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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
N0RTHLAND MANAGER
 MAKES ROUND TRIP

MT. and Mrs. William Semar, Vir- ginia Semar and Esther Johnson are round trippers on the North Sea. Semar is General Manager of the Northland Transportation Com pany and is making the round trip accompanied by his wife, daughter and schoolmate of Miss Semar.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
Mrs. Louis Kann
 Back in Juneau

Mrs. Lcuis Kann returned here on the steamer North Sea after a visit over two mcnths in Seattle with her mother, Dr. Nancy Fulton.
 Mrs. Kann is the wife of Louis Kann, proprietor of Kann's Variety Store in this city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
INDIAN WOMAN SHOT,; INQUEST
 IS UNDER WAY
Mrs. Hazel Wheat Killed While at Target Prde-
 flee with Grado

An inquest into the shooting last night of Hazel Wheat, 30-year-old Indian woman, was being held this afternoon in the court of U. 5. Com missioner Felix Gray.
 Mrs. Wheat was shot in the head with .22 calibre bullet fired from a combination 22 rifle and 40 gauge shotgun, known as a Game Getter."
 John Grade. with whom Mrs. Wheat was firing the weapon at inn promptu target practice at Grado's home eight miles out the Glacier Highway, said she shot herself. The gun has a 12-inch barrel
 Grade Tn Jail
 Grado was held in jail pending the outcome of the inquest.
 Jurors hearing testimony this af- ternocn are Lockie MacKinnon, AL fred Lundstrom, John G. Morrison, Benjamin Leaning, Thomas J. Ryan and Walter E. Bathe.
 At the same time, an autopsy was being made at the Charles w. Carter funeral parlor.
 The bullet entered Mrs. Wheat's head about two inches above the right ear She was dead when brought to the Government Hos pital by Grado and D. c. Simons.
 Met Downtown
 Testimony at the inquest showed that Mrs. Wheat and another na- tive woman met Grado at a down town tavern yesterday afternoon and later went out the highway to Grado's cabin. All had been drink ing.
 The shooting took place at about 6:30 o'clock. Grado said he was sit ting at the base of a tree, with Mrs. Wheat sitting between his legs. Af- ter each shot, she would hand the gun back to him for loading, he said.
 The shooting was investigated last night by an FBI agent and Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter Hellan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
DEGAN ON SICK LISI

Sante Degan was unable to be at his post in the Douglas Inn today on account of illness. Visited by his physician the latter stated the s.ek man may not be able to go back to work for several days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
BILLY BIGGS IN TOWN

William (Billy) Biggs, storekeeper at Hirst-Chichagof, is visiting in Juneau for few days and will leave on the Mount Mckinley for the south for vacation trip of two months.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
Couple Club PIansiaI
 Progressive Dinner

At last nights meeting of the Couple Club, plans were, made for a progressive dinner during tn 2 month of May. The affair will be given at homes of the, various mem bers on Glacier Highway.
 Hosts for the May gathering will be MT and Mrs. R. B. Lesher and MT. and Mrs. Ted Austerman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
TRIO FROM DOUGLAS
 GO WESTWARD TODAY

Three Douglas mer are now en- route to Dutch Harbor for work ort the naval base there, having sailed on the Columbia this morning They are Jack Ellman, L. B. Nelson and Ernest K. Johanson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
MCDONALD GOES WEST

A. H. Mcdonald, General Agent of the Alaska Steamship Company to the Westward, who attended the recent legislative session, left for Seward and his headquarters at An chorage aboard the Columbia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
ALUMNI MEETING

Today is the last one that contri- button boxes will be around town for the Robert Feero benefit fund as the meeting of Douglas nigh school alumni i3 to be held to re- ceive and distrbuTel the funds A soc .al time with refreshments has been planned to follow the regular business session tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
JOE MCLEAN NORTH

Joe Mclean, of the Mclean h., surance Agency, flew to Fairbanks this morning on PAA Electra for "a four days business trip. He will return to Juneau by plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
SONS OF MANAHAN

