The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1939, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. LIIL, NO. 8045. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1939. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e v ALASKA FOREST FIRE CONTROL SOUGHT START MOVE TO PURCHASE ALASKA DEER AppropriatfiSo ughtin| Sum of $1,070,000 fo Put Deal Through WASHINGTON, March 8. — The House Appropriations Committee has asked Congress to provide $1,- 070,000 for use in restoring the Al- aska reindeer industry to Eskimo and Indian ownership. The sum of $820,000 is for the actual purchase of the physical properties -of the white reindeer operators, including the herds of reindeer and $250,000 for adminis- trative expenses and construction of new pens and corrals. The program would require sev- eral years, it is said, to be carried out. - GRACE TRAVERS IS FOUND GUILTY, WHITE SLAVERY Ketchikan Woman Con- victed on Two Counts, Federal Court Jury SEATTLE, March 8. Grace Travers, of Ketchikan, Alaska, has been convicted on two counts for violation of the White Slave Traf- fic Act by a jury in-the Federal Court. Sentencing has been until next Monday, Ma postponed ch 13. Honeymoon On a Bus i s S o 5 Erskine Caldwell, who wrote the novel from which the stage success, “Tobacco Road” was adapted, and his artist-photographer bride, the former Margaret Bourke-White, are shown as they arrived in Oak- land, Cal, by bus from Silver Nev., where they were married. They had intended flying to San Francisco from Reno, but traveled by bus instead when the plane was unable to stop because of weather conditions. PENSION MAN DOWNEY IS NOW TAKING ON ALL FOES; HISWAY OF CAMPAIGNING FIVE AUDITORS NAVY DEPARTMENT PLANS TO START CONSTRUCTION RECORD SIZE BATTLESHIPS [ | | By PRESTON GROVER EXTRA!- HOUSE PASSES COCKTAILBILL BYVOTE9TO7 BULLETIN — The House this afternoon passed the Walker cocktail or saloon bill by a vote of 9 to 7. Representatives voting for the bill were Coffey, Davis, Drager, Gordon, McCutcheon, Smith, Spencer, Walker and Lyng. As passed by the House, an- nual licenses are scheduled for $500 for towns of 1,500 popula- tion or less and $1,000 for popu- lations over 1,500. The measure must be returned to the Senate for concurrence on House amendments. BULLETIN—Shortly before 4 o'clock this afternoon, the bill prohibiting sale of liquor to In- dians, was tabled in the House by a vote of 10 to 6. Roosevelt at sea during his recentl; FOR U. §. HEAD | FOR MATANUSKA Party Now in Juneau En- route fo Colony for Accounts Check OMMBUS ROAD A party of five auditors from | First Picture of Roose BILLAS CALLED BACK, PASSED . t|the Works Progress Administra- [ {tion’s office of the United States | Treasury Department arrived . in| pension plans would get through this | Juneau on the Mount McKinley, di- | session but no busier band of opera- (fect from their head office in | WASHINGTON, March 8 | would take high odds to' get a bet | that any one of the evolutionary AFL-C10 TO oy y inspection of maneuvers, WASHINGTON, March 8.-— A new hint that the Navy De- partment hopes to start, without delay, construction of two record size battleships, possibly of 45,- 000 tons, came today from Ad- miral William Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Leahy said: “We velt Taken at Sea 4P This picture, released by the United States Navy in New York, is the first photo showing President The Chief Executive is shown aboard the Houston as the ship anchored off the Virgin Islands. At left is Admiral William Leahy ‘and in center is Gov. Lawrence W. Cramer of the Virgin Jslands, who conferred with the President. ALASKA JUNEAU PROFIT SLUMPS FROM JANUARY Tonnage Value of Ore Handled Is Lower than Month Previous SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 8. “The Alaska Juneau Gold Mning | Company today reporterd an operat- SECRETARY - OF INTERIOR ICKES ACTS Says Citizens Show Grow- ing Resentment at His Department PROTECTION, TIMBER ON DOMAINS, NEEDED Gefs Quick Action from Committee If Not from Budget Bureau BULLETIN—WASHINGTON, March 8, — The House Appro- priations Committee, agreeing with Secretary of Interior Har- old L. Ickes tions, has written a provision for an ap- propriation of $37.500 in the In- terior Department’s Supply Bill for a fire control program in Alaska for the next fiscal year. U. 8. FUNDS NEEDED ‘WASHINGTON, March 8—Secre= tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes be~ lieves it is high time that Govern- ment funds be spent for forest fire in hearings before the House Appro~ priations Committee in a discussion of Alaska needs and is disclosed in ing profit, before depletion charges |y, for depreciaton and Federal taxes of $76,700 for February. This sum represents a drop from of Interior for not protecting the timber on the public domains