The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 27, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA VOL. XLVI]I., NO 7185. JUNEAU, “ALL THE NEW. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, KA S ALL THE TIME” 1936 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS TOWNSENDITES GRUENING OFFj BY PLANE OVER SOUTHEAST AREA Director to Catch North- western at Ketchikan— Sees Bear on Highway On a plane trip in which he hoped to visit a great many of the towns and smaller communities of Southeast Alaska, Dr. Ernest H Gruening, Director of the Diyision of Territories and Island Posses- sions, left here this morning for Haines in company with Col. Ralph ‘W. Dusenbury, Commanding Of- ficer of Chilkoot Barracks, Chas. W. Hawkesworth, Assistant Di- rector of the Bureau of Indians Af- fairs, and Robert W. Bender, Gen- eral Manager of The Empire. The plane was to drop Colonel Dusen- bury at his station and then con- tinue on to visit various communi- ties. Murray Stuart was at the con- trol of the PAA Fairchild seaplane The party expected to spend to- night in Sitka and go to Ketchikan tomorrow where Dr. Gruening was scheduled to board the Northwest- ern for Seattle en route to his of- fice in Washington, the others re- turning here. Dr. Gruening’s stay in Juneau was climaxed properly late yesterday afternoon when driving out Gla- cier Highway in company with Governor Troy. a large black bear, one of the first seen this season, ambled across the road less than 50 yards ahead of the car. Dr. Gruening said that he felt he could now leave Alaska satisfied that he| had seen one of almost every species of large game in the country, in- cluding moose, wild mounta in sheep, mountain goats,” wolves, fox, and toda sight of the black bear, in addition to the many smaller animals seen in both the Interior and SOulhea:tern Alaska. FISHERMAN IN SERIOUS SHAPE FROM EXPOSURE John Pasanen Found Adrift Off Eagle River—Sick —Skiff Gone Suffering from exposure after several days spent in his disabled trolling boat off Eagle River, John Pasanen of Juneau was taken to St. Ann’s Hospital this morhing and is reported threatened with pneu- monia. He is in serious condition, according to Dr. W. W. Council. Young Kirchoffer, son of Ed Kirchoffer, first reported to au- thorities yesterday that Pasanen was in apparent bad shape aboard his boat. Deputy Marshals John Mc- Cormick and Bob Jernberg and Dr. Council drove out yesterday after- noon but were unable to get him from his boat to shore so Jack Wilson, well known Juneau fisher- man, hooked on with his boat and towed the Pasanen boat, 31A18, with the sick man aboard to Juneau last night, arriving this morning. Wilson said Pasanen had been trolling in the Benjamin Island vicinity and had lost his skiff. His motor broke down four or five days ago and he was helpless at the mercy of the waves until some one would come to assistance. Wilson reported the sick man’s boat ‘was out of coal and low on other sup plies. Pasanen, a Finlander, is wtdely known here. A year ago he lost his last boat the Irene in a storm. e ee e 0000 0000 . STOCK QUOTATIONS . ®ee 00000000000 NEW YORK, May 27.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13z, American Can 129'., American Light and Power 11%, Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel 52%, Curtiss-Wright 6%, Gen- eral Motors 62%, International Har- vester 86'%, Kennecott 38'%, United States Steel 60%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Cities Service 4%, Bremner 15 at 25, Pound $4.98%. DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are Dow, Jones averages for today: Industrials, 152,61; rails, 46.33; utilities, 31.51. g8 e Four Kansans met death in horse “runaways” last year. Week’s News in Review by Richard H. Hippelheuser NEW YORK, as of week ending May 23—(By Associated Press) ‘I hope your committee will not | permit doubts as to the constitu- tionality, however reasonable, to| block the suggested legislation.” With these words, in a letter to a committee of the House of Rep- resentatives, the President urged passage of the Guffey Act, designed to stabilize and regulate the much- depressed soft-coal industry. New Deal oppositionists bitterly criticised the President for urging legislation of doubtful legality. On the flood of Congress, this question brought no little confusion. But Congress passed the measure, it put | the issue up to the Supreme Court In doing so, however, Congres was mindful of the invalidation of NRA; it separated the principal provisions of the