The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1934, Page 1

Y ———————————~— RO _—— e A ot THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6616. “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS o’ RBEE PRICE TEN CENTS ECONOMY TICKET SWEEPS ALL THREE PRECINCTS PRESIDENT IS UNLUGKY: NOT SETTING FISH Roosevelt Feeling Swell. HO\V(’VQI'A, Dressed in His Old Clothes MIAMI, .Fl }a, April 4.—Care- Wed George Raft? She Can’t Decide swell, President entered an ise with the luck d feeling lin D. Roose xtended vacation c determination have better econd son of ed here from a the Presidential t and reported as follows: ‘Dad is feeling swell, but he is 3 erman. I found sed in his usual white shirt, supposed to be the dirtiest pair you ever saw.” barracudas were caugh but the President did not day b ential party is fishing v Key Light. WORE RIOTING 1S THREATENED, FRENCH CAPITAL Authorities Searching for Secret Arsenals—Re- volt Rumors Spread 4. — Fears that ill be resumed and | and - Left: for a revolution, led s to redouble their ret arsenals. of secret arming led at each other by extremists’ camps and taken have been the so seriously the Minister of Justice | Cheron has ordered an investiga- on despite police denials that rifles and pistols have been smug- ed across the borders. -~ DOWNPOUR 0 RAIN GAUSES MANY FLOODS Sections of Two States Are Swept—Nine Lives Known Lost ST. PAUL, Minn, April 4—Fed by a heavy April downpour, rag- ing floods up to last night had taken nine lives and caused heavy property loss in Western Wisconsin and Eastern Minnesota. The precipitation ranged from two to four inches. WHEAT EXPERTS MEET IN ROME FOR CONFERENCE Expected to Take Measures to Prevent. Failure of London Pact LONDON, April 4—The first in- ternational efforts in history to jack up wheat prices then stabilize them, will reach a climax Thurs- day at a gathering in Rome where world wheat experts will ponder new measures to save from failure the wheat pact drawn up in Lon- don last year. This pact fixed the minimum prices for wheat. A strict control of shipments of wheat flour from all countries and legislative measures to increase consumption are the outstanding Tecovery problems to be considered. MISS DOROTHY AALBU IS JUNEAU ARRIVAL ON YUKON Miss Dorothy Aalbu arrived in Juneau on the steamer Yukon and will begin her duties as clerk in the United States Bureau of Fish- eries office here tomorrow., Miss Aalbu has been attached to the Sealtle office of the Bureau since last November. | of‘ | | | E George Raft wants her to marry | nim, but she can't make up her | mind what to do. That's what Mrs. Virginia Peine Lehmann told re- | | porters at Chicago when she arriv. | | ed from Hollywood for a hearing on | her divorce, which was granted. | Raft was on the same train and con- | firmed the romance. Mrs. Lehman | has embarked on a film career as Virginia Pine. (Associated Press | Photo) 1 i | GILMORE WINS OUT FOR MAYOR AT KETCHIKAN \ ; kagway — Results m Other Alaska Cities KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April 4— P. J. Gilmore, pioneer merchant, |wes yesterday re-elected Mayor by four to one vote over D. S. Rome, Chiropractor. J. A. Talbot, Lem McKay and Henry Erwick were elected Coun- cilmen, the latter being re-elected. James Burgun was a close fourth with eight others far behind. | E. B. Houtaling was not |posed for the School Board. { | MULVIHILL RE-ELECTED MAYOR, ELEVENTH TERM | SKAGWAY, Alaska, April The entire Citizen’s Ticket was elected at yesterday's municipal election. Mayor W. J. Mulvihill succeeds himself for the eleventh term. The Councilmen elected are |J. M. Keller, H. G. Ask, Arnold |Gutfeldt; Treasurer, Oscar Seimer; City Clerk, L. E. Reynoldson; mem- ber of School Board, P. I. Dahl. ELECTON AT HAINES HAINES, Alaska, April 4. — In yesterday's city election the results are as follows: For Council—Henry Brown 77, Jack David 76, Judson Brown 72, Ed Hildebrand 69, Fred McRae 69, Steve Sheldon 67, John Paddock 67. For School Booard—Joe Glover, 72 votes. LOCKEN RE-ELECTEED MAYOR AT PETERSBURG PETERSBURG, Alaska, April 4. —Edward Locken was re-elected Mayor yesterday. John Holten, Erick Ness and Rnut Thompson were elected to the City Council. Mrs. Chris Tveten was elected on the School Board. The election was fairly lively with about 350 residents voting. SITKA ELECTION SITKA, Alaska, April 4.