The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEX{] ALASKA, SATURDAY, FBRU ARY 27, 1937. VOL. XLIX., NO. 7419. PRICE TEN CLNTS M[MBLR ASbOCIATH) PR[ Sb ITDOWN STRIKES STATES T0 FIGHT HOUSE RUSHES| WORK T0 MOVE BILLS TO SENATE Health and Sanitation Code | Endorsed and Now Goes | to Upper House | ior Thomas Joins Dimond in Scheme to Secure Reindeer | in Northland for Eskimos WASHINTON, Feb. 27.—United ernment control or through co- States Senator Elmer Thomas has OPerative associations asked Congress to appropriate $2,- 000,000 for the Secretary of Inter- with slaughter which to buy reindeer. proposal, houses and other equip- measure offered in the House yes- Participation in the benecfits will be limited to Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts, according to the Thomas which is similar to the With the gold tax bill put over | Iment necessary to operate the Al- terday by Alaska Delegate Anthony until Monday, the Territorial House aska reindeer industry under Gov- J. Dimond. today went into high gear this afternoon passed a long list of its own bills and memorials in an effort to move all .its proposed leg- islation into the Senate by Mon- | day, the 50th day, and the final day on which either house can con-. sider its branches of the Leglslature were in‘ session this afternoon, attempting | to clean up their long calendars und move as many bills as possible. With but three dissenting votes, the House passed the Anderson bill | which would set up a health and | sanitation code for the Territory.! The long 52-page measure provides | requirements for protection of pub-§ lic water supplies used in drinking CRIME BILL IS CONSIDERED IN ALASKASENATE Walker Measure Would Es-| tablish Criminal Inves- tigation Department The Walker bill, aimed at check- | { | purposes, calls for periodic exam- |ing criminal activity in the Terri- inations of water used for drink-|tory and facilitating the present op- ing; requires dairies to label their | products according to certain sani- |cers, was under consideration in the'!in not permitting- him to present tary standards; provides for the sterilization of glasses, dishes and | other utensils used in eating places and any other establishments serv- ing the public; requires health ex- | aminations for persons working in places serving the public and calls| for sanitary regulations in canner- ies, camps, barber shops, beauty es- tablishments and the like. It now goes to the Senate for action. Other measures passed by the House today and which now go to the Senate include: H. J. M. 47, asking for extensions to be made to the Federal building. H. J. M. 46, asking the Postoffice Department to raise the wage of employes in the Custodial service in Alaska. H. J. M. 60, asking for the estab- lishment of a hospital at Craig un- der the Bureau of Indian Affairs. H. J. R. 10, endorsing the Harri- son-Black-Fletcher act which would | bring further extension work to the ‘Territory. H. B. 97, prohibiting the parklnd of vehicles on aviation fielfis or on the approaches thereto. An 1nber-i esting sidelight came up on thi.sf measure when Victor Ross of the Fourth suggested that George Lai- blin of the Second, could give first| hand information on the meuurei as on one occasion Laiblin was com- ing in to a landing at Nome and a | vehicle got directly in his way with ithe result that he landed in the/ brush and “washed out” a perfectlyr good plane. I “I think it's a good bill,” declared | Mr. Laiblin, without commenung~ on his experience, and the House unanimously agreed. H. J. M. 68, asking the War De- | partment for further improvements ! at Metlakatla Harbor. H. J. M. 57, asking Federal as-| sistance' for developing the tin in-| dustry in the Territory. | H. J. M. 53, asking Congress to' |Department of Criminal erations of law enforcement offi- Senate today and probably will come up for action Monday. The measure would establish a Identifi- cation and Investigation in the of- fice of the Attorney General with that officer as lts director. Files and identification systems similar to “those in use in police depart- |ments and by the Department of Justice would be kept and all en- forcement agencies in the Territory would be required to co-operate with the department by supplying such information as they obtained in the conduct of their duties and also to exchange information with similar agencies in the States. A group of other bills were being considered by the Senate today in| an effort to clear up