The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6407. VIOLENCE IS GROWING IN MINE STR JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1933. Policeman Slain KIDNAP RACKET INQUIRY BEGUN ' BY PRESIDENT Full Force of Federal Gov- ernment Be Thrown Into Action "PUBLIC ENEMIES WILL BE ATTACKED Further Gossip. Started About Moley, Who Is Visiting Hyde Park HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 2— % President Roosevelt opened a spec- ial inquiry into means of battling the kidnap racket in a conference with Prof. Raymond Moley. The President is determined to give full Federal cooperation with States in a drive against abduc- tion. Observers are inclined to place double significance in the visit of Moley. He has been at odds with Secretary of State Hull over State N Department policies and persistent rumors prevail that Moley may be| given a new assignment. TO WIPE OUT GANGS HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 2— It was further announced today that the President, aroused by so- ciety's greatest foes, kidnapers and | racketeering, has determied that the full forge of the Federal Gov- ernment will be put into action with the determination of wiping them out. Too late to be of scrvice, Dr. the body of Policeman John G. Sevick, 32, whe was shot to death in a courtroom in Chicago's Criminal Court Building, while trying to halt John Scheck bank bandit prisoner making a desperate attempt to gain liberty with a smuggled revolver. and critically wounded. Internaticnal Illustrated News photo, , Chicago Court STOCK PRICES | Harry R. Hoffman bends over Scheck was shot Special Study The President thoroughly discuss-, ed the situation with Prof. Moley. As a college professor, Moley has made a special study of crime and wrote several books about it. The| two canvassed the scope of the: Federal laws and are determined to put them into immediate op-| eration. | LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2—The| More Gossip | daughter of the man who wrote the Moley's visit further aroused 805~ Eighteenth Amendment has had sip over the bad relations between nher marriage with a New York real him and Secretary of State Hull!ggiate broker dissolved because, sh2 who is due today or tomorrow f"""‘:sasd, he would not let her bear London. i children. Hull on Warpath ‘Annulment of the marriage of | Advance agents report Hull is on janet Sheppard Graves and Wil- | the warpath but Moley was asked jjam A .Graves, former dramatic | point blank if he was going t0 art student,in Superior Court came | of Daughter and Broker Is Dissolved Babies Banned, Marriage of Senator continue as Assistant Secretary of to light as Miss Shepard was dis- | | State. |closed as an aspirant for film hon- Moley said: “Certainly I am. Do ors in Hollywood. She and Graves | you know of any good reason Why met when they were students at a | Janet Sheppard Graves wlm_ obtains annulment of her mar- riage to William A. Graves. Places Will Lose ‘ Attraction CHICAGO, IIl, Aug. 2. — Nude dancing at the Century of Progress | l!‘alr is at an end. | Dancing in the nude at various other places have been halted by | the concessionaries . following an| edict of Mayor Kelly. | Mayor Kelly visited the Fair last| night and saw one woman do they. Govida ride on a camel, and dancing without any clothing at all upon her body. 1t f; ke bse Prssident. doss OTAves refised to alloy ber % 20 | in his official family at this time.|, . "o5 1935 that it would be de- Woodin May Quit University of Texas in 1931, Miss | Roosevelt is determined that gossip| ST HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 2— of kidnaping and racketeering with |R the understanding he will retain' cchAGu FA The President said he is asking g ting crime at the request of At-‘l on crime. COAST GROWS the largest cities report they have IR A AN e months. Three generations of the fam- 1 should not?” Ischool in New York. | come a mother despite an agree- | Moley said at some future date sirable to rear a family. It is also gossip that Secretary Sheppard is the daughter of Unit- | will not drive any of his lmmedlatef’ aides from his side. |N DE n | President Roosevelt has requested | his State Department office and/ Prof. Moley to undertake a special torney General Cummings. ——— SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 2.— more than doubled the rate of the PR ily of 8. P. Reynolds were in Co- No Open Break | Her complaint charged that| not intend to have any open break ment before their marriage Novem- he may take up other duties. Named the prettiest girl at the | of Treasury Woodin may resign but ed States Senator Morris Sheppard. | MOLEY INSTRUCTED HEB uFF Prof. Moley to make a special study | return to it later. survey of the methods of combat-| Moley is said to be an authority Pacific Coast builders in' ten of preceding year in the past seven United States carriers moved lumbia, Mo., when Reynolds at- ports in 1929, but only a fifth \n‘cls.ss of 1883, University of Mis- 1932 souri. | —After penning bitter words SENATOR HIRAM JOHNSON'S SON DIES, OWN HAND Oriental Village and Other Pens Bitter Words of Blame to Divorced Wife, then Suicides HILLSBOROUGH, Cal, Aug. 2. of blame upon his wife who recently divorced him and wed another, Archibald M. Johnson, aged 42 shows in the Oriental village a"@‘years, lawyer and sportsman, shot! and killed himself. He was the youngest son of United States Senator Hiram W. Johnson. -, o, e mn o 2.2 OPERATION ON GLARK GABLE, HOLLYWOOD, Cal, terday. His condition is reported good: Aug. 2— ‘man-hater.’ Clark Gable, well known film actor, men. I like men as individuals. B about half of Canada’s grain ex- tended the golden reunion of the (underwent an appgndectomy yes- I'm not bowing down in adoratic .*S. BATTLES TO STOP WAVE OF KIDNAPINGS _ ~ HAVE FLURRY LATE IN DAY Mining and Alcohol Issues Lead in Rally—Many Gains Noted NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—The Stock Market put on another listless ses- sion today until near the close when mining and alcohol issues led in a fairly brisk rally. Other groups joined in the up- ward flurry and there were many issues gaining from one to three or| more points. N The close was firm. Today's sales were 1,600,000, Cause for Recovery The late recovery was attributed partly to a financial ticker service story from Washington to the ef- fect the Administration will be ex- pected to exercise some of its in- flationary powers within the near future. H Garins Go Up | Grains rose about half of their | limits. The dollar lost ground on foreign | exchanges. Homestake mining jumped 27 lDOInts. | Distillers Up ! National Distillers went up about seven points, Western Union about five points, Industrial Alcohol about four points and Commercial Alco- hol about three points. Other Gainers Issues up to around three points included American Telephone and | Telegraph, Case, Industrial Rayon, | Celanese, Loews, United States | Steel preferred, American ‘Fobacco | B, Allied Chemical, Sears-Roebuck, | New York Central, Union Pacific, Bethlehem Steel, Dupont. N. Y., political clan. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 2—Closing ! quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 26%, American Can 86, American Power and Light 12%, Anaconda 17%, Armour B 3%, Bethlehem Steel 39%, Calumet and Hecla 6%, City Stores A 4%, Am- erican Telephone and Telegraph 124%, Fox Films 3, American Smelting 34%, General Motors 30“ International Harvester 35%, Ken- necott 20%, Montgomery-Ward| 22%, Missouri Pacific 6%, Packard Motors 5%, Radio Corporation 8':,| Standard Brands 27%, United States Steel 53%, Ulen 3%, West-| ern Union 63%, United Aircraft 33%, Ward Baking B 3%, Curtiss- ‘Wright 3%. 1423 of kidnaping Mary McElroy, da ourl law McGee wa: ntenced the table is John V. Hill, ai As a result of the government’s war on kidnaping throughout the nation four members cf the Roger Touhy gang of Chicago were under arrest in Milwaukee charged with the kidnaping of William Hamm, | Jr., St. Paul brewer. The four held are shown below. Left to right: Willie Sharkey, Gustave Schaefer, Edward McFadden and Roger Touhy. In two widely separated sections two prominent " “ held by kidnapers. They are Charles F. Urschel (lower right), wealthy oil man, who wat from his home in Oklahoma City (above) and John J. O’'Connell, jr,, (left), scion of a powerful Albany, ociated Press Photos) KANSAS CITY KIDNAPER GETS DEATH PENALTY- * Walter McGee (left), Is shown in Kansas City court where he was tried and convicted on a charge ughter of the city manager. T to death. Seated beside McGee tant prosecutor. (Associated MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS a stenographer for the defense counsel. PRICE TEN CENTS MORE MEN N PENNSYLVANIA WALKING OUT | FROM MINES ‘Esfimated Upward of Thir- ty Thousand Have Quit Jobs in Protest to Non-Recognition BRO W N SVILLE, Penn., Aug. 2.—Violence is break- ing out anew and the strike of miners in Pennsylvania’s soft coal fields is spreading. Peace moves that might lead to a settlement of the ‘| difference between miners and the operators are under- way. The miners demand recognition of the United Mine Workers of the World. Upward of 30,000 miners have now joined the walkout. One miner has been killed and more than a score of per- sons have been wounded in the disorders of the past few days. National Guardsmen are still on patrol duty in the coal fields. BISHOP HUGH BURLESON I8 DEAD IN 8. D. Prominent Official of Pro- testant Episcopal Church Passes CAMP REMINGTON, Black Hills, South Dakota, Aug. 2—Bishop {Hugh L. Burleson, aged 68 years, jof the Protestant Episcopal Church, formerly Bushop of South Dakota and lately on the staff of the Bishop of the Church, is dead here. Son of a missionary to the In- dians and one of five brothers who |entered the priesthood of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church, Rt. Rev. Press Photo) ‘ ————— | TROTZKY FAILS . T0 SECURE AID Litvinoff Gives No Support to Plea to Get Him I Back to Moscow Love Has Flown; Aimee Is Home, David Isn’t . LOS ANGELES; Cal, Aug. 2. —A fortnight of weeping in varicus public places over her lost love brought Aimee Sem- ple McPherson