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NEW FLOODS THREATEN EASTERN STATES
Investigation Townsend Move to Begin Thursday
SECRETARY CLEMENTS OF
TOWNSEND PLAN RESIGNS
AND WILL BE A WITNESS
Says Disagreed With Dr. Townsend As
Cause Of Momentous Break
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 25,
—Resigning as secretary of
the Townsend Old Age Pen
sion organization, R. E.
Clements was subpoenaed
to appear Thursday as the
first witness in the special
house investigation into the
movement which proposes
to pay pensions of two hun
dred dollars a month to
persons over the age of six
ty years.
Chairman Bell, democrat
of Missouri, of the commit
tee conducting the investi
gation said that Clements
was informed last night he
would be subpoenaed. Bell
added: “I expect some oth
er resignations to follow
that of Mr. Clements.”
Earlier Clements said he
was quitting the movement
because of differences with
Dr. R E Townsend, co-dir
ector with Clements of the
plan.
Clements told reporters
today he was dissatisfied
with Townsend’s political
maneuvering^.
In Los Angeles, Town
send announced the accept
ance of Clement’s resigna
tion. Clements said he de
sired to keep the move
ment non-political.
•Chairman Bell indicated
today that the investiga
tion would go into the de
tails of the Townsend or
ganization, and its methods
including the collection and
spending of funds.
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MURDER IS COMMITTED
KATALLA WOMAN HURT
(By The Associated Press)
Cordova. March 25, —
A shooting affray at Kata
11a, which officers said grew
out of an old quarrel, result
ed in the death of John Sol
verson, 43, and the wound
ing of Mrs. R. Kalezick, by
Jack Lee, 30.
The shooting occurred
Saturday, and following
word from the St. Elias
lighthouse keeper, a fed-*
eral party including Com
missioner F. A. Jones, De
puty C. P. Mickelson, and
Dr. J E Young, flew there
Tuesday and held an in
quest, after which they
brought the body of the
wounded woman to the hos
pital here, and lodged Lee
in jail, subject to a grand
jury hearing.
The shooting occurred on
the threshold of Mrs. Kale
zick’s home. Officers were
informed that Lee summon
ed Solverson from the din
ner table and shot him
Twice in the head. The dead
man had no family. Lee
has a wife and several child
ren, and all were long
time residents of Katalla.
Mayor W. Chase
Not Run Again
Cordova in 1936
(By The Associated Press)
Cordova, March 25, —
Denying that he was sup
erstitious, Dr. W. H. Chase,
elected mayor of Cordova
twelve consecutive times,
announced today he would
not be a candidate for re
election next month.
Chase said he had no fear
of the 13 jinx, but that he
just wanted to devote his
entire time to medicine and
his practice.
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i OFFICE OF A. J. DIMOND
Delegate from Alaska
(By J. J. ECKLES)
March 7, 1936.
Following the assignment
of negotiations for the lo
cation and construction of
the Pacific-Yukon Highway
with the Canadian Govern
ment to the Secretary of
State by the President, last
week delegate Dimond and
twenty-three members of
the House, most of whom
are representing directly in
terested western states,
sent a letter to the Secre
ary pointing out the econo
mic importance of the pro
posed highway and urging
the fulfillment of the nec
essary negotiations at as
early a time as possible.
Senators Bone and Sch
ellenbach of Washington,
and Senator McNary of Ore
gon, have also requested
the Secretary of State to
take all practicable steps to
speed the negotiations.
The letter to Secretary
Hull is as follows:
“Honorable Cordell Hull,
Secretary of State,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Secretary:
On August 26, 1935. the Presi
dent approved an Act of Cong
ress relative to the proposed sur
vey, location and construction of
a highway to connect the north
western part of the United Stat
es with British Columbia, Yukon
Territory and the Territory of
Alaska. Copy of the Act is hereto
attached.
The construction of this high
way is of much moment to the
economic development not only
of the Territory of Alaska, Yuk
on Territory and British Colum
bia but also to the several states
and particularly to all of the
states of the Pacific Coast region.
The building of the road would
make the Territory of Alaska
really accessible to the people of
the United States. In this day of
increasing transportation and
travel by motor cars, it is scarce
ly too much to say that the con
struction of such a highway ranks
in importance with the building
of one of the great railroads in
a former generation.
We are informed that the duty
imposed by the Act of negotiat
ing with the Canadian authori
ties in an endeavor to work out
a plan for the construction of the
highway has been assigned to
Japanese Premier
Says Be No War
While he in Office
(By The Associated Press)
Tokyo, March 25, —Ko
ki Hirota declared that
Japan wouLd fight no war
while he was premier, as
he expressed gratification
over the recent statement
of Vyachesaff Molotoff, the
president of the council of
Soviet commissars, that
Russo - Japanese relations
were improving and that
they intended to be friends.
