The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 2 h: | VOL. XLIL, NO. 6390. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - KIDNAPED CHICAGO MAN RELEASED; PAYS BIG RANSOM 'GUARD ECOVERY MOVE IS CON SIDERED INNEW ANGLE Blanket OrQMay Be Is- sued to All Indus- tries in U. S. CODE HEARINGS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK! Roosevelt Is Also Negotiat- ing for New Trade Relations WASHINGTON, July 13. — To hasten fortification of employment;' and purchasing power, the Admin-| istration has under consideration| direction to all industry to pay a minimum wage and restrict work- ing hours until the Roosevelt fecov- ery program takes fuller effect. There has been no decision about the blanket order, Administrator Johnson said, but proposals for a general wage and hour limit for industry are still at a half-baked stage. Meanwhile the President has undertaken other means of helping American business, this time by opening negotiations with half a dozen South American governments | for new trade relations. Seasonal Tariffs Seasonal tariffs are among the points up for discussion between the State Department and South} American representatives and are now in progress. Whether the President will seek any general modification of tariffs through reciprocal agreements is yet problematical, possibly awaiting a general declaration first by World Economic Conference. Hearings on Codes By the middle of next week there will start an unending suc- cession of hearings on codes, rais- ing wages and limiting hours of industries, both big and little. Administrator Johnson realizes that speed is necessary if the country’s workers are to have the desired big increase in purchasing power before winter. For this reason the Administrator has decided to open the throttle on hearings of codes immediately. If codes contain unacceptable terms these troubles will be speeedily| threshed out and something suit- able will be reached. Lumber, shipbuilding and elec- trical manufacture codes are now in, and the steel code is expected. The textile code has already been adopted and is set to work. Coal, building contractors and many others. are nearly ready with their codes. 3 NUDE BODIES, the | May Lift Gold Embargo To Permit Miners of U. S. To Secure Better Prices WASHINGTON, July 13.—Modifi- cation of the gold embargo to per- mit the sale of newly-mined gold on the world market and give the domestic industry higher prices was urged on President Roosevelt yes- terday by Representative Engle-| bridge, Republican, of California, | and Senator King, of Utah. Indications are the Chief 'Ex- ecutive is investigating feasibility of lifting this part of the embargo to permit gold miners of this coun- try to receive from $28 to $30 an ounce for gold on the world market instead of $20.67 from the United States Mint. Democrat, ARMY PERFORMS GREAT WORK IN ENROLLING MEN Heintzleman Tells Cham- ber of Organization of Conservation Corps In the enrolment of 300,000 work- ers in the Civilian Conservation Corps for work on the President’s reforestation program, necessitating the establishment of 1,600 camps throughout the nation, the United States Army surpassed all of its own wartime records, declared B. F. Heintzleman, Asst. Regional For- ester, who aided the United States Forest Service in its part of the program, in a short talk before the Chamber of Commerce today. Mr. Heintzleman, who was in ‘Washington at the time, was draft- ed last March to aid Director C. W. Grainger in carrying out the Forest Service’s work. It was a big job, but on July 1, the men were in the hills as had been directed by the President. Less Than Three Months Enrolling the men, clothing them, establishing camps and getting the men into camp was the task as- signed to the Army. It began about the middle of March under instructions by the President to have 300,000 men in the ficld by July 1. This goal was reached by the time set. Not even during the rush days of the entry of the United States did the Army make STOCK PRICES AT NEW HIGHS, TRADING TODAY Issues of Various Kinds Follow Wet Shares in Making Gains NEW YORK, July 13. — Led by the alcohol group, stocks staged one of the most buoyant perform- ances in 1933. Stocks of all categories followed the so-called wet issues into new high territory for the past two years with gains of one to five or more points. Today's close was firm, although extreme gains were pared at the last moments by profit taking. Transfers totaled 7,600,000 shares, Dollar Erratic The American dollar was erratic on foreign exchanges. The pound gained from 2% to 4.7%. French francs eased 1.0 of one cent. Trading was the largest of this year. The buying rush swamped the Exchange and the ticker lagged behind several minutes for most of the session. Grains Ease Aside from the enthusiastic spurt of the distilling division there was a vigorous renewal for other issues and the advance was not motivat- ed by any exceptional news. Grains eased and cotton turned rather- heavy. American Commercial Alcohol PRESIDENT’S GRANDCH SECRET SERVICE m MEN ASSIGNED SPECIAL DUTY Kiddies of Chief -Execu- tive's Family Pro- tected by Agents BULLETIN — WASHING- TON, July 13. — Coneerned over kidnapings, although no threats have been received, the United States Secret Service today extended guard over President Roosévelt’s grandchildren. b The children under special/ | protection are those of Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt and Mrs. Anna Curtiss Dall i —————— AMERICANS IN LONDON MAKE NEW PROPOSALSIE" Submit Resolution at W.E.