The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 8, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7191, “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1936. . MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS EX-VICE PRESIDENT CURTIS SUCCUMBS BITTER WINTER BALES TIE UP TRAINS, ROADS Worst Storm of Year Howls Down Over Dakotas, Nebraska Sections TEMPERATURES ARE MODERATING HERE Puget Sound-(lztting Relief| from Cold Wave Which Swept Northwest | CHICAGO, Feb. 8. — Blizzards brought more sub-zero cold eastward today from the Rockies, piling up the Northwestern states deep in| snow. Railroad traffic was paralyzed. | Whirling along at 40 miles ang hour, the cold wave sent tempera- tures down as far as 52 below in some | places. Drifts reared high on 'h)gh-‘ ways from Montana to Iowa. Train | and bus schedules were suspended | over South Dakota and Nebraska af- ter high winds had whipped down eight inches of snow over the roads' and highways, the gale from the | north bringing the central western; states the worst blizzard in years. WARMER ON PUGET SOUND SEATTLE, Feb. 8— Rising tem- peratures along the Alaska and Brit- ish Columbia coasts, accompanied by a real snowstorm at Vancouver, Fame ior Cinderciia Chorin BLIZZARDS PARALYZE MIDDLE WES 4 5 | When Eleanor Powell, inset, dancing star of a current Broadway i | study, Marjorie Gayle, stepped inf | | Cinderella type bécause they brought overnight fame to Miss Gayle. musical comedy, was forced out of the cast by illness, her under- to her shoes which proved of the, 'RfliflsvaEl_T IN Southwest Maés rPlrrozgfan'l DISCUSSION OF TAX BILL PLAN White House Conferences Held Today—Income Returns Awaited WASHINGTON, Feb. 8— Plans ‘or a tax bill to finance the new farm >ill went forward in White House :onference today as President Roose- relt summoned Secretary of Treas- ury Henry Morgenthau and Daniel 3ell, Acting Budget Director, for a orivate talk. In some Congressional circles R00sevelt is reported to be awaiting 1ext month’s income tax returns be- fore finally deciding whether to ‘ecommend any new taxes. The »pinion is expressed that if the re- urns should live up to Treasury es- imates, the government could get Yy without levying higher taxes now, despite the enactment of the Bonus | Bill - BORAH SLATE IN ' OHIO PRIMARIES ~ SEEMS CERTAIN Indication State’s Party 1 of state-and. civic authorities at Tulsa, Okla:, it Baciland: to Cleifi Up |_nem States proposed as members of compact | Cave hideout in Cookson hills J. Edgar Hoover @ of extradition. It is believed that this compact would materially speed up justice and prevent criminals from making contacts with fixers and henchmen who delay the course of the law. It would also materially aid G-men in their law en- 4 Avin Karpis] Legislatures of seven western states now have under consideration a program designed to close the badlands of the southwest to the desperadoes who at various times during their criminal careers have taken refuge there. At a recent conference 5 STRICKEN WITH HEART ATTACK INWASHINGTON Running Mate of Hoover and Long-time Kansas Senator Was 76 'DIES SUDDENLY AFTER |MEAL WITH HIS SISTER Had Planned to Campaign This Year for Gov. Lan- don of Home State WASHINGTOIN, ¥eob. 8.—Charles Curtis, former Vice-President and long-time Senator from Kansas, is dead here at the age of 76 as the re {sult of an attack of the heart. Dr. George H. Calver, Capital phy= sician, announced this forenoon: “The Honorable Charles Curtis, former Vice-President of the United | States, died from an attack of the heart at 10:25 o'clock this date.” . Since the expiration of his term as Vice-President, Curtis has prac- ticed law in the National Capital and made his home with his sister, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann. Only recently Curtis planned to resume political activities in the interest of Gov Alfred M. Landon. Dies Suddenly For several days the former Vice- President had been suffering from a forcement activities under J, Edgar Hoover. Alvin was proposed that state lines be leveled to allow Karpis, Public Enemy No. 1, has been reported cold but was apparently recovering. | He ate breakfast as usual this morn- [ 15-Ounce Baby FITTS CLEARED |5 e L0S ANGELES cy Lee Vogt today battled for life against jaundice and un- Jury Verdict Brings End to| California’s Bitter Poli- | ing and was feeling relieved. His sis- "lv:‘ went shopping. Curtis was sud- denly stricken and the maid tele- — (phoned Mrs. Gann to come home Elmmedlnlcly. The maid also tele- |phoned Curtis's law office and Dr. |Calver was notified and