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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
BEER HEARINGS
 ARE CONTINUED
 BY COMMIT TEES
May Finish Drafting Meas.
 ure Today Open Hear 2 ing to Be Held Friday

The Senate and House Judiciary Committees, and the House Com mittee on Ways and Means today resumed consideration of the Terri torial beer and wine bill, opening it's session at pm. It expected to devote all afternoon and several hours this evening to consideration of that measure.
 When it ends the session tonight, leaders hope that the measure will be ready for final passage And whatever the committees agre C upon, probably will become law since a majority of both branches are aiding in the preparation of the final bill.
 However, anyone desiring to be heard on the subject will have an opportunity to voice his or her views. A hearing will be held by the committee Friday at 7:30 pm in the hall of the House of Repre- sentatives for that purpose, it was announced today by Representative Kehoe, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
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useless for growing crops. Most of this destruction has taken place in the last 50 or 60 years.
 Much valuable work could be done by unemployed men. Bennett believes in protecting remaining good lands from erosion, restoring partially eroded land to usefulness, and planting trees or pasturage grass on lands too badly eroded for further growing of crops.
 Good Land Decreasing
 Erosion is steadily decreasing the amount of good farm land, says Bennett, and represents a perma- nent loss to the farmer. Low prices for farm products may some day rise, but rich soil washed from the fields can never be replaced.
 In some sections of northern Mis- souri, in fields planted to corn year after year, erosion has been known to wash away in 12 years the rich seven inch-deep top soil, leaving only unfertile subsoil be- low. Nature would require about 5000 years to build back this seven inches of top soil.
 The Tennessee valley, where Pres ident Roosevelt has proposed a great water-power, forestation and flood control development, is one
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
By F. B. COUPON

Associated Press Science Writer)
 WASHINGTON, April 6.--Presi- dent Roosevelt's plan to put 250 GOO unemployed men to work on pre- vention of erosion of farm lands and related reforestation and flood control projects represents an at tack on a farm problem regarded by experts as more serious than low crop prices.
 Erosion, or the washing away of soil by water, is wasting farm land in the United States faster than in any other civilized nation in recorded history, says H. H. Ben nett, erosion specialist of the De- partment of Agriculture.
 He estimates that of the 350,000,- 900 acres of land under cultivation in the United States, between 100 and 125 million acres have lost all or most of their valuable top soil through erosion.
 Slopes Aid Erosion
 Three-quarters of all cultivated land is sloping and hence subject to the erosive action of running water. About 34,O0000O acres of farm land have been totally de- stroyed by erosion so that they are
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of the most seriously eroded sec- tions, explains Bennett. Fifty per cent of the land in the valley, he estimates, is too steep or too badly eroded for cultivation, and unem- ployed labor could be used in turn ing this land back into forests or pasturage.
 Forests Retain Water
 Forests on the sleeper slopes of ridges help retain water in the soil and prevent erosion of the more level slopes where crops are planted. When steep slopes ars cultivated the topSoil is quickly washed away, making the land un- fit for further use, or at best, cap- able of growing only small crops
 The increasing amount of erodeo land, from which water flows more easily and quickly, is resulting ir larger floods than formerly ir streams and causing them to dry up in summer instead of maintain ing uniform year-round flow.
 The "clean-cultivated" crops, suct as corn, cotton and tobacco, are most favorable to erosion because there is minimum. of plant ma- terial to bind the soil in place anc help it absorb water.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
DIG UP COLD
 OR YOU MAY
 GET PINCHED
Return of Yellow Stuff Be- fore May l Ordered
 by Roosevelt

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Pres- ident Roosevelt has ordered the re- turn of all gold over $1O0, held by individuals, to the Federal Reserve System before May l.
 In the same Executive Order the President authorized the Treasury Department to issue licenses per- nlitting the use of gold in neces- sary domestic and foreign trade transactions.
 For violation of the order, the President decreed maximum fine of S1O,O00, imprisonment for 10 years, or both.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
TRUCKS READY
 TO TAKE BEER
 TO CONSUMERS
Demand Far Exceeds Sup ply in One State
 Celebrations
LICENSE FEES AID
 CITY TREASURES
Thirsty in Some Parts of Country Must Wait
 Until Breakfast

