The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 21, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY VOL. XLVIL, NO. 7227._ “ALL THE NEWS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936, ALL THE TIME” ALASKA EMPIR MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS —~ FLOOD HOMELESS NEARING 300,000 — “ALASKA NUGGETS” GIVEN GREAT SEATTLE WELCOME BETTER TIMES CONTEST GIRLS NOW IN SOUTH C. of C. Committee and Friends Meet Juneau Winners at Dock s TO BOARD TRAIN FOR OLD MEXICO TONIGHT Entertainment Plans Keep Party Occupied— Kisses Given SEATTLE, March 21.—(By Asso- ciated Press)—The Better Times Contest Winners from Juneau, Al- aska, arrived on the motorship Northland yesterday and were greeted with a large and gala wel- come by members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and a host of friends. The seven Juneau girls were in- terviewed by newsmen of all Seat- tle newspapers and also represen- tatives of all press associations. They posed for pictures for the local newspapers and also the press asso- ciations. Don Eck, of the Advertising De- partment of the Northern Pacific Railroad, welcomed the girls in a short speech and they individually replied Girls Excited Every one of the girls was excited and anxious to “see the sights” at once. The girls gave the Chamber mem- bers, including Edward Riley, prom- inent young Seattle business man, A. B. “Cot” Hayes, Pacific Alas Airw: representative, and Darwin Meisnest, manager of the Washing- ton Athletic Club and civic leader, former college buddies of Publisher Robert W. Bender of the Daily Alaska Empire, kisses in demon- stration of Alaska's greetings. Miss Elizabeth Kaser posed in one picture embracing Ed Riley and Chester King. . Friends At Dack Each girl had friends*at the dock, when the Northland arrived, to give greetings. Over 200 persons had gathered for the special wel- come to the contest winners. The girls left Ketchikan last Wednesday after visiting the water- front, Blue Fox Dance Palace and|prench Senate hastily completed | other interesting places. Four Seasick During the trip south on the Northland the Misses Thais Bayers, Eleanor Gruber, Esther Davis and Ida Roller were seasick but had recovered on arrival here. The other contest winners, Miss Kaser, Ruth Lundell and Catherine York proved good sailors and were bus the entire voyage having a “great time." Following the official the girls were taken to the New Washington Hotel where parties and a dance had been arranged for them. Girls Warble The girls on arriving at the hotel sang “When the Ice Worms Nest Again” for the benefit of the news- men and the hundreds of others gathered in the lobby. The song was loudly and enthusiastically ap- plauded. Miss York told the newsmen: want to see the University Washington and the parks.” Rain and Hail Miss Gruber said: “I feel just like in Juneau because rain and hail fell as the ship docked. The weather is somewhat similar to that recent- ly prevailing in the mnorth. The people here are the same as in Alaska, there is no difference.” Wants Train Ride Miss Lundell wants to ride on a o of (Continued on Page Turee) R Y e l 18| Week’s News in Review b, | [ SR | | NEW YORK, Week ending March | 14—The world lived again those | early summer days of 1914. Allies of old were lining up anew. | Now, as then, the universal ques- is: Will there be war? Now, as then, Britain holds the | balance of power. With Britain may well rest the answer. | In sending his troops into the {Rhmel:md. demilitarized by the | victories of 1918, Adolf Hitler did | much more than denounce the Locarno pact of Versailles, with its covenant of the League of Nations. The remaining Locarno powers immediately accepted this basis. Meeting in London, their represen- tatives declared Hitler's action | “constituted a clear violation of ar- ticles 42 and 43 of the treaty of Versailles and the Locarno pact.” | The Locarno pact (signed by Ger- many, France, Italy, England and Balgium) was concluded within the framework of the treaty. It recog- nized certain treaty provisions, in- cluding the demilitarization of the Rhine zone. Thus the council of the League of Nations has assumed jurisdiction, although Germany left the League a year ago. Summoned by the appeal France and Belgium, the council of the League convened today in Lon- don, instead of Geneva, for it was in London 11 years ago that th Locarno pact was signed. Seldom has the council met under such ominous circumstances. Per- haps the council realized the vers existence of the League was in the balance. ! It had before it, these latest words from Hitler, shouted to the of | y program is still in only a formula- tive condition. Consequently, it | sought a compromise. 