The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 28, 1933, Page 1

& ¢ HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL, THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIII., NO. 6532, Ml:VlBl R OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NATI ONAL GREATER NAVY NOW PROPOSED BY DEPARTMENT Congress Will Be Asked to Authorize Ambitious New Program \ TWO RESOLUTIONS | TO BE SUBMITTED By CLAUDE A. JAGGER (A. P. Financial Editor) —The world made distinct pro, in breaking the ice of economic recovery in 1933, after the big freeze of the years 1929 to 1932, Stafistics gathered by the League inauguration of bus of Nations indicated that recovery tural and industrial control in production and em: ploymeiit was the National Recovery and Agr moving forws tural Adjustment administr and currency frights. held the world’s attention in American in- sress through individ on was not lacking. America Spectacular The spectacular developments in the United States, such as aban- donment, of the gold star Strength Al_lt;ed Under ¢ London Pact Urged— | Build More Ships ; | | WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. — The Navy Department is planning to ask Congressional authorization for | an ambitious ship canstruction and to replacement program designed establish service on the treaty ps ity basis by 1939. Under the present plans, Con- gress will be asked to approve two resolutions, one to authorize the; building of the navy to strength| allowed under the London Naval Treaty or any other arms agree- ment to which the United Smlu~1 might become a party. The second resolution would authorize the President to main- | tain a fleet at the treaty strength.| One hundred and two ships will | have to be constructed or ap-| proximately 20 ships annually until 1939. | The total cost is estimated at| $516,000,000. The Na is now building or has contracted for,| 54 ships FAIRBANKS HAS BIG POTENTIAL COLD RESERVES Could Yield $80,000,000 in Next 25 Years, ,De- | clares New Bulletin WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 16.—| (Special Correspondence) — Given | the necessary money and technical | requirements, the Fairbanks dis-| trict could yield $80,000,000 from | gold lode deposits during the nexL‘ 25 years, according to an nstlm:u.e‘ made by James M. Hill in a newly issued Geological Survey bulletin, “Lode Deposits of the Fairbanks | District.” Gold recovered from placer de- | posits in the Fairbanks region| from 1904 to 1930 was valued at!| $80,000,000, and Mr. Hill sees reason | to believe that placer production for the succeeding 25 years may be even greater. Based on 1931 Study The 20-year period beginning in 1910 saw lode output totalling $2,- 000000 and in envisioning rapid | acceleration ©f production from | that source Mr. Hill undoubtedly | looks for increasing emphasis on hard rock properties in the In- terior, ! Publication of the bulletin is| based upon a study made by Mr Hill in the summer of 1931. Every property upon which work was bc- ing done at that time is descnblvd in detail and there are numerous maps. Delegate Dimond has for distri bution a very limited supply of this bulletin and copies will be (Continued on Page Six.) Roosevelt to | Broadcast This l‘mmng WASHINGTON, Dflu 28.—At a simple ceremony at the tomb in the Washington Cathedral of the War President, an ad- dress to the Nation by Presi- dent Roosevelt will mark the cbservance teday of the seven- ty-seventh bicthday of former | Precigent Woodrow Wilson. Precident Rcosevelt's address will be broadcast tonight at 10:30 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time, cver a naticnal radio netwerk, POISON PLOT If international co-operation to- sweeping recovery ward stability (failed to material- dustrial production from April to ize at the disarmament conf July was the most striking oco- ence, or J]( conomic (on(‘rm nomic d(-s 1upmont in |fl3‘i Georae N. Peek (left), head of the agricultural adjustment admin- istration, was-asked by the President to head a state department division having as its purpose the opening of new world markets. Peek had dif- fered with some code policies of Dr. Rexford G. Tugwell (above), mem- ber of the “brain trus and Secre- tary A. Wallace (rizhy Worl(l H eart?uod as 1‘)34 Dmm$ on Slén of Economic “Unfreezing,” Declares A. P. W"“’ft IN COLD WAVE United States, appeared farthest| recovery. In had gone , and had results oyment had in of the Outside itain road recovery to ong X :mn)' | J {Death Penalty Fm Reckless |Soviet C /mu/feul DISCOVERED MOSCOW. Dee. 28.—Al- though Russia’s " criminal code provides for a maxi- mum sentence of ten years in such cases, the Moscow City Court has decreed death for Valentine Ivanhof chauffeur, convicted of reck- less dr in an accident which resulted in death for four. -oooo.oo---oo WORLD'S ILLS 'High Off]tlals of Army| Threatened with Death, Authorities Say HELSINGFORS, Dec. 28— TiL authorities announced today Lh\ discovery of & plot on a large scale to poison high officials of the Fin- nish Immediately an ardev was issued that one dead offic body be exhumed and an investiga- | \tmn conducted in the belief he may have been one of the victims| of the plot. he Chief of Police said he be-| lieved a spy ring here is connected | | with the one discovered in France.) Two Americans, Mr. and Mrs. | Arvid Jacobson, of Michigan, were | | arrested in connection with the| Finnish ring October 27. | Delegates to o Fifteen Con- ventions in East alyze Condltlons Dec. 28.