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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-07

Arthur Johnson, central manage of the Alaskan Airways, Inc, has been in New York and Washington for several days, attending to busi- ness of his company, but has left for Seattle and expects to take a steamship in that city for Fairbanks. MT. Johnson has a couple of contracts with the gov ernment for carrying the mail in Interior Alaska, and while here made it clear that he expects to give just as good and better ser vice than under the old method of dog team delivery. In some in stances he may deliver at central points and arrange for dog teams to deliver to intervening patrons He insists that service" will be the predominating thought in car rying out his three-year contracts.
 The Ketchikan school board and people generally of that town are anxious that the Indian Bureau should establish a public health nurse in Ketchikan to care for the native children, and if the neceS- sary money can be set aside for that purpose it will likely be done Recently one nurse was delegated to look after the children at Wran- gell and Petersburg.
 Ernest Walker Sawyer hopes to induce large number of men of importance to visit Alaska next summer Among htose who intend to make the trip are Hon. Charles c. More, Commissioner of the Gen eral Land Office; Hon. Johni III. Edwards, Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Edward c. Finney Soli- citor of the Department of In- terior Alden B. Swift, Vice Presi- dent of Swift & Co.,, Chicago; E. A. Cudahy or William Driesing. Vice President Cudahy Packing Co.,, Omaha, Neb.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-12-07

vice president.
 John Berglund, recording sec- retary.
 H. M. Pedersen, financial sec- rotary.
 Gust Olsen, marshal.
 Fred Strom, librarian.
 Charles Homan, director.
 P. B. Nelson, assistant director.
 Who has been cowardly enough to take cats from Petersburg to the West side of Wrangell Narrows and leave them there to become wild with hunger?", asks the Pet ersburg Press, and then continues: Last year Tom Garner had to shoot a half dozen cats abandoned in this way and there nave been many showing up there this fall. It is very evident that a cat would not swim the Narrows or even Petersburg Creek, so someone must have brought them across"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
FISHERMEN MAKE
 WAR ON AUCTION
Vessel O,vners and Cre,vs Unite to Sell Catches

Halhut in
  acnn spridth Una fish weight  wheebyh the al
  will bemadet of to time in acornc with the of
  yand the grading uls pounko more thar 0pds IS rvese nf the to
 who Alameda tonight tn ls
  else is the commission to be deducted nom
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
REVENUE SHOWN FOR DECADE IN
 NEW STATISTICS
Auditor Cole Releases Com pilation Depicting
 Sources, Revenue

Territorial revenues in the de- cade between 1921 and 1880 aggre- gated $10,002, ,518.42, an average of slightly more than $1,O00,000 per year, according to statistics com piled by Auditor Cash Cole and made public today. The lowest year of the period was 1921, when receipts totaled S563 ,244.o1, and the highest was 1927, $1,379, 422.2o-
 The compilation is one of the most detailed pictures of the Ter ritory's sources of income ever made, and shows receipts by in dustry, business and profession, and the Division in which it originated.
 Fisheries Income Greatest
 Fisheries furnish the Territory with most of it's income. The to- tai from taxes on the several branches of the industry in the ten-year period was s5,850, ,337 40, which does not include any of the income taxes paid by them nor the schocl .N,ll tax recaip.S rem the sln,e sJurce.
 The source of the second highest revenue producer is the school poll tax law. Receipts from that sched- ule between 1921 and 1930 aggre- gated $855, ,138.91. Income taxes from mining totaled $631 ,289.52 for thiro place.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
BETTER TIMES COMINC;SICNS
 OF OPTIMISM
Upward Trend Indicated by Hoover's National
 Survey Board
DEPRESSION NEAR END SAYS CHAIRMAN BARNES
Confide nee and Energy M anifested In All
 Lines of Industry

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. The business horizon is clearing, finds Julius H. Barnes.
 Things are getting better and signs are optimistic.
 Such is the report of the Chair man of President Hoover's National Business Survey made at the con- ference today for the midwinter season.
 Not only are things better in the United States but also abroad and the clouds of depression are seen to have been pushed back by the light of confidence and energy. ] The bright spots reported by Chairman Barnes are:
 Recurring demonstration of in- dustry which is generally attained by an adjustment of stocks.
 Production and mar k eting in which even more moderate expan- sion in demand have immediate results.
 ! Farm prices are lower with no depression surplus, such as in most dairy products.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
VETERANS GET CHECKS;L0ANS
 MADE QUICKLY
Ten Thousand Given Relief
 on First Day of Grant < ing Money
S3,OOO, 900 IS REPORTED
 MISREPRESENTATION
Fifty Million Dollars Avail
 able at Bureau Re- / gional Offices

