The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEb'S ALL THE TIME” {TURDAY, MARCH 23, 1935. VOL. XLV., NO. 6917. SA000000000 | PUBLIC WORKS Measure Which Carried 68 to 16 Includes Silver Inflation Plan STRATEGY SEEN IN SURPRISE ACTION 3,500,000 P-er;ons Now on‘ Relief Will Be Given Employment BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, March 23. — The Work Relief bill with numerous modifica- tions, including a modified sil- ver inflation plan, passed the Senate late this afterncon by a vole of 68 to 16. ADMINISTRATION STRATEGY WASHINGTON, March 23.—The passage by the Senate late this afternoon of the Work Relief bill| was Administration strategy andl called for sending the measure tO conference to reconcile differences. Leaders expected to see stricken| in conference the amendment for eurrency ' expansion of $370,000,000 through issuance of silver certifi- cates at $1.29 an ounce monetary value of the Treasury’s silver| stocks instead of the present prac- tice of using the purchase value of silver. The Senate accepted the amend- ment to require Senate confirma- tion of all officials receiving $5,- 000 or more who have charge of| expenditure cf the huge sum. Kill New Currency Plan The amendment for $4,000,000,000 of new currency to finance the works program was defeated. The measure provides $4,000,000,- 000 for ptiblic works on which 3,- 500,000 persons now on relief will be given jobs. The remainder of the appropriation, $880,000,000, will go for direct relief until job giving makes headway. Projects in Nine Groups Nine groupings of projects are included in the bill as follows: Highways, roads, streets and grade crossing elimination. Rural rehsbilitation and relief in stricken agricultural areas. Irrigation, reclamation, water conservation and transmountain diversion. Rural electrification and housing projects for professional clerical persons. 5 COC loans or grants for public projects of States and political subdivisions. Sanitation. Prevention of soil erosion. Reforestation. Aid to States for maintaining public schools. Surprise Move Action today on the bill came as a surprise as earlier in the day Administration leaders said they did not expect 8 vote before Mon- day and there was some talk that the clotire rule, limiting debate, might be invoked. The Senate has been battling on the measure for eight weeks. | LEAVES COLLEGE Kenneth Johnston, son of L. H. Johnston, agent for the Canadian Pacific at Skagway, was a north- bound passenger on the Norah en- route home, Johnston has been at- tending the University of Wash- ington this winter. — - MRS. RAPUZZI BACK Mrs. T. Rapuzzi, & resident of Skagway since the early days, and who has a mercantile business there, was a returning passenger on the Norah, after spending a short vacation with her daughter in Bellingham, Wash. —— - EDWARDS ON NORAH G. B. Edwards, general agent for the White Pass and Yukon Route| at Dawson, Y. T, was a north- bound passenger on the Norah en- route to his headquarters at Daw- son after spending the winter : JUNEAU, ALASKA, i ‘ | i | | Four intimate poses of Jean Harlow as she appeared in a Los Angeles court where she was granted a divorce from her third hus- fook an hour Press Phi band, Hall Rosson, film cameraman. The platinum-tressed movie star gfl from her, studio work to appear.in court. (Associated RUSSIA SELLS CHINA RAILWAY T0 MANGHUKUO ese Territory for 140,- 000,000 Yen TOKIO, Japan, March 23.—Sov~ iet Russia bowed its way Off .the Manchurian stage yesterday in cer- emonies marking the transfer of the historic Chinese Eastern Rail- way to the newly created empire of Manchukuo. A check for 23333000 yen was handed the Soviet Ambassador here, officially clinching the deal. The yen was quoted at about 27.8 cents earlier this month. The Chinese foreign office in Nanking has declared that China retains her claim to the part own- ership of the railway, formerly op- erated jointly by China and Rus- sia. The Chinese oficials have stat- ed that the sale is illegal. The total sale price is 140,000,000 yen, of which two-thirds may be paid in goods during the next three years. In addition, Manchukuo must pay the retiring allowances land pensions of more than 5,000 Soviet employees of the railway. This will amount to between 27 and 30 million yen. Diplomats here view the