The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 18, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIR VOL. XLVIIL, NO. 7204. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 11956, % MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS RELIEF DEFICIENCY BILL IS PASSED FRANCE TURNS DOWN REQUEST, U. S. OFFICIAL | Practically Refuses Protec- tion to Americans in Hospital CABINET TAKES DRASTIC ACTION Dissolution Order Against Four Rightist Leagues [s Latest Decree PARIS, June 18.—The French gov- ernment has refused the personal request of United States Ambassador Jesse Isador Straus for police ac- tion against strikers at the Ameri- can hospital at Neuilly sur Seine. The strike is regarded as endan- gering the care of 85 patients, most of them American and 23 in serious conditions. The strikers demand hours. Hospital officials said Straus’s re- quest was refused on the grounds | the police action might “cause trou- ble which might be serious.” shorte: | STRINGENT ACTION PARIS, June 18.—The French Cab- inet today decreed dissolution of the | four Rightist Leagues in an effort| to break up combat groups of pri-! vate militias. The dissolution orde: is directed especially against the| Croix de Fue or Fiery Cross. Immediately following the dissolu- | tion order, one of the leaders of the Rightists announced that this might drive the leagues under cover where they will become a real men- ace. { The demand for dissolution was made by the Communists who blamed | the Rightist groups fof the Mar- ! seille strike and the Nationalist | clashes | The Cabinet has also approved the bills for the defense of the franc | | | F.D. R. ON WESTERN TOUR I 't was the fortune of Miss Dorothy Strauss, queen of the pageant at tockport, Ark., to meet President Roosevelt as he paused there on \is western speaking tour which included a visit to Texas. (Associated Press Photo) MAXIM GORKY, SOVIET WRITER, DIES, MOSCOW MONK ISADOR TESTIFIES IN DAMAGE SUIT reorganization of the Bank of Revolutionist, Who Hated Once Plotted Kidnaping of France and creation of a Wheat Board to organize the market by fix- ing the wheat price minimum. SECURITY PACT IN EUROPE HAS BEEN FAILURE Prime Minister Baldwin Makes Statement— Eden Told to Resign LONDON, June 18.—Prim= Min- ister Stanley Baldwin told the| House of Commons today that col- lective security has failed, and he called for a Great Britain, Germany \nd France peace alliance Previously Capt. Anthony Eden, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, had an- | nounced that Great Britain would lead a move for lifting the League' of Nations Sanctions from Italy Eden’s. statement brought cries of “Shame, resign” from the opposi- tion, although little loyal cheering came from the government sup- porters. i Premier Baldwin said: “We ought to remember that if there’s a war| against this country nearer than the Mediterranean they will pay for| it on the first night with their lives. The t blow may come from the air. | TUNNEYS HAVE ANOTHER BABY | NEW YORK, June 18. — Gene Tunney was more interested in weighing-in of his third son than in the Louis-Schmeling fight. An eight-pound baby boy was born yesterday to Mrs. Tunney and both mother and babe are doing well. | - -, PRINCE RUPERT TO HELP KETCHIKAN MAKE EAGLE SCREAM According to a report from Ket- | chikan, a large delegation from | Prince Rupert will celebrate the | Fourth of July in that city. Com-| missioner W. J. Alder of Prince Rupert is negotiating with Mayor Talbot of Ketchikan to make the occasion a joint celebration, America, Passes Away as Result of Flu LONDON, June 18. — A Reuters’ correspondent at Moscow reports Maxim Gorky, noted Russian auth- or and the Soviet’s chief propa- gandist, is dead as a result of flu He had been ill since early this month. Although the Soviet's lead- ing writer, he was not a Com- munist Party member. Personally he was a revolutionist from his earlier years. His tender years were passed amid such bitterness that he revolted against the social order as it stood in Czarist Russia, and he grew into manhood he be- me a Socialist. In fact, the name Max. which he adopted as a pen-hame instead of his real one, Alexis Maximovitch Pyeshkov, means “The Bitter One.” Kicked Out Born March 28, 1868, Novgorod, the son of a poor neyman upholsterer, he was left & orphan at the age of five. F grandfather forthwith told him ‘You can't live off us. Get out into the world!” as n Gorky, at Nijni At an age when most woys have few greater cares than learning the alphabet, Alexis became a rag- picker. Later he was an apprentice to a mechanical draughtsman, an assistant cook on a Volga River steamer, a clerk to a lawyer, a tramp on the steppes, and a day laborer. Sometime within this succession of varied occupations he learned to read. Thereafter he digested every book he could get hold of. Thi indefatigable reading and his own kaleidoscopic experiences gave him the background for his future books. Turns Baker At the age of 15 he went to the university town of Kazan, imagin- ing that an eagerness to learn and a willingness to study were the sole qualifications one needed to enter the university. He was re- fused admittance, and got a job in a bakery. The unbroken misfortune that assailed the young enthusiast so ‘preyed upon his mind that he at- tempted suicide in 1888 by shooting himself. The bullet remained in his body and troubled him in later years. Writes Play About this time he came under the influence of the great Rus- sian writers, Chekhov and Tolstoy. Chekhov advised him to write plays. From this encouragement came sev- (Continued on Page Five) Rasputin, “*Holy Devil” of Czarist Russia NEW YORK, June 18.