The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 29, 1934, Page 1

\ ” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \()L XLHI., I\O 6560. JUNI:AU ALASKA MONDAY, JANUARY 29 1934. \umm R OF ASSOCIATED PRI:SS PRICE TEN CEN"I'S MONE’I'ARY BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS GONFLICT SEEN NOW BETWEEN GREAT NATIONS Great [m!mu anJ United| States May Clash in Monetary Moves MORGENTHAU MAKES REPLY TO QUESTION‘ President Believes Thisl Country Is Prepared for Anything WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.— Administration officials today carefully outlined plans for throwing the two billion dol- {abilization fund into gear and at the same time indicated they are seeing the possibilities of a stern cur- rency war with Great Britain. It stated authoritatively the Treasury Department has reached no understanding London on the relative with position of the pound and dollar. In other words, the Government will employ, with Secretary Oof Treasury Morgenthau's terms, 1is lar independently of use of her equally large funds. ced the direct question a currency struggle with Britain was imminent, Sec- Morgenthau’s frank reply “I don’t know.” In other quarters it is indicated a money conflict stands ly, it is not looked for . Roosevelt made it he feels the tremend- gold reserve and pares this country for anything. — e FOREIGN MONEY |S THREAT TO DOLLAR POLICY Uninvited C—a;ilal Said to Be Stumbling Block to Currency Inflation NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—A flood of uninvited foreign capital in the New York investment markets has threatened to hamper the efforts of the Administration to keep the dollar down to 60 per cent of the old parity, say international bank- ers. With the dollar off the gold standard it is free to fluctuate as security prices do. The United States Treasury has to stand ready to sell dollars as wanted to buy stocks and bonds here to prevent the dollar from rising. Until a few weeks ago foreign buying of securities has been al- most nil DESPERADOES ARE IN TOILS TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 29. —Two men identified as Whitney Walker and Roy Johnson, desper- adoes of Oklahoma, who recently escaped from prison, were captured here today after each had been shot slightly as officers opened fire on them when they resisted ars| rest. i Ketchikan Woman to Be Married, Seat!le TACOMA, Jan. 29.—A ma.rrmgc license has been issued to Thomas | ‘W. Little, of Hoquiam, Wash,, and | Phyllis Brindle, of Ketchikan, Al- aska. JAPANESE WlTH CAMERAS Five Japanes¢ found photogr: aphing bridge structures in New Jersey, a half mile from where two United States destroyers are to be built, were questioned by police at Kearny, N. J. Authorities said the nnly question involved 'was the regularity of the men’s entry into the United States. They were released in custody of a Japanese vice con- sul and later freed of the charges. as they arrived at a Kearny police station. (Associated Press Photo) PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET BEING FORMED, FRANCE PARIS STREETS o oo v Edouard Daladler to Try and Restore Confid- ence in Government PARIS, Jan. 29.—Edouard Dala- dier has been entrusted with form- ing a sort of Public Safety Cabinet for a vigorous house cleaning of fi- nancial scandals and restoration of shaken public confidence in the Government. Gaston Doumergue, former Pres- ident, and Jules Jeanneny, both re- fused to form a Cabinet following the resignation Saturday of the Chautem;h Ministry. Daladier is to give the Cabinet a strong position in the face of the disarfnament tangle by uniting the War, Navy and Air Depart- ments into a National Defense Ministry. . FAULT FINDING MATE IS SHOT Woman Confesses Shooting Husband as He Sleeps —Gives Reasons SWARTHWOOD, N. J, Jan. 29.