The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1935. VOL. XLV., NO. 6906. HOUSE UNRULY, S0 POSTPONES HOLG PASSAGE Increased C;;Kal for Home Owners Corporation Again Held Up | | WASHINGTON, March ll.—'fl)el nation’s House of Representatives, | going suddenly unruly late Satur- | day, forced the postponement for the second time of a vote on the passage of the Administration bill providing for a $1,750,000,000 in- crease in the capital of the Home Owners Loan Corporation. ! The bill seemed about ready to receive approval when suddenly it was hung up on unexpected amend- ments on account of other legxs.n- tion coming up. Political observers here today ex- pressed the belief that the HOLC) measure probably would be de- layed for some time now. IMPROVEMENT IN PRODUCTION IS MANIFESTED Seven HurEd Thousand Workers Are Believed to Have Found Jobs WASHINGTON, March 11.—De- claring that the production in March is définitely ascending, the | United States Chamber of Com-| merce issued a statement today saying that if the trends of the “The Busiest Men in the World” PRAISES SOLONS IN SLOW WORK \ ’Busmess Leaders Feel Con- gress 0. K. in Careful | Scrutiny of Bills WASHINGTON, March 11.—Des- These three men are the busiest i the world, says Frank O. Salisbury, British portrait artist who painted them all. He nominated King George V of England (left), “the moct harried man in Eng- Jand”; Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy (center); and President Roosevelt (right), “a remarkable personality.” (As sociated Press Photos) " |WORK RELIEF . AGAIN FAGING NEW ATTACKS Admlmshahon Prepared to Block Loné‘lf He A indy March 11.—The WASHINGTON, first week of the month persist, re-|pite hints from the Capital today cults from the month will demon-|that the White House had cut n-; strate continuance of a substantial bellious Democrats, signs are plen-| improvement over a four month tiful on Capitol Hill that Congress veriod. \vun continue to give all Adminis- The statement says lurther that {ration proposals critical and oft- !f'; OB Ges Too | | | | H. H. Arnoid (above), has been promoted from the rank of lieuten- ant-colonel to that of brigadier general and designated commander of the Pacific coast wing of the re- organized army air forces. At pres- ent he is commanding officer of March Field at Riverside, Cal. (As- noeiated Press Photo) REPORT MAN, WEST ALASKA, unless trends are disturbed 700,000 en prolonged scrutiny. workers will have obtained jobs Praise for the comparatively slow between January 1 and March 31. procedure by the House and Sen- ————————— xt\ this term was voiced by busi- | ness today, as represented by the | United States Chamber of Com- | merce. i Many observers held that this® is the first session since President TEsT A Roosevelt took office, that Con-! { gress had ‘begun to take its custom- ary hand in shaping legislation. FILED IN EAST;They ventured, too, the opinion that any pressure that the Chief Executive had brought on behalf “ . of specific measures had found Suit Presenled mn COUI‘[ of him acquiescing later to a new or- der. Clal.ms Regardmg Already there has been dnscus- L]berty Bonds sion among some Democratic lead- jers about the advisability of side WASHINGTON, M&I‘Ch 11. — Altracking Administration leg\slauon suit challenging the Government's | |that is not on the “must” Ili: right to call in gold liberty bonds far, their efforts to acceleraoe con- | for payment in advance of matur-| sigeration of Administration pro- | ity and without redeeming them in/ | posals have been futile, except on' gold, has been filed in the Court' of Claims by the Dixie Terminal Company of Cincinnati. The suit is regarded as likely to bring a new test of the Govern-| ment’s gold policy. Confidence —In—;paired Dur-, ing Trading—Today's Close Is Heavy NEW YORK, March 11.—Stocks pushed cautiously forward then re- treated after a percipitate drop in the cotton market had impaired’ confidence. Early gains were quickly lost and several issues finished one to three points lower. Today’s close was heavy. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 11.