1 nothing | to| Frahce could expect else from Italy but opposition sanctions against Germany. Why, the Facisti argued, should Italy join in anti-German sanctions with the nations who have imposed sanctions against it for invading Ethiopia? 11 Duce’s position, as a result of Hitler's move, has been immeasur- ably strengthened. He undoubtedly has a freer hand in Ethiopia. Taking advantage of the European crisis, his Roman Legions opened & new drive into the interior of Haile Selassie’s empire NATIONAL DEFENSES What with the new tax bill, the relief probiem, the uproar created by the Black lobbying committee and the forthcoming Housing legis- lation, a delay in congressional ad- journment seemed certain. Party leaders, with a campaign| year on hand, had hoped to get| through by May 1. Now, it may| be something like 1932 when ad-| journment came just in time for the | Republican convention | The most difficult task ahead is | | the administration's new tax bill | with its recommendation for -a lileavy impost on the undivided profits of corporations, For a time, the House sub-com- | mittee on ways and means shied away from the proposed tax. It | looked elsew.iere, but found no | other means to raise the $620,000,000 !in additional revenue needed to | balance the 1937 fiscal budget (bal-| | anced exclusive of relief expendi-| | tures.”) | | ATTORNEYS INBOAT HARBOR | i ¥ { LABOR HEARING | Croson Challenges Actions| of Eagen—Expect Com- | plele Work Today i First legal fireworks of the pre- | sent labor hearing, being held here as a result of charges of employ- ment discrimination being filed‘ against the Alaska Juneau Gold! Mi g Company, were heard in the | Federal district court morning hen Defense room this | where Attorney yin the Engineer's Office of the War | SHARP GLASH AT} IN THIS CITY Richard H. Hippelheuser ‘ IS DISCUSSED o man Bankield Brings Latest Information to City Council Information regarding the propos- €d small boat harbor development project was disclosed at the meeting of the City Council last night by Norman C. Banfield, who has just returned from a trip to the States, he interviewed Carl E. Croson sharply challenged | Department the actions of Govarnment Attorney ®The reason that the small boat E. A Eagen over the admission of | harbor was refused as a PWA pro- five names on the amended com- plaint f “I never saw such a breech of faith in a trial or hearing of this kind,” declared Croson, addressing| Trial Examiner Charles W. Hope after considerable bickering be- tween attorneys. “I have stood here and seen the Government attorney | at his own instance, ask that these | names be withdrawn and now he | wants them to be admitted again | after your honor has ruled definitely | and we have all agreed. I insist that he record stand and these names remain out of this complaint as agreed. I expect my own govern- ment, the government which pro- “tects me as well as every one else,’ to stand back of what it says. If there is any justice, rhyme or rea- son to a trial like this T insist that the record stand as the Government [ attorney himself asked that it| stand.” BOAD WANTS LIST ; Director Hope stated that the| Board was interested in having the | complete list of all men who went| ject, Mr. Banficld said, was bacanse such projects are approved < only under conditions requiring cer- tain number man-hours per $100 of allotted funds, and as the small boat harbor project cost will be largely for dredging operations it does not conform to those requirements A hearing will be held next June, attended by Col. Wilde the En- gineers Office and at least two other ‘War Department officials, Mr. Ban- field said, concerning general con- ditions, necessity for the proposed improvement, proposed location, number of boats based here, required depth of the harbor and other de- tails' The War Department will not solicit” information_but will review reports furnished by organization: sponsoring the project. A report of the hearing will be sent to Wash- ington, D. C., Mr. Banfield explain- ) ed, and if it falls within a certain class of preferred improvements, an official survey of the site selected preparatory to the letting of con- | tracts will be approved | The City will be rquired to as-| authorities | jubilant throngs of Germans who| s ¥ | This week, Cheered the march of soldiers into| Afles - 190 Says of| on strike at the A. J. on May 22 x_md! sume the expense of a retaining| had asked that it be forthcoming.