The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 5, 1934, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6643. JUNEAU, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED F’RIBS = . PRICE TEN CENT§ STORM, DEATH, LASHING CRIPPLED SHIP OFF COAST THREE NATIONS ARE NEARING CRISIS LIQUOR STORES ARE T0 REMAIN OPEN ALL NIGHT Council Rules No Bar Exists —Fill on Waterfront Section Recommended Unless a new City Ordinance is passed prohibiting it, retail liquor stores in this city can remain open 24 hours a day if they desire. This was settled last night by the City Council which agreed with City Attorney H. L. Faulkner that there is nothing in municipal laws which | forbid such operations. All members of the Council were present except Mayor I. Goldstein, who was kept away by illness. Councilman W. S. George presided as Acting Mayor. Will Curb Bootlegging Since the legal opening of the retail liquor stores, they have been forced to close at 1 a.m. daily due to a misinterpretation of the ordi- nance regulating amusement places. Councilman Henry Messerschmidt opened the question last night with a motion to have a new ordinance drawn removing such restrictions from the liquor stores. After some discussion, in which members gen- erally favored continuous operation by them as a, means of curbing bootlegging and promoting the in- terests of the legitimate merchant who pays licenses and taxes, Mr. Faulkner was asked for his opinion on the subject. He said he had no doubt that there is no ordinance on the subject. Considerable doubt was express as to the workability of the city’s present closing statute and the Police Committee was directed to| & confer with Mr. Faulkner and, if| necessary, to prepare a new ordi-‘i? ¥ nance covering the entire field. - Scott to School Board The resignation of M. L. Mer-| ritt as a member of the local School Board was accepted by the Council with regret and a vote of thanks passed for his fine service. On the recommendation of the| other two members of the Board— Grover C. Winn and R. E. Rob- ertson—the Council appointed Wal- ter P. Scott, former Councilman and| Mill Superintendent at the Alaska Juneau, to fill out the unexpxred‘ portion of Mr. Merritt's term vsmch‘ is one year. | Ray H. Stevens was elected City | ‘Tax Assessor for 1934, a position | he held last year. The City Clerk | was directed to notify him that he | would be required to make a per- sonal appraisal of real property. John Reck, President of the First | National Bank and longtime City | Treasurer, was re-elected to that‘ office for another year. Mr. Reck’s | application was misplaced when the'| other City Officers were elected| and it was overlooked until last| night. Recommends Waterfront Fill Dr. W. W. Council, City Health| Officer, urged the necessity for immediate filling of an area of | the business section between Front| Street and the new section of Wil loughby Avenue where a tidal pool | is formed and which has developed‘ into an open cesspool. Odors aris- ing from it, he said, are practical- ly unbearable and conditions are steadily growing worse. Some time ago Alberta Vaughn, Egli, casting director, car. a trip to Yuma, ilkmaid | | | The only female “milkman” in Seattle, Mrs. Arthur Martin, is pictured here with her truck as she makes her daily rounds. When her husband, a union milk man, had to take a long rest cn doctor’s orders, he went ,heme to take care of the chil- dren and the household duties while Mrs. Martin teok his None of the business houses| route, with union approval. She there, he added, can maintain a| not.cnly delivers milk but ac- sewer‘ connection under existingl companies each delivery with conditions as they freeze up and{ , winning smile, and the busi- break during the winter months.| ness has grown since her hus- ‘The trunk sewer coming down| pand turned the route over Franklin Street and emptying into| ¢, per. the bay is broken in two places and | incoming tides force all of the|—— FOR EXCHANGES PASSES HOUSE by filling up the basin. WASHINGTON, May 5.