The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1933, Page 8

s PROPOSALS ARE T0 BE ENACTED Opposition Which Threat- ened Is Halted, White House Conference MUSCLE SHOALS IS NEXT UNDERTAKING Norris Bill Is &fore Presi-| dent — Passage Fore- | cast This Session other step in Pre program for refc ed for appro that for a time threatened t delay. { This forecast was made by re-| sponsible leaders last night after al White Houss conference called tof halt the objections which might| become serious. Predicts Passage ! There was some objections heard| on Capitol Hill to taking money away from public buildings and spending it on reforestation but Senator David I. Walsh, Chairman| of the Scnate Labor Committee,| forecast without qualification the| bill will be enacted next week sub- stantially as recommended. For Muscle Shoals Meantime, President Roosevelt| has on his desk, the Norris bill| for operation of Muscle Shoals. The Norris bill is expected to be- come a law this session and wil put 2,000 men to work in 30 days after passage. JUNEAURED CROSS TOPS QUOTA SET Chapter Exceeds Amount Set, Long Beach Drive, Says B. M. Behrends Juneau Chapter of the American Red Cross went over the top near- ly one hundred percent in the cur- rent drive for the relief of Long Beach following the recent earth- quake, B. M. Behrends, President, announced today. The quota was reached the first day of the drive, Mr. Behrends said. The other branches of the Juneau Chapter | have not yet been heard from, | John Newmarker was appointed as chairman of the drive in town, by Mr, Behrends and he was as- sisted by Harley J. Turner and Miss Pear] Petersen. The Juneau quota was set at $170 and over SZ?D has been raised to date. i A sacred lily of India plant at South ‘Bend, Ind, grew to the height of 78 inches without soil or water, drawing the sustenance | from the air. L+ LT OO THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1933. i ! Being the son of a President isn’t perience of Elliot Roosevelt, son of the Chief Executive, counts for anything. Independent of spirit and anxious to stand in his own boots. making his own way in the world, the young man r T ing position in New York when it appeared that his White House connections were having an influence on his career. spurned an offer of a position that carried a salary of $40,000 annually. TInstead he plans to go West and hack out a niche for himself as a rancher He is here shown with him, lin Arizona. MINERS REFUSE TO TAKE CUTS; REMAIN BELOW Seven Hundred Men Plan to Starve to Death Beneath Earth WARSAW, March 23.—Declaring they would rather die of hun underground than slowly starve to death without jobs, more than 700 ccal miners at Klimonton refused to come to the surface after com- pleting their last Saturday’s shift. The mine owners plan to flood the two shafts in which the men are at work. The wage reduction was ordered when the price of coal was re- duced. The miners have refused the food sent down to them by their fam- ilies. { R FOUR HALIBUTERS SELL AT SEATTLE SEATTLE, March 23—Only four halibut schooners arrived here to- day, as follows: From the western banks—Clipper with 31,000 pounds selling for 4% and 4 cents a pound; Attu with 33,000 pounds selling for 4% and 4 cents; Portland with 31,000 pounds selling for 4! and 4 cents. From the local banks—Orbit with 11,00 pounds, selling for 5% and 4% oents a pound. - >-eo An order for 5000 tons of steel tubes has been placed at Newport, Wales, by the Soviet Governmen:. T TN LET'S GO! To SITKA Northland Leaving Juneau about Friday midnight — returning in time for work Monday morning. Two days of pleasant sailing on beautiful inside passage, stops made at Port Althorp and Sitka. Round Trip $10.00 (including meals) GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY! J. B. Burford & Co. Ticket Agents 00000000 Wants No They have one baby boy. | vance of the World Economic Con- “pull” SENATE PASSES INTEREST RATE BILL OF HOUSE Vote on Final Passage Is 7 to 1 — Six Other | Measures Passed 1 (Continuea irom Page Cme) The total, $14,657.82, was unchang- ed. To Visit Alacka Juneau i The Senate today was in receipt of an invitation from General Superintendent L. H. Metzgar to visit - the Alaska Juneau mill and imine, including the deep level op- erations. The date was tentatively set for April 6, but as this is the date of the House’s luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce, Presi- dent Shattuck was authorized tfo act with Speaker McDonald and confer with Mr. Metzgar regarding another date. A