to the effect that the car- penters are contemplating a wage increase, which in turn is causing a slowing down of present work. Statements from Carpenters’ Local 1944 are that no wage increases are under consideration at this time.” SWIMMING ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25— Melvin Collins and Harry Bartell went swimming in Lake Spenard Sunday, opening the season for wa- ter splashers. { i | 2 % tion for each other in this excellent Princess Elizabeth (left) and Princess Margaret Rose, daughters of King George V1. and Queen Elizabeth of England, display sisterly affec- new protrait. Princess Elizabeth is 11 and her sister will be 7 in August, MONDAY WILL BE FULL HOLIDAY; LEGION PROGRAM Services Ad\v'anced from Sunday to Monday—All Business Houses Close Monday will be a holiday in Juneau in annual celebration of Memorial Day and the American Legion which every year sponsors the observance has changed its services from Sunday to Monday morning at 10 o'clock in the EIks' Hall. Several years ago the Legion ar- ranged with business houses of the city to close on certain holi- days. Memorial Day is one of them, thus the observance this year will fall on Monday and business | | will cease for the day. is being arranged by a Legion committee, headed by E. M. Pol- ley, and is scheduled to start promptly at 10 o'clock Monday morning in the Elks' Hall. Follow= gionnaires and their friends will march to the waterfront for serv- monies at the Legion plot there. Setting aside their regular meet- ing last night, members of the Legion worked at cleaning up the plot and Wednesday night Legion- naires are asked to on hand again so that the work might be President Has - Cold in Head; | Islursing It | Appointments Cancelled; Except Conference with Newsmen Late Today WASHINGTON, May 25.—Presi- dent Roosevelt cancelled appoint- ments this morning and remained in the White House nursing a slight head cold. The President’s physician, Capt. Ross McIntyre, advised Roosevelt to, remain away from the Executive of- fice during the day and rest. However, the President will hold the regular press conference at 4| o’clock this afternodn. The President caught cold on his| week-end trip down the Potomac. . Spanish Pilots | Given Praise | by Il._§. Airmen Three Americans, Now in Service, Tell of Valor of Fliers VALENCIA, May 25. — American pilots, fighting for the Spanish Gov- ernment in the Civil War, praise the valor of the Spanish fliers, many of whom they trained. Only three air volunteers from the United States now remain in the; service of the Spanish Government. They are Derek Dickinson, of Seat-) tle; Frank G. Tinker, of Dewitt, Ar- kansas, and Albert Baumler, of Trenton, New Jersey. ‘The American fliers are now as- signed to reconnoitering details. All praise the Spanish airmen as splendid pilots and related how one, in a recent engagement in the air,| was shot in the neck. He turned his plane towards the enemy craft, and | although dying, plunged into it and brought it down with his own. The Americans said this is typical of Spanish valor. Former Heavyweight Champion’s Brother Is Mining in Alaska -ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25.— Jack Jeffries, brother of Jim Jef- fries, former heavyweight cham- pion of the world, passed through FOUGHT, TACOMA ish Columbia Prison Camp Captured year-old Hawaiian, Campbell was captured shortl: ‘\amar dawn oy four prowler car of: He was cornered in a South ficers. Tacoma Park. plug. the Hawaiian collapsed and fell. GUN BATTLE IS THIS MORNING Escaped Convict from Brit-| TACOMA, Wash,, May 25 —Shot six times in an early morning gun battle with Tacoma police, Vernon Campbell, alias Robert Keno, 23- who escaped from the Okalla prison farm in British Columbia on April 4, is un- der police guard today in a hospital. The officers had been following his careening car on the eastern edge of Tacoma. The car was going at a speed of 80 miles an hour and suddenly overturned near a fire Campbell got out of the car and ran, pursued by the police. There| was a running fight and finally Seattle police officers said Camp- bell is believed to be the man who robbed a Seaftle apartment house employee of $10 at 3:30 o'clock this morning. NEW BATTLE, LABOR RANKS Split Breaks Out Between Different Unions, Men's Clothing Industry CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 25.—A new battle between John L. Lewis and William Green reached the huge men’s clothing industry today when the United Garmen Workers declared war on the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. The United Garmant Workers de- clared that agreements with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers re- garding union labels, is null, and they will use their own from now "ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25.— Darothy Hill, school ' teacher at Wasilla, and Peter Nelson, employee Anchorage enroute to the Willow Creek district where he will oper- ate a gold mine this summer, of the Alaska Road Commission, have been matried here. They will reside at Wasilla. icompleue in time for the Memorial | Day services. 