The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1935, Page 1

o A4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” OL. XLV., NO. 6889 JUNEAU, ALASKA, Wi GSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1935. XTENSION FOR NRA MORE BUSINESS TORESULT-OVER GOLD DECISION, Leaders Believe Better Con- ditions Will Prevail in Nation GENERAL CONFIDENCE IS NOW REAWAKENED Prospects Bright in Steel Industry—Other Views Are Expressed NEW YORK, Feb. 20. — Many | business leaders, pondering over lhe‘ gold decision effects, have decided it means more dollars in the cash tills. | Many are positive the decision | means better business. The minority use the word| “hoom” and some morely are hope- | | ful. { The conservative element feels | that a decision reversing the Gov- ernment would have had a much| better long time effect even if it| disrupted business temporarily. 1 Prospects are, however, bright in the steel industry. Wholesalers and manufacturers, | dependent in a measure on credi’ facilities of the nation, are in ia- clined to view the outcome as fav- orable. The decision is believed to have| reawakened general confidence and this will create buying. Many business leaders also fore- see increased prices. — e, GOLD DECISION MEANS REVIVAL | MINE INDUSTRY Gold and Silver Properties to Be Developed Now Is Belief DENVER, Col, Feb. 20—With the gold clause upheld, mining | men believe withheld money will‘; begin pouring into both gold and| gilver properties for developmem.’ Some interpret the decision as a guarantee the gold price will| remain at $35 an ounce or higher. Jesse F. McoDonald, of Leadville, | President of the Colorado Metal| and Mining Association, said he, feels the decision will “remove | (Chief of Bureau, The Associated the uncertainty that existed and | Pre::, Washington.) ctabilize the gold price.” el ——— . Reports that Everett Sanders couple, although John Coolidge, so By BYRON PRICE Thée activities of the left-wing- lers are almost monopolizing cur- rent political talk about 1936. The politicians are asking how serious the organized labor de- MAY cuME uuT flection from the Roosevelt camp | may be; just what Huey Long's nF GULD RULlNG‘Presidemlal candidacy is likely to |amount to, whether such groups \as the inflationists, the Townsend- ers, and the Sinclairitees will be 5 able to find a means for organ- Washington Hears that.i?ed" expression in mext year's . | election. Voters Holding U. S. BOl'ldS May Unite | conservative side who refuse to take any of these things very ser- mWASI;‘:"STg_N- Feb. "’e‘l—o?“l‘:h‘::uously. They insist the smoke is anerl fl’gislat:rcs ‘“s:'w Szmpossible;ouc of all proportion to the fire. . v | They predict that Mr. Roosevelt is political issue emerging to resound gure o be the liberal candidate in ‘"ef‘:c E:s:;:r g":‘k"i“?h";- \he fu. 1936, as he was in 1932 and that So e ther the fu- 1. H ! . A it his chief opponent will be a con- ;‘;gtw;g:;s.s?;zlg:: “;f gox‘_’;“l‘; servative, or at least a semi-con- 2 4 e seryative Congress a fight ‘to be paid in the g equivalent of the old gold dclar. " — .- - | Whether it MISS INGALLS - PLANS FLIGHT Hopes to Better Amelia 1. serts Earhart’s Transcon- it o treme tinental Record e LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 20— ve are go- Laura Ingalls, noted woman fier, i " he asked. announced,.today she will try in “‘Suppose ail this radicalism heads gix week:v s batter Amelia Ear- up somewhere, wrecks his letidla- hart's 17-hour transeontinental tive = pregram, and threatens to flight record. put over a Jot of scatterbrain poli- Miss Ingalls has a new 250 mile cies next year. Will- we Bave any an hour plane with air (brakes, choice but to help him?” automatic pilot and radio compass.| The trouble is, of course, that | There are those far over on the Nevertheless, the talk goes on. is a bugaboo or not, | tances all its rivals as a topic of " political speculation. LEAGUE PLANS and the speculation LIPERTY The talk perm: ¥ the rumors were true. (Associated Press Phot Left- Winéers Draw 193 6~Talk; Politicians Watchir}g ‘Kingfjsh’ |left-wing agitation easily outdis- | 41032, as cut in the marine drive at Vancouver, B. C., when a swollen creek wash through it after a severe snowstorm, followed by a warm spel! and rain. Some of the damaage is REPORTS OF ENGAGEMENT FLY (left), secretary to the late Calvin Coolidge, and Mrs. Grace Coolidge (right), the former President's wife, were engaged to marry were circulated