The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 20, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW? AIL THE TIME" MEMBER OF ASSOCIATLD PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS LINDBERGH CASE ' DEMOCRATIC RELIEF PLAN PRESENTED PROGRAM TO AID ENTIRE COUNTRY 15 MAPPED OUT Measure Involves Two Bil- lion, One Hundred Million Dollars PROPOSAL GIVEN GENERAL APPROVAL Provides Loans to States, Counties, Cities— Relief for Idle WASHINGTCN, May 20.—Speak- John W. Garger proposed a new 0 billion, one hundred million dollar relief program yesterday which met the approval of both the Democratic and Republican sides of the House. The Democrats plan to take the program before the Senate within hort, time, The plan increases capitaliza- tion of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to three billion dol- from two billion dollars. The plan requires no additional government machinery to handle To Aid Country The proposal is designed to help lifi the country out of the ecomo- mic slump, furnish employment to the idle and direct relief to those| without food and dlothing. It would provide loans to states, counties and cities. Tt proposes a billion dollar bond issue for a government buildnig program and also a tax of one third of a cent a gallon on gaso- line. It would provide a sinking fund in order not to disturb the Fzderal budget operations. IDLE MONEY T0 GO T0 WORK IS NEW PROPOSAL Group of Bfiers and In- dustrialists Plan Credit Expansion NEW YORK, May 20.—A mnew move to put hundreds of millions of idle dollars to work has been started by & powerful committee of bankers and industrial men un- der their own chairmanship. The group was brought together by George Harrison, Governor of | the New York Federal Reserve Bank to make the Federal Reserve of credit expansion more effective and the action was also in an- swer to the demand to make more drastic means of stimulating econ- omic recovery and recovery of| prices. The group hopes to find means of bringing together vast idle funds; in banks which exist throughout the nation. ‘The members of the group said nothing is definitely arranged yet, but it suggested one possible ave- nue of credit in expansion in loans to building loan societies by large commercial banks, answering the| demand for credit for financing of | small homes. { ———— BELGIANS TIRE OF GLOOM LIEGE, Belglum—An associa- | tion has been formed here to com- bat pessimistic talk. Each membe: wears @ medal with the inserip- tion: “Don’t mention hard times| to me.” “Hell Cat” Coming Back to Alaska For More Adventure PHILADELPHIA, Penn., May 20.—Not that she gives a hang, but Mrs. Edward M. Biddle, prominent society woman, has been called a “Hell Cat” and snubbed by her many friends, she says, since returning from Alacka where she went to gath- er material for a book. Notwithstanding all this, she says she is going back again within a couple of years. Mrs. Biddle declared some cf her friends have turned laws in their backs to her. Snell leely Convention Chazrmah , Once a Logger Now G. O. P. Stalwart Representative Bertrand I. Smeil is considered the likely choi 57 4, 7 : &‘\' O CAN!H‘ ® of the Republicans for Permancnt Chairman of the National Con- vention. He is a veferan in Congress. CHARGE YOUTH WITH MURDER, SEATTLE CASE [Richard Carter, Missing, | Blamed for Death of Foster Mother SEATTLE May 20 — Richard Carter aged 19 years, has been formally charged with first degree \the STOCK MARKET HOLDING FIRM; TRADING SLACK Prices Maintain Good Undertone—Advances Are Made Today NEW YORK, May 20. was little inT8rest mani Stock Market today. murder in connection with the slaying of his foster mother, Mrs. Sadie Carter, aged 53 years, who was found dead in a closet of the family home. The police are searching for the young man. The theory that rob- bery was the motive for the crime | has been abandoned when a dia- mond ring and other articles be- | lieved taken, were later found. Ex-Follies Beauty Asks Divorce from Colored Husband, | | ] | | considerable {hour then eased back, The securities market derived encouragement from the anonuncement of the formation of a board of leading industrial- ists and bankers to assist in the Reserve credit system but early (buying enthusiasm flagged. Prices maintain a good tone however. Leading shares to two points in the under- pushed up one first half losing half, {but stiffened again. The upswing in bonds, parti- cularly rails, was helpful to shares. American Telephone, American Can, American Tobacco B., Allied Chemical, Ccrn Product Case, LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 20.