The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 6, 1935, Page 8

UP TO HOUSE FOR DECISION, BONUS ISSUES Committee Closely Divided on Two Measures— Procedure Outlined BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, March 6.—~The Heus» Comi tee veted thic afterncon 14 to 11 to consider the Vinson bonus bill aftcr an agrecment to re- port the bill to the House floor for acticn. The bill will prob- ably get before the Hcuse this weck. WASHINGTON, March 6.—It will be up to the House to direct the thoice between the bonus bills as the Committee is closely divided After 12 hours of hearings, the House Ways and Means Commit- tee is still 13 for the Vinson bill and 12 for the Patman measure. After the Committee reports the Vinson bill to the floor of the House, it will instruct the Chair- man to ask the for a special resolution making it in order to offer the Patman cur- rency expansion bill as an amend- ment to the Vinson measure Speaker Byrns and Chairman O'- Connor, of the Rules Committee, said they would favor such proccd~ ure. DEV ALUATION OF DOALLAR IS DODGED TODAY President Gives His Views Regarding Commodity Price Levels WASHINGTON, March 6.—Com- modity price levels are viewed b) President Roosevelt as not yet sur- ficiently high in relation to the| Nation's debt burden, but he defi- nitely turned away from a dis- cussion of the further dollar valuation as a means of prompt- ing price rises. The statement was made today at a White House press conference. — e A tract of land in Chesterfield county, Virginia, once belonged to Bermuda. The “Bermuda Hun- dred,” as it is still known, was given to the men who bought the islands from Virginia. HOME BUILDERS We have a complet PLASTERBOARD, FI ROOFING and BUIL When planning your new home or remodeling investigate the merits Let us show you samples of the various grades this is of CELOTEX. availablle in, also the CELOTEX has remarkable insula-tion properties — 1 inch equals, in insulating value 12 inches of brick or applied and exceptionally attractive for all interior walls and ceilings. The soft ivory and tan coloring needs no kalsomine or paint. Rules Committee | de-; THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935 Operation for Upside-Down Stomcah Seems Successful HIGH PRESSUR AREA IS MOVING; LESSCOLDDUE Weather Forecast for To- morrow Indicates Slight- ly Warmer Temperature on Senator King has long been a critic of NRA and tendencies under which he felt tended toward mo- | nopoly. is for the| of | the Strange “‘air pockets” that caus- ed plants to wither while identical |flora in nearby sections escaped unscathed puzzled Florida horti- culturalists during the siege of cold‘ | weather in De”embor | ! } FALL RIVER, Mass., March 6.—The condition of little Alyce Jane McHenry, who was oper- ated upon for an upside-down stomach, is reported better to- day. The girl's stomach, intestines, spleen and appendix, were dis- covered in her chest. One oper- ation transferred the organs to their rightful positions, The success of the operation Because of the shifting of a high | Cepends on whether the ab- | barometric pressure area, Juneau | comen can adjust itself to ac- can expect slightly warmer weat,p-‘ commodate the organs. er tomorrow. That was the ex- | - planation of United States Weather | | Observer Howard Thompson today. | | The high barometric pressure| |area, which has hovered over | Southeast Alaska since Saturday afternoon and which has had its Is UPPUSED BY apex over Western Canada, was| | noted to be moving slightly south- ward this mo This movement, UTAH SENATOR f sustained, bring warmer | weather ¥ didn‘t shiver quite so much la Comple!e Abanuonment Is night as they did the night before |when the mercury hit 8.4 degrees | Advocated o WOAUId above zero. The coldest last n Transfer Jurisdiction was 109 degrees above pled | —_— with that encouraging the | WASHINGTON, March 6—Com- ing of the Taku wind velozity, plete abandonment of NRA is ad- Which, during the morning and | vocated by Senator William H. 2arly afternoon hou:s t , hard- King, of U ly was felt. In the fi atement by a Dem-| Morecver, Juneau doesft shiver ocratic Senator opposing President 2lcne. Ketchikan had a tempera- ' Roes recommendation fo - [ture reading of 16 degrees above tension of the Recovery Adminis- Z°ro this morning, while Dawson’s n, Senator King proposes that |44 degrees below zero was indi- NRA over hours and | cative of the biting cold in the rred to the De-|Interior. Szattle was experiencing partment of Labor and its regula- |Yain. with a slightly warmer tem- ticns of trade practices be trans- P re than of Sunday, when fi to the Federal Trade Com- Snow fell in the Puget Sound city e B.P.R. ISSUES CALL FOR BIDS ON ROAD e PROJECTS IN DIST. 22 375 uuu A call for bids was issued today by the office of the United States Bureau of Public Roads for two projects. One job is for the sur- facing of the Ketchikan-Ward Cove road, a distance of approximately 24 miles. The surfacing will re- Record H]gh Reached—— quire about 6,300 cubic yards of H k W k crushed rock. : Op ns e Ol. mg on The second project Contributions construction of about 0.7 miles B the Kake Village Road, in WASHINGTON, March 6.