The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 7, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL FHE TIME” ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5920. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1932. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS THOUSANDS OF UNEMPLOYED STORM NATIONAL CAPITAL UNITED STATES TAKING ACTION, ORIENTAL CASE Nine Power Treaty Is To- day Invoked in Man- churian Dispute OTHER SIGNATORY NATIONS INVOLVED Further Moves of More Drastic Nature Re- ported Probable WAHSINGTON, D. C., Jan.! 7. — The United States has invoked the Nine Power Crown Alone Links British Empire Under New Dominion Freedom Law Recently Passed WHEN KING | | By PHILIP HEWITT-MYRING LONDON, Jan. 7—As & Tresult of the passage of the statute of ‘Westminster, King George, as king of Canada, may find himself agreeing to measures of which, as king of Ireland or Australia, he does not approve. This is only one of the extraor- | dinary situations which, in theory |at any rate, could arise from the statute, which grants legislative in- dependence to the dominions. Britishers have been slow to realize the full implications of this document. They knew, in a general way, that the dominions have been “free” from the mother country for some time. But the knowledge that this freedom now has the | most solemn legal force has come |as a shock to those who had not appreciated the profound changes MEETS KING Treaty in the Manchurian dis- | pute. The treaty deals with pres- ervation of China’s territor-| jal administrative integrity. The action was taken after | consulting with other powers, | all party to the treaty. Further action of a more’ sweeping character will be taken, of which the treaty is an axis, but details are not| disclosed. The Administration’s con- cern over Manchuria is in- creasing. - ——— desk. ® STOCK PRICES , that have been taking place in the empire structure. | Dominions Independent | The statute makes it clear that ! sentiment apart, the crown alone |now links the empire together. | Each separate member of the Brit- |ish commonwealth is a self-gov- ‘erning nation free to make its own {laws and in no way bound to any | that may be enacted in London. “ Moreover, each dominion may enter into any relations with a foreign power that it may desire, quite irrespective of the wishes of the commonwealth. The Irish Free State is express- King George of England becomes a one-man assemblage of Kings 1y included among the dominions under the new statute of Westminster, which leaves him the titular in the statute. head of each of the nations in the British group of independent dom- with Britain are, however, defined inions. So the King of Ireland can scold the King of Australia and in the treaty signed in 1922 and the King of England can act as arbiter—all without stirring from his registered at Geneva, as are all Treland’s relations treaties between independent members of the League of Nations. ! Opponents of the statute argued in the House of Commons, that a ADVANCEMORE LED BY RAILS Over Two Million Shares Involved in Transac- tions Today NEW YORK, Jan. 7—Rails led the securities market today in further recovery although the ad- vance was hampered by occasional flurries of profit taking. The turn- over was 2,000,000 shares. Final prices were under the best but net gains were from one to four points for numerous issues. The closing tone of the market was firm. The best net gains of two to four points were registered by Santa Fe, Eastman, Johns-Manville, New Ha- ven, Union Pacific, Delaware, Hud- son, Coco Cola. Issues up one point or more were United States Steel, Southern Pacific, American Tobacco B, Bal- timore and Ohio. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock -today is 13%, American Can 60%, Anaconda Copper 10%, Beth- lehem Steel 19%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 3%, General Motors 21%, International Harvester 25%, Kennecott Copper 11%, “Packard Motors 4%, United States Steel 40%, Bunker Hill, no sale. e NOBEL AWARD - TO LEWIS TOPS LITERARY YEAR Leading Books of 1931 | Fall Into Restraint, i Measured Power By WARE TORREY NE WYORK, Jan. 7.—Decora- tions of the 1931 literary year reached highest distinction in this !country with the award of the | Whatever Americans may argue 'pro and con, European opinion evaluates Lewis as a responsible | commentator on American life. Ranking books of the year show !a tendency toward the writing of !calm and thorough commentaries !on people and their affairs, rather |than the splashing out of manner- 'ed or modernistic pictures in book | form. | Surveying the year, the leading |books fall into this category of re |straint and measured power. Gals: |worthy and Walpole illustrate it | markedly. The first novel John Galsworthy has written in four years, “Maid | in Waiting,” again estimates and analyzes England, and adds 2 shrewd comparison with America. Scenes and people are described with Galsworthy's usual leisurely | conviction. ‘Walpole Writes Another “Judith Paris,” by Hugh Walpol¢ is the second of a projected series clause should be inserted saying COOKS TO CLOSE NORMANDY of four novels dealing with an LODGE FOR REST OF WINTER English family through two cen- polidi 2 turies. Mr. and Mrs, Norman B. Cook!' Charactersarevery well-rounded will close their home at Normandy scenes are thoroughly staged, and Lodge Friday for the remainder of as With Galsworthy we-have a de- the winter. They leave in a few finite recognition of the influences, days with the district court party motives and characteristics that J, ROSENWALD PASSES AWAY, CHICAGD HOM Gave Away Millions of Dollars Dies ,Jjj-ocmvw PREsS ICHICAGO, 1, Jan. T.