The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6579. jUNEAU ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1934. Vll:MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS URNED TO DEATH IN HOSPITAL BEDS DIMOND PLEADS FOR AIR MAIL LINES iN NORTH Delegate Deelares Alaska Will Be Set Back to Days Before Airplanes GIVES COMPARATIVE FiGURES ON SERVICE Advocates Leavmg Feeder| Lines in Interior Only to Dog Teams WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Dele- e Anthony J. Dimond last might | a as stripped of | the past ten years as the fight for more mail | he car! ed fun the Territory to the/ House Post Office Committee. ‘ He said the Alaska air mail] d been subsidized, but| air service companies in the North had bid for mail routes | in direct competition with dog teams | When bids were opened for con-| tracis recently the air service bids| the mail routes were approxi-‘ $37,000 above the figures submitted by the low dog team bidder. He said, ‘“4f additional funds ar not provided mail delivery in Al- aska will be'set back to the day: before the airplanes cut travelin, time in the Territory. For example, the mail is carried from Fairbanks to Nome in from six hours to two days. By dog team the mail is en-| route from twenty-one to thn‘t}‘ r!(\}\" He said the situation was/| same between Fairbanks andw Bethel. He urged the committee to pro-| vide service on the main routes in| the Territory by airplane, leaving) the small feeder lines to the dog teams. BONUS BILLIS BEING FORCED | for T0 HOUSE VOTE Administration Prepares for Drive Against Meas- ure for Payment | WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—A grow-| ing sentiment in the House for ac-| tion on the two billion dollar bonus bill calling for a payment in urefln-; backs found the Administration pre- paring for a drive to defeat it or| if not to defeat it to make compromise. The White House strongly op-|. posed the measure introduced last March by Representative McKeown | of Oklahoma. Already 127 Representatives have | signed a petition to force a vote on bringing the measure out of| the Ways and Means Committee. Only eighteen more names are re-| quired to put the House on record.| Democratic leaders generally con- | ceded the measure will pass in the! House. It was announced this afternoon | that sufficient signatures had been secured to call the bonus bill out of the committee and get it before the House notwithstanding the fact| President Roosevelt does not ap- pri of the measure. It is not known what the Senate will do but the President will veto the bill if it is passed. - - Whisiling in Thealris 0K’d by French Court PARIS, Feb. 20.—The tradition- al right of the Freuch theatre goer to whistle if he, or she, does not like the show, has been up- held in court. Mme. Augusta Pineau, sub- scriber at the Theatre-Francaise, didn't like a performance of “Christine”. Unmindful of the old English law about “whistling girls and crowing hens” she vented her disapproval with pursed lips. Hailed into court, she was ac-j quitted and exited whistling. | provements, Skagway to issue | gate to Congress and members of | elections to be held every | January, Rockefeller Romance Reported #hoto by Berns Close friends of the Rockefeller family say that the engagement of Winthrop Rockefeller (inset), youngest son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to Miss Lludbeth Shallcross (above) iss Shallcross is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Cecil i Fleetwood Shallcross, of New York. She is 20. Young Roc]\cfellet is 22, in the Spring. CONGRESSASKEL BOND ELECTIONS Changes Also Proposed in Territorial Elections to Sep!ember WASHINGTON, Feb. bills, including authorization three Alaskan cities to issue for an | aggregate of $187,000 in bonds for municipal improvements, and fix- ing the date for elections and con- vening of the Territorial L« ture, have been proposed by C man Tydings of the Senate Terr tories Committee The bonds proposals would auth- rize the City of Juneau to issue $100,000 in bonds for munieir $40,- 000 for a water distribution sys and Wrangell to issue $47,000 for | similar works. Change In Election The fourth measure fixes the second Tuesday in September ear for electing "an Alaskan de the Territorial Legislature, and second year. The Territorial Legislature would’ {convene on the second Monday in 1935, and the same day for every two years thereafter. The bill also outlines the duties of the Alaska Canvassing Board, which it stipulates all consist of the Governor, Territorial Secre- tary and Collector of Customs. D MR. AND MRS. THEODORE LOFTUS TO LEAVE FOR 20.