from probably will discuss this pro- posal with the House Appropria- tions Committee when the hear- ings open this month on the Navy's $700,000,000 budget for next year.” Admiral Leahy indicated that fires. Often villages are threatened by the blazes. “The Budget Bureau has declined to approve expenditures for this work.” | tors can be found on Capitol Hillj Washington, D. C In addition to United States ROY GARDNER UNDER ARREST, $123,300 in January. Last year, the short month of | February saw a drop to $107,500 from $156,800 during January, 1038. Gold recovery for February this year, for ore handled, was 89 cents than the pension advocates in Con- . Chief Auditor for WPA J. P. Crim- ake Senator - Sheridan Downey Mins who heads the group, mem- ! v | of California, as an instance. He was |bers of the party are W. M. Long, busier than a brush salesman the David Ludwig, Norman H. Smith, | Senate Reconsiders Yote on $178,500 Measure Naming Projects Asks for Funds other day about the floor of The Secretary of Interior hinted SAN FRANCISCO Released Former Mail Robber to Be Taken to Portland, Oregon SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 8. —Federal agents and Deputy mar- shals arrested Roy Gardner, mail robber recently freed from prison, | in the grill room of a hotel here, | under an indictment from Port- land, Ore., which charges sending of obscene matter through the mails. | United States Attorney Frank Hennesy said Gardner’s removal to Portland will be ordered today. MADRID REBELS STILL DEFIANT | | MADRID, March 8—An isolated | group of Communist rebels are still holding out desperately Ilate | today against Gen. Miajas’ Nauan—‘ al Defense regime but the back-‘ bone of the two-day uprising has been broken by the stern methods of Miajas and the city is quiet. ‘ No gunfire has been heard since | early morning. ' The Government has routed most ! of the Communist groups by the aid of a few tanks and infantry, rushing the strategic points al- though capitulation in this local war within Spain’s Civil War is not complete. The Government radio announced, this afternoon that the Republican Army Chiefs involved in the Com-| munist rising have surrendered. - - Stock QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March Evmch)sin;;‘ quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 9%, American Can 94', American Power and Light 6'%, Anaconda 32%, 1%, Harvester 66, Kennecott 40%, New York Central 20%, United States Steel 65, Pound $4.69 1-16, DOW, JONES AVERAGES | The following are today’s Dow, Jones averages: Industrials 151.42,| rails 33.66, utilities 26.74, i the|and W. S. Newton. Senate. One minute he was on one| On an inspection trip checking Ee side of the chamber talking to Sen-|accounts of the Works Progress Pressure from irate members ator Bankhead, Almost any one|Administration in Alaska, they will | the House, three of whom came into knows that Bankhead couldn’t be|proceed from here to Matanuska |the Senate chambers to speak, late sold on Downey’s old-a scheme, but the Californian never|two of Committees Meet Today,‘ then Adjourn for Session months on government busi- | At€ to reconsider its vote on the om- | pension | Colony, where they expect to spend Yesterday afternoon caused the Sen- ¢ Japan’s announcement of in- tention to expand its fleet with- in the next six years to match either the strength of the Unit- ed States or Great Britain on the sea is the reason for the gives up. Bankhead ultimately in New York March 10 re- | ness. nibus road bill, which had been voted down earlier, six to two. recommendation that the Navy’s tired, with a good natured laugh, to| While here the group will confer in one WASHINGTON, March 8. — The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organiza- tion Peace Committees recessed this afternoon following a joint confer- ence with the Department of Labor, to meet again in New York on March 10. H. C. Bates, member of the AFL committee, disclosed this action in a statement sayi the next con- ference will ‘“consider proposals made sterday by the CIO, for unification of labor, or any other suggestions that might be laid be- fore the conference.” CIO Leader John L. Lewis yester- day proposed a plan for industrial peace. His plan was combining the Nation’s major labor organizations |in a united labor movement. He ap- | pealed to the AFL for an “intelligent analysis” of his proposal. The AFL negotiators had previ- ously rejected the idea. POLICE ARE CALLED OUT BY RIOTING Communist Sympathizers Cause Disturbance in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 8.