The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 8, 1933, Page 1

\ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE 7 PR R—— VCL. XLIL, NO. 6309. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1933. MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ROOSEVELT TAKES EARLY STEP T0 HELP OUT WORLD CONDITIONS IN ENTIRE NATION ARE IMPROVING Bank Notes Again Rustle in Pockets that Have Long Been Empty STORES GENERALLY REPORT GOOD TRADE Newspapers Say Greatest Spending Spree Notice- able Since 29 Crash WASHINGTON, April 8—Accord- ing to reports received here, the jingle of coins in cash registers and the rustle of bank notes in long empty pockets accompanied the gurgle of beer as many parts of the country announced “business is better.” Thousands - of men knew again what it is to have a job. fany stores reported increased business as the beer smiling weath- er approached and with Easter trade nearing, conditions improved n all sections. Brewers everywhere rubbed their hands and grinned happily. Advertising Heavy Newspapers in many more advertisements than they could carry. Dun-Bradstreet eral pick-up in business. Friends of beer prepared to at- tribute some of the. general busi- ness improvement to the legalized beverage and pointed with pride to the figures of comprehensive data from many States where thou- sands of men are being re-employ- ed, not only in the breweries, but in thé serving establishments. Pur- chase of equipment is another big item. In Chicago over $200,000 were received in fees for permits. Spending Spree Chicago newspapers today said that merchants agreed that the first day of legalized beer witnessed the greatest spending sprees since the '29 crash, partly due to improv- ed weather conditions and general upward advance in business con- ditions. Railroads announced heavy beer movements. More jobs are being created in all large cities, the West Coast in- cluded. ———————— THIRSTY DRINK LARGE QUANTITY OF LEGAL BEER Over Million Barrels Esti- mated to Have Been Consumed, 24 Hours NEW YORK, April 8— Enough beer went down the hatch in the United States yesterday to float a battleship and if the breweries had been able to supply all demands which continued to pour in today they could have sold enough of the ‘beverage to have floated two bat- tleships. Great Quantity Sold Estimates of the quantity of beer sold during the first 24 hours ran from one million to one million and a half barrels in 21 states and the District of Columbia. Roughly estimated, 70,000,000 per- sons found beer available. Revenue of hundreds of thou- sands of dollars accrued to the " various governments, city, state and federal. 40 Carloads Moved Forty carloads of beer moved out of Milwaukee alone, yet far behind orders. The South is the only section where the beverage was a headline in the newspapers. — e — JITNEY DANCE SLATED FOR NEXT MONDAY NIGHT The Alaska Native Sisterhood will give a jitney dance at the A. N. B. Hall on Willoughby Avenue next Monday night. Krane'’s or- chestra has been engaged and good music is assured, Miami’s Captured Gem Raffles Paints Self as “Robin Hood” * * * * * * Slick-Fingered International Crook, Whose Arrest Re- vealed $500,000 Worth of Stolen Jewels, Has Long Police Record. | | | cities had| REVISED BEER BILL APPEARS; . NEW FEATURES Clubs and Hotels Added to Licensees — License Fee Rates Altered DISTRICT JUDGES TO APPROVE ALL LICENSES [Report System Designed to Curb Bootlegging—May Pass Next Monday The revised “beer bill,” upon which the House and Senate Committees have lab- ored for the past six days, was introduced in the House this morning by Representa- tive George Hellerich,who was given unanimous consent to withdraw his original meas-| ure, House Bill No. 33. The new measure was read first time and referred to the Com- mittee on Judiciary. | That body had its report Accompanied by wives of ¢ amaryllis where prize exhibits of th; abinet officers, Mrs, ARE INVITED TO BIG CONFERENCE President Makes Initial Move to Better Econ- omic Conditions BIDS SUPPORT OF 9 POWERFUL NATIONS Representatives Are Sum- moned to White House for Conversations WASHINGTON, April 8.