Hirota, became premier
after the February upris
ing. He exclaimed that such
was the positive foreign
policy of the new cabinet,
when he announced means
of speeding up a solution of
questions between Japan
and her neighbors, by dip
lomatic means. Another
main point is a readjust
ment of relations with
China.”
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j you. and that such negotiations
will be carried on through dip
lomatic channels.
May we in this manner respect
fully invite your attention to the
consequence of the subject, and
request that the necessary nego
tiations go forward without de
lay and be brought, if possible,
to a successful conclusion at an
early date.
Sincerely yours,
Anthony J Dimond, Alaska;
Richard J Welch Calif.; George
Burnham, Calif.; Wilburn Cart
wright Oklahoma; Sam B Hill
Washington; Knute Hill Wn.;
Clarence F Lea Calif.; Charles
Kramer Calif.; Frank H Buck,
Calif., John H. Tolan, Calif..Jam
es W Mott Oregon; M A Zion
eheck Wn.; Conrad C. Wallgren
Wn.; Chas. J Colden Calif.: Thos.
F Ford Calfi.; John M Costello,
Calif.; Martin F Smith Wn.; By
ron N Scott Calif.; Harry Stubbs
Calif.; John F Dockweiler Calif.;
Florence P Kahn Calif.; Samuel
L Collins Calif.; John Steven
McGroarty, Calif., John Steven
Pierce of Oregon.
Acceptance of the appli
cation of the Healy River
Coal Corporation for mem
bership in the Code of the
Bituminous Coal Conserva
tion Act of 1935 was an
nounced by the Commis
sion on Feb. 29. The ac
ceptance will be effective as
of Oct. 31, 1935, to allow
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS
4,000 PLANES FOR ARMY
AIR CORPS OF THE U. S.
Report Declares United Stales Is Ten
Years Behind Other Powers
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, March 25,
—The building of a fleet of
4,000 military planes, was
unanimously recommend
ed to congress in the re
port of the house military
committee.
Describing the equip
ment of the Army Air
Corps as “impotent and in
adequate’’, Chairman Rog
ers of New Hampshire, a
democrat, said that the na
tion was no longer protect
ed from air attacks by the
large expanse of the Atlan
tic and Pacific Oceans.
He said “all great na-J
tions now have huge air
plane carriers, which in
fact arc floating landing
fields, to enable them to
carry aerial warfare to the
enc my shores.”
The report said that the
United States was nearly
10 years behind in the de
velopment of its Army Air
Corps, and that eight hun
dred planes a year would
be necessary if the Corps
was to increase its present
strength.
Rogers report continued
that while congress had
authorized aiT'Ancr-case in
naval aircraft from one
thousand to 2,190, the ar
my authorziation stands at
only 1,800 planes.
NEW FLOODS THREATEN
EASTERN PART OF U. S.
(By The Associated Press)
Undated, March 25, —
New floods threatened west
ern Pennsylvania, northern
West Virginia, and Ohio,
as rains swelled the small
er streams, tributary to the
Ohio Rivers, as its waters
again entered Pittsburgh.
The death toll now num
bers 197. By states the num
ber of deaths is as follows:
Pennsylvania 120; West
Virgina 14; Massachusetts
10; Ohio 7; Vermont 6;
Maine 5; Connecticutt 5;
Maryland 5; Virgina 4; Mis
souri 4; Wisconsin 3; New
York 2; North Carolina 2;
Georgia 2; New Hampshire
1; and Tennessee 1.
The new rainfall today is
not expected to precipitate
a crisis similar to last
week’s first inundation.
Reports on flood condi
tions along the Mississippi
River, into which the Ohio
River flows, came from
Hickman, Kentucky, where
more than a hundred fami
lies prepared to leave their
homes.
Huntington, West Virgin
ia today launched a cam
paign to obtain immediate
congressional approval for
211 million dollar Hood con
trol plan, which its spon
sors said would remove
western Pennsylvania West
Virginia, Ohio and Ken
tucky from danger for all
time. It includes the con
struction of 39 reservoirs.
In Washington, D. C.. the
Red Cross officials said that
three million dollars would
not be sufficient to care for
their program of relief.
In Wisconsin, streams are
rising again after inundat
ing hundreds of acres of
land. Sections of railroad
tracks have been washed
away, and two bridges
were carried out and a dam
demolished.
The San Francisco Red
Cross said that the Juneau
chapter had subscribed its
quota and had been thank
ed for its early donation.
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