—Govern- The Street Committee Was di- ment regulation of the nation's| rected 10 take up the matter with|stock exchanges was voted by a the Mayor and with him consult|dominant bipartisan majority yes- the firms affected to see what ar-|terday in the House, 280 to 8. ;‘;:8:!:0::‘ lrc:-'; be made for fill-| Ay efforts to attach weakened res, amendments were defeated. A contract was given to the| M The measure now goes to the rlain Metal Weather Strip 2 . Company for placing weather strips fi:?sfio:mrém:vi; s‘;‘:;:‘;u::i on the doors and wil r ez i ouibosd differences which await considera- (Continued on Page Two) tion. Must Be Filled The” Street department, it was said, is repairing the broken sew- ers. This, the Health Officer said, would not remedy the situation so far as it affected the immediate section. Business houses there must have sewer connections throughout | the year and this can be done only R Law Suit Settled at Altar film actress, brought suit against Joe charging she suffered injuries while riding in his While case awaited turn on Los Angeles calendar the couple took Arjz., and settled everything by getting married. Here they are on return to Los Angeles. CLAIMS KING . ALBERT DIED, TAP ON HEAD Col. Hutchinsonn Disputes Belgium Monarch Fell on Mountain i | E NOTTINGHAM, England, May 5. | —King Albert of Belgium did not | |meet death in an accidental fall {but was killed by being “tapped jon the back of the head” Col | Graham Seton Hutchinson told the | Nottingham Writers' Club journal. Col. Hutchinson, author and pub- licist, described the death of the King last February as the biggest piece of spoof put over on the world during the last six months, Saye He Has Facts “King Albert did not die as the result of an Alpine accident, be- lieve me,” said Col. Hutchinson. “I know the facts. This spoof was| put over by a planned perjury in such a way it was simply baffling to intelligent people. He was tap- ped on the back of the head Th.u.‘ Lls known. In Belgium, nobody | dares to speak of the death. The facts are King Albert was opposed to war. He would not play any | part in the deviltry of France con- spiring for war against defense- less Germany.” IS AN OUTRAGE LONDON, May 5—An enraged official of the Belgian Embassy has invited Col. Hutchinson to come here and repeat the story of King Albert’s death, promising Hutchinson a “sock on the jaw,” if he does. “I am ready to call him a liar,” said the official. “It is an out- rage on the dead. There is not a single person in Belgium who does |not know the real facts about the |ngs death.” R 3 Sets of Twms Born to Woman in 4 Years| | PHILADELPHIA, May 5. — Mrs. | Ann Hunt, 32 years old, of Col- lingdale, has just given birth to her third set of twins in four years. Woman in Kissing ’ Case Is Jobless SACRAMENTO, May 5— Loleta | Bradley’'s official joblessness has nothing at all to do with what she revealed about kissing in the state printing plant. That, at least, was the official | reply to questions about Mrs. Brad- Hey's layoff, following her appeal for reinstatement. Mrs. Bradley was SOVIET RUSSIA - NOW PREPARES FOR WAR MOVE Entire Outer Mongolla Is | Scene of Feverish Military Activities PIEPING, May 5.—Officials from outer Mongolia said Soviet Russia is rapidly placing the entire area | upon a war-time basis in an at-| tempt to remove the threat of a possible Japanese invasion into Russia via North China and Mon-| golia. Feverish military preparations, said Pai Yunti, high Mongolian official, has been ordered by Soviet | War Chiefs throughout outer Mon- golia. GAVALCADE IS WINNER, DERBY AT LOVISVILLE BULLETIN — LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 5—Cavalcade, of the Brockmeade Stables, owned by | Mrs. L D. Sloane, won the Kentucky Derby this afternoon. Discovery, owned by Alfred G. Vanderbilt, was second, and Agrarian, owned by Mrs. Frank J. Ilcller, was, thrd NRA PROGRAM IS IN DANGER SAYS JOHNSON Supporters Warned Not to Split Into Quarrel- ing Groups COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5— A declaration that enemies of NRA might scuttle the whole Recovery Program if its supporters allowed themselves to split into quarrelling groups was made here last night by Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA Ad- ministrator. Speaking before a mass meeting at the Ohio State Fair Stadium, Gen. Johnson said: “They all want just one thing They know exactly what they want to scuttle the whole Recovery Pro-| gram and make the Blue Eagle walk the plank, then hoist the Jol- ly Roger on the ship of State and - TRADE WAR IS SEEN BETWEEN TWO NATIONS Japan Plans to s toFi ight Great Britain for Com- merce of World TOKYO, May 5.