The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 9, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6880. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1935, PRESIDENT T0 TAKE HAND IN BILL TROUBLE Roosevelt (])ser'vfes: ’Strug- gle Over Work Re- lief Measure IS OPPOSED TO ONE AMENDMENT Intends to E;e *“Prevail- ing Wage” Resolution Knocked Out WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Wateh- ing the intense struggle over the four billion dollar work relief bill, the Capital heard unconfirmed re- ports that the President has de- cided to take a direct hand in the fight over wages to be paid the workers on projects. It is known the President opposes the “prevailing wage” amendment and intends to have it stricked from the bill. The “prevailing wage” amend- ment is that wages on the various projects should be the same as in- dustry pays in the same section. | PREDICTS VOTE | \F.D. R.’s Selection of Garner TAKEN SHORTLY ON BONUS BILL House Action Indicated, Within Three Weeks— Controvery Arises WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — The| House will vote within three weeks | on the controversial two billion, | hundred million dollar bonus bill.| This is forecast by Democratic| leaders. | This developed as the Ways and Means Committee finished hear- ings on the Administration’s social | security plan. Chairman Boughton, of North Carolina, said he intends to bring up next the pending measure for cash payment of the bonus and added he hoped to get the security | bill through the House week after! next which he said meant the committee could take up the bonus! measure the following week. | Bonus advocates are themselves in a controversy over the manner | in which the bonus should be paid. | ———r———— BOY SCOUTS INVITED TO WASHINGTON President Announces First National Jamboree in August WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Thou- ands of boys in khaki received a formal invitation last night from President Roosevelt to attend the first National Boy Scout Jamboree in the capital next August. Speaking on the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the founding of the organization, the President praised the work done by the Boy Scouts and said a fine campsite has been chosen for 30,000 honor scouts ex- pected here in August. The President was introduced over the radio broadcast by Walter H. Head, President of the Boy Scouts. ——~———— DINOND ASKS FOR NEW BOAT WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has introduced a bill to appropriate $500,000 to build a boat for fish- eries research work in the Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea and Alaskan waters, s 16 PROPOSALS Woman Judge Draws Mothers’Ire TR AP HEARING Washington, D. C., mothers are denouncing Juvenile Court Jus Bentley (inset) for sentencing Billy DRAWS LARGE | SENATE CROWD dge Fay Fanning (left) and Arthur Penn, both 15, to 6-year terms in prison after giving them only two-minute hearing. They were charged with taking auto for joy ride, Civic organi. o zations are un:fn‘ appeal. 1, 490 Ma__y Spike Officials’ Rivalry| HAVE PASSED LEGISLATURE !5 Bills, Six Resolutions, 5 Memorials Approved as Half Way Mark Reached With four weeks, the half way mark, of the Twelfth Territorial Legislative session ending today, the two houses have approved 16 proposals of various kinds, records of the month’s work reveal. Four House bills and one Senate measure have been passed. The latter established the statute as the compiled laws of 1933. Two ‘of the House measures are de- ficiency appropriations and the other two for aid of schools at| Nome and Craig, $10,000 for the former and $2,000 for the latter. Six Resolutions Six of the approved proposals are resolutions. Of these one asks that no further suspension of min- ing assessment laws be made, while the others deal with approv- al of Governor appointments, in- dorsement of the Dimond fish bills, congratulations to President Roose- velt on his birthday and provid- ing for clerical and janitor service. Five memorials have passed both ‘houses, one of these originated in the Senate and asks the bars be lifted in California on reindeer meat. The four House ‘memorials are: Asking $100,000 from PWA funds for Nome; requesting Bris- tol Bay be opened to resident fish- ermen this summer; demanding abolition of the game commission and centering control in the Legis- lature; asking change in fishing regulations that boats and gear cannot be seized until the alleged violators have been given a trial. Frawley, Hess Oppose The latter was approved by the Senate in its brief session this afternoon, Frawley and Hess vot- ing against it. The only other ac- tion of the upper house today was approving a resolution to provide for janitor