The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 16, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6600. JUNEAU, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS EXPANSION OF TRADE NOTED OVER NATION Volume for Marcl‘_n Indi- cates Better Business than for 3 Years UNEMPLOYMENT IS SLOWLY ABSORBED Wholesale Mels Show Greater Activity than Since August i NEW YORK, March 16.—Despite some irregularities in heavy indus- the general vofume of trade tinues to expand on a larger in connection with demands ing merchandise, the Dun- ot, Inc., review says today. review also notes that al- though some increase in unemploy- ment has occurred where industries are unable as yet to fully absorb the workers being laid off by bandonment of the CWA the bductive and distributive volume for the balance of March indicates outdistancing all figures for the three years.” Despite the severest wintry weather in 20 years, retail sales during February made an excellent § over January and the total of the first half of the current month has risen from 50 to 65 per ce over a year ago, the whole- markets reaching a higher ]mux of activity than at any time since last Auqusl last ROOSEVELT HAS PUT CRITICS ON REAL HOT SPOT : Admlnlstrallon Seeks Crit- icism—Now What Do You Suggest? By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington.) Some simple precepts for admin- istration strategy in the coming 'Is Sanders Out as G.O.P. Chief? (center) as chairman of the G. O. P. decision of party stalwhanu tokcond:xl: coming Congressional campaigns without him. Among those making the de(mfn mg Senator Charles Cregon (left); Representative Chester Bolton, Ohio (top rig! snator Daniel Hastings, Dela: A move to shelve Everett Sander: National Committee is seen in d campaign are to be found between ing to slash $90,000,000 from the the lines of President Roosevelt’s Senate amendments might go for® address to the NRA meeting in ‘Washington. During one short passage of the address, Mr. Roosevelt definitely assumed the defensive—an attitude almost wholly lacking hitherto in his public utterances. He assured his critics his regime was not un- ; and”declared he resent- ism only from those who had nothing better to suggest. This language struck directly at two of the fundamentals on which current opposition is based, and on which rest many of the hopes oI his political opponents. They accused him of seeking to set up an unconstitutional dictatorship, and of being resentful of all critic- ism. With Republican protest and Democratic revolt stiffening in Congress, it was not surprising that Mr. Roosevelt chose that par- ticular moment to make his first campaign-year reply to his critics; to recognize, for the first time, although not by name, the attacks which have emanated from the Republican Natiorial Committee. REGARDING “ISMS” No one doubts his words will studied by every administration spellbinder, and be highly potential in shaping the trend of political discussion in 1934. Those who cofplain of a ten- dency to fascism, or communism, or some other “ism,” are to be tol that they merely do not recognize good old American Democracy when they see it, having seen so little of it in recent years.! | Those who complain that the farm relief policy, or the home loan policy, or the new deal, itself,! has failed, will be answered with! a question, already put by the! President into these words: “Well, old man, what do you suggest” That form of campaigning would seem to simplify matters considerably, and to take out of political discussion a good deal of the color and detail which often entertain and sometimes instruct ! the voters in campaign years. (Contiwued on Page Two) | | Police Chief of Seattle, and for- naught. The House by one vote late this afternoon insisted veterans allow- ances approved by the Senate should be trimmed suhstanhalls March H[]USE W|L|_ BE Ala.sha Air Bug Gen. Mltchell Tesh- Action, if Pusied by Con-| fies Before Senate P. gress, Expected to Result | WASHINGTON, March 16—Es- WASHINGTON, March 16. — A to Alaska is urged by Brig. Gen. House member this forenoon an- William Mitchell, former Assistant have the entire question of vet- testimony given before the Senate ns and Federal employee bene- Post Office Committee. action which is calculated to re- former Assistant Chief said. He! sult in a certain veto by Presi- pointed out that long delays were When the House takes up what mission to the Territory. would ordinarily be a routine mat-| Chairman McKellar, of the Com- pendent offices bill with the vet- jmportant from a military stand- erans motion to conference—it will point but not commercial from’ compramises, Pekin, via Alaska, now in 45 Should the majority aecede the hours» Mitchell rephv North when 21, Passes SURPRISE RAID Away gy an A Dudr;e aged 75 years, Fed- E]ght Persons Trapped 1n eral Judge at Fairbanks for 22 here for the past 16 years, is dead. COUnly, Okla. He was born in Columbus, Wiscon- MANNFORD, Oklahoma, March western University when 21, going trail, Federal and State man- 3. P o T hunters trapped eight persons, two GUCKER RETURNS TO in their Osage County hideaway JUNEAU FROM BUSINESS near this hamlet. 