The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 15, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \ JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1933, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS /OL. XLL, NO. 6288, MANY KILLED IN SOUTHERN TORNADO BANK DEPOSITS SHOWING BIG IN PEOPLE SHOW FAITHIN U. 8. INSTITUTIONS —l‘i'(“n)(“,ndous—sv‘;m in Gold Certificates Are Be- ing Returned TREASURY PLEASED, BUSINESS ACTIVITY Strength of American Dol-|" lar Maintained, For- eign Exchanges WASHINGTON March 15. —The total return of gold certificates to the ited States, through the barks, is already estimated at over three hundred million dollars. Deposits show a phenomenal figure, clearly indicating the faith cf the pecple in the banking in- stitutions ¢f the United States. EXCHANGES REOPEN NEW YORK, March 15—Stock and Curb Exchanges were among others of the country that re- opened today. Hundreds of smaller banks throughout the countfy were also given permission to reopen. Secretary of Treasury Woodin reiterated the Treasury's satisfac- tion at the prompt and orderly re- sponse to the Department’s effort fo sumption of normal business and the showing made in the momentum as additional banks reopenad. BANKS REOPENING is estimated that 1,500 banks have already reopened in the United States and territories and it is expected this will be augmented by many hundreds today. According to reports received here, the strength of the American dollar continued to hold on foreign exchanges. Plentiful supplies of produce forced a drop in prices in many population centers. It CREASE | Getting Passport to ; his bride-to-be, Miss Gretchen Wilson, Louisiana beauty, are shown as | they applied for their marriage license at Los Angeles. Miss Wilson is | a great-great granddaughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson and was | born and educated in Louisiana. She met her future husband in New York, where he is an executive on his father’s publications. INCOME TAX HISTORIC FLAG "FILING TIME 1S PRESENTED IS EXTENDEG ~ TO TERRITORY Millions of People Are Giv- Hoisted at Sitka Over 65 en Until March 31 to | Years Ago to Signalize Make Returns Alaska’s Transfer WASHINGTON March 15— The Flag that was hoisted to the Bringing smiles to millions of citi- top of the staff on Castle Hill zens, the Treasury Department de- at Sitka on October 18, 1867, sig- cided last night to defer the time nalizing the transfer of Alaska for final filing of incoms tax re- from Russian to American sover-| turns from midnight tonight until eignty today reposes in the office midnight of March 31. of Gov. George A. Parks. Soon it The decision came as millions of will find a permanent resting place taxpayers stormed the officess of in the Alaska Territorial Museum a valuable addition to the STOCK PRIGES ' TAKE ADVANCE, - N. Y. EXCHANGE RemarkableEge Trading Today when Market Opens After Holiday ISSUES ADVANCE FROM TWO, FOURTEEN POINTS {Entire List -Nm(es Gains— Closing Tone Is Ex- ceedingly Buoyant NEW YORK, March 15.—Stocks leaped forward in one of the most striking recoveries of years as trad- ing was resumed on the New York Stock Exchange today after a shut- down since March 3. | Advances in scores of prominent John R, Hearst, son of William Randolph Hearst, noted publisher, and |issues ranged from two to around | | fourteen points. | Today's turnover was about 3,- ;000.000 shares, the largest since, | September. Today's closing tone was exceed- i l'ingly buoyant. i | Bears Hard Hit The bears, locked in during the suspension, were severely battered jtoday by waves of selling. 1 Some brokers reported that their | customers came to the street with ‘big rolls of hoarded currency. | The enthusiastlc and brilliant iopening of the Exchange was in contrast to the months of severely restricted trading which followed the last important shutdown | the first year of the World War. i Up 16 Points ] Norfolk and Western shot up 16, | points. | Union Pacific, United States| Steel preferred, Allied Chemical |and Case gained more than 10 | points. Issues up about seven points included Owens Illinois | Glass, Corn Products, American ‘;Telephone and Telegraph, Santa Fe, Delaware and Hudson. Other Gains to nine, in} “THOUSANDS JAM FLYING FIELD AT GROUND BREAKING | NEW YORK, March Henry, W. Thornton aged 62 years, former <Chairman of the Canudian * National - Railways, died here yesterday as the resdlt of | complications after an abdominal orpration. Drafting of Henry Worth Th‘om-{ ton from the United States to be general manager of the Great Eastern Railway provoked resent- ment and criticism throughout England. It was due, perhaps, not so much because Thornton was an Ameri- can trained railroad manager but to the announcement at the time that a man big enough to straight- en out the badly managed transit line could not be found in England. Early in 1914 the Great Eastern Railway found itself in such diffic- 15.