— scien- | PHILADELPHIA, Pa. | Economists, politicians and tists attending the fifteen conven tions in Philadelphia, analyzed world’s ills, the concensus of report being Mother Earth is |the mend None of the on 'PAROCHIAL SCHOOL l | TO GIVE CHRISTMAS | PLAY THlS EVENING| | Pupils of St. Ann's F,m)c‘ualll,mg,‘.m aither | School will present the play, “Alternational aff Christmas Legend,” this evening ai was definitely the Parish Hall at 7:30 o'clock| romptly, according to an an-| ot s i {Baby I'[w | nouncement made today. avractive| With Mother In addition to the program, there will be a Christ-| R | Dias tree with Santa Claus to greet 0-000 Miles SEATTLE, Dec. 28.— Five- months-old Dorothy Victoria all who attend his program. origi-| Hall is the center of an ad- nally scheduled for the week be-| | fore Christmas but postponed ow-| miring group of relatives here after a five thousand mile ing to the severe and prulonzcd1 journey by plane with her leold spelly mother, Mrs. Ernest Hall, from Venezuela, in one weck, en- route te Victeria. The baby and | her mother will visit with Mrs. Hell's parents. The baby is as well and as happy as when the air trip was startod. the great in- tone the speakers at sessions reported in business or the optimistic >oe - - | HYDRANTS KEPT THAWED | | During the recent cold snap at | Ketchikan, a two-man crew was | kept on duty to thaw out the h\v drants located throughout the city so that they would be ready case of fire. m| % ARE DISCUSSED D.E. SKINNER PASSES AWAY, SEATTLE HOME Head of Company Interest- ed in Alaska Canneries Dies — Long Illness SEATTLE, Dec. 28. — David | Skinner, aged 66, capitalist ship builder, died last night as result of an intestinal disorder a long illness. He was head Skinner-Eddy Corporation interested in Alaska salmon neries. David E. Skinner Hillsdale, Michigan, 1867. A W do\\ and STATE DEFIED; w Fe son s ;. ELECTION HELD INLOUISIANA Sixth Congressional Dis- trict Voters Declare Themselves Defying the citiz . | District, who declared ¢ in open revolt a ) the five- | year political dominance of Senator Huey Long, conducted an election !throughout the distric yesterday and named J. Y. Sande r., their representative in Congress. Mys. Bolivar E. Kemp, widow of Representative Ker was named to the post after the death of her |hushand by Long, then Governor. The matter will probably be set- tled by Congres J by ! three OVER100DEE | SWEEPING U.S, Fatality Lisrligh for PaslE Twenty-four Hours, Reports Show HOMELESS SEEKING FOOD AND SHELTER| o T\wenty-four Are Missing ! | Aboard Fishing Boats, New England Coast 24 28. NEW YORK, Dec. siderably today over much of United States but prevailed in many sections. More than 100 have died as the | and result of blizzards, ice, snow cold during the past 24 hours. Clearing Streets Thirty-four to complete the ten inches of snow York City streets. from the Homeless men and women strag- to| food | oated sidewalks houses for gled over ice municipal lodging and shelter. Goes Into South The cold wave has swept info the | South after leaving 18 dead in Chi- cago alone. s With _teu . degrees below. zem1 dead at 21.) States Wisconsin counts her The N England dictions but 29 persons are missing aboard fishing craft. Ceuntry’s Cold Spot White River 56 degrees below zero this morning for the coldest spot. Various Minnesota points tered 47 degrees below zero. The temperature at Atlanta,| Georgia, this K‘oreuoon W, E. HUMPHREY | PRESSING FIGHT | FOR JOB, MONEY regis- Fired Republlcan Member | of Federal Trade Com- mission, Files Claim WASHINGTON, Dec. 28— Wil- liam E. Humphrey of Seattle, ha taken to the United States Court of Claims his contention that Pres- ident Roosev: him removed as a member Federal Trade Commission October, was illegal and void. The question involved has been | filed with the Court of Claims by, Humphrey in a petition. Humphrey is a Republican and demands from the United States the sum of $1.250 said to be due him as his salary from October to November 30. Contention Presented Humphrey makes the contention Congress intended the Federal last ® Trade Commission to be an inde-| pendent, semi-judici nonpoliti- cal body. the members to be inde- pendent of the will of dent, and subject to removal only for causes stated in the statute No Charges Made Humphrey stated His duties have been properly performed and no charges of any kind have been pre- sented against him, either by the President or the Senate Humphrey said he received a let- ter from President Roosevelt ac- cepting his resignation but no re ignation had been offered. Th he received a letter from the Pres- ident removing him which he has refused fo recognize valid or being within the President’s right- ful powers. as PERCY CHARL! P:rcy Charles won first award at Ketchikan for the out- door lighting feature during Christ- ! mas. The second award was gra "to Mrs. Agnes Sayers The fury| of winter's onslaught subsided con- | the intense cold still} thousand men strug-| gled in below freezing