—Julius Rosenwald, aged 69 years, who {built up a fortune out of retail merchandising and gave more than $25,000,000 in benefits to humanity, died yesterday at his home here as a result of kidney and neart dis- ease. Julius Rosenwald devoted many {millions of the dollars which he (WALINGER) LIUS . ROSEN WV, that Ireland’s inclusion gave her no power to denounce the 1922 treaty. 3 Government,_spokesm! 4 d that .Ireland could denounce t! treaty just as well if she were not included in the statute as if she were, and that in any case she had no wish to go back on her solemn obligations. This point of view carried the day, and Ireland thus took her place among the free and indepen- dent nations forming the British commonwealth. See Conflicts Possible How a system, in which a single king is “advised” by the cabinets of half a dozen different countries, will function is a problem that is bothering students of constitution- al affairs. It is generally agreed that the importance of the crown has been greatly increased by the statute which in itself is a noticeable re- versal .of the trend of British his- tory for centuries past. ‘Whether any two dominions will ever “advise” the king to take two totally opposing courses, or will use the statute as a means for break- ing away from the empire, is a moot question among experts on basic laws. For the present, the English peo- ple as a whole believe that the measure was necessary and that, now they have won their freedom from British parliamentary control. the dominions will be even more willing and contented members of the commonwealth than they were before. Leading Newspapers of Stockholm Merge STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 7.— ‘Two of Stockholm’s leading news- | papers, the Stockholm Dagblad, 108 years old, and the Stockholm Tid- ningen founded 42 years ago, have combined. for Ketchikan and expect to be underlie the action. there for several weeks. I (Continued on Page Two) Aviation Speeds and Soars to New Marks in 1931;Airplanes Are Flown Faster, Farther By OSCAR LEIDING (Associated Press Aviation Editor) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 7— Man flew faster, farther and high- er in 1931, The world was encircled and the oceans whipped in spectacular flights while commercial aviation reared itself on stronger founda- tions. Hundreds of persons crossed the Atlantic in 1981 by airplane or air- ship at a cost of nine lives—a rec- ord in projects completed, numbers carried and safety—and the Pa- cific was conquered by airplane. ‘Hundreds of thousands of per- sons in the United States patro- rized scheduled air lines to set 1p a new high mark for sky travel, vhile airmall poundage climbed to 2 loftier peak. Fiction's fancles were dwarfed by 2 modest pair, Wiley Post and Har- old Gatty, who flew into the east and came out of the west to com- plete a world journey in eight days, amassed in business, to hammering | "o 1y Stromberg, Editor of the at racial and creedal prejudices pogniag will be Editor-in-Chief of AGED WOMAN VOYAGER ON RIVER TRIP TO SEA It was a life-time ambition that urged Miss Randl Lerohl, 68-year-old Superior, Wis., scrubwoman, to attempt alone a rowboat voyage down the Mississippi river to New Orleans. Disregarding warnings of rivermen she started at St. Paul with $150 sa tent, bed and a small trunk. Here she is pulling down the river In her flat-bottomed craft near Louisiana, Mo., unmindful of cold or discomfort. gs and all her ear JOBLESS MEN | | GATHER TODAY INWASHINGTON 'Demand to Be Made on ' Congress for Millions of Dollars PENNSYLVANIA GROUP PREPARING PETITIONS Construction of Public Works Sought by Army of Idle Workers WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. Associated Press Photo 'thly possessions including a stove, ADOLF HITLER 1S SUMMONED BY BRUENING Chancellor to Confer with Nationalist Leader on Politics BERLIN, Jan. 7. — Adolf Hitler, whose power as the leader of the Nationalists Socialists is growing rapidly, has been invited by Chan- cellor Bruening to confer with him and Gen. Wilhelm Groener, Min- ister of Defense. At the conference, a discussion of the Presidential election, to take place in May, will be the prime subject. It is reported Bruening and Groener will probably make a bid for Hitler's support to re- elect von Hindenburg for another term as President. ——— RED' JACKSON 1S KILLED IN PLANE CRASH Dashed to Death in View of Hundreds After Doing Stunts MIAMI, Floriaa, Jan. 7. — Dale “Red” Jackson, daredevil flier and co-holder of the world’s endurance