— The community of Kake. relief population has reached the SR record high of 22375000 as FERA Adminis or Hopkins pushed ef- forts to increase contributions from states and communities. Relief costs about $5,000,000 daily according to omcml esumm« e stock of CELOTEX, CELOTEX HARDBOARD, R VENEER PANELS, DOORS, W VS, R DING PAPER. wide varfety of uses it can be put to. 25 inches of conerete. It is easily iLEE.m STEELE: v DIES, SEATTLE Two Bonlesj éf Moonshine Stronger Than Man’s Bones SEATTLE, March 6—James Cleary, laborer who has been ill, slached his throat and then jumped 90 feet to his death. Every bone in his body was broken but two bottles of moonshine were intact, —————— SCHOLARSHIP AWARD I8 NoT “TO BE CHANGED {Juneau W_o_r;xan's Club Holds Meeting — Mrs. Rustgard Wants Soil The regular monthly' business meeting of the Juneau Woman's Club was held yesterday afternoon in the Council Chambers, with the President, Mrs. Hazel James Fergu- son, in the chair. Business of routine nature was discussed and plans made for future spring ac- tivities. The question of amending the rules under which the annual scholarship award is made, was discussed at length, the committee appointed a month previous to look into the matter, making a com- orehensive report. 0ld Rules Hold After considerable discussion it was decided to retain the present rules for making the award. These are that the girl receiving the award, must have attended school at least two years in the Juneau Iigh School, that she have the aighest scholastic standing of any n the graduating class, and that he must attend college in the fall ollowing her graduation from high school. An aditional provisio is Jhat she must notify the club by August 1 concerning her plans for the following year, and in the event that the girl having the aighest scholastic standing does not slan to attend college the following .all after graduation, the award shall go to the girl having the highest standing who does attend | The award is a cash gift of $50.| |Mrs. A. M. Geyer, Chaitthan of | the Department of Applied Educa- |tion was instructed to make the 1ecessary announcement before the aigh school body as soon @s con- venient. Tree Planting Cergmgny A letter from Mrs. John Rust-| gard, now living in Mingeapolis, Minn.,, stated that the alymni of| the University of Minnesota are planning a tree-planting ceremony |on June 17, in honor of a noted woman educator of Minnesota, and |/ are anxious to secure soil ‘for the possible. She asked the Juneau | Woman's Club to contribute soil | rom Alaska, for this purpose, and suggested that, inasmuch as Mr. Rustgard is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota, the soil might fittinly come from the Rust- jard gardens on Gold Belt Avenue. | der request will be acceded to, and Mrs. Ray G. Day volunteered to |see that the soil was secured for forwarding as soon as it is warm 2nough to thaw the ground suf- ficiently. Further announcement was made | relative to the annual Woman's Club Special Edition, which is due to be issued on March 29, and com- mittees named to assist Mrs. R. R.| Hermann, its editor. Local Concert Only In view of the fact that 'the| Business and Professional Women's Club ‘of Juneau is planning a con- cert, featuring violin' and piano, the club decided to reject the offer, made by a celebrated violinist of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, of appearing here about that time in concert under its aus- pices. This offer had been laid on the table at a previous meeting and was revived for the purpose |of giving it further consideration. Mixer Planned The club’s social meeting for March will be in the form of a mixer at which they will entertain the Douglas Island Woman's Club, provided arrangements can be made for a time that will be suit- able to the Douglas women. Mrs. J. M. Chase was named as chair- man of -the committee to make plans for the amnr CELOTEX TEMPERED HARDBOARD is an ideal finish for bath- fc The four-foot widt of installation. rooms and kitchens, Everything in the way of Tools and Builders’ or walls, ceilings and floors. hs in all convenient lengths adds to the economy Hardware Juneau-Young Hdwe. Co. {Veteran of Gold Rush of| '97 on Last Trail— Funeral Tomorrow SEATTLE, March 6.—Lee Win- | field Steele, aged 60 years, veberan |of the Alaska Gold rush in 1897, died Monday and his funeral will be held tomorrow. The widow, son James and daughter survive. Mr. Steele lived in Alaska for 30 years, He built up large mining hdmings He was a son of a pio-| neer Dummlsu family > 'flAfl; »pmmr WANT ADS PAYT fl\"’ m}m\venem olanting from as many States as| Jacqueline, | WELL KNOWN RESIDENT OF SITKA DIES Mrs. Charles M. McGrath Passed Away in Portland After Long Illness Mrs. Charles M. McGrath, prom- inent property owner and long time resident of Sitka, passed away in | Portland, Oregon, on Monday after an extended illness, according to word received by friends in Juneau. Her daughter, Mrs. Jack Conway, also of, Sitka, is aboard the steam- er Northwestern on her way south to take care of funeral arrange- ments and her mother’s affairs. Other survivors of the prominen Alaskan woman are her sister, Miss Agnes Manning and brother, James Manning, both of Juneau. The lat- ter was formerly Assistant Post- master in this city. Mrs. ieath by her husband who passe AwWay burned in Juneau. Both were well known throughout