The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 30, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL FHE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1932. VOL. XL., NO. 6095. TATTERED, HUNGRY VET - MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY SEN. HARRISON THROWS FIRST CAMPAIGN BOMB Charges Are Made in Speech Sent Over Nationwide Hookup ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IS PUT UP TO G.0.P. HEAD Delay for Two Years in Positive Action Cause of Present Situation WASHINGTON, D. C.,, July 30.—Delay and indecision by the Hoover Administration for more than two years are largely responsible for the seriousness of the economic collapse in the United States, was the charge brought last night by Senator Pat Harri- son, Mississippi, in a speech broadcast over a nationwide radio hookup last night. It was the opening speech of the Democratic national cam- paign and indicated the par- ty’s tactics would be to lay special emphasis on economic ssues. Almost at the same time Senator Harrison was delivering his broad- side, the Administration was mak- ing public a new nine-point pro- gram urged by the President, and Senator J. L. Dickinson, Iowa, Permanent Chairman of the G. O. P. national convention last June, cpened the Republican campaign in the Mid-West, attacking the Demo- cratic program as a mass of gen- eralities. Relief Program Non-partisan ‘The Mississippi Senator’'s over- the-air statement was prepared be- fore the Hoover announcement was made public. He asserted that the program of relief legislation which the late Congress enacted was non- political and non-partisan; that it was woven by Democratic leader- ship and lined with Democratic thought. Economic troubles, he recited, be- gan in the United States in Octo- (Continued on Page Seven) IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NOW 1S PROPOSED President Announces 9- Point Plan to Rehab- ilitate Nation WASHINGTON, Julg 30. — The Administration last night announc- ed its hopes of speedily carrying out the elaborated rehabiliation program—the program involving scme of the things which Demo- cratic spokesmen insisted should have been proposed to the Con- gress earlier than two years after the economic collapse and was not done until last December. President Hoover himself an- nounced a nine-point proposal in- volving many steps to stop defla- tion and bring about improvement in the economic and industrial sit- uation now existing. The program involved: Re- placement of slums with mod- ern housing facjlities, expan- sion of credit facillties; stim- laticn of railway maintenance and repair work; faster move- ment of agricultural products; shorter working hours; swift organization of the Home Loan Bank System; constructing of self-liquidating projects and other avenues of Government co-operation with and aid to bcth public and private agen- cles. Many of these things have to be done under the auspices of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which has already set some of its machinéry in motion to make ef- fective the latest relief legislation passed by Congress just before ad- Jjournment, ;Sui)er-fil;man’ ]ns’trumenls To Probe Secrets of Earth During Polar Y ear Research By F. B. COLTON (Ascociated Press Science Editor.) WASHINGTON, July 30. — In- struments more sensitive, more ac- | curate and more enduring than their human operators will un- lock secrets of the earth's mag-| netism during the coming Interna- tional Polar Year. Delicate needles, giant loops of wire spread over the ground, and powerful radio waves shot into outer space will record automat- ically new Tacts about the strange | electric currents that play through and around the earth—which is itself a gigantic magnet. 30 Nations to Take Part They will make continuous rec-| ords all over the world from Au- gust, 1932, to August, 1933, giving scientists for the first time an unbroker: picture of nature’s elec-| trical behavior at 70 different plac- es on the earth’s surface during an entire year. Thirty or more nations will take part in the re- search. One machine, poking a continu- ous radio wave into the sky, will record the ever-changing heights of the Kenneily-Heavside layer, the billowing “blanket” of electrically- charged air that “reflects” radio waves and regulates the quality of radio reception the world over Another, the declinometer, is a compass that records each day all the different directions in which it points. Although the compass always points more or less duz north, its actual direction is con- stantly changing because of the variations in the mysterious mag- netic forces that attract it north- ward. Scientists want to know more about how and why these|to look as through a surveying in- forces vary. strument, has