The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 17, 1937, Page 1

e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7486. JUNEAU ALASKA MONDAY MAY I7 l937 MEMBLR ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENIS FLOOD WATERS RECEDING AT FAIRBANKS CHAIN STORE TAX IS VALID, DECIDES COURT = Four to Three Verdlcl Re- turned by Highest Tribunal in Land ‘WASHINGTON, May 17. Supreme Court today held constitu- tional imposing a graduated license tax on chain stores based on the num- ber of units operated throughout | the nation. Justice Roberts delivered the 4 to 3 decision upholding the Federal District Court of New Orleans in the | Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and twelve other corporations which attacked the law which levied taxes; ranging from $10 to $550 per store. The decision asserted the “policy | of Louisiana, free to adopt with re- spect to business activities of her| own citizens, is also applicable to apply to citizens of other states who conduct the same business within her border, this irrespective of whether the evils of requiring regulation arise solely in Louisiana or in an extra state.” Justice Rutherland, dissenting, said the tax is a “penalty.” The companies are assessed the full amount of each of the 106 stores in Louisiana. The Supreme Court also upheld the provisions of the 1936 Revenue Act barring refund of $963,000,000 of processing stock taxes ccZected under the invalidated AAA unless the taxpayer proved he bore the cost himseif. CONVICTED MEN AIDED, SUPREME COURT DECISION Washington*s_tate Parole Board Act Declared Unconstitutional WASHINGTON, May 17. The‘ Supreme Court ruled today that the Washington State Parole Board Act cf 1935, providing for indeterm- inate sentences, to be unconstitu- tional ‘as applied to the conviction of E. R. Lindsey, Spokane attorney, and. his son, E. B. Lindsey, on a charge of grand larceny. The two convicted contended the law commission of the crime as applied to them, was unconstitutional in fact an ‘“expost facto” law. HUGE TURNOUT SEES YANKEES | TOP ATHLETICS Pirates Widen Lead in Na- tional League with Win Over Cardinals (By Associatd Press) Pittsburgh’s Pirates continued to show their new-found zip yester- day as they knocked off the St. Louis Cardinals, 2 to 1, to take a three and one-half game hold on first place in the National League. The New York Yankees retained' first place in.the American League by topping Connie Mack’s Phila- delphia Athletics, 8 to 4, before 38,000 fans, the largest crowd since| the championship days of 1929. — e The length of the Great Wall of China, including all spurs and loops. is estimated at 2,500 miles. — The, the 1934 Louisiana statute| was passed after the alleged' Back in America | i I Mary Pickford This latest picture of Mary Pick- ford, screen actress, was taken in { New York as she returned to the | U. S. following her European four. | Miss Pickford will wed Buddy | Rogers, screen actor and orches- tra conductor, ‘‘sometime late in June”. Cooks, Waters, Musicians Walk F ashionable Place Crowded at Time Two Unions Stage Strike LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 17— The cooks and waiters of the fash- ionable Beverly Wilshire hotel struck last Saturday evening, be- |ginning a fight to unionize all la- bor in city hotels. Harry Owens and from Honolulu, struck in sympathy The dining room and dancing Ihall was crowded as the time. agaer Burton Oglivie said the the exception of the dinng dancing rooms. | “The dispute |with wages, working conditions nor hours, but rather an attempt to force recognition and acceptance of 'hmng hall principal and a closed shop which the is contrary to the fundamental prmclples of democracy,’ said Og- livie. | e o 2 | l STOCK QUOTATIONS 1 i NEW YORK, May 17. — Closlng |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine |stock today is 12%, American Can 97, American Power and Light 8%, Anaconda 48%, Bethlehem 77%. Calumet and Hecla' 12%, Common- {wealth and Southern 2%, Curtiss Wright 5%, General Motors 54%, International Harvester 103; Ken- necott 53%, New «York Central '43%, Southern Pacific 55, United States Steel 923%, United Corpora- tion 4%, Cities Service, 3, Republic Steel 32%, Pure Oil 17%, Holly Su- |gar 32%, Bremner bid 6 asked 10, Pound $4.94%. and DOW, JONES AVERAGES The following are today'’s Dow, Jones averages: industrials 167.84, rails 57.13, uulmes 27.10. Far Aretic Region Visited by Missionary, First Time POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 17.