|yon’var they will spend about six S 2 weeks in America, traveling from C. for Shorter Hours. New York to 'Washington, D. C., Wage Increase lay*the cornerstone of the Leif OSLO, July 13—A royal but dem- ogratic co and Princess Martha of Norway, will visit the United States in Sep- Ménce to Chicago, and -perhaps out to the west coast if time permits. LONDON, July 13.—The Ameri- can delegation today presented a resolution to the Economic Com- mission of the World Economic Conference calling for shorter hours for labor and an increase in wages truck garden at his country estate, studying American farming. This family group shows Crown Prince Olav of Norway, daughters, Princess Ragnhild, who is “going on three,” and Princess Astrid, one years old. The future r‘.l‘flls of the land of the midnight sun are to visit the United States in September primarily to help uple, Crown Prince Olav | Crown Prince Olav, who has a| fine herd of blooded cows and a| may be particularly interested in The crown prince has been an Ericson Memorial in Chicago. his wife, Princess Martha, and their |idol of the Norwegian nation ever age of two, sitting on the arm of his father who had been called to the throne from Denmark. Princess Martha, to whom he was married in March, 1929, is 4 |Swedish cousin and their union was hailed in both countries as a real love match. They have two daughters, Prin- cess Ragnhild, who was born in 1930, and the year-old Princesss As- | trid. The plainness of their domestic life and the democracy of their ways have entrenched them solid- since he arrived in Oslo at the| |ly in Scandinavian hearts. They have no court, the crown prince |merely having a military aide and the princess a lady-in-waiting. Their home is only a 40-minute ride out of Oslo and there Grand- pa Haakon and Grandma Maude frequently go to visit Princess /Ragnhild and Princess Astrid. Oc- casionally, too, Grandpa Charles |and Grandma Ingeborg come over the border from Sweden. | Among the ceremonies which the royal couple will attend in the |United States will be the laying |of the cornerstone of the Leif Ericson memorial in Chicago. in proportion to the rise in prices. CURRENCY STRUGGLE LONDON, July 13.—A dramatic struggle over the currency question NEw PROPUSAL has developed in the British Em-| | pire with the Dominions insistent| that the Government unhitch the| pound from the French franc and other gold currencies and reduce T0 AID SILVER Mattern Relief Plans Are {Not Revealed The plans for rescuing Jimmy Mattern from Ana- dir, Siberia, near where he crashed on his attempted world solo flight, are still . . . . any such record, Mr. Heintzleman |Was up more than 16 points but said, and it is entitled to a world jlost about half late in the session. of credit for its achievement. Other Gainers The Conservation army is scat- Gains of one to around four tered ‘through some 1,600 camps.|Points were made by Commercial There are camps in every State.|Solvents, Crown Cork, National The work is largely road and trail [ Distillers, United States Alcohol. construction but also includes refor-[ Early advances of one to five estation, clearing away of snags,|Points were cut to around one to stunips and other inflamable ma-|two points for American Can, Am- terials that constitute fire haz-|erican Telephone and Telegraph, ards, erosion prevention, and in one | Lackawanna, Santa Fe, United State there is a camp which is|States Steel, New York Central, engaged in fighting a fire in a|Wetsinghouse, United States Rub- coal bed that has been burning for |ber, Johns-Manville, United Air- 20 years. craft, Western Union and United Forest Service Part States Smelting. The work of the Forest Service, BOUND BY WIRE, FOUND IN RIVE Murder Believed Result of Division of $72,000 Mail Robbery Loot FORT WORTH, Tex., July 13.— The slaying of three men whose nude bodies have been recovered from the Trinity River, precipitated the officers to believe the murders resulted from a dispute over:'the division of a $72,000 loot taken in a mail robbery here last Feb- ruary. The bodies were bound together by meshed fence wire. The partially submerged bodies were found under a bridge and have been identified as those of Jack Sturdevant, Harry and J. B. Rutherford, brothers. Murder charges have been im- mediately filed against O. D. Stev- ens, W. D. May, M. T. Howard and M. D. Howard who are charged with the mail robbery. Dr. Poling Heads dmlfntmfional C.E MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 13.