MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XVI. NUMLF Dp
SEWARD, ALASKA,
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1031
PRICE TEN CENTS
BUDGET FIGURES
NEXT BIENNIUM
EXCEEDS INCOME
PRESENT SURPLUS BE EX
HAUSTED IF ESTIMATES
CARRY
JUNEAU, Mar., 6, (Special to
The Gateway)—Estimates fo* the
next biennium of the Territory of
Alaska was presented in the
Treasurer’s budget sent to the
legislature, and shows the appro
priations wanted exceeds the es
timated income for the same
period by $382,051 which would
wipe out the present treasury
surplus of $596,233 and leave a
deficit amounting to $85,827.
The budget carried a total ot
$2,572,451 while Treasurer Smith
estimated the revenue from all
sources at $1,890,390.
School estimates total $1,374,
480 of which $175,000 is from
federal grants to the Alaska Col
lege- That institution asked $175,
000 from the Territory including
$110,000 for construction of a
concrete dormitory, library and
museum.
The public school system asked
$942,000.
Pioneers Home, pioneers and
mothers, pensions, care of indi
gents and other social welfare
work was estimated at $471,000.
Roads and trails $220,000.
Pioneers Home building fund
$80,000.
Bounties of all kinds $47,500.
Agricultural fairs $16,500.
Territorial veterinarian $17,000.
Predatory animal control $10,
000
Game stocking program $13,
300.
Stream clearing $40,000.
Miscellaneous $36,000.
All offices, including commis
sioners, health, auditor, treasur
er, attorney general, highway en
gineer, commissioner of educa
tion, library and museum, and
various minor boards $231,240.
Except for committees, one on
mileage and printing and pur
chasing, the House is still with
out committee organizations and
all bills are being held pending
their formation which is not like
ly this week and an agreement
holds not to consider recommen
dations of committee on rules,
without a full membership.
Senator Dimond introduced a
bill asking for an appropriation
not exceeding $10,000 for repair
of the Valdez dyke with cooper
ation of federal authorities.
McDonald introduced a measure
in the House proposing the ap
pointment by the governor of a
committee of three to study and
recommend some form of an old
age pension system applying to
everybody, not later than the
next legislature.
FIRE MEET POSTPONED
The deal is off!
So say officials of the Seward1
Volunteer Fire Department which i
organization was to meet in reg-1
ular session this evening. The
meeting has been postponed until;
next Friday night, one week
hence.
The Elk’s Purple Bubble Ball,
given in Anchorage on February 23
was a real success, according to the
Anchorage Times.
SCIENTIST GOES HOME
NEW YORK, Mar., 5, (/P)—
Professor Albert Einstein, t o
whom flashlights have lost their
terror, and Mrs. Einstein, sailed
on the liner Deutchland return
ing to Germany from California.
DEllUTFOi
PROPOSED PLEDGE
SUPPORT DRY LAW
CAN ONLY COMMIT THEM
SELVES TO PARTY ISSUES AT
NATIONAL CONVENTION
I
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. (/P) --
i Chairman Rascob proposed a plat
| form to the Democratic National
! Committee pledging support of the
Eighteenth Amendment, but ad
vocating a constitutional change
permitting state control of liquor:
the substituting of voluntary co
operation for political cotntrol in
| business; old age unemployment
i pensions; five day week.
Senator Robinson roared in re
pudiation of the platform and Al
Smith took Robinson to task “ter
jumping all over Rascob.” He said
Rascob had a right to present his
views.
James M. Cox appealed for con
sideration as to the dhciXT.ee of
the North and the South on pro
hibition. Rascob said that he would
demand action at the next meeting
in December or January.
Representative Mary Norton, of
New Jersey, insisted that women
; wanted modification and accused
Robinson of changing his position
since she nominated him vice- pre
j sident.
All speakers agreed h-at only at
a national convention could they
committ themselves to party issues.
The plan to raise $1,500,000 prior
, to the convention and toward a
$6,000,000 campaign chest was ap
proved.
