The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 17, 1934, Page 1

0 - - THEDAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6577. " JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS GERMANY WARNED BY THREE POWERS ARMY PILOT BURN TWO PLANES | ARE WRECKED | ENROUTE T0 MAIL DUTIES, Two Second Lieutenants Down in Storm in Utah — Another in Idaho— Dies in Flames SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 17. — The Army’s first casualty, in preparation to carry the mail, was recorded jast night when Second Lieu- tcnants Jean D. Grenier and Edwin D. White crashed in| 4 blinding snowstorm 60 miles east of here. The two Army pilots were cnrcute to Cheyenne in 2 speedy attack type plane to assume air mail flying posts. SECOND CASUALTY JEROME, Idaho, Feb. 17. econd Lieutenant James Y. Eastman was burned to death when his plane crafihed} five miles southeast of here at 10:30 o’clock last night. He was enroute to Salt Lake City from Seattle in connec- tion with the War Depart- ment’s preparation to fly the air mail. —————— COVERNMENT T0 PROBE FOREIGN CONTRACTS NOW Another Investigation Be Made in Air Mail—In- junction Denied WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. — Vie- torious against the first legal chal- | lenge in the right to annul do- mestic air mail contracts, the Ad- ministration pried into the foreign air mail agreements and possible abrogation. The investigation may continue for weeks. Following dismissal by the New | . York Federal Court on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction in an avia- tion company’s injunction suit, Government officials said the in- vestigation now in progress will extend to foreign air mail con- tracts and a decision will be reach- ed later whether to cancel or re- tain the contracts. The Pan-American contracts brought an attack from Represen- tative Fish, of New York, who said the company received a six-million llar subsidy without bidding and “prominent Democrats were on itsg directorate.” in the meantime, the Army push- ing plans to lift the mail into the Monday ‘‘night, met the first tragedy in the deaths of three of its flie - e OLD FORT FOR HOBOES' CAMP MCBILE, Ala., Feb. 17.—Historic Fort Morgan, a bristling strong- hold that guarded the Alabama coast until the government aban- doned it fifteen years ago, seems on the way to becoming a hobo camp deluxe. The transient bureau of the Albama relief administration plans to convert it into an abode for HISELING IS UNEARTHED IN ALCOHOL PODL Two Noted Market Oper- | ators Vacationing—$65,- 000 Payment Revealed WASHINGTON, Feb. 17— Two noted market operators, vacation- ing abroad, slowed down the Sen- ate inve ion into the alcohol pool operations and added mystery | to the payment of $65,000 from the pool profits to a young New York accountant, Evidence was recently presented to the Senate Stock Market Com- | mittee, that two operators, Thomas | Bragg and Bennie Smith, were in Hawaii and Australila respectively and will be away indefinitely. Their absence shared inferést with the assertion of Senate Committee counsel Pecora that secret oper- {ations by American Alcohol Cor- | poration officials in syndicate op- erations were a ‘cheap and con- temptible form of chiseling.” | ERANCHISES FOR' 'WATER SYSTEMS MAY BE REVOKED ;Queslion Be Placed Before Professor Raymend Moley, erstwhile leader of President Roose- velt’s “brain recently resigned from the President's “perscnal cabinet,” is pictured as he arrived in San Francisco on | Pyblic at Coming City his tour of the nation. Moley predicted success for the Roose- | Eleckon.C head velt gold plan. He is now editor of an economic magazine, With | Ldection,Lounciliecides | him came his wife and.two sons, Raymond, Jr, and Malcolm, | . 