The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 26, 1936, Page 12

CONGRESSIONAL “Dr(’ss U pb Trmfil of Smari Bém*h Wear Sounds Death Knell of Nudist Effects MEASURE AIDS ALASKA CITIES May Incur Bonded Indebt- edness, However, with Stipulations With th enactment by Congr of the bill oduced by sk Delegate Anthony J. Dimond to au- thorize incorporated municipalities in ka to incur bonded indebted- nes was approved by the Pres the cities and towns can now issue bonds for undertak- ing public works without securing authority of Congress 8s has been necessary in the past The Act limits the bonded indebt- cdness that can be incurred to 10 per cent of the total value of the | taxable property of the city or town. | It requires approval by at least 6 per cent of the voters wha are liste on the tax assessment roll of town. The Act stipulates that th bonds issued shall mot bear more | than 6 per cent interest and shall| | mature in not more than 30 years| { . from the date of issuance he governing bodies of the towns will | decide on the regulations for the| elections, as well as other matters' | pertaining to the issuance of the | . bords and to provide the necessary tax revenue for meeting the interest | and retiring the bonds when duc The Delegate said that he believ- ed the passage of this law mark | ; gradual extension of self-govern- ment to the Territory with a conse- quent loosening of the restrictons placed on Alaska by Congress. He also pointed out that the Act could| casily be the direct means of saving money to Alaska towns which would be enabled to take acdvantage of loan opportunities at low rates of inter- est that might not be available if negotiations were held up pending Congressional action on the indi- vidual applications. Further, in this connection, it appears that some Al- aska towns that now have outstand- ing bond issues on which interest rates are high will be enabled to authorize new issues at the prevail- ing low rates of interest with which to retire the original debts - PETERSBURG - NEWS ITEMS PETERSBURG, Alaska, June 2 —(Speefal Correspondence) —Music lovers here are looking forward to & concert that will be given by Miss Ellen Reep, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Mary Thorkelsen, Wed- nesday evening at the Variety The- atre. Miss Reep, a noted artist, ar- rived on the Alaska last week. After giving her concert in Petersburg she will visit other Alaska towns Young Ameri which_combines same material for lounging hours circles and is worn with a brown s | Both the Elks and Eastern Star| picnics were postponed last Sunday. | The Eastern Star will hold their picnic next Sunday. The Elks have no definite plans but will probably wait until it is more convenient for the Wrangell Elks to join them The.members of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Tour Party arrived in Petersburg Thursday ev- enning at 7 o'clock aboard the Aleu- tian. While the steamer was in port, members of the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce entertained the visitors. Last Friday evening Charles Gree- hae, owner of the Sanitary Market, planted frogs in ponds at Jack King's. It is hoped that before long This is an artist’ frogs' legs will be on the Peters- burg market. War. Sandy Beach was a popular re-| By ELMER W. PETERSON sort Saturday night where many went to celebrate St. Ann’s, (Mid-/ LONDON, June 26.—Plans for Summer Night.) Bonfires, singing, Britain's first bomb-proof and gas- and dancing were enjoyed. A dance proof underground home, where the was also held at Sales' Inn owner can sleep without fear or air — raids, have been announced by a John Enge, son of Mr. and Mrs. firm of British architects. Martin Enge returned home Frid It is to be built for an English from Seattle where he has been millionaire, at an estimated cost of attending the University of Wash- $150,000, under a lonely meadow ington. He was accompanied by in Hertfordshir Identity of the George Brown, who will be his house guest for the summer. Vernon Len- VOg is also a guest at the Enge home. owner is a secret It will be a luxury mansion, with more than 20 rooms, all air-condi- tioned. A turn of a switch will flood the rooms with artificial sun- light 8. M. Granger