The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1937, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. L., NO. 7500. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 193 MUSSOLINI B LOCKADES EASTERN SPAIN 7. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES: PRICE TEN CENTS HOT WEATHER HAS STARTED OVER NATION Ninety-nine Degrees Regist- ered at One Locality in Maryland PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS ALSO SWELTERING North Pole Temperature Warmer—Only Three De- grees Below Freezing (By Associated Press) The greater part of the Nation today threw away blankets as the summer sun sent the mercury climb- ing. At Cumberland, Maryland, the thermometer registered 89 degrees. It is 97 degrees at Sunnyside, in the State of Washington, the high- est registration in the Pacific North- west. At Grand Coulee Dam it is 96 de- grees. Eight deaths have been reported from various sections, caused by drownings or prostrations and the toll from the latter is expected to grow. Up At North Pole Even the North Pole is warm. Soviet fliers there report the snow has turned to rain and there is a fog at the base 12% miles from| the Pole. The temperature ‘there today is only three and six-tenths degrees below freezing. Spokane, Washington, has a tem- perature of 87 degrees and a blaz- ing son is shining down on the| Yakime -end Walla Walla valleys. | 1t is 90 degrees in Portland, Ore- | gon and 82 in Seattle. N. E. States Suffer The New England States suf- fered most in the east from the| heat. The Weather Bureau reports that yesterday and today have proven the hottest June openings in his- tory. Inhabitants in a portion of the Dust Bowl are ironically beset by floods instead of heat. The Dust Bowl is the only section apparently to have escaped the heat wave. | - e DUKE, WALIS T0 BE WEDDED, 2 CEREMONIES Religious, Civil Services to Be Performed at Monts Tomorrow i MONTS, France, June 2.—Her- man L. Rogers, American spokes- man for the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wallis Warfield, announced today that the couple will be mar- ried tomorrow by a religious cere- mony in addition to the French civil ceremony, following the latter immediately. : The Rev. G. Anderson Jardine, Vicar of St. Paul’s Church at Dar- lington, England, will solemnize the wedding. A marriage contract has been signed by the Duke and his fiancee which provides for separation of their property. A heavy police guard has been or- dered near the chateau and cars and airplanes are to be banned tomor- row. Scores of newsmen from all parts of the world are here to report the culmination of the greatest of world romances which caused a King to Mentioned for Court Post One of the persons most frequently ngenfioned as a sessor to Willis van Devanter, associate justice of Jourt who announced his plans to retire at the end o the present erm was Robert H. Jackson, 45, assistant attorney general, wha is shown here. [LIBERAL PARTY WINNER AGAIN, B. C. ELECTION Premier Pattullo Returned to Power Over Af- fairs Until 1941 | ALL MINISTERS ARE RETURNED TO HOUSE Conservatives Manage to Put 8 Members Into Legislative Seats VANCOUVER, B. C., June 2. — ‘The voters of British Columbia have endorsed the Liberal Administra- tion ‘and returned Premier Thomas D. Pattullo and his Liberal Party, }'over the affairs of the Province un- (til 1941, The Liberals, standing on their |record of the past four years, plead- ed justification of the increased | Provincial debt on the grounds that | prosperity has returned with the progress made. Thirty-oiy= Liberal candidates ?wcre elected to the forty-eight seats |in the Provincial Legislature. All ministers of Premier Pattul- } !lo's Cabinet were sent back to the possible suc- e Supreme SHIPPING TAX, “ALASKA BOATS, 18 DISGUSSED House Committee Consid-| ers Bill Introduced by Rep. Magnuson By J. J. ECKLES Secretary to Delegate Dimond WASHINGTON, May 22.—(Spec- ial Correspondence) — The House Committee on the Territories on May 19 considered at length the bill 1mtroduced by Representative Mag- nuson of Washington, to repeal the| Federal tax of $1 per ton on ships and shipping and freight and pas- |senger transportation lines operat- !ing in Alaska, as provided by Sec- tion 176 of the Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1933. The bill is identical with a bill introduced in the Sen- ate by Senator Murray of Mon- tana. Representative Magnuson, the author of the bill; former Senator Dill, representing transportation in- terests; J. J. Underwood, repre- sentive ot the Seattle Chamber of Commerce; and Claude ‘E. Wake- field, attorney for the Alaska Steam- ship Company and the Northland Transportation Company, made statements in support of the bill. The law imposes the tax on ships which are “rgistered in Alaska or not paying license or tax elsewhere” and doing local business for hire in Alaska waters. The word ‘“else- where” was in one case construed| by the United States Tircuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the case of Northern Commercial Company vs. U. 8, reported in 217 Federal Reporter at page 33, to mean in some other Judicial Divis-| ion of the Territory of Alaska. Sen- ator Dill proved to the satisfaction | of the committee that that decis- abdicate his throne so he might wed the woman he loves. ——.