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

ROAD, AIRPORT REQUESTS POUR INTO HOPPERS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, FEB. 1, 1937. | France Honors a Hero v F l | Pioneer Home for Women! Suggested in Resolution —Davis Bill Amended Elght memorials dealing 1 TOAG and airport projects and one r lution aiming toward the construc- tion of further buildings at the Pioneers Home to provide accom- jations for women pioneers were the House of the Ter- oduced ir rial Legislature this morning Representatives Dan Green and Victor B. Ross of the Fourth Di- authors of five of the horie Their proposals for he- habilitation of a one-mile road from Mcnley Hot Springs to the steamer nding; clearing the winter the Tanana river from Ne- ns were aleng r 24-mile stretch of road from Manley Hot Springs to Eureka; urging au- thorization to the Alaska Game Commission to conduct a poisoning campaign on wolves, on grounds that the present system of bounties is insufficient, the pelts thus obtain- trail | na to Tanana; rehabilitating the | fe to . Am- ander f Honor, which was post ly conferred, to the gen- eral’s widow at Washington, of the l.egion o SENATEPASSES BILL CHANGING ELECTION DATE Rivers Introduces Mehsure Urging Passage of Di- mond Bond Debt Bill By a vor: o 51X to two, the Ter- ritorial Senate this morning passed the Roden bill calling for the change in the time of the General Election trom September to October. Sena- tors Rivers and Powers of the Fourth Division voted against the measure on grounds that season (mining activities is finished in the Interfor by September and if the election was put over until October {many persons who spend the wnter Cutside would be gone. Purpose of the measure is to provide for sea-| sonal workers, conttention being that September is too early for the nsm; ermen and others. The bill now| goes to the House for action. Providing for approval and re- {quest for passage of the Dimond bill which would authorize the Ter- ee o . IN NUTSHELL WHO? Single persons who hdd net income of $1,000 or more, and married couples who had net income of $2,500 or more or gross income of $5,000 or more must file returns. WHEN? The filing period be- gins January 1 and ends March 15, 1937. WHERE? Collector of inter: nal revenue for the district in which the person lives or has his principal place of business HOW? See instructions on forms 1040A and 1040. WHAT? Four percent nor- mal tax on the amount of net income in excess of the per- sonal exemption, credit for de- pendents, earned income cre- dit, and interest/on obligations of the United States and obli- gations of instrumentalities of the United States. Surtax on surtax net income in excess of $4,000. eeeceece s e e PSR O e AUTO PLAN IS STORMED ritory to issue bonds up to two mil-| - lien dollars, Senator Victor C. Riv- ers of the Fourth introduced a reso- |lution in the Senate today support- Windows Broken in Flint PACIFIC COAST STRIKERS ARE VOTING TODAY Decision Is -Expected to Be Announced Sometime on Thursday (Continued from Page One) ade, now in the ssth day, contin-j ued to mount at a rate estimated by the Shipping and Merchants Asso- ciation to be seven million dollais a day. Some merchants said it wili take months to regain lost markets. Mayor A. J. Rossi expressed a gen- eral feeling of relief and fervently id: “I hope we never shall have another strike.” Ship owners, represented by Roger | Lapham, of the American-Hawaiian amship Company, pledged the to make this a lasting “utmost peace.” MEMBERSHIP BALLOTING SEATTLE, Feb. 1.—The members| of the Seamens’ Union announced | they started balloting on| whether to accept the peace pro-! posels in the maritime strike. Officers of the ILA called a m&el-} for late today to work out de-| HIS SHADOW?, Associated Press Photo Here's Mr. Groundhog ready to make his annual weather predio- ed to be sold at public auction; and | urging amendment to the game laws | Chevrolet Factory- tails for the vote and planned tart balloting tomorrow. _ |ing the bill of Delegate Anthony (J. Dimond, now before Congress. tion on February 2. If he sees his shadow, the legend goes, he will go back into his hole prepared for another six weeks of winter. to authorize feeding of wild life in' the Territory during severe winters. Representative John Lichtenberg of the Second offered three memor- jals. He urges extension Nome-Shelton tram across Kuzitrin River; completion of eight miles of the road from Teller to Gold Ru and the construction of an aviaticn field at Candle. Representatives Nell Scott of the Third and Harry Race of the First were authors of a resolution which would direct