The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 17, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU ALASKA, WEDNESDAY MAY l7 1933, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATI D PRESS VOL. XLIL, NO. 6342. PEACE T0 BE OBSERVED BY GERMANY * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 'WILL SCRAP MILITARY EQUIPMENT IF NECESSARY ',SUGGESTIUNS States to Be Askrfd_ to STOCK MARKET | ADULF HITLER OF ROOSEVELT | fpeit Eromiion e TAKES BOOST STATES POLIY ARE APPROVED e iy ' ON GOOD NEWS OF GOVERNMENT {Hitler's Spe;sch, Improved Chancellor Makes Import- * * * * ¥* * * » WASHINGTON, May 17 —Seeking new Government revenue, President Recscevelt is contemplating acking the States to ratify the amcndment repealing National Prohibition. isar ent Message! Dlsal et g { The President believes repeal and Federal liguor taxes will Brings Out Comment | from All Parts World INDORSEMENT GIVEN | BY GREAT BRITAIN Views of France, Cermany,{ Japan and Other Coun- tries Encouraging add considerably to the United WASHINGTON, May 17.—Presi- dent Roosevelt's eyes are today| centered on troubled Europe as hel measured the world's response to his call for renunciation to armed| aggression and side by side march| | to peace and prosperity, counting on mobilized public opinion to support him. | The President's immediate at- tention was directed toward Berlin and none here disguised the im- portance attached to Chancellor llcr'’s speech. Observors regarded it as a fore- cast of immediate accomplishments at the Geneva Arms Conference. Endersed by British British Premier Ramsay MacDon- ald was the first to respond to President Roosevelt's proposals, with a statement of wholehearted | endorsement to the arms message. France, in an appreciative mes- sage, after receiving explanations, indicated the message was intended solely as a warning to Germany. The French Ambassador in Wash- ington said: “It surely will mod- : erate Hitler.” Tokyo's Viewpoint Tokyo indicates that the non-| aggression suggestions are not ac- ceptable if applied literally to thcl Orient. Moscow was aroused to specula- ] tion as to the possibility of Am-| erican recognition of Soviet Rus-i sia. In Geneva, Arthur Henderson, Chairman of the World Disarma- ment Conference, said if the gov- ernments respond to Roosevelt's appeal, the Disarmament Confer-/ ence convention will be speedily secured. Scandinavian View Stockholm viewed the appeal as! an important forward step, a his-| toric event. The President of Mexico said his| country is resolved to be a better neighbor and close differences with other nations. Berlin official quarters were pleased to note the evidence that. the United States has abandoned the “ice cold isolation.” Budapest received the suggestions most friendly. Prague officials said the message is seen as the starting point for new and peaceful disarmament talks. Curry Roundhouse and One Locomotive Destroyed by Fire ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 17. —The roundhouse and one locomo- tive of the Alaska railroad were destroyed by fire Monday at Cur- ry as the result of a yTass fire spreading to the roundho.Se. The loss is estimated at $70,000. Land taxes in the Dutch East Indies may be paid in rice. he sat at his Photo) F we—Day Week EXECUTIVE HAS ONE MORE PLAN Reorgamzahon of Govern-| ment Soon to Be Out- lined by Roosevelt WASHINGTON, May 17.—Sweep- ing reorganization of the Govern- ment is said by Budgét Director Douglas to be contemplated as an- other major proposal. A spocial message on the subject will be to Congress before adjournment, Douglas said. Mystery in Death of Ketchikan Man Cleared Up by Vancouver Police VANCOUVER, B. C., Ma 17— The police have oleared up the mystery surrounding the death of Sam Shequin, of Ketchikan, Alas- ka, found dead in Sta Park last April 8. The police found some of his jewelry in a pawnshop and the pawnbroker sad Shequin | sold it himself. This inated robbery as a murder mctiv Sev- eral months ago before his body was found, Shequin drew several thousands of dollars out of a Se- attle bank. A recent coroner’s jury verdict was suicide. Australia Is Splitting As Secession Issue Is Converting F armers CANBERRA, ‘Australia, May 17— Secession from the Australian fed- eration is becoming a major issue in Australia. The_referendum on secession in ‘esten\ Australia has now led to a similar demand in South Australia —another primary producing state —where farmers’ organizations are | urging the state to quit the com- monwealth. There is a similar though small- er, movement in the island state of Tasmania. ¥ The wealthier and more popu- lous states of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, which find a splendid market for their manufactured products in the rural states, are strongly against any ‘breakaway from - federation, ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES NATION Be Shelved, Prescnt Congress‘ transmitted by President Roosevelt | States Treasury. ion ! (Assoclated Press | Slx-H our Day | Bill Said to Be Destined to | WASHINGTON, May 8.