— More than 50 policemen were called out last night (o break up rioting Bethlehem Steel | they said was caused by Communist 50-year-olds would discourage them | 75%, Commonwealth and Southern|sympathizers at the Wilshire Ebbel | from saving so much for old age, 50 Curtiss Wright common 6%, |Club when they attempted to pre-|some more savings would be disposed General Motors 51%, International vent Ailene O'Brien from speaking of. on Spain. Several persons were injured be- fore the riot was broken up. ., — Antonin Dvorak, Bohemian com- poser, was the son of a butcher and innkeeper, | the cloak room. { | Within five minutes Downey | was chatting with youngish Sena- }tor Clark of Idaho. Clark survived a | Townsend attack in Idaho last year | to unseat Senator Pope, a New Deal- ‘ | er, who moved from his $10,000 Sen- | ate place to a $12,000 post on the| Tennessee Valley Authority | | Downey is a “close-up” talker.| He edges his chair over and sort| of half whispers, even when there is no special need for-it. It isn't that he is a secretive sort. He is just |a mildish man in outward conduct, | son the order of Senator Sheppard | | of Texas who fought for 20 years | {to put across prohibition amd has| ]been fighting in his quiet way ever| | since repeal to have prohibition re- | stored. CHANGES PLAN A LITTLE | Downey’s arguments now are very | much the same he used out in Cali- | | fornia to whip Senator McAdoo. | (There’s another who lost a $10,000 \‘a year job, only to get something | better as head of the reorganized | Dollar steamship lines.) | Downey’s original theme song |was “$30 Every Thursday.” Hel ]hu modified it somewhat now to islao a month for people over 60 | years, just half what the Town-| | sendites offer. But he has attach- ments to his plan. He would pay, | say,.$30 a month to people over 50 | vears. { His whole idea is to discourage so much saving, which he calls the| | bane of the country. He says the | { population saves something near 15 “]x:menL of. its earnings year in and | year out, Such savings can’t be spent for productive enterprises in times | | of surplus and cause a low demnnd’ | for goods. His idea is that old people assured of a retirement funde wouldn’t save for old age, thus elim- ‘inatmg some savings, anyway. Further, he says paying $30 to | KNOWS HIS ECONOMICS . Since coming to Washington, | Downey has become filled with more | economic lore than you could throw |a stick at. He beards them all, at (Continued on Page Five) I gt i Y’ The bill drew together l‘::“T;z:_““‘_‘l’”y If:‘,"f“'r:f“t’;:e “”’V‘;‘: measure ten House bills which were s " | authored by Representatives Garnet ward on the Yukon, scheduled to| yrngreCpt P A T Thong leave Juneau March 14. The Darty ywajace Porter, Frank Gordon, Jesse is registered at the Baranof Hotel.|[ander and Ed Coffey. | On reconsideration the Senate| | passed the bill, seven to one. | Martin vs. Sullivan | Only Senator voting nay was Le-| Roy Sullivan of Nome, although sev- | {eral others expressed opposition up | | until the time the vote was taken | Senator Sullivan was steadfast even tack from Representative Garnet Martin, who had been given the| privilege of the floor to speak on the | S “T should think our Senator from the Second Division would be Governmen' May Sponsor ashamed,” Martin declared, “to come ill 1 z down here and vote against this bill | Bill in Balancing Cor- f™%uai s wheo ™ st v m |by & reminder from the chair that WASHINGTON, March 8—High he was getting rather far afield in Treasury Department officials dis-|his remarks. tion, in cooperating with industry| Senator Sullivan said he resented on the comeback trail, may sponsor | Martin’s “threatening attitude” and a bill permitting corporations to bal- | that he was not going to let his vote ance their losses in bad years| be influenced by it The Senator said against the profits of good years in|he was against the bill because it The program is still uncertain,|amounts of money for definite pru-j however, as Secretary of Treasury‘jects in the expectation that the| Morgenthau wants to see the size Second Division would get $200,000 tions before deciding what sacrifice might arise to reduce the total to the Treasury Department can make Oy a8 little over a quarter of that. in order to woo business. In such case ,the entire appropri R tion for the Division would be SE(REI MARRIAGE on the few projects mentioned in |the Division without road funds for IS "ow REvEAlE he favored leaving direction of ex- ‘mndlture of road money up to the Highway Engineer. T b i Ed Coffey implied criticism of Sen- H | ator Joe Hofman of the Third, who o vlw'ng UnltEd so had voted against the bill, by as' Ju"e Senator Defended 2 Senator O. D. Cochran, a suppor- | NEWARK, New Jersey, March 8. |ter of the bill, rose to deliver a trib- flier, admitted today sthat he and|Second, Senator Sullivan, saying| Toby Wing, dancer, are married. The | that criticism of him was unjusti- ceremony was performed last June —— R TTRAP MEMORIAL shipbuilding program be speeded up