The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1934, Page 1

. A R BNy 0 T e pa o Y Y N THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” " VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6606. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS . = PRICE TEN CENTS PRIVATE LIQUOR SALE IS PROPOSED STRIKE ON PACIFIC COAST Moves to Lapitai | ONGSHOREMEN | ACCEPT APPEAL BY PRESIDENT Poosevelt Asks Delay in § Walkout and Unions Grant Request IMPARTIAL BOARD TO | MAKE INVESTIGATION | | Improvement Seen in Auto [GOLDEN MILLER, FAVORITE, WINS GRAND NATIONAL Several Americans Are In Money in Large Sums as Result of Race AINTREE, March 23.—Dorothy Pagets' Golden Miller, the favor- ite, won the Ninety-Sixth Running lof the Grand National here today before a crowd of 200,000 persons. J. B. Snow’s American owned | Delaneige was second and Tho- Industry and Rail Strife Situation SAN FR A N CISCO, Cal.,| March 23.—A personal ap-| peal from President Roosevelt | late yesterday resulted in| postponement of the strike of 12,000 longshoremen in Pa- cific Coast States set for 8 one of Lh%J most benutifutl’ fi:cinl SNl Hhia i leaders in Utah, becomes a brilliant o'clock this morning. addition to Washington's list of The President requested a| hostesses. She will shortly join her | husband in the capital. | _— Mrs. Marriner S. Eccles | With the appointment of her hus-| | band as Assistant Secretary of the ‘mond the Second, owned by John |Hay Whitney of New York, was | third in the field of thirty. | | Golden Miller was a 19 to 2 fa- ! vorite. Delaneige and Thomond ! Second were also well backed the | | LUCKY AMERICANS NEW YORK, March 23— ‘Mag- |gie” of Long Island City, held the Treasury, Mrs. Marriner S. Eccles, | Irish Grand National Sweepstakes |ticket on the winner and gets one of the 18 first prizes of $150,- Laura Anderson of Brooklyn, postponement “until an in-' |wrigley's Park” of Boston and vestigation in all matters of |~ —————— | “Hiliside” of Bradford, Pa., held the comiroversy can be made STUGK TRADERS 1L'\(‘kets on Delaneige each win- . e : ining $75,000. by an impartial board which | Only obe Hkat ¥rds beld on I will name.” Thomond the Second, by William | i The Longshoremen’s Asso-‘ ciation officials readily agreed | M A R K TI ME AS | NEGOTIATI { AUTO, RAIL CASES [Near Smallest Volume of WASHINGTON, March 23. ¥ Year Recorded—Values —Union leaders here express- . od confidence that the threat-| Hold Fairly Level ened ftike in the auto u?du.s | NEW YORK, March 23—Stocks| try will be deferred again in|jus; amout marked time today response to the President’s while traders awaited further word request. on the motor strike situation. i M s . | Few issues got out of a narrow President William Green, | ange. The volume was around the of the American ‘Federation |smallest of the year. The close T o | Was mildly irregular. Bonds were of Labor, reported progre: b erdpmny toward peace after cunferring; with President Roosevelt. ‘ederal Rail Coordinator Iu.Dr\E Rail (' dlr‘at |crafts turned in fairly good per- Joseph Eastman is hard fit formances on hopes of expanded work mediating the wage dif-|Army and Navy buying. Grains| forences i > rail ‘ndu.'trv\efl’ed and rubber futures were rences in the rail I 1SV sott. Cotton was barely steady and hearings of both Mdefilwhfle silver firmed and the dollar are underway. | improved. 4 Schenley and National distillers EXPRESS CONFIDENCE | were moderately higher. Wright WASHINGTON, March 23. __| Aeronautical was up two pointsand | Auto labor leaders have sent mes-|Curtiss closed better than even. sages “back home” expressing ela- Dupont and Allied Chemical were tion and confidence that Presi-|0ff around a point. dent Roosevelt will “see us|Steel, American Telephone through.” ;Telegraph. General Motors, Mont- g s ieies |gomery Ward, United States ‘Smclting and Refining, Chrysler WURLD GUURT jand Woolworth were a trifle low-| but they their early gains. later yielded most of | Various air- er. American Can, J. C. Penney and Kennecott improved. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 23.—Closing ‘quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 20%, American Can 198%, American Power and Light 19%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2%, | Bethlehem Steel 40%, Calumet and Some alcohols were given play| United States| and| Sweet, of Marblehead, Mass.,, win- ning $50,000. “MAGGIE” IS FOUND NEW YORK, March 23.