0. Committee in Presidential Veto tablishment of an air mail ice nounced that he would attempt to- Chief of the Army Air Corps in! ms reopened for upward revision “This is very important,” the dent Roosevelt. sometimes occurring in mail trans- ter—that of sending the big inde- mijttee 1eplied: “This might be ask to have the Chamber recede ~ «we can go from New York to| work of the House in finally agree- TRA"_EHS MAKE Bnon A. Dodge, Who Came! 'AUL, Minn,, 16.— ears, and a practicing attorney Hideaway in Osage 1 -t : sin, and graduated from the North- 16—Hot on the Bremer kidnap 2!most lmmedlately to Alaska. of them women, in a sudden raid Two men most sought in the TRlP TO INTERIOR |$200,000 kidnapping of Edward G.! Bremer, St. Paul banker, were not J. W. Gucker, wholesale repre- taken in the roundup. They are sentative, returned to his head- Arthur “Doc” Barker and Alvin quarters in Juneau on the Victoria Karpis, former Oklahoma convicts. last night, after an absence of a Most of those taken in the raid month. late yesterday however are closely! Mr. Gucker, whose principal lines connected with Barker and Karpis, are 8, & W, Swift and Company, the officers saxd Sunshine Biscuits and Rainier ——— | Brewing Company, reports that anL WARREN business is good at the Westward | and in Fairbanks. He expects W0 be in Juneau for about a week before leaving for Ketchikan and other Southeast Alaskan ports on another business trip. D SEATTLE, March 16—Honored Expedition to by a police color guard, Alaska and ) Yukon pioneers, and comrades of Surufl) Aleutians ; Indian waré, Joel F. Warren, vet- North in May eran peace officer and frontiers- T man, was laid to rest today. He BREMERTON, Wash., March died several days ago. A widow 16. — Admiral Sfnclair Gam- nen will sail May 1 on the U. survives. | Joel F. Warren was a rormer! S. S. Oglala with six mine sweepers and six giant planes to continue the aerial surveys of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. mer peace officer in Alaska and' | Washington, JOHNSON NOW ATTEMPTING TO PREVENT STRIKE NRA Administrator Takes Up Where National Board Leaves Off WASHINGTON, March, 16—NRA Administrator Johnson is today standing in the breach left by the National Labor Board that con- ceded itself powerless in the trouble | between labor and the automobile executives to ward off the threat- ened strike in motordom, Administrator Johnson redqubled his' efforts to get the executives of giant concerns on & program to. avert a strike, outlining two plans, election to determine the strength jof the American Feedration of| | Labor unions and work councils or company unions in each plant without disclosing the affiliation of each, and an impartial grievance {board to hear complaints of the | men who say they have been fired | or discriminated against for union activity. i { POSTPONE STRIKE WASHINGTON, March 16.—Auto union representatives agreed late this afternon to postpone strike BETURNS FROM | Three Scviet fliers lcave Seattle tomorrow abjard the steamer attempt the rescue of 80 men marconed on an ice floe. The fliers rived in New York City from Moscow mapping out their expedition. Levenev:ky, Prof. Geerge Ushakov and Mauritz Slepnev. The latter attempted world flight. The three rescue fliers wll be enroute to FnirbanlN and Nome. in Juncau n INCOME TAXES action until next Tuesday to give the National Automobile Chamber | of Commerce an opportunity to| | negotiate with Gen. Johnson, NRA‘ Adxmmstrator for a settling of the | disputes. STOCKS RECOVER ON SETTLING OF LABOR TROUBLES |Moderate Gams Made ml | | Many Sections of List on | Exchange—Bonds Strong NEW YORK, March 16. —Indxca-! |tions that threatened labor troubles | may be settled soon brought re-| |newed hope to stocks today. Mod- |erate recoveries were the rule. Ewn |the silver group got back some of \)C\l(’ld"l," losses. Trading was relatively quiet but the®close was| firm. Bonds were moderately up. Grains finished with small gains | and silver futures recovered around[ half a cent an ounce. The dollar firmed in relation to, sterling. United States Smelting and Re- fining was up three points at the close. American Smelting and Cer- jro de Pasco were up one. Some gold mining issues were in favor, Homestake gaining seventeen points. | McIntyre Mines were up two and Dome Mines one. Schenley Distill- |ing and Douglas aircraft gained about two, while Curtiss-Wright and United Aircraft improved. Others up fractionally to around a point were Bethlehem Steel, Gen- | eral Motors, Chrysler Motors, Case Threshing and Allied Chemical. CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, March 16.