The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 5, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE™ “ALL THE NEWS ALL VOL. XLIL, NO. 6358. JUNLAU ALASKA, MONDM JUNE 5 MEMBER OF ASSOU ATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ ESCAPED KILLER CAUGHT; COED GIVES ASSISTANCE TEXAS AVIATOR IS IN MOSCOW WITH ONE STOP Encounters Fog and Storm/ — Loses Way then | Goes to Oslo FORCED DOWN BUT | LANDS IN SAFETY To Wed Steel Heir Damages ng. Makes Re— pairs and Is Off Again —Short Rest i v MOSCOW, June 5.—Jimmy| Mattern, Texas flier who hop-| ped off from the Floyd Ben- nett Flying Field, New York| City, last Saturday morning, at 4:20 o’clock, Eastern Stan- dard Time, on a solo flight around the world, arrived here at 7:57 o'clock this| morning, Eastern Standard Time, from Oslo, Norway, which he made in a nonstop| flight from New York. Mattern arrived here in 51 hours and 37 minutes out of] New York. It took Post and| Gatty 54 hours and 34 min- utes to reach here. Two Hours’ Rest Mattern expeets to rest t\\'ui hours, less than Post dnd; ty did, and then resume| his flight to Nome and Fair-| banks, enroute back to New, York. Mattern left Oslo at 12: 45! o'clock, E. S. T. for here. He landed at Oslo at 4:15 o’clock vesterday morning. He foundi himself off his course over| Scotland and decided to con- tinue to Oslo instead of Paris. Fegs and Storm Mattern ran into fogs and storm. He damaged one wing slightly in janding at Oslo but was able to| make his repairs himself. He had| nothing to eat but oranges. Ice on the wings forced him| down from an altitude of 6,000 feet almost into the sea but he landed on a beach covered With stones. Witnesses to the landing said it was a marvelous feat. Mattern is the first flier to make~ a nonstop flight alone from New| York! to Norway. Reaches Moscow Mattern swooped down on al muddy Moscow field out of a dark-| ened, cloudy sky. He did not leave; the airport here and only wanted two hours for sleep and a bath. Soviet officials have supplied the flier with necessary information re- garding weather along the route. The plane was serviced here for a 4,300-mile journey across Russia. Air officials will route Mattern via Kazan; Averdlovsk, Amsk, and Novoskhaborvsk, vetoeing the di- rect route via Orkutsw because of absence of landing and fuel facili-| ties in that area. Mattern landed. here dog-tired but feeling fine. Half a dozen Soviet —aviators nodded to him several times in the air and he was given the most| enthusiastic reception ever accord-| ed an American aiman here. Weather conditions are not the best from here but the flier said he would push on and hoped zo‘ hop as far as Novosibirsk, which| is 1,700 miles from here. Mattern disappeared from the| American shore late last Saturday and was sighted over the Ws.dham; Islands off the extrtme northeast- ern coast of Newfoundland. French authorities looked for him in Paris Sunday noon. e Two-Cent Letter Posiage Is Predicted Soon | GROVE CITY, Penn., June 5. | —Postmaster General Farley | forecacts a return to two eent poctage on letter mail within the next few weeks, saying he cxpeets the President to sign LOCAL PRUGRAM FOR EMERGENCY lwi]l be incredsed to 325 as rapidly {er supplies, are arriving from the ’kan, Wrangell and Petersburg, ar- linto a camp at Herring Cove at the lend of Tongass Highway. Ten of | Merritt said. | Windfall Harbor and another at |leading into -the Lake Hasselborg the postage cut bil Miss Nancy Brewster Dougherty, daughter of Col. Robert 8. Dough. erty, will be married to Charles Brown Grace, son of Eugene Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel cor noration. (Associated Press Photo) WORK OUTLINED Merritt Re;;;ls Scope of| Program—250'Men in Camp- Before Jily 1* Before' the end cf the current month, some 250 men will be in Emergency ‘Construction Work camps scattered from Hyder to Kenai Peninsula, and this number |as camps. can be established and | men equipped for field work, it was | announced today by M. L. Merritt, Asst. Regional Forester, who re- turned Suhday after an absence of several weeks. Several camps are already oper-! ating and ‘others will be opened within a few days, he said. Camp equipment, clothing, tools and oth- south and much of it is alr.ady available, ' Mr. Merritt spent some time in Portland