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Big Appeal
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JBSKS RULERS -OF FORTY-POUR
.natwmsls to.reduce their |
AJU AMENTS
WASHINGTON—President Frank
'lin D. Roosevelt yesterday appealed
diiect|y to the .rulers >of the leading
nations to reduce their armaments
and to eliminate entirely all weapons
■of aggression, to refrain from send
ing any armed forces whatever be
yond their own borders, to forget
.petty national aims and to join sin
cerely in a movement to assure .peace
-and economic recovery.
In a plain-speaking message with
out diplomatic precedent the Presi
dent asked for specific steps at on<ae,
and declared emphatically if any na
C!on interposes obstructions “the civ
ilized world will know where lies the
responsibility .for .failure.”
The President , mentioned fio nation
by name, but his words rang through
out the diplomatic -.world ’.with -dra
matic significance, and especially at a
moment when .certain leaders in Ger
many are asking for greater arma
ment privileges — when Japanese ;
troop sare marching deeper into ;Chi-1
nese territory and when other peo-!
pies are suspected of harboring as
pirations to acquire new territory by
force. I
The message 'was directed straight
to forty-four haTTonT
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Must Rate
3 Bil ions
FOR PURPOSE OF CARRYING
CUT ROOSEVELT'S VAST EM- j
PKOYMirNT PROGRAM
WASHINGTON—Democratic .'lead-:
ers moved quickly to /measure Roose- j
velt's new vast .employment program !
and lake the first.hurdle .of necessary
new taxes.
Demands for revision of some parts
of the sweepiny industrial control. and
public works .measure came front
Robert Lund,.president of the Na-,
tional Association of Manufacturers.
In less than .24 hours after its receipt
Roosevelt sent an Urgent message to I
Laughton calling the House ways, and
means committee in session fior the
opening 'hearings and for .finding a
suitable form of tax for financing the
proposed three billion dollar bond is- j
sue within. a week. j
It is said that four separate ways
of raising tax money to fund the
$3,000,000,000 outlay for public works j
will be put before the ways and j
means committee without recoin- :
mendations.
Democratic Leader Byrnes, how,- j
ever said that no sales tax proposi- j
tion will get past the House.
One «f the ways menttioned for I
consideration is a flat sales tax, with.1
no exemptions.
Three other proposals included the
raising of the income tax t rates - in:
THE MUKLUK TRAIL
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By E. L.'Bartlett
WASHINGTON, April 1.7.—5n con
formity with the wishes of the peo
ple of Alaska, as expressed through
ffae Territorial Legislature, Delegate
Dimcnd will support Senate and
House .bills providing for suspension
of assessment work on mining prop
s erty for the pear ending July 1, 1933.
He asked for an expression of opin
ion from 4/he Legislature, and both
houses endorsed the pending legisla
tion.
The Territorial Senate urged that
.assessment work be made necessary
on partnership claims where one or
.more .partners but mot all ‘had paid
federal income taxes for 1932.
Sentiment in the House, as ex
pressed in a wire to the Delegate, ap
peared to be against continuation of
the assessment moratorius, but it
was felt there that in view of the
fact that so many mine owners are
now under the impression that Con
gress has already passed the legisla
tion and ! because the season is so far
advanced .the Delegate should now
work for ’.passage of the bills. How
ever, the House advised that he
should put himself on record against
further legislation of this character
should it be. advanced at a future ses
.■ si an.
Until receiving -wires from the
-Senate Anti House, Mr. Dim and
had been, disposed to appose the sus
. pension n&nsscsament work. His in
vestigation . of the situation is said
to hava&lid him ho believe that the
law was perhaps doing more harm
than gop&arijfctbat restoration of the
iassenau^it4)iramt would be a
me nnuraidti. fnotorln patting men to
v work.
AUan .Shattuck, (Resident of the
Alaska Senate, sent, the Delegate, the
following' wire:
“The Senate passed unanimously
Saturday (.(April 8) motion favoring
passage ’Senate .bill .7 Bsrah’s’ if
amendment exempts also partnership
claims where one or more. partner
ship but not all had •■paid federal in
come tax for 1932.”
Speaker Joe McDonald »ent... thif
wire to Mr. Dimond iu betialf of the
House:
“Referring to ,your wire, .you .(are
informed that House took > following
action: Owing to lateness of season
and fact that many claim o<wners:al
ready under impression that .suspen
sion of assessment work already au
thorized to June 30 this year we
favor such extension to that date but
oppose any further extension since it
deprives many Alaskans of oppor
tunity for employment. Approve
limiting suspension; to those not pay
ing federal income, tax.”
Neither the Senate jtpr the House
has voted upon the -assessment bills.
Senator Borah’s bil|L has been report
ed from committee,* but.(a. similar bill
in the House has nqt been acted upon
in any manner.
