The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 31, 1937, Page 1

& died of skull fracture. "THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7498. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1937, MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS NAZI BATTLESHIP BOMBED BY SPANIARDS * * » Germans Retaliate; Port Almeria Shelled * »* » * * * * o * * - * FIVEKILLED IN STEEL STRIKE RIOT, CHICAGO 88 Others, Induding 23" Policemen in Hospital,s | Following Outbreak ‘l TRUCE CALLED AS | DEATH TOLL MOUNTS { Republic Plant Is Scene of | Bitter Fighting — 500 | Shots Fired in Melee | CHICAGO, May 31.—The death toll of a bloody riot in the South Chicago plant of the Republic Steel Corporation had mounted to five today, as strikers, company offic- ials and police declared a temporary truce. Joseph Rothmand, 40, died of bullet wounds and another known victim was Earl Ranley, 40, who Three others who were slain were unidentified, and about 88 others, including 23 policemen, were in hospitals suffer- ing from gunshot wounds, fractur- ed skulls and broken limbs. Witnesses estimated that more than 500 shots were fired in the course of a vicious. hand-to-hand combat which a physician said re- sembled a “virtual massacre.” Participants, including. many wo- men, used clubs, brickbats, . ste€l bolts and sling shots in an attempt to break through police lines close to Republic’s plant by force. A police detail of 85 guarded the Republic plant this afternoon al- though no further trouble was an- ticipated pending the outcome of a second conference tonight between Governor Horner, representatives of the company and strikers. Police estimated a thousand strik- ers and sympathizers participated in the riot for which both sides blamed the other for starting. e e COEDS ARE T0 STAGE PICNIC All - University Women's Outdoor Affair Plan- ned for June 4 SEATTLE, May 31.—Coeds at the University of Washington will leave Greek row almost womanless, Fri- day, June 4, when the entire female population of the University will trek to the Sylvan theatre on the campus, for the first all-University women’s picnic. All sororities on the campus vot- ed to cancel dinners at the houses the night of the picnic, and they will buy each girl a ticket entitling her to a picnic lunch at_the affair. Girls who do not care to buy the prepared lunches are free to take lunches from home. Many town girls are planning to go into groups of five to six, to make their lunch- es together, according to Betty Buckmaster, general chairman. Fencing exhibitions, baseball, races surprise games and stunt dancing have all been planned for the af- ternoon entertainment. All the girls will gather at dinner in the Sylvan Theatre, to eat picnic lunches and for a huge songfest. ] A complete list of committee chairmen includes Rowena 'Stubbs,' arrangements; Joan Sinnott, enter- tainment; Jeon MacLeod, publicity, and Betty Lou Manley and Margar- et Elizabeth Groff, campus public- ity. Others are Marjorie Goetz, lunches; Joan Montgomery, clean- up; Dot Kelley, patrons, Gail Coll- man, tags; and Betty Sayles, tele- phone. ———————— Centenarian Hearty ESTHER, Alta—John Heaney, 106 years old, of this town 180 miles northeast of Calgary, can’t hear very well, but he eats three good meals daily. His keen mind recalls pairs. the physidlogical phenomena|noon tcday in the Bellanca with H. to determine what chance there is|teachers in the United States are 2nd Deficiency Bill Approved By President WASHINGTON, May 31.—Pres- ident Roosevelt has signed the eighty one million, seven hundred and thirty-six thousand dollar sec- cond Deficiency Appropriation Bill. The measure includes giving TVA authority to start preliminary work on the $112,000,000 flood control power dam in Kentucky. e THREE ALASKA | TOWNS SILENT, FLOOD RAVAGES Communications Cut Oflj from Holy Cross, Kal- tagand Koyukuk FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 31.— Holy Cross, Kaltag and Koyukuk are still without communications as no word las been received here from the three places. | The Yukon river flood waters con- tinue to pour down stream accord- ing to observers on planes arriving here. | The residents at all places are believed to be safe and there were scores of small boats available to use. i A radio from Nulato says dumage‘ there has been heavy, no lives have ‘been Iost and thére is no hunger. ———e———— Lindbergh Baby Is Citizen of U. S.fld Britain i { WASHINGTON, May 31.