0 T L] WA ALY, seowT e |the Juneau City Council held last | evening, to place the question of whether or not the franchises, now held by the Juneau Water Com- |pany and the Nelson Water Com- New Alignmentt of Partie | pany, should be revoked, up to the who New Cruiser San Francisco Commissioned At Elaborate Mare Island Naval Ceremonies S B RN s FRANCSCE A S | Amid elaborate naval ceremonies the new 10,000-ton cruiser U. S. 8. San Francisco took its place in Uncle Sam’s fighting force Saturday, February 10. The picturesque ceremcny took place at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Cal. The latest addition to the nation’s fighting sea force was for- mally placed in ccmmand of Capt. Royal E. Ingersoll. The chip was commissioned when the flag reached the top of the flag mast. The U. S. S. Ban Francisco has a complement of 537 officers and men. It will leave on a trip for South America March 12. High naval, military and civil authorities attended the brilliant affair. AI)I)(’(I"S Only' Neb"lous ZVO'U |voters of the city at the forthcom- But Politicians Note Trends "o oo vas vasei The resolution was passed as the |result of a discussion of the criti- | cal water situation in Juneau which but with “Republican leadership.” |took place after Mayor I. Gold-| e . ) stein had read a letter from R. F.| Wi SEUCITOR, ey 1> e {Lewis, owner of the Juneau Water | alignment of the major politw\?[As McNARY SEES IT | Company, in which the latter smd} | | | By HERBERT PLUMMER parties by the presidential election | On the other hand, there is the|pe could not come north at this year of 1936, often suggested as the | attitude of such Republican lead-|iimo puf would take up fthe mat-| hope of the present Administration. | ers as McNary of Oregon, flo0r boSS | ey of greater water storage facili- | apparently still is in what might |of the Senate. ties with P. R. Bradley and L. | be termed a nebulous stage. | e ' . me,” he stated on the eve of the|g ini g At least, efforts to obtain com- Gold Mining Company, least, efforts & " | convention of Congress, and there| mitments from various leaders of | ; bk indicatl b L‘Franci.sco, 4 | both Democrats and ;| Bas been no indication since that = counciiman G. B. Rice said that| Republicans | "o changed His view i e as to the possible trend in the fu-) e 8-/ e inasmuch as so many complaints ture meet wifh little success. in San | \/lan)(rl belleve ‘[R:‘";",' 80 b‘;;conceming the water situation had | i e, publicans and|paen made to the City Council this Washington politicians, however, | the independent wing of the Party, |ywinter he proposed that a resolu- have made mental notes of l'('c(‘nt‘lM(‘Nfll'y is perhaps among those|yi,n pe passed to place the matter lopments in this direction and |best qualified to do it |before the public on the ballots will watch with the greatest care| The reticence of Democratic lead- Bus Franchise all moves from now on. |ers in Washington is understand- | 1t was also decided to refer the They have seen outstanding cab- |able, since, for many of them at|,pnhjication of Walter H. Bacon, inet positions awarded to Indepen- least, a serious atiempt to AHIII]‘.!R-‘O‘- the Channel Bus Line, for a dent Republicans. |mate permanently the Republican|.nchise to operate busses on the They have noted that the Chair- 'r'lefl-wingers" might involve 1088 OF | ity streets of Juneau, to the vot- man of the Democratic Nationali‘{flpairmem of their own party Po-|..s at the coming election. This is Committee has bestowed his bless- | sitions at home. | practically the same as the fran- ing upon one of the foremost Re- i e |chise Mr. Bacon applied for last publican insurgents, Hiram John- | year, which was defeated by 2 son of California, for re-election W1ST small margin at the municipal the Senate. ! election. | They have heard Ogden L. Mills, President Hoover's Secretary ofi the Treasury, call for an Adju'»t—j As the result of many requests which have been made by places of amusement to extend the 1/ MONOPOLISTIC “All Republicans look alike 10|netsear, of the Alaska-Juneau|l'ederal Trade Commission| —————— an authoritative announcement yes-‘GRAY LINE Bus more vigorous made by companies to cease cer-| tain “practices condemned i | Commission. ‘ LABOR BOARD DOHERTY SCORES M'FADDEN OVER TAX INDICTMENT {Head of Cities Service Co. | Calls Congressman Coward for Attack | NEW YORK, Feb. 17—Henry L. | Doherty issued a statement last !I)immul Introduces Fish Measure; Is | Against Waste WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—Al- aska Delegate A. J. Dimond in- troduced a bill yesterday to PRACTICES TO BE PUBLISHED st | struction of salmon or other food fish in Alaskan waters and " providing that nothing but of- | fal could be used for cil or | fertilizer. | to Adopt More Vig- orous Policy WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.