The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6429. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1933. 7 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS SKA LINER HIT OAL YESTERDAY 1,000 MEN WAGE "BITTER BATILE ON FIRE FRONTS Over $18,000,000 Worth of Timber Is Destroyed in Northwest Fires NEW OFFENSIVE HOPED BRING ABOUT CONTROL Pall of SmoIe—_Hangs Over Portland and Seattle from Nearby Blazes PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 28. Confident that the worst forest; fire in Oregon’s history shortly will be controlled, leaders in the organizations that are battling the ring flames in four counties sent more than 4,000 troops into action in a new offensive plan. Eightecn million dollars worth of timber has already been de- stroyed. Serious fires are aiso de- stroying valuable timber in the Olympic National Forest. The Grays Harbor district is the scene of the most disastrous of several Western Washington blazes. SMOKE PALL HOVERS Portland has been penetrated by acrid fumes causing smarting eyes and rasping throats, but the weather conditions appear better for . aiding the fighters. Probably 6,000,000000 feet of timber has been destroyed or badly damaged. Lumbermen said that mountain lions and deer fled side by side| seeking refuge. Near Seattle, 700 acres of slash | were on fire in Maple Valley from which several houses caught afire, but they were saved. An 800- acre fire on Hood Canal threw a light pall of smoke over the city of Seattle Humidity through the night rose over the whole northwest area and hopes were entertained that size- able gains might be made by the| firefighters today. FIRES OUT OF CONTROL ABERDEEN, Wash, Aug. 28— Last Saturday night the logging town of Brooklyn, scarcely two miles away, was directly in the path of a fire raging on the North River, practically out of control. Two hundred men were fighting that blaze and also several others in this vicinity. All CCC personnel in the region was assigned to fight the flames. Another large conflagration, out of control, was three miles east of here, raging toward the domes- tic water system. Many Fires Set . The Supervisor of Forestry, at Olympia, last Saturday night said that during the previous 24 hours 83 fires in cut-over areas, had been reported in Western Wash- ington, mostly in Grays Harbor, Mason and Thurston Counties. Making a survey, the supervisor said many fires were set by per- sons clearing lands for deer hunt- (Continued on Pag2 Two) News “Verboten” List in Prussia Hits Alien Press BERLIN, Aug. 28. — For various, reasons, but cniefly for ecriticizing the government of Chancellor Hit- ler, 254 foreign newspapers have been barred from Germany, accord- ing to figures from the Prussian minister of the interior. Czachoslovakia leads the proces- sion with 66 of her newspapers on the German “verboten” list. In all newspapers from 20 European and North and South American nations are forbidden. The nations and number follow: United States, 9; Argentina, 2; Belgium, 7; Denmark, 4; Danzig, 3; England, 5; France, 31; Hol- land, 9; Latvia, Lithuania, 1; Luxembourg, 5; Austria, 37; Poland, 24; Rumania, 1; Saar Valley, 4; Sweden, 1; Switzerland, 26; U. 8. EN FIGHT O GON FOREST FIRES oley Quits |CONTROVERSY ON Cabinet for | Editor Desk 0 AGAIN REVIVED President Accepts Resigna-| R tion to \Become Effective [Holzworth Attacks Forest on ‘September 7 Service in Its Census of Alaska Bears Prof. Raymond Moley, intimate ad-| viser to President Roosevelt and his' WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28.— close associate for the past two The Alaskan bear controversy flar- years, resigned Sunday as Assistant ed again into the open today when Secretary of State, effective Sep- John M. Holzworth, New York agi- tember 7. He will edit a new tator on that issue, complained national weekly publication to be to Secretary Henry A. Wallace, of published by Vincent Astor. | the Department of Agriculture that Moley's resignation was accepted . the United States Forest Service in by the President after an inter- Alaska was padding its bear popu- change of letters in which con- lation figures. He based his asser- tinuing friendship of the two men’tion on the recent bear census an- was pronounced. Inounced by the Department. This is the first break in Presi-, He charged that the “Forest dent Roosevelt's official family. It Service has been guided by politics was presaged by an apparent under- insted of biology.” The Department surface split in the State Depart-' said the matter would be looked ment between Moley and Secretary into. Hull over differences arising during the London World Economic Con-| ference. | o HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 28— Big Increase Shown In the census figures published (Continued on Page Two) Cannery Labor Contractors Face Peonage Charges Over Alaska Fishery Practices CHICABO BANE 0B LEADER NABBED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. 