The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 2, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" /g 1933, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENI Y EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS PROBABLE 1932 SECOND B " HETS §1,128,000 FOR PAST YEAR Falls Below 1931 But Ex-| ceeds Operating Income | of All Other Years oy | i OCAL EXPENDITURES | AGGREGATE $1,809,000 | Equipment Is Installed for Mining Richer Ore in Deep Level Section In the year that ended yester-' day, the Alaska Juneau Gold Min- Company, continued its suc- cessful carcer, showing an esti-) mated operating profit, before de- velopment, depreciation and de- pletion, totaling $1,128.500, accord- ing to an announcement just made L. H. Metzgar, General Super- intendent. ‘Thi s the second greatest net ed by the company from great local property, and was ded only by the returns from ! hen approximately $1,400,000 was reported. Payrell Is Large Its potency as a factor in the community’s prosperity was indi- Jpikated by the fact that its local £Xp eal were $1,800,- 000, a few thousand less than in 1931. Of the total, the payroll got he lion’s share with $1,292,000, or 000 less than in 1931 when erage recovery values were high- On the payroll were carried an average daily list of 663 em- | ployees which was exactly two less § than the average for the previous record-breaking 12 months. There was a slight decline in the tonnage mined and trammed from ithe preceding year but a substan- ial increase in the ore run through he mill. Last year the trammed re amounted to 4,025,000 tons as ompared to 4,120,000 in 1931. But he or: milled jumped from 2,- 000 tons in 1931 to 2,423,000 last Total Receipts Decline There was a decline of $604,000 n the total receipts below those f 1981. Last year the total was 3,124,000 as comparsd to $3,730,000 for the year before. The usual maintenance and bet- terment of milling and power plants nd transmission lines were made THREATENING 1S INDIGATED Senator Corinally Reveals Statement Made by War Secretary i { { > y | WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—United States Senator ‘Tom Connally,| Democrat, of Texas, reiterated in a statment last Saturday night that Secretary of War Hurldy said removal of troops from Maria, Texas, to Camp Knox, Kentucky, was due to a desire to concentrate soldiers near the populous centers to cope with possible turbances. Senator Connally. protested the transfer and when he asked Sec- retary Hurley for an explanation,' the "Senator said the Secretary “told me it was the policy to concentrate these troops in a few great posts near the center of pop- ulation and with a glitter of fear in his eye referred to Reds and possible Communists which might be abroad in the land.” ! Becretary of War Hurley said he “never told Comnally this country or any part of it is in danger from Communism or Bolshekiks.” Senator Connally replied: Hur- He will deny it.. Newspapermen end other men in public life un- derstand such denials,” “Red dis-| | hampered t 1933 are: Ram tain; Sadac Araki (center above), Stelin (right), Dictater of Ru of the United Sta 5 ship in a world trade revival THESE FOUR TO BE SPOTLIGHTED IN 3 3 } |World Pacts and Confer- y MacDenald (left), Prime Minister of Great Bri- War Minister of Japan; Joseph t Reosevell For feader- PRODUCTION OF TRADE LEADERS ALASKAN MINES FALLS SLIGHTLY Gold Makes Gain in 1932, but All Other Metals Experience Decline ‘WASHINGTON, * Jan. ka's mineral production was $1,342,000 less than totaling $10,988,000 as compared to $12,278,000 in 1931, s: the In- terior Department, quoting from the annual report of the United States Geological Sur which contains preliminar yestimates of last year’s mineral yield of the ‘Territory. Gold headed the list and show- ed an increase over 1931. The de- cline in volume and value of cop- per ore accounted for all of the reduction, 2.—Alas- in 1932 in 1931, Two Years Ceo The Surver's compari mineral production for two years follows: 1932 $9,589,000 531,000 73,000 535,000 red m of the the past 1931 $9,507.000 1,877,000 102,000 656,000 Gold Copper Silver Coal . Miscellaneous, including lead, petroleum, marble, plati- num, ete. 280,000 All Show Decrease 236,000 | ! | Every branch of the industry showed a decreased production ox- cept gold, the report said. In- dustrial stagnation in the affected Alaskan mining dev ment, because of the low of all metals except gold. Unfavorable weather conditions | plac mining m<} ry early ip the s The Department H gold production was al:!'ibutedi about 44-56 between lode and plac- | er mines. The ratio for 1931 was, about 50-50. Most of the lode du ¢ i imated the! {gold was produced in Southeast) Capitai the | for! the | Alaska but the perecentage of total as well as l.e quantity that region was less than in previous year, - The total gold production of the erritory since mining began was estimated at $408,360,000. | .