The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALA \OL XLIII., NO. 6580, JUNLAU ALASKA WhDNESDA\ HBRUAR\ 2! “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” 19 SKA EMPIRE 34. EAST GLAZED WITH ICE; DEATHS MOUNT NOTABLES IN DELGIUM ARE | UNDER GUARD Extra Pnecauhons Taken| at Brussels to Pro- tect Mourners RADICAL DISORDEKS | [ & e FEARED AT FUNERAL‘ - R Kings, Pnnces and Other Representatives of Na- tions Gathering (i | \ [ i i ' R i BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 21.—Ai at assemblage of titled and el- d leaders of nations is closely | L,u’rd("i against possible attempts of violepce. This great assemblage | is gathering for the funeral of i 33 King Albert which takes place to-| 3 3 : 5 | g the notables here are | 1ce Humbert of Italy, Kings of enmark, Bulgaria and Siam, Pres- ident Lebrun of France, e of Wales. ixtra precautionary measures being taken by the police. | are ;rishing Grounds in North [FOREIGN SPOKESMAN | spokesman said Japan will protest |rious breach of the and the | . ; o | TJAPAN RUSSIA | AGAIN NEARING TROUBLE LINES Pacific Ocean Bone of Contention ISSUES STATEMENT Claims International Agree- ment Broken—Take Positive Steps 4 TOKYO, Feb. 21.—A new diplo- matic tilt between Japan and Rus- sia over fishing grounds of the North Pacific waters confronts Tokyo and Moscow, The Japanese Foreign Office strongly to Moscow over the “se- international agreement and will consider steps |to obtain a remedy.” THe waters in guestion belong| {to Russia but have been fished by the Japanese under a treaty reach- led three years ago. | Dorothy “Sunshin “Daddy” Browning, wealthy New York real estate operator, became the bride of Clarence Hood, Dunn, N. C., laundry proprietor, at a cere- mony performed in “The Little Church Around the Corner,” In New The unrest is aseribed to the general unstable condition of af-| fairs throughout Europe. Rumors of a demonstration by radicals who favor the establish-| hurch after the ceremony. ment, of a Republic may be at- —— NPl Friday when Priffessseos Pold 1 made King of the Begians Rl c HM 0 ND Is ROOSEVELT IS PLANNING ONE ~ SEATTLE COM, MORE ACTIVITY p.ccoer. ot . . com | | pany Heads Important Commerce Body i | | Volney Richmond, long associat-[ led with Alaska, and Wwith a host| (of friends throughout the Ter WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. —PreSX-lmu has been selected as Chair: dent Roosevelt, it is believed bY|man of the Seattle Chamber of| is closest associates, is considering |Commerce, Alaska Committee. Mr.| & making a request for Congress at|Richmond succeeds Edward W. Al-| this session to put a Federal fi-|len, well-known Seattle attorney,| nancing spur behind home build- |and one of the United States mem- ing. |bers of the International Fisheries| It is intimated the plans con- Commission, who as Chairman of | template mass production of inex-:me Committee for the past two (Associated Press Photo) - Life Threatenied Federal Strength to Be Spur Behind Home Building Scheme Lyman S. Brew the chairmanship {deer supervisor f stated that the " Browning, adopted daughter of Edward W. | York. The bride, Browning (center) and groom are shown leaving the | |been embarrassed by Socialist of- ‘“ to gain power through the army, pensive homes by private enter- years has been a very active lead- homes and clearance of slums. |7 Territory. | 2 Ann Pennington The project will require expendi- | Mr. Richmond is the President ?ostal authorities are investigating e Ann Pennington, Follies dancer, over a teh year period. |pany, which operates over 20 stores| whose beautiful legs have made her o e o e e land trading stations throughout| world-famous, demanding “$5,000 {the interior of Alaska. He firs| Of your life” Miss Pennington is |connected with the Northern Com-i 5 mercial Company. He goes norm‘l ‘e\cr) year to look after the inter-| ts of his company, and keeps very | Alaska. In appointing Mr. Richmeni, Al- | fred Lundin, President of the & 1. Hiding in tondon with attle Chamber, said “the Chamber | FflRWASHINGTUN mond serve as Chairman of the Al- -—~Wedding Planned aska Committee. The background BERLIN, Feb. 21.