The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME"* VOL. XLL, NO. 6242. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY PROSPECTOR BURNED T0 DEATH, CABIN JAPAN T0 SEND ARMY 0F RECRUITS INTO MANCHURIA VETERANSTO BE RELEASED FOR FIGHTING, JEHOL REGION Compulsory Training For-| ces Will Be Used for Garrison Purposes in Battle Zone LONDON, Jan. cording to reliable informa- 20. — Ac-| | tion received here, Japan's’ newest army of recruits, | serving the first period of, compulsory training, will be sent to Manchuria increasing| the man-power forces there| This move-| by 50 per cent. ment will take place within the next few months. The recruits will probably be as- signed to garrison duty, re- leasing the veterans for fight- ing. Small Scale Fighting Hostilities have been 1e- sumed on a uldtlvelv imall scale in the Jehol s an reports, It is said Japanese forces are being concentrated on the| southeastern border prepara- tory to a move to occupy the| Province - soon as weather improves. At Geneva At Geneva, the League's commit- as tee prospects for a final effort at conciliation in the Manchurian sit-| uation. appeared not to be bright. e, |. A. WOODRING, TEST AVIATOR, KILLED TODAY of my's Three Musketeers Meets Death DAYTON, Or., Jan. 20.—Lieut. I. A. Woodring, Wright Field test filer, was killed when an engine| in an experimental observation ! plane exploded 2,000 feet up in the air. Lieut. Last ‘Woodring received Con- gressional recognition when he took important Japanese treaty documents to Washington D. C. 'rrm the West Coast in record e and unfavorable weather, He| was the last of the Army’'s three! musketeers noted and daring fliers. | LADY BAILEY FOUND ALIVE ALGIERS, Algeria, Jan. 20. Lady Mary Bailey, missing on a flight from London to Cape Town, has been found alive, safe and | sound, near Tabua. She was forced down. ———e————— DR. TORBET WILL HOLD MISSION IN KETCHIKAV The Rev. Walter Torbet, the! The huge U, S. S. Macon, sister ship of the giant Akron, s virtually completed. All fuel tanks have been installed, two of the four fins are in place, and instruments in the control car soon will be instalied. After it is finished In March and accepted by the navy, it will be based at Sunnyvale, Cal. Press Photo) STOCK PRICES ' TAKE ADVANCE; . HOLD AT CLOSE Many Leading TP T Gam from Fractions to One Point or More NEW YORK, Jan. 20. | backed up after a rather stmdy advance, met fresh support )an‘ and closed midway betw |day's highs and lows or neL ad-‘ | vances of fractions to around om | point. There was fairly active short covering with rails displaying con- siderable firmness. ‘ Professional traders were im- pressed by resistance on recent re-} actions and repurchasing for short| |accounts appeared to have proud— led much of the buying. ! General Advances Allied Chemical and Union Pa- cific, with net gains of slightly |more than two points, finished near the highs. United States Steel gained near-| ily one point. ! Case, Dupont, Goodyear, Penn- sylvania, American Tobacco B, Lackawanna, Air Reduction and| | United Aircraft were up one w |one and one-half points. New York Central, Standard 0|l of New Jersey and General VXOLO"S‘ were fractionally higher. ! CLOSING PRICES TODAY f NEW YORK, Jan. 20—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine swck today is 12%, American Can GD' American Power and Light 7 Anaconda 7%, Bethlehem Steel | , Calumet and Hecla 2%, Colo- 'rado Fuel and Iron, 6, Chrysler 14, Curtiss-Wright 2%, North Am- erican 29%, Fox Films 2, Gennral Motors 15%, International Harvest-' ,er 21%, Kennecott 9%, Packard Motors 2%, Safeway Stores 41, Standard Brands 15%, United; | States Steel 20%, Westinghouse El-, | ectric 29%. | ——————— GIVEN LIFE - FOR SLAYING DD, | who has been conducting a mission | at the Methodist church in Ju-| neau for the past ten days, left on the Northwestern for Ketchi-| kan, where he will continue his mission work, VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20— Jessie Cousins, a rancher, has been | sentenced to life imprisonment for slaying Ed Vlasich, Tacoma Fed- leral Pronibition off icer.. |ship's safe was looted of i person |daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Associated SICKNESS HALTS FELLOWS PLANE iTRIP T0 NORTH Flu Sends Medlcal Director 2 to Cordova Hospital for Few Days lrnn Lmbargo Rosolunon Passes Senate WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, — The Senate has passed the resclution giving President Hoo- ver authority to declare an embargo, in co-operation with other countries, on arms ship- ments to war trollbl“d zones. PIRATES TAKE POSSESSION OF CHINESE CRAFT Buccaneers Make Escape| After Looting Vessel awk Division. and Passengers | Dr. Fellows had a severe atta jof influenza when he arrived SHHANGHAIL China, Jan. 20— Cordova and was forced to ente FA teen Chinese pirates plundered |@ hospital for treatment. His com- the Chinese coastal steamer Tahua | panions proceeded early this week within sight of S8hanghai and rob- by plane to Fairbanks, via Chit- bed 400 Chinese passengers of ’ma and Copper Center. money, jewelry and clothing. The Traveling by steamer and train 200, 000 | |to Fairbanks, Dr. Fellows will Mexican dollars. 