- | with a place. This will aid in preventing ithe fowl from becoming hard. i EVE 1933 WITH CAUTIOUS LOOK Many Hold —S:(;;nd Basis for Recovery Now Laid— Rough Road Ahead By J. R. BRACKETT Assceigted Press Business Writer) NEW YORK, Jan. 2—America’s business leaders view 1933 with ptimism and with a eriti- al of the economic struc- atements to The Associated Press indjcate. There were, how- sver, no unqualified predictions of erity for the hundred and fifteen indus- financiers and economists e asked for year-end statements. ressions re received from a substantial majority. Here are pertinent questions from some of the authorized state- ments: A. C. Needles, President, Nor- folk and Western Railway— There is a quiet but steadily increasing optimism throughout the r: nd file of the people. This gradual change of outlook—the belief that the worst is over and that business is on the upturn — is having a healthy effect upon the general situation trial James A. Farrell, Chairman of the National Foreign Trade Coun- cil United S tes Steel Company—-“The st . requisite to world racoveryi |is the stabilization of price i 1t res volume of| ather than to will have| diture of about 30 per cent of our ational trade it still ful ects in the restrict % sa present sit- uat Naticna! Bank of “If we are willing reprder our govern: nd expenditures, siructure o industrial corporation: menize our personal to the new conditi our pedple will a: measure of well-bein: 1 enjoy that a right to expect in the future.” World Recovering i Victor M. Cutler, President, Unit- 1 ley knows T correctly quoted him.| Leftover fowl should be covered cd Fruit Company—-Hope for the panies have resisted the onslaugh cloth and sfored in a eool future lies in the fact that the new| and former President of the is Walter W. Smith, President, First, Mand has given work, directly or . Louis, Mo indirectly, to about half of the face the facts, ental activities| titute the statistics for food and kindred pro- f e of our| and har-| At 87.1 per cent of the basic aver expenditures 1 S prevaflngm manufacturing industries as 2 g which we| 90.9 per cent. Payroll totals stood have enjoyed in the past and have|at 697 per cent, against 39.9 pe NATIONS WILL ~ JOIN TO FIGHT ECONOMICILLS ALASKA DROPS T0 LOW FIGURE Total for 1932 About $40,000,000—Smallest ecorded in 19 Years Alaska touched ences Hold Hopes for Better Times | By SMITH REAVIS i | (Foreign News Editor, The Asso-|depfession in its | ciated Press) | merce in 1932, reaching the lowest 1 PARIS, Jan. 2. — International peint since 1913, and at the year’s| ieconom:cs appear likely to domin-’end indications were that it would | | ate international politics in 1933, start on its upward climb this year.| | i 1 | | | the bottom | | of | outborne com- | a year beginning in the depres- Most of the industries affected can sion cvele, but which world states- hardly reach lower points and! mer hope, nevertheless, will end some of th:m, notably salmon and in the milk and honey classifica~ tion. The war debt and reparations roblems, unbalanced budgets, stag- | nation of international trade re- | hallbut, are expected to begin an upward ascent this year. Last ycar's outborne commerce had' an aggregate value of some 1 $40,000,000, according to prelim- mains, as when 1932 arrived, scare-| inary estimates based on official | erews in the cornfield of plenty. |commerce estimates issued each| And, just as they did a year ago,' month of the year by J. C. Me- | statesmen seem to pin their hopes Bride, Collector of Customs. The | for better days on international, main causes of the sharp drop| icon(m'sn(‘cs and international pacts.| were the absolute collapss of the | The Economic Conference to be| copper mining industry, for ulmostz held in London some time in the|two decades a major industry of Spring, the recessed Arms Limita-| Alaska, and the unusually low value | tion Conference, which will take|ef products of the fisheries indus- |up its labors early in the year, tries. fngondared by tugy Geld Continues te Climb | ¥ ‘;e s;unw oi‘;he intcrnatlonni looked prosperous. For the second| 4 in succession its production | these Jetoredta-gain, the. totalsrenors- | pgwwows, upon which _the worm:e‘“ being about $9,260,000, about $350,000 more than that for 1931 | pins hopes of better days. 43 ! ok to Roosevelt { | Debts and tariffs, European buga-|which in turn was materially larg- boos, are taboo at the Economicler than for 1930. | Conference but Europe looks nev-{ The total estimated ‘value of all ertheless to a thorough discussion|guigoing shipments for 1932, some |of both. Some nations look 19)840,000,000, was