The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 12, 1937, Page 1

'THE DAILY VOL. XLIX., NO. 7430. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, M LEGISLATURE ADJO MARGUERITE LEE IS MISS ALASKA AT ICE CARNIVA Glamorous 18-Year-Old Blonde of Nome Is Chosen Queen FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Mar. 12. — 'Midst an eager throng that packed the largest hall in Fairbanks, Miss Marguerite Lee of Nome, glam- orous eighteen-year-old blond, com- peting against four other fairest maidens of the Golden North, last night won the Farthest North Beauty Contest and was acclaimed queen “Miss Alaska.” She reigns over the four-day Ice Carnival and Northland Winter Sports Classic. A gorgeous palj.de and coronation is this afternoon. The beauty contest was decided in a spectacular review in which Miss Ruth Joy, as Miss Fairbanks; Miss Eileen Bagoy, as Miss Anchor- age; Miss Mary Virginia Browne, of Wasilla, as Miss Matanuska, and Miss Dorothy Cunningham, as Miss University of Alaska, competed. The judges were all non-residents of any competing towns and repre- sented one from each, Dawson, Mayo, Y.T., Juneau, Los Angeles and Hollywood. The girls paraded in evening gowns, then bathing suits, then ski suits before the throng on a long cat walk. During intervals the elaborate program was presented, including a revue of dancing girls, vocal num- bers, acrobatics, with the aid of the University of Alaska and Fairbanks brass band and orchestra. Miss Lee was born in Seattle De- cember 23, 1919, and was reared in ‘he Nome country where she has spent practically all her life. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Richard Lee. Her father is a prom- inent mining man of the Solomon district. Miss Isobelle Fournier, as Miss Dawson, placed a sash bearing the words “Miss Alaska” about the win- ner of the contest. Miss Dawson is from the neighboring Canadian Ter- ritory of the Yukon and was not a | competitor. Two Royal Mounties acted as guard-of-honor and will figure in the coronation. In opening the carnival games, the Fairbanks Brown Bears defeated the Nome basketball team 48 to 12; Fairbanks High School defeated Anchorage High School 27 to 14. Both were hot games. The dog races began this morning. The temperature at 8 o'clock was ten above. Several Dawson planes have ar- rived, _brlnglng Yukon delegations as visitors. CORONATION FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Mar. 12— Miss Alaska was crowned Queeen of the Golden North this afternoon fol- lowing the Grand Coronation Par- ade with the University of Alaska, city and school bands blaring, a University military unit, one hun- dred fifty colorful skiers, the Fair- banks Ski Club, numerous basket- ball and hockey players, hundreds of curlers and other athletic teams and fifty floats, representing typi- cal northland industries and life, taking part in a colorful pageantry of the early Alaskan era. A long line of Alaskan pioneers, men and women, and other features culminated at the massive ice throne, flanked by elaborate carv- ings of native Eskimo hunters, groups of seals and in the back- ground a huge scallop shaped throne o1 regal setting. The Queen was surrounded by beauties and Queens of various far flung Alaskan centers and the Yu- kon. : Two resplendent red coated Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Miss Dawson, representing neighboring Dominion and Yukon were in the | parade and at the coronation. Scores of cameramen and news reel movie shooters were on the job. It was a perfect day, many planes zooming overhead from all parts of Alaska, acclaiming a New Era. Dog Races The Northland Dog Derby opened this morning. Harold Myers was the first away, with his dogs rarin’ to go. Buzby followed a few minutes later and then Agbaba got away. Doleshal got off to a fast start but his dogs went down the wrong trail and had to be dragged back. Pagean, cheechaco driver, got away in his first race. Mary Hansen, with white suit and cap, made a slow start. Mary Joyce, of Juneau, in a navy blue ski suit, cap and red trimmings, 8ot off to a flying start. ARCH 12, 1937. _ MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS _ ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” PRICE TEN CENTS RNS 6 HOURS LATE e American Bar Association Against Court Reform Plan CHICAGO, Ill., March 12. — The |did not return their ballots. American Bar Association announc- The lawyers approved a number es that a poll of the membershlp{ot the Presidential court propos- resulted in a vote of 16,132 to 2,563 |als, however, including the one per- against President Roosevelt’s pro- | mitting Justices of the Supreme posal to reorganize the Supreme |Court to retire at the age of 70 the Court. same as Federal Court Judges. This I The Association has a member-|provision has already been enacted ship of 29,616 but more than w,ooofimw the law. ,Asks Haliing of Japanese Encroachment in Fisheries of Alaska; Plea Up to Hull 161 MEASURES OFLEGISLATURE 80 Laws,67_M—emorials and 14 Resolutions Passed by Both Houses Eighty laws were enacted by the Legislature which adjourned early this morning, 67 memorials were ap- proved and 14 resolutions met with favor. It is believed to be an all previous time record for thé intro- duction and passage of memorials, most of which dealt with requests for roads and prayers to Congress for Federal aid. $2,651,930 IN WIN APPROVAL | APPROPRIATION ; FOR BIENNIUM $7,000 Ad(g to Attorney General's Office for New Identification Bureau “Having eliminated $65000 for fransportation of school children and $15000 for vocational educa- fion, the 13th Territorial Legisla- e approved a general appropria- :zns bill last night calling for ex- peénditures of $2,651,930. The ma- Jor new item put in the measure this yéar wbich was not included two years ago was $7,000 to carry DEAD IN DITCH; ARMS STRAPPED Face Is Submerged in Few Inches of Water — In- vestigation Underway EVERETT, Wash., March 12. — The body of a Fort Lawton soldier, identified as that of Gerald Weaver, has been found, face submerged in ed States Senator Homer T. Bone, Democrat of Washington State, has appealea wo Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull to begin negotiations to halt “encroachment of Japanese in-| terests into the fisheries of West- ern Alaska.” Earlier this week, the other Wash- ington State Senator, Lewis B. Schwellenbach, suggested to Con- gress that a “No Pishing” sign be hung on the Continental shelf for the benefit of foreigners. TWO WENDEL TORTURE MEN Outstanding among the laws eB=lout the provisions of the Walker acted were the gold tax, levying @{pjll which sets up a Bureau of three per cent tax on the Eross{Griminal investigation and identifi- production of gold and platinumieation in the Atltorney General's mines and the liquor control bill |office The latter was agreed upon in €on-| As it went to the Governor for ac- ference yesterday and the onlyigign, the bill carried the following change from the full bill published appropriations for the two year per- in The Empire Wednesday was theljod ending in 1939: granting to incorporated cities fulll gor the Governor’s office, $19,- refunds of the license money col=jggo, including $4,860 for salary of lected in such incorporated cities.|agsistant secretary, $8,400 for sten- Previously, the bill had called for|ographers, $1,800 for special servic- a 60 per cent refund but it WaS|es $2000 for upkeep Governor's contended that under the new act|House and $500 for disseminating this would cut the city more than|information about Alaska. 50 per cent from what they have $7,000 Crime Bureau Ariel Dancés With Nev;r GCaiibarx; \ [William a new Caliban, judging by this photo of Elaine Barrie whose frequent appearances at Hollywood night clubs together with Julius Tannen, film actor, have lent credence to reports that Elaine and her estranged husband, John Barrymore, are permanently parted. DR, TOWNSEND P Ariel has acquired been getting under the Liquor| For Attorney General, $24,250, in- Board regulations. None of the eX*|alyding $10,000 salary; $4,200, clerk; ise tax money goes to the cities,|g400, clerical assistance; $1,000 trav- but only the money derived from|eling expenses; $750, court cos! a few inches of water, in a ditch along the side of a road, twelve miles south of