The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 6, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6488. JUNEAU, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS T0 CALL OUT TROOPS,FARM STRIKE ZONE S. LIQUOR QUESTION TO BE DECIDED TOMORROW FISTS FLY IN FASHIONABLE CLUB 6 STATES WILL VOTE TUESDAY, WINE APLENTY IF AND WHEN~— REPEAL ISSUE Only Three Have to Reg- ister “Yes™ to Wipe Out Amendment NOT ONE STATE SO FAR FOR RETENTION Various Other Issues Will Be Decided at Polls Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—(Spzc- ial by As! ted Press)) Six States will tomorrow lay down their ballots which may blot out the Eighteenth Amendment. ly three states have to regis- sentiments for- repeal te round into a finished story the adoption of the Twenty--first Amendment and supply the con- tinuity of 33 states that so far have been drafted for repeal, having voted consecutively. Not a state so far has veted for retention of the Eighteenth Amendment. Contentione Arise several of the six states voting tomorrow, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah, the is- sue will be closely drawn. Con- tentions have arisen in most of them that have been construed by many as complicating issues so as to make the outcome doubt- ful. The repealists express confidence of victory, however. Other Issues Involved Three of the states voting on repeal tomorrow have other issues involved. Ohio, in addition to consideri.nv whether to repeal State and Con- stitutional Prohibition, will con- sider proposals to amend the state’s charter in matters affecting old age pensions, county and home rule, real estate tax Hmitations, Twelve Proposals Pennsylvania will also vote on twelve proposals to amend the state constitution. One of the pro-| posals provides for local option as to Sunday observance. State Election Kentucky elects a State Legisla- ture and other issues will be be» fore the voters. New Jersey elects eight S'ale Senators and an entire Legislative’ Assembly and decides the fate ol two bond issues. (Continued on Page Seven) LOVE TRIANGLE RESULTS IN 3 BEING KILLED Married M; Hopelessly | Involved with Widow, Ends it with Bullets LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. Three persons are dead as the re- sult of a love triangle, the police said, in which William Patrick Leyden, aged 39 years, found him- self hopelessly involved. The dead are Leyden, his son William, aged 16 years, and Mrs. Effie Wright, aged 35 years, a widow, and the police said, former sweetheart of Leyden. The other woman in the triangle is the former Della Bordeam, of Birmingham, Alabama, who came here two months ago and married Leyden. The police claim Leyden called at the home of Mrs. Wrighi, shot her dead, later killed his son, who appeared at the house, then fatally wounded himself. 6—1 al | J Will national prohibition be repealed? The grape growers and win- eries, gambling that it will, are running full tilt to supply the antici- pated demand if the dry law is removed from the constitution. Above is a shipment of grape product received in New York. There are 7,500 gallons of it being transferred from a tank car to barrels for storage. Picture below shows activity in one of the world’s largest vineyards at Guasti, Cal. (Associated Presz Photos) EMPLOYMENT 'ON INCREASE; ~ OUTLOOK 600D \Code Conirol, President’s Policy Putting Men Back to Work | WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Code control and the President’s re- ‘employment agreement is said by | the American Federation of Labor, |after a survey of the November | business, to have put 4,000,000 men | and women back to work and over 11,700,000 of these were re-employ- ied in the July to September per- {iod while industry was declining J‘and the workers total buying |power has raised eight percent. Unemployment is still decreasing power will con- | tinue in for the next few | months as a large volume of con- struction work will be started and orders for materials will stimulate heavy production on many indus-} | tries. DR. BUNNELL HERE ON HIS WAY EAST Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, President lof the Alaska Agricultural College | and School of Mines, is a passenger | south on the Northwestern enroute to Chicago to attend the convention | on November 13 to 15 of land grant | colleges. He states he will be ab sent several weeks and may visit his absence. “The Alaska College has a splen- | did enrollment,” says Dr. Bunnell, nicely.” nell, Dean Patty the college. is in charge at| KANSAS CITY, McGee, Vrmed to life imprisonment convicted him Saturday night of participat- the $30, jury which last ing in Kkidnapi aged 21 ng of Mis Kidna per Comu‘ted Sentence to Life Imprl sonment, Verdict Nov. vears, 6.