The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 4, 1936, Page 1

e e e e e e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7212. P JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1936. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS y— TERRITORIAL DEFENSE IS INDICATED FINAL STANDING INBETTER TIMES VOTE CONTEST Final Action Now Rests with Judges Who Must Pass on Total Tally Final standings of the first fif- teen candidates in the Better Times | Drive is as follows: 1. Ruth Lundell. 2. Thais Bayers. 3. Eleanor Gruber. 4. Catherine York. 5. Elisabeth Kaser. 6. 7 8. 9. Esther Davis. Ida Roller. Bessie Powers. . Rosa Danner. 10 Anita Garnick. 11. Rosellen Monagle. 12. Linda Furuness. 13. Betty Whitfield. 14. Margaret Nelson. 15. Lucille Fox. All votes have been checked, re-| vealing a grand total of 24,601,925 | cast since the start of the cam-| paign on January 22. Complete | two centuries ago, Walter are found elseyhere in today's Dn\ly Alaska Empire. George Did It—So Did Walter- rf d by George Washington almost B “p“ted]}ofi;so‘::m:nceybnsebsfi s greatest pitcher, standings of the 28 girls finishing | gingyyp to throw @ silver dolla‘:- over 4 the Rappahannock at Fredericks: | urg, Va. EXPECT FIGHT ON TAX PLANS OF PRESIDENT Some Democrats Hint Con- gress May Alter Program —Charges Are Made WASHINGTON, March 4.—Pow- erful Democrats hint that Congress may drastically alter President Roosevelt's tax prograin. Bitter warring camps of Repub= licans also charge that the program is an attack “on thrift.” President Roosevelt, in his tax day, makes sweepin changes in the law, including impositicn of a tax on undistributed corporation profs uated corporsation income tax. Also proposed is a processing tax, to be spread broader and thinner Court; a have been returned to the taxpay- |ers; repeal of the existing capital stock tax; repeal of corporation excess profits tax. A tax averaging 33 1-3 permnt ‘on undistributed corporation prof- Standings Unofficial The contest is closed as far as the | counter-upper is concerned, but Lhc’ official naming of winners, after checking the countej-upper’s tally, | RESIDE ABR“AD i judges, the Rev. O. Kendall, John | 5 is in the hands of three contest| Reck, and Gunnar Blomgren. Full | details of their action will appear‘ it is announced. | [ The winner of the Capitol Theatre | yo,. 5 R %ol three-months pass has not yet been| Will Live in “Long Barn,”| determined by the contest editor. A L I careful check-up of averages of the Blrlhplace Of Wm 28 contestants since February 10| 1 is necessary to determine the big- i cest increase in votes since that Jate. SILVER BUYING IS CENTRALIZED in The Empire tomorrow nfi,ernoon,‘ Caxton LONDON, March 4.—The Daily ‘Evpx ess prinis an article today say- | |ing Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and jhis wife plan to live in the “long barn” at Seven Oaks, Kent. It is the | | birthplace of Villiam Caxton, printer | and type designer. The “long barn” |contains 18 rooms and was original- | ly composed of four cottages and a barn. | BY NEW ACTION | -~ & = GOASTALSHIP Pemissontorones”| STILLTIEDBY ico Arrangement ‘ | CREW'S STRIKE Seamen DemandWest Coast: Wage Scale, Officials Seek Compromise WASHINGTON, March 4. — The/| Treasury Department today cen- tralized purchases of Canadian sil- ver by authorizing the Federal Re- serve Bank of New York to pur- chase through the Bank of Canada newly minted metal “in amounts specified by the Treasury.” The action is designed to create specific arrangement for silver pur- chases of known newly mined metal similar to the Mexico arrangement, the purchases to be made at the prevailing prices. The Silver Purchase Act directed the Treasury to build up the stock of silver to one third of the gold base, or until the price reached $1.29 an ounce. L e, | SAN PEDRO, Cal, March 4. The Panama-Pacific intercoastal | steamship California is still tied up, since Monday, while officials seek a compromise with the crew's de- mands for the West Coast wage scale, whch is $5 higher than that | on the East coast. | Lady Cavendish, nee Adele As-‘ taire, sister of the famous Fred, was among the noted passengers, who wearied with waiting, entrained for| the East Coast. MARY JOYGE e IN FAIRBANKS SAN PEDRO, Cal, March 4— United States