celluloid eye-pieces A third electrical “sleuth” will [to prevent the user'’s eyebrows and shawod the invisible but powerful |eye-lashes from touching the met- “0IP CIRCLE "READS STRENGTH OF LINES OF MAGNETIC FORCE WHICH SURROUND EARTHAND GUIDE COMPASS NEEDLE The “dip circle” shown above is one of the highly sensitive and accurate instruments that scientists will use in a world- wide study of the earth’s mag- netism during the International Polar year starting August 1. in radiation from the sun. Bet- ‘ter knowledge of the earth’s mag- | netism is highly important in radio telegraph and telephone work. One instrument, the dip circle, through which the operator has magnetic force that hovers around the earth, and will note how it varies in strength at different poinis from hour to hour and from day to day. Facts Sought Are Important A fourth device will seek to constantly | al parts and freezing to them. Most of the instruments work automat- ically, however, marking their rec- ords on revolving drums of paper or on strips of tape like a stock ticker. In Arctic ~egions where mercury is likely to freeze, thermometers will use toluol instead, a fluid more resistant to cold. W. L. PAUL WILL MAKE RACE FOR ATTY GENERAL Three-Cornered Fight in November for that ‘Office Assured Increased activity in both branch- W. L. Poul, Indian leader of es of the gold mining industry Southeast Alaska, several times is mnoticeable in the interior dis- President of the Alaska Native tricts, declared B. D. Stewart, Mn- Brotherhood and its present at- ing Supervisor for Alaska for me‘wrney. will run as an independ- United States Bureau of Mines ent candidate for Attorney Gen- and representative of the United eral of Alaska in the election next States. Geological Survey. He ra-|November. This was made known turned early this week from & today when it was announced he six weeks' trip to that region. (had filed his acceptance of ‘a pe- The three coal mines are oper-'t\ticn filed in the Office of the ating at normal capacity and bheir"rerritarial Auditor last Aprl. physical condition is excellent, Mr,‘ This will make a three-cornered Stewart sald. The mnumber of race for that office. The other prospectors in the hills is sub- ' two candidates are: James S. Truitt, stantially larger than for several Anchorage, Democrat, and John years. Rustgard, Juneau, Republican. Carrying Out Program Result is Debated The Fairbanks Exploration Com- discover if there is a secret under- standing between the magnetism of the earth and the variations LARGER MINING ACTIVITIES IN INTERIOR SEEN Both Placer and Quartz Mining Operations on Upgrade Stewart Says Just what effect Paul's entry pany, he said, is carrying out ns‘will have on the final result is comprehensive operations and de- |the cause of considerable “specula-y velopment program according to;tion. Paul, himself, believes he schedule. He visited both nw‘canmwin D;n a :.hxee-wa,;rye'e fxil;lt. redging strippi operations | Neither Democratic nor publi- gow in p’:::res& S, can leaders will concede him an Mr. Stewart also looked over as|outside chance. many of the quartz properties in| The former predict that Mr. the Fairbanks district as his time |Truittt will win by a large vote would permit. The principal op-|They point to the returns from erations in that section is being|last April's primaries as proof carried on by the Cleary Hills tbat they are justified in their Gold Mining Company which is in contention. In the Democratic a producing stage and is em- primary, Mr| Truitt polled 3723 ploying some 25 men. There are | votes, and local party leaders are some 15 separate development and |certain he will get several hun- prospecting operations being car-|dred more ballots in the general ried on in ‘he Ester Dome quartz e¢lection. Ordinarily this is the region. Several of these are new case, and at this time there seems activities and give promise of be- ing successful. The Eagle Creek Mine near Fer- 1y is now being directed by E. A. Austin, for several years in charge 2940, 800 less than that of the Yukon Gold operations in|cast for Truitt. He, however, had to be no reason to believe it will be otherwise next November. Mr, 's vote last April in the four Divisions aggregated STOCK MARKET AGAIN CLIMBS, NINTH SESSION Bulls Have Situation Well in Hand Despite Profit Taking NEW YORK, July 30.