pur-' chase of the railroad as removing one of the most prolfic sources of Russian and Japanese friction, B ELECTION BOOKS SHOW MORE THAN 1,200 SIGNATURES More than 100 names ahead of the figures at a likz time last year, Juneau's general municipal elec- tion books showed the 1,200 mark passed this afternoon. The heavy fall of snow last night kept voters from signing the per- manent registration books in the early hours this morning at City Hall. At this time last year, 1,080 names had been affixed to the books. One thousand six hundred and sixty-four voters were declared eligible for the balloting in 1934, 5o indications are loday that that| | mark will be broken. Ninety-eight voters books yesterday. signed the S et Romance and Joy arc neighbor- ing towns in Arkansas and nenrby is the village of Rosebud. Soviet Baws Out of Japan-‘ !Ovpr 1 M_illion, | Persons Getting {Help in California SAN FRANOISCO, Cal, March 23. — The destitute stranger wllhln the gates has breught the State a perplexing relief problem. The Westward trek of tran- ient thcusands ends in this State. It ic ¢ 'imated that 69,- 000 strangers were cared for last month, more than any cther State had to handle. The State -is tpending Be- tween $11,000,000 and $12,000,- 000 menthly on relief. Abcut 1,250,000 persons are getting help. HOOVER AGAIN OPENS GUNS ON NEW DEAL PLAN Ex-Predident Calls for En- ergetic Rebirth of Re- publican Party SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 23. —Former President Herbert Hoover told California Republicans here today that recovery and “theories of this administration do not work.” He said the country must decide between government based on Am- erican principles of liberty and one “of regimentation and bureaucrat- ic domination.” “We stand on the threshold of a great forward economic movement if only the paralyzing effects of mistaken governmental policies and activities can be removed,” he said in a letter to the Republican meet- ing, one of his rare statements since leaving office. Theories Exposed, He Says The Administration’s theories, “no longer propagandized mmemum stand self exposed and the present conception of national economy based upon scarcity must in all common sense be reversed to econ- omy based upon production, or workman, farmer and businessman alike are defeated,” he said. Hoover called for energetic re- birth of the Republican Party, add- ing that it has the greatest respon- sibility since the days of Lincoln “to raise the standard in defense of fundamental American princi- ples.” (Continued on Page Two) | “HOT” OIL IS - SORE POINT IN. TANKER STRIK Federal Conciliators Rush to San Francisco as Walkout Continues SAN FRANCISCO, March 23— “Hot" oil, handled and shi by { tanker operators in defi of strikers, became a factor the coastwide walkout of ship crews as Federal conciliators hurried here from the Pacific Northwest and the Marine Engi- neers Beneficial Association con- sidered an appeal to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. | While officials of the Interndtion- {al Seamen's Union declined today | to state their attitude, leaders of the International Longshoremen’s | Association said if seamen call on them to refuse to handle oil at docks, they will be obliged to do so. There also has been some .dis- cussion here of union labor setting up a boycott and refusing to buy| “hot” oil. A personal appeal to Secretary Perkins, in Berkeley today, to at- tend the regional labor conference is planned by Randolph Meriwether {of the Marine Engineers Benefi- | cial Association, whose organisation | joined in the walkout of ftanker seamen yeswrday The Masters, ‘an also h-s STOCK PRICES IRREGULAR AT SHORT SESSION —i Egf {Minor Declines Take Place | for Some Issues— | Others Unchanged | NEW YORK, March 23—Stocks| | were quietly irregular at the :hon‘ session today. i Mxnor declines were shown for { American Telephone and Tele-| ocland Pri 8 Phptol) N. Z,, upon his return to civilization. He was greeted by Dunedin city leaders. "A. Intrcpld adventurer, revealing an appearance older than when last photographed, Is shown at the left. REV. KENDALL APPOINTED AS Tormer Buhl, Ida., Clergy- man Coming to Juneau’s Methodist Pulpit PORTLAND, Ore, March 23.