— The Federal 1SSl made ederal Trade Commission 9 | night saying that Representative terday that it has decided on a| LTouls . MdrFadden’s : acqusation against him is “not only a libel policy in dealing| SERVICE TO BE upon me and my companies but a | with unfair monopolistic practices. | Nasaldes . heonE ttack The Commissioner will use pub-| r:';:\n\L hhnx?rf)l p‘;;&u“o”‘:"i]‘g asg Heity and wii is greements | o : iy . ke the administration itself.” The statement was made follow- ting the charge yesterday by the | Pennsylvania Representative that iDClUXC Sighlseeing COGCh“thc Administration was “protecting | es to Introduce National . 1. Doherty, whose Cities Serv- | by the} i — v — #7 28 o |ice Company” he described as “one Association This Summer |[of the biggest tax evaders in the T ‘ country.” 0 IRY | Two deluxe sightseeing coaches Doherty, in his statement, further [rur service out of Juneau have said: “Were he mnot protected by been purchased the FParthest the cloak of Congressional immun- s realized much for which he|a as long fought under the Roose- velt Administration, visualizes far- reaching changes in the set-up of political parties in the future. Perhaps the opportunity for a new alignment of the Democratic | and Republican Independent tions is more favorable now than at any time before. Mr. Roosevelt| recoghnized it when he launched his election campaign in his acf:ep-l in | in 2,000 homeless wanderers, and fed- eral authorities have given their sanction. tance speech at Chieago. He stated then that his quarrel was not with the Republican party short se: ing fac- quiet the close today was | firm. Sales totalled 1,000,000 shares. lower today than yesterday. appearance during the jon today notwithstand- moderately soft spots bright To increase the efficiency of the fire department, the council aut orized the purchase of wheels and pneumatic tires to replace tne solid tires now in use on one of the fire trucks. All councilmen were in attend- ance at the meeting. e An appropriation not to exceed $500 during the present school ar has been authorized by the board of city commissioners at Owens- boro, Ky., for the Needy Kiddies' Lunch Fund. a few the list. Cils and various specialties were demand. Although trading was relatively ady to Grains Go Lower Most of the grains were a bit Cotlon was hesitant. Silver continued to advance, bar (Continued on Page Two) | Association, at Bellingnham, W: -|should be called off immediately/ |and the strikers reinstated with- |out prejudice or discrimination. | The Board rebuked the Associa- tion for refusing to submit to ar- bitration its dispute with the U |ion formed among its employers who struck after making an un- successful demand for a 30 percent wage increase, - eee Twenty-two foreign plant quar- antines are being enforced by the _ Department of Agriculture. in the sightseeing business in Ju- neau, is an officer of the Gray Line organization. “As a member of the Gray Line | Association, the Farthest North Gray Line company, incorporated is included in the national adver- tising and other services given by the association, which is a na- (tional organization of sightseeing companies operating throughout the world. The object of the asso- ciation colleciive advertising (bummued on Page Seven) | by ment of Republican tariff policy | o'clock closing hour, the question | { Nocgh ey SOLS SNRISLY, &0, A1) fy, whlch. he cowaxdly fudew. be- to meet changes in the world—and | was informally discussed and post- | askan corporation, it was announc-!hind in his vicious and scurrilous have heard Old Guard Republicans | SUES‘T""“" for decision at the n»»\Lff led Ludy’dy by Qeorge A. Lingo, presi-|attacks upon honest men, I would raise the cry of heresy. | | council meeting. | —_— dent. These finely equipped coach-| sue him for libel and slander in i G