—Four. 5 & due to be formally announced Franklin D. R., Jr. H(l\' Pair of 'k Eyes CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 20. —Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., is orting two very black eyes and a battered ncse today. A freshman at Harvard acci- dentally struck young Roose- velt's face with a squash rac- quet during a game, The injuries are painful but not serious. ALASKA AVIATOR LOSES MATE VIA DIVORCE COURT Wife Says He Dressed Beautifully But Did Not Support Her or Son SEATTLE, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Madge Andrews, aged 20, has been granted divorce from Leonard Andrews, aged 30, aviator of Ketchikan, Alas- ka. The divorce not contested. M Andrews charges her with non-support of herself and son, Redney, “although he wore the most beautiful clothes and lived at the best hotels.” Mrs. Andrews was child, $25 monthly for and $35 monthly alimo awarded the support h y BRUSSELS s INTERIOR THIS EVENING ' Mr. and Mrs. Theodore who have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Jules Loftus here for the last’ two months, will leave tonight on the steamer Alaska on their way to their home in Fairbanks, where Mr. Loftus is engineer with the Fairbanks Exploration Company. Loftus, | Mr. Loftus is remembered in Ju-! neau as the star of the first bas ketball team of the Alaska Agri tural College and School of Mines to play in Southeast Alaska. >~ MR. AND MRS. O’BRIEN AND FAMILY LEAVE FOR IDITAROD THIS EVENING Mr. and Mrs. W. O'Brien and their children are leaving on the steamer Alaska tonight on their way to Iditarod. Mr. O'Brien has been employed at the Alaska Ju- neau Gold Mining Company. 'last GENTRAL CITY OF MOURNING Funeral of Dead King on Thursday—Leopold Be- comes Monarch Friday BRUUSSELS, Bel.‘,!um. Feb. 20— This city became the mecca today for mourning as sorrowing subjects of King Albert I, who was killed Saturday while mountain climbi; poured into the capital by the thousands where the mon- arch’s body lay in state. The fun- eral will be held Thursday and Prince Leopold becomes King on Friday. -, Only 13 words were used by the late Webster Wood of Oklahoma, Cal., to will fils estate of $10,000 to his wife, ' mate | TEN WOMEN PERISH; FIRE | | | |Flames Rage in Tempera- ture Eighteen Degrees Below Zero i BROCKEVILLE, | Pa., Feb. 20— | Ten women, widows or daughters of Civil War veterans, were burned to death early this morning when fire destoryed the Infirmary of the Pennsylvania Memorial Home. Five women were rescued. The temperature was 18 degrees below zero at the time of the fire. The women were trapped in their beds and the firemen and atten- who were able ‘to walk out unaid- ed. She led two others to safety. The fire lasted only half an hour. TWO NATIONS START FIGHT OVER AUSTRIA Rule Is Brought to Direct Issue LONDON, Feb. 20.—According to whether Austria will become Nazi or Fascist has reached a head with Germany on one side and Italy on the other, both shouting encourage- ment to their friends. The Austrian Nazis demanded the Government come to terms wi them in eight days, saying the Government must be taken over by them. Ttalian newspapers attacked Ger- many. In France, the government there regards the affair as bringing to a showdown the struggle betwe: Hitler and Mussolini for cont of Austria. - "ES% HEADS DEM()( RAT\ Luther C. Hess, territorial Sena- tor from the Fourth Division, was recently elected head of the| Fourth Division Democratic Club in Fairbanks. Other officers el ed were: vice dent; C. T. Spencer, secretary ton Nordale, treasurer; Victor Riv- ers, Earl Cox, John P. Cosser, J. A. McIntosh, Austin Gibbs Leo Rogge, members of the exe tive committee. PRI ARG X Only sixty per cent of the den at the University are residents oI F‘londa WASHINGTON, Feb. 20— Y‘ three bills for repeal of the Pro- hibition laws in Alaska, Ha and other possessions passed by t United States Senate yesterd now go to the House. The bills merely provide for I peal of the existing enforcement laws and in the Alaska case spe- cifically vests the legislative a sembly of that territory with po to regulate the liquor traific. e IN INFIRMARY Question of Nazi or Fascist press dispatches the question as to i before the House at F rance Bullds Momlvr-le e Laml Bombor to ward off attacks, Here is France's “flying battleship, of raiding hostile fleets 500 miles at sea and returning to its base, bat- a huge secaplane which on recent tests proved itself capable It carries machine guns with which dants were helpless the flames| PARIS, Feb. 20.—A *flying aerial pursuers with its machine signed like the seaplanc for rapid raced through the eighteen-room,|tleship,” armed with three machine|gns fore, aft and amidships. climbing and flight over a long one-story frame building guns, and a huge speedy bombing| " propelled by motors of 2,400 hp. | range with a heavy load. Its de- The victims ranged in age from|land plane are being added lin all, it demonstrated its ability, tails have not been announced, 64 to 94 years. They had no op-|France's air forces as additions 0|, tests recently completed at Le pending completion of trials, but it | portunity to flee as the fire start-|the country’s defense systems. Havre to speed fully loaded at 155 is intended to meet cr m from {ed in the middle of the building| The .