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

- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL XLII., NO. 6455 ]UNEAU ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933. MHVIBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS _PRICE TEN CENTS SHERlFF IS BELIEVED PUT T0 DEATH BY CONVICTS PRESIDENT NOT DISCLOSING 2 NEXT ACTIONS May Express ss Views Either at Chicago or New York Conventions RAILROAD SUPPORT PRACTICALLY SURE . Will Make Bulk Offer in M+ Effort to Secure Job Making Deals HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 98, — President Franklin D. Roosevelt has arrived here and entered on a few days’ rest at his country home carefully keeping to himself | whatever thoughts he might have on any plan to expand credit for the benefit of in- dustry and agriculture. May Go to Chicago There is speculation that the wresident will attend the American Legion Convention in Chicago next week but there is no positive con- firmation In all likelihood, to be said on the involved mone- tary uation and credit, it willl be said before this convention or before the Conference of Catholic Charities which he will address 2 week hence in New York. To Aid Railroads The President did disclose, how- ever, he is ready to give Federal support to railroads for the pur- chase of new equipment and he emphasized he is going to use the Federal Rail Coordinator to com- pile the needs and use the good offices of the Government to ob- tain the best price for the bulk offer. It is part of his program to bring into line big industries with an effort of job making deals. o _JAMES COLLIER DIES ON SIXTY- FIRST BIRTHDAY Member of Tariff Com- mission,Former Congress- man, Has Heart Trouble é » v » WASHINGTON, bept. 23.—James W. Collier, of Mississippi, member of the Tariff Commission and for- mer Democratic Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, died today on his sixty-fifth birth-| day as a result of heart trouble. Mr. Collier served twelve terms in the House of Representatives * and declined to run last November after a_controversy over whether candidates should run at large or by districts. - e GREEN WANTS 30-HOUR WEEK WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.—Pres- jdent Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor said today he will ask Congress to approve a 30- hour we:k unless NRA codes are revised to provide for shorter hours and higher pay. The Labor Executive said the Administration is not going far enough and stack is not being ta- ken up as rapidly as conditions demand. “One remedy,” he said, “must be employed and that is a six hour day and five day week. —eo—— 00 o000 000s00 . . FOOTBALL FANS . . Turn to page 2 and clip out the scheduled list of games of the Pacific Coast football for the present season. N if anything is i CHICAGO, IIL, Sept. promises to be the most before the American Legi Acceptance of this proposal, char- acterized as a compromise between veterans’ demands and taxpayers’| ability to pay, is considered assured. Already it has been approved by more than two dozen state legion | conventions. With the world’s fair as an extra attraction, about 250,000 legion- naires and their families are pected for the “four-in-one” Chi- cago conclave—the other branches being the legion auxiliary, the “40 and 8" (hommes et chevaux) and its auxiliary, the facetiously-named “8 and 40" (femmes et chapeaux). Roosevelt May Speak An address by President Roose- velt will be the high-point of the four-day program of the convention proper—if the chief executive is able to make the trip here. Authorship of the compromise compensation plan is expected to make election of Ed Hayes of Deca- tur, I1l, to the national command- ership a mere formality, says Phil | Collins, executive vice president of the national convention committee. | Hayes had been “in line” for the post even before he drafted the plan which has met wi¢h wide- | spread favor among legion posts. B.e points of ‘the Hayes plan are: 1. That a man disabled in actual service and awarded compensation shall not have it reduced below the figure that prevailed prior to the economy act of last March | unless decided improvement in his ,condmon so warrants. 2. That when a man’s disability has once been declared to be ser- vics connected, his case may not be subject to review except in case | of palpable error or fraud. 