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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-01
STEAMER YUKON
N AY S ALL B \
This week. END
G o'onel Gibson Declares
Settlement OF Pacific Ship
ping Strike Assured

settlement of the Pacific Coast
1aritime Strike is now assured,
Col. Otto F. Gibson advised Gov.
John w. Troy this morning in ra-
dio message.
Col Gibson further advised that
with the strike settled, the Alaska
Railroad will, upon return of the
Gen. w. G. Gorgas to Seattle, dis
continue its Alaska water transpor-
tation service, except that freight
will be accepted on the southbound
trips Of the motorship Boxer from
Seward to Seattle. and of the North
Star from southeast Alaska.
The Alaska Steamship Company
will resume operations Immediately
upon settlement Of the strike. the
radiogram stated, and will start the
steamer Yukon from Seattle next
Sunday or Monday for Seward. to
be followed by the Northwestern,
leaving Tuesday or Wednesday for
Seward and Kodiak. The steamer
Starr will operate in the shuttle
service to the Westward as formerly.
The freighters Oduna and Ber-
ing will be put into operation to Al
aska by the company as soon there
after as tonnage is available. One
OF the freighters, probably the Ber-
ing. will operate in southeast Alaska
service.
The Boring is cold storage ship.
acquired by the Alaska Steamship
Company from the Lomen CONNER
cial Company. which operated her
as the Arthur j. Baldwin.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-01
PORTLAND HIT
BY SNOW FALL
OF IS INCHES
Schools Are Ordered Clos
ed-Highways Blocked
in All Directions
TEMPERATURES FALL
In VARIOUS PLACES
Further Storm Conditions
Predicted Tonight Over
Entire Far West

SEATTLE, Feb. IA blizzard has
swirled over the Pacific Northwest
closing schools and highways.
Record drifts have piled up on
highways in all directions out OF
Portland, Oregon where eighteen
inches of snow have fallen and the
snow continues to come down.
Ten inches of snow has fallen in
Seattle and this fall was continuing
at daybreak today.
Worst is Predicted
The weather bureau has warned
ships from the Canadian border to
San Francisco to watch for storms
and also predicts storm conditions
over most of the Far West by night.
The school board at Portland has
ordered schools discontinued.
Isolated mountain communities,
several previously cut off, now face
new difficulties.
Temperatures Drop
The temperature has dropped to
IA degrees below zero at Spokane,
Washington, with two feet of snow
on the ground.
1t is eight degrees belw zero at
Walla Walla.
Temperatures are again below
freezing in parts of the California
citrus belt
One rescue party Is fighting to
reach Rawhide, Nevada, where 1t
is reported that two of thirty per-
sons, sriowbound for two weeks, are
dead.
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One BIG BILL
APPROVED But
SLASHES MADE
House Committee Acts on
Appropriations, Over
Thirty Agencies

WASHINGTON, Feb. /. = The
House Appropriations Committee
has approved the first regular ap-
preparation bill of the present ses-
sion of Congress.
The bill carries 81 ,046,757,143 for
more than thirty independent gov
ernmental agencies for the fiscal
year starting July /.
The sum is greater by $6l ,265, 1882
than for the current year, although
the committee has Topped Oft large
sums from the Budget estimates.
The committee cuts include five
million for Social Security Board
salaries and expenses and two mil
lion in estimates of the Home Own
ers Loan Corporation. Several 9TH
er appropriations are cut including
the Veterans Administration.
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Additional Farm Colonies
in Alaska Feasible; Ohio
Representative Speaks Out

WASHINGTON, Feb. l.-Repre-
sentative Byron B. Harlan, OF Day
ton, Ohio, said he believed estab-
lishment of additional farm colon
les in Alaska will be feasible pro-
vided the principal cities Of the Ter
rtory are connected by a highway
system.
Harlan inspected the Matanuska
project last summer and visited
other communities ct the request of
the Department of Commerce.
The people who say there are
no openings for development Of adj
ditional agricultural colonies in Al
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PACIFIC COAST
STRIKERS ARE
VOTING TODAY
Decision Is Expected to Be
Announced Sometime
on Thursday
COMPLETE RETURNS
ARE DUE WEDNESDAY
Ship Owners Are Preparing
to Release 240 Ships in
Blockaded Ports

