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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
HIRING HALL"
FIGHT LOOMS
AS BIG ISSUE
Seamen and Shippers Both
Battling Over Control
of System
WHERE THEY'LL MEET
BY SAM JACKSON

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. 80
Looming larger and larger in the
present maritime strike is a COM
paratively new issue-the hiring
hall.
Although it could be loosely de-
fined as a marine employment Of
flee, the hiring hall has special
characteristics which make it a TO-
cal point of trouble. 1t is there
that the makeup of ships crews
and longshore gangs is determined
and neither employers nor hands
are disposed to yield a jot of what
they regard as their rights.
In San Francisco, where the strike
started october 80, the hiring hall
system dates back about 20 years
Then it was initiated by ship own
ers as merely convenient set-ur
for engaging crews.
Unions Gain Voice
Unions won hand in its man
agement after the bitter general
strike of 1884, and the Waterfront
Employers Association charges that
by system of maneuvering and in
timidation the unions have usurp-
ed complete control The 1884 ar
bitration award provided that-in
the case of the longshoremen-the
union should name the dispatch
err" or chief executive, but that he
should be subject to the labor re-
lations committee, group con-
sisting of three longshoremen, three
employers and one impartial arbi-
traitor.
Typical Of hiring halls in the most
controversial Of them all, the long
shoremens' hall In San Francisco
A long, bare ground floor space
near the waterfront, it accommo-
dates about 400 men
At $50 each morning it opens
and dispatcher, two assistant dis
patchers and five clerks take their
places. The latter represent the
labor relations committee and check
up on hours worked and wages paid
The stevedores themselves drift
in. go to hube check board on the
wall bearing their names and insert
numbered pegs. Those organized in-
TO regular work gangs Of l6 to Is
are represented only by the names
Of their foremen
AS calls for workmen come in the
dispatchers pulls out the plugs in
the numbered order and offers the
men the jobs. The individuals may
refuse openings not to their taste
without losing their place in rota-
ton. In the case Of gangs, the
numerical order is not strictly fol-
lowed. for the union seeks to ever
up the earnings Of its members by
favoring gangs that have beer
short of work.
Ccgt Shared
BY 3 a. m. most OF the calls haY,
been made and the men not assign.
ed drift away. The place closes al
$3.50 p. m. Union and employees
share the cost Of its upkeep.
Union leaders have expressed de.
termination to fight for the limit fol
control Of hiring halls and the con
sequent ability to assign the mer
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is 14k. American Can
1913 ~. American Power and Light
HIS Anaconda 49, Bethlehem
Steel 721a Calumet and Hecla 1875
Columbia Gas and Electric 49,.
Commonwealth and Southern 81,
Curtiss Wright 6%. General Motors
69k, International Harvester 100,
Kenncott 58ls, New York Central
44hs Simmons 49,, Southern Pa
cific 4l~, United States Steel 76is.
United Corporation TX. Cities Ser
vice 3Hl, Bremner bid 03. Pound
S490I..
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
NORTH STAR NOW
ON WAY TO JUNEAU

The North Star, Bureau of Indian
Affairs vessel returning from the
Arctic with reindeer carcasses, is
now enroute to Yakutat then will
proceed to Juneau, according to
word to c. M. Hirst, Educational
Director of the Bureau. The North
Star radioed she was in Valdez Sat
urday night, was to call at Cor
dova and then Yakutat before COM
ing here She is believed to be be-
tween Cordova and Yakutat now.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
IKE TAYLOR
IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Nov. 30.-Ike Taylor.
Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road
Commission, with headquarters at
Juneau, has arrived here with Mrs.
Taylor from Washington where he
has attended budget hearings. They
returned from the east by automo-
bile and are going north on the
first ship available next week.
Mr. Taylor will go to Portland for
a Friday and Saturday session OF
the Northwest Advisory Council. He
will represent the ARC.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
Post Intelligencer
Resumes Publication

SEATTLE. Nov. 30-The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. closed since Aug
ust IA BY the newsroom strike. re-
sumed publication with the Mon
day morning edition today The
strike was settled last Wednesday
night.
Today's issue is a. pages, the
largest weekday issue in the his
tory of the Post-Intelligencer and
also the largest weekday advertis-
ing volume.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
Kings NeighboFs
Bet on MARRIAGE

