The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1937, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR. VOL. L, NO. 7510. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY, JUNE 14, |937 MLMBLR ASbOClATLD PRLSS enate Group‘ Rejects Court Reform Bill SOLONS DECLARE F. D. R. MEASURE' IS “DANGEROUS” Seven De:n—o:rats, Three | Republicans Sign 10,000- Word Report, Proposal PLAN IS FLAYED IN BLISTERING LANGUAGE Declared Needless, Danger-.‘ ous Abandonment Con- stitutional Principles | WASHINGTON, June 14. — The | Senate Judiciary Committee today | recommended rejection of the Rocsevelt court reform bill in blist- ering language, branding it as’ “needless, futile, utterly dangerous abandonment of constitutional prin- | ciples.” The majority report was signed by seven Democrats and three Re- publicans and said: “It should be emphatically re- jected. Its parallel should never| again be presented free represen- | tatives of free people in America.” | “One-Man” Government | ‘The 10,000-word report echoed | virtually all the objections raised in the seven weeks' hearing. It declared the bill would not accom- plish its purpose but would destroy | independence of the judiciary and méake government by ‘“one man rather than by law.” The majority insisted that “it| contains the germ of a system of | centralized administration of labor | that would enable the Executive so minded to send his judges to| every judiciary district in the land and sit in judgment on controver- | sies between the Government and- the citizen.” Seek Compromise Administration Senators said they | had virtually abandoned the pro- posal of adding five new judges to the Supreme Court but would sta.rt at once trying instead to w a compromise whereby elderly jus~ tices would be augmented or re- placed at the rate of one yearly. Senators signing the majority re- port were King, McCarran, Van| Nuys, Hatch, Burke, Connallyl O’Mahoney, Borah, Austin and| Steiwer. Those favorable to the| bill were Neely, Logan, Deitrich, | McGill, Pittman, Hughes, Ashurst| and Norris: | PROBERS OF TAX DODGERS NAMED NOW Six ‘House :rg Six Senate! ‘Members May Have Sen- sational Inquiry { WASHINGTON, June 14.—Con- gress has completed the roster or its committee to investigate tax dodging. Speaker Bankhead has named six | House members to work with six Senaforg and his action has opened the way to start the probe probably on next Wednesday in what may be! a sensational inquiry and throw Ppublicity on wealthy individuals ac- cused by the President of uvo&ding‘ millions of dollars in tax payments. The House memberssare Dough- | ton of North Carolina, Cullen of/ New York, Vinson of Kentucky,| Cooper of Tennessee, Treadway of | Massachusetts and Crowther of New York. The Senate members of the com-| mittee are: Harrison, King, George, Walsh, LaFollette and Capper. - e HELD FOR LARCENY Charlie King, a native, has been | arrested and is being held at Skag- | way for grand larceny, according | to a message to U. S. Marshal} William T. Mahoney from Deputy | Marshal Louis Rapuzzi at Skagway. | e | When one of the first balloons | landed in Gonesee, Francy, in 1783, the superstitious villagers shot it and stabbed it with pitehforks. Mrs. Margaret Streng De Cuevas, Rockefeller, Sr., LABOR DISPUTE AT SEATTLE IS REPORTED OVER Warehousemen Jurlsdlcllon Appeal Goes Up to AFLFor Award SEATTLE, June 14. — A settle- !ment of the jurisdictional dispute between the longshoremen and teamsters over the Seattle ware- housemen is announced by E. B, | Pish, of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Five local firms, closed for months, will now reopen. Three hundred employees will re- turn to work, retaining the existing affiliation pending the result of the longshore appeal to the AFOL for award of the warehousemen to thé teamsters. Dave Beck for the teamsters and Mat Meehan and H. R. Bridges for the longshoremen, simed the pact. MARY, BUDDY WILL MARRY ON JUNE 26 six | Ceremony to Be Performed Out of Doors—Honey- moon Trip to Hawaii HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 14. Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers |will be married June 26, she an- | nounced today. Following the wedding, a honey- moon trip will be taken to Hawaii. Only members of the two families will be in attendance at the wed- ding ceremony which will be per- formed out-of-doors in the garden of Mrs. Louis Lighton. Mary is 43 and Buddy it 32. s A A ‘The first airmail flight across the |United States, made by Galbraith Rogers in 1911, took 50 days and 68 stops. shown here with her husband, George, and their two children, John (left) and Elizabeth, was the largest individual btn!ficilry of the oil millionaire’s will granddaughter of the late John D. | 1 | | iled in White Plains, N.¥. Ssh! War Debt Instaliments | " Due Tomorrow Don’t Worr;fiere Will Be No Rush, However— | Only Finland Pays WASHINGTON, June 14. — Wari debt installments totaling one bil- lion and one half dollars, are due| | tomorrow from thirteen European| countries. Only Finland is ready to pay,| however. She fill make an install-| ment totaling $163,143. The other debtors, including Eng- land and France, have defaulted| for the past four years. .- Peace Forecast By Union Leader W. A. Rasmussen of Ju-[; neau Expects Improve- ment, Labor Conditions Improvement of labor conditions| in the States within the next sev- eral weeks is seen by W. A. Ras- mussen, organizer for the Inter-| national Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers and Committee of Indus-| |trial Organization worker, who has| {been prominent in union organiza- tion in Juneau. Mr. Rasmussen this morning stated that the situation in Seat-| tle is now under control with union | organization now nearly completed. | “It is merely a matter of time until labor completes its move for or- ganized power,” he stated. “As soon as this is realized, there will be no need for further strikes.” —————— Famous Playwright Seriously Iil, London LONDON, June 14.—Sir Jame.s' Barrie, 77, famous playwright, is| |gravely ill in a London hospital as| Ithe result of bronchial pneumonia. He has been in ill health for some time. It is an effort for him to i l v (BILBAD GUNNED | defense. |aircraft guns and pumped shells |into the invaders. |vion River, waiting to evacuate the | Basque President and his Cabinet| |ial correspondence)—Alfred J. Beat- | 1of 1934 with his wife and for several |separated from his wife, who still ROBBERY AT BY INSURGENT || PLANES TODAY Infantry Re;led Moving| . Through Villages to Basque Capltal GENERAL FRANCO SAID TO BE AT Children Bemg Evacuated —1,500 to Be Sent: to Soviet Union LONDON, June 14. — Radio re- ports say Spanish Insurgent air- planes gunned the center of Bil- bao today while Spanish Insurgent infantry pushed through suburban villages to the outskirts of ‘the Basque Capital. ‘The Spanish Government has been under siege at Bilbao for more than nine weeks. Gen. Francisco Franco is reported personally directing what he hopes is the final push to drive a great|! gap in the Government’s “iron ring” | pier in Seattle. STOCK PRICES Anti-Aircraft Guns Bilbao’s defense took to the anti- At. Bordeaux, two ships landed 4,800 children from the Basque cnpl- 1 Ly 24 1§ a0 FEPOFLEAr the h-meh‘uno# Sonuy 1§ prépafed’to carry 1500| children from Bilbao to Leningrad where they will be cared for by the Soviet Government. One Avenue of Escape The road northeast of Bilbao is| today virtually the only escape by | land and is under heavy fire. British and French destroyers are reported at the mouth of the Ner- Transfers l?lig—hesl So Far This Month — Slumps Range | to 7 Points NEW YORK, June 14.—Oppressed principally by widening labor rifts, the stock market suffered the sever- |est break today in several weeks. | Transfers were 1,300,000 shares, the largest for the month. Losses were from one to seven poinls in all departments. Steels land motors were prominent on the decline. members. SENDS BULLET INTO HEAD ON BASBOAT,SITKA , zovsxs srocx rmcss e {quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Alfred ]. Beatty, Without steck today is 1%, Warning, “Ends It All” 92%, American Light and Power 8, E Anaconda 51%, Bethlehem Steel Because Despondency 78%, Commonwealth and Southern |2%, General Motors 48%, Interna- SITEA, Alacks, June 14—(pec-| Qo