The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 15, 1937, Page 8

SOUTHEAST FISH| PACK RUNNING ABOUT NORMAL i Icy Strait, Eastern District, | West Coast Ahead | i | o of Last Season ish pack reports from the | t area, re 1 by the U.| of Fisheries today, reveal | tern and the West istricts running ahead of | eason w he other districts | it behind and Wrangell not rait ast pack through July comparative pack same time r follows kings, 1.- total Reds 142; cohos, ar, 11,801 Reds, 9,111; kings, 231 chums, 24,005; col tal, 68,945; last year, 6 ern district Reds, 12 6,437; chums, total, 19,940 DRUG STORE 2,273; ( 10.- | last 1 ct — Reds, 2178; | ks, 181 chums, total, 36,919; last | i — Reds, 2289; kings,| 18.872; “"chums, 5,231} 1.176; total, 27,954; lapi year, West kan | Ccast—Reds, 1079; Kings, | pinks, 420; chums, 419; c: -j 1,857, total, 18,480; last year, 13,862, ! The Bristol Bay pack in the| t area through July 10 re- | shows: | ings, 5,639; chums, 514 cases. This s with 665,660 cases for the CERMANS TO || ATTEMPT T0 'BRIDGE BIDS ASGEND PEAK oPENED BY BPR, FOURPROJECTS himbleberry, California, Lake Creek Spans and Hyder Dock Approach me | | | | i BERLIN, July 15.—Undaunted by the failure of two previous attempts | rnd the tragic deaths of r of | Germany's great mountain-climbers | in the second one, a German! expedition will try this I r the third time to reach the ot summit of Nanga! Parbat ixth highest mountain peak in the world, | The expedition was made possi-| Four sois ble by grants from the Nazi gov-!struction were rament and privale contributions.|and today by the Bureau of Public It is led by Dr. Karl Wien, well' Roads and recommendations for known German geographer and|awarding to the low bidder made. mountaineer, and consists of nine| On the Thimbleberry Creek bridge Germans among whom are scien- on the Sitka Highway, Custard, tists, two physicians, a photogra- | Meadows and Oja were low with a pher and veteran mountain-climb-'pid of $5.838. Wright and Stock ers. submitted the only other offer, $7,- Peter Muellritter, the only sur-|738. Engineer's estimate was $6,- vivor of the ill-fated expedition of 147. The structure of treated tim- 193¢ to accompany the third expe-|per will consist of four 19-foot diion to Nanga Parbat, will do the | :pans photographing. His movie film R which he managed to save from pany the storm which Kkilled half the | Creek party in 193¢ attracted world-wide |§H attention. ): Other members of the expedition!bid of $9.71 : Addlf Goettner, Dr. Guenther|bid $11,2 ‘PP, Dr. Hans Hartmann, all vet- | was era Himalayan climbers; Prof. month f of bids for brid con- op¢ yesterday J. Sommers Construction Com- low on the California bridge on the Crow Creek ne: the Al+ d with a and Stock estimate will have es -fcot spans. and Pert Fankhauser, oll of Custard, Meadows and Oja were | whom are new to the tricky Hima- ' low on the Lake Creek bridge on I s but have had long experience | the Loop road on a bid of $6244 the Alps or in the mountains of |Other bidders were Mendenhall | and South America. | Construction C $6,582; Berg i 2 il Construction Company, $6,602; Pet- lielmo Marconi, inventor of | erman Construction Company, phy, is an honorary 386, and R. J. Sommers Const municipalities. | Company, $7,701. Engineer's ————— °stimate was $5956. This construc- | ion will include one »t span | fer | | | 87.- n of 11 a of tr lire ated timber and two concrete stop By The AP Feature Service L I “HE shops may be battered, or hidden behind protective . walls of sand bags, but—as the drug store sign proclaims—it’s “‘business as usual” in Madrid s aS Spain approaches the first anniversary, July 18, of its civil war Madrid prides itself on that. A third of the city re- portedly has been shot away Rebels camp ominously at the city gates. Following the cap- ture of Bilbao, a grave new push was threatened. Yet Madrid carries on. Shoppers crowd the streets as if nothing were happening After each bombardment, workmen quickly cart away the debris, Life and death walk hand in hand but—business goes on as usual 3 bid} le of fifiy-nine 21-foot spans| AMENDING OF WAGNER LABOR ACT PROPOSED Present Measure Not Up to Required Standard Some Loopholes PRESTON GROVER HINGTON, July 15.