The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME : JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1933. B e _ PRICE TEN CENTY VOL. XLIL, NO. 6375. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 'WOMAN WATCHES HUSBAND, TWO OTHERS GO T0 DEATH ‘'WHEAT PROBLEM WORRIES AMERICANS INSTRUCTIONS | DELIVERED TO “AUSTRALIANS May Mean Country Is to Join U. S. on Pro- duction Issue OPTIMISM PREVAILS LONDON CONFERENCE Big Story of Week Liable to Break—That Roose- | velt - Moley Talk LONDON, June 24.—Considerable uneasiness existed among the Am- ericans at the World Economic Conference today as to whether in- structions to the Australian Min- ister in London, received by him, means his Government is to join other great wheat producing coun- tries in the American scheme for restriction of production. If Australia does join in the scheme it will mean the occasion for a celebration since the Ameri- cans feel the adoption of this| wheat problem will be one of the most important achievements of the conference. Taking It Easy With most of the business of the conference adjourned over the weekend, 'members of the delega- tions are taking this easy. The Americen delegation has barred the immediate pegging of the dollar but proposed lowering the gold content in world cur- rencies. There is a decidedly optimistic atmosphere surrounding the con- ference than has existed for sev- eral, days when the stabilization battle was at its height. No Walkout Some of the gold countries, in- cluding France, were ready to walk out of the parley if the United States should not stabilize the dol- lar immediately. Diplomacy has, however, prevailed and all are looking forward to constructive work in the forthcoming week. BIG NEWS STORY NEW YORK, June 24—The big- gest news story of the week, for world statesmen, at least, is still to break. This story is what the President said to Prof. Richard Moley while steering his yacht off Cape, Cod last Tyesday. When their conversation becomes known; per- haps the nations will be told a great deal about the chances of success for the London Conference. Before this conversation took place, the delegates to the World Econ- omic Conference back and filled and side-stepped when the stabili- zation of the dollar was mentioned. The gold countries then announced they would remain in the con- ference. - ., — AMERICANS AND RUSSIANS WORK HARMONIOUSLY Teamwork at London Con- ference Interpreted as Recognition Soon LONDON, June 24—Teamwork of the American and Russian dele- gations at the World Economic| Conference is interpreted in the lobbles here as indicating the United States may soon recognize the Soviet Government. Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet Foreign| Commissar has supported the Am- ericans in several important mat- ters including the move for the abolishment of quotas and other| trade restrictions and also in the fight to have James M. Cox head of the Monetary Committee. Secretary of State Cordell Hull is also seeking a talk with Litvinoff in’ contrast to his successor, Henry - L. Stimson, who-avoided -the Rus- sian diplomat at the Geneva Dis- armament Conference, ICE SAVES GEORGIA PEACHES ———— e Hot weather holds no terror for Adger King and Elizabeth Wool- ford, Atlanta debutantes. After a dip in a pool they perch themselves ROOSEVELT IS NORMAN DAVIS NOT GOING TO ' REACHES HOME; 60 TO LONDON, TO TAKE REST Ambassadof-at;Larée Wil Soon Return to Gen- eva Conference Reports of a Dash Across the.Atlantic Denied by Secretary PULPIT HARBOR, Maine, June| NEW YORK, June 24—Norman 24—Elated at the progress of the H. Davis, United States Ambassa- London World Economic Confer- dor-at-Large, hinted here -on his ence, President Roosevelt pulled in- to the harbor here last night. He the demands for security pacts, the denied frequent reports that he is stumbling block to previous dis- planning a quick dash to London. armament agreements, was giving eturn from Geneva his belief that | PUBLIC WORKS BOARD BEGINS ! ITS FUNCTIONS Allocates $400,000,000! Road Funds — Studies Army Construction Plan ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24— President Raoosevelt’s Public Works Board Friday launched its study of a portion of the gigantic pub- lic works program designed by the Administration to give immediate employment to hundreds of thou- sands of idle and to set the, wheels of industry into motion at a more| « |rapid pace. The first subject it had up lorl|’ consideration was a construction | program