The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1935, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA VOL. XLVI, NO. 7025. JUNEAU. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” , ALASKA, W)NBAY, JULY 29, 1935, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS CMPIRE PRICE TEN CENTS AIR BASE FOR ALASKA NOW ASSURE NEW NAVY TO BE BUILT BY GREAT BRITAIN: Seven-Year Plan Reported Already Developed by Admiralty §750,000,000 TO BE SPENT ON 132 SHIPS Program Includes 12 Capi- tal Ships, 33 Cruisers, 21 Submarines LONDON, July 29.—Great Britain plans to bulld an almost completely new battle fleet costing $750,000,000 by 1042, the Daily Herald said in a Sunday article which claimed to have revealed a secret T-year plan developed by the Admiralty. ‘The newspaper sajd the major part of the program consists of the construction of 12 new capital chips, 33 cruisers, and 3 new aircraft car- riers. Also included in the program will be 63 new flotilla leader destroyers and 21 new submarines. AMERICAN VIEWS WASHINGTON, July 20.—Ameri- can Navy officials sald that they are reluctant to believe any such program is contemplated, but added that any such development would §C010nists . Want Don to Remain Rumors that Irwin Is to Return to Old Post Starts Petition ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 29. —Fearful that Don Irwin, head of the Matanuska Colony Farm Di- REACH LOWER - BRACKETS NOW House Democrats Want to Make Base $50,000 Instead $150,000 BULLETIN—Washington, July | 1 | TAX PLAN MAY |'VIC' UNLOADS | MINE FREIGHT THIS MORNING A. J. Supplies Are Taken Aboard Barge South of Marmion Island Avoiding all possible conflict with vision, “will return to his old post at the University of Alaska and the Government’s experimental farm this fall, colonists are cir- culating a petition that he be re- tained at Palmer. Visitors at the colony sald a large number of the colonists assert they will not remain if Irwin drops out of the colony picture. PENSIONS FOR INDIANS TAKEN UP, CONGRESS Alaska Delegate Introduces Measure—Discussion Given in Detail WASHINGTON, July 20.—(Spe- cial Correspondence)—The subject, old age pensions for Indians, has engaged the attention of many of the members of Congress of both Houses for several months past. { i | mean a world-wide ship-building race. Naval men in Washington were When the Social Security Bill was first considered and reported to the House, Alaska Delegate Dimond 29.—The Senate late this af- ternoon smothered all attempts of the Republicans on the pro- posal to adjourn by August 10. WASHINGTON, July 26.—A ten- tative decision to broaden vastly the scope of the Roosevelt tax bill by increasing levies on incomes as low as $50,000 has been reached by the House Ways and Means com- mittee Democrats. The Democrats had agreed previously only to in- crease levies on incomes about $150,000 yearly but found to make a substantial increase in revenue they would have to drop below that sum. One Representative estimated the change would mean revenue from individual income totalling forty to fifty millions instead of twenty millions as previously anticipated. FOR EARLY ADJOURNMENT WASHINGTON, July 29.—Amid a furious campaign for adjourn- ment of Congress during the last week of August, the President's new tax bill, expanded to boost in- ccmes as low as $50,000, the House ‘Ways and Mear.s Committee hopes to get the new measure through the House by next Saturday night. Senate Democratic leaders in the meantime are lining up a big ma- jority against all amendments to | “test” cargo. It was the first freight inclined to believe that the report- wog assured that Indians were in- ed program might be intended 10 cjyded within the provisions of the form a trading basis in British at- pi just the same: as other. citi= the tax bill. tempts to encoun.gg a new naval' limitation agreement. The present' naval limitation tredties expire in 1936. ' JAPAN’S PROGRAM Associated Press dispatches last Friday from Tokyo sald that for | modernization, improvement and | enlargement of Jdpan's military forces on land and in the air, a| five-year plan, involving an expen- diture of 900,000,000 yen, the equiva- lent of about $261,000,000 in United States money, has been submitted by the Japanese War Office and the Japanese Army's general staff to the empire’s cabinet. — .- —— STOCK PRICES TAKE UPWARD SHOOT TODAY Rails Take b‘nd and Are Joined by Other Issues —Many Reach' Highs NEW YORK, July 20.