Southeast Al- aska and had many friends in this city. Born in Massachusetts, Mrs. Mc- Grath came to Alaska more than thirty years ago and for more than twenty years had lived in Sitka where her husband established a large mercantile business. Follow- several years ago and was ! FATHER OF DOCTOR SOUTHWELL IS DEAD| Dr. A. N. Southwell, father of Dr. R. E. Southwell, died very sud- denly this morning at Miami Beach, Florida, according to advices re- ceived by the latter. No details were given in the radiogram. ., CASE OF U. S. VS. GORDON IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT The case of the United States vs C. E. Gordon opened in Lhe U. s Commissioner’s Court this morning with M. E. Monagle representing the defendant and G. W. Folta the government. | Selection of a jury was almost | completed at noon today. Gordon is charged with interference with | execution of process. >, — MISS MINNIE GOLDSTEIN TO VISIT IN CALIFORNIA Miss Minnie Goldstein left on | the Northwestern for the south to spend the next month visiting mends and relatlves in Camornia MRS. CHARLES H. FLORY TO VISIT IN SOUTH To visit her mother, brothers and sister in Portland, Oregon, for an extended time, Mrs. Charles H. Flory is a passenger on the North- western for the south. .- Contrary to tne hibernating na- vure of bears, a big bruin known as “Honest John, the Killer,” fre- quently is seen abroad in the mountains of Jackson county, N., C., during the worst blizzards of the winter, Look at the new low prices - - Prove the greater operating economy | and as for the performance McGrath was preceded in' DECIDE WITH A RIDE ing his death Mrs. McGrath con- ! tinued in business until a little | over a year ago when her son- | in-law, Jack Conway and Prosper Ganty purchased the stors, ing and wharf and took over ictive management, During the last year Mrs. Mec- Srath has spent much of her time the and her condition was considered serious for some time before her death, Before going Sitka, handise broker and he and M. McGrath lived in Juneau where h into business in build- | HEVROLET has always giving extra value. But never before has Chevrolet offered such big and outstanding values as these fine Chevrolets for 1935. The New Standard Chevrolet . . . world’s lowest- in the south because of ill health' priced six-cylinder car .. .setting a new high in Chevrolet performance, economy and reli- CHEVROLET specialized ability. we suggest that And the new Master De Luxe Chev- rolet . . . beautifully streamlined . . . longer and notably lower in appearance . . . the Fashion Car of the low-price field. values that excel all previous Chevrolet values. May Here, indeed, are you see and drive one of these new Chevrolets at your earliest convenience? CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Compare Cheurolet’s low delivered prices and easy G. M. A. C. terms. A General Motors Value Mr. McGrath was a mer- made his headquarters and main- | tained offices. Considered a capable business woman and excellent citizen, Mrs. McGrath was well liked and re- spected by all who knew her and her death will be a loss to thz | community where she so long mad- her home. HOUSE IRKED AT ONITS MEASURES | eration Has Not Been Given Bills { The House resolved itself into an ;lndigmtlon meeting this after- noon, verbally lambasting at spme length the action of the Senate transmitted to the Senate. Effori was made to appoint a grievance |tors and protest that House bills | | were not being given adequate con- 'aidenmtm but this failed, the ma-| | Jority holding it would accomplish | no purpose and that after all the House members were elected to ;lexlslne in their own right.and not to battle with the Senate. | Say Senate “On Spot” A. H. Ziegler and H. H. Mc- | Cutcheon voiced the sentiment of | several when they pointed out the | Senate had been “put on the spot,” meaning that House members had voted for certain bills in order to be on the prevailing side and then had urged the Senate to kill them. “I think we are getting just what we got coming,” said Ziegler. “Some members of this House vot- ed for bills, hoping the =Senate would kill them and knowing they should have been killed right here ate.” “I think we've put the Senate on the spot on a lot of the legislation,” said McCutcheon. Too Much Speed Speaker Hofman, Growden, Nor- dale, lyng and several others | voiced:the. opinion that the Sena- tors had mot. given proper. consid- | | eration. ;1 “Theirscommittees voted out un- favorably on 30 of our bills over therextoday and ‘they couldn't have hadtime o go. into them,” Lyng said.: Speaker Hofman said he had |been ‘i the Senate 'and heard | President Hess admonish the Sena- tors on the short time they had | given to consideration of the House measures. | After deciding to take no action the House adjourned until 11 o'clock in the morning. - | ANCHORAGE MAN TRAVELS L. Seidenberg, 'proprietor of an | Anchorage clothing store, is ticket- ed for Seattle as a passenger on the ‘southbound' Northwestern. ¥ ANQU!ST LEAVES | ,wg@ Sehoxda where he op- I'erates B cannern 0. W. ‘Granquist {is bound for a trip to Seattle _on T FoLH SENATE ACTION i | Charge Adequate Consid- The New Standard Chevrolet Coach TIE NEW STANDARD CHEVROLET AND upP. 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