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine| stock today is 21%, American Can‘ 100%, American Power and Light 9%, Armour B 2%, Bethlehem Steel 40%, Calumet and Hecla 5, Curtiss-Wright 4%, Fox Films 14%, General Motors 37, International Harvester 42, Kennecott 19%, Packard Motors 5%, Southern Railway 33%, Ulen Company, no sale; United States Steel 52%, United Aircraft 24%. | Esther Rals!on Weeps During Divorce Hearing| —_— | LOS ANGELES, March 16.—Di- vorce has ended the eight-year- mdy George Webb. Amid a storm of, tears, the blonde actress testified | in Superior Court that Webb, pub- licity writer and her manager, had| grown jealous of her and resorted to calling her harsh names. A 2- year-old daughter will remain with the mother. - eee KOTZEBUE TRADING POST OPERATOR ENROUTE SOUTH Boris Magids, pioneer trading post operator of the Kotzebue Sound district, was in Juneau last night while the Victoria was in port. Mr. Magids is enroute south ‘ KANSAS CITY, March 16—R. A.\ | Long, agéd 83, chairman of the| Board of the Long-Bell Lumber| Company and founder of a large lumber fortune, builder of the town of Longview, Washington, died in a hospital here last night. He | was operated upon Tuesday for an intestinal obstruction. \ When he was 22 years old, R. A. Long went into the hay business in | Columbus, Kansas, with Robert| White and Victor Long as partners.; | It had been pointed out to the; last few years. | young men that the grass on the| Pittsburgh, Pa., has $5000,000 Kansas prairie could be bought! against $3,000,000 for last March. |cheaply and converted into hay. For the first time in four years|young Long cut and placed in Chicago returns showed an upward stack some 300 tons of the grass,| trend. | but much of it was brown before Philadelphia reports $1,000,000 cutting and was not salable. It | more than last year was in closing out the business that a queer trick of fate turned |him’ into the lumber business, ! ADULF HITLER After the hay was disposed of, young Long began tearing down the sheds he had used to shelter |it, two or three carloads in all. [Insists in Note to France Larger Army Needed— Language Is Tamed SHOW INCREASE Reporta from Many Parts| of Nation Indicate Real Prosperity ; WASHINGTON, March 16.—Re- ports received from many parts of v.he country showed income tax re- 'turns are surpassing those of the This lumber he sold at a profit. Ceveral Columbus merchants bought, and each one pointed out | to him that a lumber yard in! Columbus would be a paying prop- osition. Young Long was looking for opportunity so he consulted rowed money from {bank and with White and Bell | again as partners, embarked on PARIS, March 16.—Chancellor| the career which was to lead Mim Adolf Hitler reiterated his views on | t0 one of the foremost places in armaments in his latest note to the lumber industry. France it has been learned author-| R. A. Long was born on a farm itatively. near Shelbyville, Ky., December 17, was one of the Soviet aviators who flew Jimmy Mittern frem Anadyr te Nome after a mis | with an uncle in Kansas City, bor- | the uncle's ! ~ ISAMUEL INSULL Alaska enrcute to the Aretic to are shown above when they ar- They are, left te right, Sigmund has been in Alaska before as he hap on his next Tuesday bound for Seward Founder of Wa s h ing to n State Town Wealthy Lumberman ,Dies LGCATED ABOARD GREEK FREIGHTER Former ChE go Utility Head to Be Returned to Greecian ]urisdiclion |PAID TEN “THOUSAND TO CHARTER VESSEL Brother in Toronto Order- ed Extradited, Return- ed to United States BULLETI ATHENS, March 16.—Samuel Insull is reported late this afternoon {to have been definitely locat- ed aboard the Greek freighter | Maiotis. He will be returned 'to Greek jurisdiction, the | Marine Ministry said. It is claimed Insull paid 110,000 for a charter of the |ship. It sailed Wednesday. Previously it was believed In- sull fled yesterday. Angry because of Insull’s fsneuk the Government pro- poses now to expel him di- | reetly to the United States. | | Previously Greece had plan- ‘Assncmnn Pfl&ss E‘rflaufi “PEYIONED | 1850. and Margaret (White) Long. He received his education i the pub- | lic schools and for a few months attended a boy’s school at Shelby- | ville. Mr. Long had interests in many ! parts of the world, but his home was in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Long, who was Miss Ella Wilson of | Columbus, Kansas, and two daugh- | ters, Sally A. wife of Captain Hayne Ellis, U. 8. N,, Washington, D. ©., and Loula, wife of R. Pryor Combs, treasurer of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, Longview Farm, survive him. The Chancellor has made new| s demands for a large German AH"HVV \’(’l' Ilub[)ard to but in slightly more moderate lan- guage used than previously and he| Have Support in flatly denied the French charge| A that Nazi storm troops were act ual| Alaska 1""10”("0"‘ | soldiers. ; The French Government, it is| aid, has begun an immediate study | of the note. U, S-GERMANY DISCUSS TRADE New Agree;;l—ts Made Be Perfected—Old Pact Subject to Change BERLIN, March 16.