The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 2, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XXXIX., NO. 5994. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1932. ENATE T0 TAKE ACTION ON REVE DOCTOR IS RELE PHYSICIAN 1S HELD CAPTIVE FOR 18 DAYS Is Set Free Tocia); and Re-| turned to His Home Safely TWO POLITICIANS ARE UNDER ARREST Kidnap Gang Escapes When Officers Close in Upon Them PEORIA, Illinois, April 2.—Dr. yames W. Parker, aged 65 years, wealthy physician, is safely af home again today. Dr. Baker has been a captive of kidnappers for the past 18 days. Two minor politicians, candi- cates for elective offices on reform s in the past, have been ed as the suspected agents for the abduotors. The kidnap gang escaped after releasing their wvictim when Pol'.2 and agents of Chicago's Big Six attempted to close in on them. Dr. Parker said he was treated well while held captive. He was released near Peoria by three men. | No ransom was_ fpaid. The two politiclans were held incommunicado wmtil Dr. Parker was released. MORE GLUES IN LINDBERGH CASE ARE ELIMINATED New Jersey State Police Issues Bulletin—Of- ficer on Trip HOPEWELL, N. J., April 2— The New Jersey State Police in a morning bulletin today, said that during the past 24 hours, there has developed the “usual number of eliminations” of clues in con- nection with the kidnapping of the baby son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh. No further light was shown in Major Schoeffel's trip to England. | He left New York last Monday | and it is reported he has gone to interview officials of Scotland Yard in regard to the Tindbergh | abduction. — MELLON LEAVES FOR LONDON TO TAKE NEW POST Refuses to Discuss Any Is- sues Local or In- ternational NEW YORK, April 2.—Andrew T. Mellon, new United States Am- bassador to Great Britain, sailed yesterday on the liner Majestic The former Secretary of the Treasury waved aside all questions about taxation, reparations, balanc- ing of the Federal budget and na- tional politics asked by the news- papermen. ——— Veteran Shakespeare Portrayer Succumbs PORTLAND, Me., April 2—Wil- liam C. Mason, veteran Shakes- pearean actor and former manag- er for the late John Craig of the ED BY KIDNAPERS Extremes Meet in Hin—denburg-Hither Clashon |CHICAGO WARD April 10; German V oters Must Make Clear Cut Decision in Presidential Fight in Re public BERLIN, April 2—Like waves upon a rocky headland, “storm troops” of Adolf Hitler's national socialists are hurling themselves afresh upon the seemingly impreg- nable position of President Paul von Hindenburg. [——_. P! As in the first ballot of the 1932 | presidential election' on March 13, the second voting on April 10 is expected to give the citizens of the Reich a choice between the per- sonalities and policies of two men. What other candidate or candi- dates may venture into the strug- gle probably again will be akin only to sand spits egainst the ris- ing tide of the “nazis.” On the one hand is an 84-year- old soldier, made over by seven years of bitter struggle finto an astute politician. On the other is a fiery, spec- tacular orator, little more than half his opponent’s age, who rag- POLITICIAN IS FATALLY SHOT Precinct Captain Called from His House and Shot by 3 Men CHICAGO, T, April 2.—Pistols barked today in the Twenty-fifth ‘Ward. Nicholas Tesca, Republican, and | Precinct Gaptain, was called from es and storms about “the sins of 1 the second Reich” | Must Endure Hindenburg reminds the voters that Germany must endure. 4 | Hitler shouts that endurance has ceased to be a virtue. A sense of duty, sternly en- PAUL VON HINDENBURG !for:e‘d. animates the aged field BORN, October 2, 1847, at Posen, marshal. Prussia. | A desire to reconstruct the proud EARLY CAREER: Officer in Ger- disciplined Germany of the pre- man army, 1870-1907. war days, urges on the younger WAR RECORD: Called from re-}oandl‘dm,e's quest of power. ety tirement; defeated ' Russians; | That quest, say Hitler's bitter- made supreme commander of all est opponents, would stop at moth- German armies. ing, mot even at civil war. They PLATFORM: To uphold the consti- Quote the pronouncement of Karl tution of the Germam- Republic; Severing, the Prussian dfficial who to cstablish good will with oth. Ordered recent widespread raids on er maticns; to carry out treaty D% headquarters and said docu- oblfgations to the limit of the Ments had been seized, showing nation’s ability. that the Hitler forces planned to ) /march on every important Ger- man city if the ballot went against AT THIS TIME Severing was a wvictim of “sheer Local Veniremen Ordered panic” and that the raids were a badly conceived poltical man- Not to Report for Duty Until Notified euver. | A possibility loomed today thet confidence of his supporters. The |nazis address him as “old man” !and insinuate that he is little more {than a “rubber stamp” for Chan- strongly