The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 6, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XXXV NO 5773 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS BANK MESSENGER SHOT, KILLED; LARGE SUM STOLEN JUNEAU ALASKA, FRIDAY DE.CE’VlBl-R 6 I9 9 AMERICAN fe | Weddir 2 Bells Will Ring ’ ‘m I,‘uly Next Year FORTY BUSINESS MEN TO CONFER AND AID TRADE Permanent National Dlag- nose Will Be Made in Washington HOOVER’S SCHEME IS TAKING ON BIG SCOPF Permanent Councxl Foxmcd — Julius Barnes Is to Be Chairman WASHINGTON manent national diagnose to col e the ills of American trade when symptoms of depression be- | come apparent, will be established within the next few days as Lh« direct result of President Hooves widely attended general business conference. The diagnose will be decided by a committee of prominent busine executives whose duty it is to main- t assclose and continual watch over the trend of business in all of its phases and to quickly reco nize signs of retardment and par- ticular to give a warning and rec- ommend remedies. A permanent council has been formed of 40 men selected from many who attended yesterday™ meeting and heard President Hoov- er sm"l(' out the “good old word— " as the key to business pro- The council was chosen by | Barnes, Chairman of the of the Chamber of Com-| ce of the United States, who, was put in charge of the project. BODY OF AR MAIL PILOT | FOUND, OHIO Missing F]icr and Wrecked' Machine Located— Down in Storm CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 6.—The of air mail pilot Thomas P.| Nelson, in his plane, badly shat- | tered, was found late yesterday by | a rabbit hunter near Chagrin Falls, 85 miles southeast of here. Nelson met death Monday morn- | from taking their daughter big-| ing while flying in a blinding -snow storm, making the air mail rou flight from Bellefonte, Penn,, Cleveland. The body was hurled by the ter- i impact of the plane against round, about 25 feet from the v age. The air mail was safe. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and many other fliers were out in the search, when the repo: ed here of the finding of Nelson's body and plane. T t v Dec. 6.—A per- | For The | | | Helene Costello, a sis whispered to s early next year. GER} HEAVIER eral friends that ITe obtained a divorce from er of Mrs. John B'\rrymom may wed Lowell Sh(‘x-l man, according to a report from Los Angeles. In fact, Sherman has he and Helene expect to be married | Pauline Garon a short time TANS BEARING LOADS OF HUMAN WAR TOLLS Cupid S teered the While society was puzzling over her | divorced husband’s court cffort to prevent Mrs, Melba McMartin Lee game hunting in Af , Mrs. Lee was planning a Paris wedding with | Thornton Wallace Orr, New York | society man, as the bridegroom. | Mrs. Lee is the daughter of Duncan McMartin, Sr., one of the richest men in Canada. Interns ional Newsreel CON( TRATE PAINT BUSINESS CHICAGO—New York, New Jer- sey, Ohio and Iilinois account for 60 per cent of production of paint and varnish in the United States. MILLIONS SAVED CAR BY AUTOMOT BUYERS IVE RESEARCH WORK DETROIT, Dec. 6.—Automobile buyers of the country are being saved millions of dollars annually in the cost of their cars through research and standardization of parts and practices in the automo- ive industry. Through standardization of minor s and fittings and other fix- the automobile, which in afiects the originality of de- Society of Automotive Engineers estimates that the sav- ing to buyers is $840,000,000 a year. The calculation is based on the to- tal valuation of $4700,080,000 of all cars and parts produced last year. In ccoperation with the automo- bile industry, equipment manufac- and others, the engineers’ v and the United States bu- standards have brought t reduction in the mul- ty of shapes and sizes of serews, bolts, nuts, couplings, and other minor fittings. To the layman this might seem an insignificant achievement, but it has been responsible in large part for the reduction in the price of ‘tories has resulted his car and in making it possible for him to get a much better car for the same money he paid a few years