The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1932, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 19, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS TWO NATIONS ARE T0 MEET, BALDWIN SAYS nment Spokesman| Makes Announcement in Parliament GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA TO CONFER No Positive Information Is Given Out at White House LONDON, Dec. 19. — Stanley Baldwin told Parliament today hat the United States has agreed o undertake, ‘with Great Britain, A examination of the world of war debts and pay- Government spokesman he ared he would accept the sug- on of a member of the House Commons that a five - power Furopean conference be called to discuss possibility of common ac- toward obtaining a more fav- able trade balance with America ) order to facilitate debt pay- ments. lwin then announced the Ame; n agreement to a joint cxamination of war debts and pay- ments. NOTHING TO SAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — Al- though it was not denied, inquiries at ‘the “White House brought no ct response to the London in- nation on the agreement to hold a conference on war debt payments. e DEBT MESSAGE GIVEN CONGRESS BY PRESIDENT Appointment of . Commis- sion Is Indicated—Sen- ate Remains Silent WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— Coop- eration with President-Elect Frank- lin D. Roosevelt to insure continu- ance of the American foreign policy particularly as to debts, Economic Cenference and Disarmament Con- ference, is proposed by President Hoover in a message to Congress today. The President suggested inter- locking of the debt, economic and disarmament questions and he in- dicated that a Commission on debts would be appointed by him, re- gardless of Congressional oppesition to such a Commission. The President spoke of plans set up for an agency of that sort em- powered to survey debts with the nations “who sought to maintain their obligations to the United States.” Hoover did not specify the na- tions to negotiate with. Ths Senate listened attentively but the members were silent. - FOUR PRISONERS ARE BROUGHT IN BY JONES Under jail sentences from Chi- chagof, four prisoners were brought here today by Deputy United States Marshal George Jones, of Hoonah. Olav Tobiason was convicted of ney and trespass and was $50 and given a 25-day jail ntence here on the first and $50 on the second charge. Mrs, Fat Miller, John Picco and Charles Thomas were each fined $50 and given 25 days in the local Fed- eral jail for vagrancy. Mrs. Miller was sentenced to serve six months for operating a house of ill-fame. All were tried before United States Commission- er Louis H. Smith at Chichagof. ——————————— PRICE TEN CENT 'THE BUDGET PUBLIC DEBT $1,259,070, 321 ¢ & VETERANS $931,077,113 N | INCREASE ’('fi.zse 43 Eosiative Q, oLD TAXES INCOME GASOLINE CUSTOMS INTERNAL REVENUE ETC. cut§aa 129 cut $49,087, 265 ANO EXECUTIVE f2g cut$ 40,384,861 ol The budget balancing battle is on again in Congress and it time of the short session. The chart above shows how President spent, and where he would make cuts. It also shows where the balancing Fedcral accounts. Admcurdes 415,883,207 How Hoover Would Balance It and Where He Would Spend It b RAM00083 08 S 277 2'556 oy, s, 2y Yy ST, TREASURY NEW 2 %% SALES TAX 4 sss.oc;o,ooo ut ECONOMIES 450 161,724,678 cut#32000,777 cut$ 207,999,939 is likely to take up much of the Hoover’s proposed budget would be President would get the funds for nation, again in search of a bal-!gg)a anced Federal budget, will have to| pay $355,000,000 of new taxes to| obtain that balance, Hoover has informed Congress. Only one new tax, the President | Would Cut Half Billion The proposed | | proximately $580,000,000 for t | ‘Administration President g, qget, calls for deductions of ap- the | WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — The |jmnosed at the point of retail |generally held to be extremely tentative in the minds of many Congressmen, and vigorous battle is expected before conclusive de= termination of the new year's ap- propriations, The net public debt, which was suggests, will be meeded for that purpose—a general uniform sales tax of 2% per cent on all items except food. Sales Tax Previously Beaten The general sales tax was de- feated in Congress at the last ses- sion by an uprising which took | from plans of their leaders. The |tax has been variously proposed by | both parties and has received addi- |tional recommendation from many sources since the last attempt to effect it. members from both parties away | 1933-34 budget or a total of $4,- 218808,344. The President esti- mates that without the new tax and continuation of the gasoline itax the public debt will be in- {creased by $307,000,000. Tt will | be increased by $1,146,478,307 in the !tiscal year, ended June, 1933, the : President estimates. Principal savings proposed in the new budget are approximately $500,000,000 in construction items, $55,000,000 in salary cuts and $89,000,000 in veterans’ aids. These and other savings are partly off- set by extra expenses to give the $19,225,000,000 at the end of the terest. Without new taxation, the debt may reach about $21,000,000,- 000 at the end of the 1934 fiscal year. ‘The Post Office comes in for ‘& large appropriation of $694,508,481. This sum however, is not raised by taxation since postal receipts are expected to total $627,000,000. The Army and Navy get $585,- 558,780. 