The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6502. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1933. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS =1 'ALASKANS VICTIMIZED OF LARGE SUM ‘BRRUWS AIR CRAFT; FLIES T0 HER DEATH K *Thirty- Year—Old Womani| Executes Own Self- Destruction Act LEAVES NOTE THAT TELLS OF HER MOVE Believed to o -Have Gone: Into Spin, then Takes Fatal Plunge » JACKSON VILLE, Fla., Nov. 22.—The restless waters ¢f the Atlantic apparently formed the grave for M Leuise Turck Stanton, who borrowed a plane and flew t seaward to meet death when- ever the craft’s fuel ran out. The 30 -year-old Junior Teaguer recently lost her hus- band in an auto accident. Notes left by Mis. Stanton asked that her death not be ‘called suicide “for I particu- larly dislike the word.” She explained she just wanted to go out into space and find out what it is all about and “if there hing, that is O. K. Notes Found Too Late IL was two hours after she flew with gasoline last four hours that the airport ofhcnals found the notes and ther began the notes begged thc Is not to undertake the dan-; ~ PERSONS DEAD gerous search “which would not do any good.” “Job” Contemplated To Bert Maloney, Airport Man- ager, she wrote: “There is no' plane on the field that can reach me and return or do anything if they would. T'll be at sea and that is all and you can count on me for that and the job will be thor- ough. found.” Mrs. Stanton held a pilot’s li- cense, although slightly crippled from infantile paralysis. Airmen are of the opinion she ' headed the plane across the sea g that she pushed it hard until Weddmg Rumored | | vears, and the value during the| Although Sandra Shaw and Gary Cooper, film players of Hollywood, decline to comment, friends ex- press the belief they will be mar- ried in New York soon. They are shown as Miss Shaw left for San Francisco, presumably to reccive sarental blessing. Both plan trips 0 New York. (Associated Prex: GIANT PLANE INCRASH; 14 Largest Overland Flier in| World Comes Down Soviet Airport I don’t want any wreckage MOSCOW, Nov. 22—The newly constructed airplane K-7, said to be the largest plane for overland; fiying in the world, crashed at Rharkov this afternoon, killing 14 persons including the chief pilot, mechanic and several Kharkov avia- NOME EXCITED | BY RUSSIA’S RECOGNITION Many in Northern Mining Center Expect Bene- fits to Trade NOME, Alaska, Nov. 22.—Nome is agog over recognition® of Rus- sia by the government of the Unit- ed States. Few people on Seward Penin- sula, but expect some personal benefit from the new government policy. . Trade with Siberia is ex- pected to pick up perceptibly and a more cordial welcome is ex- pected to be extended to the trad- ers of the North who annually carry goods to the Eastern Rus- sian seaboard. Outlook Is Good Coupled with the rising gold prices the outlook for Nome and vicinity for the coming season is especially bright. This year's out- {put of gold in the Nome district approximated 65,000 -ounces, the | l]argest output for a number of last part of the season was great- 1y enhanced. | Many old time prospectors and miners are planning endeavors to enter Siberia next seasop, on the idea that recognition will liberal- ize the policy of Russia and al- low Americans to mine in that country. Others who have claims against the Soviet government for confiscation of the concessions by | the Bolsheviki, also are hopeful that their claims may be settled and that they will be allowed to start work again. Operators Watch Gold | Although the larger operators in the Nome district have not yet announced a general speeding up of the work for the next season ing the action of the rising gold prices and it is expected that by spring many new mines will be opened in the district. Prospecting has received a new; | impetus and many old miners are\ | preparing to take to the hills for | the winter JURY STILL OUT | INMURDER CASE it is known that they are watch-|" ulnapers Who Slew Y outhful Victim Captured 4 The hunt for Brooke Hart (lower right), 22-year-old son of a wealthy San Jose, Cal, merchant, ended with the arrest of two suspeets and the, confession of cne that the youth had been stunned and thrown from a bridge to his death in San Francisco Bay. Jack Holmes (left) wa> apprehended at a hotel after Thomas Harcld Thurmond (shown in center) at upper right) had been captured and told police he and Hclmes were the abductors. Thurmond said Holmes beat the youth unconscious and the two of them then threw him from the San Matec bridge, as shown in the map. Sheriff W. J. Emig of Santa Clara County is at Thurmond's right and R. E. Vetterli, Depariment of Juslice agent, at his left. The prison ers were snapped at a San Francisco jail to which they were removed INEW MEXICO A, L. CHARTER 75 CONVICTS | _ RIOT; BLAZES TAKEN AWAY Unplecedented Action Re- ARE STARTED sults from Partisan Most Destruchve Outbreak | in History of State Political ‘Activity Prison Occurs INDIANAPOLIS, Ind,, Nov. 22— Thanksgiving Day Proclamation Is Issued ® WARM SPRINGS, Geor- e gia, Nov. 22 — President | ® Roosevelt today issued a ® proclamation for observance ® of Thanksgiving Day on November 30, Disarmament Caufercnce {Takes Recess GENEVA, Nov. 22, — The Steering Committee or the World Disarmament Con- ference has voted to sus- pend the parley until Jan- uary. . L] ] c-o--co-v-.