The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 2, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL LI., NO. 7654. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” " JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 Ws MI:MBER ASbO( l/\ll ‘D PRE \S ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL HARRY BRIDGES BARED Signed Aflivc—ia—vit Read at Meeting Following Corcoran Slaying MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, Dec. 2— An affidavit has been signed by a former Minneapolis union member that AFL leaders had tried to hire him to kill Harry Bridges, CIO maritime leader on the Pacific Coast It is charged by Robert John Bell, in the signed affidavit, that he had been called to the office of a Min- neapolis AFL worker and was given $1,000 and told to go to Seattle. He entrained for the Puget Sound port, but did not know why he was sent, he said. On arrival, the affidavit read, Bell received $10 expenses and was then sent to Portland where he was given instructions by another AFL leader. Get” Harry Bridges, Bell said the Portland AFL leader told him as he showed him a revolver which Bell was to use in the killing of the CIO Pacific Coast Maritime boss. Bell said he refused to have any- thing to do with the scheme. The reading of the affidavit was injected into the discussion of “gangsterism” in the labor move- ment at a mass meeting last night in Minneapolis, called as the out- growth of the slaying of Patrick| Corcoran, AFL leader. George Cole, | Regional Director of the CIO, read Bell's affidavit detailing the alleg-| ed plot. FREIGHTER SINKS AFTER COLLISION IN PEA SOUP FOG Crew of Eastholm Take to Boats in Vancouver Harbor VANCOUVER, .5 C., Dec. 2. Two salvage tugs and a derrick scow | teiay began preparations to raise the coastal freighter Eastholm from the floor of English Bay where it sunk after a collision in heavy fog with a lumber barge in the Van-' couver harbor entrance. The crew took to the boats after| the ship was found beyond saving and were picked up by the coastal steamer Venture. The Eastholm sunk in 75 feet of water a quarter of a mile from where the collision took place. The 174 ton freighter is owned' by the Frank Waterhouse Com- pany. el o TR S 0il Company Now in Bad One Concern Is Placed on, “Unfair” List in Seattle and King County SEATTLE, Dec. 2—The Central Labor Council has declared the Richfield Oil Company and all Se- attle and King County stations leas- ing Richfield, as “unfair,” bringing | the long standing dispute of service stations and garages to a crisis. The unions are demanding a new wage scale be paid the operators. jordon Linsay, business agent of | the Garage Employees Union, pre- dicts a city wide tie-up in Rich- field service stations soon. 5 Bombing Planes Freighted fo Kung, MANILA, Dec. 2—The Manila Tribune said five of six heavy hombing planes unloaded herz re cently and consigned to H. H. Kung, Chinese Minister of Finance, start- ed toward Hongkong last Tues- day. The planes are aboard the B}:HSh freighter Ben Machdhui. Great their first state drive together since the ‘Coronation. Here is a closeup of the queen as they passed from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords where King George Vi RIDING TO MEET DEMOCRACY, Britain’s royalty made opened Parliament for the first time in his reign. PACK OFDOGS Border Patrolman ATTACK CHILD Critically Shot by TOWESTWARD Unknown Autoist SAN CLEMENTE, Cal., Dec. 2. |Airplane Hun’les Badly In-! Allen Stone, 29, Federal Border Pa- jured Lad to Nearby itrolman, was shot and eritically | | i | i i Hosoital !wounded when he attempted to stop ospital la motorist for routine inspection e b o of the car for aliens illegally admit- ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 2.— ted to the United States. The motorist failed to heed the stop signal and shot from the coop’s fatally injuring Stone. ‘A-| airplane and wireless teamed to |take a seven year old boy to a Dil- lingham hospital and save his life window, following the lad’s attack by a team| It was over half an hour follow- jof sled dogs. ing the shooting that Stone was The near tragedy took place at discovered and then a description Pilot Point where Ben Hanse lit- ‘was broadcast for the arrest of the itle son was leaped upon by a >n(ul-]mu4_ou<1 ing dog team beside a trail the child was walking to school. Hansen, who is a trader at Pilot Point, appealed for a doctor’s aid by amateur radio. His appeal was heard by the Star Airlines in An-| chorage, who relayed the call to, Pllol Kenneth Neese, who was fly-| mg in the area. Neese took the bleeding boy to the Dillingham hospital. Several men