The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 22, 1936, Page 1

\ THE DAILY ALA “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 27 JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS | GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY NEARING MILITARY PACT Negotiations Progl essing Regarding Forces in Mediterranean MUSSOLINI MAKES POINTED STATEMENT Declares Hefil Take Care of Nations “Crazy with the Heat” ROME, June 22.——Italy moved toward military and commercial ac- cords with Great Britain and Ger- many as Premier Benito Musso- lini warned in a speech that he could take care of nations that are “crazy with the heat. Army sources reported an agree- ment in principle with Great Bri- tain on a four point military pact in the Mediterranean After five days of negotiations Italy and Germany have agreed to terms of a commercial treaty con- cerning a clearing house for trans- actions of all commerce. In Mediterranean The military pact between Great Brritain and Italy would assure Anchorage Man Killed by Electric Shock ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 22 J. A. Koski, aged about 35, formerly of Los Angeles, was killed by an electric shock while cleaning a chim- ney in the basemen of house. It is believed he touched a faulty socket while standing on the wet floor. His brother Albert is a clerk in the Anchorage Hotel. His widow and children reside in Los Angeles - T4TH CONGRESS HAS ADJOURNED Bundle of New Measures Left on Doorsteps of White House WASHINGTON, June 22—Leav- ing on the White House steps a bundle of bills that included the new revenue and relief measures, the Seventy-Fourth Congress has adjourned after a six months ses- sion. Adjournment took place early Sunday morning. | The Senate was gripped in | filibuster which killed the Guffey- ® * British naval supremacy in the|Vinson coal bill as the last gavel | | i W i | ¢ . . | N Mediterranean and air supremacy to Italy. It is understood that the Italian naval forces will be divided three squadrons, two stationed the Upper Adriatic and the other near the waters close to the British interests. Plane Forces Ttaly will be allowed 100 planes in Libya ed- hetween Sioily Islands. and another 100 will be divid- It is also contemplated to limit | the land forces to 75,000 men for| each nation, both in Egypt and Lib- ya, and a third motorized force for the British in Cyprus and Alexan- dria Fortifications are permitted in ad- dition to the Mulla base - IGE POOL OL CASH ARRIVES HERE: PAYING BILLS Over Thirt)m') Thousand | - T0 BE PROBED Dollars Comes for Awarded Miners The long-awaited ice pool money has arrived! | Yes, sir, over $32,000 in cold cash‘ of 44| dumped into the hands miners today, with the arrival of| Fairbanks mail on the soulhbound Yukon this morning. To be exact, | $32,384 was distributed among the winning members of Local No. 203, Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, of Juneau, Alaska, by John Covich, who represented the group in win- ning half of this year's Nenana Ice Pool. Asked what the boys will do with the money, John Covich, spokes- man, laughed and said that it had all been done with already, and that the men would spend most of the next few days paying long- overdue bills. “Yes, sir, all of the money going to be spent right here Juneau,” Covich said. Each winner here received $736 each, Covich said. - ee—— TAXI DRIVER FOUND KILLED AT HIS WHEEL 3 i -] Death Caus:d_by Bullet—| Search Made for Red- haired Girl LOS ANGELES, Cal, A red-headed gfrl is sought for questioning in the taxicab slaying of Arthur Latimore. With the radio jazzing and all lights on, Latimore was found slumped at the wheel of his auto with a bullet in his head. The log showed thirteen trips for the night meter which was still ticking, into in| and. the Aegean| | is June 22—| [ fell | The House idled through a final | | few bills then marked time until| | the Senate adjourned. LONG SESSION Preview Of The Schedule At Philadelphia of a| The long embattled tax bill pass- | | ed Saturday but the coal, ship sub-| | sidy and housing bills held up pro- \ct-cdmgs The ship subsidy bill squeezed through but the housing bill the last measure designed |to replace the bill the Supreme Court invalidated. | An eleventh hour effort the three-year-old Pure Food and | failed. Congressional business done, the Democratic members trekked to Philadelphia for the Democratic Na- tional Convention President Roosevelt deferred his usual week-end yachting trip to work over the basketfull of bills sent him. The President has already signed a large number of bills in- cluding the anti-price discrimina- tion bill designed to prevent larg Imla)lers obtaining “fictitious” re- | bates from wholesalers SUDDEN DEATH BULLETIN —LOS ANGEL Cal, June 22. — A coroner’s autopsy showed Baroness Mor- rill died from natural causes, heart trouble, LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 22— An inquiry has been launched into the sudden death of Baroness Etta | Ryhiner Morrill, aged 82, and the | disappearance of a purported last will. She claimed to be a descand- | ant from the Hapsburgs. An autop- |sy has been ordered to determine if her death a week ago was natural Landon IS to Be Notified July 23 TOPEKA, Kansas, June 22—Gov. Alfred M. Landon announces he will be notified formally of his Repub- lican nomination for the Presidency |at a ceremony at the State House | grounds on July 23. i 12 HALIBUTERS | | SEATTLE, June 22.