The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1938, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIIL, NO. 7963. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER-1, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ¢ Tmm— TRANSPORT WORKERS RESUME JOBS NOW B. D. Stewart to Handle Actress to Wed Film Writer COMMISSIONER OF MINES NAMED AS ALASKA CHIEF Prominent Alaskan Desig-| § nated to Have Jurisdic- tion of Act in North WASHINGT(TN.T)PC. 1. — B. D Stewart, Territorial Commissioner of Mines at Juneau, Alaska, has been | Glamor Girl designated as the representative of | the wage and hour division for that area, Stewart will leave from Seattle, De- cember 10 for his post in Juneau. Commissioner Stewart, as exof- ficio labor commissioner for Alas- ka, left here several weeks ago for Washington in response to a request | to the Governor to have a represen- | tative from Alaska present for con- ferences being held in Washing- ton by Elmer F. trator of the wage and hour divis: ion of the Fair Labor Standards Act, and other officials. His appointment had anticipated by officials not been here, but it was announced here today.| | | Andrews, Adminis- | | news of it met with hearty approval | today, it being pointed out that Mr. Stewart through his years of residence in the Territory and his wide knowledge of mining and in dustry generally in Alaska was well qualified to handle the work. Prior to becoming the first Com- missioner of Mines for the Terri-| tory, Mr. Stewart was for years con- | nected with the Federal Bureau of Mines and is considered one of the best informed men in the north on the mining industry. He is a former Mayor of Juneau and has taken an| active interest in Alaska and com- munity affairs for years. Whether he would be required un- der his new appointment to relin- | quish his position as Commissioner of Mines for the Territory has not been ascertamed e GHOST WAVES 1 N R = Brenda Frazier latest “glamor girl,” r of New York, is , Fla., en route ROOSEVELT T0 ‘MAKE ADDRESS AJ EMPLOYEES VOTE FRIDAY [Polls Open Eight to Eight —Over 900 Expected to Cast Ballots Juneau in as Employees of the Alaska Gold Mining Company, working | production, maintenance, or watchmen, numbering approximate- |1y 940 men, will go to the polls at | the Fire Hall tomorrow to “CIO,” “AFL,” or “neither” to de- termine which union, if either, | shall be determined as the bar {ing agency. | Polls will be open from 8 am 8 p.m. In | Hailey Arthur Na- explanation today, Pield Examiner for the tional Labor Relations Board, con- | ducting fhe vote, explained that hould either union gain a major- ity that union will be cer- the bargaining agency the event of neither | €10 gaining a majority, | having plurality may petition a new election, at which the balloters will vote “yes” as to whether or not they | the petitioning union as the or vote | AFL or the union | for | voting, “no” desire bar- | gaining agency. In such a case, only | the petitioning union will be named on the ballot. land mill, 480 men lis operation,” tributed through the various main- tenance departments, except for three watchmen. | Not eligible to vote are supervisory | personnel, office employees, tech- uucal engineers, those who have quit lor been discharged for cause since | the date of the payroll listing as of Nmembor 25, this year. Only four absentee ballots are to AbE cast, these from Annex Power Hnuhr‘. Hailey said a count would be made (of the votes cast immediately fol- showing ed as employed in “mine | Lists of cmiplayees eligible to vote! were posted today through the mine approximately | and the remainder dis- AT FIRE HALL ain- | to! one vote more than half of the | Latest of Hollywood figures ready to say, “I do,” Charles S. Belden, ‘ film writer, and Joan Marsh, actress, are pictured in Los Angeles after applying for their marriage license. Visit U. S. to Get Tr(umng in G-Man Work ' P A fgh(m Bnte Brnthers Given Reprieve ~ For Sixth Time Charles S. Belden and Joan Marsh | age- Hour Law TRAIN HITS SGHOOL BUS; 23 ARE DEAD SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec —A fast freight train crashed into |a loaded school bus near here this morning killing 26 and seriously in- Jjuring at least a dozen others. W. E. Sleakman, Chief Clerk of | the Rio Grande and Western Rail- way, said 26 were dead as he had counted the bodies taken to the mortuaries throughout the city Attempts were immediately made to locate relatives to assist in iden- tification. Aids The condition of the bodies nul the inaccessibility of the crossing | made a definite check of the casu- alties difficult. Awful Scene “It was the awfullest thing I ever saw. None of them seemed to die right away but one by one stopped screaming,” said Witter, 22, riding on an near the locomotive. Witter told Sheriff