The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1934, Page 1

HE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6593. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1934, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'BUSINESS TOLD TO AID RECOVERY PLAN e SUBMAR VETO PROMISED OF VETS' BILL BY PRESIDENT Roosevelt Summons Demo-| cratic House Leaders to White House {0 COMPROMISE IS INDICATED ON ISSUE House Measure Not in Keeping with Esti- mates for Budget NGTON, March 8.—Presi Roosevelt ha: summoned the Democratic leaders to give hi v the Senate's 2tions for war veterans and iment employees. ere were signs that the Presi- 2t had a compromise which would keep the veterans’ allowances and Government salaries within his budget limitations, as an alterna- tive, but he is ready to tell House leaders he will veto the bill as passed by the Senate. IAS, ROOSEVELT GIVEN CHEERS 0 ISLAND FLIGHT First Lady of Land Con- tinves Inspection Trip Enthusiastically THOMAS, Virgin Islands, March 8.—Mrs. Franklin D. ST was hailed today by cheering throngs as she continued enthusiastically her inspection tour of the West Indies. Mrs. Roosevelt arrived here by a large seaplane from FPort au Prince after stops at San Pedro, Demacoris, Santo Domingo and San Juan, bringing to a total 1,258 miles distance she has flown since she left Florida. Today’s program calls for a hop to St. Croix Island and then a return flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. PACIFIC COAST BUSINESS 600D FOR FEBURARY No Let-down in Accord- ance with General Tradi- tion Is Reported SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 8. —The business sun was bright on the sunset slope of the continent during February despite the gen- eral belief there had been a let- down in accordance with tradition of general business. Business for February shows a gain over the same month last year for the Pacific slope and reports from some districts show an in- crease over January. Mint Director Resigns from Dem. Nat. Com. WASHINGTON, March 8.— Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Di- recter of the Mint, has resign- ed as a member of the Demo- cratic National Committee, from ‘Wyeming, Mrs. Ross said she took the action to “avoid even the ap- pearance of conflicting inter- csts where they were concerned by public service and my identi- iy with the organization of my party.” the | wife of the American| FACTOR KIDNAPERS GET 99 YEARS | { | | | | | } = S QAR TO VISIT HERE ON JULY 21TH {Six Submarines and Two Surface Vessels in Force —Planes May Come Six submarines and two surface vessels comprising Submarine Di- vision 12, based at San Diego, Will | visit «4his port for four days next summer, according to tentative plans worked out for a proposed cruise of Alaskan waters, it was disclosed in correspondence made public today at the weekly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. The division will arrive on July 27 jand depart on July 30. Vessels expected to make the expedition are the submarine Nau- |tilus, the flagship Marshall, Bar- | racuda, Bass, Bonita and Dolphin; Holland, supply and repair ship, land Ortam, rescue vessel, OCapt. |H. W. Jensen, will be in command of the force. Planes May Come This was the scene in Chicago criminal court as each of three ! Touhy gangsters was sentenced to 99 years for kidnaping John Factor. From front to rear, the defendants (left) were Gus Schaefer, Roger Touhy and Albert Kator. (Associated Press Photo) GIVEN SETBAGK ASHINGTON, March 8— | One of the mation’s grandest old men, Oliver Wendell Holmes, | is quietly celebrating his ninety- third birthday. The former Supreme Court Justice has scores of congratu- atery messages and letters. He retired two years ago. His stately residence is the mecca for hundreds of friends, - - position to Modificaticn of Federal Law WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24. | - | {—(Special Correspondence)—Before ,LURD AB RDEEN the House Committee on Mer- § chant Marine, Radio and Fisher- i |ies on Wednesday last, Delegate ;GREAT LlBERAL {Dimond made an extended argu- § ment in behalf of his bill having | for its principal object the repeal DIE AT A E Y of the provision of law giving the | Bureau of Fisheries authority to I seize and hold for admiralty pro- | ceedings the boat of any fisher- iFormer Governor General man accused of violating the law. & The Bureau itself is committed | of Canada, Twice Lord |against the bill. An unfavorable : LICUL Of Ireland | report was submitted by the Sec- retary of Commerce and Ward T. Bower, chief of the Alaska divis- | TARLAND, Scoiland, March 8.— jon of the Fisheries Bureau, ap- EJohn Campbell-Hamilton Gordon, peared before the committee in (Lord Aberdeen) first Marquis of verbal opposition to the measure. | Aberdeen and Temair, and former| The claim of the Bureau is that | Governor General of Canada and the legisiation In its present form twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, is essential for use as a club |died at his home at Lromar al against violators of the fisheries the age of 87 years. !regulations. PFurther, it is con- A contemporary of Gladstone, tended that arrests under this pro- !he clung tenaciously to the politi-|vision have steadily decreased in ical idealism of the great liberal number, which is taken to indi- |of the Victorian age and it was cate the law is being respected irelated that his second appoint- and thus is useful and that seiz- ment as Lord Lieutenant of Ire- ure of fishing craft affects com- |land was confirmed by King Ed-‘parauvely few persons ward VII only after misgivings.