Act. Under onc title were placed the doubtful re- lations affecting wages and hours and the right of unionization. Un- der another title were placed the stabilizing provisions for price-fix- ing. But the precautions of Congress were to no avail. This week, the Guffey Act went the way of NRA of AAA—the way of unconstitutionality. The Supreme Court decision wrought the end of another new effort toward planned industrial stabilization, and toward regulating labor conditions in a basic indus- try. The President commented briefly on the decision at his press con- ference. The opinions, he said, were informative and possessed edu- cational value. There was no amplification as to his meaning of “educational value.” Did the President regard it as of educational value for constitution- al revision? There was no saying The Republican convention opens | Junz 9 and the Congressional ad-| journment deadline is Jupe 6. But despite the crowded condition | of the calendar—with the tax bill| and the relief appropriations still} to be enacted — a new regulatory! measure for the bituminous indus- try was rushed to Capitol Hill. From it, however was deleted all provisions for the benefit of labor.| It was built around the pnce-nx-i ing marketing provisions. Its ad- vocates were confident of passage before adjournment. | The New Deal lost in the couris on another of its principal activi- ties—the Rural Resettlement Ad-| ministration. The Resettlement Administration, directed by Rexford Guy Tugwell,| is building several “model” com- munities, one of them at Bound Brook, in Franklin Township, Som- erset County, New Jersey. Franklin Township and several| large property-owners — believing the township would suffer from in- creased taxation through the loss of some of its taxable real estate to the project—applied in the Dis- trict of Columbia courts for an in- | vote is only preferential, i States, rand most observers believed junction. They contended the pro- visions of the 1935 Federal Emer- gency Appropriations Act, under which the Resettlement Adminis- tration was constituted, was an un- constitutional delegation of author- ity by Congress. The Lower Court refused the in- junction, but, this week, the Cir- cuit Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict ruled the Resettlement pro- visions of the 1935 Act unconstitu- tional. The Government, giving consid- eration to an appeal to the Supreme Court, said the Court's decision would not apply to other “Model” projects. THE '36 CAMPAIGN Herbert Hoover’s trips about the country, and his series of addresses criticising the New Deal and of- fering suggestions for the Republi- can platform this year, precipitated much speculation. Would he again be a candidate? If not, would he support any of the avowed candidates?—these were ty- pical of the questions asked daily. This week, the former President clarified the situation; he is not a candidate for the Republican Pres- idential nomination. In the Republican field elsewhere, major interest centered on the New Jersey primary in which the names of Governor Alf Landon and Sena- tor William E. Borah were entered against each other for the first time. The Kansan's name was entered by Jersey party leaders; he held to his practice of refraining from par- ? SN ticipation in all such primaries However, he won an easy victory. As against between 70,000 and 80,000 for the Idaho Senator, Lan- don polled around 300,000. The but the victorious delegates were claimed by the Landon followers. In Illinois, the Republican State convention urged the nomination of Colonel Frank Knox Among the Democrats, there came concern over New York State. Democratic leaders had consid- ered everything in the President’s| home state as going along smooth- | ly; they were confident of victory Their confidence, in part, was| srought on by the hope that Her-| sert H. Lehman would again be the| ;andidate for Governor. Lehman, a member of the New York banking family and a cluwJ iriend of the President, had shown| 1 vote-getting ability exceeding even | that of Roosevelt or Alfred E Smith. In 1934, in his second cam-| paign, he gained a plurality of 800-: 000 over the Republican. | But this week, with dramatic sud- | denness, Lehman announced he| would not be a candidate this year.