The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 28, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6586. * JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, — PRICE TEN CENTS ——— MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS TROUBLE LOOMS, TWO FOREIGN FRONTS TWO LAWYERS 0 MAKE RACE FOR MAYORSHIP Present City Executivel Takes Lead in Primary Vote, Maintains It 6 ARE NOMINATED FOR CITY COUNCIL 1T cty-seven Thousand Votes Cast—Campaigns Already Started EATTLE, Feb. 28—Mayor John Dore has been renominated for| Mayor of Seattle and will enter ff election on March 13| Charles L. Smith, who W 1 man nominated in the 1d here yesterday. Mayor | a lead of several thou-| in the count, maintain- nen increased it. | F. Fitts, member of the Council since June, 1932, was d man in the mayoralty nom- | ination race, with Robert H. Har-| lin, for Mayor and member of the present City Council fourth man. There were seven candidates | in the primary. For Council Six candidates of thirty-five were chosen for the three Councilmanic 1 s ), In a blue satin gown made the Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife o | of her girlhood at a Junior league | shown between two of her friend: Rumsey (left), of the NRA consumers’ board and Rep, Isabella Green- way of Arizona. (Associated Press Photo) same way as the dress of her debut, f the President, returned to the days cabaret ball in Washington. She is s of earlier days, Mrs. Charles Cary positions and will ‘enter the March 13 are James Scav- otto, served one t N, ©. both EVERGREEN BOW IMPROVEMENT 1 NOW ADVANCING Juneau Clildien th Hlins Public Playground in Beautiful Setting We City Council; Ralph Nichols, ng reelection; former Judge Austin E. Griffiths, former Mayor George W. Dilling, veteran politic- ian, and David Lockwood, aged 26, E tant, graduate of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, of the new Order of Cincinnatus,a young man's reform organization. Mayoralty Candidates Mayor John F. Dore is 56 yea old, lawyer, graduate of Phi Exeter Academy, student at Ha 1901-03, formerly reporter on; One of the outstanding projects three Seattle newspapers and May- peing carried on in this vicinity or of Seattle since June, 1932 |with C. W. A. funds is the im- Charles L. Smith is 42 years old, provement of Evergreen Bowl. un- born in King County, of Which ger the direction of the United Seattle is the chief city; is a law- gtates Forest Service, for the pur- yer, graduate of the University of pose of providing a public play- Washington, varsity quarterback | groung for the children of Juneau and on wrestling team; former Re-| rmhe tract being improved con- publican County Chairman and As-|gists of about nine acres lying in Hiktan: CoposMim. Lixnpal. [the form of a bowl, fronting on Campeign Planned Gold Creek. The floor of the Both Dore and Smith campaign- | bowl, which will comprise the ed on a program to cut the al“playground proper, contains about ready slashed city expenses. They|go;y acres, according to B. F. have their program ready to sub- Heintzleman, Assistant Regional mit to the people of the city for | mynegter. ;. th March 13 election and will| & g Ai: iake 2 hard campaign. t. Fomes oL, the. Bowl,. Wiich. . tise SR o & | about~ 100 feet above the base, are ¢ complete unofficial vote 10 | covered with young growth spruce the four leaders in the mayoralty timber and one of the most in contest nomination is as follows: i X i e 30947 S P e sy * (teresting features of the setting is Dore 30247 Smith 26,033, Fitts 24~ |41 magnificent view of the near 372, Harlin 8,035, i % e 58 : : by sidgs of Mt. Juneau Other candidates trailed far he'vprvcmizously to.-an altitude of hind. H Ninety-seven thousand votes were | l-ca;\t in the primary. s UEMO LEADERS | FACE HARD JoB | INU.S, SENATE | [Opposition Solons Try to| |}/ Slow Up CWA Legisla- ' | tion, Outside Subjects ¥ Dy HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Indica- tions are that the Democratic leaders of the Senate will have their hands full from now on in ng to prevent purely political from delaying progress in the er and vard feet. Thirty-five men have been em- ployed on this project since it was | started approximately six weeks ago |under the direct supervision of |Dan Moller, U. 8. Forest Service trail construction foreman, and in spite of unfavorable