'join them in that city, and make The buccaneers escaped after the rest of the long trip of in- making the captain steer the ship ' speuuon and study with them., to a nearby island. —_———— t HOUSE BUSY UN | UWNER HELLD, APPROPRIATION LIGHT SERVICE WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—The! ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan, ° House continues to plug steadily The Department of the In away on the War Department Ap- has sold to the City of Anchor propriation Bill and is ready to for $20,000, the telephone sy take up legislation to change the power and electric light lines present bankruptcy laws. | The Alaska Railroad retained of- fices in the buildings and the te phone lines serving the railway SABIN IS PASSING 7one A ouT CIGARS BABY | The city now owns- all GIRL BORN TODAY,*e= GENEVA, Jan. 20. — Late t& afternoon the League’s Commi gave Japan what is describe |an ultimatum requesting Japan Mr. Sabin is distributing the us- reply by tomorrow to the qu ual cigars and is accepting con- whether Japan will accept the _gratulations as gracefully as most of conciliation in the dispute \new fathers, China. Dr. Fellows, director of ‘Vlednal Rehef Alaska Division of the Office of Indian Affairs, |who left here last week with Paul W. Gordon and N. L. Troast, of the same organization, was forced by illness to quit the party at Cor- |dova, and is now enroute to Fai !banks to join them, it Was made known here today by C. W Hawkesworth, Acting Chief of the \ | | | pu I Probably the most in Juneau today important is the Sabm who was born at St. Ann’s| Hospual late last night. The new baby weighs seven and one--half pounds and Dr. W. W. Council, \the attending physician, pronounc- ‘es both mother and daughter set- ting along fine. [VARIOUS NATIONS ARE CONFERENCE PROGRESSES, WHITE HOUSE President ;;E President- Elect Reported Discus- sing War Debts PRESSING FOR ACTION Great Britain Makes Re- quest—Domestic Sit- uation Talked Over WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.— President - E le ct Roosevelt day, for the second time since the election last November, to meet President Hoover and discuss with him the trouble- some issues of war debts and| world economics. It is re- perted a request was made by the British Government that the President-Elect en- ter immediate discussion on| war debts and the proposed; economic parley but Roose- velt insisted to newspaper- men that “I do not know| what is going to come up.” However, there are many, indications that other sources, aside from England are press- ing for a quick decision on war debts. The President-Elect, how-| ever, has made ti clear he is adhering to his policy of di- vorcing the war debts from the forthcoming world parley on economics. There hasl been discussion of settling the whole debt situation by a/ lump sum by the European| debtor nations. Situation in Congress The complicated Congressional| situation was discussed by Demo- cratic leaders and Roosevelt last night. After the conferences, the| President-Elect is described as say- ing that he was reconciled to an extra session of Congress, prob- ably in mid-April. The President-Elect talked with Senator Johnson, of California, who is at odds with Secretary of State Stimson on politics of foreign af- fairs. Johnson is also being men- tioned as a possible Cabinet mem- ber. Senator Huey Long also had a short talk with Roosevelt. The Senator said, “We are still pals,”, but he believes Roosevelt has not' taken sides in the Glass-Long con-| troversy over the banking bill. Sino-Japan Situation Late this afternoon it was an- nounced at the White House that Roosevelt and Hoover had not| went to the White House to-| Itate's dictation crept little Prett) Italian Ty pzst . Captures Prince During Rommm Viaska Vah, comely ship's stenographer, met her fairy prince, the Maharajah of Bikaner, aboard an Italian liner in the Arabian Sea. They will wed at Bombay. NAPLES, Italy, Jan. 20.