The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIIL, NO. 4977 ., NO. : JUNEAU ALASK’\ SATURDA\ DECEMBER 22, I928 ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME GIVEN HOOVER BY BRAZIL FARM RELIEF LEGISLATION BEING URGEII { | | Secretary Jardine Sends| Letter to McNary— Bill Endorsed WASHINGTON, gress made sh day's se Hou legisl A letier from Secretary of culture William M. Jardin ator Charles L. McNary, of the Senate Agriculture te endorsing the Me tarted a drive f that measure this tor McNary announc ble the committe it during the holiday res mediately after Secretary arded as an Coolidge o ition's de bill thro | letter indorsed the bill-which established a Federal Farm Board with $300,000,000 loan fund de claring “1 believe it should be passed as early as possible in or. to make it applicable for the crop.’ Howe Senators Brookhart, who played a promi- nent part in the Hoover campaign a standing pat for an extra ses- sion Hoover promised for farm relief. They insist that the tariff revision which will get started next month and farm marketing legislation are related and should be taken up together as soon ai Hoover ! returns. De 22 ort ‘work of ye: Bcth the Senate briefly but no ma up for considera- ion m fon was Agri- to Sen- dirman Sena-~ » will as- to consid cess or im-| din letter wa ssion from the Admin.' to t the Mc- re President is Borah and {several examples of the medern toy-maker’s ert, 11928 medels. NEW YORK, |lion dolls that Christma; Dec. 22—Two mil-janq o should open their | ¢ morning and de- j Apn, with tlie cry of imaqe jn United will confine their greet-|me past year, indicating that they {Ing this year to a simple’wail of lnave won a cherished plact “ma~—" {hearts of little American girls syllables | This inereased popularity, gt witthat (Mes chietly T the™fue that lable is Ireflect modern lith. Designed by not w he PUWER "IERGER sound. Therofore, ATUSts wio faithfully inferbret the EXPEGTED Nuw production of this type of talking|modern spifit of Wy w ther wheel ins 1 ximately goods, {eyes light ma-ma he Siates during | For “ma-ma’ is tve ana toy makers have de 1HIA t of the rth t doll has been curtailed and the one |Sim bodies and log h the single plaintive note in-|8nd bobbed hair | creased. | resistible appeal NEW YORK, Dec A $1,000, As Christmas r of 000 publie utility corporation scon!.,mes from the blondes may rise on a foundation made up! r ov Makers, of merged smaller corporations|yac wielded a v serving areas in New York, New|quring the Jersey and Pennsylvania. {that a vivid, multi-colored array of Plans and negotiations have been | piaythings will confront the your Kept guarded carefully, and thesyers Christmds morning. identities of the interested corpor-| Not only is the modern ations have not been disclosed. |o¢ eolor very ev Recent purchase of Aayimies Dt N. Y., public utility properti 7 Kighar getistry the Ellis L. Phillips and associates | ever hefore however, is believed to represent; i oo e e the forging of another link in the 1. AN X {marked by a trend ain that will bind the smaller] . | chiatty i i thie Tl ubstantially built toys. The play- units into a tri-state organization| thing for one day's amusement is ore and st toys sold toda 1 atrealibalidrad Enat Hip g | O, 0T and, mosEA0K Weld. today {will last a year or longer, :nanu- corporation will be built around| § QU tacturers sa Insistence on the the United Gas Improvement Com. | . pari of the child to have something pany of Philadelphia, with thej, = .. yioy with instead of merely Public Service Corporation of New \ | prifkiilE the ‘Bhwer re< | sitting back and watching his toy sources of that state into the pool.| erform, 18 declavaifiiishoonnible (for this change. | \recover. Northeastern and Mohawk-Hudson | L y The high mtensity of modern life | - eee — power companies and a group of Niagara Falls have been mention.