The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 12, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY | “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6184, ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1932. PRICE TEN CENTS HURRICANE DEATH TOLL NOW REACHES NEARLY 2,000 PRESIDENT IS ON WAY EAST; MAKES SPEECH Unity on Constructive Ac- tion Is Urged by All People ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS NOW IN PROGRESS Cooperation Is Urged to New Administration After March 4 GLENDALE, Cal, Nov. 12. T Hoover, returning to gton, stopped here and spoke pledging co-operation 1o Speaking from the rear platform pecial train the President we are to continue recov- so evidently in progress dur- he past few months by over- coming many difficulties that still confront us, we must have con- tinued unity in constructive action all along the economic front. I shall work for that wunity curing the remaining four months of this administration. “Furthermore, it is our duty, af- ter the 1yurth of March, to co- operate with our opponents in ev- ery dound measure for restoration of prosperity.” Edouard Herriot, holding three big political pests in France, gocs about with a heavy brief case and pores over decuments at every opportunity. He has just now proposed a militia for the Eurcpean professignal army which may cause Germany to resume discussions at Geneva at the Disarmament Conference. NOME MENTIONS THREE MEN FOR FEDERAL POSTS 0. D. Cochran, Hugh| O'Neill and Tom Gaffney Discussed for Offices NOME, Alaska, Nov. 12.—Zoin- cident with the National and Ter- ritorial victory of the Democratic Party, Nome has turned its con- sideration to the appointment of Federal officers in the Second Di- vision, and is speculating on pros- i candidates for the posi- which will be filled by Presi- dential appointment. O. D. Cochran, former member of the Alaska Legislature and one of the leading lawyers of the Tar- ritory, is considered the most likely selection for Judge of the United States District Court here. Thomas Gaffney, another former Legislator, member of the Division- | Committee here and long time party worker, is mentioned strong-| ly for United States Marshal, and| Hugh O'Neill, organization leader| for many years, for United States District Attorney. MILK STRIKE 1S INDIGATED IN WISCONSIN Four ‘Thousand Producers Make Protest to Pre- vailing Prices APPLETON, Wis,, Nov. 12—The great dairy State of Wisconsin is threatened with a milk strike. The Wisconsin Co-Operative Milk Pool, claiming a membership of 4,- 000, has voted to strike in protest to the prevailing low prices. Plans provide for a strike on December 1 unless prices on butter- fat advance at_least 5 cents a pound by then. * — e, NAST, PUBLISHER, DIVORCED NEW YORK, Nov. 12—The Am- erican says Conde Nast, the maga- zine publisher, and Mrs. Nast have been divorced and that she will \Democrats Are in |For Long Reign, |Says Norman Mack STOCK PRICES | SHOW ADVANCE, S Yoo Veck SHORT SESSION it i< dozen political campaigns, said today that if the Democratic Upturn Influenced by Chi- cago Wheat Market— Party will do for the nation what it has done for the State Gains Fractional of New York, it will be in pow- er nationally long or longer than it has been in control at Albany. New York State has had Democratic Governors for ten years and the Governor-Elect is also a Democrat. ————————— AHIRA PIERGE FOUND GUILTY MANY CHARGES Seattle Banker Surprised at Verdict Return- ed in Case NEW YORK, Nov. 12. — Stocks continued upward today for the third successive session of the week. Profit taking cancelled some of the advance at the week-end short session but shares appeared influ-| enced chiefly by a sharp upturn of the Chicago wheat market. Farm implements were outstand- ingly strong. [ Fracticnal Changes “ Most of the snares closed with | fractional changes although a few | were up a point or more, with only a sprinkling of losses. | Case was up three points and then off a fraction. International Harvester gained| one and three quarters and then lost half of it. | Gains around a point occurred for United States Steel and Am- erican Telephone and Telegraph. Railrcad Issues Santa Fe lost a point. Union Pacific rose one and one half SEATTLE, Nov. 12.