proportionally. —— - —— RECONSIDERED, PASSES AGAIN President Walker Assails Senator Rivers for | . Ruling Protest Bitter hostility between Senators Norman R. Walker and Victor C. Rivers flared on the Senate floor late yesterday afternoon when the! Fairbanks solon was roundly de- nounced by the President. This, the tensest situation of the session, arose during reconsidera- tion of the Senate vote on the fish trap memorial. When Rivers objected to a ruling of the chair, Walker left the rostrum | to deliver an excoriating reprimand to the Fairbanks Senator, who took the verbal tongue-lashing with ap- parent calm. “After eight weeks on the Senate Judiciary Committee,” President/ Walker cried, “the senior Senator from the Fourth Division thinks he is ‘qualified to be a justice on the United States Supreme Court. He alone of us never makes a mistake, I am humble enough to admit I have made a mistake.” Out of Order Rivers arose {0 a point of order and Senator James Patterson, who had taken the chair when Walker stepped down, ruled that President Walker's remarks were out of order. What led up to those few acri- monious moments was a long story. Monday when the fish trap mem- orial was reported out of Commit- tee, the Senate divided four to four on adopting a ‘committee amendment which, along with mak- ing the trap abolition gradual over | a five-year period, would have stricken frem Representative Har- vey Smith’s memorial a section read- ing “whereas, the Democratic party |in the fact of a direct personal at- bill. H | certainly going to tell the people . . " poration Losses A"tk oin: Marin was stencea closed today that the Administra- Not Influenced figuring out the income tax. directed expenditure of definite of the March 15 income tax collec- for roads, whereas circumstances the omnibus bill, leaving the rest of | the biennjum. Senator Sullivan said Pilot Dick Merrill Dancer| Representatives carl Drager and ’ | speaking in its favor. —Pilot Dick Merrill, well known|ute to his fellow-member from the | in Tiajuana, Mexico. (Continued on Page Five) ; a ton, compared with 98 cents a ton for the preceding month. February of 1938, showed tonnage values of 195 cents. Daniel Bell Is Named fo Treas. Dept. Harold Smifh of Michigan, fo Be Successor fo Budget Director WASHINGTON, March 8. — The White House announced today that Daniel Bell, Acting Director of the Budget, will b me Assistant Secre- tary of Treasury about April 15.| Harlod Smith, of Michigan, will be Bell’s successor. CLARK GABLE FREE 10 WED MSS LOMBARD Actor’s Wife Wins Divorce in Four Minufes-He Keeps Plowing LAS VEGAS, Nev., March B.—Ml’s.‘ Maria Gable has been granted a divorce here wuen she testified her noted screen lover-husband, Clark Gable, deserted her and refused to come back. The hearing Jasted four minutes. Gable has settled $286,000 on his wife since the estrangement. KEEPS ON PLOWING SAN FERNANDO, Cal, March 8. —Clark Gable went right on plowing at his ranch here when informed his wife had been granted a divorce. It is understood that Gable and Carole Lombard have not made any plans yet for the time and place of their marriage, but friends expect that he will be pleased if the Ap- propriations Committee took the matter into its own hands and ask Congress to provide funds either for this year or some future date. The House Appropriations Com- mittee also disclosed that Secretary Ickes has given orders to eject the lazy and discontented colonists at Matanuska. Ship Em Out This was revealed when the In- terior Secretary, replying to a ques= tion by Representative Johnson, said that during his recent visit to the Matanuska Colony he found some people there “who were dis- inclined to work. When the matter came to me, I told them the Colony Supervisors would lose no time in shipping them out.” Representative Johnson said: “I observed that some of them thought they were going up there for a lark and Santa Clause would take care of them.” Secretary Ickes sald, “Yes,” ad- ding that generally the colony ex- periment was entirely successful. He further said the Matanuska project should lead the way for further development of Alaska. “The Matanuska Colony has showed the Territory is capable of further agricultural development in certain valleys,” said Secretary Ickes. BIGRSE IN STOCKS Market Resumes Advance ~Many Shares Reach Peak, This Year NEW YORK, March 8.—The Stock Market resumed an advance today in a more confident stride. Many shares climbed from one to four points and several issues to the highest prices recorded so far this year. Transfers today were 900,000 shares. Chief sources for the inspiration are the rising of the security mar- kets in London and moves of Wash~ ington to stimulate trade. —— e —— The estimated weight of the earth them to wed soon at one of the nearby Gretna Creens, is six sextillion tons.