service in the cham- bers. The proposal to appropriate $500 for the Legislators to go to Sitka was put over to Monday as Sena- tor Powers, who supported the measure Friday, was absent, having gone to visit the Alaska Juneau mine with members of the House. The Murray memorial asking ab- olition of standing and floating fish traps came up in second read- ing but was put over until Mon- day for further amendment. Two amendments were offered by Sen- ator Roden today, and both were | | By BYRON PRICE { et ST T L | (Chief of Bureau, The Associated | | ‘Washington is finding important { hidden meanings in the news that | President Roosevelt wants Vice| | President Garner renominated with ihim in 1936. | For a President to indicate a |choice a year and a half ahead of {time was so contrary to precedent | that many politicians were in- |clined at first to be incredulous. | Inquiry disclosed no mistake had |been made in the news dispatch- es. The real significance of it all be- |- came apparent only when it came out that a very embarrassing sit-| uation was developing in the ad- ministration s family circle. Word had come to vhe White House that two or three cabinet of- | ficials, a half dozen Senators, and | various others were engaged in |activities which led to a strong impression that they already were | running for second place on the 1936 Democratic ticket. That was demoralizing for sev- eral reasons. The most important was that it created suspicions and rivalries at points in the inner administration set-up where such weaknesses would do the most harm. It remains to be seen whether the hint from the White House will cure the situation. Some of those involved do not take hints _|re;pexmitted to escape, i easily. ICKES HAS TROUBLES The troubles of Secretary Ickes have become the absorbing theme of many a Washington social talk- fest. Reports that he is on his way out of the cabinet are not gen- erally accepted, but there is a distinet impression that his place in the administration will not be s0 prominent henceforth. His difficulties with the housing administration, certain members of Congress and the cabinet, and var- ious others including some persons at the White House, appear to arive from these several causes: His economic theories, which one section of the business world dis- trusts. His open distaste for some of the politicians and their methods. Missteps on the part of several of his subordinates at the Interior Department, for which he was held responsible—whether rightly or wrongly. Altogether, Washington finds a great deal to talk about. ‘The cumulative evidence, no one denies, shows that a number of people—some very high up—are on the Secretary’s trail. The guessing whether they will get him is di- vided. . BANKHEAD IS NEEDED In the opinion of those wise in the ways of the ‘House of Repre- sentatives, much now depends on b (mh‘.w (Continued on Page Three) Proponents and Oppomlh Are Heard on Proposed Memorial to Congress_ Revealing the wide interest tered in the proposed now before the Legislature, & that filled the Senate Chambers overflowing was on hand last when the Senate Fisheries tee held a public hearing on ° fish trap memorial, which has ready met the approval of House. The memorial to Congress an amendment of the existing so that standing and floating i traps will be entirely el Proponents and opponents of proposed memorial had their ning in the opening meeting, Association of Pacific Fisheries, represented by J. N. Gilbert, ¢on~ tended that the traps are nobt de- pleting the fish supply but, en the other hand, that they, along with the other types of gear now employed, both of which are well regulated by the Bureau of Fish~ eries, are tending to increase the supply of salmon in the Territory. The Bureau of Fisheries not only have regulated the kind and type of gear best suited and in the porportion they believe it to be best in the various areas, but they have also made it their duty to observe the fish on the spawning beds and so see that a sufficient amount, and yet not too many, fish 7 Seine i The cannery men also contended that there was no though of put- ting the purse seiner out of busi- ness, but, as a matter of fact, frankly admit that the purse seine is an absolutely essential type of gear and that it has its place and instead of there being a necessity of having all traps they believe that the trap complements the seine or, rather, that the seine and the trap complement each other, and that through the use of both a maximum supply of salmon can be caught and the large packs ;t;bminueu on Page Ewght) ——————— ARYAN UTOPI NOW PROPOSED, NAZI REGIME German Breeding Book to Be Published—Health Centers to Open BERLIN, Feb. 5.