The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 14, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE T > N, VOL. XLL, NO. 6287. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NATION RETURNS TO NORMAL BUSINESS NEW DEAL PROGRAM TO BE PUT UP T0 CONGRESS ROOSEVELT T0 CONGRATULATIONS FOR WOODIN KEEP PRESENT SESSION BUSY Expects to Complele His Entire Extra Meet- ing Proposals RIGINAL PLANS ARE TO BE CARRIED ouT Farm and Unemployment‘ Relief Measures Are to Be Prepared WASHINGTON, March 14.| —President Roosevelt is now| inclined, because of the way| Congress is responding to his| requests, to keep the ball roll- TWO THOUSAND ing through the emergency! session until his coimplete ex- | address that there must be a strict) ! supervision of all banking credits | tra meeting program is en- acted. i The President’s original plans for a short recess to ———— permit drafting of legislation for the extra session has becn virtually abandoned, cons quently the President is ready to work on a message outlin- ing his-ideas. for .favm unemployment relief. Riding on the high tide of public and Congressional sup- port, the President is deter- mined to carry through his new deal-program that he be- lieves will restore America ey e s R to a sound basis in quick president Roosevelt yesterday made three appointments for Ambassa- dors, as follows: ed to Represent Unit- ed States Abroad is to be Ambassador to Strauss, New York to be Ambassador order. The President talking with leaders of organized ag- puplisher, riculture and ready to go to London. the limit on whatever they Jesse Isidor City merchant, agree UDOH to Paris. Josephus Daniels, of North Car- olina, publisher and Secretary of Navy under President Wilson, to be Ambassador to Mexico. Confirmation of all three nom- HAPPY PEUPLE inations is expected. ——————— — Will Send Message to Con- |s PLEDGED IN gress on Change, Bankmg Structure WASEINGTON, March 14 — Permanent legislation to reorgan- Wlll Work Wlth League Of ize the banking structure, and vig- N H d N orous prosecution of law Violators, | ations—<Hands Not as turned up by the Senate St,ockt’ Tled, However Market investigation, is uppermost in the Administration’s mind 10-, (v ASHINGTON March 14.—Am. day. lerica under Things Being Done last night was pledged to work, HapJy at the publie reception Of iy the League of Nations' com-| his plan for progressive resumption yitten charged with deciding wha of banking operations President {5 45 next about Japan’s militar: Roosevelt saw introduced In the gperations in the northern Prm- Senate a bill to do some things he jn.e of China. suggests. He has already instruct-| ne United States will pa ed the Department of Justice to ipate in the League of Nations’ Ad- follow the evidence taken by the yisory Commitiee of twenty-one | Senate Stock Market investigating nations, mapping out future ac- committee when it resumes the g, Pmb? and prosccutes the law vio- Thjs is in response to an invita- VS tion extended by the League and Another Message leaves America’s hands free for in- The President is now working gependent action. on a message to Congress explain- ing his banking program designed to prevent situations similar to the Associated Press present one, thus preparing two directions to carry out his recom- Wins Case in _mendations made in his inaugural Protecting News SIOUX FALLS, South Daknt"l‘ and investments and there “mustbe March 14—The Associated Press' an end to .speculatmn with other yesterday won the first round in a people’s money.” suit to prevent the unzn:hofiud It is not known what the Presi- use of its new: ‘hen dent’s banking message will recom- Judge James D. Elliott annmmced | Robert W. Bingham, Louisville| |sion System. 