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The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

The postal clerk ir one of the large post offices of the Ter. tory maintain that the high cost tf living entities them to io
 1aas8d salaries The matter was +aEen I'D with the Post Ofnea Department and it was settled that there was no fund availab. o 2 pay higher salaries. It seems that ID to 1925 9 bonus ot $500 per year was paid clerks, but after the salaries were in creased the bonus was abolish cd, and the desire is to have t17e bonus restored. MT. Flaher ty, Secretary of the National Federation of Postal Clerks, had also been communicated wi51
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

Henry B. Collins, Jr., Assistar : Curator of Ethnology, Smi ,f : Sonian Institution, recently re- turned from Alaska, where he nas conducted researches for the past four summers. He stata;; K at James A. Ford and Moreau B. Chambers are carrying on ex- tavations this summer looking to the origin and spread of the F kimO. MT. Chambers is on s ! 2Wrence Island, just below ering Strait, while MT. Ford :s on the schooner Patterson, fcl
 lLwing the retreating ice pack
 ID the Arctic coast to Point Bar low, where he will conduct ex- covations. MT. Collins says that there is no doubt that both the Indians and the Eskimo ca re immediately from that part of Asia just across Boring Strait. He states that the Institution ncw has fine collection of har- roon heads, adz and knife handles, scrapers and cerem1n : ial objects, mostly of walrus ivory and often carved with CT.
 linear and flowing designs. These have been dug up after centuries of burial during eX- cavations on the sites of ancient Eskimo villages in Alaska.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

Complain5 has como from Kc- diak that . loan cf money made and goods furnished an em : 7lcyee of the Department of Commerce has been allowed to run for several years without an lttempt at liquidation. The mat ter was presented to the higher officials here, With the assur- \; nee that "as 10 taD attitude ol -the Department in such natter, you gre informed that the De- .nartment will not tolerate cn ployees who do not meet t2,ei1 |. lst Oonga~ions." An investiga- ten is being made.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

Washington city is doing her s.,are to ooos5 tho sale of Alaska canned salmon The menus H.. the various cafes contain our relectablc fooG in apretizing ap , peal and this is particularly true Of the Peoples 32 fou4ltains and fcod shops. They advertise and se-ve our salmon in the follow irg forms: Salmon salad on l7"- tuce with pickles, cliced tonla- toes and saltincs; ctuffed tona- t0 with salmon salad, pickles. stuffed olives and s21tines; cold rlate-cooked hem, salmon sala6', s1.ced tomatoes. pickles, stuffe'l dives; salmon sandwiches.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

Some of the members of the Congressional party that will in apect the Department of the h
 arior projects in the wester ] ~tatee and Alaska, have already left Washington. They will saI' from Seattle July 18 on the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoe, Those who arc expected to g north are Hon. and Mrs. Frank Murphy, of Ohio, Chairman os subcommittee on Appropriations,
 Hon. and Mrs. Addison T. Smith, Of Idaho, Chairman of the Com ' mittee on Irrigation and Recla-
 nation; Hon. and Mrs. Scot Leavitt, of Montana, Chairma;: on Indian Affairs; Hon. and Mrs. Don B. ColtOn of Utah, Chai '- man of committee on Publir Lands; Hon. and Mrs. Wm. w, Hastings, of Oklahoma; Hon. and Mrs. Joseph w Byrns, of Ten
 ocssee; Hon. Robert Luce, of Massachusetts: MT. William A. Unvall, clerk: Horace M, Al bright, Director National Park Service, and his assistant, F. J. Railey. Hon. and Mrs. Wm. R. Eaton, of Colorado, and Hon. Edward T. Taylor of Colorado, are not yet certain that they can go. Governor Geo. A. Parks and Delegate Wickersham have been invited to accompany the party through Alaska. The Dele ! gate cannot leave his duties iu
 Washington, but the Governor
 'r expected to join the party at, Ketchikan on. July 20. They will proceed to Wrangell, Juneau, Cordoya, Valdez and Seward, ar irving at the latter city on the 24th and leaving the following morning for Anchorage anI spending the night at Curry. Leaving on morning of 26th fo.. Mckinley National Park where they will remain until the after
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

noon on the 28th, arriving at Fairbanks that evening. They will leave the latter city on the morning of tho 31st, remaining there until the next noon an1 proceeding over the Copper Rir or & Northwestern Railway t.. Cordova, connecting there wii.7 the Tahoe and the Alaska Steamship Co. steamer. The. expect to reach Juneau Augus5 3, Ketchikan the 4th and Seat tic the 9th. They will then view som irrigation projects il. Washington. Oregon, Idaho, re turning to Washington on Au ' gust 20.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03
Washington Newsietter
 By Will A. Steel