—“Mag- " one of the winners of the |race, was found to be Mrs .Mar- garet Meringer, jaitress, whose chef husband was given the tick- et by a cafe patron because he made such good hasenpfeffer. Mer- inger gave the ticket to his wife for a Christmas present. COMPLIANCE T0 CODES MUST BE CERTIFIED NOW [No More Public Funds to Be Expended Unless Dealers Under NRA Instructions received here by the United States Forest Service from Washington indicated widespread |action by the Federal Government to insure that public funds ex- pended for supplies and on con- |tracts do not go to industries, businesses and individuals who are |not complying with NRA codes. It was instructed that no pur- chases should be made from any- {one not complying with codes to which they are subject. ‘This action was taken in accord with an executive order issued several days ago by President Roosevelt. The radiogram to the Forest Service said: “Recent executive order requires a certificate from dealers showing they are complying and will continue to comply with each approved code to which they Winner of “Miss Florida” Title By the grace of a group of judges, which included noted members of the Broadway and Hollywood _stage and film colonies, Miss Mary Elsie Weems is entitled to the designation of honor “Miss Florida 1934. She is shown with the trophy em- blematic of her victory at Miami, Fla. Delegate WORLD WAITS ON ROOSEVELT'S COMMERCE PLAN Trade Centers Manifest Ia- terest and Expect En- tirely New Era NEW YORK, March 23.—(Copy- right by Associated Press)—Hope- ful of real recovery in Internation- al commerce of the world, trade centers say a degree of improve- ment may depend mainly on what sort of moves President Roosevelt makes. An Associated Press world sur- vey shows trade centers manifest much interest in the President’s tariff bargaining program and ex- press the opinion it may prove to be the cornerstone for a revival of world business. Those prominent in world busi- ness see an era of economic na- tionalism drawing fo a close and perhaps its replacement by an era of a mutual exchange of products or plain tariff bargaining. S eee ORDERS ROUGH STUFF CUT OUT IN TAXI STRIKE Army :’lir Eorps Base for Alaska Is Proposed Now; | Preparing Bill | * WASHINGTON, March 23.—Al- aska Delegate A. J. Dimond said he is preparing a bill providing for the establishment of an Army air corps base in Alaska, probab- ly near Fairbanks. The bill will be ready for in- troduction within a week or ten days, the Delegate said, and will |provide for stationing of officers land pilots and types of all army ! planes at the site to be selected; also flying officers for training young men of Alaska as reserve pilots. The Delegate predicted the solid support of the western represen- tatives and senators for the meas- ure. GROVER C. WINN CANDIDATE FOR ~ SCHOOL BOARD Veteran Member of Board Seeks Re-election for His Seventh Term : Grover C. Winn, veteran mem- iber of the local School Board, | whose term expuires this month, today filed his declaration of can- |didacy for another term. He is |the only aspirant for the office to ;“PDQM‘ to date. { Mr. Winn has served six suc- |cessive terms on the Board. The other two members of the Board |at present are R. E. Robertson and IM. L. Merritt. | pr, ADMINISTRATION PLANNING MOVE! 'AIR MAIL ISSUE May Restore Contracts toj Private Operators Be- for Congress Acts Rolls Of Socialists | List A Rockefeller | i WASHINGTON, March 23.—~The! Administration may jump the gun| on Congress by doing something | toward restoring the air mail to, private operators before the pend- ing air mail legislation is enacted.; Attorney General Cummings| POSTPONED TERTATIVE PLAN DISCLOSED BY CONTROL BOARD |Private Sale Undes Regu- | | | lation and License Sys- ' tem Is to Be Used $100 LICENSE TO BE REQUIRED OF STORES Beer and Wes May Be Sold Under Present Beer dropped this hint he left a as Post Office and Commerce De- partment officials attended. President Roosevelt made it known he has some air mail ac- tion in mind and a decision may be made before his planned de- parture for a fishing trip in south next week. SENATE AIR MAIL BILL WASHINGTON, March 23—A revised Senate air mail bill by Administration men would bar from bidding on new contracts ev- ery company which had represen- tatives at the 1930 Washington conference of air mail operators or at any other meeting held “for the purpose of rearranging the air mail map of the TUnited States.” ——.—————— HOUSE PASSES BILL TO SELL ALASKA HOMES Government Property at Anchorage May Be Dis- posed of to Individuals WASHINGTON, March 23.—The House Terriiories’ Committee to- day favorably reported bills pro- viding for the sale of Government owned houses and lands at An- chorage, Alaska, and authorizing the Departments of War, Agricul- ture and Interior to co-operate with the Territory. Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said the houses were built for and generally occupied by Government railroad employees. Under another measure the Exe- cutive departments will be author- ized to receive such funds as the ‘White House conference af which | the | Members of the socialist party in ;New York were not only startled | but pleased to find the name of |Mrs. John D. Rocksfeller, 3rd (above), listed on their rolls. Friends of the family said they be- | lieved it was due to a c'erical error, asserting she was not a soctalist. (Associated Press Phato) MAN FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL ROOM BY JOHN SMITH Joe Bierd Passed Away Shortly Before 11 0’Clock Last Night at Alaskan Raymond A. Blerd, who is better |known to friends here as Joe Bierd, was found dead in his room jat the Alaskan Hotel about 11 o'- |clock last might by John Smith, a friend who went to Mr. Bierd's rcom to see him. Death had apparently occurred shortly before, as Mr. Smith de- clared the body was still warm when he entered the room. City \police were called and the U. S. Marshal’s office was notfied of the death before the body was remov- led to the C. W. Carter Mortuary. | Mr. Bierd, who was approxi- |mately 40 years old, was seen yesterday afternoon, but was not known to be ill, according to his | friends. Probable cause of his, |death is said to be heart trouble,| according to information given Mr. Carter. | The deceased had been a can-| nery worker and was employed during the 1933 season by the As- |toria and Puget Sound Packing |Company at Excursion Inlet. He had been engaged to work for Libby, McNeill and Libby at Taku Harbor during the coming season, and had been staying at the ho- tel for sometime while waiting for the season to open. He is survived by his father, A. Bierd and a sister, Ivy M. Bierd, both of whom live at Carrollton, Michigan, and a brother, Richard E. Bierd, whose address is 660 W. Ewing Street, Seattle. The latter has been notified of his brother’s Territorial Legislature might ap- propriate for activities in the Ter- ritory which come under the jur- isdiction of such ’ departments. - e, —— RICH STRIKE OF GOLD ORE IS REPORTED 0Old Morgan Mine at Mel- and Wine Licenses tion and control of the liquor industry in the Territory, not wholly completed, were re- |vealed here today as they have been informally discuss- ed by those Territorial of- ficials who will be members of the Board of Liquor Con- trol. Private sale under regu- lations and licenses will be the system used. The main objectives of the plan are: 1. To make beer and wines easily available so as to encourage their consump- | tion. < | | | ‘\ Tentative plans for regula- i To license at a moder- ate figure the sale of “hard liquor” in original packages, and to impose a small excise tax on it for revenue pur- poses, but not high enough to |add materially to the cost of liquor. Eliminate Illicit Sale Both of these policies are aimed to eliminate the bootlegging fra- ternity. It is felt that the matter of price will have a great deal to do with attaining that end. So the board will make no effort to raise a lot of revenue out of high licenses and high excise taxes. Places already selling beer and wine under Territorial license, as soon as the new system can be put into effect, can sell any kind of beer and wine, and all brewer or fermented beverages that come under those classifications, without the payment of any additional li- |cense fees and with no excise tax |other than that which they now |pay on the celebrated three point two. The provisions of the licenses they now hold will simply be ex- tended to cover all beer, ale, porter, stout, and wines of all kinds. Hundred Dollar License Tentatively at least, it is agreed that liquor will be sold by private business concerns under license. The fee that seems to be mosk favored is $100 per year. In addi- tion, it is proposed to impose an excise tax of two or two and one- half per cent, calculated on the invoice price at which the liquor is billed to the merchant. Liquor can be sold only in un= broken packages—that is, in the < 3 i i A T ject. 3 S ! is s of the death by radio and funeral ar-|bottle or by the case. The sale by _|Hecla 4%, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox |3e subject, Deafers must in turn b Winn is an alumnus o ' ) eath by a 2 S}wkqsm§n for Many Or Mo’ 138, il Motors 36 |require ~ similar certificates ~from NEW YORK, March 23—Mayor| Juneau High School and the Uni-| ones, California, Tap- |rangements are awaiting a reply. |the drink will be absolutely pro- ganizations Ask Senate ¢ *:| subcontractors or suppliers” The|La Guardia has ordered the police|versity of Washington. He was hibited. to Hurry Action | International Harvester 41, Kenne- | Packard Motors cott, 5%, Southern Railway 32, Ulen Com- 18%, local authorities were also informed it was probably advisable to post- to halt the rough stuff in the New York taxi drivers’ strike. The police have clashed several the first graduate of the local in- stitution. ped for New Vein ANGELS CAMP, Cal, March 23. H igil: Valued The Board will retain absolute control of the granting of liquor licenses. All applications shall be | v sale: f pone purchasing except where they p ¢ e - / WASHINGTON, March 23. '—f;:::y'vfine:}scl'ategng:;l :;rcm“ were certain that the provisions of |times with the strikers who have —Another rich strike of ore is re- G l d t ‘made to 1t The" Hosneas it A Senators have been asked for quick ™"t T o o 7 the President’s order will be strict- | Wrecked cabs, yanked passengers ported to have been made in the o UATTS |issued trom the office of Frank action to make the United States Iy complied with and the dealers|Out of their seats and generally old Morgan mine at Melones where A. Boyle, Territorial Auditor. a member of the World Court.