-o TAKOTNA MAN AND WIFE IN ON OLD “GAG” Eighteen Thousand Dol- lars in Hard Earned Cash Taken from Couple «LOST WALLET” BUNK GAME PULLED ON THEM Mr. and Mfired Dubois Carry Tale to Police in San Francisco SAN F R A N CISCO, Cal, Nov. 22.—Believed to be vic- tims of the “Lost Wallet” gag, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Du- bois, Takotna, Alaska, have told the police a story of los- ing $18,000 in hard earned cash. | They said thcy sold their istore in Takotna and started iout to see a bit of the world and they met “such a nice man” in Hoquiam, Washing- ton, who traveled with them to Tacoma. ; On the way they “found” la wallet with a $1,000 bond in it. They returned the wal- {let and bond to the “owner” who was so grateful that he promised to show them how to make $500,000 on the races. ‘ The Alaskans turned over their money to him and they were directed to go to San Francisco to recover their winnings from a man in a hotel in this city. They have not found the (man yet. —————————— DOUBLE GUARD PLAGED OVER STOCKSMARKING MRS. A. CLARK tion officials. PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Nov. 22. Few details are given out. The plane had a wing spread of | OF MRS, NICHIA EXTRA SESSION —Embittered over the imminent| Suspension of the charter of the spin for the final plunge. ation in a “prison within New Mexico Department was voted FRANGE OFFERED 196 feet and was equipped with eight motors and was capable of making a speed of 200 miles an hour. The plane was equipped with a short wave radio, printing press, portable motion picture set and apparatus for reflecting advertise- ments on the sky. 'PEACE, SECURITY BY CHAN, HITLER Gex;zhfik%‘&g?fzofa > TROYANOVSKY e oo CLAMPS LID ON PROPAGANDA Soviet Ambassador Prom- ises No Communistic Activity in U. S. FARIS, Nov. 22. — Chancellor Hitler has offercd peace and se- . curity to France, in an interview, | and in return he asked equality for Germany which he said could ‘ve realized by proper negotiations in personal conversations. The Chancellor said he is “will- ing to do anything not involving dishonor or danger of my coun-! wy.” | e, — | | | MoScow, Nov. 22. — Alexander | Troyanovsky, the first Russian Am- |bassador to the United States in PIL“T IN ,34 16 years, gave assurance yesterday that no Soviet official would en- gage in Communistic propaganda. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 22 “Communism is not a question of James Thompson (Doc) Protho has foreign relationship but a domestic signed a contract to manage the Problem,” he said. “In any event Memphis baseball club of the Sou- I can assure you gentlemen there then Association for his seventh Will be no Communistic activity on consecutive year. {the part of any of our officials in His teain has not been out of America” the first division since he took The time of the departure of charge. Tt lost last season in the Troyanovsky for the United States chgmiplonship series with New Or-, is indefinite because he wished to Jeans. Chattanooga barely nosed ' confer with Maxim Litvinoff, For- it out in 1932, and Birmingham eign Commissar, who is still in defeated it for the title in 1928, Washington. He will not go abroad Memphis won the pennant in lmjunnl Litvinoff returns here. L 1 Deadlock Apparent After, Twenty-four Hours of De- | liberation on Evidence At 3:15 o'clock this after- noon the jury asked for further | instructions from the court. Apparently deadlocked after about 24 hours' deliberation in the Nichia murder case, the jury was still out at press time today. The case was given into the| hands of the jury at 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon following the, instructions of Judge G. F. Alex-| ander. I Mrs. Blanche Ridley Nichia went on trial Monday morning for the} murder of Ole Stortset whom she| fatally wounded in Yakutat, Octo-| ber 6, in her store following a) disturbance, created, the t.eunm'm)i showed, when she sold Stortset’ and three of his friends home-| made beer, but refused to allowl them to drink it on the premises.’ Mrs. Nichia‘s defense. was zmt‘ the gun was discharged accidental- | l Iy. Witnesses in the case were ex- l cused from duty yesterday after- noon and a number of them left! on the Yukon for their Ywmea, early this morning. i The jury trying the case was composed of J. G. Warner, Esther ,| will arrive in Juneau on the nex Brumberg, W. E. Seydel, J. W. Bayne, Jackson Rice, Jnmes{ McCloskey, Art McKinnon, Mrs. ' John Mills and Mrs. Alex Kiloh, e Queen Victoria reigned longer than any other British -sovereign. I ison,” a band of 75 recalcitrant ' yesterday by the National Execu- TIME AWAITING IN WASHINGTON CALLED TODAY [Legislature to Take Up Li- quor Control Laws, Other Subjects OLYMPIA, Wash,, Nov. 22.