The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1932, Page 1

. THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALASKA ' ALL THE TIME” bl PiRE . XXXIX., NO. 5915. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA TRADE STANDS SHOCK OF DEPRESSION . Qutgoing amercg Val- ued at Over $50,000,- 000 During Year < orarspt [ GOLD PRODUCTION IS ! . BIGGEST IN 13 YEARS Passes $9,000,000 Mark for First Time Since . | 1917, Figures Reveal \ t for copper mining and “!:‘x:q;l the minor branches of the fisheries industry, Alaska’s in-| dustries withstood the second suc-, cessive year of the depression in fine shape, it was revealed today by tentative figures for 1931 ship- ments from the Territory to the States, as compiled from the of- records of the United Bt.am‘ ' shipments by mail and fur seal from Pribilof Islands. The year's decline from 1930 will be| about $6,000,000. Gold Shipments Large | The outstanding feature of tha year was the increased gold pro- duction that is reflected in a gain of 15 per cent over 1930 shipments. Gold and silver shipped last year was valued at slightly more than $9,000,000 as compared to $7,812- 043 in 1930, a gain of more than $1,100,000. The production figure probably will be slightly larger than that given for shipments since some shipments were enroute to the States that could not be taken into consideration. This is the largest shipment vnuei of metals 0 be made from Alaska in 13 years. In 1917, it was $14,930.440. It dropped below the $9,000,000 mark in 1918, after the Treadwell cave-in, and never again attained that proportion until the year ending yesterday. Minerals Generally Decline The larger gold output, however, was not sufficient to counterbal- ance the loss in other minerals. Copper ore tumbled again, both in quantity and value. Last year's ore aggregated 22,055271 pounds worth only $2,080,338 as compared to 37,774,060 pounds and $5,341,055. R i (Continued on Page Eight) ——t —— PLANE GRASHES IN OHIO; THREE PERSONS KILLED Are Injured—Cause | CONFE 1t yoy're —you of M P Shore B, 2 care of ‘was attracti white and respectable—and, incidentall; e-nhn::h this pretty girl your wife. She 4 a she says she will ations no matter how old er parents, who are ill and unable to support themmelves. She 'has been{working in a restaurant, but is now unemployed. Mary snapped in the home of her aunt in New Eagle, Pa. FOUR GREETED | | BY PRESIDENT, | GET BREAKFAST Brg Birds at White House ven Rare Honors, Raining Hard ! WASHINGTON, D. ©, Jan. 1.— Four early birds, who' braved a pouring rain, took thelr stand be- fore daybreak at the Whilte House gates for the New Yedr's hand- shaking line, were rewmrded with a breakfast invitation from Presi- dent Hoover. 1 Willlam Wilson and Otto Kafer, employed by the Government here; Martin Bredvold, of Minneapolis, and Walter Barrows, l4-year-old son of a:Seventh Day Advent! ‘missionary, accepted the invitas has tion and followed a Whitehouse s Mary H. Glowes, 81, Poliveman into the basement, wed any man of the They were greeted there by the he is. Mary wants $10,000 to President’s aides then by Hoover himself; who said: “Good morning—Happy New Year to you. - Stay here a minute anf v » ENCE ON INDIA AFFAIRS !Asks Viceroy for Interview Pr(}::irgir;ts Ei:jrijl;n{?;:al-i M R s : B I n D |- E —Disobedience Cam- paign Delayed BOMBAY, India, Jan. 1.—(Copy-} right by The Associated Press)—; Mahatma Gandhi today informed Viceroy Lord Willingdon that he would withhold renewing the Civil Disobedience, Campaign against the British Government if the Viceroy would grant him an interview for the discussion of the recent re- strictive ordinances. Gandhi said that in the absence of a satisfactory response from the Government, the All-India Congress Committee would consider the Government had nullified the Del- hi truce and in that event the nation would be summoned to re- sume the Civil Disobedience Cam- paign of non-payment of taxes, boycott of foreign clothes, picketing of liquor shops and renew the un- licensed manufacture and collection of salt. 4 The Viceroy had previously an- nounced that a renewal of the Civil Disobedience Campaign would be met by summary measures. FINLAND FAGES WET YEAR; VOTE Pilpt i 05 P BEING GOUNTED Not Determined SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Jan. 1—|Seventy-five Per Cent of Three men lost thel lives and two Voters Favor Repeal, infured when an American Airways Women Leading plane crashed in & rain-soaked . Zomiield 12 miles east of here last| HELSINGTORS, Jan. 1.—Finiand fifth of the vote counted, 75 per Louisville, Ken-'oem for repeal, 242 per cent to retain the dry law, 0.8 per cent for modification to permit the sale —bacon, eggs, rolls and liot muf- fins. PASSES AWAY 'NENANA TURNS EARLY TODAY ter, England ! pior gy {Thirty Degrees Below Zero Weather Prevails— To Attend Dance NENANA, Alaska, Jan. 1.