—Closing quotation .of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 113%, American Power 2, Anaconda 9%, Armour N 3%, Bethlehem Steel 24%, Calumet and Hecla 2%, Gen- eral Motors 28, International Har- vester 36, Kennecott 15, United States Steel 20%, Pound $477, Bremner bid 57, asked 61; Nabesna bid 75, asked 100. non-controversial bills. to the President is that he shows ,ho particular concern anhough neither of his prime proposals— work relief and social security— | has advanced. | However, so far he has not sus- | tained defeat and may get what he {wants in the end. The United States Chamber praised the action of Congress on the grounds that the legislators were taking plenty of time to de- liberate on important measures. Richberg ' and Borah | AreAtlt Fight on NRA Continues| Between Director and U. S. Senator WASHINGTON, March 11.—The | fight over NRA is at white heat with Donald R. Richberg and Unit- | ed States Senator William E. Borah flinging -sharp criticism at each | other on the subject of monopoly. | Richberg said Senator Borah, if given a chance, would help “lead | us back to chaos.” Senator ‘Borah called Rnchberg a friend of monopoly and a “pro- nounced foe of labor and smail| Ibusiness.” | ‘Word from those who have talked AS MISSING Herbert Ander‘on with { Dog Team, Has Failed to Reach Kanatak SEATTLE, March 11. — Coast Guard cutter Morris, enroute to west Alaska from the base at Sew- | ard, radioed here it will investigate |a report that Herbert Anderson, | Bristol Bay business man, and his dogteam, have failed to reach Kanatak from Egegik. . {French Ace’s Memorial | Ruined in Four Months MALO-LES-BAINS, A mass of ruins is all that remains |of PFrance'’s memorial to Georges { Guynemer, wartime zace, conqueror | of 53 German planes. | Dedicated only four months ago, | the plaster monument soon began l'.o crumble. The aviator's statue lw“ removed just in time to save France— it from smeshing when the rest of | the memorial collapsed. D Puzzling Waters | PETROS, Tenn—The waters of |{one of the local creeks are black | six days in the week and ciear on | Sunday. Miners us2 the stream to | wash coal on working days. but) rest on Synday. Work Relief Bill seventh week in the Senate facing started on its |fresh delays on account of the threat of United States Senator Huey P. Long, of Louisiana, to force a Senate test of his proposed investigation of Postmaster General James A. Farley. Administration leaders are pre- pared to resort to drastic measures if Senator Long holds the floor in an effort to “try his case” in the Senate in the face of an adverse committee report on his inquiry resolution. JAPAN'S ARMY CELEBRATES IN FESTIVAL WAY| ‘Anniversary—;f_ Battle of Mukden Observed— Emperor at Shrine TOKYO, March 11.—The power- ful Japanese Army yesterday cele- brated its own particular Festival Day, the anniversary of the battle of Mukden in 1905, which turned | the tide in the Russo-Japanese war in Japan’s favor. Emperor Hirohito worshipped at the Yashukuni Shrine which en- shrines the spirits of all warriors who died on the field in battle CREWS OF OIL TANKERS QUIT SEATTLE, March 11.—A strike of oil tanker crews, which started in Los Angeles last Saturday, spread to Seattle today when the crews of the tankers were ordered ashore by unions. The trouble is over wages and hours. Another Conference Being Arranged for { Hitler and Sir John LONDON, March 11—8ir John Simon will apparently go to Berlin to visit President Hitler in about 1wo weeks. His previous visit was interrupted when Hitler announced ne had a cold and could not go through with the conference Diplomatic circles, however, felt that remarks made by Brilish of- ficials also had influence in the| postponement of the meeting SENATEKILLS | | WALKER LABOR BILL 4 TO 4 \Campbell, Frawley, Pow- A ers and Hess Unite Against Measure ‘Although amended in several re- spects,\the Walker labor bill went down to\defeat in the Territorial Senate this morning when it failed to0 win a majority, the Senators di- widing four\ and four. Campbell, Frawley, Powers and Hess voted against the measure while Bru- melle, Devine, Roden and Walker supported it JPresident Hess brought in several emendments which were adopted but with Senators Frawley and Fowers making a determined stand Against the entire bill and Senator [Campbell objecting particularly to section three which would have re- laquired an employer to give on de- mand a written statement why he igdischarged an employee the pro- 'posal was doomed. . Powers Denounces Bill ‘Adding his voice to that of Fraw- ley, who denounced the measure Baturday, Senator Powers declared before the Senate that he consid- ered the measure as an attempt at vicious class legislation. “I was a union man for years, although I am not now affiliated,” he