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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 96.
SEWARD, ALASKA, RRIDAY, MAY 1, 1931.
PRICE TEN CENTS
LEGISLATURE OF
ALASKA SINE DIE’S
< NO HARM DONE
NO ADDITIONAL BURDENS
BY MORE TAXATION,
SAID
JUNEAU, May 1. (Special to The
Gateway) — The 10th Legislature
equalled the record of its two im
mediate predecessors in that it
balanced its budget and did not
raise taxes on any single item.
With its clocks stopped since mid
night it adjourned sine die at
3:15 this morning.
The tax measure which was
passed by the House was buried
deep in the Senate. The Finance
Committee is never to be resur
rected and fears that Alaska fish
eries and mining industries would
be unfairly burdened if additional
taxes were interred.
The Territory will sail close
to the wind for the next two years
but estimates indicate that the
treasury will have $400,000 on
hand when the 1933 Legislature
convenes and no debts to liqudate.
Ziegler’s excise tax on fibre
board containers never reached a
vote in the Senate. Three junior
Senators, Shattuck, first; Lomen,
second, and Bragaw, third, con
ferred with representatves of can
ners over the situation with the
result that Aiursday afternoon
orders for hundreds of thousands
of box shooks poured into Ju
neau for Southeast Alaska mills
and the crisis was passed, with
the outlook now for operations
for the entire season owing to the
demand for siiooks, necessitating
full time operation of box mills.
The House and Senate com
promised on the Winn jury bill
on basis of 80 per cent of the
names of voters being placed in
the jury box before drawing the
regular panel and disqualificaton
for cause on literacy test-.
Gov. Parks signed the repeal
of the Alaska bone dry law and
accompanying memorial which
is to be transmitted to Congress
for validation.
THREE DISTRICTS IN
SUIT DEVASTATED
MOSCOW, May 1. (/P) — Three
hundred and ninety-two persons
are known to have perished in
quakes which devastated three
districts of the Soviet Republic.
In Nakichevan, in Trans Cau
casia, 200 were killed; 205 were
injured in the Gerussy region, and
in the Sisiana region 192 are
known to be dead and 600 were
injured.
Eighty per cent of the villages
in the Zangeur district were de
stroyed. The government has ap
propriated a million for relief.
The Petersburg cold storage
plant will be enlarged to double
capacity this season.
HALIBUT FARES
PRINCE RUPERT, May 1. (/P)—
One hundred and thirty-seven
thousand pounds of American hal
ibut sold for 8c to 5c and Cana
dian. the same.
SUM 1MIN
SKIES LIFE KIIITOA:
PULLED FROM FIRE
r
SEATTLE, May 1. </P) — Mrs.
Dwight Hartman, president of the
Seattle chapter of the Women’s
Aeronautical Association, and wife
of a Seattle attorney, pulled her
unconscious pilot, Eddie Griffin,
20, from a plane and rolled the
body on the ground to put out
clothing fire after his plane
crashed 200 feet to the roof of
a bam and then caught fire.
Her efforts saved him. The ac
cident accurred near Kent; the
plane was destroyed. They had
hopped off for a pleasure flight.
KILLED BY ROBBER
! CHICAGO, May 1. (/P)—Traffic
I Policeman Anthony Ruthy, 43, a
j witness in the Lingle murder case,
;was shot to death by Frank Jor
! dan, alleged bankrobber, near the
'spot where Lingle was killed in
(full view of hundreds of persons.
After attempting to arrest Jor
dan, crowds were thrown into
turmoil, resulting in hours of
traffic jam. Jorden is also being
i being held on another charge after
| confessing that he took $4,000 in I
a holdup.
laiSEIILL OOMEir OF i
i ERRORS 81 MEfUSj
j '
I
| CHICAGO, May 1. (/P)— In an j
; 11-inning comedy of errors the l
| White Sox, American League, de- \
| feated the St. Louis Browns 10 to j
19. Seven errors were committed
j in the second inning, three by
the Browns and four by the Sox.
By the seventh inning the teams
were tied nine all, where they re- j
mained until the eleventh when a |
single by Bill Cissell sent Reynolds j
across the plate with the winning j
KING DISCLAIMS
BELIEF DIVINE RIGHT
NEW YORK, May 1, (&)—King
Prajadhipok of Siam in his first
interview with the press since
j his arrival in the United States,
j disclaimed all belief in his divine
: right and expressed a desire to j
! introduce some form of suffrage
among his subjects.
He is now an absolute monarch.
nil EXPLORE!
ILL ITTEMPr FLY
BOSTON TO LONDON
LOS ANGELES. May 1, (&)—
In: the role of a transAtlantic flier
whose goal is the first round trip
crossing of the North Atlantic by
airplane, Commander Donald B.
MacMillan, veteran explorer of
the Arctic, will attempt to fly be
tween Boston and London this
summer.
A swift monoplane, a Lockheed
Vega of the same design of ship
in which many transcontinental
speed records have been set, will
be used, and a Los Angeles flier:
will pilot the plane.
1
THE FUTURE BUT HOW
ABOUT PRESENT TIME?
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 1.!
(SP)—The opinion tha tfuture wea- i
ther prophets will be able to fore- j
cast droughts and wet spells as:
much as 25 years in advance, was j
expressed before the American;
Geophysical Union.
