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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933, " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ROOSEVELT PREPARED NOW FOR MONETARY FIGHT UNDREDS DIE, RESUL WINTER RULES WITH 1CY CRIP OVER BIG AREA No Relief .in Sight from| Winds, Snow, Below Nor- mal Temperatures SCORES REPORTED TG HAVE PZRiSHED Fishermen Lose Lives in Michigan When Sec- tion Hard Swept ‘ CHICAGO, TlL, Dec. 27.—Winter continued the icy rule on much of the North American continent to- day with devastating winds, snow storms and far-below-normal tem- peratures that brought death and suffering to many. There is no let-up in sight for the affected areas. Colder is the prediction for the east even Dixie being threatensd Scores Are Dead Several score of persons are es- timated to have died as a direct result of the frigid blasts, most of m in affic mishaps however. ht fishermen died in a roar- ;ale accompanied by snow that} swept Lake Michigan. TFour were | drow when a fishing smack went down at Michigan City, Indi- ona. Four others lost their lives in the capsizing of a tug at South Haven, Michigan. TEN INCHES OF SNOW NEW YORK, Dec. 27—A sting- ing storm covered New York with mora than ten inches of snow to- day and disrupted air, water and 1and traffic, but gave jobs to more than 10,000 unempioyed. cold wave swepl a@ross A’ bitt the state nging death. | A blizzard is raging in the New | England states. 2 According to reports raceived here from the nation, deaths from; cold and accidents passed the 300 | mark. Temperatures are far below zero in the midwest. CANADIAN COLD WAVE WINNIPEG, Dec. 27—Low tem- peratures marked winter's unrelen}- ing visit to Northwestern Ontario and western Canada today with the fifth death reported due to the severe weather conditions. Three persons are reported to have been killed in Vancouver and one in Edmonton through traffic accidents. Regina reported 30 below 7210 #this morning, Prince Albert 32 be- Jow. Moosefaw 23 below, Edmonton 24 below and Calzary 22 below. e 7 ENDURANGE FLIERS STILL | GOING STRONG Women St;r_t—on Eighth Day in Attempt to Break Record MIAMI, Fla., Dec. fl.—flovering! close over the flying field because of low clouds, the two women en- durance fliers, Helen Richey and Frances Marsalis, neared the rec- ord at 11:03 o'clock this forenoon, Pacific Coast Standard Time asi they entered their eighth day ak_)ft. At 3:09 pm. tomorrow, Pacific Coast Time, they will have equalled the record of eight day and four hodrs for women, but must go one hour longer for a new record. i FOREIGN TRADE IS INCREASING WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—A fav-| oradle foreign trade balance is re-| ported today by the Department of Commerce of fifty-six miliion dol- lars for November. Exports wer2 one hundred and eighty-four mil- lion dollars. 1 {and other teams, the Alaska Col- Corliss Palmer, beauty contest winner and scresn actress, shown in a Los Angeles court where a decree of divorce from Eugene V. Brew- ster, onetime millionaire magazine publisher, was granted after her sister, Katherine Palmer (standing), gave supporting testimony. (Associated Press Photo) COLLECE QUINT 1 DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL HS. LIMITS BUDGET FIVE ON FLOOR 70 28 MILLION BULLETIN—At the end of the first half of the game this afterncen the College five led by a score of 18 to 4. Secretary Roper Plans to Make Sweeping Changes in Commerce Agency WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—Secre- tary Roper is attempting to turn the Commerc> Department, which had $58,795,000 for expenditure in the 1930 fiscal year, into a $28,000,- 000 agency by January 1. In his first report to President Roosevelt, Roper says that $44.- 981409 was available for the 1933 scal year ending June 30, but only $40,038,323 actually was spent. He adds “every effort will be exerted to place the expenditures on a $28,000,000 basis by January, 1934 The annual report says that in April, May and Jun2 of this year, confidence was greatly strength- ened as a result of decisive govern- mental action, and by the end of the fiscal year (June 30) progress had been made.” “Nevertheless” Roper continued, “the descent from the 1929 level was so sharp and so long maintain- ed that despite the constructive work of the President and the Congress, and the whole-hearted support of the people, conditions at the end of the fiscal year re- mained far from satisfactory.” DEFICIT GROWS: NOT SURPRISING