—Kos- tromitinoff was elected mayor in yesterday's election and Andrew Hope, Frank Oja and Willlam R. Walton were chosen for council- men. Jack Conway won election to the School Board. BROWNELL IS RE-ELECTED SEWARD MAYOR, 4TH TIME SEWARD, Alaska, April 4—D, C. Brownell was yesterday re-elected mayor for the fourth term, Thomas Osbo, Charles Gilliland |and E. Swetmann were chosen councilmen. H. 8. Balderston, banker, was elected School Direc- tor. There were 158 votes cast. QUIET VALDEZ ELECTION VALDEZ, Alaska, April 4. — (Continued on Page Two) Mulvibill Is Re-Elected at| | SEARCH FOR TWO 'MEN SUSPECTED OF KILLING SIX [Tips Are Given Authorities Concerning Murders Near Bremerton SEATTLE, April 4.—Authorities of two counties are studying the report that three men, two with bandaged heads, were seen travel- ing rapidly through Bremerton last Friday r the time of the mass murders at Erland’s Point Mrs. Gladys Schrieder, wife of a Bremerton navy yard worker said she saw a trio race past her home in a small green sedan At the same time the investigat- ors are searching for two men, whose identity they said is known, for questioning about the killings of six persons at the Frank Flieder home last Thursday night. Brem- erton officials gave the names to the Seattle police. e |Man Biown to Bits in Mystery Explosion SEATTLE, April 4—In a mystery explosion, Charles Swanson, aged 50 years, was blown to bits and his home near Bothell was destroydd. Neighbors heard the blast a mile away and expressed the opinien that Swanson suicided. The neighbers said Swanson was despondent as he feared he would have to withstand amputation of a leg which he had injured. ANOTHER FIGHT ON EXTRADITION Secures British Lawyers in| Istanbul to Stave Off | Return to U. S. [ ISTANBUL, Turkey, April Reduced to munching peanuts in| a Turkish House of Detention,| Samuel Insull, fugitive utility mag- | nate of Chicago, U. 8. A, awaited | P OP-lefforts of newly acquired British | pefore drowsiness lawyers to delay his extradition to the United States. | If the extradition proceedings are | completed, it is expected Insull will be placed on an American | steamer on April 10. - e TREASURY ISSUE OVERSUBSCRIBED BY §750,000,000 Refunding Operations to, Save | Per Cent Inter- | est on Liberty Bonds : WASHINGTON, April 4—A $2- 000,000,000 supply of ready cash was indicated today as the answer | to the Treasury's decision to con- fine the April financing strictly to refunding operations for $1,250,000,- 000 in maturing bond notes. Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., today offered publicly a 10 to 12 year issue of 3'% per cent Treasury | bonds for $1,000,000,000 in 4% per cent Liberty bonds maturing April 15, and $244,000,000 in 'Prehsury‘ notes maturing April 2. He sought no extra cash and limited the subscriptions entirely to an exchange basis, thereby in-| dicating that there are sufficient | funds on hand for the next three | months’ expenses. e Night Football Novel? London Had it in 1879 LONDON, April 4 — Evidence has been brought forth to prove that rugby football was played in England by artificial light as far back as 1879. In that year two teams met here at 8 o'clock in the evening, used a white ball and played a regulation game. Power for lighting was sup- plied by two electric dynamo ma- chines and a pair of 50-cell bat- teries. The experiment was written INSULL STARTS' THREE KIDDIES | posits NO STRIKE OF PACIFIC COAST - LONGSHOREMEN Peaceful Settlement Made Between Workers and Employers Seeks Separation SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 4. —A peaceful settlement of the thrgatened strike of Pacific Coast Longshoremen is announced by Henry Grady, Chairman of Presi- dent Roosevelt'’s Mediation Board. Grady said that under the agree- ment reached by the dock workers and shipping companies, the em- ployers will recognize the Interna- tional Longshoremen’ Association and contract to enter into col- lective bargaining with it while the union withdraws its demands {or a closed shop. R NOTED CRIMINAL IS ARRESTED IN SURPRISE RAID Eugene Green, Pal of Des- perado Dillinger, Is Caught with Woman Katherine Ray, former