—Sers Trufanoff, known to Czarist Russia as the Monk Isador testified before the New York State Supreme Court that he once plotted to kidnap Ras- putin, the Cz spiritual advis- er. Trufanoff suing book publishers for one hundred thou- sand dollars damages incurred in Rene Fulop Miller’s book “Rasput- in, the Holy Devil.” Trufanoff testified through an in- terpreter that a sub-minister from Russia called on him in Norway in 1916 and discussed kidnaping Ras- putin. Trufanoff said 60,000 rubles, and the agent told him that millions were available it n He denied that an as sination was planned - STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE ON GOOD NEWS Impro\'flnents mn Ueneral BUSI(I(‘SS SCI’I(JS Mar— A ket Upward Today NEW YORK.:;:\: 18.—The Stock Marke of ¥ is two requested ied a5 oving business news. ng slowed progress oc- nal but gains of fractions point or more predominated > close Transfers today shares, were 950,000 CLOSING PRICE NEW YORK, June quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 13'%, American Can % rerican Power and Light Anaconda 34%, Bethlehem Steel Commonwealth and Southern , Curtiss-Wright 6, General Mot- ors 65%, International Harvester 88%, Kennecott 38%, United States Stee! 637, United Corporation 7%, Cities Service 4%, Pound $5.03. TODAY 18.—Closing 12, 5% 3 DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials, 157.38; rails, 47.98; utilities, 33.19. - Alabama newspapermen are pro- tected by a state law from punish- ment for refusing to reveal confi- dential sources of news. ascended today in the wake | NEW SYSTEM | OF TAXATION, CORPORATIONS Congressional Action Near-! | | ly Completed—Com- promise Agreed WASHINGTON, June 18.—A ffll'j reaching new ystem of taxation | on the nation’s corporations and | dividends is almost ready for final Congressional action The exact details are withheld pending final drawing up of the compromise tentatively agreed on taxing of undistributed earnings of corporations. | - Over $500,000 for Alaska in Department Ac Agriculturc_l_s)i—llcivescame Commission $130,798— | Other Appropriations half million dJollars ppropriated for Alaska in the Department of Agriculture Act which was approved by Congress on June 4, it is revealed in a copy of the act just received here. Under the appropriation bill $130- 798 is set aside for the Alaska Game Commission for the enforcement of Alaska Game laws during the cur- rent fiscal year. The Forest Ser- vice gets $110,959, experiment st tions $15,000 and the extension se! vice, $13918 Actual expenditure for the Bu- reau of Public Roads which handles roads in forest limited to $250,000, but the Alaska office of the Bureau will share in an ap- propriation of $10,000,000 which set aside under the Federal H way Act for the various States and Territories, the money being pro- rated. A total of $3,861,024 is appropriat- ed for the Weather Bureau, but no special allotment is set up for Al- aska in the Act. D NAME LUKENS AS INSPECTOR Coast and Geodetic Survey Commander Is Given Promotion SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Juns Commander Richard R. Lu ! has been appointed Inspector-in- Charge in San Francisco of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, succeeding Capt. T. J |Maher, who is going to Manila Commander Lukens' career in- Icludes twelve seasons as surveyor lof Alaskan waters. He wrote |“Coast Pilot of Southeast Alask |in 1922. This is a standard [ for all ships navigating the |east Alaska waters. More than a areas is is 18 | Anti-Noise | Ordinance ! At Houston HOUSTON, Tex., June 18.—Hous- ton city fathers recently stole Ipage from New York City's | nances. The new anti-noise ordinance pro- vides for a $20 fine for these vio- |iations: Sounding of an automobile horn | for curb service or to hurry up traf- fic. Playing of radios or any musical nstrument too loudly, especially tween 10:30 p. m. and 7 a. m Allowing chickens to crow or dogs 0 bark to a point where it disturbs sthers. Driving a rattling truck Hawking popcorn or peanuts i ’oice too loud And the making of many other 10ises held to be “unnecessary”’ or ‘detrimental to the life or healt! of the individual.” ordi -ee - TO TACOMA Earl M. Jacobsen, Captain of the Forest Service launch Chugach at! Cordova, with Mrs. Jacobsen and| their three children are passengers aboard the Aleutian for the