WASHINGTON, Dec. 27— The Federal deficit passed the billion dollar mark today. President Roose- velt displayed no surprise, it is reported at the White House. as the figure will mount even higher as the result of the Recovery Pro- gram. Enroute to Keichikan to open a series there with the High School lege basketball squad dropped off the steamer Alaska here this morn- ing and this afternoon was playing the local High School quint in the High School gym. The Collegians szem to have a well-balanced and high-scoring out- fit. Enroute here they played the Seward High School, walking away from the Ponies by a score of 59 to 20, and the Cordova High School 54 to 4. Three out of the eight players on the squad are former Juneau High players, and a fourth played on Douglas High. Harry Brant, scoring ace for the Collegians, Bob Henning, last year's star center and forward here. and one of his teammates, George Karabelnikoff, guard. Harry Lundell, a former Douglas High star, is also on the first team. Other players making the trip are: Glen Franklin, W. Johansers William O'Neill and John O'Shea. James C. Ryan is coach. THREE MEN ARRESTED ON LARCENY CHARGES AND HELD TO ANSWER Three men, au cnarged with lar- ceny. were arrested ye: erday at Ketchikan by Deputy Unitzd States Marshal W. H. Caswell, said re- ports received by Marshal Albert White. They were given hearings before Commissioner Austin and bound over to the Federal grand jury under bond of $2,000 each Albert Strom is accused of steal- ing livestock. Martin Jacobsen and Chris Christenson are charged with having stolen and sold 240 pounds of butter from the New England Fish Company. —,o—— Dawes Again Uses Underslung Pipe i | CHICAGO, Dec. 27—Maybe ‘times s 00 00 eves 000 are getting back to normal. . At any rate Gen Charles G. e NO CHANGE MADE e Dawes is smoking that famous un- . IN PRICE OF GOLD e derslung pipe again—the pipe that . made so many persons sift up and |® WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. ® take notice in the “Hell and Ma- @ —The prics of gold remain- e ria” days when he was Vice Presi- e ed today as for the past ® dent of these United States. ® several days $3406 an He abandoned the underslung e ounce. e type when he resigned as chair- . e man of the Reconstruction Finance ee e oo oo 9 e e o o v Corporation sons. EORC.KBEAU’TY 'GETS DIVORCE 1BE|.|. '|'|[;H'|'ENS - FOR NEXT YEAR, - Fisheries Regulations Is- sued, Cutting Traps, Easing on Seines WASHINGTOw, D. C., Dec. 27—} New regulations for the Alaska fisheries, designed to help the op-. erators of smaller types of fishing apparatus were announced here to- day by Frank T. Bell, United States | Commissioner of Fisheries, effective | January 31, 1934, i Printed copies of the regulations are now in the course of prepara- | tion here and will be ready for| distribution from the various of- fices of the Bureau of Fisheries within a few weeks. Fish Traps Reduced | The two most important changes | in the new regulations, Commis-| sioner Bell said, are the reduction in the number of fish traps per- mitted to take fish, and the open-| ing of grounds previously closed to seines and other smaller forms of | fishing gear employing many per- They provide for the permanent | closure of 93 trap sites, of which| 60 are located in the waters of! Southeast Alaska and 33 in other areas. These traps are relinquish-| ed by their owners and operators| on the request of the Bureau of| | Fisheries for a considerable reduc- | tion in this type of gear so that| local residents might have a ‘better! opportunity to earn a living with {movable gear. i | Open Other Areas | Commissioner Bell said another | | outstanding benefit to the operator of smaller gear is in the opening {for about 30 days of several bodies of water previously closed to all| commercial fishing for salmon. | | This, he said, is particularly di- “rm-led at helping the purse sein :s it enables them to get closer to the mouths of a number of streams where the fish are more| concentrated than offshore. ; NO DETAILS HERE | No detailed information on the| 1934 regulations are available at| local headquarters of the Bureau of Fisheries. The outline given in| the above report follows gvncrullyi‘ the regulations discussed and agreed upon at the recent meeting of the Bureau's staff in Seattle, said Capt. | M. J. O'Connor, Assistant Agent in) charge. An office copy of them probably | will be received here shortly after January 1. Printed copies for dis- tribution to interested parties will follow it closely. | — - 260 BUFFALO T0 BE KILLED GARDNER, Mont., Dec. 27. There will be feasting in the lodg- es of the Blackfeet and Crow In- dians this winter., The Yellow- stone Park herd of 1200 buffalo has been rounded up and 280 animals will be slaughtered to hold the size of the herd down and prevent overgrazing of their range. The meat will be given to Montana Indians. Rent Not l Paid;Two Are Shot Oakland Edlord Uses| Rifle on Tenants, Ac- cording to Police | OAKLAND, Cal, De¢. 