The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” —— Y PRICE TEN CENTS " MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS . ISDAY, 13, k }+ VOL. LIL, NO. 7844, JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNES Y, JULY 13, 1938 HUGHES STOPPING FAIRBANKS FOR FUEL ALL CANNERIES Dodge Heiress and Her Hubby 'PRESIDENT T0 Pl ROUND-WORLD ne Now Making Globe Circling Flight; Millionaire and Two Com panidns Are Shown AT KETCHIKAN ARE NOW CLOSED Packers Announce Cessa-' tion Pending Labor Agreements KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 13.— Packers announced here today the closing of canneries pending a price settlement with the CIO union seiners. Four plants were allowed to operate one day to cleanup the | fish on hand but have agreed to buy no other fish. The packers said boats would be tied up and traps closed until a working agreement is signed. Neith- er unions nor packers indicated that negotiatons had been arrang- ed. Eleven AFL unions, meanwhile, have voted to disregard the CIO pickets. CIO headquarters has advised Washington union offices and Med- iator O'Connor, representing the conciliation bureau of the Depart- ment of Labor, is due to arrive here Friday to attempt settlement of the dispute. The eleven canneries effected by the shutdown are: Alaska Pacific Salmon Company, Annette Island Canning Company, Balcom-Payne Fisheries, Incorporated; Beegle Packing Company, Fidalgo Island Packing Company, Independent Salmon Canneries, Ketchikan Pack- ing Company, Libby, McNeill and| Libby; New England Fish Com- pany, Northern Fisheries and Wards Cove Packing Company. e, WAGE SCALES, CANNERY MEN, BE TAKEN UP Committee of Three Named to Make Report for 1938 Season SEATTLE, July 13.—The Alaska Canned Salmon Packers and Can- neys Unions announced the selec- tion of De Lancey Smith of San Francisco, August Buschmann, rep- resenting the packers, and H. P. Melnikow, Director of the Pacific Coast Labor Bureau, to represent the unions on the committee to investigate the 1938 wage scales. The committee must report by August 25 on whether reductions or increases in wages is justified for this season. The first meeting of the commit- tee is scheduled for next Monday. - AWARD MADE FOR STRIKERS AT ANCHORAGE Arbitration Board Fixes| 8214 Cents an Hour, Common Laborers ? | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 13— The Arbitration Board considering the strike of common laborers on the new school building and hos- pital projects, have handed down a| decision awarding the men 82' cents an hour. | The men asked 90 cents an hour. ‘They weré receiving 70 cents when| they struck 15 days ago. AN S T | * | sTock QuoTATIONS Care Canniiae Correx Swor ¢ Jam(is B. Johnson, Jr., swing expert, horse fancier and publisher of a music magszine, fith heiress to the Dodge motor millions, is shown with his bride, the former Frances Dedge, as they left their Detroit hotel for & train to New York, They will spend their honeymoon in Europe. Glacier Inspector! How About That for a Real Summer Job? Ohio Queen Marlyn Meske | Selected as “Miss Ohio” at the an- nual convention of the Interna- tional Grotto in Cleveland, Marlyn Meske, 20, of Marion, O., will rep- resent the state at the national “Miss Ameri lantic City this fall, NEW YORK, July 13. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 10%, American Can | 99%, American ht and Power | 6%, Anaconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel 58, Commonwealth and South- ern 1%, Curtiss Wright 5%, Gen-‘ eral Motors 39, Interational Har-| vester 63'%, Kennecott 40%, New | York Central 17%, Southern Pacmc; 16%, United States Steel 567, Cities Investigation of Unamericanism SIarI_s Aug, 11 ” contest at At- | ! ON GROVER By PRES ‘WASHINGTON, July 13. The nicest job we can think of these summer days is to be glacier inspec- tor for the geological survey. It is romantic work—at least it looks romantic from the outside peeking in. Glacier studies are car- ried on almost every year by geo- logical survey engineers in Alaska.