The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 22, 1935, Page 1

Pl e i > THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6916. NEW CURRENCY PLAN WINS BY HUGE MAJORITY Vote of 318 to 90 Suffi- cient to Carry Over Presidential Veto SENATE SENTIMENT IS STILL IN DOUBT Scheme Adv—a;_ced to Make Bill Rider on Work Relief Measure WASHINGTON, March 22.—The Administration opposed Patman bonus bill passed the House of Rep- resentatives today by a vote of 318 to 90, winning more than the two thirds required-to pass it over a presidential veto. Vinson Bill Rejected Previously the House had reject- ed the Vinson bill and turned down a compromise measure for paying the bonus in negotiable bonds. Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance committee predicted the Patman bill could not pass the Senate over a veto. Senator Thomas announced he would try to tack the bill to the work relief measure. Battle in House The bonus struggle earlier in the ‘day had surged to a new climax in the House as forces behind the Vinson Legion bill threw every ounce of strength into a terrific ef- fort to overturn the preliminary victory won by the Patman new currency measure. Carl Vinson ex- pressed himself as unperturbed over the action on the Patman bill and predicted early today his meas- ure eventually would be passed by both houses. — e — AIR BASE FOR ALASKAIS IN DEFENSE PLAN Program Given Boost in| House when Commit- tee Takes Action ‘WASHINGTON, March 22.—The National Defense program swung rapidly ahead today as the House Military Sub-Committee approved the bill to establish defensive air bases throughout the nation. The House Rules Committee granted a rule for the House to bring up the $38,000,000 program to strengthen some of the Navy's key shore stations and for the con- struction of at least six air bases to be set up, one in the Pacific Northwest; to establish and main- tain air communication with Alas- ka and a base in Alaska for train- ing under conditions of extreme cold. Most of the Naval program funds will be used for building up shore defenses in the Pacific. ——e— OLYMPIA NURSE FOUND DEAD N CLE ELUM HOM CLE ELUM, March 22— Miss Jessie Long, 28, nurse of Olympia, who had worked some months in the home of Leach Bettini, service station operator, was found dead in his home yesterday, with a bul- let wound in her head. ! Miss Long had nursed Bettini's wife during an illness until the latter's death several months ago. She had taken care of his two children since. No note was found and Bettini could give no reason for her act. Authorities are investigaling 'the case, Y S SRS Y. % e g MAN BONUS B JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1935. PEACE DEPENDS, BERLIN ILL PASSED BY HOUS | | i | | | | | | - o | they decided to smoke pipes for a CALIFORNIA_CO-EDS TRY PIPES These two University of California co-eds tired of cigarettes so change. Now they puff their bi s | with ronchalance. They are Gloria Moore (left) of Redondo Beach, Ca.., and Jean Hart of Petaluma, Cal. (Associated Press Photo) ‘Lettcr in Hauptmann Case ' Declares Lindbergh Baby | Still Living;Wife on Trail HOUSING PLAN 1S TERMED WAY 0 PROSPERITY President Roosevelt Com- pliments Administration i Head and Chairmen Complimenting chairmen of the Better Housing Program Commit- tees and other members of the committees and workers for their splendid results that have been ob- tained in the few months the Fed- eral Housing Administration has been in effect, President Franklir D. Roosevelt wrote recently to James A. Moffett, Administrator expressing his opinion that the | Housing Act provides for the na- tion a way back to recovery and prosperity. Administrator Moffett included a copy of the President’s letter in one received recently by James J. Connors, Chairman of the Better Housing Program Com- mittee of Juneau. Feeling that President Roosevelt’s letter contains much valuable and interesting material concerning the practical working out of the Fed- eral Housing Act, Mr. Connors has requested that it be published. The President’s letter, to Mr. Moffett follows: “I wish to express, through you my gratification to the chairmen and members of the Community Better Housing Campaign Commit- tees throughout the country be- cause of the results they have ac- complished in less than seven \months of activity in calling to the Iattemlon of property owners the benefits to be derived under the National Housing Act in moderni- zation and repair and also in con- construction of new homes. President Impressed “I am particularly impressed with your statement that 6,174 commun have selected chair- men of their Better Housing Com- mitiees, and that between 250,000 and 300000 volunteer workers are