| It was the general impression that his decision was precipitated by the recent death of his brother, Ar- thur, head of the banking house. From the President on down, leaders of the party publicly peti- tioned him to run again. With the President at his Hyde Park estate for this week-end, it was believed likely the President would appeal personally, again, to the Governor to make the race NAVAL PACT RATIFIED “It leaves much to be desired, but it’s the best that could be had at this time.” . With such an expression of opin- ion freely heard in Washington, the Senate ratified the Londen Naval Treaty. Signed last March by the United Britain and France, the treaty fails to continue the limitae tions provisions of the 1922 Wash- ington Pact. It principally pro- vides for a six-year holiday on heavy-type cruisers and binds the signatories to exchange informa- | tion at specified intervals on pro- posed new construction It is open to accession by Japan and Italy—the other nations sig- natory to the Washington pact— lh(‘»(‘ powers eventually would adhere TOWNSEND “TAKES A WALK" The House of Representatives in- | vestigators re-opened their inquiry into the Old-Age revolving pension, plan of Dr. Francis E. Town.\end‘ They called the California phys- | ician as a witness; but they didn't Seaych for Otto Thompson, {ton's get to ask him all the questions they desired. After two days of it,| the aged physician arose from the witness chair, confronted the com- mittee and said: “I have a statement I desire to\ read to this committee:” It was!| in reply to numerous allegations made against him. He was informed the committee would have to examine it; he hes-| itated. | “Take the witness chair,” the com- mittee chairman said. But Dr. Townsend turned and walked out. “Stop him!” some committee mem- bers cried out; but the author of | the Old-Age Revolving Pension | plan was gone. Faced with his de- fiance, the House Committee con-‘ sidered the advisability of a cnta- tion for contempt. FOREIGN AFFAIRS Fascist Italy's program of “car- rying civilization” to Ethiopia went on steadily. i With Italian invaders in virtual complete control of the one-time Empire af Haile Selassie—now an- nexed to Italy in the re-creation of the Roman Empire—quiet was re- stored to such centers as Addis Ababa, Harrar and Diredawa. But it was not without its human price. There were numerous re- ports of the shooting of Ethiopians by Fascist soldiers for disobedience of the laws imposed by the con- querors. Several newspaper correspond- ents were expelled. Marshal Pietro Badoglio, leader of the Italian armies in East Africa, left Ethiopia for his triumphant return to Italy. Both Il Duce and the King-Emperor, Victor Eman- uel, planned to greet him at Na- ples. According to London reports, fol- (Continued on Page Three) 1 closed |Inlet {returned from his Congressional Investigation “Black Legion” Chairman Dickstein Will Make a‘'Demand for Official Probe WASHINGTON, May 27.—Chair- man Di: in, of the House Immi- gration Committee, will demand a Congressional inquiry into the “ac- tivities of the Biack Legion,” in the State of Michigar, A special committee held ings on “UnAmerican activ several cities a year ago. 3 hear- “NO JURISDICTION" WASHINGTON, May 27.—Attof- ney General Cummings said the Government has “no jurisdictign whatever” in the Black Legion ip- vestigation in Michigan. { IN COLORADO DENVER, Col, May 27. — Ray Humphreys, Chief Investigator for the District Attorney, disclosed he is investigating reports that |ll“(' is a Black Legion chapter in Colo- rado. SECURED RELIEF JOBS LIMA, Ohio, May 27.—It is dis- t George Armstrong, re- ker, testified ore the State Senate Committee last sum- mer, that V. F. Effinger, of Liwa, whe was said to be the head of the Black Legion in this state, claimed he was able to control jobs for re- lief and officers of the Legion aid- ed each other in getting relief job assignments and foremen diserim- inated against non-members lief MORE EVIDENCE REPORTED DETROIT, M May 27-—De- claring he has received infornfa- tion from “fifteen eight States” regarding crimes committed by the Black Prosecuting Attorney Duncan Crea this srnoon appealed Attorney General Cummings Federal assistance McCrea said communications pouring into his Attorney General David Crowley of Michigan, is prepared to ask grand juries to investigate activitie throughout the State .o FISHERMAN 18 DROWNED WHEN SKIFF UPSETS . al Le! to for office Lost in Cook Inlet, Is Finally Abandoned ANCHORAG Convinced that fisherman, was drowned near Big River, sear abandoned the hunt late yesterday and Al Jones, fish company oper-| , Alaska, May Otto Thompson in Cook s {athr for whom Thompson worked, | aerial search did the boat parties. First accounts of the tragedy uld two unidentified men were vam" with