The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1932, Page 1

- - - . - . * THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALIL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6219. TEN PAGES JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, D CEMBER 23, 1932, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY BLIZZARD HOLDS NORTHWEST IN GRASP ROOSEVELT HELP OFFERED TO HOOVER VIEW EXCHANGE SHOWS LEADERS WIDELY APART Hoover and Roosevelt at| Odds Over Methods and Aim of Cooperation | LATTER SAYS DEFINITE OFFER MADE PRESIDENT| Declares Is “Surprised at Statement from White House” on Subject WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. — The| exchange of views between Presi- dent Hoover and President-Elect | Roosevelt on immediate action onj International problems, found the| two wide part on methods and question of cooperation. Within a few hours after Presi- dent Hoover announced that his| successor considered it undesir- able to assent to “my suggestions | for cooperation action,” Gov. Roose- velt expressed regret and surprise at the statement. Denial By Roosevelt Gov. Roosevelt asserted he made a definite suggestion which he termed a “definite offer of coopera- tion.” Gov. Roosevelt further said: “I am rather surprised at the state- ment from the White House. It is a pity, not only for this country but for solution of world problems, that any statement or intimation should be given out. I considered it undesirable to assent to coopera- | tive action in foreign problems. I Investigation of WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—An in- vestigation into the Reconstruction Finance dorporenun was suggest- ed in the Senate by Senator Nor- s just as the Corporation offi- cers were telling more than one billion six hundred million dollar; were pledged as a Congress how | R_F C.Is Suggested by Senator Norris stimulation to business relief and | distress. Senator Norris made the sug- gestion, based on a magazine arti- cle, which said that more than half of the Corporation’s money ad- vanced to railroads had gone to | the “Morgan, Van Swearinger and ! Pennsy Rallroad interests.” SENATE DELAYS BEER VOTE 'TIL AFTER RECESS Both Parties Join in De- feating Bingham Motion for Immediate Vote After decistvely defeating a mo- tion to immediately consider the Collier beer bill, passed early this week by the House of Representa- tives, the Senate today adjourned until Tuesday, January 3. The vote on the motion was not drawn on party lines, as members of both parties joined in voting it down. This means that there will be no consideration of the beer bill even shortly after the holidays. This was evident when both Democrats and Republicans expressed the view that the measure should first go to a committee for considera- tion and report. The motion was offered by Sena- tor Hiram Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut. Its defeat did not cause any surprise since most WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 23— FRANCE ALMOST SOTHERING IN GOLD BULLION | 'French Reserve Exceeded | Defaulted War Debt 170 Times Over WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. — The French gold reserves totaling more than 170 times the amount of her defaulted war debt payment were reported Thursday, the Federal Reserve Board noting a gain of $25,000,000 in the month preceding Nov. 18. The Board placed France's holdings at that date at $3,266,000,- 000. The repudiated war debt pay- ment was $19261432, said the Monthly Review. | Most of the gold gains of the Bank of France came from the London bullion market, where the shipments of British India and South Africa were disposed in a |large volume. | About the same time the French gold reserves amounted to more than three billion dollars and France defaulted in payment of suggested the”President select Ye-| onyors haq already favored hav- less than twenty millions, the Eng- presentatives and make a prelim- inary study. Definite Offer “I asked to be kept advised as to the progress of these prelimin- ar I offered to confer freely be- tween now and March 4 and I hoped this practical program of a definite offer would be accepted.” | The Governor made the state- ment following President Hoover's statement late yesterday afternoon that in view of the fact the Presi- dent-Elect cannot “accept apparent joint responSibility,” between now and March 4 for war debts and related policies, the appointment of a Commission to deal with the problems had been abandoned. On Fishing Trip Meantime the President’s fishh- ilng tackle has been oiled and packed and he i§ ready for a swift trip southward tonight to begin his holiday fishing cruise off the Georgia and Florida coasts. REGULATIONS ON FISH INDUSTRY ISSUED DEG. 21 Few Changes Expected— About 50 Traps Prob- ably Be Eliminated Alaska fisheries regulafion for 1933 were formally approved and signed by the Secretary of Com- merce last Wednesday, according to an announcement made today by N. O. Hardy, Acting agent in charge of the local headquarters ing the bill take the usual course of all legislation. The rejection of immediate consideration is not regarded as a test of the Senate’s sentiment on the bill. - e PRESBYTERIAN lish gold reserves amounted to $678,000,000, and England paid the United States more than $95,000,- ]000 on her war debts. —————.