The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIL, NO. 5656. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1931. PRICE TEN CENT§ ATES; ALS0 ABROAD MILLIONS VETERANS 6ET CHECKS;LOANS MADE QUICKLY Ten Thousand Given Relief on First Day of Grant- ing Money $3,000,000 IS REPORTED DISTRIBUTEDSATURDAY Fifty Milion Dollars Avail- able at Bureau Re- { gional Offices WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2. —Loan applications of veterans «clicked through the governmental machinery last Saturday at the rate of more than 1,000 an hour as ap- peals went forth to permit those most in need to be allowed to file first. Chief Finance Officer H. W. Breining, of the Veterans’ Bureau, estimated that more than 10,000 checks for upwards of $3,000,000 went out from 54 regional offices Saturday. . Long lines of men assembled in the Washington, D. C. regional of- fice. { Of 1,200 applications received up to noon last Saturday, only 175, were for loans on certificates never before borrowed upon. 1 Speedy Handling From 500 to 600 applications an hour were handled in the Wash-| | | | mass of fabric and metal. NN eapelin 1s resed b3 500 Men ' FISHERMEN MAKE For First Flight to Be Made, June ‘ BUSINESS IMPROVING IN UNITED § The metd]l skeleton of the first of two new super-dirigibles being built for the United States Navy, is now being covered with fabric at the Goodyear-Zeppelin dock in Akron, Ohio. imen, half of them making parts and the others putting them in place, are breathing life into the fmert! ARE DISTRIBUTED TO VETS G e R o ke B ) BETTER TIMES COMING:SIENS OF OPTIMISM WAR ON AUCTION Upward T rend Indicated by Hoover’s National Vessel Owners and Crews Unite to market catches. The Fisheries announces that the grading rules grade. The halibut schooner Norland from Juneau with 20,000 pounds Saturday and Capt. Thomas Sandvik turned over the catch to the pounds or more than 60 pounds as second grade. accept the new grading rules and other conditions insisted on by to the banks. were refused by vessel owners and fishermen who unloaded 80,000 The Sitka, of Juneau, unloaded 112,000 pounds. at Seattle today. - g and 9 cents'a pound cash, under the 1930 gradiny rules, from the United Pacific Fisherics, and will get whatever else is obtained when the fish is marketed. As high as 17 and 14 arc expected, less 2 cents a pound commission, to be deducted from future returns. Eight hundred work-| Halibut vesssl owners and fishermen in Seatile have organized the United PacHfic Fisheries cticns, The 1930 rules provide that fish weighing between 10 and 80 pounds each shall be first de and that fish weighing between 5 and 10 piunds er more than 80 pounds shall be second The Fisheries also announces that it has made an agreement with the Atlantic Pacific Packing Company whereby the latter, for all ha'ibut offered at Prince Rupert and Seattle, will pay 12 cents a pound for first grade and 9 cents a pound for second grade, and that while sales wiil be made to any parties desiring to make parchases all deals must be on the 12 and 9 basis under the 1930 rules. The prices of 12 and 9 are subject to adjustment to either higher cr lower, from time to time, in accordance with the trend of general market conditions. ing to put up the cargo at auction on the Seattlc Fish Exchange, which for 1931 has adopted new grading rules, classifying fish between 10 and 60 pounds as first grade and fish between 5 and 10 Prince Rupert vessel owners and fishermen, who have kept their boats in port rather than of 12 and 9 cents under old grading rules of the United Pacific Fisheries, and are hastening Fifteen and 9 cents a pound, for first and sccond grades respectively, under the 1931 rules, will ship the fish fresh on the Alameda tonight to the United Pacific Fisheries in Seattle. Survey Board 'DEPRESSION NEA® END 'SAYS CHAIRMAN BARNES to Sell Catches of 1930 shall govern 1931 tran- | | . ;Confldence and Energy | Manifested in All { Lines of Industry I WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2. —The business horizon is clearing, finds Julius H. Barnes. Things are getting better and signs are optimistic. Such is the report of the Chair- man of President Hoover's National Business Survey made at the con- ference today for the midwinter season. Not only are things better in the United States but also. abroad and the clouds of depression are seen to have been pushed back by the light of confidence and energy. | The bright spots reported by | Chairman Barnes are: | Recurring demonstration of in- | dustry which is generally attained by an adjustment of stocks. | Production and marketing in of halibut arrived in Seattle United Pacific FicHerles, refus- buyers have accepted the offer pounds in Juncau today. They She received a minimum of 12 e e rerraeereeeeesees | Which even more moderate