Hutton home and the conclusion of her ro- mance with David Hatton. She said she still ioved Dav- id, no matter what he does, but that love may die very soon now, ¥ PARIS, Aug. 2—Leon’ Trotzky is| | reported to have failed in his des-| perate attempt to get Soviet For- eign Commisar Maxim Litvinoff to Hutton was not ameng the help him xf‘_“"‘ to Moscow. | hundreds welcoming her here. | Duties of the Kansas State Oil e Inspector, Fire Marshal and Hotel| Gov. James Rolph, Jr., has ap- | Commissioner were consolidated| proved a bill granting San Fran+ |into one department as an econ-icisco 720 acres of tidelands for an |omy measure. airport, Here’s Woman’s Cure For What Ails World CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—What this ‘Women, the housekeepers of world needs is more women run- the nations, understand money and ning things. its handling better than men, but Thus spoke Mrs. Thit Jensen of men won't give them a chance.” ;Copenhngen, Denmark, attending Mrs. Jensen’s special interest lies ;the International Congress of Wo- in promotion of birth control, and men, history’s first women’s eco- she is president of the birth con- non;ic conference on what ails the trol committee of Scandinavia. world. Mrs. Jensen said: hem advocate international birth “In Denmark I'm regarded as & conirol.@s a way of preventing the Bosh! T don't hate wars.of the future,” she said. lated they have to expand, and when two.of mote . countries bump | —bang, goes war, she said. of man’s superiority, for he hasn' got it. . E. W. Griffin Acting Governor as Troy Passes Into Canada E. W. Griffin, Secretary of e Alaska, today became Acting Governor when Gov. John W. Troy, enroute to the in- e terior, crossed the interna- tional boundary line into Canada. Mr. Griffin will function as Acting Governor for about four days. When the Governor re-enters the Ter- ritory below’ Forty Mile, on the Yukon River next Fri- day or Saturday, the office of Acting Governor auto- e matically becomes vacant. e Only when the Governor is e actually outside of the Ter- e ritory does the Secretary act e . . = in that capacity. ALASKA TRADE IS INCREASING SEATTLE, Aug. 2. — Exports 1o | Alaska from Washington in July | totaled $2,579,000 compared to $2.- Customs Office reported. The report revealed that a gain has been made in the past-three opened, as the first four months of 1933 were far behind the same period of 1932. A ~————————=-————— Hugh Latimer Burleson, M.A. - S.TD.D.D., was born and reared in the atmosphere of the work to which he dedicated a long life of PLANE AFIRE \‘ ’ devotion. | | ! He rose to the highest councils of his church and was recognized by his colleagues as worthy to take s it ,a place among the top three of Pilot Wood]ey Gives Rea-'the many field workers who tried | f R A . through the teaching and example son for Recent Accl- |of practical Christianity to assuage dent to Westward {the material lot of the Red Men land to revive their spiritual char- |acteristics. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 2.—| For High Office Pilot Art Woodley, who recently, pe was bishop of the missionary lost his seaplane in “Bristol Bay, gistrict of South Dakota and so arrived here yesterday and reported ynysual were the results obtained the accident was caused by one of there and so influential his insis- his five passengers who dropped tence upon the primary missionary a cigarette in the bottom of the motive of the whole church, that plane. The ship caught fire and he was chosen assessor, or assist- he had to plunge into the water. ant to three successive presiding There was a heavy wind but the bishops of the church. It was no | passengers made shore and the secret either that in the elections plane was engulfed 'which followed the deaths of the ‘Woodley leaves on the Aleutian first two of these, Dr. Durleson for Seattle to buy a new plane. |was the choice of a considerable {number of his fellow bishops for R s |the high post. | The significance of this lay in the fact that had he been elected, Ith e church would have chosen as its ecclesiastical and administra- | tive head, the bishop of a mission- | | ary district as distinguished from the bishop of one of the self-gov- WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.— The erning and self supporting dioceses Government’s first operation un- of the church. \der President Roosevelt’s new fis-| Broad Minded |cal plan has resulted in a deficit| 'As assessor, Bishop Burleson was “If women want world peace, let | 048,000 in July of last year, the of ordinary expenditures of $32,- |frequently called upon in the ab- 404,398. |sence of incapacity of the presid- Total receipts were $163213,570 ing bishop, to act as president of and expenditures were $195617,968. the Episcopal National Counecil, the Wheri countries get overpopu- | months since the cannery season | Emergency expenditures amount- executive and administrative body led to $57,352744, making the total of the communion. Fellow work- the end of the month ers on that council agreed on the (Continued on Page Seven) deficit at $107,757,140, [} B .