'COL. LINDBERGH IS HIDING OUT 'Veil of Secr-ec_y Is Thrown Around Wife and His New Born Son LONDON, May 25.—Col. Charles Charles A. Lindbergh has establish- ed a protective veil of secrecy about his wife and new-born son whose birth was on the night of May 12, jas disclosed yesterday by the fa- mous flier to the American Embassy officials here. Immediately after making the brief announcement of the birth, Col. Lindbergh retreated into hiding ven from his closest friends. STILL IN HOSPITAL LONDON, May 25.—Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, trapped in the tangle of the Coronation Day traffic, bare- ly arrived at a London hospital be- fore her third son was born on May 12, it was disclosed this afternoon. ‘The Lindberghs, hurrying from their home in Kent, to a fashionable hosnital here, “The Clinic,” were forced on a wide detour because most of Central London was closed for the Royal Procession. ‘The hospital is under a special po- lice guard as is also the Lindbergh home in Kent. Members of the hospital staff in- dicated that Mrs. Lindbergh and her son are almost ready to go home. AFL PLANS TO FIGHT C10 ON UNITED FRONT Will Even Go Into Indus- tries Where Lewis Has Unions Now CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 25.— The American Federation of Labor has voted to raise a war chest to fight Lewis and his CIO. The AFL has decided to double| the dues now one cent a month for each member and make an in- crease of $35,000 to start a coordin- ated organization campaign. CIO locals will be expelled by City Central bodies, It is stated that the Federation will present a united front against CIO. President William Green said the Federation will flight Lewis on ev- ery front even in those industries where Lewis and his unhion now predominate. A special Memorial Day program | ing the ceremonies there, the Le-! ices for the sailor dead and thence | to Evergreen Cemetery for cere- | | i REPORT “DEAD” TRAPPER MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Tanned from a fishing tzip off the Texas gulf coast, President Roosevelt returned to the White House. Shown with him at the Union Station in Washington are Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt and their daughter, Chandler (left), Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. James Roosevelt (right). FAMOUS LOVERS ¥ | I} l Mrs. Wallis Warfield and the Duke of Windsor appeared to be notorious gangs and sending them in happy mood when this picture was taken on the lawn of the to prison. | IN HAPPY MOOD M««“““’: | Chateau de Cande near Touraine, France. Latest word from Lon- | don indicates the British government has won its fight to keep | Mrs. Warfield from being called ‘‘Your Royal Highnesy”” whem she becomes the Duchess of Windsor, FIRST CLEANUP OF SEASON HAS BEEN FLOWN IN |Fifteen Thorsand Dollars in Dust Is Airplaned to Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 254—‘ The first clean-up of the season; has been airplaned here. | Pat MacDonald has brought in| $15,000 from his Peters Creek gold| mine the first placer to start op-| erating this season. MacDonald returned to the mine immediately after disposing of his gold dust, flying back with Pilot {Haakon to Peters Creek, 50 miles| northeast of here. \ i SETTLEMENT, HOTEL STRIKE, BEING SOUGHT Big Celebration Coming Up Causes Activity in Walkout Issue SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 25. —Peace in the hotel strike is sought by the San Francisco Labor Council! in a new move which called for con-| sideration of counter proposals of the hotel managements for arbitra- tion of all issues in dispute. The nearness of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge fiesta has) spurred negotiators to renewed ac- tivity, RIOT BREAKS IN PORTLAND, ' LABOR STRIFE | Jurisdictional Dispute Oc- curs—Arrests Made in Demonstration PORTLAND, Ore., May 25.—More than 2,000 International Longshore- men Association warehousemen to- day crippled eleven firms by sym- pathy walkouts over a jurisdictional dispute at the Meier-Frank Depart- ment Store. The Labor Cougcil expelied an ILA warehouse division after it failed v attempt blockade activity at the store, A riot call was issued and two {men were injured in the disturb- Whiting, a director of Union Oil, iance and elght were arrested, Who is going on a hunting trip in charged with inciting riots, Twice Daily Train Service Inaugurated, Anchorage to Palmer ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25.— |The Alaska Railroad has announc- work will be continued this sum- ed that trains will operate twice ;dsfly now between Anchorage and preliminary work is completed, he |Palmer instead of one round trip daily. Travelers will not have the choice of ten busses or the trains. - - ENROUTE HOME Following studies at Holy Names high school in Seattle, Miss Eve-! fl | Deputy Prosecutor Eugene ‘Williams | cers said, \ e fury| ¢ it May, Be probably whs ASSASSINATION PLOT REVEALED INLOS ANGELES Life of District Attorney Fitts at Stake—Sus- pects Watched L.OS ANGELES, Cal, May 25— sald today he will seek grand indictments of two men suspected of attempting to assassinate Dis- trict Attorney Buron Fitts last March, Fitts was slightly wounded in the arm as he drove in an automobile. Williams said two suspects have' been watched by investigators. Williams said that Charles W.