The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1936, Page 2

| Sitks Satins Taffeta WOCLEN $1. Georgette Chiffon Velvet Corduroy Values to $3.50 NOW $1.00 YARD B. M. BEHRENDS “Juncau’s Leading Department Store” GOVERNOR URGES DEVELOPMENT OF MINES, AVIATION ments are located “There should be greater coopera- tion by the office of Indian Affairs and Federal and Territorial agen- cles in aiding destitute, aged, and |afflicted Indians, | should make larger appropriations for this purpose. “There should be greater activity on the part of the Federal govern- and Congress | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1, 1936. - o e - e FABRICS Batiste ‘Lawn Gingham Thvee-YearHigh. | in Home Building Reached in 193 Rayons Dimity Sateen Cretonne 3 INTERIOR DEPT. -1 MAKES REPORT . ON WORK HERE |Ickes' Annual Summary Touches on Develop- ments in Alaska (Continued Irum Fuge One) enabling the Geological Survey to carry out special mapping work in voile | Alaska. During the year four re- ‘;puhlished. while eight manuscript |reports and four more maps are | now partly completed. In addition to routine duties, nine principal projects, seven of which involved new field work, were start- ed durng the 1934 season. Six field | projects were authorized for the /1935 season, and their completion is expected sometime next spring. | Four Projects Begun | Four geological projects include I studies of that part of the Alaska Range east of the Richardson Calico .|central and soutehrn part of Ko- diak Island, the Tikchik Lake dis- ® trict of Southwest Alaska, and a 1gencral study of the permanently frozen ground as affecting mining ports and two maps have been| |Highway and north of Slana, the| Congress to appropriate s40.ooo-fon1 vocaticnal work here. i Hospitals Needed | The building of native hospitals | at Bethel, Keichikan, Seward, Kan- | | akanak and Kotzebue are urged in |the report of the Medical Service |of the Indian Bureau. The service | |reported that the only expansion | lof its service during 1935 was the | addition of E as expressed in the report | | that sufficient funds would be raised by means of the Christmas Seal Sale of the Alaska Tubercu: Icsis Association to fight the “white | | plague” among the natives of the Territory, who are 10 to 12 time: more susceptible to it than those of many other regions. | Division Reports | The Division of Territories and | Island Possessions cooperated with ! the FERA in the establishment of the Matanuska colony, aided in the restoration of Nome after its fire, | and organized the interdepartment- | |al committee on Alaska affairs to | further the coordination of Federal | activities here. A long-range program for colon- ization and development of Alaska’s ‘H:n;vl’ul resources is expected to | result from the series of meetings held on various phases of the divi-! sion's work here. | Rail Outlook Good } The Alaska Railroad reports thati early in this year an examination of the Eska coal leases, which is the railway’s emergency coal re- serve, was completed. A tunnel 1500 feet underground was driven | enemete — two traveling nurses.| 7 . Miss Marguerite Moore MINE WORK ment toward the extermination of | NOW 25°¢ YARD Woman Leads Labor ¥ | Nome districts. NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—America dug | developments in the Fairbanks and |, . o poge Tcurist traffic increased over the previous year, according to the re- port, while cooperation continued to be given to the fields of agri- culture and mining. Total revenue of the Alaska Railroad for the year was $1,476,567.76, or an increase of 144 per cent over 1934. Freight hauled gained by 15,702 tons, while the number of passengers carried increased by 7,486 A good outlook for next year is suggested in the report, due to \stimulated mining conditions and |the larger traffic caused by the | Matanuska colony. ARC Kept Busy The road work at Matanuska, in Two topographic field projects| include the continuation of survey-| ing and mapping in the Admiralty Island area, and in the Alaska Range region, in the Tok Valley| and sectipns south of Tanana Cross- | ing. . | . The Geglogical Survey also re- | ported that' it supervised one power project, two leases, one license and nine prospecting permits for coal, !and 100 prospecting permits for oil |and gas. A total of 56,993 acres of land in the Territory are now clas- sified as coal land. Surveying Under Way | The Cadastral Engineering Serv-| {ice of the General Land Office lo-|addition to its extensive regular icated new surveying projeets in the | guties, provided a busy year for Territory, and a new map of Al-|the Alaska Road Commission. Sev- aska is now being printed | eral hundred extra men were tem- The General Land Office reports porarily employed by means of a total of 61 homestead entries pwa funds for the new projects, here during 1935, totalling 7,068 and approval of the proposed air- acres. port program will also greatly en- School Needs Told large the usual work of the com- An immediate need for replace-|mission. ‘ment of worn out shacks which in many instances are serving as - - BOUND FOR SOUTH Population Increase Would predatory animals and other ene- | mies of the fish, game animals, and Result Through Promot- ing Mineral Resources | game birds of the Territory. 