—(Special Correspondence) —On the legisla- tive firing line of Capitol Hill the| tempo of today compared with that! |of yesteryear may be likened to! the difference between a single- ‘vhol mus and a machine gun. |Even the cldest of the veterans dare not predict with any degree| of certainty what is going to hap-) ‘pen from one day to another. But if anything appears defi- nite-at this time, it is that the five day week, six-hour day bill will not pass, or if it does it will be so greatly altered as to be almost un- recognizable in its present form. So great is the risk, however, of making any kind of a prediction that it is altogether within the realms of possibility that by the time this is read that the meas- ure will have been enacted into { law. Will Shelve It The talk around the Capitol for| the last several days has been that the bill is going to be shelved. It| is suggested that as substitute leg- islation will be offered whereby | trade associations would regulate | their own industries, with the fed- etal government keeping close watch over the whole situation. It is problematical whether anything of that character will be offered ‘durm'v the special session. | Recent developments have indi- cated a desire not to press the five-day week bill. Hearings, first | scheduled to last a full three weeks, | were suddenly cut short and end- ed Friday after witnesses had been heard over a period of eight days. Voices Opposition Alfred Sloan, Jr., president of General Motors Corperation, was the last of the important witnesses, He voiced opposition to the legis- lation in its present form. Secretary of Labor Perkins was a strong supporter and urged that a minimum wage provision be add- ed. The American Federation of Labor could not go along with her on that. As passed by the Senate the bill provided that foreign importations would not have to be produced by labor conforming to the five day week and six-hour day. Represen- tative William Connery, Jr, of| Massachusetts, introduced the bill and it would make necessary com- pliance with the measure by for- (Continued on Page Seven) \GAINS OF ONE TO | hopeful A 2 { while early This excellent new portrait of President Roosevelt was made while | ek In the White House and outlined to the plans for domestic and international recovery. 127%, Business, Dividends Helps Out FIVE POINTS MADE Many Issues Make Ad- vances and Maintain Them to Close NEW YORK, May 17.—The Bw(:k? Market moved forward over a broad front today, cheered by thej interpretation of Germnn Chancellor Adolf Hitler's speev:h continuation of bright business re- ports and also declaration of the! American Telephone and Telegraph dividend. Early gains of from one to flve‘ points were practically maintained! to the close which was firm.; Transfers were 5,000,000 shareg, l Commodities Up | Commodities were higher today than for some time. Bond issues were also substan- tially higher. | After churning around for a' in the session, stocks began to harden then American Telephone led the advance, jump= ing about three points at one time then rose to more than five points. Alled Chemical was up nearly four points at the peak. Many Gainers | Gainers around two or more peints included United States Steel, Good\mr Chrysler, National Cash Register, Crown Cork, National Distillers, Union Pacific, Johns- Manville. | Smaller advauces were registered by American Can, Santa Fe, Pub- lic Service of New Jersey, Penn- sylvania, New York Central, Du- pont, General Electric. Off two points were Standard Gas because of omission of the preferred dividend. CLOSING PRICES TODAY | ' NEW YORK, May 17.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 14%, American Can 82, American Power and Light 8 Anaconda 12%, Bethlehem Swtl Calumet and Hecla 4%, Ar- mour B 3%, Fox Films 3% eral Motors 23%, Int.emaumm Harvester 34, Kennecott 17% Chrysler 21, Packard Motors 4 Continental Oil 12, Standard Brand 18%, United States Steel 49%, Tim- ken Roller 22%. MEANS FOUND GUILTY, HOAX RANSON CASE Is Convicteflith Norman Whitaker by Jury in Washmgton D.C. WASHTNGTON May ton B. Means, already unde years sentence, faced an additio al two year imprisonment and $10,000 fine today. Means and Norman Whitake have been convicted of consp! ing to dufraud Mrs. Evalyn Wa McLean out of $35000 in a ra som hoax involving the kidnapis of the baby of Col. and Mrs. Lind- bergh. Means, testifying in his own b half, told a story of knowing leaders in the kidnaping case having come in contact with th etc, and of claiming to know ih child found was a “plant” 17.—Ga ithe real baby is alive in Mex Following an investigation of Mea: story, Government officials pro- nounced the tale as the “figment of a wierd imagination that makes| Baron Munchausen look like piker.” - Moreland, brilliant |tenced him of 130,000 dinars, This striking Associated Press picture shows E. Hfinish line to win the fifty-ninth Charley 0. was third. Kentucky Derby at Churchill R. Bradley's coll Broker's Tip racing across the Downs by a nose from Head Play. Bulldmgs Domollahed in Alabama Tornado This Associated Press picture shows a view of wreckage in the business district of Helena, Ala., after a tornado swept through the town, killing many persons, injuring others and causing widespread property damagr IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS CONTINUING President Roosevelt Given| General Report of Committee WASHINGTON, May 17.