—Rails led stocks upward today. Steels, communications and scat- tered specialties joined in the cele- bration. zens of the United States.: ‘There, FEPUBLICAN BLOC PLANS ‘WASHINGTON, July 29—Fac- seemed to be no doubt about this. | The Social Security Bill, however, ing a renewed attempt by Repub- jis a Federal Aid Bill, under which jjcans to get Congress to adjourn the Government furnishes one-half | august 10 without acting on the of the old age pensions provided by | Roosevelt tax proposals, Democrats the states and territories, up 1% |pushed their work on the bill and $15 a month for the Federal con-|expressed confidence that it will be tribution. So if a state or wrritoryl‘em;cud this session, provides an old age pension of Two men, prominent in the Re- $15 a month, the Federal Govern- publican councils, are leading .the ment will match this, under thedrive for a quick adjournment, They terms and provisions of the bill, 50' are Senator Vandenberg, of Michi- the beneficiary may receive a wtallg.;n, and Senator Hastings of Dela- pension of $30 per month. Of course | ware, there is nothing in the Act to pre- Cauctic Statement vent the states and territorles from| Senator Vandenberg called the putting up more than $15 a month|tax plan “as grim a hoax as ever as their share, but the Federal con- | perpetrated on the country” and tribution - is limited to $15 per|demanded consideration of taxes be month, postponed until next winter when Are Federal Wards jthey will be studied in connection ‘When the bill was under consid-|with the Budget for the next fiscal eration in the Senate, Senator Nor-|year, beck secured the inclusion of an, amendment whereby the Federal Senator Hastings sought to call Government would pay all of the up for consideration today his reso- pensions to Indians, not to exceed!iution to adjourn by August 10, be- $1 a day, thus relieving the statesfore the tax measure can be passed. Adjournment, Resolution and territories from making con- tribution unless it was desired to give a greater pension than $1 a day. This amendment was put in the bill for two reasons: first; be- cause it was thought that the bur- den of paying old age pensions to Indians should be borne by the Federal Government alone, and not by, contributions from the states, since the Indians have been con- sidered wards of the Federal Gov- Democratic chiefs freely predict- ed the resolution will fail and even some Republicans privately agreed.' The Democrats are insisting the' tax bill shall be passed now, for two reasons, saying it will ‘show! the President is sincere when he' advocated the taxes, and second that business is picking up and now ! is the time to think about a move-| ment forward toward paying off the' piled up debt. ernment and not of the states; and Numerous issues registered new highs for the year or longer. The majority of gains were, from one to two or more peints. Today’s close was & 4 CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, duly 29.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 144%, American Power and Light 4%, Anaconda 16%, Bethlehem Steél 37%, General Motors 38%, International Harvester 52%, Ken- necott, 20%, United States Steel 43%, Pound $4.96%, Bremner bid 40 asked 55, Nabesna bid 58 asked ‘65, Black Pine Silver bid 28 asked 33, : ——— More Matanuska Colonists' Give Up, Return South SEWARD, Alaska, July 20.—Four- teen families from the Matanuska are returning to their homes aboard the North Star. The vessel sailed from here yesterday for Seattle. Forty Government workers are also passengers. The Nerth Star Is concluding its five chartered trips north for the| __ Federal Relief Administration. second, because doubt had been ex- pressed as to whether the Social Security Bill really took care of Indians although they are citizens of the United States. The bill pass- ed the Senate with this amend- ment and went to conference. In conference the amendment was stricken out and so, as the bill came back to both House and Sen- ate no special provision was made for Indians. Yields to Alaskan When the conference report was up for consideration in the House, Representative S8amuel B. Hill, one of the House conferees, referred to the Indian amendment whereupon,| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, July 29.— as shown by the Congressional Rec- Transpacific airplane passenger ord of July 17, pages 11,775 and service took two steps to realisation 11,276, the following ocourred: foday with the atmouncement. by| “Mr. Dimond. Will the gentleman officials of the Pan-American Air- yiela? ways System that return of the Mr. Samuel B. Hill. I yield to the |¢0WmPany's chartered supply con- gentleman from Alaska. struction ship from the job of Mr. Dimond. Is it the gentleman’s|Puilding stations at Midway, Wake idea that the bill as drawn applies [2nd Guam Islands signified the air- to Indians as well as other citizens rts are new ready for operation. of the United States? 