The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 2, 1934, Page 1

r “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” LASKA EMPIRE 1 TARIFF ISSUE, | |SLAND POLICY ARE DISCUSSED President Asks for Author-j ity to Make Commer- cial Agreements EXPLAINS REASON FOR TAKING ACTION Military Bases Brought Up in Communication on Philippines i WASHINGTON, March 2. —President Roosevelt sent two messages to Congress to- day, one asking authority to modify the tariff rates in negotiating commercial agree- ments with other nations, and the other recommending re- vival of the Hawes-Cutting Philippnes independence bill with an amendment relin- quishing United States mili- tary bases in the islands after independence. Tariff Authority 1 requesting Congress to ze the Executive,” said the ":(‘&th‘lfl “to enter into commer- eements with foreign na- d pursuance thereof, with- in carefully guarded limits, to mod- ify the existing duties and import re. tions in such a way as to benefit American agriculture and industry.” Reasons Stated reasons for such action were and the President stated rld trade of the United had declined to approxi- 70 per cent of the 1929 while other governments e increasing and winning their share in international trade by “negotiating recpirocal trade agree- ments.” that W Must Bargain “If American agriculture and in- dustrial interests are to retain a deserved place in this trade, the American Government must be in a position to bargain for that place with other governments by rapid decisive negotiation based upon a carefully considered program an grant, with discernment, corres- ponding opportunities in the Am- erican market for foreign products supplementary to our own,” said the President, Philippine Issue On the Philippine issue, the Presi- ' dent, in his message on that sub- ject, said the Hawes-Cutting leg- islation was passed a year ago by Congress but it automatically lapsed early this year by failure of the island Government to accept. The, legislation provided legislation for independence within 12 or 14 years and provided the United States would retain option by keeping cer- tain military naval bases on the islands after independence. | As to the naval bases, the Presi- dent recommended ‘“an ultimate settlement on this matter on terms sotisfactory to both governments.” [ FIGHT IS ON WASHINGTON, March 2. — The (Continued on Page Two) ! - e OLDTIMER OF ALASKA DIES Frank GOECR Stricken' on Street Near School | House at Wrangell of Tacoma, were married last night 2 | | 5 a 3 |cured. He plans to plant Ital- by the Rev. Mikkel Lono, Lutheran Problem of Relief Mink and Lynx Said to Bejian ecelery and India croco solo| |minister, in the presence of Mr' WASHINGTON, March 2—Re- . this season. : s {and Mrs. W. A. Pries, of Ketchikan. |sponding to the Presidential ideas, Abunda{“’ Accordmg ————- - WRANGELL, Alaska, March 2— A banquet was served later at the!the Interior and Agricultural De- to Inchan Trappers MR. AND MRS. LEMIEUX AND —— FAMILY CHANGE RESIDENCE ! ascending. Gaston Doumergue (center), 71-year-old premier-designate of trouble-torn France, named a cabinet including several former premiers in his initial move to cope with the nation’s crisis. Reading from top to bottom, his selections included: Marshal Henri Petain, minister of war; Etienne Flandin, public works; Edouard Herriot, minister of state without portfolio; Albert Sarraut, interior; Andre Tardieu, minister o.' Louis Barthou, loreign affairs; Henry Cheron, justice. erriot, Barthou, Sarraut and Lavai are former premiers. (Associated Press Photos) WORTHY CAUSE state without portfolio; Pierre Laval, colonies; Tardieu, H ALASKA PLANE ¢ READY TO AID RESCUE WORK Airways Company Will As- sist Marooned Per- sons, Arctic Floe NEW YORK, March 2. — The Pan-American Airways has placed at the disposal of the Government all of its facilities in Alaska, even emergency assistance | required, for the rescue of 101 marooned persons on the ice floe in Bering Strait. This is the announcement made | by J. T. Trippe, President of the Pan-American Airways. Soviet | (lzwf Executive Keeps Smiling; Health Is Better WASHINGTON, March 2.