WASHINGTON, D. C., March z. Loan applications of veterans clicked through the governmental machinery last Saturday at the rate of more than 1000 an hour as ap- pealS went forth to permit those most in need to be allowed to file first.
 Chief Finance Officer H. w. Breining, of the Veterans Bureau, estimated that more than 10000 cheeks for upwards of $3,000,000 went out from 54 regional offices Saturday..
 Long lines of men assembled in the Washington, D. c. regional of- flee.
 Of 1,200 applications received up to noon last Saturday, only 75 were for loans on certificates never before borrowed upon.
 Speedy Handling
 From 500 to 600 applications an hour were handled in the Wash ington, D. c. office and officials said a similar rate was maintained at the 53 other regional offices.
 Chief Finance Officer Breining said checks will rise to 25,000 daily this week and remain at that level through this month He said the checks will approximate S7,50O, ,000 daily during the peak this month, after which he expects loans to start declining. He said 0000, 900 have already been obtained from the Treasury to add to the 30,000,- GOO the Veterans Bureau has on hand.
 SEATTLE OFFICE CROWDED
 SEATTLE, March 2.-The stair ways and corridors of three floors of the Liggett Building, Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, were jam med Saturday when approximately POGO former soldiers attempted to reach the United States Veterans Bureau offices and file applications for loans.
 The elevators discharged th ( would-be applicants on the sixth and seventh floors when the corri- dors on the eighth floor, on which the office is situated, had been filled
 Eleven additional clerks were inn pressed into service today.
 Most of the veterans presenting themselves requested the full 5( percent loan.
 One thousand applications were taken before noon last Saturday.
 Veterans in need are to be giver preference
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
Highest Robbery
 Reported
Lawyer on 10th Floor of Smith Tower Vic-
 tim of Bandits

SEATTLE, March 2.-What is described as Seattle's highest rob- bery," was reported to the police last Saturday afternoon. Two robbers escaped with $2,800 from the sixteenth floor of the Smith Tower while their victim, Aston Peake, an attorney, waited in a washroom fearing to raise an out cry as they had threatened to shoot him if he came out within ten minutes.
 Peake withdrew the money from a bank for business transaction. The two bandits apparently fol- lowed him from the bank to his of flee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
JUNEAU CRAFT DELIVERS LOAD
 TO FISHERIES
Norland Turns Over 10000 Pounds to Newly Or
 ganized Association

SEATTLE, March D. Captain Thomas Sandvik, skipper of the schooner Norland, which arrived in Seattle Saturday from Juneau, with 10000 pounds of halibut in her hold, is the first representative of boat owners and fishermen to have made a practical demonstra- tion in Seattle against enforcement of the new grading rules, which were recently announced by buyers for wholesale dealers and which re- duce the maximum weight of first grade fish from 80 to 50 pounds each, thereby lessening the amount of first grade in all catches.
 Captain Sandik refused to post his halibut on the Seattle Fish Ex- change, which has adopted the new grading regulations He disposed of his cargo at private sale to the United Pacific Fisheries, recently formed of vessel owners and fish, ermen. The price was not made public. The deal was controlled by the old grading rules; that is, fish weighing between 10 and 80 pounds each are classified as first grade and fish weighing between 5 and 10 pounds or more than 80 pounds each are deemed second grade. Under these old rules, th5 Norland's ,O00-pound cargo con- sisted of 18000 pounds first grade and 2,000 pounds second grade.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
ONE HUNDRED MILLION FOR
 U. s. J0BLESS Senator Wheeler Introduces Resolution to Aid
 Unemployed CARAWAY COMPLAINS ABOUT DROUGHT FUND Secretary Hyde Immediate Ivy Makes Reply There
 Is No Delay