————— MOOSE GAPTURE TOURNEY GROWN, SUNDAY SCHOOL PLAN PROGRAM Santa Claus_Wi—ll Make His Visit at 7:30 Tomor- row Evening Instrumental and vocal music recitations and a visit from Santa Claus comprises the features of the program of the Presbyterian Sun- day School at the Presbyterian evening, as announced today by R. S. Raven, Sunday School Sup- Church at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow | DEFEAT HAINES | |Three Pap Cagers—Moyer, Torgerson and Brown Named on Star Five | ! | The Juneau Moose basketball squad were crowned champions of the Lynn Canal hoop tournament that ended last night at Chilkoot Barracks. The -Moose won four games and lost none. They closed the tourney play by defeating the Haines High School team 33 to 20, after Haines erintendent. |had defeated Douglas High to The program in detail follows: win the High School section of 1. Organ Prelude—Helen Tork- the tournament. The Haines High elson. |School girls defeated the Skagway 2. Invocation—Rev. Waggoner. {maids 13 to 9 to win second place 3. Christmas Carol, “Holy Night” in the girls section, Douglas High —Audience. taking first. 4. Greeting—Griffith Nordling. | Haines High led the Moose for 5. Song, “Holy Night on Piano”'almost the entire first half. The —Dorothea Hendrickson. \locals switched their regular line- 6. Recitation — Eleanor Irvine’s up to start, benching Brown, star class. jcenter, and switching Torgerson, 7. Piano Duet—Christmas Holiday ranking forward to the tipoff posi- Medley, Shirley and Silvia Davis. tion, and using Ledbetter and 8. Readings—Lee Lucas and Bob- Lindstrom at forward spots. by Scott. . | Just before the first half ended 9. Recitation, The Sandman—iwith Haines leading 10 to 8, Brown Mrs. Raven's class. (was sent in to center, Torgerson 10. Instrunfental Duet — Irving |switched to forward for Ledbetter, of the United States Bureau of Fisheries. A manuscript copy of them is ex- pected to reach here late next weeck. Printed copies for public distribution will not be available until sometime after January 1, he said. The extent of changes from this year's regulations is unkown. How- ever, it is understood that Com- missioner Henry O'Malley had ex- pected to reduce operating traps about 50, divided between South- east Alaska, Prince Willlam Sound and Cook @nlet. It is believed there will be few if any chnages in regulations affecting seiners and trollers. Bristol Bay, it was believed, would nqt be changed in any respect. ———————— Krause, Miss Jones. ,and the Paps hit their real stride. 11. Song—Stanley Heisel. | They forged ahead steadily from 12. Song—Betty Irvine’s class. |then on to the end of the game. 13. The Royal Graces—Mrs. Sut- |Haines played a fine, spirited game, ton’s class. %ut lacked the experience of the 14. Instrumental Quartette—Harp senior champions. of St. Cecilia; Helen Torkelson, ~Moyer, Targerson, and Brown Joyce Morris, Corrine Jenne, Dun- were named on the all tournament can Robertson. | team. RTESSS O | IN TROUBLE ey | omicaco, . Dec. 2.—ome i SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Dec. 23. man was fatally burned and fire- —Dorothy Burgess, actress, faces men are trying to find 30 others a hearing on manslaughter charges missing in a fire Which destroyed STOCK PRICES FAIL TO RALLY: SELLING STOPS Traders Not Willing to Plunge Despite Good Business Outlook NEW YORK, Dec. 23—Selling subsided today on the Stock Mar- ket but the list showed no dis- position to rally. Prices held to a narrow groove and the market closed with barely a steady tone. Prices changes were fractional. Despite the fairly cheerful tone of business reviews, traders were unwilling to use the lifting of the selling pressure of the previous session to try for a rally in view of the approach of the holiday. Market Apathetic The market was extremely ap- athetic. A few issues encountered further selling, Case and Santa Fe losing one point. John-Manville sagged one point and then recovered. Most of the bottling stock weak- ened. Crown Cork dropped four points but recovered two points. | Owens and Illinois Glass lost one | point. Continental Oil, American Can| were up two points. American Telephone and several others were left with little change. CLOSING STOCK PRICES NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Closiig quotation of Alaska Juneau™mine stock is 12%, American Can 52%, American Power and Light 7, Ana- | conda 5%, Bethelnem Steel 12%, Calumet and Hecla 2, Chrysler 15%, Colorado Fuel and Iron 4%, Columbian Carbon 26%, Contin-| ental Oil 5%, Curtiss-Wright 1%, Fox Films 1%, General Motors 12%, International Harvester 20, Kennecott 7%, Packard Motors 2, Safeway Stores 38%, Standard Brands 13%, United States Steel 26%. - DEPUTIES ARE WITH BONCOUR New Premier of France Given Support on General Program | PARIS Dec. 23—Premier Paul Boncour has obtained a substan- tial majority in the Chamber of Deputies authorizing him to pur-| sue debt