The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” U. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1937. F.D.R. FORECASTS BALANC ||SPANISH ZONE | RE-EMPLOYMENT | MUST TAKE UP SLAGK, HE SAYS President Puts Government | \ Expense Cutting Square- | ly Up to Industry | BUSINESS MUST ABSORB | THOSE NGW ON RELIEF| Nearly Billion Is Asked for| National Defense in | Budget Message WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Presi-| dent Roosevelt today sent a multi- billion dollar budget to the 75th Congress in a message bluntly leav- | ing complete balance of the Federal income and outgo up to industrial re-employment efforts with certain exceptions. He told Congress the new 1938 budget “is in balance” and said it/ would remain so if later relief re- quirements do not exceed the es- timated $1,537,123,080. Then after| forecasting a new public debt peak for next June 30-of $35,026,000,000 despite a sharply increased income, the President added: | NOW FORTIFIED BY NAZI FORCE Germans Making Incur- sions Into Spanish Mor- occo Is Report | FORTIFICATIONS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED Both France and Great Bri- | Mrs. William M. Harkness, Jr., is shown after her arrival in San Fran- “It is my contention that if every: ciseo with the @rst young giant panda ever to be captured alive. She had employer or potential employer will, 8pent $20,000 in her search for the animal, which she plans to give tc New York’s Bronx Zoo. The head of the animal is shown in the inset. undertake in the mnext six months| to give employment to persons now receiving government help, the na- tional budget can thereafter be kept definitely in balance.” The budget calls for a record-| breaking peace time national de-: fense fund of nearly a billion dol-| lars, including money to start work on two fifty-million dollar battle-| ships, increased expenditures for| airplanes and ordnance equipment,l expanded personnel of both the | Army and Navy. It also asks a to- tal of $990,763,000, an increase of $92,882,000 over the estimated out-| lay for the current year ending, June 30, for capital outlay. The message, covering especially the 12 months beginning next July ALASKA PLANS TURNED DOWN Harbor Improvements at Kake, Metlakatla and Haines, Disapproved 3 SOUTHEAST [Rooserelt Seeks Approval, Child | LahorA_mendmem [Requests Quick Ratification | in Letters to States Where | | Assembles Are Meeting tain Are Conferring on New Danger PARIS, Jan. 8.—French officials | today asserted that it is quite im- possible “for France to permit the reported incursion into Spanish | Morocco and said France will de- | mand immediate consultation of Eu- |rope’s powers to halt the flow of, {foreign men and munitions into | Spain.” | Then French-Moroccoan admin= {istrator reports Germany is con= |ducting large scale military and commercial invasion of the adjacent | Spanish Zone. | TWO NATIONS CONFER | LONDON, Jan. 8—Official sourc- les here said Great Britain and France have been conferring for the past three weeks omr Germany's in- !vasion of various districts in and {adjacent to Spanish Morocco, par- lticulxrly regarding fortification, |with long range guns, at Seuta }which is only 14 miles across the |straits from Gibraltar. | e HOTEL RAZED, FOUR INJURED, J i WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. — Major, WASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Not heed-| Damages Estimated at $50,- 1, was read in both the Senate and General E. M. Markham, Chief of ing the dispute over curbing the House by clerks, including the es-{Army Engineers, has filed an ad-|Supreme Court, President Roosevelt timated relief sum needed for ex-’ penditure in the 1938 period, mak-| ing an aggregate of $7,694,000,000, | a drop of $786,000000 under the Metlakatla and Haines, all in South- | projected outlays for the current| fiscal year. | Citing generally improving busi-| ness conditions, the message fore- rast next year’s receipts at 37.