VIRGINIA WATER. England.
Nov. 30-country folk and laHorers
near Fort Belvedere are betting
even money that the King will
marry Mrs. Simpson.
The betting is lively and some OF
the sums large, considering the
financial circumstances of the bet
tors
When Mrs Simpson left there
recently In her black limousine she
cronched in the back among the
cushions and rugs Later the King
emerged IN a similar car.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
woMENs CLUB BROADCAST

The Juneau wonlens Cub will
sponsor the program tonight over
KINY at 1880 O'Clock. Mrs r. B
Lesher will speak on Applied Edu-
GATOR" and musical number VIII
be given BY the juneau High School
string ensemble under the direction
Of Miss Helen PARROT. Mrs. Crys-
tai Snow JENNIE is the chairman and
announcer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
Foreign Trips of Wilson,
Roosevelt Ire Compared
BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Which
policy is the shrewdist, that of
President Wilson, who went to Paris,
worked laboriously for a collective
security pact, and found himself
unable to have it ratified, or that of
President Roosevelt, who gees to
Buenos Aires, presumably expect
ing a pact, but withdraws while it
is drafted?
To a degree the world influence
of the two Presidents, each in his
own line, is comparable. Wilson,
victorious President of a nation
whose Intervention decided the
World War, was at the peak of his
influence as he sailed for Paris.
Roosevelt, new champion of the
good neighbor" policy, popular
among the Latin American repub-
lies as he is at home, also was per-
haps at the high level of his in
fluence as he started for the equa-
tor.
WILSON RISKED PRESTIGE
There the parallel ends. Wilson
laid out the IA points and proposed
a. League of Nations. But instead
of returning home at that point
while the give and take of treaty
negotiation worked out, he stayed
on. His name became associated
with some of the compromises in
the treaty which made it bitter
medicine for some minor European
peoples, and vulnerable target
for those at home.
He lost the fight
At the outset President Roosevelt
announced that his stay in Buenos
Aires, the scene Of the conference,
would be limited. He would speak,
but would not negotiate. He would
leave to Secretary Hull, whom he
called wise and experienced, the
negotiation of harmony among the
81 Latin American neighbors.
Harmonious as South American
Republics are toward the United
States, good neighbor policy. they
are not wholly harmonious among
themselves. Roosevelt is saving him
self from association with those
Principal hope OF the State De-
partment is for an agreement ON a
policy Of neutrality toward non
American wars similar to the Unit
ed States neutrality policy. Like
The League it win enyisage collec-
1--WE security. Unlike the League
it viii lack compulsion. if present
outlines are followed.
Trade and other economic fac
tors VIII inevitably be considered
in connection with any such gem
eral neutrality agreement Little
rivaltries from such sources may
arise. but they win be associated
with the negotiators, not with Roos-
evelt
When the agreement is presented
to the Senate and to the country
by President Roosevelt the pres
tige be brings to it viii be unfair
nished by personal association with
any of the conflicts which had to
be submerged in writing it.
Then too, Wilson had to submit
his product to a Senate with Re-
publican majority. President Roose-
welt has a Senate overwhelmingly
Democratic, and with its member
ship already on record for neutral
ity Of a big part Of the hemisphere
s-all the 4s States.
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Is CHILDREN
ESCAPE FIRE
Are Routed Out by Flames
During Night from
Farm House

LACEY, Wash, Nov 3o--A blaze
last night destroyed the main quar-
ters OF the Childrens Farm home
near here operated by Mr. and Mrs
Fred Mum and drove rs children
from their beds. Firemen from
Olympia rescued one boy who was
trapped b. the flames
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
JAPAN TO putLp ARMY

TOKYO Nov 3O-The japanese
War Office made ii known to-day
that it viii build an army equal TO
Russia III order to prevent war and
hold Japans lifeline on the Asiatic
continent
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
Truck-Scooter Crash

MUSKOGEE, Okla-O. f. Hall,
a truck drivaT. received broken
thumb when his truck collided with
a scooter here. Glen Thomas, 9,
riding the scooter, was uninjured.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
JUNEAU COUPLE WE'D

Harold w Barrett and Anna D..
Meyers, both residents of Juneau,
were united in marriage Saturday
night by y. S. Commissioner Felix
Gray at the latterls home in Doug
las. ass vi v as s. =.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
DOW. JONES AVERAGES