ooy eater 104 Kennscath ty, about 50 years of age, employed | 54%, New York Central 39%, South- as carpenter on the Japonski !sland‘ern Pacific 46, United States Steel project by the United States Navy, |126%, Cities Seryice 2%, Pound committed suicide by shooting him- | $4:93%, Bremner bid 5 asked 8, Re- public Steel 33, Pure Oil 17, Holly self on the gas boat Eunice, where| | Sugar 32, U. 8. Treasury Bonds 2%s |he made his home, Sunday about 2| ug! 4 a.m., according to a report by B. F. Js-49-53 97.17, Atchison General 4s Ficken, U. 8. deputy marshal here. | Beatty, who had shown signs of | despondency recently, returned to| The following are today's Dow, his boat from a dance in the com- Jones averages: industrials 165.51, pany oof James Brumbaugh. and|i.;’ssss, utilities 25.92. without warning, announced his in-| i DOW, JONES AVERAGES tentions of “ending it all” and be- | fore his companion could divert him, ldced his Springfield .30-06 rifle under his chin and fired the shot | which ended his life. Beatty came to Sitka in the sprmg months they acted as caretakers of mining property at Louise Cove near| wASHINGTON, June 14. — The here Later he was engaged in sal- | genate has approved the proposed |mon trolling and this spring ac- |nationwide survey of unemployment cepted the government position. and rellef by a Commission to be During the past winter he Was|gppointed by the President. ‘The action came after the Appro- Q ”f{ffl:‘ ;:;it;;‘d ; nfeul?rgo ;:"'Bdr‘:;‘;c: |priations Committee recommended | ton, Washington, where he was em- | {that a greater share of the Admin- ployed at the Puget Sound Nfl‘y‘htrauons billion and one half dol- | vard. lar relief program for the next Remiains 'weére tiken to “‘P‘:::téi” be shifted to local com- morgue at the Pioneer’s Home to| await funeral arrangements, after |communication with a sister living| |in the States. —— e, — Legislature of 1 House Boosted WASHINGTON, June 14—Sena- tor George Norris, who fosiered the Nebraska unicameral Legislature, predicted today that many States will abolish two houses. He pointed out the “great superiority’ of Ne- FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 14~ Burglars robbed the Fairbanks Paint Store and pool room cash register of less than $100. There are talk and he is fed liquids. no clues. braska’s first one-house Legislature Survey Lunms‘ |LEGION HEAD TOURS COAS T American Can’ Mrs. Oscar W. Hahn, National President of the American Le- gion Auxiliary, who will be hon- ored at receptions given at Los Angeles, San Francisco and Stockton, Cal Representing 420,000 women, she is on a na- tional tour of state departments of the Legion Auxiliary. i 26 CONVICTED THEN SHOTT0 - DEATH,RUSSIA Soviet Union Determined to Break Up Organ- ized Spy Ring MOSCOW, June 14. — Twenty- eight persons have been convicted and executed at Svobodny, Far East Soviet, for wrecking the Amur rail- road. This became known here to- day. The executions have increased to 151 the known total of persons condemned to be shot in the past year in the Soviet’s drive to stamp out internal foes. All those condemned were accus- ed of being participants in the Trot- zkyist - Spy terror organization which allegedly acted along the Amur Railroad. - - Midget twins, who have attained a height of only 28 inches in 12 years, were born to a normal Los Angeles couple, $140 000 Fire ()u Wnteriront At Soattlo Damage estimated at $140,000 by the city fire marshal resulted from this fire in the Connecticut Street Part of the nier warehouse was used by the United States Coast Guard. This general view of the blazing dock shows firemen and fireboats fighting to prevent sprcad of the flames. A puff of black smoke indicates another portion of the 15,000 rounds of Coast Guard ammunition stored there has ]u\t caught fire, four firemen were lnlured sll(htly BURDICK WILL HEM] NEW GGG I ILITTLE FLEET MOVING NORTH DURING JULY Chicago Will Be in Gas- tineau Channel for Three Days, July 15 to 18 TWO OTHER CRAFT TO ANCHOR, AUK BAY Craft Start from San Diego " July Fourth for Var- ious Alaska Ports SAN PEDRO, Cal., June 14. |—Five heavy cruisers of the United States Battle Fleet will