The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6217. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1932. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS BILL T0 LEGALIZE BEER PASSES HOUSE SEVERE SHOCKS ARE REGISTERED IN WEST AREAS . TR | San Francisco and Vicinity! Aroused During Last Night WINDOWS SHATTERED IN NEVADA DISTRICTS| Crockery B:i(en in Salt Lake—Clocks Are Stopped SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.! —An earthquake shook this city at 10:31 o’clock last; night. The shock was felt in near- by cities, hard enough in some places to stop clocks but no serious damage is re- ported. LARGE AREA SHAKEN g Sl g | SAN FRANCIS€O, Dec. 21.! -—The strong earthquaks felt here last night shook virtual-| ly the entire Western United States embracing about one-, fifth of the nation, seismo- logists said this morning. i The most severe shock was' felt in this section and ac- cording to the seismologists, was of a more pronounced character than any sincej APARTONPLANS IN WA SHINGTON | $ | . . . The tremors are reported President-Elect’s Views Not' Appropriations Committee to have started about 10:10, in Accord with Those Approves AR.C. Esti- ul'clnck las_t night and (:on-| of Chief Executive mates Unchanged tinued until 11 o’clock. Sl ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 21. — Gov The center of the earth 5 movement, was in Nevada Franklin D. Rooseve}t is still non- % N ~ committal on President Hoover's| whiere windows were shatter- proposal that the President-Elect ed and clocks were stopped.'ioin in an agreement to create an e a0 ‘agency for dealing with world In Salt Lake Cll) hghtszeconomic. war debt and disarma- swayed. pictures were thrown ment problems. awry and some crockery was, Meanwhile Gov. Roosevelt's broken. !friends shared the belief, with oth- 4 . ‘ers in Washington, that the Gov- Needies were thrown from ernor has already responded pri-, seismographs in Spokane, vately to President Hoover on the| o s O Y (subject, and they said they believe Berkeloy andiiinglose |the Hoover idea is not in line with Roosevelt’s views. FELT AT SITKA [ Gov. Roosevelt -is busy ‘with his SITKA, Alaska, Dec. 21. — AN own affairs here and according to earthquake was recorded on the gdvices from ‘Washington, the Pres seismograph at the observs.tory\idem is going ahead with his here last night. | proposal to appoint a Commission The first waves reached Sitka at to deal with the three subjects. 13 minutes and three seconds past 9 oclock. The distance is esti-| mated at 1,600 miles. { e TWO MINERS IN SINO-RUSSIAN TREATY LOOMS DISAGREEMENT; ONE IS KILLED jNegolialions__Will Soon Be | Started by Govern- Shooting Affray Takes Place in Mining b ok Nanking Camp in Idaho Mary Pickford will be the first woman ever to serve as grand mar- shal of the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, Cal.,, New Year's day. D. E. McDaneld (left), president of the tournament association, and Dorothy Edwards (center), queen of the tourney, extended the in- vitation. (Associated Press ©noto) After an absence of almost six weseks, Tke P. Taylor, Chief Engin- eer of the Alaska Road Commis- | sion, returned here yesterday from Washington where he was called to appear with ‘Gov. George A. Parks | before the House Committee on Appropriations. He was accom- panied home by his mother, Mrs. Sally M. Tayler, Boise, Idaho, who will visit her son and family for an indefinite time. ‘The Appropriations sub-commit- tee, hearing the road items esti-| mates d ssed, was kindly dispos- ed toward the Territory and the | Commission, Mr. Taylor said. It pas out any change. While the sum recommended,| i was appropriated last year, the| |sum to be available will be exact- | y the same as was obtained from {last year's allowances, he pointed! jout. Last year it was necessary |to cover the money involved in the compulsory furlough program lout of the appropriation. This year, the reduction was made before ap- | propriating the money. That ac- {counts for the difference in the sums appropriated. | Mr. Taylor spent two days in New York City while in the East. | He stopped at Boise, where he was 'summoned unexpectedly from SHANGHAI, Dec. 21.