The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 15, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRL “ALL THE NEWS AI L THE Tl’lIL"’ .VOL. XLIX., NO. 7432. FIRST OF ARMY AIR BASES DESIGNATED INCOME TAX RETURNS ARE MOUNTING UP Eight Hund_;d_ and Forty Million Dollars Expect- ed to Be Received BALANCED BUDGET ~ IS NOW INDICATED Treasury Ma; fay Not Have to Borrow—Morgenthau Announces Plans WASHINGTON, Mar. 15.—Treas- \ury officials checked the last min- ute flood of income tax returns, ‘hoping they would put the Gov- ernment on a balanced Budget for the remainder of the fiscal year. The March receipts are expected to total $840,000,000, the largest total since the World War days. If this estimate is borne out, the Treasury may not have to borrow, ndditional funds this fiscal year. Secretary of Treasury Morgen- thau intends to retire $300,000,000; maturing discount bills and pay, about $160,000,000 -interest on the public debt. Besides the income tax receipts, collettions' under the taxing pro- visions of the Social Security Act will put substantial sums in the Government's purse. HEROIC RESCUE FROM SEA FIRE BY U.S. CRUISER,, Louisvi”e Steams 350 Miles in 12 Hours to Burning Vessel HONOLULU, H. I, Mar. 15.—The/| smoothly executed Navy rescue is| praised while eight passengers of the fire swept British freighter Sil- ver Larch planned to continue their, interrupted world voyage. The Silver Larch is due here to- day, convoyed by four United States Navy ‘destroyers. The voyagers, including two elder- ly persons, were taken from a life! boat aboard the cruiser Louisville! which reached the freighter in 12 hours after calls for help were re- ceived from a distance of 350 miles| in'the North Pacific. : Fire in number 3 hold broke out Saturday aboard the British vessel for the third time and threatened the entire ship. This caused Capt. Sanderson to ask for immediate as- sistance. The steaming of the cruiser Louis- ville, under forced draft, to the scene, is one of the outstanding fea- tures of the rescue. e ee— ESKIMOS AND VIKINGS MET 500 YEARS AG Smithsom'an_;r cheologist Says Greenland Meeting Place of East and West WASHINGTON. Mar. 15. — Dr. Henry B. Collins, Smithsonian In- led the first race Friday with 11 | dogs. HEARINGS ON Johnny Allen, Winner of Grand Prize i Dog Derb FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 15.—! Dashing across the line in a fast| heat of the three day dog race ser- ies, Johnny Allen, wiry 27-year-old native of Kokrines, on the lower: Yukon river, won the grand prize of $1000 on Sunday for the 1937 dog derby of Fairbanks. His total time for the series of three days was 3 hours, 37 minutes and 59 sec- onds. His time for the final heat was 1 hour, 10 minutes and 49 sec- onds. Second and Third Bergman Kokrines, also a native of Kokrines, won second place for the series, his time being 3 hours, 39 minutes flat. Kokrines’ times for| the final heat was 1:13:22. Bob Buzby, of Fairbanks, won| third place, total time being 3 hours, 46 minutes and 11 seconds. Buzby's time for the final heat was 1:15:07.] Dog in Basket Allen finished yesterday's heat carrying one dog in his basket and came in with six ranning. He start- His dogs are of the third gen- eration of Irish setter and wolf, all ithree year-olds excepting his leader Rip, which is four years old. He, 'raised the dogs himself. Time of Others The time of the others finishing the three day races follows: Edward Mayo of Rampart 3:54:16; {berians, 4:48:01; n Three-Day y, at Fairbanks Mike Agbaba, 4:24:15; Mary Han- sen 4:58:07; Hack Thomas 5:66; Joe Doleshal 4:30:20; Jeff Studdert 5:50:30; Robert Hanson, 14-year- old school boy, driving Hurley's Si- Mary Joyce, driv- ing rover Bayless's light Siber- ians, 5:59:50. One Minute Apart Yesterday, Studdert and Mary Joyce finished one minute apart. Studdert’s dogs bolted for home 300 yards from the line. Mary Joyce drew alongside, abouf to pass him, when Studdert dragged his team back and regained the lead. Yesterday was a perfect day and cheering throngs lined the course near the finishing line. SUPREME COURT FAILS TO ACT IN 8 NEW CASES Refuses to a on Consti- tutionality of Labor Relations Act WASHINGTON, March 15. — The Supreme Court today stirred specu- lation among the Administration of- ficials by refusing to review eight new cases challenging the consti- tutionality of the Labor Relations Act which the Government won in the lower courts. The highest tribunal in the. land ! postponed until at least March 29 |final decision of the validity of the Labor Act, Railway Labor laws and Drags Dogs Across Line Mary Hansen's dogs shied at the crowd and she had to drag them 100 yards across the line herself. Starts and Finishes Of the 100 dogs entered in the | first day of the race, seven failed to finish and six were carried across the line in a basket. Eighty-four dogs started the sec- ond day and 72 the third heat, two being carried back in baskets. Seventy original starters crossed the line under their own power in the final heat. Allen Never Outside Allen is married but has no chil- (Continuea on Page Seven) COURT REFORM T0 LAST LONG Senator Norris Proposes Gourt Changes Today Continue for Another Kiomh According to Com. Chairman WASHINGTON, March 15.