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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE.’ “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” /OL. XLIL, NO. 6367. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY PRESIDENT’S GRANDCHILD IN DANGER AME AGREEMENT 1S REPORTED OVER CHAIRMANSHIP Temporary Defacto Stab-| ilization of Dollar May End Deadlock CONFLICT AT LONDON | iS BELIEVED AVOIDED Premier Macfinald Ta kes} No Chances However, | Adjourns Committee ! BULLETIN — LONDON,| June 15.—The United States achieved a great hard won vietory late this afternoonf with the election of James M. Cox, as Chairman of the vital Monetary (‘ummitlee.! unanimously, after which Sec- retary of State Hull said he was more hopeful of sub- stantial progress by the con- ference. LONDON, June 15.—Possi- bility of a compromise be- tween America and France whereby the United States will get the Chairmanship of the vital Monetary Commit- tee in exchange for a tem- porary defacto stablization of the dollar, ie circulated in well informed World Econ- omic Conference circles. This is the outgrowth of a conference between American Secretary of State Hull, head of the American delegation, and Finance Minister Georges Bonnett, of France. MERICA, FRANCE IN | | | & . | Although he has made many thrilling journeys to various parts of the | world, Lincoln Ellsworth, noted explorer who flew over the North Pole in 1926, got the biggest thrill of his life on the trip pictured here, He is shown with his bride, the former Miss Mary Louise Ulmer, of Potts- ville, Pa., just after their marriage at the “Little Chuich Around the Corner,” New York STOCK PRICES 2 ,5";5";;"'“ SUDDENLY DROP Boost Wages TRADING TopAY "o 22000 Rubber Companies An- I : Dol itk nounce Increase in Soaring Dollar Catches Pas taskinsl Bulls—Leading Shares | Bkt rejecting | Roosevelt's desk. ROOSEVELT AND CONGRESS WILL COME T0 GRIPS {Senate Passes Amendment Providing Liberaliz- ing Vets' Cuts PRESIDENT READY WITH HOT MESSAGE Veto_Indicated 1f Bl Is Enacted Into Legislation R & WASHINGTON, June 15.—A veto | of the veterans’ bill is inevitable. A bristling message to Congress increased allowances for| is ready on Presidentj Miss Roberts, Dr. Lamson, mother and daughter of ex-soldiers Photps) RELATIVES PRESENT Charged with bludgeoning his wife, Allene, David A. Lamson was held in the San Jose Jail ant defense witnesses at the trial is ex Margaret Lamson, sister of the accused man; Mrs. A. COMPROMISE AS LAMSON BROUGHT TO COURT to death in their Stanford university, Cal., campus heme, after his arraignment to await trial. One of the import. pected to be Dolores Roberts, maid in the home. Left to right: B. Lamson and Allene Genevieve the defendant; Lamson and Attorney Duncan Oneal. (Associated Press By a vote of 51 to 39, the Senate 1 last night insisted on placing lib- eralizing cutting, contained in the; Steiwer amendment, to the Inde- pendent Offices bill. | The House members are ready| to introduce a resolution which' would renew the current year's ap- propriations and to allow the Ad-! ministration to spend what is nec-{ essary for veterans and other! | agencies not already provided for.; ————.—————— MATTERN OFF " FOR ALASKAS1S 7 HOURS LATE MOSCOW, June 15—Jimmy Mat- | tern, the smiling solo world flier,| |is enroute to Nome, Alaska, again| |making his second takeoff from| Khabarvosk, Siberia, at 9 pm,; & Moscow fime, or 1 p.m. Wednesday, || |Eastern Standard time. Fitev;érké i}rewifig 1 | | NOT AT NOME i Nome, Alaska, June 15.