The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 7, 1934, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6592. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” NEAU ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1934, MlMBI;R OF ASSOCIATED PRLSS PRICE TEN CENTS PREDICTS ALASKA REPEAL BY APRIL 1 JOHNSON TO GIVE NEW LIGHT ON NRA ADMINIS—T RATOR :Aa(’d Chica; 20 Woman Doctor T0 ANSWER HIS CRITICS TONIGHT l“ossibilily He Will An- nounce Order for Short- er Hours Higher Wages MILLION MORE MEN AT WORK IS GOAL Detailed Program of Ac- tion Expected from Spokesman WASHINGTON, March 7.| —Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, N. R. A. Administrator, is to have the last word tonight in‘ the NRA’s grand roundup of criticism and su g g e s tions. There is expectation it may possibly be the anncunce- ment of a Presidential order: cutting working hour and in-| creasing wage rates. The Administrator, it is felt, m spring a detailed program of action designed! put more men to work. immediate goal is one million men. The pro- rram may also clear many of | the arguments against Pres dent Roosevelt’s suggestion that working hours be short- ened, Administrator Johnson has | a three-fold task ahead of him, to secure maximum re- employment, head off pos- sible Congressional tinkering with the industrial laws at this session and make both| industry and labor happy as| possible in a situation which it is said permits neither to have“its full desires. | STOCKS SUFFER | FURTHER DROP, | TRADING TODAY NRA Johnson's Proposed| Plans Upset Issues of | | | | ay to The more All Categories | NEW YORK, March 7. — Stocks suffered a sharp fall-off today, the | reaction following word from Wash- ington that NRA Administrator Johnson planned to curtail the NRA code working hours through | an Executive Order. Leading equities lost one to three or more points. Today's close was heavy. Trans- fers totalled only 1,800,000 shares. All categories participated in the decline after a few brief and feeble rallies. Wheat bushel. Silver lagged today. Federal Bonds Strong Bonds were mixed on the curb and declined. Federal bonds, how- ever, turned strong before the close. United States Smelting was off more than five points. -Other losers of one to around three points included United States Steel, American Can, Auburn, Case, Chrysler, Dupont, a few tobaccos, ‘Westinghouse, Allied Chemical and Douglas Air- craft. American Telephone and Tele- graph, General Motors, Montgom- ery-Ward and United Aircraft were | down about one point each. lost nearly one cent a | CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 7.—Closing | quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 20, American Can HOP ON FLIGHT American Smelting, | - I's Convicted of Murderin g Daughter-in-Law; Sentenced DR. ALICE LINDSAY WYNEKOOP CHICAGO, T, March 7.—Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynckoop, famed feminine medico of Chicagc, has been convicted of the murder of her prefty 23-year-old daughter-in-law, Rheta, and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. The jury deliberated 35 minutes. The defendant heard the verdict quietly, sitting in her CONFIDENCE 1S BACK AGAININ | UNITED STATES Business Better, People Are Cheerful, Declares B. M. Behrends Confidence has replaced doubt and fear; people are more cheerful about the present and more hope- ful for the future; business is def- initely better; the country is on the upgrade. That is the summation of B. M. Behrends, Alaska’s leading banker and business man who returned today from his annual trip to the principal financial and business centers of the United States. He was greatly pleased with the signs of progress in finance, trade and industry. Capital Is Center Washington, D. C., where Mr. Behrends visited Delegate Dimond, is the center of national activity. All eyes turn in that direction as President Roosevelt and his aides chart the course for the “new deal” that in one short year has changed the trend from downward to up- ward, wiped out despair and re- stored to the people confidence in the stability of the government. “There is much less talking done in the national capital than is usual, but there is a great deal] more work; work that