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Pres. Addresses Join Session Congress
DIMOND PROMOTING ALASKAN LEGISLATION
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$25,000 Recommended For Nome Harbor Project
BILL WOULD AUGMENT
GARRISON, ESTABLISH
UTILITIES IN ALASKA
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 — Delegate Dimond stepped in
early with a bill calling for the construction of the Interna
tional Highway through British Columbia to the Territory
of Alaska, with an estimated cost of approximately thirteen
million dollars, to complete the twenty-three hundred mile
route, half of which proposed route is adready in fair con
dition, at the present time.
Delegate Dimond hopes to gain the approval of the
United States and Canadian governments for his plan by
# which the United States will advance the money for the con
struction of at least a portion of the road through British
Columbia and Yukon Territory, and the advance be repaid
from gasoline taxes.
If the approval of the entire road is not obtained, Di
mond said he would make a determined fight to get a two
million dollar appropriation for the construction of the Al
aska section from Fairbanks to the Yukon Territory.
The Delegate also renewed efforts to give Alaska con
trol of the fisheries, a similar bill not being acted upon at
the last session.
Another Dimond bill would augment military garri
sons and establish military utilities in the Territory. Di
mond said* recently he and many others, even members of
Congress, strongly favored the strengthening of fortifica
tions in Alaska and on the Pacific Coast, after the Japanese
abrogation of the Washington Naval Limitations Treaty.
NEW LOW COLD
RECORD IS SET
IN N. CANADA
(By The Associated Press)
EDMONTON, Jan. 4 — A new low
cold weather record in the coldest
region in Canada, was established at
Great Bear Lane, New Year’s Day,
when the temperature dropped to
seventy-six degrees below zero, the
official weather bureau report an
nounced.
The previous record was estab
lished at Mayo, Yukon Territory,
Dec. 20th last year, when the mer
cury dropped to sixty-eight degrees
below zero.
Townsend Plan Is
To Be Introduced
Soon In Congress
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jam 4 — Definite
steps were announced to put before
Congress, the Townsend Plan to pay
two hundred dollars monthly to >11
persons over sixty years of age, foll
owing a dinner caucus of a half a
hundred members of the House of
Representatives. Representative Hoe
ppel of California said he would in
troduce the bill shortly to enact the
plan into a law.
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Miss A. Davick
Gov’t Nurse Made
Inspection Trip
Returning recently from a six
weeks trip down the coast, Miss
Adeline Davick, government nurse,
under the Office of Indian Affairs,
reported various conditions among
the citizens of White Mountain,
Golovin and Elim.
Miss Davick made a special emer
gency trip aboard a plane to Unal
akleet when a sick native woman
was brought to Nome.
In reporting about her inspection
trpi this winter Miss Davick des
cribed health conditions along the
coast 4s being quite normal. A pre
valence of cold, of course, and some
pneumonia was discovered, but only
in a very few cases. There were
no indciations ofAany contagious ep
idemics.
One of the duties performed on
the trip was the carrying out of the
plan calling for the vaccination of
all school children for small pox
and diptheria. Miss Davick vaccin
ated all of those children not taken
care of by j&fiss Wright last year.
' Besides conducting physical ex
aminations and taking care of sick
cases among the people, the gov
ernment nurse must make two trips
a year, one in the winter time and
one in the spring, keeping a close
Check on health conditions during
the ensuing periods.
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ARMY REPORT
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—The Chief
of the Army Engineers in his annual
report to Secretary of War Dern,
included the following recommend
ations: Wrangell Narrows no funds;
A refuge harbor available for Sew
ard no funds; Nome Harbor main
tenance jetties, dredging, ice remov
al twenty-five thousand dollars,
twenty-five hundred dollars to be
put up by the Nome City Council;
Lowell Creek flood control no oper
ations for this year, maintenance re
pairs to flume structure by hired
labor in the fiscal year 1936 two
thousand dollars; Salmon River
flood control and reconstruction tfi
six hundred and eighty-one feet of
existing dikes and new construc
tion 3653 feet of piled brush and
rock dike, and the clearing of a
flood plan, fifty-two thousand dol
lars.
PRESIDENT IS
CONS I DERING
MANY SUBJECTS
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5—Although
no detailed announcement of last
night’s discussion at the White
House, was obtained, one conferee,
J whose name was withheld, listed
'among other things that the Presi
dent was considering the recommen
dation of old age as well as unem
[ ployment insurance, the continua
tion and modification and authoriza
tion of the communications merger
with the government; the continua
tion of a half billion dollars in
“nuisance taxes;” the continuation
of the lending authority of the FRC, j
and the enlargment of the resources
; of the Home Owners Loan Corpora-1
; tion.
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PRES, F ROOSEVELT
PROPOSES REVISION
OF RELIEF STUCTURE
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, To the joint session of Con
gress, President Roosevelt proposed a revision of the entire
Federal relief structure, entailing the abandonment of the!
dole, and favoring a vast public works job making plan, en-j
visioning “a new order” where social security will be more
widely assured.