New York show girl, applied in a New York court for $2,000 temporary alimony and counsel fees pending her suit for separation from Martin “Ma- coco” de Alzaga, wealthy Argen- tine. (Associated Press Photo) SCIENCE PLTS UP FIGHT FOR ST. PAUL, Minn,, April 4—In a swift descent on a hideout, of- ficers wounded and captured Eu- gene Green, veteran midwestern criminal and John Dillinger's pal, also a woman who said resembles Evelyn Frechetti, Dillinger’s girl friend. Guden admitted he was one of three men who shot their way |out of a police trap last Saturday. Dillinger is understood to be one of the trio. ) Green was critically wounded by |officers. He said the machine gun |left in the auto abandoned by the NEW YORK, April 4-—Science trio last Saturday did not belong is fighting against tremendous to him. odds to save the lives of three Green was caught last night children while they amused them- | when he drove up to his hideout, selves unaware of their plight. |which is owned by a negress, to Seven-year-old Benny Hendrick, secure another machine gun, am- of Wilkes Barre, Pa., is slowly munition and an automatic gun. turning to “stone” as calcium de- in his system harden the muscles in his legs and arms and W orry Quver are becoming stiff. Willie Mae Miller, of Memphis, Tenn., can play for several hours ['n fe forces her to bed, and Roma Garrett, of Peeks- hill, plays only ten minutes then goes to bed exhausted. Both are' aged six years. They are suffer-| ing from leucemia in which white corpuscles slowly crowd out the| red from the bloodstream. They| grow more listless daily. | Doctors still have hopes of Boy Is Slowly Turning to Stone — Two Girils Have Leucemia Exams, Girl Life ANN ARBOR, Mich,, April 4. —Woerry over examinations are blamed for the death of Louise Van Ageringen, pepular junior of the University of Michigan. She was found shot through the heart. - The coroner said all evidence indicated suicide. e checking the diseases. { Airplane Purchases iSEN' GUPELAND in Violation of Law‘ suuws FIGHT WASHINGTON, April 4. — The! House Military Affairs sub-com-| mittee has approved of the report, I A N Dln that Major General Benjamin! Foulois, Chief of the Air Corps,| i and others acted in violation of e b the law in connection with tne I ¢eved at Action of Chair- proposed purchase of seven and| man Farley and Takes one-half million dollars worth of .. Army airplanes. Definite Stand ¢ | WASHINGTON, April 4—Arous- American Pecans |ed by reports that Chairman James o o A. Farley, of the Democratic Na- Hit Brazil Nllh‘uoml Committee, would like to see ‘someone else in his seat in Con- PARA, Brazil, April 4—Ameri- gress, Senator Senator Dr. Royal can pecans are cutting into the S. Copeland has challenged Far- foreign market for Brazil nuts,|ley’s ability to bring about his Senhor Tacito Chaves, Para indus- removal. trialist, said on his return from a| Senator Copeland declared his trlp to the United States. Brazil candidacy for re-election today and nuts have been the chief exportindicated hey, would run as an of Amazonian states since the Bra- independent if the State Conven- zilian rubber boom collapsed a tion failed to nominate him next score of years ago. ) fall. New Deal in China; War Is Declared on Modernism SHANGHAI, April 4—In an act |natty suits, white collars, plastered of throwing a new deal, the Patriots |hair are to feel the wrath of the of China have declared war on |terrorists. foreign fashion. This includes nn-i Smart American or European ery, silk stockings and high heels, finery is to the Ultra-Nationalist also pretty girls. |what the red flag is to the bull. Numerous cities have been sup- The ' move against modernism plied with nitric acid to put to started after Chiang Kaisek's Na- route the “moderns” in Lheatres,ttionalut Government took the bazaars and restaurants by the Ul- |reigns last month. He immediately down as something of a failure, the xu;m being too fitful. tra-Nationalists and the celestials |started the urge for back to the male birds of plumage with their simple mode of philosophy. Economy Ticket No. 1 435 Mayor: I Goldstein Councilmen: Ralph H. Beistline Wallis S. George H. Messerschmidt Progressive Ticket Mayor: Thomas B. Judson et et et et et et Councilmen : G. E. Krause Ludwig