The following are todays Dor
Jones averages industrials 1873 %,
up 90: rails 55.41, down 30: utilities
35.75, down .16.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
A. P. A. SHIP TO
LEAVE TUESDAY
FROM OAKLAND
Boxer Delayed IN Drydock
Probably Sail North
Saturday or Sunday
GOES DIRECT SITKA
THENCE TO JUNEAU
Governor Checking Cities
to Determine Initial
Space Needs on Arctic


The Arctic Alaska Packers vessel
chartered by the government to
bring foodstuffs north, will leave
Seattle next Monday, December Z,
and the Boxer. Indian Bureau ship,
is expected to sail from Seattle eith-
er next Saturday or Sunday accord
ing TO message to Gov John w.
Troy today from Col. Otto F. Ohlson.
who is in Seattle continuing ar
engagements. Col Ohlson said the
Boxer had to go into drydock for a
few days, thus delaying her SAILING,
previously tentatively scheduled for
today The Arctic leaves Oakland
tomorrow for Seattle.
The Arctic has a capacity Of $500
tons deadweight Col. Ohlson SAID
in his message. and has 1000 cubic
inches OF cold storage space. He
asked the Governor tic check var
ious communities to determine APP
proximately what space was needed
for supplies for each
To-day the Governor sent messages
to Mayors Of all principal Alaska
cities from Ketchikan TO Fairbanks
and the Westward for the Informal
ton as to about what emergency
supplies were needed first. -Asa'-..A
The Boxer, Col. Ohlson said, viii
go direct TO 6itka and then come to
Juneau before proceeding On to the
westward where she win remain in
shuttle su1eice between Seward, Ko-
diak and the Aleutians. being served
by other boats which viii come from
the South.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
MCLAIN AnoARp NoRAH

Elwood McClain. Of the First Ma
tional Bank, Is q passenger for
Juneau aboard the Princess Norah
after several weeks spent in the
States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
oHLsoN IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE. Nov. Stool. Otto
F. Gibson. Manager Of The Alaska
Railroad, arrived here last night
from San Francisco. accompanied
by J. r. Ummel. Government Pur-
chasing agent in Seattle. He was
met at the plane by j. j. Litchten-
walner, assistant to UmmeI, and A.
D. Lawrence, superintendent of the
Railway Mail Service. He was re-
minded Of Alaskan protests against
the order suspending the Alaska
Railroad operations and also Ter
ritorial demands for his removal.
Col. Gibson pointed out the rail-
way was sttll running trains each
week and added: Everybody is
crying, of course. The food sllort-
age is not acute now but it would
be later. BY the time they get food
up there. they will need it, espec-
tally in the Interior. They stocked
up for only two or three MONTHS
Lawrence and Gibson conferred
on the Alaska mail service and dis
closed they may send the Bureau
OF Fisheries boat Elder to Southeast
Alaska Thursday to augment mail
service The volume OF mail SER
vice TO ALASKA has shown 4 saaasp
Increase and many shippers Bre
low using parcels post. Lawrence
said
The Alaska Committee of the
Seattle Chamber OF Commerce am
nornced to-day that Seattle firms
connected with the Alaska trade
including canneries and wareIloas-
es. were subscribing several thou
sand dollars to aid juneau slide
victims
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
ARCTIC LEAVES roMoaEow

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Nov. 80
The steamer Arctic, chartered by
che government from the Alaska
Packers Association, viii leave Oak
land tomorrow for Seattle where She
viii load supplies under the direc-
ton of Gel Gibson Tor Alaska.
IN the meantime. Federal media
tors persisted that maritime strike
peace efforts We're being successful
despite another setback which left
the strike unbroken except to re-
lease Alaska food ships.
Edward r. McGrady, Assistsnt
Labor Secretary called further con-
ferences today, hoping 70 bring
coastwise freight operators back Tor
discussions which ended abruptly
Saturday when they demanded deck
officers return to ships under the
pre-stg'ike conditions.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
LONDON VIEWPOINT

LONDON, Nov 30--Foreign Min
lister Anthony Eden told the House
of Commons today that our policy
continues to be to promote friendly
relations between all nations and
We explicitly depreciate any tendency
to divide the world into conflicting
camps
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SECOND small.
SLIDE STOPS
CLEANUP WORK
Downpour Continues with
Total R ainfall Over
Two Feet for Month