similar invitation was received in the House. President Shattuck today an- nounced the appointment of Sena- tors Campbell, Frawley, DeVane and Lomen as Senate members of the Pioneer's Home Joint Investi- - | gating Committee. He also an- nounced that Senator Walker would substitute for Senator Lomen if the former decided not to go. Other Senators are expected to make the trip. In a communication to Mr. Shat- tuck, the Seattle Orthopedic Hos- pital expressed appreciation for Territorial funds expended thers during the past four years and invited a similar appropriation for the next biennium. While the institution has taken care of Alaska children for some 120 years, it was only four years ago that the Territory made special appropriations to defray expenses {of children sent there by it. | During the past two years, ths | all it’s cracked up to be, if the ex- | igned an advertis- Young Roosevelt his wife, Betty, who will accomp&ny | TARIFF DOORS T0 BE OPENED BY PRESIDENT Administration Is to Seek Broad Powers for Re- ciprocity Provisions WASHINGTON, March 23.—The State Department announced yes- t ay that the Administration Will| gotual cost of treatment and serv- seek from the present special ses-|j.os to Alaskan youngsters sent sion of Congress a free hand mflthere by the Territory was said to President Roosevelt to open Am-|;. g¢4780 while the total allow- erican tariff doors in return for|ances from the Territory, includ- compensating breaches in foreign|ing two small unpaid bills, was tariff walls by means of reciprocal|es 22 Nine children were given treaties. % treatment during the period. The Administration will also seek power granting the President the right to reduce tariff rates on ai e, — 1 give and take basis. !F A TH E R DIEs 1 Action is sought in time to per- 4 mit the making of the first pro- ABSULVES SUN ference scheduled for London dur-! wHU sHUT HIM The decision means the -em\:arkr‘ tion of an entirely new tariff po]lcyiFOOtbilll AUthOl‘lty SUC' ing the coming summer. = | | | | Charles K. Boettcher 11, youthful and wealthy Denver broker who was kidnaped for $60,000 ransom, is shown after his return which was accomplished after his family had negotiated independently of police. 10{:: yatchtsman. For a number of years he was Commodore of the L ] [ ] 1 ) -l‘rab’mnn. Yacht Club and it 'was ithrough his efforts that the “Cap- TAGUMA DIES As ital to Capital” race from Olympia RESULT, BURN | il m_> Juneau was organized and car- :ried on successfully several years Orthopedic Surgeon, i Sportsman, 2go. He was also the most active l;;e;lrson in promoting the race from Injuries in Accident get Sound to Prince Rupert, the year following, In the last issue of the Pacific 'Momr Boat was an article written Succumbs to 'bY Dr. Rich, based on his many pleasant cruises in the northland watgrs. entitled “Ideal All-Alaska | Cruise,” expressing his enthusiasm jover yachting in the inland waters of Southeast Alaska, —_———— CORDOVA HAS FLYING FIELD CORDOVA, Alaska, March 23— The Cordova Chamber of Com- merce put a crew of men to work this morning clearing off a site for a new landing field near the municipal hangar. This was made possible through cooperation of the merchants and Town Council who contributed $2,5500 for the labor. Dr. Edward A. Rich, prominent orthopedic surgeon and sportsman of Tacoma, died yesterday as the result of burns received last Sun- day ‘when his yatcht, the Argosy, blew up and sank while moored at the Tgeoma Yacht Club, according to an Associated Press dispatci received this morning by The Em- pire. Dr. Rich, who is well known throughout Southeast .Alaska, and has made many trips to this part of the Territory on his ill-fated yacht, Argosy, was born in 1876. He was graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania in 1901 and from the University of Heidel- burg, Germany, in 1905. Active Yatchtsman In addition to his profession, ih | STOCK PRICES REFINANCING PLAN IS NOW | TAKE REBOUND: BEING FRAMED RALLY SHORT Gains of One. to Four Points Largely Cut in Half at Closing Legislation to Aid Farm Mortgages Calls for Is- suance ' of Bonds WASHINGTON, March 23.—| NEW YORK, March 23.—A swift House Speaker Rainey said today|rebound of the share market in- the Treasury Department is con-|terrupted the decline which has sidering legislation which Wwilljendured for five sessions of the shortly be recommended by Presi-|New York Stock Exchange and dent Rcosevelt, for enactment O0s|prices settled back after an early a farm mortgage refinancing plan|upswing. calling for the issuance of possibly| Gains of one to four points were two million dollars worth of bonds.