its calendar, |among them being the Rivers “wet drill” bill. It provides that “no miner or mining company employ- ing more than three miners in any underground mine shall install, use, or permit the use of, any drill or drills power-driven for boring lor penetrating rock, stone, quartz or dry earth in such mine, except such drills in and through which |water must'be in constant circula- tion while inl use; such drills being otherwise known and designated as ‘wet drills’” The measure later | was passed. Among ‘bills passed today by the Senate which was still in session late this afternon were: S. B. 52, to appropriate $10,000 for a landing field at Candle. S. B. 69, to appropriate $6,000 for improvements in Wrangell Har- s B. 50, to set up an emergency {fund of $20,000 for use in fires,| |slides, for searching parties and so forth. H. B. 83, to pay J. B. Burford and Company for supplies furnished the Legislature. 1 { amend the Organic Act so that| The Roden bill to appropriate $10,-| members of the Territorial House 000 to carry on fish culture in the| could be elected for four years m."l‘erriwry was killed by indefinite| stead of two as at present. postponement. H. J. M. 45, asking rehabilitation of the Deer Mountain trail pear| Ketchikan, H. B. 61, to appropriate $8,500 for shelter cabins, —————e WAGE BOOST PLANNED BY STEEL FIRMS, { 1 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 27. The Nation's biggest steel corpora- tions are considering an increase of wages which will tofal $75,000,000 annually. Employees will receive an increase of 7% cents an hour. ANNUAL SCOUT DINNER IS SET FOR MARCH 10 Meeting last night, the District Committee- of the Boy Scouts of America set Wednesday, March 10, as the date for the 1937 Annual Boy Scout Dinner, for all Scout chap- ters, including Sea Scouts, on Gas- tineau Channel, it was announced this morning by A. W. Henning, | member of the committee and pub- licity director for the local Boy Scouts; i — e — Mrs. Flenshurg Dies Kanakanak: Passes Away in Child Birth But Baby Doing Fine, However KANAKANAK, Alaska, Feb. 27— Mrs, Matt Flensburg, formerly Miss Ruth Sheldon, Government nurse here, died at Eklutna in childbirth. The baby is doing fine, however. The marriage of the couple took place in Kelso, Minnesota, last Ap- ril after Flensburg flew there from Kansas City where he had purchas- ed the plane. The couple flew the plane here via Los Angeles and Vancouver, B. C. {Seventh Plane Crash Victim’s Body Found SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 27. —The seventh body of the airliner crash on February 9 in which 11 were killed, that of Rodgers Meyer, 28, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, has |been recovered from San Francisco Bay. DR. TOWNSEND FILES MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL Declares Justice Made Ex- ror in Not Permitting Certain Testimony WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. — Dr. Francis E. Townsend has asked for a new trial asserting in his motion that Justice Peyton Gordon erred the reasons when he walked out of the House Committee hearing. Arguments will probably be heard next Priday. Sentence will not be passed until disposition is made of the request for a new trial. Dr. Townsend was convicted last Wednesday on a charge of absent- ing himself from the committee hearing withouL sanction, YOUTH GIVEN 20 YEARS FOR 1 | Cries Out When Sentenced “—Wanted Money to Pur- chase Ranch in Alaska FIGHT BREWING ON GOLD LEVY BILL IN HOUSE Gross Tax Measure Is 848 Over Until Monday— Security Figures For the apparent purpose of pre= paring further proposed amends- | ment, the Territorial House thi morning continued the Brunelle: gross gold tax bill in second read=1 i ing to come up at the head of the calendar Monday morning. After wide discussiun on the meas= ure yesterday afternoon, during which it was brought out that the bill was estimated to yield under the three per cent gross tax aps proximately $600,000 a year to the Territory or more than a million dollars for the biennium, there was indication that the House was stili widely, divided and it took no ac< tion on the amendment offered by Leonard Smith of the Second Di= vision, proposing a two per cent! gross tax cn 2il mineral production, The Race bill a graduate net tax on mining also is| still in the House and it is antici- pated a fight will be made to in-| corporate some, if not all, of the net tax features of that mm the Bruneile bill, strong opposit ing presented