The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 27, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIL, NO. 6480. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1933, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS OFFICIALS OF RECOVERY ACT PLAN LEGAL ACTION NEW G@VERNMENT PLAN LAUNCHED DOLLAR CONTROLl POLICY STARTED BY GOLD BUYING & Bl Dollars, 6] Notes, Placed in Hands of Pres. Roosevelt R. F. C. SECURITIES BACKED BY GOVT. + May Be Qufi; Converted Into Cash Under Fi- nancial System WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—A half: billion dollar lever for lifting com- modity prices is in President Roos-| evelt's hands ready to be used in| shaping the gold price levels. * The Reconstruction Fihance Cor- poration has made the amount available to finance the dollar con- trol policy. 2 money is.in the form of Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion notes for tue purchase of newly mined gold. The notes have been made quick- ly convertible into cash by the face declaration they are conditionally guaranteed by " United States.” Just how much gold will be needed by these notes which ma- ture February 1, next year, on which gold owners get one quflrter of one percent per annum discount is uncertain and ma; from day to day. TODAY'S GOLD PRICE WASHINGTON, Oct. 27—The of gold today is $31.76 as ounced by the Treasury De- partment. Officials did not reveal whether any particular formula | will| be prescribed for determina-' tion of the daily figure al] hou"h it said it will not necessarily advanc: every day. —a————— ALBERT SARRAUT FORMS CABINET, FRENCH NATION New Premie?s_ Attitude on Debt Owing to U. S. Is Not Indicated PARIS, Oct. raut, early today announced that as new French Premier, he has formed a new Ministry which var- ies little from the Cabinet of for- mer Premier Daladier who has been made Minister of War. Thirteen Radical Socialists are in the new Cabinet. Sarraut’s attitude on the debt| question owing the United tSates is not disclosed 5 AMERICANS ACQUITTED IN COURT, SPAIN Absolve diof Assaulting Civil Guard—Prose- cutor Is Harsh PALMA, MALLORCA, Oc. 27— Five Americans charged. with as- saulting a Civil Guard were ac- quitted yesterday following a five- hour secret session of a military court held in the prison here. Terms of six years and one day were asked by the prosecutor for| each American on the groundsthe alleged offense Was an . attack upon the armed forces of Spain. The charges werz based on an alleged attack on a Civil Guard during. a disturbance in a local hotel. ———r——— NORMA BURFORD CONFINED TO HOME WITH ILLNESS Miss Norma Burford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Burford is c"n) jed to her home in the Spick- ctt | ipartments with mumps. “fully | the| 27.—Albert Sar-| | European court circles are agog at Marie Jose of Belgium. the reported rift in the domestic life of Crown Prince Umberto of Italy and his wife, the former Princess It is said recent visit of Belgian Premier de Broquevelle to Rome was to urge Premier Mussolini and Pope Pius to intercede for marital peace. They were married in 1930. LITVINOFF IS NOW BOUND FOR UNITED STATES S, o eign Affairs to Talk with Roosevelt RECOGNITION WILL Official’s Route Unknown —Mystery, Secrecy Surrounds Trip MOSCOW, Oct. 27.— Traveling incognito and surrounded by the im Litvinof, Foreign Affairs Com- missar, a private car attached to Berlin train and started on his journey to. the United States to begin negotiations with President Franklin D. Roosevelt looking to American recognition which Ru»ia has been waiting 16 years. Litvinoff's route lay via Warsaw. The Commissar refused to break his silence regarding plans or in- dicate the route to be followed on the trip to the United States. His time of arrival in Washington is also indefinite. < 3 APPOINTMENTS " MADE BY JUDGE ‘G F. ALEXANDER LeFevre Reappomted Here —Commissionenrs for Sitka, Wrangell Three appoiniments were made public today by Judge George F. Alexander of the Federal Di Court and others, he said b: made in the ngar futur { Judge H. B. LeFevre, pioneer lanycr of this city, former Unit- jed States Commissioner and presi- dent of the Juneau Bar la- tion, was reappointzd as Referee in Bankruptey, a position he I held for the past eight years. is a Republican. James B. McGrath, Sitka busi- ness man and long-time resident |of that city, was named as Unit- ed States Commissioner for that precinct, to succeed Judge R. W. | DeArmond, present incumbent who has held that office for more than |a decade. Judge McGrath will " teke over the