participating, through these com- mittees in the work of acquainting property cwners with the uses they can make of the Housing Act. It is good to know also that the Bet- ter Housing Committees now have a population coverage of approxi- mately 70,000.000 and that 2100 of these cities and towns are conduct- ing house-to-house canvasses in which thousands of canvassers, in addition to the committee groups, are carrying on this work. “I note that to date calls have (Continued on Page Seven) DETROIT, March 22 —Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, here today, began a | search through the police welfare | home records in an effort to correb- |orate an unsigned letter which de- | clared her husband not guilty of kidnaping Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., who was described as the “liv- | ing Lindbergh baby” in the Detroit letter. The lettér described in detail a plot listed to kidpapers and also stated the body identified by Col- onel Lindbergh as that of his son, had .been exhumed from a Bronx cemetery, clothed in the Lind- bergh baby’s clothing and left near Hopewell to ‘‘throw a scare into Lindbergh who was known to have marked the ransom money " New Jersey oficials, who exam- ined the letter received by a New York newspaper, said they were in- ‘lined to discount. it. At Trenton, N. J., Frederick A. Pope, associate counsel for Hauptmann, said he 1ad received a letter from Detroit containing “information” which he regarded highly important because he felt it might support Haupt- mann’s declaration of innocence. Mrs. Hauptmann came to De- xeit on the start of a tour of 15 zities to raise funds for her hus- band’s appeal from the death sen- tence. She said she was not going to enlist the help of police beyond scanning records. “It’s strictly a private gation,” she said. - AUTO ACCIDENT TAKES LIFE OF TACOMA PIONEER Native of égilacoom, 75, Instantly Killed When Hit by Truck TACOMA; Wash., March 2. —1Ira D. Light, aged 75 years, former Pierce County game warden and native of Steilacobm, was instantly killed yesterday when he was struck by a truck driven by J. Okada. The prosecuting attorney’'s office absolved the Japanese driver of blame. * | Light was widely known among the pioneers of the Northwest and also in fraternal circles. i ————— | Woman Kicked in ! Unusual Accident | JANESVILLE, Wis, March 22.— A boy scared a dog, the dog sear- investi- | tracture and five broken ribs, ILIQUOR BOARD NAMES 20F 4 ! James Dennis of Cor&o‘%a i and John Ronan of ' i Juneau Appointed Taking its first action under {new authority given it by the recent Legislature, the Territorial Board of Liquor Control today ap- (pointed Oscal Olson, Terril 1 , Treasurer, as Enforcement Officer and approved the nominations made by Olson of James F. Dennis of Cordova and John Ronan, of Juneau, as two of the four license officers provided for under the new law. Dennis will be stationed in the First Division and Ronan for the time being will be travelling about {the Territory but eventually will ibe located at Fairbanks in the |Fourth Division, Olson said. No | nominations have yet been made !for the Second and Third Divisions, the Treasurer said. | Both Well Known } Dennis and Ronan both are wide- i1y known in the Territory, having “]ong been interested in mining. Ro- nan at one time had large holdings on Ester Creek near Fairbanks, He is a former Territorial Senator ifrom the Third Division and some years ago was a Democratic canli= date for Delegate to Congress.’ He was a candidate last spring for election as Territorial Representa- tive from the First Division. For some years he has been a resident of Juneau. Dennis was associated with the Kennecott Copper interests and has followed mining for years Gov. John W. Troy was again named Chairman of the Liquor Board at its meeting today and Auditor Frank Boyle was elected Secretary. In addition to Gov. ‘Troy, Boyle and Olson, other mem- bers of the liquor board are James 8. Truitt, Attorney General, and Willilam Hesse, Highway Engineer. Must Provide for Local Option The present regulations of the liquor board expire July 1, and what changes will be made at that time or before are now under con- sideration by the board members, In addition to appointing license officers, the board also is directed under the new law to provide a gystem for the holding of local op- tion elections so that communi- ties may vote on whether or not they want liquor within their bor- ders. A sum of $50,000 was appropri- ated by-the Legislature for use of the board in carrying out the liguor law provisions, License officers will ;receive a salary of not more than $250 a month and are delegated (with all the powers exercised by United