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VOLUME 36. NO. 102. NOME, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1935. Per Copy Ten Cents
Power Reclamation Dams Are In Jam
GERMANY WILL DENY EXISTENCE SUB. FLEET
Harriman’s Speech Discloses Vital Difference Views
Securities Comm.
Disclose Amounts
Highest Salaries
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 30 — The
securities commission announced
that Thomas John Watson. President
of the International Business Mach
ines Corporation .of New Jersey,
draws the highest corporate; salary.
He got three hundred and sixty
five thousand three hundred and
fifty eight dollars last year. He
is to get only two hundred and fifty
seven thousand dollars salary this
year.
Other large salaries include the
Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com
pany, nineteen thousand, six hun
dred and forty dollars to P. R. Brad
ley of San Francisco President, and
sixteen thousand five hundred dol
lars to L. H. Metzgar, general super
intendent. Bradley and Mertzger
also share in a twenty thousand dol
lar bonus.
France Promises
Make Equality to
American Exports
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 30 — Thp
breakdown of talks looking toward a
give and take trade treaty between
France and the United States, was
averted when France promised ac
cord and equality of treatment to
American exports at more than one
hundred million dollars.
Trade Agreement
Signed Between
Haiti And The US
AMERICANS GAIN REDUCTION
IN TARIFF ON 13 ARTICLES
CONTINUANCE OF OTHERS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29
The United States and Haiti have
signed reciprocal trade agreements.
The pact assures Haiti of the con
tinued duty-free admission into the
United States of coffee, cocoa, beans,
bananas, sisal fiber, log-wood, and
ginger root, and reduced duties on
rum, fresh pineapples and preserved
mangos and guavas.
In return Haiti granted tariff re
ductions on 13 American products,
pledged itself to maintain existing
rate on 19 articles and promised to
reduce the tariff on lard, automobile
tires and tubes and radios when the
Haitian financial condition improves '
“REFORM MEASURES”
POSTPONEMENT ASKED
INTERESTS RECOVERY
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. April 30—A call.to the administration
to postpone “reform measures” in the interests of speedy
recovery, was advocated by Henry I. Harriman, President
of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
This was the keynote of Harriman’s address at the open
ing of the annual convention.- His speech disclosed vital
differences from the views of the administration on several
major Roosevelt-plans of the New Deal which attempted
much that was good, but it also tried to do too much in too
short a time.
He said he listed four planks for recovery which he
visioned as likely to wipe out unemployment and create
a labor shortage and the assurance that congress would ad
journ soon thereafter, major reform measures and await
real revival of industry.
He said international stabilization of currencies at the
earliest possible date will make it possible for foreign trade
to move with less hazard. He gave strong assurance that
a further devaluation of the dollar would not be used as a
masure to restore prices, and further assurances of a definite
drastic reduction in government expenditures after the
present emergency appropriations are spent.
COURT HOLDS THAT
BUILDING OF PARKER
DAM UNAUTHORIZED
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, April 30—Power reclamation dams
upon which millions have been spent by the Public Works
Administration are apparently in a precarious position as
a result of a decision of the supreme court which refused to
grant the United States government an injunction prohibit
ing Arizona from halting or otherwise interfering with the
construction of the Parker Dam on the Colorado River.
The court held that the construction of the Parker Dam
had not been authorized by law. It also recalled however,
that the same proceedure was followed in approving the al
loting of the money for the Parker Dam, as followed in the
allocations made for the construction of the Grand Coulee,
Bonneville, Fort Peck and some upper Mississippi River
works. No court action was instituted against the construc
tion of other dams.
The lawyers said they believed the decision opened the
way for such action. Work was stopped on the Parker
Dam pending a series of conferences.
Former Alaskan
Dies In Seattle
Aaron Garfinkle, 81 years old, who
operated general merchandise stor
es in Seattle and Alaska during pio
neer days died at his home in Seat
tle after an illness of a week.
Garfinkle, born in Lebouwa Po
land went to Seattle 50 years ago.
He went to Alaska during the Klon
dike gold rush establishing stores at
Dawson and Fairbanks.
Garfinkle was the grandfather of
Assistant United States Attorney
Gerald Shucklin. Other survivors,
are a son, Louis Garfinkle, Seattle,'1
and three daughters, Mrs. Sam
Shucklin, Seattle, Mrs. Morris Bron
and Mrs. Harry Camp, both of San
Francisco.
Bottles made of green glass pro
vide better protection for fruit juic-;
es than those of any other color, ac-1
cording to a New York State Agri
cultural Experiment Station scient-i
ist.