hurried w {the Gann home but Curtis had died in the presence of only the maid. General grief was expressed around the Capitol today, especially was a tribute paid by Vice-President John | Nance Garner to his old friend. Funeral arrangements are pend- ing. | Regulars Will Swing Sup- port to Colonel Knox hiding out in the Cookson hills where the numere caves and terrains offer ideal concealment, FULL PROGRAM | ANNOUNCED FOR' LINCOLN'S DAY authorities of one state to pursue a criminal into promised relief for the Pacific North- another state and return with him without process west from the winter’s eoldest weath- | er. It was snowing in Eastern Wash- ington. After a low of eight below zero in Spokane, Central Washing- | ton was cloudy today with occasion- | al rain and snow forecast tomight for coastal regions. | First Marriage, Matanuska Colonists, Occurs Last Night PALMER, Alaska, Feb. 8.— (Special Correspondence) — The st marriage between colonist families took place last night at the home of David Onkka, in Palmer. | | i COLUMBUS, O, Feb. 8— The|™ |Secretary of State’s office issued pe- | titions today to permit Senatpr Wil- liam E. Borah of Idaho to enter a wAR IN AFR'GA dernourishment but the doctors |full slate of delegates in the Ohio | said the 15-ounce, six-day old primary. FALLS BAGK IN tical Court Battle _— MODERATING HERE ! mite is holding her own. To | Frank R.Fauver, former State Di- combat undernourishment, the |rector of Public Works, obtained the doctors utilized a rubber tube to | Detitions and said he did so at the inject the mother’s milk directly |request of former United States Sen- into the baby's stomach. ,ator Roscoe McCulloch and John 8 8. bt e ik {Knight, Akron publisher. Temperatures were moderating in | Juneau and vicinity last night and | today, according to U. 8. Meteoro- | logist Howard J. Thompson. The | Of Indian Ancestry Jow point was eight degrees above zero at 3 a.m. today. At 8 o'clock it | was 10 above and at noon the mer- cury had risen to 12 above. It was reported warmer down the coast with 20 above at Ketchikan and 18 above at Prince Rupert. The forecast for tonight and Sun- day is cloudy with possible snow flurries with moderate to fresh east- | erly winds. A Foss tug and scow are report held up at Taku Harbor due to| rough seas. She has been there sev-| eral days waiting to come on into Juneau. The vessel Amy started out this morning with supplies for An- nex Creek but was forced to turn| back because of choppy water. TRANSATLANTIC AIR MAIL RUNS ARE DISCUSSED German Officials in Wash-| ington for Conference, Eager for Results WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.— Eager to hasten the long-sought flying of mail and passengers across the At- Jantic.on scheduled runs, German of- ficials, came here for conferences | ted | | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.—A jury verdict today clearing District At- torney Byron Fitts of perjury charg- | es marked the end of one of the | most bitter political battles in Los | Angeles county’s history. The jurors | took only one ballot after two hours deliberation last night to clear Fitts {of false testimony in connection with | the Hollywood girl bazaar prosecu- | tion, Motion for dismissal on similar charges against his sister and secre- tary, Mrs. Berthal Gregory, will be heard Monday. LOCOMOTIVE JUMPS RAILS Fireman Is Killed—Others Are Reported to Be Injured ALLENDALE, South Carolina, Feb. 8.—Southern Train No. 24, enroute from Savannah to Columbia, was de- railed here this forenoon, killing a fireman, tentatively identified as Charles McNeill, of Columbia, and injuring several others. The locomotive left the rails drag- ging the baggage car with it and damaging other coaches. yesterday. Three German airline and gov- ernment men planned talks with of- ficers of the Interdepartmental Com- mittee on Civil Aviation at the De-{ partment of State this afternoon. With the Pacific already conquer- ed by air mail, completion of plans for an Atlantic run would mean vir- tually a world-girdling service. ———————————— ENROUTE TO SEATTLE O. L. Wilson, Ameriean Federa- tion of Labor organizer and Execu-| tive Council Members of the I. U.