The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 15, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” MEMBI:R OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - c— Wflflfll!fiAKES VACATION, END PRESENT WEEK Resignation Submitted but President Declines to Accept it HENRY MORGENTHAU ACTING SECRETARY Unc Secletary Also Re-' signs from Office—His Duties Absorbed \’\'!‘EAIIV(;’I‘ON, NOV. 15.—Presi- dent Roosevelt announced this hon that William H. Woodin, of Treasury, will begin e leave of absence at the end of this week. Pending the return of Secretary odin to the duties of Secretary sury, Henry Morgenthau, r, Farm Credit Administration will be acting Treasury Sec- — FOR TRIAL AND CASE IS BEGUN Woodin resigned several days ago but President Roosevelt declined to accept i Then the Treasury Sec- First Wxtnesses Are Called Today in Trial of Johnson-Matthews | ciated Press Photo) head retary suggested that he N("vly freed of all govemmem.al ponsibilities while he takes a rest . Woodin has been suffering from a throat infection. President’s Announcement In snnouncing Secretary Wood- in’s “complete leave of absence” and Dean Acheson’s resignati President Roosevelt did not give the explanation of Acheson’s move put it is understood the President Events moved along more rapidly wanted to make Morgenthau Chief today in the Eva Lawrence murder Treasurer in Woodin's absence, and trial in the Federal District Court not appoint him Secretary where Paul Johnson and Albert completely displacing (Doc) Mathews are being tried on a charge of he would not name the alleged killing of the Lawrence au to a place below Ache- woman here on February 14, last. son. The impression is that Ache- After two days of effort durin son. learning of the situation, with- which some 110 veniremen wer drew, thau who was then made Acting Secretary. - HITLERISM IS would witha Wo at 10:20 am. It is composed of Fred Jones, Auton Hildre, H. M Hollmann, John J. Kasnakoff, Mrs Mae Kilroy, W. E. Seydel, Bert Olstead, D. M. Bothwell, Carl A. Bergstrom, Mrs. Alex Kiloh, Mrs. irst degree murder for | to make room for Morgen- called, the trial jury was completed | | A scen¢ from the annual army maneuvers in Japan show soldiers with coats of rice straw, simulat- ing stacks dotting the fields. The “play” was conducted in western Japan after the rice harvest. (Asso- INRA byat()m for T()rntory ) } Is A pproved Will Work |Chicago Colder Than Alaska, Says |Governor Troy 1 CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 15— Chicago is too chilly for Gov. John W. Troy, of Al- aska. Pausing between trains on his way from the coast to Washington, D. C., the Governor said Al- aska is not mearly so. cold as in Chicago. “We do not f have as much snow,” he said. A dold north wind send the temperature down here around 10 degrees above zero. se0 00 evvsconoe | | out chancing 3-Man Board Out All Details WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 4— | (Special Correspondence)— Taking | into consideration of Alaska from continental Unit- ed States, a remoteness that col- ors every phase of industrial ac- y, the National Recovery Ad- istration has approved a plan calculated to confer the benefits of the National Industrial Recov- ery Act upon the Territory with- irreparable damage to labor or industry or both. Public announcement of the plan | which will also probably extend to| Hawaii and Porto Rico, has not been made in Washington but| there is slight likelthood that it will not go through as now con- ceived. Troy, Dimond Approve The plan has the unqualified approval of Governor Troy and Delegate Dimond. They believe it has the best features of all the the remoteness | BEING SPREAD, UNITED STATES Activities of "Priends of Germany” Shown Up at Hearing WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—At th2 Jennie Bromberg and Mons An- derson. Only Two Statements | Opening statements were made| by G. W. Folta, Assistant United SL.\Los Alloxney for the Govern- Gr C. Winn for Matthews George B. Grigsby, rep-{ resenting Johnson, waived making| a statement. Joe Parent, first Government wit- ness called, said Mrs. Lawrence had | ceding her death. She arrived here various proposals suggested to take | UUESTIUNS PUT UP T0 MOSCOW BY ROOSEVELT Understandings Are Sought in Connection with Religious Freedom {PAST FOREJGN POLICY OTHER POINT RAISED Soviet Officials Quick to Make Reply—Two- Day Recess WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Delib- eration in Moscow over the under- standings sought by President | Roosevelt prior to formal Russian recognition is one authoritative ex- planation advanced for the two-day recess |in personal conversations with Commissar Litvinoff. Despfte the established Soviet attitude, it is known the President has sought an understanding on | religious freedom for American nationals in Russia. Other matters believed also to have been referred to Moscow involved the fundament- al of Russia’'s past foreign policy which must be decided before actual recognition. MOSCOW STATEMENT MOSCOW, Nov. 15.