The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 8, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” , JUNEAU, -ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1934. 'MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS - NGMINATIONS CONSIDERED IN SENATE TODAY Alaskans Holding Recess s. Appointments Are Up for Confirmation WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. | — The Senate proceded today to ask the| Administration more questiong| before undertaking | nominations rezeived se heretofore given recess | ppointments and included the fol- from Alaska: | F. Alexander, of Oregon, | Ju of the First Division; Joseph Kehoe, United States Attorney, Third Division; W. T. Mahoney, U. Marshal, First Division; Thomas Gaffney, U. S. Marshal, Second Division; C. J. Todd, U. S. Marshal, Third Division. Confirmation of Henry Morgen-| , to be Secretary of the is expected late today. | Senate sought a report from of Agriculture Wallace on tion of processing taxes Because she considered his offer of marriage a handicap to her ambition to become a Metropolitan Opera star, Emilia da Prato (left), San which reduction in acreage is Francisco songbird, who won a nation-wide radio contest in 1927, was d. Wallace is also asked in #hot to death by Umberto Guisti, former opera impressario, who is resolution for the “sharp shown under arrest (right) after he had confessed the nlnying. ' in hog prices in October November.” . Presulent and Wife Are Told About Alaska by “Slim,” Dog | STOCK MARKET | | : : SESSION DULL; Mus!wr, Dtmond Seeks Aid CHANGES FEW HflNEYMflUN IS Bonds Are Heavy—Equ- |NTERRUPTED am! WASHINGTON, Jan. 8— T}‘E ‘beaumes and_opportunities of Alas-| ka were described to Prasident and s. Franklin D. Roosevelt last| ‘=a urday by Clyde C. (8lim) Wll— liams, who drove his dogteam from ' IBRIDGE PLANS | Dimond Advised. Gastinéid ! Dimond has been advised, accord- { from Washington: to 1 $250,000, were . by the Public Works Admmlstx‘l- ‘| cations, |to the staff of the Alaska Road' . Commission under whose direction |ton started taking soundings of = ARE APPROVED | BY WAR DEPT, Channel Bridge Plans Are Given Okay | Tentative plans for the Juneau- Douglas bridge across Gastineau Channel have been approved by the War Department and the Ter- ritory’s application for a permit granted, so Delegate Anthony J. ing to an Associated Press despatch | The Empire. | Funds for erection of the bridge, | recently allocated tion. Preparatory t,o drafting final plans and making detailed specifi- a survey is now being made of the area between Ninth, and Twelfth streets by O. H. Strat-- ton, bridge engineer just added! the bridge will be built. Mr. Strat- | After a hazardous air dash from Houston, Tex., five-months-old baby, was taken to Johns Hopkins hospital at Balti more, Md., for a brain operation to save her life. The baby is shown being carried from the plane by a nurse assisted by an airport attend- ant. At right is the child’s uncle and her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gastineau Channel in that arca| Bus Trammell, last week. He will have completed these in another day or so. In the meantime, he is also working on a | design for the structure. Final| plans will be completed and thel project in such shape for a ecall for bids within 90 days $100,000 000 MORE ALLOCATED FOR _ CWA PRUJEGTSL“UR IS IN Prevents Closing Down of FULL ACCORD, Trammell. (Associated Press Photos) Over Slx Mlllwn Persons Returned to Jobs in 1933; i | | 1 | WASHINGTON, Jan.. 8~ The American Federation of Labor Is- 400,000 persons were put back to work last year. Another labor shorter hours. The average weekly hours in in- gain cited was A. F. of Labor’s Statement| sued a statement Sunday that 6,-| 5 & 2 i {Acute Situation Arises in Copper Center, Alaska, to Wash-| ’ ue° Alded byGr 1 ington, via the Chicago World's; Pl’O]eClS n Terntory ] AlcoholsFractio | BY s u B P UEN A Fair to advertise the proposed high- i | way from Puget Sound to Alaska. | at Ea rly Date e NEW YORK, Jan. 8— Sbo\.ks‘ | Willilams, who met Mrs. Roose-| were stagnant today with but lit- Al d His F velt in Chicago, said he did not| To enable continuation of the t1é pressure against the list. As a Prlnce CXlS an 1S I'OY- speak to the President abouf the Alaska CWA program beyond the whole prices were generally main- | . | proposed road but “talked just middle of this month, an addi- tained rr’ncderate!_v and in a steady ly Mllhon Dollar Hell' generally about what a great coun- | tional $100,000 was alloted to tne | on. Tt was one of the dullest ess Bride Separate try we have” | Territory last Saturday by Harry sessions since last April. Sales to-| | The proposzd highway will ex- L., Hopkins, CWA Administrator. taled only 700,000 shares. The close| SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 8— tend north through British Colum-| This was disclosed {n a news re- was slightly irregular. Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivana bia with Fairbanks, Alaska, as the port from the Associated Press to Bonds were heavy, with selling is here on a round the world hon- immediate goal, a distance of about"rhe Empire, which was later con- » in U. S. Government issues. The eymoon, while her husband, Prince 2200 miles, approximately half of firmed by a radiogram from Mr. curb was fairly steady. | Alexis, circled far around Califor- which is completed. \Hopklns to E. W. Griffin, Acting ¢ Equities got a little encourage- nia, where a subpoena server Delegate Anthony J. Dimond|Governor. ment from grains which were nar- awaited him, by airplane. plans t/a ask Congress for $1970,000| This brings the total for the row. | After parting with his $40,000,- to comstruct the Alaska portion or;Amka CWA to $300,000, $200,000 Fractional Gains 000 heiress bride at Reno, Alexis the road immediatsly. | having been previously alloted. Some alcohols were up one to headed for Seattle. The highway will open a vast| Hawaii was given $450,000 addi- two points but gains were frac-/ The couple reserved quarters on area of rich timber and mining tional for the same purposes. ' tional at the close. !the liner Tatsuta Maru sailing land. The new allotment does mot in- American Telephone and Tele- from here for the Ofient next —_———— creass the number of men author- graph was a trifle higher. Thursday. This led to rumors the' ized to be employed on Civil Works Some rails, also Chrysler and Au- couple plans to meet again at Hon- projects in the Territory. This was ' purn lost one point. olulu or rar out to sea. UNE KlLLEn emphasized by Mr. Griffin. It United States Stezl was one to | merely makes available money with ** four points higher. There were ! which to meet payrolls under the small declines in DuPont, Case, | | authorization glven late in De- American Can, U. 8. Smenmg, 1 L) cember. Western Union, and others. Had the funds not been forth- dollar exhibited strength. sterl- | PI-ANE SI.IPS'mmmg' it would have been neces- ing dropped four cents at one time. | SEND } sary to discontinue many of the | | & projects now under way after Jan- CLOSING PRICES TODAY 1 . uary 15, Mr. Griffin added. * NEW YORK, Jan 8— Closing| UN WATERWAY Parachute Fails to Open i quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | When Avnator Jumps at Mlouse t6 Pass stock today is 21%, American Can/| i $ , 4%, American Power and Light' ' Vancouver, Wash. Alaska Bill, 5%, Anaconda 13%. Armour B. 2%, Rumors Current President Dimond Bethlehem Steel 35%. Calumet and | VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 8.— Says imo. Wants Ratification of | St. Lawrence Pact 1 Hecla 4, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Gen- Motors 383%, Intematlonal Harvester 38%, Kennecott 19% North American Aviation 5%,) wASHINGTON, Jan. 8—Specu- Saved by a parachute leap, John Gantembein, aged 23, is alive, bu!| \badly bruised and injured, while; Robert F. Young, aged 23. is dead, a vietim of an airplane flight. ‘Young's parachute failed to open WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Al- aska Delegate Dimond predicts the bill to give Alaska and Hawaii a non-voting member in the Senate will be passed RECOVERY ACT President of—United Mine | Workers Makes Point- | ed Address in East H | 1 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 8.— Declaring that organized labor is in full accord with the Recovery' Act, John L. Lewis, President of, |the United Mine Workers, in an address before the American Acad-| emy of Political and Social Science, said it is the opinion of union la-| bor that the practical application | of the law has been “too restricted and too lacking in uniformity and comprehensiveness for the human welfare and economic freedom and, standpoint of labor.” | The United Mine Workers' Ex-| ecutive said further: “I am con- vinced there has been no legal in- strument comparable with the economy law since Lincoln's Em- ancipation Proclamation.” SHOOTS WIFE " THEN SUICIDES Double T r—a—g—e dy Takes Place in San Francisco | Beauty Shop LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 8— Despondency over marital relations dustry generally were shorter by four and one-half hours than at the end of 1932 and workers .were also better organized to handle their own problems and share in industrial control, e e e— TROYANOVSKY IN NEW YORK WITH BULLITT New Soviet Ambassador Reaches U. S.