—George was sen- by a late 000 ransom and Mary McElroy, 'FILM NOTABLES WITNESS FIGHT, - EMBASSY CLUB Peter Arno_Knocked Out by Actor, then Sally O’Neill Swings Chair HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Nov. 6— | Peter Arno, | toonist, was knocked out in a fist fight in the fashionable Embassy {Club in a dispute in which Sally O‘Neill, film actress figured, even- ing the matter for ping Drexel Biddle Steele, actor and prominent Philadelphian, over | the head with a chair. She denied, this later. Many film notables wit- nessed the scuffle. Steele later denied he struck the knockout blow, contending it was done by his Business Gordon Butler, former foothall player on the Princeton eleven. Steele’s Version Steele said this forenoon that Arno had apparently taken excep- tion to him (Steele) speaking to | Miss O'Neill as he passed Arno’s table and: the latter came over to “my table and made a pass at me. The only provocation I gave him whatsoever W to call him by his |own name Curtis, for his name Curtis Arno Peters. I cannot imag ine his objections to my speaking to Miss O'Neill since that is only common courtesy Gold Strike Spurs Action Prospectors Flocking to i District Not Fearing | . , | Winter's Approach DURANGO, Colo, Nov. 6. — Spurred by a rich gold strike, Mancos district prospectors are | defying the approach of winter daughter of the City Manager, last | and are flocking to all sections summer. of the La Plata quadrangle in the The State demanded a death|greatest wave of gold fever tha penalt, A being verdict George’s brother Walter at a pre-|jode of the La Plata Quadran wa! Geor m\u‘\l‘d i s voted against ge McGee denied n the kidnaping but was identified by Miss McEl- roy and her father, E. F. McElroy, who paid the ransom money. ———o—— MISSING MAN’S BODY IS FOUND IN INLET Harry Johnson, was recovered last si on Inlet on a bar some 200 yards below the cannery, according by Uni White months The body No susj to and 10 announced Mullen, er, who mains be tat Hoonah. Johnson is believed to have cannery ed off ted He St. wa n of f dissappe inquest today United has dir turned the to information reecived | s Marghal Albert been missing two taken to Hoonah oul play attached ce of be held, it was by Judge J. F. tes Commission- ed that the re- over to relatives walk- dock in the darkness when he was on his way to his Bill Du: er of Cache Creek, south on the Northw several other large centers during |business trip to the states. Peler | south on position cabin af nean. ter neighbors. The body visiting some was found by R OPERATOR GOES SOUTH Charles Harper, well known min- is a passcnger tern for a PRGNSR S HAS JOB IN SOUTH Narvaez, with a | cempany. who reezntly ar- “practically all our accommodations rived in Anchorage to be assistant being taken and everything going‘m the hospital there, is a passenger the Northwestern for During the absence of Dr. Bun- | San Francisco, having accepted a large chemical the man| |ever swept the San Juan Basin ! Mining men believe the mother le sought for half a century, been uncovered. Recently a veir averaging $1 to the pound in gold values was discovered in the area |Big Dutch Fortunes Rapidly Diminish THE HAGUE, Nov. 6.—There were 249 fewer millionaires in Holland last year than in 1931 and the combined fortunes decreased from 2,931,000,000 florins to 23 000,000 florins, or about $932270.- { 000, B CALLED SOUTH, MOTHER ILL The Misses Esther and Ruf Fielding, who has been visiting Anchorage for several months passengers south on the No western for Texas, called south the serious illness of their mot Jap anese Neu Larger Navy; TOKYO, Nov. 6.—Japanese Naval propagandists are fighting to re- tain, on most effective argume support for the navy's demands f the 1934 and 1935 budget of seven hundred million yen. The concentration of the Unite States Fleet on the Pacific is greatest argument advanced support of the navy's demand The vernacular newspapers S day made denials that relat between Japan and the Uni in Colorado papers Shriek: for noted New York car-! Arno by rap-* anager, FARM STRIKE PICKETS BUILD ROADSIDE SHELTERS SITUATION an GROWING TENSE MIDDLE STATES :Violence B;;_king Out in Farm strike pickets near Neillsville, Wis., built several tentlike shelters where they rested between #heir tours on highways as they sought to halt all market-bound farm produce, except milk for babies (Associated Press Photo) A-J PRESIDENT T0 SPEND WEEK AT LOCAL MINE | P. R. Bradley to Arnve Tomorrow on First Visit Since His Promotion P. R. Bradley, President of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Com- pany, will arrive here tomorrow uuf steamer Alaska for a brief of- al visit, it was announced tod: by L. H. Metzgar, General Super-| intendent. It will be his first visit| here this year and the first he made since he was elected to t Presidency to fill the vacancy by the,death of his brother, F. Bradley, several months ago. The main purpose of the ::1‘.‘ for Mr. Bradley to check over deep level development ram that has been in progress fo: the past two years. He had expec i to do this on his customa isit in the summer, but the illn and subsequent death of hi: [ prewnud that nn) w.