The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1934, Page 1

| % | | i | i | | i | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6567. * JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1934 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS PROPOSED SALMON CANNERS' COD COMMITTEE OF | SENATE WIDENS INVESTIGATION Non-Competitive Bidding‘ on Supplies Will Be | Looked Into WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Determ- | ination to explore every one of the | naval airplane and engine awarded without com- bidding spread among members of the House Naval Af- fairs Committee todaly. The com- mittee has already been informed that under one non-competitive bid- din contract for engines, the manufacturer netted a 50 per cent on a ten million dollar many itive profit ovder. committee swung ahead with a probe to see if other such dis- closures will be forthcoming. ADAMS TO BE CALLED WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — The Naval Affairs Sub-commit- decided to call Charles Adams, Hoover's Secretary and two of his assistants to find out what they know about | airplane contracts on which the| committeemen have been told profits of as much as 50 per cent| were made. H has BOEING TESTIFIES WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Testi-! mony that he exchanged Boeing, Alr” Transport stock costiug $850;- | 000 for United Aircraft and Trans-| por ares which reached the mar- | ket value of almost $9,000,000 in| 1929, was given to the Senate Air- mail Investigating Committee to-| day by W. E. Boeing, of Seattle, Chairman of the United Aircraft, Company MAKES APPEAL - AIRMAIL CONTRAC FIGURES IN CUBAN RECOGNITION 1 Ending six monts of unofficial relations, during which Cuba has been in turmoil, the United States has recognized the new island go ernment of Carlos Mendieta (right). Jefferson Caffery (left, above), to be the new United States ambassador to Cuba, sald the new gov. ernment had the cupport of the people. Manuel Marquez Sterling (lower left) will act as Cuban ambassador to Washington. (Associ- ated Press Photos) T0 FRENGH NO | Appropriation For Civil Works Passes House ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.— The nine hundred and fifty HOME LOANS IN ALASKA CAN BE OBTAINED SOON |Home Loan Corporation’s. Activities Extended | ThroughSeattle Branch Extension of the Home Loan| Corporation’s activities to Alaska through the* Washington State branch with headquarters at Se- attle, has been directed from Wash- | ington, D. C., it was announced to- day by Gov. John W. Troy. That | means that as soon as machinery {can be devised locally, Alaskans with mortgaged homes can refi- nance through the Home Loan Cor- poration. | The necessary machinery will be | established without delay, Gov.| Troy bsaid this morning. It was in- | dicated that for the present, at | least, under the instructions of the Home Loan Board, no local ap-! praisers or ofher personnel would /I be appointed in the Territory. ! The Washington State branch of the corporation is under the direc- ition of W. E. McCroskey, State manager. He will handle all re- | quests for refinancing of home mortgages. In a letfer to Gov. Troy | he said it would be his aim to ex-| pedite all applications but he real- | ized, due to local conditions, there were bound to be delays. He hoped, | !however, to establish a system that | would cut these down to the low-| “est possible minimum. | As soon as local representatives _of the Corporation have been.ars, | ranged for and a program decided | | upon, full details will be published |in order that those seeking aid | from the Corporation will know | how to proceed. Gardens (above) and gallery of Somerville (N. J.) home Heiress to millions and reputedly the richest girl in the world, Doris D\l}ke. reigning society beauty, is forced to remain aloof from her customary round of entertainment in g . while authorities investigate letters which Duke remains indoors, even foregoing her abduction. She has retired to her demand payment of large sums. l nérease in Price of Gold 1 s estate at Somerville, N Constantly guarded, M “~wgrite sport of horseback riding. Predicted by Dimond;Greater Spurtol ndustry Is Foreseen ing increased prices for newly min- | | WASHINGTON, Feb, 6.