1t is also said ship and plane serv- PAN-AMERICAN OCEAN SERVICE NEARLY READY Important Announcements Are Made by Officials of Air System | Mr. Samuel B. Hill, It does. It is|ic¢ agreements have been signed|: my opinion that aged Indians will by the Pan-American with the Mat- receive the same benefits as aged|%o" Navigation and Inter-Island white people or any other aged of|Navigation company of Hawail. the United States, because the In- :‘: d;mmh .8 Bdverer fo :"fi ! irt f Act of|start of the regular service, bu ian s A s B B B will be soon after the clipper ship makes another exploration flight. (Continued on Page Three) {aska Road Commission. There is | the Juneau local of the Interna- | tional Longshoremen’s Association, | the steamer Victoria was unloaded |of her Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company freight cargo south of Marmion Island at 3 o'clock this morning. An Alaska Juneau barge, towed by the tug Trojan, aided in the freighting. | The successful transfer of the cargo, held up here for several hours Saturday with it being. taken on the round-trip to Skagway over the week-end, ended, temporarily at least, another outbreak of mine la- bor disputes, involving waterfront workers as well, The Victoria had arrived here Saturday with a load of freight for the mine. The exact tonnage was not announced but it was be- lieved, unofficially, to be a small for the mine to be brought north since the walkout of A. J. employ- ees was called on May 22 by the Alaska Mine Workers Union. Unjon Holds Out The mine and mill operating with; three full shifts, but the Union still| maintains a walkout. One of their| chief arguments was that the mine could not obtain supplies from Se- attle, because, it was rumored, mar= ine unions would refuse to handle the cargo. That is what happened Saturday. Local ILA men refused to gol, through Unien picket lines, marine union men aboard the Vic- toria refused to unload the cargo into the hands of A. J. dock em- ployees, However, over the week-end, M. J. Wilcox, Juneau agent for the Al- aska Steamship Company, and L. H. Metzgar, superintendent of the mine firm, completed arrangements for the transfer of the freight in| Stephens Passage this morning to an A. J .barge. Authority Limited George Cox, delegate of the local ILA organization, told Wilcox Sat- urday that his body only had long- shore authority over Gastineau| Channel ports. Therefore, it was felt that the unloading in Stephens Passage was acceptable to Juneau ILA men as it was out of their| Jjurisdiction. Whether this arrangement will be followed in future mine ship- ments is a moot question, with no official statements being made. Delegate Cox is travelling now on the Victoria to Seattle, He is be- lieved to be planning an interview with authorities at the District ILA ‘headquarters thers. The Juneau ILA, an unfounded report indicates, Tan against District orders when it refused to unload the Victoria Sat- urday. ‘A large crowd of pickets patrolled Lower Front Street outside of the mine dock gate early this morning, expecting a repetition of Saturday’s performance. However, the “Vic" berthed quietly at Pacific Coast Dock at 7 o'clock, left an hour later for Douglas to load canned salmon, then proceeded . southbound to Sit- ka and Seattle, leaving the pickets nonplused, START FLOORING DOUGLAS BRIDGE Laying of the flooring on the new Douglas Island bridge was started today, according to the Al- believed to be enough planking on hand to keep the men busy until Thursday when the balance of the flooring arrives on the Bandon which left Seattle Saturday and is expected to get here in about six days. After the flooring is laid, it will be necessary to complete the rock fill and surface the Douglas road which 1is now graded before the structure will be open for traffic. It is expected to take from six weeks to two months. ————— EARL TO SEATTLE A. R. Earl, who has been con- nected with the construction of the Larson Creek Bridge on Douglas Island by the Siems--Spokane Con- struction Company, left Juneau for spread of 105 feet. Lower 'CESSFUL TEST FLIGHT MAD Described as the largest land plane ever built in America, this 15-ton fighting ship has b Seattle, Wash,, for the United States Army air cor: picture shows four max beneath and one of the side of the fuselage. (Associated Press Photos) 8. It is 70 feet | bullt in ong, 16 feet high and has a wing- ine gun cockpits, one In the nose, one on top, one E SUNDAY; NEXT BEFORE HIGH OFFICIALS SEATTLE, July 29.