The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 22, 1933, Page 1

. — THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE - “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” SMOKE SCREEN USED, CHICAGO HOLDUP DR. SMITH HERE T0 BEGIN WORK; PLANS STARTED Alaska Representative of Public Works Board Opens Office Here SUPPLANTS NO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY His OHice—Gives New Agency to Handle Non- Federal Activities To establish his headquarters in this city as representative in Al- aska for the National Public Works Administration, Dr. Philip 8. Smith, veteran of the United States | Geological Survey and for several ¥ Chief Alaskan Geologist of that Bureau, arrived here yester- day on the steamer Northwestern.| He has been given temporary quar- | ters in the office of E. W. Grif- fin, Secrstary of Alaska. His first actio ntoday was to confer with Gov. John W. Troy and his next to seat himself at a new desk and begin a close study of the instructions for his duties and the functions of his office. Supplants No Agency His first statement was to cor- rect a mistaken impression about the job. “I am here to supplant or replace any officer or agency of the Federal Government that is handling public works projects | under funds allotted from the Public Works Administration,” he said. “I am here to aid and fur- ther that section, or sections, of the public works program in Alas- ka that is non-Federal in nature. The Federal agencies, such as the Governor’s office, the Alaska Road Commission, Forest Service, Bureau of Public Roads, Geological Sur- vey and any others, will continue to handle the public projects in their own field just as.they have been doing.” Dr. Smith regards his mission as one of helpfulness to both Al- aska and the Public Works Ad- (Continued on Page TwO) — eeo—— ROY NASH HERE T0 CONFER WITH GOVT.OFFICIALS Department of Interior Man on Way South After Studying Reindeer “Alaska is a most interesting country, and I have enioyed every moment I have spem n it de- clared Roy Nash, Special Agent of Divisional Investigations for the Department of the Interior, who arrived in Juneau on the steamer Northwestern last evening from the Westward, to confer with Gov. John W. Troy and other govern- ment officials before continuing south. Mr. Nash has spent nearly three months investigating the reindeer industry in Alaska from every pos- sible angle and has covered thou- sands of miles by airplane and steamer in the course of his work, this summer. After spending ten days in Nome during the round-up of the rein- deer during the month of July, Mr. Nash, with Lyman 8. Brewster, Reindeer Superintendent, went to Nunivak Island on the U. 8. Coast Guard cutter Chelan, where an experiment has been carried on in crossing the reindeer with wild caribou bulls. “The deer on this island are by far the finest in the Territory,” Mr. Nash said. Goes to Kotzebue After visiting Nunivak Island, Mr. Nash returned to Nome and flew from there to Kotzebue to talk with the reindeer men from various parts of the Kotzebue dis- trict, back to Deering and Elephant Point, where he discussed many matters pertainiag fo the reindeer Aviation Authorities Express Regret at Death of Ed Y oung NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—(8pecial to The Daily Alaska Empire from Inter-City News Service.)—Leading fliers who have and are making aviation history joined here in ex- pressing regret at G. E. (Ed.) Young, well-known Al- askan pilot whose plane crashed at Livengood, Alaska, last Wednes~ day, causing his death, also taking the lives of two of his passengers. Capt. Hawkes' Tribute Among the first to express re- gret upon learning of the death of Pilot Young was his friend, Capt. Frank M. Hawkes, transcon- tinental speed ace and nationally ‘known airman. Capt. Hawkes said: “I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of Pilot Young. I have known him for many years and have considered him best in the field of aviation. The industry has lost a splendid pilot and a real pioneer of the north.” Panghorn Regrets Another to tender his condo- lence was Clyde Panghorn, of the | famous Herndon-Panghorn trans- Atlantic flight from New York to Wales in 1931. He said: “The the death of | one of the| death of Ed Young is indeed a great shock to me. Alaska has |lost a fine pilot and his death will be greatly mourned by all who knew him.” Real Airman Lost Major J. Nelson Kelly, Com- mander of the Floyd Bennett air- port at Long Island said: “The world of aviation has lost a real airman whose name will undoubt- edly bé an ouistanding one in the annals of the flying history.” McLaughlin’s Comment Another to. pay tribute to the achievements of the Alaska ace was George McLaughlin, Editor-in- Chief of 7 ie Aero Digest, na- tionally kmwwn trade organ for the aeronautical industry. | “The Aero Digest extends sympathies to the relatives and | friends of the late C. E. Young. | He was an outstanding pilot in | his many years of flying over | treacherous country places. His name is in the great legion of | unsung heroes who have passed | away after a life's work well ! done.” CUBAN CAPITAL AWAITS BREAK OF REBELLION Government Still Refuses Demands of Opposi- tion to Resign HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 22.