The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV., NO. 6941. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20 1935, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRI:SS s PRICE TEN CENTS tBANKS HOTEL FIRE HITLER SENDS | CURT NOTE T0 GREAT POWERS In Birthday—fiessage De- clares Action Discrimin- | atory Agamst Reich ROME IS SURPRISED AT TONE, COMMUNICATION‘ Germans Reserve Right to' Make Known Her Posi- | tion, Note State ROME, April 20—A short, curt note to the powers flatly rejecting the League of Nations Council's condemnation of German rearma- ment was President Hitler's birth-| day gift to himself and the world, made public at Rome today. The note characterized the deliberations as “new discriminations” against| “The government reserves the right to make known soon her po- sition on different questions touch- ed upon in’the deliberations,” Hit- | ler said. “The government sees in! the work of the council an attempt| at new discriminations against| ‘Germany therefore rejects it in the most resolute manner.”" Rome officials were not surprised | at;the arrival of the note but were | surprised , at. the curt, sharp tone taken by Hitler. . British officials were away for the week end and the note was forwarded here. Strengthened by manning the French steel ring along the border, now nearing completion, Rome of- ficials disclossd what they called| the biggest annual recruitinz of| aviators ever held in the world, as applications poured into the air ministry for the 1,300 pilots’ posts.| Four thousand seven hundred spe-!| clalists and mechanics were notified | preliminary to temporary recall to! service next month. CAROL URGES ARMAMENT BUCHAREST, April 20— King Carol in & speech from the Ruman- ian throne to parliament today ex- pressed hope armament would be pushed forward. This was taken to indicate the government proposed considerable ingrease in equipment and man-power for the army. MOSCOW BACKS LEAGUE MOSCOW, April 20—The gov- ernment newspaper Izvestia ex- pressed strong approval of the League Courftil’s -action and de- manded participation of Germany in European agcords, not merely her sanction of such accords. Great misfortune awaits any aggressive act on the part of Germany, the paper said. ACCORD HELD UP PARIS, April 20.—Paris disclos- ed today the Franco-Russian mili- tary accord was being held up because of new difficulties report- edly concerned with Russia’s re- luctance to give up “automatic provisions of military assistance.” LAUDS HITLER BERLIN, April 20.—Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propa- ganda, told the nation today on the occasion of Hitler's 46th birth- day that “the entire nation loves him because it feels safe in his hands like a child in its mother’s arms and befhuse Hitler is fan- atically possessed of any idea to save Germany.” JOHN PRINGLE PASSES AWAY LOWELL, Mass., April 20. Lieutenant Colonel the Rev. John Pringle, aged 83 years, one of the first missionaries to go to the north during the KlondiRe rush, is dead at his home here. The Rev. Pringle sailed for Eur- ope with the firgt Canadian troops contingent shortly after the out- break of the war. He was deco- rated several times for valor by various nations! Meet on Monday ROOKIE : SCORES Ionly thing that prevented the young ;Los Angeles Better Housing Committee Will COURGIL BIVES | PAVING AWARD | All members of the Better Housing Committee of Juneau are tc mect on Monday nocon at Bailey’s Cafe to discuss sev- eral questions of importance pertaining to the Betiter Hous- ing Program in Jumeaw, it was anncunced today by J. J. Con- nors, General Chairman of the committee. Thosc who are on this com- mittee arc John W. Jones, Al- len Shattuck, C. T. Gardner, Mrs. G. E. Krause, R. J. Scm- Gaslineau Constréiction ! Company Gets Contract for 11 Street Blocks After havm; its low bid turned down a week ago by the City Council because it was held to be 70 LOW BIDDER {too high, the Gastineau Construc- tion Company was awarded the contract to pave 11 blocks