3. That a veteran of any Uni- ted States war be entitled to hos- pitalization for any disability, ser- vice-connected or otherwise, if he is unable to pay for it. (This to provide governmental instead of charitable care for those who have served their country in war. GARLAND GIVES ' DIMOND PRAISE FOR REAL WORK Tacoma Chamber Execu- tive Says Alaska’s Dele- gate Does Fine Work Writing to the Chamber of Com- | merce, C. C. Garland, Chairman |of the Alaska Committee of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, declared that the people of the| Territory should be congratulated upon having such an able repre- sentative in Washington as Hon. A. J. Dimond. The Alaskan Delegate to Con- gress, he declared, had accomplish- ed several things of importance, some of which he enumerated. Text of Letter The text of Mr. Garland's let- ter follows in full: “The people of Alaska should be congratulated upon having an able rperesentative’in ‘Washington in the person of ‘Honorable An- thony J. Dimond, Delegate to Con- gress. He and his able secretary, Bob Bartlett, have remained in Washington during the hot sum- mer doing wonderful service for Alaska. “My. Dimond has been a big factor in securing a ‘‘world mar- ket price” for the miner of “gold mined.” He has worked closely m co-operation with our Alaska Committee, here, and side by side with our Chambers Washington, D. C. representative, Mr. B. C. Dodds, not only in obtaining the world price for gold, but in as- promise plan for veterans’ disability compensation tion here October 2 to 5 |Judges Jumping Compensatlon Plan Tops Leglon Meeung Program, Acceptance Of Compromlse Expected At C[\lcago. 28.—A four-point com- vital business to come on’s 15th annual conven- Bugling and Fifing Keep CHICAGO, I, Sept. 28.— If playing in a drum corps is your idea of elemental, rudimentary musicianship, hearken to the niceties re- quired of American Legian drum and bugle corps who participate in the National Legion tournament. First, it requires eight judges to note and judge the five different points that go to make up a corps’ tournament score. One of them judges uni- forms and general appear- ance; another times cadence; two rule on general march- ing ability; two on drums ming ability, and two on bugle and fife-playing abil- ity. Besides, there are two time keepers armed with stop watches. In scoring, inspection will count for 10 points, cadence for 10, marching and man- euvering, 40; drummi\'rng, 20, and bugling and fifing, 20. o0 0 g00e0 e ®es00000c00000 0 4. That compensation rights giv- en to widows and orphans be not reduced. Support of NRA Expected The stand the convention is vir- tually certain to take on two other matters has been forcast by offi-, cers, chief of which is National Commander Louis Johnson's state- ment that the legion is prepared to back to the utmost President Roose- velt’'s NRA plan. Col. William Matheny, national World’s Fair to H lp Draw Veterans to Sessior Chicage will play host to the nation’s American Legion leaders October 2 to 5, with the World's Fair offering the conventicn goers an added attraction. Ed Hayes (upper right) of Decatur, IIL, author of a four-point compensation plan which is one of the most important pieces of business before the assembly, is expected to be elected the new National Ccmmander. left), Chief of Staff of the Army, navy to London treaty strength and will further urge bringing the army | to greater peace-time strength with emphasis on bringing equipment, particularly airplanes, up to date. defense officer of the Tllinois or- ganization, predicts the legion wm| stand behind Secretary Swanson's| recommendation for building the; 138,000 persons The convention's big parade Oc- tober 3—from 10 in the morning to 7 at night—is expected to find in uniform, 16 abreast, marching from the site of Fort Dearborn, the Michigan avenue bridge, down the boulevard, through Grant park into Soldier field stadium. < A post of honor in the stadium reviewing stand will be occupied by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff of the army. Gen. Douglas MacArthur (upper occupy a post of henor in the parade reviéwing stand. National championships in indi- vidual drum and bugle playing, in drum and bugle corps and bands, and in platoon drilling, will hold an important place on the con- vention program, as usual. About 450 bugle corps and 60 bands are expected, though only about 100 of the corps will compete. SR Case of Ford and NRA Reveals:REMSTEREn MAI Enmities Within Big Industry; Officials Just Watch and Wait By BYRON PRICE (Chief Of Bureau, The Associabedl Press, Washington) i The case of Henry Ford furn-| ishes a prime illustration of how the incidental enmities within in-! dustries, as well as the traditional | industry and labor, have been rais- | ed to white heat in the great melting pot of the NRA. Like steel, coas, oil, and all of the other greaf pillars of American commerce, the automobile mduszryl is passing through a test from which it may never emerge the‘ same. . i Ford has been looked upon as the world’s leading personification of | rugged individualism in business. He has eyed his business rivals' FORD IN DILEMMA There has beeu a keen under- standing in Washington of the dilemma confronting Mr. Ford when | his competitors and others in the | trade got together on a code. Some strong words have been spoken, | and overshadowing enmity between but in the main the attitude to- ward him has been one of notice- 'able restraint. As officials of the NRA heard| the story, Ford found himself in/ three-fold difficulties. He was askéd to co-operate with the rest of the trade, possibly to end up by opening his books to the N. A. C. C, and that was against his whole philosophy. He saw the possibility of such a | scrambling of interest as might eventually drive him back to the IS STOLEN FROM BOSTON STATION Four Robbers Plan Suc- cessful Coup — Loot Valued $100,000 BULLETIN — BOSTON, Sept. 28.