States marshals. i e m— RELIEF MEASURE FACES HEAVIER GOING IN SENATE Borah Attegts to Throw Anti-Trust Law in Path { of Huge Work Program WASHINGTON, March 22—The proposal of United States Senator William ‘E. Borah to restore the anti-trust law provisions, suspend- ed by NRA, was tossed into the path of the huge Work Relief bill yesterday but was finally voted ,down by 43 to 33. The narrow mar- gin indicated heavy going ahead for the relief measure and shatter- (ed hopes that the bill might go | through the Senate by Saturday. i Senator Borah contends NRA, | without the antitrust clause, results in monopolies. " - > v MRS. ARMOUR HERE One of the returning Juneauites on the Princess Norah is Mrs. been made on over 6,000,000 prop- ©d @ cat, a cat scared a cow and Charles Armour. She took passage erties, and that the property own- the cow kicked Mrs. Jane Falk of at Vancouver, B. C. ! New Richmond. She suffered a leg wife of a baker at the Juneau) Were specifically warned against of SBocial Welfare with the United She is the * Bakery, LICENSE MEN % |Much of Middle West Still Gripped by Drought; Stricken Areas Need Big for 1935 Crops; Dust Storms Prevailing AR IRRRNTD % o s T DRI UBERRINIR LXRIIZTS SRRBRRS BRI KRR otaders By F. B. COLTON (Associated Press Science Writer) WASHINGTON, March 22.—The dust storms which have raged in the western plains states are sin- ister reminders that drought still is a very real danger in many regions where it struck last year. The dust clouds, swept up by winds from parched fields, empha- size the fact that the drought of 1934 actually never has been brok- en in a region roughly embracing the eastern part of the mountain states and the western portion of the great plains, says the weather bureau. ‘The only hope of a large part of this area for successful crops and R ORI The map shows that section of the 1934 drougn: arca where lack of moisture still is a vital issue. Even with spring rains the “1935 drought sector” will go into the growing season with uncertain pros- pects, Federal wuflu;r officials say. The dust storm pictured above is typical of storms which have blanketed many sections of the drought area. given a good start by spring pre-| cipitation, they still will be in dan- ger of disaster if rains later in the | season should prove to be poorly | distributed, because in the dry area the reserves of moisture in the | ground are so seriously depleted. ‘While painting a none-too-opti- mistic picture of the immediate future for the “dry belt,” Kincer emphasizes that this is not a fore- cast, and that spring rains are nor- mal in the northern part of this| section at least, starting usually sometime in April. However, the drought still rages | in eastern Colorado, Wyoming and: Montana, and western North Da- kota and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma. Rains broke | MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS _ EYES OF EUROPE Rains 0N SIMON, HITLER CONVERSATIONS Failure of German - Britain ! Conclave May Mean ; Open_&xrfare 'FRANCE DECLARES SHE PREPARED FOR WORST ?Alliances to Form “Iron | Wall” Around Germany | Are Being Considered BULLETIN—GENEVA, March 22,—~The Council of the League of Naticns will meet the first weck in April to consider France’s protest against Ger- | many's violation of the Ver- ° sailles Treaty. SERIOUS DROUGH I P72 3558 o (3% WHERE DROUGHT STILL OO0 PREVAILS IN 1935 LESS SERIOUS DROUGHT AREA OF 1934 | LONDON, March 22—8hortly af- !ter London naval circles heard Germany would demand a navy equal to that of Italy or France to ' complete her newly created air land forces, Great Britain let it be known she is opposed to any discussion on return of former Ger- 'man colonies to the Reich during ‘the Sir John Simon and President | Adolph Hitler conversations. |, While representatives of Prance, | Ttaly and Britain prepared to . | ney to Parls tomorrow for the tri- partite conference, the eyes of all | Europe turned to the conference at Berlin. ! Peace At Stake ; On the success or fallure of the Berlin negotiations is expected to depend the entire policy of west~ jern European powers with regard to preservation of peace on the Continent. In London the possibility is seen that fallure of the Berlin talks one-half to three-quarters of nor-' mal. Little snow has fallen in ‘h"‘would result in a system of Eu- area. ropean alllances to encircle re- The long-continued lack of mm"nrmed German, with “iro; dating from the beginning of lut‘wm'., d ol 5 summer, has left a serious deficien- cy of reserve moisture in the sub- France made it plain she is tak- soil. In the eastern part of the ing adequate precautions against great plains the moisture reserve “'tm possibility of the outbreak of