—Ahira Pierce, |former manager of the closed Home been convicted in the Superior ;Court of grand larceny on 16 counts, and forgery on three counts ! Pratt of the I crat; Savings and Loan Association, has | points and then lost half. losing one point but eased again and closed fractionally lower. Prices closed fairly steady. The turnover was 800,000 shares. New York Central recovered after in connection with manipulation of funds between the savings as- socfation and a subsidiary com- pany. Pierce attended the trial in a wheel chair and later on a stretch- 'umet and Hecla, no sale; Chrysler er, due to illnes. Plerce was fcquitted on two counts of grand larceny. More than $120,000 were involved in the charges. Mrs. Pierce broke down and cried: “It is a funny, funny ver- dict.” Pierce said: o FLIER SAVES * NORTHERN MEN 1 EDMONTON, Alta. Nov, 12— | Severely burned by the explosion of | natural gas in a telegraph post at | Pelican Rapids, 150 miles morth of Edmonton, Frank Lenz, gov- KILLED BLAS ernment operator, and his brother | , | George, were saved by the heroism —_— jof Gordon McConachle, airman, WIGAN, England, Nov. 12— Who forced his plane through a Twenty-four miners were killed Taging snow storm to bring them CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Closing, quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11%, American Can. 57%, Apaconda 11, Bethlehem Steel 19%, Fox Films 3%, General Mot- ors 15%, International Harvester, 25%, Kennecott 12%, Packard Mot- ors 3, United States Steel 39%, Cal-| “I can’t understand 17, Colorado Fuel and Iron 8%, Co- lumbian Carbon 32, Continental Oil 6%, Standard Brands 16%, Ameri-! can Power and Light 10%, Canad-, ian Pacific 14%, Dupont 39%, Safe- | way Stores 52%. | - MANY MINERS sail soon to marry Rex Benson of London. this morning by an explosion in medical assistance. Frank may lose the Edgreen Colliery. h‘wm. DEMOCRATS WIN HOUSE MEMBERS FROM 34 STATES Have 24 Solid Delegations —Eight for G. O. P. —Seven in Doubt As returns from last Tuesday's election are checked over, the tre- mendous sweep of the Democratic party in the country becomes more cvident. Only eight delegations in the lower House of Congress have a majority of Republican Congress- men, it is revealed by checking up of Associated Press reports, The Democrats have capturéd 34 delegaticns, many of them soldly, cne is split evenly, and seven are still in doubt. Many of the most noted Republican members of the House have been defeated. How They Line Up Only Connecticut, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Penn- sylvania, Vermont and Wyoming |are safely Republican. The States doubiful or undecided are: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. New Hampshire has one Democrat and one Repub- lican. All of the remainder are safely in the Democratic column. Twenty-four of the 34 delegations are Democratic controlled and solid and several of the remaining 10 almost so. Defeat Prominent Members Among the ‘“lame ducks” are such moted figures as Mrs. Ruth Seventeerith New York district and who was defeat- ed by Theodore A. Payster, Demo- Fiorella H. LaGuardia, So- cialist, beaten by James J. Lan- zatta, Democrat, in the Twentieth members. In California, Arthur M. Free, Henry E. Barbour and Charles F. Curry were among several Repub- licans beaten for re-election. In that State the Democrats also won six out of the 10 new districts, 9. Colorado returned a solid Demo- cratic delegation. All of the Southern States went solidly Democratic. Idaho fell into line, Addison T. Smith and Bur- ton L. French, longtime House ‘members, going down in defeat. Mlinois, now controlled by the | Republicans, switched into the oth- er column with 21 Democrats, 5 Republicans and one unreported. Indiana Almost Solid Indiana has elected 11 Democrats and one district remains to be heard from out of a total of 12. Towa is undetermined, electing four each Democrats and Repub- licans and two are undecided. Gil- bert N. Haugen, veteran of the |State and author of farm relief legislation, was beaten by Fred Bierman, Democrat. Kansas returned three Democrats and four Republicans. Kathryn O'Loughlin, Democrat, was elected lin the sixth distriot to succeed Charles L. Sparks, Republican. Kentucky elected nine