The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1938, Page 1

" THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIIL, NO. 7972. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1938. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ABOR DISPUTE SETTLED; TROUBLE ENDED otorship Patterson Aground Near Yakutat Hungary Takes Its Share of Czechoslovakia REPORTED BREAKING ON BEACH One Man Lost Overboard, | Remainder of Crew of 20 in Imminent Danger CUTTERS RACING TO SCENE OF DISASTER Shell Simmons Reports. Some Survivors Sight- ed Alive on Shore BULLETIN — Sheldon Sim- mcns radiced at 2 o'clock this " Ready to Dine with Kings Hi CLIPPER IS TO FLY TUESDAY FOR JUNEAU New 1S-Pa;s'e;lger Sikors- ky Amphibian Coming, Weather Permitting SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—The new | | 15-passenger Sikorsky amphib- ian plane brought here last week frem the factory in Connecticut for three survey flights to de- | termine the practicability ¢f the air route from Seattle to Juneau, Alaska, will leave early tomor- row morning in the first flight nerth, if weather conditions are faverable, according to Pan Am- | erican officials. The first stop on the flight will be at Ketchikan. The crew aboard the | plane will be John Mattis, Cap- | tain; W. J. Jones, co-pilot; L. L. Glen, navigator; W. McLaren, | flight engineer, and J. Smyser new PEACE HERE [INCIO-AFL - LABOR WARS Union Troubles Reach End as Both Factions Sign Agreement CONSTRUCTION WORK MOVES AHEAD TODAY |Arbitration Agreed to in \ Event of Any Furth- ‘ er Disputes Approximately a million dollars in building construction is going ahead today in Juneau with peace afterncon that he had sighted ‘ et oy s R i LD VLRGSR b el Nidhalas Horthy, Regent of Hungaryy la pletired as ‘He crossed into ceded rech tarritory at . |in labar, Tanks after more s A A e A ah Holdtng s plued Bkt on Migtkneds, Dots Mo e e bt Komarom, in southern Slovakia. The Danube divides territory w hich was ceded to Hungary from Hungary |month of picket marches under shore on the banks of a small river. He was then returning to Juneau. lain and his wife are shown as they drove (o Buckingham Palace to attend the banquet given by King Ceorge and &ucen Elizabeth of England in honor of visiting King Carol of Roumania and Crown Prince Michael. lain latar want to Paris, visited the Duke and Duchess IMEMEL CRISIS i I | [ | | | | proper. Hungarian troops made “token occupation” MAYER HANGS White House Del:; before the Regent rode in on his white horse. 'THREATS MADE, both CIO and AFL banners. Yesterday afternoon, AFL agreed |to a peace making proposal offered Saturday by CIO and harmony was restored. p. i of Windsor, BULLETIN—At 2 o'clock this ; | HAS EuRopE 0“ { » am:’-,r.on, Commander N. G. w\"—* = i ! | | [ The . agreed. upan. nropossl ghese Ricketts radioed from the Coast | | R I “ | | Pederal Lahor .Union 30004, AFEY b gy A oy e ‘ pl“s NEED[ES\ SEI. U I SUB EBUTA“ E | jurisdiction over common labor in e g ey | ] | | } :uudmg lcun;truct;ox; w‘here'gn crafts o 5 | . . | | |are employed and designates com- b L | Nazis Vidory of Sunday, MURDER TRIAL BEING GUARDED | i e s iner - north of Cape Fairweather. Wil jOB IO Do AT SESS'ONS | Prompts Britain, France | e o Sty e g e endeavor to send boat.” ’ | N | i | P | |Alleged Killer of Bassett| 4 [Evening Clothed G- Menvion &2 cto. : ' to Enfer Confroversy A"€d | 4 g . Motorship Patterson sent out S8OS [ Y | k 1 , | Each union agrees also that in calls ahorlly after midnight last ; " | Ten Years Ago Takes Are Escorfs fo Blonde [the event of etiher union being night that she was ashore about 20 | LONDON, Dec. 12—Great Britain f . | . | unable to supply enough labor from miles south of Yakutat, on the Gult r has_expresed 1o Germany the OWN Life, County Jail Eileen Balfe |its own ranks fo: any job, that