—The Rev. Frederick G. Klere- koper, missionary, has returned here from a long trip by dog team along the Arctic Coast to Demar- cation Point. He is the first mis- sionary to visit those parts. The Rev. Klerekoper reports con- | ditions as greataly improved since the arrival of reindeer. There has| been a poor cateh of furs but game is plentiful, although there is a scarcity of ammunition. | The missionary organized Sun- day .schools and appointed Eskimo teachers to carry on the work. He says the Eskimos are greatly in- terested in planes and their fre- 1quent flights to this locality. The missionary was held up three dxys by an Arctc blizzard. | During his trip he visited white traders who have been isolated since last summer. Out, L. A. Hotel " his orchestra ! hotel will continue to operate with! management feels ! 1 KING GEORGE T0 ANNOUNCE DUKE'S TROTH Engagemenfi"ill Probablyj Be Made in Official | | Court Circular LONDON, May 17—King George is ready, it is reported, to extend the Royal Family’s sanction to the engagement of Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Mrs.. Wallis Warfield by making a formal announcement | of the troth. It is said the King himself may make the announcement this week | in an official court circular in one of the London newspapers. It is likely the form nouncement will take will be “The King learns with pleasure of the | bethrothal of his brother, ets.” | The King alone, court circles agreed, must decide whether the | Duke's wife to be shall merely be- come a Duchess or take precedence as her Roynl nghness the an- CHANGE IN CITY BOND DEBT BILL iNew Bill Calls for Majority | of Eligible Voters In- | stead of 65 Per Cent 1 WASHINGTON, May 17. — The .House has passed and sent to the, | Senate a bill correcting what spone | sors described as an “inadvertent HOUSE PASSES | Billowing clouds of smoke arise from what was once Germany'’s pride of the air, the Zeppelin Hindenburg, in this pncture taken a few moments after it crashed in flames at Lakehurst, N. J., with loss of 30 or more lives. The steel skeleton of the big bag is shown, a tangled and twisted mass, with flames and intense heat preventing rescuers from approaching. (Copyright, 1937, by News Syndicate Co., Inc., from the Associated Press) PACIFIC PACT SUGGESTED AT LONDON MEET Non-aggression Treaty Pro- posed < Fouir Natiens™ {error” in the Congressional act giv- ing Alaske municipalities aut.horny: to incur bonded indebtedness . | The act passed last year would juire approval of 65 per cent of v.hose voting on the issue. The present bill is a proposed amend- ;ment to make it a majority of the ‘VO(GI’S | Delegate Anthony J. Dimond said it is “virtually impossible” to ob- tain the assent of 65 per cent of the eligible voters. BIRL'S SLASHED, BURNED BODY IS FOUND, THICKET With Throat Cut, Nearby lues Are Scarce BOOKHAVEN, New York, May 17. |The body of a six year old girl, <lashed to death, and her four year lold brother, seriously wounded, have been found in a thicket 100 yards| |from this village, The girl's body was slashed and 7y burned. The boy lay asleep a feW\ feet away, his throat was cut but he was still alive. The boy could only incoherently say a man by the name of “Joe” attacked them and “hurt Mommy too.” Later the boy said “Mommy hurt us.” The police says clues are scare. Raymond Cataldo, about 40, Riv-| erhead, Long Island, automobile| salesmah, tentatively identified the| children” He has been separated | from his wife for several years. MOTHER IS FOUND NEW YORK, May 17.