Attorney Hall said| he has asked the Attorney Gen- Mary Joyce, enroute from Taku to Fairbanks by dog team, boarded a Lerdahl Air Service plane at eral's office in Washington, D. C., whether he should seek indictments charging the strikers on the liner| ! California with mutiny in obstruct- | Tanana and flew to Fairbanks yes-|ing the United States mails. The1 terday. The plane did not make the | members of the crew walked trip to Tanana Crossing especially |severa] days ago seeking the West‘ for Mary Joyce, but happened to|Coast instead of the East Coast| arrive there on other business. wage scale. Miss Joyce left her dogs at Tan- ana Crossing and will return there after the Ice Carnival to be held on March 6, 7 and“8, to complete her thousand-mile trip by dog team. Miss Joyce was recently appointed Miss Juneau by the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce and the Juneau Rotary Club, to eomplete with oth- er Alaskan beauties for the title of Carnival Queen. e ee—— JUDGE HELLENTHAL SAILS FOR SEWARD Judge Simon Hellenthal, of the Third Judicial Division in Alaska, left for Seward aboard the Alaska last evening. Judge Hellenthal has been visiting here for the past several weeks. S | | When Chores Are Done | Brothers Dig for Gold LINCOLNTON, Ga., March 4— Earl and Alec Norman believe in| diversification of farming interests, s0 they turned to gold mining as| a sideline—profitably. When the usual chores of agri- culture do not demand their ener-| gles, they dig gold, right on me‘ old farmplace. It started after they had round¢ gold particles on top of the ground following hard rains. Then they struck a vein 22 feet| deep, obtained a' small stamp mill and already have marketed several tons of gold ore, AL SMITHIS _|Two Others from District | two are to be selected. | Smith will be unable to take his PILOT MAKES its was recommended in Congress today by the Treasury Department Ffeed' by Ethlops |as a means of raising $786,000,000 » m————————t | Federal budget toward balance. - PLAN HIGHWAY " FROM ATLAVIK Link “Will PrOJect $500,— | 000,000 Highway System to Connect with Siberia EDMONTON, March 4—The Min- | said today he has been interviewed Orders came directly from Emperor, Haile Selassie for release of Ruth | ay (above), Holyoke, Mass.,' | nurse, and six other Americans who | were reported held prisoners in chains for three weeks in Gamo Province. to build a hard-surfaced highway from Edmonton to Aklavik, N. W. £ $500,000,000 highway system con-| necting with Siberia. “I am satisfied that they are in| earnest and that the highway will eventually be built,” said Fellow, “but there will be many obstacles.” Plans are as yet in the purely fur- mative stage. e CHRYSLER HAS BREAK ; PRIGE ADVANGE ENDS Motors Generally Yield to Profll‘ Taking To- y's lrading NEW YORK, March 4—A late braek in Chrysler stemmed the . CANDIDATETO DEMO SESSION Also Seeking to Go to Philadelphia NEW YORK, March 4—Al Smith is out for the nomination of dele- gate to the Democratic National | Convention. He has entered the race from the FEleventh Congres- sional district. William A. Fetherstone and Jos- eph O'Neill are also candidates and O'Neill is day but scattered industrial spec- ialties continued firm. Motor issues yielded under profit taking. Today's close was irregular. Transfers totalled 2,900,000 shares the sticker candidate. If Fetherston and O'Neill win, proposed walk. > ARE OFF FOR MT. MKINLEY ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 4.— Floyd Betts, cadastral engineer; Leonard Berlin, U. 8. S. Surveyor, both of Juneau, and party leave today to survey the southwest boun- dary of Mt. McKinley Park. — .- - CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 4.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15%, American Can 128, American Power and Light 9% Anaconda 35%, Bethlehem Steel 59, Curtiss-Wright 6%, . Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 2%, General Motors 62%, International Harvester 72, Kenne- cott 38%, United States Steel 66, Southern Railway 187%, Cities Serv-| ice 5%, Pounds $499%, Blaw Knox | Steel 19%, United Corporation 7': United Aircraft 29%, Boeing Alr- plane 23%. | DOW, JONES AVERAGES ‘ The following age today's Dow,| Jones averages: Industrials 156.70, MERCY FLIGHT|== o= rails 49.58, utilities 33.07. B ' LADIES' AID TO MEET | The Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society | will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, in the Resurrection Luth- eron parsonage, it is announced ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 4.