indicated when the local| Recall Prophecy venire were notified by Court of-| In this connection there has ficials this morning that they been recalled a prophecy of Dr. would not be required to report Gustay Stressemann, the late For- jury service not to report until Stressemann said: g further notified. The out-of-town| “Mark my words: President von venire” Was cancelled early this Hindenburg will remain at th_e week. |head of the German nation until “William I is von Hindenburg's great hero. What the emperor did !he will do.” ———————— l{ WASHINGTON, April 2—James W. Gerard has resigned as Treas-| urer of the Democratic National! | cellor Heinrich Bruening. for duty next Wednesday. {eign Minister, who initiated the Judge Harding recessed the his death. ‘There is one appezl Committee. He said he found the | The mental agility, physical well- But the manner in which the v jimped into the very thick of the there will be no jury cases iried It was announced by Clerk of foreign policy ‘of reconciliation Court John H. Dunn that Judge which the Hitler forces would, term Friday afternoon to 2 p. m. which he cannot resist, the fact Monday. |that Emperor Wilhelm I remained pressure of the campaign work} s WASHINGTON, ‘April 2—Repre- beirig and political authority of the at the current term of the Fed- campaign, for the tirst balloy con- Justin W. Harding had ordered among other things, tear down. ————————— lat the head of a nation until he | sentative Albert H. Vestal, Repub- | venerable President add to the it chate - T whe| SIS HI SERR the local residents drawn for petit Shortly before his death Dr. \was more then ninety. GERARD QUITS \lican of Indiana, who died yester- First Lynching in Texas for Over One Year Is Reported CROCKETT, Texas, The first lynching in this State in more than one year ‘took place {early today when four men hanged a 50-yéar-old megro who is nlleg- ed to have entered a white Wo- man’s bathroom. el Shepatd Nominated, {Cordova Postmaster 'WASHINGTON, April 2.—Presi- dent Hoover has named William J. Shepard to be postmaster at Cor- dova, : : April 2— |ment. day as the result of a heart ail- 'on Sunday. He was stricken while |last Tuesday afternoon. Not So Bad After All; Star Gets Tax Credit Novarro of Los , the mo- jed an income tax credit and re- |fund of $30437 for the years 1928 |and 1929, the Internal Revenue Bu- reau announced. The tax reduction resulted from |the allowanoe of deductions for |10sses incurred through embezzle- | ment, will be buried at Anderson, | working on the floor of the House ‘WASHINGTON, April 2—Ramon | Angeles, | tion picture star, has been award- | ADOLF HITLER BORN: April 20, 1889, at Bram- nau-Inn, Austria. EARLY CAREER: Carpenter and Interior decorator. WAR RECORD: _Volunteered in German army; gassed and was wounded; silver medal for brav- ery. PLATFORM: _Renunciation of the Treaty of Versailles; no more reparations payments; b ment of Jews from public of- fice; notionalization of banks; restoration of Germany as 2a military power. TWO AIRMEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE, DEATH Drop 3,500Eet; Crawl Out from Demolished Plane—Are Alive SPOKANE, Wash.,, April 2— Falling 3,500 feet in a flat spin near here last night, Carl Shirmer and Henry Plumb, pilots, crawled from their demolished plane with only a few superficial injuries. Shirmer’'s left eye was cut by his goggles which were broken in the fall. Plumb was only jolted. ‘The plane spiraled down on an even keel, when the motor stoped, and landed in a plowed field. - eee— - TAX EXPERT IS ARRESTED AGAIN C. W. W. Forge of Holly- wood, Alleged Involv- ed Carewe Returns LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 2— C. W. Wallace Forge, of Holly- wood, income tax expert, has been |arrested by Federal officers in an |indictment charging him with aid- {ing Edwin Carewe, former film director, to make alleged false in- {come tax returns. | Forge was reléased on his own recogniznace. He is on probation now on another income tax charge. Carewe was arrested Thursday, charging with tax evasion, and sub- sequently release.d - ee— — @0 0000 000000000 REGISTER! Those who have not yet ‘availed themselves of the opportunity to register so they can vote in Tuesday's municipal election, can do so up to 9 o'clock tonight. The City Clerk’s office will be open from 7 to 9 p. m. for late comers. REGISTER NOW AND VOTE TUES- DAY! . . . . leooeecoesccee his home and shot, being fatally wounded on the street by three men. Before dying, Tesca said the three men had previously warned him to stop his activitieS in be- half of a candidate for Commit- teeman, ‘The tnio has not been identi- fied. ‘'William Parrillo, running for committeeman from the same ward, recently filed' a praecipe of $250,- 000 damage suit against Frank Lioesch, Cirime Commission head, because Loesch accused him of be- ing a pantisan of “Scarface” Al Capone. RAIL ISSUES CARRY BRUNT, STOCK DEALS Industrials and Utilties Finish Near Finals of Friday NEW YORK, April 2—Selling converged on railroad issues during the last hour of the short session today., Railroads, industrials and utilities finished, however, within a fraction of yesterday’s final with ‘the exception of a few shares. Union Pacific and Santa Fe dropped two points. Case dropped three puints and Auburn four. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, April 2.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau Mine stock today is 16%, American Can 60%, Anaconda 7%, Bethelehem Steel, 16%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 3, General Motors 15, Inter- national Harvester 197%, Kennecott 6%, Packard Motors 3, United States Steel 39, Bunker Hill, no sale. T0 ABOLISH SHIP BOARD President Recommends Dispensing of One Gov- ernment Agency WASHINGTON, April 2.—Presi- dent Hoover today récommended ithe abolition of the United States Shipping Board. He has decided he will not appoint a successor to the late E. C. Plummer, Vice- Chairman of the Board. The President said he hopes Congress will abolish the Board so as to make drastic reductions in the Merchant Marine expenditures now receiving $100,000,000 yearly from the government, mostly for construction loans and mail con- tracts. Most of the war-time fleet is now in private hands. MRS. BIDDLE MAY FLY OUT FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 2— Mrs. Bdward M. Biddle, society woman of Philadelphia, has ann- ounced her intention of flying from Nenana or Fairbanks to Skagway over a route which may become a popular airline in the future. There has been much talk here of instituting a regular air- line over the route. Mrs. Biddle has been far nomh obtaining mat- erdal for a book she is to write. — To encourage British touring in thelr country, Swiss hotel keepers have worked out a plan where English money stays in England 0 meet Swiss purchases of British 300ds, ‘lna week, LUMBER MILL MONDAY WANTS 100 LABORERS Everything: in Readiness| for Resumption of Operations Juneau's unemployed situation | will be relieved considerably Mon- day morning by the hiring of 100 workers by the Juneau Lumber Mills. This number will be need- ed to do common labor and all be chosen from among the men who apply in person at the yard for jobs. No Imported Labor No common labor has been brought from the States, it being the policy of Roy Rutherford President and Muanager, to give preference to local residents. The heads of the various de-| |partments of the Mills were en- ;xaged some time Bgo. These bos |es, almost without exception, are |going back to their old positions. Fires Under Boilers Fires were put under the boil- ers of the new power plant at the | Juneau Lumber Mills this after- noon preparatory to the resump- tion of operations by the Mills at 8 o'clock Monday morning. There is an ample supply of logs on hand and everything else is in readi- ness for the beginning of season- |al activities. . FORMER ARMY MEN ARRESTED HOLD-UP CASE Bandit Raid at Fort Lewis Barracks May Be Near Solutien TACOMA, Wash., April 2—Two former soldiers, Bernard Degra- Zia, aged 20, and Eugene Gambro, aged 27, were arrested here yes- terday as suspects in the hold-up of 16 members of the Tenth Field Artillery, at Camp Lewis, on Thurs- day night. A third bandit is still sought. The trio took $300 from the sold- jers after lining them against the wall. Degrazle was warested after a street chase and Gambro was arrested after a fight in an apart- ment house. .. LARGE FORCE WILL BE SENT T0 MANCHURIA Japanese Government Ord- ers Military Expedition to New State TOKYO, April 2—The Govern- ment has ordered a military expe- dition of unennounced strength, to proceed to Manchuria and as- sist in quelling the rebellion against the new state. Operations have been ordered started immediately at Chien Tau, near Kosena, on the Soviet border. where fierce fighting is reported. The Japanese infantry is reported to have captured Nangun. Boy Sent to Prison at Mother’s Request DETROIT, Michigan, April 2.— Because his mother thought it would be good for him, Max Yal- lan, aged nineteen, has been sen- tenced to serve a one to fifteen- year prison term for burglary. The youth was sentenced, when his mother, Mrs. Caroline Yallen, told police Judge McKay Stillman he was “out of my control.” - e ON SICK LIST Mrs. Harvey I. Clark is ill at her home with a severe cold but expects to be out during the com- New Akrofi Colrnmandel; Associated Pr. Alger H. Dresel (above), for- mer commanding officer of the dirigible Los Angeles, has been assigned to command the huge Akton. He will relieve Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, who is slated for promotion. BigA.Sbvifi o Force Now in Siberia Thirty Thousand Soliliers Concentrated at Vladivostok TROKYO, April 2«A Wat De- partment communique