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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 94.
SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
SITE PISSES
MEASURE REPEAL
$19,000 GIVEN TO BROADCAS
TERS; KODIAK SUBSIDY
TURNED DOWN
JUNEAU. April 29, Special to
The Gateway—After Ziegler had
- made a futile effort to provide a
referendum in 1932 on a general
3-hour law, Jonhston’s bill for 8
hours was tabled in the House
late Monday by a vote of 10-6. It
was generally conceded that it
will remain on the table for the
rest of the session.
Ziegler moved that a clause be
added to the Johnston measure
making it effective if approved by
a majority vote in the next gen
eral election but the motion was
lost when no member would sec
ond it.
The House accepted the Sen
ate’s amendments to the Alaska
Bone Dry law appeal which went
to Parks Monday afternoon. He
has three days to sign or veto it
after which it becomes law with
out his signature.
The House passed the Dimond
measure repealing the Wicker
ham placer mining act of 1912,
which will be effective when val
idated by Congress and the two
supporting Territorial acts put-;
ting the Territory under the gen- ‘
eral Federal mining statutes.
The House passed the Lomen
bill to protect local wage scales
by requiring such scales be paid
on all public works in the Terri- j
tory.
The House indefinitely post
poned the measure designed to
protect the Territory against con
tract labor brought North and be- .
coming public charges. This ac
tion was taken when members i
.said it was impossible to produce j
a measure that would not cause ;
•worse troubles than this evil from
the South.
The Senate passed the two ra- i
dio subsidy bills carrying $5,000
each, one north of the Gulf of i
Alaska, and the other south of j
the Gulf. The bills are designed j
to aid Anchorage and Ketchikan !
broadcasters.
The Senate defeated the Ko- j
diak shipping subsidy 2-5; Bra- ]
gaw and Dimond voting for it.
The Senate passed the Winn
jury bill after amending it to pro
vide htat 70 per cent of the
voters names be placed in the
jury box before drawing panels.
As passed by the House, the bill
required all names. The House!
unexpectedly accepted the amend
ment and a compromise is indi- i
cated.
The McCutcheon measure ex
tending Territorial aid to fur
fairs was defeated 2-5; Bragaw
and Dimond voting yes.
When the House adjourned Mon
day the revenue and appropria
tions bills were still missing but
it was expected they would be
brought in Tuesday. The House
HAS TEA WITH KING
LONDON, April 29. (/P)—Former
King Alfonso of Spain had tea
with his Majesty King George
Windsor Palace. This was his
first public appearance since be*
Lng informed of the death of the
Infanta Isabella.
JUDGE TillS 'Tint
BUG" FREE, HOLDING
MEASURE WRONG
AKRON, April 28. (£>)—Holding
that the Ohio criminal syndical
ism measure is unconstitutional,
Judge Walter Wanamaker dis
missed the indictment against
Paul Kassay, 37, former Goodyear
Zeppelin mechanic who was sched
uled for trial today for alleged at
tempts to damage the Navy diri
gible “Akron.” He was arrested
March 19.
Kassay said: “This justifies the
faith I had in the American con
stitution when I gave up my Hun
garian residence and came to
this country. The decision will
do more good than all the police
clubs in the world among those
people the government calls
“Reds.” It will restore their faith
and justice of courts.”
me nun on
11 to mu for
SIT MONTHS CRUISE
SEATTLE, April 29, UP)—F. De
ganahl of White Plains, New
York, and Mrs. Deganahl, and Mr.
and Mrs. L. M. Walker of New
York, left in the yacht Riobonita |
for a six months cruise in Brit
ih Columbia and Alaskan waters.
They will spend the time fish
ing, hunting and searching for
fauna of various natures for East
ern museums.
Stops will be made at Wrangell,
for a side trip into the Stikine; ;
on Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Is- j
land and hunting in the Bering
Sea.
40 REBELS KILLED
RANGOON, Burma, April 29. {&) j
—Forty Burmese rebels were killed
in a fight with Punjabi troops at
Inbe, in the Thayetmyo district.
THESE MR IS
CONFIDENT PACIFIC IP
TOKYO, April 28. VP)—Confident
of the success of the projected
Pacific flight of Seiji Yoshiwara,
he told the American-Japan So
ciety he expected to reach San
Francisco May 13 or 14.
He expects to follow the route
of the American Army world fliers
over Kurile and the Aleutian Is
lands making 19 intermediate
stops.
ways and means committee held
a long meeting Monday night.
SALMON AND MINING TAXES
WOULD BSE RAISED;
MEASURE
JUNEAU, April 29. (Special to
The Gateway)—The general ap
propriations bill, carrying $2,132,
660 and the revenue and taxation
measure carrying raises on red
salmon and miiies, incorporating
licenses for moving picture houses
and putting a new graduated
scale on trap-caught fish, was
introduced in the House Tuseday
night by the ways and means
committee.
The base rat$ on red salmon
would be raised five cents per
case making it 16c instead of 10c
The mining income rates would be
raised from one-eighth to one and
one-quarter per cent; trap-caught
fish would be taxed from $3 per
1,000 to $5 per 1,000 on quantities
ranging from 100,000 and over. The
measure also provides that stores
selling fresh meat or poultry must
have a meat market as well as
a mercantile license.
Mild cured salmon would be
raised from 5c per 100 pounds to;
15c; clams, - n<Stf-3c per case, I
would be raised to as high as 10c i
on 16-ounce clams; 7c on 10-ounce i
and 5c on half-pound cans, count- ;
ed as 48 cans to the case.