Young that a sleet storm reduced the visibility and delayed the schedule of the| freight train. Warning Too Late Sheriff Young said Engineer Reahrmer told him he was on the | right side of the engine cab and the bus was coming on the left side Suddenly the fireman screamed for him to stop and the engineer im-| mediately applied the emergency | air brakes. | Young said the freight was nor- mally going 60 miles an hour at the | crossing. L David oil tank In Recovery Mrs. Sarah Bergstrom, business superintendent of the Salt Lake | General Hospital, said she person- ally aided in the recovery of 18 bodies. Estimate as to the number of per-| | sons in the bus range from 40 to 60 | The dead and injured were scat- | tered along the right-of-way of the | railroad for hundreds of feet. The accident occurred at 8:56 o'- |clock at a“rural crossing about 10 miles south 'of \ here. Sheriff Young said apparently Savne¥er; School | the bus driver stopped gt the cross- The bus was bound te the Jordan ing and then started up again. The ‘lhux School engine hit the bus broadside, bend- Victims range from 12 to 16 years ing the big auto vehicle around the |of age. front of the locomotive. ohtual Lmeup Is No w Narrowing Down;There Are Three Roads for Tr(welmg PUPPY LOVE b The two will wed soon. By Pl(l-‘.h’l ()\' (‘HOVI', | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. We | should like to be able to tell G- Man Hoover and the University of Illinois that the seven Afghans brought here for scholarly purposes will show up in class on a cold Mon- day morning dressed in a burnoose, sash and scimitar. But it isn't so. What is true is that of tle seven| BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. ‘onl_v GUMMITTEEPLAN MAY RESULT IN LABOR ACCORD Termination of Sudden Tieup Yesterday UCKING UNION OK’S COMM]TTEE PROPOSAL Walkout of Yesterday Ex- | plained as Expression | of Sympathy i iPlcture Brighter Following | | they | With the resumption of work this morning by the truck drivers fol- lowing the brief walkout of yester- day afternoon and announcement from the citizens’ special labor com- mittee that progress toward a | lution apparently was being madu |the labor situation today in Ju- ‘nenu appeared to be brighter al- “hough pickets were still in evidence and definite settlement had not been reached. | A proposition presented to the AFL and CIO by the special com- mittee whereby for a period of sixty | days the committee through author- ization of the City Council would ‘supply common labor to the vari- {ous building jobs in the city with- 8ut favor or prejudice to either or- )gummuon was meeting with some ‘fnvonble response, the commlitee !indicated, but the unions still had the proposal under consideration. | The transport workers announced that they had unanimously en- dorsed the proposal and there was | indication that other CIO groups were favorable. Conferences were continuing today. I Drivers Back On Jobs The transport workers went back to their jobs this morning in all branches of Juneau trucking after the walkout of yesterday which af- fected every CIO driven delivery truck and taxicab in the city. The deliveries which were made yesterday afternoon were by em- — NOW/| piover-owners who could operate | natives of far off Afghanistan who have come to the United States, five wish to learn to teach. The| | other two, of all things, want to| {be G-men. And they dress like| lowing closing of the polls at 8 o'-| — clock tomorrow night, the polls 1= ‘GOVCI’I]OI’ Nle r ria m AC[S | maining open necessarily for 12| » « . Staying Execution Un- hours to permit all shifts to cast| Wlll Appear in Person to|yotes. ‘ ’ By MORGAN M. | J I that election day is out of the way, | their own machines. Many a house- !herPT:]oatis lie ahead to 1940: wife who called up for her groceries i l? pro-Roosevelt gflfld during the sudden tieup found that he lukewarm - Roosevelt |she had to come and get them or Road |talk friend husband into carrying CASE CAUSE OF TRAGEDY Deliver Message—Leg- RESPONSIBLE, PLANE wREcK islative Program Barrage of Sunspot Energy| A e AL B | et e fusion of Pilot NGS, Ga., Dec. 1 Pl(fllll‘nl Roosevelt said this dfl!‘l noon,” after a. conference on legislative program with Speake: Bankhead, that he will deliver | message to the new Congress, in per- son a SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 1.