The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEW. S ALL THE TIME* \OL XLI., NO. 6251. JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1933. OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICETENCEN'N GERMAN COMMUNISTS START FIGHTING HITLER S———— BLIZZARD CONTINUES TO SWEEP SOUTH ROOSEVELT IS CHOOSING HIS FAMILY GROUP & Comapa of S | President-Elect Is Formmg: Cabinet While at | Warm Springs VETERANS, YOUNG MEN WILL BE HIS AIDES Celebrates His Fifty - first Birthday by Making Announcement WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Jan. 31| With a nucleus of veterans for Cabinet, President-Elect Frank- 1 D. Roosevelt is going into the yeunger Democratic fold for the of his official family. re are some surprises in t and there is fresh doubt| he complete make-up of the This was forecast when nt-Elect publicly told| leaders. | regard the Cabinet as pe-| my own official family, to b2 named by me.” This was told the leaders as he cclebrated his Fifty-First™ birth- day res culiar] Cabinet Possibilities ¢ is a consensus of opinion t three and possibly four places | Cabinet membership have been settled, as follows: Seerctary of Treasury — United States Scnator Carter Glass. Attorney - General—United States r Thomas J. Walsh. | tmaster General — James A.| Chairman of the Demo- National Committee. Secretary of Labor—Miss Frances | Perkins, New York State Commis- mer of Labor. For Ambassadots Former Secretary of War Newton | D. Baker is believed slated to be| Ambassador to England. Judge Robert W. Bingham, Louisville, Ky. publisher, may be named Ambassador to France. Robert Dunham, Chicago banker, | y be representative of the Unit-| States at Bcrl‘ FORD PI.ANTS WILL REOPEN | T for P Tarle; cr: VERY SHORTLY : Briggs Com;z;)" Hires Men to Make Bodies, Ending Strike DETROIT, Mich.,, Jan. 31.—The Briggs Manufacturing officials an- nounced foday the company resum- ed production of automobile bodies | for the Ford Company. A suffi- cient number of men were hired to maintain a steady flow of bodies from the plant which has been tied up one week by a strike. It is expected that the Ford| plants will be reopened shortly. The Ford plans throughout the! country f gre forced to shut down when tl and 1 body supply was cut off| men were affected. { ra-Day” Is Mary Garden’s Loew Contract {W YORK, Jan. 31.—Mary Caylen, star of the former Chi- cag)) Civic Opera, has signed a contract to appear in “four-a-day” vaudeville on the Loew circuit. NOBEL PRIZE |and 1932 Nobel prize winner, died |John Galsworthy |ing vessel “Torrens,” of which the | {late Joseph Conrad was first of- | ficer. l Lindy and Amelia Again Honored i s b I New decorations for their already great collection were presented Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart Putnam b; the Rumanian Government. The awards were presented in New Yor! Charles A. Davila (center), Rumanian Minister to the Umfied tates, STOCK MARKET WINNER DIES, AWAITS WORD LONDON HOME ON DIVIDENDS John Galsworlhy, Fictional | Traders Hold Back Opera- Chronicler Upper Class- | tions Today—Market es, Passes Away Is Irregular LONDON, Jan. 31.—John Gals- NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—The Stock worthy, author and p!aywright.}Markc! held a narrow range today |and traders’ curtailed operations today at his home here. He suf- | pending action on United States fered anemia after a severe cold.|Steel, preferred dividend, Known as the fictional chroni- | announced later in the afternoon, cler of England’'s upper classes, |after the close of the market. spent most of The market closed irregular. life critically examining the | of British landed ar- | his conventions istocracy. Educated at Harrow and Oxford | for the bar, he was admitted to racticc at the age of 23. After | a brief period he desérted that | profession and employed his legal training as an aid in making a searching analysis of the circles in which he moved. Galsworthy traveled extensively after he decided upon a literary career. He learned to write, ac- cording to his own confession, by unlearning everything else. Writes Books Education serves rather to choke | than to encourage the powers of| = ; imagination and creativeness,” he | being particularly soft recently. once said. “I did not begin to| Shares off major fractions to write novels until I had forgotten)about one and one-half points in- all T had learned at school and,cluded American Telephone and coliege. Fine scholars are rarely,TE‘ :graph, Consolidated Gas, North imaginative writers of any force.”