recommended by the Army entailing the expenditure of $138,« 000,000. Included in it was weork " on a number of Army posts carry- ing $1,344 for Chilkoot Barracks, and $5,100 for the Sitka National Monument Cemetery road. i The Board officially allocated the j $400,000,000 carried by the National | Industrial Recovery Act, under the} femion. [wn‘ (Associated Press Photo) BOY. OF 17 CONFESSES KILLING WEALTHY MOTHER Balfe Macdonald (seated second from left), 17.year-old boy of Flint, Mich,, conf ithy mother to death with a pair of heavy book-ends. Seated to young Macdonald Terwilliger, a companion who was found with him at Nashville, Tenn., whence the boys were returned to Flint. Standing behind Macdonald is Andrew J, Transue, Flint prosecutor, who announced the lad’s con- left is Willlam TAKE ADVANCE share in this fund, due to the fact that it does not come under the ure carries authority for the allo- cation of funds to the Territory | for road building without regard | | to the Federal aid system and reg- { ulations. ' | i ! UL PL AY IN '(Qams Range from §Frac-! FO —avo——— terms of the Federal Aid Highway Act. Other sections of the meas- tions to One Point— Session’ Dull One NEW YORK, June 24—A rather| weary stock market loafed in the | i ! | IN HGUSE FIRE‘shadows of uncertainty today until! the last half hour of the short 2 |session when a mild rally lifted Detective Luke May, of Se-'some of the leaders from tractions s 4 to mx tha oint. It was attle, Gives Version e e |the dullest session for a Saturday, of Mystery Blaze lin the recent upswing. The close |was steady to firm. Trading was Ilight. | SEATTLE, June 24—The death Tne dollar moved narrowly on of four persons in a farm house foreign exchanges. | near Tacoma on Thursday morn- ing early, is branded by Detective Chief Luke May as a clear case of foul play. George Coyne, owner of the rm'm‘:M house, and who admitted being there with the occupants, Mr. and Grains proved the sustaining fac- tor by getting up to new high lev- els for the year. | Bar silver eased one eighth to! Moderate Gains Moderate gains were made by daughters, the victims, early in the International evening of Wednesday, is still in Steel, General Electric, Celanse, custody and being questioned. Dupont, Standard Oil of New Jer- May said it was unusual that Bethlehem Steel, Case, Na- bodies could be so completely con- uor'\al Distillers, Chrys’len i sumed by fire as those of the vic- Carloadings Harvester, National | Fleck, of Lo Mrs. Arthur Stone and thelr tWo ymerican Can, Industrial Alcohol, beas Fair Maid for Fair GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY 1S INSULTED Claim Made Handbills Are Scattered by Foreign Air Fleet BERLIN, June 24—The police have reported an aerial pamphlet attack on the German Government by unidentified foreign plancs and this gave rise to renewed Nazi objections to the Versailles treaty which denied Germany an air force. A number of unidentified for- eign airplanes of a type unknown in Germany, encircled Wilhem- strasse where the Forelgn Office lis located, and dropped handbills insulting to the Government, said the police report. The planes escaped without being identified. Meanwhile Paul Loebe, leader of the Socialists, has been arrested for unrevealed reasons. AIRSHIP MACON SLIPS THROUGH ,study_of Miss Vera ! ndon, who is one of the!| two Buropean girls selected from, thousands of entrants to vie for uty honors in the forthcoming contest at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The Eng lish beauty will shortly leave for the United States, A charming 3 MEN SLIP TO DEATH AS PLANE SINKS IN ACCIDENT Tragedy Occurs on Lake Michigan—Woman Is Lone Survivor— Heroine's Tale The Adjutant predicted, however, | that the veterans will oppose the economy program insofar es it af- | fects reductions in appropriations| l for disabled vets. gFmgal Teachers Now May Discard Hosiery WARRENSBURG, Mo., June 24. —Women students at the summer session of the Central Missouri }smw Teachers College appeared |on the campus today without hose |for the first time in the history of the school. The ban ‘was lifted by Mrs. O. L. Houts, dean of women, after a number of women students, |including many teachers, appealed in the interests of economy, A formal statement issued by way to sentiment favoring Inter- Secretary Stephen T. Early said the national supervision of arms. ington after his present vacation'and to confer with President crulse and “at no time has the Roosevelt and he will return