—The bull forces kept the stock market well in hand in the face of week-end profit-taking. ing the first hour of the short session then stiffened later. Trading in steels was notably active and a number of the leaders shot up one point or more. ‘The closing tone was firm. Trading Fair Today’s . trading was of a fair volume. The turnover was 800,000 shares. Today's advance was the ninth upturn in the past ten sessions. A number of brokers are look- ing for the usual corrective reac- tion normally following the ad- vancing market. Business Improvements Plans for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and general agreement on week-end business reviews showing conditions are improving in most sections of the country are interpreted as espec- ially favorable. Rails closed tional losses. Steels Advance United States Steel Common was up one and one half points and Bethlehem Steel preferred gained three points. Gulf States common was up two points. American Telegraph and Tele- phone, General Electric, General Motors and Standard Oil of New Jersey closed a point higher than yesterday's close. today with frac- CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, July 30.—Alaska Juneau mine stock closed today at 10%, American Can 39%, Ana- conda 6%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, General Mot~ ors 11%, International Harvester 17%, Kennecott 8, Packard Motors 214, United States Steel 29%, Ar- mour B %. - e————— B.C. MINERAL CLAIMS OPEN Much Property Reverts Back Because Taxes Are Not Paid VICTORIA, July 30.—The Pro- vincial Department of Lands has cancelled the survey field notes and official plan of the Gold Drop, Prince Rupert, Evening Star, Van- couver, Gold Cup and Gold Sover=- eign mineral claims in Range Four, Coast District, according to notice contained in the British Columbia Gazette. It is understood that approxi- mately ten thousand mineral claims, all crown-granted, which have re- verted to the Government for non- payment of taxes, are under re- view by the Department of Mines and all those in arrears for ten years will be thrown open to pros- pectors as a free area which may be staked for $250 per claim and title granted after the customary assessment work of $100 per claim is done each year for five years. - e WORLD FLIGHT CONTEMPLATE BY VON GRONAU OTTAWA, July 30—Despite de- nials to the contrary by Capt. Wolf- gang von Gronau, reports persisted the German flier, who landed in America after a seaplane flight from Germany, will continue west- ward in a world girdling flight by way of the Aleutians and Asia. High officials of the Department of National Defense are quoted as the Ruby district. Mr. Austin is OPposition where the latter was shipping five tons of the mgmlmnnhm unopposed fqr the Demo- PO L D L RN (Continued on Page Three) .., (Continuec on rage Eight) saying arrangements have been completed for the flight. Capt. von Gronau is now visiting in Chicago, MW The list sagged moderately dur-’ Bethlehem Steel 18%,| GREAT RUN OF PINK FISH IN SOUND WATERS Season in Prince William Sound Extended 72 Hours—Run Appears With the appearance in Prince William Sound of a heavy run of pink salmon, the Department of Commerce, upon the recommenda- tion of Henry O'Malley, Commis- |sioner of Fisheries, has extended the fishing season there 72 hours, it was announced here today by Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Asst. Agent of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. The season there was scheduled ‘to have closed at 6 p. m. today. Under the new regulations it will close at the same hour on August {3, and fish trap loads must be cut of the water by August 10. Run Unusually Heavy Advices received at local head- iquarters of the Bureau from both official and unofficial sources said the run that struck in last Thurs- day was unusually heavy. Friday |1t was heavier and it was expect- ed to increase. Tt was a week lat- |er than in 1031, | N. O. Hardy, Warden in charge lof the district, wired that the fish were showing in larger numbers at all points, while radio messages from ' several canning companies said it was sbnormally heavy in every section of the Sound. Improves Some Locally There was some improvement | ing the pink salmon run in Cross Sound and Icy Strait, according 10 telegrams received from can- neries located in the latter district. A message from Port Althorp said there was a good run in the area ! Friday. J. T. Tenneson, wiring from Tenakee, said Salisbury Sound was full of fish with some improvement |in Peril Strait. The run had not {reached Chatham Strait last night, and lower Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound had few pinks to date. May Seek Extension It is believed that the run will steadily increase in Southeast Al- aska, showing first in numbers in Icy Strait. The fishing season tin the western section, from Point Adolphus west, is slated to close on August 3, and in the eastern section on August 5. If there is a normal snowing of fish at that time, it is certain that the canners will seek an ex- tension of the season. The run is |abnormally late now and none of | the plants have made anything like a normal pack. Local cannery em- ployees, working