The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 3, 1937, Page 2

une Dress Sale $7.50 Misses, Youthful les for Women les 10r Ose Group Dresses Reduced— 2 Dresses for 37.50 : Group Washable Summer Speciaily Priced— $7=50 each Silks NO EXCHANGES B. M. Behrends Co. lnc Juneau'’s Leading Department Store MER JUNEAU B0Y NOW LABOR LEADER IN GIO Harvey C. Fremming Is/* President of International Gil Industry Group How Harvey C. Fremming, former Juneau boy and a graduate of Ju- neau high school, is moy up in the labor world is re d in the current issue of Time Magazine, Mr Fremming a brother of Elliot Fremir { Juneau and of Mrs. Z. M. Bre f Wrangell The Juneau boy is now one of the lcaders in the Committee of Industrial Organization under John L. Lewis and the following ac- count is giver Fime of his recent visit to New York “A caller at th 1 office of Director D. T. Pievce of Consoli- jated Oil C veck was Har- vey C. Fremming, prosident of C O’s Internation: tion of Oil Gas Well P\ Refinery W aborman Premming was delivering an ultimatum to H Ford Sinclair's big company. if Mr. Fremming had a labor ct against Consolidated, he would not n for ultimatums. A hu one me footballer from the Uni- versity of Washington, Laborman Fremming steps softly until he is ure of his ground. Afier C. 1. O mounced its drive for a million oil workers last spring, Governor Alirded of Texas indulged in consid- rable broadcasting about how his “great State was not going to be an- other Michigan.” Shot back by Laborman Fremming was a shrewd invitation oil union of to Ameri- worker sive I. O.s organization r 100,000 members commotion. But has signed a national contract with curiously, | = LITTLE TVA'S' PROPOSED IN FOR MESSAGE | far the only major company that Mr. Fremming's union is Harry Sin- clair's Consolidated. That contract, was originally signed in 193¢ and renewed several times. Other companies have bargained llectively with individual units of he Oil Field, Gas Well & R"lln(‘r\ Vo g ers but Consolidated’s cont covers all union members employ iy ool ioh President Demands Protec- fhan. Fremm.n tion of Water Power olidated offices I . Frow tathuites Against Monopoly ' | policies were outstanding in the ofl} wpologized for having fo hur 0 Consolidated’s annu:i! me and asked Laborman Fremming u Fremming ‘Sure, I've never been WASHINGTON, dent Roosevelt today gress to set up seven thorities” to administer June 3.—Presi- “regional au. Fede! to one—always wanted to go. i Doy f 7 to be one—always wanted to {POWEE PEOJCORS ARG DIA Sa EEUATL 2 {against floods, droughts and dust What his reaction to his first’gpomme lders — meeting was, Mr.| A comprehensive program for so- Fremming did not reveal. Harryciajized “little’ TVA's” ‘was outlined ‘unless some- in the special message. | unusual happens during the| «water power resources of the na- I feel that the earnings will|tion must be protected from private | y satisfactory.’ As to laboi monopoly and used for the benefit conditions, they were tisfactory [of the people,” the President said. to the company.’ When a stockhold-| The message, expected to be his Sinclair reported that thing r requested amplification of the last on major legislation recommen- labor relations, Director dations at this session of Congress, Pierce outlined the history of its said the seven regional authorities | contracts, then had the happy, or agencies would plan in some ca it of introducing Mr. Frem- to administer projects in variou: " |ming, who made a nice little speech |areas, including the Columbia River 10t about how Harry Sinclair's labor basin project. | ->-eo——— industry. Before he finished hu(-! OUT FOR VACATIONS tering Consolidated, its officials .