said. “My leanings are entirely in that direction. I served on vari- ous union grievance committees with railroad organizations and al- ways will be a friend of union la- bor, but this is not a union labor bill. This is an attempt at. vicious class legislation.” <t Claim Based on Code Proponents of the bill contended it was tended to nothing more than be in line with present section 7A of the NRA code guaranteeing the right of collective bargaining but opponents charged it went much further and was entirely unneces- sary if it only carried out the code. —— ., —— $2,868,900 SUIT DAMAGES GIVEN IN TRUST CASE|, Hartford U. S. Court Awards that Sum in Pro- test Over Aluminum HARTFORD, Conn., March 11.— The Bausch Machine and Tool Company of Springfield, Mass., was awarded damages of $2,3868900 against the Aluminum Company of America in the United States District Court here Saturday night. The jury returned a verdict of $965,300 but since the suit was based upon the Sherman Anti- Trust Act, the judge trebled the amount as a matter of course. This action is mandatory under the pro- visions of the act. Attorneys for the defense gave notice of an appeal. The Springfield company con- tended in the suit that the slumi- num firm monopolized, not only €liminating all efforts of compe- tition in the production of virgin 2luminum in this country, but also the domestic at an producers to keep price of the virgin metal exhorbitant figure. ENTIRE CUBA 1S DECLARED STATE OF WAR President Mendieta Takes Drastic Efforts to Re- tain Government HAVANA, March 11.—President Mendieta’s Government has declar- €d the existence of a State of War throughout Cuba in a grim battle tc escape overthrow. Full effects of the fast spreading general strike is felt after the week |end suspension of commercial ac- tivity. Business is practically at a stand-still, making arrangements with foreign, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS DREAMS COME TRUE FOR ALASKAN A wish of Martin Itzen, owner and operator of the only street car and undertaking parlors in Skagway, Alaska, was fulfilled in Holly- wood when he met Mae West, film act: the rear of his “street car”, whicl act (Associated Press Photo) . The Alaskan is shown at h he took to Hollywood, with the Fast Atrplane Service Qut | of Juneau to Interior Will Be Started April 2; Local PAA Schedules Announced AIR BASES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ON PAGIFIC ISLES n-American Charters, Ve ssel of Northland Transportation Co. SEATTLE, March 11.—Steamer North Haven, of the Northland Transportation Company, has been chartered by the Airways to carry construction crews of 74 men, technical staff of 44 and 6,000 tons of material and spe- cial equipment to laying down bases on five Pacific Islands in prepara- tion of the establishment of an air route from the United States to the Orient. The announcement was mad'- in New York by officials of the Pan- American, who also said the North| Haven will sail from San Francisco | the first week in April. It is expected flights started in July using San will be as experimental ‘bases in this coun- try. Three thousand tons of the equipment. will be assembled here and the remainder will be loaded in San PFrancisco. The route of the planes will be from California to Hawaii, to Mid- way Island to Wake Island, Guam and Manila, thence to China, and there connected with a 3,000 mile system of the Pan-American-Chi- nese airlines in China W. J. A, GRANT DIES, LONDON LONDON, March 11—W. J. A Grant, aged 84 years, explorer who participated in nine expeditions to the Arctic and also in many big game hunu, died here today. 0dd Shmp Found GOLDSBORO, N. C. In the debris of an old house he tore down near here, M. F. Suggs found a stamp dated May 20, 1775, with this inseription: “Bedding stamp, State of North Carolina, 2 cents.” Pan-American | ! Fran- | cisco, San Diego and Los Angeles| Alaska will be brought as close to Beattle, Chicago and the East as jare New York and California by rail through the magic of the world's fastest airliners—big twin- engined, 200-mile-per-hour Lock- heed Electras—which are soon to establish the first trans-Alaska air- way from Juneau to Nome, ac- |cording to new schedules made public here today by Pacific Alas- ka Airways, subsidiary of the Pan American Airway System. Over the historic dog sled trails | which for generations had repre- | sented the only means of reaching interior Alaska, over the heroic “gold-rush