— As an attorney to Helen Lee Wor- thing, former Fallies beauty, was |filing a divorce complaint for the |third time in three years agam“‘ Dr. Eugene C. Nelson, her colored husband, the latter's legal counsel, ‘was drawing up papers requesting | the annulment of the marriage. The physician’s complaint mere- ly cited that their Tia Juana marriage was not legal, as they did not comply with the Mexican the matter of witnesses. “Kept Prisoner” former Follies beauty al- leged that her colored husband was “cruel, jealous, had 2 violent temper, called her bad names and made her a virtual prisoner in their two homes.” It also was charged that Nelson “ran around with oth: women and gave her m“dl"me! that caused her to reel about m 4a stupor and comatose cendition.” Last winter, it was set forth, M.»s. Worthing had to call police to' regain admittance to their home The after Dr. Nelson had put her out'and was offered at 5% cents forthis week against Ed. Hible: in a nearby delivery. This is the lowest Dash Early, when she was clad only Dr. Nelson and Miss Worthing | were married in Tia Juana in 1927, | and separated on May 6 .the com- plaint stated. ——————— — During 1931, 282 manufacturers Eastman, Santa Fe, Union Pacific and 'Westinghouse gained two points and most of them retained a fair portion of the gains., A few soft spots were Pacific Gas, Pacific Telephone, losing more than cne point. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, May 20—Alaska |Juneau mine stock closed today at 9%, American Can 38, Anaconda 47, Bethlehem Steel 12%, Curtiss-' right 1; Fox Films 1%, General Mowrs 10%, International Harves- 'ter 17%, Kennecott 6%, Packard Motors 2%, United States Steel 287%. ———— . GOPPER DROPS T0 LOW LEVEL NEW YORK, May 20.—~The D"u‘c of copper reached a new low today price ever named for the metal. ML P 2 OHIO U. FRATERNITIES DECREASE ICOLUMBUS, O. May 20.—The number of fraternities on the Ohio; of all kinds and grades of hosiery State University campus has fal-|their own recognizance. By OS(.AR. LEIDING | WASHINGTON, May 20. — A stalwart among Republican forces | “on the hill” for nearly 17 years| expecied to wield * the gave!l as Permanent Chairman of the |G. O. P. National Convention. He is Representative Bertrand H. Snell, an upstate New Yorker, | Wwhose qualities as presiding offi- cer his party had hoped to honor | carlier by electing him Spmkml of the House. | Reprosentative Snell was not clected Speaker, polling 207 votes to the 218 which put Representa- [tive John Nance Garner in the | chair, and is expected instead to be | ating and platform-making deliber- ations. tions. Is Leader | Grim and dogged, slow to flare up, but relentless in driving %to- ward his belief of the right, he is a leader who learned to handle men in logging camps along the Raquette river, near where the St. |Lawrence river divides Canada l\from the United States. | Brain and brawn both played their part in Snell's advance from {logger to bookkeeper to big busi- ness executive and continue to| contribute their share in his poli- tical life. Words for him are not wings for the oratory, but mediums for making a point and stating a pur- pose or cause. He is serious and taciturn, though as he sits in the House with his fingers playing over his full-cheeked face, the movement interrupted only by the hasty scribling of a “reminder,” he chuckles often over the words »of __|a speaker, Is a Fighter Rep. Snell is known to his col- leagues as a fighter—and an hon- est one—and his dogged determina- tion lies as much in his actions as in his physical appearance. He is well built, of medium stature, and has a well-filled and ruddy face with sandy brows and thin- ning hair. After graduation from Amherst college, ‘Snell began his business career as a bookkeeper for a lum- bering concern and amassed a for- tune 1n paper, pulp, power and cheese enterprises. He will be no stranger in the Chicago Convention, for he was a delegate to the party conven- tions held there in 1916 and 1920 and in 1924 in Cleveland. COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS APPROVES BILL Sanclion?f-rade of 60 Acres of Land at Yaku- i tat to Libby Railroad WASHINGTON, May 20. — The Committee on Public Lands of the House of Representatives yester- day approved a measure, intro- duced several months ago by Dele- gate Wickersham of Alaska, to transfer a small tract of the pub- lic domein at Yakutat to Libby, McNeill & Libby for a similar itract already owned by that com- | pany. The bill is to turn over to the Yakutat & Southern Railroad for terminal purposes 60 acres of land |on Monti Bay, and to receive in |return @ similar area in the same general locality. l The Committee also approved a | Wickersham bill that authorizes the Attorney General of the Unit- led States to convey to Nome for |street purposes lot fwo of block w50 ‘of the Nome townsite. HlBLER AND EARLY CASE IS CONTINUED