among friends of th n of the late President, denied that' radicalism always has great dif- ficulty “heading up.” It is well known that the labor vote seldom, if ever, has been delivered to any one candidate in a nation-wide election. Radicals and liberals have a great reputation for fighting among themselves, and undermin- ing one another. The 5. grapevine word to reach Wachington is that Gover- nor Floyd Olson will not be a ser- jous Farmer-Lebor Presidential candidate in 1936, and that the La Folette are more likely to ) support Roosevelt than to try to es- tablish their new Progressive party on a national basis. That about leaves Huey Long the one certain left-wing entrant in the 1936 Presidential sweep- stakes. LONG PLANS SPLIT? And what about Huey Long? ¢ Of course, much depends on {what happens between now and |a year from now. Conceding that | he keeps the Louisiana regime to- gether, however, the possibilities seem to sum up like this: | Long’s managers are not claim- ing he has a chance to win the | Presidency next year. They do in- | sist that uniess times change, he | could poll encugh votes in South- lern and Western states to split seriously ‘the eoalition ¥ ril these states for Russ The Roosavelt men, naving in mind the cxtreme difficuities of feundinz and maintainin: 2 third- party organiation ever on a’'fes tional ba: deny thi; They laugh (publicly at least) at. &ugz- gestions that Lenz might' take away enough left-winzers to en- hancz greatly his prestize and power, and at the same time de- stroy Mr. Roosevelt by permitting the election of a Republican Presi- dent in a three-way contest. i IMMEDIATELY| | Stores to Close Friday ; Housewives Must Give Orders All fcod steres amd meat mar- kets will be cleted all day mext Friday, Washington’s birthday, according to an anncuncement made teday. Housewives must not forget this when ' placing their orders tom:Jrrow. 1S SENTENCED " 70 DEATH.FOR $433 ROBBERY| Man Is to Die in Electric Chair — First Case Under New Law LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 20— James Trout, of Indianapolis, has been sentenced to death in the slectric chair. A jury convicted him of a $433 robbery on December 10 in this city. Trout was the first to be tried here under the new State law im- posing the death penalty for armed robbery. — EASTERN MAN BELIEVED T0 BE KIDNAPED Lured from Home on Busi- ness Deal Hoax— Officials Search NEWTUN, Mass., Feb. 20—Of- | ficials today sought Moses H. Gu- | lesian, aged 71 years, once a weal= | thy real estate operator, who dis- appeared last night and it is | feared he has been kidnaped. He | has been threatened once before. | Gulesian was lured to Albany, |N. Y., in connection with business | deal which is now believed to have been a hoax. SLASHING OF BABY STARTS | NEW ACTION “Hex Spells” Breaks Out Again in Pennsylvania Dutch Colony WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. Feb. 20— The butcher knife slashing of an eight-months-old baby spurred authorities today to reopen campaign against “witch doctors” and “hex spells” in the Dutch sec- tion. The victim of the latest poWWOW is little James Leroy Fritz and he is given a chance to live. His fore- head ‘was’ slashed by his “hexed” older brother after spe’l was invoked, | CANNERY MEN | & the | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BONUS ACTION T0BE FORCED Backers of Patman Meas- ure Are Against Compromise WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Stand- ing flatly against any compromise, the backers of the Patman bonus bill have decided to take immediate steps to force action on the issue. Supporters of the bonus claim the measure will be passed by Congress. ~ T0 BE GUESTS AT C.-C. LUNGH 'Chamber Will Be Host to ! Fish Industry Lead- ers Tomorrow Some of the men who operate Alaska’'s profitable industry — the catching and preparing of fish— will be honored guests at the| regular weekly meeting of Juneau's Chamber of Commerce at Bailey's Cafe tomorrow noon. Here in the interests of the fish industry during the current session of the Territorial Legislature, the {packers and cannery men have {been invited to attend the Cham- ber's luncheon session. J. N. Gil- tbert, L. E. Poehlitz, Karl Theile afd w. J. Imlach are a few -of the executives who have been sent { invitations. Another out-of-town guest to- morrow will be Joe Badger, veteran {manager of the Van Gilder Hotel {in Seward. { Tomorrow's session also will mark the return of Curtis Shattuck as Secretary. During Shattuck’s re- cent business trip to Sitka, M. 8. Whittier was Acting Secretary. RANSOM NOTE " DEMANDS BIG SUM, MONEY Oregon Man Receives ‘ Threat—19-Year-Old Son Disappears SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20.