| | \ | broth- | | | Ieads Masons s James B. Gist, Los Angelcs banker, who was installed the highest office of California Masonry as he became Grand Master in ceremonies at the annual session of the grand lcdge at San Francisco. Gist is Vice-President of the Security First National Bank and Trust Company of Los Angeles, and is a life member of all Masonic budies in Califernia. SENATOR BoRAH PRICE OF 6OLD TALKING AcAIN TAKES ADVANGE; PARMA, Idaho, Nov States Senator William ays the “buy now” camp: 1ol progre ng at all t)m receding and it is time to stop t brazen program of 10} through high prices.” The Senator announced he ha one on record for restoration and | nforcement of the anti-trust E Borah | gn is| exploitation | | o | Denial Given that U.S. Japan R()Iutwns Imprmml States have improved despite announcement received herc withdrawal of the fleet Atlantic waters. Several influential declared, in substance, vill be caught in ap if we reduce the building program because of interpreting the summer cruise as a gesture of friendship.” This was al com- ent in denial of relati 4 improved, of ,,,u new an American ‘ b of both Nav ..o IS HIGH TODAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 6—The price of gold today is $32.84 an ounce for the newly mined vellow metal. This price is 38 cents higher than the gold quetation in London. It anonunced that $2,800,000 is | have been paid out for the domes- metal, Substantial amounts have been bought on the world mukm.» but the exact amount is not stated. e BALB(] RESIGNS, * MADE GOVERNOR ROME, Nov. ——The King I Premier Mussolini Ministe and Air after accept- ing the gnations of Air Marshal Ttalo Balbo and Admiral Giuseppe nni Balbo has heen named Governor made CORBUS PASSES AWAY SATURDAY IN CALIFORNI |President and Owner Local Light Company Dies at Los Gatos J. P. Corbus, 69 ars old, dent of the Alaska Eleetric ! and Power Company and pr stockholder in that compar the Juneau Ferry and Navigati Company, died at Los Ga‘os, at 9:30 p. m. last Saturday of about two to a telegram re L. Faulkner, longtime and representative of Mr. widow and Cor | He is survived by a a daughter, Miss Mary both of whom reside at the home in Los Gatos. Funeral vices will be held in Osakland 2 p. m. Tuesday. Mr. Corbus resided af for a number of years superintendent of the T iwell mine, preceding R. D. Kinzie in that position. After leaving company, he mo | He was always in the development Juneau and c buted liberally to all local welfare projects. ‘Due large to his aversion to sea voyag he seldom returned here to business i sts. His As xlbml‘ s ago, with a Treadwell and was inter ~(('d fare of But thx ouzh published Corbus inti- an 16 year and h sentat 1y ye best friends,” Mr. id He was a man v high character, honorable gene and considerate. He devoted to his family and I know feel lost hout ‘\h constant n and de- first con- They have sympathy.” Mr. Corbus, the of the Alaska and Power Company p. m. tomorrow for | noon. -e- HOSPITAL they compan who has been re- ceiving al care at St Ann's HoOSE left the hospital for his home in Douglas, /7 J | dent Roosevelt Nebraska and Also in Wisconsin | DEMANDS FOR NEW PROGRAM ARE DENIED Roosevelt Re]ecls Latest Proposal Made by Five Governors CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 6. The farm strike situation is a seething tempest with troops standing by in Towa awaiting the call to arms as Administrator Johnson turned to a speaking tour, One farm picket jured near was killed and Dakota City, when an auto crashed truck from which farmers dumping 40,000 pounds of Nek | int | were | milk | ‘Highways are strewn with nails and glass in Wiscousin, Gov. Herring, of Iowa, said he would call the troops out to pre- serve peace if necessary. Cattle Turned Locse carloads of cattle | Lawton. | warning that. strikers stood Ito lose public sentiment if acts of violence are committed has been voiced by the President of the Wisconsin Division of the Farmers Holiday Association. s were PLAN REJECTED WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.—Presi- has rejected the price fixing farm program submit- | ted by five Mid-Western Governors and the State Executives immed- iately forecast an increase in ag- ricultural unrest in the upper Mississippi Valley. The decision climaxed three days’ efforts to work out a program ' | acceptable to both and designed to boost farm prices and quiet dis- turbances in the farm belt. family | Gov. William Langer, of North Dakota, asserted the President's decision both disappointed and dxsguswd him. (Commued on Psge Seven) GEN. JOHNSON STARTS TOUR BOOSTING NRA Administrator to Travel Through Middle West States for Week WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. — Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, NRA Adminis- trator, set out for the Middle West Sunday night in an endeavor to clear away opposition and discon- tent in the masse dfarm belt against NRA and also to rest. Administrator Johnson traveled by train to Chicago because weath- er conditions prevented air travel but he hoped that an Army trans- port plane would pick him up to- day in Chicago for the rest of the week’s swing which includes Min- neapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, Kan- sas C Tulsa, Fort Worth and Louisville. SPEECH IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, IIl, Nov. 6.—Admin- ator Johnson told those at a g of manufmturer; and busi- adunned agamat NRA mo: “imitation dead cats, hobgoblins” and ativised his listen- o wake up and get rid of these savage fetishes and the big- gest imitation dead cat is the one about the freedom of the press” ions