I
FAIRBANKS, Mar. 6. (/P) -
| Whooping cough is raging in the
Good News Bay district. It has al
ready caused 14 deaths, it is report*
l ed to Dr. J. A. Sutherland, Fair
banks territorial health officers by
Doctor Myers of the Bureau of Ed
ucation who had been sent there
Meanwhile a plane prepared to
fly to Point Barrow with diphtheria
anti toxin.
Two hundred thousand units are
on hand but 300,000 more units
must be sent from Juneau.
LEGEE’S RESIGNATION
ACCEPTED BY HOOVER
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. (/P) —
President Hoover accepted Legge’s
resignation as chairman of the
farm board It was mr, learned
whether Hover plans to announce
a successor soon.
The resignation of Legge wasi
submitted two weeks ago but Hoo-'
ver attempted to persuade Legge
to continue in his position on the
Farm Board.
HIGH TIDES. GALE
ON BOSTON COAST
MILLIONS DAMAGE
HUNDREDS DRIVEN HOMELESS
AND $3,000,000 DAMAGE
REPORTED
BOSTON, Mar., 5, (A1)—Twice
within 12 hours extremely high
tides were churned into raging
floods by a powerful off-shore
gale causing $3,000,000 in dam
ages along the coast.
In the Boston vicinity hund
reds were driven from homes in
various communities.
More than 200 were left home
less in Revere, alone.
The Red Cross supplied 200
cots and the city is furnishing
food to the refugees ihany of
whom are unable to return to
their homes, work and schools.
Only an occasional building
remained in the summer colonies
The waterfront of Tfoston is
heavily inundated with vatej two
feet deep in ^ome of the stores.
graf mm in
SPEND FIVE DAIS IN
POLAR REGIONS, JULY
NEW YORK, Mar., 5, Dr.
j Hugo Eckener arrived on the SS
; Europa to arrange with news
| papers the financing of the Ger
I man dirigible Graf Zeppelin for
a five day Polar exploration in
| July via Leningrad, St. Joseph
; Land and St. Nicholas Island.
Eight or nine scientists will be
| aboard the giant craft of the
' skies.
I Dr- Eckener said there is the
j “possibility of discovering many
j small islands. We want to ob
: serve the reaction of the airship
in Arctic weather.”
HOCKEY SCORES
PORTLAND, Mar. 6. (/P)—Vancou
ver eliminated Portland 3 to 1 in
the coast hockey title. The play
off will be between Seattle and
Vancouver.
FOUND DEAD ON BOAT
JUNEAU, Mar. 6. (JP) —Peter
Johnson, aged 60 years, salmon
troller, was found dead on his fish
ing boat. He was slumped over the
engine and had apparently died of
heart trouble. He had probably been
drifting for three days at the
southern end of Douglas Island
where he lived alone.
MOTHERS HONORED
ANGORA, Turkey, Mar-, 6, (JP)
—The Turkish government has
awarded medals and money |
prizes to 15,000 Turkish mothers '
who have six living children or
more.
CHALLENGE BROADCAST
The champion basketball team
of Seward, the Army squad, here
by challenge any team in Alaska
to a game, especially the Ket
chikan and Fairbanks fives, res
pective champs of their districts.
The only team barred is the local
Midgets.
WINS OUT OF CLASS
MIAMI, Mar. 6. (/P)—Maxie Ros
enbloom, New York light-heavy
weight champ stepped out of his
class and decisioned Marty Gallag
her, of Washington, D. C., in an
eight-round semi-final bout. Maxie
gave away 20 pounds.
REMITS IN BIG
PHI; SMITH
MAY CHOOSE HUN
PRESENCE INTERPRETED AS
BEING PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
WASHINGTON, Mar., 5, (£>)—
Chieftains of Democracy entered
session for a party national com
mittee primed for conflict but
hopeful that the meeting will
wind up in harmony.
The prohibition issue was over
shadowed in the preliminary talk
and speculation announced the
principal objective for the Demo
cratic gathering was liquidation
of the party’s nearly $700,000 debt.
Southern members and proxy
1 holders were joined by Represen
tati\e.s from New York Spates
; who came to the session determ
! ined to squelch any eifcrt oom
|mitting the group on a wet or
dry issue.
| A1 Smith was on hand dis
j claiming any knowledge oc pro
posals and stoutly mail tained
that in 1932 prohibition will
be an unavoidable issue
; The interview given by Smith
! caused widespread comment with
I interpretations that he is still
I very much in the picture as a
i presidential candidate.