expan= ington, D. C. office and officials . . & sald ‘a-similar-rate was maintained . at the 53 other reglonal offices. Chisf Finance Officer Breining said checks will rise to 25,000 daily this week and remain at that leyet #hrough this month. = He said the checks will approximate $7,500,000 daily during the peak this month, | after which he expects loans to ' start declining. He said $20,000,000 | have already been obtained from S, the Treasury to add to the $30,000,- <Highes NAMED TOHERD | Robbers” ported, "y, . JOBLESS i i ——— (Lawyer on 16th Floor of! Smith Tower Vic- ONE HUNDRED * MILLION FOR | DELIVERS LOAD T0 FISHERIES Established as Halibut Prices United Pa;fic Fisheries Will Take All Seattle 12 and 9 Cen's .. | |Senator Wheeler Introduces Norland Turns Over 20,000 slon in demand have immediate FLEET SENDS ITS _ FISH TO SEATTLE o EXTRA SESSION NOTNEGESSARY Fifteen and-fients. Under, Tenth Legislature Con-| ot ey Bursp syt e Toded auid | tim of Bandits Resolution to+ Aid Pounds to Newly Or- and Rupert Cargoes | 1931 Rules, Refused | Is BELIEF Nuw :g:g:‘;‘ ‘;:Efi‘:zg‘_gx"x’k_! Begins 6&?.8)’ Term | SEATTLE, March 2—Wnat is Unemployed ganized Association SEATTER - Mrtn 0 -AGdone by Fishermen [ R |are things of the past in Seattle 'described as Seattle’s “highest rob- ways and corridors of three floors' of the Liggett Building, Fourth QRGANIZATION IN BOTH med Saturday when appromatcl; HOUSES 1S P ERFECTED med Saturday when approximately 2,000 former soldiers attempted to i - 2 reach the United States Veterans’ Bureau offices and file appllcntlom.A' W FOX Named Senate for loans. cretary and Lawrence The elevators discharged the Kerr Clerk Of House would-be applicants ‘on the sixth and seventh floors when the corri- dors on the eighth floor, on which ' The Tenth Biennial Alaska Legis- the office is situated, had been lature got away to a flying start filled. Eleven additional clerks were im- convened by Secretary Karl Thele, ' lowed him from pressed into service today. both branches quickly performed Most of the veterans presenting the main cogs in their permanent | i themselves requested the full 50 orgahization and cleared the way percent loan. i One thousand applications were ! Luther C. Hess, Fairbanks banker taken before noon last Saturday. 8nd Democrat, was unanimously Veterans in need are to be given Chosen both temporary and per- for completing of all details. 1 preference. DOUBLE QUICK TIME SPEED UP CHECKING WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2. (Continued on Page Five) , manent President of the Senate. Joseph H. Murray, Cordova attor-' ney, Republican and dean of the bery,” was reported to the police last Saturday afternoon. Two robbers escaped with $2,800 from the sixteenth floor of the Smith Tower while their victim, Aston Peake, an attorney, waited in a ,washroom fearing to raise an out- cry as they had threatened to !shoot him it he came out within {ten minutes. 'a bank for a business transaction. at noon today when, after it was Ine two bandits apparently fol- the bank to his of- ce. REVENUE SHOWN FOR DECADE IN | | Peake withdrew the money from | i SEATTLE, M h 2— C in 'and Prince Rupert as factors of CARAWAY COMPLAINS Thomas Sandvi;rcsklppef u‘;m:hr; importance in the halibut trade, if ABOUT DROUGHT FUND schooner Norland, which arrived success attends a new sale method —— in Seattle Saturday from Juneau, at fixed prices, arranged by vessel . with 20,000 pounds of halibut in owners and fishermen on one side Secretary Hyde Immediate- her hold, is the first representative and a marketing organization on of boat owners and fishermen to the other side. lyy Makes Reply There |have made a practical demonstra- Vessel owners and fishermen, IS NO Delay {tion in Seattle against enforcement both of whom are interested in ob- taining as high prices as possible for halibut, have formed the Unit- led Pacific Fisheries. Its purpose is to dispose of halibut brought to Seattle and Prince Rupert. jof the new grading rules, which | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2, were recently announced by buyers | —Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Dem- for wholesale dealers and which re- 'ocrat, of Montana, has introduced duce the maximum weight of first a resolution to authorize that $100- grade fish from 80 to 60 pounds 1000,000 be expended by President each, thereby lessening the amount, \Hoover for relief of unemployed of first grade in all catches. throughout the country. Captain Sandik refused to post | The Republicans made no de- his halibut on the Seattle Fish Ex- fense of the Administration when'ehange, which has adopted the new |the Democratic Senator chxrged‘sradmg regulations. He disposed failure to provide relief. ;of his cargo at private sale to the | Little hope is held out for enact-! {ment of