— Radio “ghost waves” and a barrage of sunspot energy possibly played| rhe president told the newsmen | sinister parts, scientists state, in|pe anq gpeaker Bankhead discussed | the loss of the airliner with five g, whole range of prospective leg- | of its seven occupants when the islation, zmd everything was “sweet | plane alighted on the Pacific waters | and smooth.” ¢ & off Point Reyes during early Tues- day morning in the darkness and prevailing storm. This statement follows up the re- port of United Air Lines veteran pilot Charles Stead who said the raido reception was “too good” caus- | The President balked at the ques- | Rcorganmalxon Bill, defeated last session, will be revived, preferring not to go into details about specific proposals taken up with Speaker Bankhead. ing him to become confused over the strange multiplicity of signals, trying to ascertain position of a landing field. Radio engineers said there are plenty of technical considerations to support the unusual theory. FORD DISCLAIMS INVESTIGATION STARTS SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 1.— The Air Safety Board today began an investigation into the loss of the transport plane with five of the ' seven occupants. | Into United States Board members declared it was of an unusual significance because DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 1.—Hen- the pilot lived to tell his own story. ry Ford today said acceptance of a Scientists previously advanced the decoration from the German gov- theory that sun spot activity mixed | ernment ‘does. not involve any sym- up the radlo signals and confused pathy on my part with Naziism." Says ‘Oppre_s;d Europeans Could Be Absorbed NAZI SYMPATHY Pilot Stead when “loo perfect” re- ception occurred. — Rural electric lines constructed or planned by cooperative associa- tions are expected to furnish electricity to a total of 36200 Ken- tucky farms by the end of 1939. et The Appalachian Trail for hik- ers extends for 2,050 miles along the crest of the Appalachian Range from Mount Katahdin in Maine to/ Mount Oglethorpe In Georgia. The motor magnate said his posi- tion is that the German people as la whole are not in sympathy with their rulers and their anti-Jewish policies which are being worked by a few warmakers at the top. Ford further said the United | States could absorb many victims | | of oppression in Germany and other | ‘European nations. “Those oppressed persons, admit- ted under the quota system, would constitute a real asset to the coun- kcry;’ Ford said, Observers from both | ehallenge all voters. Hailey will have two assistants, Louis Link and John Ha;,mmcr "‘"ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTING TO - SELL SECRETS | Alrcraft Worker Negollal- | ing Sale Military In- | tion as to whether the Government; s‘ i formation Caught ; LOS ANGELES, Dec | Allen Drummond, 21, aircraft work- \er has been arrested on a general | indictment accusing him of at-| tempting to sell important military crets to Japan for $2,000. - .- — 9 FISHERMEN ARE RESCUED | Buoys After Little Craft Wrecked SAN PEDRO, Cal., Dec. 1. — Nine fishermen who had been clinging since early yesterday morning to | jagged rocks, pounded by heavy seas off Santa Cruz Island, were hauled to safety late yesterday afternoon |in breeches buoys. They were mem- early yesterday morning. unions will | be present at the polls to check and | til Next March 10 SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec Gov. Frank F. Merriam has his sixth reprieve for John and | Coke Brite, Siskiyou County broth- | ers, convicted of Kkilling chree | members of an arresting posse. | The Governor’s action postponed | the death sentence of the ‘broum, until next March 10, - ‘“BUZZ” FEMMER LOW BIDDER ON HAULING FORBREAKWATER JOB “Buzz” Femmer h ed the contract for hauling rock lor the breakwater at the small boat harbor and started work this | morning. Femmer was low of 12 bidder at 23 cents a yard. Start two been award- 1 —Kark 1,4 peen previously been made by 'a few trucks operated by the army COAST ROCKS R {Pulled Ashr;rTin Breeches| | engineers, who have charge of the | project. R e single persons in the United States, only one out of 10 earns $2,000 a year and six out of | | 10 earn less than $l 000. 0v0r Eight H umlred Dollars aised for Bloomquist Aid,; Public Thanked, Committee Juneau's cooperation and display of community spirit in a most worthy cause, assistance for medical aid to Alvin Bloomquist, netted total sum of $868. This was revealed today when the Committee in charge of the benefit dance given in the Elks Ballroom last Saturday night made the financial report. The committee, Frank L. Gar-| bers of the crew of the purse seiner nick, Charles W. Hawkesworth and | of $868. Danta L’Aligheri, wrecked on a reef |H. L. Faulkner, in a report to The Empire says: ! Americans, | ghans. or shall we say that L 4 d'“” 4 Y e “m:’? A . The anti-Roosevelt Road. B | Dozens of vote hunters have shot | In- '6 Year-Old Girl Is Shot|both barrels, either for or against ‘,,M; ann })y 22-Year— I(] | the New Deal, and thus committed | themselves for their terms in of- extends northwestward until it| w1, bidlin g borders Russia, s represerited in Youth Who Suicides fice. Dozens more have held their this country by the