of Alaska, open sea shore. ERCHIAN G ol vk el ol e R St |“hope” that the Reich won't annex il A J‘;"“’“ will call on the other union ; A later radio said “one man By PRESTON GROVER Memel, Premier Chamberlain told| SEATTLE, Dec. 12—Mrs. Mary NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—A sub-deb | Zw“fhmme"bw‘;m miw"q“"" washed overboard, ship hreaking 6000 jApANESE WASHINGTON, Dec. 12— During | the House of Commons. He said gleanor Smith, 73, former inmate is making the social rounds with|™enic Of the Job in ques rog. . up.” 1 the Spanish American War a cer- Britain is joining France in repre- of the State prison, was alone to- an escort of evening clothed G-Men, | . . I‘(’ort szurd :gr asatl | The SOS was picked up by the tain Captain Slocum, a retired sea- | Sentations to Berlin concerning the day to face the first degree murder presumably armed as the result of | emS;net it furtherps‘s u; ::“' Coast Guard Cutter Haida in port REPORIED DEAD dog, was sailing around the world |Possibility of a movement to absorb | charge in connection with the death threatening letters received by her “HEHL " t:,:z', e m..p o at Juneau and at 12:50 o'clock this T |alone in a little single-masted skiff | Memel which was German before|10 years ago of James Eugene wealthy family. sadiaies oo F e morning the “all aboard” whistles (HI“ESE A'"'A(K;ubom as long as a cottage living|the war. Yesterday's election re-|Bassett, of Annapolis, Md. Her son The sub-deb is Elleen Balfe,| npoqir iy the dispute wasCome= were blown for officers and crew room. It was in part a publicity |sulted in a decisive victory in Memel | and co-defendant, Decasto Earl blonde daughter of Thomas W. mesim;c“ of ",o"cuinuon John who happened to be ashore and she et oSl stunt for a cleaning compound |for the Naazis. | Mayer, 44, serving a life sentence | Balfe, Vice-President of National O'Connor of ,,‘e‘ Department of left soon after for the scene. e . As he sailed down the coast of | Chamberlain also told the House in the penitentiary as a habitual Distillers. Labor, brought to Juneau through The Const Guara cutter spencer, Guerillas Stage Major Set- | cnile the Battleship Oregon over- of Commons that Great Britain was | criminal, killed himself Sunday Several notes, it is said, have been | O HOUBE L o mmittee at Cordova, also received the SOS | took him on its race around the not obligated to go to the aid of afternoon in the county jail where received by the family demanding cn'ni.)osed of Cha’lrman Cash Cole, b and lkewise called officers and| hack fo Invaders— |nom to join the fleet against Cer- France even if an Italian attack was he has been incarcerated during the $3,000 and threatening injury to the s’ yeun A Classe - Allen Shat. crew aboard and it reported to have | i) 5 vera. When the huge Oregon drew made on France or her colonies. couple’s trial which has been under- young woman unless the money is tuck‘ R, E Raber!.son' and John ©. . taken off early this morning for the | H"'RU" campalg" abreast of Slocum’s bobbing little| Replying to a series of persistent way the past week. forthcoming. | Thomas, and made to Gov. John described scene of the Patterson’s - |boat, he hoisted a series of signal|questions, the Premier said Ger-| Prosecutor Warner prepared to A e W. Troy, who was in Seattle at the position. | SHANGHAI, Dec. 12. — Guerilla | flags and the Oregon loosed a blast \many thus far had made no offici- conul_lue the trial without ‘L‘he | thine s Plane Hops To Scene forone’ of Chm’a‘s famed Eighth Ar-:m good natured whistling in reply |al request for the return of for- principal defendant, but aul»honnes RADIO S(REE“ | Following mass meetings of citi- This forenoon, acting on requests my, are reported to have killed 6,000 as it sped on its warlike way. What | mer colonies. | were -chiefly