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Greek Gov’t Calls Men to the Colors
U. S. ANNOUNCES NEW RE-FINANCING MOVE
Alaska Pension Bill Would Give Men $30; Women $40
GRECIAN REBELLION
STIRS GOVERNMENT
TAKE DRASTIC STEPS
(By The Associated Press')
ATHENS, March 4 — Harassed on two fronts, the na
tional government dispatched infantry, artillery, warships
and planes to Macedonia, Crete and the Agean Sea, against
the rebels who thus far have swept all before them.
Twenty-two bombing planes took off from Athens to
bomb the warships which put out to sea under the rebel offi
cers. Loyal troops in eastern Macedonia marched, in a
drama, an ancient Salonica, one of the oldest battlefields in
the world.
Yugoslavia reported heavy fighting in a major battle
near the border. The home, on the Island of Crete, of the
leader of the rebellion, former Premier Eleutherios Veniz
elos, was wrecked by bombs dropped from planes.
Planes are prepared to embark on an expedition to
Crete to wage a fight to the finish with the rebels who have
taken possession of the entire island.
Athens is stirred to fever pitch as the army clashes of
1932 and 1933 are recalled. The call to the colors and mo
bilization orders have been issued. Hundreds of volun
teers continued to enroll hourly.
LONDON, March 4 — The government watched the
Grecian rebelloin closely but made no decision as to whe
ther warships would stand in toward Greece from the Brit
ish Mediterranian Fleet.
President Is Said
To Be In Fine
Physical Trim
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 4—Presi
dent Roosevelt was pronounced to
be in top-notch physical trim, as he
entered on his third, twelve-months
period in the presidency.
The sudden airplane journey of
Administrator Hopkins of the FERA
here from Chicago for a conference
with the president led observers to
believe that a major development
might be imminent in the struggle
over the wage question in the work
relief bill..
Indications were that the govern
ment was winning out in the con
troversy. The soldiers bonus fight
started as the House Ways and
Means Committee began hearings
on the bill. It is quite certain that
it can be passed but it will probab
ly be vetoed. The question hinges
on whether it can be overridden
Another drive to print new money
is also faced by the administration.
Representative Lemke of Indiana is
seeking to force a vote on his mea
. sure calling for a maximum of three
billion dollars in new currency. He
will be present on the floor tomor
row with a petition to force the
Frazier-Lemke bill from the comm
ittee for a vote, saying, that “we
need more money to do the nation’s
business; this is the key.”
Big Developments
Assured for Pu<*et
Sound and Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
OLYMPIA, March 4—Governor
Clarence D. Martin advised from
Washington, DC,, that President
Roosevelt was considering the en
largement of the Puget Sound Navy
Yard at Bremerton, and the develop
ment of Fort Lewis, and the con
struction of an air base in the Aleu
tian Island, with PWA relief funds,
in the scheme of an adequate pro
gram for defense of the North Pa
cific .
Martin said he had been informed
that the President looked with fav
or on the program, after a confer
ence with the Washington delega
tion. The report said that Senator
Homer T. Bone urged necessary im
provement of the Pacific Northwest
defenses and an air base in the
Aleutians He requested that they
be financed by the federal govern
ment, rather than charging them up
to local PWA allotments,
TURKEYS ARE GOOD
PLACER MINERS
A gold nugget worth about $4.50
was found in the gizzard of a tur
key by Mrs. Percy Ogden of Lac La
ilachc. Cariboo district. Another
lugget worth about $3.50 was found
n another turkey a week later.
KING OF SIAM CIA ES UP TIIRONE
BECAUSE OF PARTY PRESSURE
(By The Associated Press)
CRANLEIGH, England, March 4 been mentioned for the throne If
Prajadhipok, the diminutive King chosen he will rule under a regency
of Siam has given up the throne, it Prajadhipok renounced the throne
became known Sunday. He signed because of the party in power in
the abdication document Saturday Siam which refused to permit the
afternoon which became effective establishment of a more liberal con
immediately. stitutional government
His successor has not yet been de- -
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TWO IMPORTANT
LEGISLATIVE BILLS
KILLED SATURDAY
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, March 4 — Two of the most controversial
measures of legislation to come before this session were
killed Saturday afternoon when the senate by a vote of a
to 3. it definitely postponed the Hofman graduated
fish traps tax bill and also the Walker memorial urging the
elimination of herring reduction plants. Neither, can be
brought up again during the present session.
Brunnelle. Walker and Roden voted against the mea
sures. Hearings on both have been conducted during the
past two weeks. The Hofman bill would have raised the
taxes on the canneries which now pay the bulk of the rev
enue. It passed the House by a substantial majority.