jat Pilot Point were severely bitten | in saving the Hansen child from what would have been shartly cer-| Not Quite Gne Million and s o I Half Cases Put Up Is Now Decorated For Senior Ball e e o e Increase Sought, ments Completed SALMUN PACK VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 2. — British pack this season totaled 1,493,000 |cases compared with 1,881,000 cases last year. J. A. Motherwell, Chief Super- visor of Fisheries, said the total for the last cycle year 1933 was 1,265,000 cases. RISIEAE . O, Decorating of the high school gymnasium for the Senior Ball,! ROME, Dec. 2. — The Ttalian which is to be given tomorrow eve-|Chamber of Deputies has been asked ning, was started yesterday, under to approve sa ten percent increase [the supervision of Bud Brown, in Ttaly’s Noval budget to hnance |chairman of the decorations com-'pew construction. Approval is mittee. | foregone conclusion. Unusual decorations transform the | 7 - e e et ALEXANDERS WILL been placed on .ll;e punu‘x boolh| SPEND CHRISTMAS IN GALLATIN, MO.| and orchestra pit. Encircled by a; huge cocoanut, the booth features la sunken punch bowl, through which| Pplanning to spend Christmas in :ure reflected colored lights. The or- Missouri this year, Mrs. George F. chestra pit, representing the lanai|Alexander is scheduled to sail for |of the Royal Hawaifan Hotel, is sur-|the south aboard the Princess Nor- mounted on either side by giant pil-iah, Tuesday, to be joined in Port-| lars, while the background is a maze land by Judge Alexander, who lof stars. |plans to leave for | The pleachers aud ine east wall December 13. {will carry out the Hawaiian motif,| Judge and Mrs. |depicting a tropical landscape, and travel to Gallatin, Mo., for the holi-| |suspended over the heads of the days, where they will visit with his dancers are thousands of glmcrmg‘mulher. Miss Jane Alexander and stars. |Mrs. Dean Sherman will remain in | Featured entertainment in keep- Juneau during their absence. Mrs. ing with the theme has been ar-|Sherman, the former Miss Lillian ranged by Pat Hussey, chairman Alexander, plans to visit here until of the committee on entertainment, the first of February. 3 |Green and Lewns, with Aldes, Bound on Unit- ing Or: gamLallons WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—William | Green, President of the American | Federation of Labor, and John L. Lewis, CIO organizer and leader, | recessed their peace conference | shortly before the noon hour until 1 o'clock this afternoon It was announced that the two labor chieftains had not arrived | at any conclusions at the brief fore- | noon conference | “All we had was a general con- | versation,” Lewis shouted to the newsmen. | “We had an interesting discussion, | but I have nothing more to say,” said Green in his quiet manner. It is said the two appeared most friendly in the conference and greet- ed each other in intimate terms but ! during the recess, Lewis assumed his customary blustery air while Green appeared calm as usual. | The two men are striving to ar-| rive at the reuniting of the two ]n-‘ bor organizations. Green has as his | aide, George Harrison, and Lewis's | ‘Hdt‘ is Ph)lhp Murray. } | BT Hoemer Martin, five-day sitdown. TRANSOCEANIC AIR SERVICE AID IS URGED _ Financial Assistance Sug- gested to Keep For- eign Control Out I DEADLOCK ON WAGES HOURS | BILL BROKEN: | Petition Is Slgned to Force! Measure to Vote in House WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-—Chair-| man Kennedy of the Maritime Com- mission urges Congress to give| WASHINGTON, Dec. © The| prompt financial aid to the devel- House leadership today broke the| prolonged deadlock on wages and | opment of transoceanic air service Ito prevent it being “controlled by |DOurs legislation when 218 members| foreign interests.” signed a petition to force a vote on| Testifying before the House the measure during mid-December.| Merchant Marine Committee of leg- Representative Joseph J. Mfln:,h(:ld islation recommended by the Mari- f Texas, was the final signer. time Commission in rehabilitation| Before the last signature to the of the country’s merchant marine petition had been made, the Re- Kennedy advocated immediate as- publicans demanded an investiga- tion of the statements “to wmp sistance for across ocean aviation |as a “new aid to foreign commerce for the United States.” Chairman Kennedy also suggested that the Mediation Board handle ‘mnrine disputes and he also sug- gested authorization for the Com-! everything but the Capitol” to in- sure a vote on the measure Senator Charles L. McNary of| because of criticisms to some of calcitrant workers at the Fisher Body Plant in