of down: town streets last night by the Council. | This action came after E. J. Cowling and Hans Berg, associates m lhe contracting firm, had pro- against the Council's initial m'dwx' in refusing the bid. The City Fathers did not make BEAT GARDINAL ,a blanket acceptance of the com- !pany’s original bid. In rescinding {heir previcus aclion, they insisted Made Ofl that the company's bid be acepted, providing that Public Works Ad- minisiration officials did not reject it and providing that the con- Itractors give the city credit for free crushed rocks f{urnished by Rookie Darrel C. Blanton subdued ., .° ,jocva Juneau Gold Mining the St. Louis Cardinals by master- {Company. ful one-hit pitching yesterday f.hni i P May Aid gave Pittsburgh a 3 to O trumPh! s rree qrushed rock, the oifer | over the world champions, for which was made by Mine Sup-| The only solitary single was off | o5 tondent L. H, Motzgar after| the bat of catcher Virgil Davis in AR 1 i i S jthe city had turned down all bids| the secorid ifinipg and this was the a week ago, is expected to save| several hupdred dollars. The Gas- mers and Roberl W. Bender. Lone Single Is Blanton in Second Game, Big League PITTSBURGH,; Pa, April 20— right-hander from registering a no- :cu last night by Grover C tineau Construotion’ Company’s or- iginal bids for 11 blocks of “street | paving was $33,745. This was! about ten per cent higher than the City Enginesr's estimate. | To Call Bonds Another, important Council ac- tion was the decision to give a hit performance. It was Blanton's second big legaue game. He lost the only other game ab the tail end of last season when he was sent in just for experience. two-wezk - public notice Lhat $30,- 0C0 of callable Junezu school boads)| ncw paying 6 per cent interest,| would ko taken up and re ed | at 4 per cent. Present holders of| {the bonds would be given p-efer- ence cn purchase cf the new issue ‘Anc.hcr $20,000—sewer bond:—will be treated in the szme manny n ‘SeplembEr if the school bond at- o : tempt is a success. o i g;:;?;:olg; ;:fi;:w;on % ‘s]%&‘)‘ndlllx;“;; estxmdatsd t:at Ialmm ¥ 181,600 w saved by the lower- Olerelang Choigh i, |ing of the interest on the bon {The public notice will call for| STANDING OF CLUBS jvoluntary returning of the 6 per Pacific Coast League ‘cent bonds to the City Hall by Won Lost Pet, May 17. S .889| A third action was the accept-| 10 833 ance of the complete audit of the .600 city's books completed by the Wal- 500 lis S. George and Company. Aud- 455 itor James C. Cooper, in presenting .444 his report, said that he found that 273 |the city had two peaks of income, 167 in March and September, and that the heaviest expenses were noticed n50|in the summer. Heretofore, it has 667 been necessary for the city to bor- 500 TOW money to carry it over the 500 | Summer months. 500 Mr. Cooper suggested that an 333 attempt be made to have the Ter- 'ritery advance all or a portion of the $40,000 school fund early in the year. If this attempt is suc- cessful, about $700 in interest would be saved, he said. K 7! The application for a two-auto- 667 mobile taxi cab stand at Triangle 333 Flace where Franklin and Front 333 Streets meet were denied to M. S. 250 Rhodes. The Juneau City Band was voted szs monthly for expenses. | - Pacific Coast Leagtie le 1; Oak'and 8. | Los Angzeles 3; Hollywood 8. | San Francisco 4; Sacramento 5. | Fortland 11; Missions 6. | National Lezgue | St. Louis 0; Pittsburzh 3. Brocklyn 4, 4; Boston 2, 2, American League Philadelphia 6; New York 5. Oakland Hollywood Sacramento Seattle San Francisco Portland Missions Souase National League Brooklyn Cincinnati Chicago Pittsburgh * Philadelphia ... Boston St. Louis New York American Cleveland ........ Boston ‘Washington Chicago . Detroit Philadelphia New York St. Louis LAHTO FORMER THRONGS AT v, sor ler, died at St. Am Hospua] al "lao c’clock this morning. The| -VERUSALEM- April | 20—HUR- cayse of death was acute nephricis. | dreds of American Christians and The pody is being held at the Jews joined the throngs in church juncau-young Undertaking C.m- and synagogues for the overlapping pany, Easter week and Passover cele- brations. O N 1O R e R e i 8838 8% © 00 W WO —ee - ®e o0 e0c0 00000 CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 20.