«nd‘ stockholde Mr. Fremming pro- Two:Sitka families are vacation- unced relations of Consolidated bound to the States aboard the mo-{ ind its workers ‘ideal’.” rship Northland, in port here to- > l\h and Mrs. R. L. Wolfe and th daughter Joann Wolfe, and Mrs. to overnor Allred to help|of s0' vices WINCH DRIVER {Martha Wolfe compose one of the vacation bent family groups from TAL RT‘Sllkn The other includes Mr. and IMrs. Victor Pekoenen and their daughter Helen Pekonen. BELLINGHAM, Wash., June 3.- e Frank Gustafson, 63, winch driver, | DR. CARLSON BACK Bellingham, was fataily injured| pr Rae Lillian Carlson, optome- ¥ abos d the PAF steamship North!(rist, returned to her Juneau head-| yesterday at Nushagak. Gus- quarters today abodrd the motor fell into the hold of the ship Northfand from Sitka. which was discharging cargo. | - - is according to company ad- | Lode and placer location notices received here. ‘for sale at The Empire Office. Hiram RECORD BREAKERS 489 separate airplane flights in one day is the astonishing rec- ord held by““Wild Bill” Hudson, an Akron, Ohio, plane tester. Aiso a U. S. record holder is Hiram Walker's Gin. More people buy Hiram Walker's Gin than any other kind be- cause they find extra enjoyment in its wonderfully smooth flavor—thanks to Controlled Condensation, Hiram Walker's exclusive flavor-control proc- ess. Try it in cocktail or Collins, and taste for yourself! HIRAM WALKER & SONS, Inc., Pegria, Hl. For Drinks That “Break Records" F Geodness DISTILLED .LONDON DRY GIN DISTILLED FROM GRAIN asked Con-| high at the neck where a touch | ner dress. pink mousseline. The long, ht ceoior. The Imll»slcned pcllirmt | These Mainbocher models show gowns chesen by Mrs. Wallis Warfield for her honeymoen following her marriage teday to the Duke of Windsor. lover's knot and a belero of blue dotted surah completes the ensemble. The slightly low neck is shaped into wide necked freck and long-tailed jacket in a flowered crepe has a ground of violet-blue, the pattern in multi- Left: a frock of deep midnight blue soft crepe romaine, cut of knotted silk provides a smart finish. The surah girdle ties in a Center: A black silk crepe din- scallops, cutlined with four tiered irills of flesh sleeves finish with pink frills that fall over the hands. Right: a high- in bright blue tafiels sm‘fens the. rlpnled hem. ‘Forest Official ~ Shown in Movie, " Capitol Theatre bedney Dennison Directed Radio Communication in “‘Fire Weather” Ask Sydney V. Dennison, Super- |intendent of the Maintenance and | Construction for the U. S. Forest Service here, if he knows anything fihoul fighting forest fires and he ..'an prove it. The proof can be \I(y'md in the picture “Fire Weath- |er” which was shown at the Capi- |tol Theatre last night and will be |on the screen there again tonight. | Back in 1934, Dennison was with the Forest Service in the Plumas | National Forest in central-eastern California when the famed Nelson Point fire which burned 14000 ! acres got started. The picture “Fire | Weather,” made by the Forest |Service and the U. 8. Weather Bureau, is an account of that fire and the chap on top of the moun- | tain directing radio communication is your friend Sydney Dennison. It was the first time that radiophones had been used in fighting forest fires and the purpose to which they were put is explained in the| picture. i Dennison recalls that the night after the picture was taken the fire swept out the camp where the pictures were taken and for eight days more he sat on a mountain top acting as the commmunications clearing house. A total of 1,700 men were required to combat the blaze Following the showing l(mwht‘ the picture will be shown in the major cities of the Interior and“ | Westward and then will be brought ! | back to Southeast Alaska. ,ee {PASQUIN’S SCOTTY t | PUP KILLED TODAY BY HIT-RUN DRIVER | An unidentified hit-and-run truck} driver took the life of “Sir Guy, Jr.” scotty pup of Bobby and Jack Pa: |quin, this morning, as the gravel laden car rounded the corner by the |Terminal Cafe, Ithe stop sign. ! The two Pasquin boys were about {to accompany their dog across the| failing to halt at! street when the truck whizzed| \around the corner, running over {“Guy’ with the two back wheels and ! jone front wheel. The dog died a few minutes later before aid could ! be given, and was taken away by‘ Police Chief Dan Ralston. “Guy” had been ‘the pet of thel two boys for several months and | {was given to them by a friend who| |left sqme time,ago for Chichagof.