The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 24, 1933, Page 1

. (3 e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” OL. XLL, NO. 6272. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1933, ME \TEI R OF A\ssoa \TI~D PRPSS PRICE TEN CENTS KAILU CAPTURED BY INVADERS IN MORNING ACTION Forces Continue on in Di- rection of Capital of Province TROOPS POURING INTO NEW SECTORS Acquisition “of Rich Sec- tion of Manchuria Is Goal Now TU N G L. 1AO, Manchuria, Feb. 24. — The Manchukuoan forces entered Kailu, the northeastern gateway to Je- hol Province, early today after dispersing guerillas en- rcute. Following the entry at Kailu, the forces continued on toward the southwest in the general direction of Jehol City. CAMPAIGN STARTED CHANGCHUN, Feb. 22— Japan h officially started the military campaign to an- nex the rich Jehol Province| to Manchukug. The mo st powerful force massed in Manchuria is be- 5 L Associated Press telephoto of Mm W. F. Cross in the crowd after she grabbed the arm of G. Zengara as he fired upon President-Elect Roosevelt in ciated Press-Paramount News Photo. Assassin Victims Recover in Hospital ing poured into Eastern Jehul, T two routes, »d Kailu, and the other s expected to raise the Ris- ing Sun flag over Jehol City. along It is d there are 150,000 poor- ly-equipped Chinese, under several commanders, attempting to resist| | the invaders. The Manchukuoan forces ploddvc“ through a snow storm against the‘ Chinese concentrations to enter| Kailu. It is said that 30,000 well-armed troops, with artillery, cavalry and; airplanes are expected to make the| charge on Jehol City. CHINESE NAZED NANKING, Feb. 24.—Government officials here appeared dazed by the news that the Japanese cam- paign had begun in earnest to capture the rich Province of Jehol It is also feared Japan may extend the drive to Pieping and Tientsin. JULES CARO DIED TODAY IN SEATTLE News of Prominent Juneau Business Man’s Death Shock to Community J. B. Caro, aged 61 years, prom- inent pioneer Juneau resident, and President of J. B. Caro and Com- pany, local wholesalers and manu- facturers agents, died at 10 am. today in Seattle from a heart at- tack, according to telegraphic ad- vices received here from Mrs. Caro,! who was with him in Seattle at the time of his death. Mr. Caro, accompanied by his| wife, left Juneau on January 30 for a business trip to Seattle. Mr, Caro is survived by his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Chester -Graff, of San Francisco, a son Jules Bert- rand Caro, of Juneau, three grand- children, William, Jane and Peter, children of Mrs. Graff, and a sis- ter, Miss Tilly Caro, of San Fran- cisco. Death Causes Shock Though Mr. Caro had suffered for several years from high blood pressure and had been under medi- cal care for sometime, news of his death came as a severe shock to the community, which counted him as one of its foremost citizens. Mr. Caro was born and raised in San Francisco, where he lived until he came to Juneau in 1898 to rep- resent J. B. Meyer x.np Company, one th‘U | |Cabinet, aged 74 years, flew today ’| ington, Warbauly oo Associated Press telephotcs of William Sinnott, New }crk detective, and Margm’et Kruis, Newark Fla.,, hospital after being wounded by G. Zangara who was firing at President-Elect N. J, in Miami, Roosevelt. R SENATOR WALSH L. OFF FOR HAVANA; *~ " T0 BE MARRIED Ceremony Takes Place To- morrow — Bride-to-Be Is Wealthy Widow MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 24—United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, who is slated to be {Attorney General in Roosevelt’s for Havana, where he will be mar- ried tomorrow to Senora Nieves - Perez Chaumont de Truffin, widow | of a wealthy Havana business man. | LED IN Following the wedding, the cou- ple will go immediately to Wash- D. C, he said, prior to his departure. | mdl)er"h Over [ ROANOKE, Virginia, Feb. 24. ~—Three defendants, Joe Bry- | ant, Norman Harvey