The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 23, 1933, Page 1

S B RECOGCNITION NOW 'T BIG SPECULATION THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS 'VOL. XLIL, NO. 6476. SITUATION OVER RUSSIA GAUSES Subject Only Second for Discussion in National 'RIG DIRIGIBLE REACHES > . Capital Today . PROSPECTIVE TRADE ANGLES ARE VIEWED - | Recognition Challenges At-| tention of Many Fac- tories in America | WASHINGTON, Oct. 23—Rus-| sian recognition today eclipsed dis- armament, Cuba and war debis| in discussions in official Washing- ton with the recovery plan as the | ‘major subject of conversations. | Prospective Russian trade | viewed with a promising stimula- tion of cotton and pork products, | also copper and machinery busi- nesses in this country. Electrical and agricultural im- plements are immediately influ-} enced by revival of relations talk.| Soviet Foreign Affairs Commis- sar Litvinof's statement at the World Economic Conference in London that Russia is a potential| customer for one billion dollars’ W of raw materials and ma-| chinery challenged the auenuon" of American factories short on| orders, and farmers ~without a market TRAVELS INCOGNITO MOSCOW, Oct. 23—It is an nounced today that Commissar of | Foreign Affal Litvinof will trav-| el incognito to the United States| for the recognition conferences. The route and date of his depart- ure has not been made public. JAPAN IS NOT WORRIED OVER | 1. S. - RUSSIA War Minister Curtly Says| There Need Be No Ap- | prehension Felt I | | | 1 | TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 23.—War| Minjster Sadao Ariki curtly declar-| the prospect American recognition of the Soviet Union.” A Foreign Office Spokesman said | “Japan would welcome resumption | of normal relations of her two powerful neighbors. Such develop-| ment will in no way alter Japan’s| policy toward Russia or Japan's position in the Orient.” | To the suggestion that recogni-f tion might stiffen Moscow'’s atti- tud toward Japan, the Foreign Office Spokesman said: | “T cannot ses how the Soviet attitude could be stiffer.” | IKILLEDIN AUTO ACCIDENT Six Others Are Reported Seriously Injured in Seattle SEATTLE, Oct. 23.—Earl Thomp- son, aged 22, former University o!l Washington student, was killed in| an auto accident returning home from a dance, and an unidentified | man died after being taken to a hospital. The car was struck in| the dark in a rain storm by an-| other car. | Miss Virginia Steele, Miss Gladys | Collins, Lester Bailey, Kenneth Birge, Miss Gladys Tutmark and| Harvey Wilson were injured se- riously in other auto accidents Sunday. —— The crop of squirrels is unusu- ally large in Ohio this year, hunt~ ers report. i | pushed HOME PORT The U.S.S. Macon as it arrived at Moffett Field, Cal., new base for the craft south of San Francisco. The giant hangar can be seen in the background while the Macon is tied sociated Press Photc) STOCK PRICES TAKE ADVANCE £00D TRADING Metal Issues Lead as Fav- orites—Sort of Boom Market Today NEW YORK, Oct. 22 forward vigorously in response to the President’s gold control plan. Althqugh the had little appearance of a market, mental issues led in covery but all groups participated in late profit taking that shaded gains. Today’s close was firm. Transfers totalled over shares. 2,000,000 Take Spurt Leading issues spurted on? to five or more points during the first houY, but the trading rush soon quieted down and dullness ruled thereafter. Gold Favorites Gold stocks e favorites, al- though grains finished strong with two to more than 4 cents a bushel advance. The dollar slumped sharply. Bonds were a trifle irregular. Homestake Up Homestake ‘jumped 40 points, U. S. Smelting gained 10 points. McIntyre-Porcupine, ~American Smelting, DePasco, Alaska Juneau, Allied Chemical, Sears, Dupontand Case were up 4 to 6 points. Issues up 1 to 3 or more points | included American Can, General Motors, Western Union, some rails, Chrysler, American Telephone, United Aircraft and some alcohols. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 23—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau min2 (Continuei on Page Two) — e THOUSANDS OF MEN RETURN TO JOBS, 2 MONTHS Shorter Hours Necessary, However, to Take Up Slack, Says Labor WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — Or- ganized labor has found that one million, seven hundred thousand more men went back to work in August and September, but reit- erated the contention that only, shorter hours will provide jobs' for ten million, eighty-nine thou- sand said to still remain unem- ployed, o i to the mobile mooring mast. (As- MAJOR STUART, FORESTRY HEAD, DIES FROM FALL Ins(anlaneo’usifi[)eath Fol- lows Fall from Seventh Floor