The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 1, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” FRIDAY, MARCH 1, VOL. XLV., NO. 6897. - PLEAMADEFOR A COMPROMIS HOPE TO BREAK | DEADLOCK BY Administration Leaders Optimistic As Out- look Brightens MAY GIVE ADJUSTMENT POWER TO PRESIDENT Right to Cut Relief Wages When Drawing Men | from Private Industry | WASHINGTON, March 1.—Demo- ! 1 | cratic leaders looked to. week-end conferences on the Work Relief Bill in an apparent hope the deadlock | could be broken before the Senate meets again on next Monday. There is a seeming lessening of]‘ cheerfuness among some of the supporters of the McCarran amend- ment. | Administration leaders appeared | more optimistie. | Whether any® compromise would; center around the suggestion put| forward by Senator Robert R. Rey- | nolds, of North Carolina, is not| known. This suggestion was that| the President be empowered to cut | relief wages below the prgvuun; lcvel in cases where it ‘was Tound to be drawing men away from jobs | in private industry. SNELL HAS HIS SAY | WASHINGTON, March 1.—Rep- resentative Bertrand H. Snell, Min- ority Leader, in commenting on political legislative developments, assailed what he termed organized propaganda “operated by Roosevelt leaders to get the country behind | the President on the Work Relief | Bill dispute.’ He criticised the em- ergency legislation as experimental | and hasty and said the Adminis- | tration was being over ballyhooed. | Shnell also said he believed the| recent adverse decision by Federal courts on New Deal Ilegislation “would increase lack of confidence.’ o DUN,BRADSTREET WEEKLY DIGEST IS OPTIMISTIC “More Gen—t-x;; Realization| of Sound Basic Con- dition” Is Felt NEW YORK, March 1. — The weekly review of Dun-Bradstreet, Inc., says there has developed a “more .genuine realization of the soundness of the basic condition "0 support expansion toward which all indications now point. ““The .lifting of the production Jevel of manufacturing plants and a gradua] decrease in the number ‘of unemployed skilled workers pro- wide unquestioned ‘proof of the ac- celerated rate of activity.” The review says further that the prices on most grades of merchan- dise are considered to have passed definitely low points and advances of many items is scheduled for immediate future. CLOUDBURST, HAIL STORM AT HONOLULU HONOLULU, H. I, March l— Eight persons are dead, six are; missing and an unestiméted prop- erty damage has been the result of the toll of last Wednesday, night’s cloudburst and hail storm. B All educational institutions in Georgia financed by the state are under direct ‘control of a'commis- . sion known as the university board of ki [ \— Quintin Paredes, Jr. Rumors have revived the romance of Coletta Mulvihill, beautiful Pittsburgh heiress, and Quintin Paredes, Jr.,, son of the speaker of the legislature of the Philip- pines, shown above. Their report- 4 t ‘was broken.dast year when the dashing heiress eloped with a truck driver.{ WAGE PROPOSAL, ALASKR LINES UP ON MONDA Union Oflizia_ls Conference at of Next Wee_k‘; SEATTLE, March 1. — Sea union officials said the un 4 meet Monday to consider proposals of the Alaska ship lines for wage Proffered increases were & - er proposal to the damnds of the union. § H | Shipping officials refused’ the emount of the incregse; in their counter proposals bfi ‘:gh reported the increase is less than demanded. g Fearing trouble as the cl@u £ the negotiations, the Alaska ‘Stegm- ship Company sent the 8 r Victoria out two days ahead: of schedule. ¢ METAL ISSUES' MARKET DULL i | Coletta Mulvihill: Higheu Ml dor ‘Cd] PROPOSED BILL INOLYMPIA IS FOR HUGE SUM Idea Would Disburse $100,000,000 in State Treasury Notes OLYMPIA, Wash.,, March 1.