and his | wife Elsie, charged with, at- tempting to extort $50,000 from | Col. Charles A, Lindbergh by | threats against his second som, have been bound over for the July 3 Federal Grand Jury session. This was done when the cases were called before the United States Commission- er heré today. Harvey and Bryant were re- leased on $1,000 bond each. Mrs. Harvey has been at lib- erty under a $5,000 bond. ter Mills POLITIGAL RIOT the * meeting, WOODIN BEGINS STUDYING HIS NEW POSITION Next Secretary of Treasury| Confers with Ogden L. Mills NEW YORK, Feb. 24—William H. Woodin, who is to be Secretary | Union Pacific, of the Treasury under the Ro velt regime, discussed the job ye: terday with Ogden L. Mills, pres-| ent Secretary. ‘Woodin plans to leave for Wash- ington Sunday “to look over’ Treasury. ‘Woodin was reticent saying he merely discussed gene Treasury matters] “Sound Money Man” RUUSEVELT s PICKING KEY POSITION MEN Aslslants for HIS Cabinet| * Members Are Being Considered PROFESSOR MOLEY " FOR STATE DEPT. Vincent Astor Will Prob- .. ably Be Assigned to Navy Dept. HYDE PARK, N. Y., Feb. 24— Inithe séclusion of his family es- fate, President-Elect Roosevelt is ahning the Democratic lists for ultitude of men and women 3¢ will pick to take over the key tions of the Government on ch 4. ith his Cabinet well in mind, is consulting with those offi- as to their immediate assist- me fairly definite guesses are ady being made. “%villiam Phillips, of Massachu- Miamj, Fla. Five persons were injured, Asso- 38 will probably be the choice OF U nder Secretary of State. * War Debt Expert Prof. Raymond 1. Moley, war AsBistant SecretaTy of State. Howard Bruce, of Maryland, will m’bahly be TUnder Secretary of the Treasury and Arthur O‘Brien, First Assistant, . ¥incent Astor and Archibald Mc- Nefl, “the latter of Connecticut, will probably be Assistant Secre- taries of the Nevy. Ben Lindsey, now of Los Angeles, former Juvenile Judge of Denver, is being discussed for Governor of Hawaii. STOCK PRICES, LED BY RAILS, TURN UPWARD ’ Selling Pressure Is Lifted —Government Bonds Improved | NEW YORK, Feb. 24—The Stock J |Market recovered from most of yes- terday’s losses as the selling pres- |sure lifted. Recovery of United States Government bonds prompted short covering and many issues |recovered one to more than two points. The final prices were around the best of tne aay. To- day’s sales were over 1,000,000 share.s Bonds Advance The sharp decline in bonds was the most unsettling development yesterday and with their advance, share prices rallied and then turn- ed upward under the leadership of rails, Before the end of the first hour American Can and Allied Chemical had pushed up several points and Coca Cola nearly five points. Issues up about two points were American Telephone and Telegraph, santa Fe, Public - | Service of New Jersey, and Ameri- | can Tobacco B. Up one point or so were United States Steel, common, General El- ectric, Dupont, New York ‘Central, Consolidated Gas. CLOSING PRICES TODAY S NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 12, American Can debt expert, will probably be First| Would Be Asm.ssm ( au nh Guiseppe Zangara, assassin, shown between iwo Miami police- men after his capture. His clothes all torn off. Sheriff Dan Hardie at left. Policeman at right is fired. ‘The prospective bride is a society The nearest the Secretary-desi nate came 10 expressing hims: 52%, American Power and Light , Anaconda 6%, Bethlehem Steel| leader of Havana and an old friend BERLIN, Feb. 24—Four more|on inflation was when he of the Senator. His first wife died in 1917. Legislation in Bankruptcy Cases Is Up in Senate WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Legls- . persons are dead and many others of political rioting in various cit- ies. Leading Communists feared they will be seized by the Government any money as hostages and they | no longer dared to return to th homes. B e | things asked which of