The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 10, 1934, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” =) VOL. XLIV., NO. 6647. JUNEAU, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT§ LONGSHOREMENS' STRIKE SPREADING IDNAPERS WEALTHY MAN ABDUGTED;ONE TIED TO TREE Two Mas 1:5 Men Seize Califorman and Make Their Getaway WILLIAM F. GETTLE VICTIM OF OUTRAGE James Wolfe Gagged and Bound—Later Released —Alarm Is Spread LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 10— hacing their victims with pistols making the declaration “this ' two masked men F. Gettle, aged ed, after taking James Wolfe, West- fus ure dealer, to a place gagging and tying him to a tree The klmmpmv (C(uxred at Gl‘n tle’s foothills d)slx'lcl of Arcadia durmg a midnight swimming party. Bound Man Released Mrs. Wolfe later found her hus- bana bound to him and the alarm was spread! concerning the abduction of Gettle. The abduction was staged afts a party oi ten had been entertain- ed on the Getile estate and had left the swimming pool and started | toward the house 100 feet away. “Stick "Em Up” entered the house but Getile and Wolfe stopped at al all summer house to pull on! heir clothes. They were startled the command, “Stick ’em up be quick. This is a kidnap- | | Two men with pistols covered Gettle and Wolfe | This is no soft stuff,” was the | reply made by the two pistol hold- ers when Wolfe remonstrated Wolfe was taken to a tree, gagged and strapped, and then the two abductors disappeared over the eight-foot wall with Gettle, went 1o an automobile and whirled away. INSULL BROKEN IN SPIRIT; HIS HEALTH IS BAD Returned Fugmve Slumps on Jail Hospital Cot— | Unable to Raise Bail | CHICAGO, Ill, May 10.—Samuel Insull, returned from Greece to face charges in connection with the failure of his utilities, is still a prisoner. He is slumped on a cot in the jail hospital, an ill, forlorn old man. The jail bars seemed to have broken his spirit. Eight AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS and her have reached the parti plans an early diverce. “After marriage was a misfake,” Miss above. seciated Press Photo) the tree, released; Office Holders Must Stay Out Of Conventions WASHINGTON, May 10. The Steiwer bill to prevent Federal office holders from participating in National Par- ty conventions has passed the Senate unanimously and with- out debate and has been sent to the House. The bill was intro- duced following President Roosevelt’s drive against lob- bying by peliticians who held in the Government ciated with the party organizations in an official ca- pacity. ST EARTH SHAKES AT LONG BEACH LONG BEACH Cal, A shon lon m"hl No d,xmage has been ported but people were panicky. -~ REPUBLICANS LOSING FIGHT, WASHINGTON, May 10—Conser- vative Republican efforts to lessen sever of the Stock Exchange Control Bill were defeated in the Senate yesterday by decisive ma- Jorities. s P A The jail physician, who exam- Birth Control ined Insull, said the condition is bad. prisoner’s [y dorsed Insull has been unable to raise B_v Y.V .. 4 his bail bond of $200,000. NO REDUCTION BOND CHICAGO, Ill, May 10.—Insull lost his plea today for a reduction of his bafl bond of $200,000. e Seventy-five members of the Ox- ford School Dads Club of Oakland, Cal,, voluntered their services free of charge to make any necessary alterations at the school to comply wim building sa(eLy regulflt)ons M Lllwn Dollars PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 10.—Supervised dissemination of birth congrol information has been approved by the Y. W. C. A, at the closing session of the annual convention. The crganizaticn went on record to work for legislation to provide birth control in- formation be given “through the authorized medical profes- ulon." Gwen to Roosevelt; Turned Over to Warm Springs Foundation WASHINGTON, May check for one million dollars was received by President Roosevelt Wednesday night and was turned over today to the Georgia Wnrm1 10—A | Springs Foundation for the relief ax of infantile paralysis victims. The check represented the pro- ceeds of hundreds of Roosevelt birthday parties held throughout the country during last January. much theught I