| That is about the only place where the United States owns any worth- | while glaciers, although we must not neglect the ones at Mount Rainier, in Washington, and Mount Timpanogos, Utah. Perhaps there are others. Right now the principal glacier inspectors on the job in Alaska are youngish T. W. Ranta and F. H. Moffitt, a veteran of some 30 years’ service. Neither expects to work much at the glacier trade this sum- mer. Their parties have mapping and mineral survey jobs. Unfortunately for those ambi-| tious to be glacier inspectors, most of the time it is not a full-time joo and when we went over to the air- | cooled Department of the Interior to find if it would be a full-time job this year we learned it was to be only incidental. (Perhaps by way of compensation, the wing of the department devoted to glacier inspections and similar Alaskan occupations is not air-cooled. The section devoted to sub - tropical| | Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands| |1s air-cooled. Tt just fate.) J LIFE IN THE OLD GLACIER Philip S. Smith, head of the Al-| askan division of the Survey, who | told us ahout Mr. Ranta and Mr.| | Moffitt, is a white-haired but | hardy-looking engineer. Engineers| can’t talk without maps and before | he finished with us his desk was stacked with them. Many big glaciers, such as the | Mendenhall, are along the sea- coast on the southern side of Alaska near where it joins Canada. Yei without any hesitation, Mr. Smith took us inland to the Black Rapids glacier, It is a sort of pet of the division. In 1935 it suddenly broke into the headlines by sliding through the gorge at the rate of several hun-. dred feet a day. Mr. Ranta visited it and dispelled any fear of harm.| | The glacier was heading for an| important highway leading into! Central Alaska. If it had contin- ued across the raging Delta River| it might have mashed a msdside’ | way station. But it stopped a mile or so short. | | The two or three people living at the place were fairly excited. A | ! mountain of ice sliding down on ! you so fast you can see it move—| |and hear it groaning and grinding | along—is an awesome spectacle. | Mr. Smith says you will under- stand glaciers better if you lhmkt‘ ‘01 them as thick water. | | strucion REVIEW FLEET, SAN FRANCISCO Eighty Ships Ready for| Roosevelt's Arrival Tomorrow SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 13.; —The bulk of the United States| Battle Fleet has steamed through the Golden Gate and lined up in Man O'War row to await a review tomorrow by President Roosevelt. Sixty-six fighting craft with 22,-| 000 men aboard have joined others| here, making a total of 80 ships| which will be in line. | The craft will fire a 21-gun Presi- | dential salute when the review takes place, - Man; luans Kre | Made Here Under New Housing Act More than $115,000 Going Into Improvements and | New Construction Howard Hughes, side the plane in which they are Harry Connor, left, and Radio M: More than $115,000 has come into Juneau and vicinity for home con- and improvements under the new Federal Housing act since it became effective this year, ac- cording to figures made available by the Federal Housing Adminis- tration and affiliate organizations handling loans here, Under Title One of the act the| figures since Feberuray 15 total $46,071.06 which is mainly for im- provements and repairs, the Co- lumbia Lumber Company reveal Under Title Two, for new con- struction and refinancing, 11 loans have been made here for a total of $69,000, or a total under both titles of $115,071. Including the Southeast Alaska district, 27 loans have been made under Title Two since the first of the year, 13 of which were for new construction, for a total value of $136200, according to the FHA. P R WORKERS FIGHT B 010 PICKETERS IN CALIFORNIA Citizens He[[)TBreak Line— Thirty Injured in Battle WESTWOOD, Cal, July 13.—Fii BeCaugh To Aid Refugees Gdynia-American Lines. She is en route to Poland to aid Jewish refu- gees who have fled to that country from Germany and Austria. Miss Picon, first lady of the Jewish stage, | pians to organize a troupe of gee actors, who will tour the world. teen’ hundred members of the In-\— 7~ CIO supporters battled in the streets here early today, injuring 30 per- The troops were ordered to Lhe| RESPUND'NG Tn before the troops got under way, | when the situation was brought under control by statea and local| police. men put a picket line around the ety . lumber mill and Industrial Employ-| War Minister Admits Fall- ees men, aided by citizenry of the| b/ & T town, moved on the line to break it| Ing Down n War Re dustrial Employee’s Union and 500 jAPANESE NUT scene, but the order was rescinded | The battle started when the CIO up. plenishments L Pl B R Cement “Coffin” Murder Mystery Now @ared Up Confession Is Made But Nothing Revealed as to Why of Crime jNow Alarming NORTHAMPTON, Mass.,, July 13, At Allcllol'nge —John F. Bathelt, 26, pleaded guil- | e ty today to killing Charles Morris and enclosing the body in a cement TORYO, July 13.