—With outward calm, this Capital City set today on a tinder box of re- bellion and hunger. The Government is still at odds with its political foes but it is expected to reply in the negative to the demands to resign. Soldiers are still after the rebel forces in the Province of Cam- aguey Available stores have dwindled. There are rumblings below the surface. In the first actual conflict be- tween the Camaguey and Govern- ment soldiers it is reported two of Capt. Blas Hernandez followers were killed and several Government men wounded. of NEW MOVEMENT HAVANA, Sept. 22.—University professors this afternoon draw up a formula hoping to conciliate the tense political situation. The new formula provides San Martin re- taining the Presidency but sharply, curbs his powers. LOOTING PROTEST WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—The United States is to make repre- sentations to the Havana authori- ties as the result of the looting; of American citizens' homes there. Details are unavailable but no one was hurt, it is said. ————ee———— 2 DEAD FROM AUTO CRASHES SEATTLE, Sept. 22.—Automobile crashes in Seattle and King County brought two deaths yester- day. Joseph Tonelli, aged 38, a dairy- man, was fatally injured when his| truck crashed pole at Renton Junction. Fred Swanson, aged 47, whose, skull was fractured as his son's machine crashed into a parked car Tuesday night, died in the hospital last night. Col. Lindbergh and Wife Are in Russia’ LDIINGRAD, Sept. 22. — Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh have arrived here from Helsingfors. The Colonel will dis~ situation with the men from the DG T X T el S (Continued from Page Four) cuss the northern Atlantic route with the Soviet aviation authori- thes. foodstuffs into a telephnne | NEW PROGRAM GIVES RELIEF, TWO CLASSES {Farmers, l};x;nployed to! Be Aided by President’s Latest Orders WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. — A simultaneously to the farmer and unemployed has been directed by President Roosevelt to help bridge plies and consumption. At the President's order, the Agricultural Adjustment and Fed- eral Relief Administration prepared | to purchase quantities of foodstuffs and staples for distribution to the ! destitute on relief rolls e Qp—— CONSUMER IS - NOW BUYING, Progressive Industrial Di- visions Are Attaining More Freedom NEW YORK, 8Sept. 22.—The { Dun-] -Bradstreet, Inc. review today| 1 said: “Overshadowing other trade |news of the week were the re- i ports of strong resumption of the consumer buying, perceptible re- tardation of industrial downward trend and the clarification of meth- ods and procedure under various codes which brought greater free- jdom for progressive industrial di- visions. “While the absence of rain was unseasonable, warm temperatures permitted covering autumn re- quirements. “Retail centers will be pursued 1 with more vigor. ; “Current gains appear to be well spread in all directions although department store sales are gradu- ally attaining an upwar move- ment.” 'CHILD PLAYS WITH 'MATCTES, DEPARTMENT 1S SUMMONED TO FIRE A small blaze in the upper floor of the McGordy residence, in a house belonging to Amos Benson, on Willoughby Avenue, near the | Home Grocery, called the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department out yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. ‘The blaze, which was caused by a child playing with matches, caught the wall of the house, but was soon put out by the depart- ment with small damage. its| | $75,000,000 program promising aid | the gap between surplus of sup-| SAYS REVIEW FIVE GUNMEN IN BOLD RAID LOOP DISTRICT Four Federal Reserve Bank Employees Held Up in Broad Daylight ROBBERS ARE IN AUTO CRASH; KILL OFFICER {Crawl from Wreckage—! Open Machine Gun ‘' Barrage, Escape | T e i | CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—Behind - l.' | smoke screen in the Loop District,' |five gunmen this afternoon held, up four Federal Reserve Bank em- ployees and later shot and killed' Policeman Miles Cunningham, aged 35 years, who did not know of the, hold-up until after the gunmen's Jaulo had collided with another. | The robbery was carefully plan-! |ned and carried out but netted little loot. Reserve Bank officials { said two bags contained nothing |but cashed checks from membe* {bank& i Machine Gun Bullets | Cunningham and other police-] man, Morris Fitzgerald, stepped into the street as two autos col- lided. When the men crawled from the wreckage they sent barrage of machine gun bullets toward Lhn officers. Fitzgerald stepped behind a mebal sign and returned the fire of the gunmen but Cunningham was shot down. The desperadoes commandeered” (a passing machine and sped away. | BANK IS ROBBED HAYS, Kansas, Sept. 22.