| |MARY JOYCE TAKES ‘ GUESTS TO LODGE! | } Taking with her Mrs. Dave Ram-| say and Miss Eleanor Phillips, to be guests at her Taku Lodge, Miss |Mary Joyce was to return to her Taku River resort this afternoon in her river boat Mary J. Miss Joyee has been in Jumeau since Monday, stopping at the Gastincau Hotel. e . HERE FROM SITKA | Coming to Juneau today from Sit- |ka aboard the motorship North- {will again settle down to the sim-|tries {the past two weeks. his Shattuck Building office, while |the south tonight. | Goddard Hot Springs, near Sitka, is| FORMER SEATTLE Labor Discussed ‘COP’ KILLS WIFE, At Meeting of SHOOTS HIMSELF Mine Workers Sick Woman Slain in Bed National aind Local Setup Is by Ex-Policeman Who | Explained to Gathering Then Turns Gun on Self of 300 Employees SEATTLE, June 3. — Mrs. Ger-| Held for the purpose of clarifying trude Follrich was found shot to to Juneau laboring men the current death, and her husband, Hiram, for- setup of organized labor through- mer policeman, was found serious- out the nation, and the position of U. 8. D!LPAETI&KNT OF AGRICULTURE, WIATHEH. BUREA? . THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 p.m., June 3. Cloudy, possibly showers tonight; Friday clearing; light to mod- erate westerly winds. LOC\L DATA Tine sarom ter Teml. Humidity Wind Velocity Weather 4 p.m. yest'y 3047 48 62 s 6 Lt. Rain 4 am, today 30.57 43 84 s 2 Cloudy 12 ‘noon today 30,58 48 70 N 2 Spkling CABLE AND RADIO REPO»TS n ; YESTERDAY TODAY i { Highest 4pm. | Lowestdam. dam. Preclp. 4a.m. Station temp. temp. | temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather Atka 50 46 | | 40 40 10 0 Cloud; Ancherage 56 | 48 - =t 0 -4 Barrow 36 36 | - - - - ; Nome 50 48 | 34 34 4 0 'Clolfdy Bethel 52 40 | 38 40 16 0 £loydy Fairbanks 62 58 | 46 46 6 02 3 in Dawson 60 60 | 50 50 30 0 Clotdy St. Paul 46 44 | 38 38 12 0 ' Clear Dutech Harbor 48 48 { 40 40 10 k3 Cloudy Kodiak 56 56 | 38 42 12 T Cloudy {Cordova 4“4 44 42 44 10 254 Rain Juneau 49 18 3 43 2, It Cloudy Sitka 48 — 42 —_ - .20 y Ketchikan 56 54 } 44 44 4 0 Pt. Qldy Prince Rupert 56 54 40 42 10 0 Pt Cldy Edmonton 8 46 [ ) A 8 04 Clear Seattle 80 8 | 58 58 8 0 Pt Qldy Portland 920 88 56 56 4 0 Cloudy San Francisco 0 56 i 5 50 [ 0 Cloudy New York 78 66 ‘ 58 62 8 0 Cloudy Washington 90 86 | 68 2 4 16 Cloudy WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle (airport), cloudy, temperature, 59; Blaine, partly cloudy, 44; Victoria, partly cloudy, 52; Alert Bay, partly cloudy, 46; Bull Hal bor, clear, 48; Triple Island, clear, —; Langara, cloudy, 44; Prince Rupert, partly cloudy, 49; Ketchikan, partly cloudy, 46; Craig, cloudy, 48; Wrangell, cloudy, 48; Pétersburg, cloudy, 50; Sitka, cloudy, 45; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 40; Radioville, cloudy, 45; Juneau, raining, 45; Skagway, cloudy, 47; St. Elias, cloudy, 42; Cordova, cloudy, 4 Copper River, raining; Chitina, cloudy, 46; McCarthy, cloudy, 42; Anchorage, cloudy, 54; Fairbanks, partly cloudy, 48; Nenana, cloudy, 60; Hot Sp\ngs, cloudy, 52; Tanana, cloudy, 50; Ruby, cloudy, 43; Nulato, cloudy, 42; Savoonga, cloudy, 28, Juneau, June 4. -— Sunrise, 3:01 am.; WEATHER SYNOPSIS High barometric pressure prevailed this morning from the southern Bering Sea region southeastward across the Gulf of Alaska to Ore- gon, there being two crests, one a short distance west of Dixon En- trance where a