is reflect every day in advancing recovery, Mr. Behrends said. The east, he commented, has| made more rapid strides toward re- covery than any other section of the country that he visited, and| |the optimism there’ is more pro-| |nounced than anywhere else. But | contrasted with the spirit preva- lent a short 12 months ago, the change to one who has not had personal contact theére in the in- {terim is astounding. | Cites Own Observations In nothing is this more out- tanding than in the personal ap-| | pearance of those one meets in| {traveling, he declared. ‘A year | ago, nearly everyone on steamers and trains was wearing suits of| clothes from one to three years old. Today they all have new suits. Then they were depressed |and doubtful of the future. Now they are cheerful and confident. | { wheeled chair. The penal for the 63-year-old phy is regarded ac tantamount te life imprisonment ician who is in ill-health. body was found in operating room of Dr. say Wynekoop’s home, erating table. The mystery proved har tion for several days. The hus- bend of the slain woman, Earle i Wynekoop, found in Kansas City, was placed under arrest and re- | turned to Chicago. About the same | time Dr. Wynekoop was arrested with other members of. the family. | Both the husband and Dr. Wyne- koop confessed to the murder after the motive of robbery had been disputed. The police said the son \was shielding his mother The woman doctor held to her con- SANTO DOMINGO, March 7.— |fession stating Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt and|Der daughter-in-law and she died. party landed here aboard the air |She then shot her, the police said, liner enroute to Puerto Rico from"’o cover up a bungling operation. Miami, Florida. The wife of the| The real story, however, was nev- American President is enroute to|°f Prought out. The house where the island to study economic and}“"e murder was committed is a other conditions. large 15-room gloomy affair. S e o | Dr. Wynekoop was first placed ! 437%, Calumet |On trial several weeks ago but this Alice Lind- on an op- COMPLETES ONE Lands Safely at Santo, Domingo Enroute to Puerto Rico BULLETIN—SAN JUAN, Puertc Rico, March 7. — Mrs. Roosevelt, on a tour of the West Indies, has arrived here. Bethlehem Steel and Hecla 5, Curtiss-Wright 37%,/Was declared a mistrial as the Fox Films 14%, General Motors | doctor became seriously ill and 36%, International Harvester 40%,|could not attend the proceedings. Kennecott 19%, Packard Motors She was returned to her cell until 514, Southern Railroad 30%, Ulen She recovered and a new Company 3%, United States Steel l;begun , United Aircraft 28%. | Dr. ‘Wynekoop, —_——— child health and social hygiene, Poland. Germ(my E"ll {maintained -remarkable suavity s 4 junder severe examination follow- Tariff War; Agreement !ing discovery of the crime and s Lol | protested her innocence until she Ter"”’nates F"'cuo"‘was finally tripped up by Assistant WARSAW. March 7.—Poland and'stale's Attorney John Long and! S T ( BSSH th der. Germany have ended the tariff war mmw)ed__h_l.’__..._._e i with a mutual trade treaty, con- cluding 81% years of friction over‘ irksome customs measures and re-' Reno, Nev., paid a $50,000 emer- gency loan from funds derived 99%, American Power and Light 9, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 2%, taliatory counter ‘moves. from liguor licenses upon repeal. Mrs. Rheta Gardner Wynekoop 1 was found put to death with a bullet in her back. Her stripped; the basement d of solu- she chloroformed | trial was! “A year ago the demand, partic-| ‘ularly in women's wear, was for icheap goods. Today there is little jor no market for that class of merchandise. The higher priced, better grades are again in de- mand. ‘“Hotels are filled with business men and others. Places of amuse- {ment and entertainment are again| {drawing capacity crowds. It is !plain to all that we are on ‘the | — | (Continued on Page Two) | Superior Race | ‘()f Men Is Predicted | SPOKANE, March 7. — Dr. Malcolm MacEacher, Associate Director of the American Col- lege of Surgeons, speaking at a sectional convention of the col- ,‘ lege here said the next hundred | years will see the beginning of a superior race of men, as | medicine will advance far | enough to combat destruction | of mental power by nervous | discrders caused by terrific MAROONED MEN |sian fliers, were saved just in time |racks. Samuel Insull, 64-year-old former utilitics operator who is wanted in Tlinois for trial in connec- tion with the collapse of his utilities empire, has been given 48 hours in which to leave Greece and seek a new refuge. He immediately called in a heart specialist. Above are three recent pictures of the former capitalist. At left he is shown in a Greek court at a hearing in connection with American extradition proceedings. In the center he is pictured leaving his hotel in Athens. Picture at right was taken in Paris before his flight to Greece. (Associated Press Photos) ~ NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM GIVEN Father of Girl May Execute IN MORE PERIL A bill paving the way so the father of a high school girl | Cracks Spilt Barracks and! Kitchen—Women, Chil- may spring the trap when three Memphis negroes are, hanged dren Rescued in Time on March 16 for assaulting the MOSCOW, March 7. — CmL‘kmL Over One Thousand planes, 100 Destroyers to Be Constructed girl, has been reported favor- ably by the County Affairs Committee of the State Senate. e The wooden barracks hf\s heon split apart by the cracking ice and also been! en-year building program for United States Navy. TRIAL HALTED AS from the group. The Senate adopted United State cued several days ago by two Rus- planes itself. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March as they slept in the damaged bar- 7 _Superior Judge Ward yesterday Capture—Two Arrests Made in Case |afternoon temporarily dismissed the Planes, ships and a number of (jury in the Alaska peonage case dogteams are working to save the ¢, permit the attorneys to argue 89 men on '-he ice. [a technical motion to dismiss the | charges against Emil Mayer, Ar- thur Mayer, S8amuel Young and Y. Lopez who are accused of oper- n employment agency with- ‘out @ license and forcing fisher- men and cannerymen to buy mer- [’ ¢handise from them in exchange . for Alaska jobs. Morgan Company Sold Air|*" A1k J ' Shares Shortly Before | R. F. LEWIS TO LEAVE | speed of present day living and ‘ prevent reproduction of the unfit. formation on the action.” 0. K. BY SENATE ice has added a new peril to the ALASKA PEUNAGE WASHINGTON, March 7~Th e i sk e fo: Wit Senate has passed the Vinson- s i Trammell bill authorizing the sev- the ‘,hf.tc‘"“" k"fh;'; s s somet The building program includes ;pt~ SN NI pRTniEC %) " approximately 100 new destroyers ‘fn’:n“” B A ; t and submarines and more than 1 RS colony Is 1o 000 airplanes, as well as one air- downhearted according to a radio| ATt onrilu FEDERAL AGENTS JOIN IN SEARCH FOR DILLINGER Escaped Desperado Eludes INSULL MUST LEAVE GREECE AND SEEK NEW REFUGE EARI_Y ACTmN gxb‘?{@ i IS PROMISED DELEGATE ON LIQUOR BILL | House Territories Commit- tee to Dispose of Subject Soon—Senate Has Al- ready Passed Measure WASHINGTON, March 7. —Alaska Delegate A. J. Di- mond predicted today that Prohibition will be repealed in Alaska not later than April 1. 3 With legislation repealing the Bone Dry secticns of the Volstead Law, as applied to Alaska, already approved by the Senate, the Delegate said he had been promised early acticn on the measure by the House Territories Committee. When repeal is effected, the regulation of the traffie in liquor will be under the Jjurisdiction of Executive of- ficials of the Territory pend- ing a Legislature meeting in 5 ———— “NEWDEAL” IS LIFE SAVER FOR ALASKAN MINING ir- JamesL. Freebum Declares Industry Is Due for e Great Boost If anyihing can put the gold mining industry of Alaska on the map, the “new deal” of President . Roosevelt will do so. That is the conviction of James L. Freeburn, General Manager of the Chichagof Mining Company, and one of the best known and most successful S of Alaska’s mining operators, I Th_? radiu’ saild ice is c?mnm’mlz JUly DlSmlSSed by judge Senator Homer T. Bone's amend- ar Freeburn arrived today on 3 expand its existing plants 50 1t ge gpent two week: > The women and children, res-| fendants Is Settled |0 uia 35 per cont of tne e, S0e0t tWo weeks there con- the current program at Chichagof. “If the gold miner can’'t make money