office on November | He " John W. Stedman, well-known Wrangell resident, was named as TUnited States Commissioner there, succeeding Judge Chisholm, ap- pointed some two years ago by then District Judge Justin W. | Harding. The. new ‘Commissioner | will enter his duties on November Consideration is being given to similar offices at other communi- ties throughout the Division, Judge Alexander said. Additional ap- pointments are expected to be made by him within a short time. ——————— J. E. BLAND PASSES AWAY AT ST. ANN'S J. E. Bland, for the last twenty years a resident of Douglas, Ai- aska, passed away at 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at St. Ann's | Hospital as the result of a stroke of paralysis with which he was ta- ken to the hospital yesterday morn- ing. Mr. Bland is survived by three daughters who make their homes in Juneau, Mrs. George Martin, Mrs. Ed. Jewell and Mrs. William Converse, and two sons, Sam and Ear] Bland. i Funeral arrangemetns, which are {under the direction of the C. W. ‘camr Mortuary, are not yet com- pleted. — e — The First Presbyteran Church of East Cleveland, O. has realized $200 this season from the sale of garden produce raised on a farm loperated by the church. JITTERS HAVE BROKEN OVER WALL STREET Government t Control of Ex- changes Sends Shock Up Spines NEW YORK, Oct. 27. — Wall Street is beginning to have jitters over the prospect of Fed- eral legislation to regulate changes as the result of a con- ference of Richard Whitney, Pres- the | RECOENITION SERIOUS FOR | ) Nippon Ambassador Gives Views in Montreal—No War with Russia MONTREAL, Oct. 27.—Recogni- tion of the Soviet Government by | the Umted States would be a * | jous matter’ to Japan, | pointed aneneie Ambassador to Sweden, Toshio Shiratori said fident of the New York Stock E: change, with Pr Although the s talk is not disclosed, it the President is preparing to ask Congress for legislation. to bring exchanges under Government con- trol. of their B — GOVERNMENT T0 KEEP WATCH ON ALL INDUSTRIES Self—Govem;e_nt Permitted| Only in Case Real Capacity Shown WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—NRA’s code enforcement policy has def- initely manifested that industries will be entrusted to sclf-govern- ment only to the extent that they show a capacity for responsibility to help them organize o they can be depend:d on to do their own policing, Administrator Johnson de- tailed to Gen. T. S. Hammond, of Chicago, who is to be the head HOSP]TALTHURSDAY of the code enforcement commis- sion. Out of the experience of the past four months, NRA officials said they have learned that ing trade associations enough or sufficiently grated as yet to tak> government of their are strong well inte- over full component firms in a small industrial repub-| lic created by each code MACON IN FO8 FLIES T0 SEA LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oet. 27— The dirigible Macon, making a practice cruise, ran into fog off the coast and was forced fo take to the open sea to avoid possible collision with, mountain peaks, ac- cording to a radio received from , the air craft, is known| few exist-| when enroute to his post. “Of course it is their business .| but if the United States advanc money to Soviet Russia it will help | consolidate Russia’s economic af- | fairs- and also help Communist propaganda work in the Far East,” said Shiratori. Regarding the possibilities of war, the Japanese Ambassador said he could not visualize the United States as an aggressor mation, while on the other hand domestic politics and econmics are claiming the entire attention of the Soviets. “As for Japan, there is abso- lutely no reason why we should want war with Russia, All we ganda throughout the Far East.” said the Ambassador. TUNNEL WORK WILL START SHORTLY AT PINTA BAY SHOWIN Work on a 300-foot tunnel on the property of the New Chicha- gof Mines Syndicate at Pinta Bay is expected to start within a short time, according to Robert M: Combs, member of the organ tion in charge of preliminary ar | rangements. A shipment of sup- plies went out from here last on the motorship Estebeth, c signed to Ole Twedt, in charge © exploratory work on the ground Camp facilities already ha: been established and a small c of men will be employed fhrou out the winter, Mr. McCombs sai Necessary equipment for drivin the tunnel is at the camp. The main showing is said to be bu a short distance from tidew. and winter weather conditions in no way interfere with the wor planned for the immediate ture. “Thg Pinta Bay property W The de- eral authoritative