—Jimmy Y| RULE APPROVED After the conference, Sec- retary Hull said the meetinp;l between the two was marked NEwW YORK, June 16—The by teamwork. |gleam of a soaring dollar blinded . o the eyes of rampant stock mar- James M. Cox, former ket bulls today and losses of one Democratic Presidential can- to four or more points were suf- didate, has been advanced by fered by many recently fast moving the Americans for the Chair- share leaders. Today's session was 5 3 _Ithe dullest for several weeks. manship of the Monetary, with the British pound sterling Committee, but France has dropping more than seven cents insisted a gold standard coun- P r€Ports of an imminent Anglo- A |American currency stabilization try representative be named.;agr_gemem' stocks were unable to In American quarters it is obtain any substantial support and said a defacto stabilization‘5]‘::‘7‘dyay‘e‘mz‘"Z was the rule of will result within 48 hours. " Drop Six Points Tension Lessened The French appeared mollified graph and Allied Chemical yielded by the prospects of the stabiliza- ,more than six points. Volatile and tion of the dollar and there was Case bumped down seven points. less evidence of tension among the| Other issues off two to more ranks of the French delegation to-ithan four points included. Santa day than before the conference, Fe, American Smelting, American but the fight between America and Tobacco B, Delaware and Hudson, (Continued -on Page Two) Aircraft, Dupont, American Can, PO it o S T North American, General Electric, Westinghouse Electric, United sflv States Smelting, Alaska Juneau, LONDON MEET Dome Mines, McIntyre and Porcu- | Makes Trade Proposal To-| pine. Off one or more points were New taling Billion Dollars —No Impression Hit Toboggan York Central, Radio, Bethlehem and Goodyear. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, June 15.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 18%, American Can 87%, American Power and Light 10, Anaconda 141, Coty 6%, Ar- mour B 2%, Bethlehem Steel 27%, Calumet and Hecla 6%, Continent- al Oil 13%, Fox Films 37%, General sMotors 25, International Harvest- er 35%, Kennecott 16%, Packard Motors 5, Standard Brands LONDON, June 15.—Maxim Lit- vinoff, Foreign Affairs Commissar of the Soviet Union, yesterday dangled a billion dollar trade bait before the World Economic Con- ference but failed to make an im-|United States Steel 51%, pression. |Roller 277%, American Cyn. B 12%, Experts familiar with Russia said Ulen 3%, Curtiss-Wright 3. the trade proposal was impossible; of realization unless the nations! agreed in advance to long term' credits for. the full amount of the; goods bought. 19, 7 Children, 11 Degrees COLUMBIA, Mo, June 15—Sev- The Russian representative also en sons and daughters of F. A.' proposed a world pact for economic|Dalton, Columbia business man, nonaggression designed to do away have received 10 degrees from the with all weapons of economic war- University of Missouri, and an fare. eleventh will be awarded this year. American Telephone and Tele- | Steel, Western Union, General Food | Timken AKRON, Ohio, June 15. — The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com- pany today announced a 10 per cent wage increase effective to- MOrrow. The Sieberling Rubber Company disclosed that it Jhad increased pay to its men by 5 per cent on June 5 retroactive to June 1. More than 35,000 employees of the companies are affected. CAPT. WRIGHT FOUND DEAD PITTSBURGH, Penn., June 15— Capt. William P. Wright, aged 88 years, of Chicago, mander of the Grand Army of the Republic, was found dead in his bed this morning in his hotel room here. MONARCHIAL MOVE IS ON NEW YORK, June 15—Private cables received here said Prince Sixtus, of Parma, has arrived at Belgrade as confidential agent of the Frepch Government to win King Alexander to a solution of the Croatian question in such a manner as to make it possible for the restoration of the Austra-Hun- garian Monarchy in an effort toi defeat the Nazi's plan for a union of Austria with Germany. Mississippians Advised ! JACKSON, Miss, June 15.—City dwellers of Mississippi have been urged by J. C. Holton, commission- er of agriculture, to dévote two hours daily to cultivation of vege- table gardens. This schedule, he says, would produce sufficient vegetables to supply, the family and would go a long way toward solving the food problem in Mississippl. National Com-| Mattern is now seven hour overdue from Khabarvosk, Siberia. WIFE WORRIES ‘WALLA WALLA, Wash.,, June 15.