—Prince Sigvald, his wide acquaintanceship quallfy, the Duke of Uppland, second son|him for the leadership of this im-| vy . o e vown Prinee. of Sweden|portant Committee, which includes| Confer in funeau with and now a movie director, has been |in its membership 66 Seattle busi Gmen.or Ty sy disowned by the Royal House of [ness men who are members of the | girl he loves. | In accepting This disowning is announced by|Mr. Richmond opposing the contem- riage between the Prince | Berlin businessman who is an act- ress the studios of the UFA prises, rehabilitation of existingler in handling matters affecting| tures of many Dillions of dollars!or 1 Northern Commercial Gom- the source of a crude note mailed to | | playing now in Pittsburgh and the | |days of 1898 and in 1901 became | New York hotel. an DlsanED clozely in touch with conditions in is fortunate in having Mr. Rich- German Movie Actress lof his knowledge, experience and g {Lyman S. Brewster Willl Sweden for refusing to give up the Chamber.” v and the young Prince’s | ika Patzek, daughter of a| Motion Picture Company here. HIDE AWAY LONDCN, Feb. 21—Prince Sig- vard and his pretty German act- ress, whom he plans to marry, are hid away in London while envoys from Sweden and detectives strove to find them. ——— By cutting nine miles from the | huhuy between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the highway de- liminary survey of Bethel harbor|on the steamer Alaska from & visit which operation of codes is to be of a month with Iriends in Seattle.studied as a partment eliminated 539 curves. ! mudicate ‘with the Alaska Com-|€rROr's office here yesterday. {ing Nome today for Committee would continue to do everything possible in cooperation |{0f @ Tonference with the Secre ‘with Alaska to further the devel- |tV _of the Interior, and is ex-| opment of the Territory. He ,,‘pccwd to pass through Juneau on| anxious that the Chambers of Com- ‘hxs way south next week, accord- merce in all Alaskan towns com-| |ing to word received by the G&V'l T | mittee whenever they have prob- Brewster “”.1 Fqnfer wb):;h GOZI‘ lems or projects on which the Se- &John W. Troy while the boat is 1 attle Chamber can be of assistance, | JuReau. | He will fly from Nome to r‘axr-l | banks and wili take the train there| |to connect with the steamer, prob- | 'ably the Alaska, at Seward. .- — | MRS. DAVE HOUSEL RETURNS HOME FROM VISIT SOUTH Bethel Harbor Survey Is Sought by Dimond WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. —Alaska, Delegate A. J. Dimond has intro-| The f{ishing rights have been a source of trouble ever since the | Portsmouth Treaty of 1905. .- WAR SURPLIES 'BEING SHIPPED THROUGHCANAL Large Quannhes of Nltrate | Are Moving to For- eign Nations | DIMOND KEEPS WORKING FOR CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, |21—Marine men are remarking upv lon the passage through the Pana- |ma Canal of unusually large ship- | ments of nitrate, an essential of | war. | . o Many ships are passing througn | Seeks More Money for Ed- {the canal which are lcaded with ucation, Rellef for this product used in the manu- A facture of high explosives. Most | Alaska Natives jof the shipments are app;\renth |going to the Azores, where the ni- trate cargoes will be trans-shipped | cial Correspondence) to England, France, Russia and to have the appropriation for edu- even Japan. |cation of and medical relief for Shipments of scrap iron, steel, Alaska natives increased over ‘.lcad and cotton are also enroute budget estimates, Delegate Dimond |from the United States to various|appeared this weeck before a sud- l‘um,nms There are also other com- |committee of the Senate appropri | medities used m articles of war. tions subcommitte and urged tha both items be substantially er yed. He was given a very sympa- SUGIALISTS IN thetic hearing but what the final | decision will be, in view of the ad- |mmi~ ation’s determination to 1op | \I AUSTRIA GGING |expenses from the regular depart- mlfinl.s of government, is difficult to say. Tu NAZ' RANKS B M. Behrends, president of mc neau bank bearing his name, iClaim Made by Leaders and a leading merchant of that | city, arrived here yesterday, ac- | that Arms Have Been Of' | companied by his grandson, Be: fered to Gain Control |nard Mullen. From here they will i to New York and them M VIENNA, Feb. 21. — A Socialist! Behrends will leave for Califo swing to Nazi s on in Austria 4nd Bernard will retur ccording to Nazi leaders. They Bend, Indiana, to continue ay they are swamped with offers of cooperation from Socialists who dies at Notre Dame Univs are embittered by the civil strife. The Nazi leaders state they hav WASHINGTON, Feb. Still hoping | go sity. Two new studies hn»v been pub- lished by the Alaskan Branch of the Geological Survey. One i n titled, “The Suslota Pass Distr “Upper Copper River Region aska,” and the second, which ¢ ICOKI:Llnu(‘d on Page Three) Gen. J ohnson Asks for H om’st Criticism of NRA; Announces fers of arms but explain their plan ce and gendarmerie and not surrection. pa an WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—An ap- weal for criticism of NRA, by letter or in personal appearance, was made to the country last night by the Administration policy. Gen. Johnson said the Recovery Administration has just one condi- tion 'about criticiem and that is Gen. Hugh S. Johnson. NRA will not receive unsupported Gen. Johnson announced that personal assaults and will take i duced a bill authorizing a pre-| Mrs. Dave Housel returned home in West Alaska. hearings will begin next week in|academic econjectures, not back |by facts, only for what they arc for remaking 'worth. ~ APPROPRIATION 9.