The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 9, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6542. . JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1934. " MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS e ATTACK ON PRESIDENT IS REPULSED FE FEDERAL AID T0 BE SOUCHT, MILK STRIKE Violent Outbursts Are Re- ported — Injunction May Be Next Move BULLETIN—CHICAGO, Jan. 9—Maycr Kelly late this af- ternoen asked intervention of the Governor te end the dump- ing of milk. CHICAGO, Tll., Jan. 9.— Federal intervention will be sought in the, milk strike already marked by in- creasing outbursts of violsence as the embarge movement went into the fourth day. The Government’s help is sought in a suit for an injunction filed in behalf of the Meadowmoor Dairy Company, independent organiza- tion, whose attorney charged the “3f three states being in col- lusion with the strikers in inter- fering with shipments and the dumping of milk. SHIP BY AIRPLANE CHICAGO, T, Jan. 9.—Regu- hipments of milk by airplane d this afternoon as the de brought an acute short- age here. The first shipment was 1,000 ~ quarts and was consigned by the Wagner Dairy Company. Addi- tional consignments are expected to arrive hourly. The Wagner Dairy Company is one of thé largest independent dealers of the The police have been summoned to the airport to guard the milk enroute to the company's plant. ———————— PACIFIC COAST BANKING SHOWS £00D BUSINESS Debits in December In- crease over November— Federal Reserve Figures SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Jan. 9.— December brought acceleration to financial activity on: the Pacific Coast which lifted bank debits in 27 principal cities to more than two billion dollars from one billion, seven hundred millions in check payments in November. The level of business activity as indicated in the aggregate by the debits is substantially above De- cember, 1932, when the debit to- tal for the same cities were one billion, nine hundred and nine- ty four millions. The figures are those of the Federal Reserve Bank. — WIFE OF RUDDY . VALLEE MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE Declares Hma.s Been In- timate with Movie Act- ress and Two Others e LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 9.— " Fay Webb Valle has filed a sep- arate maintenance action charging Rudy Vallee with being intimate on numerous occasions with Alice Faye, moviz actress, and also two Jane Does. She also accused him of having a violent temper. - SLIGHT QUAKE "IN CALIFORNIA ¥ 10OS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 9— A slight quake was felt here this forenoon, but no damage has been reported. Gov. Troy in Seattle; Starts North Saturday FIREMEN STAND OFF RALLY AND NOSE OUT, 45-4 Smoke Eaters Break Win- Gev. Jchn W. Troy arrived in Secattle this morning from Los Angeles on board the Emma Alexander, according to a ra- dio reccived here today. The message further advised that he will leave Seattle Sat- INSTALLATION BY MASONS AND EASTERN STAR Officers Take Over Duties at Joint Session at Scot- tish Rite Temple At a well attended joint session of the members of Juneau Chap- ter, No. 7, Order of the Eastern Star and Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147, Free and Accepte]l Masons. held at the Scottish Rite Temple last eve- ning the annual installation of of- ficers of both organizations took place. | Eastern Star Officers Installing officers for the O. E. S. were, Elizabeth Nordling, In- stalling Officer; Annetta Naghel, Installing - Marshal and Mildred Marfin, Installing Chaplain. Elect- ed officers installed for the year 1934 were: Ruth Hawkesworth, Worthy Matron; Charles Hawkes- worth, Worthy Patron; Nellie Mer- ritt.