—War Minister | Seshiro Itagaki said today that re- | plenishment of munitions is not being carried out as fully as re- quired owing to difficulties in ob- taining important raw materials and insufficiency of productive facilities. | The War Minister also said that despite efforts to mobilize the peo- ple spiritually, the desired results | are not being obtained. — - | Traffic Problems ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 13—Traffic is becoming a prob- Kidnaper and Slayer of Mattson Boy Believed to | Molly Picon, star of the Yiddish | stage, is pictured as she sailed from New. York on the Pilsudski of the | Service 9%, Pound $4.90%. ‘THAB‘S GOLD IN THEM ICE | “coffin” and burying it in the Con-| lem in this Alaska city. WASHINGTON, July 13—Chair-| THAR'S GOLD IN WHEN 108 | : | One impor DOW, JONES AVERAGEs ~ |men Martin Dies, Democrat of |y gypa:"5 4o with gold hunting. Texas, announced today that the Giaciers scoop up tons of debris as The following are today’s Dow, | House committee to mvesv.l?w Un- | they creep along through the years, Jones - averdges: ihdustrials 13690, | Americanism . will begin hearings ralls 27.12, utilities' 21.55, about August 11. | ™ (Confinued on Page Three) necticut River. | Bathelt said he was a friend of| Morris but did not explain wiy he| Bathelt will be charged with sec- ond degree murder. Floyd Dickson was cut on the face and arms in a collision at an intersection. This is the second accident in a week. Crashes heretofore have been almost unknown. hopping around the world. Hughes an Richard Stoddart. line, accompanying Hughes. t; Man Confesses | BULLETIN — TACOMA, | Wash., July 13.—Chief William | Cole, also FBI agents, are con- | vinced after a night-long ques- tioning of Frank Olson, that it is a mental case and he had no connection with the Mattson | kidnaping. Cole said no charges wil be | filed but probably Olson will | be given a sanity hearing. Thus blew up another prom- ising angle and the FBI is no nearer sol the case than | when the crime was committed. More than 16,000 suspects have | been questioned, it is an- ! nounced. A dispaten | from the Superintendent of the | Eastern Washington Insane | | trom Spokane, Asylum, said the Mattson sus- | pect escaped from a vegetable ‘ garden there last week. The | said “he is | | hatmless but has fantastic ideas | i | | Superintendent he is a big-shot criminal.” TACOMA, Wash., July 13.—Chief William Cole, of the State Police,| said a man giving his name as| Frank Olson, 32, has confessed kid- | | naping and murder of Charles Matt- | son, aged 10 years, on December 127, 1936, | | The man was arrested at Ritz-| | ville Monday when he appealed for | | protection from fancied mob vio-| | lence. | The man bears a striking resem- | blance to the pictures of the kid- | naper and killer of the Mattson boy. | The suspect described the chil- dren who saw the boy snatched away }from his home several days after | the 1936 Christmas. { Cole says the man's story does | not check in several known details | but in the main tallies with the ac- | (tual events. | “Frequently people confess to crimes they did not commit but it looks like we have got the right man,” said Cole, WILL REGOGNIZE "FOREIGN RICHTS, ~OCCUPIED CHINA |Great Britain Receives| Promise from Japan ‘ —No Revoking | | LONDON, July 13.—Great Britain | announces it has received from Japan a promise that extra-terri- torial rights held by foreigners ln| | China will not be revoked by Japan. | Japan now occuples large areas| jin which foreigners are interested. | o ionaire Hollywood movie producer and sportsman, and two of his aides are seen be- is shown center with Navigator There are iwo other men, both experts in their DEMOCRATS IN DEADLOCK ON UNIT RULING Washington State Conven- tion Takes Adjournment at Noisy Session Today TACOMA, Wash., July 1s. — The Democratic State Convention broke up in a near riot today, deadlocked hopelessly, and adjourned to mid- afternoon after delegates fought (over the adoption of the unit rule. Two hundreds delegates