The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 11, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLL, NO. 6285. " JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1933, * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS * * * * * * * * * * 0 * * * 140 DEAD, THOUSANDS INJURED, QUAKE * * * * * * * * * SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCENE OF GREAT DISASTER Walhc Today REUPENING UF E;grh(;jz; smakers ; BANKS SLATED FOR NEXT WEEK : President Presses Program for Gradual Resump- tion of Financing NEW RESERVE NOTES BEING DlSTRlBUT[".D Roosevelt Asks Depositors Not to Be Concerned Over Delays \ WASHINGTON, March 11. Barking is on the sixth day of Nation-wide sbank holiday. Roosevelt pressed his . for a gradual opening of banks which probably will|® Monday. serve banks were ordered to| opsn today for loans to help to k return of normal banking. Treasury Department au-| ¢1 any bank on consent of | ficials to pay checks lsfiued‘ T by charging the | to the drawers’ accounts. Meet Vital Needs ent Roosevelt directed all to continue to meet vital today- and he is expected tu‘ n a firm command on the na-| tion'swbanks. until the adoption o() :But Has Only Checks % The “ghost” walked in the ka Legislature today to thesatisfaction of members of ¢l organization. Checks in varying sums were dis- tributed to the solons by El- mer Reed, Chief Clerk in the Office of Secretary of Alaska for mileage expendi- tures made by the members in coming here. They are Government checks, but today in Juneau they were worth no more than those of private John Citizen. The banks weren't open and cashing them de- pended on business firms and their ability to do so. In several instances at least, there was no immediate necessity for liquidation since the Elks™ “Pan Associa- tion” has been a generous banker for the past week. eeceescee © 0000000000 S - RUSTGARD MADE DEFENDANT IN 310 000 LIBEL {Cash Cole Charges Him| permanent drastic re-organiza- tion program. President Roosevelt asked that depositors not to be concerned if the banks did not open immediate- for determination of soundness, takes time. New Currency Issued asury rushed two billion | to| ral Reserve currency banks in controlled expansion. Another easing banking regula- tion came from the Treasury Da- t hich permits banks to be to U. S. Government ob- ligations and perform necessary functions to subscriptions of the Government’s March 15th fina ing which have to care for $690,~ | 000,600 short term paper. Senator Glass told the Senate early this afternoon the Govern-| ment has no authority to prevent State banks from opening. ——————— DRY REPEALER APPROVED FOR PASSAGE SOON House Cor:n—iltee Ap- proves Bill Repealing Alaska Bone Dry Law Repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry Law moved along smoothly in the House of Representatives yes- terday when the Judiciary Com- mittee, in a few minutes after.the measure was introduced, had un- animously recommended its enact- ment. However, the House is not going to railroad the repealer through. That was evidenced today when a suggestion that it be advanced to third reading was rejected by the House and its author, Re- presentative George Hellerrich, Se- cond Division, requested that the regular procedure be followed. Later Mr. Hellerich consented to a request by Representative! Nerland that the measure be con- tinued in second reading until Monday. At that time it probably will be advanced and will' come| up for final passage next Mon- day. Representative Nordale's bill to; require fireproof biuldings for larg- er schools also received favorable | hearing from the Committee on| Education which recommended its passage. It, however, recommended its be amended to make it cover| plants housing 200 or more pupils instead of 100 as -provided in the, original bill. The Walker memorial on depre- ciated currencies, passed earlier (Continued on Page Eight) | with Libelous Utterance in Last Campaign paign article said to have been read over a broadcast station last |{October, Cash Cole, Auditor of Alaska, today filed suit against former Aitorney General John |Rustgard for $10,000 in the United |States district court. ¢ William L. Paul, Ketchikan at- Alleging libel in a political cam- | |torney, and independent candidate for Attorney General last Novem- ber who was linked with Mr. Cole |in the article, appeared as the lat- ter's counsel. The summons was served on Mr. Rustgard a short time before he and Mrs. Rustgard were boarding a steamer on the start of an extended European tour, Text of Complaint The text of the complaint filed in the case follows: “Plaintiff, for cause of action against defendant, states the de- ifendant, John Rustgard, malicious- ly and unlawfully wrote and com- posed the