the Treasurer to set aside 20,000 in a fund toward con- struction of new buildings at the Piocneers’ Home, ultimately to care for women pioneers. The last Leg- jelature passed an act authorizing the Board of Administration to make an investigation of the advis- ability of establishing a home for aged dependent pioneer women and to report to this session, The Davis bill which would pro- vide for payment of $200 reward to those furnishing information lead- to the conviction of person or persons break:ng or entering build- ings outside of incorporated towns was amended this morning to fix the reward at $100. The bill would ap- propriate $5,000 for a reward fund. The Nell Scott bill providing for communities outside of incorporated towns to incur bonded indebtedness {o carry on public works was up for passage but finally was held in third ing until an opinion could be obtained from the Attorney General on the legality of such a law. Several communications were re- ceived, one to both the House Senate, from the Sheet Heating and Plumbing Association of Fairbanks protesting the award- ing of contracts to Paul Palfy of Fairbanks for heating and plumbing work at the University of Alaska on grounds that he is an alien and that such awards are discriminatory against American citizens. . petition from the Alaska Native Brotherhood of Wrangell voiced a rentiment of previous petitions urg- a minimum old age pensicn of $40 per month. The Pilsner Brew- ing Company expressed to the Leg- iclature its position of favoring a tax on Outside beer and communication from the Indians at Tanana Cross- ing asked re-establishment of the old law making it a felony to sell liguor to an Indian. House and Senate meet in the merning at 11 oclock. —————————— MARTHA SOCIETY’S PUBLIC LUNCHEON DATES CHANGED with the kidnaping of John J. O’- parker, Robert Uotila, and E. N. Due to conflicting dates, the rtha Society’s public luncheon been changed to Wednesday, February 10. It is going to be a chicken pie luncheon and served un- til 1:30 o'clock. Chairmen of the committees are: Mrs. Florine Housel, kitchen; Mrs. lter Scott, dining room and Mrs. Pay G. Day, decorations. has ‘:'1 elicate~ The flavor lasts Schilling rune\ onilla of the! IND TOWNSEND Onain 100000 PENSIONERIS Movie Extras ~ MRS. FREEMAN Reach Starto Chelan Woman Given $200| HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Feb. 1. The chances of a movie extra win- and TOld to Spend h ning fame as a star are—one in Within 30 Days 100,000! Only 13 lucky extras of 1,300,000 CHELAN, Wash., Feb. 1. — Mrs. who registered with the Central Retta Freeman, aged 68, who failed in the grocery business “because I Casting Bureau here have advanced to stardom. Yet daily the casting could never learn which of my cus- tomers to trust,” Saturday night be- office is besieged by between 35,~ 000 and 50,000 extras. came Chelan's second Tewnsend's test pensioner. ‘,The resolution urges that the meas- ure be enacted into law that the ,Territory might carry on an expan- |sicn program, | Three other bills were introduced |in the Senate as fdllows: By Wal- ker, providing for the Treasurer to meke a test of weights and meas- ures used in commercial institu- ‘tions; Walker, by request, to reim- !burse Dr. A. N. Wilson of Ketchikan 18305 for medical services given Lee Yancey; by Rivers, providing for, the payments of the same filing fees 'by independent candidates as by party candidates. PRESIDENTS “BALL OCCASION iuram. The 13 who graduated into top star rating from the ranks are She was given $200 in checks and|Janet Gaynor, Clark Gable, Jean currency denominations from ten cents to $1 and instructed to spend it all in Chelan within 30 days. Curtis C. Fleming, who has just finished spending his first $200, wished Mrs. Freeman good luck. Fleming, an unemployed orchard worker, 63 years old, received $200 in one dollar bills January 16. He spent his first money catching up with his rent, then purchased new clothing for himself and his wife and, when the $200 began to dwin- dle, laid in a supply of beans and staples to grubstake him through the next summer. His final spend- ing spree was on a sociable party anq for his children and grendchildren., . INTER'“R Metal, The dollar bills were circulflwd“ with tags attached on which each person through whose hands the bill passed in a financial transaction was to cign his name. Each time the dollar bill changed hands, 2 cents tax was deposited in contain- ers fo! purpose by all Che- n me: Souvenir hunters, takinz the bills out of circulation, erc blamed for the failure of the €XP: aent by local To endites. -~ 2 KIDNAPERS UNDER ARREST WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—J. Edgar Hoover announced that Federal Ag- ents have arrested John Joseph Oley, of Brooklyn, and Harold “Red’ Crowley, of New York, in connection Connell, Jr., at Albany in 1833. Hoover said Francis, a brother of Oley, who was taken in custody on January 20, gave information lead- ing to the arrests, e FIRING SQUAD EXECUTES 13 | MOSCOW, Feb. 1.