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

THEDAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” TWELVE PAGES JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1934. STRIKES, RIOTS THREAT ANOTHER SHOCK | SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT, PARIS Companies of Soldiers Ar-| riving, Stationed at Strategic Points DOUMERGUE_STRIVES TG FORM MINISTRY| " Russo-Jap War Seen in Spring : GHEAT PRm:s Partisan Politics Loom to!; Block Efforts—Form- | er Premiers Called PARIS, Feb. 9.—Premier- Designate Gaston Doumergue, former President of France, teday stuggled grimly to about a political truce, while troops concentrated in Paris for a threatened shock tonight and threats of strike | and riots were heard every- where. | Doumergue expects to form a new Cabinet by the time the Communists, who are de- fying the police, plan fo oc-| cupy Place de la Republique, | in the heart of the workers’ district. Company after company| arrived early today: and the| bring Short jump for bombers fhat war with Japan is regarded as inevitable this coming Spring i | indicated by reports reaching London that the Soviet Government plies of food, munitions and aircraft at Viadi " soncentrating large su, ¢0stok, the Kussian sengon thHt is‘only 700 miles from Pokyo. sar of War Clemence Voroshilov is Trans-Siberian Railroad for many months for the transportation of men 'REPORTED MADE - RRMY MRCRAFT| {Governmental Audit Is| | Handed Over to Con- | gress for Study ! 'PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, REAP LARGE BENEFITS Two Committees of House | Now Making Inves- tigations Commissar Voroshilov: | wasaincTON right 1934 by A A Governmental | vate contract | much as 90 per | plane orders, has | members of Congress study. Ninety percent profit ed Boeing Airplane pany on its 1932 contract From 1928 and ough eight. months of 1933, t auditors fi- | gured the Boeing Company’s total profits on Army airplane sales were $4520208 and the average profit 32 percent The House Military Affairs mittee will investigate these gures. The House Naval Com mittee is already making a simi- |1ar inqu ! S QUILTY e s e et i i ] s are credit- Com- to the Com- £ Henry Pu-Yi y is: lizing the reported to have been uti PLEAD Aimee McPherson-Hutton and her estranged husband, Dave Hutton, met again, but not on friendly She appeared to make a deposition in their divorce suit now pending. terms. his attorney, Benjamin Lewis; t sortzand reporter. (Associatcd of Stock Exchanges; Special | Message Is Sent to Congress, ARRESTED MAN DEFIES SENATE, ONTEPMT GASE soldiers were immediately bi- vouacked in and around pub- lic buildings. Fourteen thousand police are braced for a fight. and munitions to the port that it is believed would be the first objective | 5f a Japanese attack. Observers say the torch that may fire the | magazine may be the coronation of Henry Pu-Yi as emperor of the Jap. controlled state of Manchukuo on March 1. In announcing he would | follow the policies of his predecessor, General Sadao Araki, the new | | Japanese Minister of War, General Senjuro Hayashi is believed to Have | %ianelled the hopes of peace that were born with Araki’s resignation. | | 'KIDNAP CHARGE, {Hoover's Assistant® Secre- tary of Commeree te Put Up Figfit {should be our natiomal poli¢y Meanwhile partisan politics loomed to handicap Dou- mergue in his efforts to form a new Government designed| to restore peace'to France. The Radical, Socialists sent for- mer Premier Herriot to tell Dou- mergue they might- refuse to par-| ticipate in the new Cabinet Min-| istry unless they are given a full share of Cabinet posts. Herriot resigned as Head of the Socialists to accept the' Commerce Ministry in the new Cabinet. Premiers in Cabinet Fermer Premiers Sarraut, Laval, deau and Barthou have accept- ed posts of the Interior, Colonies, Navy and Foreign Affairs Ministry, respectively. Tonight a manifestation has been called for against the Government “of parties and Fascism.” Added to the seriousness of the immediate | situation is a general strike of| 24 hours called for next Monday. | ——————— | MERCHANDISE BROKERS ; LEAVE ON S. S. ALASKA | N. A. McEachran, H. B. Crew- son and L. M. Carrigan, all well known merchandise brokers, left on the Alaska to visit Petersburg and other towns of Southeast m-|' aska. R s e0c0000c0sse Steamer, Movements 7| Norep scheduled to arrive at nogn tomorrow.. Zapora scheduled fo arrive next Monday. SCHEDULED SAILINGS Vietoria scheduled to sail from Seattle February 10 at 10 am, Northland scheduled to sail from Seattle February 12 at 9 pm. Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle February 17 at 10 a. m, Princess Nomah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Febru- ary 28 at 9 pm. SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS Northwestern scheduled south- bound February 17. LOCAL BAILINGS Estebeth leaves every Thurs- ® | day night at 6 p. m., for o Sitka and way ports. Pacific leaves every Thursday at 10 a. m., for Petersburg, Kake and was ports. 9900 _000ncesse L3 . { . . | L3 . 1 | o o | . eesececee 00 000000000000 00000000c00000 Se Thrown from Skidding Truck ! Going to Fire TACOMA, Wash,, Feb. 9.— | Conrad Haymel, fireman, | was threwn from ‘a skidding | truck going to a chimney fire | last night and badly injured, perhaps fatally, ALASKA FISH CONTROL BILL OPPOSED NOW | ( Delegate Says Objections to Measure Appears in Committee WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Alaska | Deiegate Anthopny J. Dimond said| opposition has developed in the| committee on the bill to remove ] diction of the fishing industry ka from the Bureau of and to place it in ‘the hands of the Alaska Legislature. — e — Commission for Communications Is Decided Upon " este WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Legis- lation” at the ion of Congress for the establishment of a Com- munication Commission with strict control over radio, including cables, felephgnes and telegraph systems, was decided upon this afternoon at a White House conference. NAVAL BILL IS GIVEN APPROVAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—With- out any important changes, e $284,000,000 Naval bill has heen passed. by the Senate and seht back to the House for approval of the slight changes, 1 .Five Pay Penalty in< Ala- | the ring game in W.p‘w& - H IS GIYEN LIFE| vssroron. 7o oo | MacCracken | HOSTESSES AT BRIDGE Mac cken, Hooverlyg Assistant Secretary of Commerce, has defied the Senate dure against him of contempt charg with a chal- lenge of its authority o fry him contempt acken refused “to ‘@ppear,) before the Senate Commitfée with other defendants to geom with investigation of ‘Chargesein connection with 1 and destruction of airmail files in_ his office and records. MacGracken, was subpoenaed by the Senate Committee. He refused to appear and the Senate ordefed Hhis ar- rest. . SECOND ARREST 'ORDERED WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. —William | vho was “ordered ar- ted last week by the Senate 4 allowed liberty on’ promise of his attorney to produce him, was ain ordered arreste@ this -after- noon by the Senate whegyhe fail- ed to report to the summons on charges of contempt and refusal to turn over certain’ papers’ in connection with air mail contracts. His counsel refused to produce him‘ until a writ of habeas had been drawn for his rel - MISSES ALEXANDER b PARTY LAST EVENING shaped legislatior asic commo Agricultural Adjustmen Act part of President Roose- velt's new plan and this is looked for introduction before nigt rewritten in the $350,000,000 Gen- eral Revenue Bill and buky Stock Exchange control plan | —Case Over Quickly OUX FILLS, North Dakota, jacy to kidnap for ransom Chamles | Boettcher, 2nd., Denver broker, #bd ¥(" cuted in Texas | “Alcorn was a cohort —— | Sankey, America’s Public | 9.—Five negroes were executedhere |the noose route in the p:nc:enb{p“ today et the State Prison for ‘the|last night. - - of a negro woman. | G - | THREE ELECTROCUTED | HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Feb, 9.—| following conviction of killipg a| e iBENEFITS Is Sl}E OLBROOK LEAVES ON | | Enroute to Chatham Strait, Icy trait and west coast pofats, Well- | day on New Proposql i Made by Roosevelt today on the tender Foréster lurl a week's trip on routine ‘and spec- | Administration’s compromise on Veterans' benefits gave promise to- At the latter two points he. will study proposed trail and road pro- ers prepared to pile on more nwi jects, it was announced by B. F.