of Wash. Bldg. News of the death of Major ; Robert Young Stuart, Chief of the Forestry Service, as the result of a fall from a building in Wash- ington, D. C., was received this morning by Charles H. Fiory, Re- gional Forester in the following wire from Forestry headquarters: “With deep' regret ' announce death of Major Stuart this morn- ing by fall from seventh floor of Atlantic Building. Death” believed instantaneous.” Major Stuart was born February 13, 1883, in Carlisle, Pa. He was graduated in 1903 from Dicken- son College in Pennsylvania and (Continued on Pagz Two) FARMERS SEEK NEW ALLIANCE IN NAT. STRIKE Railway Trainmen to Be Urged to Join Move- ment, High Prices DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 23— Seeking new allies, leaders of the Natlonal Farm strike said they hoped to put a dent into the na- tion's food baskef Milo Reno, President of the National Farmers' Holiday Associa- tion, hurried to Chicago today to confer with A. F. Whitney, of Cleveland, President of the Rail- way Trainmen, in an attempt to win that organizafion’s moral sup- port in a drive to obtain pro:luc-| cost of farm products. Reno characterized President Roosevelt's assurance last night that farm prices would be raised, as pure sophistry. TRUCKS ARE HALTED SIOUX CITY, lowa, Oct. 23— A few produce trucks bound for here have been halfed on the high- tion . ways by pickets but thers has heen no - disorder. WHEAT IS MOVING BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 23 —Wheat continued to move out of the state despite the embargo of the Governor. Sheriffs are expected 1o enforce the order that no wheat shall be shipped until higher prices prevail, ( FOR LIQUOR SALE Relative Merits Are Dis- cussed by Rockefeller, Jr., Committee e | NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—There is made public today a. portion of the results, shortly to be published, of a study, sponsored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., ducted by Raymond B. Fosdici and Albert L. Scott. “The test of all plans is in their practical operation. It is not pos= {sible to compare American experi- ence under a license system with experience under a State aleohol authority, because no American State has ever operated under the {latter plan. “Experience abroad, though sug- | gestive, is, because of marked dif- | ferences in social conditions, far {from conclusive. Perhaps the most | nearly comparable is the Canadian | experience, under which in eight lof the nine Provinces, both Pro- | hibition and licens have been abandoned in favor of the State {monopoly system. Our own careful investigations in Canada indicate that the systems are working with reasonable success. Although the | Canadians have by no means solved all the difficulties, they are making distinct and intelligent progress. We [found in Canada widespread ap- |proval of the underlying idea ol State monopoly. Few desire tc ve- ‘tturn to the license system. Plans Contrasted “Let us examine more speciiically the inherent points of strength |and weakness in the public mon- opoly and private license plans in |dealing with such matters as sales timulation, advertising, price con- | tro), character of liquor sales shops temperance education and liability to graft and corruption. | “It should be observed, first of |all, that the objective is the same {under both plans, namely, to place the sale of liquor undcr a series of restrictions devised to curtail |excessive consumption. The only difference lies in the method of achieving this object. The licensin: system endeavors to establish these | controls through negative rules, regulations, conditions and taxes, imposed from without, upon private {enterprise, which necessarily is con- ducted for personal profit. The State Authority plans endeavors to impose these controls through posi- tive management from within 2 public enterprise conducted for the benefit of society. Sales Stimulation what way do these differ- lences in method of control affec the problem of sales stimulation The answer is obvious. Under a State monopoly system, the liquor would be sold directly by the State through a chain of stores, the profits turned into the State treas- ury, and that would be the end of lit. No individual connected with the retail sale would gain one pen- |ny by reason of his sales, nor would ikus employment be imperiled if failed to show good sales retur as might be the case in privau | trade. “In harmony with the underlyin ‘princlple of the Authority, thr salaried employees waiting on th customers in the wvarious Stat |stores would be under strict super (Continued on Page Three) ban Vital Element CHESTERTON, Maryland, O 23.