The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 24, 1934, Page 1

HOUSE SHOWS '8 HALIBUTERS *24,000 pounds, 8% and 6% cents. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIV., NO. 6659. JUNI;AU ALASKA THURSDAY MAY 24, 1934. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS URGE STRIKERS TO LOAD ALASKA SHIPS Hrdlicka Coming JAPAN INSISTSAM,,,,E el ON CHANGBES IN s Serct NAVAL TREATIES Hrdlicka has left for Kodiak Island, Aiaska, hoping to defi- nitely establish racial origin of Refuses to Agree to Ex- tension Present Limita- tions, Agreements strange pecples once living GENUINE ASSURANCE ‘h:;rerilickfl is a passenger on the patrel boat Morris which OF SECURITY ASKED‘BLAH TIME |s 5‘2‘352‘:215%3;‘;‘:2:“ RIGHT NOW IN LOWER HOUSE| will take up station recently \ Causes Resentment : Members Turn Energy to opened at Seward. The Morris tock some mail north. “Helping Friends” Who pression of Japan's refusal to Arc n Need Of Ald agree to an extension of the pres-| ent limitations and agreements be- BY HERBERT PLUMMER yond 1936, i A WASHINGTON, May 24. — With | Japan insists that the Washing- the present session of Congress ton and London treaties be replaced drawing near its close and election | by new agreements “fairer and time at hand, the practice _knnwn! more reasonable and affording Ja- on Capitol Hill as “helping a; pan genuine assurance of security,” {riend” is going at 'Iul! blast. said Rear Admiral Sakano of thel ~Helping a friend” is the act of Japanese Navy's ‘propaganda bu- one member of Congress arising on reau. e floor and talking for the Con- al Record in VAV o king, cons us NAVAL 'OONFERENCE statesmanlike” colleagues who per- WASHINGTON, May 24—United haps is having a little tough sled- States, Great Britain and Japan ding back home in trying to return | are said authoritatively to be en- for another term. gaged in preliminary conversations; There are lots of them in such a | concerning feasibility of holding fix ‘this year, especially in the discussions on naval questions prior! House. to the Washington Naval Confer-| Primary campaigns have been ence next year. under way since early spring and| !will continue through the summer ,months _into the fall in__ some States. Every little bit helps, par- ticularly contributions of praise from a colleague who has had op- ! portunity to see you in action or the firing line in Washington. WITH “APrunJSE” Here's a typicai illustration of | how it's worked, recently put in the Record by a Southern member of the House: | “Dear Tom: When you go home I want you to tell those ex-service jmen for me that they will make a |serious mistake if they turn against you after all you have done for them. . . This was signed by the Chair- man of the House Committee on World War Veteran's Legislation. And another, taken from the speech of a Missouri member of the House in which he referred to a | colleague from Texas: “Speaking in behalf of the people of my State—and expressing, I am | certain, the sentiments of those of |every State in the Union—I desire i to thahk the citizens of the district of Texas for sending here and keeping him here |all these years. ...” | | And to make it all the more im- | presslve the word “applause” is | bracketed at the conclusion of such TOKYO, Japan, May 24.—Insis- tence of American Secretary of Navy Swanson on maintenance of the 5-5-3 treaty naval ratios of the United States, Great Britain and Japan evoked a strong oficial ex- Representatlve Shoemaker of Minnesota Draws $50 Fine or Jail MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,, May 24. —Congressman Francis H. Shoe- maker, arrested Monday in connec- tion with strike disorders here, was convicted yesterday afternoon on a charge of disorderly conduct, and sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars or serve ten days in the workhouse. The sentence was stayed July 2. until’ ———— tributes. “HELPING A FRIEND” The member so praised is free to !have such personal tributes print- Passes Arms Embargo ed in any quantities he desires i (Continued Three. Resolution Against Two | e et e R Nations in 20 Minutes | i o SOME BRITONS WORRIED OVER bate on NRA and the taritt will Fear Move May Forever permit. The object is to end