swarmed to the Speaker's platform, shouting and screaming. There were no actual fisticuffs but plenty of catcalls accompanied the adjournment motion which passed by a hair. B SIeelier Snatched Into Air; Airplane Wire cgt_ches Him Los Angeles Man Exper- iences Odd Incident— Recovering, Hospital LONG BEACH, Cal, July 13— Don White, of Los Angeles, is re- covering in a hospital from a unique experience, that of being lifted off the ground by a wire trailing from an airplane., White was asleep on a bench. He was caught by a wire drag- ging from a naval plane which had been towing a target. The target apparently had broken loose and the wire trailed along the ground as the pilot prepared |to land. Operators of Trap In Glosed Period Reman_d_e_d to Jail Two Men Must Spend Three Months Behind Bars at Ketchikan KETCHIKAN, Alaska, July 13— Wash., and Jack Toner, 20, of Ket- chikan, trap watchmen, have been sent to jail for three months for op- eration of a trap during the Sun- day closed fishing period. The Pacific American Pisheries, trap owners, have been fined $500. - FLIER MAKING RECORD SPEED Crosses Bering Sea Without Incident in Hop i from Siberia INTERIOR WEATHER " FAVORING FLIGHT i BULLETIN — FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 13.—Hughes land- ed here this afternon at 2:17 o’clock, Fairbanks time, safe and sound and immediately began refueling. { BULLETIN—Howard Hughes, in his speedy Lockheed plane, passed over Nome late this fore- noon and headed for Fairbanks where he is scheduled to arrive at 2 oclock this afternoon, Fairbanks time. Messages received at Fair- banks from the plane stated Hughes would not grant any interviews and he and his men | would meet no one except those actually engaged in servicing | his plane, until after refueling starts. Hughes radioed from the | plane he would remain only | long enough to refuel and then take off for Edmonton, possibly direct to New York City with- out a stop in the Canadian city, it all depending on his fuel supply. There is a big crowd at the airport awaiting Hughes ar- rival. The clouds are high and fine weather conditions prevail in the interior. Four and one-half hours after the takeoff, the pinn® was 200 miles beyond the Kolyma River or about 850 miles from Vakutsk. At 10:10 o'clock this forenoon, stations in the Fairbanks area con- tacted Hughes' plane but could not ascertain where he was reporting from. | At 10:30 o'clock this forenoon, radio statious to the interior, at Fairbanks, contacted Hughes over Bering Sea and he was then head- |ing for the Coast Guard cutter | Northland where he expected to pick up his bearings. It was then | estimated he would be in Fairbanks | within two or three hours and | crowds were beginning to gather at the field in antos and afoot. Ho- tel rooms had been engaged for a iw::sh-up or baths if the members of the party wanted them. At 11:35 o'clock, Pacific Coast Time, Hughes reported to the New York station that he was 903 miles from Fairbanks and that all was well. . | HOPS FOR FAIRBANKS | At 5:20 o'clock this morning, Pa- | cific Coast Time, Hughes was speed- ing toward Fairbanks and repre- sentatives of the flier, in New York, predicted he might complete the world hop in slightly more than four days. Hughes took off for Fairbanks, from Yakutsk, Siberia, at 9:01 p.m. |tonight or 7:01 a.m. this morning, Eastern Standard Time, on the fifth leg of his attempt to set a new record bw plane on a globe flight. Hughes remained at Yakutsk only 2 hours and 35 minutes after com- pleting the 2177-mile hop from Omsk, Western Siberia. Hughes plotted his flight, from what he believed would be his last |stop in Soviet Russia, on a course |of 2,456 miles to Fairbanks, across |the southeastern tip of Siberia and over Bering Sea to Fairbanks. Hughes, however, made prepara-~ |tions for an emergency landing at |Anadyrsk in case of necessity. | At Fairbanks, Mayor Nerland and |citizens were prepared to give the fliers a proper welcome and Mrs. |Mae Post, widow of the nian whose record they are attempting to beat, | will also greet Hughes and his com= panions. PAA experts were ready early this morning to service the Hughes |plane. Ask Roosevelt To Be Candidate i | Robert Davies, 43, of Bellingham,|For Third Term PUEBLO, Col, July President Roosevelt without comment a from the Colorado Iron Works Club, to run for.a third Fuel asking time,