The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 22, 1934, Page 1

“ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6581. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, i934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED " PRICE TEN CENTS e PRESS 100 ON ICE FLOE DRIFTING INTO ARCTIC WOULD-BE ABDUCT HEINTLLEMAN TO KIDNAP SUSPECT SUPERVISE U, 8. PRIVATE TIMBER Juneau Resident Promoted to Head of New Unit | of Forest Service ] HEADQUARTERS TO | BE IN WASHINGTON| fas s o Position Created Under: L NRA Code to Carry Out Roosevelt Policy Promotion to the head of a new- | organized section of the United | ates Forestry’ Service has been given to B. F. Heintzleman and he will leave for the south March 2 to report for permanent duty with adquarters in Washington, D. C., to word received here st y. The new unit of the service will carry out the policy initiated by President Roosevelt through the NRA to superv reforestation and conservation methods which are mandatory on lumbermen and tim- ber companies in general under the code recently signed by the se 3 a industry. The big timber land These: Lasi, Mcrjips BINgPS mail by the U. 8. Army. cn Department of Cemmerc jomin Foulcis (top right), Chief owners in all parts of+the United | States are included in the program | and the supervisory organization will be directly under Mr. Heintzle- | man. | ranged schedulcs. To Enforce Policies i He will put all the private tim-| ber lands under forestry practice to provide for the continuous pro- S duction of those lands. The type of work to be done in each case is to be determined by the Forestry | Major B. Q. J IGVALD WILL WED ACTRESS of men will be required to enforce Prince Of Sweden Inlends the measures that have been set up by the Forestry Service in their| to Marry Young Ger- : man Film Star long years of experience .in super- vising timbered areas. Most of the work will be done ¢ Northwest, Pacific Coast states,| 2 2 Southern Pine area, Lake States, and the pulp timber areas of New Service. The service is to work | with the companies, according to Mr. Heintzleman, and a large staff man film actress. Envoys sent here by Crown Prince Gustav Adolf to Boany |dissuade his son from such a mar- Project Entirely New |riage, finally located the couple and The project is an entirely new were practically told to return one, as the Forestry Service hereto- ‘hame as the marriage was “going fore has only had to do with the through.” public domain, and Mr. Heintzle-| The Prince is now a movie di- man - anticipates months of hard‘rectan His bride-to-be is connected work in mapping out his program |With UFA Motion Picture Company and gathering a staff to carry it of Berlin and a well known young out. The United States will be di- actress. vided into several regions of activ- | ity and each region will have its | e own agency responsible to Mr. Heintzleman, according to tenta- tive plans. | Mr. Heintzleman has been with the Foresiry Service in Juneau| I since 1921, coming here first as a] logging engineer and later becom- | ing assistant regional forester in| charge of timber surveys and sales. | He has also been engaged in tech-| nical forest research work and was in charge of the work in tnis dis-'amous Rebel, Brother triet for the Federal Water Power and TWO Fnends Shol Commission. . . Prior to coming to Juneau he| Downv——lnvcsngauon spent two years in Ketchikan and | was in the service for eight years| MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 22— prior to that in Oregon and Wash- |Gen. Augusto C. Sandino, famous rebel, his brother, Socrates, and |two friends Less To Be Felt Here b i % e (AR P d‘ucnul Guardsmen at midnight last Mr. Heintzleman has been looke Inight, a Mgnagua 'Government on for many years as one of the| ., unique said. most efficient government men in| Tne Government statement said the North and his loss will be keen- | the actiof of the Guardia was con- ly felt by many, who, however, ‘"eitrars' to instructions of the Presi- congratulating him on his Dro- gent to guarantee the lives of San- motion. dino and his followers while they Speaking of Mr. Heintzleman's | were in Managua. transfer to