The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6218. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1932. E' M ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS HOOVER ABANDONS HIS DEBT COMMISSION PLANS =T BEER BILL TO BE TAKEN UP IN SENATE MEASURE T0 BE ADVANCED VERY SHORTLY Beverage Legalization to Be Considered After Holidays OPINIONS DIFFER AS TO PROBABLE FATE Various Provisions of Bill Are Give.d Relative to Sale, Etc. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 —Jubila- tion ruled in one camp here today while gloom prevaded in another s the Wets and Drys contemplated | 230 to 165 vote on bill in the House yesterday. Over all pervaded the doubt as 0 what fate the bill may receive cecutive quarters if the Senate passes it Party lines were shattered in the voting yesterday on the meas- ure as the Democrats and Repub- licans crossed trails in voting for or against the bill How They Voted There were 133 Democrats, 9§ Republicans and one Farmer Labor who voted for the bill. Sixty-four Democrats and Republicans voted against it. Leaders made no attempt to control the forces, holding the bill was not a party matter. Senate leaders announced plans for taking the bill up after the holidays. The bill will be sent to the Judiciary Committee, to. study the legal phases, then to the Finance Committee for action on the tax provisions. Provisions in Bill Besides legalizing beer of 3.2 per cent by weight, equal to 4 per cent by volume, it provides a tax of $5 a barrel. The bill stipulates brewers must pay an occupational tax of $1,000 each; provides no limitation on how the beer may be sold, leaving that entirely to States to de- termine; and prohibits transporta- tion of beer from wet to dry States. — e R J MKANNA WILL BE WITH S.5.C0. HERE Fairbanks Agent of Line Is Former Resident of This City Robert J. McKanna, Fairbanks e Alaska Steamship Company, has been transferred to Juneau and is expected to arrive here next week on the steamer Northwestern, it became known here today. Re- ports that he was slated to suc- ceed Willis E. Nowell, recently resigned from that position, could not be confirmed here. Recigned Scveral Weeks Ago Mr. Nowell resigned several weeks ago, effective January 1. No of- ficial announcement as to his sue- cessor has yet been made from the company’s headquarters office in Seattle. Mr. McKanna is well known in Juneau. He went to school in Douglas. For a while he was wharfinger on the Municipal Wharf here. 5 Freight Clerk cn Vessels Afterwards he was freight clerk on vessels of the Alaska Steam- ship Company. Later, he was As- sistant Agent of the company at Seward. Then he was promoted to the Fairbanks agency. Mr. McKanna will be accom- panied here by Mrs. McKanna. One of his brothers, Phillip Mc- Kanna, lives in this city. J. G. Rivers has been appointed to take Mr. McKanna's place at Fairbanks. IR s e treet traffic markers composed of rustproof metal cnrryix, re- flectors that' ‘are set - flush. ‘with paving have been invented by an Indiana man, the beer! 101§ Man, Wife, Near Death, Auto Fumes Seattle Couple Discovered by Maid — Fire De- partment Revives SEATTLE, Dec. 22.—Horace Psy- ton, aged 42 yca's, President of a Spokahne Investment house, and his wife, aged 38, narrowly escaped as- phyxiation from fumes of an auto- mobile exhaust. Peyton went to the garage and operated the motor to charge a battery. His wife followed to see why he was absent so long A maid found the two overcome |by the fumes and the Fire De- partment was summoned and re- vived Peyton and his wife. e ——— SITKA STATES ITS CASE FOR PIONEERS’ HOME Urges New Institution Proj- ect Be Erected on Site of Present One Tn a statement setting forth the | claims of Sitka for retention of the | Pioneers' Home, when that insti- tution shall be rebuilt, the Sitka Commereial Club makes pertinent response to some assertions made public by Igloo No. 15, Anchorage, Pioneers of Alaska in its appeal for the selection of their own home town for the new Home project. The Sitka organization has sub- mitted its case to Gov. Parks, Supt. Theo. Kettleson of the Pion- eers’ Home and William A. Hesse, Highway Engineer, as an official document. Mr. Hesse is conducting an inquiry into the costs of con- structing the new institution. Inmates) Welfare First Sitka's side of the case, as pre- sented by the Commercial Club, follows: “The primary consideration in {maintaining a Home for the Pion- eers