—The Chi- Washington on account of the sud- nese Nationalist Government is ex- den death of his sister, Miss Mar- | pected to inaugurate negotiations garet Taylor, former resident of | soon for a Sino-Japanese commer- this ctiy. cial treaty at Nanking. | Gov. Parks, who is now in Den-| | Budget Balanced | ver for the holidays with his par- PIONEERSVILLE, Tdaho, Dec. 21.! It is anncunced the Chiness €nts, Mr. and Mrs. James Parks,| —Louls Painch, aged 52 years, Budget has been balanced without I expected to sail from Seattle was shot to death late yesterday!resorting to loans. No revenues for Juneau about January 6, Mr. by Joe Zloger, aged 47, who has have been remitted from Man-| Tavior said been arrested. |churia and thers has been many| Mr. Taylor was also accompan- The shooting took place in a!unusual and heavy -drains on the led here by Charles E. Naghel, mining camp mear here. iNationaI Treasury. ¥ ROOSEVELT AND (TAYLOR RETURNS, HOOVER AREFAR FROM HEARINGS ARE SEPARATED 'Duce Adds Bricklaying FRANGE ADVISED T0 CHANGE HER WAR DEBT PLAN Great Britain Opposed ‘to Submitting Issue to Arbitration PRGCEDURE WOULD NOT BE BEST. THING {Proposed LE to 'Afistria of Ten Million Dal-: lars Comes Up ' : PARIS, Dec. will informally counsel against pursuing the under consideration by officials’ of France of the December war debt to the United States submitted to arbitza- tion. Hinder Settlement Diplomatic circle. ed the British feel that this pro- cedure, in the long run, | contribute to the settlement of the debt problem and resorting to arbi- tration is not desirable because it | will be founded on the presumption that the question cannot be set- tled through diplomatic channels. | Meanwhile the proposed loan of 1 $10,000,000 to Austria is being press- led toward a decision. \ Question Raised It is said th> Fremch will de- cide within ten days whether to make the loan. The League of | Nations appreved a $43,000,000 loan ilo Austria, to be raised by mem- !bérs and France is to share in this. ! Chamber of Deputy members, who favor the payment of the U. |8, debt of $20,000,000, raised the question why the loan should be \made to Austria and money due the United States be held up. B MOVIE ACTRESS | | | y [ | PRODUCER MATE Reconciliation Very Re- mote Between Janet Gaynor, L. Peck LOS ANGELES, Cal. Dec. 21— between Janet Gaynor, movie act- b remote, friends of the couple said| today. 1 Miss, Gaynor and Peck ann- ounced their seperation yesterday although no divorce will be sought. Friends said the trouble is due to clashes of temperament and re- quirements of their profession up- on their time and abilities. - e To His Public Talents MILAN, Italy, Dec. 21.—Besides |being an expert automobile driver, ;horseman and motorboat pilot, Mussolini is a skilled brick-layer. This was not generally known until he visited a building under construction here, stepped into a workman's place and laid a row of bricks as straight as a string. ee—— FLORY RETURNS HOME FROM OFFICIAL KETCHIKAN TRIP After a brief conference with Reglonal Forest Inspector at Ket- chikan, C. H. Flory, Alaska Com- missioner for the Department of Agriculture and Regional Forester, returned home yesterday on the steamer Northwestern. He was in Ketchikan two days. "iscal Agent for the Interior De- The Sheriff said Zloger told him | PR VA |partment, who spent 30 days in the shooting resulted over a dis-| Great Britain has 9, 232,000 em- | Washington coffferring with offic- pute regarding operating a min-|ployed persons who are insured 1315 of the General Accounting of- ing claim, against unemployment. fice. !