temperature | task of removing| New are| cheered by rising temperatiife pre- | Ontario, registered is 22 degrees above zero action in ordering | of the !United States Has Crossed Threshold of New Era Savs 2re WASHINGTON, Dec. ° “ident Roosevelt expressed the view in a letfer tc Mrs. € rrison Poole, President of the General Feedration of Wemen's Clubs that “We enter the New Year with the realization we have sed the threshold of a new era. The gawn of a New Yo ways a challenge that suggests new opportuniti We opportunity of im- proving conditions and wmaking our country a beiter heme, materiall GET CORD[AL GREFT]NG IN MOSCOW ualiy.” { | | In a ceremony accompanied by more than ordinary cordi T8y Bulllt RrasRHtad e AmbAseadorial Coadt le tereIcrie o Moscow, thereby breaking 16 years of official isolation betwezn tire United States and Soviet Russia. Mr. Bullitt is pictured with his daugh. ter Anne when they arrived at Plymouth, England. Annz wiil te the st lady” at the American embassy in the Russian capital. (Assy:i STOCK PRICES ' TAKE ADVANCE; R(ulroads Show Gain in Traffic Nel Income Durmg Novem- ber Increased Over Same Period 32 | YORK, Dec income of reporting Gains Curb Also Active and Strong 28.— the on u])m ating Tegated N‘P.W YORK, Dec. 28 ease of approximat A: swallowed a zeah ;ml[uun of |1y 22 per cent over the correspond- | ¥ ; g but still displayed a lusty appetite ing month last year. for advance which were one gains Regular Dividend jated Gas paid a r lar | g divid nd short cov- Father Makes Charges in| som ties and spe- A ool 21d in the up- | Applying for Divorce | {1, ifties income st —Famlly Is Split Cash or the Y to the | YANKTON, South Dakota, Dec.| twe 28.—The twin sons of Mrs. Edward | Paddle have the status of hdl“ Americ lephone and Tele- brothers as the result of a court Continued on Pa Two) action in recommending the claims/| of the woman’s husband that he i | father of only one of them. Paddie, a farmer near Freeman was given divorce by defaul when his wife failed to contest. H charged infidelity told the court he believed | Marchers, Paddie one of th ins was his son but| BERLIN, Dec. 28-Because of the othe \e sald bore no re- | the number of nazis injured or | semblance to himself, was the son d on night marches along the ad automob! German yof another man. in: | Paddie was awarded the custody ving their car the marct |of one twin and also columns has gon2 {five children. The nk man on dren were given into the a red light of the mother by the court Watch of Berlin- suggests the man be TO ENLARGE FIGHTING SEA FORCE ident. at Dawn of 1934 ~ MARKET FIRM <. Profit Taki;]; Shade Sorie. | tocks { to four point { The last hour profit taking shad- close was firm Sales were 1600,000 shares with gains of one to two points registered Bonds e ro! particularly U. S. Government s, PRICE TEN CENTS INANCE PLAN OUTLINED = 0. 3, BUDGET TENTATIVELY BROUGHT OUT President to Con centrate on Certain Policy for Lal‘ge Sul’plus HIGH SPOKESMAN GIVES STATEMENT Income of Vahon Is Esti- mated and Outgo for Expenses Stated WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—A high Democratic spokesman described the President as determined to con- centrate his mary attention on the next Congress upon the Budgst designed to provide $800.000,000 sur- plus above the ordinary Federal operating costs in 1934 and 1935 Although reconciled to the pres- ent year's deficit, which is well above the billion dollar mark, be- cause of emergency expenditures the Adm ation is said to have set down a tentative Budget on an income of three & n four hundred million dollars and ordi- nary outgo of two billion six hun- dred million dollars. HARMONIOUS SESSION WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Predic- tion for a snort and harmonious gession of Congress, with empha- sis placed on appropriation and revenue bills, was made by Speaker Raincy after calling on President Roosevelt. Senator Connally said he in- formed the President that Congress and the people of the nation were behind him on his commodity dol- lar program and would support it. Speaker Rainey predicted ad- journment of Congress by early May. ———— RUSSIA FEARS JAPAN; CHIEF STALIN TALKS mmunist Party Head Takes Hot Shot at Militant Faction NEW YORK, Dec. 28—Jos- eph Stalin, head of the Com- munist Party of Russia, says the Scviet decires friendly re- lations with Japan but he sees a “grave danger and we cannot but prepare te meet it.” ! That is what Stalin told Walter Duranty, Moscow cor- respondent of the New York Times, in an interview. Stalin said if more reasonable elements, more prudent coun- sels prevail in Japan, the two countries can live in amity, but he added that Russia feared the militant faction may push caner policies into the back- ground. - - — NO CHANGE MADE IN PRICE OF GOLD WASHINGTON; Dec. 28. price of gold remain- ed unchanged today, $34.06 an ounce for the newly mined metal | i 'Nazi Tail Lights Guard Night Training equipped with a tail light hung from his belt or fastened to his shoulders and the other men in the last rank be given red glass crystals which reflect the head- lights of an automobile. Considerable night marching is done throughout the reich not ; by the storm troops but also 2 nazi' unions, 3