The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 24, 1931, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXVIIL, NO. 5831. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1931. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS AMERICAN LEGION ON RECORD AGAINST PROHIBITION AMER. FARMER |Randolph Field, “West Point of the Air,” WELL STOCKED WITH SUPPLIES Record Breaking Storing and Canning Make Full Larders NATIONAL SURVEY BRINGS OUT FACTS States Takeg;plus Stocks, Store Them, for Needy During Winter NEW YORK, Sep'. 24—(Copy- righted by Associated Press)— Record breaking storing and can- ning activities have placed the American farmers in a better posi- tion than in many years, to face the winter, as far as food is con- cerned. This is revealed by the comple- tion of a National survey made by The Associated Press. The survey shows, that with un- precedented foresight, farmers in general began months ago to pre-| pare for a hard winter and now have foodstuffs in their cellars, storage houses or on the pantry shelves to last until next Spring. Farmers, in some instances, wear patches on their trousers, but they will have full larders for their fam- ilies. Many schemes were effected to take the surplus crops off the hands of the farmers and can them for distribution to the needy later. The Penitentiary in Washington State has charge of canning there. ‘Community cellars where the farmers deliver surplus crops for distribution to the needy have been established or planned in Wash- ingtop and Wyoming. Whashington State reports show farmers and farm. taborers havz assured their families of food un- til Spring by bartering in produce. The survey made by the Associat- ed Press shows many states had more garden crops planned for this season than ever before and farm- ers and their families practically have all their winter requirements. BEER, MAKING INVESTIGATION WILL BE MADE Effects of B;;ing, If Leg- alized, to Be Ascer- tained by Hyde WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24. _The Department of Agriculture is to investigate and ascertain the possible effects of legalization of beer upon the farmer. Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde revealed that many re- quests for information on the sub- jeet have reached his office. The Secretary said none of the requests came from the White House, however. Secretary Hyde further said that he had intended some time ago to initiate an investigation to determ- ine exactly the number of farmers who might be employed _raising hops, barley and similiar ingred- ients should the making of beer become legal. —————————— JOHN FOSTER IS CONVICTED ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 24. _—John Foster, former Postmaster at Unga, Alaska, has been found guilty by a jury for embezzlement of $2,160. ——— WOMEN'S MISSIONARY ; SOCIETY WILL MEET The Women's Missionary soc!ety: of the Presbyterian church will meet Friday afternoon at 2 o’'clock in the church parlors. Mrs. W. P. Scott will be leader and Mrs. M. L. Merritt will serve as hostess. All women who are interested in missions are invited to attend the meeting. ——— MAN HAS INFECTED HAND Stephen Sopkow of Juncau en- tered St .Ann’'s hospital late yes- terday. He is receiving treatment Ready for First Class of Flying Cadets Parties Gird fo; Congress Supremacy Fight; Several Battles Are Now Predicted DROP SHARPLY, TRADING TODAY Congress already are sounding the call to arms for the legislative “bat- tle of the century.” Preliminary political skirmishes, Rails Fall as Rapidly as They Advanced Yester- day — Utilites Weak legislative trumpetings, pledges and challenges promise fierce fighting cn capitol hill from early in Dec- ember up to the presidential cam- paigning days of next summer. The current Senate lineup shows NEW YORK, Sept. 24 —This was a day of sober second thought on ‘Wall Street. hangs in the balance—with deaths, Security prices revised downward | the outcome of vacancy clections sharply after yesterday's up swing.|and the possible bolt of disgrun- Rails fell almost as rapidly as 48 Republicans, 47 Democrats, and they soared yesterday. one Farmer Labor. « The House standing is 214 Republicans, 212 Demoorats, one Farmer Labor’and eight vacancies. Organization of both houses now Santa Fe virtually cancelled a 10- Real control of Congress by eith- point gain. er party is considered improbable, Norfolk and Western lost much making coalitions necessary for car- of the 16-point up-swing. | rying through any program of leg- New York Central, Southern Pa- | jslation. |from one party to the other. cific and others lost five or more' vyet clamor for legislation is points. !heard from nearly all points of the Utilities were weak. compass. Among