—Japan is girding for the threatened trade war with Great Britain, according to offi- cial indications, confident the na- tlon possesses the most formidable weapons for such a conflict. Officials said Japan can take care herself in case of such an event. rade leaders pointed to the Gov- ernment’s new trade protection act under which the Cabinet may quick- |1y hike or lower import tariffs by an Executive decree, and also limit or prohibit imports. There are strong indications that Japan will flatly refuse to bow to Great Britain’s ultimatum that To- kyo modify its trade program and actics. Silverites Have Plan New Guard;IProposal to| Be Submitted to Presi- dent Roosevelt #WASHINGTON, May 5. — Silver salvationists are to take a train ride with President Roosevelt as he is enroute to New York City to attend the funeral services of | William H. Woodin, tary of Treasury. The will make a plea for a new care- fully guarded plan for mandatory remonetization of silver. HUNGRY TOT EATS POISON WEEDS, DIES SEATTLE, May 5— Hunger drove four-year-old Angeline Dambrose to eat poison weeds which caused her death last night. The grief-stricken parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Dambrose, told the investigators the little girl had virtually nothing to eat for days and was driven to eating plants and weeds in the yard by the gnawing pangs of former Secre- sail back to the good old piracy that brought the crash in 1929 dn(l, all that has happened since.” i Gen. Johnson declared further that the only chance the enemies| of NRA have is to revert to the “old Napoleonic strategy, to divide! and conquer—split the friends of recovery into small quarreling| groups then absorb each one in| detail.” 3y b T | BLACK READY T0 QUIT JOB AS GOVERNOR WASHINGTON, May 5.—Eugene Black, Governor of the Federal Re- serve Board, intends to resign probably after Congress adjourns, unless President Roosevelt per-, suades him to stay longer. | lack longs for the “normal life Fair Play in Fire Rescues CHICAGO, May 5.—Last Decem- | ber, Leonard Danielson, 28 years old, electrical engineer, was trap- ped in a $125,000 mill fire. Cha Schrank, 46, a miller, entered the blazing building and rescued him. Danielson repaid the debt yester- day. Schrank was trapped on the one of those who told of kissing activities during the recent quiz which resulted in demotion of i James F. Lyon, twelfth story of the mill which was again in flames. Climbing the blazing stairway, Danielson rescued him, J Turn ;m— I, hunger. QUAKE SHAKES WASHINGTON IN EARLY EVENING SEATTLE, May 5—A series of | quakes rattled crockery and broke |window panes all over . Western Washington last night. Apparently the disturbance cen- tered beneath Juan de Fuca Strait, according to Napier Denison, Di- rector of the Canadian Dominion Observatory at Victoria. The movement began shortly after 8 o'clock last night and citizens of Seattle, Tacoma, Bellinghang, Everett, Hoquiam and other cities ran from their homes. The movements continued for three minutes, No damage has been reported. Denison believes the shocks were ‘sympathetic disturbances following |Alaska quakes,” which were fe- |ported from Anchorage and Cor- dova. e s i Anti-Overcoat Drive MADRID.—A movement to re- popularize Spanish capes, outmoded by modern overcoats, has been started here by a new society whose members pledge themselves to don capes and to help buy gift capes for prominent folk in the hope that a fad for the old gawbl will be started, for Metal ' silverites | NORMA TALMAR Less than a month atter she o | Talmadge, star of the silent film married in Atlantic City by Mayor Talmadge are shown in the first p her return from Mexico. (Ass & AND JESSEL WED btained a Mexican divorce, Norma s, and George Jessel, actor, were Harry Bacharach. Jessel and Miss cture taken of them together since TRADE REPORTS CONTINUE 600D OVER COUNTRY [Nothing to Indlcate Any Let-down in Present Forward Pace eral .trend of trade reports receiv- ed by Dun-Bradstreet, Inc., during the present week continued favor- able notwithstanding “uncer ties which are weighing some dis- tricts. “Nothing is discernible in the mediate future to indicate any ma- jor let-down in the present celerated pace,” says the review. progress is cumulative and fre. quently overwhelming, cognizanc should be taken that still in its initial stages and sub-| ject to fluctuations and unupec'.ml weaknesses which come to the sur- face at a time in the growth of any new movement. dent on Government spendings and with the added stimulus of favor- able weather the current month will carry over business into June and will be larger than estimated when the season uxxmu : MELLON SAYS HE 1S BEING ‘RAILROADED PITTSBURGH, Pa., May Former Secretary of Trea lon asserted today the Gover is “railroading him before a grand lect excessive income taxes.” Mellon issued a statement dis- closing the Government is seeking one million three hundred thousand dollars and additional taxes and penalty of six hundred and fifty- nine thousand dollars based on his 1931 income tax. Mellon said he will appeal to the United States Board of Tax Ap- peals. e, OKLAHOMA AREA HIT BY TORNADO TULSA, Oklahoma, May 5.