27.—Two women were shot allegedly by Jack Kutscum, who the police said ad- mitted using a rifle on them be- cause they failed to pay $20.50 rent on a cottage he let to them. Mis. Adelia Wilmot and her daughter, Mrs. Lois Maceto, are the victims. Both are in a serious condition. I | more cents a bushel. CRUISER ASTORIA LAUNCHED IN BUILDING DOCK [‘. $ | | | | The sea came up to meet the navy’s newest cruiser, Astoria, instead of the vessel sliding down greased ways to the water. The cruiser was constructed in.a building dock, similar to dry dock, in the Bremerton, Wash., navy yard and when it was 85 per cent complete floated. The Astoria is a 10,000-ton ship built under the terms of the champagne was broken across its bow by Leila C. McKay, great-grafd Vder-. (Associated Press P_hr.ftf:) i STUGKS SPURT | Forll\?::n%:x'? lll\-l'leatrries UPWARDSGAINS ARE MODERATE No Recommendation Made for Leniency by | "Frisco Jury 4 NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—The gen- eral run of stocks, led by utilities, pushed upward today despile a large volume of year-end tax sell-| ing. Gains were moderate in most | instances. There were a few soft| spots evident. Expanded offerings were usually absorbed without dif-' ficulty. Today’s close was steady to firm. Sales were 3,100,000 shares. Bonds were irregular. Equities Active | Activity in equities were the most pronounced today than in the past several weeks. Business and industrial news maintained cheerful tones. Grains recovered one to two or improved shares to Cotton was the most commodity leading the near the top. Gainers Hold Most of the gainers finished frac- tionally to one point or more high- er. Among these were American Telephone and Telegraph, Consoli- dated Gas, North American, U. S. Smelting, Amerftan Can, Inter- Dr. Hubert Work, former secre- tary of the interior, was married to national Telephone, General Elec- mry. Ethel Reed Gano, widow of a fric, General Motors, Chrysler, Au- prominent Denver, Colo., merchant. Cr. Work also is a former chairman heavy. of the republican national commit- tee. (Associated Press Photos) burn, Continental Can Alcohols were somewhat SLAYER MUST . PAY PENALTY Utilities Take Lead Today —Expanded Offerings Are Absorbed SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 27 —A jury has convicted Edward An- derson, confessed slayer of Hewlett Tarr, in a theatre holdup, of first degree murder. As no recommend- ation for leniency was made, the death penalty is mandatory. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Dec. 27— Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 207%, American Can 971%, American Power and Light 5%, Anaconda 13%, Armour B 2, Bethlehem Steel 36, Calumet and Hecla 4. Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 12%, General Motors 34%, International Harvester 39%, Ken- necott 20, North American Aviation 4%, Chicago and Milwaukee (pra- ferred) 7, Montgomery-Ward 21 Standard Oil of Ca United States Steel 46%. | e Man, Nameless For 35 Years, Passes Away FULTON, Mo, Dec. 27.—Name- - less ‘for the last fhirty-five years of his life, a Jackson County inmate of State Hospital No. 1 remained unidentified in death. He was received at the hospital in 1908 unable to tell his name. Hundreds of persons Who viewed him in the years following failed to supply it. He was ordered bur- ried at county expense. tion in two or three years will be AR s o “five times more powerful than Tllinols' dairy industry last vear that of England or France” Avia- produced milk with a total farm tion Minister Plerre Cot warned value of more than $65,000,000. the Chamber of Deputies. SOVIET AERIAL POWER FEARED PARIS, Dec. 27—Soviet avia- valves were opered and the craft London Naval treaty. A bottle of daughter of one of Astoria's foun- LOCAL INDIANS FOR GAME WORK WILL BE HIRE Terhune Ar;lr);nces $30,- ‘ 000 Program 'for Re- | stocking Garae, Fur | A total of $29,754.45 will be ex- pended in the next six weeks by the Alaska Game Commission in restocking game and fur-bearing animals