The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 16, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6368. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1933, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY CONGRESS ADJOURNS; ROOSEVELT WINS RECORD IS MADE IN MAKING OF U. S. LEGISLATION BIG MEASURES ARE PASSED AT EXTRA SESSION Billions' of Dollars Are Set Aside to Aid All Forms of Distress DRASTIC CHANGES ARE MADE IN LAWS Greatest Public Works Pro- gram Ever Planned Will Help Unemployed WAHINGTON, Juné 16.—Among the mometous measures passed by the special session of Congress are the following: The three billion, three hundred million dollar public works program to combat unemployment. The Home Loan Bill setting up a fund of twb billion dollars to aid distressed home owners. The Glass-Steagall Banking Re- form Bill with provisions of insur- ing bank deposits. The Railroaa Bill creating a co- ordinator with powers to make numerous economies in the rail systems. The Public Works Bill gives the Président wide powers over indus- try especially protecting the rights of labor. History Is Made The history-making record of Congress also included taking the dollar off the Gold Standard ana placing the banking system under wmergency Federal control. Cancelled all public and private promises to pay in gold. Appropriated more than five and one quarter billion, most of this for e aordinary expenditures. Empowered the President to re- duce expenditures by nearly one billion dollars. Nome Man Claims He Was Forced to Marry At Point Of Pistol; Couldn’t Escape | SEATTLE, June 16— Herbert Greenberg, aged 71 years, Nome merchant and miner, testified in the divorce court here yesterday! that his wife Anna Frieda Green- berg, known as the poetess Johanna ! Frada, compelled him to marry her! at the point of a pearl handled 1 pistol. | “If you don't marry me, T'll kill| you,” Greenberg quoted his wlre] —_— as saying. s “I tried to evade the wedding Ad Of I933 Makes Sev by jumping out of a window but| eral Material Changes her father grabbed me too quickly,” 2 Greenberg continued. | mn Old Statu'e Mrs. Greenberg is suing for di-) s 2 |vorce on the grounds of crueny.] W‘_‘h] mle OP":";F‘ of the “}m; {She denied the pistol episode and :‘:g:f s';e:—';?::,m? ’gxsef;;lec z‘;:s denied she’ married him for i O e or that she. squandered are taking the field to see that the {his funds on clothing or by giving .Territorial fishermen's license law 'all-night parties to literary people. 15 carried out, and that all fisher- At one point she testified that ben, including trollers, seiners, Gill- Greenberg “thumped me on the Detters and fish trap tenders are back with his fist because a 5-cent g’s‘;“l’f‘gy f})l:ertl;eed 5‘:‘;‘: they begin (T couple mafried st Nome tn| J. W. Wilon, Specal Agent 1922 who has covered this district and 2 ,Chatham Straits for several years, —r———— BUSINESS MEN left today to make his rounds lof the canneries and fishing cent- jers. He will be absent until the end of the month, at least. The license requirements now in |force are materially changed from those of the past several years. The fee under it has been made uniform on all classes of fisher- men, and changes made in the amounts, For resident fishermen, ' OF ANCHORAGE biect to Aj iniment of regardiess of class, the fee is $25. 0 ] ! PROILL The law is also changed as to Non-Alaskans to Office— |qualifications. 1t provides that it shall “be unlawful for any person Seek Coast Support (5" "2 tizen of the United States or who has not declared his intention to become such,” to fish in the waters of the Terri- tory. And all persons qualified to fish are required to first obtain A protest against the appoint- ment of any except bona fide residents of Alaska to [Federal; | ‘JIM MATTERN MISSING NOW, WORLD FLIGHT No Repo rts Reseivel of Aviator Flying Solo— Concern Felt Jimmy Mattern, the “smilings flier,”~ who left Khabarvosk, Sib- eria, at 1 o'clock on the afternoon | of last Wednesday, Eastern Stand-" dard Time, for Nome, Alaska, is| missing. i Advices received by The Empire |/ this afternoon from Moscow said no reports have been reeelvedl regarding the solo flier on his attempted world flight since hop- ping off from Siberia. Mrs. Mattern, in Walla Walla, Wash., still holds out hopes that he has landed on some isolated spot and will yet show up safe. Texas friends are greatly con- cerned, according to Associated Press dispatches, and fear he has been lost while “others believe he will come through all right. ESKIMO FILM ACTOR SUING | FOR DIVORCE l B Here old friend, at Marion, Mass., the is the little schooner Amberjack {» ~Roosevelt will spend a short vacation cruise. At left js a map of .the President’s routé. After a visit to Dr. William MecDonald, an —e—" I on which President President will join the Amberjack and sail, with his boys, up the coast to Campobello Island, N. B. Nome Romance Comes to! Smash in Hollywood— Both Sides of Case LOS ANGELES, Cal. June 16.