—Tor- nadic winds struck northeastern Oklahoma communities yesterday killing four and injuring more than score. Huge property damage was also caused. NEW YORK, May 5—The gen-| rtain ! im- | ac- | “Although evidence of business! recovery is f “Trade has now gained such mo-| |mentum it is becoming less depen-' jury next week in an effort to col-| ;STUGK PRICES ' TAKE TUMBLE, SHORT SESSION Alcohpls Break, Also Some ! Farm Groups—Close | Extremely Heavy | NEW YORK, May 5.—Stocks, led by alcohols and some farm groups, suffered relatively severe declines and losses of one to around four points were recorded at the short | week-end session today. | There was a selling rush and some mild recoveries just before the fin- ish. The close was extremely heavy. Bonds were steady. Commission house managers could assign no specific reason for the reak. Commodities were a little | mixed. Alcohols Drop U. 8. Industrial Alcohol and Amer- ican Alcohol were both off around | | four points. “ Case was off three points. New York Central and Santa Fe! were down one and two points. points included United States Steel, American Telephone and Telegraph, Western Union, American Sugar, Du- | pont, American Can and Deere, Shares off major fractions in- | cluded Chrysler, General Motors. | Consolidated Gas, while U. S. Smelt- ing came back about two points. } Price Cuts | The heaviness of liquor issues is attributed pa o reports of ad- | ditional price cuts soon to be or- ! dered | Most of the silver stocks were fair- ly steady on the hope some compro- mise will be reached regarding leg- islation which will be beneficial. CLOSING PRICES TODAY tion of Alaska Juneau mine stock oday is 18%, American Can 98'%, American Power and Light 7, Ana- conda, no sale; Armour B 27%, Beth- | |lehem Steel 37, Curtiss-Wright 3%, Fox Films 15%, General Motors 34%, International Harvester 37'%,| Kennecott 21, Seneca Copper .no Southern Railroad 27, Ulen| United A:rcmn 21% sale; Company 27%, Briggs Manufacturing 17, Calumet | and Hecla 4%, Simmons 17%, Stan- dard Oil of California 33':, pound| $5.12. ARMY TO GET 1,000 PLANES WASHINGTON, May 5.—A three year $50,000,000 aircraft develop- ment program was announced yes- terday. It will give the War De- | partment 1,000 new planes, Other issues off one to around two | WASHED OVERBOARD IN TERRIFIC GALE Norwegian morship Chil- dar Reported Break- ing Up at Sea {COAST GUARD CUTTER TOWS DISABLED CRAFT Some Members of Crew Taken Off According to Late Reports BULL FTIN — SEATTLE, May 5.—Late this afternoon the ‘Coast Guard cutter Red- wing messaged headquarters here that only the master, pilot and three members of | the crew remained aboard the Childar, the others having been removed to the Red- wing. The message stated the Childar is breaking in two at number 4 hold but the bulk- heads are still holding. The Redwing is proceeding with her tow at a speed of only four or five knots an hour. The tug Roosevelt has not vet ‘arrived on the scene to give aid. - ld LASHED BY STORM ASTORIA, Oregon, May 5. the crippled and helpless Norwegian motorship Childar played tag today with de- struction as the craft wallow- ed in heavy seas north of Willapa Harbor on a tow line from the Coast Guard cutter Redwing. The sea-going tug Roose- velt is also making a dash to the crippled vessel from Seattle to assist the Redwing to make a safe tow to the sheltered waters of Puget iSnuml. Three members of the crew | have been washed overboard ‘(md one has been crushed to | death by shifting of the lum- | ber cargo. Three others of ithe crew were seriously in- jured. | There is a hole punched in the |side of the Childar at the water- |line, her masts have been snapped ‘|off and power is dead. The Chil- ldar is being kept afloat only through the gallant efforts of the Redwing. | B MAY BREAK UP SEATTLE, May 5. — The Coast Guard headquarters received mes- sages from Capt. J. Mattiasen, of |the Childar, saying he believed the craft was in danger of breaking up and he deemed it advisable to remove his crew . At the time the message was received the vessel was a few miles north of Grays Harbor |enroute to Puget Sound. Aground Twice The Childar, with her master nd crew of 29 men, was outbound i yesterday from Longview to Cape- town, South Africa, and grounded |in the most terrific gale since last | December on Peacock Spit, north |of the Columbia River entrance. | At one time' the craft floated lloose into deep water, then ground- |ed again, then freed a second time. Honolulu “Wkite Slaver” Gets Year HONOLULU, T. H,, May 5.—The first victory in the United States Department of Justice's campaign to break up “white slave” traffic between Hawaii and the mainland was achieved here when Dorothy MacCready, charged with two counts of Mann Act violations, pleaded guilty in federal court. She was sentenced to serve one year and one day in prison. —Lashed by storm and death,*