here. The arms were strapped securely behind. The body M, was brought here for further exam-iEcho of Hauptmann Case ination in a car found nearby and| n Brookl},n Court— in which Weaver is believed to have . {been driving. Weaver wore the uni- Charges at Tnal {form of a member of the Quarter- NEW YORK, March 12—Two of master Corps. Various identifica- fiye men accused of kidnaping Paul tion cards were found strewn on the g wendel and torturing him into running board of the car. a false “confession” in the Lind- At Fort Lawton, officers said pergh baby abduction, were convict- Weaver, who was only 19, had been eq last night by a Brooklyn court | missing for several days. jury. Wendel was a former Tren- Backtracking ton, New Jersey attorney. Coroner Stowell Challacombe, in- Those convicted were Martin vestigating the death, backtracked gchlossman and Harry Weiss. A in the hope of learning with whom third man involved, Murray Bleeg- Weaver was last riding. eld, pleaded guilty. The coroner pronounced death Al three accused Ellis Parker, {as due to drowning. Burlington County, New Jersey, de- man’s report that she saw them gngq confession plot. leave the automobile at 8:30 0'- Hoffman, of New Jersey, has re- clock Wednesday morning and walk fused to allow the extradition of the o | Parkers. “Petting Party” Theory 1 The Wendel affair gave Bruno Officers first believed that Weav- Hauptmann a brief respite on life Two unidentified men are being tective and his son Ellis, Jr., with! sought on the strength of a WO- originating the Wendel abduction|of the lawmakers objected on the| Gov. Hatold, | Optional Features Pro- posed in Marine Act WASHINGTON, March 12.—The House has passed and sent to the Senate a measure designed to make er might have been slain at a “pet- While Wendell's purported confes- iting party,” but this theory was sion was being investigated. Seattle to keep a date. Mrs. B. C. Toler, Weavers aunt, |said she believed he had picked up Army officers said Weaver had' . an excellent record. | Balng cha“gad ——————— House Passes Measure— SR AT optional the law requiring seamen Leave WPA Headquarters to carry continuous discharge After 16-day Siege books. This has caused trouble in (discarded when it was learned he n. n B k hitchhikers and had been slain by B maritime circles. No Hunger Strike had not arrived at a girl's house in . . Law for Seamen The House Merchant Marine Committee approved the compro- SPOKANE, Wash., Mar. 12. — mise which would give the seamen Evicted PWA sitdown and hunger the right to choose between car- strike leaders said today that “we rying the discharge books or cer- have just begun to fight,” but mu‘tflicates of identification. brought from Police Chief Ira Mar-' e tin a warning that there will be no PLAN GURBBN further siege of headquarters tol- erated here. i Upon request of Major Mott Saw- Admiral Olivier Will Direct New Movement of 27 European Powers | [ ver, District WPA Administrator, | the sitdown remnant, about 65,/ cleared out yesterday without inci- | dent and janitors went to work' clearing out the benches, cots and rags which had been beds for 16 days. The hunger strike was scheduled to have started yesterday. LONDON, March 12. — Admiral |Olivier, of The Netherlands, has Mother of Rickard Ibeen named to direct the Interna- Leaves $5,000 Estate tional Non-Intervention Commit- tees’ naval patrol around warning SEATTLE, March 12—Mrs. Lu- Spain by twénty-seven European cretia Adams, mother of Tex Rick- POWers. ard, left a $5,000 estate. She died’ It is planned to set up a ship here on PFebruary 25. jcordon to prevent entry of foreign Judge John Frater. material. licenses in the cities themselves. Aimed at better enforcement, there |is a clause in the act that if the |law is not enforced such refunds |shall not be made, The assay office measure also was among the last to be agreed upon. This act establishes assay offices at Ketchikan, the University of Al< aska and Nome and appropriates $30,000 to carry out its provisions. ‘The Walker memorial urging Con- |gress to include a provision in any fish legislation which might be en- jacted prohibiting seine fishing in | Alaska