—-Receiving ths Honorary De- gree at the historic Washingto College last Saturday afternoor President Roosevelt called on!t nation for the “spirit of co-opera- tion of Colonial Days.” Disdaining the five year ten year programs of some couln tries which has no dictator, "W and STATEMONOPOLY. W orld’s Fair Awaits Arrival of Graf Z LICENSE SYSTEM! GOVERNMENT TO BUY AND SELL GOLD of the problem o!_ liquor control. The study was con- { The portion | made public today, comparing the * State monopoly system with. the |license system of liquor contrel, follows: i The Graf Zeppelin, famous German airship, pitcured here with a throng that gathered to see it moored, will visit the Chicago World's Fair, probably October 25, Inset: Dr. Hugo Eckener, who_is i command of the dirigible when i¢ ‘arrives at he B<position. £OLD AND WIND BREAK RECORDS THIS SECTION New Weather Record of 13| Degrees Reached Sunday Morning—Wind Bad Juneau has a new cold weather record for October, established Sunday morning at 6 o'clock when the Weather Bureau registered 13 degrees above zero. The fifty year record was broken Saturday when the thérmomete went below 20 degrees minimum of | fifty years ago. Since the new was reached Sunday morning, the temperature had only gained two degrees at 10:30 today when the thermometers were regisleringine. Graf will be moored in Wash - | 15 degrees above zero. It's Windy, Too is nmot just the cold that is making Jungau ncomfortable. It the wind—a cold East more northeasterly than usual be outdone by the tempe > wind is breaking records t0o. 10:45 a. m. today the wind sistered a veloclty of 37 miles T per hour. The veloclty registered is for a fiye minute period. and does mot take into account the gusts that blow pedestrians off their feet, break windows and tear chimneys down. Last year the most severe winds registered w: in September when a strong South east wind registered a velocity of 31 miles an hour, and in’ Feb- ruary when a North wind of the ¢ ume velocitys was recorded Weather May Change R. C. Mize, Meteorolog charge of the U. S. Wi reau, gives a little encour o the freezing population 1eau, In spite of the (vontinued on Page Two) of Ju- “Spirit of Cooperation” Is for Recovery; can, I think, move further our goal without giving mite term of years,” but he phasized the spirit of co-opera a vital element for recovery ion “We have accomplished much German we bears. in the last’ few months but | instruments | climax |that has brought millions to { | | lington Park, only a short distance! ynaple to take the seaplane of wind, |y, in| ong President Urges All 1o Help ' toward | of a def- days and 18 hours, approximately, em- in actual flight. MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 23. The Zeppelin, enroute to Chicago, was sighted early this forenoon and later it was moored at the Opalocak Naval Base for a one-day stop. GOING TO FAIR CHICAGO, Ill, Oct. 23. ‘The Graz Zeppelin is expected to arrive here Thursday. The Graf, the most successful and one of the largest of all light- er-than-air craft, endeared itself to Chicagoans on an earlier visit in 1929-30. Its visit to the Fair will give hundreds of thousand of out- of-town visitors an opportunity to view the thrilling spectacle it pre- sents. Its visit to will come as a fitting the great Exposition the lake shore city all summer and fall. It is expected to bring a record crowd for the final week of the ir, which comes to a close Octo- Moored Near Fair Latest developmenus Indicate that from the south end of the Fair. Tentative schedule calls for the Zeppelin to return to Akron Octo- er arrying a load of excursion pas- isengers from the United States Oc- tober 28. It will reach Seville, Spain, October 30, and will land at its home port in Friederich- shafer October 31. The Graf Zeppelin is the only dirigible in the world which main- tains regular international com- mercial and freight schedule. makes scheduled flights from Ger- iany to Spain and Brazil. According to latest figures from the log book of the ship, it has made a total of 336 voyages. It traveled a total distance of 431,250 miles in 7,100 hours, an average of more than 60 miles an It has carried 17,500 p: besides a considerable hour. sengers, zement | mount of mail and freight. Proves Air Travel Safe During the entire year 1932 the Graf traveled exaectly according to chedule, except for two trips where the; was a delay of 24 hours Passenger lists and the amount of mail rried have steadily inereased as the ship has done more and more to prove that transoceanic air voyages are a safe and practical lit The airship in 1929 made a flight around the world, traveling a total 49,617 miles, and spending 13 The Graf Zeppelin is the 117th p of the type invented by the