of Alaska should be to insure the welfare and happiness of the inmates. The first questioin, there- fore, that would suggest itself would be what the present occu- pants of the Pioneer's Home re- gard as the most preferential lo- cation. “During the Legislative session of 1931, Andrew Morrison, a resi- dent of the Home, formerly of Nome, and familiar with various parts of Alaska, circulated a peti- {tion among the Pioneers in the Home which embodied their desire to remain at Sitka. Mr. Morrison made the following statement to the members of the Legislature: ‘Out of the Pioneers in the Home today seventy-six signed the peti- tion, which does not include his- pital patients, whom we did not feel like bothering, and a number of whom were not in condition to sign their names. “‘Out of the one hundred oc- cupants of the Home twenty-two to twenty-five per cent are con- fined to the hospital, so the ex- pression was virtually unanimous. A second resolution was prepared |and circulated among the men by |A. C. Berglund of Fort Yukon with a similar result. This poll of the Pioneers appears to be clear and conclusive evidence of where they would prefer to spend their declining years. Many Natural Advantages “As a permanent site for the Pioneers' Home, Sitka has many natural advantages to offer that could not be duplicated anywhere else in the Territory. The climate is the most equable in Alaska and at no time do extremes of heat or cold prevent the men from be- ing out-of-doors. While climate is a matter of individual preference it should be considered that since ap- proximately one-half of the pion- eers come from Southeastern Al- aska they will find at Sitka the climatic conditions to which they have been accustomed. If the committee investigates the choice of climate from the standpoint of the Pioneers in the Home as a whole, it will be found ‘that they almost wyithout dissent prefer the mild summers and winters of Sitka " (Continued on Page Six. PRE SBYTERIAN CANTATA T0 BE GIVEN SUNDAY Vocalists and [nstrumental- ists Will Be Heard Christmas Morning. | Vocal selections of rare merit with a wealth of good voices and instrumental numbers by skillful players comprise the Christmas Cantata that will be given by the Northern Light Presbyterian church Sunday morning beginning at 11 0'cldck. Those taking part in the affair have been in training sev- jeral weeks, and it promises to be the most successful event of its kind in the history of the city. The program follows: Prelude. Mrs. Carol Beery Davis Scripture Reading and Prayer. Capt. R. B. Lesher I “Rejoice, O Daughter of Zion" Choir; contralto and tenor duet by Blanche Turner and Ted Keaton 1L “There’s a Song in the Air" Women’s Chorus III. “Watchman, Tell Us of the Night” Double Trio: Misses Dalma Han- sen, Mary Jeannette Whitttier, Eva Tripp, Carol Robertson, Mildred Keaton, Blnache Turner, Men's Chorus: Solos, Misses Eva Tripp. Mary Jeonette Whittier, John Far- gher and Ted Keaton; Choir. Iv. “In the Field With Their Flocks" Solo — John Fargher V. “The Savior Comes” Choir; mixed quartet, Evelyn Holl- mann, Mildred Keaton Max Scrib- er, Homer Nordling,; Solos, George Hall and Ted Keaton. INTERMISSION Announcements— Offertory Number , y; : Harp of St. Cecilia” August Wiegand Duncan Robertson, violin; Corrinne Jenne, violin; Joyce Morris, piano; Helen Torkelson, pipe organ VI “Calm on the Ear of Night” Choir. VIL “Glad Tidings of Great Joy" Choir: Tenor Recitative, Max Scriber. VIII. “Sleep, My Little Jesus” Solo: Mrs. Mary Goss. IX. “All My Heart This Night Rejoices.” Mrs. Clarence Ferguson, Eva Tripp, Ted Keaton X. “O Night Divine” Max Scriber, Ted Kea- Trio: Quartet: ton, XI. ¢ “Messiah Is King” Choir: Mixed Quartet: Solos by Evelyn Hollmann, Mildred Keaton, Homer Nordling and Max Scriber. XH-a “And the Shepherds Returned” Recitative: Max Scriber. XII-b “The Song of Jubilee” Choir: Solo, Max Scriber. Adeste Fideles Choir and Congregation The choir personnel follows: Misses Mildred Keaton, Mildred Miller, Eleanor Irvine, Kristine Sather, Dalma Hansen, Mary Jean- nette Whittier, Carol Robertson, Eva Tripp, Blanche Turner, Elsie Baggen, Mesdames Clarence Fer- guson, Louisa Heisel, H. W. Doug- las, George Comstock, Evelyn Holl- mann, Ruth Hawkesworth, Mary Goss, Messrs. J. 