At the same time he said the plan intended will bei
undertaken within the sound credit of the government. De-j
tailing the scope of employment he said that this work will;
cover a wide field including the clearance of slums, for;
which there are adequate reasons why they cannot be un-!
dertaken by private capital; in rural housing of several
kinds where again private capital is unable to function; in j
the rural electrification and reforestration of the great wa
tersheds of the nation; in an intensified program to prevent,
soil erosion, and to reclaim blighted areas; in the improv
ing of existing road systems and in constructing national
highways designed to handle modern traffic; in the elimina
tion of grStle crossings; and in the extension and enlargment
of the successful work performed by the CCC; in non-fed
eral work mostly self-liquidating and highly useful to local
divisions of the government, and on many others which the
nation needs and cannot afford to neglect.
President Roosevelt said the New York relief effort
“fits locally and usefully into the long range, permanent pol
icy of providing three types of security.
“The Federal Government must and shall quit this busi
ness of relief. I am unwilling that the vitality of our people
be further sapped by the giving of cash and market baskets,
for a few hours of weekly work of cutting grass and raking
leaves. We must preserve not only the bodies of the unem
ployed from destitution, but also their self-respect, their
self-reliance, courage and determination.”
He said: “Of approximately the five million unemploy
ed now on the relief rolls, a million and a half should go
back on local and state welfare rolls. The remainder should
be united in a single new, and greatly enlarged emergency
public works plan.” The amount required for the execution
of this plan was left for his budget message to be delivered
to Congress Monday, -
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HAUPTMANN TRIAL IS
POSTPONED TODAY TO
MONDAY MORNING 10
(By The Associated Press)
FLEMINGTON, Jan. 5 — In the trial of Hauptmann on
the charge of kidnapping and murdering the Lindbergh
child, the prosecution and defense matched move for move,
calling witnesses in secret sessions to reinforce contentions
that he did, or did not commit the Lindbergh murder.
When the court adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, the
big fight seems centered around the ransom notes. This
development followed Colonel Lindbergh’s testimony where
in he identified Hauptmann as having the voice of the man
who got the ransom money, and Lindy’s statement that he
believed Hauptmann had kidnapped his Joaby.
Betty Gow, the former Lindbergh purse, is listed for
the first witness for the state Monday. $3he was so shaken
the first time she was called that the prosecution was forced
to call Lindbergh to the stand instead.
The defense also shaped plans and announced the in
tention of bringing two witnesses into court to testify that
Condon was in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home, the day
the baby was stolen. The defense stated it was eager to
question Betty Gow: “She will tell the truth,I^m sure and
explain many things,” said Attorney E. J. Reilly.
PRESIDENT TO
ASK CONGRESS*
FOR 8 BILLION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5—President
Roosevelt intends to ask Congress,
ar. authoritative sourui said today,
li provide four billion dollars fv.
wiiac he terms the “American plan
to quit this business of relief,'" and
put three and one-half million un
employed to work.
This would be expended along the
plans outlined by the President in
his address yesterday before Con
gress. The authority stated if re
viving business absorbs enough job
less, the money would not neces
sarily be spent. Estimating at pres
ent on projects considered by Capi
tol Hill prominents, at least four
billion dollars would be required.
Then on top of this it will be neces
sary to obtain an additional four
billion for the running of the gov
ernment, indicating that the budget
would thus be about eight billion
dollars. ' -~x.
President Roosevelt outlined to
Congressional leaders last night that
he plans to expend about eight hun
dred million dollars to tide relief
efforts over the transitional period
from “Dole” to “Jobs for All.”
U. Of Oregon 35
Washington S* 28
PULLMAN, Jan. 4—In a confer
ence basketball game Washington
State was defeated by the Univers
ity of Oregon by a score of 35 to 28.
Office Holders
To Be Relieved
Salary Cuts
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan 5—The Pres
ident yesterday continued the five
percent cut on all federal salaries
another, six months, thereby, offic
ials estimated, saving the govern
ment approximately thirty--four
million dollars. The salaries were
slashed fifteen percent in 1933 but
ten percent has been restored. The
President stated he would recom
mend a full restoration July 1st.
A FORMER U. S.
COMMISSIONER
DEAD IN JUNEAU
JUNEAU, Jan. 5—Former U. S.
Commissioner F. Aj Paine, aged 68,
died at Keku Island, where he had
a fox ranch, Wednesday. Death wits
brought about by pneumonia.
His body was brought here by the
Tallapoosa, which went to the Is
land last week, when it was report
ed that Paine was ill. The doctor
aboard the cutter found him too
weak to move.
Paine came to Alaska during the
gold rush days. He went to Fair
banks and then Valdez, where he
was deputy clerk of the court for
years. He came to Juneau in 1914
and practiced law here until a year
ago, when he went fox ranching. A
widow, two sisters, and a brother
survive him. His funeral will be
held Sunday. -
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