Schools is the heaviest item in
the appropriations getting $955,000 ,
not including the Alaska College;
which is in an independent bill.
Pensions would be boosted to
$250,000, $40,000 more than the
budget estimates.
Roads appropriations would be.
raised to $300,000. an increase of
$80,000.
Dependent children appropria
tions would be reduced S10.000:
the indigent funds lopped another
$10,000.
The wolf bounty would be raised
from $22,500 to $40,000. |
WIFE ID LOVER
STUB HUSBINO THEN
HACKJIM TO PIECES1
DECATUR, Tenn., April 29. (/P)—
The story of how a mountain wo
man, Mrs. William Bunch, 23, and
lover, Hudie Hickman. 25, killed
her husband by piercing his heart
with a hatpin and then hacked
the body to pieces, now under of
ficial investigation, was told by
Frank Thornton, 16.
Mrs. Bunch denied the charges
saying her husband disappeared.
The boy said he visited the Bunch
home and found a man and wo
man hacking the body. He said
they covered him with guns and
would not allow him to leave un
til, on oath, he never would tell
what he had seen.
COLLEGE APPROPRIATION
JUNEAU, April 2 9,, (ff)—T h e
Alaska College appropriation pass
ed the House yesterday morning
carrying $159,420 as recommended
by the ways and means commit
tee, Foster voting against.
REP. TILSOS ENTERS I
MCE FOB SPEIKERSHIP;
HONOR IS DUE HIM
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 28.
(JP)—Representative Tilson of Con
necticut, the majority floor leader
during the last session of Con
gress, definitely entered the race
for the speakership with the an
nouncement of “having served in
the House for 20 years I know
the members will exercise fair and
honest judgment with regard to
the speakership.”
“Having been elected majority
leader four times I should nat
urally expect I should be consid
ered.”
He made it plain, however, not
to make an active campaign to
succeed the late Nicholas Long
worth. |
MM CEIMIK Of
CHICAGO, April 28. (JP)—Mayor;
Cermak, a native son of Bohemia ;
who once mined coal in the pits,
at Braidwood, 111., occupied his •
desk for the first time as Chi
cago’s formally inducted mayor.
He dedicated it to reducing the
city’s expenditures, restoring law
and order and in preparing the
city for the Century of Progress
Exposition.
He outlined his program at the
inauguration last night and prom
ised to reduce taxes by reducing
governmental expenditures and
place the police department on its
own feet in law enforcement.
HALIBUT PRICES
PRINCE RUPERT, April 29. (jP)—
One hundred and thirty-six thous
and pounds of halibut, American,
7c to 10.6; Canadian, 5c to 8.3.
RUTH OWE MOVE
II LEO, ONLY TOES
BOSTON, April 28. (&)—Babe
Ruth’s condition remained un
changed in the Peter Bent Brig
ham Hospital.
The home-run slugger passed
what the physicians styled a fair
ly comfortable ■ night but his leg
still ached and he has not re
covered motion beyond the power
to wriggle a couple of toes.
He will remain in the hospital
for an indefinite period, set ten
tatively at from four days to two
weeks.
SEWARD ROAD TO
SPRUCE CREEK BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
ZIEGLER FIBREBOARD BOYCOTT
BILL PASSED BY THE
HOUSE
JUNEAU,, April 29. (Special to
The Gateway)—By a vote 12-4,
with Brosius, Donnelly, Foster and
Murray voting nay, the House
Tuesday afternoon passed the
Ziegler bill imposing a 12 cent
excise tax on fibreboard boxes
used for packing food products
within the Territory.
This bill takes the place of the
first two measures introduced in
the House by the same author
and i^ aimed to protect the Alaska
lumber industry from inroads of
fibreboard containers.
Salmon packers, appearing in
protest, were united in their de
claration it will not accomplish its
object and can only put an addi
tional burden on the salmon in
dustry without bringing revenue
to the Territory.
The House passed five other
measures including one by Foster
authorizing municipalities to lease
public wharyes; the Brosius bill
to allot $15,000 to construction of
a road from Seward to Spruce
Creek Flats; appropriating the
lump sum of $25,000 to the Com
missioner of Education to erect
or repair schoolhouses.
Although it voted down Foster’s
amendment to revision of the
school poll tax law which would
have increased the levy to $10,
the House defeated the motion to
indefinitely postpone the bill but
laid it on the table to consider at
the same time with the general
revenue bill.
The House passed Dimond’s bill
to revise and consolidate the gen
eral election laws including provi
sion for rotative ballots and em
powering the canvassing board to
make recounts and otherwise go
behind the election returns under
certain conditions. Allyn, who
voted for the bill, gave notice he
would move for its reconsidera
| tion Wednesday.
The House passed the bill au
thorizing a commission to pre
pare for participation in the Chi
cago World’s Fair authorizing it
to obligate $10,000; to expend
$1,000 on the newly created office
of Superintendent of Public Works
Tilled by the Highway Engineer.
| Voting on the measure on recon
sideration of the Nome radio and
| telephone subsidy, the measure
carried 9-7 and allots $12,000 for
installation of a radio and phone
system centered at Nome.
The Senate passed several
House memorials and minor bills;
amended the House school refund
bill be restoring percentage of re
funds to schools to present pro
portions but took off the $40,000
annual limitation; appropriated
$20,000 for mining cooperative
work, $5,000 less than the House
(ConUn’jed on Page Four)
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