1 Transportation Need ik | “I urge liberal appropriations for (Ceatinued from Page One) | the improvement of national parks i |and mounments and the encourage- may be advanced further by encour- ‘ment of tourist travel in Alaska agement to .mining—particularly | “Efficient management of the Al- gold mining—than in any other way. | aska Railroad has practically elim Increased Population nated the deficit in connection witl “The advancement for mining ac- |its operation. The railroad. as wel tivities always means an increase in |as highways, air fields, etc., shoul population, and people is what Alas- | be treated liberally and their utili- ka needs more than any other one |zation to the fullest extent encour- thing. Increased population means |aged. greater consumption of foodstuffs| “In the development:of Alaska and other things produced in the perhaps the greatest need whicl Territory. Government can supply is adequat: “This suggests the need for more transportation. I have especially in and better roads and more airplanes 'mind, roads, trails, bridges, and a! end better aids to navigation; lib- service. In order to develop the re- cral appropriations for roads, bridges, | sources of the Territory the Fed- trails, and airways are those indi- eral Government should be libera! Full Territorial Government In this report, the Governor touch- ed in detail on all the activities of the Territory, pointing to advance- ments that have been made and those contemplated and needed, and recommended in conclusion as fol- lows: “I recommend the establishment of a full Territorial form of govern- ment in Alaska. No people are so interested in their state as those who live in it and there are none so qualified to determine the problems and policies of the government. The Territory should have authority to create county or other organizations to control local matters, bringing the government closer to the people. That is impossible under the pres- ent system. Depends On Mining | “Continued growth of Alaska de- | pends largely upon vigorous devel- opment of mining—articularly gold| ¢ Public domain in Alaska as a mining. Such deveiopment would | cause expansion of population and | increase in all phases of human ac- tivity. Title to nearly all the mineral lands in Alaska is in the Federal government. The Federal govern- ment should assist in the develop- ment of this land, and to that end I urge sufficient appropriations [or the United States Geological Survey and Bureau of Mines to dg this worl and to permit their cooperation wi.h the Territory and the office of the Territorial mining organization. The increase in gold valuation will fos- ter gold mining development, but a system of guick examinations of new and old discoveries would stimulate prospecting and contribute to min- ing development. The area and re- sources of Alaska would provide, if| developed, relief for the over popu- | lation of congested centers through- | out the country. People brought to Alaska tp prospect for gold and find- | ing employment in public worksl would furnish population that would | make markeis for agriculiurai pro- | duets, timber, and other resources of g ey I government ought to | fur farmers title to not less | the lands they | l | hases of this transportation scheme. |coast. To cooperate with the Navy |'n contributing to all these things. Right now, perhaps, the matter of | paramount importance is the devel- opment of air service and of first |consequence in air service is air- imnll routes. A mail route through |the territory from the States tc Nome with airports in Ketchikan Juneau, Fairbanks, Nome, and ohter ports. A route from Anchorage or Fairbanks, or both, to the Kusko- kwim country at Bethel is also great- ly needed. This would require not only funds for carrying the mail bu' (e building and improving of air fields and other aids for aerial in- vestigations . where necessary. Not anly is quick distribution of mails es- {sential, the operation of planes on scheduled routes would be impossible yWithout mail contracts. I earnestly |"ecommend appropriations for all “I urge the extension of a com- prehensive program of survey for means of increasing populations. “The construction of ap interna- |tional highway connecting the high- |ways of the United States, through | British Columbia and Yukon Terris tory, with the highways of Alaska would contribute immeasurably to the growth of Alaska and it ought to be built at the earliest possible time, “1 believe the general reindeer supervisor should be given all of the authority that is necessary to | carry on his recommendations in the | field. “Improvement to harbors and waterwa hould be continued and speeded up. | | "“The establishment of Naval and | | Army bases in Alaska is urged. Alas- |ka’s position on the shortest route to the Orient would give submarines | and airplanes command over the sea | and make impossible a hostile move- ment of fleets of warships or trans- ports against the American Pacific | there should be Army airplanes and | other Army forces.” — e | AUTO LICENSE PLATES | Get your 1936 licensg plates NOW | and operate your car with a clear| conscience, Territorial fee, $10; City fee, $5. Get your plates NOW! A. W. HENNING, |, | —ady, City Clerk. | |FINAL RITES FOR | |away the depression debris and be- |gan again, in respectable quantities, {to build homes in 1935. As a consequence, residential building in 1935 exceeded 1934 by 85 percent in the first eleven months, with December expected to make lit- le difference in the full year's gain, Home construction far outstripped ither forms of building in the rate of its climb. The Associated Press easonally adjusted index for this :lassification had improved by late 935 to the best levels since early 1932. More In 1936 The expenditure of public funds, nostly WPA projects of the federal jovernment with some minor aid on the part of states andanunicipalities, helped swell totals, but its major ffect was not expected to be felt | mtil well into 1936, All classes of construction, total rontracts