—The police announced that Mrs. Helen Tier- nan, 28, said she is the mother of the little girl found slain in the woods at Bookhaven. She said a strange man attacked here, also the children. She was taken to police headquarters for questioning. CONFESSES TO SLAYING NEW YORK, May 17—Late this afternoon the police said Mrs. Tiernan has confessed to killing her daughter and assaulting her son. — o NURSE GOES SOUTH Miss Alma Carlson, field nurse at Kotzebue, is a passenger south on the Alaska, on a year's leave from her post. She is going for a visit to Sweden and then will enter Simmons College at Boston for advance work, before returning to the Territory. Mentioned for Move LONDON, May 17—A plea for a| Pacific Ocean Non-agressicn pact | has been voiced before the British Imperial Conference and is inter- preted in some quarters as a move | toward cooperation between Great Britain and the United States to preserve peace in the world. The pact has been proposed by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons, of Australia, and would include Japan and Australia. NO U. S. COMMENT WASHINGTON, May 17.—Admin- istration sources are silent dell Hull and other responsible of- ficials of the partments refused to make any comment pending further informa- tion. It is indicated however, there s not concernea Four - Year - Old Brother, s great importance attached here to the question of future relation- ships on the Pacific. MAKING PLANS TO UNIONIZE FORD COMPANY Secrecy Surrounds Move to| Be Made by United Auto Workers ! DETROIT, Mich.,, May 17.—Unit- ed Automobile Workers of Amerlca\ guarded closely the details of its| strategy for this week’s drive to| unionize the Ford Motor Company but indicated that all of its re- sources are being mobilized to‘ make the launching create some- | thing of a splash. i Two officials of the United Auto-} mobile Workers of America are at| present in Dearborn, headquarters | of the Ford Motor Company FAMOUS NIGHT CLUB IN ASHES May 17—The TRUCKEE, Cal, "18100,000 Calvena Lodge, night club and gambling establishment that drew a large trade from the Reno divorce colony, was destroyed last night by a mysterious fire. The lodge is a total loss. R Tt Half of the nation's farm lands , and a large majority of its farmers are partly or wholly occupied in supplying the nation’s meat. War and Navy De- — |struck by a “An ideal couple,” everyone said wh oD (both above) were married five years ago. Prime Minister Lyons proposal made them at the parting of their marital ways but in London. Secretary of State Cor- with Joan keeping her daughter by a former union, Melinda, 3, child of the “ideal marnnge BODIES OF TWO SLIDE VICTIMS ARE RECOVERED SEWARD, Ald.»ks‘ May 17.—Jack Ullom, of Weaverville, Cal., watch-| /man at the Cooper mine on Lynx Creek, Moose Pass section, is en| lzmte here with the bodies of two six miners killed in the, ~nowe‘lde there last week. The bodies are those of Wilbur Zett- {man and E(-n Crabtroe Five Are Kllled Train Hits Auto HAMILTON, Ohio, May 17. — mother and four children were killed and another child was injured criti-| cally when an automobile was train at a railroad cross- ing. - Four Homesites Tongass Forest, 0 en to Entry WASHINGTOI\‘ wmiay 17.—Presi-| dent Roosevelt has signed an order excluding four homesites from the| Tongass National Forest in Alaska | and restoring them to entry. The| homesites are No. 15 on the east shore of Salt Chuck, aan Bay; homesite no 324, East Craig group, of Prince of Wales Island; No. Revillagigedo Island, ‘the Mud Bay group. 94,| 133 of and "Ideal Couple” In Ideal Dlvorce CITIZENS ARE RETURNING TO - THEIR HOMES Miniature lfies Left in Low Spots—Mud, De- bris Everywhere TENSION RELAXED AS TEMPERATURE FALLS Damage Is Placed at More than Half Million Dol- lars in Area FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 17. — Rehabilitation and future flood control is being studied by officials as citizens trudged back to thelr abandoned homes through mud and debris left by the receding flood waters of the Chena and Tanana Rivers., The tension relaxed as the Chena River returned to mnormal spring levels following colder weather. Full transportation facilities have been restored on the Alaska Rail- road. Miniature lakes are left in the low spots. Basements are full of water and floors are muddy. ! Aerial Survey | Observers made an aerial survey and recommend construction of a dike from Moose Bluffs to the Tan- nna mver to prevent future higa rom the city mmugn Pile Driver Slough. Mem- bers of the aerial party included Frank Nash, Oity Surveyor; Irving McK. Reed and Donald ucDonlld. J. J, CONNORS REAPPOINTED BY PRESIDEN Name of Colleclorof Cope P mum 3 ate for ‘Confirmation City oman ‘warned the ' num danger is-passed but a