—Gov. | Clarence D. Martin has issued « call for a special session of the Legislature to convene on Decem- | b\er 4. The Legisiature will adopt Statc liquor control laws and = consid otner pending problems. Plans a already afoot to seek emergen: revenue for educational purps legislation supporting the Go nor’s efforts for lower gasolin prices and might reconsider vetoct bills from last session. e ———— MRS. REYNOLDS VISITS FRIENDS AT KETCHIKAN icts are blamed for the most tive Committee of the American| structive riot in the history of'Legion following an investigation | State prison. |of charges that Legionnaires in| Running wild during the recrea- that State permitted the organiza- tion period in the penitentiary yard, tion to become involved in parus'm' the enraged convicts smashed into politics. nd fired the prison buildings Th('y‘ National Commander Edward A. mn~nroyed valuable machinery, | Hayes was authorized to appoint a Aucked and set ablaze the weaving Supervisory Committee to control , dye shop, part of the kitchen the Department of New Mexico d Chaplaxns quarters. until “it may safely be returned to ‘ For two hours the recalcitrants|its members.” The action is unprecedented in| the annals of the American Legion. The New Mexico Department was wts fired from riot guns. harged with factionallsm in politi- | The riot started from a leak cal activity and padding member-| > pians of the waren to s hip rolls to control the State te the 75 leaders of a previous|organization. > )t into a sort of a Devil's Island | ————————— son to be created within the F. W, HANAWALT | HELD AT 2 0’CLOCK' o TACOMA, Wash,, Nov. 22—Fran- | Funeral services for Matt Wiitan- |¢is W. Hanawalt, teacher of mnthe-‘ en, who died last week at St. Ann's | 'matics and astronomy at the Col- Hospital from heart trouble, were lege of Puget Sound, died yeglerdny ,,,d at the Chapel of the C. W. varver a brief illness. He was made | Professor Emeritus last June. Two | co i' I th Traders Hesitant on Com- mitments, But Most Shares Are Steady NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—Stock sentiment and prices on the stock exchange were mixed today as traders stood aside awaiting fur- ther developments at Washington in the monetary situation. Metals and a few specialties were steady To Tirm but most lead- | ers were hesitant. The close was { irregular. Bonds rallied late in the session | to cut early losses. Wheat lost a cent and a half while cotton and most other com- modities were unsettled. had the prison in an uproar. They ! re finally forced into their cells/ water from.the fire hose an FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MATT WIITANEN ( Commu;d’;‘ PTR" MANY FLEEING FROM HOMES LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 22— Dozens of families in Blanchard Canyon fled from their cabin homes today as a forest fire men- aced the fashionable estates in the Inlacrescenta and Lacanada areas and the flames spread to the north- west. Two) Mrs. Percy Reynolds, wife of th proprietor of the Juneau Ice Cream Parlors, returned on the Yukon far as Ketchikan from a months’ visit with relatives Seattle. Mrs. Reynolds will visit fri in Ketchikan for a few days a ¥ | Carter Mortuary at 2 o'clock this, ernoon with the Rev. Erling K. 1fson officiating. Following the services which were aftended by many friends of he family, interment took place in Evergreen - Cemetery. Pall bearers were Matt LoukKo, John Gravrock, John Runquist, Abel Kaatinen, | o 15 Wahto and Gust Nurmi. ———eo—— Metal factorie. m Iialy are in creasing production. GOLD PRICE TODAY .{ trip of the Northland. - e GOES TO HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. —Today's gold price is the e same as yesterday, $33.76 an Sam Sheary, miner at the Ala | @ ounce. ka-Juneau, was received today 8t. Ann’s Hospital for medical ob-/ m‘m ® 000 0008000 MONEY POLICIES Woman Faces Bedside Hearing on Slaying of Oil Co. Executive PAULSBORO, N. J, Nov. 22- Under double guard since th: authorities said she threatened sui- cide, Mrs. Audrey Clark, formel musical comedy dancer, faced a bedside hearing today on the charge of slaying her wealthy husband, Sheldon A. Clark, executive of ths Sinclair. Refining Company. and well known sportsman. Mrs. Clark is in the hospital with an injury to her head. The police said Clark “struck his wife over the head. She grabbed up a revolver, pressed the trigger, and he fell dead. e+ —— HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER KILLS Victim Is Left Dead on Highway—Boy Injur- ed, Left in Gutter SEATTLE, Nov. 22.—E. Crandell, aged 44, of Enumclaw, was killed by a hit-and-run driver who left him lying dead on the highway. This is the 115th traffic fatality in King County this year. Another hit-and-run autoist struck Donald Saey, aged 14, in- flicting painful injuries and leav~ ing the boy in a gutter on Airport Way.