| M. M. S. W, left last night en-{ route for Seattle, where he will confer with Federal Labor Rela- tions Board officials before return- ing to Juneau. R. K. LAVERY IS ON SHORT TRIP SOUTH R. K. Lavery, brother of William Lavery, Fairbanks aviator, and part- owner of Lavery's Store in Fair- banks, is a passenger aboard the Victoria enroute to Seattle on a short business trip. He will meet his brother, who passed through Juneau last week, in Seattle and will return with him to Fairbanks in about two weeks. William Lavery received monetary awards and the Order of Lenin for services in con- nection with rescuing a group of Russians from an ice floe adrift in Bering Sea two years ago. STOCK PRIGES ARE ADVANCED BY AIRCRAFTS Many Issues Make Slight Gains at Short Ses- sion Today NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Aircrafts led a late but mild stock market rally at the short session today. Various mines, rubbers, oils and specialties were also improved but gains were mostly fractional at the steady close. The list stumbled over consider- able profit taking in the first hour but did not give much ground. Se- lective demand appeared near the finish of the session. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 8.—Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 16%, American Can 125%, American Power and Light 9%, An- aconda 30%, Bethlehem Steel 53%, Curtiss Wright 42, Chicago, Mil- waukee, St. Paul and Pacific Rail- road 2%, General Motors 577%, In- | ternational Harvester 667, Kenne- cott 33%, United States Steel 517, Southern Railway 15%, Cities Serv- ice 6, Pound $5.02%, Boeing Aircraft 24%, United Aircraft 29%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 150.40, rails 46.65, utilities 32.62. TALLAPOOSA ARRIVES FROM TRIP TONIGHT The Coast Guard Cutter Talla- poosa is to arrive in Juneau at 6 o'clock this evening, after being de- layed on return from her cruise by storms. The Tallapoosa has been engaged in calibrating compasses with the cutter Cyane. The move is expected to force the | Republican regulars in Ohio to take | |some action as to who they will sup- | Iport. A definite ‘possibility appeared | that the party regulars would swing | /their support to Col. Frank Knox, ’Chicago publisher. ITALY HOCKEY STARS DEFEAT AMERICANS, -1 'Surprise Up;et Marks Third i Day of German Win- ter Olympics | GARMISCH PARTENKIRCHEN, |Germany, Feb. 8— The American {hockey team’s surprising defeat by | Ttaly shared in interest with a series of accidents on the bobsled run that 1sem Donna Fox, pilot of America's leading four-man team, to the hos- pital, as the Fourth Winter Olympics completed its third day of the 11- day program. | Italy whipped the U. S. hocke. stars 2 to 1 in a bitterly-fought over- time match. Fox suffered minor injuries when |his sled overturned during a series of trial runs. He lost control on the |final curve and the sled overturned. Canada’s defending hockey cham- pions outpointed Austria 5 to 2. Christel Cranz, young German girl, demonstrated her superiority over the world’s leading women skiers by capturing the combined downhill and slalom crowns. — - M'CAFFERTY ON ALASKA i Frank McCaTny. who has been south for several weeks, is a pas- senger aboard the Alaska for his home town. B LEAVES HOSPITAL Martha Wilson, of Ketchikan, was discharged this morning from the Government Hospital, after receiv- ing surgical treatment. Young Republicans Ar-| range Gala Event for Next | Wednesday at Terminal Betty Hermon, daughter of . . e Mr. and Mrs. John Hermon and tions—Little Fishing Matthew Onkka, son of Mr. and Is Reported Mrs. David Onkka were mar- | Sl ried. GENEVA, Feb. 8—Reports from The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Benjamin Bingle. Africa indicate today that the war 3 has again lapsed into a static stage. | GOV. TROY BACK AT DESK Terminal Cafe at 6:30 p.m. February | Gov. John W. Troy returned to The Italian army’s high command | 12 under the direction of the Young | reported that the troops on the|his desk this morning in the GOV-|yen's Republican Club of Juneau southern front were consolidating ernor's Office follownig several days and* Douglas.. 1 co-operation With | their advanced positions, with the | at home with a cold. Ev.hinp:‘aua r(‘ll"(-":llng up the valley e e Eli Lindstrom and Mrs. Charles Sev | Italians Consolidate Posi- The program for the Lincoln day banquet which will be held in the | lof the Republican Committee, was | announced today. A turkey dinner will be served as| a prelude to the following program: Introduction, E. E. Engstrom, Pres- ident, Young Republican Clnb; Dra- | ' matic sketch, Mrs. L. P. Dawes; piano | |recitation, Mrs. Elizabeth Key; trum- pet solo, Byron Miller; vocal selec- | tion, Ralph Waggoner; music by the i | | Italian southern army is taking 2 firmer hold on a wide section of {own territory. No action was reported from the G u F F EY A cT came the report that the Ethiopians |likewise are consolidating their dc-‘ V) |Separation from Seattle; The speakers and their subjects ORI 3 i o3 e will be: Judge James Wickersham, INDIGENTS GET WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—The Na-|Henry Benson, “The Voice of th2 | tional Bituminous' Coal Commission | Young Republicans;” H. D. Stabler, | | Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di-| The speaking and dinner will be |mond and others objected, at theiproadcast from the main dining Relief Officials in L. A.