—' 293,000,000. —————— | 3"clearly exceed the beneftis to be/ |derived by general commerce and; IN REQUESTS FOR TERRITORY | Budget Recommendation| Asks $4,903,600 for Alaska Activities | WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Alaska’s‘» share of the budget recommenda- | tions submitted to Congress today | totaled $4,903,600, compared with $4- 476,280 appropriated for the 1936- 37 fiscal year. | The President’s budget message | showed that actual expenditures un- | der appropriations for the same ser- | vices in Alaska for 1936-37 amount- | ed to $4,631,798. Compared with ap- | propriations for the present year| there are small increases recom-| mended for several items in the next | fiscal year including those for the general operations .of the Fisheries Bureau in Alaska waters, and for educational and medical aid for In- dians, | ‘The general recommendatiions for the 1936-37 fiscal year includes: Fisheries Bureau, $290,000; Alaska Game Commission for enforcement of game laws, $103,798; Indian Bu- reau, education of Natives, $700,000, medical relief natives by same bu- reau, $375,000, and maintenance of Annette Island Indian reserve, $50- 000; Geological Survey, $60,000; Mc- Kinley National Park, $29,000. The amounts recommended for Territorial government 'include: (Continued on Page Five) verse report with the House Rivers and Harbors Committee on propos- ed harbor improvements at Kake, east Alaska. The Chief said the breakwater proposed at the Kake harbor would afford shelter for small craft but| adequate shelter is available else- where. The cost of suitable breakwaters at Metlakatala and Haines would navigation.” >, Nugget Found in 50-cent Chicken PUMPKIN BUTLES, Wyo., Jan. 8—Mrs. Iva Frye, Gillette house- wife, realized a profit on her din- ner. She bought a chicken for 50 cents. In its gizzard she found a gold nug- get. A jeweler appraised the nug- get at $1.96. Profit—$1.48, gross, of course. Result—Mrs. Frye wants to buy more chickens from her Pumpkin Buttes poultryman. ——,,——— Twins Are Born to Each of Cow Trio OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 8—Dr. E. P. Allen, Oklahoma City obset- rician, purchased three pure-bred Holsteins from the dairy depart- ment of Oklahoma A. & M. College and placed them on his farm. Some weeks ago one of them had twin bull calves. Later another of the trio presented her owner with twins—a bull and a heifer. Then the third game birth to two calves, one of each sex. Experts said twin calves ordinarily arrive once in every 100 births. .- A “social service bureau” on the University of Oklahoma campus of- fers .to supply male escorts for co-eds on request. The fee is 50 cents for two hours. “gigolo” | |today made a second brisk move to achieve NRA goals, by seeking a |speedy raitification by the States, of the child labor amendment to the Constitution, which has been pending for several years. able action on the amendment. already raitfied it. ident wrote, “That Child Labor, es- lized types of work, is increasing.” | ———— CHINA'S FIGHT - AGAINST DOPE {Public Ceremonies Accom- pany First Execution | of Narcotics Peddler PEIPING, China, Jan. 8.—Public ceremonies today accompanied the shooting of Lu Ju Hsin, 82, the {first victim of North China’s vig- Lu was carrying sixty ounces of dope when arrested. ——————— MANY DIE FROM NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—There have been 299 deaths here during the week as a result of, the flu and pneumonia epidemic now prevailing and which is extending over the country. winter, the President asked favor-| EETS VICTIM |orous campaign against narcotics. | FLU, PNEUMONIA 000 as Three-Story Building Burns | | OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 8—Four firemen injured and damages |amounting to fifty thousand dollars | resulted from a blaze which de- |last night. | Fire Chief R. E. Holcomb and |ing the flames, Chief Holcomb |ken to the hospital at 2 o'clock, but |later this morning. | The fire started in the basement |of | night. ‘GLADYS FORREST’S FATHER PASSES IN PORTLAND, ORE. Radiogram t0 the Governor's of- fice from Miss Gladys Forrest of the Governor’s staff, who is on her vacation in Portland, Ore., to- |day reported the death of her {father, N. J. Forrest, in that city this morning. Miss Forrest was in |Seattle ready to board ship for |Juneau when the sad news reach- ed her. She will return to Port- {land for the funeral and then re- |turn to her position here. \LOBBYISTS MUST TELL WHO THEY | ARE REPRESENTING | Territorial Auditor Frank A i Boyle called attention today to the law which requires that all lobby- ists who expect to appear before the Legislature which convenes next Monday must register with the Auditor, showing who they repre- sent and giving evidence of their appointment to represent a firm, group or person. The fee for reg- istering is $5, OLYMPIA FIRE STANDS RISING R Those concerned with “only a few more days for Christmas shopping” were in no more rush than those preparing for the second inauguration of President Roosevelt at Washington in January. The stands are shown going up before the capitol, with more seating capacity than ever before. (Associated Press Photo), NEW PROGRESS .MADE TONARD - STRIKE PEACE Sailors’ Union in Accord with Ship Owners on All Matters SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan, 8.