false, scandalous and libelous article hereinafter set forth, twhich article was by the defendant caused to be printed and published in a pamphlet and distributed by him generally to the people of Al- aska, all tending to provfke plain- tiff to wrath, expose him to public hatred, contempt and ridicule, and to deprive him of the benefit of public confidence and social in- tercourse; said article or pamphlet was entitled by defendant as‘Rust- gard’s Great Radio Speech Deliv- ered at Anchorage October 31, and was on or about the 3lst day of October, 1932, at Anchorage, Alaska, read by defendant over the radio station KRQD and broad- casted, and at the same time, de- fendant caused the said pamphlet to be generally distributed to the public and to the public press for the purpose of having the same published still further, and the same was so published further as intended by defendant, in a cer- tain part of which libel there was and is contained these words:— “‘The last Legislature re- { moved the auditor from the Territorial Road Board. This was done because it was ' thought after an investigation that he had abused his offic- ial position by making his poli- tical campaign in airplanes at the expense of the Territory, on the pretext of inspecing roads;" and in a certain other part of |which said libel, there was and is |contained these words:— ““In the Fall of 1930, a claim for some $4,500 became due to the Arctic Transport Company for a boat subsidy around Sew- ard Peninsula. The voucher for this sum was approved by (Contigued on Page Two) }last night. Ynot large, owing to the earthquake F ranklln Delano Roosev elt Tahes Oath of Of fice Asseciated Press telephoto from Washington, D. C, Democratic dent. Executive, Senator Robinsen, shows Chie f Jn.fltice Hughes administering the cath of offi Vice-Presidential nominee in 1928, is at the extreme left and former President Hoover, retiring Chief n be seen to the rizhl of the center stand. CATASTROPHE STRIKES SECTION " | OF COASTAL REGION SPREADING ~ DEATH, GREAT PROPERTY LOSS |Long Beach Is Principal Stricken Locality with Scores Dead, and Injured Totaling at Least One Thou- sand; Many Other Cities Feel Blow as Result of Continucus Shocks; Semi-Martial Law Prevails; Relief Agencies' in Full Control; Rehabilitation Already Starts; Gov. Rolph Is at Scene BULLETIN—LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 11.—At 2 o’clock this afternoon the total of deaths as the result of last night's earth shocks reached 140 persons with the injured ranging from 2,000 to 4,000. More bodies are being recovered hourly from the wreckage of build- ings. Long Beach is a vast section of relief work. The threatened food shortage has been averted. Hundreds are homeless. U. S. soldiers, sailors and Marines are assuring property security from looting. American Legion forces have covered all Southern (‘alifornia ex- tending help. LOS ANGELES, Cal.,, March 11.—Counting the earth- qual\e dead at 120 or more, its injured at more than 4,000 perqons, and property damages estimated into the tens of ‘mllhons of dollars, Southern California felt the aftermath "of 20 major shocks which shook at intervals last night and 'early today, through the coastal area of 200 miles long and o - to the new Presi- Parmlers Passm o Presulentml Revwwmg Stand ki GOLD FLOWING BACK TO BANKS WASHINGTON, March 11.—The ban on hoarding gold, both do- mestic and for export, continues today. Millions in gold bdv‘m\ streaming back to government cof- | fers, the New York Reserve Bank | alone receiving $20,000,000 yester- day. — o — Associated telephoto of marchers in the inaugural parade as they passed the stand occupied by President Roosevelt. It took several hours for the pfll‘adl’ to pass this point in the national cap:!.xl Soviets Get Cash, Italy N otes In Two Yeurs’ Trading Test ROME, March 10.—Italy’s ts year experiment of trading Soviet Russia has ended in re and a determination not to re Her' decision to denounce preferential duties section of | commercial treaty of 1924 and ! refusal to renew the trade ag ment are definite expressions | disgruntlement over the fact th ISPEEDY DADO BOUT WINNER LOS ANGELES, Cal., March Speedy Dado defeated Baby Pal- more, bantamweight, in a bout here The attendance was situation. Russia got the lion’s share the trading, and Ttaly is left ho ing the bag with half a bil lire in promissory notes. In the two-year experiment R sia bought machinery, dykes. sh airplanes, motors, tractors, ma wine and fruits-sent in It bottoms. The & Soviet grain, oil, graphite, ma ganese, iron, steel and lumber At the end of the first Ips brought back Italy found she had imported $20 | In 000,000 worth and the second balance was cu $5,000,000. Moreover Italy paid cash., The Soviets paid mostly