| Proponents of the measure, who Was Liberal {had their arguments presented to Lord Aberdeen was a Libeml{me committee by the Delegate, also in his daily life. Twice his have quite a different picture of |democratic tendencies and those|the situation. Under the present ‘of his wife were the subject of!law the Bureau has the expressed court investigations, the first by| power to seize a fishing boat and |Queen Victoria and the second at|hold it for forfeiture proceedings. the direction of King Edward, both! As an alternative the fisherman sticklers for court etiquette and|is sometimes offered an opportun- the maintenance of “position,” par-|ity to plead guilty and pay what- ticularly by peers who acted ini‘eve; fine may be assessed against viceregal .or capacities. him. Mr. Dimond explained that Queen Victoria had Lord Rosen-'the fisherman is almost bound to berry ascertain whether it was|plead guilty no matter whether he true that the Aberdeens dined once|is innocent or guilty, for the rea- a week in the servants’ quarlers.lson that he cannot expect a quick The report was negative but the hearing before the District Court stories persisted into King Ed-\and if he does not plead guilty ward's reign and the latter aIso}the chances are altogether against had to be assured that viceregal!obtaining possession of his boat dinners and parties were carried| before the end of the fishing sea- out “in the most correct manner|son of he should elect to go to and under the chamberlain's rig-court and be found not guilty. As id directions” while the minglinz|a matter of actual practice, the ! with the servants was confined to|fisherman’s financial condition is 1 daily assemblings for family wor-|such that he cannot afford a trial. ship. As the quickest and cheapest way lout he pleads guilty. A cure for this situation is to It Was Common Sailor Lord Aberdeen was born August 3, 1847. He was not in the direct|{be found in the Dimond bill. (Continued on Page Eight) _ (Continued on Page Three) report to the effect that a part of Delegate Encounters Op-‘rends. who has been recommended The Chamber was also advised | |that there had been an unofficial |the Air Force would be in Alaska ! }during July and August under the | |command of Rear Admiral A. W | Johnson, commander of the Air- {craft Base Force, U. S. S. Wright, San Diego. A letter has been wri ten to him asking for definite: in=* X formation as to the plans for the | air expedition. | | If the expedition should mater- ASSESSMENTS ’ |1alize, the Chamber will invite the | force to visit this vity and make | it a base as long as possible. | | Behrends on Loan Board | Senator Borah Drafts to the Board for appointment as 5 3 e District Manager. He credited Go.v MeaSUle Wthl’l IS SUbStl {John W. Troy and Delezate Di-| tuted for that of Carter of all eight forward in a heap. ground. (Associated Press Photo.) Extension of the Federal Home | Loan Board’s activities to Alaska| was characterized as a “good thing for the Territory” by B. M. Beh- mond with having made possible! its .extension to the Territory. | WASHINGTON, March 8—Sena- | While in Seattle last week, Mr. tor Willlam E. Borah's bill pro~l | Behrends discussed plans for the viding for suspension of the an-| | Alaska setup with Mr. McCroskey, nual assessment work on mining | Washington State Manager, and a claims held by location in the | definite plan was submitted to the United States and also the Terri- | | Board in the National capital. He tory of Alaska has been reported said he wasn't at liberty to re- favorably by the House Committee veal the setup at this time but on Mines and Mining. { hoped to have it approved within! The Senate measure has been the next week after which full substituted for a similar bill intro-; publicity would be given it. duced by Representative Carter. Describes Conditions Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond| Contrasting conditions of today has offered an amendment to limit sengers and a crew of three to their death. WWhe-re EigI;t Met Death in Pluné Crash ‘ Wreckage of air liner which crashed scarcely 200 yards from the peak of the Wasatch Mountains in northeast Utah, 35 minutes flying time from Sait Lake City, carrying five pas- Blinded by one of the heaviest snowstorms in the histery of the bleak region, the pilot attempted to regain altitude after passing the summit, banked s for position and crashed into the snow-covered peak, breaking the plane in two and hurtling the bodies Several of the first group to reach VICTIMS IN INES PLAN CRUISE TO JUNEAU 8 NAVY SHIPS NRA ‘SUGGESTS’ CUT IN HOURS, RAISE IN WAGE Employers Told by General Johnson Some Have No Excuse in Not Agreeing SAYS SOME BUSINESS 1 President Declares in Fav- or of Resiliency in Compensation Rule | | } WASHINGTON, March 8. f§ —Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA Administrator, last night told representatives of industries that there were many who “obviously can and jought to meet the suggestion that they work on 10 per cent decreased hours per week {with a 10 per cent increase in the hourly wages.” | snow-sheathed ‘ | arply | 1 the scene are seen in the fore- | In one pithy paragraph the :NRA Administrator, speaking |to employers at the conclusion tof the-general conference on |code revision summed up his |views of the troubled ques- tion of wages and hours with “There are some industries | that couldn’t do what I ten- |tatively suggested about wages and hours, there are |some where business is so little that if it did adopt the rule it wouldn’t make any difference in employment, but there are many that can and |ought to meet the suggestion Ito work on 10 per cent de- crease in hours per week and 10 per cent increase in the ‘huurly wages. 