|mostly cut in half and the closing A tentative draft of the bill is|was barely steady. Transfers to- in the hands of Secretary Woodm.[miisd slightly under 1,000,000 Speaker Rainey predicted that|shares. for the sake of speed, this bill Early Rally will be added in the Senate to{ A rally in shares was vigorous the farm price fixing bill passed|early in the day but trading turned yesterday in the House. extremely dull thereafter as prices As the measure now stands 1t|slid off from the best of the early calls for a bond issue to provide | upswing and apparently gained im- for funds for refinancing. {petus from short coverings. e American Telephone and Tele- CHRIS NORHOLM FOUND) 7" 867, s s one 2 DEAD IN CABIN NEAR! case and Anied Chemical rose SITKA FROM FREEZING| about four points and lost half. o | Union Pacific was up three points Chris Norholm was found dead |zng ¢he gain was cut to a fraction, which he . was outstanding, Dr.| Let the advertisements help you Rich was an active and enthusias- | make your shopping plans. Corn Meal, 10 1b. bags, 3'5:" At GARNICK’S, Phone 174 e e § TIES An important detail in your scheme of dressi- ness is carried out to a successful issue In a magnificent display of smart neckwear at 49¢ posed commercial treaties in ad- from that pursued since 1909 when provisions for reciprocity were re- pealed. e Shakespeare Back Again in. his cabin at his mine about scven miles from Sitka a few days ago, according to advices received by U. S. Marshal Albert White. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23— At an inquest held in Sitka a cor- cumbs to Wound Term- ating Family Quarrel i Some Groups Firm | Rails, farm implements, mail or- de house stocks, sugars and' wet shares showed as conspicuous groups of firmness and mostly Spur Bows included SEE. OUR WINDOWS Dr. F. A. Lambert, noted football oner's jury decided that death Was|.oseq higher. advisor, is dead as the result of accidental and was caused DY| hose closing up one point or COLUMBIA, Mo—For the first|wounds received when shot by his freezing. so included International Harves- time in 10 years University of Mis-|son as the termination of a family — - ter, Garbide, American Tobacco B, souri undergraduates are essayinz‘qnaml_ The doctor died absolv- KATHERINE RO ENTERS Shakespeare this season. “Twelfta/ing his son of all blame. The Santa Fe lost virtually a two- HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT point rise. Night” was the play chosen for|youth sald the shot was accidental. Katherine Ross arrived here on presentation by the Workshop, stu- Mrs. Lambert said she called the steamer Northwestern last CLOSING PRICES TODAY dent dramatic organization. her son when her husband, who evening from Skagway and en-| NEW YORK, March 23.—Closing ‘| had been drinking, choked her and twisted her arm. tered St. Ann's Hospital to receive treatment for a broken leg. stock today is 13%, American Can EELL ERE EEEEE EE A N OO O Telephone 79 REL T LEADER DEPT. STORE - Store Open Evenings quotation of Alaska Juneau mine 3 e Alaska SEA 5. THE General Admission, 50 cents = Ve 57%, American Power and Light E‘ . 5, Anaconda 7, Bethlehem Steel 14, E Daily Cross-word Puzzle |cime: i seia o s UT = North American 187%, Fox Films C MACARONI = ACROSS Solutidn of Yesterday’s Puziie 1l Afirmative [1%, General Motors 11%, Interna- = Professional 14 tional Harvester 22%, Kennecott = charge Y . S riun DRAPESEEARIRE] |, ,fwc" |2 Packart Motors 1%, Tniied 2 1bs. for 25¢ E 5 yonh RIE[P[CIS[EGZPRIOISIEIR| il Resitences i chsiis o R = 3 m! 51 . He: =| i Litoless, OPIEFASPIRIITIEFANOl ' (abbes ~ |BORIS MAGIDS SOUTHBOUND =| 1T Wearies M TIAIRISEZAPIAID! * “Tid Woman STEAMER NORTHWESTERN E| & fexgaies [ENIEIRVIAITIERRFIAME] % Pajofhe | El 20. Dwelling place |R[E[S[E ATISEAS |\ [RIE|S| 23 Cheap apart- ! Boris Magids, well known trader £ £ = M SANERASIAILIE gigeBl O of e (kieliug A ReRe e = 5 kindor theese (AT D EBARIEREN LS| 2 Takes the ricts, was a southbound passen- GEORGE BROTHERS | . Btk e -?- @) E N § ]N [ TE ™ principal |ger on the steamer Northwestern g : = sensibilit. 27. Bear which was in port last evening. =i gg ;5117‘1:::1 oriest [RIO|EZZRIA[TIE IN[E ] 30. 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Devoured tellurium MASKED, FANTASTIC GHOSTS Next Saturday, 8 P. M. Native Brotherhood Hall WEIRD LAND OTTER GHOST DANCE. PTARMIGAN DANCE. LION DANCE. INTERPRETATIVE FISH DANCE. MOON—THE MAN—MYTHS. Children, 25 cents 9