concex-ngd with ob-| glegnor Roosevelt, niece of Mrs. '] ‘zcm with the committee and the of the Coast Guard, the Governory Jé;;ax1or:1\ in a major setback to '“w Captain Slosum signaled was: taining from Mrs. Smith a clue to| Franklin D, Roosevelt and daughter |arrival of Mediator O'Connor, May= ‘ Giice ordered Sheldon Simmons, of | Japanese in o major setback fo the| “upey s sail together for mutual| MEMEL, Lithuanis, Dec. 12—The | the whereabouts of Bassett's body. | of Mrs. John Cutter, of Dedham, COMED| A“ IS 'N boitimafapenisffibning dhe the Alaska Air Transport, Inc., to Gl ax;vn i Bhavial Previnae | protection.” | Memel Director today flashed what | “I wish he had confessed,” the !Vlnmm, is ghown at her debut party |to the wheel and with O'Connear, fly out over the Gulf of Alaska, ““T"PAET 3 lies of| In rough measure that is What it termed a smashing victory in the |mother said today. “I would rath- | in Brookline, Mass. She will alse t thi Ry iahts T T ite. the Boone’ of the reportad | ' 0. addition to large supplles of| L U ceq tor the United oo il Y ler he had been hanged than kill be presented to society at the TOII_S OF I_Aw spent- thres, JEnE alpepics g 'ms @ s 3 Erop liamentary elections Sunday and | conferences with uuion men on d 2 d report to the Coast|2IMms and ammunition selzed, the| o tes and the bals SiEHa e 4 i himself, then the Creator would White House. wreck an| DA Chinese are carrying on hit and run States an B aIAIINE: 0] €| decreed an end to Lithuanian police | i . | e | both sides of the dizpute. ¥ Guarders so they could locate the .\ .o ooninst the Japanese at-| American republics to agree to at |poyers | have forgiven him. _! wanted him ' | | saturday OTO tock to O'Connor scene if Lhey‘ al:r}ved after _dark- fempting to gain complete control _me Pan Amenv(-an conference NOW |~ myic’ former German territory by to tell the w?ole truth about the ‘G B P t and Mayor Lucas & broad proposal ness. Simmons was accompanied by oy o hwest province. i sesslon at Lima, Peru. A differ- |, serted thi ly police. of | TRGIR AL, DI(K POWEll \ eorge burns, rariner OF which in turn was accepted by the Bob Henning of The Empire Report- | °f the northwest province. |ence is that the United States, for |Accree asserted that only polce O | Mayer used a spoon and a leather v | 5 CI0 rank 4TI snd defed i orial Staff. | several reasons, makes the proposal. autonomous Memberl wem, permllz | belt to hang himself from the up- Grafle A”en, charged | Charles Hardy, businses agent of The Patterson was in_trouble on There are some truly up-to-date |/ {0 control the security of the pe; punk. He had also stuffed jOAN BI.OHDEI.I. | b : e R e November 16 when at 1:15 o'clock GASION MEA“S cruisers and a few destroyers and | LSTitOrY lying in Lithuania’s south- | yaqs of paper down his throat, | wnh Smugglmg i d in the morning she went aground submarines scattered among the West- corner, adjoining Germany.|yrapped a black cloth around his| [ | Atk Baristod on Eyg Opener rock, a ledge_ near | WAY | republics but for the most pan;mthuanmn police who heretofore nead, lashed his mouth with his oulI wAR“ERS NEW YORK, Dec. 12. — George| Sunday afternoon, Federal Labor the middle of Sumner Strait 3% | their fleets are made up of forlorn |COllaberated with the Memel auto- pelt and tied his hands with | cirms. redio ‘and sireen comedian | Tnion Brieiient: Mihel kit miles northwest of Point Polypos museum pieces which never would |homous force now are regarded as| rope. He left a note for his mother | S {and partner of Gracie Allen, his|signed the agreement in the pres- i in Wrangell Narrows. E(RE dare venture out of harbor in the |Private citizens. saying he was tired and wished to| HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 12. —| p , his | sign e ag pr The Haida and also Alert picked | £ f b itn fhact. | Political observers declared the|go. He made no reference to Bas- Dick Powell, and his wife, Joan|Wife, pleaded guilty in Federal ence of O'Connor, Mayor Lucas, . ace of an up-to-da eet. | fitial Geliion "risy tesa: a change ww.