—Mrs. Edward Biddle, Philadelphia so- ciety woman, arrived here yes- terday on the Alaska Raillroad train with 30 degrees below zero weather prevailing but at that nearly all of the residents were at the depot to greet her. Mrs. Biddle was also met by Mike Cooney with a team of 19 Siberian huskies to take her to his house. The trip was made through snow three feet deep. Cooney will take Mrs. Biddle out on the trail Monday with his dogs saying it is too cold now and also adequate preparations must be made for the trip. | Mrs. Biddle will attend a New | Year's dance tonight to get some |1ocal color. SETLIECEC 1 Y BROTHERS " TOHOLY CROS —C. P. Scott, Managing Director of the Manchester Guardian, died Missionaries Felts and La- Payre Expect to Be at 1:30 o'clock this morning. Editor of the Manchester Guard- in Air Soon ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 1.— Pilot Harry Blunt returned here yesterday after taking Brothers Feltes and LaPeyre to Holy Cross as editor-in-chief of the newspap-|Where they are getting motor parts er, a supervision hs exercised until for their missionary plane which July 1, 1929, when he retired from|Was forced down several weeks ago editorial activity. On that date he O Gaines Creek. turned those responsibilities over| Blunt will later return to Holy to his son, E. T. Scott, but con- Cross and take the Brothers back ian for 57 years, Charles Prestwich Scott in recent years was regarded as the most important personality in English journalism. He joined the staff of the Man- chester Guardian In 1871 and the next year became editor, ndvanc-l ing to the post of governing direc- tor and chief proprietor upon the death of James Edward Taylor in 1905. Retired in Favor of Son Meanwhile, Mr. Scott continued tinued as managing director of 80nd they expect to soon complete ' the Manchester Guardian. {the work of recommissioning their hfmner the direction of the sen-|Plane. They are confident of being ior Scott, the Manchsster Guard-|iR the air very shortly in their ian gradually developed from Whig- !phne. glsm to advanced Liberalism, al- o P15, S P (2 ety a Bappy " hnwmw. - g " LT 0UT, GREETING . ° |-~n.~.v.~p~u3q.a--'m,¢'fa N Face of Earth Badly Scarred During 1931 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—Floods, earthquakes, famine and pes- tilence carved deep furrows in the face of the earth during 1931 Among the great catastrophes | were floods in China, where it | is estimated one million were drowned and ten million made homeless; hurricane in British Hondtiras, followed by a tidal wave and earthquake in New Zealand; earthquake in the trans-Caucasian area in Russia where 500 were killed, and a quake in the Balkans where 200 were probably killed. The United States escaped serious disaster. LARGE AMOUNTS JUNEAU GREETS NEW YEAR WITH CREAT ACCLAIM Perfect Weather Marks Noisest New Year Cele- bration in Years Juneau welcomed 1932 in tradi- tional style last night with ringng of bells, shrieking sirens, booming | whistles, searchlights, the rattle of | firearms and cheers and laughter. The town made gay as it speeded | old man 1931 into the realms of history and greeted the lusty mgw- comer, 1932, ' The noise from the whistles of the Caost Guard Cutter Tallapoosa and the Canadian Princess Mary predominated for several minutes. And thé search lights of the two ships wére directed from the har- bor front to the top of Mt. Juneau, Crisscrossing and dancing, their !beams played over the town, and OF FISH HANDLED e s e N JUNEAU IN 1331 slopes of Mt. Roberis and Mt. 3u- Total of 3,568,063 Pounds| Sounds of Firearms From all quarters of the city| came the sound of firearms, a rag-| ged popping as from guerrila war-| fare. Automobiles sounded their horns and sirens, and on the streets and in the dance halls as- sembled crowds cheered loudly. Watch Parties In Homes Watch parties were held in many homes and in some of the churches. Midnight shows, with special old- year and new-year programs at- ways was sober in tone and scrupu- o Involved in Cold Storage Business Despite the fact that 1931 was a| dull year in the fishing industry,| a total of 3,568,065 pounds of sea food was involved in the business activities of the Juneau Cold Stor- age Company. Additional amounts | were handled by other agencies,| but their aggregate, of which there} are no definite figures available now, is small as compared to the| volume recorded by the Cold Stor-| age Cflnplny Pear A PRICE TEN CENTS SKAJUNEAU'S NET PROFIT ESTIMATED, $1.400,000 {031 CREATEST YEARCOMPANY HAS EVER HAD Metzgar in Review of Yea: Discloses Output Reach- es $3,730,000 ALL OPERATING MARKS ARE SMASHED IN 1931 More Tonnage Trammed and Milled—More Men Given Employment The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company yesterday closed the most striking year in its long