—If the ques- tion of religious freedom for Am- ericahs in Russia is all that is de- {laying American recognition, offic- ials see no reason why this matter {would not be settled quickly and to the satisfaction of the American Government. This was the com- ment here as progress in conver- | cussed. No foreigners incur difficulties in +large centers in this country from practicing their own religious be- |liefs, it is pointed out. Many .Lhurdu,_\ still function in Russia. | NO ANNOUNCEMENT WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. — Not- withstanding a two-day recess an- | nouncement, President Roosevelt |and Commissar Litvinoff, held an- {other conversation today. The President announced there is no definite time for making an announcement as to results. He told | ‘sanons in Washington were dis- | Secretary of State Cordell Hull (right) welcomed Maxim Litvinoff to Washington when the special envoy of the Sovigt government arrived for his conferences with President Roosevelt regarding United States recognitlon of Russia. (Associated Press Photo) GOLD PRICE 1S SAME TODAY AS Cru ad er Convicted, Bank Cas New York /;—l;mey Found Guilty by New York City Court Jury QUOTED TUESDAY Dollar Takes . Another Drop| Abroad—Serious Con- cern is Being Felt NEW YORK, Nov. 15. — Isadore Kresel, fiery little lawyer, who in| 1930 crusaded with Samuel Sea- bury against corruption in Magis- trate courts, has heen conv WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. — The | Administration fixed today's price | jof gold at $3356 an ounce, no ted | change from yesterday but below by a jury of aiding and abetting| the dollar figure abroad and drop- EDW. N. HURLEY PASSES AWAY, BRIEF ILLNESS Former Head of US. Ship- ping Board Dies in Chicago Hospital : |the newsmen his discussions are care of the Territory. As a matter | 7. making a distinct progress but hu of fact, Delegate Dimond has been| consulted frequently in the evoly-|"ill mot limit himself to Friday ing of the plan and several of | OF even next Monday in forecast- his suggestions have been incor-|i"8 a general announcement. porated in it. | Obviously the national codes R E LI GI u N ls would in the vast majority of cases not provide even bare sub- sistence for Alaska workmen. On the other first session of the House Immi- on Monday, February 13, from Ten- gration Committee into Nazi Pro- gree and came at once to his cabin paganda and activities in the Unit- ‘ghere she left a suitcase. She re- ed States, a mysterious WINess, muineg (here sometime, leaving toj called Mister X, appeared. He said g, yp town, and returned about the organization called “Friends of 9.30 pm. She left again between Germany,” spread Hitlerism. He® 3 4,4 4 g'clock and did not return said he was on the Nazi blacklist agam, he testified on direct exam- and his life was endangered if his mamn by Mr. Folta. name bccame known. BRITISH WILL | He was cross examined by Mr. Grigsby whe asked him if Mrs. Lawrence had not returned during |the evening. Parent denied this,| saying he had left his cabin about! 5 o'clock and did not return until; 11:30 or 2 o'clock the following {morning. He said he had spent| the time at the New York Ex- change playing cards. He denied SHlps UF Mrs. Lawrence had heen drinking} | when she visited him. He identified LONDON, Nov. 15—The British'a coat she had been wearing that Government announces it intends day. to build largér warships, within Tries to Buy Beer the limits of the 1930 treaty, to| Mrs. Lawrence next appeared on| meet consiruction programs of the the scene about 11:15 pm. in a United States and Japan. ‘cabin occupied by Eva Gunn, a: Negress, opposite the Juneau Lum ber Mills. " | States Shipping Board. { | visited him twice on the day pre-| | CHICAGO, 1., Nov. 15.