pressure of 30.74 inches was reported and another over sunset, 8:56 p.m. ithe southern Bering Sea region, the pressure at St. Paul Island being 30.44 inches. Low barometric pressure prevailed over the far western portion of the Aleutians, the lowest reported pressure being 29.20 inches. The storm area noted yesterday morning over the Mackenz'e Valley has moved eastward to the Hudson Bay region, the lowest reported pressure being 29.44 inches at Chesterfield Inlet. This gen- eral pressure distribution has been attended by precipitation over most of Alaska from Juneau northward and by generally fair weather from Ketchikan southward to California. local chapter, was in the chair for | 'MRS. JOHN CLARK ly wounded, and may die, in their Juneau Local, 203, of the Interna- Alki Beach home this morning. tional Union of Mine, Mill and!| Detective Lieut. Ernest Winter, Smelter Workers, last u(‘nim,s said Follrich shot his wife, who had meeting at the Moose Hall was *at- been recovering from an attack of tended by about 300 employees of | pneumonia, as she lay in bed asleep. the Alaska-Juneau mine, as well as He then went into a bath room and other interested persons. shot himself. . | 5 g Of those attending approximately | b 2 nuris]eavth?ln)Olsborne.d_vfho had‘two-tlurds were men not affiliated een called to the home, diseovered with the local labor group. The! “‘;,::G‘Jclss’ S e ,q |Attendance was. declared represen- uple, 1t has been learned,’i,iive of all factions employed at entertained friends in their home Alaska-Juneati, and favorable | 1 organization of American Labor | PLANE REP“RTED as evidenced by a considerable | J cal union of Mine and Mill Work- jers. MISSING IN UTAH dencies and organization was under- |taken by officials of the local as a Tt nlght response to the program for indus-| number of new enrollees in the lo- Clarifying of present labor ten- - first step toward the organization ALPINE, Utan, June 3.—Search withiy jts membership of mine em was begun here today for a report-| ployees, following the recent com ed missing transport plane. One plete settlement of differences ex- report reaching here that oil was \Mmg between the union group and found running from a large snow- the mine management. field at the foot of a peal near here| It was pointed out that current sent searchers into that regions in| g otion within organized labor in| the belief that the plane might 4o yhiteq States is to determine {have crashed into the snowfield organization shall follow hlghter up. | whether A I aylor, formetly of Wuken|® RCoY O Ieaulgsliii by BIBE R (eral industries, or by crafts. Territory and now a Provo, Utah,| railroad man, trudged out of ‘thej The Juneau Mine and Mill Work: wildngriess here tody end réphzted o Dnion, Lotal 203, Was explained {he had combed every ravine md“" being a member of the Juneau | mountain for miles around in search | O¢htral Labor (_Jr;uncl} which “1s of a plane which when he saw “‘\-.ul in Lh'(' American F 'dqfluon of seemed as “big as a bum‘rllv" :L\mm. However, the local is an af- N RS |filiate of the Committee of Indus- ONE DR. COFFEY TO |16 0" b by e SA]L, o’l‘].lER DR. executive council of the AFL. COFFEY TO REMAIN .. The CIO is not a separate labor ganization from the AFL, it was —_— iexplained, but was begun as a com- With the departure of Dr. E. R.mittee within the AFL to organize| Coffey for Seattle tonight, Juneau'laboring men in the major indus- along industrial lines, rather plicity of having only one Dr. Cof-|than separating the workers of a fey in town, a state much to be ! sirgle gencral industry into small appreciated after the confusions oi:grcups according to their types of {employing as advocated by the AFL Robert M. Coffey heads, and was formerly done. firmly stationed in| Harry Stuhr, representative of the Martitime Federation and organizer for the Alaska Fishermen’s Union, made the principal sidress of the meeting, explaining the problems confrenting labor in general. The contention of his address was that a general federation of American labor along democratic lines is in- evitable, and that, following demo- cratic principles, the basis of all labor organization, it is up to the majority of America’s workers to decide the policies and direction to be taken by the labor movement. forward in going south, for he ex- W. A. Rasmussen, president of the pects to travel on to Portland soon| e\ |/ Ll \ and he will encounter Dr. R. M.