|jor islation in the rush of ac- area in the vicinity of Hoonah. |make sugar a MRS. R. H. WILLIAMS TO the 2 | ; Cohort of Verne Sankey| | > EXECUTED FflR | Appears in Court Today | i | Feb. 9.—Gordon Alcorn pleaded e |guilty today to charges of conspir- bama, Three Eleétro- [was_;_rr-nwnm:-ly sentenced to | imprisonment. of Ve { Enemy | MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Feb. |No. 1, who committed suicide #by killing of four men “and beating | 4 | Three negroes were eleciroguted | !‘; here this morning in the pflsoul | U — e g i {Action to Be Taken To- man Holbrook, Forest #Examiner, | United States Forest Sepvice, left WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — The| ial business. He will cafl’ at Hoo- nah, Sitka and Tenakees day on easing the bump for the Congressional machine just as lead- Heintzleman, Acting Regional For-|tiv r. He will cruise a timber. ‘31;(‘1 Membérs SIT FRIENDS AND as RELATIVES IN SOUTH | To spend the next month/or six weeks visiting friends and relatives in Seattle and Tacoma, Washing- ton, Mrs. R. H. Williams leff Ju- neau on the steamer Alasks last night. ————— LOUIS NABALIS, WELL | KNOWN TO FIGHT FANS, ON TRIP TO SEATTLE Louis Nabalis, featherweight, who has pleased fight fans in Juneau for the last five years, lef} on the Alaska for a trip to Seattle.' Na- balis has appeared ,on nedrly ev- ery smoker card sinte he entéred WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 the Senate last night pas priating $950,000,000 addit relief. The bill was immediat the amendments, ongl # Senate Passd Bjillfifor More 4 Funds for CW A;Goes to House 'After voting down large inceases, | the Administration’s bill appro- The Misses Lillian and Jane Al- exander entertained last evening with a bridge party at théir home in the MacKinnon Apariments. Two tables of contract were in play and prizes were won by Miss' Blanche Turner, high, ‘#hd M Truitt Moehring second. Follo ing the card gam: supper w rved by the host | Guests were Miss Phyllis Friend, Miss Mary Simpkins, Miss Alice | Palmer, Miss Turner, M#s. Moeh- | ring, Mrs. M. J. Menagle and| Mrs. John McCormick. er AND DAVE TOGETHER AGAIN—IN COURT he evangelist; her attorney, Edwarc Frevs Photoj Roosevelt Asks Regulation | 9.—| sent [ s | % WASHINGTON, Feb. President Roosevelt hs Iing‘ for regulation of “opera-| | tions of exchanges dealing in| seenrities and conmgedities’) declaring “the exchanges are| necessary and of definite value,” but “nevettheless ft to restrict as far as possilfle the use of these exchanges for purely speculative operg- tions.” i The President added: “F there- fore, recommend to Congress ef-| actment of legislation providing regulation by the Govermment of operation of exchanges r'or safi guarding values so far asipossible for elimination of unnecessary, un- wise and destructive speculation.” The President left it togCongress to frame its own measuréf He has not seen nor approved disap- proved on any bill or sbills drawn up. , MEASURES INTRODUCED WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. plete Federal control of stock ex- change practices and outlawry of many operations common in the past are proposed in lE{!iafllli\l:" laid before Congress in- response ito a message from President”Roose- velt. 1 Identical bills were - otidifl 4n the Senate by Fletcher and in the House by Rayburn, | Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, said the bill is designed to “make stock exchanges the market places for investors -and not places of resort for those’ who would speculate or gamble.” Primary Purpose The primary purpose of the bill Is to require registration of all exchanges with the Feedral Trade Commission which would have broad powers to promulgafe any regulations for operation. In addition, the hill would write into the law a number of strict prohibitions and regulatiohs of pr s, : - IDEAL PAINT STORE TO DSCORATE ADDITION TO COLISEUM APARTMENTS | | The Ideal Paint Store, Wendt and Ga , proprietors, have been | awarded the con! t for pdinting and papering the addition fo the | for Civil Works, distress and % sent to the House for action on | G |is proprietor of the Famil Coliseum Apartments, by W. D. 310SS, OWDer, Work was started yestexrday | morning according to Fred Wendt of the decorating firm. - -3 | RS. SAM SAVIN LEAVES | ON ALASKA FOR KETCHIKAN | M Mis. Sam Savin, whose anlnd oe Store, left on the steamer ‘Alaska for her home in Ketchikan. Mrs. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ~Com- | ¢ !is a southbound passer PRICE. TEN CENTS - ENING FRANCE DRASTIC ORDER - ISSUED TODAY - BY ROOSEVELT ~ ON AIR MAIL Army Planes to Be Used as Teansports During Em- ergency Period— Ban on Bidding | BULLETIN — WASHINGs, |TON, Febst 9. — Presiden ‘R(,nse\'ell ‘ite this aftern |called for &ncellation of al | domestic air qmail contraets. The Presid gave Post | master General'ames A. Far-+ ley authority ti use Army planes in hauling, the mails SELLING WAVE i e 20 RAISES HAVOD, ‘s i s ~ STOCK PRIGES Left to right: Hutton, i A. Adams, and Ruth Tuttle, a racts. Cempanies holdin' tracts, according to the dent’s orders, are forbi \from bidding again wit lfi\'e years. The Pan-American Airwa, [Many Issues Drop One to h‘_’“ or More Points— lis not included in the can- Some Losses Pared cellation order issued by the®. ) President. DIMOND URGES APPROPRIATION ' FOR INT. ROAD iSum of $2,100,000 Asked for Highway—Delegate Before :Committee NEW “YORKy’' FeB* 0 A% series | of gflling wavesi s through the | stock market teday reducing quot- | d values from one to five or| ‘e points at the extreme, | he reaction 'is generally attrib-| uted to nervousness in advance of | the publication of the Adminis- tration’s new proposals for. control culation. Many la ally bu were paved in a the close was heavy. 50,000 sharés, Curb Also Strucks Profit taking | brought, ®declines the curb and gnarked Weakness developed some secondary, bonds| but the general list remalnegl irre-' gular ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Alaska Trading was rather quiet' until{pelegate A. J.' Dimond appeared late wheén the volume picked URypefore the House Roads Committee and the ticker dropped behi and urged immediate action on his International dollar rates {bill appropriating $2100000 for narro % | construction of Alas) portion of Grains yielded one cent or more.!the proposed International-Pacific Cotton Advances Highway connecting the states with Cotton was up to new high lev-|interior Alaska, via Brifish Col= 0. |umbia and Yukon Territory to » and sugar Tairbanks of one of the three| pelegate included such sharesi.as|not those of American Telephonie #nd Telegraph, U Aircraft, Doug- as ircraft, |, Consalidats Gas, Gen otors; Dupont, New-¥ork | Central, Westinghouse, American | g, Chrysler, | Can, Amer] se, Goodyear | losses ‘were eased Dimond said he was' sure when the bill would be reported out of the committee but he predicted favorable action. e e points CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| lied CF stock today is 22';, Ameriean Can| 101%, American Power and Light| RS 10%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 3. |Grand Chief of Locomotive Steel 45%4, Calumet and |~ p - k T Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox | ngclnfrlersb SJ oun ity by Jury General Motors 387%, | 1 Harveste , Ken-| Montgomery - Ward | Company 3%, United | 9%, Southern Rail»\u\-‘ Standard Oil of Cal ted Sta CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 9.—Al- v Johnson, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- ‘ and C. Stirling Smith, Pres- |1 of the now closed Standard | Bank, have been convicted charges of misapplying $450,000 he bank's funds and also with > making of false entries. - the Alaska|J- F. ISOM IS ation on} WAY SOUTH ABOARD s way south | STEAMER ALASKA st time | —— ery m} J. P. Isom, of Cordova, who is he said, | connected with a crab cannery at |that place, was in Juneau yester- |day while the Alaska was in port. He is on his way south on a com- bined business and vacation trip. e — | P. J. McCARTHY ON is d(‘-‘ VACATION TRIP SOUTH in thel DRIER BAY CANNERY TO BE OPERATED THIS SEASON BY AP | - Clarence Withrow Pacific Salmon Corp the Alaska on Bay. For the years the that place will be ope D of COPPER RIVER MI MAN ON WAY TO ATES FOR SHORT BUSINESS TRIP Harry B. Greenig, veloping a, mining property Copper River Valley, near S -ema.i P. J. McCarthy, veteran conduet- r on thelor on the Alaska Railroad, is on Savin has been in Juneauifer the last several weeks, steamer Alaska on his way to z}wEhis way south aboard the steamer 55 for a short business trip. l-\I:xskn on a vacation trip, ¥ ? i 21