—Quiet- ly circulating within the ranks of labor leaders and others interested is a plan for amending the W labor relations act that ar most from within the ranks of itself. es abor he demand for sucha has wn increasing insis- nt for several reasons—cne i that strikes have continued in pite of it, another that it leaves cptional with labor whether the act shall be brought into play For instance, during the first stages of the disturbances at Re- public Steel, the Steel Workers | Organizing Committeea CIO ai-! filiate, refrained from calling in | the Labor Board to conduct an | It claimed to have ma-| membership among the work- | set declined to attempt exer- | ing the right of bargaining, | which a “true majority would have | given it. Republic, however, could not appeal to the board. ‘ rewrit- ci BREAK FOR BOSS | With all due respect to the credi- bility of labor officials, the gener- ally accepted opinion of newsmen | and many others closely following ' strike developments was that the! steel workers committee did not ! have a majority, but called the| strike as a means of recruiting| one. i The new plan now quietly dis-| d still does not give the em- ployer the right to ask an election. | That would give him an oppor-/ tunity to call an election when he | felt the labor organization was at its lowest ebb. But the new plan gives the em- ployer a stronger position. First, | it would let him require a newly| recognized majority to undergo a| ix months’ trial period. In that| time the union would have to; Among procanent passengers board the Northwestern when passed through Juneau this was Dr. Frederick B. Loomis, pro- fessor of geology at Amherst Uni- versity of Massachusetts, author of “Physiography of the United States.” Dr. Loomis, who visited his cousin in Sitka, studied the phy graphy of Alaska during his brief stay here. A member of the Ameri- on it ical geo- anc his triy Fred- on over Little Auk Creek and two 19- | treated timber. | o 'r 'r E R With a bid of $83153, the R. J. Sommers Construction Company was low bidder on the Hyder dock | approach. Wright and Stock $83,561 and Siems, Spokane Com- recdliait from pany, $91519. Engi estimate YAKUTAT approach 1o the Commercial dotk in Hyder and includes a solid rock Many On Hand fill ; 17,300 cubic yards and Take Advantage of Low Prices! - Come in and select DR. F. B. LOOMIS, your own skins and | s | NOTED GEOLOGIST, v Any size up to 38. BEST BARGAIN EVER! he was accompanied north by Mrs. Loomis erick B. Loomis, Jx H.J. Yurman | » CTOR | COUNCIL FRIDAY cil is scheduled for 8 o'clock Friday 231 S. Franklin levening in the City Hall. In {tion to regular business, it is pected the question of imming {pool for Juneau will liscussed foot spans oyer Lake Creek of was §79,808. This project is the b; Regular meeting of the Cit PHONE 326 | ON NORTHWESTERN| week, | can Acodemy of Arts and Sciences, : n 1di- | But - | pressure upon the board to act in | prove its ability to retain the ma-| | jority in good order. | | Alter that, however, the employer | l\\'ul(ld be obligated to negotmtcj AR BW _THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937. | MADRID: Business As Usual Catholic Priests - Go After Their -~ Fish with Guns Visitors Have Eventful Trip to Marmion Antonio Thibodeau’s brother, Mr. Joe Thobodeau. { Another event of the week w: the trout fishing party to Montana Creek, Tuesday, when the Rev. Thi- bodeau unexpectedly fell ovewboard, and another event was the visit to the Alaska Junecau mill this morn- ing. RO ELECTRA HERE Island Hunting may be techmically out of iseason, but there is no ruling to |farbid shooting halibut and salmon, especially if you have forgotten your gaff hook and net, and have only la day or two left to catch all of |those “big ones” you plan to tell {about at home. | Such was the decision reached |by the four visiting Catholic Priests Iwhen they arrived at Marmion Is- |land aboard Cash Cole’s boat, the Jazz, yesterday, minus half of their equipment. Accompanied by Father | William G. Levasseur, Peter Loftus, | Robert and Kenney Thibodeau and Joe Thibodeau, the four priests left for Marmion at 10 a. m and finally returned here at 7 p. m. In order of