Hearing of the charge filed ¢ | rly and wing nt accused of |burglarized the Leader Depar |Store and George Brothers' lery last week, was continued yes- jterday by Judge Charles Sey in ,the United States Commissioner’s Court. The two men were released At on the in the United States made net len froin 81, in 1929, to 77, and | United States Attorney's Office to- shipments totaling 50,541,210 dozen the average membership has fallen day it was said that the date ©or pairs. | from 399 to 345. @as the Governor's party left given the Territorial la hearing was uncertain, HOUSE DEFEATS MOTION TO CUT OUT ROAD FUND [Votes 56 1o 51 Against Striking Out $354,310 for Road Commission The National House of Rep- resentatives yesterday defeated a motien to strike from the War Department supply bill the Alaska Road Commission’s fund for road and trail con- struction for 1932-33, accord- ing to an Associated Press dis- patch reccived by The Empire. The item, that carries $354,- 130, was approved by the House. The vote on the mo- tion to strike it was 56 against and 51 for. Wednesday a motion to in- crease it to $650,000, the sum approved by the Bureau of Budget and which was carried by the War Department’s es- timate, was defeated. —o—— VISITORS TO GO ON KARLSRUHE AT 3 TOMORROW Officers anMn on Cruis- er Will Be Taken to See Glacier Hours and days for visitors on the German cruiser Karlsruhe, as announced by Capt. Wassner, the craft's commander, are between 8 and 6 o'clock in the afternoons of tomorrow, Sunday, Wednesday and a week from tomorrow. Vis- itors will be taken from the Gov- ernment wharf in the ships laun- ches to the war vessel. Visitors may also make use of privately owned boats. During the cruiser's stay in port, she will remain an- chored in mid-harbor and will not moor to a dock, As a diversion for officers, ca- dets and enlisted men aboard the warship, motor rides to Menden- hall Glacier have been arranged by the Chamber of Commerce com- mittee, of which E. M. Goddard is chairman. Automobiles en Wharf Automobiles will be at the Gov- ernment wharf at 1 o'clock to- morrow afternoon and 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon to take the sea- men to the glacier. Dances and other forms of en- tertainment will be arranged for the enlisted men next week. All officers, cadets and enlisted men of the ship will be admitted free to both bleachers and grandstand of the baseball park during base- ball games. Plans are under way for enter- tainment of officers and cadets at social affairs in many homes of the city. Governor To Give Dinner This evening at the Executfive Mansion, Gov. George A. Parks will be host at a dinner. Capt. Wassner and two of his senior officers; Richard L. Reinhardt, German Consul for the Northwest part of the United States, headquarters at Seattle, and Simp- son J. MacKinnon, former Lie tenant in the United States Na ‘Aide to the Governor, will be hpn- or guests. Today Capt. Wassner and some of his officers visited the Federal and Territorial building. Tney made friendly calls at most of the offices, meeting the heads of de- partments. Late yesterday afternon, Gov. Parks, accompanied by t. Mac- Kinnon and Harry G. Watson, Sec- Tetary to the Governor, formally| called on Capt. Wassner aboard the cruiser. After the brief visit the vessel, a salute of 17 guns W Executive. Personnel Busy in Morning The forenoons of the cadets and enlisted men are occupied studles and duties aboard ship. This forenoon several of the ves- sel's cutters, fully manned, were rowed on courses in the harbor. Shore leaves are granted afternoons and evenings. Announcement was made on the (Contlnued- on Page Two) i with | with | stage yesterday which meets week. final for 18 months. time and if the ents Were George Gordon years, busness of A. T. Bushby, Columbia. fish reduction Rupert in 1921. 122 ARE Jured. DUBLIN, May Bamon De Valera won a abolish the oath Crown by a vote of 77 to 69. The bill now goes to the Senate | Wednesday of nex The Senate cannot veto but can If this comes about, Eireann, the other House, can re- pass the bill at the end of that| then fails to act within 60 days, the meas- ure becomes effective. G. G. Bushby Passes Away in Victoria VICTORIA, after a long illness. and Administrator. was the daughter of Sir Douglas, first Governor of Briti He established the BOMBAY, India, May 20.— es yesterday between the Hindus and Moslems brought casualties for the past se to 122 dead and 1,043 per John Thomas, (left) incumbent, and J. Wesley Holden are candi- dates for the republican nomination for United States senator from ‘daho at the primary elecnon, May 24. DE VALERA IS WINNER AGAIN ON OATH BILL Measure Now Goes to Sen- ate for Subsequent Disposition 20. in the {fight exercise Senate Business MaT Whose Par- Promincnl, Dies, Long Illness take off today. Rome may be her destination. The aviatrix reached St. Johns,| B. C 20.