to Ge- |don as he sees no reason whatso- ament conference. ever to do so now. Reports from| Davis made no reference to' ru- hours have been altogether satis- called peace a cold-blooded propo- factory to the President.” sition and said the United States published as supposed authentic in no crusading attitude. findings of some of the New York' “I think we are getting along all — - —— 'ization in Europe we must reach e an agreement which will be the Twn MEMBERS The Ambassador said President Roosevelt's peace message was ex- mpare American Presi- dent to Chancellor AMER LEG 1] 1] TONDON, June 24—Two mem- . bers of -Parliament, o Conservative|Veterans Will, However, praising President Roosevelt’s ac-/ & < tion in comparing Chancellor of! Disabled Warriors unfavorably with the Ame'rlcan! CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 24— [Chief Executive. | Feeling that the Government Britain ' not in a position to pay the soldiers’ would rather have Franklin D. bonus to disabled American vet- chequer. Chamberlain,” said Labor | tional Adjutant said it is very like- member J. C. Wedgwood. {1y no request for a cash payment going to raise prices in the world, tending the national convention of it was believed he would do so, but | the American Legion. prices would be raised, nobody be- lieved he would do so by his pol- servative. Chamberlain was present during can President. One Thousand Killed, Battle authorities said 1,000 Commun- ists have been killed in South- three-day battle with the Kwangtung Province troops President plans to return to Wash-| Davis said he came home to rest | President considered going to Lon- neva before the end of the disarm- London received during the last 24 mors he intended to resign. He The London dash stories were is approaching efforts toward it newspapers. \right. There is going to be a real- lbasis of real recovery,” said Davis. cellent. PRAISEF. D.R. compre i P/ NOT DEMANDED of Exchequer and Laborite, joined yesterday in| Oppose ‘Reductions to the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain is “The people of Great Rodsevelt than Chancellor of Ex-|erans of the World War, the Na- “When Roosevelt said he was|will be made by the delegates at- when Chamberlain said he hoped icy,” said Robert Boothby, Con- the praise sounded for the Ameri- Communists CANTON, June 24. — The ern Kiamgshi Province in a who lost 200, tims which he described as seven- eighths destroyed. He said despite the conditions of the remains there was unmistakable evidence that Stone suffered an extensive hem- orrhage below and behind the right kidney. Weather Delays Air Fleet Leaving Italy for Chicago ORBETELLO, Italy, June 24.— Unfavorable weather conditions over the Alps today again pre- vented the take-off of 25 air- planes on the first leg of the flight to the Chicago exposi- tion. Freight carloadings for the week ending Jupe 17, were the heaviest for any week 'during the year in- creasing 134 percent over a like period of the last year. ‘ NEW YORK, June 24.—Closing |quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20%, American Can |92%, American Power and Light 13, Anaconda 16%, Coty 6%, A |mour B 3%, Bethlehem Steel 397, | Calumet and Hecla 7, Ward Baking | B 4%, Continental Oil 15%, Fox‘ Films 3, General Motors 29%, Pack- ard 5%, Standard Brands 19%, United States Steel 57', Timken Roller 29%, American Cyan. B 13, Ulen Company 47%, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Radio 9%. CLOSING PRICES TODAY Australia’s Imjuiry Into'-Oilw PriceIs Based on 48-Cent Gas Some even say that oil pric and profits and what can be done about them might easily be the de- -|ciding factor in a federal election. CANBERRA, June 24.—The f¢ eral Government of Australia he appointed 8. Lamb, a leading la yer, to investigate the petroleum companies doing business in commonwealth, erican, have been milking dry. They point to the mininm cost of gasoline of 48 cents a gal- lon as reason for their plaints The question already has de- jous parties are predicting that it may yet become a major issue NAZI LEADER UNDER ARREST BY AUSTRIANS Handbills Scattered Over | | AIRTO STATION Pride of U. S. Navy Will Come to Pacific Coast Next Fall LAKEHURST, June 24—The gi- & R B ant navy airship Macon slid Cl ty Posmve ’through the sky to the new home Threa[s Made |of the navil air station here from :Akron, Ohio, and will stay here un- VIENNA, June 24—The Austrian ti fall before going to the’home base of Sunnydale, California. Government has