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VOL. 37 No. 281. NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 1936. Per Copy 15cts
7 Unions Agreed To Man Vessels
BROWN IS AT JUNEAU; PASSENGERS SAFE
Post Intelligencer Resume Publication Nov. 30th
r PREVIEW OF THE 1939 SAN FRANCISCO EXPEDITION
A 30-foot model, showing to scale exactly how the World’s Fair to be held in San Francisco in 1939 on an
artificial island constructed in the middle of the bay will look, has been constructed by the designing
architects. This picture shows a section of the buildings and grounds, including a huge bowl in the fore
i foreground. (Associated Press Photo)
PILOT CHET BROWN ARRIVED
JUNEAU SAFELY. WILL FLY ON
SEATTLE WITH PASSENGERS
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Nov. 25, —The gov
ernment radio station at Juneau
Wednesday night received a rad
io from Hnonah that Pilot Chet
Brown with twelve passengers
and mechanic Hank Miller were
safe and sound at Idaho Inlet,
having landed at Gull Cove, and
that he would take off as soon
as weather permitted.
Juneau, Nov. 25, — Pilot Shel
don Simmons, returning Wednes
day from an aerial search for pil
ot Brown reported that between
Juneau and the Gulf of Alaska
he had been unable to see any
thing on account of the fog.
Juneau, Nov. 26, — Pilot Brown
flew over the city and landed at
the army airport nine miles from
here. The passengers were tak
en aboard the Coast Guard Cut
ter Morris and were to arrive
at Juneau later in the day.
Juneau, Nov. 27, — The Coast
Guard Cutter Morris, arriving
here, reported it had found
Brawn’s plane yesterday morn
ing at Gulf Cove in Idaho Pass
age seventy five miles from here.
Brown declared he had been
foroed to land on aocount of the
fog. He said he had started to
turn around and head back for
the beach at Yakutat, but the fog
closed in again and compelled
#
!rm to land at Gulf Cove. He flew
here Thanksgiving day.
The Cutter Morris brought the
passengers into Juneau, because
of the hazardous take-off condi
tions on the small beach.
W. W. Stoll, Seattle mining
executive said that the party of
fourteen spent three days on the
beach with little to eat except
clams. They *ate their Thanks
giving dinner aboard the Morris.
The lone woman in the party
provided the utmost in encour
agement Stoll declared.
Stoll declared ‘Thanksgiving
was the happiest day in my mem
ory, hearing the blast of the Mor
ris as it arrived at the Cove to
pick us up.
Fishermen had given us what
shelter and food they could. One
of them, Sam Butts had a small
radio which gave us the news
hourly of the attempts to find us.
He sent out a message but dis
covered the effort had been unsuc
cessful. A passing half-breed
Indian fisherman took a message
to Hoonah, and soon the search
was directed at Gulf Cove. The
Morris was within ten miles of
us when it was ordered to pro
ceed to our rescue.
Brown’s landing of the big tri
motored plane in a heavy squall
was a miraculous piece of air
manship”.
Pilot Brown is flying on to Seat
tie with ten passengers of the
original party and two others
picked up here. Two of his or
iginal passengers boarded the
Princess Louise and headed south.
U. of W. Wins From
Wash. State Cy A
Score Forty To 0
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Nov. 26, — The pow
erful University of Washington
eleven, Thanksgiving Day, trounc
ed Washington State by a score of
40 to 0, to win the Pacific Coast
Conference championship and the
right to represent the West in
the annual Rosebowl Game to be
played on New Year’s Day. The
Washington team ended its con
ference play undefeated and tied
only once, with Stanford.
More Bodies Are
Taken Out Debris
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Nov. 25, — The bod
ies of Mrs. George Lee and Oscar
Laito were recovered from the
debris caused by the slide, late
Wednesday.
Juneau, Nov. 27, — Bodies tak
en out of (the slide today are be
lieved to be those of .Hugo Pet
erson and his wife. Both were
badly crushed. A ring on her
finger partially identified her.
Both had been together before
the slide..
ARRANGEMENTS WERE
COMPLETED UNIONS
CHARTER VESSELS
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Nov. 26, — J. J.
Liehtemwalder, assistant to gov
ernment purchasing agent Ummel
said he had been instructed by
Colonel Ohlson from San Fran
cisco to halt arrangements for
the dispatching of the govern
ment ship Boxer north because
there “was a hitch somewhere”.
Ummel is also in San Fran
cisco conferring with Ohlson.