—Dr. Daniel A. Polin, of New York, was elected President of the Interna- tional Society of the Christian he said, embraced the selection of | CLOSING PRICES TODAY sites for camps, purchase of equip-| NEW YORK, July 13. — Closing ment and selection of personnel to}quotation of Alaska Juneau mine supervise the work. Fifteen thou-|Stock today is 22%, American Can sand men were employed by it to|94%, American Power and Light act as supervisors, camp foremen |18%, Anaconda 20%, Bendix Avia- and in other supervisory capacities, |tion 197%, Armour B 3%, Bethle- In addition, the forest Service ob-|hem Steel 46%, Calumet and Hecla tained from the President the priv- {8%, Ward Baking B 4%, Radio it in value along with the Am- erican dollar. MOLEY RETURNS TO U. S. NEW YORK, July 13. — Prof.| Richard Moley, Assistant Secre- tary of State, returned today Irom! the World Economic Conference in London but reserved anything he had to say for President Roose- velt. Prof. Moley said he had no in- tention of returning to London and reiterated denial he had discussed Soviet recognition with Commissar Litvinoff. NEW LIFE INJECTED LONDON, July 13.—New life was injected into the World Economic| Conference late this afternoon b3 James M. Cox, American delegace up in the air today. The only informatjon recei ved from any source is an Asso- ciated Press dispatch from ‘Washington, D. C., stating the Interior Department said Alaska Territorial Gov- ernor John W. Troy had agreed to permit a Soviet aviator to land at Nome with Mattern. ee00 o000 00000 ——r——— EDWIN 60ULD PASSES AWAY, {American Senator Is Still| Fighting for Rehabilita- | tion of White Metal LONDON, July i3.—United States | Senator Key Pittman has renewed | his campaign before the World | Economic Conference for rehabili- tation of silver through an in- ternational agreement by intro- | ducing a substitute proposal for his original resolution. | The new measure specifices no proportion of silver which may be |used for central bank currency coverage thus differing Jfrom the original suggestion which called for optional use of one-fifth in cur- | rency to cover the white metal. The gold features are not af-| ilege of adding 35000 men, local residents, to give the corps an in- filtration of experienced men. Most of the men in the corps are high school and university gradu- ates who had been unemployed for three years. Each of them was re- quired to allot $20 per month to dependents. Generally they are a Corporation 11, Fox Films 4%, Gen- eral Motors 33%, International Har- vester 434, Kennecott 24, Packard 6%, Standard Brands 297%, United States Steel 65%, Union Pacific 128%, American Cyanide B 14, Ulen 4%, United Aircraft 41%, North American 35%. ——————— who convinced his Steering Com-| mittee colleagues that.the parlcy| fected by the substitute which has could usefully continue despite the | been submitted to a sub-commmit- refusal of the New York Federa!| tee on silver. This committee ad- Reserve Board to consider cooper-|journed, however, without taking ation of central banks. Cox in- @hy action on the important fea- duced the committee to keep work- | tures of the new plan designed to ing on problems of silver and com-, Prevent dumping of silver on the mercial indebtedness, {world markets in debasement of G o silver coinage. HEART ATTACK Death Comes Suddenly to Capitalist at His Ovster Bay Home in N. Y. OYSTER BAY, N. Y., July 13— |Edwin Gould, aged 67 years, son of the late Jay Gould, pioneer rail- road magnate, died suddenly at his country home here as the result of fine type of citizen. Purchases of equipment were| handicapped by lack of stocks. Axes and cross cut saws were par- ticularly hard to get. But .now, all of the camps are well equipped and the work is progressing very satisfactorily. 0 Six Months Planned The present program is plxnnedl for only six months. Just what will be done after that time is indefi- nite. It is the President’s hope,| evidently, that industrial recovery will have progressed sufficiently by that time to enable the corps personnel to be absorbed in nor- mal . pursuits. There has already been a ma- FOREST FIRES ARE REPORTED BY AR PILOT High Flying Resorted to in Interior Alaska to Es- cape from Smoke ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 13— terial start made toward resump- Pilot Jack Waterworth reported tion of industry, Mr. Heintzleman |Yesterday, after his arrival from a said. When he went east last Marca flight to the Iditarod, that he had there was little rail travel and noted a number of forest fires. hotels were virtually empty. Steel| The pilot reported he had to fly towns He passed through showed |high to avoid the smoke. Endeavor yesterday. Other officers were also re-elected, but a thread of smoke coming| As far as he couyld ascertain, no (Continued on Page Eight) .mlnlng area Is so far threatened. . SIX FORCED T0 JUMP TO BEAT DEATHFLAMES Col. Guggenheim and Five Others Leap from Burn- ing Private Yacht FISHER ISLAND, N. J., July 1% —Col. M. Robert Guggenheim five others were forced to ) into the Sound from Guggenhein Private yacht late this- afte when the craft was swept flames. Guggenheim was burned bad The fire was started by an plosion which followed the o turning of an oil stove, 1| since July 1. a heart attack. Early in“life Edwin Gould' gave evidence of' having inherited the ’flnanctal genfus which enabled his - — HITCH - HIKING | - | i | |tather, the late Jay Gould, to build 2 |up ohe of the largest -American FGR HEH HUME!mm of his time. He was so eager to get started in business he asked his father’s | permission to quit ‘Columbia Uni- versity a year before the gradua- tion of his class, that of 1888. The | father refused to grant the request, but Edwin left anyway, and three days later appeared in Wall Street as a stock broker-operator. CORBIN, Kentucky, July 13.