1932 fiscal year, takes the lion's share of the budget; it getting $1,250,070,321 in principal and in- ‘net reduction of $581923,635. Considerable oppositon Passage of the tax, Secretary of the Treasury Mills has suggested, tion of a number of the unsatis- veterans' benefits. Veterans' factory and relatively unproduct- ive” excise taxes now in force. Sec- retary Mills emphasizes that the sales tax would be imposed at the point of manufacture, avoiding the “inevitable pyramiding” of the tax' SPECIAL ENVOY TO WOO BRITISH FOR ARGENTINA Vice-President on Way to London — Returns Prince’s Visit By GIDEON D. ing reductions. (Proposes Big Slash in Vets' Expenditures ‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — A slash of four hundred million dollars in expenditures in be- half of war veterans without reducing “by a single dollar” payment to thcse who incurred disability in the war service, or to dependents of soldier dead, has been recommended to the joint Congressional Veterans Committee today by the United States Chamber of Commerce. . ——.——— BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 19.—Ar- gentina is sending ner 7luent and| cosmopolitan vice-president, Ju)io; OFF SUDDENLY; y SEYMOUR Argentine Rocoa, to London, this month to repay the visits of the Prince of Wales and to woo the chiefs of empire for realignment of Anglo-Argentine trade. The traditional commercial cur- rents between the two oountries‘_ have been diverted by the Ottawa agreements, tariffs and exchange restrictions. Seeks New Pact Dr. Rocoa sailed December 14 and after he has golfed, danced, ridden and flown with the prince, and has used his Oxford English to voice Argentine appreciation for past British friendliness, he will have some conversations with lead- ers of the British state. Out of these, it is hoped, will come a frade agreement adjusted to the stresses of mutual crises. Argentine wants to insure Eng- lish markets for her wheat, meat and corn. England wants fair treatment for her $3,000,000,000 in- vestments in Argentina. Also she would like to sell Argentina more British goods to offset the English money paid to Argentine for food. The stoutness of the cords which have bound the two countries for a century will be examined in de- tail for perhaps the first time dur- ’mg the visit of Vice-President Ro- in Hospital—May Survive diana Socialist leader, in target practice at the time. Hapgood is given a chance to recover. ——ro—— BURDICK RETURNS FROM He was absent several days on is ex- would make possible the elimina- pested to develop to reduction in or- ganizations are on record for pay- ment of the bonus which would | add some $2,000,000,000 to expen- ditures, to say nothing of accept- The President’s proposals are MAN WOUNDED Socialist Leader of Indiana INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 19.—! Powers Hapgood, aged 32 years, In- is in the hospital as the result of an ab- dominal wound received Saturday when a pistol carried by his friend, william Hicks, was discharged ac- cidentally. The two were engaging fighting CRUISE OF CHATHAM ST. Charles Burdick, United States Forest Service, returned home yes- terday on the Motorship Northland. The President expected actual amounts payable from the treas- ury will total $3,790,425,000, the dif- ference between this amount and that appropriated being accounted for largely by postal receipts. The decline in expenditures by the Treasury from the 1933 fiscal year will be $478463200, the President estimates. OUNDING UP REVOLT HEADS IN ARGENTINA Two Former Presidents Among Those Arrest- ed by Government | | Das BUENOS AIRES, D2c. 19.—The state of seige in Argentina con- tinues in force and arrests of political leaders implicated in the plot to overthrow the present gov- ernment mounted to 117. Hipolito Yrigoyen, aged 82 years, former President and accused lead- er of the radical movement, has resumed his lonely exile on the island at the mouth of the Uru- guay River. Another former President, de Alvear, also a prominent leader, will probably be deported to Eur- ope. JURY DISAGREES IN After a 24-hour session, run- ning from 4 p. m. Saturday fo the same hour Sunday, the jury try- ing Mike Kozoff and Tony Step- pich of the Zero card room in the United States Commissioner’s Court reported it was unable to reach a verdict, and was discharged from further deliberations by Judge Charles Sey. The two men were accused of violating the Alaska Bone Dry Law. They