The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 17, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XL., NO. 6136. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1932. MEMBFR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY SHOCKING CRIME IS REVEALED; BODY IS FOUND DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE HAS NEW SUBJECT Will Give Hfiroposals for iStrengthening 1. C. Powers TO ADVANCE PLANS FOR R. R. RELIEFS Cheering Crowds Greet Candidate in Wyoming— Conferences Today SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 17.—Checking off eight States he has crossed on his Presidential campaign tour, Gov. Franklin D. F evelt left Wyoming behind with its cheering crowds and has reach- ed here where tonight he will ad- vance his proposals for relieving the nation’s railroads in the present situation. Confers with Leaders v. Roosevelt will remain here oday and tomorrow, leaving Sun- day night for his swing into the Pacific Northwest. The Democratic nominee is today spending most of his time conferring with Demo- cratic leaders from Wyoming, Utah, Montana and Nevada. At noon today, Gov. Roosevelt .was a guest of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce at a lunch- >on. Scores were turned away un- able to secure admission o the function. Address Tonight Tonight at 7:15 o'clock, Moun- tain Standard Time, Gov. Roose- velt will make an address in the Mormon Temple. A double radio ok-up has been arranged. His cech will take 45 minutes. It is understood Gov. Roosevelt, in his speech tonight, will ask broaden- ing powers for the Interstate Com- merce Commission to include bus, truck and airplane service. ————————— FAIR WILL OFFER THIS EVENING ITS FINEST PROGRAM Grand Prizes Will Be Dis- tributed and Largest Crowd Expected For tonight, the last night of the Southeastern Alaska Fair, a pro- eram of entertainment of ex- ceptional merit has been arranged by the management, and plans have been completed to care for a caparity attendance at the ex- position building oen Willoughby Avnue The 2musement features will in- clude a concert by the Juneau City Band, stage attractions in- cluding selections by a seven-piece Indian band from Klawock, mo- tion pictures, daneing and the grand cistribution eof prizes. Street Concert By Band The Juneau City Band will play at Triangle Square at 7:45 and then go to the Fair Building and give a concert until 9:15. The bandsmen from Klawock, who have come a considerable distance to attend the exposition, hoi being on the south- west coast of Prince of Wales Is- Jand, made their first appearance 1 evening. Their playing meat uch public favor that the management was glad to engage them again for tonight. Their mem- bership includes David Peratro- vitch, Willilam Peratrovich, Paul Douglas, Paul Cook, Aaron Isaacs, Benjamin Snook and Peter Dal- ton. The motion pictures tonight will include a Keystone comedy. Dancing will continue until 1 o'clock n the morning, the music being furnished by the Seranad- ers’ baad. Distribution of Prizes Featuring the grand distriba- tion of prizes will be a 1933 model of a Graham passenger sedan by the Fire Department, an electric cooking range by Minnie Fields, a set of chinaware by the Ameri- can Lezion Post, and ather ant- (Coutinued on Page Eight) EVELT MAKES A]DDRESS “TONIGHT LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Ninety- off an early morning train in Renee Adoree, shown abeve, back dezvous with death., It was a e o eight pounds of Pasadena recently. It was little home again from her desert ren- rendezvous, but not a surrender, she left the old man with the scythe sulking back there in Arizona, frustrated and forgotten—for everybody at the train could see that Renec Adoree is well again. Pasadena. She is pictured upon her arrival at FISHING FOR HALIBUT WILL CLOSE 0CT. 22 New Orders Hit Southeast ! Alaska—Also Can- adian Waters VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 17.— John Babock, Deputy Fisheries Commissioner of British Colum- bia, has notified the Canadian and United States Governments of an order of the International Fisherics Board for the closing of the halibut fishing district No. 2 at midnight on October 22 The second district extends to south of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to south of Cape Spencer and grounds of Canadian waters. LOCAL NOTICE RECEIVED A similar notice as above was received today at the United States Customs House from the Interna- tional Fisheries Committee an- nouncing advance of the closed' season effective October though it said this date may be, changed. The closing season in- cludes Alaska waters, with the! exception’ of the Kodiak Island district. e NURSE MAKES ERROR; 3 DIE CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 17.