—Thirteen con- tvicted of treason and sabotage and |sentenced for execution, died today before a Soviet firing squad. No details are announced. g KRAFFTS RETURN Mr. and Mrs, Krafft returned to Juneau on the Princess Norah after a visit of severa) weeks in the Pa- cific Northwest. Mr. Krafft is head of the Krafft Cabinet Works in Ju- neau. - Today’s News Touay—Emplire. ELECTRIC ‘ i {Harlow, Frances Dee, Carole Lom- bard, Anna Dvorak, Randolph Scott, Sally Eilers, Edwina Booth, Raquel | Torres, Adrienne Ames, Karen Mor- Jley and Gary Cooper. | The figures were compiled by a | film company producing * Star Is n,” which has its theme the of a movie extra to stardom. | 2 | FOR PARTIES Juneauites Entertain Prior to Birthday Dance Sat- urday Evening rise | e { Among those who entertained }2 LUADS GUME | 8aturday evening prior to the Presi- | {dent's Birthday Ball were the Dis- | | trict Attorney and Mrs. Willlam A.| ! | Holzheimer who were hosts to 24 | ;guests at dinner. & :nner was served at the Juneau Coffee S8hop where the long tables ! had been attractively decorated by | \lhe hostess with flags and red, white {and blue candles. The cepterpiece, (on a table of its own, joining the {two long tables in an H, was a. | Electra Flights Between !large birthday cake for the Presi- | jdent, cut with proper ceremonies by | | Juneau and Whitehorse | | Nell Scott, member of the House of Al Monsen, pilot, and Walt Hall, | Representatives, and honor guest at |vo-pilot, brought the Pacific Al- |the dinner. i aska Airways Electra into Juneau| - In the party, which later attend-' with two loads of passengers-from'ed the President’s Birthday Ball the Intcror over the week-end. {were Gov. W. Troy, Mrs. Scott, Ed-' | Arriving from Whitehorse yester- ward W. Griffin, Miss Helen Grif- | day, shortly past noon, the Electm}flnv Judge and Mrs. George F. Al-' {brought Mr. and Mrs. George exander, Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Hellen- | | Coughlin and infant, James Galen, ' thal, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Connors, | Mrs. John Marshall, Mrs. A. H. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mahoney, -Dr. | Nordale, M. J. Walsh, Bernice Blake, and Mrs. C. P. Jenne, Mr. and Mrs. Mellia Vokovich, Hugh Brewster, George W. Folta, Mr. and Mrs. Ro- jand Garland Lincoln; all of whom bert Bender, Mrs. Alice Coughlin, !Were flown from Fairbanks to Mrs. T. M. Reed, Senator O. D. {Monsen and Hall Make Two Whitehorse in the other Electra. | Taking off again at 2 o'clock yes- | terday afternoon, Monsen and Hall | flew the Electra back to Whitehorse | with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Brown. Fred Patty, to connect there with the plane for Pairbanks. Returning from Whitehorse to Juneau again .today, Monsen and | Hall brought seven more passengers {from Fairbanks: D. J. McConaghy, |Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Kelsey, O. C. | Waagen, B. Jones, Mr. Borovich, and Lee Materson. | The seven passengers were flown from Fairbanks to Whitehorse this morning in the other Electra, pilot- ed by S. E. Robbins, and Bill Lav- | erv. Monsen and Hall will remain here overnight, and will leave the Gas- tineau Hotel office tomorrow morn- ing at 8 o'clock for the Air Field from where they will put their plane in the air for the flight back te Pairbanks. They will carry all cour- tesy mail that is delivered at the PAA office at the Gastineau before 8 o'clock. "Washington Would \Rival Nevada in iOl)taining Divorces | OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 1.—State |Representative Kenneth Simmons, {of Pierce County, has introduced a HAWING Portable Electric Machine “Safety First” DAY OR NITE SERVICE RICE & AHLERS CO. Phone 34 Nite 571 | bil, which is the three hundredth introduced in the lower house of the State Legislature, to cut the time | of residence in Washington state to obtain a divorce, from one year to 30 days and make decrees final within three days instead of six months, This would put Washington below Nevada's six week law. e Since 1912, seven nations besides the United States have attempted to enforce national prohibition, with- out success. | Cochran, Harry Race, Wilfred ! Stump and Lawrence Kerr. | Others Entertain | Lt Commander and Mrs. N. G.