'W. Leivers, Ted Keaton, - John TFargher, George Hall, Thomas Hall, Homer Nord- ling, Elmer Reed, J. Combert, Max Scriber, Chester Tripp, L. Mac- Carrey, John Homberg. Director: Mrs. J. C. Stapleton. Accompanist: Mrs. Carol Beery Davis. ————— CONEY ISLAND DAMAGED, FIRE NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—A fire de- stroyed a two-story bath house and other small buildings on the Coney Island beoard walk last night. The police estimate the loss at $200,000. The blaze recalled the $0,000,000 sort, i Homer Nordiing, J. Fargher.| | Spending More This Season Than Last Year SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 22 —Despite the depression, more money is being spent this Christmas time than last year. This is the consensus of opinion of leading bank- ers and merchants of the Pacific Coast, from South- ern parts of California to the Washington-British Col- umbia line. RAILS SLUMP CARRY MANY ISSUES DOWN Losses Sustained by Prom- inent Shares—Turnover Is Largest of Month NEW YORK, Dec. 22. — Rails rolled rapidly downgrade today, dragging much of the list after them and losses of many prom- inent four points. Today's turnover was 1,300,000 shares, the largest of the month. The closing today was weak. Prices slumped in a pronounced fashion during the afternoon and closed around the lowest. New York Central closed around the lowest of the rails and Union Pacific was off four points. were Allied Chemical, American Can, American Telephone and Tele- graph, Auburn, United Aircraft and Westinghouse. Off one point or more were Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Stan- dard Brands, Chrysler, Ward, In- ternational Harvester, United States Steel, preferred and com- mon, and Corn Products. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 22—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13%, American Can 517, American Power and Light 7, Anaconda 5%, Bethlehem Steel 12%, Calumet and Hecla 2'«, Colo- rado Fuel and Iron 4%, Chrysler 15%, Columbian Carbon 25%, Con- tinental Oil 5%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 1%, General Motors 13, International Harvester 20, Kenne- cott 7%, Packard Motors 2's, Safe- way Stores 387%, Standard Brands 13%, United States Steel 26. M. AVOIAN FUNERAL AT 1P.M. SATURDAY Funeral services for the late Michael Avoian will be held in the Russian Orthodox Church at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon instead of ‘Friday afternoon as had been arranged yesterday. Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, pastor of the church, will conduct the rites. The burial will be under direc- tion of the Juneau Post of the American Legion, of which Mr. Avoian was a member. Interment will be in the Legica plot at Evergreen Cemetery. {Down and Out Vet Gets Back Pension DENVER, Colo., Dec. 22.—White haired Frank Wagner, seventy-four, who, as a young man, fought with the Twelfth Missouri volunteers in the Spanish-American war, has found the silver lining to the cloud of misfortune which has hovered over him for many years. Reduced to poverty by misfortunes and forced to depend on charity and place his two daughters in an orphans’ home, he was recently awarded a government pension of 660 a month, and $4,500 in back payments. issues ranged from one to| Faswes off two or three pomis) IMIDNIGHT MASS 70 BE HELD AT * TRINITY CHURCH i {Soloists, Junior and Senior Choirs Will Take Part in Service { Christmas will be celebrated in Holy Trinity Cathdral by the us- ual Midnight Mass on Christmas ‘Eve, beginning promptly at 12 o'clock. The children’s service will be held on Holy Innocents’ Day, next Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.” At the Midnight Mass the service will be full choral, sung by combined Junior and Adult choirs, of 37 voices. The following will be the order of the service: Organ Voluntary—Pastoral Sym- phony from the “Messiah”—Han- del Processional—"Christians Awake” ‘—Ymkshire. | Introit—“O Little Town of Beth- | lehem"—Neidlinger. Kyrie—Nine-fold—Gounod. Gradual—“Silent Night” — Gru- ber. Gloria Tibi, Gratias, Credo—Ad- m. Hymn — “Calm on the Listening Ear of Night"—Sullivan. Offertory Anthem Heavens."