received from Harbin, Manchuria, tells of the concentration of 30,000 Soviet troops at Viadivostok to fortify that section. Food stores are becoming re- inforced and replenished. Citizens, according ‘to the com- munique, are being drilled for gas attacks. Heavy motorized artillery is pass- ing through the streets of Vladi- vostok daily and the former naval arsenal on an island at the en- trance to the Vladivostock harbor is reported working to full capac- ity. Over 30,000 Soviet soldlers are also reported to have been con- centrated on the border. TOLD TO BE READY MOSCOW, April 2—Press and Government are silent on latest plans in the Soviet Far Bast, but a large number of technical spec- jalists are being moved and army men are told to be ready. Engineers, construction special- ists, chauffeurs, aviation mechan- ics and doctors are among the technicians sent East. Their or- ders conform to recent declara- tions in Iyverstia the government newspaper, that the government was taking measures to protect the Far Eastern frontiers. Defenses Strengthened Admissions have been made re- cently 'that military forces along the Eastern border have been con- siderably strengthened. At the same time it was indi- cated that certain categories of the militany reserves are being in- formed to hold themselves in read- iness for service at short notice. Well informed circles consider this a normal precautionary movement, Jistified by maneuvers near the Soviet's Asiatic doors. ———ato—— Foster Is Nominee of Communist Party BALTIMORE‘:.;/I‘\&_WI:LHH. April 2. William Z. Foster has been nom- inated for the Presidency of the SENATORSLOOK WITH FAVOR ON BIG MEASURE Bill Is Largest Ever Draft- ed in U. S. During Peace Times TREMENDOUS SUM WILL BE RAISED Many Amendments Are Endorsed by House Be- fore Final Action WASHINGTON, April 2— The Senate is favorably disposed to- ward the biggest revenue bill draft- ed in peace times and which was | passed late by afternoon {by the House by @& 4. 7 The Senate begins consideration of the bill next week, The measure i§ estimated to raise $1,032,400,000. The House promises to aid )~ 000,000 in appropriation cut.#% | The House, before the passage of the bill, supported all amend- ments brought up by the Ways and Means Committee, including $300,~ 000,000 expected to be raised by, excise taxes, income surtaxes, cors porate estate taxes, Levies were boostéd by placing a tax on stocks, bonds, and divi- | dends. TARIFF BILL IS ASSED WASHINGTON, April 2—¥Head- ted for a veto, the Democratic Tar- |¥f Bill, to revoke the President’s |8 ty to make changes in im- | port duties, which passed the Sen- ifiw late yesterday afternoon, goes |back to the House, which had |Passed it in a different form from the conference. The vote in the Senmte bn the bill was 42 to 30. £00D SHOWING MADE BY CITY IN PAST YEAR Despite Reduced Revenues, City Council Shows Material Savings Made A statistical picture of the local city administration, presented in a consolidated balance sheet ta the City Council last night by Auditor 'W. A. Habernal, showed |& sharp decline in revenues for the |year just ending, a corresponding |curtailment in expenditures, re- duction in public indebtedness and a net cash balance of $4,506.37, as compared to $631.15 at the cor= respondnig date last year. “I think you have really ac- complished a remarkable work dur- ing the year,” declared Mr. Hab- ernal in presenting his informal report of the examination of the city’s records. He complimented City Clerk H. R. Shepard on the {manner in wihch he kept his ac- " |counts and other receipts which, |he said: “Are in A-1 shape.” Policy Is Justified The program of permanent street improvements and sewer re- placement carried on by Mayor ‘Judson and Councilmen during the past several years is beginning to bear fruit. the Auditor pointed jout. Owing to this program, dur- |ing the past year expenditures for repairs to streets and sewers were heavily reduted as compared to United States at the Maryland | former s, and State convention of the Commun- | aqded, tl’y:;; should l:e‘exthmm’mm ist Party of the U. S. held me.i‘m this item. J. 'W. Ford, Ohio negro bullding | “Two years ago,” he illustrated, trades worker, has been named lorll-bms fmy XWb?;ovam;mlgd to be= vice-president and Carl Bradley,|tween $1,500 and $2,000 per month. Baltimore steel worker, Was NOmM- [gast year this was slashed to be= inated for U. S. Senator from tween $300 and $400 monthly.” Maryland. “If I may say a word of eaul- — tion, T would advise the Council to continue its conservative pol= Ocean Yacht Race iy of keeping its expenditures Starts on June 25| NEW YORK, April 2—The bi- ennial international ocean yacht race from the United States to Bermuda will start from Montauk Point, L. I, on June 25. The race was previously started say just what is going to happ It is my own belef that there ‘(mm New London, Conn,