~‘v.\p2u‘nci. the biggest f‘gh“‘ miles an hour for more than 1100 | various French quarters that the| and swept through the corridors,|ing craft of its kind in France,| mjes ‘Quick on the getaway, it| nation’s air force is inadequate in| | both ways. capable of carrying 14 tons of use-| ;jimpg 4 mile in seven minutes the face of neighboring fleets, par | Nurse Blocked ful load, also is intended as a mod- Bomber Is Monster icularly that of Italy | The fire was disco by alel for planes to be used in the| mor airmail service across the Speedier Planes Planned |nurse who was blocked by smoke|French ailrmail service “’,SO“"h‘SOuLh Atlantic, the plane would be Models for still speedier and | 5"3“’ fire from reaching the tel America and RosBOgag er 0N 4C-| fitted to carry 14 tons of mail, more powerful planes, able to climb phone. She finally found the fire|ross the Mediterranean. | while for passenger service linking |to 32,000 feet in less than 30 min- alarm box. Tests Prove Seaplane Marseilles, Algiers and Tunis, it utes, and cruise at 235 miles an { By the time the f ached| nposemned by its builder. Louis | would be given a second-ci abin | hour, also have been adopted by the scene, the flames had zained|preoyet, as a “high seas’ plane,|for eleven travelers, a first class|the French. They were prompted | such headway they made approach| iy snip is designed for long cruis- |cabin for six and a de luxe cabin by reports that Germany had de-| to the building impossible es over water. Thus it could fly|for two. | veloped a plane of that speed. But | The nurse in the meantime|g, gom jis base to drop bombs| ‘The monster-like new bomber, scrapping of old machines is not awoke the women in three rooms|.,, enemy \h)])) while keeping ofl‘])o\\nod with four engines, is d scheduled before 1937 or 1938, STOCK EXCHANE OPENING HALTED BY HEAVY SNOW Price Changes Narrow and Traders Cautious— Pound Sterling Loses market opened one hour late today on account of the heavy snow which impeded traffic and pre- vented members from reaching the exchange on time. Price changes were narrow and traders were cautious and only few aircrafts, rails and specialties found sizeable followers. The close day were 1,300,000 shares. Bonds improved in spots. No Stirring News There was little in the news to stir the speculative pulse. Wheat| Silver was and cotton slipped. actionary and other commoditie: listless. ‘, Sterling lost about 8 cents terms of the dollar equalization fund was {to use in bidding for gold franc was moderately firm. Some Gainers Gainers of from one i- |Crucible Steel, Electric American Telephone and Tele-| graph, American Can, Allied Chem- iS(A:CL Utilities were a little soft. i *HINE | CLOSING PRICES NEW YORK, Feb. 20 J (Con!'n.xed on Pa,n Se TODAY — Closing en) 4laska Repval Bill Coos to House; Final Action Is Not Ex pec ml for Two W eeks are Gen- the provisions in the mea: awaiting approval of Attor eral Cummings. The bill for Alaska will place the territory on the same basis as the states in handing liquor con- trol and permit officials there to solve their own problems without outside interference, NEW YORK, Feb. 20—The hlockl a) was steady and total sales for mo; | | was off more than a cent a bushel Of @ ]olm.\on to ‘rllul.o Address | This Evening DISTRESS CALLS SENT OUT FROM COAST VESSELSf W ASHINGTON, Feb. 20— Gen. Hugh S. ohnson, National | Recovery Administrator, speaks to the country tonight at 10:30 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, on a matter of exceptional im- portance. He did not reveal the contents of his address beforehand. {Blizzard Sweeps Furious I Seas—Quick Assist- ! ance Is Needed | P R 0 FESSIUNAL i BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 20.—Dis-| | tress calls from two steamers | GA P Fu u N n I N caught in a raging blizzard oHi SCHOONER § ELKS AID | HONOLULU, T. H., Feb. 20— The steam schooner Horace X. | Baxter is in difficulty off Hono- |lulu. The craft radioed her posi-| y ’Co.\wL Guard into the furious seas coastwise craft, was rammed and| . . off Cuttyhunk and calling for quick Clients in New State ither forming or foreseeing any | the Massachusetts Coast, sent the to give aid. The steamer Northern Sword, b |is ashore off the Coast. An uniden. Formation of Syndlcate of | tified vessel has flashed an s0s | assistance in a bhndmg sleet storm Plan Hits Snag ROME, Feb. 20.