| wall to hold back materials removed NO MORE THAN 115 POUNDS 3 Like jockeys and pugilists, these stewardesses for the planes of a transcontinental air line must weigh in regularly. The outside limit is 115 pounds. Here a group of the girls are pictured being weighed in at the Los Angeles air terminal. Left to right: Gil Clark, assistant station manager, who's the official checker; Jewell Wood, Doris Dale, Mary Lou Williamson, Catherine Costello and Thelma Grisingher. (Associated Press Photo) BOBBE DALZELL, LIB CALVIN WHITE ~ NOT POSSIBLE WED THIS EVE THISELECTION Governor's Manse Scene of City Must Wait Until PWA Nuptials — Pair to Funds Are Definitely Al- welcome, ! the Rhineland: } “I assure you nothing, absolutely { nothing, will induce us to renounce [this regained sovereignty over the Rhineland zone. | Against him, Belgium and France i were standing firm. They demand- ed either the withdrawal of the troops or the imposition of sanctions against Germany by the members Io[ the League. i i To offset the 50,000 or so German i soldiers sent into the Rhineland, | France amassed thousands on the | Alsace-Lorraine frontier. The | ratification of the mutual assisicnce | military pact with the Soviet Union } This pact provides the aid of the {vast Red Army if France is at- tacked by Germany. Like France, Soviet stood for sanctions. With France, too, in its demands against Germany, stood its allies in the Little Entente (Ru- mania, slavia.) Hitler’s action also alienated Po- jland. Despite the increasing friend- ship in recent years between War- saw and Berlin, the Polish Gov. ernment quickly notified France it would respect its alliance with Paris. In the middle stood England. The Baldwin Government sought a de- lay, strove to gain some concessions from Hitler to offer to France and its allies. i On the question of sanctions, oddly enough, Britain and Italy were thinking along the same line. Unlike its stand in, the Italo- Ethiopian crisis, Britain was cool toward sanctions against Germany. It is using every means to effect a conciliation before the question of sanctions comes before the council next week. Britain this time, course. Its fleet is concentrated in the Mediterranean and nearby wa- ters. Its defense forces have been lvastly depleted. Its rearmament is in no pésition, at —— N Czechoslavakia and Yugo-| to pursue any other| | study, the sub-committee came to a tentative acreement on a broad | tax on the undisturbed profits rang- | 3 ing from 15 to 55 per cent. | | The 15 per cent applies to all | undisturbed corporate profits up to | 10 per cent; the top figure would af- | | fect all above 30 per cent. | | Rep. Samuel B. Hill, Washington | Democrat and Chairman of the | Sub-Committee, said the proposed | tax would provide ample surplus for [ depression years . { “The cushion’s in there,” he said, |“and it's a good one.” But from all indications, it will be a week or more before the tax bill comes out of the whole com- | | mittee, onto the House floor. And| | once on the floor, the road ahead not smooth | THE RELIEF PROBLEM | While critics were busy on Capi- tol Hill, the President and his aides | continued work on the problem of relief and funds to care for the jobless. The President leaves on March 19 on a fishing trip and he intends to| | send his message on relief needs to congress before his departure. Around a billion dollars of the ]_54.800,000‘000 appropriated last year { will probably remain unspent, al- | though allocated, at the end of the | current fiscal year, June 30 next. | But more than this will be needed. With a campaign year on, the White 1House wants to keep it as low | possible. | Out of the frequent White House | conferences on relief has come an {indication the relief measure will jask for around another billion dol- lars to carry on the program until | Congress meets next January. The critics of the Administration Relief program and methods have confined their charges mainly to alleged waste of funds, inefficiency | of Harry L. Hopkins' staff, and lack |of a firm resistance to politicians’ | demands. (Continued on Page Two) What is your purpose in bringing these names up again?” he asked of Eagen. The Government attorney declar- d that the five names under dis- | cussion—Frank Agoff, Carl Begoff, Charles Lesher, Alex Hodoff and Nick