— Pointing to real progress toward settlement of the Pacific maritime T. P. Plant, ship owners’ representative, and Harry Lunde- berg, Sailors’ Union spokesman, agreed after a conference today that strike, the two groups are in accord on all; matters. They stated that an agree- ment is ready to be submitted to the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific for ap- proval. Lundeberg said that major points had been threshed out prior to the In letters to Governors and Gov-|Stroyed the interior of the three- mesting which took up changes in ernors-lect, in the nineteen States|Story building housing the I.0.0F. working conditions that had been where Legislatures are meeting this| Hall and the Rainier Hotel here gyggesteq by the rank and file of the union membership. Lundeberg said his group would endeavor to |Only twelve more States need act on| three other firemen had to be taken gonfer with Steam Schooner Opera- the proposal to make it the Twenty-|to the hospital for treatment of in- ¢4,¢ regarding revision of the ten- Second Amendment to the Consti-|juries resulting from gas, smoke and tjye agreement granted sailors !tution, as twenty-four States have | exhaustion received while combat- monthly wage of eighty dolla a He said the men felt that they should I “Tt is clearly indicated,” the Pres-|Was in a serious condition when ta- receive eighty-five dollar: Shipowners of the Pacific and the {pecially in low paid, unstandard-|Was reported considerably improved gteam Schooner operators have also |agreed to meet the demands of the American Radio Telegraphists As- the bullding at 11 o'clock last sociation, by granting them a fifteen | | dollar & month raise. The minimum pay for radio operators is now one hundred dollars. ‘The Secretary of the Telegraphists Association, said the offer is sub- ject to ratification by the member- ;shlp. EMBARGO LAW IS EFFECTIVE; FOR. SIGNS T ! {Roosevelt Puts Name to Legislation 10 Minutes After Carner WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. — The special resolution embargoing muni- tion shipments to Spain, became a law this afternoon with the sig- nature of President Roosevelt, ten minutes after Vice-President Gar- ner, as President of the Senate, had signed it. The resolution provides a $10,000 fine or five years imprisonment, or both, for violations. Customs collectors have been ;dufl!d to immediately enforce the W, FOR ROOSEVELT’S Deliver Body; by Belgians Secretary ofinbassy Re-| —Indemnity Asked BRUSSELS, Jan. 8.—Belgium has served a sharp ultimatum on the Spanish Socialist Government giv- ing it 48 hours in which to ddfiver, ,with miltary honors, the body of | Baron Jacques de Borchgrave, al- legedly slain, The government is also told to submit an apology and pay $35,- 000 indemnity. The Baron was Secretary of the Belgian Embassy in Madrid. WHITE HOUSE CALLED INTO AUTO STRIKE Shutdowns Spread in Gen- eral Motors Labor Controversy DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 8—De- claring that he has “been in touch with the White House,” Gov. Frank Murphy today continued attempts to compose differences between General Motors and the company’s siriking employees. The Governor's fight is being carried on in the face of spread- ing shutdowns of General Motors’ plants and new “sit down” strikes. - e, — POLAR BEARS NOW PLAYING MINNEAPOLIS Two Games Billed for Al- aska Team at Minnesota City—Next, Winnipeg MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 8.—| The Fairbanks-Dawson Polar Bears,' Alaskan ice hockey team, continues | its invasion of the United States and Canada, with games in this city tonight and tomorrow evening, before moving across the border to Winninez, where the Alaskans are slated for a contest January 12, " MANY INJURED ported Slain in Madrid | MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT® INAUGURATION STREET CAR JUMPS TRACK; Early Morning Accident in Seattle—One Man Dies Enroute Hospital SEATTLE, Jan 8.