N Taxi Parki Whatcom Count Associa-| ¢ are to be shipped north on May ev court in the land.” —_ | sy | e - L ¥ > |1 and will be used in the tourist| Doherty denied there was any Q h New! Another matter that the council-| ¢ R buked for Not ! ¢ 5 sindes irs arity { s inc LOOKING AHEAD Some Shares Reac €W men talked over last night was ion Rebuke or INOL and transportation business in Ju- ?xrnguhmly in his income tax re- ¥ Peaks ik Closing Is whether or not more than two| Treahng with Men ‘ynr-a:x.vum“ vhctr with nqu_mlmcx?t re- | turns These and other moves have| : taxicabs shpuld be permitted to be | A jcently acquired from the Carlson ... o ®reen 10 set the politicians to thinking and | Steady to Firm parked: at any one locatlon at the| WASHINGTON, Feb. 11— The|(2xl company, of this city, Mr. Tp oy iN TO CHILKOOT wondering what the future holds. — same time, as is the case at pres-|National Labor Board has ruled| oo 4. . 4 th BARRACKS IN MARCH Senator Norris of Nebraska, vet-| NEW YORK, Feb. 17--Strength|ent, The question was referred to|that the strike of the employes of CT{W ,('Ti‘, me,,mr?r\m;;‘ yd("(,mfi‘ o1 ¥ fiada olke ek e E socl 1 o arlson '‘ax] company have com- eran Republican Progresst who [of steel issues gave stocks rather|the police committee for de the Whatcom County Dairyme: b"'“,d and James DCur:wn, pioneer| Word has been received that | Major H. W. Meisch, medical corps, US.A., who was sent from Chilkoot Barracks for duty with the CCC in the states last May, will return to the post near Haines early in March ording to Col. William C. Miller, commanding officer, who is in Juneau today. In the absence of Major Meisch, Capt. E. M. Altfather has been the station surgeon, and after the former’s return there will be two ED TO DEATH, CRASH e —— ENGLAND, ITALY AND FRANGE IN DIRECT ACTION TOAID AUSTRIA [Manifesto, Issued to World, but Directed to Hitler, Is Drafted on Proposal Made by Mussolini | PARIS, Feb. 17.—England, France r=- Ity" "“ive draft- ed, according to reliable re- ports, a warning to Germany to keep “hands off” in Aus- tria. The joint declaration will be addressed to the world at large and is believed to be a movement on the part of the three powers intended to preserve Austria’s independ- ence. The manifesto, which though addressed to the world, is peointed at Germany, was the propesal of Premier Benito Musolini of Italy. The official statement will say the “French, Italian and British Governments have Jagreed io take @ common view as a necessity in main- taining Austria’s independ- ence and integrity in accord- ance with relevant treaties.” HITLER'S STATEMENT LONDON, Feb. 17.—Chan« cellor Hitler, of Germany, in an interview published today in the London Daily Mail, ex= pressed belief that the Aus- trian Nazis will gain strength as the result of the recent civil strife there. —————— AUSTRIA QUIETS DOWN; GUERILLA WAR CONTINUES Fascists Gain Recognition in Cabinet — Death Toll Estimated VIENNA, Feb. 1.—With guerilla warfare continuing, the Govern- ment seems to have gained the upper hand in the civil war in Austria which has been waged by the Socialists. The Fascists scored a big gain in their drive to dominate the Government with the elevation of one leader to a Cabinet post and the ousting of thousands of So- cial from public office. Five more Socialists, condemned to death for insurrectionary activi- ties were hanged here during the night. Six ofhers were sentenced to death, but sentences were com- muted to prison terms. Several Heimwehr sentries were wounded on the streets by gun- fire from speeding autos. Officials y 102 soldiers and po- lice were slain along with 137 ei- vilians, including nine women and three children but the Socialists place the dead at 1,800. e Cologns ‘Thibii New Journalists COLOGNE, Germany, Feb. 17.— The “Institute of Research for International Journalism" has been opened at Cologne University in “an endeavor to form a new Ger- man press and cooperate in the training of the rising generation of journalists.” .- | medical officers at the post, which lis the present allowance, Col. Mil- ler said. 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