— Because President Roosevelt can keep smiling, he has come through the first year healthier than when he became Presi- dent, the White House phys- ician announced today. | Dr. R. T. Meclntyre pro- | mounced the President “is in fine shape and the reason for it and the best think about it is his general attitude on life, a cheerful optimistic out- lock, and mever expecting any trouble.” ROOSEVELT ASKS GUARANTEE FOR The Airways has one plane at| Nome with food and medicinal supplies aboard ready to fly to the marooned party and other planes can be made available. Airway officials estimate their planes could reach the marooned Russians within three hours. ' MINE ENGINE RUNS WILD; 3 MEN ARE DEAD Locomotive Dnver Col-| lapses at Throttle at B. C.:Property BRITANNIA BEACH, B. C, March 2—Three men were Kkilled today when a mine locomotive ran wild after the engineer col- lapsed at the throttle. The engine plunged down the shaft of the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company crushing the elevator on which two men were The dead are J. J. Coyle, boss; Robert White, chute drawer, and Samuel Perkins, locomotive driver. KETCHIKAN MAN WEDS IN SOUTH TACOMA, Wash., March 2.—Bob Reynolds. Ketchikan lumber and cannery operator, and Ruth Disch, i shift HOME LOAN BOND Message Sent to Congress ernization and Repairs | | Bonds be guaranteed, he expected the Home \Iurthel [tion and repalr of homes. DAVID HUTTON - IS FREE MAN {Divorced frJLos Angeles Evangelist — Mental : Cruelty Grounds* LOS ANGELES, Cal., | ple McPherson Hutton, Evangelist, !the decree being awarded by de- {fault as she did not appear, as {announced previously. Among the acts of cruelty Hut- ton listed was criticism of his iclothes by the people of Angelus | Temple. | “My clothes {too worldly,” Hutton smd iDepartments Study Frank Goodrick, aged 65 years, New Washington Hotel in Seattle.|partments and the Relief Admin- died of heart failure yesterday while on the street near the pub- lic school where he was jamtor‘ Mr. Goodrick has been in Alas-| ka since '98 and was formerly a ca] attorney, left on the steamer to carry out the program outlined ance of mink ‘and lynx. Si imilar |sit Building on Second Street to He is survived by one Alaska on a short business irip by Roosevell Tuesday is already reports have been received from!the recently enlarged and reno- Ivated Coliseum Apartments. millwright. son and two daughters. — ., | istration set to work yesterday to Aid in Financing Mod- g to 3. L. Gray, Fire Chiet. ‘WASHINGTON, March 2—Pres- purpose of establishing & skating ident Roosevelt sent a message t0 pond in the bowl for Juneau chil-| Congress yesterday afternoon ask- dren will ing that the principal of the Home pyying any equipment Loan Say- for the playground, Chief Gray ing as a result of such operation, gaid. OWDETs was used at the time ai s Corporanon to be able to extend now on hand has been in B. M assistance for moderniza- Behrends bank during the inter-| March 2— Blake and the enjoyable meeting {On the grounds of mental crueity, was ’|David Hutton was granted a di- which |vorce yesterday from Aimee Sem- were the main feature. were apparently OF NRA WILL . BE DEMANDED i\iew Policy Has Come to Stay as Permanent i Force, Nafi)n's Life }RESIDENT TO MAKE { IMPORTANT ADDRFSS New Ideas Wlll Be Pro— pounded to Three Thou- sand Business Men WASHINGTON, March 2.—Pres- ident Roosevelt will recognize NRA as a permanent force in the Na- | tional life next Monday by in- vesting his address to a huge as- sembly of code authorities. With | all the solemnity of a state oc-| casion, the address will be made fat 1 o'clock Monday forenoon,| Eastern Standard Time and: will be broadeast. From a canopied platform in Constitution Hall, the President will propound new ideas to 3,000 business men elected by their fel-| Jows to rule over the code con-| tmlled industries. he _ President’s speech, as in-| {dicated, will be partly in the na- {ture of a report on the first year 0( his«regime but. close associates cunudontly expect him to talk on| ‘rulure plans | IS TAKEN UP BY FIREMEN Local Department Vote | $200 to Buy Playground Equipment for Bowl First to begin a movement Lo purchase equipment for the pubuc JRELIEF INN.D. Sl e BY GOVERNMENT, der the direction of the United States Forest Service, members the Juneau Volunteer Fire partment unanimously voted szou‘CWll Woxks Admmlstralor for this purpose at the meeting | held in the Fire Club last nignt. | Charges Employees Are It was also decided at the meet- Solicited for Fu nds ing to place equipment formerly | purchased by the Fire Depanmem,} WASHINGTON, March 2—The| |'Government yesterday took overx including swinging