ago. tandardization, to a certain extent, also has been effect- ed in the manufacture of automo- bile tires, but further reduction in the number of sizes is hoped for. Work in the automotive lahora- in far more powerful engines without increase in size or cost, engines which will stand the punishment of hard use long after those of a few years ago would have gone to the junk heap. Bodies, springs, headlights, fan belts, ignition systems, virtually every part of the automobile has been improved at no increase in cost, or at less cost, through re—‘ search and standardization. Standardization has been the two- bladed knife in cutting manufactur- ing costs. Multiple operation ma- chines which do the work former-| | The first fall of snow fell today | 'in Juneau, starting at an early hour | this morning and continuing until | ly performed by crews of men and turn out a more uniform grade of work have greatly reduced the cost| of labor, while at the same time reducing expenses by speeding up production. Lee Trip Abroad | 1\ B()l"v!’\\l Staff Writer) BERLIN, Dec. 6. he toll of the orld war in terms of human vic- more and ‘more ny. sus of the maimed : in 1924, 1925, shown ever he fourth census, just completed, | makes tl total of recipients war pensions and invalid ulmwanf 40,000 more than in 1928. are now 807,596 persons dr; !such relief, compared with 76 {last year. The increase i3 due to the fact that in a great many cases the after-effects of war wounds are be- coming more apparent with ad ing years and the hard strui for life. In 1923, some 500,000 ex- scoldiers were paid a lump sum in | consideration of their “diminished capacity for work,” to 20 per cent of their e Thousands of these unfdrtuna yhowever, found that a cold wi had little use for even partly abled workers, and so they g ally drifted back to the ranks applicants for state support. War widows have also increased in the past year from 3: i 1361,040, but the fatherless war phans have declined from 731,721 im 632,014, and the number of the {doubly orphaned from 56623 (0 51,917 Officials of the Labor Depart- ment, to whom the care of the war victim falls, say that for some time the “newly disabled” are to prove a growing financial dsn on the community, mo: off-sefting the number {from the pension lists by death R R T ranging from 15 ing | or- Ask Appropriation IFor Fish Laboratory Construction WASHINGTON, Dec. 6—Author- |ization for an appropriation of $4,- 470,000 to provide for a {construction and maintenanc: gram for is asked in a bill introduced |the House. Construction of the projec proposed for the first of the jand includes a fish laboratory for Alaska to cost $50,000. pro- the Bureau of Fisherics, in in the above dispatch is to be con- structed at the University of Wash- ington, in Seattle, for the benefit of Alaska and other Pacific Coast fisheries. FIRST SNOW OF SEASON IS TODAY after 8 o'clock. The depth was about two inches and was still on the ground this afternoon. HURLEY IS T0 - SUCEFED 00D | dent—Official Comes | from the South the President drew from the South AS WAR CHIEF Selection Ismlc by Presi-| TRADE TO BE HOOVER CHUCKS POMPOSITY AND LIVES AS Al PRICE TEN CENTS nO0STED !THREE BANDITS 'REE WIFE| ESCAPE AFTER . SHOOTING MAN {Seize Bank Bag and Make | Getaway with Loot Es- 1 timated at $30,000 ONE ROBBER KILLS WASHINGTON, Dec. 6-~—Patrick J. Hurley, of Oklahoma, h: been | WHEN HE lS SEIZED selected by President Hoover to| succ as Sec- retar DakRC A Scene of Hold -up Across ing. S taken_oter from School-—Students e di L cpartment upen the death of Good. Prior to Hear One Shot that time he was Assistant Secre- tary. PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Dec. 6.— | Patrick J. Hurley is a lawyer by | Cameron Cook, messenger for the profession. He was one of the men | Bank of Philadelphia and Trust Company, was shot to death by one ifor an important post after his of three men this forenoon, who {election. He is just under 50 years seized his bank bag, containing /j old. He was a Colonel in the Re- $30,000 in cash and checks, it is estimated. ve Corps during the World War 1 won the disting i / b Sarilg-bais Judge FEmulates |Portia in Boarding House Suit The bandfts escaped. Cook, who was about 50 years of age, stepped out of a branch Post Office in the northern part of the city. /' One bandit leaped out of an automobile, pressed a pistol against Cook’s side and seized the bag. The two other men remained i the car. The robber threw the bag to BRADFORD, England, D 6.