The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 21, 1934, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATFD PRESS MBNEYW\RKETS BECOME ACTIVE ON NEW REPORTS Gold Conteg—of American ! Dollar May Be Chang- ed by Roosevelt PRICE FOR YELLOW METAL UP ABROAD cattle Pastor Is Ousted From Pulpit; Here’s Reason Secretary Mmgenthau Says | Government Ready to Sell at Good Figure MONTREAL, April 21— Rumors that President Roos- evelt will again alter the gold| content of the United States, doliar are flying about on the Montreal money markets. The rumors came on the/ hecls of a sharp change in the trend of the price of‘ gold. READY TO SELL WASHINGTON, April 21. __Secretary of Treasury Mor- genthau told the newsmen! this forenoon that if foreign| markets had the price for United States gold, this (;0\'-1 ernment stood ready to sell| for the first time since thn‘ gold control monetary pro‘ gram was established by President Roosevelt. ‘! The price for gold abroad| has reached a higher level than the figure fixed by this Government which is $35 an ounce. STOCK PRICES | AGAIN HIT BY PROFIT TAKING Gold Mining Issues Show| Improvement—Steels Also Take Advance NEW YORK, April 21.—There was only a faint recurrence of in- flationary symptoms on the stock market at the short session today and definite price tgends were generally absent. There was prof- it taking that hit a number of is- sues. Today's close was riregular. sues. Today's close was irregular. and dull. Bonds were fairly steady. European Gold Strong Speculative forces were some- what confused by the strength of European gold against the dollar. The franc was particularly buoy- ant. The weakness of the dollar is ascribed largely to speculation abroad on the belief that the Ad- ministration will givegold another boost. Silver futures were soft and the metal went down to 45 cents. Grains rallied. Steels Improve United States and Bethlehem Steels improved. Oils were fairly steady. General Motors and Chrysler were about unchanged. Auburn was off one point. Gold mining issues improved, Hometake advancing ten ‘points. Some Issues Off American Telephone and Tele- (clmnnued on Page Three) Ketchikan to Hold Election on ¥ Liquor Store Issue KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Ap- ril 21—The City Council will held an election within ten days to let citizens decide whether they want one liguor store, operated by the city, or dozens operated privately. De- bates are raging on the Ter- ritorial Board’s regulations. contreve of Seattle, the walis of the Sunday School shewing Nazis crucifying a Jew y wi started in the Pilgrim Congregational Church Wash., when some members took exdeption to murals on including the one above Rev. F. W. rooms, upon the swastika. Shorter, defcnder of the work, refused to resign, but Associated Press dispatches yesterday to The Ross Gill is shown refouching the from act of driving Jewich people defaccd by cjectors. (Associated VIOLENCE AGAIN BREAKS OUT ON PARIS STREETS Palics Are Charge To-| day After Night of Ter- ror — 1,000 Arrested PARIS, April 21. — The police ruled the streets of Paris today after a night of violence seen by some as setting the stage for serious outbreaks to come. Two hundred persons were in- jured by clubs, feet and fists as 6,000 Communists and Extremists opposed the police. One thousand persons were jail- ed and later released. The mob shouted defiance around the City Hall in a demonstration against recent decrees in slashing the pay of civil workers. ———————— —— REVOLT TALK IS RIFE IN FRANCE Showdown fixpected on May 1—Riot Tragedy Being Discussed By ALEXANDER H. UHL PARIS, April 20 —Now that the French have had a taste of street fighting, their favorite parlor sport is predicting the ‘‘next rev- olution.” Coming on the heels of charges and counter-charges that left and right extremists are arming for a showdown on May 1, numerous small semi-private groups have sprung up, each with its own ideas of how France should be reformed. Veterans’ Plan Indefinite Some of these are mere Sunday afternon tea-parties where barri- cade strategy is discussed. Other groups run all the way to the ex- ecutive council of the War Vet~ erans’ Association, which has vot- ed to take a more active part in politics without deciding definite- ly how far to go. The riots of February 6th taught the modern day Frenchman that he can get his way politically by going out into the streets and raising a rumpus, even at the cost of getting shot up a bit or having his head broken. Both Sides Arming It is a discovery that is playing a leading role in politics and is giving cold shivers to the average deputy who dreads the tuought of this mew force, far more potent than the old-fashioned “public op- inion” which could be ignored. A certain amount of arming un- doubtedly has been in progress on both sides, certainly enough to scare the French bourgeoise into a great deal of uneasiness. The parliamentary committee investi- (conunued on Page Two) i Empire said he has been ousted. m depicling Hitler in the Germany after it had been Press Photo) FRANCE BEGINS ON CEMENTING OF FRIENDSHIP Foreign Minister Rushed to Various Countries to Make Alliances PARIS, April 21.