The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 28, 1937, Page 2

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1937. TEXT OF REPORT ON DIMOND BILL CHAMBER 0. K.D Following is the recommendation of the Legislative committee of the |Juneau Chamber of Commerce on the Dimond bonded indebtedness {bill and which was adopted by the Chamber at its luncheon today in !the Terminal Cafe. The committee ;is composed of Allen Shattuck, chairman, Walstein Smith and How- ard Stabler: We, your standing Legislative committee charged with the duty of making a report on the above bill introduced into the National House of Representatives on January 11, 1937 by the Honorable Anthony J. Dimond, Delegate from Alaska, sub- mit the following for your consid- eration and action. We have considered the bill pri- marily from the point of view of the effect its passage would have on the Territorfal financial strue- ture in both the immediate and the remote future, not losing sight of the purposes which the measure is designed to accomplish. We submit below a table showing the rising costs of the major ser< vices which the Territory has under- taken from time 'to time since its srganization as a Territory in 1913. Ths tablefi prepared from records of the Legislative sessions, is in END OF THE MONTH uit Sale Q- i CLEARANCE $40 $35 SUITS mand for new and additional sourc- es of taxation. From a fairly accurate knowledge |of both: the expenditures and the \sources of Territorial revenue ob- tained from Territorial records, the committee feels that any additional burden placed on the tax sources might so disorganize our financial structure as to be disastrous. There is not now nor is there likely to be in the immediate future, any material new sources of revenue. A -bond issue of $2,000,000 expend- ed for the purposes mentioned in the bill under revue, would entail, in addition to the service on the debt which would be from 80,000 tq 100,- 000 dollars annually, a maintenance cost on whatever was built of a like amount. Under the present set-up or any other likely to obtain for a great many years, would go on unchecked. By way of illustration, we submit that while $2,000,000 is not an in- conceivable amount of money, it would in comparison with their re- spective gross total revenues, be equal to the State of Washington bonding itself for $114,000,000. Alaska has never, since it became a Territory, neglected its financial responsibilities and it has now for the care of its needy, for schools and for other essential services, a finanetal set-up probably not ex- celled by any State in the Union. It is one of the few common- wealths of the United States not burdened by a debt and its every dollar collected goes directly into its treasury and is available for the Territory’s direct need. The committee feels that this is a | Dependent None Children Pensions 10,000 10,000 20000 10,000 17,500 15,000 107,200 12,000 97,355 12,000 98,450 35,000 110,600 35,000 179,500 45,000 . 185,000 55,000 150,400 70,000 135,060 90,000 150,400 90,000 Year 1913 1915 ... 1917 . 1919 . 1921 1923 1825 . 1927 1929 ... 1931 . 1833 ... 1935 $29.75 No Alterations 20,000 30,000 40,600 35,000 60,000 110,600 136,600 170,600 230,000 185,000 400,000 .M. Belirends Co., 'nc. Juneau’s Leading Department Store Rellef of Destitution 10,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 10,000 12,000 15,000 40,000 55,000 66,000 65,000 180,000 Schools Coilege 60,000 423,500 491,369 695,650 766,220 876,500 969,800 985,100 868,340 1,047,700 41,000 90,000 163,360 135,350 105,000 159,420 111,690 192,602 \ B e e 4 D e e — round figures and reads as follows These figures show that the costs of all the services listed rose 300 percent between 1921 and 1985. The Budget Committee’s report /for the biennium 1937-1938 recom- mends an increase over the bienn- ium just passed of $373,548.00, most- ly for the services listed above. These figures are submitted for the puropse of illustrating the rapid rowth of demands on the Treasury from institutions which are perma- nent and which will probably con- tinuz to grow. They, with other figures, covering other expenditures, also show that demands for funds have caused a corresponding de- very enviable position and that ev- erything possible should be done to keep the Territory free from bond- ed or other indebtedness. ‘We therefore reecommend that this Chamber oppose any action designed to place an interest-bearing obliga- tion on the Territory and that it protest by appropriate action the enactment of H. R. 2520, and that a copy of this report be forwarded to Delegate