—The Nazis re-| gime is striving to make ¢he dream of an aryan utopia come true and expect the new “Pedigree Book” will soon be Germany’s best seller, at least. Several million copies which will do for the Germans what breeding books do for cattle, dogs, horses and such like are be- ing printed. The goal of the Nazis is an aryan blonde prolific Germany, without Jews, criminals, childless couples or anti-Nazis. German families will be encour- aged to have more offsprings, all insistent on the virtues of true “Germanness” and Nazism eugenics. Health centers will be opened April 1 in all cities and rural com- munities. The most important function of the centers will be to give advice “on individuals, heritage and care of race” data as to whether the individual men and women are ‘fit to marry, based on health cards, and individuals information re- MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS garding selection of mates. An agreement reached at Rome by Pierre Laval (left), lini (right) of Italy, The shaded sections - STRIP OF LAND ON COAST OF FRENCH SOMA: \, French forei n It e. The land er but gives Italy a nnhsle frontage upon the strait of Bab-e Perim, (Associated Preas — 'hotos), TTRATT OF BAB-EL— gn minister, and Premier Musso- ceded to Italy approximately 50,000 square miles of French colonial territory In Africa. of the map show the territory added to Liby: tier of that possession southward, and to the Italian colony of Eri area added to Libya is about the size of New York st: alian colony, by pushing the fron- along the mouth of the Red s CASE MAY BE IN HANDS OF JURY TUESDAY NIGHT “YOUVE DONE TOLD LAWYERS Hauptmann Comments Briefly on Case—Has Clear Conscience FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 9. —Bruno Richard Hauptmann told his attorney today: “I think yov have done 2 good job. I am satisfied. “I think the jury now has a good chance to see for them- selves that I had nothing to do with the kidnaping. “I have a, clear mind on it. Regardless of what comes it will not bother me.” “You mean your mind fis clear?” questioned one attor- ney. “That’s it,” replied the de- fendant. —————— HERB HOOVER TRAVELS EAST Former President Has Nothing to Say on National Affairs CHICAGO, I, Fen. 9.—Former President Herbert Hoover arrived here today, traveling alone, He sald he is to attend conferenees of the American Child Health As- sociation and American Children’s Fund' in the East. He declined to comment on national affairs, ——.-e WOMAN MAKES LONG TRIP ON SNOWSHOES / From their home on the High Grade mining claim to Wasilla on snowshoes was the accomplishment recently of Mr. and Mrs. Al Dod- son, says the Anchorage Times. Mrs. Dodson mushed with her husband over the ten trying miles through snow drifts with scarcely a stop along the way, and arrived weary but in fine condition at the end of the trip. Coast Defenses for Alaska Discussed, Secret Meeting WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—(Copyright by the Associated Press, 1935)—The proposal for the construction of an eleven million dollar air base in Hawaii and plans for strengthening coast defenses were discussed at a secret meeting yesterday of the Army High Command and House Military Committee. The program includes $2,000,000 for new coast defenses, Including some in Alaska and $8,000,000 for new Army posts. Nothing was revealed as to the whereabouts where the pro- posed Alaskan coast defenses will be located. SUMMING UP TO BE ON FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 9.—By Tuesday night, both sides agreed, the Hauptmann case should be in the hands of the jury. I Summations are scheduled for next Monday. { BABY'S MOTHER | ATTENDS COURT FOR 2ND TIME Mrs. Lindbergh Present at Trial, Accompanied by Her Mother FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 9. «~Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh appeared in the courtroom to- day with her mother, Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, This was the first time Mrs. Lindbergh has been in the courtroom since the second day of the trial, when she testified. Dr, Grayson Is New Chairman, Amer, Red Cross WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Ad- miral Cary T, Grayson, physi- cian to President Woodrow Wil- son, has been appointed by President Boosevelt to be Na- tional Chaifman of the Amer- ican Red Cross. Dr. Grayson will succeed John Barton Payne, who died last month. | TENKILLED | - MONDAY | HOW PRESENT Acquittal Would Place State in Dilemma—All Shots Are Fired FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 9. ~—Unless Bruno Hauptmann is convicted, there is hardly one chance in one thousand the murder of Baby Lindbergh will ever be solved, The case is builk on the premise that not only Haupt- mann did the crime but no other person