|and the great concentration on iu.l fusing learning into youngsters ed as among the New York cor- porations with whom negotiations|have lowered the play age of chil-| are under way. dren from what it was 10 years| Stunt ago. A toy that formerly amused a 12.year-old child now will not| Former Oregon State entertain him if he passes 10, The average child mare than 10| Star Tackle Stabbed i demands Something which appeals’_ To Death, Corvallis!'to nis imagination and challenges |ine his energy and ability. American two sac CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 22— toy makers say they must tax their' roor of (1 Lanza Bryant, aged 20, slayer of ingenuity to supply suitable play-|experime Lewis Dickerson, forn‘(r Oregon |things to sophisticated youngsters!geierm State star tackle, mustface a de-|of 10 to 14 years. Yairigible mail’ carrie Stan- gree of murder charge. Dicker-| While one-third of the toys that qgaris held sacks in position son died in a hospital yesterday. will find their way into the homes | tho crews to grasp them. Bryant stabbed him five times a of American children Christmas | e few days ago as he was escorting morning, toy builders say, will be| a Corvallis girl home. velocipedes, kiddie cars, bic; cles| INSURANCE ASSETS | SHOW BIG INCREASE 1 | the, to 29 22~ very The ty this Christmas. e distinctive fe Americ doll crog year the unbr ble head, the “ma- {ma” and “ma volee, proved sleeping eye cor draws Ame that Sants us pain ye with the result near word | or v the mechanism PROSECUTOR SHOT DOWN PARLS, D« Public Prosec conducted against th accused of sace from in the do assailan tic note ent in this year's there also is seen in design than have been ywards more | s Facl sful pagandists arate Al- the Alsatian prc trying to s ance, of his rrendered. was shot homa. [ Fachot may {Army Blimp Does by liself In l)emouslratwn NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec, 22, pausing in the Zlight, Blimp TC-5 picked up| of dummy m m the : High School here. The | had been planned to the advantages of the Army ne ROBERTS GOES SOUTH H | the 0. Roberts, Kodiak TIsland district came no th on business several days ago, left for his home in Se- attle on the Alameda. canneryman of NEW YORK, Dec. can life insurance companies In- creased their assets $1,600,000,000 during the current year, the largest amount ever added in a similar pericd. ¢ 22 —Ameri- doubled in seven years, he said, and constitute an investment fund “which is pouring capital into all| sections of the country in response ! to demands for industrial and so-! cial development.” Outstanding life insurance pro- tection totals §95,000,000.000. Investments by insurance com-i | panfes are divided as follows: Reall | estate mortgage loans, $6,000.000.-| 000; railroad bonds and stocks | $2,759,000,000; housing and build-' | ‘ing mortgages, $4,278,000,000; (nrmfi | mortgages, $1,936,000,000; United States government bonds, $380.000,- 000, and public utilities securities, | $1,329,000,000, Ben Eielson _Makes Discovery South Pole Region N. D, Dec. 22— | Lieut. Ben Bielson, chief pilot with Capt. George H. Wilkins" South Pole Expedition, in a radiogram to his father here, relayed from San Francisco, | reported the discovery of six | islands while making a 1,200- mile flight in the South Pole | region. | b | | “Thomas I Parkingon, president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States speak- ing before the twenmty.second an- nual convention of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents here today® submitted a survey placing the total assets at $16,000,000,000. Sixty-five million people hold poli. cies in the various companies. These assets have more than A dazzling array of Christmas toys, reflecting in one way or anmother fl\e modern life of Am- erica, will peur from Santa’s heavy bags for American childrcn Christmas Eve. including several types of the ever-popular doll, 2 in the too, mark | and the im-| down | 1 Arthur Schafer, | who “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” il MAERERA S E S ARSI - 1 New Christmas Tovs Reflect Modern S pirit ‘HEPARAT]UNS - SITUATION 1S COMING UP & United States May Partici- pate if an Invitation Is Extended Dec s would pr in conference ierman reparatior suitable "invitatior rticipate ly the th would e pr - such an thot lons qur for REurop to sclve. No such invi n received reports London indicated that fowards a reparation rence is being made and Sir Howard, British Amba understood to have ed to appreach the ngton Government. He, howeve been ill sveral s resident Coolidge be th ‘o the conference would for their own and should not be {pered by previous instruction les to the conduct and aim governments nvit he tion {tion T the primarily an Throug from 1l Pari movemen for gates w be frec | clusions hamn e Above are