The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1936, Page 1

4 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7168, _ SENATE PLAN HAS APPROVAL OF VETERANS New Measure Introduced in Upper House by Ad- ministration Forces CASH CONVERSION AT POST OFFICE Three Per Cent Issue Would Be Dated June 15, This Year—Mature 1945 WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Pay- ment ot the bonds in fifty dollar baby bonds, convertible into cash at local post offices was proposed today in the Senate by Adminis- tration forces. Senator Pat Har- rison, of Mississippi, introduced the bill. No New Taxes Senator Harrison predicted his bill would be enacted into law and said no new taxes would be re- quired to raise funds at this time. The three per cent bonds would be dated June 15, 1936, and would run until June 15, 1945, the original maturity date of the veterans' serv- ice certificates. Vet Heads Satisfied Leaders of three veteran organi- zations reported they were satisfied with the Senate payment measure. The Senate Finance Committee ap- proval was expected later today. JUNEAUDEMOS SAIL TOMORROW FOR CONVENTION First Division Delegation Will Be Headed by Chair- man M. E. Monagle “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1936. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS * PRICE TEN CENTS | PROPOSE PAYING BONUS, - e | | | | | | | i | | | This Associated Press radiophoto shows America’s air hero, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, carrying his three-year-old sonm, Al 2 | Jon, down the gangplank of the American Trader on arriving in Liver- pool, England, in search of safely and seclusion. Mrs. Lindbergh was with him. (Associated Press Photo) HAUPTMANN 1§ READY TO TELL MORE DETAILS Convicted Man Says He Will Undergo Further Questioning TRENTON, N. J,, Jan. 13.—Bruno Rudyard Kipling I3 Operated Upon LONDON, Jan. 13. — Rudyard | Kipling, Great Britai.; famous bard, became seriously ill yesterday and underwent an emergency op- eration in a London hospital for a gastric disorder. His condition to- |day is reported satisfactory. | | It is reported that the Italians WEATHER AIDS ETHIOPIANS IN ' HALTING DRIVE i Invaders Fimeavy Rains in North — Lack of Water in South PLANE CRASHES AS | ATTACKS CONTINUE 'British Wa-rg]_ips Move— More Troops Sent South from Rome DJIBOUTI, French Somaliland, Jan. 13. — The Fascist invaders’ campaigns are being seriouly hamp- ered by weather, which is oppasite on the two main frontiers. ! Troop movements in the north are hindered by the driving early rains, which are turning Italidm~ constructed roads into mud holes or washing them away. The lack of water and terrific heat in the desert regions in the south, to- gether with malarial fevers, also complicated the invaders' drive. are pushing their aerial attacks on :southwestern river valley settle- ‘ments. A neutral observer said that| air squadrons bomb courses be-! |tween Shibeli, Ganale and Doria| ‘for two hours daily. ¥ | The crash of an Italian bomber on a hillside near Asmara took the lives of three Italian soldiers. | FOUR SHIPS SAIL | LONDON, Jan. 13.—Four British | warships steamed southward from ! Portsmouth today, enroute to Medi- | terranean posts which are being vacated by four others. [FORMER NOME and England’s fleet at Alexandria, MINER KILLED 1 DUCE SENDS TROOPS ! ROME, Jan. 13.—Thirty-five hun- g‘victor Mickelson \Dies When dred more troops embarked in two steamers from Naples for Afric: ! today, as a continuance of Il Duce’s| program of bolstering his armed ,strength in Ethiopia. i B — | Headed by Divisional Chairman Hauptmann told his wife today, in 2 M. Ee_ Monag};e, Juneau delegates to short interview, that he is ready to the Territorial Democratic conven- Undergo further questioning by any tion at Seward which opens next of the authorities. He said he woult!‘ Saturday will take passage aboard Uell anything he might have neglect- | the Northwestern tomorrow. They ©d 10 say but reasserted his inno- | will spend next Saturday, Sunday Cence. He told his wife he felt sur? and Monday in Seward, catching thatscmetime the trutn of the Lind- | PROCESS LEVY MUST 00 gack FARM PROGRAM IN AGGIDENT Auto Careens Over Em- bankment in Seattle | SEATTLE, Jan. 13. — Victor E. Mickelson, 31, former Nome resident, was killed when an automobile ca- reened over a 29-foot embankment and landed upside down on the road below. Arne 8. Ulbrickson, driver, and Mrs. Alice Mickelson, wife of the | lead man, were injured. port to Ships of Italy’s Navy Mobilizing Oft Asia Minor SHIP WRECKED ON COAST; 34 DEAD BABY BONDS Another concentration of I1 Duce’s warships, such as this above during maneuvers, is reported taking near the Dodecanese Islands off the coast of Turkey whi Egypt. France, Turkey, reat Britain in event rf\’avy Aviation Expediii;)n Is Yo i G bave pledged their [ lavia an reece ve ples ir sup- Italy attacks her. B located close to the Suez Canal On Way North;Carrier Ranger and 2 Destroyers Are Coming FORMER MAYOR NEW YORK CITY LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 13.