WASHINGTON. D. C., March 2. Burton K. Wheeler, Dem ocrat, of Montana, has introduced a resolution to authorize that Sl00,- 000,000 be expended by President Hoover for relief of unemployed throughout the country.
 The Republicans made no de- fense of the Administration when the Democratic Senator charged failure to provide relief.
 Little hope is held out for enact ment of additional relief.
 While Senator Caraway charged Secretary of Agriculture Hyde with deliberately holding up" the $20,- 100000 supplemental drought re- lief, the Secretary announced a plan to dispense food loans.
 Secretary Hyde said the farmers may obtain funds through the Agri- cultural Credit Corporation for seed loans as well as food loans. His of flee denied there had been any de- lay. <
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
ALL OF JUNEAU'S FLEET SENDS ITS
 FISH TO SEATTLE.
Fifteen and 9 Cents, Under l93l Rules, Refused
 by Fishermen

Fifteen cents pound for first grade halibut and cents pound for second grade halibut, grading to be under 1881 rules, which clas- sifies all fish more than 60 pounds in weight as second grade, were refused by vessel owners and fish, ermen on that part of the Juneau's fleet, which returned home yester- day and today from the seasons first trip to the banks The aggre- gate hailing is 80,000 pounds. All of it will be shipped fresh tonight on the Alameda, by vessel owners and fishermen, to Seattle, where the United Pacific Fisheries it paying minimum of 12 cents and g cents a pound cash, under to3C grading rules, which put fish weigh ing between 10 and 80 pounds ir the first grade.
 The IS and g offer under l93l rules, was made by the Sebastian Stuart Company, E. Engstorm, rep. resentative.
 Sitka Unloads at Seattle
 The Sitka, owned by I. Goldsteir of Juneau and skippered by Capt William Douc.It, unloaded her car go at Seattle this morning. Ac cording to advIcns to MT. Goldsteil she was offerei minimum of | and g cents cash for her cargo o 112000 pounds, grading to be unde 1930 rules, and whatever else ma, be received from the marketing 0 the fish, less 2 cents pound com mission, returns to be re;n t.e within two weeks. MT. Goldsteil cabled acceptance of the offel The Sitka does no fishing hersel
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
Delegate Sutherland
 Again Makes An Attack
 On LOmen Reindeer Co.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9 Alaska Delegate Dan Sutherland has charged before Secretary Will bur's Reindeer Committee that setting aside of Nunivak Island and adjacent Islands by the Bio- logical Survey as wild life reserva- tions, gave the Lomen Reindeer Corporation monopoly.
 Delegate Sutherland declared the Lomen Reindeer Company extorted the natives through trading sta- ton while the Governmcn. kept other traders from operating on the
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DOUBLE QUICK TIME
 SPEED UP CHECKING WASHINGTON, D. O., March 9. (Continued on Page Five)
ChetUs Glass When Wife Refuses Request

SEATTLE, March 2.-Angry because his wife refused to bring him a drink of water, Edward Walsh, aged 32 years, a longshoreman, ran to the sink in the kitchen and bit a chunk out of a glass tumbler. He chewed the glass and swal- lowed the bits. Walsh was talk en to the hospital where the glass was extracted from his stomach. He will probably re- cover.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
BANDMEN DIE IN COLLISION
Dinner to Prince of Wales and Brother Has
 Fatal Ending

BARILOCHE, Argentina, March 2.-Twelve members of military band were drowned on Lake Lan- quisue returning from Chile after playing at a dinner for the Prince of Wales and Prince George.
 A lighter was rammed and sunk by the steamer Chile.
 The brother Princes entered Arr gentina from Chile via the lakes of the Chilean Switzerland" en- route to Buenos Aires to open the British Trade Exposition March IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02

LONDON, March 2.-Sir Oswald Mosley, aged 35, a titled Laborite, announces the launching of a new party to deal with the economic crisis.
 The party will appeal to youth. those who have young ideas of gov ernment. The spirit of Fascism-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
Titled LabOrite Plans
 Launching of New Party
 Which Appeals to Youth

Sovietism is seen in the plan to turn the talk shop" Parliament into a work shop" with limited Dictatorship and the creation with an inner cabinet of five or six members, without port folio, to act as an executive committee.
 It is planned to have 400 candi- dates at the next election,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
.I2 dnd Cents
 EstabIishedas
 HalibutPrices
United Pa cific Fisheries Will Take All Seattle
 andRupert Cargoes