— Pilot Chet McLean braved a stiff wind yesterday to fly to Palmer and return with A. Betts, chief ac- countant, suffering with a ruptur- by Mrs. Erling K. Olafson, Secre- ed appendix. tary. program, given to Congress yester= | its and repeal of the present grade ! than those outlawed by the Supreme | “windfall” tax, to recover much of the processing taxes which | in new revenue and restoring the| by agents, purportedly representing | New York bankers, on a proposal | general Stock Market advance to- 1 | | UNDER KNIFE IN FIGHT FOR LIFE Reckless Driving, WITH THREATS | ister of Public Works, W. A. Fellow, \Surprise Operanon Success-|Arne S. Ulricksen Is Let Off Oil Embargo Made Ready [sary to preserve outer Mongotta's in- ful—Anchorage Girl | Stronger PORTLAND, Oregon, March 4.— edly on little Lou Ann Markle, 12- year-od Anchorage girl, }the infection to lei it drain. They | |found a part of the thigh bone | dead. Dr. I nounced the operation Richard B. Dillehunt pro: “quite suc- cessful.” Dr. Leo B. Lucas assisted | EDr Dillehunt, and said that the ion)y bad effect would be a slight Hlmp caused by removal of part of | the bone. | Another operation will be neces- ‘sa.ry in about two months on a |section of the shin bone. Several more blood transfusions will prob- nbly be noccs'sary J;Prmce Konoye Declines Offer | to Form Cabinet Turns Dowrm)posal Made by Emperor—Many Involved, Revolt TCKYO, March 4-—Prince Ko- noye has declined the offer of the Emperor to form a new Japanese Cabinet. The Prince pleaded ill- health. A communique released today dis- closed. that 1,400 officers and men participated in last week’s rebellion. - e NONTITLEGD | IS SIGNED UP Champion fio and Fred- die Steele to Fight 10 Rounds in Seattle SEATTLE, March 4. — Promoter | Nate Druxman announces he has signed Eddie “Babe” Risko, world’s middleweight champion, and Fred- die Steele, of Tacoma, for a ten round nontitle bout here March 24. Secret Peril to U. S. Coast Bared in House | ‘Warning Congress that an alarming condition exists on one of America’s coasts requiring immediate at- | * “tention to U. S, coastal defense, Representative Tilman Parks of Arkansas, chairman of sub-committee handling War Department appropriations, led the fight in the lower house for adoption of the nation's largest peace-time military budget. Parks told fellow legislators that the condition was so alarming that ‘Congress could not be advised of it publicly. Some of the arms of the U. S. coast defense are shown ir uct&on. blg coast defense and untbulmrafl guns, und navy mrplnnes PRIMARY AIR - BASE WILL BE ~ INNORTHLAND Plans Under Discussion, Rear Admiral King Tells Committee SITES FOR TWO ARE ALREADY SELECTED No Delalls Are Divulged Regarding Statior: for Alaska WASHING l'O‘\l M.\I(‘l\ 4 —Rear Admiral King, Chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, told the House Naval Affairs Committee to- day that Pacific Coast defense plans call for development of pri- mary naval air bases at Sand | Point, Washington, and Alameda, ‘ California. | In connection with the bases in | Washington and California, plans |are also made for & primary base |in Alaska. The committee made no effort |to bring out the detailed plans for the department’s air base in Alaska. RUSSIA READY FOR JAPANESE, Given Sentence, with Minor Charge by Seattle Judge SEATTLE, March 4.—Arne S. Ul- | Alaska, Judge Chester A. Batchelor dis-| ng when drunk charge. The case is based on the auto- mobile accident on January 12 which was fatal to Victor E. Mick~ elson after a wedding party at- tended by Ulricksen and Mr. and Mrs. Mickeison. IWHALING BILL DECLARED T00 DRASTIC CURB Meisure Would Call for Complete Utilization of Gear on Ship WASHINGTON, March 4. — Thomas J. Blake, attorney for the American Whaling Company of New York, objected before the House foreign affairs committee to the clause in the pending whaling bill which he said would prevent most American whaling vessels from ob-! taining licenses. Blake said the bill would be stronger than the treaty it is in-| tended to support. The measure would require all licensees to have adequate equipment for complete utilization of whale, and for manu- facture of oil, meal, and guano, or fellmzer VETS QUICK T0 SIGN FOR BONUS WASHINGTON, March 4.