—Predict- [say newly mined gold will com-! mand a substantial premium over of $20.67 an wvoris Duke w_York because of threats of UTILITIES TAKE. UPWARD TREND, TRADING TODAY CODE IS ANNOUNCED T PROBE BROADENS 'RESULATIONS TO GOVERN FISHING ARE FORMULATED Entire Code Is Drawn Up by Deputy Adminis- trator Wade |SENT TO WASHINGTON FOR OPEN HEARINGS Hours, Wag;; Set Forth— Would Eliminate Con- tract System e ) | A code of fair competil I for {the canned salmon indusiry has !been formulated, forwarded to Washington for consideration, and | was made public today by Deputy NRA Administrator Hugh J. Wade, for the first time. Before it can be put into effect, it must be opened to hearings, Mr, Wade said. In its present form it is only | tentative and changes can be, and are almost certain to be made. It establishes a minimum rate of pay for cannery workers not receiving board and lodging of 35 cents per hour, and a 48-hour working week for most workers, with 56 hours for certain classes of labor, Eliminates Contract System It seeks to eliminate the old “oriental labor” contract system by requiring that all contracts be made directly between the employ- e; and employee. It requires em- oyers, te-ieey. wsorted”,. {from the day it salls ffi;omhm" south until it returns to the port of embarkation, and to pay transpor- | tation costs. Tt requires that canners operat- ing in Alaska to give, as far as practicable, preference to Alaska labor. Tt establishes a Code Au- |the former price ounce for a long period to come. “While the ultimate object of the demonstration is to raise commod- ed gold if fhe dollar is further de- !valued, Alaska Delegate Anthony !J. Dimond said the Government’s | definite monetary policy should act thority of 11 persons composed of two members operafing plants in the districts ~of Columbia River and Oregon and Washington up to Other Groups, Except Metals, Specialties, Hit by Profit Taking million dollar relief and Civil Works appropriafion was shot through the House late yesterday with only one rep- said he received almost| 55,000 United Aircraft shares in| exchange for 4300 shares of the| Air Transport. He said he| Boeing MANY CLAIMS T0 START RIOT e - FILED AGAINST Boell sed 350 shares at par. Seeks Profit Proof [¢) nan Black attempted to es- tablish the fact that the Boeing Airplane Company made profits in 1950 of almost one million and a half dollars with a small capital and that dividends of $2,400,000 were declared. . Boeing said cash dividends were $367,000, the rest being stock divi- dends. Chairman Black said he was at- tempting to develop all assets were created through airmail profits. 2 -0 SENSATIONAL DISCLOSURES ARE EXPECTED Dealer in Army Gpods In- volved — Indictment May Be Sought WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Possi- bilities of sensational disclosures in connection with Government con- tracts are intimated following a move by Harry Woodring, Assistant Secretary of War, to bar Joseph Silverman, described as a dealer in army surpluses, from doing busi- ness with the War Department. United States Attorney Garnett is quoted in the Washington Post also pu today as saying that in all prob-| ability an indictment charging con- spiracy to defraud the Government will be asked befdre the Grand “Jury. Mpystery surrounds the move to bar Silverman and Woodring re-| fused to discuss the situation. Amy Is Seen Again; Hissing Like Engine POWELL RIVER, B. C., Feb. 6.—Jack Harper, a merchant, is reported as seeing Amy Cad- borosaurus, sca serpent, chas- ing a flock of sguacking ducks and hissing like a steam en- gine near Willingdon Beach. This is ancther version that the . famcus “thing” is real, 'Premier Daladier Says He Will Use Armed Force If Necessary BULLETIN, Paris, Feb. 5— Firing began tonight near the Chamber of Deputies on Place de la Concorde after soldiers had been summoned to aid po- lice in quelling the mob. French Fascists are shouting. Communists an- Zocialists have jeined the disorder. £ The mob is howling for Dela- dier ot resign as Premier. The iron gates of the United States Embassy, opposite Place de la Concorde, have been closed and locked. Bullets spat- tered the walls of the Embassy when soldiers fired upon the rioters. It is estimated hundreds have been injured. The Chamber of Deputies is in an uproar and is reported to have adjourned, following roaring of epithets at each other. The wild orgy of mobsters, is growing. PARIS, Feb. 6—Premier Dala- dier, as a war veteran, issued a personal appeal to the young peo- ple today to avoid rioting as he | prepared to present his young Cab- inet to the Chamber of Deputi In any event, the Premier warn- ed, the Government knows how to maintain order as he attempted to wring a vote of confidence from the Chamber of Deputies. In an attempt to forestall the threat of anti-Government demon- strations, the police began this forenoon to disperse crowds in the |center of Paris and it is said and keep order in the city. i Crowds gathered around posted { manifestos calling for a démonstra- :v,ion during the day which are ex- pected to be of some size at any | moment. {ber that France is determined to remain on the gold standard and |appealed to the Deputies to “de- {fend my regime.” | - | CLAUDE BROWNLEE DIES | One of the best known oldtimers jof the Dawson section, William | Brownlee, died recently in the hos- | pital in the Klondike metropolis. For years be had been located at O'Neil Gulch. the army is also ready to advance | Premier Daladier told the Cham- | resentative voting mno, Ter- rell of Texas, who said it was unconstitutional. ‘The appropriation measure now goes to the Senate. s e e c e e ce 000 i o FILINGS CLOSE THIS