—Ameri- can EnvoyHere on Visit NEW YORK, Jan. 8—Avowing support of the cause of peace, Al- exander A. Troyanovsky First Am- bassador of the Sovlet Union, land- ed in New York City S8unday. With him was William C. Bullitt, Ameri- can Envoy to Moscow who is re- turning for conferences in Wash- ington “with the President. The two Ambassadors left for Washington after a few hours here. “I will work for world peace,” {were the first words the Russian Ambassador spoke on his arrival here. He was formerly ambassador in Tokyo. ————————— BOOTLEGGERS e — e~ 'WANTS SILVER T0 BE BOOSTED, Montgomery Ward 21%, Standard ya4i0n that President Roosevelt on o California 38%, United Stales misnt send a special message to St. Bawrence Waterway pact was plane side-sligped and p]unged_ to B ANKERS ARE heard in Senate quarters this fore- earth on a golf course three miles day and Sunday that a heated| Both men were from Portland. EGTEB Tu fight is surely to impend on this The plane got out of control EXP Although. there is no Xmmedmte bein through stunting routine. word from the White House as to! confident the first of a series of Twu DEP“TIES ,special messages suggesting legis- | " Extended Controversy Is week. Feared—Seek Am Jack Courtney ney Goes to Dil- WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 lingham — Dick Scott ing leaders in Washington are gressional controversy over the, » banking laws and threats and chal-' ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 8.— by the House and he expressed hope the Senate will also act favorably. R STURGE LEAVING is ascribed by the police as the motive for murder and suicide,| with Dr. and Mrs. Glen Tullngsdon as the principals. He entered a beauty shop con- ducted by his esiranged wife and without a word, shot her twice. As she fell he swallowed poison | and dropped dead. | The couple married two years ago and later separated. MUST BEWARE Dxrector Decan' Going After Two Branches of Illicit Business Tom _ Sturge, of the Midget, is leaving on the Northland tonight for the south to go through a clin- jc. While he is absent the Midget will be in charge of Mrs. Sturge. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—A pledge | to help keep the bootleggers and il- |licit distillers of Prohibition Days lout of the newly legalized liquor industry, is made by Director Do- | ran, head of the Distilled Spirits | Institute. Director Doran expressed assur- ance the oldtime racketeers will ‘hnve a hard time in the future. — - Airmail Service in Alaska Requested; Recommendation Made by Postinaster General WASHINGTON, Jan. 8— Peetmaster General James A. Farley recommended to the to'authorize him, at his discre- tien, to contract, after adver- tisement in aceordance with the e ecsecevsaseoe PRICE OF GOLD REMAINS AT $34.06 . | Congress urging ratification of the when he leaped overboard as the \noon. This followed reports Satur- east of here. | question. | while Young was putting Gantem- WAGE BAl IL the President’s course, leaders are lation will reach them before mld-‘ Tn WESTWARD ing of 1933 Act getting ready for an extended Con- | Named for Seldovia lenges promise plenty of action. | WASH’!NG'ION, Jan. 8—Chair- Several Party chisfs fear there -man Steagall, of the House Bank- " will be an open break as soon as ing Committee, said he thought sufficient support can be mustered silver should be given more prom- by those who want to amend the inence in monetary plans, and he ‘1033 Banking Act with its deposit is considering introduction of a bill ~ jfor that purpose. insurance provisions, Appointment of Jack Courtney as Deputy U. 8. Marshal for Dilling- ham, and Dick Scott to a similar position at Seldovia, is announced by C. J. Todd, United States Mar- shal for the Third Division. Both men are of Anchorage. President in his annual report, that legislation be enacted to permit him to contract for an airmail service in Alaska. The Poitmaster General asked the present laws be .amended law, for the carriage of clagses of mail within the Ter- | Alnska WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.— There is no change in the price of gold as it remains at $34.06 an ounce. Seveos00pro0oe ®©eevcsccete RUSH BABY TO HOSPITAL IN PFRILOUS AR DASH James R. Wedell, speed flier who piloted the airplane on the wind. tossed trip, is shown as he left the ship at Baltimere. Braving strong icy winds, Wedell drove his plane over the 1,400-mile trip in slightly more than 11 hours. COMPROMISE SUGBESTED IN Chicago—House De- liveries Stopped CHICAGO, TIll, Jan. 8.