flying record, plunged to death at the Municipal Airport yesterday afternoon in full view of hundreds of persons who were watching him do stunts in a small plane. and had just completed an inside loop when the horrified spectators below, inspecting preparations for today’s all-American air races, saw first one wing and then the other wing fall off. Jackson apparently had no time to use his parachute. In company with Forest O'Brine, he established an endurance record of 647 hours, 28 minutes and 30 seconds at St. Louis in August, 1930. —— G JAPAN GAPTURES SHAN KAI KWAN TIENTSIN, Jan. 7. — Japaness troops have captured the city of Shan Kai Kwan, according to re- ports received here. The city is the real gateway from and to encouraging thrift. {the : “The besetting sin of America | = ne% PAPEr China to Manchuria. is extravagance,” he said over ai over again. His earning power started in1873 | when he pumped a chug:h organ | at Springfield, 1, for five cents| an :mu,g It culminated in 1910| By H .F. SINCLAIR when he became head of the om.»m i =il 4, Sinclair Con- cago mail order house of Sears,| ol B o“" Corp.) Roebuck & Company. dated : He built up thebusiness until tis| NEW YORK, Jan. 7—With the annual turnover exceeded $300,000,- €Xperience of the past two years 000 and its branches could in mind, only a reckless person found in almost any sizable town |WoUld care to make any prophecies from coast to coast. "‘1;:32'0 the business prospects of In the interim he had been a i newsboy. in Springfield, a clothing | Every business }rmnagEmentI store clerk in New York, a m:must, for its own guidance, hl.ve‘ keeper on Fifth Avenue and a‘eonvk:t,k'mzx as to what the near manufacturer of men’s clothing. |future will bring forth. The _grett-; Philnhropie Grow 105 SR e o tfco on tum o ey oomteren o 5 | own situation of conditions beyond | our control, such as the course of efforts to aid negroes in the United | » States and oppressed Jews in m._jevem in other countries. eign lands. But his giving had no, 1.mes such as these have one bctBenmoo T 4o ko e lulvnnwe. if no other; they coms (Contitnued op Page Two) pel managements to scrutinize €X=, M:SINCLAIR SEES BETTER TRADE OUTLOOK; SAYS USE OF OIL PRODUCTS HOLDING UP penditures carefully, make every| economy that can be made without sacrifice of efficiency, and cut out the underbrush that grows up in every organization. As to the oil industry in particu- lar—and all the large organizations are subject to the same conditions to a greater or less extent—it now seems to me that the year closes with an improved outlook. So far as stocks of crude and refined oils are concerned we have @ better statistical position than a “Lame Duck’ Resolution Is Adbpted |Norris Measure Passes Sen- ate—Changes Conven- ing of Congress ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 7.— The Senate has adopted the Norris resolution which would end “lams duck” sessions of Congress. It provides that newly elected Presi- dents shall take office on January 15, following the November election, and the new Congresses would con- vene on January 2. The resolution has been sent to the House. If and when it passes that body, before it can become ef- fective it will have to be ratified by 36 States. 7.—An army of jobless men from Pennsylvania massed in SECRETARY OF TREASURY NOW UNDER ATTACK Impeachment Resolution| Introduced in House by Texas Democrat WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 7— A resolution seeking the impeach- ment of Secretary of Treasury Mel- lon has been introduced in the! House by Representative Wright Patman, Democrat of Texas. | “On my own responsibility I im- peach Secretary Mellon with high | crimes and misdemeanors,” Repre- sentative Patman said. The House members sat still and ithe Capital City today to de- mand that Congress appro- |priate millions of dollars for public works to relieve unem- ployment. Between 10,000 and 15,000 men thronged the plaza and nearby streets as the Rev. {James Cox, Pittsburgh priest, who led them across the Al- {leghany Mountains, prepared | petitions to hand to United States Senator James J. Davis and Representative Clyde Kelly, both from Western |Pennsylvania, demanding ap- propriations for the unem~ ployed. o An extra force of police tense as Patman spoks, facing the guarded the doors of the { Jackson was up about 3,000 feet Chamber crowded with Represen-' tatives who had just answered the | roll call. | Congressman Patman based his charges on a . statute of 1789 for- bidding a Seeretary of the Treas- ury to engage in commerce. The Texan said Secretary Mellon jowns voting stock in 300 corpora- | ! tions with combined assets of three ' billion dollars. -——— EUROPE SHOWS "GRIM COURAGE FOR THIS YEAR |{Composite Picture of A.P.' Writers Gives World ’HuNfimw'"-L | Prospects GLEANUP;MGVE ( NOWUNDERWAY LONDON, Jan. 7. — John Bull,| having gone through the “100 days | that shook the empire” in October, | has tightened his belt, submitted to {heavier taxation and reduced| wages and doles and is grimly de- |termined to “muddle through.” | | Suspension of the gold standard ) was accomplished without driving | the country into an inflation peri- | A,“flCks RCPONCd od and, better yet, it helped indus- | e e try, bringing a decline in the num-| HONOLULU, H. I, Jan. 7—Sev- ber of unemployed. In July zlnq,.)ernl hundred men and women, civic 1000 were out of work; on December | Organization members, have pledg- (7 the number was 2,627,324. jed themselves to work “forcefully |and relentlessly” for reforms in this ITALY OPTIMISTC {sttm A grand jury has made a report MRZM“&S?;]?’ ¥ x;"‘l‘;-nT—I"‘IY e""cglllm; for an investigation design- $iic Wuteth Galiooss, her i ed to improve conditions, influ- iy Wt Astto. an attack‘enwd by a desire for greater i upon the lira when England sus-|*“fy" :,sy :galfx;::;nfi{nc a monetary pended the gold standard, her pop- 1655 from tourists will result if the mfio:o vl;:im r:xhanfiémmocrz;% city gains a reputation as being e ot 628000 unsafe but a cleanup campaign ut a capi %" will be instituted by the govern- 000 has loosened up frozen bank ment and civic organizations as the hafbr:)oes. e M m_;outgrwth of an attack upon an ve all, she has a { American school teacher and a sec- quered her adverse trade ba]nnce:ond attack, also upon a white Greater Securities to Fam-| ilies* Promised—Two jand her exports now exceed im ports in a ratio of about $42,000, 000 to $40,000,000 monthly. FRANCE FEARS FOR TRADE PARIS, Jah. 7.—The last among the big nations to feel the world economic crisis, France foresees many difficulties for 1932. High tariffs in Britain probably will hurt her export trade and add | to unemployment, while depreci-: ated pounds sterling will keep many wealthy British families away from the Riviera this winter. Other tourist trade is expected to| suffer also. ! Dole drawing workers, at last re- ports, numbered 72,000 but the gov- ernment claims that this repre- sents less than a third of the job- less, who might better be totaled at 250,000 GERMANS CYNICAL BERLIN, Jan. 7.—Germany, bol- stered to high hope in June by the Hoover moratorium, gave way in July to despair when the “flight of the mark” threatened a recurrence of the inflation period. year ago. ‘We are fortunate in having a de- | mand for our products that is at least up to the levels of the past ‘What we need is a proper relation refined products, gasoline, lu- ricants, fuel ofl, etc, between the prices of crude oil and A steadily growing trade balance since has failed to overcome this feeling and the country looks for- ward to the January conferences on reparations with an almost cynical expression. (Continued on Page Two) 'changed the prison rule and have __'the signal for a riot attempt by woman, within a few weeks. e It is now possible to cut steel with water in a pressure machine made to study the bursting point of steel cylinders. Capitol. Steaming coffee and short rations were provided at day- break by the Distriet-of Cos- lumbia Unemployment Com- mittee, Salvation Army church ‘agencies. R e — KODIAK HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPROVED {Halibut Cold Storage Plant Must Be Assured Be- fore Work Started WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. T— The proposal for a $77,000 im- provement to Kodiak (Alaska) har- bor has been reported favorably to Congress by the War Depart= ment, subject to the erection of & halibut cold storage plant at Ko= diak. Major General Lytle Brown, Chief of the Army Engineers, made it clear in his report the proposed improvement was to facilitate the handling of halibut direct to Seat= tle, also that no work will be done unless assured the cold —storage plant plans will be carried through by Kodiak interests. TABLE SALARY CUT MEASURES WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. T— The House Expenditures Commit- tee has tabled all bills referred to ' it to cut Government salaries. from Juneau, to Continue WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7— The birdman of Leavenworth Peni- dentiary can keep his canaries, ac- cording to a decision made here. The general prohibition of pri- vate “businesses” in prisons threat- ened avocation to Robert Stroud, twice a murderer, but officials permitted him to continue. Over 23 years ago, Stroud, youth of 20, left his home in Seattle and went to Alaska. He located in Juneau. A quarrel re- sulted while he was residing there, he struck a fatal blow and was convicted on a charge of man- slaughter and sent to Leavenworth Prison. Seven years later, Stroud gave fatally stabbing a guard in the Birdman Convict, Sentenced Is Permitted His Business mess hall. Stroud was again convicted but was saved from the gallows by Woodrow Wilson, then President. Stroud has been in solitary cons | finement since then. § One day a pair of sparrows flew into his cell. Strout tamed them and got the idea of raising flQn aries. Stroud’s mether, coming Kansas City took the canaries and sold them. Together they built up an industry so that bird fanciers all over the country consulted them. e Recently an order was changing all this, but a protest foliowed and Stroud been permitted to continue business, from his cell, aided | his mother, ublie Sy