AFTERNOO FOR PRIMARIES Fifteen Democrats and Six Republicans Enter for Campaign | Fifteen filings had been made in the Democratic primary and six in the Republican at 3 pm. today and the time for filings of declara- itions of candidacy for party nomi-| | nations was but two hours away.l| None can be made after today. | The latest were: Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne and J. P. Anderson, Democrats, and H. R. Shepard, | Republican, all for Representative. {This put ten Democrats in the irace, for the four House nomina-! {tions, and filled the chubhcan‘ | House slate. | | Rush to Democrats | | The rush has been to the Demo-| cratic primary, in striking contrast 'to a few years ago. No Republican | candidates for Delegate to Congress ihad appeared, and Delegate A. J.| |Dimond was unopposed in his own | party. There was no Republican filing for Territorial Senator. Rival candidates appeared in the { Democratic primary for that post. | Senator Allen Shattuck, whose term ! expires fhis year, is seeking re- nomination, and W. B. Kirk, pio- | neer local business man, is contest- ing for it. | There are two candidates in each primary for the nomination for Territorial Treasurer. W. G. Smith, Republican incumbent, is seeking renomination and is opposed by Dr. W. H. Chase, Mayor of Cor- dova for many years, Martin Harrais, ‘pioneer of the Fairbanks district and now residing | at Ellamar, near Valdez, and Os-' car G. Olson, Eyak Democrat, are (Continued on Page Five) | for properties alleged to have been| confiscated by the Soviets in SENATOR LONG | H RUSSIAN GOV, American Corporations Seek $65,000,000 in | Confiscation Cases | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. — Morl‘i than 1,000 citizens and corporations | are disclosed as having filed claims against Soviet Russia with the State Department, seeking financial benefits to be derived through the fast climaxing American - Russian debt negotiations. The claims are estimated at $65,- 000,000 by American corporations( the nationalization of all property in Russia. Others include individual pur- chasers of Russian securities sold in this country before the United States entered the World War. DEFENDANT IN_ §500,000 SUIT Libel Case Action Upheld| by D. C. Court ‘ of Appeals ; WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—United | States Senator Huey Long has a| $500,000 libel suit on his hands. | The District of Columbia Court| of Appeals ruled the Senator from | Louisiana is not immune from | Samuel Ansell's suit just because he is in Washington. Ansell charges that Senator Long | crook on the Senate floor, then| distributed pam p hlets containing H caled him a thief, scoundrel and | ocnley and Lady Ashley have been | | his speech. The Long is responsible for the tribution of the pamphlets. e Court held that Senator| dis- High school students of Califor-|The dollar devaluation of last week | Brazil. nia made agricultural profits of $122,000 in Future Parmer projects during the last fiscal year. as a spur to gold mining in the Territory. The Delegate said: “Now that the Administration has announced a definite policy, Alaska will be in a position to consolidate the advantages, which came last summer when increasing- 1y higher prices were paid for gold mined within the country. That alone is sufficient to spur gold mining all through the territory. But in many quarters there is re- luctance to invest in an industry when there is no assurance forth- coming as to the permanency of the policy. Since that fear is now removed, development of gold re- sources are bound to proceed on a greatly increased scale. To Command Premium “With this country on a modified Gold Standard, it seems safe to | FAIRBANKS, SR 1S NAMED IN DIVORCE CASE Lord Ashley Makes His|One Hundred and Fifty Charges Against Am- erican Film Star PARIS, Feh. 6—7ue New York ity prices and achievement of the goal will act to reduce mining profits, nevertheless the industry will be infinitely better off than | during the war and subsequent years when high commodity prices prevailed with no increase in the amount paid for the metal. “As prices gogup, other industries in the Territory will prosper to a greater degree than they have dur- ing the past few years. “Overnight miracles are not to be expected but to an observer in 3Wx:shingwn. it cannot but seem | that a brighter period lies ahead for the Northland. “Many economists are urging fur- ther devaluation should fake place and if that is done the price for newly mined gold will be increased still further.” CRAZY MAN RUNS AMUCK, L A, STUDIO Women, Listening to Recipe, Frightened | ( | | | LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 6— | NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Utilities |were given an upward whiri today !'while most' of the other groups, with the exception of metals and [various speclalties, were subjected to profit taking. Low priced power and light is- sues were turned over in a large