Thompson, but he was alone at the time. Thompson’s overturned found floating in the week. u.» skiff inlet was ———————— Vocational Educational Bill Boosted Measure Passes House— If Becomes Law Will Greatly Aid Alaska WASHINGTON, May 27—Ala Delegate Anthony J. Dimond nounces that the vocational educa- tional bill passed the House yes- terday. The bill provides substan- tial aid to Alaska. The Delegate said the Territory will be placed on an equal basi ith -the States if the bill becomes a law — e e North Carolina took no part in two Presidential elections, the term of George Washington as President of the United States and | of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States. in: an- first | ERBY WINNERS Rvpubluun Who Would Not BRING MILLION Give Up Slated te Be Boss Convention TOU. S, LUCKY Horees of Indian Potentate Gallop Off with Prizes in Sweepstakes EPSOM DOWNS, England, M 27.—Mahmoud and Taj ‘\k!).!! horses own>d by Aga Khan, Indian potentate, ran one and two in the 183rd annual running of the Derby.| Haif a million watched the new record of two minutes and 33 and 4-5 seconds set for the one and one aalf mi Twenty tickets on the Irish 3weepstakes were held in the Unit- ed States and will pay approxi-| mately $1875000. A San Francisco ticket listed to “Jack and Bill"| drew Mahomud JUGHT LAST TICKET "RANCISCO, Cal, Ma ck Bruce, aged 46, radio man. the “Jack and Bill" ticket holder, won $150,000 of the Irish Sweepstakes because they “bought the last ticket in a book to help out ia Fire Department Captain, one of {our friends.” { “BilL” and his wife said: “We {have been buying tickets for the la ) years. I suppose we have spent $1,000 in that way, always to Ihelp out a friend and never vol-| By ALEXANDER R {untarily.” WASHINGTON, May { Bruce and his wife have no plans, yivor of the 1932 Democ {vet to spend their fortunes. They|glide who returned to C | have always wanted a nice income, yaily ed |good home and pleasant surround- | into dogg ings. He is a former Navy Radio!minist operator and has a 12-year-old Son | preg Il\ a former marrige. .o REP. ZIONCHECK BATHES FEETIN VIEW OF CROWD - Congles;man and Bride Go/place on the national ticket Wading in Rockefeller """ peson in « Center Outdoor Pool New York, almost alway erful factor in the dete NEW SR Presidential nominations a Aveniis® aroadl elections, also is the home lothers frowning, gazed in amage-|Of Representative Jame nent late yesterday as Marion A |WOrth frequer mentioned ‘Ixonthuv Washington State Rep- |Possible Republican Vice-Pre {resentative to Congress, and his|\al nomince bride, the former Rubye Louise Nix,| “With Snell of Texarkana, Texas, pulled off ent Chairman, their shoes and stockings and went |© ! | | Stores Closed Other than the pool, w:mmpiMAN GATGHER Memorial Day, Shop for 2 D HOOVER SEEKS ™ ™ ° ™ L ARGE BUREAU “loudest radical” said he !didn’t like anything about the huL’u meat markets, in be closed next Saturday, The and his Bertrand M. been decignated for Chairman of th Snell, a veteran the Committce Arrangen tepublican National Conventicy f political warfare, has by on a GEO¥ ation side at Convention in Rep tati designated by Arrangements Permanent Ct |Cleveland concl the thick of th for ars The rug old New measures measures G. O June the it Woodr« Calvin will uandling he conve intr n loyalists seri- his eligibility us -pi d aphy dictation 58 In=- a pow- gover in t} rivate well a iative State| “Th Wads- g fields of busin May 27.—A Fifth| some laughing and | s B tion ay onemic Ad- substitute better serve the American are asked vhether ystem which ninistration offers a: the old will interests of than the one they ard e Roosevel iden- | | or | he | seople | o disc an Easterner, as Per- Senator Fred Oregon, a m fa and Juneau ‘will Memor- WASHINGTON, May 27 success of J gar Hoover SEATTLE, May 27.—Conservative | Democratic leaders have abandoned plans for a new right wing state ‘conventmn to repudiate the Aber-| deen convention of last week. Af- modern Rockefeller development city which is included within the confines of the city of New York After Monday night's round of |New York night clubs, the Con-| ial Day. |gressman announced he would re- | Housewives are warned to do |tire early last evening, a resolution | their shopping tomorrow and |which was seconded by Mrs. Zion- | Priday Jor two dags. check. T G-men in capturing in one-two- |three order the outstanding “public |this energetic national policeman § ] would like to bring all Federal in- | | There was an immediate denial :u the