The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 16, 1934, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1934. Curtains I PENSION ISSUE ARGUED BEFORE FEDERAL cuum; : Truitt Demurs to Petition| for Writ in .Mothers" Penson Suit Here | Appearing for Gov. John W. Troy in the Federal district court Jast Saturday, J. S. Truitt, Terri-| torial Attorney General, filed a general demurrer against a peti-| | tion filed by Mrs. Lilly Scott for an alternative writ of mandamns directing the Governor to pay Mrs.| Scott an allowance from the Alas- ka Mother's Perfsion Fund. | Oral arguments on the demurr-| er were heard by Judge George F.| Alexander .who gave Willlam L. Paul, Mrs. Scott's counsel, time to file a brief and took the matter under advisement. | Mrs, Scott is a local Indian who is an application for a Mother's Pen- | sion for four minor children whom, she alleged, are not eligible to re-| ceive aid from the Federal Imer-‘ ior Department. The Governor re-| jected the application on the ground children are eligible for Federal ald and, therefore, his of- fice could not extend the Terri-| torial aid sought. The Te'rrlwnal‘~ statute limits payments of Mother's Pensions as well as Old Age Al-| lowances to persons not eligible ‘o receive assistance from the Interior | Deépartment. 2 BISHOP CRIMONT lc LEAVES FOR TWO ! MONTH TRIP EAST Bishop J. R. Crimont, 8. J,, DD, ‘ left on the motorship Northhnd taday on his way to Chicago, where | ‘he will attend the consecration of CONSTANCE MORROW HONORED Constance Morrow (center), daughter of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow of Englewood, N. J., was elected chairman of the judicial board at Smith college, Northampton, Mass. At left is Cornelia Fabian of Evanston, 111, new president of the student house of representatives, and at right is Elizabeth Gamble of Cincinnati, president of student government activities. (Associated Press Photo) face the party, in such states| as California, Wisconsin and New| Mexico, where gRepublicans who| supported Roosevelt in 1932 are| running for re-election, and there, probably is no one else who un-| derstands the ins and outs of those situations as well as Far- ley. 0. P. Pot-shots at New Deal, No Attack However on F. D. R. (Continued from age One) ing the Roosevelt administration U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHER BUREAU The Weather (By the U. S. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vieinity, beginning at 4 p.m. April 16: Showers tonight and Tuesday; moderate southerly winds. LOCAL DATA Barometer Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity 2966 42 S8t W 6 29.55 37 86 SE 16 2053 39 86 se! 16 CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS Time 4 pm. yest'y 4 am. today Noon today Weather Rain Rain-Snow Rain YESTERDAY | TODAY Highest 4pm. | temp. temp. | 4 4 34 32 40 38 52 50 52 50 32 32 38 34 40 40 38 36 52 42 45 48 52 40 58 68 68 Lowest 4a.m. 4am. Precip. 4am. temp. temp. velocity 24hrs. Weather 2 48 Cldy 26 [} Cldy 28 4 Pt. Cldy 30 8 Pt. Cldy 34 10 30 % 32 10 22 4 16 0 6 18 4 16 4 4 Station Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland v San Franeisco . Pt. Cldy . Snow Pt. Cldy ] Cldy .61 Rain-Snow Cldy Rain Rain Clear Cldy Cldy Clear 37 44 42 40 58 68 62 The barometric pressure i throughout Alaska and Western Canada, and falling in the Southeast and eastern portion of the Gulf of Alaska. It is lowest in the southern Interior with rain or snow over Southern Alaska and partly cloudy to cloudy weather in other portions of the Territory. The pressure is moderately high in the Pacific States and south of the Aleutian Islands, and is rising in Western and Central Alaska. Temperatures have fallen over most of the Territory, FOR INSURANCE See H. R. SHEPARD & SON Telephone 409 B. M. Behrends Bank Bldg. mmwmm-—md Panhandle Air Trdnspér; C;). Snow | . Rt. Rev. Monsignor Willlam D. O'- ' as a whole had been a failure. Brien, for many years president of| Those general attacks caused a the Catholic Church Extension Sa-;lot of complaint among Republi ciety, a generous henefactor of the can Congressmen who had voted church in Alaska. | for many of the Roosevelt meas- Throughout his long and suc-|ures. Especially was that POLITICAL PICTURE IS UNCHANGED “PATCO” Announce the inauguration of Drapes The fant bring news of svery few another politi !