The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 1, 1937, Page 1

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L, NO. 7577. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” » JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY — * * * L] - * » * * * * Britain to Pro BRAVES WAR TO | BECOME BRIDE _ | | \ AFL-CIO GROUPS BATTLE AROUND PORTLAND MILLS | Fights, Overturned Trucks Mark Jurisdictional Dispute Today y | | PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1.—Bloody noses, torn clothing, and tattcredi banners today decorated the labor front as the AFL-CIO groups con- tinued rivalry for the control of the| . sawmill industry. | Spokesmen for the operators sald| the mill opened Monday after it had been closed by threats of AFL| leaders that they would refuse to) v handle products produced by CIO employees of the mills. | The spokesman remarked “t's a hell of a mess.” | Impromptu fights firecrackered | before the gates of most of the large | mills but nearly as fast as bruised | AFL pickets retreated for repairs, new banners of others took their) place. \ A number of trucks leaving mills with sawdust fuel were overturned; at other points by CIO truckmen.| ALF teamsters pattled hand-to-| hand over manning of trucks. | e - UNION DISPUTE - GAUSES 'FRISGO MARINE IMPASS Teamsters, Stevedores Fight| Over Jurisdiction of | Warehousemen \ | | 22, of Los An- i Betty Dotson, geles, who recently said she had | mo fear of whining shells and | bursting bombs as she flew on [ the " Ehiis - Clifpy for Hong | Kong where she will become the | | | bride of Philip S. Delaney. | Juneau G-Man Is Transferred to Birmingham, Ala. | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1. — Tlm; waterfront is tied up today by a . % . long simmering dispute between the Bugas Wins Promotion— teamsters union and stevedores as| ). S, Hostetter Expecte to which group will have jurisdic-| to Take Local Ofiice | | tion over warehousemen. | ] Pickets of the teamsters union, an AFL affiliate, went on duty to- day. Police were on the alert to prevent violence. John Bugas, in charee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation here, has been transferred to Bir- DESTROYER OF MASSED PLANES GREAT BRITAIN BEING USED ON UNDER ATTACK SPANISH FORGE Torpedo from UnidentifiediInsurgents‘ However fal Submarine Unleashed to Stop Thrust on on Navy Boat Aragon Front | HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Sept. 1. — Using massed planes for the first time against| |the Spanish Government's big push | |on the Aragon front, Insurgents are | reported to have made thirteen sep- larate attacks from the air to crack! the siege ring around Belchite. Gov- ernment forces threaten to \'“ranglc{ LONDON, Sept. 1}~An unidenti- fied submarine fired a torpedo at the British destroyer Havock, cn the eastern Spanish coast, between Al- icante and Valencia. The Havock was not hit. Simultoneously, Spanish Insurg- ent planes bombed and forced ashore the Greek cargo steamer Tes- po, 20 miles north of Barcelona. The |the strategic town in northeastern helmsman was killed and one sailor | Spain. | wounded as the result of the bomb-| It is reported that other aerial| , SEPTEMBER 1, DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE F938, * * * Russia’s Six Fliers, Lost in the Arctic ing. |thrusts failed to halt the advance | The Tespo was carrying flmmlmi-‘ol the Spanish Government forces.! tion to the Spanish Government | X { forces. | WARFARE IN 'URTA x men comprising the erew of the giant Ru IRUN, Sept. 1 The Spanish| 8 Mo rport on their |)rtvj\‘('(vm1 trip to the V 3 BRITISH MAY NOW ACT Colsrnnsknty Tlir my in| Dassed over the pole their radio signals cut out. They are believ PARIS, Sept. 1—Unofficial ad- the northea abandoned the| ice. Many Amexc re N vices received here from London|jast barrier between the Insure In the picture, left to right, are I said the atiempted submarining of | troops and the Province of A Levanevsky, 1 the destroyer Havock may “spur the| The Insurgents are advancing British government to take action.|westward from conquered Santan-| ——— French ships have been ordered ger and found the hardy Austurian| Veteran Al to return e for fire” if any at- militiamen have retreated to the tack is made to French shipping. |Escudo Mountains across the border | b e .. 5] into the home Province presumably | i |to establish defense lines 1ska stronghold is still held by the Gov- ernment forces ‘ ’% R i “Nobody Likes {Me;”” Young 11-Year ATRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 1 disagree with i | Veteran air pilots statements made at Nome yesterday | Girl Suicides Iby the Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard. | e The Glacier Priest criticised Point Ca?fifibyxn?gg;t :ro)\t’.le li;cl:r ;fig; WATSONVILLE, Cal., Sept. 1. — Barrow for a rescue I for the a “au‘vep of ‘Califorls; todsy ad-|ld8 Orippen, aged 11 yeais, died 'missing Soviet fliers, stating that last night, three hours after shoot-|peint is ofcen icea in, while Wain- ing herself in the abdomen With a wyight, 80 miles away, is ice free shotgun. Imost of the time, and also saying In the hospital, the little girl there js ver: gasped to the attendants that she|missing fliérs are still alive shot herself because “nobody likes! Noel Wien said The parents are prostrated. |er the