An effort has been made to nave the Treasury Department Ipll1las9 the block of ground l opposite tae new Federal build- lng in Juneau, from which 1t :s
 garatea by 9 road but 30 feet wide The Territory owns 9 lot a.on which stands the building y-1a5 was used for office pur- | Fose$, and is willing to transfer Nils to the government. -The balance of the property on the { LOCK would cost about $85,000, 'tEe greatest cost being the zyn- -@ hotel property, which is valu-
 15 $z5,390 The matter has ~aen considered several times by
 a4ard composed Of Assistant 5ccrotary of the Treasury Te--y K Heath, Special Assis
 -5 . Martin and Super
 g lron- feet James A. Wet more. They first decided that
 ~c eEi-ying law they were
 red nor did the Trea-
 ~renert have the pow
 r oo buy this adjoining lan1, .7nd la5er decided that they would not recommend this pur- 'onaaa to the Director of the Bud- n0 } that ae 1t now stands ouln ncEization for the purchase wet hue to be obtained Dy
 c.I ac5 of congress. The De- oar mont had wired the Cover a b see what the City wou I ~e v e to appropriate for tie widening Of the street between inc two blocks Of land and Coun- aiI named 84,0o0 as the sum.
 n recent letter received by
 Ne Delegate from Assistant Sec
 ary Heath the following state, rent is made: This question  has been thoroughly investig at- ad and very careful attention @iren to it but in view Of tno fact that the building is sati5- .c50ri1y completed and the present site is ample therefore, the DoDartment does not believe t+ could justify a request for the appropriation of S80,000 add;- tionaI for the purchase of th3 r'ooE opposite the Government property, out Of the funds pro- r;ded for publt2 buildings The desiTabiity of having the opea nark space in front of the build ing is realized but in view of all the factors the Department is J the opinion that the author:~ zation for the purchase of tn land should be obtained D.' special act of Congress.
 Whether an effort shall now fe made to have the Depart ; ment recommend the purchase .cJ half the block or whether tN3 -olecata shall introduce a bill for the purchase of the entire B eek is rp to the people of Jul .leau and Alaska to~decide.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03
FAVORS YAK BREEDING
 IN ALASK \

U. s. Senator Robert B. Howell is particularly interested in the raising of Yak in Alaska and is anxious. that money be appro- priated to extend the work U at T'as first started ten years az. at the U. s. Experiment. station. The present herd of Yak is in the vicinity of Healy, on the A. aska Railroad. It consists of
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

gre harder than our beef an.
 II als. He also states that a Yaz GGW was slaughtered about j year ago and the meat was so similar to beef that it was dif- 1.cdlt to note any difference.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

The board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors have decid ed that there will be no survey of Keku Straits, Alaska, as the benefits would not he commen surate with the large Federal expenditure required to make this improvement. A prelim mary report was favorable to the extent of recommending a sur y2T to determine the cost and advisability 7f +hn improvement But the Board has decided against going further into the matter.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

four pure bred animals and eight
 Yak Galloway hybrids. pr. H. w. Alberts, Director of the Experi- rent Stations in Alaska, writes
 C.lat observation on the behavior of the Yak indicates that they
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03
out he said that nothing cou1J be done at present.

4 communication Las been re Ieived from the Ketchikau Chamber of Commerce stating that committee of the Chamber lad carefully studied the repo- ! If Representative Fish concern ing Investigation of Commun- ist1c Propaganda" has approved the report and urged Congress 10 adopt the recommendation, Of th6> Investigating committee. A statement is further mado tfat there are no communistic activities in Alaska.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

J. A. Talbot, Department Con- uqander of the American Legion in Alaska, wired the Delegate concerning a newspaper repor ; that eighty Filipino cable hands were en route to Anchorage 5o install the new radio station al that location. He suggested that Legion and other men oar of work in the north could o9 to perform this worS. Major General George 5. Gibbs, Chief Signal Officer, explains that onlythe regular crew of the DelIwood had gone with thav chip to Anchorage, and while there they would assist to clea~ rround3 erect aerials, etc., ard do some technical work, fir which no funds are available 1o vrlploy local men. The Gener suggested that to interfere Wita work now would jeorardize early completion Of the project.
The Alaskan., 1931-07-03