States They will spend ‘the summer in Tacoma LIKE POLAR BEARS IN TIMBUCTOO It was ot at the Republican convention, and none knew it better than the Alaskan delegates, swathed in (Associated Press Photo) Trade Gain Is Good I’I(lllll', New Deal Leader: kerch ONE CRUISER T0 BE HERE DURING JULY GIRL MURDERER - Detroit Will Visit Juneau Together with Sev- eral Destroyers Cruiser Detroit and nine destroy- ers will visit Al next month, according to advices received here today and the cruiser and several of the destroyers will come to Ju- 420, The war craft will leave San Pedro and reach Seattle July 10. The De- troit will leave Seattle July 20 and arrive in Juneau July 23 remain- ing here until July 27 when anchor will be weighed and the voyage continued to Sitka remaining there until July 30 The destroyers Litchfield, Hovey, Long, Southland, Chandler, Goff, Bainbridge, Reuben Jones and Stur- tevant will arrive at Ketchikan July 22, at Petersburg July 23 and then fleet will divide, some of the dtstroyers coming to Juneau and others to Wrangell and Sitka The fleet will then concentrate at Ketchikan July 30 and go south the following day S Sun May Give Up Secrets in Eclipse Friday Darken 50-Mile Strip Will Extend Over Part of Alaska NEW YORK, June 18 a The ecli “ of the sun may give up some of its secrets tomorrow when the moon moving between the earth and the sun, will darken a fifty mile strip of the earth’s surface from the Med- iterranean northeastward 085 Asia through Turkey, Russia to Northern Japan and Alaska Astronomers and scientists of many nations will be gathered to study the solar phenomenon, that ordinarily they might not study, be- cause of the fiercer intensity of the un’s rays. . s o THIRD PARTY 1S 700 LA NEW YORK, June Hugh 8. Johnson, today said potential third par dential campaign win, it is too late To Sail North In 26-foot Boat; Start Tomorrow SEATTLE, June 18. — Amos Burg, of Portland, Oregon, and Roy Pepper of St. Croix, Wis- consin, sail tomorrow in a dor- jun, a 26-foot boat, to photo- graph Glacier Bay Indians. Burg, a few years ago, pad- dled a fragile canoe 2,300 miles from the Yukon headwaters to Bering Sea, thence to Seattle, TE Gen of Pre 4 fannirg bus v as they sat in the hall. SURRENDERS IN SAN FRANCISCO Leads Police to Body of Girl Strangled with Silk Stocking SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Albe year with year is bothering girl.” He led officers Hill Nob Tt old th old Walter Jr New York murder Blanc June 18 twenty-eight youth, ged of t C ck 1ty -1 former said re. Sousi 10 he , gave himself up w and said; me. lked in I te apartment to police “My conscience 've murdered a onable they 0 a fa whe found the body of a girl in bed with a silk stocking knotted around her thre lice he ling quoted thought she becam, Tue It is Miss Lake dined night and tied to Walter he atta y night. believed ths and San his apar She resisted unconscious from stra Po- that after a bedpost as saying cked he at Walter met Cousins on a bus between Salt City at Francisco. She tment Tuesday me that night,” stated Walter, “as she had done sev- eral censed times before. and started I became choking in- her From then on I cannot remempber the wWa for ha Joe Louis-Max uled ight, was this m ed en account of ra The big e sche te po he has a day and tr exact details,” wandered t ife In New Y he city drunk surrendered. He ork from whom been separated for a month - o JOE, MAX BOUT IS POSTPONED ACCOUNT RAIN NEW YORK, June 17.—The in the ent is toemorrow night. > HARTZELL FAMILY TO VACATION IN STATES; WILL NOT RETURN nald Indian dau ATtz uperviser Servic versity ers w Hi. will b on S. Hartze ial Welfare Affairs eau for t aboard with schmeling fight, open air for ning post- now billed for Superintend- 2, in the Bureau headquart- the past 15 the steamer n this morning with his wife 1 e Followin, ter Joan tion in thi his vaci assume case will g w the Administrati Chicago. be in Ch: dress for t R. F. D. No. Tow of a student School ,Patricia for a States, trip, position of and will training of Soctal on of the Uni- headquart- e ation Mr 2 a work £0. he next month 2, Mount Ver- AT CONGRESS ACTS | UPON MEASURE: BOES TOF.D. R Huge Sum Will Be Turned Over to President to Be Disbursed ALASKA AIRMAIL SERVICE KILLED Senator Copv]and Puts Up Losing Fight to Se- cure $200.000 WASHINGTON, June 18.