Senate Reports
Wagner Bill
F a v o r a 1» 1 y
I
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 30 — A fav
orable report on the Wagner Labor
reactions bill pumped the senate to
complicated confusion surrounding
the future of the NRA.
The Wagner bill which will be
offered as an amendment to the
NRA legislation if not assured of
separate consideration, was favor
ably reported by the senate labor
committee but met with a cool re
ception from democratic leaders in
the senate despite the supporter’s
| claims of White House friendliness,
j Labbrs leaders cheered when it came
! from the committee.
Send Emissaries
Alaska To Claim
Church Property
(By The Associated Press)
SITKA, April 30 — Church auth
orities announced incorporation
April 9th under territorial laws of
historic St. Michaels cathedral, and
others including Unalaska. to follow
suit.
Other sources said incorporation
may be to thwart the living faith
of the church. The Soviet organiz
ation was reported to be sending
emissaries to Alaska to claim church
properties.
Movie Official
And Family To
Cruise Alaska
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, April 30—Darryl Za
nuck, movie official and wife and
two children will leave here tomor
row on their yacht “Alicia” for a
month’s cruise and hunting in Al
aska. A year ago Zanuck hunted
on the African veldt.
Gentlemen of the Jury
The prosecuting counsel was hav
ing a little trouble with a rather dif
ficult witness. Exasperated by the
man's evasive answers, he asked him
if he was acquainted with any of
the jury.
“Yes, sir, more than half of them,”
replied the man in the box.
“Are you willing to swear that
you know more than half of them?”
asked the counsel.
“If it comes to that, I’m willing to
swear that I know more than all of
’em put together, came defiantly
from the witness.
PROPOSED NAVAL
CONVERSATIONS RE
GERMANY HALTED
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, April 30 — A German Naval officer said
that Germany would officially deny as long as possible, the
existence of a submarine fleet.
It was indicated that Hitler thus apparently hopes to
pursue the same surprise tactics he employed in reference
to Germany’s rearmament on land and in the air.
France with an eye on Germany’s rearmament in the
air, sought to keep her own air force up to full strength by
calling for and recruiting trained aviation machine gunners,
radio operators, and mechanics to fill vacancies at Dugney
Military Air Base, Le-Bourget Field. At the same time
she instituted moves for aviation w>£h other nations and to
ward the completion of the Franco-Russian mutual assist
ance treaty.
—
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, April 30 — An authoritative source said
that the proposed naval conversations between Great Britain
and Germany had been postponed, pending an expected an
nouncement by Hitler on Germany’s foreign policy. The
belief grew that Britain was planning to protest against
the latest German rearmament.
Grant Reed Of
Anchorage Is
Fnroute Home
i
(By The Associated Press)
iSAN DIEGO, April 30 — Grant
Reed of Anchorage who arrived
here January 27th after a plane
sleigh-walking-train-auto and plane
trip to his sick wife, is flying North
Wednesday with Mrs. Reed who has
recovered from near death.
They will spend a month in Seat
tle and then take a steamer to Sew'
ard. The doctors credit his wife’s
recovery to Reed's arrival.
Says Relief Money
Will Be Used For
Campaign Purposes
-
(By The Associated Press)
BOSTON, April 30 — Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., expressed the belief
that the New York relief appropria
1 tion will be “used in large amounts
for campaign purposes and for an
: out and out attempt to buy votes of
the American people.” He address
ed New England repulican leaders
last night.
Daily air service in each direction
has been established between Lon
don and Newcastle-on-Tune, cover
ing the distance of 268 miles in
about half the time of the swiftest
trains. j
"Navy Maneuvers
For The Purp ose
Bluffing Japan”
(By The Associated Press)
TOPEKA, April 30—Rev. Dr. Chas.
M. Sheldon, peace cruisader and au
thor of “In His Steps," asserted that
the United States Navy Maneuvers
“are for the purpose of bluffing
Japan.”
“There is no reason for maneuv
ers. Every time a gun is fired it
means that several thousand loaves
of bread which could have been
used for relief. Let the old men
who start wars take the pulse of the
world. They would find a new slo
gan—The old men who start wars;
let them fight them.”
8th Outfit Thru
Moose Pass In
Seward Section
(By The Associated Press)
SEWARD, April 30—H. Rief. min
ing engineer is here today enrouto
to report to his Seattle associates.
He announced that he had taken an
option on the Fairman Madison pla
cer claims.
His was the eighth now outfit thru
Moose Pass this spring. He said
additional Quartz Creek claims will
be drilled.
(By The Associated Press)