Some of the fishermen Of Naknek have written the Dele gate to see if he could get then permission to operate set nets and sell tho resulting catch to canneries in that region. The Bureau of Fisheries state that the existing regulations prohibit fishing of this character at Nak- nek, although there is nothiry to prevent such operations if the resultant catch is used for local food purposes, either for huma! beings CT for dogs. The mattec las been referred ito Commis- siener Henry O'Malley, who s now in the west en route to Al aska.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
WALKER PACKS
HIS 23 TRUNKS

PALM SPRINGS, Calf, March
80 0.N.SO.-Until Mayor James
]. Walker arrives in New York
he will have nothing to say re-
garding the charges that have
been brought against his admins
tration, but he promised today to
answer the charges within 48
hours after he returns to his
desk.
Mayor Walker busted himself
today attending to the last details
of packing his % trunks prepara-
tory to departure for home to-
morrow.
The mayor let it be known
that the significance of the con-
ference of five Tammany county
leaders would be notable had
former Gov. AL Smith issued the
call.
Mayor Walker said he has not
yet received the charges which
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt said
he wired the mayor. The text
of these charges are of little con-
Germ to the mayor, according to
reports, but the machinery be-
hind them is worthy of closer
attention.
Unless the chance of becoming
a senator from New York ap,
pears he has no other political
ambitions, Walker said.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Police Killers Extradited;
Face Early Return

M'ALESTER, Okla, March 80
G.N.SO .-Extradition papers for
the surrender of Stanley Chero
and William Schemnitzer, youth
full slayers of Sergt. John E. Frey,
New York State trooper, were re-
ceived here today by Capt. j. w.
Keeley of the New York State
police force.
The papers were signed by
Gov. w. H. Murray of Oklahoma.
1t was believed that Captain
Keeley would present the papers
to Sheriff Bob Lackey immedi-
ately and start for New York with
SchemnitZer.
Chero will remain here until he
RECEIVERS from bullet wounds in
tlicted when he sought to escape
following his arrest.
Dispute Over Reward
A controversy was in prospect
today over the $4,000 reward for
the youths, as claimants insisted
it be paid before the two youths
are turned over to the New York
authorities.
Three persons, filling station
operator and two policemen,
claim the reward. James T. For
roster, the filling station Oper-
atOr, became suspicious when he
saw the boys in the stolen car
and called PatrOlmen Ernest Am
brOse and John Walden, who
effected the arrest.
It was Patrolman Walden who
shot and critically wounded Chero
when he sught to escape. Chero
is a patient in the State prison
hospital.
Four New York State troopers
who arrived here yesterday to
get the youthful killers, could
not discuss payment of the re-
ward.
Updyke Among Them
Included among the troopers
was c. c. Updyke, companion of
Frey on the night he was slain.
Updyke today had definitely iden.
titled both Chero and Schem-
nitzer as the slayers, saying:
81 would know them twenty
years from now"
Questioning of Chero and
Schemnitzer by the troopers was
carried on behind closed doors
and information concerning the
interviews was refused.
Schemnitzer paled perceptibly
when ushed into the presence of
Updyke. 1t was Updyke's gun
The Washington times., 1931-03-30

send, an Australian mllllonalre,
also we'll known in Wall Street.
While her passport gave Sidney.
Australia, as her birthplace,
friends declared she was an
American girl, born Mary Mar
garet Laird, of Birmingham, Ala.
A scribbled note was found be-
side the the body of the woman
whose beauty once captivated
Broadway. 1t read:
81 hope my family will forgive
me for the pain 1 am causing
them. My only regret is leav.
ing my little girl, but am tired
of life and prefer to die"
Husband Can't Believe
Despite the scribbled note, Mr..
Townsend refused to believe his
wife had taken her own life. He
said:
"There are many dangerous
turns in the road. My wife
was always animated. I never
knew her to be depressed. Per.
haps the two drinks she had
taken unnerved her."
Although Townsend persisted in
his belief his wife's death was &C
cidental, police declared all evi'
dence pointed to suicide. Author
ties said she was particularly de-
pressed on Saturday after paying
a visit to an oculist.
AS far as authorities could dis
cover, Mrs. Townsend halted at a
roadside restaurant near the Lit
tie Riviera Village late Saturday,
nervously drinking two brandies
while scribbling a note. Friends
at Beaulieu Sur Mer became wor-
ried next morning when Mrs.
Townsend failed to appear for a
flower festival she had promised
to attend.
Searchers Find Body
Searchers found the crushed
body and wrecked car on the
rocks jutting out into the Medi-
terranean.
A highway follows along the
tor of the cliff in that vicinity,
with an average 2OO-fOOt drop. At
a bend in the road is the famed
Suicide leap" so termed because
there many persons ruined in
nearby gambling casinos have
taken the fatal leap.
Mrs. Townsend had been mar
ried three times. Her first mar
ital venture was with an army
officer, and her second with Don
aid Grafton, son of Pittsburgh
millionaire. Both marriages were
annulled.
Married Since 1925
In 1925, after successful stage
career in New York, she married
Townsend. A year later a daugh-
ter was born. For the past three
years, the Townsends have lived
here.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30