— The announcement that the Rev. ©O. L. Kendall has been appointed as the new Methodist minister for Juneau, Alaska, was made here yesterday. The Rev. Kendall is here, pre- paratory to leaving for his new post. He formerly had been sta- tioned at Buhl, Idaho. APPOINTMENT <ONFIRMED . ‘Wallis George, member of a com- mittee of the Metropolitan Metho- dist Church, confirmed here today | the report from Portland that the Rev. Kendall had been chosen as the new Juneau minister. | graph, Santa Fe, National Distillers, and Reynolds Tobacco. A few issues showed little or no change. ' CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, March 23.— Closing | |the Methodist Church There have been no services in for more than nine months. The Rev. Henry R. Cross formerly held the Juneau pulpit. - e - — quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can; no sale, American Power and Light | no sale, Anaconda 9%, Armour N‘ 4%, Bethlehem Steel 24%, Calumet| and Hecla, 3, General Motors 28%. | International Harvester 37, Kenne-| cott 15%, United States Steel 29%.| REINHART RESIGNS AS HOOP MENTOR OF UNIVERSITY OREGON [BUGENE, Ore., March 23.— The| resignation of William J. 1Bm)‘ Relnhart, for 12 years head bas-| ketball coach of the University of | Oregon, has been accepted here. Reinhart leaves to accept a PO-‘ sition as assistant director of ath-| letics, basketball and baseball| coach and assistant coach of foot- ball at George Washington Uni-| versity in Washington, D. C. | Howard Hobson, Southern Nor- mal mentor, and Scott Milligan, Longview, Wash., high school tutor, are both being given serious con- sidsrauon in filling Remharts post. DENVER WAITS RED CROSS AID FOR DUST AREA Six Dead, 100 Seriously I in Southeastern Colo- rado from Storms DENVER, Colo, March 23— Alarmed at the growing list of “dust. pneumonia” victims from a week’s black blizzard in southeast- ern Colorado, officials here today | waited for help from the Red Cross and from the State Board of Health, Six are dead and 100 are serious- ly ill in the once thriving !arming district whieh now lies desolate. The area is half buried unner| silt heaped up by freak storms in the southeastern part of the state.| OTTAWA, March 23.—The Can- adian budget, that reached deeply into the pockets of the well-to-do but leaves the rest comparatively unscratched, has been presenwd‘ to the House of Commons. Canadian Budget Hzts Pockets of High Salaried Men;Surtaxes | Advocated on $14,000 Incomes The Budget proposes surtaxes of two to ten percent on all investment above $5000 and on all incomes above $14,000. The Budget estimates that the ordinary expenditures for the next fiscal year are $370,000,000 MINISTERHERE _____ |withdrawing from the | Slayer of Girl Found Guilty Albert Howard Fish (above) self - torturer and cannibalism story fan, has been convieted at White Plains, N. Y., of first degree murder of ten-year-old Grace Budd. The verdict car- ries the death penalty. Fish lured the little girl from home several years ago and murdered her in a vacant house, then dllmembered lhe bedy. MAJOR SNOW RESIGNS FROM - FLYING STAFF |Chief of Governmenl s Ex-| { perimenters on Radio ‘ Compass Has Quit OAKLAND, (Cal, March 23— Major Chester Snow, Chief of the Government's sexperimenters Wwith the new radio compass for ocean \nying, has resigned from the De- ‘psrtmenu staff. The resignation | was penned last night 300 miles |out over the Pacific and wired to ‘Wuhington upon landing. While no reason is assigned for staff, lht Major has been dissatisfied over ‘arders of the Secretary of Com- | mercc regarding operations of the| oompuu plane that flights be con- fined to distances of 900 to 1,000 miles at sea and return. The crew \o( the plane felt the compass would be better tested by a flight to Honolulu. e ASHLEYS RETURN Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ashley, of Skagway, were returning passeng- |ers on the Princess Norah, enroute to their home. Ashley Is Master | Mechanic for the White Pass and Iyukon Route at Skagway. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Afl_ar having endured trying physical conditions while gathering scientific data on his second ex- ploration of the frozen South Polar wastes, Admiral Richard Byrd (center, right) is shown at Dunedin, A smiling close-up of BuNUs BAGKERS"& future task which is a fact of | the near future. MOVE ON SENATE WITH HOPE HIGH Smashing VTC_!;ry in House akes Patman Bill Sup- porters Jubilant WASHINGTON, March 23 —Jub- ilant supporters of the Patman bonus bill, flushed with the victory in the House, made plans today to ' |[move on the Senate despite the Administration’s opposition. The Patman bill supporters ex- pressed every confidence that they will win again in the Senate ar) place the bonus bfll on the Presi- dent's desk. The House voted for the Patman bill in prefrence to the Vinson bill by 318 to 90 and sent it to the Senate. —— e — APRIL 3 FINAL ; DATE FOR SALE OF POOL TICKETS ‘Wednesday, April 3, will be the final date for the purchase of tickets for the proposed swimming pool here, M. 8. Anderson, backer {of the project, said today. A site, the exact location of which - was not announced, has been chosen, but purchase of the property will not be made until the result of the ticket drive is known. Anderson said that preliminary re-: poru of volunteer salesmen indi-! |cated that interest was good. { All funds from the ticket sale | are being placed in escrow, return- ‘able to the purchasers if the pool {1s not built. | Salesmen in various clubs and mrganlzauons according to Ander- |=on are: E. J. Blake, Capt. John Iclnrk Emil Runich, Stanley Grum- mett, Bob Davlin, Herb Cressman, Mrs. R. J. M¢Kanna, Ted Brown, Gunnar Blomgren, A. B. Phillips, Mrs. Edith P. Sheeler, Homer Nord- ling, Dr. G. ¥F. Freeburger, Ralph Martin, H. L. Redlingshafer, Harry Lucas, Art Henning, Larry Ander- ,son, W. E. Erickson, J. B. Godfrey, ' Ted Danielson, Mrs. Ted Daniel- son, and Ronald Lister ‘ B 40 AND 8 HIGH IN | LEGION MEMBERSHIP | | DRIVE; WIN DINNER Monday evening in the Dugout, members of the 40 and 8 will be| 'guests of the Alford John Bradford | post, American Legion, at dinner| set for 6 pn. The 40 and 8 cap-! tured the honors in the recent membership drive and as a result have a “big feed” coming. All mem- bers are urged to be present as a gala evening is promised. PRICE TEN CENTS LAVAL FORESEES DESIRE OF LAND GAIN BY HITLER ‘ Rearmamen;—May Be Fol- lowed by Territorial Ambitions, Fear MUSSOLINI DECLARES ITALY IS PREPARED British lsola;i:; from Con- tinental Quarrels Hint- ed in London PARIS, March 23.—Representa~ tives of France, Britain and Italy, conferring in Paris on German re- armament, were warned by Foreign Minister Pierre Laval that Ger- many may follow up such rearma- ment, by tereitorial demands. Rcady for Threat Premier Mussolini asserted Italy is mow ready “for any threat com- ing from beyond the Irontiers.” He 3 told his audience to be ready for SIMON-HITLER TALK MONDAY LONDON, March 23. — British isclation from continental quarrels was hinted by Sir John Simon here today as he prepared for talks Mcnday with President Adolf Hitler at RBerlin. The German” Government expeots. i favorable results from a frank dis- ] cussion of the pending important European questions and assured Sir John a cordial welcome. Transfer Garrisons to Rhine While French diplomats sought to prevent British concessions to s German rearmament, France mov- = ed to transfer half the garrisons from the Itallan frontiers to along the Rhine, e e ——— FORMER HEAD, NOTRE DAME, PASSES AWAY The Rev. John Cavanaugh p Nationally Known, Dies in Infirmary SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 23.— The Rev. John Cavanaugh, for- mer President of Notre Dame, died in the Community Infirmary on the University campus late yesterday. He served as President of Notre Dame from 1904 to 1919, the uni- versity's great expansion period, when a change in the canon law forced +his retirement. He died of nephitis, complicated with diabetes. The Rev. Cavanaugh was & na- tionally known writer, orator and 3 educator, NOPEON CLASS WANTED HERE, | PERKINS SAYS Secretary of Labor Speaks at Anniversary of Uni- versity of California BERKELEY, Cal, March 23— America does not want a “peon class no matter how well fed it may = be,” Secretary of Labor Frances Ferkins said here last night at the fifty-seventh anniversary of the chartering of the University of California. ‘‘We must, continue to have faith in our basic conceptions that a free, self-regulated people make for a better country and greater happi= ness for all,” she said. - There are 11,484 miles of maintained in Alaska by the Al; Road Commission. Of these, hi24 lmfles are of permanent nature,