the issues with wide 10ss- | The demands for Congressional Telegraph and Consolldated Gas. | and depression-pinched citizens and North ‘American lost four points.to care for a large national deficit Losses also appeared for United |range from proposals for taxes on States Steel, Eastman and Allied marshmallow sundaes and the le- Chemicals. ‘ galizing of beer to pleas for billions The rate for bankers’ acceptance of dollars for jobless relief and a which increased one-eighth of one/moratorium on farm debts. percent yesterday gained one-quar-| Before the big battle over relief ter of one percent today. The re- pegins, some furious fighting is ex- action to some degree reflected pected among intra-party factions profit taking and renewed bear,over nominations for Senate and pressure. !House leadershi pand committee |(:hah'mtmshlps as well as between o, the two parties for organization of | !both houses. o! Fight Over Spcakership | Conspicuous among these skirm- NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—Closing|ishes is the contest for the Repub- CLOSING STOCK PRICES . stock today is 15%, American Can the House. Representative Tilson 76%., Anaconda Copper 15%, Beth-iof Connecticut and Representative lehem Steel 33%, Checker Cab 5,{Snell of New York are two who 4%, 5, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox, S5 Films 9%, General Motors 27%, In-| ternational Harvester 29%, Kenne- | cott 12, Packard Motors 5%, Stan-! dard Brands 15%, Standard Oil o(PANGBuRN AND California 32, Standard Oil of New | Jersey 317%, United Aircraft 17%,’ United States Steel 75%, Fox The- ! HERND“N MAY atres 1%. I Building Ordered " FLYTOTEXAS of Colorado Cutoff WASHINGTON, sept, 24—tne| IW0: Fliers Change Plans Interstate Commerce Commission] Because of Seattle has authorized the Denver and| P . C d.t. Salt Lake Western Railroad to rize LConditions build the Dotsero Cutoff in Eagl'_‘i County, Colo. Construction must! NEW YORK, Sept. 24—Clyde begin within six months and be'Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, ac- completed within two years. The cording to announcement from certificate was issued with the|their headquarters here, will at- stipulation that the Denver andv‘tempt a one stop hop from Japan Rio Grande Western be permitted 'to Dallas, Texas, if the reported to operate over the cutoff. 1$25,000 offer from Col. Easterwood, of Dallas, can be verified. The two fliers will attempt this flight in view of the refusal of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to alter the terms for a prize of $25,- | 600 for a flght from Tokyo to Se- 2¢—Irma attle. The Seattle prize requires that the start must be made from (Continued on ?Qge Four) e Irma Duncan Given First Citizen Papers NEW YORK, Sept. Duncan, well-known dancer and an adopted daughter of the late Isa- dore Duncan, has been given her born and Herndon say is impossible first citizenship papers at the Na- because there is no field there turalization Bureau. |long enough for a heavily fueled Miss Duncan, a native of Ger- plane to make a takeoff. many, has been here for the past| The backers of the two fliers year or so filling dancing engage- claim the Seattle offer is “safe” ments, remaining on a temporary because none ¢an compete for it for an infected hand, permit. -because of the Tokyo conditions, tled members capable of swinging it ' cs are American Telephone andiaction to succor ailing agriculture | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine|lican nomination for Speaker of| Tokyo which the backers of Pang-| Here is how Randolph Field, Tecxas, the nation ’'s new “aviation city” looks from the air. The flc_ld, one of America's greatest peacetime projects, soon will start training United States Army fliers. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 24.— Randolph field, Uncle Sam’s “West Point of the air,” soon will begin to train its first class of flying ca- dets. Final touches are being put on the “aviation city” which now is ready to begin its work. Streets radiating from the center of the fields building area are be- ing paved. Parks and lawns, all spreading fanlike from the Avia- tion club building in the middle eir- cle are being improved. Many of the 298 buildings under contract, have been completed and accepted by the government, and the rest now are being finished. The chart in the office of Capt. A. W. Parker, construction quar- termaster, shows the project more than 90 percent completed. Prepare for Classes Before October 1 the first unit will report for training. Under present plans it will consist %190 newly commissioned officers from the 1931 class at the United States Military academy. Then about No- vember 1 a primary class of 160 ! flying