that SchemnitZer used in firing
the shot that ended Frey's life.
Confession Unchanged
The statements made the
troopers by Chero and Schem-
nitzer were said to be substan-
TALLY the same as their sworn
statements in which they made
full confession of the ruthless
Staying of Frey.
ALBANY, March 80 G.N.SO.
John Knight, Republican leader
of the senate, announced today
he would introduce a bill in the
legislature tonight under which
the State will assume the $4,000
reward offered by State police for
the arrest of Stanley Chero and
William SchemnitZer, slayers Of
Sergt. John E. Frey.
Senator Knight said he felt it
would be unfair to have the troop
ers personally contribute such a
large sum from their compare
lively small pay.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
MISS PAXTON
z STATES CLAIM
HATHAWAY

FALL RIVER, Mass, March 80
U.NSO O-The possibility that a
new sensational phase of the mur
der of 2O-year-old Verna Russell
student nurse, might be uncovered
within few days was established
today by District Attorney William
c. Crossley, of Bristol county.
He declared:
Information ] have received
inclines me to the belief that the
murder was committed in this
State. If this proves correct it
will uncover an entirely new
angle in the case, an angle at
which / cannot hint as yet, but
which will rock the State If it
is true"
r. /. Claims Case
At the same time Attorney Gen.
eral Benjamin M. McLyman, OF
Providence, r. l., issued the fol
lowing statement:
1--WE believe from evidence we
have that the crime was COM
mitted in TivertOn, r. l., and
until conclusive proof is forth
coming we claim jurisdiction"
Considerable Importance hinged
upon location of the death scene
If it is proved the murder was
committed in Massachusetts,, El
liott R. Hathaway, Fall River
"playboy" accused of strangline
Miss Russell to death, faces a pos
sible fight against death in the
electric chair. The penalty fol
the crime if committed in Rhode
Island would be life impr:son
ment.
Bought Some Liquor
It was discovered today, police
said, that Hathaway purchased a
pint of liquor shortly after mid
night on Tuesday, presumably just
before the girls murder.
The defense camp will contend
that both Hathaway and the giri
were drinking that night and that
Hathaway left Miss Russell alive
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
DR.. c, A. DORSEY
DIES At DESK

NEW YORK, March 80 QN.SO =.
Funeral arrangements were to be
announced today for DR.. George
A. Dorsey, anthropologist and
writer. He died suddenly at his
home here last night at the age
of So.
He was born in Hebron, Ohio,
and led several expeditions for
the field museum, Chicago.
DIR. Dorsey, whose book, 'Why
We Behave Like Human Beings" ,"
brought him wide fame four
years ago. died at his desk as he
and his wife were examining
proofs of a book he had just
completed covering study Of
civilization. His death followed
a sudden heart attack.
During the worlds fair in
Chicago DR.. Dorsey arranged
many exhibitions and later be-
came curator of the Field Museum
of Natural History. He held
honorary degrees from Harvard
and Dennison.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
RUFF0, SINGER,
GRAVELY IL

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March
80 G.N.SO -Titta Ruffo, consid-
cred one of the greatest bari
tones of the age, was gravely ill
at his hotel here today.
The Italian singer, familiar to
American and European OperagO-
ers, was reported suffering from
food poisoning.
His illness became known when
a concert at which he was to
sing was suddenly Cancelled. Ruff
TO is So years old.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Killer Admits Crime
After Serving on
Jury at Inquest

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March
30.-Ollie Greenhaw, At, fugi-
tive convict and farm laborer,
planned and executed a per
feet" killing. Robbery was the
motive.
But because he showed ner-
vouSnesS while assisting in dig
ging the grave for his victim
and while serving on a coroner's
jury which investigated the
crime, Greenhaw is awaiting
trial, following his confession
of the murder of o. G.. Wright,
81 years old, near Batesville,
Ark.
Greenhaw joined a searching
party which found Wright's
body Sunday.
Sheriff j. r. Engles said
Greenhaw probably would never
have been suspected had it not
been for his own actions. He
seemed unusually agitated at
the inquest and at the funeral,
the sheriff said, and never
looked at the body.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
SECOND TORSO.
FOUND IN n. !.
Photo by International