— A divorce suit by Ray Wise, film acfor, and a cross complaint by his wife, GeéTirude, both Eskimos of Alaska, married at Nome last February, have been filed in the| LONDON WAITS CONFERENCE AT | BUSINESS IS NOT SHOWING 'FACING GREAT Is Given All Authority Re- quested to Pull Country Out of Slump ILIEUTENANTS ARE LINED UP TO WORK Chief Executive Plans on Taking Vacation While Program Proceeds WASHINGTON, June 16.—Tri- |umphant in Congress as no re- |cent President has ever been, Franklin D. Roosevelt faces now \hls own real test of power to pull |the country out of the slump. ‘The legislative session of Con- gress has given him all the imple- yments asked for to combat infla- {tion, unemployment, debt burdens land a myriad of interlocking caus- les for depression. Men who will translate into ac- |tion many of the daring new ac- !tivities of the Government, are at ;thelr posts, ready to function, or .are already deep in their tasks. | President Roosevelt plans to leave lat once on a vacation, confident his machine will set to do the jobs ‘outlined. | The President: has still to sign !the Industrial Control Public Works |legislation, Railroad Regulation ‘Bm and Glass Reform Act. ALEXANDER NOT CONFIRMED FOR ROOSEVELT IS |SENATE YIELDS T0 PRESIDENT TEST OF POWER| ON VET ISSUE Terms for me nditures Accepted—Last Act of Legislation BOTH HOUSES THANKED BY CHIEF EXE CUTIVE Last Minute Letter Sent to Both Houses for Hearty Cooperation WASHINGTON, June 16. —Capitulating again to the President on veterans’ com- pensations and after having bestowed upon him virtually all the powers asked for, Con- gress adjourned sine die at 1:21 o'clock this morning, Eastern Standard Time, less than one hour after the Sen- ate yielded to the suasion of the Chief Executive on the House question of reducing some of the veterans’ rates, in the interest of economy. President Roosevelt sent word to Congress that there was no need of appointing any committees telling him the Senate and House were both ready to adjourn there- by expediting the proceedings of winding up the special ses- sion. : The last act of Congress was in accepting the terms on the vet- erans’ expenditures which safe- ONU.S.REPLY, RETARDMENT positions in the Territory has guarded the President’s economy Bringing the Budget somewhat Superior court here. in balance. Imposed new taxes to yield $220,- 000,000 yearly. Far reaching revision of banking methods. Placing issuance of all securities under Federal supervision. Public Works Program Authorized the country’s biggest public construction program of more than three billion dollars to create employment. Made possible the anti-trust law suspension for the new industrial (Continued on Page Two.) S e FINLAD PAYS UNITED STATES HER WAR DEBT Little Republic Is Only Na- tion to “Come Through” WASHINGTON, June 16—The little nation of Finland stands out among the nations of the world today. The 15-year-old Republic, about the size of the state of Montana, was the only one of America’s deb- tor nations to step to the counter yesterday and pay the debt install- ment due, a sum of $148,582, due on $9,000,000 borrowed during the early struggle to preserve inde- pendence following the collapse of Russia. The Finns have lived up to their agreement to the letter and to top off all of this, have balanced the na- tional Budget from the early days of freedom. BORAH MAKE STATEMENT ‘WASHINGTON, June 16—Amer- ican collections on the $144,000,000 war debt installments due yester- day aggregated less than nine pér cent of the total and will probably put the United States Budget off balance by approximately $123,000,- 000 Senator William E. Borah said. “Debtor nations may wreck the World Economic Conference by at- tempting to keep debts before it,” said Senator Borah. been filed by the Anchorage Cham-' iber of Commerce, according to tele- | graphicadvices received today by the local ‘Chamber. It was wired United States and a copy sent by wire to Delegate Dimond. At the same time, the Anchor- age organization wired the Port- land Chamber of Commerce pro- {testing and condemning that body’s endorsement of George F. Alexan- Federal judge in this Division. It also sent a plea to the Chambers Francisco and Los ‘Angeles asking them to lend their support to prevent the appointment of non- Alaskans to office. to the Attorney General of the, der, nominated several days ago for | the proper license before under- taking to fish. Penalties are pro- vided for violations of any pro- vision of the law. BARANOF LEAVES FOR SEWARD AT 5 0’'CLOCK A. M. ! Taking Nick Bez back to the | Peril Straits Packing Company at Todd, and Hans Floe to the P. E. Harris cannery at Hawk Inlet, the | seaplane Baranof, piloted by Gene | Meyring, left Juneau at 3 o'clock Wise charges his wife has a| quick temper, made unpleasant remarks and was extravagant. 