The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 15, 1935, Page 1

’ L] v ’ » THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “4LL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLV, NO. 6989. ]UNEAU ALASKA SATURDM jUNI; I5 $2,048,000 IS CONSIDERED FOR ALASKAN ROADS Approval of 16 Projects for Territory Program May Be Approved M’CARTHY ROAD PLAN | IS NOT NOW INCLUDED Most of Wo—r.k— Confined to Westward and Interior | Under Present Proposal WASHINGTON, June 15. — Pro- posals for additional Federal proj- ects were made public Friday by the Information and Applications Division of the works program and included the Interior Department for Alaska Road Commission con- struction of public roads and trails, including all work, materials and contingent expenses totaling $2,- 048,000. Sixteen projects were listed, ap- plicaticn for eight of which PWA funds previously were ailoited in amounts totaling $742,200, Requests The 16 projects, allotments for which are requested are: Olnes- Livingood, $215,000; Shelton-Dahl, $35,000; Kantishna Park boundary, $50,000; Talkeetna - Cache Creek, $150,000; various small projects, $268,000; Cantwell - Valdez Creek, $345,000; Hot Springs road system, $75,000; Willow Creek system, $80,- 000; Takotna-Nixon Fork, $150,000; Poorman-Ruby, $200,000; Ferry- Eva Creek, $50,000; Ililamna Bay and Iliamna Lake, $30,000; New- halon Lak-Clark, $40,000; Gulkana- Nabesna, $245,000; Goodnews Bay- Platinum Creek, $35,000; Christo- chena-Slate Creek, $40,000. Con- struction and equipment is set at $40,000. These applications will be acted upon later. MAY BE AUTHORIZED MONDAY The proposals announced by the Information and Applications Divi- sion now to go to the Allotment of 2 Salt Loke City, Utah, chain ived and identified 2 Weyerhaeuser ransom bill that led of Harmen M. Waley and his wife, , and Maricn Samucl, cashier, handled the bill. (left), a ¢ sociated Pres Fho'c) WILCOX HERE AS AGENT OF ALASKA LINE | EME |Will Take Over His Duties Next Monday—McKanna Returns to Interior | M. J. Wilcox, long in the service of the Alaska Steamship Company, and until his recent appointment as Juneau agent of the company, serving as Chief Clerk, to Vice- President and General Manager of, the Company, T. B. Wilson, will ,actively assume the duties of his | appointment here Monday, June 17, | succeeding R. J. McKanna who has been, at his own request, transfer- red to his former post with the Alaska Steamship Company at Fairbanks. Careful Selection “The appointment of Mr. Wil- cox, as Juneau agent for the com- pany, was made after careful con- sideration by the Company,” L. W. Baker, Traffic Manager of the Al- ‘aska Steamship Company, said to- day. “I am convinced the appoint- ment will prove a happy and sat- isfactory one. We naturally regard Juneau as a very important port, and following Mr. McKanna's re- quest to return to Fairbanks, en- ,deavored to give to Juneau a man 1 Who would continue, increase and |improve our transportation serv- Edythe Moreley ‘ices to the general public and ship- (As- pers, and help it work out its transportation problems. An announcement will be forth- Credited with Making Arrest Board which is scheduled to meet | Monday and approval may be giv- en at that time. Of the projects submitted by the Alaska Road Commission only one is left out in the report from Wash- ington, the McCarthy road system, $84,000, and it is possible that this may be inserted later. $40,000 for Denali Less The previous PWA allotments were made on Olnes-Livingood, Shelton-Dahl, Kantishna Park boundary, Cantwell-Valdez Creek, Hot Springs road system, Willow Creek and Iliamna Bay, officials here stated. The $40,000 item for construc- tion and equipment.is to cover the loss of equipment in the wrecking of the steamer Denali a short time ago near Ketchikan. e INDICTED FOR BOMB THREAT AGAINST FOR. West Point Graduate Pro- nounced Insane Following Wild Note to President WASHINGTON, June 15— Ira Bashein, West Point graduate of two years ago, has been indicted by the District of Columbia grand jury for threatening to bomb the ‘ White House. He is now in jail for disorderly conduct and has been pronounced insane by alienists. . The indictment was brought pre- sumably to facilitate commitment to a hospital Bashein wrote to President Roose- velt as follows: “I am a West Point graduate and will bomb your quar- s ters. Be careful. I have been seek- ‘Ing a job and am desperate. Will commit a desperate deed to secure economic security. PS: Notify news- papers.” —_— - MISS ROBINSON RETURNING Miss Margaret Robinson will re- turn to Juneau on the Yukon next Tuesday. She has just completed a two year secretarial course at the Washington Staté College, at Pull- man, Patrciman L. B. Gifford (Associated Press Photo) GREAT BRITAIN GETTING BUSY, AIR DEFENSES (left) received the credit of arresting Mrs. Harmon M. Waley when she attempted tc pass cne of the Weyerhaeuser kidnap ransom bills in Salt“Lake City, Utah. - Waley was arrested several hcurs later. coming in a few days from Mr. Wil- cox, as to his assistant. Likewise, Mr. Baker said that the announce- ment of the promotion fo.a new post of Horate Adams, who has been assistant in Juneau for many years, will be announced in a few days. | Business Is Good In commenting on general condi- ‘tions in Alaska, Traffic Manager Baker said that this season a great- ly increased amount of mining ma- chinery and development equip- ment had been carried to Alaska ports by the ships of his line, which indicated healthy activity which would result in increasing prosper- ity for the Territory. He reiterated his statements made at the Cham- ber of Commerce Thursday, saying that the tourist business bookings thus far this year are greater than ever before. Glad To Be Here Mr. Wilcox, who arrived on the Alaska yesterday has been renew- ing old acquaintances today,, and eays that he is most happy to be- ,come a resident of Juneau. soon as Mrs. Wilcox can close up their Seattle home, she and their { five-year-old - son, John, will join {Mr. Wilcox here and take up resi-| jdence in the apartments above the| Pa"mc Coast dock INSULL CLEA CLEARED 1OF ALL CHARGES 'BY GOVERNMENT ¥l eectad Vardict in and Detective W. M. Rogers As| 1935. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ST MOVE, WALKOUT F.D.R, CONGRESS BIVING SUPPORT T0 TERRITORY Government Leaders Vital- ly Interested in Alaska Governor Reports Presidént Roosevelt, members of Congress, the Interior Department and varfous legislative and execu- tive officials in Washington are vitally interested in Alaska and the Territory can look to the future with full assurance of the best co- operation from the national capital is the message brought back to Juneau by Gov. John W. Troy after | a two months' business trip to Lheh States, much of the time given} over to official business in Wash- ington “They ‘are all very much inter- | ested in Alaska, particularly in the International Highway and the es- tablishment of military air bases,”| Governor Troy said. “The fullest co-operation is in evidence every- ernment. The Interior Department, Army, Post Office Department and ,Department of Commerce are co- where in all branches of the Gov-| l 1 operating in gathering information relative to the development of avia- tion in the north and it bids well for the future of aviation in the Territory,” Meets With Committee The Governor met with the joint committee representing the four units while in the national capital. The Post Office Department, he ex- plained, is interested because of air mail development, the Army due to its defense and aerial base pro- gram, the Commerce Department due £6 ! superyigion of commer- cial aviation and the Interior De- partment because of a general pri- mary interest in all matters per- taining to the Territory. Governor Troy had high praise for the work of Delegate Anthony J. Dimond in the national capital in behalf of Alaska. Lauds Dimond “I am a great admirer of Dele- gate Dimond and the work he has been doing,” he said. “His activities in Washington have been of the highest order and I believe he {should be kept there just as long as he is willing to stay.” | President Roosevelt remains the |outstanding leader of the nation, {regardless of party, the Chief Ex- ecutive said. “All the outstanding men, in all parties, concede he is the only leader in soght at this time and I predict his re-election |by landslide proportions,” the Gov- ernor said. Universal Presidential Support In his travels Governor Troy con- tacts representative men in many (walks of life and he said that no where was there evidence of an- her leader anywhere near on par with the President. Industrials, business leaders, farmers and the rank and file everywhere are con- vinced that President Roosevelt is the right man in the right place, he found. Success of the Matanuska coloni- ‘I.LHOn project, which the Governor said he feels certain will be record- ed, means the development of sim- ilar programs in the Territory. The !project is being watched with keen |interest, he said, and while some |difficulties are sure to be encount- ;e-red ultimate achievement seems | | | certain, Confers with President While in Washington the Gov- ernor had conferences with Presi- dent Roosevelt, Secretary Harold L. |Ickes and other governmental of- IMORE JAPANESE | “ceie Gose Srie 'FORCES RUSHED 10 GHINALAND Eight Bal'allons Ordered {Armed Men Pourlng Into Formed at Once on Wartime Basis LONDON, June 15.