AS the deluge of rain continued
in Juneau this afternoon, another
small slide occurred at the top Of
the big avalanche Of last week
above lower Franklin Street and
shortly thereafter Mayor I. Gold
stein ordered men working at clear
ing up the edbris from the big
slide to stop working until the
downpour stops rather than take
chances on any one being caught
should another big dirt cascade
come down.
The slide this afternoon was
small, coming from near the trestle,
but gave indication, officials said,
that an unsafe condition existed
in the area so long as the heavy
rain continues
With all bodies removed from the
big slide, the Mayor today reduced
his cleanup crew to one day shift
of about 40 men and had estimated
it would take the rest Of this week
to clean up the debris. However,
if the rain continues it may take
longer.
At 1:55 this afternoon, total rain
fall for November had reached the
unprecedented mark Of 24.52 inch
es, more than two feet, since the
first of the month, according to
the U. S. Weather Bureau, which
predicted more rain and estimated
the 25-inch mark would be passed
by midnight at the present rate.
The downpour is setting an all
previous time record for Juneau.
The only comparable record is
January of 1891 when the rainfall
for the month totaied POSI- inches.
Temperature has been particular
ly mild, averaging AZ degrees
through the 18th, with only five
per cent of sunshine for the entire
month.
Virtually all homes in the i'm
mediate area of the slide and many
on the hillside have been aband-
oned.
Slide on Thane Road
A slide on the Thane road block
ed the highway this afternoon, east
Of the Standard Oil Company. ac-
cording to reports. The school bus
win operate to the slide and an
1fhar ,ooto,. vehirla ~, tho osno,-
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
3 POWER PACT
IS IN MAKING,
PARIS REPORTS
Great Britain, France and
Belgium in Military
Alliance

PARIS, Nov. 30.-Great Britain,
France and Belgium have formed
what virtually amounts to three
power military accord and French
circles here interpret the projected
pact as signaling a new western
European alliance.
French Foreign Minister Won Del
Dos will announce on Friday the
complete projected accord, it is I'M
officially said
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1936-11-30
Slide ON Thane Road

slide on the Thane road block
ed the highway this afternoon, east
Of the Standard Oil Company, ac-
cording to reports. The school bus
win operate to the Slide and an
other motor vehicle on the other
side of the slide viii carry the
children to Thane
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Continued on Page Three
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M0LA STARTS
NEW DRIVE ON
C0ASTCITIES
Insurgents in Savage
Attack Upon Irun,
San Sebastian

LONDON, Aug. 20 IN.SD.
An Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Irun, Spain, this aft
ernOOn said the rebel attack on
that city had failed. The dis.
patch said 1t was estimated at
least 400 rebels were killed.
Government losses have not yet
been aScertained.
HENDAYE, France, Aug. 20
N.S0.-Turning the BaSqu
sector into an inferno of death
and destruction, thousands of in.
surgent troops today were hurled
again and again at San SEBASTIAN
and Irun in a final desperate
ruthless attempt to wreSt those
seaside cities from the radicals
While airplanes rained explo
sives on the towns and tanks
crashed through the underbrush
TOO Moors and the northern army
Of Gen. Emilio Mols smashed
against the stubborn resistance
Of the defense forces
After a lulu of two days, in
which intensive preparations fol
the determined attack were care
fully made, the attack began a
dawn today under cover of 6
thick mist.
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OF SPAIN
BURN a FOES
T0DEATH
Atrocities Are Barred
In Official Report
of Commission

LONDON, Aug. 26. 0.N.SJ-Re
suits of an official investigation
of atrocities in Spain by a COM
mission sent by the insurgent Gen.
Francisco Franco were published
today in the London Daily Mail in
a dispatch from a Seville CORES
pendent who accompanied the
commission.
Among the instances told by the
reporter, after the commission in
terviewed witnesses and visited
the scenes of the outrages, were
these:
At La Campana, he said, the
commission was shown a small
yard in the town hall where IA
anti-Reds were burned to death.
Some of them, wounded, were
thrown into the yard on old beds
soaked with gasoline. Insurgent
troops arrived in time to save
others condemned to the same
fate.
The commission inspected q
desecrated church at ConStanr
tina, where wounded anti-Reds
were flung down a well, which
was then blasted with explo
SiveS,
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GILBERT SAL f
DRAWS WIVES