SEATTLE, April 6.-Brew- CTS today held out disc0urag- ing news for Washington State beer drinkers.
 The demand far exceeds the supply but beer celebra- tion plans went ahead just the same according to reports received here from all parts of the State.
 City Treasurers watched the license fees mount.
 Trucks Ready
 A fleet of 40 trucks is reported loaded and ready to leave the doors of the Co., lumbia Brewing Company at Tacoma at midnight tonight to distribute the beverage in Seattle, Everett and Belling- ham. Tacoma has the larg- est supply of beer on hand of any of the breweries in the State.
 Beer in Pints
 Seattle breweries are also ready to distribute properly aged brew in pint bottles only.
 Advices received from many parts ot the nation are that although some breweries will deliver beer when 1t becomes legal at midnight tonight, others will make no de- liveries until breakfast time to- morrow in order to discourage celebrations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
SUDDEN STORM HITS SECTION
 OF WASHINCT
Craft Are Overturned Tn Spring Squall, Many of
 Crews Lose Lives
WRECKAGE SCATTERED ALONG COAST BEACH
One Hundred Boat Fleet Crossing Bar Hit
 by Furious Gale

HOQUIAM, Wash, April 6. " Wreck a ge of numerous small fishing boats at the entrance of Grays Harb0r is scattered along the beach and marked the path of a sudden squall which took eleven fish ermen's lives on the treach- erous Grays H a Dor Bar, striking a savage blew in the midst of the salmon trolling fleet as it was putting to sea from WestpOrt.
 The little craft were buff feted and tossed about.
 Seven boat were suddenly capsized, hurling the crews into the water.
 Fifty of the 100-boat fleet made their way across the bar success fully while those that were not capsized turned back to Westport
 Bodies Washed Ashore
 Two bodies have been washed ashore while the Coast Guardsmen searched wreckage on the beach for other bodies.
 The wreckage of five boats, piled on the beach, shows the fury of the squall. The boats were bat tered to pieces.
 List of Fatalities
 The following is a list of the Hoouiam boats wrecked and the names uf the men drowned, as available this forenoon follows:
 Annie with Jack and w. Sainjo brothers.
 Axel with AXel Backland.
 Alki with Charles Pietola and Joel Salo.
 Pacific with Alex Forsel.
 Helen with Victor Bjorsen and Wayne Wade.
 One body has not been idehti- fled.
 One unnamed boat was wrecked with Nick Heikkila and an un- identified man aboard.
 Rescue work in the stormy wat CTS was nearly impossible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
HOUSE FAvORS !. DVANE'S BILL FOR PIONEERS
Committee Re C o mmends Passage of Measure
 Kills Prospector Repeal

The House Committee on Terri torial Institutions today reported favorably. Senator DeVane's bil. empowering the Board of Trustees of the Pioneers Home to make the necessary provisions to care for the overflow at the Home by contract ing with persons or institutions fol such care. No amendment was sug- geSted by the Committee.
 The Senate Judiciary Commit tees bill to repeal the Prospectors Aid Act went down under an ava lanche of votes in the House this morning. It failed of passage by a vote of l to IS, Representative Ke- hoe alone voting yes.
 Is Mere Gesture
 However, the salvage of the old law was apparently more of a ges- ture than anything else. Member voting against repeal admitted or the floor that there is no chance for any appropriation to be made this year to make it effective. But if there were plenty of money 1T the treasury, sentiment seemed tc be that none would be forthcomine for prospectors' aid under the ex- isting act. Several Representativs: declared the law must be change before any more appropriations ars made under it. There have beer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
| LEGISLATORS
 ARE GUESTS OF
 LOCAL C. OF c,
Judge Bunnell Also Among Visitors Park ks,
 Troy Extolled