—Halibut ar- | rivals today are as follows: From the western banks—Electra 38,000 pounds, Sunset 35,000 pounds, Neptune 25,000 pounds, Norron& 22,- 000 pounds, Sylvia 23,000 pounds, Spray 25,000 pounds, La Paloma 20,000 pounds. From the local banks—Oceanus 15,000 pounds, Repeat 8,000 pounds, Yaquina 5,000 pounds, Angeles 12,- 000 pounds, Unimak 13,000 pounds. The average price was 7% ) 7% cents a pound, - SELL, SEATTLE to push| Drug Bill through the House also! | are over that figure. | OPEND the Democratic National Con- vention at Philadelphia, Chair- man James A. Farley will de- liver a short address on Tues- dnv eveninz. June 23. 31 00,000 ARRIVES HERE IN SOLDIER BONUS PAYMENT 189 Bond P;‘éels Average $5OO Per Veteran Come in Over Weekend Bonus bonds, representing $100,000 | came into the Juneau Postoffice during the week end and Postmaster | Albert Wile and his staff were busy ioday passing out the registered par- cels containing the bonds. The Postmaster said 180 par of bonds came in and Amer Legion officials estimate that each one will average at least $500. Many The bonds are in $50 lots with odd | amounts paid in U. S. Treasury checks which are cashable where the holder is known. | The bonds are not cashable here! but must be certified and sent back | to Seattle where arrangements for payment have been made. Postmas- ter Wile stressed that those wishing | to convert their bonds into cash must present them to the Postmaster | or a certifying official in the Post. office and must have two witness | to sign with him who are known| to the certifying official. The back | of the bonds explains the procedure and in this registered envelope will ' be found complete instructions from the Treasury Department. Those holding their bonds Wl]l draw three per cent annually after June 15, 1937. No interest is cred- ited until they have been held one | year. Maturity date is June 15, 11945 at which time each bond will {have a value of $63.50, which s)m ply means the face vazlue of bond plus interest. { PASSENGER | BUS BURNS i Two Drivers, Two Passeng- ers Escape Injury on Alaska Highway FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 22— A large passenger bus was burned near Paxons when it caught fire| while taking gas. { The occupants, James Moody and Bert McDonald, drivers, and Mr. and Mrs. Ellinger, enroute from Se- attle, escaped but the Ellingers lost their baggage and $50 in cash in an overcoat pocket. The bus was owned by the Fair- banks Bus Company. The drivers and passengers were brought to Fairbanks in a new bus which was following. BUSH FIRES ARE RAGING EDMONTON, June 22.—Passeng- ers here from Great Bear Lake via plane said a crackling bush fire is threatening to destroy Major Lieut. Burwash’s mining camp at Yellow Knife Bay on the north shore of Great Slave Lake. Fire fighters are reported to have | haved the northern mining camp and | at Goldfields which was threatened " by another blaze, the KEYNOTE speaker, immediately following, will be Senator Alben W. Bark- ley, of Kentucky, who perform- ed the same duty at Chicago four years ago. BU actually will get unde fellowing evening when Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkan- sas, (akes the rostrum as Permanent Chairman. STRIKE VOTE ' SETTLEMENT 15 CLOSE ONE {Decision in Loggers, Mill | Workers Walkout Still | Up to Employers Emlmrgoes Are Lifted by F.D.R. Proclamation Declares Italo-Ethiopia War Ceases to Exist WASHINTON, June 22.—Declar- | ing the Ttalio-Ethiopian was has | | ceasd to exist, President Roosevelt| PORTLAND, Ore., June 22 ihas lifted embargoes and restric- [ bAre majority of the (,Mmuml tions clamped on those nations ag|River district loggers and mill wo 2 means of safeguarding American |©'S have accepted the propos neutrality strike and lockout settlement 1 The proclamation issued by the 8 final decision to the employe dent revokes arms and finan-| Judges of the count said 2647 voted embargoes and the warning|fOr & new working agreement and against trading with the belliger- | 2615 against |ents or traveling on their ships. The walkout of 600 loggers on The embargoes were this na- May 4 started the strike which was followed by a shutdown of ous other tion’s first test of planned neutral- numer- ity since the WorldWar camps whose employers The President’s action preceded | 53id they would resist efforts of the the League of Nation's considera- | Unions to seize control of Liring tion of the British proposals to e abandon collective sanctions against Italy as an aggressor nation. The State Department officials emphasized the President’s action does not imply