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.
Feb. Il. - Forty thousand
maritime workers on the Pa
cific Coast started balloting
today on peace proposals and
leaders freely predicted that
the results of the voting will
end the long tie-up, possibly
by Thursday.
Ship owners are also accept
ing the strike as virtually set
tied and prepared to release
240 ships at blockaded ports
but pointed out however that
resumption of sailings will be
gradual on account of the car
30 jam and also that ships
must be reserviced through
out, all of which will take
time.
Expect Ratification
1t is said longshoremen will get
the first call to work as soon as rati-
fication of the peace proposals by
a majority of the membership of tbs
seven unions involved is completed
The Joint Strike Policy Commit
tee. in ordering the referendum, rec
that tentative agree
ments be approved and points still
in dispute to be submitted to arbi-
tration.
Returns by Wednesday
No returns from the balloting will
be announced, the committee said,
until votes from all ports are for
warded here and certified to. The
committee asked for complete re-
turns by Wednesday.
Strike leaders stated that ballot
ing began in the majority of ports
at 8 o'clock this morning.
The loss on account of the block
Continued on Page Eight
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IRVING HACERUP IS
NEW ELKS' STEWARD

Irving Hagerup, well known young
Juneau man, has been appointed
steward at the Elks Club and has
assumed his new position. John
Cashen, formerly steward, has re-
signed and accepted position at the
Federal Jail.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-01
LEGISLATORS ARE
TO ATTEND ROTARY
CLUB ON TUESDAY

Territorial legislators have been
invited by the Rotary Club to be
their guests for tomorrow. The lunch
will be held at the Terminal at IL
o'clock, and another lively gather
ing is expected at tomorrow's gath,
ering.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-01
PLAN MEETING
OF LEON BLUM,
ADOLF HITLER
Veterans of Two Countries
Want Differences to
Be Ironed Out

PARIS, Feb. la face to face
meeting between Premier Leon
Blum and Adolf Hitler to iron out
the French and German differences
over collective peace, is reported
set as the goal of veteran organi-
cations of both countries.
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aska, are misinformed, said Rep
resentative Harlan.
Good Market Available
1.-The Territory is now importing
food n quantities six times as great
as the maximum production ca
pacity of the Matanuska colony,
continued Representative Harlan,
who said further:
THE development of the Terri
tory's agricultural lands however
hinges on the construction OF an
adequate highway system. The lack
Continued on Page Three)
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L|NDBERGH, Wife
MAKE AIR TRIP
Noted Flying Couple Leave
England, Maybe Going
to Fly to Cairo

LYMPHE, England, Feb l. -
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife
have taken off in their new plane
for a destination described by air
port officials as probably Cairo,
Egypt.
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I'd. R. UNSEEN
HONOR GUEST,
5000 PARTIES
President Makes Radio Ad-
dress to Those at
Birthday Balls

WASHINGTON, Feb. President
Franklin d. Roosevelt was the un-
seen honor guest at more than 5000
parties celebrating his 55th birthday
last Saturday night and his fight
against infantile paralysis, in cities
and towns throughout the nation.
The birthday balls reaped a har-
vest in cash for the nationwide
fight against infantile paralysis
which crippled the President and
now afflicts 100000 young Ameri-
cans.
Birthday Gang"
The President invited his old
Birthday Gang" to join him at the
White House Some of the group
were newspapermen assigned to the
Navy Department when he was As
sistant Secretary Of the Navy and
have attended his birthday dinners
for the past 20 years.
The President set aside six min
utes, beginning at 1l:24 o'clock last
Saturday night, Eastern Standard
Time. to speak by radio to the thou
sands of merrymakers throughout
the nation.
Finest Birthday
In his brief radio talk, the Presi-
dent told the participants at the
parties that in contributing to the
Tight against infantile paralysis
they were presenting the finest
Cop4i.n...-.- -, r~,ne cauonl
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SEATTLE SCHOOLS CLOSE

SEATTLE, Feb. schools here
failed to open this morning and will
remain closed until the present
weather abates.
Salem, oregon, reports 81 inches
of snow
The only traffic out Of Portland
today is railroad trains and their
schedules are delayed.
An Smile an hour gale has
whipped snow drifts 80 feet high
along the Columbia River Highway.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-01
DEATH TOLL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1t is es-
timated that the dead as the result
of the flood is at least 400 with the
known dead at 1862.
Property damage is in excess OF
four hundred million dollars.
Homeless are 572,10 and mar
ooned 236,007. The latter two figures
are those furnished by the Red
Cross.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-02-01

Psychologists say that the inabil-
ity of some children to learn from
books is normal.
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EFFORTS MADE
TO SAVE CAIRO;
WATER RISING
Forty-five HundredMen At
tempt to Prevent In
undation Of City
OTHER PLACES ARE
BEING ABANDONED
Roosevelt's Flood Inspec-
ton Committee Arriv-
ed at Memphis Today