almost $12,000,000 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, President-|ynder the 1931 aggregate, and for | Elect of the United States, as the the first time in more than a de- Moses who will lead the way to & cade was under $50,000,000. Except promised land of renewed inter-igold stone including marble, and | continental trade. In South America, partlculm'ly,i te one or two other minor industries,| every line of activity reflected thz| |and in meny other spots of the|depressed market condition pre-l |world as well, the utterances of|yalent throughout the world. | Mr. Roosevelt on tariffs during the, Copper Mines Closed i }f’lecuon campaign gave hope that| After operating in a crippled way their goods and wares could againfor some 11 months, the Kennecott enter American markets. copper mines were closed down en- Great Britain, its Ottawa trade tirely late in the year. Shipments pacts in force, hopes to bolster fur-|for the 12 months amounted to but ther during 1933 its Empire trade| 10,800,000 pounds worth but little| |and to lift the pound sterling, ifimors than $700,000 as compared| | not to par, at least to a opint of {to 22,550,000 pounds and $2,808,000 | recognized safety. in 1931. World Leaders in Spotlight Although the volume of fisheries In world economics the figures products did not show any serious of President-Elect Roosevelt, Ram- decline, values were shot to the say MacDonald and Joseph Stalin|dregs, causing a drop in the ag- stand out as luminaries of 1933 gregate of all its products from | For international politics add to|$36,175,000 in 1931 to $26,075,000 last | the list Sadao Araki, Japan’s War|year. | Minister, dominant Japanese figure| The loss was mainly in canned {in the Far Eastern situation, and|salmon. The volume of this prod- | Kurt von Schleicher, Germany’sjuct dropped but about 8,000,000 from ! Chancellor and strong man. the 267,291,000 pounds packed in{ Roosevelt and MacDonald ar<|1931, the value declined from $31,-; looked upon as statesmen whose|150,000 to $22.145,000. “yes” or “no” will make or break| Halibut Takes Drop | the Economic Conference and whose| Conditions affecting the halibut | cooperation may finally untangle|industry last year were reflected | the war debt snarl. American and in the production and vaiue re- | British influence will play an im-|ported. The total take dropped| mense part in the efforts to cut|from 13,700,000 pounds to 7,900,000 AR COMMERCE FROM T 51 is NEW YEA CVIW, here you are, you little tot! You hove slraislxt in, right on the dot. Well now, I do declare you are The brig’hlest. baby year so far! Anne Porter Johason in The Country Home o . % : 20 > . e i, AR R 3 4 Y vglt _and Cangyensional lep:g- \[ Vers during this” - T New Cold W eather Mark for City Forecast Tonight With the mercury regis- tering 10° above zero at noon today a new cold weather mark for the cur- rent winter was forecast for tonight by the local United States Weather Bureau Eta- tion. A drop of two degrees had been recorded between 4 a. m. and noon. The forecast was for snow and continued cold for Tuesday. At noon the wind, whic h was unpleasantly sharp, was blowing at a velocity of 18 miles with frequent guests of much higher rate. Sub-zero temperatures were reported over all of the Arctic north and the Tan- ana and Yukon River val- leys. The coldest was at Eagle, which reported 54 . . . . . . . ° . ° . . . ° . . . . . . . . ° . ® below zero at 4 a. m. today. . . (canunlxed—ber Seven) " Continued “on Page Two) | F. ood—l ndustriesi Show: éoo?l Resistance to Trade Slump The industry has had its disturb- ing factors during the year, but we believe that they largely of By C. M. CHESTER | | (President, General Foods Corpora- tien) NEW YORK, Jan. 2—An expen- are curren’ business situation, and do! not destroy the long range outlook | for this relatively basic business. | During the last three years mil- lions of people have returned to the | farm, and more millions are raising | their own vegetables and fruits | Commodity prices have experienced | drastic declines. There have been| | age—that of the 12 months of 192c.