on piece-work, have earned but little money and an extension of the season would {ald them materially. Widgeon Leaves Today The patrol boat Widgeon, Capt. Clyde I. Dell, left today for Icy Strait for a four-day inspection of traps and fishing grounds and to gather late information on the run. It will return here before the closing date for Icy Strait and the oufcome of its survey probably will be a factor in the final de- cision on extending the season. MISS MOORE COMES ON VISIT TO KASERS To visit the Misses Esther and Elisabeth Kaser Miss Virginia Moore, of Newburgh, Oregon, ar- Irived in Juneau on the Aleutian Tuesday. Miss Moore attended the University of Oregon where she and the Misses Kaser were mem- bers of Chi Omega sorority. She will remain in Juneau as the guest of the Kaser farily for about two weeks. el lp— JAY WILLIAMS RETURNS FROM CRUISING TIMBER After a two-weeks timber cruise in the vicinity of Port Houghton, south of here, Jay P. Williams, Forest Examiner, United States Forest Service, returned last Thurs- |duy evening, accompanied by his assistant, Dick Follette. They will remain here compiling field notes for the next two weeks. Mrs. Willlams, who has been ab- sent in the States for the past year with their two sons, who have been attending school in the midwest, will arrive here next Tuesday. Wester:;t Alaska Red Fish Pack Greatest on Record; Bristol B With a total pack of 1308990 cases of fish, including 1,195,164 cases of reds and 5534 cases of red “fins and tips”, the Bristol Bay salmon fishing and canning sea- son closed last Tuesday. Final pack figures were received here this week at headquarters of the United States Bureau of Fisheries and made public late Friday by Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Assistant Agent, ‘The total Alaska pack for all districts so far reported to the Bureau here is 2,619,350 cases of which 1838488 are red salmon, al- most 150,000 cases more than the total pack of 1831. The pack of reds so far reported from Western Alaska is 1,716,192 cases, some 13,- 000 cases less than was packed there in 1918 when all records for the Territory for that variety were smashed and have not since been equalled. Cycle Improvement Shown The record this season for reds is all the more gratifying because it presents such a striking con- trast to the pack of the last pre- ceding cycle years—1927 — when Western Alaska's pack was 884,000 cases, or practically 50 per cent. of the current production for the same area. Il is expected the to- tal red pack for the Territory this year will reach at least 2,000,000 cases. This is not tvhe largest on record but it is well above the average. The record production of red salmon was made during the war era in 1918 when 2618559 cases were reported. At that time ev- ery possible fish was put into cans and fishing started with the first run and ended late in the Fall If the same procedure had been ay Season Ends followed this year, it is practically |certain that the Bristol Bay pack (would have reached figures un- known in the past and the total |Jumped to near the 3,000,000 case | mark. Canners there did not prepare 1!01' any unusual run and many ex- ‘mushcd their available can supply | many days before the season end- |el and shut down their plants. Practically all of them were forc- |ed put the fishermen on limits and numbers withdrew part of |their fishing boats from the field. | Pink Pack Subnormal The pack of pink salmon both lin Southedst Alaska and Prince | William Sound is subnormal. This is not due alone to curtailment [of cannerles, but in considerable { measure to the fact that the main yrun of that species had failed to }matenalm up to Thursday night. ‘The pack up to last Saturday night was the smallest on record iin a great many years, aggregat- {ing 343,169 cases. Most of these had been packed on the Alaska Peninsula which reported 104,092 |cases. Southeast Alaska’s pink | pack, which ordinarily is 90 per cent of the total of that variety, !was less than 75,000 cases. A fair run was reported hitting lin the Cross Sound area last |Monday and Tuesday but this slackened and had not revived at least by Thursday night. Some showing of fish was reported on the West coast of Prince of Wales Island. Unofficial reports said the | fish were unripe and would not be ready to enter the streams for |at least three weeks, which, it was declared, was the reason they had not entered the inside wa- ters yet. PRODUCTION BY TO DATE by district, SPECIES as reported ARGEDWITH CRISIS BONUS SEEKERS ASK BILLETING IN JOHNSTOWN Driven from Washington, Army Moves Into Pennsylvania HOSTILE CITIZENRY MAKES SITUATION BAD Governor U—:;ed to Take Charge of Situation at New Camp JOHNSTOWN, Penn., July 30. — Faced with the rising hostility of