« Asse te Matron; Fanny L. Robinson, Secretary; Lottie Spick- eft, Treasurer; Mary Sutfon, Con- ductress; Mamie Goddard, Assoc- iate Conductress; Lilllan Watson Chaplain. Appointed officers installed were ning Streak of Colleg- ians in Thrilling Game The Juneau Firemen last night broke the winning streak of the Alaska College Collegians, win- ning a thrilling and at times rough game by a single basket, 45 to 43. Three Firemen—Garn, Orme and Moyer—and one Col- legian—Henning—went out via the personal foul route. The locals got the jump and maintained a consistent lead of about 10 points from the first to the end of the third period. In the fourth, the Collegians rallied strongly but lacked one basKet of tying the score. They werz shoot- ing desperately when the timer's gun ended the fray. Take Lead Quickly The Smoke-caters jumped away in the lead and piled up a 17-8 score at the end of the first period. They held this lead at the halftime, 30-21. They in- creased it to 12 points at the end of the third period, 43-30. Then things began to happen. Garn went out on fouls. Orme, who had been taken out in the first period with three personals against him, replaced Abby and lasted just two plays when he, too, went to the showers by the same route. Moyer followed quick- ly, leaving only Hollmann, Blake and Jensen of the first string on the floor. Jensen and Blake had three personals on them and Hollmann two. ‘The Collegians came to life Florence Flory, Marshal; Carol| Davis, Organist; Gladys Stabler, Adah; Dora Sweeney, Esther; Vel- la Moehring, Martha; Marvel Tay- lor, Electra; Evelyn Troast, War- der and Harry Watson, Sentinel. Betty McCormick, who was ap- pointed to the office of Ruth, was and staged an offensive that kept the play under the baskef a large part of the time. TLed by Brandt and PFranklin, as sweet a scoring and defensive guard as has been seen here in many days, they pep- pered the cage from every possible angle. Five field goals and three on free throws gave them 13 absent due to illness and will be installed at a later meeting, as will M. L. Merritt elected Associ- ate Patron, who is in Washington, D. C., on official business. Elected Masonic Officers Installing officers of Mf. Juneau Lodge No. 147, F. and A. M. were, John J. Fargher, Installing OIffi- cer and Charles E. Naghel, Install- ing Marshal. Those elected to of- fice for the coming year who were installed are: Lance Edwin Hend- rickson, Worshipful Master; How- ard Douglas Stabler, Senior War- den; Harold Lee Redlingshafer, Treasurer; James Wilfred Leivers, Secretary. Martin Sidney Jorgen- sen will be installed in fhe office to which he was elected that of Junior Warden, at a later meet- ing. after his return from Seattle Those who were installed to ap- pointive offices for 1934 are: Ralph Creighton Mize, Chaplainj. Homer Griffith Nordling, Marshal; For- est Reuben Bates, Senior Deacon; Frank Pepin, Junior Deacon; Dan- jel Ross, Senior Steward; Hans Berg, Junior Steward; Robert Shel- don Raven, Organist; Joseph Wil- bur Woodford, Tyler. Between the Fastern Star and Masonic installations, Mrs. Frank Dufresne gave several violin selec- tions and Miss Alice Palmer sang two vocal solos during the Masonic TInstallation. Following the meeting refresh- ments were served to those present. in the banquet hall of the Tem- ple. ———-——— Depression Is An Emergency, Court Decides WASHINGTON, Jan 9— The Supreme Ccurt has upheld the right of the state of Min- nescta to cuspend contracts in an_emergency like depression. MorgenEau Canfinfied as Sec. of Treasury WASHINGTON, Jan. 9— The Senate has confirmed ihe nomi- nation of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., to be Secretary of the Treasury. points while the Firemen, closely checked, chalked up but one each for three points. Brandt Again High Brandt was again fthe high scorer. He caged six from scrim- mage and four on free throws for e total of 16 points. Garn and Franklin tied for second with 12 points each. Hollmann and Blake were close runnersup and tied for third with 11 each. "The College’s record, even with the loss of this game is notable. It has played 14 games since leav- ing home, winning 12 of them and losing but two. The squad will leave here on the steamer Yukon tonight. DeMolay Wins Opener The DeMolay quint defeated the Island Firemen 41 to 35 in the curfain-raiser. The Islanders, badly beaten at the end of the first hall, staged a brilliant come- back in the second half and out- scored the DeMolays by a wide margin, At the half the local five led 25 to 9. In ihe second half the Islanders scored 26 points and held the DeMolay to 16. The game was the only one left unplayed on the first half of the City League schedules. Details of Game Collegians (43) Pos. JED. (45) Brandt (16) .......rf. Hollmann (12) Henning (7) .. i Garn (12) Johansen (2) .......c. Jensen (T) Flanklin (12) rg. . Orme (2) Karabelnikoff (3) Ig ....... Blake (11) Substitutions: Lundell (2) for Johansen, Johansen for Lundell, Lundell for Henning, O'Shea for Johansen, Johansen for O'Shea, O'Shea for Karabelnikof; Moyer (2) for Orme, Orme for Garn, Brown for Orme, Pat Metzgar for Moyer. Score First Second . Total Collegians . 