—Mrs. James Mattern today re vealed her first outward sign of fear for her husband when she was told he was more than seven hours late at Nome. She asked that word of her husband be given to |her the minute the newspapermen |heard. ———e - STODDARD KING DIES, SPOKANE 'Author of Well Known Song, Distinguished Columnist, Passes SPOKANE, Wash., June 15 Known in many parts of the world | for his song “There’s a Long, L | Trail,” Stoddard King, distinguish- ed columnist of the Spokane | Spokesman Review, and author of 1 T ling the crash of | Smiling pleasantly, but keeping a rod in pickle for someone, Dorothy Hlll;‘muuical comedy star, is shown 8s she arrived at New_York from England. Miss Hall took part in an American stage eEmdueticn in Lon- don which closed after three per- formances .when the New York backers withdrew their support. She said she may sue. NAVY'S GUSTOM - CRITIGISED NOW Congressional - Com mittee Makes Threat in | Akron Probe ‘WASHINGTON, June 15. — The | Congressional Committee investigat- the dirigible Akron, yesterday criticised the. Navy's custom of transferring the | airship personel to sed duty and suggested the Navy Command be given until the next session of France’s Fair Maid SECOND DIMOND BILL FOR HOME Chamber Backs Transfer of Fur and Game Control | by Large Majority Without a record vote and by| ,an overwhelming majority, the ,Chamber of Commerce today en-| dorsed Delegate Dimond’s bill pro-; viding for the transfer of the control of fur and game animals| lin Alaska to the Territory. This| (is the second of the Delegate’s {Home Rule bills approved by the' | Chamber, the first having been| !the fisheries measure that was en-! ;dorsed by it last week. | There was a minimum of debate' today. C. T. Gardner, Vice-Presi- dent of the Chamber and former member of the Alaska Game Com- I mission, opposed endorsement on the ground that costs of admin-, | istration, which have averaged less {than $90,000 annually since 1926, jare too heavy 1o be borne by the Selected by France to represent hee | Territory. | country in the beauty pageant to be Many Guests Attend {;‘;iuzt ,}*;gpcnlzlicigo P&v’oyld’: Fair, sts a ' - & e A aris, is pic- chuded; Mrs. A H. Nordale ‘and Lirehlavng Montreal, Cdnade by P. C. McMullen, out of town mem- X i iy Ci}.{. A large galaxy of beauties bers of the Territorial Board of Will vie for the title of Queen of! Education; I. Merrick, prominent the Exposition, _ Seattle attorney; Nick Bez and Hans Floe, well known cannerymen and W. R. Garster. Alaska’s share in the $3,000,000,- 000 public works measure just en- acted by Congress should be at least $10,000,000, Mr. Merrick told the Chamber, He suggested that a special committee ought to be sent to Washington to aid Delegate Di- {mond in obtaining an equitable proportion of the funds for local| projects. “The one who goes after| it the hardest will get the most| money,” he declared. MACON RETURNS FROM AIR TRIP Completes Flight of Nearly Forty-nine Hours in Mid-West Mr. Merrick made the trip north tinued AKRON, Ohio, June 15. — The Oy on Page Eight) :alrshtp Macon completed a test | flight of 48 hours and 50 minutes |and returned to the airdock last (night after cruising over the Mid- EWesn and paying a visit to the ————————— Alaska Is Expressly Provided for in National Recovery Act | Chicago. Confirming earlier advices ! RS S . iCenLury of Progress Exposition at To Plant Town Gardens, humorous verse, died today afts ; Congress to correct the situation long sleeping sickness. He wus ‘“‘under penalty of losing aircraft | Jonrs, of age and is survived by NI operations to a separate Navy Air widow and two daughters. | corps. BT s R ETY | Commander Herbert V. Wiley,| A base in Cordova will be es the only surviving officer of the '::Tn;fixgw‘f’i:l:stsm;umui:c; ‘¢ | Akron crash, was recently trans |the Northern Air Transport Cc vy.v‘?"ed to sea duty on the West oast. |pany which was organized four| Iyears ago. Scout Leader i Drowns Attempting ‘, To Rescue Boy i - iThree-Fourths of States |: Stage Musical Contests' EMPORIA, Kas., June 15.