Rus alive, that is one person’s guess and perhaps as good as another’s, | “As to establishing a base at ! Wainwright,, why there? All search planes would have to pass Point Barrow to reach the route Levanev- mitted he is considering his pos- ! sible candidacy as Governor of California. | He said several organizations| have approached him with the sug- | gestion that he become a candidate for the Democratic nomination. | me.” Many Graduates . J. Galkovsky, radio operator; N. G. oviet Lindbergh,” commander and first pilot of the p ; N. N. Godovokov, mechanician, and V. I. Levchenko, navigator. little probaility the | “As to wheth- isky and party are supposed to have | - Going to College John McLaughlin, teamsters’ bus- iness agent, declared that the tieup| is for “a showdown” over the ware- | housemen, a CIO affiliate. Louis Goldblatt, vice president of mingham, Ala., where he will re- place J. E. Clegg, agent in charge of that office, it was announced in | Washington, D.C., today. D. S. Hostetter of South Carolina, | the warehousemen, declared the|who has been in the Seattle office| “situation is not an AFL-CIO dis-lof the Bureau, arrived in Juneau on| ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, Sept. 1.— BULLETIN — HONGKONG, Sept. 1.—A hurricane struck here tonight with the possibil- ity of heavy damage in the har- bor which is crowded with ship- ping, including large and small poration. returns from his present trip to the |Interior. Bugas is expected back in . AF.of L. Makes the Juneau agent as it is a much larger office. |the last eight months. i e proved of the Federation's reaffilia- | tion with the International Federa-| | * Are to Reopen TACOMA, Wash,, Sept. 1. — Ten| gotiating Commitiee announced. | Details of the working agreements pute” but that his union is trying|the steamer Alaska last night and Juneau in the next few days, it was New Lah“r Muv | Mr. Hostetter has been with the tion of Trade Unions, the member-| HONGKGNG HIT department stores closed here since| gteamers sheltering here be- have not been made public although to get 75 men reinstated to their jobs |it is expected that he will take Agent understood. The Birmingham as- |service since 193¢ and has been in The Executive Council of the Amer- ship of which was dropped in 1912.‘ ~ BY HURRICANE July 23 will be reopened for busi-| cayce of the Japanese blockade they are understood to contain in-| lof every three boys and girls who, White House announces with the California Packing Cor-|/Bugas’ place here when the latter sighment will be a promotion for |the Seattle office of the Bureau for jcan Federation of Labor has ap-| - Tacoma Stores ness tomorrow, members of the Ne-| of¢ China’s coast. creased salaries. The International —— BOLSHEVIST ASENTRY PORT |taken. Ski equipped planes are the |best at Peint Barrow and the base — The|there is better than at Wainwright.” that the| Pilot Joe Crosson said: “Every- finished high school last spring wxll}Presldent has signed an order abol-'body is doing the best they can enroll in colleges this month. Thisjishing Nome, Alaska, as a customs|Point Barrow is the logical point is according to government educa-!port of entry. The order is e]((’«':-‘(or operations.” tion experts. tive September 28. King Baird said WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—One out!| WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 “My honest op- First Refugee Picture from Chin a Showin 2 Great Damage Done ssian monoplane N-2¢ nited States over the acans, including Jimmy Mattern and Sir Hubert Wilkifls Air T ’ildls Disagree with Hubbard Over Two Points, 8 Missing 3 Soviet inion is that the Soviet fliers are still alive.” A. Vartanian, Soviet répresenta- tive here in charge of search oper- ations, said: “We believe Levanev- isky and his five companions are alive. We are doing everything pos- sible to locate them. S. Cal. Quivers In Eir_thquakes LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 1.— A couple of earthquakes shook the Los Angeles area this morning at 6 and 9:30 a. m, without much damage. These were the heaviest quakes an entire Southern California went aquiver. Mother Earth seemed to react around an old sore spot called Canandreas fault to cause some of the California quakes. There was some shaking at River- side, Coldon and San Bernardino yesterday. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ed to have been forced down on the Arctie i } ~ PRICE TEN CENTS '2 NATIONS TO DEFY JAPAN NAVY ORDER * * * - * - tect Mercy Ships TENSION HIGH TODAY AROUND WAR GIRD CITY ‘ Commander of Japanese Naval Concentrations Says “‘Keep Clear” PATROLS ARE TO ‘ BE ESTABLISHED | Heavy Fighting Again Rag- | ing—New [gires Roar Out in Shanghai SHANGHAI, Sept. 1. — Japanese Naval authorities have warned all foreign shipping to steer clear of the ;.Iuwul('s" naval concentrations in the Whangpoo River and Yangtse estuary, the only route to open sea safety for hundreds of American |and British women and children ‘ln war girded Shanghai. The United States and British 09 are shown just before they left North Pole. Shortly after the men are pressing a search for them. astanaev, second pilot; Sigxsm}xnd lane; G. Pobezhimov, mechanician; countenance basks in the spotlight naval commanders are understood to be discussing inauguration of na- P g ———=——=== yay