—Briga- | dier-General Frank T. Hines, Chief of the Veterans' Administratioin, told President Roosevelt today that 2,155,000 ex-soldiers have already made application for the bonus. TO EDMONTOMN LOU ANN BOES ;Fnrmer Maskan LEAGUE BACKS The link will be projected into & gurgeons today operated unexpect- | ricksen, former miner of Fairbanks,| of Nations has strengthened has been sentenced to 90 |sanctions threat while awaiting the issed the manslaughter and d"V'lrxgxd oil embargo is being pl.mm-d | night at a special meeting of the - STALIN SAYS Dxc!aton Sees Possible War mits Communism _Not Achieved NEW YORK, March 4—Josef Stal- in told Publisher Roy W. Howard in ‘a world-copyrighted New_York Telegrnm article that Russia is ready \tn go to war with Japan if neces- PEACE OFFERS | depc ndence. Stalin said he was convinced that American democracy and the Soviet ~yslem can develop coincidentally, GENEVA, March 4 —The Lflg"c “but one can never develop into the ‘tswother “Admittedly Communism has not been achieved in Russia,” the dic- | If Duce Rejects Set- tlement Plan Opening | days in jail when he pleaded gumy reply of Italy and Ethiopia to its|tator declared. “State socialism is | to reckless driving. plPa for peace. [the term, but state socialism is not The drafting of a detailed and|®Xact. because the majority of Rus- |sia’s wealth is not in private hands." ————— ‘ in case Mussolini rejects the peac | overture 5. | Reports earlier in the week have‘TREAsURY MEN | indicated that II Duce is receptive | | to the Geneva offer, although he| APPRqu STAND has made no move to bring about the armistice which the League re- | quested to precede the opening of | | negotiations for settlement. The invading forces were driving | onward toward Lake Tana, on the northern front, today, after crush-| WASHINGTON, March 4—Gov- nig -the Ethiopian forces in the|ernment authorities regard the Tembien region In a series of bloody | three steps taken recently by the battles ‘Natwm\l Association of Racing Commissioners as the greatest ad- vance ever made toward curbing |the doping of race horses. | At their January meeting the na- jtional association agreed to refuse T |licenses to anyone convicted of a Reading and discussion of ‘hclnarcanc offense, to give the saliva original draft uf the new Jum::xu;wst to every race winner and to building code was completed la.-z.t‘““,u,]N research work. | “The successful operation of these new rules will be the greatest step |ever taken toward handling the doping problem,” one Treasury De- partment official said. The Bureau > DISCUSSION ENDS ON NEW BUILDING CODE City Council in its chambers the City Hall. A number of citizens were pres- ent at the forum to make inquir- ies or offer suggestions on the pro- in | f | | Jack Silva, A | the absence of Mayor Goldstein, who | of Narcotics is under the treasury. The saliva test was used last year but in most cases the horses tested were drawn by lot. Two | States took samples of every win- ner and then drew one to be tested. The refusal to again license those convicted lessens the Government’s problems, for it will not have to worry further about those once ruled out. posed new rulings. Among those representing the plumbing and heating trades were J. A. Bulger, M. Geyer and Steve Stanworth It is expected that the code will be oifered for a first reading by the City Council at its regular meet- ing next Friday evening Councilman Wallis George pre- sided at the session last night in is confined to his home with a cold. - LAST CATCH OF ‘ BLACK COD SOLD What is probably the last catch| Conservation of Pilchards Sought of black cod of the season, until| WASHINGTON, March 4.—Units next fall, was unloaded here yes- ed States Senator Willlam G. Me- terday from the Hyperien, Capt. Adoo has introduced a bill provid- Severt Anderson. A catch of 3,000|ing for United States conservation | pounds of black cod was bought|of fishing for pilchard, species of by Alaska Coast Fisheries at a'herring, in the Pacific Ocean out- price of 2 cents. side of the jurisdiction of States. RO ————