— ; Shakespearean j‘h;’“n A © Bachrach the car and as he started to climb out in county court here when Mrs. In, Cook tried. to seltl him. ‘Fhe aura Walker, who takes in board-| Sinoe Lou Henry Hcover entered the W House as First Lad , she has scormed the conventions robber backed away and fired one was sued for $150 allged to ©f high office. AL upper left she is taking a walk i the captial; at lower left she is shown in a Girl shot. Cook fell with a bullet through be due T. Mosley. Scout uniferm. At lower right she own in zcademic can and gown. i“"‘ head. Mozley testified that while board- 2R — . ST 42| The sose of (b shooHus (NS | 3 |across the street from a public ing with the defendant and hepy By SUE MONAMARA whe #k interésted into the @aily! howeves, Mbsy Heever conforins 2 sehdol - and Mireds- of - ohildren & husband he loaned her $150..Evi-| (A. P. Peature Service Writer) '|1ic. or (ho White House instcad of | custom. T s i, o s dence in the form of affectionate| WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. — Lou )., # : vt ) 2 4 The sight of Mrs. Hoover, walking | ) car letters and postcards, however, con- |Henry Hoover, who rode a friend- he, Moy o~ er, walXing | The bandit jilped into the buoyantly alonz on her low-heel d and the men {irove away, soon be- The fish laboratory mentioned his motive was reprehensible.| In the months that have passed |25 an unheard of t ) _Y"“';,‘"“ ‘jf"f“.j““’p’f‘f‘.‘_‘f‘;j“ ‘.’ i nd so, taking his cue from Por-|since the heavy responsibility, Pre: s wife to make any trip, “‘_‘j-l ;“-,{ji“ o e 7 tia's famous “pound of flesh” President’s wife was placed on her, |BoWeve ¢ ”“‘ ‘Whito | $a¥e 1Y, SReFX SO0 CRaLY, s speech, he found for the plaintiff{her acts have pictured a new type HOUSe ccompanied | Mrs. Hoover has re-arranged the! but added: of First Lady. by a se ‘Wlnu: Hcuse to k it herse!f and in| “In view of the opinion I hold of| She has done unprecedented| Now a White House a way to make it homey and fos BARRED FRuM the plaintiff the order is that the|things and a resume of her “tenure glides out of the biz gate with ‘ftu'tvublc.v She has planted :\"1 wvely judgment debt and costs shall be|in office” brings out sharply that|mistress of the mansion at the Colifornia garden in the hack yard paid off at the rate of tuppence @ hers will be a unique place in his- |Wheel. Only women friends are in |Where she entertains little grod U s SENATE month until liguidated.” ucry the car. No solicitious “other car” |Of friends at tca. accompanics them. | u When she gees on trips out of |night suppers, just as she did on 8/ \u wn or to ml‘nh where biz crowds street, with a few friends drnpping r her to bc alone, in informally. As a result ,Mrs. Walker hn)‘ She shops and drives alone. She She still has intimate something over 300 years in which goes to evening entertainments to pay up. (without (he Prnsldm* WITH OFFICERS | Willed Hundred GOVERNMENT i i Doors Closed Txghlly, Def- | initely—Senate Vote ! Is 58 to 22 WASHING’I‘ON. Dec. 6.—The | |doors of the United States Senate |are closed tightly and definitely |against William 8. Vare, for years Wife Sues Walter Hill, Empire Builder’s Son | | | . SILANTL, Mich, Dec. o, | power in Pennsylvania state poli= Paroled Conwct Dies in| ! FAGES BRISIS MRS L Sion, by & vike of 't B | J o facturer, has received a leg- The note L decided that Gun D‘!"lk]ealousy ‘» I o acy of $100 under the tarms @ . ‘(,)7,35;0(\0 A :ninm.es o O Over Woman ‘y | A : ‘HK ‘l“" “';lll J)I li‘“s&; :’;"é“’:‘; ® philadelphian i the primary elee- ¢ | . % . Smalley-Rabbith, ‘&§ tion in 1926 and the charges ‘of KANSAS LIT& Mo., Dec. 6.—| ‘SOldlEl’S AL’C n MutlnyA- e who died recently. 