At a luncheon meeting today that crowded Bailey's Cafe to capacity the Juneau Chamber of Commerce was host to Gov. George A. Parks members of the Territorial House of Representatives, Frank A. Boyle Territorial Auditor, and Judge Charles E. Bunnell, president oi the Alaska College of Agriculture and School of Mines, at Fairbanks
 Speakers were R. E. Robertson Representatives Joe A. Mcdonald Andrew Nerland, both of Fair banks; J. s. Hoffman, of Seward Judge Bunnell, and John w. Jones President of the Chamber, acting as toastmaster.
 Legislators Greeted
 MT. Robertson in greeting the legislators assured them of the cooperation the Juneau Chamber has always been ready to give, and also pointed out the fine oppOrtun- ity for exchanging views, develop ing a closer relationship and bet ter understanding between the vari- ous parts of the territory that these bi-annual meetings in Juneau af- forded, reacting to the good of the entire territory.
 Territory Blessed
 The Chamber of Commerce is sorry to see Governor Parks leave office" said MT. Robertson. ''He has been an excellent governor and a fine friend to the territory. How ever, we feel that with the appoint ment of John w. Troy, the terri tory is again blessed; blessed with having had a splendid governor and blessed with the appointment of another good citizen and friend of Alaska"
 A tribute was paid to Frank A Boyle by MT. Robertson when he said he was sure the territory would experience good, efficient, courte- ous administration from the new Auditor. He also called attention Ito the enthusiastic, in p irationa, and practical work Judge Bunner has been doing at the Fairbanks College.
 Introduction
 Prefaced by a few brief remark: Speaker Joe A. Mcdonald intro. duced the following members of tht Territorial House of Representatives F. J. Baronovich, Joe K. Green
 tCont,nueu m. saee TWO,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
WERNECKE ARRIVES IN JUNEAU FROM MAYO

Livingston Wernecke. prominent mining man and Superintendent of the Treadwell-Yukon Company of Mayo, Yukon Territory, and Mrs. Wernecke arrived in Juneau last night on the Estebeth from Skag way.
 MT and Mrs. Wernecke are reg istered at the zynda Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
First Steps Taken For Reforetation
 Employment Corps

WA SHINGTON, April G. President Roosevelt has set aside $1O,000,O00 of unexpended construction funds to begin the reforestation employment pro- gram.
 The first 25,000 men who will form part of the corps, will be sent to military camps for con- ditioning. The majority of the men will be selected mostly in the East and Midwest cities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
.SP AN|SH LINER !. IS PULLED OFF
 FLORIDA REEF
Vessel Proceeds to Havana with One Hundred Pas
 sengers Aboard

MIAMI, Florida, April 6.-The Spanish liner Marques de Com millas is Havana bound again after being pulled free from a reef south of here by the Coast Guard Cutter Unalga.
 The vessel grounded Tuesday might. She is believed to be un- damaged
 | One hundred passengers remain ed calm throughout the time the lship was aground.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
JACOB RUPERT WARNS AGAINST
 BEER CARNIVAL
Celebrating of Return of Beverage Is Dis
 cOuntenanced

NEW YORK, April 6.-Col. Jacob Ruppert today threw the weight of his position as President of the United States Brewers Association against any carnival of welcoming the 3.2 per cent beer in the early hours tomorrow when the beverage becomes legal.
 Various other organizations throughout the nation have also taken up the cry against demon stration on the grounds of tenn perance and because of its political effect.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
MRS. JUDD IS
 NEARING TIME
 TO BE HANGED
Board of Pardons Refuses to Grant Further Re-
 prieve to Slayer

PHOENIX, Arizona, April G. The Arizona State Board of Par oles and Pardon has refused to grant Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, slay- CT of two Juneau women, another reprieve in the trunk murder case in which she is sentenced to hang on April 21.
 A sanity hearing may follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
PATRONAGE JOBS COMING SL 0WLY
Subcommittee N a m ed to Confer with Postmast-
 CT General Farley

WASHINGTON, April 6. = The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has appointed a sub committee to confer with Postmast- CT General James A. Farley to dis cuss patronage.
 The committeeman told the news papermen they thought patronage jobs were not being filled quickly enough.
 The subcommitteemen will propose distribution of jobs on a nation wide basis in proportion to the number of Democratic members in the House of Representatives
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
Troy Delayed By Weather in Middle State

} SPRINGFIELD, Mo, April
 6.-John w. Troy, Designate } Governor of Alaska, is here, , airbound for Juneau, Alas . ka. If weather conditions
 } improve he expects to leave
 by plane for Los An g eles during the day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
vALLEE, WIFE
 TO SEPARATE

NEW YORK, April 6.-Rudy Val lee and his wife have announced that their romance is positively at an end. They are to separate at once. The divorce plans have not been settled as yet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
QUERIES ARE NUMEROUS