by non-residents was among the last measures to be voted down, ‘mght after a bitter argument over |amendment. The preamble of the memorial !to the pledges contained in the plat- form of the Democratic Party for the Territory of Alaska.” Several grounds that action of the Legisla- ture was not a party matter but an action of the whole people. Argu- | ments waxed warm and the vote fi- nally showed a majority in favor of killing the measure rather than sending it to Congress as a party memorial. STRIKE AGAINST A, J, CALLED OFF Mine, Mill, _gr-n_e]ter Work- ers Vote to Terminate Two-Year Walkout The strike of Local 203, Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers against the Alas- ka Juneau Gold Mining Company has been called off, it was announc- ed today by N. R. Correll, Union representative. He said a vote had been taken by the union and that the results were in favor of a ter- mination of the strike which has been in progress for two years. At a special meeting last night, the membership gave approval to the report of the balloting committee, Correll said. A statement from the Union said: “It is.the opinion of the majority of the membership of the Union that the strike has served its pur- pose and no further gain could be made by holding the strike any longer, The union is interested in the welfare of the workers and not in profits. The union is a rank angl file organization, has been and will remain so. It is the duty of the union to protect the workers to the best of its ability.” Il 7 I R MRS. WEBB GOES HOME Mrs. George Webb, who under- went a major operation on January 19, was dismissed last night from St. Ann’s Hospital. e RETURNS TO HOSPITAL Miss Jackie La Dare re-entered | Probate proceedings are before volunteers and shipments of war St. Ann's Hospital last night for| additional medical attention. |it being defeated in the House last| carried the words “and pursuant| BY LOCAL UNION $900 for contingent office expenses and law books and $7,000 for the bureau of criminal investigation and identification. For Auditor, $37,670, including, $10,000 salary; $4,860, Chief Clerk; $4.860, accountant; $4,200, assist- additional help; tics and miscellaneous items. For Treasurer, $50,900, including among major items, $10,000, salary; $7,200, Chief Clerk; $4,200 each as- sistant clerk and staographer; $2,- |‘500, surety bonds; $14,000 traveling expenses. For Banking Board, $1,500. For Schools Support of Schools, $1,038,000, in- cluding, $620,000 for scnools within incorporated towns; $365,000, rural |schools; $20,000 for communities | where there are less children than required by law for district; $28,000 tuition; $5,000, clerk hire. Commissioner of Edueation, $35,- 060, including, $10,000, salary; |$5,400, salary deputy commissioner; |$4,860, accountant clerk; $4,200, assistant clerk; $2,400, office ex- |penses; $5,000, travel, and $2,000 | printing. University of Alaska, $189,000, in- {cluding $150,000, administration and maintenance; $4,000, scholarships; {820,000, extension work; $15,000, {mining extension. Highway Engineer, $14,000, in- cluding, $10,000, salary, and $4- 008 travel and office expenses. Shelter cabins, $8,500. Commissioner of Mines, $38,400, including, $10,000, salary; $12,000, two assoclate mining engineers; $10,000, field expense; $4,800, clerk; $1,600, office expenses.. Museum Historical Library and Museum, $10,500, including, $6,000, salary of Curator; $3,000, assistant; $500, transportation charges; $1,000, ac- quisitions rare books and binding, subscribing newspapers. Health and Sanitation, $34,350, including, $7,200, salaries of Com- missioner of Health and assistants in various Divisions; $3,600, secre- tary’s salary; $8,000, disease con- trol; $2,000, travel; $10,000, care crippled children. rs’ Home, $174,100, includ- ing, $156,000, general maintenance; $7,200, salary Superintendent; $1,-| 500, insurance; $2,000, cemetery and landscaping; $2400, salaries of sec- retary and treasurer, Board of Trustees; $5,000, new cemetery. Enforcement new liquor law, $50,- | | | 000, Allowance aged residents, $403,- 1000; dependent children, $44,000; |allowance to mothers, $66,000; relief