—Closing quotation -of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16':, American Can, no sale; American Power and Light 3%, Anaconda 12, Armour N 3%, Bethlehem ' Steel 27, Calumet and ® Hecla 3%, General Molors 31%,|® International Harvester 39%, Ken-|® necott 17%, United States Steel|® 33%. 0 00000000000 | e ! . L4 EASTER WEATHER . L Ladies, it is just too bad about that Easter Day par- ade. Weatherman Thempson forecasts showers tonight and Sunday; moderate to fresh southwest winds. .| weatherstripping of all OF s15,1as.‘1‘7 Raise of $10,823.58 Call- ed for as Winn Presents Figures to Council * A budget of $75,189.18 t0 oper- ate the two public schools of the city during the school yw W!l- 36, was presented the O MI School Board member. cil received the list of expendtitures and will stu lt ’pendlng a vote on accepti .Ib !the next meeting. The 1935-36 estimate show. an| increase of $10823.58 over this! year's costs. However, about. half| of this amount is refundable from |the Territorial Board of Educ-lion ! so, if the budget is approved, city actually will be paying an in- crease of $5518.28. Increases along three major lines forced the budget boost. Mr. Winn explained. Hiring of teachers, furnishing of free text books, and “needed repairs” to the Grade School building are the three items. Need Two More Mr. Winn showed that at least two additional instructors, one in both the Grade and High Scheol, ! are needed. He said that, on the average, attendance ngres pe raised ‘‘about ten pt-n' year.” He explained Lh teachers are overtaxed, and thnt at least 125 new students are ex- jpected to enroll next year. These |two new instructors, if hired, will add $2,480 to the budget. The second new item to boost the expense costs is the decision to give free text books. Hereto~ forz, pupils have purchased their own books. But the last Territorial Legislature allowed municipalities a 70 per cent refundable account on all purchases of new books. It is 'estimated that the new books will cost $1.000 here next year. The city’s share will be only $300. ‘The third detail—repairs to the Grade School building—adds most to the city’s share of the proposed budget. Mr. Winn explained that windows end installation of new window frames are needed in this structure. Furthermore, repairs to the heating plant are necessary, he said. Woui¢ Repair Room To allow for expansion, a room which has never been completed for use in the Grade School — should be prepared for occupancy. This brings a total cost of $6,110 for building repairs. Mr. Winn pointed out that this extra expense of maintenance to the city, $6,114, more than offsets the total increas- ed amount to the city, $5518.28. Small wage raises in both teach- ing and janitorial staffs, the hir- ing of a full time seeretary for the superintendent, additional library facilities, and added equipment make ' up the other items in the raised budget. A. B. Phillips, superintendent of Juneau schools, aided Mr. Winn in the budget preparation. PAA LGCKHEED IS IN KETCHIKAN ON WAY' NORTH After two days delay in Alert Bay because of adverse weather, the Pacific Alaska Airways Lock- heed Vega left there for Ketchikan at 9 o'clock this morning and ar- |rived at Ketchikan before noon to- day, according to word received by A. B. Hayes, Traffic representative for the company here. Aboard the plane are pilots Rob- ert Ellis and Alex Holden and me- chanic Paul Brewer, all of whom are well known in Southeast Alas- ka. Deny Reports that Former Kaiser Il DOORN, April 20.