— Development of wartime flying doc- trines for complete opposites of cli- matic and weather conditions will be the missions of two Navy Aviation expeditions leaving San Diego this week. Today, the Navy's new alrcraft | | | | | | | CALL FOR AID MADE | 1 | | ENTIRE CREW DIES AS GALE BATTERS SHIP Steamer Smashed tc Pieces in Storm Off Colum- bia River WIRELESS FADES AS Coast Guard Vessels U able to Approach Within Mile BULLETIN— Astoria, Oregon, Jan. 13.—Coast guardsmen, searching for the bodies of the 34 vie- | tims of the steamer Iowa 1 disaster, have recovered | only eight. The entire | crew perished. POUNDED TO PIECES ASTORIA, Ore, Jan. 13. — The freighter Towa, of the States Steam- ship Company, smashed to pieces on | the sands of Peacock Spit in a | southeast hurricane Sunday morn- ing. Commander R. Stanley Patch, of the Coast Guard cutter Onondago, said it seemed conclusive that every member of the Iowa's crew of 34 has been drowned. A number of bodies were washed ashore soon after the freighter smashed. Hits Terrific Seas | The Iowa was outbound from the Columbia River for the east coast, carrying general cargo, when she hit terrific seas about 4 a.m. Sunday and was swept ashore. Her wireless faded even as the distress signal was being sent, and only the top mast remained visible as darkness fell over the scene. The Jowa was under command of Capt. Edgar L. Yates, veteran skip- | per of the States line, although this was his first trip on the Towa. Guarder Is Beaten carrier Ranger, in command of Capt. | Arthur Bristol, will sail for the| So high were the seas, the Coast Aleutian arga, Alaska, and conduct Guard Cutter’s life boats could ap- epochal cold weather flight opers- Proach no nearer than one mile. tions. | The Onondaga herself took a bitter | beating in the storm. One of her On Thursday, Rear Admiral Fred- | ° @ erick J. Horne will take a base force small Doste e crdatisd Aua oo siderable gear swept away. It is j=o & gaol s ahg leqve o) "doubtful if she could have saved any DIES ON SUNDAY John F. Hylan Passes Away as Result of Attack of Heart the Northwestern on her return bergh Kidnaping would come out from Kodiak. Those who have so far signified their intention of attending the convention include, beside the chair- man, William A. Holzheimer, Frank the electric chair were cloaked in | secrecy today. Two Washington at- | A. Boyle, James S. Truitt and E. W. Griffin. A special round trip convention Burkinshaw, have been suddenly | | Supreme Court today ruled that two | rate has been arranged by the Al- aska Steamship Company of $53.60 on the upper deck, $48, lower deck. UTILITY ACT ATTACKED IN N. C. COURT Brief Filed by Davis Holds Laws “Manifest Viola- tion of Constitution” and “I hope they do not have the murder of an innocent man on their conscience by that time.” Efforts to save Hauptmann from torneys, Nugent Dcdds and Neil added to the legal staff. CLEMENCY DENIED | 'RENTON, N. J, Jan. 13— The State Court of Pardons last Satur- {day decided that Bruno Richard Hauptmann must die for the Lind- bergh baby murder. | After an all-day session, the Court ‘issued the terse announcement that Hauptmann’s application for clem- (ency “was today denied.” | The decision ended all but the |most forlorn hopes for Hauptmann to {escape the electric chair next Fri- day night. His only hope lies either with Governor Harold G. Hoffmann jor the courts, and both hopes are| |desperate ones. | Remaining Hoves CHARLOTTE, N. C, Jan. 13.—The| The Governor might delay the ex- New Deal's Utility Holding Com-|ecution by a reprieve of not more pany Act is described by John W.