—Great Brit- | ain has ordered eight battalions to be formed immediately on wartime | basis for anti-aircraft -defense sur-| prise. The announcement was made by the War Office and culminated the | nation’s air force expansion. - California a A - Southern has- developed inventor | machine which sifts and cleans an acre and a half 4 of beach sand to a depth of three Joe Hayter, went hunting for ducks miles an hour, arriving there in | Both Peiping and Tientsin Sections Tientsin, June 15.—Japan 1s pour- |ing more armed forces into the Tientsin and Peiping areas and massed forces near Shankaikwan as | two serious demands confronted the Chinese authorities. in ithe Chahar Province and h presentations for an explana- { tion have been made by the Japan- ese. |.ed e+ ~ A W County, Texas, rancher, inches in an hour and twenly min- and came upon a big buck deer. He .iutes, | killed it with a charge of birdshot. Four Japanese have been detain-! CHICAGO, IIl, June 15.—Federal | ficials and took up many matters Judge John C. Know, of New York, pertaining to the welfare of the vesterday afternoon entered direct|Territory. Enroute home he visited verdicts of acquittal and dismissed|the San Diego Fair and while it the charges of violation of the was impossible to have an Alaska bankruptey laws against Samuel exhibit at the exposition, data and Insull, his son Samuel, Jr., Harold pictorial information relative to the 'L. Stuart, President of the house Territory is being disseminated of Halsey, Stuart and Company, in which is bound to react favorably ' connection with the collapse of v.he for the North. [Insull power Empire. —— e | The Government then moved vo AT HOSPITALS wipe the slate clean of all other Insull cases. | John Cann or Lisianski was ad- Insull won out in all other suits nnttad to St. Ann's Hospital to- brought against him. day for medical treatment. He is ORI s suffering from an injured jaw. PusT IN AIR |Charles Hughes was able to return {to his home today as was Mrs. |Tom Cashen and infant son. Mrs. |Steve Rusich and infant son also o A left the hospital today for home. LOS ANGELES, Cal,; June 15— Wiley Post took off today in the Winnie Mae on a stratosphere flignt | to New York, hoping to travel 3;0‘ S CONDITION UNCHANGED Condition of Mrs. James Wicker- |sham, who is_seriously ill in St. hours or less. The distance is 2,447 ARN'S Hospnal was reported un- miles, ‘changed today. Suspensum of Assessment Work, Mining Claims, Does Not Apply, Terr. of Alaska WASHINGTON, June 15.—Acting on request of the Territorial Legislature of Alaska, pros- pectors and mining claim owners are specifically excluded from the provisions of the Act suspend- ing assessment work on mining claims for another year. Delegate Antheny J. Dimond said the Terri- torial Legisiature voted unanimously to request that in any measure suspending assessment work, Alaska be excluded and Congress recognized the request. FIGURES IN KIDNAPING DEVELOPMENTS These two'Butte detectives, J. E. Mooney and Frank J. Roe, are the men who intercepted' William Mahan, named as one of the Weyerhaeuser kidnap .gan3, and seized Mahan’s automobile when he escaped. F A The other 'photcgraph thowe the sedan which was selzed in Butte and in which was found more than $15,000 of the ransom money. The car is the one deserted by William Mahan. (Assoclated Press rhm) J BOTH HOUSES EXTENSION OF OF CONGRESS NRA GAUSE OF ARE MEETING LITTLE SPATS: Called Into_U;usual Satur- Republicans_aaim One day Sessions and Prod- Honor, Democrats ded Into Action Say “Take It"” WASHINGTON, vune 15—Calling WASHINGTON, sune 15— The both Houses of Congress into an|stopgap NRA, extending the code- unusual Saturday session, vam ss remnant of the Recovery Unit Deal leaders sought to prod (hv until April 1, next year, was signed members into a race to clear many !Lur yesterday afternoon shortly hurdles ‘confronting the Rooseveltlafter the resolution was passed by program. {the House. As the Senate gathered to debate | the Social Security bill, Democrat- ic leaders indicated no concern over | the announcement by Senator Long he will try to attach his “share| wealth” program to the Roosevelt| bill. CLIPPER OFF | HONOLULU, T. H, June 15 The PanAmerican Airways Clipper soared from Pearl Harbor for Mid- way Islands, 1323 miles to the| westward, at 5:57 o'clock this morn- | ing. - | YEAR IN JAIL Henry Cropley, Jr., was se! to a year in Federal jail by U Commissioner. J. F. Mullen today on a charge of petty larceny in con- nection with the theft of a pair of bracelets from his grandmother.