By a cIoSct study of sunspots
and output of heat from the sur- 1
face of oceans, A. F. Gorton, of;
the Scripps Institution of Ocean- j
eography, Calif., said evidence of i
rainfall increases and decreases in j
regular cycles over certain regions, j
If the length of these cycles j
are established accurately it will
be of enormous economic value j
to the industry of agriculture.
Rainfall cycles may be related,
to changes to the amount of ra- !
diation from the sun, he said, and
advanced the theory that the
major seasonal weather changes
on continents will be caused by
variations of heat given off from i
the surface of oceans.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
St. Louis 9. Chicago 10; eleven;
innings. j
Cleveland 4, Detroit 9.
New York 7, Philadelphia 2.
NATIONAL
Boston 1, New York 2. j
Philadelphia 1, Brooklyn 6.
Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 8.
COAST
Hollywood 4, Seattle 8.
Sacramento 5, Los Angeles 6.
Missions 8, Portland 7.
Oakland 11, San Francisco 8.
DO-X RESUMES HOP
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands,
May 1. {&)—The German plane
DO-X took off from Gando Bay
and circled the city then headed
in a southerly direction for Rio
de Oro, on the west African coast,
resuming its transAtlantic flight
to South America which was in
terrupted in January when fire
destroyed a wing at Lisbon.
MODIFY 18TH AMENDMENT
PHILADELPHIA,, May 1, (/P)—
Matthew Worl, vice-president of
the American Federation of Labor,
called upon all laboring men to
unite in an effort to modify the
Eighteenth Amendment.
MIY OIY SIGML FOR
COPS GET OUT W
TOY TO EARN SALARY
LONDON, May 1. (/P)—Police in j
many cities of the world are pre
paring to suppress disorders and j
maintain order during the 'wide
spread observance of May Day, j
international labor day.
In England May Day celebra- (
tions have gone out of fashion; i
elsewhere in Europe and in Span-»
ish America, observance presented I
more of a serious problem.
Berlin will be mobilized. Some
of the Balkan countries forbade
celebrations; others are restricting
complete quiet. It is expected
that in Italy and Spain the day
will have a dual significance.
PUIS
TO IHfEOR OVHL
t
SOUTH BEND, Wash., May 1. j
(/P)—A 15-year quarrel was ended j
when Berry Everett, light com- j
pany manager, was shot by Joseph I
Aydt, who is being held after giv- j
ing himself up.
The shooting occurred over a j
water bill. Aydt, a cripple, told *
the sheriff that Everett attempted j
to strike him and he pulled a re
volver and shot Everett through
the forehead.
IS ILL
F
1
BUCHAREST, May 1. (/F)—While j
an estranged father and mother;
stared coldly at each other on j
opposite sides of his sickbed, Mi
chael, 9, the boy who was king,
suffered from diphtheria.
Two injections of serum were
administered and are believed to
have averted serious danger. There
is great anxiety, however, as he
is running a high temperature.
PUBLISHER MS NOT
GUILTY TO URGE
LOS ANGELES, May 1, (/P)—
Fred Girnan, weekly newspaper
publisher, pleaded not guilty to
a Federal Grand Jury indictment
charging him of sending obscene
matter through the mails in con
nection with publication of stories
purporting to reveal the life of
Clara Bow, film actress.
The trial was set for June 1.
FOR SOME REASON
PERSONALITIES APPEAR EVI
DENT AMONG RANKS OF
COMMITTEE
JUNEAU, May 1. (Special to The
Gateway)—In a report signed by
all eight members of the legisla
tive inquiry committee after a
six wreek investigation into the
conduct of Territorial offices,
condemned the “haphazard” sys
tem, declaring most of the con
flicts and discords resulted from,
“personalities between several of
fices andto their attitude toward
problems confronting them.”
The report said legislature stu
dies should be made a part of
every legislature and presented
eight measures designed to cor
rect the worst of the defects,
principally a measure which
seeks to create a board of ex
aminers to which appeals from
the auditor’s ruling on claims
might be taken and whose judg
ment in such matters would be
final.
It removes the auditor from
the banking board and board of
road commissioners, replacing him
on the former with the attorney
general, and on the latter, by
the highway engineer.
Another bill would require the
treasurer to countersign all vouch
ers covering expenses, including
offce expenditures of the audi
tor. The others deal with filing
of school budgets and certain
certificates with the auditor.
GIVE COD AWAY
SEATTLE, May 1, (/P)—Because
of low prices 10,000 pounds of
fresh cod from Alaska were offer
ed to charitable institutions in
Washington. The fish company
decided not to attempt to market
the cod.
BOUND FOR KUSKOKWIM
SEATTLE. May 1, (JP)—Two
40-foot power boats, the Ruby
and the Bender Brothers, owned,
by the Arctic Trading Company,
will start for the Kuskokwim River
Saturday. Two boats of the
schooner Capon will be used for
fishing operations by Charles Ni
coli.
HEAVYWEIGHTS TO FIGHT
NEW YORK, May 1, (JP)—
Primo Camera, big Italian heavy
weight boxer, and Jack Sharkey,
Boston contender, have signed
for a 15-round bout at Bibbets
Field, Brooklyn, on June 10.
TWO DEAD FROM AUTO BLAZE
YORK, Pa., May 1. (JP)—Joseph
Felty and Wilbut Hall, both of
New Oxford, were burned to death
and four others seriously injured
when their roadster crashed into
the rear of a milk truck near here.
The car ran halfway beneath the
truck and burst into flames.
Senior May Day Dance Tonight