and Charles Flo Forestry officials, arrived Wedne day on the Forester. While here they inspected Sandy Beach, and left early Thurs morning for Juneau. Mole-Like Future Seen Numerous such homes are vis- ualized for the future by Alan Da architect | “The home now being designed is on luxury lines, but it anticipates |the time when the menace of air Mrs. Hal Cawthorne, wife of the manager of the Coliseum Theatre accompanied by her son Bobby, sailed on the Yukon for Seattle. Th expect to return in about six weeks. home ‘'owners to build underground,” he said & No effort is to'be spared, it is Major M. J. Hopkins was a Pet-|explained, to make the Hertford- ersburg visitor Monday returning shire home both comfortable and from a hunting trip on Admiralty {safe. The framework will be of steel Island. Major Hopkins shot one With reinforced concrete. Excava- brown "bear and two black bears, tions will be to a depth of 12 feet He sailed on the Yukon this evening |over an area of 200 by 100 feet, for Seattle and hopes to return in Daly states, the fall for another hunting trip. | The roof, camouflaged |nis court and garden, w be of Miss Ruth Nelson, niece of Mrs. |heavy concrete, capable of resisting Willie Johnson, sailed south on the |both bombs and shells. Entrance Yukon: thie evening. Miss Nelson |Will be through a tunnel left Seattle'on the Aleutian with the Fountain Hices Periscope Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce| Walls of the eight bedrooms and party and made the trip to Seward |four living rooms are to be of glass, and return. She stopped over in|through which will stream artific- Petersburg for one week to visit her [ial sunlight. aunt and uncle. Miss Nelson’s home | will surround the rooms, giving the is in Spokane, Wash, - ‘lmpression of "being above, rather L ten- raids in Europe may compel many | Miniature landscapes | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1936. 3 a seeking to achieve allure is tu ning to beach outfits like the one pictured above a “dressmaker” swim suit having fairly full trunks and a fitted top, with a dress of the It is made of soft blue green rayen patterned in brown and white scarf. Millionaire |than under the groupnd. | Above the home#a periscope, dis- |guised through a fountain, will per- mit occupants to survey the coun- tryside at will “To live in such a home,” said |Daly, “will be as healthy as living |above ground, perhaps more so. The air will be clean and precautions will be taken against dampness, | while the artificial sunlight will be health giving. “To cope with the peril of air | bombing, there are two obvious so- lutions in building; namely, blocks of flatts at widely separated inter- |vals, or the underground home. | With proper mass production meth |ods there is no reason why the lat- ter should not become popular.” - - ~ STORE AT 2 WAREHOUSES MEDFRA DESTROYED BY FIRE; MAN INJURED | The store and twe warehqus { owned by Arthur. W. Berry at Med- fra, on the north fork of the Kus- kokwim river were destroyed by fire according to Fred Tangblad, who | was injured by -the-flames and went | to Fairbanks last week for medical | treatment. Tangblad suffered pain- \ ful but not serious -injuries to one | hand when he thrust is through a { window of the flaming store build- ing in an attempt to retrieve valu- ables. Mr. Berry, a pioneer trader at | Medfra, about 35 miles from Mc- Grath, will rebuild in the fall. ., Texas' grocery bill for feeding 19,000 inmates of its public institu- tions was more than_$1,000,000 the last fiscal year. v Concrete House Under English Field Shelters from Air Raid conception of a cross-section of a concrete subterranean home which is being built in England as a precaution against the gas and high explosive bombs of air raiders in a future Pnfiigal Wams She’ll Use Force to Hold Golonies LISBON. June 26—Portugal has joined Belgium and Holland in mak: ing it plain that as one of the smal- ler colony-owning countries of Eu- rope she has not the sli t in- ention of sharing, dividing or sell= ing her possessions In fact the government leaders have evidenced a near-belligerent attitude in discussing the suggested { redistribution of colonie “If necessar Prime Minister Oliveira Salazar said recently in | Parliament, “we shall prove our rights and strength by defending our colonies in case they are threat- ened.” .