—Con« gress has passed the two billion | three hundred and seventy-five mil- |lion dollar relief deficiency appro- ipriation bill and it has been sent to the White House. Senator Royal S. Copeland, of New York, put up a hard fight in objecting to the elimination of the Senate’s amendment for $200,- 000 for the Alaska air mail service but to no avail and the money for the service was lost r' The bill carries one billion four |hundred and twenty-five million jdollars for work relief to be turned {over to President Roosevelt and re- RS 6 o appropriates three hundred million teadily—in the ; Prosram and more than thirty mil- showing improve. | on dollars for the West's irriga- B e | tion and amation projects. anti-New Deal| The Senate’s amendment provid- industrialists already have attempt- | '8 for three million seven hundred ed to ‘undermine the Democrats and ten thousand dollars for Indian claim to credit, however, by assert- reclamation projects was cut to ing the improvement is the natural |Seven hundred and eighty thousand rebound of business using its own dollars resou to get out of ‘the depres- Gl o a < sion, and not the result of admin- istration recovery efforts Eugene G. Grace, president Bethlehem Steel Corporation, stat-! ed this position at the recent meet- | ing of the American Iron and Steel| [ Institute, when he said that while| trade was improving it was impeded by fear of federal restraint “The attempts to translate emer-| gency measures into a permanent | N condition of bureaucratic domina- SR N . tion and control by government,”, B. P. R. Chief Explains he said, “have operly alarme: r R poes : ayn e properly alarmed our (Glacier Route Will Have people People have come to| ; 4 to Await Paving Money s As By PRESTON GROVER rely building tatistical report ment in industry Republicans and up of 1ealize that unless this conditinn is| cted, a real and lasting pl’os-! perity is not obtainable | e sueceessful roadoiling process el been devised to meet the m: p escnied on the Glacier M. D. Williams, District for the Bureau of Public explained to the Juneau | Chamber of Commerce at its noon !luncheon meeting today in the Ter- ninal Cafe. Mr. Williams reported n reply to a request of the Cham- ber that something be done about he dust condition on the highway. The District Engineer gave a thorough and clear explanation of various oiling experiments that been made and told the Cham- ber it was his belief that until some better method was developed the Glacier Highway would have to wait until such time as the Bureau tets sufficient money to pave it. The cost at the present time, he stat- d, was exceptionally high for main- enance and paving could not yet considered After hearing Mr. Williams talk, he Chamber went on record com- nending the Engineer for the ex- cellent shape in which his Bureau | zept the highway. H .B. Hanson he United industrial | Gommerce. of rising | | he HEADLI} WRITE PLATFORM | Democrats scofi at such argu-| . ments and merely continue to let|Enr aee: newspaper headlines write that part | Roads, the “platform.” Samples Retail sales for the last week of May moved 10 to 16 per cent ahead | of the same week a year | Automobile output was estimated 160,821 units compared with 65, 5 in the corresponding week of 't operating income of sentative group of large for April was 16.8 per April a year A bit of trade news be particularly pleasing of the Democratic summary s beyond ummer a repre- railroads cent above he have that should to builder platform is a owing the demand brisk seasonal expectations for | home furnishings. These include porch and equip- | ment, fancy window and 1i- ber rugs. That sort of spending rep- resents pleasure mone, garden be shades SEE BUILDING Perhaps ¢ Democratic BOMYM more satlisfyir platform builde lor range to as | representative of States Chamber of i 5 was guest of the "-"‘ over "_' & ".'l’““v,\ ; amber, and told briefly of the rents he nation. An Index, .ore of that group, pointing out circulation records a rental : . . hat it was supporting Alaska's of more than 20 per cent : * ¢ mand for air mail. He explained post-depression rise was . he inner workings of the organ- a of wide increase nce a first To a 5 was F F of that vhere factory same ily he Stim the beach ¢ noticeable eaely 0. AGIe zation for the benefit of the mem- market analysis, steadily in-| 0 " i i ng rent represent stimu- to building. It me to them ABGhaE guest . when rents reach a point of the College of Tdaho, who the home owner, store owner | 'S IR the city. Prof. Beale is music operator can build for| PSructor at the Caldwell College. outlay as his rent, natur- | e S will build |B. P. W. C. MEMBERS ating constructicn has b e of the greatest ditticulties tacea| PICNIC, TREADWELL by President Roosevelt in his ef-| e orts to speed up the durable goods Weat! permitting, the members industries »{ the Business and Professional Before the campaign is well along Club, and their families, moreover, the buying wave expected a picnic at Treadwell to follow yment of the soldiers xt Sunday. The party will bonus June 15 will have been further Channel Bus Station at reflected in trade indices Sunday forenoon and Senator Barkley of Kentucky ire day to spend on Democratic keynoter, frequently i enjoy weenies, buns, practiced the “hymn of profits potato salad and coffee the Senate, and it is not likely -oo will miss a chance to weave it into SOMERS GOING SOUTH his address at Philadelphia Gene Somers, formerly with the - Juneau Lumber Mills, who has been Atlanta’s heaviest rainfall for the |in Seward for some time, is a month of April was recorded in 1831 | through passenger on the steamer -820 inches ) Aleutian