possibly could have done it. If Hauptmann is freed, the state might find itself in a dilemma, having fired all of its shots at a mirage with no am- munition for anyone else. It will be impossible, lawyers are inclined to believe, for the state in the future to seek to show the ransom notes were written by anyone but Haupt- mann or have Dr. John F. Condon or Col. Charles A. Lindbergh testify that the voice in the cemetery was not Hauptmann’s and that the payment of the ransom money was made to anyone else but Hauptmann, e REALLY LOVES WIFE; BOXER'S MOTHER TALKS ROME, Feb. 9~—The Italian mother of Enzo Fiermonte, boxer, declared today that her son and his wife, the former widow of John Jacob Astor, are going to make a fresh start in their matrimonial venture after having a disagree- ment aboard ship enroute over the Atlantic. “My son is really in love with the American lady,” said Fier- BY TORNADO GRAPELAND, Texas, Feb. 9.— Ten negroes have been killed and 40 injured ina tornado that wreck-| ed a tenanf community west of here during the night. Thirty-one tenant houses were razed by the tornado. | | e FORMER ANCHORAGE MAN DIES IN SEATTLE J. P. Clarkin, former resident of Anchorage, died recently in Se-| attle, according to word received| by the Anchorage Masonic Lodge of which he was a member, ac- _ cording to the Anchorage Times, monte’s mother. It is said that Fiermonte and his wife, since arriving in Italy, made a generous financial provis- ion for his former wife and their son whom he saw in Genoa, Flor- ence and Rome. e — | Decision in Gold Clause Cases {May Be Monday WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — Ac- |cording to unofifcial circles, the | decision in the gold clause cases may be handed down on Monday. “ Fladlll==_u.% DEFENSE STRUCK FROM ALL SIDES BY PROSECUTION Final Efforts Being Made to Send Hauptmann to Electric Chair PREVIOUS EVIDENCE NOW BEING DENIED Grandmother Morrow May Be Placed on Stand to Clear Maid's Name BULLETIN — FLEMING- TON, N. J., Feb. 9.—Testi- mony in the Hauptmann trial came to an end this after- noon with Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow testifying Miss Violet Sharpe was at her home at 7:45 o’clock and again about 11 o’clock on the night of the kidnaping thus attempting to clear away the defense in- sinuations she was one of the kidnapers. The State then gave notice it rested. Defense Counsel Egbert Rosecrans moved for a di- rected verdict of acquittal, based he said on his reasons given in a similar motion, Judge Trenchard denied the motion, Court was then adjourned to Monday when summations will be given. FLEMINGTON, N. J,, Feb. 9. —Prosecution today launched the final blows of rebuttal at the defense of Bruno Richard Hauptnsann, determined to prove conclusively that neith-/ er Isadore Fisch nor Miss Vio- let Sharpe had the remotest connection with the kidnaping of Baby Lindbergh, as the de- fense has insinuated. Grandmother Ready Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, grand- mother of the murdered child, and associates of Miss Sharpe are ready to give a complete account of the whereabouts of the maid on March 1, 1932, the night of the kidnaping. One defense witness said she was seen with Fisch, car- rying a blanket in which was wrapped a golden-haired child. Fisch Located Through rebuttal witnesses, the state sought to prove that Fisch was engaged in financial transac- tions in his Bronx home on the night which the defense witnesses testified they saw some one re- sembling him in St. Raymond’'s cemetery where the ransom was paid. State trooper Louls Bornmann's testimony attacked the opinion of the defense expert. Thé expert sald the attic floor board showed no tool marks which should have been present if the board was rip- ped from the joists. Bornmann said he pulled a board up with his bare hands, and iden- tified nafls taken from it. The nails were put in evidence. A defense witness said he believ- ed the nails never were used in the upright of the ladder. Plane Evidence The defense had attacked the plane evidence with a demonstra- tion to show nicks in a blade left different marks when the plane was held at different angles. Ar- thur J. Koehler, Federal wood ex- pert, was called in rebuttal. He said angle a plane was held would still be a tell-tale. He di- rectly disputed one defense expert who brought to court two pieces of wood and said they were from the same piece, the object being to show that matching of the lad- der rail with the attic floorboard could be a coincidence but not necessarily incriminating. Party Was Held Ernest Miller and Catharine Minners testified they were on a party with Violet Sharpe from 8 o'clock in the evening of the kid- naping, until 11 o'clock. Bt R s (Continued on Page Three)