Kobak—were names of men classed as strikers and that since his first request early in the hear- ing he had been informed they were among the strikers, but in the first instance thought they were not. The Director avoided further clash by declaring a recess and asking the two attorneys to retire to the ante room and thresh the matter out When the hearing reconvened the Trial Examiner was informed the (Continued on Page Eight) e — Progress Edition 0f Empire Issued Tomorrow The Progress-Development Edition of the Daily Alaska Empire will be published to- morrow and delivered to all local subscribers, as an extra edition. The Empire suggests that subscribers watch for it at their homes between 10 and 12 in the morning as Empire carriers are instructed to de- liver this edition to every lo- cal Empire subscriber, per- sonally, if possible. The Edi- tion is large, 48 pages, replete with news devoted to the in- dustrial, mining, fishing, big game hunting, fur farming, trapping and other activities of the New Alaska. All news dealers will have copies wrapped for mailing, or unwrapped. Also extra copies may be obtained at ‘The Empire office. The price per copy is 25 cents, postage @ paid to destination. | 000000000000 eeececscsccccoescccce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by dredging operations, and other| expenses including suitable streets | allowing easy access to the project, | fire apparatus and the services of a | watchman, and floats, Mr. Bun-‘ field said, as the Government fur- nishes only a suitable depth of wat-| er and protection from the elements. | As a rule, Mr. Banfield said, ac- reage of small boat harborage is estimated at 60 boats to the acre, but does not include boats as large as the halibut fishing type. How- ever, he explained, if facilities for only 500 boats are necessary, the| proposed development cannot be| made to include 15 or 20 acres of | harborage. | The depth of the water requested | in the proposed small boat harbor is of prime importance, Mr. Ban- field said. If too much depth is re- | quested excavators may encounter | rock requiring removal expenses sev- eral times greater than those for the removal of silt, and if the ex- pense indicated is too great the project will not be approved by the Government. s e CONFESSESTO | SHOOTING MAN Filipino Shot Fifteen Times| —Body Is Then Burned ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 21.| —A: tant United States Attorney Warren Taylor said Roberto Dion- ico has confessed slaying Primo Jerial, a Filipino, whose charred bones were found in ashes of a bonfire at the rear of a cabin nine miles from here. Dionico said he shot Jerial 15 times in self-defense and then burned the remains. l Leave for Orient At services in the Governor's Mansion at 7 o'clock this evening, | Miss Bobbe Margaret Dalzell will | become the bride of Mr. Calvin Stuart White The Reverend John A. Glasse of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church will officiate at the nup- tials, at which only. the couple’s at- tendants, and Gov. John W. Troy and his daughter, Mrs. Robert W. Bender, will be present. M zell will be attended by Mis: en DeLeo, while Mr. Bender will be| the best man. The bride will wear a royal blue | travelling ensemble with gray ac- cessories. Miss DeLeo will be at- tired in a suit of navy blue. Miss Dalzell has been in Juneau| for the past eight months, and was secretary to the Alaska director of the Federal Housing Administration. | e is the daughter of Mr | Robert | Henry Dalzell, of Tonopah, Nevada, | and the late Mr. Dalzell, prominent | | Nevada mining man. She attended { the | University of California and| Antioch Coliege in Ohio. The groom is the son of Mrs. Cal- vin Stuart White, Sr., of Portland, Oregon, and the late Dr. White He has been engaged in newspaper work in Los Angeles, Seattle and Alaska since graduation from Dart- | mouth College in New Hampshire Following the wedding, the pair will sail southward on the Princess Norah this evening. After short stay in Seattle and Portland, they will embark for the Orient, where the groom will be engaged as press correspondent. He has resigned h position as a reporter and news broadcaster for The Dally Alaska Empire to assume his new duties - On the bench for 19 years, Judge Reese Tatum of the 69th judicial district of Texas, with jurisdiction over seven counties, has never been opposed for election !initely rule t | dames J. M. Chase, | last lotted by Congress Plans for Public Library fostered