recognition of the CAPONE DENIED PRISON PAROLE \pphrdllon Ma\ Be Con- sidered in Sep!ember —Good Prisoner WASHINGTON, June Department of Ju: today ‘“Scarfa Al Capone's re cn has been denied. Officials asserted he might ask British Soldiels and Arabs that his application be considered Killed in Disorders ; Italian annexation of Ethiopia That is a diplomatic question in- volving important complications which must be left to future deter- mination, it was vxnl‘unl'd 2 The zain later. He will be eligible for parole at the expiration of one third Over Weekend f his sentence on September 3, 1935. |y, ohington's Ja won the Sk lis full term expires May 3, 1942. |, race by three lengths. The| JERUSALEM, June 22—Five Ar-| Meager reports from Alcatraz in-|n,yy was second, Cornell third. it abs were killed and. two Britiahdicate e has been & good prisoner|i:”th second stralght Washington soldiers were wounded dufing two 1 avoided prison intrigue and re-| jayvee victory. The time was four- attacks by Arab snipers against a| P €Hion: |teen minutes, fifty-two and one- train Y e xnh seconds, bt The double skirmish climaxed the week-end fights in which two Brit- ish soldiers were killed and between 20 and 40 Ax‘ab~ were killed HIGH OFFICIAL OF NAZI GOVT. DIES IN BERLIN Secretary of State for For- eign Affairs Von Buelow, Passes OVER WEEKEND Others In]ured Are Expect- ed to Die — One Family Wiped Out SAN FRANCISCO, June Week-end accidents claimed at least 23 lives, 16 on highways. Others re expected to die from injuries received. There were 13 traffic deaths in BERLIN, June 22.—Bernhard W. Los Angeles area where one fam- Von Buelow, Germany Secretary of ily of four was wiped out when a State for Foreign Affairs, is dead train crashed into an auto at from complications of lung inflam- grade crossing. ation as a result of an attack of i - intenz. SENATGR CAMPBELL JUNEAU VISITOR The fifty-one year old bachelor James R. Campbell of Anchorage. 22 a diplomat was considered one of the most studious, hard working men ir the Diplomatic service. Von Buelo wa; considered the “Velvet Glove who served in the last legislature as of the Hitler regime. His death a member of the Senate from the Third Division, arrived in Juneau on the Aleutian for a few days business. He reports conditions about nor- mal in his district with seasonalac- uvity at its peak depeived the German foreign office of its most renown member. He was responsible for paving the wa to permit Adolpf Hitler to place hi own candidate in the key spot in German government NOMINATION of President Roosevelt for a sccond term, set for Thursday probably will fall to John Mack, of New York, who nom- inated F. D. R. in ’32. e officials said| New T Bill Esiniated ACOEPTANC ceremonies, with the President accepting in person, are planned for Saturday night, June 27, outdoors on Philadelp hia's Franklin Field. to Produce Eight Hundred Million Dollars in Income EXTRA! WASHINGTON U FRESHMEN WIN POUGHKEEPSIE TIN — POUGHKEEP- June 22.—Washing- ty Varsity won the making a clean annual regatta. second, Navy BU SIE, ton U Varsity race, sweep of the California was third. The Huskies won by a length and one half, the first clean of the sweep in the history eight oared regatta. June shington first race The Universit; Freshman crew won the of the annual regatta here toda: cne length ahead of California. The Navy third in the six crew two- mile race. The Huskies were three lengths at one time but California oressed up toward the end. Cor- nell was off first but then smm-nu The time -was ten minutes an { three-fifths seconds. Cornell was fourth, Syracuse lth jand Columbia sixth 23 LWES LUST 'ROTARIA IN ACCIDENTS ENTERTAIN TACOMANS Another Winner NS HOPE TO Enthusiasm over the plan of en-| tertaining the members of the Ta-| Chamber of Commerce are on the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce Alaska Tour when they return through here on July 1, was shown at the regular luncheon coma who meeting of the Rotary Club at the| Terminal today. Two new members, W. S. Pullen of the Alaska Light and Power Com- pany and Wilbur Wester, Manager of the Gastineau Hotel were elect-| ed. G. H. Walmsley, who was elected at the last meeting, ad- dressed the meeting Community singing led by Miss Ruth Coffin was enjoyed .- BANKER, ROUNDTRIPPER Walter D. Brown, French Branch of the Bank of Am- erica at San Francisco; Mrs, and their children, Walter D., Jr Alyce and Jeanette, are roundtrip passengers on the Northwestern - HAROLD FOSS IS BACK FROM WESTWARD TRIP Harold B. Foss, of the Foss Cor struction Company, who flew west last week on a business trip to Valdez and Cordova where he has| work under progress, Juneau returned to aboard the steamer Yukon. 