| Spokesmen for more than a score of organizations came today to tell the Senate Foreign Relations Committee members they shouxdI hurry action. There are three protocols which would introduce this country into the court and these should be ratified by the Senate at this ses- sion, the committee members were told by the various spokesmen, as of Inter- Retail Sales |Surging Above Last Year NEW YORK, March 23.— The weekly review of Dun- | Bradstreet, Inc., today says: | “Reports from all parts of the country reveal sales of Eacter and spring goods surg- ing above anticipated quotas. agree to sign the certificates. The Forest Service has several thousand dollars worth of purchases to make in a short time. This includes shoes, clothing and grocer- ies for ECW camps, lumber and other materials for road and trail use. None of it will be expended with firms not showing code com- pliance, it was said. Being Kept Lookout snarled up traffic. Hitler Brganizes yers of Bridge players have been “coordinated” under the Hitler regime by reor- ganization of the German Bridge Verbund under nazi auspices with two lieutenant-colonels as presi- dent and treasurer. BERLIN, March 23-~Even bridg2| PLOT REVEALED BUCHAREST, March 23.--Plans |to assassinate Premier Tatarescue and other Government leaders are declared by the police to have been | revealed. Several arrests have al- ‘ready been made. one of the largest masses of gold ever found, valued at $300,000, is said to have been taken out in the fifties. An exploring crew of the Carson Hill Gold Mines Company, present owners, said they found a vein al- most on the same suot where the famous Carson Hill nugget, valued then at $43,000 and weighing 179 pounds, was located. Under heavy guard, removing specimens of the ore in crews are Is Displayed Specimens Taken from Ne- vade Property Assay Into Thousands SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 23—T. J. Lynch, President of the Manhattan Gold Mining Company, displays specimens of “jewelry Any reputable business estab- lished for one year can obtain & |license. However, applicants will be required to obtain the approval of the City Council of the com- munity in which they desire to do business, or to have the endorse- ment of 100 legal voters on a peti= tion or certificate. Public Stores Impossible i While members of the Board, it is known, did give some considera- tion to the establishment of publie a means of settlement | - national disputes. The average gain of retail sales r l l’s Sm"wr Alask J D la powder boxes and placing them in|shop” quartz taken from the bot-{stores for the sale of distilled -q Leaders of both major parties| ©ver a year ago is 48 percent, IO nsul a une(lll ec res a vault for assays to be made. The|tom of the Winze Company's mine|jjquors, it was finally concluded pledged adherence but it is open- 1y expressed that it is doubtful if the Senate takes action this session. ——l A farmers’ co-operative of Mc- Minnville, Ore., will distribute gas- oline to members. : while in many instances the 1932 figures have been in- creased by ten to twelve per cent.” - e Soviet Russia automobile plants produced more than 47,000 cars in 1 Which Is Unreported PORT SAID, Egypt, March 23.— A constant Jookout is being kept for the Greek tramp steamer Maoi- SAN PRANCISCO, Cal, March otis with Samuel Insull aboard. The steamer has not been report- ed for several days. 23.—The Alaska Juneau declared an extra dividend of 15 cents a Extra, Regular Dividends ;shm in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of 15 cents a share, payable May 1 to stockhold- ers on record on April 10. ore from one ledge yielded $7 in gold to the ton previous to the strike just reported. ——ee———— Restaurant men say Miami, Fla., has more eating places than any resort in the world five itmes its size. at Manhattan, Nevada, that assay- ed “close to $80,000 a ton.” Lynch said another piece, which he said was float, picked up on the property, claimed to $74932 to the ton. An effort will be made to trace the ore when the snow clears. assay the law that created it. It was petitioned to delegate its authority to municipalities so they could open municipal stores. h®, There was no dissension among N AR 5 that this was not possible under i