28. clothing bought at a store oper- ated by the labor contractors. | | The contractors are said to em- BROWN BEAR 1S | =Porty men, hired-to-york. in the| ON GOLF LINKS a municipal court here today and complained over prices they said they had been forced to pay for *“Machine Gun Jack” Tak- en by Cops from Swanky Course Near Chicago Gun Jack” McGurn, of Chicago's gangland, as known by the police, this swanky golf course, as he Championship. His arrest nearly disrupted the tournament and upset Gebardi's game. Although he was allowed to complete the round under the eyes of three detectives, he blew- up_completely at the eighth hole after chasing a photographer who tried to shoot a picture. —— MISSOURI LIFE INSURANGE €0, ALLEGED BROKE State Insurance Commis- sioner Says Big Com- pany Is Insolvent ST. LOUIS, Mo., ug. 28—R. E. O'Malley, State Insurance Com- missioner for Missouri, last Satur- day filed a petition in the Circuit Court alleging insolvency of the Missour! State Life Insurance Com- pany which has one billion dollars in life insurance in force. The Commissioner asked for a permanent injunction to restrain the company from continuing bus- iness. He said this was the re- sult of ‘“depressed values and frightful mismanagement and it will be necessary to write off about $27,000,000 from the company’'s as- sets.” Hotel’s $500,000 Bar Taken Out of Storage NEW YORK—.:_G. 28.—Prohibi- tion is as good as repealed, the management of the Martinique ploy 1,000 men each year to go | north to work in the fisheries, and | to have profited greedily on them. | Arthur L. Johnson, attorney for [the State Labor Commission, is | pushing the complaints. These al- {lege that only those who sign by the contractors, are given jobs. ! Mr. Johnson said: “Some of these | as $40 for suits not worth $10. It was attempting to qualify as an' is a shame the way they have amateur in the Western Gold Open been bled for their earnings.” The contractors will be tried for violation of the State peonage laws and State wage laws. Con- ,viction under either of them car- ries a fine of $500 and a jail sen- tence. Mr. Johnson said the State would ask for a jail sentence in these cases. ———-—————— | SHIP SCRAPPING TOPS BUILDING NEW YORK, Aug. 28. — Fully 1,206,325 gross tons of merchant marine were scrapped all over the world last year. New ships to be launched totaled only 726591 tons. Tree Grows in Tower 15 Feet from Ground DULUTH, Minn., Aug. 28. — The north woods, surrounding this city are full of tree planters—serving in the citizens’ conservation corps —but none of them will be able to duplicate the feat of one little bird. About five years ago this little songsters, evidently in the midst of house-moving activities, carried a seed to a crevice in the Central High School clock tower, 150 feet above the street. The tree, now about four feet tall, was found recently by work- men. Its roots are imbedded in a crevice between two stones on a ledge. ————— WINDHAM PROSPECTOR GOES SOUTH AFTER SEASON HERE C. 1. Paulsen is southbound on the Prince Rupert after a summer of prospecting at Windham Bay and Yakataga Beach. Advance in Food Costs Slows Dowi WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28: Food is costing more throughout | the country this month, but the recent upward price trend has slow= ed the rate of its advance, it was made known here today by officlals of the Federal Department of Labor. They said a study of retail food prices reported by 51 cities from all { sections of the country showed that jthe wholesale general level rose | more than eight per cent between June 15 and July 15. The increase for August was only two per cent. ————— DRIVE HAILED 'S SUCCESS BY * THE PRESIDENT Downhill Drift Becomes Upward Urge, Roose- velt Tells New Yorkers { POUHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Aug. 28— | President Franklin D. Roose Vi | | [ | i | | | el hailed the National Recovery drl4 as a success in an address to the people of his home county here last Saturday afternoon. | The President asserted the “down {hill drift has definitely turned to |'become an upward