Dick and Bob Manahan, sons of w. J. Manahan, Traffic Manager of the Northlapd Transportation Company, are round trip passengers on the steamer North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
TAGGART IN TOWN

s. ". Taggart, prominent Nome man, is a passenger aboard the North Sea on trip to Sitka and returning here will then proceed to his Seward Peninsula headquarters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
SITKA BOUND

Hazel Mcclellan, daughter of the contract superintendent of Stems Drake Puget Sound at Sitka, is aboard the North Sea going to Sitka to visit her father.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
MELLORs RETURN

Returning from a vacation trip to Laguna Beach, California, MT. and Mrs. w. Mellor are aboard the North Sea, bound for Sitka and their home on Neva Island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
SIDES RETURNS

Merv H. Sides, U s. Deputy Col lector of Customs, returned to Ju- neau on the Northland today after a five days trip to Sitka on of ficial business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
ROUND PREFERS

Ketchikan school teachers are making a round trip to Sitka. They are the Misses Marl Lloyd and Ana fred Hoecker and are aboard the North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
MINING MEN FLY

Peter IAiscovich and John Misco- yich, prominent mining men of the Interior, arrived on the Columbia and left aboard PAA Electra for the Interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
HOME GUARD DRILL

Regular weekly drill of Douglas Home Guards will take place at the natatorium this evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
HERE FROM PETERSBTRG

Knute Thompson, Petersburg fish buyer, arrived in Juneau on the steamer North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
LOZZIEs RETURN

Don Lozzie, former Juneau taxi man, and wife arrived in Juneau on the North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
HERE FROM MINNESOTA

H. E. flakes, retired merchant of Windom, Minnesota, and wife, are round trip passengers on the steam CT North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
MEHERIN TO INTERIOR

J. J. Meherin left by PAA Elec- tra today for the Interior for a call on the trade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08

Retail sales of gasoline in Can ada for the first nine months of l94O amounted to s66O, ,105,000 gall Ions. M I
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08
MRS. RIDDEN SOUTH

Mrs. Henry Roden sailed south to Seattle on the Northland for short trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08

RICH TO KETCHIKAN Gil Rich, well known travelling man, is a passenger aboard the Northland for Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-08

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 woo Dr. Mrs George Heller, although they Michael sway Shown hs thinks upset and all
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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

are being passed. No worse bill
aimed at labor could possibly
have been conceived than is
contained in the language of
Senate Bill 3S. a bill to estab.
lish Home Guard. had been
amended as result of our
single handed protest against an
open invitation TO corporations
to dominate the Home Guard
through the making of gifts.
Only after our protest was this
danger arrested. and even to.
day there are no administrative
rules and regulations issued. in
Scfar aS We know. that would
guarantee the full protection of
the civil rights of the commun-
itv and of the labor rights Of
the working people against the
commission of possible illcgali-
ties BY the Home Guard.
Though we could not agree with
he American Federation of La
Dor officials. who Insisted upon
their type Of a State Labor Re-
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

quick to recognize the symptom and retired
him to his appropriate position.
What happened to Homer Well. blow
US down if he hash, headed up as a qualified
member OF the staff OF the Ford Motor Com
pany.
Homer Martin. the communist. red and
radical OF 1887 is officiating as paid staff
member in charge of instructing Ford Com
pany toremen in the art of labor relationsl
What beats US is this The nations press
assailed Homer Martin as a commy in 1887
when he was working with the automobile
workers
Now that the guy is working with the
fascist minded Jews batting Henry Ford the
press keeps silent.
Homer Martin, the alleged red since con-
ver,ed to labor busting. has become respecta-
bic with the lords Of the press.
1t surely is strange state Of affairs which
almost calls for an editorial from his erstwhie
opponent who edits the Cumberland News
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27
A Closed Shop