— An overdose of anaesthetic, ‘which Superintendent Baber said was the result of a nurse’s mistake, dealt death to three patients in the Hos- pital for the Insane. The dead are Jennie Branham, Anna McCul-! lough and Willie Shockley, all ne- groes. GERMAN FLIERS DOWN, UP AGAIN TOKYO, Japan, Bept. 17.—Capt.’ Wolfgang von Gronau and his, three flying companions, made a forced landing on the sea off Hurltsuka, 25 miles southwest of Yokohoma, on account of weather. After less than two hours the flight was resumed to Nagoya where the plane landed later. TURKISH MUTES DON RED | ISTANBUL—Crimson hats and clcaks are to be worn in the fu- ture by all the deaf mutes in Istambul so that they can be eas- ily distinguished, they decided at their annual Congress. There are mbul, ly 1,000 deaf mutes in Istan- including the entire fishery: 22, al-| bad CHARGES MADE IN WARFARE IN Bellviang Chime Paraguay- ans Bayonetted Stret- cher Bearers LAPAZ, Bolivia, Sept. 17.—Bol- ivian people today demanded an aerial bombardment on Asuncion, | capital of Paraguay, after receipts | of reporis that Paraguayan troops | bayonetfed Red Cross stretcher |bearers on the battle front at Fort Doqueron in the Chaco bat- {tle whica entered the ninth day. + Officials said the Bolivians still held the fort. | DENIAL IS MADE ASUNCION, paraguay, Sept. |17.—Officials deny reports of bay- conetting stretcher bearers. Accord- |ing to reports received here it is learned that the Bolivians are surging through Lapaz streets de- manding the air force wreak ret- ribution on this city. Reports from Pormous said the the Bolivian line near Port Acre, 'in the Chaco region. - e~ GEN. 0’NEIL - TAKES BLAME, - HURLEY GASE PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 17— Gen. Joseph O’Neil today said he was responsible for placing Secre- tary of War Hurley's statement on tHé bonus American Legion convention which ,censured the War Department in 2 resolution the impressing being .thnt it was responsible for the I(elivery of the statements in franked envelopes. | Gen. ONeil sald he was sorry lat his ection which served as a boomerang to his friend, Becretary Hurley. Gen. O'Neil said the statements | were mimeographed at his own lexpense and a clerk erroneously relayed the statements in a War | Department envelopes instead cf plain envelopes which had been previded. Secre*ary Hurley denied all know- Jedge of the action for which he was censured. ——————————— Whooping Cough Is Fatal to Children Along Yukon River FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 17— Returning from a flight to Tanana Crossing and Tetlin, Indian vil- lages, Percy Hubbard reported sev- eral children have died as the re- sult of whooping cough. - ~{had SOUTH AMERICA| Paraguayan cavalry has broken! marchers before the| Vice - President Urges Na- tional Cooperative Mar- keting as Remedy CREDITS HOOVER FOR BUSINESS REVIVAL Declares ‘Splendid Work’ of President Causes Gradual Improvement FOGERSVILLE, Pa, Sept. 17— Vice-President Charles Curtis op- ened the Republican campaign in Pennsylvania today, and devoted his speech almost wholly to agri- culture. He proposed as a remedy for existing conditions the estab- lishment of a National co-operative farm marketing system to reduce the price of the spread between producer and consumer. He twice refered to Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt’s farm speech at Topeka. The Vice-President said that he “not commented upon Gov. Rooseveit’s farm relief plan because he had submitted none,” He con- tinued: “He refers to several plans which had been described for years and then leaves them for further dis- cussion.” ‘ Business Revival Nominee Recovermg from ‘Accident—Sure of Large Majorities, Third, Fourth Telegrams ;received from Fair- banks fthis morning from Senator A J. Dimond and Frank A. Boyle John W. Troy say that Mr. Di- nd has recovered from his acci- ¢ He is greately improved and ting along fine. However, Mr. ond says it is impossible to de- termine when he will reach Ju- ngau. He wishes o do some more cdmpaigning in the Third and Fourth Divisions before coming here, He says he will wire at the earliest possible date about his First Division plans. Mr. Boyle said it is doubtful whether or not Mr. Dimond will be able to go to Nome before coming to the First Division Mr. Boyle was leaving Fairbanks this morning for Cordova, from where he will go to Seldovia, Ko- diak and other Third Division points. That Mr. Dimond is certain of large majorities in the Third and Fourth Divisions is emphatically, stated by Mr. Boyle. Mr. Dimond said he had receiv- ed by telegraph a generous offer by A H. Ziegler to aid in the campaign to the extent of his| ebilities. He has wired an ex- pression of his thanks and grati- He closed his speech with the W€ 10 Mr. Zlegler at Ketchikan. | statement: l “The gruecuai revival of business, throughout the country is the best evidence that confidence is being gradually