—A plan to issue one hundred million dollars in State Treasurer’s cer- tificates “to assist in bringing about industrial recovery” has been laid before the House. The meas- ure is to authorize the issuance of non-bearipg interest certificates and to empower the State Board of Finance to carry out provisions of the Act. Two funds will be created, one for old age pensions and the other for industrial recovery. Y All employed persons will have to pay 50 cents monthly and em- ployers will have to match ¢he amount to provide the old age pen- sion fund. The recovery fund will be de- rived from assessments of one fourth of one per cent on each business transaction. ——,——— POST GHARGES SABOTAGE MADE FLIGHT FAILURE Sub - Stratosphere Airplane Ace Says Emery, Fil- ings in Motor KANSAS CITY, March 1—~Wil- ey - Post charges that nearly two pounds of steel filings and pow- dered emery were placed in the engine of the Winnie May, prob- ably at the instigation of ‘‘another pilot” which he did not name, to cause the failure of his recent pro- jected sub-stratosphere flight across the continent. The flight failed when the Winnie May was forced down at Murdoc Dry Lake, Post said he has enough evi- an dence of alleged sabotage to con- vince him foreign matter was placed in the engine deliberately, Post is here enroute to Ne w aged 11 years, will probably be Jthe next | Causes Flurry n | Fears Are N gl s ol et Mining Shares Felt for Social ‘Security Program | NEW YORK. March 1.—Stocks| stiffened late today under mining issues leadership. | oo » i Metals pushed up on途 to more f; erwaf the ARsuniiasisnt By |than four points in response to| cial Security program express- | o four §. 11l be asiowsly db- ;h!gher prices for the precious| metals. } | WASHINGTON, March 1. — Some of the warmest support- | | | layed by the NRA investigation | " ‘The greater part of the list, how-| | ::.:i}:eh"; b::: ;;'::::: b{:o':' ‘}c\'cr, moved in a dull manner | S - ' | mittee. This committee also |, ToU4YS close was little better| ha: the Blue Eagle inquiry | i | withcut cending it to a sub- CLOSING PRICES TODAY | ccmmittee, Some cof the members said NEW YORK, March 1.—Closing both the investigation and the quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | today is 17%, Ami 1177% framing of the Security Legis- 'slfiy EXo) Dan laticn were jobs which will re- American Power and Light 2%, A 3 Anaconda 10%, Armour N 5, Beth-| quire the commiltee’s full time for a long period and they lenem Steel 27%, Calumet and Hecla 3, General Motors 29%, In-| cxpressed concern over the sit- uation, ternational Harvester 40, Kennecott 16, United States Steel 33, Pound R A 15 $4.83'%, Bremner 54% at 60. | RIS G S P Sy Government Lawyers to HITLERISIN | SAAR VALLEY Appear Before Supreme Court Next Week | WASHINGTON, March 1.—Go&'s ernment lawyers are prepared for Visit Is in Connection with Return of District to Germany SARBRUECKEN, March 1. — President Adolf Hitler came to the Saar Valley today and the popu- lation went wild with acclaim .Th~ another important test of the New!visit is in conneetion with the of- | Deal powers as the Capital spec-!ficial return of the Territory to| ulated on whether the Supreme'Germany. TAKE ADVANGE; 1935. EMPIRE SKAF PRICE E LOOMS ON RELIEF BILL Air Army Under One Command Ready for Duty, NORTHLAND IS Andrews’ Aim for Concentration in Quick Time; Swarm of Planes Would Assemble from 9 Points MARCH FIELD RIVERSIDE,CALIF.) 1770 ATTACK GROVP * QRS AND 3 SQUADRONS) SERVICE S With completion of the- Kruy's’ gl ““hormels’ mests®. scatiered adyi (BELLEVILLE,ILL) 21ST AIRSHIP GROUP over’ MITCHELL FIELD (NEW oTH cRow Gt . A SRR SQUARON € SQUADRON e | GEN. HQRS AVRFORCE nate ifs air force, the United States will have nine usly it 19 Un shaben owt *in: r woid from Brig. Gen. Frank M. Andrews.! The i sliows the various army air b ot ntlack” by u 45 with the Torces to be concentrated at each. At Langley Field, Hampton, Va., almost within faxiing distance of (he national capital, will be headquarters of the general hcadquarters air force. It a': is to be head- quarters of the 2nd Bombardment Group with fou: c¢f its squadrens; and headquariers of the 8th Pursuit Group, with three of its pursuit squadrons and one of its attack squadrons. Alse Iccated at Langley Field will be an observation squadron, 2 service squadrens and an’aircraft sguadron. LIQUOR ANGLES AIRED AT HOUSE PUBLIC HEARING Closing Hours, Local .Op- tion, Enforcement, High icen’se Discussed Proposed liquor legislation now before the Territorial Legislature came in for a thorough airing last nieht when a large audience gath- ered in the House chamber for a public _hearing on the