—Pub- lic hearings on President Roose- velt's court legislation may con- tinue for more than a month, Chair- man Ashurst of the Senate Judic- iary Committee said last Saturday night, and might not be finished then. The eighteen man committee is about evenly divided on the Presi- dent's proposal to name six new justices for the Supreme Court. The belief is expressed that the longer the measure is delayed the better prospects it will have. The committee resumes hearings jtomorrow to hear supporters of the Administration and then next week opponents will be given an inning. TWENTY-EIGHT KNOWN KILLED IN EXPLOSION Many Are Missing in Dis- aster at Chinese Fire- orks Plant MANILA, March 15—Twenty- eight persons are known to have been killed in an explosion at a Chinese fireworks plant at Pasey, lAllemp!s Legislative Rem- | edies to Reasonabl trol Supreme léOCon- urt WASHINGTON, March 15.—Sen- ator George W. Norris, Nebraska, today brought out drafts of both a bill and a constitutional amend- ment to impose what he terms “a reasonable degree of control” on the Supreme Court. While the Senate hearings on President Rooseveit’s judiciary bill recess until tomorrow, Senator Nor- ris suggested again other “legisla- tive remedies” attempted first in his bill to require at least two-thirds vote by the Supreme Court to in- validate a law passed by Congress. Calling the life tenure of Judges “g relic of absolute monarchy,” Sen- ator Norris suggested amending the constitution to limit appointments to the Federal Courts to.nine years. If the Senate opinion favors a longer or shorter term, Senator Nor- ris said, it would meet no objection from him. Wheat Progpects Are Given Boost Snow, Sleet and Rain Hits Southeastern Dust a suburb. Officials estimated that 20 to 50 employees are missing. Fire followed the explosion. The force of the blast was felt for a radius of two miles. Most of the victims are Filipino women. Some escaped through the one exit of the plant. The police reported that several stitute archeologist, said Saturday|of those in the plant jumped from that the first meeting between the|windows into a swamp surrounding races of men who migrated out of |the factory and were .trapped in the Central Asia in opposite directions{mud and water and drowned. The around the world probably occurred um of the explosion is undeterm- in Greenland more than 500 years|ined. e e - x| (o, Dismissed i width of arctic Canads. | Dr. Collins said that evidence that| NEW YORK, March 15.—The New ago. Heumumtuummm Vikings who followed him, repre- senting Europeans, lpp"entlyl found in Greenland Eskimo tribes whose ancestors had crossed Asia Bowl During Night GUYMON, Oklahoma, March 15. —Wheat prospects were hoisted in| the southeastern dust bowl last Saturday night by a crop reviving snow, sleet and rain storm. The moisture ranged upward to one inch in sections of the Okla- homa and Texas panhandles, south- eastern Colorado and Southwestern Kansas. FDR Declares Democrats Have Right to Celebrate WARM SPRINGS, Georgia, —President Roosevelt as- serted xm Saturday night that the Democratic party could “cele- brate whole heartedly on the pro- gress we have made during the past four years ago I feel assured that it is but the forerunner of even | better times to come.” said, apparently abandoned Green- land and later moved back across Canada to Alaska. The message to a Victory Dinner at Columbus, Georgia, was read over .|the telephone from the temporary ;|White House headquarters here by Marvin H. MclIntyre, the- Presi- dent’s secretary. ‘Washington State minimum wage law. Court Exemms Public Employee: from Taxation Decision Ma\y—Mean Thou- sands Will Be Excluded from List of Taxpayers WASHINGTON, March 15. — The Supreme Court has held an employee of a municipal water works system exempt from Federal taxation inj the case of William Brush, former Chief Engineer of New York City’s Bureau of Water Supply. The decision was interpreted by the minority of the Justices as barr- ing from taxation possibly . thou- sands of employees of city, state and Federal government. Storm at Sea Delays Start World Flight OAKLAND, Cal, March 15. Amelia Earhart postponed until to- morrow her start on a flight around the world because of a storm 600 miles off the coast. All set yesterday afternoon to start| the flight, Miss Earhart finally de- cided at 5 oclock to delay hopping off when she received reports of a storm 600 miles off Point Concep- tion, the same disturbance as re-| ported today. | — e NORLITEMEN WILL MEET TOMORROW Norlitemen will meet in the par- lors of the Northern Light Presby- terian Church tomorrow night at 6:30 o'clock for their March meet- ing. Boy Scouts of the Norlite Troop are to be the guests for the even- ing and a special program has been prepared for them. Robert Jern- berg has prepared a talk on finger- printing and criminology and John Dudley will play improvised selec- tions on his musical goblets, ac- companied by Dorothy Waggoner. ‘The Rev. John A. Glasse will pre- side at the meeting. All young men in the community are cordially invited to attend and reservations should be made by call- ing 373 by tonight. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY PARTY, GRUBER HOME, IS DOUBLE SURPRISE When Miss Vivian Gruber enter- tained with a surprise party Sat- urday night at her Nome in honor of the twenty-second wedding an- niversary of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Evans Gruber, it turned into { sary of two Mrs. Oscar At the m Saturday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Peterman, Mr. and Mrs. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. James Dennis, Floyd Fagerson and Maynard Wahlstrom. After an evening of bridge, with prizes won by Mr. and Mrs. Olson, of their guests, Mr. and . Olson. jof the current year. I by officials of the Red Cedar Shin- CHARGED WITH " Cousin of Qummi let \ isits delu Greetings from another ‘famous gro group the Dionne quintuplets, were brought to the Mor- fok qundnlpleu of Lansing, Mich., by Margaret Legros of Callander, On'.. cousin of the qulm. Impurtatmn of Shingles from Canada Limited WARM SPRINGS, Georgia, March 15.—President Roosevelt has llflied an Executive Order limiting i rtation of Canadian red cedar l%ln into the United States to 1,048,262 squares in the first half ‘he limitation is designed to help tition from Canada. INDUSTRY REVIVED | SEATTLE, Mar. 15.—A revival of | the Northwest red cedar shingle in- dustry employing 6,000 men is seen gle Company, Inc, because the President has ordered Canadian shingle imports for the first half of this year. limited. ‘BEING UNFAIR National Labor Relations Board Makes Report in Lettuce Strike SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 15. —The National Labor Relations Board, in a'complaint, charges 29’ Salinas .and Patsonville concerns| with * unfair labor practices. This is the aftermath. of last year's let- tuce strike. A hearing has been set for March British Block Japan Getting Asia Air Base Financial Intervention Pre- vents Move Planned in Far East SHANGHAI, March 15. — British financial circles report British in- tervention has blocked the efforts of Japan to obtain an air base at| Macao, Portuguese colony, off the southeastern China coast. Macao lies only ‘40 miles south- west of the British Crown Colony. The British disliked the prospect of Japan obtaining her long de- sired aviation foothold in South- eastern Asia and the British block- ed the Japanese interests from get- ting a long time lease on a large tract for a landing field, offering the Portuguese’s needed money. CCC Is to Enroll Hundred Thousand During Next Month WASHINGTON, Mar. 15. — The announcement was made here to- day‘that the Civilian Conservation Corps. will accept 100,000 enrollees next month to fill vacancies of men ice cream, coffee and cake were served, who have .secured better jobs. | Committee for 'Industrial Organi- | dustries. sters, Teft to right, are SITDOWNERS ORDERED OUT AUTO PLANTS Injunction Granted — Writ to Be Issued by Cir- cuit Judge when she visited the Michigan capital. Shown, and, Helen Morlok. Miss Legros operates a sou- venir stand in Ctlhnder. piadruplers’s || Edna, Sarah, Miss Legros, Wilma MADRID ROCKED BY EXPLOSIONS ALSO GUN FIRE Insurgents, Defenders in Fierce Conflict, Uni- versity City Zone DETROIT, Michigan, March 15, | —Circuit Judge Allen Gampbell bas, oo grantéd dir injunction- calling upon the sitdown strikers to evacuate the plants of the Chrysler Corporation which they have occupied since last Monday. Judge Campbell held that even if the Wagner Labor Relations Act is valid, “it does not give the defend- ants the right to occupy property. Judge Campbell declared that “re- spect for law and order is menaced and there must be no compromises. The writ will be issued.” Judge Campbell said the defend- ants freely admitted seizing prop- eny of the Chrysler Corporation. 10 PLANNING UNIONIZATION IN NEW LINES Electrical M anufacturing, ! Communications In- dustries Next CHICAGO, Ill, March 15—~Fhe zation thrust another iron into the blazing labor fire last Saturday by aiming at unionization of the mil- lion or more workers in the elec- trical manufacturing and commun- icating fields. The Executive Board of the Unit- ed Electrical and Radio Workers of America, CIO affiliate, is prepared to open collectiye bargaining con- ferences with the General Electric, Westinghouse and American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company this week. In addition, the CIO is pressing, concurrent drives in the huge steel | and automotive industries and dick- ering for new contracts for soft coal miners, also girding for cam- paigns in the oil and textile in- ARE