the new position in; The President ordered an inves- Washington, Gov. John W. Troy | tigation and has requested Con- yesterday voiced the opinion of gress to give him the necessary official Alaska as well as giving | facilities to maintain public order. his sentiments as a private citi-|{All outgoing messages are being zen, when he said: “I regard the |censored. transfer of Mr. Heintzleman to Washington, although he is enter-| ing a larger re for his work, as a distingt 3 to Alaska. He is one of the most capable and sin- cere workers in the Federal serv- ice ever in Alaska. I can only hope ington. OTHERS KILLED MANAGUA, Feb, 22.—Others kill- ed with General Augusto Sandino, famous rebel eeneral, X | er Socrates, were his Generals Um- anzor and Estrada. No reison has that he may return to Alaska in been given for the shooting by Na- public service somé day.” Euagene marry Fraulein Erika Patzek, Ger-| were killed by Na-| == IS CAUGHT AND big part in the handling of air Vidal, Chief of the Aeronautics e (top lelt); Major General Ben- of Army Air Corps, and Assistant Postmaster General Branch (lower left) comprise the board who ar- ones (lewer right) contiols cpera- ticns of Eastern Area from Newark, N. J. GROCERY STORE CHAIN FOUNDER, ). BUTLER, DIES i iStarted Career as Farm | Boy — Gradually Went | Higher — Sportsman | NEW YORK, Feb. 22—James | Butler, founder of the 'y store | chain and also a race horse owner, died here yesterday. Mr. Butler’s entry into the gro- cery business was in the role of backer of a friend whose interest | he afterward purchased-and then | extended the business uniil it be- came a chain of approximately 1,100 stores. . | His affiliation with the sport of ikings after becoming affluent was |a natural step because his fondness {for horses was inherent, born of his association with them since his Tboyhood days on the family farm in Treland. There he was born in the County Kilkenny, February 4, 1855, of farmer folk who had oc- cupied the same homestead for | many generations. Worked on Farm | As a young man Mr. Butler |did his share of the farm work, meanwhile pursuing his studies in the National School of Rower par- {ish. At 20 he came to the United |States to seek his fortune and be- | gan where he left off at home, his ifirs: employment being as a farm- er's helper at Goshen Mountaim, Mass. It tcok only a short time, how- ever, for him to determine that h xy!ortunc was not in farming and he went to Chicago, where he went to work in the Sherman House. He was advanced from time to time until {he had charge of the “back of the | house,” and later removed to New | York, filling similar positions in | the Windsor and Murray Hill Ho- tels. { Health Breaks Living at the hotels where he | was employed, Mr. Butler was on duty day and night, a task that re- sulted in impaired health. Advised | where he could have regular rest, |he went to live at the home of a | former newspaper man. The latter | aleo had suffered a physical break- | down from work and had become a i grocery clerk. " (Continued on Page Seven) {by a physician to obtain a room | OR HANGS HIMSELF n We Honor Today 'RAGING STORMS ADMITS CRIME |Intention. to Hold News- paperman for $40,000 | Ransom Confessed BULLETIN — CHICAGO, Til, Feb. 22.—Charles Phillips hang- ed himself in the police sttion here early this morning. He was held after he had con- fessed in the Adler plot. : CHICAGO, Feb. 22. Charles Phillips, alias Red Mayo, who was arrested last night after an un- successful attempt to kidnap E. Pw Adler, 6l-year-old Davenport, Ta.| newspaper publisher, confessed to the police here shortly after, ac-| { cording to officials. The Ma They said he confessed that he had intended hold the victim for $40,000 ransom . 1 States attorney and police also| announced that Phillips named one Jack Wyman, as instigator of the plot. Police are searching for Wyman. Adler, head of the Lee Syndicate newspapers, was attacked and| slugged in the corridor of the ho-| el in which he was staying here. | ANOTHER ARREST | CHICAGO, Tll, Feb. 22.