and Seattle pro- curing needed supplies of all kinds, land enroute north visited Ketchi- ‘ranging for camp establishment, 40 at Ketchikan Two crews, numbering 40 men, lare already working at Ketchikan. Fifteen are engaged in clearing ground at the:Forest Service Ma- rine Station on Gravina Island. Later this crew will do improve- ment work on the station itself and install a water supply system. A 25-man crew has been moved thess are occupied in clearing the right-of-way along the highway, and 15 are cutting out a wood road leading from the highway to a rree[ use area set aside for use by the residents of Ketchikan by the For- est Service. A 10-man crew is in camp at Wrangell. It will brush out along the Wrangell Highway, establish a public camp ground and build a half-mile stub trail near the town. Late this week, a 10-man crew will s.art to work at Petersburg. It will' put in a plain trail from the | town to Sandy Beach, two miles south and extend it to the Boy |Scout camp. It will also establish! a public camp ground there. Organize Crews Here | Five additional men were sent| to the Auk Bay crew from here to- |day, making a total of 22 in that {and the Montana Creek camp. A crew will be organized here to re- habilitate the Perseverance trail and the Granite Basin trail. A small crew will also be organized locally to do minor improvements work on local public buildings, Mr. Three camps will be put on Ad- miralty Island to do trail work. One of these will be located at Mole Harbor. Both will build trails district. The third crew will be sent to Bear Creek to build a trail up that stream and probably back to the lake out of which it flows. A camp will be established at Windham Bay end a crew sent there to build a mining develop- (ContinueG on Page Two) L INCREASE FOR VETS OPPOSED BY ROOSEVELT President Gives Warning to Congress Concern- ing Proposed Move {ADVANCE WILL MEAN INCREASE IN TAXES Chief Executive Says Bud- get Must Be Balanced —He Means It WASHINGTON, June 5—Presi- dent Roosevelt has served notice on Congress that if it insists in increasing . spending on veterans, new taxes must be raised to keep the Budget balanced. Upon this ultimatum the House leaders de- cided to postpone action on vet- erans’ increases made by the Sen- ate in the Independent Offices bill until the country’s reaction is| reached. May Issue Statement Members are also hoping Presi- dent Roosevelt may direct a state- ment to the public Calling fifteen House Democrats |to the White House last night, President -Roosevelt stated in no ungertain terms he wants Congress to adjorn Saturday but he is pre- pared to stick: it out heére all summer and keep the Budget b.xl-l anced. Hcld that Budget The President also passed on to the recalcitrant Senate a command for a balanced Budget. Representative Snell, Republican leader, indicated little help could be expected from his party in an effort to reject the amendment uping the veterans' amounts. — . SILVER ISSUE WILL BE TAKEN UP AT LONDON Senator Pittman Develop- ing Program — Tariff Problems Advanced ABOARD S. S. PRESIDENT breat Day in History of Cltv of Chicago More than 250,000 persons jammed Chicago's famed Michigan Avenue to witness the opening parade of A Century of Progress Exposition. At left, view of parade moving south on Michigan Ave nue. sevelt's personal representative. fo the fair. »Li vhts Are Tlil‘?l(’(l pr at Chicago World Fair View of the beautiful lighting system of A Century of Progress Exposi opening. International INustrated News photo. ROOSEVELT, June 5—A rise of silver’s star to a shining station in the world monetary firmament ap- pears to be an important Ameri- can aim at the London economic conference. Senator Pittman has {taken the lead in developing a pro- gram to restore the white metal to a conspicuous place in the mon- 2y system. The American delegation at a conference aboard this ship today decided to urge tariff problems be approached at the conference with an understanding field. that offers prospect of readjustment and mu- tual benefits without imposing cor- responding sacrifices and gn atti- tude of give and take. —————— R, R. MEASURE PASSES HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 5. — The; House has approved another na- tional recovery proposal—the Ray- burn measure to improve