| Widespread rumors t 1any desires to purchase somc he Pors | tuguese colonies prompted these vig- |orous ‘affirmations of pol | Portuguese colonies include 'the 'Cape Verde Islands, off the west jcoast of Afri the Sao Thome and | Principe Islands, in the Gulf of Guinea; Portuguese West Africa, | Portuguese East Africa, or Mozam- bique; Macao in China, and Timor ;m the Malay Archipelagc | - e |*+ A T-Square branding n 5 | years old from the Quinc 3 ranch near Caddo, Stephens county, Texas, has been retired to Baylor lUniversl(y museum at Waco. COSTS OF WAR SEEN BY ITALY AS INVESTMENT GEORGE C. JORDAN ROME, June 26—Italy’s military 1ccess in Ethiopia has brought her econd class phase of the African venture, making it pay Published appropriations for the to date total 10,000,000,000 lire, o the war équivalent to about a billion dol- la ar costs were raised in by taxes, by conversion 5% per cent bonds, by i requisitioning of foreign credits and ities held by Italians, and by ! of gold and jewelry Raw Materials Figured | For this price, leaving aside “up- | koey xpects to have obtain- 000 square miles of but a life-giving supply | mate! upon which to ! ba r future fight for economic | inde ndence. Ethiopia can provide many, if not all | 1ack Vit metal raw materials that cereals, vegetables, cot- wool, rubber, iron and other sugar, timber and, perhaps, All these products have been in Ethiopia, even though all quantities in some instanc- the Italy coal, olini expects to develop them ons that Ethiopia’s potential vealth should not be measured by | the Ethiopians have made of ka Purchase Cited Whether Ttaly can raise the capi- tal to develop that wealth remains to be seen. To Fascist economists comparing the conquered territory with the United States’ acquisition and their subsequent yields, it seems a reasonable investment When the United States bought Alaska from Russia, for example, it appeared less valuable than doe Ethiopia, but it has brought the United S annual products ranging recently from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000. From the Philippine Islands, with less than a third as much territor Ethiopia the United States he ped an annuazl trade of from 000,000 to $200,000,000. .o LONG'S WIDOW ABANDONS HIS SENATE FUEDS WASHINGTON, June 26. — The voting record of Mrs. Huey P. Long indicates che has no disposition r to carry on the relentless battle her late husband fought with the Ad- ministration. She has voted, for the most part, as Administration leaders have vot- ed. Quietly disposed, Mrs. Long has ing legislation. She is handsome enough to appuse audible comment among gal- lery spectators as she comes in the Sepate Chamber. Her often ramp- ant husband occupied a front seat in the Senate, but she has a seat in the rear, immediately below the public galleries. UNLIKE HUSBAND'S There are instances where it i very apparent her vote went con- trary to the way Mr. Long would have voted. In retrospect, it -ap- pears certain he would have op- posed the motions by which Ma- jority Leader Robinson killed the \two Republican amendments to the Vandenberg resolution asking re- ports on AAA benefit payments. One would have required a state- ment of all WPA employees ap- pointed outside the civil service, |and the other would have directed la mild investigation into the Re- |settlement Administration. The tabling motions by which |they were killed automatically shut off debate, a procedure which was anathema to Mr. Long. Mrs. Long voted with Mr. Robinson. It has been said at different times that she follows the Ad- ministration, or that she follows the lead of Mrs. Hattie Carawa) /the elder woman Senator, or that she heeds the voice of Senator Qverton of Louisiana, a Long or- ganization man. VIE VOTES FOR HERSELF A check of roll calls on questions that might be considered important shows that she disagreed twice with Majority Leader Robinson, once with Mr. Overton, and twice with Mrs. Cargway. Mrs. Long obviously is enjoying her term in the Senate amid the genteel flattery of her fellow. Sen- ators. Washington's public knew was alive. Her term will end this year as Allen