—(Copyright | 1934 by Associated Press)—German | official circles expect new trade agreements with the United States | it was learned today. The 19 WASHINGTON, March 16.— The National Geographic So- ciety announces it will cooper- ate with the Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, known as the Glacier Priest, in exploring and map- ping of the Alaska Peninsula and adjacent Aleutian Islands. The party is leaving for Alaska in sz RFC SEEKING - MORE POWER | WASHINGTON, March 16—An marriage of Esther Ralston andltxeflty with its “most favored na- | unprecedented power to engage m‘ tion” clause is subject to change|general by either country this year. | fore confined to private banks, is It is believed here that President sought by Chairman Jones of the Roosevelt intends to replace the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- pact with an agreement calling for tion. reciprocal tariffs. Chairman Jones is expected to Some preliminary conversations urge before the Senate have already been held by Presi-| Commitiee a measure as a means dent Roosevelt and Dr. Hans Luth-'of providing sufficient credit for er, German Ambassador to Wash-|industrial recovery. He has long ington, it is stated, but no co been a critic of the lending policy sions have been reached. of banks. - | MRS. L. McGEE IS ON WAY banking business, hereto- AL JONES, ANCHORAGE, SOUTH ON S. VICTORIA IS VICTORIA PASSENGER Mrs. L. McGee, whose husband Al Jones, Anchorage canneryman, operates the McGee Airways out is a southbound passenger on the on a business trip, to buy mer- chandise for his four trading posts of Anchorage, is a southbound Victoria enroute to Seattle passenger on the steamer Victoria. business. ) FOR BANKING Banking | on! GOL. LINDBERGH IS TO TESTIFY WASHINGTON, March 16.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived here this forenoon to give tgstimony against flying of the mail by the Army. He will appear before a committee of the Senate now hear- ing suggestions on mail legislation. Col. Lindbergh is definitely at odds with the President and Sec-| retary of War Dern as the result| of the cancellation of air mail con- tracts with commercial companies. Col. Lindbergh contended in his {the Administration should have | tried the mail contractors on charges of collusion before can~ celling the contracts which he con- demned unjust to commercial aviation, this afternoon testimony that | air as >-ee ‘MR AND MRS. J. K. JACKSON AND F. A. METCALF LEAVE | | | M and Mrs. J. K. Jackson re- turned to Windham Bay, where Mr. ‘Jd(kson is Manager of the Wind- ‘ham Bay Gold Mining Company, |after spending the last three weeks in Juneau. Accompanying them on the motorship Pacific was Frank {A. Metcalf, mining and civil en-| gineer. Mr. Metcalf ' expects to| |return to Juneau on Monday. | His parents were Samuel M. residing in| ON MAIL FLYING permanent air | FOR WINDHAM BAY TRIP| Ined merely to expel him al- lowing him to go where he | wished for a refuge. BROTHER EXTRADITED TORONTO, March 16.— Martin J. Insull, former Chi- cago utilities operator, broth- ler of Samuel Insull, has been |lordered extradited to the | United States to face em- ‘bczz]emunt and grand larceny charges in connection with \the collapse of the Insull \ companies. RUMORS AFLOAT ATHENS, Greece, March 16.— | (Copyrighted by the Associated | Press, 1934)—Samuel Insull, wanted in Chicago following the collapse lor his utioties, and who disap- |peared at a time when the Gov- ernment was about to evict him from the country, is still sought. There are rumors the Govern= {ment is about to rearrest him |somewhere in Greece. COther rumors are that Insull is enroute to Paris on the steamer while it is also said he has been found on a Greek steamer. Minister of Interior John Metaxas has resigned from the Cabinet and this is regarded as a significant \detail in the escape of Insull. DILLINGER'S PARTNER DIES, SHOT WOUNDS Negro Conv—i:Who Broke Jail with Desperado, Is Run Down PORT HURON, Mich., March 16. -—Herbert Youngblood, negro part- |ner of John Dillinger in the re- |cent jail break from Crown Point, |Indiana, died this afternoon from bullet wounds received in a battle with a Sheriff and other officers who trapped him in a store. | Youngblood said Dillinger was \\n\h him shortly before a search was made for him. - e,—— 3 NEGRO BOYS ARE STRUNG UP HERNANDO, Miss., March 16.— | Three young Memphis negroes died on the gallows today but the fath- er of the attacked girl was not al- lowed to spring the trap proposed in a bill but which was killed by the Legislature. Ernest McGehee, one of the ne- groes, said before going to his . | doom, to tell the other colored boys to behave and not get in a mm ‘zuch as we are in.”