|American, Public Service of New In 1893 Galsworthy made a voy-|Jersey, Corn Products, Macy, Good- age to the South Seas on the sail-|Year. Delaware and Hudson gained one point and New York Central and Union Pacific closed fractional- ly up. of one point or more for some issues. Utilities sagged all day. Rails Hold Up Rails had intervals of strength but they were unable to retain gains, social | Studebaker omitted the preferred | dividend but International Business Machines ordered the regular quar- terly dividend on common stock. Stecls Move Slightly Steel stocks moved narrowly. Both | common and preferred of United States Steel were fractionally high- er most of the day. Borden recovered a point after Their conversation turned to liaterature and led to Conrad showing his manuscript of mayer's Folly.” This immediately met with the approval of Gals- worthy, who encouraged Conrad to ontinue his writing. In later years the two worked together in Lon- don. DIVIDEND DECLARED FOR U. S. STEEL PREFERRED NEW YORK, Jan. 31.—After the | close of the Stock Exchange this Galsworthy published his first afternoon, United States Steel an- novel, “Jocelyn,” in 1898 under Lh’> nouncad a 50-cent dividend on pre- pseudonym of John Sinjohn. This | ferred stock. was followed two years later by, CLOSING PRICES TODAY She will sing classic folk songs. Continued o Pake Sevew | \pup®Ui0 FRICES S0P e Purchase Farmer’s Property At Tax Sale, Then Return It HQWARD CITY, Mich, Jan. 31.—One hundred and fifty friends purchased at a delinquent tax auc- on most of Ernest Jones's prop- y and then turned it back to him. The farmers established picket | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 11%, American Can | 607, American Power and Light 7, ! Anaconda 7%, Bethlehem Steel 14%, Caiumet and Hecla 2%, Chrysler | 13%, Colorado Fuel and Iron, no | sale; Curtiss-Wright 2, North Am- erican 27%, Fox Films 1%, General Motors 13%, International Harvest- er 22%, Kennecott 9%, Packard Motors 2%, Safeway Stores 41, Standard Brands 14%, United States | Steel 28%, Westinghouse Electric | 28%. lines and bid in the property at prices ranging from 5 to 25 cents. They bought everything for $2.04. A binder sold for 8 cents, hay. lozder for 11 cents, and a grand piano for 4 cents. Jones is sick in a hospital to bej There were scattered losses todayl LOSS OF LIFE IS INCREASING IN CALIFORNIA Toll of Storm Deaths Re- ported to Have Reached 11 WINTRY WEATHER CONTINUES BLASTS Rescue Parties Are Aiding Marooned Motorists in Mountains SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 31 the blizzard which has swept the Far West, stood at 11 persons to- day as wintry weather continued and threatened efforts of hun- dreds of men to rescue scores marooned in the mountain regions. Two deaths in the northern part of the State added to the known victims since the start of the storm 18 days ago. Vietim in Nevada Another wanderer is reported to have perished in Nevada. The most extensive struggle is in the San Bernardino Mo untains where hundeds of motorists, enjoy- ing a sports program, were trapped by the blizzard. They are being removed out over roads cleared by snow plows. Are Frost Bitten Many of those rescued have frost bitten hands and feet. It is said that many became | hysterical when they feared they uould freeze to death. CONVICTS ARE KILLED WHEN LAND SLIDES Accident Happens at Quar- ry at Folsom Prison, California FOLSOM PRISON, Cal, —Three convicts were killed and one was injured when caught in| landslides in the prison quarry late| Jan. 31 yesterday afternoon. Two land- slides occurred, 15 minutes apart. Eight hundred convicts were work- ing in the qua.rry at the time. CRAFT SINKS IN GALE; 508 PERSONS DIE: SHANGHAI, Jan. 31.