—Officials of the Boeing Airplane Company and Leslie R. Tower, test pilot, looked forward to demonstrating their flying battleship before high Army Air Corps officials at Dayton, Ohio, on August 22, after a successful test flight here yesterday with the streamlined bomber. It is said the half a million dollar Army bomber met all tests. The ship is capable of dropping several tons of explosives or engaging in battle with her five machine guns. LER TOLD FACTS ABOUT RECENT ACTS Prosecution of Jews, Cath- olics and War Veterans Give Bad ‘Impression BERLIN, July 29. Tension among Jews, Roman Catholics and World War veterans of the Steel Helmet organization is consider- ably eased today by news of a social visit of Gen. Werner von Blonmiberg to President Hitler. The general feeling prevailed in political circles that Blomberg pointed out to Hitler the interna- tional impression created by his drastic measures of the past fort- night against. “political Catholic- ism” and the Steel Helmeters and by a personal attack upon the Jews. Meanwhile there is persistent ru- mors circulated that Heinrich Him- mler, Chief of the Secret Police, and dominant figure in the 1934 Nazi blood purge, would replace Wilhelm Frick as Minister of In- terior. e FRANK T, BELL ON WAY NORTH ABOARD BRANT C om missioner ' Acompan- ied by Representative Dietrick of Penn. Frank T. Bell, Commissioner of Fisherles, left Seattle Sunday noon aboard the Brant for Alaska, ac- cording'to word to the Bureau of PFisheries here. He is expected to arrive here in about a week. L. G. Wingard, Alaska Agent for the Bureau, left Juneau today by small boat for Ketchikan where he will meet the Commissioner and come on to Juneau with him. Accompanying Commissioner Bell aboard the Brant from Seattle is Representative C. Elmer Dietrick, Democrat from Pennsylvania, who is reported to be equipped with a motion picture camera and plenty of film. Representatve Dietrick has never Seattle on the Victoria. count of the climate. 1 l Confe_z'sét'bn Lurid One, Police Say Youth Reveals Shocking| Story of Attacks on Girls, then Murder PEORIA, Tll, July 29.—Gerald Thompson confessed he rayished, then murdered pretty Mildred Hall- , mark, aged 19 years. This confes- sion was admitted over his protest when arraigned. The young mechanic is chargec with breaking the girl's neck when she resisted his attentions and pur- poses. He claimed, in testimony, he wa: tricked and said the murder charge was hardly mentioned when - de- tectives questioned him. “I am under the impression I am going to get life;” he said. Confession O.K. Thompson has not repudiated his confession however, admitting he read it before he signed it and re- called he told the police freely of “all those attacks.” The confession is called by vet- eran police officers as the most lurid document ever given them. Thompson in his purported con- fession the police said, disclosed attacks on 16 other girls and un- successful attacks on 64 others. One Line Makes Charge The Prosecutinge Attorney said he bases the murder charge on a single line of the confession: “She bit me so T hit her.” ' The confession said he hit the girl on the jaw and with his fist knodked sher, out, atlacked her then dumgped - her {hody out of“his car into a cemetery ditch and never stopped to see if she was still alive U. S.. Communist Leoder ;Addresses Sesston, Moscow MOSCOw, m,—xarl Brow- der, General Secretary of the Com- munist Party in the United States told the Seventh Communist In- ternationale that the American Communist Party is attempting to carry tradition of a fight for inde- pendence. A Browder claimed a membership in the United States of 30,000 — e INSPECTOR HERE G. A. Yardley, Inspector in the Canadian Customs, s in Juneau,!