8he was 4 ® (.44 and corruption in that con= Robert Belcher, aged 34, paroled | g g sy | member of a pioneer fam ® 'tost, barred him from taking a seat convict from California, shot it out | i D!S(\)/rders an Entlre e historian and collector of an-- ® '\, which he was certified to as * with the police last night and, ‘ Yangtze Valley o tiques. She was deeply in- ® |gected, paid with his life. He died in a| | it 1o, |® terested in Ford's Museum al ® | The Senate approved the resolus hospital several hours after he had | SHANGHAI, Dec. 6—The Nation- ® Dearborn. ® tion by Senator Reed, by a vote of engaged in a gun duel with two alist Government faces the most |® ® |66 to 15, that Willam B. Wilson, patrolmen who sought to arrest; 1Hus © s of its brief, tempe © 000600000600 0080 y,s Democratic opponent was him upon complaint that he in-| ot existenal — e not elected. ;IHL ;; d;:nkgrr‘rr;"c;]o:;elhcm B ‘M:m} vhu.u.m]l svol s are in| . uynited States buys .nearly Iv[lthlp! f"fl :‘rllg:cc:/:rengzngzzz Two of the gunmen’s bullets foundl ]1;:‘ r v.'nr;:md .nlnm ¢ the | 30, DeF. fonR Shane boftec f,‘ i 11"1 thc“hr:l:d: of Gov. John 8. Fish- their mark before he fell. | entire Yangtze Valley, in which live :}::L:flrAmericn Haniib did et |er, Republican, who may make an i, E. E. Alexander, who attempted thousands of organized commun- |” y Jappointment. to befriend the woman, Mrs. Lil-| lian Jeserich, a widow, was shot' ¥ and dangerously wounded. J. G.| Jenkins, a policeman, was shot through the mouth. | Alexander is not expected to rc-} cover. | “ISCANTY CLOTHING Thh ON STAGE LOSING LURE SAYS CRITIC BRGSO undraped | in Engl for. e it Mrs. Mildréd Richardson Hill mer stage star, who has filed | for divorce from | youngest son of the late | Hill, raid millionaire, in Livingston 5080 esesesece s Hill.| TODAY'S STOCK . QUOTATIONS ° James J |, ®© 00 8 0060 0089000 | Mont. , PARIS, Dec. 6.—The 1. Also most of the good \ i \*1:/' B i # _ | female figure no longer pulls crowds |choruses are English or American, NEW YORK. Det. 5.—Alaska JU- 1y, (1o theatre, says Louls Le Sid-|because the French girls appear to \Ampllfl)lln Makers Seek |1 mine stock is quoted Loday &% laner, writer and critie, but the|have too much “individuality” to N T 8%, At 37, Bethlehemn (1, cause of music hall failure, (Kick all together. | £3 i News Terms for Landing [sicc 95, Geneyal Motors 40%, Com- || "0 14,7 i5 “to0 much America.” | The much overworked | jou ]"f““,ym i:;i;fifizflifi P]: Five music halls have closed or €l and the short-skirted woman NEW YORK, Dec. 0—Two Eng-| Paper B 20 Paper G 11, |gone over to the movies. The mmn“‘l“’ gre "“‘:‘fl Bare ‘“!3‘ have alig 14 busy inventing new kinds of ju//, | Standard Oil of California {land of an amphibian planc ar | ‘.1 general idea ol the figure of the sought by the Sikorsky Aviation in an effort to keep their box of- modern Venus. fices open. City i Corporation, i vad C‘"'DONF‘"J" 58%, Therefore, says Le Sidaner, the i “Amerissager” is French fo -ffir}{lflk’ma 51%, Montgom- | Americans, and also English, Le public tired of half clad show girls, ! AFTER TODAY THERE |71anding on water” and “aterris- ¢ -Ward 587%. Sidaner explains, do not come Llo particularly as the specimens wills# sager” for *“landing on land,’ but ) T { Paris to see what they see at home |ing to parade in undress wereq'fi |and the French much prefer their vs of transcendent beauty. own to foreign brands of enter-; When the slate is wiped |tainment. He admits theatrical |and the theatres “restore art directors think otherwise and that elegance,” Le Sidaner feels most French playwrights and play- | Parisians again will go to the ers are trying to turn out the!offlces and foreigners again Wi American variety of song and dance.|pay to see something Often entire scenes are givon French, 3 the aviation company wants a less NORTH CAROLINA LEADS involved way of expressing the amphibjous characteristics of its plane. ; ARE ONLY 15 | MORE SHOPPING DAYS i LEFT | WASHINGTON — For the first ‘nine months this year the Treas- |ury Department received $341447,- revenue from the tobacco North Carolin paid $186,- ——————— Hawali exported $77,000000 of 987 in sugar and $35,000,000 of pineapples industry. last year, |493,685. distiz