—| Makes Money Fast | Marian Buckley, 18-yeaP-old Cleve-| At the end of six months his op- land coed, is ready to go home, erations were said to have shown after she said she had hitch-hiked a profit of $1,000,000. This success |brought him favorable recognition | . Miss Buckley said she left home from his father and won for him |to see if she could get along on a place in the elder Gould's office. her own. In 1888 Edwin was made secretary | Search has been made for her of the St. Louis, Arkansas & Tex- |in “several States. She was found as Railway, one of the lines con- lin a tourist camp here, ' (Contipued on Page Two) Thirteen Days of “On Her Own” Sufficient for Cleveland Girl ITALY'S FLEET OF AIR CRAFT ' ISNEAR .S, Armada Reacnes Labrador —Takes Off for New Brunswick CARTWRIGHT, Labrador, July 13—The Italian armada arrived {here yesterday from Iceland and i took off today for Shediac, New i Brunswick. ] | { SEAPLANES CARRY 10,500 LETTERS ROME, Italy, July 1.—The Postal Department announced the Italian seaplane squadron now enroul Chicago is carrying 10,500 letters representing revenue of about $31,- | 000. This includes twenty sacks for New York, twenty for Chicago, thir- | teen for Montreal and numerous | others for miscellaneous address- es. A total of 8400 letters were for delivery at Amsterdam, London- | derry and Reykjavik. | ITALIAN LINDBERGH ON FLIGHT ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 13.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife arrived here late yesterday and looked forward to meeting Balbo's Italian armada. The Colonel pre- pared to push on to Shediac in time to meet the Italians upon ar- rival there and then continue his| mapping expedition to Iceland and| Greenland. Business Is Booming on Kuskokwim BETHEL, Alaska, July 13.— Oliver Anderson, shipping agent, reports the heaviest freight shipments in years on the Kus- kokwim River. This is due largely, Anderson says, to the increase in mining and trap- ping. ARSI\ SR Gift Courts Opened BELPAST—New royal courts of| Jjustice, the gift of Great Britain | under the Government of Ireland | act of 1920, have been opened here. | The building cost $2,000000 and the JOHN FACTOR IS GIVEN LIBERTY PAYS $200,000 Life Constantly in Danger from Gang of 10 or 15 Hoodlums THREATS MADE TO CUT HIS EARS OFF Machine Gun Placed at His Back — Is Suffering from Breakdown CHICAGO, I, July 13.— The release of Jjohn Factor leaves two of the three kid- nap victims still in the power of their abductors. Factor was released at La- grange, Illinois, saying he had paid $200,000 ransom. A physician said Factor is suffering a breakdown. Factor told the authorities his life had been constantly threatened by 10 or 15 hood- lums who spoke of killing him by machine guns. Kept Blindfolded Factor said ‘he was kept blind- folded with adhesive tape the whole time in some farm house which was over run with cockroaches. Factor said machine guns and scissors were the weapons the kid- napers threatened him with. They did not actually harm him but would place large scissors against his face and threatened to cut off his ears. One time a machine gun was placed against his back and another time placed in front of him and he was threatened with death. O'CONNELL STILL HELD ALBANY, N. Y., July 13.—John O'Connell, abducted on July 7, is still in the hands of his abductors. No progress has been made in negotiations for his release. BANKER MISSING ALTON, IlIL, July 13. — August Luer, aged banker, semi-invalid, kidnaped from his home on July 10 is still missing. — MORGAN OFF FOR VACATION OVER ATLANTIG Will Hunt Grouse and Read Detective Stories During Holiday NEW YORK, July 13. — J. P. Morgan sailed today for England and Scotland where he plans to hunt grouse and read two cases of detective story books. Morgan told the newsmen he really needed a holiday despite the fact he look- ed perfectly well. WHITE METAL SOARS UPWARD NEW YORK, July 13.—A rush of buyers of silver sent the white metal to new highs since 1930. Bar silver spurted 1% cents to 41'% cents an ounce. Future silver soared up 120 to 1.50 cents. Austrian Nazis “Shush” Their “Hail Hitler” Cries LANG - ENZERSDORF, Austria, July 13.—Heavy fines imposed by the government on nazi followers for shouting “Hail Hitler” have re- sulted in silent demonstrations for the German party’s chief. At a “turnfest” held in this town, the nazis lining the streets greeted the arriving delegates by raising the | site $275,000, right arm, but they put the left hand over the mouth,