additional relief. Marketing Arrangement { From the United Pacific Fisher- |les, the Atlantic Pacific Packing {Company will take all halibut of- {fered it, according to well-authen- ticated reports, This company is a Brooklyn, N. Y. subsidiary of, the Atlantic Pacific Tea company. The arrangement of the United Pacific Fisheries with the Atlantic United Pacific Fisheries, recently {formed of vessel owners and fish-! | While Senator Caraway charged'ermén. The price was not made {and fishermen, Fifteen cents a pound for first grade halibut and 9 cents a pound for second grade halibut, grading to be under 1931 rules, which clas- sifies all fish more than 60 pounds in welght as second grade, were refused by vessel owners and fish- ermen on that part of the Juneau's fleet, which returned home yester- day and todav from the season’s first trip to the banks. The aggre- gate hailing is 80,000 pounds. All of it" will be shipped fresh tonight on the Alameda, by vessel ownors to Seatltd, the United -Pacific Fisheries paying a minimum of 12 cents and 9 cents a pound cash, under 1930 grading rules, which put fish weigh- ing between 10 and 80 pounds in the first grade. ¥ Congress Will Probably Complete All Import- ant Business WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2. —When the Senate recessed last Saturday afternoon it was with the assirance there will be no extra sesgjon. Republican Leader Watson sald he had received information from President Hoover no session will be called if all important matters ara is cleared away. A s BANDMEN DIE The 15 and 9 offer, under 1931 rules, was made by the Sebastian Stuart Company, E. Engstorm, rep-' House, was named temporary Speaker of the House, and Grover C. Winn, Republican, was unani-| NEW STATISTIC Secretary of Agriculture Hyde with public. The deal was controlled | “deliberately holding up” the $20,» by the old grading rules; that is, {000,000 supplemental drought re- fish weighing between 10 and 80 |lief, - the Secretary announced 'a pounds each are classified as first) . Tesentative, . . Pacific Packing Company 15 de- ‘Dinner to Prince of Wales mous choice for permanent Speak- er. - { Others Are Named Cheuws Gl_“” | After electing Judge Arthur W.| W hen Wlfe Fox, Juneau, Secré@ary of the Sen- | ate, the upper house recessed until | 3 pm. today to consider applica-' tions for the remaining clerical po- sitions to be filled. It was expected .to complete its organization before | adjournment. | | Lawrence Kerr was unanimous- 1y elected Chief Clerk of the House| Refuses Request SEATTLE, March 2—Angry because his wife refused to bring him a drink of water, Edward Walsh, aged 32 years, a longshoreman, ran to the sink in the kitchen and bit a chunk out of a glass tumbler. He chewed the glass and swal- lowed the bits. Walsh was tak- asistant clerk. Miss Christle Sa- ther, Nome, was named engrossing clerg, Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, en- rolling clerk, A. Bartholomew, Ket- chikan, messenger, and Mrs. Bettie stomach. He will probably re- cover, (Continued on Page Eight) Film Actors Arrested; Party Annoys Neighbors; | Women Scantily Dressed HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March 2.—|was released on $750 bail. Three film actors were arrested| Walter Catlett and Pat O'Brien when a squad of police broke up a |were charged with intoxication and Hollywood party that was so loud |fined $10 each. that neighbors a block away com-| The Police said the women at plained. 3 the party were scantily clad. William Henry Boyd was charged| The room in which the party with possession of liquor, gambling ,was held was equipped with a and showing obscene plctures, He |richly furnished bar, : Auditor Cole Releases Com- pilation Depicting Sources, Revenue Territorial revenues in the de- cade between 1921 and 1930 aggre- gated - $10,002,518.42, an average of slightly more than $1,000,000 per year, according to statistics com- ipiled by Auditor Cash Cole and| made public today. The lawest and Mrs. Nadja Vestal was made year of the period was 1921, when| receipts totaled $563.244.01, aud the highest was 1927, $1,379, 422.20. The compilation is one of the most detailed pictures of the Ter- ritory’s sources of income ever made, and shows receipts by in- dustry, business and profession, and the Division in which it originated. Fisheries Income Greatest Fisheries furnish the Territory with most of its income. Ital from taxes on the several branches of the industry in the ten-year period was $5,850,337.40, which does not includ> any of the income taxes paid by them ner the| schioel ™l tax receip's from the same suurce. The source of the second highest revenue producer is the school poll tax law. Receipts from that sched- ule between 1921 and 1930 aggre- gated $855,138.91. Income taxes from mining totaled $631289552 