Count whose name it was designed to demon- It can't reach a goal in a couple of strate the technical and economical months,” the President said The President returned to the White House last Saturday night possibilities of trans-oceanic airship traffic by making long trips to for- (Continued on Page Three) 27. From there it will leave,! It} PLANE PARTY - FROM JUNEAU ‘Barnhill-Merrill Craft Down | on Mud Flats Seven. One Half Days CORDOVA, Alaska, Oct. |Pilot H. W. Barnhill and party | | aboard a Lockheed seaplane, were | marooned on the mud flats of Icy| Bay for seven and one-half days| , when a plugged gasoline feed line| | forced a landing. The party ar-| | rived here Sunday and left later | { for Anchorage. | | The party is composed of Pilot | Barnhill, Mrs. Ralph Merrill and| | her two young sons, Bob and Bill, | and Chester McLean, co-pilot Barnhill and Mrs. Merrill | were f| | the mud until it froze and then used wooden rollers to get it into deep water. One pontoon was punctured, but this did not interfere seriously with ‘thn operation of the seaplane. | Their food ran low but tl shot and ate a goose and fox | Pilot Barnhill and Mrs. Merrill | will operate the seaplane under the name of the Alaska Air Ex- | press, Inc. The Barnhill-Merrill party took off from the Alaska Southern Air- | way’s hangar in Juneau at 10:15 o'clock Saturday morning, Octo- ber 14, enroute from Los Angeles ,to Anchorage. - RIVERS RISING ARGUND SEATTLE Floods z\n; ”Tl'rn‘ealeneda Chinook Melts Snow— Rain Falls Heavily Oct. 23.—Rising riv- a flood in King after a week-end winds and rain which persons to spend a on the Sea Scout befére rescued. nd, reaching a s an hour, melt- the the mountains night ed N MAR(]UNEDf NEW PROPOSAL 1S ANNOUNCED BY ROOSEVELT {President Tells Nation of | His General Recov- ery Policies CHISELERS RAPPED BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE {Government Credit, Sound Currency Discussed on Sunday Night WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt last night announced the creation of a Government market for gold and easing of the gold embargo in tell- ing the Nation of his recovery pol- icies. With the firm assertion “We are on our way” and standing | firmly by his Recovery program, | the President rapped chiselers of the NRA. | He assured the increase in ag- | riculture prices with the words i f we cannot do it one way, we will do it another.” 1 Sound Currency { The' Presitlent promised main- tenance of Government credit and “a sound currency.” The Chief Executive announced that the dollar will be revalued ‘aftor the restoration of the price level President Roosevelt put the op- eration of the Government market for newly mined gold under the administration of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation and said: | Buy and Sell “Whenever the necessary end is in view we shall also buy or sell gold on the world market. This is a policy not expedient and it is not to be used merely to offset the temporary fall of prices. We are thus continuing to move to- wards managed currency. Government Credit “My aim in making this step is to establish and maintain con- tinuous control of the Govern- ment credit, maintained on sound curréney that will accompany the rise of the American commodity price level.” The President has authorized the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration to buy gold newly mined in the United States “at prices to be determined from time to |time after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.” On the Way The President sajd “our trouble will not be over tomorrow but we are on our way and headed in the right direction.” The President made no refer- ence to the situation in the farm area but said that while farm (Continued on Page Two) STABILIZATION IDEA IS SEEN INFD. . MOVE Comment Caused Abroad Over President’s Plan to Buy, Sell Gold . NEW YORK, Oct —The an- nouncement by President Roosevelt that the United States will go into the market and purchase gold is interrogated in some for- eign capita according to Asso- ciated Press dispatches received here, as an indication America has decided on stabilization on a sound money basis League of Geneva viewed n's circles at the announcement as a move toward stabilized cur- rency, some of the prominent members commenting that the rise of prices would make payment of fixed charges easier. Paris observers saw virtual sta- bilization in the plan. One prom- N d starting the rivers rising > — Ohio has a 271-acre rabbit farm ,for which vermin-pfoof fence cost $10,000, inent official described the plan as a rejection of inflation with the “inflationary bubble broken." No comment was received early today from Berlin, B AKING SPOTLIGHT