route” to the Klondike, the Yukon and the Kuskokwim, the airliners will be able to accom- | plish, in a single hour's flight, what has heretofore required a full week of dificult travel by dog team or slow river boat. Plane-Steamer-Plane | Through connecting services ar- |ranged with the domestic airlines in the United States and with the Alaska Steamship Company, oper- ating from Seattle, the first through plane-steamer-plane serv- ice to the Far North- will go into effect on April 2, simultaneously | with new Alaskan schedules. They will reduce from weeks to days, travel time heretofore required to the capital, Fair- banks, the commercial capital, and the important cities of interior Alaska. | Putting into effect preparations |which have been going forward for more than a year, a new 700-mile airway will be established between Fairbanks and: Juneau, following vp the Klondike trail to Whitehors Yukon Territory, Tanana Crossing and thence into central Alaska. 5 Days Now 5 Hours Over this route the scheduled flying time . will reduce the trip from Juneau to Fairbanks from five days to five hours and will {cut the travel time from Scatile t Fairbanks from nine days to three. Providing the first direct jservice to Yukon Territory, the |new service will reduce the travel |time to a single hour, where here- tofore two days by steamer and rail were required to reach White- | borse or Dawson from Juneau. Scheduled Service Srhod led service will be oper- 1 this summer for the first over the two trans-Atlantic radiating from Fairbanks t¢ bring the important mining and ccmmercial areas of the Territory within a few hours of its principal |reach Juneau, (Continued on Page I'WO)“ PRICE TEN CENTS (ONE STRONGHOLD IN MACEDONIAN AREA CAPTURED Seres Falls’lrlro Hands of Loyalists—Evacuated by Revolters HUNDREDS OF DEAD ARE LEFT ON FIELD One Insurgent Commander Sail to Have Surrend- ered on Border LONDON, March 11.—Re- tirement of the Greek rebels from Scres is confirmed here as the Greek Government an- nounced a virtual end of the rebellion in Macedonia. How- cver, the Associated Press {wor cerrespondents found the {rebels had retreated only to the strongly fortified Buigar- ian-German lines of the World War. It is unofficially reported that the Greek rebel com- mander, believed to be Dem- etrius Kamanos, has surrend- ered to the, Bulgarian author- ities at the border, and with him 18 other officers. Advices received from Ath- ens say the Government has anturud 6,000 rebel soldiers in the “sector and’ that Alexandropolis has been taken by the loyalist troops. TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT ATHENS, Greece, March 11.— Heralded as a terrific bombard- e ————— e (Continued on Page Seven) e GRADUATED TAX ON MINES WINS IN UPPER HOUSE Senate Ad:;t; Substitute to House Bill—Omits Gold Mention With but one dissenting vote, the Territorial Senate this morning passed its own substitute to House Bill No. 1, the mining tax meas- ure. It amends the existing statute and raises the levy on a graduated scale from three fourths per cent on $5,000 to $10,000 to four percent on incomes over a million. The House bill calls for a flat levy on gross production of 75 cents an ounce on all amounts over 750 ounces of gold and lets the present law pertain as to other miwing. The Senate bill makes no special pro- vision for gold but puts all mining in the same classification. Senator Brunelle attempted to have the new provisions apply only to gold, but he won no support. Senate Provisions The complete schedule under the Senate substitute follows: Over $5,000 and not over $10,000, three- fourths percent; over $10,000 and not over $50,000, one and one- fourth percent; over $50,000 and not ~ver $100,000, one and one-half per 'ent; over $100,000 and not over $150,000; one and three-fourths per cent; over $150,000 and not over $250,000; two and one-fourth per cent; over $250,000 and not over $500,000, two and three-fourths per cent; over $500,000 and not over $1,000,000, three and one-half per cent; over $1,000,000, four per cent. Under the present law the tax is one percent of the net income in excess of $10,000, and not in ex- cess of $500,000, and all net income n excess of $500,000 and not in excess of $1,000,000, one and one- half per cent; on all net income in excess of $1,000,000, one and three- fourths per cent. How Computed The Senate substitute provides further that where mining opera- (Continued on Page Seven)