NEW YORK, March 80 IN.S0.
A portion of human body
found in the yard of lumber
company at Stagg Street and
Varick Avenue, Brooklyn, today,
was believed to be the torso of a
man.
The lumber yard is a few miles
from the Williamsburgh Bridge,
where the thigh of woman was
found last Friday night, and at
first it was believed that today's
find was part of the same body.
Detectives said after further ex-
animation they believe there was
no connection between the crimes.
Investigation was also under
way on the theory the torso may
be that of man who disap-
peared from an apartment in
which a woman was drugged and
multilated by a person she de-
scribed as a giant woman.
The SlaShed woman, Mrs. Car
rie Hendershot, 81, a laundress,
was able to tell enough of her
story to police for them to recon
struct the tragedy. The missing
man, said to have been her sweet
heart, is Nick Patricia.
Mrs. Hndershot said she went
to Patricca's apartment to de-
liver some laundry and was Of
fered cup of tea by him. She
drank it and Immediately became
faint. Police believe she was
drugged.
Upon the mans advice she
went into the bed room to lie
down. There she met a large
woman who Immediately pounced
upon her. beating her into un-
consciousness.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Gandhi Is Likened
To Benz. Franklin

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, March
80 QN.SO .-Mahatma Gandhi,
leader of India's passive revolu-
ton against England, has been
termed the Benjamin Franklin
of the East by Miss Nellie Lee
Holt, professor of religious edu,
cation at Stephens College. Co,
lumbia, Mo-, in an address before
students of Coe College here.
Miss Holt graphically described
the famous Indian leader as a
kind and civil man, simple in
habit and tolerant toward the
world,
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Former d. C.. Pupil
HOnOred at College

William TT. French, of Cations
vile, formerly a student at
Western High School, here, is
one of four students of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania whose
election to the business board
of the Pennsylvania, student
daily newspaper, has just been
announced. French is a first
wear student in the Wharton
school Of finance and commerce.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
CatdpuH Planes
VIII Carry Parcels

BERLIN, March 80 uN.SD.
The catapult airplane service
operated from the North German
Lloyd steamers Bremen and
Europa by the German Luft
Hansa will this year carry par
GELS as we'll as letters.
A maximum weight Of %
pounds is prescribed, and the
dimensions of a parcel may not
exceed 12x12x10 inches. The first
catapult flight this summer Will
be from the Bremen, on it's trip
lsavinS for America on May 4.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Ex-Actress Ends Her Life
In Drive off Cliff

NICE, France, March 80 GNSJ.
The gay Riviera, was shocked by a
tragedy involving an American
girl.
The body of Peggy Davis, for
mer star of many Broadway mu-
sical comedy hits, was extricated
early Sunday from the wreckage
of the car which she drove over
the famed Mediterranean "Suicide
Leap cliff, near the village of
Ese, within view of COnsuelO Van
derbiIt's estate.
Wife of Millionaire
The former actress, 81 years
old, was the wife of David Town
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Green to Address
Security Session

NEW YORK, March 80 (U.SO
President William Green, Of the
American Federation of Labor;
Mayor Frank Murphy, of Detroit;
Bishop Francis J. Mcconnell, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church;
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Welfare
Commissioner Frank Taylor and
others will address the fourth
annual National Conference on
Old Age Security to be held April
IN
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
u. s. Seeks Source
Of False sos Call

NEW YORK, March 80 U.S0,
Federal officers were concentrat-
ing their search in the vicinity
of Jersey City and Hoboken last
night in an effort to trace the
source of the false S OS broad
cast Saturday morning.
All Coast Guard vessels had
been called in when a radio check
revealed that the signals had
emanated from a coast station.
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Chamber Chairman
Names Committee

SILVER SPRING, Md, March
30.-Walter L. Funderburk, chair
man of the organization commit
tee of the Associated Chambers of
Commerce in Montgomery county,
has appointed the following as
members of his committee: George
P. Sacks, Bethesda; Edward H.
Jones, Chevy Chase; Phil D. Pos
ton, Silver Spring; E. V. Critten-
den, Takoma Park; w. I. Cleve-
land, Kensington: John H. Dia-
mond, Gaithersburg; Bernard B.
BroSius, Rockville, and Donald
Clagett, Silver Spring,
The Washington times., 1931-03-30
Telephone Exchange
Invites Inspection

An opportunity to see the
operation of the Cleveland tele
phone central office has been
extended to all subscribers served
by this exchange from Z to 10
o'clock tonight, tomorrow and
Wednesday, Col. E. Goring Bliss,
general commercial manager of
the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company announced.
Guides have been provided to
show the visitors through the
plant.