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20 0.N.SJ.
Only one-third of the 1000 items
from the personal effects Of the
late John Gilbert, the great
lover" of the silent films, have
been sold in two days Of an
auction sale here it was an
nounced today.
With his former wives, many
Of the glamorous women who
figured in his life, and his 49,
year-old daughter, Leatrice Joy
Gilbert, bidding spiritedly against
one another, the sale will con-
tinue until the last Of the mo-
mentoS are sold.
From London, Marlene Diet
rich cabled her agent to get into
the fray. He paid 5000 for 81
articles Of the dead stars bed
clothing.
Leatrice Joy outbid the throng
Of curiosity seekers and friends
and obtained her fathers make
up box for $14.50 and other
small items.
Mrs. John CoOgan, mother Of
Jackie Cooss1, film star, pur-
chased some Of the late actors
fancy vests, while agents for
Virginia Bruce, a former wife,
bought some rare books.
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Zero Hour Near
Stain Warns
Red Army
Continued from Page II
ascribed to the growing military
r1rnwess of the SoYietS.

NNOAkAnuCu 10AC ~
ascribed to the growing military
proves Of the SovietS.
Says Movement Near
Addresses to the army have
additionally been left to Clemen-
ii Voroshilov, commisSar for war.
Stain said:
1.-THE moment which you have
been expecting is close at hand.
Now your birthland is expecting
you to do your duty, the duty
you have so eagerly awaited.
81 have no doubts about you
and 1 feel convinced you have
no doubts about us, your leaders.
"Our enemies are getting into
position, so be ready.
Those on the frontiers Of our
great land-keep watch.
Everything money could buy,
everything the genius Of man
could invent and everything the
loving labor of workers could
make has been given into your
hands for the defense and glory
of the Soviet land"
The Evening News Dispatch
carried no date line, the aSsump.
ton being it was picked I'D by
radio.
Speech Broadcast
Stains speech. the paper said
was relayed to barracks and parade
grounds throughout the nation
An hour before he spoke, the Com
muniSt international station in
Moscow instructed all subsidiary
stations to stand by.
When Stain finished, VoroShiloV
stepped before the microphone
He intimated there would be nc
maneuvers of the army this
autumn, adding:
"MOst of you are fully trained
to deal with and crush the
enemy. Be ready at any mo-
ment for the call you have been
taught to expect to reach you.
I know how you will answer it."
Marshal Tukhachevsky, chief OF
the Soviet general staff, followed
the war commissar with instruc
lions to the army and navy to be
prepared for immediate action
He said:
keep your men in perfect
readiness"
Airmen Addressed
T. I. Atkins, chief of the Soviet
air force, then addressed Russia s
airmen:
"On you the SOviets place the
greatest task of all. Events are
moving rapidly. Let every man
see to himself and his machine.
"There must not be the slight
est hitch in your preparations
for the zero hour. The day for
you to show your love for your
birthland, party and leaders is
approaching"
With conclusion of the speeches
the ceremony ended abruptly. The
usual practice Of singing the in
ternational was abandoned.
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LONDON HEARS ROOSEVELT PLANS WORLD PEACE FARLEY
MilliOndireSS
FleeS Kidndp
Threats

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Aug. rs
ONS0-Fleeing her Longmeadow
home after death and kid
mapping had been threatened in
three extortion notes, Mrs. Ida
Young Denault, millionaire heir
eSs to a patent medicine fortune,
today was reported in seclusion
In New York.
Armed guards patrolled her
estate. Relatives admitted her
absence, but declined to reveal
her whereabouts or discuss the
case.
Omen, under direction of
Clarence D. Mexican, head Of the
Department Of Justice in Boston,
worked with Springfield and
Longmeadow authorities. Mexican
said he expected one arrest or
more shortly.
Kin Closely Guarded
Paul P. Stephenson, nephew OF
Mrs. Denault, and vice-chairman
Of the Springfield police commits
sion, admitted his aunt was in
New York.
Authorities kept close watch on
Mrs. Denault'S daughter, Mrs.
Sally Young, and Stephenson's two
children, Jean, 6, and George, 4.
Stephenson said first intimation
Of the plot came August 8 when a
mysterious telephone call was re-
ceived at the Denault home.
Charles Young, another nephew Of
Mrs. Denault, answered the tele-
phone, and said a man with a
foreign accent asked to speak with
his aunt.
Two days later the first extor.
! ton note was received.