| The charge was reduced from grand | / larceny, ] tmilk wagon driver, (death and at The only arguments were spats between the Republicans and Dem- rats as to who first thought of the resolution placing the Anti- st law in force undex the new F ngement made nece: | recent Supreme Court decision. To the Republicans went the |claim for the honor and Doughton, Democrat of North Carolina, torted: “That amendment re- adds | nothing and subtracts nothing from the House Amcndmem, I hope it | makes them happy.” - Night Rlohng Takes Place, Omaha Walkout v OMAHA, June 15.—John Duster, ot to least aftern night the successive the car strike. The authorities reported the sit- uation under control. Six street cars were the ripting last night, the in jured third as rioting burned in SUBMITS PLAN FOR RESUMING TS OPERATIONS |Expresses Wllhngness to | Meet with Grievance, Complaml Committee NO DlSCRlMINATlON | LABOR AFFILIATION A J. Reserves Right to Protect Majority But Ready to Meet All First public move, following the mine workers’ vote of Thursday, was taken today when the Alaska Jureau Gold Mining Company an- nounced the submission of a basis on which the men might return to work. While there were indications all sides were aiming toward set- tlement, nothing was forthcoming publically from the Union or the non-union men, Ceneiliator Dewey Knight con- tinued his work of attempting to bring about negotiations and there was evidence that progress was be- ing made. It was reported the Un- ion leaders, in view of the Thurs- |day vote, were preparing to make ! some concessions which they here- tofore had not considered, Ready To Resume Mine officials in a statement sald: “We are ready and willing to resume operations,” and sub- mitted an eight-point proposal which included the following: No agreement with any labor organiza- tion will be signed; agreement to meet with employees’ representa~ tives on grievances and complaints; grievances to be considered in ac- cordance with the number of em- ployees they represent; committee must be selected by vote without coercion or intimidation; no com- mittee will be recognized as the exclusive agency for all the em- | ployees; in the event of a discussion |of matters of interest to, and af- {fecting all employees, each group 'will be given representation in ac- Idordnnoe with the size of the group; | there will be.no general discrimina- tion against employees because of |labor affillations; that there will | be no walkout or strike until a vote {of the majority of the employees | has been taken. Majority Speaks | The Thursday voting showed that a majority of the mine workers !want to return to work, the Com- pany statement said, and that a careful check Indicated that at least 75 men had actually left town | before the voting was done. On this basis and in view of the num- ber of votes disallowed, the Com- pany estimated that 698 workers had expressed a preference to work of the 885 men entitled to vote in the Thursday election, No reply to the company state- ment was made public today but it was expected that deliberations over | | | the week-end might bring about urther definite action toward a settlement. (For full statement of A. J. Company see advertisement on Page 8). /AMER. LIBERTY 'LEAGUE HAS 4 POINT PROGRAM Qutlines Policies to Be Pur- sued with Slogan *‘De- fend the Constitution” CHICAGO, I, June 15.— The members of the American Liberty League stood pledged today to a four-point program with the slogan ‘Defend the Constitution.” The League is for sound currency to be maintained at all hazards, maintenance of national credit by a Federal budget balanced annual- ; drastic reduction in Government expenditures by consolidation of ccattered activities and abolition of the ever-increasing number of Fed- eral Bureaus “which are destructive to our lmeme i e PAUL GOES SOUTH J. K. Paul, former owner of the Fioneer Cafe, left on the Prin- ce’s Leuisc for Seattle on a busi- ness trip,