Turkish am-| b dor. For that reason the styl- ish Turkish embassy here was not especially surprised one day when the seven natives, very dark in texture, but aryan nevertheless, showed up at the front door. They had a guaint experience to relate, Albert W. Payne, an ad- Americans Afghanistan, which adjoins 's wildest northwest corner Ind. Dec. 1. |amine every legislative clay pig- Harriett Hordan, 16-year-old high |0 With independent eye. school girl graduate, was shot to death last night while she was in the kitchen of her family home, by | At the same time the President Austin Roberts, 22, farm youth,|himself has given the country| who then shot himself ifs own definition of liberals and| The authorities describe the case | | conservatives and announced his| WINCHESTER, | | l/\ DEFINITION BY F.D.R. fire, and pledged themselves to ex-|——— | them home. Following meetings y ternoon and last night, the Execu- tive Board of Juneau Transport Workers’ Union 172, which called erday af- (Continued on Page Five) DALADIEP HAS NEW PROGRAM venturous scholar from the Uni- versity of Illinois, had gone to Af-|and suicid ghanistan to teach in the Universi- ty at Kabul, the capital. These| young men are the first fruit of his teaching. He evidently taught Eng- lish and Illinois, because of L)u “puppy love” jealousy, sl.wmg‘pat on the back for liberals of his| ;SGHUUI. BIRL stripe, in whatever party they‘ might be found. Likcwise, R,epub- | lican chieftains have stepped across| purtv lines in the search for nkrly ‘Land]dutes and valid votes. | They have all conspired to mnkmB.eaks Labor’s Opposmon al {the public in general and Con- |gressmen in particular choose bhe- | tween one who stands by the Presi-| dent, and one who stands against | 2 HUUGH MEthim. Some have resisted, how- | until the elections were ovcr,J g | ever, LATE FOR SCHOOL 4‘ | Now they too must take a stand, £ | for in another two years the nation | Unfortunately they got off to a | will vote for President again (Continued on Page Twol |{Abduction 'lakes Blace) Thanies qunihion il How cas | Near National Capital |vou tell in the home stretch which | C. ‘ U S road the nation and its Congress- ity ol . D | men are traveling. | ———— | No final, positive answer is pos- WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. Foot- | sible. The time-honored way is to | prints in meliing snow and a watch how a man votes. On many | trampled batch of school papers, issues coming before the 76th Con- | serve as the only material clues for|gress, however, it is possible to a widespread hunt for Mary Brnwn,“dodg., a stand for or against the 18, business school student, who| President. We' desire to express our appre-|vanished last night. | On relief, for instance, a Roose- ation to the many urg.uuzations‘ Mary's sister, Lucy, 15, looked | velt supporter could explain a vote| business firms and individuals who|over two suspects picked up. Shelagainst the Roosevelt system by| contributed so generously to Lhe failed to identify them as the “for-|declaring relief on its present scale| subscription for Al Bloomgquist’s mgn roughly dressed men” she said a wasteful, bankrupting process. On benefit and to the patrons of the | abducted her sister. the other hand, a Congressional dance. | Lucy told the police two men enemy of the President could sup-| “By this community cooperation threw Mary on their truck and drove | port the Roosevelt system and claim we have been able to turn over to off while she escaped by scuttling human needs out-weighed mere | H. L. Faulkner, who has consented | through the underbrush. The ab-| money matters. The same pohucnl. to be Bloomquist's banker, the sum |duction spot is placed at a point a|puzzle pattern applies to other big |few hundred yards from the home|issues, like national defense, in-| “It was a worthy cause, a gener-|of the girls, near Oxonhill, Mary- ———— e | ous contribution and a good time.”|land, southeast of here (Continued on Page Two) | seven, all spoke English and hvew would hear of nothing else umm that they should go at once to the University of Tlhois to learn be teachers like Mr. Payne. to | three-year state of » His Government— Hds Further Plans PARIS, Dec Premier Daladfér, having broken Labor's effort to wreck his Government by a general | 24-hour strike, announces that he intends to call Parliament to ses- sion on December 8 and will de- mand that his policies be approved In Government circles it is be- 1 | lleved the Premier will muster suf- ficient strength to override opposi- !tion of Communists and Socialists who backed yesterday's projected abortive strike as protests against his economic decree of laws. Premier Daladier has ordered a “economic mo- bilization” for the Nation to carry through his program. SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS B,