—Five hun-| dred and eight persons, all Chi ese but one, a British missionary. survivor, the steamer Hain Ningtai sank ing a storm. SEAPLANE MITKOF OFF TO KETCHIKAN THIS AFTERNOON To repair the Western Electric talking equipment of the Revilla Theatre, at Ketchikan, which broke down last evening, G. W. Griffin, chart- | Ketchikan this afternoon. Mr. Griffin, electrician with the Western Electric Company, arrived in Juneau on the Admiral Evan from a trip to the Westward anc | Interior where he has been servic- ing the Western Electric talkin equipment in theatres. The Mitkof, piloted by M. W Sasseen, left here about 2:30 thi afternoon and is expected to rc turn to its base here in a du; or two. —— Statistics show that 4 per cen’ of the physiclans in the Unite lsmm are women, are reported by a lone Chinese| to have drowned when| January 15 in Hanchow Bay dur-| Iz owned by L. H. Kubley ered the seaplane Mitkof to fly to PITTSBURGH CAR PARKS ITSELF TOPSY- TURVlLY —The toll of lives as a result off Max Blank of Pittsburgh left his car on a hill, and when he went to get it found it had “parked” itself in this unorthodox manner, upside down and wedged hetwem a retaining wall and a dwelling. (Associated Preu Photo) MORRIS CO. INC., PLANNING PLANT IN IGY STRAIT President A:r;unces Plans for Plant to Cure and Can Kippered Fish Plans for erection of a modern | plant in hte Icy Strait district for| packing kippered salmon in cans are being advanced as rapidly as possible by the H. L. Morris, Co., Inc., it was announced today by H. L. Morris, President. It is pro-| posed to have a capacity of 380,- 000 to 40,000 cases. Successful culmination of the project, Mr. Morris said, depend upon satisfactory financing, and; this is being worked out on a und end conservative basis. Con- siderable stock in the enterprise |has been sold to local investors by the company which was organ- ized last May and which market- ed its product in a limited way |curing the past season. | Realizing that a wider market |is necessary to operating success, arrangements have been made, Mr. | Morris said, with a large distrib- juting firm with offices in New ‘\ork and Chicago to handle the 1933 pack. Five years of experimental and laboratory work, according to Mr. {Morris, has prefected a process \\' hich produces a kippered salmon "lequa,lled in flavor. and delicacy and which is adaptable to innum- :mb]e mew uses and occasions. ‘I"om possibilities are regarded 5 most encouraging, due to two| actors, low fish prices and, the |high market price the product| | commands. | This enterpfl:n is new in the largest basic industry of the Terri- ry, and its promotors point out that it is a home-owned, home- |managed and home conducted busi- ress which they are offering as medium for investment to lo- \. 1l people. “Heretofore, almost, 11 the capital invested in salmon unnlng has been outside capital, 'nd all of the profits accruing | therefrom have naturally ‘gone |outside of the Territory,” declared Mr. Morris. { You Bet It Pays Well To Advertise! KANSAS CITY, Jan. 31.—Hugh B. Downey, attorney for an insec- cide company, advertised for six flies and offered to pay $5 for them. He had to fight his way irough fly-catchers to enter his ffice and after purchasing six les received several hundred more through the mails with the quest, “please remit.” J. V. SANDVIK ON W. Beer Wme Measure Is In Senat e 'Bill Returned b by Comml t- tee—May See Action This Session WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Senate Finance Committee yester- day reported 12 to 5 to return the beer and wine bill to the Senate for final action. The move gives the bill a chance for passage this session but there is a provision that it follow the action on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amend- ment. Other pressing matters may prc\,tnt cnaclment this session. .G MANLEY PASSES AWAY | IN SOUTHLAND Former Mine Operator in Interior of Alaska Dies in California SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—Word was received here yesterday that Frank G. Manley, former Yukoner, diea Sunday at his home in Napa, Cali- {fornia, as the result of an attack [ of the heart. Acquaintances here estimated that Manley took out over $10,000,000 in gold in Alaska through his var- ious holdings since '97. He had recently become interested in Bak- ersfield oil. Manley, it is said, planned to visit Alaska with a few weeks. —_—————— TOM MIX I8 LOSER IN BIG DAMAGE SUIT Jury Avards 10} Ranch Owner Sixty-Six Thousand Dollars ERIE, Penn,, Jan. 31.