— A small nervous weman, red-haired Mrs. Neta Heckleman, aged 46, is held for investigation following her confession she shot her farmer husband, Joseph “He was all the time finding fault with me,” said the woman, “and I shot him as he slept.” Mrs. Heckleman had her son drive her here and she surrendered to the authorities. Finds Son’s Body After Others Give Up Search SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—Dr. Flor- enz A. Klopfer, dentist, search- ed Lake Washington in a row- beat with searchlights playing over the waters, after the Har- bor Patrol gave up for the night. She feund the body of her 4-year-old son, Howard, near her lake home in six feet of water. The boy had fallen from a dock and drowned. | Party Above picture shows two of the men ROYALIST MOBS DEFY POLIGE IN Place De lOpera Barricad- ed and Famous Cale Is Scene of Heavy Riot thc} last PARIS, French Cabinet session r 29— Saturday afternoon, Royalist riot- ers smashed through thousands of police and packed into the huge Jan. After Tate Place De l'opera, plowing into the| ranks of the gendarmes repeatedly despite great precautions taken to prevent such demonstrations. The rioters were beaten !mck with clubs and ridden down horsemen as they shouted ‘l)own with Chautemps.” | The mobilization of the police | exceeded any yet attempted since; rioting broke out ten days ago. ‘The Place De L'Opera w4 ed for three solid blocks by | ed police, mounted and afoot. The| streets leading to the Place were| virtually barricaded by police, bu'.; the Royalists smashed them suc- cessfully and won the Cafe De La Paix, the famous rendezvous for years of Americans. The rioters| seized chairs and smashed them | the helmeted | over the heads of police. They finally lost the fray and were driven from the cafe ar;.“ er half an hour’s fight. e ———— ICY PAVEMENT; | AUTO SKIDS; 2 PERSONS DEAD ST. ANTHONY, Idaho, Jan. 29— John F. Kane, aged 51, former Coast and National League ball player, was killed with Ole Hansen, aged 29, when a car driven by Perry Butler, skidded and over- turned on the icy pavement here Sunday. Butler and were not hurt. Kane played with the Cubs in another passenger {Business Ready to Go as| | day upon a speedy course so as | where it might be held r ponsl-[ |ble for delaying the Administra- tion's program, if it lingers too long. |istrative appropriation bills to the | Senate. 1E(lition DEMO LEADERS | T T0 ASK EARLY CONGRESS END Administration Supporters in House Will Try to Force Senate PRESIDENT ANXIOUS TO END ALL UNCERTAINTY Soon as All Legislative Action Is Over WASHINGTON, Jan. 20— De- termined to carry out the Presi- dent’s plans for early adjourn- ment of Congress, House Demo- cratic leaders decided last Satur- to force the Senate to a position: President Roosevelt has inform- ed Speaker Rainey and Representa- tive Byrns, of Tennessee, that he belleves the country wants the ses-| Front row, lsft to sight: 3 : 4 il reenwood; John W. Flanagan, sion to terminate as quickly as pos. Oklahoma;. John Miller, Arkans: | sible after necessary legislation is | enacted. Business Hesitant PP leaders said they under- knows that legislation will be the books, they can go on from| there. Tt is agreed that as long -|~ Congress is in session, with \’“"l» ous proposals before it, business| men are hesitant to undertake en-| terprises which might be affected| 'by legislation. I | stood the President believes that aflv quickly as industry and h\mnes: on| NAVY OF U. 8. Housc Commlllee Gives| Blanket Authority to President Roosevelt Plan In House | quick work is reflected in eight major bills enacted in 19 legisla- tive days since the beginning of | the session. Their plans have sent as rapidly as possible, all Admin-| WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, The House Naval Committee has voted | to give President Roosevelt blanket | authority to provide an contingent for the Navy commen- surate with the treaty limit. airplane High Administration officials have made it known that President Roosevelt would continue to send legislative proposals to Congress‘ The fleet would require 1,184 new separately. planes costing $95,000,000. | Speaker of the House Rainey told |a delegation of anti-war spokesmen, | who protested .to consideration, that he hoped “there would be no war | between Russia and Japan this| coming spring” but he pointed out | both nations were increasing their armaments, and while he favored peace he thought it would not be cued yesterday by The Empire, |achieved by disbanding “our Army has made a great hit according |and Navy.” { to not only personal comments ! given but by numerous tele- |Hundreds Face Death ! phcne calls commending the issue. The special edition was . distributed yesterday morning When Ferry Capsizes to all subscribers in Juneau, | { Douglas, Treadwell, Thane, Al- | NAGASKI, Japan, Jan. 29.