negotiations within the| limits already set by the Chamber’s vote. ‘The Chamber also approved other items of his program. No comment is made here on the correspondence between President Hoover and President-Elect Roose- velt regarding debt discussions and appointments of a Commission to deal with the issue, PREMIER ACTS QUICKLY PARIS, Dec. 23—Premier Paul Boncour suddenly and dramati- cally launched debt negotiations with America late this afternoon by personally calling on United States Ambassador Walter E. Edge and asking him to take the mateer up with Washington so France may help in reaching a solution of the debt question. KELSO BANKER 1S CONVICTED MINISTER FROM CALIFORNIA MAY BE PASTOR HERE, Presbyterian Officers Cor- respond with John A. Glasse To fill the pulpit of the Nm'thern' Light Presbyterian Church of this city, officers of the institution are in correspondence with John A. Glasse, Presbyterian pastor at Ar- cadia, Cal. “So far,” H. L. Faulkner, mem- ber of the Session of the North- ern Light Church, said today, “our correspondence with Rev. Mr, Glass has been by radio messages. Letter Expected Next Week “We expect a letter from him next week. We are quite hopeful the communication will tell us of his willingness to come here. “Mr. Glass is mot known person- | ally to any of the officers of the | Juneau church, but we are confi- dent he would be a most satisfac- | tory pastor. Is Highly Recommended “He has been strongly recom- mended to us by Dr. Robert Free- man, of the First Presbyterian| Church of Pasadena, Cal. Dr. Free- man is one of the 25 most prom- | inent clergymen in the United| States and one of the most emin- ent ecclesiatics in the world.” The pulpit of the Northern! Light church has not been per- manently occupied since last Sept- ember 1. when-the resignation of Rev, C. C. Saunders took effect. In recent months, it has been supplied at Sunday services by Capt. R. B. wesher of the Salvation Army. HARDING TAKES | OVER HOLIDAYS RESUMES JAN. 3 According to the wagging of gossi) Py tongue Menjou, movie star, and his wife, the former Catheri Bup| osed to be on the brink of brénklng up Sripe SarTer, war at this picture will convince you as to the wildn and his wife are shown dancing at the costume pa y to celabrats +ha 80th wedding annive: acter of the screen, and his wife. Laughing at a Kumor a short time ago, Adolph the hnpxpy home. A glance of the story. Menjou iven inHollywood rsary of Ernest Torrence, characte” VAIN FIGHT 1S MADE IN HOUSE AGRICULTURE IS BY WICKERSHAM GIVEN SETBACK Delegate Pleads Futilely for | Restoration of Mineral Survey Funds WASmeTmC. 23.—Dele- | gate James Wickersham staged a forlorn-hope effort in the House DEPARTMENT OF Committee Uses Pruning Knife on Supply Bill —Highways Hit WASHINGTTON, Dec. 23.—An- other executive department felt the pruning Kknife of Congress when of Representatives yesterday after- |the House Appripriations Commit- ,m departing for Ketchikan about | | MAJUR'TY UF :Federal Distri; Court Re-| cessed Yesterday Un- | til After Holidays After an uninterrupted term ex- tending from October 6, includlng‘ a trial term since November 14, | the Federal district court was re- cessed yesterday by Judge Justin| W. Harding over the holidays to! convene again on January 3. The trial calendar, however, has been completed, and the petit jurors have been excused until March, after the Court party returns from | Ketchikan. | Judge Harding will reconvene on January 3, to hear motions and other matters for a few days prior | | January 10. A term has been called to open there on January 6, but the court party will not reach there until later. BIG INCOMES ARE NO MORE Only Seventy-five Reveal- ed in Internal Reve- nue Statistics WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. — De- pression has put a decided crimp in million dollar incomes. Nearly complete statistics of the Internal Revenue Department lists only 75 as compared to 513 two years ago. — e Approximately 100,000 pounds of jeels are exported each year by Canada to Germany and ¥ie Uni- TACOMA, Wash. Dec. 23.—Clyde | ‘64 States. Bashor, prominent banker and During 1931 the United ‘States|as the result of a trafflc crash an elevator with 200,000 bushels purchased foodstuffs valued at|Which cost the life of Louise of grain. The loss is estimated $176,036,000 from South America. Manfreds, aged 17 years. atb $1,000,000. busines man of Kelso, has been convicted of misappropriation of funds of the First National Bank of Kelso, of which he had been President. The verdigt was sealed | and was returned during the night, in the Federal Court. Sentence was deferred until January. —— A recent survey showed that less than 1 per cent of London school children are poorly clad. s 'O CHRISTMAS (noon for restoration of funds for continuation of mineral investiga- tions in Alaska by the United Statés Geological Survey which were stricken from the Interior Department supply bill as report- ed by the Committee on Approp- riations, The Delegate pleaded earnestly for $30,000 with which to carry on this work during the next fis- cal year—but pleaded in vain. He told the House all sections of the country would benefit “if you aid the gold mining industry.” | But Representative Hastings, who was piloting - the bill through the | House obhjected, saying: | “I think gold will continue o be mined and additional search be \made for the precious metal even if this amount is not added.” 