—A jury has awarded Zack T. Miller, of the famous 101 Ranch of Oklahoma and shows, $66,000 damages against Tom Mix, movie cowboy, on charges Mix broke his contract to appear with Miller’s 101 Ranch shows. Miller sued for $342,000. George Saintsbury, Passes Away, London SOUTH ON EVANS| LONDON, Jan. 31.—George E.! | — The :SENATE HOUSE INSTRUCTED TO SPEED ACTION L eaders of Both Parties Urge Passage Appro- priation Bills ) H WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. — Full emphasis was placed today on both the Senate and House on the all important task of pushing through vital appropriation bills before March 4. Night sessions are in prospect for the Eenate unlass real progrese ‘)s made. | The demand for speed on the | appropriation bills came from lead- |ers of both parties after a long ‘debate began to wind the Treasury ost Office money bill into a | Aegfislflnve knot. 75 MEN, ALSO ARMY DREDGE MISSING NOW Coast Guard Appealed to —Search Is Started on Atlantic Coast NORFOLK, Jan. 21.—The Army dredge Chinook, with 75 meun aboard, has failed to report at Hampton Roads and appeals have | been made to the Coast Guard. A | search has been started along the Virginia Coast and 35 miles out |to sea. | 1t is feared the dredge has been | lost. - ‘Son of John Jacob 3 Astor, Aged 21, to ! Wed Italian Girl MILAN, Italy, Jan. 31. — The (’n;,a;.« ment of John Jacob Astor, the third, aged 21, and Donna Christian Tolsonia, the daughter of Prince Tolsania, of Rome, was | announced here today. OPPOSITION TO CHANGELLOR IS BREAKING FORTH Disorders Are Reported from Many Sections of Republic GENERAL STRIKE IS BEING PROPOSED Exodus, of _]e_ws Predicted —Official Statement Is Announced BERLIN, Jan. 31. — Dis- orders occurred in many cities in Germany even before the second day of Hitler’'s Gov- ernment dawned. The police were kept busy in various sections dispersing Communists gatherings pro- testing to the elevation of Hitler as German Chancellor, which has crystalized into bitter opposition. Three persons are known to have been killed and many wounded. Many arrests have alse been made. Five hundred student dem- onstrators here marehed by- Berlin’s Wall Street shouting ‘profiteers’ and other abusive, words at the Bourse mem- bers, until dispersed by the police. Communists have appealed for a general strike but there is no definite indication as to what the appeal will bring forth. JEWS ARE REPORTED ASKING FOR PASSPORTS BERLIN, Jan. 31.—The National (Continued on Page Two) — ELEVATION OF HITLER BRINGS 0UT COMMENT Ol Circen. i Europe Not Alarmed—Opin- ions Are Various LONDON, Jan. 31.—Adolf Hitler’s elevation to Chancellor in Germany is regarded variously in different parts of Europe but official eir- cles professed not to be alarmed. In London, Hitler as a topic of discussion, supplanted war debts. Budapest regarded Hitler's suc- cess as a “matter of a downright revolution.” Rebirth, Warlike Germany A pro-Government newspaper in Belgrade regarded the rise of the Nazis as the “rebirth of the old imperialistic warlike Germany, thirsting for revenge.” The Vienna press regarded the appointment of Hitler as disastrous to Germany at home and abroad. Newspapers of Rome looked upon Hitler’'s success as a vindication of Fascism and an indication the movement is spreading. IAmerica Is Due for Big Spree, Declares Educator PITTSBURGH, Penn., Jan. 31— |Laughing at the contention that ,lhe business lull is having a sober- | |ing influence on America, Dr. Max Schoen of Carnegie Institute of| Technology said: “I believe just |the opposite is true.” “The depression,” observed Dr. J. V. Sandvik, from Seldovia, is Saintebury, one of England’s fore- Schoen in an interview, “has cau southbound passenger on the Ad-imost educators and also a well-jed a damming up of forces that miral Evans. . Mr. Sandvik is in-fknown writer, died here last Sat- | will crested in the fishing industry. urday, AR be let loose in intensified ferms as soon as things pick up. \ l “Then the American people are going in for a real spree, for more intense work, more intense play, and for more intense amusements in all forms. “This country is an infant, un- ‘1ertramed in play. Take candy |away from children always used to it and give it back to them'in two weeks and they will eat them- selves sick. So it is with the American people, who are fright- fully spoiled children,” BRI