— | New Brunswick last night on her B by, 63 | projected flight across the At- man, died today|lantic ocean. He was a son e — pioneer Le His mother at plant e DEAD, 1,043 INJURED BOMBAY RIOTS - riot ATTEMPT MAE 5., an of Alusha Auators Is — President her to to the British delay the bil the Dail James sh ash- | ing the SEEKS PLACE ONIDAHO G O P TICKET | | { | Associated Press Photo ey | RASKOB, OTHERS ON STOCK POOL [Percy Rockefeller Gives Testimony Before Senate Commitiee WASHINGTON, May 20. — How John J. Raskob and other promi- nent men profited nearly $3,000,- {000 from one week's pool opera- tions in New Radio stock in March, 1929, was rtelated to the Senate| Stock Market Investigating com- mittee. Percy Rockefeller said the men who profited by the operations in- cluded not only Raskob but Schwab Chrysler, Swope, Durant, Stillman and the Fisher brothers. | WINTRIX AT HARBOR GRACE B U L L ETIN—HARBOR GRACE, May 20.—Amelia Ear- hart Putnam hopped off late this afterncon for a flight across the Atltatic, a MARBOR GRACE, Newfound- land, May 20.—Amelia Earhart- {Putnam has acrived here and may 'FLYING BOAT DO-X DELAYED | HARBOR GRACE, Newfound-|~— land, May 20.—The German flying hoat DO-X, enroute to Europe from New York, turned back to Bilbo, lon Trinity Bay last night because | of approaching darkne: Con- tinuation of the flight is expected ng ay. She is due here| this afternoon or evening. | | | FOIL SUBWAY SUICIDE | | COCKFOSTERS, England, May | 20.—An anti-suicide trap has been | a new subway station on days|Dullt Into i ns in- here. A person jumping from | 7 the platform in front of a tr lands in a trench and the s head. |passes over b g Name MAKE MILLIONS | INFORMATION IS PROMISED KIDNAP CASE Unknown Wnter to Make Revelations if Guar- anteed Safety 'NEW DEVELOPMENTS AGAINST J. H. CURTIS |[Police Investigating His Whereabouts on Night Ransom Was Paid NEW YORK, May 20.— The New York Evening Post said this afternoon it has learned on high authority that Mayor James J. Walker “huq received a letter prom- ising information in the Lind- bergh baby case if the writer is guaranteed safety. The information was ob- ained from the “following public notice appearing in the New York Times, ‘Citizen- guarantee a bs ol ute confid- ence, Jimmy’,” said the Even- ing Post. The letter the Mayor is said to have received impress- ed him and his advisers. ‘The nature of the informa- tion is not revealed nor would Mayor Walker confirm the report he had received it. NEW ANGLE IN CASE HOPEWELL, N. J, May 20— The police disclosed today they are still investigating the whereabouts of John H. Curtis on the night of April 2 when Dr. Condon paid the ransom ‘of $50,000. t is known that Curtis went to New York from Norfolk about that date. His actions and whereabouts on that day and night have mot been definitely established. It is also reported that Curtis's activities might have been part of a rum running plot, but Col. R. Norman Schwarzkolpf said no- thing has developed to corrohorate the theory. AUTHORITIES PLAN TO GET CURTIS AND MINISTER TOGETHER FOR CONFERENCE HOPEWELL, N. J., May 20— Anxious to confront John Hughes Curtis, intermediary in the Lind- bergh diknaping case, now under arrest and in jall to answer to charges of giving false informa- glon in connection with the case, with Dean H. Dobson-Peacock, an- other Norfolk negotiator, the po- lice offered to pay the minister's expenses if he came here for ques- tioning. He refused even tha§ offer. Yesterday it was announced in Norfolk that the Dean would come lere. It was also announced that the authorities were studying the case to ascertain if the minister was 3 (Continued on Page Twar - e, Five Years Ago |Today, Lindbergh Hopped for Paris NEW YORK, May 20.—Col. Charles A, Lindbergh, just “Slim” then, and no one pay- ing any attention to him, stepped into an airplane five years ago this morning with a pair of ham sandwiches and flew over the Atlantic Ocean and landed in Paris on the night of May 21 in Idaho Wilds ROME, Italy, May 20—Marchése| racoMA, Wash, May 20—A |Luigi Disolari, right hand man i i 5 {of Marconi and participant in lh{‘ A Penn palied s Rlony £ £F first trans-Atlantic radio trans-|Alaska aviators, is appearing m| mission in 1901, was shot three|a role of aerial pioneer in Idaho. times today by a discharged em-| Word has been ed here |ploye. Disolari was not gra\el”t‘m' passenger | ‘1njm\d. plane cor ng isolated mining towns open to the outside world. Bennett's planes are making reg- ular trips to half a dozen such | places from Boise, Several min- ers and others were were il have been brought out to hos- pitals,