slightly larger, emough on which wa. Foreign Minister Laval told to “get by,” Kincer says the Chamber of Deputies that Rains in the Mississippi valley, 4 on the other hand, have been| France Prepared lies” to curb Germany. France “seeks to re-group the Al- sufficient grazing during the com-|the drought at the end of the siz- | |abour, normal since last summer, {and this part of the country which | was in the drought area last sum- mer now is well watered. A some- what isolated dry area exists in the eastern part of the.Ohio valley, es- pecially within the state of Ohio, The recent dust storms in the ing season lies in the spring rains, according to J. B. Kincer, weather bureau climatologist. Much Moisture Needed Even if the spring rains are nor- son “on a shoestring.” If crops are 12 INDICTEDIN | INVESTIGATION INHARLEM RIOT Probe of Charge Commun-| ists Responsible Being Made, Grand Jury | NEW YORK, March 22.—Twelve | persons were indicted yesterday on| charges growing out of the Har- lem riot as the grand jury plunged | into an investigation of District Attorney William C. Dodge's charge | that Communists were responsible | for the outbreak. The Indicuments charge the zling summer in the eastern part of | plains states are not the first that the plains, but in that part only. have occurred this season, Kincer Drier Now Than Ever | points out. Many of them can The “dry belt” is actually drier be blamed directly on the fact that now than it was at this time last mal, he points out, much of the|year, three months before the 1934 | moving the grass cover that for- area will enter the growing sea-|drought broke in full force, Kincer merly held the soil in place, even says. Rains have been only from Red Snow Blankets Part Of Turkey ISTANBUL, March 22.—Red ‘#now fell in northeast Turkey today, blanketing an area 100 square miles, inch deep in rud- dy flakes. The superstitious have been thrown into a panic saying the red snow presaged disaster. MRS. D. §. HARTZELL IS HONOR GUEST AT DELIGHTFUI TEA Honoring Mrs. Donaid 8. Hart- zell, a recent arrival in Juneau, | Mrs. N. Lester Troast and Mrs, C. Point or more predominated at the W. Hawkesworth were hostesses at a delightful tea at the latter's home yesterday afternoon. Those presiding at the attractive- dozen of the 120 prisoners rounded |ly arranged tea table during the up during the wild diserders Tues- | afternoon were Mrs. Walstein G day night and part of Wednesday Smith and Mrs, H. G. Watson the with assault, burglary, rioting and first hour, and Mrs. A. B. Phil- }unhwtul assembly. |lips and Mrs. H. C. DeVighne the Harry Gannes, acting editor of last. the Daily Worker, Communist or- Mrs. Hartzell same to Juneau a gan, denied Communists were in-|short time ago with her husband volved, declaring the Communists'who has been appointed Supervisor |States Bureau of Indian Affairs. fd ani ! r!nung and boflng. {the land has been cultivated, re- STOCK PRICES ARE ADVANCED, HOUSE ACTION Passage of Patman Bill Gives All Issues Some Stimulation NEW YORK, March 22.—Stocks| were mildly stimulated by the pas- sage of the Patman bonus bill and gains from minor fractions to one | end of the session. | Today’s close was firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 22.—Closing | quotation today of Alaska Juneau mine stock is 16':, American Can 115%2, American Power and Light 2%, Anaconda 9%, Armour N 4%, Bethlenem Steel 25. Calumet and: Hecla 3%, General Motors 28%, International Harvester 377, Keén- necott 15, United States Steel- 30, Pound $4.77%, Bremner bid 55 sked 60, Nabgsna bid 70 asked §0, The Tokyo foreign office spokes- man said: “Germany clearly under- stands our position on mandated islands and realizes raising the |Question of mandated islands would only complicate German-Japanese relations.” GENEVA OPTIMISTIC GENEVA, March 22— French protest against German rearma- ment brought from the official Ger- man press today the counter charge that France had failed to take advantage of opportunities to improve her relations with the Reich. ‘The bright side of the war pic~ ture came with Geneva predictions |by those close to the League of Nations that France's protest might “never come to trial” before the council. New undercurrents and specula- \wonnnued on Page Two) INCOME TAXES MAKE BIG JUMP OVER LAST YEAR 33 Per Cent Gain Revealed in Receipts for First 20 Days of March WASHINGTON, March 22.—The Treasury Department said today that income tax receipts for the first 20 days of March ran 33 per cent in excess of the same period last year. The tax revenue was describad as the first accurate gauge of the 1934 incomes which amounted to almost §271,000,000 through March 20 as compared with $208,256,000 year before, -