cadets will start its course. Randolph field, about 2,200 acres in extent, is described as the great- est peacetime project ever under- taken by the federal government, with the exception of the Panama canal. | Buildings and equipment already iprovided or under contract have - cost nearly - $10,000,000. Captain | Parker says, and the total outlay junder an expansion program is os- | timated at $50,000,000. The field is a city in itself. The personnel will number 1,700 thouzh eventually there are expected to be 350 officers, 500 flying cadets, and 2,000 enlisted men, who with { their families will swell the popula- tion to between 4,000 and 5,000. | Something New in Design | 1Its design is a departure from the usual fashion of air corps posts jin that all activities radiate from |the center, other fields having ‘hungars, shops, and quarters along {one edge of the landing area. ) m present form the flying city ! comprises two units of a complete plan which embraces an additional |unit for carrying on advanced fly- ting training now given at Kelly field, Texas. Activities of two primary flying schools, Brooks field, Texas, and March field, California, will bz centered at Randolph field and the | complete air corps training pro- |gram transferred only if operation |shows that there is “air room” for advanced students as well. Spanish Type Buildings Buildings are of Spanish Mission style of architecture, constructed of hollow tile faced with stucco, and include an officers’ club, ad- ministration building, houses and barracks for all personnel, shops, hangars, a hospital, and school of |aviation medicine. | Randolph field is 15 miles from |San Antonio. The site was select- |ed by army leaders for the central air training school because of the |large expanse of level, easily drain- led land, comparatively free from fog and low-hanging clouds, and |favorable year-around climatic con- | ditions, | The city of San Antonio acquir- ed the desired tract at a cost of $500,000 and presented it to the |army. 1 Bullock, War Flier, | Given Prison Term | LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24—Jay | Bullock, war flier, was sentenced to Folsom prison by Superior Judge J .T. B. Warne. Bullock was con- victed on six counts of forgery and issuing worthless checks on local ,banks. According to the police he is known to authorities throughout a score of states. The sentence was a minimum of six years and a maximum of 84 years, HYDE REFUSES 70 STOP ALASKA PULP PROJECTS Agricultural Secretary Re- jects Plea of Paper Manu- facturing Interests Refusal of the Department of Ag- riculture to acquiesce in the request of paper and pulp manufacturing interests to prevent the establish- ment of paper and pulp industries in Alaska because of the competi- tion they would offer to existing enterprises is contained in a letter to James H. Neal, general manager of the American Paper and Pulp Assoclation, from Arthur M. Hyde Secretary of Agriculture. A copy of Secretary Hyde's letter was transmitted to the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce and was submit- ted to that body at its noon lunch- eon today by M. S. Whittier, acting secretary. The Chamber expressed its thanks to Secretary Hyde. Text of Letter The text of the letter follows: “To clarify and orient our thought regarding the proposal contained in your letter to the President un- der date of July 24, and the num- erous letters subsequently addressed to the President or to me by your- self and others, it seems worth while to reduce the proposal to its simplest proportions. “The Territory of Alaska, within the Tongass National Forest which is under the administration of this Department, contains a large vol- ume of timber which is admirably adapted to the manufacture of newsprint paper. It is situated close to tidewater transpomtation and to abundant sources of hydro-electric power. All factors tend to estab- lish very favorable conditions for the manufacture of newsprint. The people of Alaska naturally regard this timber as an important eco- nomic resource and have long urg- ed its industrial exploitation, which would do much to promote the eco- nomic progress of the Territory. This Department opposed any spec- ulative exploitation of the timber, but some seven or eight years ago, when economic conditions seemed to warrant the utilization of the timber, steps were taken to make it available for such utilization. Conditions were prescribed which would preclude any but sound and conservative development. Rcoources Were Determined “The timber resources were care- fully determined. The related water power projects were worked out. All factors indicated the existence of conditions favorable to the estab- | lishment of a sound