1 “The President expressly |said he favored resiliency in any such rule. We all know some industries cannot do this, in some we know it # i | with those of a year ago when he suspension to three claims instead !made the trip he has just com- of six held by the same person,| | pleted, Mr. Behrends said the im- corporation or partnership in the | provement was remarkable. He Territory. | | !spem two weeks in Chicago and Committee members decided the| where he met business men from entitled to exemption from pay- !all sections of the country. All of ment of the income tax would cover |them told of better times, improv- this situation. Some members said ed business, increased employment. the amendment throws the bill into | | Executives of Marshall Fields conference and lessens the chances| said their February business had of affording miners neces: y relief.| |been the best for that month for - ~ | |the past five years, and even ex- M. D. WILLIAMS LEAVES | | ceeded in volume that experienced FOR KETCHIKAN TODAY; | before the depression. | | Tribute To Dimond | M. D. Williams, District En-| |are better dressed, are riding in Roads, left today on the Nonh-i compartments rather than in tour- western for Ketchikan, to look over| (Continued on Page Eight) projects in that vicinity. Republicans Consolidate Party Lines to Battle ' Democrats for Congress | AR, | [ 1 | | | | | By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated in organization for either party. | Press, Washington.) | One advantage would be to keep | questions of the Presidential ticket A rift in the political clouds for 1936 in the backBround. The that have darkened Republican| move defers the problem of reor- skies since November, 1932, seems | ganizing the National Commitie: to have been detected by party or supplanting Chairman Everett strategists in Congress, For the Sanders. If the National Commit- toward weaving a pattern of tis- | the new 1934 job to the new joint sues for the congressional ballot- Congressional campaign committee, ing this year is discernible in mi-|it makes little difference whether nority ranks. the National Committee continues The concrete evidence of this|under Hoover-picked leadership or lies in the steps taken to consoli- | not. date 1934 Republican management| . That has been a vexing problem in a joint campaign committee of to party leaders. Revamping of House and Senate, divorced or at|the National Committee for this least separated from the National (Continued on Page Six) was frequently at Marshall Fields provision relating to claimants not ) cluded in the <ransport plane In a snow-covered ated Press Photos) REDINGTON 0UT OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OFFIGE | | Request Back to the Forest Service Paul G. Redington, Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey for the past seven years and for 23 years| with the Forest Service, on March | 1 returned to the Forest Service' administrative | in an important position. This transfer is brought about at his own request. | It will make his previous long' | Committee. That is something new experience again available to that more pc service, where certain activities are pending. W. C. Henderson, ociate Chief; will be Acting| Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey. Appreciation Voiced Secretayy Wallace, in announcing he transfer, expressed his appre-| first time something like cohesion|tee is to remain inactive leaving ciation of Mr. Redington's services corporation bond lists with the Biological Survey in a troublesome perfod of the bureau’s| history and added that through his | return the Forest Service will gain | the valuable assistance of a well- |trained official at a time of in-|rubbed firmed creased activity. Mr. Redington has been in the| service of the Department of Agri- (Continued on Page Eight) ) One woman, Miss Mary Carter (right), a stewardes: gan mayor, J. J. Sterling (left), executive of Benton H rty of eight persons who died in the crash of a giant would be ineffective but,we know that in others there’s |no excuse for not doing it.” STOCKS STAGE FORD REFERS TO LATE RALLY ON MUNITIONS MEN .Y, EXCHANGE AS WAR MAKERS pass near Salt Lake City. Associ- More people are traveling, they gineer of the Bureau of Public [s Transferred at His Own Word that Congress Will Motor Magnale Says/ Race to Strengthen Armaments Modify Security Regula- | } Leads to Conflicts | tion Bill Aids Shares FORT MYERS, Fla, March 8.— NEW YORK, March 8—Stocks| - rallied today following word that' .CoPYTiBht by Associated Press)— Charging that a small group of several amndments would be ac-imen are responsible for war througk cepted to the bill for the regula-|the manufacturing of munitions and by fostering international dis- (trust, Henry Ford thinks Senator Early moderate declines were re- Borah had the right idea in his placed by gains of one to two or aitack on the $500,000,000 Navy s. The close was firm ' Program and other Army and Navy and sales were 1,750,000 shares. The | construction, > Curb Exchange rallied one to two| I do not pay much attention to or more. |talk about war for I've found out Bond Section here is not much I can do about Active trading renewed the il s an individual,” said Mr. Ford. gth of the United States Gov- | Outlawing war depends on the unent bond section, but failed to | PeoPle. In the past they've fol- ilter the irregular currents in the |l0Wed war makers. If we could get |rid of approximately 100 men re- The list again turned dull just |SPonsible for wars in this world, before the close and extreme gains |Uhe people would enjoy peace. were shaded. | “As long as greed and profit ac- Grains were mildly irregular but | Céntuates the makers of muni= cotton recovered and silver and|!ons.” he continued, “as long as | the countries maintain a race for Advances Made llhe strongest armaments, just | tion of security cxchanges, pending in C er United States Smelting and Re- [1on8 will we be in danger of fining was up six points and Am- Dus‘hed into another war which (Continuea on Page Two) could have been avoided.” s . s