—As long! as he lives, the new-born son oii Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Llnd~[ bergh will be regarded as a citizen | . Golden Cate Brri(Al ge Co 5 flcated into place, how the bridge nstruction Is Told in Pictures Here are four stages of construction of the Golden Gate bridge which opened to traffic May. 28, providing a new link between northern and southern California. Upper left shows the Marin county tower, Which had risen to this height before the caisson for the south dier was The majestically graceful lines of the new bridge as they first appeared with building of the catwalks are shown in the upper right. Below, left, is the virtually completed bridge, while the picture at the right, taken during a test of the sodium vapor lights, shows locks at night. CELEBRATES CASTEL GRANDOLFO, Italy, WILBUR SHAW WINS BIG RACE §Comulnte of " |Italy in L. A. |Is Picketed LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 31.—| of both the United States and Great May 31.—Pope Pius is today cele- Britain unless he definitely swears brating his 80th birthday. His re- allegiance to one or the other. |cent illness severely undermined his This is true because of his birth health and forced him to cancel a to American parents on British soil, 'Planned world radio broadcast. Dr. Authorities on citizenship ques- |Aminta Milani, the Pape'’s physi- tions said that both countries op- cian, said his Holiness plannea too erate under laws recognizing ,hntJlong an address over the air. citizenship in such cases. One is! known as the “law of blood,” under:MARINE AIRWAYS | The Italian Consulate was sur- IN R RD T rounded by pickets, carrying plac-| |ards “Down With Mussolini,” and | P “Down with Fascism” here last Sat- | * urday afternoon. 'Memonal Day SPQEdSICr] The police were called but did | not bother the pickets who explained | Averages Better than 113 |they were doing nothing but ex- | MPH at Indlanapohs | preessing opposition to the alleged | Italian participation in the Spanish | War. | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 31.— |Wilbur Shaw, 33, of Indianapolis, |won the Memorial Day race here !lin record-breaking time before a| | | — | PSRt which the country of origin of the parents claims their issue as citi- P LANES MAKE 8 zens regardless of what country they FUGHTS SUND. AY may have been born in. The sec- ond is known as the “law of thej soil,” whereby the country of birth| claims new-born children as citi- zens regardless of the nationality of their parents. Thus under American law the youngest Lindbergh is an American citizen. Under British law he is a British subject. And this dual sta- tus is recognized by both nations. After reaching his majority, the new Lindbergh baby may, if he chooses, swear allegiance to either government. In. such a case he would cease to be recognized as a citizen of the other country. But if he does not elect to take such a step, his dual citizenship will con- tinue all his life. In this status, he will be entitled to passports of both countries and to enter and leave those nations at will Sports Scare Stork, Italian Doctor Warns TURIN, Italy, May 31.—A warn- ing that the confirmed sportswo- man rarely becomes a prolific moth- | er was sounded recently by Dr. Nicola Pende, one of Italy’s lead- ing physicians. His views were given wide prom- inence because of their relation to the fascist “raise - more-babies” campaign. Dr. Pende asserts the fervent sportswoman in the first place han- dicaps her prospects of qualifying for motherhood by impairing the charms on which she depends to attract a mate. In addition, he declares, she im- Four trips to Polaris-Taku Mine, with workmen who arrived on the Princess Louise from the three trips to Hawk Inlet and an overnight fishing flight to Lake Airways planes and pilots busy yes- terday. Pilot Alex Holden in the Marine Airways Bellanca seaplane made three of the mine flights, starting at 11 o'clock Sunday forenoon. The other was made by Pilot Chet Mc- Lean 1n the Fairchild. Passengers were: . Burchell, G. Chrysler, A, G. Ford, O. G. Kelly, J. Sandberg, J. T. Underhill, L. Carter, R. Evans, E. Jones, G. Kulai, O. 8. Komedal, C. S. Vuers, T. Walback. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Sharpstone also went into the mine on the last flight, at 5 o’clock yesterday after- noon. Passengers with Pilot Holden on the firrt of his three' Hawk Inlet flights were: Roy Eldren, Ray An- derson, John Eiden and Ken King- ston. He returned empty. On the second {light, Ed Olson, O. Strom and two roundtrip passengers went to Hawk Inlet. Adolph Floe and O. Klatt were passengers to Hawk In- let with Holden on the third flight, while Peter Brown went to Hoonah. Miss Marge Rambeau and Mary K. Carmichael came back to Juneau with Holden from Hoonah. At 7 o'clock last evening, PHot | McLeén flew the Fairchild to Lake Hasselborg with Mickey Bryson, changing school district boundaries! April 8. George Bryson, Bob Dupree, Tom as well as financial obstacles are| Jensen, and Kenneth Tucker, to slowing up efforts of the Federal Presbyterys for study before adop- . They re- Bureau of Education to get full|tion as a recommendation to the turned early this morning with a value for money spent on schools. entire church, remain overnight fishi nice catch. Pilot Holden took off again at south, | |crowd of 170,000, the first time for |the Hoosier for seven starts. He ! finished about 10.seconds ahead of Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles, who was gaining on him every inch. Shaw'’s time was four hours, 24 minutes and seven and eighty-one- | Hasselporg kept the two Marinel, nyreths seconds, breaking all rec- ordords for the event. Ted Horn of Los Angeles was third, two and a half miles back of Shaw. The winner averaged 113 and fif- ty-eight one hundredths miles per hour, to break the record of 109 miles per hour set by Louis Meyer |of Huntington Park, Cal,, winner of the event last year. Meyer was fourth this year. Shaw, driving without relief, stopped twice. He wins about $40,- BASEBALL TODAY ‘The following are results of games |played in the two major leagues Ireceived up to noon today: National League Boston 3; Philadelphia 6. American League { Detroit 1; Cleveland 7. | New York 4; Boston 3. | St. Louis 2; Chicago 5. ‘ School Prognmfigl‘owed WASHINGTON — Methods of | This was revealed in the first find- ings of a survey of ten states, made ILA MAY QUIT AFL ACCOUNT OF CI0 OPPOSITION WASHINGTON, May 31.—Harry |Bridges said 20,000 longshoremen |probably will shift allegiance to the CIO if the American Federation of Labor continues to oppose the CIO. Bridges claims the ILA has au- thorized a referendum which will \be taken unjess conditions change. ———.—— Thirteen Month | calafld_ar Is Up iGeneral Assembly of Pres- | byterian Church Ap- [ proves Proposal COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 31.—The ian Church has approved a proposal {1an Church has approved ap roposal {for a calendar of thirteen months jand 28 days each. Easter would 'fall every year on the same day, The proposal has been sent to 276 el One fourth of the 1,018,000 schoo) JUNEAU MARKS MEMORIAL DAY WITH CEREMONY Legion Services Highlight| of Holiday Observance— Baseball This Afternoon Juneau observed Memorial Day with impressive ceremonies con~ ducted by the American Legion this morning in the Elks’ Hall at- tended by a representdtive gather- ing of men and women. While business paused in keeping with the day, the Legion and Spanish War veterans led in paying tribute to those who sacrificed their lives that the nation might carry on. In a forceful address, George C. Penny, Welfare Supervisor of the| Indian Bureau and prominent Le-} glonnaire, recounted briefly the his- tory of the nation since those sol- diers of 1776 spilled their blood that their flag should remain unsullied. The history of the nation is writ-' ten in blood of those who died for their country, he said, and it is by way of keeping the faith with them that the nation pauses today in sol- emn tribute. The American Legion and all vet- eran organizations, he declared, are through experience unalterably op- posed to war, but they know that only through adequate defemse can peace be assured. Alford John Bradford Post Com- mander William O. Johnson was in charge of the services and the pro~ gram included selections by a quar- tette made up of O. Schmidt, John Keyser, Ted Keaton and Frank Goode, accompanied by Mrs. Lola Mae Alexander. The Rev. O. L. Kendell gave the invocation and| prayer was given by Past Depart- | ment Commander A. E. Karnes. Legion Color Guard and firing| squad was in charge of Lieut. Frank | Metcalf and after the hall services | the column marched to the Pacific Coast dock where appropriate cere- mony was held for those who died | * * * * * * FIRST OPEN ATTACK OF SPANISH CIVIL WAR BY FOREIGN NATION TAKES PLACE; BRISTLING GUNS OF GERMANY START EUROPEAN CRISIS Bombs Dropped by Spanish Planes on Pocket Warship Deutschland—23 Men Killed, 83 Wounded—Re- prisal Quickly Takes Place—Mediterranean Port Is Bombarded—Hundreds Are Reported Killed— Conferences Hastily Called in London and Paris— Two Countries Immediately Announce Withdrawal from Neutrality Committee BULLETIN—LONDON, May 31.