|than ninety days, but even this pow- Davis as a “manifest violation of the |er is doubted by both the Governor Constitution” in a brief filed here in the Circuit Court of Appeals. The attorney called the act an at- tempt to seize new sweeping pow- ers and supports the decision of Fed- eral Judge Coleman of Baltimore, Nov. 7, holding the law unconsti- tutional. The case arose from an appeal by trustees of the American States Pub- lic Service Company as to whether they should register as required by the law. e Hugh W. Terhune, Executive Of- ficer of the Alaska Game Commis- sion, is due to return to Juneau to- morrow aboard the steamer North- western, after a short trip on official business to Wrangell. |and Attorney-General. Hauptmann’s chances of further delay through the courts lay in ‘chree directions: a habeas corpus ac- tion by the Federal court; an ap- Ppeal for a new trial to Justice Thom- as W. Trenchard, his trial judge; or a new request to the U. S. Su- preme Court to review proceedings. The latter was rejected once. Defense Attitude The defense attitude is best voiced ’by the prisoner’s wife, who said: “I don’t know anything about law, but 1 realize there can’t be much left to fight with now. But we will go on to the end of the road.” Mrs. Hauptmann was visibly shak- * (Continued on Page Two) 1Supreme Court Rules Two | Hundred Million Must Be Returned by Govt. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13— The (hundred million dollars in process- |ing taxes under AAA, .mpounded by the courts, must be returned to the | taxpayers. It refused to pass on the validity of the Bankhead cotton act at this time and adjourned without ruling on the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority act. The tax decision did not go into whether the processors had to prove they had not passed the tax on to ~onsumers before they could recover. | This was the main point at issue. The decision was unan.mous by the nine justices. ! Review of the Bankhead act is an- ticipated later as another case in- | volving this law has been filed by Gov. Eugene Talmadge of Georgia and will give the court another op- portunity to rule on it. EARLY MORNING FiRE ON DOUGLAS ISLAND; HOUSE IS DESTROYED One of the three houses near Fish Creek on the north end of Douglas Island, opposite the Kendler Dairy on Glacier Highway, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning, according to word brought to Ju- neau by several travelers on the Glacier Highway. Two of the houses, one of which is reported to be unoccupied, are T0 TA_EPAYERS; REPLAGING AAA . - DECIDED UPON New Bill, Retaining Alll i ‘Valid’ Provisions, Un- animously Voted ' WASHINGTON,; Jan. 13.—A farm program, centered uUpon government subsidizing of soil conservation, has been approved unanimously by farm leaders called dn counsel with the Administration on a substitute for AAA. Authoritative sources said the bill, secretly drafted two days ago in New Deal quarters, wlil quickly be revised to embody the legislative recommendations of 100 spokesmen for the nation’s major farm organi- zations. In addition to soil conservation, the farm group called for retention of the “valid” provisions of the ad- Jjustment act whose processing taxes and benefit payments were outlawed last Monday by the Supreme Court. Further expansion in foreign mar- kets with surplus crops and new taxes on processor's livestock and dairy products were urged. ———————— Unemployment in Sweden Easing Off STOCKHOLM, Jan. 13. — Only twenty million kroner or about $5,- 100,000, will be needed to combat unemployment in Sweden in 1936, the Government announced at the opening of Parliament. said to be owned by a man named Nelson, and the third house belongs to a chicken-rancher named Swan- son, formerly of the Gold Creek Grocery. Last year the amount to aid un- employment was twice that sum while in 1934 unemployment expen- ditures totalled one hundred and sixty million kroner. ‘The group was returning from the 13.—Former wedding of Miss Margaret Anderson, | Mayor John F. Hylan died of heart Seattle, and Mr. Lawrence Mead, | trouble at his home in Forest Hills Nome, who left after the ceremony |early Sunday at the age of 67. He for a honeymoon in California an | was Justice of the Children’s Court hour before the crash. (at the time of his death. Mickelson had been working in the| puring eight years that he was Hammon Mining Company in Nome | Mayor of New York, John F. Hylan NEW YORK, Jan. | for the past three years. He had been | hecame best known perhaps as here two months. NIPPONESE T0 REMAIN WITH NAVAL PARLEY Will Not Leave Conference Unless Other Powers Force Issue champion of the five-cent fare on the city's street railways and sub- way systems. He used that as an ue in an effort to gain a third term in 1925, but was defeated in the Democratic primaries by James J. Walker, then a State Senator, and at the con- clusion of his second term resumed the practice of law. First elected Mayor in 1917, Mr. Hylan during his first term—in the stress, of war excitement—success- fully fought every attempt to in- crease the car fare. That was one of the principal issues of his sec- ond campaign and, because of the i militant stand he took, he was re- elected by a plurality unprecedented in a city election up to that time. LONDON, Jan. 13.