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Japanese Hold American Oil Vessel
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE HAS BUSY SESSION
TENNESSEE VALLEY IS
IN MIXUP OVER POWER
SITUATION IS IN COURT
(By The Associated Press)
BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 23—Judge W. I. Grubb in the Dis
trict Court, held that the Tennessee Valley was without
legal authority to dispose of surplus power generated by
hydro-electric plants in the Tennessee River.
At the same time the judge made a permanent injunc
tion restraining fourteen north Alabama cities and towns
from negotiating loans with the PWA for the purpose of
building municipal electric distribution systems.
A group of preferred share holders in the Alabama Pow
er Company brought action after the Alabama company
entered into a contract with the TVA to sell fourteen dis
tributing systems, transmission lines, and a site for the Joe
Wheeler dam, to the TVA.
The sale would have shortly eliminated the Company’s
operations in the northwest section of Alabama. Counsel
for the TVA new deal venture immediately gave notice of
appeal.
Administration Is
Given Setback As
Amendment Added
(Bv The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 —Despite
the threat of a Presidential veto,
the senate forced the McCarran pre
vailing wage amendment into the
President’s four billion, eight hun
dred and eighty million dollar work
relief bill, by the narrow margin of
44 to 43.
So startling was the defeat hand
ed to the administration, that it left
the democratic laders in a quandry
as to the ultimate fate of the bill in
Congress..
The White House was silent con
cerning the set-back . The Presi
dent had proposed a wage of fifty
dollars a month for relief wages so
as to give relief workers security
but encourage them to look for bet
t;r jobs elsewhere
Organized labor said that the eff
ect of the low wage would be a gen
eral scaling down of wages in pri
vate industry Some democrats
hoped the amendment would be el
iminated in a conference with the
House next week..
Youth Is Convicted
Turns To Comfort
Father Who Judge
(By The Associated Press)
PAWNEE, Oklahoma, Feb.. 23—
Phillip Kennamer convicted of first
degree manslaughter in connection
with the slaying of his friends John
F Gorrell, Jr., took the verdict with
out a show of emotion.. He is the
son of Federal Judge Franklin E
Kennamer.. When the verdict was
read he leaned over and patted the
shoulder of his father, who was
slumped in the next chair..
Alaskan Bankers
In Seattle Include
Grant R. Jackson
(By The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb 23, This city
would be a good place right now to
hold an Alaskans bankers conven
tion or at least a Territorial finan
cial conference
Registered at hotels here Thurs
day were G R Jackson, President of
the M & M Bank of Nome, E M Be
hrends, veteran Juneau financier, E
A Rasmussen, President of the Bank
of Alaska at Skagway, William
Preist vice-president of the First
Natinoal Bank at Ketchikan, George
B Wesch, Cashier of the First Na
tional Bank at Fairbanks.
Works Relief Bill
Back Beginning
Future Is Black
(By The Associated Press')
WASHINGTON, Feb 23—The huge
works relief bill is set back to where
it was nearly a month ago..
It faced a nebulous future, talk on
Capitol Hill ranging all the way
from hints that the President would
carry the fight to the people over
the radio, to the prediction that the
bill is dead, and the dole must go
on.
The President signed the new oil
control bill, designed against the
shipment of illegally produced oil in
interstate commerce. This fills the
gap made in the new deal when the
Supreme Court held that Section 9
C of the Recovery Act was unconsti
tutional.
President Roosevelt left this morn
ing for Harvard to visit his son and
will then go to Hyde Bark.
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BUSINESS IN THE TERRITORIAL
LEGISLATURE INCREASES WITH
FOURTEEN BILLS INTRODUCED
(By The Associated Press)
JUNEAU, Feb. 22—When the question of constitution
ality was raised in the House late yesterday, it continued to
a third reading, the substitute bill providing for a tax on
purse seine boats engaged in commercial salmon fishing. The
Attorney General will give a decision soon.
The House passed the pension bill requiring those eligi
ble to be residents of the Territory for twenty years. It pass
ed the bill requesting the reduction of radio rates at Nome.
The McCutcheon resolution to set aside twenty thousand
dollars annually until sufficient money was acquired to erect
a home for Pioneer Women, fell by the wayside.
JUNEAU, Feb. 22—A tax of five cents a gallon on gas,
collectable from the dealer but which he would be authoriz
ed to pass on to the consumer, was proposed in a bill by Sen
ator Brunnelle.
The levy would apply to motor vehicles, the fuel used
in automobiles and airplanes. The funds derived would be
paid into a fund for the construction and maintenance, and
protection of public roads, bridges and trails, under the di
rection of the Territorial Board of Road Commissioners. If
passed it is to become effective January 1st, 1936.
JUNEAU, Feb. 22—After more than an hour’s address
Thursday afternoon in support of the Green memorial which
would approve for complete elimination, herring reduction
plants. Representative Walker agreed to withdraw his pro
posal and introduce another.
Representative Lyng called attention that the memorial
was not in line with Delegate Dimond’s bill which suggests
elimination within five years. The memorial was the sub
ject of several night hearings, and was on its third reading.
Its passage is expected today.
Nordale’s eight hour day bill passed by a vote of 15 to 1
Representative Scott was the only dissenting vote.
Fourteen bills, seven of them dealing with the depart
ment of education, were introduced, including forty thous
and for a scientific survey of Alaska schools to be conducted
in conjunction with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, if they ap
propriate a like sum.