3 President Rooseve" ‘, | William H. Woodin of New York receivgd many congratulations by telephone immediately after his appointmert as secretary e¢f the treasury in the Roosevelt cabinet. (Assoc:ated Press Photo) 3 AMBASSADORS HOUSE MEASURE ARE NOMINATED WOULD ADVANCE | | " BY CHIEF EXEC. ELECTION DATE. Two Pubhshera Are Nam-|Second Tueaday in Sep- tember Proposed—Leg- islature for January Earlicr general elections and ses- sions of the Legislature scem to be in the making for the Territory. Both of these eventualities are provided for in companion bills in- | troduced in the House today by 'Representative Blake, Nome, Chair- man of the House Committee on Elections, Election Laws, etc. One of them provides for holding general elections on the second Tuesday of September in even numbered years. The other fixes the second Monday in January in the odd numbered years for con- vening the biennial legislative ses- sions. Both were referred to Mr. | Blake's Committee. The Senate’s session today was !brief. Two new measures were in- | troduced, both by Senator Bragaw, Third Division. One of these | would require only one year’s.resi- "dence in the Territory to make in- dividuals eligible to receive relief under the so-called Mothers’ Pen- The other was a private bill, calling for appro- priation of $60 CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS TO BE PROBED NOW Criticism Is—Publicly Ex- pressed — ‘Investiga- ‘ tion Is Ordered LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 14. —Criticism of asserted weak con- !struction of many public schools has been accompanied by an order |for an engineers’ "investigation of |the serious damage wrought by the recent quakes. This order applies {to 81 structures of the city's edu- | cational system. WINE BILL TO- ARE MISSING, - QUAKE REGION Beach After First' Shocks,- | Believed All Safe \FIVE HUNDRED ARE STILL IN_ HOSPITALS |Banks ‘Open-—Steps Taken to Revive Business to Stop Hysteria LOS ANGELES, Cal, March- 14.—The quake toll today reached ; 118 with the deaths of three persons who had been seriously injured. The Red Cross has appealed for $500,000 for small home own- ers in the quake “area ' without recources as the result of the | tremors. The Red Cross has | denated a $50,000 fund. LONG BEACH, Cal, March 14. —Another slight shock, the thirty- ninth since last - Friday night at 5:55 o'clock, was felt here early this morning but no additional damage was done. The death toll in this city now | stands at 56 and in other commu- | nities 59 or a total of 115. There are more than 2000 per-| s missing due to thousands ecing from the city after the first shock. 50¢ In Hospitals Approximalely 500 persons are still in hospitals, some seriously in- Jjured. There is no shortage of roody and the greatest fear that the drinking water supply is contam- 5 inated has been removed after chemical tests, Banks are now open here. To Stop Hysteria The breadlines contain many | well-to-do residents as they are| unable to cook their meals at their homes because there is no gas sup- ply. Many Fled from Long‘ IRST BIDS OPENED FOR EIGHT MILE BAY BRIDGE O"lclalt and legislators met in the state capitol in Sacramento, Cal., at the opening of the first bids the construction of the $75,000,000 San Francisco-Oakland bay hndge The lowest offer for the first uhit amounted to $6,957,100 and was made by a group of wastern builders organized into a single com- pn.:y. Among those taking part in the bid opening ceremony were Mayor Rossi of San Francisco, Gove efnor Rolph, Rear Admiral Laws and Lieutenant Governor Merriam, the first four standing to the right of the Iamp post (Asoocla!ed Press Photn) }UlflGK PASSAGE OF BEER BILL I§PREDIGTED Delegate Dimond Looks for| Immediate Action; Gives Legislature Power Early enactment of the Roose- velt Administration’s beer bill is | forecast by Delegate Dimond in a teiegram received from him today |by The Empire. He also advises Ithat Alaska will be included in the provisions of the measure. The bill was slated for introduc- tion today in the House of Repre- sentatives, and its immediate ac- tion was expected. The Delegate said he had con- ferred with House leaders and had Steps have been taken to restore | business in the belief much hys-| teria will be removed by giving the | people something to do. —_—————— | | upon QUAKE VICTIMS WILL BE AIDED BY JUNEAU R. C.