—(Spe-| the | iis Atu-‘ Ezght Prlsoners One Cl:e:tcl Died in Prison th James R. DeLong, payroll robber from Tacoma, was believed to have been the ringleader of the prison riot at Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla Feb. 12. His body, riddled by rifle and submachine gunfire, is shown before the entrance to the cell house where the unrest was begun. At the upper right is a blood- | ned dagger, fashicned frem a pair of shears taken from the prison tailor shop, and used by the convicts to stab the prison guards, cne of whom died of his wounds. At the right below, is Warden James M. McCauley whese cool thinking prevented the | jailbrackers from escaping and at his lefl is DeLong, as he ap- ! peared at the time of his trial in Tacoma a year ago. (Asscciated \ Press Photo) DIMOND ASKING STOCK MARKET ALASKA SUPPORT GAINS SLIGHTLY I ritorial Control to Start March 15 n Easy Uptrend in Px(-hohday Session ON FISHERY BILL IN SLOW TRADE Ieaungs on Plan for Ter- Lo\\ pncedSpeclaltles Lead| TWENTY-FIVE DIE IN COLD WAVE IN EAST Many Towns Are Isolated as Blizzards Sweep Snow Into Drifts FRIGID WEATHER FROM N. E. STATES TO,SOUTH Trains SlalleTwi.t’h Thou- sands of Passengers Kept in Coaches NEW YORK, Feb. 21.--% blizzard, the worst since 18 continues to prevail over 4 vast area along the Atlan ‘¢ Coast. The death toll from fre ing to death or exposin Y reached 25 persons this mora- ing and is expected to mour t, Many towns are still proc. tically isolated as a vesult a heavy snow fall. The snov is being swept by the bllzzpm into high drifts. The mercury continues remain near zero. The cold has -glazed (% in “land ‘with ice dind there 3 56 immediate reilef in sight. The frigid wave is extead- ing as far south as Florida The New England Ste are the hardest hit. New York-City has alrexdy spent two million dollars dig out of the snow that marooned half a million w: ers in their homes. The frighter Northern Sword & still ashore on the Massachusette Ceast with her crew of 15 men ) “{aboard and unable to be resciad on account of the furious seas: Fifteen trains with 3,000 to 4,000 passengers aboard are snowbound in Connecticut and Rhode Islan! PARTIAL RECOVERY NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—This part of the storm swept region recovered only partly this afternoon from the snow paralysis. Trains from Long Island’s comse muting settlements ran hit or miss or not at all. Milk and other supplies are still undelivered. In many places drifts continued to block auto arteries. The greater part of Long Island is still snowbound. VETS' BONUS T0 COME UP ON MARCH 12 Signatures Secured to Pe- tition to Bring Is- sue to Vote | WASHINGTON, Feb. 21—In face |of a definite White House warning that now is not the time for pay- | ment of the veierans’ bonus, House Hearings to Start Next Week Hearings on the bill to trans- fer control of fisheries in Alaska | |to the territory will be started be- fore the House Fisheries Commit- |tee on March 15, according to a| | telegram received this morning by | the Juneau Chamber of Commerce | from Delegate Anthony J. Dimond Washington. : telegram said: “House Fisherles Committee w:ll |hold hearings commencing March 15, on H. R. 5205, the bill to trans- fer control of Alaska fisheries to the Territory of Alaska. It is im- portant that our claim for such control be fully presented and I hope at fishermen and others | interested in the fishing indu in a will be able to send wed on Page Two) t NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Low priced | members have mustered enough specialties, principally automotive,|gioners to a petition to force a vote furnished what little excitement|on the issue on March 12. c isted in a generally quiet market S today. Most of these issues held | gains of fractions to around a point. <'[° E“d Monument Elsewhere fluctuations were narrow. The close was steady and total to Painter’s Memory sales were 2,000,000 shares. The Curb Exchange was irregular,| SYLVIA, N. C., Feb. 21.—A mon- metal shares advanced slightly but|ument will be erected in historic divergent trends characterized st!}cullow'nec cemetery to the bonds. |of Roland Painter, private Some old-time leaaers rallied | tary to General Robert E. Lee dur- mildly in the last hour but failed|ing the Civil War. The confidant. to attract an appreciable following.|of the Confederate leader died at The exchange will be closed to-|his home here about a year agp at MOrrow. |the age of 94. Wheat was almost unchanged | - e, ‘ while cotton, silver and rubber ru-' Grounds of the University of (Continued on Page Eight) " Missouri cover more than 800 acres,