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. Valiant
defenders of Cairo, Illinois, to the
extent of 4,500 able bodied men,
are the only persons left in that
city as they dug in the last ditch
n the fight against The threat of
the first iundation of that city in
70 years.
Several other communities have
been forced to surrender to the tur-
bulent waters. Paducah, Kentucky,
is temporarily a ghost town as it
has been completely evacuated as
a preventative measure against loss
of life and for health.
At Memphis the flood has reached
47.8 feet and United States engin-
GERS guage this as IL feet above
the previous record.
inspectors at Memphis
President Roosevelts flood inspec-
ton committee has arrived at Mem
phis and Immediately went into
conference with relief executives of
Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas.
WPA Administrator Hopkins is
leader of the inspecting committee
and he is getting the bare facts for
relief and rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation Starts
Louisville, Kentucky, and Concin-
natl, Ohio, and other battered and
bruised towns cheerfully turned to
rehabilitation efforts.
bikes along the Mississippi river
appear to be holding the flood wa
ters. Lieut.. Col Eugene Reybold,
who is directing $4,000 men, said.
IF vigilance and supplies of man
power can do it, the levee line will
be held at all costs"
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Finest Birthday

CONTINUED on Fage seven)
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CONTINUED on Page Three)
Evening star., 1937-07-25
CALIFORNIA FACES
RELIEF TROUBLES
Farm Work Now Supporting
$4,000 New Arrivals.
Winter Rouses Fear.
es the Associated Press.

e. the Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD. Calf. July "a
There's plenty of farm work now. but
Winter is cold even in California. and
relief officials are fearful OF what will
happen then to the $4,000 itinerants
who have flocked in from the Middle
West
More are coming every day.
Those working in the fields, earning
S2.75 to SO a day. are not worried.
They dance and sing evenings In their
soualid, often filthy camps. In three
years they become eligible for the
State dole
Can't Change Habits.
You can't change the habits of
primitive people from Southern and
Middle Western States" said Mrs.
John Pratt, Tulare County welfare
director. You can't force them to
battle or eat vegetables"
Few camps have bathing facilities.
constant threat
Here is what some of the migratory
workers say:
B. V. Clinkenbeard. so, who lives
with his wife, sister and his son in
a tent near Arvin: We had three
years Of drought near Checotah, Okla
I left in March with $50 in my pocket
I have stomach trouble and malaria
I've worked exactly month since
coming here. Next Winter? I don't
know what I'll do"
Oil Worker Regretful.
Utah Reed. Is, former Tulsa, Okla
oil worker: Il was crazy to think
money was In California" He has a
wife and three children. Flies creep
over the face of his 4-month-old
daughter.
Mrs. Martha Burns. 36, barefooted: :
MY husband was coal miner at Fort
Smith, Ark. Lumbago forced him to
quit, He trims trees trying to earn
enough to keep our two children"
Evening star., 1937-07-25
Spanish Girls,
Seeking Funds,
Barred by u. S.
Return to Valencia
After Futile Effort
to Get Visas.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VALENCIA. July 24.-Two Spanish
girls who had been invited to the
United States by the North American
Committee to aid Spanish democracy
as part Of 4 campaign for funds to
relieve Basque refugee children re-
turned to their homes today saying
they had been barred.
The girls. Aurora Riano and Assem-
cion de Madariaga, said the United
States consulate at Paris had denied
entry visas on the ground they could
not prove permanent domicile In
Spain.
I'VE showed our passports and work.
Ing cards. the young women related,
but they said we would have to pro-
duce leases for our apartments.
I'VE naturally did not carry our
leases with us and sending for them
would have made us too late to reach
America for aid Spain week"
The pair said they had planned to
take three refugee children with them
and that the United States consul at
first told them they could not take
the children, but extended the ban
to the girls themselves at the last
moment.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
TWO DIE IN FOREST FIRE

600 Men Fight Blaze in Montana
Lolo Forest.
M1SSOULA, Mont, July % R.-
The Forest Service reported yesterday
two lumber camp workers had perished
IN fire raging in the Lolo Forest
south of here.
Nearly 500 men were fighting the
fire and approximately 400 others
we're battling another in the Flathead
Forest
Evening star., 1937-07-25
NEW LEVY ON JEWS
Nazis' Military Exemption Tax t,
Hit Hebrews Most Heavily.