WASHINGTON, April 6.-Legal- ized beer has proven a jig-saw puz- gle to officials who have been handed" all sorts of queries. There are a few that have been placed before officials, several of them answered and others await ing more detailed study:
 O-Can beer be sold on coast wise vessels within United States jurisdiction after April 6, and on ships flying the American flag on the high seas. It can.
 (2)-If advertising is admissible to the mails, can a newspaper pub lished in a dry State, but with a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
START AT ONCE
 ON SITKA HOME, REPORT URGES
Investigating Com m ttee Recommends New
 Pioneers Home

Immediate launching of construc- tion of a new Pioneers's Home is declared necessary by the Special Legislative Com m t ee's report which was made public today. It was received this morning by the House from Representative Mo Cutcheon, Chairman of the Con- mittee on Territorial Institutions, but will not be turned into the Senate until tomorrow by Senator Campbell.
 The committee is opposed to the expenditure of any more funds on temporary betterments or to erect a temporary addition to the present structure. It did not signify where the new institution ought to be located
 Text of Report
 The report follows in part:
 "Notwithstanding that the sun was shining gloriously outdoors, the interior of the Home showed dark and dingy. The inmates appeared to have good treatment and seemed resigned to their lot. The hospital is well lighted and cheerful; the equipment is very meager and would hardly be considered fit for more than emergency or first aid cases. The doctor and nurses are competent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
Legislation on SiIuer Will
 Be Delayed

WASHINGTON, April G. Speaker Rainey said no action will be taken on silver Iegisla- tion plans at the present spe- cial session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06

The University of Florida is of- fering a course in practical naviga- ton during the current semester.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06

WORK WEEK IN TANCLE; LONGER SHIFT PROPOSED
Question of Thirty or Thir- ty-Six Hours Dis
 cussed Tn Senate

WASHINGTON, April G. A decision between a 30-hOur and 36-hour restriction faced the Senate today as it neared a final vote on the measure which would s hOr ten the work week in industry so as to spread employment. Senator Robinson, of Ar kansas, prOpO sed changing the limit in the bill, sponsor ed by Black, from 30 to 36 hours. He said he thought this would be acceptable to the President.
 The proposal has stirred up opposition and there is no in- dicatiOn wh i C h restriction might prevail.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-06
PROPOSAL REJECTED

PROPOSAL REJECTED
 WASHINGTON, April G. The Senate has rejected the proposal to change the num- Der of hours of work from SC to- 36 hours weekly in the I .zssk 5-day week bill.
 A vote on the bill is eX. pected late today.
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-17
LOUIS HAMILTON
GRANTED STAY
UNTIL DEC. e
Doomed Killers Attorneys
to File Briefs in
His Appeal.

Louis E. Hamilton, doomed to die
next Friday in the electric chair
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DROP POLITICS,
CITIZENS URGED
BY PUBLISHER
Support for Public Works
Drive Is Asked by
w. 7. ChevaIier.