—Five aska-Junean Boarding House | persons were drowned, 10 are miss- | section and along the Glacier |ing and 30 were taken to hospitals, Highway. Today there has been | when an over-loaded ferry boat | a constant call for copies to be |capsized Sunday dumping between mailed to the ouiside, these “mm and 300 persons into the water. calls requesting from three to | Bodies of five persons have been two dozen coplel each. ‘recovered. Roosevelt’s Btrthday thl Bo Celebrated Far and Wide;6.000 Parties Planned Tuesday Nl,ght NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—One of the biggest birthday parties | in history will be given tomorrow night when men and women throughout the country will forget care and dance in honor of President Roosevelt’s fifty-second birthday in the cause of | charity. No less than 6,000 birthday balls are scheduled according to an announcement made by the National Committee which has charge of the affair. All proceeds will go to the Infantile Paralysis. The President himself goes to this institution every year ‘ | Development Makes Hit The Development Editicn is- { Warm Springs Foundation for | to further his own cure for the discase. * Celcbraticne tomorrew night will be held in gilded ballrocms in big cities, in hotels, barn, abcard ocean liners and on the 1909 and 1910, having previously been playing with Vernon and Seattle in the Pacific Coast League. He had been in business here since 1920. Kane is survived by his widow, five sisters and two broth- ers. remote island cven in Little America where Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd is chairman c¢f whatever celebration is ar- ranged. In Hawaii and Alaska parties are arranged. The President will broadcast birthday greetings from the White House at 11:30 o'cleck, Eastern Standard Time over a national hookup. I Harry Haines, Pennsylvania, and Fred Bierman, lowa. Claude Parsons, lllinois; Numa Montet, Louisiana, and Carl Weideman, Michigan. REUUIRED FOR | [ points, | Nowak, | Cudahy, against Clarence Nowak. Rep. Arthur H. Greenwood of Indiana, democratic whip, and a group of his aides call=d at the White House to promise the house's support of legislation recommended this session by the chief executive. Representatives Wesley Lloyd; Washington; and Luther Johnson, Toxas. jr, Virginia, as; James Mead, New York; Mre. (,nflm Confirmed By Senate as Secretary, Alaska WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. —The Senate, last Saturday, confirmed the nomination of Edward W. Griffin fo be ry of the Territory STOCK MARKET | GOES UPWARD, TRADING TODAY - |Commodities and Special- ties Lead—Peaks for Year Reached NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Commod- ity stocks and specialty issues led the equities market in a steady but restrained advance today while Washington developments general- {ly were viewed as constructive. There was a late rally in wheat and cotton. Reaction of International dollar | rates aided recovery. The close today was firm. Sales totalled 2,850,000 shares. The curb was active and firm. Secondary bonds improved. Buying Expanded Buying expanded during the last hour. The dollar dropped some four tenths of a cent in terms of the | sterling. ‘Wheat, reflecting the weather, jumped more than two cents bushel. Cotton gained $1 a bale. Silver and rubber futures were strong. ® Tesues Go Up American Sugar and West Vaco Chlorine were up three points each, U. S. Smelting was up four points. Santa Fe, American Smelting, Bethlehem Steel, American Tele- | phone and Telegraph and Case ad-, vanced two points. New Heights General Mofors was up to 40% a mew height since 1931, Some other issues reached peaks for the past year. United States (vontinued on Page Two) D |3 Slaps in 8 Years Not Divorce Ground‘ MILWAUKEE, Jan. 29. — Being slapped three times in eight years does not constitute grounds for di vorce, Circuit Judge Daniel W. Sul- | livan indicated when he held open | the divoree suit of Mrs. Elizabeth twenty-five years old, of PLEDGE HOUSE HARMONY TO PRESIDENT ROODEVELT Lawrence Lewis, Colorado; Second row: Jed Johnson, Edith Rogers, (Associated Pres~ | | New Hampshire; | Back row: Jennings Randolph, West Virginia; | FINAL AGTION - COMPLETED BY BOTH HOUSES Measure Will Be Sent to White House Tomorrow for Last Signature POWER TO DEVALUE DOLLAR IS GIVEN Lower Chamber Concurs Unanimously to Amend- ments by Senate WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.