22 Manager of the | Brown | The principal feature “| of eight to fifteen percent corporate income with a supertax of seven to twenty-seven percent on the undistributed corporate income A special provision was made | for small corporations by allowing seven percent undistributed tax to apply to the first ten percent or first five thousand dollars or un- distributed earnings whichever was greater. Corporate dividends in the ands of stockholders would be sub- ject to_four percent normal income tax in addition he bill retains the existing ex- cess profits and capital stock taxes but with the rate of the latter cut from $1.40 to $1 per $1,000 of stock The bill established an entirely new principal of taxing corporation | income as it bears heavily on the lmmmr which is not distributed to stockholders. on all | One section of the bill imposes cighty percent tax on persons de- scribed as “unjustly enriched” by| nonpayment of the old AAA proces- | sing ta: GOVERNOR ROSS . TO RUN, SENATE l(JahO S Chlef hxecullV( '.0 Bl Borah’s Place mn (.ongrcss BOISE, Idaho, June Gov ,Ben Ross announced he will seek | the Democratic Senatorial nomina- | tion to the seat now held by S ator William E. Borah s | | 22 | — | BORAH WAITING WASHINGTON, June 22-—Sena- { tor Borah said he has no comment | to make at this time regarding Gov | Ross's candidacy Senator Borah said he that the Idaho think of his views toward the Party's platform before determing whether he will seek a sixth term | D DEATH FOR KIDNAPERS BERLIN, June 22 President | Adolf Hitler has decreed the death | penalty for kidnapers effective | of date of June 1 FORMER NOME BANKER DIES SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Arthur W. Kah, aged 59, presic |of the Northern California Growers Association, died %umln following an operation. He had lived at Nome, Alaska, for many years {he was president of a bank at one | time see June 22 C.i wants to| Republicans | | NEW DEALERS ROLLING INTO PHILADELPHIA Delegates to Blg Session Shout and Cheer for Roosevelt HARMONY UNANIMITY IS BOUND TO PREVAIL Nommdlmg Rule Is to Be Changed Platform Is Being Written PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 22 New Deal hosts rolled into this city today in a colorful convention array shouting and cheering for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and jeers for another one-time party nominee, Al- fred E. Smith. A barrage of scorn, sarcasm and ridicule fell in Smith’s direction for | his statement last night asking that The tax is the tax| Roosevelt and his policies be res pudiated at the convention opening tomorrow. t is very noticeable that the delegates to the Democratic Nation- al convention have no intention of following Smith's advice. F. D. R. Dominates WASHINGTON, Jun 22 | Roosevelt will be in complete d il whish wes sent to the Wehifely o ‘o oot SER House ‘Iast Saturday afternoon by| . ~ooneoqe S0 SO0 ,”', ',:nL 2 1',‘ Congress, is estimated to produce| = oy Rl lnlfo‘rmy :'“ ;n‘c" elght hundred million dollars in written at the Svm“. Huu:v 5o new income. | 1 e The Administration’s proposal to i change the Party nominating rule is expected to triumph easily. Full Faith Pledged Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, of New York, repledged full faith in Presi- dent Roost and said the Smith 8roup “expressed the sentiment of ouly a handful of Democrats.” Harmony, Unanimtiy Talking harmony and unanimity, tle Democratic leaders began as |ecrly as last Saturday afternoon to | to fi'e into the convention city. Chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Committec James A. Farley told the newsmen that a two mil- licn dollar campaign fund will be sufficient to re-elect President Roosevelt and that the committee expeeted to get at least half of the sum from the five thousand nomin- ator “ullies when Roosavelt delivers h's *p*~nce speech next Saturday night The platform is anticipated ta ccntain 2,000 words. SMITH STARTS NEW MOVEMENT AGAINSTF. . R. | Disgruntled Liberty Leaguer Makes Bid to Demo- cratic Convention NEW YORK, June 22.—Five prom- inent Democrats headed by Alfreq E Smith of New York suggested “putting aside Franklin D. evelt” and the substitution of “genuirde Democrat.” In a signed statement addressed the delegates to the National scme to | Democratic Convention, it was sug- gested the delegates be “American rother than anything else.” It was urged to “take the heavy hand of government off of business and put an end to the campaign now under full swing to buy the Presidency by misuse of funds, generously given b the people of the United States alleviate want and distress, and preserve the Constitution and un- der it the three separate and dis- tinet independent branches of gov- ernment.” In addition to Smith, the state- ment was signed by Bainbridge Col- Jy, former U. S. Senator from Mis- sori; Joseph B. Ely, former Gover- nor of Massachusetts and Dantel F. Cohalan of New York, former Justice of the New York State Su- preme Court FARLEY NOT SURPRISED PHILADELPHIA, June 22. — Na- tional Democratic Chairman James A. Farley today issued a statement in connection with the “drop Roose- velt” appeal made by Al Smith and others, declaring No one is surprised at the report of certain people prominent in or- ganization like the Liberty -League will send in telegrams to the Dem- .( ontinued on Page Three)