| Price disturbances and uneconom- | | ically low inventories. These factors have appeared dur- ing cther major depressions, how- ever, and should begin to clsar up with any return of buying power| and confidence. The industry has reduced operating expenses, and many companies appear (o be “guick on their feet” ready to take advantage of shifting condi- national income was required ‘n 11932 to feed our people. This de- | people now employed. | The latest available Governmen: | ducts show that employment stood 4 whole, employment was down | F | cent for general industry. Compared with industrial classi- fications generally the food eom- of depression reasonably well, ac cording to figures for the fir (Continugd on Page Two.) ‘I nine months of 1932, ks | LAST YEAR WAS FOURTH COLDEST RECORDED HERE temporary significance ‘due to me"Measurable Preclpxlatlon Experienced 233 Days, Says Mize Summary The calender year 1932 was the fourth coldest on record in Jun- eau, webter than usual, had lots more snow than the average, less sunshine - and fewer clear days, according to the summary of the year's conditions issued today by R. C. Mize, Meteorologist in Charge, United States Weather Bureau, Precipitation was recorded on 233 days end snowfall was meas- urable on 81 days. The mean tem- perature was 406°, or 16° pe- low the normal of 37 years. The coldest ever recorded was 1917 Vb ch;tiril;r,‘d‘m;‘ Pngé Seven) DEMANDS MADE 'FOR CHANGES IN ENTIRE NATION Democratic Sweep Comes as Climax of Echoes of Overturns By BYRON PRICE | | (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—A spirit yof change, sweeping in its mani- festations and immeasurable in its possibilities, rings the keynote nf ithe nation’s life as history turns a page to 1933 Almost everywnere the old order has fallen into disfavor. Not only have the pecple turned out a politi- cal party nationally dominant for a dozen years, but important groups the country over are denying '‘he ! accepted axioms of the past, and asking for reversal and experimen- tation. | In a large sense, Franklin D. Rocsevelt and the deal” ap- pear a symbol of the times. Both in executive positions and in Cop- gress, newcomers are now the tre- mendously important. factor as un- rest clamors in nearly every and Washington resounds to tramp of organized dissenters from things as they have been. Wherz it all will lead, no one can predict with confidence. One | view is that the groove of Am |can existence is too well worn to be greatly altersd. Another is that, 1932 will be remembered as mark- ing distinctly the end of an era, and 1933 as the dawn of a new day of hope. Certain it is that the ingredients for an epochal alteration of the while pattern of political and in- “new dutrial life are presenf in the fer-| ment which the old year leaves to the new. A multitude of grave ponderings has arisen as to the entire ete nal triangle of the citizen's rel tionship to Government, the Gov- % ernment’s relationship to business, (Continuea on Page TWO) EST IN ALASKA JUNEAU'S LONG CAREER SPEGIAL TERM NOWINDICATED DURING APRIL {Senate and House Leaders | Convinced Session Can- | not Be Avoided 'PARTY PLEDGES ARE " " TO BE CARRIED OUT \ o |Lame Duck Legislation Is Expected to Be Ratified by Various States | WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.— | The influence of President- Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt will be strong in directing {the course Congress takes during the next two months 'in attempting to meet na- ( tienal issues. Although the Democratic legislative program is well peinted and outlined the ex- tent of the ground to be cov- ered in the final drive will be more clearly defined at the conference between Roose- the question of an extra ses- sion of Congress will be set- tled, with indications that one is likely to be called for April. Leaders in both the Senate and House are convinced that an extra session cannot be avoided if the campaign pledges on Prohibition, farm relief and other issues are to be redeemed. Holiday Teday Congress is taking a holiday re= cess today but committees were called together to speed consid= eration on proposals to legalize beer and give financial aid to farmeig through a bounty system. Lame Duck Legislation Legislatures of 43 States meet within the next few days and their gatherings will probably spell an sarly farewell to lame ducks. It is bvelieved that the lame duck legislation, the Twentieth Amend- ment to the Constitution, under (Continue on Page Two) - ————— J. P. O'BRIEN IS EXECUTIVE OF N. Y, CITY Takes Oath of Mayor Last Saturday, Inaugura- tion Tomorrow NEW YORK, Jan. 2. — The O'Briens of New York City again y{rule, for last Saturday John Pat- rick O'Brien was sworn in as May- or of America’s largest city. Mayor O'Brien traces his lineage back to the first of Erin’s Kings. The ceremony was a simpls one in accordance with O'Brien’s own idea, making everything “as sim- ple as we can stand it.” Tomorrow the formal tion will be as simple, if Mayor O'Brien has his way, “with no blare of trumpets, a little musie, you know, but no blare of trum- pets, just the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. Times forbid anything else.” O'Brien succeeds Joseph V. Mec- IK(‘:‘ whio in turn succeeded James |J. walker, when that colorful in- dividual resigned. O'Erien will rule until next No- veillber's clection, at least, when » may be opposed by McKee as a fusion candidate. O'Brien is a Tammany man. inaugura-