21 22 43 Firemen ... 30 15 45 Ficld goals: Collegians 17, Fire- men 18; one free throws, College | ing. 9, Firemen 9; Personal fouls, Col- lege 14, Firemen 20; technical fouls, College 1, Firemen 1. Officials: Regele, referee, Dun- ham, timer; scorers. Swallows Threaded Needle; Woman Pays with Life . BELLINGHAM, Wash, 3 January 9. — Swallowing a threaded needle more than five weeks ago claimed the life of Mrs. Bertha Zettle, aged 52. The needle was found in the woman’s stom- ach after an autopsy had been performed. ee e 00000 — eee— PRINGE ALEX QUITS HOTEL; TAKES PLANE Husband of Forty Million Dollar HeiressAgain on Flight CHEHALIS. Wash, Jan. 98— Prince Alexis Mdivani arrived here last night and secretly registered at a hotel under an assumed name. The husband of Princess Barbara Hutton Mdivani, the $40,000,000 heiress bride, was flown here by airplane from Reno, circling Cali- fornia where a subpoena awaited him. His bride continued on to San Francisco. This morning, wrathed by a couple of news photographers wha haunted the corridors of the hctel, the Prince and his party sudden- ly left northward and a few min- utes later the plane passed over Centralia, believed headed for S2- attle. It is believed here the Prince and Princess will meet’ again on their honeymoon at Honolulu or else far out to sea. | | | { | ' i REACHES SEATTLE SEATTLE, Jan. 9—Prince Alex- is Mdivani reached here in a taxi this afternoon. Tt is believed he is arranging to sail for the Or- ient. He refused to talk. o —— WEDDING HERE THIS EVENING Helen Mossman Aboard Alaska—To Be Married to C. Livingston (Special to The Empire) | PETERSBURG, Alaska, Jan. 9.— Aboard the steamer Alaska is Miss Helen Mossman, from Glen- dale. California, who is bound for Juneau to marry Curley Living- ston, mining engineer eonnected with the Alaska Juneau. It is understood the marriage will take place soon after the Alaska reaches Juneau. - e BISHOP CANNON T0 FACE TRIAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 9— The Supreme Court has ruled . that; Bishop James Oannon must face trial for violating the election laws while opposing Al Smith in| the 1928 campaign. PRISONER ESCAPES JAIL AT KETCHIKAN John Keiwel, serving a sentence of 90 days after having been con-| victed of assault, escaped from the | Ketchikan Federal jail last night,| according to advices received by| United States Marshal Albert White. The method of his escape ‘was unknown. Apparently Keiwel just walked | out of the bastile sometime be- tween 11 p. m. yesterday and 8 a. m. today. He left no word of| his departure or where he was go- | i % | | | | i | | He was 22 years old, medium build, five feet 11 inches tall, and weighed 164 pounds, had brown| hair and blue eyes. He was sen- serve 90 days. 19PER CENT PAY SLASH T0 REMAIN SIX MONTHS 1E)(eculive Order Issued| Late Today — Cost of Living Declines, Cause for Action WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.— President Roosevelt, by an Executive Order, late today ordered continued the fifteen per cent reduction in pay of Federal employees for an- other six months. In his Budget message, the President asked the cut be reduced from fifteen to ten per cent. The Executive*Order today was the result of findings of the Department of Labor showing declines in the cost of living. BROWN DEFIED CONGRESS, LET AIR CONTRACTS Hoover's Postmaster Gen- eral Is Shown Up— Records Burned WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Accord- ing to testimony given Senate in- vestigators = today, former Post- master General Brown in the Hoover Cabinet, awarded 5,000 miles of air mail contracts with- out competitve bidding after Con- gress specifically refused him this authority. The investigators were also told that portions of both official and personal files of Brown were burned just before March 4, last year. TROYANOVSKY PRESENTS HS CREDENTIALS First Soviet Ambassador Formally. Received by President WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Alexan- der Troyanovsky, first Soviet Am- bassador to the United States, for- mally presented his credentials to President Roosevelt yesterday aft- ernoon. The new envoy said he hoped resumption of relations between the two countries would help world peace. FRANK ENOS IS DEAD IN SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 9.