| n// Juneau’s Dr. is to remain Seattle’s Dr. E. R. Coffey, Regional Public Health Consultant, is leav- ing aboard the M. S. Northland for The resulting situation will be greatly appreciated by Dr. Robert M. for he has answered just a few too many phone calls during the past several days (while Dr. E. R. had sailed to the Westward) ex- plaining that HE was in town and that appointments should be kept | as usual. But Dr. E. R. has little to look | Coffey’s brother—and the explana- | tions will bégin all over again. | 1 TO KETCHIKAN l Mrs. M. Goddard, operator of the, Makes biscuits quffy as a summer cloud Northland a passenger aboard the motorship | land was Harriett' Dearmond, ‘dsughwr of the postmaster at Sitka. — e | Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office, | e Schilling Trs The Bmpire clssifieds for| BAKINEG Powder quick results. i enroute to Ketchikan i (and hiring hall privileges. last evening's meeting. He and | others of the local labor leaders itook part in explaining the purpose | of the meeting and of the union. OF LAD'ES’ AID Expression of a large majority of —_— these in attendance was favorable| Mrs. John Clark was elected to the development of a bona fide| President of the Methodist.Ladies’ IS CHOSEN HEAD fcemrél labor otganization in Ju-|Aid Society at the gathering of neau, along industrial lines. TG | IR | the ceeding Mrs. thas left for the summer. Plans were made for a luncheon [to be held in the social room of the church on June 16. Hostesses for yesterday’s affair Strikers, Ferry SEATTLE, June 3.—Nathan Eck- —r stein, Chairman of the Seattle foms Gommitiee, announced canecl- | . B. WILLIAMS CO. lation of today’s scheduled ferry SASH AND DOORS SCREEN DOORS Strong well-made substantial organization yesterday, suc- Floyd Dryden who the States to spend strike meeting with Gov. Clarence . . Martin at Olympia, saying new meetings of the Washington Ship- owners’ Association and Inland 8 3 Boatmens' Union are being held | doors with mortised — tenoned here. and glued joints. Sizes Carried in Stock 2'-6”x6'x7"x% Back Doors .. x6'x9"x% Back Doors .. 8"x6'x7"x7% Back Doors .. -8”x6'x9"x% Back Doors .. 3'-0”x6'x8”x7 Back Doors 3'-0"x6'x9”x1'% Front Doors 3.75 2'-8”x6'x9”x1% Front Doors 3.50 ¥-0"x7'x1"x1% Front Doors 3.85 The above prices are for galvan- ized wire. For bronze or copper add $1.00., Window screens made to order. Galv. wire 15¢ per sg. ft. Bronze wire 25¢ per &q. fl, wmerwrmcm 0. B. WILLIAMS CO. 1933 First Ave. So. Seattle, Wash. Most of the ferries are still tied {up but the Ballard to Port Lud- low and Seattle to Sukuamish fer- ries have been released. The ferrymen are strikng for higher wages, recognition of union U.S. GOLD STOCK SOARS UPWARD WASHINGTON, Juns 3. — The Treasury Department announced today that the government’s gold stock reached $12,025,190,000 on June 1, up almost $800,000,00¢ from Jan- uary 1. BOOKKEEPING SERVICE TRAINED ACCOUNTANTS Tax and System Service - JAMES C. COOPER COMPANY CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Phone 182 Juneau, Alaska Goldstein Bldg. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables FRESH LOCAL EGGS DAILY. California Grocery THE PURE FOODS STORE Telephone 478 Prompt Delivery THE TERMINAL “This Is Something Different That You Will Enjoy.” reoes e | R