Nelson Hugo Peterson Independent Ticket Councilmen: John E. Green School Director Grever C. Winn Water Franchise Yes No Bond Issue Yes No Total Registered Total Voted 328 84 73 690 Resembles Ita STOCK PRICES AIDED TODAY, | WHEAT RALLY NEW YORK, April 4—A goneral' good sentiment, materially ajged | by a rally in wheat, which was| up one cent, helped today's mar- ] ket. Corn improved and rubber | and cotton were up. Silver eased. Coca Cola was up more than two points. Various issues advanced moder- ately. Rails moved slightly ahead. Dupont and American Can were up one point. Kennecott and Anaconda were stronger. United States Smelting was off two points. American Smelting lagged with Propose;lm U. S. Ship Subsidy P R L P R TR B VI 5 3 RESULT’S OF TUESDAY’S ELECTION Precinct Precinct Precinct Total 888 523 467 296 597 155 1664 1465 25 503 441 46 388 334 lian “Bounties” By CARL C. CRANMER WASHINGTON, April 4. — The direct subsidy system recommend- ed to Congress by the Department of Commerce for the American Merchant Marine, if enacted, would most nearly conform to the Ital-! ian plan of government aid to shipping and ship building. Italy has a plan, formulated in 1926, which includes “contract ser- vice” subsidies similar to but more inclusive’ than the United States mail contracts, construction boun- ties to encourage the building of new ships, and tariff bounties, Lately she has added a small bounty for “tramp” or cargo ves- sels paid on a voyage basis. Two Italian Categories A feature of the Italian system is the division of her subsidized lines into “‘indispensible” and use-| ful” categories. The former are almost entirely confined to the Mediterranean and in effect constitute a local system of communication and transporta- Depasco. American Telephone and Tele- graph, United States Steel, Gen- eral Motors, Chrysler, moved nar- rowly. | Most of the oils steadied. | CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, April 4.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today was 21%, American Can 101%, American Power and Light 8%, Anaconda 15%, Armour B 3%, Bethlehem Steel 43, Cur- tiss-Wright 4%, Fox Films, 15%, General Motors 387%, International Harvester 42, Kennecott 20% Southern Railway 32, Ulen Com- pany 5%, United Aircraft 23%, United States Steel 52%. Modernistic Art’s Old Also Ugly, Declares Pope VATICAN CITY, April 4.—Pope; Pius, in an improvised talk to a; group of Ttalian art lovers, declared that modern religious art is ‘“too often shamelessly ugly.” ‘The artists of today, especially painters, he said, frequently dis- figure their subjects “to the point of caricature.” “The new,” he said, “does not represent real progress unless it is at least as pretty and artistic as the old. “Deformation is not new. It thrived in certain art of medieval times, when traditions were lost in a wave of barbarism. British Industry Gains as Workers Find Jobs LONDON, April 4—A decrease of 71,159 compared with January | ruary of last year is marked in the British unemployment figures for February, H The official count shows that the} number registered with employ- ment exchanges in Great Britain as wholly unemployed was 1,881,532, Industries showing the greatest public works, contrcating, tailoring, tion between Italian islands, col- ters. These lines receive the bulk of Ttalian subsidy. s / | VOTERS RETURN - ‘OLD REGIME TO - (FFICE AGAIN Goldstéin Slate Carries Ev- ery Precinct—Mayor Gets 320 Majority BOND ISSUE CARRIES BY HEAVY MAJORITY Administration -Program I« Endorsed Completly— Winn Gets Big Vote Carrying every one of the three precincts, Mayor I. Goldstein and his Economy Ticket, rode into of- |fice yesterday with a sweeping en- |dorsement of the past year's Ade ministration and its program for the coming year. The Mayor de- feated Thomas B. Judson, himself a six times Mayor, by 320 votes, and every Concilmanic candirate on the Mayor's ticket ran far ahead of their rivals. The bond issue was put across |with slightly more than 79 per cent |of the vote cast, and the Admin- \istration was given a free hand to deal with the Juneau Water ;Compmly by an overwhelming ma- | jority. 