| Ricketts were hosts at dinnet aboard | the Tallapoosa’ Saturday evening. ‘Their guests, who later attended the | President’s Birthday Ball, were Lieutenant and Mrs. C. A. Anderson, | Lieutenant and Mrs. Henry Stolfi, | Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Van Ackeren and | Mr. and Mrs. William B. Kimball. Miss Mary VanderLeest had as her guests before the dance Saturs day the Misses Barbara Winn, Jean | Simpkins, Elizabeth Terhune, Lou- ise Murrish and Ethel Elvin and Frank Pettygrove, James L. Gray, John Herron, Bob Huntoon, Ray| Cruden and Kelly Foss. A party of ten were guests at Lhe: home of Mr. and Mrs. K. N. Neill| and attended the President’s Ball| together. i Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jember'.| Mr. and Mrs. George Wenzel, Mr. ‘and Mrs, Jack Metzgar and Miss Elisabeth Kaser went to the dance | after gathering at the Jernberg home. ——a > ! sTock QuoTaTions ! | 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 1. — Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Canh 109, American Power and Light 13%, Anaconda 54%, Steel 82%, Calumet and Hecla 17%. Commonwealth and Southern 3%, Curtiss Wright 7%, General Motors 36%, International Harvester 108%, | Kennecott 59%, New York Central 11%, Southern Pacific 46%, United 3tates Steel 95%, United Corpora-~ | tion 17, Cities Service 4 Bremner Yid 27, asked 4; Pound $4,89%. Bethlehem | DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 186.59; up 83; rails 54.86, down .14; -utili- ties 35.73, down .10. Gas Bomb Thrown FLINT, Mich, Feb. 1. — Several hundred union sympathizers, includ- ing scores of women, broke windows in the Chcvrolet plant this after- noon and a gas bomb, apparently thrown from within the plant, failed to disperse the crowd. Unconfirmed rumors man was shot. - .- - MRS. LIVIE TO SING ON JWC BROADCAST Mrs. Pauline Rinehart Livie is to sing a group of songs tonight over station KINY on the regular week ly program of the Juncau Woman' Club. Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne is the announcer for the club’s pro- state one The Masters, Mates and Pilots in/ this city are voting this afternoon.| A committee representing the| ritime workers has conferred with representatives of the Water- front Employers Association, ap- parently to work out details for re-| suming work. | GRIN AS THEY VOTE ! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,, Feb. 1—} A long line of grinning longshore- men lined up before headquarters| this forenoon to cast secret ballots| on the question of ending the strike., Henry Schmidt, Precident of the local ILA s : “The tide is swing- The referendum vote will prob. ably be ov helmingly in favor of | returning to work. Probable Sailings \ The firsh ship to sail from San in7 COUPLE CLUB IS MEETING TONIGHT Juneau’s Couple Club is holding the weekly meeting tonight in the rarlors of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church. Each couple will ake a covered dish and sandwiches, and coffee will be served in the par- lors. Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Glass and Mr. and Mrs. Pete Clemends are | hosts for ‘the evening and have “)lax\ned the decorations in keep- ing with the Valentine motif. All young couples in the commun- ity interested are cordially invited | to attend. — e —— Todav's News Today—Empire. Francisco will probably be the Gold- en Hind, of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company, a freighter. The ship is now scheduled to get way for the Orient maybe Friday. The President Hoover is expected to be the first passenger steamer to sail, and her scheduled time is now posted for Saturday noon. The com- | pany has accepted passenger book- ings. Gains Are Reperted Seven unions in the strike retained al, their strike gains of 1934 t of the cases received ad- 8. t: . Tentative accords on control of hiring halls were granted to all except the ships’ offi- cers, Masters, Mates and Pilots, and Marine Engineers. When we say Chesterfields arc Milder and Better Tasting it means somet/ziflg... 4 like fine wines HOUSANDS of casks of mild, ripe tobacco are stored away in these modern Chesterfield warehouses, where for three long years they be- just like it improves fine wine. Nothing else can take the place of mild, ripe tobacco. Nothing can take the place of three years of ageing if you come milder and mellower. want to make a cigarette that Ageing improves tobacco is milder and better-tasting. Mild, ripe home-grown and aromatic Turkish tobaccos . . . aged three years . . . make Chesterfield an outstanding cigarette . . . milder and better-tasting. Copyright 1937, LicgeTT & MyERs Tosacco Co,