—Invita- tions from President Roosevelt Roosevelt visited the agriculture department's e plant breeding department were on display. ready for submission and im- Roosevelt, Mrs. William Woodin, reported- a gen-| k.. HaRRY SITAMORE His long campaign of depredations against society ended, Ha Sita, more, international jeweli thief who was recently captured at Miami, Fla., after New York detectives had aided the local police in tracking nim down, has fallen back on the time-honored “excuse’” of other ill-fated emulators of the, fictional Raffles. He asserts that it was always his policy to steal from the rich to give to the poor and that more than twenty persons are dependent upon him for a livelihood. Sitamore, who has a long police record for offences, ranging from traffic violations to suspicion of murder, had upset the nerves of vacationists in the southern resort with the ease whereby he entered fashionable hotels and private residences and looted them. Following his arrest $500,000 worth of stolen gems were found in the comfortable beach home he occupied with his wife and 5-year-old son. Among the loot was $31,000 worth of gems stolen from Grace Moore, opera singer, some time ago, and $60,000 | worth purloined from Mrs. Bertha Glemby Keller of New York. Mrs. Keller is a member of the Glemby family which has suffered so much from members of Sitamore’s craft. Twice in a few months the Glembys were robbzad of huge fortunes in jewelry. Mrs. Harry Glemby was robbed of a $25,000C earring in January, 1932, and a few weeks after her home was looted of $305,000 in gems. However, alme~t ali of the jewelry was T 1 late Beer Tested; . SEVERAL BILLS Found Within Legal Limits New York Chemist Makes Analysis of Product of Breweries NEW YORK, April 8—Out curiosity, Herbert Schwartz, chem- ist, spent yesterday testing at ran- dom samples of beer of all local breweries. Schwartz found that the brew averaged about 3.01 percent. Brew ranged from 295 to 3.15. Not a single sample was found over the legal 3.2 percent. ..o FRANK MURPHY 1S NOMINATED FOR ISLE POST Detroit Mayor Selected by Roosevelt for Gov- ernor General WASHINGTON, April 8.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has appointed Mayor of | INTRODUCED IN UPPER CHAMBER |Senate Proposes Continue Compilation of Laws [ Until Job Complete Continuation of the compilation and codification of e laws of Al- aska, started two years ago under Attorney General Rustgard ard now in its last stages until completed is {contemplated by Senate bill No. 56, |introduced today by the Judiciary goomm\ttee of the upper branch of |the Legislature. It provides that |the appropriation made two years !ago shall remain in effect for the ipurposes of the Act until the com- | pilation is completed or the appro- jpriacion is exhausted. | Henry Roden, who did most of the earlier work, but who was dis- missed by Mr. Rustgard last Nov- ember, after the general election, was re-employed shortly after the sion opened and has almost fin- ished the job. | Other Bills Introduced | Repezal of three old statutes, now | inoperative is proposed in a Judi- |ciary Committee measure intro- duced in the Senate today. One is }'Cnapwr 13, Session Laws of 1917, \providing a special fund for crime | detection; the second™is Chapter 47, Session Laws of 1917, creating Frank Murphy, of Detroit, t0 be ; rerritorial Bureau of Publicity Governor General of the Philip-|ipat has not operated in theb ',;‘3 pines. ¢ % 113 years; and the third is Chapter Murphy’s selection means_ }iomer472, Session Laws of 1917, permit- S. Cummings will be retained ”Slung the United States or the Ter- Attorney General in the Roosevelt!yitory to sue out a Writ of Error Cabinet. Cummings was originally iy certain designated cases, selected to be the Islands’ Gover-i Insurance to cover damages re- nor but was changed to & Post ineing in in, or death of - the Cabinet, following the death of A o ey eyt the secretary of agriculture. T“)y Delayed ; Is at Long Béich Today mediately returned the bill to the House with a recom- mendation, concurred in by all members, that it do pass. i Who May- Sell I Only American citizens may ob- 2. “Beverage Dispensaries,” where draft beer and beer in uncapped bottles can be served at tables provided for that purpose but not at bars. Fee $100. 3. Retail stores, selling to con- sumers in original packages. Fee| $25. | 4. Clubs, and patriotic NON-PARTISAN PRIMARY BILL | fraternal organizations| icharber and have been so lncor-: | porated for a period of two years.i | Fee $50. retailers but not to consumers. i Fee $100. | 6. Breweries. Fee $100. | 7. Bottling works for bottling |beer and wine for sale to retail stores, but not direct to the con- sumer. Fee $50. ure—House Kills Com- munity Property Bill fstablishment of a non-partisan primary election system in Alaska to replace the old party pri- |mary eleetion in vogue in the Ter- Tax Is Lowered The new measure provides for|r!