sources. work mnow being started will termine to a large extent the ton- nage avajlable, and it is hoped that machinery will have be¢ installed by next Spring and tensive mining in progress, McCombs asserted. Mr capi- financed entirely by tal, local JAPAN NATION newly ap- ‘ oviet Commissar of For- BE DISCUSSED NOW/| 1 | | i want is for Russia to stop propa-| utmost mystery and secrecy, Max=| left Moscow last night infs the |- Farm Problem Is Still Big C (&) | . . . . ° ° ° . . . . . . . . . . . . EINSTEINS WHISKED FROM BOAT TO AVOID CROWD‘ Prof. Albert Einstein, noted scientist, and Mrs. Einstein are shown as they left their ocean liner t: poard a tug in New York harbor when theéy arrived from Europe. They were whisked away in seclusion, apparentiy to avoid any Nazi demonstration. At Princeton, N. J.,, Dr. Einstein will spend the winter ip research work. (Associated Press Photos) Problem;New 4 oast Guard utter Dresses p “Navy Day” In observance of “Navy Day” October 27, the Unit- ed States Coast Guard cut- ter Tallapoosa is dressed up with flags of all nations to- day. Navy Day was established by the Navy League of the United States, to coincide with the birthday of Theo- dore Roosevelt, considered the father of the present United States Navy, and is everywhere observed by Na- val men as a day on which to bring the purpose and needs of the Navy before the people. STOCK PRICES MOVE UPWARD, - QUIET TRADING GOnly a Little Over m One illion Shares Are Transferred Today — Stocks a 27, following NEW YORK, Oct. oved upward today rally of grains, despite quiet trad- ec ng. appt Another gold to was a The market sentiment i consideérably improved vance of the price of 76 an ounce scemingly »f | minor factor. Today's close was firm. Trans- fers were a little over one million I hares. Grains gained one to more than two cents a bushel. all w s |heavy. The sterling lost more the stamp of approval from sev-|lhree cents. a a The curb was strong Bonds were irregular tire day. Buyers, Sellers Puzzled Buyers and sellers were gener- ly puzzled when the gold rate as raised 22 cents and foreign xchanges contradictorily turned than during the Equities were mulled about over narrow range. Wheat Jumps There was some last minute n|profit teking until wheat jumped sout three cents a bushel Cotton firmed. National Distillers held a four- The project, he added, is beine POt gain. U. 8. Smeiting, Allied Chemical, (Continued on Page Six) Legislation to Come Before Next Congress By BYR/ PRIC (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington The farm legislation seems to be in the cards for the January session of Congress. Administra- tion leaders want changes in the relief law, and a variety of pro- posals to try something entirely, different are incubating in other quarters, There is no indication the Pres- ident has lost faith in the relief policy which he frankly proposed 15 “an experiment,” or has any in- tention of abandoning it. Any su tions from him or his admin- istrators probably will favor the: strengthening of the new law. The relief act is rounding out| its first six months of life. Its ipporters do not deny that the farm problem is still a problem. It is a matter of record that in several respects the farmers them- elves have withheld the co-opera- tion necessary for full success; that unrest is appearing again in the farm belt; that the gap be- tween the farm priess and other commodity prices is, according to government figures, wider than it was on March 4. The answer of the Roosevell farm relief pilots is that it will take time to change the funda- mental character of the agricultur- al intustry, as the present plan proposes to do, and that what is being done will turn out in the end to have been an important step in the right direition. THEORY—AND PRACTICE It is pointed out that with re- spect to the key crop—wheat— the all-important limitation of pro-' duction feature has not yet be- gun to operate. What happened about cotton has given the administration much thought, and they hope to learn from it. The trouble was that, in anticipation of a reduction pro-! gram and higher prices, many ton farmers planted capacity reage. Now millions are being paid out to recompense these farm- ers for destroying part of their crop, despite the fact that they still have left one of the biggest crops on record. The experiment of buying and \lmlghLPr\ng sows to reduce the | pig population works about the same way. The farmers simply didn't send. their sows to market, and now nobody iknu\h how many pigs will come, {into the world because the owners |saw a chance that markets were | going up. Efforts to fix milk prices have ‘mez with all sorts of resistance. a J (Continued omn Fune “Three) | (Special to The | Capt. | pleasure | | | and raise pmcr,t PRODUCTION OF GOLD IS INCREASING United Sta;és Takes Sec- . ond Place for Month of September NEW YORK, Oct, 27.