the past Secre {have been ‘injured as the result|jes of the Treasury he most ad- mired. “Alexander Hamilton, of cour replied Woodin, “because Hami was a sound money man.” The new Secretary of the Treas- ury said he must saw wood and k quiet, adding he had a lot to learn before March lation in bankruptcy cases came before the Senate today. The aid provides for agreements between debtors and creditors through con- (Continued on Page Three) ciliation commissions with approv- al of the bankruptcy courts. States, S. N. Laurie, merchant of Cordova, is a westbound passen- ger on the Northwestern. , LAURIE BOUND HOME Returning from a trip to the J. J. Chisholm, of the West Coast Groceries, his way to the Westward on i steamer Northwestern. and it was bad to learn too fast e represen [12. Calumet and Hecla 2, Curtiss- |Wright 1%, North American 21%, Fox Pilms 1%, General Motors 11%, International Harvester 15%, | Kennecott 177, Packard Motors n|2%, Safeway Stores 32, Standard Brands 14%, United States Steel 26, Westinghouse Electric 23%. —l— of|MR. AND MRS. DUNCAN 4 RETURN FROM VISIT +Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Duncan re- n |a six-week’s visit with Mr. Dun- can's father, J. B, Duncan, in Portland, Oregon. turned on the Northwestern from | | Left to right—L. L. Lee, City Manager of Miami aiding Mayor Anton Cermak, after latter was shot in Miami. Lee, in white suit, second from left, W. W. Wood, Democratic Committeeman, is at the right. Just Before Shooting Telephoto shows Roosevelt waving from automebile in Miami crowd immediately before would-be assassin. fired bulicts. LEAGUE VOTES 'ONREPORT AT || GENEVA MEET ‘ {Final Action Taken Today by Assembly—Delega- tion Walks Out FORTY-TWO NATIONS AGAINST JAPANESE Situation Suddenly Confus- ed—Action Was Ex- pected by U. S. GENEVA, Feb. 24. — The Japanese delegation walked out of the Assembly of the League today after adoption of a report condemning Jap- an’s policy in Manchuria and urging continuation of non- recognition of the Japanese sponsored Manchukuo State. The members of the Jap- anese delegation announced they would no longer cooper- ate with the League of Na- tions on the Sino - Japanese question. Siam did not vote on the ques- tion. Forty-two nations voted yes. Sev- en small nations’ delegates were | absent. | While the situation is somewhat fconfused, it s clear that for the !present Japan will not withdraw “lrom the League. | ACTION EXPECTED | WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. — Ap- | proval by the Assembly of the League of the report condemning | Japan’s Manchurian stand was ex- pected here as the result of the invitation to this country to ap- | prove the League's action by join- |ing a conciliation committee after ! March 4. ——— CONDITION OF CERMAK IS NOT ANY T00 GOOD Physicians Are Worried Over Developments Last Night BULLETIN — MIAMI, Feb. 24.—Late this afternoon ' the condition of Mayor Cermak was reported as critical and little hope is held out for his re- covery. His pulse is now re- ported slower. Members of the family, who visited the Mayor, all left crying. One personal friend at the bedside told Cer- mak he was going to recover talked agout the problems fac- | ing Chicago, including the teachers’ salaries. MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 2¢. — A heart strain attended by pulmary congestion has brought- added han- dicaps to Mayor Anton J. Cer- mak, of Chicago, victim of one of Zangara's bullets when he at- tempted to assassinate President- Elect Roosevelt. k Doctors said the heart showed {indications of failure last night, land although the lungs were trou=- it is not a case of | pneumonia, but they are worried, however. — G NEGOTIATING " TRADE PACTS WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Reci- : bled slightly, tariff barriers are progressing in unofficial negotiations between the new Democratic Administration and Canada. procal trade agreements to lower -