surge.” The President declared an end ‘m monopolies and announced a {new principle for the “home com- ‘munity, that no individual, no fam- ily has a right to do things which ;hurt his neighbors. It is true, of ;rcourse. your Government has hopes {in the building up of wages that jare at present starvation wages and | shortening of hours of work in |every part of the country. This will result in a greater distribution OLYMPIA FIELD, Ill, Aug. 28. contracts, which include a provis- f wages and increase the number —Vincent Gebardi, as he is known | jon requiring them to purchase-o ) in golfing circles, but “Machine from the clothing stores operated | of persons employed. That we seek | defipitely to increase the purchas- |ing power of the people is true. We are definitely succeeding in was picked up last Saturday on|men kere forced to pay as mgh;mxs purpose and the down hill | drift has definitely turned and be- come an upward surge.” i To the citizens of this old Re- |firmly called for a reorganization |of local units of government. | organize what you all know to be |an outworn system, built up in the | days of the ox-cart an unchanged to the days of the automobile. Some day the people of New York will do something about it but I tell you quite frankly nothing will be done unless you make your rep- resentatives in the town, county, and State Legislature do it or substitute other representatives for them.” —e—— POLICEMEN GET MACHINE GUNS MIAMI, Okla., Aug. 26.Miami of- ficers have been equipped with machine guns since 11 desperadoes, several still at large, fled the Kan- sas state penitentiary and escaped into the northesstern Oklahoma hills near here. Al officers will receive individual instruction with the new weapons, and take part in target practice. 1S Elliott Roosevelt Is Made Aviaton Editor LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 28— Elliott Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, has joined the editorial stafi of the Los An< geles Examiner as Aviaton Edi- tor. Young Roosevelt was Manager of the Gilpin Air Line here for several months, but re- signed after he had gone 10 Ne- eneral publican county, the President very “You have done nothing to re-| NRA VOLUNTEER | FORCES LAUNCH llion and__H;lf Workers to Put Blue Eagle All Over Country ?11 | WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28.— IRA- volunteers, 1,500,000 strong, lay opened a drive, under Gen. gh S. Johnson's mandate, “We| n't afford to fail,” to implant the | Fue Eagle in every business house nd in millions of homes, speed- g the greatest corps of volunteers a door-to-door canvass. ! This is the first step in the Administration's September offen- ve against the depression which expected to carry the forces of edovery . to much higher points than has yet been attained ' Big Start Made " At the outset of the newest cam- paign, Gen. Johnson told his work- ers: “Either through code or agree- nts we enter the drive with be- ween 70 and 80 per cent of the \employers in trade and industry | Biready under the Blue Eagle.” He described: the drive as a mile- stone in human progress. “Buy under the Blue Eagle” is the watch- word set by the General for volun- teers after the warning: “Even the shadow of boycott, intimidation or violence would spoil this whole en- deavor. But there must not be the ‘slightest misunderstanding. It is, | not a boycott for people in distress| in this country to say they are; going to stick to those who do their |part to cure the common evil, and | ignore those who refuse to do so. To do otherwise would be to frus- trate the whole national purpose.” Auto Industry In | The NRA extended its hold over » American industry and business Sunday to take in under a perma- | nent code the automobile industry, leaving coal the only large industry | failing to agree on a code. | The automobile manufacturers ‘ldrlve for an open shop was modi- |fied to such an extent that labor | leaders said the provision is harm- less so far as organized labor 1s concerned. The code is effective QUEEN HELEN RETIRES FROM TENNISMATCH |After Seven-Year Reign, Relinquishes Crown to Helen Jacobs v FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Aug. 28. —Unbeaten, and rarely even chal- lenged in seven years, Helen Wills Moody retired : from the Womens' Tennis Championships of the Unit- ed States last Baturday afternoon after dropping two sets to Helen Jacobs of California, her rival Mrs. Moody entered the match contrary to orders of her doctors. A DBrace on her back, which she