— Frank Enos, aged 75 years, said to have made a fortune in garlic after failing to find gold during the Klondike rush, is dead here. Two sons and a daughter survive. Girl Disappears; Believed Held by W hite Slave Gang TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 9.—Ther police are searching for 14-year- old Annabel Johnson, of Kelso, be- ‘Whyte and Scott,|tenced on December 24, last, to[licved to be held here by white slavers, bt L N DERAL SALARY CUT TO CONTINUE Be Careful Wim to Wife in Cor WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.— The {Supreme Court has ruled that what husbands say in their to wives, dictated to a stenographer, letters Come Up in Criminal Action t You Write SENATE TAKES ifidence; Can UUH}K ACTION ABOUT DEBATE {Criticism of Roosevelt and Administration Deem- ment subpoenaed, at his trial, a stenographer to whom he dictated a letter to his wife in which it was alleged he declared, “I'm go- ing to rob every last one of them is admissable as evidence in the trial of a husband on a crimi- nal charge. | to produce her notebook and she In the case of Conrad Wolfe, of | read the latter over the objection Spokane, Washington, charged with | of counsel for Wolfe who insisted using the mails to defraud in the the communication was confiden- sale of stock in the Cantu Mining | tial and was not to be used as| Company of Alaska, the Govern- evidence. | CHARGES MADE IN SCANDAL IN FRENCH NATION Serge Stavisky Slain Be- cause Knew Too Much Cabinet Member Quits blind.” The stenographer was required STOCK PRICES HELPED TODAY | " BY TOBACCOS | . . (Cigarette Prices to Ad- vance — Profit Taking Cuts Extreme Gains | | | NEW YORK, Jan. 9. — The| Stock Market was better today! | despite exceptional slowness and |leading issues held gains of one or| more points. A quiet rally followed a revival in tobaccos coincident with the advance in cigarette prices. Profit taking cut down extreme gains but the close was fairly firm. Transfers were under 1,- 000,000 shares. Bonds, except those of the Gov- ernment, showed firm. Specialties led on the curb upward to around one to four points. Optimistic Reports Aside from tobacco recovery there was litfle news to provide any special impetus for the upturn although business and industrial | reports continued optimistic. Grains, cofton and other com- modities “were generally a little better than steady. ‘The dollar dipped and firmed on foreign exchanges. Some Gainers American Telephone exhibited strength and finished up more than two points. Other gainers from fractions to one point included Western Un- ion, General Electric, Industrial Alcohol, New York Central. Santa Fe, U. 8. Smelting. Off about one point were Chrys- ler and Auburn. BULLETIN, Paris, Jan. 9.— Huge forces of mcunted and foot police were rushed to the Chamber of Deputies this aft- ernoon for guard duty against ' ‘a demonsteation resulting from | reports the pelice killed Serge Stavisky to keep him from talking. PARIS, Jan. 9.—Open charges that Serge Stavisky died at the hands of Secret Service Agents be- cause he knew too miuch involving high police officials are publish- ed in Socialist and Communist newspapers, but are not given much credit. He died after being shot in a secret hiding place. One member of the French Min- istry has resigned as a conse- quence. Dalimier Out Albert Dalimier, Colonial Minis- ter, is accused as heing indirectly implicated in the Bayonne Pawn- shop failure and scandal. He re- signed to give the Premier oppor- tunity to face the Chamber of Deputies with clean hands of his Cabinet. 1t is said that a man and woman followed Stavisky to his hiding! place and the police were then put on his trail. The Pawnshop failed and then| it was revealed bonds issued for millions of francs were found to be fraudulent. —————— oA | 3 X ., Standard Ofl of California 38%, Six Navy Aircraft Will nited states sSteel 47%. Start Thursday for | Hop to Honolulu ?MANY NATInNs SAN DIEGO, Cal, Jan. 9.