Urging citizens to "cut out pol
itics forget differences and put
money and people to work at once
by supporting the public works adj
ministration,' Willard T, Chevalier
of the McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company, last night addressed the
Construction League of Indianapo-
lis.
Mr.. Chevalier spoke on National
Recovery for the Construction In
dustry" before more than 200 at a
dinner in the Architects and Build
ers' building. He was introduced
by Edward w. Pierre, league presi-
dent.
Every man, woman and child in
this country today is a soldier en-
gagged in a war against a common
enemy" Mr.. Chevalier said. That
enemy is business depression, and
his chief weapons are fear, mistrust
jealousy, hate, ignorance, greed and
selfish indifference"
Elimination of slum areas, high
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more liquid securities had been given
in exchange"
In an eight-year period to 1880,
the fund had been increased to
S781 1885, which included stock of
the Meyer Kiser bank of Miami, a
loan to the bank of $125,872.86, and
advance of Sill ,943.95 to United Sc
curities Corporation, in which the
stock was owned by bank officials,
and advances, in which the stock
and advances to the Robert Clay
and Floridian hotels, it is said.
According to the audit, the fund
in reality, was the recipient of
income belonging to the bank and
was used ito make advances, in
vestments, and speculations in Flor
ida, and that good marketable Sc
curities were sold and exchanged in
order to do this
1T is estimated that approx
mately 100000 of the securities
that went into the Smetal trust
were removed from the assets of
the bank" the audit charges.
Secret Reserve Claimed
Mr.. Garvin became receiver of the
trust funds, at a book value of
S781. 1856, after the secret re-
serve" was revealed in testimony at
the June court hearing. At that
time, bank officials claimed that ap-
proximately 62.5 per cent of the
amount belonged to bank deposi-
tors, and 375 per cent to the Meyer
and Kiser families.
The Meyer and Kiser families
have no valid claim against the
Smetal trust for the 375 per cent
claimed because the banks money
was taken and used by officers of
the bank for irregular purposes" it
is alleged.
Accuse State Officials
Failure of the state banking de-
partment to appraise assets and OBJ
tain information on the true con-
dition of the bank also is charged
in the audit.
THE state examiners report OF
Oct. "a, 1923 eighteen months be-
fore the bank began iquidation), il
it had been supported and modi-
fed by an actual appraisal of as
sets, probably would have shown
such an unbalanced condition of
investments that immediate regula-
ton of the banks affairs would
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liabilities have been decreased
1855. 43483 during the liquidating
period, all based on book values"
The audit points out alleged
peculiarly Of the records" of the
bank and its subsidiary Organiza-
tons, and declares them to have
been established as matter of
convenience for the bank, to enable
it to make whatever showing it
pleased from it's own books to the
state and county and other inter
ested authorities and persons.
Manipulation Is Charged
BY charging certain uneXpended
amounts to operating expenses"
and making similar credits to saw
ings deposit accounts, the bank
built up a secret reserve" which
totaled 1851 1882, in May, 1881, the
auditor charges.
The direct effect of carrying on
this practice from year to year, in
the books, was that the expenses
we're overshoWn, the net profits were
undershown, the undivided profits
account was undershown, and saw
ings deposits we're overshown," the
audit declares.
1t was by this method that the
alleged evasion of approximately
$500 in taxes due Marion county
in 1880, brought out in the hearing
this week, was accomplished al
though the statement was sworn to
by bank officials.
False Entries Alleged
This practice, according to the
charges in the audit, was "a de-
liberate system of making false en-
tries in the books over a period of
years" and these false reports were
issued and sworn to-
Advances to affiliated corpora
tons, and assets unaccounted for,
came from a contingent fund"
which was created in January, 1923,
with S134,00350, it is alleged. The
records explaining the source of
this first revenue can not be located,
according to the auditors report.
In the earlier hearing on the
banks affairs, it was testified that
the contingent fund.-" which in Au-
gust, 1880, became the Smetal
trust, was "a depository for bad
and slow accounts and investments
of the bank, for which cash and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-17
PRESS LIBERTY CLAUSE
MAY BE PUT IN CODE
Indications Step Will Be Taken
Seen in Capital.
By United Press

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Indica-
lions that clause guaranteeing the
constitutional right of freedom Of
the press will be included in the
newspaper code when it is approved
were seen here today
No official announcement was
forthcoming from NRA headquar-
tiers as yet. However, it was pointed
out that Administrator Hugh john
son, on his recent western speaking
trip, stated the power to license in
dustries could not be invoked in the
case of newspapers because of the
constitutional guarantees of freedom
Of the press.
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way and road improvements, bet
ter sanitation. better water supplies
and improvement of mining camps
are among the major projects which
should be pushed at once under the
public works administration, Mr..
Chevalier asserted.
He urged that architects and en-
gineers speed up their plans, gov
eminent officials make the neces-
sary funds available without delay,
and that contractors get busy on the
Jobs as soon as contracts are
awarded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-17
Corn Alimony
Rochester Woman to Get
800 Bushels.
ByTnited Press

By United Press
T OGANSPORT, Ind, Nov. IL
- The alimony claim of Mrs.
Hazel Lane, Rochester, will be
settled with 300 bushels of corn.
Judge George A. Custer of Cass
circuit court authorized payment
in the form of grain when her
husband said he had no cash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-17
Theft of Purse Reported

Theft of a So purse containing Sc
and gold ring by two men who &C
costed her as she entered the home
of a friend at 626 Massachusetts
avenue was reported to police last
night by Miss Dolores Dunman, 3427
Broadway