—Informed Na- self aboard the flagship Wright for Panama from where he will direot a massed flight next month of 36 glant trans-oceanic flying boats on “advance base” circumnavigation of the Caribbean Sea. The Ranger Expedition will mark the first time that an American air- | craft carrier and her planes have | ever operated under sub-Arctic con- | ditions. From the lessons learned | thereby, the Navy hopes to lay the foundations for definite cold weather flight operating doctrines, including surmounting of such obstacles as| ;starting motors at low temperatures, § | formation of ice on the wings, navigation in thick weather peculiar to the Aleutians, and comfort of the flight personnel. The Ranger will be accompanied by the destroyers Lea and Roper. The expedition is scheduled. to stop | at the Puget Sound Navy Yard on Friday for extra stores and equip- ment and then sail the following day for the Gulf of Alaska. The expedition is scheduled to re- lives had the guarder been able to approach, however, as the only life seen aboard were three men clinging to the rigging at dawn, and these | were soon washed away by the ter- rific seas. As lifeboats entered the Columbia (Continued on Page Three) RAILS RALLY AIDING STOCK PRICES TODAY Packing and Other Issues Are in Demand— Close Steady NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—A late rally in rails helped to brighten the Stock val Conferenee observers understand Japanese delegates to interpret their Saturday’s instructions from Tokyo as authorizing them to re- main at parley temporarily, unless the other powers force the issue by officially rejecting the Japanese demand for equality. The Japanese spokesman indi- cated that the Anglo-Japanese con- ference scheduled to take place sometime today was expected to determine the immediate course of the Nipponese délegation. Saturday’s message from Tokyo instructed the Japanese delegation | “to attempt further conciliation be- fore walking out of the conference.” L D A, NEILL TO SKAGWAY K. N. Neill, Auditor for the Public Works A tration, is to sail for Skagway aboard the Northwestern, and will attend to PWA business in that city. Elected, Bitter Campaign When he first ran for Mayor, Mr. Hylan was opposed by the late John Purroy Mitchel, a Democrat, who four years previously had been successful on a fusion ticket and was seeking re-election. It was one of the bitterest campaigns on rec- ord, but Mr. Hylan won by a sub- stantial majority. His term was marked by many violent controver- sies, chiefly due to his stand on the car fare issue. The Mayor insisted that certain interests were con- stantly striving to increase the fare turn to San Diego about February 21. . ROXY ROTHAFEL Market picture today. Packing, oil and specialties were also in demand today. ‘There was considerable profit tak- ing in sports, and there was many gains from fractions to one point or more. Today’s close was steady. DIES SUDDENLY NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Samuel L.| NEW YORK, Jan. 13. — Closing Rothafel, film producer known to|quotation of Alaska Juneau minc thousands of theatre goers as Roxy, |stock today is 157%, American Can |died today as the result of an attack | 132, American Power and Light 9%, of the heart in his rooms in the | anaconda 29, Bethlehem Steel 52%, in violation of the terms of con-|ov! Gotham. Surtiss-Wright 4%, General Motors tracts between the city and mei 5%, International Harvester 59%, *inaily, 8 Jeplla Palmer Postmostor 8%, Southera ‘Railvay 184, Pound y, a leg ve committee . , . was appointed to investigate his ad- | Nomed by F-D-R- $4.97, Bremner 16 at 21. ministration. The committee held many sessions over a long period| WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Presi- and while it made certain recom-!dent Roosevelt has nominated May (Continued on Page Seven) Alaska, DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, | Kennedy to be postmaster at Palmer, | Jones averages: Industrials 146.52, rails 43.27, utilities 30.38. R S T r—