Senator .Borah’s prigipal bill read:
"Be it enacted by tbcHc&nate add
House of Rgpre^tatives tdf the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, ,.Tbat. tint, provision
of Section 2S24 #f theRevisfd Stat
utes of the U Sited -(States, TRhjcb re
quires on each jjmning claim Joe atcH, I
and unto ,a .pQhqnti has issued;
therefor, not IfiRSsthpn tlfiO^orth of,
labor to be pugfor y»edx or^giproae
ments aggreg*tigp amount to
be made each year, the same |
is hereby, suspended asto all tpining,
(Coptinued op Page 3.) I
jombination * wi3r to. ■« .o laxsci'.VAi
uorp««ate uif dend.1- plm intre. d
gasoline tax. s, or levies on .tea, eoi -
tee, cocoa or new miscellaneous taxes
covering such item* as si'.ia!’ r ad
mission and long .J^Jrphor"
charges, which are,,v7u . tvexen.ii,..
JOCKEYS (,1’Ii TY Of ROUCH
TACTICS, K ENTlifKY DERBY
LOUISVILLE,. ,K.v.- -Jn&teys Don
Meade and H. W. Fisher, vwbo rode
Brokers Tip and Head Play in the
Kentucky Derby, won .Saturday hv
.he former, were suspended for thirty
days by the stewards af the Kenimcky
Jockey .Club at a .special meeting 10
Jay. Meade and Fisher were fou»vd
guilty of rough tactics during the
stretch of the Derby. Because of this
suspension they will not be eligible
to compete in the.Preakue.srs at Pim
lico Saturday. Both Brokers Tip and
Head Play are .entered in the Preak
ness, and Meade and Fisher had been
assigned as riders. The ruling of the
stewards was that each boy, accord
ing to the evidence and observation,
was guilty of violation of the .racing
rules. Jockey Fisher was given an
additional five days for assaulting
Jockey Meade ..while . in .the ..jockeys’
quarters after the running of the
race.
KIDNAPERS FOILED, CHILD,
$60,000 RANSOM RECOVERED
HARWICH, Mass.—With the ar
rest of two men. and .the. recovery of
$60,000 ransom, police .late (today be
lieved th^y had solved.the kidnaping
of 10-year-old Peggy McMath.
On? of-, the suspects,. Kenneth Buck,
was said to., have confessed . his^.part
in the crime., The money was recov
fered at his home after he and his
brother, Cyril, had-peep taken to jail
at Barnstable, 1? miles from here.
Before hig wenjioyj 1 from Harwich,
Cyril deniedvAhat his part in the
crime was any more than that of an
intermediary. He said ihe was given
a cut of $10,000, but promptly turned
it over to .. N»il McMath, Peggy’s
xather, Kenneth Buck not only im
plicated his own brother, but said
there were - others in the case—two
professionals, ,who had taken $50,000
of the ransom money. Police doubted
this, and after sending the, brothers
off fo jail they went to Kenneth's
home' and recovered the entire $60,
000. Tins virtually closes the case,
said Joseph Ferrari, State detective,
except to find the other conspirators,
if there are two others.
Peggy was safely returned to her
parents.
RHODE ISLAND VOTES FOR
REPEAL 18TH AMENDMENT
PROVIDENCE.—Rhode Island to
and today became the third State to
vote for repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment. Rhode Island cast a
unanimous vote for ratification of
the prohibition repeal amendment to
the Federal Constitution, a formality
dictated by last week’s election, in
which 150,244 wet votes and only
29,874 dry votes were cast.
TANA LEAVES FOR BETHEL
The steamer Tana left McGrath
this morning on her first trip to
Bethel, at which place she will con
nect with the steamer Wm. H. Tup
per, scheduled to leave Seattle for
lower river point on May 26.
Passengers on the Tana were:
Miss Helen Konig, Miss Hattie Con
rad, Mr. Whitney, auditor for the N.
C. Co., Mors. Mae Langley, Mrs.
Edna Hallson, and a fur buyer.
MCharlie Baker was a recent town
visitor for a day.
I items of Importance
In Recent News Events
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GENH'CA .-^Destruction of large
,>n' <•<>'• ph-i ■ abolition of tank?
wus.-jasked by Germany today in pro
posals sifbmitted to the disarmament1
conference. The proposals were in
th form of amendments to the Mac- 1
Donald plan.
HOLLA, Mo.—Daniel :C. Jae'kling,11
San Francisco,California and fColo
rado mining figure, today was given
the honorary degree of Father of En- :
gineering by the Missouri School of;
Mines and Metallurgy. Mr. Jadding ,
was graduated at the school in 181*2. j1
WASHINGTON.—A request that a
representative of organized labor be
appointed, to tbe American delegation
to the-1-world economic conference was
presented to President iHoosevelt .to
by by the executive committee of
the American ^Federation Of Labor.
WASHINGTON.—rHearings ,oi. the
short work week-minimum-wage bill
■were-speeded toward a close today as
its sponsore w ere rwarT.ed by' Demo-- ;
cratic -loaders that delay- may mean
adjournment of the spe^itl session;
Withott.tLfl|ttio^. otj- it ;
Si/yLE^ Ore-—A repression bank
showed qp here *it u. local- t-ank when :
a d.epq.sit9>jj wjjiKfcd jn w ith am eld
cocoa can with a slot in the lid. Out
of the can ,h£ peured |1^0p dollars in ;
gold $20-pieces.