the con- dition of the nation’s railway sys- tem. The hill now goes back to the Senate for adjustments. ————e———— VESUVIUS 1S AGAIN ACTIVE NAPLES, June 5—The lava wave from Vesuvius bas halted a few fe:t from the edge of the Val- ley of Inferno and it is believed the threatened danger to the town of Terzigno is over. The fireworks display still continues however. CONFESSES TO KIDNAPING OF MiSS WELROY Oregon Ex-Convict Says He Did It — Eight Quickly Indicted KANSAS CITY, June 5—The po- lice announced early Saturday af ernoon that Walter H. McGee, for mer Oregon state convict, confess- ed he kidnapped Miss Mary M Elroy, daughter of City Mana McElroy from her home a week a last Friday for whom a $30,0( ransom was paid. McGee was ar- rested with seven others at Amar- illo, Texas as suspects. Later in the afternoon a Gran Jury indicted the eight in conn tion with the kidnaping. SENTENCED T0 LIFE, SMILES SEATTLE, June 5.—Edwin Eva aged 26, University of Washing graduate, smiled last Saturday he was sentenced to life for slaying of his father, Timothy E ans, Auburn rancher, during an gument over finances for a po graduate course, a great throng, eager to view the wonders of the Fair, At right, Postmaster General James A. Farley (left), President International Tlustrated News mlolo As Great Fair ()pened in Clucago Shertly after Chicage’s great Century of Progress cpened, the Avenue of Flags was filled with International Ilustrated News photo. KANSAS PRISON CONVICT AGAIN INLAW'S ARM {Frank Sawyer, Bank Rob- ber, Caught After Ab- | ducting Two Persons COLLEGE GIRL PUTS UP COURAGFOUS FIGHT Two Escaped Prisoners Are Under Arrest — Notor- tous Outlaws at Large CHICKASA, Oklahoma, June 5, —Frank Sawyer, aged 33, bank “robber and killer, who escaped from the Kansas Penitentiary with ten other prisoners on Memorial Day, was captured Sunday after kidnaping a number of motorists and forcing them to drive him along the highways. Sawyer is the second of the es- caped convicts to be captured, Lewis Bechel, Kansas bank rob- ber, having been captured Friday. The most notorious outlaws are still at large, however. Abducts Two Sawyer abducted Bob Goodfel- low, County Clerk, ahd his 22-year- old sister, Lois, and directed them to drive him to Oklahoma City. Lois, a coed, who was driving the car, ran the auto into a ditch and her brother attempted to seize Sawyer’s pistol. The move failed and. Sawyer attempted to get out or“the car. Officers Arrive Sheriff Horace Crisp and a de- puty drove up about that time and Sawyer seized Goodfellow and used him as a shield when the officers started to fire. Goodfellow was wounded in the exchange of shots. Goodfellow’s sister tried to pull Sawyer’s hair but it was too short, then she choked the convict, giving the officers an opportunity to close in and capture him. ———————— GOLD PAYMENT OF CONTRACTS DECLARED OFF Administration'sResolution Is Given Final Approval WASHINGTON, June 5—Amid cries of bad faith and repudiation, the Senate last Saturday afternoon gave final congressional approval to the Administration’s resolution permitting payment of all contracts in legal tender money. Overwhelming a coalition of Democrats and Western Republi- cans, the measure was driven through by a vote of 48 to 20. The measure eliminated the gold payment requirements on all con- tracts, public and private, either present or future. This means war debts, mortgages, liberty bonds as well as all ovther governmental and private obligations may be settled in legal tender money obviating that gold must be used. The resolution has already pass- ed the House and needs only the signatures of Vice-President Gar- ner and Speaker Rainey before go- ing to the White House. Two attempts to modify the measure by eliminating its retro- active features to exclude govern- {mental obligations were rejected. {Young Woman Jumps 85 Feet to W ater to Sober Up TACOMA, Wash., June 5.— Marie Lavergne, aged 24 years, jumped from the Eleventh Street Bridge down 85 feet into the sound and was pulled out by seamen of a ship. She said boys accompanying her and a girl friend dared her to take the leap. She was book- ed for intoxication. The girl said her boy friends said she did not have nerve to jump, but she said: *“I did and T am glad I did for it is\a gocd way to gel sober.” . e -