rings and a| |control of the relief activities in| shoot the chutes, which are now| in storage, in the new playground | - as soon as it is finished, accord- | Mo D&kf)?._a i e Hnlrx:\ ,L' | Hopkins, Civil Works Administra- tor, said political contributions, Another fund, of $100, collected vere collected from employees by ! L’:”Zab]:JLB:;‘;rE":’e;’s‘dai" 2 erltv}me State Relief Administration % i charged the contributions | |were used for the Governor's poli-| tical purposes | be made available for | nccemu-y‘ GUNSTITUTIUN OF AUSTRIAIN WASTE BASKET Government Announces It Is Ruling by “Nat- ural Law” Part of the sum oollcu.cd‘ nd the vening years. Mr, Gray discussed | the matter with Mr. Bradxord\ when the latter was in Juneau re- | cently, and it was agreed that the money should now be used. Other matters which came up at the meeting included voting in Carl Stolberg, mechanic at the Ju- neau Motors, as a member of the Juneau Fire Department. Mr. Stol-| berg makes his home at the Fire Club. | Entertainment was provided by an orchestra made up of Jimmy Steele, Earl Hunter and Kelly VIENNA, March 2—For the first time since Chancellor Dollfuss shelved the Parliament a year ago, the Government announced frank- {1y it has cast the Constitution into fackm it .m.uxmr v vk Mo opit s ous T Avah ey em&g‘lw T oogeait’ Jack Robarts, President of the International Scurdough Organi- zation, made up of veteran frontiersmen of the Klondike era, is pictured holding the priceless desk set of Alaska gold and fossil the Yukon Territcry gold rush Alaska and the Yukon region is ivory, presented by the survivors of A map of tracing. to President Roosevell. inscribed in the set in gold News photo) Aluslm s Tribute to Roosevelt ME 'VlBl;R OF AbSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS | TavsHaY. (International Illustrated Administration Is Planning Real Spring House Cloanmg‘ STOCKS RALLY | WITH LEADERS SHOWING GAIN Technical Conilions Boost Issues — One Divi- dend Announced NEW YORK, March 2—Pressure |lifted today on the Stock Ex- change and leading issues rallied from one to around three points The upturn is attributed to technical conditions. Business and industrial continued optimistic, Trading was dull until the last half hour. ‘The close was strong. taled 1,500,000 shares. The curb was strong today. Bonds went higher except Govern- ment issues which went lower. Wheat, Cotton Up news Sales to- Wheat recovered and cotton went up nearly $1.50 a bale. General Electric jumped more than two points following a divi- dend announcement. Allied Chemical and Pullman went concluded by a supper on‘the political waste basket. The A 2 fresh Petersburg shrlmp»!Govemmem has let it be known| 199 ome to three points. it is, ruling by the “natural law American Telephone and Tele- which' stands abové the Consti-|ST3Ph, Case, United States Steel, tution,” U. S. Smelting, Commercial Al- g cohol, Industrial Alcohol, West-| cATcH Tu . | inghouse, Chrysler, Sears and Re- ‘Aluh Truck Gardener public Steel gained several points.! | Raises Leaf Tobacco SEWARD, Alaska, March 2.—Alex Bolan, truck gardener, who spec- ializes in unusual products, has a | small crop of Virginia leaf tobacco which he grew last season, being WESTWARD IS "REPORTED GOOD SEWARD, Alaska, March 2.—In- to Seattle. M. E. MONAGLE LEAVES to make the unemployed self sus- dian trappers to the Westward are FOR BUSINESS TRI¥ taining wheti the CWA ends. jubilant over the fine winter’s fur M. E. Monagle, well known lo-| Most of the machinery necessary catch. There has been an abund- lin existence. | districts north of Seward. TO COLISEUM APARTMENTS Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lemieux and children have moved from their former residence in the Ad- CLOSING PRIC TODAY NEW YORK, March 2.