———— ESKIMO ACTOR WEDS RUSSIAN HOLLYWOOD, Cal, June 2— Ray Wise, 29, Eskimo film actor from Alaska, known as Mala, has returned here with his bride, Ga- lina Kropotkin, Russian actress. The wedding took place last week at Tia Juana, Mexico. The bride, 24, is a graduate of the University of California and was formerly a stand-in for Claire Tre- vor. ion was contrary to the intent of Congress as expressed in the debate| when the tax law was originally| enacted. Hence it may be concluded that the word 'elsewhere” means at some place in the United States and not some other Judicial Division of the Territory of Alaska. Department's View The view of the Department of | Justice is that the tax may be col- lected only if and when ships in Alaska do an interport business and | that the tax provisions of the law| do not apply to commerce carried | on between Seattle, or any other} point in the States, and Alaska.| Since the interport business in Al- aska is relatively small it is said| that many ships which now do such) 11 Men Tell House : When to Vote “No” By SIGRID ARNE AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, June 2. — Con- gress has acquired a Greek chorus that sings. only one refrain: object.” | They put on their act in the House on the first and third Tues- | days of every month when the pri- vate bills come up. Suppose Mr. Jones of Arkansas; from Uncle wants $30 damages Sam because the Jones cow, Bes- sie, was killed by a Government | jectors have a suspicion all was not Hoyle about Bessie's depar- ture. Two of the objectoms can rise and shout, “I object.” There is no | further argument. That's that for the $30. 11 Voices in Chorus There are 11 in the chorus—six Republicans and five Democrats. They are Representatives C. E. Hancock of New York, C. A. Hal- leck of Indiana, J. W, Mott of Ore- gon, J. P. Wolcott of Michigan, D. H. McLean of New Jersey, R. E. Church of Illinais, D. W. Clark of Idaho, J. M. Costello of California, G. A. Barden of North Carolina, Ross Collins of Mississippi and J. H. Flannery of Pennsylvania. Their group came into being two years ago when Congress was forced to step itself up to mass production methods because some 12,000 bills were hitting it each session. Some of them were major issues, like the Wagner act, but hundreds were small like the one about Mr. Jones' COW. Legislative Goats Obviously, a Congressman doing his homework on the Wagner act has no time to study evidence on the small bills. And yet he'd like to know when he votes $30 to Mr. Jones that the sum is due Jones. So the objectors came into be- ing. They're the legislative goats land really must know about each | bill because it's their official duty to guide the rest of the House. Sounds remipiscent of Uncle Joe Cannon’s steamroller—some of the brethren think it is. Used to be private bills came up separately in the House for pro- longed discussion. That took time. How It Works Now they go to House commit- tees which do all the arguing. If the committee reports them out, the objectors hunt for slips to pre- pare for the first and third Tues- days of the month. The clerk reels them off like this: “H. R. 1027 for the relief of Fan- nie Sarah Hopkins.” Most of the House will have no idea what Mrs. Hopkins wants but the objectors do. If tuey think her bill proper they keep quiet, and the bill passes automatically. But if two objectors shout “I (Continued on Pm‘ Thr;) (Continued on Page Five) “Il | truck. But suppose the House ob- | | House. | Conservatives elected eight mem- bers. The Conservatives campaigned |for drastic economy, a cooperative | Commonwealth Federation pledged public ownership for dis- | tilleries. | The Labor and Independent can- |didates are in a close race and re- Isults will not be known until the; }enme vote is counted. i The plebiscite on the State Health {Insurance plan showed a majority of more than 11,000 votes. AMELIA OFF AGAIN TODAY, WORLD FLIGHT Leaves San Juan for Thou- sand-Mile Hop to Dutch Guinea