/0ry for the past 16 years, is pro- posed in a measure introduced in a tax of $1.55 per 31-gallon barrel House of Representatives today of beer or wine, a reduction of 95 cents from the original bill. The| Representative Nerland, Repub- It also pro- rate of one-half cent is fixed for|lican, of Fairbanks. pint bottles and one cent for quart|Posed to abandon the present meth- bottles. |od of electing party officers and License Fees Split restore that function to the par- The measures provides that Lhe‘il"h themselves to handle as they municipalities from which the li- may deem best. cense taxes shall be collected willl The measure proposes to put into get a refund of 50 per cent of the ¢ifect in the Territory the system > high ecandidates for each of- woyld be declared nominated. s, if there were two Demo- ic candidates for nomination Common Council of any incorpor ated town levies any tax upon the sale of beer or wine, in addition to those provided herein, the entir visions of this act in such towns Republican candidate, and both of shall be credited to the general|/the Democrats pelled more votes fund of the Territory.” than the Republican, they would | Will Use Stamps cive the nomination and run off | sStamps for affixation to ke race in the general election. and bottles of beer and wine will NO provision is made for inde- be used to collect the sales tax dent candidates to file. Tie Absence of the stamp on any pack- s in the divisional age of beer or wine sold makes would be settled by lot by the Clerk the beverage contraband and sale of of Court, and in Territorial pri- | jsuch is made criminal and cause|maries by the Auditor, the draw- | for revocation of licenses. Licensees 025 10 be made publicly and in the are prohibited from receiving, pos- presence of other ofifcers. sessing or selling beer or wine upon Radio Bill Introduced which the stamp tax has not been Mr. Kehoe today introduced a paid, any violations of this are radio subsidy measure, seeking an | lsemtor ‘Walsh, of Montana. | } (Continued on Page Three) (Continued from Page Five) " (Continued on Page Six) (Associated Press Phota) !Rooseveltii;asl;c;f Bié'r”lding organizations whoI | have a Territorial or national | 5. Wholesale houses selling to Nerland Introduces Meas- Akron at the time of the sum collected in each one. now wused in the municipal pri- ceeds from the sales tax levy goes mary election at Seattle. There to the Territorial Treasury for|Wwould be but one ballot used. credit in the general fund. | High Candidates Nominated To avoid double taxation by the| The names of andidates rori municipalities, a clause was in- several positions would be cluded that provides: “In case any| Printed on the same ballot. The license fees collected under pro-|lo Delegate to Congress, and one | p”mms\dynamue bomb exploded near the | wife of the secretary of the treasury, Left to right: Mrs. and Mrs. Henry Wallace, wife of } Political and Professorial tain licenses to handle either beer|e Delayed by unusually e R U or wine, and no one can do 80{e stormy flying weather en- e u,ls p()n legally undess he first has obtained|e route to Los Angeles from e .. _ g ke PR a Territorial license. The follow-|e Washington, D. C., John W. e | ing classes are established: ® Troy arrived in Long Beach e 1. Hotels, roadhouses, boarding|® vesterday, according to a e ] houses, lodging houses, cafeterias|® Wwire received this morning e | and common carriers within the|® by The Empire. L3 Territory which have been in con-|® Mr, Troy will reach San e/ tinuous operation for at least one{® Francisco Monday, leaving o ’ | year prior to date of app]ication,“' there by plane either Tues- ® | to operate under a beer and wine|® day or Wednesday for Se- | AK R 0 N GRASH! license. Fee $50. o attle. o : | S0 000 o000 0000 plis o [ { {Search Continues Along Atlantic for Wreckage | 1 } and Other Victims PHILADELPHIA, Penn., April 8. —A radio received at the navy yard today announced the finding of the body of Col. A. F. Masury,| | United States Reserve Corps, who {was a guest aboard the dirigible crash early last Tuesday morning when, 71 lives were lost. Search is still being pushed on |the ocean for wreckage of the air- ship and for bodies of the victims, some of which are expected to be |washed on the beaches anytime. | Col. Masury went aboard the Ak- jron on the fatal flight as the guest 1of Admiral Moffett, without the knowledge of Mrs. Masury who was | informed of his flight when the list rof the missing was announced. -eoe 1 RACKEETERS IN 'CHICAGO BOMS | * LOCALBREWERY First Instance of Intimida- i tion on Legalized | Beer Reported } | CHICAGO, I1Il, April 8—The le- |gality of beer was marked here by | | the bombing of a brewery, the first | form, of intimidation used by rac- | keteers. The Prima Company's plant was | the object of the attack when a | entrance. The iron door at the| entrance was damaged and a dozen | windows were shattered. Men were on duty in the