the| conflict in Grand Chaco. Mexico | BlaSt HOPCS AOI' Re!urn to Gold Standard established an arms embargo yes-| terday. | LONDON, May 24—(Copyright | by Associated Press)— British fi- | nancial circles are pictured in well- rmrormed quarters as being alarm- y the prospect that President Roosevelts silver monetization pro- SEI-L sEAI ILE gram would blast their hopes for | the return of Great Britain to the lgold standard in the near future. SEATTLE, May 24—The follow-! It is feared that the President’s ing were the halibut vessel arrivals, |silver attitude will give new im- catches and prices here today: |petus to the two-base currency From the western banks—Polaris movement. 40,000 pounds, Estep 24,000 pounds, “I¥ bi-metallism becomes popu- Neptune 30.000 pounds, Sunde 40,- lar, it may be goodbye forever to 000 pounds, Celtic 40,000 pounds, all the gold standard,” one leader said. | selling for 7 and 6 cents; Tacoma, Government quarters, however, |are not worried by the silver trend, From the local banks— Beaver for the reason that the British 4,000 pounds, 9 and 6 cents; Na- ‘Treasury has no expectation of the tional 18,000 pounds 8% and 6 |return of the gold standard soon cents, anyway. WASHINGTON, May 24— The House adopted a resolution in 20 minutes empowering the President' to stop the sale of arms to Bo-? livia and Paraguay. The Senate Foreign Relnuons' Commmee has approved a similar | | Chry "Salt Lake Cit STOCKS HIGHER TODAY IN DULL TRADE SESSION Two Issues Gain Two Points!| —chers Fraction to Point — Some Steady NEW YORK, May 24— Stocks were higher at a dull session today. The close was steady with gains| of fractions to around a point. Sales were half a million shares. Corn led grain in a rally, but wheat was nervous. Bonds were listless. The dollar was firm. | Eastman and McKesson and Rob- bine, preferred, gained about two! points. | Smaller advances were recorded by Case, American Can, United States Steel, General Motors, Chrys | ler,” McIntyre, Goodyear, Armour preferred, some aircraft, both Unit- | ed States Smelting and American Smelting, Public Service of New| Jersey, Loews, and Howe Sound. | Virtually unchanged were Ameri- | can Telcphone and Telegraph; con- solidated Gas, and New York Cen- tral. CLOSING PRICES TODAY | NEW YORK, May 24—Closing| quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 19, American Can 92%, American Power and Light| 7%, Anaconda 14%, Armour B 3, | Bemhx Aviation 14 %, Betn]mem‘ Steel 32%, Briggs Manufacturing 16%, Calu‘met and Hecla 4%, sler 38%, Curtiss-Wright 3% Fox Films 14, General Motors 31%, | International Harvester 31%, Stan- | dard Oil of California 32%, Ulen | Company 2%, United Aircraft 21,| | United States Steel 40, Warner| Pictures 5%, Pound $5.08%, Nabes- | na bit 1, asked 1.05. } AIR ROUTE TO ORIENT MAY BE | VIR HAWAII i Alaska Route Shorter but! Obstructed Says Pan- American Manager HONOLULU, May 24—An air-| plane service connection between' the United States and the Far| East through Hawaii was predicted yesterday by William Grooch. oper- ating Manager of the Pan-Amer can Airways in the Orient. Grooch stopped here enroute Lo New York. He said that the Alaskan route is shorter, but believed that the! future air route over the Pacific! would be via Honolulu, Guam, Ma- | nila to Shanghai, because of pwuri flying conditions aiong the China/ coast, which he termed the in the world. | Grooch said that he is going to ask for a new type of plane 1,()\ combat the foggy airlanes along the China coast, where service w 35 | suspended in April after the loss of | \a transport plane with four pas- sengers. worst | —————. KARL THEILE HERE FROM WRANGELL ON INDEFINITE VISIT, Karl Theile, of the Diamond K Packing Company at Wrangell, ar- rived in Juneau aboard the Vic- toria on a business trip. Everything is in readiness at the cannery to begin the season. Operation will not be held up by the longshoremen’s strike in Seattle as everything that will be needed until the latter part of July is already at the plant, Mr. Theile said. During the day Mr. Theile, for- merly Territorial Secretary, has been busy greeting his many friends in the city. He is undecided about the length of his stay here as he is suffering with a severe cold