* MACHINE GUN B. M. Be};—r:nds, Local Chairman of Red Cross, Asked to Raise Quota Juneau people and all others in this district, through the locai chapter of the American Red Cross, will have an opportunity to participate in the relief of suffer- ers from the earthquakes in South- ern California. B. M. Behrends, chairman of the Juneau Chapter of the Red Cross has received word from A. L Shafer, head of the Pacific Coast Branch of the organization asking if the Junfau Chapter would ac-|. cept a quota of $170. Gov. James Rolph, Jr., nated the Red Cross the offici: rehabilitation and relief agency in charge of the damaged area. The Red Cross meeds a fund of $500,000 immediately, according to Mr. Shafer. The National Red Cross has appropriated $50,000 to- ward the fund needed and the re- | mainder to be ralsed has been al- lotted to Red Cross Chapters| throughout the country. Mr. Shafer's telegram estimates | the damage from the earthquakes| in excess of $45,000,000. | Juneau's share of $170 of the! | intoxicating, has desig- been assured that it would include ithis Territory. The alcoholic con- tent of beverages included will be | |fixed at not more than 3.02 per cent or the exact figure agreed| by the Senate in the last session of Congress. “Inasmuch as this is considered and declared by the bill to be non- the Alaska Legisla- ture will have the right to tax and control its distribution as not be- ing in violation of the Organic ct” the Delegate declared. . — SQUAD GUARD OVER ZANGARA Assassin ofacago Mayor Taken to Raiford to Await Death RAIFORD, Florida, March 14— eavily guarded by a squad of Na- 1 Guard machine gunners, eppe Zangara, assassin, awaits ath in the elec! chair in the m here for the murder of Mayor Anton J., Cermak, of Chi- nsara will be executed the of March 20, the exact date to be set later. Interviews with the prisoner ve been forbidden by Gov. Dave oltz, it |RUSTGARDS GO TO CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO EUROPEAN TRIP John Rustgard former Territorial rney-General and Mrs. Rust- Anti-Carpetbagger Resolution Is Wired Roosevelt Alaska'’s request, voiced of: ficially by the Territorial Leg- islature, for the appointment only of bone fide Alaskans to “Federal office within the Ter- ritory was communicated yes- terday to President Roose- velt by telegraph. The House yesterday morning passed the Campbell Resolution against “carpetbag” officials by an unanimous vote. The Senate last week took - similar action. Yesterday afternoon the members of both branches made up a “kitty” and paid the tolls to send the Resolu- tion in full to the President. Secceccscocseccoe DRY REPEALER HAS UNANIMOUS, VOTE IN HOUSE . . . . - . . . . . . ° . . . . . . . Bone Dry Law Passed by House Today By a unanimous vote, the of Representatives today passed the Hellerich bill repealing the Alaska Bone Dry Law. The meas- ure will now go to the where its supporters claim passage is virtually certain. There was no direct opposition to the measure in the House. Rev. House t surrection Lutheran Church, ap- pearing for the Ministerial Asso- ciation of this city, suggested the advisability of deferring final ac- tion until some other system of regulation and control had been devised. PEOPLE SEEK CHANGE He did not defend the Prohibi- tion system. The voters in the Territory last November, he point- led out, showed they were dissatis- fied with the present system “They said they wanted some change but they didn't tell you| what to do about it,” he declared. | In zeal for reform the country went so far in one direction. With | the pendulum reversed, he feared the Legislature was going too far in the other direction. “If we re- peal the Alaska Bone Dry Act where are we going to be?” hel asked. He was disturbed lest, local act repealed, would wipe out the Eighteenth | Amendment before the Legislature meets again in 1935, and the Ter- with the Senate i Erling K. Olafson pastor of Re-| the country ‘ BEER BILL TO. BECOME LAW BY WEEK END - N E e 'Congress Expected to Pas Measure, Send It to President S BULLETIN, March 14. — The House has passed the Cullen Bill legalizing 32 per cent alcoholic content beer. The bill now gees to the Senate. WASHINGTON March 14.