in Southeast and South- west Alaska, it was announced to- day by H. W. Terhune, prior to his departure for Seattle and Wash- ington to speed up the Commis- sion’s public works construction | program. Of the total, $20,400 will be paid directly for labor, which will con- sist mainly of native Indian trap- Eighty-six of them will be employed under the supervision of eight whites, mostly members o the Commission’s staff assigned to the work. Dufresne, Jewell Direct Wardens Frank Dutresne and Homer 8. Jewell will have direct charge of the program, under gen- eral supervision from local execu- tive officers, Mr. Terhune said. The former, who has been assigned to the Southwest Alaska projects, left| last night on the steamer North- western for Seward and other points to get the work started. Mr. Jewell will organize camps in the southern end of this district,| and H. R. Sarber, Petersburg big game guide and trapper, will come here to handle the work Marten, snowshoe rabbits, red| fox, goat and deer transplanting are provided for in the program. Four camps will be established in Southeast Alaska and either four or eight in Southwest Alaska, de- pending on conditions, Three Local Projects Three projects have been pro- grammed in Southeast Alaska. Two cemps of six men each will work ween Ju. 12 men be exj rom those two towns and Two camps will be tablished in the vicinity of Ket- chikan and the 12 men for them selected from that district The work will consist mainly of trapping marten on the mainland and transplanting them on the T outlying ands, chiefly Chi- and Baranof on which juirr ed as a s have been previously plant- source of food for such fur-bearers. The squirrel-planting el Mr. Terhune said, has »d out admirably. Mountain goat will be transplanted from the mainland to Admiralty, Chichagof if weather will Baranof Islands. Deer and conditions permit. taken in Southeast Alaska and tal en to Kodiak Island and possibly . (Continued on Page Eighat) T COLD WAVE __ PRESIDENT IS LINING UP HIS BATTLE FORGES Skirmish Predicted Early in Coming Session of Congress BLASTS ARE HEARD FROM OPPOSITION Budget Messages Are Be- ing Outlined—Large Sums Be Asked | WASHINGTON Dec. 27.—Lines for a Congressional skirmish over monetary matters, predicted for early in the approaching session of Congress are being drawn up both at the White House and on Capi- tol Hill. President Roosevelt is prepared for such a possibility in the shap- ing of his annual Budgetary mes- sages. Listens to Blasts l The President has listened mean- lwhile. for reactions to the blasts | azainst his currenoy moves, espec- | ially made by Senator Resd, of | Pennsylvania, Republican. | Republican leaders here are get- | ting ready to outline the minority party policies for their followers. i Senators McNary and Snell have | arranged a serfes of conferences | before the cpening of Congress, one week from foday. ! Douglas Called In President Roosevelt , has called Budget-maker Douglas to aid in | completing his Budgzet message in | which it is expected he will ask | for two billion, six hundred million dollars for regular expenditures | and more than three billion dollars in emergency funds. Indications are plentiful that the President intends to ask Congress | for but few changes in the general recovery machine. e —————— WOULD CHANGE ELECTION OF .S, PRESIDENT {Constitutional Amendment Is Proposed—Spon- sored by Norris WASHINGTON Dec. 27.—A cons | stitutional amendment to change | the method of electing the Presi- | dent of the United States, will be presented at the coming session of Congress against the wishes of President Roosevelt, who hopes for his re-election. Senator Norris is the backer of the proposed resolution to change the method of counting electoral votes. The candidate who re- ceived less than a majority would be credited with those he won when the final tally is made. Had this method been in effect, many | elections of Presidents in the past | would have resulted differently. OUEER ANGLE IN KIDNAPING, - SLAYING CASE | | {Confessed Killer Maintains | He Was Employed to | Commit Crime | | | | | | | | COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 27— Robert Wiles, confessed killer of 15-year-old Herbert Harris, Jr., Is | still in prison. | Officers said he steadfastly main- tains he was employed to abduct the youth by John Rushton, form- er employee of a chain store of which Harris Sr., is vice-president. Rushton denies all knowledge of the case and no charges have yet lbeen made. |