weather, a tremendous amount of the heaviest work has been accomplished. It will be continued until the sched- uled date for the close of CWA work on May 1, Mr. Heintzleman said. Work Completed The base of the bowl been levelled to provide a first-class field for the installation of play fields and playground apparatus. This levelling work and thé nec- essary drainage underneath the field is just now being completed and constituted the heaviest work item of the project. slopes of the bowl have cleared of brush and debris. Next Step to be Taken The next important step to e taken in the development of the | project is the construction of a trall about 350 feet long, from the Gold Creek bridge, along (‘y to the playground. will give easy access to the been Joe Robinson, Majority Leader, already has found it necessary to clamp down on this sort of thing and remind Senators they have work to do. He wasn't what you would call successful. As he said mournfully, Senate rules are such that it i5|entire section of Jumeau lying to 2lmost impossible to compel Sena- |the west and mnorth of Gold Creek. (Continued on Page Two) (Continued on Page Five.) grounds for those living in the; | Early Life in laska Expected To Be Unearthed WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. — Prediction that valuable infer- mation on early life in Alaska | and the migration of North | American peoples would be un- earthed through excavations on the Bering Sea islands and mainland within the next few months, was made by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond today in connection with an appropria- tion he is asking for contin- uation of excavations on Lawrence Island. FAREWELL TO HEINTZLEMAN ON THURSDAY ! | Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Will Be Held Tomorrow — Guests | B. F. Heintzleman, United States| Forest Service official, who leav: tomorrow afternoon on the steam- er Alaska on his way to Wash-| |ington, D. C. to head a new ds | partment of the Forest Service,| will be the guest of honor at the regular Chamber of Commerce luncheon fomorrow noon at Bail- ey's Cafe. | Guests at the luncheon tomor- row in addition to Mr. Heintzle- man will be the superintendents lof the Alaska Road Commission, | the officials of the local office of| {the Alaska Road Commission and |L. W. Baker, General Freight and | | Passenger Agent of the Alaska | Steamship Company. ————— [First 3,000,000 Tickets | | - for 1934 Fair Printed i “ CHICAGO, 1, Feb. 28—The {first run of 3,000,000 souvenir pre- | Fair tickets to the 1934 edition of A Century of Progress Exposition, In addition the|Chicago’s World Fair, are off theeach State Federation President will ]px ss and available to the public. The Exposition ordered a car- load of paper to be delivered for Ithis first batch of advance sale | tickets. So far, 750,000 have been | spoken for, and, according to Mar- 5un Tveter, Comptroller of the Fair, Gold | advange irfi;es indicate the first This 3,000,000 will quickly disposed of. H Wit pe— Because of two hurricanes last | fa1l, northeastern counties of North ' Carolina failed to produce a prof- |itable soybean crop this season for |the first time in years. FEDERATION OF | Tu |the General 'Federation of Wom- |also be a speaker for the negative | side. | | Council meeting will be, “Your old | .| men ,ture?” NEW PLAN FOR RELIEF GIVEN - BY ROOSEVELT National Program to Be | Reorganized with De- mobilization CWA $950,000,000 FUND CONSIDERED ENOUGH Money to Be Used Almost Solely for Wages and Help for Needy WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—Presi- dent Roosevelt announced today that a reorgapized national relief program is to be substituted for the Civil Works lineup now being demobilized as to relief. Federal efforts in the future are to be classified as for distressed fam- | populations in communities where |the industries have died and for |the unemployed of large cities. He showed confidence that the recent $950,000,000 relief appro- | priation would be sufficient to |carry out the new program unt spring. He stipulated that fe |funds should be confined almos 100 per cent to wages and abso- lutely needy ecases. WOMEN'S CLUBS TO MEET MAY 21 ] | Qutstanding Controversial Problems of Interest to | Women on Program WASHINGTON, Feb. | cussion of outstanding con | subjects of special interest to wom- | len will constitute a part of the| program of the Council meeting of en’s Clubs to be held in Hot Springs, Arkansas, May 21-26. Birth | control legislation, a subjest much in the public eye just now, will be discussed affirmatively by Margaret Sanger, President of the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control, Inc. There will There will also be presented speakers both for and against equal |rights for women. Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, Pr dent of the General Federati announces that the keynote of the| shall dream dreams, young men shall see visions.” (Joel | 28), having in mind that, “with- out vision th people perish.” Wom-| your >n and men of national prominence | will be heard in a discussion of present day problems and their solution, and there will be reports of work accomplished and plans for future projects by the chair- men of the nine ajor depart- ments of work as follows: Ameri- can Citizenship, Miss Emily Louise Plumley; American Home, Mrs. Walter W. Seymour; Education, Mrs. Fred L. Pigeon; Fine Arts, Mrs. Henry C. Taylor; Internation- al Relations, ‘Mrs. Laura Waples McMullen; Juniors, Mrs. Edward M. Land; Legislation, Mrs. S. Blun'l Luckie; Press and Publicity, M Arthur G. Christensen; Public We fare, Miss Julia K. Jaffray. Will Give Symposium “Club Women, What of the Fu- will be the subject of a symposium which will occupy one of the evening programs, when speak for two minutes on what she foresees in club work for the future. Mrs. C. W. Hunter of Kan- sas is Cairman’ of the Program Committee and Contact Chairman is Mrs. Eugene B. Lawson, Fi Vice-President of the General Fed- eration. Mrs. H. 8. Godfrey of Minnesota, Chairman of Music for the Federation, will be assisted by leading musical artists of Arkansas in arranging musical programs for the several sesions. A national Wheirréfiltaly Masses Troops on Austrian Border ilies in rural areas, for stranded| il BOLZAN the official explanation says the tier is a routine matter, planned attempt of German Nazis to tak GERMANY > MUNICH @ INNSBRuUCK X\fi ‘N“‘Y UDINE This map shows the points on the Austrian border JAPAY, RUSSIA SENDING NOTES 10 EACH OTHER | Airplane fl&hts Cause Ex« change of Correspond- ence in Far East TENSION IN AUSTRIA OVER NAZI THREATS Rumors of _Kll— Kinds Pre- | valent—Clash Reported on German Border SLOVAKIA 1 NN f ] LINZ [} STEYR B VIENNA [®3ALZBURG I o TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 28. — The sapanese Foreign Office has sent |a sharp protest to Moscow de- manding that flights of Soviet air- | planes over Manchuria and Korea be stopped. “We consider such incidents highly dangerous. It is always dangerous for children to play with fire,” the Foreign Office spokesman said. ' YUGOSLAV/A \«;"\ where Italian troops have been concentrated. Although transfer of soldieryfrom Bolzano and Udine to the Austro-Italian fron- 1 months ago, observers believe the move is caleulated to balk possible e advantage of Socialist revolt and :arry out a coup to occupy the country. QUICK COMEBACK l-ieimwein: 'i Truckloads of steel-helmeted and heavily-arméd Heimwehr troops are shown speeding through Vienna geing to a strategic points in the city. This is a typical scene in the chief city of Austria today where trouble is expected to break out again. MOSCOW, Feb. 28.—The Soviet | Government charges that Japanese | military airplanes have again flown lover the Soviet territory near the {Manchurian fronfier. A formal «|complaint has Been lodged with |the Japanese Ambassador. | ! VIIENNA, Feb. 28.—Tension this morning aroused by fear of | possible disorders with the expira- |tion of the Nazi ultimatum to the | Austrian Government. This ten- (sion was heightened by belated re- |ports of shootings on the Austro= {German border. It was also rumored that the | Nazis are marching across the bor= |der from Bavaria, In the shooting on the Austro- |German border, one -citizen was | seriously wounded and one gen- ‘([arme and one Heimwehrman were htly wounded. | It is not know whether the {shooting was the result of an arm- led clash or whether the gunmen | were smugglers of Nazis. roops for Vienna Firing Line NEAR GPYSIS IN AUSTRIA EXCEEDINGLY QUIET VIENNA, Feb. 28.