new one is WASHINGTON, May 17—Presi- likely to appear if extreme wnrm dent ‘Roosevelt today sent to the Weather comes. Senate the name of James J. Con- Private estimates place the dam- nors of Juneau for reappointment 88€ at more than half s million as Collector of Customs for Alaska, dollars. ‘The flood water began to drop Mr. Connors, prominent resident 'ate iast Saturday afternoon as tem= |of Alaska for many years has peratures dropped. Flood water has | headed the Customs Service in the fallen seven feet. ;’l‘cmmry for the last four years. | He has long been active in Terri- torial affairs and was in the auto- mobile business in Juneau before a former Mayor of this city and Joan Bennett en Gene Markey and has long been a leading figure in Now Los Angeles reports | entering Government service. He s Homes which were flooded are expected to be a long time in dry- ing out and being put into condi- tion before the owners can reoccupy them. The owners will be at con- derable expense, added to which been the cost of living in hotels still the very best of friends, Diana, and also OPPONENTS OF COURT PROGRAM ARE TO CONFER WASHINGTON, May 17.—Sena- tors opposing the Roosevelt Court | Bill have called a conference of strategy to decide whether to re- ject all modification proposals or attempt to work out some alterna- tive program, Spain Battling Without Cabinet President Confers All Night to Select Suitable Premier VALENCIA, May 17.—~The Gov- ernment of Spain is waging war without a Cabinet but leaders are seeking a strong man to lead the| various parties on a united front | against the Insurgents. President Manual Azana con-| ferred throughout the night with | various leaders in hLope of being, ublL to pick a new Premier to cut short the Government crisis pre- cipitated by the resignation of| Francisco Caballero and his Cab- inet. BULLETIN — VALENCIA, May| 17—Dr. Juan Negrin, 48, Socialist, and former member of the Treas-{ ury, has begun an effort to form| Spain's sixth Civil War ment. |called attention to the present flood | ind eating in restaurants during the flood period. ALL POWERFUL FoURBRIDGE MILITARY FOR WORKERS DI SOVIET UNION FROM PLUNGE 5 e pormme= | s £ A"m)’ Changcs Derrick Topples from Fifty moscow, May 17.—The system FOOt Trestle pniim An_ of all powerful Military Councils to 2 |dominate all phases of the Soviet other Man Dying military affairs and empowered to fight “enemies of the people, spies BELLINGHAM, Wash,, May 17. and wreckers” has been establish- —Four bridge workers fell to death ed by a decree issued by Kremlin. ,nnd a fifth was injured critically The Councils will each include one when a bridge derrick of the Chi- Army Commander and two other cago, Milwaukee St. Paul and Pa- officials in the place of command cific Railroad toppled from a 50-foot of each military unit. trestle at Maple Falls near here.’ Reorganization of the vast Red The dead are Leslie Titus, of Army machine, foreshadowed last Fall City; Willlam Sorstman, of week, has taken place wth demo- Sumas; Otto Johnson, of Seattle, tion of Marshal Tukhachevsky, First and Bill Burrell, of Spokane. Vice-Commissar of War whose The critically injured is Willlam name was mentioned last January Deckert, of Bellingham, at the trial of 16 Trotskyists accused | Several other workers Nwap« of anti-Soviet plomng civic and community affairs. | A leader in the Democratic Par- | ty, Mr. Connors formerly served as __ | National Committeeman for his party. Delegate Ihmond Urges Appropriation for Flood Control Survey, Alaska WASHINGTON, May 17. —Ahskn‘ Money for that work will not be |Delegate Anthony J. Dimond has|gyailable until enactment of the appealed to the Senate to speed appropriation of funds to make flood control surveys in Alaska and War Department appropriations bill ‘now before the Senate. ¢ Delegate Dimond also said he has |at Fairbanks. | been advised that the PWA will be The Army Engineers made a pre- unable to make a larage grant to liminary examination of the Chena Fairbanks, for new sewer, paving \and Tanana rivers a year ago and and sidewalk construction, as it is recommended that Congress ap- prepared only to furnish relief la- Govern- propriate funds to complete the bor for a project, plus 15 percent surveys. |cost for that labor.