The Northwest joint strike com
' mittee recessed over the Thanks
giving holiday, after transmitting
Wednesday vote to San Francisco
whether they were willing for
union men to load and discharge
government chartered ships for
the Alaska service. The results
j of the vote were not announced
here.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26, —
The government spokesman here
said that at noon Thursday they
had completed an agreement with
striking maritime unions for the
manning of emergency ships for
Alaska, in the form of verbal ag
reement extending “for the dura
tion of the emergency”.
These agreements were signed
between the Interior Department
and seven major maritime unions
and marked the first break in the
shipping tieup.
Ohlson declared that the Indian
Affairs vessel Boxer would be
loaded at once with emergency
supplies and sent north. Later
instructors to Seattle halted work
on preparng the Boxer for the
north.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27, -
The District Council of the Inter
national Longshoremen’s Associa
tion looked on the agreement for
the release of government char
tered vessels to carry food to A1
aska, as a possible precedent on
which the entire maritime strike
might be settled,
Col. Ohlson, manager of the A1
aska Railroad said he hoped to
complete arrangements for the
chartering of the Alaska Packers
steamer Arctic today, and then
go to Seattle and obtain another
vessel to place in the emergency
service.
In the meantime, international
support was given the strike
blockade by the Mexican Con
federation of the World which ex
tended a boycott to American
ships on the Pacific coast, the
East coast and the Gulf.
Pres. Roosevelt
Arrived At Rio
Peace Meeting
■
(By The Associated Press)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 27, —
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
set foot here on his inter-Amer
ican mission of peace, today, to
be greeted by the outstretched
arms of Brazil’s President Get
ulio Vargas, and the songs and
cheers of thousands of people as
sembled at the landing.
The President walked down the
gangplank of the cruiser Indiana
polis, removed his hat despite the
drizzle of rain and stood at at
tention while massed bands play
ed the Brazilian national anthem.
The two presidents embraced
warmly and F. D. shook hands
with U. S. Ambassador Hugh
Gibson, who was among the many
others in the welcoming commit
tee.
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Statement Made
On Strike by The
Alaska Shippers
—
The following statement receiv
ed by Joe Harnish, Nome agent
for the Alaska Steamship Co., has
been prepared by the Alaska Op.
erators for dissemination among
Alaska business concerns:
The Alaska Operators regret
the enforced temporary suspen.
sion of service to Alaska. They
appreciate that some inconven
ience is resulting to Alaska resi_
dents. The United States Cus.
toms reports, however, that Alas
ka is well stocked with essential
staples but that if the strike con.
tinues for a long period, there
will be a shortage of fresh sup.
plies.
The experience of the Motor
ship Northland, whose cargo the
unions refused to discharge or al_
low to be discharged at Alaska
ports, is convincing evidence of
the futility of sending more ves.
(Continued on Page Three)
S^ys Three Children
Adolf Zetlitz, 37, farmer living near
kmerican Falls, Ida., is pictured in
|aii there after his arrest on charges
jf murdering his three young chil
dren, all under five, while their)
nother was in a hospital. Police
mnounced he had made a signed
:onfession to slaying the youngsters'
ind then burning his home, in which,
their charred bodies were Inter
found. (Associated Press Pnoto) I
Settlement Was
Reached P. L
Guild’s Strike
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, N v. 25, Settle
ment of the Post Intelligencer
news room strike was announced
Wednesday night by Charles B.
Lindeman, associated with pub
lsher II. Richard Sellar, presi
dent of the Seattle Chapter of the
American Newspaper Guild.
Publication of the newspaper,
which has been suspended since
August 13th, will be resumed Nov
ember 30th.
Lindeman said that Seller de
clared the settlement was “vict
ory for the guild”.
The strike was due to a dispute
over the discharge of two Guild
members, Frank “Slim” Lynch,
photographer, and Everhardt
Armstrong dramatic critic.
The Seattle central labor coun
cil and labor generally support
ed the strike.
SEATTLE, Nov. 27, —The Post
Intelligencer reassembled its dis
organized newsroom staff today
while city editors planned assign
ments, with strikers and non
strikers returning to work Sunday
and Monday, for the November
30th morning edition.
The strike committee of the
Guild said that John Boettiger,
appointed by Hearst to head the
paper, they believed “would win
the confidence of the entire staff”.
His wife, the former Ann El
eanor Roosevelt, probably will
become the women’s editor, it
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