Ellender has won the Demo- cratic nomination for the next term, which in Louisiana is tanta- mount to election. < ISR R Born With Toothache ST. STEPHEN, S. C—A month- old boy, born with a tooth that irritated his gum, had to be car- ried to a dentist to have it re- moved. L eee Lode and placer Tocation n tices for sale at The Empire offic.. had nothing to say about any pend- | little of her while her husband | THESE BEAUTIES SEEK WEIGHT Contrary to the usual feminine young screen actresses are member: COEDS GREATER SPENDERS THAN MALESTUDENTS COLUMBUS, O.. June pender of dad’s money, irl outdoes a college boy lents at Capital Univer A survey shows that 26.—As a a college say stu- here costs it 69543 to keep the average girl in man ile chool a year, whereas a pends onlv. $407 71 cquiring an .education. armually practice of reducing, these thres s of a group trying to gain weight, because a casting director said they would receive better roles if they were heavier. So they have gone on a milk diet. Left to right: Marie Wilson, Anne Nagel and Carol Hughes. (Associated Press Photo) Gandhi Spins New Plan for Indic: British Guard Prepares Against Surprise ish headache in the past, has’pi reveal them. By JAMES A. MILLS DELHI, India, June 26.—From the position of a world figure, Mahatma Gandhi, India’s erstwhile champion of liberty, declined almost into obscurity. This is not because tne Mahatma has last any of his popularity or prestige among Indja’s teeming mil- lions of peasants, but rather be- cause the man who has been fight- ing the Bri Empire for 40 years, has deliberately sought seclusion, to study the causes of his failure to win independence for India, and to plan the future. Although the Mahatma tempor- arily is out of the limelight, he ex- ercises as much power and ence today among the masses as he ever did. He still is venerated almost as a god. The people appear to have in- finite faith in his honesty, sincerity and methods. Early Emergence Predicted The Indian leader .no longer makes speeches, writes articles, or does spectacular things. For that reason the outer world seldom hears about him. He appears to be doing a sort of Rip Van Winkle stunt, but his friends say his retirement will be nothing like 20 years, but more like a single year. They predict that some day he | will spring a surprise on the British |authorities, something spectacular that again will rivet world atten- tion upon him. The British authorities them- selves frankly express misgivings about what he may do when the new London-made constitution launched in India. The Mahatma is not giving away |his plans. When I approached him at his little hut in the “untouch- ables” colony, on the outskifts of Delhi, and asked him for a state- ment on his program, he said: “A good general never discloses his plans until the day of action. America must wait until then. Then it will see for itself whatIam doing. |For the present I must detach mv- | self from the outer. world and medi- tate. 35 S B + is influ- | Indian Ii}t!e indu \Lh_nsr Icadership of ¢aused mafdy an official Brit- Despite alarming reports respect- ing Gandhi’s health, I found him in excellent condition. If anything, he appeared more alert and younger than when I last saw him in 1931. But his friends say his fluctuating blood pressure, which sometimes rises alarmingly, gives his doctors | a good deal of worry. They also say that the wiry and | tenacious little leader lacks the en- engy and endurance he showed in bygone years. His memory, too, they declare, has become impaired, and he is not so quick of thought and speech as formerly. At times, they say, he has to grope for the right word or phrase. But he still takes a three-mile walk each morning and evening, eats his meals of goat's milk, al- mond-paste and tomato-salad, and |lives an extremely careful and well- regulated life. | Those around him, including Miss Madeleine Slade, his English dis- cipie, look after the Mahatma as though he were a frail flower. “He is so precious to India,” she say “{hat we must prolong his life until India achieved its full inde- pendence.” TUMAN TEETH USELE! LIAMATAIA GANDHI LISPS 26.