—Three |fourths of the states of the now have high school music con- |tests, a survey at Kansas State troop leader, who had just re- |Teachers College at Emporia, birth- ceived a Senior Life Savers’ place of the idea, revealed. L] certificate, and 10-year-old | Frank A. Beach, head of the o Bernard Thomas, were drowned !colleae music department, is credit- | o Iast night when swimming on |ed With originating the scheme in e a beach. Bell attempted to res- (19127 8ince then he has helped o cue young Thomas after a raft |launch similar contests in half o had drifted into deep water. |the siates now sponsoring them. |e The boy struggled and both . [Beach has also acted as judge in o went down. ‘more than 500 contests, le . . . . TACOMA, Wash,, June 15— John Bell, aged 43, Boy Scout | . | that no discrimination against the Territory was to be feared under the provis- ons of the National Indus- trial Recovery Act, Delegate Dimond today telegraphed Gov. John W, Troy that Al- aska is expressly provided for in the measure. He said copies of the law would be forwarded to the Governor as soon as they are avail- able. The Delegate’s message sage said: “Public works sec- tion of the National Indus- trial Recovery Act provides for almost all kinds of pub- lic works in the States and Territories, including Alaska It contains express provisions authorizing the President to allot funds for the construc- tion, repair and improvement of public highways in Alas- ka, and also contains pro- visions for Highways in Na- tional Forests.” S0 00o0000 00 SEATTLE JUDGE IS THREATENED SEATTLE, June 15. — Superior | Court Judge Malcolm Douglas, pre- siding at the trial of 16 unem- ployed men charged with rioting during eviction proceedings recen- tly, has received a threatening let- o | ter telling him how to conduct the o | Case The latter was handed over Ito city detectives New “Hiker’s” Trick LAWTON, Okla., June 15.—Ok- homa hitch-hikers have a new o |Wrinkle. In the manner of flagmen o 'they stand at railroad -crossings e near here and when the cautious o motorist slows down, plead for a lift. ATTEMPTED - ABDUCTION REPORTIS NOT TRUE Fire at Home of James Roosevelt Rumored as Screen to Kid- naping Plot RYE BEACH, New Hamp- shire, June 15.—The family of James Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt, is stay- ing at the home of relatives as the result of a fire that damaged their home to the extent of at least $5,000. Young Roosevelt is in the insurance business in Boston. He quickly denied, as did a statement from the White House, in” Washington, that there had been threats to kid- nap his small daughter. Officers -believed that the fire might have been intend- ed for a screen for the kid- napers but young Roosevelt said there was absolutely nothing to the kidnap report. KIDNAPER IS SHOT, KILLED WHEN TRAPPED Oregon Attorney Lured to Building and Chained by Abductors ROSEBURG, Oregon, June 15.— Jack Haley, garage mechanic, was shot to death by a policeman when he attempted to-collect $125 ran- son after kidnaping Ray Compton, attorney. The police fired as Haley at- tempted to flee after being sur- rounded. Frank Park, driver of Haley's auto, and Reta and Douglas Win- ningham, at whose home Compton was found chained, were arrested. ‘Compton was lured into a build- ing on the outskirts of the town, overpowered, chained and forced to write a note to his wife order- ing the ransom. Mrs. Compton conferred with the police who trapped the kidnapers when they arived for the money. BIRL KIDNAPED FROM ROOM IN | NIGHT CLOTHES ‘DENVER, Col,, June 15.—Search |is underway today for Miss Phyllis Nickerson, aged 14 years, kidnaped |by three men last night when she |answered a knock on her bedroom \window. She was clad only in her night clothing. | ONE CLUE FOUND DENVER, Col, June 15.—Phyl- lis Nickerson, believed kidnaped last night, was found to have ob- (tained a marriage license yesterday to wed George Legler, aged 24, sup- posedly a rejected suitor. The girl's grandmother said he is the one who kidnaped her. e S PROMINENT SAN FRANCISCO PEOPLE VISITING ALASKA Mr. and Mrs. 8. V. Ford, of San Francisco, were northbound passen- !gers on the steamer Princess Norah. ‘They will stop off in Skagway and make the trip into Atlin and West ‘Taku Arm, returning south on the Princess Louise next week. Mr. Ford is an officer of the well- known Grace Line of steamers in San Francisco, | | | ] i