—Reports are current in the St. Paul com- munity, north of here, that Jimmy ILee, father of Louis Lee, aged 19, missing since last Sunday, has re- ceived a ransom note demanding that 450,000 be placed in a designated building in Centralia, Washington, for the boy's release. The note was mailed from Salem. Officials said they are not in- clined to view the threat -very seriously, especially in view of the fact that boy's father is not wealthy. NO DIRIGIBLES SAYS SWANSON ,Secretary of Navy Opposed to-Further Construc- tion of Craft WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—Secre- tary of the Navy Swanson said to- day that hegis opposed to further construction of Navy dirigibles, dur- ing comment on the destruction of the Macon. The Navy Secretary said the dirigibles might be useful for com- jmercial purposes but they are not or military use. DS GEORGE KANAZAWA IS ADJUDGED INSANE AT JURY TRIAL TEUSDAY i | George Kanazawa was adjudged insane at a Jury trial held in the DredgingflUi) Navy Graft Senate munitions inquiry into charges of graft in award. ing of Na ip construction contracts, show Mi i jecre- tary to lxnnu R. Wilder, ex-presi e ok Saem dent of New York Shipbuildin Ty Corp,; Ernest I. Cornbrooks, ex-plant manager of same company, an Senator A. H. Vandenburg (left) and Senator Warren Ba n (alking with C. L. Bardo, another ex-presi;ernt o.l b?ew o B iabuit ing Corporation. York Shipbuil Skagway Man in Los Angeles To See Mae West LOS ANGELES, Oal. Feb: %0: . ~Martin ‘Itjen, who .owns. and operates the omly street car, only garage and only undertak- ing business in Skagway, Al- aska, has arrived here to see Mae West, “But den’t: tell my wife, she might not like it,” said Martin, stroking his handlebar-like moustache, EMPTY VICTORY GIVEN FISH TAX BILL BY HOUS Unanimously Approved but Amendkcd with Aim to Make Invalid opposition, ‘the Hofman graduat- Territorial House this afternoon by unanimous vote, carrying an amendment’ aimed to make the act unconsgitutional. The amendment voted into the title prior o final action on the measure labels it a bill to regulate and contrel salmon fisheries in Alaska. Asg nothing in the bill it- self directly relates to the title, impression prevailed the actwould be knocked out if it should go to a court test. Now/ Goes to Senate The bill now goes to the Sen- ate where it may undergo further changes. ‘The Townsend resolution, intro- duced by Joe Green, also was ap- proved Ry the House with but one dissenting vote, that of A. H. Ziegler. The proposal simply as Congress to give serious considera- tion to the Townsend Old Aze a month to persons over 60 years of age, proyiding they spend all the money within the month Plea For Townsend Plan Green and Patterson made pleas for passage of the resoluiion, Green explaining how the pensions would be paid through a transactions tax and Patterson picturing in vivid style just how it would bene- fit the aged of the country. Com- | pliment to the graphic word pic- and stat- 'ed that he¢ had not anned to | support the measure but since lis- tening to Mr. Patterson’s portrayal he was going to vote for it U. 8.. Commissioner’s Court yes- terday. afterncon and was com- mitted to Morningside Sanitarium by Judge J, F, Mullen, A similar sentiment was pressed by Speaker Hofman The Ziegler bill providing (Continded on Page Thrce) Interpreted as a victory for Lhe‘ ed fish trap measure passed the Pension plan which would pay $200 FAIL TO AMEND PLANTMEMORIA Operators Present Views at Hearing Before Whole House as Committee After effort to amend had fail- ed, the Territorial House late yes- terday passed to third reading and final passage today the Walker memorial asking abolition of her- ring reduction plants in Alaska. |By a standing vote of 9 to*7 a proposed amendment, which would bhave limited the taking of her- (ring to solely for food purposes and for balt, was defeated. A. P. | Walker, author of the memorial, endeavored to amend the words “food purposes” to “human con- sumption” but this too failed of | passage. Hear Plant Men Prior to the action representa- tives of the herring industry ap- peared before the House, urging against adoption of the memorial largest