—A gen- eral improvement of business con- ditions throughout the country is| reported to President Roosevelt the Special Committee of the Ad- visory Council of the Federal Re- serve Board. This improvement is noted also in banking. ONE OVER PAR, AND SIX DOWN 17.—Ed- in the HOUSTON, Tex., May win McClure, piaymg Houston invitation golf ment, shot his first round in one over par—and was six down to Gus Dallas young ster, who had a record 65, Jugoslav Court Is Robbed by Pert Thief SOMBOR, Jugoslavi: Hurt in their pride, secr: men of Jugoslavia's national gen- darmerie are scouring the country for Alois Hervath, a safe cracker who broke jail and then robbed the safe of the court which sen- or $1,735, tourna- | ‘Strike of ! Fishermen Nears End C()lu”ll)la RlVel’ Pflcl((’lb to Pay Seven Cents a Pound for Chinooks RAINIER, Oregon, May 17.—It | is believed the end of the strike |of 4,000 Oregon and Washington {gill netters is near when the| fishermen were assured they would | be paid seven cents a pound for | chinook salmon. The strikers pre- | viously asked eight cents a pound and the packers had offered only | six cents. | | .. I | NAVAL BOARD MAKES REPORT ‘Dlsasler to Akron Was | “Error of Judgment” | On Part of McCord | WASHINGTON, May | Naval Board of Inquiry repo: an “error of judgement” on the | part of Commander Frank McCo: was the contributory cause for loss of the dirigible Akron. e VILNA PROTESTS ARJ 17. — The | SALE VILNA, Poland—To prevent sale of a valuble tapestry collection owned by the basilica of this city, townspeople promised to raise funds needed for repairs to the church by other means. The archbishop has proposed the sale and the | Government approved it. | Dr. John Grier DR. ). 6. HIBBEN IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT P resident Emeritus of Princeton Suffers Stroke While at Wheel WOODRIDGE, N. J. May 17— Hitben, President Emeritus of Princeton University, was killed today in a collision with an automobile he was driving, and a truck, at the intersection of the Lincoln Highway. t is believed Dr. ed a stroke and Hibben suffer- this may have caused the crash. Mrs. Hibben, critically injured. pital, unconscious, tured skull. Dr. Hibben, who succeeded Wood- | row Wilson as President of Prince- ton University in 1912, was train- (Continued on Page Two) riding with him, is She is in a hos- with a frac- ant Statement that World Awaited SAYS AGGRESSION NOT CONTEMPLATED Pledges Nation toAct with Others in Matter of Disarmament BERLIN, May 17.—Chan- cellor Adolf Hitler, as the re- sponsible head of the German Government, today faced the supreme test of his states- }manship, in his maiden speech | before a special session of |the Reichstag when he laid | down his foreign policy. | The Chancellor was con- fident he could so present Germany’s case that the world would believe in the sincerity of his Government when he reasserted Germany’s will to observe peace. The important statement was made when the query, will there be another war, was on the lips of millions of Germans as it gradually dawned upon them how iso- lated Germany is at the pres- ent in the family of nations. One of Two Policies Chancellor Hitler had to choose either to revert to a denunciation of the Versailles Treaty or try to accommo- date himself to world opinion in a manner calculated to assuage the feelings abroad and at the same time he was under the necessity of retain- ing the confidence of his Na- tionalist followers at home. Chancellor Hitler gratefully en- dorsed President Roosevelt’s plan for relieving the international crisis and promised cooperation in the American President’s efforts, and agreed that without solution of the disarmament problem, lasting econ- omic reconstruction is unthinkable, Pledges Germany In behalf of the entire nation, Chancellor Hitler pledged that Ger- many will go as far as any nation in disarming, even to the extent of scrapping the whole military equip- ment, provided other powers do the same thing. Chancellor Hitler denied that Germany contemplated invasion of France or Poland and particularly offered to refrain from any claims for instruments of aggression so long as other nations scrapped theirs. The German Chancellor said his Government is pledged to proceed on no other pacts except that pre- scribed by international treaties but asserted Germany, under no cir- cumstances will sign any paper which continued her disqualifica- tion, should such an effort be | made Chancellor Hitler warned that ef- (Continued un Page Eight) Amoruans for Husband Are in Demand in Orient HARBIN, Manchuria, May 17.— 4,000 exiled Russian prin- baronesses and other high aristocrats, many of them possessed of beauty, but all with a minimum | of money, are seeking husbands here. Most of them prefer Americans. Newspapers quote them as saying this is not based upon the super- ior business or social positions of Uncle Sam’'s nephews, but to the ne cesses, conviction that men from the Uni- ted States make the best husbands. “They are more considerate and unselfish, more affectionate and | loyal, than other men,” is the con- sensus. George Hanson, American con- sul-general, has performed the marriage ceremony for a number of such unions. But he says the }demand of the Russian women for American mates far exceeds the supply.