The Maryland General Assembly has bill
before It to introduce the principle Of a closed
shop INTO politics
Under the terms OF House Bill Number ! :
only those politicians who are affiliated with
the Democratic or Republican parties will be
eligible to enter into the employment Of elect
ed political Office holding
It Is bill which is undemocratic and con-
tTary TO the best interests of free elections.
Coming as il does after the unwhole-
some revelations of attempted buying of
nomination in the recent Maryland
Senatorial primaries the Bill shows how
completely Indifferent the politicians are
to good government. II shows how little
respect obtains in legislative minds for
those who returned them to Office.
Every decent person in the State was
disguised at the unholy flow of money
during the asst couple Of Maryland
elections.
The proposals to make it almost financially
impossible for an independent candidate to
run for Office reveal that an extension OF the
unwholesome system, rather than a cleansing.
is in some minds
Labor spokesmen this week protested the
Bill They pointed out that the ant-labor
attitude Of State legislators may make it neces-
sary for an attempt to independently clean
house.
So the politicians who decry closed shop
in industry have gotten busy to obtain the ad
vantage for themselves.
Somebody should write to that paragon OF
virtue the Baltimore Sun. and put them wise
to the move.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

The strike at the Bethlehem Steel Company
plant in Bethlehem Pa. is the direct outcome
OF the management persistent policy to evade
genuine collective bargaining
For years its notorious ERP, or Employees
Representation Plan. has been used to violate
the Wagner Act and set up company stooges
to engage in phony collective bargaining pro-
ccdures
After patient hearings the National Labor
Relations Board stamped the ERP Of Bethie-
hem Steel as company creature and ordered
1t disestablished. An appeal from the decisiq
is pending.
But, seeing the handwriting on the wall the
El2P attempted this week to rush through
elections in the plant. They refused to await
the outcome Of their appeal, but went ahead
with what all thinking people will recognize
attempt to circumvent the law
The workers of Bethlehem Steel who have
the courage to belong to real union. warned
that If the election was held they would stop
work. The elections were attempted and the
honest union men acted as they had warned
The election was being conducted the
company property. 1t is safe to assert that
the company was a party to the affair
We believe it fair to place responsibility for
the strike right on the shoulders OF Bethlehem
Steel and their stooges and creatures OF the
ERp
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

lations Act, we supported this bill
with some amendments. when
they had it introduced in the
House Of Delegates. and it. too.
came to the floor of the House Of
Delegates as a labor bill. This
measure also was defeated. and
this defeat would have been i'm.
possible had it had your support.
Shabby and Ruthless
Only a few short weeks ago
the Eastern Shore Delegates
agreed, according to the press.
that they would unanimously OPP
pose all labor legislation. This
went publicly unnoticed and pub
licly unrebuked BY the Governor
Of the State.
As the setting for this shabby
and ruthless treatment by your
administration toward labor. your
treatment Of the working people
generally is even less enviable.
Again you are adopting the tactic
of economizirg only where the
poor and helpless are concerned.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

gram and given some administra-
ton leadership TO the General AS
sembly on a labor program.
We understand fully the dis
tinctions in law and in practice
between the executive and the
legislative branches OF our gov.
eminent: but at the same time. II
would be childishly naive OF US
not to know that only such leg
islation as your administration
approves is progressing through
the Assembly. and such legislation
as your administration opposes is
being halted.
Your admonition. therefore,
few weeks ago. to the labor COM
mittee that called on you for your
support against the Anti-Sabo-
tage Bill. s. B. 1T. would seem
TO be unwarranted. may say
further. that 1t has come TO my
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