have dec Swans Mg 10— | sharp e«rthquake shook ¥ fcurth ng of the way and the glamorous movie star ed our The two are shown STOCKS STAGE RALLY, LOSSES on said. ARE RECOVERED Grains Take Spurt Assist—‘ ing Higher Quotations I —Close Is Heavy | NEW YORK, May 10. — Stocks | rallied briskly during the latter part of the session today coincident with a spurt in grains. Earl +of one to five points were reduced ubstantially. The close was heavy. The curb was bette Govern- ment bonds were strong and others were lower. Wheat finished ap five cents a bushel and other grains were up |one to three cents. sses Mining Silver and Issues Better mining issues came n Telephone and Tele- graph was improved. United States Smelting and Howe Sound were up one point or mol Spiegel, May, Stern and Radio, preferred, were improved. Rubber, preferred, and Pullman | ost about four points. Other issues off cne to two or points included United States Steel, American Can ville, Westinghouse, Chry: Dugont, Western Union ar gomery-Ward. Mont- CLOSING PRICES TODAY NEW YORK, May 10.—Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 18, American Can 95%, American Power and Light 6%, Anaconda 14, Armour B 2%, Bethlehem Steel 34%, Curtiss- Wright 3%, Fox Films 14%, Gen- eral Motors 32%, International Harvester 35, Kennecott 19%, Sen- eca Copper 1'%, no range; Southern Railroad 24, Ulen Company 2%, United Aircraft 19%, United States | Steel 43%, Briggs Manufacturi 116%, Calumet and Hecla 4%, |dix Aviation 14%, Simmons Standard Oil of California 32, War- | ner Pictures 6, pound $5.11%, Na- | besna, bid .94, ask .99. - -es - i.Strilrime Grecians Are Mowed Down by Machine {Guns of Police, Soldiers ATHENS, Greece, May 10—Police land troops turned machine guns on strikers today, killing six men ‘and one woman, during disturb- at Kalmata. It is not de- termined the number of those in- jured. The strikers are reported to be holding their ground and the authorities have asked for ad- id nal soldiers, »| with tools of modern warfare. JUNE ROBLES MURDERED, IS Ciigtoms Guer daion Mys- tery Flight—Shovels Taken on Tnp TUCSON, Alll possibility that Rcebles has been abductors so that cape appeared omniously today, despite a second ransom note. | Customs guards flew to Ajo car= ‘,rymg shovels, They refused to say why shovels were being taken. Earlier last night the Customs | guards made a secret trip outside tof Nogales, also carrying shovels, The authorities said they con- sidered the new ransom note indi- | {cated the presence of one of the! | abductors in or near here. The Robles family accepted the note as assurance the girl still lived but| | the autho s are of a different | l opinion ona, May 10.—The -year-old June killed by her they might es- -+ JAPANESE MAKE AANOTHER THREAT INCHINA ISSUE Warnmg vaen League of}; ations Concerning Financial Aid TOKYO, Mdy given | able { | 10.—Japan has | an advance notice and prob- warning to both China and | the League of Nations as to the| | "advisability of suspension” of Dr Ludwig Rajchman’s plan for fi-| nancial aid to China by the League. | The inspired statement is in a Rengo displach declaring that “Ja- pan cannot countenance such| plans.” | The warning. is regarded as | ls\ep toward effectuating the hands off China policy which Fowwn | Minister Hirota enunciated on April | 117 regarding Dr. Rajchman’s re- | port which suggested financial as- | sistance to China toward construc- | tion of highways and improved| farming facilities. The Rengo dispatch says Japsnese may take measures to] “cope with the snuanon 5 | | Lh(*‘ DELEGATION OF | CHINESE WILL | PAY VISIT U. S, Hand of Chiang Kai Shek| Seen in Departure of Military Commission SHANGHAI, May 10.