visit Alaskan ports next month. | The cruisers will leave ‘here July 4 for Port Angeles ‘and Bellingham and leave the latter ports on July 6 for the ‘nurth. After completing the northem cruise the five will |reach Portland on July 21. The Northampton will visit {Wrangell on July 8 to July 110, Auk Bay (Juneau) July 11 to July 14, Ylkutat Bty The Penucols wm vilit Sit- ] Expansior. P rogram Ex- pected to Start in July— | Many PmJecls Considered Charles G. Burdick, Administra- tive Assistant in the U. 8 .Forest Service here, have general charge of all Civilian Conservation Corps work in the Territory, it was announced today by Regional Forester B. F. Heintz- leman, following Mr. Burdick’s re- | turn to the Juneau headquarters from a 15-day swing through the Interior with Robert Fechner, na- tional head of CCC, and Fred Mor- rell, in charge of the work for the| U. 8. Forest Service. The Fechner party returned to! "Juneau by plane from Fairbanks | Sunday and sailed on the Mount McKinley for the South this morn- Mr. Burdick reported that the| party went from here to Cordova, Seward and then over the railroad to Anchorage and Palmer, center 'of the Matanuska Colony where| they spent a day going over the| project. They were impressed with the progress of the Colony and the ! Forest official declared there ap- parently was nothing which wuld keep the agricultural experlment from being a success now if the farmers continue to work as they have been doing. A half million dollars worth of produce has been | = shipped into the rail belt in the last year which could be produced ky! the Palmer farmers, Burdick said, assuring the Colonists of a market when they bring their lands to full production. In Fairbanks Area From Palmer the party went to! Fairbanks and then by chartered plane visited Tanana, Circle Hot| Springs, Fort Yukon, Wiseman, Liv- engood and other points in that area. At Stevens on the Yukon the| water was up to the eaves of the| houses when they were there, but was abating. Tentative projects un- der the CCC expansion program were looked over and shortly after the first of July some of the work {is expected to get under way. Under the new program an-| nounced recently by Mr. Fechner, {the number of local enrollees in Al- aska is to be increased from the present 325 to 600 and the field of work heretofore confined to the National Forest localities, is to be extended over the entire Territory. Expand Activities The increase in the number of enrollees is primarily intended to give more Indians and Eskimos a chance to enguge in ECW activi- ties,. The “Native” propulation of 30,000 is scattered in small villages mroughout Alaska’s 586,000 square (Continued on Page Seven) has been named to' ‘ka July 8 to July 10, Cordova July 12 to July 14, Yakutat Bay July 15 to July 17. The Chicago will visit Sew- \ard July 10 to July 12, Yaku- ‘tat Bay July 13 to July 14, Juneau July 15 to July 18. The Louisville will visit Valdez July 10 to July 12, Ya- kutat Bay July 13 to July 14, Ketchikan July 15 to July 18. The Salt Lake City visits Ketchikan July 8 to July 10, Auk Bay (Juneau) July 11 and July 14, Yakutat Bay July 15 to July 17. e —— VICAR JARDINE LEAVES PULPIT; COMING TO U. S. Eplscopallan Who Married Duke and Wallis Re- signs Position DARLINGTON, england, June 14. —The Rev. R. Anderson Jardine, who married the Duke of Windsor |and Mrs. Wallis Warfield, has re- ;sxxned as Vicar of St. Paul's Epis- copal Church. He denied that the wedding the church opposed has anything to do with his resigna- tion. The Vicar says he hopes to lecture two months in the United States and expected to leave shortly for abroad, presumably to tell why he performed the ceremony at Monts, | France. Mad Headhunter Run Down, Caught Constabulary Sergeant Risks Life But Captures Slayer of Thirteen MANILA, June 14.—Constabulary Sergeant Pio Pilit, avenging his sister’s killing, has captured Kal- inga Boli, mad headhunter who has been blamed for 13 deaths. Pilit cornered Boli in a cave north of the Luzon jungles and risked |axe and arrow attack to catch Boli lalive. Boli has been placed in jail. He had vowed he would kill 24 for a fancied grievance.