Pontiac, Neizhflrgv VAW atiorney, (left) and Vi Oregon sought to send the farm bill’ back to the Agriculture Committee' international president of the United Automobile Workers, ., and led them out of the factory after a As the strikers march out, Martia, (right foreground) leads, accompanied by Leonard The trio entered the plant alone. Mich an Fox, Martin's secretary. Air Mail to \Juneau Urged lmmedlately SEATTLE, Dec e owne: the Seattle Chapter, National| Aeronautical Association, at a meet- | (ing here urged in™a”resolition im- |mediate opening of air mail service| |between Seattle and Juneau, Alaska. - THREE ISLANDS ARE TROUBLING UNITED STATES ‘Republics of Haiti and Santo | Domingo Especially, Cause Concern TON GROVEK . 2.—America off-shore three Of the three, Cuba is near- has islands. major OTHER FLIERS mmhle ik PLANES OPERATE FROM ALTITUDE OF 10,000 FEET Two Distinct Hits Are Scor- ed in First Attack in Over Month | SUCCESSFULLY ELUDE JAPAN PURSUIT CRAFT I Defenders Reporlcd Mass- | ing Huge Fleet of So- viet Made Aircraft SHANGHAI, Dec. 2.—Two Chin- |ese airplanes raided Japanese po- | sitions here in the first aerial attack in more than one month. | One bomb was dropped by an {air raider near the former anch lage of the Japanese flagship Id- zumo and another near the Japan- ese Consulate Neither of the |bombs did much damage. | Another Fight in Air | The Japanese officials said the (bombing planes operated from a |height of 10,000 feet and they suc- cessfully eluded the pursuit ait reasserted control over re- |of the Japanese, Operating from An altitude of 10,000 feet their aim lon their objectives was pertect and ‘nmvmls here believe experts are now on Chinese planes, The Japanese spokesman reports that in an air battle over Nan- king, six Japanese airplanes have 'been shot down and also 13 of |China’s new Soviet built planes. It is reported here, and evidently |with sound basis, that China is massing a fleet of 300 Russian built planes for a renewal of air raids’ on the fldvnncmg Japanese armies. Forelgti” observers said Chinese bombers have raided the Japanese airfield at Woosung, down the Whangpoo River from Shanghai. It is also said that 20 new twin- engined bombers have arrived at Hankow, three miles up the Yang- tze river from Nanking and are being tuned up by Chinese pilots. PLEA FOR CIVILIAN SAFETY ZONE, NANKING, TURNED DOWN NANKING, Dee. 2.—According to advices received here, the Japanese mil 'y authorities have refused to grant the Nanking International Committee’s plea for a civilian safe- ty zone in this former Chinese Cap- ital City. The military authorities said the Japanese Army cannot assume re- sponsibility in the event “China’s forces misbhehave” towards civilians or property in Nanking, but prom- ised the Japanese Army will en- ILEVANEVSKY, 5 GIVEN UP, DEAD Four Plunes Remain at Rudlophs Island to | S(‘al‘ch f()l' Wr(’(kflg(‘, MOSCOW, Dec. 2.—8igismund Le-~ | vanevisky and his five companions who left here August 12 for Fair- | banks, Alaska, enroute to either New ‘ank or some point in California, | have been given up as dead. | This is according to Mihial Vo- | doupanoff, Ru an Arctic flier, who | has returned here after an extend- ed search for the missing Soviet fliers. Vodoupanoff said four planes in command of Ivan Chuknovsky are |remaining on Rudolphs Islands to {hunt for the plane wreckage as soon as conditigns are favorable. Vodoupanoff said he is convinced ,1 regular transpolar line between mission to allocate a percentage for ship construction in Pacific Coast yards in the interest of Nu- tional deIense the provisions by Secretary of Agri-'est and biggest. Haiti next, and|p .is and the United States will culture Wun:tce | Puerto Rico farthest out in the At- Ibe established within a year or two llantic. Latest to cut up is Haith, a5 the result of previous flights, but {the middle island. y this depends partly on the United The two republics of Haiti and gtates and Canada providing land- Santo Domingo, which occupy the|ing fields on their side of the North deavor fo respect residential areas of the Nanking International groups. JAPANESE AIR RAID SHANGHAI, Dec. 2.