‘ get-together does not mean that| that We and complete showing of Curtains, redi-made Drapes, Ruffled Marquisette Novelty Curtains; Cottage Sets, Chintz Drapes, also a complete showing of Curtains and Drapery materials in yardage! @ VE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION! B. M. Behrends Co., Inc. “Juneau’s Leading Department Store” 2] SALMON CREEK SURFACE WORK STARTS TODAY Contractors Start Placing 10,000 Yards of Grav- el in Local Section Berg and Hildre, tors began to surface Glacier High- way at Salmon Creek on the sec- tion extending from there to the it} corporate limits of this city, was announced by M. D. Williams, District Engineer, United States Bureau of Public Roads. from the R. J. Sommers plant at Lemon Creek is being surfacing material. Ten thousand yards of will be required for the section. Much of the road between town and Salmon Creek is being rebuilt and two miles nearest the creek is now zeady for surfacing. As rapidiy as the gravel can be hauled, the pro- ject will be completed. ‘With its completion, the recon- struction of Glacier Highway to Duck Creek, begun two years ago, will be finished Many curves have been eliminated, the road widened and grades cut down. — e WILLIAM SNYDER ENTERS ST. ANN'S HOSPITAL SUNDAY William Snyder entered St. Ann's ‘Hospital yesterday to receive treat- ment for an injured finger. He is an employee of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. - Ml-p-wmu-rq socal contrac- | Gravel| used for| gravel ) have on display in Upstairs Department, a full Baseball Magnates |Meet Tonight to Plan for Schedule A meeting of the Board of Managers of the City Base- ball League will be held this evening in the office of its President, Judge W. A. Holz- heimer, on the fifth floor of the Capital building, it was announced by him Yo- day. All officers and club managers are requested to attend. Decision as to whether a fourth club will be entered in the circuit, or if it is to remain a three-team organi- zation, is expected to be reached tonight. Plans for the schedule , rules and \ other matters will be dis- | cussed, Judge Holzheimer said. ®© 0 000 00 000 00 e ————— 6 ARE KILLED, ~ HEADON CRASH EIYRIA, Ohio, April 16.—Six At — CAPT. HINGKI.EY IS TRANSFERRED T0 CHICAGO D1V, Commander of Northwest and Alaska, Coast Guard, Goes East SEATTLE, April 16—Capt. Har- ald Hinckley, Commander of the Northwest and Alaska Division of | the Coast Guard, will be trans- ferred June 1 to become Command- ant of the Chicago Division. Capt. Hinckley, in announcing his change in, cqmmand, said he re- gretted exceedipgly having to leave the Northwest. Capt.. Hinckley. is wellknown in Southeast Alaska, especially, which | he has visited SeVeral times during | the past several years. e Jimmy Hitcheoch, star shortstop for Newark in the International| league, helps coach football at Aue burn in the fall and, spring. persons were injured fatally, a sev- enth was critically hurt and four- teen others slightly hurt when a Chicago bound bus and an east- {bound truck crashed headon here iear)y last evening. Gets Rare Coin YAKIMA, Wash.—A half-dol- lar coined 110 years ago was re- ceived by a theatre cashier here. Although minted in 1824 the half dollar was in good condition and showed little evidenee of wear, IT’S Wisé to Call 48 when “in need of ' MOVING or STORAGE Fuel Oil Coal {Brien has been an intimate friend |of being Auxiliary Bishop to Car-| {dinal Mundelein, of Chicago, who |two months, but as he has cessful administration of the Ex- tension Society, Bishop-Elect O'-i of Bishop Crimont and has alw: been interested in and sympath: with the work of the church in Alaska. Bishop O’Brien is the sec- ond president of the Society which is now in its 28th year. The found- er and first president, Bishop Fran- | cis C. Kelly, is now the Bishop o' | Oklahoma, In recognition and appreciation of his valued services as President| of the Catholic Church Extension Soclety, Bishop O'Brien Wil re- main as its president, and his new office carries the added distinction is also a close friend of Bishop Crimont. | Bishop Crimont hopes to return to his headquarters here within many confererces scheduled with mem- bers of the Hierarchy and heads| of C . .olic organizations to whom Alaska is indebted for substantial aid during past years, a longer stay may be necessary. e e— L. H., KUBLEY RETURNS TO | KETCHIKAN ON NORTHLAND L. H. Kubley, Ketchikan business| man, left on the Northland for hisg home after spending the last sev- ‘eral days Neére on business. | B