and permanent | enterprise. Applications were receiv- ed from companies of unquestion- ed financial and technical ability to develop the resource. Conditional awards of the timber forming two major units of operation were made in 1927 and the Federal Power Commission took favorable action in the matter of related ‘water power projects. The two ap- plicant companies, both before and subsequent to the awards, made heavy outlays in engineering and | timber surveys. At the time, every! circumstance warranted the con- templated development. Conditions subsequently arising have militated against the final consumption of the two proposed timber sales or the construction of the necessary mills and power plants, but neither applicant company has thus far advised this Department of its in- tention to abandon the project or to withdraw its applications for the timber and power privileges. Gist of Proposal “In substance your proposal is that this timber be withdrawn from industrial utilization and held simply as a reserve until the time when newsprint from other present sources of supply is insufficien to Associted Press Photo The engagement of Gwladys Cros- by Hopkins, Philadelphia society girl and horsewoman, to Cornelius Van- derbilt “Sonny” Whitney was an. nounced by Mrs. Steven Heckscher, mother of Miss Hopkins. She is the daughter of Mark Hopkins of Bos- ton. Whitney was divorced from his first wife, the former Marie Morton, In 1929, -ee NAVY'S PRIDE, AIRSHIP AKRON, MAKES RECORD Maiden Flight Is Made by World's Largest Dirigible | 113 Are Aboard | AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 24— The name U. S. Arkon is inscribed at | the top, in a bright scroll of avia- | tion achievement. | The new pride of the United States Navy has soared aloft on | her maiden flight of three hours | and forty-seven minutes, the first | test of the world’s largest dirigible. | The Akron carried 113 men and | sels a new record for America This is believed to be the largest assenger list ever carried on any afrship in the world £ The Akron must be flown a to- tal of 75 miles before the Navy's final acceptance. The ship’s cruising range is 11,000 | miles at 50 knots an hour. HIGH SCHOOL'S TEACHERS MEET BUSINESS MEN Pedagogues Greeted and Unemployment Discussed | at Chamber Luncheon Extension of a formal welcome to high school teachers, a report on the unemployment situation and the submission of a letter written by Secretary of Agricultyre Arthur M. Hyde refusing to consider pro- tests against the development of! Alaska's pulp and paper timber re- sources constituted the principal business at the luncheon meeting at noon today of the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce. A friendly greeting to the teach- ers was expressed by M. L. Mer- meet national needs. This proposal is based upon the grounds that| there is now an overproduction of newsprint, that the price thereof is | much below previous levels, that the competition of the Alaska| product would tend to still further depress the price by creating al condition of ruinous competition | and that as a result many mills in | the United States would be forced to close and their employees would be thrown out of employment. | “During the calendar years 1929 and 1930 the average consumption of newsprint in the United stams! was reported to be 3653464 tons| per year. Of this ,an average ar' 1,306441 tons or 358 per cent of | per cent was imported from other | countries, principally from Canadal and Newfoundland. It thus is evi-| dent that such overproduction as exists is not domestic but foreign, | and a proposal that newsprint de- ritt, member of both the Chamber of Commerce and the School Board. He assured the honor guests of the | sympathy and support of the busi-| ness community in their work, and | voiced the wish that their social re- | lationships with residen of the city would be mutually cordial and happy. Introduced by Superintendent | R. 8. Raven, superintendent of Juneau schools, introduced the teachers. Those present were: A. 8. Dunham, principal, manual | training; Dorothy Israel, literature; Helen Gray. nomics; Enid Burns, science and girls’ athletics; Marjorie - Tilitson, | mathematics; Margaret Yeakey, the total was produced in the|commercial; Pauline Reinhart, in-)he was ; United States. The remaining 64.2 |strumental music; Evelyn Seevers,|gance” he noticed while sightsee- art and vocal music; Elmer Wet-| land, science and boys’ athletics, all of the high school, and Josephine, ‘Tupper, who was unable to be pres- ent at either of the two previous lunchgons, . when school| ‘ (Continuea or Page Three) A u (Continued on Page Three) | ent absence of a motive and the |general demeanor of the defend- ant which indicates a mental twist. John Arnott was shot and killed in his cabin in the Chitina Dis- rict, while he was asleep. His had followed the mining business in Alaska for the past 25 years. Mrs. Arnott was formerly a nur: |Russian Kills His MRS. ARNOTT IS INDICTED AT ANCHORAGE Alleged Slayer of Husband, Alaska Miner, Given 48 Hours to Plead ANCHORAGE, Ala‘ka, Sept. 24.