A1 Smith said: “This is not the
j time to discuss that. It is a mat
j ter to be decided upon by some
; one more important than I and
| that’s the National Conveltion.”
DIPHTHERIA BREAKS JUT
AT POINT BARROW
POINT BARROW, Mar., 5, (A5)—
Two cases of virulent diphtheria
and others milder, were reported
by Dr. Henry W. Greist, of the
Presbyterian hospital here.
He claims there were 200 ex
posures before this condition be
j came known and there is only
enough anti toxin to treat eight
or 10 and that is out of date.
He has appealed to the Public
Health Service at Juneau for
fresh anti toxin.
MOTHER AND THREE
WREN BURN DEATH
GRANTS PASS, Ore. Mar. 6. (/P)
—Mrs. Alice Groat, 24 years of age,
and children, Billy, five, Jack three,
and Dorothy, less than two months,
were burned to death in a five
which destroyed their home this
morning.
The kitchen range became over
heated after the woman’s father
George Caven left for work. Hus
band William Groat was orking in
another section of the country and
had ben away from homo for
leveral days. J
ELIGIBILITY LIST
OF THE VETERANS
OF FOREIGN WARS
ATTENTION OF VETS DIRECTED
TO LONG LIST OF EN
GAGEMENTS
The American Region has ask
1 ed The Gateway to publish the
! following statement of eligibility
! of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
I of the United States in which
members must have rendered
! honorable service,
j The following is a list of the
j campaigns in which honorable
j service was necessary in order
j to create eligibility to membership
| in the Veterans of Foreign Wars
l of the United States:
| Mexican War, 1846—1848, in
I Mexico.
| Spanish Campaign Medal Ser
I vice as follows: Cuba, May 11,
11898 to July 17, 1898; ashore or
on high seas enroute.
Porto Rico, July 24, 1898 to
August 13, 1898, ashore or on
high seas enroute.
Phillipine Campaign Medal ser
vice as follows: Phillipine, Feb.
4, 1899 to July 4, 1902, ashore.
Mindanao, Feb. 4, 1899 to Dec.
31, 1904, ashore.
Palo Expedition, Jolo, P I., Apr.
and May, 1905.
Datu Ali Expedition, Mindinao,
P. I., October 1905.
i Maunt Bud-Dajo Expedition,
I Jolo, P. I., March 1906.
Moro Expedition, Mount Bagsac,
Jolo, January to July, 1913.
j Mindanao and Jolo Authorized
! Expedition of 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913
i against hostile Moros.
Cuban Occupation Medal Ser
I vice in Cuba, between July 18,
! 1898 and May 20, 1902
Porto Rican Occupation Medal
1 Service in Porto Rico between
| Aug. 14, 1898 and Dec. 10, 1898.
China Campaign Medal Ser
i vice in China, with Peking Re
| lief Expedition July 20. 1900 to
; May 27, 1901.
Cuban Pacification Medal Ser
vice in Cuba between Oct. 6, 1906
and April 1, 1909.
Nicaragua, 1912-1913, Managua.
Haiti Campaign Medal, 1915.
Dominican Campaign Medal,
1916.
Mexican Medal Service in Mex
ico, afloat or ashore; members
of Vera Cruz Expedition, April
24, 1914 to Nov- 26, 1914, or with
punitive or other authorized ex
peditions into Mexico, March 14,
1916 to Feb. 7, 1917.
rPlea«e turn to Pag« Two)
DUNDEE AND BUTZEN
Turbulant heavens, which had
been centering black clouds late
Thursday afternoon, ran amuck
during the night—at 10—and
played a symphony of thunder
ous bass drums. Between the
interregum o f silence,, forked
lightening weaved a fantastic pat
tern in the skies. Following the
last rumbling echoes in the val
leys, blast of rain and hail struck,
then out came the stars in cor
uscating brilliance. It was the
first thunder storm since last fall.
HALIBUT SHIPMENT
The Excell No. 2, Capt. John
Enge, arrived in port during the
night from the banks with 6,000
pounds of halibut which will
be shipped to Seattle.