by mining umm'_s to the gross tax policy. Observers, however, were of the belief that the demand for increased revenue to put into effect the proposed Soeial Security legislation would tend to- ward placing a substantial tax ln-‘ crease on gold, figures being pre- sented to show that the fishing in- dustry now is paying much more) thanthe mining iaduatry. and ponents of the gre providing for the price of gold while the fishing Representative Victor B. Ross of 1the Fourth, supported by Ed Coffey of the Third, is leading the fight for the Brunelle bill in the House while opposition appears to be com- ing from the Second Division. Briefly, the Brunelle bill calls TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 27. —Rclb- ert Meyer, 17, former Lincoln High |School student, today received a 20- year sentence in a Federal prison after pleading guilty in the District Court to a $3,012 hold-up of the Lincoln branch of the Puget Sound National Bank here on January 13.| Judge Cushman directed Meyer be sent first to McNeil Is-| land prison then recommended his| transfer to the Federal Reforma-! tary at Chillicothe, Ohio. The youth nearly callapsed when sentenced and cried out: as well have given me life.” Meyer was wounded when shot {in the arm escaping and was ar- rested later when he applied for| reatment at a hospital in Spokane. | Asking the court’s leniency, the attorney said Meyer had a “fool| notion” he could obtain enough | money to buy a ranch in Alaska for his mother who is a school teacher. oLl S, W — 9 | STOCK QUOTATIONS | £ —_—T NEW YORK, Feb. 27. — cmsmgl quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 15, American Can 106, American Light and Power 13%, Anaconda 63%, Bethlehem Steel 93, Calumet and Hecla 18%, Com-| monwealth and Southern 3%, Gen- eral Motors 66%, International Har- vester 103, Kennecott 62%, New York Central 45%, Southern Pa- cific 55, United States Steel 111%, United Corporation 6%, Cities Ser- vice 4%, Pound $4.88 13/16, Repub- lic Steel 35, Cerro de Pasco 78%, Lima Locomotive 77%, American Zinc, Lead and Smelting 16%. VENUE CHANGE IS DENIED WM. PAUL Motion for change of venue in the case of the United States versus William Paul, Juneau attorney, was argued before the U. S. District Court here this morning, but was denied by Judge George F. Alexan- der, and time for trial re-set for March 8. - e BRITTON RETURNS Completing a short visit to Ju- neau, James Britton, owner of ra- dio broadcasting station KGBU at Ketchikan, returned to his home city aboard the motorship Norco. He arrived here early this week aboard the Northwestern, |which was wiped out by fire !year will be named Washington and for a three per cent tax on the lgross production of all gold and |platinum mines and provides for a graduated tax on the net earnings ,of other mines ranging from three- (fourths of one per cent on $10,000 net to eight per cemt on net over {$1,000,000. An exemption of $10.- and platinum gross tax section. .- — /0X.D BY HOUSE Approprlatlon of $35,000 Carried in Race Bill for | Fire-Stricken City Without a dissenting vote, the Territorial House today passed the Race bill calling for an approp:i tion of $35,000 for a school build- ing at Douglas. The measure was being rushed over to the Senate to-| day with the hope of getting e: action there. With the Territorial aid, Douglas the fore part of the week, expects to undertake a. public works project ! and thus get additional aid from the Federal Government. | PRSI S N, | 2 BATTLESHIPS - j GIVEN NAMES WASHINGTON, Feb. 27--Scc- retary of Navy Swanson announced today that the two new battleship: the Navy will start building this North Carolina. — ., —— SHELL MADRID MADRID, Feb. 27.—Insurgent big guns sent shells screaming into mid- Madrid again today breaking five weeks of comparative tranquility within the city. Shells are breaking downtown streets and bursting against busi- ness buildings. El tax bill argu-| |ing that there has been a boost in H ri shing | WAS BAN ‘!induslx'y has had no broadening of Vic ithe paystreak. against 4 Iumber pmductmn last {board feet, only ten percent 4 An enthusiastic roar greeted President Rooseve the speakers’ table at the Washington, D. C., d dent, too, seemed in jovial mood as he raised Vice-President Garner’s hand, NATION’S HEAD IN JOLLY MOOD It when he Joined Postmaster-General James A. Farley at inner in honor of the Democratic chairman. The Presl- returning the greeting. James Roosevelt stands between the President and Farley. (Associated