of destitution, $98,000; further re-| lief needy and indigent, $100,000; reseue and relief of lost persons; $10,000; primary election, $15,000; aid to libraries, $3,000; livestock in-| spection, $750; industrial fairs, $8,- 000; emergency appropriation, $3,-| ; radio stations, $10,000; wolf and coyoteé bounty, $80,000; eagle bounty, $15,000; hair seal bounty, $40,000; clean salmon streams, $25,- 000; Board of Medical Examiners, 18500; Dental Examiners, $600; Board of Pharmacy, $500; Law Ex- aminers, $100; Board of Optomet- ry, $100; Board of Cosmetology, {First Reports Claim Over SALMON CRAFT, | SENTENGED T0 IS STAVED OFF, JAIL, 30 DAYS, Packers Are to Negotiate|Is Also Finejane Hundred with Fishermen’s Union Dollars—Minimum in Present Dispute Under Law SEATTLE, March 12, WASHINTON, March 12. — Dr. threatened. tie-up of ‘Alasks uhwn.rmu,l Townsend, author of 4he fishing vessels appeared remote to- Old Age Pension plan, was today day after James Engstrom, Secre- ' sentenced to 30 days in jail and tary of the Maritime Federation fined $100 following his recent con- District Council, said the peckers! viction for contempt of the House. had agreed to negotlate witl. the| When sentence was passed by Alaska Fishermen's Union whichJDistrmL Judge Peyton Gordon, the has picketed the Alaska Salmon|tall gray-haired Californian said: The WILL RECONVENE NEXT FRIDAY ON SOCIAL SECURITY Appropriations Bill Holds Lawmakers in Long Night Session SENATE GETS BEST, EXPENSE MEASURE School Transportation and Vocational Education Arg Discontinued After being in session six hours over the 60-day time limit, although the clocks had been removed from the walls shortly before midnight as a gesture to make time stand still and transact the remaining business on March 11, the 13th Territorial Legislature adjourned sine die a few minutes before 6 o'clock this morning. It will meet in extra-or- dinary session March 19 to deal with Social Security. Among the final acts was passage of a general appropriations bill call« ing for the expenditure during the next two years of $2,651,930 as com= pared with $2,563500 appropriated for similar purposes two years ago. In addition, the Legislature had passed measures calling for approe priations of approximately $760,600, making a grand total of $3,412,530 ear-marked for spending during the biennium, the highest figure in the history of the Territory. Shrewd Trade A shrewd last minute trade in ;’l;lch the Senate got the best of - o e e e o final hours, The upper house had used the |shears in no uncectain way on the entire appropriations bill when it came to the Senators from the House. The latter failed to concur in Company’s Lake Union Terminal| “Thank you sir.” for several days in the jurisdictional Elissa Hanson, Dr. Townsend's dispute with the newly organized attorney, announced the case will local of Masters, Mates and Pilots. be appealed and Judge Gordon con- The Fishermen’s Union charge tinued the $1,000 bond. the new union is supported by the Later Dr. Townsend issued a packers. Negotiations begin to- statement to the press defending his day. |plan and saying: “Try as they can The fishermen claim the packers to imprison me, they cannot im- violated their contracts by rec- prison that idea.” ognizing the new union. Attorney Hanson asked for a new - e }erl but Judge Gordon denied the motion, GUAI- MINE IS " The sentence imposed is the min- | BIG EXPLOSION o i imum and Judge Gordon explained term and fine. Dr. Townsend later said he would do the same thing again under the circumstances and “that the tide is definitely ‘urning to my crackpot idea and becoming an idea which serfdom.” S agrmins HOLD-UP MAN IS SHOT DOWN Twenty Men Have Lost Lives BULLETIN—Logan, Mar. 12. —Rescue workers flashed out word to the mouth of the mine late this afternoon they had that the law required both a jail: will save America from economic; reached a “cluster of bodies and send in all available stretchers. There are about 20 men. We can’t bring them out.” A special squad of 17 men en- tered the mine immediately LOS ANGELES, Cal, Mar. 12. — Bullets from the revolver of Police Officer H. L. Olwine killed Thomas