—Towers. Presentation Chant—Whitney. Sursum Corda and Sanctus—Ad- lam, Benedictus—Adlam. The “Great Amen'—Gower. Pater Noster—Adiam, Agnus Dei—Adlam. Glorla in Excelsis—Adlam. Nunc Dimittis—Old Chant. Recessional—Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"—Mendelshon. Soloists in the Adult Choir are Miss Alice Palmer and Crystal Snow Jenne. The soloist in the Junior Choir is Bernice Reidle. Duet, Bernice Reidle and Cor- rinne Jenne. Sextette, Pauline Reinhart, Olive Felden, A. J. Buckingham, Jackson Rice, E. M. Polley and S. Felden. Director, Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne. Organist — Mrs. Maud Sanborn; Crucifer, Tom “Stewart; Acolytes, Robert Dalton and Kenneth Lea. Members of the Cathedral Choir. Juniors—Gene Carlson, Dana De- Vighne, Betty Irvine, Shirley Dal- ton, Emily Dalton, Bernice Reidle, Amy Lou Guerin, Patricia Harland, Kathleen Carlson, Mary Stewart, Margaret Sanborn, Corrinne Jenne, Phylis Jenne, Miriam Lea, Frank Foster, Lloyd Jarman, David Tewkesbury, Milo Peterson. Adult Choir: Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne, Pauline Reinhart. Mrs. Mul- vihill, Mrs. Hickey, Mrs. Holbrook, Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Felden, Mrs. Jar- man, A. C. Fisher, Jackson Rice, A. J. Buckingham, Frank Rubitali, E. M. Polleyy, W. W. Batchellor, Harry Lea, B. D. Stewart, S. Fel- den. Assisted by Miss Alice Palmer. 8 e SCHOOLS BEGIN THEIR CHRISTMAS VACATION Juneau Public Schools as well as the Federal Indian School held their last classes today preceding the Christmas holidays. The Cath- olic - School ended studies yester- day. All the schools will resume class- es the morning of Tuesday, Janu- ary 3. [e] “8Sing, D SMALL FIRE IN STORE CAUSES NO DAMAGE Fire under the floor of the men’s furnishings store of H. S. Graves resulted in an alarm to the Fire Department today. The blaze was of incipient nature, and was quickly extinguished. No damage resulted. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 22. —The earthquake shocks felt here and throughout the west part of the country on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning are attributed Earthquake Shocks Due to Growth of Mountain, Claim fo the growth of a mountain in Nevada. Sclentists recalled a similar oc- ‘currence in 1915 when a 40-foot fire of last July at the Island re-|by the Carnegie Institution Seis- Verticalfual appeared on the sur- mological laboratory at Pasadennl face of Pleasant Valley, Nevada. New Y(;;kers at Frt;;ch Resor; | { MADE BY LOCAL WOMAN'S CLUB John Doolin Is Winner of First Prize in Bi-Centen- nial Essay Contest Three prizes were yesterday awarded and seven given honor- able mention in the first Annual Essay Contest sponsored by the Juneau Woman's Club, it was an- nounced today by Mrs. Mildred| Hermann, President. The contest; |was open to seventh and eighth grade pupils of the public and parochial schools of the city. John Doolin, parochial school pupil, was winner of the first award, $5 in cash. His essay was entitled, “George Washington, tha| Father of His Country.” i Sybil Godfrey. eighth grade, and Francss Newman, seventh grade, both public school pupils, won sec- ond and third prizes respectively, of $3 and $2. The subjects of their| essays were not announced. Those| getting honorable mention were: Millie Jorgenson, John Krugness, Myrtle Nello, Marie Moi, Jean| Taylor, Grant Ritter and Claudia Kearney. A total of eighty-four essays were submitted by Is of the two schools. The subjects were chosen( by the students themselves, the} Club requiring only that all be| topfts connected with the current George Washington thentennial“ Celebration. Judges were: Mrs.| Allen Shattuck, Mrs. John H.Dunn, | {and Capt. C .H. Dench. Personal distribution of the awards was| made yesterday by Mrs. Hermann and Mrs. Henry C. Cross, repre-| senting the Club. “The Woman's Club is well sat- isfied with the results of this con- test, and plans to make it an an- nual event,” Mis. Hermann said today. “The 1933 contest probably will be on some phase of Alaska's history.” - LADY FURNESS SEEKS FREEDOM HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 22— Lady Furness, who has filed suit in London for a divorce from the, shipbuilding magnate on the | grounds of misconduct, was for- merly in pictures here. She ob- tained a divorce from her first! husband, James Vail Converse, of Los Angeles, in 1925 BITELLL o R | | | | l South Africa will erect a high- lpowex‘ed broadcasting station. Former Mayor James J. Walker of New York is sh Compton, well known musical comedy star of Broadway, as they enjoyed the balmy breezes from the sea on the rocks at Cape D'Antibes, popular resort in the South of France. The ex-Mayor is planning to write his | tion Act. | of these 'alleged due, ) own with Miss Betty as had a long rest, JUDGE HARDING GOV. ROOSEVELT REFUSES T0 BE PARTY T0 