wore, troubled her right hip and leg from the outset and finally forced her from the court. ~ FINDS NRA SIGN AT WHITE HOUSE A smile of approval lights the face ot Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, recov- ery administrator, as he sees the NRA consumers emblem on the doors of the White House on entering the executive mansion to cone fer with the President. (Associated Press Photo) Su;)remo ~0f7f7¢721;sive A gainst Depression to Be Launched By President in September STOCKS STEADY st bilimiarisr DESPITE SHARP preme’ offensive: against depression took visible form late’ last week as trip hammer action yielded mo- mentarily: to preparedness meas- ures and the co-ordinated power of the Government poised to strike with a maximum force during September. DOLLAR RALLIES Fractional Gains Predom- inate, Despite Sagging Grains, in Day’s Sales NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—Stocks, although quiet and featureless, maintained a relatively steady tone on today’s market, despite a sharp rally in the international dollar rates, and sagging tendencies in grains and cotton. The close found little change in the setup with fractional gains predomirating in sales close to 2,- 000,000 shares. Early day losses of a point or more in leading issues were re- covered after the first hour when auto shares led by General Motors were supported for advances of a point or more. The dollar was up 12 cents in terms of sterling and strong against European currencies. General Mot- ors and Hudson were up about one point. Others that gained in fractions to around a point were: American Telephone & Telegraph, Johns Manville, New York Cen- tral, Pennsylvania, S8anta Fe, Unit- ed Fruit, and North American, while. Homestake dropped nine points. Case and United States Smelting a point. each, United States Steel, ' Consolidated Gas, Western Union and many others were off slightly. NEW YORK, Aug. 28—The fol- lowing are today's closing quota- tions on the New York Stock Ex- change: Alaska Juneau 287%, American Can 927%; American Power 12%, Anaconda 12%, Armour Lindberghs Make Denmark On Mapping Expedition COPENHAGEN, Aug. 28—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife landed here last Saturday after- noon from the Shetland TSlands, on their aerial mapping expedi- tion. - DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS ONE OF ATTRACTIONS AT BASEBALL PARK SUNDAY An attraction at the baseball park last evening was the appear- ance of the increasingly popular ———r——— Hotel decided and has ordered its Lightning that struck the old S. R, 9; Spain, 2; and Czecho- slovakia. 66. Most, if not ail the papers on the forbidden lisi are there indefi- nitely. $500,000 bar out of storage. The bar is of onyx and marble. Expert Ttalian marble setters will be employed to restore it to its old place. blacksmith shop of L. J. Scriven, of Watsonville, Cal; welded ' to- gether a horseshoe, singletree and two heavy pieces of iron. vada to establish his residence for|boys’ Drum and Bugle Corps which a divorce from his first wile marched to the park in formation ‘Young Roosevelt has had many |and gave several selections during hours in the air as a passenger|intermissions of the game. T. B. observer and at the controls in'Setzer, one of the organizers of technical flights. the corps, marched with the boys. Bethlehem Steel 41% and Hecla 6%, phone and Telegraph 130, Colorado Fuel & Iron 7, Fox Films, no sale; American Smelting 38'¢, General Motors 35%, International Harves- ter 42%, Kennecott 227%, Missouri Pacific 7, Packard Motors 5%, Radio Corporation of America 9, Standard Brands 29%, United States Steel 57%, Western Union 69%, Delaware and Hudson 82, United Aircraft 39%, Ward Baking | B. 4%, Curtiss-Wright ' 3%. Bandits Use Tear Gas " In Making $36,000 Haul DENVER, Colo., Aug. 28—Two bandits sprayed tear gas on three bank employes in an automobile, and nearby pedestrians, and es- caped with $36,000 after holding up the bank automobile on a busy corner last Saturday afternoon. Tt's impact will be timed to co- incide with the normal seasonal business upturn that customarily follows the dog days. The movement has been talked of privately here for weeks as the moment of the greatest op- portunity for NRA on the thresh- hold of a house to house canvas to sign up consumers. Picsident Roosevelt proclaims | satisfaction in the feeling that the | September drive will have the ef- {fect of shocking industrial and business life into activity. WETS WIN LONE STAR STATE BY - BIG MAJORITY |Texas Becomes 