—Ameri- can gold production rose in Sep- temker, the American Bureau of Metal Statistics reported today. The output totalled 271,000 fine ounces compared to 181,000 fine ounces in August. The placed the United States, for the month, in second place among the gold producing countries of the world, displacing Canada. South Africa is first. The United States is generally in third place. rise —v—eiai . HUNTERS ARE FROZEN-IN IN STIKINE RIVER Capt. Strongs Party Was Stormbound on Mary J., for Four Days WRANGELL, Oct. 27.— — ‘The rd the storm- Hough- ine yes- ascended 15 and found it to Wrangell. been formu- Alaska Empire) party craft Mary J, bound for four days at Port | ton, arrived from the terday. T jmiles up the 1 and e plans Strong craft river returned have not boats containing | moose hmm are reported froz- len in on the ri | s — HI BY THUCK; MA!_IS DEAD EVERETT, Wa . 21.—War- ‘nw Diem, aged 38 years, of Gran- ed last night as the rics when hit by a € Lester Bergan. The exonerated Bergan. USRI 4 J. W. WOODFORD RECOVERS FROM INFLUENZA ATTACK J. W. Woodford who has been \confined to his home on the Glac- jer Highway for the last week with an attack of influenza, is muchj| improrved today and expecis to be out again soom, coroner | Mich., NRA PROGRAM T0 BE TESTED OUT IN GOURT Government Plans Actions Against Ford, Steel Coal Men EXECUTIVES TO MAKE CALL AT WHITE HOUSE Auto Manu_f;;urer's Bids Rejected Although Are Lowest WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Decis- ive steps by the Government ef- fecting the Henry Ford and big steel companies’ issues, capable of bringing a constitutional test of the NRA program, have been brought into immediate prospect. Within the next few weeks Ford must either satisfy the Govern- ment he is complying with the automobile code or have his bids on important contracts discarded. Up to Steel Men men who have failed to come to terms with their workers in their coal mines as required, have been summoned to the White House next Sunday. At that time the Chief Executives of the steel interests must either “give assur- ance an agreement will bz forth- coming immediately or lay down their own prescription for working agreements in the shafts which are unlike commercial mines and send the whole output to the steel mills controlling them. A petition requesting the Presi- dent to act was left at the White House Thursday afternoon by a delegation of mine union leaders. Ford Case Court tests of either the steel Ford cases will result only if regarding steel, the executives re- fuse the President’s code, which they have done so far, or in the case of Ford in which he has submitted low bids for Govern- ment contracts which the Gov- ernment has rejected. Steel or JOHNSON'S STATEMENT Administrator Johnson said if Henry Ford fails to submit figures requested by the National Auto Chamber of Commerce within the time to be set, “I'll turn the case over to the Attorney General.” The Administrator intimated the deadline will be November 7. He said that while violation will prob- ably now be conclusive evidence of non-compliance with the auto code on the part of Ford, he does not consider Ford is now eligible o bid on Government contracts. ACT OF INJUSTICE DETROIT, Mich.,, Oct. 27.—Of- ficials of the Ford Motor Com- pany described as an act of injus- tice Administrator Johnson's state- ment he would turn the Ford case over to the Attorney General if Henry Ford fails to submit figures requested by the National Auto Chamber of Commerce under the NRA auto code terms. The officials charge Johnson with assuming the airs of a dicta- tor and said Johnson should for- tify himself with the evidence. BANK ROBBERS TAKE HOSTAGES WHEN ESCAPING Nebraska B_a;gits Pull Off Raid Late Yesterday— Get $10,000 Loot NORFOLK, Nebraska, Oct. 27.— Four robbers rushed into the Se- curity State Bank just before the closing time yesterday afternoon, grabbed about $10,000, and escaped. Five hostages were forced to ac- company them nearly one mile in two automobiles This was Nebraska's second bank robbery this week, the sum of $6- 000 being taken from the Mer- chants National Bank in Nebraska City last Tuesday afternoon. e, Homer Miller, of Fish Point, has a duck that hatched out two broods this season.