— Jack| Wyman, or Lacey, wanted as oM companion of Charles Phillips in the attempt to kidnap Adler, was| Qregon’s New Prexy captured early this morning in a south side hotel PR R A | NEWSPAPERMAN OF ELLENSBURG DIES IN CRASH Three Others Are Injured when Car Collides with | Truck on Icy Highway CLE ELUM, Wash, Feb. 22— Joseph Stoddard, 48 years old, El- lensburg newspaperman and prom- inent in Republican State politics, was killed and three others injured last night when the car in which they were riding on the ice-covered highway near here collided with a truck. | Jack Kelleher, Ellensburg auto- i mobile dealer, driver of the car,| Dr. Charles Valentine Boyer, pro- and Kenneth Reynolds, Ellensburg geggor of English, has been named hotel man, were slightly injured| president of the University of Ore- and William Webster, restaurant' gon. (Associated Press Photo) OVER DECLARES LINES SMASHED CHAS.C.DAWES Festher Republican Vice- AT FUNERAL OF BELGIUM KING e | President Says Prosper- ity Finally Coming Confusion Reigns for Bricii Time—Princess Astrid | N CHICAGO, TIll., Feb. —Charles Expects Child | Gates Dawes, former Vice-President A of the United States, told the Chi- BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 22— |cago Association of Commerce yes- Thousands of mourners smashed|ergay that gepression has ended. the police lines today and surged |pgwes gajd the return of prosper about the Royal Palace as “’“‘iry began last October funeral procession for the late King | pregigent Roosevelt and said he Alvert formed. Confusion reigned |oypacted him to balance the budget for a time before the procession |y 1gag ; o finally started, | ases Princess Astrid will pot be at|p.q the side of Crown Prince """’"“fdl“n» tomorrow when he enters the city| as the new King. She is expecting | a child. | further said confidence returned to the masses and newed business activity is seen everywhere and prosperity will fin- ally come.” ——.ee - IS LAID AWAY BRUSSELS, Feb. 22—King Al- |bert was buried today in a crypt Charles Murray of Valdez last i the little gray church near the|week was awarded the cont Royal Palace at Laeken beside the|the continuation of the tu bodies of his predecessors. the Cliff Mine near that city. The One person was killed in the|tunmel is now in 1,300 feet and huge crowds massed to witness the the vein is expected to be tapped procession. | within the mext 50 feet. TUNNEL CONTRACT LET 1 in CROSSING THE DETAVARE He praised | ct for | THREATEN DEATH T0 SOVIET PARTY Marooned Survivors of | Cheliuskin Shipwreck in Desperate Condition \EIGHT WOMEN, THREE Dog Teaims. afid Airplanes Wait on er to Per- mit Rescue' Attempt | Moscow, Web 22— | Crumbling ice fi a raging |gale carried a ve threat [of death to the w | wrecked vietims ma on 'a drifting ice floe north of Bering Strait, where their abandoned steamship, = Che- | liugkin, sank February 13. | There are eight women and |two small children in the |stranded party composed of Proefessor Otto Schmidt’'s | Wrangel Island Expedition, Sterms have blocked all Bajs s to reayh; them /INAUGURATED AS Frrer PresipenT 2 < GEORGE WASHINGTON 1 {Are Digging | |Out from } ;Snow Drifts l | NEW YOK#n, rep. zz—Road crews redoubled efforts today to reach isolated communities that | have been cut off as the re- | sult of the blizzard along the | | North Atlantic seaboard. The | storm has abated and the tem- | perature is rising. | | | 1 COLONIAL TRADE FRANCE'S HOPE FOR PROSPERITY | By RICHARD G. MASSOCK : PARIS, Feb. 22.—France, gloom- ily adding up her shrunken trade balances abroad, is looking to her colonies, in area the second great- lest, to help lift her out of the ]dvpression. | Feeling herself more or less iso-| lated economically while other na- | 'tions try to recapture elusive pros- perity for their own, France is en- deavoring to become more sflf—n-hri ant with aid of her 100,000,000 in- habitants in both hemispheres and | her 4,700,000 square miles of terri- ' tory. f Buying Power Low | How to sell more French prod- ucts to the black, yellow and brown men who populate her vast Arrican: and Asiatic possessions is her prin- cipal problem, for hard times see: to have penetrated jungles, des and oriental rice swamps. By turns, the experienced admin- istrators of the far flung territories, ich