Press Photo) OHI0 SENATORS Baly Boyls IN CONTROVERSY ON GOURT PLAN Both Democrats, Disc .wLresident’s Judici mxy Chang(> Pl() Cén~ SHINGTON, Feb, 27 spoke out Roosevelt's Senator Donahey today President preme Court program league, Senator Robert J endorsed it as an effort to our form of government.” Both = Senators Democrats from Ohio. Senator Donahey, in the first statement he has made regarding the Supreme Court program, said “The entire controversy should be are referred to the people, the source . of all political power.” Senator Bulkley, in his radio speech last night said, “Opponents of the President's plan should are really supporting, that of un- <|ualmed judicial supremacy.” number 33. Favoring the changes in the judicial system are 26.. Oth- are noncommittal. 1036 Is Big Year for N. W, Lumber R Production Was Highes Since 1930—Pre-Strike Level Almost Reached s o oo N ANGHORAGE, toi ,|1 million total year three hun the highest six billion, hoard feet, 1930. Last years production hundred million feet more ! previous year, but four der 1929. Washington and Orey week produced ninety threc was an on mills last below pre-strike weekly production Log shortage and lack of inter coastal shipping space will prevent the industry's cveral weeks. — e BANK HOLDUP CLE‘VFLAND Ol io, Feb. 27 Four men held up the Lorain Street National Bank on the city'’s west side this forenoon and escaped with “at least $25,000” according to Tel- ler Edward Ritenower. — .- STEVENSON THROUGH Booked for Skagway from the south aboard the Princess Norah, which made a brief call here this morning, was Dave L. Stevenson conductor for the White Pasy and Yukon Route, returning to his du- ties after a winter's trip south 8u- n: as his col- nc Bulkley ar “restore | that 000 is provided for under the gold frankly take the position which they 1[ Senate opponents to the plan now . DOUGLAS SCHOOL : “ Resident of Alaska Since billion un- | million Richard 's return to normal for) Ontaria, 'NEW METHODS EMPLOYED ARE - NOW RESENTED i Three Governiill Emphatic They Will Take Dras- | tic Action ' DEMONSTRATORS ARE HELD IN LOS ANGELES 'Northrup F;;t;ry Evacuat- ed Following Threats— WPA Continue Stunt WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. — Sit- "down methods employed in labor |conflicts grew apace today and in !many instances overshadowed the {issues underlying the labor disputes. Various state and city officials 'in parts of the country and also factory owners snowed a stiffening opposition to the use of labor’s new weapon, . according to advices re- celved here. Three Governors Emphatic Three State Governors announced — |openly that they will fight any sit- LAWS ON SOIL CONSERVATION Found Dead in Argentina? ASKI@_I}- BY FDR s Two-Year-Old Son of Weal- Pl(‘\l(]( nt Sends Request, I||y South American with Drafts, to Gover- - Famuly Killed rers of A“ States Feb. 27 HINGTON, "A‘h 27.—Presi- Baby Eugenio Peyrera ola, ki Roosevelt, in identical letters, aped from his father ate Wed- requested Governors of all day, has been found dead, police to enact soil conservation ced today laws which are : uncle of the Federal fight ibi one of Argentina’sStorms and floods. at families, confirmed the report| The President also sent a draft he had been found, completely Of the proposed law, providing for unclothed in a pig pen on the organization of soll and conserva- part of his parent’s estate tion districts to carry on control; half a mile from the home, ects with Federal aid, and en- 1 peon who aroused the countr: land use regulations, le. He said he hs en hunting #fter approval by local referenda. and night for the child. The President said that “the Na- The body of the small boy has!ton that destroys its soil destroys calp wound and cut on one|itself.” . . i PR P It is believed that he was killed | rsday, the day after he was kid- ped, | about the time the baby dis-| WA dent has ates LA PLATA, Argentina 1 against dust Ly of the hitle blue-eyed boy nd b; d a n One ared and also Jose and Daniel former employees on the es- are under arrest Argentina is alarmed by the The case here stirring e co! n that was felt United States over the kid- of the Lindbergh baby. tate Al is 1p th 1t [Entrants Getting Busy for that Free Trip to South -ulndudmy__, Mexico to be the bulwark | INTEREST GROWS, J, WARTHUR 'PASSES AWAY Now that the votes commence to in, several changes are noted in the standing of the contestants| suieide.” | of the Daily Alaska Empires’ Good Will Contest and On To Mexico | Tour, and evidently the right prizes \are being offered for the winner and er-up of this contest. trip from Juneau to Old 0 and return is well worth ask- for, and as the contest grows the interest is bound to in- 1886 — Came North Before Gold Rush ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 27.