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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” — VOL. XLIIL, NO. 6626. JUNEAU ALASKA, MONDAY APRIL 16, 1934. VIEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS ABDUCTORS THREATEN HOLLYWOODITE S]ENDS BULLET INTO HIS OWN BRAIN FURMER FILM . STAR SUICIDES | INLOS ANGELES Karl Dane, g/l’;) Made and: Spent $1,500 Weekly, | Takes Own Life } April 16.] LOs A’\GFLES Cal.,, —Karl Dane, aged 47 years, who| earned and spent $1500 weekly when he was a film star in silent pictures, may be buried in a pau-| per’s grave. Surrounded by seven year old photographs and press clippings| of days when he was famous, Dane | shot himself in the head. His body | is today in the morgue destined to| the potter's field unless friends who kept him alive in recent months claim it. The ac strong S Danish ac- cent barred him from the talkies and precipitated him on the rapid| decline to obscuri lL} DENIES CHARGE MADE BY WIRT ON REVULUTIUN One Member s Vlrgmm Party to Appear Be- | fore Quizzers Tuesday WASHINGTON, April 16.—Rob- | ert W. Bruere, Chairman of the| National Industrial Relations Board for the cotton industry, guest at the Virginia dinner made ramoun by Dr. A. W. Wirt's Communistic spoke out today and called | r's account of the party ‘fantastic and unfair.” Bruere asserted that Wirt mon- | d the conversation with a lecture setting forth his views on | gold. Bruere will tomorrow go be- fore the Special House Committee | prying into Wirt's charges. He de-; nied flatly Wirt's testimony there was talk of a revolution and ac- cused the Gary, Indiana, educator | with “unfairly impairing confidence which is essential to the success of the recovery program.” APOLOGY IS MADE WASHINGTON, April 16.—Con- | gressman Alfred L. Bulwinkle re- tracted and apologized today for his previous statement that Dr. Wirt was confined in a jail during the World War for pro-German activities, saying that an invest: gation of his sources of his ine formation, which anyone would censider reliable, convinced him were not true. D LABOR TAKES NEW ACTION, AUTO STRIKE fisadics A ¥ Workers to Keep Patient While | Board Studies Problems DETROIT, Mich., April 16.—Or- | ganized labor has thrown support | to the National Auto Labor Board in bringing new promise of genuine peace to the motor car industry. | At a meeting, labor leaders made | a plea to the workers at Pontiac | to exercise patience while the Na- | tional Auto Labor Board studies the various problen FOSHAY, HENLEY READY FOR CELL MINNEAFOLIS, Minn., April 16. —W. B. Foshay and H. H. Henley ! are prepared to surrender and start serving their 15-year terms for mail fraud after a last minute ap- peal to the Department of Justice d to win a reprieve. [Body of Fiftoan Wiar AR | clusive section with her throat cut | |today in Petrololis, Brazilian sum- | Mrs. Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil, American millionairess, and the husband she chose from the British diplomatic service have come to he parting of the ways. The only daughter of the late George W. Van. dertiit i It afle Yadl st arizdeotint wbior) seeking a divorce from John Francis Amherst Cecil. Their marriage 10 years ago attracted world 1ttention. (Associated Press Photos) Twins étruck by Maladv, Muscle GIRL IS SLAIN: POLICE SEEKING ‘AGED MURDERER PHILAUELPHIA. Pa., dread cation hold of its turning their stone like hardness, is said physicians to Have struck Kather ine and Margaret Maguire, eleven- year-old twins. Already the girls have developed a marked rigidity of the neck and | shoulder muscles and their arms "are stiffening No cure has bren developed for is caused by | improper dopmm of calcium in the blood stream. — e PROF, SCHMIDT N was Head of Expedition Res- at- cued from Arctic Ice Floe Treated at Nome NOME, Alaska, April 16. slight improvement in the tion of Prof. Otto hmidt of the expedition just rescued from the Arctic ice floes, and who is suffering br pneumonia, is reported