—(Copy- right by Associated Press, 1934) The hand of General Chiang Kai Shek, head of the National gover: ment is seen behind the fact tr a national Military and Communi- cations Commission will leave for the United States today via Europe. | The Generalissimo busies himself mostly these days with directing the fight against Communists, b works as well to provide C He believes that China will eventua acquire her place in the sun| through those tools. | The commission will visit a num-| ber of European countries but w spend most of its time in United States. A group of Chinese aviation ex- perts are already in America study- ing the latest the United Staic has to offer in aeronautics. D WEDDING AT WRANGELL Mrs. Ethel Denney and Van H Fisk were recently married in the home of the bride's sister, ) F. G. Hanford at Wrangell. Mr Pisk in the transfer business there, is ot | the disarmament ¥ Britain is understood to be plan-]in the Herald-E ning to the outcome of | tions at will be stalemated {and sea armaments. will allow independent action in the matter of airplanes |and Mrs. mother and babe are ing to The father is a son of Roosevelt, PLAYMATES IN PLEA FOR RETURN OF LITTLE .IUNE BELIEF NOW/§ Children of the 2B class of the Roskruge school in Tucson, Ariz., penned a note (left) of their own composition to kidnapers, begging them to return their little classmate, June Robles, 6. (inset) % her family. The little pupils are shown writing the letter at right. called off the manhunt so the family could negotiate with the kidnapers who demanded $15,000 ransom. Contact had not been established after the girl, abducted on the way home from school, After more than a week. (Associated Press Photo)» 'KIDNAPER HUNTED IN DESERT HOUSE | _— V (‘Declares Removal Federal| | | industry Southwest peace officers searching for June Robles, 6, who was kidnaped in Tucson, Ariz., visited this house in search of the abductors. it is near Tucson and had recently been occupied. Tire tracks of a amall car were found outside. (Associated Press Photos) GREAT BRITAIN JAMESA REED WILL INCREASE | ANNOUNCES HE HER AIR FORGE eva Arms Parley Will Soon Be Stalemate LONDON, May what authoritative situation,’ increase her From th source the Geneva after rega; 10--In the circles called “apparent h()))\’l('\wn air face of the| Great| forces. is felt that arms negotia- this month rding land The decision ‘That the British plans to rein- -eo — ‘| Further Shortage Found, Port of Seattle Accounts SEATTLE, May 10. ages in the Port funds of examiners reperted today. foeund a $46,000 defi may reach $116,000, force air forces is purely defensive, | was emphasized. — Short- Seattle the They t in the $60,000 reveloving funds which they said will add to the prev- icus shortage of $72,000 discov- ered which lead to th e suicide of Matt Gormley, veteran Port District Auditor. President H:;:Xnolher Little Grand Daughter| FORT WORTH, Tex., Elliott the attending Roosevelt. well, May 10— reported that the number A daughter was born today to Mr.|ilies on relief rolls Both|larger than at the same time President | l ? | accord-| year, physician. | current 3 IS CANDIDATE [Belief prxesaed that Gen- Will Try to Make Grade| Again for Seat in Unit- ed States Senate CHICAGO, Ill, May 10.—Former United States Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri, announced last night *in a copyrighted interview aminer that he would again seek a seat in the United States Senate “I do not know that I can make the grade this time but has got to tell the people of these United States what is happening to them. The Bolsheviks in Wash- ington have got us by the throat,” said the former Senator. Reed last served in the Senate lin 1928. - [REVENUE BILL " SIGNED TODAY WASHINGTON, May 10.—Presi- dent Roosevelt has signed the four hundred and seventeen million <dol- lar revenue raising bill intended to provide additional revenues by clos- ing loopholes to violators of exist- ing laws and adding new taxes. ——— Families on Relief Rolls Show Increase WASHINGTON, May 10 The { Department of Commerce today of fam- 1 was last surve of generally most sec- April but the monthly business showed improved conditions in ions, someone | RAID MIDNIGHT PARTY | SHIPPING IS TIED UP ALONG COAST IN ALL HARBORS 'Dock Foremen May Walk- out—Truckmen, Team- sters May Do Same LABOR RECRUITED IN SEVERAL CITIES |Seattle FirmsMakingPrep- arations to House Work- ers During Trouble SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 10. —Ships creaked at the docks along the Pacific Coast today while wat- erfront employers and striking long- shoremen dug in for what appeared to be a bitter seige. Vessels which had been loaded