-'. | Blondell, announced today they are court today to two indictments Councilman Ralph Beistline and P iy | union leaders in the City Hall, end- up the SOS calls at that time and prepared to go to the scene, when later radio was sent out from BETTER AIR FORCES | in territorial status for Memel which |is the object of German ambitions - 16-Year-0ld Girl quitting Warner Brothers, where they have been employed since they | charging the smuggling of three | pieces of jewelry worth $4,885 into ‘mg a tense situation under which | Juneau’s lifeline of shipping from a i | 'The air forces, although meagre, o o ibikes. @ p 3 Shs Patiaadn (hACTMRA whs ndt Carries fo Grave What He, [he s es, lthough WERELe, | | . ond along the Balkan-Memel- | entered pictures, and after a long |the country. damaged and would float at high| M)id wi : Are hatier. Bevaal oL e 0o e | vacation next year will probably| Pale and nervous, the man whose | the States was also seriously jeo- ;! Did with $'04,000 Lind- |nave a limited number of light : free lance. radio perplexities made the nation |Pardized. The half million dollar Baranof tide. Previous Trouble The Patterson got off the rock and came to Juneau, arriving here} November 16. A survey was made and she was pronounced O. K. and proceeded to the westward with her 700 ton cargo for Anchorage, Kod- jak, Unga King Cove and Sunak Island. Presumably the cargo has been discharged and the Patterson was on the way south when she went ashore. The Patterson is a former Coast | and Geodetic Surevy ship. She is in command of Capt. H. Bund, with first Mate G. Swanson, second in command. The craft has a tonnage of 604 tons and is operated by the! bergh Ransom Money SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Dec. 12. — Gaston B. Means, 58, widely known for his $104,000 Lindbergh baby ran- som hoax, and who was convicted and served a term as a result, died in the United States Medical Cen- ter here. Death resulted from an attack of ‘the heart after an operation. Means did not disclose what he ever did with the $104,000 received ' from Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, of Washington, D. C., who gave him the large sum on promise he would return the kidnaped Lind-| bombers and fighting planes bought from the United States, Italy and Germany which would be a credit to any air fleet. But scattered as they are over a whole continent, ad- jacent islands and parts of another continent, they would offer no sus- tained resistance to attack. Ground forces are large in num- ber, even in comparison with the U. S. Army, but modern equipment in large part is limited, especially in the zones of coast and field artillery and mechanized uniis. Best equipped in all respects are, | of course, the larger “ABC” na- tions: Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Best equipped of these is Argen- tina, whose attitude toward the United States is far less fervidly | The Lithuanian government which | holds somewhat of a nominal sov- ereignty over Memel awaited the return from Berlin of the German | ! minister. He was expected to bring | the precise German proposals for the disputed region. | .- — || STock Quorations || | NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock is 9%, American Can 94%.. | American Light and Power 5%, An- aconda 33%, Bethlehem Steel 72, Commonwealth and Southern 1%, | Curtis Wright 6%, General Motors | International Harvester 59%, Is Killed by Lover WRAY, Col, Dec. 12.