—Reports that the former Kaiser is seriously ill are described as unfounded. Am- sterdam reports said he was suf- fering with a severe attack of in- fluenza, two new| LEAGUE'S ACTION Rain Fails to Give Aid to All Of Dust Bowl KANSAS CITY, April 20— Clouds left downpours of rain ranging up to two inches in some sections of the dust bowl but passed up most of the area after nothing more than tantalizing gestures. BASEBALL GETS % UNDER WAY AS 'PLAYERS NAMED Elks, Amévican. Legion and Moose Given Practically 1934 Team Lineups Baseball got its official start for |the 1935 season in Juneau when u,vlman player assignments for the three teams in the City Baseball League were made last might. The Ilist was announced today by W. A, | Holzheimer, president of the cir- Jcuit, after a meeting in his Fed- feral and Territorial Building of- | fices with managers. The three teams, including the Elks, American Legion, and Moose, were alloted players practically on the basis of their make-up last year. However, a list of 11 others {and any new players who may sign {up next -week will be apportioned iat the next meeting. One of the major changes, and Jjust about the only one made, was |the switching of Claude Erskine, stellar pitcher for the Elks last year, to the Moose club. Here They Are The players apportioned to each club follow: Elks—Kelly Blake, c; Livingston, 3b; Abbie Garn, ss; Bob Jernberg, Bus Orme, cf; Joe Nello, rf; C. H. MacSpadden, 1b; James Orme f; Verne Stedman, u; A. T. Koski, Pp., manager; Charles Warter, p. Legion—A. B. [Koski, If; Snow, 1b; Ken Junge, p, McAllister, p; Everett Nowell, ef; John McLaughlin, 2b; Willie Ro- denburg, rf; Eddie Roller, ss; G. Lowe, p, u; Dan Livie, f; Bob Boyd, c. Moose—Fred Schmitz, 2b; Jack Schmitz, 1f; Bill Schmitz, cf; Stan Grummett, 3b, {; Jimmy Manning, p; Walter Andrews, 1b; Bob Cough- lin, ¢; Mollie MacSpadden, rf; El- mer Lindstrom, p; B. E. Converse, p; A. B. Bryan, ss; Tom Haynes, 1b; Claude Erskine, p. field man- ager; Pete Nello, c. Managers Listed A. T. Koski, manager of the Elks; Art McKinnon, manager of Moose; and Red Henry, manager of the Legion, were present with Holz- heimer at the meeting last night. There was no representative from Douglas, and that club was not in- cluded in the league. The unassigned players include: Dave Turner, p; Al Elensberg, 2b., f; O. K. Rougen, If; Ken Kennedy, If; Red Shaw, f; F. Case, p.; Wil- son Foster, If; Tal Picinini, p; O. Johanson, f; Johnny Neimi, {; Pete Schmitz, p. Other aspirants to positions on the three clubs may sign the league roster either at the Reliable Trans- .|fer office on Lower Front Street or at the Canadian Pacific Railway office on Seward Street. Presi- dent Holzheimer asked today that all applications be made by next Friday, the date of the next meet- ing of the league officials. The opening day of play and the sched- ule will be arranged at that ses- sion, as well as the apportioning of the new players. Emmett Bothello was named um- pire-in-chief to succeed himself last night, -0 PROMINENT KETCHIKAN RESIDENTS MAKE ROUND TRIP ON NEW STEAMER M. J. Henneghan, prominent banker and capitalist of Ketchikan, Mrs. Henneghan and their small daughter, joined the new North- land Transportation Company steamer North Sea in the First City to make the round trip to Sitka. - While they were in Ju- neau, Mr. and Mrs. Henneghan visited with their many friends in the city. LIQUOR CODE HAS “BONE DRY" SUNDAY CLAUSE Council HeAz;Ts Proposed Municipal Laws—No Action Is Taken Juneau will be “bone dry” from 1 o'clock Sunday morning until 7 o'clock Monday morning—if the| proposed municipal liquor code, now being considered by the City Coun- cil, is adopted at 4 coming meet- ing. All-day closing on Sunday and a week-day closing period from 1 o'clock to 7 o'clock in the morning were features of the proposed code presented councilmen by their spec- ial committee, which worked with legal advice from City Attorney H L. Faulkner., On this special com- mittee were G. E. Krause, chair- man: Ralph H, Beistline, Henry Messerschmidt, and Mayor Isadore Goldstein, ex-officio member. The Council received the pro- pored code last night at City Hall before a large gallery, partially composed of representatives of beer and liquor dealers in the city. Here Are Suggestions The preliminary items in the city’s new code, not as yet adopt- ed, include all pertinent Territorial Thousands to | Herald Easter At Sun Rise SAN FRANCISCO, Cal,, April 20.