—Edward N. Hurley, former head of the | United States Shipping Board, died jin a hospital here last night after |a brief illness. Eminently successful in practi- cally everything he attempted, Ed- | ward Nash Hurley faced the great- est and most important task of this life in 1917, when he was ap- pointed chairman of the United | With the United States in the World War there was a crying| | need for ships to transport men} | and supplies to the other side.] Urged on by President Wilson's| { admonition, “Hurley, we must go‘ ‘Lhe limit,” the new chairman cast| { aside formalities and made a good | i job of his assignment. | Wilson’s Acknowledgment | How well he performed his work[ | was indicated two years later when| | President ‘Wilson, accepting his resignation as Chairman of the| Shipping Board, wrote that Mrl | Hurley had “served the country| with distinction in these difficult} hand, other provisions of the codes would bear down heavily upon those classified as employers. Under this special plan the various interested groups in Al- aska will have full opportunity to the national codes. Board of Three A recovery board, probably com- posed of three members, will be set up. Tt will hold hearings which are expected to bring out all pertinent facts. This is one phase | which appeals particularly to the Delegate, and he believes it will have similar appeal generall\ throughout the Territory, for the reason ‘that Alaskans can make their wants known directly to a | board which will understand local problems Pew could afford the expense involved in making a trip to Washington for a hearing af- fecting their particular industry and fortunately the National Re- covery Administration recognizes | that fact. The board is' to be headed by 2 could not be applied without al- | - GERMAN I.ANI] teration to Alaska without risking violent disturbances in every walk | of life. The minimum wage rates Non-Nazi Pastors Win Par- tial Victory in Reich Bishop’s Decision BERLIN, Nov. 15.—The German |non-Nazi pastors, apparently beaten |on the Anti-Semitism issue, have been saved from a second on- |slaught by the Nazi Christians when the Reich Bishop, Ludwig |Mueller, tdisavowed the hotheads clamoring for abolition of the cru- cifix as a religious symbol and elimination of the old and modi- fication of the new testament The Reich Bishop has partially |conceded to the demands of the former Evangelical Bishop of Ger- many, PFriederich von Bodel- schwingh when he suspended the chief Berlin section of the Nazi German Christians and ordered that only the pure doctrine be preached from the pulpits | Juneau Hi Graduate Is On College Committee - WASHINGTON STATE COL- LEGE, PULLMAN, Nov. 15.—Chede Paul of Juneau, Alaska has re- ceived a committee appointment at a recent meeting of the Ad Club at Washington State College. Miss Paul is a freshman in the depart-| ment of secretarial science. The Ad Club is an organization for students inferested in adver- tising. The witness said Mrs |Lawrence had been drinking and| “was drunk,” but was not stag- gering. She was cold. She wanted to get warm and to buy some beer which, the witness said, she did not have and didn't get for her. After a short stay, the Lawrence | woman, she said left the cabin |and started toward town. A short distance away from the door she I (Continued on Page s times. No one ever served th.dnuty administrator. He has not deeply grateful to you.” Appointed a member of the Fed-, eral Trade Commission in 1913, and later becoming vice chairman, land chairman of the commission, Mr. Hurley attracted attention by his executive ability and his ready grasp of big affairs. In connec- tion with his duties on the com- (Continued on Page Sgven) | ton. This point is insisted upon for the reason that the deputy ad- ministrator must be well groundsd in NRA procedure. After hearing requests for code amendments, the board will make recommendations to the NRA Washington, and the power of fi- 7”(Contlnue¢’ Aém Page Two) country’s interests more devotedlywet been selected, but it is defin- | than you did, and personally I am itely known that he will be a man| now with the NRA in Washing-| @ W8 N MANEUVERS LOS ANGELES Cal, Nov. 15— More-than 100 United States war- hips. are holding battle maneuvers | off the California coast, pretend ing an enemy is trying to land an in the misapplication of $2,000,000 |of the funds of the defunct Bank of the United States. R o ping the dollar ecarrying Govern- ment bonds with it. This trend, if continued, u.r)uld‘ make it extremely embarrasing for| the Treasury when the time comes| to borrow more than six billion dollars it must obtain next year to carry on the Recovery program. In a previous instance, when | the gold price was not advanced, the trend was reversed and the| dollar strengthened and bonds made | fup some of their lc MAN MAY WED - o otver e Teller Thinks Fast How-chT TARIFFS OR SOMETHING, SAYS WALLAGE Agl’lcu“ul(! Secretary Makes Suggestions at Indiana Meeting ever and Hold-up Is Prevented, Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho, Nov. 15.