awarded in the 37 states ast of the Rocky mountains, as com- siled by the F. W. Dodge Corp., were ) percent higher in the first 11 nonths of 1935 than in the same reriod of 1934. Such factors as higher rents, a ent-up demand for homes partially mdammed by better employment nd business conditions, and some elaxation of the mortgage money narket operated to boost home con- truction to an estimated 70,000 units n 1935. Yet housing experts estimate that ased on the normal year-to-year 1ew and replacement need for homes he nation is some seven to ten mil- ion dwellings behind in’ its house suilding. ; Unit Homes In this situation they see the hope O better things ahead for the in- ustry in 1836.. Such unpredictable ‘actors as costs, which showed little *hange in 1935 from the previous | sear, and a further thawing of mort- 3age funds, were admittedly uncer- ain factors, but did not appear to iampen the optimism of most build- ing trade men. Efforts went forward in 1935 hough still on a relatively small scale, to tan the.“mass-cansumption” | hausing field, through pre-fabricated | units of very low cost. To some | housing authorities the most promis- ing long-range goal of the lndmtr,v‘ appears to-be the development of | homes costing $2,000 to $5,000. e LIGGETT TOMORROW, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 1.—Fun- eral services with full military hon- ors are planned tomorrow for Gen. | Hunter Liggett, world war fyure‘ who died here Monday. Mourners filed past the flower-banked coffin of the dead veteran today as it lay in state in the ¢fty hall réturida. To Train Teachers | EMPQRIA, Kas. — Dr. John H. Furbay of the educl_!‘.!lon demnm% “v‘mw direct o | teachers' quarters and school houses is reported by the Office of Indian Mrs. R. H. Stevens is a passenger teacher training during a reorgan- ization of Liberia’s edueation sys- tem by the League of Nations. | 1 New York State Federation o Labor has a woman vice Prdddent, Miss Betty Hawley. She’s seen ai Albany conyention of or where Gov. Herbert Lehman was bailed as “laber’s gzeatest friend.” e ~ “Tomorrew’s Styles Taday” IR FHoalth 'S .\7—/;[) iness_ X Another opportunity to enjoy our job of serving you in a friend- ly, helpful way. Every good wish for your continued well- being is in our hegarts. | Affairs for Alaska, which adds that for the south on the Princess Norah “herc are at least 25 villages which|and will be absent for several weeks, have not been provided with on pleasure and also on business in schools. connection with thc Jones-Stevens Ninety-nine schools and two Shop. | boarding schools for Indians and Eskimos are now operating in the! | Territory, with a total enrollment! | of 4,300 pupils. Vocational Work | By an act approved March 14, 11935, the Territory accepted the| | Vacational Education Act and ap- | propriated $30,000 for 1935-37, and | biennially thereafter, for matching | Pederal funds, $15,000 of which was allotted this year. Classes of this | type have been established in many | communities, and a bill is now [pending before the next session of in T TR T i Miss Marguerite Moore, who was I selected from among 150 other “flying’ Dianas” as the ideal air- line hostess, is 23, five feet two; | weighs 110 pounds and is an ex- | pert sportswormals KARPIS SEARCH LEADS OFFICERS TOKANSAS CITY Public Enemy No. | Re- ported to Have Occupied Cabin Camp on Monday KANSAS CITY, Jan. 1.—The na- tionwide hunt for Alvin Karpis, public enemy No. 1, centered here today on basis of reports he had paid the city a . New impetus was given to the search when a cabin camp proprietor said a picture of Karpis strongly resembled the com- panion of Homer Fanning, who told officers when arrested yesterday, he had been travelling with the notor- | ious outlaw. Ollie Smith, the camp proprietor, said the two men occupied the cabin Monday night. G NEW YEAR! GOOD CHEER! GOOD MUSIC! GOOD FOOD! Open till you say when! AGCUSE N: i M. OF CLASS WAR i {Union Journal Declares { Labor Will ““Accept the Challenge” WASHINGTON, Jan. i — The United. Mine Workers, in“an edi- torial appearing in their, union journal, accused the National Asso- ciation of Manufacturers of “braz- enly fomenting a class war,” and declared, “Labor and the ‘common people accept the challenge.” The editorial in the union’s jour- nal recalled criticism of the Pres- ident’s labor relief policies by the manufacturer’s convention recently in New York, and added: “All right, gentlemen; you have de- clared war on the President and all those who approve his policies. You bhave declared war against labor and the entire mass of common people of this nation.” Classing the association’s atti- tude as a gross blunder, the editor- ial said the time had passed when its members could compel people ‘o vote as they, the manufacturers, saw fit. “The common people,” de- clared the union journal, “can out- vote you ten to one at the polls.” The editorial also classified the National Association of Manufac- turers as the “most notorious anti- union association iin the | United States.” e BOY OF 14 KILLS COUSIN, AGE SIX UNION CITY, N. J.,, Jan. 1.—Jerry May, 14, is being held by authorities here on a charge of slaying his cous- in, Sergio Sciarra, aged six. The older boy admitted beating the child with a hammer and slash- ing his uncle, Josefih Sciarra, 32, with a knife. The yncle’s congdition is critical. HILO VOLCANO SLAGKS FURY HILO, Hawaii, Jan. 1.—The erup- tion of the Mauna Loa volcano, after several weeks of activity, appeared to be in its last stages. Dr. Thomas Jaggar, government | volecanologist, predicted January 10 would see the end of its present out- | burst . I i MIKE PUSICH 000000000000 s