—The difficulties| Isuch thing as syndicates of clients |to act under Mussolini’'s newly ov- orha i re- | |erhauled corporative state is DPre-|iion and reports she is leaking and in ' occupying some of Ttaly's outstand- | the British|ing professional men afd artists. eported put | The (a syndicate along with all other | to two | ers, points were Chrysler Motors, Unit-| rlgm to suggest legislation gove: ed States Smelting and Refining, |ing its own problems and necessi- | Autolite, | ties. Several | be passed on by the council of cor-| ical and United Aircraft rails made smaller gains as did!porations, | Douglas Aircraft and United States; judge. jand artists has about 100,000 mem- | | he mourned in the Senate Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond scribed said it will probably be two weeks as a good thing. as some of | { nation’s economic life. Like all oth- | is out of CARRIERS OF - OCEAN MAILS IN FOR PROBE Senator MLKe“ar Declares!| Scores of Contracts Should be “Void” yndi-1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.- “un- | “collusion” storm which grounded | happy.” | holders of domestic air-ma con- | “Sad are their actual conditions” | tracts, today whistled omniously “While {about the heads of ocean mail the labor syndicates have theircarriers, corresponding employer syndicates| About forty or forty-five | to confront with their problems, the|mail contracts made during the professionals only have their cli- ‘admmvslranon of former Post- | ents—persons not easily unionized.” General Brown should be However, Senator Cogliolo de-|“voi according to Senator Me- the professional syndicate |Kellar of Tennessee, because com- ! petitive bidding is lacking He said it has done something to| Brown, who testified before the extend the activities of many pro-'Senate investigating committee yes- fuel. | | These men have been formad in blackshirt representatives of the | this syndicate is granted the Senator Voices Woes I All this suggested legislation will; with Il Duce as final} The syndicate of professionals Senator Cogliolo described plight in regard to a public) bers. their which has yet to show any sated purchasing trend, as ocean | fessional men who could not get a|terday, will be called back for tes- foothold previously. | timony. Also, he found that party disci-| e line is making it increasingly dif-| The Fifth cavalry, one of the for one artist or doctor or| er to monopolize all the best|United States army, client markets to the disadvant: ue old. Tt is stationed at ,of his colleagues, rackettville, Tex, few remaining horse outfits in the is 100 years Fort Clark, | said 'WEATHER PLAYS. HAVOC; STORMS RAGE OVER U. . Snow. Slest and Fogs Pre- | vail, Which Makes Flying Imposs:ble WESTERN SCHEDULES CANCELLED TODAY hastern Section Sees Few Craft in Air — First Accident Reported WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.— {The air mail of the nation lis today in the hands of the Army and the weather is playing havoc. There are blinding snow, sleet storms and fogs prevail- ling over the country and the.se elements groupded ali Arm\ air mail planes in the East service. Planes were able to fly only in spots in the West and South. An Atlanta-Richmond plfllYeA nosed over at the Greenville, South Carolina, airfield. The |propellor was bent and the unulun‘ um'l.u(e s shed. The unh.t was hot hurt, hnwev’& Out on the West Coast, at Los Angeles, Cal., fog forced cancellation of the first sched- |uled Army air mail flight. Another Army plane tried unsuccessfully to s ur m ount ihe Sierra Nevadas and re- ‘tlnnw[ to Sacramento. as SOME MAIL FLOWN CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 20. — Army jofficials in charge of mail flying Middle West schedules were kept close on schedule, under try- ing conditions, except in spots where dirty weather held planes to the ground EAST BOASTIS LASHED BY GALE NORTH TO SOUTH |Northwester Blowmg at Rate of Forty-five Miles an Hour NEW YORK, Feb. 20.— Winter gripped the Northeastern seaboard today, paralyzed transportation and endangered shipping. A northwester is = blowing 45 mxic.s an hour in New York City. I The wind is lashing the coast far to the south. At Philadelphia there is a sharp drop in the temperature and heavy snow. Snow | inches men are clear. At in New York City is 24 deep. Thirty-five thousand ing to keep the streets New Haven, traffic is stilled. >eo Ownmx Car No Handicap, Illini Students Prove URBANA, Ill, Feb. 20—Having an automobile at one’s disposal on the college campus has no deleter- ious effect on grades, according to statistics compiled by C. R. Fred- erick, Assistant Dean of Men at the University of Illinois. Frederick reports that he found 46.18 per cent of the men students who had cars rated above the all- niversity men’s average, while 65 per cent of the women students with cars were above the all-uni- versity women's average of grades. D Heat of stars is measured by a device weighing only one one-thou- sandths as much as a drop of water,