in credit, running from nine months to 52 months. Most of this paper is still unliquidated, since the Bank f Italy will not rediscount it. The tes that have expired have been omptly paid. But the accumu- lation of paper when they want 1sh annoys the manufacturers. Lastly the Soviet purchasing igents came to Italy and bargain- the adverse ed 'with Italian manufacturers as| ompetitors. The Italian purchas- ng agents could buy only through he Moscow government set prices. —— e - - The German government has set aside about $23,800,000 to be lent for remodeling or reconditioning »mes, 1 old $14,000,000. largely in| and at| THEATRES OPEN; STARS ESCAPE LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 11— Theatres here and in Hollywood remained open last night. Hollywood Tfels T8¢ shocks, but the movie stars escaped damaged ! |homes as the force of the quake apparently missed their section. e, Scores Five Consecutive Birdies on Tricky Hole LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 11. —Joe Novak, golf professional at | the picturesque Bel-Air course, where an Alpine stock is almost as ‘essenual as a golf club, seems to |have establisned a record — or something—by scoring five consec- utive birdies on one hole. In five rounds in order Novak has scored threes at the par four eleventh hole. The eleventh is long and tricky and even good players are satisfied with fours there. 30 miles wide. y The twentieth quake was immediately preceding it. | Long Beach, where the More than 2,000,000 people felt the shocks. of less severity than the ones tremors were the hardest, re- ports early this morning at least 65 dead and about 1,000 injured. | Anaheim Boulevard, \into the residential section, each, scarcely a building th ] Rehabilitation work start and almost two miles eastward was the hardest hit in Long ere escaping without damage. ed immediately and 2,000 men {were called out to clean up the city. | ‘ The ci | many brick walls and collapse Five Dead in Los Angeles Los Angeles counted five persons dead and estimates ( that 3,000 were hurt. ty witnessed the crumbling of of a few old buildings. There 1s an appearance of a crack in the new 28-story City Hall. Dead in Other Sections QUAKE REPORTS REACH JUNEAU; EARLY EVENING Associated Press Tells of Disaster — Empire Phone Kept Busy A The first report of the earth- quake in Southérn California reached Juneau shortly after six o'clock last evening a Urief flash from the Assoclated Press to The Empire stating that “about 5:45 o'clock a severe earthquake shock struck Los Angeles and other Cali- fornia cities. Shocks of less se- verity followed the first one. Prop- jerty damage is probably large. |One person has been reported killed here. Long Beach and oth- ler sections are isolated as com- jmunication lines are down.” Second Reports Before 6:30 o'clock, Associated Press dispatches stated the “quake death toll mounts as reports trickle .in from outside points. Thirteen are known dead at Long Beach, two in Los Angeles afid three in Santa Ana. “Unverified have been points, “Business section of Long Beach reduced to wreckage. “Shocks continue.” of from deaths other reports received About 6:30 o'clock radio broad-| casts were also received from var- jous stations, all carrying the Compton reported 13 dead and 150 injured ‘Ten other small towns report one dead in each. Search throughout the night speeded today. It is feared the search will increase the deaths at Long Beach to 100 or more. Prop- erty damage there is possibly $10,000,000. Smaller buildings have been reduced to piles of brick and cement. Sturdier buildings were cracked but did not fall. Shocks are continuing and may continue for days or even weeks. Hotel Front Falls Away The shocks are believed to have centered in a great upheaval in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Long Beach where the front of a two-sfory hotel fell away almost immediately ‘leaving the bedrooms and bathrooms exposed. The police were detailed to force the occupants of many apartment houses out and to prevent others from entering. Fire added its menace to the shocks from the quivering earth. The high school buildings at Huntington Park and Norwalk were burned. However, the far-famed skylines of Los Angeles and Long | Beach are unmired by the catas- trophe. Forces Rallied Police, naval and other relief agencies were quickly rallied along the whole stricken front and thou- sands of volunteers were soon add- - ed to the regular forces. | National Guard units are today |doing patrol duty. Sailors were late last night dis- | patched to nearby towns and others came ashore today. The initial convulsion did the major part of the damage but some later shocks seemed more 'severa (Continued on Page Seven) (Continued on Page Two)