for third place. (Continued on Page Four) The to- plan to dispense food loans. jgrade and fish weighing between | 1 Secretary ‘Hyde said the farmers 5 and 10 pounds or more than w‘flshndzel?;:‘? ‘ifi;”gecf,?,d“m’mgg |may obtain funds through the Agri- pounds each are deemed second‘mibm shall be fish We’lshmg be- | cultural’ Credit Corporation for seed grade. Under these old rules, the tween 5 and 10 pounds each, or {loans as well as food loans. His of+!Norland's 20,000-pound cargo .con-| than 80 pounds each. 4 | fice denied there had been any de- |sisted of 18,000 pounds first grade MOT® thal 89 FOUACE TEeR: . ]nnd 2,000 pounds second grade. ‘ That for the present the prices | { ipaid fishermen at Seattle and —— | ! 1 AME ! : e H Prince Rupert shall be 12 cents a y; oRdn ¥ ComurL Trlfl]c VIdlms mn pound for r:rst grade and 9 cents a CHARGED IN COMPLAINT | Seattle Now Total 31 pound for second grade haltbut. That the stipulated prices shall ! A.'N. Dykester, arrested last week at Preshwater Bay by Deputy SEATTLE, March 2—Seattle’s be adjusted, that is, changed if | Mersha! Hadland was brought here 1931 traffic toll reached 31 with Decessary, from time to time, to today by him and charged with the death last Saturday afternoon meet the consumption demand of | violating the Alaska Game Law. of Bert Graham, aged 59 years, markets generally instead of being | Tt is alleged he had game meat injured a week ago when struck influenced like auction prices by ‘and furs in his possession illegally. by an automobile. ‘Sll;lk?‘l)’t ac;-_‘ Dl‘l;ee" Odf ;Ucit“zn-msha‘”l a e United Pacific eS| | is free to make sales to whomso- | lever it pleases providing it makes Titled Laborite Plans |“hem for the same stipulated pric- | 'es that control sales to the Atlantic 2 Pacific Packing Company. ‘ LaunChlng Of New PartV | Ross Wilson, representing the 4 | United Pacific Fisheries, said to- day: | “We are ready to take fish in |Seattle and Prince Rupert. As for any arrangement with the At- Sovietism is seen in the plan t0 jantic Pacific Packing Company, turn the “talk shop” Parliament'that js a matter in the future.' into a “work shop” with limited There is nothing to say now.” Dictatorship and the creation with, Dealers are Reticent an inner cabinet of five or siXx Roy Jensen, representative of the members, without port folio, to act gld dealers’ association, in com- menting on the reported arrange- Tt is planned to have 400 candi- — 2 | dates at the next election, (Continued on Page Seven) ; Which Appealsto Y out LONDON, March 2.—Sir Oswald Mosley, aged 35, a titled Laborite, ‘announces the launching of a new party to deal with the economic crisis. | The party will appeal to youth,|as an executive commiitee. those who have young ideas of gov- ,ernment, The spirit of Fascism- | within two weeks. Mr. clared to be based on the tollow-[ Sitka Unloads at Seattle i and Brother Has That first grade halibut shall be of Juneau and skippered by Capt, William Douc:t*, unloaded her car- cording to adviees to Mr. Goldsteln BARILOCHE, Argentina, Mareh she was offerei a minimum of 12 2—Twelve ‘members of a military ing terms: | The Sitka, owned by I. Goldstein Fatal Ending go at Seattle this morning. Ac- and 9 cents cash for her cargo of band were drowned. on .Lake Lan- 1 112,000 pounds, grading to be under quisue returning from Chile after 1930 rules, and whatever else may Playing at a dinner for the Prince be received from the markefing of of Wales and Prince George. the fish, less 2 cents a pound com- A lighter was rammed and sunk mission, Tetirs to be reintied by the steamer Chile. Goldstein The brother Princes entered Ar< the offer. gentina from Chile via the lakes elf. Of the “Chilean Switzerland,” en= route to Buenos Aires to open the British Trade Exposition March 14. cabled acceptance of The Sitka does no fishing lLers (Continued on Page Sever D&eéate Sfithgrlafi;l V Again Makes An Attack { On Lomen Reindeer Co. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2. Island. —Alaska Delegate Dan Sutherland | Paul Redington. Chief of the Bio« has charged before Secretary Wil- |logical Survey, appeared before the. bur's Reindeer Committee that |Reindeer Committee, which is seek- setting aside of Nunivak Island ing a way to ending the dispute and adjacent Islands by the Bio- between the Eskimo and American logical Survey as wild life reserva-|herd owners. tions, gave the Lomen Reindeer | Redington declared that breeding Corporation a monopoly | experiments were being conducied Delegate Sutherland declared the [on the islands and when these are Lomen Reindeer Company extorted ended the Bureau will probably % the natives through a trading sta- (have no reason to prohibit the es= tion while the Government kept|tablishment of additional trading other traders from operaling on the ! stations.