—France has sped Foreign Minister Louis Bar- thou on a hunt for support of the French fight against rearming of Germany. Minister Barthou, with all dis- armament negotiations at ae stand, still, set out with the aim of strengthening France's alliances with Poland and the Little En- tente. After trying to patch up dif- ferences with Poland, he plans to continue to Braha and from there to Belgrade. New Prase Appears The Franco-Polish relations en- tered into a new phase when the Poles unexpectedly signed a ten- year friendship treaty with the Nazis and later Poland began urging France to follow her ex- ample and accept Hitler's propos- al for a non-aggression pact. Distant coolness immediately de- veloped between the two old friends and as a result France fears the Poles are being duped as the treaty merely enables Germany to gain time for an ultimate thrust at Poland. In such an event, un- der the Franco-Polish treaty, France would be compelled to help Poland. GOVERNMENT TO SAVE MONEY ON AIR MAIL BIDS Contract Pr;e:Much Low- er than Paid Former- " ly on 21 Routes WASHINGTON, April 21. — Postmaster General James A. Far- ley predicted a saving to the Gov- ernment as the result of new air mail contract bids on 21 reutes. Competition was “keen and bona fide,” the Postmaster General said, and the bids show a lower rate than paid on the same routes under the annulled contracts. Two Destroyers to Visit Ketchikan and Sitka During Summer WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Navy Department has notified Al- aska DelegateeA. J. Dimond that two destroyers are to cruise Alas- kan waters during the summer, visiting Ketchikan from June 30 to July 2 and Sitka July 3 to July MERRITT MOVED T0 REGION S1X; LEAVING MAY 6 Transfer Is Made Public] Here Today Upon Arriv- al of Chas. H. Flory: M. L. Merritt, Asst. Regional| Forester here for the past 13 years, has been transferred to Region Six with headquarters at Portland, Ore., in a similar ca- pacity, it was announced today by | Charles H. Flory, Regional For- ester. He and Mr. Merritt re-| turned home on the steamer Vie-} toria after several months in na-| tional headquarters in Washing-, ton, D. C. | Mr. Merritt is now closing up' his affairs and, with his family,! will leave for Portland on May 7.! He is the second of Mr. Flory's assistants to be transferred this year, B. F. Heintzleman having been moved to Washington, D. C..’ about two months ago to take| charge of a new division. Is Normal Readjustment i “The assignment of my assist-| ants, Messrs. Heintzleman and | Merritt, while a loss to our or-| ganization in Alaska and to the Territory, is an advancement them,” Mr. Flory said. “They are moved to spheres of wider and | more intensive activity which is a‘ recognition of their abilities.” | Expansion of the Forest Service | work and additions to it gavel them their opportunity, he added.!| Their transfer is not to be con-| strued as a contraction of Fores-4 try activities in Alaska. It is ra- ther a normal readjustment of forc- es to meet the demands on the| Service for trained and exper- ienced personnel. The eastern re- gion, with headquarters in Wash- | ington, D. C., is so scattered and| so large that it had to be divided and a new region created. Per- sonnel had to be found in the or- ganization for the chief positions in it. This led to the opening at‘ Portland and Mr. Merritt was of-| fered the place. | Work Same As Here { He will be Assistant Regional Forester there in charge of oper- ations and fire protection. This| is the work he has handled here,; but in the Portland region it is on a very much larger scale. | Mr. Merritt came here from Portland in 1921, after having spent | five years there. Mr. Flory, who| was made district forester here when the Alaska district was cre- | ated January 1, 1921, Asst. Forester there and Mr. Mer- ritt was his assistant. He draft- ed the latter here as his assist-| ant. He has made his home in Juneau since the summer of 1921. He has taken an active inter-| est in all community and civie | affairs since then. He has been| an active member of the Chamber of Commerce, serving on severa committees and was a member of the Board of Directors. present serving on the local School Board in his eighth year. He owns considerable real estate in the city. | Regrets Leaving Here | Mr. Merritt expressed deep re- gret at removing from here. “I hate to sever such close and friendly relations as I have form- ed here. However, the offer is so advantageous, the field of opera- tions so much wider, that I felt (Contiued on Page Two) | Republican | yacht. Soviet Determined Not to Be Caught Nappmg 2 COMPANIONS OF PRESIDENT T0 BE QUIZZED Kermit Roosevelt, Vincent Astor to Be Summon- ed by Senate Com. WASHINGTON, April of.