shown| . . i iy | Kidnapping Case Expected to Go to Jury Before Night Travels For Dinner e CHICAGO, Dec. Ranieri kidnapping peeted to to the jury before tonight after nearly four week in court room procedure. The fitate will ask the death penalty for twao of the three men on trial rKidnappimg 10-¥ear-old Billy Raniert for $60,000 ransom. An- gelo Petitti, Andrew Cappellano and Tony, Capellano’s son are cused of being implicated. The case is Billy ex g0 Afghanistan Loyal Troops Fight Rebels || : S LONDON, Dec. 22 | 4 4 lcyal to King Amanullah of ghanistan have the of |8 b fensive and advices received here | tell of the defeat of ‘the rebels. The Afghanistan Legation in London acknowledges the revolt {1s serious. One dispatch received said a batle begun by loyal troops | against the rebels was hird fought. The belief is expressed that the insurgents will be soon driven from their strong i trenchments. The troops Af- taken | | { | o Key Man in Rothstein |l ; Case Pleads ‘Guiliy 29 Key NEW YORK; Dec Inger, reported as the lin the alleged Rothstein Syndicate, suddenly pleaded guilty | yesterday and was remanded for {sentence. The poszibility is lhu | Unger may clean™ on Imotais Hpbertaon; globe troteer, | | Rothstein connec | will eat Christmas dinner at home. | sehtdite, She arrived in Los Angeles recently \%" Fie m“m""m iddikis, after traveling seven wecks to be :huro when Santa Claus arrives. | | ‘ | | | No Change Seen in Condlhon of King| Dec —The King restful night with alternation in h is now regarded e | | LONDON, !Jury Recommends T i |no noticeable i\ Death for Slayer: condition which i Kiddies Homeless';3"(licr fory for | De confe Mrs | SHELTON, Wauss., logger, murderer of Mr, and Kirk, has been sentenced \following a verdict of a jury which deliberated four hours and recoms mended death. Schafer slew the night of September Kirk by sending a the kitchen window Mrs. Kirk was found the next day in a forest nearby, shot and as. saulted. She accused Schafer be- | fore she died in the ho n"»n Three | small (Mldren survive th B g Rockefeller, Jr., Church Is Damaged by Fire NEW YORK, Dec. 22—Fire last night badly damaged the $4,00 000 church known as the Rocke feller Jr. Church, now under con struction on Riverside Drive. on the He shot | through | the home. Kirks 16 shot of Rockefeller, Jr. con'tribu- ted largely toward the cmmruc. tion, The damage iz estimated u‘ $1,000,000, been | from en-| Joseph | M.m} Narcodic | on “to By hims) MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS Victims of Cupid’s Darts ) 3 HOOVER GIVEN . FINE WELCOME | BY BRAZILIANS resident of Brazil and Wife Greet President- Elect and Wife DISCUSSES WELFARE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Declares Great Progress Has Been Made in Past Century RIO DE JANEIRO, Des, 28— President Washington Luis, of Brat zil, received Herbert Hoover om | 2 . y arrival here yesterday afternoom, 4 while Mrs. Hoover was rozeived Mrs. Luis and greetings wore exchanged. The Hoover Party then drove crowd. at a cheering will days The spontancous welcome, the Capital's beauty and the grandeur 'of the mountains deeply impressed the Hoovers. The Hzovers three Ifere is first photo to reach the Ln\(ul States of Miss Tallulah | remain the Palace Bankhead, American actress-favorite of the London stage, and | her blue-blooded fiance, Count Anthony Basd: Their wed- | ding is scheduled to take place within a fortnight. ARBITRATION TREATY NOW ~ CADORNA DIES CAUSES SPLIT commander Army During World War Passes Away modern jnvention has lifted the burdens of man so the individual may rise by his ownaccomplish= |ments as never before. v “I cherish, as an honor, thia of Italian opportunity to meet men selected by various communities to emact linto law the will of the Brazillag | people. {common task of working out ap Mleuuve Ewfimnt by t D { nubllr welfarq rests upon du | confidence that\the majority eon- | clusions by an instructed people will in the long run be right and wise, | “We know Sub - Committee of P, A. Conferefice Appuointed” Settle Differences WASHINGTON, erial difference of opinion ped the delegat rican Confer i to be placed in Treaty and a had appointe formula ac n Dec. 22—A ma- devel the | th the sub. d that mistakes will be made, that failures may dis- courage these who look for a millenium over night but in the survey of a century of