—About fifty | West Seattle residents were injured, |one fatally, at 7:30 o'clock this | morning, when a street car jumped Ithe tracks at the curve on the West Spokane Street trestle, smashed against a concrett pillar railing and stopped on the brink of a 50-foot fall to the ground below. Leo P. Dow, city fireman, died on the way to a hospital. Motorman Roy Gassett, dazed by the shock, said he believed the air brakes froze. Scores of motorists halted on theit way to work and aided two Fire De- partment companies and squads of police in removing the injured, many crawling through a gaping hole in the rear of the street car. All ambulances in the city were on the scene quickly removing the injured to hospitals or homes. ANOTHER DEATH REPORTED SEATTLE, Jan. 8.—Another vic- tim of the street car accident is W. A. Court, mechanic, who died in a hospital during the forenoon. Miss Clara Gritle, a passenger, said she was riding on the rear end of the car as it approached the curve. Someone shouted: “Hang on. We are going to crash. Women and men screamed alike. It was terrible. As the car left the rails there was a deafening crash.” Patrolmen A. A. Gray and Max McClellan, the first to arrive on the scene, said they found injured pas- sengers lying on the pavement. They said it was the “bloodiest, worst ac- cident” they ever saw. e ———— e ‘?l STOCK QUOTATIONS ' | ———— % NEW YORK, Jan. 8. — Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Istock today is 14%, American Can 120'%, American Light and Power 15%, Anaconda 55%, Bethlehem Steel 76%, Calumet and Hecla 16%, Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtiss-Wright 7, General Motors 65%, International Harvester 105, Kennecott 62%, New York Central 43%, Southern Pacific 47%, United States Steel 80%, United Corpora- tion 7%, Cities Service 4%, Pound $4.91 5/16. DOW JONES AVERAGES The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 182.95, up 118; rails 55.32, up .66; utilities 36.51, up .11, OFFICERS OFF ON NEW TRAIL OFMISSING BOY Latest Report Sends G-Men Racing Toward Aber- den, Wash., District NEWEST DEVELOPMENT MAY BRING RESULTS Federal Agents, Friends of Family Silent as Case Is Revived TACOMA, Wash,, Jan. 8.—Threa automobiles, filled with men, be- lieved to be G-men, raced through Olympia at 6:30 o'clock this morn= ing and took the road toward Aber- deen. The sudden action stirred rumors that a break had occurred in the kidnaping of Charles Mattson, ten- year-old son of Dr. W. W. Mattson. Watchers at intersections, several miles west of where the road bran- ches to Shelton, said the cars were in full speed in' the direction of Aberdeen. On Mountain Highway Two other G-men cars are also reported to have left here on the mountain highway southwest, to= ward Rainler National Park. At least twenty agents left the hotel here at 4:30 o'clock this morn- ing. raced through Olympia, a traveling man notified the Olympia Police headquarters, that men from three cars stopped his car, searched it, and then ordered him to “beat it.” No Badges Seen The traveling men said he saw no badges of authority but the group made no attempt to molest him. The traveling. man said the cars were beside a bonfire not far from where sparks were raised from & chimney of an unlighted shack. State police reported to have also rushed to the same area. WHEREABOUTS MYSTERY TACOMA, Jan. 6.—The where~ abouts of the cars of the agents remained a mystery up to noon to- day, but apparently they are in the triangie area of Olympia, Aberdeen and Shelton. Harold Nathan, Assistant Direc- tor of the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation, was at his office here at 9 o'clock this morning after being absent from both his office and hotel room since 4:30 o'clock this morning. “There is no statement to make," said Nathan. “I do not know whether there is anything I could tell you if I were free to do so, The men who stopped the traveling man, however, have not been iden- tified as members of the Highway Inspection Service and no G-men." Paul Sceva, friend of the Dr. Mattson family, called the Associat- ed Press from the Mattson home saying: “I want to find out what is going on.” ELECTROCUTE 2 FOR KILLING 1 Four Mothers, Sentenced to Die, Commutted to Life by Governor OSSINING, N. Y., Jan. 8.—Theo- dore Didonne, aged 31, and Joseph Bolognia, aged 24, were electro- cuted at Sing Sing prison last night for the slaying of Edwin Esposito, aged 22, subway coin coliector. Esposito was shot to death in a robbery on September 32, 1935 in Brooklyn. Four mothers, originally sentenc- ed to die with the two slayers, had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment at the last moment by Gov. Herbert Lehman. - e —— Approximately four and a half million persons were injured and 31,500 killed in their homes in 1935. e The greatest volume of iron ore since 1930 passed through Great Lakes ports in 1936. ED BUDGET