BARANOF MAKES i KETCHIKAN TRIP, DUE BACK TODAY; At, 11 ocloek Sunday morning the .seaplane Baranof, of the Al- aska Southern Airways, left here for its first scheduled weekly trip to Ketchikan and way points. It was piloted by Gene Meyring and Gordon Graham, mechanic, accom- panied him. After staying last night in Ket- chikan, the plane left there this merning to make its first trip of the season to the West Coast of Prince of -Wales, Island, and is due back at,its Juneau base late this afternoon. K. F. MacLeod Was a passenger from Juneau'te. Weangell on the Baranof. R, | Germania Herb Tea $1.00 Butler Mauro Drug Co. “Express Money Orders Anytime” Transfer U= | gency. ou | organization | tirement date, | fice is subsiding. {out eventually, | ter the fall elections. | over of those of the minority who wanted to run for re-elect on their record of ving by the President during the e actual progress always results from these conferences. | Neither the private dinner giv- en in Washington on March 31 by anding Democrats nor the | various consultations held by for- | mer President Hoover in the west| and southwest produced evidence| of having changed the political| picture all Mostly, the present political talk is just talk. The 1934 is- sues and policies still promise to| be made la: by piecemeal ac- in the Congressiona and 1936 under pr ent disturbed conditions, far away. > OLD GARBAGE DUMP TO BE FILLED IN BY CITY WORKERS Bids have been calied for by the City of Juneau for the purpose of completing a 500-foot fill covering the old g age dump on the tide flats. They will be opened at the regular meeting of the City Coun- cil next Friday night and work will begin immediately upon the award (of contracts, Mayor I. Goldstein said today. This work is required to be fin- ished in 10 days and because of| | the provisions that no truck driver | |is to be allowed more than 8 hours| Of course he is expected to get|work in 24 hours, it is expected even if it is af-|that it will require about 10 trucks| For the mo- |to complete the job in the speci- ment, the difficulty seems to be|fied length of time. to find someone who could tak(“ Until other arrangements are the chairmanship, without made, garbage will be dumped in friction and complications, jusL‘ the deep water at the channel end as the campaign is beginning. ' of the fill, it was announced at the Some rather delicate situations City Hall. SANDERS AND FARLLY Transfer of Republican cam- paign responsibility from the Na- tional Committees sidetracked but did not entirely eliminate a move| to supplant Everett Sanders National Chairman ‘Those who want new Chair- man argue that the Hoover wing, with which Sanders has been iden- tified, cannot hope to effect a re- representing the will of all factions. Not so much is heard about that, now that San- ders and his National Headqua ters have ben put more or less on the sidelines, but it is a sub- ject certain to come up again later. Among the Democrats, the lat- est indications are that Postm: ter General James A. Farley will stay on for some time as Na- tional Chairman. He has com- mitted himself to no specific re- and talk of the possible impropriety of his hold ing both a party and a public of- at as Baer Goes to Sierra to Train for “Man Mountain” 3 ¥ Here's Max Baer, “‘adonis of the ring,” ‘at Lake Tahoe getting in : some licks at training for his fortl comm? championship fight with t “Ambling Alp,” Primo Carnera, * New York. At top, Trainer Mike Cantwell is showing the Baer brothers a towering peak back of Tahoe and telling Max he’d better . climb it as part of his conditioning regime. Left to right: Buddy Baer, Cantwell and Max. At the left, Baer is inhaling a big draught of crisp . mountain air as he stands in the : snow, clad as you can see, in trunks ed Press Photo) A SEAPILANE SER VICE Effective about April 24, 1934 CALL OR SEE C. V. Kay—Telephone 4954 C. H. Keil, Chet McLean, Phone 10, Gastineau Hotel (Pt e 4 S s INSURANCE Allen Shattuck, Inc. Established 1898 Juneau, Alaska UNITED FOOD CO. ‘ CASH GROCERS Phone 16 We Deliver Meats—Phone 16 WINDOW CLEANING PHONE 485 P et Juneau Cash Grocery CASH GROCERS Corner Second and Seward Free Delivery D N 1 ALA SKA AIR EXPRESS FOR CHARTER Lockheed 6-Passenger Seaplane TELEPHONE 22 J. V. HICKEY —, Phone 58 S 3 e B A WSS ST % h B W E it | EEERE | ab ity ¢ Get four Block Wood and KINDLING NOW—While It Lasts PHONE 358 GENE SOMERS DELIVERY Juneau Lumber Mills D}