by Dr. Rex P, of the Public Health Service. | “The Professor's temperature continues fairly high but is drop- !ping slowly and the lung conges- | tion is clearing up slowly,” Dr. Schwartz, D KENNETH 'JUNGE IS ADDED TO JUNEAU CITY POLICE FORCE Kenneth Junge has been ap- pointed as patrolman on the Ju- neau police force it was announced this .morning by Chief of C. J. Davis. Mr. Junge has lived in Juneau for several years and has been employed on the mechan- !ical force of the Daily Empire un- til he resigned that position to ac- cept the appointment as patrol- man. “Do to increased work necessary because of Juneau's growth it has become essential that an addition to the city police force be made,” Chief Davis said in announcing the appointment of Mr. Junge. The addition of Mr. Junge to the force brings the personnel up to four, including Chief Davis. Other members of the police force are Roy Hoffman, Assistant Chief of Police, and W. J. Markle, pa- trolman, April | Im 0SS ctims by Mae Griffin Found in Southern Woods SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 16.—The police are today seeking a man about 50 years of age charged with the slaying of Mae Griffin, aged 15, whose body wa: found in the woods near an e and a yellow flowered dress partly away. The coroner said the girl had been tacked. The girl had been dead three days. Mrs. Maggie Peters, widow, moth- er of the girl, said that after much she (onsen!e(l to le any a Mr, n to the latter’s home whe understood the girl was to a “companion to his ill evidence criminally two or condi- leader serve EDWIN MORGAN DIES SUDDENLY U. S. Ambassador to Brazil for 20 Years Suc- cumbs Today RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, April 16.—Edwin Vernon Morgan, aged 69 years, former United States Am- bassador to Brazil, died suddenly mer capital. Morgan served as Ambassador for a period of 20 ye during this administration. He lo ed Brezil and returned here for re- tirement. He was a former dent of Aurora, New York. il g i o OSLO—There are to be no en pastors in Norway, the House of Parliament having rejected a bill passed by the lower House that women should be al- lowed to take office in the State church. The plan now is dead. upper twice B(('mrmm Oss !fi(?di 26— | malady,| wscles to | by | IMPROVING i Schwartz, | said | Police | STOCK MARKET TAKES SLUMP, TRADING TODAY Grains Wea—k; than Any| Time Since Last October —Declines Are Many NEW YORK, April 16. — Stocks | pointed definitely downward Lcdi)" coincident with weakness of grains. came for both following word not on for this elling eals slation Presidential program | session Losses of one to three or more points were shaded during the last minutes of tradi The close was Sales totaled 1,400,000} | he curb was heavy. Bonds were |soft in spots. | Break in Grains break in grains t in more than | | | The were the X months ey and rye FLOODS BRING DEATHS HEAVY PROPERTY LOSSES t, corn, oats, ba i!t»’l the day's limit | the lowest levels since | Silver fut were one and one-half cents Cotton was off more bale. Rubber and reached | last Octobe: off nea an ounc than $1 at eased slightly Scme Dec Armour preferre | Suyjing end Aub around three points | Other 0 poir | Smeiting, i year, se, U, 8. t included American | Bethlehem Steel, Good- i Montgomery - Ward, Western Union,. Depasec, Santa Fe, Schen- Chrysler, Dupont Many other issues ly to one point were easy sagged frac- CLOSING S TODAY NEW YORK, April 16.—Closing ices of Alaska Juneau mine stoc 207, American Can 103 Pow and Light 8% 1 Armour B 3 Steel 42, Curtiss , Fox Films 15%, Gen- | s 377%, International Har- 50%, Kennecott 21, Seneca 1%, no range; Southern | 31%, Ulen Company 291, It Ame: 1 Anaconda Bethlehem | Wright 4% | eral Moto | vester | Copper | Rallroad { United Aircraft lfn’el 51%, Bri Manufacturing ]I() 'Vl(lnl)xp Porcupine 48%; e — {Woman Smoked Pipe And Lives to Be 123 Year Old SAVANNAH, Georgia, April 16.