—8ir | §W Hénry Thornto Knighted by British, Builder Of Railroads, Dies n, American, el Just a small corner of the crowd that filled Crissy Field in San Francisco as ground was officially broken for the construction of the Golden Gate bridge on which actual work begun several weeks ago. A gold shovel was used to turn the sod near Fort Mason. 8an Francisco’s mayor, Angelo Rossi (right), and William P. Filmer, president of the bridge district, are shown turning the first earth while Chief Engineer J. B. Strauss (at Filmer's right) looks on. Because of the crowds the planned program was cut short. (Associated Press Photos) REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOLS IS ADVANCED STEP Senate Committee Favors. Measure to the End in Report Made Today The projected re-organization of, \the Territorial school department 'advanced a step today when the Senate Committee on Education reported the measure recommend-, |ing its passage with a few amend- | men It will come up in the' |Senate tomorrow for second read- ing. | 'The bill provides for a Board of |Education composed of one mem- {ber from each of the four Judicial { Divisions, appointive by the Gov- lernor who is to be Chairman, and confirmed by the Legislature. | | | | | TWO HUNDRED ARE INJURED BY HIGH WIND ;'l'lwinfly—six Decad Reported | in Various Sections, Two States GALE STRIKES AREA DURING LAST NIGHT Rushing Flood Waters of Two Rivers in East Are Doing Much Damage NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 15. — Thirty-six persons are known to have been killed by a wild March tornado which swept up the Tennessee and Kentucky line last night from the Mississippi River and ex- tending to the Cumberland coal country. Two hundred persons are already known to have been injured, many seriously. The property damage is well over one million dollars. The wind struck first in Southeast Missouri and {Northeast Arkansas, then headed due east striking this capital of Tennessee, Kings- port, Harrogate and several smaller towns. Scores were also injured in the hail storm which preced- ed the twister. The tornado struck East Nash- ville where a number of houses were blown down. Windows in-the west side of the Capitol Building were blown out. FLOOD IN EAST PITTSBURGH, Penn., March 15. The ~clearing of checks on a nation: wide scale began tioday showing that normal banking con- It —Swirling waters of the Allegheny ‘would have broad powers, including and Monongahela Rivers continued the appointment of the Commis- to rise today after reaching 3.7 Collectors of the Internal Revenue here, throughout the nation. historical archives of The order was permitted to as- tory. ASSOCIATED PRESS ulties that it was determined wnat|. g . o oo U lan) THORNTON a super-general manager Wwas the Terri-| Issues up five or more points in- cluded United States Steel com- ditions were being hastened. BEER BILL IS NEARING FINAL CONGRESS ACT Measure Is in Senate, Com- mittee Having Made Favorable Report WASHINGTON, March 15.—The House Beer Bill neared final Con- gressional approval today with the favorable report from the Senate Finance Committee. The report was laid before the Senate with adoption practically certain. The beer bill was amended to legalize wine and fruit juices of 3.2 per cent alcoholic content the same as applies to beer. — O SIX GIRLS DIE, FACTORY BLAZE HULL, Quebec, March 15.—Six girls were burned to death in a fire foliowing an explosion in the Canadian Match Factory. Bix girls are missing and fifteen were injured. President Nominates Distant Relative to Be Asst. Sec. of Navy WASHINGTON, March 15, President Roosevelt ioday sent to the Senate the nomination of Hen- ' ry Labrobe Roosevelt, of New York, to e Assistant Secretary of th: Navy. He is a distant relative of the President and &S ~Ghee a Marine Corps Officer. sist those whose funds are tied up The movement to obtain this by the banking holiday. are that all banks will be in full several months ago by the Alford| operation before the close of the John Bradford Post No. 4 Ameri- period of grace. can Legion. It was heartily sup- The Government required, how- ported by Gov. Parks and the ever, the taxpayer, taking advant- local Chamber of Commerce. BB O e O I ot qu _ RECEIVED YESTERDAY iy bS R " Yesterday's mail brought it to and pay Interest at the r?:;ofmt: Gov. Parks from the State Depart- e ek xf;er m:;umh O;‘, ment with an accompanfing let- Sinlment frop Ml > ter. Other historical material ECONOMY BILL JOSTLED ABOUT INU.