completely or in part before the strike was called at 8 o'clock”yes- terdey morning, sailed on sched- ule. yv.l fruitless days of search, officials! was missing’ DIMOND BOOSTS ON TERRITORIAL FISH CONTROL Real Test Today Generally it is expected that the real test will develop during today when dock foremen are expected to walkout. In some places recruited labor was secured in an attempt to load ships and prevent a cargo jam. At the principal ports on the coast employers rejected the de- mand of the longshoremen for in- creases in pay and for shorter hours with notices posted on dock doors: “Experience desirable but |not necessary, Longshoremen wanted.” Against this move, officials of the Longshoremen’s Association raised the threat of sympathetic Control Would Speed Development Here WASHINGTON, May 10.—Alaska Delegate A. J. Dimond said yes- terday that Alaska would be self- supporting and would double her| ! population in ten years if the Federal government would give the Territory control over the fisheries|action by other organized workers, and public lands principally teamsters or truckmen | In answer to protests of persons|i, geattle and Oakland, who have unfamiliar with Alaska over Ter-|yerysed to handle freight to and ritorial appropriations, Delegate|from the docks, Similar support Dimond told members of the House s predicted in other cities. Merchant Marine Committee that| Federal appropriations would be SITUATION AT SEATTLE | unnecessary if the Territory Wwere| gEATTLE, May 10.—About four | permitted to administer the public | gup of 20 ships in the harbor are lends including coal, timber, s\nd‘h(,”]g worked here. oil operations, and the fisheries in-|" Three lines are preparing to dustry. |house men to take the place of Delegate Dimond has a bill pend- (he longshoremen on strike. !ing committee action providing for Ships being worked here include | Territorial administration of the the Yukon and Cordova of the fisheries which he insists would|pjaska Steamship Company. Two support at least 60,000 p(‘ls()na‘olhe\r vessels being loaded are for {alone if the fisheries were regulat-|ihe Orient. ed by the Territory. e T0 ELIMINATE ONE PRACTICE, STOCK MARKET |Margin Trading Will Prob-| ably Be Outlawed— Forecast by Pecora TROUBLE AT PORTLAND PORTLAND, Oregon, May 10.—A clash between striking longshore- men and nonunion workers oc- lcurred here this morning. Several men suffered minor injuries in fist fights when strikers disabled three stages with 100 men on their way to the docks. Not a single ship in Portland is being worked this afternoon. * i I SHIPS LOADED AT L. A. LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 10— {Ships are leaving here only slight= ly behind schedules and with car- goes being worked by recruited ien. Other cities are having more — The | ditficulties according to advices re= WASHINGTON, May 10 |ceived here. Senate’s surprisingly close vote on the propesal to outlaw margin trad- ing, under the Stock Market Con- trol Bill, brought the prediction today that stringent margin re- quirements would ensue. | This forecast came from Ferdi- nand Pecora, the Senate Investi- gating Committee’s special counsel, as the Administration leaders p: Congress a message asking recons ed the measure toward a 1| sideration of the provision in the Senate vote imu levying a tax on cocoanut oil > > which he regards as unjust to the George Washington Philippines. an estate valued at The President has signed the tax bill. s B SRR P pecial Message to | Be Sent to Congress on Cocoanut Oil Taxation WASHINGTON, May 10.—Presi- dent Roosevelt will shortly send to When e left 300,000 died $5, Navy Secretary Makes E vasive Reply o Quostwn Concerning Navy Base in Aleutian Isles WASHINGTON, May 10.—Secre-| Secretary Swanson was asked tary of Navy Swanson said last by the newsmen if he would com~ night tha! the Navy's annual expe- ment on reports the survey is dition to survey the Aleutians is nected with the possible HQHK larger this year than in the three ment of a naval base in the hhudl. previous years and is prepared o The Secretary replied: remain in the islands until cold We are simply making a m- ather sets in. , that is al”