2 < Mrs. Wise charged he was under htUde Of WaShmgton the influence of Mrs. Elmer George, Holds Up Session at whose apartments he lived. Mrs. Wise says Mrs. George is a spiri-| LONDON, June 16—The World tualist and medium and S\IbSW‘Ek:onomlc Conference delegates be- quently controlled Mr. Wise's fin- gan labors today with unanimous ances. lagreemem on salient points that \must be decided. | These* points include , stabiliza- \tion of currencies, trade barriers, |tariffs, exchange restrictions, Gold Standard and other remedies for the economic crisis. After an important meeting of its Monetary Economic Committee, Currency Stabilization At- - — CHARLES WHYTE, FATHER AND BROTHER GO SOUTH To enter Laurel Beach Sani- tarium near Seattle, for treatment lfor tuberculosis Charles Wh manager of the Little Theatre at LOCAL POSITION [s Only Presidential Nom- ination Left — Name Back to President Unreported by the Senate Jud- \iciary Committee, the nomination of George F. Alexander, Portland, Ore., attorney, for United States sonal slackening.” |Judge of the First Division of Reports received by this agency'Alaska, was automatically returned this week ‘“emphasized increasing to President Roosevelt today. When employment and advancing wages the special term of Congress ended with plans of summer closing ab- today, no report on the nomination landoned as orders make it neces- had been made by the Committee, (sary for further widening of sched-faccording to an Associated Press {No Seasonal Slackening In- dicated—Orders Run Far Into Fall NEW YORK, June 16.—The Dun- | Bradstreet review today says: “Continuing its forward move- Iment, business so far has given no indications of the usual sea- The local Chamber did not form—;m;s morning and returned here ally enter any protest against the gsnortly after 5 o'clock. Mrs. Ladessa Haines, left this morning the Princess Norah. A recent ex- amination in Haines revealed the i the members decided virtually to | Todd. presence of the desease and Mr seaplane took off at '5:30 o'clock|where he underwent a thoro After returning to Juneau the|Whyte came immediately to Juneau /mark time on major problems over the week end pending definite word |regarding the Washington atti- tude toward currency stabilization.| Gold Standard countries, it i “Many industries are booked |well into early fall | “The almost unbroken contin-! | ules. |dispatch from Washington to The Empire. It said that it was the only nomi- nation made by the President that ity of broadening of the advance the Senate failed to confirm. Its has precluded influence of infla- return to the President is auto- Alexander nomination. It was dis-; Nordale made the round trip to| Association took action in the matter, the Chamber felt it was T | torney, and Robert W. Bender as, | passengers to Seward. Mr, Merrick GquRNMENT | Bender will return to Juneau or. the seaplane tomorrow. When it |dova and stay there tonight. - .- Blns uN wonK CAPT. C. E. AHUES AND i F. SVENSSON LEAVE FOR v i vk i WESTWARD ON MARY LOU | 3 4 | aska Superintendent for the Libby, Over TWC"‘Y'f“’e Mil- ,’McNem and Libby Company and hon to Be Ere‘:ted for the same company, who have been in Juneau for the last several Administration has approved Of{evening on the Mary Lou, which plans to call for bids on $25,000,- | pelongs to the Libby, McNeill and bids will be called for within the| ey were bound for the Libby, next 45 days and are in addition|,reneill apd Libby canneries at are now sought. which they will visit before return- ing to Southeast Alaska. {MRS. H. J. TURNER AND Under Her New Mayor[ . SONS LEAVE FOR VISIT Mrs. Harley J. Turner and her LOS ANGELES, June le.—Wlthhons, Lincoln and Harley Turner as mayor of Los Angeles on Julleonh for the south where they 1, more than a score of city offi- will visit during the summer. They bers of various city commissions,(Seattle and later visit Mrs. Turn- political leaders at the city hall jer's family in Leavenworth, Wash- cussed and after the local Bar unnecessary to duplicate it. * {with Ivan Merrick, Seattle at- is remaining in Seward and Mr. Tu GALL FBR |left here early this morning, Mr. | Meyring planned to return to Cor- Public Buildings to Cost capt. c. E. Ahues, soutneast al- F. Svensson, Operations Manager WASHINGTON, June 16. — The| oy, Jeft here at 8 o'clock last 000 worth of puhlic buildings. These Libby Company. to a like amount on which bids|yaiytat and the Bristol Bay region L. A. Expects Change B K the inauguration of Frapk L. sh-w].lr., left Juneau on the Princess cials will be replaced by new mem- lexpect to spend several weeks in predicted today. ington. said in French quarters, do not| intend to budge until approval of | the stabilization project is re- |ceived from Washington. ————eee— - REMAINS OF MRS. BARRON BEING BROUGHT NORTH FOR BURIAL AT SITKA :exam.