§. SENATE One Amendment, A ing Spanish American Veterans, Passed be forfiGoming in the shape of photostatic copies of official docu- ments, the cost of which probably will be defrayed by the Legion or- ganization. The Flag will be exhibited for a short time in the Hall of the House of Representatives and probably the Senate Chamber. Af- ter that it will be turned over to the Museum for permanent keep- Affect- ing. It is badly worn, but consid- ering its age, is in a good state of preservation. TEXT OF LETTER Pegs The text of Secretary Stimson's WASHINGTON, March 15—The letter of transmittal to the Gov- Senate today adopted an amend- ernor follows: ment to the Economy bill to pre- The receipt is acknowledged of vent removal from rolls of Spanish-American veterans over 62 years of age but A allowing the President the rates. .This was change. war Which you request that the first merican flag flown in Alaska af- the only tory by the United States, together with photostatic copies of manu- GET INTO TANGLE hours of debate, the Semate ad- the flag, be transferred to the Ter- journed last night with the passage ritorial Museum at Juneau. It ap- of the Administration’s $500,000,000 Pars that the Department of Economy Bill still in the offing, Alaska of the American Legion, the Alaska Territorial Chamber of Leaders predicted the passage of 5 |the measure sometime today but COY:!:\GX’TM, ‘and other organizations {quit for the night after getting I the Territory would like to have into a tangle over the Spanish- Bhe flag B": coplcsdof the relevant 1 locuments deposited in the Terri- American war benefits. Sori) Snknnt “The flag to which you refer E. G. WOLCOTT RETURNS i ;i G FROM VACATION SOUTH was flown at Sitka, Alaska, on Oc- E. G. Wolcott, Court Reporter in '°0¢7 18, 1807, on the occasion of 2 the formal transfer of the sover- the United States District Court . for the Fourth Division, is a eignty of Alaska from Russia to through passenger on the steamer :}'fn:y:;w?ms‘*:a;"d‘;’ the :k:m:;:)- Northwestern, returning from a two .of Mar . ‘months’ vacation in the South. (Continued on Page Beven) i Prospects particular Flag was launched here| asked for by the Legionnaires will| the pension Your letter of January 31, 1933, in| to change ter the acquisition of that terri-| WASHINGTON, March 15.—After 1ats to the ceremony of mising“ {mon, American Can, Westinghouse Electric, National Biscuit. Issues up three points included General Motors. Advances of two to five points appeared throughout thelist. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 15.—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock %oday is 12%, American Can 61, American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 9, Bethlehem Steel 15, Calumet and Hecla 3, Curtiss- Wright 1%, North American 6, Fox Films 1%, General Motors 13%, In- ternational Harvester 23%, Kenne- cott 117%, Packard Motors 2, Unit- ed States Steel 32%. - 1 { | MORE SHOCKS REPORTED IN QUAKE REGION {Long Beach May Be Forced to Ask Nation for Millions of Dollars LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 15 | —The forty-second and forty-third script material in the archives in|shocks rocked California last night|Order of the British Empire, be- the Department of State which re- | and early today but no additional S'%ed upon him by King George.| damage is reported. | Long Beach presses plans | quick rehabilitation. The city seeking aid from the Reconstruc- Ition Finance Corporation to help rebuild the destroyed or partially- wrecked buildings. i Representatives of the Long }Beach civic organizations said that unless the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act is amended to al- {low relief, the city will be | quired to appeal to the nation | through the Red Cross, for ap- | proximately $25,000,000 to resto:: | private residences. 1 ———————— Industrial accidents in Ohio 1932 were the lowest since 1926. 1 inf_ needed to set things right again. The British railroad field had been scanned, bul no one was found to |measure up to the job. Thornton Hired Lord Claude Hamilton, chairman of the aristocratic board of direc- tors, then hired ‘Thornton, the American, and made the an- nouncement that aroused all Eng- land. One newspaper commented: “Great Britain has not in many |vears had such a shock to her iprlde." Another printed several ietters Winich were outspoken in their criticism of Lord Hamilton's choice and his remark about the ability of English young men. A Labor member of Parliament re- ferred to Thornton as “an undesir- able alien.” The American manager of the Great Eastern assumed his duties quietly in the spring of 1914. By degrees he won a measure of pub-| lic confidence. Then came August| of that year with the outbreak of the World War and immediately |there was a pressure on England’s roads such as they never before had known. g | In World War | 'What Thornton