—It was announced late this afterncon that the loot secured in the robbery may run as high as $200,000. BOSTON; Mass., Sept. .28 —Three sacks of registered mail, said to contain money and valuables esti- mated by Postal officials to be worth more than $100,000, were stolen from the South Station, this morning. Four meh were in on the robbery from a far distance, never asph‘qaccepted form of bank financing|and they fled with their loot in ing to be “one of the boys~ al- ways managing to be different. Trough his Lincoln motor com- pany, he does hold nominal mem- bership in the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the trade association which drafted the auto- mobile code, but he has no repre-' sentation among the chamber’s officers and takes no part in its conduct. Some years ago he went so far as to attend one of the chamber’s annual banquets in New York—to all other motor manufacturers the great event of the year. He was welcomed with trumpets, and made the lion of the evening. He did not appear to like it, and he never went again. So with his employes, whom he views as individuals rather than as a class. And everybody knows how sisting in keeping the smelting of ores in this country, which also saves a big expénse in smelter charges to the lode mines of Al- aska. “Knowing these facts as we he broke with the bankers a doz- en years ago, and set up a Ford treasure chest in Detroit, to fin- ance his operations in a manner all his own. which he swore long ago to have none of. He envisaged unionization of his employes on a scale entirely de- | stroying the individualism he had fostered so zealously for so many years. The more thoughtful around the NRA were not surprised when he hesitated and took time to think it over. WATCHING AND WAITING In the midst of fhe thinking over, word trickled into Washing-| ton that Mr. Ford might find it possible to go along, as a patriouc sacrifice, if the President would preserve the individualistic touch by openly sending for him and more or less publicly asking for @ his help. The President was in Hyde Park General Johnson, anxious to get Ford in, but uncertain how far & go, ‘got “on the telephone. |an automobile. The thieves concealed themselves in telephone booths near the re- ceiving room of the postal station and rushed the trucks as the reg- tered mail was removed ta be placed aboard trains. Reemployment \In August Shows Increase WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. —Re-employment of 815,000 persons during August, with more than eleven million still jobless was estimated yesterday by President Wil- liam Green of thé American Federation of Labor. At the same time, the Labor Chief said relief needs during the coming winter will be great- e er than ever before. {Income of 57 |Railroads Show Big Increase . NEW YORK, Sept. 28— e PFigures received from the e first 57 railroads to report e for August show an aggre- e gate net operating income e of $51,054,000 against $25- e 810,000 in August 1932. . . 0000000000 ———ev——— STOCK PRICES MOVE UPWARD; ADVANGES HELD Many Shares Recover Loss- es Sustained in Yes- terday’s Decline NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Stocks moved up quietly, many issues recovering some of the territory surrendered in yesterday's decline. Leaders held advances from around one to two points but with the trading volume dying below yes- terday. Today's close was fairly firm. Activity was again retarded by inflationary uncertainties. Transfers today were shares. Bonds were off. 1,400,000 and corn lost one cent or more a bushel. Professionals were responsible for most of the price changes. Homestake jumped 29 points. United States Smelting jumped four points and MclIntyre Porcupine | about three points, Other Advances American Smelting went up two points, National Distillers four (Continued on Page Two) CUNFESSIUN 1S MADE OFFICERS BY GEO, KELLY 1 |Acknowledges Participa-| tion in Kidnaping of Oklahoma Man DENIES ROBBERY AND K.C. MASSACRE Ransom Share -Found Bur- ied—Two Farmers to Be Prosecuted MEMPHIS, Texas., Sept, 28. — Department of Justice Agents announced last night that George “Machine Gun” Kelly acknowledged participa- tion in the Charles F. Urschel kidnaping. “You got me right on the Urschel job but not on the Chicago robbery or Kansas City Union Station job,” Agent W. A. Roper said Kel- ly admitted. Kelly would not amply his | statement. Will Face Trial Kelly and his wife have |abandoned plans to fight ex- tradition and agreed to m-* turn to Oklahoma City to face kidnaping charges on October 9. Meanwhile United States agents uncovered $73,250 buried under a tree in a Texas cotton field. This loot was Kelly's share of the Urschel ransom. OTHERS IMPLICATYD ABELINE, Texas, Sept. 28.