Pennsylvania Avenue offi {of the stocky Hoover. Nevertheles the talk persisted, particularly among those agencies which would |be most immediately affected Conservanve Democrats| Such a consolidation might put s | | Hoover in command of such inves- Wellknown Bureau Decide Against Holding |iigating agencies as the secret serv- diski Affaits Physidian 1 ice, whose duty now is to j ‘ Second Convention the President and the cur Dies, Brief Illness the Internal Revenue and Treas s investigators; tiie Postal Inspection’ ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 27 Service, and possibly part of the py Merton Myers, physician for Coast Guard the Bureau of Indian Affairs, died Anchorage Hospital late yes terday. after an iliness whi 1€ ter a protracted conference last| CONGRESS HAS LAST WORD A spokesman in the Bureau of brought h May | night, King County Chairman Jos- | » eph Whetstone decided that it might Investigation put his finger on one embargass the National Adminis-|0f the primary difficulties that| rhe tration, he said {would be encoun in bri g wo! He approved calls for state dis-|2bout such a consolidation. He said trict conferences to defeat “radical” | th€ Opposition in other & .u‘m S candidates running in the Demo-|Would be reflected promptly in Con- | cratic primaries in the fall Allik’l'fls\ where approval would be re- | candidates will be compelled to an-|4uired 2 nounce publicly which platform| The fight in the Senate over in- they are runmng on, he said. creasing the appropriation for the =l U > {Bureau of Investigation developed soMERs TO SEWARD that Hoover had ny friends there. In fact when ator Me- Kellar of Tennessee sought to knock Aleutian for Seward, to spend the|$225.000 from the bill as the House season in Westward cities and the|had done, he ran into spirited op- Interior. He plans to return to Ju- {position from Democrats and Re- Jneau in Sepwmber (Continued on Page Five.) im under funeral is' délay a f lat 1 from relatives vania Dr. My in Ala Kana vho had been nak Hospf was to have d to Aniak in Jun ned to attend the gra marriage of his daug University of Pennsy month but iliness f widow, son and him, Dr. Myers and Indiana service. tion d heen fer He Gene ‘Somers left on the steamer pr: pric a is IN ANCHORAGE t [l!':v CHARGES ARE T0 BE PLACED BEFORE HOUSE Investigating Committee akes Action Late This Afternoon REFUSAL TO TESTIFY IS CAUSE FOR ACTION Leader of Plan and Two Assistants Held Liable Subpoenas Issued WASHINGTON, May 21 The Committee conducting the hearing into the Townsend Old Age Pension Plan voted six to two this roon o recommend to the Dr. Francis E. Town- Rev. Wunder, of New and J. B. Kiefer, of Chicago, be ¢ for cc:i--mpt, ana wurn the case over to the United States Dis- House the 1J ves Collins and To- against the recommendation Chairman Bell been decided when X il be sai has not contempt ed but it vy it will be it ACTION CHAL IINGTON, Ma Inve: Downe Ad B 11 not honor your *ll‘) appear on th ecords of thi tiga 1 hield will protec Am- Hundreds of newspapers and itizens enthu defend” our lefiance conduct House Sheridan el that today we and 1 1s all over to your opy although they our ceed tion to for en econc So in your We o the vour prest congressional on trial. Your d ainst us and increases issue wea our The statemen hm Thomas Hardw} ld Age Revolv The committee refused t on to read the epted it for conside ut Townsend recently ring and others refusec answer to their sub- wa k, counsel ing Per e session to appe poenas R e ROOSEVELT T0 TALK RISTORY, NOT POLITICS Western Jaunt Begins June 8—Four States to Be Toured WASHINGTON, May 27—Presl- Roos€ w has u-lnrncd here from a three-day stay at Hyde Park, told the newsmen he would talk on history not politics en his tour of Ark: Texas, Indiana and perhaps Kentucky, next month. The Western jaunt will begin on June 8 The President’s statement prompt= ed one question of one of the re- porters who asked if it were true e intended steal the show” awey from Republican 'National ntion by making speeches just lave gets underway ed at the negative. trip was en 154, he Con s that conc President ORCHESTRA TO TAKE VACATION UNTIL FALL 1 the grade’ 30 o'clock n Miller, the Orchestra vot= ntinue practice until the of next September, ated by the intend- nce of a majority of its mems- the summer season. wisk to join the or- re invited to communicate G. E. Krause, business at any time during the mmur Also decided upon was a series of ts to be offered during next s mu il season, the first to iven early in the fall