- J. McArthur, resident Alaska since 1886, died in a pltal here at the age of 76 sole survivor is said to be a in Cleveland, Ohio, McArthur, born at Georgian Bay mined in Montana and d came north before mpede, He also mined | : Be g n Nome and Kuskokwim | 'MRS. ARCHIE SHIELS JOINS HER HUSBAND Coming nurln to J(nn her husband, |who has been in Juneau for the past two weeks, Mrs. Archie Shiels, wife of the President of the Pacific NAVAL UFFIBER American Fisheries, arrived in Ju- ‘nvuu from Bellingham, Washing- . I.un this morning aboard the Can- SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 2T—|adian steamer Princess Norah. The Navy has issued an official re-| My and Mrs, Shiels are stopping port that Comdr. P. W. F. Huschke,'in Juneau at the Zynda Hotel, whose body was found in his cabin SN2 aboard the U. 8. 8. Holland, came LEAVES HOSPITAL to his death as the result of a. Mrs. G. B. Godfrey, a surgical ‘gunshot. wound with suspicion of patient, was dismissed from St. |Anu's Hospital yesterday. ng olde cr | jveryone on Gastineau Channel should take an interest in this con- Look down the list of entrants ee who you are going to sup- test ind . port Be sure to ask for your votes ev- ery time you pay your subscription to the Daily Alaska Empire and see that they st for your favor- Colorado ite cs 4n(|l41r¢ll the big in Daw points. —ee e | | down demonstrations. Gov. Henry Horner, of Illinois, said “there is nothing to justify such proceedings and if attempted will be met with force.” Gov. Wilbur L. Cross, of Connec- ticut, and Gov. Harold G. Hoff- man, of New Jersey, both gave out warnings they will not tolerate sitdown strikes in their states. Gov. Hoffman’s statement drew from Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers of ‘Amenca the snnmmunwnt that, the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Kearney, New {Jersey, and sitdown strikes will be conducted whether the Governor |likes it or not. o Do e at Bdgew: PLANE FACTORY TO RESUME OPERATIONS LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 27.— Officials of the Dougias Corpora- tion made an announcement today that operations at the world's largest airplane plant will be re- umed Monday. This announcement was challenged by the strike or- ganizer who stated he will throw 2 human wall about the plant. Many of those arrested have beenr released on bail, but Superior Court Judge Charles Fricke decided to {hold for bond about 75 of the Doug~ las plant strikers. They are de- scribed as men who are not resi- dents of the county, cannot give reference of three reputable citi- zens or whose attifude did not please the court. While many were released last night without bail, six were held under 1,000 bond each. SITDOWNERS AT SPOKANE SPOKANE, Wash.,, Feb. 27. Three hundred WPA workers con~ tinued a sit-down strike here today in the WPA district headquarters, | They are demanding jobs which are not to be had. Arthur Dayton, President of the Central Labor Council said organ- ized labor does not approve of the WPA sitdown demonstration. LEAVE NORTHRUP PLANT SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 27.— The Northrup plant, subsidiary of the Douglas Corporation, closed for nearly one week, was evacuated late yesterday by sitdowners when they were informed they must get out or be indicted. bl SRS DB ay DINNER PARTY IS GIVEN FOR VISITORS In honor of wives of the Legisla- tors who are in Juneau, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mahoney and Mrs. Nell Scott entertained at dinner Thurs- day evening at the Mahoney home. Guests at the dinper party were Gov. John W. Troy, Senator and Mrs. John F. Devine, Senator and Mrs. Victor C. Rivers, Senator N. R. Walker, Speaker Joe Green and Mrs. Green, Tolbert Scott and Miss Margaret Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Leo W. Rogge, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Green, Mr. and Mrs. Victor B. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Coffey, Mr. Harry Race, Mr. and Mrs. George Lingo, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bender. Prizes were won by Mrs. Rogge and Mr. Joe Green. A traveling bridge prize was awarded Mr. Dan CGreen.