—On| a hop to San Prancisco, then a' WANT Tfl sELl Chief of the United States Fleet Lluunn Tu UI SI as a passenger. Admiral David Sellers will start| — the hop, the first ever to be' from San Francisco on Thursday, | it all depending on fthe weather. i el | LEGION MAKES been made public here. Neither contained demands for a bonus and both were very mild in com- parison to former demands. i | | | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine | stock today is 21%, American Can 195, American Power and Light |6, Anaconda 13%, Armour B. 2%, | Bethlehem Steel 35%, Calumet and | Hecla 4%, Curtiss-Wright 2%, Fox Films 12%, General Motors 34%, | International Harvester 38%, Ke: |necott 19%, North American Av- |iation 5%, Montgomery-Ward 21%, tries Asking for Im- port Licenses WASHINGTON, Jan. v— 3ids for a better place in America’s li- uor market are on file from more than forty of fifty-four nations maintainihg diplomatic represen- tatives here in a struggle for im- port licenses and gave signs of con- tinuing merrily. One liquor battle has been set- tled, that with Great Britain, whereby England will give a larger increase to American products and in return the liquor quota of 607,- ,000 gallons has been doubled. nonstop mass flight to Honolulu, | six giant Navy seaplanes leave | here today with Commander-in-| be made in the winter and the long- For[y of Ef[y.four Coun- est ever attempted by a seaplane | squadron. The start may be made | ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.— The Disabled Veterans’ and American Legion legislative program have o ed Unnecessary SPECIAL MESSAGES TO DE DELIVERED iSt. Lawrence Waterway Treaty, New Corpora- tion, Be Explained WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—Demo- cratic Chieftains relaxed today aft- er wielding the majority to shut off further debate and criticism of the Administration pending the early delivery by President Roose- velt of fresh instructions on ma- Jjor legislation. The Senate held a recess follow- ing the session’s first attack from the floor upon the Administra- tion. Attack Repulsed Senator Robinson, of Indiana, accused the President of being “culpable and not frank” in his Budget message and this brought a quick’ defense by Senator Robin- son of Arkansas. There was_a lull yesterday in Senate activities when no major measures were ready for consid- eration and this gave an oppor- tunity for a serles of Republican attacks on the President and the Administration, but they were im- mediately answered. The House centered action upon the liquor control bill to extend repeal to the national capital. Special Messages Democratic leaders have been informed the President will trans- mit tomorrow special messages giv- ing his views upon the debate pro- voking the St. Lawrence Waterway treaty, proposing a new Federal Corpuraclop capitalized at $200,000,~ 000 with power to issue two bil- lion dollars in bonds designed to provide ‘a government guarantee for farm- credit. These bonds are mew agficultural refinancing is- sues and would replace the existing bonds. SALMON CREEK DEMOCRATS T0 CAUCUS HERE Wild Hold Their Meeting at Moose Hall Thursday with Local Caucus Salmon Creek Democrats will caucus at the same time and place as the Democrats of Juneau, it was announced today by J. P. Ander- son, Precinct Committeeman for that precinct. Notices have been posted at Salmon Creek announc- ing a caucus for tomorrow night at Moose Hall at 7:30 p. m. Organization matters will be dis- cussed and delegates elected for the coming Divisional convention to- be held here on January 24. Tt is expected that a record at- tendance will be present at the caucus tomorrow night, local pre- cinct workers said today. There is an unusual amount of interest indicated in it. - eee GABE PAUL HAS RECOVERED FROM INFLUENZA ATTACK Gabe Paul, prominent local business man, who has been con- fined to his home for the last two weeks with an attack of in- fluenza, is able to be out again today. - — SPECIAL MUSIC WILL BE FEATURED THIS EVENING AT CAPITOL BEER PARLOR Albert Peterson, of piano and accordian ‘fame, will make his initial appearance at the Capitol Beer Parlor and Ball room to- night. He will especially feature Scandinavian-American Dance mu- sic at which he excels, ATy