tneir caiches they are, the Rev. Antonio Thibodeau, four |salmon; the Rev. Alphonse Trottier, |two salmon and one halibut; the |Rev. Odon Archambeau, one hali- |but and one salmon, who incident- |ally broke three lines in the pro- cess, and the Rev. P. A. Granger, one small halibut. ' Altogether the group shot nine salmon, and thre halibut, and |among the hardest workers was the |Rev. William G. Lavasseur, on one " [of his first fishing trips. | The four priests, who have been visiting here from Eastern Can- ada, leave tomorrow for the south |aboard the Princess Louise. They Aiwfll travel through California be- |fore proceeding on to Canada, con- |cluding an eight week vacation. {During their stay in Juneau they * |have been entertained by the Rev. groups of which have struck peatedly in the General Motors plant in open violation of the pe agreement reached six months The plan hasn't hit the surfa yet under-cover “Aute Intoxication” Swelling Accidents AUSTIN, 7 “drunk drivers” alechol. Dr, health officer, ide | with the union and sign any agree-, _ | ment reached. That matter of sign-! ing an agreement has been a source lof dispute, | WHIP HAND To this point, the new amend- | me! proposed would appear to | labor and industry about a 50 break. | But the next phase of the pro- !posal is that an employer would be permitted to withdraw recog- for one year of a majority union if the Labor Board deter- mines it has breached a contract by striking or other means. | That still leaves the Labor Board s Coun- with the whip hand, and to date it has it been decidedly would impose pro-labor. substantial . such a case as that presented by |the automobile workers union, ] but is a subject of discussion July are 15—Not ica X., ed W. Cox, Texas st says ¢ in automobile exhausts ca George FOR HOME OR BUSINESS REFRIGERATION SERVICE and REPAIRS - Phone 34 re- much e 01l MONG: e intoxication which results in the| driver becoming confused and losing contre | Many zutomobile accidents each| year are due to a mild form of| poisoning by this gas,” he says. - o Bridge Opens Wilds CASTLE DALL, Utah.—A bridge constructed by the Civilian Con- servation Corps over San Rafael has opened up hundreds of| : miles of land heretofore al- most inaccessible. The 160-foot | pan enables one to drive across a deep, dangerous canyon. < - - by Lester D. Henderse Hiram whiskey aska' A IN The Pacific Alaska Airways Elec- Jones and Bill Knox at the con- trols. Fred Milligan, a PAA em- ployee, was aboard. The trip north will be made tomorrow. e OFFICIAL SEARCH STARTS FOR MRS. ALBERT NORMAN .U. S. Deputy Marshal John Mec- Cormick this morning started out with Pilot L. F. Barr in a plane to begin ‘an official seargh for Mrs.| Albert Norman of Juneau, who has been missing since the night of July 5 when she is reported to have been pulled from the water near the up- per city float. The officers expected to visit var- ious places where clues have indi- cated she may have gone. Several of the places already have been vis- ited by Mr. Norman. HostIs Shot Dead PIaying_His Piano CHICAGO, Ill, July 15. — While John Blark, Chicago, was playing the piano for friends in his home he was shot dead. Police believe the Killer fired from the sidewalk through the open window of Blark's' Blark, al ground floor apartment. TWENTY KILLED, ' MINE EXPLOSION One HundrEmd Eighty- three Escape with Their Lives | SULLIVAN, Ind., July 15.—Twenty lare known to have been kiited by itra arrived at the Juneau airport an explosion and fire in the Glen- today at 3 p. m. with Pilots Jerry dora Coal Company’s Baker mine, !northeast of here, according to Jack Ogilvie, Safety Engmeer of the In- 'diana Coal Operator’s Association, Ithis afternoon. Three bodies have been recovered |and 17 additional bodies have been piled in a corner of the miné shaft |but cannot be brought out until the |carbon monoxide clears. Supt. Harry Keenan, Mine Super- ’imendem. said 203 men were in the imine at the time of the explosion, rand all but 20 came out alive. BETTY CO-ED - STAYS SINGLE | STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 15. XACharlotte E. Ray, dean of women, informed President Ralph D. 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