—Ma- chine gun bank robbers, in soiled |overalls and masks, held up a bank here and looted it of $3,000. The pank cashier was wounded and the City Marshal received a broken leg under the wheels of the car in which he attempted pursuit. All four robbers escaped. ., \ NEW NATIONAL BANK, SEATTLE | 8 Harri?S—almon Can- ner, One of Applicants Seeking Charter | SEATTLE, Sept. 21.—Applica-| cation has been made for the| charter of @ new National bank | for Seattle, C. R. Shaw, Manag-| 'mg Director of the Seaftle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, dis- closed yesterday. The proposed bank will have al capital of $600,000 and surplus of $150,000. [ Applicants for the charter in-| clude P. E. Harris, salmon can—; ner. —eso GOLD PRICE ‘WASHINGTON, Sept 22— The Treasury Department announced the price of gold for today as $31.75 anounce an increase of 42 cents over yesterday. % Ganging U p On Gangluml Making Paying Racketeer an Offense, Says Senator Copeland Who pays for bombings like Racketeering thrusts its pi- ratical arms into nearly every line of business in the coun- try. What is its cost, how can it be conquered? This is the gsecond of three articles deal- ing with America’s war against gangland in that and other phases. By SIGRID ARNE WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Every time an American citizen spends a dollar, an estimated 25 cents goes to racketeers—the estimate being Senator Royal S. Copeland. His figures indicate an annual tribute of 13 billions of dollars— a fourth of the annual income— levied by the underworld on bus- iness.. And that tribute goes into the price of goods, paid by the consumer. Reaches Every Home The figures have been ascer- tained by Senator Copeland, of New York, who as chairman of the Senate’s Committee on racketeer- ing is investigating the underworld hold on business. “‘Racketeering has reached the point,” he says, “where it enters every American home in the form of increased prices on goods. “Take the poultry racket. New York = City, because of its large Jewish and Italian population, buys $200,000,000 worth of chickens ev- ery year. e these? Not only the owners of the St. Leuis laundry wrecked (left) or the Cleveland restaurant (right), crime experts agree. These and countless others are blamed on racketeers, whose tribute exacted from business is passed on to the consumer in higher prices. “Poultry is shipped from the west, and unloaded from poultry cars at Jersey City and placed in coops which are loaded onto trucks and taken to the city by ferry. The shipper ¢an use only certain poultry cars, certain coops, certain trucks, If he doesn't the chickens never reach the market. Refusals Bring Violence “Také the case of a friend of mine who owns a business build- ing on Fifth Avenue. Recently he improved it with an elaborate front. A man called to ask him to join a protective association at $15 a week. My friend refused. The next day the windows were broken. He was insured amnd the winodws were replaced. Again they were broken. The insurance company refused to renew, and now he has to pay the $15 weekly tribute. “Hotel operators are forced to use certain laundries or somehow their linen is ruined with acid. “Cleaners must use certain kinds of cleaning fluid or the garments are ‘lost' or ruined. Bombs Freely Used “Trucks of silk goods on the way to market are hi-jacked, and unscrupulous . merchants sell the silks that were stolen. “Restaurants fight each other, and suddenly the business of one is ruined by a stink bomb thrown in among the customers. The odor remains for days and the trade goes elsewhere. “Only a partial list of business- es affected include, laundries, dye cleaners, bakers coal; flonr, ice, roofing, garages, produce, ice cream meats, florists, window washers and moving pictures. “The fir: step in a Dbattle against these conditions is to en- large the force of federal inves- tigators, and then, second, to en- large their powers. “Stink bombs can easily be met by prohibiting their manufacture. “Further, I am in favor of writ- ing into every code a clause mak- ing it an offense for a merchant to pay tribute to the underworld. “We can pass laws—and we will —in the next Congress. But to be effective we must have an aroused public to back them up. “But back of that we must con- centrate on the growing genera- tion. Certainly - there must be some relation between the figures on jail population and church at- tendance. “In 1850 we had the lowest crime figures of our history. There were only 23 people per 100,000 of popu- lation in' jail. Now there are 98 per 100,000. And in 1850 there were more people regularly attend- ing church than at any other time.” STOCKS RALLY AND ADVANGES ARE RECORDED |Wheat Prices Are Easier— Bonds Reverse Recent Downward Move NEW YORK, Sept. 22—Stocks rallied today rather impressively after a poor start in the face of easler wheat prices and further in- flation uncertainties. Gains of one to two or more points were scattered throughout the list. Expanded trading was| brought out. Today's turnover was 3,000,000 shares. The curb was uncertain. (Continued on Page Seven) Coast Guard to Be Prepa}'etl For Anticipated Smuggling I1 18th Amendment Repealed air stations. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22—With| the Coast Guard expecting an in- crease in smuggling activity if the Eighteenth Amendment is repealed, | the Public Works Administration has allotted the sum of $14,800.- 000 for strengthening of the en-| tire service by building new cut- ters, patrol boats, seaplanes and| The allotments include $1,895,000 for the construction of 31 sea- planes, $10,160000 for the con- struction of six ~300-foof cutters 200 65-foot cutters and larger cut- ters that will carry aircraft. M anaged Currency Discussed Control of Dollar Fluctua-| tions Being Studied by Administration WASHIUNGTON, Sept. 22.—The Administration’s economic advis- ors are giving close study to meth- ods of controlling the dollar fluc- tuation to the end that the “con- stant purchasing be stabilized and that price levels might be achiev- ed” It is disclosed that the sub]ec!‘ has been given great attenTion| MANY STOCKS T0 BE LISTED NEW EXCHANGE Transactions Are to Revert from New York City to New Jersey NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—The New York Stock Exchange will los2 about 25 of its®most active stocks on October 2 when trading will be started in New Jersey, well in- formed circles in brokerage quarters asserted today. The new exchange opens in New and has been under corsideration for weeks with the managed cur-| rency system of Sweden as a‘ practical guide, but how the Pfes-! ident feels toward such an experi- ment remdins for him to disclose. Eye Witness to Massacre Dies at Age of 88 VICTORIA, B. C., Sept. 21.—Mrs. Eliza Griffiths, aged 86, whose mother was the first white resident, of Salt Spring Island, is dead here. She witnessed the massacre of the Haida In- dians by the Cowichans on the Island in 1860. | | i | | | e |miles up the river from the De- One aircraft base will be at Port A!'flu,‘ ‘Washington. sy | will | mechanical facilities permit, , hunting trip after moose |Jersey on that date because of the new law in New York City taxing stock dealing, etc. The New Jersey list of stocks be expanded as quickly as it is said. A it MOOSE ARE SCARCE IN TAKU SECTION A. E. Goetz and Oscar Waterud | left Douglas a week ago for a/ in the The two returned town last night ‘Taku district. to the island empty-handed. Goetz and Waterud went six | Vighne camp but did not even find any trace of moose. ABDUCTION OF OIL MAGNATE, - STOCK BROKER, IS THREATENED Former Convict, Implicated in Slaying of Gangster, Admiis Part in Planned Stealing LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 22. —An alleged plan to kidnap E. L. Doheny, oil magnate, and Jesse L. Livermore, New York stock broker, entered into an investiga- tion into the killing of Duell Dawson, gangster , aboard the gambling ship Johanna Smith, off Long Beach. James Walsh, former convict, is said by Federal agents to have confessed to killing Dawson. He said the slaying resulted from a dispute over plans for kidnaping Doheny and Livermore. LINDBERGH KIDNAPING CASE AGAIN REVIVED PARIS, Sept. 22.—The trail of the kidnapers of the baby son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is sought by the French police who said they held the name of a man Wi had in his possession a one-thou- sand pound note identified by the Bank of England as part of the ransom money extortéd fromr Col. | Lindbergh. Heretofore there had been no report that British currency was involved. It is also reported here that Wavhmgmn heard of three men held .in Antwerp and had asked for information. The men were reported trying to cash a British note. FRANGE, ITALY, GREAT BRITAIN ARE IN ACCORD Three Powers Agree on Disarmament and Also Arms Control PARIS, Sept. 22—A completQ three-power accord between France, Great Britain and Italy on dis- armament and arms control is | authoritatively said to have been reached but the question of penal- ties is still unfinished. American roving Ambassador Davis is expected by the French to give general support to the plan, making it possible for a four- power front at the forthcoming Geneva Arms Conference. 35-HOUR WEEK TO BE ADOPTED FORD'S PLANTS Auto Manuffirer May Go Below NRA Code but Will Not Sign It DETROIT, Mich,, Sept. 22.—Hen- ry Ford's plans, now on a 40-hour week basis, shortly will be placed on a 35-hour week basis, the pro- visions in the NRA auto code. It is announced that the employees may be placed on a weekly hour as low as 32. Ford will not sign the code, it is said. Guest at Party Is Slain; Host |Found Guilty WENATCHEE, Wash., Sept. 22.—~Dr. Thomas W. Costello, charged with the slaying of his cwn guest and patient, Gust Newman, during a drinking party at the dentist’s home, has becn convicted of second degree murder.