industry, in the Territory out of the business and cut off a substantial piece of revenue from the Territorial Terasury. Among those appearing were L. E. Poehlitz, Vice President of the Pacific Herring Packers Associa- tion and President of the Atlas Packing Corporation; W. J. Im- lach of the Evans Bay Packing Company and Hans Floe, Presi- dent of the Northwestern Herring Company at Port Conclusion. S “It is very unjust for us to have | to contend with hampering legis- lation beneficial to no one and threatening the life of a well es- tablished and valuable industry,” said Mr. Poehlitz' in appealing to the House to defeat the memor- jal. “Japan and Iceland ®re sub- sidizing = their herring instead of endeavoring to sup- press it,” he said. “Norway, where herring fishing has been cargled " | 'But in cases of such.as natural 5 on grounds it would put the fourtn)NEA and | the reduction | PRICE TEN CENTS WANTS GREATER AUTHORITY TO |SET STANDARDS Closer Check on Unfair Business Practices, Price Cutting Is Demanded 'SAYS WAGE, HOUR LIMITS NECESSARY Four Million Re-employed. i Result of Recovery Act ; He Points Out WASHINGTON, Feo. «0.-—-A twi | year cxtension of the national re- ru ses and principles” was ree- ommended to Congress today by President Roosevelt. t In a special mes:age, the Presl« dent proposed the Government be allowed “unquestiored power ta establish certain minimum stand- ards of fair competition in ccm- mercial practices and especially adequate standards in labor rela- tions.” i For example he said child labor must not be allowed to return; fixing of minimum wages and maximum hours is practical and necessary and the rights of em- pleyees freely to organie for pur- pose of collective barzaining should be freely protected. Enforce Anti-Trust Laws Relative to fundamental prinei- ples he said the anti-trust laws should be more adequately applied and monopolies and private price fixing must not be “allowed or condoned.” i b resources as oil, coal and gas the President said ‘“‘the’ people need government supervision to elimin- ate waste, control output and sta- bilize employment so the public will “be protected from ruinous price cutting.” i i Gave Re-employment | The message heartily endorsed the NRA which expires in June, saying its biggest factor has been giving re-employment to “ap- proximately four million people.” “We must rightly move,” he said, “to correct some things which havel been done or left undone; we musy work out co-ordination of every code with every Other cod: and ‘we must simplify procedure.” Up to Congress | The President left to Congress |the definition of policles and (standards for the new law, saying, |“I recommend that policies and stendards for administration of the. act would be further defined in order to clarify the Legislative 'purpose and guide in execution of the law." ! Meanwhile the Nye-McCarran iresolutign for " investigation of the < tration of codes was approved by the Senate finance committee with amend- - 'ment that inquiry should be con- | {ducted by that committee during |the framing of the new recovery . | legislation. ] MAKEATTEMPTS, MODIFYING WORK. RELIEF MEASURE Six Different Proposals Made in Senate — All May Be Turned Down WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — Six | ditferent attempts - fo; mcdify the on for centuries with no nppa!qu_lww*‘ Relief Bl iare under way depletion, has in recent years ma- terially increased its ‘reduction plant facilities.” Contending there is no deple- tion of herring as charged in the memorial Poehlitz declared there had been a steady increase in the gize of the catch from 1920 to 1934. Need Protection “A suggestion for constructive legizlation as to herring would be the recommendation to the proper United States authorities of doub- ling the import tax or duty on ‘zalt and pickled herring,” he said. This would stop the annual im- ; 4Cnn\.:‘.vu_\':l' on "(lflt' Three) in " the Senate.’ Five : of- the proposals are ex= pected to be turned down by the Administration forces and nene are so sure about the amcndment to require relef worl to be paid the prevailing wai caction in which they ar: emp: Amceng the proposals ment of the boaus ury netes to be r 1 in 1945, ta finance th2 program with greehs backs and silver, and the La Fol- | lette provision to raise the sum 1o ten billion dollars, increasing it from tho proposad five billion dels = lar fund. 1 All propesals are expected to ba defeated, o pay- 1 new Traass