BULLETIN—Miami, June 2. — The Pan-American Airways re- ports that Amelia Earhart has landed at Catipito, Venezuela, after a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 2. twin-motored monoplane into the air this morning for the second leg |of her projected just-for-fun flight around the world and headed for Paramaribo, Dutch Guinea, 1,000 miles away. Man, Attempting to Beat Wife, IS Shot by Daughter Chief Petty Officer Aboard U. S. S. Dallas, Dead, Mountain Cabin SAN DIEGO, OCal, June 2 — Rather than see her father beat her motber, Marion Ayres, 15, shot and killed her father, Frank Ayres, 47, chief petty officer on the U.8.8. Dallas, in a small mountain cabin near here. The coroner, Charles Gunn, re- ported to the officers, the girl fired one shot from a small guage shot gun, The shot struck Ayres in the heart. Plan Protection, Salmon Fisheries Of Bristol Bay WASHINGTON, June 2. — The House Merchant Marine and Fish- eries Committee has reported fa- vorably on a bill providing protec- tion for the salmon fisheries of Bristol Bay, Alaska, R Scheduled air line aircraft will be required after January 1, 1936, to carry static-free radio direction finders and antenna systems. with a clear mandate to administer and, —Amelia Earhart lifted her silvery, First P];;;wé of Ice _F lood at F a,i;b_ani'; ; Ketchkan Man I8 Appointed to " Fish Commission i Mendenhall Named by Gov- ernor—Laboratory to Be | Established, Ketchikan | Gov. John W. Troy today announc- \ed the appointment of John W. Men- “denhall of Ketchikan as the third {member of the Alaska Fisheries Ex- |perimental Commission. Mr. Men- denthall will serve with the Gov- |ernor and Alaska Agent L. G. Win- gard of the U. S. Bureau of Fish- eries, who were named as members of the Commission in the law passed by the last Legislature providing for 'a fisheries expernmental laboratory in the Territory. The new appointee is widely known in Alaska fisheries, is associated with the Ketchikan Cold Storage plant and is chairman of the fish- eries- committee of the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce. ‘The commission was created by the | Legislature for the purpose of pro- \moting the fishing industry in the | Territory and to establish a’labora- {tory toward that end. A sum of $20,000 was set aside to carry on the |work, providing that it is matched by some Federal agency. | Following the first conference of the new commission yesterday, Gov- |lernor Troy announced that the lab- }oratory probably would be establish- ed at Ketchikan, which city has of- fered to provide quarters for such a station. Quarters probably will be found in the Ketchikan cold storage |plant. From the Ketchikan office and laboratory work will be carried on throughout Alaskan waters. | i DIZZY DEAN IS SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY National League President Says Conduct Detri- mental to Baseball NEW YORK, sune 2—Ford Frick, President of the National Baseball |League, has suspended Dizzy Dean lindefinitely for “conduct detri- meal to the best interests of base- ball.” Dean has been the center of dis-| Swollen by melting snows, the Chena and Tanana rivers recently inundated the town; of FKairbanks, Alaska, with ice packed waters. Miniature icebergs were packed up on the streets by the rushing waters. Top photo shows ice deposited by the flood in front of the Fairview Hotel. boy being helned into a boat in front of a railroad station. One of the work engines is shown in the background stalled by water on the tracks. S Lower nhoto shows a small l A - BILL NOW UP ~ TOR |Senate Passes Measure and Speedily Sends Is to White House | WASHINGTON, June 2. — The‘ Senate has passed and sent to the Apoard a thirtee. White House the bill permitting Alaskan municipalities to float bond issues with approval of 65 per cent of the taxpayers voting at a special bond election. The 1935 law inad- vertently required app.oval of 65 per cent of all taxpayers, including those not voting. BILLION AND HALF RELIEF BILL PASSES House Gives Approval to Measure Following Com- promises by Admin. WASHINGTON, June 2. — The Administration’s billion-and-a - half approval, after a- compromise had sent to the Senate. marked another major legislative lowers. The Administration promised that probably much more than $45,000,- 000 will be earmarked to be spent {for flood control, and that it will make relief funds available for building of ponds and lakes to raise water levels in the Southwest dust bowl The Administration also agreed to revoke its order for all- relief labor, the point which held up passage of the bill. The use of $131,00000 is now planned for the PWA revolviag