9 NEW RECORDS ESTABLISHED BY WEATHER HERE High Pressure Reached| Few Weeks Ago and Low Yesterday Several owners of barometers in | Juneau have wondered during this month if their instruments were working properly, commented R. C. Mize, meteorologist in charge of the weather bureau here, today. “Ahout midnight of Deceémber 7-8," he sald, “ a pressure of 30.- 98 inches was recorded, .05 inch higher than any previous record of the local Weather Bureau office |which was esfablished 47 the be- ginning of 1917. “Yesterday at noon the low mark of 2852 inches was reached. This is 14 inch lower than ever prev- iously recorded here. accompanied by other abnormal weather copditions.” “Neither of these extremes was | Itc:e today reported the annual sup- Iply bill of the Department of Ag- | riculture. It carried a total of $110,900,000 and setting aside only $35,000,000 for Federal Highway aid during the next fiscal year. This is $8,- 000,000 less than the estimates | submitted from the Bureau of Bud- get and approved by President Hoo- ver, The total is $206,000,000 less than |that for the current fiscal year. The savings are largely from re- ductions made from Federal High- way and Forest road estimates. —— JAY-HI CAGERS DEATH IN WAKE OF ICY BLASTS IN NW. STATES Storms Lash Coast from Northern California to Southeast Alaska WIND VELOCITY 70 MILES AN HOUR 12 Known D;;i‘-—— Homes, Highways and Communi- cations Are Damaged SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—The icy fingers of a blizzard spread over a wide section of the Pacific Northwest today in the wake of a booming storm which ranged from Northern California to South- east Alaska bringing loss of life and extensive property damage on both land and sea. Piled high by swirling snow through the night, great drifts blocked roads in mid- Oregon plateau today. The snow had fallen at the rate of an inch an hour. Terrific Gales Terrific gales blown with the velocity upwards of 75 miles an hour along the Ore- gon and Washington coasts subsided late this morning with shipping resuming a normal course. Damage to homes and high- ways and wire communica- tions over a wide area are being surveyed and repaired. Two Lives Lost At least two lives are known to have been lost, Capt. J. A. Soder~ berg of the freighter Point Brava, washed overboard, and Roland Girling, struck by a piece of drift- wood at Victoria, while trying save his dingy. He was drow Estimates of property losses mounted as damages were surveyed, The losses are estimated at $100,= 000 upwards. A heavy fall of rain accompanied the gales in most areas. Timber Levelled In Clallam County, near the Forks, a wide area of timber was levelled. Hundred of trees were toppled across the Olympic Highway in the worst storm since 1921. , Several houses were wrecked west of Port Angeles. RESUME ACTION THIS EVENING Girls Play Alumni Again and Boys' Five Take on United Meat Both the Girls and Boys quin- tets at Juneau High Schools will swing into action again tonight on their home floor. The girls will| play their second game of the sea- son against the Alumni while the Boys five takes on the United {Meat Company's entry in the Channel basketball league. The Girls smothered the Alumni about three weeks ago, winning 28 |to 3. The Old Grads have been | practicing steadily since then and |are expected to make a much bet- {ter showing in tonight’s curtain- raiser. The boys had an easy game ear- ly this week against the DeMolays, | copping 20 to 10. The United Meat |will provide them with a little better test. The games open at |7:30 o'clock. ‘ | - eee | CHRISTMAS EXERCISES | AT BETHEL MISSION | The Bethel Pentecostal Assembly ‘madzmauldamotml- B | Sunday School will give their | Christmas program tonight at 7:30 Nearly all alrplanes now being ‘,o'clock. The public is cordially in- ———— A 60-mile gale ripped off the roof of a hotel in Bellingham. The steamer Admiral Gove fought two hours beiure being able to get under way for Port Angeles. British Columbia Hit British - Columbia reported the worst storm in many years. Chim- neys were toppled over in Vane couver, Tides at Cowichan Bay swept away 300 feet of the roadway. Boat houses and small craft have been wrecked. Ships were unable to get into the Columbia River. —_———————— TWO THEFT ATTEMPTS REPORTED TO POLICE Attempts were made last night by theives to loot the Harri Mach- ine Shop on South Seward Street and the Snow White Laundry on Front Stree., according to reports made to Chief of Police George Getchell. From neither place did the intruders take anything, so far as can be ascertained. “The attempts were made bee tween 2 and 5 o'clock this morms ing,” the Chief said. — e Two Enter Hospital Hugh Bernard and Magnus Kane, both elderly residents of Juneau, have entered St. Ann’s Hospital lvlbed. ! for medical treatment, | I | i i I et