R. Allen, fleeing hold-up man after Allen had stabbed to death John Snelling, 30-year-old newsvendor. Olwine was also stabbed when he about 12 items and the measure !went ‘to conference. After a good |deal of corridor walking by other | members, the conference commit- | tees reported at 1:30 with the offer that the Senmate would move the Treasurer’s traveling expenses back | up from $12,000 to $14,000 and would step up aid to libraries from the $2000 figure it had set to $3,000 if the House would accept the other items and take action on the $65,000 item for school pupil transporta- [tion and the $15,000 figure for vo- |cational education in separate bills. The House, after considerable ar- gument agreed. The school trans- portation bill for $65,000 was in- | troduced in the House. The discus- sion reached fever heat. The roll all was called. The House stood eight to eight. The transportation measure had lost for the lack of one vote. A Right to Smile With smiling countenances over in the Senate, the Senators called the roll on. the vocational education {bill and killed it without comment, They originally had deleted both items from the appropriations bill The result was that for the con- cession of $3,000 the Senate had succeeded in passing au appropria- tions bill just the way that it wanted it. The Legislature was over except the closing formalities. 3 Deletion of the item for trans- portation means, according to school |in the debris virtually certain carrying stretchers, Water is needed to settle the dust. and Snelling tried to apprehend 0.K.T0 ALY OAKLAND, Cal, March 12—The California Department of Com- merée Aeronautical Inspectors have pronounced Amelia Earhart as per- fectly capable to handle her $80,- 000 plane and authorized her to take off Monday on her proposed world flight. LOGAN, West Virginia, March 12. —The explosion shattered MacBeth coal mine gave up the third body as rescue crews continued digging fifteen other men are trapped in the disaster of last night. The seared body of Llcyd Fields, 39, section boss, was brought to the surface at 8:30 o'clock this morning. The bodies of Joe Fry, motorman, and Troy McCoy, brake- man, were found about midnight. The blast was worse than the one last September 2 in which ten min- authorities, that the Territory will be able to provide no transporta- tion, as required by law, during the next two years and children living two miles and more from school cannot be compelled to attend des- pite the compulsory school law. Those who opposed the transporta- tion item argued that parents would arrange to have their children at- tend school some how. It also had been the recommendation of the Board of Education that transpor- tation be discontinued. Speaker Green Honored A packed House gallery was on hand during most of the night as i’ slinilpine Says Marine Situation Is “One of Chaos” BOSTON, Mass, Mar. 12.—United States Senator Royal S. Copeland, father of the Maritime Act, des- cribed the United States Merchant Garthe, aged 61, platinum pros- Marine situation as “one of chaos” pector in Alaska, also a wellknown|and he urged the Maritime Com- gold miner, is dead at the Grace|mission be given full responsioility Sanitarfum, Funeral services will{for development of shipping. be held tomorrow. The only known| Senator Copeland said the admin- ers were killed, Martin Garthe Dies in Seattle, SEATTLE, March 12. — Martin $300; supplementary appropriations Jfor legislative expense, $2,060. ) survivor is said to be a sister in|istrating of shipping should be sim- Norway. ‘llar to that of railroads. the lawmakers moved toward final adjournment ahd during the lull moments took on the air of a gala occasion. House members paid nice compliment to Speaker Joe Green when they presented him with a beautiful watch as a token of ap-~ preciation for his work as leader of that body. Presentation was macg: by Andrew Nerland, dean and old- est member of the House who has served many sessions in the Legis~ lature from the Fourth Division. Mr. Nerland also took opportun- ity to congratulate George Laiblin | of the Second, baby member of the B S g s g (Contiunued on Page Eight)