\nanovn by Dr. W. J. B. McAul- iffe who advised him to enter 2 sanitarium at once. He will remain under medical attention in the south until he recovers. Alex Whyte, his father, years a resident of Juneau, and his lbrother George accompanied him| south and will remain until he is| established and on the way to r icovery. ! Mrs. H. C. Redmond, of Sitka,; is a northbound passenger on the | motorship Northland which is due| BOARD OF EDUCATION ‘to arrive in Juneau tonight, ac- ENTERTAINED AT LUNCH companying the remains of her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Barron, who| Members of the Territorial Board passed away several days ago at! of Education which is mee the Coffee Clinic where she was a now in Juneau, were luncheon Datient. Burial will take place in |guests today of Gov. John W. Sitka where Mrs. Barron lived for Troy at the Governor's Hous. Many years. | Those entertained were ) Mrs. Redmond was called south by her mother’s serious illness two weeks ago and was with her dur-‘ ing the last several days before! the end. Commissioner - of Education A Karnes. No Fall Sessi(;I; of Congress; Six Montlis Vacation Is On WASHINGTON, June 16—For the first time in history, Con- tionary measures. There is no gap and so far there is no evidence that the business revival is only temporary. ————,—— ROYAL SHEPARD LEAVES FOR MINING PROPERTY Royal 8hepard left o nthe Prin- cess Norah for Prince Rupert from where he will continue into the Omineca country to spend a month on the mining property in which he is interested. e MRS. MARVIN CHASE IN ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL . Mrs. Marvin Chase entered St. Ann’s Hospital this mroning to re- ceive medical treatment. pea L B A OUT OF HOSPITAL Mrs. Sam Pekovich, who under- went a tonsilectomy at St. Ann’s Hospital, left the hospital this morning. - OPERATED UPON Roy Johnson, employee of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany, entered St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday afternoon and underwent a minor operation there this morn- gress misses the fall meeting The Senate and House comes together again mext January under the Lame Duck Amendment to the Constitution., Both Hoases of Congress started a six months’ vacation. The Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution provides that the new Congress shall convene January 3 instead of the first Monday of December. | ing. | - e | Jimmy Dykes, now starring at | third for the Chicago White Sox, | hadled 17 chances at second base |in one game while playing with |the Philadelphia Athletics. matic. Local Democratic leaders, in- cluding J. J. Connors, National Committeeman for Alaska, are in- |clined to believe that the President will shortly make a recess ap- pointment as Judge Justin W. Harding’s term expired several months ago. They are hopeful that it will go to Simon Hellenthal, the |organization's candidate. PATSY ANN, CANINE GREETER, FINDS IT PAYS TO BE A TRAMP Sometimes it pays to be a tramp, at least that is what Patsy Ann, the inveterate steamer greeter dis- covered when taken in by the pound master for wandering the streets of Juneau without a license. |Probably the best known canine /in town, Patsy Ann is a born tramp |also one of the most difficult to find when her owner, Jackson Rice, is looking for her, and con- |sequently was casually meeting |steamers and planes with no tag long after the limit had passed. However, Chief C. J. Davis felt that the deaf Patsy was too -much of a public character to keep con- fined and decided to give her im- munity from the tag law, so when Jackson Rice went to the pound |to retrieve the errant wanderer he found she had already been released and gone her way. i i program but the Senate fought to the last, but was blocked by the utter refusal of the House to accept enlargement of spending for former soldiers, Last Minute Letter The House quit after wild cheer- ing, yelling and applause. A last minute letter from Presi- dent Roosevelt thanked the Sena- tors and Representatives “for mak- ing it possible on a broad average of rhore sincere and wholehearted cooperation between the Legislative and Executive branches of the United States Government than has been witnessed by America in many years.” COX - CAMPBELL NUPTIALS HELD LAST EVENING Miss Caroline Cox became the bride of Frank Campbell at 7 o'clock last evening at a simple ceremony performed by the Rev. E. K. Olafson in the presence of a few intimate friends of the couple at 333 Seward Street where Mr. and Mrs. Campbell make their new home. The bride and groom were at- tended by Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Metcalf. Following the ceremony a reception was held by the newly- married couple for their many friends who called to wish them happiness. Mr. Campbell is employed at the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany. — e TEACHERS LEAVE FOR THE SOUTH ON NORAH Miss Margaret Yeakey, teacher in the Juneau Public Schools, took passage for the south on the Prin- cess Norah. She will continue to Chicago, where she wil visit the Century of Progress Exposition. Miss H. Rose, teacher in the Ketchikan Schools, also left for the south on the Princess Norah after visiting in Juneau. - e LEAVES HOSPITAL Louise Karbeetoo, Indian girl, who underwent a major operation at St. Ann's Hospital about twelve days ago, left the hospital this morning. Aol i