—Germany and Italy have withdrawn from the Neutrality Committee after bristling guns of German warships battered the Spanish Government Port Almeria in the first open attack of the Spanish Civil War by a foreign power. BOMBARDMENT LONDON, May 31.—German warships have bom- barded the Spanish Government’s Port Almeria as swift reprisal for the bombing of the pride of the Reich’s fleet, the pocket battleship Deutschland by Spanish planes on Saturday. % Official confirmation of the bombardment of the Mediterranean port, both by the German Government and reports to the British Admiralty from British war- ships, has been received here and brought a new crisis tions to prevent the Spanish Civil War from spreading to the rest of Europe. The German Government has announced it will not participate any further in sessions of the committee or control arms or volunters to Spain until given guarantees there will be no further incidents such as the bombing of the Deutschland. Bombed Fve Hours The bombardment of Port Almeria began at 7 o’clock and lasted for five hours. Three hundred Port Almerians are reported to have been killed or injured. Advices from Berlin state that the port has been de- stroyed and the “Red batteries silenced.” As soon as confirmation of the bombardment was re- ceived here from officers of British warships, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Capt. Robert Anthony Eden, hurried to a conference with Premier Neville Chamberlain. Conferences i Immediately summons were issued to the French and Italian Ambassadors and the German Charge d’Affairs to meet at the Foreign Office. A long conference with the officials, individually, was held. at sea, thence to Legion plot at| Evergreen Cemetery where tribute| was paid the soldier dead. The pocket battleship Deutschland was bombed by Spanish airplanes near Gibraltar, and according to Berlin advices 23 men were killed and 83 injured. i The Nazi Government immediately called the bombing a ‘“criminal assault,” withdrew all shore leave of officers and men of the German navy reprisal would take place. PLANES ATTACKED VALENCIA, May 31.—~The De- fense Ministry announced the Deutschland fired on the Spanish planes first and then retaliated by dropping bombs on the German battleship. The Spanish Governmert's Cab- inet has convened to meet the| grave situation. EXTRAORDINARY SESSION : | GENEVA, May 31.—Juan Alvarez | Delvayo, Spanish Government’s| delegate to the League of Nations, has called for an extraordinary ses- | sion of the League of Nation's| Council to consider the bombard- | ment of Port Almeria. URGENT CONFERENCE PARIS, May 31.—Premier Leon Blum has summoned the British Ambassador and other high French officials to an urgent conference after receiving official word of the bombardment of Port Almeria. - e Pieces 300 Quilts and then announced a drastic o AMELIA READY FOR HOP NOW Will Attempt Flight Around Globe, Following Equa- tor, West to East MIAMI, Florida, May 31.—Amelia Earhart announces she will take off soon on & second attempt to circle the globe, west to east, along the equator. She might leave anytime for San Juan, Porto Rico. Capt. F. J. Noonan is to be the co-pilot. JAPAN HAYASH CABINET QUITS TOKYO, May 31.—The Cabinet {of General Hayashi has rasigned under determined attacks by the major Japanese political parties. | ORCHAHRD, Neb.—Mrs. Edwin | Butterfield, 82, is Nebraska's. “quilt | General Hayashi, despite the sweeping mandate of the parties op- posed to him at the parliamentary Most places of business were lady” because during the past 20 elections the first of the month, has the Irish potato famine nearly a on Which feminine pmdufuvity de-"Arne and Knute Olson on a char- | to imake schol organization more men, 75,000 of whom offer instruc- century ago. pends. ter. | efficient, tion in the elementary grades closed for the day and many took years she has pieced 300 quilts and 'declined to resign and has threat- (Continued on Page Eight) | plans to make many more, eened to govern without parliament,