under existing conditions, he hasn't a mine or isn't a miner,” Mr. Freeburn said. The $35 price for gold, in his opinion offers an unparalleled inducement for pros- pectors to take the field. Any- one with a real prospect and a legitimate proposition will have no difficulty in getting financed for explorations, he said. Mr. Freeburn and his associates have given some consideration to a coge for the gold mining indus- try. He feels that one should be adopted and is willing to co-oper- Cancellation Order CHICAGO, Iil, March 7. — John ate in preparing one. He ex- o 4F0R JUNEAU SATURDAY bittinger, desperado who escaped g:!md the hope that one coule} ~ WASHINGTON, March 7—Testi-} from the Lake County Jail at written and given approval mony was given before the smanSAYs LETTERTO MAYOR {Crown Point, Indiana, last Satur- that would increase employment Banking Committee today that m..) has been “seen in over one but that would not be so bur- Morgan and Company sold 4‘500 R. F. Lewls, owner of the Ju- \h-”.(“u] (11'uum. places but found densome that it would impose an United Afrcraft shares shortly be- Neau Water Company, expects to|nowher impossible handicap in the indus- fore the Government's cancellation |leave Seaftle for Juneau on Marchi Agents of the Federal Govern- try which would prevent the. ex- of the air mail contracts. This was 10, according to a letter from him!ment have now joined the search ploration of prospects and the de- cited by Senator Robinson, of In-|Teceived this morning by Mayor|for the bank robber and killer. velopment of new properties. diana, as evidence that “interna-|1. Goldstein. Deputy Sheriff krnest Blunt, Mr. Freeburn will be in Ju- tional bankers had advance in- Mr. Lewis will be glad to con-|whom Dillinger took along on his neau until Thursday when he will {fer with the Citizens' Water Com-!escape, and 'WASHINGTON, March 7—Th(‘ | Administration is expected to in- augurate this week the actual pur-| Chasing of acreage in its program lof land utilization. y Experts estimate 25,000,000 to 140,000,000 acres are definitely sub- | | marginal. For the good of individ- uals living on it and for the na- tion as a whole they feel this| acreage shou!d be. retired from production permanently. Administration Is to Start . Program of Land Utilization an authority on| The Government is to buy up 'and he conferred regarding the|third of the students enrolled at| tuation, but no agreement was|the University of Montana have large tracts an he families | Y g ek d move the familles|, . ;0q at that time about the y of student outside jobs, a. su creation of a storage deservoir in|employment disc! Four Silver Bow Basin, Mr. Lewis wrote.|dred of the collegians earn He said that he hoped it would be proximately $6,000 a month. up an entirely new structure suit- possible to settle the whole sit- e o | ed to the needs and welfare of the |uation satisfactorily. Fifty-three years after people, ‘ —————— Emberson of Grayson county, In answer to the cries of “com-' The Chinese cotton crop for 1933 |as, deeded a 100-foot right of w munism” the reply is “if it’s com- is estimated at 2,500,000 bales, com-to a railroad munism make the most of it.” pared with 2,261,000 bales in 1932. corded. from them to other areas, destroy roads, schools and drainage ditch- es mow largely useless, and build hun Turnkey Sam Cahoon, — . |mittee and with the Mayor re-|jail guard, have been arrested, garding the water situation in Ju-lcharged with aiding and abetting neau, and see if they can not get!Dillinger to escape. | together about the matter, he - stated in his letter. Wiile L. . Metsar was | Montana Students Work SAH Francisco recently Mr. Lewis| MISSOULA, Mont.—Nearly one- ap- the titles “bey” Elijah 'ro,\-lhas a military significance. the deed was re- leave for Chichagof. He plans to return here before the end of the month to atiend a meeting of mining men to discuss a code for me 'ndusuy in Alaska. |“Bey,” “Efendl" Banned by New Turkish Decree ISTANBUL, March 7.—The Turk- n- ish Government has decided to ban (esquire) and “efen- |di” (Mr). They are considered | undemocratic. The word “pasha” stands, as it “Bey” and ‘“efendi” also were originally military words, but they gradually came into other use. 3 N