Dimond. We further recommend that this Chamber request the Alaska Terri- torial Chamber of Commerce to in- itiate a referendum among its mem- bers at as early a date as possible, on the matter of the approval®or disapproval of the bill. BARRETT CASE BEING HEARD IN U. 8. COURT Perjury Trial Expected to Reach Jury Tomorrow —Other Cases Up | The case of the United States versus Harold Barrett, accused of GREAT NEED IS SEEN IN FLODD STRICKEN AREA Red Cross Chairman Urges Greater Contributions | | [ | | i to Help Sufferers Pointing out the great neted in this service charge| FASCISM,WAR |CHAMP LIAR DISCUSSEDBY | OF ALASKA IS LABOR GROUP REWARDED $15 | (Convention to Memorialize| Juneau Man, However, Has Reporter Crossing Fingers | Congress for Government . Ownership Munitions —Wife Pays Respects | When a mere reporter intervlcw:“ a fully credited, blue ribbon, first prize winner in ar{ Alaska-wide Due to the fact that the All Alaska | Labor Conventicn did not convene| until 7 o'clock last night, there wasn't a press realese yesterday.| contest he naturally has his Last night's session started off with|guard up and gan't help but go the discussion of the unemployed|ihrough the difficult gymnastics of Insurance Bill, and the conventign|attempting to keep his fingers on record for supporting the bill,jcrossed while he typewrites the H. R. 3827, which has been before!story |the National Congress. It was re-| As an editorial note, the reporter ported by the delegates of the | opinionates that although W. C. Mc- | Brotherood of Painters, Decorators| Carthy, watchman at the Forestry land Paperhangers, Local 1092, that|Service Warehouse, who recently Ithey went on record to support all|Won the Anchorage Times “whop- |bonafide labor organizations of the|Per” liar contest, he really doesnt Terfitory -hothy DOLEIBEL AR ummimox like he told them all of the The main topic of the session was| U™e the discussion of the war and Fas-| cism. This topic was discussed by | all the delegates and many visitors, | |and many instances of Fascism was Wife Is Puzzled When Mr. McCarthy learned through the columns of the Empire {a month ago that he had won the |cited, the most prevalent being those |contest he was quite satisfied with |the honor, and thought nothing Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, Fair and continued cold tonight easterly winds. LOCAL Barometer Temp. 3051 13 3052 23 30.57 2 ‘Time 4 p.m. yest'y 4 a.m. today 12 noon today YESTERDAY Highest 4p.m. temp. temp. 40 Station Atka Attu Lowestda.m. temp. temp. veloecity 24hrs. Weather U. 8. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WEATHKR BURZAU THE WEATHER (By the U. 8. Weather Burcau, baginning at 4 p.m., Jan. 28. and Friday; moderate to fresh DATA % Humidity Wind Velocity e R 24 E 18 39 NE 18 Weather Ciear Clear Pt. Cldy CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS FODAY 4am. Precip. 4am. 16 24 32 40 8 -6 40 40 40 30 22 30 28 28 =14 42 40 50 24 26 32 8 -6 36 40 40 30 19 26 24 -36 36 40 50 Anchorage Barrow Nome Bethel Fairbanks Dawson St. Paul Dutch Harbor Kodiak Cordova Juneau Sitka Ketchikan Prince Rupert Edmonton Seattle Portland San Francisco 5 16 22 22 8 -10 36 40 32 22 19 14 14 16 -38 32 34 44 16 28 30 14 -10 38 46 38 22 23 14 22 -34 34 36 46 34 Pt. Cldy Rain Cloudy Foggy Cloudy Rain Cloudy Clear Clea Clear 9 Toralosa - | Clear Clear Cloudy Snow Rain Cloudy in Germany and Ttaly. How the|y,, .. apout it, except that his wife leader of each of these countries |told nim that ever since they were were the supreme ruler of all their|, .. joq 48 years ago she had only subjects; how Hitler seni 3,000000yo)ieved at least half what he said Christmas cards to his people say-|put now she wasn't sure that she ing that their leader thinks of them,icouid believe anything he said. owever, stating that he never However in the mail from the ought about them being hung: Westward which the Tallapoosa how these two Fascist countries w brought was a check for Mr. McCar- aiding to overthrow the liberal gov-|thy for $15 from the Anchorage ernment in Spain after they were|Times, with “First Prize Liars’ Con- placed in force by the majority of |test” written on the face of it, the people; how they were able to|which came as a pleasant surprise, do this it might reach our own|Mr. McCarthy said today, and is country, were discussed. documentary evidence that he was The discussion showed that all the |selected as Alaska’s champion liar. delegates were opposed to wars for Are Oldtimers aggression and for profits; however,! Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy, each 67 the matter of a country defending years old, have been residents of itself was not considered as a war Juneau for several years, and have but as a defense, and was necessary |spent 12 years in various parts of until people could be taught the|the Territory. They have two mar- . evils of these aggressive and profit|ried daughters, one living in Lyn- wars. den, Wash,, the other in North Car- Along with this discussion was the olina, and a son who is a Linotype question of government ownership Onerafor on the San Francisco of the munitions factories and the Chronicle. Mr. McCarthy said today, question of war profits. Resolutions and the reporter didn't ask for an were drawn and unanimously ap- we affidavit. proved to memorialize Congress for B sinic s o o government ownership of all muni-| Funeral services were held today tions and the confiscation of all for baby Stanley Jekill from the profits. Charles W. Carter Mortuary. The Tonight's session will start at 7:30 |[Rev. C. E. Rice officiated. Inter- and everyone is welcome. Various ment was in the Odd Fellows Plot of representatives of the Territorial | Evergreen Cemetery. Legislature have expressed their in- SR, tentions of attending, also some out| The regional soil conservation ser-| ok Tl ioenin it ik rotaried vice at Des Moines, Towa, is grow- ing 47,000,000 trees to be planted on | rolling land to control soil erosion. { i | S e Today’s News Today—Empire. Scientists Phofograph ; ‘Death’ Ray But They Are | Far Behind All Fiction {Sectetary of Labor Perkins |partment of Labor to seek out an New York . 32 32 | 26 28 Washington ..... 36 34 | 32 32 ‘WEATHER CONDITION AT 8 A. M. TODAY Seattle, snowing, temperature, 32; Blaine, cloudy, 24; Victoria, clou- dy, 27; Bull Harbor, clear, 22; Langara, clear, 27; Prince Rupert, elear, 24; Ketchikan, clear, 22; Craig, clear, 19; Wrangell, clear, 21; Peters- burg, clear, 1; Sitka, cloudy, 22; Soapstone Point, cloudy, 28; Skagway, cloudy, 22; Radioville, clear, 30; Juneau, partly cloudy, 23; Cape,St. Elias, clear, 32; Cordova, clear, 28; McCarthy, cloudy, -10; Chitina, clear, -2; Anchorage, clear, 11; Fairbanks, partly cloudy, 8; Nenana. clear, 16; Ruby, cloudy, 20; Nulato, cloudy, 16; Kaltag, cloudy, 22; Ohagamute, raining, 34; Flat, cloudy, 25; Savoonga, snowing, 30. WEATHER SYNOPSIS The barometric pressure was high this morning throughout Alaska, northwestern Canada, and over the northeastern portion of the North Pacific Ocean, there being three crests, one at Mayo, Yukon Territory where a reading of 30.96 inches was reported, another over Alberta, Edmonton having reported a pressure of 30.82 inches, while the thiri crest was over the Pacific Ocean at latitude 48 degrees and longitude 154 degrees. A storm area continued off the coasts of Washington and Oregon and another one over the Pacific Ocean between the Hawaiian and Midway Islands. Precipitation has fallen over the interior, west- ern portions of Alaska, and the Bering sea region, elsewhere over Alaska and the northwestern portion of Canada fair weather prevailed. Pre- cipitation was also reported over the West Coast States, Seattle havin; reported light snow. ‘Temperatures continued below normal from Cordova southeastward to northern British Columbia, Peteisburg having reported a temperatu:e of 1 above at 8 a.m. Pt. Cldy Cloudy corSRBoan 0 STRIKES CAUSE VIOLENGE IN REQUESTS MADE | AUTO STRIKE UPON CONGRESS| INVESTIGATEL !Secrelary of Labor Perkins Sends Investigator to Indiana Town | | | Is Seeking More Author- ity — Fund Is Wanted WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. — De-| WASHINGTON, Jan. 28—Secre- mands from two Government agen- | tary of Labor Perkins has dispatched cles for more power to investigate!John Porter, investigator, to Ander- strike conditions, carried the phases|SOn, Indiana, following charges of the General Motors Corporation Wired here that striking auto work- deadlock to Capitol Hill, |ers of the General Motors were in- Secretary of Labor Perkins asked | cited to violence there. for quick authorization for the De-| E¢ Hall, Union Vice President, charges that one of its meetings was Ibroken up and the Union headquar- make public the causes of strikes |and lockouts and other industriall ters raided and wrecked. disputes and to recommend settle- ments. This is not aimed at the General perjury in a diverce action, was be- the flood area, Chief John New- ! ing heard in Federal District Court marker of the Juneau Chapter urg- today by Judge George F. Alexander, d that all persons who may have Motors but ‘“this situation brings it to mind,” said Secretary Perkins. LaFollette’s \Civil