—Mrs. Belle Rynes, 128 years vld, an Irish woman, who at- tributed her long life to pipe smoking and a philosophic out- leok, is dead here. She used to be a snake charmer in a circus, | - Hits Taxi; One Man Hurt ‘WASHINGTON, April 16.—Rep- resentative Raymond J. Cannon, of Wisconsin, told the police he | was driving. the car which struck| |a taxicab in which three mem- |bers of the New York Stock Ex-| change were riding. men was injured declined } issues down one to about | 3. , United States | |er Rainey told reporters today that {Congressman, Driving Car, One of thel Many persons died and property damage was estimated at nearly $1,000,000 as a result of floods which at areas of Minnesota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and other states. Above is shown how the usually peace- Kinnickinnic river-at River Falls, Wis., rose to tear. away railroad tracks and.ties from a bridge, and below is a scene of raging waters in the business district of Chippewa Falls, Wis, (Associated Press Photos) s ILVERITES Tfl F. D R. ()utluws Legislation PRESS CONCGRESS that He W ants Enacted Before ON LEGISLATION ‘Issue Not Included in Pres- ent Program But Sen- ate Makes Demand WaisHINGTON, April 16 WASHINGTON, April 16.—President Roosevelt indicated Saturday, at a confercnce with Senate Democratic leaders, that he wants a Reciprocal Tariff Bill, Tax Measure, Municipal Bankruptcy Bill, Stock Exchange regulation, Federal Deposit Insurance plan and Monetary legislation enacted before Congress :\djoums and the members go home. | | | | - | G uard smen to RADIO CHANGES G, ARE SUGGESTED e e OKL ‘\llOMA CITY, Okla, April 16, Armed National Guardsmen are on duly in eleven county seats with in- structions from Gov. William H. Murray to prevent resales of preperty for delinquent taxes. Ra - o WASHINGTON, April Hanley | | Speak- er legislation is not included in ration’s program for | present session but special |Senate Silver Committee has uc-l | manded immediate passage of \legislation. | Senator King, of Utah, c)mrnmm |of the Senate Comn said it is | “unanimous view that silver | ust ‘be lifted fr status as |e mmode\« and made primary| mone; a | {Commissioner Urging Sup- ervision of All Pro- grams on Air a | ————————— | 16. {Federal Employees Are on Strike Against Pay Cuts PARIS, April 16—Tens of thousands of Government em- ployees are parading under red flags throughout the provinc- es. They started a two-day nation-wide strike demonstra- tion yesterday against cuts in their pay. condemned the “woeful wusw of | radio facilities by a “few big fel- flows” in recommending gov mental authority to pass on pro-| | grams and prevent what he termed | impositions upon the public Commissioner Hanley suggeste .; the use of more regional channels|Brother of Vice-President as there are now too many clear| Takes His Own Life [(nqnm . He also rccumm(‘nmd | setting aside a number of cle at Texas Home | channels for use of educational in- | stitutions, By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated | Precs, Washington.) Various groups of political ar- chitects have begun active blue- print work for the 1934 campaign but thus far nothing like a clear- ly recognizable national pattern | has emerged. Possibly none ever will. Party | lines were so badly shaken two| years ago, and subsequent events have so confused the present sit- uation, that many Congressional candidates will be running pret- ty much on their own, without special guidance from the Na- tional Party organizations. Bome Republicans may attack the whole Roosevelt program as rG 0.P. Pot-slwts at New I)vul But No Attack on Roosvvelt, Price’s View of Fall Votin g | farm | EL PASO, Tex., | Garner, aged 48 years, | Vice-President John was found shot to death residence, clutching a .45 matic He was a United | Mounted Customs Office; known for the sui .- brother of N. Garner, at his FORMER FILM STAR DIVORGED Itson PASO, Tex., April 16.