BERLIN. July "a (P).-A new tax
on German subjects exempt from
military service and likely to hit Jews
most heavily becomes effective Sep
tember l.
The tax will add so per cent to
the present income tax for the first
two years German normally would
fulfill military obligations. 1t applies
to males born in or since 1914.
Jews are disqualified from service
and so must pay the tax Men who
pay no income tax will be required
to pay minimum military tax, to
be announced later.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
WORLD COAL ESTIMATED
AT 8 TRILLI0N TONS
Geology Congress-, Meeting In
Moscow, Is Told u. S. Leads
in Reserves.
" the Associated Press.

fy the Associa ted Press
MOSCOW. July 23.-M M Pri-
gorovsky, Soviet eeoloeist, told the
international Geology Congress yes
terday the world has coal reserves Of
more than eight trillion tons. with the
largest supply in the United States
Reserves in the United States, he
said are about 3,795 o00,OOO,00O tons
Those of the U. S. S. r. are at least
1900 100000 tons, he said, and
I'VE expect to increase these figures
with the discovery of new coal-bearing
areas through the development of
geological exploration and prospect
ing"
Russia's coal output has increased
five-fold since 1913, Prigorovsky de-
clared. and the mining of 15O,000,0O0
tons is planned this year.
Evening star., 1937-07-25
POSTAL GOOD WILL
Georgia Postmaster Gives Smile
and "Thank You" to Patrons.

HAzELHURST, Ga, July % (P).-
Monopoly hasn't caused Postmaster
Arley D. Finley to lose his courtesy.
He advocates smile and a thank
you from the post office clerk for the
purchaser Of each stamp, regardless
OF the fact that We have no competi-
ton in our business"
Finley said his clerks had been do
ing this for four years and believed it
"makes every one feel better"
Evening star., 1937-07-25

The price these chairs goes lower the July gets
hotter and with at least two months them this
season! They've gentle rocker motion that is most
restfu The frames black with seats and back in
green orange for stunning contrast Only limited
number to SELL rememberand they won't last long at this
price! Play safe and get yours early.
Kanns- Cooled Fourth
Evening star., 1937-07-25

We've haven't many left, so If you want
real bargain in a glider, we advise you to
make your selection early! For real COM
fort and relaxation during the hot wealth
er, there's nothing like a glider to lounge
IN. nice assortment of coyers-alI
water-repellent and durable.
l's FO@grth TOoT
Evening star., 1937-07-25

--Irrer u lars psc
REFRIGERATOR . . n S
with covers. Keep
vegetables FIRE S h
and crisp.
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Membership in the National Geo. graphic Society exceeds 100000.
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ELECTRA BOUND HERE TODAY
 WITH 8 ABOARD

Immediately after arriving there from Nome, one of the PAA Elec- tra transports, piloted by Jerry Jones and Bill Knox, took off from Fairbanks this afternoon at 2:20 o'clock and headed for the Juneau airport, where the big plane is due to arrive at o'clock this evening.
 Coming through from Nome to Juneau on the plane are: John Cross, member of the Territorial Aeronautics Commission; Floyd Me- Kinnon, from Tin City; G. B. Ken nedy, c. L. Stevens and M. Wright, who have been covering Alaska by air with the PAA this past week, and Manager Castleton, of the Sun set Creek Gold Dredging Company.
 Coming to Juneau from Fairbanks on the plane are: Mrs. c. I. Paul. sen, Miss Helen Peterson, and Fred Higgin, passenger from Fairbanks to Whitehorse.
 The plane winging toward Juneau today is making the regular Thurs day PAA flight, and will return to Fairbanks on schedule tomorrow.
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Try an Empire aa.
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CHANGES
 BIRTHDAY PLANS
 FOR H. I. TRIPP

Plans for the birthday party honoring Herman T., Tripp, who today is 78 years old, were changed last night when MT. Tripp, pioneer Alaskan. suffered a relapse, necessi- tating rest for a few days.
 MT. Tripp, who has been a prominent resident of Juneau for many years, came to Alaska in 1897. He lives here at the family home with his wife and son, Ches- ter Tripp, and has had his daugh- ter, Mrs. Gladys Austin of Lin- coin, Cal, as a guest for the past month. Another daughter, Mrs. Eva Johnston, lives in Fairbanks.
 During his stay in the Territory he has been leading mining en- gineer and is prominent in the Masonic Order.
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Charlotte Docks
 Today with 203
 Special Cruisers