Liberties Com- | Schilling Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) is chatting with Mrs. John Nance and will probably go to the jury to- been overlooked in the drive for Garner as they played hostess to the wives of the Senators in the 6th Morrow. funds to aid the floods’ victims mittee has asked for an additional ¢ Baking Congress at Washington. INTRODUCED IN UPPER HOUSE Roden Of’femeasure Call- ing for Establishment of Experimental Station Asking an appropriation of $15,- 000 to be matched by the Federal government for the establishment of an experimental fur farm in Al- aska, Senator Henry Roden of the First Division introduced a measure in the Senate today which would create a board consisting of the Gov- ernor, representative of the Biologi- cal Survey, and the Territorial vet- eringrian to carry out such a pro- gram. ‘Where the farm should be located and matter of getting an appropri- ation from the Federal government would be left to the Board but the fa'm could not be established until similar amount of money was forth- coming from Federal funds. The bill | cites that fur farming can be built| POINT BARROW IS THREATENED, WAVE, ICE WALL Crush Continues Up Beach for Distance of 200 to 300 Feet — Damage POINT BARROW, Alaska, Jan. 28. —With all the appearance of a giant tidal wave, a 60-foot ice wall threat- ened this village yesterday and ad- vanced up the beach for 200 or 300 feet but stopped within 20 feet of some of the houses of the Eskimo. The tidal wave is probably the re- sult of the continued southerly gales for the last few days. Eskimo living near the beach, abandoned their homes. Some of the dogs staked near the beach were crusted and many boats were de- stroyed. The damages is estimated at between $4,000 and $5,000. Eskimo are patrolling the beach at night to give the alarm should the crush continue. — .- LEDBETTER ARRESTED The proseeution rested shortly be- send their contributions to the {ol-; fore a short recess at 3 o'clock this lowing immediately: Allen Shat-, |afternoon, after which the defense tuck, Mrs. Cleveland at Third and |was to present its case. Hearing Franklin, Radio Station KINY, was the first petit jury of George Rice, Dolly Gray, M. 8. H. MacSpadden, Lockie MacKinnon, collected thus far, $124 of which! Harmon, Flora Kirkham, Pauline R. 1s needed, he said, as the relief! today, the divorce cases brought by dismissed. Milton Hedrick, who had . F ATHER n IES IN 'sioner’s Court at Tenakee 'arrested in Juneau yesterday on a; e T ek Baroute Homdl waived trial on a charge of assault, | McNeil's ‘Island Penitentiary. ithe death in Denver of James {versus George Paul and John Davis, Goaqgtral Engineer for the Public Lawrence A. Chaney was arraigned jynegy after a holiday visit with his ithe case |the present court term, composed of: Sides or to the banks. |1. R. Anderson, H. L. Cochrane, C.. He reported that $400 has been H. A. Dahl, V. F. Williams, I. Myhre came from Petersburg. While the | Hofstad, Mrs. Harold Stabler, Jesse quota was $480 here, much more | Livie, and Alex Kiloh, Jr. - \need grows daily. In other actions before the Court e !D. H. Armor of Ketchikan, against GEOHGE PARKS’ Georgina Armour, of Ketchikan, was . been out on bond following eonvic-| tion and appeal from the l)mnmla-‘l |charge of careless use of firearms, \ : |will plead Saturday morning. He was s M bench warrant issued by the Dis-| L —_— trict Court on information of a sim- o mer Governor in Oak- 'arms. ' Harvey Allen plead gullty to aad! yhep, He Gets Sad Word |with a dangerous weapon at Juneau,| and was sentenced to two years at Word has been received here of Parks, father of former Alaska Gov- In the case of the United States oy’ George A. Parks, now U. 8. Jr., for alleged rape and: robbery, office. Former Governor the defendants ptead not guilty. parks was in Oakland, enroute to on a charge of uttering worthless porents in Denver, when he received checks in'Juneau, and will enter worg of his father’s passing and re- SCIENCE'S NEW ‘BASEBALL BAT’ Photographed recently at the University of California, this ray sub- stantiates somewhat fiction’s famed “death” ray. It's far less potent although it burns and could kill a man. By HOWARD H. BLAKESLEE |, could even cause death, but | Associated Press Science Editor [not at a touch. Its effects would | NEW YORK, Jan. 28—The “big |appear like a burn. rays” of science, basis for fiction's| Rays with far greater energy have “death” and gravitation-defying |been photographed lately at the rays, are beginning to become visi- | California Institute of Technology. ble for the first time