—John McManus, who admitted he turncd. bank robber for money to marry | his 17-year-old sweetheart, has been jailed because a bank teller thought faster than McManus. McManus handed Otto Schroe-| der, teller of the Pirst Trust and Savings Bank, a note threatening | to blast the bank with nitro-gly-| MUNCIE, Indiana, Nov cerine unless money was handed | Secretary of Agriculture Wallace| over quietly. told those assembled at a meeting Schroeder tossed the note on the | here that farmers and business floor where another employe could | men of America should reduce tar- see it then delayed counting out iffs or cut production, or adopt a the money while the other employe | compromise and stick to it, 10 or called the sheriff and McManus|15 years, even if it hurts some,| was captured. to get the country out of depres- - sion. e \ LINDBERGHS Is Relieved from Military Training MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 15 —Roy W. Ohlson, freshman in the| University of Minnesota, objected | to military drill, because he op-| - poses war. Hi$ objection won ex-| LISBON, Nov. 15.—Col. Charles emption, for the first time in the|A. Lindbergh and his wife have history of the college. He has been |arrived here in their plane. Future given permission by President L. plans are not announced definite- D. Coffman to substitute two years although there is probability of IN PORTUGAL WINTRY SIEGE ALREADY TAKES FOUR VICTIMS Snow Being Drifted High in Certain Parts of Pennsylvania HIGHWAYS BEING CRUSTED WITH ICE Steamers Are in Distress —One Freighter Ashore in British Columbia PITTSBURGH, Penn., Nov. 15.— The wintry slege has taken four lives in a blizzard which is piling the snow in high drifts and crust- ing highways with ice over this section of the State. Cold records are being broken in this section for this time of the year, in fact it is the coldest in 50 years for November 15, 10 de- grees above zero. The victims of the blizzard so .|far are three men and one woman. WEATHER DISTURBANCES CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 15.—Widely separated areas of this Nation are today recovering from the after effects of another series of weather disturbances which endangered shipping and also gave the East and Middle West a new preview of winter. The lake regions were swept by winds with a speed of 40 miles an hour. One steamer is grounded and two freighters are reported in trouble. Fog off Vancouver, B. C., caused a collision between the steamers Princess Alice and the Yukon and |both are badly damaged, accord- to reports received here. Freighter Aground A Japanese freighter is reported grounded near Chemanius, B. C. Temperatures have been driven down in the Middle West and Bast. In Chicago, 10 to 13 degrees above zero were registered. Snow also blanketed parts of the Middle West as well as the West Virginia Panhandle, Pennsylvania and Western New York. Steamer in Distress A wireless picked up by a New York station from the steamer City of Havre reported two ships in |distress in heavy weather off Val- entia, Ireland. The crew of one has already taken to the lifeboats and the other ship has hove to awaiting an opportunity to repair ing | broken steering gear. —_— e PEAGE PLANS BACKED WITH MAILED FIST French Pn:;—mier Throws QOut Olive Branch to German People PARIS, Nov. 15. The olive branch, in a mailed fist, is ex- tended to Germany by France. Replying to Chancellor Hitler's cries for continued peace, Premier Sarraut told the Chamber of De- puties that he too sought peace but in the next breath called at- tention to the great French Army, declaring: “France has more mater- ial and military force that forbids anyone to dictate to her.” The Premier’s stand was endorsed by the Chamber. A vote of confidence was given Sarraut’s Government on the Pre- mier’s speech by a vote of 394 to 144, Paderewski Can"t Come NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Because ‘he is suffering from acute neu- ritis, Ignace Jan Paderewski noti- | fied his United States managers today that he would be unable to of physical drill education for thela ht over the Atlantic being expeditionary force. prescribed two years of drill. made in easy stages. visit the American continent this year.