LOCKED IN VAULT, ROBBED Theatre Executives in Fres- no Have Narrow Es- cape from Death i FRESNO, Cal, March 15—Two |theatre executives were locked in jan airtight vault last night by ban- dits who escaped with $2500. The | executives, Frank Legen, Manager, executives, Frank Legan, Manager, Manager, managed to pick the lock and free themselves before suffo- cating. | buildings in the down town district. ‘Ten Jurors fmn Convxcled MADRID, March 15—Four tre- mendous explosions, apparently «mines in- the battle-, scarred University City, rocked Ma- drid early today as Insurgent ar- tillery shells tore great holes in Meagre reports from the Univer- sity City zone, where Government militiamen and insurgent forces have contested for weeks, described the explosive attacks as fresh at- tempts to rout Gen. Franco’s fore- es from their barricaded positions. Italian troops are reported fight- ing with the Insurgent forces for strategic positions in the Guadala-, | para aecuon northeast of Madrid, BECKER ASKS FULL PARDON, NOT PAROLE Man in Asking fo: Clemency PRES ' WALLA WALLA, ‘Wash,, March 15—Ten of - twelve jurots who sent Ray' Becker to the penitentiary 17 years ago for the Centralia Indus- trial Workers of the World Armis- tice Day riot, have joined Becker in his plea for a full pardon, which will be heard here on April 3. Becker and six others were sent to prison for 25 to 40 years. He is the only one remaining and he still maintains his innocence and will not accept a parole but wants a full pardon, ————— WINDSOR TO VISIT WALLIE TACOMA CHOSEN AS INITIAL SITE BY ARMY CHIEF Another E;p:cled to Be Established at Fairbanks in Pacific Defense Plan GEN. CRAIG EXPLAINS PRELIMINARY STEPS Primary Purpose to Estab- lish Communications with Alaska and Northwest WASHINGTON, March 15.—Gen. Malin Craig, Chief of Staff, an- nounces the War Department has selected Tacoma as the site for the first of a series of Army air bases to be established in strategic areas. Another is expected to be estab- lished at Fairbanks, Alaska, in t.he Pacific defense plan. This was the information given today by Gen. Craig before the House Appropriations committe considering the Annual Supply Bill. Gen. Craig said Tacoma was chos- en over proposed locations in other sections of Washington, Idaho and Oregon after the survey board had stamped it as the “best location and the most advantageous of ac- quirement.” The new depot will be known as the Northwest Air base and will be designed primarily to establish and maintain an Army air Force for communications with Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. | The. air base embraces the Pierce County airport, consisting of about 960 acres of land given free to the Government. Gen. Craig said the final tanoce is contingent and appropriation of sufficlent funds for acquisition of approxi- mately 350 acres intervening be- tween the airport and Fort Lewis, 1t is estimated the cost will be about $60,000. The Government will be asked for an additional $625,000 to begin con- struction and improvements to “en- able its utilization as an air base at an early date.’ QUEEN MOTHER MARIE IS VERY ILL, BUCHAREST Suddenly S:r—ia:en While Attending Opera—King and Queen at Bedside BULLETIN—Bucharest, Mar. 15, — Physicians this afternoon said Dowager Queen Marie is definitely ill as the result of in- fluenza and they denied empha- tically foreign reports she is suffering from poison. They said her temperature is almost normal BUCHAREST, March 15.—Marie, Queen Mother of Rumania, is re- ported holding her own affer sud- denly stricken with a serious illness which has developed partial para- lysis. The sixty-one-year old Queen Dow- ager, whose children, through mar- riage, have virtually linked the Bal- kans family alliance, became ill last Thursday night while attending the opera. A member of the Royal Household described the illness as influenza and complicated intestinal inflam- mation. King Carol and his sister, Queen LONDON, March 15.~The Duke of Windsor is planning a trip to France next week to meet Mrs. ‘Wallis “Simpson, according to ad- {vices reaching here from a trust- worthy Austrian source, It is said the trip will probably be announced as a “three or four day Easter excursion” and the for- mer king may meet the woman he loves in or near Paris. Building Activity Forecast, Anchorage ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 15. —Local builders predict $300,000 worth of construction here this sum- mer. Homes are to be built and Marie, of Yugaslavia, are in the Queen Mother's bedroom most of the time. $12,175 Planned for Star Route Mail in Alaska WASH!NG'IDI\' March 15, — Senate Appropriations cammmoe has approved a Treasury-Post Of- fice appropriations bill for one bil- lion five hundred million dollars, it was announced today. present homes and stores are to be enlarged. There will be new roofs on many private buildings. The measure carries an item of $72,775 for star route air mail sess vice in Alaska.