23rd State to Ratify Repeal—Beer Sale Is Approved DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 28—Texas, as the final results of last Sat- urday's election were revealed, be- came the twenty-third State to join the unchecked march toward repeal of the Eighteeth Amend- ment. It voted, also, to legalize the sale of 3.2 beer. Returns from rural sections, late in arriving, slightly cut down the heavy majorities polled by the wets on both questions but the Lone Star State was unmistakably wet, Complete returns from 222 out of 254 counties gave the following vote: for repeal, 222,718, against re- peal, 138,084¢. The vote to legalize beer ran slightly ahead of repeal | | | 1 WASHINGTO! ATE VOTES TOMORROW ; CAMPAIGN ENDS SEATTLE, Aug. 28.—If Washing- ton State voters tomorrow join the nationwide march toward Prohibi- tion repeal, two-thirds of the 36 States necessary for ratification of |the resolution taking the Eigh- teenth Amendment out of the Con- | stitution will have been obtained. The drys have concentrated their strength on this commonwealth in a desperate effort to block the wet tidal wave that is apparently sweep- ing the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Canada to the Mexican border and the Gulf of Mexico. Final Campaign Whirl Both factions in the State over (Continued on Page Eight) i A ALEUTIAN HITS SHOAL, RETURNS T0 HOME PORT Alaska Line’s Finest Linet Hits on North End of Vancouver Island CONVOYED BACK TO SEATTLE BY VICTORIA Passengers to Be Transfer- red to Latter Vessel and Sent North The Alaska Steamship Company’s finest liner, the Aleutian, struck on a shoal off Jorgen's Point, at the north end of Vancouver Island Sunday, according to an Associat- ed Press report received by Ths Empire this morning. The vessel is returning to Seattle under con- voy of the liner Victoria under its own power. The engine room, double bottom and oil tanks were leaking. Af- ter it freed itself from the shoal, the vessel proceeded to Carter Bay, just north of Finlayson Chan- nel, “to look things over.” 150 PASSENGERS ABOARD The Aleutian sailed from Seat- tle last Saturday for .Southeast and Southwest Alaska with 163 passengers aboard. These, said ad- vices received here today by Thom- as B. Wilson, Vice-President and General Manager, will be trans- ferred to the Victoria on arrival and sent north as quickly as pos- sible. A Tsurvey will be made of the damages and repairs will be made inSeattle. The Northwestern, Mr. Wilson added, which recently struck at Sentinel Island and was beach- ed at FEagle River Bar, will be ready for return to service in time to take out the next run of the Aleutian should that be found necessary. The Aleutian and Victoria are expected to reach Seattle some- time tomorrow. There are 3> passengers aboard the Aleutian for this port, in- cluding the following: Mrs. J. A. Behrends, Henry Behrends, Frank Behrends, Sue White, Mrs. H., L. Stoife, W, Mudge Jr, Mrs, K. H. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Crowe, E. J. Peters son, R. S. Raven, Richard Raven, John Bavard, E. J. Hughes, Sam Asp, Charles Hall, H. E. Phelps, Morris Merritt, Mrs. L. E. Slum- berger, Miss J. Slumberger, Thom- as Hellen, Mr. and Mrs. E E. Regele, Mrs. M. H. Imlay, Gene Rouisala, James Kelley, Miss E. Schwan, Hilding Hagland, E. R, Erickson and two steerage. ———————— MR. AND MRS. W. L. COATES TO VISIT FRIENDS HERE Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Coates will arrive in Juneau on the steamer Alaska tonight after making a trip to Atlin, B. C. and on down the Yukon river to Dawson, ¥. T., and will visit Mr. and Mrs. James Drake here for the next ten days before returning to their home in Prince Rupert. Mr. Coates was Juneau agent for the Canadian Pacific Steam- ship Co., before his transfer to the Prince Rupert office several years ago. ——l Grass Skirt Fashions Rotate In New Guinea SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 28.— Although wearing only grass skirts arm bands and necklaces, native belles of New Guinea bow to the dictate of fashion, says Dr. R. P. Fortune, an American anthro- pologist. Dr. Fortune found that the little town of Murik controls the style and decrees whether grass skirts shall be long or short and whether two grass arm bands or three are ‘‘correct.” ‘When Murik devises a new fash-. ion, it is sold to & neighboring town or village for a price payable’ in pigs. This place retains the fashion for a year and sells it to the next one. This process makes outlying wvil- lages 20 years behind the times,