—Although teeth removed, 's little 67- DELIT, T I, Ji he has had all L Mahatma Gandl. | year-old = rebel, - refuses to - wear false teeth 1 therefore lisps. “Artificial teeih,” he says, “form |only another_form of modern tor- ture. If people confined: themselves |to wholesome liquid food, like goat’s milk, they wouldn't need teeth.” For many years the bizarre Hin- du wore an upper set of false teeth, but only at meal-time. Miss Made- leine Slade, his English disciple, who was custodian of the plate, has put the false ivories away on a shelf. e, Fred MacMurray is called Holly- wood’s busiest hero. In 18 months, I'he has played 11 leading Troles. It's what they eat, rather than what they study, that costs the nost. Meals for the average male tudent total about $420.44 for a ollege ear, while Betty Coed pends 2 a week for The average girl spends $2.91 a | veek for clothes ana the « | nan only $2597 a year. Men students at Capital spend i average of $18.28 annuall ecreation ‘and $11.89 for refresh- nents, undoubtedly largely spent on oeds who. turn in no bill at,ail for refreshments and one of only $9.80 tor recreation. | Room rent costs coeds year and college men onl: Bocks cost women students han | for stationery fellow students. The coeds report they receive 85 | oer cent of what they spend from | home and earn the rest. Men stu- lents say their parents pay 60 pe: ent of their bills. e - CAMP ROBBER'S NEST IS FOUND Discovery May Result in Award of Five Thou- sand Dollars airbanks News-Miner) What is declared to be the first camp robber’s nest ever found is now on display in the window of McIntosh and Kubon Drug In the nest are four eggs, which was broken when removed from the ich it was built. It is reported that a reward is cffered by the Smithsonian Insti- tute for the finder of such a nest, and George Smith, who discovered the nest near Ester Creek has written to officials at Washington, D. C.. on the subject. Charles E. Bunnell, president of the University of Alaska, has de- clared that if the nest is not wanted at Washingtoh, D." €., he desires it for the University museum. Ralph Kubon, manager of Mc~ Intosh and Kubon's Drug Store, stated he had heard that Smith- ['sonian Institute offered a reward of $5,000 for such a nest to be placed in the national museum. Game Warden Sam O. White, Istated the camp robber is an un- more men, and coeds spend more than do their male he Store. one of the nest tree in wi usual bird, which builds its nest and lays its eggs in the winter time, and he has never before | heard of a camp robber’s nest being found in Alaska. The eggs are large and white, speckled brown. The nest is made of a conglomeration of material in- cluding hair, feathers and moss, but principally built of dry twigs. Mr. Smith was cutting wood on mining ground on Alder Creek near Ester, March 23, when he saw two camp robbers attacking a squirrel. Convinced that there must be a camp robber’s nest in the spruce tree which the squirrel was attempting to climb, Mr. Smith cut down the tree, which was 27 feet tall, foot by foot to keep it in a ver- tical position, and found the nest with only one egg broken. Mr. Smith’s work kept him at his ¢laim until now. .- City in Idaho ‘May Become |Inland Seaport LEWISTON, Idaho, June 26. Although Idaho is an inland State ithig city looks forward to a period |of prosperity as “Idaho's. only sea- | port.” | Situated on the Snake River {which empties into the Columbia |Lewiston for years has conducted |an aggressive campaign to open both streams to ocean-going com- merce. Civic leaders here are back- ‘mg various Oregon communities to 'have the upper reaches of the Co- |lumbia dredged and also are study- |ing plans for improving the 139 |miles of the Snake River between Lewiston and its mouth. The latter work is estimated to cost $26,000,- ;000 to $50,000,000. | Lewiston citizens point out that |the city was founded by a party |ascending the river in boats, and |that from the earliest days settlers |hoped the place eventually would become a seaport. Canny Fellow | SANDUSKY, O—H. C. Millott has shatterd a 60-year-old illusion. {When an argument started over |the material composnig the court house tower, a majority contend- |ing it was solid stone, Millott said |with devastating finality: “Tin.” |He ought to know—he designed the |building. IN JONEAU! - SHOP