by the recently-inaugurated Central Library Committee, met definite setback last night when, at the regular meeting of the City Council, H. L. Faulkner, city torney, offered as his legal opinicn that the bond issue could not be voted upon by the city until after the PWA funds applied for had been definitely allotted by Congress. This, it was explained, would def- » project off the bal- lot in the April election and necessi- tate the calling of a special election, at the cost to the city of $50 or $60, when and if Congress has approved the loan Previously, the Tentral Commit- tee, composed of representatives from all civil and fraternal organ- izations in the city, had proceeded with the understanding that the matter would be placed before the general public at the coming elec- tion. Application for the loan already before the House Present Petition matter last representatives of a as a T when evening, the Com- e arose mittee presented a petition to the Council, to the effect that council- men procure estimates on the cost of purchase of a corner lot and the erection thereon of a concrete fire- proof building suitable for use as a public library. Petition was presented by Mes- Lottie Spickett Pearl Burford, and Crystal Snow Jenne, members of the Central Com- mittee, all of whom have been ac- tive in the movement since its in- ception, by the City Council acting upon recommendation of the Busi- ness and Professional W¢ u's Club. December Fear Delay Fatal Fear that unwillingness on the part of the general public to expend the funds necessary for the calling of a special election later in the year (Continued on Page Five.) 'MORE DISASTER 1S THREATENED, EASTERN AREA | Heavy Snow Falling on Al- ready Freezing Refugees in Many Sections | WIDESPREAD HAVOC IS BEING SPREAD Industry Is Practically at | Standstill in Connecticut —Cities Are Isolated | NEW YORK, March 21.— heavy fall of snow in many of the flood area in the eastern states, a sudden drop in tempera- tures and forecast of a storm ap- proaching from the North Atlantic, the of flood victims is intensified today. The death list has already reached 167 and fears are expressed this will mount. 300,000 Latest reports indicate the home- less increased from 200,000 to nearly 300,000 persons. Property damage in the states still is estimated $300,000,000. There is much suffering in the Pittsburgh, Johnstown and Wheel- ing areas. “Havoc Spread The Connecticut River has spread widespread havoc at Hartford and Middleton A 55-foot flood crest on the Ohio River is reported. The lowland areas are flooded from Marietta to Cincinnati Residents of Proctorville, Ohio, awoke this morning to find them- selves on an island. A ferry boat quickly got up steam and carried the residents across the ver to higher ground. Night Of Terror Hartford and Middleton were in darkness last night and the resi- dents spent a night in terror. Rain falling in sheets today accom- panied by snow adding to the misery 1 peril. The Quinnebaug dam, near Dan- ielson, Conn., is threatened by the high water ! New Dangers W dangers are threatened on account of flood victims contract- ing pneumonia. Drinking water shortages are reported and pestil- ence is feared. The United States Health Service is busy setting up emergency chlorination systems. | Heavy snow in various parts &f the State of Pennsylvania hampered ‘much clean-up work. Twenty-five thousand WPA workefs have been mobilized at Pittsburgh and 9,000 at Johnstown. Suffer From Cold Hundreds of refugees are suffer- |ing from cold as they are without heat and shelter and hundreds are becoming ill It is reported 15,000 are homeless at Williamsport, Pa., and the cloth- ing need is acute, as well as food. In some sections temperatures are slightly above the freezing point. Homeless eleven around hastily Feeding Problem New England states are faced with the feeding problem. Industry is practically at a stand- still in Connecticut. The Merrimac River Valley and Lowell, Mass., textile mills are idle. Robert MacGregor, newspaper- flew over Hartford, Conn., this »on and reported that “roofs have been penetrated by the down- pour of rain and various groups of residences appear like tiny islands, in some places only the roofs show- ing. Airfield hangars appeared like tilted rafts and factories are sur- rounded by high water. Highlands | {Continued on Page Three) ms for Progress- Development Edition Out Tomorrow WATCH FOR IT! Mailed Anywhere ... 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