The memorial would have asked Congress to support
Dimond‘s plan for the elimination of herring reduction
plants over a period of five years.
JUNEAU, March 4 — Holding a night session Friday,
all day Saturday, and also Saturday night, and a house ses
sion Sunday, the Committee of a whole, made a strong eff
ort to clear up calendar measures and get them to the sen
ate Monday, which is the fiftieth day of the session.
The House passed the pension bill giving men thirty
dollars, and women forty dollars monthly, and providing
for the public welfare commission to handle them.
It passed the measure appropriating thirty thousand
dollars for relief, in line with the request of FERA Admin
istrator Hopkins.
The Walker bill aimed at Section 7-A of the NRA Code,
relative to collective bargaining, passed. Many other
minor measures were also passed.
JUNEAU, March 4 — The senate Saturday slashed the
appropriation for the San Diego Fair from five to three
thousand dollars. It passed the house measure raising the
wolf and coyote bounty to twenty dollars; the appropria
tion of three thousand dollars for the Territorial Chamber
of Commerce; the memorial protesting against the tolls on
the Richardson Highway.
The proposal to appropriate ten thousand dollars to
raise the pay of janitors, firemen and charwomen, and other
employees of territorial buildings, was killed via the post
ponement route.
JUDGE ALEXANDER DENIES APPLICATION
The application for a temporary injunction to prevent
Ketchikan from placing bonds for the purchase of public
utilities was denied by Federal Judge Alexander, Saturday.
NEW REFINANCING
MOVE ANNOUNCED
BY U. S, TREASURY
WASHINGTON. March 4 — A new re-financing move
was announced Sunday by the U. S. Treasury which pro
posed to exchange an offering of twenty to twenty-five year
bonds paying two and seven-eighths percent, for one bil
lion, eight hundred and fifty million Fourth Liberty loans
paying four and a quarter percent, called for redemption
April 15th.
Also an issue of five year bonds with one and five
eighths percent will be offered in exchange for five hundred
and twenty-eight million dollars in Treasury two and a
half percent notes maturing March 15th.
It is estimated that the swap would save thirty mil
lion dollars in interest annually. In addition to saving
the interest, the? prime move behind the re-financing was
the desire to drive investments into commercial channels
through a steady lowering of federal rates.
The holders of called securities are not required to take
advantage of the exchange offering. It was made clear
that they could not demand and receive the cash and inter
est on the called instruments. Interest rates on the new
bonds and notes issues are the lowest since long before the
World War.
justice Holmes
\\ ill lie 98 Yrs.
Old March oth
fP.v The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 4-Physi
cians attending Oliver Wendell Hol
mes, Saturday night clearly indicat
ed fears for the life ot the aged
juris!
Three specialists attending Hoi
mes held a conference, following
which a bulletin was issued. Doc
tor Thomas A Clayton, said:
Alter a consultation with Dr.
I.onio i >po and Dr Eeker, we find
that the former justice is a little
weaker than he was the day before,
and in new of his very advanced
age tlii; is a disturbing condition."
It v, a learned that Holmes is
kept, almost constantly under oxy
gen. lie will he 98 years old March
8th, if he lives until then..
Silver Mining
l. S. %il! Likely
Begin New Era
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, March 4—The spurt
of silver to fifty-seven and seven
eighths cents and ounce, which is
higher than any yearly average
since 1928' cast the government's
silver purchase policy to the fore
front, as a political and economic
question
The export levy clamped by the
government on China to keep the
metal within the country, experts
predicted that the United States
would have a difficult time in find
ing silver, other than newly mined
silver here, in large enough quanti
ties to fulfill the Silver Purchase
Act obligation within .even to ten
years.
Ollicials Charged
Willi Conspi racy
By Stockholders
(By Tlu> Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4th -
Charges that officials in Utah, Ore
gon and Montana conspired to de
fraud stockholders in the Western
Loan Building Company, were
made in a suit filed in the Federal
Court today
Judge A F Sure issued an order
returnable March 18th, requiring
the president and executives of the
company to show why they chould
n t be restrained from carrying on
the operation of the company.
The company does business in
several states. The defendants are
J A Malia, Utah Bank Commission
er, who took charge of the company
in 1933; Oscar Peterson, former
bank commissioner in Oregon; R W
Bailey former Montana examiner in
charge of building loan associations;
R L Mullinger, attorney for the
Utah banking department; A A
Smith, attorney for the Oregon
banking department. The five are
charged with planning “illegal
proxy” arrangements to gain con
trol of the company, for their "pri
vate and personal gain.”