Bearing 203 round-trip passengers on a special cruise tour touching Southeast Alaska ports, the Prin- cess Charlotte, Captain William @. Palmer and Purser Arthur H. Bird, berthed here today at 1:30 pm. on it's next-tolast voyage this season.
 No passengers were to remain in the Capital City.
 A Texas Tour party, under the direction of MT. and Mrs Burial w. Jones of Wichita Falls, Tax, was the only organized group aboard the vessel.
 The Charlotte, which brought ap- proximately 100 tons of freight, is scheduled to sail for Skagway at midnight. She will not return to Juneau on this voyage and goes south from Skagway via Sitka.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
FINDS MOTHER, TWO SISTERS,
 BROTHER DEAD
Four Are Shot by Rifle at Home-Note of Youth
 Explains Shootings

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 5. = Frank 1 Gbegor today found the bullet pierced bodies of his mother, two sisters and a brother in the bed room of their home
 Homicide detectives said they found a note signed by Bernard Gregor, 20, reading, If there was some way other than this out of our misery. At one time or other I've heard all these say something ex- actly like they wished they were dead"
 Bernard lay near the bed with a rifle beside him. The sisters, Mar rian, IS; Betty, IT, lay in night clothing sprawled together with bullet wounds in their heads and bodies. The mother, Mrs. Anna Gregor was crumpled at the foot of the bed
 Herman Schutte, a neighbor, said he heard shots about 5 a. m. today.
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Try an Empire ac.
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ALEUTIAN BRINGS q TO JUNEAU ON CURRENT VOYAGE

Bringing 27 persons to Juneau of whom IA are from the States and 13 from Southeast Alaska, the steamship Aleutian arrived at 1 p. m. for a stay until 10 o'clock to- night.
 Coming here were: From Seattle Mrs. V. l.. Arnold. Ed M Bren- nan, 0. c. Chartrand, w. A. Del vale, Mrs. Goldie Dodds, Eileen De Mers, Edith Farrar, J. w. Henrick- son and wife, Lillian Henrickson, Emily Pegall, s. A. Ross and wife, Andrew Sandegren.
 From Southeast Alaska = Harry Hooper and wife, A. H. ziegler, George Bambrick, Mrs. R. B. Brad ley, P. H. Casey, M. E. Wilcox, Mrs. M. McDonald, w. w. Rolf, w. N. Beach, J. P. Lovett, Baxter Felch. Lisa Smith.
 Among the 300 passengers aboard the Aleutian today are eleven who were carried to the vessel by plane after the steamer was three hours out at sea from Seattle. Included in these are George S. Gould, MT. and Mrs. c. T. Knapp, L. w. Mo- Cormick, Irene Rosshirt, and c. D. Whalen.
 Two tour parties are aboard. The Farmer-Stockman Alaska tour, led by Clarence Roberts of Oklahoma, City, Okla, consisting of 116 persons. The other tour, includes nine per- sons, led by Prof. w. c. Fischer of Whitewater, Wis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
B. D. Stewart Is Grandfather; It's a Boy

There was a wide smile of vir- tual grin proportions on the face of Mining Commissioner B. D. Stewart this morning. The reason may be found in the fact that the Commissioner had just received a radiogram from Anchorage that a son had been born to MT. and Mrs. D. B. Stewart, Jr., at that city, the young man to be named B. D. Stewart, III.
 The Commissioners son is in charge of engineer work for the Alaska Road Commission in Me- Kinley National Park.
 Young B. D., III, joins little sister in the family circle.
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DAN LIVES WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW
 ON MT. M'KlNLEY

Mrs. Dan Livie, accompanied by her son and daughter, is return ing to Juneau aboard the Mount Mckinley, following a visit of four and one-half months in Seattle.
 While in the south Mrs. Liyie visited with her mother, Mrs Anna Larson. An employee of the AL aska Juneau mine, MT. Livie is the son of John Livie of Juneau.
 The Island of Guam is adminis- tered by an American naval goy- ernor with almost unlimited powers.
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pr. ShOWaIter
 Dies Suddenly

SEATTLE, Aug. 6. = Dr. N. D. Showalter, 68, former State Super intendent of Public Instruction, died suddenly in a hospital here as a result of an attack of the heart. He had been ill three weeks.
 Dr. Showater was the only Re- publican state official to survive the Democratic landslide of four years ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-08-06
BASEBALL TODAY

The following are scores of early games played in the two major leagues this afternoon:
 National League Boston 6; Chicago 12, first game. New York 6; Pittsburgh 3.
 American League Chicago 3; Boston T. The camefs long eyelashes pro- tect his eyes from blown sand and sun glare of the desert.