convoys to force a safe passage MATTERN'S AIDE down the river fcr American and refugees from the war area. Under a plan, armed warghip es- corts would resist forcibly any at- tempts to molest foreign shipping. m SP A RE ‘I IM’ i gnting e 3 S Woosung where the banks meets Otherwise, Hank Jones Uses the yangtse, 12 miles north of the 9 International Settlement. % Plane f‘“. Texas Oil | The Chinese are withdrawing Business ! bt sitions further inland and out of While Jimmy Mattern’s smiling range of the Japanese naval guns. The Japanese claim both Woosung . : proper and the walled city of Pao- f the Arctic search for the lost shan, a few miles up the Yangtse, who stands in the packground has but after savage Chinese resistance. been enjoywg @ unique hobby. Hundreds of Japanese were mowed Hunk Jones, the navigator be- down in machine gun fire from the hind the scenes, said he is “playing Chinese defense forces. hookey” from his oil business in British merey ships rushing war Heavy fighting swept: o ¥ “Whifgpoo's . 3 on the northern of the city r 'slowly to prepared second line po- Russian fliers, a ruddy-faced Texan have been stormed and captured, Texas, New Mexico and Old Mex-! ico to serve as navigator for his old friend, Jimmy Mattern. Resting in the lobby of the Gas- tineau Hotel today after a one-day SHANGHAI, Sept. 1.—A terrifying 'series of great new fires roared out in Shanghai, houses kindled by naval gun shells and aerial bombs in Ja- NEW FIRES ROAR OUT | excursion to Petersburg upon Al- aska Steamship vessels, Jones ex- One of the serlous fires is in the plained his status. | Sooghow Creek area facing the “I learned navigation in Mexico American defended International about 12 years ago when they had Settlement and formed an awful no radio stations, weather reports background to the military drama.’ or other aids to aviators. I soon dis-| Twenty-one Japenese destroyers covered that T would have to learn and one cruiser pumped shells into to find out how (6 get where I the Chapei and Kiargwan sectorsof = wanted to go—or I'd never find my Shanghal’s north end and Japanefe way. So I devoted a lot of time to planes rained bombs on exposed this study. fchmese positions. | i nd i “When Jimmy decided to make' AMERICAN POSITION the over-the-pole flight to Moscow,| HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 1.~Qf- naturally he asked me to accom- ficials of the summer White House pany him. And when this was post- said the United States government . poned, and the search for the R is relying on the existing naval ves- . slans began, I was drafted to ac- sels in the Far East to evacuate company him.” | Americans still in the danger zones. Jones, however, is a pilot in his| The announcement was made af- own right. Matt Niemenen, famous| ter a conference between the Pres Alaskan flier, who was in Mexico ident and Admiral Leahy, Chief of a number of years ago, taught Jones Naval Operations. to fly. White House officials said the Jones had just been released from |President and the Admiral wen§ the U. 8. Marines following the over the “whole problem” on the (Continued on Page pan’s offensive against all China. igen . Drafted (Continued on Page Two) Wo) ] Bapalir Two Thousand Delegates Expected to Attend Big Convention, Mining Men SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 1.|legislators who have indicated that —With metal mining men throurh-|they will make every effort to be out the nation keenly interested,|present include: Senators: Elbert and with a large delegation of mem-|D. Thomas and William H. King of bers of the Congress of the Unit-| Utah; Henry F. Ashurt, Arizona; § Protective Association of Retail ed States planning a prospective|Dennis Chavez, New Mexico; Lyon Clerks Union is involved. REVULUTIGN record-breaking attendsnce, views|J. Frazier, North Dakota; Edward S LB U TR of the mining industry with regard|C. Johnson, Colorado; James P, to national policies will be pre-{Pope, Idaho; Harry S. Truman, sented at the Annual Metal Mining| Missouri; Key Pittman, Nevada; Convention and Exposition of the and Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Wyom- American Mining Congress here on|ing. i September 7-10 Julian D. Conover, MISS BETTY BAGGEN LEAVES FOR SITKA ASIATIE e CELEBRATED MOSCOW, Sept. 1.—In play and | Miss Betty Baggen, who has been visiting in the R. W. Marshall home on Basin Road for the past ten days, sailed on the North Sea OPera, the Soviet Union will com- for Sitka. While she was here, Miss Mmemorate the Bolshevist revolution | Baggen was honoree at a number | Of 20 years ago in the fifth theatre of parties. il’e::tival opening tonight, Dimond to Attend Representatives: Abe Murdock the Mining Congress has announced and J. W. Robinson of Utah; Fran- ' Ithat leading companies from every cis Case, South Dakota; D. ww ,5; ! producing state are sending repre- R b $ ) socially prominent in New York and the first refugee to return to the United States, She arrived in Alameda, Cal, by Clipper plane, seritatives to this meeting. National (Continued on Page Two) s of Secretary This picture, brought directly from the Shanghai warfront, shows ihe expiosion which resulted. A bomb struck the Asiatic Petroleum Company property along the Whangpoo River. It was taken from ihe deck of the German steamer Kulmerland by Mrs. James B. Murphy,