SEATTLE, March 1-Auctlons are things of the past in Seattle and Prince Rupert as factors of importance in the halibut trade, If success attends new sale method at fixed prices, arranged by vessel owners and fishermen on one side and a marketing organization on the other side.
 Vessel owners and fishermen, both of whom are interested in ob- taining as high prices as possible for halibut, have formed the Unit ed Pacific Fisheries. Its purpose is to dispose of halibut brought to Seattle and Prince Rupert. Marketing Arrangement From the United Pacific Fisher ies, the Atlantic Pacific Packing Company will take all halibut of- fered it, according to well-authen- ticated reports, This company is Brooklyn, N. Y., subsidiary Of the Atlantic Pacific Tea company The arrangement of the United Pacific Fisheries with the Atlantic Pacific Packing Company is de- clared to be based on the follow ing terms:
 That first grade halibut shall be fish weighing between 10 and 8( pounds each; that second grade halibut shall be fish weighing be. i tween and 10 pounds each, ol more than 30 pounds each. 1 12 and g Gents | That for the present the prices paid fishermen at s Seattle ane Prince Rupert shall be 12 cents pound for first grade and g cents pound for second grade halibut.
 That the stipulated prices shal be adjusted, that is, changed i necessary, from time to time, t' meet the consumption demand O markets generally instead of beini influenced like auction prices b. supply at place of auction. That the United Pacific Fisherie is free to make sales to whomso ever it pleases providing it make hem for the same stipulated pric es that control sales to the Atlanti Pacific Packing Company.
 Ross Wilson, representing tn United Pacific Fisheries, said to day:
 We are ready to take fish il Seattle and Prince Rupert. A
 for any arrangement with the At lantic Pacific Packing Company that is a matter in the future There is nothing to say now" Dealers are Reticent Roy Jensen, representative of tn old dealers association, in com
 menting on the reported arrange fC1Aff,,t,ol m, Dona Gayanl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02

Island
 Paul Redington, Chief of the Bio- logical Survey, appeared before the. Reindeer Committee. which is seek ing a way to ending the dispute between the Eskimo and American herd owners.
 Redington declared that breeding experiments were being conducted on the islands and when these are ended the Bureau will probably have no reason to prohibit the es- tablishment of additional trading stations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
Film Actors Arrested;
 Party Annoys Neighbors;
 Women Sca,tily Dressed

was released on $750 bail.
 Walter Catlett and Pat OBrien were charged with intoxication and fined $10 each.
 The Police said the women at the party were scantily clad.
 The room in which the party was held was equipped with a richly furnished bar,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
HESS AND WYNN NAMED TO HEAD
 SENATE, HOUSE
Tenth Legisla ture Con- venes at Noon Today and
 Begins 60-Day Term
ORGANIZATION IN BOTH HOUSES IS PERFECTED
A. w. Fox Named Senate Secretary and Lawrence
 Kerr Clerk of House

The Tenth Biennial Alaska Legis- lature got away to a flying start at noon today when, after it was convened by Secretary Karl Theile, both branches quickly performed the main cogs in their permanent organization and cleared the way for completing of all details.
 Luther c. Hess, Fairbanks banker and Democrat, was unanimously chosen both temporary and per manent President of the Senate. Joseph H. Murray, Cordova attor- ney, Republican and dean, of the House, was named tenn mporary Speaker of the House, and Grover c. Winn, Republican, was unani- nous choice for permanent Speak CT.
 Others Are Named After electing Judge Arthur w. Fox, Juneau, Secretary of the Sen ate, the upper house recessed until 3 pm. today to consider applica- tions for the remaining clerical po- sitions to be filled. It was expected to complete it's organization before adjournment.
 Lawrence Kerr was unanimous ly elected Chief Clerk of the House and Mrs Nadia Vestal was made assistant clerk. Miss Christie Sa- ther, Nome, was named expressing clerg, Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, en- rolling clerk, A. Bartholomew, Kct- chikan, messenger, and Mrs. Bettie
 fCort;puod m paoa Eipht)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
GAME LAW VIOLATION IS
 CHARGED IN COMPLAINT

A. N. Dykester, arrested last week at Freshwater Bay by Deputy Marshal Hadland was brought here today by him and charged with violating the Alaska Game Law. It is alleged he had game meat and furs in his possession illegally.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
SESSION NOT NECESSARY
 IS BELIEF NOW
Congress Will rob bly,
 Complete All Import ant Business