volume in the final hour. The close was irregular with sales of 4,200,000 shares being reported. The curb was irregular, Bonds rregular Bonds were irregular, many fav- orites in secondary issues losing one to two points. The sudden popularity of utilities is attributed to the switching oper- ations by some professionals who believed the department somewhat is behind the market. Dollar Drops The dollar dropped nearly four cents in terms of the sterling and was off about 13 cents in relation to the franc. Gains were ea was up $1 a bale. Rubber and silver were firm. One block of 90,000 shares of Commonwealth Southern changed hands at a small gain. Gainers Today American Telephone and Tele- eraph, North American, Western Union, Public Service of New Jer- sey, American Waterworks, Colum- bia, all were up one to two points. Active specialty gainers included er and cotton Cape Flattery, two from Puget Sound, two from Southeast Alaska, two from Central Alaska, two from Western Alaska and the eleventh to be selected by the first ten. Text of Code The text of the proposed code is as follows: ARTICLE I PURPOSES To effectuate the policies of Title I of the National Industrial Re- covery Act, the following provis- ions are submitted as a Code of Fair Competition for the Canned Salmon Industry, and upon approv- al by the President shall be the standard of fair competition for such Industry and shall be binding upon every member thereof. ARTICLE IL DEFINTTTONS Section 1. Canned Salmon Industry. The term “Canned Salmon In- dustry” as used herein means and includes all persons engaged whol= ly or in part in canning salmon in hermetically sealed containers, which term shall include the catch~ ing, canning, packing, disposition and all other matters incident thereto by those engaged in can- ning salmon and also means and |includes such related branches or | subdivisions as may from time to time be included under the pro- visions of this Code by the Presi- |dent of the United States after such notice and hearing as he may prescribe. Herald's Paris edition said Lord'A former Montana wheat field|Paramount, McClelland Stores, A_;.‘Seefion 2. Member of the Ashley, aged 23 years, Earl Shaftesbury, hsa: filed a divorce petition naming Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., as correspondent. Lady Ashley was Sylvia Hawkes. She is an actress and star of the “Whole Town's Talking.” SERVED WITH PAPERS LONDON, Feb. 5.—Douglas Fair- banks, Sr., was today served notice he had been named correspondent in a divorce action instituted by young Lord Ashley against doll-like Lady Ashley, of stage fame. Lord estranged since January, 1928. Devaluation of Dollar an amuck with a knife in a radio broadcasting station here last night, stabbed one man to death, wound- ed another and frightened 150 women who were listening to a recipe for a caramel pudding. Edwin Wolverton was killed and | Warren Fehlman was slashed. ! Studio officials said Walker, who appeared demented, wanted a job. DIVORCE LAW Causes No Stir in Westi RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 6.—A club is being formed here to help of | worker, Challenge Walker, aged 43, | sociated Drygoods. Rails, steels and oils eased. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 6— Closing (Quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 22%, American Can 102%, American Power and Light 12%, Anaconda 17%, Armour B 3 Bethlehem Steel 487, Calumet and Hecla 6%, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox Films 16%, General Motors 41, In- ternational Harvester 46, Kenne- {cott 22%, Montgomery-Ward 33%, | Ulen Company 3%, United Aircraft ;35‘.. Standard Oil of California 41%, United States Steel 59. - eee IS RECORD BIRTH A son was born on Christmas SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Feb. 6— |the campaign for a divorce law in Day to Mr. and Mrs. George Mo- Propaganda will be spread riarty at Fort Yukon. The baby produced little if any effect on|by means of the radio, in theatres was the first all-white chiid to be wages and prices in the Far Wcst.l:.md a monthly publication of 100,- born in Fort Yukon for three and trade leaders said today. J000 copies. ! one-half years, Industry. The term “member of the indus- try” as used herein means and in- cludes, but without limitation, any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or other form of enter- prise, engaged in the industry as an employer. Section 3. Employee. The term ‘“employee” as used herein means any person engaged in the industry in any capacity and receiving compensation for his serv- ice irrespective of the nature or method of payment of such com- pensation. Section 4. Act and Administrator. The term “Act” and ‘‘Adminis~ trator” as used herein mean re-~ spectively Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, and the Administrator for Industrial Recov- ery. Section 5. Watchman. The term “watchman” means an employee whose prineipal function | (Continued on Page Two) { |