Representative Martin introduced a bill calling for six
percent interest from concerns asking deposits and certain
appliances. Ziegler introduced a bill placing territorial em
ployees under the workmen’s compensation act: McCuteh
eon asked for twenty thousand dollars for the construction
of a road from Naknek to Egegik.
Three memorials were introduced: Green asking that
Secretary of the Interior Ickes set aside two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars for the use of a commission to make
a complete study of the Alaska fishing industry; Patterson’s
memorial—protesting against a toll on the Richardson High
way; Martin’s memorial asking congress for speedy action
in congress on federal compensation so that John Erickson
injured on the Alaska Railroad may benefit.
The senate passed house bills: for the publication of
the Session Laws and another bill giving city councils the
power to regulate zoning where buildings can be erected.
Both houses met Friday morning but not to take official
action on anything, on account of the holiday.
Peter X Peterson
Was Down Shaft
Since Sun. Feb. 17
Peter X Peterson, sourdough min
er and prospector of Nome was
brought into the hospital today about
four pm from his claim located on
the East side of Anvil Mountain
Mr Peterson is suffering mostly
from exhaustion and exposure after
having fell down the shaft which he
was sinking on his claim According
to the reports he fell down the shaft
st Sunday and was removed from
it this morning Apparently no bon
es- were broken but both of his feet
were frozen and one hand frost-bit
ten .
Gene Comer who works for him,
and another person, discovered him
in the shaft and brought him to
Nome,
SHRINE BALL
Members of Anvil Lodge, their
wives or lady friend—members of
the Eastern Star and their escorts—
all visiting .Masons and visiting
Eastern Stars are cordially invited
to attend the Shrine Ball at the Ne
vada Hall. 9:30 P. M., Saturday,
February 23rd.
JAPANESE INSPECT AN
AMERICAN VESSEL RAN
AGROUND NEAR FORTS
(By The Associated Press')
TOKYO. Feb, 23 Tlie Japanese
Navy ordered the American tanker
“Elizabeth Kellogg" to submit to a
rigid examination Saturday to deter
mine whether its crew were guilty
of espionage on vital fortresses at
the mouth of Tokyo Bay.
The tanker is Chartered by the
Japanese Mitsui Company but is
manned by an American crew She
was enroute from Yokohama toward
Kobe, with her tanks half full of
crude oil from California The ves
sel grounded Friday morning neat
the mouth of the bay. but is expect
ed to be refloated on tlie next high
tide
But because the ship will spend
the day close to tlie fortress, the sus
picions of tlie Navy officials was
aroused, and they ordered tlie skip
per of the tanker to anchor off Yoke
suka after tlie vessel is refloated, in
order to permit investigators to
board tlie ship and determine whe
ther tlie fortresses were photograph
ed while the Kellogg was stuck on
tiie sand spit They will also try to
determine whether the grounding
was intentional or accidental
Ship Is R(‘h*ast*<I
(By The Associated Press)
TOKYO, Feb. 2,'l—Army and Navy
officers, after an investigation, clear
ed the Amercian tanker Elizabeth
Kellogg of the suspicion of espion
age, the newspaper Ashai said in a
dispatch from its Yokosuka corres
pondent.
Officers in their headquarters at
the fortress commanding the Tokyo
Bay sector gave the Americans a
clean bill after an inquiry. The ves
sel was under charter to a Japanese
firm. It will be free to proceed to
Osaka as soon as she is floated.
Suspicions of army and naval offi
cers were aroused when the ship
grounded Friday in the military
zone at the entrance of Tokyo Bay,
a spot which commanded a splendid
view of the defenses.
Drops Dead \\ lien
Man (blares \l Him
killer Is Be Held
(By The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 23 — Frank
Greges, aged sixty-seven, a sand
wich sign man who gained fame
and a better job by finding forty
two thousand dollars in bonds and
returning them to their owner, went
on a rampage in the hotel where he
lives, shouting: "I am God: I can kill
anyone who looks at me."
While the police and a doctor were
attempting to restrain him, Robert
Edwards of Los Angeles walked into
the room and complained of feeling
ill.
"I am God: I can kill anyone,”
Greges shouting again, glaring at
Edwards, who dropped dead.
Greges was taken away for a men
tal examination.
House Passes P>iii
$25,000 For Nome
School Unanimous
Today’s announcement in the ad
vertisement of the Nome Harbor
Lighterage Company, brings to light
the fact that the Hydraulic Supply
Manufacturing Company, now has a
personal representative in Nome.
This is the first time, according to
reports from the local agents of that
company that any agency for the
Hydraulic Supply Manufacturing
Company, has ever been established
in Nome. The Nome Harbor Light
erage Co will act as their agents fur
Nome and surrounding sections. The
concern is n Seattle company locat
ed at 7500 8th Avenue South, and
deals in steel products of all kinds
particularly for the mining industry.
Catalogue and information of all
kinds is available at the Nohalico,
according to their advertisement, in
case of requests or desires for sup
plies furnished by this concern.
Pacific Northwest
Is \ ulnerahle To
Attack Says Chief
(Bv The Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 23 — The lack of
a naval base in Alaska makes the
Pacific Northwest vulnerable to sur
prise attacks, Captain N H Goss, 13
th Naval District Chief of Staff de
clared Thursday at a defense ban
quet.
He said: "Modern warfare de
mands that a nation look quickly to
its navy to guard against surprise
attacks. Without a base in Alaska
propper or the Aluetians we could
not maintain a seaplane ocean pat
rol for surprise attacks on this base.
The Northwest is particularly vul
nerable and its defense needs acute.”
Goss was a former war plans officer
for this district.
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