—A type- | writer and shorthand notes were pretty 19-year-old Signorina Vla ka Vah's path to romance and real Prince. ian seas were the setting. From ship's stenographer she has become the promised bride of Sir |Godig Nohamed Khan, maharajah | announcement | of Bikaner. The was made by her sister Sonia, who has succeeded to her post aboard the liner Victoria. It all happened on the lung voy- sage from Bombay, Into the poten- notes |of inquiry aebout Vlaska's family, her views and her wishes. Then, before the graceful white ship had pointed its prow into the Medit- The Red and Arab- | c Tnp On ()(‘(’an' | erannean, came a proposal of mar- | riage. Finally, when the vessel touched Italy, the proposal had been ac- cepted and two members of the! prince’s retinue had been detailed to escort the girl to India. Vlaska | resigned her job and The sister took her place. The fine points of obtaining a | Christian father's permission for |a Mussulman marriage were ironed out and late this monfh Vlaska expects to reach Bombay for the wedding ceremony. The Prince meanwhile has gone on to attend to business affairs |in London. Vlaska obtained employment on board the Victoria about a year ago. Her father has a small res-| | taurant at Pola. Lame Duck Amendment Gets Boost Washington State Ratifies Resolution — Five More Required OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan, ZO—The State Legislature yesterday ratmed {the Lame Duck amendment to the ,Constitution making the 31st State 1 - to take such action. Only 28 States are required to ratify the amendment which does away with the short session of Congress and moves the time up for the President and Congress- skipped entirely over the Sino-| Japan situation but talk on this problem is said to have been just' incidental. The two administrators, it is said, were in complete harmony believ- ing the debts problem is one to be discussed between the United States and individual debtor nations. ROOSEVELT GOES SOUTH WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Presi- dent-Elect Roosevelt left late this afternoon for Muscle Shoals to in-! .|spect the huge power and nitrate ‘| plant there. Sl The winner of the 14th annual| n|state high school music contest in 1lthe violin event at Greenshoro, N.| pe 'C., next April will receive a hand- "next night two youths robbed the lable to become the run champion, lmnde violin as a trophy. men-Elect to take office in Jan- uary instead of waiting March, ROBBED TWICE; LOSES 3 CENTS ‘WILMINGTON, N. C., Jan. 20.— The Wooten brothers, Albert and ’Kennéth, were the victims of rob-| bers twice in two days and were | only three cents losers. First a negro held up their gasoline sta- tion but Kenneth flashed a gun| and the bandit ran, dropping the !cash and 55 cents of his own. The \station of 58 cents, until | HARRY MORTON ENDORSED FOR U. S. JUDGESHIP Anchorage Bar Association!| Takes Action, Which Is Unanimous Alaska, Jan. 20. Bar Association I mously endorsed Harry on, Anchorage attorney, for Judge of the Third Division. The Association elected Arthur /Thompson as President, succeeding James S, Truitt, new Territorial Attorney General. FRERIT s 2l ANCHORAG has F. Mg w 0LD SOURDOUGH MINER DIES IN FLAMES WHEN HOME DESTROYED M:ckey Nash Aged Sixty- Five, Real Stampeder, Is Victim of Fire at Stewart, B. C. STEWART, B. C., Jan. 20. —Mickey Nash, aged 65, prospector and miner, said {to have sought gold in prac- tically every mining camp during the past 40 years, was burned to death in his cabin here yesterday. The cabin was practically destroyed. Neighbors attempted to put out the flames, but failed. Nash built a fire in his stove early yesterday morn- ing and he is then believed to have returned to bed and fall- en asleep or he may have suf- fered another paralytic stroke. Nash had never fully re- covered from a stroke suffer- ed several months ago. Bern in Dublin, Nash came to America at the age of 15 years and had followed rush- les to gold camps throughout his life. —————— AIMEE IS OFF ON TRIP; WILL VISIT EUROPE Intends to—'_S—pend Long Time in Holy Land— Hutton Stays Home SAN PEDRO, Cal, Jan. 20— Aimee Semple McPherson Tutton, [noted evangelist, boarded the Ital- |ian motorship Fella late yesterday land sailed on a long vacation to Europe, North Africa and the Holy Land. She abandoned the trip around the world on account of her physical condition. Mrs. Hutton said she would spend a good long time in the Holy Land. ‘The party accompanying the evangelist did not include her husband, David Hutton. He will “{join her somewhere in Europe next summer. YURMAN OFF ON FUR BUYING TRIP H. J. Yurman, local furrier, left on the Estebeth on a fur buying Lieut. John W. Harmony, for- |mer West Point boxing captain, is | coaching the Maryland fistic team, ;tbis year for the first time. ' Sitka. trip to Hoonah, Chichagof and Mr. Yurman expects to be back in Juneau in a week or ten days. Victim Capa ( | NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—(Copy- ‘ iright by the Associated Press)—| An infantile paralysis victim is not] disqualified to “be a King, Em- | ror or President. He is only ul Says I nfantile Paralysts ble of Being Anything But Champion nese bloodless surgeon on his ar- rival here yesterday from Europe. The disease, infantile paralysis, said Dr. Lorenz, instead of inca- | pacitating the brain at all my even leave the patient with a said Dr, Adolf Jorenz, noted Vien-keener sense of optimism,