—Of- ficers who unearthed the $73,250 ransom money, said two farmers are linked in the case and will be prosecuted. One of the farmers, Cass Cole- man, is an uncle of Mrs. Kelly on whose farm the money was found. The other is Will Case, who lives 15 miles east of Coleman’s, He giving refuge to Kelly while he hunted for the ransom money. Coleman will conspiracy. LABOR UNREST IS SPREADING, PENNSYLVANIA Strikes Spread from Coal Mine to Steel Mills— 75,000 Men Out ~ PITTSBURGH, Penn., Sept. 28.— Labor unrest has spread from the coal mines to the mills of the in- dustrial area enlisting steel work- ers to walkout. The movement was begun by the coal diggers demanding union recognition. More than 75000 men are idle in the Western Pennsylvania dis- trict. Strikes expected RECEIVES WORD OF DEATH OF RELATIVE J. D. van Atta, through the columns of the -Covington (Ohio) Tribune-Gazette, learned of the sudden death of his brother's wife, Mrs. George W. Van Atta. A one column and a half obituary ap- peared on the first page of tne newspaper, a write-up of the social literary and Christian work of Mrs van Atta which speaks well of the deceased’s poularity and congenial home life. She was for years cily editor of the weekly newspaper. About 50 relatives from various towns or cities in Ohio attended the funeral services. Mr. Van Atta also received ad- vices that his nephew, Clayton Weatherby, has been appointed As- sistant Secretary to Gov. George White, of Ohio. in steel areas are not has been arrested on a charge of | be charged with i loo.o..o'-oo.oo FEARS FELT FOR SAFETY, SHERIFF NEEL, OF INDIANA No Trace Found of Official Abducted by Escap- ing Prisoners POSSES FAIL TO MAKE ANY CAPTURES Ten Desperate, Determined Convicts Are Roaming at Large in East CHE STERTON, Indiana, Sept. 28. — Growing appre- hension for the safety of Sheriff Charles Neel, of Cory- don, Indiana, is felt. It is be- lieved he has been put to death by four cf ten convicts who slugged and shot their way to freedom from the State Prison at Michigan City late Tuesday. The convicts have been reporied as seen in several places bu' non have been captured. To Find Sheriff { _Senrch is now concentrated o.. finding Sheriff Neel rather than on the capture of the convicts. The four desperate and determ- ined convicts, when escaping from the prison, took the Sheriff along as hostage in his automobile. The car, a wreck, was found near dense |woods. The woods were searched by an army of citizens and officers but no trace found. The other six convicts fled in a different direction. —_————— SCHOOL GROWTH PORTRAYED FOR for Kelly’s share of the Urschel| LOCAL CHAMBER Public School Attendance Here Grows 181 Per Cent in 14 Years The remarkable rate of growth of the school enrolment in the Juneau Public Schools in the past 14 years was porirayed for the Chamber of Commerce today by M. L. Mer- ritt, member of the local School |Board, who formally welcomed the | faculty of the elementary school at today's Chamber luncheon. The teachers of that institution were guests of the Chamber today. Dr. Philip S. Smith, Alaska Rep- resentative of the Public Works Administration, was greeted by the Chamber and said he hoped to attend future meetings and discuss his work at a later date. Growth Is Steady In welcoming the teaching staff, Mr. Merritt assured them of the deep interest of the Chamber and the entire community in the schiools, the work that is being done there, and in the faculty. Citing statistics furnished him by Superintendent R. S. Raven, he said that between 1918-19, when the present elementary school build- ing was erected, and 1927 when the high school structure was built, the average daily attendance increased from 252 to 430, a growth of 70 per cent. Between 1927 and the present time the growth was 65 per cent, average daily attendance jumping from 430 to 709. The growth from 1918-18 to date—252 to 709—was 181 per cent. In 1931, he added, the average daily attendance was 589; in 1932, 641. These figures, he pointed out, showed that the growth is not a " (Continued on Pnza Two) e ® 0 9000 90 0 90 g 00 . . GOLD PRICE . . WASHINGTON, Sept, 28— ® —The Treasury Department e announces today's price of e gold as $31.05 an ounce: .