brewery | at the time, but none were injured, The damage is estimated at about | $1.000. No motive is known for the at-| tack except that apparently it is a move by racketeers, | Its First Snags By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington) No feature of the big legislative push at ‘Washington is more fasci- nating to observe than the play and counter-play of ideas between President Roosevelt's coterie of col- lege-profe: advisers and- the more politically-minded leaders in congress. Mr. Roosevelt has surrounded himself with an extraordinary num- ber of experts from college facul- ties—more, probably, than ever be- fore sat in the inmer circle of a President’s confidence. Nobody knows exactly how many there are. A good many hold official positions in the various departments, while others come and go daily. sped lasi night to capitals of nine great nations for their chiefs of Government to join him at the ‘White House in friendly conversa- ‘tions seeking contributions that |each nation can make toward bet- tering world conditions. Hitler and Mussolini Bidding support of vne most pow- erful figures in the foremost na- itions in each part of the world, |the President, through State De- partment, added Germany's Adolf {Hitler and Ttaly's Benito Mussolini |to the list of famous statesmen in- vited here to prepare ground work for the momentous London econom- ic conference this simmer. | Great Britain has already agreed {to send Premier Ramsay MacDon- ‘ald here on April 15. Nations Invited ! ‘Premier Deladier of France, has been asked to come also. Other nations invited include Ja- pan, China, Argentine, Brazil and Chile. Prospective conversations would not assume a Round Table form but will be conducted individually with representatives of each nation. President Roosevelt and Secre- tary of State Hull hope to reach an_ understanding with the various nations which will insure prompt and decisive action when the form- al conference convenes in London. | } U. S. TO LEAD | WASHINGTON, April 8—Secre- tary of State Hull, in a description of the efforts to be launched by (Continued on P;se Seven) e, COPPER PRICES ‘The mere presence of these men ! does not, of course, prove that theyi are all-powerful in determining the Roosevelt legislative program. Mr.| —— Roosevelt is a seasoned politician,| NEW YORK, April 8 —Continued and he confers long and often with demands for copper abroad put the politicians as well as professors. |foreign prices up and the range He apparently hopes to blend the of quotations extended from 535 professorial mind with the political to 542 cents a pound. mind, preserving the best features Domestic prices advanced to 5% of both in a plan of action which cents a pound. will combine theory with practical- | ity. It will be most interesting to | see how the experiment works. Income Tax Ruling | Suspends Business ‘Honeymoon’ Fading At the outset, it worked well Of State Department enough from the standpoint of the —_— President. He was able to get what OLYMPIA, Wash., April 8.—At- he wanted from congress with a torney General Hamilton held that minimum delay. But there are cer- the State Tax Commission no long- tain signs, as he himself has ob- er will require filing of income tax served to some of his callers, that returns. This was after a Superior the going may become more diffi- Court ruling holding that the in- cult as the “honeymoon” of his ad- come tax law is invalid. ministration fades away. | All work in connection with the Outwardly, these signs include Administration of the law has been such things as the objections inter- halted until a test is made in the Supreme Court. (ContinueG on Page Three) . el 'Scandinavians Remain Cool To Hitler’s ‘Nordic Alliance’ nite blood and cultural ties, Swed- en, Denmark and Norway have of- fered poor soil for national socialist thought. Propaganda Flood Awaited By ELMER W. PETERSON STOCKHOLM, April 8—Reports in the socialist and communist press that the German nazis are prepar- ing to launch an extensive propa- ganda campaign in other countries has brought new attention to the unsympathetic attitude of the Scan- dinavian nations toward Chancellor Hitler's hopes for a Nordic alliance. Hitler, when he talks of Nordic supremacy in relation to his poli- tical ideals, so far has been un- able to include the Scandinavian nations as evidence. Despite defi- This state of affairs is regarded by the socialist and communist press in Scandinavia as a good rea- son to believe that a deliberate and organized flood of nazi propaganda would be turned in this direction first. “A million in nazist gold to Swed- en,” warns the Swedish communist (Continued ou Page Sevem)