—It was sensa- tionally quiet here this afternoon with por-Government observers | hailing this fact to a demonstra- tion of the Government's strength in the present crisis. —————— BL00DHOUNDS USED TO TRACK DOWN SLAYERS |Farmer and Boy Farmhand Murdered—Woman Is Also Shot WELLINGTON, Colorado, Feb. 28—Two men and one boy are| held in jail and the entire citizenry seeks two others for the slaying of a man and boy and probably fatally wounding' of a woman in a farm house near her . The dead are Clifford Smith, 36- year-old farmer, and Bobby Grif- fin, a 16-year-old farm hand. Mrs. Clifford Smith was wounded in, the back when she returned from an evening here to her home. She was met by a burst of gun- fire from her darkened home as she walked in. The robbers saturated the bodies of the slain men with kerosene. When Mrs. Smith struggled to her feet and screamed the men fled. Sheriff Saunders said he is hold- ing & man named Herrerra, another named Pacheco, and Herremr: young son. Two other men es caped on foot. Bloodhounds are being used to track them down. .- SCORES FELICITATE COUPLE About *175 persons attended a celebration given in Petersburg las” week in honor of Mr. and Mrs. NRA CRITICS NOT MAKING ANY PROGRESS Complaints Show Strain of Fascism Declares Gen. Johnson Drops Dead | After Fight Over Cards Prospector and Oldtimer of Interior Suddenly Goes on Last Trail FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 28.— John Blitich, aged 50, an Aus- trian, prospector and oldtimer .in Alaska, dropped dead at Fort Yu- kon Monday night after a fight with Nathaniel Englishoe, aged 24 years, an Indian, | Officers said the fight started | over a game of cards. Englishoe is in jail pending an inquest. CHINATS NOT T0 RECOGNIZE AUSTRIAN RULER JUSTIFIES ‘MOVE OF HOME TROOPS | Dollfuss Declares Concen- tration in Upper Austria Necessary for Security WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. — NRA| VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 28.—Copy- was belabored in the first sessions righted by the Associated Press) of Administrator Johnson’s round- | —Mysterious troop movemetns, up of criticism which stepped out“which have been exciting rumors from five separate hearings. These jand conjectures about Austria hearings are continuing full blast| abroad recently was termed by with 100 men and women lined up |Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss the to take the place of more than a!natural aftermath of the civil war score who yesterday denounced the and to show strength needed in suggested changes of Gen. John- upper Austria where the Socialist son. A barrage of criticism w: | uprising started two weeks ago. flung at NRA but the Admini | Dollfuss said in a statement to trator termed them “more dead the Associated Press: “the Aus- cats.” |trian government only ordered the Administrator Johnson said h"'movemem of auxiliary troops, Fa- |hoped that some real criticisms | scist, Heimwehr or home guards (would be made but that most of to upper Austria in order to main- |the complaints show those making tain public security against all {them are “barking up the wmng‘pom'a]e occurrence: are :trcc and doomed to failure| —,-——— NANKING, Feb, 28—The Na®iypless better bids are made.” | tionalist Government, through the| The Administrator said the New Currency Issue Forelgn Office, announces that|criticisms are dominated by the| ‘ Proposed by Thomas upon the occasion of the enthrone- | most powerful enemies of labor | ment of Henry Pu Yi as Emperor and showed a strain of Fascism. | of Manchukuo tomorrow, it will - .- issue a statement saying the Chi- IOW& Collegians Helped | nese Government’s attitude in re-| gard to non-recognition of Man-[ AMES, la—More than one-third chukuo remains unchanged. |of the Iowa State College student|000,000 monthly after January 1, - - |body either received loans from 1935 has been prepared by Sena- Building permits issued in Miami, |the college or had part-time em-|tor Elmer Thomas, of Oklahoma, = Fla., during 1933 represented an|ployment during the 1933 fall|inflationist Senator, who said it . | WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—A bill |to provide for issuance of new |currency based on silver at the maximum rate of more than $100,~ John' Hammer on the twentieth (Continued on Page Three) anniversary of their wedding. increase of $1,566,127 as compared quarter, the personel directors’ rec- had been assured of considerable Iwith 1932, “urd. show. support. ’ e i