WASHINGTON, D. O., March 2. When the Senate recessed last Saturday afternoon it was with the assurance there will be no extra session.
 Republican Leader Watson said he had received information from President Hoover no session will be called if all important matters ara cleared away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02

HOLLYWOOD. Cal, March a. Three film actors were arrested when a squad of police broke up a Hollywood party that was so loud that neighbors block away com- plained.
 William Henry Boyd was charged with possession of liquor, gambling and showing obscene pictures, He
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-02
Traffic Victims in
 Seattle Now Total 31

SEATTLE, March 2.-Se t l e's 1881 traffic toll reached 31 with the death last Saturday afternoon of Bert Graham, aged 59 years, injured week ago when struck by an automobile.
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Dealers are Reticent

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The Washington times., 1931-07-18
She Hits sensationally

Meanwhile his wife, Barbara
Stanwyck, went to Hollywood to
be near him. She was night
club dancer who had made a
success as Bonnie" the patient
little wife in "Burlesque," but was
an unknown to movie audiences.
Barbara's first role was in a pic
ture called Locked Doors" and
she was far from a sensation.
Then she went to Columbia Pic
lures and in Ladies of Leisure"
and "'Ten Cents a Dance" became
a star of the first water. Today
they are bidding for every mo-
ment of her spare time.
At the heighth of her success
Barbara Stanwyck announces she
is through with pictures leaving
Columbia and Warner Brothers
who divide her talents, stunned
at her impetuouS decision. Frank
Fay is coming back to Broadway
and vaudeville and his wife is
chucking a career to be with him.
It sounds like a swell scenario
from real life. The Broadway
idol flops. The unknown girl be.
comes a queen. Movies audiences
have their strong likes and dis
likes. If you don't believe it ask
AL JolSon. George Jessen, Beatrice
Lille, Ted Healy and Gertrude
Lawrence. What is this thing
called love.
The Washington times., 1931-07-18
Barbara's Surprise

Some day soon I can imagine
Mark Hellinger turning out quite
q column on the Barbara STAN
wyck-Frsnk Fay adventures in
Hollywood. It's a real life story,
with all the sentimental under
tones on which the Broadway
columnist's pen thrives.
Fay is the idol of the vaude-
Vile world. He's glib wise
cracker, nimble-witted enough to
toss off ad lib patter so fluently
he holds the record for continu-
Gus employment as master OF
ceremonies at the R.-K.-O.-Palace.
Something like IL weeks in row
at a salary of $4,000 a week.
When the talkie craze de-
veloped, he went to Hollywood,
and Warner Brothers signed him
at a staggering salary. He had
the featured role in "Show Of
Shows" and made mild hit.
Then the vogue for screen musi-
Gals passed and he was shifted to
straight movie stories, chiefly
light-comedy stuff. He was a
complete bust with the cinema
populace, and Warmers finally
bought up his contract.
The Washington times., 1931-07-18

only as HeftyJeanette Macdonald
Jack, remains loyal while he pays
the checks; she is an ire
sponsible person, always trying to
borrow money or cash checks;
when she hears that her husband
Is in town looking for her she
takes q position as a cook in the
family of an eccentric but anus
ing millionaire who becomes
rather enamoured of his new do
mestic slave. Annabelle, how
ever, finds herself falling in love
with a man whom she met quite
by accident. a man who seems
to know all about her. Yes,
you've guessed it, of course 1t so
happens that this stranger is her
husband, and there you are! Be-
fore she surrenders, however, this
gay, friendly Annabelle, leads
them all a merry chase.
Excellent Cast
The cast is selected with con-
sideration of the merits Of all
the players, and includes Roland
Young, priceless as the eccentric
man of millions: Sam Hardy,
Hank Mann, Jed Prouty and as
part of the feminine lure, Sally
Blaine. ....
The stage program features
a Fanchon-Marco idea called
Love Letters" and in the long
list of entertainers we find Jerry
Coe, Nelson and Knight, Jeanne
Devereaux. George Ward, Eugenia
Reynolds, Mildred Stencil and a
bevy of young dancing skaters
billed as Jim French'S Aeroplane
Girls, and their routine is excel
lent.
Al Mitchell, the Fox Music
Master, with Leon Brusiloff
playing q violin solo, the organ
comic-strip Of Bob Hamilton and
the newest Movietone newSreel
round out a show that all the
family will enjoy.-K. Y.