fund for loans and grants to cities. The action will. mean the completion of a large number of projects for issues. - LUTHERAN LADIES AID SOCIETY 1S MEETING iturbfinus both on and off the field] The Ladies Aid Society of the since the season began and officials| players and even the fans are be- 'coming theroughly disgusted with lthe 8t. Louis Cardinal’s pitcher. Resurrection Lutheran Church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. John Sunderland, on Kennedy Street. DOSEVELT |Crowd of 169 Is Coming Party Here On Next !gdnesday North Aboard Canadian National Prince Robert ITALY POINTS CUNS AT RUSSIA IN WAR CRISIS Rome Goverrnment Declares It Will Stop Soviet Supplies to Madrid EUROPE ALARMED BY DUCE’S BOLD MOVE France Is Striving Toward Peaceful Solution But Faith Reported Lacking ROME, June 2. — Italian warships have established a virtual blockade of eastern Spain to prevent Russian ves- |sels from carrying war sup- plies to Madrid and the Valen- cia government, it was report- ed today. Grave views of Mussolini’s ‘declsion were taken in diplo- matic quarters as stoppage of another power’s merchant- men on the high seas was said to be one of the most serious |situations contemplated by in- ternational code and Russia still is a member of the nop- intervention group. | Italy is willing to resume (her place on the Non-Inter- \ventlon Committee, a high [ g e et LASKA BOND L. A Cood Will ~zi s e o | ships. The neutrality patrol fleet scoffed at . possibilities of Italy intervening in the Span- ish trouble and showed no | concern over the possibility of- a German-Spanish war, but a itense feeling prevailed in all |quarters. PEACE OVERTURE LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 2.— special train, | 169 left here on me first leg of the, eighth annual good will tour to Al-| aska of the Los Angeles Chamber PARIS, June 2.—A foreign office spokesman announced today an Anglo-French agree- ment — a two-point program dollar relief bill won midnight House | quashed persistent revolt, and wusi The vote was 223 for, to 44 ugainst.' battle won by the President’s fol-! which cities have already voted bond | of Commerce. ;' At Vancouver. !..ey will board the Canadian National steamship Prince| Robert for the Alaska tour, leaving there Friday night at 9 o’clock. | Byron Hanna, President of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the party. | The good willers are scheduled (to arrive at Juneau, Alaska, the Capital City at 3:15 o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 9, one week from today, and will re- main there until 10:55 o'clock at ‘mght before sailing for Skagway. !The party returns to Juneau at 7:30 o'clock a. m. on Friday, June 111, remaining there until 3 o'clock /in the afternoon, Z NEW MEXICO AREA FLOODED Ten Persons Known to Have Lost Lives—Others Are Reported Missing { | ROSWELL, New Mexico, June 2. —This section of the country is digging into the mud and other flood debris which was caused by a deluge of rain storms for three days. { Ten persons are known to have drowned and others are missing. The flood damage is estimated into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. i - TO PETERSBURG YACHTERS Coming north from Seattle to Petersburg aboard the steamer Yu- kon, which was in port here yester- day, were: Mr, and Mrs. Albert L. Hopkins, of Chicago; Jay C. Halls, of Chicago; Guy M. Peters, of Chi- cago; and Mrs. Harold F. White, of Chicago. At Petersburg, the group was to board the Campbell-Church yacht Westward, for a cruise +through Southeast Alaska. —aimed to solve the neutral- ity crisis over the Spanish igovernment’s aerial bombing of the Deutschland and the Reich’s shelling of Port Al jermia. They agreed, the spokes- | man said, that warships of the {neutrality committee’s non- \intervention patrol should re- main outside Spanish waters |and the patrol fleets would be |unified. | In face of the Paris an- nouncement, however, leaders admitted the most dangerous situation existed in Europe since World War days. Ob- servers attributed the feeling to the lack of faith in state- ments of various countries. As one observer put it, “no- body believes anybody else |any more. They say one thing and do another.” OIL COMPANIES WIN IN COURT . . ‘ Washington State High Tri-. bunal Sustains Low- er Decisions OLYMPIA, Wash, June 2.—The State Supreme Court has affirmed the lower court in the dismissal of the action to disenfranchise virtu- ally all major oil companies in ‘Washington on charges of conspir- acy to monopolize the gasoline bus- iness. The lower court ruled the chatges were not substantiated. The upper court has upheld this decision.