—A possi- bility of peace loomsd today in Chicago’s milk strike, coming in the form of a proposal by the Pure Milk Association, which called the strike, to compromise on the de- mand for $2.10 as the basic price for 100 pounds and accept $1.85. The offer came when *the city was facing an acute shortage of milk supplies and the apparent success of 1,000 farmers and pickets swarming the highways to the city. One unofficial estimate was that 600,000 quarts of milk were dump- ed Sunday alone so tight was the | blockade. The Milk Council, Inc., represent- ing 25 of the largest dairies of the Chicago’ area, decided not to at- tempt any ordinary home deliveries of pastuerized milk today. There| is emough milk for hospitals, in- firmaries and orphanages allowed to reach the city while receipts of\ cream received by train is being | | used as whole milk. DELIVERIES HALTED CHICAGO, Iil, Jan. 8—Milk de- liveries were halted this afternoon as violence flared over the 100-mile area in the dairymen's strike against reduced prices. Dumping of milk spread from | highways into the city. | The most serious violence is re- | ported from Wisconsin where inter- | ference of trains hauling milk is reported. One hundred thousand gallons of milk have been dumped on the highways. | U. S. Income Takes Jump Dunng 1 ‘) 3 Cost Less to Collect Declares Helvering in His Report \ WASHINGTON, Jan. 8— The Nation’s income jumped some $62,- 000,000 in the 1933°fiscal year and what is more it cost the govern- ment less to collect it, says Guy T. Helvering, Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue. in his annual re- | port to the Treasury, made today. Although 3.2 beer and wine were legal only a small part o7 Tiat fis- cal year, the former brought. in $35,000,000 and the latter $80,000. The total revenue for the 1933 fiscal year was $1,600,000,000, th2 MILK STRIKE | to Police headquarters, | police are mot certain they are It! U. S. OFFICIALS, GANG3TERS, KILL ‘OVER WEEK-END {Several of Nation's Crim- | nals Lose Lives or Are Under Arrest 'TRI-STATE TERROR ' DIES IN HOSPITAL Escaped Contidd Captured in ‘Gun Fight—Chap- man’s Pal Murdered CHICAGO, TIil, Jan. 8— The week-end saw the Nation's notor- |ious hoodlums materially reduced ‘Lhrough police bullets, gangsters’ guns and arrests. Saturday night Wilbur Under- hill, tri-state terror, died in the McAlester, Oklahoma penitentiary hospital, after his transfer from Shawnee, where Federal Authori- tories sent 13 bullets into his body early last week when he tried to escape in a raid on His headquar- ters. A woman companion was also fatally injured in the fight. Underhill was transferred to the penitentiary in an ambulance when it was learned pals were planning his rescue. Sunday night, Homer Inman, one of Underhill's confederates, was wounded and captured in a gun fight near Seminole, Oklahoma. “Handsome” Jack Klutas, for- mer University of Tllinois student, rated by the police as the smartest head of a gangster gang, was gun- ned to death by the police in Chi- |cago Saturday night. Trapped with Klutas, was Walter | Detrick, escaped convict from In- diana, and a member of the John Dillinger gang. Frank Schaeffer, who escaped with Gerald Chapman from the | Atlanta Penitentiary in 1923, was shot to death early Sunday in the New York theatrical district by an unidentified gunman, in a taxi- cab. Schaeffer was 40 years of age, and has been a criminal for 23 years, He sprawled on the side- walk with a bullet through his head. Chapman was hanged for murder several years after his es- cape from Atlanta where he had been imprisoned following convic- tion of murder. —_————————— JACK KLUTAS IS SHOT DOWN, POLIGE TRAP Head of I‘Et;rious *“Col- legiate Band” Killed in Bullet Barrage Jan. 8.—‘Hand- leader of a | CHICAGO, T, some Jack” Klutas, | widely sought Midwest kidnap band, was shot and killed in a po- lice trap in a suburban apartment last Saturday where he had been | 1iving under the guise of a Secret Service operative. Five persons found in the apart- ment were apprehended and taken but the | connected with the gangster. Bullet Barrage | Klutas fell under a barrage of wpohce bullets when he attempted to dash to freedom from the apart- | ment which had been under sur- ‘vexllance of the State Attorney's | office for ten days. | The police found & quantity of | tear gds bombs, weapons and other materials. His companions surrendered aft- jer bullets had cut Klutas down. Seven Years' Search The slaying of Klutas climaxed a seven year search for the former University of Illinois student who |left the campus to head a notor- ious “collegiate band.” The police named a dozen extortions and kid- napings which netted more than $500,000. The police described Klu- Itas and his henchmen as the small- | est gangsters in the nation. il NELS LANDIN IS HOME Nels Landin, who has been re- ceiving medical care at St. Ann's Hospital for the last two weeks, Jeft the hospital for his home Sun- report says.