and may remain until it has improved. e REPRESENTATIVE OF RUBBER COMPANY HERE Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Raymond, of i Utah, are register- ed at the Gastincau Hotel, having! arrived yesterday on the Victoria. Mr. Raymond is District Manager cf Mechanical Sales of the United States Rubber Company with head- quarters fn Salt Lake City. . ROBLES FAMILY JOYOUSLY WELCOME RESCUED KIDNAP VlCTlM Nineteen days of terror and had been rescued from a prisont Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Roble‘q Grandmother and grandfather B e Photo) ’LDNGSHUREMEN 'VEN REQUEST BYGUVERNMENT Recpening of Trade with Northern Territory Demanded Today ANSWER MUST BE | THIS AFTERNOON {Request to Load Bristol Bay Fleet Turned Down —More Unions Strike SEATTLE, May 24. — A || Government request to the hcertainty over, the happy Robles family of Tucson, Ariz., posed for these pictures after six-year-old June nabe Robles. in the desert whe ght: the entire fami SWIF'I JUSTICE METED OUT TO KIDNAPERS WASHINGTON IS o - b Twenty-four hours after their capture in Los Angeles, three kidnapers had pleaded guilty and were sentenced to life imprisonment for the abduction of William F. Gettle who was rescued in a police raid. Upper: the trio hears pronouncement of sentence. They are in the center, dressed in blue denims, left to rigr:c: Roy Williams, Larry Kerrigan, James E. Kirk. Lower: a closeup of the confessed kidnapers. Left to right Kirk, Kerrigan and Williams. (Associated Press ONE INSULL ON FISHERMEN 60 TRIAL IN JULY BACK TO WORK CHICAGO, Ill, May 24—Martin Insull's motion to quash an in- dictment charging him with em- bezzlement and larceny was today overruled in the Superior Trial has been set for July 16 - e, — SEEK INFORMATION The Empire has received a com-| munication from Joseph Staff-Captain and Divisional mander of the Salvation Ar headquarters at Wrangell, a cooperation in finding two mi persons. The first is John Hansen in Treungen, Norway, 1891. Pa; Hans and Gunvor Torbjornsen. D scription. tall, dark blonde h biue eyes; slender. His :xzed mot in Norway is anxi fisherman . by occuy last heard from in Washington in 1925. have gone to Alaska. The other is Ingolf Karlsen Haf- A n and the Sll e Suppo; ( Court.' | crease ON 2 MISSING MEN men of Nitinat Lake have called Demands for Increase in Price Are Withdrawp in B. C. District VICTORIA, B. C May drawing their demands in fish pric off the strike .\nrk. and The fishermen asked an ir of five cents a fish continue the old rate _ a fish, s, the gone but - s> LAPAZ, Bolivia, May v 24 —With- dn in- fisher- back of 35 cents| - BOLIVIA MAKES = GOUNTER BLOW; | ' MANY ARE DEAD . 24—More 306 of Mrs. Winifred Jones' re; ase FUR AUCTION PRICES HIGH TACOMA, May 24.—The fur auc- tion today brought higher prices Hn all categories. Total sales were $31,000. All prices showed an advance over previous months. Demands for Alaska stocks were good, with | some stocks cleaned out. ———————— Soviet Air Train Makes Flight 1Of 800 Miles | KOKTEBEL, Crimea, May 24. | —Completing an 800-mile flight from Moscow, a Soviet air train, composed of an airplane and three gliders in tow, landed here safely. The flight is con- sidered highly successful. - FIRE DEPAI to 0| ENT OUT The fire department answered a 11 shortly after 2 o'clock this rnoon when smoke was report- ed issuing from the roof of Cabin block stad, who was last heard (rom in than 6,000 Paraguayan soldiers were, of cabins to the rear of the Wil- Petersburg, Alaska. Inquiry has re- killed and at least 12,000 wounded loughby Cash Grocery, vealed no clue to locating Mr. Haf- Jn a Bolivian counter-attack before | Damage was slight. The cabin stad. Relatives are urgently seeking Fort Ballivian, official dispatches| was not occupied. The cause of the him, ) said, { {fire is undetermined, e had been placed by kidnapers. Left: June in the arms of her father and mother, (left to right), Fernando and Helen Robles, the parents; Carlos Robles, her uncle; | Sylvia, her 3-year-old sister and June are standing beside their mother. (Associated Press GIVING AID IN VESSEL TIE-UP Dimond Wires Chamber Officials They Are Doing What They Can to Help Federal author in Washing- ton are keenly alive to