~In pulpits of scenic splen- | dor, the rising sun tomorrow | will herald Easter services along the Pacific Coast with nearly 300,000 devotees assembling be- ncath outdoor crosses. NEW SERVICE IS PROMISED S. E. ALASKA Noith Sea, Nortiand, Sail from Seattle, Alternate | 'Vlondays. Says Skinner “The addition of the steamer North to our’ transportation service ‘to Southeast Alaska will give us'a regular weekly sailing from Seattle the year around. It is ur aim to give the people of Scutheast Alaska the finest weekly,! year around that is po: I the patren-’ have given to cur motorship Northland, and wish to assure them that they. will find the same home -like atmosphere, courtesy and excellent food .u‘\ d our new ship the Ncrth Sea,’ G. W. Skinner, Vice-President ol the ) Northland Transportation Cump;mjl said teday. | Sea at2 Liquor Board. regulations. If the city does not enforce those regu- lations, it stands liable to be re- fused its 60 per cent refundable account from the sale of Territor- ial licenses. ‘When the first items had been read by Ojty Clerk A. W. Henning, spectators and councilmen alike be- gan to sit up and take keen inter- est. Here are the new added city regulations which are proposed: 1. Intoxicating liquor can not be carried into a public place of en- tertainment, dance hall or place of amusement. (This is in accord with a recent law passed by the Terri- torial Legislature.) 2. No loud or lewd conversa- tions will be permitted in public places. 3. Intoxication on public streets will not be permitted. 4. Drinking will not be permit- ied on public streets. 5. Driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor will not be permitted. (This also is in accord with a recently passed Ter- ritorial statute.) 6. No liquor or beer sales of any kind will be permitted in any place from 1 o'clock to 7 o'clock in the morning on week days, and from 1 o'clock Sunday morning to 7 o'~ clock Monday morning. (This rule follows a “test” vote taken of 850 voters last winter by the Council.) 7. The muncipal penalties for violations of the city code will be a fine of $100 and, or 30 days in Jail. By incorporating the Terri- torial regulations in the city code, all violators may be taken before the City Magistrate by the Police Department,.: To Be Studied These rulgs were not okeyed last night, Copies were to be pre- pared over the week-end by City Attorney Faulkner, so councilmen may study them before the next session, There may be Territorial regu- lation changes by the time the Council gets around to taking a vote on its code it is said. Beer and liquor interest representatives served notice last night that there were many features about the Ter- ritorial liquor set-up with which they disagreed and found entirely impracticable. They were told by Mayor Gold- stein to take their protests to Frank Boyle, Territorial Auditor and secretary to the Liquor Board. The Mayor explained that the city has no choice but to enforce the regulations handed down by the Liquor Board, and that the only changes the city could make, in adopting a code of its own, are amendments which in no way con- flict with Territorial laws. The liquor representatives indi- cated last night that they would call upon Mr. Boyle early next week, “Everything has been don¢ to |BELIEVE OTHERS 'MAY BE TRAPPED IN NIGHT BLAZE | Alaska }Stea—r;s_hipCompany Agent Plunges to Death from Window OWNERS BRAVE FLAMES TO AWAKEN SLEEPERS Total Casu:l;;s Unknown but Several Hurt Going Down Fire Escapes FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 20.