were represented by Grover C. Winn and Henry Ro- den. The jury is reported to have stood 10 to 2 and 9 to 3 for con= viction on nearly all ballots. a ———— BOY HAS APPENDICITIS | ZERO CARDROOM CASE SESSION SEEMS INEVITABLE NOW Roosevelt’s Program on Two Subjects May Cause Spring Meet PROHIBITION, FARM RELIEF ARE ISSUES Banking Reforms May Also Require Extended Discussions WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Presi- dent Roosevelt's Prohibition and Farm Relief program of the Demo- crats for the short session is pil- ing up and Party leaders are about convinced that a special meeting of the new Congress next Spring is inevitable. The idea of the Democratic President-Elect to help balance the Budget by legalizing beer and plac- ing a tax on it will get its test in the House this week. The fight on the beer and Farm Relief problems will be so exten- sive that some observers believe it will make it necessary for a special session. Banking reforms may also take more time than can be devoted to it at the present session. ‘While Gov. Roosevelt has not given the Party leaders any definite word he intends to call a special session, it is believed many issues, particularly of the Budget may| Tequire such action. i ——————.—— PILOT OF MAIL MALL PLANE S KILLED,CRASH Body of Claire K. Vance| F{mnd in Wreckage on Rocky Ridge DANVILLE, Cal, Dec. 19.—Th: body of Claire K. Vance, air mail pllot, missing since he took off} from the Oakland Alrport Saturday night, was found in the bumed, wreckage of the plane on a rocky| ridge, four miles west of here, sun~;‘ day night. 1 Ten planes participated in tha| search for the missing pilot and they located the stricken craft, which was later reached by a ground party after an arduous climb up the 2,000-foot slope. The cause of the crash is not immediately ascertainable. The body was taken to a mor- tuary at Hayward. i Vance was a former war pilot. He had 7,800 flying hours to his credit. Vance and three children, the youngest, a boy, three weeks old. SIX GOATS KILLED BY JUNEAU HUNTERS Six mountain goats were killed by Simpson J. MacKinnon, Ralph| A. Reischl and Oscar Oberg on their hunting trip last week to Ford’s Terror, about 60 miles from Juneau. Each of the ‘party got| two animals. The hunters left here a week ago yesterday and re- turned Saturday night. They made the voyage in the power boat Hyperian, ownzd by Mr. Oberg. Two of the goats are on ex- hibition in the window of the Thomas Hardware Company. >o—— IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Louis Karstens 1s in St. Ann’s hospital receiving medical I Crime and Economics ies of Roosevelt Adviser * Ak T Hobb * * Popular Columbia Law Professor, Who Was President~ Elect’s Right Hand at Debt Parley, Is Authority on Government from All Angles. WETS AND DRYS NOW PREPARED FOR BIG FIGHT Forces Are Lined Up in House for Vote on Beer Measure TIME FOR DEBATE IS NOT TO BE LIMITED Speaker Garner to Grant House Plenty of Time on Issue WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— Forces are organized, argu- ments are sharpened and sta- tistical bulwarks have been built up as the Wets and Drys made ready for a vote on the beer proposals. Speaker John N. Garner promised as much time as the House wants in debating the beer measure. The bill, as now introduced, would levy $5 per barrel tax. It does not impose restriction on the sale and directs a beverage of 3.2 alcoholic content. ProrF Ravatono Morey Although he has already been dubbed as “Roosevelt’s Col formed who keen an eye on a by the not-so~ capital, ;roj v to Pres President Hoover, is fron: the prove credited by wo Raymond Moley, s difforont fro ent W throne, as it were—Moley capacity of a hw cyclopaedia of Elect Franklin 1. biographers with being the influence behin merely serving the Presid, ———e— BOARD SELECTS JONES AS HEAD FOR NEXT YEAR John W. Jones Heads Chamber in 1933— who cerved in Roczevelt at the m the Wilsonia o Ll 48 povst DeHinh e nt-elect in'the knowledge pertaining to economics is survived by a widow and other Prime Maley; whe geus Usiversity udd Birasrd GOUSRETIS o xsine f Inforuabion. on-thieen G inEts: IE sid he who BBl DL dats beed in e Rosevalt sbéschas’ durtng the chie atga. Tk 1028 ks performed.a vitkllar servibe for AlFred B+ & R e pratludy sy theo in athority o stme Add Tashics; huvhiy dathoisd saveral HRGKY Sittisse sbiNEts, autbng Mhem: "Poliiés Procedurey’ Our Criminal Courts™ and “Tribunes of the Paopl begen il iiarrbe s scholl auperiatandint Ik Olmstead FAln ), whs o RIGKIGROSY thieher fo Clivaland, én Aasistant professce i Weatern Raserye Ukivaratly, dnd lins ot o4 the Coleabla: facully slads TORT, STOCK MARKET CAPONE GANG ADVANCES SOME| KNOCKED OUT THEN DECLINES ~ SAYS CERMAK Christmas Rally Does Not Raids on Chicago Speak- Start — Scattered easies Result in Near- Selling Appears ly 600 Arrests NEW YORK, Dec. 19—The Stock' CHICAGO, D:¢ 19.