| —Mrs. John Arnott has been in- dicted by the Grand Jury for first degree murder for the alleged slay- ing of her hushand. She las been allowed 48 hours in which to enter her plea. Attorney L. V. Ray, of Seward, and A .J. Dimond, of Valdez, have been appointed by the Court to de- fend her. Attorney Ray said the case was the most unusual one in his ex- perience on account of the appar- widow was immediately sought and later placed under arrest at Cor- dova. | Arnott was 61 years of age and | of Anacortes and Bellingham, | ‘Washington. She came north sev-| eral years azo and married Arnott. | - -> o Wife, Son, Himself WASHINGTON, D, C., Sept. 24. —Bodies of Capt. Serge N. Petren- ko, his wife, Mary, and their son, | Vadin, w found in their home.| Death had been caused by asphyx- | iation. Petrenko, a captain in the c: Arm‘ army, was employed as a scientist in the bureau of standards. | Notes found in the house dis-| closed that Petrenko arranged the deaths with the consent of his| wife. LEGION WANTS VOTEONREPEAL OF PROHIBITION By Vote of 1,008 to 394 Veterans Disapprove 18th Amendment DENGUNCE CONDITIONS UNDER PROHIBITION gion Proposes to Take Lead, Fight for Change DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 24.—Delegates to the Ameri- can Legion convention, now in session here, have adopted ‘Zl resclution asking Congress te submit the questicn of res peal cr modification of the § Prchibition laws to the sev- eral States with the request every State refer the issue to its voters. The vote on the resolution | was 1,008 for and 391 against. The vote came after a de- bate of some length. Advocates of the resclution denounced conditions under Prohibition and asked the American Legion to assume leadership in the fight to seek a change through a referen- dum. - The opposition argued the American Legion should not take a on. the Prohibi- thoR* Ghestion, e * " Commander O’Neil express« ed a “grave doubt” as to the desirability of taking up the subject. The Alaska delegation vot- ed for the wet resolution. The convention this afternoon rejected the resolution endorsing immediate payment of bonus cer= tiffeates at face value. Officers Elected Mrs. Louis Werle Williams, of Tuckahoe, New York, has been el- ected President of the American Legion Auxiliary. Henry L. Stevens, Jr, of Ware saw, North Carolina, was this after- noon elected Commander. He is 35 years of age and the youngest man ever elected to the position. Stevens was chosen by acclama< tion when all other candidates withdrew. Stevens served overseas with the 318th Machine Gun Battalion of the 8lst Division and was in the Voges, Argonne and St. Die sectors, His great-grandfather was a Revo- lutionary War veteran and his grandfather served in 32 battles in the Civil War. Sze Will Be Chin;s—e_ Minister to the U. S. NANKING, China, Sept. 24.—Au- | thoritative sources disclosed today that Alfred Sze, Chinese minister to Great Britain, was slated to re- turn to become Chinese minister to the United States, succeeding Dr. C. C. Wu, who resigned recent- ly and joined the insurgent govern= ment in Canton. Ketchikan Man and Seattle Girl to Wed PORTLAND, Sept. 24—A mar- riage license has been issued here to Carl W. Hopkins, of Ketchikan, Alaska, and Dora M. Haldorsen, of Seattle, “Extravagance” Seen in Old London Reall y Shot'ks. Gandhi LONDON, Sept. 24.—Mahatma M | K. Gandhi, who came to London to and stared present his demands for Indlan English | independence, took it upon himseif | by home eco-|today to point the way to British thot economy. i ‘he little brown saint” of In- dia made ho secret of the fact that shocked” by the “extrava- ing in the British capital. In par- ticular, he objected to the brilliant lighting arrangements which have - made some parts of London as light as Broadway at midnight. | Amazed by Lights An exponent of utmost simplicity, who invariably works by the light of a single candle, Gandhi stopped in amazement at the of Buckingham Palace, lit ens of brilliant searchlights, royal tenants are so- Jour y in Scotland. What an extravagance for a nment that is trying to bal- ance its budget?" the mahatma ex- aimed Tt was explained to him that the ng was provided by the World Tllumination Congress, now in ses- sion in London, and that it was costing the government nothing. ‘It is a ruinous extravagance, none the less,” Gandhi said, facade