—Chinese dis- patches from Hankow said more Columbia’s canned salmon, Italian Budget the States on| | Alexander will C. CORNELIUSEN DIES IN SOUTH | Cornelius Corneliusen, 63, assist-| iant keeper of the Five Finger Light- | house, Frederick Sound, south of| Juneau, died in his hotel room in | Seattle, according to advices re- |ceived here this forenoon. bers of the Elks basketball team | Corneiusen passed away before he paue peen invited to be the guests| |completed his course in radio wmclnol the Firemen at the social ses-| |was begun in Seattle last month. |sion following the business meet- According to the advices received| ing. here, Corneliusen died as the result| e e QUSPECT JA"-EI] INASSAULT CASE !both in the old eountry A suspect in lhe beating of Ar- | HVEH 53 DIE mentia Osborne, colored woman, who was purportedly struck on the | |head with a rock or bottle early | OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 2—Sixty- v 5 [three persons were drowned here yesterday morning, is lodged in the today city jail, according to police. when a ferryboat capsized ‘The man, whose name was not shoru aft | v after leaving the wharl. |, oveled, will be tried i court to- Hosts Tonight, Elks B.B. Team) Members of the; Volunteer Fire |Department of Juneau will hold their regular monthly meeting in the Fire Hall tonight. The mem- morrow. |AIRING, CITY COUNCIL! MEETING Tomomzow‘mfl nflblllll Hlts . |neau is scheduled for discussion at cumehack Trall ithe regular meeting of the City {requests for an adjustment of rates are on the comeback trail in Chi- was presented at the last meeting |C380. City Collector Louis Rixlan Power Company is expected to pre- | vehicles issued so far this year to- sent its case more fully to the Coun- Jmhd 3,239 as compared with 2,760 'POWER RATES DUE FOR| - Discussion of power rates in Ju-' Council tomorrow. A petition with| CHICAGO, IlL, Dec. 2. — Horses and the Alaska Electric Light and|announced licenses for horse drawn cil at tomorrow night’s session. (Jor the entire year of 1936. nudu‘lv dsland, are free and phml('nl republics, but so closely is| |their welfare bound up with that lof the United States that they ar |in essence, protectorates I This country policed their qu- bors closely during the World War in its watch for German submar- ines. For many years an American agent has had a finger in collec- tion of their customs to see that ‘enough of it went to pay debts and interest on foreign bonds. Now comes word that clashes |along the border between the two Jepubllcs have brought death to ‘1000 to 5,000 Haitians who had |seeped over into Santo Domingo !for the more abundant life that ex- ists there. P 'OPPED WAR TO POSE There is nothing much wrong with {the island except that the people, mostly negroid, haven't been able to make mtch of a go of it. The island is rich in nautral resources, but foreign investors have been dis- couraged from putting new money linto circulation because of the dis- position of the natives to shoot it out politically instead of voting it out. One historians records that two Dominican factions, banging away at each other across a field, de- |clared an armistice while a New | York photographer lined them up and snapped them in various atti- tudes of belligerency. Afterwards they resumed fighting. The island is about 300 miles long and half that wide, well timbered but splotched with rich areas of ar- able land highly productive of trop-| ical commodities. Haiti is on the west end of the island, with half as much ferritory and nearly two times | (Continued on Page Three.) inde- | than 1,000 civilians were killed and (wounded as the result of an air ‘ raid by Japanese bombers on Taiao ’ Shan, 12 miles southwest of Han- FREE STATER | Scores are reported homeless, It is also said 1,100 houses were de- PRES'DENT Is Istroyed. Ouly Ons Supnorter of e BOUND NORTH SITKA BASE DUBLIN, Dec. 2—Only one ad- herent of Free State President Ea- rhree Bombers Leave se' mon de Valera has been returned to attle with Three MOI'C Starting Friday office in the Galway local elections. The elections resulted in the re- seating nine Independents and two SEATTLE, Dec. 2—Three Navy Laboritees. patrol bombers, Squadron VP-19, The result is interpreted as evi- jeft at 10 o'clock this morning for dence that De Valera's strength iS the Navy air base at Sitka, Alas- waning. 'ka, on a tour of duty for the next |two months. The three bombers planned to stop over might at Ken- ldrick Bay and then proeced north tomorrow. Three more bombers, including me held back today on account of Pole. - — Valera Returned in i Galway Eleclion NORTHLAND LANDS NEWEST PLYMOUTH, 1 BOUGHT BY HIXSON vmgme ktruuble will leave tomorrow The squadron is in command of Comdr. D. C. Allen, After pioneering tm’ northward path for 1938 Plymouths, the new- Lieut. est model Plymouth sedan brought to Juneau by the steamer North Sea from Seattle has already found it- self a new home. | Ordered by McCaul Motors for, stock and display, the 1938 beauty had hardly been landed here when William Hixson, operator of the Juneau Radio Service, stepped up and took it over. SHOPPING DAY TILL CHRISTMAS