1 Vote Is Record | The vote was the largest ever cast in a municipal election, total- ing 1465, or 199 less than the registration which, also, was the |heaviest in history. Precinct No. 1, where 773 were regeistered, cast 690 votes; No. 2, 441 out of 503 registrations; and No. 3, 334 out jof 388. | Mayor Goldstein led his ticket in every precinct and polled the | highest vote of any candidate. His |total was 888 to 568 for Mr. Judson. His biggest majority was in the |First Precinct which went for him 1435 to 255, an advantage of 180 |votes. He swept his home pre- |cinct, carried a year ago by Mr. {Judson, by 116 votes, the vote |having been 270 to 160. And his biggest triumph was in carrying Precinct No. 3, Mr. Judson’s home precinet, 177 to 153, a majority of 24 votes. Messerschmidt High Councilman Henry Messerschmidt was the high man in the race for City |Council. He received an aggregate jof 754 to top Ralph H. Beistline, Isecond, by five votes, and Wallis S. George, third, by 26 votes. Mr. |onies and southern European wa-|George was 205 votes ahead of G. E. Krause, high for Councilman on the Judson ticket. Ludwig GERMAN ORIGIN | and of 538729 compared with Feb.! from northern Europe that found- 1934. B, improvement were building and| “The useful” lines run to for-| eign ports and engage in foreign, trade. Construction bounties are so ar- ranged as to encourage building of larger and more efficient ships. Nelson, second man in that ticket, was 56 votes behind Mr. Krause, and Hugo Peterson, low man on the Judson slate, polled only 296 votes. John E. Green, handicapped by Proposed U. S. Subsidies running as an Independ¢ t, polled The recommended American syg-ififl votes. Exactly 101 (.her votes tem would provide three kinds of were cast for him that could not subsidies—operating, trade pene- be counted as the voters marked tration and construction. :Lheu- ballots for four Councilmen The first would recognize the|Which caused them to be thrown difference in the cost of opera-|out as far as the City Council tions of American ships and their Was concerned. In Precinct No. foreign competitors by reason of |1, 40 ballots were so spoiled, and higher wgges, etc., and would ap-21 each in No. 2, and No. 3. ply mostly to lines equipped toHOwever, even had it been possible (Continued on Page Six.) to count them for Mr. Green he PR TS G Ao would have been far behind the candidates on the Administration’s slate. Ballot Was Legal While there was some criticism of the position accorded Mr. Green on the official ballot, it was drawn up in strict accord with the re- quirements of the City Ordinance. OF GREEK ARTS name of any independent candidate or the Council shall be placed in the upper right hand corner of the ballot without any designation. That was the form followed. Grover C. Winn, unopposed for man professors, vying with each|a three-year term as Director of other to find scientific basis for the School Board, received the the nazi idea that eivilization had;mgbmyl fgmlilzs‘en:‘"ty vote of 724 i out of the 1, ast. l;:c:z:? cx:fl:::sdlcwsog;;lea;xcl;g- The bond issue carried 507 to igins. /155. This is well above the two- Time-honored theories are being ;:irdi; u‘e’o"e required to validate thrown overboard. The old belief|'1¢ B that mankind spread outward| BY @& vote of 715 to 134, the from Asia has been discarded by|Voters gave the Administration a many of them as a fable. mandate to revoke the franchise Instead, Prof. Carl Schuchhxrd!,'hem by the Juneau Water Com- noted Berlin archaeologist, claims Pany if that firm, after ~reasm:xl,hus it was the Germanic migrations/time, does not, in the’ judgment |of the City Council, comply with ed the Mycenaean culture in an-|the terms of its franchise. By A. J. BOUMAN BERLIN, April 4—Learned Ger- In the scientific periodical For- Schuchhardt used a wealth of de-| LENINGRAD, April 4—The sec- ians built square houses similar to COW, is being erected here. It will boot and shoe manufacture and pottery plants. o4 clent Greece as far back as 2,000, & c {U. 8. S. R. Building schungen und Fortschritte (Re- Second Planetarium search and Progress) Professor| benon wa.y 5 0 tail to support his theory. ond large planetarium in the Sov- He declared that the old Acha-|iet Union, the first being in Mos- those of the northern Germans,|hold 700 spectators and be supple= (Continued on Page Two) |mented by a library and cinema. .