—Mayor An- Market crept higher early in trad- ton Cermiak last night claimed a ing today but the movement lack- knockout blow has been given the ed an impetus and gains were Capone liquor and gambling syndi- largely lost. The closing tone was cate as the police climaxed the barely steady. week’s speakeasy offensive by pa- Transfers today were 1,000,000 | rading 576 persons through police Profzssional bullish activity ap-! stations. peared in spots early dently bas-| Mayor Cermak declared the clos- ed on hopes the Christmas rally ing of be:r flats and speakeasies might start the advance but this has closed the outlet of the gang- met with scattered selling and sters’ illicit rum traffic. speculators for & rise were not| ——————— ambitious. { Auburn pushed up four points PHnHIBlTIUN and held most of the gain. l oint | | ke good gove PARTYTOBE REORBANIZED Edward Blake, .Nalional; Chairman, Makes Announcement Allled Chemical lost a two-p gain. Lowes went up nearly a point and then was down one at the close. Gains of a point appeared for American Telephone and Telegraph, | Union Paecifis, Dupont and others but the gains were mostly lost. United States Steel, preferred and common, lost one point each. Some ralls sold off fractionally. Oils and tpbaccos were steady to firm. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 19. — Closing WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. — The| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine Prohibition Party has undertaken \ stock today is 13%, American Can a four-year-drive to assert iv.self“ 55, American Power and Light, no as a “genuine factor” in the fu- sale; Anaconda 6%, Bethlehem ture state and national elections, Steel 14%, Calumet and Hecla 2%, Edward Blake, of Chicago, Chrysler 17, Colorado Fuel and Iron National Chairman, announced to- no sale; Columbian Carbon 29, day. Continental Ofl 5%, Curtiss-Wright| “The Prohibition movement is to new | Walmsley Reelected At a meeting held at Bailey's Cafe at noon today, John W. Jones, General Manager of Juneau- Young Hardware Company, was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Coms= merce and President of the Cham= ber. Mr. Jones was a member of the Board last year,' C. T. Gardner, member of the firm of Sawyer & Reynolds Com= pany and of the Juneau Lumber Mills, and 8. E. Pope, President of the PFirst National Bank, were elected respectively first and sec- ond Vice-Presidents. Members of the Board attending were: Messrs. Jones, Gardner, Pope, R. W. Ben- der, Frank Garnick and B. F, Heintzleman Walmsley Is Re-Named G. H. Walmsley, veteran Secre- tary of the Board, was re-elected to that office by a unanimous vote, for the fourth consecutive term. There will be no regular meeting of the Chamber until January 5, next, it was announced. The Board will meet on Tuesday instead of Wednesday at least during the winter months. Its next meeting will be held on January 2. Before that time, President Jones said, all regular committees will be revised and e list of new commit-~ tees submitted to the Board for its consideration at its next meeting. Tree Committee Named A special Committee on Christ- mas Tree Awards was appointed by him today. It consists of Rev. C. E. Rice, Elmer Reed and Eric Paul- son. It will inspect out-door Christmas trees and pick the win- ners of the three prizes offered this year by the Chamber—first $15, second $10, and third, $5 . “The manner in which local business firms and residents are co-operating in the decorations for the hollday season is highly gratls fying,” President Jones said today. “The Chamber is highly apprecia- tive of the manner in which its suggestion in this matter has been received and the community gught (Continuext on Page Three: L e——— “Treats” Newspaper Boys This year's banquet for Muskogee newspaper boys is the twenty-fifth annual dinner of the kind to be 1%, Fox Flims 2, General Motors be started on a new phase and ysponsored by Judge Robert L. - cruise on the Forester, Capt. George Peterson, of Chatham Straits areas. Capt. Peterson re-| Douglas Parker, 13 years old NICKENOVICH HAS OPERATION English Stake Largest Spain gave Argentina its lan- 137%, International Harvester 22%, the Party will be promoted by the liams of Federal Court. He Kennecott 8%, Packard Motors logic of events to a leadership. the custom while Chief Justice # Vasa Nickenovich entered - St. Ann hospital yesterday and this morning underwent a major sur- gical operation. TR guage, the United States influenc- ed its essential forms of govern- " (Continuea on Page Three) i mained in Sitka and will return|grade school pupll, is on the Forester after the coming|treatment in 8t. Ann's hospital for holidays, . appendicitis, | receiving| - SHOPPING DAYS T0 CHRISTMAS 2%, Bafeway Stores 39':, Standard Brands 15%, United States Steel 287%. ‘lmms and policies,” Blake md.;nox. The definite plans will be made by |the State Supreme Court of Guth- a statement outlining the Party’s rie, and continued while Gover~ s S