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20%, American Can 103%, American Power and Light 9%, Anaconda 15%, Armour B 3, Bethlehem Steel 46, Calumet and Hecla 5%, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox Films 15%, General Motors 39% International Harvester 42%:, Ken- necott 197 Packard Motors 6, Southern Railroad 32%, Ulen Com- pany 3, United States Steel 56, United Aircraft 25%. R The Mississippi river started as a tributary to a large river in Minnesota 18,000 years ago, a gov~' ernment scientist reports. |ask big | | i | y BY I{()N PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Ass Press, Washington.) Both NRA and AAA., the Roos- evelt Administration’s two most widely advertised recovery agen-| cies, seem due for a thorough| spring overhauling. March promises to see the most vigorous effort thus far to smooth | out the rough places in NRA. The idea seems to be to give the small dealer a better show and to ociated Developments growing out of| the March 5 meeting of code au-| thorities in Washington are ex- pected to show who can and who can’'t be counted on to fo along. After that, Administration policy will depend on the strength and tactics of the opposition. The President prefers con- ciliation and does not want to fight a lesing battle against recalcitrants. But he is ready for action if convinced indus- trial sentiment generally will support it The AAA farm relief experi- ments have reached a stage where officials feel a re-examination of the whole field would be profit- able. They have learned a lot in the last year. The voluntary allotment plan shows signs of yielding to compul- BAILEY'S CAFE IS HELD UP AND $120 IS TAKEN Orders Employee to Oper Cash Register at Point of Revolver IPATROLMEN RESPOND TO CALL IMMEDIATELY 1| Robber Es;;;es Through Alley—Several Clues Being Followed A lecne holdup man just after midnight last night rob- bed Bailey’s Cafe of about $120 and escaped. Holding an antiquated re- velver of large caliber, the robber ordered Bert Kiefer, in charge of the night shift at the cafe, to open the cash register, after he had unsue- cessfully tried it himself. Keifer opened the, register and the man, who was mask- ed scooped out all the money except the nickels and dimes from the register and walked out. Face Partly Covered According to Kiefer the man came to the door with a bandana handkerchief tied around his neck and lifted the handkerchief over his nose, hiding the lower part of his face, before he started for the register. In the restaurant at the time of the holdup besides Kiefer, were Margaret Yorke, a waitress, and a couple of customers at the lower end of the counter, but none of these were molested nor threat- ened. According to Mrs. Yorke, who | followed the man out and sum- moned the officers, he turned down the alley next to the restaurant leading toward the docks and dis- appeared in the darkness. Holdup Is Timed It is believed the robber timed his holdup, as he waited until after Patrolmen Roy Hoffman and J. W. Markle had passed the cafe on the opposite side of Front Street business for a showdown.|and were on their way toward the Triangle Corner, when he entered |the restaurant. Hoffman and {Markle responded immediately ta the call of Mrs. Yorke but the robber had already disappeared and escaped. The man is described as being between 25 and 30 years of age, about 5 feet, 10% inches tall and slender. He wore a dark corduroy coat with a small fur collar and a cap which was worn low over the eyes, which were dark. He also wore leather boots and had a holster for the revolver. The officers are working on several clues in the case, but so far no arrests have been made. CSEREGRTR ¥ LR A J. B. WARRACK MAKES SHORL BUSINESS TRIP TO SITKA allotment so far as cotton is sory concerned, and wheat may follow suit. Secretary Wallace is not so keen for compulsory legislation but he is willing to try it. The next few weeks may see delinea- (tion of a more definite policy. GOOD BYE, ELECTORAL COLLEG Senator Norris' new constitu- tional amendment, endorsed by the| Senate judiciary committee, has a ir- special political regulars. Tt would give minc dential candidates a pro of the electoral vote of each state.| If a candidate got on hird the popular votes, for instance, would get one-third the electoral meaning for he | J. B. Warrack, of the Warrack Construction Company, left on the |steamer Alaska for a short trip to Sitka. 4 MINERS DIE "IN EXPLOSION 'Two Victims Decapllated i —Carbide Is Believed to Have Caused Accident | JOHNSTON, Pa., March 2—A mine explosion 150 feet from the surface killed four men and in- vote of that state. Under the|lured four others in the No. 2 present arrangement the candidate with a popular plurality gets the whole state bloc of electoral votes and the other fellow gets none. “(Continued on Page Two) \shnrt of the Logan Coal Company |at Beaverdale, late yesterday. Two victims were decapitated. It is believed that carbide used to thaw the moisture in the froz- en shaft caused the explosion. . 1 1 ] § |