.SOVTH POMFRET, Vfc.—Sinclair
Lewis, author, in , astatement today,'
described as a deliberate lie-.a-, pub-j
dished report that he contemplated;
divorce proceedings. He is living on!
his farm here ^vith his wife. JDorothy t
Thompson, magazine writer,, is .-tnj
: Italy.
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| PHILADELPHIA.—Plans for an-i
j other bonus march on Washington i
, before adjournment of Congress, un- -
dep -leadership Of the Shirts of Ainer- i
j ica, were announced by Art Smith,v
, national, commqnde^. Ardors have;
i been issued all^Yjs'0*! potamamlers,
to mobilize and await orders from
general headquarters, £< v the march,
Mr. Smith said.
LOS ANGELES.—A- ,third citation ''
for contempt of court- was filed before
Superior Judge Isi C. Pacht today;
against Alan MacDonald and Felix
Kahn, San Francisco contractors, by
Deputy District Attorney Frank
Stafford, growing out of their con
nection with ti»e abandoned San Ga
briel dam project. The purpose of the;
new citation is to compel the men to
bring into couat or. May H all-docu
ments and books covering activities
of their firm.
LODI.—Mrs. Dan Quaschnik, 34,
mother o£ three children, was near
death after she had suered major j
burns in rescuing the children when j
her ranch home, near here, was com-j
pletely destroyed by fire today. The |
woman, who^as expecting the birth j
of another child within a few days,'
was-given-<#ittu£.lly no chance to.sur-j
vive. The ,chi’dren were carried to J
safety, unharmed. j
CMAIIA.- The bodies of Deputy
, Sh4j?*f.v J. Cv Brady, 60, and his wife
were found in their gas-filled home
h^rg. ioda^-r,Apparently - they had
| been 5ead si jig? Sunday. 'Officers be-.
htNed.-bqerv^... Brady arose and put
on thg teakettle in preparation for '
breakfast, then went baek to bed. f
NEW Art dealers of the
vorbl “weFe warned today to watch
'■ r i d jv.vti.iaits by 'old masters,
vo>th at least which were
stolen fiw.ni their franjn* at the
V.a'jKKfl. Mtirourr). The masterpieces
included paintings 'by Van 3>yek, Ru^
tens, Fra Angelico, Lucas Cranach,
ind George Tv^nrwie^
FARTS,—-Forty-six policemen were
fijured in half an hour's fighting with
wo thousand communists in the Bo.U~
evard Poniatorwski Monday night.
Pwelve -persene were sent >te hos
titals.
/CHICAGO,—-George M. Porteus, a
'ioneer in development of the Ber
dllon system in the United States,
lied at. bis home here Monday night,
HOLTON,. Kan.—John W. Darling
-O.n.; Government weather forecaster
sere, who for some time has made
tut regular reports- without pay, re*
leived a letter today notifying him
cis salary had been cut 15 per cent.
FRESNO.—A. Webb, 86, retired
Prcsno business man, prepared today
Xt enter the bonds vf matrimony for
the seventh time. In his application
for a marriage license, filed several
lays ago, he related he had been
ihrice divorced and, thrice left a wid
ower. His intended bride was Mora
Joiner- 65, Tyho yap. to venture into
matrimony a second time.
SAN FRANCISOO.—Reports that
ijn airplane had plunged <■ into the
acean off Point St. Qeorge, near the
Oregon-California .line, sent the coast
guard cutter^,C^ahejda,.^teaming to
ward the scene today iJ. W. Mohier,
Cijesoept, City, reported he had
seen a plane apparently stop in mid
air, then fall into the sea as he drove
along the coast highway, about 8 a. m
The Cahokia left from Eureka, ac
cording to coast guard headquarters
here, but had 80 miles to go before
reaching the vicinity of Point St,
George.
BOURNEMOUTH, England.—Miss
Dorothy Round, No. 2 ranking British
women’s player, today won the Brit
ish Hardcourtp tennis title by taking
the final match with Miss Helen Ja
cobs, of California, ranked No. 1 -in
the United States. Scores, were 3, G,
8. 2, 6,- 3.
RED BLUFF.—W. iy. Stoddard has
a one-tree orchard), in nis-back yard ,
Eight varieties of fruj£ are produced
on the tree.
CHICAGO.—Jim London and John
Savoldi, recent participants in a dis
puted heavyweight wrestling match
here, today wer$ orfiejid .to meet in
a return match here within thirty
days, the winner ^ oe recognized as
world’s champion .it) Illinois by the
State A tthletie.,Commission.
WASHINGTON.—The higher-ups
here all bfli^ve* the , depression k
about over, although only a few have
the nerve to say so publicly. They
lenow what happened to the Hoover
Administration officials before the
?ame wan finished. They will bide
.heir .time for that reason until the
ivjdjnqc 'hdispjitable. They am
prjjmtijjj,' counting on the fact tljC
:hf has power for the first
:krtp Uj. -the strings if thipgt
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