Demo- crats at large, to fill the nine seats in the lower House. Maine sent one Democrat there with two Re- publicans. Maryland elected five Democrats and one is unreported. Massachusetts reports four Demo- crats, nine Republicans &nd six undecided. Michigan is Democratic Michigan, at present represent- ed by 12 Republicans and 1 Dem- ocrat, and which will have 17 members in the next session, elect- ed nine Democrats and seven Re- publicans. One remains to be heard from. Al of Minnesota's nine (Continued on Page Three) New York; and other New York: and control the delegation 11 ‘to| { {Former Senator, Now Min- | Magnus Johnson, | Party. JOBLESS PARADE THROUGH CHICAGO’S LOOP Some of the thousands of “hunger marchers” who paraded through Chicago's 0 go’s downtown streets are shown here. Waving banners, the jobless gave an orderly demoristration against reduced relief appropria- tions. (Associ: Press Photo) NEW NATIONAL PARTY COMING SAYS JOHNSON nesota Representative Makes Prediction MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 12. former United States Senator, having been elect- ed in 1923 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Knute Nelson, said his re-entry into the official life was for the harboring of a new National Third The former Senator was elected Representative in last Tuesday's election. Johnson said that in a very few years the Republican and Demo- cratic parties will no longer mon- opolize the field for a new group is rising through which workers of farm and cities will find an cutlet in which to make their bal- lots count for the most. LT R MONEY MAKER FOR UNCLE SAM | UP LARGE LEAD: HAS QUIT J0B WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Chas. A. Baker has just quit his job at which he was making more money than any other man in America. After fifty years in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing—which runs off the bills in your pock- book—he has retired at 70 to take @ long-planned p to Europe. Since 1926, Baker has been su- perintendent of plate printing, su- pervising the printing of @il Unit- ed States currency ranging from denominations of $1 to $1,000,000 and the printing of bonds and postage stamps. He couldn't es- timate how much money he’s made. —r —— The area of Alaska is nearly equal to that of Texas, California, Montana, Masyland and Delaware. NEW YORK, Nov. 12. ‘World-Telegram said activity | creased. Tt is learned that the “under- rangements for wha! world’s opinfon is based on the lbeuet that Prohibition Enforce- New York Bo;)tlegger:;'; Are Getting Ready for Record Holiday Liquor Business — The ment has been pra in|fied by the wei vi i nulli- y in last | Tuesday election, Several racket- the bootlegging industry has 1N geerg gre reported tra | by air- plane and train to complete ar- y expect 15 holi- years.” | to be the most prospe day liquor trade in ma 1! the Vivian Duncan, the famous “Little Eva,” in the musical comedy “Topsy and Eva,” has been granted a diverce from Nils Asther, film actor, on the grounds of cruelty. A 14- months - old daughter of the couple was awarded to the actress, MANY WIRES OF FELICITATIONS RECEIVED HERE Leaders Congratulated on Local Results | Congratulations to Democratic leaders on their great sweep in Territory in last Tuesday's election have continued to pour in |from all parts of Alaska and from |'the States, all expressing delight laL the party's success, Many tele- grams have been received by J. J. Connors, National Committeeman, and John W. Troy, Chairman of the Territorial Commitiee. Amcng those received were wires James J. Farley, National Chairman; Former Gov. Thomas Riggs, New York; former Federal |Judze R. W. Jennings, California; former National Committeeman, |'T. J. Donohoe of Cordova and |Menlo Park, Calif.; Nick Bez, Ans- cel Eckmann and Glenn C. Bart- le Seattle, A. A.” Shonbeck, | from: FRAWLEY PILES Sundquist Concedes Elec tion of Democratic Op- ponent for Senator NOME, Alaska, Nov. 12. — With James Frawley leading him by 229 votes on incomplete returns for Senator from the Second Division, Richard N. Sundquist Ilvpublican‘ seeking re-elzction, today conceded his defeat. A. C. Blake and George Hellerich, Republicans, are sure of election. Nels Swanberg, Republican, and Tolbert Scott, Democrat, are in third and fourth place. It is a question whether W. B. Neily, Democrat, in fifth place can over- take either of them Fourteen precincts out of 23 give the following res: Frawley, 2 Blake, 846; Hellerich, 421; Swan- berg, 429; Scott, 414; Neily, 400. The other candidates are well be- hind and are not given a chance to gain materially in the remaining unreported vote which is estimated to be about 170. e TURKS “YO HEAVE" COLUMN undquist, 209; ISTANBUL.