impending bills before the liquor committee. More rigid ' closing hours, local option, better ~enforcement, con- sumer’s permit- system and high license and bond were gone into at some length by various speak-' ers both for and against the two bills at issue, one aclling for Ter- ritorial stores and the other for private handling through high li- cense, H. L. Faulkner, Juneau attorney, who- explained he was speaking as an individual and representing no one but himself said he thought the worst evil in connection with any places handling alcoholic bev- erages was music and dancing. He urged a stricter license system, el- imination of music and dancing in (Continued on Piéé “Five) Court would continue to uphold the' Roosevelt policies by a five to four| margin extent. The right of Congress to regu- late commerce will be argued be- fore the High Tribunal next week in the Railroad Retirement Pen- sion case. The right to regulate interstate ccmmerce is still a big point of controversy. Fish in Adv SEATTLE, March 1.—Pictures of lovely ladies munching halibut steak or baked salmon amid del- ectable surroundings above printed slogans such as, “Have you had your Vitamin D and iodine to- ———————— u“ITs THRONE day?” will be staring at you this Sy spring from magazine covers, bill- | CRANLEIGH, England, March 1./ boards and newspaper pages, if l—Klnx Projadhipok, of Siam, has the Fish and Sea Products Insp- bdicated his throne according to tute of the United States has its ‘announcement made by his pri- Way. vatg Secretary. It is believed the' “I's all part of a plan to make Sisnese government will accept the nation ‘fish conscious” said the . resignation. _Prince Annada,'Charles W. Triggs of the Booth Pisheries Corporation here. J “Triggs is here on an inspection regency. Bt kifig, under a Lovely Ladies to Munch ertising of Sea Products This Spring trip from the Chicago offices of his firm, “The Institute is going to put fish on the map through advertis- ing,” Triggs said. “Americans eat only 15 pounds of fish per capita annually, while Canadians con- sume on the average of 29 pounds; per capita each year.” Triggs said he expected a heavy sale of fish in 1935 due to the meat shortage caused by drought and the general improvement of business conditions. He said he expected to see this heavy sale re- gardless of the effect that the pro- posed ‘advertising drive may have By WILLIAM S. WHITE WASHINGTON, March 1. — A mighty sky-army of 1,000 planes, receiving orc'rs from a single cen- tralized command and potentially capable of concentrating within 48 hours at any threatened area in the United States, is taking final form. Over a battered desk in ‘the War Department are spread a batch of plams by which Brig. Gen. Frank M. Andrews has brought into being a great general head- quarters air force to replace the old less correlated service. This new air army starts operations officially March 1. So much still must be done that Andrews has little time for predic- tions, but he does promise two things. First, that every effort will be made to ‘weld this new aer- ial force info a cohesive, mo- bile unit which could be brought together into one great lethal swarm within a maximum of two days. Second, that emphasis will be placed wpon navigation un- der all conditions. ‘Andrews has no amplifications for that terse second objective, but observers believe it means that army airmen are going to be ex- pected to go on through in treach- erous as well as fair weather in a training routine more rigorous than they ever knew—a training period from which they will be expected to emerge masters of the air despite fog and rain. Three Big Wings ‘The new force, bringing under its scope virpually all the army’s combat unity, as well as many observation @nd service detach- ments, will be split into three wings—the first on the Pacific FISH INDUSTRY PLEADS CAUSE BEFORE SENATE Urges Against Further Taxation Burden as Recovery Looms Rallying in support of the Ter- ritory’s largest industry with in- formation and data revealing the effects the Hofman graduated tax bill would have toward stifling the greatest revenue payer Alaska has, representatives of the salmon can- ning industry appeared