—Fire, starting early this morning, destroyed the sec-. ond floor of the Alaska Hotel. One man is known to be dead and others are believed to have been trapped by the flames, The list of casualties is un- known, Scveral persons were bad- ly injured going down the fire escapes. Rebert Taylor, aged 65, was._forced te. jump from an make travelers aboard the Nortn upper window and landed in Sea as comfortable 2s in their own homes. There are ample deluxe rooms, with showers or tubs as well as regular accom- medations, to allow each passenger to have the type cf rcom he wish-| es. With plenty of deck space for| games or strolling, a homelike lounge, writing room, modern club oom and dining saloon our patrons will find those aboard ship desirous of contributing in every way to lhel pleasure of travel,” Mr. Skinner said. | The North Eea will arrive in Juneau northbound early on Fri-| day afternoons every two weeks, alternating with the motorship Northland, which is scheduled to arrive on Friday evening every second week, Mr. Skinner said. | Mr. and Mrs. Skinner are mak- ing the inaugural round trip of | the North Sea to Alaska together with Mr. Skinner's mother, Mrs. | D. E. Skinner and a party of Iriends. Included in the party are Mrs. 8. B. Gibbs and Mr, and Mrs. William Mulligan. Mr. Mulligan is,| an official of the Century Brewery. Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bender Jjoined the party in Juneau to make the round trip to Sitka and will return here Monday morning. MR. AND MRS. JESSUP ARE BOUND FOR SITKA | ON TWO-MONTH VlSlT Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Jessup, of: Bremerton, Washington, are pns-f sengers aboard the North Sea on its maiden voyage to Alaska. They, are on their way to Sitka where they will spend the next two months visiting their son-in-law, and daughter and grandson, Mr. and Mrs, Prosper Ganty and young Wallis Jessup Ganty. Mr. Jessup, who is publisher of the Bremerton News-Searchlight, and Mrs. Jessup have done consid-| erable traveling since their \.lsu with the Gantys last spring. Short-! ly after their return to Puget Sound they left for London, England, to, visit another daughter, Mrs Wilson, and her husband who is correspondent with the gssociated Pres§. They later spend three, months traveling through Europe. — e ! Ties Rope Around His Neck, Jumps Into Pond; R. C. Plumb Is Suicide they are ! preject, Al [thousand. The a herizontal position and suf- fered internal injuries from | which he died. The owners braved the flames to awaken many of the sleepers. Taylor had been a Clerk of the Court in both the Third and Fourth Divisions for 11 .years and was only recently appointed Alaska Steamship Company agent in Fairbanks. Taylor came to Fairbanks in the early days from Skag- (way and organized the old Tanana Valley Railroad. He was a son of Col. Taylor of ithe United States Army. En- ‘gineers and a prominent Ma- son. KETCHIKAN FIRM LOW BIDDER ON COLONY LUMBER Offers to Supply 197,000 Feet for Matanuska at $14.25 Per Thousand The Ketchikan Spruce Mills was low bidder on the second consign- ment of lumber for the Matanuska it was revealed today when bids were opened by the Alaska Rural Rehabllitation Corporation. The Ketchikan firm bid $1425 a thousand for the 197,000 feet and will be awarded the contract. The Juneau Lumber Mills which was awarded the contract for ‘the first 115,000 feet on a bid of $17.50 a thousand, was second low today with an average offer of $16.03 per other bidder was C. A. Berg of Anchorage, who bid $29 a thousand on certain kinds of lumber. Knutsen Brothers of Wrangeu who were invited to make an offer, wired they would be un- able to supply a bid at this time.. The North Star, scheduled to leave the States next Wednesday, is €x- !pected to pick up the lumber at Ketchikan and at Juneau for trans- |port to Matanuska. WOODLAND, Wash., April 20.—! The body of R. C. Plumb, fish hatchery superintendent, has been' found in a pond with a rope around | the neck. Plumb is believed to have cuicided on account of ill health recently, The compagatively low offers (made by Ketchikan and Juneau concerns was, attributed by corpor- ation officials to the fact that a big percentage of the lumber is already cut and in the yards ready for shipment. v