DEAL President - Elect Says He Cannot Accept ‘Joint Responsibility’ PRESIDENT MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT General Commission to Dis- cuss Three Problems Not Be Named BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, Dec. 22. — President Hoover, upon being informed today that Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President - Elect, cannot accept “apparent joint responsibility” between now and March 4 for war debts and related policies, has aban- doned his plan of naming a commission to deal with the problems. President Hoover in his re- cent message to Congress in- dicated he would name a commission to deal with war debts, economic situation and disarmament. He asked co- EXTENDS STAYS OF EXECUTIONS Five Persons Under Sen- tence Given Until Jan- uary 3 to Move Five persons, under sentence by the Federal District Court for jail and penal terms of varying length end to pay fines, were yesterday allowed extensions on stays of ex- ecution that were granted last week when sentences were imposed upon them by Judge Justin W. Hard- ing. At thal time each of them was granted a 10-day stay of execution. This would have expired next Mon- day Yesterday Judge Harding granted stays to January 3. Those invelved are: Frank Breed, sentenced to MeNeil's Island for five years for manslaughter; Cliff Matthews, one year and one day at McNeil's Island for volation of the ational Prohibition Act; Louis Wagner, eight months in jail and $700 fine; Ernest Wagner, six months and $100; and Carl Sater, ven months and $100 fine; all for violating the National Prohibi- It Is understood that appeals are being perfected in most if not all cases, and the extensions were given in order to permit them to be completed. N ] ~———— White Motor Is to Cut Yuletide Melon CLEVELAND, Dec. 22.—A Christ- mas Eve dividend melon of more than 83,000,000 will be sliced among | shareholders of the White Motor | Company December 28 it was an- nounced today. | Directors declared a dividend ol'i $5 a share on the $25000 shares) of outstanding stock. e Ketchikan Oldtimer Passes Away Suddenly| KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Dec. 22.—| John McLaughlin, about 72, old- timer in this district, died sud- denly ye: day He is survived by his widow, two daughters and two grandchildren. e, See My Wife Says Bancroft in Court ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 22.— “I don't attend to any business whatsoever. My wife even signs my contracts for me.” This was the testimony of George Baneroft, film actor on file in a court where he was sued by.a theatrical agent for commission: LOS operation from the Roosevelt in-coming - Admniistration: EARLIER REPORTS WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—Diffl- culties of obtaining united action for the attack on war debts, dis- armament and economic problems are seen as prompting President Hoover to resume exchange of views with President-Elect Roosevelt. The belief is held in well in- formed circles that further dis- cussions are now in progress and some definite developments may be expected before the end of this week. It is believed the President de- sires to launch a program to deal with European nations which will continue into the next Administra- tion. Paris Viewpoint In Paris, a ministerial declara- tion by the new Cabinet, says the Boncour Government will bend ev= ery effort for a general settlement of the war debt-problem. In Albany, Gov. Roosevelt’s friends said news from abroad brought him encouragement on the stand he is now generally bleieved to have taken on the matter of Hoover's proposals for a commission. Far Reaching Dispatches from abroad indicate that such a commission is expected to go farther then the realm of simple fact finding. Gov. Roose- velt believes the commission might indirectly obligate him in certain foreign policies before taking office and he is represented as shying away from suggestions to partici- pate in the plan. Receiver Is Named For Jimmy Walker NEW YORK, Dec. 22—Former Mayor James J. Walker, tempor- arily expatriate in Europe, went partly into the hands of receivers today. City Court Justice Louis Kahn named Walter Rosston received for such property of Walker's as he can locafe him Having located it, it he does, it is to be examined . on its value and the chances of selling it to satisfy a $489 judg- ment obtained against the former mayor by an interior decorating l