|scattie headquarters because of the |time Lincoin Day banguets will oc | |distance. |held under the direction of the, | will be little affected by the act, asiwij] be heard over the broadcasting | LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8—Relief |prices and wages in the Temwl:/[smuuns of those cities, Henry Ben- indigents by offering unwelcome FrR e address Lincoln Day dinners all| guests train fare back to their legal CARD PARTY GIVEN |over the United States over broad- rounded up vagrants, penniless fami- be heard from 7 to 7:30 p.m., Pacific |lies, single women, juveniles, and a card party at the home of Mrs. berg, 7:30 to 8 p.m. Pacific time. Sigurd Olsen, Twelfth and B. Streets, Comsiitices: e ittt IS OPERATED ON e ; ‘t‘):“ l:r!dge, pmo.chle ll:nd.whls? w:)l(l) neau Channel are: Arrangements, eration in St. Ann's Hospital this 'be played. Reservations must be pq Garnick, Ronald Lister, Henry | Representatives and Charles Curtis wds the first mao of Indian ancestry to occupy the | Vice-Presidency of the United States. In his youth he wore the blanket of his Indian forebears on the Kaw reservation in Kansas, and at the age of 47, by his own efforts he at- tained the toga of a United States Senator. Then with the inauguration of the Hoover administration in 1929, he presided as Vice President over thu Senate, where he had served 20 years (and in which he had risen to be a Republican leader. A romantic and versatile career marked the life of Mr. Curtis. From the Indian reservation he went to be- come a jockey on the western race tracks, worked as a hack driver, em- |barked on his life profession of law and was a crusader against vice as a county prosecuting attorney, and [then was elected to the House of later to the United States Senate. Throws Down Gauntlet Immediately upon his elevation to the Vice Presidency he served no- tice that he would not pursue the course of his predecessor, Charles G. Dawes, in his efforts to revise the rules of the Senate permitting un= (Continued on. Page Two: U, S. ADAMANT IN STAND FOR LARGE VESSELS Naval Conference at Stand- still—Three Powers for Reduction WASHINGTON, Feb. 8—The Unit- ed States delegation to the Naval Conference, confronted by British, French and Italian proposals to the Technical Committee for smaller vessels, maintained its stand for 35,~ 000-ton battleships and 10,000-ton cruisers. Informed sources expressed doub% {of Webbe Gestro. Field Marshal v ALASKA MADE southwestern Ethiopia, driving the northern front. Triolian trio. fense positions, after quelling a re- Headquarters Granted— address, “Lincoln;” Judge H. B. Le- ;t.oday announced the authorization|“Lincoln and the Constitution;” 10[ a separate district for Alaska for |Frank Foster, “Lincoln and the Pres- | |adminigtration of the Guffey Coal ent Day Policies;” Albert White, “A | public hearing on January 31, to the lyoom of the Terminal from 8 p.m te with Police | : Coopera e | Commissioner George E. ACret | young Republicans Clubs at Ketchi- officials aided police departments in 181’? much higher than in continental | son announced. homes. BY MU USE wOMEN\ca.slmg stations, Benson said. men unable to work because of ill- next Tuesday afternoon and evening. | e committees which have charge Fred Hall underwent a major op- morning. He is reported to be resting [made as only a limited number of ! Pietro Badoglio reported that the From Djibouti, French Somaliland, The Speakers bellion in their ranks. North Little Affected |Fevre, “Lincoln, as I Knew Him;" LEGAL HABITATAcz |Reply to the New Deal.” | | e | inclusion of the Alaska district with |5 9:30 p.m. over KINY. At this same Dept. in Roundup [sald Alaska’s four coal companies|kan and Anchorage, and speaking | a statewide drive against migrating |United States. Twenty-six public speakers wili Special squads of patrolmen ! Ex-President Herbert Hoover will ‘The Women of the Moose will give time, and Senator Arthur Vanden- |ness or infirmities Awards will be made at both $essions ‘o the Lincoln Day dinner on Gasti- (nicely. !players can be accommodated. ' (Continue d on Pase Two) the differences in viewpoints could be compromised.