| been’ west of Chicago before and| having arrived by plane from SKag- ' chamner of Commerce, were award- in Seattle sald everyone should|way. Mr, Yardley, whose headquar-' move to the West Coast on ac-'ters is in ! Victoria, covers west- ern Canada; ARMY CAPTURES PRIZES AT RIFLE SHOOT SUNDAY [Chilkoot Soldiers Roll Up 1393 Points Out of Pos- | sible 1500, Mendenhall Officially opening the Menden- jall Rifle Range, the Army team rom Chilkoot Ba ks Sunday won _he inter-service rifle match spon- ored by the U. S, Forest Service vith a total score of 1393 points »f a possible 1500. The Juneau Rifle ind Pistol Club team took second slace with a score of 1265. All branches of the service, Army, vavy, Marines and Coast Guard ook part, as well as the local rifle lub. The teams were composed of he following men with the first 1amed as captain: Army—Bertlesen, Wright, 'ns, Krestci and Farrington. Navy—Thompson, Casey, death and Elgin. Marines—Hudson, Maddox, How- ell, Onsrud and Hensel. Coast Guard—Newell, Spratling, Pinton, Simonsen and Meyers. Rifle Club—Moller, Lowman, williams, Blanton and Andrews. Despite inclement weather, the Army team individually shot better than expert rifleman qualification, and a cup suitably engraved was presented the Army team captain by the Juneau Rifle club. The The ranges fired and individual scores follow: 200 yards, slow fire—high score, 44 of possible 50, Behrens, Army. 200 yards rapid fire—high score, 48 of possible 50, Krestci, Army. 300 yards, slow ‘fire—high score, 48 of possible 50, Farrington, Army. 300 yards, rapid fire—high score, 50 of possible 50, Newell, Coast Guard. 500 yards, slow fire—high score, 49 of possible 50, Onsrud, Marines. 500 yards, rapid fire—high score, 49 of possible 50, Elgin, Navy. Many ties for high score on indi- vidual ranges were decided under Behr- Strutz, J. L. V. Castner of the 7th Infantry was range officer and carried the match through in very efficient gslyle, Pits were handled by a de- tail of Civilian Conservation Corps {men under Sergeant Seversen. One {from the U. 8. 8. Chicago also was | detailed to duty in the pits. Army Tekes Prizes Prizes, donated by the Juneau the rules for national matches. Lt.| MEASURE GOES T0 PRESIDENT T0 SI6N; BILL PASSES SENATE Permanent Stations to Be Established for Peace Time Training and for Defenses WASHINGTON, July 29.— The Senate has passed and sent to the White House for the Presidents signature, the Wilcex bill which authorizes the establishment of six Army air defense bases, five in the United States proper and cne in the Territory of Alaska. ! The bill carries no appro- priatien but the cost will be provided for later. It is estimated the cost of the bases will be about $110,~ 000,000. The bases will be used for | permanent stations for peace- |time training of the air force and for defense against in- vasion. ARMY 1S HERE MAKE RECORD Fastest Time of Any Or- ganization Made on 15Y Mile Hike Today Company E, Seventh Infantry, United States Army, marched inte Evergreen Bowl shortly before na#k today, stacked rifles, removed packs and ate a regular army lunch. “I have the best marching come pany in the United States Army to- day,” sald Capt. H. B. Sherman, ‘Company E marched the 15% miles from the rifle range to Ever- green Bowl at a 3-miles-an-hour clip, which is a half mile faster than the normal army marching speed of 2% miles an hour.” After lunch the soldiers set up their pup tents, completed instal- lation of equipment in the camp kitchen and claimed their individual barrack bags which were brought to Juneau by truck borrowed fromy the Forest Service. Long Termers Many of the non-commissioned officers attached to Company E have served unusually long times in the U, 8. Army. Corporal George Jollie has seen 29 years of service and Corporal Lofton has been in the army 28': years. ) Sergeant G. H. Severson, declared by Capt. Sherman to measure in size to anyone in Alaska, whose weight was estimated at from 290 to 310 pounds, has apparently ironed out his differences with F. W. Red- ding, Company cook. Sergeant Sev- erson was n.c.o. in charge of the pits at the inter-service rifle match, and because he scored a “miss” for one of the Company E corponh. Cook Redding refused to feed him Saturday night.- Today Sergeant Severson was busy at construction of a bench for the camp kitchen.* Sergeant Severson, who is battalion ’ upply sergeant, is in charge of ath= letics and recreation for Company' s on the march and is in charge of the “movies” at Chilkoot Barracks. He is also Gas and Chemical War- fare nen-commissioned officer for Company E. Decisive Defeat Capt, Sherman stated that, after a chicken dinner yesterday, most of the soldiers watched Company E marksmen administer decisive de- feat to the marines and sailors at the inter-service rifle match. Oth- ers went trout fishing in Montana Creck or pitched horseshoes in camp. Several fires were built to dry out tents and bedding damp- ened by the rain. Camp All Week Company E will be camped at « the Evergreen Bow! until August 3. Captain Sherman stated that to { ed by Charles G. Burdick, Adminis- ) (Continued ‘on Pago Twor (Continued on Page Eght