did in the next four years directing transportation |in the cause of the Allies won for him the distinguished service med- al of his native country, cross of officer in the Order of Leopold of | Belgium and knighthood in the| In addition he was the only Am-| |erican to hold high rank on Lhcl taff of the late Earl Haig. Having curetl the ills of one Eng- lish railroad system, the former American, now Sir Henry Worth | Thornton, KBE. was called upon| to tackle another problem regarded bigger and more.difficult than the one he had solved in England. In} 1922 he was chosen chairman and | president of the Canadian National Railways, thus becoming head of the largest railway system on the North American continent. In addition to 22,000 miles of railroad lines there came under his supervision the allied merchant | { SEATILE BOES T0 BANKS, PUT IN MILLIONS SEATTLE, March 15.—Banking officials here said more than $25- 000,000 were deposited yesterday when the banks resumed opera- tions after the holiday. .- MANY AGENCIES OF GOVERNMEN BE LOPPED OFF Abolition of Various Com- "missions Planned for Economy Sake WASHINGTON, March 15.—Aboli- tion of such independent govern- mental agencies as the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Trade Commission Federal Power Commission and Radio Commis- sion, for economy’s sake, has been proposed by Chairman C. C. Dill of the Senate Interstate Commerce{ Commission. Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper and others close to Presi- dent Roosevelt are still at work on the task of ferreting out ways of reorganizing and cutting ex- penses. ‘sloncr of Education who is now an elective official. | MEETINGS ROUTINE Today’s meeting in both the Sen- yate and House were largely occu- ‘pied with routine matters, In ‘the Senate, the Lomen Marriage | Commissioner Bill was recommend- | 'ed for passage, and the Bragaw Bill| for the relief of Rolland Oshourne, | carrying an appropriation of $60, was also recommended. Three new measures were intro- duced in the Senate. One by Senator Hess, by request, seeks to amend slightly the law relative to ithe administration of small es- itates. Another by the same author, also by request, proposed an| amendment of Section 3, Chapter | |20, Session Laws of 1919, relative | to the abatement of rowdy houses. | This would provide that actions {brought under that statute be in the name of the United States in-| stead of the Territory as at pres- jent. A third measure amendatory {of Sections 895 and 899, Compiled Laws of Alaska, would ¢llow mat- ters of abatement to be pleaded in defense. |RECOMMEND ELECTION BILL | The House Committee on Elec-| i tions, etc., reported favorably Mr. | Blake'’s Bill advancing the date of | general elections to the second, Tuesday in September. It made a| similar report on Blake's measure ! to advance the opening of the Legislature to the second Mon-! day in January. Both measures,' at the Elections Committee’'s re- ! | (Continued on Page Two) feet above the flood stage. Great damage has already been done here. Heavy rains continue. WINNIE RUTH JUDD MAKING " APPEAL AGAIN Slayer of Two Juneau Women Appearing Be- fore Pardon Board FLORENCE, Arizona, March 15. —Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, nervous but unusually coherent and ex- | pressing sorrow for the slaying of her two girl friends, Mrs. Agnes Anne LeRoi and Miss Hedvig Sam- uelson, formerly of Juneau, Alaska, is telling her story again before the Board of Pardons. This may be her final appeal from the noose to which she has been sentenced. The hearing started yesterday and continues today. Mrs. Judd claims self-defense. L e canannnd DR. A. R. CARTER IS WESTBOUND PASSENGER Dr. A. R. Carter, of Fairbanks, is a through passenger on the _ Steamer Northwestern which was in port last night. Thomas and Roosevelt Have Give and Take Conference ¢ i President Roosevelt's aides indi- WASHINGTON, March 15 —|ency Banking Law to savings cated he Is giving serious consid- eration to economies in independ- ent establishments and consequent- ly Senator Dill's plan is believed by many party leaders to be in line with some of the President’s idea. It is expected there will be far- (Continued on Page Seven) 1shortly. President Roosevelt INT Norman ! Thomas, Socialist candidate fo | President in the last election, dis- | cussed banking and unemployment in a 45-minute give and take con- ference at the White House. i reaching recommendatins made very Thomas presented a program for | standardize poverty ‘extendlng benefits of the Emerg- banks and for nationalizing of the banking system to prevent recur- rence of trouble. Thomas said he did not approve of the President's plan for unem- ployment relief as it does not go far enough and would tend to and lower wages,