experience on the Western Hemisphere, we gee we have made more progress in human welfare than there has been in such a period of history." prov 3 Arbitration Committee seck a | delegati to b dratting of t gained | Conterence proceeding [while the conferences of je ttee of the Boliy [aguay te remaine teplies to the tu prineiple diff ation Trea I t certain ¢laims should be ub to compul arbitration PG NO PARDONS BEGRANTED - © TOCONVIETS e e { ‘ceur t2rna wore a mil. fifty-five year 62%, e Treaty asce PROTEST DEMONSTRATION MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22. — In protest against the possib to Mexico by Herbert Hoover, group of men and women carry- |ing red banners and singing the Internationale invaded the editor- ial offices of Mexican newspapess last night. The demonstrators shouted: “Hoover no; Viva San- dino.” 'I'hu noml)nxtralurs also [shouted “Meura Morrow,” whieh {means down with Morrow. Dwight Morrow is the Amerl- can Ambassador to Mexico. - -os *d ina stionnaire ) na que | ressed WIGI CADORNA ROME, Dec, Agancy Louigi Italian 22,—The reports the Cadorna, Commander Army from 1915 to Stefano News death of Count the STOCK QUOTATIONS | NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Alaska | Juneuu Ming stock is-quoted today t 8%, Chrysler 121%, Cudahy, selsfancor Taiv W el itigon-Schilds 38%, Kenne g war €ott. Copper 148%, Missouri §2%¢ io o Nevada Consolidated 35%, M Srbet Motors 1491, }’ommylvunin Rail. sho attuutlal | Mie won | 108d 72%, Phillips Petroleum 434, who bad . distinguished | S €A Ts, Roebuck 168%, Stewarks military ho al.| Warner 1169 Tu.h Corporation 1571, White Eagle, 'unrorma ‘Packoers T4%. or Con- who bring to be an | WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 |viets in' Fede prisons thoped Santa "¢ would them pardons, :leppnlnlv(l th ar for the De- {partment of Justice announced that the praetice of recommend- ing Christmas pardons has been {abolished. The Deparcment lapplication for the Attorney might = actex on holidays is the recomr of the Parole Board that Miller, former Alien Custodian be granted dom. The Department says the prac tice of Christmas pardcns has been abused. | A survey of the S e {department of {that the number ed in the manv goodls, other than felt increased from 1,300 in 2000 in while the "kers has advanc forward as tional leaders ot a man himself in int are fam science, (Coatinued on Page Threw) 36%, FUR MANUF ACTURE said the a parol Generai pefore ndation Thomas h free WASHINGTON, Dec this $250,000,000 Fur i\\ml‘! from Alaska to meet the d country has, mand. business Imports come of the world, only upplylng more worth yearly. An export business also has beefl developed, with the United dom, Canada, Germany and France the best customers. Exports las « from | vear were valued 4t $§31,000,000: "5 000, and the wholesale| Muskrat, opossum, skunk and aggregate product | Taccoon are the outstanding ym §44,000,000 to|mercial furs produced in this coun |try, but numerous other pelts e ter trade in small volume, tal production, which varies from year to year, is 12,0 muskrat pelts, 8,000,000 skunk 500,000 to 1,000,000 race i manufacture become @ in from all s on(» the | hows | ment acture indust commerc of est by Former Ambassador To Chile Passes Away INDI \\':\I'Ul 1S, 1 ==Joseph Shea, | Chile during the Wilson Admin !istration, died here today. ot hats, | 1914 num- hu]., Dec. 22 Ambassador their nsed f 254,000,000, | Although the Mississippi Valley |is rated as the largest fur-produ s |ing area in the world and suppli ‘ WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 l’rps—‘.| large proportion of the annual| ident Coolidge has nominated Col.!$70,000,000 cateh, whieh is double| Marked development in !It Franeis Parker to be Chief of [that of Ru and three times|ing in this country in recent ; the Burcau of Insular Affairs that of Canada, it 18 necessary ‘-t’nw survey adds, has resul with the rank of Brigadier Gen-|import some $136,00,000 worth of {supplying virtually all fox pru] furs and to bring in wbvwllulrll'h,"“ domestically bred Chief of One Bureau [to the Government Palace through | | We are engaged in W< e visit 2 six countries 9 than ‘55,000,0“_ i | Mr. Hoover responding to U |weleome given him by the P 4 |dent of the Brazilian Senate, sald * £l & Packard . 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