| Swindell, who faces sentence - for burglary, stated he was approached by two men and offered $500 to help kill Fitts. The District Attorney has been instrumental in breaking up many ————————— OIL COMPANIES “PLAN WORK IN * COLD BAY AREA Geologist and Party Aboard Aleutian to Start Pre- | liminary Work i MAY BE ALIVE ‘WILD MAN' SEEN AT PT. RETREAT; START SEARCH {Ragged Fi_g;e Seen by Light Keeper May Be Missing ‘Bud’ May MAN ACTS DEMENTED, MESSAGE HERE SAYS Marshal’s (Ee to Make Immediate Visit to Ad- miralty Island Scene Given up as lost after a searching party had failed to find trace of \him on his trap line between Fun- ter Bay and Hawk Inlet, 8. P. “Bud” May may still be alive though in bad physical condition. b This was the information re~ ceived by the Marshal's office to= day through the Sentinel Island light station. According to the mes- sage, the light keeper at Point Re= treat reported that a man with his clothes in rags but carrying a rifle approached the Point Retreat sta- tion yesterday, but when the keeper went out to try and get him to come in, the wild-looking figure dashed back into the brush. Several times he approached the light station, but each time when the keeper tried to get him to come in, he ran away. Tallies Dy The description of the man tallies with that of May, according to au- thorities and officers were being dis- patched this afternoon for Point Retreat to make an investigation. Report of the light keeper would in- dicate the man is demented, offi« wrecked in his small boat some months ago and made the beach alive. Without food, but with a rifle, he probably has been living on such {wild meat as he could shoot and perhaps, without matches, has been eating it raw, authorities deduced. The man’s clothes were in tatters, the light keeper reported, as if he. had been ‘out’in ‘the wilderness a long time. Missing Since January . The recent searching party, head- ed by Joe Hill, reported that the last date scratched on the calendar in =~ May’s shack was January 3, indicat- ing that he may have been wander- ing around since that time. He may have been injured, causing him to lose his mind, or have become lost and unable to find his way back to his trap line. & Point Retreat is at the north end of Admiralty Island and some dis~ tance north of Funter Bay ,neaf where May had established winter quarters last December when he de citled to‘spend the winter mpps g in ‘the area between Funter Bay Hawk Inlet. f May is 8 young man and recently cpme to the Territory from Breme erton where he has relatives. He had left his personal possessions here with Chet Ellis while he went Oil prospecting work in the Cold Bay and Kanatak regions on tha‘ Alaska Peninsula are going to be carried on this summer unaer a co- operative program of the Standard n and Associated Oil Compan- ies, according to word brought here today. G. D. Hanna, geologist, and four assistants are aboard the Aleutian, enroute to the Cold Bay country where, he said, geological work will be carried on to determine wheth- er actual operations would be prof- itable. With Mr. Hanna are C. E. Leach, E. R. Atwill, J. J. Bryan ,and Roy Tallant. Also aboard the Aleutian is D. (the Kenai. Mr. Whiting is with jCarl H. Beal, head of the Iniskin| '0il Company which is starting its| ‘second season of oil development \operations in the Cook Inlet coun- try not far from Iliamna Bay, across Cook Inlet from Seldovia. | The company got down better than 2,500 feet last season and the mer, Mr. Beal said. Most of the said, and this season drilling will be the principal work. A crew is soon to leave Los Angeles, head- quarters of the gompany, for Al- aska. | - eee——— CANNERY TENDERS IN Cannery tenders calling at Ju- to the trap line. STRATOSPHERE BALLOON GOES UP IN FLAMES Fire Destroys Huge Bag as Preparations for Ascent BRUSSELS, May 25.—Prof. Aug- uste Picard's” §35,000 stratosphere balloon was destroyed by fire today when final preparations were being made for a new ascemt. A flame from the gas burner, used to heat the air for lifting of the balloon, touched a pocket or fold in the bag just as the ground crew began attaching the basket. No one was injured. The fierce- ly burning fire engulfed the 14,000 cubic yards of the rubber silk bag and in a few minutes nothing but charred wreckage remained. - BOOKWALTER HEKE Flying here from Skagway empty this morning in the White Pass Route Loening amphibian, Pilot Ilyn Kelly arrived in Juneau on the neau today included the O. M. Vernon Bookwalter, arrived at Ju- Aleutian. Miss Kelly, who is travel- Arnold, from the New England Fish neau about 11 o'clock and took off |1ing with her mother, continues her Company cannery at Chatham, and again shortly past noon today with |trip through to the family home in the Alf, from the Alaska Pacific{A. H. Campbell and Ivor G. Ander~ Anchorage, where she will spend the Salmon Corp. plant at Port Al- fi Seims-Spokane executives for thorp. 0 summer vacation. gway.