answered the de-, : fiant Nazi Party by arresting Al-|, 1h¢ Macon is described by Rear Admiral Ernest King, Chief of the fred Frauenfeld, party leader, at 4 . Villach, where it is alleged he N®'¥'s Bureau of Aeronautics, as lanned to he border i a grand ship with a lot of refine- ;J;aly ey he ' bopcer, K ments one expects to be found in The arrested was caused after & the second edition of the Akron. bombardment of the city of Linzi v ERNE *s‘A‘NK‘EY yesterday by Nazi handbills drop- ped from planes. Two general ideas have been ad- |vanced for handling the pmblem‘ |Under one the government would take over the trade, importing pe- - |troleum in bulk, refining it and dis- tributing it as a federal monopoly. | The other plan suggests develop- jment of Australia’s huge shale de- posits. Advocates of these schemes would like to see the government take a hand here by subsidizing |\production or by granting prefs ential. treatment for domestic over jforeign gasoline, | ‘The handbills threatened a new fight on the regime of Chancellor Dollfuss in which the Nazis would| “employ whatever weapons deemed necessary to achieve their goal.” Frauenfeld’s party has been of- ficialy benned by the Austrian Government. R BEING SOUGHT ' IN WASHINGTON SEATTLE, June 24.—The authori- MRS. LEE KAHN TO VISIT ties are on the lookout for Verne HER DAUGHTER, MRES. I Sankey, Midwest outlaw, wanted GOLDSTEIN FOR SUMMER | in connection with several kid- napings. | The authorities received a tip Mrs. Lee Kahn, of San Fran- that Sankey is in the vicinity of | cisco, is a northbound passenger Centralia. It is believed his sister- |on the steamer Yukon whieh left| in-law resides in Longview. Seattle this morning on her way| ——— {to Juneau to visit her daughler} Although Russia purchased 23442 KEWAUNEE, Wisconsin, June 24. —The story of a losing struggle put up by three men to save their lives in Lake Michigan, miles from land, following an airplane acci- dent, was related here- today by the sole survivor, Mrs. Charles Rennie, Jr., aged 27 years. ‘The woman was rescued after being. marooned on a tiny raft for 30 hours. Three Victims The victims, whom she said she saw slip from the raft one by one as the cold waters numbed their bodies are Charles Rennie, Jr., aged 29, her husband; James Gillette, pilot and owner of the plane, which she said he was trying to set down on the lake during a blinding fog; and Peter Keller, me- chanic. Finally Rescued Mrs. Rennie, Jr., is the mother of three children. She was picked up early this morning by a ferry and suffered no serious effects from her terrifying experience, but badly sunburned. Mrs. Rennie, Jr., said the plane “I'nit”" the" water with' terrific force and seemed to rip apart. Then the struggle began for self-pres- ervation. Raft Quickly Made The men hurriedly made a raft as thé plane began to sink. They rigged up one of the pillows and gasoline tank as the plane sank and the men hauled her aboard., The men held to the sides them- selves and finally they began slip- ping into the water, one by one, not saying a word. Mrs. Rennie’s husband, Vice- President of the Rennie Oil Com- pany, of Traverse City, was the last to slip into the water. The raft was too light to hold all four on top. The woman was hysterical when she arrived at Frankfort, Mich. ————————— GANG CHIEF'S WIDOW PLACED UNDER ARREST Does Not Flinch When Pointed Out by Six Men as Girl Bandit ‘NEW YORK, June 24.—Mrs. Vin- cent. Coll, gang chief's widow, whose hair is streaked with gray though she is only 25, sat between de- tectives and stared with unflick- ering eyes at six merchants who pointed their fingers at her and said: “That is the girl ‘The police jailed Mrs. Vincent and two men as robbers who have created six weeks' reign of terror among the Bronx shopkeepers. The police ralded a hotel room and found her, Thomas Pace and Joseph Ventri. Mrs. Vincent reached for her vanity bag and said she wanted to powder her nose. ‘The police grabbed the bag and found a loaded revolver in it. bandit wha Dragged from Fire; Is Arrested For Drunkenness SEATTLE, June 24—Drag- ging Paul Sundstrom, a painter, from his bed, Pauline Stark and Lois McPherson, living in the same building, rescued him from death by fire in his rooms. Sundstrom was arested and charges of drunkenness were filed against him as the police | and son-in-law, Mayor and Mrs. I.| American-made tractors in 1931 ‘(‘-old.stem for an indefinite stay. |she purchased none in 1932, believed he started the fire by a cigaret,