before members of the Territorial Senate yesterday afternoon with a final plea that the measure not be en- acted into law. ‘Protesting also to the Senate were the herring reduction plant men, led by W. J. Imlach, against pas- sage of the Walker memorial which asks elimination of herring reduc- tion plants in Aalska waters over a period of five years. No Need For Friends The inequality and the lack of actual need of passing of the Hof- man bill was pointed out to the Senators, meeting as a committee of the, whole with Senator James Frawley presiding, by J. N. Gilbert of the Alaska Pacific Company represénting the jAssociateéd Alaska Packers, made up of 95 percent flarge and small, in' the salmon | business. Contrary to the contention of the author, J. 8. Hofman, the bill ! Coast, at Hamilton Field, Cnlx-“is a “back breaker,” which would fornia; the second on the castern;boosl the tax levy of his company seaboard, heddquartered at Lang- | from $119,000 annual taxes to a ley Pleld, Virginia, and the third|total cost of $200,000 and $350,- initially at Fort Crockett, Texas, 000 to the industry, Mr. Gilbert and later at Barksdale Field, Lou-/told the committee. The Terri- isiana, in dddition to auxiliary tory has enough funds to carry Panama and Hawali wings. {on, he declared, and the unfair- There will be two main types|ness of the Hofman bill would on- of equipment—highly mobile fight-|ly tend to cramp further an in- |ing planes, stripped for action and dustry which pays the bulk of the serviced and maintained by ser- Territorial taxes now and would vice squadrons capable of keeping eventually eliminate it as one of {things on the ground In order, the principal sources of public although far away from home | base. Andrews Gives The Notice | The plan is in line with General MacArthur's broad program for centralizing American "forces into more mobile forms.' In'the past, e - | ccmmn‘”onh;r.fiv’ revenue. Cenflict N R A Just at a time when recovery seems immiment, it is not for the good of Alaska nor the industries to pass bills and memorials which will paralyze ‘of completely anni- | ued on Page Two) NOT DEFENDED, HOUSE IS TOLD One Hundred and Fifty Army Infantrymen Furn- ish Sole Protection SIROVICH CALLS ON DIMOND TO EXPLAIN {Barring of Asiati¢cs from [ Vessels of U. S. Suggested | WASHING'ON, March 1. ‘—()n the floor of the House yesterday afternoon, Repre- | sentative William 1. Sirevich '::wk:d Alaska Delegate An- theny J. Dimond concerning fortifications in Alaska against Japanese invasion via 'the Aleutians. | Delegate Dimond replied ithat the only protzciion now was a force of 150 Army in- fantrymen at Chilkoot Bar- racks, on Lynn‘ C‘lnill. Delegate Dimond renewed his plea for the establishment of an air base in Alaska, us- ing a map of the Territory showing Alaska was on the Great Circle route between the United States and Japan and asserting that for a Jap- anese attack via Hawaii it would mean Japanese vessels would have to go hundreds of miles out of the way to the south, The Great Circle route, it was explained was directly across the Alaska coast Another Point Made A witness before the House Pat~ ents, Committee, at a hearing, pro- posed all Asiatics be barred from serving on United States vessels or aircraft. The witness, Roy Kabenshue, of ‘Washington, a balloon builder, re- asserted his belief sabotage played a part in the crashes of the Navy airships Macon and Akron. Soundings Taken Representative Siroyich, Chair- man of the committee, who was at the hearing at the time Kaben- shue was a witness, contributed the statement that Japanese fish- ing vessels have taken soundings of Alaskan waters. § ‘BABY BONDS' ARE PURCHASED BY PRESIDENT Nationwide Offering Issued Today—New Govern- ment Security WASHINGTON, March 1.—8ix “haby bonds” were purchased to- day by President Roosevelt, sig- nalizing the nationwide offering to the “little fellow” of the Gov=- ernment’s security. President Roosevelt purchased one “baby bond” each for his randehildren and one for himself. 1l bonds were of the $25 variety. EARTH SHAKES, FOUR STATES KANSS CITY, March 1.—A light ‘earth shcok portions of Nebraska, Towa, Kansas and Missouri this alternoon. Nu Injuries and o fin;