—Nor-! Talmadge, former motion p; ture star, obtained a Mexican di- vorce from her husband, Joseph | | Schenck, movie producer, she said {here. The divorce was granted in Juarez on the grounds of incom- patability | States No rea- de. thoroughly bad, bu je seem dispc their criticism to policies. ma U)nll)w idividual Col. Lindbergh’s Four Hour Talk Recently in Capital Causes Probe a Thus it is indicated “burning issue” in some Congre: sional districts will be the tariff in others the NRA, in others the relief experiments, and 50| that the —>o—— WASHINGTON, April 16.- GOLDSTEIN BUILDING bers of the Senate Air Mail TO HAVE NEW MARQUEE| vestigating Committee demanded ilook into the circumstances sur-| rounding the four hour talk De-| partment of JusMe of! s had | with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh| when he was here to testify about air mail legislation Carl Ristine, Special Assistant Attorney General, said the meet- ¢|ing was entirely friendly and was agreed to by Col. Lindbergh with " consent of his personal counsel, Mem- In- on. As far as it now that seems to be strat Republican Senatorial gressional Campaign It contrasts with the Work was on construction of a marquee nd Con-. will extend on both the Seward| Committees,! Street and Main Street sides of ent at-|the Goldstein Building. The mar- titude of the Republi National quee, which will resemble that on| Committee itself, which more new Shattuck ‘Building, at less went into tirement | rd and Seward Streets, is b issuing several bro: constructed by V. Manviile (Continued on Page tractor di: rnabe, | tarted of the or | the con. Congress Takes Adjournment, FOUND, SUICIDE April 16.—Jolly | auto- | 'BINE CROSBY - AND FAMILY UNDER GUARD |Wellknown Crooner, Movie Star, Receives Threats from Kidnap Gang HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 16— Bing Crosby, crooner, entertainer and star in the movie world, whe | with his wife and son are under constant guard because of kidnap threats, thinks “it is a mistake not to let the public know what is happening here. “A large percentage of the Hol- | lywood folk, who have received kidnaping and extortion threats, have adopted the attitude of si- lence,” Crosby said. ““Ann Harding, Mae West, Mar- lene Dietrich and a number of oth- er stars have made known threats against their homes and lives. I think they have been wise. I do not think silence is going to help stamp out these crimes. I think | most of us, who have had the hard |luck to be put on the spot, should | yell our troubles to the police and public. If we all pull together we will get some place.” e - WILL CALL ON GOV. TROY ON WAY TO ARCTIC Capt. Alger, of Coast Guard Cutter Haida, Is Now Enroute North SEATTLE, April 16.—The Coast Guard Cutter Haida left Sunday afternoon on the annual Bering | Sea Patrol. Capt. James Albert Alger, com= mander of the patrol for 33 years, |is in charge and he will call on Gov. John W. Troy when the Haida reaches Juneau, which is the first stop. The Haida will then proceed to Valdez and Nome. The Tahoe, sister ship of the Haida, leaves for the patrol some- time today. KILLS HIMSELF IN COURT ROOM AS SENTENCED otorious Speculator Causes Sensation— Brother Suicides PARIS, April 16—The sensa= tional court room suicide of Henri Rochette, notorious French specu= |lator, was matched with news of |the death of his brother Gaston, | who also killed himself apparently in compliance with a fraternal | death pact. Henri’s death ended one of the {most notorious financial scandals in the country’s history. His ac- tivities before the World War caused as much furore as the Sta- case this year. He ended his life with a razor as the Judge sentenced him to three years' im- prisonment for fraud. | The body of Gaston Rochette, Henri's brother, was found with a bullet in the temple. S e —— VETERAN ACTOR 70 BE ARRESTED | LOS ANGELES, Cal, April 16— |Mrs. Aimee Hastings Bennett, wife of Richard Bennett, has sworn to |a complaint against the veteran ‘sl age and screen actor, and ob-i tained a warrant in Beverly Hills for his arrest on a battery charge, fe