citizenry, staff leaders of the Bonus Army retreating from Washington to this city, have telephoned Walter Waters, their com- mander-in-chief, urging him to come at once and aid in handling the situation. The tattered and hungry veterans, forced to flee from the Capital City at the point of bayonets, continued to trickle into Johnstown. More than 1,000 are here and the mountains are honeycombed with others, many in ugly moods. The Johnstown Democrat, daily newspaper, in an edi- torial today headed “Be Ready to Act,” said that if any considerable number of The production of all species to date follo ws: Kings to the Bureau of Icy Strait .. Western .. Eastern West Coast . Fisheries, Reds 18,676 8,424 3,217 5,750 110 6,354 11,565 Pinks Cohoes 5,515 1,731 1,271 2,081 Chums 61,823 73,956 33,901 4,597 Total 98,446 89,877 48,910 81,003 Ketchikan Yakutat ... Prince Willlam 8,036 13,807 9,712 56,401 96,235 1,207 13,123 Chignik 4 & Alaska Peninsula (south) . i Alaska Peninsula (north) ... Bristol Bay . Copper River Resurrection Bay. . 227401 4483 71,280 1,195,164 68,325 49,325 3,645 7,930 371 206 43738 4,870 116 85 12,546 31616 3221 29 86,817 200 18,906 5,935 19,400 196 90,781 98,749 112,004 22,830 6,548 2,144 51,007 3,271 12,803 104,002 69,985 2,563 408,614 4,860 9,781 82,935 1,303 456* 13,255 1,871x 3,645 35,515 450 13172 8,172 231 ‘Totals o *—Final Pack. x—To July 16. ...1,838,488 63,666 343,169 331413 2,619,359 BANK ROBBERS BEING HUNTED AT BREMERTON Double PatrT Is ;Formed Aound Wooded Section to Prevent Escape BREMERTON, Wash,, July 30— Highway Patrolmen and Sheriff's DENIES HOOVER MADE FORTUNE THEN LOSTIT Edgar Ri(fld, Personal Friend, Makes State- ment on Finances that Herbert Hoover made large forces joined today in @ man-|sums of money before 1914 and | hunt for two men who robbed the jthat his fortune dwindled through men congregate in Johnstown, the Governor should take im- mediate charge of the situa- tion and a special commmitee should at once start keeping order MILITARY FUNERAL FOR VICTIM OF RIOTING IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHICAGO, IIL, July 30.—A mili= tary funeral will be held for Will- iam Huska, victim of the veterans’ rioting in Washington. Arrangements have been made for a military escort and firing squad. The casket has been donated. ———,—— PRESIDENT IS GRITICISED IN VETS' SHOOTING Two Democrats, Black and Patman, Express Opinions WASHINGTON, July 30.—Sharp criticism of President Hoover's use NEW ZOREhob aka denialid troops against the Bonus Army came yesterday from two Demo- crats, United States Senator Hugo Black, of Alabama, and Repre- sentative Wright Patman, of Texas. “It was only after the President Bremerton State Bank of $7,300. The search centers in the woods along Hood Canal where the rob- ber's sedan has been seen three different times. The highway is blocked by armed men. It is not believed the fugitives will be able to escape the guarded area. Menacing Mrs. A. J. Bruenn, wife of the president of the bank, the pair scooped up currency on Bruenn's desk in a rear room of the bank. She was struck over the head when she refused to open the vaults. In their haste the »obbers over- looked $2,000 in gold in a bag. - e e ‘South ‘Africa rallways are mak- ing a bid for the patronage of auto- mobile tourists by offering special rates for the transportation of cars to vacation headquarters and re- furn free of charge. unfortunate investments in recem;mk charge of the situation that years, was carried yesterday by the |trouble began,” said Senator Black. Dow Jones Ticker Service. ‘The degial was made by Edgar| Rickard, described as a close friend | of Hoover who handled his per- sonal accounts for 11 years. Rickard said that when Hoover | became Secretary of Commerce he| closed out his investments and| general business and invested 1n{ bonds since and has had no busi- ness transactions of any kind. Rickard added that Hoover never made or lost sums attributed to him in some quarters. Rickard did not refer to the re- cent magazine story telling of Hoover’s purported investments and losses. ——ll = Acrobatic fliers were the leading offenders in 268 violations of the air commerce regulations dealt with Representative Patman suggested the President “use the Army to | drive the international banking lob- by from the Capital City.” Putnam was leader of the bonus drive in the House. |Henry Ford Is 69 Years Old Today DETROIT, Mich., July 30.— Henry Ford, now a farmer as well as auto manufacturer, pass- ed his 69th birthday by spend- ing most of today inspecting his 15,000 acres of innumerable gardens which are his contri- butions to the back-to-the-farm movement, Ford is in good health and shows few signs of his advane- by the government in the second quarter of 1932, L) ing years, RN .