— Congressional action has been completed on the money bill, leaving the signatures of President of the Senate Gar- ner and President Roosevelt |all that is necessary to enact it into a law. The President will get the measure tomorrow and it is expected that he will leave {no time in signing it. The House today concurred {unanimously in all amend- | ments made by the Senate. LIEUT-BOV. OF [OWA ARRESTED FOR NRA FRAUD Government Charges Con-| spiracy Against Official and Investment Man DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 20.— I\)A Lieutenant-Governor Nelson | . Kraschel, and Investment Brok- er Carleton D. Beh, ‘prnmont by interfering with the | NRA. ‘roqmred them to post $2,000 bonds | ‘l‘dL‘n for their appearance in court | | next week, meanwhile the men are at liberty. Federal officers said the conspir- | acy charge alleged that Kraschel, | leader of the Democratic party in| the state and former executive sec-| retary of the Towa PWA, conspired | with Beh to persuade polftical sub- divisions not to request 70 per cent Federal Government loans for pub- lic works projects. It is also charg- ed that city and county officials were then urged to finance con- struction work through Beh’s in- vestment house. The Government contends the alleged acts defrauded it by inter- fering with the functions of NRA and the regulations of the PWA. Trial of the case is not expected to open until the term of the Fed- eral Court beginning April 24. ., SOCIALIST IS UNDER ARREST Defeated Candldate in Ari-| zona Attempts to Rob Bank HOLBROOK, Arizona, Jan. 29.— Accused of an attempted bank rob- bery, Dillworth Sumpter, who last October was a candidate for Con- gress and drew the largest Socia | ist vote ever cast in the state's his- tory. is in jail, accused of battering at the foundation of a bank in ef- forts to tunnel through. “I have bungled everything. I > been denied work by capi support my '\ { ists. T needed money to s invalid mother and that is all” Sumpter told the officers. ————— - | There are more than 20 active volcanoes in the Aleutian Arche- lago. ‘Pe 8 were charged | | vesterday with defrauding the Gov-| Federal Judge Charles A, Dewey | NATE ACTION WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.— |With approval of the House land Senate, the latter accom- plishing it last Saturday night, the President’s mon- ‘(t.u'\, bill then only lacked the brief final formalities of (n.ulmvnt before the Chief Executive has the power to ‘dcv:x]uc the dollar and put { two billion dollars to the task ‘nf protecting foreign value of 4the nation’s currency. The bill was brought up today in the House for consideration and |there will probably be quick accept- ance of the amendments attached by the Senate limiting effective- ness of the measure to three years and making several minor changes. Then the bill will be sent to the White House for the President's signature and it is expected he will put the measure in effect promptly. Splendid Support The passage in the Senate was by a vote of 66 to 23 and came after the Administration forces beat back' the determined challenge of exponents of remonetized silver by the narrow margin of two votes, The President is allowed, however, to issue currency at his discretion against silver bought from domestic {miners and held by the United | States Treasury. 1200 REINDEER COMPLETE DRIV TOHOOPERBAY Driven ZWMiles in 20 Days — To Furnish Food for Villagers Last summer, during a trip to interior and northern sections, Gov. John W. Troy frequently as- serted that in so far as it lay in his power no one in Alaska would go hungry this winter. Saturday, that pledge was carried out to the isolated aborigines in the Hooper Bay region when a herd of 1250 Government reindeer was delivered after a drive of some 200 miles. This is the third large deer drive in the history.of Alaska, accord- ing to Charles W. Hawkesworth, Asst. Director of Education of the Office of Indian Affairs which co- operated in the drive. The first, and most widely publicised, was that of 600 animals by W. T. Lopp of the Bureau of Education, from (Continued on Page Two) !