$ was his first trip to the States in 17 years. " DO Team to Carr»v Mail DR. ANDERSON RETURNS g J | FOR HOLIDAY VACATION F K b B 243, Dr. W. E. Anderson, formerly v Otze ue to arrow surgeo?u on the United States Coast | Guard cutter’ Tallapoosa, arrived WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Uncle the 650-mile route from Kotzebue here yesterday on the steamer Sam’s big job h!se d‘elivs:nsdcrrflstf- to Point Barrow in the Arctic anq Northwestern from Seattle. He will mas el to the “ios-boan: g spend the holidays here visiting and 1o istandy 1. the Teopicar ;. |18 Thied ‘as the iingeti aifien, - FH F18 NOCMELOCE TEEAR One of the jobs this year con-|dog team will be used this year to0 Marine Hospital in Port Townsend. fronting the mail man is covering| carry the mail on this route. Wash. i [ | SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS 1 21.—Great . Britain| idea *.fi0W | having the question of the payntent| sald it is stat-| will not| 'CERMAK DEMANDS QUICK ‘CLEANUP’ IN CHICAGO COLLIER BILL 'FOR 3.2 BEER PASSES HOUSE BY 230 T0 165 {Amendment After Amend- i ment Rejected Before Final Test Is Taken —Goes to Senate BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, Dec. 21. — The Collier Bill legalizing 3.2 per cent beer passed the House late this afternoon and now goes to the Senate. | The vote in the House was 230 to 165. ' Mayor Anton J Cermak of of beer flats and spea'ieacsies at James Allman (left) is standing 'FEES ON AUTOS No Change in Ter- ritory s Automobile lice fees in Ju- neau will not be s> high in 1933 as they were the current year. | The city’s annual tax has been re-| |duced from 810 to 85, |Clerk H. R. Shepard announced| Municipal today. No city license plates will be issued, although veceipts cover-| ing municipal license numbers will be given motor car owners. Territerial License Fees The city license ‘is ,in addition to the Territorial license fees, which re $10 for all motor trucks, except those carry- ing passengers for hire, which fee is $15. City and Territorial license fees are due @nd payable the same time, January 1, at the office of the City Cletk Facilitates Police Duties Collection of both City and Ter-| ritorial Ticense fees at the same time will facilitate the traffic du- ed the budget estimates with- The possibility of a reconciliation|yiac of the police department, Ter-| ritorial lice plates for 1933 will and her husband Lydell Peck,|pe eyigence of the payment not! $489300 is come $25:000 less than iassoclate picture producer, Is Very|omo™ o tne erri il tax but also of the city licen: - HALF MILLION ALIENS UNABLE TO ENTER U. S, Enforcement of Certain Emergency Provisions Keep Many Out WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Secre- tary of State Stimson has told President Ho: at as the re- sult of emerg s against im migration, over if a 11 aliens, who entered the Un depression, have through enfo: ing provisions of One clause, exclusions, is t! no | been it t of law. pally causing elating to their a public charge.” Pennsylvania Republicans Oust McFadden WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Re- publican members of Penn- sylvania have voted to oust Representative Louis T. Me- . Fadden, as Secretary, which he refused to resign upon request. The action was taken following McFadden’s aitempts to have Precident Hoover impeached. ARE-REDUCED $5, City Tax Cut in Half with automobiles and| _ |north of here, last night. the exist-! Chicago told the weity's police captaing that Chicago must be purged | once, as a means of eliminating organized crime. Policc Commissioner beside the mayor. (Associated Press Photo) Sails to Wed | | MINER, FATHER OF 4, KILLED Unexplained Explosion Takes Place in Colo- rado Section FIRST TEST VOTE WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.— When the Collier Beer Bill was iR N s (A taken up &gain today, the | |Wets outvoted the Drys in iFELLuws FINDS the House on the first test | y vote. i | The vote was upon an | |amendment on which would 1 ¢ have depended the life of the UNREASONAB‘L measure, a perfunctory mo- ; tion to strike out the enact~ g 2o R ling clause which would auto- {House Appropriations Com- matically have killed it. It ! tee Deals Gently with |was forced to a vote by op- : Medical Relief |ponents and rejected. The | vote was 163 to 118. ‘ The L'Housed Cor;l:nm:e SZ: ‘t“;:—/ No Changes propriations ea considerately | o | with the medical relief work of | Th'e bill neared passage, | the Alaska division of the Indian judging from the vigor with | Service, P‘“"‘K‘W‘th"“{‘ ’jtd““"”: which the members of the | the Budget's estimates for its nex: 4 | vear, sald Dr. F. 8 Fellows, Di- Hou:se shouted a.mendments | rector, who returned home yester- to lighten alcoholic contents | day "‘:im bc"IVflSthm"b Whefe};: and tax to be imposed. | appeares ore a sub-commil in defense of the estimates. VI“he proposal to cut alco- Paul W. Gordon, Director of holic content to 2.75 by Education, who accompflnl;adl Mr. weight was rejected by a Fellows to the national capital. re- 9, = turned north with him but stopped | VOt€ Of 124 to 75. off at Wrangell to visit Wrangen ' Women predominated in the gal- Institute at Shoemaker Bay for leries. a day or two. He is accompanied Senalor Willlam E. Borah, mem- by Mrs. Gordon and their small ber of the Senate Judiciary Sub- son and will arrive here next Committee which framed the ten- Thursday. | tative resolution for repeal of the Same As Last Year Eighteenth Amendment, indicated The sum approved by the House PY @ statement later that he had Coémmittee, $281,000, is just $200 little hope of preventing the re- less than last year's apprporiation, turn of the saloon in case of re- Dr. Fellows said. However, it ac- Peal. ual | —————— i as taken aboar - { . o . ::,,,, .; ‘Saf,";,:nzm as she sailed about $11,000, inasmuch as the! Cool Trlp for Nile Fish for Shanghai, China, where she reductions ior furloughs without — will be married to Lieut. Christy pay had to be taken out of last| ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 21.—Thou- Mathewson, jr., son of the famous r's appropriation while the cut sands of fish have been carried :‘h'" player, (Associated Pres® ;.5 41034y been made in the es- across the burning Sahara in cool- oto) timates to cover next year's fur- ed railway tanks in a second at- ~ loughs. ir,empt to stock the upper reaches The appropriation for next year of the Nile. Last year 70,000 fish will not permit the erection of were started across the desert but any additional hospital buildings, so many died en route that the said Dr. Fellows. It only provides experiment was a failure. for the operation and malntemmcel S i it of those already maintained by the|9_ " idav Indian Service, and for the one ZD(U HOhllay just now being completed at vml-iW'ill Be Observed aska. H sk 4 {Here as Elsewhere Three nurses will be added nuxt‘l Two of these Wil be sta- | year. During the general ex- citement of Christmas shop- ping and preparations for the day, housewives must not forget to lay in supplies for both Sunday and Mon- day. Juneau will observe a 2-day holiday, as else- where, and stores will be closed on Monday. All Christmas provisions, veget- ables, etc., are now on the market and this means or- ders can be filled now in- stead of the last minute on Saturday. | i . i WALENBURG, Col. Dec. One man was killed and several 1, 1933 and the other will be on injured in an unexpected explosion duty at Metlakatla ‘This year, !in Calumet No. 1 mine, 15 miles a physician was sent to Metlakatla temporarily inst a nurse Roy Mitchell, father of four The temporary arrangement Wwillj {children, was the miner who lost become permanen: and the nurse jhis life: will be restored Dr. Fellows spent three and one- | J half weeks in Washington. He was | o able to spend a week-end in New i York City and another in Phila-' ‘ G R SOFT BERTHS i 1 delphia. After leaving Washing- |9 SPANISH ARMY ton for the west, he stopped off o MADRID, Dec. More pardons Granted by Gov. Rolph to Dry Law Violators SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 21.— hibition and Enforcement Act frora Gov. James Rolph, Jr., signed five| City or county jails or from furth- more pardons yesterday frezing vio- Sr paymext O SHhes. On Monday, Gov. Rolph par- lators of the repealed Wright Pro-| qoned 129 violators. 21.—“You're in | i | | {the army now” has a less fore- boding sound for Spain’s recruits. |The war ministry has decreed that soldiers’ bedding be made of soft cotton wool instead of the raditional hard esparto grass mat- ting on which old timers bunked. . Cotton mills- in ereasing working hours, are in-