—1t took 100 “ham- als” the human delivery trucks of Turkey, to carry to the Istan- bul museum an enormous Part column discovered in the cellar of the Yeni-Djame mosque. Usually one “hamal” can carry a piano balanced on a small leather saddle strapped to his back, hian | |James Campbell and H. ¥, Morton, | Ani y2, Senator-elect T. J. | De of Ruby, Senator-elect |Norman R. Walker, Ketchikan, and many others. Farley Is Overjoyed In his telegram to Mr. Connors, | Farley said: ‘“As Chairmen |of the Democratic National Com- nittee I am naturally overjoyed |at our magnificent victory. Never before has a committee func- tioned so successfully and I am |grateful to you and to every mem- ber, and I hope that sometime soon I may have the pleasure of seeing you and expressing my thanks in person.” Gov. Riggs telegraphed: “Heart- iest congratulations on splendid victory. Please extend my felici- tations to every one of our candi- dates. Somehow or other I am nclined to believe this is a Demo- (Continued on Page Eight) MEXICANS BAN REELECTION T0 PUBLIC OFFICE AGUA CALIENTE Mex, Nov. 12—A convention of the National Revolutionary Party has declared itself flatly for the principle of “no re-election” to elective of- |fices throughout the structure of government. The action was taken in the fi- nal session of the convention and |1s tantamount to law, for the par- 1y's representatives dominate Con- |gress. The convention held that |the Constitution should be altered lv,c embody the principle, DEATH LIST IS MOUNTING, CUBA STORM TRAGEDY Thousands Are Homeless and Are Also Near Destitution FUNERAL PYRES ARE LIGHTED ; BURN BODIES Reports Received that Starm Swept Across Other Islands CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Nov, 12.—Central Cuba’s hurricane death toll has approached 2,- 000 dead as military and gov- ernmental authorities attack- ed the problem of relief and rehabilitation. Thousands are homeless and destitute. The coast town of Santa Cruz del Sur does not figure in the rehabilitation plans because it is wiped out. Cremate Victims Smoke arose today from funeral ' pyres as grave dig- gers are unable to bury the dead fast enough. Eight hundred bodies were buried yesterday then crema- tion was ordered for the re- mainder. The official estimate of the dead rose to more than 1,700 but the exact number may never be known as the tidal waters carried many out to sea. DEATH HITS ELSEWHERE KINGSTON, Jamaica, Nov. 12— Sixty-seven are known to have been killed and more than 100 seriously injured in a hurricane, which also inflicted heavy property damage elsewhere in Cuba, when it struck Cayman Brac Island and the smaller island of Cayman. The hurricane had a velocity of more than 100 miles an hour. All buildings on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman have been de- stroyed. Relief has been sent from here, including bullding material, food and medical supplies. NASHAU, Bahamas, Nov. 12—A Government seaplane flying in the wake of the Cuban hurricane, re- ported many cdeaths at Exuma Island. Three small vessels have ‘|been sunk and crops damaged on Exuma and Long Islands. Brewery Is To Be Built In Seattle Conslruction—;f $500,000 Plant Is Announced by Marinoff SEATTLE, Nov. 12—Plans for the construction in Seattle of a $500,000 brewery, in anticipation of early modification of the Vol- stead Act, is announced by Peter Marinoff of Tacoma, General Man- ager of the Northwest Brewing Company. Two. other brewing companies announced similar plans since Tues- day's election. —— e, New State Equips Rails CHANGCHUN, Mancouria — Ja- pan underbid all other foreign in- terests on contracts for supplying the new Manchukuo government with 20 locomotives, 100 passenger coaches and 400 freight cars. Ad- ditional orders will be placed eanly . BERSSELPEL