« President ions on his recent fishing trip face questioning when the Senate ocean mail inquiry is re- sumed. Chairman Black, of the Sen: Ocean Mail Investigating Commlt- Itee, gave a definite promise that Kermit Roosevelt and Vman!Astor will be called for questioning as LO whether the affairs of the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine Company 21.—Two !were discussed during the recent southern cruise aboard Astor's Kermit Roosevelt is Vice- President of the company. This development in the ocean mail inquiry came as experts from three Federal departments dissect-| had been | 'ed 43 new air mail bids for sky| |routes, some of the bids being the | |lowest in pusl.il history. BULLETS WHIZ, POLITICAL 60 Open Fire on Each Other in Madrid MADRID, April 21.—Four youths, were wounded in a gun battle be‘i tween Extremists and Fascists, the | former pouring a volley of shots' through the windows of a news-| paper plant, and the Fascit { turning the fire. The :hOO:lZP"i followed a fight in Congress ovcr‘ BOSTON, Mass., April 21.—What the Kaiser said to William Bayard | Hale, journalist, back in 1908, an international mystery for a quarter of a century, has been revealed. The famous “lost interview” which caused so many headaches and | ever uttered by the head of a great ister's ecar much speculation, is presented in the ' May issue of the Atlantic Monthly by William Harlan Hale, son of the man to whom William | the Second, of Germany, spoke so| freely. "' the amnesty bill. Famous “Lost Interview” { Kaiser Is Found and Revealed; Amazing, Indiscreet Statementsz jed for the abduction of State Pa- with | Great Britain allying hersell with Japan, and- also said war was nec- ‘l essary. In the magazine Hale writes that the Emperor voiced the “most | amazing and indiscreet statements nation.” DECLINES TO COMMENT BERLIN, April 21.—According! | to advices received here from Roosevelt’s compan- | City. PRICE TEN CENTS Viacheslav M. Molotov, chairman of the Council of Peoples’ Commissars of Soviet Russia, pictured as he addressed the Tribune at Moscow recently when he outlined a second Five-Year Plan and told of prep- arations for protecting the Soviet against invasion. Part of preparations are shown at right during Settlement Expected in |Officials Flying to Wash- | ington, D. C.—Deputies and Guards Still on Dutv J: BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April | —Two United Mine officials ing to Washington, D. C. give hope for an early settlement in the wage controversy in the coal mining section. Four hundred deputies and National Guardsmen :m: on duty in the strike area TAMMANY HALL DEPOSES CURRY 21. ~ AS BIG SACHEM | l Executive Takes Action — First Incident in History NEW YORK, April 21 | Tammany Hall Executive Commit- | tee, for the first time in history, | has deposed a leader, ousting John F. Curry by a vote of 14 1-3 to 10 1-6. A triumvirate is expected to be ,namcd to operate the Hall. Curry defended his record and He is at Extremists and FaSClSlS asked support in an impassioned Iplm He challenged the commit- | tee's right to out him, saying: “I |was elected for a term of office and can only be removed under charges" Curry refused to resign. e ABDUCTOR IS CAUGHT WITH YOUNG VICTIM HIGGINSVILLE, Missouri, April 21—A man identified by the police| as Arthur Vought, aged 23, want- trolman Chester Oliver last Thurs- day, has heen captured after al-| legedly kidnaping 19-year-old Vic-| tor Kreuzenstein, of a min- ister. son Vought was captured by rerol‘{ men as he was riding in the min- with Victor driving, The pair was enroute to Kansas R BRACKEN RETURNING HOME Harry C. Bracken is returning Coal Strike1 fly- | Commitlee‘ —The| The gist of the views expressed Doorn, the former Kaiser declined to his Tuneau home aboard the by the Kaiser was an inevitable to comment on the unexpurgated steamer Alaska. He was called world crisis, a clash between Japan | manuscript of the interview he south by the serious illness of his and occidental nations, that Great gave in 1902 on the promise to father and only arrived at the Britain must be conquered. He, the Dutch government he refrain bedside several hours before the spoke of the political aspect of from all political activities. | latter passed away. ' varade in Red Square CAPT. ALGER IS VISITING