history, making new records in production, gross returns and net profits, and prosecuting successfully the expan= sion development program ans nounced a year ago. This was re=- | vealed in a review of the year's operations issued this morning by General Superintendent L. H. Metz~ gar, v - B%’he “company’s ‘ gross “ptoduction for the 12-month period ending last night was estimated by Mr. Metzgar at $3,730,000, and the net profits, before depletion and depreciation deductions, at $1,400,000. Both fig« ures mark new high records for the * local operations. iy Tpraek 1931 WAS YEAR OF BIG RAIN IN LOCAL DISTRICT More Rain and Less Snow Recorded in 1931 than Ever Before Known Nineteen thirty-one can be re- membered by Juneauites, along with 1917, as the year of the big rain. And while there was no blue snow such as Paul Bunyan made famous, there was less of the usual variety than was ever record- ed here in any calendar year. Outside of these two phenomena, Juneau’s weather last year was of the ordinary kind—a little warmer than wusual, and less than the average quantity of sunshine. These facts are revealed in a summary of the year’s weather conditions is- sued today by R. C. Mize, Meteor- oligist in Charge of Alaska. Almost 87 Inches of Rain Although the total precipitation for the year was well under the record established in 1917, the rainfall soared to a new high. Out |Ol a total precipitation of 9191 inches for the year, 87 inches of it was rainfall. The snowfall was 478, or less than five inches of water content. In 1917 the aggre- gate preciptation was 106.52 inches of which20inches was represented by 1836 inches of snow, leaving about 82% inches of rain. | Prior to last year, the smallest quantity of snow recorded in any year was in 1926 when 54.1 inches fell, or about six inches more than last year. | Temperature Above Normal | The mean temperature for the! Beats Last Year The former high profit figure was set in 1920 when about $1,- 100,000 was earned. Last year it was placed at about $1,000,000. The production last year was approxi- mately $330,000 in excess of the 1930 output which was reported to be $3,400,000. There was a substantial increase in the tonnage handled out of the mine and ore milled, Mr. Metzgar's statement showed. The tramroad in 1931 hauled 4,130,000 tons of ore out of the mine compared to 3,- 840,000 tons in 1930. The mill treat« ed 2205000 tons of the former amount, the remainder going to the waste dump. The milled ton- nage in 1930 was 2,060,000 tons. Expenditures Increase Here Local expenditures incidental to operations showed a cotresponding increase to operating results. The total of all local expenditures was $1,880,000, or $280,000 more than was spent in 1930. Of this sum, $1,314,000 represented payrolls and bonus payments. The company played an .mport- (Continued on Page Two) DRY OFFICIALS RAID BIE CLUB INMANHATTAN Swoop Down on Royal Box —Liquor, Furnishings Are Confiscated NEW YORK, Jan. 1. — One of Manhattan's gaudiest palaces of night life, the Royal Box, was raided early this morning by dry agents who shinnied up to the second-story windows and entered after bludgeons failed to break the entrance doors on the ground floor. The agents reported they found 200 bottles of assorted liquor but asserted at least 100 bottles had been broken before they could get in. $250,000 Furnishings valued at were confiscated. Women patrons were allowed to of Ol.nclnmfi.’ | tracted large audiences to the the- I EYE OF PA STRIBLING 9tres. Pl i The Elks Hi Jinks was attended | SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Jan. 1.— DY @ throng that taxed the capa- Clyde Chastatn, Springtield middle €#¥ Of EIks' hall. ‘Music for the weight, has been added to the Pa was furnished by Hunter's Stribling stable. “Pa” Stribling has | Serenaders’ Orchestra. The enjoy- MISSOURI BOXER TAKES t leave but many men were de- jof wines and beer. Sixty per cent Complled by W. 8. George | yonr was 435 degrees, or 13 de- Its statistics for the last twelve opoos apove the normal. The warm- fained. B months were compiled by Wallis est year of record was that of The manager of the place 'fl‘ 8. George, President and Manager. 1906 with a mean of 45.6 degrees Jjailed. They show that 2,095,158 pounds of 4ng the coldest was 1917 With a tish, chiefly halibut and red and e nor 397 degrees. lous in its politics. When he be- came editor he set out to surround himself with the best staff ob- tainable and for two generations enlisted the services of many the leading critics of literature, of art and music with the result that the ‘Two, purchased his contract from E. £.|able affair was not concluded until Murphy, Chastain’s Springfield an early hour this morning. silver salmon, were frozen; 299502 pounds mildcured; 37,600 pounds (Continued on Page Two) August was the warmest month (Continued on Page TWo) l