as Jules Carde, governor gen- ral of Algeria, have been called | to “Little Cabinet” meetings of | | ministers intimately concerned with | | the problems of making the empirc‘l |pry the mother country’s business| out of the red-ink column. The re- | sults of these sessions have ot | | been announced. | Complicating the problem is the | nature of the colonial population. | The saucer-lipped Ubangi women of French Equatorial Africa, famil-| iar to American circus audiences, | are hardly potential customers for |gowns of Parisian dressmake | Neither are the bare-skinned na- | tives of West Africa, the nomadic | Arabs and bedouins of Algeria and | Morocco nor the yellow and brown | skinned laborers in the rice fields| of Indo-China in the market for/ much except essential clothing and at food they do not themselves | rais \ i " (Contiwed on Page Two) Jheadquarters at Chitina. it AR Ao £ L theit food is plentiful. e 1icedfs disintegrating however, Ew AIR M AII‘ and the entire field is being cuNTRAcTS MAY driven northward by the | Iwind, darkening hopes of res- |cue. BE GIVE N sufl N‘ Sixty dog teams left North Cape a week ago yesterday |to carry supplies to the mar- Govérnment Considcringi"”"“d party and airplanes Coit:Plus System 4 Pay 'have been waiting for a week i B {for the storm to abate so or Ilying oervice {that they may effect a rescue. ¥ 3t G WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — New air mail contracts based on the cost plus system which would slice off millions of dollars from prev- ious expenditures are reported to be | under consideration by the Govern- ment. President Roosevelt has put the! Department of Justice to work on the legal background of the plan. The nature of the project is ecret but unofficial reports indi- | ed it might mean new contracts | for private companies that would relieve the Army of flying the mails. Debate on letting new contracts Stormy Weather was assured in the House as a special rule allowed two hours talk| DESHLER, Ohio, Feb. 22.—Army on the bill to pay the Army for|flier Lieut. D. O. Lowry crashed the new task. early today in the woods near a ARMY PLANE DOWN, FLIER MEETS DEATH Lieut. D. O. Lowry Crashes in Woods in Ohio in a AN By |farm during snowy weather and | was killed. He threw several sacks A R c GHIEFS of mail from the plane before the ' ' N ;crash. FOG, SNOW PLAYS HAVOC ‘CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 22—Fog UN WAY HEREandsnowflndv.lowceumgphyed (havoc with Army mail schedules FOR GONFERENGE - | Aside from the fatal crash of ‘qu{. D. O. Lowry, near Desh- ler, two others were forced down but without serious mishap and the mail was forwarded. An unidenti- fied pilot came down near Goshen, Indiana, and Lieut. C. P. Holstein, {out from Cleveland for Washing= | ton, was forced down mear Union- Annual meeting of the Alaska|town, Pa. The unidentified pilot Road Commission Superintendents|was not injured but Lieut. Hol- will be held in Juneau Friday after |stein suffered minor injuries. The the arrival of the Victoria from |former was down because of snow the Westward, according to Tke P.|and the latter on account of fog. Taylor, Chief Engineer of the Com-| At Denison, Texas, Lieut. I. F. mission Patrick was killed when a pursuit Work to be done in all parts of | plane crashed. He was not a mail Alaska this coming summer will|pilot be discussed at the conference. | Those expected to arrive on the| Victoria for the conference nrv:}Hom of Plenty Frank Nash, Superintendent for the F ound by Peasant Fairbanks district; M. C. Edmunds, | Superintendent at Anchorage; Fred | Spach, Assistant Superintendent,| LE PUY, France, Feb. 22—A rea} who comes from the Kuakukwim‘hom of plenty was found by peas- area; T. D. Huddleston, Superin-|ants in an ancient building at Ros= tendent of the Valdez district; R.|ieres. The horn, that of an ox, was J. Shepard, Superintendent at Chit- |hidden in a secret cupboard in & ina, and John Coats, Master Me- window corner and contained gold chanic of the Commission wim;and silver coins of the 16th cen= tury. v Superintendents to Discuss| Plans for Summer Work in Juneau Headquarters —_———————— CHILDREN IN DANGER but,.