HERE ENROUTE NORTH |Bering Sea Patrol Com- mander Pays Official Call on Gov. Troy Enroute to Nome for the naviga- tion season, Capt. James Albert Alger, United States Coast Guard, Commander of the Bering Sea | Patrol, Uncle Sam’'s guardians for | the shipping of the far north lines, arrived here this morning |on the Cutter Haida, commanded by Capt. Ryan. The vessel will | remain in port until Sunday morn- | ing. Accompanied by Capt. Ryan and Capt. Fletcher Brown, com- mander of the cutter Tallapoosa, Capt. Alger this morning paid an official call on Gov. John W. Troy. The Governor returned the call at 2,30 p. m. today. poosa, both stopping at Valdez will be accompanied by the Talla- Sailing from here, the Haida |enroute west. The latter vessel will return here from Dutch Har- bor while the Haida will continue on to its Bering Sea station. e {AUTHORITIES DROP DROWNING THEORY IN KATAINEN CASE The theory that Abel Katainen, missing from his home since last Sunday morning, might have fal- len from the City Float, or his boat which was moored there, was abandoned ‘yesterday by Federal and Municipal officials who have been investigating the matter since Wednesday when his disap- pearance was first reported ‘o | them, | Yesterday afternoon, a diver, A. J. LaGasa, descended to the hot- [tom of the harbor there and | searched it thoroughly. It was without result, but the search convinced the officers that Kat- |ainen had not fallen into the bay there. Following this, their search was | widened. Officers today were searching the waterfront and land | between the Glacier Highway and the channel between town and the |bath house where Katainen and 2 friend, Oscar Hendrickson spent Saui uxdfly evening. D INFORMATION DESIRED OF WILLIAM LEONARD ALLEN, | BY RELATIVES IN TEXAS { i | Information is desired concerning {William Leonard Allen, born Octo- ber 51, 1873, according to a letter received by the Rev. C. E. Rice. Dean of Trinity Cathedral from Mr. Allen's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Garner Surginer, of Kennedy, Tex. Mr. Allen is an Englishman and came to Alaska in 1907. Any in- formation concerning him will be appreciated. ILASH APPLIED T0 SOVIETS TO GET PREPARED President Kalinin Issues Call Address to Men, Women, Children |ACTIVE TRAINING TO BE ENFORCED Declares Pe:p;i: Have Lost Vigilance in View of Present Crisis MOSCOW, April 21.—Under the lash of President Michael Kalinin, Soviet leaders push- ed forward today on a vast program fer defense against war. Returning from a country- wide tour, President Kalinin struck at vulnerable spots of Russia’s defensive armour and urged particularly in a " |call, published in the news- paper Lapravda, training of women and children and ‘“others not fit for military service to carry on should their men be called to fight.” The President further said: “Some think, since war has not been proclaimed against the Soviet Union, it will not be done at all, Those thinking have lost their vigilance.” President Kalinin condemned rural Soviets for inactivity in training women, children and men not physically capable of going to war “to carry out the work on collective farms when all able-bod- led persons are mobilized.” — DANGER OF WAR MOSCOW, April 21.—A sharpen- ng of Japanese-American relations as the result of the recent Japan- ese statement warning the world to keep hands off China, is pre- dicted by the Soviet press today which views the Tokyo proclama- ton as giving serious impetus to danger of war in the Far East. RESCUED SOVIET LEADER LEAVING NOME ON SUNDAY Dr. Schmmand Prof. Ushakorff to Go to Mos- cow Via New York NOME, Alaska, April 21. —- Dr. Otto Schmidt, rescued leader of the marooned Russian expedition on the Arctic ice floes, 1s so much improved in health, that he and Prof. George Ushakoroff, leader of the relief expedition, plan to leave Sunday for New York and Moscow via Fairbanks. Other refugees are being trans- ferred from Cape Von Karem to Providence Bay on the Siberian coast to remain there three wezks awaiting Soviet ships, Stalingrad and Moslensk, which are now try- ing to break the Bering Sea ice to reach Providence B:y. The refugees will be taken to Lenin- grad, Moscow and Archangel. Dr. Schmidt is receiving mes- sages of congratulations on his rescue and improvement in health from many countries. e Cancellation of Air Mail Contracts Upheld by Farley NEWARK, N. J, April 21— Postmaster General James A. Farley stoutly defended the cancellation of the air mail contracts in a speech deliver- ered today at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Federal Building. “Contract cancellations have been deliberately misconstrued and misrepresented in some quarters and have brought on much political sniping,” said Farley.