The mos, impressive labor demonstration
ever staged at Annapolis was held on March
] at the public hearing on the so-called Anti
Sabotage Bill, 5. B. NJ.
Clio. AL. railroad brotherhoods d
friends Of labor turned out to protes, a measure
which they hold is primarily designed to ham
string organized labor.
Speaker after speaker hammered home i'm
pressive facts. They showed that existing state
legislation is adequate TO cover punishment OF
any saboeurs or would be saboteurs. They
questioned that the pending legislation would
prevent sabotage.
The labor speakers, time after time, de
clayed their firm opinion that the provisions o!
the bill are designed and will be invoked. to
cripple the legitimate actions Of organized la
Dor and s;rangc its rights
We rcpes; that all sections OF organized
labor were represented. even If the man who
heads the state AFL and holds $4,000 a
year state Job was absent from the hearings
The only supporters Of the bill were spokcs
men VINO alleged tina: they spoke for the
As.esicaa Legion and the Veterans Of Foreign
Var
Wen, the James P. Love Post, Ameri-
can Legion, Homecoming and the Farrady
Fost. American Legion, Frostburg, last
week went on record as opposed to the
Ansi-Ssbotage Bill and sent their protests
to the Governor end legislature. Officers
Of both posts asserted that they had never
been consulted in this legislation. This
means that the spokesman in Annapolis
were speaking for themselves.
Last Saturday Governor O'Conor included
Senate Bill II among his must legislation.
In view Of the Governor 5 inslstence that the
Bill be passed over the strong and reasoned
protests Of all sections Of labor it would seem
quite fair for Us to assert that not only does
the Governor fail to live up to his former
claim OF being a friend OF labor. but he actu-
ally places himself in the ranks OF labors
enemies
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27
Protest Anti-Labor Attitude of Gov O Conor
Continued from peg. one

Continued from page one
including House Bill 296
3 Several bills Oh Workmen's
Compensation
4 Four safety and employment
measures. protecting labor
ana the public on the rail
roads. Senate Bills 1893
through 202. inclusive.
a BIZ to prohibit the use Of
the common law oFense Of
riot. rout and unlawful as
sembly against labor in labor
disputes.
Not Naive
You must agree that we have
been very fair with you. The COM
mittee presented the result Of It's
work to you early in February. and
1t is now late in March. Surely.
that would seem to be time
enough. and more beyond. in
which 70 have analysed our pro-
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

attention that you openly mani
tested your support for Senate
Bill 1T while II was pending in
the Senate. and exerted a great
deal Of pressure to force its pass
age.
Instead OF a friendly attitude
on the part Of your administra-
ton towards labor. as we may
have been led TO believe because
Of your invitation 10 the labor
groups TO work out n program.
we find a hostile anti.labor at
titude at Annapolis today. in
which leadership from your
Party Is playing its role. Glanc-
ing first at the program which
was agreed to by all Of labor. we
find that only yesterday was la
Dor given a severe setback by
the defeat Of a State Wage and
Hour Bill. House Bill 1874. This
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

defeat would have been impOs-
Sible had the measure had your
support. The need for State
Wage and Hour law in Mary
land is urgent and painfully
Self-cvidcnt. and neither YOU
nor YOUR administration can
justify the defeat OF this mea-
sure. Records of the Federal
Government disclose that the
earnings of the workers employ.
ed in private industry in the
State of Maryland are shock
ingly low.
Low Incomes
! TWo-hfths Of the Maryland
rGe.s who were employed IN
private industry had an annual
wage income Of less than $500 in
1887 which was the highest wage
year between 1929 ana 1889. Many
Of them had earnings Of less than
$500
. Half Of the Maryland work
ers had annual wages of less than
ss7l.
3. Two-thirds of the workers
earned less than $1,000.
4. Less than 5 per cent Of the
Maryland workers had incomes
between $1,000 and 5000 i an
amount which would provide a
fairly decent health standard OF
living for a small family.
Labor's Unemployment Com
pensation bills were completely
d!sregarded Not only did you in
troduce your own bill. H. B. 200.
before YOU had seen our propos
ais. but in addition. the House
committee charged with studying
this measure did not see 1T to
grant us the common courtesy OF
a public hearing or any kind OF
a hearing on H B. 296. This COM
mittee leadership is part OF your
administration group No such
dlscourteSy and lack Of consider
alton was ever shown TO groups
who represent the employers in
tereSts. Not only does your House
Bill 296 fall short OF an adequate
unemployment compensation pro-
gram. but 1t contains certain pro.
visions which. from the stand
point Of labor. weaken the pres
ent law. On labor's Workmen's
Compensation bills no action has
yet been taken. No railroad la
Dor legislation has received favor
able action.
AS II this i'll treatment were
not bad enough. anti-labor bills
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

Your reduction OF the welfare
budget serves only to injure the
poor and the unfortunate. This
is in direct contradiction to the
needs particularly OF the work
ing people and the farmers Of
Western Maryland. who requested
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27

a food-stamp plan. which re-
quires an additional appropria-
ton to the welfare budget.
Your administration failed to
render any material assistance to
the reduction OF the unconscion-
Continued on Page Three
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1941-03-27
Rem eHa1ber Homer:

About three years ago the nations press
was vigorously attacking Homer Martin, then
leader of the United Automobile Workers of
America, as a communist, a red and radical
who should be placed behind bars.
Shortly thereafter Homer's head outgrew
the size Of his hat
The United Automobile Workers were
Evening star., 1941-03-02

requests to finish their college
courses or to attend to personal
business, but will be called up before
September.
First of Courses.
The first of the courses were given
at Northwestern University and
aboard the U. S. S. Illinois, which
has been tied up for years at North
River and Ninety-sixth street, New
York, where she has served as an
armory for the New York Naval Re-
serve battalion. But when the re-
servists were called to active duty
she became a naval school. Glasses
will be continued at these places,
and in addition a class was in
augurated at the United States
Naval Academy on February IA,
after the first class, which nor
mally would be graduated in June
of this year, was commissioned
To the naval school went TOO of the
young men who had successfully
passed the cruise tests. While all
of the former classes have been
given instruction largely to fit them
for deck officers, the Navy an
nounced that number of the young
men who are at the first academy
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Maintains Mail Service Europe Despite War Delays

How much mail has been lost in
transit to Europe, through the sink
ing of British and other merchant
vessels by mines, airplane bombs
and submarines? According to esti-
mates of Post Office Department
officials, the losses reported so far
amount to between 10000 and 49,
900 bags. Approximately 10000 bags
of Christmas mails were destroyed
in the sinking of the Western
Prince. This is the largest single
loss. Last September 901 bags went
down in the sinking of British
steamer, and in June 470 bags were
lost on a ship en- route to France.
Still a mystery is the fate of the
French steamer Vile de Arlon,
which left New York on November
IA carrying 3,700 bags of United
States mails. Post Office Depart
ment officials have received no re-
port on this shipment, and at the
present writing do not know whether
it was lost at sea or whether it
has been taken over by the Nazis.
The Post Office Department con-
tinues to accept mail for Nationalist
China. To avoid possible trouble
from the japanese military authori-
ties. the routing of mails to destina-
tionS in Nationalist China is care
fully guarded. In the occupied parts
of China there have been many
complaints by Americans of censor
ship and interference by the jap
anese military authorities.
In South and Central America, in
Australia and New Zealand there
has been no interruption in the
movement of mails. Shipments to
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Bv Oliver Mckee,

With the Old World engulfed by
war, the Post Office Department, in
maintaining its European mail serv-
ices, faces one of the toughest prob
lens in its long history. Despite the
hazards of ocean navigation, and
the disruption of transportation
agencies, both on sea and on land,
United States mails are still being
dispatched to European destina-
tions. Without fanfare of publicity,
department officials labor unceas-
ingly, to use the words of the famous
field artillery song, to keep "the
caissons rolling along" Their job,
however, has been difficult one, re-
quiring diplomatic skill and re-
sourcefulnesS. Because of the eX-
plosive international questions in
volved, the full story of the efforts
made to keep the mails moving can
not be told.
Before the war, the Post Office
Department, through its interna-
tional postal service division, for
warded mails from the United
States to all parts of Europe swiftly
and with clocklike precision. Trans
Atlantic liners, flying the American
and half a dozen foreign flags, car
ried the mails to European ports,
where they were transferred by
rail to every important city in Eu-
rope. Munich, Naples and Stock
holm were then almost as near New
York, in point of time, as the Pacific
Coast.
Today, the lines OF. -communica-
ton between North America and
Europe, both by sea and air, are
thin and tenuous. On the continent,
most of which is now under the
heel of the axis, transportation is
slow and uncertain. Any day a
new extension of war operations may
threaten the flow of mails to and
from the Unit1d States. There is
no censorship of mails in United
States territory. Federal officials
lay special stress on this fact.
Though a curtain of secrecy sur
rounds the operations of foreign
censorships, it is well known that
European belligerents censor mail to
and from the United States. In