—The beer bill is expected to pass both houses of Congress and be in Lhc { White House for the E’resldcm, |signature before the end of this week. It is announced that the manu- facture and sale of beer will be-! come effective 15 days after the | President signs the measure after | it is enacted by Congress ANNUAL DRIVE OF SALVATION ARMY STARTED With expectations of Juneau go- |mg ‘over the top’ as it has done in all previous Salvauon Army drives for funds Joseph Acton and C.lpt. R. B Lesher of that organization have begun the annual drive in Juneau. “We are meeting with encourag- ing success and have every con- fidence that people of Juneau will express confidence in the work Hellerich Repeal of Alaskal previous driv the Salvation Army officers declared. Staff Captain Acton arrived in Juneau on the motorship North- land to conduct the drive in this 'Child Victim of Military Honors Today LONG BEACH, Cal., the flag-draped casket of four- |year-old Dolores Miller, victim of | ‘Washington, | the Army does by liberal contribu- | tions as has been the case in all’ March 14— Taps will be sounded today over | LIVELY UPTURN INTRADING IS HERALDED NOW ‘Many Cities Report Activ- ity Following Bank- ing Holiday \DEPOSITS FLOWIN INTO INSTITUTIONS New Currency Available in All Parts of United States NEW YORK, March 14.—A i single deposit in one New 'York City bank, made yes- |terday, was for $11,000,000. Many cities reported today a lively business upturm, it | being noticed especially in department stores and adver- tising in the daily newspapers by the retailers. NEW CURRENCY HELPS WASHINGTON, March 14, ~—Secretary of Treasury | Woodin announced today that the new currency is available ‘fn. State banks through the Federal Reserve member ibanks and Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation. | All sections of the country !’Loday reported a swing to normalcy as the banks in the | Federal Reserve cities lead |the procession yesterday and hundreds of other banks re- opened today in cities where | there are clearing house as- I sociations. State banks are also opens ing rapidly. A revival of business is noted in several lines as re- strictions relaxed. The first day of the bank. iing business is reported ex- !ceedingly large and deposits continued heavy today. The | flow of gold back to the |nanks also continues large. Secretary Woodin said this afternoon that reports show- ed more than 1,000 banking institutions have opened hxoughout the country. — EGONOMY BILL T0 BE RUSHED - TO ENACTMENT WASHINGTON March 14—The Senate Democrats in a caucus to- day bound members to President | Roosevelt’s Economy bill which is expected to be rushed through with plenty of votes to spare. This bill reduces veterans’ compensa- tions and reduces Federal salaries. Quake To Be Buried with Full military honor because her mother is listed as critically ill in a hos- pval and there are no family funds total relief fund will be raised by |’ 2 ” \o]unzary subseriptions which may|°*'0 1eft on the Admiral Evans left at the B. M. Behren enroute Yo California. saloon system, although he did not American Legion Posts of Long' Little Dolores was at play with directly refer to the saloon. Two|Beach will accord the litfle girl |her little teddy bear at the time, years ago, Mr. Olafson argusd, the @ full military funeral as the or- of the first shock and was crushed repeal of the National Prohibi- ganization's tribute to all children |beneath the timbers of her falling tion Amendment to the Constfta.|Who Perished in the Southern Cal- |home. Rescuers found the little ifornia disaster. ql'l dead beneath the debris, with Little Dolorvs was chosen for the the teddy bear in her arms, ] i mend. he would grant a temporary in-| BE PRESENTED 4 ————————— | junction restraining station KSOO| | | MRS. GIERHOFER'S MOTHER from broadcasting such dispatches Bank | Mr. and Mrs. Rustgard expect ARRIVES TONIGHT FOR VISIT without permission. WASHINGTON, mrch 14.—The {to spend the next month or two in Mrs. A. J. McRoberts will arrive| The next step will be a hearing California = delegation - announced Berkeley - where they will await | on the Northwestern toifight to at the April term of court to de- today that a bill for the manufac- I About 35 per cent of all regis clearing of the banking situa- | yisit her daughter, Mrs. E. F. Gier- termine whether the injunction ture and sale of wine will be in-|ered radio receiving sets in Switz- They will then resume their hofer, will be made permanent, troduced in Congress immediately, ! erland are American-made. ,Journey and continue to Europe, ) nds —— (Continued on Page Two)