restored due to the splen- | did work and great ability of, President Hoover.” } Mr. Curtis said the agricultural, problem has not been and should; not be partisan, “yet the Re-| publicans are anxious to solve one; of the problems—that of reducing the cost of the spread between the’ producer and the consumer.” He continued: | Co-Operative Marketing | “I have for years believed that' National co-operative marke ting would help to solve the problem.' I still' believe such a system pro-' perly organized and conducted would enable the farmer to get better prices and at the same time do no injury to those buying a.nd‘ selling farm produce.” | The second reference to Gov. Roosevelt was in connection with the tariff. The Vice-President sup-| ported the high tariff protective doctrines. | Communists DIMOND WILL REACH JUNEAU ABOUT OCT. 15 Late this afternoon The Em- pire received a dispatch from the Fairbanks News-Miner say- ing that Anthony J. Dimend had been discharged from the hespital and will reach the First Division in his campaign about October 15. The dis- patch follows: “Present indications are that Anthony J. Dimond, Democratic nominee for Delegate to Con- gress, will reach the First Di- vision about October 15. His wound has healed and the bone is knitting. He is now out of the hospital, but feeling none too strong. He will wait until the latter part of next week be- fore resuming his campaign. He will then go to the Fairbanks creeks, and speak in Fairbanks about September 26. From Fair- banks he will work his way back to the Coast. The lack of time, due to his condition, now makes it improbable that he will go to Nome.” MILITARY AID HgveHOPes 1S SOUGHT IN ote. fBig V Expect to Elect One Con- gressman from Mon- tana District | Hathaway, Chairman of the Com- munist Party National Campaign, said the party hoped to poll 1,- 000,000 votes in the November elec- tion and sending the country's first Communist Congressman to ‘Washington. “In the northeastern section of Montana we expect to elect a Com- munist Congressman and in many States we hope to send party mem- bers to the Legislatures,” Hath- away said. NEW YORK, Sept. 17.—Clarence FARM STRIKE |Sheriff Adm its Situation Beyond Control at Towa Clty SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Sept 17— New plans for military aid to handle the farm strike were made today ‘as the strik E the pickst line: bottle up this ci More pickets p: ways last nigh in past weeks. Sherltf John Davenport said the situation was far be: trol and indicated he would make a second request National Guardsmen. for for there, leading to a nation-wide ¢ fAssociated Press photo.) Violet Well fonder is shown displaying what judges in Detroit called the most perfect back owned by any entrant in a contelt ontest for “most perfect backs.” WHITE SELECTS COMMITTEEMEN Eighteen ‘Appointedby Him —Two Others Are to Be Named Shortly With precinct committeemen ap- pointed in all but two commuities in this Division, the formation of | the Republican campaign organi- zation is practically complete, it was announced today by Unmem States Marshal Albert White. E.\ght- een members have been named. No selection has been made at | | Ketchikan and Petersburg, said Mr. ‘White, who in addition to being | Divisional Committeeman and Chairmsn of the Divisional Com- mittee will be precinct committee- man for this city. These two app- ointments are under considera- tion and probably will be made within the next week or ten days. L. W. Kilburn, former mayor of that city, is the committeeman for Douglas. Ralph Young, member of the Sitka Council and. active in Alaska Native Brotherhood af- fairs, was appointed at Sitka. At Kake, Frank Johnson, Grand Presidens of Brotherhoow, was selected. Howard Ashley, master mechanic | for the White Pass and pion resident of Skagway, was named for that precinet Other commit men announced are: Mendenhall, Joe Kendler; Wrangell, C. P. Kirt- land; Angoon, Andrew Davis; Yak- utat, former United States Clmrfln< sioner, E. M. Axelson; Klawock,| Sam Thomas; Dahl Island, W. K. McCullough; Hoonah, William Sheakley; Tenakee, H. R. Elliott; Baranof, Merritt C. Pollard; Port Alexander, J. D. Reed; Skagway, Howard Ashley; Stikine, Charles Benjamin; Haines, J. Ward; Craig, John Brady. - MOTHER OF GARNER ILL WASHINGTON, Sept. 17—Speak- er John N. Garner, Democratic nominee for Vice-President, has left for Detroit, Michigan, to be at the bedside of his mother, Soviet Russia’s Food Supply Is Short; Situation Is Acute MOSCOW, Sept. 17.