the po- tential danger of the shipping strike to Aleska and are doing everything pessible to avert it, the Chamber of Commerce was informed today |by Delegate A. J. Dimond who wired they were very much on the job. The Chamber approved of tall of the messages sent by the Board of Directors early this week relative to local conditions and will continue its efforts to get adequate relief. It instructed Secretary Shattuck [to send a radiogram to James A. Farley, Postmaster General, urging that m,u] for Alaskan points be | dispatched from Seattle by airplane pending a settlement of the strike. Green Also Wires William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, to whom the Chamber appealed Tues- day for aid in exempting Alaska shipping, promised to do anything His message said: Greatly deplore existence of | économlic situation referred to in iyour telegram. Will do everything ! possible to be of assistance.’ The Delegate’s telegram to the Chamber, also received last night, said: ! “Am doing everything possible to secure relief from shipping tieup. i Authorities here 50 very much fon the job and doing what they {can to help us.” i Facing Desperate Situation “All of us facing a common disaster,” declared W. C. Arnold, Ketchikan attorney, guest of the | Chamber ay Speedy settle- nlem of the shipping strike is necessary. It is plain that this community and this Chamber of Commerce is doing everything it can to settle the situation. Until that is de there is no use talk- (ing about anything else.” M Whittier, Secretary of the Territorial Chamber, re- ted having received telegrams m Nome and Anchorage relative impending shortages of staple ot sod supplies. Anchorage |satd had but 10 days supply of buiter, ¢ flour, bacon, ham, etc | «Conunuea on Page Two) are to spokesman of the longshore- men urging reopening of :trade to Alaska, has been de- lnered by Charles Reynolds, | Chairinan of the Seattle Fed- eral Labor Board, who flew here from San Francisco. An answer was asked by 5 o’clock this afternoon. Judge Reyndlds said he told Peter Erickson, President of the Seaitle Longshoremen’s Association, what the Gov- ernment would do if the ban against Alaska shipments continued but he was not at liberty to reveal what that is. Erickson promised to an- swer also the specific request that the Yukon be loaded for Cordova and the 'Bristol-Bay region and also ships plying hetween Seattle and the Kus- kokwim and region north. Judge Reynolds asserted that “we have got to get trade to Alaska started.” Twenty longshoremen will be provided to load the North Star with supplies for Indian villages and Government sta- tions. NO CARGOES FOR FISHING DISTRICT SEATTLE, May 24. — Re- jecting the recommendations of the Longshoremen’s Nego- tiation Committee of the San Francisco District, a meeting of the longshoremen and sea- men voted late yesterday against loading any cargoes of any ships bound for the Bristol Bay fishing grounds. The meeting was attended by repres entatives of the striking unions from Port« land to Bellingham including not only longshoremen but seamen, masters, mates, pilots and deep sea fishermen’s unions. Leaders decided that Bris- tol Bay loadings would weak- en their struggle. Leaders said negotiations, however, continued. GRIP TIGHTENED SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 24. —As the longshoremen tightened the net on coast industry and re- fused to allow any ships to be repared for the Bristol Bay area, Joseph P. Ryan, International Long~ shoremen Association's President is ving westward to aid in peace ittempts. He is expected here tonight. (Continued on Page Two) Mothers of Outlaw Son and Daughter Mourn Deaths; Six Officers Are Given Praise ARCADIA, Louisiana, May 24— Gov. Uscar K, Allen has congratu- lated the six officers who yester- day ambushed and killed the no- torious Southwest outlaw, Clyde Barrow and his cigar smoking woman companion, Bonnie Parker. The bodies of the two outlaws are \ at Dallas, Texas, where funeral services will be held. Two mothers mourn the loss of a wayward son and a daughter. The prayer of Barrow’s mother that she might see her son once more alive was unfilled. Bonnie’s mother fainted when ‘mxa of her daughter's death, e