—The body of June Veal, pretty 16-year-old daughter of the Yuma County Com- | missioner, was found dead beside the body of her lover in an auto- mobile. Deputy District Attorney Martin |said the .girl was shot by Walter| Sheck, who then turned the gun on himself. —_— e —— Toy Balloon Floats for DR. C. L. LANGE IS DEAD, 0SLO OSLO, Dec. 12.—Dr. Christian L. Lange, 69, who shared the 1921 |0f 18 years imprisonment and fines | Nobel Peace prize with Hjalmar Branting, of Sweden, is dead here. Dr. Lange was a noted historian and represented Norway in the Disarmament Conference and other League of Nations conferences, Destiute fo Live At yfiurious Club |laugh every Friday night faced Judge William Bondy. The matter |of pleading over in a short time, Burns left the court free on his own recognizance, pending trial with (his alleged accomplice, Albert Cha- ‘p(-rau‘ He faces a maximum penalty totalling $45,000 on nine counts un- |der the two indictments. ‘ Burns' attorneys issued a state- ment saying he had no purpose or Hotel was going ahead towards completion today and a number of | other business and residential con- | struction jobs on which progress |had nearly reached a standstill, were also working normal crews today. Picket lines removed from these Ebulldtng projects, truck drivers were early this morning hauling mater- |ials of construction, new work- men's faces were on the various intent to offend again.st_r.he laws. | jobs and shippers in Seattle were MARRIAGE NOW " FAMILY REUNION | preparing shipments of materials | with the knowledge that the “dis- puted” freight will be unloaded at Juneau. Although the feeling was high on i ing | bergh son alive. The secret was 48%, . B 2 i i Orws:i:"fim":;mflmnggrgied by him to the end. | friendly than the others. Kennecott, 42%, New York Cemral{m Miles AMARILLO, Tex, Dec. 12. — The | | (Continued on Page Two) Local interest is attached to the T T AL ol 17%, Northern Pacific 10%, Safe-| SLnL /new Potter county poor farm will | AMES, I;*-- Dec. 12—Marrying the Patterson for Bob Bart, former DOBBIN STILL ON JOB ARGENTINA POWERFUL_ oo | T8 Bliree 27%, Southern Pacific HAMPSHIRE, T, Dec. 12.—To have a golf course, a running stream hOY » girl means marrying his or member of the Juneau City Band, hArgen;.nna has two 1915-battle- 17:,, United States Steel 627, settle their argument as to how far!filled with catfish and a haven for A‘;’ l‘;‘"‘i”v too, says Sociologist C. is one of the members of the crew' SAN FRANCISCO. — Horses are“;’_ ‘;": with 12““fnh 83"5- foyr: “E‘S Bremner id 1 asked 2%, Pound a hydrogen-filled toy balloon would |wild ducks. The county commis- ' ol ; nderson of Iowa State of twenty. il used for fwo percent of alljlisht cruisess, nine destroyers 5,“;8 $4.66%%. |float Horace Pfingsten and Edward sion has authorized the purchase | i g ty. g b 4 ARy 5 S Sl brural madl ‘aelivery, say figures front | 22YoR buflding; thyee submarines, 38| Schiesher turned one loose on the of the Hillcrest country club and| ~MAITYIng is to a large degree a| SHOPPING ¥ | miscellaneous auxiliaries, perhaps DOW, JONES AVERAGES | prairie breezes. all its improvements for use as a|union of families and groups as| 5 DAYS TILL® f |the California State Automobile as- Engagement rings were made of ‘150 military planes, a standing army | The following are today’s Dow, the "poor farm. None of the residents of |Well as of individuals,” Anderson J 1y Roman days, the gold | sociation. This means about 700 " 8 The balloon was found on v, :l;:'; x;:,r”g;,i occasion. ;m lnixo- carriers cling to the horse and of 30,000 and & half million reserves‘l-’?"es averages: Industrials 145-65-1!’, E. Butler farm near Peoria, O, 'the present farm plays golf so the S3id after completing a study of ; | rails 2945, utilities 21.38. some 400 miles away. | course will not be maintained. human mating habits. duced in the second century. buggy. (Continued on Page Six)