in photography. | But they are atomic in size. They Fiction is far ahead of fact. The cannot yet even be seen in the air, |Jongest visible ray of science is 25 | although they exist there, centimeters, just under one foot. It is also the newest. This ray was photographed at the ! These rays are single tracks, ir a cloud chamber, cosmic ray meter, developed under direction of Dr. radiation laboratory of the Univer- Robert A. Millikan. The tracks are sity of California, directed by Dr-!atomic particles. Cosmic rays set Ernest O. Lawrence. It is a brilliant | them off by hitting, and exploding lavender beam. Its shape, in the|single atoms. air, is almost a perfect baseball bat. ! Like Fireworks Comes Out Of Box | In these still atomic-sixe rays lie It is made of deuterons. These‘me huge energies depicted by fic- are parucles_ whose existence was | tion, provided there is anywhere unknown until four years ago. They |a reservoir for such rays. The part are the secret of heavy water. They are the kernels or nuclei, of heavy hydrogen, the hydrogen of double normal weight, which when combin- of the atom from which the par- ticles come is held together by a force about one million times as strong as gravitation. The force has into a substantial industry if prop-| | erly supported his plea Saturday. The Ryan, recently taken into cus- today at Ketchikan and transferred I. J. Ledbetwer Jr., of Juneau, was ceny cuis in 8 t Terri- 2rrested yesterday afternoon on Aaj al ‘}1' (L:Y: \:‘;:dll:nsfi-o?‘d read- | complaint entered before U. S. Com- ing in the Senate today. No amend. | issioner Felix Gray by Harry Le-| ments were offered and it will come |ViDe: On & charge of alleged petit up in the regular turn for final ac- | 127ceny in connection With a worth- . less check. tion. The majority of the Senate 2 committee on Territorial offices has| Ledbetter was arraigned yesterday . fternoon, but no time has yet been mmended that it do not pass. e g ‘Commisstoner: reiof'er ea short session, !hcpgcnam:“” for him to enter his plea. U,n& hadk » zm:nm p—— = — e, yan been give terice 1 g A Vel A Leopold T was elected king of the Of & year and a half in prison, which Belgians in 1931, after declining the was suspended if he would leave the Lode and pumcer location notices crown of Greece in the previous Territory. It is alleged that he went for sale at The Empire office. Jyear. |no further than Ketchikan. The Roden bill providing for 10 Coast Guard ship Cyane, in cus- tody of U. 8. Deputy Marshal W. L. Martin, following indictment by the Grand Jury for violation of sen- tence, was arraigned and the case deferréd, pending hearing before the | turned to the Colorado city. The elder Mr. Parks and Mrs. Parks will be recalled by many here yesterday afternoon aboard the!friends and acquaintances. They lying between the poles of an 80- | spent & summer here with their son when he was Governor and lived with him at the Governor's House. —r NORTH STAR SAILS After completing the discharging of its cargo for Gastineau Channel ports, the motorship North Star, commanded by Capt S. T. L. Whit- ed with oxygen makes heavy water. been measured, but its nature is a This lavender ray emerges from |mystery, except that it seems to be a platinum window, in a metal box, | electrical. The rays in Dr. Millikan’s metal ton magnet. The ray is driven out boxes bounce and swirl like July of the window by energy equal to | Fourth massed fireworks. They are five and a half million volts of elec- |like baseballs bounced off invisible tricity. The great magnet and box |barns. By studying the tracks of are a “cyclotron,” where the parti- | millions of baseballs, anyone would cles are whirled around until they form some idea of the size, shape $50,000 to make further investiga- tions into strikes and circumstances causing them. Powder makes cakes Fish meal, used for fattening cat- tle and also to fertilize crops, is (2 made from the pilchard, or Cali- % fornia sardine, which is found in large numbers in Pacific waters. O A ANNOUNCING CHOICE VARIETY - : OF FRESH and SMOKED MEATS OF ALL KINDS ® POULTRY BAVARD’S CASH GROCERY lemerge as & visible ray. iand structural material of the barn. Not Instantly Fatal ‘Inswnd of baseballs to study. Dr. This ray will disintegrate atoms. Milliakn’s staff sees the bouncing lam, salled from Juneau for Lynn Canal ports at 3 o'clock this morn- ing. But it will not disintegrate with any | of several different kinds of particles visible speed a particle of matter big |off or out of the invisible “barn” enough to see. It is dangerous to|nucleus of an atom. WILLOUGHBY-AVENUE AT