—Instead of general improvement heralded for 1932, a decrease is shown in Soviet Russia’s food production for eight months of the year as compared to the same period a year ago. ‘There has been a serious short- age of sugar, meat and salt. The condition, combined with a dis- appointing progress in the harvest, forecasts a hard winter, In spite of the op packing, canning plants, production i cent of the quota the 5-year-plan. state of the country ply and the effect is n |ment has ordered a new Reichs - |election and the date Mrs. John N. Garner, Sr., who isre- ported seriously ill in Detroit. She is 81 years of age. e INEW ELECTION FOR GERMANY BERLIN, Sept. 17—The Govern set is Nnr-. vember € This WIT be he fifth clection in Germany this year. FOR GAMPAIGN,. the Alaska Native )L JEWELER DIGS WIFE'S GRAVE; MURDERS HER Body of Mnssmg Woman Located in Tomb in Basement LETTER TO FRIEND DISCLOSES ODD ACT Slayer, Onc—e_A-rrested, Re- leased Because Insuf- ficient Evidence PLYMOUTH, Mass, Sept. 17— Charles Dubols, jeweler, dug his wife’s tomb in the basement of his home here while she sat on the floor above listening but not know- ing the meaning. Mrs. Dubois wrote a friend that her husband was acting queerly and that in the cellar he would “dig for days and be strangely silent when he came up.” In Concrete Tomb Mrs. Dubois’s body was found late yesterday in a concrete tomb in the basement of the family home shortly after the jeweler had killed MAINE DEFEAT BRINGS CASH SAYS MR. NUTT G.0.P. Contributions Com- ing in Better Since Drub- bing in Pine Tree State WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.—Presi- dent Hoover was informed today by Joseph Nutt, Treasurer of the | Republican National Committee, that ths Democratic victories in Maine had increased contributions to the Republican campaign chest He said it had brought within sight the goal of $1,500,000 that had been set as the fund that would he needed. He said it seemed doubt- ful previously whether or not they would be abl2to reach that amount, but “this last week money poured in from every section of the coun- try.” G. 0. P. NAMES YALE COACH FOR CONGRESS NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 17. d Jones, former Yale football coach, was unanimously nominated T to represent the Third and fill the seat filled for many years by John Q. Tilson, the Republican leaders in Tilson had previously nnounced his retirement, and he d Jones in nomination as his eSSOT, [This i¢ the district for which the Deinocrats are sériously con- sidering James J. (Gene) Tunney, j Cor gist.] ———.— PILOT POLLOCK SOARS HIGH IN ARCTIC REGION FAIRBANKS, Alaska Howard Thompson, As eorologist, said balloor planes sent into the upper Ar region Thursday evid ntly were suc- cessful. Pilot Frank Pollock made a third| | plane flight under contract with L'the Weather Bureau, calling for a {series of flights during the winter. {He ascended 18000 feet. The in- {strument on the wing of the plane | recorded 23 es below zero at | the plan ! Thur: one of the “days” {in the Ir national Polar Year ob- 1<er\ ations when approximately 100 | weather stations in the Arctic and | Antarctic experiment with climatic comhlAuns. . Eddie Anderson, third son of Coach Frank Anderson, will play by the Republican Convention for | former heavyweight champion pug- | himself and while scores of Na- tional Guardsmen were searching for his wife. Medical examiners said the wom- an was shot to death on or about August 10, Arreested—Iceleased Dubois gave a “drinking pmr' late in August, just before his ar- rest. He told officers his wife had been killed in a Montreal auto ac- cident. Following his arrest, Du- bois was released when the Judge ruled he did not have sufficient evidence for a murder warrant without the body. e eee INTERIOR MAN WAS SLAINIS JURY'S REPORT Body of Cornelius Cronin Found with Bullet in Back FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 17.— The body of Cornelius Cronin has been found 30 feet below his fish wheel on the Yukon River with a bullet from a high powered rifle found in his back. The coroner’s jury at Tanana de- cided Cronin had been murdered. Deputy Marshal Sam Hetter is enroute to Bob Young's camp to arrest him in connection with the shooting. The camp is 20 miles below Kalland. Cronin disappeared last August and it was assumed he had acci- dentally fallen into the Yukon and was drowned until his body with th2 bullet was found. — LINCOLN DIXON DIES, KENTUCKY LYNDON, Kentucky, Sept. 17.— Lincoln Dixon, aged 72 years, Unit- ed States Tariff Commissioner since is dead here. He had been 1 health since July. SNOW FALLS: ROAD BLOCKED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 17.— Snow is falling at the Eagle Sum- mit and has blocked the Steese Highway to travel. The snow is ,| already deep and badly drifted. The Alaska Road Commission equipment is endeavoring to clear the highway. ————————— SIMLA, India—Motor truck com- petition is blamed for a drop of $15,000,000 in railway earnings in India and the railway board has called a conference of represen- quarterback at Cglethorpe Univer- sity this -Fall, : tatives of local governments for next winter to discuss the situation,